\ . >- ... * • Have Your Motor Vehi cle Inspected. Lane in Oper ation here April 6-17. VOLUME TWELVE SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Construction Will Begin On Mill Building Next Week Grading Is Completed is now practic ally* complete on the site' for the 200x400 mill build- 1 ing at the rayon weaving plant, and construction should begin within a week, Vance Hensley, foreman of construction said this mor ning. j Much of the building ma terial, iTfcluding six car loads of steel, are already her* and the other will be shipped as rapidly as need-' ed: ‘ ! H. M. Hadley, Kenneth Gantt, Jr., and Ed Smith, all of the Glen Raven Mills, have been here during the past week and the inter viewing of applicants for the initial group of em ployees has already begun. In addition to the mill site, grading will begin soon for house sites and for parking areas, ELECTION OFFICIALS j The Board *of Elections of Yancey county met on April 10, and named the precinct officials for the coming election. The first named in each "group is the registrar; the other two are judges of election: Burnsville precinct: Mrs. 1 Hilton* Higgins, G. M. AngJ el, Grover Anglin. Cane River precinct: Leslie Proffitt, James Fox, 1 Clyde Buckner. Egypt precinct: S. C. Edwards, Ernest Mclntosh, Joe Renfro. - t Ramsey town pr ec inct' Brown Williams, C. E. Ran dolph, Bergus Peterson. Green Mountain precinct George Turbyfill, Clesen Letterman, Oscar Byrd, Jacks Creek precinct:! Fred Anglin, Walter Let terman, Sift Peterson. Brush Creek precinct: Nelson Woody, Rassy Tho_ mas, John Ramsey. Crabtree precinct: C. Cr! Boone, Ralph Silver, Char-' les Tiyatt. South Toe precinct: Lew is Robinson, J. W. Hoover, Bascombe Gibbs. Pensacola precinct: Mrs. Grover Ray, Joshua Byrd, Welzie Riddle. Prices Creek precinct: T v H. Phoenix, Dan Hurst, Moscow Towe. Dean’s List Robert Howell of Green Mountain and Robert Wil-I son of Burnsville have made the dean’s list for the third quarter, according to an announcement released from the Dean’s office at Lees-Mcßae College. These students have av eraged 90 or above on all their work this quarter.! This is the third consecuJ tive quarter for Howell on the Dean’s list, and the second consecutive time for Wilson. Howell wilj receive his diploma in May when he completes his work at Lees- Mcßae, THE YANCEY RECORD NOTICE The first call for work ers for the new rayon' weaving plant here has been sent from the com- ( pany, the Glen Raven Mills, to the district em. 1 plcyment office, D. L. * Nichols, supervisor, stat-' ed last Friday. Forty em-| ployees are wanted at! thi time. Applicants will be in terviewed h y employ ment office personnel on Monday, April 19 from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. ih the court room here. Mr. Nichols stated that the following require ments were made for the lirst call: High School ! graduates between the | ages of 20 and 30; height i 5’ 4’* or taller; weight ( 130 to 190 pounds; eye ! sight at least 20-30; ap- I plicants must be of good 1 character with no prison record. The above specifica tions are for a particular type of worker only, and these requirements will be lowered for future ap plicants to be hired by this company. Mr. and Mrs W. D. Jester of Wilkesborb have an-' nounced the arrival of a son Wrn. Jr., on April 14. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Byrd and son, Gregory, of Shelby| visited home folks during the week end. Special Corps Aids Forestry Improvement Program i “A squad of special cops j with axe?” is what M. Al bert Ballew of Hamrick calls his crew of woodsmen. ... Almost any day now, you can hear these ‘tree cops’ in I the woods of the South Toe , valley in Yancey county and you’ll know from the sound of their axes and their, shouts that they’re chasing the undesireable trees out) of that neck of the woods' and making it a better place j for toddling y* dow poplar,! adolescent oak, and other. ! valuable saplings to live and grow. Ballew is a Forestry Aide on Mt. Mitchell District of the Pisgah National Forest who doubles as dispatcher during fire weather. He I likes both jobs, but with his, boss, Ranger E, A. Heers of ,Marion, he is particularly concerned right now with speeding a new stand of [ ( valuable timber on many of j the old sale acres. Sales remove all mature timber, Ranger Heers ( points out, and remove, too, ] trees which are sickly from some disease or from plain old age. Often also healthy ! trees removed to relieve , over-crowding. The result ! is -worthless “weed” trees increase In propor tion after a sale and, unless “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” FARM BUREAN MEM BERS WILL MEET D. Reeves Noland, high way commissioner for the 10th district will be in Bur nsville on Monday, April 19 and will meet with members of the county farm bureau at 10:30 o’clock in the court house. Mr. Noland has informed the chairman of the far bureau that he has . some very important plans for the county which he will discuss with Ihe group. Named Chairman of Umstead County Committee Dover R. Fouts has been named as chairman for the Yancey county committee for Wm. B. Umstead, candi date for U. S. Senate. Mr. j Umstead who is now serv_ I ing in the Senate is opposed iby former Governor J. M. ! Broughton. i ■ i . m COUNTY LIBRARY i IS NOW OPEN