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The Sale of Easter Seals Will Help Crippled Child ren Walk Again. VOLUME ELEVEN County Pre School Clinics Are Scheduled Dr. B. B. McGuire, Dis —trict Health -Officer, has announced the schedule of i pre-school clinics for the! Avery - Mitchell - Yancey Health District. The Health Department reminds all parents that' their children must be vac-j cinated against whooping cough, diphtheria and smallpox before they can enter school. Diphtheria and smallpox Vaccme will be given at these clinics, if the parents desire it. The teachers in all scho ols have cooperated in get ting the names of children but are unable to get a com plete list. If any parents of children who will he six' years old before the Ist of October should fail to get a letter from the health de partment, please send your child on anyway. We will be glad to have the parents come,-but send the children on whether you can come or not. Please do not bring child ren under school age to be vaccinated as not much time is given to each school, I and furthermore, summer immunization clinics will soon Start and all children will be vaccinated at these: clinics, regardless of age. J ENLISTMENT NEWS The Army has advanced another inducement to Vet erans of World War II to join the Enlisted Reserve ' 'orps by opening the doors " Officer Candidate Scho is to enlisted men of the Reserve, Ist Lt. Thomas H Suydam? Commanding Os ficer of the Asheville Sub Station of the Army Re writing Service said today The new directive, which -has just been received from Headquarters, Third Army ;n Atlanta, Georgia, states that menibers of the Enlist edOßeserve Corps who at tenet and graduate from Officer Candidate Schools will be commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the Officer’s Reserve Corps. They will not be required to serve on active duty with the Regular Army, but may apply for such duty if the;* wish. ERC graduates of Offi cer Candidate Schools will be required to serve a three year period with the Offi cers Reserve Corps. This period will be waived, how ever, if the man applies and is accepted for a tour of duty with the Regular Army. Lt. Suydam states that the Recruiting Service is. currently conducting a drive among former ser vicemen in order to build up a strong Enlisted Reserve Corps, and invites any man interested to visit the local Recruiting Station for full particulars on the benefits and advantages to be' ob tained by joining the Corps. Approximately 5,000,000 veterans have applied to date for education and training under the G. I. Bill, Veterans Administra THE YANCEY RECORD “DEDICATED TO THE PROGIfESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. I The importance of these , ['clinics cannot be over em-| ■ phasized, and -members of i 1 the health department hope \ • to have a large per cent pre-| sent of the children who : will enter school next year.j ■‘lt is encouraging that more .! children come each year to • the clinics. [ The schedule for Yancey t eeunty is as follows: - Thursday, April 3rd: 9a. Lm. Micaville; 12 m Celo; 1:30 p. m. Harvard. Wednesday, April 9th: ' 9:30 a. m. Bee Log; 1 p. m. ' Bald Creek. 1 Thursday, April 17th: 9 !a. m. Burnsville; 12:30 pj rm. Seven Mile Ridge; 1:30 :p. m. Busick; 2:45 p. m. Locust Creek. Tuesday, April 22nd; 9:30 .a. m. Clearmont; 1 p. .m. Deyton Bend; 2 p. m. Dou , ble Island. Thursday, April 24th: i '9:30 a. m. Pensacola; 1 p ip. Prices Creek; 2:15 p. m . Bakers Creek. Tuesday, April 29th: 10 a. m. Big Creek; 11 a. m I Little Creek; 1 p. m. Piney Hill. ' Thursday, May Ist: 1:30 p. m. Shoal Creek, j Friday, May 2nd: 1 p.m J Burnsville colored. < RED CROSS REPORT From reports that have been received from com | munity chairmen and work-j ers, contributions to the Red Cross Fund campaign now total approximately 60 per cent of the county quota. All reports have not been received, and any township or community chairman who has not already report ed, is requested to send these in as early as possible FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. DON LAWS Funeral services for Mrs [ Don Laws, 60, who died at!; her home, Burnsville, Rt. 1, Friday morning, were held at