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TMP—yTf ’ 111 f Tit rffictf mcffra Jaly, 1f 36 TUNA P. POX, Biiter * Publisher MISS ZOK YOUNG, Associate Biller THUEMAN L. BROWN, Shop Manager ARCHIE BALLKW, Photographer ft Itissinsii PUBLISHED EVERT TITII-fIT BY YANCEY FUILISNIN6 Caapaay Second Close Psrta» MS a* Bneasrille, N. C. THURSDAY, FEB. 17, 1966 NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE SUBSCRIPTION RATES SS.SS PER TEAR 4 SNOW LEAVES, RAIN COMES After a 10 to 20 Inch snow fall, followed by two days and nights of heavy rain, the rivers and creeks in this area were really oa a ram page and overi lowing their banks at jpany places. The writer, along with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Boone and their guest, Mrs. Wren Free man of Alexander, took a long drive down Cane River and the Toe Rivers Sunday afternoon. About two miles beyond Huntdale we were forced to back out and head back the same way when the waters of the North and South Toe, which merge near that spot, overran the high way. Riding along the highway, with water almost lapping at the wheels, and over rick ety looking bridges, with the muddy water not too far be low, gave one a rather un easy feeling In places, where the rapids were so strong, it reminded us of a visit to the foot of Grand Canyon, where the raging Colorado River Is a sight to behold. A beautiful sight was the many waterfalls and streams rushing off the mountains. We noted many homes on the other side of the rivers completely cut off by the high water overflowing the roads. The low bottoms, par ticularly along Cane River, were almost completely cov -3D The Bureaucrats Move Into Medicare One of the fears expressed about medicare was that there would be so much red tape Involved that a senior citizen with a heart attack might pass on before getting into a hospital. If there is one thing Mr. John Doe, average citizen, has learned to dread It is the mass of details required in doing business with the govern ment. This may be one reason why some eight million out of 18 million eligible for medicare have not signed up. Even though medicare Is In its Infancy, it Is interest ing to note that bureaucracy Is already showing Its hand. The medicare division of Social Security, we are told, Is now insisting upon appli cants providing a birth cer tificate, even though, as Rep. Durward O. Hall points out, the federal Interviewers can, In many cases, take an obvious lcok at the appll ered with water. Another imterestlng eight was the number of swinging bridges over the rivers, which probably afford the only way for a great many peoole to reach their homes. In ma n y places these swing ing bridges were filled with people viewing the water be low. To this writer crossing one of those bridges under normal conditions would ta v ’*> a lot, of courage. The high waters no doubt served a good purpose by carrying awav a lot of gar bage and other debris whirh people customarl’y emo'y Into 'he streams, thereby spoiling the beauty, .destroy ing the fish, and making a me«s generally of the beau tiful rivers and streams In this area. The Federal and State Governments are, of course, working to e l,r ni«at,e this abuse of the streams, e~d it is they will be fore too long be sureo*cful. To OUr wav of thinking, this drive, which follows the Ca~e and Toe Rivers, whh towering mountain* on eith er side, is one of the most beautiful In Yancey County, if not in Western N. C. We look forward to retracing our steps in tb? spring, sum mer and fall, when we can enjoy the view without won dering whether or not we are running into high water. cants and see that they are well over 65. Further, he says, and righ tly, a large percentage of states had no birth certifi cate laws prior to 1916. This hits a lot of applicants, na turally. The Social Security has long recognized that many older citizens do not have, and cannot obtain, birth certificates. The Soc ial Security has. in the past agreed to accept documen tary evidence of age, using such thirgs as old Insurance policies, Bibles and so on. Put not the medicare bu reaucrats. They are being bull-headed, and according to Rep. Hall, are Insisting that apnltcants pay $5 to the Census Bureau to run down records, fully knowing that no such records exist. ‘"IWs new and unpubllcl zed provision comes as a shf'cic to older citizens who have had to find nut the bard way ”. Rep. Hall snld. . "V .■.»' ■ .... 11 V. ' ■l' 1 . I GIVE-HEART FUND TB BLOOD PRESSUReJ^H |f§Lfl/ REGULAR EXERCISE NORMAL ff EXAMS Steps to reduce your risk of heart attack SEASON EXTENDED ON lOIWHITE QUAIL D. R. McGalllard, Wildlife protector, of Yancey Coun ty, said the Wildlife Resour ces Commission has extend ed the season on bobwhlte quail from Tuesday, Febru ary 15, through Saturday, February 26. McGalllard said Ithls will give Tarheel bird hunters an extra ten days of shooting, including two Sat urdays. The Commission’s action was taken after a survey by field personnel disclosed that there is a harveatable supply of birds still available, and an extended hunting season would not endanger brood stock for y producing next fall’s crop of birds. McOalllard added that the Commission gavf some consideration to extending the rabbit season, but decid ed against this because rab bits have already begun their breeding cycle. Bag limits and other regu lations for taking quail dur ing the ten-day extension will be the same as during the season that would have ended February 18. He is protesting to the Soc ial Security Administration. Those applying for hosoi tal care have their a*es with Social Security in Baltimore. They hsve been in existence, many of them, since with holdings went into effect In 1937 8o the Information Is available to the medicare people. They Just have to ask for it. But that would be too simple, and too little trouble for citizens, and be sides it might create a more efficient organization and fewer bureaucrats would be needed. Legislation Approved To •enefit Veterans By Sen. B. Everett Jordan WASHINGTON Con gress has approved legisla tion which will be of tre mendous benefit to veterans who have served in the Ar med Forces since the Kor ean War. The new “GI Benefits Bill” will make all the persons who have served in the Ar med Forces on active duty since February 1, 1055, for a period of 180 days or more eligible for benefits under the program. The program is not limit ed to servicemen who haw served or are serving in Vietnam or other areas of combat. Instead it covers all of these servicemen plus any others who have been on active duty in any of our armed services. The primary purpose of the program is to encourage and promote the education of servicemen and veterans in institutions of higher learning. The new law provides that educational assistance will be provided for up to 30 calendar months of school or training. The assistance rat es for full-time training or education are SIOO per mon th for a single veteran, $125 for a veteran with one de pendent, and $l5O for a vet eran with more than one dependent. Proportionately lower rates for less than fu'l-tlme training or educa tion are also provided. Another key part of the new program is a GI home loan program which was so popular and beneficial a mong veterans of World War II and the Korean War. Un der the new program, the Veterans Administration may guarantee as much as $7 500 of a loan made by a private lender for a veteran’s home. The new program also provides for nonservtce-con nected medical care for vet erans in V. A. hospitals and preference will be given to veterans in obtaining em ployment with the federal government. There are many, ; many thousands of veterans who have served slrce the Kor ean war who will be eligible for the first time to obtain benefits under the new pro gram. and more detailed in formation will be available In the near future from the various V. A. offices a*>d vet erans service offices located the Nation. HOSPITAL RECEIVES 6RANT The Duke Endowment is distributing this week sl,- 404,392 to help hospitals and child care institutions in N. C. and S. C. finance their charity services. Eighty-four hospitals In North Carolina are receiving $505,848; and 26 child care institutions in N. C. are receiving/$342,210. The total amounrbeing dis tributed in N. C Is $848,056. The hospital contributions are based on $1 a day for each free day of care in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30th, 1965. Yancey Hospital re ceived $i,895.
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