Food .. Production and
Conservation are more Im
portant now than ever be
fore. Do Your Part.
VOLUME ELEVEN
Service Men arid Women
Will Be Honored
A service honoring men
and women who served in
the armed forces during
World War II will be "held
at Higgins Memorial Meth
odist church, Burnsville, on
Sunday, Nov. 17 at 11 a. m.
The pastor, the Rev. C.
Moody Smith, will speak on
“Christian Pat r i otism”.
The Honor Roll of the
church will be read and the
NOTICE
The A. C.j
A. Office is now taking or-j
ders for 1947 Ground .Lime
stone. Anyone desiring to
place their order for this
material may call by • this
office now and shipment!
will be made in December!
1946. The rate to the farmer!
is $1.35 per ton. Also, all;
1946 material must be ap
plied before an order can
OFFICIAL VOTE FOR
STATE AND NATIONAL
CANDIDATES
The official vote cast in
the county on Nov. 5 for
state and national candida
tes was the following:
For Congressman: A. L.
Bulwinkle, 3336; for C. Y
Nann<fy, 2756.
For Solicitor: C. 0. Rid
ings, 3406.
For State Senate: Rex
Wilson, 3407; Roy Harmon,
2744.
Official Returns In General Election
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Cant River 413 445 234 403 280 406 247 394 387 255 282 405 247
Egypt : 260 265 270 245 288 260 274 259 258 273 275 259 273
Ramseytown 203 211 191 209 192 203 193 223 202 178 195 204 196
Green Mtn 190 190 147 195 143 182 157 183 181 155 157 183 155
Jacks Creek v 376 385 177 386 176 374 180 .... 374 371 182 183 • 378 181
Brush Creek 168 177 77, 177 73 165 80 167 167 77 77 168 76
Crabtree 492 511 326 503 345 477 352 490 487 335 336 495 335
South Toe . . . v • 307 333 238 321 255 283 288 301 296 253 251 305 253
Pensacola 64 88 222 63 248 62 239 60 61 240 237 63 238
Prices Creek 155 187 286 130 354 154 303 152 304 304 150 297
TOTALS 3427 3622 2653" 3446 ' 2862 3361 2810 389 i 3350 2752 2797"” 3400 2745
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THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES; $1.50 YEAR.
Service Flag takjen down,';
A free will offering will be
taken to accompany the
Honor Roll to the Lake
Junaluska Memorial Chapel!
where the names will be
inscribed in the Book of
Remembrance.
All service men and wom
en and their families will
be honor guests. The public’
is cordially invited.
i THEATRE WILL
PRESENT PLAY
i
The Asheville Community;
Theatre, Inc., is producing!
THE DAMASK CHEEK,!
famous comedy of manners
by John Van Druten and
Lloyd Morris, at David!
Millard Junior High School,]
Nov. 19 thru 21st.
General ticket sales will
begin on Nov. 11th at the
Village Library, in Goode’s
Drug Store and mail orders
are being accepted. Hold
ers of season tickets, as us
ual, may get their reserved
seats early, on Nov. 9th and
10th or any time during the
regular ticket sale.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ed Watson
announce the arrival of a,
son, Edgar- Stephen, in’,
Honolulu. Mrs.. Watson is (
the former Miss Virginia,
Hubbard.
Mrs. W. M. Westall is in
an Asheville hospital for
treatment.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1946
ACCEPTS PASTORATE j
OF BAPTIST CHURCH
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The Rev. Ben J. Mclver!
of New London, N. C., has 1
accepted the call to become
pastor of the BurnsviHe]
Baptist church. He plans
to take up his work here
early in December.
Blue Ridge Hardware Company
Established Herb
The Blue Ridge Hard
ware Company, located in
the building adjacent to
the Farmers Federation
Warehouse, is expected to
be opened for . oration
within two weeks, owners
of the firm, B. F. Black-]
burn and M. E. Burleson of;
Spruce Pine, stated today.
A complete line of hard
ware. electrical appliances,
paints and wall papers,
farm supplies, stoves and
ranges and house ware will
be carried. In addition, the
Purina line of feeds as well
as a full line of seeds will be
carried.
The large brick building
for the new firm was pur
chased some weeks ago by
M. E. Burleson. It was for
merly occupied by the Cut-
Rate Furniture Store and
the Carolina Tire Company
The building is being
completely renovated and
tha center partition remov
ed in order to give more
advantageous operation.
Fixtures are being install
Accepts Position Here
Gorman DuVal of Marion
is now with the Fanners
Federation, line. here. He
was transferred from the
Old Fort Ffttmers Federa
tion warehouse where he
had been employed since he
received hiis discharge from
|service.
ed this weeki
The company will be un-’
der the personal manage
ment of Mr. Blackburn.
Lee Boone iof Burnsville
will be in charge of the
feed department and R. W.
Ramsey, Jr,/of the hard
ware department.
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Bernard-Walker Tobacco
Warehouses will Open Nov. 22
Owners and managers of,
the Bernard-Walker Tobac-j
co warehouses in Asheville
have announced that the
three warehouses will be
open on Nov. 22 to receive,
tobacco. James E. Walker,;
Jr., is manager.
Bernard-Walker is' the
oldest operating firm on -
the Asheville Burley mar
ket and this year will again
offer unexcelled facilities
to growers. |
The floor space capacity
of the warehouses totals
AAA MEMBERS WILL
ELECT COMMITTEE
Farmers in Yancey coun
ty will receive notices with
in the next few days about
annual elections of com
munity and county farmer
committees, M. D. Bailey,
chairman of the Yancey
County Agricultural Con
servation AAA committee,
said today.
