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PAGE 2 THE YANCEY JOURNAL . Course Completed By mining employees ' v ■' • • ’* ' ' : ' •• •. Forty-three employees of Six feldspar, mica and olivine industries in Mitchell, Avery, and Yancey Counties, recently completed Red Crocs first- aid courses conducted at headquar ters of the Mayland Red Cross Chapter which serves the three counties from its offices in the basement of Trinity Episcopal Church, Spruce Pine. Sponsored by the Mayland Technical Institute, one-hour classes in the daytime were in structed by Arnold Swann and James Buchanan, January 7-11, with Bill Hall instructor for the one- hour evening classes Janu ary 14- 18. Swann and Buchan- vanverysale I" SCHICK HOT LATHER MACHINE REFILLS IB I BAYER ASPIRIN Tablets - 100's sZ /9Q JOHNSON S rejjjlb baby POWDER baby 14 oz. Reg. $1.29 IT LISTERINE J I ANTISEPTIC I sjjjt It ' CO NT AC I I - a fH V V r 12-HOUR 1 relief I ICONTACI io-. 109 [ Reg. $1.79 | I POLLARD.S I DRUG STORE | PHONE 682-2146 BURNSVILLE, N.C. JANUARY 31, 1974 an also instructed the class which met for eight hours on Saturday, January 19. The mineral interests repre sented included The Feldspar Corp. , Diamond Mica Co., Deneen Mica Co., Lawson - United Feldspar and Mineral Co., Harris Mining Co., and the Northwest Olivine Co. Those taking the course in cluded Billy Ray Murdock, Ger ald McKinney, Joe Franklin, Lee Garland, Scott Carpenter, Donald H. Duncan, Paul M. Boone, Ray Pitman, Sam L. Heaton, Robert Lee Woody, James L. Tanner, Jr., Arthur L. Crowder, Rothie D. Ayers, I R CALGON.I 1 E | Mraay ■ •xi . TV Frtfnmtr J > ||L 16 oz. 71a Reg. $1.19 ffy V ° s I 1 % HAIR I SPRAY Reg. $1.50 in qqa | vs™... REGULAR I HARD-TO-HCLP 3 I SPRAY FOB GRAY S VASELINE I INTENSIVE \ CARE I 1 10 oz. I Reg. $1.25 1 1 79 Q | I rVO 5 I I LJ hair SPRAY I Q Reg. $1.50 | MR*. HUS. U BJ | U hmSpray 1 I M>t REGULAR I I HARD-TO-HOLD l I SPRAY FOR GRAY 1 Sammy H. Young. Also Forrest C. Sam merlin Jr. , Wayne McKinney, Douglas Wiseman, Rita Bennett, Junior Laws, Ernest Peterson, Wayne Tipton, Robert Willis, Donald Buchanan, William Y. Brown, Kenneth Forbes, Hickey Me - Kinney, Clyde Robertson, Ho mer Silvers, Milton Stafford, James F. Thomas. Also Jeff Van Jahnke, J. C. Harding, David M. Staton, Wayne P. Ollis, Frank Wise, Billy Hughes, Larry C. Wyatt, Lonnie Wilson, Chulie Chri - sawn, Carter R. Thomas, Cary Riddle, Bill Wilkins and Fred Deneen. IIS —s. GELUSII, j Gelust Liquid «12 01. Reg. SI.BO j ■■ Captain Downing Revisits Ship Some 30 years ago, George A. Downing of Burnsville, North Carolina was part of a combat crew which sailed the New York City-based Coast Guard cutter Spencer into World War 13. Last week, he was reunited with almost 30 of his shipmates and took the ship on her final voyage —into mothballs. "I came to see some of the old crew and say goodbye to a good ship, " said Downing, 69, who served as a deck officer aboard the Spencer. Today, he is the owner of the Yancey County Country Store. Chamber Holds luncheon Meeting Here The Board of Directors of the Yancey County Chamber of Commerce held a luncheon meeting at 12 noon on January 24th at Paul's Country Kitchen. t rul'd 'Dtufy State )< 2-2146 Burnsville N.C. PHARMACY COMMENTS EALTH NEWS Your Rx Specialists: Charles Gillespie. Jr., Mike Eudy. grid Ferril McCurry Relax: Kick The Pressure! We hate "sneaks"! And tops on our list is the sneak killer of nearly one million Americans annual!) heart disease and its "side-kick." high blood pressure. We'd knock high blood pressure in the "head" before we'd knowingly let it ruin our life. Our best advice is to fol low doctor's orders about eating, exercise, smoking, and diet. But just as impor tant we'd stress "stress" slow down. Take the pres- < sure off. Don't “gulp" life i down. Savor it. ; Remember, your bodv's 1 like a finely tuned sports car. Slack off on your demands and it'll last years longer. Your "machinery" can tol The above comments appear each week to air thoughts, opinion.-, and information ti e believe to be important to our friends ana customers your comments are welcomed ■sv 1 * Northwestern will pay you 7%% on a *I,OOO minimum, 4-year maturity Certificate of Deposit. Northwestern continues to pay the highest legal interest rate to its customers by offering this new higher-rate Certificate of Deposit. Federal law and regulation prohibit the payment of a time deposit prior to maturity unless three \ months of the interest the r eon is forfeited and interest on the amount withdrawn is reduced to the passbook rate. Stop by or call any Northwestern branch. THE NORTHWESTERN BANK MwnbwFOlC Routine business was trans acted and recent activities of the Chamber were reviewed. It was reported that plans erate less stress and strain as it ages. Respect that principle and when social and profes sional expectations rise in later life, as they surely will, ijon't "buck" the pressures. Bend a little, like the wise willow tree! are progressing satisfactorily on the Town "facelifting" pro ject, and plans for other pro jects to be started in the near future are being made. Recital Is Planned (Cont'd from page 1) binson both studied organ at Illinois Wesleyan at the same time. Another classmate, Ro bert P. Keener, is head of the Music department at Warren Wilson. All of these sensitive musicians are thorough crafts men as well. Robinson has a fresh, creative approach to or gan music. He enjoys impro - vising and has a reputation far imaginative hymn accompani ments. H is sense of joy about mu sic extends to all phases of it, and he took pleasure in assis - ting students at Warren Wilson create a record entitled "Cap tain Calloway's Marching Ka zoo Umpah Symphonic Concert Pep Band. " Schuyler and Lin da Robinson have two children aged 4 and 2. Mr. Robinson's recital on February sth promises to be an inspiring and exciting oc casion. All are welcome. JroTk-’WJiys aijd J**”£i§P cec^ •f SOUTHERN APPALACHIA with Rogers WHllrerr N»4 \Mnr »app»lii«v lw • ■ •Ihmn In Mlparr. 