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VOLUME FIVE
MRS. WEILAGEIS BACK
FROM EUROPE
Woman Relates Story Os
Holland's Invasion
And Trip Home
Mrs. Francis M. Weilage
and her son Bobby, 11
years of age, reached
Burnsville Tuesday after
coming from Europe on
the transport, American
Legion.
Mrs. Weilage and her
. son went to Holland i n
March to visit her parents
T and had been there only
one month when the invas
ion came. In describing
this event Mrs. • Weilage
said that it was" totally un
expectedly and caipe with
out the slightest warning.
They were waked in the
middle of the night-by the
roar of guns and of air
craft flying overhead. So
unprepared were the pea*
pie for this event that they
could not imagine the
cause, and everyone rush
ed out into the streets to
find out what was taking
place.
After five days of fierce
fighting the truce came,
and Holland, like others
of the smaller countries of
under the
rule of Nazi _ Germany.
Treason and Fifth Column
activities were in large
measure responsible for
the capitulation of Holland.
Though* '"theVS were only
about 20,1)00 Fifth column
ists in Holland these were
so strategically placed and
plans were laid so carefully
that they were able to give
the essential aid to the in
vaders.
As soon as order was re
stored the citizens of the
country., found themselves
under both civil and mili
tary authority of the Ger
mans. The Dutch have no
power though they are
left in positions of nomi
nal authority.
Before the invasion only
sugar was proportioned
to the people, after the in
vasion everything was, and
there was great difficul
ty in buying clothing. The
German soldiers are ex
tremely well trained, Mrs.
Weilage said, and many of
them are very young.
Some of the German sold
iers said that they did not
like Holland because the
Dutch people treated them <
“like air”—as if they (the
Germans), did not exist, ,
as if they couldn’t be seen.
The Dutch people are at
present in a state of great
uncertainty, of .course. (
Bombings continue in
many sections, mostly by
the British flyers, but in
sections removed from
this life goes on very much
as usual though under the
strictest regulations and
supervision. In some ways
it is hardest on the young
people whose careers have
been snuffed out, who can
not plan for the future.
The weakest point in the
German military set up is
the anti-aircraft guns,
Mrs. Weilage said, i n
which they are inferior to
the British. When asked
about the relative. number
of planes lost on each side
(Cootinuad on lour)
THE YANCtY RECORD
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SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
McCRACKEN CHILD
FATALLY INJURED
Jimmy, the six year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
McCracken of Burnsville,
was critically injured late
Monday afternoon when
struck by a truck., w .The
boy’s right hip arid left leg
were fractured, and a sev
ere head injury and other
injuries were sustained.
The accident occured .on
East Main Street and was
said by eyewitnesses to
have been unavoidable.
The child ran from behind
a parked truck directly in
front of the truck which
struck him.
George Peake df Madi
son county who driv
ing was released to appear
later for a hearing.
The child was taken to
an Asheville Hospital when
he died at 7:00 o’clock
Wednesday morning.
MACK B. RAY IS F.S.A.
SUPERVISOR
Mack B. Ray has taken
up his duties here as F.S.A.
supervisor, succeeding Paul
Laughrun who has served
in this capacity for several
years. Mr. Ray has been
employed in Taylorsville
before coming to Burns
ville.
Mr. Laughrun hcjs been
promoted to assistant
State Tenant Purchase
supervisor with headquart
ers in Asheville.
SINGING CONVENTION
WILL MEET ’
The Singing Convention
for the Eastern District
will meet at the Crabtree
Baptist Church on the sec
ond Sunday -in September,
(Sept. 8) beginning at one
thirty P. M. Everyone is
invited to attend and to
take part in the Conven
tion.
Dr. Whisnant Purchases
Home on Main Street
Dr. C. M. Whisnant has
purchased the house on
Main Street, known as the
E. F. Watson home, from
the owner, Charles F.
Byrd. He and Mrs. Whis
nant will move there with
in a short time.
Mr. and Mrs. Byrd will
occupy their house next
door as soon as repair and
enlargement work is com
pleted.
Mr. A. L. Mattson re
turned to Burnsville Thur
sday from Pineville, Ky.,
where he went to attend
funeral services for John
W. Weller who was fatally
injured in a car wreck
last week. Mrs. Weller
and daughter, Susan Lynn
returnedi with him to
Burnsville.
BAILEY REUNION
R. M. Lee of Mars Hill
and Atty. James M. Bailey,
Jr. of Marshall will be two
of the speakers at the Bai
ley Reunion which will be
held at the Roland Hill
Baptist church Sunday.
