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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. Laughrun Clinic Will Have Formal Opening On Sunday Design and Equipment of Latest Type The formal opening of the Laughrun Clinic here is planned for Sunday, Febru ary <S, Dr. Gus Laughrun has announced. The public is cordially invited to at tend the opening. The clinic building is lo cated on west Main Street' on the lot formerly known' as the Buffaloe lot. It is of brick, painted white, with red roof, it faces south and large corner tvihdows and a semi-circular entrance with white columns add to the’ attractiveness of the ex terior. v The interior has been planned not only with the idea of efficiency but of unusual beauty as well. The flooring throughout is of Terazza, and instead of the; conventional white each room is finished in a differ ! ent color, and equipment and furnishings in each room are in different col-; ors to harmonize with the wall finish. -The front reception room is attractively furnished in leather furniture, and from it the business office opens. Walls of this and of Dr. Laugh run’s private office which adjoins are finished in random-width V grooved red and white oak-paneling - In . addition to these, three rooms there are four! treatment rooms, an X Ray room and a laboratory. A reception and treatment room for colored patients is provided. All rooms are' connected by an inter com munication system. W.N.C. Mineral Offers Very Good Fireproofing Material Vermiculite Found in Several Counties , Greensboro. Beneath tlie hills in nature’s natural ' of wealth in western North Carolina, 1 lies another valuable min eral, vermiculite, which may one day not only out-, linu Tar Heel state more prominently on the map, but also mean the more improbability of the recurance of such disasters, as the Winecoff and La-| Salle Hotel fires of ’47. Vermiculite, the mineral! dug from beneath the ear-J th’s "crust as a foliated or flakelike form of mica, ac- 1 cording to the steel con-, struction industry’s latest and most important devel- 1 cement, is used for fire proofing of structural steel. So one of'these days the nation’s skyscrapers, great industrial plants and other structures built about skele tons of steel may be exclus ively fireproofed with ver miculite. Besides the sizable depos- THE YANCEY RECORD The equipment was all selected by Dr. Laughrun and part of it was specially built to his specifications. jThe X Ray and laboratory equipment is of the latest design and will provide facilities equal to that any where in this section of the country. Dr. Laughrun is the son of Mrs. J. J. Laughrun and I the late Mr. Laughrun of Burnsville. He received his B. S. degree at Carson- Newman College and at* tended Wake Forest Medi cal school for two years. He took his graduate work l at the University of Louis ville and his post graduate work at Tulane University. I He was practicing in] Forrest City, Ark., when he' entered the army medical corps. He was chief surgeon l of field hospitals for three years, both in the states iand overseas. Dr. Laughrun was given , national recognition for; his design of a collap-j sible surgical operating ] tent which was adopted by j • a number of field hospitals' of the U. S. army. For five years Dr. Lau ghrun operated the 35-bed hospital which he built in Forrest City, Ark. This hos' pita! was awarded a nation- j al citation as one of the best small hospitals in the ; 'United States. • , i] Dr. Laughrun was forced to sell the hospital because 1 of ill health, and then spent five months in Florida be fore coming to Burnsville. He has been engaged in practice here since last (Continued on page four) its in North Carolina and South Carolina, sources of vermiculite have been un covered in fewer than a dozen portions'pf the globe. Elsewhere in North Amer ! ica, it is found only in Colo rado and Montana. In South Carolina, two mines near Greenville, Ed mund E. Hanks, district engineer for American In stitute of Steel Construc tion in Greensboro, believes are the only actively pro ducing sources of the min ieral east of the Mississippi. In Yancey County i In North Carolina, how-i 'ever, vermiculite lies un mapped in at least six ties—Avery, Macon, Bun-1 1 combe, Jackson, Transyl-; vania and Yancey. One of the mining firms has cen i tral offices in Asheville, located strategically close to deposits of the mineral in western North Carolina. None of the former means of protecting struct ural steel against intense heats has been as effective or as economical as the (Continued on page 4) “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” FARM NOTES Eight farmers of Yancey county produced 100 bush els or over of corn per acre during the 1947 season to be eligible for the state “100 Bushel Corn Club”. Be cause of extreme weather; conditions -they were unable to attend the meeting in Asheville last week. B. C. Gortney of Green Mtn. produced a yield of 134.3 bushels; George V. Anglin, of Burnsville, 128 bushels; Ray Byrd of Bur: nsville Rt. 1, 120.7 bushels; Handy Bailey, Burnsville Rt. 1, 119.6 bushels; W. O. Briggs, Burnsville Rt. 1, 115.8 bushels; H. E. Duncan Burnsville Star Rt, 115.1 bushels; Charles Riddle, Pensacola, 109.2 bushels; E. N. Stamey, Burnsville, 100.8 bushels. All of the farmers, grew U. S.