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VOLUME FIVE
ONE HUNDRED LEAVE
FOR CCCCAMP WED.
The largest number of
boys ever to go from the
county at one time to en
roll in the Civilian Conser
vation Corps left Burns;
ville Wednesday morning.
The group was accompani
ed to Asheville by L. G.
Deyton and Lee Griffeth of
the Public Welfare Depart
ment and one hundred boys
Were accented, 'i'hey will go
first to the Madison county
, camp for .conditioning and
then will probably be sent
to the west coast for final
enrollment.
The following were ac
cepted as enrollees:
Micaville: Jack Wyatt,
Charlie Chrisawn, Willard
Peake, Edd Thomas, Jay
Thomas, James McCurry,
Winslow Chrisawn, Hubert
McMahan.
Cane River: John Led
ford, Mack Robinson, Ral
ph Metcalf, Lincoln Mcln
tosh, Clyde Riddle.
Paint Gap: Hobart Hens
ley, Glenn Honeycutt.
Bee Log: Ernest Parker,
Lawrence Watts, Hasket
Lewis, Chester Tipton,
Wade Randolph, Grant
Bird, Stanley Randolph,
Martin Whitson, Wayne
Edwards, Floyd Wilson,
Holt Wilson, Alex Brad
ford, Harry H. Jones.
Hamrick:, Ray Kates,
David Chrisawn, Vernie
MurpKy, r Ted Simmons.
Ramsey town: Fred Tall
ent, Edgar Whitson, Clate
Whitson.
Higgins: Laurence Hig
gins, Clay Bailey, Quinton
Higgins, Ned Higgins.
Green Mtn: Delbert Rob
inson, Thurman Ayers, Al
fred Hughes, Shirrell Hug
hes, Rillis Buchanan, How
ard Buchanan, Brown Bu
chanan, ,k,
Swiss: Roy King, Lum
Honeycutt, Fred Boone,
Emery Lee Shepherd, Bill
Hensley, Milt Hensley.
Celo: Carl Autrey, Yates
Webb, Edd Carroll,'Carnor
Ogle, Daniel Creson, Cecil
Gurley,
Spruce Pine, Rt. 1: J. C.
Letterman, Arcemus Let
terman, Jeff Renfro, Blai
ne Forbes.
Newdale: R. C. Robin
son, Wallace Gurley, Nas
Gouge.
Sioux: Guy Honeycutt,
Nick Whitson, Morris Ad
kins. '
Windom: Ransome Sil
ver, Woodrow Carroll, Ver
gie Robinson, Edtj Boone.
Pensacola: William Very
non Anglin.
Vixen: Edgar McMahan,
Frank McMahan, Earl
Rathburn.
Day Book: Ralph Ayers,
Claude King, Paul Deyton.
Bald Creek: Harold Ray,
Calvin C. Hensley.
Burnsville • Rt. 1 and
Star Route included.)? Troy
English, Narm Hensley,
James Payne, Robert Ram
sey, Jr., Earl Blankenship,
Frank Silver, Jay Bodford,
Coy Robinson, Ralph Callo
way, Howard Smith, Cecil
Miller, Philip Garland, Cla
ude McLaughlin, Wobdard
McLaughlin, Ralph Silver,
Kenneth L. Banks, Claren
ce Ball, Andrew Hughes,
George Bowditch (c), dor
nor Griffeth (c).
THE YANCEY RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRfSS OF YANCEY COIJNtY”
SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
SECOND QUOTA OF MEN
LEAVE FOR TRAINING
Yancey county’s second
group of young men left
early Friday morning for
the year’s military training
under the selective service
The quota for
January was eleven and all
were volunteers.
The men came to Burns
ville Thursday for final
preparations, and a meet
ing of the men, members of
the draft board and inter
ested citizens was held in
the courthouse at 3:OQ
o’clock. R. V. Angel, mem
ber of the draft board, pre
sided.
Mr. Angel, W. W. Hehi
nessee and others address
group of men, expressing
the invest of the county
and the appreciation of the
citizens for those who were
going as volunteers.
C. P. Randolph, Burns
ville attorney, made the
principal address, com
mending the men on their
fine personal record, and
pointing out that tljey
would have a fine oppor
tunity for advancement
and leadership. In the .even
ing. the men were guests of
IJiff Clevenger, manager
of the Yancey Theatre, to
see the show.
