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{ For local news details 1 ? Read the Yancey Rec- i ■ . ord Every Week. 'w ,-v* I • • - ==- —— - —— - —— —■— VOLUME FOUR NEW REGISTRATION WILL BE HELD IN COUNTY ■ .. _— > The county, board of elec tions ~ met on Saturday, March 23 and 1 after careful consideration of the new election laws decided to have a completely new reg istration of voters in all precincts of the county. This registration will begin . on Saturday, April 27, and continue May 4 and May 11. Members of the Yancey County board of elections, officially named when the state board formally ratifi ed the actions es the vari ous county executive com mittees, are James Hutch ins, chairman; C. P. Ran dolph and Lee M. Hilliard. Mr. Hutchins and Mr. Randolph attended a meet ing of election board mem bers from 18 western coun tffes held in Asheville Mon day. W. A. Lucus, chairman of the state board, presided and pointed out the follow ing new regulations gov erning the coming primary and general election;- 1 1. The date of the prim , ary is changed from the Ist Saturday in June to the last Saturday in May. This year the date is May 25. 2. No absentee voting of any kind will be allowed in 'the Democratic primary. Nq Markers Permitted 3. No markers will be permitted, but any person tumble tb mark a ballot majr receive help from a near relative, from a chos en voter from his precinct who has not ’ previously helped anyone else mark a ballot, or from the judges and registrar. In cases where the voter is not phy sically disabled, he or she may still receive help from a 1 near relative. ** 4. The pay of the election officals has been increased .from $3 to $4 for judges and/ftom $3 to $5 for regis trars for each day they serve. 5. The filing fee for all county or township offices where fees are collected as a basis for pay shall be $5 if the fees collected the pre vious year amounted to SSOO or less and if the fees amount to more than SSOO, the filing fee shall be one per cent of the total fees collected. In the case of Asheville township consta ble, for example, the filing fee becomes $24. The counties represented in the conference included: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Swain, Jackson, Transylvania, Haywood, Henderson, Mad ison, Polk, Rutherford, Mc- Dowell, Yancey, Mitchell, Avery and Burke. LIVESTOCK Large supplies of feed and favorable feeding resulted in a 7.4 percent in crease in the number of grain-consuming animal units on American farms during 1939. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lew is of Candler spent the week end here, j Wardßem^fetedre. latives here during the week end. “ THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATESSI.OO YEAR. BURNSVILLE MEN’S CLUB J. B. Zadra is Guest Speaker The Men’s club held the regular meeting on Mon day evening, March 25 with Wm. B. Wray Presiding. ■During the business sess ion B. M. Tomberlin dis cussed the need for addi tional science equipment at the high school and Dr. W. B. Robertson and Troy Ray were named as a committee to meet with a committee from the P.T.A. concerning this matter. The president stated that he had discussed with N. Y. A. officials the build ing of x seats for the public square and that these offi cials stated that they would be glad t 0 build the seats if the materials were fur nished. \ G. L. Hensley as chair man, Dr. Robertson and Grady Bailey were - named as a committee to cooper ate with the committee from the Woman’s club, to plan the beautification of the property around the club house. J. B. Zadra was guest speaker and gave a very interesting picture—lec ture on Africa. ROTENONE WILL CON TROL MEXICAN BEAN BEETLES If you are troubled with Mexican bean beetles—-and almost every truck farmer and home gardener is, J. 0. Rowell, Extension entomo logist recommends that you dust or spray your plants with rotenone. It is avail able atT insecticide all over the State, and Rowell strongly urges that it be purchased ready-mix ed. Rotenone is very toxic to insects, but is not poisonous to humans, the entomolo gist explained. It can be ap plied on beans at any stage of Pod development with out fear of poisoning when the beans ar servecfat the table. “It is not advisable to use calcium arsenate on beans, as plant injury often re sults,’’ Rowe 11 continued. “Arsenate of lead should