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PAGE 2 THE YANCEY JOURNAL ; * d ;:"Y • S s :. y .: 1 ■ ■ -i ■: Now Showing Thru Nov. 20-26 The Moon Runners Starring James Mitchum “Thunder Road” Was Only A Practice Run. This Is The Real Thing. Thanksgiving Weekend-27,29,30 Double Feature *The Bears And I •The Shaggy Dog Yancey Theatre Burnsville, N.C. fctusamy&Sa V V.-V WE'VE GOT A WHOLE SLEIGHFUL OF QILT GDEAS lEveready C Battery /uper mox v THE COMPLETE HAIRSTYLING SYSTEM Gillette Supermax 590 50 Mennen Trouble AFTER SHAVE-4 or. •X 170’s ‘ > Reg. 79* I POLLARD’S 1U Drug Store N H Phone 682-2146 Burnsville J NOVEMBER 21, 1974 UP SHINE I % GLOSSER I 5 I « • Super slick shine Ma je • Dermatologist tested £ qqq Reg. 65* \J W I Gillette I HOT SHAVE SYSTEM | Reg. *l4“ Sj $1 046 | ■- 1 | I Reg. *3“ jh Roman Brio Set $2 7 ° 1 ■.. K1 Polaroid II Square Shooter 2 [1 Camera II $1 QBB]l Reg. '22“ I V of SOUTHERN APPALACHIA with Roger* Whiti-ncr Among the chores, duties, and honors that have come my way since starting Folk-Ways almost two years ago was being named a judge for the Brown-Hudson Folklore awards at Raleigh, North Carolina, during State Culture Week. All three award winners turned out to be past or present western North Caro linians: Dr. Amos Abrams (now of Raleigh), former chairman of the Appalachian State University Department of English; Dr. Ben Wash- Band Boosters To Meet The Yancey County Band Boosters Club will meet Thursday night, November 21, at 7:30 at Burnsville Elementary School. Needs of the Band will be discussed and officers will be elected. We urge everyone to attend. bum, a pioneer doctor in Rutherford County; and Edd and Nettie Presnell, crafts men of Watauga County. Doc Abrams is widely known for his own folklore collection and for his contri bution to the Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore; Dr. Washburn is both a practicing physician and author; and Edd and Nettie Presnell are outstand ing mountain craftsmen. It has been my pleasure to know all of the award winners for a number of years, and it was my special privilege to write and deliver the citation for my across-the-mountain neighbors, the Presnells. It reads: “Few people in this age know who they are and what they want tc do. Edd and Nettie Presnell have known since their marriage 35 years ago. From that day they have been skilled and devoted mountain craftsmen, creators of graceful and often useful wood sculptures, ranging from tiny carved birds and animals to clear-toned moun tain dulcimers. In a day of hasty and careless workman ship, their creations show a reverence for the medium and a sense of pride in the objects created. ‘ Through the years their reputation has grown. No southern crafts fair or exposi tion is considered a success without the Presnells, and the Edd Presnell autograph on a dulcimer guarantees its re cognition and value through out the folk and musical world. Collectors, writers, photographers, and TV cam eramen have beaten a path to the Presnell mountain abode and added to their fame through film and story. , Despite all the fuss and attention, the Presnells have maintained their essential modesty and dignity, along with the creative pride that has distinguished their craft throughout their married life. Thus the North Carolina Folklore Society honors itself as well as the Presnells in presenting them a 1974 Brown-Hudson Award.” More power, praise, and endurance to the Abramses, Washburns, Presnells of the world who not only feel a THE YANCEY JOURNAL Box 667 Burnsville, N.C. 28714 Ed Yuzluk-Publisher Carolyn Yuzluk-Editor Patsy Randolph-Manager Brenda Webb-Staff Published Every Thursday By Twin Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Class Postage Paid At Burnsville, N.C. Thursday, Nov. 21, 1974 Number 47 Subscription Rates By Mall: In Yancey County One Year 54.16 Six Months $3.12 Out of County or State One Year $6.00 Six Months $5.00 Thank You I wish to thank all the people of this county who supported and worked for me during the recent general election. I pledge to continue being a full time clerk and to operate the office of the Clerk Os Superior Court for all the people of this county, if | can ever be of any assistance to any individual please feel free to come in. Clerk Os Superior Court Arnold