Food Production and
Conservation are more Im
portant now than ever be
fore. Do Your Part.
VOLUME TEN SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1946 . , NUMBER FORTY-FIVE
Recruiting Caravan Will Visit
Section
__________ _
The recruiting er.ravan
from the 82nd . • irborne.
Division will show a dis
play of equipment used by
airborne troops, according
to announcement made
yesterday by Lt. A. H. Mil
ler who is in charge.
The caravan frill visit
Spruce Pine on Tuesday,
June 11 and the equipment
will be- on display from 10
a. m. to 9 p. m.
On June 6-7 the display
will be shown on Pack
Square, Asheville, and on
June 8-9 at the Air Show* at
the Asheville-Henderson
ville airport.
The equipment which
will be on display includes
LAST RITES FOR REV.
OSCAR WILSON
The Rev. Oscar Wilson,
84, died at the home of a
granddaughter near Burns
ville, Sunday afternoon fol
lowing a long illness.
He is survived by four
daughters, Mrs. W. T. Ang
lin and Mrs. Z. T. Anderson,
both of Asheville. Mrs. T.
K. Riddle, of Burnsville,
and Mrs. C. W. Ray, of
Grandfield, Okla.; two sons,
T. P. Wilson, of Burnsville,
and J. T. Wilson, of Day
Book; 43 grand children
and 40 great grand children
five sisteis, Mrs. Rupert
Ray, of Bald Creek, Mrs.
Andrew Ray, of Los Ange
les, Calif., Mrs. M. W. Hor
ton, of Phoenix, Ariz.\ Mrs.
John B. Bailey of Washing
ton, I). C., and Mrs. C. C.
Byrd, of Cane River; two
brothers, J. 11. and Blake
Wilson, both of Burnsville. !
Funeral services were
conducted in the Cane Riv
er Baptist church
afternoon at 2 o’clock. In-
terment was in the family
cemetery at Prices Creek, j
DECORATION WILL BE
HELD AT MT. PLEASANT
The annual Decoration
will be held at the Mt.
Pleasant Baptist church,
Swiss on Sunday afternoon
from 2 to 3 o’clork. From 3
to 4 o’clock special services
will be held at the church.
HOME AGENT’S NOTES
Busick—The Home De
monstration Club will meet
with Mrs. Gladys Chrisawn, 1
Monday, June 10 at 2:00.j
The group will discuss cook
ing meals in a pressure
canner.
Higgins—The Home De- 1
monstration Club will meet
with Mrs. John Muchler
Tuesday, June 11 at 2:00.
The discussion will be on
“Care of the Sewing Mach
ine.”
Willing Workers’ Club
will meet with Mrs. Charity
Griffith Hednesday, June
12 at 7:00. The group will
discuss “Stenciling.”
Arburkle—A demonstra
tion on “Canning” will be
given at the home of Mrs.
Henry Lee Robinson, Fri
day, June 14 at 2:00.
THE YANCEY RECORD
I
parachutes, equipment buir-!
dies, rifles, carbines, pis-,
tols’ machine guns, mortars, j
rocket launches, 75MM re-;
. coilless rifles, flame throw~j
, ers, gas masks, radios, and:
glider tow rope containing
enough nylon for 50,000,
pairs of hose.
Combat and parachute
film will be shown in the,
i evening.
j During the visit of the
i caravan to this section, the
; I recruiting officers accom
i panying the group will ac
cept enlistments into the
■ 82nd Airborne division,!
and at the Air Show, into 1
i the airborne troops or into
; the air corps.
PURCHASES ABER
NATHY TRACT OF
LAND
" 1_ 1 “ *
Horace Higgins of Bee
Log recently purchased the
tract of land north of Bur
; nsville known as the “Ab
ernathy tract” from C. M.
Bailey.
The property of several
hundred acres includes
the south slope of Sun
Bright Mountain.
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ATTEND DISTRICT
HOME DEMONSTRA
TION MEETING
The district meeting of
Home Demonstration clubs;
. was held Wednesday at'
Walnut.
Those from Yancey coun
ty who attended were Miss;
Juanita Rush, home agent,
Mrs. W. E. Rusty, president,
of the county council, Mrs.i
! Ivan Westall, Mrs. J. B.
King, Mrs. Sam J. Huskins,
Peggy Jean Huskins, and
Mrs. Frank Howell.
1 Mrs. Howell gave the re-]
spouse to the welcome ad
! dress, Mrs. Rusty reported
| for the demonstration clubs
lof the county' and Peggy
Jean Huskins for the coun
ty 4-H clubs. !
