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■aiiaiiaxaiiaiiaiiaiinunc-TaiiiiiaiißiiiiiinaiißiiviiaKßMWnra Attend the Registered Guernsey Sale Saturday ' Morning at Farmers Fed eration Shed. VOLUME ELEVEN Sale of Registered Guernseys Will Be Held Saturday Morning APRIL 12 at 10 A. M. The Yancey County Guernsey Breeders’ Asso ciation has purchased 18 re gistered Guernsey heifers that will be sold at cost to 4-H club boys and girls and farmers of Yancey county. All are registered and the papers will be transferred to the buyer by the seller. The heifers may be seen Friday afternoon at "the shed beside the Pipe Block Factory behind Farmers Federation warehouse and Saturday morning before the sale. The Heifers are from three and one-half months to'’one year old and the tentative price will be from SIOO.OO up, depending on age and breeding. They are all nice straight heifers and should make good milk cows. They were purchased from dairymen in Cabarrus county and were bought in LAST RITES HELD FOR W. H. BARNES W. H. Barnes, prominent citizen of the Swiss Com munity, passed away Thur sday morning at an Ashe ville hospital. Funeral services were: held Friday afternoon atj the Ivy Gap church with the pastor, the Rev. Marvin Banks, officiating, assisted by Rev. W. H. Ballard and Rev. Jeff King. Burial was in the Bald Creek cemetery. Mr. Barnes was born in Buncombe county but had lived most of his life in Yancey and Madison coun ties. , , Surviving are the widow Mrs. Bertha Barnes; seven children, Mrs. Clyde Fender Mrs. Richard Shelton and Miss Ruth Barnes of Swiss; Mrs. Charley Chandler of Mars Hill, Carroll Barnes of Horse Shoe, Mrs. Roy Lawing of Afton, Tenn., and Ralph Barnes of Green ville, Tenn.; .13 grandchild ren, 5 brothers and 5 sisters. Holcoiribe Funeral Home was in charge. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Mc- Courry of Hemlock, N. C., spent the week end with his father, Tommy McCourry at Day Book. Fourteen spring and fall livestock shows and sales have been scheduled this year for North Carolina. " T ’ n ' r " '/ T Town Election Will Be Held May 6th The Board of Commiss ioners for the Town of Bur nsville at their regular meeting on April Ist ap pointed the following elec tion officials to serve in the municipal election to be held on May 6th: Mrs Pearl Higgins, Registrar George V. Anglin, Judge and Molt Hensley, Judge. The books will be open for~registration of new vot ers on Saturday, April 19th THE YANCEY RECORD “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” SUB. RATES: SI.SQ YEAR. their everyday clothes. They are not fitted for show but are ready to eat our good grass. They are all weaned from milk and are eating grain and hay. They will be sold by plac ing the cost price on each animal and if two or more persons are interested in the heifer, they will draw lots and the winner will get the heifer. If only one is interested in a heifer, he will get it. If any 4-H club member should need help in financing a heifer, he or she should get in touch with the County Agents’ Office by Friday afternoon. We will have printed a paper ! stating the age and price of all the heifers ready for distribution late Friday af ternoon. If you know of anyone who is interested, please inform him of this sale Saturday morning. V. J. Goodman, County Agent. ; HOME AGENTS NOTES The following club meet ings have been scheduled for the coming week: Busick— Monday, April 14 at 2:00 at the home of Mrs. Talmadge Wilson. Burnsville— Wednesday, April 16 at 2:00 at the home of Mrs. B. S. Connelly. { Newdale Thursday, (April 17 at 2:00 at the home of Mrs. Champ Ray. Hardscrabble Friday, April 18 at 2:00 at the home of Mrs. L. L. Proffitt. 4-H Clubs: Starlight Fri day, April 18 at 9:00; Pen sacola April 18 at 10:00. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Mc- Courry are visiting Mrs. McCourry’s sister at Kings Mountain. Mrs. James H. Hensley and daughter, Yalanda Lea have arrived at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Evans, after an extend ed visit with her husband, James H. Hensley, USN in Boston and New London, Conn. Mrs. Hensley came to Knoxville, Tenn. from. Bos ton by plane. Then after spending a week with her sisters, Mrs. Earl Murphy of Maryville and Ruth Evans of Knoxville 9he was accompanied home by Miss Ruth Evans. Miss Evans ! has returned to Knoxville j where she is working with a cousin, Miss L. A. Elliott, , daughter of Mr. and Mrs ' N.*B. Elliott of Jacks Creek and each day (Sunday Ex cepted) through Saturday April 26th from 9:00 A. M. until 6:00 P. M. A mass meeting will be held in the county .court house on Wednesday, April 16th at 7:30 p. m. for the purpose of nominating a Mayor and two Commis sioners to run in the elec tion. Saturday, April 19th at 12:00 Noon was set as the deadline for filing on Candidates. / BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1947 School Board Meets, Names Superintendent ■ -■■■ The Yancey county Board of Education, in its first meeting since it was ap proved by the 1947 legisla ture, on Monday reelected Frank W. Howell to serve another two-year term as Superintendent of Yancey County Schools. Mrs. Dale Banner was re elected as Clerical Assist ant and C. P. Randolph as Attorney, each for an addi tional period of two years. All members of the Board were present, including Mr. Jobe Thomas, chairman; Fred Ayers and Phillip Hensley. Revival Services The Rev. Roy Page of Hickory, N. C. will begin a revival at the Horton Hill Union church near Green Mtn., on Sunday night, April 13. Everyone is im vited to attend these ser- Baptists Observe Youth Week Baptist churches of Yan cey county are joining ir the South Wide Baptist Youth Week. Young people will be in charge of all acti vities of the church during the week and this will be climaxed by the Youth Re vival during the week end. Eleven churches wHT cb operate in the week end Youth revival, with the programs at each church led by a team from Mars Hill College. The programs will be given at 7:30 Friday evening, 7:30 Saturday ev ening and at 11:00 and 7:30 on Sunday. - The churches taking part are West Burnsville, Bur nsville, Bolens Creek, Jacks Creek, Mt. Pleasant, Plea sant Valley, Zion, Pleasan' Grove, Browns Creek, Lo cust Grove and Byrd% Chapel. Next week, Dr. E. L Spivey of Charlotte will be in the county to conduct church officers’ conferences at Baptist churches of the county. Meetings are scheduled at 7:30 on Monday at Cane River, Tuesday at' Double Island, Wednesday at Bur , Attend Conference The 'following attended the spring meeting of the Presbytery and Presbyter ial at Warren Wilson Col lege: Mrs. Reece Mclntosh, Emerson Banks, Mrs. Geor ge Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. LeFevre. Smokey Says: ■Hi TMt et*T TIME TO BURM ) K bnuh burning A" «■» : «•$ » w * y V might? W) to • Wgb wind * NEW MANAGER AT BLUE RIDG£ HDW. CO. Stephen P. Blankenship of Salisbury last week as sumed his duties as manag er of the Blue Ridge Hard ware company here, i Mr. Blankenship is well! ; acquainted with the prob • lems and needs of farmers as he was born and reared .on a farm in South Caro . lina. He is a graduate of the ! University of North Caro • lina and is a member of the Episcopal church and the [ Kiwanis club,~He was with . the Proctor and Gamble ; company as salesman for i several years, and also was a sales manager for Thomas & Howard Wholesale Com pany for several years. ; Mr. and Mrs. Blankenship L and their four year old dau j ghter wish to move to Bur j nsville as soon as a house or apartment is available. At ’ present they are staying at . Mrs. G. B. Woody’s home. jeJ'X • "*—r 1 nsville, Thursday at Zion and Friday at Browns 1 Creek. J Meetings are also sched uled at 10:30 on Tuesday at ! Bolens Creek, Thursday at ; Clay Mound and Friday at • Byrds Chapel. I The Easter service last j Sunday was conducted by i Raymond White, Bob Mc -3 Clure and Tom Chisam, all 3of Mars Hill college. Mr. i White brought the morning message, speaking on “The ) Easter S A tory”. The students accompanied the pastor of t