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VOLUME FOUR
DR. CftOLEY NAMED
DISTRICT HEALTH
OFFICER
\
Dr. J. J. Croley has taken
up his duties as district
health officer for Yancey
and Avery counties. He
was appointed by county
commissioners and health
boards of the two counties
to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Dr.
R. 0. Jones who has enter
ed private practice in Bur
nsville.
Dr. Croley is a native of
Whitly county, Kentucky,
and a graduate of the
University of Tennessee
Medical School. He was
formerly with the United
States Public Health Ser
vice, New Orleans, La. He
also served as resident
physician at Brooklyn Hos
pital, Brooklyn, N. Y.
After completing his
post graduate training in
public health at Vander
bilt University, Dr. Croley
has served for the past
seven years as Health offi
cer with Alabama and
Texas State Health De
partments.
Others connected with
the Yancey county public
hea 11 h department are
Miss Elizabeth Bradley,
nurse, Mrs. Helen Willi
ams, secretary and Carson
Foard, sanitarian.
KELSE ADKINS OF
BEE LOG DIES
Kelse Adkins of Bee Log
passed away on ..June ,27.
He had been a member of
the Bee Log Baptist chur
ch for 45 years.
-• Surviving are his wife
and five children, Dan Ad
kins of Higgins, Mrs. Kate
Peterson of Burnsville,
Mrs. Emory Edwards of
Bee Log, Mrs. Jane Hig- :
gins of Higgins and Mrs. !
Nancy Shepherd of Bald
Creek. TVo sisters, Mrs.
Hattie Adkins and Mrs.
May Adkins of Ramsey
town, twenty eight grand !
children and four great :
grand children also sur- :
vive.
NEW MARCH OF TIME J
ON “PHILIPPINES”
To Be Shown Mon-Tues. i
.
The newest issue in the \
popular March of Time ;
film series will soon be ;
shown at the Yancey The- j
atre, Manager Clevenger ,
announced today.
The film deals with the !
new problems facing the
Philippine Islands as a re- ]
suit of today’s mounting
war fever, and shows how
Philippine independence—
* scheduled to take effect in ‘
1946—is already seriously
threatened by Japan’s cur-
rent expansion program in .
the South Pacific.
The title of this new
March of is “The \
Philipinnes: 1898-1946”. j
Mrs. Richard Jones and
daughter, Louise of Green- ]
sboro have been the guests 3
of Mrs. Jones’ sister, Mrs.
Kerl Banks.
1
Miss Lena Banner of j
Spray is spending a two ]
weeks vacation with her s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed <
Banner. i
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
MANY CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR WAR RELIEF FUND
The citizens of the coun
ty are responding genero
usly to the Red Cross War
Relief fund, and Burns
ville, Prices - Creek and
Cane River townships have
been reported as having
over subscribed their quot
as. Other townships have
not made final report.
Quotas for the town
ships, announced gt the
beginning of the drive are:
Burnsville, $200.00; Cape
River, $50.00; Crabtree,
$50.00; Jacks Creek,
$25.00; Egypt, $15.00; Pri
ces Creek, $15.00; Ramsey
town, $7.50; Brush Creek,
$10.00; Green Mtn., $10.00;
Pensacola, $10.00; South
Toe, $7.50. Total, $400.00.
Chairman’s (Report From
Cane River
Rev. J. N. Sndw, chair
man of the Cane River
township committee, has
reported that the town
ship had received total
contributions of $67.40 by
Monday afternoon. The
committee with Mr. Snow
as chairman, is composed
of Rasse Howell, Mrs. Earl
Wilson, Monroe Mclntosh,
Max Proffitt.
The chairman of each
township is asked to make
a report and to
names of all those contri
buting. The Burnsville
chairman has reported the
following who have paid
their pledges:
B. B. Penland & Son and
employees, Northwest Car
olina Utilities, Inc. and
employees, Mens Baptist
Bible class, Office of Board
of Education, Chas. Gard
ner, Fred. Proffitt and
family, Robert Maney,
Sheriff Dept.; Ellis Ed
wards, Northwestern Bank
and employees, J. B. King,
J. Frank Huskins, Nu-
Wray Hotel, Mrs. G. W.
Anglin, Rabe Peterson, J.
A. Peterson, Richmond
Anglin, R. L. Young, Ward
Jones, WPA office, Mrs.
Lorene Byrd, Lucy Gibbs,
Perry Sexton, Carl Riddle,
E. N. Stamey, George
Hall, Brady Fox, L. V. Pol
lard, I. B. Westall, County i
Agents office, Mrs. C. R.
