Aid in the Fight Against
Tuberculosis. Buy Christ
mas Seals. They Will go on
Sale Monday/
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VOLUME ELEVEN
CHRISTMAS JOY
Yancey Naval
Expedition to South Pole
At least two Yancey Co-|
unty seamen are with the
Navy's expedition to the
South Pole.
R. C. Fox, Jr., 17, fireman
second class, USN, son of:
R.'C. Fox of Green Mount-1
ain is serving aboard the;
seaplane tender USS Pine
Island, one of the 13 ships
which comprise Task Force
68, the Navy’s Antarctic
expedition.
Several weeks ago Billy
J. Smith wrote his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ras Smith of
Burnsville, that he was with
the Naval force then ready
to leave Norfolk.
This expedition, called
Burnsville College Center Begins
Second Quarter on Jan. 2
Frank W. Howell, Direct
or of the College Center in
Burnsville, announces that
registration for the Winter
Quarter will begin January
2. Any student who is a high
school graduate or has had
one quarter of standard
college work will be eligible
for registration.
It is necessary that all
new veteran students who :
plan to enter for the w r inter
quarter file an application
for a Certificate of Eligi
bility and Entitlement with [
the Veterans Administrat
ion before the opening of
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be to'dTl people. — J wf J\ 1
For unto you is born this day in the city wJm TyftVv
of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. /s' JM \\ v A
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye Mj MU ' \\ Vk' |
shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling Wjn \V|\Al
clothes, lying in a manger. I l IwA
And suddenly there was with the ahgel 1 \BA\\
a multitude of the heavenly host praising
God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on yw
earth peace, good will toward men.
Luke 2 10:14 ' WI
THE YANCEY' RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
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j ‘Operation Highjump”, will
explore icy regions
of the Antarctic for approx
imately four months, train
ing personnel, testing eq
uipment, and developing
!Navy technique for estab
lishing and maintaining ba
jses in frigid areas.
The Pine Island is carry
ing two helicopters, three
patrol bombers, and one
seaplane to be used for aer
ial photography, map'mak
ing, and observation work
in the Antarctic.
Rear Admiral Richard E
Byrd, famous Antarctic ex
plorer, will join the exped
ition in January. -
the quarter January 2,1947
The actual date the appli
cation is received in the!
Veterans Admin istrationj
office, Winston-Salem, is
the earliest date he can be
officially placed in training.
Therefore, it is imperative
that the application be re
ceived by that office prior
to January 2, 1947, if the
.veteran is to receive sub
sistence from that date.
Each prospective new
student may come to Mr
Howell’s office in the Court
House where he can secure
the necessary forms
’BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1946
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WE ARE ON EARTH
Christmas Seal Sale
Approximately $175 was
made in the Christmas Seal
Sale this year, acco- .ling to
a report today b Mrs. C.
L. Proffitt, coui chair-
Mr. and M' >. J. Roy,
Moore of Lenc.r, John and!
Burt Moore and Clarence;
McLean will visit Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Proffitt during
Christmas holidays.
Alton and Alden Noblett
are home from Berea coll
ege for the holidays.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
> i
[ Children of the Micaville
) Presbytei'ian church pre
. sented a Christmas pro
. gram on Monday evening,
i Candle light service was
held with the Scripture read!
Iby Betty Gouge. Special'
! music numbers were given l
l by Robye Ann Harris, Shir-1
; ley Marsh, Berniece Robin
son, Richard Young, Ele
: nora Staton, Sabra Young,
■ Eva Thomas, Virginia Wil
son, Robert Lominac, Ken
neth Bailey and V.ern
Thomas.
The manger scene was |
presented by Mona Lee 1 ,
Robinson as Mary, Jimmie j
Harris as Joseph, Garry
Staton, Johnny Sain and,
Jimmie Marsh as Shepherds,
Alford, Curtis, and Robert
Lominac as the wisemen.j
Angels were represented by]
Brenda English, Ahettia
McCurry, Sabra Young and
Elenora Staton.
The welcome was given
by Paula Hilliard and the
Poem; “The Greatest Gift”
by Willa Deane Thomas.
Poems, “Gifts to Jesus” by
Janice Marsh; and Shirley
Gouge; “Christmas Story”
by Charles Justice; Christ
mas jppem by. Joyce Hall.
The play was under the
direction of Miss Doris
Young.
NOTICE
Coopers Case closed Sat
urday afternoon and* will
reopen on Saturday Decem
ber 28th.
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Mary Martha Banks is
, at h'ome from Washington,
and Frances Banks will
] come later this week to be
j at home for Christmas.
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LEGION DANCE
The American Legion
Post is sponsoring a com
munity dance which will be!
given on Friday night, Dec
ember 27 at the Burnsville
school gymnasium
] Music will be provided
'for both square and round
| dancing, and tickets are.
| now on sale.
