THE YANCEY RECORD
THE YANCEY RECORD
Established July, 1936
TRENa P FOX, Editor & Publisher
THURMAN L. BROWN, Shop Manager
ARCHIE BALLEW, Photographer & Pressmac
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY
Second Class Postage Paid at Burnsville, N. C.
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1*65 NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN
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THESE CHANGING TIMES
Times change, however, young people probably grow up
with the same yen for adventure from generation to genera
tion
It is remembered that as children, a very short time
ago, adventures were made through story telling. It was not
unusual for neighboring families, living only a few hundred
yards apart, to visit, spending Saturday night. There was
always a little used spa-o rorm with a big fire place whe~e
the young pcop’e gathered. And as the wood fire, crackled
and played it, 3 shadows on the wall, someone in the crowd
would begin telling an eerie ghost tale. And one story that
usually brought a tingle up and down the spine made refer
ence to ‘ raw head and bloody bones.” It made little differ
ence how the story began or how it ended, but if this ex
pression was used several times in the story the ultimate
goal had been gained.
Today the youthful idea is to find a haunted house. So,
someone in the youthful group suddenly knows where there
is a haunted house and they rush to load into an automo
bile and driv- for miles in quest of the haunted house.
When we were young, we knew of no haunted houses,
therefore, we sat and told ghost stories and looked into the
flickering fire, each building his on horrible dream.
Looking back we feel that we may have missed some
thing by not listening to the tales of the elders or from
being a littl*» short on enterprise.
MORE TROUBLE THAN MONEY,
WASHINGTON More trouble than money will be reap
ed from the new outdoor recreation fee system, Congress
man Roy A. Taylor has warned.
Obviously angered over intentions of federal agencies to
charge fees for picnicking, Rep. Taylor sent strong letters of
P’otcst to Agriculture Secretary Freeman and Interior
Secretary Udall.
The Forest Service, an agency of the Agriculture De
partment, and the National Park Service, an agency of the
Interior D partment, are in the midst of setting up a nat
ional fee system under terms of the recently-enacted. Land
and Water Conservation Fund Act.
They have announced that fees will be in effect this
summer at aP developed recreation areas In Western No-th
Carolina s national parks and forests attd along the Blue
Ridge Parkway.
Taylor conceded that while a modest fee for camping
and perhaps a few other activities might be acceptable, a
- charge *or picnicking was "carrying fees too far/’
"Fees for picnicking are impractical and virtually un
enforceable,” the Congressman declared. He also called the
picnic policy "unreasonable," "unwise,” and a “petty pro
cedure" for acquiring federal funds.
Taylor said the fees would drive picnickers to undevelop
ed roadside spots where their presence would contribute
toward t-affie problems and littering.
He also warned that insistence upon picnic fees will re
sult in a damaging loss of public esteem for the national
park and forest services.
As a member of the House Interior Committee, Taylor
said he could not recall a single occasion during several
months of hearings on the fund bill when reference' was
made to the possibility of fees for picnicking.
I believe that the collection of such fees is contrary to
the legislative Intent of the Interior Committee, Congress
and the wishes of the American people," Taylor wrote the
two cabinet officers.
The Congressman also challenged the feasibility of a
policy which “pressures every car owner Into buying a $7
annual sticker and turns every ranger into a sticker inspec
tor and fee collector."
He noted that even as the holder of a sticker, the visit
or still will not be guaranteed a picnic table, campsite or
of other facilities assigned on a firs* come basis.
' * request that before things gc «oo far, the picnic policy
be immediately reconsidered and reversed," wrote Itylor.
LAZY FALL, EARLY SPRING
Most people take pride in an early garden. Usually in
the spring when the eold chill leaves the air and earth gets
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Into plowring condition, and when as many as two persons
get together at least one will take on an arrogant air and
begin telling what he has p'.anted. This characteristic of
gardening superiority is found in both male and female.
Now, it is doubtful that it could be correctly said that
any sort of record has been set, however, we have been eat
ing spring onions from our garden for several weeks. We re
gret that we can’t say that we have been eating lettuce and
onions from our garden, “killed" with a little hot grease
and vinegar.
But as was stated above we have been eating fine
mouth-watering, eye burning spring onions for several weeks
It is doubtful that our being able to pluck this deiicat
able morsel from our garden is due to any superior ability
in gardening. The. fact is that the onions we have been eat
ing probably grew all winter long, when they had a chance,
because last year’s TJnions were never dug and stored.
At this date we are unable to remember whether we
were to busy to dig the onions or whether they were left
because of plain lazimsSj but the fact remains that we cer
tainly did haVe early spring onions.
