The Yancey Record
Established July, 1936
TRENA P. FOX, Editor & Publisher
THURMAN L. BROWN, Shop Manager
ARCHIE BALLEW, Photographer & Pressman
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY BY
YANCEY PUBLISHING Company
Second Class Postage Paid at Burnsville, N. C.
THURSDAY, JAN. *©, 19«5 NUMBER TWENTY-ONE
SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2.50 PER YEAR
When There Is No Longer
A Downtown
Transit Workers Can Strike
' Throughout this land
there is concern for the fu
ture of downtown areas for
shopping and work.
The tremendously high in
crease in the number of ur
ban shopping centers has
pulled business away from
downtown. Offices are mov
ing out.
There is hardly a town
where civic leaders are not
pondering the problem of
revitalizing downtown to
make it more attractive.
Customers are going where
it is convenient to trade.
Parking meters, lack of
spaces for cars, are just two
facets driving trade away.
Transportation to and from
downtown is important and
it must be good and relia
ble and economical.
Downtowns must be made
attractive. There must be
better stores, better merch
andizing for the shopper
and better environment for
offices.
Whether union leaders
want to admit it or not,
downtown New York has the
same problem as Sparta, Wis.
Stay At Home, Big Shotsl
Tco many big shots have
been taking the Viet Nam
tcur. They include Gover
nors, Senators, Representa
tives and bigwigs in the
federal government. The
men who are fighting over
there say they’re just get
t.rg in the way.
There’s hardly a day pass
es that the news cables don’t
tell a story or two about
tome VIPs who are going to
Viet Nam ao look around for
a day or so and then come
back here and toss a few
brilliant sentences about
how to win the war.
Incidentally cne of the
most useless junkets was
one maed recently by sev
eral Governors who also
toured Japan. They were
elected to administer to the
needs of a state’s affairs,
not to take up time of sol
diers in a far-off land
Son. Edward M. Kennedy
(D Mass), who was also
on one of the
an American official what
was his biggest problem ov
er there. He got . a fortti
or Charlotte, N. C. Shopping
centers are everywhere.
Commercial offices are mov
ing to outlying areas. Once
upon a time it was consider
ed a necessity for a firm to
have a Manhattan address
for prestige reasons. This is
no longer the case. It is
common now to see a letter
head from a company wh’ch
lists a suburban address, a
small town on the outskirts
of a big city.
Two newspaper strikes in
New York did not help down
town merchants Now comes
. the transit strike, costing
merchants millions of dol
lars.
Undoubtedly, the transit
strike is going to cause some
company officials to take a
look at re-locating in outly
ing areas in the future as a
precautionary measure. They
will seek employees living
nearby.
New York transit workers
might think it over. They
may find few customers,
fewer train and bus sched
ules and fewer employees
needed to operate the ve
hicles.
right answer, he did.
“To be blunt, sir, we have
too many people coming out
here. In the last 45 days,
we’ve had 35 groups from
the United States. Each de
mands the 25-cent tour. It
takes up our time.”
This is also the opinion
of other high officers, as
well as privates. These men
are busy fighting a war.
Yet they have to take time
• t to rurse a party of big
shots. Time isn’t the only
. thing. Equipment, needed
* perhaps in fighting, has to
be used to haul the visitors
around. Sleeping quarters
that might better be used by
tired fighting men are tak
en up. It isn’t right!
The Defense Department
in Washington seems to
agree. It has now laid down
rules forbidding its own of
ficials, mTitary or civilian,
from jimketl"g over there
unless the trip is absolutely
.necessary.
Besides interfering w’th
the fighting men, the trips
are expensive to the taxpay
ers. Let’s cut them out.
*'
No, productions in the
Parkway Playhouse are not
being “pushed” now. The
WINTER HAS ARRIVEDI
Those of us who may have
wondered whether or not
we were going to have any
real winter, need wonder no
longer. Winter arrived in full
force early Saturday morn
ing, with a snow measuring
anywhere from 9 to 14’
carrying with it all the in
conveniences such weather
usually carries such as
slippery roads, stalled cars,
frozen pipes, a few broken
bones, perhaps a few sore
muscles from shoveling,
along with worry among
some of us as to whether
the fuel would hold out. The
only ones really happy are
the school children who are
getting a long holiday, and
the farmers who were be
ginning to fear a drought.
As usual the trusty high
way department was on the
job, and soon the main
highways were clear, and
not long thereafter the side
reads were made passable.
More snow was forecast
Extension Narrative
1965
(Continued from last week) _
Plans wore made to em
ploy two Horticultural, Ag
ents to assist growers with
production and marketing
of horticultural crops.
