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ESTABLISHED JULY, 1936 - TRENA P. FQX. EDITOR ft PUBLISHER lOSS. ZOE YOUNG. ASSOCIATE EDITOR * THURMAN L. BROWN» SHOP MANAGER ARCHIE if BALLEW, PHOTOGRAPHER & PRESSMAN PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 196 l NUMBER TWENTY SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.09 PER YEAR OUT OF COUNTY $4.00 PER YEAR Scene From Top O’ The Hill By: Jack Kelly If you know of or hear of any one who wants to spend 80 bucks for a book, actually it is 3 books, be sure and tell them to buy the re-issue of the Original Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. That is the way it was spelled then They still used the diphthong. .What’s a diphthong? That's the combina tion of two vowels we used to use way back when. Even Col leges have forgotten them to day, probably.) In any event, this issue commemorates the 200th birthday of the Encyclo ped a Today's' new issue con tains 28,000 pages, the original had only 2.689. The original issue had not one word devoted to Civil Rights. Communism, or Ecumenism. Today’s volumes devote more than 40 pages to each of those subjects. The subject of "horse manship” appears to have held its own. Then and now, it had exactly five pages devoted to It. Unfortunately, the latest issue had dropped the’Cure for Bald ness, listed in; the first one. In the event the "cure’’ works, here it is Take a fresh cut onion and rub it on the balding part of the head until the skri thereof be comes red and itch ng <ln the “vent this cure does not work, please tell your respective and respectable wives not -to fuss with me because you smelled up the house with your onion head ' The 40 pages devoted to M:d wifery. in this original issue, was so factual that the English Government censored it. King George HI ordered all purchas ers of the work to tear those pages from the work and de stroy them. He then took it up on himself to see that all of the explicit "cuts" were destroyed so that no future edition could use them. The latest Britanrica dispenses with the subject in a scant five paragraphs, with no cuts All purchasers of the original had to take their loose pages to a cobbler (shoemaker, for those who didn’t know what a diph thong was) where they could choose whatever type of leather they wanted for the binding of their book. The great State of Maryland received only one sentence. "One of the British Plantations, located in North America, situated between 74 and 78 degrees west long, and between 28 and 40 degrees nor th lat ” The State of Virginia fared a bit better. After giving its geographical location, it "bounded” the State with the north east and south as they are today but the west stated "—may be extended as far west ward as we think fit." How at>out that? gion Section will fas cinate you. Catholicism appeared to be a thing of, the past and Protestanism, except for Calvin ism. was also practically disre garded. Where the original book might have been short on Re ligion it was long on Veterinary. In that hook it was called Fern ery, and the definition was "Ferriery is the art of curing the diseases of horses. The prac tice of ttys useful art has hith erto been almost entirely con fined to a set of men who are totally ignorant of anatomy. It should not be surprising that the r prescriptions should be equally as absurd as the reasons they give for administering them.” **' The original founders or com pounders of th ; g great work were in no sense modest men. One front page( stated that the work was put together by a “Society of GENTLEMEN in Scotland.” These Gentlemen of the Society were: Andrew Bell, Engraver; Colin Macfarquhar. Printer; and Wiliam Smetlie, Editor. The printer illustrated the volumes but Brother Smellie wrote and edited practrially the «*«•• wr*k._ Theae three g— ««*nen assembled their book-so that it could not be confused with or thought to be a mere "almanac”. They listed it as a "Tool of Knowledge,” which, as a “dictionary of the arts and sciences compiled upon a new plan in which the different sci ences and arts are digested into dist.net treaties or sy-Slems with the var ous technical terms explained in alphabetical order” and so on and so forth. On the subject of the “Gent ler Sex” the gentlemen showed a bit of discrimriation, they identified it as "Woman Fe male of Male. See Homo." That must have put those gals bade in their place! You get all of this and more for your 80 bucks (actually $79.50). That is not too much when you learn that an actual original copy recently sold for over $1,700. Definitely, we should have a copy in our library. Pro bably would get some students from UNC coming over to Bur nsville to research it (would that be worth 80 bucks?), on the other hand, I bet it would have such a long waiting l-’st that they couldn’t get to it. In any event, if there are some things in it that you ought to know about, I just might men t;on some of them from time to time. Therefore, please do not get one for our local Library be cause people might check me out and that might prove annoy ing to me. NOTICE The Yancey County Girl Scout Neighborhood meetrig wll be held Friday morining, January 19, at 9:30, with Mrs. Garland Wampler. * ’ „ NOTICE The American Legion and Aux ialiary w 11 not meet on their re gular meeting date, due to wea ther conditions. They will meet Feb. 27, at 7:00 p. m. for their regular meeting. ’ WINTER WONDERLAND’ Qualifications For School Board Members Discussed At Meeting ■’ULLOWHEE - School board Hw should be keen of mind big of L, 't, tough of 'Skin—and small of mouth. They should be willing to work late for no pay, give up a large segment of their privacy, main tain an optim stic outlook in the .face of general apathy and stay _at least abreast of current edu