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THE YANCEY RECORD
Established July, 1936 <
' LESSOR arney fox <
EDITOR and PUBLISHER ERLING TONBSS j
. Published Every Thursday By 1
YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY 1
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A Partnership ’
Entered as second-class matter November 11th, 1936, at
the Post Office, Burnsville, North Carolina, under the act of
March 8, 1879.
PEOPLE’S FORUM
Letter from the editor this time
_ Dear Readers of the Yancey
Record: - .
This is the last issue of the
.Record which we are publishing
before turning the paper back
to the owners, Mr. and Mrs.
Arney Pox, at their request. We
wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. Fox
for having placed sufficient con
fidence in us to grant complete
freedom in editorial policy and
general management while we
have been publishing the paper
under a lease arrangement with
them; the arrangement has
been mutually agreeable.
We wish also to express ap
preciation for the friendliness
of those whose paths have cross
ed' ours in the publishing of the
•Record. We shall miss you. Our
thanks go out to all who have
furnished news of agencies, or
ganizations, or individuals; to
the correspondents from rural
communities; and to all who
have given various forms of
help and encouragement in the
publication of this newspaper.
You have made our work a
EDITORIAL COMMENT
THANKSGIVING
It is not to get out of writing
our own Thanksgiving message
to readers of the Yancey Re
cord that we quote Governor
Hodges’ Thanksgiving proclama
tion'. Most proclamations sound
rather cut-and-dried, as if the
officials issuing them were dis
charging a necessary but tire
some duty. But this cannot be
said of the Governor’s Thanks
giving proclamation.
We consider his document
really worth reading and pon
dering. We tire grateful to him
for the high idealism expressed
in the “emphasis upon a people
to-people sharing of American
abundance as a means of evi
dencing gratitude to God.” and
for the beautiful lyric which he
quotes. The quality of these
sentiments, and the form in
which they are expressed, may
SwIIIeWS
i' I' WO people ■ could not be farth- :
I er apart in background and '
! training than James C. Petrillo, ;
“Czar” of the American Federa
! tion of Musicians, and Mrs. Ron- :
I aid Arthur Dougan, of Beloit, Wis., :
{ president of the Music • Clubs of
! America.
| Petrillo, blunt, domineering, and
every inch the “czar” in the world
of professional music, who has
| come to power the hard way and
; Mrs. • Dougan, cultured and re
! fined and soft spoken. Petrillo, in
terested solely in providing jobs
'for the 252,000 members of his
musicians union . . . Mrs. Dougan,
{interested in music as a culture
and as such, stimulating interest
in music appreciation for the 10,000
to 15,000 music plubs. in the small
|home towns of the country and as
iwell as the 2,500 senior clubs in
the larger cities.
! But like politics, this mutuality
|Of interests has made this pair join
in a last ditch fight for repeal of
the 20% war time excise tax on
entertainment. This tax fixed at
30 To in 1944, was cut to 20% within
a few months when returns start
ed dwindling. Today it is a tax
of no return and as a matter of
fact —an —economic survey shows
that the Federal Government
would collect some $11,000,000 and
iup more in increased taxes on
business and personal income with
out the tax, than the $38,000,000 it
now collects as a result of the
tax. People don’t like 20%
added to their dining or entertain
ment bill. Result-patronage is way
down. 4 : i_.
What has happened in the pro
fession musical world in the past
ten years as a result of’this tax?
A survey shows this: two-thirds
of the hotels in the country have
abolished entertainment in dining
pleasant adventure.
We trust that you will give
the same kind of cooperation toi
Mr. and Mrs. Fox, to enable thej
Yancey Record to serve Yancey'
County effectively. Any small
: weekly newspaper must depend
. upon its readers as an import
> ant part of the “staff.” The
: more interest the people of a
community show in their news
; paper, the better the newspaper
l can serve the community.-
‘ Our thank-you’s would be
grossly incomplete if we left
1 out the one person who has done
1 more of the hard work of get
ting out ' the Yancey Record
week after week (and year after
year!) than anyone else—the j
patient sou) who has worked
early and late, who has endured
countless struggles with a balky
linotype and a dmperamental
printing press without ever
blowing his top—The Yancey
Record printer, Mr. Thurman
Brown.
Again, our thanks and best
wishes to all of you,
Mr. and Mrs. Erling Toness.
put those who read the procla
mation thoughtfully into a mood
that will enable them to
“ . . . . lift their eyes in thanks
And see in the white air the
face of God.”
A PROCLAMATION BY
THE GOVERNOR
THANKSGIVING DAY
November 24, 1855
“WHEREAS, it is on£ of the
best-loved traditions of Ameri
, cans that we set aside each
year in November one day when
we pause in our labors and re
turn thanks for all the blessings
bestowed upon us; and
“WHEREAS, in 1621 Gover
nor Bradford set aside a day of
; thanksgiving in order that the
Pilgrims might thank Almighty
Providence for a good harvest;
' in 1789 George Washington, the
first President of the United
States, received a joint resolu
tion' from both houses of con
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rooms; 50,000 musicians have lost
their jobs and means of livelihood
as musicians as a direct lesult;
some 52,000 still employed are
averaging less than $3,400 annual
ly; thousands more play occasion
ally and make up their income in
other work; hotels which still pro
vide entertainment, do so at a
loss, and charge it off to public
relations; name bands have dis
banded, only one top band has
come up in the last five years.
