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VOLUME THIRTEEN
Safety Council Will Meet
“The fall meeting of the
Western Carolina Safety!
Council will'be held in-.the
High School Football Study
in . Waynesvil'le, N. C., on
Tuesday, September 28, at 1
7:30 p. m. This meeting will ;
be jointly sponsored by i
Dayton Rubber Manufac
turing Company and Royle
and Pilkington Company of j
Hazel wood.
“The program will fea-]
ture an Industrial
Brigade in action; demon-!
strating the latest methods
and equipment in fire pro
tection and fire prevention.}
Fisherman’. Luck
A group of fishermen
went fishing last week in
the western part of the
state, and it, was Mr. S. M.
Wilson’s luck to catch the
biggest small mouth bass
any of them had ever seen.
It was Mr. Wilson’s first
time to fish for bass and it
was (he first fish that he
caught on the trip. It put up
a game fight and when
finally landed weighed an
even 5 pounds. A number
of other fish were cauht,
including a 7 pound bigv
mouth bass which Earl C.i
Wilson caught. I,
Other members of the
party included Rex Yelton,
Lee Relton, Fred Wilson, R.
C. Thomas and so,ns and
Edward L. Hensley.
BURNSVILLE P. T. A.
The Burnsville Parent-
Teacher association held
the first meeting of the'
school year in the school
library on Tuesday evening.
The president, Mrs. C. F.
Mcßae, presided and ap-j;
proximately GO attended]}
the meeting.
The Rev. Paul Taylor, ,
pastor of the Higgins Mem
orial Methodist church, (
gave the invocation, follow
ing which the
committees for the year
reported.
The guest speaker, Mrs.'
Mark Goforth, of Lenoir,I
director of the second dis-g
trict of the 'North Carolina)
Congress of Parents andj'
Teachers, was presented by |
Mrs. Charles Proffitt, pro-)
gram chairman.
Mrs. Goforth discussed i
aims and ideals of the or
ganization, stressing the
fact that the P. T. A. now
has a bigger job than it has
ever had before in the 52
year? of its history. Her
talk dealt with many of the
very practical problems
which the group faces each
year in seeking to carry out
an enlarging program of
service.
James Hutchins of P/ur
nsville, one of the best au
“thorities on birds in this
section, gave a talk on
“Birds of Yancey County.”
A social hour, directed by
the hospitality committee,
followed the program.
Mrs. Madge Taylor of
Elizabeth City has returned
home after being in Burns
ville for the summer months
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
Members of Industrial and
i Municipal fire departments
j and. Others interested in
fire protection will want to
| witness this demonstration.
“In case of inclement
weather the meeting will be
[ held in the high school au
| ditorium with a modifica
tion of the same program.
“The purpose of the
Council is to promote In_
jdustrial, Highway and Pub
lic Safety in Western North
I Carolina. Representatives
from all industrial plants
. and ' interested organiza
tions in the area are invited
i to attend this meeting.”
Community Service
The Presbyterian church
in Burnsville announces
the opening of the improv
ed church building Sunday,
September 26 at 4 p. m.
An invitation is extended
to the public, especially the
membership of the local
churches.
The Weaverville Male
Quartet will sing. Three
brief addresses will be giv
en by Rev. Paul Taylor,
Atty. C. P. Randolph and
Rev. David Swartz.
The church takes this op
portunity to express its
appreciation to its friends
in the community for their
generous gifts and warm
interest in our undertaking.
SERVICES PLANNED
FOR MRS. C. M. MILLER
Mrs. Fannie Buckner
Miller, 77, passed away at
her home at Swiss this
morning (Thursday.)
Funeral services will be
held at the home Friday
afternoon at 2:30 conducted
by the Rev. Morris Banks
of Canton, N. C., the Rev.
Edd Riddle of Cane River
and the Rev. Hall, pastor of!
the Bald Creek Methodist
church.
Mrs. Miller was a lifelong
resident of the Swiss com
munity and was a faithful
member of the Bald Creek
Methodist church.
Surviving are the hus
band, C. M. Miller; eight
children: Clyde, Guss, Char
lie, Harvie and Jess of
River, Mack Miller and Mrs.
