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•HnaMinninimimiianaiiiiiiuirananiuauiiiiiiatiMft / 1 VOLUME FIFTEEN Polio Fund Campaign Prolonged Although Mrs. Er nest Briggs, director of the Polio Fund Campaign in Yancey County, received a telegram from the state director that the March of Dimes will be extended throughout the state, the opportunity to take part in this humane project is rap idly coming to a close. Re turns will soon be tabulat ed by the volunteer work- World Day of Prayer To Be Observed by Burnsville Churches On Friday, February 9th, the women of all the churches in Burnsville will observe the World Day of Prayer using the program by The United Council of Church Wom en. Women of all churches throughout the county are cordially invited to be pre sent. The meeting will be held at the First Baptist Church from eleven till two and a covered dish luncheon will be served at twelve o’clock. Business women “are invited to be present for the luncheon. This day is observed in ninety-two countries and, beginning near the Inter national Date Line, prayer continues round the globe for twenty-four hours without ceasing. All per sons in the £bunty are asked to pause for a mom ent at noon to pray for guidance in these critical days. Boy Scouts Mark 41st Anniversary "STRCNGTHM ÜBOTrZJki. ik I f&sf I BOV SCOUTS OF AMERICA I Official poster marking the 41st birthday. President Truman will greet 12 outstanding Boy Scouts in the White House on Feb 6 opening the 41st anniversary of the Boy! Scouts of America. Boy Scout Week will be observed Feb. 6 to 12: in every part of the nation by more than 2,750,000 boys and adult i leaders "Strengthen Liberty is the birthday theme. At "birthday parties" during Boy Scout Week throughout the nation each member will re pledge himself to the Scout path or Promise. In each community representatives of the churches, schools, government and busi ness will observe the anniver sary with their Scouts. At Unit “open house” parties, parents, relatives and members of the chartering institutions will hear a review of the year’s program features, service projects and membership gains. * l. . • . • the Yancey Record SUB. RATES $1.60 YEAR. ers for the National Foun ; dation for Infantile Para i lysis. Have we made the . grade? Will polio aid go on i undiminished? Until a final count is made, our citizens cannot : know whether the deplet l ed treasuries of the Nat ional Foundation have been restored for the job ahead. But additional con tributions will be accepted for sometime yet, since the need this year is greater. Last year the National Foundation paid approxi mately S2O million for pa ' tient care alone. “Every dime and dollar given by our local people is vital,” a ' spokesman for the local March of Dimes committee said. “It is urgent that Yancey county reach an all-time campaign high this year.” Gougt Visits Parents Pvt. Joe Gouge and wife of Ft. Benning, Ga. visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Gouge of Celo. Pvt. Gouge, who has been employed in Balti more, Md. for some time was recalled to enter the Army. He expects to be stationed at Ft. Benning for some time. His wife is with him there, The . condition of Mrs Delzie Styles, who has been seriously ill at her home, has improved. During Boy Scout Week mem-! bcrs of the organization willj develop window displays and demonstrations on civil defense) and conservation. Each member j will inspect his home to make certain no hazards exist. Sur prise mobilizations will test* Scout efficiency should emergen cies arise. Since 1910 more than 17,500,- 000 boys and men have been identifted with the Boy Scouts of America. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, -N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1951 MEETING CALLED BY HIGHWAYOFFICIAL According to L. Dale Thrash, highway commis sioner of the 10th Division, a public meeting will be held in the Yancey County Court House Wednesday, February 7 at 10 o’clock for the purpose of discuss ing Yancey County Roads. Mr. Thrash and engineers of this division will make a progress on pro jects undertaken. Mr. Thrash stated that he would like to have a de lagation of citizens there to express opinions concer ning further expansion of road work in the county. However, a large delega tion just for an impression was not necessary, the commissioner said. HOUSE BURNS AT WINDORI A house occupied by Buck Fox at Windom was destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning. Fox re ported that he built a fire in the kitchen stove and then fell asleep again. He was awakened, he said, by smoke in the bedroom where he lay. The flames had such a start on the wood structure that he was ,thft kitch en, where the frre seemed to have started, to get a bucket for water to quell the fire. Buck, his wife and four children escaped the fire without injury, but they were unable to save any thing except the clothes they wore from the house. It was not learned who the owner of the house was YANCEYAIDSTfT BUILDING CAMP According to