The eleven men were:
Otway Burns, Grady Gibbs,
Byrd Metcalf, Seth McCo
urry, Silvester Carroway,
Roy Deyton, Clarence
Laws, Burl Boone, Charles
Pittman, Ransie Lowe Hall
and Arvelyn Angel.
The men left early
Thursday morning by spec
ial bus for Fort Bragg.
The local board was later
instructed to send two
more men to Fort Bragg to
replace two of the eleven
who did not pass the physi-j
cal examination. The two
who will be sent to Fort
Bragg on January 24 are
Mack Caney Robinson of
Lunday and Woodrow
Bradford of Bee Log; Both
are volunteers.
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FARM NOTES
YOUNG APPLE TREES
NEED TO BE PRUNED
There are two good rea
sons why young apple trees
should be pruned, says H.
R. Niswonger, horticultur
istof the N. C. State Coll
ege Extension Service.
They are: (1) To secure a
strong frame-work capable
of supporting large crops
of fruit with the least
breakage of branches; and
T 2) to influence the size at
which young trees bear
fruit.
“One year trees set out
this year, without side
branches, should have one
third or one-fourth of their
height removed in order to
force out strong lateral
branches for a frame
work,” Niswonger stated.
“On a one-year or two
year tree with lateral bran
ches, it is wise to select
several of the larger bran
ches arising from the trunk
to serve as the future
frame-work of the tree.
“These laterals should be
well distributed around thei
body of the tree, 6 to 8
inches apart. If there are
two central branches or
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BURNSVILLE, N. C. THUfIsDAY, JANUARY 23, 1941 -
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ADULT EDUCATION
PROGRAM WILL BE
ENLARGED
Raleigh—Heads of the
adult education division of
North Carolina’s Depart
ment of Public Instruction
believe that their program
has completed the “experi
mental” stage—a period
of probation, so to speak—
and they feel that their
activities should now be
carried on as a “regular
working” division of the
Department.
That belief and that feel
ing were behind the dfltf
sion’s request to the Ad
visory Budget Commission
for an increase in its ap
propriation from $30,000
to $145,000. They * realize
that such a tremendous
percentage increase can
only be justified on a basis
of accomplishment, but
they are confident that an
examination of the divi
sion’s record will furnish
all the justification neces
sarv. v ■.
In a brief for the divi
sion, submitted to the bud
get" commission, Mrs. Eliza
beth Morriss, it’s director,
reviewed the work of her
division since its authoriza
tion m 1087 Uenerar" As
sembly (whieh provided a
meager appropriation of
$25,000) and declared it has
proved its practical value
through the teaching of Il
literates, through getting
phbfic school children back
in school, through home
making, parent education,
nursery schools, safety,
health and civic education.
“The superintendents
who have participated are
100 per cent for expansion
of the program,” said the
, brief.
Chief purpose of the di
vision is to make possible
organization of a program
of adult education in every
county of the State and
with the $145,000 request
ed, an opportunity would
be offered to make this a
reality.
The larger fund would
make possible, Mrs. Mor
riss explains:
(1) A full time white
worker and a full time Ne
gro worker for a maxi
mum of 20 counties to be
paid for entirely from
State funds; These coun
ties would be the ones least
able to pay for a program
of adult education, as de
termined by income.
(2) A county director
and teacher in each of the
other counties which ap
propriate money to match
State funds. This would
be possible if all the other
eighty counties should ap
ply for funds. It could not
be expected, however, that
all of the counties would
participate. If they do not,
a larger number of teach
ers per county would b e
available for those that do
participate.
Thus every county i q
North Carolina would have
a chance to participate in
the adult education pro
gram.
These county programs
are under direct local sup
ervision. Those courses
are taught which the local
authorities feel should be
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BURNSVILLE
15 Yea|s Ago
January |22, 1926
Mrs. J. L. flay is spend
ing a few data with rela
tives in Rutllerfordton.
Friends ar# glad to see
G. B. Woody out again
after a recentfoperation for
appendicitis. §
Avis, the l%tle daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. D. Z. Sty
les, who has been very sick
for several weeks is much
improved. j
It seems that the radio
fever has struck Burns
ville. Quite a number of
these mysterious things
have been installed in the
past few weeks.