never be used on bean foil age because serious injury and reduced yields usually follow its application.” Treatments should be started when beetles are first found on* the beans, or when egg masses become numerous on the underside of the leaves, the Extension specialist said. From one to three, and sometimes four, applications are necessary, depending on the prevalen ce of the insects. The dust method will pro bably prove most satisfact ory, especially for the home gardener. Dust applica tions call be made at any time during the day if the wind is not blowing. The rotenone dust mixtures should not be used in a spray unless the manufact urer states op the label that a diluent has been used, which will mix readily with water. It is highly important “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLEf-N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1940 Wake Forest-Meredith Summer Session Will Be Held at Mars Hill The Western Division, of the Wake Forest-Meredith Summer Schools session will again be held at Mars Hill College. The six wepss session will be held Ju*fe i 0 to July 19, and nine weeks session from June 10 to August 9. There has been a steady growth in the number of students and in the interest showti in the western divi sion of the summer school each year since its estab lishment. B. Y. Tyner of Meredith College is direc tor and I. N. Carr of Mars . Hill College is associate dir : ector. Methodist Church i ■ . —_ The organization of the young woman’s circle of the W. M. S., under way since the beginning of the year, has been completed, with the following officers in charge, President, Miss | Beth 1 Honeycutt; Vice- President, Mrs. T. M. Swann; Recording Secre tary, Mrs: Cecil Higgins; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Vernie Wilson; Treas urer, Miss Hannah Martin; . Program Chairman, Mrs. Bruce Westall; Publicity Chairman, Miss Margaret Proffitt. ‘ The group met with Mrs. Sminlf on Wea. oT Kit week and carried out a study of some-of the social work of the W.M.S. Mrs. Howard Barbee had charge of the program and was assisted by Beth Honey cutt, Mrs. Vernie Wilson and Margaret Proffitt, It was voted to take the name “The Mildred Ray Circle” in appreciation of the work of Mrs. Hob art Ray in helping in the organization. Refreshments were ser ved by the hostess. - Mrs. W. W. Hennessee was hostess to the mem bers the WOman’s Bible Class on Thursday, March 21st. Mrs. D. R.i Fonts had charge of the program and introduced Rev. J. S. Fol ger who presented the opening chapters of the new mission 'study book “Methodists United for Advance.”- ' - A salad course, catrying out the Easter motif, was served during the social hour. The younger girl’s circle, under the direction of Miss Margaret * Proffitt, is 1 studying “The Church Takes Root In India”.; They will meet on Friday at four o’clock, with Betty Hensley. The present European war has diminised rather than stimulated the de mand for American farm products, according to the U. S. Bureau of Agricultur al Economics. Miss, Kathryn Harbison was the guest of Miss Billie Marie Bennett for the Week end. J • * ■; • j ’mfmm 11 1 , " that the dust or spray be applied on the underside of the leaves. 1 i i . . *'v; ■ / FREE SCHOLARSHIPS , Offered %%) 4-h boys - ■ Mr ■ Free scholarships to the annual State 4-H Short Course at NL C. State Coll ege July ;$2-27 will be awarded again to the out standing cfeb boy in each county in .the State, an nounces L. R. Harrill, State 4-H Club leader. The schol arships are .valued at $5.00 The Chilean Nitrate Ed ucational Bureau donates funds for Ithese awards, through A. jp. Floyd, state manager of the Bureau. The samCf organization awards a foflr-year scholar ship to State College to the outstanding jclub boy in the state each year. f* Harrill h# requested co unty farm afid home agents to supply a Ist of the short course scholarship winners by April 1. Each of the 1,- 200 clubs in she state is en titled to sencLone boy and one girl as (felegates to the short couraj^T^-i -• ■ VIXEN ITEMS Bad weather still pre vails. . Carl Hensley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bart ley and families of Marion spent the reek ens with his parents! Mr. and Mrs. John Hensli. Mr. Brittain McMahan and his friefid, Cecil Gur - ley, Spent the night with his parents, Mr. and Mr 3. Lowe McMa han. Mrs. Carmel McPeters is seriously sick. Misses Clair and Gladys Parker, Mr. Cleve Collins Sflid Edd Hollifield of Pensacola were the Sunday guest of Mrs. Laura Rid dle, .also visited Mrs. Sallie Billings of Concord, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Penland and little daugh ter, Vivaline of Vixen spent the week end with friends and . relatives of Concord, N. C. TWO FIRES HERE THIS WEEK Two residence fires have occured in Burnsville this week but because of the prompt and efficient work of the Fire Department the damage in each instance was not great. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph ,liaughrun 1 caught about-noon Tuesday in the basement. The great est damage was to the roof and exterior. | ; The house on Maple St. occupied I by Mr. and Mrs. , Ted Winters, caught fire Thursday. It is reported that the damage was not extensive. 1 i - - ,W, B. Jones, assistant farm agent of Granville County, says it is almost amazing the farmers of his county have turned to livestock, poultry, and live-at-home practices this 'year. Mrs. A. F. Hensley was called to ; Johnson City Monday on account of the. illness of her daughter, Mrs. Ike LaughrUn. HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT’S NOTES (Maria A. Alley, Agent) . Yancey County 4-H Club members will participate 1 in the following contests in 1940: Girls’ Record, Dress Revue, Canning Achievement, Rural Elec trification, Food Prepara • tion, Home Beautification, » Leadership,. Farm and Home Accounts and Dairy ■ Food Demonstration. Bajl Brothers Canning Contest > Prizes furnished by Ball . Brothers Co., Muncie, Ind. i Exhibit.. Requirements— ■ Any girl enrolled in 4-H ■ Club work may enter the ( County Contest by exhibit ing two quart jars-one ■ fruit and one vegetable, i Any make of jar may be ; used provided that it is i made for home canning ■ and has the manufacturer’s ■ name on it. Containers I that are , s not made for ! home-canning are not in spected for hermetic seal. The county must have 10 or more exhibitors. County awards will be as follows: • First place-Blue Ribbon, Second place-Red Ribbon, , Third 1 Rib bon. The two Jars win ding first placq in the i county contest will be sent . to the State Contest, which will be held at the North i Carolina State Fair, Ral • eigh, N. C. State Prizes ; will be as follows: F'irst , $20.00, second-$15.00, third ■ SIO.OO, fourth-SIO.OO, fifth ss.oo, sixth-$5.00, s.eventh i $5.00, eighth-$5,00. 4-H Dairy Foods i Demonstration Contest i Four-H ■tfrls enrolled in food preparation will have an opportunity this year to ■ participate in ai Dairy i Foods Demonstration 'Con test. The purpose .of this 1 ■ contest is to encourage 4-H club members to develop an appreciation of the health values of dairy pro ducts, to learn ways of us ing them, to increase the use of them in the home and community by demon strating good methods of preparation, to gain expert fence in public speaking, and in developing team work in sportsmanship. There will be gold and sil ver medals for the two highest scoring teams in the county and an educa tional trip to the National Dairy Show in Harrisburg, Pa., October 12-19, 1940 for the two members of the team winning State honors. At the National Dairy Show the S£ate champion dairy foods team will com pete with other State cham pion dairy foods teams of their section. Gold watches' will be awarded members of the winning team from] each of the four, sections; of the United States. Dur-I ing the 4-H Short Course in July the State contest will be helj at the college. At this time teams repre senting the various coun ties will give the demon strations before competent judges. v i Early Spring Vegetables Early vegetables are the i first harbingers of spring ,in the realm of food. It (Continued on page lour) HAROLD BAILEY HON ORED BY COLLEGES Harold Bailey of Bald Creek, Wake Forest college junior, is the incoming president ofjt’ie North Car* olina unit of the Future Teachers of. America Asso ciation. He was elected at the recent annual meeting of the North Carolina Edu cation association by dele gates from 15 colleges and universities in North Caro lina. *. HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL ’ ■■"-"■"■■i 111 - Theifollowing high school students were on the honor roll for the sixth month: Senior class: Alene Mc- Mahan, Margaret Banks. Junior