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PAGE TWO THE YANCEY RECORD _ i ESTABLISHED JULY, 1936 ’ Editor Mrs. C. R. Hamrick Managing Ed. Lee E. Edwards Published Every Thursday By YANCEY PUBLISHING CO. A Partnership Entered m second-class matter November 11th, 1936, at the Poet Office, at Burnsville, North Carolina, under the Act of March S, 1879. ■ ■ N. C. BANKS MAKE MANY LOANS IN 1940 York)—Fifty-four per I cent of North Caro lina’s commercial banks mad 6 more than 277,000 loans totaling $269,000,000 to business firms and indi viduals throughout the state during the first six months of 1940, according to the semi-annual survey of bank lending activity made by the American v Bankers Association. < The A. B. A. loan survey was part:..* ited in by 106 North Carolina banks, or 54.1 per cent of the 196 commercial banks in the state. These 106 banks reported that they made between January 1 and June 30, 1940: 121,600 new loans total ing $88,878418. - 151,908 renewals of loans totaling 174,514,622. 3,722 new mortgage loans totaling 6,536,668. Totaling 277,230 loans amounting to $269,929,408. The survey showed that business firms in the state; used only 42 per cent of the* “confirmed open lines of j credit” maintained for their use on books of banks. A total of $0 banks in the larger centers of the state reported that they carried on their books $11,081,000 in “open lines of credit” of fered to and kept available for regular borrowers for use as needed by them. Os this amount $4,731,308 or 42.7 per cent was used. The average number of new loans made per bank during the six months per iod under review was 1,147 and the average size of loan was $731. The average number of loans renewed per bank was 1,433 and the average renewal was for $1,149. The average number ofj new mortgage loans made per bank was 35 and the average new mortgage made was for $1,756. The North Carolina sur i HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL SCHEDULE Friday, January 10th Micaville vi Bald Creek at Micaville Burnsville vs Pleasant Gardens at Pleasant Gar. Clearmont vs Bee Log at Clearmont Tuesday, January 14th Burnsville vs Bald Creek at Burnsville Friday, January 17th Clearmont vs Bald Creek at Clearmont Burnsville vs Bee Log at Burnsville Tuesday, January 21st Burnsville vs Micaville at Burnsville Friday, January 24th Bee Log vs Micaville at Micaville Clearmont vs Burnsville at Clearmont Tuesday, January 28th Burnsville vs Bald Creek at Bald Creek . * Friday, January 31st Clearmont vs Micaville at Micaville Tuesday, February 4th Bee Log vs Burnsville at Bee Log Friday, February 7th Burnsville vs Micaville at Micaville Tuesday, February 11th Burnsville vs Beech Glen at Burnsville Friday, February 11th Burnsville vs Beech Glen at Burnsville Friday, February 14th Bald Creek vs Micaville at Bald Creek Bee Log vs Micaville at Bee Log Tuesday, February 21st Clearmont vs Micavilje at Clearmont Bald Creek vs Bee Log at Bald Creek Girls Tournament, Feb 28, Mar. 1. Place not an’nc’d Boys Tournament, Mar. 7, 8. (Place not announced). BUILT FOR SERVICE The consumer looks for two things in the retail stores he patronizes. He wants honest Value. And he wants good service. The patron of the mod ern store gets those Iwo things. The customer in the little town gets the same kind of goods at the same price as the customer in the big cities. And he gets the same kind of service. Hit and-miss methods yv ent out of merchandising with the passing of the one-store monopoly in smaller com munities. Today the con sumer has a chpice of stores, products and prices. Mass merchandising is like mass production—it is one of the ways of provid ing the people with more goods and better- quality goods for less money. Mass merchandising was pion jeered by the chains, and they brought it to a high degree of perfection. But the independent stores have not fallen behind the : march of progress. They : have followed similar prin | cfples, even to the extent of j forming central purchasing I organizations. It’s no wonder our stand ard of living in even the most sparsely settled dis j vey was part of a national |survey of bank lending ac tivity made by the Ameri can Bankers Association. For the country as a whole 6,203 banks, or 43.3 per cent of the nation’s commercial banks reported that they ; made between January 1 and June 30, 1940: 7,331,097 new loans total j ing £12,253,628,581. 