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{ For local news details l I I | Read the Yancey Rec 's -» • ord Every Week. e- VOLUME FIVE TOTAL REGISTRATION IN COUNTYJS 1684 A total of 1684 Yancey County men between the : ges of 21 and 35 inclusive vent to the voting places :i each precinct Wednes day and registered for the first peace time military conscription. By townships, the follow ing registered: Burnsville township, 324 Cane River 174 Egypt township 125 Ramseytown 130 Green Mountain 75 Jacks Creek 131 Brush Creek 73 <: ~€h*abtree 265 p South Toe 184 Pensacola 63 Prices Creek 140 TOTAL . . . . 1684 The following registrars named recently by the board of elections, were in charge of the registration in each townships Burnsville township, Mrs. Milt Higgins. Cane River, M. A. Burt on. i Egypt, Monroe Edwards. Ramseytown, Matt Whit son. Green Mtn, R. C. Howell. Jacks Creek, W. 0. Briggs. Brush Creek, Nelson Woody. . Crabtree, T. L. Edge. South Toe, Arthur Pat ton. . 4v Pensacola, Mrs. Grover Ray. ' 1 Prices Creek, W. L. Man ey. , e In addition to these, many citizens of the'coun ty volunteered their servi ces throughout the day. The school teachers of the county were especially helpful in each township. All those who assisted in the registration served without pay. The first contingent of men from the county will be called to service on Nov. 15. It is estimated that ap proximately 70 would be the county quota and this number will probably be cut down by the number from the county who have enlisted recently. Wt ' I . Jglpf WM ft 1 4 k: ' LOST! Whereabouts unknown! Left aboard the U. S. S. Dakota, when-last heard from he was about to scut tle the Navy’s war games! Although the Navy’s pre pared—they were not pre pared for “Skipper,” the sea-going baby in “Sailor’s Lady!” It’s the new 20th e Century-Fox hit starring Nancy Kell and Jon Hall. Showing at the Yancey Theatre Sunday, Oct. 20th. i " THE YANCEY RECORD “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” » • .. • SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR. FELDSPAR AND MICA MINING HIT HIGH LEVEL Reports from the coun ( ties in Western North Car , olina which produce mica , and feldspar indicate that . mining is now at a high , leveL of production, and r that there is likely to be an additional increase in oper . ation due to the heavy de mand at this time. Mica, ip particular, has . had a heavy demand for ■ months and because it is ' needed in manufacture for ■ the defense program this is ' expected to increase mat , erially within the next few months. The prices are un- usually good for good , grades of mica, j Feldspar mining is also increasing and several mines for both mica and ’ feldspar have been opened up recently or are now 1 having machinery installed 1 so that operations tnay begin shortly. GRADE MOTHERS OF BURNSVILLE SCHOOL MEET Grademothers of Burns ville school met at th* school building on Friday afternoon with an attend ance of twenty. Mrs. T. M. Swann was el ected president, and Mrs. Gu-ss Peterson secretary and Treasurer. A number of committees were ap pointed. It was voted to give a Thanksgiving su*p ;) e r on November 22, and prelimi nary plans were made for this. The next meeting will be held on the second Friday afternoon in November. “CITY FOR CONQUEST' A dynamic film about love in a synomia city will make its local debut next Monday and Tuesday when Warner Bros.’ new picture “City For Conquest,” will be shown. The film, starring James Cagney and Ann Sheridan, tells the story of two peo ple in love who are determ ined to climb out of New York’s slums and make a success of their lives. But they discover that success is only to be had by sacri ficing everything they set their hearts on. It is a story as powerful and wild as the city itself. In the supporting cast are such screen favorites as Frank Craven, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh amb a newconqer to the screen right from the Broadway stage, Arthur Kennedy; John Wexley wrote the screen play from the popu lar novel by Aben Kandel. ROD AND GUN CLUB WILL MEET FRIDAY The Yancey Rod & Gun Club will meet at Robert son Bros. Drug - Store on Friday evening at 7:30. All members are urged to be present for the meeting. Officers of the club are R. W. Ramsey, president; Hobert Ray, vice presi dent ; Clarence Banks, sec retary; Hobart Riddle, tre asurer. £ . . - BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940 7~ DAVID WILSON IS DROWNED IN OHIO David Wilson, 25, was ac cidently drowned Monday afternoon in Celina, Mer cer county, Ohio, according to, word received here on Tuesday. Complete details of the drowning have not been learned. Funeral services will be held here this afternoon tThursday) at 2:30 o’clock at the Burnsville Baptist church. Burial will be in the McCracken cemetery. Mr. Wilson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson, was widely known throughout the county and l in Asheville whers he was eraplo ye d for several > months. He was a graduate 1 of Burnsville high school 1 and Cecil’s Business Coll -1 ege and was employed in Ohio at the time of his passing. He had been a member of the Burnsville Baptist church for many years. Surviving in addition to his parents are a brother, John Wilson of Burnsville and two sisters, Mrs. Har