THE YANCEY RECORD
THE YANCEY RECORD
Established July, 1936
TRENa P FOX, Editor & Publisher
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THURMAN L. BROWN, Shop Manager
ARCHIE BALLEW, Photographer & Pressman
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Second Class Postage Paid at Burnsville. N. C.
THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1965 NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE
SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.50 PER YEAR
We Had Ambitions
And Problems
Much of the misery of this world Is caused by over step
ping normal bounds by Individuals and groups because of
the stinging prod of ambition, ar.d atf>und 4:00 last Thursday
morning that misery was beginning to tell on the staff of
The Yanceyßccord.
V , For. the past few years we have thought of changing our
method of printing from letter press to offset but because of
the technical difficulties of this method we we '6 afraid to
make the change. But in our quest for the truth of offset
vs better press we found a gentleman who assured us that
tile offset method of printing is the only way to print a
newspaper and he had data to prove it.
From what this gentleman had to say and with the
reading we had done in trade publications over a period of
several months, we decided that what we needed was a
camera, a press and a few other items that go along with
this method of p inting. With that and the dreams we had
had we were built up to the point where we felt all the work
would be taken out of newspaper publishing; and that is
where ambition entered the picture. Therefore, with all the
work gone, we decided on a 24 page box holder issue—the
largest published by The Yancey Record.
When wc told the gentleman that had sold us the idea
of offset printing, the camera, the press and all the other
things that go along with offset printing, he drew his b ows
together and with a far away stare looked out the window.
Being a good guy as well as a good salesman, the ten
sion slow.y left his face and he said, “Weil, lets get to work”.
And work we did.
As usual we worked our staff worked and he worked and
he recruited an expert from Greenville, S. C. and one from
Asheville, and they worked. And we recruited Gerald Mur
dock, an airman home on leave for a few days, and he worked
And there we were all working, all weak, and from 8:00
Wednesday morning unti l ltf oo Thursday morning all
worked, without rest, all because of our ambition.
We finally got the first issue of our ‘‘new look” Record
in the mail. And we have decided that money may be the
root of all evil, but that ambition Is p obably the root of
ail misery. And from this harsh lesson we have sworn not to
commit ourselves to a 24 page paper or above ever again
unless we are proded by ambition.
Not Only A
Southern Problem
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, We saw in an associated press release earlier this week
that five negroes standing outside a restaurant on a London
Street last Saturday night were injured with a shotgun blast
from a passing car.
We do net know If the English are learning the trick of
shotgun blasts irom automobiles from the “Colonies”, but
we would say that the racial problem U not confined to
Alabama, Mississippi and New York.
In another AP release North Billy Graham
referred to the race situation as a world problem and not
confined, to ?.ny nation or section. *
Dr. Graham right y brought out the ‘‘render to Ceaser"
when he held to the idea of demonstration when demon
stration is pcrmlssable by law, and to refrain from demon
stration whe*' demonstration is not permitted by law.
The Evangelist said, however, that “we live in a world
where we have to love our neighbor-”, which reminds us of
the words of a recent presidential candidate who stated
that the racial problem cannot be solved by law but must be
solved in the herrt of the individual.
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A Scene On Firsf Monday
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ABOUT A LESSON
IN HISTORY
That “pudgy” fe'ler that we spoke of in the article on
the Death of Danie’ Boone two weeks ago took issue with
us. He said to begin with that he wasn’t pudgy. Then he
aaid that a connoisseur of good mountain cooking would
hardly know the difference in punkin pie and sweet tater
pie unless the balance of nutmeg was off just a little.
Now, we are not trying to stir up a question that will
grow into a national issue, but having 29-20 vision with out
glasses on we know he’s pudgy, and we can’t argue with the
encyclopedia about dried punkin and sweet taters.
MAN, BREAK OUT OF YOUR
SHELL!
