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THE YANCEY RECORD THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, IMS - .. ■ .I— « i ' '■ - Sidelines BY TOM HKKHNS Random RamhUags: Brevard CoUege ‘has, .- scheduled its Homecoming lor this weekend, and the tugging at the heart that will take some old grads back could result in a coronary. Since , the school has no football team, the Homecoming athletic feature will be a basketball game between the teams of 1955-96 and 1958-99. I was a member of the former squad and, like myself, most of my old teammates are now woe fully out of shape and their once trim figures are now somwbat tubby. Virtually all are definite cardiac candidates the moment they walk on the gymnasium Boor Saturday afternoon. Our old coach, Chick Martin, •would undoubtedly declare that tl>ere is no danger,- though, if we play no harder than we did in 1955-96. A member of our team ask Martin, a couple of years ago what he remembered best about us. The coach replied that he had been trying to forget our record <so have we) and that he would like to forget our antics as prac tical jokers, but couldn’t. There is no doubt that had we devoted as much time to basket ball fundamentals as to fun, per iod, our position in the conference standings would have been higher. But when we first began prac-: tice a school official (not the coach told us that the! school participated in inter- j collegiate athletics simply for the fun and enjoyment of the students! and that there was no pressure on j us to win. I We took whoever it was at his. word. However, he probably wished, later that he had thrown in a word or so about how far that fun should go. An incident in Bluefield, W. Va„ once almost caused the school some embarassment and earned Its perpertrators lasting status. We were in Bluefieki for a game against jJnaCffW ovj-coiteger-ffiw ing arrived shortly after noon for the 8 p. m. contest, we bad some time to kill and thus were given permission to visit the downtown area. Bluefield won’t soon forget it. Two of our fellows had a brain storm and rushed into a variety store to purchase the materials that were necessary to the trick come off. When they emerged one was wearing very dark glasses and carrying a white cane. His companion, sporting a noticeabie bulge in a hip pocket, was very convincingly mimicking an ine briate. Before the afternoon was over Bluefield was one big traffic snarl as the pair wandered from one street to another, the ine briate “aiding” his friend across streets and through busy parking lots. When police finally caught onto the hoax, it took the pleas of sev eral anxious ballplayers to enable two starters to do some bouncing in the Bluefield gym rather than being bounced into the Bluefield jail, the cops were also persuaded not to notify school officials. •>* • ' u ••~ • ! Job Printing? 1 I yancHf Record •-S' 3\J> ft »“ ,\ '■ ' 'of Vr.’ b«> Such as this, and not basketball, r will be the topic of discussion , when the “bidtimers” gather Sat . urday. It should be fun. o**o i Jim Hickey, the University of > North Carolina football coach, i, was one of the smallest physical 1 specimens on the field Saturday at College Park, where his Tar - Heels met the University of Mary ' land, but he proved he is a “big man.” Here’s what happened: Two years ago North Carolina whipped Maryland in a driving rainstorm. Afterward, Terp Coach ftom Nugent stated that his team had been greatly hampered by the weather. A Carolina fan, sus pecting that the Maryland Coach was alibiag took it upon himself to anonymously mail Nugent a huge bath towel with the words “Crying Towel” stenciled across each side in huge letters. Last year when Maryland came bo Chapel Hill to play, Nugent brought the towel along. After Maryland bombed Carolina. Nugent presented the towel to Hickey, saying, “You need this worse than I do." Saturday, Hickey’s Tar Heels beat Maryland, and when the 5-10, 170-pound coach was ridden to the center of the field on his I players’ shoulders, the towel was , j crammed into his pocket. Nugent jcame over, congratulated Hickey j and asked for the towel. “I promise you’ll get it back ,j next year," said Nngent. j “No. I’ll just keep It, Tom,” I said Hickey. “It was from down our way to start with anyway. Let’s just get rid of this thing and concentrate on football.” Nugent patted his contemporary on the back and agreed. • 09* Nugent and Clemson Coach Prank Howard, embittered ene mies, don't Eke it, but they have something in