Attend The Little Sym
phony Concert Friday Ev
ening at 8:30.
VOLUME ELEVEN
North Carolina Little Symphony
Comes to Burnsville Friday
Two Concerts Will Be
Given
The Little Symphony of
the NoTth Carolina Sym
phony Orchestra will ap
pear in Burnsville on Mar
ch 14 with programs for
both children and adults.
By the time they have rea
ched Burnsville, the players
will have given 31 concerts
in the State. And there will
remain yet 24 concerts to go
.between March 14 and the
close of the Little Symph
ony season on April 3rd.
There will not be much
rest for the musicians, how
ever, for rehearsals for the
Full Symphony begin the
following day, April 4th
After several days of inten
sive rehearsing, the large
orchestra wjll launch its
tour with, a concert in
Reidsville on April 9th.
The Little Symphony,
with all its luggage and un-
With 88th Division
f
T. Sgt. Roy Muleahev
whose wife, Mrs. Alma
Mulcahey, resides at Mica
ville has joined the 88 Blue
Devil Division and is now
serving with the S-2 office
of the 762nd Tank Bn.
T.„Sgt. Mulcahey entered
the Armed Service in 1937
and served with the 13th
Infantry at'Ft. Jackson, N
C. He departed the states:
and the 3rd Oct. 1942, for
England where he trained
in Ranger school with the
2nd British Commandoes.
T. Sgt.. Mulcahey served
with the 4th Ranger Bn. in
the African, Sicily, Italian
Campaigns and-also fought
with the French' Foreign
Legion in Corsica.
He hit the beach at D-Day
in southern France, but
here Mulcahey, served with
a Recon Squadron through
France, Germany and Aus
tria.
He received battle Field
Commission, 24th January!
1945, when platoon leader;
was killed at Bitche, France
George W. Anglin, Retired
Merchant Passes at Home Here
George W. Anglin, retir
ed merchant and prominent
oitizem of Burnsville passed
away at his home here Fri
day afterpoon following an
illness of several months.
He was 76 years of age.
Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock at the Burnsville
Methodist church. Dr. Char
les Harris and Rev. B. J
Melver officiated.
Active pall bearers were
the following nephews, Zeb,
Edd and Albert Young
Bruce, Harold and Jack
Anglin, and Till Gouge.
Surviving are the widow,
the former Miss Corrie
English; one daughter, Mrs.
R. N. Hoyle of Newton;
two sons, W. E. and James
Anglin of Burnsville; one
brother, T. T. Anglin of
Nebo; two sisters, Mrs. Ida
Gouge of Micaville and Mrs
Laura Young of Windom.
THE YANCEY RECORD
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
SUB. RATES: $1.60 YEAR.
wieldjf instruments, is able
to travel in one bus with
two dozen people, including
. Director Swalin and his
wife. The members play in
‘ all sections of the State
' from Morehead City and
’ New Bern to Murphy in the
mountains. / -- :i
The size of this group is
' ideal for such music as it
! plays in the thirty-two
1 communities it visits this
[ spring. The 19th Century
’i Strauss waltz (‘Wine, Wo
! men, and SongD, the rpod
’ era ‘Jamaican Rumba’ by
Benjamin, and an 18th Cenr
1 tury Mozart Symphony are
■ equally, effective and seem
! to be tailormade for this
! group.
The Symphony Society es
• pecially appreciates the in
! terest and enthusiasm for
; good music in Burnsville
1 and feels this to be a splen
did example that forward
, looking people have set for
the rest of North Carolina.
On USS Mississippi
William Riley Buckner
watertender, third class
USN, husband of Mrs. Glad
ys Buckner of Bald
Creese, N. C., is serving
aboard the battleship USSj
Mississippi which is being
used as a training auxiliary
■ ship.
“Old Miss”, as she is
sometimes called, was com
missioned in 1917 and is the
J third ship to bear that
name. The first Mississippi
was the flagship of Commo
| dore M. Perry, USN,
which was destroyed in the
battle of Port Hudson Mar-i
ch 14-15 1863. The Mississip-!
pi operated in the Central
and South Pacific in World
War II and participated in
. seven major campaigns..
Bill Fouts will be home
this week end for spring
vacation.
Awards Silver Star and!
Cluster, Bronze and cluster, |
Purple heart and 5 clusters!
iETO ribbon with 7 stars
jand 1 arrowhead.
SCOUT ADULT MEM J
BERSHIP DRIVE
TtAISES QUOTA^
The quota in the Boy
Scout adult membership
drive has been raised in the
county.
Lee Griffeth and Dover
R. Fouts, co-chairmen, have
expressed their apprecia
tions to all those who as
sisted in reaching the quota
REVIVAL SERVICES
WEST BURNSVILLE
A series of Revival ser
vices will begin at the West
Burnsville church on Sun
day evening, March 16.
