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t 3FKE YANCEY RECORD Established July, 19^6 ARNEY and TRBNA POX CO-PUBLISHERS & EDITORS MISS HOPE BAILEY ASSOCIATE EDITOR T. L. BROWN SHOP MANAGER Published Every Thursday By YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY - A Partnership Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Burnsville, N. C. II I I J ' v ' ' -Overlook On Life- By WARREN S. REEVE Note: The idea of “Overlook” is taken from the Overlooks provided for viewing panoramas along the Blue Ridge j Parkway. I 1 On this threshold of the month of February my thoughts are car ried back to Japan where the plum trees, heralding the spring, are about to burst into bloom. The Japanese love their plum blossoms almost as much as the cherry blossoms, and crowds will travel S miles on a train to see a grove that is decked with the flowers For the Japanese ate an imagina tive people, which means that pre cious thoughts and sentiments are pictured in mental images. The plum blossom speaks to them of the spring time soon to come. Often the trunk of a plum tree will appear hollow and dead in the New Year season; and then a ■vmonth later it will shoot forth beautiful buds to prove that it is very much alive. Thus, it is the symbol of renewal, teaching us to live bravely and hopefully even through the cycles of desolation that smite us from time to time. In 1924 a frightful earthquake hit Tokyo and Yokohama, causing charcoal fire-pots to upset and electric systems to be short-circu ited, with the result that vast ar eas were reduced to ashes by a mighty conflagration. Days later when it was at last safe for one to pick his way amid the charred ruins, a pathetic man poked around, vainly hoping that he might come across traces of the bodies of his wife and child ren. He alone had survived how, he scarcely knew. He would like to have died too! Suddenly he spied something —a lone blade of grass. How out of the fiery fur nace it could have been preserved was a wonder! Then he thought: “It is a parable of myself! I also am left alone. But I must live! I must grow again, starting" from what I am now”. And so from the: little, lone spike of grass he found a meaning in life. The plum blossoms have spoken annually for centuries in a simi lar way to countless Japanese lovers of flowers. More than a thousand years ago there was a “Ye*, but for root smooth tailing, there’s nothing like an OK Used Car!" JBpr* ' If you like quick take-offs in cold weather, trade JfUSID / your skis for an OK Used Car. It's ready for long 1 or short jumps because it’s thoroughly inspected m and reconditioned—then warranted in writing by ■ M your Chevrolet dealer. Remember, our volume m. ■ m ■ trading keeps selections high and prices low! rABg . Only franchised Chevrolet dealers display these famous trademarks ROBERTS CHEVROLET, Inc. rtwtnt W Htn FRANCHISEE DEALER NO. 1019 BURNSVILLE, N. C. a——...... ' ~, ~ , II >) knight who was at the same time the greatest scholar of his genera tion, who for low-down political reasons was banished to a distant territory. On the eve of his de . parture from home, he composed the following little poem: . “When the east wind blows, Send out thy perfume, O plum blossom. Though thy master wanders homeless far away in exile, I Forget not to sing of spring!” The plum blossom’s delicate fra grance suggests to the Japanese that we should make our lives beautiful; that others who come within proximity of us may never be repulsed, but rather that they may be drawn to us and enjoy pleasurable sensations from our presence. - : The plum tree, moreover, lives; to a great age. The Japanese, no(U icing this, find that it nurtures in them the hope of long life for themselves. This mood is woven with one that is just the opposite, paradoxical though it may seem. The cherry blossoms are loved in part because of the pathos of their short life. They symbolize the transiency of mortal existence. Most people shrink from any thing that would shorten life. Only rarely and on rare occasions are there those who would like to die. Why is it that the urge to live is so strong in nearly every one? My only answer is that CJod put within us the-instinct to pre serve our lives. It is rather amaz ing that He should have done that! When we think of our bless ings and enumerate to ourselves j things we are thankful for,. I wonder if it has occurred to any of us to include this passionate desire to go on living? We have , probably rarely, if ever, given it thought. We have taken it fog granted. Yet in comparison with things we are consciously grate ful for, it is more fundamental than all. We are thankful that we escaped an accident on the high way, or that we have had good health, or that after having been h tuts wwmjjJi Betty Crodker, of Tomorrow in Clearmont School is Helen Gortney. She received the highest score in a written examination on home making knowledge and attitudes, administered Dec. 4, to senior girls in the graduating class. Her examination paper will be entered In competition to name this state’s candidate for the title of All- American Homemaker of Tomor row and will also be considered for the runnerup award in the state. For her achievement, she will receive an award pin design ed by Trifari of New York. The national winner in the third annual search conducted among , 300,526 young women In 11,636 of the nation's public, private and parochial high schools will be named May 2 at the American I Table banquet in the Waldorf- Astoria Hotel, New York City, General Mills is sponsor of the program designed to assist schools ‘ in education for home and family - living and to emphasize through a sound scholarship award pro gram the personal qualities and sense of values necessary | q suc cessful homemaking, A total pi $106,000 in