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ai<aHatiai>aiiaHai»aitaiiarfaifaH| \ | . For local news details a r ■ I I Read theYfuxcey Bee* i ■ * H ord Every Week. . f i., * i •.ka.>*.i'«*ia<i*na*.a.»aHO , *a»»anaManaiwiia»ta«»..«,ia»i«»»a«»a»««** »f 1 -r, ’./ 1 -, VOLUME FIVE BAPTIST CHURCH CALLS PASTOR The members of the Bap tist church here voted Sunday to extend a call to the Rev. Smoot Baker to be pastor of the church. R*»y. Baker at present is pSsfot of the Baptist church at Enka. • Mr. Baker has accepted the call here, and said that he will come to the Burns ville church on October 15. -1 -r RADIO BROADCAST WILL DISCUSS CCC TRAINING i Plans have com pleted for delivery of a radio broadcast to be given under the auspices of the office of Government Re ports over station WRAL, Raleigh, N. C. at 4:45 p. m. on Friday, September 20. E. Lieigh Stevens, direc tor of the Office of Gov ernment Reports, Rich mond, Va. and the super visor of CCC selection will participate in this broad cast which will be descrip tive of the training oppor tunities now offered in CCC and the relationship of the CCC to the National defense plans. Prospective applicants and their families are es pecially urged to listen to the broadcast tomorrow. It will also be of interest to the public at large. - -T .... «... .* hn TAMPA FOOT BALL TEAM LEAVES SAT URDAY The University of Tam pa Foot Ball team left for Florida Saturday after spending a three weeks training period at Camp Mt. Mitchell for Boys. In addition to their pre sea son training the team play ed two games, one with Mars Hill College which the Tampa team won, and later with Appalachian State which won over the Florida eleven 13-6. Tam pa’s opening game at home is against Stetson of De land, Fla. on Sept. 27. Coaches Noah Higgins and Pix Pierson expressed themselves as highly pleas ed with the facilities o f Camp Mt. Mitchell. The Spartans were invited to use the grounds by Coach A1 Rogers of Clearwater, director of the bbys’ camp. Mr. Rogers is an alumnus of the University of Tam pa where he was a star athlete. YOUNG TO TEACH MEN’S CLASS Brother Alton Young will teach the Sunday school lesson to the Men’s Bible Class of the Burns ville Baptist church next Sunday morning. A cordial welcome awaits all who will attend. Mr. Young and family are now living in Green ville, S. C. and are here vis iting Mr. Young’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Filmore Young. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Scott spent the past week end at Rutherford College visit ing relatives and friends. THE YANCEY RECORD “ “ “ “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY* r • • -5* SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT’S NOTES (Maria A. Alley, Agent) Miss Sallie Brooks, Ex tension Nutritionist, will hold a Leader School at Burnsville Club House Monday, September 30, 1940 at 1:30 P. M. All officers and leaders are urged to attend. COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING: Tuesday Sept ember 24, at Burnsville Club House at 1:30 P. M. Miss Anna C. Rowe, Western District Agent, will be with us to help plan the program of work for 1941. All officers of Home Demonstration Clubs are urged to attend. The agricultural Fair, held at Burnsville, Sept. 13-14 was a decided suc cess. Five of the Home Demonstration clubs had very creditable exhibits. Each exhibit portrayed some phase of Home De monstration work. Bald Creek won the blue ribbon with their roadside market booth; Higgins the red ribbon with a booth showing refinished bed room furniture and a. home made cotton mattress. Their rugs an! wall hang ings were very Mt. Mithhell won third place with a craft center. Demonstrations were giv en by this group in spin ning and making bed spreads of looper clips. Estatoa club had an ex cellent exhibit of living room furniture that could be made at home. West Burnsville club had a good bedding exhibit. Forceful Film Tells Epic Story of America “YOUR TOWN,” a stir ring short sound motion picture, coming to the Yancey Theatre next Wed- Thurs. unfolds the epic story of America. A sleepy little one-street hamlet be comes a thriving modern community that has every thing. What is the secret of this magic? What motiva ting