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Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. ia«ra'iaiiatiafi«"«iiaiiaii«iiiMaiiaitatiaifaiiairatiaMaiiaiiaii»ta VOLUME ELEVEN * Legion Post Meets at Clearmont Plans Made for Memorial Building On Tuesday night, Oct. 22 the Earl Horton Post of the American Legion met 1 at Clearmont high school wtih Commander Mark v Bennett presiding. A musical program was given by the Evans sisters, accompanied by Miss Bailey and string music was fur nished by the Bennett bro thers, students of Clear mont high school. During the business ses sion, progress made to date on the plans for a Memor ial building was discussed by Jim Anglin. The plans are now well under way on this project with keen in terest being shown throug hout the county. A fund drive for this will soon be in full swing- The next monthly meet ing will be held at Micaville high school -on Nov. 26. All veterans and members of, their families are invited, to attend. Any veteran desiring to join the post may contact' the commander, Mark Ben nett, the adjutant, Mack B.j Ray or any member of the! county membership com-' mittee. These members are:| Lynwood Maney, Clyde Ayers, Earl W. Wilson, Horace Higgins, James Proffitt, Gus Higgins, Monroe Mclntosh, Horace■ Higgins, Paul Buck, Jack Hensley. Bob Honeycutt,j Oscar Young, Oscar Dey-i ton, Jesse Howell, Zeke Byrd„Suel Anglin; Hobart Ray, Frank King, Clarence Belgarde, D. D. Baggett, Elmo Edwards, 1 Elmer Garland, Ransom Silvers, Raymond Robinson, Brook Wilson, E. R. Riddle, 1 Earl Proffitt, Tom Edge, William Fox, John Blake, Roy Hensley, Iliff Cleven-: ger, Kiffin Henn essee, Bill Huskins. Two New Buses For County Two new school buses! were received this week as replacements for the coun ty Pchool system- One of the buses was as signed to Burnsville school and one to Micaville. Assignment of new buses to the schools of the county is not decided by the local school board or officials, it was pointed out today. Buses are replaced by mod-; el, and Tom Glass, state school inspector, determin es which replacements shall be made first. The new buses are latest model and body type and were driven from Lima, Ohio by school mechanics, Richmond Harris and Gro ver Dellinger. Mrs. H. M. Alley of Ashe ville was the guest of fri ends here during the week end. Mrs. J. S. LeFevre is at tending a conference of librarians from nine states which is being held this week in Asheville- Join The American Legion Post THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. LEGION WILL SPONSOR A COMMUNITY DANCE ON NOVEMBER 2 The American Legion Post is sponsoring ' a com munity dance which will be given at tpe Burnsville gymnasium on Saturday j night, Nov. 2. The event will feature: both square and round dancing, and Gus Washburn; and his Appalachian Ram-i biers, string band of Little | Switzerland, will furnish the music. D. D. Baggett is in char-' ge of the sale of tickets and; tickets will also be available; at the door. Proceeds will go to the; fund for the purchase or ( building a Legion Memor ial Building. SCHOOL LUNCH ROOMS ■ School lunchrooms in the county are now “big busi ness” so far as number of lunches served each day is concerned. The five lunch rooms now being operated aver age over 2200 lunches each day. Approved menus are followed so that each lunch is a balanced meal includ ing milk. Micaville leads the other schools in the average num ber of lunches served, with Burnsville in second place and Bald Creek third. Clearmont and Bee Log average almost the same number for fourth place. LAST RITES HELD FOR WAYNESVILLE YOUTH Waynesville—Ernest Les lie Davis, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs- Floyd Davis of East Street, Waynesville, was fatally injured here Satur-j day morning when he rode his bicycle into a parked truck on the Asheville high-! way near the Farmers’, Exchange. Witnesses said he apparently failed to see the truck. He died at a Waynesville hospital shortly after the ! accident of a fractured skull , and other injuries. A student at Waynesville junior high school, he was a member of the Waynes-! ville high school band and was active in 4-H club work. A calf he entered in the livestock show here last week won first prize in its, class. He was also a mem- 1 jber of the Boy Scouts and a member of the Youth Fellowship 0 r ganization.! He was an active member of the Elizabeth Chapel Methodist church. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 11 j o’clock at Elizabeth Chapel church in Ratcliff Cove. The Rev. C- A. Ross and the Rev. Jarvis Underwood officiated. Pall bearers were Davis Galloway, Calvin McDan iels, Fred James, Frank James, Jr., and Joe Turner, He is survived by his par ents and two sisters, Miss es Louise and Barbara Jean Davis of the home. His mother is the former Miss Maud Parrott of Burns ville Rt- 2. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1946 RED CROSS HOME SERVICE SECRETARY IS NAMED \ Mrs. J. B. King Succeeds H- G. Bailey Mrs. J. B. King has been 1 named home service secre-j tary of the Yancey county i chapter, American Red i Cross, succeeding H. G. ! Bailey who had served in 'this capacity for the past four years. Mr. Bailey was recently ‘named training officer for l the Veterans Administra tion in four western coun ties. Bear Hunters Are Successful > • '•X Fpur bear hunts and four bears is the record of one group of Yancey county sportsmen since bear hunt ing season opened. The latest hunt, directed! by Andrew Bishop, was participated in by 39 hunt ers and two bears were' killed- The lucky hunters were Frank Thomas and Earl Gurley. Others in the group in cluded the following: Von McCurry, Dale Bis-j hop, Warren Young, Ther man Chrisawn, Rom Blev ins, Randell Miller, Dewey Wilson, Claude Gurley, Roy F ortner, Arnold Fortner, Phil Hughes," Till Gouge; Jack Thomas, Bobie Hill iard, Frank Gillespie, Shel-; •by Chrisawn, Virgil Chris awn, Frank Whetstine, Roy Buchanan, Dale Gibbs, Edward Gibbs, Lawerence Gibbs, Harris Gibbs, Clar ence McMahan, Tom Robin son, Carl Johnson, Ed* Boone, W. 0. Buchanan,! Shelby Robinson, Jake. Thomas, James Harris. j The nation’s 650 million acres of forest lands must be made more productive.! |R. W- Graeber, Extension ( forester at State College,j says there is a big job to do in North Carolina. Last Rites for Mrs. Sallie Renfro Mrs. Sallie Webb Renfro daughter of the late Wilks! and Mary Anne Webb, died; Oct. T 6 at the home of herj daughter, Mrs. John G Peterson of Day Book. She was 99 years of age and: had been in ill health fori the past six months, She was married to the late John Renfro in 1869 and of their 8 children 6 now survive. They are Sherman, Gaither and Bert Renfro of Green Mtn., Mrs.; John K. Peterson of Green’ Mtn., Mrs. Ruben Peterson of Elkton, Md-, Mrs. John G- Peterson of Day Book. 1 Also surviving are 40 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren, one great j great grandchild, and one; brother, Charles Webb of Greenville, Tenn. She united with the Nor th Bend Free Will Baptist church early in life and was always a devoted mem ber. i Funeral services were conducted Friday, Oct. 18 by E. P. Blevins, pastor of the North Bend church. FAMOUS ORCHESTRA LEADER VISITS IN BURNSVILLE ... John Scott: Trotter, fam ed conductor of Bing Cros-j by’s orchestra, was a visitor j in Burnsvill£ during the week end. He was enroute from Los Angeles, Cal., 1 to ( Charlotte. ’ Mr. Trotter is a native of Charlotte and is a graduate of the University of North! Carolina. He is now bn a short leave pf absence and' will visit Charlotte and oth er points iri the state for the first time in fifteen' years. The natural • beauty ofj this section and of the town , of Burnsville itself were of great interest to Mr. Trot er, and he was most enthu siastic about his visit here. He hoped, he said, to re turn sometime for a longer I stay when it was possible for him to be away from his radio engagements- Mr. Trotter was espec ially pleased that Mrs. W. B. Wray had known some of his relatives who had vis ited in tris section years ago when the Wray family | resided at Ray Villa. HOLSTON PRESBY TERY MET HERE District No. 3 of the Hol ston Prestyv serial met with; the Burnsville Presbyterian church on Tuesday with ap- I proximately 60 in attend j ance. The address of welcome; was given by Mrs. Ralph Laughrun and the devotion-, al by