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Protect our Wildlife. Prevent Forest Fires. w>raiiaiißiiaiiaii a ii ai i a , iaMa , iaiiai , sllSuaMauaiiaHSMSliai|^ka VOLUME THIRTEEN Yancey County Is Still , Free of Polio Quarantine Still In Effect There are no cases of pol io in Yancey county, ac cording to a check this morning with the district health office. The District Health De partment advises all resi dents of this county that the quarantine on children under sixteen years of age* is still in effect. This quar-j antine also means that children from other coun-j ties are not to enter this; county without permission from the local Health De partment. The practice of taking children from one part of the country to ano-l ther is‘probably why in fantile paralysis is spread to different sections, and the quarantine was placed in effect here with the view George Brown Home Complet ely Destroyed By Fire The home of Mr. and Mrs. George Brown a mile west of Burnsville was complet ely destroyed by fire Sun day afternoon. All furnish ings were also burned ex cept a refrigerator. The cause of the fire was unknown as no one was at home when it caught. Mr. and Mrs. Brown and Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Baggett were Visiting Mrs. Jimmy Sinith in Rock Hill, S. C. Within a af ter the was discover ed the fire truck was at the house, but the fire had gained such headway that it was impossible to save it. The house was purchased several years ago from the late J. P. Gibbs and was a large two story frame building. The loss was par tially covered by insurance. Methodist Church The subject sermon for] the morning service will be “A Word Fitly Spoken”. W. C. DeVeny will be soloist. In addition to this service, the pastor will preaChr at the Concord church at 3 o’clock, and at the Bolens Creek church at 7:45. Buy Security Bonds SEE,.., “YEARS AGO" f ° - * AT THE ~ BURNSVILLE PLAYHOUSE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHTS • -‘W- 5, 6,7 THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. of keeping this county free of this disease if possible. ( The only case reported thus for from Mitchell county, Mrs. Ella Jean Willis of Wing, is recover ing at her mother’s home, having had a very mild case lof polio. However, two new ! cases have already been re ported from the southern ! part of Avery county, brin- I ging the total for Avery county to four cases. All of i these are now in the Ashe- I ville Orthopedic Home ex cept one, who is couvales ! cing at home after a few days in a hospital. The lat est case from A very county i had no muscle weakness | and should be home in a [ few days. A quarantine on (all children under sixteen has been imposed in Avery County. Baptist Church At the morning service the pastor will preach on the subject, “The Holy City”, and W. C. DeVeny will be soloist. At the even ing service the subject will be “Christ and the Tumult”. At the evening hour the program of music will in clude a solo by Mr. DeVeny, a quartet by Betty Lee Fox,, Mrs. Dewey Bailey, Jr., | Bobby Ruth Banks and, Helen Westall, and an or gan and piano duet by Mrs. Madge Taylor and Evelyn Hamrick. SILEXCOFFEEsiIOP SOLD TO FLOYD KING Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bur ton have sold the Silex Cof fee Shop to Mr. and Mrs Floyd King, and the Kings took over the management on Wednesday. The Silex has been very successfully operated by the Burtons for the past two years, and the Kings plan to offer the same service to the patrons. The same staff remains with the shop. Mrs. S. T. Bennett who suffered a stroke Saturday at her home in jeast Burns ville is slightly improving. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1948 ANNUAL MEETING POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE The Board of Directors! of the French Broad Elec-; trie Membership Corpora tion, on August 3, in a spec ial meeting voted to post pone the Annual Meeting | called for August 7. This action was taken in order to cooperate with the Board of Health in postponing large gatherings of people until late fall when it is hoped that the danger of Infantile paralysis is passed; Presbyterian Church August 8, morning wor ship at 11 o’clock. Adult Bible class at 10:15. Dr. Harris’ subject for the 11 O'clock service is, “You May Be Protected”. A cordial invitation