Hamrick, Square Service
Station, Edge Dept. Store,
L. G. Deyton, Dover R.
Fouts, Dist. Health office, ,
Robertson Bros. Drug j
Store, Reese Mclntosh, J. ,
H. Ray, Troy Mclntosh;
Suel Anglin, Charlie Rid- j
die, Frank King, Miss Bess
Lewis, Holcombe & Ed
wards, Carrol Rogers Jr.,
Miss Aldine Pleasant, Mrs.
Ralph Laughrun, C. M.
Bailey, J. Mack Thompson,
J. R. Banks, Bolens Creek
baptist church, Dr. W. B.
Robertson, F. R. Higgins,
W. A. Higgins, I. F. Mc-
Curry, Dr. C. M. Whisnant,
Yancey Theatre, Celo Min- (
es employees, Burnsville- j
Post off ic e, Burnsville
Presbyterian church.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Nance of Troy are visiting ,
relatives in the county.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Eng
lish, Mrs. Cecil Angel, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill English, and
Ml*, and Mrs. Perry Sexton
Silent Sunday in McDowell
county where Mr. English
recently purchased a farm.
‘‘DEDICATED TO TflE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1940
COUNTY AGENT’S *
FARM NOTES
(By R. H. Crouse, Agent)
Local supervisors , are
now checking AAA Com
pliance in each township in
the county. These men at
. tended the training school
held in Burnsville by J. H.
Enloe, District Field offi
cer and G. E. Tester, Dis
trict Compliance Supervis
or, passed the examination
and were approved by the
State office. Earl M. Hon
eycutt is County Supervis
or and the following are
working the various town
ships:
Frank Ray, Brady Fox,
Charles Radford, Paul
Higgins Jesse L. Lawhem,
Bruce Higgins, Cart h y
Boone, Fred Ray, Clyde N.
Young, Lewis Robinson,
Cedric Hunter, I. T. Bailey,
Norman L. Young, Claude
C. Higgins, R. Hal Maney,
and Monroe Edwards.
It is now time to start
preparing exhibits for the
Yancey County Agricul
tural Fair which will be
held in Burnsville, Sep
tember 13-14. Farmers
and 4-H Club Members
are. urged to start collect
ing good exhibits of small
grains, clovers, grasses and
other crops as they are
harvested during the sum
mer.—Small grain should
be exhibited in small bun
dles about four inches in
diameter and also att'exfiP'
bit of threshed grain.
Those planning- to put on
farm booths should start
gathering exhibits now
and have them ready be
fore the date of the fair.
You will be able to select :
exhibits with more quality
and uniformity by field
selecting at harvest time.
show is ex
pected to be a main feature
of the fair. Animals for
exhibit should be kept on 'i
good pasture in order to <
have them in the best of i
condition for the fair. Pre- ;
mium lists are being made <
up to include livestock, i
poultry, field and garden j
crops and home exhibits.
This will be an agricultur
al fair and not a carnival.
It is not too late to top
dress tobacco with Sul
phate of Potash. The best
time to apply potash is
three or four weeks after
setting, after the plants
have started to growing
good. Apply o ns hund
red pounds per acre of 50
per cent Sulphate of Pot
ash above the row. Ac
tual demonstrations o f
>otash being applied a t
his stage • have proven
very successful in Yancey
County. Potash improves
the quality of the leaf
which is very important in
obtaining highest prices
for the crop.
NOTICE
A meeting in interest of
Rural Electrification wiU
>e held at the Courthouse
tere on Friday morning at
9:00 o’clock?
Farmers from Jacks
>eek, Green Mtn., Egypt,
iamseytown ah d Prices
-reek are expected to at
tend.
DEFENSE TAXES NOW
PAID BY CITIZENS
On July jl the new taxes
to meet the national defen
se measures went into ef
fect, and residents of the
county fell in line with the
new plan. Gasoline advanc
ed one Waif cent on the
gallon, an added tax on
cigarettes is now levied
and three cents has been
added to the price of the
atre tickets for adults,
sold for the night perform
ances. Matinee tickets re
main the same, and no ad
vance has been made for
children’s tickets.
NEW COOLING SYSTEM
IS INSTALLED AT
THEATRE
An Arctic Nu-Air Cool
ing system, installed this
week in the Yancey Thea
tre building, will insure
complete comfort for pat
rons during the summer
season. The system pro
vides a continuous flow of
fresh air with the proper
temperature maintained at
all times.
