THE YANCEY RECORD Established July, 1936 j ARNET and THEN A FOX CO-PUBLISHERS A EDITORS T. L. BROWN ; : SHOP MANAGER Published Every Thursday By YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANJT w ’ A Partnership Second Class Mail Privileges Authorized at Burnsville, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1958 NUMBER TWELVE SUB. RATE $2.00 PER YEAR g i „ — 'i —"j..? --Overlook On Life- | By WARREN S. REEVE The Idea of “Overlook” is taken from the Overlooks provided tor viewing panoramas along the Blue Ridge Parkway. '—■- - - •> Two weeks ago I wrote on the • kind of spirit that I thought ought to pervade our American life and especially the political campaign ing that goes on before Election Day. Election Day is now over. The uncertainties of the outcome have vanished. We know, now, the' strength that the Democratic Party will have in Congress dur ing the next two years, and the strength of the Republican Party. We know for sure just hpw things are lined up in our state govern ment, and finally, in county and town, we know frho were elected and who were defeated. I have no idea whether this elec tion was carried out on a high level of honor, as I hoped it would be; or, whether many shady deal ings and illegitimate understand- J ings marred the purity of the balloting. But the election is over and the results are settled, and there is nothing anybody can do about it to change the votes, even if we would wish to. There is a very great deal that we can do about it, however, in the sphere of the attitudes we take towards officials in office, towards federal, state and local adminis trations, and towards political i parties. The success of oiir Ameri can form of government can only be vindicated if we keep the cli mate of political thought and ac tion wholesome. Much of‘what one hears indicates that, in fact, this climate has been greatly befouled. What kind of an atmosphere was created by the political activity of the last weeks? However good or bad it may be, now is as good a time as any to start "ventilating,- the rooms” where politicians have been carry ing on their campaigns. America and Yancey County need purer air and a healthier climate in which government may function, and in which the voting public may de fine their will clearly without ex ternal restraints. To every one who has been elect ed to office I would like to extend congratulations and good wishes. I say this, regardless of whether the candidate was one I had fav ored or didn’t favor. I say it also, regardless of whether he may have been helped to win the elec tion by crooked means or not. Now that he has been elected I feel it right to wish him well, and FOR PINT-SIZED RANGE.RIDERS! up They’ll feel... and look like Honest Injun t range riders even if their range is only the backyard. And you parents will like the flat heels, roomy toes, and the flexible Goodyear stitched long-wearing soles. TOWN & COTNTRY SHOE STORE | MU 2-2268 BURNSVILLE, N. C. ,J\\ to congratulate him, not in the sense of approving anything that was wrong that he may perhaps have done, but in the sense of re minding him of the privilege be fore him of serving his constitu ency well and fulfilling' the duties of his office with fidelity, huirtil-| ity and distinction. All of us ordinary citizens may be reminded, moreover, that we owe honor to every officer of gov ernment for the office’s sake. Ev en if we disapprove of the incum bent, I believe that we would ren der him a special respect. All officials will do a better job, I maintain, if they can believe we have an intelligent confidence in them. "Intelligent" means “well informed”, and is the opposite of 1 “gullible”. A, merely blind, gullible confidence may encourage offi cials to defraud the people and to pervert justice, but a confidence that is thoroughly cognizant of the temptations to which politi cians are subjected, and which un derstands that it is easy for a man in office, if he chooses to be un scrupulous, to engage in the most scandalous kind of wrong activity, may be a stronger deterrent to 1 him than any congressional inves . tigating committee might be. And, on the other hand, when an offi cial is made to feel that the peo ple have a generous confidence in him, all his better impulses for the right will be stimulated, and there is good likelihood that he occupy his position with honor. Let us put it this way: We, the people of Yancey County, believe in you who are now to fill our county offices for the next year or so. We are going to trust you to be absolutely fair and to allow only the noblest motives to deter mine your position on the issues that come before you. If, by any chance, in the pre-election cam paigning, scandalous things, whe ther on adequate grounds or whether without warrant whatso ever, were said about you, we’re going to try to forget them now for the present We invite you to feel that we are behind you in everything good and that we will sympathize with you in things that may be difficult. Please, therefore, be worthy of our confi dence. If, in the past, there were dissensions and bitter rivalries, let us all forget them now in a wholesome and constructive en- < dsavor to have the political and! social institutions of the courthouse door in