The Yancey Record
Established July, 1936
Trena P. Fox, Editor & Publisher
Miss. Zoe Young Associate Editor
Thurman L. Brown, Shop Manager
Arcjiie H. Ballew, Photographer & Pressman
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THURSDAY, FEB. 9,. 1967 NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR
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Scene From Top O’ The Hill
By: Jack Kelly
BOSIO.I, iv.assacinioetts, it
righ.xuay prouu oi its History.
It comtas ctoser to being tne
actual craaie of American lib
erty- than cots a,*y oJier
town in the country. This
C.ty 12 so full of historical
places that you are amated.
Os course, the people who
have been born and raised in
the area pay absolutely no
attention to the numerous
shrines all about. However,
for the visitors, all of the
hotels in Town furnish you
wi h a paper map that shows
You how to take a walking
tour of the area, and this tour
will tire you out but it will
also walk you into and onto
lots of s;:ots that you have
heard about, and rea-i atone,
in the History books when
you were a kid.
When you complete your
walking about the City, you
are almost convinced that
Massachusetts, in, general,
and Boston, in particular,, won
the whole Revolutionary
War from the British. Most
of. the residents around this
area feel that way. They seem
to recall that there were
twelve additional Colonies
who sort of helped out In
minor ways during that fra
cus, but they can’t furnish
you with any details. Bunker
Hill they know all about.
Some of them have heard
that Cornwallis surrendered
down South some place or
other they are not sure
where. They are still not too
happy about George Wash
ington having been made
the top General. They will ar
gue with you that Ebenezar
Whoosis or some such would
have made a much greater
man.
Prom time to time, one of
the more broad-minded of the
local citizenry will admit that
Pennsylvania had a b : t of a
part in the Revolution but
that i 8 as far as they will go.
Notwithstanding the nar
row view held by all and sun
dry up here, you still have a
terrific feeling of pride in
your Country and your fore
bears when you make this
walking-tour. I had it, de
spite the fact th«t rny per
sonal ancestors h*d not yet
left Ireland, at that time. X
guees they were still trvtng
to save up monev for the
boat fare, plus the feet that,
be’nv Irish, thev were in a
Mt of « fl~ht with the Brit-
I4i tOmselv—, which kept
them busy at home. 80, I
Co.tJOU.-u inyavtf WitA the idea
tnae my ancestors at least
® t *ad au a catering secwon
*or the new-ounung Ameri
can Repubhc.
After tne War, the Masea
chuse.ua yankeea ran their
B.ate to suit themselves, and
did a pretty good Job of it.
Zj>ta of them became very
rich. Then, e potato fami non
hit Ireland, and millions of
Irish starved to death. The
new of Massachusetts
did not realize how this
would affect that area. But,
it affected it as much as it
did Ireland itself because tens
of thousands of the- Irish
emigrated to America. Thou
sands and thousands of them
landed in Boston. After a
bit; they learned they eould
vote. Then, they learned they
could name their own candi
dates. This ended the reign
of the Cabots and the Lod
g«fc, famed in the old refrain
“Here’s to the City of Bos
ton, The Land of the Cabots
and cod, Wheae the Cabots
speak only to Lodges, And the
Lodges speak only to Ood."
The new Irish citizens
named their candidates and
voted them into office. They
finished off the Cabots in a
very short while. It took them
a little longer to outvote the
Lodges who “ —spoke only to
The last Lodge stuck
around until an immigrant's
grandson whipped him for his
Senate seat. Then, everybody
in Massachusetts knew that
any man who eould beat a
Lodge had to become the
President of the United
States eo, John Fitz Gerald
Kennedy went ahead and
did that. Now, the Keonedys
have taken over the position
hpid for centuries by tha
Lodges. Hone they do afl
well by the Country.
Letters To
The Editor
THE YANCEY RECORD
received the following letter
from Mrs. Margaret Knox of
Preetw.ck, Ayeshire, Scotland.
