AID THE BOX SCOUTS
Support the Boy 'Scout
' Adult Membership Drive.
VOLUME ELEVEN
March Term of Superior Court
Will Convene March 17
Jury List Is Drawn
The March term of Sup
erior Court will convene
here on Monday, March 17.
The following names
were drawn for the juryj
list: . i
First Week: Fred How
ell, Arnold Fox, F. E. Webb,
Fonze Hughes, . Eugene
Harrison, C. E. Hughes,
Willie Price, Isaac Hilemon
Garrett Wilson, J. B. Whee
ler, Burgin E. Angel, Hor
ace McNeill, Burdette Dey
ton, Dewey Thomas, Luther
Thomas, J. G. Briggs, Deck
ard Adkins, Isaac Fox, Ver
nal Jones, Dallas Penland,
Mack Hensley;
H. C. Wheeler, S. C.\ Led
ford, G. Dawson H
G. Hensley, Joe McCrackin,
NEW PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSE FOR AVERY
COUNTY \„
Dr. B. B. McGuire, dis
trict health officer announ
ces that Mrs. Geneva Mohr
of Crossnore assumed her
duties as Public Health
Nurse in Avery county on !
March 3. "A
Mrs. Mohr is a graduate
of Grace Hospital Training
School, Banner” Elk, 1942
and lias boon - d pyi
and institutional nursing
since that time. She will re
place Mrs. Doris Davidows
ki of Newland who resign
ed November 1, 1946. Mrs.
B. B. McGuire of Spruce
Pine has been substituting
as Public Health- Nurse!
luring this interval.
Sirs. Mohr has been with;
the Wake County Health
Department in Raleigh dur-i
ing February taking a
short course in Public!
Health. I
Much Interest Is Shown In
F M Radio Broadcasting
First FM Station in N. C.
Established in Yancey
County
( Note: Increasing inter
est in Frequency Modula
tion radio broadcasting is:
''being shown, and much pub
licity is being given to it at
the present time. -7,
The first FM station ir
the state is Station W. M. I.
T., Mt. Mitchell, located in
i aneeyCuuxrty. it is oiu ,
only “local station".
For these reasons, we
feel that our readers will
be interested in the follow
ing brief esplanation of
FM. The story was prepar
'ed by the Philco Corpora
tion to explain this latest
development in radio in
terms which the general
public can more easily un
derstand) :
From the listener’s stand
poin, it is acknowledged
that FM offers five distinct
advantages over AM.
In detail each , of these
five advantages are: „„
s l. Staticless Reception—
Static the natural
atmospheric type and the
artificial man-made variety
created by automobile igni
tions, vacuum cleaners, and
THE YANCpY RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
—- -
SUB. RATES: $1.60 YEAR.
Horace Young, Moore Grif
fith, J. A. Metcalf, Haskell!
McCurry, Pearson Riddle
George D. Hall, Clyde Rob
inson, Marcus, Laws, Hor
ace Wilson, Sam W. Robin
;son, Lee Chandler, R. L
I Rector, Clate Bennett, A
A. Wilson, M. A. Edge
Corbett Robinson. 'J»
Second Week: W. K. Rid
die, Ernest Proffitt, Mack
Ledford, Ben Chrisawn, L.
M. Robinson, J. C. Taylor,
Alvin Randolph, Nelson
Woody, W. T. Chrisawn,
Avery Silver, R. S. Ray, W.
L. McClelland, Avery Ran
dolph, C. L. Proffitt, Craw
ford Carroll, Bob Higgins,
W. A. Bailey, P. B. Hensley,
Sylvester Allen, Aaron C.
Bailey, R. M. Johnson, M.
M. Murphy, L. Q. Miller,
Frank Robinson.
PRESIDENT PRAISES
WORK OF NATION’S
4-H CLUBS
President Harry S. Tru
man has issued the follow
ing letter through L. R.
Harrill, state 4-H Club
Leader for the State Col-!
lege Extension Service, in
connection with the annual
observance of National 4-H
Club Week which began
Saturday and ends March 9
r —Atju q=n —ciiirn ••
MEMBERS:
“It gives me great satis
faction to know from Mar
'ch first to ninth nearly two
million of you 4-H Club]
members will be observing
your annual 4-H Club
-Week. You are to be con
! gratulated especially o n
iyour 1947 theme, “Working 1
Together for a Betteij
: Home and World Commun
ity.” The challenge is great,
j but because of your past re
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other electrical appliances)
is made up chiefly of chang
es in power to which an AM
receiver is sensitive and to
which an FMT receiver is, ir
most cases, not.
An FM receiver does not
altogether respond to chan
ges in power—instead it re
sponds essentially only to
the changes in frequency of
the station on the dial. This
is the reason why the FM
receiver permits —reception
with virtually no static.
