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Protect our Wildlife. Prevent Forest Fires. •■iranvu .ana. VOLUME TWELVE SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Democrats Name Candidates Members of the Demo cratic party met in conven tion Saturday and named their candidates forthe 1 November election. J. Frank Huskins was named as candidate for the office of representative to the Legislature. Yates Bennett, who is now serving as register of deeds, was named candidate for this office. The ticket for the Board, of County Commissioners Associational Meeting The annual Associational meeting of the Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union is in session today (Thurs day) at the Burnsville Bap tist church. District and association officers and chairmen will | give their reports and hold discussions during the day sessions. Supper will be serJ ved at the church. The evening session will convene at 7:30. Guest speaker will be Mrs. J. H.j Hipps, teacher in the Uni versity of Shangai, China, 1 who is in the states on a year’s leave of absence. I A pageant will also be presented at the evening session; Baptist Church The Rev. Ben Jav Melver, pastor, will preach on the subject, “After That, God”,l at the 11 a. m. service at the church Sunday. “How! To Be Received”, will be the: subject of the 8:00 p. m., sermon. Sunday School meets at 9:45 a. m. and the Training Union meets at 7:00 p/m. Presbyterian Church April 25, Morning wor-| ship at 11 proceeded by the j Sunday School. Subject of the sermon, “The Call To Move Forward”: Afternoon 1 service at Low Gap at 2:30. Young People meet at 5:30. Burnsville High Sc^opl Betty Sue Gibson won first place, Georgia Hutch ins was awarded second! place, and Polly Peterson 1 honorable mention in the reading contest held ar Burnsville high school on Wednesday evening. Other contestants were Nelda Peterson, Frances i Wilson, Nancy Buckner,' Katie Penland, Mary Louise| Evans, and Hope Angel. The oration contest was held Thursday morning. Contestants were Peggy Parrish who won first place, J. V. McMahan, Gen evieve Angel and Aaron Wilson. The county-wide contest w ill he held in the Burns- 1 ville school auditorium on Friday*evening at 8 o’clock. North Carolina’s ystraw- 1 berry crop came through the winter in fairly good condition. THE YANCEY RECORD I includes the following: I Mark Hall for chairman; Harvey Harrison and S. C. i Edwards, members. | For the board of educa tion, the present board; members were renamed: Jobe Thomas, Phil Hensley land Fred Ayers. ' Mrs. Charles Hutchins who withdrew het name as, a candidate for representa jtive, was named as a mem-! ber of the state executive ] committee. CAMERON L. WILSON PASSES AWAY Cameron L. Wilson, 53, of Pensacola, died Tuesday night at the Emory Univer sity hospital, Atlanta, Ga. He was the son of Mrs.i I \dolphus Wilson and the, late Adolphus Wilson, j Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Friday as- ( j ‘-.ernoon at the Free "Will Baptist church, Pensacola j '/ith the Revs. T. E. Woody I and E. P. Blevins officiating. Survivors include the 'widow; one son, Lawrence; one daughter, Mrs. Phillip | Garland ; the mother; one brother, Ewart Wilson; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Hensley, Mrs. C. G. Bagwell and Mrs. Theodore Ray; two grand children, and a host of friends. WHITE PINE FOREST I PAYS DIVIDENDS i One of Pisgah National | Forest’s white pine plan- I tations has produced its first cash income since it j | was planted in May of 19271 jand Ranger E. A. Heers of I the Mt. Mitchell District believes the results in terest every owner of idle land,* particularly farmers hesitant about planting ! trees for a cash crop. Fivm just a light thin ining of suppressed and de j formed trees on this three' and one half acre plantation 29.85 cords of pine pulp wood were obtained. Re maining on the area in fast growing trees o f much higher quality are an esti mated 120 cords. Another thinning for pulpwood is (planned in about 10 years, after which most of the re gaining trees will grow on jto produce sawlogs. At the current sll price for a standard cord of un reeled pine pulpwood, Ran ker Heers points out, this' initial harvest had a gross' Jof $328.35, or $91.10 per acre in 21 years; which is , the equivalent of $4.34 gross income per acre each year. Aside from the nor-! mal overhead expense for protection and manage ment, the only cost was | $0.20 per acre for planting. Like other National For est sales, this thinning was handled by a private opera tor; so the only income to jthe government was for! stumpage. But Ranger Heers believes this initial sale shows that such plan (Continued ou page four) “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” GOOD RESPONSE TO FIRST CALL FOR WORKERS The response to the first call for workers for the new rayon weaving plant here was most gratifying, 'D. M. Nichols, manager of ; the Spruce Pine office of the North Carolina State ! cmplo.vment service, stated today. 