Food Production and
Conservation are more Im
portant now than ever be
fore. I)o Your Part.
VOLUME TEN
Three Fatally Injured In
Car Wreck Sunday
Two Others Still in Hospital
An automobile accident
Sunday night claimed the
lives of three persons, and
two others remain in an
Asheville hospital because
of injuries.
Miss Hannah Robinson,
28, of Jacks Creek was kill
ed instantly, Mrs. Reba
Lewis Ledford, 26, of Erwin
died a few minutes after
arriving at an - Asheville
hospital, and Carl Lee Mc-
Intosh, 20, succumbed at 10
o’clock Wednesday night to
head injuries and a broken
neck.
Miss Lillian Lewis, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Rex
Lewis and sister of Mrs.
Ledford suffered-head in
juries and broken arms"and
is in Mission hospital, Ashe
ville.
James King, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. King of
Burnsville, was less serious
ly injured and is in Mission
hospital. He suffered cuts
and bruises but no bones
were broken and he is im
proving. j
The accident occurred at
10 o’clock Sunday night
four miles west of Burns
ville near where the Phipps
Creek road join s the high
way. The car overturned
and crashed in the side
ditch. The 1939 Ford sedan,
was completely demolished
Funeral services for Miss'
Robinson were held Tues-'
day afternoon at 2 o’clock
HOME AGENTS NOTES
Jacks Creek—A demon
stration on the “Care ofi
the Sewing Machine” will]
be given Monday, April 29
at 2:00.
4-H Schedule
Bee Log, Wednesday,
May 1, at 10:25.
Micaville, We d n esday
May 1, at 1:40.
Celo, Thursday, May 2
at 9:00.
Burnsville Sr., Thursday
May 2, at 10:45.
Burnsville Jr., Thursday
M?y 2, at 11:15.
Starlight, Friday, May
3, at 10:30.
Pensacola, Friday, May
$ at 1:30.
DAY BOOK NEWS
Lloyd K. (E. M.l Peter
son was discharged from
the army April 18, at Camp
Atterbury, Ind. after 15
months of service in the E.<
T. 0. and the Pacific Thea-.
tre. He has been stationed
in Manila, Philippine Is
lands for the past 8 months.
Mrs. U. S. McCourry has
been ill in an Asheville hos
pital the past week.
Mrs. James Maurice Sty
les and young daughter,
Winfred Ann, returned
home from the Higgins
Clinic Saturday.'
Mrs. Georgia Peterson
came home Tuesday after
two weeks in the Appala
chian hospital, Johnson
City, Tenn. She is improv
ing'slowly.
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YE.
at the Bee Log church with'
the Kev. Emory Edwards|
oiTiciating. Burial was in!
the Atkins family cemetery!
at Bee Log.
She is survived by the'
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mar-'
tin Robinson of .Day Book;i
three sisters, Mrs. Minnie
Smith of Raleigh, and Miss
es Jane Robinson of Day
Book and Allie Robinson of
Asheville; and five broth
ers, Elzie, Dave, Noah and
Harris of Bee Log and
Frank of Day Book.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Ledford were held at Bee
Log church Wednesday af
ternoon at 2 o’clock, with
the Rev. Emory Edwards
officiating. was in
the Fender family ceme
tery.
Surviving are. the hus
band, Neely Ledford; a da
ughter, Shela Mae; the par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Rex
Lewis, the sister, Lillian
Lewis who wag. injured in
the accident, and a half
sister, Rexant^
Funeral services for Mr.
Mclntosh will be held at
Riverside church Saturday
morning at 10 o’clock with
the Rev. Eulus Adkins and
the Rev. Britten McMahan
officiating. Burial will be
in the Wilson cemetery.
Surviving are the par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Mclntosh of Burnsville Rt.
1; a sister, Grace; two bro
thers, Nealy and Clyde, and
the grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. N. C. Mclntosh.
Dr. John B. Gibbs Passes Away
Dr. John B. Gibbs passed
away at his home here Wed
nesday morning. He had
been in declining health for
several years, and critically
ill since Monday night.
Funeral services are plan
ned for Friday afternoon
at 2:30 at the home with
Holcombe Brothers funer
al home directing.
Dr. Gibbs was a native
of Madison county,'the son
of James and Margaret
Young Gibbs. He came to
Burnsville as a young man
and. practiced the profes
sion of medicine for many
years ur>til his retiremrent
because of ill health.
