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aiiaiiiiißiisiiaiig'friiianii'aiiaiiaiia^iitmaiißiiQiißiisiiaitfiM* Protect our Wildlife. Prevent Forest Fires. •aitanaiiß-ia iaiiaiiaMaiiaiiaiiaiiaiiaiiaiiaiiaiia*iaMaiiaiiaH«^ VOLUME THIRTEEN SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. Fairn Bureau To End Drive The Yancey County Farm Bureau will conclude its an nual drive with a meeting in the Burnsville H i g.h Tool auditorium, Friday vs .lit. Get. 15, at 7:30 p. m. Highlights of the meeting will be the election of offi cers for the coming year, Suing music, and refresh men! s. The meeting will be open to the public. FARM NOTES Tree seedlings will be available for reforestation purposes again next spring. Seedlings- will be furniished free of cost to landowners and farmers of Yancey county. The following species will be available for distribu tion: White Pine, Shortleaf Pine, Black Locust, Yellow Poplar. Application blanks may be obtained from the office of C ounty Farm Agent, V. J. Goodman. No application can be accepted for less than 500 trees. There is a total land area of 199,040 acres in Yancey county and it is estimated that 11,345 acres are in need of reforestation. All per sons interested in reforest ing their lands are urged to see Mr. Goodman at the earliest possible date in order that they may be as sured of obtaining seedlings for spring planting. ACHIEVEMENT DAY The home demonstration clubs of the county observed the annual Achievement Day last Friday. Outstanding exhibits were displayed by Mrs. J. J. Nowicki, Mrs. Ralph Prof fitt, Mrs. Yates Bailey, Mrs. Grace Harris, Mrs. George Robinson, Mrs. Grady Bai ley, Mrs. Gus Hensley, Mrs. W. H. Holleman, Mrs. Car roll Rogers, Mrs. Albert Zucosky, Mrs. P». S. Con nelly, Llrs. Ivan Westall, Mrs. Champ Ray, Mrs. Har mon Peterson and Mrs. Harlan Holcombe. .Plans have been discussed recently for the craft pro ject and as one of the ways of raising funds it was an nounced that the club will sponsor the appearance of Jimmy Renfro anl his band at the court house on Thur sday night, October 21. * ( ' ; ) look out WHENjirs vark'out! DARKNESS MEANS DANCER I 3 out of 5 fatal /rtptfev .} motor vehicle traffic accidents happen at night. Be extra cautious during the early hours of dark- wOjvw ness, when light is most deceptive. Drive slowly f and dim lights for approaching cars. I Be Careful-the life you save may be your ownl ] J , f i i This advertisement Is published In the public Interest by , , I THE YANCEY RECORD i The membership drive still has not reached the . I county quota of 250 mem ; bers but now 7 has a substan tial increase over last years membership and many wor-j . jkers have not reported in| several days. From all re-; ports the state total will , Beach and possibly exceecP . the quota of 80,000. The' 1 total for last year was sligh- I tly over 70,000 members. I MT. MITCHELL AND BOONE AREA HUNTS , ANNOUNCED L 1 Dates, special regulations! I and bag limits have been ; set up f.or organized deer • anl hear hunts in the Mount Mitchell and Roone Game Management/ areas accord ing to a joint-announcement ■ by the N. C. Wildlife Com mission and the U. S. Forest | Service. Both hunts will be held on November 22, 23, and 24, with 100 special permits granted to hunters on the Mount Mitchell area, and 150 in the Boone area. Each ' hunter will be allowed three days in which to bag either ’ one deer or one bear. .In case more than 250 hunters apply for the two 1 hunts, a drawing will be held at 2:00 p. rn. in Marion by the Marion Chamber of Commerce on November 5. Special permits will cost $7.50 per person. Full infor; mation and application forms may be obtained from the N. C. Wildlife Re sources Commission, Ral eigh. Illegal Sports Cost Tar heel Anglers and Nimrods Over Six Thousand Failure to observe gafhe and fish law r s during the month of September cost 403 Tarheel sportsmen a total of $6,330.00, according to Clyde P. Patton, execu tive director of the N. C. Wildlife Resources Com mission. Most frequent violation was hunting out of season, w'ith fishing and hunting without licenses running a close second. Five pre-sea son deer hunters paid $342.55 in fines and costs, while five persons paid a total of $735.00 for dy«a miting fish. Brady Fox is in Moore General hospital for- treat ment. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” Pvt. Alvin C. Rathburn Pvt. Warren C. Fox Funeral services for Pvt. Alvin C. Rathburn will be; j held on Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Free Will ; Baptist church, Vixen. The I American Legion Post will be in charge. Pvt. Rathburn was killed in action on November 20, 1944. He entered service in Nov. 1940. Surviving are the parents Mr. and Mrs. Willard Rath burn of Pensacola; a sister, Mrs. John C. Rice of Swan nanoa; two brothers, Ivan of Swannanoa and Jake of Pensacola. Funeral services for Pvt. Warren C. Fox who was killed in action on Novem ber 24, 1944 will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 at the Legion Memorial; building. Pvt. Fox entered! service in February, 1944. The American Legion Post will be in charge of; uil/ury rites and burial will be in the McCracken cemetery. Surviving are three child ren, Hazel, Wayne and Mary of Paint Gap the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kell Fox of Oteen; two sisters, Lily Fox of Johnson City and Mrs. Vivian Ogle of Oteen, and one brother, David of Oteen. CHILD ILL OF POLIO The two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Ray of Asheville is ill of polio and is now in an iron lung at the orthopedic hospital there. The child is a grand son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Banks of Bolens Creek and Richard Rays of Cane Riv er, and has often visited here with its parents. Enlist in Navy The Navy Recruiting Of ficer has announced enlist ment of three men from the county: Herbert Eug ene Wilson, son of Mrs. Vassey Wilson Banks Cha-J rles Byrd, son of Taylor Byrd; and Fred C. Ramsey, son of Mrs. R. W. Ramsey of Burnsville. * Mr. and Mrs. R. C. On* and small daughter of Ashe ville, spentHhe week end with relatives here. Court Will Convene October 25 il?‘ The October term of Sup erior court will convene in Burnsville on October 25. Judge Dan K. Moore will preside and civil cases will; be heard. The following jury list has .been drawn: trover Husk ins, J. C. Mclntosh, Freeland Revis, John B. McCurry, Conway Higgins, Lester Wilson, Jr., Troy Ray, Von Renfro, Hobart Wilson, Thurman Chrisawn, -Hansel Hensley, W. L. Honeycutt, Bis Ray, W. T. McMahan, Fred Harrell, S. T. Ledford, Jack McAlis ter, Ray Garland, Andrew Edwards, Clinton Gardner J. R. Bailey, Howard Gar BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1948 six Mm Leave for EXAMINATION The firA six Yancey cou nty men edited for examina- j tian under the new military j - aft law left this morning (Thursday! for Greeneville, S. C., where they will be ex amined foi induction into service. I Rex Ye!|on Elected To Angusl Association Rex Yeltsin of Route 1, Burnsville, |N. C., has been elected to {membership in the American Aberdeen- Angus Brleders’ Associa tion at Chifago, announces: Secretary ilrank Richards. I ' -m | Jacks Creek Highway Now For Traffic -j | Construction of the Jacks ! Creek highway has been completed arid the highway is now operi for travel, ac ; cording to* announcement iof highway f officials today. Traffic had been detoured over the new Green Moun tain highway 197. The contract called for 12 ' miles of blacktop surfacing, H 12 feet wide and this has all ; : Seriously Injured by Falling Tree O. K. Midjjcyg, lumber