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Polio Quarantine Regulations
[Passed By Health Board
Children aged 16 years
and under are quarantined
to their home premises by
order of the Yancey County
Board of Health.
This action was-* taken
Saturday because- of the
continued increase of Polio
in the state.
No Cases in County
As yet there are no cases
in Yancey or Mitchell coun
ties. The first case in Mc-
Dowell county was reported
Tuesday and in Madison
county on Wednesday.
The present polio epide
mic began in the central
part of the state and did
not reach the western part
of the state until about four
weeks ago. The increase
has been rapid since that
time.
As a preventive measure,
the county Board of Health
last week asked voluntary
restrictions o f children.
Many activities, including
Vacation Bible Schools,
Sunday Schools and numer
ous group meetings were
cancelled. The rigid quar
antine, confining children
to their home premises, was
passed Saturday morning
when it was thought advis
able since so many children
were still gathering.
The two summer camps
had previously imposed
their own quarantine and
have asked that no one
come to the camps except;
Music Classes Begin Work
W. C. DeVeny who heads
the voice department of
Woman’s College is now
directing the music classes
here at the school of fine
arts.
Students are enrolled for
private lessons and the
choral group held its first
rehearsal o n Wedneslay
night. Approximately 25
met for this first rehearsal!
and others plan to join latew
Rehearsals for the choral
group will be held on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday
nights at 8 o’clock at the
Baptist church.
On Sunday morning Mr.
DeVeny will be soloist at
both the Baptist and Meth
odist churches. He will singi
at the Baptist church pre
ceding the sermon and later
at the Methodist church.
Special music is also plan
ned for each Sunday even
ing at the Baptist church
with the entire community
invitel to attend so that the
services may be community
wide.
Plans are already under
way for a concert bv the
“choraTgroup to be given in
August, pear the end of ti e
four weeks classes.
Anyone who wishes to
take private lessons may
contact Mr. and Mrs. ’De-
Veny at the church, Bruce
Westall or Mrs. Philip Ray.
Tl\ose who wish to join the
choral group and have rto£
already enrollel are asked
to come on Friday night at
8 o’clock.
THE YANGEY RECORD
|on important business.
Thus, every precaution is
being taken to keep this
area free of polio. Observ
ance of general health rules
and strict adherence to the
special recommendations to
| guard against the disease
are urged upon all citizens
of the county, especially
the parents of young child
ren.
Forest Camp Cancelled
State Forester W. K.J
Beichler announced today
that because of the Polio
threat in North Carolina.
, the annual forestry camp
,for farm boys operated by
the Division of Forestry
and Parks, has been called
ofF. Beichler said that Dr.
Roy Norton, State Health
Officer, advised him that it
would be undesirable to
hold the camp this year in
view of the fact 20 of the 70
boys were to come from
other Southern States.
The forestry camp was to
be held from Aug. 23 to
Aug. 27, at the Division’s
Singletary Lake Group
Campi.lt was to be sponsor
ed by member mills of the
Southern Pulpwood Con
servation Association and
the Seaboard Railroad. The
State Vocational Agricul
ture Dept, and the Agricul
tural Extension Service
select the farm boys each
; year for this camp.
Presbyterian Church
Preaching services Sun
lay, July 25 will be held in
the Lower Jacks Creek
church at 11 a. m.; Upper
Jacks Creek church at 3:00
p. m.; and Mine Fork at
8:00 p. m. The subject will
be “First Thnigs First” and
| the text Matthew 6:33, *dth
j Mr. Caughey preaching.
I It has been necessary to
close all Sunday Schools in
the Yancey county Presby
terian churches because of
the quarantine, but where
adult classes are held they
will continue until further
notice. It is hoped that adult
attendance a t preaching
services will not be too
’greatly curtailed by the
quarantine.
NOTICE
The picnic planned by the
American Legion and Aux
iliary, for next Tuesday
night has been postponed.
Mr. and Mrs. Reece Hon
eycutt of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
are visiting Mrs. M. C. Hon
eycutt. and other relatives
here. . . T
, Dover R. Fouts andj
Frank H. Watson have
returned from a business
, trip to West Virginia.
] Mr. anl Mrs. G. R. Scobee
lof Winchester, Ky. are
j are guests of Mr. and Mrs.