The increase hi power of
AM stations has done much
towards minimizing man
made static and has had
some effect in combating
such, natural disturbances
as lightning and thunder
storms. During the summer
months in many sections of
the country, however,
storms kill practically all
AM reception. FM is relat
ively static-free.
Washington * consulting
engineer C. M. Jansky, Jr.,
says that in AM broadcast
ing* the desired signal must
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At the present time, egg
production is running some
what above that of last
year.
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1947
County Schools Reopen
Schools of the county re
opened on Wednesday fol
lowing a two week’s recess
'because of the weather and
highway conditions.
Returns from Overseas
Elwood K. Smith recent
ly returned from 13 months;
overseas duty. He has re
ceived his discharge and is
now at home.
Pearson Riddle is in the
U. S. Marine hospital, Sta
ten Island, New York for
treatment .
Pfc. Hale Bryson is home
on a 15 day leave.
FARM MEETING
A farm meeting will be
held on Friday, March 7 at
9:45 a. m. in the Burnsville
school auditorium.
Three extension service
specialists will discuss sub
jects of interest to farmers
and home gardeners.
H. M. Ellis will discuss
the various types of home
water systems and other
; agricultural en g ineering.
problems. L. I. Case will
speak on beef cattle and
sheep problems.
H. R. Niswonger who is
well known in the county,
will discuss home gardens,
4iy -
and other related problems.
The public is invited to
attend the meeting.
I RED CIIOSS DRIVE
I
The annbal Red Cross
campaign will continue ir *
Burnsville as well as throu
ghout the county, since the
, weather prevented comple-:
tion of the one day work
as planned.
The North Carolina Div
ision of Forestry & Parks
operates two forest nurser
ies—one at Hendersonville,
N. C. and one at Clayton,
N. C.
The two forest nurseries
operated by the State of
North Carolina have a com
bined total possible output
of approximately 15 million
seedlings.
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' North Carolina Little Symphony .„
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The North Carolina Little Symphony Orchestra will give two concerts in Burnsville on Friday, March 14
at Burnsville school auditorium. The free concert for school children will be given at 2:30, and the evening
concert at 8:30. The Little Symphony is composed of 21 instruments.
Named Commanding
Officer
KiUingen,' Germany. —-
Capt. Sam J) Huskins has
been named commanding
officer of the 442nd Head-!
quarters and Base Service!
Squadron, if was announc
ed this week, by Col. Don
ald J. Blakeslee, Command
ing Officer,;, Kitzingen Air
Base.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
J. Huskins, Sr., Burnsville, (
Capt. Huskins was an in
structor at the Pierce Fly- 1
, ing Service, Ft. Wayne
Indiana, before entering
the Army ii| March 1942. |
Capt. squadron
the 442nd, Serves the 31st
Fighter Gropp. The 31st is
one of the Army Air For
ces organizations engaged
in policing Germany from
the air. j
Native of County Retires From
Service In Navy
Won Many Awards and
~, Decorations
Captain George W. Allen
U. S. N., veteran of Naval
. Mine Warfare operations
in the Mediterranean, Nor
mandy, Okinawa, East
j China Sea ahd in Japanese
waters, has been retired
with the rank of Rear Ad
miral.
saw 1 '
over 38 years of active duty
in the Navy, entering the
service in 1908. He served
on tjie battleship Wyoming
during World War I and
has had numerous tours of
duty in the San Diego area. I
During 1939 and 40 he
served at the Naval Sta
! tion, San Diego, (then call
ied the Destroyer Base)
during the re-commission
ing of the old 49 World
War I destroyers. He was
■later transferred to duty as
Assistant Naval Attache
for Naval Mine Warfare,!
1 London, England, where he
gained advance experience
in air raids, food rationing,!
blackouts, and other things
that go along' with total
war. He returned frofn
London just before the Jap
anese attack on Pearl Har
bor.
| After we entered the
, Returns from Overseas
Duty
T. 5 Dazzie V. Riddle is
home after eight months in
Manila and will receive his
discharge March 16. He has
been in the army 14 months.
i
Mrs. A. L. Mattson Sells
Home to Mr. and Mrs.
Joshua Banks
Mrs. A. L. Mattson this
1 week sold her home in east
Burnsville to Mr. and Mrs.
Joshua Banks. The proper-!
ty is one of the most desir
able in Burnsville.
i Mrs. Mattson who has
spent the past few months
in New- York and Penrisyl-|
vania plans to return north 1
to reside. Mr. and Mrs.;
Banks will-move to the re-;
r cently purchased property!
iin the spring.
war he commissioned the U.
S. S. AUK, the first of the
Diesel Electric Fleet Mine
Sweepers, which type of
vessel played an important
part in Naval Mine War
fare throughout the war
He also commanded the 1
first division of this,type of
mine craft, which was then
used as escort vessels in
Aha-Atlantic. I
~ In Mediterranean Area 1
The early part of 1951'
While on the St#ff of Ser
vice Force, Atlantic he ob
served and inspected mine
warfare material in the
Mediterranean Area, in- 1
eluding Anzio.
