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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. College Classes Start Monday Final registration for the University Off-Campus un- » it to operate in Burnsville > for the coming year will be ' held Monday afternoon, Sept. 23. at 4:00 o’clock p. m., High School Library. All students who have re ceived acceptance letters from the University should bring them, and those who have submitted applications but have not been approved should' be present to regis ter, pending clearance of credits. NOTICE The North Carolina Vet eran’s Commission will have a representative in the cou nty courthouse at Burns ville, N. C., on Thursday. Sept. 26, from 11:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. Jack C. Winchester, Asst. State Service Officer, will! be there to help veterans, 1 dependents and businesses. He will be prepared to help in filling out applications for business approvals, on job training for ; veterans, widows pension, 'compensa tion claims, back pay, termi nal leave, dependent’s claim for National Service Life Insurance; waiver of pre-j mium, change, reinstate-', ment and new* regulations' on NSLI; on job training, 1 iU* gratuity pay, building pre ference, appeal application lost discharge, review of bad discharge, burial allow ance. granite headstone, burial flags, hospitali z a tion, etc. This service is free to you. LAST RITES HELD FOR REV. ZEII V. RENFRO Funeral services for Rev. Zeb V. Renfro, age 73. who died at his home Sept. 11 were held at the home Sept.; 13 at 10:00 a. m., with the Rev. E. P. Blevins officiat ing. Burial was in Deyton cemetery at Bailey Hill. Mr. Renfro united with the Free Will Baptist de nomination 40 years ago was a minister for 30 years and was faithful to the cause and to the community in which he lived. Surviving are the widow Martha Edwards Renfro; three daughters, Mrs. Eva! Beaver of Swiss, N. C., Mrs. Annie Deyton of Burnsville Rt. 1, Mrs. ‘Rehnre Maynard of Asheville; one son, J. H. Renfro of Johnson City, Tenn., and 18 grand child ren and six great grand children; one brother, Ton Renfro of Burnsville Rt. 1, one sister, Mrs. Wess Ed wards of Burnsville Rt. 1. Active pall bearers were: Latt Edwards, Carson Ed wards, Joe Laws, Russell Deyton, Grady Edwards, Clifford Deyton, Landon McCurry. j Honorary pall bearers were: Hubert Freeman, J. W. Edwards, Clare Laws, Guss Edwards, Carmon Laws, Clifford Edwards, J. C! Maynard, Emory Laws, Edd Edwards. Funeral ar r angements were under the direction of Holcombe Brothers funeral home. THE YANCEY RECORD Any person who is inter ested, but who has not filed ] an application, should se cure a statement from his, 1 Principal saying that he isj a high school graduate with] sufficient credit to enter!’ college, and the transcript may be sent in later. These students may register, then clear their credit after en-J trance. Non-veteran students] will be required to pay $6( tuition and $5.00 registra tion fee per quarter. NOTICE Veterans who have not yet filled out termina leave pay blanks may ob tain these from H. G. Bai ley. service officer. YOUTH RALLY A town-wide Youth Rally * has been planned for the fifth Sunday night service of Burnsville churches. Thej program will be held at the Baptist church at 7:30 on the evening of Sept. 29. ; The service is under the direction of the Sunday ] Schools of the town. Spec ial music will be presented |by a quartet from Warren] 1 Wilhon college, and by! local groups. Guest speak ers will also be heard. Ail •i* e* n j All citizens of the toivn are invited to attend the special service. County-Wide Meeting A county-wide meeting of all R. A., G. A. and Sun beam members will be held at the Bolens Creek church 1 on Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD FOR KELSE ADKINS Funeral services were held for Kelse Adkins, 63, at Byrds Chapel Baptist church Sunday afternoon, Sept. 15 at o’clock. Mr. Adkins, a native of Yancey bounty, was em ployed as woods foreman by the Martins Fork Lum ber Co., of Pineville, Ky. He was seriously injured as : he was walking by a bull l dozer, when the blade struck a small sapling whi-j ch fell and struck him on; the head. He was carried to a hospital where he died ten days later. Funeral services were conducted by the pastor of the church, Rev. Jesse Hughes. Pall bearers were Fonzo Whitson, Bernie Adkins, Taylor Buchanan Adler Phillips, Eulyes Ben nett and Rex Wilson. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Fanny Adkins; 'one son, Don Ray of Ram 'seytown; four brothers and five sisters, and a host of, friends. The Cawood Funeral Home of Middlesboro, Ky., was in charge of arrange ! ments. j D. R. Fouts is enroute ,home from -Brazil where i he is an instructor in the (aeronautical school- “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1946 AMERICAN LEGION The regular monthly meeting of the Earl Hor ton Post 122 of the Ameri can Legion will be held in the auditorium of Bald Creek High School on Tues day, Sept. 24 at 8 o’clock. A splendid program has been arranged consisting of| I string music, singing, and! ! other entertainment. All veterans are urged to (attend, as there will be a discussing on the building of a club house and other business. A district American Leg ion meeting will be held at; the Langren hotel- Ashe ville on Friday night. All veterans in the county are urged to attend. Mack B. Ray has been named adjutant of the local post of the American Leg ion. All those who wish to. join are asked to contact Mr. Ray. ARTHUR PATTON TAKEN BY DEATH Arthur W. Patton, widely known citizen of the South Toe section, passed away early this morning at his I home at Celo following an j illness of one month. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 p. m. at the Estatoe Presby- terian church with the Rev. Ernest Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in the Patton family cemetery at Hamrick. Surviving are the widow; three daughters, Mrs. Ray mond Robinson of Marion, i Mrs. Joe Gibbs of Celo and S Mrs. Bill Blalock of Mica ville; one son, Arthur Pat ton, Jr. of Celo; four broth ers, Walter of Marion. Jul ius, Willie and Hermon of Celo. Holcombe Brothers are in ; charge of arrangements. FINAL RITES FOR MRS. JOHN W. AYERS Funeral services were held at Banks Creek Pres byterian church Wednes day at 2 o’clock for Mrs. John W. Ayers, 73, who died at her home in the Banks Creek section Monday after an extended illness. The Dr. j Charles Harris and the Rev. JR. B. Sanford officiated and burial followed in Mc- Cracken cemetery at Bur nsville. She is survived by her' husband; four daughters,* Mrs. B. F. King of New! River, Mrs. Lawrence Hall,' Mrs. Charles Gibbs, and Mrs 1 John Banks of Burnsville;' two sons, Luther and Will- 1 ard of Burnsville; one bro ther, Joe Austin of Burns ville, and one sister. Mrs. Sallie Hagar of Johnson City, Tenn.; two half-sisters . Mrs. Lee Ball and Mrs. Mar jtha Anglin of Burnsville; 18 grand children and five great grand children. Holcombe Brothers fun eral home was in charge of arrangements. Miss Laura Mae Hilliard spent tthe past week in Cary with relatives. In Hospital Clarence E. '> Bailey was taken to the | Appalachian hospital, Johnson City on last Sunday fov treatment.) He had suffered a cerebral] hemorrhage earlier. His! condition has shown some 1 improvement in the past! |few days. ORDERS FOR? AUSTRIAN WINTER PEAS AVAIL ABLE AT AAA OFFICE Orders for Austrian Win ter Peas will *be available at the AAA office on Fri day, Sept. 20, according to an announcement made from the office this morn ing. LARGE QUANTITY OF WHISKEY SEIZED A 1946 Ford truck, load ed with 202 cases of tax' paid whiskey, was seized' Thursday afternoon by| Patrolman Miller in the' Sjmth Toe section of the county. | The driver, James D Hensley of Black Mtn., and Lowell, N. C., was brought to Burnsville and later made bond in the amount of SIOOO, to appear at the March court. Clarence Styles who has been on overseas duty for the past year, returned home last week. Plans Announced For Return Os World War II Dead ! I Continued from last week ) Under any one of the four options, all costs of, moving the remains to the place of burial designated by the next of kin will be borne by the United States.j Remains will arrive at one of two ports: New York or San Francisco. From the ports