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Protect our Wildlife. Prevent Forest Fires. *»»rananau»nau«ifii«n»H«nan»n»nattanantuanonaH«wi» VOLUME THIRTEEN SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Camp Mt. Mitchell For Girls Is Sold to Florida Man Mrs. Bertha M. Palmer last week sold her summer camp, Mt. Mitchell Camp for Girls, to Fred.Homuth of Clearwater, Fla. Mrs. Palmer bought the camp some years ago. and has operated it very suc cessfully for the past sev enteen summer seasons. Mr. Homuth is a business' Attend Tobacco Meet V. J. Goodman and Roy Hensley recently attended Burley tobacco demonstra tions in Winchester, Ky. and at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. Clarke county, Ky. is the largest producer of Burley tobacco in the states and the demonstrations were of particular interest. Mr. Hensiey made movies of the proceedings. LAST RITES FOR HENRY M. RAMSEY Funeral services -for Henry M. Ramsey, 6lWyho died Sunday at van bak Ridge, Tenn., hospital, were, held Wednesday afternoon’ at 2:30 o’clock at Holcombe Brothers funeral home here with the Rev. B. J. Mclver •officiating. Burial was in the Boone cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Martha Hensley Ram sey; five daughters* Mrs. Irene McLean, Mrs. Sher man Ellison, Miss Deloris Ramsey of Oak Ridge, Mrs. f. E. Smith of Johnson City, Tenn., and Mrs. Don Greene of El Paso, Tex.; three sons, Lee and Jack of Newport News, Va., and Clyde of Akron, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Laura Mclntosh, Mrs Clyde Williams and Mrs. W. I. Parnell of Burnsville; three brothers, William and Hiram of Burnsville and Ed of Cincinnati, and three grandchildren. Mr. Ramsey was a native of Burnsville. He had lived at Elizabethton, Tenn., be fore going to Oak Ridge. FARM TOUR WILL BE HELD A farmtour of the Toledo sheek wilU begin—on Monday, August 30 at 2 o’clock at the Calvin Robin son farm near Toledo. Any one interested is invited to attend. W. S. C. S. Will Meet The Woman’s Society of Christian Service will meet o n Thursday afternoon September 2 at 3 o’clock with Mrs. W. K. Banks. SEE , i,, —* “THE GREAT BIG DOORSTEP" THE YANCEY RECORD and civic leader in Clear water, and owns and oper ates his own beach as well as other properties. His, older daughter, Hertha,' has been a camper here for several seasons. Mrs. Palmer’s daughter, Mrs. Genevieve Byrd, who | has been assistant director jeach year will return next summer as director. Major Charles Hutchins left Monday for Atlanta 1 after a visit with relatives and riends here. He will soon go to Fort Knox for a few months of instruction. To The Citizens of Burnsville A August 26, 1948 AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CITIZENS OF BUR NSVILLE AND COMMU NITY U The end of the second season of the Burnsville Playhouse and School of Fine Arts is rapidly draw ing to a close. Three per formances of “The Great' Big Doorstep” this Thurs-i I day, Friday, and Saturday! ! nights constitute the last s 'public appearance of the' actors and the last demon stration of the skill and ar- Ytistry of the technicians. The three shows already produced this summer have pleased audiences that ste adily grew in numbers. The second performance of “Years Ago”, together with the Honorable W. Kerr Scott, brought out a group which filled the theatre. The visit of the democratic nominee for governor aug ers well for our hopes that the Playhouse may become the North Carolina State Theatre. We take courage as we view our first two seasons in retrospect. Healthy and well-balanced growth has 1 taken place. This year we ! had a longer season, larger audiences, more facilities and equipment, more re cognition, more participa tion on the part of people of Burnsville, more comple te and finished work, and better organization. The Playhouse itself, ex cept for a few final touches is amazingly good. It ranks among the best in the coun try in all respects. Its taste ful and pleasing finish has been greatly enhanced by the beautiful chandeliers made in the shop of Daniel Boone. The exhibition of paintings on the walls of the Playhouse through the courtesy of Mr. Herring, Mr. Shorter, and members “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1948 Pfc. Theron McDaniel Funeral services for Pfc. Theron McDaniel who was killed in action in the Philippines on April 12, 1945 will be held on Sunday I afternoon at 2:30 o’clock Jn the American Legion Mem orial Building, Burnsville. The Earl Horton Post will be i ncharge. Burial will be in the Holcombe cemetery. Pfc. McDaniel was mar ried to Miss Margaret Hig gins of Higgins in Novem ber, 1939. Surviving, in 'addition, are two sisters, Mrs. Lela Kennedy and Mrs Odell Simmons and one brother, 0. E. McDaniel, of the painting