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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1943 ! JbfUAm Mam Street I t [ CALENDAR Thursday, August 5 The Society of Christian Service of the Methodist chur ch will meet with Mrs. W. W. Hennessee at 3:30 o’clock. Mrs. George Hall is assistant hostess. —i laiiauaiiaitanauaiiaif Mr. and Mrs. Iliff fc. Clevenger have announced the arrival of a daughter, Carolyn Irene, on July 29. ** * * Mrs. Luther Peter, on of Columbus, Ga. is here to spend a few weeks with Mr. Peterson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Biss Peterson. • •ft June Mclntosh under went an appendix opera tion at an Asheville hospi tal last week. Mrs. F. P. Bostian is vis iting relatives in Gainsville, Ga. tt t t Mr. and Mrs. Frank Briggs of Columbia visited Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Briggs over the week end. • t # » Mr. and Mrs. Norris Hoyle and son of Newton spent the week end with! Mr. and Mrs. George W.| Anglin. #* * • Lee Ray Robertson and Mr. and Mrs. Olen Shep herd Were here from New-j port News for the week, end. * * * * Mr. and Mrs, Howard Johnson have purchased the home recently vacated* by the Bostian family, and are moving this week. ** • • Kerl Banks underwent an operation at St. Joseph’s hospital this week. tL-v... ... ....... * * # * W. Z. Robertson is in Aston Park hospital for treatment. «« « t Miss Grace Ray of Ashe ville Farm School is at home on a 2 w’eeks vaca tion with her parents, .Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ray. *1 # * * 4r Mr. and Mrs. Walter Maynard of Asheville were visiting in Burnsville Sun day. •* * * Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Anglin and son of Forest City are visiting relatives in the county. *• * * Norman Evans has been in the hospital because of an infected foot. U il I ‘'•\;r\: : t Invest In War Bonds! „ * r* • 'Uido'Uf, Afoot 4?a* Socututif, JUcUo * THE NORTHWESTERN BANK Burnsville, N. C *1 I Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp tMMaiiaiisiiaiiaiiaitaiiaiiaiiaiiaiiafra'iatiaiiaiiaiisiiaiiauaiiaiiaH* Members of the Method ist Epworth League enjoy ed a Camping trip last week on South Toe. The leader, Bruce Westkll, was in ♦t * » Joe McCracken has re turned from an Asheville; hospital where he was treated for an eye injury. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Evans of Asheville were visiting friends here last week. •• • • Phil Ray of Detroit was home for the end. ** * * Mr. and Mrs. Royce Mas ters and,Mr. and Mrs. Seth Laughrun are at home from Middleriver, Md. w'here they have been em-. ployed. * * * * ! Miss Lucy Evans has re turned from a week’s Visit with friends in Washing ton, D. C. # * # * Mrs. W. W. Sorrells and ; daughter visited relatives in Marion the past week end. ■ • • • • Mrs. C. R. Hubbard, Sr., Miss Grace Hubbard, Mrs. Ed Watson and Lt. Ed Hubbard visited friends here during the week end. ** * • Mr. and Mrs John Mc- Queen and daughters Jo and Sue of S. C. visited Mrs Sam Mclntosh over hte week end. * * * * Mrs. Sam Mclntosh and Mary Cecil Anglin visited Mr. and Mrs. Solon Mcln tosh Sunday. - • » • - ■ Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Keith of Wilmington, )Hr. C. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. JLloyd Elliott here. ** * # Born to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bailey of Hampton, Vh. a son, Robt. Eugene at the Riverside hospital, Newport News, Va. on July 25. Mr. Bailey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Bailey of Burnsville and Mrs. Bailey is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Roland of Swannanoa. TOLEDO NEWS H. H. Ramsey, Jr., of | Charleston, S. C. visited | friends and relatives here last week. Mrs. G. D. Huskins and children of Greenville, S. . C. are visiting Mrs. Husk- I ins’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edd Wallace here. A delegation of seven members of the Zion Bap • tist Training Union attend • ed the Unnual conference -at Laurel Branch church Friday night. 1 J. Yates Bailey of Way jnesville visited friends and i relatives here Sunday. CELO NEWS t Pfc. Harold Gibbs, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Gibbs has returned to Camp Dav is, N. C. after a ten days furlough. Mrs. Joe K. Patton is improving after being ill for several days. Mrs. Harritt Autrey is much better after an illness Glad to say Mrs. M. E. Westall is much better af ter several days illness. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Robinson and Charlotte were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pat ton. "T~~ Hats off to Arthur Pat ton, Jr., who has had six promotions since last Jan uary. July 15 he was pro moted from Tech. Sgt. to Master Sgt. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Patton of Celo. and is now somewhere in England. ~ SWISS NEWS Miss Dellma Hensley is home after having spent the summer in Charlotte w'here she was employed in a war plant. She will teach in the Micaville High School again this year. Miss Margaret Chandler of Asheville has returned to Micaville as teacher for another year. She was em ployed in a war plant in Charlotte during the sum mer. Miss Irene Hensley has returned from Rochester, N. Y. where she has been an instructor in a war plant during the summer, to resume her work in the Bald Creek Consolidated school system. PENSACOLA NOTES Ward Wilson left Mon day morning for the army. Mrs. Jennie Roland is out of the hospital and feel ing fine. Mrs. Fred Hyatt and two daughters are here from Savannah, Ga. visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pea rson Riddie. Twenty five children from the Free Will Baptist Orphanage of Middlesex, N. C. will sing at the Free Baptist church here on August 26. Everyone is invited to hear them. Arthur Wilson is improv ing fast from an attack of typhoid fever. Mrs. Adalene Atkins was at home this week. She is" employed at the Beacon Manufacturing Co. Mrs. Clyde Ray and dau ghter, Annie Kate, are here from Republic, Wash, vis iting her brothers and many friends here. It has been eight years since Mrs. Ray has been here. Her husband was a civilian worker on Wake Island and is now being held by the Japanese. Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Lee Robertson were here over ' THE YANCEY RECORD PRESBYTERIAN NEWS Sunday school and chur ch service will be held this Sunday at ten and eleven o’clock, as usual. At the church service the sermon text will be, “So is he that layeth up treasure for him self, and is not rich toward God,” Luke 12:21. This passage is taken from the parable of the foolish rich man. The title for this sermon is, “A Sordid Boon” and is selected from Will iam Wordsworth’s sonnet, “The World Is Too Much With Us”. The first few lines of this sonnet read, “The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:— We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!” Mr. Gripe will preach this ser mon. All who are interested are very cordially invited to attend both the ten o’clock and the eleven o’clock services next Sun day. Since school is starting this week, the children’s choir will be discontinued for the present. The choir will not meet today (Thur sday J. —- Upper Jacks Creek Pres byterian church will have a preaching service Sun day, at 2:00 p. m,, and Low Gap Presbyterian church will hold preaching at 8:00 p. m. Mr. Gripe will preach at both of these services. WILSON-KING* Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Wilson of Bald Creek have announced the engagement of their daughter, Beryl, to J. R. King, Jr., of La Grange, 111. Miss Wilson is a gradu ate of Berea College and is now superintendent of the Needlecraft Industry at the college. Mr. King is a member of the Music Department fac ulty of Berea College. the week end from Black Mtn. We are glad to hear that Lavonia Robertson is improving. We are glad to have the families from Miami, Fla. back in our community. Many of them are spend ing some time at the sum mer homes on Mt. Helen estate. Pvt. Bill Rice is spending a few days leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Rice. Cpl. L. B. Silver who is stationed at Camp McCall, N. C., spent the week end here with his father and other relatives. Mrs. Oscar Hensley has gone t& visit her husband who is ill in a government hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn. She was accompan ied by Pvt. Hensley’s sister, Mrs. Zora McMahan. Cpl. Benjamin Wilson has recently been sent from Australia to New Guinea. School opened here Wed nesday with the following teachers in charge, Daw son Briggs, Ruth Hensley, Edna Atkips, v Mrs. Dewey Jamerson, and Mrs. Daw son Briggs. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Autrey of Swannanoa vis ited Mr. Autrey’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lon Autrey recently. Mr. R. R. Ray of Azalia visited friends and relativ es here Wednesday. Mrs. J. S. Riddle, How ard\ Riddle and Albert Jamerson motored to Swa nnanoa Sunday. | JACKS CREEK Mrs. John Byrd spent ■ the week end with her hus -1 band in Washington. Miss Jettie B. Edwards of Swannanoa is visiting friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fis her of Kannapolis, N. C., were visiting Mrs. Craig Woody over the week end. Mrs. Woo(j|y returned with them to visit friends. Miss Dorothy Wheeler has returned from Ashe ville where she has been employed during the sum mer holidays. Shelby Hensley of Balti more, Md. and Hilda Hen sley of Greenville, Tenn. are at home. Mrs. Lat Evans is recov ering from an operation in the Marion General hospi tal. Tom Byrd of New York has been visiting relatives here. Mrs. Bruce Bailey and daughter spent the week end with. Mrs. Bailey’s fa ther in S. C. \ v Mrs. Roy Pate of Swiss spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and* Mrs. Ed Hunter. A revival began at the Borings Chapel Methodist church with Stanley All red preaching. Everyone is invited to attend the ser vices. & L. Byrd of Washing ton, D. C. is at home. BOLENS CREEK v: Mr. Zeb Fox enjoyed a birthday dinner _at his home Spnday with several relatives present. Miss Virginia Lee Evans is spending this week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Odell Allen. All the officers of the B. T. U. at this church at tended the convention at Pensacola Friday. Mrs. Kennith Simmons is spending this week in Asheville. CANE RIVER NEWS There will be a decora tion at the Cane River ce metery next Sunday, Aug ust 8 at 2:30 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Phoe nix were proud parents with all 4 of their