The Infantile Paralysis
epidemic of 1946 was the
worst in 30 years, exceeded
only by the great'epidemic
of 1916.
VOLUME ELEVEN
Superior Court Will Covene -
Monday, Jan. 13 j
Special Term of Civil Court
A special term of Super
ior Court will convene in
Burnsville on Monday, Jan
uary 13, and the regular
one week term will begin
on Jan. 20.
Judge J. Will Pless of
Marion will preside and civ
il cases will be heard. , '
lhe following . jury list
l:.s been drawn:
P'ecial tend: D._ S.
’.in.', Geor-|
; e B. Thomas, Mark Husk-!
ids, .Silas Hensley, Clyde R.j
reman i, Latt Young, ,S. M.l
Gnruis'taff, Grady Robin-.j
on, Smith Johnson, Jess)
Howell, J. L. Patton, R. C.l
Deyton, W. Z. Robinson,!
‘‘METHODIST HOUR”
CxcOAD.G AST HEARD ON
SUNDAY MORNINGS
Bishop W. W. Peele o f
Richmond opened the 1947
series of network broad
asting' of The Methodist
Hour Sunday morning, Jan
uary 5, when he spoke over
the independent network
of The Southern Religious
Radio Conference on “An!
Informed Church.” |
This was the first of 13
regular Sunday morning i
half hour worship services!
which will be under the'
sponsorship of. the South!
Central Jurisdictional Cou
ncil and the Southeastern
Jurisdictional Council of
The Methodist church dur
, ing .the months' of January,
February and March.
These programs are j
heard at 8:39 a. m. Eastern
Standard Time. This^series,
of Methodist Hour broad
casts is a part of the work’
of the -Southern. Religious,
Radio Conference, an orga
nization composed of radio
committees from the South-j
ern Baptist Convention,
the Presbyterian church in
the U. S.. the Protestant
Episcopal church and the
Methoufet-- church. Each of
these religious denomina
tions broadcast over this
same network for a period
of three months.
The Presbyterian Hour
has been on the air during
the fall quarter,' and The
Methodist Hour-will be fol
lowed by The Baptist Hour ’
which will be heard during
the months of April, May
and June..
These broadcasts can be,
heard in this territory over
station WNOX at 7:30 a. rp.
and -WWNC at 8 :30 a. m‘
On Jan. 12, John W. Sparks
man,, senator from Alaba- 1
ma, will spisak on “Our Re- <
sponsibility for World :
Peace?” « J
.1..?..: * , |
Presbyterian Church j
Dr. Harris will speak
next Sunday morning on
the subject “No Need of
Being Hopeless.” Commun
ion will follow the morning
service. *■-
.Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7:OQ
, p. nv the church will hold
its annual meeting and cov
er dish supper. ? ;; _
Mr, and Mys. Bill Bailey
have announced «fche arrival
. of a son in Biltmqre hospi
tal on January 8. _
THE YANCEY RECORD
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” ' J
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SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
Thad Ray, Smith Howell,
Thad Young, Rama McKin
ney, Avery W. Elliott, S. C.
Ball, Robert Woody, Crate
Higgins, W. M. Ayers, W. J.
Shepherd.
For regular term: M. A.
Randolph, George Mcln
’ turff, ClaudeHoneycutt,
Burt Styles,’ Ernest Hall,
Carter C. Alien
Maney, C. L. Wilson,,Alvin
McPeters, ,S. W. Snuford,
Frank Tipton, Milbucn
’Bradford, Adler Byrd, Bart'
! Young, J. T.. Marsh, Tom 0.
! Ray, Clyde N Styles, Tom
1 Whitson, Bis McMahan,
! Willard Randolph, Mat
j Whitson, Lark A. Sparks,
'Horace Ballew, Conway
! Higgins.
CAST RITES FOR
MRS. BLUE BLEVINS
\
Funeral services for Mrs.
Eilie Blevins, 57, who*died
at her' home near Windom
early Thursday morning,,
were held in the Winctom 1
Free Will. Baptist church
Friday afternoon at 2 :
o'clock. The Rev. J. E. j
!Woody and the Rev. MrJ;
j Henson officiated and bur-J
--ial was in Young cemetery *
at Windom.
| Mrs. Blevins was a native
(and lifelong resident of 1
I Yancey county and was a
member of Windom Free ]
Will Baptist church. She]
was married 39 years ago ;
to E. P. Blevins, who sur- (
vives. i
Other survivors include <
Mrs. Helen Wright, Mrs. >
'Earl Bodford, Wiley H. 1
Blevins, all of Burnsville Rt. 1
]2; Luther fi. Blevins of
Windom, and Phillip "P. <
'Blevins of the U. S. Navy; ]
[two sisters, Mrs. Laura <
Boone of Windom and Mrs. ]
Hittie Buchanan of Green i
Mtn.; two brothers, George 1
Dale and R. D. Dale, both of i
Windom. (
Last Rites for Douglas A. Powell
Douglas A. Powell, 50,
>assed away Tuesday morn’ -
ing in an. Asheville hospital
following an extended ill
ness. __.