Each of the county’s 16
j farming communities will
elect three committeemen
] and two alternates, as well
as a delegate to the county
; convention where a three
man county committee will
be elected. Announcement
! of the definite dates* houfs,
] and places for holding the
I elections are now being de
! termined.
capacity for 10,000 baskets
I and all those connected with
the operation of the firm
have had long years experi
ence with tobacco and with
tobacco markets.
All growers of Yancey
i county are invited to visit
the warehouses at any]
lime, and to take their crop
there for good sales.
The Asheville Burley!
market will open early in
December. The Burley crop
is estimated as slightly un-;
der the 1945 production.
District Welfare Conference Will
Be Held in Asheville
The annual conference of
superintendents of welfare
and other welfare officials
in the western district will
be held at the Langren hot
el, Asheville on November
21 at .0:30 a. m.
The theme of the meet
ing will be Public Welfare
services with particular
emphasis on children in
and out of the homes, fin
ancial assistance and medi
cal care to needy persons. !
D. Hiden Ramsey of
Asheville will address the;
noon session at 12:00 and
Dr. Ellen Winston, Com- 1
missioner of Public Wei-!
fare, will be guest speaker
at the luncheon at 1:00
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FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR SEWELL R.
PHILLIPS
Sewell Richard Phillips,
67, died Wednesday morn
ing, Nov. 6 at the home of
his nephew, W. B. Phillips
of 6 Beauregard St., Clinton
■ Mills, S. C., following a
! brief illness.
Mr. Phillips was a native
of North. Carolina but had
i made his home in Clinton
1 for the past two years. He
[is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Martha Phillips, one
brother, John Phillips of
' Marion, N. C. and several
! nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were!
held Friday afternoon at!
the Baptist church in Clin-;
ton. Rev. Fred Rowe was
in charge of services and
interment was in the Rose
mont cemetery in Clinton.
PEGGY - ANN EDWARDS
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Little Peggy Ann Edwar-j
ds, the infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lyda Edwar-I
ds, died at the home Thurs
day rtiorning.
Surviving are the par
ents; four sisters, Arlene,
Genevieve, Jervinea, Gwen
da Lou and 3 brothers.
Marshall, Harold Gene and
Lyda Edwards, Jr.
Funeral services were
held at the Watts cemetery.
It has been announced at
Lees-Mcßae College that
Robert C. Howell of Green
Mountain has been selected
Farmers Burley Warehouse
Officers Meet at Boone
1
The officers and directors
of the new Fanners Burley
Warehouse, Incorporated,
held a special meeting in
the offices of Attorney
Louis H. Smith, at Boone,
Saturday, November 2.
Progress of the corporation
from its formation last
February to date was re~
viewed, and plans were laid
for the operation of their
warehouses for the,ensuing
season.
A. G. Wright was elected
Secretary and Treasury to
succeed Mr. 0. L. Badgett,
resigned. The officers of
the new corporation are
C. C. Taylor, president; Rex
Taylor, vice president; A.
G. Wright, secretary and
Food Production and
Conservation are more Im
portant now than ever be
fore. Do Your Part.
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NUMBER SIXTEEN
o’clock.
Officers of the western
district are: L. G. Deyton,
superintendent of Public
Welfare, Yancey county,
president; Mrs. Imcinda
Cole, superintendent o f
Public Welfare, Swain coun
ty, vice president; and Miss
Janet MacGregor, superin
tendent of Public Welfare,
Polk county, secretary.
Interested citizens of the
county are requested to at
tend, especially Welfare
, Board members, members
of the Board of County
I Commissioners, other coun
.ty officials and all citizens
i who wish to learn more
about the public welfare
i program in North Carolina.
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Presbyterian News
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Services will be held
next Sunday at 11 o’clock
at Lower Jacks Creek chur
ch and at 3 at Upper Jacks
Creek church.
Rev. Robert Sanford has
been away this past week
attending the National
Town* and Country Convo
cation, a conference of rur
al church leaders of many
denominations from all
parts of the states.
Those from this area who
attended were Dr. Richard
|O. Comfort of Warren Wil
lson college, Rev. Dumont
Clarke of the Farmers Fed
eration, Rev. Eldon Dur
: ham of White Rock and
Rev. Robert Williamson of
Rocky Fork.
Those addressing the con
vocation included Dr. Carl
C. Taylor of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture,
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnem
of the Methodist church
and president o i the Feder
al Council of the churches
of Christ in America and
Dr. Herman N. Morse, exe
cutive secretary of the
Board of National Missions
of the Presbyterian church,
U. S. Ar
Alton Noblett who is at
tending Berea College,
spent the week end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
H. Noblett„
by the student body to the
presidency of the Camera
Club.
treasurer.
The officers, together
with their consulting engi
neer, made an inspection of
their new warehouse. This
warehouse has been pro
nounced as one of the most
convenient in the - entire
burley belt. The floor area
is about 59,000 square feet -
Farmers Burley Ware
house, Incorporated, was or
ganized the first part of
this year. The owners, who
will be the operators of the
new warehouse, are men of
many years experience- in
the tobacco business, and
the public is assured it will
get a square deal at the
Farmers Burley Warehouse
and from its officers and
employees.