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“March of Dimes” Campaign
Was Very Successful
* 'The 1947 “March of Dim
es” campaign was very suc
cessful in the county, with
approximately SI6OO contri
buted according to the re-,
port made today by Mrs.'
Sam J. liuskins, chairman, j
The following telegram 1
was received by Mrs. Hus-j
kins from Gov. Gregg
Cherry: “North Carolina’s
fight against infantile pa
ralysis must go on with re-|
newed effort until our
children are safe from its
crippling threat. T congrat
ulate you upon your leader
ship of the 1947 March of t
Dimes campaign in your
contuy and your public spir-J
ited labor for the success of (
this worthy cause. You andi
vour fellow workers merit
-the sincere gratitude of all
good citizens of our state.”
Mrs. liuskins has expres
sed her sincere thanks’ to all
conjmittee members ■- w r hc
helped to make the campai
gn so highly successful.
- The following is the -re
port given in detail:
The School Cmmittee
Frank W.-Howell, chairman
Burnsville school* B. M.
Tomberlin, chairman, 75.00;
Bald Creek school, R. A.|
Howell, chairman, 80.00 ;j
,Clearmont school, E. B.|
chairman, 103.42;
Bee Log school, Monroe
Mclntosh, chairman, 120.90;
Micaville school, H. D. Jus
tice, chairman, 142.66; Pri
ces Creek school, Mrs. Ed
fus Ledford' p chairman
10:00: Pensacola school, S
B. Conley, chairman, 9.10
Double Island school, Mrs.
Lowe Thomas, . chairman,
LAST RITES FOR
DOSS PETERSON
Funeral services for Doss
Peterson, 56, who died Sun
day at his residence on Er
win, route 1, following a
brief illness, were held at 2
p. rii. Tuesday at the Hulin
Mission, Erwin, route 1.
Officiating mi n Ihs te rs
Wme she Rev. T. E. Mead
ows and the Rev. Harry
Guinn, and burial was in (
cemetery.
Survivors include his wife
four sons, Felmore, Zola,
Wayne B. and Guy Peter
son, all of Erwin; five dau
ghters. Mrs. BeacL
forth of Asheville, N. C.,
Mrs. John, Bailey of Fort
Collins, Coloi; Mrs. Frank
M. Harris of Burnsville,
and Mrs. F. E. Rgy and Mrs.
Hubert Crowder of Erwin;
four brothers,, Allen Peter
son of Jonesboro, Ben, A. N.
and Oliver Peterson of Er<-
win; two sisters, Mrs. Z. G.
Harren of Erwin and Mrs.
Mary Jane Lockner of
Embreeville; 15 grand chil
dren and one great grand
child.
Pallbearers were Staley
Peake, Albert O’Brien,
Dave Peterson, Guy Rob
bins, Bud Condon and Cecil
Crowder. /
Pfc. Jack Allen, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Allen
of Burnsville, is at home
after 16 months duty in
Italy. He will receive his
discharge within a -few
weeks. -a
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
6.25. Total $547.33.
Business and Special
Gifts Committee, James
I Ray, chairman, $236,00;
Special Events Committee,'
‘ Miss Eloise Bennett, chair- j
'man, 180,00; Veterans Farm
i Program, Max Proffitt,'
I I chairman, 175.61; Profes
sional and Public Offices,
;i D. R. Fouts, chairman,
’ 163,00; Theatre Committee,
’ G L. Hensley, chairman,
1129.24;
Women’s Division, Mrs. l
Troy Ray, chairman, 92.00
' The Church Committee—
-1 Baptist church, Guss Pet
person, chairman, 50.00
j American Legion, Marl
1 Bennett, chairman, 11.50
G. A. Warlick Store, Celo
12.15; Colored Division
Mrs. Charity Griffith, cha
irman, 3.50; Collection
Boxes, 572. Total $1,606.05.
A contest was held be
tween schools and grades
in the county in raising
funds for the March of
, Dimes drive. A prize was|
offered for the first andj
second highest amounts
collected.
Both first and second
places were won by Mica-
Mrs. Helen D.
i Silver’s sixth grade won
j first by. collecting $30.00.
A Voit basketball was pre
sented to this group. .
Second prize, a softball;
and bat, was presented to
Mrs. Mildred Hunter’s sev
enth grade, who collected
' $22.00
The .school’s quota was
set at $400.00, and a com
bined total of approximat
ely $540.00 was collected.
DAY BOOK NEWS
Mrs. Sarah Deytori un
derwent a serious operatior
in the Biltmore hospita
last week.
Conway Deyton of Pa.,
and Howe Deyton of the
U. S. Army were called
here due to the illness of
their mother.
George Reding of Owing
Mills, Md. was visiting fri
| ends here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Peter
son are spending this week
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
K. Peterson in Wellston
Ohio.