The county library which has been closed for several weeks because of Mrs. Le- Fevre’s absence was reop ened Wednesday. Mrs. B. S. Connelly will serve as libra rian until Mrs. LeFevre’s return. Library hours will be the same, 2 to 5 on each after noon Wednesday through jSaturday. Pfc. E. G. Adkins, Jr., son; )of Rev. arid Mrs. Eules Ad_! i kins, of Burnsville, has re turned to the Eglin Field I Air Base in Florida. . something is done about it, they shade out, choke out, or retard the growth of the young good trees already present and prevent reseed ing of the desirable species , 'which, on the average, seem more tolerant, peace loving. and not as prolific .as the “weed” elepient. A 'small portion of the income ;from timber sales is set (aside for this special police work. Caution Should be used in [applying the term “weed”' to many trees, the Ranger) said, emphasizing that wild life definitely is a forest product and that food bearing trees like dogwood, persimmon, add holly are therefore not strictly weed species. Consideration also is given to leaving defective trees for dens wherever there is no compelling rea son for cutting or girdling I them. Ballew’s timber stand improvement crew of spec ial cops with axes consists of Pink Ballew, Odis Wil son, and Roscie Murphy, aIL of Hamrick; with Lookouts Ben F. Elliott, Old Fort, 1 i and R. R. Effler,s Hamrick, j lending a hand whenever fire danger does not keep , them in their Woods Mt. i and Green Knob, towers. BURNSVILLE, N*. C.» THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1948 VEHICLE INSPECTION . The motor "Inspection crew ; which has been in Burns- j Jville during'the past week ) has released; the following ; report: j i T o > have been'v inspected. Os j these, 218 passed on the I initial inspection and 141 • passed on ; . There are st}l] 117 that have . not been brbught hack for I examination! Tile lane ltfcre will he open through Saturday noon, and all vehicle owners are urged to brilg their cars or trucks fot| exa ination. The lane' wfl be returned | here later in the sum trier,- , probably in July. '» "Jr‘sl ' , ~r Methodist Church ■ Claude L| Love is to speak at -she Methodist 1 church, Sunfay, April 18,) • at 11 for a Special Layman’s Day service. The service will |be entirely in the hands offthe Laymen of jthe church, f/ith Mr. V. J. Goodman in charge. i 1 L. J. Brookshire who l spoke for the last fifth) ■ .Sunday service, which was) ■ held in the Baptist church,) • says of Mr. Love: “He is ■ one of our finest Method- 1 ' is‘, men in ]ard and one of the leading ; laymen at Central Method-! Jist church, teacher of the' i Men’s Bible class there and jan outstanding lawyer arid) | teacher of law. You will I enjoy having and hearing him.” J All denominations are | urged to. attend this Lay hian’s Day Program. Pre: byterian Church Sunday. April 18. Morn ing service at 11 a. m. with the sermon subject “Guid ’ ance”. Sunday • School at ’•10:15. During the church ' service a nursery * will be open for little folks. Mrs. | Louise Trivett and Mrs. ’|Alma Holcombe will have ’ supervision. ) Services will be held at Low Gap at 3 p. my ) On Tuesday at 7p. m., April 20 a supper, followed ) by a congregational meet jing will be held. The supper ! will honor th£ new members recently received in the (church. Mrs. Harriett Mclntosh ;is ill at her home here.- ■ ' Mrs. Sol Evans was called , to Detroit because of Mr. ! Evans’ illness. • Sihokey Says:, ? 1 M FORESTS USUALLY GO ■ MUP IN SMOKE BECAUSE MW-i 1 l lf everybody would juat atop id think Ix-jore' 1 pitching out cigarettes or matchea-it would save thousands ol acres of woodlands from, going up in amoke. # PARKING METERS TO BE REMOVED The parking meters were installed in Burns ville on a 9-months trial i basis. The 9-months per iod will soon expire, and the Town Board is re quired under the contract to give* the company who. installed the meters ad vance notice if we t hould decide to remove the meters. It is the present intention of the Town Board to remove the meters. This decision to remove the— meters has been reached due to some dis satisfaction on the part of the public. The meters were installed to regu late traffic and to help provide much needed re venue which, upon their removal, will necessarily have to be provided from other sources. Clyde M. Bailey, May or; L W. Autrey, J. N.lj Barnett, Members. ■ As cciational Meeting The annual associationalj meeting of the Baptist; Missionary Union will be held at the Burnsville Bap tist church on Thursday, April 22. j The meeting will begin at 2:30 p. m., and during the afternoon, divisional of ficers and chairmen and ; county chairmen will re port. Special music has also been planned. Supper will be served by the Burnsville society at 6 o’clock. During the even ing service, a missionary from one of the foreign fields will be guest speaker. A pageant, “The Search for Happiness”, given by mem bers of the Junior organi zations, will conclude the service. Army Enlistments Exceed Quota | Maintaining its leader : ship of the Third Army 1 Area, the Columbia Re ' cruiting District of the - United States Army and *j United States Air Forse en_ ( * | listed a total of 1486 men 1 ’ from North and South Car- 1 ' olina during the month of >' iMarrh —thus obtaining 138 • ( per cent of its assigned : •quota for the month, ac j cording to M. Sgt. Lloyd G. I Anderson, commander of '. the Asheville Recruiting ; Station . j Over Assigned Quota I In spite of the fact that the recruiting program is not up to expectations on a (national scale, the local Re-) continue to enlist) more than their share ofi men in the service. The ; Columbia District has en_; listed over its assigned quota for the last three consecutive months. Sgt. Anderson states that of the 1486 total, 79 were 1 . j enlisted through the local * Station. j " Graduating Classes ~ Sergeant also an Treasury Department Begins Security Loan Drive Today “Save for Future” The Treasury Depart ment, with the active sup port of millions of volun teers throughout the coun try, has organized the na tion -wide SECURITY LOAN DRIVE to sell more U. S. Savings Bonds to more Americans in the interest of a stabilized economy. The campaign opens April 15 and continues through June 30. Leaders.„ in industry, I banking, finance, labor, ag riculture and others are cooperating to make this drive successful. I _ | U. S. Savings Bonds are security bonds. Individuals provide for theii* own indi vidual security when they invest in U. S. Savings Bonds, and at the same time they help to maintain the economic security of our country. I Funds reservel by mill ions of American families mean homes, education of their children, emergency | funds, and old age security. 1 jThey mean that these mill-)) ions of American families are themselves investors— ] “capitalists”—guiding their own future and the future of the Nation. The success of the Secur. RIVEKSIDE NEWS Warren McKinney was here from Baltimore last 1 week, visiting relatives and : friends. Mrs. Dave McKinney is ) visiting her daughter in 21izabethton, Tenn. Roy Duncan is ill at his , home here. Mrs. Naff Whitson and ; children visited relatives at i Higgins last week. I i nounced that recruiting emphasis for the next few : months will be placed on j informing all members of high school graduating classes and their parents of the many advantages and benefits to be obtained by enlisting in the Regular Army or the Air Force, both from an educational stand point and as a career in itself. In addition to this pro i gram, Sgt. Anderson said l that there will be consider-' able work done to raise various divisions, both in' the United States and over- 1 seas, up to their authorized (Strength. In connection with this program, a team of one officer and four high i ranking non-commissioned officers is scheduled to tour the states of North and South Carolina next month | for the purpose of stimu lating interest and enlist ments in the First Cavalry Division and the 11th Air-' borne Division, both o f which are currently sta tioned in Japan. ■■■ Have Your Motor Vehi cle , respected. Lane in Oper ation here April 6-17. NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT ity Loan, and the continued success of The U. S. Savings Bonds Program means more Americans will own more America. ' For two years the Treas ury Department has had a successful Savings Bonds Program. The national debt has been reduced over S2O billion from its wartime peak. The amount outstan ding today held by individ uals—ss2 billions—is a huge reserve of buying power, ami every dollar added to this reserve is a dollar temporarily channel ed away from the Nation’s market places. At the 5 ame i time it is a dollar stored away and these dollars can help keep “hard times” away from our door. The success of the Secur ity Loan will mean, as the economists call it, “spread ing ownership of the secur ities on the national debt.” 1 Every Savings Bond dollar built up in the Treasury is used to pay off a dollar of the national debt that is potentially inf 1 a tionary. This is wise debt manage ment. TOMORROW—the dol lars in these Bonds of Sec urity will be ready to help Americans buv the things they need. This helps to maintain a stable economy. HISTORICAL DRAMA Charlotte—A dramatic presentation of the first American Declaration o f Independence thro w n against a background of the activities of the Cabarrus Black Boys and an authen tic reproduction of the Red Coat invasion of the Caro linas, will be given here at Southern States Fairgro unds starting May 20, anni versary of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independ ence. With a cast of 130, “Shout Freedom”, historical drama set to original music will show every night except Sundays through June 5. The wild raids of the Ala mance Regulators, first armed troops to defy Brit ish rule, and of the Moun tain Boys, saviors of nearby Kings Mountain battle for the colonists, will be depict ed with western-movie fan fare from the race-track infield. “Shout Freedom” has a .definite plot, full of roman i ce, suspense, and color, i LeGette Blythe, novelist, newspaperman, and histor ian of the South, is the author. He has taken a the me from the recorded lives of the “little people” of “the Blythe’s drama was set to original music by Lamar Stringfield, native Tar Heel whose “Cripple Creek” spite in 1928 was awarded a Pulitzer prize for original composition. He will con duct the Charlotte Sympho nette during the entire run of “Shout Freedom”, with instrumental help from the j North Carolina Symphony

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