Mr. Powell came to Bur
nsville 11 years ago and had
resided here since that time.
A veteran of World Wan
1, Mr. Powell retired from
the U. S. navy in 1927 with
the rank of lieutenant.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Dora H. Powell, of
Burnsville; one son, Lt.
Comdr. Douglas A. Powell
jr., stationed with the navy
at Camden, N. J.; one dau
ghter, Sarah Powell ofi
Burnsville; the parents, Mr.j
and Mrs. E. B. Powell of
Burnsville, and one sister,
Mrs. Helen H. j Smith, of
Ithica, hL Y. -
Funeral services were
conducted in the chapel at
Brownell-Dunn and LoVin
funeral home Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock with
the Rev. Mark Jenkins, pas
tor of Ca.lvary Episcopal
church, Fletcher, officiat
ing.
The body will be sent to
Arlington, National ceme
tery for burial, - _
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1947
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Returns to States
e > , •» -
! Pfc. Ray Shepherd is
| home on terminal leave af
ter serving 18 months in
the army air forces. He ser
ved: as- chief operator of
the control tower at Oher
pfaff-enhofen air base,
and was attached
to the ninth air force. He
returned to the States
December 24.
English Wife Joins
Husband Here
Mrs. Turner and
baby-"iafrived last- week
from England to join Mr.
Turner here.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner were
married May 10, 1945 while
he was stationed with the
medical corps overseas. She
is the former Miss Ruby
Jones of Carmarthen,
Wales. - - ' .
LAST RITES FOR
Win. GEORGE BALLEW
I
Funeral services for Wil
liam George Ballew, 79,
died Thursday morning at
his home in Burnsville RL
2, were held Friday morn
ing at the South Estatoej
Presbyterian church. The |
Rev. Ernest Wilson, pastor, |
officiated and burial was in:
Ballew cemetery at Celo.
Active pallbearers Were
Charlie Williams, Julius
Patton, Tom Williams,
Dave Blevins, Sam Ballew
and Herman Patton.
He was an active member !
of the Presbyterian church 1
and spent his entire life as
a resident of the Celo com- ‘
rnunity where he was en
gaged in farming and
blacksmithing.
. Me is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Mack Hus-!
kins, and Mrs... Carmen!
Ogle, and one son, Lonnie!
Ballew, all pf Burnsville Rt.!,
2; one sister, Mrs. John Bal- ! ;
lew of Nebo; 12 grandchild-l,
ren and two great-grand-!
children.
County Bird Census
Is Made
A total of 460 birds be
longing to 20 species were
observed during the annual; (
bird census conducted at '
Windom on Dec. 21, it has:'
been announced by .James 1
Hutchins. - .*
The count was made on 5
the farms of L. H. Hutch- :
ins, Mack Silver, Mrs. C. P.j <
Gibson and adjacent terri
tory, Hours of the census (
were from 8 a. m. to dusk,- (
four persons taking part in •
two groups and Id miles ]
! being covered op foot. The
I day was cloudy With tern- *
peratures ranging from 30 c
to 42 degrees.
The tabulation of species f
reported follows:
Cooper’s Hawk, * one; (
mourning dove, five; downy J ]
woodpecker, two; eastern -
phoebe, two; bluejay, seven;
crow, 60; chickadee, 10; .
tufted titmouse^three; Car- <
olina wren, 11; robin, one; i
bluebird* 18; golden-crown
ed kinglet one; starling, <
four; English aparrow, 142; ,
cardinal 25; goldfinch, 35;,:
red-eyed towhee, one; jun- <
COURT 0F HONOR
‘ P -J
The Courfejof Honor for
the Toe ijiver District,
Daniel Boonh Council, Boy
Scouts of America, will be
held Tuesday night, Jan.
14th at the Presbyterian
church in Pijieola. Scouts,
Scouters, and parents are
urged to attend.
District fCommittee
The regular monthly bus
iness.jmeeting of the Toe
River District, Committee
will be held immediately
following, the Court of Hon
olv D. A. Fink. . District
uferman, will preside. 1
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Special Farm Survey Is
Being Conducted
Clyde Anglin Named for
Two Counties
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Raleigh, lam * s.—Clyde
Anglin of Burnsville has
been selected by the statis
tics division of the state
agriculture department to
conduct a farm survey -in
Yancey and McDowell coun
ties this year, it was an
nounced b y Agriculture
Commissioner W. Kerr
1 Scott., I
Id j
The survey, designed to |
[obtain information on farm
.accidents, employment, wa
!ges, expenses, and income,
will begin Jan. 13 and con
tinue well into February.
