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VOLUME FOUR
BURNSVILLE WINS
BOYS’ TOURNAMENT
For the first time in
eight years the Burnsville
High School boys’ Basket
Ball team wop the Yancey
qounty championship tour
nament.
Burnsville first defeated
Bald Creek, the defending
champions, by the score of
29-16. This game was ex
citing throughout with
good playing by both teams.
At the” same time Clear
mont triumphed aver Bee
Log.
Saturday morning Bur
nsville met, some difficult
opposition in the team from
Micaville,,. but from- the
' first five minutes of play
Micaville was never able to
overcome the lead held by
Burnsville. The score was
27-19.
The finals played Satur
day night against Clear
mont was one of the most
thrilling games of the en
tire season. Each team was
determined to win, and
each played fine ball. Bur
. nsville, however, had a 8-2
lead at the half way mark
and was never overcome*
Fine defensive work again
proved the margin of vic
tory ‘for the Burnsville
five. The score was 15-14.
, Among the high Scor
ers in the tournament were
the following Burnsville
players: Bill Westall with
23 points, Dale Banner with
15 points, Bruce Byrd with
14 points and John English
with 13 points.
Players for the teams
were: Bald Creek: Fender,
Angel, Tomberlin, Fender,
Phoenix, Edwards, Barnes.
Micaville, Blalock, Marsh*
Hughes, Boone, Thomas,
Westall, Ray, Keys. Glear
mont: Anglin, Deyton, B.
Bailey, Peterson, Howell,
Bailey. Burnsville: Westall,
Styles, Banner, English,
Banner, Byrd.
Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Ira Fox of Higgins a son,
February 29.
’ WOMAN’S CLUB HAS
FEBRUARY MEETING
Mrs. J. A. Goodin and
Mrs. Troy Ray were host
esses to members of the
Woman’s Club at the home
of Mrs. Goodin on Feb. 22.
The president, Mrs. W. B.
£ Wray, Jr., was in the chair
during the business session
and made several announ
cements. Reports were
also heard from several
chairmen of committees.
Mrs. R. E. Powell was
program leader for the
afternoon, with the sub
ject “Book Reviews”. Mrs.
Fred Proffitt reviewed at
length the autobiography
of Josephus Daniels, entit
led The Tarheel Editor.
Mrs. I. C. Coletta gave ap
account of “This Simian
World” by Clarence Day
and Mrs. W. B. Wray, Jr.,
reviewed “The Yearling”
by Marjorie Kinnan Raw
lings.
During the . social * hour
the hostesses -
freshments.
The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs.
DoverFouts.
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ROD & GUN CLUB WILL
HOLD ANNUAL MEET
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' The annual meeting of
the Yancey Rod & Gun
Club will be held in Robert
son Drug Store on Monday
evening, March 4. Officers
for the year will be elected
and plans will be discussed
for the coming year.
The club received a full
truck load of year old rain
bow trout for the South
Toe River lease. These fish
will be released today
under the supervision of
, members of the -club.
AMERICAN LEGION
4 AND AUXILIARY
HOLD MEETING
i
The Earl Horton Post of
, the American Legion, and
the Auxiliary, met "at the
community club house on
Tuesday evening. Oscar L.
Young, Post Commander
was in charge.
The reading of the pre
amble opened the joint
, session of the groups, fol
lowed by a prayer by the
post chaplain, Dr. W. B.
i*, Robertson. Mr. Young
then presented several cop
ies of the Preamble, beauti
fully framed and decorated
%ith a painting of the
American Flag, to the post
and the auxiliary.
of respect on
the deaths of G.’D. Bailey
and I. AT Robison, recent
post members, were passed
and Oscar Young and Dov
er Fouts paid tribute to
them in brief talks.
A. letter from th6 State
commander, June Sose,
was read. It was in re
sponse to one written by
the local commander invit
ing him to visit this post
in the near future.
In separate sessions the
two units discussed matters
of business pertaining to
each organization. The
Post voted to organize a
Sons of Legion Post, and
named W. A. Covey as ad
viser and instructed him to
proceed with plans for the
immediate organization.
The Daughters Auxiliary
will also be organized. *
The Welfare committee
was instructed to investi
gate at once the circum
stances of Mrs. Harriet
Wilson who is the mother
of a disabled veteran, and
who is now very ill.
Mrs. W. B. Robertson
was named publicity chair
man for the Region and
Auxiliary.
