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The Yancey Retard Established Jsly, 1936 TUNA P. FOX, Editor * Publisher • MISS ZOE YOUNG, Associate Editor THURMAN L. BKOWIt, Shop Manage; ARCHIE BALLEW, Photographer Sc Pressman PULISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY YANCEY PUBLISHING Company' Beeond Class Postage Paid at Burnsville, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY M, IM« NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT SUBSCRIPTION BATES s*.so PER YEAR * • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter from Mrs. Brooks continued from last week. First, we went to Harris College C’ass Day, honoring the 26 lovely East Asian girls who were to graduate as Methodist Deaconesses in s couple of days. They were a” ' , ’ , °'«ed the traditional Phllippino dress ank'e length, with butterfly sleev es and a heavenly b’ue color. We left Manila with Mar ian, (who is almost retire ment age) and her very handsome driver from the barrio (r, r town) where she works. After the hot, noisy night In Manila I was look ing forward to a litt’e high er altitude and some quiet. We arrived at the mission compound after dark, I thou ght there were a lot of peo pv waiti-f? around to greet Miss Walker only to find out they were part of her “family” _ most of them chi’dren and young people from many different tribes, staying there to go to school. I believe there were 13 at the breakfast table the next morning, including the Dis trict Superintendent on an ear’y morning round, a young doctor, and two local prefachers. As for my ni-ht of quiet rest what a joke! Never in my life have I ■Heard so much noise in what should have been a quiet, Isolated town. I be’ieve some one said there were about 5.000 people in that Barrio, and I am sure there must be at least one dog for every hundred people. They bark ed all night long, antipho na'ly and in unison, and the on e my window' was a German police. It seemed to me that people never stop ped talking. They may have been reasonably quiet from twe’ve until three, but then the little boys began making their rounds calling (of all things) “Do-o-o Nuts”, and life began to buzz again In our household and all around Besides this, we were not cool either. We slept in a room upstairs; most of it was open to the outdoor world. The walls were of woven split bamboo. Our furniture was an army cot. a small stand with a lantern on it, and a chair. We were so hot and sticky, and we knew bathing would be next to impossible because of lack of water and facilities. I su gested we take a talcum nowder bath Betty was a little afraid of how pasty it might become, but followed my example. After breakfast we went with the young doctor way back In the hills to a very small barrio where the pov erty was most evident. The .doctor examined those who wanted he’D. One young mo ther showed us how her skin had cleared up in two weeks, with pills from our army doctors, and took us to two of. her neighbors who had this awful ring worm type of skin, asking that they be helped as she had been. Men in G-strings were working on a primitive plow. Coming back we stop ped at two small churches where Betty and I spoke through an interpreter, tell ing them of our con cern. and that we brought greetings from Christians on the other side of the world. After dinner and a hot siesta, we were seeking guid ance as to our next move, and had decided we'd lust try to follow any sign that seemed to point in a good direction. Again Marian came with a pointer. She got up from her nap on the bench behind the table, and said, ‘‘You know, I’ve lust been (thinking! I believe, if Vou want to ro to Baguio, I’ll just go with you " Baguio is the resort city hieh in th* moun tains, where it is really cool. The Captain had pointed It out to us as we flew by it, and I had wished we might go. but had really given up hones of going. w ow de cided we’d go The Woman’s Division has a cottage up there and Marian had a k°” We took most of our food and did our cooking. We stayed two nights, and It was cool and quiet, and tn'ugh v atei* was scarce, we could bathe. It was a real haven of rest. One of the outstanding things about this city is its vegetable market. Many things grow in the high altitude which we do not grow elsewhere in the Philippines. Never have I seen such a variety, and at least a dozen things I had no Idea what they were. We left the Philippines by waiting to see If we could get on the plane. We did. We have had rather ordinary visits in Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, and now back in Tokyo. Our supper last night with Mlch iko’s parents was memor able. In the morning we go early by train on our way to Hokkaido; next week to Al aska; and home the 16th. Love to all, Tillie (Mrs. A. H. Brooks) AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF BURNSVILLE: From: John Osteen, minis ter First Church of God Newport News, Va. Phil Edwards, minister First Church of God, Canton, Colbert’s Creek Community 0 Presented Grant Ix4*- slki'C -■' - ÜBMaEBWHwgjHB) & Hlf US!! ''&BBpnHMKk .t& iwE fijAng- Nil BE iBBL ■ v ~ WKm. \a HnnH| ‘ | • jpBK • ■ ' BpF Pictured is Mr. John Freas presenting check to Mr. Edward Roe and Mr. Grady Harney By: Ed Anderson Colbert’s Creek Commun ity in Yancey County has been awarded a grant of SB7O by W.A.M.Y. Commun ity Action, tic. for a self help project to improve roads in the community. The Grant Is the first to be awarded under a special Incentive Grants Program designed to assist local com munities In which neighbors are working together on community development pro jects. Mr. John Freas made the presentation of the check to Edward Rae and Grady Har ney of Co bert’s Creek in an Informal ceremony held Fri day evening, May 6, in the community. Mr. Freas is