PAGE 2 THE YANCEY JOURNAL Music in The Mountain % presents CELO CHAMBER PLAYERS 1973 CONCERT SEASON AT BURNSVILLE AT SWANNANOA AT MARS HILL Sunday - 3:30 P.M. Tuesday- 8 P.M. Thursday -7 P.M. Presbyterian Church Warren Wilson College Amphitheater - Auditorium if it rains JUNE 24 JUNE 26 JUNE 28 .. JH° LY 1 - JULY 3 JULY 5 JULY 10 JULY 12 JULY 22 JULY 17 JULY 19 Sp • ci l^•r" , u“: ti, " , Mme. LI LI KRAUS tvmsvMa, 3:30 p.m., Sunday, July 29 WORLD FAMOUS CONCERT PIANIST TICKETS & INFORMATION: Burnsville, Nu-Wray Inn and Country Store / Asheville, Dunham's Music House Mars Hill, Mars Hill College Swannanoa, Warren Wilson College MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS - BURNSVILLE, N.C. - 704 675-4758 'i*. Br JM. LISTERINE Qt. Size —_Hr Reg. $ H 69 249 1 SCHICK D.E. BLADES s’s Plat. Plus st 59° SCHICK Double Edge Razor SCHICK’ Reg QQ( $1.40 GELUSIL For Heartburn and Indigestion 12 Oz. Msgr. Sug. 99° noxzema SUNBURN SPRAY soz. Reg. 2.19 DESENEX SPRAY 6 oz. $ 4 39 1.98 w I I IPOLLARD,S DRUG STORE | WEST MAIN STREET PHONE 682-2146 BURNSVILLE, N.C.I JUNE 21, 1973 RIGHT GUARD* foot guard r' 1 FOOT DEODORANT ==> DRY jrr- SPRAY POWDER m a, B 99‘ Also 9oz. Size Reg. 189 * aa $129 DEXENEX OINTMENT «aom 0.9-oz. 89 0 SCHICK INJECTOR RAZORS SCHICK' INJECTOR RAZOR t || *ls, 99c ALBERTO BALSAN *""" ANTI-PERSPIRANT | soz. Reg, 1.29 m 99* feagj Boz. Reg. 1.79 sl2* THE LIVING BIBLE ~K“ l SCHICK INJ. BLADE’S s’s ■HA Plat. Plus 77° Dear Editor: Last weekend our family had the pleasure of attending the Miss North Carolina Pageant in Charlotte which is spon sored by the N.C. Jaycees. A* each contestant made her appearance it became obvious to me the places with strong Jaycee organizations by the imount of supporters the girl had. Os all the sixty-two cities and counties across the state Yancey County was one of the best represented. This group of Jaycees and Jaycettes not only sponsor the Miss Mayland Pageant, they spend many long hous help ing prepare their contestant for the N.C. Pageant with en thtfiasm and confidence. This provides an unforgettable experience for a girl each year. The Yancey Jayce«es and Jaycettes are also very active in other areas of community affairs and we are fortunate to have such a fine organization in our county. Sincerely, Mrs. Earl Young - “A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.” (Oliver Herford) Yancey Theater 1 ADULTS *l-25 SHOWINGS ?:00 9:00 CHILDREN *.75 I WEDNESDAY IS COUPLES NIGHT Couples *1.50 I —Thurs.-Fri.-Sat. Junior Jackson: ft took him 20 years to find out who he was and 2 laps to let the world know. ;II I BSv* 20th CENTURY FOX PRESENTS THE LAST AMERICAN BHERO& Starring JEFF BRIDGES. VALERIE PERRINE. GERALDINE FITZGERALD reeled by LAMONT JOHNSON Produced by WILLIAM ROBERTS and JOHN CUTTS WMten by WILLIAM ROBERTS Based on articles by TOM WOLFE Music CHARLES FOX ; JIM CROCE sings I Gol A Name I The Yancey Theateils AIR CONDITIONED I For Your Viewing Comfort Walt Disney’s iUIL 1"H Swtrd In The Stone * 11 The sweetest deal in town! Get a Proctor-Silix all electric ice cream freezer for only $9.95 plus N.C. sales tax when you save $25 or more si The Northwestern Bank! j*Bh Offer ends July 30 1973 THE NORTHWESTERN BANK * . Member FDIC Letter To The Editor ©H^i§= —sun.-Mon.-T ues| I HELLO ! DOLLY! ! I Storriai I BARBRA STREISAND 1 aid | WALTER MATTHAU I I I i Dear Editor: Oi behalf of the entire Banks family I wish to thank the wonderful people of the Mayland area for tire kindness and support they have shown our daughter, Luanne, during her reign as "Miss Mayland". We are grateful for the tremendous amount of work the Jaycees and Jaycettes of Yancey County did to promote the local pageant and then their enthusiastic efforts to prepare her for the Miss North Carolina Pageant. Luanne's travels and official appearances in Avery County have given her opportunities to work closely with the Jaycees and Jaycettes in Avery. Their care and concern for her reveal the truly fine calibre of individuals who make up the Jaycees and Jaycettes. ~ We thank the many organizations, sponsoring business firms, The Yancey Journal and WKYK Radio for the fine support of Miss Mayland. We are warmly grateful to the host of friends from the area who went to Charlotte to voice their support of our Mayland contestant. We are indebted to you, Mayland, for your generosity and warmth you have shown Luanne in her many official appearances this year. Thank you for making this year a never-to-be-forgotten experience. Sincerely, Mr. Ben Banks ai}d J^k^jpeecfy •f SOUTHERN APPAI.ACIIIA with Rogers Whitrner Vml \«i.r Im . Miilrriul l«» Itupcr*. Khilrnrr. Ho\ lloihm-, V I . 