Regional
Library
By Ashton Chapman
’ THE LIVELY LADY by Ken
neth Roberts. The lntrepedity
of American privateersmen in
the War of 1812 and the bitter
sufferings of thousands of
Ajrne icari seamen within the
mist-shrouded walls of that
British purgatory, Dartmoor
Prison.
ANDREW JACKSON, SOLD
IER AND STATESMAN. This
is one of the American Heri
tage series, about a President
who was born near the border
of the two Carolinas and was
a he o of the War of 1812.
Many pictures.
ANNA KARENINA. A new
edition of Tolstoy's: profoundly
gripping novel of stolen love
and its penalty
LOOK TO THE RIVER by
William A. Owens. A short
novel that has the strength,
the drama, the vibrant warmth
of a folk tale.
THE FINOERTTNT by An
thony Gilbert. A tense, cleverly
manipulated plot by a master
of the detective story.
THE FINAL BEAST by Fred
erick Bluechner. The uncon
ventional love story of Clem
and Rooney Vail, who have
everything but the child they
desperately want.
FARM JOURNAL’B COM
PLETE PIE COOKBOOK by
Nett B. Nichols. Every kind of
pie you ever heard of—and
many more. Pictures.
BETTER HOMES AND GAR
DENS SALAD BOOK. Plain
and fancy salads for all occas
ions. Many photos in color.
HOME BOOK OF VEGETAR
IAN COOKERY by N. B. High
ton. Mr. and Mrs. Highton are
the owners of Londn’s famous
Vega Restaurant, widely prais
ed for their imaginative, de
licious vegetarian menus.
THE READER'S ENCYCLO
PEDIA by William Rose Benet.
The only encyclopedia of
world literature in one vol
ume.
HIGH DAYS AND HOLIDAYS
by Florence Anne Adams and
E. McCarrick. A comprehen
sive col'ection of poems for
special occasions throughout
the year.
LIFE UNDER THE PHARA
OES by Leonard Cottrell. As
exciting as flctioh, peopled
with flesh-and-blood charac
ters, this volume brings his
tory alive In away which will
win the admiration of scholars
and delight the general reader.
EVERYDAY LIFE IN ROMAN
AND ANGLO-SAXON TIMES,
INCLUDING VIKING AND
NORMAN TIMES. A fascinat
ing volume dealing under-
with the periods in
dicated in the title, and on
chanced with many drawings.
SUBBERSION OF THE IN
NOCENTS by Dan Kuraman.
Patterns of Communist pene
tration in Africa, the Middle
East and Asia.
ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF
IVAN DENISOVICH by Alex
ander Solzhenitsyn. A Soviet
novel of life in Stalin’s forced
labor camps.
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THURSDAY, MAY 6. ; 1965
YOUR NAME, PLEASE
By william l. rathburn
Perhaps it is only natural,
when traveling about the
Country, for one to take note
of the colloquialisms of a pa--
ticular region. This I have done
for many years, and I have
often been comforted by the
fact that, while wo here in the
Southern Appalachians do
murder the English language T |
we are less prone to mutilate V
the corpse than those who ri
dicule us for a drawl or a
“you all.” But, when it comes
to mispronouncing names, I
fear we take the cake:
Some people insist that
the-e's a reason for every
thing, but I can think of no
reason why majority of people
in this area insist on calling a
Metcalf Madcap, a Presnell
Pressley or a McLaughlin
McGlothan.
Fortunately, no Metcalf has
gone mad over being called
Madcap, nor have the Presnells
exerted any great nressure
about the matter. And it seems
that the McMahans don’t re
sent having their name shorn
to the fi’st syllable any more
than the Silver family do about
being given an extra ‘‘s’’. They
just grin and bear it, and some
of them have become so used
to the corruption of their
names that they, themselves,
use the incorrect pronouncia
tion.
There has been and al
ways will be some contro- .vj
versy about whether Rathburn,
Rathbone, or Rathbun is cor
rect and, in case you have won
de ed about that, I can set you
straight. All three are correct,
and they all mean the same
thing. -
According to the Dictionary
of Family Names which is
available at the local library— f
Rathburn, Rathbun and Rath
bone means “Those *who lived
in a stumpy clearing." Look It
up and prove it "to yourself. I
One thing more Who evenUL
heard a Griffith called *ny-®
thing but Griffin. H
MARRIAGE FOR MODERNS ■!
by Henry Adelbut Bowman
All of the social and emotional®
problems of modem marriage!
are discussed in simple butSf
lively language.
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