Surviving are tjje widow,
the former Miss Bertha
Sams of Cane River; two
sons, Hal Gibbs of Burns
ville, and John B. Gibbs of
Athens, Ohio; one daugh
ter, Miss Lucy Gibbs of
Burnsville; three grand
children; a sister, Mrs. Sam
Ray of Woodstock, N. Y.;
and a half-brother, / Frank
Gibbs of Enka.
Mr. and Mrs. John B.
Gibbs and son of Athens,
.Ohio were called here be
cause of the death of Dr.
J. B. Gibbs Wednesday. .
MICAVILLE SCHOOL
Tfie Teachers’ Banquet!
will be held at Micaville
high school Friday night.
It will be informal. Guest
speaker will be Nathan H.
Yelton, executive secretary
of the retirement system of
North Carolina.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROG HESS OF YANCEY COUNTY’’
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, April 25,1946
Discharged
The following men have
received their discharge
Stewart Taylor, Bryon
Silver, Vernon Rathburn,
Charles Edwards, Reed
Moody, Riley Bailey, Paul
Robinson, Elli s S. Renfro,
Philip Thomas, Arthur Wil
son, Frank Buchanan, Phil
ip Hughes, Earl McNeill,
Harold Mathis, Rex Hugh
es.
ORGANIZED RESERVED
BRANCH ESTABLISHED
Headquarters of the Nor
th Carolina Military Area,
Raleigh, N. C., today an
nounced that Area head
quarters for the Organized
Reserve Branch, which in
cludes the Officers Reser
ves Corps and the Enlisted
Reserve Corps*, has been
established in the Insuran
ce Building in Raliegh.
This headquarters will han
dle administrative and aH
records for those members
of the Reserve Corps resid
ing is the State of North
Carolina.
Three District Headquar
ters, for the purposes of
training in the Reserve
Corps, have been set up.
They are located in the
Post Office Building in
Asheville, Post Office Buil
disg in Charlotte, and in the
Insurance Building in Ral
eigh.
Paul McCourry, son of
Mr. and Mrs. .1 F. McCour
ry, is being returned to the
states for discharge after
serving for the past year
in Europe.
NOTICE
Members of the County
Recreational C o mmissionj
will meet in the office of
Dover R. Fouts on Satur
day morning, April 27 at
10 o’clock. Members of the
commission in c lude Mr.
Fouts, chairman; E. N. Sta
mey, Frank W. Howell, Lee
Griffeth, Jake Buckner, H.
G. Bailey, Mrs. C. R. Ham
rick, O. E. Croy, Mrs. J. B
King.
LAST RITES HELD FOR
GEORGE BRYAN HYLE
MON
Funeral services for
George Bryan Hylemon, 40,
were held at Elk Shoal
Union church Sunday,
April 21, 1946. He died at
home following an illness
of several months.
The service was conduct
ed by the Rev. J. R. Bow
man and Rev. R. D. Ponder
assisted by Rev. R. A. Pate.
Interment followed in the
family cemetery at Elk
Shoal.
He is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Hylemon; his wife, Mrs. Es
toy Hylemon, asd the fol
i lowing children, Creed,
Ray, Nina and Andy; his
sisters, Mrs. Wilkie Rand
olph, Mrs. Frank Randolph.
Mrs. John Morrow, and
Mrs. Earnest Whitson, and
a host of neighbors and
friends. £
FUNERAL SERVICES
FQR jj. RIDDLE
J. S. Riddle, 80, widely i
known citizen and life re- 1
sident of the *Pessacola sec
tion, passed away Sunday
morning following a long
illness. t
Funeral services were
held Monday at the Laurel
Branch Baptist church with
Rev. R. D. Ponder and Rev.
J. S. Lunsford of Swannan
oa officiating. Burial was
in the family cemetery.
Surviving are the widow;
four daughters, Mrs. W. S.
Beeler, Mrs* Flavil McCur
ry and Mrs. Mack Horton,
all of Burqsville and Mrs. 1
J. T. Allen of Swannanoa;
seven sons, Charlie of Bur
ssville, R. 1. of Salisbury,
Frank, Eugjene, Ray and!
Walter of jPensacola, and !
Howard of (the armed for
ces oversea!; one brother,
S. M. of Aslheville; one sis
ter, Mrs. Z. L. Ray of Colo
rado, 27 grand children
Capt. Sam
Jr., is home on leftvfe from
Chanute Field, 111. die will
go to Colorado Springs for
reassigsment.
HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB IS ORGANIZED
A home, demonstration
club for Burnsville was or
gasized last Wednesday.
was held at the home of
Mrs. B. S. Connelly with the
"home agent, Miss Juanita
Rush, directing.
Officers were elected
a s follows: President, Mrs.
B. S. Conselly; vice presi
dent, Mrs. W. Z. Robertson;
secretary, Mrs. G. L. Hen
sley; treasurer, Mrs. C. V.
Belgarde.
Project leaders were al-j
so named: Food and nutri
tion, Mrs. V. J. Goodman;
home gardens, Mrs. W. W.
Hennessee; food preserva
tion, Mrs. Mack - B. Ray;
house furnishings and clo
thing, Mrs. J. B. King;
DR. VAN B. BENNETT
WILL PRACTICE HERE
Dr. Van B. Bennett has
begun the practice of medi
cines here, and i s associated
with his father, Dr. W. L.
Bennett, Burnsville physi
cian.
Dr. Bennett received his
A. B. degree at the Univer
sity of North Carolina and
his M. D. degree at the Uni
versity of Maryland. He in
terned at the University
hospital, Baltimore.
In 1943 Dr. Bennett en
tered service with the army
medical corps and served
two and a half years in the
Pacific area. He held the
rank of major when he re
ceived his discharge. He
married Dr. Sybil Corbett, 1 1
also a graduate of the med-j
ical school of the Univer
sity of Maryland.
Office hourg will be from
9 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 5 p. m., 1
Dr. Bennett has stated.
Mrs. Hazel Beavers, dist- 1
rict health nurse, will be
out of the office nextweek. 1
The eye clinic will »be held
I May 13.
Receives Discharge
Troy H. Ray, M A M 2c,
recently received his disch
arge at the naval separa
tion center, Charleston. He
served 26 months, with 20
months overseas and is en
titled to wear the Ameri
can Theatre, Victory, Asia
tic-Pacific and Philippine
Liberation ribbons.
Ray Arrives In Italy
Pvt. Bill Ray, of Burns
ville, has arrived in Naples,
Italy, where he has been
assigned to the 337th Quar
termaster Depot company.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom C. Ray, of Burns
ville. He entered service
May 28, 1945.
MUSIC RECITAL
Mrs. G. D. Bailey will
present the music students'
of the high school depart
ment in recital on next
Wednesday morning at 9
o’clock. The public is cordi
! ally invited.
The music students of the
elementary grades will ap
pear in recital this after
noon (Thursday).
home management, Mrs. L.
G. Deyton; family life, Mrs.
Carroll Rogers; home beau
tification, Mrs. Hobart Ray.
Plans for the club pro
gram were outlined, and
the meeting date for the
club set ag the third Wed
nesday in each month. The
May meeting will be with
Mrs. C. V. Belgarde.
County Council
The county council of,
clubs met Saturday morn
ing. The presidest, Mrs. W.l
E. Rusty, presided, and a
round table discussion of'
club projects was held.
Announcement was made 1
of the district meeting at
the courthouse is Asheville
next Tuesday, and members
of all clubs in the county
are urged to attend.
FARM NOTES
Ditching With Dynamite
A very effective demon
stration of the use of dy
namite for farm ditching
was held on the farm of
Reece Mclntosh on April
10. The area to be drained
covered approximately 4
acres, and Howard Ellis,
farm drainage specialist
from State College recom
mended a ditch 570 feet
long.
The area was very moist
and ideal for the propaga- 1
tion of the dynamite. One
stick of dynamite was used
every 15 inches on the up-]
per 300 feet and two sticks
on the remaining portion.!
Thi E produced a ditch 3 feet
deep and 6 feet wide at the
top on the upper side, vpthj
the prope amount of pitch
for good drainage.! The]
sides remaining were on a
45 degree angle.
The average total cost
per 100 feet of ditch was
$9.35. All farmers attend-]
ing the demonstration were
pleased with the cost and
the results of the demon
stration. ‘
Plans Completed lor Guernsey
Sale Here Friday, April 26
Increasing interest hasj
been shown this week in!
the Guernsey Promotional*
sale which will be held to
morrow at the Zeb Young
farm.
The sale is sponsored
jointly by the North Caro
lina Guernsey Breeders’
Association, N. C. State
College Extension Service,
the Yancey County Guern
sey Breeders’ Association
and the Carnation Milk
Company.
