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Brother of Mrs.
Thread gill Drowns
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Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Threadgill have returned
to their home at Cattail
Creek from Gafney, S. C.
where they were called be
cause of the death of Mrs.
Thread gill’s brother, Ly
man Hamrick.
Mr. Hamrick was drown
ed Friday night, June 16
when the boat in which he
and three other men from
Gafney were riding at
Lake Summitt near Hen
dersonville overturned. One
of the other men was
drowned also.
Hamrick was 52 years of
age, and was vice president
and manager of the Gafney
mills. He was a frequent
visitor of the Threadgills
here and at Pensacola.
MUSIC COURSES
William C. Deveny who
will teach voice in the sum
mer session here will come
to Burnsville Saturday.
All those who plan to
take either private lessons
or choral work are asked
to see Mr. Deveny at the
dormitory Monday.
This year there will be
no charge for the choral
group instruction.
Duane Kline who will
teach instrumental music
will also arrive in Burns
ville Saturday. Aill who
are interested in this are
asked to meet Mr. Kline
in the elementary school
building at 9:30 Monday.
Fine Arts School and
Playhouse Session Begins
The Parkway Playhouse
of the Burnsville School of
Fine Arts here will present
six plays and a music and
dance recital for their fou
rth season this summer.
The School opens on June
29, and continues until
August 19.
All class work, except art
and dance, will begin on
July 3. Instruction in these
two courses will begin on
July 17.
The schedule includes:
“The Patsy,” a comedy,
July 7 and 8; “On Borrow
ed Time,” on July 14 and
15; “You Can’t Take It
With You,” on July 21 and
22; the Recital on July 27
and 28; “Fashion,” a fam
ous comedy of the 1850 per
iod, on August 4 and 5;
Gilbert and Sullivan’s pop
ular musical, “The Mika
do,” on August 11 and 12;
and a new modern comedy,
“The Clearglass Door,” by
resident playwright Fran
OFFICIAL COUNTY VOTE, JUNE 24 PRIMARY *
For U. S. n
Senate Congressman
Townships *
Burnsville 308 92 318 72
Cane River 188 68 211 40
Egypt 71 - 41 103 7
Ramseytown J , 15 69 70 13
Green Mountain 59 90 138 8
Jacks Creek * 128 165 277 15
Brush Creek 37 *SB 79 15
Crabtree 152 98 210 41
South Toe 117 34 134 16
Pensacola 40 10 45 3
Prices Creek < 68 71 121 4
Totals 1173 75S T7SS W
the Yancey record
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Architect’s Drawing of the Dwplnn Corporations Mill, now under construction here. AU foundation pier and walls are completed
l and the structural steel and long span joists are now under construction and are approximately 75 per cent erected. Curbing for the
driveways and -approaches is now being built. (Architects: Lacy, Atherton & Davis, Wilkes-Barre & Harrisburg, Pa.)
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> Mr. and Mrs. John B.
i Bennett and daughter l Joy
! have returned from Ariz
l ona where ti*ey spent sev
eral months.
i cis M. Casey, on August 18
: and 19.
; The Burnsville School of
Fine Arts, owned by the
■ people of Yancey County
and operated during the
! summer season by the
l Woman’s College of the
University of North Caro
lina, in Greensboro, is the
i only school of its type in
! the nation.
The Parkway Playhouse,
focal point of the school, is
the largest collegiate sum
, mer repertory theater in
the Southeast.
C. W. Phillips, Greens
'< boro, is director of the pro
ject, and W. R. Taylor,
Greensboro, is director of
the Playhouse.
The School has under
gone an expansion for this
year, with college credit
courses in modern dance,
art, and creative writing
added to previous , courses
in drama, music and eduqa
(Continued on back page)
Graham
Smith
Jones
Hamilton
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY 5 *
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 29,1950
Mrs. Julia Bennett
Is Seriously 111
Mrs. Julia Bennett, one
of the county’s most widely
known citizens, is seriously
ill at her home here fol
lowing a stroke she suffer
ed last Friday.
Burnsville Painting Classes
Sixty five students have
registered for the 1950 sea
son for the Burnsville
Painting Classes.
The classes opened June
24 and will operate for 12
weeks, closing on Septem
ber 16.
