THE YANCKY RECORD
THE YANCEY RECORD
Established July, 1936
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THURSDAY SEPT. 1«, 1965 NUMBER THREE ,>
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Say A Few Words Os Kindness
For The Boss
Someone has come up
with the idea of a special
week for bos es.
It’s surprising there isn’t
one already. Or maybe ev
eryone has been so busy try
ing to get something from
him, it was never thought of
If there’s anyone in the
office who would like Just a
little appreciation and a
few kind words it’s ,the bos?
who signs the * checks and
sets the policy.
He’s been called every
thing in the book. Even the
government lately has been
looking at him sort of funny
as if he were a scamp. The
employees th’nk he’s a
Scrooge because he can”t
pasr them more.
He’s the guy who has to
ride herd on everyone and
is a slave-driver.
He s about the last one
every summer to take a va
cation. He waits until every
one has had his and return
ed Or he takes his early in
the year so the fellows who
work for him can have
theirs. But does anyone
ever say thank you?
He’s the fellow who Is the
The Head-On Collision Is A
Horrible Way To Die !
Labor Day has come and
gone and row there’s a per
iod of rest before the year
end holidays begin, thank
goodness.
There was the usual death,
toll on the highways. We
take it a~ a matter of course.
For some reason there
seems to have been a rash
of head-oi collisions throu
ghout the United States, not
just on holidays but on every
day of the week We’re get
ting awfully careless, it
seems, head-on collis
ion is the result of someone
NOT being a good driver. It
would be interesting to have
the National Safety Council
come up with some statis
tics on head-ons.
This is probably the most
horrible of all auto acci
dents, and now that speed
limits have been raised, the
head-on is becoming more
devastating and shocking.
Anyone who ha' ever es
caped narrowly from a head
on can tell how horrible is
tiie shock. You’re c-ulslng
along at a normal speed
arrund a curve and there
ahead of you In your lane Is
first one in the office in the
morning and the last one to
leave. He can’t afford to
watch the clock
He’s the guy who dreamed
up the business in the first
place. He’s had it tough,
maybe, getting started. But
do the hired folks tell him
they realize it? No, they
want to know why he
doesn’t do this or do that! #
When pay day rolls
a-ound everyone gets a
check. If there’s any money
left in the bank he gets his.
If working conditions are
n’t right, he’s criticized,
But let him, on his own ini
tiative, do something t o
make them better and he
has an ulterior motive
Go why nob a special
week for him? Why not a
special month? In fact, why
not stop Just long enough,
throughout the year, to pay
him a sincere, honest-to
goodness compliment? Not
one of those back-slapping,
two-faced kind. If you can’t
be sincere, keep your trap
shut. He’ll know the sincere
ones f •om the falsies. He’s
not that dumb.
ji ' on-coming cuff passing
another. You slam on the
brakes, but they don t seem
to hold. You look for a
shrulder to swing on to, but
there’s no place to go—and
no time. In an Instant you
get an idea of what it Is to
face death!
The head-on Is inexcuse
ble. v Someone has violated a
cardinal rule of good d lv
ing. He has attempted to
pass In a no-passing zone.
And the worst possible thing
about such an accident, of
course, is that in nearly
every one, one of the driv
ers of the two cars is abso
lutely innocent.
But someone thought he
had a powerful car, that
he was a good driver and
that he could pass, fu’ly
knowing the road ahead
might not be clear.
A beautiful rule to follow
In pa'sing another car:
Don’t, If another vehicle Is
coming, and don’t if you
can’t see far enough down
the road to make certain it
Is clear.
Good drivers don’t take
chances. They take precau
tions.
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Passing Sommer
Today, I feel a hint of aut
umn,
And I think the waving
trees
Have a feeling they are
swaying
To a good-bye-summer
breeze.
For I note as I observe them,
While so green they stand
arrayed,
That they cast a longer
shadow
Os a slightly darker shade.
Nature, tuned to time and
purpose,
MISS RAY SPEAKS
TO WOMAN’S CLUR
Miss Carolyn Ray, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack B.
Ray of Burnsville, and a
senior at Duke University,
this Jail, spoke to the Burns
ville Senior Womans Club
Thursday night.
Miss Ray spoke on her
tour of Scandinavia this
summer and showed slides
of her trip. Miss Ray was one
of six Methodist College
students, led by a Methodist
clergyman and his wife, who
toured Scandinavia and
western Europe this summer
In continuation of a pro
gram begun In 1955 by the
Western North Carolina Con
ference. They toured Nor
way, Sweden, Finland and
Denmark.
The 1965 caravaners were
fraternal delegates from the
Western North Carolina Con
ference to the annual meet
ing of the Sweden Method
ist Conference, June 15-20,
in Gothenberg, Sweden.
This was the first meeting
of the Woman’s Club this
year. Mrs. E. L. Briggs, pre
sident, presided. Mrs. Briggs
and Mrs. Harlon Holcombe
were hostesses.
BURNSVILLE P.T.A.
