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VOLUME FOURTEEN
Yancey Citizens Hold Over
$1,000,000 in Savings Bonds
The Annual Report of U.
S. Savings Bond sales in
North Carolina was receiv
ed today by Mr. G. Leslie
Hensley, Yancey County
Chairman, from Allison
James, State Director in
Greensboro.
According to the Report
the people of Yancey coun
ty are now holding a net
backlog of U. S. Savings
Bonds amounting to $1,056,-
683.00. This figure repre
sents total E, F and G
Bonds purchased in the
county since May 1941, with
all cash-tns and redemp
tions deducted as of Dec-
Notice to Veterans
Jack C. Winchester, dis
trict service officer, of the
N. C. Veterans Commission
will be in the county court
house, with the county ser
vice officer on Thursday,
February 23 from 11:00 a.
m. to 4:00 p. m.
Mr. Winchester stated
that all prisoners of the
enemy during World War
11 should make application!
for the refund of ration '
amounts where the provis
ions of-the Geneva Conven
tion were not met. The
county service officer has
.the forms to file and will
be glad to help in the com
pletion of same. Depend
ents of' prisoners of war
may - m ake application at
the Same office, along with
Civilian prisoners of war.
Veterans who have not
filed for their Special Divi
dend from service insuran
ce, should do so lmmediat
‘ely. If you have' already
filed • the application and
have not received the re
turn card £rom the applico
tion, within eight weeks, it
is suggested that a new ap
plication be filed, being
sure to mark this one DUP
LICATE, in bold letters.
W. T. Tomberlin is im
proved after an illness of
several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Young and children of Mor
ganton visited relatives i
here last week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lew
is and son, Danny of Erwin.
Tenn. visited Mr. and, Mrs.
Ray Hilsmon Sunday.
Mr. Bruce Higgins who
is teaching at Red Oak ;
spent the week end at home 1
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Johnson have returned
from a trip to New Orleans !
and points in Florida.
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' STUDENT-VETERANS... IF YOUR
DEPENDENCY STATUS CHANGES,
SUBMIT PROOF OF ADDITIONAL J
DEPENDENCY AT ONCE TO
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[ SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
ember 31, 1949.
Savings Bonds sales in
Yancey County for the
year 1949, January 1 thro
ugh December 31, were as
follows: Series E, $111,693;
Series G. $18,005.00; total
1949 sales $129,693.00. The
county chairman stated
that according to the Re
port the current value of
U. S. Savings Bonds out
standing is greater than
the amount held during the'
wartime peak in 1945.
He said that, the people
of North Carolina in the
100 counties hold a total of
$657 million in Savings
Bonds.
Celebrate Birthdays
A birthday dinner honor
ing Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mc-
Dowell was given at their
home at Cane River on
February 5.
The birthday cake was
beautifully decorated i n
pink and white with 70 blue
candles.
Dinner guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Elzie Fox and
I family of Toledo, N. C.,
Mrs. John Lige Fox, Mr.
and Mrs. Biss King and
family of Burnsville, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Laughren
and family of Marion, Mr.
and Mrs. Sleet McAllister
and son of Bald Creek, Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace McDow
ell and family and Lawren
ce McDowell all of Bolens
Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Jay
McDowell and family of
Cane River.
FARM NOTES
The following schedule
has been announced for the
Horse and Mule clinics
which are planned for the
county:
Tuesday, February 21
Hensley’s Mill 9:00 a. m.;
W. O. Briggs Store 9:45 a.
m.; Mouth of Coxe’s Creek
10:30 a. m.; Day Book Post
Office 11:15 a. m. Smith
Johnson 2:30 p. m.; Green
Mtn. Post Office 1:15 p. m. ;
R. C. Deyton’s 2:00 p. m.;
Brush Creek Voting Place
3:00 p. m. Homer Young’s
Store 4:00 p. m.; Charles
Hyatts (Shoal Creek) 4.45
p. m.
