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VOLUME FOUR
FORD AGENCY OPENED ]
HERE THIS WEEK
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Whitt Motor Sales, new
Ford agency for Yancey
County will be located here
with A. Z. Whitt of <
Marshall personally i n
charge. The agency is locat
ed in the Styles Brothers
Garage building.
The new agency will han
dle Forts an( * Mercury cars
. and Ford trucks. It will
also deal in used cars and
trucks*.
Mr. Witt has been an es
tablished Ford dealer in
Marshall for more than 20
years, an<j has been very
successful in the manage
ment of his business there.
BAPTIST MISSIONARY
CIRCLE IS ORGAN IE D
The organization of a
business woman’s circlfe of
the Baptist Missionary So
ciety was completed at a
meeting held at the church
on Monday evening.
The following officers
were elected: President,
Mrs. Watson Williams; vice
president, Miss Thelma An
glin ; secretary - treasurer,
Eloise Chase; circle leader,
Mrs. Ivan Westell; personal
service chairman, Miss
Lucy Gibbs; Bible study
leader, Mrs. C. R. Hamrick ;
pianist, Miss Louise
Watson.
The first Tuesday even
ing'of each month was sel
ected as the meeting time.
The Missionary Society
of the church honored pro
spective members of the
circle with a supper given
at the churclf on Friday
evening.
YANCEY ASSOCIATION
WILL HOLD SPRING
SESSION
The Yancey Baptist As
sociation will hold the
spring session at the Jack’s
Creek church on Friday,
May 10th, . Each church is
urged to send as large a
delegation as possible.
Rev. J. E. Hensley will
speak first §n the morning
program and representa
tives will then discuss the
Biblical Recorder, the Or
phanage and the Hospital.
Rev. B. S. Hensley will
bring the missionary ser
mon.
Rev. Ben Lee Ray will
open the afternoon session,
after which a round table
discussion of church- prob
lems will be held. Rev. R. E.
Powell will speak. Monroe
Mclntosh is moderator of
the association.
MRS. CRAIG WILL BE
GUEST SPEAKER
AT CLUB
Mrs. A. R. Craig of
Spruce ' Pine will be guest
speaker at the meeting of
the Burnsville Woman’s
Club on Thursday evening.
Mrs. Craig is a missionary
to China, and her talk will
be of particular interest to
members of the club.
R. O, Miss
Ella Horton are hostesses,
and the meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs.
Clarence Briggs.
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. *
LEGION POST MEETS
AT BALD CREEK
The Earl Hprton Post of
the American Legion, and
the Auxiliary, met Tuesday
evening at Bald Creek. High
School. Mrs. Earl W. Wil
son and Mrs. Monroe Mc-
Intosh were hostesses, and
they were assisted by Mrs.
Ralph Neill and Mrs. J. N.
Snow. p
In separate business ses
sions the two groups dis
cussed and voted on mat
ters of business. The Legion
Post voted to sponsor a
Legibn Junior base ball
team with R. A; Charles as
coach. Plans for the obser
vance of Memorial Day
were also under discussion.
Oscar L. Young, post com
mander, was in the chair.
The Auxiliary arranged
for the Memorial Poppy
sale with Mrs. R. N. Silver
as chairman. Reports were
heard from committees.
Those who attended the
meeting were Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar L. Young of Green
Mtn., Rev. and Mrs. J. N.
Snow, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Wilson, Mr. and Mrs, Ralph
Neill, Mr. an<j Mrl. Monroe
Mclntosh, Mr. and Mrs.
Dover Fouts, Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Cheadle, Mr. and Mrs.
R. N. Silver, Mr. and "Mrs.
C. L. Proffitt, Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. Charles, Mrs. R. Y.
Tilson and Mrs. C. R. Ram
rick. , ",
MATTRESS PROJECT I
LAUNCHED HERE
Representatives of ten
Western North Carolina
counties met at the com
munity club house in Bur
nsville Friday to plan-for
setting up a mattress mak
ing project.
This program, recently
inaugurated by the AAA, is
planned to aid families in
obtaining mattresses at a
small cost. The project so
far has been set up in six
demonstration counties in
the state in order to see
how it might be worked out
most satisfactorily, and to
ascertain the response of
the farmers to the plan.
