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BOY SCOUT WEEK Support-the Boy Scout Adult Membership Drive. VOLUME ELEVEN * 1 ] I Plans Are Completed For 1947 Red Cross Fund^Drive Final ' plans for the 1947 j Red Cross Fund Drive have; been* made by the planning ■committee. In the rural sections of ‘the county the campaign is already under way and wil continue through March 1. A; one day campaign has been planned for Burnsville , and Saturday, March Ist been named as “Red Cress Day”. On that day all business firms and homes hi be contacted and it is i pod that the entire quo ta will be raised In one day. The head of each place of-business and citizens in; he homes are urged to : . ave their contribution; toady so that the campaign m; y lyrcdffcftided as speed-! lly as possible. L '~3 / - Mrs. B. S. Connelly anc , Mrs. C. P. Rogers are coun' ty chairmen and township chairmen are; Burnsville: Rev. Moody Smith, Mrs. Juanita Evans Cane River: Mrs. James Proffitt, Max Proffitt, Mrs Harpion Peterson. Prices Creek: Miss Hat tie Phoenix, Mrs. Miller Ledford, Clyde A. Ayers. Egypt: Miss Fay Buck, > Farm-Ownership Meeting Draws Record Crowd- The annual farm owner ship meeting of all families 1 in Yancey county purchas-j ing farms through the Far-; mers Home Administration ; was- held at Clearmont high! school on Friday afternoon. Approximately 80 attended the largest group that has ever attended one of the - annual meetings since the, program was inaugurated in the county.. _ I' ack B. Ray, county sup :".)r, presided at the ' ' rgv After he had in ed tile F. 0. families r.iittee and county 1, the purpose of ne ting was outlined , 1 T. Young, FHA it eeman. -d minute movie of im farming practice,.! ( . h ■ n by lliff eleven j r’ctor with the • agricultural - train ■ rogram. • • ■- . Y' r T'‘ 1.-art of the past year’s •w' for the county was • w,, n by Mr. Ray and Miss Irene Edwards, home man agement supervisor. Indi vidual charts had Been pre pared family sc that comparison could be made with the average of the 1946 farm and home activities as shown on the large chart. Ahacd on Payments Os unusual Merest was the Moan repayment report for the county families The report showed that more than four full gpay ments had been made where one was due. The county average was $916 ahead on payments. W. B. Oliver, district sup ervisor, spoke on insurance of property and mainten ance of buildings, and R. C. Deyton, FHA committee man. diseussed the hospital THE YANCEY RECORD “DEDICATED TO THE PRQGRjESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Mrs. Clinton Ramsey. i I South Toe: Mrs. Arthur ; j Robinson, Dr. and Mrs. E ; R. Ohle, Edd Gibbs. ' Pensacola: Mrs. Harold i Duncan, Mrs. Brook Wilson ’ Jacks Creek: Mrs. W. O. i Briggs, Suel Anglin. Ramseytown: Mr. and ' 1 Mrs. Jack Hensley, Mrs. Opal Whitson. ' : Green Mtn.: Mrs. Iliff ; Clevenger, Mr s.C. E. Bai i ley, Mrs, J. E. Johnson. ; ; Brush Creek: Mr. and < r Mrs. Claude Hughes, Rfin ' som Hughes, Jobe Thomas.; Crabtree: Welzie Robin-' : son, Mr. and Mrs. R. N Sil ver, Mrs. H. D. Justice. 1 Following is the list of “j workers for the Home De i monstration clubs of the 'county: Mrs. Mary. Peterson Ramseytown; Mrs. B. S. ; Connelly, Burnsville; Mrs Bessie Robinson, Rt. 2 ! Burnsville; Mrs. L. L. Prof fitt, Rt. 1, Burnsville; Miss Wilma King, Cam River; Mrs. Louis Robinson Paint Gap; Mrs. Carl Sil vers, Micaville; Mrs. Grace . ■ Parrott, Newdale; Mrs. ' Huffman, Hamrick; Mrs John Griffin, • Bowdens Creek. and surgical insurance j - The general farm out look, and a discussion of ! planning next year’s busi j ness was presented by W. j*K. Anderson, supervisor for Avery county. The main, point stressed in this and other discussions on the [program was the benefit 1 of farm crops. The advantages of using