1 Joe Young.
BUY SECURITY BONDS
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
NOTICE
The County Agent’s of
fice will mix 75 lbs. of rat
bait Saturday morning,
1 July 24. Anyone wanting a
1 3 lb. package for SI.OO, not
■ ify the County Agents’ of
; fice by 9 a. m. Saturday.
i
' Automobile Accident
! Fatal to Mrs. Honeycutt
Mrs. Ann Honeycutt, 68,.
■of 2699 Shaffer avenue,
Cincinnati, was killed Wed
nesday in an automobile
accident in Stroud, Okla.
| She and her husband, Edw
i ard Honeycutt, were re
turning to their home after
1 a year’s vacation in the
■ west when the accident oc
-1 curred. The funeral was
conducted from the Bolton
i Funeral Home with burial
: in Spring Grove cemetery.
A retired contractor and
1 builder, Mr. Honeycutt, who
• was seriously injured in the
1 accident, was brought to
1 Cincinnati and confined at
•|St. Francis Hospital where
1 his condition was reported
fair. Mrs. Honeycutt leaves
• two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth
• Wibbelsmann, 3523 Brues
tie avenue; Mrs. Josephine
1 Handle, 2701 Shaffer aven
ue; two brothers, Bernard
1 Winterhalter, 3516 Bruestle
■ avenue, and Conrad Wwv
-1 terhalter, Hamiltoh, Ohio.
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Baptist Church
■ The Rev. Ben Jay Mclver,
pastor, will speak ont “The
Christian’s Light And
Darkness” at 11 a. m., Sun
day morning, and on: “Jes
us The Carpenter” at the
8:00 p. m. worship service.
W. C. DeVeny will be
soloist at the morning ser
vice, and special music has
been arranged for the even
ing serfice.
WILSON BROTHERS
FUNERAL
Funeral services were
held for Staff Sgt. Ralph J.
Wilson and Cpl. Zack S.
Wilson Wednesday after
noon at Salisbury.
Sgt. Ralph Wilson was
killed in France Aug. 28,
1944, serving in the array.
Cpl. Zack Wilson was
killed on Iwo Jima while
with the third Marine Div.
IR was killed March 1,1945.
They are survived by
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Elzie Wilson; four sisters,
Mrs. John Denzin, Myrtle
Wilson both of Asheville,
Lucille apd Kathleen Wil
son both of Cane River;
three brothers, Cpl. Her
man Wilson serving in the
army hospital Div., in Ger
many, Ottis and Frank
both of Cane River.
Those who attended the
funeral were the family,
Donald Banks, Dot Austin,
j Creed Austin, Douglas Rob
-1 inson and wife Lela Austin,
Ernest Wilson and daugh
ter, Mrs. Lee Holcombe,
Thess Maney, Helen Mc-
Peters, Jean Patton.
Mr. anl Mrs. Edwin Pow
ell of Spencer are here for
a few days visit with rela
tives and friends.
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BURNSVILLE, N. C., f HURSDAY, JULY 22,1948
NATIONAL FARM SAFETY WEEK, 1948
By the|President of the United States of America
A PROCLAMATION
WHEStEAS needless hazards on the farms o f our
Nation continue., to cause thousands of accidents each
year whien could be prevented by a positive safety pro
gram, ands
WHEREAS these accidents, which annually cause
some 18,006 farm residents to lose their lives, constitute
an unnecessary and tragic waste of human life; and
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WHEREAS the reduction of accidents to a mini
mum cannot be* without the vigilance and ef
forts of these who are endangered:
..
NOW| THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, Pre
sident of t le United States of America, do hereby call
upon the Nation to obsei’ve the week beginning July 25,
1948, as Ns tional Farm Safety Week. I urgently request
each memb ir of every American farm family to accept
responsibility for eliminating at least one possible source
of accident! during that week. Palso ask all organiza
tions and p|rsons interested in farm lifb and welfare to
join in a concerted attack upon these menaces to the
lives and happiness of American farmers and their fam
ilies.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and
caused the Seal of the United Stares of America to be
affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this 16th day of
April in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and
forty-eight, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and seventy-second.
p HARRY S. TRUMAN, President.
