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PAGE 2 ■■■ '~~'«^.- r - r.-'.l"' ," " ..V.4 1 ; Tlii. *. i'iCE'S OCTOBER 20, 1972 - ' ■■■ ■■■— ll —— If WE DON'T HAVE IT YOU DON'T HEtD IT. BURNSVILLE ARMY STORE * ————————— j WE ARE HA Vm A ! | Os 00* FABRIC DIPT. ! I SAVE 33/3% 60% * * *ll mis OF FA 11 FABRICS !! } USUALLY TO I 3 ’ YD. NOW 54* J | l USUALLY TO I 5 ’ YD. NOW 94* * I l USUALLY TO 1” YD. NOW ?°‘ { j USUALLY TO 2” YD. NOW J‘ # J J USUALLY TO 3” YD. NOW2 00 $ J USUALLY TO 5 M YD. NOW 2 40 * j PpJoifTtmfa Gone/ J * * | All PA TURNS REDUCED 25% f ; Ad SFWIH6 NOTIONS RFDUCFD : } 33% % j ; TUESDAY OCTOBER 31st. I } IS THE LAST DAY FOR SAU ; J FABRIC CUTTER- FABRIC TABIES-PATTERN CASES ! 1 CSECrOUK FULLY STOCKED l ÜBItS Din. I NATIONALLY FAMOUS BRANDS * AT DISCOUNT PRICES * PANT SUITS 8 95 } mn BODY SUITs3 9 u 5 p } blouses 900 ng, % L SWEATERS b J BRAS 125I 25 TC 3 00 J PANTIES 3for 1« J PANTY HOSE 2 for 1«» t THE LARGEST SELECTION OF % LADIES | JEANS-SLACKS >?^^™clS!RSl^stKlnS^p^teven^ i SPIRIT PANTY HOSE J p Ik.. I up REMEMBER NOBODY BUT NOBODY UNDERSELLS BURNSVILLE ARMY STORE Burnsville Plaza OPEN: Monday - Saturday 9-9p.m. Sunday 1-6 p.m. r LADIES BEDROOM I SHOES t 100 9001 I AND L I FLANNEL * GOWNS t 2« | 100% ACRYLIC KNITS * SHRINKS t & VESTS t 4°° I HAND * BAGS | 900 $ Z up - | COATS & 1 JACKETS i C 99 t L aMWtJ; .y -1 , iffc *■ - Yv sci Hi/ ■ ■ ■K v JK TV Films Country Store Last Thursday a television crew from Channel 3, WBTV in Charlotte filmed a segment for "Carolina Camera" of the Ccrntry Store in Burnsville. Bill Ballard, producer of _ the show, said that the segment will appear on WBTV be tween 6:00 and 7:00 p. m. Wednesday, November 1. Stamp Corner " By George Cheren ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS - " 1908 A Date To Remember—April 6, 190:? The Arctic Circle was first crossed in 325 B.C. From that time until early in the 20thCeitury, men sought to explore the polar regions, with their goals set on reaching the pole itself. Many lives were lost in icy waters and fro zen wastes. Many ships were caught, crushed and sunk in sudden storms smd fast freezing icepacks. By the turn of the century, the successes had been few, but the more expertly .» planned and organized steadily closer to the goal of reaching the poles. The horrors of failure and the courage of the rescue par ties had caught the imagination of the world. The race to the poles was on —South as well as North. Who would be the FIRST? Arctic fever gripped men and nations as "Moon" fever gripped the present generation. Racing to the North were a few able men; Norway's Nan- 1 - sen, who let his ship drift across the frozen Arctic sea; Amund sen, who discovered the Northwest Passage. For 20 years Commander Robert F„ Peary had dreamed of being the first to the North Pole. He felt it was his destiny to achieve this goal. In 1906, in his sixth effort, he came within 170 miles of the Pole. In 1909, at age S 3, he pre - pared for what he considered to be his last effort. Capable ir men, including tric.d and faithful Eskimos, would accom - pany him. He had discovered how to determine his exact position in the tricky areas of magnetic and true poles. Sleds w ere designed to be easily repaired; food would be carried in plentiful amounts; equipment would be only that which could withstand the bitter c*6?cfand hard usages. Dog? would be properly trained and cared for. Most significant was the platoon system that Peary :ised. The first team would find the best trail, build igloos,cache food andsuppl ies and'thenreturn.' Another team would fol low and advance farther. This would continue until finally Peary and a small, more rested assault group would make the final advance to the Pole itself. In July 1908, the Expedi - tion left New York on the "Roosevelt'Vx'f'ehfV was sure of his success. By no means was thegdmg easy, but it pro ceeded regularly and as planned; By April Ty advance was within 133 miles of the goelr->,The Commandefj'Matt Hen son, and three Eskimos set a ftpff quota of 25 miles a day. Finally, on April 6, 1909, at aboiit 10 a.m. , "The goal at last. The prize of three centuries. Mydream and goal for 20 years. Mine at last"., he later yrrote. Peary raised his flags over the North Pules—ThiTstars and Stripes made by his wife; that of his fraternity, T.K.E. ; and those of the D. A. R. , the Navy League and the Red Cross. He h« d con quered where others had failed. As a final seal of approval, the U.S. Post Office, after the atomic submarine "Nautilus" crossed the Pole from