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