Bookings for the .sum
mer months include many
of the fittest pictures re
cently released so that the
be offered throughout the
summer.
W. C. GILLESPIE IS
APPOINTED FOREMAN
Wr Gr'&Keo’pie- hiw"bw>n
notified of his appoint
ment as Junior Foreman
of the Mt. Mitchell CCC
Camp and reported for
duty on July 3. Mr. Gilles
pie received word of his
appointment from George
W. Nostrand, inspector of
National Park Service.
BURNSVILLE MILLING
COMPANY SOLD
W. M. English has sold
the Burnsville Milling
Company and all equip
ment to W. E. Watkins of
Marion. Mr. Watkins will
continue operation of the
mill, which grinds meal,
flour and feeds.
RECENT BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Welzie Atkins of Estatoe a
son, June 6.
Born to* Mr. and Mrs.
Arcemus Newton of Ham
rick a son, June 7.
Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Burdette Deyton of Burn
sville Rt. 1 a daughter,
June 15.
Born to Mr. Mrs.
Roy Hughes of Burnsville
a son, June 8.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Thomas of Micaville
a daughter, June 16.
Born O to Mr. and Mrs.
Jennings Fox of Burnsville
Rt. 1 a daughter, June 19.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs.
Grayson Robertson of Lun
day a daughter, June 19.
Bora to Mr. and Mrs.
Arvil Tipton of Burnsville
Rt. 1 a son, June 23.
Bora to Mr. and Mrs.
Grover Bailey of Celo a
son, June 28.
Bora to Mr. and Mrs.
Ossie Gouge of Newdale a
son, June 24.
Bora to Mr. and Mrs.
Utah Styles of Burnsville
Rt 1 a daughter, June 25.
REV. AND MRS. R. E.
1 POWELL HONORED
i Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Pow
• ell were honor guests at a
• buffet supper given at the
‘ church Tuesday evening.
> Rev, Powell recently ten
dered his resignation as
! pastor, this to become es
t fective August 1.
i Following supper a pro
i gram was given with Mrs.
• G. L. Hensley, president of
> the Womans Missionary
■ Society, serving as toast
master. E. F. Watson spokje
first, expressing apprecia
■ tion of the church for all
that Mr. and Mrs. Powell
had done since coming to
Burnsville, Dawson Briggs
spoke for the Sunday
School, Mrs. R. N. Scott
for the missionary society,
Rev. George K. Neff for
other denominations of the
town, Q: P. Randolph for
the civic organizations.
Mrs. Watson Wi 11 i s a m s
gave a reading, and Mr.
and Mrs. J. O. Hice sang a
group of songs and led the
group singing."
Members of the church
and their families, pastors
of the other churches, and
a number of other guests
were invited. Seventv at
tended the supper.
“PINOCCHIO” COMES AS
NEW DISNEY FEATURE
A large cast of typical :
Disney characters are to
be seen in ’ “Pinocchio,”
Walt Disney’s second sea-
ture-length production, an
RKO Radio release, which
makes an early debut in
Burnsville.
They include Geppetto,
the kindly old wood-carver
who lives with his pets,
Figaro the kitten, and Cleo
the goldfish. He carves the
little wooden puppet Pino
cchio and in answer to his
wish for a real bqy, the
Blue Fairy endows the
puppet with life, appoint
ing Jiminy Cricket as his
conscience. The Fox (J.
Worthington Foulfellow)
and the Cat (Giddy) are
small-fry comic villains
who sell Pinocchio to
Stromboli,- the; unscrupu
lous puppet master. The
Coachman buys stupid lit
tle boys and takes them to
Pleasure Island where they
eventually turn into don
keys. Lampwick is the
toughest of the little boys
on Pleasure Island; and
Monstro is the Whale who
guards the entrance to
Pleasure Island and swal
lows ships. -i
“Pinocchio” is filmed in
technicolor and will be
shown Monday and Tues
day at the Yancey.
JACKS CREEK
Mrs. Emma Hollifield of
Little Switzerland is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. D. R.
McKinney.
Miss Edith McKinney
spent last week end in
West Asheville visiting her
sister, Mrs. Glehn Brooks.
Paul Fox, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jennings Fox has re
turned from the Marion
General Hospital where he
was treated for a broken
leg, sustained a few days
ago when he was kicked
by a cow.
FARMERS PICNIC
Tt 1
Hundreds of farmers
and their families from
Yancey and nearby count
ies are expected to attend
the Farmers Federation
picnic to be held Saturday,
July 6, at the Burnsville
high school, according to
Max M. Roberts, the coop
erative’s educational dir
ector.