be low the ice, issued a stamp to commemorate both events. First sales were made at Cresson,hPehnsylvania, Peary's home, on April 6, * 4 » 7 THE YANCEY JOURNAL Burnsville, N.C. Ed Yuziuk-Publisher Carolyn Yuziuk-Editor Pat Briggs-Manager Jody Higgins—Assoc. Editor Published every Thursday by Twin Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Class Postage Paid at Burnsville, N.C. 28714 Subscription rates: *3/yr. in county *5/yr. out of county Thursday, October 26, 1972 Number 30 (EwyE-SfiTosi of Tnt UetK CoWTltt) St«ri IS* . u~ av° Armed Forces Report Amy Private Danny S. Tfcnmg, 19, Won of-Mr. and YoroA of Route 5, Burnsville recexfty Completed eight weeks of basfc training at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. Alai completing basic train ing at time was Army Pri vate B% J. Bartlett, 20, son of Mr. Mrs. William L. Bartlett,! Route 2, Burnsville. Both then received instruc - tions in Brill and Ceremonies, Weapons,) Map Reading, Com bat Tact4s, Military Courtesy, Military Justice, First Aid and Army History and Traditions. They received training with Company 4, 4th Battalion, Ist Brigade^ Private Bartlett is a 1970 graduate of East Yancey High School. Pvt, Young is a 1971 graduate of East Yancey High School, ★ Navy Petty Officer Third Class Lewis J. Woody, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson J. Woody of Route 6, Bumsville,N.C. is in the Mediterranean aboard the submarine tender USS Ful ton, homeported in New London, Connecticut. —~ BY JIM DEAN Oi television, this salty looking guy in a grew neck shirt and a wool toboggan steps off the wet desk of some shrimp boat and heads for the nearest beer joint where he spends the evening "grabbing for all the gusto he can get." Never mind that the guy in this advertisement is probably some jerk from the midwest who thinks all shrimp come out of the ocean fried. Never mind that the shrimp boat is paper mache. That's show biz. What matters is the sentiment. "You only go around once," says the man, and that's a fact. Nobody gets a second shot at life. No matter who you are—big wheel or little wheel —you get one revolution. ■ • f So what's this got to do with hunting or fishing, yon say? As I see it, it has a lot to do with hunting and fishing. Let me tell you a story. A few years back, I went to a senior citizens meeting. This is no criticism of such groups, but there were a lot of older men there, and many of them were bored out of their gourds. These were relatively healthy men, able to get around well, but they spent their days in the quietest desperation I've ever seen. * could almost read their thoughts. "If I play one more lousy game of checkers, I'll go bananas. " Another story. A very busy man I once kne v spent all his life on the go. He buried himself in his busin ss, and made a little money and did well by his family. His work was his life. I asked him what he planned to do when he retired. "I dunro, "he answered. 'Til buy me a fishing pole and go fishing." You know fee end of the story. When he retired, it was like snatching a rug out from under his feet. He moped around for a year or so, growing increasingly cespondent, then he died—probably out of boredom. Oie more story. Another acquaintance was fond of telling me that he would really like to hunt and fish, but he never had time. Too busy. 'Til get around to it after I retire, "he said. "I haven't got time to play now. " f'e never got around to it. In fact he never retired. He died of a heart attack be fore he reached middle age. The point of all this should be fairly obviois. People who put off their pleasure will find their lives awash when—and if —they retire. If they have not learned how t i enjoy life's simple pleasures by retirement age, they are unlikelyto learn them. Some do, but most do irot. It is remarkably easy, during the earning y :ars, to put more important thing? ahead of "play. " There are always things that need to be done, and fishing and hunting trips can be postponed. By gold watch and sad speech time, it's usually too late. The fallacy is that, in many cases, there aren't many things more important than recreation. As one of my friends is fend of saying, "play is serious business." He's right. I look at the bored faces of the checker players, and I think of my grandfather. He worked as hard—and probably harder—than most people ever work during his life. But he always found time to go fishing or hunting. Not only that, but he cultivated a variety of other hobbies and interests throughout his younger years. He