cational trends, but preferably well ahead of them. They must master budgets, understand something of more than 75 federal programs, sup port but never usury the author ity of superintendents and expect little public appreciation. School board members some new, some veterans—from throughout Western North Caro lina Monday heard these and other words of advice at a spec ial seminar for new school board members conducted by the Wes tern Carolina University School of Education and Psychology and the North Carolina State School Boards Association. Dr. Guy Burchfid, WCU dr ector of public relations and as sociate professor of education, told the seminar group that “at no time more than today have we had more need of men and women of integrity and courage to serve on boards of education.” School boards throughout the state, he said, need people of intelligence, "people who are willing to think and serve w th out any political axe to grind and without any motive of self enhancement.” A 10-year veteran of school board service in Henderson County. Mrs. J. 0. Bell Jr. of Hendersonville advised new members that "one of the most important things you wll need is the ability to keep your mouth shut.” Considerable courage, a respect for the dign’ty of all persons, a sincere interest in children, a willingness to gve unstintedly of time and work and a readiness to land total support to the administrative staff also help, she said. No more important task con fronts a-local board than the preparation of the school budget, according to Dr. R. M. Ainsley, head of the uriiversty depart ment of <► school administration and personnel He said that in North Carolina more local funds must be found to supplement state appropriations for educa- two. Many school systems fail to receive some funds which by law belong to them, he said, citing such funds as court fnes, forfeitures and revenues from dog taxes. Dr. Jerry Rice, WCU profess or, warned that local boards in North Carolina must recognize a grow ng militantcy on the part o£ teacher organizations seeking higher pay. Teachers unions and similar organizations are de manding and getting more pay and fringe benefits, he said, and are, in some instances, winning a larger voice in the establish ment of educational policies which affect them—a role here tofore reserved solely to the . school boards. Dr. Robert Phay, assoc - ate director of the Institute of Gov ernment in Chapel Hill, caution ed against antagonistic attitudes on the part of board members on the subject of salary nego tiations. "More Money is going to be essential for the develop ment of education in„North Car olina and the teachers have ap parently decided that negotia tions and sanctions are the ef fective means at this time." Dr. Hugh Daniel of Waynes ville, a member of the Haywood Board of Education, said North Carolina boards w : ll make “a serious mistake” if thev rule out the possibility of collective bargaining on teacher pay oc *■ curing in their administrative units. . , ' -*; "It won’t help any to get mad about it, either,” he said. “Un less we develop sound . polic es concerning employment, we’ll find ourselves negotiating not with the teachers in our schools but with some thousand dollar a day lawyer." Dr. Phay said one western superintendent doing graduate work at UNC last year predict ed, on the basis of his research, that "school desegregation is going to look like a Sunday school picnic compared to what we are heading into in the way of teacher negotiations.” Dr. Ray B. Sizemore, WCU pro fessor and an expert in the field of school curriculum, said board members should guard against the sin of meddling in adminis trative affa rs, just as superin tendents should not trespass on to the policy-making grounds of the board. GARDEN TIME By: M. E. Gardner Now is a real good tone to be gin making plans for your 1968 home vegetable garden. S nee I -have advised, so many times, concerning land preparation and satisfying the needs of your par ticular soil type for lime and phosphorus, we will confine our discussion to suitable varieties— some older, some new. This list has been prepared by the All-America Selection Com mittee after testing inf 26 loca tions in the U. S. and Canada. All-America trials are sponsored by the American and Canadian seed trade associations. Here is the list: bush snap beans, Executive: bush lima bean, Fordhook 242; beet, Ruby Queen; broccoli (hybrid), Cleo patra; brussel sprouts (hybrid). Jade Cross; cabbage (hybrid), Emerald Cross; savoy cabbage (hybrid), Savoy King; canta loupe (hybrid), Samson; carrot, Gold Pak. , Early sW6ef' corn (hybrid). Golden Beauty; main crop sweet com (hybrid), lochiefj cucumber (hybrid), Spartan Valor; endive, Batavian Full Heart; lettuce (loose leaf), Salad Bowl; mus tard, Green Wave; okra, Clem son Spineless; lettuce, Butter crunch. Sweet Spanish onion, Utah strain, Yellow Valencia; parsley, v *• Paramount; pea, Freezonian; - pepper (hybrid), Bell Boy; rad ish. Chferry Belle: spinach, Am erica; squash, Early Prolific Straightneck; squash, Italian (hybrid), Chefiiri; bush winter squasn. Gold Nugget; writer squash, Hercules Butternut; to mato (hybrid), Spring Giant; turnip (hybrid). Just Right. It is obvious that this is a high ly selective list of varieties. It is not offered to replace the list of recommended varieties to be found in our Garden Manual prepared by the Extension Ser vice. Rather, it supplements the list and will give you some thing new to plant in your 1168 garden. Incidentally, if you do not have a copy of the Vege table Garden Manual, get one from your county extension of fice or write me. It is a good bulletin, very practical, illustrat ed and one you will enjoy adding to your garden library.
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