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VOLUME FOURTEEN SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
“Duplan Meets The Community
Week” Planned June 19-24
Folders Will Be Distributed
Here Next Week
The Duplan Corporation
which is now building a
plant in Burnsville, is this
week conducting a unqiue
experiment in mass com
munity education. Having
designated the period June
18th thru the 24th as
“Duplan Meets the Com
munity Week” the com
pany is distributing 150,000
four page picture rotogra
vure folders telling the
company story throughout
its- plant-city communities.
The attractive folder
which tells the story of one
Attend Meeting
The State Baptist Train
ing Union assembly is
being held this week at
Fruitland.
Mrs. B. R. Penland. Mrs.
A. Z. Jamerson, Miss Doris
Penland. David Hadley and
Gerald Murdock went over
on Tuesday as David and
Gerald were district repre
sentatives in the Junior
Memory Work.
On Wednesday the Rev.
and Mrs. Charles B. Tram
mel, Mrs. H. G. Bailey, Miss
Hope Bailey, Rebeccah
Trammel, Nelda and Polly
Peterson, Mary Hensley,
Shirley and Irma Styles
and Carrol Simmons went
over to attend the services.
FINAUUTES FOR
ZACK FENDER
Funeral services for
Zack Fender, 71, who died
Tuesday morning at his
home in Bee Log after a
long illness, will be held to
day (Thursday morning) in
Ba'd Mountain Baptist
Church.
The Rev. Quince Miller
will officiate and burial will
be in the family cemetery.
Surviving are the widow;
two daughters, Mrs. Rex
Phillips and Mrs. Arvil
Hensley of Bee Log; eight
sons, Gifford of Burnsville,
Ragan, Vernon, Clayton
Bruce, Rufus, Tilden and
Erskine, all of Bee Log.
Also the father, Isom
Fender of Asheville seven
sisters, five brothers, 44
grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Martin’s Chapel Church
Vacation Bib'e School
and revival services will be
held at the Martin’s Chap
el Methodist church June
19 —July 2.
Miss Dorothy Raub of
Asbury Seminary, Wilmore
Ky., will direct the Bible
School and preach each
evening. E. C. Gover is
pastor
Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Higgins have moved from
Cane River to the. Wray ap
artment house on South
Main Street here.
Mrs. Agnes M. Angell of
Miami has returned for the
summer to her cottage in
‘the Cattail Creek area.
Mrs. Albert Stolder, also of
Miami, is visiting with Mrs.
Angell for three weeks.
the Yancey Record
(large industry in a com
munity is being made avail
able at no cost through
. stores, banks, clubs, insti
tutions and business hous
i es in all its mill cities.
Duplan Corporation offi
cials in outlining the Com
; munity Week program
i point out that its objective
iis far more than a single
company’s promotion. They
believe that thei program
i might weU set a pattern for
othqr industries to follow
!in informing and enlight
; ening the local citizenry as
,to what industry is doing
■ here, and what it means to
!• the community.
Presbyterian News
Attend Camp
The Junior-Hi group of
the Holston Presbytery is
attending camp this week
at the South Toe River
camp.
Those from* Yancey Cou
; nty are: Olin Higgins, Lou
ise Patton, Danny Young,
Kenneth Dillingham from
Burnsville; Victor Morrow,
Max Higgins, Joan Renfro
from Higgins Steve and
Richard Briggs from Up
per Jacks Creek.
The Rev. David Swartz
is assisting with the direc
tion and supervision of the
camp, and appro
75 counsellors and campers
are attending.
The Missionary Society
will meet at the church on
Tuesday evening, June 20
at 8 o’clock.
YANCEY BLUE GEMS
WIN WO GAMES
The Yancey County Blue
Gems marked up another
win Sunday afternoon on
their undefeated record. In
a closely contested game the
local team came out at the
big end of a 2 to 1 victory.
The hurling and fielding
were outstanding features
of the game. Several sensa
tional catches were made
by the fielders.
Leading hitters for the
Gems were Marsh and Gill
espie, each getting three
hits out of four times at
bat.
