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THE YANtflSr REGOMT .? Established 1^56 juwit **prkna rvx 'C&Pffohsßm 4 MISS HOPE BAILEY ASSOCIATE P L. BROWN SHOP MANAGER Published Every Thursday By YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY 1 A Partnership Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at BurnfVilte, ft. A - ' '* -:A tffyi, . . —1 ■— ■ , •■■■- ' ' " - Overlook On %ik - By WARREN 8. REEVE The idea of “Overlook” Is taken from the Ovedado pmlM W viewing poaorsmut along the Blue-Ridge Parkway. ■ s=si,-.-ii —sv I read in the Asheville Citizen last Thursday morning, April 10, a report of President Eisenhow er's Press Conference held on the preceding day. In this conference, according to the report, he re=_ commended to the American peo ple that they should “Buy!” buy goods —in order that pre-„ sent recession .might be checjced. A great surge of buying by people! everywhere would encourage fac tories to meet the demand for their goods by increasing produc- 1 ui. . Accelerated industrial acti vity would, bring back the largo number of unemployed on to the payrolls, and these people, once, again receiving their pay checks, would be able to buy the things they need, which would in turn stimulate production still more, and thus the American „ economy would roll out' of the doldrums into a phase of recovered pros perity. This is the soundest way, say many economists, to check progressive recession, and by all means preferable, under present circumstances, to tax reduction. According to the-.news report that i tdad, the President, in response to-' a question us-to what people should buy, said, "Buy anything”. Perhaps I may not-have received a correct impression of what he actually meant, but even if his opinion is misrepresented, the point of-view ..which I have been trying to reproduce is one ..held by many people, and it is that point of view which is the sub-! Ject .of my comments. A wave of spending, it is said; or, from another angle, a wave of buying buying any kind of goods will stimulate business activity. And so it would. But if the buying and spending are done lavishly and- indiscriminately just _for the sake of putting money in to Circulation, the prosperity that will ensue, if it ensues at ail, will b e a false prosperity, bringing only a temporary respite from present ills, and precipitating a series of new and probably Worse troubles than w e have now. Buy ing and spending that are not done prudently ahd intelligently Will inevitably bring trouble soon er Or later both on the individual and on business and industry, too. “Buy as much as you can! Buy just anythin’, and business will perk up!” is a partial truth that contains within it a sinister error also. I am disturbed lest a subtle ■ error in the prevalent attitude of our people might prove to be like some, fatal flaw in a great engi-. neering structure. A bridge, or a skyscraper, or a ship might b# constructed 99% perfect, but a 1% weakness, if it should happen to be In a critical spot, could lead to the total loss of the whole unit. If one serious defect in the con j FOR THE BEST I IN J Motor Tune Up, Body & Fender Repairs $ Front End Alignment, Wheel Balancing Major & Minor Auto Repairs; Under Coating, Winterizing, i , With Radiator Repairs f BY | Factory Trained Auto & Body Mechanics i ! See j f ROBERTS CHEVROLET, be. j tikone MU 2-2101 BURNUVILL*. N. C. I FRANCHISED DEALER NO. 1010 - ———■— i structlon of an airplane or In its , motor, were to cause a cwb, all the rest of the eatceHeat - manship that went Into that , plane would not save It from dt»- ' «»ter,-» % Crigjffr j Am of initocruu-, nate buying might Indeed bring a temporary relief from the pre sent recession, but I should ha tp* ! prehonsive lest after & Otoe We 1 would And ourselves In the ant fearful depression this country has ever known. '" -" r A sound economy requires