Food Production and
- .Conservation are more Im
portant now than ever be
fore. Do Your Part.
VOLUME ELEVEN SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
Army Recruiting News
The War Department has !
authorized the Army to en-!
list Navy, Marine Corps and;!
Coast Guard specialists in!
grades comparable to their ,
experience, training and'
length of service. In an
nouncing this policy Major
Girard E. Haven, Com
manding Officer of the ]
Western North Carolina;
Army Recruiting Service,'
stated that this would open
326 specialties to Navy men,
91 to the Coast Guard and;
258 to the Marines. Many
of these specialties carry:
ratings from Private First
Class to Technical Sergeant-
Major Haven added that
this new recruiting policy!
was in line with the War
Department’s overall plan
to obtain the best trained
and qualified men to meet
the high demands of the
ever increasing technical
developments of our new
peace-time Army.
In addition to the present
War Department authori |
NOTICE
f
N. G. Veterans Commis-j
sion will have a representa ;
tive in the County Court
House in Burnsville, fron
11 a. m. to 5 p. m., on Thur
sday, October 24th.
Jack C. Winchester, As
st- State Service Officer
will be there to assist vet- ■
erans and dependents. He
will be prepared* to help in
making application for on
job-training, widows pen
sion, compensation claims, ,
back pay, terminal leave!
pay, claim for National
Service Life Insurance,
new laws of NSLI., gratu- ■
ity pay, building preferen
ce, appeal application, lost
discharge, review of bad
discharge, burial allowance,!
granite headstone, burial:
flags, hospitalization, sur-;
plus war materials, etc.
This service is free.
BURNSVILLE P. T. A.
HOLDS REGULAR
MEETING 1
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The regular monthly 1
meeting of the Burnsville <
Parent-Teacher Association
was held in the high school ;
building on Tuesday even- i
ing with an attendance of|
32 members.
Mrs. Milton Higgins pre
sided, and during the busi
ness session reports of com
mittees were heard.
Mrs. Dover R- - Fouts,
chairman of the program
committee, presented H. G.
Bailey, program leader for
the meeting.
The .subject was “Safety"!
and Mrs. Hazel Beavers
discussed “Safety from the
Health Angle”. Mr. Bailey;
then discussed accident pre-!
vention on the highways'
and in the homes.
The attendance banners
were awarded to Mrs.
Briggs’ first grade and the
9th grade-
Mr. and Mrs- J. J. Sulli
van and children of Colum
bus, Ga. visited Mrs. Sulli
yan’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Howell, during the
past week.
THE YANCEY RECORD
zation for the enlistment of!
negroes in the Regular
Army, who have had pre
vious service in some forty-!
three military occupational
specialties, the War De
partment has now author
ized general enlistment of
negroes under new higher
qualification standards. To 1
qualify, a negro of previous!
j Army experience must
have passed the Army Gen-:
oral Classification Test
with a score of 99 or better
and be physically qualified.
Those entering the Regu
lar Army from civilian sta
tus will be given the usual
mental and physical exami
nations, but will be requir
ed to obtain a higher score.'
I The intent of these pro-;
visions is to provide for the;
I enlistment of potential
leaders. Today, because of
the highly technical nature
of the Army, it is essential
that we have well-qualified
leaders. The above provis
! ions indicate that there is
always room for qualified
men at the top.
NOTICE
- -.vj
Veterans who are sup-;
! posed to get subsistence al
lowance checks each mon-!
th were warned by the Vet-j
erans Administration today,
that literally thousands of :
such checks are returned;
undelivered* because correct 1
mailing addresses have not!
been furnished the 1 VA.
An average of 75 to 100!
checks for North Carolina'
veterans are returned tc
the Treasury disbursing of
fice every day for lack
correct forwarding addres-j
ses. Veterans going to
school and those enrolled
for job-training are reques
ted to report promptly ev
ery change of address
Burley Tobacco Referendum
Lists of Burley tobacco
growers who are to
vote in the referendum on
October 25, to determine
whether they desire quotas
on the 1947 crop are now
be'ng complied by the Yan
cey County Agricultural
Conservation Com mittee
and are open for inspection
in the county office.
The referendum ‘s called;
in connection with the law,
which provides for quotas
in 1947 on Burley tobacco.
However, quotas will not be
in effect for 1947 unless ap
proved by at least two
thirds of the growers vot
ing in the referendum.
According to M. D. Bailey
chairman of the Agricul
tural Conservation Commit-!
