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PAGE 2 THE YANCEY JOURNAL AUGUST 29, 1974 li't - .. I P<Mavi'4, Thc&Stone W1 P» yt / 1 Dial 682-2146 Burnsville,N C | f I HEALTH | Mi NEWS W* } \ Charles Gillespie. Jr., Mike Eudy, and Ferril McCurry H “Pass the Potassium, Please 99 Hot weather really works the bodies of training athletes. This time of year our football teams are hard “sweating it F**’ 1 out” to improve execution and “to win a few games for the If,; dipper!” We sell a lot of salt tablets to such “sportsters," but tests < show that the use of salt for ? | .t. athletes has been overempha- i | sized. In fact, Americans gen- gs&A J| erally receive nearly ten times Lv more salt than they really need. f*t Doctors now say the important thing is to take potas sium along with salt. Studies show that as potassium is lost, the cells do not function properly, thus creating fatigue and exhaustion. Regardless of how much salt an C*t athlete takes, heavy work will still cause a potassium lass. So, Mom, “Pass the potassium, please!” Each week we present the above comments for your *t information. We very much appreciate your reader - ship and would be especially happy to have you ex press your views regarding the contents of this space. ctauuutce w gSURE Regular or Unscented 9 «*■ $1» Reg. 51.75 * 1 ii' SCOPE I 20* OFF :* /CjA Oz. 1 sea •» sll9 $ 51.85 A I 1 | - I pu yucca I Li DEW I SHAMPOO i' L \ Normal i j Reg. 79‘ 1 5/6? ►J : wSSmssnm ■ Cruex* 40t Mio.c.ifo Baa (1 Qfi SPRAY-ON We S* POWDER 1 JL_*twt»oz . POLLARD’S Drug Store Phone 682-2146 Burnsville mm* T Commimity Events if A Rummage Sale and Bake Sale will be held Saturday, September 7, in the parking lot of Riverside Baptist Church, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Pro ceeds will go to the Riverside Youth Choir. * The White Oak Creek Community will have its month ly meeting at the home of Pop and Jane Warner on September 2nd, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Every resident on White Oak Creek Road is urged to come. + The Middle Fork Independ ent Baptist church will have their regular fifth Saturday night singing on August 31 at 7:30 p.m. Featured on this program will be the Tonesmen Quartet of Asheville, Bob Ramsey Trio, the Georgetown Youth Choir and several other outstanding groups. This church is located four miles North of Mars Hill on U.S. 19. Ed Ball i$ Master of Ceremonies and the public is cordially invited to attend. Hi ALBERTO CULVER Mt CONDITIONER 8 OZ. BALSAM CONDITIONER AidebTO REG -SUPER CONDITIONING, Jjjßggg EXTRA BODY FORMULAS. 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Mon. - Wed. 9:00 - 7:00 (ihj/01/nonO\ tfSßhl !885 Thurs. & Fri. 9:00 - 9:00 W u y SB Saturday 9:00 - 7:00 V?°™ E ST us 3 * Burnsville BANKS FAMILY SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER SPRUCE PINE I JiJJJJ 66 Phone 765-4522 J*olk*-Wliys aijd J^k-§pee< of SOUTHERN APIMI M 111 A with Rogers Whili-in r This week’s Folk-Wuys con tains the final installment of Curtis Duckworth’s extremely interesting letter about his experiences with snakes; it does not, however, write finis to the subject, for a number of readers have also sent in interesting observations about reptiles. They will appear in future columns. Mr. Duckworth’s letter con tinues: “My Grandpa, who has been dead for 20 years and was. an old mountaineer, had been bitten many times by vipers; I’ve seen him reach down and grab a 5-foot diamondback by the head and sling him off down the woods. “But they didn’t fascinate him like they did me. He just disregarded them and would step right over them and never bothered to kill them except when they’d get in the house. And he’d been bit so many times he was immune to them; and he seen so many of them in the mountains that he consider ed them part of the setting, which they are. My Grandma took a different attitude and was bent on filling all vipers and other snakes; she, too, was immune to their poison. Though she whipped me one time for throwing rocks at one of her pet King snakes. “My daddy was sort of a snake man too. He used to let them bite him, and handle \ them; pick them up and milk \ffiem of their poison, which he’d mtfwuh his home-brew that he drunk himself. He’d been bitten many times, but he never got sick over it. He said snake poison keeps you looking young! He died 14 years ago at the age of 68 of heart trouble. Even in his casket he looked like he was about 40 years old. So he must of known what he was talking about. He told me 2 weeks before he died that he would die soon, because of his rough childhood and that he had worked too hard in life. Them mountain people are psychic, it must be the high altitude? They never cease to amaze me. “The reason I’m rambling on so much about snakes is this. “When I was real small, my Mama used to tell all the kids, ‘Be sure to watch out for snakes. And we’d be playing. She instilled a deadly fear of snakes in me so ever time I saw one I’d run like the devil. I wouldn’t walk within 10 yards of one I knew was dead. By the time I was 6, I got bit by a Copperhead, in which not knowing any better I panicked and ran a mile home as fast as I could go. That pumped all