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PAGE TWO w -~ «—■—■—-—— THE YANCEY^RECORD ESTABLISHED JULY, Editor ...... Mrs. C. R. Hamrick Published Every Thursday By YANCEY PUBLISHING CO. A Partnership .. Entered »* second-class matter November 11th, 193J$S~at the Post Office, at Burnsville, North Carolina, under the j Act of March 3, 1879. TOWN AND FARM IN WARTIME Rural Housing Facts Sought Rural housing authori ties have been asked to sub mit applications for rsttotr ments for rural low-rent housing construction that they will be prepared to un dertake in the first three post-war years if federal funds are' made available, Philip M Koutznick, Com missioner of the Federal Housing Authority, announ ces. No funds are at pre sent available to local hous ing authorities and any fu ture public housing activi- 1 ties will depend entirely upon the authority and ap propriations that the Con gress may provide for this purpose, he said. Tne FPHA seeks to know the desires and needs of local commun ities before making any re commendations to the Con 1 I JIInEW YEAHi |•' § \\ hers all is said and done the eternal JS of human beings is for happi- M Wj3 t nv s. ()i:r wish for you in 1945 is for more happiness—more than you have /x Jjlf * ever known before, whether that hap- pm. -s ii ■ iu gainful occupation or the ' in- nt oi me long desired goal. jm i'b.ai w you for having remembered *if r. ’ o generously during the past year. fS I | | Briggs Grocery | I BURNSVILLE, N. C. .K » - > « V X *f *-v -stv . m "** ■“4 if • V' .’?v. M I %. U'. &FW. d “• -v,4. 1 I l| \ JgiL/ fa 11» v/ - <k> w fs g - Si? lIIELCOME 1945! We greet 1945 with fj. IP Ii fervor. For a new year, like a new day, || rj „ unfolds infinite possibilities. || fjj May your New Year bring the realiza %jf tion of all your aspirations and hopes, sjj and vour holiday be a day of M liOOU HE y Ray Brothers § § Burnsville, N. C. § 9 \ & ■ i gress. Rural housing au-j thorities are asked to pro vide in their plans for the housing needs of small towns as well as farms. FSA Holds Line Against Land Inflation With careful search, some 4good farms can still be Sought at fair prices de spite higher land values, says the Farm Security Ad ministration. in reporting that 3,369 farm purchases made during the last fiscal year, under the Bankhead- Jones Farm Tenant Act, were based on its policy of holding the line against land inflation. But with farm land val •| ues in many areas approach ■ ing boom levels, tenant pur j chase loan applicants, who ■ | must find for themselves i the farms they wish to 11 purchase, experienced more | difficulty last year in locat* i ing farms that measured up to FSA standards and BURNSVILLE TRIPS BEECH GLEN IN DOUBLE HEADER The Burnsville Boys and Girls defeated the Beech Glen teams Thursday after noon on the- Burnsville court Nice teailiwork was shown throughout and the sportsmanship of both teams was of the very best. The girls score was 19-15 | with Woody leading the | c, orers with 10 points. E. Metcalf marked up 11 points The boys won 68-19 with Ben Banks scoring 24 mar -1 ers followed by Roberts with 11 and Price with 10. Girls Lineup: Burnsville (29): Brinkley 14), Woody (101. Bailey (7), M Hamrick, Boone, Griffeth, A. Parrish. Ban ner (3), Culberson; Higgins, tholes, E. Banks. Wilson 13), Hensley (2>, Blalock, .R. Banks, P. Pa rish- H Brown, F. Brown, and E. Hamrick. Beech Glen <ls ; Haml’n (1), E. Metcalf (lit. Fergu son (3). Roberts, R. Met calf, Ponder, Ballard. Boys Lineup: ——. —\ Burnsville <68 1; Williams 1 <Bl, Price <10), Honeycutt • 6», Banks <24i. Riddle <2t', 1 Westall (4), Silvers (6), M. Autrey, Bryson, Burns < 4). Ray <2), J Autrey <2t. and Evans. Beech Glen (191; E. Met calf, Ball (2t, Roberts (lit. : C. Metcalf (4), Hickey <2b t and Anderson. HONOR ROLL r i The following Bth grade j boys have an average of [ above 90 on their first [ three months work: Philip j l Ranks, son of Mr and Mrs. J L. P. Banks, J. V. McMa- Ijhan. son of Mr and Mrs. J. JjEu McMahan, J. C. Styles, 3 on of Mr. and Mrs Kiyit I Styles, Leland Westall. son | of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Wes ! tall. . | could be bought at prices ’ V SA would approve I Although average land alues increased 15 per cent during the last fiscal year . f arm purchases financed by x'SA averaged no more per tcre than the farms bought in previous years. They eie financed on the basis of their productivity, and quality was not sacrificed. The average purchase price er farm las. year was '4,252, compared with $4,- >4 the year 1 before when 144 farms were bought. | luring the first five years >f operation of the tenant purchase program, which began in 1937. farms of sim ilar quality were purchased at an average price o f ,$4,033. 