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The Infantile Paralysis epideimc of 1946 was the worst in 30. years, exceeded ohl/ijy the great epidemic of 1916. V'OLUME eleven Proposed Bill Would Change Duties of County Officers Representative J. Frank Huskins- Will Introduce Bill The following statement by J. Frank Huskins, repre sentative from Y ancey county to the North Caro lina General Assembly was given to 'this newspaper for publication tjiis week: I have been requested by all the county officers o f ‘Yancey county and by many citizens and members of both political parties to pass a bill" which would ac complish the following: 1. Remove the. duty of collecting taxes from the sheriff and place that duty on the county accountant’s office since the accountant already collects" all prepaid taxes and all delinquent taxes, thereby having all tax collections, placed in one office for the greater con venienee of the' public in paying taxes and allowing the sheriff to devote his full time to law enforce ment. 2. The county accountant to receive no additional pay for collecting t-he taxes. 3. The sheriff to receive $200.00 per month to make up for the commissions he would receive if he collect ed the tax. His commissions will amount to something over $2500.00 since the pro perty in all the county is valued at over one hundred thousand dollars and the; sheriff' receives 2percent for collecting them. This would enable the county to do a little better than break even -since no com missions would be deducted ' 4. Give the -first deputy FARM NOTES J. T. Conner, Jr., Exten sion Entomologist, .from Raleigh will be’in the Cou nty on Tuesday, January 28th to hold three demon . strations on controlling cat tle grubs and cattle lice. The demonstrations are scheduled as follows: '9:30 a. hi. Herbert Eng lands (at Rex Yelton farm on Indian Creek); 1:30 p. ■m.,J3arl- "Jobe’s farm on Jacks Greek; 3:30 p. m. Homer Young’s farm at Newdale near the bridge. Everyone is invited. The Directors of the new ly organized Yancey Coun ty Farmers’ Cooperative, Iric., met with officials of ‘TVA and signed a memo randum of agreement with TVA to handle the test-de monstration phosphate and other TVA materials. The Yancey County Unit is one of fifteen. County Units in Western North Carolina that make up the Allied Farmers’ Cooperative, Inc. which has headquarters ir Asheville. B. R. Penland has return ed from Cincinnati, Ohio „ where he attended a meet ing of the Hardwood Lum ber association on Jan. 16 and 17. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mcln tosh are visiting “relatives in Lakeland, Fla. THE YANCEY RECORD _ * •'y -, ■ . ; , V “DEDICATED TO THE PROGIjESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” SUB. RATES: $,.50 YEAR. SIOO.OO a month since no, man can live on SSO per month with the present high cost of living and it is t Pearly impossible to get . any good man to serve for t the present SSO per month _ which the law authorizes. 3 5. Permit the Town of . Burnsville, at its "election, to pay one-half or SSO per r month of the first. deputy s p salary and ’ require the j sheriff to provide law en r forcement for the Town as } well as the county. If the . town elected to do this it would save $50.00 per mon lth and the county would i break even—since the town T now pays its officer SIOO . per month and the county - pays the first deputy SSO. [j 1 feel that the above - would make for better law 1 enforcement since the sher iff could devote full time! . to the job; that it would ac , comodate many people liv r jng out in th% county since • they would always find the l . tax collector in his office; when they come to town to; : pay, their taxes. I plan to introduce such a 1 bill in a few weeks when i more important matters i have been disposed of in ! the Legislature. I take this • opportunity of informing ; the people so you may have ; an opportunity to write me ■jany honest, sincere views ) you may have on the mat ter. I am your servant and !; shall always try to do what the majority want done. I ;! believe the change would •be an improvement over i our present set-up for the • reasons stated. Sincerely, J. Frank Huskins. Many WNC Men Enlist A total of 1,716 Western . North Carolina men were • accepted for enlistment in . the U. S. Army