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utiifliiaiisiiaiiaiiaii«iisiißiiatiaHau«itfliiSi<etifti>*Mfc Contribute To The 1948 Red Cross Fund. Campaign VOLUME TWELVE SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. ‘i’Men’s Club Elects Officers ..v.wr.'V Jim Anglin Is Named President The annual election of officers of the Men’s Club was held at the February nicotine on Monday night. Approximately 30 attended. The following officers were elected for the com ing year: president,. Jim Anglin; vice president, " Mark Wf* Bennett; secre tary-treasurer, Reece Mc- Intosh: program commit-, tee, B. R. Penland, Dr. W. L. Bennett, Dr. run. * • The club will again ob serve Ladies’ night at the next regular meeting on March 22. A film on “Wildlife” was shown by i Mr. Clevenger and Rush T. W ray were accepted as | new members. , .y-A'.l. FAIJM NOTES ' ' ma There were approximat ely GO farmers of the Brush Ci *eek Area demonstration project present at a fruits meeting held at Green Mtri. February 19. j H. R. Niswongeiy of the i N C. Extension service, explained the possibilities of siriMU" fruits such as| -strawberries and raspber " ries to increase the on the small farms in the' county. Mr. Niswonger also showed slides to teach the farmers the correct way to prune and cultivate smith lOoiitinued on page 4) sy' Community Service L. J. Brookshire of Ashe ville, will speak Sunday evening at the Special * Union Service to beheld in tii e Burnsville Baptist church. This is the regular - quarterly service sponsored by the Laymen’s Organize-j tion of Burnsville, Mr. Brookshire is secre-| tary and treasurer for the! Bill mo r e Appalachian! Hardwoods, Inc., and is a I leader in the laymen’s movement for the Method ist church in the Asheville district. The Micaville High School Glee Club has btfen asked *to render special music for the service. Methodist Church In the Higgins Memorial church, Sunday morning, the church school will be opened with a devotional by the children. The nur sery department' has the opening devotion, at 10 o’clock each fifth Sunday and those who attend the church school look forward to these programs. The re gular worship will be held at .eleven o’clock; the sub ject of the sermon by the pastor will be, “The Man' Nobody Knows”: Baptist Church - —; At the Sunday, morning service the pastor will have as his sermon subject, 4 ‘A Voice, From Hell”, The quarterly community, service will take the place of the regular evening ser vice. The Training Union will meet at 6:30; THE YANCEY RECORD With Cavalry Unit In Japan With the Eighth Army in 'jTokyo, Japan.—Pvt. James 1 r jE. Ballew, son of Mrs. • Bessie E. Ballew of Ham ■! rick, N. C., is now serving * with the famed fighting! ';Fir.st Cavalry Division, 1 ‘which is on occupational, ’ duty in the ten prefectures 'of the Tokyo-Yokohama | area of central Honshu ' Island, Japan. Pvt. Ballew entered the ‘ | army in March,, 1941, and! received his basic training at Fort Bragg, N. C. 1 j Overseas since June 1947,1 1 Pvt. Ballew is now serving, | with “B” Troop, Ist Squad ron, sth Cavalry Regiment ias a Machine Gunner. Pvt. Ballew a distinguish ed student of Micaville high school-of Micaville, N. C.,j was in the 79th Field Artill-j ery before hg came to the sth Cavalry Regiment. A veteran of five battles, he realizes the value of an so he plans to en- 1 ter college when he leaves' | the army. LAST RITES TODAY FOR HORACE GIBBS j Horace J. Qibb», 59, pro*- minen't citizen of the Bald Creek section of the county, passed away in an Asheville hospital Tuesday. He had recently undergone an eration. ■ «... Funeral services are planned for 2:30 o’clock this afternoon irf ,the Bald Creek Methodist church with Rev. L. W. Hall, Rev. E. J. Hall and Rev. Elzie Ray officiating. Mr. Gibbs was a son of the late Adolphus L, and Myra Ray Gibbs, j Surviving are the widow, ! Bessie Horton Gibbs; three | daughters, Mrs. C. F. Ram-! sey of Cleveland, Ohio, 1 Mrs. J. Z. Jamerson of, Swiss, and Mrs. Lester' Briggs of Ivy; one son, 1 Horton A. Gibbs of Bald Creek; and five grandchild- 1 ren. Boy Scout Membership Drive Nears Quota The county quota for the Scout adult membership' enlistment will be reached when aIL workers have re ported, leaders said today. The following are addi tional contributors: Jesse Howell, L. E. Briggs, Jake F. Buckner, E. L. Briggs, Henry Stamey, Auto and Home Center, C.. B. Gilles pie,, Holcombe Bros. Fun eral Home, P. C. Coletta, C. P. Rogers, Mrs. John English L. M. Robinson; J. R. Miller, H, Lee Grif fith, Tri County Tire and Recapping Co., Dr. C. F. , Mcßae, Troy Mclntosh, C. M. Bailey, W, B. Woody, I. R.'Laughrun, A. F. Bryson, I Carolina Tire Co., W. L. , Allen, Phillip Ray, Daniel Boone, Dr. W. L. Bennett, j , Jack Patton, Grady HippsJ George Robinson, Osie | Bennett. | ••DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” Mill Officials Here During Week End Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gantt and Mr. and Mrs. W.l L. Hadley of Burlington i were here during the week' end. Mr. Gantt and Mr.! Hadley are officials of the 1 rayon weaving mill that is building a plant here and | were here in the interest of the new plant. District Conference A district Red Cross con jference was held here Mon-! day, with representatives (from the Mitchell, Avery! and Yancey county ehapt lers attending. j .W. D. Debrill, general field director, directed the discussion. He presented in detail two of the services of the Red Cross, disaster,, relief and the proposed blood bank program. Plans for the Fund cam jpaign were discussed, and a film of Red Cross activities was shown. In speaking of disaster relief Mr. Debrill said that Iso great was the need dur ing 1947 that approximate-| ly 11 million dollaars was spent for this. The budget 1 had set 4 million for disas ter relief. i | j Many Red Cross films 'are available and ara shown, not only in theatres i but to schools and other groups. This is one of the! best ways in which to pre-j sent the work of both the Junior and Senior Red Cross activities. j, it, 1 ■■ . ■ ' ■ 1 • » jTh^dollar,' . ' ■. .1.:. jv ■ •' >has shrunk?^Buti o • v • 0 0 human needs, have notß ~ - •- -%cr- -*■•* • t*? * , *■ W hen^you^ive^. to the Red Cross this year, <» •\ : 4 remember/"-*/ -*■ • . \ that greater sums are.reqmred, to do“an’equal joj^" •ti. __■* / - ’*'»■ *" w i -- d-3 rV-*. . IT’S YOUR RED CROSS...KEEP IT GOING Bl mCUexm^M '" Hai "wa H^MaHMMaaHIMMMIMHHHHaiaaiMHMMIHBMIBMaaaaIMMM|HIiaiBaHIMaiaaa^ aiaHHMHaaHMMM|BBMH BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1948 FOUTS HOSIE IS SOLD TO MR. ANjb MRS. JOE YOUNG i •• —• i U Mr. and Mjpi.* Dover R. Touts have gold their home ; here to Mr»| and Mrs. Joe | Young. The transaction ,was completed last Thurs day and one of the most desirafle residential properties in; the town. The house is of brick tion and are several acres of land? Mr. and Mrs. Fouts plan to build on the old Academy Hill lot which they own. I Improvements Made To Anglin & Westall Store 1 Ji Extensive Jmprovemerits have been made at’ Anglin and * Westall department Q store here, the east -en trance has been repaired, [with new pills glass and door. This was broken out when a car crashed through it one night last fall. The interior is also being improved with new fixtures to give better display faci lities and a more attractive 1 arrangement/ Mrs. J. P. Iflutchinson of, Washington, J). C., Mr. and! Mrs. Charles Warrick, Mr. 1 and Mrs. Bis \ Bailey andj nf attended services for C. H. Warrick, and have been visiting Mrs. Warrick j Toledo. Mrs. W. M. McMahan is visiting relatives in South [Carolina. j Northwestern Bank Rates in First 500 Northwestern Bank, wtih > branches at Spruce Pine, , Bakersville and Burnsville, i has received the following - telegram from the maga , zine, American Banker: 1 1 “Congratulations! You > will he glad to know that . | during ,1947 The Northwes tern Bank advanced from 511th to 499th position, or j 12 places, among the 1,000 r [ largest banks in the United States as will be revealed in our annual copyrighted tabulations to be published jin the American Banker i Thursday.”- ! Even get into the first ’ 1,000 banks of the country 1 is a most notable achieve ' ment, when it is considered ' that many cities each have ’ a dozen or more banks. To 1 have achieved a place in the first 500 banks of the! I nation is an even more re- 1 markable record. * \ Presbyterian Church ! Morning worship at 11, preceeded by* the Sunday School. Sermon topic, “The ■ End off Things”. Service at 2:30 P. M. j Sunday, February 29th at ! j Mine Fork. This is a com munity sp.rvipp anu invited. II ■ -.. .i Betty Jo Laughrun, dau \ ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Luke I Laughrun, has returned ; home from an Asheville ‘ hospital where she under- I went a n appendectomy wmmmtmmm imwimhhm mmmmmmm Annual Farm Ownership Meeting Is Held 1 Awards Made The annual Farm Owner- 1 - j ship meeting, of Yancey j county families purchasing! | farms through the Farmers 1 Home Administration was held Feb. 19 at Clearmont • school. Approximately 150 1 attended the meeting. 