Among the outstanding
dairy experts who will at
tend the sale are W. W.
Fitzpatrick, manager o f
i the Quail Roost Farm,
Durham who will read the
of the animals
offered for sale; John A
Arey, who i s in charge of
extension dairying, and F.
R. Farnham, extension
dairyman; Dr. William
Moore,• state veterinarian
and secretary of the North
Carolina Guernsey Breed
ers’ association; R. A. Mc-
Laughlin and G. D.’ White,
field men for the American
Guernsey cattle club./
On Thursday evening a
dinner will be held at the
F. 8.1. LAW ENFORCE
MENT CONFERENCE
FBI Law Enforcement
Conference for 20 Western
North Carolina Counties
will be held at the Langren
Hotel, Asheville, N. C., on
April 30, at 2:30 P. M.
Among those from Yan
cey county who are to at
tend this important confer
ence are: Ralph E. Neill,
and Noah Whitson, Chief
of Police, of Burnsville.
The chairman at this con-'
ference will be Special Ag- 1
ent in Charge Edward
Scheidt of the Charlotte
FBI Office, and the speak
ers on the program will in
clude Colonel H. J. Hatcher,
Commanding Officer, Nor
th Carolina Highway Pat
rol; Walttr F. Anderson,
Director, State Bureau ofi
OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE
An e\ent of the greatest importance to the farmer?
and dairymen of the county will take place on next
F riday, and we wish to urge every farmer of the coun
ty to attend.
The first promotional Guernsey sale ever to he held
in the county is scheduled for next Friday at 1 o’clock
at the Zeb Young farm east of Burnsville. The men
who will offer animals for sale are among the outstand
ing Guernsey breeders of this section. The animals
offered are from the finest Guernsey herds in the sec
tion. Many of the outstanding men,.of the state Guern
sey association, and two representing the American
Guernsey association will attend. / ,
It is with extreme satisfaction that we have
noted the recent rapid improvement and development
in growing both beef and dairy cattle in the County.
However, unlimited possibilities remain; expansion
in these fields has just begun in this section. An event
which offers opportunity for growers to obtain out
standing animals for their herds here, and at the same
time offers the opportunity for farmers and civic lead
ers here to meet specialists and leaders in the dairy in
dustry, should attract every farmer in the county.
An event of this importance deserves all the pub
licity that can be given it, and it deserves the support
and attendance of every person interested in the pro
gress and advancement of the county.
Cancer is the greatest
killer of American women
between the ages of 35 and
55—the second greatest
killer of American men.
Food Production and
Conservation are more Im
portant now than ever be
fore. Do Your Part.
NUMBER THIRTY-NINE
Burnsville school lunch
room for the visiting dairy
"men, members of the Yan
cey County Guernsey club
and other farmers of the
county, and business men
of the tow y n and county.
The sale will be held at.l
o’clock Friday and is ex
pected to attract an unus
ually large number of dairy
men and other interested
persons from a wide sec
tion. Twenty of the state’s
leading Guernsey breeders
will offer for sale 5 bred
heifers and cows, 1 open
cow and 21 heifers, 6 to 18
months old.
Conditions of Sale
Prospective buyers are
assured that every animal
ji s pledged to absolute sale
|if there are 2 or more bicl
jders; By-Bidding is prohi
jbited (no owner can bid on
his own animal i; all ani
mals have health certifi
cates stating that they are
free of T B or Bang’s dis
ease, and that they are
!from healthy herds; regis
tration papers will be tran
sferred to the buyers by
the sellers at the sellers’
expense.
Investigation; Chief of Po
lice John M. Gold of Win
ston-Salem; Hubert Jarvis,
Asheville and Buncombt
County Juvenile Co u r't
Judge; and Brandon P.
Hodges, Buncombe County
Attorney.
Conferences of this type
were instituted on a nation
wide basis by Director John
Edgar Hoover of the FBI
in 1940 and have been held
periodically since that time.
Attendance at the meeting
is restricted to law enforce
ment officials. Objectives of
the conferences include the
exchange of information
regarding crime and crimi
nals, the discussion of pre
sent day law enforcement
problems and techniques,
and the promotion of coop
eration among the various
law enforcement agencies.
; The North Carolina Crop
i Improvement Association
1 will conduct its next annual
t meeting in Shelby, probab
ly in January, 1947.