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fl*ii*iißnaiiai(aiiaiiai(aiiaMaii»iißiiaii«ii«iiaiii«tTairai«w 1w Protect our Wildlife. Prevent Forest Fires. <Biraiiaiißiiaiiaiiaiißttaiia'iaii«iiaiiaiiatißiiflii«iiaiiaHßiiai|«tj» VOLUME TWELVE NOTICE AH Legion members who are interested in forming a drill team are asked to meet at the high school base ball field at 5 o’clock Friday af ternoon. At the special meeting of the post officers it was voted to organize the Learn which will meet each Friday at 5 p. m. Vacation Bible School The annual vacation Rib le School of the Burnsville Baptist church will begin on Monday, June 14 and continue through June 25. The Rev. B. j. Mclver will be principal and Peggy Jean Huskins will serve as secretary. Hope Bailey and Evelyn Hamrick will direct the music, and Mrs. Paul Young the handcraft. Mrs. C. P. Randolph will be superintendent of the Beginners’ dep a r tment, with Mrs. Lee Yelton, Mrs. Willard Fox and Mrs. Bill Banks as assistants. In the Primary depart ment Mrs. G. L. Hensley will supervise with Mrs. Hershel Holcombe, Mrs. Joshua Banks, Mrs. C. F. Mcßae, Mrs. Henry Stamey and Evelyn Watson. Riddle as assistants. Mrs. B. J. Mclver will be in charge of the Junior de partment,- with the follow ing assistants: Eve ky n Hamrick, Mrs. Elizabeth Silver, Mrs. Doris Edge, Lucy Bailey, Mrs. Raylene Stamey, Mrs. Frank Lewis! and Mrs. Ralph Peterson. For the Intermediate de partment Mrs. B. R. Pen-! land will serve as supervisJ or, with Mrs. W. H. HolleJ man, Mrs. J. A. Watson and Mrs. Scuthworth as assist-! ants. All children of the com munity are invited to at tend. R. R. Bales is here from Ohio for a vacation at the Nu Wray Inn. Mrs. J. B, Gibbs and Lucy Gibbs-have returned from a visit in Athens, Ohio, Edna Wheeler who has been teaching in the Mc- Dowell county school sys tem is at home for the sum-' mer vacation. Della Tipton who taught in McDowell county has re turned to Burnsville for the summer. ■ . • - ... r < r Salaam Cone Black Brother*, Walibac/C 652^6560 «iU.HI. Potato« ./"T | •#&% : ; v .-. ': c<;x% ~ .'. ,;.:v. . . . : " _...jV••.:<• colors of summer h mountain M |aiirpl il> n > i I* a, !* J !i that ' llarU i«rmidable looking during the winter months,is now clothed in the greenof forest?, and the bright doers as often as possible during these summer month rhododendron Present never.to.be forgotten scenes, and the many clear mountain streams add their beauty. Visit the great out.of onen as possible during these summer months, and enjoy the matchless scenery and climate of this section of which the Black Mountain* are typical. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. NOTICE OF TAX SALE OF LEINS ON REAL ESTATE Sale resulting from un paid taxes ... due Yancey county for the year 1947 will be held at 12 noon on August 2nd, 1948 at the courthouse. There is still time to pay the 1947 taxes ard save the sale cost. All bills paid on or before July 5 will be eliminated from said sale. L. M. Robinson, Tax Collector. “SAFETY” WILL BE SUBJECT OF TALK Dr. 1. G. Greer, of Chapel Hill, Executive Vice-Presi ! dent of The Business Foun ! dation of North Carolina, will speak on “Safety Is A Joint Responsibility” as a special feature of the regul lar quarterly meeting of the [Western Carolina Safety Council scheduled so r Swannanoa High School, Wednesday evening, June 16, at 7:30 o’clock. Arnold Powell, Safety Director for Beacon Manu facturing Company, has charge of program arran gements which will also feature special musical enJ tertainment. The Beacon! company is host to the meeting. The primary purpose o£ the Council is to promote industrial, highway and public safety in Western ; North Carolina. The CounJ oil is composed of thirteen counties in this section of the State. Representatives of all plants and organiza j tions in this area are in vited to attend these meet ings, it was announced by John M. Barnes, Chairman of the Council. j* Officers of the Council, in addition to Chairman Bar- 1 nes, of The Champion Pap- 1 er and Fibre Company, are: T. M. Mason, Coco-Cola (Continued on page 4) REVIVAL SERVICES A revival series will begin at the Missionary Baptist church, Pensacola, N. C., on' June 13th at 11 o’clock a. m. Services will be conducted each evening at 8 o’clock by H. M. Alley of Asheville,) and Highlands, N. C. Mr. Alley will be remembered by many as a former pastor of the First Baptist church 1 ' of Burnsville. