Protect our Wildlife
Prevent Forest Fires.
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"VOLUME THIRTEEN
Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Robertson
Offer Museum Collection
Vv Hi Collection j
To County
IV. and Mrs. W. B. Rob
ertson, this week, have
made known their wish to
present to Yancey county
the museum collection whi
ch has been acquired by
them through the years.
Conditions of this dona-'
tion to the county' are the
erection of a suitable, fire!
proof building and the crea
tion of a Board of Trustees j
to he in charge of the
museum which shall be es
tabhsbed permanently.
It would be difficult to
estimate the value of the
eoHeetion which is one of
largest in this section. 1 Onj
many occasions Dr. Robert-;
son has refused very sub
stantial offers' for the col
lection or parts of it.
If the offer is not accept- j
ed by the citizens of the!
county, the Robertsons have]
indicated that the collection
will probably be given to
some school or university. J
It would be impossible to I
list acre all of the groups
of items in the collection.!
Indian and pioneer relics,!
guns, coins, books, minerals,*
Chinese brass, shells, are'
among them.
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t“I have had an exciting experience
seeing how the Navy has changed in
just three years. The new research pro
gram the greatest ever undertaken
any place in the world already has
developed fast carriers, super-speed
subs, jet planes, buzz bombs and atom
Wayne Morris, Lt. Cmdr., USNR
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Navy Sets Pace—three records in
one year: 1) world’s distance non
stop, 2) world’s speed record, 3) en
durance without refueling. j
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SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR.
The Indiian relics include
! all types of weapons and
'tools used by the red men.;
Pioneer articles of clothing,!
household goods, a complete
collection of lighting equip-1
! megt from the pine splinter!
through to the electric!
light, spinning wheels, and
, many other items are in-
I eluded.
The collection of guns in
cludes the old breech load
ing rifles, flint locks, the
first repeating rifles that
were first used against the
Indians, Civil War rifles
and man v_others.
The coin collection is per
haps one of the most valu
able. Foreign coins dating
from the Carthage of Queen
Dido and the Widow’s Mite;
'of Bible times are included.!
Practically all domestic
coins including tho Beckner
dollar of gold, mined and
minted at Rutherfordton,
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An authentic McGuffy’si
Reader and Blue Back Spel
ler are two of the book col
j lection.
In the mineral group are
i practically all types of local
; minerals, including uran-|
ium which has been found,
in very small quantities in
• the county, and many speci
| men from other parts of the
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Spectacular electronic advances—
no university anywhere can sur»
pass the training the Navy offers
in electronics.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1948
BURNSVILLE P. T. A.
! Tiie Burnsville P. T. A.
held the regular monthly
meeting on Tuesday even
, ing in the school library.
Mrs. C. F. Mcßae, presided.
The devotional was given
,by David R. Swartz, and
Paul R. Taylor was guest
speaker. Mr. Taylor discuss
ed education in relation to
changing conditions in the
world today.
A report of the activities j
of the Student Council was:
given by Sarah Hamrick,!
secretary. Mr. Tomberlin
announced that the annual,
Hallowe’en program will be
given on Thursday night,
October 28. A miscellaneous
program by the students
and a food* booth supervised ;
by the P. T. A. will he the
only features of the enter-j
j tainment this year. No pop-!
ularity contest will he held.
A group of first grade
students from Mrs. Sorrells
room presented a group of
songs, directed by Mrs.
Sorrells..'
Attendance banners were
awarded Miss Bennett’s
grad# and the 11th grade
in high school.
The membership drive
'will be extended for several
weeks and all parenns were
! urged to join. A social hour
concluded the meeting.
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Dr. and Mrs. Van B. Ben
nett of Jasper, Fla., were
guests of Dr. and Mrs. W.
L. Bennett here last week.
Billy Pate and Joe Phil
lips were at home for the
week end from Mars Hill
College. | (
Ernest Lyon, Forrner Burnsville
Resident Passes Away
James Ernest Lyon, aged
56, son of J. M. Lyon and a
veteran of World War I,
died at the Veterans’ hospi
tal at Hampton, Va. on Oct
ober 14. He had been a
patient there for a number
of months, and had been in
declining health for a per
iod of two years.
Mr. Lyon was reared in
Burnsville. He was a gradu
ate of Stanley McCormick
school and attended Tuscu
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United States and foreign
countries.
A few years ago Dr. Rob
ertson made a collection of
sea Shells while on a visit to
the coast. His latest collec
tion is a fine display of
Japanese swords and other
souvenirs of World War 11.
Citizens of the county,
and many former citizens,
will be keenly interested in
this most generous and pub-;
lie spirited offer by Dr. and
Mrs. Robertson.
