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VOLUME FOURTEEN SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
Construction Work For Duplan
Mill Will Begin Monday
Officials Here
Construction work o n
tht Duplan Mill here will
begin Monday, according
to statements of officials of
the corporation and repre
sentatives of the construc
tion company.
J. D. Cochran, chief en
gineer of the Duplan Cor
poration and John W. Dav
is of Lacey, Atherton and
Davis, architectural firm
of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., ar
chitect for the Duplan
Company, ivere here Tues
day to inspect the site and
approve plans for begin
ning construction.
The Sordoni ,Construc
tion Company is acting as
construction agent for the
Duplan Corporation. A. W.
FINAL RITES FOR MRS.
MINNIE W. SHUFORD
Mrs. Minnie Westall Shu
ford, 66, passed away at
her home at Hamrick on
April 18 following a linger
ing illness.
Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. H. P.
Hicks, Rev. E. J. Hall and
Rev. Jeter C. Hensley.
Burial was in the Autrey
cemetery at the South Es
tatoe Church.
Active pall bearers were
Arthur Patton Jr., Walter
Westall, Lewis Westall.
Emory Chrisawn and Har
old Gibbs, nephews.
Surviving are the hus
barid; Rev. S. W. Shuford;
two sons, Stanford of Ly
man, S. C, and Wayland of
Hamrick; three daughters,
Blanche, Cordie arid Doro
thy, all of Hamrick, and
one grand son, Gary Poi
son of Laurens, S. C.
A total
or vehicles were registered
in North Carolina during
1949. *
The Square Has Been The Center of Life in The Town
The Town Square has
been closely linked to the
life of the community, to
persons and events throu
ghout the 117 years since
the county was established.
It was “Yellow Jacket
John” Bailey who in 1834
gave 100 acres of land for
a county seat for the newly
created “County of Yan
cey”, a great sprawling
tract of land including
what is now Mitchell,
Avery, Madison and Yan
cey Counties.
Lots were sold from the
100 acr e tract but in the
center part was Reserved
for the town square.
In the center of the
Square the first courthouse
was built, and on the south
east corner was added the
county jail. Both were
built of brick made at
Cane River and hauled in
by wagon.
The first school instruc
tion in the county was giv
en in the court house.—
three months sessions over
a period of years.
The Yancey Record
Jones, general superintend
ent for the construction
company, and Samuel R.
Lewis, superintendent of
the job are here.
The grading was com
pleted last week and work
ing drawings for beginning
excavations for the found
ations are on hand. Final
drawings should be com
pleted within a short time,
supervisors stated today.
The main part of the
plant building will b e 480 x
300 feet. Construction will
be steel columns and beams
of long span steel joists.
The roof will be of metal
decking.
The outside walls will be
of cinder block with foam
glass for insulation, and
tht outside appearance will
be brick.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR L. L. MCCOURRY
Funeral services for
Luther Lonzo McCourry,
46, who died Sunday at his
home in Los Angeles, Calif,
after a brief illness, will be
held Saturday at 11 a. m.
in Tipton Hill Methodist
Church.
The Rev. G. L. Lovett
will officiate and burial
will be in Tipton Hill Cem
etery.
A native of MitcKeTT
County, he moved 18 years
ago to California where he
was serving as a building
inspector for the City of
Los Angeles.
Surviving are three sis
ters, Mrs. Robert Byrd of
Green Mountain, Mrs. Ber
tha Smith of Burnsville and
Mrs. Josh Peterson of For
bes; five brothers, Ray
and Jess of Nottingham,
Penn., Clay of Candler
Conway of Unicoi, Tenn.,
and Harrison of Tipton Hill
Dr. W. B. Robertson has
entered a Charlotte Hospi
tal for treatment.
.Around the square busi
, nesses were established
inns, general stores, office
buildings, black smith
shops, dress making estab
lishments.
The first Baptist church
in the town was built to the
rear of the location of the
present court house.
The “old oaken bucket”
' bung on the Square. In the
. early days of the settle
ment a well was dug in the
’ north east section and the
clear, cool mountain water
refreshed many a weary
traveler who had spent a
day or days getting to the
county seat. Then • during
an outbreak of typhoid the
water was found to contain I
germs of this disease and I
was filled in. The depress- !
ion, however, may still be i
seen. j
Fire struck close to the 1
Square, and though valiant 1
Bucket Brigades were qui
ckly organized several of
the original homes and I
• buildings were destroyed, j
Floods never reached the 1
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESSKIF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURffIpV APRIL 27, 1950
Burnsville’s New Homes
We are presenting today
the first in the series of
advertisements sh, o wing
Burnsville’s New Homes,
built within the past five
years. These advertise
ments are being sponsored
by Roberts and Johnson
Lumber Company and B.