Bailey Hill cemetery • Sunday morning at 10:00 ( o’clock. The Rev. Troy Me- , Courry officiated. Surviving are the hus- ( band; one daughter, Mrs. , Reece Edwards of Burns- , ville; four sons, Emory and Clair of Burnsville Rt. 1, ‘ Carmon of Green Mtn., and I Joe of Day Book; 12 grand- ( children, and the father, ! William Thomas of Hunt dale. Active and honorary pall i bearers were James Edw jards, J. W. Edwards, Cecil Deyton, Earl Fox, Clifford Deyton, Frank Ray, Hub ert Freeman,., Wilmer Gar land, T. L. tirown, Craig Deyton, . James Hamby, Landon McCurry, Everett ! Johnson, IT. B. Deyton, Rav 1 Bailey. Those in charge of the flowers were: Vonnie Laws > Mrs. Clair Laws, Fairy Rob > ihson, Mrs. Lucy Peterson, [ IVJrs. Joe Laws, Joy Wallace, , Jane Peterson, Dortha Dey • ton, Mrs. Leroy McCurry. BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 27,1947 BILL APPOINTS JUS TICES OF THE PEACE Legislation t o appoint Justices of the Peace for 1 western North Carolina counties is before the Gen eral Assembly for approval The bill was introduced by the committee on justic es of peace, and the names listed for Yancey county are: Burnsville township—G. M. Angel, S. T. Bennett, L. B. Briggs, Molt Hensley, F. R. Higgins, S. J. Ray; Brush Creek township L. D. I Thomas, John P. Woody; ! Cane ! River township—A. C. Angel, W. M. Hensley, J. W. McAllister, J. M. Wil son; Crabtree township— R. N. Silver, J. M. Thomas ; Egypt township— Bannis ter Hensley, W. M. Pate; Green Mtn. township—R. A. J. C. Turner Jacks Creek township—U B. Deyton, Carl T. Young Pensacola township—U. S Allen, Welzie Riddle; Pri ces Creek township—Har mon Edwards, W. L. Mc- Clelland; Ramsey.town township—R. E. Holloway J. Will Higgins; South Toe township—J. W. Hoover, L. M. Robinson, W. R. Robin son and Rhonda Westall. S. Sgt. Bill Renfro of the AAF visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. ML J 3. Renfro over the week end. Sgt. Renfro also visited his sis-f ters, Mrs. G. H. Kilmer and Mrs. L. C. Slife of Chicago, ! Illinois. I l Robert C. Howell and Edward Gardner of Green Mountain will appear in the annual “Hallelujah Canta i ta” given by the A Cappella choir of LeesMcßae College Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Both boys are mem bers of the male chorus and the A Cappella choir. ! Eye Clinic Plmne 1, April 2-16 I The District Health De partment, the county Wel fare department and the state commission for the Blind will hold eye clinics in Burnsville on April 2 and 16 The clinics will be held in the health department offi ce here, and ajpplications should be made at once. A survey has been made of visual defects among school children of the coun ty, and recommendation has been made to parents of children who need glasses. These parents should send .one dollar to the school principal or to the health department on or before the day of the clinic. I It is necessary that all who plan to have their eyes examined in these clinics be certified by the county welfare department. This should be done as soon as possible. NOTICE The Men’s Club will not have the banquet and Ladies’ Night meeting Fri day, March 28 as planned. It has been postponed to a later date. ; ■■ . ■ ■ ■?". ' iM' .■ NUMBER OF CASES TRIED IN CjOURT SESSION f Superior <jkirt convened here on Malfh 17 for a weeks term | for criminal cases and a | second week for civil cas#. The first vleek’s term ted only twf days due to the illness of the solicitor. Some cases were continued but most cales on docket, involving motor violations of the law, were heard. The following divorces were grants . during the civil term: Erances Hagna vs Brent H%na; Roy Lee Fox Vs Frances Knight Fox; Cleter Bayne vs. Mary jPafne; Richard King vs Thelma King; M. M. Met calf vs. Ida Metcalf. ■ Mfi — Ro?d Construction Work Begun —*— l Heavy road construction j machinery has been moved; in and woril began last week on construction of the highway from Burnsville to Green Mountain. R. H. Ramsey is general superin- The W. H. Anderson Con struction Company of Ash eVille was awarded the con tractor roadway construc jtion and Wanamaker and MEDICAL SOCIETY HOLDS MEETING Group Was Recently Reorganized The Mitchell-Y ancey County