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VOLUME FOURTEEN SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
Playhouse Will Present,
Last Play of Season
The Parkway Playhouse,
drama department of the
Woman’s College sponsored
Burnsville School of Fine
Arts here, will present the
last play of their seven
week season on Friday and
Saturday evenings,. August
18 and 19th.
Fred Koch Jr., chairman
of the drama department
of the University of Miami,
is guest director and the
play is “The Late Christo
pher Bean”, by Sidney
Howard.
The cast includes: Claude
H. Rayborn as Dr. Haggett
Joanne Holt as Susie; Ruth
H. Groce as Abby; Joan
Vail as Mrs. Haggett; Cor
inne Bissette as Ada; Lar
ry Thorp as Warren; John
Bonitz as Tallant; Tommy
Rezzuto as Rosen; and
Draft Board Office
Opened on Monday
The local Selective Ser
vice office was opened last
Monday over' the North
western Bank building.
Equipment and files which
had been stored in Ashe
ville were sent over Friday.
The office is closed today
(Thursday) as Mrs. June
Mclntosh King, clerk to the
county board, is in Ashe
ville to receive instructions
on the latest draft proced
ures in North Carolina.
Hereafter, the office will
be open from 9to 1, Mon
day through Friday each
week.
Home Coming Service
“Home coming Day”
will be observed at the Bap
tist church on Sunday.
Former pastors and
members have been invited
to return for the day, and
at the morning service- Dr.
Smoot Baker, former pas
tor, will preach. ( Rev.
Trammel will preach at the
evening service.
In the afternoon a roll
call of members will be held
and a program of special
music will be presented.
Lunch will be provided
by resident members of the
church.
Methodist Church
r
Rev. E. L. Barber, execu
tive secretary of the South
west Georgia Presbytery
will preach at Higgins
Memorial Church on Sun
day at the 11 o’clock service
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“THE LATE CHRISTOPHER BEAN” ?
Friday Night, Saturday Night 1
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the yanoey Record
Larry Lambeth as Daven
port.
The play deals with a
New England country doc
tor and his family, telling
of the surprises that occur
when an old friend of Chris
Bean, the dead painter,
comes to pay the doctor for
taking care of Bean during
the artist’s last years.
The quick arrival of a
second “friend” who offers
to pay the same bill in re
turn for a few of Bean’s
paintings for souvenirs, ra
pidly launches the story of
the play.
Betty Barksdale of Ashe
ville is student stage mana
ger for the production, and
Ross Bailey of Micaville is
master electrician. Settings
are by Gordon R. Bennett,
staff technical director.
United States Civi Service
Examination
The United States Civil
, Service Commission an
nounces an open competi
tive examination for the po
sition of Substitute Clerk-
Carrier for filling vacan
cies in the Post Office at
Burnsville,. N. C. The usual
entrance salary of this po
sition is $1,315 per hour.
Applications for this po
sition will be accepted by
the Director,. Fourth U. S.
Civil Service Region, Tem
porary “R”, 3rd and Jeffer
son Drive, S. W., Washing
ton 25, D. C. until August
31, 1950
Competitors will be re
quired to report for writ
ten examination, which will
be held as soon as practica
ble after the date set for
the close of receipt of ap
plications. Full information
and' application blank may
be obtained at the ‘Burns
ville Post Office.
Memorial Services
Memorial services will be
held at the Bailey Ceme
tery, Jacks Creek at 2 p.
m. on Sunday, August 20.
Mr. and Mrs. C B. Good
year of St, Louis were week
end guests of their niece,
Mrs. Yates Bennett, and
Mr. Bennett.
Mrs. J. L. Page and dau
ghter, Miss Nettie McCan
less of Asheville and C. C.
Asherheart of Tallahassee
were visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. A. A. Young of New
dale Sunday
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY"
BURNSVILLE, N. C., OTJRSDAY, AUGUST 17,1950
DUPLAN PERSONNEL
DIRECTOR WILL BE
HERE NEXTWEEK
James Timony, Personnel
Supervisor for Duplan’s
Burnsville mill, will be in
Burnsville from August 22
thrii 25 and will interview
candidates for employment
at the Company’s tempor
ary training center, Ameri
can Legion Building, from
9 to 12 a. in., and 1 to 4 p.
m. daily.
Though no actual hiring
will be done at this time,
candidates will be selected
to undergo special tests and
to do practice work. This- isj
in keeping with Duplan’s
policy of placing people on
jobs for which they are best
i suited. Experience has pro
i ved this procedure benefi
, cial to both employees and
the company.
