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VOLUME ELEVEN
Five Men Arrested, Charged
' With Avery Bank Robbery
Five men, charged with
the robbery of the Bank of
Avery on January 30, and
are now in custody.
Thus, is brought home
again the truth of the say
uig that “Crime Doesn’t
Fay”.
At 9:10 o’clock on the
morning of January 30
four heavily armed men
entered "tsie Newland bank,
ed seven people,, includ
ing employees,
e ;s, in the vault, tied anc
hor loosely so that she
-ouldmoon release the seven
from the vault, took ap
intimately $25,000 in cash
: A sped out of town in a
new gray Ford car that was
v siting for them outside
the bank. - •
Within 15 minutes, law
enforcement officers of thd
county "were in pursuit, and
; call to all nearby counties
nought out officers anc j
i^hway‘patrolmen to block
all roads leading from New-[
•land. The FBI also entered.
::e case immediately since
the bank funds were pro
tinted by the Federal De
. it Insurance Corporation
Two days after the rob
holy,.the car was found
abandoned, between John
son City, Term, and Unicoi.
Casper Crowe and Gt*br
a -I. Crowe, Jr., were* ar
v ested in Johnson City
nun., on*Feb. l5“on a fire
• '-.s charge and later im
am i by the investiga
: i( :i into the robbery.
On February 24 the Fed-
v Federation Stockholders Meet •
* ’ i «...
I
More than 150 stockhol
ders gathered at the Bur
nsville warehouse of the
Fanrfeers Federation Sat
urday morning for their
annual meeting. Thad Ray
,vas ‘ elected' to the ware
hou§e committee, and Tom
It ay was reelected to serve
, .s.’-a director of the cooper
ative for another term of
.two years.
- Lancs McClure Clarke
secretary, presided at
: - • hrCmeetings and introduc-;
r.iovanni Rucellai
—■ and Marchese
. ... botn of Florence |
oily. , J
. -Cfti'y M. Sales, genera.
: a ;er, announced that
s'ness done in the retail
department of the
7 av’ ville warehouse dur
r ; 1946 totalled $149,092
ompared with business
$127,900.
' yes Bailey, of the Fed
ion seed department
•• 'omeed that 4,000 pou
's of ladino clover have
; eon ljnught and are on the 1
y to-Asheville for distri-j
button through the ware-j
houses. He announced that
there is a good supply of;
potatoes and garden seed
in the warehouses.
Max Roberts, educational
director, recommended that
farmer* having tobacco
bods uel literature on the
use of to control
blue mold. l ßoth literature
and the remedy are in stock
* in the Federation ware
houses, he said.
THE YANCEY RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
SUB. RATES: *1.60 YEAR.
eral Bureau of Investiga
tion announced that on Feb.
23 two men, William E.
Aired and D. L. Birchfield,
wanted on charges of rob
bing the bank, were arrest
ed in Portland, Ore. The
recovery of $6,000 in cash
was also reported and of
this amount, $1,305 was in
dimes in the wrappers man
ufactured by the Edwards
and Broughton Company
of Raleigh and identified as
having come from the Av
ery county bank.
The men were reported
to have been driving a new
Chrysler automobile and to
have been heavily armed.
On Feb. 25 the FBI made
announcement of the arrest
of the fifth alleged bank
bandit. Cazada George
Dewey Saylor was taken
near New Albany, Ind. j
All five were indicted in
|U. S. Federal court last
week of charges growing
jout of the robbery, includ
ing conspiracy, robbery, and
receiving stolen money. |
The Crowe brothers are
from Elizabethton, Tenn,
Aired and Saylor from Har
lan county, Ky., and Birch
field from the Roan Mtn.
section of Tennessee.
The robbery of the Avery
county bank attracted a
great deal of attention
throughout this section and
news of the speedy appre
hension of all-five men was
most gratifying to all who
had followed the case clos
ely
Committee Reelected ’
The warehouse commit
tee which was reelected for
another year is composed of
Wilson Edwards, Cane Riv
er; Tom Ray, Rt. 1, Burns
(Continued on page 4)
Veterans In School
Veteran-students attend
ing schools or colleges hr
North Carolina under the
G. I. Bill and planning to
transfer to some other in
stitution during the sum
mer have' been advised by
the Veterans Administra
tion to contact their train
ing officer so that a supple
mental certificate can be
issued. i
Prior approval of VA is
necessary for a change of
institution and issuance of
a supplemental certificate,
the Winston-Salem region
al V A office said today,
emphasizing that for this
reason the veteran must
consult his training officer
before making any change.
