THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1942 2)(uun Main Street CALENDAR Friday, Oct. 16 The Home Nursing Class will meet at the high school building. 1 Monday, Oct. 19 “ The Executive Committee of the P. T. A. will meet at the school building at 3:30. * Tuesday, Oct. 20 The Burnsville P. T. A. will meet at the school. Thursday, Oct. 22 The Garden Club will meet with Mrs. Troy Ray at 8:00 o’clock. —> ' a 1 V ••utitaiittltVitgoSliMigiigiigiiaiiaitaHairiiigimiißiiaiaiiaiiaiiftiiiMaiiaiiaiiaitßnßiiaiia'iMiiaiißiiaiiaiiAiiaiiatiaiißiiaiiaiißilßiiaiiß ■■4iauaianaiiauaua'iaitaiiauaiiaiiiiia iaiiana'iai>a Mark Allen of Swannan oa has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Ida Ellen Hughes. •# * • Rev. Paul H. Merkle and his mother, Mrs. C. P. Merkle, will come to Bur nsville this week end for a few days. i * * * * £"" • Mr. and Mrs. Grover Hus kins are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Roy Huskins -in Shelton, S. C. ** * * Mrs. R. W. Wilson has returned home after ah extended visit with rela tives in Winston-Salem. * * * * Mrs. W. W. Hcnnessee has been visiting Francis Hennessee in Richmond, Ky. Francis returned home with her a few days. # 4} * * ° J. C. Tipton of Washing ton, D. C. spent the week end here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence King and sons of Waco, N. C. are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Z. P. King. * *—•—•— * Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hev ner: and young son of Lin colnton spent the week end here. Miss Betty Hensley was also home from Bre vard College. * # • * Mr. and Mrs. Seth Hon eycutt have announced the birth of a son on Oct. 9. # « * • Mr. and Mrs. John Ben nett spent the week end here. ** * * Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Fen der left this week for Washington where they will be employed. * * • • Misses Dorothy Banks and Nelle Murphy are at home from Baltimore for a short visit. •« « « Mrs. A. Z. Burton is vis iting relatives and friends here. Ah b t ** * * Will J. Dodd who has been ill for several weeks is now in the Marion . hos pital. *# # # Lt. (jg) Charles Sterchie of U. S. Navy is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. V. .J. Goodman. Lt. Sterchie and Mr. Goodman were class mates at N. C. State College. AT MARS HILL COLLEGE , ' Y/ Nine students from Yan cey county are among the 802 students enrolled at Mars Hill college this fall. Those from Yancey cou nty are: June Ayers, Eve lyn Hope Bailey, Jennings Beeler, Edgar Hunter, Bo yce Stamey, Samuel Wilson of Burnsville; Paul Brad ford of Bee Log; John Henry Howell of Sioux, and Louise Mamerson of Pensacola. «... - • • iiaiiaiiaiiaitaiitiiawa^tiigiignaifßiiaiiaHgiiaiiaiiaiiiiiaiiiiiaiia MELBA NANNEY IS ENGAGED TO J. S: BUCKNER The Rev. and Mrs. Bur dette Thomas Nanney of Brevard have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Melba Rea Nanney of WeaverviHe and Brevard, to Cpl. James Stanley Buckner- of Mac bill Field in Tampa, Fla. Miss Nanpey is ,a mem ber of the faculty of the WeaverviHe high school, where she teaches drama tics, French and English. She attended Mars Hill college, Appalachian State Teachers’ college ht Boone, and later received-her de gree at Western Carolina Teachers’ college at Cullo whee. She is soloist for the choir at the WeaVer ville Baptist church. Cpl. Buckner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Buckner of WeaverviHe. He has beens in military service for the past nine months. Prior to tfiis time he made his home in Wea verville and took a promi nent part in Baptist Train ing union workjof Buncom be county. , The wedding will take place in the late fall at the Brevard Baptist church. SHEPHERD-DUCK ___________ f James Robert Shepherd of Swiss has announced the marriage of his daughter, Miss Thelma Shepherd to Owen Lee Duck, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Duck of As heville, in a ceremony Octo ber 3 in theYstudy of the First Presbyterian church. The Rev. C. Grier Davis, pastor, officiated, in the presence of a few close friends. After a short wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Duck will reside at Wright sville Beach. ALLEN-ANGLIN Mr. and Mrs. Fred Allen of Burnsville have announ ced the marriage of their daughter, Miss Grace Irene Allen, ( to Cecil Roy Anglin, son of Mr. Charles Anglin of Burnsville, in a cere mony, Oct. 10 at Greenville, S. C. BOLENS CREEK NEWS ITEMS The Traveler’s quartet of Micaville sang at the church here Sunday night and everyone enjoyed it very much. Will Blevins and family spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Champ Sil vers. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Ay ers spent Sunday with Mr. i and Mrs. Jeb Fox. Mr* and Mrs. Elbert Hen i sley visited Mr. Bascom ■ Ray who is very ill. i Mr. and Mrs. Delzie Har , ris spent the week end ’ with Mr. and Mrs. Sol Harris. BANKS CREEK NEWS Mrs. T. W. Banks is very much improved and is spending a few weeks with her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Fox, at Cane River. Mr. and Mrs. John ,Ay ers Billie Jean Ayers and Cecil Boone spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hall at Riverside. Mrs. Sara Buchanan of Akron, Ohio, and Mrs. Kerl Banks and daughter Betty of Burnsville visited rela tifes here last Thursday. Mrs. M. D. Gardner and Alice; Gardner spent the week end in Pensacola. Roy Fox, Charles AUen, Jr., and Forrest Shepherd who have been* employed in Baltimore, Md. are visit ing home folks this week." Mrs. Jack Gardner and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gardner of Woodfin visited relativ es here Sunday. Mrs. Jack Gardner was accompanied home by her mother, Mrs. S. G. McMahan. Vonno Anglin has re turned f pom a trip to Maryland. ~ CANE RIVER NEWS Cane