1 It was also gratifying to ■ learn that the majority of ! the applicants were above the average, with some running exceptionally high scores to tests given them by employment personnel. All were high school gradu ates or above. All persons who are in terested in securing work with this company may, contact employment per sonnel any Friday at the i Burnsville court house/ from 10 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. i 'J. JAMES B. LYON DIES IN FLORIDA I James B. Lyon, age 93, died Friday at his home in Jacksonville, Fla. He was a i brother of J. M. Lyon of Burnsville. The body was returned to | Greeneville, Tenn., and fun eral services and burial were held there. Surviving in addition to J. M. Lyon are one daugh-' ter. Mrs. Charles DuckworJ jth of Midland, Texas; a ; brother, Sam Lyon o f Greeneville; one sister, Mrs.; Mollie Neilson of Greene-' ville and several grand children. Cancer Cam l I An estimated 10,300 men,' women and children' in North Carolina are suffer ing from cancer, Dover R. Fouts, Yancey County com mander of the American Cancer Society, declared here today. Os .that total, approxi mately 24 are in Yancey county he estimated. His statement was based on a comprehensive nation al survey of the number of cancer deaths and the num ber of new cancer cases that are being discovered each year. The survey showed that there are more than four cancer victims alive in var ious stages of the disease for each death that cancer causes. “About one out of four of ! the victims will die within 1 12 months,” Mr. Fouts said. “A second will die within two years, a third within three years and a fourth within four years. “Only a small percentage of those who develop cancer are being saved in spite of the fact that 30 to 50 per cent could be saved through parly treatment with x-ray, radium or surgery. They are lost because they wait until too late for medical* “To -save us many as p<W -1 sible of the* 30 to 50 per cent is one of the main ob jectives of the American] Cancer Society. And the| BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1948 Dewey Silvers Dies of Heart Attack Dewey Silver of Mieaville died of a heart attack here today at 1?:00 o’clock. PRE-SCHOOL CLINICS i — ' i The Aveij’y, Mitchell and Yancey District Health De partment wilUhold the fol_/ ( lowing r Pr«, School w clinics the remainder of this week and next: > j Friday. April 23rd, Little Creek 9:30 a. m.; Piney Hill, 10:30 u. m. Monday, April 26, Clear-! niont, 9:15 a. m. Friday, April 30, Seven Mile Ridge/ 9:3,0 a. m.; Busick, 10:15 a. ;m. j JL- / I P. T. A. Officers For Coming Year Are Named ;i — *1 The April meeting of the Burnsville Parent-Teacher association was held Tues day evening in the school .lunch room. The group en joyed a buffet supper, fol lowed bv a short business 1 . 1 [session and program. I Frank W. Howell, county superintendent of educa tion, was guest sneaker. He | spoke of the great import-; ance of close, between parents and teach -1 ers, without which no school system can function well. ‘We must have some defi nite goals of education, and 'we must sell the value of an education to the students, j The parent-teacher group ipaign Drive | first step toward that obJ i jective is to arm" people with knowledge of the early] symptoms of cancer and to have them obtain medical treatment without delay.” ! Between 800 and 1,200 of the more than 2,500 deaths that cancer caused in North Fouts said, \yere “needless deaths’’ that probably could j have been prevented if vicJ tims had obtained adequate treatment early enough. — N U Only you can PREVENT FOREST FIRES! ! 1^% about f ' FARM NOTES Farmers are urged to contact the recently named committee members for the artificial breeding associa tion, and sign the agree ment so that the necessary jeonin'ment may be ordered and the program begun in the county. So far, only about 100 dairy cows have been lined up. It will be necessary to ! have 600 signed forthe 1 project before it can begin. ; Members of the commit-! 'tee.are: C. B. Gillespie, R. M. Silver, B. B. Hensley,' Gaw Sparks, Blake Hay, | Botha Bailey, Gv M. DeytonJ Yates Randolph, Dewey Silvers. Paul 1). Geouge, Grover Robinson. can help greatly in doing, 1 this, and in stressing moral] land spiritual values”, he! stated. j The election of officers was held during the busi ' ness session. Mrs. C. F. McJ Rae was named president, 'succeeding Mrs. Olin ShepJ herd; L. G. Deyt.on was elected vice president; Miss' Bertha Huskins, secretary; 1 Gass Peterson, treasurer; and Dover R. Fouts, his- 1 torian. I Attendance banners were won by Mr§. Sorrells’ and Mrs. Briggs’ first grades that tied for the banner in the grades, and by the 11th grade in high school. Lt. Com. Douglas A. Powell, Mrs. Powell and their two children are visit ing Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Powell at their home near Burnsville. They are en_ route to Philadelphia where Lt. Com. Powell will