The meeting Friday was
the first planning meeting
to be held in the TV A
watershed counties, and
was one of a series of group
county meetings planned
for the state.
R. H. Crouse, Yancey co
unty farm agent; presided
at the meeting and intro
duced ' Fred Sloan, of
Franklin, western district
'agent. Mr. Sloan and Miss
Anna C. Rowe, western dis
trict home demonstration
agent, explained the put
pose of the meeting and
discussed plans for begin
ning the project in the vari
ous counties. '' ~ ‘
-Miss Pauline fi. Gordon
of Raleigh, home manage
ment specialist of the ex*
tension service, and Mr. A.
B. Starnes, also of Raleigh,
gave a mattress making de
monstration and led the
discussion cbhcerning all
phases of the work. .
. Avery, Burke, Cherokee,
Clay, Haywood, Jackson,
Macon, Swain, Watauga
and Yancey counties were
represented. —‘=*■
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY"
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1940.
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
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Bee-LOg High School V
Sunday evening, April 28.—Baccalaureate exercises,
school auditorium. Rev. Dean N. f Dobson, Jr.,
speaker. , ' V
Wednesday evening, May I.—Graduation exercises.
Hon. Zeb Curtis of Asheville, speaker.
A Micaville High School |
Friday evening, April 26.—The Primary? Grades will
present operetta. ,1
'% Sunday evening, April 28. —Baccalaureate services,
Rev. A. R. Craig, speaker. JL
Monday evening, April 29.—Seventh promo
tion exercises. •
Tuesday evening, April 30.—Music Recital.
Wednesday evening, May I.—Graduation exercises.
Hon. E. F. Watson, speaker. % >
Clearmont High School
Friday evening, April 26.—Junior Play. §
Sunday evening, April 28.—Baccalaureate services.
Rev Geo. K. Neff, speaker.
Wednesday evening, May I.—Graduation exercises.
Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, speaker. # -
Bald Qteek High School
Thursday evening, April 25.—Junior play.
Sunday morning, April 28.—Baccalaureate services.
Rev J. N, SnoW, speaker.
. Monday evening, April 29.—Music Recital;
Wednesday evening, May 1. —Graduation exercises;
Hon. C. P. Randolph; speaker.
Burnsville High School I
Friday evening, April 26.—Senior class operetta.
Sunday evening, April 28.—Baccalaureate exercises.
Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, speaker.
Monday evening, April 29.—Seventh grade promo
tion exercises.
Tuesday evening, April 30. —Graduation exercises.
Hon. J. M. Broughton, speaker.
BELOVED SONGS IN ]
“SWANEE RIVER”
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| The best-loved songs Os
| Stephen C. Foster, the
great American trouba
dour, are heard in “Swanee
River,” the 20th Century* 1
Fox Technicolor produc- '
tion, featuring Don Ame
che, Andrea Leeds and A1
Jolson at the Yancey Thea-;:
tre on Monday anj Tues
day.
Ameche, who plays the:!
composer, and Jolson, who :
plays E. P. Christy, mins- i
trel king of that colorful <
day, sing several of the i
songs, and other melodies
are rendered by the famous <
Hall Johnson Choir.
. Among the numbers sung
are “The Old Folks at 1
Home” (Swanee ‘ River),
“Old Kentucky Home,” ;
“Oh! Susanna!”, “De Camp
town Races.” “Jeanie with
the Light Brown Hair” and
“Ring, Ring de Banjo.”
Also heard in the film are ;
Foster’s “Beautiful Dream- i
er” an<j “Soiree Polka.” . ,
“Swanee RivjpiJ’ faithful- ,
ly tells the of Foster’s ,
life as he ctually lived it. -
His life contained all the
dramatic ingredients all
the romance, the comedy
and the color—which go
into the making of a great
motion picture.*Few liber
ties were taken with the
facts, for there was no nee<|
to do more than portray
them faithfully.
SENIOR OPERETTA
The Senior class of Bur
nsville Hig School will pre
sent the operetta “An Old'
Kentucky Garden” on Fri
day evening in the school
auditorium.
