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Kenneth E. Ray Fatally Injured
In Automobile Wreck
Kenneth E; Ray, 19 year
old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Ray of Burnsville,
was fatally injured Satur-1
day night in an automobile
accident near Weaverville.
Three others, Roy Ben
nett of Bolens Creok, Dan
Buchanan of Green Moun
tain and David Rathburn
of Paint Gap were serious
ly injured in the wreck.
Funeral services were
held in the Green Moun
tain Free Will Baptist
Church Monday at 2 p. m.
The Rev. C. J. Higgins,
the Rev. Troy McCourry
and the Rev. A. Z. Jamer
Clearinonl Seniors Will
Present Play
The play, “Cheese Cot
tage”, a farce in three acts
by John Hershey will - be.
presented March 31, at 7:30
p. nr by the Clearmont
High School Seniors in the
school auditorium.
The play, produced by ar
rangements with Samuel
French, is under the direc
tion of Mrs. Claude C.
Hughes.
Members of the cast are:
Eileen '*McCurry, Mildred
Robinson, Alma Ree John
son, Mary Silvers, Eva Lee
Howell, Bud Garland, Rub
en Higgins Kermit Bailey
an if Tvenheth Hensley.
Edward S. Shorter Here
During W T eek End
Edward S. Shorter of
Columbus, Ga. was in Bur
nsville during the week end
to confer with W. M. Wes
tall, contractor, about con-j
struction work which is
planned at Seecelo, home of
the ' Burnsville Painting
Classes here.
BURNSVILLE HOME
DEMONSTRATION
Mrs. C. P. Rogers has re
signed as president of the
Burnsville Home Demon
stration Club and Mrs.
Troy Ray has been named
to this office. Mrs. E. L.
Bellingham was elected re
porter in Mrs. Ray’s place.
The following club pro
ject leaders have been ap
pointed: foods and nutri
tion, Mrs. Yates Bennett;
home gardens. Mrs. Troy
Ray; poultry, Mrs. Ivan
Westall; dairy, Mrs. John
Banks, Mrs. Moilie Silvers;
Food preservation, Mrs.
Ike Laughrun; home fur
nishing, Mrs. Leslie Hen-'
sley: home management,
Mrs. George Robinson;
family life, Mrs. Guss Pet
erson ; home beautification,
Mrs. Ashton Ramsey; clo
thing, Mrs. W. H. Holleman
arts and crafts, Mrs. Lon
Roberts.
The following committee
chairmen have peon named
citizenship, Mrs. J. B. King
health, Mrs. C. F. Mcßae;
education, Mrs. L. G. Dey
ton; craft house, Mrs. Vin
cent Westall; recreation,
Mrs. Harlan Holcombe;
bazaar, Mrs. B. R. Penlanl,
Mrs. A. L. Huskey, Mrs.
Hershel Holcombe; exhib
its, Mrs. Paul Young; 4-H
Club leader, Mrs. D. D.
Baggett; music, Mrs. E. L.
Dellingham. .
The Yancey Record
son was
in the Holcombevemetery.
Pall bearers woe John
Bqnnett, John Randolph,
Joe Laws, Joe Woody, Car
mon Laws, Earl Fox and
Jerome Williams.
Surviving in addition to
the parents are one sister,
Mrs. Ezekial Banks Jr., of
Burnsville; two nephews,
Tracy and Gordon Banks;
and the four grandparents.
Young Ray was recently
discharged from the Navy
where he served for 32
months. He was enrolled in
the Veterans Training-
Class here.
RITES ARE HELD FOR
MRS. HATTIE MANEY
Mrs. Hattie Maney, 74,
died Friday night at her
home in the Indian Creek
section of Yancey County
after a brief illness.
She was a native and life
long resident of Yancey
County.
Surviving are the hus
band, R. D. Maney; and
tw r o brothers, Ellis and Lee
Metcalf of Mars Hill, Rt. 2.
Funeral services were
held Saturday at the Met
calf Creek church in Madi
son county, conducted by
the Rev. Radford.
JEIIRESIRYNEW S
Twenty one forest fires
occurred in District 1 dur
ing the month of February.
In Yancey County 3 fires
burned a total of 5.25 acres
during that period.
