Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina • Page 20

'Think Several Hundred Feet Ahead' ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES. ASHEVILLE. N.C. Sunrlnv. ADril 22.

1956 JOIN YOUk' I CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Veteran Mailmen Get Safe Driving Awards in Mi Riinif riMfn in He also remembered a veryitried to rob him. He saw twolpicious before he got there. The WifHWi iWit IK By MRS. JOHN WRIGHT Citizen-Times Correspondent WKAVERVIUjE, April 21-Thc exciting time he had many years strange men hanging around a men tried to block the road so he ago when two escaped convictsmail box, and he became sus-'could not get by, Yost stepped on two rural mail carriers of Weavervillc Post Office were 2iv- low i ft- en iafe driving awards this week, one for 25 years of safe driving and the other for 17 years. ite gas of his car and almost ran over one of the men.

About that time, a head appeared over a tall bank not far away, and right by tnc head was the end of a double-barrelled shot gun, aimed right straight at the men. An old man had seen what was taking place in the road, and grabbed his shot gun to protect his friend, the rural mail carrier. Of course, Yost knew nothing of his presence until after the in Marion F. Yost is the recipient from there as fast as hU eat would carry him. Yost stated that In September, he would complele his 42 years of service and that he expected to finish his 45 years as a carrier before he retires.

Mrs. Yost is a teacher in th Weaverville elementary school They have three children, all col lege students, Tom Yost is a senior at Duke University at Durham. Bill Yost is a junior at the University of North Carolina al Chapel Hill. Sarah Alice Yost is a freshman at High Point College at High Point. of tie 25-vcar pin.

and he would mm- be entitled to a 37-year pin, except for the fact that safe dviv- nc awards didn start until 1930. Claud J. Council received the cident was all over and the two escapees had been caught Yost's main thought was lo get away 17-year pin. The presentation was made by Howell W. Ratcliff, Wcaver-ville postmaster.

Ratcliff stated that the Post Office Department began last year the system of presenting the safe driving awards retroactive to the date of the number of years a carrier has driven without an accident. Yost would be entitled to a 37- Jul I w'ti 'Oi 'I .1 v. year pin. lor he has never naci an accident in his years of service delivering the mail. He has driven 40 to 73 miles of moun tainous territory in the He cms Creek section six days a week for the past 42 years, about 763.CO0 miles in all.

THE CHURCH The term "church" means "called out." All are called out of sin to follow Christ. Jesus is (he only head of His Church (Eph, He purchased the Church (those who have come out of sin) with His blood (Acts The Church Is built upon His Divinity (Matt. I Cor. There Is only one Church or Body (Eph. cf.

When we obey Christ He adds us to His Church (Acts In Acts 2 believing people wanted to know what to do to be saved (v. 37). The answer was repent and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins (v. 38). They were then added to the Church by the Lord (v.

41, 47), This promise is still good for you and me (v. 39). Why not obey Jesus today? the chinches of Christ salute you Rom. 16:16. CHURCHES OF CHRIST Asheville (Haywood ltd.

54 Vance Hcndcrsonville. Red Oak, Sylva, Tuckascigee and Waynesvllle. When asked what he considered a good rule for a driver to have, he replied: One cf the chief factors in sale driving is courtesy lo the other fellow on the road, and also one "rfiiin i iHiiMiimirt fW mi mini i ffl has to learn to think ahead several hundred Council began his work as a OVER HALF A CENTURY of "wrccklcss" driving arc represented by rural Weaverville mail carriers M. F. Yost (center) and C.

J. Council (right), receiving their safe driving award emblems from Weaverville Postmaster Howell W. Ratcliff. Yost has driven 37 years without an accident, in the course of his duties, and Council, 17. rural mail carrier in December, as a carrier from Stocksville Post Office.

i A native of Edgecombe County. -Ciliirn-TimM Pl'oln MISS MARY JEAN SKNTZ, a senior at Lee High School, has been chosen "Miss Beautifica-tion of 1956" by the Chamber of Commerce beautifi-cation committee, of which Col. Leo A. Bessette is chairman. Shown in front of the Chamber's beautifi-cation booth at the Home Show and Do-It-Yourself Show in City Auditorium, Miss Sente will assist in the promotion of the annual cleanup campaign in the city and he came to this section for hi health.