to visitors. Presbyterian Church There will be two weeks of Revival services during the month of August under Presbyterian church, USA auspices. Revival services YOH be held at the Presby-j terian church at Higgins, Monday through Friday, August 9-13, and at the Lower Jacks Creek Presby terian church, Monday thr ough Friday, August 16-20. All services will begin promptly at 7:45 p. m. Ministers in charge of both series of revival ser vices will be: Mr. Eugene i Stallings, a Southern Bap i tist minister working with the Presbyterian Board of National Missions for the summer, and Mr. Frank Caughey, Presbyterian mi nister who has been serving the six rural Presbyterian churches in Yancey county this summer. Preaching services Sun day, August 8 will be held in the Lower Jacks Creek church at 11 a. m; Upper Jacks Creek church at 3 p. m. and at the Mine Fork church at 8 p. m. Mr. Caug hey will preach on the sub ject: “You Owe It To God” and the text will be Luke 20:25. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mclntosh a daughter at Norburn hospital on Aug- 1 ust 2. BUY SECURITY BONDS |i TO OPER- ] OF .Hotels, Meat Markets amt other estab lishments whigh are in- 1 spected by*|ttie District Health Department that 1 if, at any time, after August Ist this year, any 1 garbage or rubbish is found on the premises not in metal cans with tight metal lids, such establish, ment will be closed im mediately, add will re main closed until it has satisfactorily complied with this notice. r" 1 LAST RITESyHELD FOR JOHN C. HENSLEY - John C. Hensley, 62, died at the home of his niece, Mrs. Sallie Hollifield, Mar idn, Rt. 2, Monday night. Funeral— sendees were' conducted at 2 o’clock Wed nesday at Low Gap Baptist church in Yancey county by the Rev. Print: Blevins and the Rev. Ralph Mumpower. Burial was in the church cemetery. 7 Surviving are three dau ghters and four sons: Mrs. l Willard Day and Carl Hen sley of Marion Rt. 2, Kirby and Miss Hensley of Los Angeles, Corbin Hen tsley OT Uiarol Mtn.7 Mrs. Lena Ray of Swannanoa ■’ and Andrew Hensley of Burnsville; 19 grandchild ( ren; two sisters, Mrs. Eli zabeth Wheeler of Marion, Rt. 4, and Mrs. Alice Calli • han of Madison county.' Mr. Hensley was an em ployee of the Drexel Furni ture company. CHORAL GROUP Among those who have joined the choral group, directed by W. C. DeVeny, are the following: Mrs. Dover R. Fouts, Mrs. Phillip Ray, Barbara Ellis, Mrs. Junior Bailey, Mrs. John English, B e tty Lee Fox, Mrs. Joe Young, Mrs. B. J. Mclver, Peggy Jean Huskins, Hope Edwards, Mrs. Clarence Burton, Ben J. Mclver, Bruce Westall, Taft Allen, John English, B. R. Penland, C. P, Randolph, i Kenneth Robertson, Mrs. C. L. Proffitt, Llewlyn Ray, Evelyn Hamrick, Vir 1 e 1 Briggs, Mary Frances Ham- < PARKING METERS ARE REMOVED FROM THE TOWN STREETS This week, by order of tin town board, the parking-- meters are removed from the streets of Burnsville. The meters were installed on a nine-month trial basis as a means of solving some of the traffic problems and of paying the costs of traf- ( sic regulation within the town. Sometime ago the board agreed to have them removed when the trial period was ended. GOOD ATTENDANCE IN EXTENSION CLASSES Attendance has doubled over last year in the educa tion classes offered here by the extension department of Woman’s College accord ing to a statement today by 'C. W. Phillips, director of extension work of the col . lege The courses that are being taught at The present time are Guidance with Mr. Phillips as instructor, Rea ding with Miss Edith Huff man as instructor, History I with Dr. Bardolph, music With Mr. and Mrs. W. C. DeVeny, and the drama : courses under the direction . of W. R. Taylor. A total of seventy stud i ents are enrolled in the -j teachers courses, and in the ■ j veterans class in history. ■ There are 14 taking private , voice lessons, 40 enrolled in ■ the choral group and six teen are enrolled in the dra . ma courses.. The education classes scheduled for the last two weeks of the summer ses sion are Problems in Ele mentary Art and Religious Education in Public Schools The four weeks music course which was added this year to the school < f fine arts curriculum will close next week. A concert will be given in the Playhouse on August 14. rick, H. G. Bailey, Doris. Penland, Evelyn Briggs, 1 Jean