they will be sent to the city or town de signated by the next of kin through 15 headquarters designated as distribution points of the American Graves Registration Ser vice. These offices will be 1 at New York; San Francis ■ co; Atlanta; Charlotte, North Carolina; Philadel phia ; Schenectady; Colum bus, Ohio; Chicago; Mem- Kansas City, Mo.; 1 Fort Worth and San An tonio in Texas; Ogden, Ut ah; Mira Loma, California; and Seattle, Washington. From these distribution points remains will be sent (to the places designated by I the relative concerned. To accomplish this, 118 speci j ally equipped hospital cars ' wiil be used by the Trans portation Corps. Remains ( will be forwarded in a flag- ( draped casket and will be accompanied to their desti ' nation by a military escort furnished by the govern ' merit from among the mem -1 bers of the same military ■ service to which the de * ceased belonged. ! Those next of kin who elect to have remains re-j . turned to the United States will be kept informed of the progress at each impor l tant step. i When remains first ar rive in the United States, a COMMITTEES ARE NAMED FOR N. C. SYM PHONY FUND DRIVE Mrs. Carroll Rogers, cou 'nty chairman for the North | Carolina Symphony Orch-; ; estra, has named several of, ,the committees which will; conduct the annual drive for funds. Last year marked the first appearance here of the orchestra which gave a concert here on March 17. A free concert was given in the afternoon for school children of the county. This year, donations for the or chestra fund will be collect ed within the next two months so that the orches tra will again appear in Burnsville. Rush T. Wray was named vice chairman for the coun- j j ty, and Mrs, C. R. Hamrick,', publicity chairman., ,C. P.! ( ] Randolph is chairman for , ! the business group, and Dr. |, ‘ C. M. Whisnant and Eliza-; ( beth Ann Roberts are mem-] bers of this committee. , D. R. Fouts is chairman! . for the Men’s Club, with H. , G. Bailey and Bruce Wes “ tall as members of the com-! mittee. B. R. Penland heads the * committee for the indus-; ‘ trial group, with Mrs. Phil I Ray and C. P. Rogers as 1 (Continued on page four) telegram will be sent direct to the next of kin so that they may have sufficient time in which to make final! arrangements for a funeral. There will be ample time,; jand it is not necessary to * make such arrangements now/ When the casket is ac tually dispatched, under the care of an escort, a second telegram direct to the next of kin will be sent which will advise tthem of the means by which it is being' transported and the exact date and time of its expect ed arrival at the place de signated. When the number of hero dead whose next of kin have decided to have them interred in the soil of the countries where they sou ght is determined, the War Department contemplates permanent military ceme-j teries overseas. In many in-j stances these cemeteries will be located in former fields of battle, fields where the men who fell in action fought. It is intended to landscape and beautify the se final resting places so. that they will be fitting memorials. As has been the case with the temporary military cemeteries over which the War Depart ment has supervision, the natural beauty of the sur rounding countryside and the contours of the areas will be accentuated so as to provide a setting which will I i reflect quiet dignity in the; I best American tradition, i Whatever decision is made, it will be that of the 1 next of kin. The War De partment does not desire to influence any relative to (Continued on page two) 4-H Club Members Win Honors at Cali Show The Yancey County 4-H Calf Club’s exhibit of twel-] ve registered Guernsey i Heifers was shown in three ! shows last week. On Wednes day morning they were as sembled in Burnsville and paraded through town for, the benefit of local business-' men and others. The local businessmen gave the club 14 ready-made calf blank-; ets and a strong box to use during shows. The heifers were then moved to the Mayland Fair] Spruce Pine, and shown in competition with the 4-H exhibit from Mitchell coun-: ty. ' The following boys and girls won blue ribbons at this show: Danny Young, David Gillespie and Margie Conley; the red ribbon class Wayne Silver (two), Char les Lee Griffith, Richard Conley, Tommy Higgins, Billy Riddle, Aaron Wilson NEWS FROM THE COUNTY LIBRARY i During the past week, Bald Creek book station has sent in its book collec tion and received a number of new books. The other stations will soon do the same. Part of the new book or der has been received Among the” new arrivals jare: “Old Doc” by Seifert; “Secret'of Lake House” by Rhode; “Pilgrim’s Rgst” by Wentworth; “No Secret; ;Can Be Told” by Shipman; i “Aston Kings” by Parking !ton; “All The King’s Men”! by Warren; “Chloe Marr”j by Milne; “Five Passengers; from Lisbon” by Eberhart;' “Island in the Atlantic” by Frank, and a number of others. For children asd young .people there are “Runaway; Shuttle Train”, “Donkey! Cart”, “Make Way For a; Sailor”, “Paper Industry”/ “Petroleum Industry”, “Po-; cahontas”, “Burma Road”, asd others. We are making every ef fort to get these books ready for circulation and on the shelves by Saturday,; Sept. 21. We have on the i shelves 1037 'volumes, some |of which you have not yet I read. HOME DEMONSTRA TION CLUB ) The Burnsville home de monstration club held the regular meeting at the home of Mrs. W. W. Hen nessee on Wednesday after noon. A demonstration on “Finishing Touches for the was conducted by Mi^/Juanita Rush Evans. During the business ses sion, announcement was made of improvements and' supplies which the club has ‘made at Burnsville high (school. Complete first tid 'and sanitary equipment will ibe pui\hased within a short time, ami a number of other improvements are planned for the Burhsvillc schools. A social hour followed. Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant new than ever be- * fore. Do Your Part. NUMBER EIGHT and E. J. Roland. Charles Lee Griffith had one heifer in the white group. 1 On Thursday at noon, the heifers were niched to As heville for the Western North Carolina Junior Dai ry Cattle Show. ' In this show, Danny Young won a blue ribbon in the Junior Yearling ] Class of 49 animhls, while David Gillespie, Richard j Conley and E. J. Roland each won red ribbons in i their respective classes un der stiff competition. The remainder won white rib .j bons under this strong com i petition. The Judge, Dr. J. H. Hilton ot State College, said the Junior Yearling J Class was the largest ever exhibited in North Carolina All of the boys and girls were very well pleased with the show T s and are prepar , ing to make a, better show t ing next year. MICAVILLE HIGH SCHOOL . , ', 1 The Freshman home eco nomics club held the first I meeting of the year on Sept. 13th. Forty members attended. Officers were elected for the first semester as fol lows: . President, Martha Huffman; vice president, Margaret Silvers; secre tary, Betty Hall; treasurer, Ellen Smith; class reporter, [Marie Gibbs; scrap book keeper, Barbara Honeycutt. Plans were made for other meetings, the next !to be held on Sept. 27. - The meeting of the Wo man’s Bible Class has been postponed till Thursday, ! Sept. 26th. Mrs. W. C. Gill espie and Mrs. George Hall will be associate hostess es at the home of Mrs. Gill- I espie. , The Woman’s Missionary j Society of the Presbyter ian church will meet at the home of Mrs. Claude Pet erson Thursday night. Mrs. Ralph Laughrun will have ' the program. FU N ER A ITsER VIC E S FOR KAY GRIFFETH Kay Griffeth, 49, widely j known colored citizen of Burnsville, passed away at his home Monday following an extended illness. Funeral . services were 'i held at Griffeth Chapel on Wednesday afternoon. Rev J. H. Meeks of Union Mills, former pastor, officiated and pall bearers were War ren Wilson, Lester Young. Jim Griffeth, Clarence Bar nett, Charles Young and Porter Young. Burial was in the Horton cemetery. Surviving are the widow; the mother, “Aunt” Cindy i'Griffeth; eight children, J George Lee, Herman, Ken- Jack Weldon. Danny, Stevie, Bulena and Kay i Frances; three brothers, l Claude, Jim and Connor ) Griffeth; three sisters, /Hattie Young of Burnsville, l Mattie Ray of Kingsport and Mary Ervin of Johnson . City. * i
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