the Farm Agent’s Office, Yancey County is going ahead with its part in aiding in the construction of Camp Schaub, 4-H Club camp un der construltion at Way nesville. According to T. S. God win, assistant farm agent, clubs of this county were asked to raise enough mon ey to build one cabin and donate S6OO more toward the construction of a swim ming pool on the camp grounds. The estimated value of each cabin con structed is SBOO. The camp, which when completed, will be valued at $70,000 and is so con constructed that 4-H Clubs from three counties will be able to attend the camp at one time. The maximum capacity will be around 240 persons, it was said. The camp will be used for meetings of adult ag ricultural groups as well as 4-H Clubs, Godwin said. The following business establishments and indi viduals made contributions to the 4-H Club Camp Fund for Yancey County: Demonstration Farmers, $105.00; Lions Club, 73.77; Grover Robinson, 68.00; Sam Wilson, 50.00; Men’s Club, 50.00; Glen Raven, (Continued on page two) 'y. i ■ * SCOUT WEE OBSERVMRE In obserysjMe of Scout Week, there'Mill b e a Fa ther-Son Ba&|taet at the Roberts Johnson Building nein| • Tuesday ev ening at ; jgjgiin. Officials expect all sfcduts, scouters and fathers, |>f scouts to be present for {the banquet. B. M. To&berlin, princi pal of Burhsville School, will be the 1 guest speaker of the evening. Also as observance, the scout fefljop of Burns vill will ha\|» window dis plays of caaip scenes and handicraft ftn Pollard’s Drug Store! and in the hardware store. BILL TO INCREASE SHERIFF’S PAY INTRODUCED Bill Atkihsf Yancey Cou nty Representative, intro duced a bill in the General Assembly Raleigh this week to set the salary of the sheriff and chief de puty of the county. The law, if passed, will set the sheriff’s salary at $300.00 per month plus fees ordinarily flowed by law. The county would also pay the first or chief deputy saj£K" J' ru»r muntft. So far as is known, for mer laws governing the pay of sheriff of this coun ty provided that the sher iff would be paid a salary or he would be entitled to regular fees and tax in come before a tax collector was appointed, but not to both a salary and fees. The bill has not been subject to vote in the As- sembly. It was referred to the committee on salaries and fees, according to re ports. LAST RITES FOR .SMR SARENAMCINTURFF Funeral services for Mrs Sarena Mclriturff, 84, who died last Fiday afternoon at her hoi le at Prices Creek after a long illness were held londay after noon at 2 o’lock at the old home place. The Rev. Wal-j ser Penla id officiated.' Burial was ti the family cemetery at Indian Creek. She was le widow of George Mcl turff, a native and lifelong resident of Yancey Cou ty and a mem- her of the Indian Creek Baptist Clinch. Surviving ire three dau ghters, Mr Murray Elk ins and Mrs Dewey Hurst of Cane Ri er and Mrs. Carl Banks of Asheville; three sons, *a and Ray of Detroit, Mi(., and Charles of Bald Cre c. Also two sisters, Mrs. Charlie He ijey and Mrs. Coralee Au in of Paint Gap; two b: thers, Joe and Dudley At tin of Paint Gap; 10 *and children and 14 grei grandchildren Mr. and rs. Bill Banks left Saturdi for a trip to Califoimia id visit with friends ant relatives en.- route. DUPLAN DECLARES DIVIDENDS According to a release from the New York office of Duplan Corporation, a cash dividend of 25 cents a share has been declared, payable on February 28 to stockholders of record Feb ruary 16, 1951. This is the first quarterly dividend de clared under the. new divi dend policy which was an nounced by the corpora tion on January 3. Duplan president, Ly man B. Frieze, made the report to stockholders that “The fabric business has made a marked improve ment since early in Janu ary. We expect earnings for the three months end ing March 31 will be better' than in the same period! last year. Earnings for the past' quarter were reduced by a 1 10 day four plant shut down in October due to an unauthorized strike, by low demand for fabrics in those months, and by high er taxes.” 100 Bushel Club to be Feted All the Yancey County, 3 farmers who produced 100 y or more bushels of corn on'' one measured acre of land 'ifcre Uivlxcni ~W neiMwnkW. with 100 bushel growers from other Western North Carolina counties at the George Vanderbilt Hotel Saturday, Feb. 10 for the BUREAU ELECTS OFFICERS The Farm Bureau of Yancey County met Satur day night to elect officers, delegates and committees to the State Convention to be held in Asheville. Yates Bailey of Bald Creek was elected presi dent of the Bureau while C. M. Deyton of Green Mountain was elected vice president, and Jess Howell, also of Green * Mountain, was elected secretary and treasurer of the organiza tion. Representatives selected to attend the State Con vention are Yates Bailey, [voting delegate; W. O. I Briggs, tobacco committee; Byrd Gillespie, dairy com mittee; Rex Mclntosh, live stock committee; E. B. Bailey, poultry commit tee; Oscar Deyton, field crops, and Earl C. Wilson, fruits and vegetables. The members also passed