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Clean-Up Fix-Up Paint Up Clean-Up Fix-Up Paint Up Clean-Up Fix-Up Paint Up VOLUME ELEVEN SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Two Mountain Peaks In Black Range Are Named The last two unnamed mountains of the Appalach ian Range now are offici ally Mt. Craige and Big Tom, following a decision of the Federal Board on Geographical names to ac cept recommendations madej)y Governor R. Gregg Cherry arid promin ent North Carolinians.~\_/ Mt. Craige is the second highest mountain in Eas tern America—soaring' 6,- 645 feet and topped only by its near neighbor, lordly Mt. Mitchell (6,684). Big Tom is 6,558 feet high. The two mountains, twin peaks in the Black Moun tains had been knowh mer ely as the Black Brothers, but this was considered pretty insipid nomenclat ure for such sizeable mounds. The Black Moun tain range is so cluttered with high mountains that geographers had paid scant J attention to the Brothers until recent surveys reveal ed their superior heights. Naming of the higher south-fork for the late Gov ernor Locke Craige was prompted because of his well-known love of the mountains. Craige, a native! Army Enlistments In addition to announc ing that a total of 540 young ■men from North and South Carolina joined the Regu lar Army during the month of May, Ist Lt. Thomas H. Suydam, Commanding Of ficer of the Asheville (Sub) Station of the Army Re cruiting Service, also an nounced today that the Army is seeking former members of the Women’s Army Corps who desire to reenlist for sea duty on ships carrying dependents of military personnel.. to and from the European Theatre of Operations. Work Begins on Summer Theatre Work has already begun on converting the gymnas ium building at Burnsville school to a theatre to be used in the summer theatre course to be given here by Woman’s College of the University of North Caro* lina. The theatre will seat ap proximately 400. CUCUMBER DISEASE IS EXPECTED IN STATE Cucumber growers are warned by Dr. D. E. Ellis, research associate profes sor of Plant Pathology with the N .C. Agricultural Ex periment Station, that a spread of cucumber downy mildew is moving north ward rapidly, and is expect ed to reach Southeastern North Carolina any time. -Since the downy mildew fungus also attackscanta loupes and other cucurbit crops, the same copper dust should be effective against the disease on these crops as well as on cucumbers." THE YANCEY RECORD lowlander who went west, made his career in Buncom be county, was Governor of the state from the begin ning of the Ford “T-model era” in 1913 when North j Carolinians for the first' time had travel means to] reach their magnificent nflSirrtain scenic treasures, ,-to 1917 when only the emer gencies of the First World War forced the transform ed mountaineer to give * up his plans to open “every cove of the Mitchell Coun try to every Tar Heel.” Just that, by the way, had been accomplished, almost to the' letter of Locke Craige’s plans, when the second; World War came along. But designation of the north fork as Big Tom was merely official < endorse ment of a jiame which has endured locally for half a century. It was named for! I Tom Wilson, the most fam !ous bear-hunter the South ever had, and a man of such prodigious feats that none of his contemporar-' lies ever thought of. him 1 (Without prefixing “Big.” I Unlike the Bunyan of the ! northwoods, Bi g Tom’s I woodsmanship was real. I (Continued on page 3) ARMY OPENS 0. C. S. TO ENLISTED MEN OF RESERVE CORPS The. Army has advanced! another inducement to Vet erans of World War II to join the Enlisted Reserve 1 Corps by opening the doors j of Officer Candidate school to qualified men of the En listed Reserve, Capt. Rex G. Combs, Instructor, Ashe ville Sub-District, Organiz ed Reserve Corps, said today. I The new War Depart ment circular also states that all personnel who have served six (6) months of service in the Army of the United States, or one of its components, between Dec ember 7, 1941, and June 30, 1947, in either the grade of Warrent Officer, including Flight Officer, or one of the three enlisted grades, who meet the minimum age and other requirements may be eligible for direct appointment in the Officers Reserve Corps. Persons possessing either professional o r technical qualifications which are critically essential to the Army, such as clergymen, duly licensed doctors of medicine, dentistry, and others may receive direct appointments in the Offi cers Reserve Corps. Members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps who attend and graduate from Officer Candidate Schools as Sec ond Lieutenants will not be required to serve on active duty with the Regular Army, but apply for such duty if they wish. Mrs. W. B. Hensley has returned home from the hospital after undergoing treatment. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” LAST RITES HELD FOR j WRECK VICTIM ■ « -II II ——» t Funeral services for James Gardner, 24, of Mica ville, who died in a Pontiac' ' Mich., hospital Monday of injuries sustained in an au tomobile accident Friday, | May 30 were held in Double Island Baptist church Fri day afternoon at 2:30 p. m. - The Rev. Avery Buchanan and the Rev, Rqy. Henson officiated and burial was in Double Island cemetery. The body arrived here i from Pontiac Thursday. He is survived by four ■ sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Robin ; son, Mrs. Minnie Silvers of i Green Mtn., Rt. 1, Mrs. /Nora Hughes of Micaville, ; and Mrs. Florence Woolly 'of Morganton; two broth ers, Clinton of Micaville i and George of Did Fort, ; R. F. D. No. 1. NOTICE j A representative of the Asheville Field Office of the Social Security Admin ' istration will be at the R-e --, gister of Deeds. Office, Burnsville at 10:00 a. m. on /June 19th. There are two times for, action in social security: , (1) Every wage earner who has worked in a' job covered by the Social Sec urity Act since December • 31, 1936 should contact the nearest field office at age 65; and (2) Surviving relatives, or persons who paid funeral! J bills, should do so at once in /death cases. This includes /relatives of World War II I veterans who die within three years of discharge, regardless of employment. Overseas Clothing During the first quarter lof 1947, the supplies sent overseas through Church World Service totaled four and a half million pounds. It was a good showing; the only fault with the figure was that it was not larger— not quite large enough to keep the relief program rollfsjg at a 2,000,000 pounds-a-month mark. The supplies contributed by individuals, churches and other groups amounted to 4,500,000 pounds and those purchased in bulk mostly foods and medicin- ; es—accounted for the other : million. The shipments went to 25 countries in Asia and Europe. Largest cargoes were routed to Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany Poland, Japan, India and ■ the Philippines. The three month total was! valued at , $1,796,809. Mrs. Laskey J. Shepherd who has been seriously ill j in an Asheville hospital is rapidly improving and is’ spending a few weeks with her daughters, Mrs. Troy Bennett and Mrs. Carl Pet erson in Green Mtn. R. E. Hennessee is home from the University o f North Carolina. Mildred Westall is at tending summer school at Mars Hill College, BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1947 Mt. Mitchell (jpoolest Spot Reported The gave a tip yesterday to Iforth Car olinians who warit to re main in the Tar Heel state' the rest of the vvfeek with- , out mopping thej| brows: go to Mt. Mitchelu While the thermometer at Raleigh soaretf to 98 at Raleigh, 92 at Asheville,; and 95 at Charlotte and Greensboro, the mountain’s maximum tempefkture to day was 70. Tomorrow, the , weather man promised, Will bring some relief—that) is, aver age temperatures pf two to four degrees lower. The forecast is cloudy with slight rain, the wea therman said. However, the precipitation will have no appreciable benefit for crops, he added., DECORATION The annual decoration of the Burton and Gibbs cem eteries at Bald Creek will be held Sunday afternoon, June 15th. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Bai ley, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bai- 1 I ley and Mrs. Iliff Clevenger! attended the graduating exercises at East Tennessee; State Teachers College.' Ford Bailey was fcraduated from the college last Friday Mr. and Mrs. Max Pen land have announced the arrival of a daughter at, ! the Mission hospital on June 10. - Helen Allen ,small dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Taft Allen, underwent a tonsil ectomy this week. Mrs. R. Y. Tilson has re turned to her home follow ing an operation in an Asheville hospital. Farmers Federation Declares Semi-Annual Dividend ——— t „ Directors of the Farm ers Federation Coopera tive have declared the regu lar semi-annual dividend on common and preferred stock, payable July 1 to all stockholders of record June 14, 1947. This will be the 27th consecutive semi-an nual dividend to be paid by the Farmers Federation, and it applies to all com mon and preferred stock. There were 19,972 stock holders of records Decern ber 31, according to James ; G. K. McClure, president, there has been a consider able increase in the dumber 1 since that time. Business done through the stores for the year 1946 was $4,575,364.36, Mr. Mc- Clure announced. This does ' not include the business of the Carolina and Farmers ; .tobacco warehouses, or the i , other organizations affilia- ; ted with the Federation. i The Farmers Federation was organized to provide! marketing facilities -and; services which will develop agricultural production in Western North Carolina. Beginning in a small way, it has developed markets Graduate a| N. C. State ~ College Three students from Yancey county were grad uated from North Carolina State College on Monday: John G. Low in architectur al engineering, David Low in mechanical engineering, and Charles Proffitt in I electrical engineering. Receives M A Degree George Blake received his Master of Arts degree in English at Columbia University on June 3. He is now at home for a short leave but will return to New York City next week. DECORATION The annual decoration at the McCracken cemetery will be held on next. Sunday afternoon. LOAD OF WHISKEY CAUGHT IN COUNTY The county highway pa trol and the sheriff’s de-; partment confiscated a car with 25 cases of bottled in bond, taxpaid whiskey on Saturday at Windom. Jos eph T. Fisher, owner of the i car, was arrested with the load of whiskey. Fined for Reckless ! Driving on Parkway James Pannel of Wesson, Miss., was fined $20.00 for i reckless driving by U. S. | Commissioner Briggs. Mr. Pannel was cited before the Commissioner by National Park Ranger, Edward P'.j Stephanie. The violation oc curred on the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Buck Creek! Gap. ~ So D. D. Bales of Centreville, Ohio is here for his annual summer visit. for poultry, eggs, forest products, dairy products, vegetables and handicraft articles. Mr. McClure ad ded that $3,118,051.51 was paid to farmers in 1946 through the various mark ets of the Farmers Federa