I An invitation was ex-,
tended the clubs of the dis-!
trict to hold the 1947 meet
ing in Burnsville.
JACKS CREEK
Born to Capt. and Mrs.
Isaac Lewis on May 27, at
Fort Bragg, N. C. a daugh
ter, Judy Anzaleen. Mi’s.
Lewis is the former Miss
Lucille Honeycutt.
I Miss Fannie Lou Lewis of
, West End, N. C. and grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wade A. Honeycutt was a]
i member of the graduating
| class of Mars Hill college on,
| Friday where she was an
honor student. She was
treasurer of the Spanish
club and member of Clio
Literary Society and Home
Economics club.
Attending the exercises
at Mars Hill college Fridav
were Mr. and Mrs. Wade
A. Honeycutt, Miss Annie
Byrd. Also were Mrs. Fred
H. Trimmer of Washington,
D. C., and Mr. and Mrs. T.
M. Lewis of West End who
nave been visiting their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wade
A. Honeycutt.
‘DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
Arrives In Naples
Leghorn, Italy. Pvt
Charles W. Smith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Smith
I of Burnsville Rt. 2, arrived
| safely in Naples and has
(been assigned to the 30th
! Signal Heavy Construction
1 Bn., here, a unit of the
i Peninsular Base Section,
the Arniy Service j. orce in
| Italy.
Discharged
The following men have
received their discharge
uaude Bolick, loy Mc-
Curry, Jack Fields, James
B. Garland, Jr., Glenn Hen
sley, Lydie Wyatt, Billie W,
Hensley, Kenneth Maney,
i Fred Riddle, Jack D. Gill
espie, Lloyd Burlison.
OFFICER
Robert Koho has been as
signed by the Veterans Ad
ministration- as training
officer for this section. At
' present he will cover Yan
cey, Mitchell, Avery and
McDow'ell counties. Event
ually, his territory will be
Madison, Yancey and Mit
chell counties.
Mr. Koho can be contact
ed through H. G. Bailey’s
office and is ready to be of
assistance in any training
problem.
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MISS~LEWIS HONORED
At a recent meeting of
I the Board of Governors of
the Eugene Field Society a
resolution was adopted to
the effect that an Honor
ary Membership may be
; conferred upon a author in
recognition of his or her
I “outstanding contribution
ito Contemporary v Litera
ture.”
The author chosen for,
this award this year is Miss
Bess Lewis of Burnsville
j whose name is to be enter
ed upon the Roll of Honor
ary Membership of the
Eugene Field Society, “a
national association of au-j
;thors and Journalists or-'
;ganized to perpetuate the 1
I name of Eugene Field.”
Ouida Hughes, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Claude C.
Hughes, is at home from
Berea College t j
Air Show Will Be Held June 8-9
Final plans are now being
made for handling a record
crowd at the Asheville- 1
Hendersonville ai r p ort
June 8-9 when the World
Air Show stages a thrilling
two-day exhibition of aer-i
ial maneuvers and acrobat-/
ics. The Show is sponsored 1
by the Asheville Junior 1
Chamber of Commerce. | :
Advance ticket sales at 1
the Jayeee Office in thej 1
Langren Hotel, Biltmore 1
Plaza, Edwin Burge and at|
Standard Service Stations
throughout this section|
point to an attendance • of
nearly 25,000 for the 18-act
show. i
Both Saturday and Sun
day performances are sche
duled to begin at 3 o’clock.
The show is directed by
Jess Bristow of Miami, Fla.,
widely-known stunt flyer
C. BRUCE HIJNTER |
NOMINATED TO
LEGISLATURE
C. Bruce Hunter, princi
pal of Dixon school, Dixon,
I N. C., was qamed candi
l - date for representative in
i the State legislature from
: Onslow county in the pri
> mary elections according to
i the Jacksonville, N. C. re
cord.
Mr. Hunter] won a decis
ive victory lover W. J.
Arthur, his nearest oppon
! ent. •-
Running on|a platform of
] support for tile schools and
’ teachers and for the farm
ers of the equity, Hunter
! i swept all bu£f four of the
’ county’s 18 precincts and
' won a tie inf one of the
other 4.
W. M. U. CONVENTION
The Baptist jW. M. U. as
;;sociational convention will
be held on Tljirsday, .Tiuw
-j 13 at the Bilowns Creek
I Baptist church. The session
will begin at 10:30.
‘ Miss Dare [Teague, re
presenting the state W. M.
U. office, and Mrs. P. W.
Bramlett, missionary t o
China, will befguest speak-
i erS - j
LAST RITES k)R MRS.
JINNIELQiefeS-.
I Mrs. Jinnie Roberts For
bes, 57, died Sunday at her
home, Burnsville Rt. 2.
Funeral services were
held at the home Tuesday
morning at 9:30 o’clock,
with the Rev. Hemby Wil
cox officiating. Burial was
in the Ritshin Mtn. ceme
tery near Roan Mtn., Tenn.
She was a native of Tenn
,essee and a member of the
Church of Christ.
Surviving are the hus
band, Frank Forbes; four
children, Miss Etna Forbes
and Miss Farene Forbes,
who live at home, Stanley
I Forbes of Burnsville Rt. 2,
J and Mrs. Maxine Renfro of
Burnsville Rt. 2, and six!
brothers and sisters, Mrs.!
Liddie Hill, Mrs. Billie
Shell, Mrs: ’Nancy Clark,'
John Roberts, Bert Rob-!
erts and Ike Roberts, all of j
i Carter county in Tennessee, j
and king of the nation’s
power-maneuver pilots in
1940 and ’4l.
Another feature of the
performance will be' given
by Ted Schmuck of Atlanta,
Ga., who puts his motorless
sail plane through a series
of loops, spins, barrel rolls J
and other hair-raising sky,
maneuvers climaxed by a
single-wheel landing dir
ectly in front of the grand
stand.
Other events listed on
the program include a
two-mile delayed parachute
jump by Jack Huber of
Miami, crazybatics by Miss
Jean Broadhead, Denver,
Colo., in a tiny Cub plane,'
take off and landing from'
the top of a speeding auto
mobile and a Boeing 100
special power diving throu
gh a solid wall of fire.
| CONTRIBUTE TO FOOD
I RELIEF FUND
Mrs. B. S. Connelly,
chairman , has reported
i that a number of contribu
■ tions were made last week
I to the Emergency Food
i Relief Fund.
The Garden Club gave
> $10; Presbyterian cliurch
■ sls; Low Gap community
$12.61 and Higgins commun
• ity $1 (incomplete report).
.In addition, contributions
• from individuals have been
received.
! All who wish to contri
[ bute are asked to do so at
. their earliest convenience
■ as the funds are sent on to
, national headquarters as
[ rapidly as they are received,
s Names of those on the com
munity committees are list
ed again on page 2 of this
issue. See the representa
tive in your community and
make your contribution at
i once.
T
LAST RITES FOR
; ROBERT E. ENGLISH
Robert E. English of .the
Buckner section of Madison
county, a prominent figure
in political and civic affairs,;
died suddenly at his home
Sunday morning.
Well known in Madison,
Buncombe, and Yancey
counties as “Uncle Bob,” he
' was" noted for his remark-'
able memory of events!
many years ago.
He is by three!
daughters, Mr?: Gus Robin-1
son, Mrs. Kelly Ledford, 1
Sand Mrs. Hobart Rice, all
- • of Mars Hill, R. F. D. No. 2;
[two sons, John and Sam]
:English, both of Mars. Hill,]
R. F. D. No. 2; one sister,
Mrs. George Marshbanks,
of Detroit, Mich.; six grand
children, and two great
grand children.
Funeral services were
conducted in Bald Creek
Methodist church Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock,
with the Rev. J. R. Bowman,
the Rev. R. D. Ponder, and
the Rev. H. W. Ballard of
jficiating. The Bald Creek
Masonic lodge, of which he
was a member, was in char
ge of graveside services at
the family cemetery near
ithe home.
Holcombe funeral home
Mars Hill was in charge of
arrangement*^
Graduates
Evelyn Hope Bailey re
ceived her B. S. degree in
music from Woman’s Col-j
lege of jthe University of
North Carolina on June 3.„
She belonged to the Adel
'phian Society, the college
! choir and glee club and of
'the music Education club.
She also served on the Sen
ior Council of the B S U of
music director.
Lallage Johnson received
her degree at graduating
exercises at Warren Wilson
College on May 25.
Jan Wilson of Bald
’Creek was a graduate in
t)ie pre-college class at,
Brevard college. She will
receive her diploma at ex
ercises which will be held
Friday.
New Substation Will be Built
by Electric Co-op
Mark Bennett, assistant
manager of the French
: Broad Electric Membership
corporation, has announced
that R. H. Boulinyg, Inc.,
: of Charlotte, has begun the
i erection of a 1,450 K. V. A.
’ substation a t Marshall
which will be completed in
The cost is $22,000.
; The' new substation will
J furnish power for the pro
perty bought from the N.
• W. C. Utilities in 1941 and
for the lines to be built by
i the REA in the next year.
' The substation is expected
ito fill all the local REA
power .requirements until
May, 1947 when another;
; substation 1 1,000-1,500 K. i
i V. A.) will be erected at I
SAVINGS BOND DRIVE
The first peace time drive
for the sale—of—Savings
bonds opens today, June 6
the anniversary of D-Day
in France, and ends on
July 4, Independence Day.
There will be no solici
tation by volunteer sales
men of the public to buy
'bonds as was the case dur
ing the war, but the public!
will be urged, nevertheless,
[to buy bonds during this
[Campaign and to adopt a
j continuing plan for pur-
I
i Mack B. Ray, Miss Irene
■Edwards and Mrs. Frank
[King attended a 2 day dis
trict F. S. A. meeting in;
Statesville this week. I
Health Department News
The District Health Of
ficer has recently complet-'
ed the physical examina
tion of children in the first |
and third grades "in "all
schools in Avery, Mitchelb
and Yancey counties. 1863
children were examined
during- the school year end
ing this month. 1304 were
referred to their private
physicians or dentists for
correction of physical de
fects.
Dental defects again
headed the list of correct
able defects. Enlarged or
infected tonsils ran a close
second. 12 children were
found to have valvular!
heart disease. Os course!
this condition is always
considered very serious, and
in each instance a nurse
will visit the parents to dis
cuss the condition and fol-|
low the recommendation ofj
the Health officer.
Fourteen children were
found to have orthopedic!
defects, and through the
Welfare Department these!
children will be taken to
the Orthopedic Clinic for,
eramination, and we hope
that -many of them will be
corrected through opera
tions or other remedial)
measures at the Orthopedic
Hospital at Gastonia.
In a great many instan
ces it was recommended
that the tonsils and ade-J
[noids be removed. Many of j
these children have extre
mely large tonsils and ade
noids, and others have ser-j
iously infected tonsils, and.
Food Production and
Conservation are more Im
portant now than ever be
fore. Do Your Part.
Micaville.
At the present time the
j corporation is completing
75 miles of lines in Madison
and Buncombe counties and
75 in Yancey and Mitchell
counties.
Mr. Bennett also announ
ced that a contract to re
build the distribution and
transmission lines i includ
ing poles, wires and conduc
tors) acquired by the local
REA from the North Wes
tern Carolina.-Utilities has
been let to R. H. Bouligny,
Inc., of Charlotte at $250,-
000 and that construction
will begin in 30 days. The
j 200 miles of lines to be re
built are in Madison, Yan-
Icey and Mitchell counties.
MICAVILLE WILL PLAY
DOUBLE HEADER
.The Micaville—Base Ball
team will play a double
header on Saturday after
noon. The first game will
be played with the Piney
Creek team of the Madison
county league and the sec
ond with the Bakersville
'team.
j The games will begin at
2 o’clock on the Micaville
high school diamond.
Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Peterson a daugh
ter, Belinda Gay, at the
Mission hospital on June 4.
Dale Banner is attending
; Tennessee Teachers college
I Johnson City, Tenn.
t
jin each instance removal
j would result in marked im
provement in the children’s
health.
No Physical Defects
L. G. Deyton, third grade,
son of Mr. and L. G.
Deyton, Burnsville school
i was among'‘The children i
the health district who ha :
no physical defect. He wap
the only student from Yan
cey county schools so listed.
Pre School Clinic
The Health departmo 1
has recently completed th
pre-school clinics whica
were held in all of the
schools in the district. 14
jwere examined and vacci
jnated in Avery county; 157
jin Mitchell county and 135
in Yancey county.
The Newland school with
35 children led the group'
in Avery county, followed
I by Crossnore with 33; Har-
I ris school in Mitchell coun
jty led with 49, followed by
i Tipton Hill with 19. Mica-
I ville school led in Yancey
, county with 28, followed by
j Bee Log school with 20
present.
I We like to emphasize the
importance of these exa
minations and are encour
aged that each year we
| have a larger number com
ing to them. We also like
to impress upon the par
ents that the children must
, be vaccinated ggainst Diph
jtheria and Smallpox, and
I must be protected against
, Whooping Cough, either by
vaccination or by having
j had the disease, before en
tering school.