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VOLUME TEN
Army Opens Enlistment Fori
Military Occupations
The War Department, in
an effort to reduce th§
Army’s critical shortage of
trained men, has extended
the reenlistment period for
378 military occupations. In
announcing this new policy,
Major Haven, Commanding
Officer of the Asheville
Recruiting Station, stated
that men possessing exper
ience in these military oc
cupations, who were honor
ably discharged on or after
May 12, 1945, may be re en
listed in grades up to the
grades they held at disch
arge. These enlistments
Discharged
The following men have
received their discharge
from service:"
Ward Price, Kennie Ray,
Albert Whitson, Joe Cling
Thomas, Vernon Banks,
Harold Carr, Robert Wilson
Arthur Edward Street, Ja
mes Harris, Norman Brad
ford, Gail Roland, Robert
C. Young, Bill Autrey,
Luther Silvers. ;
Wayne Riddle is at home
from his naval base in Cali
fornia for a 30 day leave.
Health Department Plans
Pre School Clinics
The District Health De
partment will begin on
March 21st the regular pre
s.i;Ooi clinics which will be
l el! in ail of the schools
i i the Districts.
It ' st important that
cvc-iy child who will enter
s.hooi this fall come to
these clinics tor a physical
( lamination, and that cor
i ctibie defects be taken
t re oi before school opens.
A child with physical hand
i .ips will not have a fair
ch ance in school and will
frequently be unable to do
Ihe work required in the
trade.
The North Carolina State
Law requires that every
child, before entering scho
ol, mu r t be vaccinated aga
inst Diphtheria, Whooping
( o :gh, and smallpox. We
wiT be abie to give small
pr and diphtheria vaccina
tioiiS at all of these clinics.
The schedule follows:
March -Ist, 9 a. m., Mica
ville; 1:30 p. m., Celo.
March 22nd, 9 a. m., Bald
Creek.
March 27th, 9:30 a. m.,
Bee Log.
March 29th, 9:30 a. m.
Clearmont.
April 2nd, 9 a. m., Burns
ville; 1:00 p. m., Pensacola
April sth, 9:30 a. m., Sev-!
.en Mile Ridge; 10:30 a-. m„i
Busick; 12:00 M Locust
Creek; 1 p. m., Harvard,
April 9th, 9:30 a. m., Pri
ces Creek; 11:30 a. m., Hor
ton Creek; 1 p. m., Bakers
Creek.
April 12th, 10 a. m., Big
Creek; 11:30 a. m., Little
Creek; 1 p. m., Piney Hill.
April 16th, 10 a. m., Dey
ton Bend; 11:30 a. m., Dou
ble Island; 1:30 p. m., Shoal
Creek.
THE YANCEY RECORD
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SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
must be made before June
30, 1946.
Major Haven added that
these 378 military occupa
tions ran from rifleman to
radar technician, aviation
mechanic to tailor, and ar
tilleryman or cavalryman
to pharmacist. Complete
lists of these military occu
pations are in each Army
Recruiting Station of Wes
tern North Carolina, which
are located in the Post Of
fice Buildings of Asheville,
Marion and Hendersonville,
N. C., and in the Bank Buil
ding of Franklin, N. C.
The following men left
for Fort Bragg for induc
tion into military service:
Willard Wyatt, Gaither
Metcalf, James Ray, Jen-'
jiing s Beeler, Oscar Renfro.l
Sgt. John E. Fox, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Fox
of Burnsville Rt. 1, has arm
r'ived in the States and is
now at his home here. Sgt.
Fox has been in tht Army
over 3 years and served
about 15 months overseas.
Sgt. Fox finished school at
Clearmont high school.
NOTICE
On March the 26th the
District Health Department
assisted by the State Board
of Health, will conduct a
rat poisoning campaign in
the town of Burnsville.
r l he bait used is not
deadly to domestic animals,
but ii they eat it, it some '
timey makes them sick.
Men will visit every place
of business and residence
in the corporate limits with
the bait and your corpora- 1
tion ivs requested in showing
these men where you would
like ome bait distributed.
District Health Depart
ment, by Jake F. Buckner,
District Sanitarian.