Medical Society met ‘at the Spruce Pine country club on March 12. At the business session, Dr. W. L. Bennett was elected presi dent to succeed Dr. Van B. Bennett who resigned. The society was recently reorganized. The member ship is composed of all phy sicians and dentists in the Itwo counties. N C E A CONVENTION BEGINS IN ASHEVILLE The 63rd annual conven tion of the North Carolina Education Association will be held in Asheville today Friday and Saturday. Tea cherS of the county will at-, .tend some of .the sessions. I The first session will be held Thursday even- 1 ing at 8 o’clock. Principal | speakers for this meeting will include Lt. Gov. L. Y. Ballentine, Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, state superintend ent of public instruction; C. ; W. Phillips, NC E A presi- 1 dent and director of public ; I relations at WCUN C, ! Greensboro, and Dr. Ken-,' neth superin- ’ tendeit of city schools Topeka, Kansas. Dr. Me- s Farland will speak on “To morrow’s Teachers’’. Unusual interest is fore- : cast on the election of a president for the coming Candidates are Claud Grigg of Albemarle and R. L. Fitz, Jr., of Hudson. A second general session will be held Friday morn ing, group meetings on Fri day afternoon, and the fin al session will be held Sat urday morning. Community Service The regular monthly Community Service will be held Sunday evening at 7:30 l at the Methodist church l with Dr. Charles Harris .as 1 speaker. Special music is : planned for the meeting and the entire community * to attend. 3 COUNTY SCIIOOL~~ j BOARDS ARE AP PROVED 3 The house education com mittee of the N. C. General 3 Assembly has -approved the 2 omnibus .boards of oduca ijtion measure, with no 2 change in the board for 11 Yancey county. r\ The three present mem s bers who were renamed are - Jobe Thomas, Phil Hensley, iand Fred Ayers. ! Wells of Orangeburg, S. C., ;for structures. The proposed highway will be 6.8 miles from one! mile east of Burnsville' north to N. C. 197 near Green Mtn. station. It will go through Mine Fork Val ley and will give this sec tion an easier outlet and shorter distance toward the Tennessee line. AMERICAN LEGION CELEBRATED 28th "IT Os interest to American r Legionmembers here and throughout the nation was ; the observance on March 15 of the 28th anniversary of the organization’s birth. The Legion was founded in Paris at a caucus of 1,000 AE F delegates o n March 15, 1919. The record * enrollment for 1946 was 3,328,559 and it i.s expected that menlber-i ships for 1947 will far pass this. The number of posts now total 16,065. The three major object ives of the Legion today as stated by National com- 1 mander Paul H. Griffith are: To secure the peace and safety of this nation; to assure the proper care of the war disabled, the war widaws and orphans; and to w:ork for jobs and homes for all. N. C. CROPS TO BE l LARGER THIS YEAR Raleigh—The acreage of| North Carolina crops this year will be approximately, three per cent greater than!' for 1946—and Will be the level of the peak war! i years from 1942 to 1944, ac-|! cording to the Federal-:' Slate Crop Reporting Ser-Ja vice. 1 1 This increase, for the 1 most part, is attributed to s the substantial increases inj< the acreage of small grains! < for 1947# harvest, i with moderate increases ] planned for sweet potatoes i and tobacco. : All other crops are ex pected to maintain the lev- ! el established in 1946 or. show reductions from a year ago, the mpst notable! decline of crop acreages being that for early Irish potatoes. Improvement Proposed For Mt. Mitchell Perk The state will spend f 56,000 on improvements to -Mount Mitchell state park in Yancey county, officials of the state department of conservation and develop ment announced this week. The department request-j ed $375,475 for extensive improvements to the park but only $56,000 will be made available in the 1947- 49 permanent, improve-! BRUSH CREEK COM ! MUNITY MEETING On Friday night March ; 21, the County r arm Ag ents and dome Demonstra tion Agent held a Commun ity meeting tor the Brush Creek area. The meeting was for the purpose of or ganizing the community in to a TV A watershed so that the people might coop erate in using TV A