common. Wf-ithPT y'aiia lias scored a victory after four games this' season, marking the first time that either of the two coaches have begun a season on such a low note. •• • • The two touchdown Passes East Yancey's Gordon „Banks threw to Harold Bennett Jr., In Friday’s f triumph gave the duo a total of 11 for the season. . . Banks has I also pitched for three more touch ; gowns. . . Bennett, a senior, will be one of the most sought-after gridders in the Appalachian Conference this season. College scouts are al ready asking about him. They are interested in him as a flanker, but &U express a wish that the 150- pounder were 20 pounds heavier. . . •* * • A friend of mine is a staunch fan of college football, but deplores the pro game "because there is no spirit.” , He should have seen the Wash -1 ipgton Redskins-PhiladelPhia Eag : les game Sunday. Those players of i both teams not in the game stood along the sidelines virtually throu ghout, shouting encouragement to teammates on the field. W: Ihe Great Outdoors 01’ Luke Guppy Writes A LetUft On Hunting BY ROD AMUNDSON ? N. p. Wildlife Ce.tunisslon OT Luke' GuPpy, who owns and operates Guppy's General Mer chandise Emporium at Guppy’s Crossroads, is probably not the most literate individual in his' community. He has, however, a considerable amount of civic spirit, and when he and his buddy Elmo Cooter get some white corn spirits mixed up with their community spirit they can become quite elo quent if not downright loquacious For example: Guppy’s Crossrolads September 26, 1963 1 Deal - Mi'. Rod: Me and old Elmo Cooter just finish locking up the store, and our Mrs. is still out somewhere playing bridge and we been set tin here gabbing away about dove bunting we went and did some of this afternoon, and what went on out there and all. Elmo et oollards for supper again tonltje and onions too I wish he wouldn’t set so close to me when I am NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION NORTH CAROLINA YANCEY COUNTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election wiU be held In the County of Yancey, North Carolina, on November 5, 1963, Sor the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said County the queston whether they shall ap prove or disapprove (1) the ’in debtedness to be incurred by the issuance of bonds of said County of the maximum principal amount of $250,000, and (2) the levy of a tax for the payment of such bonds, and (3) the bond order entitled “Bond Order authorizing the issu ance of $25#,000 County Courthouse Bonds of the County of Yancey,” adopted by the Board of Commiss ioners on October 1, 1963, to au thorize the issuance of sa d bonds and the levy of such tax. The bonds are authorized to finance the cost of constructing a building! for use as a County Courthouse 1 and Jail and to acquire the ne cessary lands or rights in land therefor and to acquire the equip ment suitable for the use of such improvement. The ballots to be used at said election shall contain the words “For the bond order authorizing $250,000 of bonds to finance the cost of constructing a building for use a County Courthouse and Jail, and to acquire the necessary lands or rights In land required therefor and to acquire the equipment suitable for the use of such im provement, and a tax therefor” and tlie words “Against the bond or der authorizing $250,000 bonds to finance the cost of constructing a building for use as a County Court house and Jail, and to acquire the necessary lands or rights in land required therefor and to acquire the equipment suitable for the use of such improvement, and a tax therefor,” with squares opposite the affirmative and negative forms in one of which squares the voter may mark a mark (X) to Indicate his choice. In the event that a majority of the qualified voters voting at such election shall vote to approve the incurring of such Indebtedness and Qayrgll savings WILL FEATHER YOUR NEST. 1 mmmml .- - t_ ying to type this here letter, j But he got some things he want J me to get in In but he sure don’t smell good. Anyways, Elmo got a field of 1 corn- -he is hogging down, land I 1 bet they was a 100 dove hunters 1 out there this afternoon shootin up a storm. They .wan’t nobody drunk as far as we could tell but the way some of them acted you would think they was Plumb, crazy. It is a lord’s wonder no body didn’t get his head blowed 1 - off the wa^. they was shootin. Elmo says he seen this one guy ; shoot a bird that was flyin so low his belly was scrapin the top of the cornstocks. Well, he let go with both barrels, seems like, and kill his bird clean and purty. But Elmo has got this great big old dew rolk Jersey boar that he went clean tq Pencilvania to buy. Well some of them shot peppered this old hog Tight in the back end. He lettin out a woof (and a snort you coul£t”hear clean down to, the school house and took off i like one of them jet airplanes. the levy of snch tax, said bonds shall be issued and a tax shall be levied for the payment of such bouds. 