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Happy Khmer New Year. VOLUME FOURTEEN SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. Yancey Credit Association Is Organized Here Eighty One Join As Charter Members The organization of the Yancey "Credit Association was completed* at a meeting Tuesday night when direc tors. and officers were nam ed by the members. The directors are: Burns ville, H. W. Johnson; Cane River, James Proffitt; Pri ces Creek, A. 0. England; Jacks Creek, D. J. Peter son; Crabtree, Welzic Rob inson; Brush Creek, Lowe Thomas; Pensacola, H. D. Ray Jr.; Green Mountain, Walter Howell; South Toe River, E. B. Chrisawn; Egypt, N. A. Hensley; Ramseytown, Jack Hensley C. P. Randolph was nam ed manager for a period of one year, and the officers AROUND THE DISTRICT By George Vitas U. S. Forest Ranger Mt. Mitchell District Lee Boone, Refuge Man ager on the Mt. Mitchell Game Management Area and his assistants had a busy time on the opening day of the trout season. At 6 a. m. fisherman in some 75 cars were already lined up at the South Toe Check ing Station, ready to go. And when the sun set that day another record had been broken on the Forest. At South Toe, 401 fisher men had-checked in, at i Curtis Creek, 144 and at Mackeys Creek, 50 for a to v tal of 595 fishermen. This the previous re»- cord, set in 1949, when 499 fishermen checked in. We do not have the tally of the catch, as yet, bue we are told that an 18-inch brown trout weighing two pounds two ounces was among the biggest caught at South Toe River the first day. Construction of almost four miles of metallic tele phone line' from the Busick Guard Station to the White Pines Warden Station is well on the way. Louis Shu ford, of Celo, is in charge of the project. Our thanks go out to the REA which has helped us eliminate the necessity of setting up 41 additional telephone poles by permitting us to string our wire on their poles. HIGHWAY PROJECTS The State Highway Coim mission today called for bids on 26 highway pro jects involving 187.71 miles of roadway. Bids will be opened on May 30 and let to contract by the Highway Commis sion at its meeting on June 8. Bids will be received on a second block of projects June 6. The 26 projects advertis ed today include 12 under the $200,000,000 bond issue program. The specifications call for road work in 22 counties. Projects advertised in <■ eluded .45 miles of grading and structure, on U. S. 19E and N. C 197 from a point on U. S. 19E West of Bur nsville east across Cane River. - . The Yancey record are: chairman, H. W. John son; vice chairman, Reece Mclntosh; secretary-treas urer, Lowe l Thomas. The purpose of*the asso ciation is to create a more workable credit situation in the county, for the bene fit of both thei creditor and the purchaser, The opera tion of the. organization will be conducted for the mutual benefit of all. With the inauguration of the credit plan another step has been taken in the sound economic development of the county which, during the past five years, has shown a decided increase. It is the plan and desire of the more than 80 members of the credit association to aid this continued develop ment and growth. NOTICE A Republican Party meeting will be held in the Roberts & Johnson club room on Friday night, May 26th at 8 o'clock. This meeting was plan ned for May 23 but due to circumstances was changed , to the 26th. - , i District Wildlife Clubs Will Meet A meeting all wildlife clubs of District 8 will be held in the courthouse in Morganton on Tuesday, May 23 at 7:45 p. m. This meeting is being called to hear requests and recommendations from all clubs in the district, and each member of the Yan cey County group is invit ed to attend. I -- - j LAST RITES HELD FOR JAMES L^FLACK James L. Flack, 89, wid- 1 ely known citizen of the county, passed away Wed- ! nesday morning at his , home here. Funeral sendees are planned for today (Thurs day) at Roland’s Chapel Church, Higgins at 2:00 o’clock. Survivors include three sons, Melvin and Tom Flack iof Burnsville and Willie Flack of Cincinnati, Ohio; five daughters, Mrs. Mamie Gardner and Mrs. Bertie Vann of Johnson City; Mrs Eyner Wilson of Asheville, ■ Mrs. Clara Roland of Hig gins and A£rs. Hattie Rol and of Burnsville; thirty one grand children and a number of great grand 1 children. i &&&?" ‘ j -y yr V.V vHj I Rich Taylor of Burnsville : and the 21 and 1-4 inch, 3 ■ pound brown trout he cau » ght on Rod and Gun Club property last week. | “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1950 « Members of the graduiting class of 'Burnsville High School who will receive diplomas Friday night. Mascots, Barbara Anne Angel, Jimmy Roberts. Front row, left to right: Montez Blevins, Louetta Randolph, Annie Ruth Smith, Mary Elizabeth Ballew, Billie Jean England, Hope Angel, Elizabeth Ann Roberts, Jessie Wilson. Second row: Miss Islean Ray, sponsor; Bobby Huskey, Charles Homer Par nell, Charles Gillespie, Jeanette Smith, June Ramsey, Selma Robinson, Alene