BURNING FACTS
National fire waste in
1945 will be larger than an
nual U. S. Government ex
penditures in any yearj
I from 1789 to 1906, except
i Civil War years,
i Larger than U. S. Postal
i revenue ß in any year from
j 1789 to 1923.
i Larger than Army and
Navy expenses any year
ifrom 1789 to World War I,
! except Civil war days.
Larger than the 1940 val
ue of all farms in Florida
and New Jersey together.
Imagine wiping this out!
Larger than all our dir
ect investments in Cuba a 8
of 1940, according to De
partment of Commerce fig
ures. Imagine losing that!
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Yancey Theatre Schedule
FEATURES MATINEES
ON FIVE DAYS
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The schedule of showings
,at the Yancey Theatre is
i given, here for the conveni
. ence of some patrons who
may not now be familiar
with it:
i Sunday: Matinee at 1
, o’clock, with two shows in
[ afternoon. Night, one show
> box office opens at 8:30.
Monday: Night showing
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Many Trainees Now Enrolled
On Veterans Farm Program
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Herrick R. Peterson, staff
correspondent of the Ashe-;
ville Citizen-Times, wrote
a story concerning the Vet
erans Farm Training Pro
gram in Yancey county.
This is reprinted in part
here:
A group of nearly 250{
Yancey county veterans
finally given an answer to
Irving Berlin’s famous
World War I question
“How’re you going to keep
’em down on af
ter they’ve seen Par-ee.”
These young men, train
ees in the veterans farmer
training program sponsor
ed jointly by the vocational!
agriculture department of:
the state cf vocation
al education and the veter
ans administration, have
joined enthusiastically in
an effort to msdge a prom-j
*!sing future dotvn on their;
farms. They have joined to
gether to learn the best
metliods for getting tht
most out of what they have
14 Teachers
Under the leadership of
the county agriculture tea
cher and 13 assistant teach
ers, the veterans meet
weekly to % discuss problems,!
listen to talks on scientific'
! farming, see films on new)
i methods and proper proces
ses, and compare notes on
their individual efforts.
Handicapped by the ab
sence of an agricultural
building or laboratory in
the county, the men never-;
theless apply themselves to
doing the best they can
with what they have.
As soon as shops and eq
uipment are available, prac
tical classes in rock mason
ry, carpentry, house wiring
plastering, painting, plumb
ing and heating are to be
established.
Buildings Planned
The present aim for the
program is an agriculture
and home economics build
ing at Burnsville. Class
rooms, shops, work rooms
and a community cannery |
are anticipated, which
only, box office open 6:45.
Tuesday: Matinee (1
show) at 1:45. Night, box
office open at 6:45.
> Wednesday: Matinee (1
» show) at 1:45. Night, open
• at 6:45. ' •
» Thursday: Night show
‘ ing only, open at 6:45.
Friday: Matinee (1 show)
L at 1:45. Night show, open
l at 6:45.
Saturday: Box office op
en, 1:00 o’clock continuous
; showing.
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Aid in the Fight Against
Tuberculosis. Buy Christ
mas Seals. They Will go on
s Sale Monday.
NUMBER TWENTY-TWO
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would allow each assistant
j teacher to bring his gorup
! into town once a week for
; supervised instruction and
practical training in all
manner of farm work pro
grams.
I The history of the pro
gram in Yancey county is
not, without its difficulties,
j Frank W. Howell, superin
tendent of became
interested in the program
as soon as it came to his at
tention n February.
Many veterans displayed
a keen interest in the pro
j jeet, and by April Mr. How
j ell had brought R. G. Rob
erts, vocational agriculture
J teacher at the Pleasant
: Gardens high school in
McDowell county, to Yan
| eey to act as supervisor,
handling applications and
‘!working with the groups
, | until a teacher eeuld be
!hired.
Expanded In August
In August, R. M. Proffitt
came on the job as voca
tional agriculture teacher
at the Burnsville high scho
ol, and enough veterans
had applied for the train
ing to justify the hiring of
jnine assistant teachers.
Individual attention is
.the keynote of the program
1 and in addition to the week
ly gathering of trainees, as
sistant teachers visit the
men on their farms and or
over their needs and prob
lems with them. Field trirs
iare conducted at regular
! intervals, the trips being
made to demonstration
farms where scientific
methods have proved that
mountain farming can be
profitable.
The immediate objective
of the program is to point
out to the r trainees the pro
jects on which they are los
ing money, and in this con
nection each, trainee is re
quired to keep a running
record of his expenses and
, outlays on each project,
j All but one of the assist
ant teachers on the prog
ram are veterans themsel
ves, most of them with col
lege training and all with
first hand experience on
farms. They meet with Mr.
Proffitt for classroom ini
! struetion in teaching meth
: ods once each week, passing
on what they learn to their
1 individual groups at meet>
1 ings throughout the county.
Seaman Bill Silvers is
, home from the Naval Air
' Training Center, Memphis,
1 to spend a Christmas leave.
Nearly 750,000 farm dwel
s lings had to be abandoned
during \\orld War 11. .