-282 hybrid variety J except Mr. Briggs who grew Holcombe Prolific hybrid. Four other growers pro duced approximately 100 I bushels but all records were [not complete on these. The county average is approxi , mateJv 35 bushels per acre. ! I Keen interest was shown by county farmers during jthe 1947 season, and plans ,are being made now to beat the past year’s record dur-j ing this year. There are 17 fire line plowing units being oper ated by the North Carolina Division of Forestry and Parks, each unit represent ling a crawler tractor, a fire line plow, and a transport truck. Qjhe Scout Citizen at Work % MM? mmzf waut* » ... in his comumm IN HIS NATION ...inms womuo JR? M j H i jA Wm x-^v BotscS^WEEil TTBRUARY 6™ TO 12™ More than 2,000,000 will observe Boy Scout Week, Feb. 6th to 12th, marking the 38th anniversary of the organization. This year Boy Scouts are empha sizing conservation of food and natural resources, planting gardens, safety and lire prevention, home repairs and personal health check- I up. Scouting promotes world peace through World Jamborees and | practical help among 42 nations with 4,409,780 members. Through ' its World Friendship Fund of voluntary gifts the Boy Scouts of I America helps Scouts overseas to rebuild their units. So far, more i than 3,000 tons of equipment have been shipped. Above is the jofficial poster marking the Scout - 1 • i BURNSVILLE, N. C., ‘MURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1948 HOME AGJfNTS NOTES R. L. Miller, highway patrolman fir Yancey cou- ! nty, will dist|oss “Safety on , The at county 4H ; club meetings-next week. The following schedule i of meetings has been an nounced: Mpnday, Febru- ] ary 9, Burffeville Junior! club at ‘ :00 i. m. and Bald Creek cLub at 10:3Q; * day, February 10, Clear mont Junior club at 8:30 a. I >m. and Cleaymont Senior! club at 10:40; , ' Wednesdays February 11, ! i Pensacola club at 9:00 a. m.j | and Bee Log; club at 11:00 a. m.; Thursday, February | 12, Harvard club at 8:45 a. m.; Celo club; at 9:30 a. m. (Continued lon page 4) 1 : Pigeon Forge Pottery Develops Unusual Native .Products Douglas Ferpuson of Bald Creek IA Designer The Pigeonl Forge Pot tery at Pigeo4 Forge, Tenn. has had nation wide publi city, and is of unusual in terest to citizens of Yancey• county as Douglas Fergu son, formerly ,of Bald Creek and a graduate of Mars ; Hill college, is designer for| J the unusual pottery made] there!' i! This native industry was planned several years ago by Ernest W. Wilson, re-, search engineer in ceramics for the Tennessee Valley. Authority, and a world 'authority on clays, -glazes and all types of pottery. Douglas Ferguson was |at that time a designer in Conference Planned A conference for Mission Study teachers of Baptist Junior missionary organiz ations .will be held a.t„ the Burnsville Baptist church on February 13 at 7:30. Mrs. G. L. Hensley will lead the discussion for Sun- I beam .. leaders, Miss Madge Carter for Junior teachers, •Miss June Ayers for Inter mediate teachers and Miss 'Laura Mae Hilliard -for , adult teachers. The conference is being held in preparation for the {Week of Prayer which will be observed in March. Mrs. C. H. Morgan of Bee Log is recovering from an attack of pneumonia. ! a ceramics laboratory at Norris, and he won Wilson’s attention. Last year the pottery was opened with Ferguson as designer. ! The Forge is located in a I converted tobacco barn in ! the small town of Pigeon Forge which has a popula tion of 227. It is located in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains near Sevierville, Tenn. No prepared colors or ; ; dyes are used, but Ferguson paints his designs with dif ferent types of clay. The j piece of pottery, therefore, ! is gray when it is put into S the kiln but has as many colors as kinds of clay when the object is fired. The,. Pottery specializes in fine gift ware and many unusual and rare glazes are in production. Mr. Fergu- son creates his designs from native mountain ob jects such as flowers, ani mals, old stone ware churns butter molds and mountain characters. Many of his inspirations come from material in and around Bald Creek. The ware is highly in tie- j i mand because of its high ] quality and captivating] beauty. Feldspar, flint and kaolin, all native to West- j ern North Carolina, are used to make the 'fine | pottery. , As another of the inter- j s osting native industries of this section, the develop- j ment of the Pigeon Forge I Pottery will be observed, c and it is of particular in- j c terest that the designer of t the beautiful and unusual \ pieces is from Yancey [ county. ) 1 LEGION MEETING , Among the many matters of business disposed of at the meeting of the Earl j Horton Post 122 of the c American Legion on Tues-f day night, January 27th,! was the naming of the twon buildings recently purchas- i ed by the Post. < j The West building, for- ? ' merly known as the Dining i I Hall, was named Legion j < ( Memorial building. The 1 1 jEast building, which will! Ibe used for meetings at- i (Continued on back page) Polio Drive Is Extended The “March of Dimes” campaign in the state has been extended through Feb-' ruary 14 because of adverse weather conditions, accord ing to a telegram received | by Mrs. Ernest Briggs, county chairman, from the state “headquarters. 