The operetta is based on
the music of Stephen C.
Foster, and combines both
dramatic and—romantic
situations,. The costuming
and stage settings add
much to the effectiveness
of the presentation.
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Health Department And
Yancey Theatre Announce
New -Film
An unusual short motion
picture “A Nevt Day” will
be shown at the Yancey
Theatre on Monday and
Tuesday of next- week
through the cooperation of
the district health
ment and the manager of
the theatre.
In this picture, which
shows the story of man’s
fight against pneumonia,
many facts about this dread
disease are brought out
most vividly.
“A New Day” is sponsor
ed by the United States
Health Service and the Me
tropolitan Life insurance
Company as a contribution
that is now being waged
against pneumonia.
RECORD
A new enrollment peak
in 4-H Club work was
reached last year with more
than 1,381,500 boys and
girls belonging to 79,500
clubs in the United States
and the territories.
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NOTICE
• Services at the Deyton!
Bend church will not be
held on next Sunday morn
ing as planned because the
pastor, the Rev. J..N. Snow,
will deliver the Baccalaur
eate sermon to the gradu
ating class of Bald Creek
High School at that time.
The services will be held
at 8:00 o’clock Sunday
evening at the home of R.
C. Deyton. -
The report of the build
ing committee will be
heard, and it is important
that every member of the
church attend.
CLEARMONT
ECHOES
Juniors to Present Play
“Look Who’s Here,” a
comedy in three acts, by
Charles George, will bb pre
sented by the Junior Class
at eight o’clock Friday eve
ning, April 26, under the
direction of Miss Islean
Ray.
The play is filled with
funny situations. Lyman
Winchell has been married
for sometime an<j is living
on an allowance from his
Aunt Alice, a spinster who
has been living abroad.
Aunt Alice is dead set
against marriage anj one
of his stipulations in her
monthly allowance to Ly
man is that he remains sin
gle; The unexpected visit
of old friends, together
with the unexpected arriv
al of Aunt Alice, bring
about such funny complica
tions that it is almost im
possible to see how they
will ever be straightened
out.
One laugh piles on top of
another to the very end.
The cast of characters in
cludes, Bill Renfro, Verna
Deyton, Jack Bailey, Belva
Hughes, Pauline Renfro,
Gladys Renfro, James Gar
land, Lucille Ruth
Williams.
SCHOOL PLANS FAIR
FOR PARENT’S DAY
Following the annual cus
tom of Clearmont, Wednes
day, May 1, has been set
aside as Parent’s Day. Ors
this day the seventh grade
graduation exercises will be
held.
The chief feature of the
program for Parent’s Day
is , a school fair to be held
in the school’s aduitorium.
Each grade, class, and club
is to sponsor a booth and
demonstration portraying
some outstanding phase of
1 work done during the year.
In addition to the class
room exhibits, the follow
ing'' 'clubs will have booths
and team demonstrations:
Four-H Club, Hobby Club,
Aviation
club, Dramatics club, Voca
tion club, and Good English
club.
FACULTY "SELECTS
HONOR STUDENTS
Fourteen gold medals
are to be awarded at the
annual commencement ex
ercises, Wednesday evening
May I. >•
The following honor stu
dents have been chose by
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j J. M. BROUGHTON
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Will Deliver Address at
Burnsville High School
Hon. J. M. Broughton,
prominent Raleigh attorn
ey and one th® fading
citidens of North Carolina,
will deliver the Literary
Address at the Burnsville
High School graduating ex
ercises on Tuesday evening,
April 30th A.
Mr, Broughton is a gra
duate of Wake Forest Coll
ege and has been a leader
in many activities in the
state during the past years.
He has served as president
of Wake County Bar Asso
ciation and the North Caro
lina Bar Association, a
member of State ‘ Senate
from Wake -County, mem
ber of the Board of Trus
tees of Wake Forest Coll
ege and of Raleigh Public
library, president of Ral
eigh chamber of commerce.
These and many other posi
tions of responsibility and
trust in the state have
given him a wide and vari
ed background.
Mr. Broughton is now a
candidate for the nomina
tion for governor of North
Carolina.
