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| For local newt details | Read the Yancey Rec | ord Every Week. a’ • ..•ms- ■ •••• !.«<>• i VOLUME FOUR W. E. ANGLIN IS RE-EL ECTED CHAIRMAN OF DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE W. E, Anglin was re-el ected chairman of the De mocratic Executive Com mittee at a meeting of the committee held last Satur day. Mrs. Sam J. Huskihs was elected vice chairman and Frank W. Howell, sec retary. Members of the commit tee are: Burnsville town ship, J. A. Goodin; Cane River township, Ralph Neill; Jacks Creek town ship, Sam J. Byrd; Egypt township, W.—'M. Pate; RamSeytown ~ township, J. ; A. Hannum; Crabtree township, T. L. Edge; Pri ces C :eek township, J. M. Edwards; Green Mountain township, Frank W. How ell; Brush Creek township, Jobe Thomas; Pensacola township, U. S. Allen; South Toe township, J. W. Hoover. DAILY VACATION BIB LE SCHOOL BEGINS SESSION The two weeks Daily Va . cation Bible School began The two weeks session on Monday morning with a very good attendance. Rev. George K. Neff is general superintendent. Mrs. Neff is supervisor of. the. Beginners Depart ment, assisted by Mrs. G. L. "Hensley and Miss Avis Styles. Mrs. H. G. Fletcher is in charge of the Primary group, assisted by Misses Buena Ellen Bailey and Ruth Mclntosh. Miss Margaret English is supervisor of the Junior department, is assisted by Miss Mary Glatly. Rev. J. S. Folger has the Inter mediate group. Rev. R. E. Powell teaches handcraft and Mrs. Julia Mclntosh, sewing. WPA SEWING ROOM HAS PRQPUCED MANY GARMENTS . __ w r The WPA sewing project has functioned longer and employed more workers than any other professional and service project in the county. The sewing room was opened in November, 1935 and has given most satis factory services- through out its period °f operation. All types of garments have been made: infants’ cloth ing, dresses, shirts, pants, underwear for men, - women and children, over alls, overall jackets and many others. Since January 1940 only men’s overalls have been made. An average of 20 women working for the past four - months have made 1539 pairs. Garments produced in the sewing room have been turned over to the welfare agencies for distribution to the needy, and have been a great benefit to the people of the county. Thus the county has been aided in a very material way, aside from the wages paid by the WPA to supervisors and Workers. • , THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. « - -a - '• * V HR " % -Hr V M 1| „ v M JHP * j|H| g, Ml .Mr** <• j "'i ; . 'f JkS&B* jjSft? ' . i i ‘ ? s«® .iww smMzymmi - mac 'MI *■■■ i— *»** ■ W ■tei | W p ■» ■ 9k| ■* TiiMy wt> ' * GRADUATION CLASS OF MICAVILLE HIQfl SCHOOL—I94O _____ 2:' _ "... - " •- , ~Wr~ FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. EMMALINE ! HOLCOMBE, 81 Funeral services for Mrs. Emmaline Holcombe, 81, were held at her homej near Bald Creek on May 6 at 10:30 o’clock. Rev. B. T. Nanney of Swiss, Rev. R. D. Ponder of Buckner, former pastors of the de ceased and Rev. Elzie Ray of Burnsville, .Rt. 1, a nei ghbor and friend of the family, conducted the ser vices. ;r Surviving are two sons, Charles M. Holcombe and Willard T. Holcombe; two daughters, Elizabeth Hol combe and Mrs. Alvin Hol combe all of Yancey coun ty, •and one brother, R. E. Lee MePeters of Chase City, Va. Twenty grand children and two great grand children also survive. STATEMENT In view of certain ridicu lous statements and false reports that have been cir culated, I desire to make a statement to the voters in regard to some of the things for which I stand and for which I will work if I am nominated and elec ted as Representative of, Yancey County. This state ment is made without mal ice toward anyone. In the first place, there is no person who can truth fully say that I have not always stood by the Demo cratic Party, and' never assisted in defeating a Democratic Candidate for office. lam not the Candidate of any Factipn and if E represent Yancey County, I shall represent all the people in this County and endeavor to serve the people of this county faith fully and honestly. Conse quently,,, those who would like to tie my hands by get ting me to make promises can rest assured that they shall not be.able to do so. - I believe that there is plenty of opportunity to improve the school system (Con*lnu*d on p»g« four) • - •/' / ■v I \ “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., MAY 16, 1940 I SWIMMING AND LIFE SAVING WILL BE STRESSED AT CfaTC t_ - .. - —n- = Fort Bragg, N. C., May i 14.