Mr. Timony will return
to Burnsville some weeks
later to continue his work.
Methodist Youth Fellowship
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On Monday, August 7 the
Methodist Youth Fellow
ship Sub-district met at the
Bald Creek church.
After a picnic supper the
group met for a vesper
service on “Church Music”
presented by Martins Cha
pel and directed by Donna
Thomas.
Margaret, Wilson, Pres
ident of the sub-district,
presided at the business
session. Reports were given
from various churches and
concerning the work of the
Community Service Com
mission. The attendance
banner was presented to
Milton Young of Bald
Creek.
The president announced
that Yopth Night of the
annual Western North Car
olina Conference will be
held in Asheville on Sep
tember 23.
The next meeting of tbe
sub district will be on Sep
tember 4th at the Celo
Methodist Church. The pro
gram will be on “The Meth
odist Youth Fund”.
New officers of the
Youth Fellowship of Bald
, Creek Methodist Church
were elected Sunday.
They are: Mrs. Horton
Gibbs; adult leader; Bessie
Belle Holland, president;
Jim Neill, vice president;
Lois York, secretary; Mary
Jo Young, treasurer; Mar
garet . Wilson, publicity
chairman.
These officers and mem
Red CrosfjHßlood Bank
Will «■Here Today
The Rjp Cross Blood
Bank Moflpe Unit will be
here toda* (Thursday).
Over 1® employees of
the Glen #aven Mills have
signed ug&s donors, mem
bers of will ser
ve as trflbportation and
c ommittees,
and as gjtfjjf ladies to assist
in the work.
Y. cM REUNION
Teacherp.and students of
the fornjM Yancey Colleg
iate Inst||ute will meet
Saturday.fi at Burnsville
[School fori the second reun->
i ion.
Registrpion will begin
at 10 o’clpk and there will
be a shorn program in the
morning. ®h the afternoon
class andlgroup meetings
will be Mfd.
From afi reports, a larg
er crowd will attend this
year thanjame last year.
bers of committees will be
installed in a special ser
vice next Sunday night pre
ceding th%: church service
and conducted by Betty
Neill and Wiloree Young.
The regular program of
the M. Y&. will be on Fri
day nighs It is an African
“Safari”.’end the campfire
program'’ will be conducted
by the Recreation Com
mission.
Saturday is “Clean-Up”
day and all young people
are asked to come at 2:30
prepared to work.
The weekly Community
family fun night will be
Saturday at 8 p. m.
SCHOOLS WfLL OPEN
AUGUST 28
All schools in Yancey
County except Bee Log will
open on Monday, August 28
for the 1950-51 session.
No buses will run or
classes will meet on the
28th, however, as the teach
-1 ers will be assisting the
principals in getting every
thing in order for classes
to begin on Tuesday, 29th.
The Bee Log School build
ing which replaces the one
destroyed by fire two years
ago is rapidly nearing com
pletion and will open as
; soon as possible.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fritz E.
Bailey of Kingsport, Miss
Frankie Bailev, Joe Stand
ish and sons, Jack and Les
lie, of Battle % Creek, Mich.,
are yisiting relatives n
Blue Gems Will Play
Hickory Here Sunday
The Yancey Blue Gems
will play, the strong Hick
ory semi-pro team here
on Sunday, August 20,
Manager Justice announ
ced Tuesday.
This will be one of the
outstanding games of the
season and local fans are
urged to attend and to
lend their support.
The Blue Gems lost a
fast game with the
Asheville Bomber Nine
last Sunday afternoon
by a score of 3 to 2. Sev
eral of the first string
- players were missing
last Sunday but plan to
t be on hand for the game
with Hickory on the 20.
I LAST RITES FOR MRS
MAGGIE RANDOLPH
’ Funeral services for Mrs.
. Maggie Randolph, 68, of
Green Mountain, who died
Wednesday at the home of
a daughter, Mrs. John Ay
: ers, after a brief illness,
' will be held today (Thurs
day) at 2 p. m. in Pleasant
; Grove Baptist Church.
The Rev. Park Whitson
and the Rev. J. H. Black
jvill officiate and burial will
be in Pleasant Grove Ceme
tery.
Surviving are the hus
band, A. P. Randolph; two
sons, Sam of Toecane ahd
Ralph of Burnsville; four
daughters, Mrs. Charlie
Whitson of Spring Grove,
1 Pa., Mrs. Rassie Woody of
Morganton, Mrs. Clarence
Gardner of Candler and
1 Mrs. John Ayers of Green
Mountain.
