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{ For local news details I Read the Yancey Rec ord Every Week. VOLUME FOUR t. C. McCALL TAKEN BY DEATH TUESDAY - -News was received here I Wednesday of the passing of L. C. McCa’’ on Tuesday evening 0 at his home in Washington, D. C. Death Resulted from a sudden heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. McCall lived in Burnsville for- a number of years and are widely known throughout this section. She was the former Miss Lora Lee Lyon. Also surviving are one daughter, Maxane; his mother, Mrs. McCall of Spruce Pine; one sister, Mrs. Charles Peterson, and two brothers, Tod and R. S. McCall, all of Spruce Pine. Funeral arrangements are not complete, but ser vices will be held there, with burial in Arlington National Cemetery. 5 YOUNG REUNION WILL BE HELD SUNDAY The annual Young Fam ily Reunion will be held on next Sunday, June 16th at Camp Ray. Hon. Clarence Blackstock of Asheville will address the group at 11:00 o’clock. Other speak ers will also be heard in short talks. ( Miss Olive Briggs and Miss Sarah Woody Have Graduated Miss Olive Virginia Briggs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Briggs, was one of the 428 Seniors to receive a degree from Woman’s College of the University of North Caro lina at the commencement exercises held on Monday morning, June 10. Miss Briggs who receiv ed a B, S. degree major ing in Secretarial Admin istration, is a member of the Dikean Society and was active in Y. W. C. A. work, in which she was a member for four years. She was also a member of the Pine Needles staff for two years and was connect ed with the Wesley Foun dation in which she served as secretary and recreation chairman. She was ac tive in many campus af fairs, and held many offi ces during her four years at Woman’s College. Miss Sarah Woody, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Woody, was also one of the 428 Seniors who received a degree from Woman’s College of the University of N. C. at the commencement exercises on June 10. , Miss Woody who receiv ed a degree of B. S. in Secretarial* Administra tion, is a member of the Dikean Society. She has been in the College Choir during her Junior and Senior years, and a mem ber of the Education Club -her senior year. Before coming to Woman’s Col lege Miss Woody attended Mars Hill College for one year. A large crowd from this place attended the annual Memorial services at the Horton Hill Cemetery Sun. ■ THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. DECORATION AT BAILEY HILL CEMETERY I The annual Decoration will be held at the Bailey Hill Cemetery, Toledo on Sunday, June 16th at 2:00 o’clock. Funeral Services For Wyman Brinkley n Funeral Services for Wyman Edward Brinkley, 33, were held j at the home of his father, -C. O. Brinkley, at Winidom Saturday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Rev. J. H. Black officiated. Inter ment was in the family cemetery. Mr. Brinkley was a nat ive of Yancey county, having spent all his life near Windom. He had been a member of the Free Will Baptist church there for about 12 years. On Feb. 22, 1930 he was mar ried to Miss Annie Robin son who, with one* child Kenneth Edward, survives him. Survivors also include his parents, Mr. Mrs. C, O. Brinkley, and Miss Dorothy Brinkley of Mar ion, and Robinson of Windom. Active pall bearers for the funeral services were Lee Bailey, Berlin Jones, Ralph Black, Albert Jones, Shelby Styles and Rich Taylor. Those in charge of the flowers- were Jessie Fay Bailey, Mary Joe Bai ley, Essie Robertson, Nell Brinkley, Maxine Black, Delova Taylor, Reda Tho mpson,, Ruth, Riddle and Alta Godfrey. McCRACKEN CEME TERY WILL BE DEC ORATED The McCracken ceme tery in East Burnsville will be decorated on next Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Services will be held at that time with Rev. Theo. Letterman in charge. The cemetery will be cleaned on Friday morning and all who have relatives buried there are requested to come and aid in the work. DAY BOOK NOTES AND