6,134,178 renewals of ! loans totaling $8,246,301,- 836. 177,398 new mortgage loans totaling $453,653,612. This = was a total of 43,- i 642,673 loans totaling $20,- i 953,584,028. This was the business re portedj.for the first half of ithe year by less than half the country’s banks. OP THE YEAR 1940 commi» ar JOHN D. GRANT 4 'i'■ . -L-eiL-- ■.i- - - --L l . ■' i.j/** EUROPEAN WAR , ■ v '■ r r - . SWASTIKA OVER PARIS—Mark of the Nazi conqueror, the stvastika, floats over crushed Paris following in vasion. Famed Eiffel Tower can> be seen in background. JANUARY 8— Finland claims destruction ot a Rus sian division. 20— Winston Churchill warns Europe’s neutrals they cannot keep out ot war and asks them to join the allies.' FEBRUARY, X—Russians start heavy assault on the Mannerheim line. 9 President sends Sumner Welles to confer with rulers of Britain. France. Italy and Germany. 16— Sweden rejects Finnish plea for aid with troops! 17— British raid German prison ship In Norwegian waters, rescuing 326 cap tives. 24—Prime Minister Chamberlain de clares Britain never will conclude peace with present Retch rulers: MARCH I— Russians enter Vipurt, key to Fin nish- city. 11— Allies offer full aid to the Finns. 12— Sovlet-Flnnish peace treaty signed, . Russia getting Karelian isthmus and naval base at Hangoe. I -'-•‘r 17—Nazi bombers raid British anchorage at Scapa Flow. APRIL 4—Winston Churchill given general su pervision over Britain's 'fighting strength. 9 Germans occupy Denmark, which submits, and invades Norway, which resists. Oslo, the capital, is taken. 12—Germans capture more Norwegi m ports, wntle British fleet tries to cut supply line across Skagerrak. 16— British expedition arrives on Norway coast and is battered by German bombers. ■! 30—Germans capture Dombaas. key rail town in Norway. MAY 3 Norwegian army in central Norwav seeks peace as British and French withdraw. ll Allies rush aid to low countries; Churchill succeeds Chamberlain as prime minister. 14— Dutch armies cease resistance. 16— Nam mass for Balkan raid; believed aimed at Rumanian oil. 19— Weygand replace* Gamelin as French commander; Germans within 80 miles of Paris. 21— Germans reach French channel coast, cutting off British-Belgian forces. 22 Britain votes dictatorship; Churchill given supreme power; labor add wealth to be drafted. Allies check German drive on 200- mile front. 'so. k; 24 Germans tighten net around British. French and Belgian troops. 25 Germans claim Calais. ; France shakes up general staff. -- 27 Belgium gives up on orders of King Leopold. j 30—Battered British troops reach Eng land from Flanders. Belgian cabinet deposes for surrender. JUNE 4 Nazis take Dunkirk; Hitler vows to destroy foe. Last allied troops leave Dunkister 8— French -tbiced .back by onslaughts million Germans. French claim Berlin bombed. 9 Allies evacuate Narvik; Norway sur renders to Germany. 10— Italy declares war on the allies. Ger -1 mans cross the Seine. 15— French decide not to defend Paris. ■ German troops inarch in. 14—Germans attack Maginot Una In ef fort to trap milUon French. 17— Petain becomes premier of France and asks Germany for armistice. Britain declares it will fight on alone. 20— Germans pick Compiegne, scene of 1918 armistice, for parley. 22 France signs German armistice. 23 Nazi terms strip France of arms and land; navy interned. French government repudiated by Britain. 24 Germany ends war on France; cease firing order tssued. 28— Soviet and Rumania planes clash. 27 Rumania cedes Bessarabia and northefif BufctNdna to Russia. 28— French, colonies in Asia and Africa give up fight. Rumanians fight Red troops, kill many. JULY I—Germans occupy two BrittiS Islands tn channel. Rumania renounces An "*• glo-French guarantee of her Inde pendence 3 British navy acts to take over scat tered units of French fleet, attacking ships that refuse to surrender. 