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PAGE 2 : THE YANCEY JOURNAL FEBRUARY 7, 1974 Are IVe Losing Control Through'Regionalism'? (Coat'd from page IS >_ pie. Early la>t month the District Director horn Boone saw fit to fire the well-liked nurse who for over a year had work ed exclusively in Yancey County building up and conducting the program Home Health Agency. The point we consider most significant to our argument is that not one of the Yan cey County board members knew anything about the firing until after it had occurred. Nor had any one of diem re ceived any intimation that there were any shortcomings in this nurse's performance. , It is not our purpose here to review the alleged justifica tion for the firing. Here, we will only say that after a thorough inquiry it appears to us, crystal clear, that the firing was a blunder. Further, we feel sure that had Yan cey County been running its own health department, the cruel injustice to thii nurse would not have been perpetrated. Directive Effectively Muzzles Local Employees If further evidence is needed to show how local control gets suppressed under regionalism, here is a good example —a Ist horn the Health Department. In a mimeographed REDpiOIK AL shoes’ S REDUCED (f Styles /hatiSek^ {^■■■MnßliiaßlMi I POLLARD,S I I PHONE 682-2146 DRUG STORE BURNSVILLE, N.C. I |5D u O MORE| I mTtexsL! SUPER PLENAMINS 1 ® ~*“'-~** M A Tiers' lIRMMNiI '^SHrEßrSt' B 9«t 144 tablets FREE Get 72 tablets FREE Get 36 tablets FREE It flit when you buy the when you buy the when you buy the '® SB 288-tablet size! 144-tablet size! 72-tablet size! *# SAVE $0.91) SAVE $5.15 SAVE $2.78 with combo packago with combo package with combo package BH H You can depend on each tablet for 11 essential vitamins and 8 important minerals! IK It’s America’s largest selling multi-vitamin multi-mineral product! H And here's another bargain for you. .. S * directive recently issued to employees from the headquar - ters in Boone, we find the following: "No discussion of internal district problems shall take place with either Board of Health members or County Commissioners witliout specific appro val of the Director." This order muzzling employees cannot fail to stifle local control. Under it, not one of the nine health department employees working in Yancey County is permitted to talk directly about department problems to precisely those peo ple who, as board members, should keep best informed about the health department problems affecting our county. The question now remains: Has Yancey County given up its voice in too many local affairs in return for bright promises of bureaucrats from Raleigh and Washington, who have everything to gain and nothing to lose by insisting that counties be grouped into regions or districts to reap the benefits of what is actually our own tax money to begin with. We believe that decisions for or against joining "regiona lism" set-ups should be made with full awareness of how much of our precious freedom to govern ourselves will be lost in the process. Accoepwfr TO -THE tl.&. ' **&UREAU OF CENSUS, WOMEU MAKE A LITTLE MORE "THAW HALF OF -THE £A RHINOS- OF MEN WITH THE SAME EPUCATIOMAL pACkbSHbUN U>. y ... ... . ■receive* ejwlpay fob g<?UAL WOfZK • ALL EWLISTEES. 0&&IM AT THE SAME MONTHLY RATE - *326-10 - WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES FDR REGULAR PROMOTION AMP RAISES. THE YANCEY JOURNAL Box 667 Burnsville, N.C. 28714 Ed Yuziuk-Publisher Carolyn Yuziulr- Editor Patsv Randolph - Manager Published Every Thursday liy Twin Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Class Postage Paid At Burnsville, N.C. Thursday, February 7, 1974 Number 6 Subscription Rates By Mail: In Yancey County One Year $4.16 Six Months $3.12 Out of County or State One Year $6.00 Six Months $5.00 ** VA News Report ** A record $303.8 million in Veterans Administration insur ance dividends will be paid to nearly 3.9 million veterans in sured under World Wars I and II government life insurance po licies, starting this month. H. W. Johnson, Director of the Winston- Salem VA Re gional Office, said increased dividends result chiefly from higher interest earnings in the National Service life Insurance (World War H NSLI) and United States Government Life Insu* - ance (World War I USGLljfund*. "Veterans expecting checks need not contact VA concern ing dividends since they will be paid automatically on a uni- Happy Haven For Widows By Mimi Cunningham Although the War Between the States is long over and its veterans dead and buried, the State of North Carolina each year pays a total of $13,500 in pensions to 15 widows of Confederate soldiers. Each widow receives $75. 