HAPPENINGS Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McCourry and son o f Maryville, Tenn., visited Mr. McCourry’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. S. McCo urry, last week. Mr. and Mi's. Maurice Thompson of Holland, Ohio ahd D. C. Butler of Roland, N. C. are spend ing a few weeks visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hun ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Hunter, Bob and Maye Hunter and Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Thomp son of Holland, Ohio were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Pay Bennett of Stocksville. Miss Ella Jay Tipton visited her sister, Marie Tipton, in Marion Sunday. Mrs. S. Garland and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bowman of Bald Creek were visiting relatives in Kingsport, Tenn. last week. - “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY 5 ’ BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1940 GOODMAN PREDICTS BIGGEST FARM WEEK £ jt Preseht indications point to a record-smashing en rollment at this year’s Farm and Home Week, to be held at State College, July 29-August 2, announ ces John W. Goodman, as sistant director of the State College Extension Service. Their attendance a t these annual events always far outdistanced by wom en, menulelegates will have . their strength bolstered this year by county and community AAA commit teemen who will attend the convention. Goodman pointed out , that all of North Carolina’s ! 100 county corhmittees, . composed of three men each, have been scheduled to attend. In addition, one delegate from each township - committee will be present. This should assure at least 1,200 far , mers in attendance at the convention. Ordinarily, from 1,200 to 1,500 farm women register for the i event. Plans for the week are now nearing completion, Goodman said. Subjects, • of interest to btfth men and i women will be taken up during joint-sessions of the two groups, while separate sessions will be held for other topics. In addition cational side of the pro gram, a full schedule of entertainment and recrea tion have been planned for the delegates. Tours, con tests, games, group sing ing, square dancing, and other lighter features will serve to enliven the pro gram. As has been the custom for the past three years, Governor and Mrs. Clyde . Hoey will appear on the Thursday, August 1, night program. Other than these two, there will be no speakers scheduled for the evening recreational per iods. * Rooms will be provided in State College dormitor ies, and meals will be ser ved in the college cafeter ia. CHAIN Eight purebred gilts will be given to Durham Coun ty 4-H boys as the first step in starting a pig club chain, says J. A. Sutton, as sistant farm agent of the State College Extension Service. WAR The economic effect of the European war and the closing of vital markets to the agricultural surplus producting countries are beginning to have a decid ed effect on the prices of foddstuffs. Hiram Proffitt celebrat ed his 89th birthday Sun day. The annual Decoration was held at the Horton Hill Cemetery Sunday morning. Rev. Gus Laugh run delivered the sermon, and a large crowd attend ed. “So They Say” It’s a small world after all. This happened in New York City list week. Guss and Richard Peterson were sight seeing atop the 70 story R.C,A building in Radio City, and about the first person they saw was Mrs. Honeycutt who is in N. Y. visithjg Reece. Mrs. H. could hardly believe her eyes but fiddly said, “It’s Guss Peterson or some one who looks J exactly like him.” Os course it wouldn’t be very probable to find someone to look exactly like him. f : Many friends in this sec tion will be interested to learn that Martin England and family (wi% and three children) are iri Mars Hill for the summer. They’ve recently returned from In dia after bing there for five years as missionaries. We trust they’ll be over to see us soon. t Sweet girl graduates at home Olive and Sarah received diplomas at W. C. U. N. C., and families went down for occasion. Olive’s Dad and Mother gave her