People desiring to burn
brush, old fields, new
| grounds etc. are requested
to secure a brush burning
permit; to burn late in the
afternoon when the wind
is not blowing to burn af
ter a rain; and to be sure
the fire is dead out before
leaving it.
Issuing Agents include
the County Agents’ Office,
Grady Pitman’s Filling
.Station, J. >B. Wheeler,
Melvin Bennett, Hobart
Whitson, Matt Whitson,
Willard Hensley at Bald
Creek, S. R. Hensley’s
Store, Paul Gouge at Celo,
U. S. F. S. Office at Busick,
Joe Roland at Newdale',
Lowe Thomas’ Store at
Brush Creek, Emmitt Wil
son at Pensacola.
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Asheville Citizen Will Publish
80th Anniversary Edition
In observance of its 80th
anniversary, The Asheville
Citizen on Sunday, March
26, will publish the largest
and most elaborate edition
ever issued in Western
North Carolina.
In many stories and hun
dreds of pictures, this sig
nificant 80th Anniversary
Edition will tell the story
of The Citizen, but, much
more than that, it will tell
the great and encouraging
stories of the origin, devel
opment and growth of As
heville and Western North
Carolina.
The portion dealing with
the anniversary will be in
ten 'sections, with outstan
ding stories and pictures
telling of life in this beau
tiful mountain country
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THUfSDAY, MARCH 23,1950
Walter Williams Passes
Away at Home
Word has been received
’ that Walter Williams has
passed away at his home
l east of Burnsville.
■ Wreck Is Fatal To L. H.
1 Phetteplace and Son
) Louis Henry Phetteplace
general manager of the
’• Clinchfield Railroad Com
pany, and his son, Louis
! Henry Phetteplace Jr.,
1 superintendent of the Ten
’ nessee Power and Light
Co., Erwin were killed in
,an automobile accident in
Florida Monday.
1 Both of the men were
widely knowm throughout
this section.
Three others, all of Flor
ida, riding in the Phette
place car and four Univer
sity of Ohio students' who
; were in the other cay. were
all injured.
Boone Is Named Manager
of Game Refuge
Lee Boone was recently
named manager of the
Mount Mitchell Game Re
fuge, succeeding W. C. Hall
who was recently transfer
red to the Sand Hill Refuge
The new manager who
had been serving as deputy
sheriff has already taken
up his duties, which con
sist for the most part now
in preparations for the
riatiing season dur
ing which the streams of
the Refuge will be open on
certain specified dates.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Wilson
of Telford, Tenn. spent last
week end visiting relatives
Iva Jean and Shirley
Mclfinney of Swannanoa
spent last week end here
with relatives.
Smokey Says:
I bIL PINNED
Farm each acre accordin’ to what
it can do for you!
that has, in the past 80
years, grown from a rela
tively isolated region into
one of the great, progress
ive areas of the new South.
There will also be unus
ual pictures, with stories,
of oldtime sports figures in
Western North Carolina
and the trends in fashion
and social life.—
The Asheville Citizen-
Times Company, in recog
nition of the fact that this
edition, with its wealth of
historical material, will be
o f permanent reference
value, will print many tho
usands of extra copies.
Hundreds of these will be
bound full size and placed
1 in schools, colleges and lib
raries all over Western
' North Carolina.
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NOTICE
The meeting of the Mer
chants’ Credit Association
which had Jbeen planned
for Friday night has been
changed', to Wednesday,
March 29, 7:80 p. m. The
group will meet at Roberts
an Johnsons'Club room.
County Election Board
Is Named
The following members
of the county board of el
ections were named last
week by the Vstate board:
Janies Hutchins, chairman;
G. M. Angel, ‘Luther Ayers.
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Lions Club Is Sponsoring Local
Taleiit Show March 30-31
The Burnsville Lions
Club is sponsoring a local
talent show fn the school
auditorium #>r three per
formances, o n Thursday
and Friday, March 30, 31.
H. W. Johnson, president
of the sponsoring group,
has announced that the
club has obtained the ser
vices of Elnora M.
Pemble of Kansas City, na
tionally known director, to
direct the production.
