join the “March o f
Dime s”, January 15-30.
Fight Polio by contributing
generously to the campaign
VOLUME TWELVE SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
Bids Will Be Let Next Week
Bor Grading At New Mill
Property Completed
Final transaction for the
pimlmse of the Rayon mill
site property was made
Wednesday when B. R.
Penland and James A. !
Anglin, trustees, delivered
the check for, payment to :
Grover C. Hunter. All deeds j
for the property have been
executed and sent to the
company.
Bids for the grading will
be let within the next week,
-.-according to information!,
received from officials of
the company.
These officials also stated
t
that they, had already in
structed the steel company,
to ship the building steel to
Burnsville. Anchor bolts for
the foundation footings
should be received within■
the next week or so, they
also stated, and it is their
plan to have the foundation ,
footings poured and the
anchor bolts in place before ;
the steel building arrives. ]
All materials for the con- <
affliction of the plant are i
already owned by the com-j;
pany, and available for (
shipment so that there]
should be little delay
completing the construction c
of the building o-nce the' 1
work gets under way and if i
ARMY ENLISTMENTS
j
Those men who are hon-j
orably discharged from the.
Army or Air Force on or 1
after January 1, 1948 will <
have a grace period of 1
ninety days instead of <
twenty to remain out of
service before losing their <
rights to reenlist at the'
rank held when discharged, ,
according to an announce- ,
meat made by Capt. John J.
Nowack of the Army and
Air Force Recruiting Offi-i,
ce in Asheville.
S. Sgt. Harry V. Belt and;
T. Sgt. Walter Peplau of (
the Recruiting Service are
at the Courthouse at Bur
nsville Monday and Tues
day of each week and will
he glad to answer any and
all questions regarding an
enlistment •
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Seedlings Available
The North Carolina Div
ision of Forestry and Parks
announces that there are
more than 1,000,000 seed
lings still nvariable at The 1
Clayton forest nursery.
There arc about one million
lobloly pine seedlings, 200,-
000 ehortleaf pine seedlings
and 100.000 slash pine seed
lings that have not been
sold.
Acorn ding to Fred Clar
idge, management chief of
the l)i\ ion, these seed
lings r ay he bought" at a
very low cost for refores
tation purposes only. He
urges every landowner who
intends (o replant cut-over
land or to plant clear fields
to place his order as soon
as possible. Order blanks
. fan be secured at any Dis
THE YANCEY RECORD
the weather is favorable.
As soon as bids are let,
the grading will begin for
the mill site, roads and
parking space,
i Part of the dirt moved in
| the grading process will be
used in the construction of
a dam across Jim < Ray
Branch which runs through
i the property. This will im-
I pound the water to he used
as an auxiliary water sup-
I ply which will be especially
| advantageous for addition
al fire protection.
Plans and specifications
for the first building have
I been prepared and sub
mitted.
D. M. Slides of Burns
ville is engineer for the
company.
i The plant 4wilL,manufac
ture piece goods of various
materials. It is expected
that 300 to 350 persons will
be employed when the mill
has been in operation for
several months.
The site,'Selected for the
plant and, purchased by
business firms and citizens
of Yancey county, is the
Grover Hunter farm one
and a half miles east of
the square and opposite the
Black Mtn. Railway station.
An additional tract was
donatpri hy tl-m QtkW? i-la. j
ters of Asheville, former
residents of Burnsville.
ANDREW BOONE PAS
SES AWAY IN VIRGINIA
Word has been received
here of the death of An
drew Boone in Salem, Va.
He was a native of Yancey
county, the son of-the late
Mr. and Mrs. Nelse Boone
of Burnsvellie.
Survivors include the
widow, Mrs. Cindy Boone
of Salem; six children by a
former marriage, Hudson
and Charles Boone of Vix
en, Zenas Boone of Los
Alamos, N. M., Mrs. Homer
] Banks of Alexandria, Va.,
( Mrs. Howard Murray of
Asheville, Mrs. Dorothy
Holcombe of St. Louis, Mo. ;
ten grand children; tv r o
brothers, Kelse and Doug
las Boone of Burnsville;
| four sisters, Misses Barba
ra and Anna Boone and
I Mrs. Will Ball of the Banks
Creek community, and Mrs.