from Janu . ary to December, 1946, it was announced yesterday , by Lt. Thomas H. Suydam commanding officer of the Asheville Army Recruiting Sub-Station, Records show that out of t this number 1,216 men were sieally qualified for army service. ,At least 44 men were accepted from Yan cey county. Enlistments, in former grades, family allowances, ; eligibility for the GI Bill of Rights, and security the jarmy offers on retirement | were given as reasons for "i the large number of enlist aments during- the year. The ‘ plan whereby Navy, Mar jine, and Coast Guard mem 1 bers may enlist for the Re i gular Army in the grade 1 they holjl* at time of disch arge which is comparable to similar grade in the Re gular Army was also given . as an added inducement for ) enlistments. These benefits . will be* in effect for an in - definite time, and as indiqa -3 ted by the enlistments for the first fifteen days in - this year, the enlistments s for 1947 should show a sharp increase pver 1946. BURNSVILLE, N. C, TBfURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1947 CONTRACT WILL BE LET FOR HIGHWAY TO GREEN MTN. > 6.8 Miles Will Be Graded, Surfaced : Among the contracts for 5 highway construction whi :ch will be let on Jan. 30 ' will be the contract for the 1 grading, surfacing and „ structures of 6.8 miles from : U. 5.19 E one mile east of > Burnsville north to N. C. 19 • near Green Mountain depot, 5 according to announcement J made last week by Stale ' Highway engineer W. Van- J ce Raise. This is one of 12 ? federal-aid projects invoh> t ing 75 miles of road wore ■ in North Carolina. 1 iB. R. PENLAND IS < J? > NAMED BANK DIREC r TOR ! B. R. Penland was named ' a director of the Northwes • tern Bank system at the ; annual meeting of the ■ stockholders held in North • Wilkesboro earlier this ■ month;- ~ .... ......j.. ! ;l Mr. Penland has served 1 );on the local board of mana gers since the establish ! ment of the Burnsville i 1 branch. tj ; The Methodist Hour i i Bishop William C. Mar ; tin of Topeka, Kansas will; : be the speaker on the Met-, ! hbdist Radio Hour Sunday; > morning, Jan*, 26 at 8:30 a. m. His subject will be “The! Eternal God and a Chang-; ; ing World.” This broadcast may be ! heard' over a number of ra ■ dio stations in this area in- ! i eluding WWNC Asheville WNOX Knoxville, WSPA Spartanburg, WSB Atlan ta and WRVA Richmond. Lt. Sudam also announc 1 ;ed that the recruiters of | 1 the Asheville sub-station! are working in two teams | ' which cover every county; jin Western North Carolina.! Every county is covered | [ once every two weeks. The| ; following is the itinerary t plan Os the recruiting' , teams. Team 1, Sgt. Mc ’ Leod and Sgt. Henry : Mon ! day, Brevard; Tuesday, I Hendersonville; Wednes r Try on and Hendersonville; 1 Thursday, Marion; Friday " Spruce Pine, Bakersville Burnsville and Newland. ’ Team 2, T. Sgt. Dance and . S. Sgt. Belt: Monday, Syl ? va; . Tuesday, Bryson City ! and Robinsonville; Wed - nesday, Murphy and Hayes ‘ ville; Thursday, Franklin; Friday, Waynesvjlle. i , - •’ POLIO CHARITY BALL IS PLANNED FOR ; JAN 30th ~ fi'Rif > The special event com . mittee of the March of ! Dimes county organization . is completing plans for the J 3 polio charity ball Which will . be held in the school audi . torium next Thursday, r Frank Jackson and his i orchestra havt been engag 3ed to play, and a good at n tendance is expected by the committee. NOTICE, TO AAA , FARMERS According %o J. B. Briggs Secretary bf fancey County A. C. A. every farmer who . received superphosphate; , ground limestone, crimson i clover or Austrian winter , peas under tfie 1946 pro gram through the AAA of f fiee should call by the office ? on or before’ February 15, \ 1947 to report the distribi.