VA explained that when
i the trainiing officer is con
j tacted, complete informa
l tion necessary for a supple
mental certificate can be
obtained. All matters con |
cerning education or train
ing, such as change of in- 1
(stitution or course, reports
of earnings, or subsistence
checks, should be brought
to the attention of* the vet
eran’s training officer.
A. P. Hensley of Swiss
has returned home from the
hospital and is improving.
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BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1947
COUNTY SCHOOLS
WILL REOPEN MONDAY)
Schools will reopen on
Monday if the present fav-!
orable weather conditions
prevail, according to a stat
ement from the superin
tendent’S office this morn
ing All schools
were closed on Wednesday
Feb. 19 and have remained
closed since that time.
RED CROSS DAY
Saturday, March 1, will
be Red Cross Day in Burns
ville, and plans have been
completed to carry out the
! one-day drive in Burnsville
, Mrs. B. S. Connelly and
Mrs.°C. P. Rogers are coun
ty co-chairmen, and Mrs.
Juanita Evans and Rev
; Moody Smith ape chairmen
for Burnsville.
The following have been
i named as workers for the
I tofwn: Miss Ruby Robinson,
Mrs. Ivan Peterson, Mrs
Milton Higgins, Clyde Bai
ley, Miss Virginia York,
Miss Eloise Bennett, Frank
W. Howell, Mrs. Philip Ray.
I The Woman’s Club is
sponsoring the work in the
residential sections of the
town, with Mrs. C. V. Bel
, garde as chairman.
All Burnsville workers
will mee ton Friday even
ing at 7:30 in the office of
■ George Robinson, chapter
i chairman.
Army Enlistments
| Civilians, who possess
■ certain skills used by the
United States Army
Forces, may be enlisted in
non-commissioned officer
grades, regardless of whe
ther or not they have had
previous Military Service,
■ according to a statement
1 issued today by Ist Lt.
■ Thomas H. Suydam, Com
manding Officer of the
Asheville Sub Station of
the Army Recruiting Ser
vice located at the Post
Office Building.
Lt. Suydam said that a
new directive has reached
1 his sub-station to the effect
that individuals without
prior Military or Naval
Service, or those with prior
Military or Naval Service
iruF -discharged to
May 12. 1945. and who pos-j
sess job specialties needed
by the Army Air Forces,
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LAST HELD FOR
MRS WYATTE
Funeral services for Mrs.
Perlma Wilson Wvatte, 73,|
who died at her home at
Boonford Friday, were
held Sundav morning at the
Young’s Chanel Bantist
''hurch. The Rev. Hobart
Glass, officiated, and bur
ial was in the Young family
cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson was born and
reared in Yancey county
and lived her entire life in
(the Boonford community.
At the age of 12 she joined
the Youngs Chanel church.
Tn 1895 she was married to
1 Will Wyatte, who survives
Also surviving are one
. sister. Miss Celia "Wilsoji of
i Boonford, and two brothers
! Creed and Bud Wilson, both
of Yancey county.
REP. HUSKIES OP
POSED TO BILL
The following statement
! was received from Repre
sentative J. Ffank Huskins:
< “I have been opposed to
the hill (H. B. 196-Tax on
Co-operatives) since the
i day it was introduced and
’ have* been working against
I it.'l intend to vote against
it when it cejmes up for
hearing later this week.
“I have had; so many let
ters from pefple all over
the county qpposing that!
bill that I fear it will be !
! almost impossible for me to
answer each jne of them
! personally. £o I shall ap
; predate it veity much if you
will mention The fact that
!I am opposed;to the Fisher
Bill, have worked against it
since its introduction, will
vote against when it comes
'j up for hearing, and have
j, very little doubt that we
, can kill it; that I have so
informed the paper for pub
lication to the end that all
may know where I stand on
it and for the further pur
■ pose of answering in a
public” sort of way all the
, letters which I will be un
, able to answer personally”.
! LAST RITES FOR
WILBURN McPEETERS
i Wilburn T. McPeeters, 33
died at his hQme at Cane
' River Sunday night follow- i
* mg a iHnawN ? '
Funeral services were
the home Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock with
Rev. Ernest Wilson officia
i ting. Burial was in the
; Shepherd cemetery.