Other speakers and special
music will also be heard.
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROiRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940
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FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR WESLEY
RANDOLPH
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Funeral services for
Wesley Randolph were
held on September 3, con
ducted by ReV*. Gilbert
Atkins and Rev. Ulyses
Atkins. Mr. Randolph
died Monday at the age of
78 years.
Mr. Randolph was born
and reared in Yancey
county. He joined the
Baptist church at an early
age and had been a faith
ful member until his death.
Surviving are his wife
and three children, Mrs.
Nora Peterson, Miss Mary
Randolph and Miss Rissey
Randolph. Eleven grand
! children, three brothers
and one sister also survive.
-*■ Burial was in the family
1 cemetery at Ramseytown.
GREKN MOUNTAIN
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The annual Hopson re
union was held at the home
of Charles Bailey Sunday.
About 75 or 80 descendants
of the Rev. Garrett Hopson
attended. Several of those!
attending came from John
son City and Elizabethton,
Tenn. Rev. Hopson is 76
years old and has been
preaching for the Free
Will Baptist church for
years. Mrs. Hopson is 74
years old. They haver 11
children now living, fifty
grandchildren and twenty
five great grandchildren.
The family - has *bden gath
ering for a reunion annu
ally for the past thirteen
years, and we sincerely
hope that Uncle Garrett
and Mrs. Hopson will live
to enjoy many more such
occasions.
Time freight train No.
95 from Spartanburg t o
Erwin ran into a rock
slide near Bandana about
5:00 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing. One engine went in
to Toe River and the other
engine ran into the bank
on the upper side. Four
cars also went into the
river and two others were
derailed.
Engineer John Sifford
lost his life in the wreck.
His body was recovered
from the river about 5:00
o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
The other engineer and
two firemen on the engin
es received minor cuts and
bruises, none of \a serious
nature. Through traffic
on the railroad was resum
ed Tuesday evening about
6:00 P. M.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Bailey were visiting in
Johnson City Tuesday.
Mrs. J. W. Howell was
visiting in Johnson City
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Park Bail
ey and Mrs. Merritt Bailey
of Hampstead, Md. were
visiting Mr. Bailey’s
grandmother, Aunt Jane
Bailey and his Uncle, Fritz
Bailey and Mrs. Merritt
Bailey’s brother, Loss Pet
erson, last Sunday and
Monday.
PURCHASES INTEREST
IN Y & B QEPT. STORE
Bruce Westall purchased
a part interest in the You
ng and Buchanan Depart
ment Store here, and is
now actively assisting in
the operation of the firm.
INTEREST SHOWN IN
PLANS FORpUNTY
FAIR, SEPU3-14TH
The Yancey Fair
will be held atfthe Burns
ville High Scffiwl grounds
September 13fi and 14th.,
1940. All farmers and
their wives aw urged to
cooperate to the fullest by
exhibiting tMir best of
livestock ands farm pro
ducts and by intending the
Fair. There/tvill be NO
admission Charge to
any part of tse Fair. At
tractive premiums are
being offerec| for every
class of with the
prize money « the live
stock exhibit the largest of
any department.
There will be no carnival
in connection frith the Fair
this year, but'the Yancey
County Softball Tourna
ment will be played off on
the High School balifield
beginning eajfir Saturday
morning Sepljrhber 14th.
Both boys’ and girls’ team
winners will ibe declared
during the f tournament
and a trophy %ill be pre
sented to the winner of
each, and pennants to the
runner-ups. 'there will be
a flower shows in connec
tion with the Fair and-spe
cial music 1 wi| Ijg played
the Fair; at, various
times.
With the i'uii cooperation
and help.,of o' r ; >we can
make this the best Fair
ever held in Yancey Coun
ty and all done by YAN
CEY COUNTY PEOPLE
and their supporters. A
Fair is the best way to
show the rest of the world
the progress being made
in a given section, so let’s
all work together and show
what Yancey County IS
doing.
The Home Demonstra
tion Agent, the County
Agent, and the Assistant
County Agent are ready
to help in any way they
can to make the best bet
ter in Yancey County.
• FAIR CATALOGUES
ARE AVAILABLE AT
THE COUNTY AGENT’S
OFFFICE.
RULES OF THE FAIR
Some of the rules of the
Fair are being reprinted
here so that exhibitors and
patrons may understand
fully these regulations.
