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Protect our Wildlife. Prevent Forest Fires. iairaiiaiiauaMaHaMaiiaiiaMaMßMaiia<iaiiaiia(iaHaMO<iana«i«Mß VOLUME THIRTEEN SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Quarantine for Polio Is Lifted In County Ran Still on Public Gatherings There is still no case of polio in Yancey county. The quarantine for children has been lifted, except for their attending public gath erings. Avery County’s fifth case of polio developed last week and the patient was taken to the Asheville Orthope dic Home. She is 9 year old Judy Oil is, of Altamont. Her condition, like that of the other "Avery patients at the Asheville Orthopedic Home, is reported as “good” This makes three cases which have developed with in a few days of each other in the southern end of the county, but all in different communities. Effective today i Thurs day, August 12) the quar antine on children under 16 in Yancey county is offi cially lifted. All merchants and other persons on whose property the quarantine 1 placards have been posted are authorized and request ed to remove these placards. The District Health offi cer appreciates the spirit of co-operation shown by all concerned in observing this period of quarantine. It is realized that the quaran tine has caused inconveni ence to a great many peo ple, and financial loss to many others; but it is felt that if these measures haye kept even one child from contracting infantile para lysis, they have been well worth while. At present, there is only -one other county in the state, west of the coastal plains, which has had no polio this year. There is reason for hoping that it is now on the decline through out the state, however. Par ents are still advised to take the usual precautions in or der to lessen the chances of polio being contracted by their children—namely, av oidance of chilling and fati gue, washing the hands with soap and water before each meal, and staying away from parts of the state where there is a high incidence of polio (such as ' ' • ATTEND * "•> THE CHORAL GROUP CONCERT . AT THE BURNSVILLE PLAYHOUSE ► ♦- 1 , . , . ■ .• ‘ ••• . - SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 8 P. M. No Admission Charge l*• « • >v ;.. , v , i l - . - ■ 7. *■ • f , «... t - .•» , '• y.-'JBtj THE YANCEY RECORD Buncombe county, and most of the Piedmont counties). Children should not be allowed to go swimming in i very cold water, or wading ■ in streams of any kind. Os J course the number of flies about the home should be , reduced- in every way pos sible —by screening all doors and windows, using DDT spray, swatting ail flies which remain indoors after the above measures, ■ and (last but not least) seeing to it that no breed . ing-places for flies remain. ’To this end, all garbage . should be kept covered, and disposed of as soon as pos . sible. fr- 1 -" HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEWS Dr. Roy Norton, the new | State Health officer, visited the Spruce Pine office of ' the district health depart ment last week. Other re. cent visitors to this district have been Caviness, sani. tary engineer for the State Board o£ Health, and Mr. Broadway, sanitarian from the Asheville regional of. fice. Dawson Briggs of Bur nsville has been elected a member of the District Board of Health. He suc ceeds R. A. Glenn who has moved away from this dis trict. Mrs. H. P. Guffey, R. N., midwife supervisor for the State Board of Health, spent several days in the Avery, Mitchell, Yancey district recently, conferring with the local health de partment staff and with (Continued on paye 4) Conceit Will Be Given Evening of Song Is Planned An invitation has been extended to citizens of the entire county to attend an evening of song by the choral group of the School of Fine Arts. The concert marks the close of the four weeks music classes, and will be given in the Burns ville Playhouse at 8 o’clck on Aug ust 14. I “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” Notice To Veterans Any veterans or non vet erans who are interested in enrolling in either the first or second year at the Bur nsville College Center are asked to notify the super intendent’s office immed iately. This is very urgent as the number is still inad equate to offer the two year course. W. KERR SCOTT AT. TENDS ANNUAL i DINNER MEETING Kerr Scott, Democratic nominee soy governor, was guest speaker at the annual dinner meeting Friday nig ht of the Burnsville school of fine arts and the exten sion division here of the Woman’s College of the University. Mr. Scott pled ged himself to a program of development for all! North Carolina and stated that he wisheed to see rural sections of the state more fully represented in state govermftent. He expressed his interest in the summer program in Burnsville whi ch is now rounding out its second season. Also speaking at the din- , ner was Dr. W. C. Jackson, chancellor of Woman’s ( College. He reviewed the work of the extension pro gram here and p outlined plans for the continued de velopment. The dinner was attended by approximately 160 per sons. Later Mr. Scott and Dr. Jackson were among 350 persons who attended the production, “Years Ago” at the Playhouse. Both were introduced at the theatre by W. R. Tay lor, director of the play house and head of the dra (Continued on page 4) Soloists for the concert will include W. C. DeVeny, director of the chorus and head of the voice depart ment of Woman’s College, Miss Clara Plonk of the Plonk School, Asheville, Miss Doris Hunter and John English. Mrs DeVeny is accompanist. The chorus of approxi mately 40 local people has been hard at work under BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1948 Extension Classes “Art in the Elementary Grades” will be taught for the next two weeks in the extension classes by Mrs. Callie Braswell of the Greensboro schools. This will be the concluding-cour se offered here by the ex tension division of Woman’s College, —1 Baptist Church At the; morning service the pastor’s subject will be “The Lips, of Truth”. At the evening service the subject will be “she Ruined Vine yard.” I 1 ■ Neit Playhouse Production Is Now In Rehearsal Rush fVray is Guest Director I Rush T. Wray of Burns ville, steps into the role of director for the next pro duction of the Burnsville Playhouse; “I Remember Mama”, tl|e heart-warming New Yorlf comedy success which the ,f>layers will offer on August 19, 20 and 21. Wray, who is vice-presi dent of the Playhouse board of sparked the movement * which brought the organization into