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THE YANCEY RECORD „ THURSDAY, JUNE «, 1962 PEACE CORPS TO SEND ' VOLUNTEERS TO ftRATTf, The Peace Corps has accepted an Invitation from the Government of Brazil to send 163 Volunteers to assist the San Francisco Valley Commission in the integrated de velopment of the 2000 mile long river valley. This program will affect directly 5% million people who now live in the valley area. Volunteers will be assigned to agricultural extension work, rural community development, rural ele ctrification, irrgation, health edu cation, sanitation and social work. The project requires 89 agricul tural specialists and workers with training or experience in various agricultural, forestry and home economics skills, 13 electrical en gineers or electricians, 1 dentist, 6 nurses, 8 medical technicians, 10 health and social workers, 15 mechanics, 2 marine diesel re pairman, 4 radio technicians, 4 cottage industry instructors, 3 geologists, 3 well diggers, 2 fish ing technicians, one carpenter, one cotton textile worker, and one audio-visual specialist. "Training of Volunteers selected for this project will begin about July 30, 1962, and will include on the-job skills, as well as language and culture of Brazil. Prior know ledge of Portuguese will be help ful, but it is not a requirement for selection. Volunteers must be American VALUES I i,ii ' rr^=s ! GIBSON APPLIANCES I 0 ~ Get Your Freezer New- I ■ St- - ' And Save- V I 16 ft. Gibson Freezer *l99.9B—Holds 536 Lb. I 18 ft. Gibson Freezer *249.95—H01ds 635 Lb. I 20 ft. Gibson Freezer *279*9s—Holds 690 Lb. I 24 ft. Gibson Freezer $299.95-Holds 809 Lb -105 lb. fast freezing compartment, 2 remove* I able storage baskets, counter balance lid with I lock, interior light and guard light, lifetime seal I compressor, baked enamel interior, 5 year feed ■ protection warranty and 5 year warranty on I motor compressor. We handle a complete line 1 of Gibson Refrigerators from $189,95 up. I Gibson Electric Ranges $149.95 up. 1 Small Down Payments & Easy Terms To Fit Your Budget R I $20.00 Credit on Light Bill from French Broad Electric Membership Corp. for I I Purchase of first Freezer during Month of June and July I I THE COUNTRY STORE THAT SAVES YOU MORE I I J. F. Robinson, General Merchandise I ■ CANE RiVER, N. C. PHONE MU 2-2494 I ' citizens at least 18 years of age. There is no upper age limit. The basic educational requirement Is a high school education. Greater formal training or experience Is required for some positions. Mar ried couples are eligible if both i husband and wife qualify and they I have no dependents under 18. Volunteers receive a living al lowance for food, clothing, hous ing, medical care, transportation and Incidentals plus a termination payment of SIBOO, based on $75 • for each month of service. Peace Corps applications may be obtained from local post' offices, county agents. Peace Corps Lia- I ison officers at colleges and uni , versities, or from the Peace Corps, Washington 25, D. C. They should be completed as soon. as j possible and returned to the Peace Corps, Washington, D. C. ] TAYLOR ASKS TOBACCO CROP INS. FOR YANCEY WASHINGTON Twelfth Dis trict Congressman Roy A. Taylor has asked that tobacco crop in surance be extended to Yancey County burley growers effective ■ with the start of the 1963 crop year. 1 Rep. Taylor, who last year was successful in securing the insur ance for Haywood County tobacco farmers, said he was requesting the same coverage for Yancey 1 In a letter to Manager John N. " Lutt of the U. 8. Crop Insurance Corp., the congressman noted that Yancey Is one of the four largest burley producing counties In Wes tern North Carolina, with some 1,800 growers. Rep. Taylor has already recei ved assurance - from state CIC director Julian E. Mann that Yan cey will be recommended for coverage with the start of the 1963 season. c The crop insurance, already in effect In Haywood, Buncombe and Madison Counties, Is written to cover damage from hail, drought, floods, excessive moisture, frost, disease and "anything else beyond the farmer’s control”, said Rep. Tayloi. Cost of the ■ coverage varies slightly depending on which, of * several policies selected by the individual grower, but costs gen erally in the neighborhood of $5 to $6 per SIOO of coverage on each | acre. ■ Ilmmi Vi&iTfr■/4 l*Jkl*>l ... k Read The Want Adi \ Medicine j t , , Souring The Flame . . . Work I •* • For Shiners .. . ■ . *4. Hi CANCER TESTS: Next month Swedish researchers will decide whether to expand tests of alleged anti-cancer vaccine. If results 1 then are favorable among 100 volunteers now inoculated with killed cancer cells, by 1965 shots may be given to 12,000 . . . WARMTH AMID COLD: Husband and wife teams soon will be Working as family units in Antarctica, says U.S. Army science advisor. He predicts setups for permanent housekeeo'ng at polar i weather stations in next decade as step to offset piouoprine spirit frustrations ... * * * i SOURING THE FLAME: Lemons and seaweed t.re latest’ i .weapons against forest fires. \/hen lemon peel pectate and by- ! -product of kelp are added to ot ier chemicals dropped from planes, or sprayed by tanks, mixture '.hickens to cling to forest foliage like cake frosting . . . CLU JS IN VOODOO: Psychosomatic impact all the way is studied by South African Dr. R. J. W. I Burrell who saw a Bantu dea,h spell materialize in few hours.; He asks: “I wonder how many t f our patients die because they think they should." . . . FOR ST TITERS: Pineapple enzyme sold on prescription is designed to trett black eyes. Has also been used for treating fractures, bruises, p illed miisc.es and joint disloca tions of boxers, ice skaters and : m iketball players. Product i 3 joint development of pharmaceutical firm researchers and pineapple company scientists . . . i ... GENES OVER FUSION: Sc entist’s report labeled "fictional” > in biological journal describes hypothetical positive eugenics pro | gram as The Absolute Weapon whereby nation with cross breeding selected for top intelli;.e:ice is superior . . . PATERNITY 1 jBY PROXY. Medicolegal repou indicates 50,000 persons in U.S., * today were conceived from semen of hidden-identity donors,' | i estimates that 800,000 American women in barren marriages I can be enabled to give birth via artificial finsemina.ion, 163- Iyear old medical procedure .. ‘v L>" • • . i BREATHING HEART: Brooklyn surgeons are exploring po tential of human "extra hearts” existing naturally. Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz and colleagues believe that tireless breathing muscle, the diaphragm, can be split half for continued respiration, I half for fashioning Into auxiliary heart of patient whose regular, j blood pumper has failed . . . NO DEAD END: Councilmen in one, ■ European village, noting medical progress, have voted that street running alongside hospital should no longer be called Cemetery jßond - ' (From Medicine at Work, publication of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association) ._ . . _ - i NORGE APPLIANCES I Refrigerators $189.95 up r TjnmMl I SSSgI I Electric Ranges $149.95 up ; Bllll I Wringer Type Washers $99.95 up j jTTIn Automatic Washers from $189.95 up ■ ,-PsSIIe fagaglff I WITH OLD WASHER j j jjj r - ■ Norge Dryers s l49.9s up jgjjjfci” Ifelt I 18 ft. Norge Freezer *249.95 up • jfeSjf fsiitl I HOLDS 635 LB. ifelaHSl' | 22 ft, Norge Freezer *289.95 up Ul 1 " ~Z—I 3 removeable storage baskets, safety I signal light, Automatic interior light, I Norge power king compressor, 2 Ad- I justable dividers, Modern design. I 5 YEAR FOOD PROTECTION WARRANTY AND 5 YEAR WARRANTY ON MOTOR COMPRESSOR. fl WE HANDLE A COMPLETE LINE OF NORGE APPLIANCES H r ~~——- —»" JF l: ' . IT SAYS SO HERE .. . Steve Wii son, (on the right) produce merch. andiser and dairy buyer for Colon ial Stores, accepts the first per manent indoor display sign statinf that this chain sells only eggs produced in North Carolina from Hank Wilkinson of the North Caro lina Egg Marketing Association. T hese signs will be permanently installed over the refrigerated egg case in each of Colonial’s seventy nine North Carolina stores. ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE j NORTH CAROLINA YANCEY COUNTY Having quolified as Administra trix of the Estate of Jack C. Pat i ton, deceased, late of Yancey County, this is to notify ail persons having claims against the Deced ent to exhibit the same to the un dersigned Administratrix at her home at Burnsville, N. C., on or before the 15th day of December. 1962, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons owing the Estate will please make immediate pay ment. This 14th day of June, 1962. Evelyn Patton, Administratrix of the Estate of Jack C. Patton, Deceased. | ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE I NORTH CAROLINA YANCEY COUNTY Having qualified as Administra trix of the Estate of Sol Fox, de ceased, late of Yancey County, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Decedent to exhibit the same to the undersign ed Administratrix at her home at Burnsville, N. C., on or before the 7th day of December, 1962, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons owing the Estate will please make immediate pay ment. This 4th day of June, 1962. Carrie Fox, Administratrix of the Estate of Sol Fox, Deceased. June 7, 14, 21, 28
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