ry R. Taylor and Mrs. John. Blue both of Laurinburg, North Carolina. Active pall bearers will be Selwyn Hensley, Samuel Wilson, Monk Higgins, Ar ney Fox, Bruce King and Welzie Riddle, Jr. Honorary pall bearers will be: Reece - Mclntosh, Frank Watson, Frank King, Homer Jarrett, Del zie Mclntosh, Bruce West all, John Hensley, Wood Butner, Brady Fox, Craig English, Mack Thompson, D. R. Styles, Roy Ray, Far rel McCurry, Edwin Pow ell. NEW MILLS INSTALLED BY FA R M E It S FEDERATION Two new mills—a grist mill and a hammer mill— have been installed in the building recently erected behind the Farmers Feder ation on the square, ac cording to E. N. Stamey, manager. The hammer mill is for grinding animal feed and will pulverise corn in the shuck or corn on the stalk into excellent and economi cal feed. It will also grind up soybean hay so that it can be mixed with other in gredients to provide excel lent stock feed. A hand sheller has been put in place. The grist mill (is of the newest type and can produce a large amount of corn meal quick ly. Both the grist and ham mer mills are powered by a gasoline engine. Almost every other Farmers Federation ware house in Western North Carolina is equipped with a mill as a convenience to the farmers. The hammer mill is especially valuable since it enables farmers to grind up their own corn and hay into feed. Mrs. Virgia Collins of Bamberg, S. C. and Miss Ruth Duncan of Rock Hill, S. C. are spending the week with Mrs. Oliver Ayers and other relatives. HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT’S NOTES X Maria A. Alley, Agent) Yancey County Home Demonstration Clubs had a booth at the Fair, Raleigh the week October 8 -12.' This* booth won a blue ribbon and $93.50 in cash. The Homt* Demonstra tion club women were re presented by Miss Alice McPeters of Burnsville and Mrs. Walter Gibbs of Celo. These ladies and Miss Maria Alley, Home Demon stration Agant gave de monstrations of the mak ing of a cotton mattress , during the week. Nash, Le noir, Persons and Wayne counties also had booths showing various steps in mattress making. The mattress making ac tivities were broadcast over WPTF on Wednesday With Miss Afoe McPeters i epresenting*' Yancey Co unty. Yancey County women exhibited jelly, hand woven ; rugs and squash. Miss Ruby Ballew won two sec ond premiurans on jelly. Miss Alice 3scPeters won ’first preshiuft on hand woven rug. Short Coureorffr Women A two day’MwFt course will be held at Burnsville club house for the women of Yancey GdUnty October 24 and gstb«L Miss Mary Thomas, Ex tension Nutritionist and Miss Willie Hunter will conduct in Foods and Clothing. The women of Burnsville and the county are cordial ly invited.-' - -i 1 Mary Peterson, Clear mont 4-H cluk girl is enter ing the State Contest for Leadership. WOMAN’S CLUB 4 - Mrs. J. A Watson and Mrs. R. W. Wilson were hostesses to members of the Woman’s] Club at the clubhouse on Thursday af ternoon, Octoer 10th. A brief session was held at the beginning of the meeting w ith the presi dent, Mrs. Htbert Justice, presiding. Mts. J. S. Le Fevre gave a report of the district meeting which she had attendee! in Asheville on October 1 1 Plans were made for the club to spon sor a Hallow’en Masquer ade Ball on (Sctober 31. Mrs. W. B. Vray, Jr. had charge of th& program for the afyernooi and used Flower Garden as her sub ject. The guesl speaker was Mrs. R. H. T son of Ma»-« Hill who is the district chairman of 4arden Clubs. Mrs. Tilson r4<l a very in terestingpapi* on-the his tory of gai en clubs in general and jof the Mars Hill Garden ( ub in parti cular. Miss lary Glatly also read s yeral poems pertaining to utumn. A social lur followed, with the hos sses serving a salad cours Mrs, R. M. Lee of Mar Hill was a guest. The ne : meeting of the club will on October 24 at the horn of Mrs. Car- _ Rev. Smoot Baker v | wßt BEGINS PASTORATE IN BURNSVILLE The Rev. Smoot Baker came to Burnsville Tues day to take.up his duties as pastor of the Burnsville Baptist church. He will bring his first message at the morning service on next Sunday. Mr. Baker has served as pastor of the Enka Baptist church for the past six years. He held the position of Bible Teacher at Lee Edwards high school for some time, and served as associational director of the Buncombe county Bap tist Training Union and as president of the Buncombe Baptist pastors’ conferen ce. Mr. Baker is a graduate aaf. Wake Forest College and the Southwestern Bap tist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He also did graduate work at Columbia University in New York. Mrs. Baker is also a gra duate of Southwestern Se minary. Mr. and Mrs. Bak er have one son, Alfred Lee. Sunday Sendees Two services will be held at the Baptist church Sun day, at the regular morn ing and evening hours. TEACHERS TO ATTEND DISTRICT MEET IN ASHEVILLE A number of Yancey Co unty teachers will attend the district meeting of tea chers which will be held in Asheville Friday afternoon and Saturday. NEW MECHANIC FOR SCHOOLS ARRIVES Johnny Leigh of Tarboro came to Bur isville this week and has taken up his ( duties as mechanic for the , school transportation bus es. His family will move here within a short tiine. ! T. M. SWANN ELECTED SCOUTMASTER T. M. Swann was elected Scoutmaster of the Burns ville Troop at