*i Survivors include the
i widow, the former Mis:
* Rosalee Shepherd; four
- daughters, Helen, Alice,
l Joan and Mary Will; three
, sons, Wilburn, ’Jr., _ Johnny
: and Clifford; his parents
. Mr. and Mrs. John McPeet
- qrs of Cane River; four
‘ sisters, 7 brothres,. 3 half
■ sisters' and 1 half brother.
A PROCLAMATION
i WHEREAS the American National Red Cross, tra-
1 1 ditional friend and counselor of the serviceman and the
(veteran, furnishes comfort and renewed hope to our sick
■ and wounded in hospitals, and provides morale-building
welfare and recreational facilities for our occupation
orces abroad as well as a wide range of services to
hose returning to civilian life in this country; and
WHEREAS the Red Cross, chartered by Congress
md equipped by experience to cope with human needs
when disaster strikes, performs its errands of mercy
? .th s 1 ill and expedition; and
WHEREAS the Red Cross is devotiing increased at
tention to its home-nursing and first aid programs
which are designed through training courses to check
the spread of disease and to reduce the frightful toll of
.accidents; and
WHEREAS this organization is entirely dependent
upon the voluntary contributions of the people of the
! 'United States in rendering these services, and has esti
mated that a minimum fund of $60,000,000 will be nec
’ essary for the implementation of its philanthrophic
program in 1947:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY _S. TRUMAN,
President of the United States of America and Presi
dent of the American National Red Cross, do hereby
1 designate and proclaim the month of March 1947 as
r Red Cross Month and urge every citizen of this coun
-1 try to respond generously to this essential, humanitar
: ian cause.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
' hand and caused the seal of the United States of
1 America to be affixed.
DONE at the- City of Washington this twelfth- day
; of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred
• and forty-seven and of the Independence of the United
J states of America the one hundred and seventy-first.
1 HARRY S. TRUMAN.
SAVINGS BONDS
January sales amounting
to $13,738,547.50 in U. S.
Savings Bonds in North
Carolina exceeded any pre-|
vious month’s sales since
the Victory Loan iin 1945,
according to an announce
ment by Allison James
State Savings Bonds Direc
tor in Greensboro, issued
through Yancey county
Savings Bonds Chairman
|G. Leslie Hensley.
I The people of Yancey
county invested a total of
$5,212.50 as their part in
; the state’s sales achieve
ment in Series E Bonds.
1946 SALES
Sales in the county dur
ing 1946 totaled $102,565,
according to the report re
leased this week:
j
Statement Made Concerninj
School Lunch Pro jram,
i.
Perhaps no other school
. program in the county has
been more beneficial to the
! students and no other has
. gained wider approval from
the patrons than the school
lunch, program which has
been in operation in the
five consolidated schools of
the county.
i Government aid funds by
! which the schools were re
\ imbursed 9e on each lunch
j ' served, have been * practi
• cally exhausted by this time
The explanation is this:
’ thq government based this
, school year’s appropriation
I on last year’s expenditures.
, 1 However, the great increase
in the number of lunches
served has taken all funds
appropriated.
The following statement
was issued from the super
intendent’s office this mor
ning, so that patrons of the
school may understand the
changes that will be made
when schools reopen Mon
County Tournament
The county Basket Ball
Tournament which was
scheduled for this week end
I will not be held, due to the
{weather and the bad condi
tion of the roads.
The tournament is now
scheduled to be held in
two weeks, beginning on
March 13th.
j .
’ Sgt. Foltsome Howel
came up from Fort Bragg
to spend the past week end
with Mrs. Howell who is vis
f it.ng her parents, Mr. and
; mrs. Bob Peterson. i
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Pate
and young daughter, Caro
lyn, are visiting Mrs. Pate’s
mother, Mrs. G. D. Bailey.
, Dr. and Mrs. Van B
Bennett have been visitin|
relatives in Atlanta ,
'day:
■ “At a meeting held Mon
3 day, February 24, the high
3 school principals discussec
3 the lunchroom : program
3 and decided that the lunch
• rooms will continue to oper
Hate despite the fact thal
;! government reimbursemen
• is no longer available.
“In order to keep the
r | lunchrooms in operation, it
'(will be necessary to raise
A the price per lunch to 16c
A for students and 20c for
“ teachers. By sq, doing, the
• supervisors hope to keep
3 the menu at its present
1 high standard.