4 British report seizure of 250 French naval vessels. 5 The French government at Vtchy, dominated by Berlin, breaks off rela tions with Britain. 6 French naval squadron at Alexan dria yields to British. 9—British and ItaUan fleets battle In Mediterranean. 14— Churchill declares Britain ready to 1. fight for years. 15— Gibraltar raided four times. 19—Hitler calls on Britain to give up the war or face destruction of the em pire. 21— Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, un der pressure from Moscow, vote to join the Soviet Union. 29 — France seizes Daladier and former • \l aides 29—Germany launches mass air raids on Britain. AUGUST 4—British fliers bomb Germans massed on channel coast for invasion. B—ltalians invade •British Somaliland. 7 British liner torpedoed in convoy: 455 saved. 20 lost. 12—'"Air blitzkrieg" has started, Britain told, as Nazis launch third day of mass .raid*. Italians mass on Egypt. 19—Nazi aerial Blitzkrieg covers Brit ain; industrial heart oombed. France indicts war guUt chiefs. 17—Germany announces total blockade of waters around England. 19— Italy conquers British Somaliland. 20— Churchill announces plan to lease bases to United States on British ter ritory In Western hemisphere. X7 ~cU?h„° r £ r LlL‘n. ey K 10—Germany and Italy >9roe Jbpaapte THE YANCEY RECORD SEPTEMBER 10—British bombs hit Reichstag building In heart of Berlin. -11— Buckingham palace in London dam aged by air bombs. 12— Italy opens drive against Egypt. 14— Italy invades Egypt; takes two towns. 19—British fleet blasts Italian forces In vading Egypt. ,23—British warships shell West African port of Dakar. 24—British bomb Berlin for three hours, 5.25 —Germans depose King Haakon; end Norwegian monarchy. 27—Germany, Italy and Japan sigh war alliance. OCTOBER 2 British planes bomb Krupp plant In Germany. 3 Neville Chamberlain resigns from Brltlsn cabinet 4 Hitler and Dues confer on war crisis. Serve notice there will be no let up on Britain. ! 7—German troops enter Rumania. 13— British cruiser sinks three Italian I destroyers. ' 17-r-British reopen Burma road. 1 18- Axis demands on Greece Include ab ! dication of king, pro-axis govern ' - ment and yielding of land. 23 Six weeks of attacks balked Inva sion. British say. Hitler and Franco meet at French border. ' , -e ■ Spain arrests .former King Carol and Magda. 27 Greece and Italy'“declared at war. , Canadian destroyer sinks after col lision with merchantmans 140 lost. 28— British put war resources at disposal of Greece. 30— Greeks put up stout defense against Italians. / 31— First Greek counterattack shoves back Italians. NOVEMBER 2—British land troops on Creek terri tory. 5 Two U-boats sunk by British. 6 Britisft.xpt Gibraltar off from Spain. B—Gr£ek troops tighten net on Italians in Albania. 10— Italians routed In. mountains by Greeks. 11— Greece reports Italians fleeing to ward Albania. 12— British armed merchantman, afire and sinking, fights off German war ship and saves 29 ships ip British convoy. 13— British destroy six ItaUan warships in port of Taranto; two Italian supply ships sunk in another engagement. Waves of British planes bomb Berlin. 15— Germans drop 30,000 fire bombs on Coventry., England, 1.000 killed. Greeks capture 700 Italians. 16— Greeks claim wide gains against re treating Italians. 19— Nazis pound Birmingham. 20— Hungary enters axis, making it a four-power war on Britain 21— Greeks drive deep into Albania: hem In two vital Italian bases. Liverpool raided twice in night bombing attack. r 22 Turkey proclaims martial law in - preparation for war. Bombs damage thousands of homes near London. Italians in rout after Greeks take Koritza. 24 BriUsh vessel attacked by raider in Atlantic. .w, Greek troops advance In three sec tors. »* bombers attack German and Italian eitie?. 26 Britain offers guarantees to Bul garia Bristol raided by Nazi bombers. 27 Sixty-four Rumanian political lead ers executed in Nazi purge Italian fleet attacked and pursued by British. 