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PAGE 2 THE YANCEY JOURNAL FEBRUARY 12, 1976 )) East Main forßrnsnuE, N.C. § 1 custom framwg: j ft AI,T BOOKS ff £ fj estimate # I Let Her Knots" jF?f| I If With Flowers A£M;^\s i ° n / ■Valentine’s Day. S ■ Call Us ForWeddfngs, Funerals, ■ Bp .. & Arrangements I Central i s Florist v. j ■ c »* oV! Phone 682-2324 682-3527 ''-V, 1 Home 682-3167 682-3270 * B M mm ■■■ ■ ■■■■!■■■■ ■ ■■■■■■ PSSMi? f ■■.<s *■• :*?•.•*: FEBRUARY 14* ! I JERGENS I LOTION with FREE PUMP DISPENSER m List | I $1.59 // \v $ 119l 19 Size B ; : jm*> ( I TIMED TTjeIEaSE 0 K aspirin H \ 125 $-| 98 \ Reg. *3 I *rP l L l ' , /, NOXZEMA SKIN CREAM List $1 69 $2.25 Jl i POLLARD’S Drug Store ■ .J / • • - s|l®HPv ■* vsi 4 ' ’ / .• • ♦;* ,f a- i tJ; ______________ yT*KM3| K r ■■' ' '. •~~ ■ A Tobacco PrcKtuctlon meeting for Yancey County fanners will beheld Thursday night of next week, February 19, at 7:00 p.m. hi the courthouse. Many topics of interest to Bariev Growers will <*.„* SZTSS “,T» « plantbed tips, variety choices, fertilization tips and ideas for labor sasfng. Included also will be the l”X x p “ i 45 *“-• »^ The basketball game of the South Toe PTA vs the South Toe Fire Fighters was interrupted on Friday, Febru ary 6 due to a fire in an Pollard’s Has Valentine Cards & Candy Mcajrps Tylenol ! tablets I ,!^^NEW LOW PRICE 100’s TABLETS »“ 88* ® 260 z. *" j List I 5404 $099 . -Jp3 REDUCE WITHOUT DRUGS j r?i§ i$ 2 49 r“*=s-j o9 | Basketball Game Interrupted By Call For Fire Fighters p / JJHK ~ F js&t v **• JJC** “ jEr - fZ t Fine Crop Os Burley unoccupied house on Halls Chapel Road. Many home- THE YANCEY JOURNAL Box 667 Burnsville, N.C. 28714 Phone [7o4] 682-2120 Edward Yuziuk, Publisher Carolyn Yuziuk-Editor Pat Randolph-Manager Brenda Webb-Staff Published Every Thursday ' By 4 Twin Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Class Postage Paid At Burnsville, N.C. Thursday, Feb. 12, 1976 V 01.5, Number 7 Subscription Rates By Mail: In Yancey County One Year $5.00 Six Months $4.00 Out of County or State One Year $7.00 Six Months $6.00 ■ffiSr When Charlie Blackwell wants a loam he expects a simpleJnterest 10an... fMO Aflfftftl And, not ? Simple interest loans ca n save you money. Because you pay interest only onihe outstanding balance, you pay less when you make you! payment a little early. You can set your own payment date, too. So, next time you want a loan. . . for a new car, home improvement, or whatever. . . stop by your nearest orthwestein Bank office, and ask for a simple interest loan. It can save you money We agree with you. . . '¥ THE NORTHWESTERN BANK baked goods were donated and thankfully received. Per haps a rematch will be arranged to determine a winner. The fire fighters were called out again Sunday night to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ray on Blue Rock Road. Flames were blazing 10 to 15 feet out of the windows at the end of the mobile home. The fire was brought under control in less than two minutes but could not be completely extinguish ed for an hour. The smokey interior re quired the use of Air Paks and 4 bottles of compressed air were used. Damage was heavy, but the family escaped unharmed. ( storytelling UJ J ft. * Studc its I On C liege ■ Deanl List Sheree Lis Banks, daugh ter of Mr. anttlrs. Bill Banks of Burnsvilleiias been named to the fall selester dean’s list at the Uniprsity of North Carolina atfChapel Hill. To make the/dean’s list, a student nun earn a 3.2 grade average onlhe 4.0 scale while taking 15 liter grade hours of credit, or 1 3.5 average while taking at Mast 12 but less than I ★ Ron nit Biggerstaff was named ts the Dean’s List at Lees-Mcftae College for the first semester. The Dean’s List was released earlier this week by the Academic Dean’s Office. In order to be placed on the Dean’s List, a student must maintain a B average or above. The student must .carry 15 credit hours and maintain a minimum of 3.0 quality point average. Ronnie is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Biggerstaff of Burnsville. anil .. „ of SOI Tllt.KN \PI* \ I \< 111 X Yj* V_..... %» ith K ovitn liiiim r \k T * Recent Folk-Ways col umns on the speech of Appalachia prompted a num ber of responses on pjountain expressions, some calling for information, others providing it. A letter from Mrs. Gara Hill Camer, founder and president of the Smyth County, Va. Historical and Museum Society, falls under the latter heading. She sends a list of expressions and provides appropriate categor ies for their use. EXPRESSIONS SHOWING ONE’S SOCIAL STATUS Eats high on the hog Belongs to the upper-crust Bon-tons Keeping up with the Joneses Bom to the purple Blue-bloods Sit above or below the salt Salt of j|he earth Upper rail Small potatoes & few in the hill I * 3YWM.C. BLEDSOE ¥ } EXTENSION CHAIRMAN f __ _ i With the fuel shortage and increased prices for energy more people than normal are using fireplaces and stoves this winter. The amount of heat you get from your fireplace and how much you enjoy it depends on the kind of wood used. FIREPLACE WOOD Some woods are “hotter” Jhan others. A good rule to remember is the heavier woods are hotter. Shagbark hickory and white oak make extremely good fuels. Others include beech, red