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Protect our Wildlife. Forest Fires. & VOLUME THIRTEEN Court Will Convene Here on November 22 A special term of Super ior court will convene in Burnsville on Monday, Nov-! ember 22. Judge Dan K. Moore will preside and only civil cases will be heard. The following jury list ha? been drawn: first week: llollin Hen sley, Bis King. Carvel Hon eycutt, C. M. Deyton, Paul! McCurry, L. R. ArrowoodJ Ernest Mclntosh, Eugene Hensley, Charlie Cooper, Ernest Renfro, Mack Hen-: slev, Thomas Tipton, Dew ey Higgins, Dolphus Ensor, Tree Young, Walter Hen sley, E. J. Hall, M. M. Whit-; NOTICE A special meeting has; been called at Bald Creek Lodge, A. F. and A. M. No. 397 i'or Friday night, Nov. 19. This meeting has been called principally for the conferring of degrees. All master masons are urged to attend. E. J. Ball is worship ful master. INFANTS DIE Funeral services for the twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Edwards were held at the Bakers Creek church, conducted by the Rev. Fred Wheeler. Burial was in the Bakers Creek cemetery. The twins, Harmon Dan-, iel and Ivan Samuel, were hern, a! the Marion hospital on Oct. 20 and passed away at lie hospital. 1 I Entertainment Program Is j Planned By Eastern Star Chapter , I] An entertainment pro- : gram, sponsored by the re-' c( nlly organized Bald O 'ok Chapter U. D., Order ji of tlie Eastern Star, will he's given at the Burnsville] School auditorium on Sat- < nr Jay night, November 27 j at 1:30. j ] Three groups J of singers have oeen secur- : ed- for the event, the 1 “Friendly Five” of Station 1 W. N. C. A., Asheville, the < "Tone Masters” of Station i W. W. N. C. Asheville, and : ■he “Melody Five” former- i ly oi W L 0 S, Asheville. Ollier features of the ev- ( enings entertainment will i bo cake walks, an auction 1 sale of prizes and a Food < Booth. 1 1 n> :: HEADS UPI DON'T BE STRUCK DOWN! More than 20,000 pedestrians are injured or killed uJIJa every month by motor vehicles. When walking, watch for drivers. When driving, watch for walkers. A careless walker soon ridea in an ambulance or a ff . hearse. Don’t you be the one! Be Careful—the life you save may be your ownl , * This advertisement I* published in the public Interest by THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. 'son, Charlie Fox, Crawford Ayers, Arthur Robinson,' ! Lawrence Hall, Lee M. ! Banks, W. C. Byrd. Second week: G. B. Hen jsley, Floyd Huskins, Leon- 1 ard Higgins, Dewey Hugh es, Fred Phillips, Earl Wy att, F. B. Edwards, B. E.j ; Higgins, Jess Bailey, Fred Honeycutt, Eugene Autrey,* J. B. Randolph, Gilbert Buchanan, Cling Thomas,. Corbin C. Robinson, H. E. Ray. George Young, Homer : Price, D. H. Brinkley, Lewis Greelie, Lonas Renfro, J. B. Wheeler, Dallas Penland,i Ralph Fox. With Western Auto Associate Store J. C. Hensley of Higgins is now employed with the Western Auto Associate! 'Store here of which Lloyd E. Owens is owner. Mr. Hensley is a graduate of Bee Log high school. Thad Bradford who was with the Auto Associate Store has returned to the Blue Ridge Hardware Co. School on Saturday County schools will be in session on Saturday, Nov ember 20 to make up the day lost on November 2 when the schools were clos ed. Army arid Air Force To Sponsor New Radio Show A galaxy of star perfor-! mors which include Mary Marlin, Willie Howard, 1 Walter Winchell, Alec Tem pleton, Talulah Bankhead, and Donald Cook will ap pear in a scene from “Pri-! rate Lives” on the first of a ! new series of radio pro-' grams entitled “Star Spang-’ led Theatre” over the Am-' erican Broadcasting System < network at 7:30 p. m., Thu rsday, November 11. This , new program will be aired every Thursday night be-A tween 7:30 and 8 p. m., in i the interest of the Army.] and Air Force Recruiting Service with Alfred Drake , acting as master of cere- , monies. j | Each program will in clude appearances by pro- , minent stars of the stage, screen, and radio, and is expected to be one of the most popular radio shows! “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” ! | Ltd Sam Byrd Bennett ______ * The body of Lt. Sam Byrd ■ Bennett is now enroute home from Holland, Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Bennett were' i notified this week. Lt. Bennett was killed in action in May, 1944 while ! serving with the Air Force , over Germany. | Services for Pfc. Robinson Planned Nov. 21 The body of Pfc. Guy Robinson, who was killed in action in Germany April' 16, 1945, arrived Tuesday at the Quinn Funeral Home. !, Funeral Services will be held Sunday, November 21, at 2 p. m. in the Double Is land Baptist Church. The Rev. J. H. Black and the Rev. James Street wis off >- 'ciate and burial will be in' the church cemetery. Graveside rites will be conducted by members of Earl Horton Post of the' American Legion of Burns-' viiie. Pfc. Robinson was born' in the Double Island corur munity of Yancey County, attended the Micaville High School, and entered