a meeting of ; the committee last Friday ■ evening. The Men’s Club of Burnsville sponsors the troop. , - _ i Mr. and Mrs. Herman * Weber have moved from Burnsville to Newdale, and are occupying the Peltz ‘ house there. i son Foard with Mrs. D. A. 1 Powell associate hostess. j # NUMBER ELEVEN MARKET IS OFFERED FOR BLACK WALNUT PRODUCTS Americans consume fifty million ' dollars worth of nuts each year, and about one-fifth of these are from wild trees in the forests. In other words, ten million dollars picked from the ground, not including the nuts consumed by thous ands of farm families who have their own. With this in view, R. W. Graeber, Extension forest er at N. C. State College, suggests that North Caro lina farm families, especi ally 4H Club boys and girls, add the growing of black walnut trees as a sideline to their agricultural enter prises. “No less than $150,000 worth of nuts are sold in North Carolina each year,” he declared, “and the possi bilities for growing black walnut, both for nuts and lumber, are good. The market is far from satur ated.” , This is only one of the angles of “tree farming” stressed by Graeber in his forestry educational pro gram. Continuing, he says “Each year eight hundred million dollars are brought into the American bank ac count through the sale of forest products, making this one of the chief sour ces of our hicome. Six mill ion people are di'Tbctly nr /indirectly employed in our forests; and if it was not for wood, another 122 mil lion or more would have a hard time making a satis factory living. “The house we live in is usually made of wood, as well as the bed we sleep in, the chair we relax in, the table we -eat "at; and the stove we cook with con- sumes a lot of wood. Even when the newspaper arriv es, it is printed on paper made of wood. Our shoes would be so stiff we couldnjt bend them if they were not treated with tan nic actl, which is extracted from hemlock or oak bark. “There are more than 4,500 different uses of wood. This counts plastic as one use and paper as one use, but there are thous ands for each of these.,, MAJOR BULWINKLE TO SPEAK HERE OCT. 23rd Major A. L. Bulwinkle, candidate for reelection to Congress, will address the voters of the county on next Wednesday evening at.the courthouse. REV. NEf’F LEAVES FOR NEW PASTORATE Rev. George K. Neff and family left on Wednesday for Jonesboro, Tenn. where he will be pastor of the Presbyterian church. Rev. Neff held his final services at churches in the county oh last Sunday. Mrs. Sue Simerson, Mrs. Jim Brooks and little dau ghter, Glenda Sue, of Mar ion spent last Sunday with Mrs. Brooks parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ranson Riddle. >*• , - j The YanceiflUuerd l Your homo county I newspaper carries all j j local news. , COUNTY COMMISSION ERS TO MEET OCT. 12 The Board of County Commissioners will not ; meet gn the first Monday, 1 November 4. The following • Monday, November 11, is a 1 legal holiday. The next re ‘ gular meeting of the Coun -Ity Commissioners, there fore, will be held on Tues -1 day, November 12th. DIPHTHERIA ON INCREASE Within the last month four Cases of diphtheria have been reported in Yan cey County. Since this is the season of the year when mllst cases of diptheria occur it is very important that every child over six months of age be immunized. Usu ally one dose of toxoid foll owed by a negative schick test protects the child. There are usually no un favorable reactions to the administration of toxoid. Children should be immu nized as soon as possible after reaching the age of six months. Younger child ren between the ages of six months and six years have more diphtheria than older children. The sooner the toxoid is given the bet ter for the child, since most cases occur before the child gets to school Your Health Department urges you to bring your child to us or to one of the school clinics in your com munity for immunization. Remember parents should feel responsible for their children. Do hot let them die from a prevent able disease such as diph theria. —(J. J. Croley, M. D., Dist. Health officer). i FARMERS MAY STILL . GET FSA LOANS k Tenants and sharecrop r pers, as well as farm own . ers, can get loans from the [ Farm Security Administra . tion to buy needed equip ment, livestock and other t farm supplies, according to > Mack B. Ray, County FSA i Supervisor at Burnsville, t who has received a state ' ment on “eligibility” pre pared by State Director Vance E. Swift for the An nual Public Welfare Insti -1 tute at Chapel Hill. “If the farmer is a ten ant or sharecropper, to get the fullest advantage of FSA’S rehabilitation loan program, he should have a satisfactory written lease or contract,” the statement points out. “Preferably the lease should cover a period ; of years, or have such fav -1 orabJe renewal clause as will warrant—and encour | age the tenant to adopt a long-range farm improve ment program and assure repayment df the loan. “The farm family get -1 ting the loan must live on, 1 or be able to get by lease or other satisfactory written agreement, a farm suffici ently productive—or one ■ that can be made suffid ■ ently productive by follow -1 ing good farming practices —to warrant a sound farm (Continued on page ftmr)
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