classes, was a gracious and pleasing touch. In keeping with our aim to develop here a real school of the arts, classes and choral work in music were conducted by W. ’C. DeVeny Mr. Phillips, director of the extension work at Woman’s College, expanded the scope | of class work in all fields. Next year, we have every reason to believe, will bring even more rapid expansion. Hopes for a dormitory to house a minimum of fifty sffiHsUfs are well grounded. The staff will again be aug mented. Thev. season will probably be longer. More plays will be offered. We may, if possible, organize a touring company and pre sent plays in nearby com munities. We hope to bring persons famed in the world of art here to teach, to lec ture, and to work with us. We have been encouraged and strengthened by the patient cooperation of you, the people of Burnsville. We have been delighted with your gracious hospi tality and warmed by your sincere friendliness. You have been hard and skilled workers with us, apprecia_ tive audiences, suppliers of “props”, costumes, and alf sorts of needed things. You have entertained us, welcomed us in your homes, supported us with your ap plause and chee'red us with your good will. As the time to say “au revoir” draws nearer, we think of return ing to your Playhouse for many years to come. During the “no show” weeks we will think of you often and anticipate the months that will bring us back to you. With all sincere thanks, Cordially yours, W. R. Taylor, for the staff and students of the Burns ville Playhouse. Painting Exhibit The public is cordially invited to attend the ex- 1 hibit of-work done by the | students of the Burns- * ville Pajnting Classes, of. which 1 Frank Stanley! Herring and Edward S. Shorter are instructors. The exhibit will lie held Saturday and Sunday, August i 28.29 at the studio in the Nu Wray Inn annex. ; BAPTIST WILL MEET t The annual Yancey Bap ’ tist associational meeting will be hejd on August 27 and 28 at the Zion Baptist church, Toledo, N. C. The theme for the meet ‘ ing will be “Looking Un s o > the Pattern.” Among the guest speak [ ers will be M. A. Huggins, general secretary of the Baptist State Convention, ! Raleigh; Dr. Sankey Blan ton of Wake Forest college ! who will speak on Christian ! Education; Dr. W. K. Mc ‘Kee of the Baptist hospital, . Winston-Salem; Dr. S. F. Dowis, field representative of the Home Mission Board, • Atlanta; Dr. Hoyt Black > well, president of Mars Hill 1 college; D?js7. Glenn Black • burn of Wake Forest- and ■ Rev. Douglas M. Branch. • Mr. Branch will speak on ; Friday night and Mr. Hig • gins and Mr. Blackburn on 1 Saturday morning. Associational officers will also take part on the two day program. NOTICE The Health Center at Celo will be closed from September 1 to September 16, due to the absence of Dr. E. R. Ohle who will be away for the two weeks. FARM NOTES • The Toe River Fair Dairy Show will be held in Spruce Pine on September 16 and 17. All Yancey county 4-H Club boys and girls and farmers planning to show animals at the fair are re quested to get in touch with the County Agents’ Office as soon as possible. The County Agents’ office will help any boy, girl, or farm er, trim and get their ani- J mals in show shape. So far, '> Yancey county has made an! ( excellent record at the show j j and we want to do even better this year. I « The Asheville Junior \ Dairy Show is tentatively set for Septemcer 28th. SUBSCRIBE TO THE RECORD YANCEY COUNTY SCHOOLS OPENING POSTPONED The Yancey county Board of Education has postponed the opening of schools until September 7, upon the ad vice of doctors and the Health Authorities of this county. This county has not j had a polio case this year but it is felt that every pre caution should be taken. Superintendent Frank W Howell states that a county wide teachers’ meeting will be held September 6, at the Burnsville High School i f the polio situation contin ues to improve. ‘Services will be resumed in the Presbyterian church next Sunday, August 29thJ While the church is not ! completed the main audien ce room is quite usable. Dr. Harris’ subject will be “The Harvest”. Hour of , service 11 a. m. ’ Sunday (School at 10:15. < : Last Production of Season Will Be Presented “The Great Big Door-' step”, a play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hack ett, which the Burnsville . Playhouse will present this • Thursday, Friday and Sat- I urday nights at 8:30, to close its current season is i billed as a “folk comedy”. It could be called a “comedy for folks” because every one who sees it will enjoy it. Its story, situations and characters make extremely funny stuff for the stage. The characters alone would provide an evening of generous fun in the the atre. Consider the Commo dore, an ex-captain of a