—As a step towards the j reduction of the annual loss of life in the United i States by drowning, all j trainees attending the 1940 Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Bragg who cannot swim will be requir ed to take swimming less ons, it was announced by the Camp Area Command er. r Swiniming has been in the sports and athletic program prepared for the 750 trainees now being en rolled for the C. M. T. Camp opening here June 12. Included inrlhe sports schedule will also be base ball, softball, volley ball, boxing, tennis, horse shoe pitching, and track and gymkhana events. Near the C. M. T. Camp area at Fort Bragg is lo cated the large McFadyen Lake, which will be open to the trainees for the 30 days they are at camp. Competent instructors will be on hand and organized classes formed to teach non-swimmers to swim and to improve the form of weak swimmers. A pwum mers test will be given at the outset of camp, and a trainee failing to pass this test will be required to en roll in one of these classes. For the more advanced | swimmers a Red Cross Life Saving Course will be given with instruction four afternoons a week. Candi dates? who complete this course will be given the American Red Cross Seni or Life Saving emblem. 7 Accepted 1 rom County The quota for Yancey County to the Citizens Mi litary Training Camp was set at five. Already, how ever, seven applicants have been accepted for enroll ment in the camp which will begin on June 12. —Bruce Byrd has accepted a position with’ Pet Daries of Johnson City. WPA PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE PRO JECTS STUDIED ... •—-—^4* —• Local Observance Will Be gin With Supper Monday Evening The week May 20-25 | has been set apart by the Workfl .. Adminis tration as the period dur ing which citizens through out the United States will observe the work of the Professional and Service Projects of the WPA. To launch the week of “This Work Pays Your Community” in the county a supper will be held at the community club house on Monday evening, May 20th. All town and county offi cials, and all interested persons are invited to at tend this supper meeting. B. M. Tomberlin will act as toast master, James Hutchins will give the principal address about the professional and service projects in the county, and Frank W. Howell will speak for the principals of the high schools. Persons connected with the projects will also speak. These will include Mrs. Vaye Anglin, clerk in the surplus com modity, department of the Public Welfare, Mrs. Fan nie Styles an adult educa tion student, Miss Ethel Roland who will discuss the sewing project, and Miss Della Mclntosh who will re present the librarians. Tickets for the supper are now on sale. Miss Loui se Watson is in charge of this ticket sale. Notice to the Citizens Os The# Town of Burnsville ..Beginning with the week of May 20 the Town truck will come to each home in the Town once a week for the purpose of gathering garbage. The following schedule will be observed: On Thurs day of each week the truck will gather garbage at alt the homes Egsft' of the pub •(Continued on page two) WOMAN’S CLtB MEETING A program of unusual interest was presented at the meeting of the Woman’s Club last Thurs day afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. P. Lyon, with Mrs. C. R. Hubbard,Sr., as sociate hostess. Mrs. J. S. LoFevre presided over the business session in the ab sence of the president, Mrs. W. B. Wray, Jr. Several business matters were dis posed of, and Miss Maria Alley was appointed chair man of the judges for the Flower Garden contest which the club is sponsor ing. Mrs. R. W. Wilson was program leader for the af ternoon and used as her subject- “Words and Mus ic.” Mrs. Wilson wished to emphasize a few hymns which arb peculiar to dif ferent denominations. Sev er al hymns and their orgin were discussed, and at the conclusion of each discus sion, Mfs. Grady Bailey rendered these hymns at vocal solos. - The following program was presented: Two Baptist hymns: “All Hail The Pow§r of Jesus’ Name,” “The Woman’s Hymn,” by Mrs. R. E. Pow ell. ■ * Two Methodist hymns: “O For A Thousand Tong ues To Sing,” “Jesus, The Sinner’s Friend,” by Mrs. J. S. Folger. Two Presbyterian hymns “Crossing The Bar,” “Joy ful, Joyful, We Adore Thee,” by Mrs. George K. Neff. . . | Two Moravian hymns: “Jesus Makes My Heart Rejoice,” “Morning Star, O Cheering Sight,” by Mrs. R. W. Wilson. One Christian Science hymn, “Shepherd, Show 1 Me How to Go,” by Mrs. R. W. Wilson. Little Aaron Wilson ren dered the last hymn as a vocal solo. ““ufr social hour followed, and the hostesses served a saladVSourse. # J. M. Broughton To Speak In Spruce Pine May 18th Local Democrats will be interested m the announce ment that J. M. candidate for nomination for governor, will speak in Spruce Pine on Saturday, May 18th at 8:00 p. m. LIBRARIES HAVE BEEN OF GREAT BENE FIT TO SCHOOLS The six libraries in ope ration in the high schools of the county have been of great benefit to