Protect our Wildlife.
Prevent Forest Fires.
VOLUME THIRTEEN
American Legion Convention
Begins in Asheville Friday
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Some 5,000 American Le
gionnaires and their wives
are expected here this week
end for" the 30th annual
' North Carolina department
convention.
The four-day session will
get under way Friday with
registration at George Van
derbilt, Battery Park and
Langren hotels, and meet
ings of the state executive
and administrative com
mittees.
Officials here revised the
estimated attendance o n
the basis of room reserva
tions. Meeting simultaneo
usly with the Legion will be
its auxiliary and the Forty
and Eight, fun and honor
society of the organization.
The first general session
of the convention will meet
Saturday morning-- at 9
. o’clock in City auditorium
with State Commander Ray
Galloway presiding. At 10
a. m. Saturday, National
Commander J ames F.
O’Neil, and national auxili-
REAL ESTATE BROKER
OPENS OFFICE HERE
Jack Brown who recently
moved to Burnsville from
Tampa, Fla. where he was
a real estate broker for a
number of years, has open
ed an office here.
Mi. Brown has taken a
state wide broker’s license*
and will Conduct a general
real estate estate business,
handling rentals, sales and
leases.
It is hoped that he soon
may be able to arrange
FHA and G. I. loans.
Prior to coming here Mr.
Brown had a contract with
Davis Islands, Inc. of Tam
pa, handling all sales, fin
ancing and building.
Major Bulwinkle Here
Major A. L. Bulwinkle,
candidate for reeleetion to 1
Congress, w r as a visitor]
here Tuesday. He was ac-|
companied by his secretary,
Charles F. Gold.
OFFICERS ELECTED
The- following officers!
were elected at the meeting
of the Yancey Association
of Baptist churches: mod
erator, B. M. Tomberlin;
associate moderator, Dover
R. Fonts; clerk, Dawson
Briggs; promotional chair
man, A. Z. Jamerson; Sun
lay School superintendent,
E. B. Bailey; assistant Sun
day School superintendent,
Arthur Thomas; Bible
School director; Louise
Jamerson; Training Union
director, Wanda Robertson;
pastor advisor for Training
Union, J. H. Black;
Brotherhood —president,
Jesse Hughes; Deacon fel
lowship chairman, Dover R.
Fouts; Teipperance chair
man, H. G. Bailey; Orphan
age chairman, W. M. Wes
tall ; Hospital chairman,
Mrs. Lloyd Elliott; Evange
listic chairman, E. J. Hall;
Christian Literature chair
man, C. P. Randolph.
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
ary President, Mrs. Lee
Hutton will address a joint
’ session of the Legion and
; the auxiliary.
A parade through the
business section of the city
I will begin moving at 4
, o’clock Saturday afternoon,*
and will be followed by a
I reception, banquet and dan
ce honoring distinguished
, guests. O’Neil will speak at
the banquet.
The Forty and Eight, will
, be in charge of a memorial
, service to be held 'at the
. City auditorium Sunday as
. ternoon at 5 o’clock. The
I I annual drum and bugle
r corps competition will fol
. low at Bp. m., at McCor
mick field.
Monday’s general session
will get under way at 9:30
a. m., with committee re
ports, address by Kenneth
C. Royall, secretary of the
army, and election of de
partment officers.
The auxiliary will elect
its officers Monday morning
To Mexico City
Mrs. Fred H. Trimmer
who spent most of last
month visiting on Jacks
Creek with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wade A. Honey
cutt will leave this week!
with Mr. Trimmer for Mex
ico City where Mr. Trim
mer will head the United
States delegation to the In
ternational High Frequen
cy Broadcasting Planning
committee which meets in
Mexico City October 1-22.