Director of the Incontive Grants Program for W. A. M. Y. A group of local citi zens who fo»-m a Screening Committee had decided that Colbert’s Creek exhibited en ough of the qualities of co operation and community SDirit to receive the Grant. Mr. E. L. Dillingham is Chairman of the Screening Committee. The members of the Col bert’s • Creek Community N. C. Dear Friends: If a couple of unknown preachers, representing an unknown movement, came into our town to hold spec ial services In a public meet in place, we’d be mighty curious, and maybe a little suspicious. Since this is happening this week In Bur nsville, and since we are the “unknown preachers’’, we •think you have a right to know who we are, what is happening, and why. We thought this ::oDen letter’’ might be the way of filing you in. The special services we speak of are those being held lin Room No 3 at Yancey County Courthouse under the sporsorshiD of North Carolina State Bd. of Evan- P“i'sm of the Church of God. The services are being he’d chif’ly throu h the instru mentality of M'ss Maggie Hooevcutt. a long-time resi dent of Burnsvil'e, who is known to many of you as a fine Christian la'iy who is deeply Interested In the sn’r- Jtuni up. of the Burnsville community. We who are serving as evangelists are here for the so’e purpose of being a source, of blessing have been meeting regularly since July. 19 p 5 in the hom es of MerHt Strick’a-'d and Fav Hudgins. Discussion have centered around the question, “What can we do together to improve our community?” As a result of these meet ings, Colberts Creek has be came active in several se't he p projects. They have es tablished a small commun ity library: joined with oth er local communities in or ganizing a basic adult edu cation class; secured the services of the Neighborhood Youth Corps to assist in . providing running water and privies for almost a’l the homes in the community; established a garbage dis posal service; a"d taken steps toward establishing a small industry near the community. These efforts exembify the accomplishments which communities can make when they work together. This community of Colbert’s Creek is to be congratulated for the efficient manner in which they have functioned through the democratic pro cess. mu*Mtv We are neither ig norant nor disrespectful of the fine congre atlo->s vh’ch serve this of us a’-e acMv“ in the min isterial associations in our own cities. Our ministry here this week is entirely by our State Bd. of Evangelism, so we are not here to take anvthlng from the community in terms of financial consideration in fact, there will be no offer ings received In the services at all. We emphasize this, because we are well aw a r e that some communities have been feeced by so-called revivallists who turned out to be nothing more than re ligious racketeers. 1 We re peat, we want to be a chan nel of Gol’s blessing to this community. Now, what in the world is this “Church of God”, you may be asking. We are a group of Christians who are dedicated to the taskof re storing the spiritual vitality and Unity of the New Testa ment Church. We believe that th-» Bible teaches that every Christian is a mem ber of c.od’s Church; so we “reach our hands in fellow ship to every blood-washed —one”. We believe that the Politital Unrest The State Democratic Convention in Rale'gh began today. Yancey County will have no valid representation to the convention this year. Insofar as is known this will be the first State Conven tion that duly elected or ap pointed delegates have not represented Yancey County. One of the functions of the County Democratic Con vention is to name dele gates to attend the State Convention. Such a move was not made this year. Also the “bulldosing” tac tics used biy high party of ficials in the county has left x Burnsville without a precinct ' organization. At the presinct meeting in Burnsville on April 2 a new chairman was named without a dissenting vote. However, at the con vention the county chairman ruled that the newly electeed officers could not partici pate in the role to which they were elected. That lea ves Burnsville Township without a valid Democratic organization. A number of members of the County Executive Com mittee’partitioned the chair man to hold a meeting be fore the State Convention so ithat the matter could be settled. Such a meeting was not held. Some Democrats have ex pressed opinions that the party k in the most shaky condition, with the general election in view, that it has been in for several fears due to “one man rule” tactics. However, If the resolution to change Yancey County back to a primary system of nominating persons to run in the general election, some of our woes will be over. only workable basis for unity is that of personal relation ship with God througs Jesus and that in order to” achieve this unity we must work and pray to remove the artificial and Institutional barriers that divide Christ ians. We regard the Bible as the only and entirely sufficient standard of truth and practice, and that to the e tent that we as Christians allow the Holy Spirit to interpret the Word of God to us. we can and do arrive at agreement on es sential matters of doctrine • and practice. In short, we believe that the spiritual unity of Christians is not only a nice theory, but is & real part of God’s plan for His church, and therefore is something for which we must work and pray. We sincerely hope that this letter has answered some of your questions, and that we may have the pleas ure of seeing you In some of the services that remain. May God bless you and your fine community. John Osteerf Phil Edwards OPERATION GOI DEN EAGLE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT FOR MORE RECREATION LANDS & WATERS r*
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