Mrs. Knox is the mother of
Mra. Clarence Fortner. Mr.
and Mrs. Fortner have two
daughters, Carol Ann and
Jean. Mrs. Knox visited the
Portner family from Oct. •
unt 1 Peb. 2nd
"I arrived back in Scotland,
and before I do anything else
I fed I must write and thank
everyone for the’r wt —*ntw
and hospitality to me.
“1 hope to come back and
visit Burnsville again. In the
meantime, to all my friend*
to and around M Geone*a
*Wk", thanks for the gift*
the good meal, r
i*"**- “i, not ItantNnt
““nw Shot.
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t/mt m Bible ■/ \
BY CORNELIUS R. STAM PHIS. , |
BIREAN BIBLE SOCIETY L A
CHICAGO 33. ILLINOIS r '/k
Subject: GLORIOUS
fHObrbAJi'
To the true Christian on*
of the tnoa. wouuerful pas
sages in the wnoie Bible is
Epn. 2:7, where we read of
God's purpose.
“That in the ages to coma
He might show the exceeding
riches of His grace in His
kindness toward us through
Christ Jesus."
This passage appears the
more wonderful when viewed
in the light of its context.
Verses 2-6 tell how we
were all once the “children of
disobedience," and therefore
“by nature the children of
wrath, even as others." But
then we read those wonderful
words of hope, “But God."
“But God, who is RICH IN
MERCY, because of His
GREAT LOVE wherewith He
lowd us. . . " And the next
verses tell how He has taken
be'levers in Christ from the
lowest position of condemna
tion and wrath a.nd given
them the highest place of
favor and blessing in Christ
at His own right hand in the
heavenlies.
The simplest, humblest be
liever in Christ as H s Sav
ior has been given this post
tion in the heavenlies, for
Ood no longer sees h m In
himself, but in Christ, who
died for his sins. This
is why Bt. Paul so often
writes about “those who ai»
in Christ Jeans."
It is for the believer now,
to occupy th*s exalted posi
tion, to appropriate by faith
the “all anirltual blessings"
which are hN In Christ (Sea
Enh. 1:8). L ! ke Paul, he may
be lifted bv grace, through
fai'h. about the troubles and
sorrows of «thl* present eril
age" and enjov his nnslrion
and hlewH-s In the heaven
lies in Christ. And even this
is rot all, for Wk’ng far
ahead to the future the
Anostle, hv divine revelation,
on to say (In BplL !:T)
that Ood has done thb all
for ns. "that in the aces to
come He mteht show the ex
ceeding riches Os Fls grace
in His V'p'teess toward us
through Christ Jesus."
DIVORCE
By: Ciaxa Cassida
Our divorce rate is cnmblng
and I wonaer about the cause.
Could it be our young people
need to scop and take a long
serious pause. God ordained
marriage and he thought it
was good and it is, when
people carry it out the way
that they should. Por young
people to get in a hurry and
make shipwreck of their lives
is a terr ble shame. Some
times they believe everything
will work out perfect once
they’ve changed their name.
Divorce could be prevented
if they took marriage as their
most serious step. Good mar
r ages fail sometimes even
wi.h a lot of help. A good
marriage is based on love,
respect and trust. Some people
are like children and when
they don't gst their way they
siart a big fuss. If you will
remember success in anyth ng
doesn’t come overnight. Some
times it takes years of hard
work, patience and under
standing to make a marriage
work right. Young peonle
make thex own rules today,
i’hey think if everyth'ng
don’t go to suit me I’ll go
back home to mama and stay.
Many couples separate and
they go back home. They are
unhappy, they make their
parents unhappy and before
long they go out to roam.
Once you get married I don’t
th'nk you are ever the same.
There will be many thimrs to
remind you that marriage
l*i’t a game. The sad part of
it is that children must Suf
fer for their parens m’stake.
Yon should try heHer to
make y-”r marria*« work for
your ch’Hren’a sake. Mar
rte(*e vows a*e a-exed end
should be t**ken ©oiv for life.
If vou wnt to make yonrg
work better Veen out strife.
If vnu are thinking of g*tt ! ng
married and you’re unsure
of what la In ynqf ,he»ri. re
member thofc vour. wedding
VOW wni say, nill death do
us part." \
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