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VOLUME TWELVE
Burley Tobacco Markets Ready
For Opening on December 1
; !
' Burley Tobacco markets
are ready for the opening
of the new -season on Dec
ember 1, and warehouse of- (
ficials report a large amo
unt of the leaf on the floor
at all houses.
At Boone several hund
red thousand pounds of to-!
hacco have already been;'
brought in and placed on
the floors of the three
Mountain Burley ware-!!
houses in preparation for;
the opening.
All floors are expected to,
be filled by the time auc-j
tions begin, and the force (
of buyers is expected to be
large enough to provide ]
rapid sales. j (
At Asheville, floor space 1
in the 10 warehouses was *
more than half filled with 1
On USS Coral Sea
William D. Jarrett, fire
man, first class, of Burns
ville, N. C., is a crew mem
ber of the large aircraft
carrier USS Coral Sea,
based at Norfolk, Va.
Third and last ship in the
Midway class of aircraft
carriers, the Coral Sea was
launched in 1945 and com
missioned in 1946 at New
port News, Va. Her sister
•ships are the Midway and
the Franklin, D. Roosevelt.
Since she is one of the
three longest and heaviest
ships yet built for the Navy
tin* Coral Sea can carry
more than 100 aircraft.
. Baptist Church
At the Sunday morning
service the pastor will have
for his subject ' “He Can
Speak Well.”
At the evening service
the subject will be “We
Had the Sentence of Dea
th.”
The Adult Bible classes
will have a supper meeting
at the church this evening
i Wednesday).
HUGHES-CLAPP
Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
S. T. Bennett of Burnsville,
was married to ‘Clyde J.
Clapp, son of Mr. and Mrs.
G. C. Clapp of Galesburg,
111., on Saturday, Nov. 8,
1947 at the First Baptist
church in Greenville, S. C.
The Rev. Leon Mobly
Latimer, pastor, officiated.
Mrs. Clapp has been an
active teacher in Yancey
county for several years.
She attended the East (
Tennessee State Teachers
College and Asheville Tea-j
chers College receiving her
B. S. degree, specializing!
in music, violin, piano, and
art.
Mr. Clapp received his |
education at Galesburg.;
He enlisted with the army
in 1941 and served until
1945, with three years ser
vice overseas, with the 223
F. A. in the Southwest
.Pacific. He is now employ
ed with the Gailsburg Rail
way.
Mr. and Mrs. Clapp plan
to make their home in
Burnsville.
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
hurley by Monday night,
and growers throughout
the area continued to truck;
loads to market.
The Asheville houses hold
almost 5 million pounds of
tobacco and it is expected
that they would be filled
by the opening date of
sales.' >
The 10 warehouses in
clude the three Carter
houses, the Haney house,j
the Bernard-Wa 1 k ei\ Wal
ker, Carolina, Farmers’
Federation and Planters.
Tobacco growers said the
rush to deliver their hurley
crop to market was due to
the fact that the leaf had
been properly prepared un
der correct climatic condi
tions and that, in most in
stances, no- further curing
was necessary.^
Staff Conference
The quarterly staff con-'
. ference of the Avery-Mit-'
. ehell-Yancey* Health' De-!
: partment was held last
,1 Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the
j apartment of Dr. and Mrs.
.Cameron F. Mcßae. All
; workers from the three 1
s counties were present ex
- cept Mr. Jacob F. Buckner,;
I the district sanitarian, who
. had been called elsewhere !
[on urgent business. The
next staff conference will
.be held at Newland, in
; March.
WORK ON SCHOOL
GYMNASIUM IS
STARTED
Work began Monday on
. excavating for the propos ,
; ed gymnasium for Burns-1
ville high school. -
The building will be lo
cated on the campus of the
elementary school, on the
. south east corner where
an outdoor basket ball
court was built several
years ago. J'
The gymnasium building
will be of brick construe-!
tion and will be large eno
ugh for a standard size
athletic court.
"*' * I J
W. M. McMahan is very 1
ill at his home in West <
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AAA Election Set For
November 29
The annual AAA
will be held in Yancey |
county on November 29, to
elect the AAA committee
to serve for the coming j
year. To be elected will be
, an Agricultural Conserva
tion AAA Community Com
, mittee of not more than
j three farmers and two al-j
Iternate members, a dele-;
jgate to the county conven-l
tion where delegates from
all communities will choose
i a three man county com
mittee.
