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VOLUME TWELVE
Legion Post Purchases. Property
For Memorial Building
A committee acting fori
the Earl Horton Post of
the American Legion, and
B. B. Penland, B. R. Pen
land and Luther Ayers,
joint owners, are complet
ing a transaction this mor
ning whereby the post is
acquiring a part of the for
mer Stanley McCormick
school property as a mem
orial building and grounds.
The property consists of
approximately an acre of
land and two buildings, the
former manual trailing
building and the dining
hall building.
This transaction complet
es many months of endeav
or by the Legion Post to
secure a memorial building.
A fqnd raising campaign!
was begun over a year ago!
for this purpose, and the]
response of citizens of the
county to this made the
purchase possible.
First Considered
The recently purchased
property was one of the
first prospects considered,
but at that time was not]
available as it was already
under lease to a private in
dividual.
The building committee
worked continuously. A
number of prospects were)
considered, with the advan-;
tages and disadvantages of
each carefully considered.
Several public spirited
citizens offered sites for
NOTICE
The Health Department
Office will be closed on
Armistice Day, November
11th and Thanksgiving Day,
November 27th.
On Hospital Committee
Dr. W. L. Bennett and
Miss Eloise Bennett attend
ed a luncheon last week in
Asheville of the group in
terested in the hospital
plans for this section of the
state. There were 100 pre
sent, representing the 15
western counties.
Miss Eloise Bennett was.
named as one of a commit
tee of five to draw up plans ■
for the organization of the'
district council, composed
of the western counties.
NOTICE
All officers who have re
ceived appointments in the
Regular Army must accept,
take the* oath of office or
reject that commission on
or before November 30,
Headquarters, Third Army
announced here today.
Sgt. Henry R. Shelton is
home on 15 day leave from
Camp Gordon, near Augus
ta, Ga. He is visiting his
wife and mother at Bee
Log, and plans to take his
family back with him to
Harlen, Ga., where they will
reside.
Sgt. Shelton was over
seas fob 38 months, in the
European Theatre, and was
in 8 major campaigns. ,
The Wesleyan Service
Guild will meet Friday
night at the home of Mrs.
L. G. Deyton.
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
| the location of the building.
Each was studied, but the 1
inadequate size of one o‘s
the lots, inconvenience of
location and amount of
preliminary work necessary
of several of the others
made it inadvisable to close
1 any deals. ~
The problem of getting
building materials and the
high cost of all items were
ialso carefully considered?
■ | Several weeks ago the
Stanly McCormick proper
.ty again became a variable
. and the committee contact
ed the owners at once. The
final transactions were ccn
! eluded this morning, and
ithe Legion now has its long
desired memorial building.
i Adequate
I The property should be
| adequate for any use that
|the Legion might desire.!
I The manual training build-:
ling is of adequate size for!
a gymnasium and recrea-!
! tional hall. The other-build
ing has a kitchen and large
dining room on the first
floor, and six rooms on the 1
] ground floor. The grounds
surrounding the buildings
will provide parking space
and athletic courts.
There are some repairs
] that will have to be made,
: and the Legion post now
; plans to make this as soon
las possible so that the
| buildings will be ready for
use at the earliest possible
time.
LAST RITES FOR
THOMAS P. DELLINGER
Thomas P. Dellinger, 82,
passed away at his home
nea rßurnsville Friday af
ternoon following a long
illness.
Funeral services were 1
held at the home at 2 o’clock
Sunday afternoon. Dr. 0. E?
Croy, formerly of Burns-!
near Burnsville Friday af
ville, the Rev. W. J. Baker,
and the Rev. Paul Taylor of-,
ficiated. Burial was in the
family cemetery.
Surviving are the widow;
1 3 daughters, Mrs. R. Buch
lanan of Newdale, Mrs. Wal-I
ter Gibbs and P. B. j
Hensley of Burnsville; 5
sons, Ralph and John of
Burnsville, Claude of New- 1
dale, Henry and Ebb of,
Asheville; 24 grand child
ren; 3 sisters, Mrs. W. J.l
Baker, Mrs: E. Myers and
Mrs. Bob Ray.
Mr. Dellinger was a life;
long resident, of the Con-j
cord community and a mem
ber of the Concord Method
ist church for many years.
