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VOLUME FOUR
COTTON MATTRESS
PROJECT WILL BEGIN
A cotton mattress pro
ject is available to Yancey
County. The cotton and the
..ticking will be famished
through the Federal Sur
plus- 1 Commodities Commis
sion and will be distributed
through the AAA.
Families to be eligible to
apply for cotton and tick
ing to make mattresses
must (1) comply with the
AAA program; (2) must
have a gross income of not,
more than $400.00 for
1939, one-half, at least, of
which was derived from ag
ricultural occupation. \
The work of making the
mattresses will be super
vised by trailed workers.
The work will be dohe by
the people . receiving the
mattresses. \
A fee of SI.OO will be
charged to cover cost of
thread, needles, felting the
cotton or any other small
expense that may arise.
Applications for mattres
ses can be made at the Co
unty, Agent’s office or
through the township AAA
committeemen.
Mattress making centers
will be agt up in Burnsville
and othtr points in the co
unty.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. W. B. WILSON
Mrs. W. B. Wilson, 64,
died at her home at Bald
Creek Wednesday night*
March 27, at 8 o’clock. Fun
eral services were held at
the Bald Creek Methodist
church at 2:00 o’clock Fri
day afternoon. The pastor,
Rev. J. N. Snow, officiated,
assisted by Rev. B. T. Nan
ney of Swiss.
. Active pall bearers were
Phil Hensley, Ural Hens
ley, Roy Hensley, Clay Me-
Intosh-Tand Fred Sprinkle.
Burial was in the Burton
family, cemetery. 1 J ' -
Survivors include her
husband, W. B. Wilson; one
daughter, Mrs. Gilbert Rob
ertson of Oklahoma City;
four Mtjrsons, Earl of Bald
Creek, and Dr. K. J., Roy
and Pender Wilson all of
Oklahoma City; one broth
er, Ossie Burton of Cali
fornia and one sister, Mrs.
Willard Hensley of Bald
Creek.
Mrs’* Wilson was the for
mer Miss Addie Burton,
daughter of Molt and Sallie
Proffitt Burton. She was a
native of Bald Creek, at
. tended Washington College
in Tennessee and was a
member of the Bald Creek
Methodist church.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson re
sided in Burnsville some
years ago and were widely
known here. More recently
they Ivied in Oklahoma
City, returning jto Bald
Creen about a year ago.
Ordination Service
Ordination services were
conducted at f the Jacks
Creek church at 3 o’clock
Sunday 1 afternoon when
four were ordained as dea
cons of thechurch. Rev. R.
E. Powell ofeurnsville con
ducted the service, and
those ordained were Luke
Laughrun, Bruce Bailey,
Jlrantley Briggs, and Mark
Laws. JdfeMl
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THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
WOMANS CLUB
The Burnsville Woman’s
Club met Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs.
Clarence Briggs, with Mrs.
R. W. Wilson as associate
hostess.
- Guest speaker for the
meeting was Mr. Roy Red
die, mining engineer .of
Gaffney, S. C., whose sub
ject was flower giywlens of
of world* He also discussed
his ~ hobby, the making of
perfume. He had brought
t .several kinds of perfumes
with him, and explained in
detail the manufacture of
these.
The possibility of intro
ducing the growing of flo
wer crops for the manufac
ture of perfumes was dis
cussed, and Mr. Reddie said
that a survey had been
made to determine the fea
sibility of the plan for this
section. Conditions are
most favorable here, he
said, and that it was a most
pleasant and profitable en
terprise.
-Miss Maria Alley who is
county chairman of Better
Homes Week was then in
troduced, and explained
plans for the observance of
the week of April 28 to May
4. The club voted to coop
erate in this program, and
to'aid in displays, contests
and clean-up week.
Miss Elizabeth Bradley
temporarily employ
ed as district health nurse,
■was presented to the club.
Mrs. Louise W. Higgins
was program chairman. „ .
BHS HONOR STUDENTS
ANNOUNCED
Alene McMahan is Valedic
torian, Margaret Banks,
Salutatorian of Senior
Class ' v
Miss Alene McMahan,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
S. J. McMahan of Black
Mountain has been named
valedictorian of the gradu
ating class of Burnsville
High School. Her scholastic
average for the four years
high school work is 92.86.