Can money be made by
growing vine ripened toma
toes in Yancey County? Fred
Hensley, Baidl Mountain
Community, thinks you can
if you follow recommendar
tions as to varieties, fertili
zation, spraying and other
jobs recommended by the
Extension Service.
Fred cooperated with the
County Extension Office in
conducting a fertility de
monstration, using various
rates of phosphorus, potash,
and nitrogen. The season
was very wet early and dry
late, causing problems with
early blight and growth
cracks.
Hensley said, “A power
sprayer and Irrigation are
necessary to successful grow
ing of tomatoes, especially
If the ground Is a dry na
ture soil."
Hensley grew tomatoes at
the rate of 1440 bushels per
acre. These tomatoes # brou
ght $2.70 per bushel or a to
tal of $3900. Hensley says «
good, warm summer is the
time for that. However the
dramatic snow hats worn by
for Tuesday, which proved
false in this area at least,
but we did wake up Wednes
day morning to more of the
same. However, the sun
soon came l out and snow
stopped.
We are unable to get an
official temperature read
ing for past few days, but
understand it dropped to be
tween 5 and 10 in some
places.
It is hard to understand
why those of us who as
chTdren remember nothing
but a snow covered ground
all winter long, should com
p’ain about a little snow.
Back in those days too we
were for the most part try
ing to keep warm by an open
fire, with mo*t of the heat
going uo the ch’mney,
whereas now we s’t In our
comfortable centrally heat
ed homes and fuss about a
little weather Just going
soft with easy living we
suppose.
that there is more work In
growing tomatoes than to
bacco as well as more mon
ey. Mr. Hensley has done a
fine job with the demonstra
tion.
The Yancey County sxten
sion Office distributed ap
proximately 30,000 Tennes
see Bearty strawberry plants
to growers. Beveral thousand
extra plants were purchased
individually, also.
■ This is one phase of how
Yancey County farmers are
starting to increase their
Income. This is also a part
of the "Successful ’65 Pro
gram” soonsored by the Ex
tens’on Service.
Two thousand plants were
given out to 4-H Club mem
bers to start a Strawberry
Chain. The club members
receiving 200 plants will
each return three gallons of
berries to the chain In 1968.
These will be sold at auction
to buy plants for other
members.
Willard Wright cooperated
with the Extension Office In
conducting a fertility de- *
monstratlon on strawberries.
There were three plots each
on fertilizer at different
rates. Yields were kept on
the columns outside made an
appealing sight after the
current heavy snow.
each plot. The three plots
were sorayed w’th Dymld
immediately after setting to
control weeds and grass.
Carlle Rice, Chairman of
the Yancey County Unit
Test Demonstration Asso
ciation, represented Yancey
County demonstration farm
ers at the annual valley
wide meeting in Nashville,
Tennessee. Mr. Rice’s trip
was sponsored by the Yan
cey County Demonstration
Farmer Association.
Four ne wdemonstration
farms have been approved
by the UTD Committee. They
are Fred Hensley, Bald
Mountain Community; Yat
es Deyton, Green Mountain
Community; Floyd Hilemon,
Swiss Community; and Tho
mas Ray, Cane River Com
munity.
Fred Hensley will demon
strate the possibilities with
vine - ripened tomatoes,
showing how the crop will
do when all the recommend
e dpractices are carried out;
Yates Deyton will demon
strate the improvements
that can be made on a gen
eral farm where beef cattle,
tobacco and vegetables are
the main enterprises; Tho
mas Ray will show how an
imroved feeding program
and records on production
w'll lower the cost of pro
ducing milk; Floyd Hilemon
will show how planning and
records will aid a dairyman
in planning his dairy opera
tion.
The Breece Morrow fam
ily of Banks Creek Commun
ity, members of the Unit
Test Demonstration Associa
tion. started in 1960 with one
cow and 48 acres of eroded
land. With planning and
hard work, they now have
a 30-cow dairy and a total
Inventory of $47,169
In 1962 the family was as
sisted in planning by the
Extension Service. Soil tests
were made and a plan was
drawn up that would con
serve the soil and bring the
maximum yields. TVA fer
tilizers were supplied that
would meet the needs of the
crops. In addition to TVA
material, the commercial
fertilizers were also Included
in the plans.
Pastures were seeded and
Improved until there are now
40 acres of improved orchard
grass and clover pastures.
Corn produced was 60 bush
els per acre In 1960. In 1964,
12 acres of silage were pro
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