Auburn Shepherd of Swiss;
one sister, Eliza Higgins of
White Pine, Tenn.; 27
grand children and 16
great grand children.
NOTICE TO FARMERS
The Yancey County A. C.
A. has been allocated an
additional amount of funds
to be used for 1948 material
for farmers. ,
If you desire to receive
more Ground Limestone or
Superphosphate pleaser call
by the ACA office immed
iately.
Methodist Church
The sermon subject for
the morning service on
Sunday is “The Conquering
Church.” Miss Jean Bennett
will be,soloist.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1948
Sgt. Willis Fields, Jr.
The body of Sgt. Willis
Fields, Jr., who was killed
| in action in the South Paci
j sic area on April 13, 1944
! has arrived in Burnsville 1
for final rites.
Funeral services will be
} held at 2:30 o’clock Sunday!
afternoon, September 26 at
the American Legion Mem
orial building in Burnsville.
} The Rev. Kimsey Ball will;
j officiate and burial will be)
| in the McCracken cemetery
] here, with members of the
Earl Horton Post of the
Ameican Legion in charge
of tiie military rites at the
grave.
Surviving are the parents
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Fields;
two sisters, Mollie and Ruth
Fields of Johnson* City; two
brothers, Verlin Fields of
Alexander, N. C. and Jack
1 Fields of the U. S. Navy.
Holcombe Brothers fun
eral home is in charge of
I arrangements.
NOTICE
The September meeting
of the Burnsville Men’s
Club will be held on Mon
day, September 27. This
meeting will take the form
of a picnic at Camp Ray,
with the members of the
Woman’s Club as guests. It
will begin promptly at 6, so
as to end before dark.
Will Leave Fflr Porto Rica
Mrs. Joe Russell and two]
I children will leave next
i week for Porto Rica where
they will join Lt. Russell
who is stationed there with
the United States Army
forces.
Mrs. Russell is the form
er Miss Irene Boone of
Burnsville.
; DEATH CLAIMS
DELZIE STYLES
Delzie R. Styles, 69, pass
ed away at his home near
Burnsville on Wednesday
morning following an ex
tended illness. For many
years he was one of the
most, successful farmers in
the- community, and was
active in affairs of the town
and county.
Funeral services are
planned for today (Thurs
day) at 2:30 o’clock at the
Burnsville Baptist church.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Roxie Ray Styles;
four daughters, Mrs. Ralph
Young, Mrs. R. W. Ramsey,
Jr., both of Mrs.
-Glenn Young of Pittsburgh,
Pa., and Mrs. Albert Powell
of Statesville; two sons,
Jesse of Burnsville and D.
R. of Long Island, N. Y.;
two brothers, Robert and
Henry Styles, both of Bur
nsville, and seven grand
children.
Holcombe Brothers fun
eral home is in charge of
arrangements.
For further information
on any of these regulations,
either T. Sgt. Belt or Sgt.
1 lcl Pepiau can be contacted
■ each Monday and Tuesday
at the Courthouse a
WESTER AUTO !
STORE OPENS HERE
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A new JVestern Auto As
sociate stdre, with Lloyd E.
t Owens as owner and mana
l ger, opened here Saturday.
I Many citizens of the county
I visited the store on the
| opening day, and showed
keen interest in the many
items off<s*ed to the car,
home anti farm owners of
I this section.
The ne4 r store is located
in the Brifcgs building, next
door to tle court house.
This locaf on, in the center
of town, vill afford great
convenien e to patrons of
the firm, j
A comp pte line of house
hold . hardware, radios,
paints, oil!-, electrical sup
plies, garden tools, bicycles,
sporting goods and toys, all
Western Auto branded
merchandise and carrying a
liberal guarantee, is pre
sented for the selection of
the public.
In addition to Mr. Owens,
Thad Bradford is employed
in the new store here.
LEGION MEETING
The regular meeting of
the Earl Horton Post of the
American Legion will be
held at the Legion Building
on Tuesday? flight, Septem
ber 28
A feature of the program
will be films of combat ac
tion which will be shown by
] army recruiting officers of
r this area. The officers will
also present medals to ex
army men which they won
for service during the war.