Although this is the first
Federation picnic Yancey
county has experienced,
Mr. Roberts said, a great
deal of interest is being
shown in it and a big at
tendance is indicated.
Farmers of Mitchell, Avery
and Madison counties, as
well as those of Yancey co
unty, have been invited to
attend. Special invitations
have been sent to choirs,
quartets, duets and other
singers and musicians, ask
ing them to participate in
a singing convention,
which will be a feature of
the afternoon program.
The day’s activities will
get under way at 10 o’clock
in morning with music
by the Federation’s string
band, entertainment fea
tures and brief addresses
by federation officials.
Among those who will take
part in the program will be
James G. K. McClure, pre
sident of the farm cooper
ative ; Allen Coggins, of
Swannanoa, a director; the
Rev. Dumont Clarke, lead
er of the Lord’s Acre
movement; and John Wea-
i ver, famous fiddler from
i Polk County,
i There will be all manner
of contests with prizes of
, sered in all of them. Head
■ liner of the morning will
, be a liar’s convention with
i a championship belt for the
best tall story teller. Then
there will be prizes for the
; baldest man, the man with
the longest beard, the lar
gest family present, the
oldest and youngest mar
ried couples.
Those attending are ex
pected to bring their own
picnic baskets, but the fed
eration will supply water
melons and lemonade.
Early in the afternoon
there will be foot races for
bo#s and girls and a tug-o
war for the young bucks
and men. This will be foll
owed by a Lord’s Acre pro
gram to be conducted by
Rev. Mr. Clarke. Then will
come the final event of the
day, the singing conven
tion.
This will be first of fed
e: ation’s 1940 series of
picnics. It will be followed
at two or three day inter
vals by 14 others, culmin
ating in a district picnic
for the whole federation
territory on Wednesday,
August 14, at the Moun
tain Experiment Station
at Swannanoa.
Last year Mr. Roberts
reported a total attendance
of 14,000 persons at 13 pic
nics, and this year he an
ticipates even larger
crowds.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman
Briggs of New York City
are visiting home folks.
Sunday there was a fam
ily get together at Swiss
with all members of the
family present,
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NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT
BURNSVILLE WOMAN®!
CLUB WILL OBSERVE
5 ANNIVERSARYki
i . ■■■■.
. The Burnsville Woman’s
1 Club will join clubs throu
i ghout North Carolina and
, other states in celebrating
i the 50th anniversary of the
Federation of Women’s
Clubs. A birthday party
will be given by every club
in North Carolina in ob
servance of this signifi
cant date. The local club
will also observe annual
“Guest Day” on July
11, at the meeting at the
club house.
BURNSVILLE FURNI
TURE SHOP IN NEW
LOCATION
W. H. Hollemon has v
moved his furniture shop
from the small building
opposite the Methodist *ir
church to the building on
the square recently vacat
ed by the Bargain Store.
Mr. Hollemon specializes
in cabinet work, and in re
pairing and refinishing old
furniture and antiques.
AMERICAN LEGION
AND AUXILIARY
MEMBERS HAVE
PICNIC
Members of the Ameri
can Legion Post, and the
Auxiliary, held the annual
picnic on Thursday even-
Thirty attended the meet
ing.
1 Following supper, separ
ate business sessions were
l ' held with Oscar L. Young,
■ commander, presiding over
■ the Legion meeting and
1 the president, Mrs. Earl
1 Wilson in charge of the
; Auxiliary group meeting.
1 Reports were heard and
! committees appointed.
1 The next meeting will be
‘ held at the home of Mr.
5 and Mrs. Brook Wilson at
' Pensacola on July 23.
LITTLE THEATRE
1 PLAYERS HAVE
PICNIC
Thirty five members of
, the Little Theatre group
and invited guests attend
ed the annual picnic which
was held at Carolina Hem
lock Camp ground on Mon
day evening. Games and
contests were af
ter the supper.
Mr. Robert L. Young of
Windom and Mr. Worley •-
Buchanan o f Micaville
spent last week in Wash
ington, D. C. Mrs. Buch
anan who has been taking _ 1
medical treatment at
Washington for the past
six weeks returned home
much improved.
• Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ram
sey of Cincinnati are visit
ing relatives here,
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Buck
ner and daughters of John
son City are visiting rela
tives and friends here.
J. C. Mclntosh of Alex
andria, Va. apent the week
end here with his family. ’
Mrs. Nina~Evans la at
-1 <**”ng * two weeks sum
mer course in first aid
work at Greensboro.