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, ■ ESTABLISHED JULY, 1936 TRENA P. POX, EDITOR ft PUBLISHER HISS. ZOE YOUNG. ASSOCIATE EDITOR THURMAN L. BROWN, SHOP MANAGER ARCHIE H. BALLEW, PHOTOGRAPHER ft PRESSMAN PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, NOV. ft 1967 NUMBER NINE . SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00 PER YEAR OUT OF COUNTY $4.00 PER YEAR ' Ir~- Scene From Top O’ The Hill \ \ By: Jack Kelly A coup.e ot rn u a j* ago, the 2GUi ot citcber, to be exact, biancne ana 1 uro«e from Vvaan* ington to her home in Wheeling, Vv. Va. It was a very special occasion. “Pappy” was ninety two years olu. The term “Pap py” is one of deep affection, part cularly on my part. I won’t say that I wish he had been my father because that would have stepped Blanche and me frem being married or else cause a let of conversation. However, old man John Joseph Patrick O’Bren stands foremost in my estimation of various of Nature’s Nobleman wh r m I have met. In fact, I have met over a million pe p'c and he s the top of tte crop. That statement is not an exaggeration because I know 9TB theusand of them by name. I firstt met Judge J. J. P. O’Brien a little over 27 years apr>, r'Pbt after B'anche and I g-d married. At pv was 6i, and, at tha* time, 65 was “eld” to me. Today. I •take a m r re lenient view of who are mere’y 65. In any event. Pappy conv need me, within five minutes cf our meet ing, that he was a verv smart man. He did it by putting me to w'rk. He hai me mowing crass befrre I realized he had tricked me. Blanche and I had driven ever to her home so that she mild accept congratulations or cmm seratirns upon having married me, dependent upon which side you favored. Any way. the “old man” was •<„at their summer place, located in Fsh Creek, West Virginia. When we arrived there, Pappy was mowing the huge lawn. None cf this foolishness of a gasolne mower.lt was hand-operated .We wa'ked out and he had the pleasure of meeting me. then Blanche ducked out. Left me and Pappy all attne. One of us started talking. Probably hm because I am a quiet type. As we ta’ked, we a’so wa’ked because Pappy was pushing that lawn mower. After a bit, he attempted to li"ht a ceare’te. This was a difficult rwatrin 6hce he attempted to on**’ the mower at the som* time N^tur flUv. J Mil ene ha** < v n TTV"V er so that he ba«e a ,u --t’p m'me o* a'd’on That V'OQ rnv miwt»lr® fig '•nr*) gg | touched the mower. Pappy im medately used two hands to light his cigarette and 1, neces saiuy, useu two to push the mower to keep up with h m, sin ce he had continued walking. It took me maybe five moiutes to real ze that that scoundrel had no intent on at all cf relieving me of the task he had tricked ir.c into. I m.wed the rest of that entire lawn while he fur nished the conversation. At that p nt I real zed that if my child ren, when they came, took af ter their Grandpa, I didn’t have to' much to worry about. Way back then, J. J. P. had a shock of beautiful white ha'r. L* * ked just like Senator Rob LaFollette of Wisconsin whom seme cf you folks mav recall. on h's 92nd brthday, be rtlll has a beautiful of pure white hah- and he looks fire, yet d fferent. The pass’ng years have been kind and, as is so often the case, they have re fined the edges, so to and tbe c’d gent’eman row has an inner beauty that J’terallv sfvnes through. Hie aged have no need for sham. He had himself quite a party. The-e were twenty-five guests at the dinner, of whom only three mght have been labeled erntemporares. Let’s face it, at 92 ycu have mourned the passing of y~ur contemporaries a decade or more a?o. And so it was with the last of the O’Briens As be sat at the head of the tab’e, you trudd te’l he missed see'ng too manv of the old timers who, tor a very press ing ar.d permanent reason, could not lie oreserf. His mob’le face reflected h's thoughts. The sad dened tw-nge for departed friend would be rep’aced by an errant smi'e as ne at his kids. Locked ai his k'ds who used to c’amber about him. the-e same kids ranee frem ear ly forties to mid-sixt es. Then he would let his eves drift down the table anu a b’t of puzzle ment would emss h's face. This lork was occasioned by the in laws the grand-children have bmight into h's familv He must have felt Ike that Cb'effon of Can in the old days. There he sat, ar»D*aisin« the newer edi tion of his Tr he No longer was it the proud Irish of his own mother and father. No lon ger W"uld on’v the tales of the Gae's he fold. *rh#» (nan *ad he /lmerican>«vt. In hi* pm>n family, the Germans had crept in. Now, the new generation had Lrought in Uie ritucii ar.J tne ana uie foies, n s face s..owej acceptance of the cnange. ine pauy was the first lime all cf n.s kids had been assem b.ed in th rty-five years. Ail of them paid a tribute to the Boss but Blanche came up wilh a pcem that cculd only be cescr.ted as a Thumb-nad 8.0-graphy, graphy, she wrote a pcem of praise that she read and the re sults were two-fold. When she finished, an Irishman would have Ba d "There was net a dry eye in the room and everyone had a “teddible firsts Handker chiefs sufficed to correct the first and there was a suff ciency of waiters with libations to cor rect and relieve the second. Someone, seem nriy, had made a rule that none of the "in-laws” c r uld make a tribute to Pappy and that was a mistake because I feel certa'n that myself and others could and w'Hild have given the old Gentleman a f : ne and srioe-e commendafrin be cause of'the love we have bui’t f r h ; m over the years. J. J. P. O’Brien wnito have k*own tost he is .on par exoei'- as fV»e Fre*''h put it. of v’'v t’-orr, has r>pvr>- a i rr NEVER FAILS When You drive up in tub OLD GRiNDSR THE SNOOTY KUJriCJ "XT”*- * DOORMAN TREATS >OU Just let mia/\ Smell” WEi_l well wvitll \v_ A JUICY TIP TME WIGWT YOU Ac it mD aL ' Borrow the »rtV-i Jv" '' '* N T Mt? * ANC> \ j boss’s