17b. X. C. 2*4fr» One of my most faithful correspondents since Folk Ways got underway in January of last year has been Edwin Judkins, an 84_ year- old gentleman of Bris tol, Virginia. His rich memories of the past are frequently augmented by acute observations about the contemporary scene; thus I am -- always pleased to find a letter in Box 376 with a Holly Lane return address. A recent letter from Mr. Jud kins included both a tall tale and a memory of the great flu epidemic of 1918. He also pro mised some "mountain sayings" at a later date. His tall tale and flu comments follow. "A Tall Tale About Snakes" As a usual thing new ground is planted in com so that cultiva - tion will kill out the vegetation. However, a farmer had sown his newly cleared field in oats and as a consequence this field was infested with snakes and so bad ly everyone was afraid to harvest his crop. That is, all but one man in the neighborhood, a har dy soul, who volunteered to do the job for half of the oats. Ft secured a cradle not like the one you slept in when small but a tool like a scythe but with wooden sticks along the side to hold or cradle the oats, and with graceful swings he placed the oats in rows, taking time out to pick up a rattlesnake or copperhead and fling it as far as he could send it or snap , its head off like a cracking whip. After awhile the oats were cut and he started binding them into bundles, and as it began to look like rain he did not take time*to discard a snake but used it to make the tie. As he neared the top or end of the field the snakes became more plentiful as they retreated farther and farther, and finally the last bundle contained no oats at all but was just a bundle of snakes. "The Great Flu Epidemic of 1918" "Spring of the year 1918 was the time of the flu epidemic. The flu brought lifetime sarrew to many families. People did not realize how fatal pneumo nia could be following the flu. Every pregnant woman who took the flu was a victim. It was not restricted to them. I remember the Episcopal minis ter, an Englishman weighing around 300 poun<J, only lived 5 hours when stricken with pneu monia. This is the way flu came to the town of North Holston, Va. and its industry, Southern Gyp sum Company, and its 400 em ployees. North Holston was served by a railroad for fully loaded cars. Phil Surbur, an employee, drove a company truck hauling express and small freight shipment from Saltville, a distance of 4 miles. (Inciden tally this truck was a 2- ton Reliance). It was part of my duti as to che ck and record this merchan dise. Phil came in very exci ted one afternoon and .said the soldiers who had been sent to Saltville to operate the new Government plant were dying like flies and that they were shipping their bodies back by express to their homes. These soldiers, 350 strong, came from a camp in South Carolina, probably Greenville. J This was the first inkling • that the flu germs were loose , in our section and from that * time on they spread like wild fire. Before it was over the company had turned the com munity building into a hospital, was buying large quantities of beef, making soup, and feed - ing almost the entire town. Also, buying large amounts of argoil, black and thick, and had everyone putting it up their noses and in their eyes to ward off the germs. At the begin - ning of every day everyone was wondering who the next casual ty would be and not show up for work. (P. S. I did not take it.)" In looking through back mail recently, I discovered a letter from John D. Tipton, Rt. 6, Cherry Hill Drive, Johnson City, Tennessee. He asks for the words to several old songs, including "Just Before the Bat tle, Mother, " "Please, Mr. Conductor" ('The Eastbound Train"?) and 'Two Little Child ren Went Strolling by the River side. " Readers who know these songs would oblige Mr. Tipton by sending the words directly to him or to me through Folk- Ways. Childhood Educators Met The Early Childhood De partment of Mayland Techni cal Institute hosted a meeting of Western North Carolina Earty Childhood Educators on Jamary 15 in the Spruce Pine Public Library. This organization is made up of all persons interes ted in Early Childhood Educa - tion who teach or work in the Technical Institutes, Com mu- ' nity Colleges, Colleges and Universities in Western North Carolina. L aur? Mast, an area coor dinator in, the state kindergar - ten program, was the guest : speaker. Mrs. Mast spoke on the subject "Early Childhxri Education as Invisioned for Children and Teachers. " Her presentation included slides ta ken in schools throughout the state. THE YANCEY JOURNAL Box 657 Burnsville, N.C. 28714 Ed Yuziuk-Publisher Carolvn Yuzluk— Editor Patsy Randolph Manager 1 Published Every Thursday Hy Twin Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Class Postage Paid At Burnsville, N.C. Thursday, January 31, 1974 Number 5 Subscription Rates By Mail: In County °* Y ®« *4.16 Six Months *3.12 Out of County or State on ® Year $6.00 Six Months $5.00
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