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGtESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., TjHURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1948 NEW TECHNICIAN AT LAiJGIIRUN CLINIC Reid Willis has taken up his duties as laboratory and X-Ray technician at the Laughrun Clinic. Mr. Willis is a native of Little Switzerland where his parents are now resid ing. At one time he attend ed Yancey Collegiate In stitute here and is remem bered by a number of the former students and teach ers. He is a graduate of the Gradwohl school in St. Louis, and for two years following his graduation was-, technician at Grace hospital, Banner Elk. He then went to Raleigh where he was superintendent of the prison hospital for 7 years. After serving in the Na val Hospital Corps from 1 1942-45, Mi-. Willis attended! the Bowman Gray School of Medicine for 6 months, taking a refresher course. He was laboratory and X- Ray technician at the Sim mons Chrissman clinic in Burlington before accept ing the position here. Mrs. Willis is the former | Miss Dorothy Swingle of j Johnson City. She plans to .join her husband here with in a short time. The revolutionary new Ford four door sedan for 1949 is lower, wider, roomier and provides j nearly 25 per cent' more visibility. _ 0 NEW FORD GIVES OUTSTANDING PER FORMANCE The 1949 Ford, which re veals a radical 'from traditional Ford sty. 1 jling and engineering, was made public today by the Ford Motor Company.- “New standards of beau-! ty, comfort, economy and performance in the 1949 j Ford passenger cars advanJ ce them far ahead of others 1 in the low-priced field,” J. Physical Tjpihmg Director Kelly AF», San Antonio, i Texas— r ft| Sgt. Jack E. Bailey, froif the jstaff of the professor qldfihilitary scien ce and traiMhg for Air at ’ New Mex§o College of 1 A&MA, ha#reported here . for duty a$| physical train-! , ing NCO fSf the Tenth Air . Force ROTS camp which , opened 7th, according ■ to announcement by Lt. Col. D. W. Wallace, command ing officer. || Sgt. Bail of- is the son of . Mrs. Myrtle'jßailey of Crew, i Va. His wife and their young daughter, Betty, re side at Paris Road, Lexing-j ■ ton, Ky. Holis a veteran of* World War 11, having been ‘ awarded two presidential ’ citations and five battle stars. The ROTtj camp here Jias over 600 catfets from nine | colleges of -| he southwest Ft has been rated as No. 1 •of its kind iin the nation this summer. NOTICE The annual Decoration alt the McCracken cemgkmy will be held on Sunday, June 20 at J:3O p. m. All who are interested are ask_! ed to meet Saturday, June! 19 for a general clean-up. ' R. Davis, vice-president and j director of sales and adver tising, said. “Styling of the new Ford definitely estab lishes it as the car of the year.” -i- To develop and produce the 1949 Ford passenger!' ! cars, Ford Motor Company j I has expended more than j $37,400,000 in tools, dies, jigs and fixtures. In styling comfort, eco-i nomy, safety, and perform- > jance, the new Ford is out standing. 1 LAST RITES HELD FOR CLAUDE SILVER (daude Silver, 36, of Bur nsville, died Thursday mor ning in a Henderson hospi tal after a short illness. He had been employed in the mining business there for | the past two years. Funeral services were conducted at the Bolens [Creek Baptist church Sun day afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. A. Z. Jarner son officiating. Burial was in the family cemetery. He is survived by two sons, Vance and James, both [of Burnsville; two sisters, . Mrs. Vincent McMahan and Miss Nell Silver, both of Burnsville; six brothers, John, Champ, Ralph, Jesse and Bryant of Burnsville land Clyde of Asheville, and [lie stop-mother, Mrs. Sar- I ah Silver. i Holcombe Brothers Fun eral home was in charge of arrangements, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mierley, Mr. and Mrs. Doy le Mierlev of Altoona, Pa., | Cecil Hall, Arthur Hall,ll, , and Mrs. Jeanette Jamer son of Westchester, Pa., I were guests of Mr. and Mrs. 1 Shelby, Hall „ of Micaville ! last week. j There are