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Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. iaitaiiaiiaiiaiiaiiaiiaiiaiia>iaiiaiiaiiaitaiianaitaii«iiauaMaiißiia VOLUME TEN Off-Campus College Unit Is Proposed Here Supt. Frank W. Howell announces that he is plan ning to establish, if the need is found, an •‘Off-cam pus” unit offering college work at freshman level in Burnsville. He makes the following statements: “We plan to work in cooperation with the State Department of Public Instruction and the Steering Committee as set up by the Governor of North Carolina in working out this program of educa tion. “We are urging that ev ery boy and girl, veteran and non-veteran, living within the radius of ten or fifteen miles of Burnsville, to report to my office on July 22 and 23 for the pur pose of registering for this work. It will be necessary to have at least 30 regis tering in order to make ap plication t<P Ihe Steering- Committee for the estab lishment of an “Off-Cam pus” unit. “I am suggesting that, should there be any veter ans who have completed their freshman college work and have been unable to enroll in college, that they report at this time and my Sgt. Edward Pipes has recently been discharged from service. He entered the army in July 1943. During thesse 3 years he served in the 252nd AAA Bn. and 46th FA Bn. and was stationed at various Camps throughout the States. He was artillery Radar repair man. Before entering service he was electrical engineer for the T. V. A. Cox. Claude Hensley has returned to Norfolk Navy Yard after spending a thirty day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. B Hensley of Burnsville. Sgt. Woodrow R. Mat thews of Marion is visiting his sister, Mrs. Dora Hille mon. He has just returned from overseas and received his honorable discharge He spent 52 months in ser vice. 22 overseas. Robert F. Peterson, sea man first class, of Cane River has been discharged, after honorable service in| the Navy, at tne personnel separation center in Char leston. S. C. / Bill Silver, seaman sec ond class, of Burnsville Rt 1, has been graduated from the Aviation Fundamental School, the newest school in Naval aviation, at the technical training center, Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bare foot of Canton have an nounced the arrival •of a son, James Wilson, o n July 7. Mrs. J. B. Hensley of Asheville is visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Hensley this week. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. office will mahe every sible effort to arrange with some college unit to accept these veterans for training.! “The pupils doing fresh ] man college work in this “Off-campus” unit will re ceive the same credit as though they were taking' the work on campus in the] institution offering the' work in Burnsville. There! is no difference between! , the value of work done in' this “Off-campus” unit than that the veteran does; in regular coliege classes! and the credit may be transferred to any other! institution, should the pup il be able to enroll next falf as a sophomore in an on eampus course of study. “Since I must report to the Governor’s Steering Committee immediately, itj is urged that the registra tion b£ completed on the 22nd and 23rd of July- as] indicated above. “In undertaking to offer' this special sducational program for the boys! and girls in and about Burns-! vfile who have been unable! to enroll in college this fall.] I urgently request the aidj and cooperation of all in- 1 terested citizens in this area.” . BURNSVILLE HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB MEETS The Burnsville Home Demonstration club held the regular meeting with Mrs. Carroll Rogers on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. L. G. Deyton was associate hostess. Mrs. B. S. Connelly pre sided and Mrs. J. B. King was in charge of the pro gram. She presented Mrs. Jane Robinson of Penrose and Mrs. Mary Webster of Spartanburg who gave a demonstration on “Cos metics”. Charlotte Ray who re ceived her degree in home economics at Greensboro college in May, gave a de monstration on “Salads”. Following the program a miscellaneous shower was given Miss Juanita Rush, home agent. ARM AGENTS NEWS There will be a meeting of the Upper Jacks Creek and Middle Jacks Creek Areas at the Clearmont high school Tuesday night at 8:00. E. R. Collins, in charge of Agronomy Ex tension, will be on hand to discuss the proper fertil'z ing practices for corn and other row §rops L Also the proper methods of apply ing phosphate and rates per acre will be discussed. The public is cordially invited. The boy and girl who have done outstanding work in their 4-H club dur ing the past year are now being selected and these members will attend the 4-H Short Course in Ral eigh the week of August 12-17. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 18,1916 Discharged 4 The following men have received their discharge “ Robert Howell, J. E. Wil son, Willie J. Hinson, Tal madge Fox, Ralph Buchan an, Francis Wayne Honey cutt, Ray Hilemon. "buys home Miss Aldine Pleasant has ( bought a home in Biltmore, N. C. and plans to move there within the next mon th. She has resigned her position as a teacher "in the Yancey county school sys tem and will teach in Bun combe county. Miss Pleasant has- taught in the schools of this coun ty for a number of years, both music and in the grad es. She has also been very active in church and civic affairs of the community. She has been an active member of the Higgins Memorial Methodist church a member of the Bible class, the missionary society and the Woman’s Club and Garden Club. Her wide circle of friends regrets very much Miss Pleasant’s leaving Burns- | ville to make her home in Biltmore. PRESBYTERIAN SUN DAY SCHOOL HAS PICNIC The annual picnic of the Burnsville Pre s b yterian Sunday School and church members was held Wednes day at Carolina Hemlock camp ground. Approximat ely 50 members attended the enjoyable outing. Appalachian State Tea chers College is trying *to work out with the Veter ans Administration a plan that will open the way for Veterans in this section of North Carolina to enter college. It is necessary for any one who hopes to take ad vantage of this plan at Ap palachian to register his de sire with his county or city superintendent of school not later than Monday or Tuesday, July 22nd or 23rd. He must indicate to his' superintendent fit that he is a veteran and eligible to enter college; <2i that he desires to go to college; and (3) that he has applied for college entrance -and has not been accepted. ""’MI j • — 4 1946-47 SCHOOL CAL- I ENDAR PLANNED School boaisi -members, at a meeting hop last Satur day, fixed the school calen dar for the Jcoming year, with important dates listed as follows: | Teachers meeting August 9, 1946. Opening late August 12; Election JDay, Nov. 5; Thanksgiving! hol id a ys, Nov. 28 andl|9. Supt. Howlll announced that the firss semester will end 2nd semester will begin December 30,' Commencement dates are set for ill schools for May 2. Miss Eleanor I. Jackson is visiting hdr brother in Demarest, N, J. * Miss Buena Ellen Bailey who is educational director of a church in Midland, Mich., is spending her va cation with her mother, Mrs. G. D. Bailey. Home Food,Preservation |Week July 15-22 has been de-j signaled as National Home Food Preservation Week by the U, S. Department of Agriculture and farm fam-' ilies participating in the FSA program are already hard at work preparing for the coming^wim er, says G. Irene Edwards, FSA home supervisor for Yancey cou nty. ‘ i A week has been set apart to focus attention up-) on the necessity of home canning and preservation of food at a time when supplies are badly needed throughout the world, and will inaugurate the begin-! ning of intensive food pre-| servation efforts through the summer and fall, Miss Edwards said. Home pre servation will increase sup-! plies for American families and at the same time re-1 lease additional foods ad-! apted for shipment to fam ine areas abroad. Homemakers in the FSA program make canning bud-, gets for what their families need to carry them through the winter. Many of them i can relatively small quanti-j ties every few days, rather than make such a chore of canning all at one time. Homemakers also know' Johnson, Day Book; Mrs.' NORTHWESTERN RANK FINANCIAL STATE MENT Northwestern Bank has issued a financial statement of its business as of June 30, 1946, showing deposits of $30,076,567.52. v The Northwestern Bank shows a capital stock ac count of $330,000.00, with a surplus of $670,000.00. Un divided profits amount to $183,437.98. Officers of Northwestern Bank are: B. B. Dougherty, president; Edwin Duncan, executive vice-president; W B. Greene, and Wade H. Shuford, vice presidents; D. V. Deal, secretary. D. H. Covington is cashier of the Burnsville bank. The local board of mana gers is: B. R. Penland, C. M. Bailey and Robert Pres nell. J. J. and Don Croley are visiting friends here. * Clarence Byrd is here from Oxford, N. C. for a short visit with friends. .1 i that canning does not im prove the quality of a pro duct, and that the canned .food can only be as good as the product that goes into . the can. They know that , early gardens give the best products for canning, so •they select the best from among the early crops and i can while the produce is fresh. ) Among FSA homemakers who already have started their canning programs are Mrs. Roy Mathas, Rt. 1, Burnsville; Mrs. Ottis C. Roy Lyle, Rt. 1, Green Mtn.; | Mrs. Carl Styles, Day iBook; Mrs. M. B. Metcalf, Rt. 2, Mars Hill; Mrs. Thel ma King, Cane River; Mrs. Fred Johnson, Star