classy MTi AsJ * ofr f j cpate j NOW PONT ‘ ' Letter To Editor Editor ~ *| The Yancey Record Bumewlle, North Carolina Dear Editor: Enclosed for your review is a copy of a booklet we have pre pared for high school seniors in tne lith Cungress.onal District showing sources of scholarship and other financial It is my s neere hope that the information offered in the book let will aid many «snrfa»^ l jg solving the financial problems associated with their future col lege or technical training. You will notice that the publ.cation is especially tailored to meet the needs of North Carolinians by putting them in touch with sources of financial assistance within their own state. Os cour se, national programs are also covered. I am ma ling a copy of the booklet to every high school sen ior in the 11th District, approxi mateiy 6,900 in Ml. Copies are also being sent to all high school principals, libraries, counselors and to afi colleges in the Dis trict. If you can use extra copies, please let me know. Naturally, I would be very happy should you wish to can attention to this puhlicat’un in your newspaper. Sincerely, Roy A. Taylor Member of Congress | Scriptvre Cake 1 cup Jcdges, sth Chapter, 35th Verse % cup Ist Kings, 4th Chapter, 22nd Verse SV4 cups Jeremiah, Bth Chap ter, 20th Verse 2 cups Samuel, 30th Chapter, 12th Verse 1 cup Genesis, 34th Chapter, 17th Verse 3 teaspdns 2nd Kings, 23rd Chapter, 15th Verse 6 Isaiah, 10th Chapter. 14th Verse Pinch of Leveticus, tod Chap ter, 13th Verse 1 tablespoon Exodus, lflth Chap ter, 31st Verse % teaspoon each of Ist Kings, 10th Chapter, 10th Verse Follow Solomon’s advice fcr making a boy good Proverbs 13th Chapter, 24th Verse M. J. TroxeQa 1666 fu‘V'er-in 'svv i-t*. Pw w f’or'pf* yeors I have k"own him. been any fMn« otbpr than hp’n'nl. «to O''’* B’n-r ap-t tt V„ ~,^-,>5 r n th or M „.Uj ch | doubt 1 hope he gets them. North Corof/na School Boards Offer Proposals For School Improvement By: Joan Page CHAPEL HILL Some coo erete proposals for improvement of pubuc school education in the state were offered here Oct ober 26 at the 13th Annual Dele gate Assembly of the North Carolina State School Boards Association. Around 450 school board mem bers, d .strict and advisory com mittee members, superintend ents and prir.cippJs attended tbe day-kng session on tbe Univer sity of North Carolina campus. The theme of the program was ‘‘Education Today for Tomor row’s Tasks.” In his keynote address to the educators, Chancellor John T. Caldwell of N. C. State Univer sity said the United Statin “la a long way from realizng a goal of universal and equal education for all.” Caldwell called on school board members to use their po sitions to help achieve equality of educational opportunity in the state. The public schools, CaldweH sad, should provide every indi vidual an opportunity to devel op his own unique capabilities and should focus attention on the whole of a child's make-up and not just hia academnc abil ity. The school, he said, “is soc iety’s most hopeful instrument for improving the human condi tion and the human outlook.” Faster and more radical con solidation of school districts and city and county schools may be required if equal educational opportunity is to be assured for all in the state, he added. ‘‘Equality of educational op portunity may load to schemes of salary adjustment and alter ation of dam site to make tea ching in the more remote areas of the state and in the more remote schools more attractive to the better teachere." he said. "The most productive nation on the globe can afford an ade quate educational svatem. The real question is whether we be lieve in these things.” Caldwell declared. “The people are going to pav— one way or the other. They are either going to pav for a truly adeouate svstem of education or for dwarfed l’v« In the form of unemnloved and frustrated n*o pie living in poverty and HyMn quency.” htans Superitendent of Public Instruction Charles P. Carroll ai»j Buttressed the group. He called for a state minimum sal ary schedule for teachers with in the range of $6,008 for col lege graduates without experien . ce to SII,OOO for teachers with 30 years’ experience. ‘To those who say all teach era are not worthy of a salary of this sort, I say that unquali fied, incompetent teachers should not be employed ki the first place. The vast majority of teachers are deserving of compensation commensurate with their dut'es and reapansibi- Hties and the majority should not be penal zed by n rslmresss of the minority.” Carroll further recommended fringe benefits for teachers and other school personnel, more af fective utlization of profit personnel, and up-to-date. In sendee education for teachers required to teach out of their fields of preparation. Turning to the subtect of tea cher mU tancy, Carroll defined a militant person as one “ag gressively active in a cause.” Ratter than have militancy evolve into sanctions or strikes, Carroll suggested that teachers, school board members, admin istrators and lay people work to gether to “channel this aggress iveness in behalf of a good cause into highly productive channels and purposes.” As a means of getting seal and energy in support of an im proved program of public edu cation, he advised school board - members- tt* formulate and adopt policies covering personnel, em ployment, grievances, agree ments and related subjects. “The need for Ml county and city boards of education and adm'nistrators to review per sotnvd policies is imperative.” he sa’d. “T*e efforts and co-operation of all persons affected Mtrald be brought into the reviewing procoaa with the Mea of pro doctor policies nnlic'es that re ccenire the r'ttts of aB par ties. There is need to sn*h out more eVariy the duties and re- of noNile in earii , category of aervtoe oMess- j ional and non-professional ”
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