Ben Rountree of Alabama.
Funeral and burial ser
vices were held in Salem
u here he had made his
hrtfne for a number of
years. i
PRODUCERS AVERAGE
$42.48 for TOBACCO
Producers’ sales of all
types of tobacco on North
Carolina markets totaled
>77,042,030 pounds through
December and the price at
the end of the year averag
ed $42.48 per 100 pounds,
, 'he Federal-State Market
, News Service reported.
* Evelyn Briggs is at home
i from -Woman’s College for
j a few days,, between sem
-1 esters.
‘DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
FMtixzxi
1 m JANUARY 15-30
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS
i Numerous Real Estate
Transfers During 1947
1
During the year 1947, ap
r proximately 826 real estate
- transfers were made ip
Yancey county, according
5 to Yates Bennett, register
» of deeds for the county who
recorded deeds. In addition,
there were 10 leases and 5
. options recorded.
' The number of transac-j
tions here showed a very!
large increase over previous!
years since he has served
as register, said Mr. Ben-;
nett.
Already for the year.
1948, there have been 48 1
deeds brought in for re
cording, sixteen of which!
came in on last Saturday.!
The largest number that he;
received on any one day|<
was 56 which were brought <
in one Friday during 1947,j ;
Mr. Bennett added. It
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Farm Activities
Farm Bureau Meeting
j
The hoard of
and committees of the Yan-j
cey County Farm Bureau j
held a supper meeting onj
January 20 to make plans!
for their part in the State!
Farm Bureau meeting'
which will be held in Ashe-1
ville on February 2-4.
George Farthing, WN C
representative was present
and reported on the nation
al meeting that was held in
Chicago in December.
The commodity comjnit
tees voted to attend the
commodity discussion meet
ings at Asheville and to
present Yancey county’s
problems in the various
fields. They have requested
Yancey county farmers to
contact the appropriate
committee with any prob
lem they may have. j
The committees are:!
dairy and livestock, Byrd
Gillespie, ' Yates Randolph’
and Dewey Silvers; fruit)
and vegetables, R. N. Silver,)
Cecil Deyton, and Leonard'
Chandler; field crops, W. o.|
Briggs, H. E. Duncan, and j
Vernie Wilson; roads com-'
mittee, R. C. Deyton, Rufus
Ingle and Fred Anglin.
The above committees
and the board of directors
are meeting again on Wed-j
nesday, January 28th., to'
draw up the resolutions for
I Yancey county and these j
i will be presented by the;
; committees at the state!
meeting. Farmers are urg
, ed to contact the commit
tees'with any farm prob
lems that are confronting
them.
; 0. W. Deyton, president
*of the local farm bureau
- was elected official dele-j
gate to the state meeting
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 1948
Joins Faculty of Burnsville
High School
John M. Feiits, son of
| 'Mr. and Mrs, Dov?r Fouts!
[ of Burnsville, has joined the
. faculty of Burnsville high
, school as instructor in his
tory and economics. He
succeeds Olson Pemberton
(who taught dhring the fall
; term but resigned at the
Christmas vacation.
! Mr. Fouts Is a graduate!,
jof Burnsville !' high school .
and ot the University" of
i North Carolina where lie
(completed woijk for his de
gree at the eqd of the fall;
teim in Decenjlber. During!
the war he sefved in the
Marine Corps for approxi
mately three jears.
Virginia Yirk is now
employed in tlje law firm
of Anglin aril Randolph
and at the Burnsville Knit
ting mill. v *
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; / ~y\
and Clyde Aydfs, vice pre
sident, is the al efnate.
Cain Product >n Meeting
A meeting tc discirs corn
production, pstures and
soil improvem it will be
j held in Burn Tile school
j auditorium at a. m. Wed-
1 nesday, Januai 28.
i This meetin is l for all
farmers who a > interested
in increasing reir yields
and producing more feed j
from fewer ac ?. |
The discussi on corn
production wil be led by
Dr. E. R. Colli, in charge
of agronomy e msion; the
pasture discuss n by Sam
H. Dobson, ex sion agro-7
nomist; and t soil type
discussion by I I. E. Miles!
