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VOLUME FIVE
CONTRACT WILL BE
LET FOR R. E. A. CON
STRUCTION
Final Approval Given
Project in Madison,,
v Buncombe Counties
The R.E.A. project to
construct 105 miles of
power lines in Madison
and Buncombe counties
hps received final approval
and the contract for the
construction of these lines
will be let August 20. This
information was received
Thursday morning from a
legal representative of the
French Broad cooperative
corporation recently or
ganized.
Construction of these
lines, therefore, should be
gin within a very short
time.
In this county the pre
liminary survey is already
under way, and a “B” ap
plication will be made for
Yancey county. Robert
Cosby, engineer for the
McCrary Construction
Company, is now making
the survey. Mr. Cosby has
stated that he is receiving
fine response, and that this
is one of the best areas
that he has surveyed, with
many conditions favorable
for the success of the pro
ject.
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GRfeEN MOUNTAIN
NEWS „
Mrs. Claude Silvers of
Detroit, Mich, visited her
sisters, Mrs. D. D. Huff
man and Mrs. T. T. John
son here.
Frank W. Howell spent
the past week end in John
son City.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
Bradshaw of Relief were
here on business this week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Whit
son are in Johnson City,
renn. this week.
Carl Correll left Monday
for Washington, D. C.,
where he will work in the
navy yard.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Dav
is of Norris, Tenn.. : spent
the week end with Mrs.
Davis’ mother, Mrs. D. D.
Huffman.
The committee for the
new church here report
that several donations in
iash had been received
and pledges have been
made to work on the build
ing.
VIXEN ITEMS
Services were conducted 1 “
lere Sunday by the regu
ar pastors at both church
js, Rev. Geo. K. Neff and
Rev. F. C. Hollifield.
Claud Hensley has re
turned home from an
Asheville hospital and is
improving nicely.
Gresham McPeters and
family of Cat Tail Creek
spent the week end with
Mrs. McPeters’ parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Ogle.
Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. W. G. Parker in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Pen
der Billings and son of
Asheville, Mrs. Lyda Belle
Proffitt of Elk Shoal, Mr.
and Mrs. Claud Dellinger
of Brevard, Mr. and Mrs.
John Dellinger, their dau
ghter and her husband of
Double Island.
THE YANCEY RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
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SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
CANE RIVER NEWS
Mrs. Edd Marchbanks
and son Eugene have re
turned to Detroit, after
spending three weeks with
relatives here. Miss Hat
tie Phoenix went with
, them to visit her sister,
■ Miss Ida Phoenix.
l Master Hiram Young
, had the misfortune to have
[ his arm broken in four
, places when he was playing
. in the barn with his dog
i and a plank broke. He
is getting along nicely
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bai
| ley and family were visit
, ing relatives in Asheville
, Sunday.
Miss Anna Lou Hamblin
,is visiting in Madison
. County this week.
Rev. Ulysus Adkins of
Higgins will start a revival
meeting at Cane River
next Sunday.
A large number attended
the singing convention at
Cane River Sunday. Sing
ers from Jacks Creek, Pri
ces Creek, Swiss and Bald
Creek took part. There
will be another held on the
first Sunday in September
and everyone is invited to
come and to bring his song
book. 1,1
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pinson
and family of Athens, Ga.,
are visiting here for a few
days.
There will be a decora
tion at Cane River Ceme
tery on next Sunday after
noon at 2:30 o’clock. There
will be speaking and spec
ial singing. AH those who
have relatives buried there
are requested to come Sat
urday and help cleam off
the cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L.
Rhees of Elkhart, Ihd. vis
ited Mrs. Jessie Radford
last week. They were
here six years ago.
Miss Lillian Styles of
Statesville has been spend
ing her vacation with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Del
zie Styles.
Jim Anglin and Frank
Briggs are up from Colum
bia, S. C. for a vacation <
with home folks. I
Miss Hannah Martin has
returned from her vaca- ]
tion spent in the eastern <
part of the state. — 1 j
L. G. Deyton, county !
superintendent of Welfare, .
attended a meeting of wel- •
fare officials held in Blue ‘
Ridge last week.
* Miss Margaret Smith of
Asheville is visiting. Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Smith here.
Mrs. Oscar Gibbs is visit
ing her daughter in Swan
nanoa.
