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Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. VOLUME ELEVEN SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Legion Plans Countywide Meet The Earl Horton Post of the American Legion is planning a county wide meeting at the court house on Friday night, Aug. 16. The arrangement com mittee is composed of R. N. Silver, Mack B. Ray, Mon roe Mclntosh, H. G. Bailey, Oscar Deyton, Oscar Young Brook Wilson, Mark Ben nett and Z. B. Byrd. A representative of the state department of the Legion will speak. The purpose of the meet ing is to interest as many STATE DENTIST WILL BEGIN WORK ON AUGUST sth Dr. E. T. Koonce, dentist for the State Board of Health, will begin the den tal program for the school year on Monday, August 5 at Burnsville school. All children who will at tend Burnsville school’ are asked to come to the school on Monday morning so that appointments may be made. It will facilitate the work if the children report prom ptly, both at the first meet ing then at the scheduled time they are asked to re port. WILL MANAGE TELE PHONE OFFICE Mrs. Elmo Edwards has accepted the position of manager of the Burnsville office of the Carolina Mtn., Telephone Co., and assum ed her duties in this capa city today. Mr. and Mrs. Welzie Rid dle, Jr., who - have been in charge of the office for several months, have mov-j ed to an apartment at the home of Mrs. J. A. Watson. MINING IN GUATE MALA SURVEYED BY BURGESS Spruce Pine—The New York Journal of Commerce,, dated July 11, carried a news item regarding a re-' port made by Blandford C. Burgess, mining engineer of Spruce Pine, on the utili zation of the mineral re-; sources of the Republic of Guatemala. The report was made under the auspices of the Inter-American Devel-: opment commission at the request of the Guatemala government. The report contains re commendations for elimi nating the obstacles in the, way of development of the country’s mineral resour ces, such as enactment of a new mining code, further development of the high-; way system, governmental, assistance to encourage the j .opening up of small mines und prospects, and others. Woodrow Peterson o f Erwin, Tenn. spent last week with his sister, Mrs. Jack Hannon o f Kihgs Mountain, N. C: They plan to spend this week end at Myrtlt Beach, S. C. Mrs. B. B. McGuire has been in the Banner Elk hos pital for the past week. THE YANCEY RECORD of the exservice men as possible in the Legion and to inform them of the func tions of the organization, its purpose and benefits to service men. . Plans are now fairly well formulated for the erec tion of a Legion hall and it is hoped that a definite an nouncement of the plan ning and building commit tees can be made at this meeting. All exservice men and their families are invited to attend this meeting. N. C. VETERANS COM MISSION REPRESENTA TIVE TO BE AT COURT HOUSE AUGUST 22 Jack C. Winchester, As s’t. State Service officer from Morganton district of i fice will be in the 1 Yancey county courthouse at Bur-, nsville from 11:00 a. m. to ! 4:30 p. m. on Thursday, August 22, 1946. i Mr. Winchester will be glad to answer questions, \ and help veterans and their dependents and they are urged to come and have him help on problems and questions as national ser vice life insurance, hospi talization, pension for de pendents, disability pen- f sions, back pay, mustering out pay and job training and others. i , HOME AGENTS NOTES Cane River —A demon stration on the “Care of the Sewing Machine’’ will be' given at the home of Mrs. Monroe King, Monday, August 5 at 2:00. Hardscrabble A com munity picnic will be held at the home of Mrs. L. L. Proffitt Tuesday, August 6 at 6:30. Willing Worker’s Club — A community picnic will be held Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 6:30. The group will meet at the home of Mrs. Lucille Jackson. Newdale —A community picnic will be held Thursday August 8 at 7:00 at the home of Mrs. Homer Young; Frank Wilson, son of Mr. I and Mrs. John Wilson is a patient at Biltmore hospi tal where he underwent an operation on his leg yester day. Mrs. Sally Evans Hen sley has joined her hdsband who is stationed at New London, Conn. He has serv ed four years in the Navy Mr. and Mrs.H. G. Crow gy and children of Emory, Va. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Proffitt. Miss Kate Greene of Bal timore is visiting her fath er, J. S, Greene at Prices Creek. Mrs. Kirk Wallen and children of Johnson City and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bailes and son of Lpng Island are visiting Mrs. R. C. Burton. Betty Ann Banks spent the week end with Nelle Bailey at Mars Hill college. They spent Saturday in Asheville. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” Returns to Germany Capt. Sam J. Huskins, Jr. left July 25 for Germany. He will be stationed with army air forces near Mun ich. Durtng the war Capt. Huskins served as a fighter pilot in the European Thea tre for 16 months. James H. Hamby, Sea man first class, has receiv ed his discharge at the naval separation center, Charleston. He served in the navy for 18 months, 12 of which were spent over seas. Claude Riddle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Riddle, has received his discharge at Fort Bragg after two years service in the army. WAVE Enlistment Charleston—The Wom en's Reserve of the Navy, ' marked the fourth anniver-! 1 sity of its existence with 1 the announcement Tuesdayj lof a drive to reenlist 2,000 j former WAVES for service! until July 1, 1947. ‘ j The Navy has asked for J a total of 5,500 Women’s Reserve volunteers to re main on active duty until July, 1947, pending Con-\ gressional action 'establish-! ing a peacetime Women’s | Reserve. The volunteers' will remain in the jobs they] held during the war, and , will furnish the foundation 1 on which the permanent Women’s Reserve program can be built if Congress vot es to make the WAVES a permanent part of the* Navy. A bill to this end has! been approved by the House Naval Affairs Com-!' mittee. ]] Court Convenes The August term of Sup-! erior Court will convene in Burnsville on August 5. 1 Both civil and criminal! cases will be heard, ajid! Judge Allen H. Gwyn of Riedsville will preside. The following civil cases are on the court calendar: Laura Young vs. T. T. Ang-' lin, et al. Griffin & Vose, Inc. vs.! Non-Metallic Mineral Cor poration. Mrs. Bertha Edwards vs Robert Edwards, Executor. J. M. Fox vs. Georgia! Phillips, et al. | ]& i HIT I f fltk jUEMIIIMI 1531 lift* 4 JLL BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1. 1946 SECOND CASE OF POLIO REPORTED IN COUNTY —f Vance Proffitt, the 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Vance Proffitt of River side, is in the Orthopedic hospital, Gastonia for treat ment. The diagnosis of in fantile paralysis was made this week. * This is the second case of polio reported in the county The first case was reported from a very isolated section of the county and the child is now a patieht in Memor ial hospital, Charlotte. Health authorities are urging every precaution to prevent any further spread of the disease. FARM NOTES A Rural Life meeting! will be. held on August 9 for the purpose of discuss-j ing the relationship of God, Man and the Land. Rural ministers of the county are invited to this meeting and are urged to attend. W. M. Landiss of the ag ricultural relation depart ment of the T, V. A. will head the discussion in the morning artd in the after noon a tour will be made of several test demonstration farms in the'cv.Jhty. | The morning session will be held at Burnsville Pres byterian church. Mrs. Julia Bennett of Burnsville spent a few days with her daughter, Mrs. R. A. Peake last week. Ulyes Silvers of Ashe ville spent last week with his parents. Hera August 5 Charles Hutchins, et al. vs. Non-Metallic Minerals Corporation. Zora Hise vs. R. C. Hise. Harrison Peterson, et al. | vs. Will Laughren, et al. J. A. Clontz vs. Pender. Clontz, et al. Lawrence Curtis v s French Broad Electric Cor poration, et al. Lee Banks, et al. vs The Town of Burnsville. Belle Styles , vs. Var Choate and wife. L. F. .Lawhorn, et al. vs B. S. Baker, et al. Penland & Ayers vs. T G. Gilley. A. A. A. NOTICE J. B. Briggs, chief clerk Yancey County A. C. A. Because of the lack of material used in the manu facture of superphosphate, it seems that there will be a shortage of phosphate shipped to Yancey county. Due to this fact, I would like to encourage all farm ers that have not received their 1946 phosphate t o place their order for ground limestone as this can be used as a substitute this year if the phosphate is not available. Anyone who would like to seed crimson clover or Austrian winter peas can obtain this seed at the AAA office. ! ; I Purchases Property j The Roberts and Johnson! I Lumber Company this 'week purchased the prop-i |erty on east Main Street! j between the highway and' the railroad station. Owners of the company stated that they plan to build a warehouse and lum ber storage building on the tract as soon as materials are available. NOTICE Teachers in the county i schools will be examined in the district health office on Friday, August 9 following the teachers’ meeting. ATTENDS HEALTH MEETING ‘ H. G. Bailey attended a; district health meeting on Monday. The district com-! prises Mitchell, Avery and Yancey counties and each county was represented. At the meeting, the dis cussion concerned policies of the health department.! Dr. B. B. McGuire, health! officer, was named disbur-i sing officer and Alma Shep herd', sasistant. Dale Banner who is at tending college at Johnson City is home for a few days, j The serious shortage and the prevailing high prices of feed have resulted in a reduction of 56 per cent of chicks produced by North Carolina hatcheries during the month of June, it is re vealed by the Federal- State Crop Reporting Ser vice. R.E.A. Members Will Meet At Marshall Saturday Afternoon Gwyn B. Price of Raleigh, N. C. will be l the principal speaker at the annual