VOLUME SIX
Tax Listing Will Begin
Friday, January Second
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The Boa*4 of County
Commissicwiers has named |
the tax listers and farm
censors for the county.
They call attention to the,
fact that again taxes must
be listed in January. The]
listers and censors will be-j
gin this immediately.
The following were nam
ed : „ i
Burnsville township: S.
J. Ray, lister; J. H. Wilson,
censor.
Cane River: Bill Butner,
lister; Alvin Hensley, cen
sor.
Egypt: John King, list
er; -Baxter Silver, censor.
Green Mtn.: Hugh Gard
ner, lister; Claude Peter
son, censor.
Jacks Creek: Luke Lau
ghrun, lister; Molt' Hens
ley, censor.
Crabtree: Lynn Edge*
lister; Will D. Peterson,
censor.
South Toe: Bass Gibbs,
lister; Carey Hall, censor.
Pensacola: Wayne Ray,
lister; Denver Wilson, cen
sor.
Prices Creek: Walter
Maney, lister; Charlie
Banks, censor,
Brush Creek: Mrs. Bill
Street, lister; John P. Wo
ody, censor.
Ranwy town: Maude
HigginkjQister; J. W. Ed
wards, *
JOINS SPEECH DE
PARTMENT AT GREEN
SBORO COLLEGE
1 Rush T. Wray will be an
(instructor in the depart
ment of Speech and Dra
matic Arts at Greensboro
College, Greensboro. He
will begin work there
when the college reopens
following the holidays.
Mr. Wray has studied at
the Plonk School in Ashe
ville and Curry University
in Boston where he recen
tly graduated. He has al
so been director of the
Little Theatre here for
several years and has tau
ght in Greenville, S. C.
TO “ROSE BOWL” GAME
A number of Burnsville,
citizens are in Durham to
day to attend the New
Ye a r’s game between
Duke and Oregon State.
This “Rose Bowl” game
was moved from Pasodena.
Cal. to the Duke foot ball
field because of conditions
on the West Coast.
Among those attend- j
ing are: G. L. Hensley,
John Bennett, Bascom i
Penland, George Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. Arney Fox,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fleet
wood and Dr. R. 0. Jones.
Mr. John Ayers is home
for a few days from Fort
Bragg.
Mr. and Mrs. John How
ell of Dayboro, visited Mr. 1
Howell's mother here last
week.
Hugh King of Pennsyl
vania spent the Christmas
holidays with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed King.
THE YANCEY RECORD
SOB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
NOTICE
The Yancqy county
i rlpffpnse council —w ill -
1 meet on Monday even
-1 ing, January 5 at 7:30
at the high school build
ing.
A representative of
the Extension Service
in Raleigh will be pre
sent to explain the sta
tus ofr farm rnachipery
repair and the collection
of scrap metal for de
fense.
Any one who is inter
ested in this phase o f
defense rulings, is asked
to attend the meeting.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR WALTER MOORE, 4
! - Walter Moore, the four
year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bayles Moore of Bald
Mountain, died Monday af
ternoon, December 29 foll
owing a brief illness,
j Funeral services were
conducted at the home at
10:30 Wednesday morning.
Pall bearers were Oscar
Tipton, Bannister Tipton,
Hasket Hone yeu 11 and-
Calvin Moore. Burial was
in the Sampson cemetery
near Bald Mountain.
The child is survived by
; the parents and the follow
i ing brothers and sisters,
Ralph, Alvin and Russ Mo
ore ; Alice, Mary Jane, Ru
by and Agnes Moore.
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MUCH PROGRESS IN
BEEF CATTLE
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Case said that the first
4-H Baby Beef Show and
Sale held six years ago at
j tracted only one steer that
graded choice. In the four
shows and sales held this
fall, 85 steere graded U.
S. Choice; -
The four fall shows and
sales were held at the We
stern North Carolina Fair
in Hem rsonville, at the
Catawba Fair in Hickory,
at the State Fair in Ral
eigh, and at the Southern
States Fair in Charlotte.
One hundred and seventy-!
six steers went through 1
the sale rings at these ev
ents, and several of the
calves were shown at two
or more of the fairs.
These 176 head of cat
tle represented 146,117
pounds of beef on the hoof,
| which sold for $21,831.92,
i or a very satisfoctory ave- !
; rage of $14.94 per hund
; redweight. The average
price, excluding the cham-|
pions, was $14.45 per cwt.!
The 85 steers graded U.
S. Choice averaged $16.56;
the 66 graded U. S. Good
averaged $13.41; and the
25 grading U. S. Medium
averaged $12.25 per cwt.
Spring baby beef shows
| for Eastern North Caro
lina club members will be
; held at Rocky Mount
! March 12 and 13, and at
Kingston at a date not yet I
selected. Case said 4-H
Club members should keep
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- “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1942
WE welcome the New Year we know it marks the beginning of
another chapter. The stage is set for another act.
