'WIJRSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1941
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DOWN MAIN STREET
I CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK 1
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f Thursday, January 9th i
j 'The Woman’s Club will meet with Mrs. J. S. LeFevrej!
I and Mrs. W. W. -Hennessee. I
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I Monday, January 13th I
! The Men’s Club will meet at the club house.
Tuesday, January 14th
The Business Woman’s Circle of the Baptist Mis-"
sionary Society will meet at the church.
- The Garden Club will meet with Mrs. Troy Ray at"
• .7:30. :
; , Wednesday, January 15th :
T The Mildred Ray Circle of the Woman’s Society of;
> Christian Service will be entertained by Mrs. i
J. H. Rav at 7:30. s
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; Thursday, January 16th
- The Woman’s Bible Class of Higgins Memorial ‘
, church will meet with Mrs. J. A. Goodin at three;
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Miss Kathryn Buckner
has returned to Draughons
Business College in Knox
ville after spending - the |
holidays with home folks, j
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Miss Lillian Styles is vis
iting her parents, Mr. and!
Mrs. Delzie Styles. - } 1
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Roscoe Banks is ill in an
Asheville hospital but his
condition Wednesday was
reported to be improved.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ray
of Asheville are visiting re
latives here.
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Jesse Styles left this
week for Nashville, Tenn.
where he will attend school.
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Miss Alice Roland, Lucil
leßanka, Thelma- Anglim
and Louise W. Higgins vis
ited Rev. and Mrs. R. E.
Powell in Winston Salem
Sunday. They reported that
Mr. Powell’s condition
showed some improvement r
following a secbnd opera-J
tion which he had under
gone.
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~ Mrs. J. B. (Clouse is ill of
pneumonia at her horrie in
East Burnsville. , 1
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Misses Bill Hensley and
Lucille Erwin have been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lest
er Heavner in Lincolnton.
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Miss Wilma Allen left
last Sunday for Johnson
(’ity Business College
where *>h? will begirt an ex
csv.tive secretarial ami civil
-course, Miss Allen
is a graduate of the 1940
class of Burnsville high
school.
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Uncle Levi Buckner is ill
at his home here.
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H. Grady Bailey and
John -G. Robinson are in
Charlotte on business.
Joseph Goodin, Jr. is
spending a week with fri
ends ; n Blackburg, Va.
Special Notice
FOR LISTING TAXES!
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All persons are required to list property and poll tax :
during January. ' “■ ; ill
Failing to list taxes will result in your being
PENALIZED BY LAW i
Meet the tax lister for your township and list taxes NOW
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles F.
Byrd left this w r eek for
Florida where they will
stay.. .for the remaining
winter months. Bruce Wes
-1 tall drove down but will re
turn to Burnsville in a few
i days:'
Birthday Greetings
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Benolene Silvers
1). M. Parker' '
Lena Hensley
TDavid Ogle
j Mary McPeters
Mrs. Joe McPeters
Arthur Leu Robinson
Irene Adkins
Richard King
Roy King
Mrs. John Bennet
Mrs. J. J. Laughrun ■
Charles Evans
Bulah Blankenship
j Wes Edwards
Mrs. Bruce Anglin
David Briggs
Junior Wheeler
j- -Hugh Styles
Mrs. R. 0. Jones
Kenneth McMahan '?
Marion Dennis
Floyd King
Daphen Butner
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VIXEN NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Spud Dun-
Ican spent Monday in John
son City.
Leonard Biggs is very ill
at this time, r 1 ;
We w r ere glad to have
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Rath
burn move to our communi
ty recently. [
George Autrey is able to
be out again following an
illness of several weeks.
Arnold McMahan is very
ill at this time.
Laura Rathburn is also
ill at the present time.
Edna and Joe Hollifield
! and Agnes and Zula McMa-
I han spent Saturday with
Miss Gladys and Clara
Parker.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Har
ris visited her parents Sun
| day. j
SWISS NEWS,
AND HAPPENINGS
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The Woman’s Missionary
, Society met Saturday af
ternoon January 4. The
guest speaker for the as
! j ternoon was the pastor,
! Rev. B. S. Hensley who
I i made a brief talk on Home
1 Missions. After the prc
i gram a short business
i meeting was held the foll
! owing officers were elect-
| l ed for the year:
President, Mrs. J. S. Hill;
; vice president, Mrs. Bruce
; Tomberlin; secretary and
: treasurer, Mrs. Monroe Mc-
Intosh; personal service
; | committee, Mrs. W. T. Rob
ertson; stewardship chair
man, Mrs. Oscar Ferguson ;
Mission study teacher, Mrs.
A. P. Hensley; program
committee, Mrs. H. L. She
pherd. The next meeting
j will be held on Saturday
afternoon, February 1.
RIVERSIDE NEWS
I Roy Wilson, Burgin Mar
lowe and Willie Mae Dot
son all of Fairview, N. C.
were visiting Miss Irene
Riddle Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.. Dorsey
Berry of Cleveland, Ohio
visited Mrs. Berrys par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Mclntosh Christmas. °"!
