Th§ Taney herd established Jsly, 1934 TRENA P. FOX, Editor tc Publisher THURMAN lb BROWN, Shop Muiaier ARCHIE BALLEW, Photographer & Pressman PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY BY YANCfY rUIUSHING Commit Second Clan Postage Paid gt Bunurille, N. C. THURSDAY, FEB. 3,1 M« NUMBER rWENTY-YHHEE SUBSCRIPTION RATES |2.5« PER YEAR Weather Still With Us The weather is still with us, and the msm ..topic of conversation. We have no official readings of tempera tures in this area, but- hear various reports ranging from five to 20 below Satur day night, or early Sunday morning. We cannot vouch for the accuracy of the thermometers, but one thing we do know IT WAS COLD, and apparently broke all records in the last thirty years or more. We always heard that when the temperature hit that low it was too cold to snow, but not so in this area, it snowed and snowed most of Sunday, the 30th that being the third major snow in more than two weeks, and as if that were not enough, It is doing its best to give us another white blanket today (Wednesday). On Tuesday, with higher temperatures and some rain we felt opti mistic as there was some meltirg, giving us a bit of dirty slush. But we are back today with light snow and lots of ice. making driving more hazardous than ever. The only merchants profit ing by this weather are the garages carry chains and anti-freeze, and we feel sure their simply is about exhausted. We would not foreet the procer as it seems we eat more when housed in than at any other time. We will just have to keep our fingers crossed, and hope that those people who cannot get out to the high way stay healthy. If thev do not and should have to go to the hospital,, they will have to be taken out by helicop ter. A case in point the ILee Boone’s, Blaine Rays and Robinson family, living in the Mount Mitchell Wildlife area, where a drift estimat ed at ten to fifteen feet has them completely cut off from the main highway. Ap parently no effort is being made to get these people out of this — so stay healthy, folks, and lets h-me your “vittles” and fuel hold out also that you don’t have a power failure. You will just have to take a lesson from your neighbor, the bear, but I fear all of don’t have the fat for that. Actually, this Is lust a' little too much, and even Ihe chl’dren free from school seem to be getting a little fed up, and are not looking forward to spending most of the month of June In school and neither are the teacners. Some fo.ks think they have solved the prob lem by going to Florida, but even there they found little relief, as the weather there is also the chief topic of conversation, hitting an all time low. We are just wondering if the groundhog up in that unpronounceable and, to this writer, unspellable town in Pennsylvania will see his shadow. Eut whether he does or not, we are assured of six more weeks cf winter wea ther here, as we feel sure it will be that long before all this dirty looking white stuff melts. One bright spot it looks like the folks who have been scared of a water shortage may rest easy now at least for the time being. They say misery loves com pany, and if this is the case we should console ourselves, a sthe whole country seems to be in the same fix, and, believe it or not, most of the country is in worse shape than we. We like to give credit where credit Is due, so let’s say a kind word regarding the work of the men em ployed by the highway de partment, who it would seem have toiled almost night and day for the past three weeks to keep the main highways passable and all this with inadequate snow moving equipment. This goes also for the town of Burnsville. They have done a superb job, and we should all be grateful to them. We have heard motorists from other counties comment on the good condition of Yancey County - 'roads, as compared to other sections. The old adage “The mail must go” has held true throughout this terrific wea ther, and our hats are off to the route men, who have braved the elements to keep the mail moving. It has been tough on the men, their cars, to say nothing of the chains they have worn out. Theyy have almost equaled the exulolts of the "pony express” men of the old west. Thank you, boys. Films To Bo Shown At Library Thursday Night Film Showing at Yancey County Library, Burnsville, N. C., 8:00 p. m. Feb. 3: TALENTED HANDS (Crafts of Nova Scotia) Crafts of the Fire, Abraham Lincoln: War Years Feb. 10: St. Laurence Sea way, Bong of a Nation (Btar Spangled BannerK Feb. 17: Nahanni — ; Mag nificent Canada Goose. IT NEVER FAILS ' . Bill Iffl 'MHAiT tfVA MEAN YOU DON'T VAHXNTA )||Jf fcw.QftTSff I H«T6 W//// Wh I! |! 1 1, m6O to school!! you get goin*—