- ( tion of this material. • This„date is ihe final date , Tor accepting this repor t ’ and it is impossible to take’ » a report after this date. I i ! the event that- there is any one who did not receive any ' material but did carry out practices,during the" 1943 program year there will be a payment for such practi ces. The following practices were approved by the and county committee for payment in 1§46: 1. Ground , Limestone, (2) Superphos phate, (3) .Seeding a winter , cover crop from the seeding jof crimson clover, Austrian i winter peas, hairy vetch and rye grass, (4) seeding pasture. Also, Mr. Briggs states that applications are now being taken for 1947 .mater ial and practices to be car ried out during the 1947 program year. . The following practices have been approved for 'payment in mi; (11 grou ; nd limestone, (2) superph6- (sphate. (3) potash, (4i win j ter cover crop, (5) seeding; of small grains (wheat,* rye,j 1 barley: or oats to be turned I under in the spring of 1947 > !tGI permanent pasture, (7) : mowing pasture, (8) har vesting seed (orchard grass or tall meadow,oat grass), j The final date for accept ing the 1946 report is Feb ruary 15, 1947. LAST RITES FOR MRS. j ROSA YOUNG Funeral services for Mrs. (Rosa Roiing, 53, who died at her home on Burnsville R.F.D. 2, Friday morning after a five months illness, were held in the Fairview • Baptist church Saturday , morning at 11 o’clock. The Rev. J. L. Street officiated! Burial was in the church! cemetery. j Mrs. Young was a native and life-long resident of Yancey county and was a member of the Fairview' church. She was twice mar-! ried. I Surviving are the second! husband, James Young;! two daughters. Mrs. Euge ne Hall and Mrs. Craig R. Phillips; two sons, Lonus Grindstaff and Avery Gri-i ndstaff; two sisters, Mrs. William Whitson and Mrs. Texie Grindstaff, all of Burnsville, R.F.D. 2; -five brothers, Ed Whitstine of Morganton, Fred Whitstine of Wing,.George of Staley, Frank of Celo, and Arnold of Marion; seven grand l children. > , C. O. Ellis and , Bruct, ; Westall are in New York ■ on business. They will also • go to New Hampshire be > fore returning to Burns ville. YANCEY NATIVE ! PASSES IN OKLAHOMA Mrs. Margaret Holcombe Was 93 Years Old Mrs. Margaret Holcombe ! passed away at her home in Oklahoma City, Qkla., on Jan. 8, 1947. She was 93 years of age. She was born and reared in Yancey county but mov ed to Oklahoma City in 1910. She became a Christ ian at the age of 15 -and joined the Methodist church at Bald Creek. Surviving are four son/, and three daughters, Will iam R. who now lives at Gallie, Fla., Lee of Ada, i Okla., Dr. George M. Hol : combe of Okun, Okla., and • Aaron of Okla City; Mrs. S. M. Hughes of Burnsville, ; Mrs. George Dillaplain of Oklahoma City, and Miss ■ Emma Holcombe of the home;-9 grandchildren and ■ 8 -great grandchildren, T. Funeral, services and bur- j ; ial were in Oklahoma City. I Student Council Presents Pro j -3. at Parent-Teacher Meet Committees Report on - Year’s Activities The Burnsville Parent- Teacher Association * held the regular January meet ing on Tuesday evening ■;with the president, Mrs. Milton Higgins, presiding. ! I Mrs. Frank W. Howell of! the English department | was in charge of the pro-' | gram which presented the : work of the Student Coun cil. , j Frances Riddle, president! | of the Council, gave the in-1 jtroductory talk and ex-1 i i plained the purpose and jj plan of the organization.!] | Reports were then heard j • from the following commit tee chairmen: The merit system, Mary Evelyn Hensley; finance, Ruth Banks; activities, Genevieve Angel; office help, Pat Greene; hall pa trol, Leland Westall; bus patrol, Reba Banks; stud ; ent aid, Clara Mae Smith; | assembly, Llewellyn Ray; library, Charles Gillespie; j P. T. A., Peggy Jean Husk- ‘ 1 ins; recreation, Betty Wray [Hensley; lunch room, June Smith; High School build ing, Katie Penland; publL city, Mary Ellen Banks. Sponsor Scout Troop During the business ses | siorr, committee reports j were heard. The group vot |ed on the following: to | sponsor the Boy Scout troop for the coming year, to plan for the recognition of the [troop during Scout week, and to serve supper to the; Men’s Club,on Feb. 24. The president named commit tees to plan for these events. *’ i' Attendance banners were awarded the 7th grade and the Junior class. Founders Day At the next meeting on Feb. 18th, the 50th anniver sary of the founding, of the : : National Council “<rf> Par i ents and Teachers will be • observed. Mrs. Sam J. Hus . kins is program leader for the meeting. - .. . \ . • ' , :.r; ) • t',- - • . Red Cross Chapter Reports Many % Services for Past Year Many .services weye rer dered during the past year by the Yancey County chap- j ter, American Red. Cross. A„ total of' more thar 2400 cases were reported by the home service secretary. Ninety per. cent .of these were for servicemen, ex ser vicemen and their depend ents, 'These services* represent a wide variety of calls. They . include applications * for hospitalization; - . tele grams and cablegrams for servicemen, emergency fur lough's; all types *of claims for benefits and pensions for dependents of service men. A, ■ One of the most frequent calls was sor 1 making appli cations for terminal leave pay of which more than ; 1000 were completed in 'the j local office. I More , than 8.00 applica- ■ .