Students now registered
include Mrs. Kessler of
Miami, Terry Robles of
Sarasota, Miss Drury of
Brunswick, Ga., Mrs. Hol
leman, Mrs. Passailaique,
Miss Watts of Columbus,
Ga., Miss Wilson, Mrs.
Slocum of Charleston, Mrs.
Crandall of Macon, Ga.,
Mrs. Cook of Washington,
Mrs. Cookingham of New
Haven, Conn., Mrs. Murphy
of Philadelphia, Mrs. Abs
ton of Memphis, Mrs. Cal
vet of Orlahdo, Mrs. Cun
ningham, Mrs. Bagnell of
Alexandria, Miss Fowley of
West Palm Beach, Mrs.
Thomas of Charlotte, Miss
Maurice of Eagle Springs,
N. C., Miss O’Brien of Bea
umont, Tex., Howard Alley
of Westminster, S. C., John
Bryans of Marion, Ohio,
Tom Peterson of Birming
ham, Bob Miller and Lee
Hart of Abilene.
Portrait Demonstration
Frank Stanley Herring
will give a portrait demon
stration at Seecelo, the
Burnsville Painting Class
es at Bp. m. on Monday,
July 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Allison of Burlington visit
ed Bill AHison - here this
week. Charles is brick fore
man with the J. A. Jones
Construction Company.
IStunfewill Enter
Tournament
The Yancey County Blue
Gems who won 'their sixth
straight victory Sunday
have been invited to play
l in the Semi-Pro Tourna
ment i n Hendersonville
, July 4-11. The 12 best teams*
in Western North Carolina
iin this class were picked
• to compete.
! The Yancey team is the
only independent team in
! the meet as the others are
! all sponsored by companies
• or organizations. These in
clude the Enka, Ecusta,
1 Berkley and Martel mills
: teams.
' Each team must lose 2
! games before being elimi
■ nated from play.
, The Blue Gems will meet
, Dana at 8:15 on July 4.
Farmers Federation Picnic
Burnsville High School
will be the scene of the
Yancey County Farmers
Federation picnic on Tues
day, July 4th, from 10 a. m.
to 4 p. m.
The best collection of
talent ever assembled by
the Federation is scheduled
to perform on the program.
Performers will include:
Howard Nash, “the one
man band’ 1 ; Steve Ledford,
ace fiddler; Alec Houston,
Hendersonville ventriloqu
ist; Patsy Messer, Canton
acrobat; Mrs. Bascom La
mar Lunsford Jr., singer of
mountain ballads; and
many others.
This year for the first
time a cash prize of SIOO
will be awarded for the best
specialty e n tiehltainment
number presented at any
of the Federation picnics.
A second prize of SSO and
third prize of $25 will also
be awarded.
Local musicians, quartets
and choirs are especially
French Broad Corporation
Observe 10th Anniversary
An estimated 1200 peo
ple jammed the Marshall
High School Auditorium
and grounds June 24, to
celebrate the tenth anni
versary annual meeting of
the French Broad Electric
Membership Corporation.
William C. Wise, Assist
ant Administrator of REA,
addressed the co-op mem
bers. He congratulated
them on their 10 year re
cord of. achievement and
urged them not to relax
and lose interest in their
business. “It is your right
and duty,” he said, “to dis
cuss any phase of opera
tions with the manager or
board member. You must
remember that you are an
, invited to appear on the
| picnic program.
The program will also
’ feature numerous enter
tainment stunts.
The morning portion of
, the picnic will consist of
string music and solo and
duet singing with a few
short talks describing the
Federation’s program. Pre-,
sident McClure will act as
master of ceremonies.
Free watermelon and le
monade will be furnished
by t*he Federation at lunch
time, and following this
there will be races for boys
and girls and a men’s tug
o-war.
The afternoon program
will feature a report on the
Lord’s Acre Movement by
Rev. Dumont Clarke and
sacred singing by choirs
and quartets. Contests will
also be held.