Wayne King has gone
back to work in Gastonia.
Mary Mclntosh hasrbeen
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dor
sey Berry.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wheel
er .of Higgins visited Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Wheeler
Sunday.
.Mrs,. S.-K.. A leers of Hunt
ington, West Va. have been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. N.
C. Mclntosh.
Mrs. Bernard Hyatt and
children of Stocksville are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Riddle.
Carles Mclntosh has been
visiting his cousin in Min-!
i neapolUuN. C.
Annie May and Mary Leei
l Buchanan .of Minneapolis]
have been visiting Mr. and :
! Mrs. Carl Mclntosh.
■ T. K. Riddle was called
i to Rutherfordton Saturday!
due to the serious illness of
! his mother.
| Charles Riddie has been
visiting hes parents here,;
Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Riddle. |
Billy Styles, small son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Styles,!
! who was seriously injured
some time ago is improving
rapidly.
Jessie, Loucretia, Carrie,!
and Mildred Blankenship]
were the Sunday guests of
their uncle, Zeke Blanken
ship.
A party was given Sat
urday night at the home of
Miss Irene Riddle in honor
of Miss Joan Bonne of
Fletcher who had been the
guest of Miss Riddle part
I of last week.
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THE YANCEY RECORD
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A thrilling scene from “Hit ler—Beast of Berlin” show
mg at the Yancey Theatre next Wed. and Thursday.
AUNT LIZZIE PENLAN D
84, DIED THURSDAY
Aijnt Lizzie Penland,
colored, died at her home
on Thursday night follow
ing a long illness. She was
about 84 years old and was
respected by all citizens of
Burnsville.
Funeral services were
held Saturday afternoon.
CLUB
A dairy calf club is being
organized for 4H Club
members of Greene Countyi
interested in good milk
! cows and how to care for
them properly, says J. W.
Grant, Assistant farm
agent.
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SUCCESSFUL
Lincoln County farmers
had an unusually successful
year with their crops in
1-941, with the exception of
a few normal cases, says
J. W. Webster, assistant
farm agent of the State
College Extension Service.
Accepts Position
In Asheville
Mrs! J. B. King has ac
cepted a position as dental
t assistant to Dr. Pless who
is located in the Hat Iron ;
Building in Asheville. Mrs.
; King left this week to
begin her work there.
Prenatal Clinic
The regular prenatal
i clinic will be held in the
district health department
office at 2:00 o’clock Fri
day afternoon, January 17.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our
deep appreciation to all
those who offered us their
kind assistance and. sympa
thy during our recent bere
avement.—(Family of Mrs.
Hattie Westall).
Mrs. Goldie Roland and
small son and daughter are
spending several weeks in
, New Port News, Va. visit
i ing relatives.
MEN WILL LEAVE FOR
CAMP JANUARY 17TH
The second group of
men will leave Yancey co
unty on Friday, January 17
for the year’s military tra
ining. There will be eleven
in this group "and these,
have already passed the,
physical examinations and
received instructions con
cerning their departure.
The eleven men were
{ selected from the large
l number who have volun- ]
teered for service. They
are: Ransie Lowe Hall,
Green Mtn.; Seth McCour
ry, Day Book; Sylvester
i Carroway, Windom; Clar
ence Laws, Burnsville rt. 1;
' Grady Gibbs, Burnsville rt.
1; . Otway Austin, Burns-1
ville rt. 1; Byrd Metcalf,]
Burnsville; Roy
Sioux; Arvelyn Angel,
Burnsville; Burl Boone,
Burnsville; Charles Pitt
man, Burnsville rt. 1/
Tobacco
Wilson County farmers i
are busily engaged in pre
paring their, tobacco plant
beds with some growers al
ready having their beds
seeded reports J. A. Marsh,:
assistant farm agent. i
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CHEVROLET’S the LEADEhMB
Hall-Robinson Chevrolet Co.,
Spruce Pine, -:- North Carolina
Machinery
Some agricultural ex
perts believe that with
farm labor costs going ftp
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LET IT BE WRITTEN:
“Everything was done perfect
ly.” Every dethll of the funeral
service taken care of, and '
carried out in away to make it
a fitting tribute to the departed.
HOLCOMBE & EDWARDS
FUNERAL HOME
Burnsville, N. C.
Ambulance service Pay & Night
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GREETINGS
The Northwestern Bank, its officers and em
ployees, wish to each and every one a most happy
and prosperous year of 1941.
THE NORTHWESTERN BANK
Burnsville, N. C.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
R. N. Scott, Cashier-’
Marguerite McKinney, Asst. Cashier
Trena Fox, Asst. Cashier
Robert Presnell, C. M. Bailey, B. R. Penland,
Local Board of Managers
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just as farmers are sending
their sons into the draft
army, there will be an in
creasing need for farm
machinery.