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Food Production and
Conservation are more Im
portant now than ever be
fore. Do Your Part.
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VOLUME ELEVEN SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
Blue Ridge Parkway Had Over
Million Visitors Last Season
Visited by more than a!
million persons, an all-time
record, during the 1946 sea
son, the Blue Ridge Park
way definitely is bearing
out its promise as one of
the greatest tourist at
tractions in Eastern Amer
ica- according to A. E.
Demaray, associate director
of the National Park serv
ice, Washington.
Just returned from a six
weeks coast-to-coast tour
of many of the nation’s
park areas, the veteran
park service official said he
had managed to touch the
Great Smoky Mountains
National park and travel
over part of the Blue Ridge
Parkway on his return to
Washington and commend
ed that it looked “marve
lous” to him.
One of the early champ
ions of Blue Ridge Park
way development, he re
marked he was “always im-j
pressed by the continuing
development of the areas
along the parkway” and
said he felt this improve-'
ment in neighboring prop
erties was traceable direct
ly to development of the
parkway itself.
Queried about immediate'
and future plans for con-i
tinning its development,!
Mr. Demaray said details'
have not been worked out
FURNITURE PLANT
WILL LOCATE HERE
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B. B. Penland and Luther
Ayers have leased the two
buildings on the old Stanley
McCormick property to W.
K. Wakefield of Buncombe
county-
It is reported that Mr.
Wakefield plans to locate a
furniture plant in the build
ings, and the principal pro
duct to be manufactured
will be cedar chests.
Operation is expected to
begin shortly after Nov. 1.
Join College Choir
Greensboro Following
try-outs, fifty five students
have been taken into mem
bership of the Woman’s
College choir. Among these
new members are Evelyn
Briggs, Doris Penland and
Mary Frances Hamrick of
Burnsville. The vested
choir of 140 voices sings for
the weekly convocation of
students, for special college
events and gives annual
Christmas and Easter con
certs.
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Membership Goal for County by Jan. Ist—7so
Membership of Post To Date—3oo
THE YANCEY RECORD
but emphasized that Na
tional Park service policy,
in general, was to bring
about complete develop
ment of Blue Ridge and
other projects as rapidly as
possible.
“The sooner we can com
plete the parkway, the soon
er all its attractions will be
available to the country’s |
travelers and sight-seers,”
he said.
Mr. Demaray also called
attention to the latest at
tendance figures for the
Blue Ridge parkway, point
ing out that in its first
post-war year it attracted
a record breaking number
of 1,095,733 visitors. Dur
ing the 1945 season the
parkway was visited by
335,435 persons. This com
pares with 786,457 visiting
Shenandoah National park
in 1946, against an estimat
ed million-plus in 1941- The
Blue Ridge figures are par
ticularly favorable because
many tourists at the war’s
end forsook near-by vaca
tion spots for long trips, j
particularly to the far Wept
Meantime, detailed plans
for large-scale future de
velopment of the Blue Rid
ge parkway are stymied, at
least temporarily, by ceil
ings on public works spend
ing and shortages of mater
ials and labor.
Parkway Regulations
Following a recent hear
ing of the National Park
Service in Asheville to dis
cuss proposals concerning
the use of the Blue Ridge
Parkway by hunters, Sam
P. Weems, Parkway super
intendent, has announced
that carrying dead game
over the Parkway is now
permissible. His statement
also carries word that park
ing will be permitted in the
parking areas of the Park
way and that guns may be
carried as long as they are
unbreeched. All dogs must
be on lease. No huntng,
however, will be permitted
on the Parkwav lands.
Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Mon
roe of Fayetteville spent
the week end with Mr. and
i Mrs. S. C. Edwards of Bee
Log.
Margaret Rabon of Shel
by was the* guest of Betty
Wray during the past week
end-
Mr. and Mrs. James Hen
sley of West Jefferson vis
ited relatives here last
week end.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1946
NOTICE
The Board of County
Commissioners will not hold
the regular meeting on
Monday, November 4th buC
will meet on Thursday,
November 7 instead.
Receive Discharges
The. following men have
recently been discharged
from service and have re
turned home:
Martin Whitson, T.
Peterson, Dwight Boone,
Fred Hobson, Clyde Black,
Clarence Thomas, Clarence
Pate, Ralph Hilemon, Glenn
Honeycutt- Donald Tom
berlin.
LEGION WILL SPONSOR
DANCE SATURDAY
NIGHT
The Legion Post has com
pleted plans for dance
which it will sponsor at the
Burnsville Gymnasium o n
Saturday night, Nov. 2.
Both square and round
dancing are planned. A
string band will furnish
music- Tickets are now r on
sale with D. D. Baggett in
charge.
