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THE YANCEY JOURNAL PAGE 2 I Double Features Wed-Fri-Sat. Nov. 27,2a,30 Closed Thanksgiving Day The Bears And I “ Plus' The Shaggy Dog q.l I Yancey Theatre Burnsville, N.C. — y7^7ZT~ 7 77^7~7 —1 m TTF pHM T/, When Philip V of Spain and Louis XII of France could not grow beards, their loyal subjects shaved theirs off too, so as not to embarrass their rulers! SIZZKER SAVUNG$ Gillette I HOT SHAVE SYSTEM _ S " *14 M Mennen Bracer & Soap II M| / Reg. s 2 se (jlSl /h« \ V V y o J *23® Everyready Light Skin Bracer Photo-Display Cube Mennen Photocube Set POLLARD’S! Drug Store i [ Burnsville Phone 682-2146 NOVEMBER 28, 1974 Sun-Mon-Tues. Dec. 1,2,3 7:00 ■ THIS IS LIKE NO ROBBERY YOU’VE EVER IMAGINED. iPGles COLOR BY OE LUXE • Paul And Michelle D H. jKaulA^ look natural Moisture Make-Up 88* JL Reg. 98* jj Make-up \\ Remington Hot Comb Mist tty mw) Reg. •14 4 '* 8 * T?f $1250 J COMFORT HEAD SHAVING SYSTEM. REMINGTON® MARK I Cord Shaver. Reg. *23* 5 $21 561 S l t " ,ny IS Dip Set J COLOGNE / $O4l Reg. *2« 2 Colognes Postal Service Policies [Cont'd from page 1] State” and “Out of State” deliveries. And don’t forget to use strong packaging materi als when wrapping those Christmas parcels for mail ing,” added Banks. CHRISTMAS STAMPS Two 10-cent traditional Christmas postage stamps are presently on sale at the Burnsville Post Office. This year’s Christmas Masterpiece stamp is based upon a detail from “The Perussis Altarpiece,” a large oil painting which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Designer of the stamp is Bradbury Thomp son of Riverside, Connecticut. The second Christmas stamp is taken from an 1853 lithographic print, “The Road,-Winter,” by the firm Currier and Ives. The stamp was designed by Stevan Dohanos of West port, Connecticut. The design shows a man and a woman in a horsedrawn sleigh moving through a wintry landscape. * *■ ' V and JMk-^peecfi of SOUTHERN APIMI.ACHIA with Rogers f hilnn r Several responses to a recent Folk-Ways column on water witching have come our way, one of the early letters from Dr. Rupert Von Fox of Morganton, N.C. He indicates that he is a firm believer in this ancient method of finding water. A portion of his letter follows: “Your recent column on water witching caught my fancy as I have found many good wells with this method. I use the following method and it has never failed: “/. Any green forked stick will work. 2. Always walk North and South across the vein of water. 3. The water veins run east and west 35 feet to 40 feet apart. 4. These streams of water are not fed by surface action. 5. 1 have shown many people now it’s done over the years. 6. The thumb and wrist action play a big part in operation. 7. It is not magic or myth—but I cannot explain it all. 8. The only myth is connected with the hokis pokis of some who put an air of magic about the whole thing, such as a special type of limb, standing a certain way, holding your breath, chanting, etc.” Another water witching Creative Preschool Book. Toy Fair Set The Creative Preschool of Spruce Pine will be holding a book and toy fair the first weekend in December. They will offer for sale a wide variety of books for children up to age 10. For adults they will have books on gardening, crafts, home repairs and other subjects. The toy section will Gospel Sing On Saturday The Middle Fork Indepen dent Baptist Church will have their regular fifth Saturday night singing on November 30 at 7:30 p.m. Featured on this program will be the Happy Christians, Glorifiers, Jack and Lennir, the King Family, the Happy Pilgrims and other outstand ing groups. All gospel singing groups are invited to attend I and take part. This church is located four miles North of Mars Hill on U.S. 19. Ed Ball will be Master of Ceremonies. The public is cordially invited to attend. Mt. Wilderness Civil Air Patrol will meet every Monday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Mountain Wilderness Office, Pen sacola, N.C. Anyone in terested in joining this group will be welcome to attend any Monday night meeting. All visitors are welcome. L THE YANCEY JOURNAL Box 667 I Burnsville, N.C. 28714 I Ed Yuziuk-Publisher L Carolyn Yuziuk-Editor Patsy Randolph-Manager Brenda Webb-Staff Published Every Thursday By Twin Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Class Postage Paid At Burnsville, N.C. Thursday, N0v.28, 1974 Number 48 ' Subscription Rates By Mail: 1 In Yancey County S One Year $4.16 j Six Months $3.12 Out of County or State > One Year $6.00 1 f Six Months $5.00 commentary comes byway of a student who discovered the information in a mid-nine teenth century publication called The Long Lost Friend: a Collection of Mysterious and Invaluable Arts and Remedies and in this account the divine origin of the witching power is clearly seen. It extends to the discovery of metals as well: “On the first night of Christmas, between eleven and twelve o’clock, break off from any