tion. During the year 1946 the Farmers Federation hatch ery distributed 1,424,125 baby chicks, and to date! this year more chicks have been hatched than last! year. All these chicks are from flocks which are care fully supervised to eradi cate disease, and cockerels from high - producing [strains head the supply flocks, so that the baby ; chicks inherit high egg pro-' duction. There are now 26 ware houses in the Farmers Fed-j eration, and four frozen food lockers-are being op-! era ted in. connection with them in Asheville, Hender- 1 Isonville, Waynesville, and ( iTryon. These locker plants processed 932,302 pounds of meat in 1946. New locker plants are under construe-] tion at Brevard, Spruce. Pine, Marion, and Spindale. Legion Memorial Building Fund Drive Will Begin Monday The American Legion Memorial building fund drive will get under way on Monday of next week. All members of the Earl Hor , ton Post here and through out the county will accept donations and issue official receipts. : - -sThe goal of the drive is $25,000. The lot on West 1 Main Street known as the i ——- BURNSVILLE CHURCH SERVICES I Methodist Sunday School begins at 10 a. m. Morning Worship at 11 a. m. The pastor will 1 preach next Sunday on' “Zeal for a Cause.”" The stewards will hold their re gular monthly . meeting next Sunday at 8 p. m. Choir practice each Wed nesday at Bp. m. Youth , Fellowship each Thursday, , at 8 p. m. Vacation Bible School l j The annual Vacation (Church School will begin ' next Monday, June 16, at 9 [a. m. It will be held two ! hours each morning for ten days. All children from age 2 to 15 are invited. Child ren in the Nursery group (under age 4) need not , come before 10 a. m. There c*i will be four classes as fol • jlows: Nursery (ages 2 and - j 3.) in charge of Mrs. V. J. i, Goodman, assisted by Mrs. I, Olive Belgarde; Beginners, • j i ages 4 and 5) in charge of -[Mrs. Bruce Westall, assist ■ ed by Miss Llewellyn Ray, : using the course “Happy Times in. Dur Church”; Primaries, (ages 6,7, 8) in charge of Mrs. William Higgins, assisted by Miss data Dee Banner, using the course, “Working with 1 God in His World”; Juniors and Intermediates, tages 9 1 to 15) in charge of Mrs. Joe < Young, assisted by Mrs. Gibson Deyton, using the course “Riches to Share”. The schedule will consist of one hour for class work.; 30 ( minutes for Song and Story 30 minutes for games. c An j effort will be made to nish transportation for, those living too far away! to walk to the church. j] Religious Census A "Religious Census of i l Burnsville and vicinity will ( be taken next Sunday after- , noon. Workers from the - five churches will meet at the Burnsville Baptist chur ch at 2 p. m. for about 30 ! minutes of instruction; ( then they will go out in 1 teams of two or three. It | 1 jis expected that the friend- 1 I ly survey will be completed 1 jin two or three hours* The • j Baptist, Methodist, Presby- ! l terian, West Burnsville Baptist, and West Burns jville Church of God will j! participate. Residents are| : requested to be at home, if , possible, until the visitors gather their information, Carl Mclntosh of Mcln j tosh Radio company was in Charlotte this week on bus iness. Clean-Up Fix-Up Paint Up Clean-Up Fix-Up Paint Up Clean-Up Fix-Up Paint Up NUMBER FORTY-SIX Buffalo lot has been select ed as the site for the build ing. A buildirfg plan commit tee has been appointed to select plans, and construc tion is expected to begin at at an early date. The progress of the drive will be reported each week, and a list of donors will al so be reported each week. Baptist The annual W. M. U. con ference will be held at the Bolens Creek church on Friday, June 13. The afternoon session j will begin at 2:30 with Mrs. iJohn Waycaster of the state office, Raleigh and (Miss Marjorie Spence, Mis sionary to China, as guest speakers. The evening session will begin at 7:30 and a pageant, “Faith Is The Victory” will be given. NOTICE The North Carolina Vet i erans Commission will have , Jack C. Winchester, Asst. L State Service Officer, at , the Courthouse in Burns ’ ville, on Thursday, June 26, ( from 11:00 a. m. to 4 p. m. He will be there to help the [ veterans and dependents in claims and furnish other in formation relative to vet erans. • He said that there are two important dates com ■ ing up soon so far as veter ans are concerned. Terminal Leave Claims (1) Claim must be filed for unused Terminal Leave pay by September 1, 1947. The only ones eligible to file after that date are ones whose discharge has been corrected; thus making him eligible where he was not eligible to apply before the change was made. Life Insurance (2) If you have let your National Service Life In surance lapse, it is neces sary that you reinstate be fore August 1, 1947 in order to have it done without having to take a physical examination. This is true if you are in as good health as on the date of lapse of your policy. Only two mon thly premiums are now re quired to reinstate and to carry for one month. Navy Good Conduct Medal The Navy Department has announced that the Good Conduct Medal is now ready for Navy personnel who served honorably for three or more years with service terminating after August 15, 1945 with final proficiency rating of 3.5. A history of the First Marine Division is being published free to all person nel who wers members of the Division betweent Aug ust 7, 1942 and Sept. 2,1945. You should contact Marine Headquarters, Washington, D. C. and give necessary in formation or see Mr. Win chester and he can furnish same.
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