GOOD FARMING PAYS,
SAYS FARM OWNER
According*toW. J. Fox.
Yancey county FO Borrow
er, “Life in Western North
Carolina is just what you
make it. A tenant farmer;
may exist for years and
leave life’s sojourn practi
cally as he started out, yet
with a little ingenuity he
may change night to day
and live and enjoy life the
FHA way”.
In 1943 Mr. Fox states he
was luckily selected by the
Yancey County Farmers
Home Administration Com
mittee to locate a farm.
This was done and his first
crop year on the new farm
was in 1944.
The farm was somewhat
eroded. Gullies, briars, loc
usts and thickets were pre
valent around each fence
row. Lime, phosphate, re
seeding! ! ! Well, the pre
vious owner had not taken
time to try that. A laurel
thfbket encircled the dwell
ing that was over 50 years
old. Also there was practi
cally no fencing on the 110
acre mountain farm.
First, a new dwelling was
necessary. But according to
Mr. Fox other things were
more important. He realiz
ed that “war” farm years |
would be few, so large crops
were planted, new fields
clearel, old hedge rows eli
minated, \the laurel thicket
removed, a strip cropping
system inaugurated. All
row crops were followed
with cover crops. By 1946 a
completely renovated farm
was under way. Fiells that
produced 25-30 bushels of
corn in 1943 now produced
75 bushels per acre and to
bacco production increased
from 800 lbs. per acre to
1800 lbs. per acre.
With the original debt
already cut over half it was
now time to start a new
home. At first the estimate
SUNDAY SERVICES
Preaching services are
being held each Sunday af
ternoon at Camp Ray at 3
o’clock with the Rev. Albert
Teaster preaching. All who
are interested are invited to
iattend.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mor
gan were week end guests
of Rev. and Mrs. B. J. Mc-
Iver. Mrs. Morgan fell while
here and fractured a bone
in her foot.
was $5000.00, but that was
too much for Mr. Fox. With
native stone on his farmj
and approximately twenty
thousand. feet of native
timber a rock dwelling was
started. A relative promised
to assist with the masonry
work but was required to
stop out to do his own
farming. Mr. Fox and hi*
son, Carl, decided again to
try their own skill ,on the
trial and error system.
Within a short time the (
building was near comple
tion. Also, a new “screened ■
in” crib was built including
a tool shed and a home for
his grist mill, which helps
Mr. Fox as well as his (
neighbors.
Modern conveniences in
cluded in the new house
were, hot and cold running
* water, shower bath, electric
lights, cabinets, and hard- j
wood floors.
Mrs. Fox states that with
her modern kitchen, pres
sure cooker, washing mach
ine, and forth, farm life I
is much happier. She cans '
over 1000 quarts each year, (
and is very proud of her (
strawberry patch.
Alfalfa for hay is Mr.
Fox’s latest addition to his
up-to-date farming system. J
His pasture has been re
seeded, limed and phosph- (
ate added. An<i now, ac- -
cording to Mr. Fox, his
farm “is paying its way”.
BUY SECURITY BONDS j !
Burnsville Playhouse Opens
Tonight for Second Season
Everything is ready for
the opening tonight of the
second season of the Bur
nsville Playhouse. The stage
is set, the actors are ready!
and ihe house is in onter for
the opening performance of
“Ladies In Retirement” this;
evening ar 8:30 p. rn.
Additions to Theatre
During the summer the;
theatre has had a complete
“face Jfting”. Many mod- 1 ;
ern innovations hue been
added to the stage equip
ment, making it the most
completely outfitted sum !
mer theatre in the South.
Four handsome chandel
iers made at the Daniel
1 Boone Forge of Burnsville
• have been hung in the aud
itorium ot the theatre to
I add grace and distinction to
, the building. The entrance
to the theatre has been
greatly improved, the lobby
has been enlarged, ladies’
‘ and gentlemen’s rest rooms
: have been added and more
parking space has been
made available for the con
venience of theatre-goers.
The Board of Directors,
of which C. P. Randolph is
president, and the Worn
ah’s College of the Univer
sity of North Carolina re
presented in the project by
W. R. Taylor and C. W.
Phillips, have worked to
gether since the beginning
of the project last year to
give the people of Western
North' Carolina and the
visiting tourists a cultural
center which can be used
not only for entertainment
Court Will Convene August 9
| The August t rm of Sup
erior Court wil. convene or
Monday, August 9 wit!
