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THE YANCEY JOURNAL APRIL 1„ 1976
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Strata Realty Adds
To Staff At Celo
* Realt y* nc - has
|>ened a branch office in
North 'Carolina, it waj
hnounced this week.
Mrs. Margaret Zellmer of
telo has joined the office
ccording to information from
ne Company’s Home office.
. Mrs. Zellmer and her
iusband came to this area
torn Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,
'hey purchased property in
tie Celo area 7 years ago and
&oved here permanently in
974. Last year they pur
hased the Riverside Mobile
tome Park.
- In addition to selling real
state in Florida, Mrs. Zell
per has wide business exper
jnce including over 8 years in
t»e field of vocational educa
[on. As a member of Beta
igma Phi international sor
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ority since 1949, she served
on or chaired numerous
committees in charitable and
community assistance pro
grams since that time. She is
now becoming active in local
civic eroups and attends Celo
Methodist Church.
Having observed th<
growth in South Florida and
Gatlinburg, Tennessee, sine*
1948, Mrs. Zellmer feels that
this area has more growth
potential now than they did
then. With the continuing
interest in environmental
protection today, she feels
that public awareness will
prevent making the mistakes
of overcrowding here that has
occurred elsewhere. In this
regard, she believes that
Yancey County is doubly
blessed by this awareness and
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is the high percentage of gov-
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s which provides a barrier to
s encroachment.
s Strout Realty, Inc. has
t over 600 offices throughout
y the United States, selling all
\ types of real estate. Mrs.
Zellmer invites property own
ers to avail themselves to
Strout’s Nationwide service.
The new office is located 4
miles south of Micaville on
Highway 80. (
Navy News ;
Navy Airman Apprentice 1
Billy C. Higgins of Burnsville,
N.C. is serving aboard the *
Ait craft Carrier USS Indepen- J
dence and recently participa- *
ted in Fleet Exercise “Na- c
tional Week XX” in which 26 *
ships and over 17,000 men '
took part. <
A former student of Cane
River High School, he joined >
the Navy in June 1974.
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A few columns ago we
published a playground song
called King William, which,
like the traditional ballads and
other mountain songs, ap
parently has a number of
variants.
At any rate it brought a
response from an unidentified
Taylorsville, North Carolina,
reader who sends us her own
version or ‘‘the verses we had
Ground
School
Slated
The Mountain Wilderness
Civil Air Patrol Squadron
welcomes Miss Gwen Harris
as a new member.
Miss Gwen Harris is a
teacher at East Yancey High
School and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Harris of
Burnsville.
Miss Harris is very inter
ested in flying and plans to
learn to fly. She has enrolled
in the Ground School sche
duled to begin April 6 at the
Courthouse in Burnsville,
which will have classes from
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays for
approximately 10 weeks.
Persons who are interes
ted in learning to fly who
would like to attend this
schooljmay sign up with Mr,
Ed Gouge or contact any
member of the Civil Air Patrol
for information. Also anyone
interested in joining the CAP
Squadron should contact Lt.
Ray V. Miller or 2nd Lt.
Kenneth Laughrun: 682-2262,
682-2219.
JrTft I Hea/th Hews
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Charles Gillespie & Fenril McCurry’s
How do you convince
an alcoholic that he is?
One of the most frustrating characteristics of alco
holism is the inability of the sufferer to accept or recog
nize that he/she is in serious trouble despite over
whelming evidence to the “————.
the concerned friend of the j
drinker to diagnose symp
toms of alcoholism, we’ve IjJRy Y
prepared an “Alcohol- \ \
ism Self-Appraisal ' .!"=*> '
Test.” You may order
yours from our Clipping appraisal, it nevertheless
Service, Box 5051, Ra- has proved to be a useful
leigh, N. C. 27607. Please diagnostic tool. The test
enclose a stamped, self-ad- was developed by the Na
dressed envelope. tional Council of Alcohol-
Though this approach ism and contains a series
has the weakness of self- of 26 questions.
Do you have health problems? We’ll be glad to
discuss them with you in strict confidence.
Pollard’s Drug Store
Burnsville, N.C.
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back when I was a young girl
going to tobacco poke tyings
and com shuckings.”
