! - Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. VOLUME ELEVEN SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1946 NUMBER TEN American Legion News Membership Drive Is Planned On Tuesday night, Sept ember 24th, the Earl Hor ton Post of the American Legion met at Bald Creek high school with Command er Mark Bennett presiding. A business session was held with the following being named on “The Ways and Means Committee for 1947”: H. G. Bailey, Chairman; Mrs., Hobart Ray, Mrs. Mon roe Mclntosh, Clarence Belgarde, Mack B. Ray, members. Plans for building a club house for the local post were discussed in detail, * and arrangemests are well under way to start the pro • ject in the near future. Membership Drive At present a drive is un der way to increase the pre sent membership and to contact all veterans o f World War 11. Commanded Bennett appointed the fol lowing as membership com mitteemen for the follow isg townships: Prices Creek: Lynwood Maney and Clyde Ayers; Cane River: Earl W. Wil-I son, Horace Higgins, James Proffitt; Bee Log: Gus’ CHRISTMAS PARCELS Christmas parcels for Nav al and Marine Corps per sonnel in the extreme for ward areas should be mail ed not later than October, 15, to afford probability of j delivery before Christmas day it was announced by the Sixth Naval District Public Information Office.! Parcels for personnel known to be in an area per-j mitting subsequent mailing may be mailed at appropri ate dates selected by the sender. ORGANIZED RESERVE CORPS INSTRUCTORS Additional a s signment: of instructors for the Or ganged Reserve Corps thr oughout the six Army Ar eas have been announced today by General Jacob L Devers, Commanding Gen eral, Army Ground Forces. The senior instructor for each state, or military dis trict, is a Regular Army of ficer. Assistant senior in structors and unit instruc tors may be Reserve, Na tional Guard or AUS offi cers. NOTICE Atlanta, Ga. Former members of the Women’s Army Corps have an oppor tunity to get back into uni form for duty in the Carri bbean area, Headquarters, Seventh Army announced today. To qualify they must be experienced in secretarial work, ' including taking shorthand and typing (MOS 213 in Army termi nology). To successful ap plicants for re-tnlistment, will go assignment to the Caribbean Defense Com mand. Applications will be received up to October 20 THE YANCEY RECORD Higgins, Monroe Mclntosh, Horace Higgins and Paul Buck. Ramseytown: Jack Hen ■ sley and Bob Honeycutt, i Grees Mtn.: Oscar Young*; 1 ;! Brush Creek: Oscar Deytom .[and Jesse Howell; Jacks . Creek: Zeke Byrd and Suel ; ! Anglin. '[ Burnsville: Hobart Ray,' t Frank King, Clarence Bel-1 ■ garde, D. D. Baggett, Elmo’ Edwards, Elmer Garland;’ ; Micaville: Ransom Silvers; 1 ■ Celo: Raymond Robinson;' i Pensacola: Brook Wilsonj , and E. R. Riddle. Veterans desiring to join! > the American Legion may’ : contact any of the above , committee members, Com l mander Mark Bennett, or ■ Mack B. Ray, Post Adjut ant. The American Legion is interested in the welfare ■ of all veterans and their families, and has aCComp ' fished very much in all typ es of aid for veterans and their families. The next meeting of the Earl Horton Post will be held at Clearmont high school Tuesday night, Oct ober 22nd. All veterans and l their wives are invited to attend. A special program, of interest to ail will be : given. Discharged Clyde Black of Wind am received his discharge from the Navy recently. - - - Register Here j The following boys be ’came 18 during the month !of September and register- I ed with the local board: Estus Robinson, Robert Lee Westall, Kenneth Grif feth, Jack Grindstaff, Hob art Ayers, Charles Wilson, J. T. Fox, Wayne Penland, Charles M. Johnson. FUTURE VISITOR JACK FROST Raleigh—Although the weather is warm and plea- 1 1 sant at the present sime, 1 killing * frosts are just around the corner in some' sections of the State, ' points out the N. C. De-. partment of Agriculture. The following informa tion was given on the first killing frosts in this State: ' Asheville—average date October 22, earliest date : October 3, latest date Nov ember 7, and 80 per cent ’ occurred after October 11; ; Winston-Salem average date October 25, earliest 1 date October 2. latest date 1 November 15, and 80 per' cent occurred after Octo ber 13; Charlotte—average date November 11, earliest date October 12, latest date Dectmber 8, and 80 per ' cent occurred after Novem ber 1; Raleigh—average date November 9, earliest date October 12, latest date December 3, and 80 per cent occurred after Octob er 29; Edenton—average date November 4, earliest date October 11. latest date November 15, and 80 per 1 cent occurred after October “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” NOTICE An organization meeting of Young Democrats will jbe held at the court house | 'on Thursday evening, Oct.' ’ 3 at 7 o’clock. I Pfc. Coy King is now ; stationed in Japan. He is attached to the 13th Gener jal Hospital. >! ' u " ' "■ •I FSA DEMONSTRATION i! • ! j A number of FSA home -makers met Monday at the , home of Mrs. Calvin Wilcox jRt. 1, Spruce Pine to see a 1 demonstration on making -breads by Miss Irene Edw Tards home supervisor. Food value of wheat flour was an important topic of ' discussion. During the demonstra tion different types o f bread and bread making was discussed. PARK SERVICE MEETING The National Park Ser vice held a hearing in Ashe i ville, October 1, at the Bat tery Park Hotel, to discuss several proposals concern ing the use of the Blue i Ridge Parkway by hunters. Issues such as the carrying Jof dead game over the Parkway, parking cars and ; the handling of dogs and guns on the Parkway were brought