28141. . Appalachian folktales are numerous in this region, but they represent a folk division that I haven't attempted to use in this column, primarily be cause such stories lose a great deal in the writing down. But when one hears a good teller in action at the local res taurant, drug store, or country store, it is difficult not to try to get his words on papier. The story teller usually swears that his tale is a true one, and if he is a successful teller, he may convince his audience that the events related have just recent ly occurred when .actually he may simply be refurbishing an old story. For the past several weeks Pve been trying to run down a chicken hawk story which soinds as if it may have been used nu- merous times. Os the dozens of people I have questioned, however, I have found onlyone person who recognizes it, and he is the pason who originally passed along to me. Joe Miller, a Boone druggist, who also has a keen interest in folklore and folk crafts, tells of the Wilkes County farmer whose Bock, of chickens had been sadly diminished by a hawk which showed an uncanny ability to swoop down, grab a young chicken In his talons, and dodge the shotgun fire of the outraged farmer. Finally the farmer became so irate that he swore specific personal revenge on the hawk-- shooting would no longer satis fy his need. So he tied a choice pjullet to a stake inside a par t tally suspended cage and wait AMY Regional Bookmobile Schedule The Avery-Mitchell-Yanaey Regional Library bookmobile will be visiting the following pesons or residences on the Busick and Celo run in Yancey County on Thursday, June 28; Hattie Robinson, Evelyn Bid dix, Doris Buchanan, Betty El liott, Melvin Haney, Judy Bart lette, Jean Bartlette, Genevie Autrey, Virginia Harrison, Mr. R. S.Ballew, Mary Jane Ballew, J.L. Patton, Anne Gibbs, Mar garet Gouge, Mr. A. F. Sim - mons, Alice Early, Maybelle Presnell, Belle Phillips. Anyone else who lives close to these people and who wishes to have bookmobile service, please contact Mr. Barbara Dup koski after 4 p. m. on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday at 765- 4673. sfasd ed for the hawk to claim his victim. The hawk obliged, knocked over the stick which held up the cage, and became the farmer's prisoner. The farmer then debated the nature of his revenge. His first impulse was to pluck every feather from the living bird and tie it to a stake in the blazing sun. Then he consider ed the possibility of clipping its wings and talons and tossing it into the pen with his prize fighting cock. Eventually he came to the conclusion that the only satis factory measure would be to tie a stick of dynamite to the hawk, toss it into the air, and watch it be blown to bits of nothing by the exploding dy namite. Private revenge was not suf ficient for the farmer, who called in his neighbors and Mends to witness the execu - tion of his plan. Putting on a pair of heavy gloves he care fully pulled the offending chicken hawk from the trap and with the aid of the son attached a stick of dynamite to the hawk's le& trimming the fuse short enough to cause the dynamite to explode short ly after the hawk was given Ms freedom. The fuse was lighted, the hawk tossed into the air, and the farmer set to enjoy his re venge. The hawk, as if read ing his destruction in the hissing stick attached to his leg decided to end things his way. Circling twice over the heads of the assembled onlookers, he glided to a pierch on the chim ney of the farmer's home,while the fuse spluttered and the ground observers ran for cover. In desperation the farmer, his wife, and son yelled at the hawk and threw sticks and rocks in an effort to scare the bird from its perch; finally a rock grazed the hawk, it flew from the chimney, the dynamite ex ploded, and the air was filled with feathers and shingles. The revenge was complete but costly. Dejectedly the farmer surveyed a roof from which all the shingles had been leveled to the roof line. From that day forth his chickens fended for themselves. If there are readers who re call similar tales (or true hap>- penings), 1 would be pleased to see them and p>erhaps use some of them xdj future columns. HELP v CHILDREN-4/ LOVE N \ I ION \| s(M || | Y M li s 111 ( Mil Iliu \ 6? I Central Avenue, Albany, New York 12206

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