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Dear Editort
Haven't we all noticed professional artists who, like some
teachers and preachers, are "called" to their work? No mat
ter whether they make corn-cob dolls, music, or paintings,
they really give us something, and improve from year to
year. The fan of the work appeals to be worth the effort.
Once they were amateurs like the many talented young
sters in our area, I have heard parents and teachers say
these young people should be taught that the real pay - off
in any form of art is just sharing an idea or a feeling with
others. Many mention that the fine opportunities to perform
in the Jamboree, as well as in church and in school, should
be encouraging to all performers, not to just the excellingfew.
But often, we have seen our winners become too self-sat
isfied to improve, and our losers too discouraged to improve.
Even worse, our losers have seen, bitterness in the adults
who flushed them.
How heavenly, and how productive it would be if we
could teach them the simple open-hearted joy of sharing
with their audiences through their talents!
Now as we prepare for the jamboree, let's consider this
questions When a performer lets competition become his
motive, doesn't he cheat himself, and everybody else?
Ruth Archer Brown
Saturday Night Singing Set
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on U.S. 19, will have their
regular fifth Saturday night
singing on Saturday, March 30,
at 7HX) p, m. Featured in this
singing will be the Cole's Cove
Youth Choir, Silver Chapel
Singers, Primitive Quartet,ftak
Family and several other out
standing groups. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Ed Ball is in charge of the
singing.
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The importance of North
Carolina's volunteer rescue
squads was emphasized recent
ly by Jim Page, Director of
Emergency Medical Services
of the Department of Human
Resources. Speaking at a
Training Coordinators' Work
shop, Page reported that thou
sands of North Carolinians give
millions of manhours every
year to assist their neighbors
and fellow citizens in time of
need.
"There is no way that most
communities could muster the
resources necessary to replace
or duplicate the services ren- .
dered by the volunteer squad%"
Page reported. "The Office
of Emergency Medical Services
considers these dedicated peo
ple among the state's most im
portant emergency medical
care resources, " he continued.
There are more than 194 res
cue squads in North Carolina
and most are staffed primarily
by volunteers.
Page lamented the fact that
many communities do not ade
quately show their support or
appreciation for their local res
cue squads. "When a town or
county receives free ambu -
lance service from a volunteer
group, it seems unreasonable
that the members should also
have great difficulty in obtain
ing enough financial contribu
tions to do their noble work, "
he said. According to Page,
not enough citizens understand
•the work of the rescue squads.
He suggested that increased un
derstanding would bring about
support.
According to Page, the op
portunity for excitement and
the challenge of lifesaving is
9P»n to many Ncrth Carolinians
"Membership in a rescue
squad is not required of citi -
Zens who woidd like to receive
this training, " Page reported.
"Knowing how to properly han
family emergencies should
be a concern to every house -
wife, " he continued.
Page reported that the train
ing is now available in many
of the state's 56 community
colleges and technical insti -
totes and that all the institu -
tSbns will offer it in the near
future. "The 81 hour training
ptbgram constitutes a difficult
but achieveable expression of
concern for quality care far the
sifck and injured,he reported.
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of SOUTHERN APPALACHIA
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Much has been said and
written in recent months of the
power of the press, primarily
with reference to the large
city dailies. I should like to
speak of the power of the small
hometown pap>er to maintain
its influence on the transplan
ted citizen who, though he may
be residing now thousands of
miles away, keeps in touch
with local doings through his
subscrip den to The Clarion.
The Sentinel. The Journal, or
whatever his hometown paper
is called.
Actually, I'm not sure this
column could be maintained
were it not for the response of
readers now living outside
Southern Appalachia who once
were mountain residents. They
are constantly digging into
their past or present and sup -
plying me with Folk-Ways ma
terial.
A recent letter from Mrs.
Kenneth Lane, of Chappaqua,
New York, serves as illustxa -
Neighbor
Heeds Cry
A cry for help might go un
noticed or unheeded in a large
town or city, but in Yancey
County, people still remember
what a neighbor is. And neigh
borly help is all in a days work.
Dan Anglin of Route 6, ran
across Bolen's Creek and up a
mountain to pull a 505 pound
log off of Thom Koch's chest
and head, according to Thom.