two lines of! cars, the Ford and the Ford Custom. Body styles in both : lines include the four door! sedan, two door sedan and! club coupe. Convertible and station wagon models are obtained only in the CusJ tom line and the three pass-:! eager coupe only in the'. Ford line. i ] Mrs. E. F. Watson of j Spruce Pine had the mis fortune to fall and break t her leg recently. ! ] 0 FARM NOTES Mr. W. A. Stephen, Ex tension Beekeeper, will be; ■ in Yancey county dri Friday • June 11, to assist farmers' ■ with beekeeping problems. ’ The following farms will be ; visited: 9:00 a. m., Grady Robin son, Indian Creek; 10:30 a. ; m., Rufus Ingle, Swiss; 1:30 ; p. m., iPlace not decided), . Pensacola; 3:00 p. m., C. : W. Sparks, Pleasant Grove; . 4:30 jo. m., D. Z. Styles, j Burnsville. Everyone interested in ) beekeeping is invited to | i meet Mr. Stephen at any of t the above places and discuss j 1 beekeeping problems.... with f him.} - _ _j ’ Thru June 8, 1948, the ' YancCy County Breeding : Association has artificially, inseminated a total of 41 1 dairy cows, of which num-i ber, 3 have been repeats.) ■ There is need of more cows! f to be signed up to insure the continuance of this pro gram. R. W. Wilson, Jr., will go to the University of Geor ’ gia at Athens June 17 thru ’ 25 for a course in artificial breeding, after which he ’ will be technician for Yan cey county and will take care of the artificial breed . ing Work. He was hired by) the directors of the locah - bt'efrfftrg association. —n Baptist Men Will Meet at Jacks Creek Den C. Young, widely known civic and church leader of Asheville, will be speaker at a meeting of men of the Baptist churches of the county on Saturday evening, June 12 at the Jacks Creek church. Supper will be served by j the Woman’s Missionary I Society of#the church at 7 jp. m., and following this, 1 I Mr. Young will speak on “Men Enlisted in the Cause ■of Christ.” ' Presbyterian Church : Morning worship at 11 a., m., preceeded by the Sun-1 | day School at 10:15. Subject ! of sermon, “The Meaning of The Cross.” Dr. Harris wall address the adult class in 1 the Sunday School. Com munion will follow thed morning service. Dr. Harris will speak at ' the evening service at < Banks Creek. |l Protect our Natural re sources. Prevent Forest Fires. lairaiiaiiaiiaiiaiisiiaiiaiiaiiaiiaraiisiiaufiiattaiiaiiatiMmMni N UMBER FORTY-SIX Auxiliary Members Attend District Meeting The following members lof the Legion Auxiliary unit are attending the dis trict meeting today i n [Black Mountain: Mrs. Yat !es Bennett, Mrs. Dover Fouts, Mrs. Mack B. *Ray, Mrs. Harmon Peterson, Mrs Monroe Mclntosh, Mrs. R. Y. Tilson, Mrs. C. F. Mcßae, Mrs. Hobart Ray and Mrs. Harlan Holcombe. Mrs. Mack B. Ray, retir ing president, and Mrs. C. F. Mcßae, incoming presi dent, of the Auxiliary, vis ited in Asheville last Tues i day, conferring w 7 ith Aux iliary officials at the Court house. Other officers are: Mi's. . Mack B. Ray, first vice pre ; sident; Mrs. R. N. Silver, | second vice president; Mrs. j Boyce Stamey, secretary- j treasurer; Mrs. John Eng lish, recording secretary; | Mrs. Brooks Wilson, histor ian ; Mrs. W. B. Robertson, chaplain; Mrs. Monroe Mc- Intosh, sergeant at arms. Chairmen o f standing J committees are: program j committee, Mrs. Hobart i Ray; Christmas seals, Mrs. Harmon Peterson; hospital, Mrs. Harlan Holcombe; j child welfare, Mrs. J. J. INowicki; music, Mrs. Yates | Bennett; Gold Star Moth j W. L. Bennett; membership, Mrs. George Roberts; gifts, Mrs. Dover j Fouts; publicity, Mrs. Jay Evans, community service, . Mrs. Bill Banks. Baptist Church Sunday School will be held Sunday morning at 9:15 o’clock. The Rev. Ben Jay Mclver, pastor, will speak on “Great Was The Fall Os It” Sunday morning at 11 o’clock and on “Come Unto Me” at the evening worship at 8 o’clock. The 1 training Union will meet Sunday evening at 7 o’clock. Prayer meeting will be held Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. R. T. GRANT HERE R. T. Grant has been transferred here from Asheville and has taken over the Veterans’ Farm Training program for sev eral counties. Mr. Grant succeeds R. B. Thomas who resigned to ac cept a position near Wades boro.
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