Norman Barnett is man
ager of the Farmers Feder
ation at Burnsville. He has
issued an invitation to ev
ery resident and guest
. owner, and you have the re
: sponsibjlities of owner
, ship”.
i The assistant adminis
. trator reviewed the pro
’ gress of REA throughout
: the country. He recalled
that in 1935 only 10.9 per
, cent of the nation’s farms
were electrified and \ the
remainder had little nope
of ever securing services
at a reasonable cost. Dur
ing its 15 year history, he
said, REA has approved
loans totalling $2,084,905,-
202 to 1067. borrowers. He
stressedvthe fact that this
money is not a grant or
subsidy, but is being repaid
in a systematic, business
like manner.
Wise stated that up to
March 31, 1950, REA had
approved loans of $58,694,-
552 for 39 borrowers in
North Carolina. As a re
sult, the percentage of ele
ctrified farms in this state
has jumped from 3.2 per
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LAST RITES FOR MRS.
J. G ARROWOOD
Mrs. J. G. Arrowood, 84,
died at the home at Prices
Creek Saturday afternoon
following a long illness.
Funeral services were
held in Prices Creek Bap
tist Church Monday at 2 p.
m. with the Rev. T. E.
Woody and the Rev. Elzie
Ray officiating. Burial was
in the family cemetery.
Surviving are four dau
ghters, Mrs. Woodfin Hud
gins, Mrs. Ora Chandler
and Mrs. John Fox, all of
Cane River, and Mrs. Oscar
Shepherd of Mars Hill;
four sons, J* R., C. B. and
Francis Arrowood, all of
Cane River, and W. R. Ar
rowood of Burnsville; two
sisters, 43 grandchildren
and 91 great grandchildren
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NUMBER THIRTY-NINE
SECOND PRIMARY
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Willis Smith, Raleigh at
torney, defeated Dr. Frank
Graham in the second pri
mary Saturday for nomin
ation to the U. S. Senate.
In the Uth Congression
al District Woodrow Jones
of Rutherfordton won ov
er Charles E. Hamilton of
Gastonia as Democratic
nominee for Congressman.
Charles E. Hamilton of
Gastonia who lost the sec
ond primary Saturday to
Woodrow Jones of Ruther
fordton, came by personally
to make a statement re
garding the campaign.
When the count of votes
was announced he congrat
ulated Jones on his victory
and pledged his support in
the November election.
Hamilton stated that he
had been very "pleased to
meet the people of Yancey
County during his cam
paign, that he had been re
ceived most cordially and
kindly, and that he valued
the contacts he had made
here.
He expressed his thanks
to the peopjg of the county
for the reception extended
him on each of his visits
through this section.
BURNSVILLE—
“So They Say”
The weather: Highest
temperature Tuesday 68
. degrees (on Mount Mitch
. ell, that is). Here we must s •
be truthful and say it’s
. been up close to 90.
About town: Last Thur
sday the B. B. Penland
[(children left their hus
. bands, wives, in-laws, child- ,
, ren and grand children and
j went back home to spend
. the night. First time all 1
, eight of them had been'
. there together over night'
in many years! Happy oc
casion for Mr. and Mrs. B.
8., Bas, Rhea‘ Max, Joan
na (Wilson), Nola (Wil
son), Lena (Harris), Ethel
(Fox), and Janette (Bai
ley) ... All the summer ac
tivities getting under way.
Painting Classes started
Monday, and registration
for the Playhouse and Fine?
Arts instruction will be?
held on Monday 3rd. Fors
music see the Deveney’s at
the dormitory Monday and
the Klines at the school
building . . . Fine group of
campers and counsellors up
at the camp . . . Cattail
Creek group active too and,
you’ll find a cordial wtl
come there . . . So many in
quiries received so we’ll an
nounce now that the sec
ond annual Y. C. I. gather
ing will be held Saturday,
August 19 . . . Congratula
tions to Betty Ann Banka
who’ll represent the coun
ty at the Rhododendron
Ball and festivities in Ash
eville July 7 and 8! . . new;
store : The Stanley’s are
building larger store oveii
near school . . Regret Mrs,
Julia Bennett’s serious ill
ness following a stroke last:
Friday. She is somewhat
improved now. . and Rus
sell York is improving at!
' Aston Park HospitaLof a
severe attack of pleurisy ..
i The Blue Gems will enter
i the W N C Semi-Pro bases
i ball tournament this week,
i