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THVIW&AY. MAY 23, 1983
I THIS YANCEY RECORD
Btfabliflhecl July, 1986
TOM HIGGINS, EOtor «* Publisher
THURMAN U BROWN, Shop Manager
PUBLISHED k'V'SRY THURSDAY BY
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Second Claae Postage Paid at Burnsville, N. C.
THURSDAY, MAY 23. 1863 NUMBER FORTY
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Wm IIMmI ■ BY TOM HIGGINS
Any Yancey Countian posessing I
extra rabfc/|’s feet, a field full of i
four-leaf clovers or a generous ;
supply of buckeyes Is requested t
ito contact either Ransom Pate or <
E. G. Adkins at Rate's garage in i
Burnsville.
‘‘Up until sow I’ve never been
EUpi'iiftt.iouA,”. .Pate said with ' y
weak smile while making his i
tongue-in-cheek plea for help. “But f
with the luck we’ve been hawing, j
it’ll take a truckload of buckeyes, j
clovers etc., to break tire spell 3
We’re obviously unler. We’re really
jinxed." r} (
Mechanic Pate and driver Ad- ;
kins are the principals in an ]
auto-racing team sponsored toy ,
Roberts Chevrolet-Buick, Inc. of
Burnsville. ]
At rieast, they're supposed to be 1
raqjp?. So far this season they’ve!
'.uptime to do little more than
try and fend off the blows Dame
Fortune has thrown their way.
They took one on the chin Sun- .
day at AsbeviUe-Weaverville Speed
way, and this latest setback Js
what prompted Pate to atari look- 1
ing for gremlins. 1
Here’s what happened: 1
Adkins went onto the track .lor 1
warmups prior to the a -rich
National Modified Sportsman
Championship race. He reported
back to the pits that the car was
in peak condition.
Optimism oozed from the Bur
nsville outfit’s spot on pit row.
Then, during a final lap, prac
tice dis, disaster struck and cruelly
spattered the optimism to tjhe
Yancey Counttems’ faces,
Adkins roared out of the final
turn and sped down the . atauAghb
away at an estimated 100 m. p. h.
Suddenly, near the first turn, a
spectator walked leisurely onto the
track. ,'
Adkins had two choices: he
could take no evasive action and
hope mat the spectator would
get out of the way; or he could
take no chances and pile his nuter
into the wall;
It was really no decision. Ad
kins sent the car Into the wall.
The machine was virtually de
molished . Adkins sustained a
slight band injury.
“What really hurts,” said Ad
kins, shaking off his injury,
“is that after the race the winner.
Runt Harris, came by and told us
that in warmups we were beating
him two-car-lengths on the
fctraightaways. He said he felt we
had the fastest car on the track.”
It’s been virtually the same
story all season.
During April, Adkins was lead
ing a feature event at the New
Asheville Speedway, of which he
Fas the 1962 track champion.
Just as he started to pass a slower
car, the latter machine spun out,
causing a collision. Out of the
ilace went E. G. and into a major
rebuilding job went Pate.
In another race the Burnsville
driver was running a close sec- ,
end when a tire blew, forcing j
him from contention. An older of i
hew tiies had failed to arrive in
t'lme tor the race; they [showed
lip the following morning..
On May 4 a truck towing one of
the Pate-Adkina duo’s ears t» a
>ace at Bristol, Va„ went out of
control on a steep modfifiain grade
near Burnsville and Bustled over
a 45-foot embankment, • pulling the
car along. The truck was 8 total
loss. It took several days to get
the car tuned to satisfaction
again.
“If .things don’t change I (don’t
know what we’ll do.’^'PateTS!!!
glumly. Then with a wry smile he
added: “I guess our only hope is
that our luck rubs off on somel
others. Then we can organize a
race for cripples.”
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Random Rumblings:
Several Yancey speed enthus
iasts 'Will go Go-Idarting this sea
son. . . Bobby Silvers of Burns
ville, holder of the track speed
record for one lap at Marion Go-
Kart Raceway, is planning to re
turn to competition in the junior
division. . . Max Fox, Randall
MfcCtonry and Carl Stamey fc>f
Burnsville, who dominated the
senior division at Marion
in 1962, are also 'Set to race
again. . . Races are run at Marion
on Saturday nights. The Yancey
Countians will also race frequently
at Old Fort on Sunday after
noons. . .
Teams from the Celo-South Toe
.River section and Cane River-
Rafnseytown are reported Interest
ed in Joining a Burns villa Men’s
Chdj-sponsored Yancey SotftJbal'
League. Several more entrants are
needed. If interested, contact The
Record. . .
High School graduation time is
recruiting time for many college
altMetic coaches. As it’s that time
of year, I’m reminded off the story
about the coach who was trying to !
persuade a terrific football pros 1
pcct to attend the coach’s univer
sity rather than an agricultural
and technical school.
