The Infantile Paralysis
cpideimc of 1946 was the
worst in 30 years, exceeded
only by the great epidemic
-of 1916.
VOLUME ELEVEN
Receives Citation
Lt. Cdr. Henry G. Crow
gey, USNR, of Emory, Vr ,
husband of Mrs. Margaret
Pi-offitt Crowgey of Bur
nsville, has received a per
manent citation for his
Gold Star in lieu 'of the
Third Air Medal from Sec
retary of the Navy James
Forrestal, for the President
Lt. Cdr. Crowgey, who
has been releastd to inac
tive duty, earned his award
.by contributing materially
to the success of our forces
in the Pacific War Theater.
During the war, citations
were temporary, or incom
plete for security reasons.
Text of the full citation
is as follows: ,
"For meritorious achieve
ment in aerial flight as
Commanding Officer of i
patrol bombing plane dur
ing operations against ene
my Japanese 'forces in the
Centeral Pacific Area from
April 17 to 24 1944. A dar
ing and courageous flyer,
Lt. Cdr. (then Lt.) Crow
gey skillfully executed a
difficult. an d hazardous
mission, thereby contribut
ing materially to the suc
cess of our forces in this
area. His courage, airman
ship and devotion to duty
were in keeping with the
highest traditions of the
United States Naval Ser
vice.”
FRIDAY DEADLINE
FOR REINSTATING
N.S. L. I. POLICIES
Tomorrow is the last, day
oh which veterans who
have been discharged from
the armed forces six mon
ths or more may reinstate
lapsed National Service
Life insurance policies
without submitting to a
' medical examination, H. A.
Ficken, acting manager of
the Asheville sub-regional
office of the Veterans ad
ministration, reminded yes
terday.
Today and tomorrow, as
during the past, veterans
who have been discharged
more than six months and
have permitted their NSLI
policies to lapse may rein
state them by signing a
statement certifying that
they are in as good health
as they were when thepoli
cies lapsed and by making
two monthly premium pay
ments. February 1 and
thereafter, however, only
veterans who have been
discharged less than six
months, may reinstate poli
cies this. Others will be re
quired to submit to a medi
cal examination. y
MUSIC CLUB PROGRAM
The 7th grade music club
of Burnsville school gave a
program iast Wednesday.
The devotional
was given by Erma Styles,
, Olivia Tappan and Eva
Kate Smith.
The following students
also took part on the pro
gram, Thelma Ann Styles
Betty Pate, Mary Cecil
Anglin, Virginia Dare
Chase, Betty Presnell, Kat
hleen King, Frances Wil
son, Nelda Peterson.
Attend the Polio
Charity Ball
THE YANCEY RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
N. C. SYMPHONY
PLANS CONCERT
The North Carolina Sym
; phony orchestra has an
nounced the schedule of
concerts which will be giv
’ en; this spring. The season
’ will open in April when the
! full Symphony will play in
’ Goldsboro.
’ The Little Symphony, will
| give a concert in Burnsville
Mack Ledford was taken
lto the Mission hospital
" Wednesday when he sus
-1 tained a broken leg. He is
• employed by the Cane Riv
! er Lumber company.
Proposed Location of New N. C.
Hospitals and Health Centers _
Raleigh—The North Car
olina Medical Care Commis
sion revealed today its pro
posed allocation of 1700 ad
ditional hospital beds in the
state.
The Commission’s five
year Good Health Plan
(1947-51 > for building new
/general hospitals, health
(medicali centers and en
, largeinent of existing hos
-1 pital facilities in North
Carolina, was bared in a
map distributed to mem
bers of both houses of the
General Assembly.
The plan, as outlined in
the map, calls for the con
struction of nine new hospi
tals, including the 400-bed
State Teaching Hospital at
Chapel Hill, and 24 rural
health centers.
Counties getting new hos-]
pitals under the proposed'
plan would be Orange (the
400-bed teaching hospital to
be located adjacent to the
University School of Medi
cine!, Madison, Yancey,
Chatham, Franklin, Scot
land, Bladen, Sampson, and
Pender.
In. announcing the Com
mission’s suggested five
year plan,' executive secre
' Five YEAR PLAN"»
—— NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION T
FOR, BUILDING (ONEWGENEPAL HOSPITALS; (E)HEAL.TH(MEDtCAL)certTEBS; AND ENLARGEMENT OF EXISTING HOSPITAL FACILITIES IN ISOgtH CAROLINA
The Plans are Tentative and ore Subject to:— Cl) Re vision, f2.)Approval of U.S. Public HeoHb 3a.rvice,(.2>) Approprlotionaby Congress Anticipated j.mz
under Hill Burton ttospitol BUI; (4jond Anticipated State Ac p^pirintions equal to Federal Fund* for Norttl Carolina. , \
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NORTH .'VVi'i*
PLANS FOR. 1200 ADDITIONAL
HOSPITAL BEDS IN BTAT-E
jn Five. Vr or* to Cost Approximotely
$4-8 1 000,0< o; toy U.S Government
and Two-Vhirde loy State and Local Agencies
* expects to acquire U.S Camp Butner
at Durham and use ita3574 hospital beds for mental
patient*, thereby increasing new mental beds to'4-874. and
tbs totol new be die for all yospitals to 10.574, j.
