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ftiißiiaiitiiaiiaiiiiißiiaiifc'iaiiiiiaiiaiißiiaiiaiiaiiaiiaiiaiie.^itfc Protect our Wildlife. Prevent Forest Fires. •■"■u*ii»i. B , l .„ 81181181 , Bl , 8118 , lB , IBMBIIB „ B „ BI|>||#|lt||BM-m VOLUME TWELVE SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Staff Sgt. Seth McCourry i The body of S&ff Seth McCourry arrived at the Holcombe Brothers Funeral home Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at the home of Jus par ous, Mr. and Mrs. Clayt McCourry of Day Book, on Sunday afternoon, May 23 at 2:30 o’clock. Full military honors will be given Sgt. McCourry by members of the Earl Hor ton Post’of the American Legion. Members of the Post vvill serve as pall bear ers. Sgt. McCourry was killed in action on July 23, 1944 in the Normandy Invasion. He volunteered for ser vice on Jan. 18, 1941 at the age of 2d. He was one of the 120th Infantry, spending' 3 years, 6 months in service, taking part in 3 major bat tles in tiie Normandy in vasion. He is survived by his parents; one sister, Mrs.j Elsie McCourry of Lime- ; stone, Term.; six nephews and two nieces. Burial will be in the fam ily cemetery at Jacks Creek.! i KIN i>E PC ARTE N WORK IS PLANNED HERE Tentative plans for the operation of Kindergarten classes during the summer months have been outlined, and tbe .class will be orga-! nized if there are a suffi-j cient number of children! enrolled. The kindergarten - sess-j ions will be held each day : from 8:30 to 12:30 through the summer, and will be I continued through next; school session if there is! sufficient demand. All parents who are in -1 crested in enrolling their children are asked to come to the grade school next Monday morning from 9 to 12 to register. Final plans will be made if the registra tion is adequate. Mrs. Iliff Clevenger will be teacher. The kindergarten classes will fill a great need in the educational program and will be of great value in preparing the children to begin the regular school work. Mr. and Mrs. Champ Mc- Mahan have announced the arrival of a son, Jerry Han del, in St. Joseph’s hospital on May 18. Mrs. McMahan is the former Betty Anne "Derreberry of Andrews. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Her man of Washington an nounce the arrival of a son, Robert Douglas on May 15. Mrs. Herman is the former Miss Mildred Boone. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mcln "tosh are home from Detroit for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fox are also at homo, visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Fox of Bald Creek. Cmops in countries besid es the United States are foyectfSt to be larger than at any time since the end of the war. THE YANCEY RECORD PVT. FRED ROBINSON 5 ''The body of Pvt. Fred Robinson, returned from a i military cemetery in Fran ce for reburial in his native soil, is scheduled to arrive l at Quinn Funeral home, Spruce Pine, Thursday at 5 p. m. Arrangements for : final rites are incomplete, i Pvt. Robinson was a na tive of the Kona section of Yancey county and prior to entering the army was en ■ gaged in mining. He was a rnembeT~ _ df Double Island 1 Baptist church. * He was serving in the in fantry when killed in action I in October of 1944 in Hert i gen forest. He was 28 years of age at the time. Two weeks before enter ing the service he was mar ried to Miss Jeanette War ■ ren, who survives him, with a daughter, Peggy; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake L. Robinson of Kona; four sisters, Mrs. Viola Hoilman, Miss Edna Robinson, Miss Beulah Robinson and Miss Faye Robinson; six broth ers, George, Lawrence, Bill, | Eugene, Cecil and Robert 1 Robinson, all of the Kona [section. T ~ ~ SAM S. PETERSON PASSES SUDDENLY Sam S. Peterson, 71, of Burnsville, Rt. 1, died Thu ; rsday at the home of a dau i ghter, Mrs. Jack Hannon, in Kings Mountain. | Funeral services we r e ! held Saturday morning at H) o’clock in the chapel of Holcombe Brothers funeral j home here, with the Rev. | Ben Jay Mclver and the ; Rev. .Troy McCurry official ting. Burial was in the fam ily /cemetery. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Darliska Bryant; four daughters Mrs. J. S. Edwards and Mrs Dixon Fain of Erwin, Tenn. Mrs. T. B. McCurry of Day Book, and Mrs. Hannon; four sons, Gus and Lloyd of Burnsville, Woodrow of Burnsville, Rt. 1, and C. B. of Erwin; 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. John Bry ant of Day Book and Mrs. Luther Tasker of Roanoke, Va.; two brothers, Bert and Bob of Burnsville. Mrr. Ruth Hefner, Mrs. Beard, Mrs. Floyd Dellinger of Johnson City were gu ests of Mrs Stanley Riddle during the past week end. BURNSVILLE EAGLES The Burnsville Eagles defeated the Boone Bear Cats 23-3 Saturday on the local diamond. Porter Young, pitcher, surely had a good day. The Eagles will play the Mars Hill Grays here at 2:30 oil Saturday, May 22 on the high school field. Members of the team wish to thank the white cit izens of the town for their cooperation with the Eag les, and all they have done for the team. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” Parking Meter Notice The Parking Meters will 1 go off at 7 p. m. beginning i Monday, May 24. The park • ing regulations will be en i forced strictly from 8 a. in. 1 to 7. p. m. , Town Board • Memorial Day Service A Memorial Day song :i service will be held on the > Square on Sunday, May 30, .at 2:30 o’clock. A practice i will be held at the Method l ist church on Friday, May *2B and chairman Bruce . Westall has asked that all i who will help with the ser . vice, come to the practice 5 whether or not they have been notified personally. Will Graduate i Among the college stud oents from Yancey county ; who will receive diplomas • during the next few weeks , are the following: From 5 University of N. C., Chapel 5 Hill: Mary Joe Parrish; . from Virginia Intermont: , Mildred Westall; from : Mars Hill: Ne 11 Bailey, i Orlena Jamerson; from Tusculum: Joyce King; ! from Woman’s College University of North Caro • lina: Evelyn, Brigggj N. O. State College: David Low. Delegates to Boys’ State « The following boys, one! . from each high school in , the county, will attend Boys; State at the University of i North Carolina, Raleigh. ; Boyd Peterson of Ram ! seytown from Bee Log high [ school: J. V. McMahan of , Vixen from Burnsville high i school; Homer Lee Huskins of Newdale from Micaville high school; Billie Ray Bai ley of Cane River from Bald Creek high school, and Ear] L. Bailey of Toledo from Clearmont high school The Earl Horton Post of the American Legion is sponsoring the boys. LASTRITES HELD FOR MRS. M.JUHOOVER Funeral services for Mrs. M. B. Hoover, 03, who j died Tuesday morning fol lowing a lengthy illness 1 were held Wednesday af ternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Celo Methodist church, with ' the Rev. Mr. Early officiat ing. Burial was in the Car roway cemetery. Surviving are the hus-i band; three daughters, Mrs.j James Ray, Mrs. David Seay and Mrs. Gilbert Hu ghes of Micaville; three sons, Jess of Micaville, Ral ph of Marion and Raymond of Berkeley, Calif.; one sis ter, Mrs. Charles McCurry of Micaville; one brother, Monroe Carroway of Chula, Va., and 22 grandchildren. Holcombe Brothers Fun eral home was in "charge of arrangements. The national supply of fats is still low. Buy Security Bonds BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1948 Executive Committee Named C. P. Randolph was again named, chairman of the Yancey county executive committee. Mrs. Charles Hutchins is vfce chajrman and Bill Atkirts is secretary. Members oR teh commit tee are: Jim Angel, Phil Hensley, Paul Buck, R. E.l Holloway, I. T. Bailey, Ed Hunter, Jobe Thomas, R. , N. Silver, LI M. Robinson, 1 Joshua Byrd, Harmon Edwards. j | SERVICES HELD FOR I CARTER BRADFORD i j —; — Carter Bradford, 56, Burnsville policeman and former Yancey county de puty sheriff, died Tuesday at his home near here. . ; r Funeral services were , held at Bald Mountain Bap_ ’ tist church Wednesday af [ ternoon at 2:30 o’clock, with [ the Rev. R. D. Hinson offi . dating. Burial was in the ! Sampson cemetery. P Surviving are the widow,! the former Miss Ira Phil-; d lips; five children, Hope,! Opal, Ruby, Betty and Hel-[ eh, of the hchne; five sons, . Arcemus of Durham, Frank of Bee Log v apd Charles, Thad and Fren ’of Btirhs ville; 10 grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Baccus Phillips of Cleveland, Ohio, : Mrs. Burgin Fender of Er | win, Tenn., and Mrs. Paul Wilson of Burnsville: two ■ brothers, Willard Bradford of Candler and Melburnj Bradford of Bee Log. Holcombe Brothers Fun eral home was in charge of j arrangements. MURPHY-KAULF __ Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mur.; phy announce the marriage 1 of their daughter, Nelle, to Henry J. Kaulf of Clifton j N. J. on April 24th in Elkton, Md. The double ring cere, mony was performed by the Rev. R. J. Sturgill at the' Ist Presbyterian church of Elkton. The bride is a graduate of Burnsville high school and was recently employed j' by The Traveler’s Insuran ce Agency of Charlotte. ' Mr. Kaulf, after serving 1 4 years in the U. S. Navy, , was discharged and has!, been employed by Manhat ten Lines-Interstate Bus company of New YorkJ They are making their* home in Clifton, N. J. I i Smokey Says: Peae's ,v ‘ FOR «Sv : ntj | f’ '» j 1 t ' l kju* ib *■■■•+\\ \ YJtgrj flfi r // r+n* \\ \ VYIKl i W// (ttSou*ct> c* 11 W H ! sot—-IX % ; r ~- J! £L*s» »- -J. 7>IN«IT» »-•%% - kA *«*•*•« v - Conservation must be everybody’s Job! Painting Classes Veterans may attend the Burnsville Painting classes under the G. I. Bill, and any iveterans in this or adjoin ing counties should contact Frank W. Howell at once so , that arrangements may be made before the classes be gin on July 10. Several vet erans attended last sum mer, and a number are al ready enrolled for this ses sion. Methodist Church Sunday, May 23 the pas tor’s sermon subject for the 11 o’clock worship service will be “Too Much Relig ion.” The devotional period Opening the church school I will be in charge of the Women’s class. During the church service a nursery 1 will be open for the little , folks. ; finaTrtibheld ; FOR M. D. COX . - ■ M M. D. Cox, 73, widely j ’ known farmer of the New dale section of Yancey cou- ! nty died Thursday night in j ; a Banner Elk hospital after | a lengthy illness. Mr. Cox was a charter member and elder of New-, ! dale Presbyterian church,! , and was active in all comJ mumity affairs. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Florence Young Cox; two daughters, Mrs. John Wilson of Burnsville, and Mrs. R. J. Miller of Nor folk, Va.; a son, Edgar of 1 Mullins, S. C.; a sister, Mrs. W. D. Peterson of Newdale; l a brother, W. D. Cox of J Newdale, and three grand- 1 ' j children. Funeral services were ! held Saturday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock at Newdale Presbyterian church, with j the Rev. Mr. Craig officiat ! ing. Burial was in the chur ch cemetery. Pall bearers were Joe Blaylock, Claude Young, Bob Glenn, Joe Roland, Harold Presnell and Clar ence Pressnell. Honorary, pall bearers were deacons! and elders of the Newdale! church. Holcombe Brothers funJ oral home was in charge of arrangements. TAR HEEL 4-H GIRL WINS RURAL CONTEST First place honors in the South-wide Rural Life' Contest sponsored by Sou-! them Agriculturist maga-j zine have been awarded to| a North Carolina 4-H Club girl. 17-year old Anita Bol in ger of Vale. Her article on “The Call of the Farm” was adjudged the best among thousands of entries received from high school boys and girls in the rural areas of the 15 Southern States. The artic le will appear in the July issue of Southern Agricul turist. Miss Bolinger will receive an expense-paid trip to New York and Washington Six Convicts Escape From Road Gang at Pensacola Five Still at Large Six convicts escaped Monday morning at 11 o’clock while at work on State Highway 197, near Pensacola. A seventh member of the road gang who was not identified by prison offi cials did no.t attempt to escape when Tom Ed Tip ton of Ramseytown, the guard was struck down with a stone and then rob bed of his firearms by the escapees. Paige Hunter of Jacks Creek was driver of the Prison truck and Tom Gris- 1 feth of Burnsville was fore man of the road gang. Alex Wilson of Pensa cola who, with several pas