A very interesting pro
gram, under the direction
of Mr. and Mrs. Young and
H. G. Bailey, was held. Guss
Peterson, Monroe Mclntosh
and Mrs. W. B. Robertson
were awarded prizes-.
At the conclusion of the
program a social hour was
enjoyed by the members.
The next meeting will be
held at the club house on
March 26, Mrs. W. A. Covey
and Mrs. Earl Wilson will
be hostesses. ®
Twenty nine members
were present for the meet
ing- t? ..
Mrs. Wesley Penland of
Burnsville Star Route is
visiting her son at Pensa
cola this week. She is 85
years old and is enjoying
very good health.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BUBNsVftLE, N, C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 29, 1940.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
ELECTS OFFICERS
The Burnsville Fire De
partment inef in the Town
office on Thursday Febru
i ary 22nd at 7:30 for the!
.purpose of re-organizing
and electing officers. The
following members were
1 present:
Clarence Briggs, Ashton
i Ramsey, Ward Jones, Stan.
l ley Riddle, Gerard Butner,
’ Sam Byrd Bennett, Ken
' neth Robertson, Charles
Watson, Clarence Byrd,
Bill English, Wood Butner,
and J. B. King.
The following officers
were elected:
' Wood Butner, Chief;
■ Clarence Byrd, Asst. Chief;
l J. B. King, See. & Treasur-
Jer ; Kenneth Robertsqn,
i Captain Hose; Gerard
• Butner, Captain Chemicals.
Kenneth Robertson and
Sam Byrd Bennett were
- appointed as truck drivers,
t It was agreed that the
• fire department would
i meet twice a month here
. after for the purpose of
f having fire drills. At on#
- time Burnsville had one of
- the best volunteer fire de
-- partments in the state and
s with a little encouragement
t from the public: it ? "can
again become one of the
i best. The boys are versf
r much interested in giving
: Burnsville the very best
l fire protection available
■ and they cordially ask the
> public to co-operate with
them in their work.
, CARSON FOARD NAMED
HEAD OF FINNISH
RELIEF FOR COUNTY
: Carson Foard has been
named chairman for Yan
! cey county for the Finnish
i relief fund. Any volun
• tary contributions which
s the citizeriS of the county
wish to make to the cause
will be appreciated, and ac
• knowledgement will be
• made.
l Mrs. W. B. Robertson has
consented to receive and
solicit contributions in the
city of Burnsville for the
i fund. James Hutchins is
■ cooperating through the
• schools, and has agreed to
; have various teachers and
■ principals receive contribu
tions from the school child
ren and people in the out
lying districts.
There is no other cause
at present that appeals
more to the people of the
United States than that of
aid for' the‘people of Fin- ,
land, and citizens of the
county will be glad to learn
of arrangements for the
collection of funds here.
Mattress-Making
The U. S. Department of
Agriculture will expand its!
surplus cotton distribution
program to include the
furnishing of cotton to low
income families .for use in
home mattress-making.
EGGS
While egg prices were
slightly lower than a year
earlier, feed prices in Janu
ary were- about 21 percent
i higher, according to the U.
S. Agricultural Marketing
Service.
MICA VITAE NOTES
The eightiijßoy Scout
Troop to be organized in
the Toe Rive® District of
the Daniel Rfone Council
was installed* at the Mica
vine Tresbylppian Church
at a meeting,: held there
Friday night.
The Toe River District
whieh s embraces Yancey,
Mitchell, and Avery Coun
ties was organized in Oct
ober of 1938 and has shown
a growth of 6 troops since
that time. B. C. Burgess
of Spruce Pine is Chairman
of the district committee.
The Micaville Troop, is
sponsored by the Micaville
Presbyterian Church and
will be under the leadership
of Rev. H. H. Cash, Scout
master,-and Lloyd V. Bla
lock, Assistant Scoutmas
ter. Both of these men
have had experience as
Scouts and Scout leaders.
ChaK’Hfc Hubbard i s
chairman of the troop com
mittee and the other mem
bers are Ralph Young, Wal
ter K. Keys, and C. E.
Silver.
The Scouts that are re
gistered as charter mem
bers of the troop are El
bert Jenkins, Tommie Har
ris, Dewey Blalock, J. T.