The hilarious three act
comedy is known as ‘.Aunt
Silly”, and all of the cast
are local people. Included
in the cast are Ruby Wil
son, Ron Wilson, Mildred
Evn&s
Ralph ’ npton, Sally Mcßae,
R. G. Armstrong, Horace
Gortney and Freida Brown.
“Aunt Silly’s” Toyland
Revue with tots from grad
es 1 to 3 inclusive will be
one of the outstanding at- '
Fishing Licenses
The number of fishing
licenses sold in the county
is very low and this reduc
es the funds available for
restocking sjtreams.
“If all whfc plan to fish
will buy licenses”, the game
and fish pitectors state,
“the numbe of fish for re
stocking ne ;t year can be
increased”.
Farmers lan To Raise
Chris nas Trees
Raising : d cedars foV J
Christmas jrees is becom
ing increasingly popular
among Efstern Carolina
farmers, a;ording to W.
G. Kelley, forestry specia
list for the State College
Extension irvice.
Mr. Kelri states that a
large num r of veteran
trainees in hat area are in
terested ii raising the red
cedars. A1 ough the State
Nursery b exhausted its
supply of edar seedlings
for this y r, many of the
veterans ?! planning to
get their ders in early
for next jir, the special
ist said.
In most ases the veteri
ans will mt the trees
four by i r feet apart,
setting ou approximately
2,000 per re. By fertiliz
ing and titivating care
fully, the hope to have
Christma ;rees ready for
market iithree years.
By sell g: the trees two
or thre< months before
Christma on a contract
basis, thi hope to dispose
of all threes that they
(Conti d on pagt four)
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W. W. Hennessee Enters
Hospital
W. W. Hennbssee who
suffered a heart attack last
Wednesday mght is in Vet
erans Hospital, Swannan
oa for treatment.
His son, Francis Hennes
see, who has been in the
real estate business i n
Owensboro, Ky. came last
week and has taken over
his father’s business here.
Mrs. W. J. Baker who
has been ill at her home for
the past two weeks was'
taken to the Norburn Hos
pital Tuesday for treat
ment.
tractions of the two hour
show. The Business Men’s
Revue is a special feature,
and a beautiful patriotic
finale with all divisions of
the Boy Seouts, and stud
ents from grades 4 through
12 participating will climax
the production.
A special event which has
been planned to “start the
ball rolling” is a parade on
Saturday which will form
promptly at 2:30 on the
Square. Merchants of the
area, school children with
their pets and members of
the clubs will join in to
make the parade an inter
esting affair and a welcome
te&TO th, mJ
Club are sponsoring the
production for the benefit
of the Cripple Children’s
fund. Tickets will be on
sale by 'members of the
club.
FINAL RITES FOR
CHARLESDELLINGER
Charles D. Dellinger, 50,
a widely known citizen and
prominent farmer of the
county, passed away Fri
day morning at his home
here following a brief ill
ness.
Funeral services were
held in West Burnsville
Baptist Church Sunday af
ternoon at 2 o’clock. The
Rev. E. G. Adkins officiated
and burial was in the
. I church cemetery.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Thelma M. Dellinger;
one daughter, Donna Jean
of the home; four sons,
Clyde and Charles of Bur
nsville, Lloyd and Royce of
Welch, W. Y a -»* the mother,
Mrs. Martha McMahan of
Mars Hill.
.Also two sisters, Mrs.
Carrie Ray and Mrs. Den
ver Edwards of Burnsville
Star Route, and three bro
thers, Lee and Ernest of
Burnsville and Frank of
Denver, Colo.
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CHILDREN AND ADULTS, INC.
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Burnsville Legion, 20th Century
Teams Win Tournament Here
First Tournament Here
The Burnsville Legion
team won first place in the
A division, and the 20th
Century Heating Company
team of Asheville in the B
division last week in the
first independent Basket
Ball Tournament held in
tfte new Burnsviille Gym.
Most exciting game of
-the tournament was the
Wednesday night thriller
when the Legion team !ed
ged out the Banner Elk In
dependents by the score of
77-76.
Trophies Awarded
Trophies awarded at the
close of play included the
large gold basket ball to
the Legion team, and large
silver ball to the 20th Cen
tury squad. Awards were
also made to runners-up in
both divisions.