class: Buena Ellen Bailey, Ernest Ban ner, Nelle Bodford, June Ayers; Emma Lee Atkins, Ruth ’ Mclntosh, Jewell Atkins. Sophomore" class: Mar garet Allen, Louise Jamer son, Katherine Ramsey, Dale Banner, Charles Ham rick. Freshman class: Dick Bailey, John Lee -Ray, Camalee Towe, Ruby. M. Wilson, Mary L. Young. Bald Greek News College students. hegne for the Easter vacation were Ruth Wilson, Lon Ray Snow, Mary Glenn Proffitt, Fleet ~ Proffitt from Brevard College, and Madge Carter from Boone. Miss Juanita of Weaverville and Miss Mag dalene Hartley of Winston- Salem were Easter guests of Miss Mary Glenn Pro ffitt. r Miss Audrey Proffitt of North Wilkesboro was home for Easter. Miss Fay Fox spent the week end with Dorothy Proffitt. Kenneth Carter was up from Morganton for the week end. Mrs. L. A. Carter is back hoipe after a weeks visit with her parents in Ashe ville. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hen sley spent Easter visiting relatives in Gaffney, S. C. The parents entertained the teachers Friday even ing with a party. Con tests and games were en joyed. Mrs. Garrett Ang lin and Mrs. Ralph Neill were prize winners. The Easter motif v*as < irried out in decorations and re freshments. Miss Irene Edwards of Asheville Teachers College spent Easter with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus ! Hensley. Miss Margaret i Anderson was the guest of ! Miss EdwardA j Mrs. Chas. Mclnturf, Mrs. Ray Robinson, Mrs. A. G. Hensley, Miss Mozel Carter arid Miss Era Hug hes were the guests of Miss Maria Alley Friday. They visited in Asheville, and were especially interested in the Treasure Chest and the Spinning Wheel Craft shops. '■V: Miss Madalyn Hensley of Cane River spent the week end at hem ITbe Yancey- Raeotd % Your home conntjr newspaper carries ail local news, NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR . .. . . . j.- t ' TEACHERS OF COUNTY MEET AT BURNSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL The regular county tea chers meeting was held Friday afternoon at Burns ville High School. Char les Hubbard, president of the group, presided at. the general session. _ , After several matters of business were discussed and voted on; the teachers vis ited the class rooms and departments of the school. When they had re-as sembled, R. N. Scott, cash ier of the Northwestern Bank of Burnsville was" presented as guest speaker. Mr. Scott spoke on the general subject— “Public Relations”, with particular stress on the relation of banking to the general pub lic. He asked for the coop eration of the teacher group in explaining any phase of banking activities. WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN FARM FAMILY RECORD CONTESTS Winners have been nam ed in the Farm Security Administration’s 1939 Farm Family Record Book Contest in Yancey County. This Contest was made posable by # the business firms of Yancey and Mit chell counties vyhich offer ed prizes for the best re cord books kept during 1939. A number of the record books were very well kept and it is believed that dur ing 1940 an even larger number of the books will be used and more accurate records maintained. Th* Farm Family Rec ord Book, as used by Farm Families supervised by the Farm Security Adminis tration is a joint farm and home record book and pro vides space, under a single cover, for listing expenses and income and happenings regarding the farm busi ness and family living. The books are particularly use ful to the FSA families who have developed farm and home management plans as guides to their year’s farming operations and home making activi ties. Mrs. Ray Fox of Toledo e was first prize winner and was awarded $15.00 in cash by the Northwestern Bank. Additional prize winner.} were: Roy Mathas, Cane River, N. C.; Ransome Riddle, St. Rt., P jrnsville r Crockett Cassida, Burnsville, N. C.; L. F. Lawhern, Burnsville, N. C., Route 1; Paul Wil son, Bald Creek, N. C.; Alf Sparks, RFD Green Mtn n N. C.; Jack Fox, Cane Riv er, N; G.; Cling Hughes, RFD, Green Mtn., N. Wash Fox, Toledo, N. C.;,* Ed Wi)3on, Bald Creek, N. C.; Bill , Wheeler, Rt. 1, Burnsville, N. C,| Charlie Garland, RFD. Green Mtn., N. C.; John Hylemon, Bald Creek, N. C.; Jim Dulaney, Windora, N. C. Miss Martha. Higgins who attends Lenoir Rhyne College spent Easter-week } end At home.
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