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_ f. 1 'foIVRSfDAY? JUNE'I4, W “ HOME WITH CHILDREN ’ < * By Richard M. Heard » . —■ - i ■ • * LTENRY GOOLSBY was a re tired postal clerk. For near ly thirty years he had served his small community by sorting mail :and selling stamps in the two-man post office. He had always enjoyed his work. When people asked him 'if he hadn’t gotten tired of stand ing all day in the small, case in lllfe office, he answered with a jSjLJMMfe. -“You- don’t get tired if iptbrou keep busy,” he said. “Besides, / .1 liked my work because it gave r me a chance to meet my neigh bors.” I He was that sort of man. He liked his neighbors, and he en joyed talking to them. He especial ly enjoyed children, and that is 'why he came daily to the small “City Park.” [ This love of children had prompted him many years before to begin drawing pictures of them i at play. Henry had become quite \ jgood at his hobby, so tHat occasion- ’ ally he sold what he drew. More 1 times than not it was to his good friend Martha that the sales were ' made. __ ; Martha, who like Henry never married, loved the children too. i Often she came to sit beside hej ' friend in the park and watch him sketch. When she particularly liked a drawing, she bought it from him for a small fee. She that she resold the draw ings to a friend in “Adamsville who has a small art shop." On one particularly Warm Spring afternoon, when the rest of the town going busily about, its work, Henry was sitting quietly on his favorite park bench, drawing as usual. Suddenly he felt some&ne near him. He turned his head a little and saw Martha standing behind him. “Why, Martha,” he said, “you sneaked up on me. I didn’t hear you.” The old woman looked at the drawing. “That’s one of ybur best, Henry. I’d like to buy it. I’m sure : " my friend in Adamsville could re sell it easily." i "I'm sony,*' he explained, “but'] TRACTOR FUNNEL f— SEEDING FAN LEGUMES SEEDER . . . Economical attachment for seeding legumes in corn costs about $5, consists of tractor funnel, seeding fan and a car heater motor that runs off tall light. ■'iwiimij ■i!iMaiiawim»iiiMßiaiMKagMiii:Miai«ffl ~ Get 9 and 10 pig litters! of big, husky pigs ... (averaging 3 lbs. or moro at birth) -.V * Feed sows "SQ” 1 11108 , SOW & PIG, fsp t § LOWEST-COST PIG GAINS are made by feeding SOWS right to help them farrow more and bigger pigs. "SQ” SOW & PIG is the right feed for that job. ** WEAN PIGS SOONER . . . HEAVIER by giving them a fast start on lots«f good nursing. "SQ” SOW & PIG is specially formulated to build pigs ... to make sows milk heavily and stay in good condition. JOHNSON & COMPANY f|||j|y| * PRESNELL * • . • this one isn’t' for sale. It’s for ■ someone very special.” j “Oh, I see,” she said. "May I ask who the someone is that will get such a fine drawing?” “You certainly may,” he an swered. “It’s for you, Martha.” * She blushed a little. “Well, that’s, very sweet of you, Henry. I just don't know how to say It, but thank you very much for thinking about me.” She hesitated a mo ment. “You know, Henry, I’ve been thinking about you a lot, too. » We’ve been good friends for over • forty years now.” “Yes, Martha,” he said, think- : ing back over the years. “And; it’s been a good friendship too.” They sat for a few moments with-! out speaking. , ; “Henry Goolsby,” she said, "I think it’s high time we made that' friendship permanent. You mayj think me a bold and silly old' I woman, but I’m asking you to | I marry me.” I “But, Martha,” he protested,' | “it isn’t proper for a woman to’ * ask a man to marry her.” “You forget, dear,” she ex-* plained, “it's proper this year. This is leap year.” “Bless my soul if it isti’t,” he said. “Why, I’d be happy to marry you, Martha. I'd be right proud,) in fact.” He kissed her cheek' Hghtly. and they, spent the after- 1 noon watching the child/fen. After they married, Hqpry moved into Martha’s small home. He had never bebn inside the house before. As he entered the parlor he stopped suddenly and looked at the walls. The- whole' room was filled with his draw ings, each one framed neatly. “No, Henry,” she explained, “I didn’t sell them. I couldn’t bear to, for they are too much a part of both of us.” 1 ' .. # , The old man thought for a mo ment. Tears came to his eyes. “You know, Martha, it’s like com ing home,” he said. “Yes, it’s 1 like coming home to the children.” * ■J" V 1 VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS SOLD IN COUNTY *he value of products sold in 19.54 by operators of 2,153 farms ( in Yancey County was $2,014,601, ' according to a preliminary report ! of the 1954 Census of Agriculture published by the Bureau of the I ' Census, U. S. Department of Com merce. ; The value of all crops sold was , $1,295,007 and included $1,219,610 for field crops, $6,746 for vegetab les, $47,723 for fruits and nuts, and $20,928 for horticultural specialties. The value of all livestock and livestock products sold was . $673,355 apd included $279,188 for dairy products, $203,529 for poul try and poultry products, and $190,638 for