County Basket Ball Tournament
Bcc Log Boys, Burnsville
Girls Win
The Bee Log boys’ and
the Burnsville girls’ teams
won in the finals of the
Yancey county basket ball
tournament which was
played Friday night on the
Cleai mont high school
court.
The Bee Log boys de
feated the Clearmont five
by the score 13-9.
This game was the six
teenth game for the Bee
Log boys,'with a total of
fourteen games won.
Horace Hensley was high
score man for the Bee Log
five, with Howard Williams
and Breece Higgins each
following for a close second.
The Line-up:
Bee Log <l3i; Mclntosh,
Hensley <si, Williams <4>,
Higgins <4i, Fender. Sub:
Adkins.
Clearmont (9i; Renfro,
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1916
FILE FOR STATE
CHARTER
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Two firms in Yancey
county have filed applica
tions for certificates of in
corporation with the office
of the secretary of state in
Raleigh.
The firms are:
Burnsville Hosiery Mills
of Burnsville to do general
manufacturing. Z. W.
Brown, C. 0. Ellis and Phil
lip A. Risch, all of Hickory.
Celo Mutual store of Celo.
Paul Geouge, Ben Brost
Louise Toness, ail qf Celo,
and others.
COOPER BROTHERS
GROCERY WILL OPEN
The Cooper Brothers
Grocery, owned by Jess and
Frank Cooper of Burns
ville, will open Monday, in
the recently completed
store building on East Main
Street. Jess Cooper will
manage the new' business.
The building is located ad
jacent to the Burnsville
Dry Cleaners.
NOTICE
The March meeting of
the American Legion Post
and the Auxiliary will not
be held as planned since the
North Carolina Symphonyi
orchestra will appear,, ini
concert here on next Tues
day evening.
Since this is the first
time that Yancey county
has had the distinction of
a Symphony Orchestra
come to the county and thus
affording the people of the
county a wonderful oppor
tunity for a splendid pro
gram w e have thought it
best to postpone our t egu
lar meeting.
Dover R. Fonts, Comman
der.
Mr. nad Mrs. Lee Ponder
had as their week end
guests Mr. and Mrs. James
Shepherd of Miami, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pate’
of Bald Creek have announ
ced the arrival of a daugh
ter, Edna Louise, on Mar
ch 6.
Ray Laughrun, Peterson
ill, Fox, Hensley <4i, Subs:
Roy Laughrun, Bailey, Ev
ans, Collis (4>, Masters.
Girls’ Game
The' Burnsville girls won
over the Clearmont girls
by the score of 17-7. The
line-up:
Burnsville (17); Brinkley
i6l, Bailey (6), Boone (5),
Banks, Griffeth, Higgins.
Clearmont (1) ; Johnson
(li, Tilley 1 2), Canipe ( 4 »,
Melton, H. Bennett, Styles.
Su bsrHughes, Evans, B
Bennett.
Eddie Beeson of Emory
University and Marie Bee
son of Agnes Scott College
are at home for spring
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ray
left Wednesday for their
home in Woodstock, N. Y.,
after a visit here with Dr.
and Mrs. J. B. Gibbs.
"'ZONE* MEETING
The zoneTmeeting of the
Asheville district of the
Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service will be held at
the Higgins Memorial Met-!
hodist church here on Mar-'
I eh 26. The program will be
gin at 10 a. m. Approxima
| tely 60 guests, including
several of the district offi
-1 cers, are expected to attend.
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P. T. A. MEETING
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The Burnsville Parent-
Teacher Association met in
regular session at the scho
ol building on Tuesday
j evening.
The invocation w r as giv
en by Dr. O. E. Croy, and a
program presented under
the direction of Mis s Islean
Ray, EngiishLteacher.
The program featured a
talk on the Library by
Ruth Banks,; student libra
rian and songs by a girls
chorus of Betty Wray Hen
sley, Martha Bailey, Eliza-1
beth Ramsey, Mildred Wes.
tall, Evelyn -Hamrick, Llew
ellyn Ray, Bobby Ruth
Banks, June Smith, Betty
Lee Fox, Sarah Hamrick.
