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Contribute To The 1948 Red Cross Fund Campaign VOLUME TWELVE SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Annual Red Cross Fund Campaign Now In Progress The 1918 Fund Raising campaign opened in the I county on February 16th I * * 7 and will, this year, be con-| ducted by school districts rather than by townships. I Mrs. Hazel Beavers is chairman and Mrs. Juanita Evans is co-chairman for the drive. All schools worked so; well in the Polio drive that this was decided, upon as the best way in which to hold the Red Cross drive. School Di trict Quotas The following quotas have been assigned to the school districts: Burnsville . . $450 Micaville . 350 Bald Creek . 350 Clearmont 350' Bee Log . _ . 300 South Toe 100 Tiie county quota is $1920] As an incentive to the' schools, the committee vot ed on these awards: First prize will be awarded to the wheel district which raises tiie. higehest percentage above its quota. For this, 1 the class, iin the winning school i which makes the 1 greatest contribution will be given a visit to Moore' General hospital. Second prize is a basket ball which will be given to the class in any school in the countv raising the most money. Cammittees Named Principals of the schools are giving 7 their cooperation to the plan, and they, with tin 1 chapter committee, have named the following committees: Burnsville district: Mrs. Bill Banks, Mrs. G. L. Hen* slo\-, Mrs. Yates Bennett, Mrs. John English, Dover Fonts, Mrs. Craig English, Homo Demonstration Club The Burnsville Homo De monstration club met Wed nesday afternoon with Mrs. (’. F.'Mediae. Mrs. Albert Fuehosky was associate hostess. ‘ _ j Mrs. Ivan Westall presid ed over the brief business session. Ways of raising, club funds were discussed and committees were nam\ ed, v Mrs. Juanita Evans, home agent, gave a demon-! stration on sewing machine attachments, and Mrs. G. L. Hensley spoke on “Home 1 Life". Club members were re-1 minded of the meeting this! afternoon when Miss Rose! Ell wood Bryan will discuss crafts. This meeting is planned for the courthouse at 1 o’clock. Presbyterian Church Sunday, Feb. 22nd Morn ing worship at 11 proceeded by the Sunday School. Ser- ! mon topic, “Guidance”. Afternoon service a t Mine Fork Chapel at 2:30.' This is a community service and everyone is cordially! invited. THE TANCEY RECORD I Mrs. Harlan Holcombe, H. iG. Bailey, Mrs. Frank King, ; Mrs. Ernest Banner, Mark ; Bennett, Reece Mclntosh, |C. P. Randolph, Mrs. Carroll Rogers, Mrs. Brooks Wil lson, Edna Atkins, Wilma Alien, Mrs. B. S. Connelly. | Bald Creek district: Mrs. Harmon Peterson, Mrs. Miller Ledford, Mrs. Ralph | Proffitt. Wanda Robertson, Mrs. James Proffitt, J. J. j Nowicki. Bee Log: Mrs. Jack Hen sley, Rex Miller, Max Hig gins, Daisy Miller, Alma i Buck, Paul ' Buck, Wash j Wilson, Arthur Edwards, 1 'Gate Whitson. Micaville district: Mrs.; Sarah H. Silver, Ann How j ell, Mi’s. C. E. Silver, Mrs R. N. Silver, Grady Young,j Edd Gouge, Mrs. Edd‘ Y oung, Clearmont district: Jess Howell, Mrs. Friel Young,! Mrs. T. A.- McKinney, Ernest Howell, Garrett Tipton, Bill Street, Mrs. J.| E. Johnson, Ed Hipton. | South Toe district: Mrs. Herman Murphy, Mrs. Em ory Chrisawn, Mrs. Tom Huffman, C. B. Bennett, Mrs. Clara B. Byrd, Mrs. j Mollie Patton, John Bow- ; ditch. A supper meeting honor ing all Workers in the cam-, paign, is planned by the chapter for March 1. This meeting will be held in the! Baptist church at 7:30. School Campaign Will End Feb. 28th In order that*there will be no misunderstanding in the school contests as an nounced, the campaign will end on Feb. 28th. All money must be turned in on that date and the winner will be determined at that.time. 1 FINAL RITES FOR JULIUS HONEYCUTT Funeral services for Jul-, ius Honeycutt, 74, who died Monday at his home at Paint Gap, were held Wed nesday afternoon in Robin ! son cemetery at Indian Creek with the Rev. Bert Styles officiating, Surviving are one. daugh ter, Miss Ruby Honeycutt of Paint Gap’ and two sons, 1 , I Max of Asheville, 11. F. D