Rev. Pate of Bostic will
preach, assisted by Rev. E
G. Adkins. Services will be
held at 7:30 p. m. each day.
Everyone is cordially in
vited to attend the services
each night.
" BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 13,1947
J. Frank Huskins Will Be
Home This Week End
Representative J. Frank
! Huskins Will be home from
1 Raleigh to spend the coming
’ week end. ,•
i
SATURDAY IS TAX FIL
ING DEADLINE
i ■
! Saturday, March 15th is!
last day for filing federal
5 .nd state income tax returns, 1
: and those taxpayers who;
> have not yet made their re- 1 ;
turns are urged not to wait
r till the last minute.
, , Mrs. Sam J. Huskins, de
" puty commissioner of reven
r ue, will be in her office hqre
’ on March 13, 14 and 15th.
J i
1 CHEADLE HOME IS
! SOLD TO DR. W. L.
BENNETT
Dr. W. L. Bennett last;
* week bought from Mrs. C
! M. Cheadle her home on
' Summitt Street. Mrs.
I Cheadle is now residing in
" Asheville.
HOME IS SOLD TO
HERSHEL HOLCOMBE
Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Hol
combe this week bought the
; home on the Spruce Pine
highway from Mr. and Mrs.
Banks.
'! Mr. and Mrs. Banks recen
; tly A T MatU
r son home in Burnsville.
! BOOKLET TELLS OF
WAR DEAD
; A pamphlet entitled “Tell
;Me About My Boy’,’ con
. taining information about
, the War Department’s plan
. for the final burial of
•j World War II armed forces
J personnel who died over
[ seas, is available for distri
bution to interested persons
The pamphlet is designed
to answer questions, which
are most frequently asked
by next of kin and relatives
of armed forces, presonnel
who lost their lives outside
the continental limits of the •
United States during the
! war.
Interested persons resid
ing in North Carolina may ]
obtain the pamphlet from «
The Charlotte Quartermas- 1
ter Depot, Charlotte, N. C. , 1
m £*f t M jTjfei'
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North Carolina LlttleSymphony ~: v
The North Carolina Little Symphony Orchestra will give two concerts in 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.
.».“'» k « is a
MEN’S CLUB ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
o ■■ * -*
The Men’s Club held the
regular supper? meeting at
the Methodfst Church. The
annual election of officers,
was held.
The following were elect
ed to serve during the cur
rent year: President, C. P.
Randolph; vice president,
Mack B. Rays secretary-
I treasurer, Bruce Westall.
!
Dk. J. H. FOUTS TAKEN
BY DEATH AT HOME
IN FRANKLIN
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-Dr. J. H. Faults of Frank
lin, falher of Dover R.
Fouts and widely knowrn
here, passed away Saturday
evening following .a heart
attack which *he suffered
Saturday afternoon.
He was 82 “years of age
and had been a practicing:
physician in Franklin for
many years.
Funeral services were
held Monday afternoon in
the Franklin Baptist chur
ch, and interment was in
the Franklin cemetery.
In addition to his son, Dr.
Fouts is survived by the
widow; three? grandsons;
three brothers and one sis
ter, all of Maqon county.
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LAST RITES FOR
WILLIAM LEVI REVIS
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William Levi Revis, 44
of Swiss, Yancey county,
died Monday night -in an
Asheville hospital.
Surviving art the widow,
Mrs. Pearl English Revis;
one daughter, Mrs. Bert
Street of Johnson City,
Tenn.; two sons, Horace
and Ivey Revis, both «of
Swiss: the mother, Mrs.
Laura Revis, of Mars Hill;
five sisters, Mrs. Fred Mat
hews, of Mars Hill, Mrs.
Grady Doan, Mrs. Lewis
Maynard, and Miss ’Emma
Revis, all of Mars Hill, and
Mrs. Earl Ponder, of Alex
ander; four brothers, W. H.
and Murphy Revis, both of
Mars Hill, and Louis and
Frellon Revis, both of Swiss I
Funeral services were
held in Bethel Baptist chur
ch Wednesday afternoon at
2:30 o’clock with the Rev. I
W. H. Ballard officiating, j:
RED CROSS_REPORTS|
Green Mtn., township was
the first township in the
county to report “over the
top” in the Red Cross Fund
drive. The entire quota has
been raised there.
Burnsville township i s
over 75 per cent complete,
according to a report this
morning.
Other townships have not
reported as yet as the cam
paign was delayed by the
unfavorable weather.
; NOTICE
A -representative of the
Asheville field office of the;
Social Security Administra
tion will the Register
|of Deeds Office at 10:00 A.
' M. on March 20.
