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VOLUME TWELVE
Overseas Clothing Drive
Rev. R. J. Mclver and
Mrs. ,S. T. Ray, both of
Burnsville, N. C., have been
named co-chairmen of the
overseas relief drive i n
Yancey county, it was an
nounced recently by the
Durham- headquarters of
the “Fill a Ship with Frien
dship” drive which is being
held throughout North Car
olina January 25-31. The
drive, sponsored by the N.
C. Council of Churches, is
org: nized on a county basis,
with each local chairman
taking charge of bis area.
Mr. Mclver and Mrs. Ray
are among the leaders of
!U counties who are making
preparations across the
state for gathering eloth
iir . shoes, household goods
ami 'bedding for .shipment
through Church World Ser
vice, official Protestant
relief agency.
, House to house collet
thuis in all communities
and central collection de
puts in rural areas, have
■ ' 1 ‘ blights of plansMn
a counties according to
h reports being received
1 v the state director, Julian
A. Lindsey.
Arrangements' will be
made locally for the ship
ment of the materials col-'
lected in Yancey county.
These will go diwctly to
the Church World Service
ARMY ENLISTMENTS
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Those men who are hon
orably discharged from the
Army or Air Force on or,
after January 1, 1948 will
have a grace period of
ninety days instead of
twenty to remain out o f
service before losing their!
rights to reenlist at the
rank held*\vhen discharged,
according to an announce
ment made by Capt. John J.
Nowack of the Army and
Air Force Recruiting Offi
ce in Asheville.
_ S. Sgt. Harry V. Belt and!
T. Sgt. Walter Peplau of
the Recruiting Service are'
at the Courthouse at Bur-j
nsville Monday and Tues
day of each week and will
be glad to answer any and |
all questions regarding an'
enlistment - I
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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 available at the
Clayton forest "nursery. 1
There are,about/one million'
•lohloly pine seedlings, 200,-!
000 shortleaf pine seedlings
and 100,000 slash pine seed-]
lings that have not been
sold.
According to Fred Clar
idge, management chief of
the Division, these seed-j
lings may be bought at a
very low cost for refores
tation purposes ‘Only. He
urges every landowner who
intends to replant cut-over
land or to plant clear fields
to place his order as soon]
as possible. Order blanks!
can be secured at any Dis-
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
Center* New Windsor, Md.
[ for special packing, thence
- overseas to a few of the 43
‘ countries now receiving aid
from American church re
-1 lief. 7
’ During the year just en
: ded, the New Windsor Cen
ter has received and pro
[ cessed 3,712,764 pounds of
: contributed supplies. O f
that amount, North” Car
o-1 linians gave 661,641 pounds,
■j Heading the list of mat
’ erials requested in the drive
’ is clothing of all kinds.
1 Garments for summer as
well as winter wear are
' needed, and for all ages
l from infancy up. Equally
> important are shoes, over
; shoes and rubbers. These
should be contributed tied
5 firmly in pairs so that
mates will not be lost.
Blankets, quilts, comforts
and sheets are needed items
of bedding. \
; ] AMERICAN LEGION
POST HOLDS MEETING
Members of the Ameri
can Legion post held the
regular monthly meeting at
the court house on Tuesday
1 evening with a good attend
ance. •• ’
: | Reports of committees
were heard, especially com
mittees for the recently!
a purchased Memorial build-]
1 ings. These reports will he
1 in detail later.
The post voted to con
tribute sls to the March of
- Dimes drive. It was also
! voted to sponsor the decla
-1 mation contest in one of
’ the county high schools.
The auxiliary met at the
home of Mrs. Dover R.
Fouts with 18 members pre
sent. Three new members
j joined the unit.
* A report of the Christ
mas sea) sale was made
by Mrs. Bill Banks, chair
man. A total of $132 was
collected, and by this amo
unt SSO will be contributed
jto the district health office!
to aid in buying supplies
for the fluoroscopic equip
ment.
j The auxiliary donations
to veterans hospitals were
also reported. At Christmas
I time the unit sent S2O to
the veterans gift shop and
] $5.50 to patients in the hos
pitals. It was also voted by
the members to contribute
$lO to the March of Dimes
j drive.
' The next meeting will be
held with Mrs. C. F. Mcßae
on February 24.
PRODUCERS AVERAGE
] $12.48 for TOBACCO
I
! Producers’ Sales of all
I types of tobacco on North j
1 Carolina markets totaled
i 877,042,030 pounds through 1
! December and the price at
the end of the year averag
ed $42.48 per 100 pounds,
I the Federal-State Market
j News Service reported.
Many farmers take , the
life out of their fences by
stretching wires too tightly
, That’s especially true with
|. woven wire fences and
fences are of that type.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
SALE OF SAVINGS
BONDS SHOWS
INCREASE
* ———.
5 Yancey county was one
I of the 31 counties in the
. state in which the sale of
4 Savings- Bonds showed an
. increase in 1947 over
J amount sold in 1946. This
J information was sent coun-]
[? ty chairman G. L. Hensley]
dby state director Allison j
.James.