4b? I
tee, “Any person who has,
an interest in the 1946 crop
as owner, tenant, or share
cropper is eligible to vote.”
At the present time,
ley growers are producing
more tobacco than »s being
consumed and there is a
surplus of Burley tobacco.
With extremely high yields (
per acre, the past three j
crops have been larger
than was expected and have
exceeded consumption by
approximately 300 million
pounds. Marketing quotas
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BEAR HUNTING SEA
SON OPENED TUESDAY
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The open season for hunt
ing bear began officially
'Tuesday, and local hunters;
have engaged in the sport
each day. It is reported
that one bear was killed
yesterday, but this has. not
been confirmed.
NEW DRY CLEANER
PLANT OPENS
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A new dry cleaning estab
lishment, “Quality Dry 1
Cleaners” opened for busi-j
ness this week m the build-;
ing adjacent to the Super'
Market on West Main St.
J Wood Butner and Bill
Fouts are owners of the'
new firm and Mr. Butner'
j will be active manager. All!
| equipment is new and of the
latest available type-
Higgins ClinicSWill Have j
i New Quarters
' Will Move to Sunshine
> Cottage
The Higgins Clinic will
(move mto its permanent
[quarters in the Sunshine
• Cottage at Higgins on Nov
■ ember 1. Thereafter it will
-be able to care for certain
■I types of m-patients in addi
r\ tion to the regular out
•I patient clinic every Tues-
I day and Saturday after
noon at 2:00 p. m.
- The new building will en
! uld be sent immediately
able the COnic to house
acute medical illnesses. It (
will not be equipped to ac-j
comodate chronic cases or to
■jd° surgical operations. Ma
■| ternity cases will be taken
i if the patient has had pre
natal care at the Clinic or
her physician has made ar
rangements with the clime
for delivery of the child.'
! '
afford the opportunity to
reduce supply in line with
demand and to eliminate
the present surplus. The
quotas, together with loans,
will protect growers against
low prices which otherwise
could be expected
As in the past, Mr. Badey,
pointed out, growers will
vote on one of three propq-i
sitions: (1) Do you favor,
marketing quotas for three
years—l 947-49? (2) Do you
favor quotas for one year—
-1947, but oppose quotas for j
three years? or, (3) Are
!you opposed to any quotas?!
If quotas are approved,'
I individual farm acreage al-|
lotments for 1947 will not
be less than 80 percent of
the 1946 allotment for anyj
farm w r hich has grown up
to 75 percent of its allotted,
acreage in any one of the
past three years. The law
provides that 1946 allot
ments of nine-tenths of an
acre or less cannot be re
duced for 1947. "* .
The legislation authoriz
ing quotas also provides for
loans in 1947 at 90 percent
jof the parity price if quo
tas are approved.
Pfc. Ben L- Banks is now
i stationed with the army
i 1 air corps in Hawaii.
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17,1946
ACHIEVEMENT DAY
Saturday, October 19 will
be Achievement Day for
the 4-H Clubs 1 and Home
! Demonstration Clubs of the
county-
The exhibit ion be held;
in the Burnsville school
gymnasium at 2 o’clock.
Each of the eleven 4-H;
clubs of the county will!
have an exhibit, and each
member of the demonstra
tion clubs will bring the ar
ticle, made thistyear, which
'she thinks is best.
The guest speaker will be
;from the Good. Health As
jsociation of Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Champ Ray, vice
chairman of the county
council, will preside. The
public is invited to attend.
It is requested that all
exhibits be brought in by
! 1 o’clock. ' j
Except under these condi
tions, maternity cases can
not be accepted.
The decision to take ma-!
; ternity cases was reached
at a meeting of the Board
j of Management on October]
15, in response to the ur
gent demand for obstetrical 1
care in this neighborhood, j
However, it must be un-i
derstood that Dr- E. R j
lOhle, the staff
the clinic lives at Celo, 25
miles from Higgins and
there is no telephone either,
at Higgins or at the doctor’s
(residence. Therefore babies
iwill be delivered by the re-j
jsident nurse, Miss Ann Me-!
Gregor, only when a physi-j
cian has certified the case!
lo the clinic. If a doctor is
needed or desired, it will be!
the responsibility of the pa
tient to make arrangements
I for him to come to the
Clinic. . I
I , Burnsville High School
Baby Contest Is Planned
i A baby contest, sponsor
ed by the Student Council
of B. H. S. will be held in
connection with the Hallo
we’en program. The winner!
will be awarded a silver
loving cup.