The salutatorian is Miss
Margaret Banks, daughter
of Plato Banks of Burns
ville. Her average for the
four years high school work
is 91.48.
Other seniors with conP
mendable records are Mild
red Woody, average 90.46;
Irene Boone, average 88.82,
and Lucille Wilson, average
88.57.—(8. M. TomberlinJ.
NOTICE
There has been consider
able confusion during the
past few days about fishing
regulations in the county.
Game protector Craig Eng
lish has authorized the foll
owing statement to clear up
this misunderstanding:
Fishing for coarse fish
<stickers, horny heads, etc.)
t will be legal this year in the
; entire body «of Cane River,
: South Toe River and Toe
i River.
Any fisherman appren*
. derf with game fish (trout,
. bass, bream and sun perch)
[ in his possession during
. April and May will be pro
, secuted. Trqpt will be ex
: cepted after trout season
opens April 16.
“DEDICATED TO TUI PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
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BURNSVILLE, N. CJTHURSDAY, APRIL, 4, 1941(7
SONS OF LEGION
POST IS ORGANIZED
Legion and Auxiliary Hold
4 Meeting
The Earl Horton Post of
the American Legion, and
the Auxiliary, held the re
gular March meeting ajt the
club house on -Tuesday
evening, March 26. Po&t
commander Oscar L. Young
presided at the joint busi
ness session.
R. K. Shotwell of Ashe
ville, state chairman for
Sons of Legion was present
and assisted with the or
ganization of a Sons of Le
gion Squadron. Mr. Shot
well first discussed the gen
eral work of the Legion, es
pecially the Legislative pre
gram now before Congress.
He then presented plans of
the Sons of Legion and
stressed the importance of
this program.,.
•/ Grady Bailey, W. A. Cov
ey and Monroe Mclntosh
were named as the com
mittee for the group and
the following officers were
elected:
Captain, Richard Peter
son; first lieutenant, Kif
fen Hennessee; second lieu
tenant, Charles Hamrick;
adjutant, Ja c k Charles;
sergeant at arms, Robert
Cheadle; finance ' officer,
Charles Proffitt; chaplain,
William Covey; historian,
Bill Fouts.
Mrs. Shotwell who is
state chairman for the jun*
ior auxiliary was also pre
sent, and presented plans
for the organization of a
Junior Auxiliary. Action on
this was deferred until the
next meeting.
H. S. Edge, C. L, Proffitt
and Dover. Fouts were
named on the finance com
mittee.
Thirty five members and
guests attended the meet
ing.
TAR HEELS APPOINTED
Hope Buck Named On
National Committee
Chicago, 111., March 7.
Seven North Carolina
Young Democrats were
given national recognition
today when they were nam
ed to various committees
of the Young Democratic
clubs of America by Homer
Mat Adams, national presi
dent. They include:
J. Ed Butler of Morgan
ton, who was named chair
man of the organization
committee; Gorden Gray of
Winston-Salem, ' secretary
of the national publications
committee; Forrest Pollard
j of Durham, college organi
zation committeej Arch T.
Allen of Wachovia, speak
ers committee; Bess Phoe
nix of Raleigh, advisory
committee; Kate Urquhart
of Woodville, woman’s ac
tivity committee; and Hope
Buck of Bee Log, “who will
serve on the national mem
bership committee.
BEE LOG SCHOOL WILL
PRESENT PLAY
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The elementary grades of
Bee Log High School will
present the play, Tom Saw
yer, on Friday evening,
April 6. Admission will be
.10 and 15 cents.
"'ILL VISIT YANCEY COUNTY WEDNESDAY
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FARLEY TO VISIT
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Plans Brief Stop Here On
” Asheville-Boone Trip,,
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Post Master Ge n e raij
James A. Farley will spend*
twojllte in Western North
„ Carolida.-.week, and
. will visit several post offi
i ces in Yancey County on
Wednesday, April 10th ac
cording to information re
i ceived by G. L. Hensley,
Burnsville post master..
Mr. Farley will dedicate
, the hew post office building
, at Canton on Tuesday,
spend the night irt Ashe
ville, and g° to Boone Wed
nesday, morning to dedicate
the new Post Office build
ing there.
