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jniiuiiipiiaiißiiiiiiiißiißuiiiiMßnßiiiiißuaifairiiiairaiMitan Conserve Food and Feed. Contribute to Over Seas , _ . Relief « VOLUME TWELVE NEWYEARSGRÈTIGS Location of Rayon Pla(t Here Seems Assured Details Arranged at Conference Here Monday The location of a raybnj weaving plant near Burns-j ville now . seems assured; after a conference herej Monday of officials of a; large textile manufactur ing company, and business men of Burnsville. The proposed establish ' of the plant here had been .under consideration for several weeks, and pre-, liminary steps had beem taken. All details have now;! been agreed upon, subject 1 to closing the transaction! by delivery of deeds andi contracts. Site Provided Citizens of the county have provided a site on which to build the plant,’ and the purchase price of the property was raised by, donations from citizens of the county. More has been donated! than the amount necessary, for the purchase price, and other donations have been 1 promised and are expected, to be received within a short time. The excess will either be refunded in pro-! j portionate parts or will be set up as a fund to be used for the purpose of obtain ing other industries. The site selected is the; Grover Hunter farm east of Burnsville. This proper-; ty is ideally situated for the location of a plant and] the entire tract consists of about 40 acres. An additional two acres of land, located adjoining the Hunter farm and the new Burnsville-Green Mtn. highway were donated by Dr. Elizabeth Smith, Miss MAN HANGS HIMSELF AT JACKS CREEK George Evans, 77, was found Wednesday after noon hanging in a tree near, the home of Will Evans of; Jacks Creek. County Coroner W. M. English investigated and stated that no inquest was deemed necessary as it„ap-| peared to be a 'clear case of suicide. Mr. Evans had made his ( home with the Will Evans family for some time. He had no, close relatives. Funeral ar r angements under direction of Holcom be Brothers are incomplete THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. I Margaret Smith and Mrs. I Louise Calvert of Asheville 'They are originally from 1 j Burnsville and wished to' jmake this donation becauSfej jof their continuing interest! iin Burnsville and Yancey! county. Briggs who owns property across the high :way, offered to donate sev eral acres if this should be i needed, and other property • owners also offered to co operate if any additional ! acreage would be necessary | for the development of the 1 plans. WftKk Will Begin Immediately Work is expected to be-1 gin immediately on exca vation work preparatory to construction of the first building. This building will ,be approximately 200 by j 400 feet. Training of some local , workers is also expected to begin here immediately, so 1 that they will have received i ! sufficient training by the i time the buildings are; ready. The plant is expect- j led to employ from 300 to i 350 persons after it has < been in operation from 12 'to 18 months. 11 The plant will manufac- j ( ture dress goods and other woven fabrics of synthetic < |and natural fibres, includ-ji ing viscose and acetate ray- j and nylon. 1 Civic and business lead- ] ers of the county have ex pressed keen satisfaction ; ' over this development and . have pledged their support ; in any way that will aid in < expediting the construction! of the plant. 1 _ , Mrs. S. B. Connelly and ( .son, Bobbie, visited relativ es in Cashiers the week be fore Christmas, Bobby ' Connelly is there now for ; j a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Mon- 1 jroe of Fayetteville have ] been visiting Mr. and Mrs. i S. C. Edwards of Bee Log ! 'during the Christmas sea- * j son. C Mr. and Mrs. Claude , King of Washington were here for the Christmas • season. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Keith and children of Asheville visited Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Stamey here during the holidays. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” I --- ■■ - ——— BIG BOUNDARY OF TIMBER PURCHASED i One of the largest re maining boundaries of tim - |ber"in the county was pur-' i chased this week from S.J iM. Penland land Ayers Lumber Co. j The tract is located on Cat Tail Creek. Undergoes Operation Mr. Fillmore Young who has been ill for some time, underwent a n operation for the amputation of his right leg at the Marion General hospital on Tues day. He is reported as rest ing well. Rev. and Mrs. Alton.,Young o S. C., Mr. and Mrs. "Will Young |of Greenville, S. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wood of Black Mountain have been here during the past week, j Two New Vocational Classes ! Will Begin on January 5 —— i Two new vocational training classes will begin 1 in Burnsville on January 5, according to announcement today from the office of the superintendent of edu cation. A class in carpentry will be taught in the new voca-| tional education building. A class in general electri cal work will be taught by Grady Hipps in the build ing of the Burnsville Elec tric company which Mr. Hipps has been operating. The classes have been approved by the Veterans] Administration and by the state board of vocational education and trades. All who wish to enroll in the classes are asked to sign 1 up in the superintendent’s office as soon as possible. Methodist Church Sunday School will meet at 10 o’clock. At the 11 o’clock morning worship the Rev. Paul R. Taylor, pastor, will speak on “Re member Now Thy Creator” and Mr. Roy Hensley will sing. Mrs. Olive Belgarde and children who have been in Fort Myers, Fla., since Sep tember are here for a visit with home folks. Mrs. George M. Hall has joined Mr. Hall in Morgan ton where he is now em ployed. They visited rela tives here on Sunday. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THfItSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1948 ■ <** ■» Schools Regvten; New Buses |\dded 1 —l | County schools reopened (today i.Thurscj|iy > after the '; Christmas holidays. Two new bu|,es have been .added to the jfdiool trans portation system and are now in operation. One was added at Micsg/ille ■ and one at Bald Creeßa There are now 7 in operation at Mica ville and 6 at Said Creek. The additio i Os the two new buses m$ ces a total of ,eight new one d added with in the past ye .r. PM A NAM 5S STAFF The Produc Yn and Mar , kyting H form* • erly the AAA7 has named J. B. Briggs as secretary 1 and Martha Evans Mcln tosh treasurer for the local ! office for the coming year. | I 1 RITES HELD FOR MRS. GIBBS OF MARS HILL Mrs. Sallie Kate Gibbs of. Mars Hill, widely known' , throughout this section, | passed away Tuesday morn ing at an Asheville hospi tal following a brief illness. Mrs. Gibbs, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Milton Jarvis, was a mem. her of one of the old and prominent families of the | Mars Hill section. She had, been until recently active in social and religious life lof the community. She was the widow of R. S. Gibbs,l well known merchant and business man of Mars Hill ;and for many years a trus- 1 tee of Mars Hill college. Funeral services were held at the Mars Hill Bap-; tist church on Wednesday. Surviving are two sons, 1 four daughters and twelve grandchildren. Mrs. Vance Proffitt and children of Riverside visit-j ed relatives in Mitchell county on Christmas Day. Clyde Clapp came down at Christmas time to join l Mrs. Clapp, the former Mrs' Elizabeth Bennett Hughes.! Daphne Butner of Wash ington was heme for the Christmas week end. Na than Smith, also of Wash ington, was a guest of the Butners during the holi days. SCOUTERS WILL HOLD BANQUET ON JAN. 12 1 The annual scouters’ con > vention of the Daniel Boone | Boy Scout council will be i held Monday, Jan. 12, in •[the First Baptist church, ‘Asheville. i' The program will begin at 3 p. m. with a speech by H. S. Williamson, Scout ex ecutive in Greenville, S. C., ; on the topic, “The Double Track of District Opera ' tion,” followed by a discus sion led by Mr. Williamson. After a recess from 5 to 6:30 p. m., scouters, cub bers, and ladies will attend a banquet, during which J the following activities will * be featewh r[ A talk by Abbit Nix, out . standing Scout leader and attorney of Athens, Ga., award of the silver beaver, i the annual report, presen tation of the attendance (cup, award of the scout master’s key, installation of new officers, and a dis cussion of “The Spirit of Scouting.” Scout leaders of this dis - trict are expected' to attend Baptist Church Sunday marked the first anniversary of Rev. Mclv-| er’s pastorate here. An an-' niversary message was brought by the pastor, with | a special observance of the ioccasion. Sunday School will be ! held at 9:45 o’clock. The I Rev. Ben Jay Mclver, pas-; tor, will speak on “Ye Have Not Passed This Way Heretofore” Sunday morn ing at 11 o’clock and on I “Broken Purposes” at the evening'worship service