North Carolina Newspapers

Donate Generously to the Legion Memorial Building Fund. VOLUME TWELVE SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Many Fail on Driving Tests C.—A com bined report of the State’s 100 drivers’ license exami ners, released today by Major Gavnor, • assistant director of the Highway! Safety Division Depart-! ment of Motor Vehicles, shows that during July,' 23,952 license applications! were approved, - and 3,2961 were d isa ] (proved. Breaking down Hie total! approved licenses, Gaynorj said that 13,503 were opera-! tors’ licenses, about 13,1)00 of which h e estimated were new licenses issued to persons whose last names' begin with eiLher A or B, ■ who are now oeing re-ex- ! amined. The remaining 503 operators’ licenses were is sued to motorists getting uu license for the first time. Judging from the figures,' Gaynor said that about one out of every seven or eight | persons taking the new ex aminations, flunked during; July. The new' examination was instituted on July l, 1 when the State’s new ‘‘safe and sane” driving law, re-: quiring reissuance of all drivers licenses, went into! effect. Stating thajt there are roughly 165,000 A and B drivers in North Carolina,] NOTICE f ■ - A representative of the; Asheville Field Office of the Social Security Admin istration will be at the Re gister of Deeds Office,! Burnsville at 10:00 A. M., on Sept. 18th. There are two times for action in social security: tli Every wage earner who has worked on a job , covered by the Social Sec urity Act since December, 31, 1936 should contact the nearest field office at age 1 65-; and t2i Surviving relatives, oi’ persons who paid funeral bills, should do so at once 1 in death cases. This includes! relatives of World War If veterans who die within] three years of discharge,' Hunting Season Regulations Are Given 1947-48 Season The hunting seasons and regulations were adopted by the North Carolina Wild life Resources Commission at a meeting held in Raleigh August 11 and 12. They are given here as they re late to Yancey County hunters. Open Dates for Hunting BEAR: October 15 through January 1. Exception: Bear hunting is allowed only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in the following counties: Bladen, Bruswick, Colum bus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, New Hanover, Robe son, Sampson and Scotland. DEER: (Male). (Must have antlers plainly visible to the hunter.) On Nov. 10, 11, 12, 20, 21 and 22 deer hunting is per • I THE YANCEY RECORD Gaynor added that people ‘‘are not responding to the re-examining program as rapidly as we had expected” He said the response was much better in the Pied jmont and West thim in the , East, and added that he had ! transferred several licensee examiners from certain sec- I tions in the East to take care of the heavy licensing !in the West. ! Gaynor said he believed | people in the East would start responding better now that the tobacco crop is in. He urged upon all A’s and ; B’s the extreme importance lof getting re-examined as soon as possible, adding that if people continue to wait, the license examiners will be so “swamped” they can’t[ j-take care of all applicants. ' A or B caught driving after ! midnight on December 31 on old license will be guilty : of a misdemeanor and will be fined not less than $25. i | Gaynor said indications r were that re-examining had been much heavier in Aug ust than in July. The full monthly report, however, i has not yet been compiled. IHe said he believed people I were becoming more fami liar with the safety pro gram due to more publicity in the newspapers. - JiIXixNjEILDN fiIMMKE TEE STATE GROUP Jake F. Buckner, sanitar ian of the Avery. Mitchell and Yancey district health unit, has been selected as j one of a committee of three ;to draft the constitution and by-laws for the asso ciation of sanitarians of the North Carolina* State Board of health. | The other members of the committee are Charles Williams, sanitarian of the | Asheville Board of Health,! (and Wade Eller, sanitarian! of the Alleghany, Ashe and Wautiiuga district health unit. - j , Jeninngs Beeler was over, from Asheville for the 1 w r eek end. I mitted in that portion of McDowell county lying north of U. S. Highway 64-1 70 except on