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THE YANCEY RECORD THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1964 THE YANCEY RECORD Established July, 1936 TRCNA P. FOX, Editor & Publisher THURMAN L. BROWN, Shop Manager PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY *■ Second Class Postage, Paid at Burnsville. N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1964 NUMBER FORTY-SIX SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.50 PER YEAR OUR TOWN The Federal grast of $205,000 to assist Burnsville with construc tion of its sewage disposal plant is hardly the occasion for unrestrain ed celebration. Although it is ex remely welcome, it should be re cognized that the grant carries with it a heavy financial obliga tion. The grant will-pay for not more than 55 percent of the- total cost of the project. So perhaps the best way to describe the situation is to say that Burnsville is now in a much less unhappy position i than we were before. That we must now proceed pro- 1 mptly with the construction of I our plant is self-evident. Cities and towns throughout the State are proceeding to comply with the stringent laws requiring the end ing of stream polution. And de spite generous Federal aid the cost to the towns is proving to be very high. Most of on)' neighbor ing towns are farther along with Iheir projects than we are. It is therefore quite unthinkable | that we can refuse the grant, and i simply continue to drag our feet, j Burnsville contracted with the j State Stream Sanitation Cornmis-1 sion in 1960 to build its plant by j 1963. We failed to do so because i in the absence of a large grant, the town’s finances simply made compliance an impossibilitv. Now that the grant has been received, the pressure will be op, us to move rapidly. The grant is! NORGE - Holds 635 Lbs. 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Unnecessary delay involves the threat of revocation of the grant. / We have already taken two im portant steps in the project—the 1 recent fifty percent incraese in our water, ant the purchase of a site for the plant. Next will come an election to authorize a bond 1 issue to pay the town’s share of I the cost (in the order of $175,000). , Then will follow the detailed en | gineering of the project, which has not yet been done. We had hoped to have this already completed, and to that end applied for a Fed eral loan last year to cover the cost, but under the strange work ings of Federal bureaucracy (un der which the right 'hand seems never to know what the left is doing) the loan was denied. Since the engineering involves much complicated detail, some months will probably elapse before contracts can be let, and con struction gets under way. Consid ering all things, the next few months will be a busy time for your town officials. 808 HELME, Mayor Adyer&er* Give The Best Buy§ Safe Boating Week Observed June 28 - July 6 By: Luther Partin RALEIGH, N. C. “For of all the sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, it might have been.” John Green leaf Whittier’s words of a past Century still oome back to haunt us, having lost no significance in the of time. Even at this early stage in the 1964 boating season, wearing a life jacket very well “might have been’’ the difference between life and death for at least 13 people who fell out of boats and were drowned. In most counties, North Carolina law requires a motor propelled vessel on public waters to carry an approved life-saving device for each person on board. But there’s nothing in the law that says you have to wear the device. Some people think a simple sofo- I tion would be to amend the law to require that lifesaving devices be worn while in a boat. But it doesn’t appear to be quite that simple when you take a long, hard loon at the situation. Law enforce ment agencies are quick to use the phrase, “you can’t legislate safety”. And the difficulties in enforcing such a law are readily apparent. So where do we go from here? The North Carolina Wildlife Re sources Commission’s Division of Protection is responsible for en forcing the boating laws. Their j reports show that about 96% of the boats checked have the re-1 quired safety equipment on board. We’ve largely succeeded in get ting the horse to the watering trough but how do we make him drink. To paraphrase, how do we get the boating public to take their feet off the life jack et and wear it until they’re ready to get in their car, and to be es pecially sure that children do. this. Buoyant seat cushions will sup port a person in the water. But just try putting it on while trying to stay afloat. It‘s no small task. That is if you’re lucky and a cushion is available, and you can get to it. If you are tossed in or fall into the drink, the cushion I usually stays in the boat, so what giood is it to you under these conditions? This aspect of boating accidents we should give careful considera tion and keep foremost in our minds: most of tile victims sim ply hit the water and disappear of they’re not wearing safety de vices. Why does this happen? Maybe they hit the boat on the way: out, or the impact from hit ting the water may stun the vic tim temporarily. Some safety of ficials think even experienced swimmers may panic or go into shock under these conditions, and the ensuing helplessness quickly becomes hopelessness. Most boating emergencies arise ■suddenly and unexpectedly. Non swimmers suddenly faced with water immersion have little chance to survive unless they have a life-saving device attach ed securely to the body. Accord ing to statistics, the experienced | swimuper doesn’t stand a much, better chance without flotation gear. To permit a child to be around water without a life jack et securely fastened: much less on a boat, would seem to be folly of the worst kind. It is probably true that we cannot legislate safety, but it is true beyond doubt that we can determine responsibility. A boat owner who has passengers in his craft has at least a moral respon sibility to make certain everyone is using the safety devices he has provided in accordance with boat-' ing regulations. In dealing with human life, a moral responsibility 'can hardly be distinguished from a legal responsibility. It would seem, even to the layman, that a boat owner permitting unsafe con duct on his conveyance is inviting tragedy, and a court decision may declare him legally responsible for the injury or loss of life. Even if no prosecution results, the knowledge that you were morally responsible for a human death inflicts its own punishment the sentence is long and there is no parole. Safe Boating Week runs from June 28 July 6. Neither safety nor religion will do you much good If given lip service one day a week or one week out of a year. But if boaters will make a Oonsciencious effort during this week to learn anl apply the rules of safe boating, Whittier’s saddest words wilii have less chance for Personal application. Read The Want Ads 4TH OF JULY SPECIALS 1957 FORD FAIRIANE, 4 DOOR, RADIO HEATER, AUTO. TRANS., TWO TONE PAINT. EXTRA CLEAN. 1959 FORD COUNTRY SQUIRE, 9 PASSENGER, RADIO, HEATER, AUTO. TRANS., V 8 ENGINE EXTRA NICE. 1958 FORD FAIRLANE 500, 2 DOOR VICT. HARDTOP, RADIO, HEATER, AUTO. TRANS.. ONE LOCAL OWNER. CLEANEST IN TOWN. 1959 FORD GALAXIE 500, 2 DOOR CLUB SEDAN, RADIO, HEATER, AUTO. TRANS., SOLID BLACK FINISH, ONE LOCAL OWNER. EXTRA CLEAN. 1959 FORD GALAXIE 503 2 DOOR VICT. 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