Mrs.’J. S. LeFevre.! Mrs. W- A. McCain of Em-j Ibreeville, Tenn., Presbyter-; ial president, gave a report; of the organization. A report from the nation-! al meeting at Grand Rapids was given by Mrs. W. L.j Gentry of Rocky Fork,' Tenn. * Lunch was served at the church, and during the as-j ternoon session, Dr. Char-' I Burial was in Peterson Hill cemetery. j j Active pall bearers for i the services were Clessin Letterman, Clyde Duncan, 1 i Luther Renfro, Charles j Tilley, Calvin Evans, Ruf-/ iford Cooper, Claud Peter-! json, and Clyde Street- Hon-' lorary pall bearers included the grandsons, Joe Peter son, Ike Peterson, Arthur Peterson, Charles Bracoli,! Park Peterson, Fred Peter-' ,son, Ellis Renfro, Bob Ren-j i fro, Carl Renfro, Dock Ren jfro, Sonny Renfro, Brisco i Dayton, Donald Garland, 1 I Howe Deyton, and Noah Hughes, Fulton Bennett,' Jay Briggs, Landon Briggs,! ,Enzy Letterman, ' Oliver | Petersan, Doss Peterson, 1 1 Filmore Peterson, Levi Deyton, Nathan Renfro,! Ben Peterson, Ben H. Pet-J erson, John Renfro, Luther Renfro, Sr., D. C. Bailey, Jay Feathers, Ellis Moody, Gus Bailey, R. F. Peterson, Bert Peterson, E. B. Bailey, j Those in charge of the flowers were grand daugh j ters and great grand child ren- | Conference for Officials John C- Bills, -Special Agent in charge of the Charlotte FBI Office, an-j nounced today that a series! of conferences for law en-| forcement officials will be ! held in sixteen North and South Carolina cities be-! tween October 22 and Nov ember 20, 1946. These FBI-sponsored; conferences were instituted nationally by Director John Edgar Hoover in 1940 toj promote cooperation among law enforcement agencies and to discuss law enforce-J jment problems during the i national emergency. They are being continued for the 'purpose of discussing prob lems arising out of the growing crime wave. In scheduling 16 confer ences throughout the terri tory, Mr. Bills aimed to 'make the conference read-! ily accessable to all law forcement agencies, and to have the opportunity of making the personal ac-; quaintance of the law en forcement officers in the territory. ; Local officers expected Ito attend the conference at Morganton on Oct. 30 are Patrolman Bob Miller of the Highway patrol, Sheriff R. E. Neill, and Chief ofj Police, Noah Whitson. I i r 1916 SQUIRREL HUNT 1 j On the Mt. Mitchell N. C. and U. S. Wildlife Management Area A gray squirrel hunt has! been scheduled bn the Mt. Mitchell N. C. and U. S. ; Cooperative Wildlife Man jagement Area, the dates land sections to be hunted are as follows: Curtis Creek and New berry Creek watersheds, — Nov. 4,5, 11, 12. - South Toe River water shed above Power Dam and Fish Hatchery Nov. 7,8, 14, 15. Checking stations will be; located at the Forks of; Curtis Creek and the Field 'office on South Toe River. ! Hunters must be 16 years j of age and possess a N. C. hunting license before ap-i plying for the additional SI.OO per day squirrel hunt ing permit at the checking stations | Firearms will be restrict ed to 22 calibre non-auto matic rifles. Firearms must not be discharged within 100 yards of any building lor improvements, i A limit of 150 hunters i per day, and a daily bag I limit of six squirrels per| hunter. i No wildlife, except squir rels may be hunted or mol , ested in any way. I Fire precautions must be observed by all hunters,' jand smoking may be prohi-! bited if fire weather is such I as the District Forest Ran , ger deems it necessary, i Intoxicating liquors will not be allowed on this area. C. N. Mease, Refuge Ma nager Mt. Mitchell Area jles Harris gave the devo tional. Mrs- Neal B. Spahr j of Knoxville gave the prin cipal address of the meet- I in*. . . _ Burning Permits Are Required 1 Forest Service Seeks To Prevent Fires Each year forest fires re-; suiting from careless burn ing of brush, grass, and oth er materials cause a large percentage o f woodland acreage lost by forest fires. This percentage has beenj as high as 50 percent, dur ing some years, of the total area burned in the district. ■ Those counties having forest fire protection and requiring burning permits ( | in District One of the North Carolina Forest Service are! as follows: Buncombe,' Henderson, McDowell, Polk,! Rutherford, Yancey. Those