Mrs. Bill Atkins and
daughter returned from an
Asheville hospital this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Shepherd and daughters,
Catherine and Louise, o f
Washington, D. C. are vis
iting Mr. and Mrs. Lasky
Shepherd of Swiss and Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Silvers of
Burnsville.
Dr. and Mrs. R. L Gamon
of Knoxville are spending .
several days in the county
with friends.
BURNSVILLE, N. C., AUGUST 8, 1940 ‘
NOTICE,
Town Tax Collector J.
B. King has asked .that all
persons who have not paid
their,-1939 taxes to take
notice that these will be
advertised this month, be
ginning with the August
15, issue of the paper. This
is according to the provis
ions of the tax law,, and
all delinquent tax payers
are urged to pay this week.
PENSACOLA NOTES
’ Mr. and Mrs. “Buck”
Beaver, Ralph Byrd, Swan
Robertson, W. H. Riddle,
of Kannapolis visited rela
tives here through the
weekend. - *
Mr. Sid Ray of Barnard
sville visited his sister,
Mrs. B. B. Ray, last week.
Miss Aldine Pleasant
spent Monday night with
Mrs. D. J. Jamerson.
Wayne Ray made a bus
iness trip to Raleigh last
week.
Albert Jamerson is on
the sick list.
Mrs. K. D. Metcalf and
son, Robert, o f Black
Mountain visited relatives
here through the week end.
Bill Penland returned to
his home here last week
and is recuperating nicely
from an appendix opera
tion.
Mrs. W. H. Riddle and
Mrs. G. K. Riddle and fam
ilies of Kannapolis are vis
iting relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilk Beel-.
er and sons of Burnsville t
visited Mrs. Beeler’s fath- *
er, Mr. J. S. Riddle, and
other relatives Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Ballard Hensley is
ill at her home.
Several families from
Florida are spending their
vacation in their cabins on
Mt. Helen Estates.
REV. BARABAS WILL
PREACH AT THE
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Rev. Stephen Barabas
of Higgins will preach at
the Burnsville Presbyter
ian church on next Sunday, j
He will fill the regular ap- :
pointment at the Banks
Creek church that evening
instead of the morning
service.
Rev. Neff and his family j
are spending two weeks ]
in Alabama visiting rela- <
tives. ]
EQUIPMENT PUR- 1
CHASED FOR NEW ;
SCHOOL
1
Heating and plumbing i
equipment for the new
Burnsville High school ]
building was bought re
cently, and was deliver
ed here on Thursday.
Installation will begin 1
at once so that the work i
will be completed by the
opening of the school ]
term. This announce- s
ment by county officials
will assure the use of the j
new building for the i
coming session which i
begins September 2.
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Mrs. Kitty Wolfe of
Asheville has been visiting i
her brother, Mr. Henry
McCanlass. w i
HOME DEMONSTRA
TION WORK IS DISCON
TINUED I
At the meeting of the
board of county commis
sioners on August 1, it was
voted by thfc board to dis
continue the ‘Home Demon
stration woiyii in the coun
ty. This wsirk had been
in only one
year.
Charles Brown, chair
man of the-board, stated
that it was \ entirely be
cause of ttf&ncial condi
tion of the # county that
this step wqs taken and
that the cqmtniasioners re
gretted thaf k it was neces
sary. Great’, progress had
been made fcince the inau
guration of It he program
in the county.
TOLEDO NEWS
Mrs. C. H* Warrick vis
ited Mr. C. H. Warrick at
Spruce Pine# Sunday.,
Mr. and Mrs. Nas B.
Bailey of Nashville, Tenn.,
are spendinJ their vaca
tion with Mt, and Mrs. D.
C. Bailey anfe relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Johnson; Mi|oes Mary and
Minnie RossJßamsey, Fred
Hail and Jijpiior Ramsey
visited Mr. afcd Mrs. I. N.
Bailey at Jonesboro, Sun.
Miss Kathleen Peake of
Indiana is spending her va
cation with Per parents,
AJfeake.
Mr. H. H. Ramsey and
.Loyd Hilemon made a bus
siesß trip to Virginia, last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Hus
kins and family, Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Huskins, Rosa
Huskins and Garrett Hus
kins were Visiting in Crab
tree Sunday. *
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Bai
ley, Mr. and Mrs. Yates
Bailey and Kathleen John
son were shopping in John
son City last week.