Burnsville, • North Carolina, on 27 September. - 1958 at which time E. L Briggs i was the highest bidder at the price of $75.00 which bid was duly reported on said day in the Office' i of the Clerk Superior Court of ’ Yancey County; that an increased ■ bid was filed in the Office of the . Clerk Superior Court within the ' time provided by law and the • Clerk of Court has signed an Or > der directing the re-sale of said r property at public sale as provided > by law: ' NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue 1 of said Order of the Board of Edu i cation and the power invested in i said Board of Education by the ■ laws of the State of North Caro • lina, and by virtue of Order of re . sale entered by the Cflerk of Super i ior Court of Yancey County, the Board of Education of Yancey County, through its Secretary, Hubert D. Justice, will again offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at 11:15 , A. M. on the 22nd day of Novem ber, 1958 at the courthouse door in ( Burnsville, North Carolina, the | following described property: , BEGINNING on an Apple tree , 20 feet West of Spring near the ] said Sam Cooper’s house in a , field and runs East 20 feet to said spring; thence Eastward with the , spring branch about 36 poles to | a stake in the N. and S. line of < W. E. Uptegrove; thence N. about ( 8 poles to a stake in said Upte- > grove’s comer; thence W. with | said W. E. Uptegrove’s line about f 37 poles to a small Poplar In said , line; thence S. about 9 poles to the < BEGINNING, containing one and | one-half acre, more or less. | The Board of Education of Yan cey County reserves the right to < reject any and all bids. l The highest bidder shall be re quired to deposit with the under- < signed the sum of ten percent of i his or her bid made on said prop- 1 erty on the day of sale. This the 6th day of Nov. 1988. YANCEY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Hubert D. Justice, Secretary November 18-20 - _fHBTANCET RECORD. . -w Jr of public office. St. Paul would also saj? tq any * 'riouily minded official that ha had better be careful how he be haves in office because hie is going to have to give account to God for his behavior. If, then, the Christians of St. Paul’s day were told that -they must honor and reverence govern ment officials, much more should we .in a land where Christian* atti tudes widely prevail, manifest a deference towards our officials and make them feel that we look to them with intelligent confidence that they will be honorable and faithful in the performance of their functions. We people of this mountain country who love our pure air and our rare climate (especially in the summer time) ought assisuous ly strive that the “air” in which public affairs are carried on may be equally pure/ Let the climate of Yancey County’s political thought and action worthily match the superior physical climate that lures here the hundreds of sum mer visitors from the heat of less blessed parts of the country. NOTICE OF RE-SALE ~ STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF YANCEY The Board of Education of Yan cey County, being of the opinion that the Double Island School house and site upon it is located in Brush Creek Yancey County'. North Carolina, | has become unnecessary for public i school purposes, signed an Order at a meeting held by said Board of Education on 13 August 1958, dir ecting the sale of said Double Is land School house and site upon which it is locaedt and in said Or der appointed Hubert D. Justice Secretary of said Board if Educa tion, to advertise and sell said property in the name of the Board of Education of Yancey County at public sale as provided by law: That pursuant to said Order the | indersigned advertised said prop- 1 erty and offered same for sale at the courthouse door in Burnsville, North Carolina, on 27 September 1958 at which time Dewey Thomas was the highest bidder at the price of $225.00 which bid was duly reported on said day in the Office of the Clerk Superior Court of Yancey County; that an increased bid was fUcd tn th# Office of Clerk Superior Court within the time provided by law and the Clerk of Court signed an Order directing the rescale of said prop erty at public sale as provided by law: That pursuant to said Order of re-sale the undersigned offered said property for sale at the courthouse door in Burnsville, North Carolina, on 25 October 1958 at which time Frank Thomas was the highest bidder at the price of $2)7.50 which bid was duly report ed on said day in the Office of the Clerk Superior Court of Yancey County; tdat a:: increased bid has been filed in the Office of the Clerk Superior Coiirt within the time provided hy law and the Clerk of Court has again signed an Or der directing the re-sale of said property at public sale as provided by law: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of said Order of ths Board of Edu cation and the poser invested in said Board of Education by the laws of the State of North Caro lina, and by virtue of Order of re sale entered by the Clerk Superior Court of Yancey County, the Board of Education of Yancey County, through its Secretary, Hubert D. Justice, will again offer for sale at public auctior to the highest bidder for cash at 11:00 A. M. on the 22nd