In 1946 total bonds sold
-were in the amount of
f $102,565.45. The 1947 sales
totaled $124,622.25, an in-]
crease of $22,056.80. I
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!| TO ALL SPORTSMEN
r i " —:
- The shooting season ends'
> Jan. 31st, including Quail,
1 Rabbits, Ruffed Grouse and
: Doves. Fox hunters must
. : nrocure their License be
-5 fore Feb. 15th as all unsold
; License must be returned
to Raleigh by thatrtime.
Signed: J. W. Ellis, Dis
trict Game Protector.
The Education Branch of
- the North Carolina Divis
; ion of Forestry and Parks
:is planning to distribute
r 10,000 copies of a new for
■ estry text book,
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Frim.isiiTiONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS I
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I: * FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, FOUNDER
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BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1948
NOTICE
frm I
i The Friday morning clin-j
ics at Relief will he discon
tinued until further notice,
because of had weather,
according « announcement
- mode thisr yeek by" the dis
trict health department.
| NEW itJS ADDED
The Yancey Bus com-
Ipany has added a new Ileo
bus to thevline, thus in
creasing efficiency and
convenience on the schedul
ed routes. \
NOTICE
1*948 plates are
lequired to|he on all motor
vehicles; onl February Ist.
Two plates f are issued this
year, one far the front und
one for the rear, except
motorcycles, trailers, and
semi-trailers All persons
who do not have both lice
nse plates attached to mot
or vehicle, owe in -front and
lone in ieHr., will he subject
to arrest. -15.
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Visitors at; milking time
mav reduce Jfho amount of
milk obtained from the
dairy herd. I
FORESTRY NEWS
The Asheville District
j Office of the North Caro
lina Division of Forestry
and Parks announces that
there are 6,000 cork oak]
seedlings available at the;
Clayton . forest nursery.
These cork oak seedlings h
are being grown for experi-;
mental purposes and will be .
shipped free of charge, ex
cept for express charges, in'
lots of not less than 25 or
not more than 100 to any]
person requesting them.
Fred Claridge, manage
ment head of the Division,
j points out that the commer
cial possibilities of planting
and growing cork oak in
North Carolina are being
1 studied, and cooperatore
are needed to help with the
program. By planting cork
oak throughout the state,
the Division believes-it will
’ find the best site for grow!
ing these trees on a com
’ mercial basis. Any persons
‘ interested in obtaining cork
oak-trees may receive addi-,
tiohal information from
'their District Forester.
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C. P. Rogers broke his
1 i ight leg last week but is
able to be out.
Farm Bureau Members
Will Attend Meeting
Yancey County Farm
Bureau will have -one vot-
Img delegate, in-addition to
I a sizable contingent of re
gular delegates, at the an
nual convention of the
North Carolina Farm Bu
reau in Asheville, Feb. 1, 2,
1 3 and 4, Byrd Gillespie,
county president, has an
nounced.
“The number of voting
! delegates representing a
county Farm Bureau is
determined by the total
membership a of the local
unit,” Gillespie pointed out.
i “In all, there will be 344
voting delegates at the
meeting, representing the
statewide membership of
70,805.
“Voting delegates are
elected by the county units
to act on resolutions pre
sented to the annual meet
ing by the 75 county Farm
Bureaus in the state: The
resolutions, submitted be
fore the state organizatior
i only after full considera
tion on the county level
, touch upon "arious prob
Jems and policies affecting
V.
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NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
-North Carolina agriculture.
1 1 Without doubt, the work of
The voting delegates is-, as
important as any action
I taken at our annual meet
flings, for their deoisioons
,touch upon the organiza
, tion’s whole -program for _
]’ thd year to come.”
’ The 1948 convention,
which will be highlighted
Iby addresses and discuss
’ ions by leaders in agricul
a ture, industry, labor and
* government, is regarded as
J a milestone in the progress
of Farm Bureau in the
* state, Gillespie said. Lead
* nig the South once more in
e membership, he added, the
s North Carolina Farm Bu
* reau is looked upon as one
of the strongest state units
ein the entire organization
s of 1,275,180 farm families
” an d is expected to continue
" to show the way in South
n ern farm leadership,
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i- MEN’S CLUB MEETING
n
i- The regular meeting of
1> the Men's Club was held
)- Monday evening at Coop
g er’s with an attendance of
-,25 members and guests
present.
I‘ i •
C- P. Randolph presided,
apd Jim Anglin reviewed
I the activities of the past
1 few weeks which culminat
| ed.in eelection of Burnsville
as a site for a rayon weav
ing mill. He expressed ap
preciation of the fact that
this was possible because of
the cooperation of many
citizens of the county, and
of the work of all commit
tees.
Reports of other commit
tees were also heard • and
!approved.
Dr. C. F. Mcßae was vot
ed in as a new member,
and Steve Beddington o f
Bakersville was the guest
of C. O. Ellis.
Highway Accidents
Raleigh. During. Nov
, ember, 78 persons were
killed and 669 were injured
jin 1,461 traffic accidents
on North Carolina streets
land 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
persons lost their lives
when their vehicles over
turned or ran off the
roadway; 24 pedestrians
were killed; 16 persons lost
their lives in vehicle collis
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
only one car for each acci
dent, showing that the
‘human element” in driving
is still the greatest cause