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Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be forez Do Your Part. VOLUME ELEVEN Olf-Campus College Unit Will Open On September 23 The University of North Carolina’s plan to establish Off-Campus college train-j ing units in a number of cities and towns in the 1 state has reached Burns ville, where they have agre ed to set up a center, open ing September 23. This cen ter will offer college work at freshman level to veter ans and non-veterans who 1 have been unable to enroll elsewhere at the over-crow ded education centers. Instruction will be given in the high school building* by local teachers holding Masters Degrees, in Eng lish, Math, Social Science and Science, offering a full; schedule in credit hours. 1 Regular credit will be earn- 1 f Discharged The following men have recently been discharged from the armed forces: Dock Renfro, Murley Williams, John B. Holcom-J be, Dennis Grindstaff, Jun ior Edwards, Roy Lee Met calf, Marshall Carr, Wayne 1 Ramsey, Roland Gray,! Frank Roland, Reece Hig gins, R. B. Fox, Everett Bailey, Don Wilson, Ersk ine Fender. NOTICE Bicycles with motors at tached are required to have a state license, and an oper ator is required to have an operator’s license. Motor bikes come under the same classification as motorcy cles. YOUTH RALLY TRe county wide Baptist Youth Rally will be held at 6 o’clock Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Pleasant Grove Bap tist church. The program will be given by representa tives from several churches in the county. DAIRYMEN ARE INVIT ED TO SUPPER MEET ING Interested dairymen of this county are invited to attend a supper meeting to be held tonight at the Plan ters’ Warehouse in Ashe ville, beginning at 6:30 o’clock. The meeting is being held in connection with the Jun ior dairy cattl| show which will be held ht the ware house on Friday. F. H. Jeeter, agricultural editor of the state extension ser vice, will be principal speak er. Approximately 200 wes tern North Carolina and girls are expected to exhibit at the show. Twelve! of these will be from Can cey county. A preliminary show was held here on Wed nesday, and the calves are being shown at the Mayland Fair today. BIBLE CLASS The Woman’s Bible class, of the Methodist church 1 will meet with Mrs. W. C. Gillespie o n Thursday, Sept. 19 at 3 o’clock. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. ed, and wjll be considered University of N. C. credit, 1 as though the student were, actually on the campus at i Chapel Hill. Classes will be 1 held from 4 to 7 o’clock p.j m., five days a week. Three ( one-hour classes daily per quarter will comprise the! full freshman load. A college standard libra-j ! ry will be installed by the 1 University, and will remain) open after classes until 9 : o’clock p. m., daily. Other j equipment will be added as it becomes necessary. An athletic program is expected for the unit, de pending on interest shown , after opening date. ! Faculty list has not been released, but local graduate teachers will be in charge. i i v NOTICE Recruiting officers from the Marion station will be in Burnsville every Thurs day. They may be contacted at the Selective Servicp COURT OF HONOR j | The Court of Honor for, | the Toe River District,! Daniel Boone Council, Boy' Scouts of America, was held Tuesday night. Sept. 10, at 8:00 p. m., in Pineola. Rev. A. R. Craig, of Spruce Pine presided. The following Scouts of Burnsville received awards: 1 Tenderfoot, Keith Stam-; , ey; Merit Badges, Robert Tilson, Frank Wilson, Tom-' ,my Tilson, Charles Lee ( Griffeth. Charles Lee Griffeth will be reviewed for the award, of “Eagle Scout”, which 1 will be awarded to him at the October Court of Honor The District Committee; meeting of the Toe River District was held immed iately following the Court of Honor. Dover R. Fouts, 1 of Burnsville presided. Landon Robinson of Ham-! rick and Ernest Silver of: Boonford, reported to Fort 1 Bragg on Monday for ex-j amination and immediate induction if accepted. Cat-Tail Creek Organize l The Cat-Tail Home .Own-! ers’ Association, Inc., which was organized in August of this year, held its final summer meeting on Thurs day evening, September sth 1946 at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Percy Threadgill Many plans