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m Yancey Record fstablisbed Jtly, 1936 , TUNA r. FOX, Editor ft Publisher MISS ZOE TOCNfI, Associate Editor THURMAN L. BROWN, Shop Manager Uprinn DALLEW, Photographer ft Pressman PUBLISHED IVUtT THURSDAY BY i YANCEY PUBLISHING Company Second Class Postage Paid at Burnsville, N. C. THURSDAY, OCT. 6, 1966 NUMBER SIX r SUBSCRiC ION RATES Us« PER YEAR 9 Scene From Top 0’ The Hill By: Jack Kelly As a result of a, survey I recently completed. I have a' lot of facts Just gathering dust in my head, so, to .get rtd of them, I herewith do nate them to you for what eve you choose : to do with the n: The 48 Continental States have 3,009 counties and 34 Independent cities. Texas is the top dog. Texas has 25 more counties than Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware. Mahe, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico. Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont and Wyoming all rut together. Brewster County, in wes tern Texrs is as large as Rhode Island and Conneeti ert it Oie-ninth the size of North Carolina. Texas can sub-divide itself into four additional States at any time it so desires It entered the Union under that rg’-eemert. It wouldn’t in crease their Congressmen in the Lower House but it would rive them ei~ht addi tional U. S. Senators quite a Voting blorit. Would also moko them ri°-ht powerful in the Presidential Elector de partment. Sneaking of that, one of these days our Con gress is going to get aroun-l to fixing it so that the Public will vote for the President .iust as they do for the Mem bers of Congress. Personally, I don’t think It will make any difference but it will do awiy with the possibility that the “Electors” mmht not vote for the candidate that we elect ed them to vote for. In theory, all of the electors or any of them, can vote for whomever they please. Seems as if our Pounding Fathers didn’t have too much confi dence in the ability of the common man so they decided to let him vote for an elector, who would, in turn, vote for the person the Common man should have voted for. Incidental Intelliee-ce: The House of Representa tives is limited to 435 Mem bers by virtue of Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution of the United States, amend ed by Legislation of August 8. 1911 which stated "The House of Representatives shall be composed of 438 Members plus one each from Arizona and New Mexico.” <This gives us one Congress man for about each 450 thousand people.) Stop Worrying Department: In case you are worrying about the United States fall ing behind Boviet Russia, Just remember that we have: 20 times as many automo biles and trucks. 8 times the coal production. 10 times the telephones. 10 times as much produc tion of natural gas. 3 times as much petroleum used: 20 times as many electric motors produced. 3 times as much railroad trackage in use.. 10 times as much airline operations. rs< 3 homes for every two of theirs. 50% more steel output. 3 times their hydroelectric outnut. 40 million more T-V sets. 320 thousand more chur ches. 1 Russian farmer produces enough for himself and 2 others, while l U. 8. farmer feeds himself and 15 others. Many other figures avail able, but these should be ef ficient to restore your confi dence in our Country, if you needed it. LKTIKRS to nn & . Pensacola, N. C. Bept. 28, i 960 To the Editor of The Yancey Record Dear Bir: What has happened to the civic pride in my beautiful adopted town of Burnsville? Today, to my amazement, I see an addition being made to the “temporary shack” that was placed in our beau tiful park a few years ago. At that time it was a shock to all of us that -love parks and have c civic pride, that this would be allowed. We were assured it was only going to be a temporary information booth. As years passed it re mained even a greater eye *ore then even with bill boards surrounding it. NOW AN ADDITION! For what purpose? Surely not for our phamber of Commerce, or arf information center. As an information center it is by far the worst location possi ble, as it is a traffic hazard. Tourists are passing Burns ville now on the new highway. They need this information center on an attractively landscaped setting, with mile signs directing them to it.. Those with civic pride and love for beauty are attracted to Burnsville because of this beautifully landscaped park, surrounded by a fine shopping center. Surely our merchants must be as greatly distressed as I am.. Just imagin t plac ing such a “shack” in the cen ter of our lawnsl The forefathers that foun ded Burnsville must have had great civic pride and love for \ * w > ~ m ip-. .... v *\ A ,, s . W<.