Small individual gold
basket balls were ‘ given
each player on the A win
ning team and small silder
ones to those of the B
winners.
In addition, the individ
ual sportsmanship medal
went to George Roberts ■
and the team sportsman- !
ship medal to Tipton Hill.
Daily Scores
Score for each night’s
play were:
i Minerals 61.
, „ Burnsville College 52
Marion Independents 31.
Tipton Hill 47—Barnard
sville 38.
. Boone Pirates 68—New- 1
land 54.
Tuesday night: Beacon
Mills 50—Old Fort Indians
37.
20th Century 68—Burns
ville Lions 32.
Parkers Esso 60—Ser
vice Paint 50.
Wednesday night: Old
Fort Rockets 85—Burns
ville College 29.
Burnsville Legion 77-
Banner Elk 76.
Fullums 76 Boiling
Springs 56.
Thursday night: Tipton
Hill 56—Beacon Mills 42.
20th Century 75—Par
ker Esso 34.
Waste Paper Bombers
55—Boone Pirates 49.
Friday night: 20th Cen
1'
tury 61—Tipton Hill 33. ,
Burnsville Legion 66—'
County Streams Restocked :
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In accordance with pre- 1
viously approved plans, the ]
Wildlife Resources Com
mission has completed sto
cking of 3,500 trout aver
aging 6 to 12 inches in len
gth, in the waters of Yan
cey County. These fish
were produced at the State
Fish Hatchery , located
near Pineola, N. C.
—District —Game —Fish
Protector M. B. Higgins,
directed the release of the
fish and solicited assistan
ce from members of the
local wildlife club and oth
er interested sportsmen.
Those participating in the
stocking were members of
Yancey County Wildlife
Club, Boy Scouts and oth
ers.
The. Trout Season will
open in the county on Sat
urday, April 15.
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Fullums 52.:
Saturday night: 20th
Century 61—Old F ort Roc
kets 30.
Burnsville Legion 92—■
Waste Paper Bombers 50.
The Legion team tonight
is entering the tournament
at Grace which is sponsor
ed by the Asheville Waste
Paper Bombers.
BURNSVILLE—
“So They Say”
The weather: After
weeks of mild temperatur
es and imuch sunshine the
weather has been acting up
this week. Perhaps because
L Arrival of spring on
Monday 2. Marcn term of
Court convened, also on
Monday and that is usually
good for a storm or a snow
3. The grading contractors
moved in their machinery
to begin work Monday. So
on Monday there was snow,
sleet, rain, ice, wind, etc.
And today it snows.
About town: Congratula
tions to one of the most
widely known citizens of
ithe county: J. E. Evans
| who observed his 87th bir
jthday on March 7th. For
many years lie was actively
j associated with the civic
and educational develop
ment of the town and eoiin
ty, and for those through
out."the area—who have
known him through the
years w e say “Best wish
jes” . . . New arrival, Harold
and Nina Bufner's daugh
ter Donna Lynn on March
13th . . . Best “watching
| place” in town is the site of
the new Duplan plant
where they are really push
ing dirt around, . with an
appreciative audience on
hand much of the time!
■ A remarkable coincidence
that one of the partners of
1 th e Burns and Spangler
■ company that has the grad
ing contract is Robert Ot
way Burns a great, great
nephew of Captain Otway
for whom the town was
named! . . .- Just in time:
the hat remodeling demon
stration at Roberts and
Johnson club room next
Monday. We expect
line reaction to that to be
varied. Judging from the
I opinions so often express
led, probably about half the
husbands will say that
they’d certainly do some
remodeling before they’d
wear some of the seasons
bonnetts, and half will say‘
Remodelled! They looked
tunny enough to begin
• with! . . . Coming event:
the local talent show which
I the Lions Club is sponsor
ing. Parade planned for
Saturday when the men of
the town may wear new
spring finery to help adver
tise the show . . . New hou-
the Paul Laughruns
have started theirs next to
Mrs. Halliday’s on Church
Street, and the Troy Coop
ers’ is beginning across the
hill from the location of
their present home Red
Cross enrollment campaign
will continue through 31st.
If you haven’t made your
contribution please give to
community workers or
send directly to F. R. Bar
ber, who was recently elec
ted chapter chairman.
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