No. 4, and Luther of Char leston, S. C. Four brothers also survive. Holcombe Brothers fun- i jeral home was in charge of 1 arrangements. Mrs. Hal Gibbs has been . ill at her home for the past 1 week. Her father, L. B. 1 ; Silver of Florida, is here and her brother, S lc Char-!' | les Silver is expected this week. Seaman Silver was' enroute home when he fell and fractured his knee. He! ,is being released from the! hospital in Wyoming today and will arrive here within I a few days. Mrs. Theo Gibbs of Swiss j entered St. .Joseph’s hospi ! tal, Asheville, Wednesday where she will undergo an operation Thursday. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” Legion Auxiliary Unit Seeks Members March 10 has been set as the closing date for the Legion Auxiliary member-; ; ship drive in the state. Those who are delinquent !in payment of their dues may enroll before that date i without having to file new i applications and without having to be Reinstated. The next meeting of the' unit will be held on Tuesday ] evening, February 24 with Mrs. C. F. Mcßae and those; who wish to join are urged to do so before that meet ing, or to come to the meet-, ing prepared to join, i The Auxiliary now has 30 members. FINAL RITES HELD FOR E. L. HONEYCUTT 1 - I E. L. Honeycutt, 67, of Swiss, passed away Friday in the Marion hospital fol lowing a short illness. Funeral services were held at 11 a. m. Sunday ini the Mt. Pleasant Baptist I church, Swiss with the Rev. E. J. Hall officiating. Burial was in the family cemetery at Bee Log. Surviving are the 1 widow and one daughter, Lohie of Swiss; and two sons, Has ket of Burnsville Rt. 1, and Curt of Weaverville. BURNSVILLE P. T. A. HOLDS FEBRUARY MEETING The Burnsville Parent | Teacher association held J the February meeting in the school library on Tues day evening. Mrs. Olin Shepherd pre sided at the business session | when committee reports were heard. Mrs. Shepherd also spoke briefly on the ! observance o f Founder’s Dav. The subject discussion , for the evening was “Cit- ( izenship” and Mrs. C. R. ] ■ Hamrick discussed "The Home’s Responsibility In ( Teaching Citizenship”, and Guss Peterson reviewed the ! ■ topic, ‘‘The School’s Re- ( sponsibility in Teaching, Citizenship”. Attendance banners were awarded to Mr. Peterson’s] 7th grade and the 10th grade. Income Tax Schedule Mrs. Sam J. Husking deputy commissioner o f revenue, has announced > i her itinery during * the' i period for filing state in ! come and intangible returns'] from March 1 through March 15, for Avery, Mit I chell, Madison and Yancey 1 counties. i Mrs. Huskins will be in Burnsville, state revenue ! office, on March 1,6, 9, 13 ;and 15; at BakersvilleJ courthouse, March 2; at ; 1 Newland, courthouse, Mar , jch 3; at Mars Hill, Holcom-j be’s Soda Shop, March 4; ! at Marshall, courthouse, ! March 5 and 8; and at Spruce Pine, City Hall, ‘ (Continued on back page) ; BURNSVILLE, N C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1948 Veterans Commission News! -p - I Ihe North Carolina Vet-| erans Commission, will have a representative, Jack ; !C. Winchester, assistant j state service officer, in the 1 County Courthouse, Bur , nsville, N. C.,10n Thursday,! February 26 from 11:00 A.! M. to 4:00 P. |L Ther representative will |be there to assist veterans 1 and their dependents in j claims on pensions, com - pensation, 'training, etc. It is possible to re-instate your term National Service Life Insurance, by paying ! two monthly premiums | same as paid - in service, ] provided you s*e in as good health as you were when the policy lapsed. You pay two monthly premiums which takes lare of • the present and the thirtyone day# grace, and pay each month, quarter, 1 semi-annually lor annually] thereafter. Ydu can forget the premiums, which you ] would have pa d since your policy lapsed. jj This special privilege of will end onj July 31, 1948, Re-instate* now and keep the protec-1 tion and convert to one of the permanent -plans later.. Final Rites Are Held Here For J. R. Burton, Sr. J. R. Burton, Sr., member of prominent pioneer