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Scene From Top O' The Hill
By: Jack Kelly
First things just have to come
first! You know I would rather :
write übout my dog Hobo’s lat
est scoop on the political situa
tion but that will have to wait
for a few paragraphs because
this other item is definitely
more Important. I am like most
everyone else, and I will have
to do my part too. It happened
when I visited for a couple of
hours last Sunday with George
King and his wife tip on their
mountain. It was the first time
we had been there since he
started putting his farm togeth
er several years ago. Anyway,
after having taken a tour of the
various portions of the place
including the wonderful fish
pond, George King brought up
•the subject of sick people. I
don’t guess there are any two
people in Yancey County who
:ire better authorities on that
subject than the pair of us. Per
sonally, I have pulled some
thirty-eight months of hospital
ti n< and it is tedious.
In any event, George King
f>t to talking about the num
f ous and various older citizens
* >ur Community are not
too well, and not too young,
and about the fact that they are
h acting a lonesome life with
out visitors coming to cheer
them up. Now, all Religions
that I have heard or read
about are based upon a great
big foundation stone that is
called Charity. Most of us think
of Charity as the giving of val
ue, money or clothing or food or
toys for kids, or something like
that. However, the greatest
thing we can give is our time.
Lots of people, possibly better
off financially than many of us.
don’t need the clothing or the
food or whatnot but they do
need our time. They need a
visit from us to cheer them up
and let them know that we not
only still think about them but
that we care about them. It
must indeed be a dreadful thing
to sit alone in a house where
once merriment and fun were
present with friends and rela
tives around the place. Lone
someness can kill folks. An old
er person with no friendly com
panionship can get feeling down
right miserable and the next
thing you know, that person
can lose the feeling of caring
.whether they continue to live.
Something like that would be
partially our fault.
I know that there is not one
person who reads this article
who would not make a material
contribution to some lick or
disabled person If either Rever
end McDonald or Reverend
Warner approached them and
made known the necessity for
«uch a gift. So, let's take some
of the burden off the Pteacb
er’s back. Make a phone call er
• personal request for the name
of someone who is too HI to get
to Town either through illness
or infirmity and make a habit
of visiting that person once a
week or even once a month. If
enough people visited once a
month we could instill new life
and interest In the heart and
mind of the “shut-in" and would
feel much better about It our
selves.
That’s the end of that ser
mon from me, not from you,
because lots of you are now
going to contact your Clergy
men and start making visits to
some of our older folks who are
not as lively as they once were.
If you don’t, and you live long
enough, the good Lord just
might let you suffer the same
fate and then you would be
sorry to no avail.
The next point on the agenda
is the Playhouse which, as most
of you know, opens with the
first Play, the North Carolina
story of Thomas Wolfe and
AobevMJo, Uw famous "Look
Homeward Angel". I am not
going to mention the fact that
Mutt Burton and Blanche Kelly
will tear their hearts out to
assure you a splendid evening
in the theatre, what I want to
get around to mentioning is a
large mis-conception some peo
ple have about the financial
conduction of the Playhouse
itself. Numerous people, myself
included, who are trying to sell
season tickets for the six playa
have run into comments from
prospective purchasers that
they cannot understand why
any money is needed. There
have been ridiculous statements
made such as “Why I know
they have twenty-five thousand
dollars down at the Bank just
drawing interest!” Qsther com
ments have been evth wilder
than that.
These erroneous impressions
must have been occasioned by
the fact that the State, through
the back-breaking and inspiring
efforts of Mark Bennett, did
give or allot twenty-five thous
and dollars to the education
system for the improvement of
the physical property of the
Playhouse and the Dormitory
building. Mark Bennett has
spent untold hours this spring
in and about those buildings
while competent and capable
workmen have repaired, remod
eled, and installed new wiring
and lighting. Also installed was
a much need fire-door exit on
the side of the theatre itself.
Except for the funds given by
the State through Mark’s ef
forts, we Just might not have
been able to produce any shows
In the building because of the
rundown condition and the im
proper wiring that, through us
age during past years, had
made it a dangerous place to
allow large gatherings. This
year, with everything up to
■null come see the plays in
complete safety.
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SENATOR 4
SAM ERVIN
WASHINGTON - The Senate
Subcommittee on Separation of
Powers, of which I am Chair
man, is studying the function
ing of the United Slates Sup
reme Court and its role in in
terpreting the Constitution.
