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Burnsville College Center Will Open September 22. VOLUME TWELVE Newdale Church To Observe Fiftieth Anniversary Dedication of New Building Is Planned The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Newdale Presbyter ian church will be observed on Saturday evening, Sept ember 20 at» 6:45 p. m. and on Sunday, September 21. '{ The church „was founded on September 19, 1897 by Rev. L. A. McLaurin. There were 23 charter members. The program, on - Satur day will include the laying of the cornerstone by Rev. McLaurin who is returning from Mullins, S. C. for this event; movies of Home Mis CALLED MEETING The French Broad Elec tric Membership Corpora tion is calling a meeting of all Electrical Appliance dealers in Yancey County to meet at their office on Friday, September 19th at 2:00 o’clock P. M, The pur pose of this meeting is to formulate plans whereby the Co-Op hopes to assist the dealers in demonstra tion of appliances and their use in the homes. All deal ers are especially urged to attend this meeting. __ 1 LAST RITES HELD FOR CLARENCE BEAVER Clarence Beaver, 36, died Wednesday afternoon at the home of his 'father. Funeral services were conducted at the West Bur nsville" church Thursday af ternoon at 2 p. m. with the Rev. Moody Smith- and the Rev. Eulis Atkins officiat ing. Burial, was in the Rob ertson cemetery. Surviving are the fath-i er, Willard Beaver; one sis-: ter, Mrs. Mabel Roland of Fairfax, Va.; and three Ralph Beaver*-of Chicago and Claude and Leonard Beaver of Burns ville. Arrangements were un der direction of Holcombe funeral home. " LAST RITES FOR REV. JAMES DAYTON \ Rev. Jamies Dayton, 68, passed away in Erwin on Wednesday, September 10. ! He was widely known thro ughout this section where he had been pastor of churches and conducted re vivals in East Tennessee and western North Garo lina. He was a member of the Jacks Creek Free Will Baptist ministers’ conferen-! ce. .Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Cora Dayton of Erwin,' seven children; forty two grand children; eighteen great grand children and a host of friends. Funeral , services were conducted at J the Caney l Chapel church, Erwin by Rev. T. E. Woody and Rev.; Bill Beam. Burial was in the Rock Creek cemetery near Erwin. * Jen Beeler was home for the weekend. SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. , . i sien activities by Rev. ft J. ! Garrison of Johnson City and the evening sermon by Rev. Frank S. Jones of Leaksville.. On Sunday, Rev. J. W. Roseborough, Jr. of Ashe ville will preach, with Rev. j W. C. Young of Bear Stat ion, Tenn. in charge of com-! Imunion. Following lunch at the church, the history of j the church will be : given by r Rev. W. E. Wilson of Mica ■; ulle. Dedication of the Mem orial Window by Rev. W. K.j Keys of Blowing Rock and ; the closing sermon by Rev. ; H. A. Mcßath of Eagle ■ | Springs,- N. C. Presbyterian Notes Morning worship at 11 Sunday, Sept. 21 ,preceeded ' by Sunday School. Dr. Har-/ ! ris will speak on “Renewal! of Life Through Happiness'/ Low Gap church service : at 3 p.. m. This hour of ser ■ vice is for the community. > There will be no meeting at ■ Mine Fork until Sunday. : Sept. 28. Thursday, Sept. 25 at 7 ■ p. m. a supper in the Burns ville church for the mem bers of the congregation.- This will be. followed by a 1 called meeting to act on the i resignation-of Dr. Harris. The moderator will be Rev. I Carl Miller of Erwin, Tenn. Farmers Home Administration ! Plans Year’s Program Mack B. Ray Is County J Supervisor Mack B. Ray, of the Far-! , mers Home Administration : Off ice at Burnsville, which j j serves Yancey, returned ■ this week from a state-wide conference at Raleigh to re ■ view program operations and activities for the on-! siting year. | Mr. Ray stated that em phasis was placed on the fact that farmers who can obtain credit from regular, sources on reasonable terms; and conditions are not eligi ble for assistance through; the Farmers Home Admin-, istration. He also stated that the loan-funds availab | le this year for some types 1 of loans are very limited in comparison with funds av , ailable