Mc- Peters, Virginia Sue Banks, Betty Sue Gibson, R. L. Bailey. Third row: Arliss Young, Robert Tilson, Sarah Hamrick, Port Taylor, Max Buckner, Sue Koenig, Llewellyn Ray, Betty Brown Fox, Arnold Gregory. Back row: L. B. Jarrett, Ronald Gregory, James Hughes, Danny Fouts, Billy Ray Riddle, Ralph McMahan. High School Wins Drama Festival Award First award in the high school Drama Festival was given to Micaville High School for its presentation of “Lighted Candles”, a mountain folk play. In addition, Ross Bailey was named best actor for the entire meet, and Marie Gibbs was given honorable mention in the actress award group. Others in the cast of the prize winning play were Margaret Silver, Joyce Hil liard and Oscar Harris. Miss Edith Robinson was director. The “best actress” award went to Nadine Evans of Clearmont High School for her leading role 1 in “Late Holiday. Second place in the act ors group went to R. L. Bailey of Burnsville* High School for his part in “The Officials Announce Basis For Corn War The 1950 “corn war” be tween North Carolina and Virginia began in earnest this week as Extension Service officials of, the two states announced that they had agreed on the basis for the competition. The winning state will be the one whose' average yield shows the larger per centage increase over the average for the 10-year period 1940-49. Last year, when Virginia wpn, the contest was based on the bushels-per-acre incre<ase over the average for 1937- 46. North Carolina’s 1940-49 average was 25.6 bushels per acre; Virginia’s was 32.8 bushels. If the Old North State makes the same' average yield it did last year—3s bushels per acre—the 'increase will be about 27 per cent. If Vir ginia repeats its 1949 re cord with another average yield of 47 bushels, the in crease for that State wjll be about 30 per cent. On this basis Virginia would win again. | The terms may seem un- Valiant”; and in the actress group to Louella Briggs of Bald Creek Hph School. In addition so Miss Gibbs honorable mention in the actress group went to Mar garet Wilson Creek High Alice Garland of Clearmont High School. Good audiences attended the performances each ev ening and have been loud in their praise of the gen eral excellencce of the pre sentations, and of the skill and fine stage presence of 1 the students who took part. The Festival was estab iished last year and is spon sored in part by the drama department of the summer school of fine arts of the Woman’s College here. Scholarships to the sum mer school will be present ed to Miss Evans and Mr. Bailey. George M. Joyce, busi ness manager of thiei Bur nsville School of Fine Arts, Miss Elvira Prondecki, residence counsellor, and Miss Patricia Corruthers, all of Woman’s College were here this week to dis cuss plans of the summer session with Frank W. Howell, Darius Alan Hensley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hen sley of Ramseytown is con fined at his home with vir us pneumonia. fair to North Carolina, but Dr. E. R. Collins, in charge of agronomy for the State College Extension Service thinks otherwise. He points out that Old Dominion far mers have had several good seasons for corn, and they’re overdue for a bad year. In addition, says Dr. Collins, Virginia growers have adopted corn hybrids , much more rapidly than have Tar Heel farmers, and North Carolina can expect larger increases in the fut , ure as more and more hy brids are grqwn. i\ : All in all, Dr. Collins [ thinks the terms for the contest are the fairest that ■ could be worked out. Fred Homuth Here Fred Homuth of Clear water, Fla., owner of Camp Mt. Mitchell for Girls, is here this week to begin preparations for the open ing of the camp season on June 26. \ Mrs. Lillian Bingham who is well known here and among camp personnel will be director tlys summer, and a highly capable staff of counsellors and assist ants has been secured for the season. Singing Convention Yancey County Singing Convention will meet with Jacks Creek Baptist Chur ch on Sunday, May 28th at 2:00 p. m. All groups of singers and the public is cordially invited to attend and take a part. Celo Valley Farm-Home Camp Plans Summer Session Many Activities The Celo Valley Farm- Home Camp, started last summer by, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Moody of Celo, will open its second session on June 18. Mrs. Moody, formerly Girl Scout Director at Lex ington, Kv. states that this is a somewhat new ap proach to camping in that a family-size group of chil dren live, work, and play together as part of an actual farm and home sit uation. The Moodys report that one of the most popu lar activities last summer was milking. A full program is plan ned, including such things as swimming, riding, dra matics, carpentry, pottery weaving, folk dancing, sin ging and sketching, but, say the Moody’s, ‘.lt is odr ideal that the program should grow spontaneously as we live and plan with the children”. The arts and crafts pro gram, which is outstanding is under the leadership of Miss Thelma Stoner, for merly of Penland Hand craft School. Miss Stoner stresses the use of native materials,’ such as honey- Yancey County Base Ball Team Organized This Week Equipment Purchased A Yancey County base ball team has been organi zed with H. D. Justice as manager, Frank Coots, field captain, and Jake F. Buckner as business mana ger. Business firms and inter ested citizens have! contri buted funds for supplies, and 15 suits and all neces -sary equipment have been purchased. The first game will be played here on May 28. Among the 1 first to re port for work out, in addi tion to the managers, were John B. Westall, Bill Wes tall, Robert I.