the church, Ray Riddle, who is also a student at 3 Mars Hill. Youth Week is now being observed by the church ■ Young people will be in l, charge of all church activi j;ies, and during the week end special programs will be held on Friday evening at 7:00 o’clock, Saturday at 7:00 and Sunday at 11:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. m. Clifton Land, Norman Lytton, Howell Helmes and Don! Young, all of Mars Hill col-; will be in charge of these special services. NEW BUS SCHEDULE The new bus schedule, an nounced last week by the Queen City Bus Company and effective April 1, gives much better bus service to and from Asheville and Spruce Pine. The following is the pre sent schedule: Leave Burnsville 7:30 Arrive Asheville 9:00. Leaev Burnsville 9 a. m. Arrive Asheville 10:30. Leave Burnsville 2:30 p m., Arrive Asheville 4:00. Leave Asheville 10:30 a m., Arrive Burnsville 12. Leave Asheville 3:30 p m. Arrive Burnsville 5:11. Leave Asheville 5:30 p m., Arrive Burnsville 7:00. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Jes ter of West Jefferson and Mr. and Mrs. James Prof fitt and daughters were guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Woody the past week end. CLEAN-UP-WEEK PROCLAMATION The Week of April 21-26 has been designated as Clean-up-Week for the Town of Burnsville. Every one in the City limits is asked to co-operate in this work by gathering up all the rubbish and unsightly objects about his home or place of business and placing same by the street for the town truck to pick up and carry away. By doing this it will improve the looks of our town and make it a desirable place in which to live. _ ' i This special clean up movement is being supported by all our churches, civic groups and schools. It is ■ hoped that this may continue week by week and that all i will realize the IMPORTANCE of it. —— A schedule of the Pick-up days for this clean up : week will be published later this month. Signed: H. G. BAILEY, Mayor. : Farm Home Administration Aids J In Farm Ownership Programs Since the close of World ) War II- many thousand vet - erans have returned to - their homes in various com r munities with the hope of t some day owning a farm t and home of their own. Toi help meet this desire, the . Farmers Home Administra-j tion now gives preference to veterans when making Farm Ownership Loans. n j Farm ownership loans en s able families to purchase farms of their own and ' make necessary' improve- ments. Loans are made on ly for farms purchased on t the basis of their long-time earning capacity values ai*A fev tlwaa f arina that will support a good’HWUl- hood. Appraisers and com mitteemen think in terms 7of what a farm will earn ; with average yields and ' prices over a period o f * years. I Inflated land prices have » temporarily limited the vol ume of loans that could be ; approved in recent years 'because it would be a dis . service to agriculture and the individuals concerned 1 to burden families with 1 debts they could not pay inj normal times. Loans are' made on 40-year terms at 3V 3 per cent interest. Ten World War II Veter ans in Yancey county are now well on their way to- , ward owning their farms, . ; according to Mack B. Ray,| j and G. Irene Edwards, 1 j (local FHA supervisors: The ( , Charles Tilley’s of Rt. 1,1, Green Mtn., are very happy ] with their new home. Theyj NOTICE A representative of the Asheville field office of the Social Security Adminis- ( tration will be at the Reg ister of Deeds Office in Burnsville at 10:00 a. m., on April 17. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hensley of Wing were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Higgins during the week end. Forty percent of the lock er plants in operation is the United States now provide for slaughter service, com pared with only about five percent in 1940. On March 16, 1947, three million bushels of potatoes had been shipped abroad under the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s potato ex port program. •v- ' - ' • "7 have taken advantage of the good farming weather lately and have their 1947 crop work well under way. According, to Seth Peter son of Day Book, next year ihe can do a better job of '(farming with a new combi ! I nation stock and tobacco ■jbarn, including a trench M silo and with their dwelling > being remodeled. He is hop ing to grow into the dairy industry by keeping good ! i grade cows and purchasing some registered heifers and keeping his registered malt The Jess Phillips family at Bald Creek is now prac -1 ticing a diversified farming system. When they first “ moved to their farm, theii ' income was from one sour ce, tobacco. This year their 5 farm income will be from at f least six sources, according [ to Mr. Phillips. The follow ■ ing sources should contri bute over two hundred dol ! lars each during 1947—t0‘ ‘ bacco, sheep, cattle, hogs G. I. Farm Training, and crafts; which indicates Mr Phillips is one of the follow ers of the old Proverb “nev i er put all your eggs in one ■ basket.” I In addition t o Farm i Ownership Loans over fif ty Production and Subsis tence Loans have been made to veterans. FHA follows through with technical guidance and assistance after a loan is made. It is not merely a lending and collection agen cy. Supervisors assist in working out a farm and home plan wtih families (Continued on oaffe four) Coming To Your YANCEY THEATRE “SONG OF THE SOUTH’ ~S- ' Wed., Thursday Friday APRIL 30, May 1 ■ 2 i * * Attend the Registered Guernsey Sale Saturday Morning at Farmers Fed eration Shed. NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN BURNSVILLE CHURCH SERVICES i Methodist ! __ : A Methodist church . school institute will be held l at Higgins Memorial Meth odist church, Burnsville, on l Sunday afternoon, April i 27, at 3:00 o’clock. This [ meeting will be especially for members and leaders of > Methodist Sunday Schools in Yancey and Mitchell .counties. _ Rev. Carl H. King, execu tive secretary of the Board I of Education of the . Wes tern N„ C. Conference, will jbe present. He will bring f j with him other leaders of . children, young people and All Sunday School officers and teachers in the Yancey r Mitchell area are urged to f? be present and to bring _ | with them prospective lead ers and any other interest j.i The institute will last ’ | about two hours. The first part of the program will consist of a general meet y; ing. Then the group will di | i vide into special interest e | groups. | Sunday School will begin y _ |at 10 a. m. Mr. Smith’s class y | will be in charge of the | Opening Worship. The pas j.vtor will preach at 11:00 at If Higgins Memorial church r on the subject: -“People t Are Like Land.” He will preach at 3:00 p. m. at Con cord church and at 7:30 at . Bolens Creek church. Hf 4 * Baptist ’>: The First Baptist church “ of Burnsville will begin a *• Youth Revival Friday even ' ing at 7:30 o’clock and run ” through the Sunday even ? ing preaching service. Rev. J. C. Mitchell from Mars 1 Hill College will do the ' preaching and Jim Postelle ‘ will c<ftiduct the music. We 1 welcome everyone to attend this revival, and especially J the young people. 1 V- _ 5 Presbyterian Churches i , •| Next Sunday, April 13, 1 f the Rev. Robert S. William , son, a Presbyterian mins -1 ter from New Jersey, who is now a student in the in stitute of Rural church work at Warren Wilson col lege, will be guest preacher at Higgins and Banks Creek The service at Higgins will be held at 11 a. m. and at Banks Creek at 8 p. m. The Sacrament of the Lords Supper will be administer ed at both churches. Mr. and Mrs. James Had dock will also visit our chur* ches next Sunday. Both Mr. and Mrs. Haddock are grad uates of Warren Wilson high school. Mr. Haddock is a veteran of the Marine Corps. They will take up re sidence this summer at Hig gins as community work ers under the Presbyterian church. Sunday School will meet at the regular hour in all churches, 10 a. m. in all churches except Upper Jacks Creek which meets at 2 p. m. ••• . t .
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