Gillespie pitched a three
hit game, walking only one
man. The opposition’s run
was unearned, being scored
on a passed ball. The Gems
got 9 hits in this game.
A Saturday night game
will be played at Spruce,
Pine, Gems vs Minpro. Sun
day the Banner Elk team
will play the Gems on the
Burnsville diamond at 2:30
O’clock.
BALD CREEK
The Vacation Bible Scho
ol at Bald Creek Methodist
Church will begin on Mon
day, June 19 and continue
through June 30.
Classes begin each
morning at *9:30 a. m.
There will be four depart
ments, planned for ages
starting at four years.
A faculty of 12 workers,
with ithe Rev. Manuel Hol
land, pastor, directing will
teach in the school.
' Earl Ray has returned
home from N. C. State for
the summer vacation.
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‘DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY*
BURNSVILLE, N. C., ’mURSDAY, JUNE 15,1950
Bloodmobile Unit Visits
Prison Camp
The Red Cross Blood
Mobile visited the Yancey
County Prison Camp on
Saturday.
A total of 56 pints was
collected. All of this except
two pints was contributed
by the prisoners.
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Graduated From N. C.
State College
Raleigh.—Walter Her
man Bostian of Burnsville,
was one of the students
graduating from North
Carolina State College dur
, ing the institution’s 61st
commencement . service
Sunday afternoon, June 11.
Bostian was awarded a
Bachelor of Science degree
in Genera* Engineering.
Graduated From N. C.
, State College
' Raleigh.—Landon Moore
Proffitt of Burnsville, was
one of the students gradua
ting from North Carolina
State College during the in
| stitution’s 61st commence
ment service Sunday af
ternoon, June 11.
Proffitt was awarded a
Bachelor of Science degree
in Agricultural Engineer
ing.
As a student at N. C.
State, he was a member of
ffigria Pi Alnfcr
Society of Agricultural En
gineers Ag Club.
Bailey Hi*l Decoration
Decoration services at
the Bailey Hill Cemetery
will be he'd at 11 a. m. on
Sunday, June 18
J. C. Turner nas returned
home for the summer from
Salisbury vV-
Account Given of Creation of
Yancey County in 1834
The following account of
the establishment of Yan
cey County was sent us re
cently by E. Frank Watson.
History students in the
schools will be especially
interested in this story.
“The large extent o f
country comprehended in
the bounds of the counties
of Buncombe and Burke
renders the attendance of
the inhabitants thereof to
do public duties extremely
expessive and difficult, for
remedy whereof all that
part of these counties be
ginning on the extreme
height of the Black moun
tain, running thence along
said mountain to Ogle’s
improvement, thence along
the dividing ridge to Dan
iel Carter’s fork field, then
ce a direct course to the
mouth of Big Ivy creek,
thence with the Warm
Springs road to the three
forks of Laurel creek;
thence a direct line, so as to
include James Allen’s house
to the Tennessee line
thence with said line to the
county of Ashe; thence
with the line of said county
to Grandmother mountain
thence a direct course to
the extreme height of the
Humpbacked m o untain;
thence with /the Blue Ridge
to where it intersects the
Black mountain, thence
with the ridge of said mou
OrtMpedic Clinic
>4 ImT
The mdjthly orthopedic
clinic will jbe held in the
Spruce fjie, Town Hall
Wednesda® morning, June
21. Dtv James H. Cherry of
Asheville, pill be the clini
cian. Thiaclinic, which is
open to allresidents of the
Tri-Countyiarea, is held on
the third Wednesday morn
ing of eacl month by the
District Wealth Depart
ment. Pati|nts should be at
the Town |Hall not later
, than 11 a. m.
Special Summer Activities
The program of summer
activities will begin here
within thejnext two weeks,
' and final preparations are
: being made Tor this.
