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VOLUME FOURTEEN SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
Streams in Mt. Mitchell Refuge
Will Open for Fishing Saturday
Streams of the Mt. Mit
ehell /ildlife Area will be
open for fishing on May 6
and 7 after a two weeks
delay because of fire haz
ards in th e area.
For the remainder of the
month of May each Wed
nesday, Saturday and Sun
day will be open dates, and
Tuesday, May 30 will also
be' open.
Checking stationswill be
at South Toe, Curtis and
Mackeys Creek. Those who
fish in Rock Creek and
Middle Creek will check in
at the South Toe station,
Refuge manager Lee Boone
NEW HOME AGENT
Miss Hale Begins
Duties June Ist
Miss Rosalena Hale of
Asheville has been named
home agent for Yancey
county, succeeding Mrs.
Juanita Evans who has re
signed. She will take up her
duties here on June 1.
The appointment of the
new home agent was 'an
nounced Monday after Miss
Nelle Kennett, western dis
trict home agent, had con
sulted with the board of
county commissioners.
Miss Hale has a degree
in Home Economics from
the University of Tennes
see and did graduate work
at Woman’s College of the
University of North Caro
lina.
“For five years she was
head of the housewares de
partment for Sears, Roe
buck Company in Asheville
and Charlotte. She assisted
in Y. W. C. A. work in both
cities among the young
business women.
Miss Hale served in the
Women’s Army Corps as a
mess sergeant and dietitian
during the war years.
In accepting the resigna
tion of Mrs. Evans who has
been home agent for five
years, the commissioners
expressed their apprecia
tion for her work in the
county and her cooperation
in many activities. Mr. and
Mrs. Evans will reside in
Asheville.
BASEBALL GAME
The Burnsville Eagles
will play the Asheville
Blues on the Burnsville
High School Diamond Sun
day aft.ernoorv May 7, be
ginning at 2 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mcln
tosh have returned home
form Alexandria, Va.
\ * • ! . .. .. , '
The Yancey record
• said today.
i Fishing will begin at 6a.
I m. and close at 8 p. m. t
i Neals Creek is open only
■to women and to children
under 32 years of age.
> (Permit required).
Lost Cove Creek which is
-a tributary to Neals Creek
[ is to be open free to child
) ren under 12 years of age
on open fishing dates.
> Streams throughout the
l area as well as other strea
> ms in the county have been
1 heavily stocked with fish
i a n d the season promises to
, be one of the most success
; ful in years.
Attend Meeting
r
Mrs. R. B. Deyton and
Miss Osma Newton attend
ed Holston Presbyterial
which met at Windsor Ave.
‘ Presbyterian Church in
1 Bristol, Tenn. They stayed
T with Mrs. J. D. Faucette.
• There were 272 ladies pre
• sent including officers, de
• legates and visitors.
LAST RITES HELD
; FOR 0. L. LEDFORD
j 0. L. (Doc) Ledford, 59,
died Friday morning at his
home near Burnsville after
! a brief illness.
1 Funeral services were
‘ held Sunday at, 1:30 p. m.
• in Riverside Baptist chur
! ch. The Rev. Elzie Ray and
' the Rev. Jeesse Corn offi
ciated and burial was in
i Metcalf Cemetery in Mad
• ison County.
Surviving are the widow;
1 four daughters, Mrs. T. A.
Watts of Mars Hill, Mrs.
Clarence Maney of Ivy, Mrs
’ James T. Fox Jr., and Miss
Myrtle Ledford of Burns
-1 ville Rt. 1.
1 - Also four sons, Claude
1 and Spurgeon of Burnsville
Rt. 1, Emerson of Lenoir,
■ and Kelly of Mars Hill Rt.
i 2; and four brothers.
i i |fT
> Memorial Poppy Day
i The American legion
[ Auxiliary will observe
| Memorial Poppy Day on
Saturday, May *27.
