OP TWi w £t *<' BPPLW Topo* RNCtU Wfll 52 I I DtAR NR. HIHISHIB, | j PARSON JONES j Dear Mr. Publisher: I went to a church convention last week. The high light was suppose to have been a speech by the Bishop, but unfor tunately it never got off the ground. As soon as the Bishop opened his mouth a group of young people started booing and chanting. The pore fella tried about 10 times, but he could n't be heard above the noise. I knew this was coming sooner or later, 'cause college speakers and politicians have had it as a steady diet. Some folks say that all this yelling and booing during a speech ain't nothing but down-right rudeness. I believe it's a hole lot deeper than that - it's a mal-function of the gall bladder. The way I got it figured this mal-function is caus ed from watching too much television. You see, most young pieople these days have grown up on TV. From it they learned to talk, eat, smoke, drink, fight, lie, and make love. Years ago parents used to raise their kids. These days TV does it for 'em. The only problem is, that they've set in front of the box so long and listened to it talk, that their own vocal cards have been suppressed. This in turn has thrown the gall bladder off balance. After a while all this stuff builds up inside like atomic power until pretty soon the mouth springs a leak. The rest is history- out comes all this talk, mingled with gall. The bad thing about this is that there don't seem to be any way to cut off the noise. With TV all you gotta do is turn the knob. Unfortunately pieople don't come with knobs. Mr. Publisher, the thing that bothers me most is that the disease might be catching. If so, the day may come when everybody talks and nobody listens. And, when nobody lis tens, everybody will just turn up the volumn. Won't the earth be a noisy place to live? Another danger in everybody talking is that if we don't shut our big moutte, nobody will be able to see what our faces look like. Speaking of noise, I think Pve rambled on lr»tig enough so I'll close with this advice: "Be swift to hear and slow to speak." Parson Jones New Shipment | Os Drape Fabric Variety Os Colors | 60C Yd. 48” Wld* Aid Also li Floral t Designs. All Ironstone 50% Off. !a* -d I I, M WEATERS^ST 1 )'% \ “Vi V PANTS f( (XI | ! RUBY CLAYTON 5 ’ i lOptn Monday Thru Satuday: •V ■ i tanks tvilding Across From Yancey Tkeater i • ' _ _ _ - ■ . II uTi-imr ■Oh r—-i I ~i~ r - - - ■ I Family Planning Clinic Offers Choice The choice about birth is one of the most important choi ces that we make in our whole lives. This is true because it is a choice we make —not for ourselves--but for another pier son. We. as parents, have a more important influence in the lives of our children than anyone else. What the mother eats in the earliest months of piregnancy, and how she takes care of herself may determine not only the child's physical health but his brain capacity as well. K the mother really cares about the little child she is carrying, she will not omit seeing a doctor in the early stages of pregnancy. What a tragedy if a lifetime of 70 or 80 years is marred by some thing that could have been avoided if the mother had giv en a doctor a chance totake more care of her unborn child. Maybe we think that birth is a question of fate rather than choice. We used to think that same thing about de a th, but now we are no longer so careless about how death oc - curs. We worry a good deal about the circumstances of death, so maybe we should now think a little more about how birth happens. We should be ready and able to give all that we can to this tremendous experience of bringing a child into the world. Instead of just raising a fa mily, we should think in terms To Visit Here Tom L. Mallonee, 11th Con gressional District Assistant to Congressman Boy A. Taylor, is now making scheduled visits to the county seats and other sec tions of the counties. On Tuesday, February 9, he will be at the Yancey County Courthouse, Burnsville, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. and at the Town Hall, Spmice Pine, from 3:00 to 4:00 p. m. Any person who has plans or official business pertaining to Congressional matters to be discussed, is invited to meet with Mr. Mallonee at the above specified times. f~U A"~cT' , winibrsiTMiiy fo%k ' Jeep ROBERTS CHEVROLET-BUICK JEEP Inc. 8 Burnsville, N.C. THE YANCEY RECORD of what Bob or Susie can bring to this life. Each child that is bom has an individual per sonality with needs and gifts of his own, which can be met and fulfilled by parents better than anyone else. There is no mass-production method of raising children that is satis - factory. The Health Department has several clinics that may help you decide what your child needs. It can help you space his birth and care for his health while you are carrying him and after he is bom. Come to the Family Plan ning Clinic on the last Thurs day of each month at 8:30 in the morning. Have yjur child checked at the Child Hea Ith Clinic on any Monday after noon beginning in February.'lhe Child Health Clinic opens at 12:30 p.m. GET TAX HELP... IT PAYS! Income Tax time needn’t be worry time when you use our professional know-how for quick, accurate, confidential, tax serv ice. It pays to get tax guidance. A. A. KAMPF Graduate of H & R Block Tax Training Institute No Appointment Necessary. .. .682-2365 COME ON BY.. .GREENMOUNTAIN ST. Burnsville, N.C. JANUARY 21, 1971 Tilson Gets Sports Award Collecting awards in athle tic events is getting to be a habit with Tommy Tilson, 12, son of Mrs. Earl Hyde of Mem phis and grandson of Mis. R. Y. Tilson and Mrs. A. Z. Jamerson, both of Burnsville, N. C. Against citywide competi - tion in his age group last sum mer, Tommy won two medals for taking second place in back stroke and freestyle events. His biggest triumph came this month (December 12)whem he received the "most valuable player" trophy at the football banquet of the Gray-Y League. He also won a place on the league's all-star team. A sixth-grader at the cam pus school of Memphis State University, Tommy was a real ground-gainer as fullback on the school team. He scored 14 touchdowns and led his team in rushing. PAGE 3

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