the ser vice March 16, 1943. He was 20 years old at the time of his death. Surviving are the parents Mr. and Mrs. Earl'RoblYlfbn of Green Mountain; three sisters, Lorene, Maude, and Madge of the home; four brothers, Homer, Worley i and J. C. of Green Moun tain; Paul Robinson of the U. S. Army. AC A COMMITTEE WILL BE SELECTED Community committee el ections for the County Ag ' ricultural Con se r vation | Committee will be held on December 2, it has been an nounced by W. M. Hensley, chairman. At the same time farm ers will choose delegates to the county convention where the county commit teemen will be elected on December 3. At these elections, (Com mitteemen to adjrjjnfster the Agricultural Uonserva-j tion program and related programs for 1949 will be chosen. Since these are of vital concern to farmers of this county, it is to the best i interest of each farmer to 'participate. j I Any person is eligible to I vote in the election who is participating in the 1948 Agricultural C onservation program or in a price sup port or Commodity loan program, or who has enter ed into a Federal Crop in surance contract. Notice To Veterans All veterans who wish to enroll in the Veterans Far mer Training classes for the ccniing year are asked to make application to the ag riculture teacher or an as sistant teacher between November 15 and Decern ber 1. Buy Christmas Seals BURNSVILLE, N. C., T&URSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1948 Crjtica% Injured in Automobile Wreck Mrs. Johij Blue of Laur inburg, former Miss Nelle Wilson, was critically injured in fan automobile I accident Mohdav and is now in the hospjtaj at Hamlet, I N. C. Her Barents, Mr. and! Mrs. J. H. \Vilson, and Mrs. John Wilson went down Tuesday. | Details of the wreck have not been learned but Mrs.j Blue was dfiving alone at I the time. She suffered aj fractured skull, broken arm and hip, severe cuts and internal injuries. Rehearsels .for Christmas Music Will Begin The churches of the town f will join in |i special pro gram of Christmas music to; jbe given diiring Christinas week. , The first rehearsal will be j held at the Baptist church i on Sunday evening at 8:30. J All those in the commun | ity who are interested,' whether members of the church choirs or not, will be welcomed to join in this special program and are asked to be present for the rehearsal Sunday evening. Thanksgiving Holidays "Thursday and Friday November 25 and 26 will he observed as holidays; by schools of the county. 84-H CLUB NEWS Several years ago, Sears, Roebuck and company spon sored a Cow-Hen-llog uro gram for 4-H Club members in interested counties in ; this area. i The program was started i in Yancey county by Sears jj giving 8 purebred Poland-!, China gilts to 8 club mem- < bers who qualified by writ-| ( ling an essay on a designat- \ ed subject. These 8 winners were to give a gilt pig from !■; their first litter to other!; qualified 4-H Club members ; to keep the chain growing. ; County Contests * 1 This year there were 175,i entrants, with 30 essays g submitted. The following; < j arc winners and will be : I awarded the gilts: Bernard i 'Adkins, Micaville school;]; June Bryan, Bald Creek.;: school; John Styles, Clear-ji mont school; Phillip Jones, j Clearmont school; John j Bennett, Harvard school; ] 1 Gale Hall and David Gilles pie, Burnsville school; Har-J i oldean Young, Burnsville colored school. Next spring the 8 winners ( will take their gilts to the Pig Show in Asheville. At this show, Sears, Roebuck ■and Company will give a ! registered heifer to the champion pig; 100 baby chicks to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th > and sth place winners and . 50 baby chicks to the 6 to > 10th place winners. > Last year Boyd Peterson . of Bee Log school won the ■ registered heifer. L j By 1946 farmers were spending three times whaj they spent in 1936 for med ical care. - H'l A § .. . tg|jiL & a■-i i . i. B ■■■ Oichestre National of France OKCHESTRE NATIONAL 1 OF FRANCE TO PLAY IN ASHEVILLE i i i Music lovers of North Carolina are anticipating a notable treat when the Or chestre National of France i plays in concert at Asheville 1 'on Wednesday, November 124th at 8:30 pJ m. in the 1 City Auditorium. The orchestra’s American 1 tour, arranged under the auspices of the French gov ernment as a goodwill tour, will cover the territory ex-; tending from New York to] San Francisco, and from New Orleans to Boston,, be ' fore the group returns to France in December. Ashe viHeffs one of 32 cities in tho United States, and one of a very small number in the South, where the or chestre may be heard. Out-, of-tewn concert goers are ■expected to attend in large numbers. j Tickets are how on sale and may be obtained by writing to Junior League Concerts, Village Library, 32 Battery Park Avenue, Asheville, N. C. Send self addressed stamped, envelop es and make checks payable to “J union League Concerts’ ; Prices including taxes are; ’Lower Floor, $3.70; $3.10; $2.45. Balcony, $3.10: $2.45 p $1.85. ‘ ; The first foreign orches tra to appear in this coun try since 1920, the orchestra! is under the leadership of Charles Muench, who has appeared as guest conduc tor with the New York] Philha t monic Sy m p hony and major orchestras in! Chicago, Cleveland, Los An geles, Cineinnatti and Min neapolis. Next season, Mr. fyluench will succeed Serge ip LVr>BOABT OUR HOTDOGS— y NOTOUR WOODSI Buy Christmas Seals on Sale Monday ! Kbussevitsky as conductor |of Iho Boston Symphony , Orchestra. The Orchestra National is composed of 96 players, 17 of whom are women, who will wear original dresses designed bv Schiaparelli. 