r The Yancey Record
Established July, 1936
Truia P. Fox, Editor & Publisher
Miss. Zoo Young Associoto Editor
Titormao L. Brown, Shop Managor
Archie H. Bollew, Photographer & Pressman
Published Every Thursday By
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THURSDAY, JAN. 19, 1967 NUMBER 7 WENTY-OSJ*!f
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Scene From Top 0’ The Hill
By: Jack Kelly
Some bright gentleman on
ce remarked “Nothing is cer
tain but dearth aud ia A ea. *
I'uat Bia-tane.u is not qu.te
exav-t, he suuuid have auded
tne lack that tuaMiy repea.a
iue&. I.ooa at us ana our
Country toduy. Compare our
position and feelings and
newspaper accounts with the
h.story of a century a o o. We
had a War. We had a iresi
dent who did his best* to suit
everyone and ended up suiting
no one. History has recorded,
and we all accept it now, that
Lincoln had a double handful
of trouble wivh the Civil War,
the leaders, the people, and
the newspapers. Today, we
all accept the fact that he was
a much maligned man who
did his best. We know he
stood friendless and alone
while he d'd what he had to
do. That War was brewed
before Lincoln ever came on
tthe scene. Yet, it was dump
ed in,his lap. As President, he
had to handle it.
To ,;v. ve have a too simi
lar set ' fa-’ts No President,
before or since Lincoln,
ever stood more alone than
does President Johnson to
day. The present War, un
popular with everyone, doubt
less including the President
himself, is a "must." Lyndon
Johnson didn’t start it, it
was just banded to him. Ha
couldn’t drop it. He is thd
Pres dent of the United Stat
es of America. He is the lead
er of the people of the most
powerful Nation that History
has ever seen. If you want
some f gures, this War start
ed back In the Eisenhower
administrat'on. That fact
doesn’t prove anything either.
- Ike d : d what he had to do. In
a Coun*rv as ereat as ours,
certain things come about and
the Nation takes a stand.
Onre that atend is made, sue
c*ed:n» leaders must follow
the Hoe laid down. In the nre
■ent c°se. we declared oursel
ves to ’-rohe'-t, the world
the Communist invasion. Th*§
way before Lyndon
Johnson.
Harry Truman, handled the
hot, TK>t >*tj handed h'm by
H'V'acvelt hv coming nn w : th
th» Marshall Plan. Truman
Enron* from eolng Oom
imtnlst. and History reeorda
b«a er*»*n-aa for that act
Johnam has it . a bit more
difficult in Asia, with the
hpuutio pad*«M to n.m oy
lae a,ia rfjv. „o:majna job is
a Pit tougner u*a.i Harry
Truman’s Iruir *n dealt with
ft people wnoee badegrou-td
was cnrist.au. He dealt with
a people wno has iueas con
eerui..g government and rig
hts oc people. By and large,
he dealt wuh, in the mam, a
0
pulation. Lyndon Johnson, on
the other hand, presently
deals with an un-reasoning,
Illiterate, non-Christian, raul
ti-m.llioned mass of peoples
who have no background of
rights of man or sensible
civil government. Johnson
deals with leaders who are
not, according to your light*
and mine, true leaders. Un
fortunately. they are the
ones he must deal with, and
I feel that History will re
cord h's actions as proper
and right.
J hnson cannot pull out
and lea#~these people alone,
because our Country pm-oom
mitted him to the actions he
must take. Johnson Is in the
posit on of a hunter stalking
a bear when he is attacked
by a swarm of be s. The
emerging new nation?, in Afri
ca and Asia may appear ridi
culous to us. They may turn
out to be rid ; culous in feet.
Os course, our own Country
was considered ridiculous at
the start. The Empreee Os
Russia refused to accept our
Ambassador because, in effect,
he waa declared to be the
Representative of an evil
nothing. Since President
Johnson must wage away,
not of hi* own making, lie
must stand the abuse of all of
ue and the Press. He must
spend his harrowing days and
nights. I ke Lincoln, lonesome
end alone.
Without changing your
views, whatever they may
be, you ran still make a little
Prayer for Divine help for
President Johnson and, who
knows, you may change the
course of jnstory, so gray
hard and often.
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Letter To
The Editor
January 14, 1967
Editor The Record j
Bui.u,v.iie, i*o,-.n
Vui.ce j».iaipiace tiua„e his-
Dear Sir:
rot.c iiice near Weavervillo
still neeu* a iog barn and
it occurs io me that I may
be aoie to find just such a
barn somewhere in Yancey
County.
The structure we buy must
be of hewed logs. We can’t use
roand logs here.
When we find a suitable
barn, we will mark the logs,
take them down and then re
assemble them at the Vance
18-rth place.
This state historic site,
wh ch honors North Caro
lina’s C.vil War governor,
Zebulon Ba rd Vance, now has
eight buildings and we need
only a hewed-log barn to
comple'e th's project.
If anyone in Yancey County
has such an old bam which
he is willirg to sell, - I
will appreciate it if he will get
in tou'-h with me at the ad
dress below.
Sincerely yours,
Boh Conway
F'storjc Bfat*8 f at* SoecMlst
Var-ce Birthplace Museum
' Rt. 1, Weaverville, N. C.
IT’S AMAZING?
IT NEVER FAILS
ACROSS
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island
group
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one’s own
11. To adjust
12. French city
13. Title
14. Com
menced
15. Vouch
safes
11. Luaon
native
11. Copied
32. Officer
Command
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33. Teddy,
for one
27. Nickel
(sym.)
! 23. Vegetable
; 29. Braid
31. Yes, In
Spain
32. Clemency
34. Printer’s
measure
35. Sandarac
tree
36. Get (dial,
var.)
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43. Sharp
43. Metal
47. Opossum
(S. A.)
48. Unable to
see
49. Viscous
mud
50. Townships
(Gr.hist.)
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month
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6. White linen
vestnteht
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8. Girl’s
name
9. Kind of love
10. Adhesive
ness
16. One who
prepares
hides
17. Mineral
spring
20. The Brit
ish
21. Erase
(print)
23. Posies
24. Un
. friendly
25. Cirrus
(abbr.)
26. Kind
of
nut
(pharm.)
30. In
definite
article
33. Scold per
sistently
37. Brailian
Indian
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Green Thumb Tips
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Winter is the time to pre
pare for spring and summer.
One thing the gardener can do f
to help make his work easier is f
to get together all the has®
tools, clean and sharpen those
that need it and then paint the
handles of all yellow or orange.
Why these colors? They've
been proven most likely to be
seen.
* * *
Sharpen your pencil, put on
your thinking cap and prepare
to spend a few winter eve
nings looking over the current
. crop of seed catalogs. But do
restrain your enthusiasm and
remember the space available
for planting. No one can grow
every beautiful flower, every
luscious vegetable in a single
garden.
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Do you know how to ex
amine a seed catalog? The
novelties are in the front of al
most every book. Then come
the older varieties, both flowers
and vegetables, then the acces
sories if the .firm carries them
Somewhere jh the catalog is an
order form. Be sure to fill it
out completely. Too many" cus
tomers lorget to include their
\ names, perhaps their ad
dresses, or some similar perti
nent detail.
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41. Solitary
42. Finishes
44. Male cat
45. Piece out
48. Bank draft
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