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THE YANCEY JOURNAL
South Toe Basketball News Report
By Chris Chris a wr.
The South Toe girls lost a
tough one to the Micaville gfrls
20-9. The Wildcats 1-2 scor
ing punch was iust not there at
this game. The girls fromSouth
Toe still had a good effort from
Teresa Bartlett, Sue Wilson and
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to refuse any or all bids,
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Ham Biddix with 5,3, and 1 point
respectively. The ’Micaville
fast break offense was led in
scoring by Debbie Norris and Cin
dy Tipton with 6, 4 points for
Johnnie Gilley; also Rena Styles
and Donna Ray with two. Mica
ville substituted frequently
though. This makes South Toei
record 1-4 up to date.
* *
The South Toe boys had a
come-from-behind victory over
the Micaville boys 38-36. At
one time the Wildcats were be
hind 30-19. At this the
Wildcats decided to play ball.
Pretty soon the score was 30-29.
Then the Redskins came back to
life, but tlie Wildcats were still
red hot. With 9 seconds to go
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the score was 36-36. Wade Bid
dix shot from the foul line and
missed. Darryl Huskies got the
rebound and put it up with five
seconds to go and missed. With
one second to go, Wade Biddix
aimed and hit. The buzzersoun
ded and the game was over.
Again, Darryl Huskins led the
balanced scoring attack for the
Wildcats with 12 points. Wade
Biddix and Chris Cfiisawn had
9 and Scot Westall had 8. The
Micaville scoring was led by
Ricky Forbes with 13 points. Sa
mmy Ray with 9, Greg Styles con
tributed 6, Danny Gurley and
Darryl Woody, 4 apiece. This
made South Toe 5-0 on the year;
Micaville 3-2.
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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 - 12:00
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Miss Kingham
Letter To
The Editor
Dear Editor:
As a group of concerned parents, we would like to pose
several questions to our fellow citizens.
Again we are out of gas before the end of the month.
So many of us have curtailed much of our driving. We
suppose a vague remembrance of the '4o's may hang over
us. But what truly upsets us is the fact that our tax money
goes to provide transportation for school children. For
reasons we cannot fathom, our future leaders are so selfish
they seem not to be able to consider those whose liveli -
hood depends on availability of gas sources, and they drive
cars to school daily. Has anyone else considered how
much gas is being consumed this way? We are not asking
our teenagers to hike to school several miles like some of
us did. All we are asking is some respect for others. A
little self restraint on the part of the teenagers, and some
help toward a better economy for this area.
While we are fighting the daily hassle of "forced busing"
by making OUR teenagers ride the bus, we feel maybe
other parents would join us in encouraging their teenage
sons and daughter to do likewise.
Concerned parents.
f 'sid'd T>ius Stone
12-2146 Burnsville. NC
PHARMACY COMMENTS
EALTH
NEWS
Your Rx Specialists:
Charles Gillespie, Jr.. Mike Eudy,
and Ferril McCurry
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Never Use Aspirin
On Toothache
I paid an all too infrequent visit to my dentist the other day
(yes. we pharmachists visit dentists, too!), and he suggested
an idea for an editorial.
“For goodness sake." he
said, "tell the people that
placing an aspirin tablet
directly on an aching tooth to
relieve pain is strictly taboo!"
To begin with, aspirin is an
ucetylsalicylic acid which can
.literally burn holes in the
gum causing even worse
irritation than the toothache.
This is why peptic ulcer
patients have to steer of
aspirin for their already
tehder stomach conditions.
The above comments appear each ueek to air thoughts, opinions,
and information we believe to be important to our friends and
customers your comments are welcomed
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M.mto.r FOtC
Aspirin will have some num
bing effect, but mouth sores
and possible infection are too
steep a price to pay for
listening to this old wives’
tale!
If you must use aspirin for
pain relief, swallow it. Never
apply ii directly.
Jr ■
and Jpolk-gpeecli
of SOUTHERN APPALACHIA
with Rogers Whlli-na-r \ ’
p ea< *rs may recall that in a
recent- 30 umn * noted exampla
0 f foTclore in a brief novel, A
DayNo Pigs Would Die. In a
discussion with friends later I
mentioned a very poignant mo
ment in the life of the main
character when he must hold
the ears of his pet while his
father cuts its throat. (The pig,
destined to become a brood
sow, has proved fallow and mist
be sacrificed to family food
needs.)