Blalock, Edwards . Gibbs,
James Hoover, Billy Keys,
Tommy Keyl, iClaude Mur
phy, C. E. Silver, Jr., and
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Income artit iWtamgible Tar
Mrs. Sam J. Huskins, De
puty Commissioner of Rev
enue, has announced the
following itinerary during
the period for filing State
income and intangible re
turns, from March Ist to
March 15, 1940, for Avery,
Madison, Mitchell and Yan
cey counties. Mrs. Huskins
will be in Burnsville, Reve
nue office, on March 2,4, 9
and 15; at Bakersville court
house in Bakersville, Mar.
Ist; at Newland courthouse
on March 5; at Marshall,
Marshall court house on
March 6th; at Mars Hill,
Roy Tillery Case, on March
Bth; at Spruce Pine, Park
ers Case, on March 11 and
12th.
Mrs. Huskins states any
person subject to filing
either or both the income
tax returns
mustlile such returns with
the State Department of
Revenue on or before Mar.
15, 1940, and pay the tax
due.
' Any unmarried man or
any woman, either married
or unmarried having an in
come of SI,OOO or more dur
ing the year 1939, and any
married man having an in
come of $2,000 or more
must file an Income Tax
return.
! Any person owning ort
December 31, 1939 Intangi
ble Personal Property;
such as, Money on Hand,
Accounts Receivable,
Notes, Bonds, Mortgages,
or other evidences of debt,
or shares of-Stock of Cor
porations (not wholy in
this State) must file an In
tangible Tax return. No ex
emption is allowed this
year on Intangible tax. The
last General Assembly re
pealed the exemptions of
$300.00 heretofore allowed, j
BURNSVILLE MEN’S
CLUB HOLDS MEET
“Whites” Win Contest
by One Point
The Burnsville Mens
Club held the regular meet
ing on Monday evening at
the community club house.
Under suspension of rul
es, J. Frank Huskins, R. W.
Wilson, Carson Foard, Paul
Laughrun, Dr. R. O. Jones
and Cecil Angel were ad
mitted as rpeinbers of the
club.
Mayor Ji Frank Huskins
spoke to the club, giving
some of the interesting
high lights .of the Western
Carolina Mayors’ advertis
■ ing tour through Florida.
This report was received
with interest and enthus
iasm by the club.
the program for the
meeting continued the Pro
-1 fessor Quiz contest. All
points were checked for
■ members and for correct
answers to questions and it
was found that the Whites
with W. E. Anglin as leader
won the three-meeting con
test by 1 point.
The club expressed its
sincere thanks and appre
ciation to Mr. Hutchins for
the way in which he con
ducted the program for the
three meetings.
The members of the two
groups are:. Whites (W.
E. Anglin, captain) R. W.
Wilson, Frank Huskins, W.
W. Henriessee, r Geo. K.
Neff, Fred Proffitt, Paul
Laughrun, R. N. Scott, Jack
Hice, C. P. Randolph, L. V.
Pollard, Carson Foard, R.
A. Charles, C. M. Whisnant,
Dr. R. O. Jones, G. L. Hen
sley; Blues (Dover Fouts,
captain) J. S. Folger, ui.
Grady Bailey, Furman
Souther, Gus Peterson,
Qecil Angel, C. L. Proffitt,
Ivan Westall, Clarence
Briggs, L. G. Deyton, J. A.
Goodin, R. E. Powell, Ellis
Edwards. ; 1
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FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR F. W. HORTON
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Mr. F. W. Horton died
Feb. 26, at the age of 87
years. /
He was at one time a re
sident of Yancey county,
but for the past several
years lived at Unicoi, Tepn.
He is survived by four
daughters and three sons,
Mrs. Arthur Putman of
Mich., Mrs. Jesse
Howell and Mrs. J.. W.
Howell of Green Mtn., Mrs.
Arthur Cooper of Day (
Book and Taylor, Robert
and Zeff of Uhicoi.
One sister Mrs. Emma
Shepherd of
grandchildren, 51 great
grandchildren and one
great great grand child also
survives.
The active pall bearers
were the grandsons and
flower girls were the
granddaughters.
The funeral was held
Tues. at 2:00 o’clock at the
.iome. Burial was in the
family cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. .C. P. Ran
dolph, Miss Ella Horton
and Mrs. C. E. Briggs at
tended the funeral of W. F.
I Horton in Unicoi Tuesday.
THE WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA MAYORS
TOUR
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(J. Frank Huskins)
r Tb® 12-day tour of Flori-
by the Mayors of thirty
cities an<j towns of Western
North Carolina has jjast
ended, and as the represen
tative of Burnsville and
Yancey County I am happy
to report a most enjoyable
trip and to state briefly
the purpose and accomp
lishments of the tour.