counties having* no organized forest fire protection o n privately owned lands in District One are: Madison, Mitchell, and j Cleveland. , In order to legally burn J brush or any material with in 500 feet of any protected ; woodland in any of the i counties under forest fire proteetioiLiflfNorth Caro ; lima the burning permit must be secured from the first day of October to the 130th day of November and Club Achievement Day The Home Demonstra tion and, 4-H Club Achieve- 1 ment Day was held in Yan-! cey county Saturday, Oct.! 19 at 2:00. Members were asked to bring the article which they felt was their; best work. Mrs- B. S. Connelly of the Burnsville Home De monstration club presided and the devotional was giv en by Mrs. Welzie Robinson of the Newdale club. Mrs. W. A. Young of Glen Alpine was guest speaker and discussed the N- C. Good Health Associa tion. Awards were as follows: Best Quilt: 1. Mrs- Champ Ray; 2. Mrs. W. W. Hen nessee. Best Rug: 1. Mrs. Nancy Allison; 2, Mrs. Helen Tobacco Referendum “Vote your own way, butj by all means vote.” That 1 was the final appeal made! today to Burley tobacco ( growers of Cancey county by M. D. Bailey, chairman, of the County Agricultural Conservation Committee, in urging farmers to partici pate in the Burley tobacco' referendum on Friday, Oct ober 25. Local polling cen ters will be open from 7 a. m- to 5 p. m. All persons ( interested in the 1946 crop of Burley, either as owner tenant, or sharecropper, are eligible to vote in the referendum. The Act of Congress un der which the referendum! is being held also provides; for loans on the 1947-49 crops if quotas are approv-j ed. “These loans can be a great stabilizing influence on prices and assist in eli minating some of the finan cial risks in producing the Burley crop,” Mr. Bailey stated. nessee. Food Production and Conservation are more Im portant now than ever be fore. Do Your Part. NUMBER THIRTEEN from the first day of Feb ruary to the first day of June of any year. These per mits are issued free to per sons desiring them by the district office personnel, or County Warden and auth orized agents in his organi zation. Also in area adja cent to National Forest land permits can be secured from the United States Forest Service Ranger or one of his authorized representa tives. In Yancey county per mits can be secured from J. Craig English, County Forest Warden, Burnsville, ! N- C. The County Warden’s or j ganization consists of the ; following district wardens and authorized agents who will issue burning permits as requested: Oliver H. Hensley, Burnsville; W. M. Hensley, Bald Creek; Matt Whitson, Ramsey town; Melvin Bennett, Relief; Emmett Wilson, Pensacola; William M. Moody, Seven Mile Ridge Section; Dis patcher’s office, U. S. For est Service, Busick; Paul ! Gouge, Celo Community; S. R. Hensley’s Store, Prices i Creek Section. GGoodman. Best Fancy Work: 1. Mrs. Clyde Whittington-, 2. Mrs. 1 Champ Ray; 3. Mrs. Pres ton Wyatt. Best Stenciling: 1- Mrs. B. S. Connelly. Best 4-H Club: 1. Star light; 2. Burnsville, Sr.; 3. Burnsville, Jr. Best Home Demonstra tion Club: 1- Willing ers (colored). Best: Needle Point: 1, Mrs. B. S. Connelly. j Best Crochet Work: 1.” x - Ear Rings, Mrs Sol Evans; 2. Bag, Mrs- Sol Evans; 3. Sack Set, Mrs. W. W. Hen nessee. Best Crochet Table Cloth: 1. Mrs. Joe Goodin; 2. Mrs- Welzie Robinson. Best Bed Spread: 1. Mrs. Gus Peterson; 2. Charlotte Ray; 3. Mrs- B. S. Connelly. Laymen’s Organization Burnsville churches vot ed Sunday to endorse the proposed Laymen’s Move ment program. The Laymen’s movement is a nation wide program, planned to aid the church, the community and Ihe world to build a Christian world and an enduring peace. Fire prevention is a year round job. Experts say that ninety percent of all fires are preventable. In the event quotas are* approved, individual farm acreage allotments for 1947 will not be less than 80 per cent of the 1946 allotments for any farm which has grown up to 75 percent of its allotted acreage in any * one of the past three yea rs. I The law provides that 1946 I allotments of nine-tenths of an acre or less cannotbe re duced for 1947. Join The American Legion Post