tree a young twig of one year’s growth, at the same time repeating the three highest names (Father, Son and Holy Ghost) while facing towards the sunrise. “Whenever you apply the wand in searching for any thing, apply it three times. The twig must be forked, and each end of the fork must be held in one hand so that the third and thickest part of it stands up. Don’t hold it too tight. “Strike the ground with the thickest end. That which you desire will appear imme diately if there is any in the ground where you strike. “The words to be spoken when the wand is thus applied are as follows: Archangel Gabriel, I conjure thee in the name of God the Almighty to tell me: Is there any water here or not? Do tell me!” Other letters bearing items on water witching were a trifle long for use in this feature mountain toys made by Donald Renfroe of Ashe ville who was a participant in the Burnsville Arts and Crafts Fair. Mr. Renfroe makes wooden toys including hill billy cars, fire engines, trains, dancing dolls, climbing bears, and boats. The parents of creative preschool children include several craftsmen who will be contributing their work to be sold at the fair. Other craft items will also be available. Proceeds of the event will be used to buy equipment for the school. The fair will open Friday, December 6 at 2:00 p.m. and run until 8:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. It will be held in the Creative Preschool section of the Trinity Episco pal Church. Hunters Warned: Use Camps Hunters in Yancey and Mitchell counties are advised to use designated hunt camps while camping on National Forest Lands during the upcoming deer hunting sea son. There are three designa ted hunt camps in the South Toe area. They are Black Mountain Campground, the . Camp Alice Trail Shelter on Mt. Mitchell and the Victor Tract located west of the Blue Ridge Parkway at the first road north of Buck Creek Gap on State Road 1165. There are four hunt camps in the Flat Top Area: Flat Top House Site, Flat Top Hunt Camp, Spivey Gap Recreation Area, and Harmiller Gap. Access to all of these areas by U.S. 19W, Ther# are three hunt camps at Indian Grave Gap located north of Poplar on State Road 1323. Hunters must camp in designated hunt camps. Fail ure to do so will result in a violation notice. This is tor the protection of the hunter and the natural resources. All hunt camps are signed and maps may be obtained from any store where wildlife shields are displayed. m «j» ■ Q, •x~ & y r week’s column but will be printed in the near future. Additional comments on this time-honored practice will be welcomed. Please send all material to Rogers Whitener, Folk-Ways and Folk-Speech, Box 376, University Station, Boone, N.C. 28608. H. Miller Writes A Book For more than half a century Harvey J. Miller has been writing the news and stories from Pigeon Roost, which is a little community in the hills of Mitchell County, N.C., from where his items have been picked up and carried in newspapers and magazines all over the United States. He first began writing as a lad of about twelve for the Johnson City Tenn. Staff News which led on to a career of being a regular news correspondent for many dif ferent papers including the Watauga Democrat in Boone, and another weekly paper published in Burnsville. But now he only writes regularly for three different papers: The Mitchell Ledger in Bakersville. the Tri-County News, and Erwin Record in Tennessee. His dream of getting a book printed is now about to be fulfilled, for a soft paperback edition of his book called “Pigeon Roost News” is scheduled to arrive Decem ber 11. It contains news and stories which were printed during the last 40 years, and also contains many pictures to illustrate what he is writing about. The book is edited by Brooks Elliot Wigginton, the editor of Foxfire I and Foxfire 11, which have already sold over a million copies. Harvey’s book, called Pi geon Roost News will make an appropriate Christmas pre • sent. If you would like an ' advance copy or copies of it, send $3.35 to Harvey J. Miller, Route 1, Box 293, Green Mountain, N.C. 28740. This sum includes tax and postage. Note Os Appreciation We would like to express our thanks and sincere appre ciation to the many people, churches and businesses for their gifts of money, food, clothing and household items given to us when our home and belongings were destroy ed by fire on October 12. We would also like to thank all the people who helped with the work of cleaning up and getting our mobile home set up so quickly for us to move into. A special thanks to Wesley Tallent for providing us with a place to live during this time. We also thank the Burnsville Fire Department for their help. Words cannot express oUr appreciation of the kindness shown by so many people. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Miller f birth f are forever you help i THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY THE PUBLISHER Burl Huskins EYPTA To Meet East Yancey High School P.T.A. will meet December 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the school library. Please plan to attend. Yancey UF Adds Names To Roll The Yancey United Fund campaign, now in progress, is well past the $12,000 mark toward reaching its 1974 goal of $17,960. A number of names have been added to the UF Honor Roll since the last publication of the list of the specially generous contributors. UF SPONSORS (contributors of SSOO or more) Mohasco Mill Mr. and Mrs. Mack B. Ray Dr. Garland Wampler Banco Lumber Company UF PATRONS (contributors of S2OO to $500) Drs. David and Carolyn Cort Bob Helmle Maxwell Home Furnishings Northwestern Bank Pollards Drug Store Dr. Fergus Pope Styles & Co. & Styles Auto Supply First Citizens Bank Deyton Farm Supply American Thread Company Blue Bell Company Diamond Mica Company CENTURY CLUB (contributors of SIOO to $200) Burnsville Furn. & Hardware Edward L. Greer Johnson & Company Hazen Ledford Riddle Fuel Oil Company Yancey Builders Supply John Martin Dr. W.A.y. Sargent French Broad Electric Fortner Insurance Agency Glenn A.Morris (State Rep. for Yancey) Dover R. Fouts Little Theatre Play Was Great Success More than three hundred fifty people attended the highly successful production of “Blithe Spirit” which was presented by the Burnsville Little Theatre Group on Saturday night at Micaville Elementary School. This de lightful comedy by Noel Coward proved to be a wise choice for the group’s first play, bringing in approxi mately S4OO for the new library which is to benefit from the proceeds. The frequent and spon taneous applause by an appreciative audience augur ed well for future perfor mances as those who came to see this production wm surely be awaiting the next one. Added To Red Cross Gallon Club Recent additions to the Red Cross Gallon Club from Yancey County are as follows: Duarad Robinson has qualified for membership in the “Three Gallon’’ group and Wayne E. Tipton has been elevated to the “Two Gallon” circle. New members of the “One Gallon’’ group are Arthur T. Morrison, Kenneth Ray, Ho mer Robinson and Mrs. Dorothy C. Smith. Congratulations are ex tended to each of these faithful blood donors. The next visit to Burnsville by the Bloodmobile will be December 18, 1974. Red Cross workers and volunteers call this visit a "wonderful way to truly share the spirit of Christmas; giving a pint of blood to help others—and i March ' Dimes Huskins Receives Award a At half-time of East Yancey’s final home game against West Wilkes, the French Broad Electric Mem bership Corporation presen ted to Burl Huskins a trophy for his sportsmanship and competitive drive during the 1974 football season. Burl, a senior at East Yancey was selected by a vote from his team'iates and coaching staff for his dedica tion to the team and sports manship to other teams. Everyone is proud to have a young man of his caliber ou the Panther team this year. Congratulations to a fine competitor. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Koch Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home Mr. and Mrs. G.D. Bailey Mrs. B.R. Penland Mr. and Mrs. Earl Young Dr. R.K. Ransom Joe Young Ford Milton Weiss Mary Melton Health Council Meeting The Blue Ridge Health Council will hold a full board quarterly meeting on Tues day, December 3, 1974 & Beam’s Restaurant, Highwijr 19E, Spruce Pine, Norfji Carolina. Mr. Milo Bishop, Director of Planning of the Regional Health Council, will be th’e i featured speaker. Mr. Bishop will report on the Regional j Health Council’s Planning I Progress. » I The meeting will also I include an Executive Cons-p mittee report on action tak«i# on the following projects: aM Yancey County Primary Cares b) Home Care Project ferC Region D; c) Blowing Ro£k|| Emergency Radio Commufli-I cations; d) Wilkes General I Hospital Nuclear Medicine I Center. The meeting is open to the 1 public. * Teresa Coletta, Commit tee Coordinator, expressed her appreciation to the entire off-stage staff, and invited interested persons to join the Burnsville Little Theater Group. “One act performances by members of the group are in the offing during the winter,” said Miss Coletta. “These performances will be free aqd will hopefully stimulate in terest in the Burnsville Little Theatre by members of the community. They will also help performers to develop acting skills at the same time.” According to Miss Coletta, another big play is planned for the spring of 1975. maybe yourself-to live.’’ Plan now to donate blood on December 18 and be assured of a happy Christmas. Board Members Named The Yancey County Heart Organization of the North Carolina Heart Association has announced its present Board of Directors: Hazen Ledford, President; Mrs. Phyllis Bailey, Fund-Raising Chairman; Mrs. Carmela Woodruff, Public Information Chairman; Mrs. Earl Young, Secretary and Miss Wanda Robertson, Treasurer.
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