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PAGE 2 FEBRUARY 19, 1976 from W nr NfolUrd Drue Do coppeA bracelets \ really work? Are copper for arthritic and rheumatoid pain for real? Do they actu ally work? Stories pro and con abound. Some of niy customers swear by them. Others are Bus what’s your opinion? \ If copper helps to reduce pain from arthritis! or rheumatism for you then wrife a letter to my Clipping Service and tell me about it. For your testi monial I’d like to send you ; a sumniary of the most recent theories of how and why chopper bracelets work. Send your self -j addressed, stamped enves S lope to Clipping Service . Box 5051\ Raleigh, N£ ~ 27607, and MX)k for your £ reply shortly. As a reminder to take £ good care of the old £ ticker, our nation is £ celebrating American Heart Month this v month. Dial 682-2146 : ftMafld'l S | r 'DnupStote Burnsville. N.C j| ON SALE NOW I 3 I PONDS . , SKIN \ TONC& J *SSS“ CREAM 7 -A. * WI ROOT ACHfS 4 MINS I is®*) 1 13.402. \ \ PONC?S / COID 36 Foil Pkg. 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Two deer, however, were taken from Flat Top section of Pisgah Game Lands in Yancey County. The goal set for the number of deer to be released was fifty, but the final total of the stocking project was sixty-two. This means that sixty of the sixty-two deer released came from private lands. These private lands were the Roaring Gap section of Alleghany County and the Roundabout Farm in Wilkes County. The release site for the deer was on Bluff Mountain in Ashe County. The site there is on Game Lands with sur rounding private farm lands. The deer stocked on Bluff Mountain were taken from over populated deer herds in one area and transported to another where the habitat was more favorable and able to support them. Equally important as ade quate habitat to the stocking program, is the cooperation and support of the public. These are important require ments as the deer should be given a reasonable chance to become established. The huntjpg season on these deer is expected to be closed for about five years or a long enough period to allow the new population to expand to a harvestable size. Shop Me For Quality Service Low Prices SAVE SAVE SAVE SAVE SAVE SAVE SAVE SAVE CO X (0 > 75 Cars In Stock > m - Malibu Chevelles 1-2+2 Monza m co j co > SAVE SAVE SAVE SAVE SAVE SAVE SAVE SA > v Service Dep\. Open Sat. Noon Roberts Chevrolet-Buick, Jeep, Inc. Burnsville Phone 682-6141 \ J|B| 1 - When Charlie Blackwell wants a loan, he expects a simple interest 10an... A I And, why not? Simple interest loans FwyG Myiwwa can save y OU money. Because you pay interest only on the outstanding balance, you pay less when you make your payment a little early. You can set your own payment date, too. So, next time you want a 10an... for a new car, home improvement, or whatever. . .stop by your nearest Northwestern Bank office, and ask for a simple interest loan. It can save you money. v We agree with you . . . %THE HORTHWESrawfiANK ft W V * r r _ The last edition of Folk- Waye-at least the last to emerge from my ancient typewriter-was primarily concerned with Appalachian speech and largely resulted from the research and experi ence of an Appalachian student, Elizabeth Maxwell. Her findings are conclu ded in today’s column. Particularly evocative are the figures of speech the people of the high valleys and hills use when they are emotionally involved-angry, amused, exasperated, proud, frightened. Os an old woman who won’t stop talking, they might say, “Her tongue was going like a bell clapper.’’ A burning cabin would be “hot as the hinges of hell.” A ludicrous weakling who had been told by the bully of the hollow, “I’ll slap you into the middle Os next week,” or maybe “flat as a summer cow pile,” “tuk his foot in his hand and lit out for home.” A hunter, in snow that Was “shoe-mouth deep,” fired one shot at a racing target, and “that fox was laying out their dead as a door nail.” A teenage boy listening at the door of the room where his two sisters were sleeping, reported gleefully that “one played bass to t’other’s _ trible.” Animals are an integral part of the highlander’s life; it is not surprising that refer ences to both wild and domestic "beastes” . have enlivened his speech. Simple similes are common: cross as a bear, grinning like a possum, sick as a pizen’d pup, madder’n a tomcat in a steel trap, drunk as a skunk, prices high as a cat’s back, mean as a striped snake, dark as the inside of a cow’s stomach, crooked as a dog’s hind leg. barefooted as a goose. More elaborate and per haps less forceful and more humerous because of the elaboration are