Mr. Trimmer was a mem
ber of the United States
delegation to an earlier
meeting of the same com-1
mittee in Geneva, Switzer
land March 22nd to May
22nd of this year. The work
of the Planning committee
is to prepare technical plans 1
for the consideration of the
international High Freq- i
, uencv Broadcasting Con
jference of all the nations of j
the world which convenes
in Mexico City October 22. \
Mr. Trimmer will also be a s
member of this country’s ;
delegation to the world
conference. •
The Trimmers will re- 1
main in Mexico City for the i
duration of the conference I
and will return to Washing- i
ton, D. C., after the first j
of the year where Mr. ’
Trimmer is employed by the 1
Department of State in its i
International Broadcasting ]
Division.
NEW MANAGER FOR *
YANCEY THEATRE ,
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Ralph E. Hutsell has tak- :
mr over his duties as mana
ger of the Yancey Theatre
here. He and Mrs. Hutsell
and their young daughter 1
have taken one of the Ben- 1
nett apartments on west
Main street.
Mr. Hutsell has been
manager of the Carolina
Theatre in Spruce Pine for !
the past year. (
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N, C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1948
Cpl. Guy D. Thomas
Funeral services for Cpl.
Guy D. Thomas, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jobe Thomas of
Green Mountain will be held
at the Double Island Bap
tist church at 3 o’clock
Sunday afternoon. The Rev.
J. L. Street will officiate
*and burial will be in the
Double Island cemetery.
Cpl. Thomas was killed in
action in Italy on March 9,
1944.
Surviving are the parents
one sister' Mrs, De Soto
Johnson, Jr., of Green
Mountaiff; six brothers,
Rass, Frank, Carter, -J*- B.
and Donald of Green Mtn.,
and George of Baltimore,
Md.
Members of the Earl
Horton Post of the Ameri
can Legion will form the
honor guard for the mili
tary rites.
Membership Drive For Farm
Bureau
An active drive for mem
bers for the Yancey county
Farm Bureau is progressing
this week, with consider
able progress reported by
members of the committee
who are directing the drive.
At the meeting held
Monday evening at the
Legion Hall, W. D. Farthing
addressed the group, out
lining the Farm Bureau
work, both what had been
STATE FOREST SER
VICE HOLDS ANNUAL
MEETING
The State Forest Service
held the annual supper
meeting for the purpose of
training Township District
Wardens at Carolina Hem
lock Camp on September 3.
It was a joint meeting for
Mitchell and Yancey coun
ties.
District Forester, B. H.
Corpening and Ranger
Bagiey of the Asheville Of
fice discussed methods of
fire fighting and preven
tion, care of tools, and a
safety program i n fire
fighting.
Ranger Hers and assist
ant Ranger Huffman of the
U. S. Forest Service were
invited guests. Chairman of
the Yancey County Com
missioners, W. M. Hensley,
attended. Mr. Hensley ser
ved with the Forest Service
for a number of years, and
recalled some interesting
pointers.
INFANT PASSES AWAY
Larry Silver, 3 months old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Galen
Silver of Celo, passed away
Friday night in the Duke
hospital.
Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon at
the Brown’s Creek Baptist
church with the Rev. Joe
Mason officiating. Burial
was in the Carroway family
cemetery.
Louise Jamerson is in
Mission hospital for a few
days treatment. , 4 t 1 Jjfl
430 REGISTER HERE
A check with the local re- ]
gistration board here today
shows that to date 430 have
registered with the board.
Os this number, the major
ity are veterans.
Board members are Clyde j
A. Ayers, Wm. T. Jobe and
R. N. Silver.
DATES SET FOR
DEER HUNTING
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Deer hunting in Yancey
county will be open on Nov
ember 15* 16 and 17. Mt.
Mitchell Game Refuge will
be open bn the same dates.
One hundred hunters a
day will be> allowed to hunt
the Refuge with permits.
Permits may be secured by
writing R. B. Armfield, c.
N. C. Wildlife Resource
Commission, Raleigh, N. C.
All above dates and plans
are subject to change by
the N. C. Wildlife Resource
Commission.
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. accomplished and what is
r being planned.
The county quota of mem
bership was announced, and
the cooperation of the en
tire county; not only farm
ers but bus.yess firms and
civic leaders, was urged for
the drive. Mr. Farthing is
remaining in the county
this week to assist in giving
information about the pro
gram.