a looking Plymouth, graduation gift ... Anoth er new car: Joe and May Young’s new Chevrolet. Several youngsters vis iting in town ... Barbara Baumgardner of Asheville xfPWMa Ann Fle tcher ... David Young of Asheville is visiting his grandmother Tipton ... and the Berryman children stayed with Anne and Clarence Briggs while Ila went to attend Clarence Berryman’s graduation at V. P. I. Lucille Gillespie had “happy birthday” even if in Biltmore hospital. Irene and Mrs. G., 01i ve Briggs, Lucille Erwin, Mary Lyon and Annie Lucy Swann all over to help her celebrate, with cake and candles and that Goodin will urn operation there too. Sammy Wilson in Charlot te hospital for operation .. Jack Angel home from Or thopedic Home. When the sheriff takes a young man for a ride it’s not always an arrest. Wed nesday he was out with his 2 1-2 months old son. Fine looking chap. New service station on square is most attrswttve George Hall in charge, with Dancy to assist ... Bill and Vint Westell have taken over station that George has had for several years, on east Main Street. New folks in town: Madith Cathey and Chloa Woods both of whom are empoyed at Celo Mines.... Chick and Frank Butner are in the Navy, are now in Norfolk Little The atre players elected Pat Williams new president hope they’ll find time this summer for production ... If you’re good at figures you could find out how far that ctoth received at Edge’s Dept. Store this week would reach some where up around the Game Refuge. The mileage has (Continued on four) LITTLE THEATRE PLAYERS ELECT OFFICERS • , " a-. ■■ ' < The Little Theatre Group met on Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Arney Fox. Mrs, L. V. Pollard presided at the business session, and the annual election of offi cers was held. The following will serve during the year: Presi dent, Mrs. Watson Willi ams; vice president, Sam Byrd Bennett; secretary treasurer, Furman South er. * MICAVILLE CAFE WILL OPEN FRIDAY Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mc- Neill have announced the grand opening of the Mica ville Case which will be held on Friday and Satur day evenings of this week. The public is cordially in vited to attend, and quests are asked to call from 8:00 o’clock on. The Case is located next door to the Micaville Post Office, and has been re cently redecorated and finished, and has adequate space for business. Mr. and Mrs. McNeill are originally from Yancey County but have spent the past few years in Pennsyl vania. Special plans are under way for the opening nights I and refreshments will be NEW SERVICE STATION ON SQUARE NOW IN OPERATION The recently completed service station located on the North side of the town square was opened last week with George W. Hall as Manager. The service station was leased by the. Standard Oil Company. G.A. MEMBERS \£ILL ATTEND 3 DAY CAMP t ~ Members of the Junior and Intermediate G. A. groups of the Baptist church will attend a three day camp this week, Fri day through Sunday at the Mt. Mitchell Camp for Boys. • Mrs. J. A. Watson and Mrs. R. N. Scott will be in charge of the camp, and approximately 30 girls are expected to attend. MICKIE SAYS— ‘ : V WUAf SlAtfS ME IS IVV POftt VAM>\±s 'AT Grrs SORE AT US OVER- MUTHIU MUCH, BUT CAKIT STOP 7H' PAPER f &ITB/EM, BECUX ME AIMT A SUBSCRIBES-/ ) W TYPHOID CLINICS Dr. R. O. Jones, Dist. Health officer, .announces the following dates and places for tlje holding ofj clinics for typhoid vaccine and’ diph theria toxoid: Banks Creek: Austin’s store, 10 a. m., June 18, 25 and July 2nd. Paint Gap :Horton Creek School, 11 a. m., June 18, 25, and July 2nd. Bald Creek: Proffitt’s Store, 2 p. m., June 18, 25, and July 2nd. Windom: Gibson’s store, 9:30 a. m. .June 19, 26, July 3rd. Boonford: Young’s Cha pel Baptist church, 11 a. m. June 19, 26 and July 3. Micaville: Presbyterian church, 2 p. m. Junel9, 26 . July 3rd. Clearmont School: 11 a. m., June 20, 27 and July 5. i Deyton Bend: Ip. m., i June 20, 27, and July 5. Vaccination is one of our ; best means of controlling ; typhoid fever, and every ■ one in