Dr. Henry S. Randolph,
secretary of rural church
work, National Missions of
the Presbyterian church,
U. S. A. was a visitor at the
recent session of the Burns
ville Presbyterian church.
Dr- 0. R. Comfort, director
of the Rural Life Institute
of Warren Wilson college,
Miss Pansy Franklin of
Warren Wilson college, and
Rev. R. B. Sanford of Hig
gins, also attended.
Gilmer Bagwell of Pen
sacola has accepted the po
sition of secretary to at
torneys W. E. Anglin and
C. P. Randolph.
Lee Ponder of Burnsville,
Rt. 1, is employed in De
troit, Mich.
LAST RITES HELD FOR
MRS. WALTER RAY
Mrs. Walter Ray, 37, died
at her home at Concord on
Saturday following an ex
tended illness. ,
Funeral services were
held at the home with Rev-
R. D. Ponder officiating.
Burial was in the Penland
family cemetery.
Surviving are the hus
band; two children, Marg
ery and Rex of the home;
her father, Arcemus Pen
land and several brothers
and sisters.
BURLEY dROWERS
VOTE FOR ACREAGE
CONTROL]
Burley tlbacco growers
of the count voted for con
tinued acres control in
the referem um held last 1
Friday-
The total lumber of bal
lots cast waj 775. Os these,
737 were foj 3 year control ;
12 were for 1 year; and 25
were oppose® to control.
FORMER PRESIDING
ELDER VISITS HERE
Dr. and M|s. D- M. Litak
er of Charlotte have been
spending a location visit in
Burnsville, a
Dr- Litakdt* was presiding
elder of the Methodist
churches inithis district 25
years ago am often visited
the section tfien. <
HOME AGENTS NOTES
The following meetings
are schedulqji for the com
ing week: |r
Cane RivJr: Nov. 6 at 2
o’clock at thf home of Mrs-
Gus Ray.
Willing Workers: Nov. 6
at 7 o’clock it the home of
Mrs- Octavial Griffeth.
Upper Jacks Creek: Nov.!
7 at 2 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. lllnfy Roland -
Arbuckle: Nov. Bat 2
o’clock with Mrs- Roy
Sparks.
At each of the meetings
the discussion will be on
making Christmas gifts.
General Election Will be Held
Tuesday, November sth
Much Interest Shown
Locally
Wide interest is being
shpwn throughout the cou
nty in the general election
which /will be held next
Tuesday-
Both parties have held
meetings in all precincts of
the county, and the Demo
crats are planning a county
wide meeting to be held at
the court house here on
Friday night.
Principal speaker for
this meeting will be Basil
Whitener of Gastonia, re
cently elected president of
the Young Democrat orga
nization of North Carolina
He is also solicitor of the
4th Judicial district.
Republican candidates on
the county ticket are: for
sheriff, Donald Banks; for
clerk of court, Thelma
FORESTRY GROUP
VISIT SECTION *
A group of forest ex
perts visited logging plants
in western North Carolina
this week, and included this
county in their tour- The’
men were from the Forest;
| Products laboratory, Madi-J
son, Wis., the regional offi-j
ce of the U. S- Forest Ser-j
vice, Atlanta, the Forest,
Experiment Station, New;
Orleans and the station in:
Asheville.
The purpose of the tourj
was to study the type logs
currently handled in saw'
mills, lumber plants, and
other wood producufirms-
NOTICE
I will be in the Red Cross
office in Burnsville on Fri
day of each week,
j Veterans who are in tra
ining or in school who have
any problems or questions
should contact me on that
day—or any morning early,
as I am out of town the
other days.
H. G. Bailey, Training
Officer, Veterans Admin
istration.
Receives Discharge
Pfc- Charles B. Briggs of
Burnsville has received his
i honorable discharge from
the army after 18 months
of service. He has been
stationed at Fort Sam Hou
ston, Texas.
j
{ North Carolina has 11-4
million acres of cleared
land that now idle, much
!of it severely eroded.
Allen; for coroner, Hugh
Banks; for chairman board
of commissioners, Frank
Bowditch; ior members
board o f commissioners,
Carmon Hensley, Harold
Duncan.
Candidates on the Demo
crat ticket are: for repre
sentative, J. Frank Husk
ins; for sheriff, Suel Ang
lin ; for clerk of court, Fred
Proffitt; for coroner, W.
M. English; for chairman
board of commissioners, E-
N. Stamey; for members,
Molt Hensley, R. E- Hollo
tvay.
For congressman, A. L.
Bulwinkle, Democrat, op
posed by C. Y. Nanney, Re
publican ; and for state
senator, Rex Wilson, D., is
opposed by Roy Harmon
R., C. O- Ridings is' unop
posed for solicitor.