- - * LEGION POST WILL J MEET HERE TUESDAY NIGHT The Earl Horton Post of i the American Legion will ; hold the regular monthly meeting at the courthouse! j on Tuesday evening. v , | v All servicemen are urged j ! to! attend this meeting’’ -as j ! plans will be - outlined for ■ - the gear’s work. Mark W. Bennett, ix)st commanded, ] will preside. It is estimated fhaf with-.1 in the next fires 1 will take 13,000 American < lives and consume property | valued at $600,000,000: -• PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the nation has just emerged ’ greatest epidemic of infantile paralysis sm •••■■* . j’t-- scourge of 1916, and, WHEREAS, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which is supported by the March of- Dimes and by the' March of Dimes only, has been called; upo as never before in its history to spend millions to hr' - the best available care to those stricken, re-w’! • ’ age, creed, color or race, and » ■ . WHEREAS, the National Foundation icr Paralysis will be called upon as never before to provide continuing care for the thousands stricken until maxi mum recovery is assured in every case, thereby fulfill ing its expressed pledge to the American people, and, WHEREAS, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has, in addition to these huge sums spent millions—and will continue to spend millions —in re search seeking the cause of and possible cure for this great crippler, and purpose so to do until polio is ren dered harmless, and, WHEREAS, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, supported as it is solely by the March of Dimes, will need millions of additional dimes this year i in its widespread educational program designed to strike against polio’s two greatest allies fear and- ignorance,* and, ~ ... > WHEREAS, the National foundation for Infantile Paralysis, spearhead of the ceaseless war against will, for the reasons set forth above, need funds to car ry on its work in 1947 as never before in its history. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the sixteen days January 15-30 be officially set aside in Yancey ■County as the 1947 March of Dimes, during which time all citizens are urged to familiarize themselves thoro ughly with the good works of the March of Dimes and to support the National Foundation for Infantile Para lysis to their utmost with their dimes, .. County March of Dimes Committee. Give geneitously to tha March of Dimes Fund. Fight Infantile Paralysis. NUMBER TWENTY-SIX tions for sugar ration books were filled out, and numer ous other services given to civilians as well as to ser vicemen and ex servicemen. During the month of December,' the monthly sta tistical report shows a case volume of 355. The present year will na turally shew some decrease in the calls from service-- men but many problems -will continue to arise as they readjust to civil!? life. There will also , (creasing needs from civi lian's which the office will seek to answer in every way possible. LAST RITES ARE IIUL FOR Wm. LEWIS William Turner Le- ‘s 89, passed away Sat- r ’ morning at 11:30 o’clcu Jan. 11 after an illness of two weeks. Burial was on Patterson Branch jn the Howell cemetery. Surviving are his daugh ter, Mrs. Jim Riddle; 8 grand children, Mrs. Geor ge Tipton, Mrs. S. C. Laws, Mrs. Marie Deyton, Frank Riddle, June, Opha, Pa d and James Riddle ; 11 grer. .- grand children; one sister, Mrs. A. A. Lewis of Bee Log; one brother, Elbert ! Lewis of Tenn. and a h<r . of friends. Flower girls were grand daughters and close friends Holcombe Brothers funeral home was in charge of ar rangements. Within the Jast 70 year? high school attendance in the United States has in-, creased 80 times over. ■ Buy Savings Bonds ~
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