Mrs. H.—Page—Hunter
who underwent an opera
tion in an Asheville hospi
tal returned home ' last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Zeak Ren
fro and children of Millers,
Md. were here visiting Mrs.
Renfro’s parents last week.
Mrs. U. S.,McCourry re
mains very ill at her home
here.
Mrs. Georgia Petersbh
sustained a broken arm in a
fall recently.
/ Jesse Howell is able to be
out again after being con
fined to his home for sev
eral days.
COURT OF HONOR
The Court of Honor for
' the. Toe River District of
the Daniel Boone Council,
: Boy Scouts of America,
i will be held at the Central
i Baptist church in Spruce
Pine at 7:30 p. m., Tuesday,
Feb. 11,1947.
THE YANCEY RECORD
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1947
Legislator Will Be Home
This Week End
J. Frank Huskins, repre
sentative from Yancey cou
nty in the state General 1 !
Assembly, plans to spend j
the coming week end in j
Burnsville.' Any one who ;
wishes to see Mr. Huskins'
! will find him at his office
Jon Friday and Saturday if
■ he comes home as planned.
FUNERAL SERVICES"
FOR THOMAS RENFRO
Funeral services -for.
Thomas J. Renfro, 70, were :
held Wednesday at the i
Jacks Creek church at 2
o’clock. Mr. Renfro died at
his home on Burnsville Rt.
1 Monday night following
an extended illness. i
Rev. A. Z. Jamerson offi- ;
ciated at the services and <
burial was in the Bailey :
cemetery. Holcombe Broth- 1
ers was in charge of -ar- r
rangements.
Surviving are the widow, j
!the former Miss Nora (
Evans; five daughters,!
Mrs. Maggie Sorrells of 1
I Vandergriff, Pa., Miss Al-j
ma Renfro of Green Mtn., <
Mrs. Pearl Edwards andj<
Mrs. Connie Woburn of 1
Emin, Tenn., and Miss Ora |{
Lee Renfro of the home; s
five sons, Dewey of the ; r
home, Cecil of Evansville, ;1
Ind., Glenn and Oscar of j
Erwin, Thomas. Renfro, Jr.
of Greenville, Tenn.; one <
'sister, Mrs. Rebecca Edw- .
:ards of Burnsville; 40 <
grand children and 15 great <
grand children.
Presbyterian Church
' i
Rev. Bernard Taykxr -of.
New York will speakart the .
Burnsville Pres by t erian ,
church on Sunday morning ;
at 11 o’clock.
CANE RIVER NEWS
Misses Ruth and Eva Rayi
honored G. D. Ray and :
Nancy Lawhern with a sur-j
prise birthday party on
Friday night, Jan. 31 at the
home.
Games were played and
later refreshments served
to approximately 35 guests.
The honor guests received
many presents.
Mr. and Mrs; Talmage
Hensley were guests over
the week end of Mr. —and
Mrs. Dewey Ray, Mr. and
Mrs. Samp Hensley angLMr.
and Mrs. Merritt Banks.
Virginia Angel was visit
ing her parents Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Evans
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur King over the week
end.
'Miss Eva Ray spent the
week end with friends near
Marion.
Sunday is the regular
time for services at the
Cane River church. Every
one is invited to attend, es
pecially the young people as
plans are being made to be
gin a B.JT. U.
Nothing short of acre-by
acre application of all prac
tical measures of proved ef
ficiency will give perman
ent, practical soil conserva
tion, declares Chief Hugh
H. Bennett of the Depart
ment of Agriculture’s Soil
Conservation Service.
“COME EARLY” IS
THEME OF NEW ADS
Raleigh. First tourist
advertising of the 1941
season in North Carolina
will feature Spring in the
mountains, with the early
' season attractions empha
sized. The second series of
ads will deal with eastern
Norths Carolina.
The advertisements are
part of the campaign of
the Division of Advertising
to lengthen the travel sea
son in North Carolina, thus
allowing the j travel trade
more return on fixed capi
tal investment.
Methodist Church
Rev. C. M.ySmith has an
nounced that- his preaching
appointment a t Concord
church has been changed
from the second Sunday to
the third Sunday afternoon.
This change ik due to the
Training School which be
gins in Asheville next Sun
day.
The Christian Youth Fel
lowship which meets at the
Methodist church on Thurs
day evenings at 7:30, de
cided at the last meeting
to conduct a conversation,
group on Stewardship for
several Thursday nights.
This will be the main fea
ture of the worship pro
gram. & •
Each program is follow
ed with a recreation hour.
All young people are invit
ed to attend these Thursday
evening meetings.
A group from the Burns
ville church will attend the
Training School for Work
ers which will be held at the j
,Central Methodist church.