man of BuSmlte, was ser iously injured last Thurs day afternoon when a fall ing tree, struck’him on the head. Mr. Masters was driving a tractor at the time and drove under the tree which was being cut. He suffered three broken ribs and other injuries but X-Rays did not reveal a skull fracture. He was taken to the hos pital in Erwin, Tenn., where his condition shows im provement. land, Woodrow Randolph, Arnold Wilson. Seoond week: Jennings Fox, Clinton Ramsey, Mel vin Woody, Niram Miller, Monroe Hensley. Cecil Hen sley, Oliver Carroway, Fonz Hughes, Jack Howell, Arth ur Street, Lonnie Smith, S. B. Ballew, Earl Robinson, Woodrow Ballard, George Gibbs, Clarence Boone Leßoy Silvers, F. E. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hom uth and daughter of Clear water, Fla. are here for a visit . Mr. Homuth recently purchased Camp Mt. Mit chell for Girls from Mrs. Bertha M. Palmer. » On Cruiser Luther Porter Robinson, fireman apprentice, USN, json of James Henry Robin !son Os Route 1, Cane River, N. C.. is serving aboard the i heavy cruiser USS Helena i which has just been award ed the Battle Efficiency Pennant and “E” for her general excellence through out the fiscal year July 1, 1947 to July 1, 1948. The award is a competi tive one, based on overall battle efficiency. Each de partment of the ship is ; graded to determine the, vessel’s final mark in the! j competition. been finished. Construction of shoulders has not been completed but this will be done within a short time. j Surfacing of the Jacks Creek highway is one of the major road improvements; for the county, as it carried some of the heaviest travel! of any road in the county but had been in an unsatis factory condition for ye&rs. I FINAL RITES FOR . MRS. MINNIE GREENE Mrs. Minnie Bailey Greene, 50, passed away J Tuesday morning at the j home of her sister, Mrs. y Clayton Sparks of Estatoe, j following an extended ill* 1 ness. j Funeral services were' Jheld at the Higgins Memor-j I ial Methodist church at 2! p. m. Wednesday with Rev. . Paul Taylor and Rev. A. Z. } Jamerson officiating. Bur ial was in the Young ceme tery at Boonford. Surviving are two J. D. Greene of New York and Frank of Boone; three daughters, Rowena of Rut herfordtpn, Margaret and Barbara of Estatoe; two sisters, Mrs. Sparks and Mrs. D. B. Williams of Asheville. Mrs. Greene was the dau ghter of the late James andj Maggie Auslin Bailey, pio-j neer residents of this sec- 1 tion, and the widow of the late Junius Decatur Greene. She had been a member of | the Methodist church since, early girlhood. MRS. LAT PENLAND DIES IN MARION ) • «, » Mrs. Marie Evelyn Whit ’ son Penland, 24, died Friday morning at Marion after a brief illness. Mrs. Penland v/as well known here as her husband, Lat Penland, was a native of Yancey county. Funeral services were conducted at Garden Creek Baptist church Sunday at 2 p. m. by her pastor, the Rev. Charles C. Parker, and bur ial was in the Whitson plot ; in Oak Grove cemetery. Surviving are the hus- < band; one son, Lat James ! Jr., mother, Mrs. Marion A. i Whitson of Marion; five < Additional Equipment Installed In Rayon Plant i Equipment of the Glen i Raven Silk Mills that has | been in use in one of the Legion buildings to train employees is now being moved to the new plant here which is rapidly near ing completion. There are at present 112 I looms set up in the new ! building and 75 of them are being tested (in operation mechanically but not pro ducing cloth). The slasher, a machine which adds a | chemical solution to the yarn to strengthen it, is set | up, most, of the humidifiers ,and lights have been install ed, and the boiler for the furnace has been installed. However, much equip ment must still be moved in and set up, the office rooms are not completed i arid all partitions are not in 1 