Thursday, February 23
Pensacola Post Office
9:00 a. m.: D. Z. Styles’ 10
a. m.; Hensley’s Store, Pri
ces Creek 11:00 a. m. Bill
Buckners 12:00; Higgins
Post Office 1:30 p. m.; Les
lie Proffitt 2:30 p. m.; Bald
Creek Post Office 3:30 p. m.
A Veterinarian will be
here and will examine the
animals free-.
“40 or 400”
Forsyth County poultry
men are trying to improve :
the quality of eggs placed j
on the market by follow
ing the “40 by 400” rule,
says C. F. Parrish, in char
ge of poultry extension at
State College.
Under the “40 or 400”
system, each farmer decide
es whether, he will keep 40
laying hens to produce eggs
for home use entirely, or
whether lie will keep 400
or more layers for com
mercial egg production and
suplementary income.
The Yancey Record
Gov, Scott Will Be
Here March 3rd
Gov. Kerr Scott will come
to Burnsville on March 3rd
to make the., presentation
of the plaque awarded to
the*County for being first
in the Better . School and
Roads Bond Issue.
The handsome bronze
plaque will be presented
with appropriate dedica
tory ceremonies.
Will Attend Meet
Z. B. Byrd, president of
the Yancey County Farm
Bureau,. W. O. Briggs, vice
president, and E. L. Dilling
ham, county agent, will at
tend' the state meeting of
the Farm Bureau in Ral
eigh next week.
SCOUT MEETING
A Father-Son banquet
was held Wednesday night
at the Methodist Church in
observance of Scout Week.
Thirty fathers and sons
were present.
Dover R. Fouts served as
toast master and David R.
Swartz was speaker. Mr.
Swartz told some of the
ways that scouting had
helped him and what it
couid mean to any scout.
The adult membership
drive is under way this
week with L. G. Deyton as
chairman of the member
ship committee.'
The local scout Troop is
sponsored by the Burnsville
Men’s Club.
Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Mayo of New York
City, a daughter Jan. 27.
Mrs. Mayo is the former
Kathryn Ramsey.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Keeney
of Pittsburgh were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Rog
ers last week.
Mount Mitchell State Park
Will Get New Facilities
Plans are completed for
$264,700 in improvements
in Mt. Mitchell state park.
Tht work on all of the pro
jects is expected to start as
soon next spring as weath
er will permit, according to
Thomas W. Morse, superin
tendent of way to the sum
nit of Mt. Mitchell.
The principal feature of
the improvements to be
built this year is a small inn
and lodge, with bedrooms,
restaurant and recreational
facilities. This inn will be
located on top of the ridge
about a mile north of
Stepps gap and just off the
state highway to the sum
mit.
An ample water, supply
to serve the in n and facili
ties also will be made avail
able. Parking areas will be
graded and surfaced, with
la road extending to them
from the state highway. A
sewerage system also is a
part of the project.
This undertaking will be
financed out of a fund of
$208,700 appropriated by
, the 1949 legislature as a
permanent i m provement
fund. - -
The 1947 legislature ap
propriated $50,000 for ad
ditions and betterments
and $56,000 for permanent
improvement in Mt. Mitch
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1950
Candidate, For Congress
Visits in Burnsville
p{
\ Mickey Walker, well
[ known business man of
i Rutherfordton, has an
, nounced thsit he will be a
: candidate %r Congress to
I succeed A. |L. Bulwinkle
who has announced that he
. will retire, j
[ Walker was in the county
. Tuesday toibegin his cam
paign in t,hi§ section.
LAST Rffls FOR ~
DERRICK ANGEL
l
1 Funeral for
• Derrick Angel were held
; January 28 at the home of
his parents,* Mr. and Mrs.
Gaston Angel. He died
from hemorrhage of the
brain Jan. 23 at M't. Plea
sant, Pa. |
Surviving 3n addition to
the parents ire the widow,
Mary Glen | Angel, three
1 children, Dean, Wanda and
David of Mt Pleasant, Pa.;
three brothers, Edgar, Per
shing and Carroll of Bur
nsville; one sister, Mrs.