'Appearing at the City Au ditorium under the spon sorship of the Asheville j Junior League in coopera tion with James P. Rudolph, the orchestra will give a brilliant program of music, including the first Asheville ■ performance of Berlioz’ i; Symphonie Fantastique. l A special feature of the - concert will be the perform-; ranee of TOCCATA by the - American composer, Walter i Piston, which ’ was written ■ especially for Mr, Muench, and i s being played for the • first time anywhere in the ] world on this goodwill tour. 1 This Orchestre National is considered to be the fin jest French orchestra to have survived the war. Or ganized under government sponsorship in 1934, it is the leading radio as well as con cert orchestra in France of ; today. It has had a drama- 1 tje career, existing precar- i iously and living danger ously in France of the Occu- ; pat-ion. Many of its mem bers served in the armed forces and some in\Uie , Underground. Slowly, individually and in groups, and frequently at [the greatest possible per sonal risk, the players reas sembled in Marseille in the free zone. Still numerically 'weak, they rested their concerts in that city in “Sep tember of 1941. Following the Liberation they made the Theatre de Champs Elysees in Paris their per manent home. -■■■ ■■■' ■"»’ "■— ; -P- *»■■' ■> Wi|.. ' ... .. J —. Christmas Seal Sale >, The annual sale of Christ ■ mas- Seals will begin on Monday, November 22. In the county, the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary is again sponsoring the sale, with Mrs. Harmon P<jlei*son as chairman. —Funds from The -sale go to fight Tuberculosis, and the county committee ex pects to set a record for for sale this year. I rj'-' ... * I Rev. Troy McCourry has been- visiting in Mountain Dale, Tenn.. Yates Ben,nett .has re turned fr#rtf the, hospital where he an op eration, • Protect our Natural re sources. Prevent Forest Fires. NUMBER SEVENTEEN BURNSVILLE— “So They Saj ” The weather: Wonderful! Winter can’t be far away, and we’ve already begun to hear “White Christmas” on the radio, but today is like springtime. About town: Event of the week Was deer hunting. Monday, practically every man in town was T to try his luck. Some one said that it was no wonder t’ ere j were no deer around that ; first day us there was no where for a deer to hide— ] there was a hunter behind | every bush! ... On Mon day, Carl Silver and Steve Clark were the lucky ones, each getting a nice deer— And Tuesday, if you had seen Troy Ray you wouldn’t have had to ns’UTTo killed a 11 point one, Mack B. Ray got a 9 point one, and Lee Yelton, Richard Taylor, Vic Goodman. Vero Masters arid Alphonso Rector got a deer each. Haven’t lie ard of any since. . . New folks in town: the Kenneth Hen sleys who bought the house next door to Briggs Grocery and moved in several weeks ago. . . the Warren Hadleys who have moved to the lov ely “House on the Hill” above the Glen Raven mill. . the Walter Browns who are ■also connected with the ‘ plant and moved to one of ‘ the small houses there.-. . . and the Ike Laughruns have bought the house from whi ch Gus and Ha; lie Black moved, and they and the 1 Gus Hensleys will be mov ing soon. A welcome to each of the new’ families. . School news: regular session on Saturday to make up for the Election Day vacation, then two days off for Than ksgiving. . . . Mrs. LeFevre asks that w f e tell you that the Library will be closed next Thursday, so get your holiday reading material lined up ahead of time. . . . New" arrival: Richard’and Agnes Petersons second , daughter last Friday. . . . IRichard has accepted posi tion with Railway Mail Ser vice in Washington. , . . Re gret to have Bertha Palmer leave us after living here for 17 years. After she sold the camp here she bought a lot over at Lake Junaluska* and is having a summer home built there. . . Regret to learn "that Nolle Wilson Blue was critically injured in an automobile accident' Monday. She is still in very gr.Ka condition in Hamlet hospital. Tho family went A down and her mother re mained there with her. Never have we seen so many lovely things in Bur nsville fop Christmas gifts as are now’ on display Come in, book around,.and you’ll do 'most of that gift shopping here a. .... T — ■ Buy Christmas Seals
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