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£iiaiiftiiaiiiiiCiitiißtitiia'iaiiaiia!iaiiaitaii«itattafiaiiaii«MaM6 Conserve Food and Feed. Contribute to Over Seas Relief VOLUME TWELVE Mlf' . NOTICE The Town Office will be closed from Wednesday poon, December 24 until Saturday morning, Dec. 27. [ Receives Degree in Public Health Nursing Lucille Chase - received her degree in public health nursing at the University of North Carolina, complet ing her work there last week. Miss Chase received her training at the Mission hos pital school of nursing and later was with the armyj nurse corps for seven years. . During the war she ser ved overseas in France and Germany. After the first of the year she will be with the city health department of Asheville. FIRE DESTROYS TOBACCO CROP L. F. Lawhern lost his entire crop of tobacco, val-[ ued at approximately $2000 ; when fire destroyed his barn last Thursday night about 2 p. m. Some men returning from Asheville saw the re flection of the fire and gavel the alarm. They were able 1 to save, most of the farm! equipment which was stor-| ed in the barn, but the crop' was a total loss. The tobac-j co had been worked and! packed down and was ready to be hauled to market. -■ The origin of the fire! was not determined*. FOREST FIRE CONTROI During November the forest fire situation in Dis trict One was an exception as corppared r to-the usual November of past years. Only two counties in Dis trict One had reportable forest fires during the mon th of November. In Bun combe county there were two fires; one caused by smoker and one of an in cendiary, nature. In Mc- Dowell county there was one fire which was set by a train. The remaining coun ties in District One, namely, Henderson, Madison, Mit-j chell, Polk, Rutherford awl Yancey had no fires during November. The Forest Service Or ganization in all counties in District One appreciates the cooperation that the public is showing in burn ing brush and trash care fully and the forest users in being careful wtih iheir warming fires, camp fires and matches in general. / THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. MAGGIE BAILEY Funeral services for Mrs. ; Maggie Bailey were held at jthe Higgins Memorial Met hodist church at 11 o’clock Saturday morning. The Rev. Paul Taylor and the Rev. A. Z. Jamer son officiated. Pall bearers were Cecil Higgins, Ran som Higgins, R. N. Silver, Horace Higgins, William A. Higgins, Lucius Smith and ! Milton Higgins. Burial was in the family cemetery at Jacks Creek. Mrs. Bailey passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Clayton Sparks of Estatoe following a long ! illness. She was a life long resident of Yancey county, 1 living for many years at both Burnsville and Jacks Creek. Surviving are three dau ghters, Mrs. Sparks, Mrs. Minnie Greene of Burns ; ville and Mrs. Ebb Williams .of Ashevilel; one sister, i 1 Mrs, C. C. Higgins of Bur ; nsville, and eleven grand ! children. LX’ST RITES FOR MRS. W. G. BURLESON Mrs. W. G. Burleson, 70, wife of a prominent Yancey [county farmer, died Sunday at her home, Burnsville, Rt. .j No, 2. Funeral .services w ere held at 2 o’clock Tuesday, [afternoon at Liberty Hill Baptist church in Mitchell county of which she was a member. The Rov. J. G. Brown and the Rev. Will iam M. Turbyfill officiated. ■ Burial was in the church cemetery. A native of Yancey coun [ ty, Mrs. Burleson was the former Miss Hattie Lucinda Callahan. Surviving are the hus band; three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Garland of Boon ford, Mrs. .Mae Boone and Mrs. Ethel McMahan of Burnsville, Rt. 2; three sons Avery of Spruce Pine, Will-1 iam of Estatoe and John of; Burnsville, Rt. 2; two sis-! ters, Mrs. Pansy Keller of , Pineola and Mrs. Mary Pritchard of Frank; three' brothers, Walter Callahan ; of Crossnore, Alex Callahan! of Minneapolis and Taylor ■ Callahan of Charleston, S.j ; C., 23 grandchildren and 17 i great-grandchildren. i Two-way radios are now • undergoing tests by the ! North Carolina Division of • Forestry and Parks as a i part of their fire control program. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1947 - _ , ’I Receives Degree John M. Fouts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dover Fonts, re ceived his degree from the University of North Caro lina last week at the end of the fall term. Vehicle Inspection “Wise motorists,” says Coleman W. Roberts, Pre sident of the Carolina Mot or Club, “will begin exam ining their vehicles' now and make any repairs need ed to pass the North Caro lina Motor Vehicles Mech anical Inspection which commences on Jan. 1, 1948.” | Thhe inspection law pass ed by the 1947 General As sembly provides that every North Carolina motor vehi-; cle must be inspected once during 1948 and twice a I year thereafter. Inspection will include ! examination of registration Maid and driver’s license, 1 license plates, horn, mirror, j windshield and windshield wiper, steering mechanism, 1 [exhaust system, tires, lig t hts, brakes, turn signals, 1 [auxiliary lights, clearance lights and reflectors, swit ches and wiring. Howard Williams is home on leave to visit rela ' tives at Bee Log. Mr. and Mrs. James Ram sey and son of Detroit are here for the holidays. Observe 53rcf Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Zeb P. King of Burnsville observed their ! 