NOTICE TO AAA
FARMERS
The 1947 superphosphate
is now being received thro-,
ugh the Yancey County A.
C. A. and if there is any
farmer participating on thia.
program that has not re-1
i ceived their material or!
would like to receive add!- 1
tional superphosphate plea
rse call by the office and
, make this request as soon
as possible.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
|MT. MITCHELL STORM
One of the heaviest and]
most devastating ice storms
to visit G,684-foot Mount
Mitchell over . a six-year
period was experienced
last week end.
Brought about as the re
sult of freezing rains, snow
and sleet, the storm played
havoc with communications
: lines between the observa
tion tower on the famous
peak and Buck Creek, snap
ped off the tops of towering
j spruce and pines, and left
trails ice coated.
Whipped about by high
winds from the east, tor
, rents of freezing rain glaz-j
led the sides of trees and
other objects with ice coat
ings six inches deep in
places.
Mrs. Coy Ballew, weath
er observer, reported that
in some sections roads and
| trails “looked like recent
| scenes of the Florida hur
i ricane damage.” Tops of
jsphuce and pine trees were
scattered over a mile area
surrounding the peak. She
i said that during the height
jof the storm she and her
husband, also a weather ob
| server on the peak, exper-,
(ienced difficulty in climb
jing the 60-foot elevation
Ifrom their cabin home to
the tower to check climatic
conditions. The weather
station is situated about
400 feet from their home. I
COUNTY-WIDE FARM
BUREAU MEETING
PLANNED
—s I
A meeting will be hi 1 byj
the recently organized;
Farm Bureau at Burnsville
high school on Wednesday,
November 12 at 7 p. m.
It is imperative, officials
state, that farmers through
out North Carolina perfect I
| their organization and be]
'ready, through cooperation
and definitely stated goalg,
I to' work for the best inter-,
lest of the farmers in these
uncertain times.
The county-wide meeting,
| next Wednesday is open to'
all farmers of the county,;
; and they are urged to at- j
tend. This is a continuation
of the membership drive
; which has been meeting
i with very good results.
O. W. Deyton is president
of the county Bureau,
] Clyde Ayers is vice presi
dent and Jesse Howell, sec
j retary-treasurer.
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY
(IS MAJOR ATTRACTION
| Comparative travel sta
tistics for National Park
service developments, show
ing that the Blue Ridge
parkway and the great
Smoky Mountains National
park were again major
tourist attractions in the
travel year ended’Sept. 36,
were released yesterday by
Blair Ross, superintendent
of the Great Sipoky Moun
tains park.
The Smoky Mountains
]park led all national parks
in attendance during the
travel year, the statistics
show, while the Blue Ridge
parkway ranked third
among all National Park
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1947
Named County Accountant
Luther M.r Robinson of,
Celo was named county ac
countant at| the regular
meeting of the board of
county commissioners.
I Mr. Robinson began his
duties in -1 fs office on
November 1, [He succeeds
J. A. Goodin jrho resigned.
MRS. WALTER PIKE IS SPEAKER FOR CLUBS
. Mrs. Waite HPilce of Hen
dersonville wps guest spea
ker at the aiimal “Achieve-;
ment Day” o|served Friday
by the Hom’fe Demonstra-]
, tion clubs of Ifancey county
Mrs. Pike * ms a delegate
last month tc the conferen
ce of Associated Country
Women ofths World, held
in Amsterdam, Holland.!
jThe meeting’, was attended
by 600 delegates from2s
countries.' ThlSre were 85
delegates from the United
, States, 5 of these from
North Carolß a. ■]
Mrs. Pike t>ld of the trip
) as a whole, rather than the
; program of tlje conference
' alone, and presented a clear,
’and sympathetic picture
of conditions ’sa Europe.
]! The group Whf first to
England, and there the
shortage of food apd ,the !
lack of adequate housing
are beyond tVe compvoben-i
sion of people here, she
i said. The diet is very re-|
,stricted, very monotonous
and far below the margin!
of nutritional safety. Much'
jof the bombed' out areas;
.have not even been cleared,)
she stated, so that living!