New Burley Tobacco Warehouse
Has been Completed at Boone
Now Open For Inspection
» '
The Farmers Burley To
bacco Warehouse at Boone
has recently been complet
ed and is now open for in
spection. Farmers of this
section are invited to visit 1
the new warehouse at any!
time.
The newly completed
warehouse is one of the
most up to date and mod
ern in the entire Burlev
Belt.
Every facility possible
j has been made available for
j the convenience of the far
jmer. There is a total of!
,5900 square feet of floor j
space, two sets of weighing',
scales, and a driveway run-!
ning through the center of
the warehouse has been ar
ranged so that unloading
, may be done on both sides-
In addititn to this unload
ing arrangement for the
Forest Fire Protection
For the first time, more
Ithan half of the privately
owned Southern woodland
area is under organized!
forest fire protection,
j Nearly 1C million acres
jwere added to the protect
ion area this year through
j joint efforts of the State
j Foresters .and -the U. S. 1
j Forest Service. A total of
1 110 million acres of timber
! lands out of 184 million ac
ires are now under organiz
ed protection, according to
Regional Forester J. Her- 1
bert Stone, of Atlanta. This
represents an increase of
more than 16 per cent over:
the 94-5 million acres which
were protected last year.!
Some 100 million of the pro-1
tected acres are owned by
private owners or the Stat
es, and the remaining 10
million acres are Southern
National Forest land or oth
jer Federally owned areas.
Records for the last year
show that 1,354,000 acres
were damaged by fire on
the protected areas of sou
thern woodlands, while
14,000,000 acres were burn
ed over on the unprotected
areas, a contrast of 1.43 per
cent of protected land burn
ed over, against 14.5 per
cent of the unprotected.
Significantly, Mr. Stone
pointed out, even with this
increase in protected area,
there are still some 74 mill
ion acres of forest lands
which will have no public
assistance in fire protection!
this year. They must con
tinue to suffer heavy an
nual losses from fire until
more public interest i s
shown and additional funds
made available.
The Regional Forester
called on public spirited cit
izens everywhere to take
more interest in timber
land values and to insist
that their local, State and
Federal governments pro
vide the fire protection and
assistance for woodland
owners that this important
part of southern wealth re
quires.
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Food Production and
Conservation are more Im
portant now than ever be
fore. Do Your Part.
NUMBER FOURTEEN
the farmers, separate doors
are provided for clearing
the floors and loading com
pany trucks. This will help
to avoid confusion and de
lay.
The warehouse is one of
the best lighted houses, and
this also will be an aid in
making sales.
One of the facilities pro
vided that will especially
appeal to farmers who come
from a distance is the camp
and sleeping room. This has
been provided so that the
farmers may rest and relax
or sleep. Adequate eating
facilities are also provided.
| The owners and opera
tors of the new warehouse
I are A. G. Wright, C- C. Tay
lor and Rex Taylor. They
have had many years ex
perience in the tobacco bus
iness and they will have - ex
perienced men in every
phase of operation.
SCHOOLS RECEIVE
FUNDS FROM SALE
On Sept. 12, approxi
mately two hundred cases
of tax-paid liquor and a
Ford truck were taken into
custody in the South Toe
River section of the county
Iby J. R. Miller, State High-
I way-Patrolman,-and turned
| over to R. E- Neill, Sheriff
of Yancey County.
The whiskey is being sold
under the provisions of the
law to the North Carolina
Board of Alcoholic Control.
The funds, amounting to ap
proximately SB,OOO will be
paid to Fred Proffitt, Clerk
of Superior Court, and
turned over to the county
accountant and treasurer
to be used for the school
fund of Yancey county.
Presbyterian News
The first meeting of the
joint Banks Creek and Hig
gins Christian Youth group
to be held at Banks Creek
was attended last Sunday
night by eighteen young
people. After a period of
games, Joy Anglin and oth
ers led the group in worship
and discussion. A picnic
supper followed the meet
ing.
In the church service
which followed the Banks
Creek choir sang as an
anthem “He Leadeth Me”
for one of the largest con
gregations we have had.
Next Sunday night the
Christian Youth Group of
Jacks Creek will meet at
the Lower Jacks Creek
church at 7 o’clock- The
meetthg will be led by Mar
jorie Tipton.
| Sunday School will be
held at Higgins, Banks
Creek, and Low T er Jacks
Creek at 10 o’clock. Rev.
Robert Sanford will preach
at Lower Jacks Creek at 11
o’clock and at Upper Jacks
Creek at 2 o’clock. The ser
mon topic will be “Christ
ian Concerns about World
Government”.
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