for next sea son’s activities were dis-' ,cussed, and a recreationa < program was planned whi ch will guarantee a pleasanc summer for the cabin own ers on Cat-Tail Creek next year. Committees were ap pointed to call on the prop er local and State authori ties with the hope of. ob taining better roads, and also electric light and tele phone service. At the con clusion of the meeting re 'freshments were served by Mrs. Threadgill, and the , meeting adjourned, subject to call by the President for “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1946 RED CROSS REPRE SENTATIVE VISITED Mrs. Regene Moulton, newly appointed Red Cross! general field representa-i tive for Yancey county and, surrounding territory, vis ited the local chapter on ! Sept. 10 to discuss with chapter officials the overall Red Cross program. Mrs. Moulton is the re presentative of the south j eastern area headquarters of the American Red Cross jand serves as an authority on programs and procedure. Mona Gayl Gouge Fatally Injured By Automobile 9? Mona Gayl Gouge* five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gouge of Celo, was instantly killed about 6 o’clock Sunday ev ening when she was struck by a car as she attempted to cross the highway in front : of her home. '! Funeral services werej held Tuesday afternoon at; , the Browns Creek Baptist; : church, Celo. Rev. Ben Ray ! officiated and burial was in ■ the Carroway cemetery. j In addition to the parents, LAST RITES WILL BE HELD FOR ZEB V. RENFRO , Funeral services for Zeb |V. Renfro, 73, who died at i his home at Burnsville Rt. ! 1, Wednesday, will be held! 'j at the residence Friday morning at 10:30 o’clock. jThe Rev. Prett Blevins will 1 officiate and burial will fol low in Bailey Hill cemetery.* j Surviving are the widow;’ three daughters, Mrs. Rus , sell Beaver of Swiss, Mrs. U. B. Deyton of Burnsville , Rt. 1, and Mrs. Clyde May nard of Asheville Rt. 1; one son, J. H. Renfro ofi ! Johnson City, Tenn.; one' j brother, Tom Renfro of I Burnsville; a sister, Mrs. ! Wes Edwards of Burnsville; ■; 17 grand children and six ! great grand children, j Holcombe Brothers fun eral home will be in charge I of arrangements. : Home Owners Association 'the next meeting in Miami Florida. The officers of the asso | ciation are as follows: Pre sident, Ray E. Sheperd; vice president, Roy 'C.I Brown; secretary-treasur er, Mrs. Agnes M. Angell. The association was for med for the purpose of se curing public improvements for the community, to pro mote interest and partici pation in fishing and hunt-! , ing, and conservation of ■ these resources, and for the social and recreational de • velopment of the group. At present the member -1 ship consists of 25 cabin ■'owners. It is expected,! - however, that this will be ■ increased to include the en-j r tire number of property » owners along Cat-Tail : Creek within the Mt. Helen ■ Estates area. Meet in jSermany ■ y*'* i * Pfc. Isaac JjVheeler and Sam Ball metpach other in Mannhiem, Germany. They! wrote it surefy did please j them to get together. They) are rooming the same building now|put Wheeler is expected tf> start back to the States Hery soon. O' «—■— ■ I I ■— II II IN! ■ I 111 DECORATION There a Decora tion at the Byrd cemetery in RamseytoViin on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 2so o’clock. the child is sfrvived by one sister, Barbara, and four, brothers, Imul, Thomas, Ben and Deal, all of Celo. On Wedne&ay afternoon officers " arrested Print Blevins, 16, spn of Mr. and Mrs. Zack Blevins of Burns ; ville Rt. 2. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon (an automobile), !and with failure to stop at, the scene of | the accident * and render a®. Blevins was placed under SI2OO bond to appear at the March term Os court. HOME AGENTS NOTES Arbuckle—The Home De monstration Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Roy Sparks Friday, Sept. 13 at 2:00. A demonstration on “Care of the Sewing Mach ine” will be given. Ramseytown—The Home Demonstration Club will; meet Tuesday, Sept. 17 at* ,2:00 at the home of Mrs. 