His first run was 24 mile long and covered the sections north of Stocksville, the Forks ol Ivv. Beech and that area IL He drove a horse and rode in a county curing iiay. buggy in covering his run. As the roads were improved lici his route was extended and number of patrons increased, un til at one time he had 71 miles Fire Damages Sylva Truck BRYSOM CITY. Anril 21-Fire on his run, most of it in moun tainous territory.

For five years, the rural route from the Barn ardsvillc post office was part of damaged tlic truck of Reg Enloc, nil company distributor from his run. Later this was attached to the Sylva, to the extent of approximately $400 about 9:30 a.m. yes Bnrnardsville post office. Two years ago the Stocksville terday at the intersection of the old Almond Road and U. S.

lit, about four miles west of Bryson City, according to a report by J. C. Kceter, Assistant Bry.son City Kire Chief. Just ask the man who used it last year! rural route was consolidated with the Weaverville rural route, and a rodivision was made in order to equalize the number of miles travelled and the number of pa trons served between the two car r3 riers. His run is now 72 mile lon.

Council's wife, Mrs, Sue Council, is a teacher at the North lluncombe high school. They have one son, ('apt. C. Council a flight commander In the Air Force, stationed at lion-do, Texas. Yost began his service as a rural carrier in 1914.

He is the son of the late Prof. M. A. Yo4, who for many years was president of Weaver College in Weav erville. Yost and his family live in the same house used by his I during ins term as presi dent.

50 Lb. Bag $2.50 This rural carrier landed In the job unexpectedly: JIc had planned Conveniently Located Plenty of Parking Space ffB oSSODS his education to study medicine. His father became ill and needed the help of his son, so Marion F. Yost took a civil service examination as rural mail carrier, got the job, and has been there in all the years since that time, except for a period of service in the Army in World War I. His entire period of service has been from the Weavervillc Post Olficc.

Yost started his run with a horse and buggv, and he "only I had enough mail In deliver that I 1 could have put it in my ennt pockel, only the I Mail Service said I had In use a leather pouch." HRRDUIRRE SUPPLV EL 841 Merrimon Avenue Phone 3-2722 i 1 last year VA billion sq. ft of lawns proved that it i I J- i 1 I A 1 feisrr i.y Thisdrostic price reduction Ijw lli JiUiiAi ff strictly limited and will be I IV withdrawn Immediately 'Hk Wtaf II after this sale." VQ S' fCc forboth mattress 4 'jy and box spring f' Buiu r'iy EXTRA FIRMNESS JMj Recommended by MANY DOCTORS. JkS' I 0 Beautiful heavyweight, long wearing tick. jhl fy'Jl Extra layers of cotton felt for luxurious A iScJj fl't comfort securely lace tufted. Scores and scores of RESILIENT.

V. I ffpjf'' TEMPERED Innercoils give the EXTRA LNnJ -J' FIRM Support as Approved by many doctors! I FULL OR TWIN SIZESI ''''VJI .1 A7 COSTS LESS AT Get The Best Get VIGORO NEWBERRY'S ration Ave. As the toads in the Heoms Creek section were improved, run became longer. The lunge-it route he has ever had is 7j miles land he has had as many as 7.V) WON'T w.ien the average rural mail carrier in the United States has 400. Yost's first car was aa Over land, and later he had a Model A V.f.

W. S61M46. Vif f0(ff4 trtft-mtrk iwift A CmnY. Copyright rord. 1 yxiOKu Have A GREENER LAWN Crow Klne Vegetables Fine for Trees and Shrubs BURN GRASS when used in recommended amounts Now he drives a half-Ion truck and finds it the most satisfactory of anything he has ever used, not only because of its r'ace to entry packages, but also air its pulling HAMRICK APPLY keeps lawns FEED COMPANY Fairvlcw Ttond Dial 3-4G51 HILTMOKE "Spring Green" far into the summer For Lawns, Shrubs, Trees and Vegetables power on country roads.

Yost says that he has enjov-rd his association with his patrons on his route. They have grown to be firm friends through the yrars, especially during the war years when mothers, sisters and sweethearts waited at the mail box to see If there might be a letter from the soldier boy overseas. Yost remembers the deepest snow he ever drove through il was tic snow of 1936. He left the post office in the morning, and when he finally got back lo Weaverville, the snow-was 10 inches deep. By morning it was three times that deep.

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