river boat who lost a boat! load of mules and his sailing papers at the same time. 1 His dry-docked pride is easily wounded. Reduced to digging ditches the Com modore covers his lowly calling with the elaborate title, “drainage expert”. The Commodore also suffers from the fact that he can not resist food in any quan tity. Consider Mrs. Crochet, wife of the Commodore and mother of a brood of six. Each member and each related character is an in teresting and individual type. The Crochets, Com modore and wife; are play ed by Claude i Slats u Ray born and Barbara Sutlive, Playhouse staff members and veteran stage favorites this season. Alice Brumfield, Anne Edwards, Tresca Spain, (Continued on page 4) Schools Open September 7; Teachers Are Named Teachers for Yancey county schools have been announced by Frank W. Howell, Su p e rintendent. They are as follows: Burnsville Bruce M. Tomberlin, Pri ncipal; Vernie Wilson, Mrs. Frank W. Howell, R. M. Proffitt, Clonnie Huskins, Islean Ray, Mrs. Dorothy Ray, Jean Bennett. Bess Lewis, Augustus R. Peter son, Bertha B. Huskins, Mrs. Pearl H. Randolph,! Mrs. Henry Stamey, - Mrs. I Zula C. Wilson. Richard Peterson, Mrs. Mary L. | Atkins, Ossie Bennett, Net_ , tie Bennett, Alberta Camp bell, Mrs. Annie B. Proffitt, Mrs. Enola Mrs. Harmie Briggs, Mrs. Mat tie 0. Sorrells. Pensacola I * ‘i Louise Jamerson, Mrs. T. ■J. Wilson, Jr., Inas Edna | A. kins. ■ 1 HOME AGENTS NOTES The Micaville Club will ’ meet Thursday, August 26, j near Mrs. Shell Youngs be -5 j tween 5:30 and 6 o’clock, j! The Jacks Creek Club 3 1 will meet Friday, August 27 - at 6 o’clock at the home of T Mrs. Rotha Bailey. J - . — — BIG FISH j . r \ Melton J. Robinson cf Cane River came into town last Saturday afternoon 'with a catfish weighing 39 pounds. The fish was caught in ' the French Broad river, and created a sensation here j among fishermen whose I luck never ran quite that ' good. A smaller catfish weighing about 15 pounds had also been caught. FIRE LOSS A spectacular blaze on last Sunday morning in Church Hill, Tenn. levelled two buildings in the center of the town. One of the! buildings, a two story brick veneer structure belonged Mrs. Goins is the former Miss Lucille Evans and Mr. Goins has often visited here. The building and equip ment were valued at ap proximately $16,000 and was only partly covered by j insurance. The Kingsport | News carried a full account and a number of pictures of the fire. Buy Security Bonds • “—“ ill i 111 | rm Protect our Natural re sources. Prevent Forest Fires. NUMBER FIVE Bald Creek Rasse H. Howell, Princi pal; Wilhelmenia A. Hen sley, Mrs. Pauline Hensley, Anastasia Tomberlin, Mar garet B, Griffith, Jack W. Mclntosh, Hattie L. Phoe nix, Charles B. Tomberlin, Willie Molte Hensiey, Ottis Gibbs, Lillian S. Tomberlin, S. B. Conley, Vers Carter Ray, Mrs. Irene E. Miller, Vorgie Duncan, Leorna Madge Carter, Irene Hig ■ gins, Mrs. Doris G. Tomber. ! lin, Madge Ferguson, Hope !E. Edwards, Lola Anne ; Hensley, Bernice Hensley. Baker, ( reek Mrs. Maphrie Wilson. Prices Creek Mrs. Edrus Ledford. Bee Log Monroe Mclntosh, Prin cipal; Edward L. Beeson, Mrs. Cecil J. Beeson, Mrs. Robert Peterson, Ernest i Banner, Mrs. Ruby B. ■Adams, Opal Whitson, Mrs. ! Opha S. Hylemon, Mrs. ; Kate-Briggs Robinson, Mrs. | Lillian Mclntosh, Mary Helen Neill, I.lrs. Maye Robinson, Lena Holloway, j Mrs. Lucy E. Randolph, Inez Edwards, Mrs. Jan Wilson Laughridge, Mrs. ! Pearl R. Austin. Little Creek !_ Baxter Silver. ! Pinev Hill ,! Hettie Higgins. Lost Cove Faye Johnson. Clearmont Erskine B. Bailey, Prin . cipal; Ora Deyton Byrd, ( William W. Angel, Dori 3 ( Hunter, Mrs. Florence W. ‘ Hughes, Cecil L. Deyton, j Sam J. Byrd, Claude C. j Hughes, Maglee Ray, Ruth E. Jobe Rice, Mrs. Thelma P. Gornto, Mrs. Maphra | Bennett, Bessie Wilson, Madlyn Bailey, Lallage [Johnson, Ola Edwards, Lois iC. Moody Anglin. Micaville Hubert D. Justice, Prin cipal; Lvda S. Ray, Mrs. Phyllis P. Bailey, Edith Robinson, Louise V. Prof fitt, Shelby Robinson, Mrs. Mildred G. Hyatt, Mrs. Lee I Griffith, Wesley Angel, ! Elam Hall Young, Mrs. ( Helen D. Silver, Mrs. Sarah H. Silver, Sarah Hensley, Mrs. Minnie H.* Young, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Hughes, Luth er B. Bailey, Mrs. Exam M. Lewis, Doris L. Young, Mrs. Jennie H. Owens, Mrs. Gladys S. Gillespie, Mrs. Lillian G. Robinson, Mrs.* Bernice H. Justice, Mrs. Arta Lee Higgins, Mollie V. Hensley, Elith Huskins. Double Island Jennie Deyton. Celo Mrs. Clara B. Byrd, Mrs. Mollie G. Patton. Harvard C. B. Bennett, Mrs. Luna E. Ray, Mrs. Nina B. Young Ldihist Creek Mrs. Winnie C. Murphy, Mary Louise Young. Busick * Mrs. Arcemus Simmons. Seven Mile Ridge j Dewey Gurley. Burnsville Colored Mrs. Charity Griffith.
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