$25,800 IN SCHOLARSHIP
AWARDS FOR 1941
GOOD DRIVERS
LEAGUE WINNERS
DEARBORN , Mich,—
With the nation’s high
schools preparing for sec
ond semester activities, the
Ford Good Drivers League
today announced details of
its 1941 good driving con
tests, in which"s2s,Boo in
scholarships W$L be award
ed boys and girls of high
school age throughout the
country. % |
Started last year b y
Edsel Ford to promote im
proved driving and increa
se motoring* among
youth”, the Good Drivers
League embarks on its sec
ond season with one ma
jor innovation that is ex
pected to more than double
the membership.
Where the nation-wide
1940 good driving contests
were open only to boys, *the
1941 contests will be Open
ta girls as well as boys.
This major change in the
League program already
has produced widespread
interest, with indications
that girls are fully as an
xious as the boys to demon
strate their knowledge and
skill at handling an auto
mobile.
Under the new rules set
up by Mr. Ford as League
president and his national
advisory board, girls will
compete in a separate di
vision, while the boys also
will have a section of their
own. There will be n o
mixed contest^
As awards for the na
tional winners, Mr. Ford
revealed that 98 good Driv
ers League scholarships
would be presented as fol
lows, with identical awards
for both the boy and girl
divisions: First prize,
$5,000 university scholar
ship; second prize, $2,000
un iver si t y scholarship;
third, fourth and fifth pri
zes, each SSOO scholarships;
and the next 44 winners,
SIOO each.
The contests are open to
boys and girls between 14
and 18. In order to quali
fy for membership in the
Ford Good Drivers League,
all entrants must be quali
fied and legally authorized
tq drive a car in the state
in which they reside.
“The Good Drivers Lea
gue objective this year is
the same as last—to en
courage better driving
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COTTON COMFORTER
PROGRAM - STARTED
A cottop comforter pro
gram, as a supplement to
the cotton mattress pro
gram, has been started in
North Carolina; announces
Miss Ruth Current, State
, home demonstration agent
jof N. C. State College.
. Every family who has re
ceived a cotton mattress is
. eligible to receive four
pounds of cotton and 10
. yards of percale with which
| to make a comfort,
The program of distri
( buting surplus cotton to
low income families is
• sponsored by the State Col
, lege Extension Service, the
| Agricultural Adjustment
Administration, and the
Surplus Marketing Admin
i istration of the U. S. De
t partment of Agriculture.
Although the mattress
program did not stifrt until
mid-summer of 1940 in
most of the counties, al
' ready 39,069 mattresses
' have been made in 83 coun
ties, and about 46,000 more
applications are on hand.
• Os these, some 24,000 have
been approved and cotton
and ticking is on hand in
the counties for making
these mattresses.
“We feel that the com
forter program will be a
great aid in our program of
helping low income rural
families,” Miss Current de
. dared. “We expect to place
; Sfr-pdUrttt cotton ‘ mattresses
| in 100,00)) North Carolina
farm homes, and that
means all of these families
can receive a comfort,
thereby ‘sleeping not only
on a corner of the cotton
surplus, but under a part
of it.’ ”
, The comforts will be
made in the mattress-mak
ing centers, and competent
supervisors will be on hand
to show the families how to
make the comforts, just as
they are now instructing in
the making of the mattres
ses. The only charge for
these materials is a small
fee for the cost of such
materials as thread, need
les, and fuel to heat the
centers. This usua Ily
amounts to $1 per mattress.
Avoidable Accidents
An “epidemic” of acci- -
dents in which persons
have been killed as a result
of falling off of or out of
moving automobiles or
trucks on North Carolina
streets and highways has
been noted in recent weeks,
the Highway Safety Divi
sion reported this week.
Five such fatalities were
recorded in December, and
two more during the first
two weeks of January.
Reading of the accident
reports gives some idea of
how these accidents hap
pened. One report said:
“Two negroes were riding
between truck and trailer.
A hog ran out into rear
wheels of truck, causing
truck to bounce up, throw
ing negro from truck and
under wheels of trailor.
Killed instantly.”
Another • report simply
said: “Deceased fell out of
car when right door came
open as car was rounding
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NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE
BAILEY IS NEW
ADMINISTRATOR
OF FSA UNIT
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(Waynesville, Jan. 18). —
•J. Yates Bailey, recently
appointed Haywood county
1 administrator of she Fed
eral Farm Security admin
istration, arrived here on
Wednesday to assume
charge of the office.