KING WILLIAM
1 King William was King:
George’s son.
From the royal race he run.
Were two stars upon his
brest,
One to the east and one to the
west.
Go choose your East,
Go choose your West.
63 Choose the one that you love
best.
He’s no here for to take
your part.
Choose you another will all
your heart.
Down on this carpet you must
kneel,
Sure as the grass grows in
the field. When you rise
upon your feet,
Kiss your bride and kiss her
sweet.
And now you’re married you
must be good;
Make your husband chop
your wood.
Chop it fine and carry it in.
Now you’re married you
can kiss her again!
Were it not for the fertile
memory of Edwin Judkins of
Bristol, Va. Folk-Ways would
be sadly lacking in personal
reminiscence. Thanks to his
generosity making our weekly
deadline also has often been a
pleasure rather than a chore.
The following miai* -
remembrance he has entitled
Going West.
“From the beginning of
time men have followed the
setting sun. Going West is a
phrase that is ingrained in our
language. Our people in the
Appalachian region have re
sponded to this urge and in
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connection therewith many
interesting episodes have
occurred. •
“I was told that this is a
true story. A farmer decided
to sell out and migrate west.
After selling his farm he put
on a sale of his livestock,
household goods, and farming
tools. When his friends asked
him where he was going, his
answer always was ‘going
west’. When the time came
for him to leave he took his
family to the railroad station
and told the ticket agent that
he wanted tickets out west.
He actually did not know
where he wanted to go! After
a brief conversation the agent
sold him tickets to Kansas
City and he was never heard
from after that.”
RACKEN SACK
“Also there is the story
about the man going west who
painted on his covered wagon
‘Racken Sack,’ his destina
tion, but when he got out
there and did not like it and
decided to return, he repain
ted his wagon to read ‘Racken
Back.’”
“Starting in the eighteen
thirties and forties and
following the decades after
.mBBb Mexican War to the
nineteen hundreds, going to
Texas to escape the clutches
of the law was the usual
procedure. In a reply to an
inquiry. ‘Where is so and so?’
the answer always was, ‘He
has either gone to hell or to
Texas!”
Readers are invited to
send folk material to Folk-
Ways and Folk-Speech, Box
376, Appalachian State Uni
versity, Boone, N.C. 28608.
THE YANCEY JOURNAL
Box 667
Burnsville, N.C. 28714
Phone [7o4] 682-2120
Edward Yuziuk, Publisher
Carolyn Yuziuk-Edltor
Pat Randolph-Manager
Brenda Webb-Staff
Published Every Thursday
By
Twin Cities Publishing Co.
2nd Class Postage Paid
At Burnsville, N.C.
Thursday, April 1, 1976
Vol. 4, Number 14
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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
Agri-Vues
BY WM. C. BLEDSOE
EXTENSION CHAIRMAN
WARNING: The importa
tion of out-of-state tobacco
transplants represents a very
high risk for the introduction
of exotic strains of disease
causing organisms, especially
pathogens of black shank,
bluemold, root knot and vein
handing. The potential eco
nomic loss of epidemics
resulting from these introduc
tions can more than offset the
economic advantage of using
imported transplants.
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DAIRYMEN: Don’t forget
to vote in the ADA Referen
dum next Tuesday, April 6.
See hews article on this
elsewhere in the paper. Vote
your conviction, YES or NO,
but please vote.
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HOG PRODUCTION in
Yancey? It’s a good possibility
and a real opportunity,
especially feeder pig produc
tion. If you are interested in
learning more, call me to
register for next Thursday’s
(April 8) WNC Swine Confer
ence at Maggie Valley.
SPRING STOCKER SALE:
will be held April 13 at 10:00
a.m. at WNC Livestock Yard.
If you are selling, weigh-in is
Monday, April 12. Holstein
Steers will be accepted too! If
you need some Stockers, this
is a good place to buy. Cattle
are on the move—up, we hope.
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GARDENING IS FOR
EVERYONE. Get into the act.
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REPORT FROM
U.S. Senator .!
JESSE ★★
& HELMS
WASHINGTON—It was just after midnight, and I
sighed with relief as I climbed into the taxicab that had come
to pick me up at the Washington studios of NBC Television.
