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jiiiitiftul Contribute To The 1948 Red Cross Fund Campaign VOLUME TWELVE Army(and Air Force Enlistments A e i_ S. Sgt. Hurry V. Belt and T. Sgt. Walter C. Peplau, local area recruiters have announced, the enlistment of the following men into t 1 Regular Army or Air Force during the past ten weeks from Yancey county: Dewey Fortner,.--Air Force; Ralph McNeill, Regular Ar my ; Wayne Mathis, Air Force; Vernon Wayeaster, Regular Army; Ray Lau_ ghrun. Air Force; \ Claude Hunter, Jr.., Air Force; Clarence Hunter, Air Force j Gresham *E. McPeters, Re gular Army; Howard F. West, Air Force; Williard Attends Dental Conference Dr. C, M. Whisnant, Bur nsville dentist, ik* attending a -five-state dental confer ance in Washington, D. ,C., this week. He will return to his office next Monday. OFFICERS NAMED BY TRI-COUNTY MARKET GROUP The annual stockholders meeting of the Tri-County Mutual Marketing associa ‘ tion, a co-operative enter— prise ft,.- the marketing of beans and other produce , for its farmer-members in Mitchell, Avery and Yancey eounties, was held in the Spruce Pine city hall. Bar tlett Farmer of Crossnore presided in the absence of President Tom Dellinger. The following officers were elected for the ensu ing year: Bartlett Farmer, president; Dr. Ed Phillips, <J‘ Ingalls, vice president; \v r . M. Wiseman of Spruce Pine, secretary-treasurer J Directors elected were T. W. Dale and A. H. Byrd for! Mitchell county, R. C. DeyJ ton and Dewey Silvers for Yancey county, and Tom Dellinger and Charlie Eller for Avery county. 'j NO RESOLUTION* i In the March 4 edition of this paper a news dispatch from Winston-Salem was quoted, stating that a resoJ lution now pending in Con gress called for an investi gation of-Jjie 1940 election' in this district. Inquiry was made by in terested persons here, and a letter in reply has been received from an adminis-j trative assistant in the House of Representatives. . He states that he has chec ked with officials of thq Document Room and has been informed that po such bill or resolution has been introduced during this con- 1 gress. Capt. and Mrs. C. A. Carpenter of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Barclay of Van Nuys, Calif., and Mrs. H. E. Sorley of San Fran cisco are here to visit Mrs. J. B. Ewing who is ill at her home at Boonford, and Mr. I and Mrs. H. B. Ballard here! Dr. and Mrs. Gus Laugh-j run are attending a medi cal meeting in Greensboro. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. ■ P. Whittington, Air Force; | John H. Banks, Regular [ Army; and Paul S. Dayton. The above list is not com. ( plete, Sgt. Belt stated, and [ only contains the names of men reported from the en [ listing station, q S. Sgt. Belt also anrioun ’ ced that many openings ' exist in various units thro ughout the United States > and also in Foreign coun - tries. Complete information on these openings can be : secured from either Sgt. ' Belt or Sgt. Peplau and - they can be contacted every • Monday and Tuesday at the l court house in Burnsville. ———— | ? PRE-SCHOOL CLINICS The District Health De ' partment will hold Pre_ -ischool clinics next week at . the following schools: 1 Monday, March 22nd, Locust Creek school, 9:30 a. m.; Celo school at 12:30 |p. m. Friday, March 26th, Pen sacola school at 9:30 a. m. All parents having child /ren who will enter school I next fall for the first time ■lare urged to bring their ■children to these clinics. |These children will be phy sically examined and im_ imunized, if necessary, ag ainst Diphtheria and Small jpox. No charge is made for ■ | these services. ‘i P. T. A. MEETING 1 The Burnsville Payent- Teacher association held ■ the regular March meeting .'on Tuesday evening. i Mrs. Olin Shepherd, pre sident, presided at the bus iness session. The group [voted to use part of the i funds on hand for the pur chase of athletic equipment ’ for the grades. A committee to nominate i officers for the coming year Uvas named. On this com mittee are Mr. Tomberlin, Mrs. Clarence Burton and , Mrs. C. R. Hamrick. The program was on the subject of “Child Labor j jLaws,” and C. P. Randolph was guest speaker. Mrs. Reece Mclntosh-and! i Mrs. Joe Po\yell were hosJ tesses during the social hour. Officers will be elected at the April meeting, and jthe annual covered dish 'supper will be held. DO-NUT SHOP OPENS* Mrs. J. R. Brinkley has opened a Do-Nut Shop in the Banks Building oppo site the Theatre. | Latest type equipment has been installed for cook- 1 ing and packaging the dough nuts.. Pies are also baked, and orders will be taken for cakes. j Mr. and Mrs. Gus Bailey! ■ moved last week to Forest ' City where they will assist' ! Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McFad-| jden in the‘operation of a • : dairy farm. Mrs. McFadden [is Mr. Bailey’s sister. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” FINAL REPORT Mrs. Ernest Briggs, cou ■ nty chairman for the 1948 March of Dimes has made! a final report. A total of 1 1 $1874.07 was collected, one 1 ! half of which has been sent .jto the National Foundation. 1 One half is kept in the ! countv. ~ ■ v. Republican Convention ——" ■ ■■ ■ The County Republican [ convention will be held at [ the court house on Friday, night, March 26 at 7:30 for ; the purpose of nominating [ a ticket for the coming election. All party members in the county are urged to attend. | GAY W. YOUNG PASSES IN ASHEVILLE Gay W. Young, 52, sales! ; manager of the Coca-Cola [Bottling company in Ashe-' , j ville, died Tuesday morning lat his home following an I illness of several months. Mr. Young was widely . known throughout this sec tion. He was a native of Madison county butWioved |to Buncombe county a number of years ago andl • had resided there since. He married Miss Margaret Wilson, the daughter of Mr.j and Mrs. William Wilson of Burnsville. Survivors in addition to ■ the 1 widow, are a son, Will- • iam G. Young; two daugh-i ters, Mrs. Charles E. Mills lof Marion and Miss Lillian [Young of Asheville; the mother, Mrs. Joshua G. [ Young; two brothers!! Don ; C. Young and Dr. John C.j Young of Asheville, and , three sisters, Mi’s. C. C. , Cook and Miss Pauline >' Young of Asheville, and - Mrs. J. Clyde Brown of Mars Hill. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Fir st Baptist church of Ashe-' ville, of which he was a member. Interment was in 1 the West Memorial Park, ’ Weaverville. Mrs. C. F. Mcßae is vis ! iting friends in Durham i this week. I . | ----- O V .T 1 j. 1 - | Harley Woody Fatally Injured jj 1 » Harley G; Woody, 19, was I killed Sunday afternoon near Estelle, Ky. when he lost control of a dump truck he was driving and the truck went over a cliff. : He was employed by a construction company a s operator of the truck. i Mr. Woody was the son of the Rev. and Mrs. P. eJ 'Woody of Windom and was 1 | a graduate of Burnsville high school. He was marJ ' ried two weeks ago to Miss 1 Kittie Noe of Wayland, Ky. 1 Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Wednes day afternoon at' the Win-' | dam Missionary Baptist [church with the Rev. P. T. 1 Blevins officiating. | Surviving, besides the [widow and the parents, a sister, three half sisters and three half brothers, all of Windom. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THjIJRSDAY, MARCH 18, 1948 pvt. rb|c F. RAY Funeral services for Pvt. !Rex F. Ray, ( Whose body arrived here Wednesday : afternoon, fvill be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Laurel Branch Baptist church at Pensacola with the Revi Pyler McMa han oifickitiftg. Full mili tary honors are scheduled 'for the last rites with the ! Earl Horton Post of the American Legion in charge. [I Burial will be in the fam ily cemetery iat Pensacola, j ;! Surviving are the father, J. B. Ray of Pensacola; three brothers, Bruce .of] ‘ Swannanoa, ‘Theodore of ' Pensacola and the Rev. Ben /Lee Ray of Avondale; five ' sisters, Mrs. Robert Ballard! Mrs. Clarence Ray, Mrs.' Howard Gardner and Mrs.' Jack Hutchirts of SwannanJ | oa, and Mrs. jjOphus Ledford • of Erwin, Tenn. j Pvt. Ray,, who served in 1 the field artillery in the South Pacific, died on Feb.j 6, 1943 while in service. Body of Yates Webb Found At Lake James I Drowns on Fishing