E. Higgins ,1 CL •Sv r great pride in their cultural heritage but seek to preserve what is best of it for the future. Please send all materials to: Rogers Whitener, Folk- Way and Folk-Speech, Box 376, University Station in Boone, N.C. 28608. Adult Education Class Set Mayland Technical Insti tute will sponsor an Adult Education class at the South Toe Elementary School. The class, which began on Tues day, November 19, will be conducted on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Adult Education dass is designed for adults 18 years of age and older. In this class a person may work toward thp GED high school equivalency or upgrade his educational level. Anyone desiring more information about the class should attend a session or call Wayne Phillips at 765-7644. CHILE'S Ho^R Mousekin’s Golden House with story and pictures by Edna Miller, was read to 36 “little people" this past Monday and Tuesday at the Children’s Hour programs held in the Yancey County Public Library. Following this story, the children were shown the film, “Anatole” written and illustrated by Eve Titus and adapted to the screen by Gene Detich. The Children’s Hour concluded with the song, “Old Mother Hubbard.” Those children attending the programs were Pam Biggs, Nickie and Adam Fender, Melanie Paul Edwards, Barry Edwards, Sam Robertson, Angela Hud gins, Sherry Yelton, Melissa Yelton, Wanda Fox, Jeffrey Buchanan, Michelle Mcln tosh, Greg Moore, David Lane, Norma Elkins, Sonya Shade, Wanda Moss, David Harrison, Freddie Bean, Nancy Honeycutt. Eric Wil liamson. Jeff Sheehan, Tim Laws, Royce Chrisawn, Renee Cooper, Cary Turman, Scotty Cooper, Brandy Kaye Hemp hill, Karen Maddox, Steph anie Shortinghouse, Heather Mclntosh, Joel Hughes, Traci Buckner, Alison Floyd and Christy Boone. Farm-City Week Will Be Observed In Yancey The date for Yancey County Farm City Week will coincide with the National Observance November 22-28, according to Ben Floyd, Ass’t. Vice President, Ist Citizens Bank and Trust Company, who is serving as Yancey County Chairman. An activity now underway is a search for outstanding persons in each of five categories: agriculture, busi ness, industry, homemakers and youth. The Civic Clubs of Burnsville are participating by selecting recipients from the candidates and providing the plaques. Various agen cies, groups, business, indus try and organizations have been asked to submit candi dates. Plaques will be pre sented on the Burnsville Town Square at noon t Tuesday, November 26, 1974 (or at the Courthouse if the weather is bad). The public is invited to attend the ceremonies. Farm City Week is an international observance aim ed at promoting better under standing between farm and city residents. This will be the twentieth annual observance of Farm City Week. Last year’s observance, according to final reports received at national headquarters, involved the active participation of more than 15,000 communities in the United States and Canada Farm City Week is under the direction of the National Farm-City Council, Inc. The Dr. Reese Steen Dentist Opens Practice In Area Dr. Reese A. Steen has opened an office in Mars Hill for the practice of dentistry. The office is located on South Main Street. Dr. Steen is a 1973 graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, where he received graduating honors in the field of endodontics. Being bom in Rocking ham, N.C., Dr. Steen is a lifetime native Tar Heel. He is married to the former Lynn Oliver of Fayetteville and they now reside in Mars Hill. fortife&breath giv« more to Christmas Seats it Thank You I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of Yancey County who supported me in the November 5 election. Thomas W. (Bill) Bailey non-profit organization is headed by its 1974 National Chairman Don Tuttle, Con necticut Department of Agri culture, State Office Building, Hartford, Conn. ★ WHEREAS the prosperity and well-being of fuis com munity are dependent upon cooperation between the two great elements of our society: farmers and urban people, and WHEREAS the complexi ties of their individual prob lems and the divergence of their activities have led to a widening gulf of misunder standing, and WHEREAS this gulf of misunderstanding must be eliminated, and each group must understand the other if