At a later date a similar
presentation service will be
held for members of the
Marine corps and the navy.
Members of the auxiliary
unit will meet on Tuesday
night also, and Mrs. Joe
Duncan, president of the
Rockwell-Ballew unit of I
Asheville, , will be guest
speaker. Mrs. T. Allen Luth
er of Asheville will present
to the local unit the troph
ies which were won at the
state convention for in
crease in membership dur- :
ing the past year.
New Army Regulations
It has been announced by
T. Sgt. Harry V. Belt, local
Army and Air .Force Re
cruiter, that the European
command has been opened
to those men with no prior
service who desire service
there. It was pointed out
that in the past the Euro
pean Command was open
only to those men with
prior service in the Army,
Navy, Marines and Air
Force but new regulations
states that any man be
tween the ages of 17 and 34
may now enlist and be as
sured this duty. All assign
ments for Europe will be
for Regular Army unas
signed and will take into
consideration the type of
work a man can best do and
those that he desires to do.
In addition to the above
new regulation, T. Sgt. Belt
OLLEGE CENTER
i
Registration for the Bur
nsville College Center, will
begin today, apd actual
class work will begin Mon
day. The first and second
year of regular college aca
idemie work will be offered
this year.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
NEWS
The regional conference
of the N. C-. Tuberculosis
Association, held in Ashe
ville last Monday, was at
tended by Mrs. Harmon
Peterson of Cane River,
chairman of the Yancey
county chapter of the
NCTA, by Dr. C. F. Mcßae,
the district health officer,
and by Mrs. Mcßae, presi
dent of the American Leg
’ ion Auxiliary, which spon
sors the Christmas Seals
sale in this county.
The quarterly staff con
; ferenee of the Avery, Mit
chell, Yancey District heal
th department was held
Wednesday, Sept. 22, on
Grandfather Mountain, fol
lowing a picnic there.
Because of the recent dis
covery of a case of polio in
a 4 year old boy near
Spruce Pine, children under
6 are not being allowed to
attend the Mayland Fair or
the Theater in Spruce Pine.
This was the first case to
develop in Mitchell county
since July. No new cases
have developed in Avery in
a month now.
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PURCHASE COOPER’S
CAFE PROPERTY
Carmon Evans, former}
Jacks Creek resident, and
William J. Jones of Erwin
have purchased the Coop
er’s Case property, and
have taken over the mana
gement.
Mr. Evans and Mr. Jones
plan to continue the opera
tion of the business and to
make some improvements.
Baptist Church
The Rev. M. H. Kendall
will preach at both the
morning and evening serJ
vices on Sunday.
pointed out that any man
without prior service be
tween the ages of 19 and 25
may now enlist in the Re
gular Army for a period of
21 months. This is the same
amount of time that a man
will have to serve when
called in the draft,
instance, certain men can
be assigned of three year
assignments with certain
units stationed in the Unit- 1
ed States, while other men
can be assured of at least 1
year assignments in the
United Slates. This latter
assurance will be based on
the job title held while in
service. In addition tn the
above, there are many men
that can reenlist in their
old grade accorling to job
title and time spent in the
job.
Buy Security Bonds
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Broughton Will Speak at Farm
Bureau Meeting Tuesday
Ex-Governor J. Melville j
Broughton, who has been
connected with the North)
Carolina Farm Bureau in a
legal capacity, will speak to
Farm Bureau members and
guests at the Burnstille
Playhouse on Tuesday, Sept
28 at 8 o’clock p. m. This
meeting is one of the high
lights of the Membership
Drive now in progress in
Yancey county. The public
is invited to attend.
l , The present membership
’ drive in Yancey county has,
already obtained a total
• membership greater than
> last years total. It is report
> ed that farmers are more
willing to pool their streng
th than ever before.
North Carolina has a
Sl Membership of over 70,000
hut few of these have been
- in the mountain counties
‘ and Yancey was one of the
- to organize with 113
P members. This year more
1 1 counties are organizing and
“So They Say”
1 October’s “bright blue
weather” has been with us
for several weeks now, but,
1 today is the first day of]
autumn and a cold rain is'
falling. Summer is over!