Also one brother, Robert
Gouge of Celo; seven sis
ters, Mrs. John Hall of Celo
> Mrs. Luther Harrison of
Morganton, Mrs. Elzie Mc
! Mahan of Newdale, Mrs.
Lonnie McMahan and Mrs.
Bob Harris of Marion, Mrs.
Crockett Cassida and Mrs.
Carl Riddle of Burnsville
Presbyterian Church
The annual picnic o f
members of the Woman’s
Missionary Society and
their families will be held
at Carolina Hemlock to
night (Thursday) at 7:00
o’clock. Mr. Swartz will
lead a discussion on “The
Church and the Migrant
Worker”.
On Sunday morning at
11:15 Dr. Charles B. Swartz
of Hammond, Ind., will
speak on the topic “For
The Tempted”.
J. M. Lyon Celebrated 90th
Bixthday Sunday
J. M. Lyon Celebrated 90th
John M. Lyon of Burns
ville celebrated his 90th
birthday anniversary a t
the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Roy E. Burton, in
Weaverville on Sunday.
Several other members
of his family were spend
ing the day with “Pappy
Lyon,” as he is familiarly
known among his friends
and relatives.
Lyon has taken a leading
part in the affairs of Yan
cey County for many years,
having published a news
paper in the county for 45
years. He also helped or
ganize the first bank in the
county, and served Yancey
County as its representa
tive in the North Carolina
, legislature.
| In 1903, Lyon and his
family moved from Greene
ville, Tenn.
Working with his broth
l er-in-law, O. R. Lewis, he
l published the “Black Moun
f. tain Eagle.” In 1915 the
. name of the paper was
changed to “The Burnsville
1 Eagle.”
t He edited the paper for
many years and in 1905
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FARM NOTES
• E. McCourry of Day
Book, in cooperation with
the county agent’s office,
■ is conducting a dtmonstra
| tion on’ sucker control of
' tobacco.
• He is using three differ
i ent materials in the experi
; ment and comparing the
■ results with plants not top
i ped and not suckered.
This materiaMs being us
-1 ed on an experimental bas
is since the effect on qual
: ity, nicatine content and
‘ burning are not definitely
pi known.
If the test proves satis
‘ factory all growers will be
• given the information.
• County agent E. L. Dill
■ ingham attended the Field
• Day at the Mountain Fruit
and Vegetable Station at
Hendersonville on Aug. 11.
. Visits were made to fruit
land vegetable plots and all
phases of their production
i were discussed by special
ists.
j W. D. Lewis of the Ex
| tension Service will demon
, strate baling and preparing
' Turkish Tobacco an Thurs
day morning,
Howard Graves, plant
[ disease specialist, was in
j the county Wednesday.
Weeds do more damage
to .pastures than the corn
J
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NUMBER FIFTY
helped organize the Bank
of Yancey. He served as its
cashier, and beginning with
a capital stoqk of SIO,OOO,
it grew to be one of the
strongest banks in this sec
tion in the first quarter of
a century of its operation.
In 1918 Lyon was elected
chairman of the boad of
County commissioners, In
1930 he was elected to serve
in the North Carolina legis
lature. He was one of the
leaders in putting through
the State Legislature the
bill to finance the public
schools of North Carolina.
Lyon has been a member
of the Presbyterian Church
for 70 years, and has been
a ruling elder in the Pres
byterian church for more
than 40 years.
Members of his family
who were in Weaverville to
help him enjoy his anniver
sary include Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. Lyon of Knoxville,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lyon of
Blowing Rock, Mrs. Ruth
McNew and daughter, Mrs.
Joseph Kempf of Knoxville,
■ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Saw-*
i yer of Weaverville.
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AFTJSR 45 YEARS
RETURNS FOR VISIT
Thomas H. Adkins of
Oklahoma, a native of jthe
Ramseytown section and
former student of Stanley
McCormick School, was a
visitor here this week.
“A better record than
Rip Van Winkle”, he said
since it was his first visit
back since he left 45 years
ago.
While Adkins was irt
school his brother, the late
W. F. Adkins, was register
of deeds and Thomas work
ed in the office during his
spare time.
In 1905 he went to Ashe
ville where he worked for
the W. A. Boyce Co., as an
accountant, and then to
Richmond where he took a
commercial law course.
He went Oklahoma in
1908 and has lived there
since. He worked in the
postal department for 33;
years and is now retired.
Among those who were
school mates at Stanley
McCormick are Kelse Rid
dle, C. W. Gillespie, Mrs W.
W. Sorrells, Zenas Robin
. son, Miss Alice MePeters,
W. O. Griffeth, Will Cassi
da and others.
bined losses caused by in
sects and diseases.