at 7:30 o’clock. Training Un ion will meet at 6:30 o’clock 'j Sunday evening. Prayer meeting will be held Wed-j 'nesday at 7:30 o’clock, fol-J lowed by choir rehearsal at 8 o’clock. Officers have been elect ed to serve during the com-| ling year in the Woman’s Missionary Society. They include the follow ing: Mrs. G; L. Hensley, 'president; Mrs. B. J. Mclv-; ( er, young people’s leader;! Mrs. Hershel Holcombe, vice president; Mrs. B. R. i Penland, program leader; Mrs. W. Z. Robertson, tre asurer; Mrs. C. P. Randol ph, secretary; Mrs. J. R. Bailey, corresponding sec retary ; ! Officers Elected for 4-H Clubs . .... ■ J Officers for 4-H clubs of . Yancey county have been I elected to serve during the i coming year. They are: • Bald Creek club: presi dent, Wilson Ray; vice pre.- ( sidefit, Carolyn Brown; .secretary and treasurer, . James Mclntosh; reporter, Ruth Austin; song leader,! ! Imogene Proffitt; ;i Bee Log'"'club: president, .jßoyd Peterson; vice presi dent, Cora Whitson; secre jitary, Mae Edwards; song (leaders, Jack Whitson, Eve j'lyn Higgins; x \ Burnsville senior club: \\ president, Aaron Wilson; Lxise president, Charles Gillespie; secretary, Bill j 1 Riddle; Burnsville junior (dub: president, David Gill- Vespie; vice president, Mary ! Lou Fox; secretary, Shirley ■Styles; song leaders, Tom my Burton, Barbara Harris Celo club: president, Ni- 1 na Gibbs; vice president, 1 Lucy Penland; secretary, EXPERIMENT STATION RELEASES FINDINGS “Research and Farming", the Nopth Carolina Agri cultural Experiment Sta-j i tipn’a, 69th Annual Report, !is now ready for distribu tion to residents of the State who request it, says Dr. L. D. Baver, director of the Station. The report contains 140 pages of information con cerning the most recent ■.findings of the Experiment ! Station. Subject matter ’ ranges from preventing to ! bacco barn fires to the pro ',ven value of winter cover ( crops. v Mrs. Paul Young, com-j munity missions chairman; •J Mrs. W. H. Holleman, mis >sion study chairman; Mrs. JG. B. Woody, social mission 'chairman; Mrs. W. H. Hol leman, Mrs. J. R. Bailey, Mrs. Guss Peterson, Mrs. I Kenneth Robertson, Mrs. j Ernest Banner, circle cha -1 irmen; Mrs. Bill Bailey, Sun- | beam counselor; Richard; , Peterson and Rev. Mclver, R. A. counselors; Mrs. J. A. Watson and Mrs. J. B. King, G. A. counselors;! Mrs. B. J. Mclver, YW A , counselor. Q, James Powell of Florence Ala., was a guest of rela ■ tives and friends here dur ing the holidays. - ' '. v ,sa*yiirv Conserve Food and Feed. Contribute to Over Seas Relief ‘ NUMBER TWENTY-THREE . Shirley McKinney; song leaders, J. W. Miller, Pearl Wheeler; Clearmont senior club: president, Lloyd Hensley; vice president, Joyce Tilley; 1 secretary, Nona Kate How ell ; song leaders, Albert Hensley, Wanda Johnson; reporter, Royce Lee Howell Clearmont junior club: ; president, Larraine McCur ry; vice president, Alice Ramsey; secretary-treas urer, Genene Bailey; song leaders, Ester Bennett, Tommy Johnson; Harvard club: president, • Barbara Geouge; secretary » Anna Ballew; song leaders, J Augusta - Autr-ey, Roger t%si J Autrey; j Mica ville club: president, I Kate Howell; vice presi dent, Norma Hall; secre tary, Veida Thomas: Pensacola club: president Jimmy Nanney; vice presi dent, Virginia Geouge; ?ong leader, Dorothy Boone. BURNSVILLE— “So They Say” The weather: We had i our ‘ White Christmas” af ter all, and in our opinion, ■ the very nicest kind. There was no hint of snow on Christmas Eve, but when ;we awakened the next morning everything was white. There was only an 1 inch or t\yo which soon melted so-that we had all the beauty and none of the inconveniences that usually accompany snow ! About town: Santa brou ’ ght Burnsville the very thing that we’d been hop . ing for some time to find jin our Christmas stocking. . the assurance that the new rayon weaving plant would actually be built! We’d heard about it and talked about it for several weeks but it was not until Monday that the details were work ed out so that it all seems a certainty. . . . And we’d jlike to say here—congratu lations to the people of the county who responded so promptly and willingly in donating the purchase price of the site and in every | other way. We all agree that it was the finest spirit of cooperation ever shown here.. . It’s hard to keep up ;with all the new diamonds ,that Santa brought. There’s j Thelma Anglin’s very love (Continued on page 4)
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