North Carolina Newspapers

• • «iiaiiti:iuaiiiiiiiianiiT«<TaiiiMaii«i!iiitH*nantiti)'a<ian«na Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. iairaiiaMaiiaiia"siia"iiiiiiaiißiiaiiaiiaiiaiiaiiai.atiaiiaiia'i»ia VOLUME TEN New Bus Line Officially Opened Two Round Trips Daily 1 The new Bus line from I Burnsville to Marion by way of Buck Creek Gap was officially opened last < week. The line is operated ; by the Yancey Bus Com-.; pany of which Carl Riddle and his son, Jack Riddle, are owners. Marion Motorcade On last Thursday a group of business leaders of Mar ion visited Yancey county, to greet the citizens of the county and to invite them to visit Marion ..more often. The group left Marion at 9 and stopped at all po.,u . NOTICE ■ * 1 • .. A •' . A meeting of all' citizens of the town and county will be held at the court house Saturday at 2 o’clock. The purpose of the meet- ing will he a discussion of; the recreation program fori the county. Harold D.i Meyer, director of the* North Carolina Recreation Commission will he present. All interested citizens are urged to attend the meeting. Miss Selma Robinson of Bald Creek is visiting rela tives in Knoxville this week. Electric Cooperatives Seek Better Power and Rates Mark W. Bennett, presi dent of the Western North Carolina Electric Member ship Corporation, attended a meeting of the board of directors of the corpora-j ■tton which was held in Le noir last week. The meeting of the hoard; of directors was called for ( the purpose of discussing the development of hydro-J electric power along with] the flood control program; which has been under con- ; sideration by congress. Cheaper power and ample J power is the goal of pre- sent efforts by the coopera-j tives. Mr. Bennett stated to> the group that the existing; power companies were j charging too much so r wholesale power and did . not have sufficient power for the present needs of the cooperatives and would be totally unable to furnish the electric membership co operatives sufficient power when the cooperatives’ post war expansion program has been completed. Last week announcement was made by the French Broad Electric Membership Corporation that construc tion of a 1,450 KVA sub station had been begun at Marshall and would be com ■ pleted within 00 days' This is expected to fill local REA power requirements until 1947 when another substa- j tion is proposed to be built at Micaville. , j The contract to rebuild distribution and transmis sion Ones in Madison, Yan cey and Mitchell has also been. let. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. along the way. The main vehicle making the'trip-was] the chartered bus by the; Yancey Bus Co. After arrival at Burns-; ville, the group had lunch at the Nu-Wray Hotel, j H. G. Bailey, mayor of, Burnsville, greeted the Marion guests, and Rev. M. 0. Owens responded to this greeting. V. T. Eckerd introduced the speaker and members of the party. The new bus line has been operating for several weeks on trial runs and is now officially open, and the owners report heavy travel both ways. DEMONSTRATION A demonstration on the “Control of Tomato Blight” which destroyed—most of the tomato crop last year,! will be given on Thursday,! June 13 at the home of ! Pearson Riddle, Pensacola jat 10 a. m. and at the home! [of J. N. Barnett, Burns ville at 2 p. m. Receives Certificate Mrs. Hazel Beavers, pub-! lie health nurse for Yancey, county, received her certi 1 ficate in public health nur sing from the University of North Carolina last week. BA PTIST YOUTH RALLY AT PLEASANT GAP ; ! The county wide Baptist j Youth Rally which t was planned for June 15 at the | Mt. Pleasant church has : been postponed and will 'j meet there on June 21. A ' recreational hour and sup iper will be held before thm ; program meeting. All pas-; tors, young people’s lead jers and youth of the county j churches are urged to at- j | tend. ' *» • f Jfeg .vk v .% v > '*r" Ts PM if \\ir i-cV - ■ » ft ffii .pHH *'■» * „* |*W ILk JU3ZI n V Is R I b\l • >"■■*■■ KKIL J? - - '-*■* Ife-i I IHBKBp . HpbmjmJKH ML>ly ■■■HKfi. ;■ & <7 I * V " W ‘ * ' J i! ' Pictured above is the Bus of the Yancey Bus Company which is now making two round trips daily. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” Gerard Butner Recieves ! His Discharge Veteran of 54 months’ duty aboard the battleship New Mexico and partiei-j 1 pant in eleven Pacific en-.l igagements, George G. But- ( nef, 30, aviation machinist’s mate first class, of Burns ! ville, was discharged Thur sday, June 6, at the Jack sonville, Fla. Naval Person nel Separation Center. Butner entered the ser-j vice in June, 1940, and as-i Iter three months of preli-| l 'nary training was assign ed to the New Mexico. He saw his first sea duty in the North Atlantic before the declaration of war. Im mediately after the- Pearl HhrboV attack his ship was; ordered to the Pacific,; ; where he took part in near ly every engagement from the Gilbert Islands to the Philippines, including the j Marshall Islands, the Mari anas, Guam, and the Philip pine Sea.-hatt.le. Returned to the States in April, 1944, he was stat ioned at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station for the past two years. The veteran wears sevenj ribbons, the European-As-i 'rican, the Asiatic-Pacific; I with nine battle stars, the ! Philippine Liberation with two stars, the American theater, the American -De fence, Victory and Good Conduct. Charles Glenn Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Wilson of Hamrick, N. C., volunteered for service on I Jan. 28, 194(5 when ho was 17 years old. He took -his' basic training at Keesler Field, Miss, and is in School now at the Boca Ilaton, Fla. Army Air Field. following men left Wednesday morning for iWt Bragg where they r take pre induction ex | aminations: Shurl Whitson, Jack Laws, Jr., Coy Ballew, Le ; roy Buchanan, Burl Woody, I Shelby Briggs, Val Young.i BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1946 STATE BOAlb OF HEALTH BARS CHILD REN FROM POLIO AREA Announcement was made last weefc-of aSijuling passed by the executive committee of the North Carolina State Board of Health on June 3 concerning ejtildren from Polio affectetf areas com ing into the |tate to en ter summer cfmps. The ruling ji>ars all child ren under 16/from Florida and the San Antonio sec tion of Texas |rom entering camps. All ovtr 16 will be; quarantined jppon arrival! at the camps. Any children from the specific areas who were already in North Carolina camps were also toj he quarantined immediat ! fcl y- * * NOTICE The annual decoration will be held Sunday, 16th at the Wilson' cemetery on Wilson Branch at 2:30. Friends and relatives are invited to attend; The memorial service and song service will be conduc ted at the John Wilson old home place. A quartet from; j Asheville will sing and j other singers from differ ent sections will also take part. I j Demonstration on Canning Miss Margaret Murphy, well-known Home Econo mist will lecture and demon strate home canning at Clearmont high school on June 26th at 1:00. The meeting is being ar ranged by G. Irene Edw ards, associate F. S. ’A. sup-j ervisor iH. M.), and is open' to all interested homemak-* ers. \y-' j Miss; Murphy is a gradu ate of lowa State College* at Ames where she received j her B. S. degree in Home Economics and for several ! years has been a staff mem ber of the Educational De partment of the Kerr Mas on Jar Company. She has devoted years to the study iof food preservation and BREAKS LEG DURING 1 BASE BALL GAME Hubert Justice, principal of Micaville high school, broke both bones in his rifeht leg during the Mica ville-Bakersville base ball game last Saturday after- , noon. v '' Mr. Justice was sliding into second base when the j accident occurred. He was; taken to the Marion hospi-y tal and has now returned to his home at Micaville. With Flagship __ Bergen, Norway.—James B. Silvers, seaman, second | class, Bee Log, N. C., left ( this seaport May 29 aboard the cruiser, USS Houston, flagship of the 12th fleet, which completed a six day courtesy call here. The Houston, accompan ied by two destroyers, re turned to the British Isles, 1 to take part in the Victory Day celebrations at Ply mouth, England. The Norwegian cruise 1 marks the first courtesy | | visit with U. S. ships have paid to Norway- since be fore the war. The trip was made as part of a training [cruise in European waters.) making easier the daily, tasks of homemakers who' are striving to serve well balanced and appetizing meals to their families. In addition to her scien tific knowledge, Miss Mur phy has a very practical 'knowledge of the purposes, 'methods and procedures in I home canning, i All methods of canning will be demonstrated or discussed and no hoinemak jer who struggles with the problem of serving well balanced meals or who is planning to can the sur plus from her garden can) afford to miss this oppor tunity to gain pointers that will be helpful the year around. New Highway to Green Mtn. Is Approved by Commission —>— i The State Highway Com-! mission has approved the proposed highway from Burnsville to Green Mtn. | and construction bids will be taken on June 23rd. The proposed highway would begin east of Burns ville on the Jimyßay Branch Road and on to the top of; MARINE CORPS RECRUITING Sgt. B. T. Shoemaker, recruiting officer for the Marine Corps, has been 10-| cated in the postoffice lob-j by at- Marion for the past two weeks. He will be there; until noon omSaturday and; will be glacl to interview' any one who wishes to en list in the Marine Corps, j Men from 17 to 29 will be [accepted if they can pass) the examinations, the 17 year old recruits must have a birth certificate and their I parents consent. Men 18-29 will be accept ed if they pass the regular physical examination and the mental tests. Sgt. Shoemaker calls at tention to the advantages of service in the Marine Corps. All recruits receive ten days furlough after ; completion of boot training, land the men will have the opportunity of continuing their education as provided under the G. I. Bill of. Rights. SCOUTS ADVANCE AT AT COURT OF HONOR The regular . Boy Scout Court of Honor for the Toe River district was held at Bakersville on Tuesday evening. Scoutmaster V. J. Goodprmn and district chair-; man, Dover R. Fouts, ac companied the group to Bakersville. At the court, Keith Stamey and Jackie Dayton received tenderfoot rating) and Bobbie Connelly was advanced to first class scout. Merit badges were awar ded the following: Tommy Tilson, public health; Char les Gillespie, safety; Frank Wilson, poultry keeping. "Bells of St. Mary’s” Now Showing at Yancey Theatre “The Bells of St. Mary’s”, | one of the great pictures of | all time, is now showing at! the Yancey Theatre. The, picture was booked for! three days this week, Wed-, nesday, Thursday and Fri day. The production has won awards by the score, but the highest award comes from the public which has acclaimed it for its simpli city of plot and humor and its appealing treatment of human relationships. Bing Crosby is cast as the lovable “Father O’Mai-j ley” who captured the' hearts of the film-seeing! public in “Going My Way”.' The addition of Ingrid j Bergman gives the picture Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. iaifaiiaiißiiaiia«i*ii«iiaiiaiiiMaiiauaiiaitai<MiaNaNßMSuaNMi NUMBER FORTY-SIX Mine Fork Ridge. It would follow the present road fairly closely till it reaches I). C. Bailey’s home, and from there cross the moun tain to Green Mtn. The highway would shorten by about 7 miles the distance from Burns ville to Green Mtn. over the present route. Discharged The following men have received their discharge Glen King, Gerard But jner, James Brown, Lee ! Ballew, Dale Young, Way ne Edwards, Zenas Jamer json, Cecil Whitson, Edward ; Gibbs, Wayne Byrd, Clay Thomas, Fred Renfro, Lee iChrisawn, Edward Morgan, i Grady Edwards, Glen Ray , Thomas. NOTICE A representative of the Asheville field office of the Social Security Board will be at the Register of Deeds Office, Burnsville, N. C., on June 20 at 10:00 A. M. BANK HEAD STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF FARM WOODLOT , The importance of a farm ' woodlot to the farmer both ; now and in years to come . was emphasized this week \ in a stattment made by one of America’s leading bank ers, Chester C. Davis, Pre sident of the Federal Re serve Bank of St. Louis. ! “Producing forests means jobs and steady incomes,” said thje Federal Reserve head. “Jobs and steady in comes mean money in the bank. That’s good for the ; farmer and it’s good for the banker too.” Mr. Davis predicted that {the nation would likely find more use for trees in the future than it does today. Mills in this area are cur rently seeking more peeled top quality pulpwood. Carlyle and Bidney Dix on of Raleigh and James Jones of Siler City visited Mrs. G. D. Bailey and Mrs. R. H. Dixon this week. a star team and the result lis a brilliant performance of the screen play. “The Bells of St. Mary’s” | achieves another distinc tion. It is a picture that every member of the fam ily, from the youngest to the oldest can see and en joy and appreciate. Manager Selwyn Hensley has listed the time of show ing so that the picture may be seen from the beginning, j The Wednesday matinee and the Friday matinee j will begin at 1:45. Only one 'showing will be given, i On Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday nights the jfeature will begin at 7:00 o’clock and at 9:30 o’clock.