force is behind this amazing development? These and numerous oth er questions are answered as the reel unwinds. A. forward-looking citi zen had a dream. He saw a factory rise from a field overgrown with weeds; saw a bustling community, its paved streets teeming with happy people. The old one-room school house where he learned the 3 R’s was transformed into a handsome masonry struc ture with many rooms overrun by happy children. Another man with a lit tle money caught the vis ion. Together they built a modest plant and started the wheels of industry turning. The plant expan ded, the community grew by leaps and bounds—the dream came true. As the transforming pictures flash upon the screen a grandfather, who was part of it all, tells the dramatic story of his grandson. In large measure the en tire life of the community - u- , .. r BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 19, 1940 WOMANS CLUB MEETS; RECEPTION PLANNED New Officers Take Up Their Duties The first meeting of the Woman’s Club after the summer recess was held on Thursday, September 12 at home of Mrs. G. B. Woody, with Mrs; Grady Bailey associate hostess. , The new president, Mrs! Hubert - Justice, presided over the meeting which was devoted entirely to a discussion of business matters of the club. Several comfriittee chair , men made their reports. The Civic chairman, Mrs. , W. B. Wray, Jr., reported that a number of the street markers were up, and it ’ was hoped that the re ’ mainder of the markers would soon be placed upon the various streets. The Garden chairman, Mrs. Fred Proffitt, reported that the trophy Would be presented in the near future for the best flower garden grown this summer A motion was carried to amend the club’s constitu tion in several ways, and the following committee was appointed for this pur pose: Mrs. Grady Baiiey, Mrs. Troy Ra’K and Mrs. Dover Fouts. ' Mrs. Bruce Westall was unanimously voted into the club as a new member. The club member voted to entertain (heir husbands and other guests at a re ception, at the clubhouse, at 8 o’clock Thursday even ing, Sept. 26. At this time Mr. Zadra will entertain the guests by showing his motion picture slides on Africa. The following ladies were appointed as chairmen of the various compittees for the recep tion: Mrs. D. R. Fouts, Mrs. Fred Proffitt, Mrs. G. L. Hensley, Mrs. Rudolph Glatly, Mrs. W. B. Wkay, Jr., and Mrs. J. Frank Hus kins. Mrs. G. L. Hensley is also the general chairman for the reception. The hostesses served re- ' freshments during the social hour which followed. 1 The club adjourned to meet again on the date "of the reception, September 26. CHANGE ' * 1 Instead of selling only cream, Bladen County dairymen are being en couraged to market whole milk to Cumberland dair ies, says R. M. Williams, ! assistant farm agent of . the State College Exten- I sion Service. revolves around the plant. 1 -Other men had dreams , and money to invest. The story was repeated all over the country. One in- 1 dustry followed another. The communities contin ued to grow and as they grew America grew. The film depicts the American way of liffe, bas ed on human freedom, in dividual initiative, inven tive genius and the private enterprise system. It was produced by Audio Pro ductions, Inc., in collabora tion with the National As sociation of Manufacturers COUNTY FAIR WAS HELD FRIDAY, SATUR DAY . il: , - '*»*■" Home Demonstration, 4-H Club Booths very attrac tive " -*»•" The County- Agricultur al Fair was held Friday and Saturday Os last week, with many exhibits of un usually high quality. The display was not as large, due in part to the flood which hurt many gardens and crops, but reflect ed progress along many lines. - * Farm Booths Mr. and Mra‘ Floyd King won first premium on farm booths, and and Mrs. E. -fe. King >von second place. This is, the second year that the Kings have won in the booth ex hibit. Home Demonstration, 4-H Club The booths exhibited by the Home Demonstration Clubs were ve|y well ar ranged. The: Bald Creek club won first place, Hig gins club second, Mt. Mit chell club thirtf and Esta toa club fourth- The Bald Creek 4-H club also won first, place with second place l going to Clearmont, Burnsville was third, and the starlight 4-H club of the cowed