FIVE YEAR HEALTH
PLAN FOR NORTH
CAROLINA
This map prepared by the
Medieal Care Commission,
' shows the proposed five
year (1947-51) plan for
buildipg new general hos
pitals and health centers
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30,1947
MEN’S CLUB MEETING
The Burnsville -Men’s
Club held the regular sup
. per meeting at the Method
ist church on Monday even
‘ ing.
; A short business session,
1 with the president, Dover
1 R. Fouts, presiding, follow-!
! ed the supper.
, Reports from committees
were heard, and several
l matters of importance were
l discussed. Rev. Ben J. Mc
• Iver, pastor of the Baptist
s church, was voted in as a
■ | member. Thirty six attend
ed the meeting. “ r
tary, Dr. John A. Ferrell
emphasized that the plans
are tentative and contin
gent on possible' revision,
approval of U. -; S. Public
Health Service, appropria
tions by Congress anticipat
ed under the Hill-Burton
Hospital Aid Bill, and anti
cipated state appropriations
equal to federal funds for
North Carolina. -
The five-year health plan,
Ferrell said, will cost ap- 1
pro x i mately $48,000,000,
one-third of which would
be paid by Federal Grant
under provisions of the
Hill-Burton Bill. The re
maining two-thirds would
be paid in equal part by
state and local agencies.
More than two years of
investigation o fthe state’s :
health situation by scores; 1
|of experts engaged by the <
'Commission preceded for
mulation of the plan. 1
Population figures used.;
by the commission as a bas-j
is for determining the loca-!'
tion of hospital units are
1943 estimates and not
the 1940 census. This was
required by the Federal re
gulations governing the ex
penditure of Hill-Burton
funds.
and the expansion of exist
ing hospital facilities in
North Carolina. The plan,
which is the result of two
years study of the state’s
hospital needs by the Medi
cal Care Commission, has
been submitted to the Gen
eral Assembly. The plans,
YANCEY COUNTY
VETERAN ?WAS FIRST
IN N. C. TO?RECEIVE
CAR
"facK Hensley of Bee Log
was the first amputee in
North Carolina to receive a
car from thq government.
Mr. Hensley received his
car, a specially built Olds
mobile, thred months ago
under the law providing
cars at government expen
se to amputees of World
War 11. I
While in training at Fort
Knox, Ky. vsth the' armor
ed division, ' Mr. Hensley’s
right leg w 4 crushed when;
he was run ewer by a tank.
The leg was amputated at
the hip.
Mr. Hensley has bought
a part interest in a store at
Ramsey town ), which he
helps to operate.
t4
John Melvijp RRobertson
is confined home be
cause of an ajfctack of flu.
Mrs. Elizilieth English
is in Mission | hospital for
an operation, v
Mrs. Foltsome Howel, and
son, Roger, are visiting MrJ
and Mrs. Bob fPeterson.
i Hugh Patelof Siler City
has returned I home after
visiting his father who has'
been very ill I for the past
three w T eeks b|it is reported
to be improved at this time.
J. P- Gibbs Passes Away
Joshua P. Gibbs,. 78, for
mer Yancey county clerk of
court and ‘ former member
of. the state house of repre
sentatives from Yancey
county and a former state
senator, died at his home
in the Dysartsville section
of McDowell county Wed
nesday morning. Mr. Gibbs
who had been in failing
health for somt time, went
to McDowell county in 1937.
A short funeral service
will be held at the residence
Friday morning at 11
'*V3B N / COLON iU
PropoSCO Allocation Os
* i
150a Bids To Mental Hospitals /
700 Bids To Tub*mulo»» Ho»pital*
AOO Beds To (Med icalj Hialth Center® \
400 Beds To University Teaching Hospital T
4200 Beds To be D ie.tr ibolod on baaii of
Heed to New Hospital* and for
Enlargement of Exi«tin9.H*»frtt»l«i
as here shown, are tenta-i]
tive, h'owever,, and subject
to revision by tlie commis
sion. ‘Possible adoption of
the plan by the state is al
so contingent on approval
by the U. S. Public Health
Service, obtaining one-third
of the total needed approp
riations fronf the Federal
BALL GAME
The Burnsville and Clear
mont basket ball teams will
play at the Burnsville gym
nasium on Friday night,
Jan. 31.
LEGION MEETING
The Earl Horton Post of
the American Legion and
the Auxiliary Unit met at
the court house on Tuesday
evening. The commander,
Mark Bennett, presided.
The group voted unani
mously to go on record as
i favoring the building in'
I Burnsville of the proposed 1
i hospital, and that all Leg
ion members stood 100 per
cent in supporting the for
l thcoming fund drive for
the purpose.
A very important called
meeting of the group will 1
be held at the court house
on Tuesday evening, FebJ
4. All service men are urged
to attend this meeting.
i ■
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ang
lin announce the arrival of
I a daughter, Linda Ann on
Jan. 29.