Riverside Church
Ray Riddle will be home
this week end from the
‘ Southern Baptist Seminary
' Louisville, Ky., and will
preach at Riverside Church
Sunday morning. He will
start a revival meeting at
Elk Shoal Church Monday
night, May Bth.
Rummage Sale on the.
Square Saturday, 9 o’clock.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 4,1950
Construction Os Duiplan
Plant Begins
Construction of the new
mill here of the Duplan
Corporation began Monday
J. A. Simmers and Sam
uel A. Lewis, representing
the Duplan Corporation,
are superintending the con
struction work. .
Singing Convention
There will be a Singing
Convention at Elk Shoal
Baptist Church on Satur
day night, May 6th, at 7:30
p. m. All groups of singers
and th e public is cordially
invited to attend and take
part.
FINAL RITES FOR
IVAN M. WHET3TINE
Funeral services for Ivan
M. Whetstine, 39, who died
Thursday morning in a
Marion hospital after a
brief illness, were held Fri
day at 2:30 p. m. in Celo
Baptist Church.
The Rev. A, Pate and the
Rev. J. E. Hensley officiat
ed and burial was in Carro
way Cemetery.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Helen Beaver Whet
svine the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Whetntine of
Celo; and three sisters,
Mrs, Paul Gouge, Mus. John
Gouge and Mrs. Sam Hen
sley of Celo.
BURN SVILLE—
“So They Say”
The weather: Fine show
ers and warm sunshine add
up to mighty fine weather.
Spring flowers, including
rhododendron, beginning
to bloom.
About town: Dr. Robert
son underwent operation
last Thursday and is get
ting along “fine”, Mrs. R.
reports . . . Laura Mae Hil
liard still in hospital but
plans to come later this
week . . . Wrenn beginning
to be out again after sever
al weeks in hospital and at
home following heart at
tack . . . Jesse Autrey had
misfortune to lose two fin
gers of his left hand, sever
ed Monday by a power saw
while he was working on
new house . . . Construction
work very much under way
at the Duplan Corporation
plant . . . The big cake is
here! In case you don’t be
lieve that 500 pounds of
weight here is a partial
list of ingredients: 400 lb.
flour, 60 lb. sugar 50 lb.
shortening and 32 dozen
eggs! It is most beautifully
decorated and will be serv
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100 YEARS OLD TODAY
■ - - j
Sam E. Bennett, Western
North Carolina's only sur
viving Confegerate Army
veteran, is celebrating his
100th annivewary today,
at his home atfßelief.
Bennett sefijed for some
time in th4 Burnsville
Home Guard ffefore enlist
ing in the Blfck Mountain
regiment in He was
wounded by V% dynamite
charge in thf battle for
Richmond.
Annual Drama Festival
— W~
High Schools! Participate
The second Juinual Dra
ma Festival Jof Yancey
County Highfechools will
be given in t|e Playhouse
on and Friday
evenings, May. 11, 12. One
act plays will be presented
i by each school
l In addition Ito selecting
i the winners | among the
i schools, individual players
- are also seleefed. Scholar
) ships to the slimmer school
of fine arts of the Woman’s
> College here jire given the
■ boy and girl % r ho win first
■ place.
Clearmont High School
, will present %&te Holiday”
Members of the cast are
Nadine Evans, Billie Clyde
Peterson, Ruth Melton and
, Alice Garland.
Mil —n-iHii W*- “T \rrh
Farmers Home Administration
Many Loans Made
Nearly three times a
. many farmers are usin
insured mortgage loans t
meet their farm ownershi
■ needs this j. ar as last ac
1 cording to Mack B. Raj
Farmers Home Adminis
tration County 'Supervisoi
The number is 1300 forth
nation this year as compar
ed to 485 last year.