be stationed. HI NTER.McC.URRY ]' Mr. and Mrs. J. Clifford Hunter announce the mar riage of their daughter, Mary Sue Hunter, to Litton McCurry of Forest City, on 1 Friday, March 26, 1948. j : - 11 Many Advancements At Court of Honor ** 5 ■ .aJ I Many advancements and awards were presented to Yancey county scouts at the regular Court of Honor of the Toe River district, held last week at Tipton Hill. | The following boys re ceived Tenderfoot 'awards: Verne W. Thomas, William ]O. Harris, J. B. Boone, ! David Bailey, Shel don Young, William D. Robin-J son, George W. Silver, John L. Hall, Thomas H. Robin ;son, Robert H. Lominac and I Lloyd K. Bailey, all of Troop 9, Mieaville; Danny Young, Tommy Burton, Robert L. Duncan, Ray Cooper, Wayne Cooper .' James Brinkley, and David Gillespie, all of Troop 1, i Burnsville. I Second class awards were 1 I F. H. A. Loans Aid In Purchase j Os Farms I | A new farm loan pro gram which was authorized ,in the Farmers Home Ad ministration Act of 1946 ,and became operative thro ughout the United States this fiscal year is now help ing Yancey county farmers own their farms and homes J This new insured mortgage plan supplements the suc- ( >ci fill ten-year-old farm ownership program of the Farmers Home Adminis tration. I In 1937, Congress passed “the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act”. Its object was to strengthen the family type fai'm by helping quali fied people become owners, and the legislation for it grew out of a Presidential investigation of the alarm-| ing increase in tenancy that became so noticeable in the •1930’5. Since 1937, more ! than 47,000 of the Nation’s farm families have used long-term direct Govern ment credit to buy farms, j Some smajl land owners are taking advantage of this opportunity to enlarge their farm by purchasing additional land, while oth.j] ers may be improving their . tTneraiTskr VICES ( OR ELLIS SILVER, 87 1 Ellis Silver, 87, widely ] known citizen of the South Toe section,* passed ..away last Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Oscar Simmons of Hamrick after an extended illness. | Funeral services were i held at the Brown’s Creek , Baptist church on Friday ' afternoon at 2 o’clock with i the Rev. Hicks and the Rev. Black officiating. Grand- , sons served as pall bearers. Surviving are the widow; s three daughters, Mrs. Rush ] Gibbs of Marion, Mrs. Ed gar McNeill of Spruce Pine and Mrs. Simmons; one son, A. L. Silver of Celo; 35 grandchildren; 47 graet grandchildren and 10 great, great grandchildren. I Holcombe Brothers were i in charge of arrangements. Protect our Natural re *> sources. Prevent Forest Fires. ! 1 NUMBER THIRTY-NINE made to Paul Burton and David Buckner of Troop 1, Burnsville, and first class awards were presented to James Hughes and Charles H( mer Parnell of the Bur nsville Troop. Merit badges were awar ded to Frank Wilson, Rob ert Tilson and Danny Fouts of Troop 1, Burnsville. Charles Lee Griffeth was reviewed for the Gold Palm for the eagle award. lie will receive this at the May Court. The troops are now plan ning many scouting activi ties for the summer. Carl fi .Silver, Jr., is scoutmaster and Ray Young, assistant for the Mieaville troop, and Bill Fouts is scoutmaster with Charles Lee Griffeth jas assistant for the Burns ville troop. buildings, or doing some of that much-needed long delayed land development, such as reseeding, or de veloping a new permanent pasture, using basic treat ment such as lime and phos phate and balanced fertili zer. Tills "type loan particu larly fits the needs of f:arm families who have some credit resources but not enough to qualify them for private credit. I Borrowers may have up to 40 years to repay their loans. They pay 2 1 per cent interest to the lendor plus 1 per cent insurance on outstanding principal to the Government revolving fund to pay possible losses and administrative exp enses. Applicants who can obtain credit from regular lending sources serving the com munity are not eligible for these loans. Under provis ions for this type loan bor rowers pay in cash at least 10 per cent of the total in vestment. However, small land owners may use their owned equity in land if necessary to cover the 10 per cent down payment. Ihe balance or remainder is obtained from a private capital source such as a bank, insurance company or individual. No Government loan funds are involved. Among First Ten Made In United States Two Yancey county far mers were among the first ten in the United States to obtain Insured Mortgage Loans. One was to purchase a farm and the other to de velop a farm already own ed. Birditt Deyton o f the Jacks Creek section is plan ning for a new dwelling, stock and tobacco barn, poultry house and a sani (Continued on pajre 4) ’ Mrs. L. P. Horton left l«st week to visit her son, Bryan Horton of Alexan dria, Va. He was in a car wreck several weeks ago and has been confined to the hospital sinct
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