oak, ashe, dogwood, locust, maple and apple. Green wood has only 60% the heat value of dry wood. Split wood bums better than round wood. TOBACCO PLANTBEDS Many people are thinking about plantbeds. It’s o.k. to think and plan but seeding should not be done before March 15. More people will be using nylon and plastic covers this year. They do an Rag-tags and bob-tails Scum of the earth Gully dirt High and might Small pumpkins A call last week from Rip Collins of Blowing Rock requested a list of Appala chian expressions for various phases of winter. I did a bit of head-scratching and came up with the following, though I suspect the calendar assign ment depends on what part of Appalachia one lives in: Locust winter, redbud winter, sarvice winter, gooseberry winter, dogwood winter, black berry winter, whippoorwill winter. As readers will readily see, most of these expressions actually refer to delayed cold snaps in early, middle, or late spring rather than in winter itself. Sarvice (service) win ter, for instance, is usually in early April, dogwood winter around Easter, and black . berry winter after the blooms appear and the farmer gets his planting done. In a recent column we reported on a letter from George Scarbrough of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in which he reminisced about the always colorful-sometimes violent-language of his fa ther, who he identified as a kind of latter day scop who passed on the oral traditions of the Appalachians. ———^ Charle^GillMgi^ 1 /dHEALTH JINEWS Prevent cold weather skin problems If ytnfre like many pharmacy customers, dry. itchy winter skin can drive' you nuttkr. ~, j Going! from outdoors k> the dry, warm indoors robs the skin of its natural oilsNAn easy solu tion is to shower less fre quently and, instead, take sponge hathrnrl the sink whenever possible, to keep trom Washing away body oils. Also use only mild soaps, hath oils and body lotions. \ 'I o protect hands wear rubber gloVes for doing the dishes andpbusework. To protect ydur face use a moisturising cream before ' going ott and don’t for get a balm for your lips! We have everything you’ll need, so check our beauty aids department. Don’t forget Valea ‘,ne’» Day this Satur day! We have a beauti ful selection of gifts, cards and candies to help you surprise that special someone. Dial 682-2146 t &UiASt(VIC \ Burnsville,N.C. 1 excellent job but require some special handling techniques ~~- different from cotton. Short age of water is the biggest enemy of plantbeds. Locat the bed and make preparations to water your bed. BLACK SHANK This disease has gotten a foothold in Yancey. To halt its progress every grower needs to know how-to recognize it and know how to avoid getting black shank. Information on Black Shank, plantbeds and a lot of things will be given to growers at the Extension Burley Tobacco Production meeting next Thursday night (February 19, at 7:00 p.m.) in the Courthouse, Burnsville. PLANTS—PLANTS--PLANTS Gardeners and producers interested in Strawberry and Blueberry plants should take advantage of pooled order prices through your Extension Service. Get your order in before supplies run short. Order taking ends the middle of March. r *v?’ Space and editing re quirements did not allow us to use all of the material, so we would like to use samplings from a rather extensive Scarbrough glossary in the' present edition of Folk-Ways. No attempt has been made to classify the following: DEFINITIONS hog-eyed-squinty or squench eyed. roostered up (for a fight)- became belligerent, roached-hair set in a frontal wave ass over tincup--head over heels. gussied up-dressed up. set-to-a fight. Bapsousing-baptizing. scrooch, scrouge, or scrunch down-attempt to conceal oneself. whomp-skied- antygogglin’ grapes of wrath-hemmor hoids. bluejohn-weak or skimmed milk. EXPRESSIONS Straight as a crow to a guinea’s nest (direct). Gag a dog off a gut wagon (pretty sickening). Nose so turned up she’d drown in a rainstorm (snotty or snobbish). Talkin’ to hear my head roar (nobody listening). So thirsty 1 could drink Jordan dry. You’re trying to climb a short mountain to a high place. He walks like a snake with his back broke. He was runnin’ so hard his shadder was two miles behind him. I look like the hind wheels of destruction. I look like hell in a hack. He ain’t got no brains just a headful of stumpwater. I only raised a shirttailful of com this year. She’s meaner than forty dogs. Empty as a soapgourd. * Hersin’ the hymn (whin nying or singing through thq nose) ' My hair looks like a f stumpful of granddaddies. * * His breath makes a skunk j cabbage smell like a lily. Not ripe enough to pull and too green to grow. *9 A swallow of that moon shine is like a Christmas tree j going down backward. A Wilkes County who chooses to be identified only as “an old lady” recently sent a couple of expressions our way, along with explana tions: What goes under the sow’s belly will come bad*; over its back. (Things we do, J good or bad, nature will take i care of the reward or f punishment.) My cake was bedadously f ruined (a complete failure). Readers are invited to | send folk material to Rogers i Whitener, Folk-Ways and • Folk-Speech’, Box 3/6, Boone, N.C. 28608. r
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