meeting of the members of French Broad Electric Membership Corporation in the Marshall High School auditorium, Saturday, Aug j ust 3, at two o’clock, M. J. i Ball, president, announced ! today. Mr. Price is Chair man of the North Carolina ! Rural Elestrification Auth | ority and has been actively i interested in rural electrifi : cation and the affairs of our Cooperative for many ; years. | The meeting is expected to attract a thousand mem ! bers and guests, and spec | ial attention will be given j to the problems of the far mers who do not have elec- I trie service, but are among 'those who.expect to receive ; service from the Coopera- 1 jtive as its building pro igram progresses. The theme of the discussion will be a further expansion of rural electrification lines so as to serve practically all the homes in Madison, Yancey,! ! Mitchell, an d o Buncombe, : counties in the territory ,as | signed to the Cooperative in North Carolina, and the territory assigned to the j Cooperative in Unicoi coun ty in Tennessee. * Organization In the fall of 1939 a few people met at the Court House in Marshall, and or ganized a Cooperative in accordance with the Public Laws passed by the State Legislature in 1935. These few had to overcome oppo sition of those who openly stated that a rural electri fication program was not feasible, and that it would be impossible to serve the people who lived outside of the towns and away from the main thoroughfares. This opposition was over come and now approximat-J ely 3700 members in this area are being served with 600 miles of distribution line. The first lines were ener gized in 1941 and in July 1941 there were only 422 members with 129.3 miles of line. This month there, are 3700 members with 600 miles of line. In 1941 the| operating revenue per mile was $5.44, today it is $22.09. The Federal Government has made a total allotment of $1,324,500.00 for the pur- Visits Here Mrs. Berth a Hartley of Los Angeles, Cal. is visit ing Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Randolph. Mrs. Hartley is the grand daughter of the late John ny and Mary Ann Honey cutt Proffitt who left Yan cey county years ago and settled in South Missouri. She is also a niece of Sara Jane- Endicott of Pendel ton, Oregon who will be 103 years old this October. She frequently visits Mrs. Endi cott who still remembers old land marks, and many old people of Yancey county Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. ißiratiaiißuinaif nainn«n«naiianauaif MKaywwuMrtMi NUMBER ONE : pose of constructing rural ! I lines and the purchase of properties formerly owned • by the Northwest Carolina !, Utilities, Incorporated. Os j this $1,324,500.00 there re , mains unadvanced $441,- 924.00 that will be used to complete the construction j on the B and C Projects that were mapped and ap- J proved by the Rural Elec trification Authority prior r to the beginning of the war. Conditions brought about i by the war have prevented ‘lconstruction but the future looks bright. I Mr. Ball states that he believes materials and la bor will soon be available x for construction of power lines that have already been approved, and it will be ne .l cessary to secure additional ; allotments to serve the many homesjhat are not.in | eluded in the B and G Pro jects. j Mr. Ball has extended an invitation to those people who have been unable to secure electric service to at tend this meeting so that they may learn more about ; the rural electrification pro gram and the advantages of rural electrification to farmers. He states that each section of line 1 to be built into the communities will be so designed that 'they will pay the cost of construction during the term of the loan. I Mr. Ball stated that when the Cooperative was incor porated only eleven mem bers signed the document? and voted whereby could b allotted a maximum o f $1,500,000.00, but if all the people in this section are to be served and be prepared to take advantage of rural electrification as it develop es he feels that it will be necessary to raise this lim it to $10,000,000.00. When ( this $10,000,000.00 is passed i upon as a limit to the amount of money that can be expended by the Coop erative no advances of mon ey are ever made until re ouested by the Board of Directors of the Coopera tive, approved by the North Carolina Rurgl Electrifica tion Authority, and by the Rural Electrification Ad | ministration in Washington The expenditure of this money is supervised by the Rural Electrification At ministration in Washing ton through field rep. FARM SECURITY AD MINISTRATION NEWS W. B. Oliver, district F. S. A. supervisor, was in the county this week. A farm tour was made of the Ottis Johnson farm at Day Book, the Seth Peter son farm, Day Book, the J. Coleman Gregory farm west of Burnsville and the L. F. Lawhern farm at Bak ers Creek. Considerable prog rest was noted in land develop ment, use of lime and phos phate and it was . reported that all families visited planned to have at least an acre in alfalfa.