1 The polls far the election will 1 open at the hour of 6:30 o'clock, A. M., and will close at the hour of: : 6:30 o’clock, P. M. Eastern Stand-! ard Time. The election will be heldj ' at the same polling Place at which ‘ the last election was held in Yan cey County the election of members of the General Assembly. The registration books shall be opened for the registration of vot- I ers at 9:00 o’clock, A. M„ on Sat .. urday, October 12, 1963, and shall be closed at sunset on Saturday, October 26, 1963. On each day (Sun days excepted) during such period, the Registrar for each election pre cinct in tiie County will keep his | book open between the hours of i 9:00 o’clock, A. M., and sunset for j the registration of voters in such ; election precinct. On each Satar-. day during each period each Re gistrar will attend at the polling Place in his election precinct be tween the hours *: 00 o’clock A. M., and sunset (qr the registration of voters. •_ JF jr ■m*r vrmt St the'Board of Com missioners of the County of Yan cey. Dated: October 1, 1963. Evelyn H. Pate, Clerk of Board of Commissioners of Yancey Coun ty, North Carolina. Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24 | ( I THE ‘64s ARE HERE AND A SIGHT TO BEHOLD... y BUT DON’T FORGET I That Roberts Chevrolel-Buick Is Still HeaUquaters 1 For A Tremendous Fleet of Excellent OK Used Cars. I ■ We’d Love to Put You in a New Car, But if you I I Aren’t in the Market, Chances Are You’ll Find I I Exactly What You’re Looking For In A Used I I® Car Here* I Roberts Chevroiet-Buick, lac. I rn WEST MAIN frr. rHANWJRED DGAAJBB If. IBIS BUltNsmi.E, N. C. M I j j This big fat guy was stoopin over to pick up a bird he had shot and the old boar come up on him from behind and took him for a ride up as far a® the fence where he stopped. The fat guy, thiat is. The. old boar he kept on goto right through the fence and on down to the hog wallow where he set down to cool his self off. I It was a wonder somebody ( didn’t get killed this pm the way them hunters carried on. Over at my place the boys just finished up combining a field of soy beans and I bet toey was 500 or a 1,000 doves flyin in and out of there and dang near that many hunters. They could see each other perty good, but ever once in a while some guy would shoot THERE IS INST AN! THIS I AND INST AST ThAT ... J BUT THERE ARE NO INSTANT ROOFS jj-*» -r** When Rain and Melting Snow Begin Dripping Into Your Home There Is No Instant Remedy. Now Is The Time To Insure Against This Happening. Come By And Let Our Roofing « Specialist Discuss Your Problems With You. rw~. 3L B. Penland & Soil Co; DIAL 682-2135 BURNSVILLE, N. C at a low bird- and you could hdar. the other guys cuss him out good and proper. 1 counted one guy shoot his i ten doves and keep right on shoot- j ing at them until I told him to get the heck out of there and don’t come back no more. They ain’t nothing me and old Elmo hates ’ worse than a dang game hog. Mr. Rod. they is a right smart j amount of hunting that goes on! around these parts, anti mostly. everybody foller the rules on bag j limits and things, but we sure need to do something about how careless some of these guys get when the shootin i s good. With the deer season and bird season coming up, me and Elmo figger to write to the Wildlife folks in Raleigh about how we can get to .be hunter Safety instructors, and Lien we going to hold us a hunting safety trai/ng school right here at the Place of Business. | Maybe we Are gettin right mean, : but we don’t aim to allow nobody jto hunt on our places unless he can show he has got himself a ' card which shows he Was past the hunting safety training coarse - ; with flyin colors. And Elmo says !to tell you that them “Hunting 'by Permission Only” posters we [ got from the Wildlife work real good. Well, our Mrs. just pulled up from their bridge club so we got to turn the lights out now and go home. Come see us. Yours. Luke, and Elmo says sign his name too.
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