being and has been one of the key men in promoting- the groAvth of the group. Last! summer, in the first season of the Playhouse, he took time out from his varied and demanding duties at the Nu Wray Inn to step behind the footlights as an actor, a position in which he is quite at home, but “I Remember Mama” marks his first effort as a dirertor with this company. He once operated his own little theatre here and he has had wide experience on both siefes of the footlights at Curry School, Boston, The Plonk School, Ashe ville and the Artillery Lane Playhouse, St. Augustine, Fla. Mr. DeVeny’s direction since July 19th. Rehearsals have been held in the First Baptist church which was generously donated so r their use by the members. Methodist Church Because services at the Presbyterian church have been disrupted by the building program now un der way, congregation , will meet with the Method - ists at the Methodist ehur- Jch on Sunday morning. Dr. ; Harris will conduct the ser vices in the absence of the pastor, Rev. Paul Taylor, who is conducting a series of meetings this week in ‘ Jack Patton was called to ! Bassett, Va., last week on 1 account of the death of his cousin, Jason Latt Gibbs, ■ son of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Gibbs of Bassett. The vehicle which Rush Wray has chosen to put upon the boards of the lit tle red playhouse is a com edy-drama, a simple family story of San Francisco Nor_ wegian-Americans, which might be any American family anywhere, their lov es, hates, trials and tri umphs. It is a play in which interest is sustained thro ugh its many scenes of lau ghter, smiles and tender ness, scenes dominated quietly and with kindly wisdom by Mama. To play the demanding but rewarding role of Ma ma the Playhouse has im ported from the Plonk School of Creative Arts in Asheville Clara Plonk, who endeared herself to the hearts of play-goers there in the same role last season. Eugenia Reid Gudger, who plays Katrin and who pro vides much of the play’s, youthful charm as well as its running thread of nar-| rative, is another attrac-j tive benefit of the good neighbor policy in practice) and is another Plonk school 1 player with previous exper ■ ience in her role. W. C. Bur ton of Reidsville, a second season Playhouse guest who appeared as the stage man ager in last summer’s “Our Town”, returns to .the local stage as roaring Uncle Chris. Many Burnsville citizens ■ are active in the production (Continued on page 3) Jacks Creek Highway Is Now Being Surfaced Work Progressing Rapidly ! Work is progressing rap illy on surfacing the Jacks Creek highway to Green Mountain, according t o highway construction offi cials. The grading is almost complete and rock is being placed on the highway at this time. Cooperation Asked l It is the plan to rush the ; work as rapidly as possible | so that the surfacing may be completed before cold weather makes it imposs ible to continue. One cir cumstance that is delaying construction is the contin ued heavy use of the high way while the work goes on. 1 The road has not been : closed to necessary local ■ travel, but detour signs ■ have been placed, rerouting r all traffic possible over the ■ new Green Mountain high -1 way No. 197. 1 If the citizens of the 1 county will use this substi tute route as much as pos sible, traveling the highway under construction only Committee Meeting r Yancey County Farmers . Home Administration com mittee members attended a district meeting held in Sylva on Tuesday, August j 10th. Members attending , were Robert C. Devton of J Green Mtn., and C. Rex ,| Mclntosh of Bee Log, N. C. |R. 0. Riddle was unable to | attend due to illness. | Others attending the ! meeting from Yancey coun ty were Naomi L. King, j County office clerk and j Mack B. Ray, county FHA supervisor. j Paul Laughrun, state field representative, con ducted the meeting. He was assisted by J. B. Slack, state director; A. E. Ropar, chief Production Loan Opera tions ; H. B. Riggle, Produc tion Loan officer; and Vanj ce E. Swift, Chief, farm ownership operations, o f North Caroliria. Applications are now being processed for 48 and 49 loans. Protect our Natural re sources. Prevent Forest Fires. i NUMBER THREE when necessary, it will be of ,the greatest aid in rushing ! the work to completion, the highway supervisors • state. Therefore they are asking the cooperation of residents of she Jacks Creek section, and all others who may tra vel through the section, to limit their travel over the highway as much as possi ble. When motor vehicles tra ’ vel ever the highway it is often necessary, they said, t<s move grading and other heavy equipment on the roadbed, thus causing much delay in their work. Every opportunity to work with out interruption will speed , construction, they added. Surfacing the Jacks Creek highway will he one of the major road improve -1 ments for the county, as it ■ has been in an unsatisfac tory condition for years, but carried some of the i heaviest travel of any road in the county. I The contract for constru ction calls for 12 miles of i blacktop surfacing, 12 feet wide. ATTEND PMA MEETING W. M. Hensley, chairman of the Yancey county PMA committee and J. B. Briggs J secretary of the county committee, attended a meeting on August 6th at I Waynesville where repre sentatives of a number of county associationa discus sed with the PMA fieldman the pians for the 1949 Agri cultural Conservation Pro gram. Congress has authorized the development of the pro gram for next year on the basis of a considerable in crease in the appropriation over the funds available for the 1948 program. The amount w r hich can he paid to farmers in this county for carrying out practices in 1949 will be about the same as the funds available in 1947. In the meeting, practices which are included in the 1949 State Handbook were reviewed ; * and discussed. The Yancey county com mittee will now r decide whi ch practices are most nec essary in this county to as sist farmers in restoring and conserving soil fertility These practices will then be included in the Yancey cou nty handbook which is to be prepared and submitted to the State committee for approval by August 25. The 23 practices which are in cluded in the State Hand book for 1949 include sever al have not been included previously and which will receive ser ious consideration of the Conuty Committee. Wade Hensley who is now employed in Aetroit, Mich., is spending a two weeks vacation with his father, H. G. Hensley of Bee Log.
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