Bennett, Dawson! Briggs, Bobby Ruth Banks,! Mrs. H. G. Bailey, Miss| Tincie Bailey, Helen Wes-j tall, Doris Hunter, Bill, Bailey, Mrs. Lillian Tom-j berlin, Howard Alley, Ever-' eth Kivett, John Bryan. Annual Dinner Meeting Will Be Held Friday Kerr Scott Will Be Guest < . —zr 1 j Gteer- one hundred stud- j ents in the Extension Div-j’ ision and the School of Fine Arts of the Woman’s Col- : lege of the University of North Carolina, will be guests of the College at the annual dinner meeting of the schools on Friday even- 1 ing at 6 o’clock in the school lunch; room, according to C. W. Phillips, director of the college extension di vision who will serve as master of. ceremonies at the dinner. Dr. Jackson Will Speak Dr, W. C. Jackson will be 1 ' the main speaker at the meeting which will also be ' attended by alumnae of the ; college, the board of direc . tors of the Burnsville Play house, Inc., and several state and county officials.' 1:\ Jackson will tell the 1 ? assembled group of the “ work of the College in Bur-1 • nsville and the growth of • the projects through the • helpful cooperation of the( 1 citizens of Yancey county; ■» W. Kerr Scott, Democra tic candidate for governor, • heads the list of state offi cials who will be present for - Second Playhouse Production Is Ready 1 “Years Ago” Will Be Given The curtain will rise this J evening at 8:30 on the Biir -5 nsville Playhouse produc j tion of “Years Ago”, sec ond production of the sea.' son by the local summer theatre group. The auto*, biographical comedy b y Ruth Gordon is directed by W. R. Taylor, and will also be presented on Friday and Saturday nights. A local resident, Mrs. Exam Lewis, fourth grade teacher *in the Micaville school, will play one of the leading roles in the comedy. 'All local citizens who wish jto participate in-the acti- I vities of the Playhouse will ' be admitted to the perfor mance this evening free in ] exchange for any old cloth | es, furniture, crockery ow any other sort of brac, which the Playhouse Protect our Natural re sources. Prevent Forest Fires. NUMBER TWO the dinner and the perfor mance of “Years Ago”. Mr. Scott will also say a few words to those present at the dinner. W. R. Taylor, director of the Burnsville Playhouse and member of the Wom an’s College fat ulty, will in troduce Dr. Jackson to the i crowd assembled a. the Playhouse where the group , will adjourn after dinner for the performance of “Years Ago”. Dr. Frank P. Graham, president, W. 1). Carmich ! ael, comptroller and Samuel j Seldom head of the drama department of the Greater University of North Caro lina have also been invited to attend the meeting and inspect the work of the Woman’s College in Bur nsville. j The Bufnsviffe CUrus of the School of Fine Arts, ( directed by W. C. DeVeny, head of the voice depart ment at the Woman’s Col lege, will make its first public appearance at this time. The chorus, part of the School of Fine Arts, , will sing several choral numbers at the close of the • meeting. will transform into stage props as the occasion arises. Gordon Bennett, techni cal director, has transform ed the stage of the Play- I house into the dining-sit ting room of the Jones’ home in Wollaston, Massa chusetts, where all the family activities are car ried on in a most amusing manner. It is in this room that the family eats, Ruth receives her beau, the dray man stops to have a piece of pie, Mr. Jones grudgingly sits down to pay the family bills, and Punk, the family cat, hides under the regis ter in cold weather. Hilmar Sallee of the Uni versity of Miami, who was with the Playhouse last year, has arrived and has j added his finishing touches to the setting. Other members of the staff for “Years Ago” in clude Bill Cornell of Wash ington, Pa., stage manager; Dolly Davis of Atlanta, Ga., master electrician; Anna Graham of Oxford, cos tumes; Virginia Hauser of Pfafftown and Peggy Sut ton of Clinton, properties, Janet Jones of Wilmington, production secretary; Dixie Lyon of Allenhurst, .New Jersey, sound effects, Clau de Rayborn of Greensboro, business manager and Bar bara Sutlive of Savannah, Ga., publicity. Assistants to the techni cians are Larry Lambeth, Greensboro; Doris, Justice, Rutherfordton; Tresca Spain, Durham; Anne Ed wards, New Bern and Alice Brumfield of Yadkinville.
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