29 -Rumanian troops stick Iron Guard rebels. I DECEMBER 1— Southampton turned Into an inferno by Nazi air raids. Greeks capture strategic points on central front. 2 Ten merchant ships attacked west of Ireland by U-boats and planes. Greece reports new ItaUan rout near lonian sea. 3 Nazis claim sinking of 20 BriUsh ships. 4 British A war crit icized in commons ” * Italians withdraw from two bases British told they will get 150 U. S. merchant vessels 5 Greeks drive into two Italian bases; both in flames. Twenty U. S. Hying fortresses re leased to Britain. Commons smashes peace move. 341 to 4. 6 Greeks occupy Porto Edda and pur sue Italians northward. 8— BriUsh cruiser sinks German freight er off Cuba. Argyrokastron falls to Greek troops. 9 British capture 30.000 ItaUan troops. British bombers smash at Bordeaux U-boat raiders. 10 — British trap Italian forces in Egyp — tian desert, 11— British capture main ItaUan base of Sidi Barrani. 13— British drive Italians out of Egypt. 14— Petain ousts Laval: names Flandin, Hitler’s friend, foreign minister. Greeks smash ItaUan mountain de fenses. 16—Italians lose two more bases in Af rican war. 18— Nazi troops mass at two Italian port*, 19— British close in on Bardia. Libya. 20— Nazis reported flying Italian soldier* to Albania. DOMESTIC tismsT IHi 4 vsiS* > » sEBf A • £ ***3fl^V r. .•»|jg If. S. PEACETIME CONSCRIP TION—Sec. of War Henry L. Stimson druws the capsule containing the first number (l 58) in the nation’s first peace time n.Hilary conscription. JANUARY 3 Third session of the Seventy-sixth . - congress assembles. Message asks for additional taxes to finance ex penditures for national defense. . 4 President sdnds B*,» billion budget to congress. Attorney General Frank Murphy named to Supreme court. James Cromwell named minister to Canada Roliert H. Jackson named attorney general. * 8 - Third term not mentioned at Jack* son day dinner. Clarence E. Gauss named first U. S. mlmster-to Australia. 9-~Federal debt passes 42-billion mark; nears limit. ’ 12— House votes $284,611,252 for emergen cy defense. 16—President sends proposal to congress for financial assistance to Finland. House committee trims 94 millions off first appropriation btil. Senate confirms Frank Murphy's ap Siir.tment to the Supreme court merican exporters lose market of $80,000,000 a year through British war ban on tobacco. 22 Official Washington pays tribute to Senator Borah at state funeral in the senate chamber. Earl Browder. Communist leader, sentenced to four years in prison and fined $2,000 for passport fraud 24 —Senate committee approves bill pav ing way for $20,000,000 loan to Ftp-, land. 30—Witness tells of plot to link Dies with Fascists with forged tetters. FEBRUARY 2— House passes farm bill slashed. s—Chicago gets Democratic national convention. 7— Senate committee approves bill to I permit additional loans to Finland and China -- ■■ \ \ 13— Supreme court decision adds to pow . er of labor board. 16—House approves 9965,722.000 naval bill after slashing 112 million. 20— Gov. Long defeated in Louisiana: Sam H. Jones wins Democratic nom ination lor governor. 23—House votes to extend President’s reciprocal trade powers. Britain and France announce plans to buy bUUon dollars’ worth ot planes in U. S. 27 House committee rejects Roosevelt’s 227-mUlion-dollar bid for locks In Panama canaL 29—Movie academy awards go to Robert Donat and Vivien Leigh. MARCH 4—Byrd expedition funds cut out ot house appropriation biU. 6—BriUsh liner Queen Elizabeth, world’s ' largest merchant ship, makes secret voyage to New York. Remington Arms company indicted; violation of neutraUty act charged. 11— John Monk Saunders, screen writer, hangs himself. 12— House approves 654-mlUlon-dollar navy expansion. 15—Governor Rivers of Georgia arrested on a contempt charge. 18— Britain to use two liners berthed at New York as troops ships. Senate passes Hatch clean poUtics biU. 21— Secretary Hull upbraids James H. R. Cromwell, minister to Canada, for speech at Toromo criticizing Ger many and lauding empire nations. Senate adds 90 million more to farm bUI. 29 Washington officials deny German charges that this nation helped bring on European war. APRIL 10— Neutrality proclamation Issued by President bars American ships from Norse coast. 