'This additional time was given, the state officials said, as it was impossible in many sections for workers to contact individuals or business firms. The quota for Yancey county was set this year at $1720. Last year the quota was $565 and approximat ely SISOO was contributed. The increased quotas thro ughout the state were made RAT CAMPAIGN Yancey county will join ; other counties of the state ; in an intensive Rat Killing * Campaign, on February 24. 1 The material to be Used is ready prepared fortified L Red Squill rat bait, prepar ked by U. S. Fish and Wild ‘ Life Service. This prepara tion is harmless to people and to domestic animals. I The cost of the Red Squill j preparation is SI.OO for a j three pound package. Ord ers may be given to tftn Plans Are Made For WCUNC Summer Classes Here ; Wide Variety of Subjects Offered The Woman's College of the University of North Carolina will conduct ex tension classes in Burns ville again this year to con tinue the program which was begun last summer. Frank W. Howell, super intendent of public instruc tion for Yancey county j conferred with officials of | i the college last week and has announced tentative plans. The work has been plan-! ned so that teachers in this! and adjoining counties may 1 take summer work here ' rather than attend college ; summer classes elsewhere. ( Drama Classes In addition to the classes i for teachers, the same i courses in drama will be < offered this summer and 1 the Burnsville Playhouse will again be operated. Hiss E. Clevenger who was 1 business manager of the Playhouse last year ; accom panied Mr. Howell to Greensboro and conferred < with W. R. Taylor, director. Plans were also discussed for band > instruction and < other courses to round out the summer study program. There will be a twelve weeks session this summer instead o f eight weeks. Classes will begin on July 5 and continue through Aug ust 27. Each course of in struction will be for a two weeks period. Classes in a wide range of subjects will be offered, provided that there are a i ' Join the “March o f Dime s”, January 15-30. Eight Polio by contributing generously to the campaign NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT so that local chapters might have funds to aid in treat ment of existing or future cases. Mrs. Briggs,, has asked .that anyone who wishes to I contribute but who has not been contacted and who jfind that it is not conven ient to see a worker, send his contribution directly to Fred Proffitt, treasurer. The schools of the county are competing but no re port has been made of con tributions. It has been sug gested that the additional I time may be used by the | schools to. boost their con tribution. Recognition will jbe given the school raising the largest amount. teachers of the county, the | vocational agriculture tea chers, county or home agent to local stores;All orders ;jshould be sent in not later I than Monday, February 9. I . The bait will be delivered l on February 24. ‘ j The damage done by rats each year runs into millions of dollars and a thorough campaign can go far toward ending this needless waste. Citizens of the county are urged to take part and to cooperate to make this a '-uccess'. ' - minimum of 30 students I who wish to take a subject. ? Mr. Howell was assured [ j that there will lie as many j teachers from the college as are necessary to teach . iali classes for which there i is sufficient enrollment. Subjects Offered | _ The following is a tenta tive list of subjects wtfhich [will be offered provided i there is adequate demand for each: Public school pms* ie, art, character education, reading, science in the 12 ! year program, child guid ance, general curriculum construction, tests and mea’ ‘ surements, teaching arith metic, social studies in the elementary grades, prob lems in child development, home relationships, history and political science, so ciology. general and educa tional psychology. Undergraduate courses in English and American literature will be offered. The school last year was well attended and student teachers were highly pleas ed with the curriculum of fered and with the oppor tunity to attend summer classes here. Teachers from adjoining counties also at tended. The department of public instruction has issued a statement on information about renewal of certifica tes. If any teacher is in doubt whether or not she should attend summer clas ses to renew her certificate, she may contact the super intendent’s office for infor mation regarding this.
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