fami lies of Yancey county, pass ed away last Friday night in Flint, Mich., following an extended illness. He was 73 years of age. | Mr. Burton has made his home in Flint for several years. His wife, who was Miss Nan R. Hampton pass ed away several years ago. j Funeral services were held in the Higgins Memor-' ial Methodist church here! on Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock. The Rev, Paul Tay-, lor, Rev. B. J. Mclver and Dr. Charles Harris officiat-j ed. Active pall bearers were i Harold Burton, Ralph Neill, Claude Burton, G. L. Hen sley, Frank H. Watson and Welzie Riddle, Jr. Honorary pall bearers were J. A. Goodin, A. F. Hensley, Herman Burton, Baptist Church The Sunday morning sub -iect will be “Soul Winning. MmclefT, and the evening ( suhjecTwill be “How To Be Great”. | ( Sunday School will be held at 9:45 and Training- Union at 6:30. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Shep-j herd who have been in 1 Miami Florida for some time have returned to their home at Swiss. J. B. Clouse of Sfocksville is visiting relatives and friends here. Mrs. Ray M. Hilliard un derwent an appendectomy last week in Albany, Ga., where Major Hilliard is stationed. She has returned to her home and is recuper ating rapidly. | YANCEY COUNTY' | FARM OWNERSHIP ! ANNUAL MEETING I All families in Yancey I county who have purchased their farms through the | Farmers Home Administra ition will meet today Febru ary 19th, at Clearmont high school for their annual meeting. The meeting will begin at 10:30 a. m. !| Highlights of the pro jgram this year will feature, “How we Can Decrease our 'Farm and Home Expenses . During 1948”, and “How , Net Income Can be Increas 1 ’ ed on Each Farm in the County”, also, “Proper Uti lization of Farm Labor and Land Resources”. A farm movie will be] presented through courtesy of the Veterans Farm Tra | ining Program in the coun i ty. * j The program will be dir ected by Mack B. Ray, Yan cey county FHA supervisor. He will be assisted by Pauli [Laughrun, state field repre sentative; Mrs. Lenna G.j j Wagoner, district home I management supe rv i sor land Vance E. Swift, chief Farm Ownership Opera tions in North Carolina. Willie Walter Burton, E. F. Watson, C. C. Higgins, J. H. Wilson, Charles F. Byrd, Solon Hyder, Welzie Rid dle, Sr., T. C. Autrey, C. L. ! Proffitt, Phillip Rav, P. C. ’ Coletta, J. R. Banks, W. K.j Banks, L. P. Horton, Will ard Hensley, D. R. Fouts, C. P. Randolph, S. T. Ray, L. E. Briggs, Tilden ' Ben nett, Molt Hensley, Frank Howell, John Wilson, Dr.' W. L. Bennett and Dr. W. B. Robertson. Burial was in the Burns ville cemetery. ; Surviving are two sons, 1 iJ. R. Burton, Jr., of Flint ] I and Clarence of Burnsville; j three daughters, Mrs. E. L. • Johnston, Mrs. W. L. Will iams and Mrs. Albert John son, all of Flint; one broth er, Walter Burton of Wea-, verville; one sister, Mrs. J. : L. Ray of Burnsville; eleven 1 grandchildren and two 1 great grandchildren. |< Scout Adult Me: The adult membership drive for the Boy Scouts is .now under way in the i I county, and the committee * has reported a total collec tion of $254.25 to date. L. G. Deyton is chairman. The 1948 quota for the county is- S3OO, and the ] drive is continuing this i week. ‘ ( The following are listed 1 1 as contributors; those whojl make a contribution later . will he listed next week: $25 Donation R. B. Penland & Son 1 Lumber Company. sls Donations Burnsville Furniture & Hardware, Banks - Young Motor Co., Penland and County Teams Compete In Basketball Tournament i - - i - - Yancey county teams ' competing in the annual Mars Hill invitation Basket Ball tournament made an enviable record in the first two days of play. The meet' opened Tuesday, and every Yancey county team that | has been in play so far has won. Tuesday’s Game On Tuesday, both the 1 Clearmont boys and girls teams won. The boys de feated Spring Creek 38-21, FARM NOTES If you want to stop erosion put your land into I grass, advises W. M. Hen sley, chairman of the Yan cey county agricultural conservation committee. It is not