Trip The body/ of,+Yates Webb , U 24, of Morganton was found iMonday in a small fishing ( [boat which had drifted ashore on Lake James, and was full of water. Three companions on the fishing 'trip are presumed to have lost their lives also. Webb was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Webb of Celo and had moved to Morganton about a year ago. The other three men were Lionel Watson, Jack < Holder and June Caldwell,' all of Morganton. ] I The party left Howard i Rock on Lake James in a skiff with a small motor at-li tached at 11 o’clock Sunday, 1 night with the announced intention of trolling. Thom. < as Williams, al&o of Mor- ' ganton and a member ofj [of the fishing party, re-! FUNERAL RITES FOR I' JESSE A. RATHBURN '! [ Jesse A. Rathburn, 75, of x Hamrick, died early Wed- 1 nesday morning at the home of a son, William of Marion, R.F.D. No. 4, !' Funeral services were 'conducted Thursday at 11 *. I o’clock in Sandy Bottom ! ! Baptist church at Hamrick with the Rev. Steve Shu-' ford officiating. 1 Survivors include the] widow, Mrs. Julia Rathburn > five sons, Kenneth, Lloyd, ' and Frank of Hamrick, i .William, and T. Sgt. Dawes i Rathburn with the U. S. 1 army in Germany; two daughters, Mrs. Doliie Phil. A I lips and Mrs. Rose Rav of, Hamrick; a brother, Will- i ard of Morganton; a sister, i Mrs. Wilton Wilson of* Hamrick; and 13 grand- ! children. ERTENSION SPECIAL IST WILL BE HERE Mrs. Corinne J. Grinesley of Raleigh, extension spec ialist in family relations, will be in Burnsville on [Monday and will be guest [speaker at a meeting to be' held at the Higgins Memor ial Methodist church Mon day, March 22. Mrs. Grinesley will speak on “Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Teen age Boys and Girls.” The meeting will begin [at 10:30 and will continue until 2 o’clock. A picnic lunch will be served at noon,' land those who attenqUare] asked to bring something [to add to the lunch. Home demonstration club I members of the county, and all other interested persons] [are invited to attend. Win- Tournament i —>— ! The Burnsville Ameri can Legion team won the i four-county Basket Ball [Tournament in Newland Saturday night. Story on page 2. ♦ mained ashore, and when the others had not returned -several hours later gave an alarm. j | The lake was reported to :have been rough when the : party put out in the little' , boat, and it supposed that it was engulfed by waves, j When found, ‘ Webb’s 'body was stretched across the seats in the waterlog ged boat. j Funeral services for Webb were held at the Celo Baptist church Wednesday with the Rev. E. J. Hall officiating. j- In addition to the parents! 1 Mr. Webb who served in) 1 the Navy during World/ War 11, is survived by a brother, Sgt. Ed Webb of/ the U. S.- army. | 1 COUNTY TEAMS ENTER r ‘TQURNAMENT OF f CHAMPIONS” ' __ , € A number of Yancey; county’s high school basket; ball teams are playing this 1 * week in the invitational * ‘‘Tournament of Champ. 1 ® ions” at the Asheville City' Auditorium. € Brrrsville Boys Win On Tuesday, the Burns- s ville boys team won Spring Creek by the score j of 43-32. High scorers were Burton with 17 points and r. Griffeth with 16. I c The Clearmont girls j turned in a 40-28 win over ( Flat Creek. Johnson with 20 points and Tilley with 14 j were high scorers. j j Micaville girls team eas-'I ily defeated Cranberry e 19-12 on Wednesday. Silver I with 8 points and Huffman < with 6 led in the scoring. 11 Games scheduled for to- A night in the quarter finals 1 include Clearmont vs. Beth- > el (girls) and Valley’' Springs ~ vs. Burnsville/ I (boys). / ( Plans lOutlined for Extension Classes and Playhouse Plans for the extension , classes of the Woman’s Col lege of the University of (North Carolina and of the operation of the Burnsville Playhouse, inc o r porated were outlined at a meeting here Saturday. Attending the meeting were C; W. Phillips, public relations director of Woman’s col lege, W. R. Taylor, head of the speech department, and George Joyce, auditor and budget officer of I%e college all of Greensboro; and Burnsville members of the board of directors of the i Playhouse. C. P. Randolph, president presided at the meeting. The group named Mr. Joyce business manager of [ the entire program, and I named committees to direct all phases of the work. 