53rd wedding anniversary • on Tuesdav. I Bill Wilson r Oklahoma City who is attending scho ol in New York is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Gill— -5 espie for the holidays. -j Mr. and Mrs. Carl Silver, 1 Jr., will go to Hickory to • visit Mrs. Silver’s parents r during the' Christmas week enct. ■I Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ban ner will visit relatives at Bee Log for Christmas. | Wayne Banner will be home from Detroit for a short vacation visit with relatives. | Max Autrey who is with the U. S. army forces in Germany has been confined to a hospital there for treatment for the past month. He is the son of Mr. . and Mrs. Jesse Autrey of , Burnsville. I Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scoggins and children of - Ruth, N. C. will visit Mr. , and Mrs. Jesse Autrey dur-j ! ing the holiday week end. Mary Jo'Parrish is plan ning to .visiit friends in I Louisville, Ky. during the • Christmas holidays. J. D. Greene who is with the Merchant Marine is in -,a hospital in Panama faJ ' treatment but expects be released soon. * 1 ’ * • | I / f LARGE NUMBER OF FARMS DO NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY According to survey re- ( suits recently announced by the Rural Electrification .'A d mini stration, 129,831 farms in North Carolina, or 15 per cent of all the farms in the State, do not have electric service. The study, which analyzes the Nation’s .rural electrifi cation progress up to June 30, 1947, shows that 21-4 million farms —or 39 per cent of all farms in the U. S. —were not electrified at I I that' time. The survey ranks North Carolina 19th on its State bv-State listing of unelec trified farm totals. Com pared with other States, therefore, North Carolina is faced with the challeng ing job of catching up with the rest of the Nation’s! progress in rural electrifi cation. The report carries with it the assurance that a mini mum of $6,393,438 in new] REA loans will be available lto rural electric groups in 1 ! North Carolina June 30, 1 1 1948. Congress has made 1 available $225,000,000 in loan ffinds for national use j durjjfg this fiscal year, of vyJiich half is allotted to the' Various States in direct pro-! portion to their needs. The] other half is available on a | flexible basis, with no sjn- New Farm Loan Program For F. H. A. Farmers in North Caro-!: lina are among the first to take advantage of the new ly created insured farm mortgage loan program of the Farmers Home Admin istration, Mack B. Ray, County Supervisor -for Yancey county announced today. The problem enables vet erans, tenants, sharecrop pers and farm laborers to purchase farms of their, own, and owners of uneco nomic family farms to en large or develop them into adequate units. Borrowers pay in cash at least 10 per cent of the in vestment in land and im provements and obtain the remainder from a private capital source such as a bank, insurance company or individual. No Govern ment loan funds are involv ed. 1 1 Repayments are made in : 40 annual installments but! families are encouraged to make advance payments in good years to avoid delin quency in years of low in come. Borrowers pay 2’A I per cent interest and 1 per cent insurance on outstand ing principal. The interest - goes to the lender and the r insurance fee 4 to the Gov ernment revolving fund to . pay possible losses and ad- NOTICE i The F. H. A. office will be closed from noon Wed nesday, Dec. 24 till 8 a. m.i on Monday, Dec. 29th. James, Edwin and Homer Williams of Asheville at tended the funeral services (for their grandmother, Mrs Maggie Bailey, Saturday. 1 Their mother, Mrs. Ebb[ Williams, had been here for some time. gle State to get more than 10 per cent of it. Rural Electrification j The rural electrification program, which has been I instrumental in raising the Nation’s average of electri-f Tied farms from 1 out of ,10 in 1935 to 6 out of 10 to-, May, is expected to move' 1 forward at a record rate [during coming months, j rural power lines are being i built today than ever before : REA borrowers alone con-’ ’ ( structed approximately 72,-; f OOO miles of distribution .lines and connected nearly' [300,000 rural consumers to systems between* July 1, 1946 and June 30, 1947. ■ - Conserve Food and Feed. Contribute to Over Seas Relief •"r NUMBER TWENTY-TWO ministrative costs. The Farmers Home Ad ministration fully insures loans against loss, makes collections and "otherwise services contracts at no cost to renders, Mr. Ray said. Borrowers who can obtain credit from regular lending sources serving the community are not eligible for these loans. Farmers Have Definite Plans Three farmers in the I state, one a veteran, are having insured mortgage iloan applications processed ! simultaneously. One is for [the purchase of a farm and .two are for development of farms already owned. In , each case the applicants , have„ definite plans for us ing the loan funds profit ably. Ottis Wallin needs a new dwelling on his 206-acre farm located on Spill Corn Roadj 22 miles northeast of Marshall in Madison county. The Bank of Mar shall is making a loan to build a modest home .and make other improvements. I W allin produces tobacco, corn, oats, hay, potatoes and truck. Funds will be used to protect the water supply - with a concrete spring box, build a combi nation stock barn and to bacco storage, a combina [tion vegetable storage and granary, and develop five acres of pasture. Soil con serving practices will be [employed. At- the present time sev eral loan applications are being processed in Yancey county under this new pro gram. Loans on Safe Basis The insured farm mort [gage loan program was au thorized in the Farmers Home Administration Act [of 1946, which \vas ygritten 1 and sponSorefHßyTongress man Harold D.‘Cooley of North Carolina. The insur ed loan feature did not be come operative until this fiscal year when Congress an insurance revolving fund, Mr. Ray explained. j Loans are made only when farms can be bought or improved at prices in line with their normal long time earning capacity va4- |Ues. An earning capacity report is developed by care ful appraisal of the proper ty on the. basis of probable production and prices over a period of years. When costs are excessive loans (Continued on page 4)
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