that industry shall produce useful and necessary commodities and that the economic resources of the na tion not be diverted to the pre lection of things that are terete vent to the deepest and finest pur poses in life. God never intended that our splendid natural resour ces should be wasted In enterpri ses that ar e unjustifiably extraVa gant in a woftf" that is largely still dragging along at the bare, subsistence level. Effective adver tising has already misted thous ands of people, I fear, ho spend their money in the purchase es flfi necessary, foolish things, as Well as of thingß that are out-and-erst bad. Think of the millions of dol lars that go Into gambling devio u gambling etttfiyprt&ce. Ex penditures on alcoholic Iktuovs * ' v *: t . have mounted to unprecedented i heights. In comparison with wbat I is spent for other mora whsrte ' some purposes, the raaatfy that ' has gone into tobacco, cosmetics and entertainment In trCCKewfcruk. When it comes to rvcveathm and the vast business of piuVßLtDg re creational faculties foj- tbd own -1 try, one may say that this ! ts* harmless. And a£ itself sa H Is, , But what is /ad about K ts that it is out of proportion to what Is spent "for other tnrportgnt thtaKs. . Spending on sports, and recren-! I tion and entertainment <zf various r sorts is It not too great aebao ’ compared with what goes fee t urgent necessities-? a The serious thing about this . feature in contemporary me ts t that it reveals a bad inner attt r tude on the part of people. Uiv . justified extravagance in self-la -1 dulgence, whether in the use «f i. tobacco, or In sports, or in other ; forms of “good times” ts tadlca- I tive of plain selfishness. We dea*t t) lik e selfish individuals when we • meet them. Neither does the world » like a selfish nation, especially If ' that nation professes traditional > adherence to a religion that tejadb . e* unselOehneop. I wish that 'Chd caaooajltfirie^ > ship would put H to the American people In the following naanoar: 1 If you have money in the teenfc; ' I and if there are things fen mly 1 need to buy, buy them. O Chafe ■ are durable goods that two will .• -r H fSkn* an that hr WncftteC floww ®w»test ft>r houses in Rsxtprifk will h»v«|pafif-fpfl!J tmitf gr\j trai || jatetlfy tte town, bj»t I It Wiu onoouraW to sloan twm clean. Just ■i o«a that a room la teypnetfate before yanring a hove '% 'evcuc. slag for and tlk cn your life on bAma. buy thfo. Suy the ktad% things Mart wtu a an in wwofe to Industry tn produce es ardcies and articles -or will 'in their turn sti mulate further creative activity' In the production field. tl pbu are well stocked up with and still have money to 34v# generously to aeedjp ibdivtduals, hutltotlons and 9 callage. CHve for the benefit of 1 cgfoufknHy betterment Endow p uwflft O beds. 1 letp out education : «1 and public libraries. ; GKe jacSelarshiye to r| ituis*>S. Give? Give generously ' and cberriully! Ibis, toe, Is a way* > erntuullating prosperity In our Lot - Aamtoe also, as a Whale, 1 give to- the r«t of the j world, let people give to churches! of tMjte- choice money that now ttfteo -..mto Hquor, tobacco, cosmet ics, igneceflaary jewelry, uncalled- Car enraosgaikces in recreation > UK example, la evening par-! ties, the bill for four peo p*o pfigbt rua Into the hundreds Os ddljar.o Slut again thery must be spoken a vnui of caution. Don’t give in fHacriipiirately. Don't give Just to | or anybody. You might de uejre bam than good if you l do tbit Many a person and in-1 stltatldd bane been ruiaed throu- - ' gt bMvitrg been made the recipient of teefuucb money. I would sum up the thesis of this ar|*cle by saying “Buy neces titios 0 yoQ have the money to do soi Gtve generously at what you havK fut in both buying and giv ing, bdj Intelligent; consider tbe ’■ vnrit-bmDg of othtsca Let con aid -1 etatlbw far ©them he the ruling I 1 spirit within you, and try 'to rsdl- j ■ gte cogfidevice and hope”. In this ’ way, wo can all do our part to ' crply the but - d|ae the Auneric&n cbfi reefer on a 1 «onxtd' foillrtfijtlpn. ... dto—■mmaaeiariaubna i gam ■ i . - ICT j»n I ■i" arnt —' ■"* - ~ ~ ~ . 