£e Westall, Arnold Higgins, Virgis Anglin, Fred Anglin, E. F. Hunter, Clyde Anglin, Frank Gillespie, Frank Coots, Buster Stanley, Er- FINAL RITES FOR MISS AMANDA MCCANLESS Miss Amanda McCanless, daughter of the late Geor ge Sidney and Elizabeth Dellinger McCanless, died at her home in Asheville on May 11 and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, West Asheville on May 13. Miss McCanless was born , at Burnsville and lived here ' many years before moving to Asheville. , She is survived by three brothers. Henry McCanless of Burnsville, William J. of Asheville and Fletcher of Fletcher, N. C.; five sis ters, Mrs. Anna Tindale of Hendersonville, Mrs. Kate Wolfe of Swannanoa, Mrs. James McCanless of St. Petersburg, Fla., Mrs. Julie Wilson of Greenville,-S. C. and Mrs. Young of Beck ley, W. Va. suckle vine for basketry, local clay for pottery, and weed stems for weaving. The Moodys aim to ach ieve a relaxed, noagnal life for the group. The children who are interested plant gardens of their own, pick blackberries and make jam to take home. Swimming and camping out are ever popular activities. The day is closed by short vespers, which the children lead. Last year’s campers were an enthusiastic group, and will all be back this year. Sketching is under the leadership again this year of David Salstrom; Mrs. Louise Tonness is nature resource, and Miss Margar-j et Calbeck is in charge of' dramatics. The Celo Health | Center is located one mile frojn the Moody’s farm, and Dr. Ohle acts as physi-' cian for the camp. Dr.-W. B. Robertson was taken from thn&nfe of his 1 son in Rutherfordton to the hospital there last week. His condition now shows some improvement. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shep herd and young son of Statesville were here for the past week end. Happy Khmer New Year. NUMBER THIRTY-THREE nest Banner, Phil Cooper, J. B. Jones, Bobbie Marsh, Wvhilie Gibbs, Winfred Roper and Bill Blalock. Lined up on the pitching staff are Frank Gillespie and Frank Coots, right handed, and Winfred Roper left handed. It is hoped that Eddie Wilson who is now playing for N. C. State will be added to thei pitch ing staff this summer. Staff members have stated that the games will be con ducted in a good, clean way and that all small boys of the county are welcome to come to watch practice and to receive l pointers as to their own playing. Special Army and Air Force Testing Team to Visit Asheville M. Sgt. Stanley W. Wap inski, local Recruiting Ser geant states that a Special testing team from Char lotte, N. C., will be at the Asheville Recruiting Sta tion on Mondey, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 22, 23 and 24th for the purpose of testing men to qualify for both the Army and Air Force. BURNSVILLE— “So They Say” The weather: That eold snap last week must have been Blackberry Winter so maybe we are now safely past the chilly season! About town: Newest ar rival: Mark Wilson Ben nett Jr. on Saturday morn ing .. . The Mt. Mitchell Motel looking very hand some with Perma Stone going on as exterior . fin ish . < . Much excitement at B. H. S. Very attractive an nuals were distributed th ; J week . . . semm- I cital \ ing exerciselk w night. The senifV lad very enjoyable pi\. sup per last night at Betty Sue Gibson’s home . . . However there’s more than gradua tion and spring blossoms in the air! It’s Baseball, the grand old American Game. Twenty players showed up for practice Wednesday, suits and equipment al ready bought, fine staff with Justice as manager, Coots as field captain and Buckner as business manar ger. Talk naturally got ’round to the teams back in those Good Old Days. There’s a picture available of the John Lyon, Brook Wilson, George Brown et al team, and one of Rudolph Charles’ boys’ team. We’re planning to run these pic tures and if you have otth [ ers let us know ... So, with i interest increasing stead ily, and plans for good clean sportsmanship throu ghout, it looks like it’s going to be a fine season. Several citizens have asked lus to make this appeal: if you have a room, or can ar range a room or apartment before the summer visitors get here please do so. Many calls for accomodations now and ifr .you’ll let us ’ know what you have we’ll * list it and have all the in formation necessary }
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