Anyone is eligible to vote
in the community election
if he or she participates on
the 1947 Agricultural Con
servation- Program. This
includes owner, operator,
tenants or sharecroppers
and farms where the Agri
cultural Conservation pro
gram is being carried out.
“DEDICATED TO THE t’KOGRKSS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. ( ~ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1947
Candidate For Governor
Visits County
It. Mayne Albright and
his wife were visitors in
Burnsville last Friday.
Albright, World War II
veteran, and former State
Employment Director, i s
North Carolina’s youngest;
candidate for Governor in
the Democrat Primary. I
The Albrights, traveling
in their field headquarters
a trailer called the “Chall
enger,” are making a 100
county tour of North 7 Caro-j
lina, taking the campaign
I direct to the people—in
! stores, filling stations,!
farms, factories, civic gro
ups, and veteran’.* organi
-1 zations as well as in Court-;
! houses, and City Halls.
I Yancey is the 39th county
ivisited so far in the cam-,
paign.
SCOUT MEETING
!
The District Annual
! meeting of the Toe River
1 District committee of the
1 Daniel Boone Council, Boy
Scouts of America, will be
held Friday night, Decern
; her 12th, at the club house
in Spruce Pine at 7 p. m.
Rev. J. W. Fowler, Jr.,
Pastor of the Methodist
j church in Spruce Pine, will
make the address.
All Scoutmasters, assist
ant scoutmasters, and troop
committeemen are urged
to attend'.
TIME EXTENDED FOR
“GO GETTERS”
Legion post officials dis
closed this week that they
; had received a telegram
•from James W.- McLennan
|of Burlington, president of
!the Go Getters Club of the
I American Legion, that the
time for • Go-Getters has
been extended to Nov. 30th. i
Any legionnaire getting i
10 members by November
30th vdll receive a silver <
star and for 20 members ;
they will receive a gold star
Pearson Riddle, Jr., so. R.
Riddle .-and Edgar Atkins'
are now in Alaska where
they, are employed with a
construction company.
- i
I The 1947 Burley Tobacco
I Marketing cards will be ■
distributed at this* election |
as these cards will not be
j ready for distribution be- ,
fore this date. f \
Important decisions will -
confront farmer commit
teemen during the coming 1
j year. Peace did not auto
| maticly solve farm prob- 1
jlenis. It only changed the
kind, and may intensify
the problems of farmers.
ScHt is up to every farmer j,
to make sure that the com- *
mitteemen elected to repre-j*
sent him and his commun
ity are the men that are!,
qualified to do the ' best l
i°h There are approximat- j ]
ely*2soo farmers participa
ing on this program and {
every effort should bej
made to have this number l
of ballots cast on Nov. 29. s
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
Older tljan our nation itself is the hallowed custom
jot resting from-our labors for one day at harvest time 1
and of dedicating that day to expressions of gratitude
; to Almighty God for the many blessings which He has
heaped upoft us. Now, as the cycle of the year nears
: completion, it is fitting that we. should lift up our hearts
again in special prayers.
May out thanksgiving / this year ,be tempered by
humility, by sympathy for those who lack abundance,
- and by compassion for those in want. As we express ap
preciation in prayer for our munificent gifts, may we
remember that it is more blessed to give than to receive
and may we manifest our remembrance of that precept
by generously sharing our bounty with needy people of
other nations;.
Now, therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of
| the United States of America, invite the attention of all
citizens to the joint resolut ion of Congress approved
■ Dee. 26, 1941; which designates the fourth Thursday in
November of each year as Thanksgiving Day; I pro-,
claim Thursday,. Nov. 27, 19-17,- as a day of national
thanksgiving; and 1 call upon the people of the United!
! States of every faith to consecrate that day to thoughts!
|of gratitude, acts of devotion, and a firm resolve to 1
, assist in the-efforts being made by religious groups and,
j other bodieslto aid the undernourished, the sick, the'
aged, and all sufferers In war devastated lands.
In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand,
and caused the seal of the United States of America to
be affixed.
Done at.-the city of-Washington this tenth day of
November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and
forty seven,.and of the independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and seventy-second.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
By the President:
GEORGE X.'. MARSHALL, Secretary of State.