our American way of life is to I ‘J’ 1— BY JIM DEAN I TWO PATHS TO MAYHEM It isn’t often, fortunately, that a hunter gets an opportunity I to see a shotgun blow up. About a month ago, I watched as i Wildlife Protectors and SBI agents deliberately destroyed about I half a dozen guns. It was an education to say the least. The officers had a court order to destroy some guns that had I been confiscated mostly from night deer hunters who illegally I shoo# deer with the aid of powerful lights. JMost of the guns were shotguns. Some might have been I P r /tty n ' ce whpn new, but I doubt that any would have been I apsfttered collector’s items. took the guns to an isolated area and rigged them behind I shields so that they could be fired from a distance by pulling a I string tied-to the trigger. SPECIAL METHODS USED “There are lots of ways to destroy firearms,” explained Lyle I Morgan, a hunter safety officer for the N.C. Wildlife Resources I Commission, “but we’re planning to use what’s left of these! guns in our safety clinics, so we’re going to use some special! methods.” Morgan opened the action on the 12-gauge double and reached into his pocket for some shells. “I m going to show u why it’s so dangerous to ca ny shotgun shells of more than one gauge,” he said. He slipped aY (i 20-gauge shell into the chamber in the righthand barrel. Thefi shell disappeared into the barrel. ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN If someone isn’t watching what he’s doing, he could! accidentally put a 20-gauge shell into a 12-gauge shotgun when 9 he started hunting, said Morgan. “Later, he might forget that I he’s loaded the gun. So he takes a 12-gauge shell out of his I pocket and puts it into the same barrel.” Morgan slid a 12-gauge shell into the chamber behind the 1 20-gauge shell. It fit perfectly. There was no indication that the I gun had two shells in the same barrel. “Look what happens when our careless hunter takes his firs) I shot of the day, said Morgan. We backed away from the I loaded gun about 50 feet and he pulled the string. There was a I loud explosion. The righthand barrel of that shotgun was split open like 9 peeled banana. “What would have happened to our friend’s hand if he’d shot that gun?” asked Morgan. I gulped. Anyone holding that gun would have undoubtedly lost at least a hand. He might also have been blinded or perhaps killed. ANOTHER WAY TO GET MAIMED Wilton Pate, also a Wildlife Commission hunter safety officer showed me another way to get maimed. “Let’s say you’re walking through the woods and you crawl under a fence or jump a ditch,” he said. “And let’s say you get a little mud in the end of your barrel and don’t notice it.” Pate jabbed the end of a single-barrel shotgun into the dirt. Like this, he said. He then loaded the gun normally, and we stepped back while he pulled the string. Kablooey! The end of the gun barrel blossomed like a flower, and shards of metal slammed into the wooden shields we’d placed behind the gun. “That would be an unpleasant surprise, wouldn’t it?” asked Pate. “Have you ever gotten dirt or mud in the end of a barrel on any of your shotguns?” I admitted that I had. I suppose most hunters have clogged the end of a gun barrel at one time or another. Fortunately, most of us have realized if in time. Some haven’t, but you can always recognize them. They bleed a lot. ABC = ALWAYS BE CAREFUL! j v Always be careful you don’t get any sort of obstruction in the end of your gun barrel. And if you’re hunting with a 12-gauge shotgun, don’t carry anything but 12-gauge shotgun shells. endure, and WHEREAS Farm-City Week provides an unparallel? ed opportunity for farm an<s city people to become re* acquainted, I, THEREFORE, James Ai Anglin, Mayor of the City o| Burnsville, do hereby pro-1 claim the period of November; 22 through November 28 to be, Farm-City Week; and i dq further call upon all citizens of this community to participate to the limits of their capability in the joint visits,- the seminars, the pageants, fairs*; civic, and social attendant to a successful Farm-City Week in Burns* ville. Done at the City on Burnsville, this the 18th daj£ of November. .» James A. Anglin, Mayo#' H Uo "TcMPEHatv»s£ UfPKR Td-RC* County C&u viTwy S-rone Hi*.
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