*At present the entries
are: Carolyn Ray, daughter
lof Mr. and Mrs Mack B.
Ray; Jimmy Roberts, sow
of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Rqb-i
erts; Vickie Goodman, son;
of Mr. and Mrs. Vick Good-!
man; Doris King, daughter
iof Mr. and Mrs. Roy King;
! Margaret Ann Crowgey,)
'daughter of Mr. and Mrs.j
Harry Crowgey; Linda Sue
Belgarde, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Clarence Belgarde
Steven Boone, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Brooks Boone;
Juhe Byrd Bennett, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Bennett; Rebecca Riddle,
I daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Welzie Riddle, Jr.; Jean
Young, daughter of Mr. I
, and Mrs- Zeb Young.
If there are any others
who wish to enter a baby,!
please call the'High School
as soon as possible. There
is no charge for entrance.
’ Contributions may be made
in Pollard’s Drug Store. •
AMERICAN LEGION
POST WILL MEET AT
CLEARMONT
The regular meeting of
the American Legion Post
and the Auxiliary will be
held at Clearmont school on
'Tuesday evening, Oct. 22 at
7:30. . I
The program will be pre
sented. by members of the
student body of Clearmont
high school.
Directors /seet
The Board of Directors
for the Memorial building
held a meeting last Thurs
day evening. Plans are well
under way for this objec
tive, and a complete report
will be made at the meeting
Tuesday.
An intensive membership
campaign has been carried
on in recent weeks and the
membership is now approx
imately 250.
Several programs have
‘been held recently with the
j proceeds going to the mem
! orial building fund. The
[next event planned is a
I community dance to be held
:at the Burnsville school
! gymnasium. D. D. Baggett
:is county chairman and
i tickets are now on sale.
I
BAPTIST NEWS
! The regular Baptist You
j th Rally will be held Satur-,
day night at the Pleasant
Valley church.
On Friday night at the
Burnsville Baptist church a
'conference of all Sunday
School superintendents and
i pastors will be held,
i
BURNSVILLE HOME DE
MONSTRATION CLUB
i *
i The Burnsville Home
j Demonstration Club held
the regular meeting onj
Tuesday afternoon at the
i home of Mrs. J. B. King. |
Mrs. Juanita R. Evans
gave a demonstration on
“Care of the Sewing Mach
ine”.
During the business ses- (
sion plans for Achievement
Day were discussed. This]
will be held at 2 o’clock!
Saturday at Burnsville
j School gymnasium.
The club will prepare and :
serve supper to the Men’s
Club on October 28-
Bites for Mrs. Zeb Blankenship
Funeral services were]
conducted for Mrs. , Zebj
| Blankenship at the home!
Friday, October 11 at 2:00j
by the Rev- J. P. Mason of
iWest Asheville and the Rev.
E. J. Hall of Rt. 2, Burns
ville. Interment was in the
family cemetery.
Mrs. Blankenship is sur
vived Jby her husband, Zeb
j Blankenship of Rt. 1, Bur
nsville; 11 children: Ted, J.
I C- and Adelle of Rt. 1, Bur
nsville; Jay and James of
j Leicester, Mrs. Plato Rid
dle, Tate and Earl of Black
jMtn., Mrs. Roy Maney of
j Asheville, Ed of Stocksville
i and Julian of Detroit, Mich.
JlO grandchildren; her mo-
I ther, Mrs. Julia Ann Ray
iof Rt. 1, Burnsville; two
, brothers, B. E. and J. F
i Ray of Rt. 1, Burnsville;
three sisters, Mrs. Gilbert
Laymen’s Movement Inaugurated
Organization Meeting
Is Held
An organization meeting
for the Laymen’s movement
in Burnsville was held at
| the Presbyterian church
with an attendance of 24,1
, representing each of the
! churches. Dr. Charles Har
ris and Rev. Moody Smith
were guest speakers. -
, . The Laymen’s movement
*is a nation wide program, 1
‘ planned to aid the church,
j the community and the
world to build a Christian
. world and an enduring
' peace.
Among the suggestions
j listed are the following:
I for the individual churches,
} transportation to and from
' church services, Men’s Bib
le class in Sunday School
, taught by a layman, enroll-.
! ment in Sunday School of
! children not now attending,
, survey of families not at
] tending church.
ji The following men have
.j received their discharge 1
| from service:
Clarence Styles, Craw
ford Angel, Wallace Edge.