MRS. R. K.H)TXON j
PASSES AWAY
j Mrs. R. H. Dixon, 82, pas
sed away Monday morning
following an extended ill
ness. She had made her
home here with her daugh
■ ter, Mrs. G. D. Bailey for
a number of years. - I
Mrs. Dixon lived so r
many years in Siler City,|
and funeral services .were
held at the Baptist church
there on Wednesday after- 1
noon at 2 o’clock. — —■ ,
Surviving are two dau
ghters, Mrs. Bailey and
Mrs. Beftsft' Jones of Siler
City; twelve grandchildren ■
and one great grandchild; |
two sisters, ' Mrs. S. W.
Caddell of Elon College 1
and Mrs. Albert Whitesell '
of Burlington; one brother,!'
Robert C. Siler of Morris-1*
ville, N. C.
UnlrtnmV\A Dimtk Ann f.. I
Holcombe Hrothers tun-'
eral home was in charge of
arrangements here.
NOTICE ~~
The voting place for the
annual AAA election has
been changed for the two
following townships: Low
er Jacks Crock voting place'
has been changed from
Jesse Howell’s Store to!
Day Book Post Office and
west Crabtree voting place
from Presnell Bros. Store
to R. C. Parsley’s store.
wScKool Holidays
a.::,,.
Schools of the county will
have Thursday and Friday
as Thanksgiving holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar H.
Angel announce the arrival
of a son, Stephen Hal, on
November 12.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Swann
and children and Joe Good-1
in, Jr., are planning to be
here for the Thanksgiving!
season.
Local Poet Honored
i .
j Miss Bess Lewis, a teach
■(er in the Pleasant Gardens
’ school has been notified
■ that she lias been chosen Byf
the Paeber Company of,
• New York to represent
North Carolina in their t
1 new book, “Poets of the'
Southern States.” !<
! The edition is to be pub- 1 ,
lished early in 1948 and will <
include the work of writers 5
from Alabama, Florida, 1 <
Georgia, Kentucky, Louis- ]
iana, Maryland, Mississippi,!]
North Carolina, South Car- 1
olina, Tennessee, Virginia ]
West Virginia and the Dis- ]
t rich of Columbia. ]
Miss Lewis was appoint- •
ed recently as contributing
editor to the “Parnassian”
a magazine of fine arts
published in Tampa, P'la.
Other books in which her
i work has been published ,
include “My Favorite r
Poems” by the Expedition
Press of New York; “Poe- •
try On the Air” by the
Poetry House of New,
York; “Best Twentieth .
Century Poetry” by the 1
Laurel Publishing Com- (
tpuny of Tampa; and “Who’s J
Who ii. American Poetry” ,
by the Paebar Company. '
Before coming to Pleas- '
ant Gardens school last (
, year, Miss Lewis taught in
Burnsville and other Yan- 1
cey county schools, and at 1
one time assisted her fath- *
(Continued on pajre four)
Out of town relatives •
who attended final rites (
for W.' O. Griffith included 11
Mrs. J. W. Bennett and £
members of her family of! I
Asheville and Erwin, MrsJ
jJ. C. McCourry and mem- 1
hers of her family of Ashe-\
j ville, Rev. and Mrs. Jesse (
Blalock and Mrs. Belle s
Erwin of Shelby and Mrs. (
(James Sledge of Brevard. 6
Legion Post Holds Meeting
i The annual supper meet-;
ing of the Earl Horton Post
122, American Legion was
held Tuesday night in the
Burnsville school cafeteria.
Mark W. Bennett, post
commander, served as mas
ter of ceremonies, and in
troduced the out of town
guests, Cecil Dobson, com
mander of the 31st district,
,aud Rev. George H. Need
ham, membership chairman
for the district. Mrs. Dob
son, Mrs. Needham and;
Miss Della Tipton also at
tended.
Mr. Dobson who is a
veteran"of World Wars I
and II spoke briefly, stress
ing the ways in which the!
j Legion has served the ex-!
[service man and his family,
i and the many services it
has rendered the nation.
| “There is no community!
in the United States that
is not better for having a!
j Legion post,” he “and j
membership in the Legion
|is an honor. Money cannot
■buy that membership ;-
j neither can prestige, power.
LAST RITES HELD FOR
j MRS. LILLY SILVERS
Funeral services for Mrs.