Looking backward we see the things we might have done, but- did not.
Looking forward we see the things we plan and resolve to do. May the sun r -
shine brighter, the days grow longer, may new hope invigorate and cheer
I us. The Year of Grace One Thousand Nine Hundred and FortyTwo is at
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hand, and we welcome its
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We welcome the New Year because we know it will
bring many new opportunities to be of service to you, (TvV*
(A-U) and to express through .this service.our sincere appreci- CrJc)
e- V\ arion of your friendship We wish you avery HAPPY
NEW YEAR!
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THE YANCEY RECORD
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CENSUS TO HELP
DEFENSE EFFORT
Raleigh, Dee.—N or t h
Carolina’s 1942 farm cen-i
siis, to be taken by the U.
S. and State Departments'
of Agriculture during Jan-j
uary, will be used through-*
put the State as an acurate;
compilation of agricultural'
information “essential in
planning food for defense
programs.”
“Cooperation of farmers
in furnishing tax listers
with farm statistics and
other information for the!
census is a patriotic duty
that will yield money and
satis faction dividends”,
I Farm Census Supervisor
W. T. Garriss of the State
Department of Agricult-i
ure, said today.
Information farmer*!
will furnish the tax listers'
during the next forty days!
will include data on acre
age, livestock, farm mach-j
I inery, population, and pou- 1
ltry.
“North Carolina is the
only Southern State con- i
ducting a farm census and
as a result the agricultural
leadership is better pre-
] pared today to cooperate
in the ‘food for victory’
campaigns and in the de
fense movements”, Garriss
emphasized. .
“Fanners will volunteer
agricultural . information
at tax listing time and the
tax lister will forward
county summaries to the
Department for publicat
ion and distribution to ag
ricultural agencies and le
aders, particularly those
working with the ‘food for
defense’ programs,” he
added.
“The names of farmers
giving farm census infor
mation will be regarded as
confidential.’**
FUNERAL • SERVICES
FOR C. EVANS
; James
at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth McNe
ely of Marion, on Decem
ber 24 of a self-inflicted
■ wound. He had been in
ill health for several mon
jths.
Funeral services were
held afternoon
at the Evans family ceme
tery near Burnsville.
Surviving are the widow
| Mrs. Myra Evans; four
sons, Sol Evans of Dysart-
I svilie, Calvin Evans of Bu
rnsille, and Louis and Nic
ky Evans of Marion; five
daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth
McNeely, Mrs. Corie Kelly
and Mrs. Lois Haynes of
Marion, Mrs. Cora Law
horn of Green Mtn. and
j Mrs. Kitty Pate of Hunt-
I dale; w - a brother, George
| Evans of Burnsville; three
sisters, Mrs. Alice Jobe, |
Miss Les Evans and Mrs.
Mary Daly of Burnville;
;24 grandchildren and one
i great-grandchild.
ENLISTS IN NAVY
i. Wilfong Wilson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. R.,W. Wilson,
has been accepted for en
listment in the U. S. Navy.
He will report early this
month.
Burt Higgins of Char
lotte, Ed Higgins and fam
ily of Hendersonville and
the Louis Tappans of
Nashville spent the Christ-;
mas holidays here.
Miss Celia King ofLe
akisvllle spent the holi
days hereK.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Roberts of Hillsboro spent
the past week here.
Mrs. C. C. Higgins is
I visiting her daughter, Mrs.
1 Louis Tappan in Nashville.
; NUMBER TWENTY-TWO
CIVIL COURT WILL
CONVENE JAN. 19
kludge Sink and Judge
Rlackstock To Preside
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The January term of
Superior Court will con
vene on the. 19th with Jud
ge H. Hoyle Sink of Lex
ington presiding for the
first week and Judge C. E.
Blackstoek o f Asheville
for the second week. Civil
cases will be heard.
Jurors for the two
weeks term will be drawn
today.
RECENT BIRTHS
Dec. Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Tipton of Windom,
a daughter.
Dec. 12, to Mr. and Mrs.
Back Wilson of Swiss, a
c f «.
son.
Dec. 14, to Mr. and Mrs.
j Derek Wilson of Burns
ville, a son. . • ,j
Dec. 21, to Mr. and Mrs. j
Albert Cox of Estatoe, ai
son.
Dec. 24, to Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Hughes of Burns
ville, a daughter.
Dec. 25, to Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Brewer of Newdale,
a son.
Dec. 28, to Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Ballew of Hamrick, 1
a daughter.
Dec. 20 to Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Edwards of BaW
Creek, a daughter.
Dec. 31 to Mr. and Mrs.
Braskie Willis of Prices
Creek a daughter.
Dec. 31 to Mr. and Mrs.
Rex Taylor of Burnsville
a daughter.