Under the two-year-oli
federal program, a famil;
with 10 percent or mor
. equity in a place, or mone;
' enough to make a 10 per
cent or larger down pay
' ment, may borrow from ;
bank or private lender t
, buy, enlarge,, or develop ,
farm, and have the loan’
repayment guaranteed b;
t the Farmers Home 1 Ad
ministration. ,
To date, 14 families i:
. Yancey County have re
ceived such loans and th
number is growing steadil;
Repayment period so
the loan may run for 4
years if necessary, and th
interest rate to the lende
is 3 percent. The Farmer
Hom e Administration re
ceives an additional 1 per
cent from tjjfl borrower so
Mr., and Mrs. Herring,
Edward S. Shorter Here
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stan
ley Herring and Edward S.
Shorter were here for the
, week end to inspect work
that is being done at Seece
! 10, home of the Burnsville
Painting Classes.
A large private studio
and several rooms are
i being added to one of the
t cottages at the camp.
■ Mr. and Mrs. Herring
were en route to New York
ted Candle” and the: cast
will include Marie Gibbs,
Margaret Silver, Joyce Hil
liard, and Oscar Harris.
“The Trysting Place” |
will be given by Bee Log
High School, and the cast
includes Margie Fender,
Guy Phillips, Evelyn Hig
gins, June Edwards, Jack
Phillips and Bruce Ramsey.
Bald Creek will give
1 “Ghost Farm”. Players are
Fred Wilson, Louella Briggs
Margaret Wilson, Jerry
Nowicki, Juanell Randolph
Betty Lou Edwards, James
Mclntosh and Von Ada
Metcalf.
“The Valiant” will be
given by Burnsville High
School players with the fol
lowing taking part: R. L.
Bailey, Arliss Roung, Dan
ny Fouts, Sue Koenig, Bill
ißiddle. Arnold Gregory.
— .
insurance and administra
tive expense. Only appli
as cants unable to get other
! g suitable credit are eligible
• ° for the insured loans.
Funds for the loans are
now available from private
g’ lenders throughout the
’ country. To date, more than
‘ 500 banks over the nation,
e 34 insurance companies,
" and savings
and lban associations are
participating. In addition,
a few loans have been made
’ e by individuals, trust com
'■y panics, and other groups.
r * Such lenders favor the
loans because they have an
a assured market for them,
:o their investments are fully
, a guaranteed, and the Farm
s ers Home Administration
Y handles the collections and
-*■ all servicing details. Len
ders who wish may assign
in the mortgages to the Gov
e- ernment after holding
them for 7 years, and re
ly ceive in cash the full amo
unt of unpaid principal and
1° interest due on the note
and mortgage.
Jr Besides the many fami
lies applying for the insur
®“ ed type, loan in County
r- to buy farms, many more
(Continued on back page
High School Commencement
Graduates Listed
The five high schools of
Yancey County have an
nounced plans for the com
mencement exercises.
At Clearmont High Scho
ol the Rev. A. Z. Jamerson
will preach - the baccalaur
eate sermon on Sunday af
ternoon, May 14 at 2:30
o’clock.
Graduating exercises will
be held Thursday evening,
May 18 with R. M. Lee,
dean of Mars Hill College,
as speaker.
Honor students are Eva
Lee Howell, salutatorian,
and Mary Lo Silvers, vale
dictorian.
| Members of the graduat
ing class are: Ke,rmit Bai
ley, Earlina Canipe, Nad
ine Evans, Buddy Garland,
Kenneth Hensley, Louise
Higgins, Eva Lee Howell,
Royce Howell, Alma John
son, Marie Laws, Eileen
McCourry, Ruth Melton,
Wanda Melton, Billie Clyde
Peterson, Lucille Phillips,
Mildred Robinson, Mary Lo
Silvers, Nora Belle Wheel
er, Cathlene Whitson,
Anne Woody.
Bee Log High School
The baccalaureate serv
ices at Bee Log High
School will be held at 3 p.
m. on Sunday, May 14. Dr.
Marc Lovelace of Wake
Forest College deliver
the sermon.