BURLEY HARVEST
BEGINS; BUMPER
CROP PREDICTED
Western North Caroina
farmers are beginning to
harvest their 1948 burley!
tobacco crop, which, accord
ing to present indications,
will be decidely above aver
age.
Farm agents throughout
the mountain area say
weather conditipns. have
been ideal this summer for
developing choice golden
leaves.
An idea of the increase in
the quantity of the crop
over pre-season predictions
can be had from figures
eited yesterday by Harry
W. Love, vice-president of
the Asheville Tobacco Boa
rd of Trade. Mr. Love said
North Carolina would pro
duce some 16,000,000 pounds
this fall, as compared with
a predicted crop of 14,600,-
000 pounds.
Mr. Love said prices are
expected to be “very good.”
Government support prices
for burley will be announ
ced about Oct. 1, gfter the
U. S. department of agri
culture computes the tobac
co parity index.
_ (Parity for any com,mod-_
ity is a price calculated to
give a unit of that commod
ity the same purchasing
power in terms of thb
things farmers buy that it
had in some past favorable '
period, usually 1910-1914. i
Tobacco prices are support- i
ed at 90 per cent of parity.) ’
The Asheville market, i
along with other burley belt <
Student Nurses
Durham An intensive
six-months campaign to re
cruit 1,000 new student nur
ses for fall classes in state
schools of nursing has been
successfully concluded.
The North State
Nurses’ association and the
Good Health association,
which have been conducting
the campaign, made this
ansouncement Saturday.
H. C. Cranforl, Executive
Director of the Good Health
association, said that 788
new students have been en
rolled in 31 of the 35 white
schools in the State, and ap
proximately 150 new stud
ents t maximum strength)
have registered for the six
Negro schools. The exact
number of new students en
tering the four remaining
white schools is not known,
but it is certain to he eno
ugh to raise the total above
the goal of 1,000.
Cranford said the total
white and Negro enroll
ment for the 1948 fall clas
ses will exceed the 1947 fig
, ure by roughly 150 students.
FREEBURY RAY
Miss Shirley Freebury of
Riverside, Calif., and M.
Sgt. Luther M. Ray of Bur
nsville wei’e married on
Friday, September 3 at the
, Methodist church, Bayside,
. N. Y.
Sgt. Ray is stationed in
New York and he and Mrs.
Ray are residing at 5024
214th St. Bayside, Queens,
Long Island, N. Y.
Methodist Church
Revival services are now
being held in the Higgins
Memorial church. Because
of the Women’s Club meet
ling, previously plannel for
8 o’clock, the Thursday ev
ening preaching time will
be 7 o’clock. On Friday, and
for the remainler of the
time, the hour will be 7:30.
Sermon topics are: Thur
sday, “The Lost Christ”;
Friday, “The Way of Trans
gressors” ; Saturday, “Ab
salom’s Mule”; Sunday
morning, “The Truth About
Eternity”; Sunday evening,
“Richest Man in Town”.
The regular 3 o’clock
worship will be held in the
Concord church on Sunday
afternoon, but the Revival
in the Burnsville church
makes it necessary to call
off the Sunday evening wor
ship in the Bolens Creek
church. It is hoped the Re
vival services will be of
benefit to all denomina
tions; everyone is urgently
invited.
markets, probably will open
early in December. The
date will be set in about a
month by the sales commit
tee of the Burley Action
Warehouse association.
Tobacco farmers will be
putting in a lot of time on
their big “money crop” in
the next three months.
The question of whether the
time is well spent will be
answered on a winter day
when the auctioneer moves
up and down the long rows
of cured burley.
Registration For College Center
Scheduled for Monday
i
Preliminary registration
! for the 1948-1949 session of
1 the Burnsville College Cen
ter will be held next Mon- j
1 day, September 13 in the
! superintendent’s office.