A choral reading, “The
Highwayman” by Alfred
Noyes was presented by the
following students, Hope
and Freida Brown, Peggy
Parrish, Mildred Westall,
Ruth Banka, Billy Banks,
Jr. Atkww.uCEvelyn Ham-;
rick. Tommy Burton played
several selections on the
trombone.
During the short busi
ness session the high school
attendance banner was
awarded to the 10th grade,
but the grade banner was
not awarded as several of
the grades tied. The P. T.
A. is again sponsoring the
Boy Scout troop and funds
for this were voted.
At the April meeting a
covered dish supper will
be held.
T. F. Sams left last Week
for Pennsylvania where he
is employed.
Red Cross (Fund Drive
It seems that a lot of our
people have forgotten the'
great work the American
Red Cross has done and is
now doing for our men in
the Military Service- of our
'country.
Hundreds of thousands
of lives were saved by the
provision of Red Cross
Blood Banks in the zones
of war activity. Thousands
of lives were saved in the
Prisoner of War camps all
over the world by the Red
Cr.oss food packages which
were delivered to them. 1
Your son may have been
one of these. If he was, ask
him what it meant to him
to get thi s Red Cross help. |
We still have more than
two million men in over-1
seas service. They still need
contact with home and
friends. The Red Cross is
the only answer. We have
two million wounded and
discharged servicemen now
being treated in ohr hospi-j
tals. They need the com-'
BELL FOR ADANO”
WILL BE SHOWN
! One of the great pictures
• of recent months will be the
attraction at the Yancey (
•! Theatre on next Sunday *
■ and Monday..
“A Bell For Adano” ad
- apted from John Hersey’s j
fi Pulitzer Prize winning
- Bnovel, has won recognition
. for its deeply moving story:
and its wide appeal. It tells
the story of one Italian town j
shortly after the occupa->
• tion by Allied troops.
1 The picture stars John (
• Hodiak, William Bendixj,
and Gene Tierney. "" j|
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ALLIED YOUTH MEET
i ings Held
i Mr. W. Roy Breg, Exe-j
cutiv’e Secretary of Allied j
i Youth, Inc. spoke to stud- 1
r ent groups in Burnsville,!
- Bald Creek, Bee Log and
i Clearmont schools on Wed
nesday, March 20.
• j The Allied Youth pro
, gram is a national move
■ ment in alcohol education
i and alcohol-free recreation.
r High school groups have a
locally chosen sponsor—a
■ well-qualified teacher--and
1 student officer selected by
i members. Interesting re
i creational programs, speak
ers and fellowship events
, are included in the activi
, ties of the clubs.
Allied Youth Clubs are
1 to be organized in each of
! the schools visited by Mr.
Breg, a committee already
having been appointed for,
this purpose. Much interest
; was shown and a large 1
group volunteered to or-
ganize the clubs.
Mr. Breg has spoken to
high school youth groups
all over the United States,
and reports that a great
percentage of the larger
high schools have organiz
ed clubs wjpch have gone
far in teaching young peo
ple to make fullest use of
wholesome alcohol -free
forms of fun and fellow
ship. «*i
1 forts and assistance the
Red Cross is giving, and
life would be tough for
them without this help.
Families of the men still in
service need t o contact
them in case of serious ill
ness or death in the fam
ily—and emergency fur
loughs need to be granted;
in such cases. The Red
Cross is the one source of;
such service.
If you want this work to
continue, please make a
loyal and worthy gift at
Ance. It is urgent that you
do this NOW. Please stop
and think! How will your
problems be solved in these
[matters without the Redi
Cross? How about all thej
] claims for our returned j
servicemen which are now
being handled so efficient
ly by our local Red Cross?
Hundreds of them had
these services—they may
need them again.
| Frank W. Howell, Chair
man Fund Raising Cam-
Symphony Concert Program Will
Be Presented Tuesday]
i
Plans are being complet-j
ed for the appearance here;
of the Little Symphony of
the North Carolina Sym
phony Orchestra. The con
cert will be given at the
Burnsville schoo| auditor
ium next Tuesday.
A children’s concert pro
gram will be given id the
afternoon and this will be
free to all school children.