'Molly Whitson. The group will discuss “Finishing Tou ches for the Home.” Burnsville—The club will! meet with Mrs. Ruby Hen-! nessee Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 2:30. The group will dis- I cuss “Finishing Touches for 'the Home.” Newdale—The club will j meet with Mrs. Bertha; Wyatt Thursday, Sept. 19 at 2:30. The club will dis cuss “Finishing Touches for the Home.” Hardscrabble —The club, will meet at hte home ofi Mrs. L. L. Proffitt, Friday,* Sept. 20 at 6:00. At this ( time a Community Picnic Irene Brown of Hickory, was the guest of Jo Ellis this week. „ Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Ray, of Asheville visited relativ es here Sunday. | ENGLISH-JOHNSON Mr. and Mrs. Ben Blalock ’of Micaville announce the marriage of their daugh ter, Ruby Blalock English, to William R. Johnson of Hamburg, N. J. The ceremony was per formed on Wednesday, August 22 at Clayton, Ga. } The couple left for a wed ding trip through Canada and New York. They will reside in New Jersey. J Mrs. Johnson attended Micaville high school. Mr. 1 I Johnson served 3 1 year in the Infantry, of which 17i , months was spent overseas, i He was wounded in the bat tle at Luxemburg. ~ 1 Nosvas aoa asoid sassvio ihv aaMiwns The summer art classes, directed by Frank Stanley Herring of New York and i i Edward S. Shorter of Col- < ! umbus, Ga., closed for the ] 'season on August 30. ] BURNSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL A very impressive ser vice marked the installation ( of the recently elected offi cers of the Student Council' of Burnsville high school on Wednesday morning. Following the procession- j; al of officers, the invoca-j lion was given by Guss! Peterson. The installation! service was conducted by! 1 8. M. Tomberlin who lead I the pledge of allegiance for the president, Frances Rid- . die, and by the president 1 for the other officers. These officers and conn-! cil members are: vice presi dent, Ruth Banks; 12th grade representatives: Jun ior Atkins, J. T. Fox; 11th grade: Mary Ellen Banks, jJune Smith; 10th grade: IJ. V. McMahan,. Genevieve’ ’Angel; 9th grade: Bobby j Connelly, Bargara Angel;j Bth grade: Barbara Atkins,) Tommy Tilson. Color bear ers for the service were Peggy Parrish and Clara Mae Smith. After the president’s speech in acceptance of her office, the audience sang 1 the school song. Mrs. C. R.|, Hamrick spoke briefly on the purpose of the school council, and the song, “Fol- ! ‘ low the Gleam”, was sung i ’by Peggy Jean Huskins,’ i Billie Jean Ramsey, Mary; Evelyn Hensley, Betty Lee! Fox, and Bobby Ruth Banks ; Singing the national anth- ■ , em closed the program, fol-, ! lowed by the benediction. 1 1 Health Department Plans Intensive Tuberculosive Survey * The District Health De partment will begin at once an expanded • survey for the discovery of tuber culosis in all three counties ;in the health district. The, j work will begin by tubercu-j lin testing all school child-; i ren in the district. Approxi ] . mately 90 per cent of these children will have a nega-' ' tive test, proving that these j children have been exposed to the disease and *show no evidence of having I it- ' '' The 10 per cent who show a positive reaction will be X-rayed free at the Health Department in Spruce Pine. The films will be donated free by the Division of In dustrial Hygiene, headed |by Dr. O. J. Swisher, hnd the Division of Tuberculo sis Control, headed by Dr. jT. F. Vestal. No child should feel be cause he has a positive test that he actually has the dis j ease. It will only be a reason for taking an X-ray for 'further study. The films will be sent to Dr. C. D. I Thomas, Medical Director I of the Western North Car olina Sanatorium at Black 1 Mountain for study. Plans Announced For Return Os World War II Dead A summary of informa tion on return and reburial of those who gave their) lives in World War II has been received. This sum mary includes the latest in formation as to when the return will begin and also) the channels through which the remains Will be delivered to the next of kin. This information, we feel, is of much importance to most of our readers since) information on this subject has reached the public in) such small dribbles that they have not been able to) understand the complete! program. Therefore, we are printing most of the : pfe- j pared »§(immary in two in-, stallments, this week and next. As the prosecution of World War II was truly, global in scope, so the prob-| lems of providing for the, i final burial of those- who died overseas