practical, of course, to have all the land on all farms in grass. Other crops besides livestock and livestock products are i needed in great abundance. The main point is that grasses and legumes d o hold the soil and are among the most effective means of checking soil erosion. A ] good stand of grass and I clover forms a protective | cover for the soil which j prevents the cutting effects of heavy rain’s. The mass of roots hold the soil to gether and they also pro , vide “channels” into the soil for the moisture which falls. Because grass is so effec tive in conserving soil dir ectly and indirectly and so important in the produc tion of livestock and live stock products, the chair man advises that pasture I improvement pract ic es again will be emphasized in the 1948 Agricultural Conservation program. The greatest value in the: application of lime and phosphate as conservation practices is not in the im mediate restoration of lost fertility but in the growth of grass and legume? which is promoted by these materials. Grass and legu mes hold the soil and keep up its fertility. In addition to the appli cation of lime and phos mbership Drive Ayers. " T T $lO Donations Anglin & Westall, Nu Wray Inn, Pollard’s Drug Store, Styles Garage. $6 Donation Ray Brothers Grocery. $5 Donations The Northwestern Bank, Dover R. Fouts, J. N. Bar nett, H. S. Edge, Johnson & Company, Max Proffitt, Paul Laughrun, Mack Ray, Ellis Moody, S. T. Ray, John G. Wilson, Blue Ridge Hardware, Fred Proffitt, Mark Bennett, G. L. Hen sley. $4 Donation Suel Anglin. $3 Donations Briggs Grocery, Ivan (Continued on pace (oar) Contribute To The 1948 Red Cross Fund Campaign NUMBER THIRTY and the girls team defeated Newland 29-23. Burnsville girls won 24-9 over the Tipton Hill girls. Wednesday’s Game": The Micaville girls who won first place in the tour ney last year defeated Marshall 22-7, and the Bee Log girls won 28-9 over Laurel. In the boys division other results were: Bee Log 32, Marshall 16; Burnsville 54, Laurel 23, and Micaville 45, Bakersville 29. j phate, the 1948 conserva tion program offers assis tance to farmers for seed * ing adapted legumes and ' j grasses, fencing to provide better * pasture manage -1 ment practice to encourage careful stocking to avoid ' overgrazing and depletion. [■' Farmers of Yancey coun • ty interested in improving I their pastures are request ed to talk their problems over with the county agri cultural conservation com mittee. * - » Applying limestone t o .farm land is one of the 4 practices that have been selected from the State j Hand Book to apply to Yancey county in 1948*. The credit rate for applying limestone to farm land is 2.45 per ton for bulk lime delivered to the farm. The ; farmers part to pay at the i time he places the order I with the County office is - SI.BO per ton. "| The County Committee » feels that there is still a lot of farm land and pas tures that need to be limed in Yancey county and they are hoping; the farmers who need lime will be sure and show their intentions of using lime on their 1948 Farm Plan and come to the county office and place their order for same. EXTENSION OF TIME W. M. Hensley, chairman of the Yancey County Com mittee, states that an ex tension of time for the fil ing of Performance reports under the Agricultural Conservation Program has been received. Instead of February 15 as a closing date, farmers in the county now have until February 28 in which to file a report on the practices carried out last year. Only about 40 percent of the farmers in the county have filed Per formance Reports to date, whereas Mr. Hensley states that probably 2000 farmers have participated in the 1947 Program either by carrying out some of the practices or through the use of conservation mater ials. This extension of time will give these farmers a chance to came to the coun ty- office and complete their report on 1947 prac tices. To date over fifty Yan cey county farm families have purchased their farms through the Farmers Home Administration program.
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