1. i 7 rcdtury Ui'fai lawni THE YANCEY RECO RD | . y . \ I 2: - $ npHERE are many paths in life but the path that leads to home is the one we jfk all love best. May 1945 bring to your A M home a joyous strengthening of home m £, ; tics and old associations, and a happy gain in the number of those yon count as friends. May it bring you more health, W more.prosperity, more joy of living. This' is the sincere New Year wish of Ly y y & 1 I Pollard’s Drug Store | U ■ - BURNSVILLE, N. C % m) - CENSUS TO INCLUDE 1 ARM LABOR STUDY The agricultural labor force of North Carolina will be carefully measured by the U. S. Census workers who begin asking farmers questions on January 8. • Basic information on agri culture, including statistics on farm acreage, crops, livestock, farm labor, and other items related to farm • operations will be obtained. Dean, I. O Scliaub of State College, who heads > the state advisory council • cooperating with the Cen* ■ sus officials, suvs that a • comprehensive picture or ■ the State’s farm labor fore; ; and its yearly co?t is to be 1 developed. Questidhs will be asked as to the number of farm workers employed at a given date, both paid and unpaid, including the labor of farm operator, and the fairh work perform d by members of the operator’s own family. The total cash outlay for arm labor throughout the ’ r, -v will also be asked. In this connection, infoima tion will be requested on the number of days on whi ch the farm operator may have-worked off . the farm for pay or profit The questions relating to acreage and production of field crops harvested during the year will vdry from sec tion to section, In .addition to information on grains | and hays, figures on the ac reage production of such crops as tobaccp, cotton, po tatoes, and other crops will be obtained. Accurate information is desired and it is pointed out that it is confidential and cannot be used for purposes of taxation, regulation, on investigation. The informal tion is transferred to punch cards, which are identified thereafter only by number. You can’t wipe this out with your tears! ! y : J w-m K.-" ■ni9Ba&* '.y ■ * ; iRjS ' gag: w* * ’^9Hr CF**** 1 y^ : V , JfJ -2 ifc gm 11 jjh.jfcr ?%<tv9trA m \ JUHrcaM. . .h. . r » « '* * - Jhk " » Your fighting men are paying back the Japs for Pearl Hjtrbor, that “deed that will live in - in.: - famy.” But it’a a long way yet to Tokyo—where the final install ment will be collected. We, at home, can’t fight shoul der to shoulder with our boya. Yet nc cun help today by getting behind the 6th War Loan Drive with every dollar we can scrape together. This is every Ameri can's war. Buy an extra SIOO Bond —and don’t wait till you’re aaked. For we've a tough job ahaad. Your Bonds prove that you BUY AT LEAST AN EXTRA SIOO WAR BOND TODAYI WAR BOND COMMITTEE Presbyterian Church The Junior group will meet on Friday at 4 o’clock at the manse. A full at tendance - is urged The Burnsville Sunday school will meet each Sun day at wor ship service will be condue tcsctc* 1 m s I <the k I SEASON’S 4 I QREETINQS 4 S IV 44 ' ' w f HolcombT& Edwards % I Funeral Home If ★ Freedom of Oppor- j t t unity is an American i. . f heritage. It was this, f more than all else, that W j made America great. JS 1 We hope that 1945 will offer each of you p if more abundant means g of turning “the Ameri can way” to better ac- I .A count —that each day *: Sr will bring you more »y SJf and richer blessings. in\ 1 1 Farmers Federation | I§f Burnsville, N. C. , • 'iSiSjaats • haven't forgotten Pearl Harbor, Bataan and the thousands of other ~a * ocunes against humanity by tha Jap hordes. Your Bund is an in stallment on what it’s going to cost us to crush the Japs in tha long sea lanes of the Pacific—it’* going to take more superfortresses at $600,000 sach, more P-47 Thunderbolts at SSO,OOO each more of every type of materiel. And remember, when you buy Bonds you are saving for your future and the future cl your country. Don’t put it off—buy that extra Bond today. THURSBiY, DECEMBER 28, 1944 f ted at 11 o'clock. There will lbe a union New Years ser vice at the Methodist ehu. ch at 7:30. T. i Sunday afternoon ‘here will be a New Year’s ser vice at Mine Fork at TkOb o’clock and at Upper Ja_ j Creek church at 3:30. All are cordiallv inyit ’ , j, «
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