other animal comparisons: The old home place is so grown up a rabbit would have to pack a lunch to cross it. He chisted out and chuck led to hisself pierter than a rooster. She ain’t bigger’n a cricket much. Churches now ain’t no more like they used to be than a playhorse and a cricket. A little run-rabbit of a feller. A matter of so little importance ’twould be a rat’s tail in a meal barrel. In the metaphors of his speech is a reflection of the mountain man’s way of life. When he says a face is “pale as a half-done biscuit,” a girls hand is “cold as kraut”, mining is “rough as a corn cob,” or a rock is “flat as a slitter” .he talks about his food. When he says something is “thin as a brier” or “sticky as a burr,” or “slick as a rat hojfe,” or “tough as whitlea tllsr” or “straight as a rifle barrel,” he’s telling us about 1 things typical of his life in a mountain cabin. And when he says long ingly after a venture into the uncertainties of big-city life, “I want feet with roots to 1 ’em,” h becomes clear that ' rißltj I H . .jjjk Photo By W.R. Dorsett Four-Inch Plastic Drainline In Ditch ASCS Assistance In Drainage Work BY RAY DORSETT Soil Conservationist With the break in cold and *" wet weather we have had in the past few days, farmers are getting the fever to begin plowing and other field preparations for spring plant ing. Also, with the early beginning date of February 17 on sign-ups for cost-assis tance through the ASCS office, more landowners are beginning to get started on field work-such as installa tion of drainage lines and open ditches. In order for these lines to function properly they must be installed correctly. This : s involves proper location, effi- II cient depth and a good grade. IF Proper backfilling is also important. Too many times we see these lines put in at depths too shallow for good drainage. Also, several short laterals are put in leading from each wet spot within a field to an open ditch or nearby stream. Many times just one line along the base of a hill or through the upper edge of the field could eliminate the wetness and reduce the amount of plastic drainline installed. We of the Soil Conserva tion Service would be glad to come out and assist you sohring^ve^roblen^Uhin THE YANCEY JOURNAL Box 667 Burnsville, N.C. 28714 Phone [7o4] 682-2120 Edward Yuzluk, Publisher Carolyn Yuziuk-Editor Pat Randolph - Manager Brenda Webb-Staff Published Every Thursday By Twin Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Class Postage Paid At Burnsville, N.C. Thursday, Feb. 19, 1976 Vol. 5, Number S Subscription Rates By Mall: foYancey County One Year $5.00 Six Month. $4.00 OsW County or State One Year $7.00 SixM^tas6 ; oo_ f \v j las - V . >v the poetic, picturesque speech of the Appalachian mountain man gives meaning to Lord Bryon’s statement: “High mountains are a feeling.” Readers are invited to send folk material to Rogers Whitener, Folk-Ways and Folk-Speech, Box 376, Boone, N.C. 28608. “t your fields. We can assist in the layout and location of the lines as well as give you an estimate of plastic pipe and gravel needed. We can also assist you or the contractor in cutting the ditch bottom so it will be on grade for the water to flow smoothly. Proper installation under our assis tance will also make you eligible for cost-share assis tance. If you are a landowner wanting some assistance in drainage work done, or a ditching contractor who would like assistance in layout and slbping of the ditch for proper drainage, feel free to call us for an appointment so that we may come out and help you. As usual our services are free. You may call 682-2466 Mon day through Friday from 8:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m., or you may come by Room 12 of the county courthouse. Tobacco Production Meeting Set A Tobacco Production meeting for Yancey County farmers will be held Thursday night of this week, February 19, at 7:00 p.m.* in the courthouse. Many topics of interest to Burley Growers will be on the program according to W.C. Bledsoe, County Extension Chairman. * Some of them are: plantbed tips, variety choices, fertiliza tion tips and ideas for labor saving. Included also will be the latest information 6n diseases- 11 and insects. The program will include a review of Yancey’s On-Farm-Test results pro duced over the past 4-5 years, Bledsoe continued. One plant- , bed cover will be given free as a door prize. Burley growing is a multi-million dollar crop in Yancey. All growers are urged to attend. When using whipped butter in place of regular butter in recipes, use 1/3 to 1/2 more than the recipe calls
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