AAA, PCA, TVA, Exten sion and other agency faci lities in farming was dis cussed briefly by Carl T Young, and Miss Edwards spoke on home beautifica tion as one of the impor tant phases of the farm owner plans. The following prizes were awarded for the best farm j record books: Ist Prize—Mr. and Mrs . Raymond Penland, 100 baby 1 | :hicks with 200 lbs. starting * mash, by Farmers Federa tion. 2nd Prize—Mr. and Mrs. Rama McKinney, 2 bags Northwest Dairy Feed, 24 percent; 100 lbs. Crystal White Self Rising flour; and 100 lbs. Cream of the Harvest plain flour, by ! Burnsville Super Market. 3rd Prize—Mr. and Mrs. ! Jeter Webb, 300 lbs. Ches terfield laying mash, by Ray’s Grocery. 4th Prize —Mr. and Mrs. ! Arnold Hughes, National Presto Cooker, by Johnson ' & Company. sth Prize—Mr. and Mrs Jay Briggs, Medicine Cabi net, by B. B. Penland & Son Lumber Co. 6th Prize—Mr. and Mrs , Fred Johnson, SIO.OO Cash by Hall & Gibbs Livestock • Dealers. 7th -Prize —Mr. and Mrs. • George Laws, SIO.OO Cash [ by Bill Buckner. *1 BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1947 I . iw • ' ‘UwWn. * < Serves as Officer on New Carrier Lt; Cdr. Douglas A. Pow ell, Jr., USN, of Burnsville N. C., will be First Lieuten ant and Damage Contro Officer aboard tne new air craft carrier USS Wrigh l which was placed in com mission, February 9th, a' tdke Philadelphia v .Nava Base, Philadelphia, Penna. A graduate of the 1942; class of the Naval Academy ! Lt. Cdr. Powell* served in the Pacific area for 13 months, in Australia for over a year, and in the oc cupation of Japan for fouij ! months. As commanding !officer of the submarine; USS Angler, he was award-1 ed -the Submarine Combat! Insignia for two successful; war patrols. He also served; iboard the light cruiser; USS Trenton from January 1942, to February, 1943, and aboard the battleship USS Mississippi in August and September, 1945. The Wright is the second and last of the Saipan class light carriers to be built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden, N. J. The ship was named in honor of the late Wilbur] Wright, early inventor of the airplane. Pfc. Marshall F. Rate son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Pate of Bee -btrg-, ig mm~trtr home with his parents af terserving for several mon ths in the European Thea ter of Operations. He serv ed as a Medical Aid Man in LeHavre, France, and also Paris. He is expecting to be discharged very soon. --- j LAST RITES FOR MRS. LOUISA CRANE HEN jSLEY Mrs. Louisa Hensley, 75 years of age, died at the' home of her son, Daniel Edwards, at Bald Ore? Thursday evening follow ng a brief illness. She is survived by tuw laughters, Miss Emma Jane Edwards of Swis and Mrs. Lee 'Hensley of Bald Creek; four sms 1 and Daniel of B 1 ’ Gaither of L 1 : HI 1 of Pcs T.- - children ru ’ .3 , r Children, v ! ■ Funeral . e " " conducted at'the >aH' 3 ; - hrr-h at m. with the Rev. Quin. . officiating. Burial was 11 the Bald Mtn. cemetery. Sth Prize—Mr. and Mrs Roy Mathis, Floor Lamp by Burnsville Furniture & Hardware Co. 9th Prize—Mr. and Mrs Hicks Fox, 200 lbs. furina Chow for chicks, by Blue Ridge Hardware Co. 10th Prize—Mr. and Mrs CarDStyles, Bedspread, by Edge’s Department Store. 11th Prize—Mr. and Mrs. Landon Briggs, Blanket, by Anglin &,Westall. 12th Prize —Mr. and Mrs John Hylemon, Toaster, b> Roberts & Johnson Lumber Company. 13th Prize—Mr. and Mrs. J. Coleman Gregory, Coffee Maker, by Cut Rate Furni ture Store. # — - i YANCEY TEACHERS HEAR PRITCHETT AT DINNEBS MEET —f — A dinner f meeting was t held by teachers of Yancey 1 county Friday evening atj < Burnsville hi|h school. B. M. Tomberljn, principal ! of Burnsville high schooli was master bf ceremonies.!' Dr. Leo K. ||ritchett, dean 1 ; of Lees-Mcßife college was : the speaker. | Other' features of the i program were a group of i ! songs by Mmßlarence Bur ton, accompanied by Mrs 1 ; G. D. Bailey, |md a reading i ! by Miss Mary.