. As these college classes,'
l operated under the direc
5 tion and as a part of the
University of North Ca.ro
! lina’s plan for the education
i of young men and women
1 of the state, begin it is well'
-for parents and students of
! the county to recognize
- some of the unusual advan
tages offered.
i Organized three years
: ago in an effort to relieve
: some of the tremendous
- congestion in colleges and
;• universities, and at the
, same time to provide col
- lege training as economi
' cally and conveniently as
j possible, the Off-Campus
1 centers of the university
have proved their value in
- the educational system of
- the state.
Is l Sgt. anl Mrs. James
|F. Bryson of Fayetteville,
f*N. C. are visiting Sgt. Bry- ;
'son’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.]
A. F. Bryson.
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LAST RITES FOR
] CARTER HENSLEY 75
i
Last rites for Carter
Hensley, 75, widely known
’ citizen of Burnsville, were
held at the Burnsville Bap
tist church on Sunday af
ternoon at 2:30 o’clock,
j The pastor, Rev. B. J.
1 McJver, officiated and gran
dsons served as active pall
; bearers. Burial was in Hol
combe cemetery.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Emoline Hensley; and
the following children, Mrs.
Willard Fox, Mrs. Charlie
Fox, Mrs. Isaac Ray, two
sons Carl and Creed all of
Burnsville; Mrs. Roy Yates];
and Mrs. Arthur Yates of!
Embreeville, Tenn., Mrs.
Clyde King of Baltimore,'
Md., and Mrs. Fred Sellers
of Greensboro, N. C.
Mrs. Jennie Lynne Kyle
who has been in Canada for
the summer months is the
guest of her sister, Mrs.
Bertha M. Palmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard
'Jenny will leave next week
for Chapel Hill where he I
will enter the University. ]
Sniokey Says:
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WILDFIRE HAS NO PLACE
HERE!
Protect our Natural re
sources. Prevent Forest
Fires. ' |
NUMBER SEVEN
Full college credit is al
, lowed for work taken. Tea
chers well qualified in the
fields teach and assure ex
'cellent instruction in the
j basic courses offered.
The enrollment of the
' Burnsville Center was 34
j students the first year, and
. 36 students the past year.
Os all tho r e who went on tb
j college all have passed all
|wcrk taken, and a number
• have been on the honor roll
, at the colleges they attend.
Scholarships Offered
I’or the current session,
8100 'scholarships for two
graduates from each high
school, in the county are
being offered. This will be a
further aid to ten students
from the county high
; chools in attending college
1 this year.
Ts chers for the year
will be B. M. Tomberlin, E.
L. Beeson. Dr. Wendell
Thomas and D. R. liollings
! worth.
Buimsvmus—
"So They Say”
I The weather: Regular
i fall weather, with fall rains
j and a decided nip in the air.
About town: Along with
the end of summer, all our
numerous summer activi
ties come to a close—Bertha
j Palmer still here, as she
i always stays over after the
Girls camp closes, to enjoy
j the wonderful fall days,
and the Beesons remain
year round. . . the drama
i and Playhouse group all
left last week, and most of
the members of the paint
ing classes group have
gone. . . the Herrings and
Edward Shorter will leave
tomorrow. . Visitors in
town: Luther Ray and
bride. . . and among the
new people here are thei
Ralph Hutsells and their
very young daughter. He is
manager of Yancey Thea
tre and they’re living in
Word Bennetts’ apartment,
the David Swartzes here
also, in Presbyterian man
se. He will work in the rural
Presbyterian churches of
the county. . . . School open
ed Tuesday, and there is a
full enrollment at all the
schools! . . . Registration
Monday for the: College
Center as all plans ready
for it. . . . Legion and
Auxiliary members over to
convention i n Asheville
this week end. .
Sharon, the small daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Claren
ce Gibbs is critically ill at
her home after her return
from Johns Hopkins hospi
tal last week where the
doctors said that she had
only a few weeks to live.
Mrs. John B. Banks has
returned to her home at
Bolens Creek from a n
Asheville hospital whfere
she .underwent a major op
eration two weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lfon
of Blowing Rock are here
today to visit relatives and
friends.
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