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- f ’"—r- ■"£' t.\ —■v ‘ '~~ ' -ik.'- ;;"" 1 "' ,l ' ; ,-; J .1! J j THE YANCEY RECORD || Established July, 1936 ARNEY and THEN A FOX CO-PUBLISHERS A EDITORS MISS ROPE BAILEY ASSOCIATE EDITOR -- r. L. BROWS SHOP MANAGER Published Every Thursday By YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY - ' . «> A Partnership Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Burnsville M. C. -- Overlook On Life - I \ By WAUREN S. BKKVE " . The idea of "Overlook” is taken from the Overlooks provided ior viewing panoramas along the Blue' Kidge Paricway. ■ '•— I In lait week’s Overlook I en deavored to show how easy it is for us to have a distorted view of life. W e lack a proper sense of proportion. Education in our ( schools and the education that' from experience ought to improve our perspective; and no doubt it does. But we are still woefully defective. J Many people make mountains out of mole hills. Some little thing is said, some sharp look of the eye is noted, by a woman, and at once in her imagination she will read all kinds of motives into the word she heard or the look she saw. She will mull over the thing ■' in secret and- feel hurt or resent ful. She will resolve she will never again volunteer to help in some church or community project, if THAT is the way she is to be -treated! She will sulk to herself and maybe to others, for days or weeks. Really, let us ask, is not her reaction ridiculous? A mole hill has been built up into a great mountain! «. In the Bible there are various words used to describe “sin”, and one of thdse, which occurs fre quently, is ‘‘iniquity’’. The word, “iniquity”, is, etymologically, nothing other than “inequality". It is a good word, I believe, to apply to this feature of human perversity that w e have been dis cussing. We let things that ought to be balanced off “equally”, or symmetrically, get out of balance, and out of proportion. “Iniquity” is that which doesn't match up to the standard set for it. A little, triflyiqg upset ought to be kept in our minds as little and trifl ing. It becomes an iniquity when We blow It up like a balloon into something tremendous. A man whose whole life is ob sessed with just making money may be said really to be iniquitous, even though he never broke the law. Why? Because his interest in money-making far exceeded the place that money-making ought to have ,in his life. He and every single one of us do indeed, as Plato said, need to get Heaven’s picture of ourselves. And when I speak of how we and the world appear to Heaven, I cannot help asking whether in God's view many people are not guilty of making | pi g| I Yes, Mother, you’re our girl! “ " 77' . . -1 : II L We know you 11 • iant to look your H y best on your spec* .1 Day, and we i ; U H invite you to make an appointment II If * ** ■’ k A ‘ flattering La services. Come in, treat yourself to \ / | more loveliness for Mother’s Day W< |" TU>W * ia *' '*° LJ Q Permanent. U H Phoenix Beauty Shop □ Phone MU 2-2314 BURNSVILLE, N. U 1 their own selves their gods. They make the universe revolve around themselves. (At least, that is what they would like to do’) Thus they I cannot work as a harmonious whole the way God would wish but each works for himself. Instead of a- pulling together, there is a great pulling apart, each from th e other and all from God. It is a very fine thing that a father and, mother love their children, and it is Instinctive in them to love more than other children. But giving way com pletely to this instinct freaks the unity of the world and keeps us /from accurate evaluation both of our own children and of the chil dren and of the children of others. This will, in various situations, show itself in our unfair partial ity towards our own children. In equity, and not equity, will char acterize ones behavior, in such an instance Inequity will be, both lingui stically and in fact, “iniquity” in the eyes of the Great Father above. We need desperately, therefore, the Heaven-viewpoint in order to see each thing in its proper place and proportion. Os. course, there are many situa 'ions where it is hard for the ser* Nously-minded man to draw the line. How much time should a iseful citizen give to his family vhen alt sorts of community in terests , call for his help? There are thos e who are on the side of giving to much time to their fam ilies and too little to their church and to puhlic service. Many fine men ar e failures in the home be cause they -give just about all their spare time to public and | -community service. | Ernest people will cry out for wisdom and good judgment in this matter, recognizing that there has to be an allocation of time and strength to both outside in terests and to home obligations. What is the proper proportion for the one, and what for the other? Well, though no one of us pro bably can feel that we have the answer, we at least can agree ihat Plato was uncanny in his analysis of human nature and rery right in saying that a good lense of proportion