Lilly- Silvers, 71, of Black
Mountain, native of Pensa
! cola who died in Black
Mountain Saturday, were
held in the Pensacola Meth
i odist church with the Rev.
' Ralph Mumpower officiat
i ing. Burial w T as at Pensa
! cola.
j Surviving are five sons,
Harold Silvers, of Bull Gap,
I Tenn., W. L. Silvers, of
I Knoxville, Tenn., J. Worth
Silvers of Shelby, F. A. Sil
vers of Newport, Tenn., and
C. L. Silvers of Black Mtn. ;
six daughters, Miss Lucy
Silvers of Black Mountain,
Mrs. Walter L. Pfaff and
Mrs. M. B. King, both of
West Asheville, Mrsf Cecil
L. Williams of Richmond,
Ky., Mrs,. Bright Puckett of
Morganton, and Mrs. Ben
Last Rites Held for W. O,
Griffith County Leader
William Orlando Griffith,
(15, prominent Yancey cou-l
nty leader, died Saturday
night at his home follow
ing an extended illness.
Funeral services were
held at the Higgins Memor
ial Methodist church at 2
o’clock Monday afternoon
with the Rev, Paul R. Tay-j
lor and the Rev. B. J. 1
Mclver officiating. Burial
was in the Young familyl
cemetery at Windom.
Active pallbearers were
nephews. Honorary pall-!
bearers were Yancey coun-!
ty officials, members of the
county bar, and others.
Son of the late Mills and
Martha Griffith, he was!
educated in the. Yancey
public schools and at the 1
Stanley McCormick school
here.
He had served in a num
ber of public offices. He
was county superintnedent
of schools for 12 years and
served for many years as,
county accountant and tax
supervisor. '
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NUMBER EIGHTEEN
or influence. The door to
the American Legion is
open only to those who have
served honorably in the
armed forces of our coun
try.”
The Legion, he stated
further, is the greatest ser
vice organization in the na
tion today, and Legionaires
banded together can accom
plish many things. From
the experiences of World
War I come the benefits
given World War II veter
ans, he added, because the
men of the first war knew
•the problems and needs as
;they arose.
Mr. Needham spoke of
the need for encouraging
[ veterans of the county - to.
join the post, stating that
this district was next to
I the bottom in membership
at this time. Mack B. Ray,
adjutant, then stated that
'an intensive drive for
1 members would be made
before-November 30 which
is the closing date.
1 Approximately 175 at
tended the meeting.
Presbyterian Notes
Service in the Presbyter
ian church in Burnsville at
11 a. m. Subject, “Urgency
of the Task.”
2:30 p, m. service at Mine
Fork Nov. 30th. This is a.
community service. All are
invited.
3:00 p. m.Sunday, Dec.
7th community service at
Low Gap. Dr. Harris will
speak.
Tonight, Nov. 26 at 7 p.
m. covered dish supper at
the Burnsville Presbyter
ian church, to be followed
by the Missionary meeting.
Reese, Jr., of Black Mtn.;
three sisters, Mrs. Jess Ray
of Asheville, Mrs. Henry
Edgan, of Niekleville, Va.,
and Mrs. Ila McMahan, of
Swannanoa, and two broth
ers, Welzie Gardner of
Pensacola and Shelby Gar
dner of Hampton, Va.
| Mr. Griffith was a teach
| er for a long period of time,
iserving for two years as.
principal of the Burnsville
school. For a time he was
cashier of a bank and most
of bis life he was engaged
in farming. He was a leader
in the Methodist church,
.serving for years as Sun
day school superintendent
and chairman of the board
of stewards.
Surviving are the widow,
j the former Miss Lilie Ray;
one son, H. Lee Griffith; a
foster daughter, Mrs. Ar-
I chie Hyatt; one grandchild,
Charles Lee Griffith; nine
brothers and sisters, Mrs.
J. W. Bennett of Asheville,
jMrs. J. C. McCourry of
| Asheville, Tom F. Griffith
of Burnsville, Mrs. Charles
Hutchins of Burnsville, J.
i Britt Griffith of Celo, Bry
an Griffith or Burnsville,
D. L. Griffith of Windom,
Moore Griffith of Windom,
J. M. Griffith of Windom.
j Holcombe Brothers fun
eral home was in.charge of
arrangements.