during the, war in the service of their ! country are of great mag nitude. Final Burial | The Office of The Quar termaster General is pro ceeding to carry out the program of final burial all the speed commen surate with accurate, effi cient operation. Congress; Tias set a time limit of five; ’years in which this work is to be accomplished. Each step in the program' has been planned to provide dignity and respect in hand-) ling the remains of those who gave their lives. No dis tinction or differences of any kind will be shown be cause of rank, race, creed or color. No priorities of disposition will be granted, In a recent mass X-ray, study of the total popula-' tion of Augusta, Georgia about 75,000 films were made. About 400 actual cas-J i es, or one in every 200, were j discovered. In another sur jvey recently the total popu-; ■ lation of Gaston County was 'X-rayed, and more recently: the population of Cleveland ' County. The results of these studies have not yet been compiled. These, in reality are not 1 ! surveys, but are studies 'made for the purpose of discovering all active cases' and treating them in a san-* atorium where they will al most certainly all get well. Another purpose is to iso late them from the general public so as to prevent the spread of the disease. When we discover a child with active or healed tuber culosis, w e immediately • know that this child has been exposed to active tub ■ erculosis in the home, or, i elsewhere. Our purpose will • be to study the whole fam i ily in each instance. In this, . way our study of tubercu-' • losis in this district will be ■ almost complete. ; Dr. B. B. McGuire, Dis trict Health Officer. /* —ri_. , r1 Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. NUMBER SEVEN and activities will follow an orderly process beginning with a complete verifica tion of the burial records, at temporary .military cem : eteries, as well as in field 1 headquarters and the Offi jce of The Quartermaster General. This is not just another job to the Army. The Office of The Quartermaster Gen eral is responsible for see-' ing that all service person nel—Army, Navy, Marine jand Coast Guard—are giv ' en a proper final burial, and | wants to carry out the wish 'es of the relatives of these ' service people. This is the 1 primary aim." ’ - v " i 1 \ Arrangements The Congress has passed, and the President of the United States has signed a bill t Public Law 383, ap i proved May 16, 1946) dir ! ecting the War Department I to make arrangements for the return and final burial of the honored dead of World War 11. During the war those who died were buried in graves which have since been consolidated into tem porary military cemeteries. As the war receded, some of these temporary ceme teries were consolidated in-*. . to larger resting places. To [day, throughout the world, I the cemeteries of the arm | ed forces have been beauti i fied and landscaped to pro vide a proper temporary burial place for these heroes Congress believes, there fore, that the democratic way is for the next of kin to determine what the final disposition of the remains shall be. The next of kin will b<? asked to make that decision. The relative concerned will receive a letter of in quiry explaining the, pro gram. Inclosed with this let ter will be a form. The form will contain four options. The relative concerned will be asked to select one of the four options. These are: To have the remains interred in a permanent United States military cemetery overseas; to have the re mains returned to the Unit ed States for final burial in a National cemetery; to have the remains sent to a | foreign country, the home land of the deceased, for in -1 terment in a private ceme- , tery. When the next of kin re quests burial in a National cemetery or in a United States military cemetery overseas, the War Depart ment will pay all expenses. If interment in a private cemetery in the United States or overseas is re l quested, the government ( will pay transportation costs to the city or town de signated and allow up to SSO to cover-, interment ex pense, ‘ upon application being made to the Office of I The Quartermaster General (Continued next week) Bill Fouts and Gerard Butner have returned from a visit in Florida.
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