scholarships will be awarded. , Each State Betty Crocker Home- I maker of Tomorrow will receive r a $1,500 scholarship and an fidu , cational trip with her school ad yisor to Washington, D. C„ colon , ial 'Williamsburg, Va., and New York- City. A SSOO scholarship will be awarded the runnerup girls in each' The school of the state winner will receive a set’ of the, Encyclopedia Britannica .The scholarship of the young woman- r> named All-American Homemaker of Tomorrow will'be increased to ss,oo <jr. This year for the first time girls who rank sec ond, third and fourth in the na tional final® wjll receive $4,000, $3,000 and $2,000 sgbfljarships, re spectively. sick we got wall, We are thankful for the food that sustains life and for the Innumerable things that make life worth living, so we say. And yet all these things would be ih vain if there were not the long ing to live, and the effort to pre serve ourselves and others. What a blessed endowment this is that God gave us,' I recollect reading the story of a mother carrying her baby and leading her five-year-old little boy along the streets of Manila • im mediately at the close of World War 11, Havoc and desolation were all around, These poor refu gees were tottering and emaciated ; from privation, The little boy re* i peatedly pulled away from his ■ mother, wanting to sit down on t the curb, saying he didn’t want fp' t go on; saying also he didn't cara^ • If he would die. Pathetic, abnor l mal little creature! The woman, i J put on her mettle for the sake of THE YANCEY RECORD Thursday,, J«R hißtttoe, ontorii, baked *<#* ■toes, plums, bdfns, nillk. Friday, Feb. 1: Turkey, gravy, dressing, riqe, buttered green peas, peach halves, hot biscuits, butter and milk. Monday, Feb. 4: Vegetable beef sandwiches, pineapple upsidedown cake, loaf 'bread, butter, milk. Tuesday, Feb. 5= Hot dogs, baked beans, chopped onions, slaw, cookies, buns, milk. _ Wednesday, Feb, 6: Hamburgers, lettuce, onions, baked potatoes, salad, Sliced pineapples, bun», milk. S SCIENCE IN ft- YOUR LIFE ! j Most Common Cold Nothing, It seems, is quite so demeaning as the common cold? Even the name of the disease suggests that uncommon people never get it, which of course is nonsense. As for the wheezing, dripping, hone-ajhing. sufferer, unfeeling spectator dismissed nis ailment as of no real importance, and cartoonists W~ make up jokes about it. ■ While it is _ M true that Ifobody ever died of the common cold, a ’iCSAw-/-ici really heavy -dM siege of th i s ancient affliction fan make the victim feel sicker tnari many {n° r ? serious diseases do. The fact is the degree of malaise that a sick man feels is often quite unrelated to the seriousness of his illness—and virus of the common cold can produce more, malaise per cubic inch in the human body than do many killers. • Luckily, in these days of new, effective drugs, the sufferer from the common cold is not entirely helpless. He can, for instance, clear put his stuffed nose most effec tively with Tyzine, a clear solution which pap bp applied either by dropper or with an atomizes. Jr f pne recent test which lasted fnpr<? than a year, over a thousand patients were treated in this way py - California physician, Dr. Jay ». 'Roberts. The results, Dr. Roberts reported, were "prompt and prolonged’!. A single applied fieiy pf she drug gave relief last ing from fbiff to six hours, and produced no unwanted side-effects whatsoever. £ i Until an effective anti-cold vac? Cine is developed, sufferers will have to rely on relief pf indiyidual symptoms- Fortunately, these are becoming more and more effective an science learns more about sneezing and pain, - her children, had a stout heart. “Gome on”, she said. “We must go., You are not going to die. You mustn't dje, you have to live!” “Live”, she reiterated, gnji on she dragged him, no doubt saving ipm for a later life of some purpose. January and February bring ( their bleak days, bqt plum Igos l_ soms and blades of grass brave even Nature's surrounding "desola tion, telling up that life and Jma uty are alive, and that we get up and go on. In its season, Easter will come too, and from Its message we shall discover that behind heaven and earth is a God who raises whom He will "to life and immor tality through ttye Oqspej, - P. 8, PLENTY of SAVINGS UP to 33 1-3% discount on and parts We’re Closing some of these out “Your Friendly Chevrolet Dealer” ROBERTS CHEVROLET, Inc. Phone 236 Burnsville, N. C. 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I? £? r P eted - see , that the carpeting is firmly tacked down and there are no rips or loose threads to catch the foot. * with Suburbanites - golodMear| • Up so 91% moro\ • Up»d 39% mord’R' • Cfuieter opera-More rubber sor 1 "start-ability” "stop-ability"” »ion on dry ▼ longer wear roads j j -1 . IN° need sq shovel out . pr suffer costly delays this winter. Pet Suburbanites ! b y Goodyear! Suburbanites’ powerful, multi-cleated tread has 1856 knife-like edges | ! *bgt take hold to pull you through winter’s worst mud, sleet and snow . .. give you - top traction. And, when the pavement’s dry, Suburbanites’ wider flatter tread puts, plenty pf rpbbep pn the rpad for longer, more pveq wear quieter operation. Stop in •=• get the extra traction and dependability of new Suburbanites ]jy Goodyear, j WE ARE FIRST IN EQUIPMEN TTO RECAP YOUfe 14 IN. TJRJ ON YOUR ’57 MODEL SHELL SERVICE STATION —- * t CLEAR CANAL • . . Crew of Italian salvage ship (left) raise 5,000 lon Egyptian LST sunk in Suez canal during Anglo-French Invasion. ' * —• S—CLEAN AND REPACK FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS ft—INSPECT BRAKE LINING 7—CROSS-SWITCH TIRES $5.95 .V V.* » k «. . J- ..K a 9 THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1957
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