the schools, and have greatly increased library facilities through out the county. This work was set up two years ago under the pro fessional and service pro jects of the Works Pro gress Administration, and has been two fold. Books have been repaired and kept in repair, and they have also been made avail able for circulation. The book mending pro ject functioned in the co unty for several months, and during that time over 3,000 books were repaired and made ready for use. As a general rule, these books were so badly damaged that thev- could not be used, and wou 1 d have been thrown away. Not only were they thoroughly men ded, but each book has been kept in repair since. Libraries in the counties are located in five high schools; one each at Bur nsville, Bald Creek, Mica ville and Bee Log, and two at Clearmont, one for the high school and one for the elementary departments. The libraries are organiz ed like city libraries* and each is striving to meet the standard set by the library commission. Each lirarian is a high school graduate, and each has attended classes in library science since the project began. At present, the libraries have from 800 to 2,000 vol umes each. Not only is each school building up and adding to these constantly, bpt they are attempting to discard titles not standard, and replace these with ac cepted titles. Workers for the libraries are supplied by the WPA as part of the professional and service program. The schools, however, furnish books and all mending sup plies. Miss Kathryn Buckner is librarian at Burnsville High School, Miss Edna 'Burgin at Micaville, Miss ! Della Mclntosh at Bald Creek, Miss Violet Hensley at Bee Log, Miss Buna Deyton and Miss Alberta Jobe at Clearmont. - | The libraries at Clear mont High School and Bur nsville High school Will hold open house during the week of May 20-26. Patrons of the schools, and interest ed persons are cordially in : vited to visit these libraries arid observe the arrange ment, and the services] . which they render the , schools. ■V- ■■ ; ... ■ Mr. and Mrs. Roy Prof i fitt spent the week end here. \ .. Ws " £ L ■ ■rf—i»—i«Win. lll. ., ,11, , I I ■■ The Yancey Record «r Your Rome count? newspaper carries all local news. -—■"»■ '• '■ 11 V -—•■■», u.".'- NUMBER FORTY-ONE NEW FARMERS FED ERATION WAREHOUSE TO OPEN SATURDAY A modern brick building erected by the Farmers Federation on Burnsville’s public .square will be dedi cated b£ opening exercises Saturday morning to the service of the farmers of this section. v H James G. K. McClure, - president; Guy M. general manager, and other officers and execu tives of the farm coopera tive are expected to come here from the central offi ces in Asheville to attend the opening. Music will be furnished by the federa tion’s string band. The building, 45 by 100 feet, has a concrete floor and is practically fire proof. At the rear is a. structure, 20 by 30 feet, built of sheet metal, to pro vide separate storage space for fertilizer. The structure, especially de signed to serve as a ware i I* - (i A«• house for , farm supplies and as depot for handling farm produce, has been er ected under the supervision of Harry Botha, head of the federation’s forest pro ducts department and an expert in construction work. It occupies part of a large lot on the west side, of the public square which the federation last fall from Mrs. J. Bis Ray. Plenty of space has been provided for parking and the building has been so de signed as to facilitate the loading and unloading of farm produce. On an ad joining corner lot, which tha cooperative has leased to the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey, an automobile service station is nearing completion. Since organization of a Yancey county unit of the federation was completed early in March the organi zation has operated a ware house temporarily in the E. L. Eriggs store building. Equipment and goods are being tnoved this week to . the new brick building. E. N. Stamey is manager of the Burnsville ware house, No. 20 in the federa tion group, and Dave Lollar is assistant manager. Five additional members of an advisory committee for the local cooperative unit are to be elected Sat urday. Five other members =c were elected at the open inf of che temporary ware house in March. Farmers of Yancey, Mit chell, Avery arid Madison counties have been invited to attend che opening ex ercises Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Barbee of Concord spept several days this week with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Smith; Dr. and Mrs. A, B. Eng lish o ' Bristol visited Mr. •and M/s. L. E. Briggs Sun day " -t T Whittle* daughter, Nancy m, of Millers Creek have been vielUng relative* here. • * f
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