BUY SECURITY BONDS
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Presbyterian Church
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Services on October 24th
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Church service at 11 o’clock,
Sermon subject, “The Illurm
ination of the Common
place.” I
NAVY DAY
October 27 has been pro
claimed Navy Day by Gov.
! Cherry. He has called* on all
North Carolinians to “take
part in observance of this
day through the many
; channels open to. them, and
jto join in a salute to the
United Stales Navy and its
coordinated seapower”.
In Asheville special exer
cises will his held on October
; 30. A parade will be held,
and Navy officers will speak
“Open House” will be ob
served at the new Naval
Reserve Armory on Satur
day afternoon and also on
Sunday afternoon.
Celebrate Golden Wedding
Anniversary Sunday
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On Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Ramsey celebrated
their Fiftieth Wedding an
niversary with “Open
House” at their home here. !
Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey
were married on October
15, 1898. She is the former
Miss Letitia Butner.
Children, who attended
the ohsefvah.ee* Sunday
were Mrs. Ransom Higgins,
Mrs. Troy Mclntosh, Mrs.
Grady Hensley and Saivie
Ramsey of Burnsville, and
Mrs. W. M. Roland of Ashe- 1
ville. j
Two children, Mrs. Clyde
Shockey and James Ramsey!
of .Detroit were absent.
A number of relatives;
and friends called during
the afternoon to offer best
wishes. -
During the last five years
the farmer’s share of the
consumer’s food dollar has
ranged from 50 to 55 cents.
In 1935-39 it averaged 40
cents.
lum College. For a number
of years he worked with
his father in the Bank of
Yancey and later was as
sistant cashier of the First
National Bank of Marion,
! N. C. He enjoyed a wide ac
quaintance among the peo
ple cf Yancey county dur
ing his activities in Burns
ville.
Funeral services were'
held in the hospital chapel:
at Hampton on Monday
morning. Burial was in the'
Hampton National Ceme
tery at Phoebus, Va.
Surviving in addition to
the father, are two brothers
and two sisters: R. B. Lyon
of Knoxville, Tenn., J. P.
Lyon of Blowing Rock, Mi’s.
R. E. Burton of Weaver
ville and Mrs. Ruth Lyon
McNew of Knoxville, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Craig
Woody of Burnsville Rt. 1,
announce the arrival of a
daughter at Williams Clinic
on October 20.
Burnsville Home Demon
stration Club Meets
The Burnsville Home De
monstration club met on
Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs.- George
Robinson with 20 members
present. Mrs. Milton Hig
gins was associate hostess.
Officers for the coming
year were named: presi
dent, Mrs. Ivan Westall;
vice president, Mrs. Guss
Peterson; treasurer, Mrs.
John Banks; secretary, Mrs
Vincent Mestall; reporter,
Mrs. Paul Young,
Further plans for the es
tablishment of a Craft Cen
ter here were discussed. In
order to raise money for
this project a program will |
be sponsored tonight < Thu
rsday) at the Court House, j
and a Rummage Sale will be’
iheld on the Square on Elec-,
. tion Day.
The demonstration given
at the meeting was on mak
ing Christmas gifts and re
modeling clothes.
The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. J.
A. Goodin. The members 1
will ha\e a covered dish
luncheon and make Christ- 1
mas gifts.
HUNTERS MAY STILL
APPLY FOR PERMITS
• Hunters may still* make
application Ho the WTlcTliie
Resources Commission in
! Raleigh for permits to hunt
bear and deer on the Coop-*
lerative Wildlife Manage-’
ment Areas located iaWes.'
tern North Carolina.
Clyde P. Patton, Execu
tive Director of the North’
! Carolina Wildlife Resour- 1
ces Commission, announced!
that a considerable number
of vacancies still exist on I
most of the organized hunts!
For those hunts which are
not filled, applications will
stil] he received by the Wild
life Resources Commission
in Raleigh anl permits will
he issued until all positions
on the various hunts are
filled.
In the event that the
specified number of appli
cations are received by the
closing date previously es- *
tablished, the applications
will be closed and public.
drawings held whenever
necessary to select the par-|
ties who will be permitted!
to participate in the hunts, j
The hunts for which ap
; lication may still be made
include the Mount Mitchell
j and Daniel Boone Area
hunts, bear or deer, Nov
! ember 22-24.
i Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Mclntosh visited Clyde N.
Young Sunday. Mr. Young
recently underwent an ap-;
pendectomy at the Morgan-;
ton hospital.
Dorothy Covington* will
be home this week end for
a visit with her parents,*
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Coving-1
ton. Miss Covington is em
ployed with the State De
partment of Education in
Columbia, S. C.
