The Yancey Record
Established July, 1936
TrenaJ*. Fox, Editor & Publisher
Miss. Zoe Young Associate Editor
Thurman L. Brown, Shop Manager
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THURSDAY, MARCH 2. 1967 NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
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Out of county $4.00
Scene From Top O’ The Hill
By: Jack Kelly
Everybody knows that I
think the world and all of my
Wife Blanche. She is qu&e a
girl and, being a woman of
the female gender, she makes
and has made a great wife for
27 years co.ne June. She
always speaks highly of me,
too Wo organ zed a sort of a
mu ual admi at on society.
~ I :'? ; a gre t th sg for married
folks to have going for them.
Sort of helps you over some
of the rough spots as you go
along the rou.e.
Mainly, what I am g ating
at is lhat a person with any
kind of sense at all would
think .that you knew pretty
much about your wfe knows
after 27 years of marriage.
Even if you don't, I did.
Which I gu<ss proves that you
must be sma:»Vr than I am,
because I definitely didn’t
know ONE thing that, to my
utter : ir.a?rm< nt, my Blanche
k«w ail about. Seriously, if
I had male a list ot ten or a
h ljvdred, or even a thousand
th n s that P.lanche knew
ahsolw fly nohing about—
Well, I would have headed
et ch a d every lint wi h this
Vi ry th ng that .'■he knew ALL
abo she flabbergasted me.
Happened like this. We were
sit.i g home, talk ng as usual.
Lens wise, I - was .talking.
F-’anche was sew ng or some
thing and pro' ably agreeing
with me from time to time, if
I .iau-cd for breath. Anyway,
the telephone rang and I
answered it. Tha/’s a usual
procedure around our place.
Y.u see, that le s me get
a other conversation going,
and ihe only i hing I like bet
• r than two conversatioss is
tnree or four of them all at
once.
Tunis out this was a lady
friend of Blanche’s and she
star.ed off the conversation
fine. She sa d “Hello Jack,
I’m glad you're in Town be
couse I got troub’e and I need
your advice.” Naturally, I
smiled and sort of preened
myself like any good advisor
would do. Blanche asked
“Who’s callin-?” I said “Hel
en She wants me, Sweetie,
not you. Said she nee’s some
advice and help.” Blanche
so d ‘Let me •‘oik to her I’ll
tell her. We’re too broke,
what with income tax and
whft’nr.t." 1 said “She doesn’t
sound like she’s making a
’touch.’’ Then I said into the
phone “If your .trouble is fi
nancial Sweet e— Blanche
just anrounced .that we are
busted" Then our frierd in
formed me "I don’t need any
money. I got dcg-troubles. My
pooch got loose in the woods
and he’s in terrible shape”. “I
cut in, “You mean he’s hurt?”
She said “No. Just mentally
disa rled he smells terrible
S< ems like he got into some
argument with a skunk. He
smells terrible! ! !” I repeat
ed this to Blanche as I got it
and Elanche .told me “Go
ah'ad, Mister Advisor, advise
her.” So, she told me her
hvsbard had said to call me
beer use if I was in Town I
probably could tell her how
to get rid of the odor. I thank
ed he» and told her
that one subject I knew
no hing abo it I was ready
to hang up but Blanche cross
ed the room and (took the
phone
“Hello, Helen,” she said.
“You should have asked for
me. I am probably one of the
few people in Washington who
can tell you Jut what to do.”
I put my hand over the
mouthpiece and .told Blanche
she ought not to kid the girl.
Blanche sad “Who’s kid
ding?” and removed my hand
and continued hor conversa
tion on the phone. “Do you
Have & couple of ktntelU
cans of tomato juice ” She
wa ted for her answre “Okev”
she advised “Take them out
side and glob the juice all
over your dog. Pen him up
fer 12 hours. Then wash him
wi h laundry soap and the
smell wll be gone.’ ’She hung
the phone. “B ck h-me in
West Virginia, she told me
“wc used to usi real tomatoes.
The juice ougl to work too.”
Found out it d-d. ,
Made from
a
star-spangled
recipe that’s
25 years old
i
y'Tm l ' The cake above
• is something we
: whipped up to
/ help celebrate the
25th birthday of
the United States Savings
Bond* program.
Although there will be no
confetti, no horn-blowing—
in fact, no party—there are
a number of reasons to cel
ebrate this quarter-century
observance.
Since the first one was sold
on May 1, 1941, Americans
have bought more than $l5O
billion worth of Series E
and H Bonds and still buy
them at a $4-$5 billion-per
year clip.
