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The Yancey Record Establish*d 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, JAN. 6, 1966 NUMBER NINETEEN SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.50 PER YEAR ■. Where Are The Magicians? They paid final tribute to Harry Blackstone, the magi c an, recently in California. He was hailed as the “last of the great magicians.” All of a sudden lately there have been raised questions as to what has happened to the wonderful world of mag ic? Author J. B. Priestly, speaking at a banquet in Londan, is among those who are wondering. “I remember the winter afternoons when I took my children to watch magician shows. Surely we can bring them back,” he said. Yes, can’t we bring back the man with the cape, the wand, and the rabbits and the top hat? He played a role in entertainment his tory the old folks of today very well remember. Who is so old and forget ful that he can’t remember the old days back in the hometown when it was an nounced, via posters and billboards and the local pap er that the “world’s greatest THE PEACE OFFENSIVE There’s nothing but ap plause for the President’s peace offensive. We’re now "Helling the world the U. S. Is not war mongering, capitalistic in vaders the Communists have been preaching for a long, long time with very little op position in the war-of-words. It’s just tco bad we were so long in getting around to tclliing the other side. Regardless of the outcome of the immediate efforts to hring about a cease-fire in Viet Nam, there should be a continuation of the drive to tell that U. S. story of why this nation sends men and dollars around the world. The story of peace on earth and goodwill to man should be ballyhooed by every means of communica tion available. The story should be one of explaining that the Com munists do not want peace. It’s just common sense that it doesn’t take much of an I. Q for the little man o l the streets of even the re motest corner of the globe to magician’ was coming to town to play the lccal thea ter? Who can forget the Illusions and the sawing of a woman in half? Who can forget, too, how the world’s greatest would put a good looking girl into a casket, seal it up, wave a colorful silk cloth over the casket, fire some smoke-producing powder and lo! presto! the girl would pop up on the last row of the balcony? And who could doubt the magician’s superior powers when they tied him up with ropes, and someone from the audience supervised it, and tied some of the knots too, only to have the magic one extr'cate himself In a mat ter of minutes. Yes, surely there’s a place for the magician of today. He shouldn’t be allowed to go the way of the minstrel man. An occasional magic show on TV would be a relief from the monotonous fare the google-box is turning out these days. figure out that the Commies are keeping the world in turmoil. That is, if we get across to them the fact that everyone wants peace ex cept the Reds. The Reds aren’t going to like this new offensive in the psychological warfare. They’ve had the propaganda all to themselves for too long a time. They’ve had a gravy train in selling the world on their ideas and selling the world against the U. S. But now the worm has turned and here’s hoping it will continue to turn and wiggle and that we will con tinue to expand the dispen sing of the idea that the U. S. only wants a cessation of f’gbMng throughout the world. And so we say, good for President Johnson for laun ching a drive to sell peace to the world, even though, the campaign has been late in getting started. The story is long over due. Let’s keep telling It, and sooner or later results are sure to show. I are Defect* / fWb J . . c “nag, ej(( ,, I - under J*” **»**'of M, j m ' B WotnmZZZ n Lattars To Tht Editor (Editor’s Natal The following letter was received from a soldier in Viet Nam who is from Bur nsville. Airman Murdock is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Murdock of Bums v’lle and was formerly on the Record staff. Gerald completed special training at Yale University and left Yancey County for assign ment in the East in April 1985. Dear Sir: For those of us in Viet Nam this Christmas was a season of mixed emotions. We were unable to enjoy the season to the fullest, but were grati fied by the efforts of those in the States to brighten our day. I would like ** thank you to those who gave to 3hare the Spirit of Christ mas with us. A2c Gerald L. Murdock LIGHTENING STRIKES TWICE IN FORM OF MONEY There is a saying that lightening never strikes twice in the same place. But it was proved this year that prizes may fall la the same place or nearly. The first pr.ze of $300.00 given by the Merchant’s As sociation was won