11— State department arranges to evacu ate United States citizens from Scan dinavia. 15— America releases fastest and most • secret plajies to empires. 16— Navy chief asks congress to in crease fund for warships to 1 biUlon - 10 million dollars. 17— Secretary Hull warns world that Dutch East Indies must not be over run. 22 U. S. Supreme court kills state tews prohibiting picketing. 25—President puts neutrality‘law In ef fect for Norway. MAY 3—House shelves bill to reform wage hour law. 8— House refuses Roosevelt’s plea for air control shift. 9 Senate passes bill to end buying of foreign silver. 14— Bill introduced tn house to deport Bridges. Senate upholds President tn transfer of CAA. 16— President addresses Joint session of congress; asks billion dollars and 50,000 planes as defense plan. 17— President pardons Dr. F. A. Cook, Arctic explorer. 22 Senate passes $1,823,252,724 army ap propriation bill. „ 23 Senate passes 1 billion 473 million navy expansion bill. 28— President appoints Edward R. Stet tlnlus Jr., W. S. Knudsen, S. S. Hill man. Chester C. Davis. Ralph Budd. Leon Henderson, and Miss Harriet Elliott on defense staff. House passes bill to speed naval building and expand air force. 30— President adds another bill: e n dollars to defense program. JUNE 3 U. S. Supreme court upholds 14w forcing school children to salute the flag. Senate passes bill authorizing 11 per cent increase in navy. 4 President presses Mussolini to stay out of war. Britain and France ship gold to America for safety. 6 Allies to get U. S. army guns; 50 navy planes on the way. 7 House votes sweeping reforms in NLRB and its procedure. 10— Roosevelt assails Mussolini; prom ises material aid to allies. 11— Senate approves sale of war ma chines to allies. 17— Treasury impounds French assets in this country. 19— U. S. calls conference of 11. nations to map hemisphere policies. 20— Frank Knox and Henry L. Stimson. Republicans, enter Roosevelt’s war cabinet. National committee reads Knox and Stimson out of G. O. P. Senate passes excess profits corpora tion tax. + 22 Congress passes defense and tax bills; takes recess. 28— Ships barred from leaving U. S. with out authorization. 29 President signs bill requiring finger printing of all aliens. JULY 1— Roosevelt asks congress to "steep" tax on excess profits. , 2 Sen; Burton K. Wheeler announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President. 8— Congressman James W. Martin of „<■ Massachusetts chosen as chairman of the Republican national commit tee. 9 Senate confirms nomination of Henry L. Stimson (Rep.) as secretary of war. 10— Roosevelt asks 5 billion more for de fense. House passes Hatch bill to clean up state politics. 11— Senate passes Hatch clean politics bill. Senate confirms nomination of Col. Frank/Knox (Rep.) to be secretary of the navy. 20—President signs 4-billion navy bill 23 Ex-Governor Long of Louisiana and four lndlcted In payroll fraud. 25—Roosevelt halts export of oil and scrap material. 28— Rooseveh renews demand for author ity to call the National Guard. AUGUST 6 House approves wlre-tappkKl'to trap . fifth columnists. 7 votes permission for Ameri can ships to bring children from war zone. Army arsenals ordered to use three dally shifts. , „ 8 -Senate gives President power to call - - National Guard. Farley reglgns as postmaster gen eral. / 12 -Russia demands America recall all its Baltic envoys. 15— House passes bill for Guard call. 18— Roosevelt announces pact with Can ada for a joint defense board. 20—Claude R. wlckard nominated to suc ceed Wallace as secretary of agri culture. 23 President approves plans for trans fer of destroyers to Britain. 24 — Harry Hopkins resigns as secretary of commerce. Jesse Jones his suc cessor. Frank Walker named to succeed Far ley as postmaster general. 