Sponsored the
nation by the burpau of ag
ricultural economics, the ,
survey, employing 15 spec-!
ial enumerators, will cover
representative segments of 13
28 counties in North Caro*'.]
Great Forest Fire Losses
j *
MORE THAN 20,000
HOMES ARE BURNED !
Farmers and timber own
ers in North Carolina burn
more than 20,000 homes
..each year—that’s the way
R. W. Graeber, in charge of
Forestry Extension so r
State College, pictures the
haphazard harvesting o f
this valuable crop.
The Forest Survey of the
Southeastern Forest Ex
periment Station, Asheville,
reports that for the year,
1943 farmers and timber
owners of North Carolina
cut and burned as fuel wood
“timber of lumber size and
amounting to 481, -j
600,000 board feet Graeber j
.says that it requires appro-:
ximately 22,500 board feet
of lumber to build a stand
ard six-room frame house
containing 1,250 square feet
of, floor space. “Now, take
your pencil and figure for
vourself.” he suggests.
“You will find that this |
amount of lumber will build;
21,404 six-room houses.
Likewise, the pulp and pap- 1
er .industry in 1943 consum
ed 139,600,000 board feet of
timber of lumber size and
quality taken , from the
North Carolina forests.
This, again, is equivalent to
6,204 standard six-room
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co, 71; field sparrow, 36,
and song sparrow, 26. )
Those taking part in the
count were Rheba Hughes,j
Paul Hughes, Roosevelt
Hughes and James Hut
chins. , • ’ •
Representative Huskins
Is Attending Legislature
f J. Frank Huskins, Burns
ville attorney and repre
sentative from Yancey
county to the Stable Legis
lature, is now in Raleigh to
attend the session of the
! Legislature. Mrs. Huskins
accompanied him to Raleigh
Representative and 'Mrs.
Huskins are residing at the
, Sir Walter Hotel
1 Pfc. James Wilson, son of
Mrs. Talmadge Wilson of
Hamrick. N. C., is now on
. duty with U. S. army for
ces in the Pacific area.
lina.
Mr. Scott explained that
the reports to be gathered
would be kept in strict con
fidence, being used merely
for county, state, and na
tional averages in compll-|
ing information of use to
the average farmer.
Although the initial re
porting time will extend
for only a few weeks, other
surveys will be made inter-
J mittently-'Ahroughout the!
(year.' ... . j
Counties chosen forthe 1
survey: Forsyth, Guilford,'
Ashe, Yancey, McDowell
Swain, Buncombe, Stanley,'
Anson, Wayne, Edgecombe,*
Lenoir, JoneS, Duplin, Sam
pson, Chatham, Richmond,
Johnston, Harnett, Gran
ville, Warren, Northampton
Martin, Currituck, Cleve
land, Catawba, Bladen, and:
Robeson. ’ j
; houses. ' \
! Sure, it’s appalling in the l
Iface the demand fori
building material for hous-,
ing and other construction.;]
i This is especially true when!'
we realize that this type of ]
’ timber is not needed for!
• fuel or pulp. The present
i demand is for approximat-'
’ ely 900,000. cords of pulp-:
wood and 6,000,000 cords of <
■ fuel wood. A systematic ’
• harvest of cull trees, thin-! 1
filings, and -salvage of tree <
■ tops from sawtimber opera-]
' tions will yield approximat- ]
,'ely 10.000,000 cords annual-;
1: ly. This is 45 per cent above ]
lithe-present demand for fuel j
jand pulpwood. This type of ]
■ I harvest will also promote j
'faster growth on trees of
‘ sawtimber quality. ,
“The indications are that
there will be a heavy de- \
maud for lumber and other ]
sawtimber products during <
' the next ten ' years, even
greater than the supply.-We, <
I can help meet this growing ;
j demand by J growing jnore ]
, timber. We can grow rnore ]
timber by allowing sawtim-|<
ber trees to reach larger,
size and by cutting fuel
( wood and pulpwood from']
the inferior trees.’’ \
Nothing short of aere-by- 5
l acre application of all prac- 1
tical measures of proved ef
ficiency will give perman- s
ent, practical soil conserva- i
j tion, declares Chief Hugh j
H. Bennett of the Depart- 1
ment of Agriculture's Soil 1
Conservation Service. 1
Infantile Paralysis Fund Drive
Will Open January 15
Annual Appeal For Funds
The 1947 March of Dimes
annual fund raising drive
of the National Foundation!
for Infantile Paralysis
which spark plugs the nev-j
re-ceasing battle" against
polio, will be held January
15 to 30, it was announced
today by Frank W. Howell,
chairman of the March of:
Dimes campaign committee
here.