■conditions are, in many in-;
istances, hazardous as well'
JAMES C. HENSLEY
ACCIDENTLY SHOT
! James Clayborune Hen
sley, 17, was killed instantly,
about 4 o’clock Saturday
afternoon near the home at
Cane River when a pistol
| he was carrying jn his pock-)
et fell out and was dischar-)
Iged. The bullet struck him
■in the chest. j
Sheriff Suel Anglin in
vestigated, and county cor
oner, W. M. English stated
that an inquest was not
necessary.
Mr. Hensley was the only
, child of Mr. and Mrs. Gar
mon Hensley of Cane River
■ and was in the Junior Hass
at Bald Creek high school.
Funeral services were
held at 2 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon at the Bald Creek
Methodist church.
Surviving, in addition to
the parents, is the grand-;
mother, Mrs. S. M. Hensley
of Bald Creek.
service in popularity.
The statistics follow, with
the developments listed in
the order of their popular
ity in 1947:
Lake Mead recreational
area, Lincoln memorial,)
Blue Ridge parkway, Great
i aountains National
i park, Mt. Ranier National
i park, Yellowstone National
i park, Rocky Mountains Na
i tional park, Shenandoah
I National park, Washington
: monument.
Named Tax Supervisor
“j Carl T. Young has been'
named supervisor for the
■ |collection of 1947 county;
’ taxes by the board of coun
] ty commissioners,
i Tax listers in the various
. townships will be named
i later. Listing will begin on
January 1.
|as miserable. „
| However, Mrs. Pike said,
I homes of the English coun
i try side were very neat and
I clean and that every inch
l of available space was uti
lized for gardens.
| - After a brief stay in Eng
land the delegates went on
to Holland. Mrs. Pike gave
I highest praise to the spirit
of the Dutch people althou
gh here again the lack of
hare necessities of life is
appalling. Food, house fur-,
nishings, farm equipment, ]
.1 live stock had been confis- j
( k*ated by the Germans, and!
, the bombings had destroy-!
;,ed hundred of thousands of 1
; homes.
i 1 Despite all this, the Dutch
j people are meeting this
crisis with great courage
and their sense of humor is]
j apparent at all times. Wom
en of Holland had made
.dolls in native to!
' help finance the conference,!
) anf l were wonderful., land
'thoughtful hostesses in
every way.
! A group of the club wom
ien visited the area of Hoi- 4
Hand which was flooded to
Ikeep the Germans from
Antwerp. This entire sec
j tion through which they
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LIBRARY NOTES
Book Week belongs to
every one, and this year is
being celebrated from Nov-!
'ember 16 to 22. The civic !
groups, schools and librar
ies all over the United Stat
es will celebrate the impor
tance of books in the lives'
lof m en, women and child-'
ren. The books that child-!
jren of today read will help'
. to. broaden and enrich the
minds and lives of the citi-
I zens of tomorrow.
J What books are available
j for yohr child ? Check his)
, I reading and find what his
;interests are.
. Book Week began in 1919
.land the influence of this
; work has been fai reaching,
j One of the results of this
‘(campaign was the forma-!
tion of the Children’s Book]
a Council with headquarters'
in New York. Today an in-1
creasing number of coun-j
[tries abroad are aware of,
I their needs and have inau-j
gurated their own Child-)
ren’s Book Councils.
American boys and girls)
have already sent 25,000;
children’s books to young'
people in devasted areas of.
'the world during the past
I three years. i
The Boy Scouts have,
made chests, and these have
been filled with young peo-<
:ipie’s books, pencils and pap-!
iCr by young Americans in
'; schools,, Sunday Schools, 1
\ scout groups and other or-1
‘jganizations, delivered pre-
All Motor Vehicles Will
Be Inspected
|
All motor vehicles in the
state must pass inspection)
: under the new law, and the
following explains the in
spection process:
j As your car or truck en
| ters the safety lane, which
lis approximately 160 feet
] long, an inspector will he at
(the entrance to check your
; operator’s or chauffeur’s
license and vehicle registra
tion card. It is necessary to
Show these credentials 'be-!
fofe an inspection can be
; made. You will then pay
your SI.OO inspection fee
and the inspector will fill
! out an “inspection card,”
which will be checked thro
ughout the lane for all typ-!
es of mechanical defects. 1
This inspection card be-]
comes your personal prop-!