phos phate and making it a bet ter community in which to live. There were over 60 farmers present at this meeting and they selected 8 committeemen to help i with the organizational work such as taking inven tories and mapping the farms of this community. These committeemen are: O W? Deyton, Chairman; Angus Masters, Cas Thom-j as, Gaw Sparks, Claude , Hughes, G. D. Turbyfill, P. | D. Gouge, Phillip J. Howell. ■ Also, at this meeting the selected Mr. and jMrs. Isaac Thomas for their I long time farm and home demonstration. Mr. and! | Mrs. Thomas are to carry ion a demonstration and to 'act as a test farm for the whole community. Mr. R. I C. Deyton was also approv ed by the committee to re main on the program for the long time Triple Super Phosphate. t CIVIL SERVICE EXAMI- A Civil Service Examina- ] tion for the positions of; l Field Assistant and . Claims < Assistant with the Social 1 Security Administration ) has just been announced by ] ! a Field Board of the United j States Civil Service Exami- i ! ners. 1 | This examination is being < ; held for appointments un- < der the Civil Service regu- < lations to positions in field i ; offices of the Bureau of 1 Old-Age and Survivors In- 1 surance in the States of r Maryland, Virginia, North 1 Carolina, West Virginia and the District of ColUm- bia. These will be key en- i trance jobs in the social in- 1 surance program, involving 1 direct contact with wage earners, employers, and the general public. Successful 1 performance in these jobs ' is excellent preparation for 1 advancement in the -service. 1 Application forms may i be secured from any first .or second-class post office, 1 All applications for this < 'examination must be recei ved by the Board of Exam- 1 iners on or before April 17, 1947. , „ I The Sale of Easter Seals Will Help Crippled Child ren Walk Again. * A ..v NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE ments appropriations. Officials said this amount will permit the construction of public picnic: grounds, public camp ground, main tenance and service center. Other projected improve ments such as inn, youth hostel, power and telephone lines, parking areas, truck and fire trails will be post • | poned until additional funds are*available. TEACHERS HAVE SUP PER MEETING AT BEE LOG Teachers of the county held a supper meeting at Bee Log school on Friday evening, March 21. The Rev. Ben J. Mclver, pastor of Burnsville Baptist church, was guest speaker. During the brief business . session, the proposed sum mer classes for teachers were discussed and much interest was shown. It is planned to hold these class es in Burnsville during the vacation months. Approximately 60 attend ed the meeting 4 BTNVIILE CHURCH SERVICES Presbyterian Regular services will be held at the Burnsville chur ch at 11 a. iq. on Sunday, March 30, with the sermon by the pastor, Dr. Charles Harris. Services at Low Gap church at 3 . On Monday, March 31 t 7:30, Dr. Harris will speak on Restoration work in the devastated countries. His talk will be illustrated with slides. This will be a com munity service, and every one is invited. Baptist The pastor, the Rev. B r J. Mclver will preaoh S r day morning on the sub-' * “Running from God”. The Training Union will meet Sunday evening it -6:30. Following this. e congregation will join m the community servU -* which will be held rt tlm Methodist church at 7:30. The W. M. U. Circles will meet in the following homes: Circle No. 1, Tues day, 3:00 p. m., in the home of Mrs. Guss Peterson; Cir cle No. 2, Monday, 3:00 r>. m., in the home of Mrs. Mollie Bostian, and Mrs. W. H. Hollemon; Circle No/ 3. Tuesday 3:00 p. m., in the home of Mrs. Plato Penland The Intermediate G. A.’s, will meet Menday at 7:30 p. m. at the church with Mary Lou Sorrells and Elizabeth Ramsey as hostesses. Methodist The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be obser ved at the 11 o’clock ser-_ vice on Sunday. The sermon* topic will be “Remember ing Jesus Christ”. Rev. Moody Smith will hold a service at the prison, camp at 2 o’clock. A mission study class will be held at the church at 3 o’clock, and a practice of Easter music will follow.
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