by Mrs. Garland Wampler, who had not won previously. Mrs. Pauline Baker won sth. prize of $50.00\ She had hot won previously. Now comes the lightening part. Donald Banks who won second prize last year also won the $150.00 second prize this year. Paul Hus klns won a SIOO.OO third pr ze. Paul had not won previously, however, his father won a prize in last year’s drawing. The 4th. and 6th. prizes which were posted were not claimed. An official of the Merch ant’s Association said this week that the outstanding pr'zes were not claimed within the 10 day period and had been carried into next year’s event. Oatstanding Tobacco We can remember that articles were run in the Re cord on outstanding farm ing in the county, such as 100 bushel per acre com, cows produced extra ordinary amounts of milk and hens that laid double yolk eggs. Inis week we believe that we saw a bill of Yancey’s prize tobacco crop for the year. Many good crops of tobac co were grown in Yancey County this year, but we don’t know of any that will beat that grown by Rama McKinney. Rama is one of Yancey County’s leading farmers and tobacco grow ers. He always produces a crop of tobacco that brings high prices. He exhibited a bill show ing seven batches of grades of tobacco with the first six showing a price of $74.00 per hundred and one of S7IOO. Now we don’t know if this is the top price for a sale of Yancey County tobacco, but we haven’t heard of any better. We would guess this is the best. If it is not let us know. Procrastination New branches on the bare and leafless tree In winter wave aloft a sea son’s gain Os earth and air, of sum mer’s cooling rain, Os rays of sun and Nature’s ’ industry, Os sleeping buds awaiting to be free To breathe once more and once again attain New growth, the link in Nature’s endless chain Os life, which is its own great mystery. I ask myself as seasons come and go Why I have not shown grow th more constantly In all the things that I might do or know To make my life a better friend to me. Alas, I find most men are all too loath To live a life conductive to new growth. --William L. Rathburn feM* BdHbi vrINRNi LAMBERT VILLE, N. J., BEACON: ”... poverty is not going to be eliminated by government subsidy and dole. . . . Here in this com munity, in the county, state and nation we have gone a long way in creating prog rams to aid the poor. Many are cut of hand and people are getting help, lots of it, so that few would take a job if one was offered to them. This does not end poverty, it seals it into our social life. . . Let’s aid the unfortunate but make certain that he or she is led out of the situa tion that faces lvm, not make certain it continues for all time.” ENID, OKLA., NEWS: “There is a lot of talk about air pollution, but you ain’t seen nothing yet till the 1968 political campaign starts.” •• o • LIBERAL, KAN., SOUTH WEST DAILY TIMES: “The average person is very cour teous to others under most circumstances. Most men will hold open doors for ladies (even though they don’t get thanked always, assist elderly persons across the street . . . What happens to many of these same peo ple when they get behind the wheel of an automobile? . . . They race through traff’c . . fall to allow other drivers into a lane of traffic, dash through intersections with no regard for pedestrians . • and instead of ‘pardon me’, they bellow like an angry bull at every other driver on the road.” •• • • STORM LAKE, IOWA, PILOT-TRIBUNE: “In our judgment, our community school board acted wisely in deciding not to ask for $25,000 federal aid funds . . there is a lurking suspicion that when Uncle Sam gets Into a school system, he in- * sists on keeping his fingers in the pie. In other words, he dictates to the local au thorities. This isn’t desir able. We can run our own school systems better than can some politician or bu reaucrat at Washington.” •• • • BARNESBORO, PA., STAR: “Our great nation was built on the principles of free enterprise and that a government which governs the least is the best govern ment. These two great heri tages are rap'dly vanishing from the American scene. There is very little free en terprise today amid over whelming government op pression.” MONTHLY REPORT The Following Vouchers were issued: General Fund: $7,405.00 Courthouse ft. Jail $5,658.36 Poor Fund: $30.00 I, Grace M Ayers, Regis ter of Deeds oi Yancey County, State of North Car olina, do hereby certify that this is a true copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Yancey County Board of Commissioners, as of Janc ary 3, 1966. I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this the *th day of January, 1966 Grace M. Ayers, Register of Deeds
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