up for discussion. The delegation heard from a great many of the persons in the vicinity through which the Park-’ way has been constructed. Hunters have taken the position that they would like to make use of the road just as they do of any j other highway for the transporting of killed game. 1 9 OUT OF 10 FIRES PREVENTABLE Asserting that more than 90 per cent of fires were! preventable by simple com mon sense precautions, the United States Chamber of Commerce urges observance of the following “safety tips” recommended by the National Fire Waste Coun-' cil: . Check from cellar to attic for rubbish—and get rid of rubbish. Check heating sys tems. Keep ashes in metal containers and shield fire places with screens . Keep matches away from child ren. Never bring gasoline into the house for any pur pose. Don’t use flammable fluids for cleaning purpos es. Replace frayed electric cords and defective electri cal equipment. “Farms and rural proper ty are burning at a rate ofi. about $200,000,000 this year,” the United States Chamber of Commerce said. “When a farm fire occurs, , farm folk face the prospect of having their property completely destroyed. “Farm fire protection consists of rigid observance of simple rpecavitions.” There are more than 650,000 fires in the U. S. annually. , W. N. C. FAli WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 7-12 IN HENDERSONVILLE ■■■ffii i t , The third annual Western ! North Carolina Agricultur-J al and Industrial Fair will be held at the fairgrounds Hendtrsonville, during tne week of October 7-12. A ’ large number of agricultur al, community, livestock and other exhibits are being planned. An old-time Singing Con vention at 8 o’clock Monday night will open the grand stand entertainment. There will be three after noons of automobile racing. The regular racing cars will hit the half-mile track on Wednesday at p. m., there will be a junk-yard derby on Friday afternoon, and the fast stock-cars will race Saturday afternoon. The Foggy Mountain ■ Rangers will entertain be fore the grandstand on Tuesday afternoon and lo cal horse, pony and mule racing will be held on the track on Thursday after • noon. Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Watson announce the ar rival of a son at the Bilt more hospital, October 2. Fire each year burns over forest lands equal in area to New York State. Nearly. LOU), fires occur in homes daily, averaging SSOO per loss. Boy Scourt Court of Honor Will Be Held Here I Largest Nnmber of Awards Ever Made in Toe River District Will be Presented The Boy Scout Court of Honor for the Toe River district will be held at the | Burnsville Baptist church 'on Tuesday evening, Octo ber 8 at 8 o’clock. The Rev. A. R. Craig, ad vancement chairman for the district will preside and R. M. Garner, assistant scout executive, will assist. The largest number of advancements and merit badge awards ever made in the Toe River district will mark this court of honor. Charles Lee Griffeth Will Receive Eagle Award Charles Lee Griffeth, sor of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gris feth, will receive the high est award i n Scouting, “Eagle Rank”. He will be 1 the first scout in Burnsville' to receive the Eagle award and the first in five years in the Toe River district to receive it. Rev. F. R. Barber, form er pastor and scout master here, will make the presen tation. . Other advancements will be: to Tenderfoot, Keith] Stamey and Bill Riddle ; to second class, Jack Edge and Leland Westall; to first class, G. H. Riddle, Aaron Wilson and Clyde Young, Jr.; to Star rank, Frank Wilson, Tommy Tilson; to Life rank, Danny Fouts and Robert Tilson. The following merit bad ges will be awarded mem bers of the local troop: handicraft to Bobby Con- DEER TRAPPING TO BEGIN SOON ’ Officials of the division iof Game and Inland Fish leries will begin trapping [deer in the Mt. Mitchell [jand Pisgah preserves early ’ j this month for distribution “l throughout Western North ['Carolina forests, it was an- 1 nounced yesterday by Tom "Rollins, district supervisor. The deer will not be ship [ ped out of this district, Mr. Rollins said, but will be re- j distributed In the mountain area of the state. The deer season was closed for Wes tern North Carolina this | year for this reason, he ex plained. 4-H CLUB NEWS Virginia Evans, a mem ber of the Clearmont Sen ior 4-H club, represented Yancey county at the dis trict 4-H dress review held in Asheville on Friday, [Sept. 27. Miss Evans modeled a j white cotton gabardine dress and won a Blue Rib bon award. In addition to Miss Evans those who attended the re view were her mother, Mrs. I Carl Evans, Miss Annis Melton and Mrs. Juanita Rush Evans. Mrs. C. M. Cheadle who has spent the past week in Burnsville, returned to [Asheville Wednesday. I , nelly, Danny Fouts, Clar- ; I ence Hensley, Tommy John- i son, Charles Pate, Robert Tilson and Arliss Young;, pathfinding. Charles Gilles ' pie; dairying, Aaron Wil- , ' son; automobiling, first aid , to farm animals and cabin , boy, Charles Lee Griffeth, ■ carpentering, Arliss Young. ( Scouts and scout officials ( from other troops in the 1 district will attend. In advancement to Eagle ] Scout, Charles Lee Griffeth'; attains the highest rank . possible. He has won a to tal of 45 merit badges and' i filled all requirements of the Eagle rank. < The 45 merit badges that have been awarded to] Scout Griffeth include: , Public speaking, home re- < pairs, forestry, machinery, < i camping, textiles, farm re- . ! cords and bookkeeping, ] pigeon raising, zoology, ] farm mechanics, angling, carpentry; . 1 Electricity, firemanship, j plumbing, woodcarving, ag- ] riculture, hog and pork . production, gar