Mt. Mitchell Wildlife Management area,* and in Yancey county ex-j cept in Mt. Mitchell State; Park and Mt. Mitchell Wild life Management area. OPOSSUM-RACOON: With dogs and guns October 15 through Feb. 15. i QUAIL: In and west of Alleghany, Wilkes, Cald-j well, Burke, and Ruther ford counties open season is Nov. 27 through Jan. 1. RABBITS: Nov. 27 through! Jan, 1. SQUIRRELS: Sept. 15 through Dec. 15. (No open] season on Southern Red Squirrels—Boomers.) RUFFLED GROUSE: Nov. 1 27 through Jan. 1. WILDCAT, WEASEL, and SKtJNK: No closed sea son* , . * * I “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” Major and Mrs. Ray Hilliard Return i From Germany | ‘ ■ Major and Mrs. Ray M. ’ i from New York for a visit s with relatives and friends. -j Major Hilliard has been _■ stationed in Germany for 1 the past 2 years, and Mrs. R Hilliard has been with him . since July, 1946. They land bed in New York last week. )• ! PURCHASE HOME i! 1 Mr. and Mrs, John B. Bennett last week pnrchas j ed the H. C. Smith home in 1 east Burnsville near the j school. The property joins 3 that of Mrs. A. J. Bennett t anctspuss Peterson. )I ~ * 1 SILO DEMONSTRATION J , —■— ~ A silo building demon-! 'jstration will be given on I the farm of Byrd Gillespie; Wednesday, September 17 lat 1:30 p. m. j I,he silo is to be construe-! ; ted as it is being filled, I thus showing that both pro-! • i cesses can be carried on at 1 the same time. . A representative from ■the Silas-Craft Co., will, come to aid in the demon-! ■ stratum. ■j ibis type silo costs ap-j 'proximately $25 to S3O and , will hold 16-20 tons of silo. ; All farmers who are in-, jure invited to attend. Army Recruiting - i ...Continuing its upward ! trend in the twin states of i North and South Carolina, i!which comprise the Colum • bia Recruiting District, the ■ United States Army and ! Aiir Force Recruiting Ser- I vice oversubscribed *i t s ’ monthly quota of 1080 men ]bv enlisting a total of 1109 ■ young men in the two stjut- 1 ,!es during the month of il August, according to an ah-j I nouncement made today by i Major F. PI. Gorman, com | manding officer of the lo yal Recruiting sub-station Mocated at Asheville, N. C. j \ Credit for the continued {progress of the Recruiting | Service is largely due to | jthe many new advantages | and benefits being offered men who choose the Army . and Air Force as a career, including the new offer to I high “school graduates of . ! the opportunity to select an | Army or Air. Force school 1 i prior to enlisting in the 1 Army and the many special | advantages being offered |to veterans of World War, ! II who return to uniform. Major Gorman also said | that the local sub-station : enlisted a total of 55 men ' during the month, which ] {amounts to 81 percent of \ its quota of 68 men. j i Pres byterian Church * | Morning Worship 11 aj ii m. proceeded by the Sun- II day .School.' Sermon subject I “Don’t Let Things Worry ;You”. A cordial invitation to visitors. An important an l nouncement will be made to • the members o f the church end congregation. BURNSVILLE, ITT?, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. 1947 Herringk Will Leave _i - Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stan ley Herring of New York being in Burnsville where they, together with Edw ard S. Shorter, have con ducted the summer paint ing classes. 1 After a visit with Dr. and Mrs. T. M. Hall in Milledge ville, Ga., they will go to Sarasota, Florida where Mr Herring will be an instruc tor in the Singling School of Art during the winter ' session. He' will conduct classes in life, portrait and , landscape painting, i Both Mr. and Mrs. Her ring are enthusiastic about Burnsville and the coopera tion wlpcli citizens and civ ic groups have shown this ; summer. 4-H CLUB NEWS Members Exhibit At Cattle Show and Fair — | Yancey covfnty was re presented by 12 4-H Club boys and 1 -4 II Club girl showing 15 purebred dairy heifers in tike Asheville dr., I Dairy * Show ? Therq were .5 ired ribbon winners and 10 white ribbon winners. Those winning red rib-: bons were: Jimmy Roland,: St. Rt. BuKAville, N. C.; J\ f iMan C.; Wayne Silver, Mica- j ville, N. C.; Danny Young,' Rt. 2, Burnsville, ' N. C.; David Gilespie, Rt. 2, Bur m ville, N. C. Those winning the white ribbons were: Keith Stanl ey, Burnsville, N. C.: Way ne & Ray Cooper, Burns ville, N. C.; Harrell Hen jslev, Bee Log, N. C.; Joe Gillespie, Rt. 2, Burnsville,j N. C.; Charles Gillespie, Rt. 2, Burnsville, N. C.; Earl I Ray, Rt. 1, Burnsville, °N.