1. Free admission to '
the Fair.
2. All entries must be
in place by 12:00 Noon ,
Friday, September 13th
(except livestock).
3. Judges’ decisions
will be final.
4. Exhibits may be
moved after 5:00 o’clock P.
M. Saturday, Septembers.
5. Every precaution
will be taken to protect ar
ticles on exhibit but the
Fair Association will not
be held responsible for lost
or stolen goods.
6. All farm exhibits
must be the products of :
the exhibitor and entered
irt the name of the produc
er.
7. No cash prizes will
be awarded except in the
classes listed in the cata
logue. Quality products
will be awarded ribbons
where they merit same.
(Continued on page four)
CHURCH SERVICES
PRESBYTERIAN CHUR
CHES, MICAVILLE
Micaville, N. C. Presby
terian church First Sunday
of the month 10:00 A. M.
Second Sunday 7:30 P. M.
Fourth Sunday 11:00 A. M.
Estatoa Presbyterian
Church, Celo, N. C. First
Sunday of the month 11:00
A. M. Third Sunday 10:00
A. M. Fourth Sunday 7:30
P. M. .
Newdale, N. C. Presby
terian church, First Sun
day of the month 7:30 P.
M. Fhhird Sunday 11:00 A.
M. Fourth Sunday 10:00
A. M,
Vian’s Valley Presbyter
ian Church, Toecane, N. C.
Second Sunday of the
month 11:00 A. M. Third
Sunday 7:30 P. M. Satur
day night before the four
th Sunday of the month
7:30 P. M.
Sunday School at every
church at 10:00 A. M. ex
cept when preaching ser
vices are at that hour and
then it is immediately fol
lowing preaching services.
All are invited to these
services.
FINAL RITES HELD
FOR SHELBY DELLIN
GER
Funeral services for Mr.
Shelby Dellinger, age 62,
were held at his home
here Sunday afternoon at
P. M. The Rev. Wil
liam Baker officiated.
Interment wa* in the Del
linger cemetery near the
home. .
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Martha Dellinger,
two daughters, Miss Mary
Dellinger, and Mrs. Frank
Ray, and four sons, Char
lie, Ernest, Frank and Lee
Dellinger, and 12 grand
children, algo one brother
Mr. Baxter Dellinger o f
Weaverville, N. C., and
two, sisters, Mrs. Ruth
Angel, and Mrs. Arthur
McLaughlin.
Holcpmbe and Edwards
Funeral Home was i n
charge of the funeral ar
rangements.
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH NEWS
Rev. Stephen Barabas
will preach at the Burns
ville Presbyterian church
on Sunday morning in the
absence of the pastor, Rev.
Geo. K. Neff.
The French Broad Pres
bytery will meet at the
Asheville Farm School on
Monday morning at 9 A.
M. J. S. LeFevre will have
the devotional service.
Rev. Neff is stated clerk
of the Presbytery.
A workers’ conference
will be held following the
meeting, and representa
tives from various schools
will attend.
A very good attendance
marked the Home Coming
Day at Dellinger Memor
ial Church Sunday. --
Rev. Neff and family
will leave Tuesday for a
three weeks visit with re
latives in Illinois.
Last year tlie United
States imported 59,071,059
pounds of cheese and 1,106,
846 pounds of butter,
YANCEY COUNTY COM
PLETES SERIES OF
SUCCESSFUL TOWN
SHIP TOURS
Ten joint farm and farm
home tours have recently
been completed in connect
ion with demonstration
work in Yancey County,
■ conducted jointly by the
1 Ho m e Demonstration
1 Agent and the County and
1 Assistant County Agents.
An attendance of 115 en
joyed the 10 township
‘ tours with 73 farms and
farm homes being visited.
The farms and farm
1 homes were scored and
the ones making the most
improvements during the
past five years were select
ed in each township by
those attending the tours
and the winners will re
ceive a medium type pure
bred Poland China sow pig
given by the Yancey Coun
ty Mutual Soil Conserva
tion and Land Use Assoc
iation, Incorporated.
The winners are: Burns
ville township, Fred Mc-
Curry; Cane River town
ship, H. J. Gibbs; Egypt
township, Max Higgins;
Ramseytown township, R.
E. Holloway; Green Moun
tain township, M. D. Bai
ley; Jacks Creek township,
R. F. Peterson; Brush
Creek township, R. C. Dey
ton; Crabtree township,
Grover Robinson; South
Toe township, O, M. Rob
inson;
John Ogle; and Prices
Creek township, cancelled
because of rain.