River church sent $99.75 worth of produce to the Orphan at Thomasville last week. Denis Radford has left for Cecil’s Business College Asheville and Charles is off to the Navy. He asks that his friends write him. They have to work so hard he says, that they don’t have time to write all they would like to. His address is. Co. 1225 U.'S. N. T. S. Great Lakes, 111. Miss Bertie Anglin and Grover -Gouge of Bakers ville stole a march on their friends last week and were married. Mrs. Bob Presnejl is very sick of double pneumonia. Also Mrs. Fred Phoenix has pneumonia. John Allen, son of Mrs. Cora Allen, is home from Gainesville, Ga. on a few days furlough. Miss Helen Hensley has gone to Baltimore, Md. to work. Floyd King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur King, is home from Detroit, Mich., where he is employed. We regret to learn of the illness of Mr. R. M. Ray of Asheville, who recently moved from our commun ity. , Mrs. Horace Higgins fell last Saturday and pain fully hurt her ankle. ~ SWISS NEWS Herman Tomberlin o f WeaverviHe spent the week end here visiting relatives. Madge Ferguson is ill at her home. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Taylor of Windom were visiting relatives here Sun day. * Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Fer guson will move this week to Mrs. J. Frank Hensley’s house, which they recently purchased. Frank Allen of United States Army stationed at Fort Knox, Ky. is here for a few days visiting his wife Dellma Hensley was home for the week end from Micaville. Mr. and Mrs. Alec King and family of Elk Shoal were visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Shepherd Sunday. -Mrs. Polly Duncan spent the week end visiting her brother Mr. Zeb King of Riverside. ' 7 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rob erts of Buckner were vis iting relatives here Sunday THE YANCEY RECORD WOMANS CLUB The regular meeting of the Woman’s Club was held oh Thursday evening, Oct. 8 at the home of Mrs. H. G. Bailey with Mrs. Bertha Palmer and Mrs. John Rob inson as associate hostesses Mrs. Robingon, the pre sident, was in the chair during the business session and heard reports from several committees. An announcement of the home nursing class which % i a being held at the school was made and all club members were invited to attend. Mrs. J. S. LeFevre gave a -report of the dist rict Club meeting which she attended as a delegate from the Burnsville Club. The program subject was “Southern Gardens”, with Mrs. Fred Proffitt i n charge. Mrs. Proffitt made an introductory talk, and then presented the program. Mrs. Dover R. Fouts gave the history of the Federated Garden Clubs,, and a flower contest was held with Mrs. L. G. Dey ton winning first place. “Gardens Along the Ash ley River in South Caro lina” was given by Mrs. W. B. Wray, Jr., .‘North Car olina Gardens” by Mrs. i Hobart Ray and ‘.Virginia Gardens” by Mrs. J. S. Le- , Fevre. Mrs. V. J. Good mah showed a series of slides of Victory Gardens which are being grown in Yancey county. Mrs. C. M. Cheadle, Jr, and Mrs. A. E. Parrish were guests at the meeting and the following new members were welcomed into the club: Mrs. G." Deyton, Mrs. Hershel Hol combe, Mrs. V. J. Goodman Mrs. W. Dl . Jester, Miss Dorothy Turner and Miss Osie Bennett. A social hour followed the program, and the hos tesses served refreshments which carried out the Hal lowe’en motif. The next meeting will be , held on Nov. 12 and the | hostesses will be Mrs. Cla rence Briggs, Mrs. J. B. ; King and Mrs. B. M. Con nelly. ; FRESHMAN CLASS The Freshman class of Burnsville high school will sponsor a program by Carl Story and his mountain eers on Monday night Oct. 26. GREEN MOUNTAIN Jesse Howell who is in college at Johnson City visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Howell. Bill Renfro who has been working in Ohio is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Renfro. George Kilmer of Erwin spent the week end here with Mrs. Kilmer. Mr. and Mrs. Dolfus En zer have recently moved to Green Mtn. ' r+wms* w Are you entitled to wear a target lapel button? You can ONLY it you are investing at least *en percent of your income in War Bonds to do your part on the home front toward winning the Wr.r. The target lapel button is a badge of patriotism, a badge of honor. You should feel proud to display it. The buttons are obtainable at your plant management, at the office of your local War Bond chairman, or at your Payroll Savings Window where you authorize your ten percent payroll deductions. Enlist in the ten percent War Bond army and do your part to win the War. r U. S. Trttturj) Dipartmi»t e> ■ • GIRLS NOW TAKE TRAINING AT THE NYA CENTER At the Asheville NYA War Training and Produc tion project center, located at Newbridge, girls are now taking training in war industry work. These training courses- include machine, aircraft wood working, mechanical, elec trical, radio, welding and sheet metal. The NYA has entered into a contract with Ashe ville College and girls who are in the classes will stay at the college. They will report to the production center each day for in struction and returft to the college each evening. They will be under the same re gulations as the girls who attend college. PENSACOLA NOTES AND PERSONALS The Rev. Van Hensley and the Rev. A. B. Lowery 'preached at the Free Will Baptist church here Sun day. There was a large crowd present. Rev. T. E. Woody attend ed the memorial service for Mr. Ballard which was held at Barnardsville Sun day morning. The Free Will Baptist church gathered its pro duce for the Orphanage at Middlesex and sent it off Monday. There was a full truck load. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bene dict have gone to their home in Florida after spen ding summer at their