-Blake Wilson. During the tmsiness hour, ;the NCEA '[election vote i was taken. The group voted j unanimously i for Claude j Grigg for president. ; Approximately 85 teaeh [ers'and invited guests at tended. • Little Symphony Plans Appear ance Here on March 14 i li The North Carolina Sym phony Orchestra gave 101 concerts last year, and this year will make 135 appear ances. The full symphony will play in 2b cities and j Lie Littie Symphony in 35 towns. This information was giv en to the local committee Ky DiwiA AalJawM presentative Symph j ony Orchestra,- who was in! Burnsville for «■ two days this week. In discussing the 1 pro gram and achievements of •j the orchestra, Mr. Ashburr 1 ! stated that during the past ;season the orchestra had ! played to 100,000 people ] 70,000 of whom were school I children. This is particular ly gratifying to the com ; mit.tee, lie added, since it is j ' of the purposes of the 1 st'ra program to de i ’’i every child the ap- V cm for good music. • orchestra was organ-! , 939 and is the only’ group in the entire i ed States. Many music s now rank it as one he 15 finest Sy.mpho) ’’c nation. | -\ v > 1 1 f ; .|p -. : Federation Stockholders Meeting Saturday The annual meeting of the Yancey county stock holders of the Farmers Fed eration will be held at the ! Burnsville warehouse on i Saturday, Feb. 22 at If a. m.; James McClure Clark; will preside and a short re port will be made of busi ness during the past year. C6mmittee members and directors will be elected to serve for the’ coming year. The Federation String band will play and refresh ments will be served. Priz j Radio Salute Yancey County Chapter, American Red Cross will be honored in a special Radic salute on March 3 ovei Radio Station WWNC, dur ing the Farm Hour pro gram from 1 to 2:16 p. m. The Little Symphony wil appear here on Friday march 14. The concert foi school children will be given at 2:30 and the evening ; concert at 8:30. Both con certs will be given at Bur nsville school auditorium. Members of the Little Symphony will make theii headquarters in Burnsville 1 fluting the three days they are playing in Banner Elk Spruce Pine and Burnsville. FINAL RITES ARE HELD FOR MRS. BESSIE McCURDY Mrs. Bessie Flowe Mc- Curdy, mother of Mrs. Wm Wray, Jr., passed away Monday in a Sanford, Fla. hospital following an .ex tended illness. Funeral services we r ; held Wednesday afternoon in Salisbury, N. C. Surviv ors include three daughters Mrs. Wray, Mrs. Francis , Mangum and Mrs. C. H [Buchanan. Among those who attend ed the services were Mr. and Mrs. John Bennett ol Asheville, Mrs. R. Y. Tilson G. L. Hensley and Rush Wray of Burnsville. BURNSVILLE CHURCH' SERVICES Presbyterian Church Regular services will be i held at the Presbyterian < church on Sunday morning, j with church school at 10:00 i and morning worship at 11:00 o’clock. < Community Service i The monthly community service will be held at the Baptist church at 7:30, with : Dr. Bannerman, president j of Warren Wilson college as speaker. Baptist Church On next Sunday, Feb. 23, : the pastor, Rev. Ben J. Mclver, will preach at 11 o’clock with the sermon subject ‘Hooking for Jesus” 1 Training Union will meet at 6:30, directed by Mrs. Mclver. Prayer meeting is held at 7:30 on Wednesday ev enings, followed by choir practice. A Methodist Church February is Advocate month in the Methodist churches of the Asheville district. New and renewal subscriptions to the N. C. Burnsville Parent-Teachers Observe Founders’ Day The Burnsville Parent* . Teacher Association held the February meeting at the school with the presi dent, Mrs. Milton Higgins presiding. Approximately 80 attended. The devotional was