I Mrs. Jack Galloway has;
returned from the Mission
I hospital where she was a
patient for several days. |
Attend the Polio
Charity Ball
o’clock, with the Rev. Mr
Bowers officiating. A sec
ond service will be held at <
West Burnsville Union chu- <
rch at 2 p. m., with the RevJ;
Mr. Smith officiating. Bur-j
ial will follow in Robertson j
cemetery, near Burnsville, i
Surviving are the widow, 1
Mrs. Lizzie Gibbs; one dau-i:
ghter, Mrs. Mary Briggs of
Micaville; three sons, Roy/
and Joe Gibbs of Nebo,Rt.‘
1, and David Gibbs of Mica-!
ville; 13 grandchildren and
11 great grandchildren.
| <1
•n / vSIJr
- Kev \
/ KUIIVIU II Jr' v V v
<5 Number Os Existing Hospital*
j # Proposed New Hospitals
<3 Proposed Centers ,
Number Os Beds 15** . .
/ 5Q616 Population IQ4SS !
mmv Proposed Hoepita) Dipt riots ,
government under the Hill-
Burton Bill, and the re
maining two-thirds from
local and state govern
ments. The plan, as here
shown, calls for construc
tion of nine new hospitals
and 24 rural health centers.
Population figures given
Report Is Made By Forest
Supervisor
Congressman A. L. Bul
winkle this week forward-]
ed to this paper a copy of,
the following report made
by Carl G. Krueger, forest 1
supervisor: j
“The Chief of the United:
States Forest Service has
announced that $46,595 will
be distributed. to the coun
ties in which the National
Forest lands in North Car
olina are .located. This is
twenty five per cent of the
, total receipts of the Nanta
hala and Pisgah-Croatan
National Forests. Each of
these 4 units contributed
about half of the total
amount.
Sale of Timber
i “Practically all of the]
receipts of the National;
| Forests were from the sale]
of timber. Some small
amounts were received
from various special use
permits and other types of
use. Green timber is not:
being cut faster than it is
i growing. Salvage of dead
'chestnut, and other dead,
fire or insect-killed timber,)
is carried on as rapidly as
i possible.
j Most of the land acquired
by the Forcd Service had
already been logged, and
some of it has been severly,
burned.. Some of these lands,
will not produce merchant
able timber for years »tor
come, others will have mer-:
chantable timber within a 1
decade. With protection
land care all the forest land
[will eventually be stocked
| and will produce much
more timber than is now
being cut. We can get our 1
forest lands fully stocked
through adequate fire pro
jection and by carefullly
and regularly -cutting tim
ber when it Is ready for
harvest. The latter is near
ly as important as the for-
are based on 1943 estimates,
and not the 1940 census
Federal regulations gov
erning the expenditure of
Hill-BUrton funds require
the Medical Care Commis
sion to use 1943 population
estimates rather than fig
ures gained from the ’940
census. . . .
Give generously to the
March of Dimes Fund.
Fight Infantile Paralysis.
NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
| mer if we are to maintain a
I full rate of growth on our
'forest lands.
Recreational Facilities
i “Use of the North Caro
lina National Forests for
'all types of recreation, in
cluding fishing and hunt
ing, continues to. increase.
More people used the for
ests than any time since the
war. The various recreation ,
areas are being maintained
as well as possible, but
much work remains« to be
done to get them in satis
factory condition. Little
Work was done on them
during the war—now years
of deterioration and heavy
; current use make repairs "
1 difficult.
“In addition to the funds
I returned to the counties in
lieu of taxes, mentioned in
the first paragraph of this)
letter, ten per cent of the
Forest receipts, or about
$18,600, was spent on For
est roads and trails, all of
j which benefits the local
I communities. In the past
I fiscal year $172,000.00 were
allotted to North Carolina
for use by the State Forest
Service in fire protection
; and planting, and $16,000.00
were allotted to the Exten
sion Service for use in farm
forestry extension. Both of
these activities need to he
increased.
Primary Need
“The past year was a fav
orable one from the stand
; point of fire protection.
The acreage' of National
.-Forest land burned was \"
very smalL No fires reach- -
,ed serious proportions.
Statewide fire protection,
including all types of forest
land whether publicly “"or
privately owned, is one of
the primary needs of North
Carolina.
~ “Another urgent need of .
forestry in North Carolina
is forest extension work
among the owners of small
forest properties. This ex
tension work consists prin
cipally of furnishing forest
management information,
advice anti assistance to
small land owners.
“These small forest pro
perties represent about
two-thirds ’of Worth (Jaro
lina’s forest land. Owners
of large forest properties
are able to employ their
own foresters, *and many
do. Too many of the small
owners are still without
adequate service to help
them grow trees profitably.
A start has been made both
by industry arid. public ag
encies to assist these small
owners, but the work needs
to be expanded. Once we
have the owners of small
forest properties protect- •'
ing and practicing forestry
on their own lands the fire
problem iti the state will be
greatly reduced, and our
forest growth will be great
ly increased”.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine
Swann of Bald Creek an
nounce the birth of a son,
Larry Roger, Jan. 24.
Dover R. Fouts is in Ral
eigh this week on business.
““Attend the Polio
Charity Ball