school was also awarild a prem ium for its exhibit. Live Serek In the live stock division J. H. Edge, Rotha Bailey, Blake Wilson, Zenas Rob ertson, Jobe Thomas, I. F. McCourry, Clarence Mclre tosh and Donald Thomas won first premiums with their fine animals display ed. Winners of individual awards included Junior Hunter, Junior Letterman, Paul Elliott, Bill Bailey, Tilda Jane Ayers, Bill Renfro, Vernie Ayers, Lee Wallace, Shirley Ayers Ruth Williams, Chloe Sparks, Van King, Georg ia King, Gladys Hopson, Charleen Peterson, Oren Rufely, Rena Ray, Mrs. C. L. Turner, Mrs. W. J. Baker, Igene Parker, Mrs. Bascomb Hensley, Jack Angel, Jesse Howell, W. M. Westall, Wanda Sams, Hattie Sparks, J. M. Rob inson, Louise Yelton, J. Holcombe, Mrs. - Walter Gibbs, Mrs. Paul Wilson, Mrs. J. A. Hannum, Char les Radford, Mrs. H. G. Bailey, Norman King, Charlotte Young, Mary Young, Mrs. Craig Eng lish, Delzie Styles, Claude Mitchell, Burdette Dillow, Hobart Ray, Craig English Claude Riddle, Ralph Lau ghrun. Soft Ball Tournament The boys and girls soft ball teams played the coun ty tournament on Friday with Bee Log team win ning both first awards. The Burnsville boys and girls teams won second places. Profitable maintenance of the soybean industry at its present level of produc tion may be materially af fected by the rigid block ade surrounding warring Europena countries. OPEN HUNTING SEA SON FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BEAR: October 20 to January 1. Bag limits, day, 2; season, 2. ,OEER: October 1 to Jan. 1. Bag limits, day, 1; sea son, 3. Exceptions: Y an c e y, Avery, Burke,’ Caldwell, McDowell, Mitchell and Watauga counties, Novem ber 1 to November 15. No open seasons in Alle ghany, Ashe, Cherokee* Clay, Graham, Macon, Sur ry, Swain, Wilkes and Yad kin counties. OPOSSUM, RACCOON: (with gun or dogs only): October 20 to February 15. QUAIL: November 28 to February 15. Bag limits, day, 10, season 150. RABBIT: November 28 to February 15. Bag limit* day 10. _ SQUIRREL: September 15 to December 15. Bag limit, day, 6. No open season for Fox Squirrel and Boomer. TURKEY: No open sea son. N , RUFFED GROUSE!: November 28 to January 15. Bag limits, day, 2, sea son, 10. RUSSIAN BOAR: Oct. 20 to Jan 1. Bag limit 2. Notice To All Sportsmen: Your attention is called to the following 1940 hunt ing regulations as defined below: Daily bag limit of 10 on rabbits. Daily bag limit of 6 on squirrels. Unlawful to buy or sell deer, bear, quail, squirrels and rabbits. Unlawful to use ferrets in hunting. Unlawful to use auto matic or pump shotgun that has not been plugged. Unlawful to hunt on Sunday. Unlawful to chase or hunt deer with dogs. All persons convicted of violating the hunting laws, will automatically have their licenses revoked. DAIRYMEN ARE TOLD HOW TO PREVENT MILK FEVER Milk fever annually cau ses the loss of many good milk cows, especially in ihe herds of small dairy men>says John A. Arey, E xtensiofKdai ry specialist of N. C. stpte College. “Such losses are usually unnecessary,” he says, “because milk fever can be prevented easily by cor rect feeding and manage ment.” Using the methods em ployed in one large high producing Holstein herd as an example, Mr. Arey said that the following ra tion should be used for cows after, they are dried off: Wheat bran, 200 pounds; ground oats, 100 pounds; ground corn, corn meal or hominy, 100 pbunds; linseed meal, 100 pounds; and steamed bone meal, 15 pounds. “Mature cows should be fed from 10 to 12 pounds of this grain mixture per day to within two weeks of calving time,” the dairy (Continued on page four) ORPHANAGE DAYS At the Yancey County Baptist Association which i was recently held with the , Indian Creek Baptist church it was agreed to set . apart two days during this autumn as the dates ibf carrying produce to the , Baptist Orphanage at Tho , masville. The first date set I will be Tuesday, October 8. • At this time special empha sis will be op canned goods ■ and apples, however you , may send any kind of' pro ■ duce that you have ready • to go. The second date set is Tuesday, November 19th. : At this time we will want . to cencentrate mainly on » potatoes and corn but as , above stated, anything you have that they can use at ! the orphanage will be glad , ly accepted. We are asking that each ■ Sunday school and church ; begin now to make plans in order that we may do a ; commendable job on these two dates. The plan is for the pro duce to be gathered and, if possible, loaded on Monday ’ night and that all the ■ trucks meet at Micaville at 8 o’clock on Tuesday morn , ing and go in a group from there to the orphanage. It is hoped that all who [go will spend the night • with the orphanage. You I will get a new inspiration if. you do so. i The assooation has nam ed H. Grady Bailey of Buri i nsville as county chairman of this most worthy cause. : —(Committee). P. T. A. HOLDS FIRST MEETING OF YEAR Mrs. R. W. Wilson Elected President r. ■ . . > t i,r " The Burnsville Parent- Teacher Association held the first meeting of the school year on Tuesday evening in the new High School building. There was an unusually good at tendance. B. M. Tomberlin presid ed in the absence of the retiring president, Mrs. C. M. Cheadle. The report of the nominating commit- . tee was heard, and the fol lowing officers elected: President, Mrs. R. W. Wil son; Honorory president, Mrs. C. M. Cheadle; first \ vice president, Mrs. H. G. Bailey; second vice presi- : dent, Mrs. H. G. Fletcher; treasurer, Guss Peterson; < secretary, Mrs. Hubert Justice; historian, Mrs.-gR. A. Charles. Plans for the year were discussed, and the mem bers voted to sponsor a shower for the Home Eco nomics department. Mrs. H. G. Bailey and Miss Ella Horton were named on the committee for this. The attendance banner was awarded to Mrs. Wray’s fifth grade. Following the meeting all those present were in vited to inspect each de partment of the new build ing. Attorney Hutchins, Wil son, Randolph, Anglin and Fouts attended court in Bakersville this week. r—~; — | The Yancey Bowed j , Your hone county j newspaper carries all : local news. . i VHVf.anaiiatiawedaiiaMaitßitaiuiuMiaiieMMwiMiiaKcuaiMtMttait# NUMBER SEVEN SCHOOL ENROLLMENT* IS LARGEST EVER RE CORDED IN COUNTY The enrollment in the County schools is the largest that has ever been recorded with an in crease of both high school and elementary students over the capacity enroll • ment of last year. The following official figures were released at the Sup i erintendent ,of education’s office this week: Micaville High School: High School students, 185; elementary students, 440. Clearmont High School: “High school students, 172; elementary students, 384. Bee Log High School: High school students, 100; elementary students, 495. Bald Creek High School: High school ’ students, 174; elementary students, 528. Burnsville High School 1 : •High school students, 207; elementary students, 415. In the South "Toe dis trict there are 331 elemen tary students. In the schools outside the five high schools are the following elementary 1 ' students: Micaville, 159; Clearmont, 255; Bee Log, 180; Bald Creek, 235 and Burnsville, 215. For the total enrollment last year, 3704; this year, 3837. High school students number 838 this year, compared to 817 last year, v New. Teacher ... One new teacher was al lotted to the Bee Log school, and John H. Mcln tosh has been named for the place. MICA MINING IN COUNTY SHOWS IN CREASE Washington Men Interest ed In Windom Mine With Mica bringing the highest prices since before the first World War there is a decided increase in Mica mining throughout the section. One of the largest opera tions in the county is ex pected to get under way within the next few weeks at the Griffeth mine near Windom. Judge Carl B. Hyatt and Harry T. Glick man, both of Washington, D. C. and former state geologist, H. J. Bryson, are associated in develop ing the mine. Carl B. Hyatt, Jr. is also associat ed in the operation of this and other mineral proper ties. Mr. Glickman spent all of last week here and Mr. Hyatt, Sr. is here this week. Mica is already being taken from the Blevins mine near the C. M. Hill iard place, Mr. Hyatt said Wednesday, and the preli minary work has almost been completed at the Griffeth mine. Buchanan Family Re-union The Buchanan family re union will be held at the Double Island church on Saturday, September 21. Atty. C. P. Randolph, Rev. Zemrie Jamerson and other speakers will be heard.
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