Mr. and Mps. Hqpi Oaks
of Lenoir were week end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Edwards and family.
Miss Betty Renfro has
returned to her home in
Rockingham after spend
ing several weeks with her
father, Mr. Cecil Renfro. ;
RIVERSIDE NEWS
Everyone enjoyed the 1
Sunday School Revival }
held at Riverside Baptist
church last week. -Miss j
Maisie Castlebury of Apex,
N. C. did the teaching.
She was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. T. P. Ray.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M; Al
len attended the Allen re
union at Big Ivy Sunday,
Paul Fox, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jennings Fox, is im
proving. He sustained a
broken leg recently.
Mrs. Glen Styles of
Washington, D. C. is visit
ing her parents here. _
Miss Martha Robinson of
Riverside is visiting her
sister in Washington, D. C.
A Revival is being held
at Baker’s Creek, Mr.
Charlie Drake and Mr. El
zie Ray are preaching.
Everyone is invited to at
tend.- ' L —^
Mr. Bert Gonce and fam
ily are visiting sick rela
tives in Rogersville, Tenn.
this week, ,
BURNSVILLE IS IDEAL
PLACE FOR VACATION,
SAYS ENGINEER
Mr. Earle Heatwole, an
engineer for the National
Broadcasting Company of
Washington, D. C/, prefers
this section to any other
for a summer vacation, he
says. Mr. and Mrs. Heat
wole have been house
guests of Dr. and Mrs. W.
B. Robertson for the past
ten days.
Although they own a
cottage on the beach at
Atlantic City, this is the
third summer that the
Heatwoles have visited
here for their summer va
cation. Mr. Heatwole,
since discovering Burns
ville, says that he can not
understand why every one
seeking a delightfully cool
climate to rest in doesn’t
come to Yancey County!
He calls it “God’s own
country”!
Mr. Heatwole is deeply
interested in our minerals
and has visited many of
the mines and each sum
mer adds valuable mineral
specimens to his fine col
lect'on gathered from
many parts of the U. S. A.,
Canada and other countr
ies. He -also enjoys fish
ing and hunting.
Mr. and Mrs. Heatwole,
with Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Robertson, Jr., of Ruther
fordton are guests this
week at “Sunlit Cottage”,
Dr.' and Mrs. Rob
ertson. The Heatwoles
are planning to return for
their vacation next sum
mer, camp and fish at Lake
Lure and in our mountain
streams and gather miner
al specimens -frqm Yancey
and Mitchell county mines.
In addition to the Heat
woles, Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Roland with their daugh
ters, Misses Dorothy and
Mary Burdetta, have been
visiting the Robertsons.
They returned Saturday to
their home in Wilmington.
Mr. Roland, or Herrick
as he is known throughout
the county, is another Yan
cey boy who has made
good. Ever since his
graduation from College ,
at the close of the World
War, during which he ser
ved as a lieutenant, in ,
France, he has been in
school work. He is at pre
sent located at Wilmington
as superintendent of City ,
and County schools.
Thip summer Mr} Roland
is directing the bifilding of
ten new school buildings ,
besides other school work,
but stole away for a two
weeks rest to his native
mountains and home town,
Burnsville. He, like oth
ers, thinks that there is no
place like this for quiet
restfulness.
Mrs. G. W. Wilson
(Margaret Robertson) and
her small daughter Miriam
also returned to her home
at Nebo Saturday followl
-a two weeks visit with
her parents.
On July 28 the Robert
sons had their family re
union at Carolina Hemlock
Campground. It was an
all day affair, each mem
ber of the family bringing
a basket of good eats. One
of the center tables was
decorated with a birthday
NUMBER ONE
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W. N. C.
CONVENTION IN
BOONE v
1 The fourth annual West
ern North Carolina Far
mers’ invention will be
1 held at Appalachian State
Teachers’ College, Boone
on August 20 and 21. Fred
S. Sloah of Franklin, Wes
tern district farm agent
of the state college exten
sion service, is in charge
of arrangements. The pre
vious meetings have been
held at Cullowhee.