1 Carl T. Young, county * FHA committeeman open ed the session by seating l the purpose* and objectives I of th<? annual meeting. I Charts and data showing! ' results of the 1947 farm! | and home' activities were presented by Mack B. Ray, ’ supervisor for the county, ! Emphasis was placed on in creasing food and feed in j order to cut dpwn on family ' living expenses and farm expenses, j Os particular, interest to ‘ every family present was ( the chart showing the, sources of the past year’s < income, and how this was ( spent. T-kftmty averages! were as follows; . Jj Income: from tobacco, 41 i percent; from other crops,!! 4 percent; livestock and j livestock products, 16 per-1 cent; other farm income, ] 25 percent; labor and out- ( - -miW ia-reunit;,pci ceil c —dq Expenditures: for family; living expenses, 28-percent; , , farm operating expenses, ( I 22 percent; capital expend-j t I LAST RITES HELD FOR r CHARLES SCHEFFER Funeral services for Charles Scheffer, Sr., 80, who died Sunday at his home at Celo following a lengthy illness, were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Sand Bottom Baptist church at Hamrick, with the Rev. Aaron Shu ford officiating. Burial was in the Autrey cemeteryr./ Mr. Scheffer, a native of Onslow county, was engag-l ed in the lumber business' in Avery and Watauga counties for some time. He retired 20 years ago and moved to Yancey county. He was a member of the Presbyterian church at Celo About 45 years ago he was married to Miss Mae Huey,'who survives him,j with two daughters, Mrs.! -Ckrade Fo'tner of Hender sqß and Mrs. Floyd Carroll of East Rainelle, W. Va.; two sons, Jack and Charles Scheffer, Jr., both of East Rainelle, and five grand children. SAVINGS BONDS G. L. Hensley, county chairman of the U. S. Sav ings Bonds committee for Yancey county, announced today, according to infor mation received from Alli son James, State Director in Greensboro, that sales of U. S. Savings Bonds for the period January 1 through February 11 for Yancey county totaled $9,790.00. Broken down into the three series the sales were: E Bonds $1,290.00; G Bonds $8,500.00. Contribute To The 1948 Red Cross Fund Campaign •airafMHißosiiMiaiiaiiaiianatiauauatiaitaiiaHdtaitSHMMMMMi NUMBER THIRTY-ONE I. * iitures, 20 percent; farm ! ownership payment, 23 per cent; all other expenditur es, 7 percent. Two farm movies, “The Farm in the Valley” and “Farmer Faces Future” was presented through the courtesy of the Veterans Farm Training program in the county. Mrs. Lenna G. Wagoner, district home management supervisor, led the discuss ion on home beautification ; and building maintenance. Farm income diversifica tion through proper use of labor and land resources was discussed b y Paul Laughrun, state field re presentative. It was shown that on many farms in western North Carolina that available labor supply is used only about 50 per cent of the time C. Rex Mclntosh, county committeeman, led the dis cussion on pasture improv ement. Many families gave reports of how they had been successful in _ estab lishing good permanent pastures. Vance E. Swift, chief, Farm Ownership opera tions in North Carolina. meeting" ' At the conclusion of the meeting the following priz-' es were presented to the (Continued on page two) FINAL RITES FOR MRS. .1. I). BALL j. Mrs. J. D. Ball, 65, passed away Saturday at the home 3 of her daughter, Mrs. Ray j Hughes of Burnsville. |j Funeral services were > held Sunday morning at the , 1 home with Rev. R. L. Hinson and Rev. McGuire ! officiating. Burial was in the Mclntosh cemetery. Surviving are the hus- I band; three daughters, I Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. John F. j Wilson and Mrs. Joseph E. Wilson both of Baltimore; the mother, Mrs. J. E. i Mclntosh of Burnsville; one brother, Lewis Mcln tosh of Burnsville. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR C. H. WARRICK Charlie H. Warrick, 74, died Monday morning at the home of his son, C. E. Warrick of Asheville, fol lowing a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at the Zion Baptist church at Toledo in Yancey county Wednesday after noon at 2 o’clock, with the Rev. E. J. Hall officiating. Burial was in Bailey Hill cemetery. Mr. Warrick served for eight years as postmaster at Green Mountain and was also railway agent there 1 for a number of years. He was formerly in the lumber business in -Yancey county. Surviving in addition to the son, are the widow, Mrs Minnie E. Warrick of To ledo. and one daughter, Mrs. J. P.. Hutchinson of Washington, D. C.
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