. and F. F. Gold n.
County I ider’s i
Associ trn
Approximate 40 milk
producers of A ;ey county
met'in the Bu Tile court
house Tuesda afternoon
January 20, tc cuss the
possibility of >rming a
Yancey Coun BreecWsj
j Association. Ti Idition tV>
'the county* a* s, J. R.
IFarnham, ext m dairy.'
specialist, wa* »sent anil
explained host breeding
m social on co help the
county in in sing the
productivity o le dairy
| cows.
The follow farmers
were elected ; mporary
| directors to ti lociation:
j Byrd Gillcsph a ke Ray,
jGa v Sparks, Ran
dolph, Cha; Deyton,
Banister I: r, p au ]
Geouge, Roth j] e v R
N. Silver, De\ Jver and
Harmon E.lw
; These farrr rjjj meet
! in the near f to draw
lup the articlt by- laws
: of the associa
Join tin-
MARCH
OF*
DIMES
Awarded All-Expense
Trip to Myers Plant
Ellis Moody of the Bur- 1
nsville Radio and Electric
company has been awarded
a 3 day all-expense trip to
the Myers Manufacturing
plant in Ashland, Ohio. j
The Myers company man- 1
[ufactures complete house-,;
hold water systems, home;
and commercial spraying!
equipment and haying tools i
and equipment. ;
Mr. Moody is one of the
Ten dealers in North Caro-j
lina and South Carolina to!
jwin the award. The trip is
scheduled for April.
Training Classes Start
The Veterans Training'
class in carpentry has :
started work, with Utah
Styles as instructor. j
The training class in \
general electrical work has i 1
also started with Grady
, ~ lnW WWf,
Methodist Church
■
Youth Fellowship groups
will meet at the church
tonight at 7:30. Each mem
ber is asked to bring 50c for
,a (ARE paegage.
Presbyterian Notes
j Sunday morning service
'at 11, preeeeded by Sunday
i School. Subject of the
1 sermon, “Medicine for the l
, Mind.” j;
Service at Mine Fork at'
2:30, weather permitting, h
MARCH OF DIMES
A meeting of all workers
jin the March of Dimes
i drive, and all those inter
ested in the drive whether
they have been named as;
workers or not, will be held
j. 1_ _ i i I
the court house on Wed
nesday evening, January 28
at 8 o’clock.
At this meeting all re-,
'ports to that date will be!
made and plans forthe 1
| final days of the drive will!
I he completed, the chairman,'
Mrs. Ernest Briggs, an
nounced. -
No definite report has
been made at this time but
the drive is meeting with
good success, individual
workers state. The theatre
r ( and the schools are cooper
aling, as well as individual «
1 solicitation groups.
Burnsville High School | <
The Student Council of i
Burnsville High School is (
sponsoring a variety pro- 1
gram in the auditorium at
9:30 a. m. Friday, January \
23. The Taylor brothers will (
be featured, and other j
numbers will make up an ]
entertaining program. \ \
The proceeds will bei
given to th6 March ofi
| Dimes. »<
Highway Crash Claims Four
Lives at Intersection
•=* Two Were Natives
cf Yancey County
One of the worst highway
accidents ever to occur in j
this section claimed the
lives of four Madison coun
ty farmers Monday after
noon when their automo
bile and a tobacco laden
tractor-trailer crashed at
The intersection of the Bur
nsville and Mars Hill high
ways.
The dead were Jeter P.
j Robinson, v 55, and his 26
j year old son, Max; and
Orville Williams, 36, and
j his 17 year old son, J. P.
Orville Williams was a
i native of Yancey county,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. I
Mack Williams of Bee Log.
The younger Robinson,
owner and driver of the
Oldsmobile sedan in which
the four victims were rid
ing, was thrown from the
car and killed instantly.
The other three men were
burned to death in the
flaming wreckage.