“Why, especially, do you want
to go to A & T?” asked the coach
“I can take forestry there,” re
plied the youngster.
“Why do you want to take fore
stry?”
The hulking lad, a gridiron
terror but a classroom flop,
scratched his head for a moment
and then replied hrightly: “Well I
like to hunt and fish.”
Really happened.
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New Boating Law Is A Welcomed Addition
| BY ROD AMUNDSON
N. C. Wildlife Commission
Recently ratified toy the General |
Assembly is an amendment to i
North Carolina’s 1J59 boating saf- 1
pity law requiring persons operat
ing boats pevered by machinery
of ten horsepower or less to have j
aboard one approved lifesaving t ’
device for dach person aboard. :
| Furrier required is a stern-mount-!
! ed white light for night operation, 1
or a usaibie flashlight to warn off
other boats.
This amendment brings state
law into line with Coast Guiard re
gulations. It does not, however, re
. quire the boats involved to be re
gistered or numbered.
Law or no law, it makes good
common horse sense to have saf
ety devices aboard any boat. We
live in an age of surveys, polls
and statistics, and here are some
statistics put together by the O’uP’
board Beating Club of AmerkJa
l as a result of a nationwide sur
vey of boating accidents.
For instance, c° 795 persons who
as a result of betting be
came imperiled, 529 perished. Os
these, 447 dead by drowning anc
141 of those who drowned had nc
! lifesaving device available.
Okay, so statistics are cold; so
■ is death!
A Hot Trick
To Scale Fish
Here is a slick way to get
the scales off a mess of
small panfish:
Grasp them by the lower
jaw and dunk them into a 1
bucket of scalding water-
This will loosen the scales
enough so that they may be
easily wiped off in a bucket
of cool water- Be careful
not to leave the fish in the
water too long, though. A
litle experience will tell you
the proper length of time.
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As an aid to boating safetjjr the
Wgdlife Commission recently pass
ed a regulation prohibiting jug
fishermen from -using glass jugs
as floats in this somewhat unique
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IT COMES NATURAL - Janie Wilson, 5, daughter of Mr. and '
1 IS . „ ’^ rence Wilson of Pensacola poses LGipplly with the “homy
heads she and her mother recently ca.vght in Cane River. Janie’s
i.. -ca mg ability comes nationally. She is a great-great-great'
gi-anadauightsr of Big Tom Wilson, the storied Yancey County woods
man and ‘bear-hunter. (Staff Photo) |
fc Graduation ts a high spot I
■ want to celebrate lt’s not- 1/ B
I oral. Here’s Hoping Yoor ' ’Ajm \ I
I Port- Graduation F.rtivities I
■ ****** clouds, keep yout H
I 3§|y On graduation night make £
9 THIS ad sponsored as a public service I
I [ JjgZ : BY THE FOLLOWING FIRMS: - I
\mj The Burnsville Mill I
I Glen Raven Mills I
type off fishing.
Jug fishing, as it 4s commonly
known, consists of tying a book
and line to a jug, and letting /t)he
rig float downstream to take cat
fish. A gallon glass jug floating
in the .water Is difficult to see
from a fast moving boat or by a
waiter skier, and it could easily
crack la boat bull or a shin bone.
Plastics, however, are softer,
lighter, and won’t strew broken
glass on the bottom off a stream
or lake. So many liquids come in
plastic coa. 1 ainers these days that
’ it should not hard, to find suit
able fi-oai's. or Luke Guppy can
concocts i T ien: s wh'ch, I irier
stand, di .-.olve plastic materials.
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Spriak’rg c-f Luke, this letter
came from him i;.e other day:
Dear Mr. Rod:
1 Me a'd Elmo Cooler been out
in wt ‘'"'n Texas Icoki.'ig t> toy
n1 ne (‘order cattle. They been
M.wisv' a reel dry, windy spring
out (that way. It was so dusty one
dav ‘titoat -the prairie doy-s dug their
holes up instead of down, and
tlr n when the wind went down 11
left them branded I front six fret
ip in the air. W? bad-(V» •/heat
j them -down t> keep them from
j sl.-v v'og .to death.
I Mr. Red, we -ore had ee.me
|re 'il good western soaks bat
: thsre. Old Elmo decided he mas
goto <0 try ” him a real rare
steak. Well, when the -whiter
brought it out Elmo looks at It «
minute then -stock' his knife in
it. I. was nice and red and juv
inside, but Elmo cased the wai
ter lack and to’ ’ him to fry it
I seme more. He ...J the wiaiter he
seen crittf” ■ -ui't worse than that
and git v. '! Me, I like my
steak just cooked so it don’t beller
whenever I stick my fork in it.
And let’s me and you and old
I Elmo go fishing one of these days.
A Jewel
Peycrd Price
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Because it is the
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your life. We
hope it is the
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