Rt. !Burnsville; Mrs. Geo. Laws, Green Mtn.; Lena Roland, ’Higgins; John Griffith, ; Burnsville. Emphasis on canning is nothing new to families participating in the FSAj program Miss Edwards ex-! plained, but efforts are! being intensified this year !in view of the famine I abroad. It is a noteworthy fact, she said, that the av erage FSA family, after; joining the program has| j doubled its production of 1 food and feed. County Tax , i The county tax rate has been set by the -county com missioners at $1.70 on the! SIOO valuation for the com- ONE CASE OF POLIO IN COUNTY One case of poliomelytis has been reported in the county. Donald Brown- the 3 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bird Brown of the White Oak Flats section was carried to Memorial Hospital in Charlotte last Friday. The Brown family lives in an isolated section of the county and no other case has been reported. JAKE F. BUCKNER COMPLETES SPECLVL COURSE Jake F. Buakner hrfs re turned home from Atlanta and Savannah, Ga., where he has taken a special 3 months course in public health work given by the U. S. public health service. Mr. Buckner will resume his duties as sanitarian with the district health of fice this week. BAPTIST YOUTH RALLY The regular county wide Baptist Youth Rally will be held with the Bolens Creek church on Saturday even ing at 6:30. A recreational hour and supper will be followed by the program. Miss Buena Ellen Bailey will be guest speaker. REVIVAL SERVICES A series of revival servi ces will begin at the West Burnsville Union church on Sunday evening at 8 o’clock. Dr. 0. E. Croy and Rev. E. G. Adkins, pastors of the church, will preach. People of the community are invited to attend each evening at 8 o’clock. Dorothy Covington who is empire! with .the First National Bank, Columbia, S. C., is home on vacation, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D H. Covington. Mrs. Jessie Mclntosh and son Charles of Asheville were in Burnsville Tuesday Veterans The Veterans Adminis tration estimates that when demobilization is complete the veteran population of the United States will to tal more than 19,696,000 men and women, including 15,6696,000 World War II veterans. Rites for Mrs. Mrs. Margaret Woody, 83 passed away at the home of a daughter at Green Mtn., on Saturday follow ing an extended illness. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Pleasant Grove Baptist church. Rev. Ade Buchanan and Rev. Holland Black officiated and burial was in the family Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. lairaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiE'iaiiaiiiiiaiiaiiEiiEnaiiaiiaMMiauaiiaifMß NUMBER FIFTY-ONE Rate Is Set ing year. The following is the itemized rate: General County, $.20; Floating Debt .15; Poor, .05; Welfare, .20; School- .20; Debt, .90. AUGUST TERM OF SUPERIOR COURT The August term of Sup erior Court will convene in Burnsville on August 5. Both civil and criminal cases will be heard, and Judge Allen H. Gwyn of Riedsville will preside. NEW BUS SCHEDULE The Yancey Bus Com pany will begin Friday op eration of a schedule from Burnsville to Red Hill by Day Book and Green Mtn. Two trips daily will be made on the following schedule: leave Burnsville 6 a. m., arrive Red Hill 7 a. m.; leave Red Hill, 7 a. m., arrive Burnsville, 8 a. m. .(afternoon) Leave Burns ville 4 o’clock, arrive Red Hill 5 p. m.; leave Red Hill 5 p. m., arrive Burnsville 6 p. m. The company is already operating the bus line from Burnsville to Marion by way of Buck Creek Gap. WELDING SHOP OPENS A welding shop has been opened in the W. C. Mur phy blacksmith shop on east Main Street. All types of welding and brazing will be done. MINUTE MAN The Minute Man, symbol of savings bonds and stamps since 1941, has turned from war to peace. One of the most w’idely publicized trade marks of all time, it has appeared on hundreds of millions of defense and war savings stamps, on bill boards, on posters, in spon sored and donated bond ad vertisements, on leaflets, stamp books and stationery its separate reproductions running into the billions. A new Minute Man de sign has now’ been’adopted. The Minute Man has been shown facing to the right, turning away from the plow as he grasps his mus keg: a symbol of the nation turning from the pursuits of peace to take up arms foie freedom. In the new design the pa triot faces to the left, brin ging the plow into the fore ground ; the musket is grounded but still in his grasp. On the base of the statue, is, the word “Secur ity.” argaret Woody cemetery. Surviving are three dau ghters, Mrs. Essie Robin son, Mrs. Minnie Gardner and Mrs. Dell a Gortnsy, all of Green Mtn.; four sons, Grady Woody of Green Mtn., W. B. Woody of Bur nsville, Dewey Woody of Lunday and Carl Woody of Marion. Holcombe Brothers had charge of arrangements.