Head-On Collision
The two vehicles collided
head on. The truck, head
ing toward Asheville, car-
ried the car for some dis-(
it-ance then went over a
prnmrig
beneath it. Gasoline from
the truck s tank ig'nited
and trickled down onto the
car which burst into flames
within a few minutes.
Occupants of the car
were returning to their
! homes in the Mars Hill
section from the Asheville
tobacco market. The truck
was hauling a load of to
bacco from Virginia to a
redrying plant in Asheville. |
The sedan, the tractor
section of the truck and
17,000 pounds of tobacco
were destroyed in the fire
which burned so fiercely
Baptist Church
At the 11 o’clock service
on Sunday morning Rev
; Mclver will have as his
sermon subject, “The Trag
edy of Excuse Making’’ and
at the 7:30 service, “How
to Live.” Training Union
! will meet at 6: 0.
! PHIPPS CREEK
-
Patsy, the small daughter
cf Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stiles
remains very ill of diphth-
eria at her home.
Mrs. Charles Fender is
spending some time a t
El zabethton w-ith her bro
ther, Lewis. Melton. She is
taking treatment at a'
Johnson City hospital.
Mrs. Charlie Ollis and
daughter, Louise, are vis-j
iting Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Griffith. Mr. Griffith has
been very ill of flu.
Dorothy Bailey who is
working at Erwin, spent!
the week end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R a'
'Bailey. Mr. Bailey has
been ill and has been in an
Asheville hospital.
Join the March of Dimes”
Join the “March o f
, 4 Dimes”, January 15-30.
Fight Polio by contributing
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NUMBER TWENTY-SIX
that rescuers were unable
to reach the bodies of the
,three occupants of the car
until some time after the
crash.
Marvin Lewis Modica,
driver of the truck which
was operated by the Wal
lace Bonded Trucking Com
pany of Robersonville, was
thrown from the truck by
the collision, but suffered
only minor injuries. A
Negro, he gave his address
as Robersonville and said
that he had been employed
for some time by the truck
ing company. He was lod-
I ged in the Buncombe coun
ty jail pending an inquest
mto the deaths and further
investigation of the wreck.
Jeter Robinson was a
widely known Madison
county farmer. He is sur
: vived by the widow, four
. sons and three daughters.
Max Robinson is survived,
'in addition to those listed,
by the widow and a five
year old son.
Orvilld Williams who
! moved from the Bee Log
section within the past two
years, is survived by the
widow, Mrs. Bessie Honey-
,
I cu tt Williams; a son, Aaron,
a daughter, Edna; the par
eTqff Mr. and' '* MrC Mack
Williams of Bee Log; ei° - ht
brothers, Okie, Winfield,
and D. Williams of Bee Log',
Hoy and Murley of Ashe
ville, Arie and Lowe of
* Mars Hill, and Marvin,
• serving in the army at Fort
' Bragg; three sisters, Mrs.
Hettie Honeycutt of Erwin,
Mrs. Ollie Ledford. of Bee
i Bog and Miss Opal Williams
of Asheville.
Funeral services for Mr.
M illiams and his son were
heid Wednesday morning
at 11 o’clock at the Laurel
Branch Baptist church in
Madison county.
j Highway Accidents
i I Raleigh. During Nov
-7 ember, 78 persons were
- killed and 669 were injured
;,in 1,461 traffic accidents
on North Carolina streets
highways.
! The November figures
brought highway accidents
for the first 11 months of
1947 to 10,934, with 751
persons killed and 5,287 in
jured.
November Fatalities
By Type
During November, 29
pei sons lost their lives
when their vehicles over
turned or ran off the
roadway; 24 pedestrians
, wei ] e billed; 16 persons lost
(their lives in vehicle colli
sions; four died when their
cars collided with trains.
One child was killed while
riding his bicycle, and four
other persons were killed in
non-collision accidents.
Col. Rosser said that out
of the total persons killed,
62 lost their lives in 51 fatal
accidents, which involved
nnly one car for eath acci
dent, showing that the
Jruman element” in driving
is still the greatest cause