National chicken produc
tion increased 88 per cent
from 1938 to 1943.
4-H Club Members Win In
Better Methods Electric Contest
! June Bryan, Rt. 1, Burns
ville and Charles Gillespie,
Rt. 2, Burnsville, have been
adjudged winners in a
county-wide 4-H Bettor
Methods Electric Contest,
according to an announce
ment today by Home Agent
Mrs. Juanita Evans and
County Agricultural Ass’t
Agent, Tom Godwin.
The 4-H Better Methods
Electric contest is an an
nual event conducied on a
state-wide basis by the Nor
th Carolina State College
Agricultural Extension ser
vice in cooperation with the
Westinghouse Educational
Foundation and local power
j companies which, in this
area, is Carolina Power &
| Light Company. The object
! of the contest is.to encour
age a wise use of electricity
on the farm and in the farm
I home through the develop
ment of their own choosing
by 4-H Club members,
i In Yancey county 8 4-H
boys land girls entered the
,contest. As winners from
i the county, Miss Bryan and
Mr. Gillespie will be the
guests of the sponsoring
agencies at a 4-H Club Bet
ter Methods Electric Con
gress to be held at the Caro
lina Hotel in Raleigh on
* November 1 and 2.
’[ County winners will com
pete for territorial honors
and for prizes which include
! college scholarships, wrist
( watches, and other valuable
awards. Territorial winners
| HOME AGENTS NOTES
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1 The following Home De
monstration clubs will meet
Boonford club on, Tues-
Jday, October 26 with Mrs.
j Stella Young at 2 o’clock.
The Ramseytown club on
Wednesday, October 27 at
2 o’clock with Mrs. Mollie
Whitson.
The Micaville club on
Thursday, October 28 at 7
o’clock with Mrs. Lynn
Thomas.
The Upper Jacks Creek
club on Friday. October 29
at 2 o’clock with Mrs. Mar-!
tha Lou Gibbs.
WHEN AUTUMN PAINTS THE HILLS
hen God viewed His new creation
The world to perfect its worth;
He called upon His,artist. Autumn,
T o blend heaven and earth.
How to make such great perfection
Then they began to muse;
What should be the characteristics?
What colors should they use?
Clouds of snowy-wlv'te for virtue;
Crimson oak, sin to refine
For emerald green of life 'nrever
They chose the stately spruce and pine;
For wealth of love then to hereafter,
! For faith and charity and hopes untold
She dipped her brush with skill so tender
To paint the maple’s flame of gold.
When these hills she had completed
To make her Master’s wish ccme true
Like jewels each within its setting
She made them shine gainst heaven’ own blue.
Now when the Great Creator
Wants heaven brought to common sod
Autumn paints in wondrous beauty
Her masterpiece—“ The Hills of God.”
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Protect our Natural re
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sources. Prevent Forest
Fires.
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NUMBER THIRTEEN
s will in turn compete for
state honors, and state win
ners w’ill be awarded with
an all expense trip to Chi
cago w 7 here the National
4-H Club Congress will be
held.
Miss Bryan selected as
her project milking cows
and cooling milk with an
electric milker and cooler.
Miss Bryan helps her
father milk 15 cows twice a
day. By using electric milk
ers she found that approxi
mately $362 per year was
saved in labor alone. By
hand it takes from 8 to 10
minutes to milk a cow; with
a milker, 3 to 4 minutes.
The milk is cleaner too as
no foreign substance can be
kicked into the milk pails
hv the cow 7 ..
Mr. Gillespie won first
place in the bov’s division
on the following project:
Heating w 7 ater and washing
milk bottles.
Charles discover? 1 that
by using an electric hot
w’ater heater and installing
3 large sinks, he saved walk
ing 70.3 miles, lifting; 22.7
tones, and and 90.9 days
time a year over the old
method of cutting wopd and
heating the w T ater on a
stove.
Following is a complete
list of Yancey county, parti
cipants in - the contest: Ross
Bailey, Aaron Wilson, Char
les Gillespie,Jmojean Prof
fitt, Reha Banka, Margaret
Wilson, Mae Higgins, June
Bryan.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fox of
i Bald Creek announce the
birth of a daughter. Retta
Lynn on Oct. 5.
A few acres of Turkish
tobacco will be grown in
| Jackson, Swain, and Gra
’ ham Counties in 1949.
The following Yancey
county births have been re
ported at Williams Olinid,
Spruce Pine: Mr. and Mrs.
Junior Silver of Cane River,
a son, Oct. 10.
I Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fox of
Burnsville a daughter, Oct.
11.
j Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Forbes of Burnsville a dau
ghter, Oct. 16.
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