place. Therefore, it is im possible to know when first production will start thou -1 gh it should be within a lew weeks. Training Department Promotions have been announced in several of the departments. The following men have been picked from the original group to be “second hands”, Jay Deyton! of Green Mtn., for the sec- 1 ond shift, and Lee Roy Hun-1 ter of Day Book for the 3rd shift. Paul Ayers of HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEWS Services rendered by the District Health Officer, DisJ j trict Sanitarian, and the i Yancey county nurse for; September: Vaccinations: Smallpox, | 10; diphtheria, 27; Typhoid, 38; Whooping cough, 40 Tetanus, 8; Influenza, 8. . Veneral Disease Control: Admissions to service, 9; Clinic visits, 7; Field visits, 8; Referred to rapid treat-; ment center, 8. f Tub e rculosis”. Control: X-. rays, 2; Fluoroscopes, 1; Tuberculin tests, 14/ Maternity Service: Ad missions to service, 4; Clin ic visits, 6. Infant and Pre-school Hygiene: Admissions to ser vice, 8; Office visits, 10. Hygiene: Examinations by Health Officer, 37; Office visits, 6; Field visits, 10. Adult Hygiene: Food handlers examined, 27; Oth er medical examinations < teachers, bus drivers, etc.), ! 39. * / Morbidety Service: AdJ missions to service, 14; Of-1 fice visits, 16; Medical visits; 4. Sanitation: New privies inslailed, 3; New Septic tanks installed, 2; Private premises inspected, 10; Schools visited, 18; Field; sisters, and three brothers,! Mrs. Carl McKinney, Miss| KTtby Whitson, Walter, and Edward Whitson of Marian, Mrs. Clarence Duncan, Mar ion Rt. 4, Mrs. Paul Morris of Glenwood, Mrs. Cecil Moody of Old Fort Rt. 1, and Herbert Whitson of Corpus Christi, Tex. Protect our Natural re sources. Prevent Forest Fires. NUMBER TWELVE ! Burnsville is now an assist ant instructor. Ford Bailey of Green Mtn., is overseer of the cloth room. He recently went to the Mill in Burling ton for a short period of in struction as the volume of production here was not large enough to furnish ad equate training.' Second hands in the pre paration l oom are Albert - Silvers of Spruce Pine and Loyd Higgins of Higgins. : oix women are trained in the departmem for prepar ; mg the warp for the looms. This is an important step in the production operations as any error made here , shows up as a flaw in the finished cloth. Employed here are Margaret McCour ly, Bertie Hall, Jeraldine Ledford, Ruby Autrev, Mae Anglin and Qwen Bailey. In the preparation room where the fillers ri e made ready, those empl _;1 are Burdetta Roland, Emma Lou Holcombe, Jessie Mcln tosh, Wilma King, Mozelle Smith, and Ethel King Madge Deyton is being tra ined as cloth gracler. Five houses have been ! completed and are now being occupied and the two larger houses located on the hill back of the plant build ing will soon be finished. visits to food handling es tablishments, 39; Field vis its io dairy farms, 14; Field : visits to milk plants, 1. Laboratory: Water speci mens examined, 5; Milk I specimens examined, 11, Blood tests, 30; Other, 10. Communicable diseases reported: Scarlet Fever,. 1 ; Venereal disease, 6. Public health instruction: Letters to parents, 28; news paper articles published, 3; S Bulletins and posters dis tributed, 50; Motion pictur j es shown, 2. j Visits to Mitchell county Jail. 2; Examinations or treatments given in jail, 4 Staff conferences, 1; con ferences with officials, 37; | conferences with physicians 19; other conferences, 164. They Say” The weather: A nip in the air. A number of people must have read our “Come !up now if you wish to see the mountains at most bea ; utiful“ invitation. Many | (Continued on pare 4) | Smpkey Says : : ■ T.IB iHAPy WtOPV MOIWERtP/ (Ti'.e COOL WATERS IN WHICH/-aJA FISH GROW gjgL Ufa. .flg AND. WOODS. .
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