is universally what man urgently needs. J. Donald Adams, an able com- ‘ "" mdhtator on literacy trends,, ~ in ' book review section of the W York TirnbvMareh 16, 1958, (pace 2), eommended a new study, | recently published* on what we owe to the ancient Greeks. He urged that reading great lure and absorbing the culture that Greek civilization bequeathed to us Will restore to us “our sense of proportion’’. There are many books that can assist us in this way, and among them I would consider the Bible as supreme. In it th e puniness of man in exposed. Read thought fully the fortieth chapter of Ihaiah, Or the eighth Psalm, or the book of Job; or read one of the Gas- 1 pels with care and who of us does not feel we are as nothing In the Presence of the Supreme? Or read the words of that sup erb hymn, “Wheh I Survey the Wonderous Cross”, and will we not *(eel that we have let things of re latively slight imoprtance crowd out the greatest thing? Equally as significant as the Bible for improving our perspec tive is prayer. Prayer is being in the Presence of the Almighty. Prayer is the frame of mind in which we are conscious that we are a child of God and that we nr e in Presence of the Father. When we thus come face to face with God, we realize that up to that moment we have relegated God to a small place in our thou ghts and we have magnified our selves and our own interests too much. This Js th e “iniquity” in us, the inequity, that has to be cor rected. I suppose that even after w e have been with God in this way, few of us would feel so bold Us to claim that the correction was complete. Ou r perception of God at best is inadequate and our concentration of thought imper fect. This discussion will have been profitable if we have com e to see that among the many problems of relationship that we encounter in life the GREATEST is this prob lem of our relationship to God. In our consciousness of God are proportions right? Is God highly magnified and are we minimized? Or ar e we content with a distorted vision? This is life’s very search ing question. No one can hope to be right in life who neglects the Bible and prayer, for these are the two rails of the track that leads to Heaven, and short of Heaven we will nev er have th e perfectly proportion ed view of all things. There, and . there alone, shall we see “face I to face”~and not, as now, through I a “mirror darkly”. With the Bible’js help, and through prayer, we can get pre-views of the magni scene that awaits our sight when God lifts us from all ou r lesser overlooks to the OVERLOOK of ETERNITY, where we shall see as He sees. THE. YANCEY RECORD Obituaries W. R WILLIAMS t t\ W. H. Williams, 94, a retired farmer of the Bee Log section, died Sunday morning at the home of a son, Oliver S. Williams, in Telfodrd, Tenn. Services were held Tuesday at 11 a. m. in Byrds Chapel Baptist' Church. The Rev. Park Whitson and the Rev. Quince Miller offi ciated and burial was in the Will iams Cemetery. Surviving are a daughter Mrs. Adler Phillips of Burnsville RFD 4; .two sons, Oliver S. and Roger of Asheville; a brother, Charlie, if Unicoi, Tenn.; 10 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Frank Brad ford, Cecil Adkins, Frank Mitch ell and Kenneth, Lloyd and Nir am Phillips. MRS. JOHN H. EDWARDS Mrs. John H. Edwards, 72, died iat her home near Burnsville Sat- I urday morning after a sHfcrt Servires were held at Upper Mine Fork Churrh at 2 p. m. Sunday~ \ ——J T he Rev. Walter Penland offi-_ Dear Teen-Ager and Parent: : raade up of tho Wom “' s Club M B,,rMvrae ' - “*■* - “**•«“ “o * REGISTRATION for this class will be held at your school, May 5 May 3. Teachers will b e in charge of registration. I *• ’ The class will be divided into two groups: one group for young teen-agers will start at_7:oo p. m„ and a group for grown teen-agers/ will .start at 8:00 p. m. on June 12. ‘ -*•*• The course of dancing lessons will consist of twelve one-hour lessons for each group. The class will be held at the Community •Building, Burnsville, beginning June 12, and continuing through August, 28. f 1 . A ...•_ - i ' Her e are a few of the facts: 1 Dancing is fun. It is a wholesome and natural outlet for the energies and pent up emotions. You will love every minute of it. According t> the syndicated newspaper feature entitled “Let’s Explore Your Mind”, “There are no delinquents among children who ! learn to fiance.” You’ll have the time of your life. ~ - r 3. The 1 letpher School of Dancing, who has taught thousands of young people to dance, will conduct the course. 4. You will learn conventional dances, the smoith graceful dances but you’ll also learn the proper way to do the lively swing dances, those energetic dances so popular to young people. 