day of Fovember 1958 at the courthouse dor in Burnsville, North Carolina, he following de scribed property: BEGINNING m a planted stone on the N. side d the irnblic road and on the S she of Doe Bag Creek and runs L 45 E. 16 poles to a Spotted Oak thence N. 4 W. 7 poles to a buirh of Sycamores in a hollow; these N. 84 W. 17 poles and 9 link to an Ironwood on the N. side o) the public road; thence with the road S. 14 W. 2 poles, S. 25 E. 17pole* and 9 links to the BEGINNBG. ' The Board of Iducation of Yan cey County reaches the right to I reject any a! bids. I The highest blder shall be re- J quired to de;>osi with the under- I signed the sumps ten percent of his or her hid gade on said prop-) erty on the day >f sale. ' J This the 6th 4y of Nov. 1958. • YANCEY OOKTY BOARD OF | EDUCATION Hubert D. Juiire, Secratary - j November 13-20 J -a,-.. . 1 Obituaries MR®! »fhM>Y P. DAYIft Mrs. Sally Proffitt Davis, 80", of Burnsville, died in an Ashe ' ■ 71 ville hospital Wednesday night after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 2:00 p. m. Friday in Elk Shoal Baptist Church. The Rey. Vivian Brown and • the Rev. Granville Kilby officiated and burial was in Proffitt Cemetery. Surviying are two daughters, Mrs. Belle Crain of Ashevtfle and * Mrs. Dora Byrd of Burnsville RFD 4; a son, Floyd, of Swannanoa; a brother, Jim, of Burnsville RFD 4; 11 grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren. LAWRENCE BUTNER Funeral services for Lawrence Butner, 82, of Burnsville who died Wednesday were held in the First Baptist Church at 2 p. m. Friday. The Rev. C. B. Trammel offi ciated and. burial was in Mc- Cracken Cemetery. Pallbearers were Clarence and Jess Styles, Edward Buckner, Harold and Frank Butner, Edgar Hensley, Harrison Bennett and Charles Hunter. MACK LEDFORD Mack Ledford, 63, a farmer and I World War 1 veteran of Bee Log, | died in a Veterans Administration | hospital in Johnson City, Tenn., Sunday night following a short illness. ~ Funeral services will be held, at Little Creek Church Thursday' at 2:00 p. m. Burial will be in the church Cemetery. Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Naomi Ledford; seven daughters, Ann and Unevia Ledford of the I |hbb fi ’ ‘ I hhl }vi < „■, jst It nla 1 n . m ■iSrrdMr' 1111 fa IPHH £ , I :By : : :v '' -;: "1 ijMa Amm ’%&><*■&> \ <|iM|i|j&\ ' J Bap. THE ULTIMATE In shelters Is represented by this large and luxurious unit built by steel con- i tractor Earl W. Reichert of Battle Creek, Mich igan. 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Army in -Germany, and Floyd, Charles and Hriyle of the home; two sisters, Mrs. Belle Hensley of Bee Log and Mrs. Myrtle Ryan of Knoxville, Tenn.; _ and two brothers. Grady of Erwin, Tenn. arid Lark of Ozark, Ark. | MABEL G. ROLAND Mabel G. Roland, 39, died at her home in Burnsville Tuesday morlPl ing after a long illness. ( Survivors are the husband, Lee 1 Roy Roland; three daughters, l Cinda, Laverne, and Patricia; one son, Claude Tracy, all of the home; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Griffith of Burnsville; two i brothers, James of Ontario, Can-1 ada; and Sol of Burnsville. Funeral arrangements by Hol combe Funeral Home are in-' complete. A. L TOMBERLIN Funeral services for A. L. Tom berlin of Asheville, a native pf the Cane River section of Yancey County, who died Sunday in an Asheville nursing home were held Tuesday at 2:00 p. m. in the chapel of Berryman Funeral Home. | The Rev. Tom. Mason and the Rev. William C. Cannon officiated* and burial was in Riverside Ceme tery. ~ Surviving are the widow, Mrs. * Elsie Banks Tomberlin of the home; one daughter, Mrs. Mary Nell McHaffey; two sons, James P. of Charlotte and E. Worth Tomberlin of Salisbury; one bro ther, Grover G. Tomberlin of I Asheville. operated blowers for the altered air system. Its steel reinforcement prepares It for use as a blast as well as fallout shelter. However, a small family fall out shelter may be built for a fraction of what this shelter cost. (Battle Creek Enquirer and News Photo) rrarapaAT, x&ypapuui iM, im MRS. J. H. FRANKLIN • , *—• • » Mrs. J. H. FrankUn, «6, died at 7:39 a. m .'Monday at *h* hefcna of a daygh®P,r Mrs. Ettief Tipton, in Marion, following., an illness of six months. ~- She was a native of Yancey County. Thd,'former Misa LiHle Ella Hall, she was the daughter of Willoughby and Martha Cous ins Hall. . Services were conducted at 2:00 p. m. Wednesday in the Cross Mills Baptist Church in Marion. ' The Rev. B. M. Strickland, Ithe Rev. A. J. Buckner, and the Rev. E. R. Bartlett officiated; , Burial was In Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery in Haw Creek. * Surviving are two sons, Sidney Franklin of Asheville and Dewey Franklin of Johnson City, Tenn.; 1 two daughters, Mrs. Martha Har- I rell of Asheville and Mrs. Tipton one step-daughter, Mrs. Leonard Cousins of Marion, Ind.; one bro ther, Howard Hall of Burnsville; a sister, Mrs. Nannie Black of Asheville; 18 grandchildren and -25 great-grandchildren. CARD. OF THANKS Your kindness and sympathy at this time are more deeply appre ciated than any words of thanks can ever express. Also our thanks for the beautiful floral offering in | the death of our dearly beloved brother. The McKinney family * ___ kJIIPiI Ei *