Painting Classes
The Burnsville Painting
Classes will begin the fifth
season on-Saturday, June
24 with a capacity enroll
; ment. Instruction wiU be
’ gin June 2^
The property of the for-
L mer Camp Mt. Mitchell for
Boys was 1 acquired two
years ago % Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Stanley Herring and
Edward S. Shorter and is
now the permanent home
of the Painting Classes.
The property has 42 ac
res of land including beau
tifully wedded slopes, a
lodge for giris. a lodge'for
■ rn&rsrisiMhmmrtr™
cottages, a dining hall and
kitchen, a swimming pool
and small lake.
Additions to one of the
cottages was made this
spring to provide a private
studio and living quarters
for Mr. and Mrs. Herring
and Mr. Shorter.
Last year students came
from 17 states to attend
the Painting Oaspes.
ntain to the beginning, is
erected into a separate and
distinct county by the name
of Yancey.” <,
Thus was created the
county of Yancey, improp
erly spelled by the General
Assembly “Yancy,” and the
description of its boundar
ies give an idea of the diffi
culties of surveying in one
of the wildest regions of all
the United States.
The General Assembly
ratified the act January 13,
1834, that session having
begun November 18, 1833.
Two supplemental acts
covering Yancey were ra
tified the, same day. One
directed that the first ses
sion of the county court
should be held at some suit
able place within five miles
of the house of James
Greenlee on the third Mon
day in January, 1834, and
that Rickly Stanby, Thom
as Baker, Joseph Shepherd,
John McElroy and Levi
Bailey as commissioners
locate the p'ace for the
county seat on a tract of
land of not less than 100
acres, on which a town to
be called Burnsville should
be laid off by them, and the
court house, etc., erected
there, within the distance
of five miles of James
Greenlee’s.
The county court was di
rected to lay a tax of not
Duplan Officials Here
H. J. Hinz of Winston- -
Salem, personnel manager
of the southern division of
tht Duplan Corporation,
and H. C. Easter of Lin
colnton, who will be mana
ger of the Burnsville plant,
are in Burnsville today.
Mr. Hinz recently select
ed four young men to be
gin training in Lincolnton.
The four, Jess Styles, Mor
ris Styles, Ted Phillips and
Paul Silver, have already
begun this training.
School of Fine Arts -
Burnsville School of Fine
, Arts of the Woman’s Col
; 'ege of the University of
North Carolina will begin
the 7 weeks’ session on
r June 29. Courses of study
i will be offered in art, crea
> tive writing, modern dance,
. music, education and dra
. ma.
In connection with the
. drama courses, the Play
• house will be operated, thus
* giving practical experience
,in acting, production and
I stage settings.
i A dormitory for students
was completed last season
and an apartment building
for staff members is under
construction now.
Girls Camp
The Mt. Mitchell Camp
rfcnr-GIrtTW epen on June
27 for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ho
muth of Clearwater, Fla.
are owners of the camp and
Mrs Lillian Bingham will
be director. A full program
of camping activities will
be offered.
The camp is located near :
Burnsville at an elevation
of 3,100 feet, the third 1
highest in North Carolina. 1
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over one dollar on the poll
and one dollar on the SIOO
value of lands, to raise a
fund to erect the public
buildings; also to seU the
lots and apply the money 1
to the building fund. 1
The county was named 1
for Bartlett Yancey of 1
Caswell, who served many
terms in the General Ass
embly, W as president of the 1
senate and a representative 1
in the U. S. Congress, and ]
an early advocate of a pub- j
lie school system.
The county scat was'
named for Capt. Otway 1
Burns, of Carteret county; 1
commander of the, U. S. i
privateer “Snapdragon” in
the second war with Great <
Britain, 1812-15.
The first county court ]
was held January 25, 1834, •
in Caney River church, a
mhe from James Greenlee’s
home. Daniel Angel was
appointed temporary sher
iff, Amos L. Ray, clerk, Jos
eph B. Ray, register of
deeds, Burgess S. Gaither,
county solicitor.