for such purposes in : previous years. Direct Government loans! for the purchase, enlarge ment and development of ! family-type farms will be ! made to the extent that : funds are available. Veter ans have preference. Insured mortgage loans are also available through I FHA for the purchase, en largement and development, ;of family-type farms by feiiants, sharecroppers, and I farm laborers who are eli-: ' gible for the services of the' I agency.. Veterans also have preference in applications for these loans. This is the first time that such loans have been available to far-1 , mers.' Mr. Ray explained | that all loans will be made^ THE YANCEY RECORD “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” SPECIAL NOTICE 1 -College Center Will Open Sept. 22 > j Superintendent Frank W. Howell, director of the Burnsville College Center of the University of North ' Carolina, who attended a meeting of the North Ca •rolipir College Centers Con ference at Chapel Hiill last j week has made the folio w iing statement; the College will open for registration on Monday, and Tilesday, September 22 and 23. It will operate at Freshman level this year as last, and next year will operate at Sopho more level. It; is urgent that those Veterans w ho have not ap ! plied for their eligibility of l entitlement papers do so at once at the superintend ent’s office. Methodist Church i -—j • “The Gospel of Good ( Cheer”'will be '■the - subjocL of the pastor’s sermon next ; Sunday at 11 a.-m. Sunday School will begin at 10 a. m. Ihe fourth quarterly con ference will be held at 7:30 !P- ni., with Dr. R. Dwight Ware in charge. All mem bers and especially officials ore urged to attend. Meeting Postponed i The Baptist “Youth For ; Christ” meeting r has *'been' j postponed until Sept. 27 at • Bolens Creek church. on the basis of appraised normal values. The borrow er pays down 10 percent of the normal value, and -a ! lending institution, such as ! a bank or insurance com pany, lends the remaining -90 percent. The Govern !ment insures the loans and Farmers Home Administra-, jtion personnel make collec tions and otherwise service them. Both direct and insured farm ownership loans bear; 3* - percent interest and are j repayable on a 40-year amortized basis. A production and subsis tence loan program will provide short term credit for eligible farmers for the purchase of seed, feed, fer tilizer, farm home equip ment, and necessary live stock. Two kinds of production I and subsistence loans will be made. Annual loans are available to finance opera tions for the year and must be repaid within 12 months.) Adjustment loans are avail ; able when fanners wish to niake major changes for the better in theif farm and home operations, and may run up to five years. The ''interest rate on both annual and adjustment loans is I five percent. Guidance and assistance in planning farm and home operations, and in execut- : ;ing the plans, will be avail-1’ able to families who obtain i j farm ownership and ad-! I justment loans, Mr. Ray ! said. i 1 BURNSVILLE, N. C., THfRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1947 LAST RITE! FOR | THOMAS ROBERTS Thomas Rolferts, widely known lumberman, merch-<> ant and retied railroad' employe of /Forbes, died Thursday mofning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. | George Thomas, at Erwin, lenn. - - | Mr. Roberts had been ill for approximately five years. He w# an employe of the Clinehtield railroad ’ from 1901 to!|L93l, and for I many years operated a gen eral store at ||)rbes. He was n.njtive and life-! long resident]; of Mitchell /county and a' member of , Toecane Bapfcfrt church. Funeral services were! conducted Safirday at 2 p. m. at Red Hfd Methodist 1 | church and interment was i in the church pemetery. Pallbearers were J. N. j Whitson, T. Dg Gouge, H. S. 