00 a ironth. And, one of two such remain ing homes in the South, the Confederate Women's Home, located on Fort Bragg Road in Fayetteville, provides housing and care for one of the widows and 31 of the daughters of the men who fought for tile Stars and Bars. With a total of 14 employ ees serving 32 clients (or grests as they are called), the Con federate Women's Home is one of the smallest components of the Department of Human Resources. It is also one of the most unusual. For 58 years, it has served a* a "happy haven" for needy widows and daughters of Con federate soldiers. An act of the 1913 General Assembly es tablished the institution with an appropriation of slCl,ooo for building purposes and $5,000 a year for maintenance, ft first opened November, 1915. Today the Home operates on a $144,821 yearly budget. Ap proximately one-third of the funds come from the residents' pensions or social security checks which are signed overt© the Home as part of admission requirements. In return, the ladies are pro vided with food, lodging, plus the services of a full-time re gistered nurse. Perhaps most important, they know that some one cares about them and will try to make their last years pleasant. To qualify for admission, one must be over 65 and "must ; show herself to be a needy wi , dow or daughter, of a North * Carolina Confederate soldier who saw active service. " f nd’d 'D'lufySt&ie fn£ 2-2146 Burnsville.N.C PHARMACY COMMENTS EALTH NEWS, Your Rx Specialists: Charles Gillespie, Jr., Mike Eudy, and Ferril McCurry If Vitamins Could Talk • i - 1, If vitamins could talk, here’s how a short speech by vita min C might go: “Hi! I'm a C-vitamin. People have been in terested in me ever since they discovered I could prevent scurvy. Today, they’re still in terested because , they're wondering if I can prevent colds, too. One thing for sure, I am rarely very effective un less my users believe in me. You wouldn't be, either! “To be effective, my have to determine, first, how J much of me they need. This varies from 250 mg to 5000 mg per day. The average is perhaps 1000 mg. Then. I must team up with other nu trients, notably vitamin A, tThe above omments appear each week to air thounhts. opinions, and information we believe to be important to our friends and customers vour comments are welcomed. vers ary dates of policies, " Johnson stressed. Dividend payments will con tinue throughout 1974 (on poli cy anniversary dates) on "Par ticipating" NSLI policies with "V l( -prefixed policy numbers, and USGLI policies with "K" in front of numbers. Some 3.75 million veterans with NSLI policies will receive a total of $282.3 million, aver aging $75 per policy. Abt it 138,000 USGLI policyholders will be getting s2l. 5 million in dividends, averaging $156 per policy. Johnson said that dividends for 915,000 veterans holding NSLI will be applied to pur - chase of additional coverage. These veterans previously elec ted to buy paid-up insurance with their dividends. Last year VA declared $297 million in insurance divi - dends, also a record, which were paid to approximately 3.8 million veterans. NSLI policyholders received an aver age dividend of $72, compared to $142 for USGLI policyholders Johnson explained that divi dends vary from a few dollars to several hundred dollars, de pending on plan of policy, amount of policy, age of the insured and age of policy. Nearly 4. 2 million veterans are carrying $27. 3 billionvrarth of NSLI, while 161,300 veter ans are insured for $685. 4 mil lion under USGLI. Someone’s birthday or an niversary this month? How about flowers from the flo rists with the “extra touch?” FTD florists have a special Forget-Me-Not Bouquet for those special days. And this month has been special for many reasons over the years — FES. 4. On this date in 1861, delegates from six se ceding southern states formed the Confederacy. FEB. 9. In 1718, the first French colonists arrived in Louisiana. FEB. 10. In 1763, France ceded Canada to England as the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the French and Indian War. FEB. 14. Arizona was ad mitted to the Union as the 48th State on this date in 1912. FEB. 18. In 1861, Jeffer son Davis was sworn in as President of the Confederacy at Montgomery, Alabama. FEB. 24. Impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson were begun in Congress on this date in 1868. FEB. 25. In 1913 on this date, the 16th Amendment to the United States Constitu tion went into effect, giving Congress the authority to levy income taxes. tund in sweet potatoes, er. and fresh vegetables to work at my best. 1 “Try me in the time-re lease form, and see if I don’t help prevent the catching of and the severity of cold infec , tions." Letter To The Editor © Dear Editor: - So, at laat, Yancey County 3* beginning to experience "the gasoline crunch". In my opinion,* there would be 3096 more gasoline for those who truly need it if some of