In April, 1834, the com
missioners named by the
General Assembly bought
100 acres of land for the
county seat, Burnsville, and
for two years the courts
were held there in a tem
porary wooden building,
until the first court house
was completed in Novem
ber, 183a
The first sheriff was con
victed of murder and hang
ed and the first clerk was
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Carl Renfro of Green Mountain
Killed in Truck Wreck
Carl Renfro, 30, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gaither Ren
fro of Green Mountain,
was killed in a truck wreck!
at 6 o’clock this morning I
(Thursday) near Erwin.
Details of the wreck were
not learned but the only
other occupant of the
truck was not injured.
Funeral arrangements
are incomplete.
French Bx oad Eelectric Member
ship Corporation Plans Meeting
Assistant Administrator of
REA WiU Speak
Wilham C. Wise, Assist
ant Administrator of the
Rural Electrification Ad
ministrtion, will address
the members of the French
Broad Electric Member
ship Corporation at their
annua l meeting in Marshall
, June 24.
j Mr. Wise will bring to
Marshall the accumulated
experiences of his 15 year
career with REA. He was
one of the men who formed
the eorei of the program in
1935, and since that time,
he has travelled America I
in the interests of a sound, j
practical plan of rural elec
trification.
More than a thousand
members are expected to
crowd the Marshall High 1
School Auditorium to hear
Wise and witness other
special events planned sod
the tenth
meeting. This year the
members will elect direc-!
tors, hear a winning essay
on farm electrification, re
ceive co-op reports, and)
draw for free prizes.
These prizes, headed by
an 11 foot home freezer, |
will include an electric
roaster, percolator, waffle
iron, toaster, and many
other valuable and useful!
gifts. In order to be eligible 1
a member must be register-}
ed and be present at the |
time of the drawing.
Leading electrical mer
chants and distributors will}
qnite to present a huge dis
play of the latest appliances j
and equipment. The Mars
Hill Square Dance Team
will provide the entertain
ment, showing the form
that makes them a champ
inoship group.
The displays will open
and registration begin at
10:30 A. M. The meeting
wiU officially open at 1:15
P. M.
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NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN
Surviving in addition to
the parents are the widow,
the former Miss Elizabeth
I Kegley; a four year old
json; two brothers, Dock
and Clyde Renfro; five sis
ters, Mrs. Melvin Johnson,
Mrs. Niram Whitson and
Mrs. Clyde Street of Erwin
Mrs. Charles Tilley o f
Green Mountain and Mrs.
: Howe Deyton o f Fort
i Bragg.
BURN SVILLE—
“So They Say’'
The weather: Clear and
warm now but heavy rains
last week. Regular down-.
pour Friday and Saturday
.when 1) the Coietta twins
' celebrated their sth birth
i days and 2) when Diane
Roberts celebrated her six
» th. The showers didn’t
l dampen the spirits of this
youngest set, and “a lovely
i time was had by all”!
Brief comment: New and
very attractive, Pete's
| Snack Bar which opened
this week in the Super
Market Building. Good
to eat ... . new groe
ery store: George Robin
son now owns the Bums
j vihe Feed Store next door
to Ford place, and Gaddy’s
Grocery moved to Atkins
.building ... Chick and
i Frank Butner have about
completed their new clean
, ing plant and will open
Monday . . Moving about:
|W. C. Ramms and H‘ C.
j Mangums to houses at
Glen Raven Mhl . . . the
Horace Higgins from Cana
River to Rush’s apartmtnt
. . John and Fay Blake to
i Briggs apartment and
Brady and Marjorie Fox to
apartment John and Fay
had . . . James and Jessh
jFay Ramsey to the Nichol*
'son house . . . and the C O
j Elds family to their new
home . . . Base ball games:
I Blue Gems vs Minpro in
Spruce Pine Saturday nig
ht and Blue Gems vs Ban
ner Elk here Sunday . . .
C. W. Phillips here from
Greensboro and will be at
Woman’s Club tonight. Be
sure to attend — Legion.
Building, 8 o’clock.
Frank E. Briggs of Wag
oner, S. C. was the guest
of Mr., and Mrs. L. E
Briggs Sunday-