Jan. 1, 1942 to Mr. and
Mrs. Sylvester Allen of
Burnsville a son. ~
Dr. J. J. Croley and fam
ily went to Kentucky fdr ;
the holidays.
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PRESBYTERIAN NEWS
it. ■
Borland Bell School for
girls at Hot Springs, N. C.
in addition to the regular
curriculum carries on sev
eral unique projects. l Am
ong them the Senior class
. assists at the school for
Negro children in the town
under supervision of sev
eral of the Dorland Bell
faculty.
Miss Opal Carnaham, one
of this year’s seniors des
cribes the experience thus
in writing it up:
Last year I envied the
girls in Dorland Bell’s sen
ior Bible class who regu
larly assisted lho teacher
in the one room Negro
school in town. This year
have known the thrills
of working with nine eag
er Negro children, ranging
in age from six to fifteen.
In the fall we planned for
storytelling, recreation,
music, art, sewing, and ar
ithmetic periods, arithme
tic being one subject in
which the teacher thought
the pupils YWere somewhat
backward. Recreation per
iods are held daily, the
others once a week. Anoth
er feature of the project
is reading aloud to the
former teacher of the Neb
gro school now retired be
cause of poor health and
failing sight.
t Omega and I pqndered
lor a long time what we
would do in our first art
'period. Finally we decide?
|to tell the story of Alad
!dm and His Wonderful
• Lamp, and have the child
’ ren illustrate it. Resulits
.!were encouraging. The
next two Weeks we did out
< ' door sketching. It was a
great joy to us to watch
the children learn to see
i some of the beauty which
surrounds them. After
[that we made a Thanks
giving scene and then we
j made Christmas cards.
The girls who teach mu
sic find that the children
have a natural aptitude
for it. To hear them sing
ing folk songs, rounds, and
spirituals which they have
learned is quite an exper
ience. In sewing class we
made aprons out of bright
pieces which we had col
lected. During the noon
rfecess the children learn
j good sportsmanship and
! cooperation through gam
ies and stunts.
We consider the weekly
story telling most import
ant.-Giving a child a back
ground of myths, Jegends,
fairy tales, Yol tales, the
| best fiction and most im
portant the Bible, cannot j
fail to cultivate his taste;!
! teach him to discriminate I
between the cheap and
the good, the real and the
tawdry; and give him in
formation that will make
for broad, useful living.
As there is no library in!
the little school, the bit!
that we can give is treas- 1
ured.
We feel that this pro
ject, small as it may be,
helps to further better un
derstanding between the
two races.
Miss Grace Ray of Mine
Fork, who is a pupil of
Dorland Bell Schocfl, and
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TIRE RATIONING
BOARD BNAMED
The automobile tire ra
tioning board for Yancey
county has been named by
Gov. Broughton. Members
are: R. A. Charles, J. P.
Lyon and Wm. B. Wray.
This board with represen
tatives from 18 other Wes
tern counties will meet in
Asheville on Saturday for
final instructions.
State Quota, 8,690
North Carolina’s quota
for new tires for January
has been set at 8,690.
Rationing, will begin
Monday with removal of
the ban against all tire
sales. It will be practically
impossible for the typical
passenger car owner to
obtain new tires, however,
under the rationing sys
! tem.
Must Apply To Board
New tires are expected
to be available only to
truck owners who can
prove that their trucks are
being used in essential
! hauling, and to owners of
, passenger cars used in na
tional defense work, or the
use of which is essential
! community sefvice, such as
those of physicians.
Even those receiving
fires must apply to the ra
tioning board, have their
tires examined by three
, tire dealers, and abide by
. the dealers’ reciommenda
[ Hons. The dealers wilt re- *
cotnmend that they be re
paired, re-capped or re
placed with new ones.
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BOONE TOBACCO
MARKET IS GOOD
Roscoe Coleman, Operator,
Says Prices Advance
Roscoe Coleman, operat
or of the Mountain Burley
Tobacco Warehouses 1 and
2 at Boone was a business
visitor in the county this
week.
In speaking of the sales
at the Boone market so
far this year, Mr. Coleman
stated that the season had
been very successful and
satisfactory in every way.
More tobacco was sold be
fore the holidays than was
sold during the entire sea
son last year.
Many Yancey county
farmers took their crop
to this harket, and the of
ficials wished to thank the
growers for their fine re
sponse, Mr. Coleman said.
Prices Advance
Tobacco prices on all
grades advanced on Friday
[before the market closed
i for the holidays, and all
indications are for even
higher pricejs after the
market opens again on
Monday, January 5.
Farmers who have not
sold their crop can be as
sured of very satisfactory,
i prices at Boone, Mr. Cole
man stated.
WORKERS
More people were work
ing on farms December 1
than a year earlier, despite
an increased demand for
men in war industries and
enlistments in the armed
forces.