Returning to England, he
took command of the **Y”j
Squadron of mine sweepers
that swept the boat lanes!
and fire support channels
at Utah Beach, Normandy,
five hours before any of
the invading force arrived.
The first shot of the invas
ion was fired at his leading
sweeper. After the “invas
ion he remained in France
'and cleared mines from a.
number of . French Ports, !
Including Brest.
Transferred to Okinawa
In March 1945 the admir
al was transferred to Oki
nawa where he had com
< Continued on fourl
Forest Fire Prevention
Campaign Is Launched
Seeks to Prevent Heavy
Damages
The Fifth Annual Co-op
erative Forest Fire Preven-j
tion Campaign is being
launched this week in Nor
th Carolina by State Fores
ter W. K. Beichler. It is
a part of the National Co
operative Forest Fire Pre
vention Campaign, which is
being announced simultan
eously in all the eleven Sou
thern states.
Key slogans for the cam-!
paign will be geared to the
expectation of greatly in
;creased use of the forests
by recreation seekers and
]to the urgent Nation-wide
need for timber for home
building in the next few
years. The first slogan is,
“Please, folks, be extra
careful this year. Remem
ber only you can prevent
forest fires.” The second is,
“Burned Timber Builds no
Homes.”
In discussing the import
! ance of the Co-operative
Forest Fire Prevention
Campaign this year, State
Forester Beichler said:
Necessary Lumber
j “We see thousands of
half-finished houses m ev
ery town and city. Most of
(them are waiting for the
■ table homes. We see thous
• ands of acres of productive
! southern forest land which
I have been cut-over and are
I now burned and blackened
iby preventable forest fires.
; Many are damaged so badly
jthat they do not produce
lone shingle or one 2 x 4 to
i. :
1 REVIVAL SERVICES
FOR WEST BURNS
VILLE CHURCH
A series of Revival ser
; vices will begin at the West
’ Burnsville church on, Sun
day evening, March 16.
I Rev.- Pate of Bostic will
’ preach, assisted by Rev. E.j
G... Adkins. Services will be ;
held at 7:30 p. m. each day.
Everyone is cordially in
vited to attend the services
each night.
AID THE BOY SCOUTS
* Support the Boy -Scout
Adult Membership Drive.
NUMBER THIRTY-TWO
help in the construction of
these needed homes.”
The magnitude of this
| annual disaster, said Mr.
1 Beichler, can be visualized
.when it is considered that
in a normal year like 1945,
over 88000 forest fires bur
ned over more than 15 mill
: ion acres in our 11 southern
! States alone. Nine out of
j ten of these fires have re
sulted from the careless
ness or thoughtlessness of
our own citizens. The State
Forester said that the
growth alone for one year
!on these 15 million acres of
damaged land would have
produced enough lumber to
build at least 60000 new 6-
room homes for our veter
ans and families. In North
Carolina alone, forest fire
damage has averaged more
than one million dollars
each year for the past five
years.
Every Citizen Can Help
Mr. Beichler, in urging
every citizen to take part
in. the campaign, said that
his, office will be glad to
provide information and
material to help develop ef
fective programs for civic
clubs, school groups, and
other organizations. He
concluded by saying that
every public-spirited per
! -SQLLCan assist in this cam-
n xrvcr
with his friends and neigh
bors, and by taking any
other possible action to
bring this campaign before
the“ entire population.
Co-operating with the
State. Forester are the Uni
ted States Forest Service,
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BURNSVILLE CHURCH
SERVICES
Methodist
The pastor will have
three preaching appoint
ments next Sunday: . Hig
gins Memorial at 11:00 a.
Concord at 3:00 p. m.,
'Bolens Creek at 7:30 p. m.
|The sermon topic will be
“Winning and Losing.”
Baptist
The sermon subject for
the Sunday morning ser
vice will be “God’s Visita
tion Day”. For Sunday ev
ening the subject will be~
“Helping the Helpless”.
The Missionary Society
met bn Tuesday evening at
the Nu-Wray hotel, honor
ing Mrs. W. B. Wray on
her birthday anniversary.
The topic, “Russia”, was
given by Mrs. B. J/ Mclver.
Mrs. j|flV. H. Hollemon and
Mrs. Mollie Bostian were
hostesses.
The State W. M. U. meet
ing will be held next Tues
day through Thursday noon
at the First Baptist church
of Asheville. All women and
young people are asked to
attend these meetings.
The circles of the W. M.
S. will meet next week in
the following homes: Cir
cle 2on Monday, 3 p. m.,
with Mrs. J. R. Bailey; cir
cle 1 on Tuesday, 2p. m.,
with Mrs. G. B. Woody and
circle 3 with Mrs. B. R.
Penland.