'Gortney, Jason Byrd», R. H. Byrd, Frank .Parker, Car los Garland and Eck Phil lips. Surviving are four dau ghters, Mrs. (teorge Thom > as, Mrs. Cassf .Thomas of Toecane, Mrs; Virgil Mc- Courry of Kins sport, Tenn., and Mi's. H. V|. Johnson of j Burnsville; fifg sons, Bob 1 Roberts of Lunday, Ed | Roberts of Burnsville, Lon-’ zo Roberts off Relief, GeoH ’ ge Roberts Burnsville,' and Manuel Roberts’ of Re* lief ; four sisters, Mrs. R. H. ; Renfro, Mrs. Chris Garland I and Mrs. Will Grindstaff of Forbes and Mrs. M. D. ! Neff of Harrisonburg, Va.; ione brother, of Forbes: 18 grandchildren and two great grandchild ren. ’ . ! | Cpl. Charles Lee Atkins is home for a sixty day j leave. He has served two years in China in the Mar ine Corps. He will return to Camp Pendleton, ' Ocean-! 1 side, Calif. / Miss Irene Edwards Will Serve Miss Irene Edwards of Burnsville, N. C., has been' employed as Home Econo- 1 mist by the French Broad Electric Membership Cor-| poration to work in the area served by the Co-op. The territory -consists of Madison, Mitchell, Yancey and,a portion of Buncombe county in North Carolina as well as a section of 1 Unicoi county in Tennessee. The Co-operative has at present approximately 4500 connected members that will be advised by Miss Edwards as to the use of Home Appliances and pro- 1 per lighting of homes. Her duties will consist of I advising members as to how to make the most pro fitable use of electric cur-' rent. Work will a'lso be done: with prospective members! that will receive electric service in the future on the planned new extensions that are now in the process! 1 s®jij •. I R,E.A. Employs Home Econpmist I BURNSVILLE HOME I DEMONSTRATION CLUB VISITS PEN LAND Elevae? members of the Burnsville Home Demonstr jation club visited the handi craft school at Penland on Tuesday. ' In the morning, a demon- 1 j stration of silk screen paint | ing was given by Miss Fran j ces Barr, an instructor at /the school. Cork mats, Chri / stmas cards and stationery l and numerous other articl ■ es can be painted in this /way, and these uses were ! demonstrated. .1 In the afternoon, a metal [ work demonstration was ■ given, and each of the club i members attending made k ; articles of copper- and al j uminum in the metal shop. THE RECORD TO MAKE ; PICTURES OF LOCAL BUSINESS MEN AND /LEADING CITIZENS , i . ... . * The Record has made ar- Jrangements with a profess ional photographer to make photographs of local busi . ness men and leading citi . zens of the county on Mon s day, September 22 at the . Nu-Wray Hotel, from 11 a. in. to 6 p. m. • Each individual will coll , eet his own proofs after they are finished. The Rec ord will then have a picture . made’ for the files to be us '• ed later in news stories or rs&cial events. The cooperation of citi zens of the county will be ? appreciated, and the pictur es will be made with no cost ; to the individuals. You will ? be under no obligation t whatsoever. However, if •you like the proofs, addit ional copies of the photo | graphs may be ordered for ; A reasonable price. i decoration Sunday, Sept. 28 The annual Decoration 1 at the Byrd Falnily ceme / tery will be held Sunday/ I Sept. 28 at 2:30. of being constructed. This will consist, primarily, on preparing plans for ade suately wiring the homes of the new members in or der that the utmost safety; ‘can be secured as well as! having an interior wiring ■'system that will serve the! needs of the home and farm. : | Miss Edwards spent the; week of September Bth in j • | Knoxville, Tenn., where a ; conference was sponsored • [ jointly by the T. V. A., R. ■ E. A. and the University of Tennessee. -The topics dis cussed at this meeting were ; how to work with dealers, | schools, public agencies; how to assist housewives in j proper use and care of 'home appliances; how to ' layout and plan an adequ , ate wiring system for the ihome and farm; and how! jto promote and conduct I public demonstrations o n appliances. Cr 1 In announcing the ajF pointfneut\of Miss Edwards, Mr. Ball, president of the (Continued on page 4) Students Leave For School • -T. A j The following students | from Yancey county are at-! ! tending college: Ejast Tennessee * State j College: Sybil Lewis, Flora : j Griffith, Hettie Higgins, Irene Higgins, Mary Helen! ; Neill, Ray Riddle, James Johnson, Ernest Banner. Tusculum College: Joyce King. Woman’s College of IT. N. C.: Doris Penland, Evelyn | Briggs, Mary Frances Hamrick. j University of N. C.: Joe Goodin, Jr., Mary Jo Par rish, Dick Mclntosh, Ralph... Bostian, Bill Fouts, R. E. Hennessee, Lucille Chase, Rush Beeler, Francis Hen-! 