' -On the trip to Boorie Mr.
Farley and his party plan
to make brief stops kt the
post offices' at Swiss, Bald-
River, Burns
ville, Windom and Miea
ville. „
The group ; will reach
Burnsville about 8:15, and
the plans are for the post
master general to speak
briefly to those who are
present to greet him. Those
Who wish to be present will
meet on the town square at
8:10.
Mr. Farley has been post
master general since 1933,
and has already signified
his intentions of being a
candidate fay Abe Democra
tic presidential nohrinaticn.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Raleigh, March 22.—Ap
pointment of Frank W.
Howell, of Green'Mountain,
. as manager of • the cam
, paign m Yancey County for
I Lieutenant Governor Wilk
. ins P. Horton, of Pittsboro,
for the Democratic nomin
ation for Governor of
North Carolina was anno
unced today by Judge Dan
iel L. Bell, State campaign
> manager.
Mrs. R. R. Ray of Bilt
, more spent the week end
i with her mother, Mrs. R. S.
Wilßon. «
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Zoife Meeting at Bald Creek
i ~ Methodist Church
The western zone of the
W.M.S. of the Marion dis
trict met at Bald Creek on
Thursday, March 28.
The meeting was opened
i with .prayer by Rev. J. N.
i Snow, then the visitors
j were welcomed by Mrs. Cl
R. Burton.
Mrs. B1 ahe he Greene,
zone leader, presided and
the Bakersville auxiliary
presented the following
program, . expressing the
idea of a complete, and well
rounded Christian life: -
Rev. ’ R. C.
Nimon. Study,
MrC Ray mo n d 'Ashley;
Worship, Mrs. Charles
Ramsey; Children's Work,
Mrs. Taylor Blevins; Spiri
tual Life Work, Mrs. R. C.
Reed; A Post for Every
Woman and Every-Woman
at Her Post, Mrs. R. C. Ni
mon.' -.
_ Mrs. J. B. Tabor of
Spruce Pine read a report
from the district secretary,
Mrs. W. I. Pitts' was unavoi
dably absent.
Reports were heard from
the presidents of the dif
ferent auxiliaries and-Wbry
satisfactory - progress, was
reported. TSiree young wo
men’s circles were reported,
one from Spruce Pine and
two from Higgins Memori
al. >
Mrs. Hobart Ray gaye a
very interesting talk on
Christian Social Relations
work.
Rev. J. B. Tabor pro
nounced the benediction. .
Lunch was served by the
local auxiliary.
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MOTORCADE WILL IN
CLUDE BURNSVILLE
ON ITINERARY
The;aecond motorcade
sponsored by the Asheville
Junior Chamber of Com
merce will held on Fri
day, April 12. Plans include
a trip by Old Fort, Little
Switzerland, Spruce Pine
and Burnsville. Charles
Morgan who is connected
with Smoky Mtn. Stages,
Inc. is in charge.
CENSUS BEGUN APR. 2
Enumerators Are Named
' For Yancey County
From the office of the
District Supervisor in Gas
tonia, N. C. comes the list
of Enumerators who have
been tentatively selected
for work in Yancey, Madi
son, Mitchell and Avery co
unties in connection with
the Population, Agriculture
and Hous in g Census to
begin on April 2nd.
The taking of the Census
will be the most tremendu
ous single undertaking ever
attempted and will require
the services of some 130,000
people in the United States.
More statistics will be
gathered during this census
than ever before,, as the
Census of Housing has been
added to the already large
task. Blanks have been pre
pared for those who do not
wish to divulge their earn
ings during 1939. This is to
take care of the very small
minority who do not care to
tell these facts to the enu
merator. - The blanks will
not be signed and will be
sent direct to the Census
Bureau in Washington.
It is hoped and expected
that full cooperation will be
given the enumerators as
all information is strictly
confidential and will not be
used by any other depart
ment of the Government.
Every Census employee is
liable to a severe penalty
for divulging any informa
tion secured.
Enumerators appointed
for Yancey County are:
Mrs. Pearl Higgins, Ashton
Ramsey, Ralph Laughrun,
Jennie “L. Proffitt, W. C.