Bill P. Tinton, machinist’s
mate, third class, UsN, of
! Ramseytown, N. C., is ser
ving aboard the submarine!
' tender USS Bushnell at the 1
submarine base, Pearl Har
! bor, T. H.
Ruth Mclntosh is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Sayre Moore
in Granite Quarry- N. C.
Mary Lou Sorrells has
been sick at her home this'
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Hig
gins of Charlotte and Mr.
land Mrs. W. E. Powers of
.Heath Springs, S. C- visited
I Mr. Higgin’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Higgins for
the week end.
A. L. BUI.WINKLE HERE
( Congressman A. L. Bul
,winkle was a visitor to!
I Yancey County this week,
1 and spoke at Bald Creek
I high school on Wednesday
evening- Mr. Bulwinkle was
; accompanied here by his,
| secretary, Charles F. Gold, i
Metcalf of Rt. 2, Mars Hill,
Mrs. Rufus McKinney of
Leicester and Mrs. T. H
York of Rt. 1, Burnsville,!
and a host of friends.
Pall bearers were: Wood
row and Wayne Blanken
ship of Black Mtn., Rupert
Ray of Leicester, Lyda Ray
of Paint Gap, Alvin Mc-
Peters of Rt. 1, Burnsville
and Hugh Mclntosh of
Bald Creek.
Flower girls were: Vir
ginia York, Alma McPeters,
Joyce and Gertrude Ray,
Lois and Mary Ann York,
Joncie Lee,' Mary Frank,
Helen and Mary Alice Ray,
Ha*el Taylor, Louella Brig
gs, Marie Blankenship, Eva
Geraldine and Ester Ray,
Betty Jean Proffitt, Ine*
and Marie
Mclntosh and Lillian
Betty Joe Robinson.
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Food Production and
Conservation are more Im
portant now than ever be
fore. Do Your Part.
NUMBER TWELVE
For the community these
suggestions are made: a un
ion evening service on the
last Sunday in eaeh month,
publicity through the local
paper and theatre, a supper
meeting on alternate mon
r ths, a concerted effort to
enlist war veterans, and vis
itation of rural churches.
It is also suggested that a
weekly prayer service be
held to pray for a just and
enduring peace-
This program was adopt
ed and the following offi
cers and committees were
elected: chairman, George
Robinson; recording secre
tary, Guss Peterson; cor.-
secretary, V. J. Goodman;
Publicity committee: V.
J. Goodman, Hobart Ray,
J. S. LeFevre; arrangement
of meetings: H. G. Bailey,
Olin Shepherd, Rev- Moody
Smith,Dawson Briggs, Cly
de Young, Wesley Roberts;
Place for meetings: Reece
Mclntosh, George Robinson,
V. J. Goodman.
DON’T SAY “AW RATS”
ABOUT THESE FIGURES
When figures are pre
sented for what rats eat,
waste, and otherwise dam
age, the exclamation—“Aw
j Rats”—is not in order.
It costs plenty to keep
irats on the farm, according
ito the U. S. Fish and Wild
l life Service. Just how much
com will the average rat
| eat in a year?
Studies reveal that he
eats about 50 pounds of
corn. But that’s not all. He
also wastes from 50 to 100
pounds in addition to what
he, eats. With corn at $2 a
bushel, or thereabouts, he
piles up a big bill that the
farmer must pay, unless
someone gets mad about
the whole proposition and
decides to put on a rat ’era
dication campaign.
And that’s exactly what’s
happening all over North
Carolina at this time. Far
mers, with the aid of the ■
; county agent and the Wild
life Servie cfrom State
College, are carrying out
county-wide campaigns to
rid entire sections of rats.
Red squill bait is prepar
ed at a central location in
the county and then farm
jers come into community
| centers at a certain time
to get their batches of bait.
The cost of the bait for the
'average farm is only about
11. Some farmers have, fig
'ured that this investment
in bait has saved them as
much as S2OO, where rats
were especially bad.
And another thing. Era
dication of rats is a good
health measure not only
i the family but also for the
livestock.
Veterinarians say that
rats carry such diseases as
white scours of calves, mas
titis, ringworm, tubercu'o
sis, contagious abortion,
jcoccidiosis and infections of
, tchickens, and trichinosis of
hogs.
1 1 ■ ——
, About 8 million children
sin 46,000 schools will ret
r adequate and nutritious
1 lunches under the National
Lunch Act.
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