boys at home at once. Preston from the army, Lee- from the navy, Wade from the air corps, and Fred from Detroit, Mich, where has beerr employed this summer. Mrs, Jessie Radford had as her guests last week Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Laughrun of Charleston, S. C. and Mrs. J. J. Laughrun of Miss Elizabeth Russell, new home * demonstration agent, will have a club meeting at the home of Mrs. Jessie Radford on next Wednesday. All women and girls of the community ‘are invited jtd come. She would Hke-lo get acquaint ed with all the ladies. Mr. and Mrs. Robert An derson and little daughter, Patricia Jean of Sacramen to, Cal, are visiting relativ es her£. Mr. Anderson has been employed by Danial Construction Co. of Way nesville. •* * Mrs. H. G. Bailey return ed to the hospital this week for treatment. . BACK UP BOY jMEIV tmaamsajam gayrall saving i Hyarhmty im* jYANCEY THEATRE Movie fans of Yancey county are going to have an opportunity to see that highly praised, much-her alded Paramount epic, Ce cil B. DeMille’s “Reap the Wild Wind.” The film, adapted from Thelma Strabel’s Saturday; Evening Post story, is due| Sunday and Monday at the Yancey Theatre with Ray Milland, John Wayne and Paulette Goddard starred, and featured roles filled by Raymond Massey, Lynne Overman, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward, Charles; Bickford and Walter Hampden. The story of “Reap the Wild Wind,” which is told * in Technicolor, is a broad and sweeping tale of Char leston and Key West in the 1840’s, of the relentless hur icans of the Caribbean and law! ess captains who wrecked tall ships for gold. It is the romantic story of wild, tempestuous I i Claiborne, played by Paul ette Goddard, loved by two men—Ray Milland, a Char leston lawyer, and John Wayne, a fighting son of the sea. It is the exciting story of their rivalry vv- Aecording to those who have already seen the pic ture, and to critics who have reviewed it, “Reap the Wild Wind” is undoubt edlf the best and most en tertainment any movie has provided in many a season, which ought to make it one film you won’t want to miss- jb Pfc. Mclntbsh Is Honored Pfc. Frank Mclntosh was entertained at a party giv en Saturday, July 31 by Louise Proffitt at her home. The living room was de corated in patriotic, colors, and games were enjoyed throughout the evening. At the conclusion of the gam es, refreshments were ser ved. Guests were Dorotha and Li|lian Robertson, Marie and Mary Mathis, Rosetta and Wilma King, Willie Lou Proffitt, Doris Bailey, Kathleen King, Clayton and Troy Mathis, David Robertson, Eugene Ran dolph, Edd Mathis, Handy Bailey, Wayne Proffitt, and Pfc. Mclntosh. Pfc. Mclntosh is station ed at Camp Claiborne, Lji. and is in on a 12 day fur lough. iT / PASTE FORM « “ *"* 0,1 I r>ne gallon Kfm # I Tone P“» te make* •If '' I 154 gals. Kem-Tone II *ll. I finish. Ready-to-uae ' tost—only $1.98 gaL OHS COAT COVHS WALL** [3 f SAMI, pointed walls, wall- WTwj l/tifikvl ♦ beard, basamant walls. I j|. X rf tL/A| AWIII IAMLY whh a wide -i-J [ <‘ i , brash ar with tha Kam-Teae ' i S !2f!^ NOO,, ™ ,AV “- - Mixes covens J | ( mmoom. _ f Hirawtmt ? wuiHraH l| .. «T«r your '55? Wffl B. B. PENLAND & SON LUMBER COMPANY j ' | Burnsville, N. C. -IB J PAGE THREE BALD CREEK NEWS [, Miss Irene Edwards has 1 returned home after spend ' ing some time with Miss Lorene Scoggins at Union Mills, N. C. They were ! roommates at college. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Druitt and Mr. and Mrs. i Frank Druitt of Asheville ! spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Gus Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. Milt Hig gins of Burnsville spent Sunday.with Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Higgins. * Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Hensley visited Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hensley of Pri ces Creek during the week end. Mrsi Clay Davenport and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hensley were visiting in Asheville Saturday. SAVE TIN CANS So far we have not had a tin can collection in Yan cey County. We should be gin immediately to save them because . Uncle Sam them. When you get a collection notify Mrs. Helen R. Goodman, Burns ville or call 190 and arran gements will be made to collect them. The first step in prepar ing cans for your govern ment is to remove both ends ior leave attached no more than an inch). The next step is to wash them thoroughly inside and out and remove label. Then re move or fold in top and bottom and step on it firm ly. Your tin cans are now ready for collection. Much of the tin reclaim ed from these cans will be used ou more cans contain ing food stuff for our American soldiers abroad. 27,000 tin cans supply the tin required in a flying for tress. Approximately 64,- 000 tin cans supply the steel scrap required in the man ufacture of a light Army tank. Every precious bit of metal in Americans salvag— ed tin is used in the war ef fort. You will remember Yan cey county rated very high in the Scrap collection in North Carolina and we should be able to do the same in the tin can collec tion. Salvage Committee. Mrs. Vay Anglin and Mary Cecil have been visit ing in South Carolina.
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