«. -■* tin -i s£jl Hr ‘ Wti * Photo by Hugh Mnrton SURVEYING THE FAIA. COLOR The season for standing in awe to gaze at the beauty of the Autumn foliage is at hand in the North Car- God Is Not Dead In Russia Reading between the lines in the news from Russia it would appear that religion is far from dead in the land of the Kremlin. First, was the news l Just recently of the big sale of 9. new book based on the Bible. Reports are that the stores selling the book have been swamped with cus tomers. The book isn’t exact ly a Bible. Rather it’s a Rus sian narrative of the Bible. Then there’s word that the Russians are going to have more time on Sabbaths. Some of the stores in Moscow are going to close on the seventh day. Previously the shone were open seven days a week. Business has been slumping off recently on Sundays. In okehing the Sunday closings, the Russians are sayirg the citizens need this seventh day away from work because it is a day for family togetherness. They normally work six days a week. Be that as it mSy, one also wonders if citizens aren’t also inclined to be a bit more religious on Bunday regard less of what the rulers say If it were not so, why didn’t the powers-that-be say to the stores close some other day of the week. And give the workers okaof the week days off from wdrk? No, it would seem the masses want Bunday. beauty to plan a town square surrounding a beautiful park. How can the citizens today allow this “shack” to destroy the beauty of this park. What has happened to our civic minded Chcmber of Commer ce of which I am a member? Does Mayor Helmle know about this, or was it started in the middle of the night while he and our citizens were asleep? I would greatly appreciate having these questions ans wered through the YANCEY RECORD by you, as well as Die Burnsville citizens. I must be able to explain this to my friends when they re turn to their beloved adopted town next spring. 1 Mrs Wm. F.) Grace Gressmuek Pensacola and Ft. Lau derdale, Ha. olina mountains. This couple and their dog are enjoying the distant profile of Grand father Mountain from the terminus of an Avery County ftentsswois ££, OPINION GARRISON, N. D.. McLEAN COUNTY INpEPENDENT: “What should disturb Ameri cans is the fact that organ ized minority opposition in the halls of Congress if it does exist is for the most part., ineffective. With major ities of two thirds and more, the Democratic Party can completely dominate the le gislative sece, shutting off debate almost at will, pushing through legislation without opposition and refusing to investigate charges of mv emment inefficiency or irres ponsibility.” •• • • RED BLUFF, CALIF., NEWS: “Birth control pills are a hazard to small child ren. Like aspirin, thly ap parently are-harmless when used properly, and poisonous when too many are taken at one time. This is a fact which has not been publicized enou gh. despite thousands of words printed and fr>oken about the pill in the last few years.” •• • • MOUNT OLIVE, N. C., TRIBUNE: ”... favoritism for labor bodes danger even for the unions. With both the Administration and the National Labor Relations Board putting the Interest of unions above that of the nation, the movement may grow so big that it will sink itself—from disgust In its own members, and aliesation of the public and Its Congress. In our opinion, the President needs very much to show awareness that there are other people in the nation be sides union leaders and “civil rights” demonstrators.” *•• • • WESTBY, WIBC.. TIMES: * “Many businessmen are be ginning to wonder if it would n’t be a wise ides to have a guaranteed annual customer . before they start getting too involved with a guaranteed annual wage.” •a • • OR4NTB. N. M., BEACON: “A danger in the United ®tates today is that demon strations and intimidations road called Sugar Mountain, No. 2. Hie colorful leaves will be at their best for the rest of October. Lucky Americans Many a year has rolled in to the past since people liv ing on the North American continent have known, first hand, the ravages of war on the homeland. The people of this continent simply aren’t familiar with what it is like to have cities bombed and strafed and have the country torn asunder by war. This fact was accented by news from Paris saving that a quarter of a century has elacsed sinc e World War II and France is just now com pleting work on railroad lines demand or destroyed during the conflict. Repairs have cost |1.98 billion, said Equinment Minis ter Edgar Pisand, adding that 8 per cent of all lines 12 per cent of the signal posts, more than a quarter of the rail bridges, 36 per cent of the passenger stations and three fifths of the freight deoots were damaged or destroyed. This illustrates one of the blessings we may not have taken into account in tally irg up the advantages of liv ing in this land of ours. And may such be the case for many, many more long years. will. replace government by orderly, legal procese. . There has been great progress by reliance on government by law and change by the due •and legal process. Minorities in this country enjoy better living conditions and greater opportunities than anywhere else in the world. ... All Americans have much to be thankful for, and all should avoid extreme actions or counteractions." Chunk To Serve Chicken Dinner • » The West Burnsville Church of Ood will serve Chicken dinners on Friday at 12:00 noon at the church.
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