'Officers of the board of I directors will be named at the next meeting. I ' j — Word has been received here of the death of L. M.| Reynolds in St. Augustine,! Fla. Mrs. Reynolds is the former Miss Ollie Mclntosh of Burnsville. Services were, i held in St. Augustine Sat.' , urday. BEE LOG SENIORS TO , PRESENT COMEDY i ————— While the novel on which it is based is old, the play ( that the seniors of Bee Log , high school are offering as . their spring production in the high school auditorium ion Friday evening, March .'26, is a thoroughly modern; play in both atmosphere, and spirit. It is the dramatization of (Mary J. Holmes’ most pop-J 'ular novel, entiled “Tempest and Sunshine” and the 1 distinguished playwright,' Ned Albert, is responsible)" for adapting this highly < respected jiovel and transJ forming it into a sound and j. really fine play. The pro.]' duction here is being made ] Samuel French and direct- 1 1 ed by Mrs. Dellma H. I Phoenix. The story is of a Ken- i tucky landowner and his i family, with the beautiful 1 story of the two sisters i “Tempest” and “Sunshine” ! who were so totally differ- ! ent. Plenty of comedy is i furnished by three negro a servants. < Don’t fail to see R. L. Ad kins as Joshua Middleton; j Verna Edwards as Nancy, ] his wife; Elouise McCurrv as Julia “(Tempest”) |] Pauline Williams as Fanny ] (“Sunshine”) their daugh-'i ters; Joy Mae Edwards as ( Aunt Judy; Ralph Cox \ Uncle Luce; Katherine < Higgins as Ambrosia, color- ' ] ed servants; Holt Miller as I Dick Wilmat, a school tea-,< cher; Mildred Adkins . as < Mrs. Corrington, a society woman; Irene Tipton as Kate Wilmat; Wade Hollo way as Dr. Lacey, in love with Sunshine, and Maggie Riddle as Susan, Joshua’s Old maid sister. Contribute To The 1948 Red Cross Fund Campaign NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR i COURT ADJOURNS ? [ The first week’s session, i of Superior Court was ad ! journed Wednesday aftei I setting a record of clearing f more than 150 cases in a '' three-day session. Most of ■ the cases involved traffic y violations and most of the •'defendants submitted. ! j The week’s term of Civil I court will convene o n 1 Monday. ' Judge George A. Shuford 1 of Asheville is the presid -1 ing judge. i 1 . EYE CLINIC POSTPONED The Eye Clinic which was scheduled for April 8 has been postponed, according to a notice from the Health Office this week. The date for the clinic will be an nounced later. i ; ! J. A. GOODIN OPENS BUSINESS ! Joe Goodin is back in business in the same loca tion on east Main street .where he operated a Shell products service station for a number of years. Mr. Goodin has put in a stock of plain and fancy groceries, and will also be I dealer for John W. Eshel -1 man feeds. ' MRS. C. M. CHEADLE i PASSED AWAY j Mrs. C. M. Cheadle of 'Asheville, formerly of Bur jnsville, passed away Tues day afternoon in an Ashe ville hospital following a 'short illness. Mrs. Cheadle was the former Miss Maggie Mc- Cormick and was a native of Rockford, 111. She and Dr. Cheadle, who died 3 years ago, lived in Burns ville and Micaville, for ap proximately 20 years while he practiced medicine in the county. Mrs. Cheadle was active in all civic and religious activities while residing "here. She was an active member of the Higgins Memorial Methodist church and served for many years as president of the Burns ville Parent-Teacher Asso ciation. Surviving are four dau ghters, Mrs. Genevieve Dennis of Wyneote, Pa., Mrs. Manley Cheek o f Monroe, N. C., Mrs. Hardin Masters of Deerfield, 111, and Mrs. Gene Bowyer of Coral Gables, Fla.; two sons, Clarence M. Cheadle of Minneapolis, Minn., and Harold Cheadle of Long Island, N. Y.; 10 grand children and 7 great grand children. Funeral services will ‘be held at the Higgins Mem orial Methodist church and interment in the Burnsville cemetery. Time for the services has not been an nounced. . - • I
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