given by Rev. B. J. Mclver fol lowing which a short busi ness session was held. The P. T. A. will serve supper to the Men’s Club members next Monday evening, and final plans were made for f this. The nominating commit tee to name candidates for office for the 1947-48 term was appointed with Mrs. Sam Huskins as chairman . and the following members, Mrs. Edd Roberts, Miss Is ! lean Ray, Mrs. C. P. Ran dolph and Mrs. Joshua l Banks. Mrs. Huskins, Founders Day chairman, then pre sented the program which marked the 50th anniver sary of the Parent-Teacher work. Mrs. Huskins spoke briefly of the establish ment of the organization and introduced the guest speaker, R. W. Wilson. Mr. Wilson began his ad dress by saying that some time ago he began review ing all legislative enact ments of the state since the first were made, and down to the present time. From this study, Mr. Wil son said, he could trace much more clearly than from any history book, the development of the state. Many of those first stat i utes reflect the private and domestic - enterprises o f that day, Mr. Wilson said., j Roads and bridges were planned from one town to another and from village to county seat with no thoug- j ht of a wide-spread system that would link all parts of the state together. The same thing was true of BOY SCOUT WEEK Support the Boy Scout Adult Membership Drive. NUMBER THIRTY ] initiated by Fraternity Charles Proffitt of Bur nsville was one of the 75 top ranking seniors of the school of engineering of N. C. State college who were recently initiated into the Order of St. Patrick. CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE are being sought. * The Women’s Bible class will hold its monthly meet ing on Thursday (Feb. 29) at the home of Mrs. Troy Ray at 3:00 p. m. The bi-monthly supper meeting of the Burnsville Laymen’s Movement will held at the church on Fri day at 7:00 p. m. H. Grady Bailey, president, will pre side. Clarence E. Morgan Asheville, wholesale merch ant and leader in Central Methodist church, will speak at the church next Sunday at 11 o’clock wor ship hour. Other laymen will be speaking in Method ist pulpits next Sunday in connection with the annual observanre o f Laymen’s Day. A large attendanre is urged. railroads, telephones and other public facilities. Schooling was a matter of instruction in the home and in cases where the par ents were financially able, the children were sent aboard. Necessity caused the citizens of the states to centralize the facilities of education, highways and other systems, and along with other advantages, North Carolina has for.,, many years offered the op portunity of an education to every child in the state The Parent-Teacher as sociation, Mr. Wilson con cluded, has gone a step fur ther. It seeks to link sch: -1 and home and to keep t’ * school in touch with t u home. ; Past presidents of t\ ? Burnsville P. T. A. ’"oro r cognized. Those pre • were Mrs. Z. V. Hall r tof Spruce Pine, Mrs. R.. . Wilson and Mrs. C. R. It ■ rick of Burnsville. Two < ! er past presidents, Mrs. ■ M. Cheadle and Mrs. H. l Bailey were not present. ; As a musical number oi the program, Mrs. Eliza beth Hughes played a vio lin solo, accompanied by ■ Mrs. Yates Bennett. At the conclusion of the ! Founders’ Day program, 1 the charter for Boy Scout , Troop 1, Burnsville was pre sented to the P. T. A. as i the sponsoring organiza i tion. i A group of scouts then explained all requirements 'for every rank of scouting. I Scout master V. J! Good s man directed this and pre j sented membership cards to i the scouts present. Mem bership cards were also pre sented to the local scout i troop committee, Dover R. Fouts, W. W. Roberts, B. R. Penland, V. J. Goodman, B. M. Tomberlin and James W. Ray.
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