B. Penland and Son Com
pany.
The second in the series
will appear within a short
time.
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Notice of Democratic
Precinct Meeting
The State Democratic
Executive Committee has
set April 29, 1950, as the
date for holding the pre
cinct meeljing for the elec
tion of the Township Exe
cutive Committees. There
fore, Hie present Chairman
in each of the precincts of
Yancey County will hold a
meeting in their respective
Townships o n Saturday,
April 29, 1950, at 2 o’clock
p. m., for the purpose of
electing the Township Ex
ecutive Committee, the
Chairman of which com
mittee will, on the follow
ing Saturday, May 6, 1950,
attend a County Conven
tion to be held at 2 o’clock
p. m. in the Courthouse at
Burnsville, North Carolina,
at which time the County
Chairman, Vice-Chairman
and Secretary will be elect
■err srnf! Helegktes 'ittEno
the State Convention to be
held in Raleigh, N. C., on
May 11, 1950.
C. P. Randolph, Chair
man, Yancey County Dem
ocratic Executive Commit
tee.
Singing Convention
A singing convention will
be held at Jacks Creek Bap
tist Church Sunday, after
noon at 2 o’clock. The True
Gospel Quartet of Johnson
City and other trios and
quartets will be present.
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Picture of Burnsville Town Square in the Springtime.
Change in PolE Office
Hoursf, .
Effective May Jit the fol
lowing regulatio||i will be
observed at- thejf ’Burnsville
Post Office, Potjgnaster G.
L. Hensley staffs today.
By order of tie ’Post Of
fice Department the fol
lowing hours !mil be in
effect:
Monday thresh Friday
, the service j&pdow will
open 8 a. m. Itp close at
5 p. m.
Saturday, o|£?y 8 a. m.,
and close 1 p:'fP*
The Rev. Char
les B. Tramrae# Mr. and'
Mrs. B. R. Pratand, Dover
R. Fouts, Dawson Briggs,
H. G. Bailey and Warren
Hadley are ~Sttending a
special meeting of the
State Convention
in Charlotte today.
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Candidates Are Named For
November General Election
Candidatesifor the Nov
ember general election
were named' by Yancey
county Democrats in the
countv convention Satur
day.
The following were nam
ed: for State Senate, R. E.
Hennessee; Jor representa
tive, Bill Atk|ns; for clerk
of court, Frgd Proffitt r for
. Sheriff, Tett*fHall; for cor
. oner, W. iC*English; for
county- -^jifTmissioriers;
M. Hall, chairman; James
Edwards, and D. H. Harri
son, members; for board of
education, Mark Bennett..!
Jobe Thomas and Clyde A.
Ayers.
Republican Candidates
The Republicans had
named the following can
didates at their convention
last Wednesday: for State
Senate, Donald, Banks; for
representative, Lonzo Rob
erts ; for Sheriff, Bill Buck
ner; for clerk of court,
Mack Ledford; for county
commissioners, Dewey Ray
chairman; John Byrd and
Gaw Sparks, members.
NOTICE
Mrs. Donald Shomakgr
of Asheville will speak to
the women of the county in
the interest of the candi
dacy of Dr. Frank P. Gra
ham in the high school lib
rary Tuesday night, May
2 at 7:30. All who are in
terested are invited to at
tend.
FARM NOTES
Tobacco beds should be
treated for wild fire
and blue mold. If dry
weather continues beds
should be watered two o.r
three times per week.
A pasture tour will be
made Thursday morning
to observe Ladino clover
and grass pastures. The
tour will leave * Burnsville
at 9 a. m. and Will be com
pleted at noon.
Farm Census Survey
The preliminary report
of the county farm census
has been made available.
' This survey of 1949 crops
is based on township farm
facts secured in January,
1950 by the county tax
listers.
The report states:
’ Yancey being a mountain
. county has an abundance of
‘ fctrrd 'tutT’s&sep- && cultiva
tion. This lends to wooded
! and open pasture land. For
| example, all crops occupy
less acreage than pastures.
Hays are the main crop
with corn second—unusual l
for most counties. Tobacco j
generally occupies less,
than one acre per farm.