PROCLAMATION
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Better Homes Week
Whereas, by proper au
thority, the Week of
April 28th to May 4th has
been designated as Nati
onal Better Homes
Week;
And Whereas, it is fit
ting that the County 5 of
Yancey and The Town of
Burnsville should parti
cipate in the laudable un
dertaking of improving
and beautifying the
homes of our communi
ty;
Now, Therefore, I, J.
Frank Huskins, Mayor of
The Town of Burnsville,
do hereby proclaim the
week of April 28th to
May 4th to be, and the
same is hereby designat
ed and set aside as, BET
TER HOMES WEEK for
The Town of Burnsville.
This April 24, 1940.
J. Fi-ank Huskins,
Mayor.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
Canipe of Black Mtn., Mr.
and Mrs. Verna Hensley of
Elizabethtown, Mrs; Mary
i Westall, Mr. and Mrs. Kelse
s Boone, Mrs. Ruth Deaton,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hensley,
r Mrs. Merritt Hampton and
Gillon Westall all of Erwin
. attended the funeral of
r Miss Idylle Batner here
Saturday.
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FUNERAL SERVICES
CONDUCTED FOR
- BUTNER
Funeral services for Miss
Idylle Butner, 30, were held
at the Burnsville Baptist
church at 10:30 Saturday
morning. Miss Butner died
at Black Mountain Thurs
day morning following an
illness of several months*-
The Rev. Geo. K. Neff,
the Rev. J. S. Folger, Rev.
R. E. Powell and B; M.
Tomberlin officiated at the
services. 1
Active pall bearers were
Wood Butner, Gerrard
Butner, Verna Hensley, .r
Ray Hilliard, Glenn Gard- J /
ner and Lyna Hensley.
Honorary pall bearers. l
were Cecil Higgins, L. V.
Pollard, H. S. Edge, W. E.
Anglin, Clarence Byrd,
James Hutchins, Dr. J. C.
Burges, Jr. Dr. B. C. Dig
gings, Dr. W. B. Robertson,
Dr. C. M. Cheadle, Ivan
Westall, A. G. Edge, Dr. G.
M. Whisnant, B. M. Tom
berlin, Charles Tomberlin,
Alden Tomberin, J. Frank
Huskins, Bert Higgins,
Arney Fox, George Robin
son, Clarence Robinson, G.
L. Hensley.
Tho,ge in charge of the
flowers were Miss Clara
belle Ayers, Mrs, John Wil
son, Mrs. Frank Huckins,
Miss Qllie Styles, Miss Will
ie Hensley, Miss Lucille
Banks, Miss Thelma Anglin,
Miss Lucille Erwin, Miss
Alice Roland 'Mrs™ v
Pollard, Mrs. J. B. King,
Miss Ruby Robinson, Miss
Ethel Boone, Mrs. Cecil
Hggins, Miss Lila H’Jiard,
Mrs. Nina Evans.
Burial was in the Mc-
Cracken cemetery.
Miss Butner, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Butner of Burnsville, gra
duated from Burnsville
High School in 1928 and at
tended Appalachian State
Teachers College, Boone.
She taught in the Yancey
School system for several
years and was a jnember
of the Baptist church.
Surviving are hpr par
ents; one brother, Henry;
three sisters, Mrs. Floyd
Banks, and Misses Mary L.
an<i Lou Etta Butner all of
Bumville.
Holcombe & Edwards
Funeral Home was in
charge of funeral arrange
ments.
LAST RITES FOR MRS!
FRED ATKINS OF SIOUX
Mrs. Fred Atkins, 30,
died at her home at Sioux
on Saturday, April 13. Fun
eral services were held
Monday afternoon with
burial in the Atkins ceme
tery.
Surviving are the hus
band, Fred Atkins; three
children, Jewel, Pauline and
Ivan; ner parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W ill Deyton; three sis
ters, Mrs. Wash Bryant,
Mrs. Opha King Miss
Belle Deyton* four broth
ers, Jim, Jesse, Cicero
Roy Deyton. '
E. W. Mullikin, superin
tendem of Northwest Caro
lina Utilities, Inc., of West
Point, Va. is spending some
! time in Burnsville and Mar*
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