, erty, and will be used later
to aid garages and repair
(shops in correcting defects
on your car. i
:l You then proceed with
the> inspection cam to the
wheel alignment and steer-;
i ing tester. It is very impor
-5 J taut that these vital mech
• an isms of your car be kept
in good condition at all
times. You will be asked to
| drive the front wheels of ,
your vehicle across the?
.wheel alignment tester, and :
| the reading will be recorded !
on your inspection card.
Then the front end of the
vehicle wijl be jacked up to
cheek the wheel bearing
and steering mechanisms.
After that, the car is drop- 1
■ ped from the jack and the
r : 1
MAGICIAN WILL BE AT
YANCEY NOV. 14
The great Kara-Kum,
the world’s greatest living
j magician who brings his
mystery show to the Yan- ;
cey Theatre for performan-i
ces November 14, evening"
and night will present the 1
I greatest array of mystery
magic and illusion ever pre
sented in America,
j Such effects as making
,any woman from the audi
ence float in mid-air; push
ing 14 knives through the
hand 0 f any member of the
audience; the live lion Afri-j
can Terror will be produced;'
from thin air; also the fly-j
ing carpet of the world,
from the Arabian Nights;!
exotic Cobra girl, danger-'
ous Cobra will change to a
l beautiful girl; ghosts, skel-
I ton will be among the audi
ence and leave the stage to
sit with you, and a 1001
breath-taking mystery
thrills are in store for the;
| thousands .w h o eagerly
I await the first opportunity
(to witness the world’s grea-j
j test mystery show that has!
i baffled millions all over
| the world.
Tn add color and charm
ito this world famous show
are Oriental girls—Beauti
|fm and Exotic—breath
taking beauty of a paradise
I I come true.
j paid to Treasure Chest'
'! Camuaien office in New
I York. From there the hand-!
i ling of each chest is the re
sponsibility of that organi
zation. j.
Conserve Food and Feed.
Contribute to Over Seas
Relief
NUMBER FIFTEEN
rear wheel alignment is
recorded.
At this second post the in
spector will also check the
tie rod, drag links, moun
tings, joints, tires, horn,
windshield wiper, rear view
mirrow, windshield and ot
her glass, license plates,
muffler, and brake drag to
, see that they all come up to
the minimum requirements.
When this check is com
pleted, you will proceed to
post number three - where
, the lighting equipment will
be checked. The inspector
Will test your parking and
driving lights, lens and re-
I flectors, headlights, stop
light, tail light, and signal
light. Special equipment
will be provided for testing
lights.
After the lights have
been thoroughly checked
and the inspection card has
been punched accordingly,
you will proceed to the
brake tester, where your
hand and foot brakes will
be checked, and the grading
will be recorded on the in
spection card.
Now your vehicle is ready
for its final grading. So,
you drive to the end of the
safety lane, where an in
spector will examine your
inspection card and tabu
late the results. If your ve
hicle measures up to the
minimum requirements, a
bright blue "approval seal
in the shape of the State of
North Carolina will b e
stuck in the corner of the
] windshield.,
BURNSVILLE—
“So They Say”
The weather: Honestly
we are embarrassed. Long
ago we began to note the
j “signs of fall” and predict
frost, snow, cold wave, etc.
And here on November 6th,
flowers still bloom in the
I yards, grass grows so rap
idly that we saw Will J.
Baker mowing his lawn
yesterday, the Hobart Wil
sons still eating corn on
the-cob from their garden,
and J. E. Evans is harvest
| ing a second June angle
crop from his trees! That
| killing frost hasn’t come
'along yet, and not one more
itime will we predict when
| that will occur or when the
first snow will fly. “Wait
and see” will be our watch
word. (Different story on
Mt. Mitchell where they’ve
had first ice-and-s 1e et
storm t.
About town: News of the
week—*the Legion Memor
ial building. Plans for this
have gone on for so-o-long
! that it seemed the post was
getting nowhere. Then, the
former Stanley McCormick
property became available
again and the purchase has
already been made! This is
grand news and there’s
much rejoicing!
New arrival: Roy and
Martha Higgins Hensley’s
'son on Saturday. . . M It
; sounds like a Hallowe’en
yarn. Cute Kay Beavers
and her mother "hacl plan
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