1 nessee. N. C. State College: Dav id Low, Charles Hamrick, Arnold Higgins, Herman ! Bostian, Edwin Wilson, John Lee Ray, Landon! ■ Proffitt. ; £ : : ■j Mars Hill College: Willo-J : ree Young, Virginia York,, ■ Nelle Bailey, Betty Wrayj - Hensley, Ada Lee Bailev. j ■ Appalachian State Tea-j • chers College: Ecld Hunter.; . Jr., Fay Ellen Edwards Western Carolina Teach-; NEW HEALTH OFFICER TAKES UP DUTIES j Dr. C. F. Mcßae, recently named as health officer for I the district, took up His /duties in this capacity on Monday. Dr. and Mrs. Mcßae have moved to the Anglin apart [ ments and will soon be join ted by their 12 year old dau ■ ghter. . i . Association Names Officers i : ii Officers for the coming! I year were elected at the) j annual Yancey Baptist -As- meeting. These I are: moderator, A. Z. Jam jerson of Burnsville and vice moderator, P. L. McMahan of Burnsville. Miss Laura Mae, Hilliard w r as named; clerk. Sunday School superin-j tendent, Dawson Briggs,! Burnsville; Training Union; director, Mrs. Andrew Johnson, Green Mtn. ;W. M.r L. superintendent, Mrs. A.!, Z. Jamerson; Brotherhood director, Jesse Hughes,; | Burnsville; Bible School director, Miss Wanda Rob-; iertson, Swiss; Temperance! : cl,airman, C.JP. Randolph, ; Eurnsville; Orphanage 'chairman, W. M. Westall,' Burnsville; Hospital chair-: mjjfi, Mrs. P. L. McMahan; , Evangelistic chairman, J. H. Black, Green Mountain; Christian literature repre sentative, E. J. Hall, Celo; i Christian Education direc- ; tor and R. A. Counselor, B. , J. Mclver, Burnsville; Young Peoples’ Leader, Mrs. G. L. Hensley, Mrs. B.; J. Mclver, Burnsville. Awards were also made i for Bible School work. In j the Junior Memory work winners were: Cane River, Camiße_&nd Merlin Styles; ! Byrd’s Chapel, Annie Edw- , ards, Elsie Petersen, Yvon ne Whitson, Maxine Peter- Burnsville College Center Will Open September 22. NUMBER EIGHT jers College: Ralph Neill, Jr. Lallage Johnson, Jennie Hensley, Donald Tomberlin. | Warren Wilson College: IVernie Ayers, j ’- Brevard College: Leland , Westall. - Virginia Intermont: Mil dred Westall. Clemson College: David Covington. Lees-Mcßae College: Ro bert C. Howell. Duke University: Dick Bailey. Florida State University: Joan Threadgill. Carson-Newman College: Geneva Hunter. Berea College: Wanda Sams, Wayne Proffitt, Mar i tha Bailey, Josef Wilson, Peggy Johnson Rutnoski. Emory University: Eddie Beeson. j University of Kansas Ci ty: Dale Banner. ! High Point College: Dor cas Mclver Morgan. East' Carolina Teachers College: Jean Bennett. Yale University: George i Blake. Harvard UniversTty: John Low. W esleyan Music Conser ; vatory: Evelyn Hamrick. Baptist Church The subject for the Sun day morning service will be “There Will Be No More Sea.” At the Sunday evening service the pastor Will speak on “A Religion That Is Divine.” John King spent the week end in Asheville. Ison and Morris Whitson; | Pleasant Grove, Alice Gar ; land; Pleasant Valley, Mary Ann York; Brown’s Creek, Sonva Ann Hall, Lena Dun can, Joyce Harris; Jacks Creek, Betty Jo Laughrun; Burnsville First Irma Styles, Kathleen King, Frances Wilson, Bernice Gardner, Nelda Peterson; Burnsville West, Ronny Angel. Intermediate Memory work winners: Cane River, Betty Lou Edwards, Billie Lou Buckner; Byrd’s Chap el, Edward Peterson; Plea sant Valley, Lois York, Mary Alice Ray; Burnsville First, Doris Styles; Browns Creek, Faye Ray; Mount Pleasant, Wilm# June An gel, Betty Jean King. Junior Note Book win ners: First, Teddy Rose Styles, Burnsville; second, Genene Bailey, Jacks Creek third, Maxine Rathbone, Indian Creek. Intermediate note book winners: first, Mary Evelyn Hensley, Bolens Creek; sec ond, Billie Lou Buckner, Cane River; third, Lois York, Pleasant Valley. Girls’, handwork: first, Wanda Griffith, Brown’s Creek; second, Shirley Sty les, Burnsville; third, Billie Lou ( Buckner, Cane River- Boys’ handwork: first .* Zion Junior boys; second, - - Jferry Shuford, South Esta toe; third, Wayne and Ray Cooper, West Burnsville.
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