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—■" i—"■■■" • Mrnmm ; -W- £®YANC£Y RECORD Established Jtily, 1936 ARNEY and TRENA FOX COPVB USHERS & EDITORS MISS HOPE BAILEY . ASSOCIATE EDITOR - T, L. BROWN SHOP MANAGER Published Every Thursday By YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY A Partnership Second CSass Mail Privileges Authorized at Burnsville, N. C. ” Overlook On Life -- By WARREN S. REEVE / Note: The Ides of “Overlook” is taken from the Overlooks provided for viewing panoramas along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Benjamin Franklin was a neat man, neat not only in outward manner and appearance, but neat in his inner mind and attitude. This quality was undoubtedly one of the secrets of his greatness". If you read the Overlook for last week, you will recall that Frank lin said that when he borrowed a book, he made it a rule to “return it soon and clean”. This practice, I believe, %as just one form in which a neatness .that stretched over the- whole range of his life and activity was manifested. Let us ask what we mean by the words, “neat” and “neatly”. Do they not signify deftness in the! 7 way we handle a thing, the oppo-| site of fumbling and clumsiness? A ball player may be said to makel a very neat catch. "Right on the] ? nose” is a present-day expression! that also describes a neat achieve-] ment, ~ . Neatness also implies cleanli ness. “Cleanliness is next to god NiUOl atom! 'w/m SUJSVL: i|| with - * VMQT Winterides Up to M% more lip to 89% more Quicker operation More rubber for f "•tort-ability” “stop-ability On dry roads longer wear No need to shovel out ..• or suffer costly delays this winter. Get Winterides that take hold to pull yoa through winter’s worst mud, sleet and snow . . . give you top traction. And, when the pavement’s dry, Wtateridsa’ wider flatter tread puts plenty of rubber on the road for longer, more even wear quieter operation. Stop in get the extra traction and dependability of new Winterides. _ r Wheel Balancing by Experienced Workmen On The Most Modern Equipment ROYAL TIRE SERVICE i I*6 BURNSVILLE, N. C. Tri- County Tire & Recapping Co. Royal Tire Service aFauce fine, s. c. marion, n. g liness” has often been quoted, and there are people who have mis takenly supposed that the words came from the Bible. The _ idea contained in them is undoubtedly Biblical, but the phraseology was that of John Wesley, one of the founders of the Methodist Church. Wesley, when he coined the state ment, was indebted to Francis Bacon, who years Earlier had clother the thought in the follow ing words: “Cleanliness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence ot God”. A good Christian faith indeed spurs peo ple on, I believe, to be more neat and clean. The famed school teacher of Buladean, Sam who boasted the longest beard 4 ■‘in the world it reached all the way to the ground left a deep imprint in the memories and affections of many. One who knew him well is reported to have said, “He was the neatest man I have ever known. I, remember bis shoes es pecially -v It was always %-feurea of M|p>eynt to he! couftoteep hi* shoes so cfom He carried a cloth to clean them if they got dirty”. Another recol lected that he once said, “Lad, walk v carefully”. The little boy re plied, “So I can keep my shoes clean, Uncle Sam?” “Yes, but mostly so you can keep your life clean, my boy”, was Sam Brink ley’s reply. (These anecdotes about Sam Brinkley were taken from an article by Arthelia (Tillie) Brooks in the Toe Valley View, issue of September 20, 1956). Sam Brinkley knew that real neatness was more than outward cleanliness and deeper than just a deft skill in manipulating things. He, like Ben Franklin, had trained his mind to be neat. These men learned to be neat in their thinking. Thoughts there fore came to them luminous and unconfused. When the*'mind is'clear, then acts and movements are more likely to be smooth and deft, without needless waste of energy. Even speech is affected, for men of the kind we are thinking of have learned the economy of ( words. Their utterances are point ed and meaningful. Benjamin Franklin was frugal in his eating —a habit which might also be interpreted as the application of methodical neatness of mind showing itself in a se vere disciplining of his natural appetites. Neatness and accuracy go to gether, as also, conversely sloven liness results in confusion, error and loss of direction. The school 1 boy whose arithmetic is- not neatly done is more liable to make mistakes than the one who it careful to keep his paper neat. The reason for this is that on a messy paper, the" eye is apt to mistake the column, for example, v V. i , 1 THE YANCEY RECORD ■" - • ■— Special stamp honors ; pouo - L'' , I '* V ' yt . «1j: TK ZffWip W nl I t-fjl IBS UHITEPSTATE^OS^GEI Ths is the new commemorative stamp, inspired by the coming victory over polio. “Those who helped” are the millions of vol unteers of the March of Dimes, scientists, doctors and technicians. F - ... March of Dimes volunteers here and throughout the country have been honored for the fight against polio in the issuance of a