PI YANCEY RECORD THE YANCEY RECORD Established July, 1936/ TRENA P. FOX, Editor ft Publisher THURMAN L. BROWN, Shop Manager ARCHIE .BALLEW, Photographer ft Pressman « PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY Second Class Postage Paid at Burnsville, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1965 NUMBER FORTY-THREE SUBSCRIPTION RATES $ 2 . 50 PER YEAR ■nmm ramilin's I V / By lititMt OunMatl In the last few weeks I have noticed that there seems to be more wild flowers than in previous years. The relatively mild winter and wet spring have combined to bring the spring flower show to its peak. We are fortunate to —live in an area where -there is such a profusion of gay and colorful wildflowers. At any time, from early spring be fore the winter’s snows melt until the first frost of aut umn. we have the privilege of finding an unendipg p-ocess ion of mountain wildflowers. .The beautiful arid unusual ladyslipper is in full bloom in the mountains as are the trillium, dutchman’s breech es, violets, ]ack-ln-the pulpit and many others. It is a real challenge to take a trip to the forest and try to identify all the flowers you see bloom ing, Every color you can lm agine is represented in the blossoms and they are One of She many reasons why we have so many vi»itor» to our nMMmtain Srea. Did you know that you vow'd tee as many kinds of lowering plants between the | South Toe River and the top of ]ft. Mitchell as you would see on a trip from Asheville to Canada? The ||chness of the flowers is the moat distinctive characteristics o f the Appalachians. These mountains a-e one of the worlds oldest land mosses and have never been covered by water or glaciers. Some of the flowers which persist here have a representation from before “ the ice age. Many other factors ihflu ence our great variety of wildflowers and plants. Ele vations for instance, range from 2000 feet at Pleasant Gap to 6684 feet atop * Mt. Mitchell, highest polnW in eastern America. The rainfall sometimes exceeds 100 Inches a year on the peaks. Temper atures are influenced to the wide range in elevation. The mountain tops usually are about 10 to 20 degrees cooler than in Burnsville. Wildflowers grow almost everywhere. You will find them in deserts, swamps, fields, roadsides and city lots; but rowhere do they grow like they do in the mountains. WUdflowe-s are ore of our nation's Irreplaceable assets. They have but limited econo mic value no fortunes have been made in them. But at tractive, showy flowers offer us a kind of enjbyment af forded by f«W other things WILLAMINA, ORE., TIM ES: “Not many Americans know that the Federal Office of Education has been author ized to spend approximately $1 5 billion' during the current yea>*. This is more than double the amount spent during the past fiscal year and it is a good example of the rate Bft which we are fede-aizing education. Let us never forget that Federal fi rancing means Federal con trol. The Administration in Washington will soon be in position to control the intake of the minds of-our children That means we are losing our freedom." 'm» # « SANTA PAULA, CALIF., CHRONICLE: “The subsidy for voluntary insurance would be offset by a new hardship clause. Those 65 and over are now entitled to deduct all of their medical expenses. * After this year, they VtU only toe showed (a) S per cent deduc tion plus one half of health insurance premiums. This is giving something with one hand and taking it away with, the other.—Tha ouum pwpu. get, file moife their medical bills cost." •* • • GARNETT, KAN., REVIEW: “New industry coming into a community means even more than just so many new Job opportunities. It is esti mated that 100 new industrial workers in a community means 359 more people; 100 more households; 91 more school children; $710,000 mo e personal Income per year; $229,000 more bank deposits; 97 more passenger cars re gistered; 165 more workers employed; 3 more retail es tablishments; and $331,000 more retail sales per year. «• • ' ARGO, ILL., NEWS: ” . . In the Great Society, the re wards of being In the under privileged Class ate so golden that those of other tissues may well. decide to Join, ra ther than remain privileged, or among those who must foot the tax bills for all the bene fits.” •• • • GOSHEN, IND., NEWS: “They’re equipping automo biles nowadays with every thing but what they need the most, eyes.” in nature. Learn to enjoy flowers where they grow and learn to leave them for others to enjoy. Do not pick them In forests and other protected areas. As long as you realize that the enjoyment of flow ers is something to be shared with others, our wildflowers -wtl be safs oih N.C. Wildlife jack ot How long; will this fawn last on this sort of diet? Even under the best of “artificial" conditions, Its chances are not good. Leave fawns in the woods. “Helplessly lost" little forest creatures usually are not lost, Wildlife Protector McGllliard warns. Many people, because of the protective nature of most in dividuals, take under their wing, so to speak, wild life creatures when they are found, seemingly lost. Because of this, McGilliard says, many animals are taken into pro tective custody by well-mean ing people. However, because f flit It CUTIH i By* Millard Murdock There's gona' be a timber cat tin’ Os all ov - woods and hills: The beauty for us mountain fr: k Is not for long, I feel. The city folk’s a-doin’ the choppin’ And we’li be here fp see; And when the city folk’s all done; There'll be no sign of trees Electric earrings which blink On and art p*it female f addon one more step out in front of nature. No other or ganism ha« wol over its body, left** H its feet, feathers on Its he&u, fur on its should and lights n its ears. A' »ta Journal •• • % That old song about a man is hard to find is 6 true today. Most of the unem ployed are unemployable. Boonvlle (Mo.) Cooper Coun ty Record •• • • The dictator thinks he’s the people’s • choice right up to the moment when the people chase him out.—Boston Globe •» • • It’s hard to believe that Just 100 years ago people crossed this country in cover ed wagns. Today we can shoot a rocket into space at 25.000 miles an hour, and nobody’s looking . . . they’re at Iwwne watching Wa'ron Train.—Gor don (Neb.) Journal •• • N After the House passed Pres. Johnson’s S7OO-milllon war apropriation bill, many Congressmen and Senators remarked “It’s no blank check " No check in the am ount of $709-mllllon is blank, as we see it.— Goshen (Ind.) News •• • • “Human relations may be defined n core of concen tration, depth structured up on an inter-diselp" inary fra mework.” —Personnel Journal. No wonder human relations a e in such a mess! Guelph (Ont.) Daily Mercury • • • - THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 196$ people are not experts in rais ing wild animals, the maior ity of the captured baby animals die. ?t- her offspring. Therefore, the conclusion is that when a "lost creature” is found in the woods, it is not lost at all. And it will be much better off with its wIM mother than in the hands of a ljuman. Also, he said, keep ing captured deer is not legal without permission from the Wildlife Commission. the 1 cash needed by hard-pressed people and work for them, too, and secondly, alleviate the shortage of eld erberries. Yes, there is a shortage of elderberries. A midwest Jelly and Jam producer has sent 10,000 plants to the Kentucky area to be set out on these aban doned strip-mined acres to see if they will grow there. Kentucky River Coal Sales purchased half of the bushes, and Greer & Alison Coal Company took the remainder. The project isn’t coifing the taxpayers a dime, either. NOTES ON A CAROLINA MOUNTAIN ' Barbara B. Stiles 5345 Greene St. Philadelphia, Pa. 19144 Victor 4-6334 The aromatic pot-pourri of wood smoke and honey suckle; The importa r t cricket filibus ter defeated by the raucous caucus of locusts; The evergreen chaperones blue-nosing the frivolous fal fashions of the resi dent maples; The blunt rose thorn; the gentle bee; Ice not too slick for lovers; The billion-leafed forest; the bllllon-bladed meadow; The pondering mountains, through whose Icy veins flows The rollicking branch water down to the still valley of finger-to-llps quiet. At the end of a winding road, wistful, mlstful, a house that belongs. Here at the brink of the whirlpool, one need not sea rch for haven from the roadstrom Only stop long enough to notice.- . ful cons'deration and study will be given to locating this regional highway on a route going through Yancey County Kind regards, Sincerely yours, Roy A. Taylor, M. C.