the poison into my system, and nearly killed me. My old Mountaineer grandma saved my life. This instilled an even greater fear, dread and respect for snakes in me. When I ws 8 years old, while playing ball I fell in some bushes and got bit by a Timber-rattler. This time I didn’t get sick, and my grandma told me I was now immune to them. As time went on I built up my courage and took a vengeance out on all snakes, especially the Vipers. ' “So me and my cousins and brothers turned this into a profit making business to supplement our cutting pulp-wood in the summer we also caught snakes and sold them for profit. Their skins make some sharp looking stuff; and some people like to eat Rattlesnake meat; and we had an outlet for our snake business in the person of a man who was called the snake man. At that time the South Moun ijfa^^B edwood Stain \ OIL BASE L REDWOOD STO tP QQ 2-RW Redwood “ ,2,tL « (lEjtoni I RESISTS WEATHER, at,;- - I | SMOG and STAINS! I 944 fswr I M GALLON I m REG. 9.98 LATEX I House paint I OUR BEST ACRYLIC t< I LATEX HOUSE PAINT kL J IN 24 COLORS Ml) j weather n resistant I One loa 6 , H I Custom Colo7s rS hX. Pa,ntedSUrfßces SCRUBBABLE. 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Though I’ve seen bigger ones. “On Black-Fcx Ridge in the South Mountains my grandpa holds the distinction of killing the last Black-Bear there in 1908. He also claimed to have killed off the last known species of Rattler. Are you ready for this? A Black-Rattlesnake!? Ever heard of that? I’ve never seen one listed anywhere; but he claimed he killed one. He was a preacher and not noted for being uncredible. “I’ve never seen a black-Fox either, but they named the Ridge my people lived on after it. There were once wolves up there too. My Ancestors re membered them back in the IBoo’s. They’ve wiped out well suited wolves, Bears, Foxes, Mountain Lions and almost all the Bobcats and Deer, but the snakes persist as much today as ever. “They must hold some secrets to nature 1 Anyway, I’d appreciate any info on acquiring the literature, and so forth that I mentioned.” Please address all material to Rogers Whitener, Folk-Ways and Folk-Speech, Box 376, University Station, Boone, N.C. 28608. Animal Disease Lab Open Dr. T. B. Ryan, director of disease diagnostic laboratories for the N.C. Department of Agriculture has announced the opening of the new Western Animal Disease Diagnostic La boratory. The facility, which was erected with state and local matching funds from fourteen western counties, is located on the grounds of the WNC Agricultural Center, adjacent to the Asheville Airport. Dr. C.R. Border, who was in charge of the state’s former poultry laboratory in Waynes ville is director of the new animal disease facility. He is assisted by Dr. George Hunni cutt. The lab will be staffed by three veterinarians and a support staff of technicians. “This is a full service laboratory and will take all species, including catle, horses, swine, chickens and even pets,” Dr. Ryan said. However, he said the labor atory is primarily for the diagnosis of diseases in food animals. “We do not treat animals,” said Dr. Border. “Our job is to perform a diagnosis and deter mine the disease or diseases that caused death. It is better if the animals are referred by practicing veterinarians. How ever, we accept from farmers and others.” Dr. Border stressed that animals must be brought to the laboratory immediately after death. Diagnosis cannot be performed on decomposed ani mals and these will not be accepted, he stated.’ He said there will be no fee for most of the services provided at the lab. However, there will be a charge for blood tests of chickens and certain special tests. Efforts to secure the regional laboratory were launched ff ve years ago by the beef and dairy commissions of the Western North Carolina Development Association. ‘Little Theatre 9 Meeting Are you interested in joining a local “Little Theatre” group? If you are interested and would like to work either on the stage (acting) or “behind the scenes” plan to attend an organizational meeting for a Little Theatre group this Thursday evening, August 29, 1974, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Burnsville First Presbyterian Church. If you are unable to attend this meeting but are interested and/or would like more infor mation about this meeting, contact Mrs. Jack Kelly at her home, phone number 682-3738. !| CAP Meeting j. 1 1 Mt. Wilderness Civil Air]» 1 1, Patrol will meet every Monday* | i * night at 7:30 p.m. at the, 1 , i) Mountain Wilderness Office, ’ 1 Pensacola, N.C. Anyone!| i ’interested in joining this group’ i | jwill be welcome to attend any! iMonday night meeting. All! Ivisitors are welcome. . [ i> THE YANCEY JOURNAL Bix BC7 BMisville, N.C. 21714 14 Yuziuk—Publisher Ctfolya Yuxiuk- Editor Patsy Randolph Manager > Hubhuhod Every Thursday liy Twin Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Class Postage Paid At Burnsville, N.C. ■’ Thursday, August 29, 1974 Number. 3S Bubscrlpticfc Rates By Mail: la Yaacey County One Year s4>l6 81x Mouths .43.12 Out of County or State Year 46.00 Si* Months 45.00
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