A few minutes earlier, I had reluctantly made a brief appear
ance on a national television program which, as hosts David
Brinkley and John Chancellor had put it, "wrapped up NBC's
coverage of the presidential primary in North Carolina in
which Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan scored stunning
victories." “
It had been a long day. The Senate had been in sessioh
Tuesday, and I was unable to go home to vote. Anticipating
that, I had mailed my absentee ballot some two weeks earlier.
Now, it was all over.
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GHOSTLY—Washington is an almost ghostly town at
midnight. As the taxicab moved through the empty streets,
and across Memorial Bridge into Virginia, tife driver took
note of my Southern accent —and remarked that I must bfc
from out of town.
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He likes North Carolina, he said. He had been stationed
at Fort Bragg some years ago. Inasmuch as I had not identi
fied myself, he assumed that I was a stranger in Washington.
He began pointing out the various sights—the Capitol, the
Pentagon, the Lincoln Memorial. Even the Washington Monu
ment. All of these were a part of the impressive panorama
of Washington, glowing in the subdued lights of Washington
at night.
ROLLED—As we rolled along, I thought of the awe
some responsibility that my fellow North Carolinians had
exercised the day before. Those "stunning victories" that
Carter and Reagan had scored—what impact would they have
on the course of history?
I always think of the losers in any contest. I thought
of George Wallace, and that day more than a decade ago when
I first met him in Raleigh. I thought of Jerry Ford, a gracious
friend. And then I thought of Ronald Reagan, with whom
I began an enduring friendship years ago, and with whom
I had talked by telephone just a few minutes before leaving
for the television studios. His success in North Carolina had
exceeded anything he could have hoped for. I do not know
Jimmy Carter, but I could imagine the joy he was experien
cing as a result of his solid victory in North Carolina.
PRIMARIES—But the thought would not go away:
Are these presidential primaries really worth the time and
money and effort? Are they meaningful to the people? If so,
why do not more citizens participate? Why is the voter turn
out so relatively small?
I thought of the hundreds of North Carolina Democrats
who had gone to the polls on Tuesday, fully intending to vbtb
for Ronald Reagan. They could not, of course. Under North
Carolina law, voters may not cross party lines. It was sur
prising, I pondered, that so many Tar Heels were unaware of
that. Hundreds of them were irate, because they wanted tp
vote for Ronald Reagan.
Their discontent, however, was an Indication that
Governor Reagan, if nominated by his party, will be able
to put together a coalition of support—Democrats, Republi
cans and Independents—just as he did when he was twice
elected Governor of California. He won office by a margin of
more than a million votes.
ISSUES —The ismj«* in the North Carolina primary
centered around thtf economy, the U. S. defense posture,
the proposed give-away of the Panama Canal, and other mat
ters involving the future of our nation, and perhaps its very
survival.
Finally, the taxicab pulled up in front of my home
in Virginia. The driver and I exchanged good wishes, and ha
expressed the hope that I would enjoy my stay in the Washing
ton area.
I shall and I do. But I am awfully glad that presidential
election years roll around only once every four years. And
I suspect most other Americans feel the very same way.
V/iliiJßluAli
You will be winner in lots of
ways. A good garden helps
the family nutrition,'cuts flip
grocery bill, provides outdoor
activity and exercise and
allows young and old so “get
with nature”. A garden can
be large or small, even grotyii
as a border around your lawn
if no other space is available,
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Tickets Are ' ’
. Available
Tickets are still available
for a special appreciation
dinner to be held on Saturday,
April 10, honoring NiG:
Commissioner of Agriculture
James A. Graham according
to Carlie Rice, Yancey County
Chairman for the event. TO
dinner will be held at 6:0(
p.m. at Pisgah High School ir
Canton, followed by a pro
gram in the school audi
torium.
Note Os
Thanks
The family of Shirley Ana
Ayers would like to express
their sincere appreciation for
the flowers, food, cards of
sympathy and other kindr
nesses shown to them at th*
tragic death of their loved
one. The thoughtful and
sympathetic help which was
given in so many ways by so
many people will long be
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