BY FATHER ROBERT VALENZA
Who does not enjoy watching
children coor eggs at Easter
t ! me? Or who does not take
pleasure in seeing them hunt
out Easter eggs? And what a
delight to see them smile on
finding this hidden treasure
You might be surprised to
know that the Easter egg has
a real religious significance. It
is a symbol of NEW LIFE
When the chick about-to-be
bom wants to make his entry
Into the world, he breaks his
shell and ente~s into a new
life.
So too with the Risen Christ
When he revealed to men that
He possessed the New Life, He
broke forth from His shell, the
tomb.
The Risen Christ wants us
to break our shells, to come
out of ourselves into the mar
velous life that He and He
alone can give. Why remain
within the wall of yourself?
It profits none, not even your
self Begin to live a FULL
Christian Life NOW, and you
won’t have time to worry about
your past sins and your past
conscious o” unconscious con
flicts.
When you begin to live In
and for Christ, He will teach *
you to love the right and hate
the wrong. Then you will be
come so busy caring for others
that you will forget yourself
(Thank God), and then you
will really begin to live. One
psychiatrist, William Glasser,
who considers himself a “real
ity therapist” clearly stressed
the therapeutic value of good
living when he said:
"Working in the p-esent and
toward the future ... we em
phasize the morality of be
havior, the issues of right and
wrong. We teach patients bet
ter ways to behave. WHEN
MAN ACTS IN SUCH A WAY
THAT HE GIVES - AND RE
CEIVES LOVE, AND FEELS
WORTHWHILE TO HIMSELF
I
AND-TYPBRRS, HIS BEHAV
IORJS MORAL ”
cfood living with Christian
principles cannot be beat for
sound mental and physical
health. Truly, each of us could
look at our self and pray:
MAN. BREAK OUT OF YOUR
SHELL OF SEN AND SELF
ISHNESS!
COME ALIVE!
FOR CHRIST HAS TRULY
RISEN!
WE ARE SAVED!
ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! ALLE
LUIA!
IN CASE OF FIRE
At home—
Quickly get everybody out x
of the house.
Cali the fire department
immediately.
(Be sure everyone in your
family knows how to call the
fire department.)
At public gatherings—
Walk, do not run, to the
nearest exit. Call the fire de
partment immediately. Keep
calm. —American Insurance
Association
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JillS YEARS SPRING CLEAN-UP STARTS WITH YOU
THURSDAY. APRIL 15, 1965
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Grassroots'
Opinion
CLANTON, ALA., NEWS:
“In the United States, the gov
ernment is former seeking to
make everyone and everything
more productive and more
efficient. In the Soviet coun
tries, the government Is ap
parently trying to do the same
thing. The difference In the
results, of course, is the Free
Enterprise system, which Is
the father of ingenuity and
lnitattve. Take away the free
dom of choice which we are
supposed to enjoy; take away
the personal desire to achieve;
the Individual will to improve
and make better, and we have
little more than Communism
in Socialism!’’
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CORYDON, IND, REPUBLI
CAN : “Administration ears-to
the-ground are hearing wel
come applause Uom across the
nation in anticipation of the
cuts In wartime taxes on ’lux
uries’ that the President has
promised. It's been a long time
s ; nce V-J Day and citizens
have long taken a dim view of
taxes designed to put a damp
er on sales and production and
release workers for the war
effort.”
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MOULTON, TEXAS, EAGLE:
“As David Lawrence tells, the
longshoremen „ strike already
cost two and a haif billion dol
lars. That's how expensive
those labor wa-s are—no less
than the other wars. But who
ever disagrees with these wan,
Is against the working people.
Suppose all of us would act
like those big labor unions?
What kind of country would
tihs be?”
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OPPORTUNITY. WASH.,
HERALD: “It’s an amar'og
thing how the human mind
can interpret the same set of
facts to suit its own peculiar
prejudices. For years now, we
have been assured by our self
styled experts that the reason
we in America need to , have
more government direction of
our economy is because it has
gotten too complex to operate
as a comp etely free system.
The ‘cover* story in a recent
Tune magazine reports on the
apparent trend in Soviet Rus- '
sia to copy capitalism in an
effort to increase industry pro
duction. There, say Soviet ex- *
perts the economy is getting
too complicated for central
planning!”