Judge Dan K. Moore, pre
siding. Both civil and crim
inal cases will be heard.
The following jury list
was drawn:
First Week: Milburn
Bradford, Elijah Peterson
W. W. Angel, John Gouge
A. R. Westall, Gus Wilson
J T. Young, Carl Hensley
Charlie Howell, Handy
Whitson, Alvin McCourry,
Hicks Fox, R. B. Randolph,
Nathan Pate, Till Gouge,
Lake B. Rolandl Wilmer
Garland, Richmond Bennett
James Harris, Clarence
Wyatt, Luther J. Banks,
Creed Elk ‘Wilson, Troy
Mclntosh;
E. N. Stamey, Utah Sty
les, Joe Banner, Lee Yelton,
Frank Proffitt, Orville
Lewis, Turner Price, Frank
Mitchell, Fred Ayers, Carl
Evans, Jack Brinkley, Oval
Smith, Ed Pate, Glenn Hon
eycutt, Clesson Letterman,
Cecil Murphy, Carl Kates, 1
Clel Phillips, \ George M.
King.
Second Week: R. C. An
glin, Lee Chandler, Ray
mond Autrey, Sam J. Byrd, 1
Rex Hensley, Andy Edwar
ds, Charles W. Silver, Oscar
T, Gibbs, Jr., Glenn Evans,
Elzie W. Ray, Charlie Ang
lin, Lawrence Carroway,
S. H. Banks, John F. Wilson I
Protect our Natural re
sources. Prevent Forest
Fires.
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purposes, but which also
serves as an educational
center for students interes
ted in the fine arts.
Ti\is year students have
come from New Jersey,
; Flori la and Georgia as well
;as from North Carolina. In
addition to a larger staff
and student body, the school
is running for a longer sea
son this year, more courses
i are being offered to the
! students and more plays
; will be presented to the
I public.
Along. with “Ladies In
Retirement”, thrilling me
lodrama which will be pre
' sented tonight, Friday and
[ Saturday, the Playhouse
bill for the season will in
clude “Years Ago”, Aug
* ust 5,6, and 7; “I Remember
‘ Mama”, August 19, 20 and
1 21; and “The Great Big
1 Doorstep”, August 26, 27
’’ | and 28.
j First Production
‘Ladies in Retirement”,
1 j suspense filled mystery
1 melodrama in three acts by
■ Reginald Denham and Ed
ward Percy, is the opening
> bill which will be presented
! by the Burnsville Play
‘ house tonight at 8:30 to
■ begin its second season of
■ dramatic presentations in
’Burnsville. Performances
• will also be given on Friday
■ and Saturday evenings.
>i A Broadway success of
•jthe 1940 season, “Ladies In
1 Retirement” received great
praise from all the New
I \ ork critics. The action in
1 the spine-tingling drama
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Gus Ray, Lloyd Miller, Dove
Boone, Jess Jobe, Robert
, Chanller, George W. Laws,
George W. Metcalf, J. Y.
“ Briggs, Glenn Bailey, R. D.
Maney. ,
1 CARR.IELTON
n| Mr. and Mrs. Furman
b Carr of Ball Creek have an_
b nouneed the engagement of
1, their daughter, Miss Mar
r, garet Jean Carr of i Ashe
y, ville, to Raleigh Yelton of
r , j Asheville, son of Mr. and
i, I Mrs. T. J. Yelton of Mars
b! Hill. The wedding will take
r place July 24 at the home
t; of the bride-elect.
?, - -
V Luna Wray v and Bessie
f Wilson of Jacks Creek
spent the past week in
. Sumpter, S. C., visiting Mr.
,|and Mrs. Robert Miller.
; They also spent some time
at Myrtle Beach and other
1 points of interest.
Mr. and Mrs. Theron
' Powell of Greenville, S. C.,
’ i were guests last week of
’ Rev. and Mrs. B. J. Mclver.
Texas is the only state of
the Union that may divide
■ itself into five separate
states.
The rat population of the
United States has been es
, timated at 130,000,000.
It takes about 84 gallons
, of water to make one Lee
ijmre-Shaped hat.