the senior citizens, including the writer, would permittheir vehicles to set 5 days out of each week. (Unless hauling wood from the forest, the writer does this consistently). There are families who are running 2 or 3 cars needless ly every day of the week. Many students probably are dri ving who could ride the bines, and even walk to keep in condition for athletics. People who live in town could walk 3/4 up to 1 mile and probably accomplish what diets and health fads do not do. The electiical, energy crisis could be alleviated a bit, if some of the Yancey County citizenry would not fire up an automatic washer 4or S days out of each week — once weekly should be enough if one can manage at all. Trapping and poisoning rats and mice would hblp ease the flour and wheat shortage more than one might think. ft is the duty of ministers of their congregations to at least encourage car pooling for church attendance. Teach ers of public schools might form a car pool or two, also. Serious gardening to fight the unreasonable prices of food where there's been none before, would also help. Many people are burning wood for heat and for cooking. It can be done in many instances without any suffering or sacrifice. Many prices on consumer items today are away out of , line, and where legitimate protest is justified consumers should protest. Perhaps the truck lines have a justifiable complaint. Maybe American citizens, 200 million,could live less expensively and less cramped if exports in wheat, oil, and cotton were decreased. You may "hate me" for saying these things and writing this letter, but the "sad sack" truth of it is that 200 mil lions of us are so thoughtlessly wasteful and so pampered in unnecessary luxury that we cannot even try to econo - mize, save, and eliminate waste of all commodities. As many do realize it is probably past time and away part due for millions of us to change our wasteful, materialistic ways of living. If you have any better ideas, Pd like to see thom in print, including those of the Journal Editor, President of the Chamber bf Commerce, Chairman of County Commis sioners, and Superintendent of Schools. Yours Sincerely and Respectfully, Vernon D. Stenzel, South ToeTowahip Yancey Health Dept. FEBRUARY SCHF.DULE Feb. 4, Monday Immunization Clinic 8:30 - 11:30 Feb. 5, Tuesday Nurse Screening Clinic 8: 30 - 12:00 Maternal Nurse Clinic 12:30- 3:30 Feb. 6, Wednesday Eye Clinic (App't only) 8:30-11:00 Feb. 7, Thursday Mental Health Clinic (App't only) Feb. 11, Monday Immunization Clinic 8:30 - 11:30 Nurse Screening 1:00 - 3:00 Feb. 12, Tuesday Child Health,Dr. Pope 8:30 - 3:30 Feb. 14, Thursday Family Planning Clinic, 8:30 - 12:00 Dr. Webb Maternal Nurse Clinic, 4:30- 7:00 Miss Kingham Feb. 18, Monday Immunization Clinic 8:30 - 11:30 Feb. 19, Tuesday Nurse Screening 8:30 - 11:30 Maternal Nurse, Miss Kingham 12:30 - 3:30 Feb. 25, Monday Immunization Clinic 8:30 - 11:30 Nurse Screening 1:00 - 3:00 _ Feb. 26, Tuesday Child Health, Dr. Pope 8:30- 3:30 Feb. 27, Wednesday Orthopedic Clinic, Dr. Galloway 8:30 - 10:00 Feb. 28, Thursday Family Planning Clinic,B: 30 - 12KX) Dr. Webb * Maternal Nurse, 4:30- 7SOO Miss Kingham ir^Ej^feeKTSßNCir - —1| jgfff Mrs. Gladys Colette | The Sleeping Partner, by Winston Graham. 1956. Dou - bleday and Co., Inc., N.Y. L erve is blind (so they say), but just how blind can a hus band be when his wife practical ly flaunts her infidelities in his face? So blind (or stupid) that he actually encourages her in it—all in the name of good faith, of course. Such is the story (or mystery) of the chill - ing suspense novel, The Sleep ing Partner, by Winston GrAam. Starting from scratch, Mich ael Granville, successful young seeks to unravel the mystery of his missing wife, - Lynn. True, she had left him, bag and baggage, with only a Dear John note for a clue. Un wittingly, another minor clue sparks his search! she had tak en his toothpaste, which he knew she utterly despised. Her signature at the bank did not look exactly right, either. One thing leads to another until he finally discovers the double life that Lynn had been leading, which finally had led to her murder. During Michael's search for Lynn, an unexpected love story develops from another quarter. It has complications also, but of a different nature. So different that the readerwon ders if this is for real. How good is good if a man goes all the way to save the life and repu - tation of a man who has won his own wife's love? With out preaching or moral izing (much), the story abruptly comes to an end. It sounds plau sible (we suppose) when Mich - ael decides "to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. " So, off he rides into the wild blue yonder—in this case,Africa, So ends the story.
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