At thi s program the vari
ous instruments will be dis
cussed and something will
be told about each composi
tion played, and the com
poser.
As the orchestra this year
plays it 8 first major concert
season, it is appropriate
that the conductor be an
educator ag well as a musi
cian. since one of the basic
features of this state or
chestia is to provide music
education for the people of
the state, both adults and
children.
Dr. Benjamin F. Swalin,
who for the past six years
has devoted most of his
spare time to the develop
ment and training of the
State Symphony without
pay, has had many years
teaching experience, both;
privately and in college
and university fields. He''
held a professorship at De-
Paw university before be !
coming a member of the
University of North Caro
lina music faculty in 1935.;
He holds a master’s degree
from Columbia university
“SPRING FEVER” IS
COMING
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“Spring Fever” the three- 1
act comedy by Ray Hodges'
will be presented at the
Bald Creek auditorium by
the Dramatic Club of Bald
Creek high school on Wed
nesday, March 27. This
play was chosen because of
its adaptability to young
actors as many of the char
acters are juvenile.
Reece Wilson as leading
man will be seen in a splen
did role. Playing opposite
him is Doris Maney, Kath
ryn King, Earl Ray, and
Warren Banks also contri
bute to the mirth in splend
id comedy parts. Other
characters are: Willoree
Young, Russell York, Mary
Chadwick Severs, Atlas
Shepherd, Helen Tipton.
This offering has been a
tremendous success where
ver played and with the
enthusiasm expressed by
the cast of the play it is
destined to repeat former
triumphs here.
Rse in Play
Mars Hill—Ray Riddle of
Burnsville is a member of
the cast from Mars Hill
college which will present
an original play at the
spring dramatic festival at
Chapel Hill April 4-6.
Riddle will play the role
of Reverend Buchanan in
“At the Howl of the Hound”
a one act tragedy written
by Mary Lee Sparks of
Spruce Pine and based on
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NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR
and a Ph.D. degree from
| the University of Vienna.
His work with children
is particularly outstanding.
In these concerts he elabor
ates and auguments the
; study program which has
already been sent to the
schools ahead of time, and
carefully lead s the think
ing of the children into a
deep understanding and ap
i predation of good music.
He is constantly trying to
devise means of improving
these programs and giving
more meaning to them for
the children.
The program for the
children’s concert includes
the following numbers:
Miniatures from Schuberts’
Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat
Major; Child’s Play by
Stix-Ormandy; The Whist
ler and His Dog by Pryor;
Meadowland by Knipper;
The Schools of the Fauns
by Pierne, and Cripple
Creek by Stringfield.
The evening concert will
be given in the school audi
torium at 8 o’clock.
Numbers that will be
played on the program are:
Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat
Major, Schubert; Deep
Purple, De Rose; Romanza,
Bizet; Double bass solo, A.
G. Luboff; Deep Forest,
iDaniels; Romance, Wionia
i wski; Child’s Play, Stix-
Ormandy ; Waltz,' “Vienna
Life”, Strauss.
{ Tickets are now on ad
vance sale at Pqllard’s
Drug Store.
BURNSVILLE—
“So They Say”
It’s here at last—the first
day of Spring, and all that
we could wish for! April
showers for the past few
day s so that the grass and
leaves grow greener and
the first blossoms burst
forth, and above it all, the
bright, clear sunshine! The
bad “Court week weather”
didn’t develop—perhaps be
cause court didn’t last long
enough. Adjourned Wed
nesday at noon.
About town: If you wish
to find out whether any one
reads the new s or not, state
something incorrectly. Last,
week we gave the wrong
location for the library and
heard about it from several
folks! So, this official and
correct statement: The cou
nty library is now located
on the second floor of the
Briggs building, next' to
health department office.
Incidentally, too, the selec
tion of books is better all
the time. . . Wedding last
week—Henry Butner and
Joan Riddle who were
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the Frankie Silvers legend.
The play has been present
ed successfully in the Mars
Hill college auditorium
March 9 and at the district
festival in Asheville, March
14.
Mrs. J. L. Ray has return
ed to her home here after
ian illness of several weeks
in an Asheville hospital.