"When the log fell on me,
I hollared and yvl but the
folks in my house ignored me
because I often get angry and
yell when I work on the hill, "
he said. "I'm just grateful that
Dan heard— and that he would
care enough to check out my
screams. "
N eighborly help is common
enough in Yancey County to
go unnoticed most of the time
except by those involved; but
"just this once " says Thom, '1
wanted to pay tribute to arbal
good neighbor. "
tionj
"Dear Sirs I enjoy your ®
column in The Yancey Journ
al. I thought you might like
the words to an old song called *
'ln the Baggage Coach Ahead.'
Verse 1...
On a cold stormy night, as the
train rattled on,
The passengers had all gone
to bed.
Except for a young man with a *
b abe in his arms,
Who sat with a bowed down
head.
\ferse 2...
The innocent one crying
just then,
As though her poor heart would
break.
One angry man said, make the
c hild stop that noise,
For it's keeping us all awake.
Verse 3...
Oh where is its mother, go take
it to her,
A young girl then softly said.
I wish that I could was the
man's sad reply,
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Sales And Use
Tax Report
The monthly report of local
1% Sales and Use Tax collec -
tions by county was received
for the month of February, 1974.
The report, issued by the N.C.
Department of Revenue, shows
Yancey County collected sl4,
840.89 during this period,while
Mitchell County collected just
over $16,500.00. Madison
County collections amountedto
$11,471.26 for February.
But she's dead in the coach
ahead.
Chorus...
As the train rolled onward
slowly,
A husband sat in tears.
Thinking of the happiness of
just a few short years.
For a baby's face brings pic
tures,
Os a cherished hope now dead.
A baby's cries can't waken
her... in the Baggage Coach
Ahead.
Since moving to New York
I have been kept extremely
busy with teaching soap making
quilting and other colonial arts
to children and adults. I use
only bacon grease in the soap,
and the bars are pure white aid
gentle as cold cream. "
Another letter from a regu
lar correspondent, Edwin Jud
kins (remind me to send you
some stamp money, Mr. Jud
kins !) recalls tire distilling of
birch bark and teaberry leaves
in the region prior to the in -
troduction of synthetic flavors.
"The distilling of birch
bark and teaberry leaves atone
time was a thriving industry in
the Southern Appalachian re
gion, but gave way to the
manufacture of synthetic fla
vors. Birch bark was distilled
to make birch oil for birch fla
vor. Teaberry leaves were dis
tilled to make oil for teaberry
and wintergreen flavor, one
and the same.
Mr. J. T. Peny of 24th St,
Bristol, Tennessee, was one of
the principal operators. He
became well known everywhere
as "T" Perry. His territory for
gathering the raw materials was
mainly in Carter and Johnson
Counties, Tenn. and over the
state line to North Carolina in
cluding Buck and Beech Mtns.
His son, Harry Perry, aided
his father in the buying and the
picking up the material which
was left mostly in grocery stores.
Herb companies, joined in as
go-betweens, bringing supplies
from Virginia and elsewhere.
Wooden stills were built in se
veral places. Mr. Perry's large
solid copper still was registered
by the Government to see that
no moon-shine whiskey was
made. Gum factories were stai
ted, Walla-Walla at Knoxville
and one at Elizabethton, making
"Red Rooster" brand gum.
T he finished oil was shipped
to Northern manufacturers by
express in 5-gallon cane lined
outside in wood. The two Per
rys, father and son, made an
nual trips to New York City to
check with their customers.
Artificial flavor put a stop
to all this. Mr. Harry Perry co
vers the same territory today
as a salesman. The copper still
on the Perry property was sold
far junk 12 or 15 years ago. "
Mrs. Bonnie Ball, of Hays,
Virginia, recently dropped us a
card which included two stanzas
of "an old banjo tune", The
Mansion on_a Double-breasted
Square. Any reader who knows
the complete set of lyrics would
oblige Mrs. Ball and me by sen
ding a copy in care of this col -
umn.
THE YANCEY JOURNAL
Box 661
Burnsville, N.C. 28714
Ed Yuziuk-Publishei
Carolyn Yuzluk- Editor
Patsy Randolph - Manager
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