At this time there are
over 200,000 tourists in
Florida. These people will
leave Florida in a constant
stream of travel through
out the next 90 days, and
the purpose of the tour was
to advertise Western North
Carolina as a summer re
sort for tourists, to tell
them of our ra|§mtain
peaks, our cascading
streams, our Blue Ridge
Parkway stretching along
the crest of the Blue Ridge
like an enchanted white
ribbon, our numerous sum
mer cgjnps for boys and
gira,' our -wonderful climate
, in summer.
We entered Florida ;at'
i Lake City on February 14, 1
and for ten days we toured
the state, traveling in two
large buses furnished with
out cost by the Queen City
Coach Company of Char
lotte and by Hie Smoky
Mountain Trail ways o f
Asheville, We visited 30
cities arid towns, all resort
centers, ranging in popula
tion from 15,000 to 172,000.
In each of these towns and
cities we were met and
greeted by the Mayor and
Chamber of Commerce of
ficials. Twice each day—
at lunch and dinner—we
put on a program usually
consisting of three speech
es in which the speakers
went into detail about all
of Western North Caro
lina, explaining and de
scribing the many attrac
tions we have here for the
enjoyment of visitors. And
at each of these meetings
all of the Mayors were re
cognized, and each gave a
brief talk on the attract
ions of his particular sec
tion of Western.North Car
olina. It was a real plea
sure for me to have such
an opportunity to tell the
residents of Florida and
the thousands .of visitors
there about Burnsville and
Yancey County, giving
| them intimate glimpses of
our town— a gem set in
natural beauty, the history
of its founding and of Ot
way Bums for whom it
Was named, of our hotel
and excellent tourist homes
and tourist cabins, of our
theatrical attractions to
entertain them while here,
of our cases and fine home
qooked food, of Mt. Mitch
ell, King of all summits in
Eastern America, of our
mineral - deposits and agri
cultural resources, and of
the friendliness of our peo
ple. And a N our listeners
now have a personal invi
tation to spend the summer
in Burnsville and -Yancey
County. * J
We s traveled over 2200
miles, made 15 broadcasts
over Columbia & NBC nefr
works, and distributed
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FARMERS FEDERA
TION TO OPEN ON
MONDAYMARCH 4
Plans for the opening of E
Farmers federation Ware
house No. 20 in Burnsville
on Monday, March 4, were
announced this week by
Guy M. Sales, of Asheville,
general manager of the
farfti cooperative.
Pending erection of a
modem,-brick building by
the federation ori the site
it recently acquired from
Mrs. J. Bis Ray, the ware
house will occupy tempor
ary quarters in the E. L. '
Briggs white, frame store
building.
Excavation work already
has started on the federa
tion’s lot and erection of
th?i building is expected to
get under way in the near
future. Completion of the
structure is set for late
spring. . “\
E. N. Stamey, well
known Yancey county far
mer and business man, will
|be manager of the federa-
I tion’s warehouse, Mr. Sales
(announced, and he will be
: assisted for the first week
, or two by Dave LoUar, of
Rutherfordtop, a field man
for the organization. “'7 »
-, y The opening exercises
will begin at 10 o’clock
Monday morning with
music by the federation’s
•tring.tno and addresses,
by James G. K. McClure,
president; Guy M. Sales,
general manager, and other
federation executives. At
noon coffee and doughnuts
will be served.
“The exercises are open
to the public,” Mr. Sales
said, “and w® Lope we will »
have present a large repre
sentation of Yancey county
farmers and the business
people of Burnsville.”
Establishment of the fed
eration’s local warehouse
culminates an organization
campaign directed by J. H.
Hampton, of Murphy, a
director of the cooperative."
Mr. Hampton reported a
favorable reception with
many farmers subscribing
to stock in the organiza
tion.
Rev. W. A. NEWELL DIES
Rev. W. A. Newell, pas
tor of the First Methodist
church, Morganton, died
on Monday of this week.
He was widely known „ as
one of the most prominent
leaders of the Methodist
church in the state. He
had eften visited Burns
ville,,. and the plant of the
Feldspar Milling Company
in which he was a stock
holder.
* Carroll Rogers, superin
tendent of the Feldspar
Milling Cq., attended -
funera 1 services heltf v hi
Morga iton Wednesday.
LIGHTS
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The Rural Electrification
Administration estimates
that approximately 1,700,-
lightin? plants.
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