| C.;'Wayne Silver, Micaville, N. C. i All the heifers were pure bred Guernseys except the I one owned by Miss Mae Higgins which was a pure-, bred Jersey. These same calves will be shown at the Mayland Fair in Spruce 1 Pine on Thursday, Septem ber 11th. The judging will! begin at 1:00 o’clock p. m. ! . - Completes Training ■ Pvt. Horace 11. Cox of Bee Log has recently com-’ pleted his basic training in! the army. Serves Aboard Marlboro D. D. Autrey, fireman, first class, USN, son of Mr.' and Mrs. Dock H. Autrey! of Hamrick, *N. C., is serv-j ing aboard the barracks ship USS Marlboro, which is attached to the Florida! Group of tlie Atlantic Re serve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, Fla. The Florida Group, which is engaged in the inactiva tion of the Navy’s reserve ships, is the largest concen j tration of ships at the larg est berthing area in the] world. Approximately 500, vessels are berthed a t Green Cove Springs in new $10,000,000 piers. Served Aboard the Yancey Chief Pharmacist Mate, I : James M. EaVes of Char ■ lotte wlio served aboard ■ the U. S. S. Yancey during the war, was a visitor in - Burnsville Tuesday. ■j Chief Eaves served* on the Yancey from July, 1944 I to November 1946. leaving ■ two days before the ship > left for the South Polar ex ■ pedition. The ship was com-; - missioned in October, 1944. I I i Navy Recruiting [; The Navy Recruiting Sta tion, Asheville, N. C.,_. has • announced that certain Ex . Navy Personnel may rsen • list in the rating they were i discharged at. Chief Cole ■ will be in Burnsville on Fri |day, Sept. 12, to interview anyone who is interested in joining, the Navy. Chief Cole also announced that the American Defense and ■ the Victory Medal will be .issued ex-Navy personnel who bring their original - discharge to the Navy Re > fruiting Station, Asheville. I N. C. NOTICE } ); i; Jack C. Winchester, Ass’t State Service Officer will be at the County Court - | house, Burnsville, on Thui s- i ;day, Sept. 25, from 11 a. m.j T«’" ' '■* '<■’ -■ ■ wtvr*r| ans and tlieir dependents. ; He will be prepared to! help in making applications! for on-jqb training, widows 1 ; pension, compensation and ■ pension, claims for veter-j - ans, back pay, claim for terminal leave pay, claim 1 • for National Service Life' • Insurance, new. laws o f iNSLI, gratuity pay, "build-; ,j ing preference, appeal ap-' 'plication, lost discharge, rer! view of bad discharge, bur ial allowance, granite head stone, burial flags, hospi | talization, information on social security as applied to] veterans and their depend-*, [ents and many other items' {pertaining to interest of. veterans and their depend- ‘ ' ents. • • - ; < ! i Completes Training James Jackson, USN, 1 son of Mr. and Mrs. Vance Jackson of Burnsville, has completed recruit training; at the Naval Training Cen ter, San Diego, Calif,, and has been advanced to sea man, second class. FAMILY NIGHT The Baptist Missionary Society will have a.“ Family Night” picnic supper at the home of Mrs. G. L. Hensley on Friday at 6 p. m.- All members of the society and their’families are invited i to attend. Elizabeth Thomas of Car-! ; thage, N. C. was the guest |of friends here recently. Aldcn Honeycutt and son Stephen, were here last 1 ■ week for a short visit, i Bill Fouts who attended! summer school at Chapel) Hill, is home for a short | vacation before returning to the University for the fall term. Funds AvaiJ able For Develop ment of WildHfe Resources —: ! Washington.