• Sherman Robinson of Flet
■ cher, N. C. i
- The Rev. !?. R. Barber
l officiated. Y
; Pall bearers were: Ken
neth Gowden, Bruce Wise
-1 man, Paul Vance, Robert
5 Vance, Troy Angel, Bristoe
> Wilson.
ML Glen Fazan of Tryon,
1 N. C. and husband of the
‘ former Lena Holloway of
Ramse.vtown was killed in
a car wreck Feb. 3. Funer
al services were held Mon
day in Tryon.
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Lau
ghrun and daughters visit
ed the Rev. and Mrs. Gus
Laughrun at Jonesboro,
Tenn. last Sunday. Mr.
Laughrun has been sick but
is much better now.
ell state park.
Out of the $50,000 fund
quite a number of very
practical and useful im
provements have been made
one group of these is a pub
lic camp ground. Altera
tions and improvements on
the stone tower on the peak
also were included.
The picnic grounds were
completed last fall near the
parking area close to the
peak of the mountain.
The public camp grounds
are located near the old
CCC camp site. Here several
tent camping plots h.ave
bpen cleared and improved,
each with an outdoor fire
place, table and bench and
other facilities. (
Out of the $56,000 fund
made available by the 1947
legislature a maintenance
and service-center will be
built. This will provide bad
ly needed quarters for the
park ranger, who stays on
top the year round. A gar
age, a workshop, storage
facilities and utilities also
will be included.-
Plans also are made for a
museum building. In this
the flora, 'fauna, geology
and history of Mt, Mitchell
state park will be featured.
Both the service center and
the museum building are to
be started this spring.
Douglas Boone Named
Town Policeman
Douglas Boone has been
named Policeman for the
Town of Burnsville by the
town board of commission
ers and took up his duties
today (Thursday).
All citizens of the town
are asked to cooperate with
the new officer, especially
in observance of the park
ing ordinance. Parking in
congested areas has become
a major problem and the
board is making plans to
improve this as rapidly as
possible.
“Hoedown” Session
Asheville April 20-22
will be “hoedown” time for
the smallfry in the moun
tains of Western North
Carolina—when the Second
Annual Mountain Youth
Jamboree will climax the
obseijyance of Mountain
Youth Week. It’s when the
fledglings pick up Pa’s bal
lads—practice up on Great-
Great Grandpa’s clog dan
ce—and journey down to
Asheville’s City Auditorium
to “outshine” the old folks.
The first Jamboree was
held last spring and proved
so popular (with both the
performing juveniles and
early season tourist) the
Asheville Junior Chamber
of Commerce decided to
make it an annual affair.
The Jamboree is open to
public schools throughout
the entire mountain section
of the state. Each school
may enter square dance
teams in either or both of
the high school, and gram
mar school divisions. Also
they may enter individual
or group talent that per
tain to folklore.
Notice to Veterans
Eighteen states have en
acted legislation to pay
bonus to World War II
veterans, or to certain de
pendents in case of veter
an’s death prior to obtain
ing bonus.
Eligibility requirements
vary somewhat, however
all require state residence
at time of entrance into
service in World War 11.
Others require six months
to two years, state residen
ce prior to World War 11.
Amount and maximum
vary with the states.
States having approved
bonuses are listed, with the
deadline for applying:
Connecticut, June 30, 1951;
Delaware, January 1, 1951;
Illinois, June 30, 1951; In
diana, January 1, 1951;
lowa, no deadline set;
Louisiana, November 30,
1949; Massachusetts, no
deadline set; Michigan,
March 20, 1951; Minnesota,
no deadline set; New Ham- ,
pshire, no deadline; New
York, no North
Dakota, February 17, 1954;
Ohio, June 30, 1950; Penn
sylvania, July 1, 1950;
Rhode Island, October 31,
1949; South Dakota, June
30. 1950; Vermont, no dead
line; Washington, no dead
ine; Alaska, no deadline;
Hawaii, no deadline.
Canada has approved
war service gratuity, no
leadline.
If you believe to be eligi
ble for one of the bonuses,
you may obtain further de-
o
Milton Young and Sabra Ann Sparks, winners of
High School Oration and Reading Contests.