But probably the most important
aspect is the cultural facet
throughout the nation. Thei > has
been a general drop of inverest
in the study of music, of becoming
a professional musician. Member
ship in music appreciation clubs
is at the lowest ebb in history;
enrollment in music in the schools
has dropped off alarmin'gly; some
large universities have even
dropped their degrees in music
due to lack of enrollment. The
’ smaller towns of the country are
harder hit even than the big cities,
for like baseball players, musicians
, come up from the sandlots of the
small towns as well as the cities
to reach the big time.
Fight for this tax repeal has
been going on through several ses
sions of the congress. At the last
session repeal was voted by the
House, but was defeated by one
vote in the Senate. Heretofore thei
; fight has T>een spearheaded by
i business Interests, and the crea*{
tion of a lobby financed by the
- Hotel Mens Association, the caba
' ret Association and the taverns
and other business interests with-,
- out success. Petrillo has financed
t a nationwide survey and has come
’ up with some real statistic! to :
I back up this new fight sponsored
• by the Union and the Music Ap
( predation clubs of the country j
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gress requesting that he recom
mend to the people a day of
public thanksgiving and pray
er; and in 1863 Abraham Lin.
coin by proclamation invited his
fellow-citizens to set aside the
last Thursday in November as
a day of thanksgiving and
praise; and
“WHEREAS, during this
Thanksgiving season, many re
ligious organizations are plac
ing a special emphasis upon a
people-to-people sharing o f
American abundance as a
means of evidencing gratitude
to God for the many blessings
He has bestowed upon our
Nation; and thereby demon
strating the traditional friend
ship and compassion'of Ameri
cans for those less fortunate
I than ourselves; and
“WHEREAS, ‘Now is a time
of peace.
Now is a time of drawing close.
The crops garnered, the last
row ploughed,
The husbander stands in the
heavy sun and watches the
purple hills
Painted with the quick hand of
Indian summer.
Autumn has.climbed the moun
tains
And quilted the still hills with
colors—
With Indian corn colors.
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And the great, quiet hand of God
Lies on the land.
And we draw close around the
restless fir* —
In thanksgiving. -
I proclaim this a day of Thanks
giving
A day of prayer
A day to acknowledge the
blessed rewards
Os a bountiful land.
A day for men to lift their eyes
in thanks/ ......
And see in the white air the
face of God.’ ”
“THEREFORE, I, Luther H.
Hodges, Governor of ... North
Carolina, do and hereby pro
claim Thursday, November 24,
a legal holiday in North Caro
lina and request all the citizens
of our State, with their families
and friends. render hearty
thanks to Almighty God for all
His benefits on Thursday, Nov
ember 24, 1955. Insofar as pos.
sible, where there are services
of Thanksgiving in our church
es, you are urged to attend
these services as an expression
of your gratitude.”
The 1955 . Tar Heel “all bay”
crop is forecast at 1,253,000
tons —172,000 tons more than
was produced during the drou
ght-stricken year 1954.
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—AND we are prepared to go all out to
get your truck business. IN OUR LAR
GE STOCK OF TASK FORCE CHEV
ROLET TRUCKS we haWall sizes and
models, including the beamtiful CAMEO
Carriers, Pickups, Panels, Sedan Deliv-
|"I REMEMBER"]
* BY THE OLD TIMERS *
From Dretta McElyea, Bcrry
ville, Arkansas: T remember when
we sheared the wool from our
sheep, washed it down at the
spring and carried .it back to the
house, wet, in baskets; then spread
-it on scaffolds to dry.
Sometimes mother- invited our
good neighbor women in and there
,\yas, a • wool picking to get the dirt
and trash out. Mother would pre
pare dinner for all when the job
was done. The wool was then tied
in clean bed sheets. Daddy would
(take our wool and the neighbors
wool and load them on what we
called the “hack.” Sometimes
' there was more than he could tie,
on the “hack” so he took the farm,
wagon and drove to Roaring River;
Spring (now a State Park) where, ,
the wool was carded and made in-; ,
to long rolls.
Mother and we girls would spin)
the rolls into thread, weaving somej
into what we called “linsy” to'
make our dresses. Vie colored this
thread with diamond dyes. Some,
was woven with three treads, which
made the cloth heavier and gave
(t a “right” and a “wrong” side.
This was used to make pants for
the men folks and was Colored by
boiling green walnut hulls, which
made it a pretty brown.
In those days we made knitted
out stockings, socks, and mittens.
. We also madall our blankets, of
which I still have some I made
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New
Chevrolet
Trucks
AS LOW AS
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1-2 Ton Truck
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see,and be seen!
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AMPHCAN TtUCMNO ASSOCIATIONS, INC
Remember—you have to. see danger to avoid it! The State
Department of Motor Vehicles says 57 percent of the fatal
motor smash-ups occur at night. Get ready for S-D Day, com
ing December 1. Check your headl-g rts—check accidents!
Days of
High Trading
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- THURSDAY NOVEMBER 24, 1955 ®
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