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THE YANCEY TECORD BURNSVILLE,NORTH CAROLINA Voluiut 33 Support Doy By Showing Stors-Stripes June 14 is Flag Day. It marks the Anniversary of the day in 1777 when the United States flag was adopted. This year it dese rves more than the usual routine gestures of observance out of re spect for a symbol of freedom.. spat upon, burned and dragged in the dirt during the past yearwith alarming impunity by malcont ents and bums of all stripes who respect neither the flag nor the United States. It is a sad commentary on our times that laws have had to be passed protecting the flag from desecration. Until fairly recen tly, mutilating the flag, in the minds of most of us, was tanta - mount to treason. But somehow the fog of permissiveness that has settled miasma-like over the land has obscured our vision of the flag and the deathless ideals that support the Stars and Stripes. The easiest way to gain pers pective on the meaning of the flag is to visualize for a moment the void that would surround us if simply were no flag—no fo cal point on which to center the sense of purpose and principles of a nation. In common with the U. S. Constitution, The Declara tion of Independence and other physical manifestations of free dom under representative gover nment, the flag makes known to all mankind the reason for our existence. Flag Day is a good opportunity to "show the colors. " Taylor’s Aide To Visit Here ASHEVILLE—Tom L. Mall one e, 11th Congressional Dist - rict Assistant to Congress man Roy A. Taylor, is now making scheduled visits to the county seats and other sections of the counties. On Tuesday, July 1, he will be at the Yancey County Court house, Burnsville, from 1:00 m. to 2:00 p. m. Any person who has plans or official business pertaining to Congressional matters they wish to discuss, is invited to meet with Mr. Mallonee at the above specified time. Storm Termed Disesterous By Yancey Co 'Old Timers’ Skelton Comments On K* The Pledge Os Allegiance An unusual and stirring Pledge of Allegiance was recited by comedian Red Skelton on his television show Tuesday night. He is schiduled to repeat the recitation from Independence Hall in Philadelphia on July 4. Red's comments and the Pledge follow: I remember this one teacher. To me, he was the greatest a real sage of my time. He had such wisdom. We were all re citing the Pledge of Allegiance, and he wal ked over. Mr. Lasswell was his name... He said: "Pve been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semeste r jj and it seems as though it is becoming mono tonous to you. If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each wad: I - me, an individual, a committee of one. PLEDGE - dedicate all of my worldly goads to give without self-pity. ALLEGIANCE - my love and my devotion. TO THE FLA G - our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves there is respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom is every bo - dy's job. I OF THE UNHED - that means that we ha\e all come together. ms Mj t gjfe M. 9! * '\ i § Http I'-- : % & mm ' 4 " w ' i-• >j H /m. mtwp- Dtptty Rikiisii At Sift Off Still Thursday, Juit 12, 1969 STATES - individual communities that I have united into 48 great states. Forty-eight f| individual communities with pride and dig- H nity and purpose, all divided with imaginary |1 boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that's love for country. ;• OF AMERICA. J AND TO THE REPUBLIC -a state in which 9 sovereign power is invested in re present at Ives “ chosen by the people to govern. And govern ment is the people and it's from the people to the leaders, notfrom the leaders to the people, FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION - meaning, so blessed by God. INDIVISIBIE - incapable of being divided. WITH LIBERTY - which is freedom and the right of power to live one's own life without threats or fear or some sort of retaliation. j AND JUSTICE - The principle or quality of dealing fairly with others. FOR ALL - which means it's as much your country as it is mine." Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words haire been added to the Pledge of Allegiance"under God." Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said, "That's a prayer" and that would be elimina ted from schools, too? Sheriff Fiads, Destroys Still By Rebecca Boone Well, it seems that "Snuffy Smith" has finally been out witted. According to Sheriff Donald Banks of the Yancey County Sheriff's Department, a still was discovered and destro yed by means of stick dynamite late Monday evening. It was lo cated on Locust Creek at the South Toe River section. Sheriff Banks and his deputes moved in on the still around 6 p. m. Monday to find the area unoccupied. Investigation is now underway, but at this time no arrests have been made. Hiebw F»rty By Rebecca Boone And the rains came! Not only rain, but hailstones almost as large as eggs came pouring down on various sections of "Shn cey County late Tuesday after noon. Someone said that Noah's Ark withstood the flood of Bibli cal times, but he didn't have the hail to contend with! The storm began around 4:00 p. m. Tuesday with a sud den cloudburst, and lasted over two and -a - half hours with a con tinuous downpour of rain and j hail. I Some of the "old timers" of | the county reported that this ! storm was the most disastero u s I and damaging that they could | remember the county ever t ex pcrienciiig* Ifc k thousands of dollars of crops must have been destroyed. Ve getable gardens and tobacco plots were completely washed away. One lady from the Micaville section stated "I just stood there crying as I watched the rain washing my yard and garden a way and the hail beating my to bacco plants into the ground. All I can do now is start over and replant everything." Homes were seriously dama ged by the hail. Several peo ple of the Micaville communi ty have reported that their roofs were tom off. The home of Ralph Tomberlin of Micaville was flooded with six inches of water standing on the living room floor. Windows were shattered by the huge "maihlerf' and some have described "golf ball" hailstones. Drivers found it necessary to. leave the road and park their cars until the rain had stopped. One of the Mills completely stopped operation because of the nervous state of their work ers. A lady from the Pie as ant Gap area reported that the entire valley was covered with 3 to 4 inches of hail stones and gave the appearance of a snow scene in the dead of winter. Because of the darkness and fog which accompanied the storm, the Record was unable to get a picture of the valley. According to the reports,tte storm wreaked havoc in the Mi caville and Pleasant Gap Com munities.
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