THE YANCEY RECORD THE YANCEY RECORD Established July, 1936 IRENA P FOX, Editor, Ac Publisher THURMAN L. BROWN, Shop Manager ARCHIE BALLKW, Photographer & Pressman PUBLISHED EVERY .THURSDAY BY YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY Second Class Postage Paid at Burnsville, N. e. THURSDAY, APRIL 29 1965 NUMBER THIRTY-SIX SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.50 PER YEAR LOCAL GARDEN CLUB COMMENDED FOR ITS WORK Residents of Burnsville and visitors have surely taken note of the beautiful blooming shrubbery on the Town Sguarc during the pnst week. In the foiu corners of the square are beautiful blooming dogwood, both white and pink which add a colorful beauty to tlje evergreen. Most of uc give little thought as to who is responsible for the flowering beauty of the Town .Square this spring. And very' few of us tak» enough interest in the beautification of the town to find out how such beauty comes about. The Burnsville Garden Club is responsible for having had the dogwood and other shrubbery p’aced about the lawn in the square, and we feel that the club should be commended for the good job- they have done. We would also like to point out that a year ago the statue of Captain Otway Bums, for whom the town was named, stood looking westward from the center of the square holding neither sword or bugle. (For some few years the statue stood without these important items to his char-* acter because of vandalism). Today, however, Bumd again stands proudly with his sword in one hand and his bugle in the other. This repair also can be attributed to the food works of The Garden Club. We again commend them for the beautification work they have done. Photo by Archie Baliew Dogwoods in bloom on Town Square YAH! YAH! YA H! Again we fee; the urge to comment on our friends, the British. We noted an article in a recent issue of The Asheville Citizen that in Luton's Ancient Parrish, 35 miles out of London, a chu ch dance and hot dog roast was scheduled to be held in the church cemetery. Rev. Michael Tournbull, Anglican minister who schedul ed the graveyard outing, was quoted as saying, "Pop music Is not sinful. ,Why should the devil have all the fun?” The music for this festive churchyard occasion was to be furnished by The Wanderers, a five-piece beat string band. We are not intending to intimate that we believe ‘‘pop” music and ycuth uancing a~e sinful. A lot of the innocent things we do might be sinful depending on how, when und where we engage in them. • But thus* gentle people, interred in Luton’s Anglican Church come; i ry since the 12th century, to whom the minuet would probably have been judged as indecent—what aston ishment they surely would register could they only see the youth group violently going through the gymnastic rituals Os the "crawl", the "dog", and the "monkey". ' fIBSBp ••■■'l v '''j&okA’'- s. . M J jiff: % -%.> . « \MuwSxf .? OTWAY BURNS We wi 1 not ventu e to guess at the appalled expression of astounded amazement these gentle souls might have. However, our reaction to such a group on a dance floor is that of Watching a group of teenagers going through the violent gymnastic rituals of the “crawl” the “dog” and the “monkey”. To us the idea of holding these 20th ‘century rituals in a 12th century cemetery' is distasteful. It may be that the Anglican Chu •Qh has no feeling of remorse because of such antics. However, such actions by the rector and church youth surely denote little or no respect for the dead. _ ®h, we U- Any drastic change wtl, from necessity, be for the better. LIONS STRESS CLEAN-UP COUNTY A vote f