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DEAR MR. PUBLISHER, by PARSON JONES Dear Mr. Publisher: Your newspaper is a mighty fine place to keep in - formed. I hope you won't get mad when I say I read s<sjte other magazines once in awhile - just to round out my edu cation, The other day I was reading a medical jo urn a 1 and run across a real important find. It aid that rock and roll music is dangerous for old folks. According to cbctors the loud beat makes the blood pressure shoot way up. Course it makes young people's pressure go up too, but it don't stay up as long after the music stops, and their systems are tougher. But with old folks this mus ic is real dangerous. Mr. Publisher, I knew there was something about rock music that upset me. My younguns play it all the time. When I come in the house I have to turn it down, other - wise you couldn't hear a dynamite go off on the premises. If you listen to it too long going full blast, it makes you feel like you swallowed a bag of cement and it set-up in your stomach. Maybe they should make record companies put this warning on such records: "This music may be a health hazard for folks over 40". But, while I'm at it Sir, I'd like to venture another opinion. I ain't no doctor, but my grandpa was a horse doctor, so I know a little about diseases and treatment. I believe rock and roll music also harms young peopleJFirst off, the music really speeds up the blood pressure andgpts 'em all excited. Then some of 'em smoke pot which slows their system down. Now, if you're speeding up and slowing down at the same time it stands to reason that something in the body is gonna run into something else. l Coxn*§\l realize that most young folks don't smoke pot, so thjs don'f apply to them. Bat there's another real problem One kid told me he liked loud music, cause you couldn't think while it was playing. Well, if you don't think,pret ty soon you won't talk. "'Now you add that to deafness and you got a real problem, I expect I better quit. I've probably said too much already. I don't want a moritorium on me. Parson Jones A Case Os Discrimination? In at least one area of Amer ican life, the Negro's battle for a place in the sun has been no tably successful. Advertising agencies claim "dramatic progress" in integra ting magazine and television co mmercials, reports the Wall St reet Journal. One Chicago ag ency now uses Negroes in over 20% of its television commerci als that require models. A year ago, none at all were Used. Progress giveth and progress ifi 1 • rfV I ... • <*' < PROBLEM-SOLVER This irstu works for us, and he eliminates our clients' insurance worries • . .takes care of each detail. All because we care about our clients ! That's why our P.S. stands for two more words; j ! Personal Service. Call us and find out. ] ROBERTS Insurance Agency i larasyills, N.C. [W.Main St UfIEfcCASUAUY 682-2191 taketh away, however. The president of an agency in New York that handles black ta lent says that sponsors tend to discriminate against light-skinn ed Negroes in favor of more ty pical ones." Evidently, the current Mad Ave. motto is: White is right and black is beautiful, but if you are brown—don't call us, we' 11 call you. Pampa (Texas) Daily News Hard Times Will Show True Friends An editorial worthy of men tion was recently printed in a small Georgia newspaper. It recalled the depression days of the thirties and how hard times brought people together. The incident concerned a family in lowa, a farm fami ly which couldn't make its mortgage payment because of the awful slump in commodi ty prices. As is the legally accepted procedure, all possessions of the farm were to be sold by the sheriff at auction. And when auction day arrived, 15 or more neighboring farmers were on hand. The first item to be auctioned was the bank rupt farmer's 6 prize mules. - A farmer bid two dollars, there were no other bids. The sheriff hesitated, but his glance met steely eyes from every farmer at the sale. He proceeded with the auction Machinery brought a dollar or two, or fifty cents; other possessions brought similar amounts. Finally, the sale IS YOUR MONEY EARNING THE TOP RATE? A $5,000 CERTIFICATE AT FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS of ERWIN ror? WILL EARN with a SIX MONTHS MATURITY. Eaven If You Need Your Money In Less Than Six Months, You Still Get Our BIG PASS BOOK RATES OF 4.75% HOW CAN YOU LOSE WITH INSURED SAVINGS AT FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS of ERWIN 210 Gay ST. Erwin, Tenn. - THE YANCEY RECORD had a legal bill of sale, with the sheriff’s stamp attached. Then they gathered to - gether and went to the bank rupt farmer, their neighbor, and gave him the bills of sale. He was back in business qgain, free of debt. Letters To The Editor Dear Editor: I would appreciate an op portunity to express my sin - cere thanks to the North Caro lina Highway Department for the stupendous job theydid for us during the recent snow and ice storms. We, the public, are prone to take the services of these men for granted, and to gripe when our particular road hasn't yet been cleared, however,we /- — v, CIVEc'-TOC. MARCH DIMES JANUARY 29, 1970 The philosophy in this true story includes a truism that hard times sometimes bring people closer together. Con veisly, prosperous times often produce jealousy, envy and undesirable traits and trends. -Brewton (Ala.) Standard seldom express our apprccia - tion for the long hours spent out working in the cold for our benefit. I would especially like to say thank you to the local men Our roads, both the primary and secondary, were cleared more rapidly and more tho roughly than the roads in some of our neighboring counties. Sincerely, Lawrence King PAGE 3
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