111 - Pric© of a Small Gym Set! Harry! Save! IOQtATO W/JIXI. g£j|U.lAl !HI With 2" tubular steel frame, swing chains that 1* REGULAR $lO ASSOCIATE STORE make set virtually tip-pro of even under roughest ■. TOTAL VALUE 90S x play. Smooth nylon bear! ngs never need oil. LLOYD E. OWENS wwwvoi*u.c. Total Value •.. $55 |lo.^ ““"”™ oreum Western Auto’s Low Price r *° —. -■■-«« - - - ■ - ■ • - ~ . *"t P.T- f .-)j JfHJB TANCaET KBOOSD The Editor WHfa of flowan ' «o tin tag tnmnaaa-.m tee ta -it that their premises are cleafi around their flower arrangements. - I bdlave, too, that it will en courage the general public to have more civic pride, for who could throw trash about with flowers blooming nearby? This beautification project mer its the suppbrt of'all of us. -- A Subscriber ss s • Dear Editor- Pfedse accept the appreciation of the Burnsville Lions club for the coverage your newspaper gave, 1 us on our annual broom sale last week. We also would like for you" to pass on to the genral public our! appreciation for the excellent co , operation they gave us In purch-j rising these brooms. I am sure that those who purchased brooms will be glad to know that not I only did they help the Burnsville Club secure funds to provide clin ics and glasses for those who oth erwise could not afford treatment and glasses, but they also aided the blind people of North Caro lina Who are employed to manu facture these brooms at Greens j boro, N. C. The Burnsville Club has a few brooms left over. Anyone that was ■ missed on our. original canvass of j the area can pick up a broom at George Robinson’s Grocery. Sincerely yours, Lewis W. Dameron, Roger Hyatt, Co-chairmen, Broom Sale j Committee. I I•• • • | r Dear Editor of the Yancey Re cord: ** Burnsville is my hometown, too. I was born and raised there but hav e traveled quite a bit to dif ferent places. I spent the past year in Norfolk, Va., and am now at Maryville, Tenn., with a daugh-' ter, Mrs. Earl Murphy. . I don’t make any one place my perman ent place to stay.- My youngest daughter is living in Florida and | I’m hoping to visit her soon. Also j I am visiting Burnsville soon, as II love my home, the mountains and all Ae people there. So I can’t 1 do without the little paper, The Yancey Record.' Mrs. J. R. Evans )the former -Miss Etta Styles of Burnsville) ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE i KoifKKCABCajN A .. 7 I TATTC***' COIMY t SeTtof «jiSMHtod at Adminirtra- t tordf the Estate of Sntld Nabon c Woody, deceased, late of Yancey t County, this is to notify all per- j F ' | 0 ■ ■' m [ c • ■■ ■ ; ~' ■ - ■ j . s.-ivsnch****'^ fijjP'’ • A full-sized Mercury in every respect. jfplf •Up to 8.6 inches longer, 3.4 inches wider, 369 pounds :Mm heavier than "low-priced 3” cars. „ f £ gpfr , i . :',# MJ. • Far more luxurious and spacious than loW-priced cars— leads even medium-priced field for all-round bigness. v j|4k: • Special gas-saving engine. \ • '. S K x : ilfl • Come,, see and drive this beautiful new Mercury." ft# / At our showroom now! J W • MERCURY/58^ BANKS-YOUNG MOTOH CO. Inc DIAL MU 2-2193 . FRANCHISED DEALER NO. 1150 BURNSVILLE, N. C. •on* having claims against tha Decadent to exhibit the same to tha tttdersignad Administrator At' hta hom@ at Bt- 1, burmriiie, .If. &, on or before the f,fh day. of April, 1959, or this notice will, he pleaded hi bar of their recovery'. THURSDAY, APMt if, IgjUf All persons owing tibia Estate will please make immediate pay * m«nt. ' This "6th day of April, 196* Craig Woody, Administrator of ■ (he Estate of David Nelson Woody, Deceased " , " " ’ ' —— ’
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