Annual High School
Reading, Oration Contest
The annual Yancey coun
ty High School Reading
and Oration Contese was
held at Bald Creek High
School last week.
Winners were Sabra Ann
Sparks of Micaville High
School, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Sparks
of Celo, and Milton Young
of Bald Creek High School,
son of H. D. Young.
Second place in the read
ing contest was won by
Margaret Wilson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wil
son, of Bald Creek High
‘ School and second place in
1 the oration contest, was
won by Elizabeth Ann Rob
erts, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edd Roberts, of Bur
' hsviffe'Hifft TWoM.
WELL, WE ALMOST
BEAT ’EM, WE DID
After ending the first
quarter of the Burnsville
Lions—Mars Hill Jr. Var
sity game with Burnsville
on the wrong end of a 16-0
score, coach Speedy Bailey
proved that there is some
thing in the name after all.
During the second quarter
he opened up his basket
ball package, the Burnsville
Lion “Crackerjacks” i a
surprise in every package),
and gave the visiting five
some a surprise that jolted
the wind from their sails
as the Crackerjacks rolled
up the baskets.
After the half the tide
turned, and the Cracker
jacks took a 34-32 lead.
From then until the final
horn it was nip arid tuck,
with its being anybodys
bail game. With seconds
running out, Mars Hill, in
desperation, fought out 4
points with long shots, end
ing the game Mars Hill 45,
Burnsville Lion “Cracker
jacks” 41. Garland was
high scorer for the Crack
erjacks with 12 points, and
Bill Bailey was a close sec
ond with 10 points.
The Lions roar will be
heard again when the
Crackerjacks make their
second appearance tonight
(Thursday) in the “B” class
division of the Barnards
ville Tournament.
The Presbyterian Miss
ionary Society, will meet on
Thursday, February 16 1
with Mrs. John Wilson as
hostess and Mrs. Lucius
Smith as program leader.
tails and addresses to whi
ch to write through the
county service officer, or
the N. C. Veterans Com
mission, District Office,
Box 758, Morganton, N. C. |
T iym
NUMBER TWENTY-NINE
Other contestants “were:
reading contest, Nancy
Buckner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jake Buckner, of
Burnsville High School;
Loretta Hensley, daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. Marcus
Hensley, of Bee Log High
School; Dorothy Letterman
daughter of Roy Letterman
of Clearmont High School.
Oration contest: Jack
Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs
Rex Phillips, of Bee Log .
;High Scnool; Oscar Harris,
|son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Harris of Micaville High
' School.
• I The medals presented to
i the winners were donated
lj by B. B. Penland ■ & Son
J Company and Roberts and
Johnson Lumber Company.
The medals are gold, en
• graved with the name of
Hie student and the school
Micaville Presbyterian^
Christian Youth Crusade,
! a weekly evangelistic pro
jgram geared to the de
mands of teen-agers, is
scheduled to begin Sunday,
February 12, at Micaville
Presbyterian Church.
Started as an answer to
the challenge of our times,
it is hoped this hour-long
service of songs, special
music, and message will be
instrumental in awakening
a keener sense of spiritual
values in many of our
young people.
All are welcome.
BURNSVILLE—
“So They Say”
The weather: Another
short winter. It turned cold
Tuesday night and every
one was saying “This is it”.
Now- it’s warm again and
raining very hard. Streams
are already up and there’s
danger of some damage
along the streams if the
rain continues.
About town: New arriv
als— Nelle and “Speck”
Hensley’s son arrived Jan
uary 31 . . . Doc and Ruth
Whisnants’ daughter, and
Jimmy and Barbara Hig
gins Hurst’s son both on
February 4 . . . New town
policeman, and as some one
said, we may not -have the
biggest police force but we
have the biggest policeman
’round anywhefe! Douglas
Boone took up his duties
today but doesn’t have a
l uniform yet. The salesman
said if there’s enough cloth
in Chicago they’ll send the
uniform in about 6 weeks.
Boone is 6’6” and weighs
around 250, so you’d better
be good! . . . Basket Ball
games continue, and you