:3 == i called /viy e«
RANGER
RAMBLINS
By; Helton Carmichael
Natural reseeding is still
depended upon for successive
crops of timber on most Na
tional Forest, but .there are
areas where the plantlsg of
nursery o.ock is necessary to
insure a new crop of trees.
Where land once forested
lies barren because of past
fires; where it has. been
abandoned because farming
did not pay, or where it is so
poorly stocked with timber,
thrt it can be classed as un
productive, then tree seedl
ings are planted. Under mul
tiple use management, there
is no room for idle acres in
the National Forests.
Not all timber stands in
the 152 National Forests land
>' h< mselves to select ve cut
ting and natura lreseeding
for contisuous crops. In the
management of Douglas fir
In .the Pac sic Northwest, for
instance, the timber is out in
staggered blocks because .Mi's
species reqWes abundant
light toVp*<produce success
fully. Stands that are eves
aged and ready for harvest
are also out in this manner.
Some natural seeding can be
dependel upon from use. 1 ;
timber surrounding the clear
cut areas. Where land values
are hi h, however, the mana
gers cannot deoend entirely
upos natural regeneration to
reclothe the clear-cut areas
w'th new growth Planting is
more desirable because some
times .'here is a long time
la se between good seed years
and brush Invades the cutover
blocks urless they are quickly
ren' to young trees.
Controlled bursing of the
slash, after logging removes
a fire harard that could
(threaten the des ruction of
the young trees afier they
are esatbl'shed. R also pre
pares a favorable seed bed
for seed that is dispersed
from adjacent uncut .timber.
The conversion of old
growth to .thrifty young
grovith rot o*dy assures fu
ture timber crons, but bene
fits w Idlife. Mixed in with
the young trees is ralotphle
browse .'hat furnishes excell
ent feed for deer and elk.
The second growth conifers,
wi h the'r live limbs reaching
to the ground, furnish escape
cover for many years for all
classes of #
planting, whether it
is on a piece of barren land
IT NEVER FAILS
ravaged by f're, on a few ac
res of abandoned firm or
pasture land, or among wor
thless scrub, can crowd out
the u~ly gullv and s'op in its
tracks the sheet erosion that
spreads over the ground like
the veins in a forest leaf. R
protects ihe watershed as the
young trees bu Id up layer
af.er layer of cast-off raw
Its os the surface of the raw
gromd, and tame the rain
drops that strike their green
crowns^
Forest rc-rert’on also bene
fits when die acres are plant
ed to conifers. A forest plan
ts ion, with ts trees in ser
ried ranks as neat as a Com
pany of inf a-try on parade,
adds beauty to any landscape.
Reprinted from Jon. 23 rd. issue of The
Canton Enterprise
What Do You Mean?
Various and sundry things come in through the
mail and most of them aren’t worth repeating.
But we did find a good example of unclear writing
published by J. p. Brady in The Franklin Press,
the county newspaper in Macon County.
Mr. Brady compiled the following from letters
received by health and welfare departments in seek
ing support. Here they are:
I am forwarding my marriage certificates and six
children. I have seven, but one died, which was
baptised on a half sheet of paper.
I am writing the welfare department to say my
baby was born years old. when do I get my money?
Mrs. Jones has not had any clothes for a year
and has been visited regularly by the clergy.
I cannot get sick pay. I have six children. Can
you tell me why? I am glad to report that my hus
band who is missing is dead.
This is my eighth child, what are you going to
cio about it? «
Please find for/ certain if my husband is dead.
The man I am living with can’t eat or do any
thing until he knows.
answer to your letter, I have given birth to a
boy weighing 10 pounds. I hope this Is satisfactory.
.n m V " V m ' Jch anno ' ,ed you branded my
son Illiterate. This Is a dirty lie as I was married
a week before he was born.
lam ardin S my marri age certificate and my .
three children, one of which is a mistake as you
can well see. y
Uniess I get my husband’s money very soon, I
will be forced to lead an immortal life.
You have changed my little boy to a girl will
this make any difference? K ’ 11
dHver V li° 35 ye ‘ aS my hUSband 15 » fUOk
driver and works day and night.
In accordance with your instructions, I have given
birth to twins in the enclosed envelope.
The monotony of a drab
w : nter landscape among leaf
less hardwood, trees can be
broken by plant atfoss of coni
fers with their bright ever
green reedles The increase
in wildlife jonilations result
ing from large scale tree
plant ng on Hie National For
es's thousands of
man days of recrertion in the
form of h-in s ing.
As forest land becomes in
creasingly valuable, less and
less reliarco will be placed
unon ra*ural reseeding fallow
ing timber cu't'n", and great
er rmnbasis will be given to
tree nlant : n°' with s’oek es
tn Mi shed from the seed of
elite trees of good form and
rapid growth.