several resolutions concer ning agriculture, roads, schools, fire insurance for members, dues, voting ag es, etc. Miss Bertha Honeycutt came home Sunday from a Winston - Salem hospital where she has beeh under going treatment. BLOODSHED BOXSCORE On N. C. Highways Killed January 26 through January 29 15 Injured January 26 through January 29 119 Killed through January 29, this year 80 Killed through January 29, 1950 68 Injured through January 29 this year 760 Injured through January 29, 1950 729 Will Yancey Fail? Every individual, home, and community in Yancey County is effected by the present war situation. Those homes that are more vitally effected. are the ones from which young men have gone out, or will go out very soon, to serve our Country in military forces. There is only one agency that military auth orities use for the purpose of making contacts with ne a r -relatives and obtain ing information which will be of assistance to the men : in service a s well as to de- ! pendents. This agency is the American Red Cross and for two or three years the. response by the ‘ citi zens of Yancey County to | the fund raising campaigns I for the American Red [Cross has been such that ! Yancey County does not have a full time worker. Some patriotic citizens have been undertaking this work, furnishing time and money, in order to as sist the men in service and their families at home. Ac- ! Farmers Federation an nual 100 Bushel Tribute dinner, it was announced! by J. K. McClure this week. | F. H. Jeter, Editor of speaker for the dinner. All' farmers, Future Farmers' | of America and 4-H club members who grew 100 bushels or more per acre are invited. The person l raising the largest number of bushels per acre will re ceive a prize of SIOO, offer- 1 ed by the Federation, it! was announced. Dwight Williams o f Waynesvill e won the WNC championship as well as (Continued on page 2i MAN KILLED BY TRAIN IN MITCHELL Dock Hoilman, an Avery County resident, was fa\ ally injured in a truck train accident in Spruce Pine last Friday. The victim, was employ ed by Ray Howell, former Yancey retail merchant, as 1 a truck driver. ( According to reports,] Hoilman, who was driving a pick-up truck started to. cross the railroad at a grade crossing. A box car! standing on a side track. obscured the view in the' direction from which the engine approached. Since[ the engine was of the Die sel type, the truck driver failed to hear it approach ing and pulled in front of it at the crossing. He was carried to Ruth erfordton Hospital where j he died Saturday. Funeral services and burial werei conducted, Monday. keep NUMBER TWENTY-TWO , tually, some money has r been loaned' bo the Local ; Chapter by the National Organization to help pay \ I small part of the expen . ®e* The money so loaned r | was raised by contribu tions from citizens from i ! other counties and other r states. i It has now reached a point where the entire re t j sponsibility rests upon the i citizens of Yancey County . and the reaction of our cit- Jizens to the fund drive for : 1951 will determine wheth er our men in service will ; have the benefit of the ; Red Organization, and all [ of its resources, or wheth er the families of those men will be helplessly en deavoring to get messages to and from the boys in service;' and likewise de pending upon inefficient assistance in connection with dependency reports. < Continued on page 2) Legion Team Wins Tournament Gmae l The American Legion I Basketball team entered i the second Independent j League tournament of the year Wednesday night. [The tournament which is played at the Asheville Auditorium is sponsored the Asheville Y. M. C. A 1 and the Junior Chamber" iof Commerce. The Burnsville boys de feated Beacon Mills of Swannannoa in their op ening - game in the tourna ment with a score of 52-38. The Peterson brothers i'ed the show again with 18 points for Ford and 11 for Lee. Morgan, of Beacon Mills, was second high in that game with 13 of the 38 points scored. Tonight (Thursday) Burnsville will meet the Federal Truckers team of Asheville. The first tournament en tered by the Legion team was the Valley Springs tournament. They were de feated in the semi-finals by Blanton’s Business Col lege team. Bridge Crew Honored With Dinner / . ! State - Highway Depart ment members and the bridge crew of the Depart ment were honored with a dinner at the Bolens Creek Church Wednesday. ' A new eight ton steel bridge across the creek at ' 'the church is being con structed by the Highway Department. Prior to this construction, only a wood en bridge spanned the creek to the church from the Bolens Creek road. The road was treated with (asphalt surfacing early last summer. ! Women of the church prepared and served the dinner to show their ap preciation for a perman ent bridge to the church. Since only two or three families in that section live on the church side of the stream, the * majority of benefit from the new brid ge will be enjoyed by peo ple of the church.
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