■j “The state department
'! will require reports, as in
! the past months, and in case
• a new allotment of funds is
made, each lunchroom will
' then receive its proportion
' ate share for operation”.
FIVE COUNTY TOUR-
;NAMENT
The annual invitation
tournament will get under
way Wednesday night,
March 5 at Mars Hill with
twenty teams from five
counties taking part. The
Clearmont girls from Yan
cey county and the Mars
Hill boys from Madison are
the present title holders.!
Both teams will defend
their crowns this, year.
Henderson, Mitchell, Yan
cey, Buncombe and Madi
son teams will engage in
the play off.
i Sdneyville, Micaville and
• Mars Hill are favorites in
! the girls division with
White Rock, Spruce Pine
and Spring Creek as dark
horses. The Mars Hill boys
are expecting close compe
tition in Edneyville, Spring
Creek and Burnsville with
Bee Log as a dark horse.
Trophies will be awarded
the winner and runner-up
in each division and 60 in
dividual medals will be
awarded. “Mitch” Gadry
has been a popular referee
at the tounnament and his
service has again been se
cured son the annual classic
~ - Th e Schedule: 7
Wednesday, March 5
; 6:OOr-Spruce Pine vs
Clearmont (girls); 7:00
White Rock vs Clearmont
(boys); 8:00—Bald Creek
AID THE BOY SCOUTS
Support the Boy Scout
Adult Membership Drive.
NUMBER THIRTY-ONE
BURNSVILLE CHURCH
SERVICES
Methodist
The Rev. R. Dwight Ware
district superintendent, will
preach and conduct the sec
ond quarterly conference
next Sunday at 11:00 a. m.
Reports will be heard from
the pastor, the-Rev. C.
Moody Smith; the church
school superintendent, Mr.
Wesley Roberts; the treas
urer, J. Hobart Ray; and
others. A full attendance
of local church leaders and
all members'is requester’.
The pastor will preach at
West Burnsville church
next Sunday at 7:30 p. m.
Presbyterian
Sunday morning at U in
the Burnsville churclT, the
subject of the sermon will
be, “Could This Happen to
Me?”
At 3 p. m. Sunday ser
vices will be held in the
Low Gap Presbyterian
church. The annual mission
ary offering will be taken.
Baptist
At the Sunday morn' g
services the sermon sub
ject’ will be, “Treasures in
Snow”. The Sunday even
ing subject will be, “Man’s
Greatest Need”.
Training Union will meet
at 6:30 Sunday, and mid
week prayer service on
Wednesday evenig,n follow
;ed by the regular choir
practice.
Income Tax Schedule
I Mrs. Sam J. Huskins, de
puty commissioner of re
venue, has announced her
itinerary during the period
for filing state income and
intangible returns, from
March 1 through March 15,
for Avery, Mitchell, Madi
son and Yancey counties.
Mrs. Huskins will be in
Burnsville state revenue of
fice, on Feb. 27 and 28th
and March i, 3,8, 13, 14
and 15th; Bakersville cou£j>
house, March 4th; Newland v
courthouse, March sth;
Mars Hill, Holcombe’s case,
March 6th; Marshall court
house, March 7th, and at
Spruce Pine, city hall, Mar
ch 11 and 12th.
Any person subject to
filing either or both of the
State tax returns must file
returns with the Depart
ment of Revenue on or be
fore March 15, 1947.
vs White Rock (girls';
9:oo —West Buncombe vs
Spruce Pine (boys).
Thursday, March 6
I:oo—Mars Hill vs Bee
Log (girls); 2:oo—Burns
ville vs winning of Spruce
Pine, West Buncombe
(boys); 3:00 Ednevville
vs winner of Clearmont—
Spruce Pine (girls): 4:00-
Edneyville vs Spring Creek _
(boys); 5:00 Recess.
6:oo—Burnsville vs win
ner of Bald Creek— Whi+e
Rock (girls); 7:oo—^Bee
Log vs winner of White
Rock—Clearmont (boys);
B:oo—Micaville vs Raring
Creek (girls) i 9:oo—Mars
Hill vs Micaville (bovs).
Friday, March 7
Semi-Finals at 6,7, 8,
and 9 o’clock.
Saturday, March 8
Finals at 7:30 and 8:30.
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