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Protect our Wildlife. Prevent Forest Fires. VOLUME THIRTEEN - - ’ K i Health Department News Quarantine Is Lifted Since there is some un certainty as to the present status of the quarantine the District Health Officer wishes to state that all re strictions on children in this county have been lifted and that they are free to attend public gatherings. However, until the num ber of cases in other parts of the state decreases,, child ren under 16 from other counties must not enter this county without permission from the Health depart ment, unless they are just j passing through by car or bus. Such permission is not required in order for child ren to leave this county, but parents are again advised With Air Force Tulin Vienna, Austria— Captain Sam J. Huskins, Jr. is one of the officers chosen from Tulin Air Force Base, Vienna, Austria to augment the Air Force Crews on the aii- lift of “Task Force Pro visional”, the important task of supplying the 2\A million people of Berlin, Germanys’ western zone with the necessities of life via the air. Captain Huskins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Husk ins, Burnsville, graduated from Burnsville high school in. 1937 and attended Mars Hill College before-entering the service. Entering, the service in March 1942, he received,, his “Wings” and commission at Foster Field, Texas in March 1943? During World War II Captain Huskins served in -the ETG with the 359th Fighter Group. During the 14 month period i 1943-44) he.‘Was with the 359th Figh. ter djroup, Captain Huskins flew J'-47s and F-51s on a totakof 78 Combat Missions He was awarded the fol lowing decorations: Silver Star; Distinguished Flying Cross with 3 Oak Leaf .Clusters and Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters. Returning to' the PTO in -'August 1946'. Captaip Hus. kins was assigned duty as Squadron Commander a t Giebelstadt Force Base, Germany, a position he held until October 1947 when he came to Tulin Air SEE.... a * . _ '<3 , •* r 't* "I REMEMBER MAMA" / : - • N / - ■ ■ ;■, **? ■ ■ ' ' BURNSVILLE PLAYHOUSE AUGUST 19, 20 and 21 - 8:30 O’clock > ' . «* s -v ** ■ , * ,•>' ■ .-i O SaMWWI - * ' •_ . O fl II flj' faraMmi n||£ s,^'SiSSgfflfinMtH THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. not to take their children away from home, especially to places where there is much polio. Young children, especial ly those below school age, should not be taken into crowded places, and they should get their full amount of sleep every night—from ten to twelve hours, aceord | ing to age. In the rest of this health district, Mitchell has still had only one case of polio, but Avery has had eight thus far—six of these since 1 August 1. All of these re cent cases are in the Ashe ville Orthopedic Home, where they are doing well. Only two have any paraly sis or muscle weakness. Briggs Grocery Store Moves to New Location Dawson Briggs has mov ed bis grocery store from the E. L. Briggs building, Main St., to the new store he built near his home east of Burnsville. Mr and Mrs. Briggs will continue to operate the store and will carry a simi lar line of merchandise as they did in town. Mrs. Yates Bennett was called home last week on iaccount of the condition of her mother who suffered a broken arm-when she fell. Final Rites for Burgin Mclntosh Mr. Burgin Mclntosh, 83, i widely known citizen of the county, passed away at his! home on Friday morning following an extended ill ness. '. ,i Funeral services were held at the Burnsville Bap tist, church Sunday after, noon at 2:30 with the Rev. B. J. Mclver officiating. Burial was in the Mclntosh family cemetery. Active pall bearers were Dr, W. L. Bennett, Stanley Riddle, J. C. Mclntosh, George Greene, D. R. Fouts and Lewis Mclntosh. Honorary pall bearers were "Molt Hensley, 37 M. Force Base, Vienna, Aus tria. Present duty assign ment is Commanding Offi cer of Hq & Hq Sq. 7360th Air Base Group. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1948 Sgt. Willis Fields The body of Sgt. Willis Fields, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Fields formerly of Burnsville, is being return ed to the States aboard the U. S. S. Dalton Victory. Sgt. Fields was , killed ini action in the Pacific area in 1944. Pfc. Warren Fox Pic. Alvin C. Rathburn The bodies of Pfc. War ren Fox and of Pfc. Alvin C. Rathburn are being re turned to the States for final rites. Both were killed in action in the European area during the late war. Receive Diplomas at A. S. T. C., Boone Commencement exercises for the summer graduating class of Appalachian State Teachers College will be held in the college auditor ium this evening at 8 p. m. Among those who will re ceive diplomas are Mrs. Vera Carter Ray of Bald Creek and Miss Doris Lee Young of Micaville. Enlist in Army G. B. Wyatt of Micaville, Ted Evans of Burnsville and Wm. J. Smith of Bur nsville Rt. 2 have recently enlisted at the Asheville army recruiting station. Robertson, C. C. Higgins, Dr W. B. Robertson, Q. L.. Hensley, W. Z. Robertson, Troy Ray, George Anglin,! Fred Proffitt, J. A. Goodin,! J. H. Ray, B. R. Penland, 1 Stonewaldl Brown, Chas. L. Brown, Zeb Mclntosh, Rex Mclntosh, W. C. Ramsey, James Ray, Roy Ray, W. N. King and R. V. Angel. Mr. Mclntosh was a life long resident of Burnsville, and bad been a member of the Raptist church for over 50 years. Surviving are r six sons, Sam R., Troy, Tom, Reece and Delzie, all of ville and Noah R. of Coro opolis, Pa.; one daughter Mrs. C. R. King of Santa i Rosa, children and seven great grand children. COUNTY SCHOOLS OPEN AUGUST 30 Schools of the county are ] scheduled to begin the 1948- s 49 session on Monday, Aflg- ( ust 30, according to an nouncement today from the ] ! office of the superintendent. , rV \ i Joins Lt. Johns in Tokyo Mrs. Ralph Johns, the former Miss Lila Hilliard of Micaville, has joined her husband, Lt. Johns, in Tok- i yo where he has been with U. S. army units for the < past 6 months. ( i Painting Classes Will Have Exhibits of Students Work The Burnsville Painting Classes, conducted b y Frank Stanley Herring and Edward S. Shorter, will 1 hold the exhibit of students’ 1 work on Saturday and Sun. 1 day, August 28 and 29. < The exhibit will be held 1 in the studio, located in the : Nu Wray Inn annex. Hours i will be 10 to 12:30 and 2 to 6 on Saturday, and 2 to 6 1 on Sunday. The public ife 1 cordially invited to attend. An exhibit has been ar ranged at the Playhouse - during tke three days of < ' the performances of “I Remember Mama”. Five!! . members of the Painting ' Classes are in the cast, Bob 1 Miller, John Bryan, Evelyn Hamrick, Clayton Read and Lee Hart. i James H. Hensley, boat - swain’s mate, third class , ■ USN, husband of Mrs. Jam. j - es H. Hensley, Burnsville ; ■ | N. 0., is serving aboard the ; >! destroyer USS J. P. Ken- < ' nedy, flagship of the De-j‘ stroyer Division 102, which 1 : will sail in September to ( < Port r i Prince, Haiti, on a l ] reserve cruise with the air- ( craft carrier USS Coral Sea < 1 The Kennedy recently ( . completed a cruise to the j Mediterranena during whi ' ch she visited the ports of e Gibralter, Tangiers, Trieste! s , Venice, Naples, Malta, Cre : te and Toulon. =—id NOTICE g The Banks family reun ion scheduled for August 22 8 ; has been canceled due to v the polio situation. J B SUPERIOR COURT The August term of Sup erior Court was adjourned Monday, after being in ses sion to hear both civil and criminal cases. A number of traffic vio lation cases were heard, with 6 drivers’ licenses re voked. Ten divorces were granted. Methodist Church Dr. Charles Harris will conduct the 11 o’clock ser vice at the Methodist chur ch. His subject will be “Re vitalize Your Religion”. Will Receive Degree Ernest Banner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Banner of Burnsville, will receive his B. S. degree at East Tenn essee State Teachers Col lege, Johnson City, August 19. He has majored in mathematics. LAST RITES HELD FOR MALONE RANDOLPH Funeral services for Malone Randolph, 76, who died Sunday morning in a Marion hospital following a long illness, were held Mon day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at Pleasant Grove Baptist church with the Rev. Holland Black officia ting. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are three dau ghters, Mrs. Mary Ellis of Bakersville, Mrs. Alberta Ramsey of Green Mountain and Mrs. Pauline Buchanan of Morganton; six sons, W. S. and Rollins of Kannapo lis, George and John of Green Mountain, Carter of Harrisburg, Pa., and Isaac of Asheville; three sisters, one brother, enght grand children and four great grandchildren. Holcombe Brothers Fun eral home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. J. E. Banks and daughter, Betty Jo, of Mor_ ganton are here for a visit with relatives and friends. | Mrs. Edwin Powell of Spenser is here for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Banks. Burnsville Playhouse Presents Third Production i Local People Are In Cast Revolving stages and are parts of the intricate stage set-j ting which Gordon Bennett, technical director of the Burnsville Playhouse, has designed for the production this evening of “I Remem ber Mama”. Bennett and his techni cal crew headed by Hilmar Sallee and assisted by stud ents at the Playhouse have executed an intricate set ting to accomodate the un usual style of the play. The author, John Van Druten, has written the play in two acts with ma-fiy scenes in each act and in order to maintain the atmosphere of > the drama the various scen ? es are revealed on the re , volving turntables on each side of the stage. ’ t The heart-warming nar ivfive about the joys and j sorrows of a Norwegian- American family in San Francisco is directed by Rush T. Wray and will also be presented Friday and Saturday nights at the r Playhouse at 8:30. 3 Along with the many a Burnsville people who are a in the cast, there is a large group of local people as -0 sisting on the technical as -3 pects of the production. “ Those assisting Anna Gra ham, costume and property - LAST RITES FOR THOMAS G. GARLAND (V Funeral services for t Thomas G. .Garland, 71, who , died Tuesday at his home at , Day Eook, will be held Friday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at Peterson Chapel ■ Baptist church, with the ■ Rev. C. H. Honeycutt, the Rev. Troy McCourry andi j the Rev. Frank Carson offi |l dating. Burial will be in 1 Fairview cemetery at Hor ton Hill. Surviving are the widow; ■ two daughters, Mary Vir ginia and Eva Jo of Day Book; two sobs, Wilmer of Middlesex and Elmer of Burnsville; three sisters, Mrs. M. J. Blanchard, Mrs. I Luther Whitson, Mrs. A. J. Becker, California; one brother, Charles Garland of Green Mountain, and five grandchildren. Protect our Natural re sources. Prevent Forest Fires. NUMBER FOUR mistress, include Mrs. C. F. Mcßea, Jean Bennett, Mrs. T. C. Hudson, Mrs. Joe Young, Mrs. L. G. Deyton, | Mrs* J. G. Low, Mrs. Lewis ,Tappan, Doris Penland, Betty Wrav llensley, Peggy Parrish, Mary Jo Parrish, Clara Dee Banner and Bar bara Golden. * Playhouse students and . staff who can be found . backstage during the per , formance are Peggy Sut . ton, Anne Edwards, Tresca .'Spain, Dolly Davis, Alice , Brumfield, Doris Justice, Dixie Lyon, Larry Lambeth j Janet Jones and Bill t Cornell. Ls ~ IT ' LEGION POST NEWS t August Meeting The annual picnic svpper meeting, which was planned j for July 27 and po., poned, will be held at the Legion j Memorial building on the regular meeting date, Tues day, August 24. All ex ser j vice men in the county are J invited to attend. District Meeting j The district meeting will 3 be held at the community 0 building, Old Fort on Fri - day, August 20. Members of - the local Post and as the . Auxiliary are invited to at ■jtend. The group will leave ■ Westall’s service station at 6 o'clock, and those who 'wish to secure transporta tion are asked to contact John English or Bill Jobe ! sometime Friday. Military Escort The following members , of the Earl Horton Post of I the American Legion for med tiie military escort last Tuesday for the funeral services for Paul English of Mars Hill who was killed in action in Italy: Wm. T. Jobe. John English, Mark\ Bennett, Dr. C F.' Mcßae, Guss Peterson,. Milton Hig gins, Jr., J. C. Banks, Duane Penland, Max Penland, ; James Brown, J. R. Miller, Elseberry Holcombe, Mark Ball, Bill Banks, Bill Husk ins, Harlan Holcombe, Jake Banks. Furnishings Are Purchased For Memorial Building The decorating and fur nishings committee of the post has completed the sel ection and purchase of the furniture for the Memorial Building, and plan to install it in time for the Men’s Club meeting on Monday evening and inspection by members of the post on Tuesday evening. Among the articles pur chased are two sectional lounges, 13 chairs upholst ered in plastic, 2 large lounge chairs, end tables and larger tables. In addi tion, the post owns 100 straight chairs which will be refinished. Opening Dance yhe Post members -are sponsoring a danc? on Fri day evening, August 27 in the Memorial Building hall, beginning at 9p. m.
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