The peed for funds, Mr.
Howell said, has never bee.n
greater, since the nation
has just emerged from the
worst epidemic of polio in
the history of the National
Foundation for Infantile
, Paralysis, founded in 1938.
Need for Money
“United States Public
Health Service figures
show,” said Mr. _ Howell,
j “that the 1946 polio epide
mic is second only in sever
ity to the great epidemic of
. 1916, the worst recorded in
history. This means that
. not only w r ere the Founda
. tion and its chapters called
. upon as never before to
I supply expensive equipment
: personnel and every other
t aid known to modern scien
ce to the stricken, but they
(still must assist those who
| have not yet achieved max
imum recovery. And there
are more of these than
there have ever been be
fore.
“The National Founda
tion also spent millions of
dollars during 1946 in medi
cal scientific research to
trace the cause of infantile
paralysis. It will continue to
do so until that, cause is dis
covered and conquered.
County Drive
The following report was
FINAL RITES HELD FOR
“UNCLE” LEVI BUCK
NER
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Many Gather for Services j
i
1“ Funeral services for “Un
cle’ 1 Levi Buckner, 102,'
were held last Thursday at
the Burnsville Baptist,
church, with the Rev. B. J.'
Mclver and the Rev. B. S.
Hensley officiating.
Active pall bearers were
H. C. Wheeler, George Rob
inson, H. S. Edge, W. Z.
Robertson, I. F. McCourry
and John Wilson.
Burial was in the Berns
ville cemetery.
Surviving are t.wo.daugh-
ters, Mrs. McEwen, and
Mrs. John B. Clouse of
Stocksville; fogr sons,. Levi,"
Jr., and Alvin of Johnson ~
City, Troy and Jake of,
Burnsville; 33 grand child
ren; 30 great grand child
ren, 8 great-great grand
children.
The available water sup
ply for dairy cattle ih the
winter months is a big fac
tor in milk production, say
specialists of the State Col
lege Extension Service.
. Although the world food
situation is slightly better
now than it was a year ago,
grave contrasts still persist
between the favored and
the disadvantaged coun
tries.
v <■ . V-. ■ ' *' "■'•' y. f.
Give generously to the^
, March jjjf Dimes Fund.
Fight Infantile Paralysis.
NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR
received frbm the county
committee;
; The March of Dimes
; Drive, will begin in the cou
nty Jan. 15. The following
[information on cases in
■ ! Yancey, county is presented
; to acquaint the public with
the urgent need for funds:
Dihjng 1946 Yancey cou
, nty had two cases of Infan
j tile Paralysis. One case re
quired treatment in an iron
lung' for two weeks, at a
.cost’ o f approximate"'
i' $2,500;, plus treatment ■
an additional period of
: three months at $3,000 per
,! month. Another case has
been in the hospital six
i months at the same cost
per month, and is ,still
ceiving treatment..
: When a case of polio dev
; elops, the National Founda
, tion pays all expenses fir
. treatment except $5 p:r
. day which is the county's
’ part.
Due to a lack of funds in
Jour county chapter’s treas
■ ! ury, the National Founda-
L i tion, in addition to its par
i' of the payment, also supple
; j mented the local chapter
■! with $775 on the county’s
. I share.
County Quota
1 . It is readily seen that few
families in the county could
; care for their own children-.
i should they be stricken _
with Infantile Paralysis. *
It is urged that everyone
contribute as much as pos
sible to this worthy drive,
in order to raise the coun
ty’s quota, set at $765.00. It
is a small thing,-and yet a
great investment, to contri
bute a few dollars -now,
then receive necessary “ akf
up to thousands of dollars
when needed.
STATE COLLEGE HINT
TO FARM HOMEMAK
ERS
, • )
; The family should make a
Food Plan which can be foi
low'd e throughout 1947.
Mothers of young children
j sometimes feel they must
| plan two sets of menus
one for. the youngsters an
one for older meipbers
| the family. But actuali,
;small children need the
same basic foods as their
parents, say nutritionists of
the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. The simple
preparation- suitable for
children’s food also brings
\out- natural flavors for
grown-ups to enjoy, s
For voung|tqrs arid adul
ts' alike, plam menus to - in
•Alude these basic' food
groups: Leafy, green and J,
yellow vegetables l -at' least*
once a day; citrus fruit,
daily, i f
possible; potatoes, sweet
potatoes—one or more serv
ings daily; other fruits and
vegetables—-one or two ser
vings daily f milk, cheese,
ice cream—two or three
times daily and in cooking;
(Continued on page 4)
Pfq. James H. Banks jyho
has been with the army ord
nance forces in Germany
for several months has re
turned to the states and is
now at home.