-Edwards, R. E, Holloway,
Annice Man ey, W. 0.
Briggs, Mrs. Vivian E.
Jamerson, George Robin
son, John P. Woody, Ruby
B. Adams, Monroe Edwards
and Hoc C. Bailey.
NOTICE
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The second quarterly
Conference of the Method
ist church will be held next
Sunday at the 11:00 o’clock
hour.
The district superinten
dent, Rev. J. C. Cornett,
will preach, and the busi
ness session of the confer
ence will be held following
the sermon. ti
Everyone is cordially in
vited to attend.
AMATEUR fcONTEST
An amateur contest will
be held at the Burnsville
High school auditorium at
8 o’clock, Friday, April-12.
If you want to hear the
finest mountain music .ever
.offered to a Burnsville auk
dience be sure to attend.
If you play a musical in
strument of any kind, and
would like to compete for
a prize, you may enter the
contest Get out your fid
■ die, guitar, mandolin, harp,
or whatever instrument
■ you play and join in the
i fun. Alto take a chance at
i winning a prize. If you
i would like to join the con
i test please drop a card or
l letter to B. M. Tomberiirt
, Burnsville, N. C. not latef
than Wednesday, April 10.
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THIRTY-FIVE
Bounty agents
FARM NOTES
(By R. H. Crouse, Agent)
The County Agent’s offi- I
ce has just received notice
from the State office that i
there will be a further de- i
lay in shipments of phos- j
phate which has been \
ordered through the Agri- 1
cultural Conservation pro- \
gram, as a grant of aid. i
The delay is due to the un- j
usually large orders re- j
quested through the ACP
and it it not possible for the
fertilizer companies to fill ... ]
all requests promptly. How- vm
ever, an effort is being *1
made to have all requests I
taken care of between now
and fall.
In addition to- farmers
previously listed, the foll
owing will' receive forest
tree seedlings this week:
R. S. Ray, Chas. Brown,
Dal to n Garland, Charlie
Bradford, Perry Bradford,
Roscoe Hensley, Ragan
Fender, W. B. Wilson, J/
Richard Ray, W. B. Hens
ley, Dewejr Gurley, T. S.
Hughes, T. L. Edge, A. C.
Greene, R. J. Buchanan, W.
A. Simmons, Sleet McAlist- .
er, L. E. Briggs, Alice Mc-
Peters, Cornelia Nicholson,
Elizabeth English, Mrs. 11
Harriet Wilson, J. M.
Banks, Ransom Riddle, Z. 'i
V. Bennett, C. 6. Brinkley.
D. Z. Styles, Jeff Collis, J. ,
3. Riddle, Maytha Peljing- J
er, G. D. Ray, T. K. Riddle, \
B. M. Peterson, John H.
Edwards, D. R. McKinney,
Sam J. Byrd, Lester Byrd,
D. W. Byrd, J. B. Wheeler,
Bob Higgins, Mattie Bailey,
J. G. Peterson, S. A. Husk
ins.
Plans which have been
under way for some time to
have a county-wide test
made to eradicate Bang’s
disease in all the cattle |n
the county, were presented
to the County Board of
Commissioners on Monday,
April Ist. The commission
ers took the matter under
consideration anj a defini
te decision is to be made
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CHARLES LAUGHTON
SCORES IN DIFFICULT r
“HUNCHBACK” ROLE
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Probably the most diffi
cult role essayed by a film
player is that of Quasimo
do, the . frightful hero of
“The Hunchback of Notre
Dame,” currently depicted
by Charles Laughton in
RKO Radio’s moving, spec
tacular version of the Vic
tor Hugo classis coming to
the Yancey Theatre next
Monday and Tuesday.
As Quasimodo, the heroic
bellringer of Notre Dame, >-
Laughton breathes life and
pathos into the extremely
difficult part, evoking
heart-tugging sympathy .
for the pitiable outcast. t>ok
spite the actor’s shocking
make-up, his superb artis
try makes the immortal
Quasimodo human and
deeply appealing.
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The April 11 meeting of
the Woman’s Club will not
1 be held." The next meeting
, will be on April 26, with
f Mrs. R. O. Jones and Miss
, Ella Horton as hostesses.