The hearings on the Court are
a part of a series of studies by
the Subcommittee on the opera
tion of the Executive, Legisla
tive. and Judicial branches of
the Federal Government under
their respective constitutional
powers.
What is important about these
hearings Is that they deal with
a fundamental problem at gov
ernment which has plagued ev
ery generation of Americans.
Simply put, the Constitution di
vided the powers of government
into fragments and set up a
system of "checks and balan
ces" to prevent the usurpation
of the liberties of the people.
In practice, it has seldom work
ed anywhere near perfectly.
There has been a see saw battle
for power by the Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial bran
ches of government, and In the
process the Presidency, the
Congress, and the Courts have
alternately had periods of stren
gth and weakness depending
upon the ascendency of their
roles at a given time. The pen
dulum of power is always mov
ing. Indeed, the doctrine of the
separation of powers la calcu
lated to try to keep govern
ment upon as even a keel as is
humanly possible.
So In. this day there is much
nationwide concern about the
functioning of the Supreme
Court. D is seM by many that
tbs Court has assumed e posi
tion of judicial superiority out
<* keeping with its eoantltuUon
al tele. An tncronriag body es
public opinion holds that the
Court has entered the legisla
tive sphere under the guise es
handing down judicial opinions
about individual saces. Indeed,
members of the Supreme Court
have said a* much upon occas
ion in their written opinions.
With Increasing frequency of
late, Congress has become con
cerned about the tendency of
Hie Court to miter "the politi
cal thickets” instead of confin
ing its opinions to matters of
law. Often too, the Court has
created elaborate rules, which
Congress has thereafter seen
fit to examtan during its con
sideration of legislation open
the same subject Crime con
trol legislation which recently
passed the Congress is an ex
ample of this kind. Title H es
the Omnibus Crime Control bIU
said In effect that the Supreme
Court had gone too far in as
tablishing rules which protect
ed the law violator at the ex
pense of society.
This is the naiure of the crisis
of confidence in the Court. It
is of a magnitude rarely equall
ed in its history. What the study
of the Subcommittee seeks to
do, however, is not to launch •
vindictive attack upon "the
Warren Court" or its decisions.
Rather the Subcommittee is
seeking to make some observa
tions that will define the bounds
es the constitutional powers of
the three branches of govern-'
ment. The purpose of this s‘udy
is In reality an attempt to find
ways to strengthen our consti
tutional system at a time when
Americans are questioning It te
•n Intense degree.
Tbe Subcommittee, in receiv
ing the testimony of a number
of renowned and knowledgeable
****** <* the Supreme Court
and its role in our government
maka to deal with cooedtutioal
a! pm ceases and hew weß they
am working. Ite task es delta
tog the limits el power of the
to* coordinate branches of
the Federal Government is
•nrsly a thank!#.* one, bat it te
a worses wt if aur govern
meet is te w+m.
Information
For Veterans
EDITOR’S NOTE: Below are
authoritative answers by the
Veterans Administration t o
some of the many current quee
tions from former servicemen
and their families. Further in
formation on veterans benefits
may be obtained at any VA
office.
Q I recently got out of a
Veterans Administration hospi
tal after being confned there
more than a month for treat
ment for a disability not re
lated to my military service.
Is it tru* that I am entitled to
payment from VA for this per
iod since I was hospitalised for
more than SI consecutive days?
A— If, as your latter indi
cates, you were hospitalised
and treated by VA for • non
serviceeonnected disability, you
•re not eligible lor the compen
sation Hint is paid for the tem
porary 100 percent rating given
by VA to all veterans hospital
ised mote than Si consecutive
days for trealment of a service
connected disability.
Q I had active military
service from May to December
1965 and came out without a
scratch. However, I am new
disabled as a result of an ac
cident. Am I entitled to a pen
sion? **
A— Not according to the
fac*e stated. One of the require
ments for n nonservicecoimect
ed pension is that the t#ersn
have at least 96 day& of contin
uous active duty, any pvrt of It
during a wartime period, or be
separated from wartime ser
vice for a disability incurred
in service in the line of duty.
Your period of service was not
during wwtlme, so you ars not
eligible for a nonservicfrcon
netted pension under existing
law.
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