He succeeds; Major Wil
fred Jackson, who has been
called into actiye military
service. Mr. Bailey gave up
his work at Dunn on Tues
day and assumed charge of
the office here on Wednes
day. Mrs. Bailey, who is the
former Miss Virginia Prof
fitt of Bald Creek, will ar
rive next Thursday.
” Mr. Bailey was until Tue
sday, Jan. 14, principal of
the grammar school at
Dunn. Mrs. Bailey was a
teacher at Dunn also. Mr.
Bailey is a native of Yan
cey county and Mrs. Bailey
is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Proffitt of Bald
Creek.
Mr. Bailey,, while in
Dunn, was active in civic
work. He was a member of
the Dunn Methodist church
and was active in the Dunn
Rotary -club. Mr. Bailey
was a scoutmaster at Dunn.
CHANGES MADE IN
INCOME TAX RULING
The North Carolina De
partment of Revenue has
announced that all Federal
employees residing or do
miciled in this State, or as
signed to duty here during
the year 1940 are liable for
income tax to this State
and will be required to file
returns for the year 1940,
for the income received
while a resident of this
State, according to an op
inion rendered by Attor
ney General McMullan.
The liability, it was said,
results from the fact that
such employee resided or
worked in this State dur
ing the year 1940.
Last March the Depart
ment ruled that no returns
would be required of Fed
eral employees from other
states who were assigned
to duty in this State and
received salaries in 1939.
This ruling was made, i t
was stated, because Con
gress had only recently
granted the states author
ity to tax such salaries,
and proposals for restrict
ing such authority were
understood to be then pen
ding before Committees of
Congress. It was said that
such proposals were reject
ed and that 'the states now
have full authority to tax
Federal salaries the same
as other income.
T. G. ELLIS IS NEW
SANITARIAN FOR
THIS DISTRICT
T. G. Ellis came to Bur
nsville this week from An
drews to assume his duties
as sanitarian for the Yan
cey and Avery counties
health department. He has
been employed in a similar
capacity in the Cherokee,
Clay and Graham unit.
Mrs. Ellis and baby are
expected to join Mr. Ellis
here within a short time.
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SCOUT PROGRAM IS
GIVEN ATPTA MEET],
' The Burnsville Parent
| Teacher Association met at
the club house: Monday
evening for the regular
‘ January meeting. The pre-
I sident, Mrs. R. W. Wilson,
! was in charge.
T. M. Swann, who was re
’ cently named scoutmaster
| for the local troop, present
ed the program. A film
1 showing the plan and work
; of the Boy Scout program,
presented through courtesy
of the Coca Cola Company,
was shown by Mr. Wilson
and Mr. Adams of the Coca
Cola Company of Asheville.
Following the film, Floyd
; New, assistant Boy Scout
executive of the Daniel
Boone Council, addressed
the group and urged that
the local troop be reorgan
ized and the program in the
county again be carried on.
During the business ses
sion a general discussion
was held, and the associa
tion voted to do everything
possibLe to complete the re
organization of the troop
and instructed Mr. Swann
the executive com
mittee. Tl was expressed as
the sincere desire of the
group that Jhe scout pro
gram should be well begun
by" the summer months.
The essay contest for the
high school students, spon
, sored by the P. T, A., was
announced. The subject for
the essay is “What Demo
cracy Means to Me,” and
the length Is limited to 500
words. All students of Bur
nsville High school may
compete, the essay must be
the original work of the
contestant. Two prizes are
offered, the first a cash
award of $5.00 and the sec
ond $3.00.
Mrs. John Robinson, cha
irman of the committee for
the observance of Founders
Day at the February meet
inp, gave a report of the
committee.
The attendance banner
was awarded to Mr. Peter
son’s 7th grade.
27 COMPLETE CAA
FLYING INSTRUCTION
Twenty seven students
of the civil aeronautics ad-,
ministration civilian pilot
training program have
completed the preliminary
course, conducted through
Indiana Technical college,
Fort Wayne Indiana it was
announced this webk.
Among the twenty seven
students listed is Samuel J.
Huskins, Jr., of Burnsville.
Stockholders Meeting
Arrangements are com
plete for the annual stock
holders meeting of Hie
Asheville Production Cred
it Association, which will
be in Asheville on Thurs
day morning, January 23,
at 10 o’clock, according to
John A. Hudgens, president
of the association, who
said yesterday that a rec
ord breaking attendance of
members is expected.
Miss Marie Bailey is here
from Greensboro to spend
a few days.