During 1949 only 17 per,
cent of the land in the
county was harvested; 22
per cent was in pasture; S :
per cent was idle and 53
per cent was listed as
‘.wooded and all other uses”
The per cent of harvest
ed land by occupied crops
showed tobacco 6 per cent;
Transfers of District Highway
Personnel Announced
Ferguson to Asheville
The following transfers
and reassignments of 10th
district highway personnel
has been announced by
Dale Thrash, commissioner
JZeb V. Stewart, 10th di
vision engineer, will be
transferred back to North
Wilkesboro to be division
engineer there.
W. M. Corkill who is as
sistant division engineer
Dr. Mcßae Heads Mental
Health Week Here
Dr. C. F. Mcßae, district
health officer, has accepted
the chairmanship of the
county committee planning
observance of Mental Hea
lth Week, April 23-29, it
was announced last week.
This will be part T)f a na
tionwide observance. The
week has been designafeH
Mental Health Week to
focus public —attention - on
the prevention of mental
illness and the seriousness
of need to organize com
munity activity and sup
port behind a broad educa
tional and preventive pro
gram.
“Mental health is con
cerned not only with men
tal illness but the well
being, of the individual and
f many major social prob
. Jems. Ftmtvof these -preb-
TflhlS -p,!! I n ulm.l.i “'-If) t u i n
mental illness; delinquency,
since, there are between
250,000 and 400,000 child
ren under 18 years of age
iin our juvenile courts each
I year; crime, since there
were 1,700,000 crimes eom
jmitted during 1949; alco
holism, because there are
! 600,000 chronic alcoholics
in the United States; and
! divorce, sinc e there is a ra
tio of one divorce to every
three to four marriages.
Oats 7 per cent; corn 34 per
cent; all hays 43 per cent
and miscellaneous 10 per
cent.
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will replace Mr. Stewart.
J. T. Knight who is district
engineer in Asheville will
replace Mr. Corkill.
W. B. Ferguson, district
engineer at Burnsville, will
be transferred from Bur
nsville to Asheville to re
place Mr. Knight as dis
trict engineer there.
H. D. Aiken will act in
the same capacity as Mr.
Ferguson has been doing as
district engineer in Burns
■ ville.
BLOOD BANK VISIT
A total of 38 pints of
blood were donated Thur
sday when the Red Cross
Mobile Blood Unit visited
; Burnsville.
This was the fourth visit
for the unit her e and the
amount of blood collected
■ at these four visits totals
' 213 pints. The quota for the
1 county’ was 200 pints for
> this 12 month period.
r “ The Amerisan Legion
l Post made the Memorial
s Building available as a sol
- leltion center and members
■ of the civic clubs of the
- county have served as gray
- ladies, recruiting group
and transportation corps.
Blood from the blood
■ bank in Asheville is avail
- able to citizens of cooperat
-1 ing counties without char
- ge except for cost of giving
4the transfusions,
'» Death took flTF~Ttves of
i 843 persons in highway ac
- cidents last year in North
s Carolina.
I BURN S VILLE—
“So They Say”
About town: We are con
vinced—again—that spring
has arrived. It’s warm and
lovely and the buds and
blossoms are bursting for
th. A deligtful time in the
mountains . . . Regret to
learn of a number of our
folks who are ill. Dr. Rob
ertson in Memorial Hospi
tal, Charlotte for operation
this morning . . . Ralph
Laughrun had quite a siege
with an eye infection but
came home last right . . .
Mrs. Jack Patton had oper
ation at Aston Park Hos
pital, and Laura Mae Hill
iard is in Marion Hospital
where she underwent op
eration Tuesday . . . College
honors: Russell York is
marshall for commence
ment at Asheville-Biltmore
College and Hale Bryson
named editor of paper at
Cullowhee . . . then R E
Hennessee who is senior at
Carolina is now candidate
for State Senate! He has
been outstanding in jour
nalism during his college
years'. . . Jay Edge says
he'll call his shoe store
'The *town and Country
Shoe Store” and hopes to
open about June Ist . . .
We just won’t believe it
till we see it! That 600
pound cake that Ivan Pet
erson says he’ll serve next
week! . . . we’re getting
m i&hty eager to hear re
sults of the Census and
learn how big we really
are. In case you haven’t
been counted be sure to
call Norris Deyton who is
checking in Burnsville and
she’ll list you ...