28—Senate passes draft bill including conscription of industry./. ’ 30— Army orders 887 planes; 20,000 en gines SEPTEMBER I—Roosevelt calls up 60,500 National Guard for year’s service with U S. army. _ 3 President announces exchange of 50 destroyers to Great Britain for atr and naval bases tn British Western hemisphere possessions. 4 Secretary Hull jpenews warning to Japan on Indo-CMna. 6 Congress passes sy« billion defense i bill. 7 House passes draft bill; sets ages at 11 to 45. 9—Navy orders 200 warship*. 14—Conscription bill passes congress. 16— War department calls out 35.000 more Guardsmen. Sam Rayburn elected speaker of the house to succeed Bankhead. 19— Senate passes excess profits bill. House votes third of a billion to house draft army. 20— Marc de Tristan, three-year-old son of Count Marc de Tristan, kidnaped in Hillsboro. Calif.; held for SIOO,- COO ransom. 21— Census bureau reports population of U. 8.. 131,409,881. 22 Two hunters capture kldnapei and Mara de Trtotan in California OCTOBER I— Congress passes excess profits tax bilL 3—Congress -passes lte billion dollar war ipending bill s—Navy orders out *7,591 fleet end ma rine reservists. 8— State department urges Americans to leave the Orient because of Japa nese crisis. . , . Senate passes bill to release large amount of foreign funds. 12—President Clarence A. Dykstra of the University of Wisconsin, granted leave of absence to serve as director of the draft. 14—Joseph H. Ball named to succeed Senator Lundeen. deceased, as sena tor from Minnesota. than 16 million registered for draft In nation. *2—U. S. seizes 100 planes built for Sweden. >f~; 28— Hull warns axis to keep hands off col onies. 27—Joseph B. Kennedy, ambassador to Great Britain, returns and confers with President. 29 Drawing for draft begins. NOVEMBER 9 Forty-hour week abandoned on de fense jobs. 14— Eight theological students in New York sentenced to year in prison for dra(j evasion: 15— Strike closes plane plant working on military orders In California. 16— Navy announces It will iccept 17- year-old recruits. 18— Lewis resigns as chief of C. I. O. - 19— House refuses to adjourn by vote of 191 to 148. 20— U. S; transfers giant bombers to Britain. . 22 Senator Holt asks Investigation of British propaganda. Phillip Murray succeeds John L. Lewis as chief of the C. I. O 23 Attorney General Jackson says evi dence shows that Reds csusf i. plane plant strike in California. 24 Investigation of food prices started. 26 senate passes Walter-Logan bill to curb powers of government agencies. 27 Roosevelt sets aside 50 million dol lars to condition naval bases. DECEMBER 1— Joseph P. Kennedy resigns as am bassador to Great Britain. 2 Walter-Logan bill passes house. 6 British and U. S. treasury heads confer on finances. Strike closes 35 Pacific northwest lumber mills 7 Roosevelt pledges U. S. aid to Greece. 9 Treasury puts tax on newest issue of notes. 10— British reject Hoover plan to feed Nazi-conquered countries. ll Lord Lothian. British ambassador to U. S., asks for more help for Britain. 17 — U. S. gets new request for aid to Britain. 18— President vetoes Walter-Logan btlL 20 —Navy awards 50 millions in plant ex pansion contracts. NATIONAL ELECTION THIRD TERM TRADITION URO KEN- Fits! Li. S. executive to be elect ed three times, FDR is pictured here as he, Mrs. Roosevelt with Vice Presi dent and Mrs. Henry Wallace, arrived in Wn-hington shortly following the election. JUNE 24—Republican national convention meets 111 Philadelphia. 27 Wendell Willkie or New York named as candidate for President. 28— Sen Charles L. MoNary named for vice president. JULY IS—Democratic national convention meets in Chicago 17— President Roosevelt unanimously nominated for third term. 18— Henry A Wallace named for vice president NOVEMBER s—Roosevelt and Wallace curry 38 states in national election. \M<h a total of 449 Sectoral... votes and McNary carry 10 state*, with 82 electoral votes DISASTERS MUNITION INDUSTRY BLASTS- Several munition plants working on U. S. defense orders tvere rocked by powder explosions. Here it part of tl,s splintered wreckage after u blast at the Kenvil, N. J., plant of the Her cules Powder Co., in which 41 - were killed. JANUARY 3 Eighteen lives lost in Minneapolis apartment hotel fire, i 10— Ninety-one lives lost to West Vir ginia mine explosion. 