didn't put off the "enjoy ment" of life until retirement. When he finally did retire at 65, it was no more trauma - tic than a missed meal. He had plenty of things to do be cause he had enjoyed doing them all his life, and if anything, he was busier after he retired than he was while he was draw ing a paycheck. I remember one day when he was in his eighties, some - body asked him why he didn't join a senior citizen's club. "What," he cried, "and sit around over there with all those old men!" Think about it. What are you doing this weekend that couldn’t be better replaced by a fishing trip? After all, the only appointment you are absolutely required to meet is the one with the grim reaper. mss* TTOSS3 ! BSPfIM A IVJBI I Any young man betweenthe ages of 16 and 21 who is inter ested in becoming a Naval Academy Midshipman should contact Lieutenant Commander John Fester, Blue and Gold Of ficer for the Western North Ca rolina area, at the Asheville Naval Reserre Center ( 253- 4441) for infbrmation on the types of Academy nominatioMS * available and for answers to questions about the Naval Aca demy. ★ Marine Cpl. Richard J.South cott Jr., husband of Mrs. Clau dia M. Southcott of Cherry Point, N.C. , was promoted to his present rank while serving at the Marine Corps Air Staticn, Cherry Point, N.C. Army Private Billy J. Bart lett, son of Mr. and Mps. Wil liam Bartlett of Route 2,Burns ville, recently was assigned to the 65th Air Defense Artillery at Key West, Florida, • This Unit, a part of the Army Air Defense Command, helps provide protection against Aerial attack for major U.S. centers of population and indus try. Pvt. Bartlett is serving as a Hawk Missile Crewman with Battery B of the Artillery’s Ist Battalion. He entered the Army in June 1972 and comple ted his Basic Training at Ft. Jackson, S.C. The 20- year-old soldier is a 1970 graduate of East Yancey High School. ★ gpS Marine First Lieutenant Don ald J. Krafoick, husband of the former Miss Julia Ballou o f Burnsville, N.C., graduated from the Marine Corps Officers Motor Transport Course at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Le Jeune, N.C. He is a 1966 graduate of D. J. O'Connell High School, Ar lington, Va. and is a 1970 gra duate of Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C. Defect May Be Hereditary We are becoming more aware of contagious diseases and how to control them,but did you know that over 1,000 disorders of man are inherited from one's parents or grand parents? Every person has a pair of chromosomes, one member from his mother, and one from his father. Each of us in turn transmits one chro - mosome to create a pair of chromosomes in our child. If an extra chromosome is trans mitted, r- if it breaks or fails to be transmitted, a so-called genetic defect is likely to re sult. Genes are hereditary units that make up the chrom osome. Almost every person carries some chromosome abnormali ties, but when chance pairs up an abnormal chromosome from the father with an abnormal one from the mother, then the child may be bom malformed or with a disease. All parents have a 2% risk of bringing a defective child into the world, and if they do, there is usually no basis for personal guilt. It was a matter of chance. The loss of a pianned-for baby thru miscarriage—often felt as a tragedy--may be nature's way of weeding out defective in fants, and we should not,there fore, feel too unhappy about this process. There are, nevertheless, steps that can be taken to keep genetic diseases at a minimum. For instance, if first cousins or related persons marry, the pro bability of the man and the wo man possessing the same chro mosome abnormalities is great er than with totally unrelated couples. Their offspring bear a heavier risk of being mental ly retarded, diseased or de - formed. If a couple have oae defec tive child, there may be a genetic reason why they should be careful about having another child. On the other hand, the abnormality may have nothing to do with inheritance. To help parents with genetic problems, the state of North Carolina offers a unique and important service called Gene tic Counseling, based on care ful diagnosis of genes and chro mosomes. - , If you have reason to ques tion whether your baby will be handicapped by an inherited di sease, it is important to kirow that many genetic abnormalfti* can be avoided, h would be wise to talk to your doctor about what you can do. Or for more information, call the Health Department at 682-2127.
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