these neighborhoods l should take advantage of > these clinics to secure pro tection. Those who care to » come to the office in Bur - nsville will find the doctor i or the nurse on duty every - Saturday morning. The Health Department ♦ recommends diphtheria j toxiod especially for child s ren between 6 months and kwvfcsi Me. !t It ia jee cjmredby : |a that every child shall be vaccinated against diphtheria before he will be allowed to enter school. We want the par- I ents to have their children ( vaccinated against diphth ( eria, not because it' is a . law, but to protect their j children from this disease. ( The Schick test, Tuber | culin test and the smallpox ■’ vaccination will also be given at these clinics. All vaccinations and tests will be free of charge. UNUSUALLY HEAVY RAINS FALL IN PAST WEEK Unusually heavy rains have fallen in this section during the past week. Cloudbursts in Burnsville last Thursday and again on Wednesday did some dam age to gardens and crops by washing over them. Rain wats badly needed, however, especially for setting plants. Miss Madith Cathey of Candler and Miss Chloa Woods of Tennessee are now employ ed at Celo Mines, Inc. Mrs. Joe Godfrey of Elk ton, Md. is visiting her mother, Mrs. Julia Mcln tosh. Mrs. Edd Wilson will teach the Men’s Bible Class of the Baptist Sunday School on next Sunday morning. All members and prospective members are invited to be present. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Ran dolph, Mrs. F. C. Randolph and Mr, and Mrs. Bascom be Randolph visited rela tives in Chattanooga, Tenn. during the week end. i The Yancey Raoord I j j local news. NUMBER FORTY-FIVE COUNTY FAIR WILL BE HELD ON SEPT. 13 & 14 Two Day Agricultural Display Planned The Yancey County Fair Association has announced plans Yor the Fair, and catalogs will be sent out to tne fanners of the coun ty and other interested persons at an early date. The event this year will be an entirely agricultural affair, with farm displays and live stock exhibits es pecially stressed. The women’s exhibits are ex pected to be larger than ever: since all home demon stration clubs will cooper ate. . The fair will be held in the Burnsville' high school gymnasium and athletic grounds. All entertain ment features will be fur nished by the schools, 4-H clubs and local talent. In teresting athletic events have also been scheduled. At a meeting several weeks ago the following officfers an#j directors were elected: M. Westall, Bolens Creek, President; C. L. Proffitt, Burnsville, vice president; H. Grady Bailey, Burnsville, secre tary; Miss Alice McPeters, Burnsville, treasurer; Directors include J, A. Hannum, Ramseytown; J. W. Holcombe, Price* vJ3ct}jv m XvUA IVICItILOSII Haa Log; Wm. B. Wray, Burns ville; R. N, Scott, Burns ville; Luther M. Robinson, South Toe; C. L. Bailey, Burnsville, Rt. 1;. S. B. Randolph, Green Mtn.; Robert" Prfesnell, Burns ville ; D. A. Powell, Burns ville, Star Route; G. B. Woody, Burnsville ;* Paul Laughrun, Burnsville; Donald Tomberlin, Swiss (4-H Club representative);, Mrs. Jessie Radford, Cane River; Mrs. C. R. Hamrick, Burnsville; MiBS Maria Alley, Burnsville; R. H. Crouse, Burnsville; V. J. Goodman, Burnsville. JACKS CREEK NEWS" Miss Edna Hord o f Rutherfordton and Shelby was the guest of Miss Eve lyn Hunter last week. Frank Greene, Leslie Hensley and E. F. Hunter, Jr. attended the R. A. As sembly at Ridgecrest last week. D. C. Butler, Jr. of Row land, N. C. is visiting his Uncle Edgar Hunter of this place, and other re!a-< tives at Day Book this week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hor ton and family visited Mrs. Horton’s father, Jas per Hensley’' Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bai ley visited Mrs. Bailey’s father in South Carolina over the week end. ~ Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hon eycutt visited Mr. and Mrs. Park Adkins of Sioux Sun. Mr. Clarence Laws, son of Mr. and Mrs. 4 Marcus Laws left last Friday for Dallas, Texas where he a;Vo h t c^T pBM '
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