1 About town: Last week
we had this column all writ-]
1 ten but because of a tern-}
peramental linotype mach
ine didn’t get it in the pa
per. Looking over it, we’ll
mention several items we
included last week: June
Ayers and Ray Young’s
! wedding. . . Buena Bailey’s
I engagement—she’ll be mar
ried to Ralph Wilson at
Hallowe’en time. . . Doris
and Charles Tomberlinj
who’ve moved to their ap- !
artment at the Ivan Peter- 1
son’s . . . most enjoyable
picnic supper which the
Parrish girls gave the col
lege crowd as a going away
event. . . the big fire when
Glenn Proffitt’s store at
Bald Creek burned last
Tuesday night. . . regret at
I learning of Aldine pleas
ant’s sudden passing of a !
cerebreal hemorrhage. . .
and the opening as the at
tractive new store i Wes
term Autoi on Main Street.. |
I Legion dance planned for
this Friday night. . . Sorry
to have the friendly and
congenial Mclvers leave for
S. C. where he will be pas-;
tor at Ninety Six. . . Ferrell
McCourry now employed in
Pollard’s Drug store. . . the
county has lost another ( fine|
citizen in the passing' of
Delzie Styles on Tuesday
I night. Avis and D. R. arriv
ed last night so that all the}
children are home now. . . 1
the enlarged and improved
rßreshyterian church build
ing will be dedicated Sun
day afternoon at 4 o’clock. .
Next week there are -* all
kinds of meeings. Men’s)
Club will have picnic sup-j
per Monday evening.. .
Tuesday, the regular Leg
ion meet, at which time
medals will be presented.
These are Jhe medals won
during the war for which
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Protect our Natural re
sources. Prevent Forest
Fires.
NUMBER NINE
as the total Membership
irises the mountain counties
jwill have a greater voice in
'State Farm Bureau policies.
Some accomplishments of
the Farm Bureau on the
National level are:
(1) Obtained passage in
Congress of long range
farm program; (2) Obtain
ed increase in Soil Conser
vation n' vments to 262 1 4
million dollars next year;
(hi Supported federal aid
to Education Bill; <4> Kept
übacco suppoit at 90 per
cert of parity’over strong
'opposition. V
! On the County level the
Farm Bureau worked with
local leaders to get an -as
sistant Countv Agent to be
t-H Club leader for Yancey
i County.
The Annual dues are
i $3.00 per family which in
> elude subscriptions to “The
5 Nations Agriculture' and
1 “The North Carolina Farm
1 Bureau News.”
TOBACCO MEN TO
, NAME QUEEN
|
J Tobacco growers of Wes
tern North Carolina this
>)year will select'their favor-
Jite candidate for Tobacco
Queen.
Any girl, 16 years of age
or over, by Nov. 1, will be
eligible, if she has an active
! part in raising tobacco, and
only tobacco growers will
be entitled to vote.
A.n entry blank explain
ing all rules is printed on
page 2.
The tobacco queen will be
coronated at a celebration
in Asheville prior to the
market opening, and will be
! awarded prizes worth in
!excess of S3OO.
She will also officially
open the Asheville tobacco
market and be guest of
honor at a number of events
held in connection with
market activities.
LAST RITES FOR MRS.
A. H. KIDDLE, 80
Funeral services for Mrs.
A. H. Riddle, 80, will be held
at the Pensacola Baptist
| church on Thursday morn
jing at 11 a. m. Mrs. Riddle
died at the home of a dau
ghter. Mrs. J. R. Robertson
of Black Mountain, on
Tuesday.
The Rev. Wilbur Honey
cutt will officiate and bur
ial was in the family ceme
-1 tery.
| Surviving, in addition to
.the daughter, are five sons:
Kermit, Quillen and Elmer
of Pensacola, W. H. of Kan
napolis and Carlyle of
1 Statesville.
the men were given rihhnna
at the time of award. . . On
the same night, ex Gov.
Broughton will address the
Farm Bureau meeting at
i the Playhouse. . . The Bur
nsville FTA is already plan
ning year’s activities, and
first on entertainment pro
gram is a “Stunt Nite”
which will be given Oct. Ist.
If you have an FM radio
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