5. At every class, every boy present will dance with every girl present. It’s more run that way. And changing partners like this teaches how to dance with others. > THE MORE WHO TAKE THE COURSE THE LESS IT COSTS PER PERSON. The fee for the course is fire dollars per month (four-week month), payable in advance. $8 on registration and $7 on fifth lesson. BUT —for each TWENTY FIVE students registered to take the course, 1 one-hour lesson will be added to the course. SO —Be sure to tell your friends about this. BECAUSE a large class'll notponly more FUN, it also means more lessons added to the course. SPONSOR THE WOMAN’S CLUB OF BURNSVILLE Register With: Mr. Ed Hunter, Jr. “ *\ ‘ Bee Log School Mr. Vernie Wilson and Mrs. Mack B. Ray Clearmont School j Mr. Ed Wilson and Mrs. Proffitt Bald Creek Scho<>l [ Mr ’ Garrett An * lin I Micaville School I Mr. Woodrow Anglin /^/ Burnsville School Mrs. Robert K. Helmle, president of the Woman’s-Club, will co-ordinate all activities. Now -If you would like to take advantage or this WONDERFUL opportunity and learn to dance with all th e other fine boy. and girls who are planning to take this course, please sign the application and pledge below, and fill in the blanks. THEN bring this letter along with eight dollars deposit to registration at your school from Mky 5 May 9. ' You will then register with the person, o r a friend of the person, who gave you this letter. PLEDGE “ lam a teen-ager. I want to learn to dance with other friendly boys and girls of my age..lf lam accepted in this class I Promise that I will do my best to learn all the steps as they are taught by The Fletcher School of Dafic«ng - Keep yourself well groomed and tidy in appearance Hav c as much fun as I possibly can without infringing on the rights of others Conduct myself in such a man ner that I will be a living joy td m y fellow classmates, my dancing teachers and all the -members of the sponsoring organization. Signature of Student Applicant " Parents Name ’ ,* > L ' ■ . ' '* *• ' : Mailing Address ~y , ; i,, j., ■, t ~. * I • " I • : * Telephone Number - By (Name of persoft who registers the student) / / ••• - * - ' . /: /. 7.- / • • • •«• 1 • ••*•••••••• ' •• 1 ' * ' Sincerely your friend, Beale Fletcher Larry Low (Instructor) , The Fletcher School Ipf Dancing dated and hlrial was An jhq Mc- Curry Cemetery. Surviving are the husband; four daughter., Mrs. Lester Laws, of Green Mountain, Mis. Kath leen Laws and Mrs. Brtice Edw ards of Burnsville, and Mrs. Sew ell Phillips of Erwin, Tenn,; four sons, Clifford, Clyde. Reece and Lawrence of Burnsville; “a sister, Mrs. Fred Bailey of Asheville; three brothers, Willie McCurry if /~ ‘ eriil e and Lawrence and Mai of Burnsville; 31 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. mrs. a. l. McAllister Mrs. A. L. McAllister, 76, died at her home at Celo Saturday morning dftdr a long illness. Services were held Sunday at . 2:30 p. m. at South Estatoe Bap tist Church. Th e Rev. Steve Clark and the Rev. Theo Letterman officiated and burial was in Nicks Creek Cemetery near Marion.- | Surviving are the husband; two daughters, Mrs. Annie Mae Brid ges of Morganton, and Mrs. -Vir gie Sisk of Glen Alpine; three I sons, Cdcil of Hudson, Earl- of Spruce Pine, and James of Mar ion; a sister, Mrs. Sallie Willis of - Stocksville; 23 grandchildren and <3> -’"J" ' l *‘ li. l If I'KilSflu eight_g££p.t-grandchildren. _ Holcombe ‘Brothers Funeral Hctrie. was In charge of the ar r elements. MRS. GARRETT HENSLEY ' ’ ) Mrs. Garrett’ Hensley, 71, of 1 Burnsville RFD 3, died in a Bur nsville hospital Tuesday, April 22, after a brief illness. | Services were held at 2 p. m. 1 last Thursday at- the Cane River Baptist’ Church. The Rev. Elzie Ray and .the Rev. Eddi e McPeters officiated and burial was In the Penland cemetery. - Surviving are the husband; two sons, Alvin of Burnsville RFD ‘3, and Clifford of Burnsville RFD 1; two sisters, Mrs. Jackie McMahan and Mrs. Ransom Riddle of Bur « nsville Star Route; two brothers, ,B. B. and Plato Penland of Burns ville; four grandchildren and a great-grandchild. | Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home was in charge of arrange ments. NATHANIEL SILVER Nathaniel N. Silver 86, formerly of Yancey County, died in Charleston, S. C. Wednesday, tmUDAY, MAT f, IftM April 28. 2 Services were held Friday at 2 p. m. at Crabtree Baptist Cfcurcfa. tn Yancey County; . - ' .. The Rev. Jay Blankenship tffi dated and burial was In the Edgo' Cemetery. Surviving are six datigh/ers, Mrs. Natalie Hoilman of I ly j mouth, Mass.; Mrs. -Elaine Yi.un I of Charleston, Mrs. Ruth Gaspurd of Clearwater, Fla., Mrs. Edith O. . Tolle of Middlesbury, Mass., Mrs. ! Florence McNeal of Burnsville, Mrs. Nora Hershberger of Veed ersburg, Ind.; four sons, .A. M. , arid James of Charleston, and Vernie and . Roy of. Henderron, N. C.; a sister, Mrs. Margaret Mode of Marion; and a brothe*, Jesse Silver of Philadelphia, Pn. Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home ( was in charge o$ arrange ments; CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to our many friends and neighbors in Yancey and McDowell counties for their kindness and beautiful flowers during the illness and death of our wife and mother, i A. L. McAllister and Family.
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