23 Army bomber crashes In rainstorm; four killed. FEBRUARY 15— Wild blizzard grips East; 71 dead. 20— Fire sweeps circus In winter quar ters at Rochester, Ind.; 100 animals perish. jSarch • 12—Tornado kill* 13 to South; heavy loss. 16— Seventy-one trapped to mine at St. Oalravllle. Ohio. APRIL 19— Thirty dead, 100 injured to train wreck at L..tle rails, N. Y. 21— Kievan killed when two ears hit hsad on to Minnesota, 23 Dance hall fire kills 247 Negroes to Natchez. Miss. 39—Tornado In Illinois kills <6 MAY 24 Earthquakes kill 349 in Peru, 3,000 injured. JUNE 17— Eleven army filers Killed when two army bombers collide to New York. JULY 15—Sixty-three kilted in coal mine blast at Sonman, Pa. 31—Forty-one die when railroad -« crashes freight near Akron (Continued on page four) • ** THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, JS4I YANCEY COUNTY LARGER PARISH of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. Rev. A. L. Roberts, Gen. Director Rev. Paul H. Merkle, Pastor John S. LeFevre, Dir. of Christian Education. Services os follows: Burnsville First Church: Sunday School, 10 a. m.; 11 n. m.; Women’s Missionary Society, Ist and 3rd m.; Union service of the Burns-* ville churches every sth Sunday, 7:30 p. m. Banks Creek: Sunday school, 11 a. m. Worship 2nd and 4th Sun days,- C:3O p. m. Higgins:’Sunday School, 10:30 a. m. Worship, 2nd and 4th Sunday, 3:30 p. m. Young People, Ist and 3rd Sunday, 3:80 p. m. Lower Jacks Creek: Sunday school 10:30 a. m. Worship, Ist and 3rd Sunday, 3:15 p. m. Low Gap: Sunday school, >9:46 a. , hi. "Worship, Ist and 3rd Sunday, 6:30 p. m. Mine Fork; Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Worship, 2nd Sunday, 3:30 p. m.; 4th Sunday, 2:00 p. in. Young People, Saturday, 1:30 p. m. Upper Jacks Creek: Sunday school 2:00 p. ni. Worship, Ist and 3id Sunday, 2:00 p. m. Prison Camp: Worship, 2nd Sun day, 2:00 p. m, Week-day Bible Classes: Clear mont school, Fridays, 10:15 a. m. Be-' Log school, Mondav, 9:30 a. m. On January 5, congrega tional meetings will be held after t.hg worship service at Low Gap, to elect a tre-, asurer, and at Upper Jackk Creek, to elect trustees. On January 23 a Confer ence on Adult Education will be held in the Marshall Presbyterian church from 4:00 to 9:00 p. m. All church and Sunday school leaders of the Parish are invited and urged to at tend. The women of Higgins Neighborhood Center will meet to organize a Weav ers’ Cooperative on Janu ary 7th at 2:30 p. m. The men organized a Wood craft cooperative on Dec ember 3rd. Robert Muir, director of extension work ol Asheville Farm school, is ; assisting in the organiza tion of these co-ops. John McGraw Os Farm School and Helen Hickman of Dorland-Bell are assisting 1 in craft instruction. | The Higgins young peo ple are sponsoring a New Year’s Eve social for the L people of the church. The pageant “The . Christmas Quest” was given very successfully at , ea . eh church in the Parish, 1 Misses Ruth Evans, Ann fox, and Jerlene Hughes of Dorland-Bell school gave a beautiful Christmas wor ship program before the pageant at Low Gap, Mine fork, Upper and Lower Jacks Creek. Other young people at home from school for the holidays are John Evans, Fi ank Greene, Roger Banks, Jack Hensley, Reu ten Harris; Jennie, Doris, Cedric, and Kenneth Hunt er; Mary Lyon, Margaret English, Virginia, Mary, ; Addison, and Edward Hub bard. John Howell, Superinten dent of Weliare for Pamli co County was home for a few days. I The Women’s Missionary Society of the Burnsville church will meet Wednes day, January 1, at 7:30 p. m., at the home of Mrs. Le Fevre. Mrs. Hubbard will be the leader. Subject: “Stewardship.” The people of Yancey County are given a cordial invitation to participate in the services of Yancey Co unty Larger Parish. T aT notice The 1940 tax books are now m the hands of the Sheriff, Taxes may now be paid at par at the Sheriffs office. A penalty of 1 per cent will be added after the first day of February.
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