Sloan announces that
the Boone meeting will
vary somewhat from other
conventions, in that the
delegates will be divided
into discussion groups the
first afternoon (Tuesday)
and reports and recom
mendations will be made
by representatives of the
groups at the final session
Wednesday morning.
The formal program will
include talks by well known
agricultural leaders of the
state and South. Regis
tration will begin at 8 the
morning of August 20 and
the first session will begin
at l.in £he afternoon.
McAmis To Speak
A welcome will be ex
tended by Dr, B. B. Dough
erty, president of Appala
chian college. R. W. Shoff
ner, extension farm man
agement economist o f
State college in charge of
the tv4
farm program, wmw'w
the development of that
program, centered in the
15 mountain counties with
in the TV A watershed.
The only other address on
the first afternoon’s pro
gram will be by J. C. Mc-
Amis, director of the agri
cultural relations division
of the Tennessee Valley
authority. He will discuss
“The Place of Phosphate
in Developing a Program
of Proper Land Use and
Conservation of Soil and
Water Resources.”
Frank H. Jeter, agricul- j
tural editor of N. C. State
college, Raleigh, will speak ,
Tuesday evening on “De- ■
velopments in the Demon- ;
stration Farm Program of j
Interest to the Public.” ;
Pictures of the accomplish
ments in® the demonstra
tion program will follow
Mr. Jeter’s address.
Dr. I. O. Schaub, dean of <
agriculture, director of ex- <
tension and acting direc- <
tion of the experiment sta- 1
tion of State college, will <
conclude the meeting Wed
nesday morning with a 1
talk on “The Obligation of 3
Individual Demonstration <
Farmers to Their Commu- 1
nity, Their County, and the i
Advancement of Agricul- i
ture.” ’ 1
Following Mr. McAmis’
address Tuesday afternoon i
the division into subject <
matter discussion groups
will take place. Farmers
with mutual interests will
cake, lighted with fourteen
candles honoring Virginia
Lee Wilson’s and Mary
Burdetta Roland’s four
teenth birthdays. Twenty
six attended the family
gathering, including every
member of the immediate
Robertson family and sev
eral invited guests.
, , t;3 The Yancey Rewrt
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(By R. H. Crouse, Agent)
(V. J, Goodman,
Asst. Agent)
The following represent
ed Yancey County at Farm
and Home Week in Ral
eigh, N. C., July 29-August
2: Rex Mclntosh, Carl T.
Young, Walter V. Letter
man, W. S. Edwards, E. E.
King, Wayne Ray, L. D.
Thomas, J. Will Higgins,
Champ L. Ray, Earl, M.
Honeycutt, Mrs. R. S. Bal
lew, R. H. Crouse, County
Agent and Miss Maria A.
Alley, Home Demonstra
tion Agent.
SONS OF LEGION WILL
HAVE ICE CREAM
SUPPER
The Sons of Legiorf
Squadron will have an ice
cream supper on the
Square next Wednesday
afternoon, August 14 from
cream ana cake will be
sold, and the proceeds will
be used for the organiza
tion.
be assigned to these
groups.
Specialists of the exten
sion service will act as dis
cussion leaders as follows:
Agronomy, E. C. Blair;
beef cattle, L. I. Case;
sheep, S. L. Williams;
dairying, F. R. Farnham;
horticulture, H. R. Nis- *
wonger; swipe, E. V. Ves
tal; forestry, R. W. Grae
ber; poultry, C. F. Parrish;
farmstead beautification, i
John H. Harris; agricul
tural engineering, H. M.
Ellis; and agricultural con
servation program, E. Y.
Floyd.
WiU Develop W. N. C.
Program
Sloan says that these dis
cussions are expected to
develop a well-rounded and
definite program for Wes
tern North Carolina agri
culture.
The officers of the con
vention are: H. M. Craw
ford of Clay county, presi
dent; W. W. Mast of Wa
tauga county, vice-presi
dent, and A. J. McCracken
of Haywood county, secre
tary.
i There are 2,000 unit de
monstration farmers coop
erating in the' TV A pro
gram, and from this group
will come the majority of
delegates. However, Mr.
Sloan made it plain that
other fanners are cordially
invited and he said they
will find much of interest
in the meeting.
A large delegation of the
173 Yancey county demon
stration fanners and oth
ers of the county who are
interested are expected to
attend. -