Dr. Cratis Williams, now
acting Vice Chancellor for Aca
demic Affairs at Appalachian,
recalled a Kentucky farmerwho
had his sons drive his porcine
victims between his legs as he
administered the coup de grace
with a sledge hammer. His
neighbor scoffed at this piece -
dure, saying that it excited the
animals and caused the meat: to
be strong.
The neighbor's technique,
according to Dr. Williams,was
to take away the chosen ani -
mails food for a couple of days
prior to the execution in order
to empty the intestines. Then
on die appointed day com was
scattered for the pig, and while
he was gobbling in contentment
the neighbor eased a 22-rifle
against the back of his head,
"Kill 'em happy and they make
the sweetest meat a man can
find,'' he proclaimed.
Unfortunately, the killing
is the least part of the job, ac
cording to Mrs. Sue Murray, a
longtime resident of Valle Cru
cis, North Carolina. She remem
bers as a young girl being left
alone by her father to cut up a
hog which he had killed early
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one morning.
"I got along all right," she
laugh jd, "until I got to the had.
Then I could not figure out what
to do with the ears and eyes. So
I carried the head to the chop
block, grabbed an axe, and be
gan chopping off the ears. Each
blow .sent the head rolling into
the wood chip* and dirt. By the
time I got to the eyes that hog%
head looked like a cross betwam
a frazzl jd tree stump and an
overgrown porcupine! Fortunate
ly, my father was an understand
ing man."
Readers continue to request
words for the songs of yesteryear.
Perhaps the lyrics most often
asked for recently are those to
Just Before the Battle, Mother.
A letter and an enclosure from
Mrs. Pansy Crouch Comer of
Marion, North Carolina, help
us to take care of the problem.
She writes:
"I am glad to share one of
the songs you asked for. Would
be glad to see it printed in the
local paper since so many
would like to have a copy. I
was bom near Jonesboro, Tenn.
I cam to Marion some thirty
years ago. Hope to see this song
in print. "
JUST BEFORE THE
BATTLE, MOTHER
Just before the battle, mother,
I am thinking most of you;
While upon the field I'm watch
ing,
With the enemy in view,
Comrades brave qty 'round me
lying,
Filled with thoughts of home
and God,
For well they know that on the
morrow
Some must sleep beneaththesod.
CHORUS:
Farewell, mother, you maynever
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BOOK COftNtß
Gladys Coletto :
The White Dawn by James
Houston. 1971. Pp. 275. Har
court Brace Jovanovich,lnc.,
N.Y.
The White Dawn, an Eskimo
saga by James Houston, is based
on a true story of three New
England sailors who were ship
wrecked in the icy Artie sea
and were saved and nursed back
to health by the friendly Es -
kimos. The author is well
qualified for his task, since he
lived for twelve years in the
Canadian Arctic where he serv
ed as Civil Administrator of
West Baffin Island, and thereby
heard tales that led him even -,
tually to write this novel.
Blending fact with fiction,
and romance with adventure,
Mr. Houston has written a story
of stark realism in which he
spares no one. Gratitude on tie
part of the sailois prevails at
first, as they mingle and adjust
to the simple, humble mode of
jeitraYrdiiim
Press me to your heart again;
But oh,you'll not forget me,
mother,
If I'm numbered with the slain.
Oh, I long to see you, mother,
And the loving ones at home,
But I'll never leave our banner,
Till in honor I can come,
Tell the traitors all round you
That their cruel words we know,
In every battle kill our soldiers
By the help they give the foe.
Hark, I hear the bugle sounding,
'Tis the signal for the fight;
Njw may God protect us, mo
ther,
As he ever does the right,
'Tjs the Battle Cryof Freedom-
How it swells upon the air,
Oh, we'll the stan
dard,
Or we'll perish nobly there.
' ** -
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Carolyn Shepherd
Carolyn Lynn Shepherd will
celebrate her ninth birthday on
March 4. She is the daughter
of Louise Shepherd of Route
3, Burnsville.
life of the peaceful Eskimos.
But during the long cruel Arctic
winter, the sailois3?£ccme arro
gant and proud, ignoring and
disdaining the customs and tra
ditions of this naive and child
like people. Distrust and greed
develop, replacing the love and
friendship kindled by the many
acts of kindness by both the
sailors and the Eskimos. Hu
miliated and rejected by his
peers, the Eskimo chieftain
elects suicide. Violence and
murder follow, putting an end
to a tender love story of an Es
kimo maiden and one of the
sailors. The conclusion leaves
the reader stunned and shocked.
Mr. Houston provides much
food for thought in The White
Dawn . The reader will long
ponder who was right and who
was wrong—what was a bbrssing
and what was a curse—ip this
dramatic episode among the
Eskimos.