special three-cent stamp. The Post Office placed the stamp on sale through out the country Wednesday, Jan. 16. The stamp is a "long vertical” and shows a woman with a pro tective arm around a boy and girl. She also holds a shield with a medical emblem symbolizing the partnership between civilian volunteers and the medical and science professions in the battle against polio. The legend reads, "Honoring those who helped in which a figure belongs, and fail to include it in the addition, or perhaps to add it in a column where it does not belong. Thus, we understand how neatness of appearance is a great aid to pro per focus. It enables us to see the right thing in the right place. ■ Whereas, on iche other hand, mes siness, which is the opposite of neatness, has a confusing effect. Unnecessary or unimportant markings draw the attention away from what is essential and make the one liable to serious mis judgment. When the-outlines of the picture are not clear, we are likely to Jet a distorted view be framed in our minds. Neatness, we may then conclude, is a Habit of keeping the main thing central and of rejecting everything that is irrelevent. Thus it is more than merely a manual dexterity. It is a habit of mind, closely related to orderliness and organization. It is the opposite ot the haphazard. Benjamin Franklin’s genius lay in his meticulous care for accur acy and for honesty. He observed the essential, he shunned the irrelevent. No wonder then that he made outstanding contributions in many departments of life and knowled ge. An arilcle in the latest Sun- Issue olhlfefifths; us that he made a pioneer study of the Aurora Borealis, and that his map of the Gulf Stream wga a valuable aid to all explorers of the Arctic area In whatever field he chose to be active, this quality of neatness, bringing with it a power of acute analysis, enabled him to mike an invaluable contribution to human life and thought. $ K|| crn @1 »mv | associatestofu: Hundreds*of Once-A-Year Values! Every Item On Sale Discounts From 5 to 50 per cent during Sale SEAT COVERS - TIRES GUNS & AMMUNITION ! HUNTING CLOTHES WHEEL GOODS FISHING PLUGS FOOTBALLS & BASKETBALLS TOYS RODS & REELS POWER MOWERS - HUB CAPS GARDEN TRACTORS fight polio.” c 40,000 Volunteers This recognition by the U. & Government points up the work of some 4,000,00a Merch of Dimes volunteers for the last 19 years in supplying financial aid to polio research and patient care. The crowning achievement of the pro gram was the development of Salk vaccine. However, as March of Dimes spokesmen wumed, much re mains to be done despite the protective power of the vaccine. There are W»,000 Americans dis abled by polio who may still need treatment and rehabilitation. Thousands of trained personnel to administer care are needed. In addition, research must be continued to improve the vaccine and develop new treatment tech niques for the disabled. These are needs to be met out of proceeds of the 1957 March of Dimes. Officials of the current drive urge residents to use the new commemorative stamps to send in March of Dimes Mailers—the little cards that hold coins and bills —to help finish the polio job. WHATS A HARDWARE STORE? A successful old-timer once said, “A hard ware store is a place to have all of your prob lems solved.” If you’d like honest-to-goodness old-fashioned service to gether with the latest and best. merchandise, why not make up your mind to start shopping at BLUE RIDGE HARDWARE, Burnsville’s outstanding hardware store. r— Z , , y We have on hand complete stocks of: PAINTS, GLASS, FENCING, PIPE, PLUMBING SUPPLIES, BROOMS, MOPS, GARDEN TOOLS, SPORTING GOODS, FURNI TURE, FRIGID AIRE APPLIANCES, DISHES, KITCHEN WARE. We don’t have space to list them all. GOOD VALUES IN HARDWARE NEEDS BLUE RIDGE HARDWARE CO. PHONE 217 s BURNSVILLE. N. C. _ HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEWS Refreshment* for the January 16 orthopedic clinic held in the Spruce Pine health office were furnished by the Woman’s Miss ionary Union of the Central Bap tist Church and by Dairy. * * #■ • William A. Broadway, district sanitarian from the Western Dis trict Office, State Board of Heal th, worked in this district last week with Jake F. Buckner, local sanitarian. M. B. Caldwell Jr., district state milk sanitarian, was in this dis trict recently working with Jake F. Buckner, district sanitarian, in dairy inspections. North Carolina’s cash farm in come increased 366 per cent from 1940 to 1955, compared to a 249 per cent increase in the nation. North Carolina boasts more than six million acres of water and wetlands. tiii t i j * THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1967 L. l 5 [ 'wii < *jSfm ' tfe; MsMJsgrA 7 ' j . ■: 1 Ml -j.if.'. .'j:*.- LOST-BELL . . . 1936 Olympia games bell, buried by Nasls during World War 11, Is being raised and repaired for restora tion in Berlin stadium. - The number of farm acres ir rigated in North Carolina increas ed from 2,083 in 1949 to 25,423 in 195*. Approximately 34,000 gallons of water are neectoi to irrigate one acre of farm one inch deep.
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