Graduating exercises will
be held Thursday evening,
May 18. Honor students are
Loretta Hensley, valedic
torian, and Lena Johnson,
salutatorian.
Members of the senior
class are: Chloe Ella Ad-!
kins, Joe Alvin Brown, Ves
tel Edwards, Elaine. Edw
ards, Dewey Fender, Lor
etta Hensley, Evelyn Hig
gins, Estel Higgins, Lena
Johnson, Guy Phillips,
Elena Peterson, Bruce
Ramsey, John Williams,
Kenneth Williams, Milam
Wilson.
Micaville High School
Commencement exercises
at Micaville High School
begin Sunday, May 14 with
baccalaureate services in
the. Micaville Presbyterian
Church. The Rev. F. R.
Barber of Burnsville will
deliver the sermon.
Graduating exercises will
be held Friday evening,
May 19 and the fallowing
honor students will b e
speakers: Veida Thomas
and Joyce Anne Gillespie,
co-valedictorians; Barbara
Honeycutt and Betty Jean
Fortner, 00-salutatorians.
Other honor sfudents are
Margaret Silver, Joyce Hil
liard, Marie Gibbs, Mary
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NUMBER FORTY-ONE
Huffman and Willa Ann
Huskins.
Those graduating are:
Ben Bailey, Ross Bailey,
Betty Je ( an Fortner, Joyce
Gillespie, Marie Gibbs. -
Joyce Hilliard, Oscar Har- •
ris, Betty Hall, Elizabeth
Hilliard, Martha Huffman, *
Mary Huffman, Barbara
, Honeycutt, Willa Ann Hus
kins, Lula Ma e Loftis, Bet
ty Mace, Kathleen McKin
ney, Ray Phillips, Ruth
Pritchard Smith, Alfred
Ray, Velvie Rector, Bar
-1 bara Robinson, Madge Rob
inson, Dale Silver, Margar
et Silver, Lloyd Stevens,
’ Adaleeii Thomas, Donna
Thomas, Iris Thomas, Vei- *
da Thomas, Jewell Westell,
Sara Westall, Winnie Wil
son, Wilma Wyatt.
Burnsville High School
! Dr. Marc Lovelace of
( Wake. Forest ''College will
. deliver the sbrmon at bac
t calaureate services for
, Burnsville High School on
: Sunday evening, May 14 in
the Burnsville Baptist
] Church.
Graduating exercises will
/be held Friday evening,
May 19 with J. J. Tarleton
of Rutherfordton a s
speaker.
, Honor students are Eli
zabeth Ann Roberts, vale
dictorian, Charles Gillespie
k I and Sarah Hamrick, co
, salutatorians.
' Members of the graduat
] ing class are? Hope Angel,
Mary Elizabeth Ballew,
i Virginia Sue Ranks, Mon
! tez Blevins, Billie J. Eng
land, Betty Fox, Betty Sue
Gibson, Sarah Hamrick,
, Sue, Koenig, Alene McPet
ers, Jun e Ramsey, Louetta
Randolph, Llewellyn Ray,
: Elizabeth A. Roberts, Sel
ma Robinson, Anni e Ruth
Smith, Jeanette Smith,
Jessie Wilson, Rheba
Woody, R. L. Bailey, Max
Buckner, Danny Fouts,
Charles Gillespie;, Arnold
Gregory, Jimmy Hughes,
Bobby Huskey, L. B. Jar
rett, Ralph McMahan, Cha
rles Parnell, Billie Ray
Riddle, Port Taylor, Rob
ert Tilson, Arliss Young.
Bald Creek High School
Th e anpual music recital
at Bald Creek school will
be’ given on Monday even
ing, May 15.
Baacalaureate services
will be held Sunday, May
14. The Rev. David Swartz
of Burnsville will deliver
the sermon.
Graduating exercises will
be held Friday evening,
May 19 with Dr. Hubert
Kimmel of Woman’s Col
lege of the University of
North Carolina as speaker.
Honor students are Bet
(Continued on back page)