Ashheville this week. The!
school will begin Sunday!
afternoon and will be held
for four nights. |
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37th Anniversary of The
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Anniversary Week February 8-14
Scout Motto: Be Prepared
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Support The Local Scout Troop
. and Its Program of Activities
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World War ll Dead Will
Be Returned
The tentative date for
the first remains of Ameri
ca’s World War II dead
from temporary military
cemeteries overseas is Aug
; ust 1947, Lt. Colonel John
D. Martz, Jr., Commanding
1 Officer of the Charlotte
Quartermaster Depot, an
; nounced today.
The preliminary opera
tional schedule prepared
! by the Office of The Quar
| termaster General contem
plates that those who fell
at Pearl Harbor and other
Armed Forces personnel
who now rest in seven cem
eteries in Hawaii reach the
San Francisco Port of Em
! barkation about August
18. Those who are buried in
the Henri Chapelle tempor
ary cemetery in Belgium
are scheduled to arrive at
New York about August 25.
Only the remains of those
whose return is requested
by next of kin „ will be
brought back to the United
! States for final burial in
either a private cemetery
or a national cemetery, Lt.
; BID ACCEPTED ON
GREEN MTN. ROAD
PROJECT
Low bids were accepted
Jan. 30 on 12 road projects
. including the road to Green 1
Mtn, through Mine Fork
Valley.
For grading, surfacing
and structures of 6.8 miles
from U. S. 19-E one mile
east of Burnsville north to
nl_C. 197 near Green Mtn.,
! depot: Roadway, W. H.
Anderson Construction Co.
Asheville, $348,322.80; stru
ctures, Wanamaker and
Wells, Orangeburg, S. C.,
; $60,304.20.
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Red Cross Chapter Plans
"Annual Drive -
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Plans for the annual
Fund Raising campaign «for
the Yancey county chapter,
American Red Cross were
outlined at a group meeting
' on Tuesday evening.
Mrs. C. P. Rogers and
Mrs. B. S. Connelly were
named as co-chairmen to
direct the 1947 drive. To
work with them, the fol
lowing township commit
. tees were named:
Burnsville: Rev. Moody
■ Smith, Mrs. Juanita Evans.
Cane River: Mrs. James
Proffitt, Max Proffitt, Mrs
Harmon Peterson. *
Prices Creek: Miss Hat
tie Phoenix, Mrs. Miller
Ledford, Clyde A. Ayers.
Egypt: Miss Fay Bu<&,
Mrs. Clinton Ramsey.
South Toe: Mrs. Arthur
Robinson, Dr. and Mrs. E.
R. Ohle, Edd Gibbs.
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Pensacola: Mrs. Harold
Duncan, Mrs. Brook “Wilson>
Last Rites for Mrs Joshua Gibbs
Mrs. Joshua P. Gibbs, 76
passed away at the home at
Dysartsville, McDowell cou
nty, Tuesday morning fol
lowing a brief: illnesr. Mr
[ Gibbs died on January 29.
i! Funeral services are pirn
i ned for 2 o’clock this after
: nQqp (Thursday) at the
West Burnsville church.
Rev. Moody Smith will of
ficiate and burial will be in,
the Robertson family ceme-i
tery. *•_
Surviving are, one daugh
ter, Mrs. Welzie Briggs of
Micaville; three sons, - Roy
and Joe Gibbs of Nebo and
David Gibbs of Micaville:
13*grand children and 11
great grand children; one
NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT
Jacks Creek: Mrs. W. O.
Briggs, Suel Anglin.
Ramseytown: Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Hensley, Mrs.
Opal Whitson. °
I Green Mtn.: Mrs. Iliff
I Clevenger, Mr s.C. E. Bai
ley, Mrs. J. E. Johnson.
Brush Creek: Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Hughes, Ran
som Hughes, Jobe Thomas.
Crabtree: W’elzie Robin
son, Mr. and Mrs. R. N Sil
ver, Mrs. H. D. Justice.
The township quotas as
signed are:
Townships: Quota:
Burnsville $960.00
Cane River 350.00
Prices Creek 160.00
Egypt 160.00
South Toe 160.00
Pensacola - 135.00
Jacks Creek 200.00
Ramseytown 160.00
Green Mtn. 135.00
Brush Creek 135.00
' Crabtree 640.00
1 Total $8195.00
brother, Tom Dellingger of
Burnsville star route; three
sisters, Mrs. Bob Ray and
Mrs. J. W. Baker of Burns
ville, and Mrs. Maggie
My&rs of Winston-Salem.
Funeral services for
Joshua P. Gib bs, 78, were
held at the home in Dysar
tsville, N. C., at 11 o’clock
Friday with the Rev.
! Moody Smith officiating.
! A short service was held
at the West Burnsville Un
ion church ut 2 o’clock with
Mr. Smith officiating. Bur
ial was in the Robertson
cemetery near Burnsville.
Nephews served as pall
bearers, and nieces a s
flowed girls.