—Last week i The interior department said $9,031,273’ in federali funds—the greatest such' sura on record—will be ;;available under the Pitt-; ! man-Robertson get for the 1 developmerft' of wildlife re-j {sources in the States and! territories, during the 12. months which began July 1. The appropriation, repre senting the returns from [the 11 per cent federal tax on firearrs, shells and sa-r-j ] tridges for the year endirig June 30, 1947, is more than three and a half times the ! amount allotted last year, j Secretary of the Interior Krug said the unusually , large appropriation this ■ year was occasioned in part by a decision of congress to i allot the full amount of the l , itax collections for expendi- I! tures. [! It also was the result of I record-shattering post-war [ CIVIL SERVICE Announcement has been made of a Civil Service examination for filling; messenger positions in the. [Federal Government ac-[ j cording to Ashcon R tmsey liters at the loc il Post Office j This examination is re- | drifted to pevs.irs entitled t*> veteran preference and iapplications fr.m non-vet-; G rans will not be accepted*. 1 | The examination is being 1 [ ; held by the Fourth U. S. [ Civil Service Region, Nis isen Building, Winston-Sal-! lem, to fill positions in vari jous federal agencies in the [states of Nortjft Carolina,! West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia except for t,he area immediately adjacent: ,to Washington, D. C. i Applicants must be re- ( eeived in Winston-Salem,' 1 not later than September ' 29, in order to be consider-! ed. Salaries of the positions! are $1690, $1822 and $2020; per year. All applicants will be required to participate* in a written test and appli cants for the $2020 posi tions must also have had i six months experience as a j messenger or clerk. Complete inf o r mation land application blanks may be obtained from Mr. Ram-; isey at the local Post Office. ! i , Robert Byrd and daugh ter, Carolyn, of Williams, Arizona left for their home) Sunday after a two weeks |v“sit with relatives and friends here. Mr. Byrd is) connected with the Santa' fV Railway Company as j superintendent of way ; maintenance. ■J Thomas F. Byrd of New; : York who has been visiting relatives and friends here! 1 left Monday for his home) t in New York, j V. J. Goodman, D. D. 1 Baggett and Mrs. Juanita IjR. Evans are attending a! L | two-day conference of all f western North Carolina i extension personnel in Swannanoa. Donate Generously to the Legion Memorial Building : Fund. j »■ NUMBER SEVEN ■ sales of weapons and am* ! munition to record-shatter ing hordes of hunters. States must match the amount—under regulations ! j limiting federal aid to not i more than 75 per cent of ithe project costs—in order j to qualify for their full als lotments. Thus, said the in terior department, $11,018,- §62 potentially is available for wildlife restoration pro jects in the 48 states this year. j Projects submitted by the ; states must be approved by the fish and wildlife service. They consist of surveys and investigations, land acquisi tion, development, and maintenance of completed projects. Basis Os Land Area The funds are apportion -1 ed on the basis of land area and the number of hunting i license holders i n each state. North Carolina will receive $129,448.04. MOUNT MITCHELL ROAD IS NEARING COMPLETION Finished by end of Month Construction of the new 4.7-mile state road linking ■to BjHiLgiilgft. rartoifflY.ai summit of Mount Mitchell will be completed by the end of this month “at the very latest,” J*. C. Walker division highway engineer, said last night. A “tape” layer of tar is already down on the entire length of the road, Mr. Walker said, and surfacing should be completed by the 20th or 25th, or by the end of the month. Remaining to be laid are two layers of asphalt and rock, he said. At Buck Creek gap, ap proximately 10 miles north east of Toe River gap, state highway No. 80 intersects this stretch. - Receive Highest Award in Scouting Three Scouts of the Toe River district received the awards of Eagle, highest award in scouting, at the Court of Honor held Sep tember 9 at Crossnore. Bobby Keller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Keller of Pineola; Walter Seal Flynt, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Flynt of Crossnore, and Oneil Pittman, son of Mrs. Martin Johnson of Crossnore, were the three who received the Eagle Badges. W. D. Debrill, district field director of the Ameri , can Red Cross, was a visit or in Burnsville this week, j Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dey , ton of Raleigh announce ! the birth of a son, Jchn Woody, at Rex hospital, Raleigh on September 1. P. T. A. MEETING The Burnsville P. T. A. will meet in the high school., library on Tuesday evening, September 16 at 7:80.