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HONOR ROLL
j The honor roll for the 7th*
grade, Burnsville school has
jbeen announced by Guss;
Peterson, teacher, as follows
! Francis Wilson, Eva Kate
Smith, Irma Styles, Olivia
Tappan, Nelda Peterson,
Thelma Ann Styles, Maude i
Blankenship, Betty Pate,
Betty Presnell.
March Term of Superior Court
Will Convene March 17
Superior Court will con
vene here on Monday, Mar
ch 17 with Judge William
G. Pittman of Rockingham
presiding, Both civil and
criminal cases will be tried
during the two weeks ses
sion.
Ihe following names
were drawn for the ju#
list:
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, Luthei
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 Briggs, H
I PURCHASE DRY CLEAN
ING COMPANY
Max Penland and Bill
Bailey last week purchased
the Burnsville Dry Cleaning
Shop from Dillard Wilson
and have begun operation
qf the business. Mr. Wilson
will remain with them for
the present.
Rev. and Mrs. Moody
Smith were called to Varina,
N. C., on Friday because of
the death of Mrs. Smith’s :
father. They plan to return
to Burnsville this wegk. j
|
Capt. Charles Hutchins
who has been stationed in
I the Pacific area for many'
; months has returned to the
; states and will come to Bur- j
nsville for a visit with Dr.
and Mrs. W. B. Robertson.
SELLS FARM
L. E. Briggs this- week!
Isold the property known as
the Samp Hensley farm at
Cane River to Ottis Roland.
NOTICE
The Woman’s Bible Class
of Higgins Memorial Meth ;
odist church will meet with
Mrs. Troy Ray, Thursday
March 20 at 3 o’clock.
- G. Hensley, Joe McCrackin,
- Horace Young, Moore Gris
i fith, J. A. Metcalf, Haskel
i McCurry, Pearson Riddle
George D. Hall, Clyde Rob
Ijinson, Marcus Laws, Hor
■ ace Wilson, Sam W. Robin
son, Lee Chandler, R. L
'> Rector, Clate Bennett, A
Wilson, M.< A. Edge
Corbett Robinson.
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.
Attend The Little Sym- ~
phony Concert Friday Ev
ening at 8:30.
NUMBER THIRTY-THREE
BURNSVILLE CHUaCH
. SERVICES
Baptist
The pastor,. Rev. Ben J.
Mclver, will have as the ser
mon subject on Sunday mor
ning, “Taking the Body
Down From the Cross”. The
evening subject will b e
“Looking to Live”.
The Training Union will
meet at 6:30 on Sunday ev
ening.
Presbyterian Notes
At the morning service,
: 11 a. m., the sermon subject
will be “Building a Life”.
! Bruce Westall will be guest
soloist.
I An afternoon service will
be held at 3 p. m. at Low
•Gap. An offering will be
• taken for benevolences.
NOTICE
The U. S. Civil Service?
Commission today announc
ed examinations for the po
sitions of Medical Officer,
Food and Drug Inspetorc,
Photostat Operator and
Micro-photographer.
Information and applica
tion forms may be obtained
I from the Commission’s Loc
al Sec., Ashton Ramsey,
located at Burnsville P. 0.,
from Civil Service regional
offices, or from the U. S.
Civil Service Commission,
Washington 25, D. C. Appli
cations for Medical Officer
examination will be accepted
until April 22, 1947, and for
the Food and Drug Inspec
tor and the Photostat Opera
tor adn Microphotogapher
examinations, April 8,1947.
HUKNSVILLIv
‘So They Say”
The weather: A very wel
come touch of sunshine for
several days, with forecast
now for warmer and rain.
Still some snow in drifts
here and there but it’s most
ly cleared away. And next
Friday is the beginning of
Spring!
About town: News of the
week is the coming of the
Jttle Symphony on Friday
concert for school children
at 2:30 and evening concert
at 8:30. Please try to attend!
Burnsville was included in
the schedule, although we
did not raise the full quota
of funds, and it will certain
ly be an enjoyable occasion
for all who hear the concert.
. . . Can’t keep up with all
the changing around ! Che
dle house sold to Doc Ben
nett, Josh Banks house to
Hershel Holcombe, Max
Penland and Bill Bailey
jiave bought the Burnsville
dry cleaning firm, and yes
terday Chick Butner was
buying one of those cute
little Jeep station wagons!
Vera Dellinger now work
ing in the King .-Beauty
Shop and Myrna in
the drug store. .. . Cecil
Angel must have liked his
stay in the hospital. He
went back Sunday to have
additional treatment .
Jo Jo Wray is missing. Be
sure to let Rush know if
you see him anywhere. . . .
Tournament news: You
;nay “read all about” the
Mars Hill tournament on
page 2. Tpie Yancey coun
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