livestock and live stock products. The value of forest products sold j from the county’s farms was $46,239. | Information on the value of. (farm products sold is presented I for each county in a preliminary I State report, copies of which may , be purchased from the Bureau of the Census, Washington 25, D. C., at 10 cents each. MONTHLY REPORT ' ' NORTH CAROLINA , YANCEY COUNTY Debt .... ,$10,000.00 . Poor 185.10 ] General 8,209.83 I, Evelyn H. Pate, Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Board for the , . Month of May, 1956. . Witness my hand and official , seal of office, this the Bth day of June, 1956. Evelyn H. Pate, Clerk to the , Board of County Commissioners. | —;- r . ' - - : : - " yr IN MOTOR TRANS PORT GMC’s new Model W 550 g Qi|#§P^> makes earth-moving I more profitable five ways: f 'm' \'■ ~~ - - ■-—•-- ■*" .'.. See us, too, for Triple-Checked used rt— f|Beg— l rSSSSKSMSBKSHMMB STYLES & COMPANY I SOUTH MAIN STREET 2702 BURNSVILLE, N. C. >' . I I ' ■**' THE YANCEY RECORD SAFETY PUBLICATION PRINTS IST ISSUE Raleigh—The first issue of Tar Heel Safety topics, a new publi cation of the Governor’s traffic J safety council; came off the presses last week, Chairman Ed Scheldt of lof the Council’s Official Division announced. The initial issue contains progress reports of the council’s road safety activities and features an article on the drag racing meance current ly plaguing Tar Heel Highways^ Safety topics will be published occasionally, according to Seheidt, and distributed to members of the GTSC and others interested in the field of traffic safety. The new publication accepts no I advertising and is distributed free. Costs are borne by the Governor’s j Traffic Safety Council from con * rributions. | Bill Crowell, director of the i Motor Vehicles Department’s ' j Public relations office, is editor. GOSPEL SONG SERVICE There will be a Gospel Song Ser vice at’ the Little Ivy Baptist Church in Madison Co. Sunday afternoon June -10th. at 2 o’clock. This church is located on U. S. 19 and* 23 < *2 S miles East of Mars Hill, N; C. Singers from all over Western N. C. and Eastern Tenn. will be taking part in this song service. You have an invitation to bring your singers and take part, also if you love good gospel singing come early, get a good seat and enjoy the Sunday afternoon of good gospel singing. SUBSCRIBE TO THE RECORD - .1 ■ ,-* NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S RESALE TO EFFECT PAYMENT ‘ifORTH CAROLINA YANCEY COUNTY Know all men, and particularly 1 S. W. Shut or d, that k authorized by the ppwer of sale conferred upon me in that certain deed In trust executed by S. W. Shuford and wife, Minnie Shuford, on the 10th day of Ootober, 1947, and which is recorded in the office of the registry of deeds for Yancey County in book 31 at page' 1 651, anil default made In payment of the debt secured, and demand made upSn me to sell the prop, c-rty therein described: I shall again offer for-' sale at .public outcry to the highest bidder for cash at the East Court House door in Burnsville, N. C. at II o’clock, A. M., on the 23rd day of June 1956, those tracts of land con veyed in said deed in trust, located in . North Carolina, ’in Yancey County, in South Toe Township, djoining the lands of Albert Bailew I|ll|l VPhen you make that thrifty purchase of a iflSHpflf 10 or 2? lb. bag of CHESTERFIELD flour you M sot an attractive dish towel or pillow case M , -nte V Free! It’s the bag this wholesome Quality M jLrjp. nUB flour Is’ packed in. From the fabric you can M Hi?• make napkins, mats, curtains, dresses or skirts. Get CHESTERFIELD flour always! £ j ! and others, described as follows: First Traot—Beginning on the Pink Bailew 8. E. corner and runs thence S. 1$ poles to the Wilburn , Robinson line; thence E. With I said line IS poles to a stake; then- I ce S. IS poles to a stake; thence W. ( 26 poles to a stake on the E side I of the highway number 104; then i ce 8. E. with said highway 48 * poles to a branch; thence up and * with N. 40 E. 7 poles and 18 links to a stake in the W. A. Simmons old line; thence N with said line 54 poles to a stake at W. A. Sim mons old corner, also a corner of 1 J. R. Simmons tract; thence with \ the said Simmons line 58 poles to . the beginning, containing 19 acres , more or less. , ..Second Tract—This tract will also be offered for sale only if the * tract above described fails to bring enough to satisfy the debt secured: adjoining the above described , tract and with it forming one con tiguous tract: Beginning at a white oak at an od corner in the Bowditch Una and standing on the N. bank of Laurel Branch and runs N 55 W. 56 polos to a stake at or near a pine stump; thence N. 2Mi E. 54 and 4-5 poles to a stake in John Griffin’s corner; thence N. 87Mi £. 45 poles to a stake in the Bowditch line 86 -and 2-3 poles to the be ginning. This June 7, 1956. .. R. W. Wilson, Trustee Copy posted at Court House Door in Burnsville on June 5 1956. ---> June 7, 14, 21 «S O Copyright IMJ, WoH Dtcnoy Production#
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