Many improvements
have been made in the
farm homes, outbuildings,
and in the actual farming
operations. There is an
increased tendency for the *
farmers to plant their row
crops on less steep land
where possible and to seed
the steeper land to mead
ows and pasture and im
proving the stand of grass
and clovers on both with
the use of phosphate and
lime.
The association also pro
vided a prize, a 25 quart
liquid measure pressure
cooker, for the farm home
making the most improve
ment in the county in the
past five years and this
was won by Mr. and Mrs.
Max Higgins of Egypt
township. They have a
very nice combination log
and stone house that was
built by Mr. Higgins him
self, also a stone storagjef
house and a gravity run
ning water system in the
house constructed by Mr.
Higgins. The majority of
the furniture and home
furnishings were built by
the Higgins. Mrs. Hig
gins is very active in Home
Demonstration Club work
while Mr. Higgins cooper
ates fully with all farm
programs.
ZONE MEETING WILL
BE HELD IN SPRUCE
PINE
All Missionary Societies
of Methodist churches in
district no. 1 will have the
zone meeting 'in Spruce
Pine Friday, September 6.
The program will begin at
10:30 o’clock Friday morn
ling.
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N NUMBER FIVE
RECORD ENROLLMENT i
IS SEEN JNJANCEY
Schools of the county
system opened yesterday,
Wednesday, for the 1940-
41 term with more stud
ents enrolled than ever be
fore. Five additional
teachers were allotted to
the county on the basis of
the past term’s enrollment.
The following teachers
are employed' at the
schools:
Burnsville School District:
Burnsville High School:
B. M. Tomberlin, principal;
T. M. Swann, Miss LudUe
Erwin, Miss Ella Horton/ -
Vernie Wilson, Mrs. Joe
Yourig, Mrs. Ruth Huskins
Andrews, Guss Peterson,
Bertha Huskins, Mrs. Hil
da Wray, Miss Nettie
Bennett, Mrs. Zula C. Wil
son, Mrs. Mattie Sorrells,
Miss Willie Molt Hensley,
Mrs. Bernice Justice, Miss
Osie Bennett, Mrs. C. L.
Proffitt, Miss Ethel Young
Miss Ruth CoX, Mrs. G. D.
Bailey, Music.
Pensacola School: Daw
son Briggs, Miss Della Tip
ton, Miss Aldine Pleasant,
Miss Edith Husains, Miss
Ruth Hensley.
Windom School: Terril
Young.
Burnsville (Colored):
Charity H. Griffeth.
Bald Creek School District.
Bald Creek Hig| School:
fc&jfT&MSr
ton Angel, Mrs. Pauline
Bailey Hensley, Shelby
Robinson, Miss Stasia
Tomberlin, Garrett Anglin,
Miss Hattie Phoenix, Mrs.
Lillian Shepherd Tomber
lin, Miss Daphne Holcombe
,Mrs. Irene Mclntosh, Miss
Zenebia Edwards, Mrs.
Garrett Anglin, Miss Irene
Hensley, Miss Lucy Evans,
Miss Vaughtie King, Miss
Vergie Duncan, Miss Mary
Frank Hensley, Miss Mad
ge Carter, Miss Annie Lee
Bryson.
Bakers Creek: Sam J.
Byrd.
Banks Creek: Ottis
Gibbs.
Prices Creek: Mrs. Ed
rus Ledford.
Indian Creek: Mrs. Da
Phillips.
Horton Creek: Miss
Bess Wilson.
Elk Shoal: Mrs. Robbye
Robinson Hensley.
Bee Log School District:
Bee Log High School:
Miss Hope Buck, principal;
Bruce Higgins, Max Prof
fitt, Miss Irena Maney,
Monroe Mclntosh, Jack
Mclntosh, Miss Maphra
Byrd, Charles Tomberlin,
Miss Inez Edwards, Miss
Qllie Styles, Miss Lola
Hensley, Miss Hettie Hen
sley, Miss Edna Wheeler,
Miss Bonnie Angel, Mrs.
Ruby B. Adams.
Little Creek: Clyde
Ayers, Daphen Butner.
Piney Hill: Mrs. Oay
Morrow.
Big Creek: Miss Paul
ine Holloway.
White Oak Flats: Miss
Lula Adkins.
Lost Cove: LT. Bailey.
Clearmont School District
Clearmont High School: