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Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. >aifa ll iiiii,ttia l iaiiiiia,<ai:ana<ftii^ | iB VOLUME TEN Veterans’ Farmer Training Pro gram Is Inaugurated in County The .Veteran’s Agricul ture Training Program be gan operation in the county on July 2. There are ap proximately 120 who have been approved for this pro gram and 50 or 75 others are expected to be approv ed within the next few weeks. Teachers in the county for this are Clyde Ayers, Earl Proffitt, R. N. Silver, Jesse Howell- T. M. Swann, and Tom Edge. The Veteran’s- Agricul ture Training program was set up under the G. I. Bill and is planned to give in struction on the farm in all types of farm work and farm management. In North Carolina, the program is under the direc tion of the State Depart ment of public instruction. In the county it will func tion under the supervision of the vocational agricul ture department which will Marine Recruiting The Headquarters Office of the U. S. Marine. Corps recruiting services announ ces the opening of a recruit ing office in Burnsville. The. .Maripe _ Recruiting Office will be open from July 7 to 11- from 8.00 a. m. to 4 p. m. each day. The office will be located in-the Post Office building. Staff Sergeant Joseph Walker will be in charge. Registrants The following boys be came 18 during the month of June and have registered with the local Selective Service Board: Carson Mitchell, Rexter C. Higgins, Russel 1). Tho mas, Robert Renfro, Har ley G. Woody, Kenneth W. Hylemon, Floyd Stevens, Joe H. Hensley, Arvil Pet erson, Dolphus Ensor. S. lc Robert Peterson has received his discharge from the Navy and is now at home. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Peterson of Cane River, and plans to enter N. C. State College in the fall. Discharged The following men have received their discharge Jack Anglin. Burnie Pet erson, Jr., Charles Neill, Floyd J. Laughrun, Jack Edwards, Paul C. McCurry, John R. Dale, Mdck Wilson, Drate Banks, Robert F. Peterson, Arvelyn Angel Donald Thomas, Phil Rob inson, Dick McHitosh. LAW CONCERNING BIRD DOGS IN YANCEY COUNTY It is a violation for any Bird Dog to run loose in woods and fields in Yancey County from April Ist to September Ist without being muzzled. J. W. Ellis, Game Pro tector. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. be set up in Burnsville high school, and of the county board of education. The program is open to[ all veterans who have a; farm background and who desire to go into the busi ness of farming, and who served as long as 90 days in the armed forces. The train-! ing program is designed as a practical course to im prove the vocational effi ciency of the veteran and to further develop a con jsciousness of his respon sibility as a citizen in his ; community. - The veteran will spend a minimum of 36 work-hours I per week, either on his own j farm, a rented farm or as jan employee on a farm. In addition he will have a min imum of 200 hours per year of organized instruction from the Agriculture teach er. Organized instruction does not necessarily mean formal class room work. Returns Home San Francisco, June 25. Cpl. Clyde W. Riddle, son of C. C. Riddle, Cane River, was aboard the S. S. Marine Jumper, the last troopshop from the India-Burma The atre, when -she- dwked- here today. The Marine Jumper sailed from Calcutta on May 31, the day the India-! Burma Theater w 7 as offi cially inactivated. Cpl. Riddle was a mem ber of the American Forces who remained in India to complete the closing miss ion of the Theater. His ar rival in the States ends thirteen months of service 1 overseas. During that per- 1 iod he served as an airplane] maintenance man with the Air Transport Command. I Cpl. Riddle entered the Army at Fort Bragg, N. CJ in May 1944, and trained at Camp Shelby, Miss. After thirteen months of duty in' the States he shipped for! the India-Burma Theater in June 1945. Rites for Mrs. W. M. Randolph Mrs. W. M. Randolph. 93, passed away at her home at Toledo early Tuesday evening. Funeral services were held at the Zion Baptist church on Thursday after noon at 2 o’clock. Officiat ing were the Rev. Rex Hall, the Rev. Troy Young and J. €/ Turner. Active pall bearers were the following grandsons: Stanley Riddle, Ray Ran dolph, Ben’ Wilson, Ivan Westall, Delmas Randolph and Herman Randolph. Those in charge of the flowers were granddaughV ters: Mrs. Ivan Westall, Mrs. Stanley Riddle, Mrs. Willie Martin, Mrs. Evelyn Randolph and Mrs. Ben Wilson. Mrs. Randolph was the former Miss Polly Ayers, a native of Mitchell county. She joined the Zion Baptist church at the age of 19 and “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” 1 ■*— BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1946 SUMMER CAMPS OPEN FOR SEASON Camp Mt. Mitchell for Girls and Camp Mt. Mitch ell for Boys opened last week for the summer sea son. jj Each camp is abiding by the regulations of the North Carolina Board of Health which ruled that a two weeks period of quar ! antine be observed. BLIGHT DAMAGES* WNC FRUIT TREES A general bacterial blight similar to that which has been harassing vegetable farmers in increasing pro portions is now inflicting fairly extensive damage on orchard crops in this vicinity farm officials have said. The blight is damaging apple, pear, quince- and plum trees in a more seri ous, fashion than in previous years. Bordeaux mixture, used as a spray, is the best , solution for stopping spread of the disease. ' It is extremely hard to curb the disease once it gains a foothold, which is apparently what it has done l in many orchards in the | county. Use of the spray now' should curtail spread 1 of the blight, but it is doub tful if it will entirely eradi itiatlfil . ... ... _. ... . The blight affects the quality and, to an extent, ’quantity of the fruit. The diseased leaves turn brown while the fruit becomes dark and speckled. SERVICE GUILD The Weslyan Service Guild will meet at the home of Miss Lucille Chase on l Friday evening, July 5 at at 8 o’clock. Miss Margaret Elizabeth Ball, of Baxter .Springs, Kansas is visiting Mr. and* Mrs. G. W. Hughes, Mrs. Gus Ray, Mrs. Carmon Ed wards, and Mrs; Dan At kins of Erwin, Tenn. Willie J. Ray has been in the Veteran’s hospital at Oteen for the past few days for 73 years was a member. She was always active in the affairs of the church; and interested in the af fairs of the community. Surviving are five daug hters, Mrs. A. H. Goodman i of Bristol, Tenn., Mrs. M.l E. Riddle of Burnsville,* Mrs-. A. C. Hensley of Boone Creek, Tenn., Mrs. W. D. Smith of Bristol, Tenn., and Miss Biddie | Randolph of the home; one! son r Watson Randolph of; Freemont, Va.; thirty twoj grandchildren and thirty; four great grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rob ertson of Wadesboro, N. C are visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Robertson at Pensa cola. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beaver and family of Kan napolis will also visit Mr. and Mrs. Robertson during the week end. Buy Savings Bonds . AAA NOTICE Farmers participating in the Yancey bounty AAA ’ program who fiave request- ; ed grimson clbver seed or Austrian winter peas may receive this seed now. The seed is handfed for the county ACA by the Farm ers Federation and if an order has been requested and approved the seed may be obtained now. Call by the AAA office for your re quisition. The chargee to the far mer for the Austrian win ter peas is l‘|*c per pound and for clover seed is 8c a ‘round. The •maximum pounds per acre for the peas is 60, and for the clover is 20 pounds. LAST RITES FOR MRS. MARTHA JONES —— Funeral services for Mrs.! Martha Webb Jones, 62 i 1 who died at the home of her son, Arthur Jones in Green Mountain, Wednes-' June 19, were held Friday! 'i morning at Union Hill Met hodist church. The Rev. Mr. White officiated and burial followed in the chur- 1 ch cemetery. Survivors include, one da-! ughter, Mrs. Jessie Bays of Vasssevain, Va,; one son,! Arthur; oqe sister- Mrs.! RSTprkcrffry of Relief ; 1 five brothers, T. 8., Pink, and Jason all of Relief, Kimsey of Forbes, and John Henry of Green Mountain; and three grandchildren. FSA Represent MAKEV BRIEF TOUR OF FSA FARMS On Tuesday, July 2, R. W. Hudgins, Associate Dir ector of Farm Security Ad ministration, Washington I). C., visited several FSA farms in Yancey county. He was accompanied by Vance E. Swift of Raleigh, State Director for FSA in North Carolina; W. Bryan Oliver, District FSA Super visor, Asheville; and Mack B. Ray and G. Irene Edw ards, local FSA supervisors. Farms visited were W. L. Wright, Upper Jacks Creek Landon and Jay Briggs, Day Book, and Roy Mathas Cane River. Mr. Hudgins was parti cularly interested in food and feed production and conservation, and how low-j income farm families can develop a better “live at home” program. Food storage facilities were reviewed and a very good storage and can house was observed at Roy Math as’ home. He has a combi nation spring and storage house made of native stone. New can houses were being built at Jay and Lan don Briggs’ farms. Also dwellings were being im proved and repaired. Feed production indicat ed all families visited would have ample feed to carry them through the winter months, with the exception of buying proteins such as dairy feed and cotton seed CANNING SUGAR Ralleigh. Housewives will get more canning sug ar July 1 when spare stamp 10 becomes valid for five pounds, Theodore S. John son, State OPA Director said today. Johnson explained that this is the final stamp of the year for canning sugar, as no easing of the sugar situation is expected before 1947. A recent report w r as cir culated that coffee stamp 49 had become valid for sugar purchases, but this is completely erroneous. Spare stamp 49 became good on May 1, and the next regu lar stamp for table sugar will not be valid until Sep tember 1, he said. VISITS HERE I ‘ ... I 1 The Rev. Alan Gordon 1 Gripe and Richard Frosch, of Indianapolis visited fri -1 lends in the county this (week. Rev. Gripe was asso iciate pastor of Presbyter ian churches in the Yancey county Parrish one sum ' mer. He is a graduate of Princeton Theological Sem-: I inary and will leave the ! states August 15 for the Philippine Islands where he will serve as a Missionary | from the Presbyterian Board of Foreign ML-sums*. J. M. Lyon came over; from Blowing Rock to, spend a few' days with j friends here. tives Visit Here meals. Winter cover crops were being planned and will winter and spring grazing \as supple mental feed. Row crops, es pecially corn were being (Continued on page 4) LAST RITES FOR FLETCHER McPETERS Fletcher McPeters, 72, died at his home at Paint Gap Saturday following a brief illness. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home,* the Rev. W. L. Edwards, the Rev. W. E. Ray and the Rev. Ernest Wilson officia ted. Pallbearers were Alvin McPeters, Hobert and Ver non Banks, Jay Styles and Frank and Lyda Ray. Hon orary pallbearers were Dr. Vance, Dr. Robinson, Dr. Bennett, William <l)a v e Banks, Wess Maney, Ernest Ray, Cliff Horton, and Col umbus Smith. Surviving are three sons,' Floyd McPeters of Asheville' Sam McPeters of Burns ville, and Marite McPeters of Paint Gap; two daugh ters, Mrs. James Hale of Burnsville, Mrs. Laura Ray of Paint Gap; four sisters Mrs. Columbus Robinson of Cane River, Mrs. Mary Ann Green of Boonford, Mrs. Carnell Good of Hickory three brothers, John Me Peters of Paint Gap, Tom McPeters of Hamrick, Char lie McPeters of Marion; and 14 grandchildren. Plans Are Completed For Summer Art Classes Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stanley Herring and Ed ward S. Shorter are in Burnsville and are nows completing arrangements 1 for the art classes which they will conduct he*re this summer. Classes will begin on July 8, and reservations have been received from a num ber of states. A limited number of students from the county can also be ac cepted. and who wishes to enter should seel Mrs, Herring this week. Classes will be taught in Landscape, Portrait and Still Life painting. The classes in landscape will meet in the mornings from 8.45 to 12, and the portrait and still life in the after noons from 2 to 5. The classes will be taught! for eight w'eeks and stud-: I ents will be accepted for, ! two weeks, although a ; minimum of four weeks is' | recommended as individual students will gain much more from the longer in | struction period. JURY L$T I I The Jury list for thej August term of Superior •Gotirt was- -drawn/. day, July 1. For the first i week the list is as follows: C. M. Deyton, Lewis Green, Burdette Gortney,! Clyde D. Young, Walter Williams. T, B. McCurry, R. E. Penland, W. G. Burle son, K. R. Hall, Lester Hon eycutt, C. C. Byrd, S. B. Ballew, Pete Howell, Her-j bert Robinson, Lark Wright' Dewey Murphv, Fred How ell, J. Willard Ray; Kermit Gillespie. Avery Grindstaff, Carl Shuford, A. F. Hylemon, Zeb Eng land, Lee Ponder, E. R. Hughes, Dove Boone, Floyd Warrick, Lewis Mclntosh C. L. Bailey, J. W. Metcalf. Ralph Ray, Mack D. Gard ner, Hiram Webb, Edd E. King, Will Beaver, Elzie Silver, J. W. Autrey, Ches ter Chrisawn, Charles’Gar land, Ben Silver. Wayne Ray, Erskin Miller. For the second week: Richard E. Taylor, Loyd Harrison, Vance Hensley, Cling Hughes, J. E. Fox, Lee Harris, Earl Fox, C. C. Ray, J. E. Hipkins, Silas Silvers, J. M. Pritchard, Grover C. Haskins, C. F. Hi |rst, ‘Andrew Johnson,' Eod Burleson, Geo. D. Rob ntson, G. M. Angel, Berlin Jones, Bert Wyatt, John Grindstaff, Park Adkins, Emory Laws, Frank Ray, Bob Boone. Canning Demonstration Miss Margaret Murphy, well known Home Econo-! mist, gave a lecture and| demonstration of home can~| ning at Clearmont high school on June 26th. All methods of canning were demonstrated and discussed, and the import ance of canning this year was particularly stressed. Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. NUMBER FORTY-NINE Mr. Herring studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, the Art Institu i-te of Chicago, and the Art j Students’ League. He is an exhibitor in national and international shows in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and other large cities, and his water color and oil paintings hang in museums, public buildings and private collections in 38 states. He was instructor in drawing and painting classes at the Grand Central School of I Art- New York City for five years and now con ducts his own classes in New York. He also taught at the Ringling School of Art summer sessions at JWildacres for several years I and has given w’ater color demonstrations before var ious art clubs. He is a mem ber of the Salamagundi Club of New York, the old est art club in the states, j Mr. Shorter graduated at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D. C. and plater taught there for two years. He studied for two (Continued on page 4) ! FIREMEN FESTIVAL ! j Members of the local fire ■department have made ar j va&gemeitts to hold a big festival week m Burnsville. Arrangements have been made with the Florida j Amusement Co., to furnish the Midway attractions. They will present seven large riding devices, sever al shows and thirty cessions. i All Riding Devices are late models. There will be Merry-go-rounds, Fer ris Wheel,, Chairoplane, Loop the Loop, Miniature train, Aeroplane Ride, and Kid die Auto cars for the children. There will also be a free attraction each night, Capt. Billie Schaffer-on the high swaying pole who performs - daring without the aid of any safety devices or nets at 150 feet in the air while the pole sways, doing hand stand, head balance, etc in one of the most daring acts of all time. ? The local firemen will be l present on the grounds to take tickets, etc. as they will receive a percentage of all ticket sales to be used for their funds. & The most important steps in canning, Miss Murphy stated, were preparation of vegetables or fruits and having them as fresh as possible, proper steriliza tion of jars and lids, and using the proper method of canning for the product to be canned. “Gather the best fruits or vegetables”, Miss Mur phy said, “and get them in [the jars in the shortest pos sible time. This preserves the flavor and food con tent and insures better ■ keeping qualities. “Sterilization of the jars ’ and tops is also of great * importance. Keep them im (Continued on page four)