sengers, was driving to- 1 ward Swannanoa was stop ped and the convicts com mandeered the car after or.j dering all occupants out of the car. The six men then headed in the direction of the Tom Wilson Motor Road. Three 'of the men are believed to j have left the car within a short distance and went in ! hiding in the mountains j near the Mt. Mitchell sec tion. I Officers from Burnsville land all surrounding coun ties joined in the search as 1 soon as the alarm was 1 given. Car Is Found The stolen car, a * 1939 Chevrolet, was found Mon day afternoon in Old Fort. It had been driven into a yard there about 2 o’clock, ; and the three men asked 1 lin June. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Boling ,l er, she has made an out standing record at Union High School, where she will graduate as class valedic torian on May 31. She has been on the honor roll and has not missed a day dur ing her four years of high school. She was county winner in the better methods elec -1 trie contest last year and | the garden contest in 1947 .and 1948. She won second J place in the county soil con servation speaking contest in 1947 and first place in 1948. She was also awarded second place in the State in the Farmers Cooperative Exchange Scholarship con test a year ago. She is listed j in Who’s Who Among Stud i ents in American High j Schools. In her prize-winning ar ticle Miss Bolinger says: “We seem to have forgotten that on the 40-acre farm there is more opportunity to be found than there is in forty million acres of city blocks. There is a greater challenge in that two-story farm house than there is in the 102 stories of the Em pire State Building.” New and wider markets for cottonseed and its by products are being sought by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Protect our Natural re sources. Prevent Forest Fires. NUMBER FORTY-THREE the home owner if they could leave it there until they could get a mechanic to fix it. The three men are reported then to’ have boarded a freight train going toward Asheville. No trace of them has been found. One Man Captured Douglas F. Henson, one of the escapees was captur ed Wednesday afternoon !at the home of his parents ; who had moved to Asheville from Caldwell county. He was presumed to be one of j three who first got out of i the car. He was taken by Asheville officers, and of ficials from the prison camp i here went over for him. He is back on the road this morning < Thursday i. Henson, 26, was serving a 3 to 5 year sentence for breaking, entering and lar , ceny. He had been senten-’ i ced in Caldwell county. The other escapees are: Perlie Miller, 21, whose home is Hudson, N. Y. sen tenced from Forsyth coun ty, 25 to 30 years, three 10 . year terms and two 2 year terms. Benny Reynolds, 23, of Macon, Ga., sentenced from Warren eeunty +e‘Lyears | and a 5 year sentence. ; Blake Styles, 39, of Celo sentenced here for 7 to 10 years. [ Reuben Thomas, 37. from Stanley county a 7 to 10 and 10 to 17 year sentence. George Brown, 17, from Wilkes county a 10 to 15 year and 5 to 10 year sen tence. GEORGE W. PARKER OF CELO PASSES — —— Funeral services for George W. Parker, 86, who died at his home at Celo Friday morning following a short illness, were held Sat urday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Celo Baptist chu rch, with the Rev. E. J. Hall officiating. Burial was in the Bowditch cemetery. Born in the Rock Creek ; section of Mitchell county, j Mr. Parker lived there un til about 45 years ago, when ;he moved here, where he had engaged in farming. He had- been a member of the Red Hill Methodist church for 50 years. Sixty one years ago he was mar ried to Miss Eliza Jane Lawes, who died 19 years ago. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. R. A. Bal lew of Celo, Mrs. Harrison McMahan of Bowditch and Mrs. Luther Thmas o f Buladean; one son, Charles Parker of Celo; 18 grand children and 26 great grandchildren. Attend Baptist Convention The Rev. and Mrs. B. J. Mclver are attending the annual Southern Baptist convention which is being held in Memphis, Tenn,
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