TO MEET TUESDAY
Burnsville Elementary
School Parent Teacher As
sociation will hold Its first
meeting of the school year
next Tuesday night, Sept.
21 at 7:30 p. m. In the
School Auditorium.
Some very important bus
iness matters will be discuss
ed at this meeting and par
ents are invited to visit with
their child’s teacher after
the meeting. AH parents are
urged to attend and support
the P. T. A.
H. O. Bailey is president
of the organization this
year.
THURSDAY SEPT. IC, 1965
Never trusting chance, at
all,
Serds ahead these kindly
warnings
Os the near approach of
fall.
For the seasons are her
children,
Taught to knock and say
hello,
And, politely, when depart
ing,
say good-bye before they
go
William L. Rathburn
STYLES DOING
STUDENT TEACHING
IN SPRUCE PINE
Albert Eugene Styles, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Styles,
living at 1607 Murdock Dr.,
Charlotte is now doing stud
ent teaching at Harris High
School, Spruce Pine, N. C.
Mr. Styles Is taking part
during the fall quarter, Sept.
9, 1965 through November
14 in the student teaching
program of Appalachian
State Teacher# College,
Boone, N. C. In this pro
gram students devote ap
proximately twelve weeks to
student teaching In the field
for which they have been
preparing. Mr. Styles is
teaching Math, under the
suparvislon of Mr. Pitman.
As part of the Student
teaching program, the Appa
lachian student u ually lives
in the community near the
' school and participates In
community activities a s
well as In school activities.
The student devotes full
time In the school and grad
ually takes over the full
teaching load, always under
the supervision of the sup
ervising teacher and the
principal. The local school’s
participation with Appala
chian’s student teach'ng pro
gram is a valuable asset to
the general education pro
gram of North Carolina.
Mr. S’yles graduated from
East Yancey High School in
1962.
VETERANS OFFICER
AT COURTHOUSE
The N. C. Veterans Com
mission will have Jack C.
Winchester, District OJicer
In the Courthbuse with the
County Service Officer at
Burnsville, N. C. on Thu s
day, September 23, 1965
from 11:00 a. m. to 4:00 p.
m., and in the Courthouse
at Bakersville. N. C. on Frl-
OBITUARIES
MRS. CLARA PETERSON
Mrs. C’ara Peterson, 81. of
Burnsville Rt. 2, died Thurs
day in a Western
Ho-nital after a long illness.
She was a retired school
teacher and widow of Will
D. Peterson. .
Furviving are several
nieces and nephews.
Services were held at 2:30
p. m. Saturday in Newdale
Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. Bert Styles offi
ciated a-d burial was in the
church cemetery.
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CHARLES L. SOLOMON
Charles L Solomon, 72, of
Eurnsville, died Tuesday in
a Buncombe County Hospi
tal after a long illness.
He was a native of Greene
County, Tenn., and had lived
in Yancey County for the
pa«t eight years. He was a
World War I veteran.
Surviving are three daugh
ters, Mrs. S'dney Byrd of
Kingsport, Tenn, Mrs. Blan
che Murphy of Relief, and
Mrs. Talmadge Bryant of
Jonesboro, Tenn.; a son,
Wilson C. Solomon of King
sport, Tenn.; two brothers,
Crockett and Ted So’omon,
both of Mohawk, Tenn.;
four sisters, Mrs. Me’lie Day
p--d Vs. Groce Solomon,
both of Mohawk, Tenn.. Mrs
George Hutton of Greene
ville, Tenn., and Mrs. O car
B’ble of Moshelm, Tenn.;
seven grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Services were held at 2:30
p. m. last Friday in Fairview
Baptist Church, MJiawk,
Tenn.
The Rev. Niram Phillips
a*>d the Rev. Joe Byrd offi
ciated and burial was in the
church cemetery.
NCEA MEETING
IN BREVARD
The annual convention of
the Weste n District of the
North Carolina Education
Association meets in Brevard
High School, September 24.
The most significant chan
ges in the history of the
NCEA District Conventions
take p’ace this fall as the
'ten districts hold their 43rd
meetings
The Western’s day-long
meeting will attract 2,000
educators from Buncombe,
Cherokee, Clay, Gaham,
Haywood, Henderson, Jack
son, McDowell, Macon, Mad
ison, Mitchell, Polk, Swain,
Trtansylvania and Yancey
counties. *
. The new look In the meet
ings consists primarily of a
streamlined General Session,
which will fiighlight North
Caroling educational pro
gress and problems. Autho
rities from within the state
will be the princiipal person
alities for the programs.
day, September 24, 1965
from 8:30 a. m. to 2:33 p. m.
to assist veterans and their
dependents.
Mr. Winchester rtated
many veterans may wish to
file a rervice connected c’aim
in to hove a better
chance to qualify for the
new service insurance. There
are other advantages to es
tablishing service connec
tion, if at all possible.
He also stated children of
veterans who are rated 100%
service connected wartime
or peacetime may qualify
fo* educational benefits
above high school level.