THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1950 '
LIBRARY NEWS
Yancey County Public
Library has more than dou
bled its collection of books,
according to the annual
report issued by H. Grady
Bailey, Chairman of the
County Library Board.
During the year, July 1,
1949—June 30,1950,the pub
lic library added 2,342 book,
bringing its total holdings
to 4,415 books. .The use of 1
these boo'ks also showed a 1
large increase at the main 1
library and throughout the 1
county. At the headquar
ters library in Burnsville,
7,493 books were lent for
home use. From the book
mobile and the deposit col
lections throughout the
county, 15,28 G books were
lent. The total use of the
library collection was 22,779
The inauguration of book
mobile service in January
greatly increased the use
fulness of the library stock
of books. The bookmobile
now makes 74 regular stops
and collections of books are -
left in 19 homes, stores, and ]
. other agencies. Twelve i
schools were served during (
the past school year.
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BURNSVILLE, N. C.
Yancey County Library
received $3625 from State
Aids4so from the County
General Fund, and S3B from .
miscellaneous receipts. Ex- i
penditures for the year in
cluded books, -4828; salar
ies, -1920 ;purchase of book- :
mobile, $1836; operating i
expenses, including rent, ;
heat, supplies, bookmobile ]
operation, SBO9. ,
Staff members are Mrs. '
J. S. LeFevre and Mrs. We- 1
j dell Thomas, each of whom <
i works the equivalent of 2
days a week.
Clara Neal of Bald Creek
was the winner of the Es
say Contest which was :
sponsored by the Yancey ,
County Library. <
Judges for the contest 1
were from the Women’s j
Club. 1
Mrs. J. S. LeFevre, a staff 1
member of the Yancey '
County Library, has re- i
ported that the Cherokee ]
Reading Club has been veiy 1
successful during the past .
few months in creating a
reading desire among chil- ,
dren in the county.
Mrs. LeFevre pointed out
NOTICE
The Carolinas Poultry
Industries Exposition will
be held in City Auditorium,
Asheville, September 12,
13 and 14. All poultry and
related Industry people are
invited to see exhibits and
attend educational pro
grams. Large and small
flock owners, broiler pro-,
ducers, farmers and feed
dealers should find this
exposition helpful and in
teresting. Admission is
free.
NOTICE
The County Agents Of
fice has announced that
John H. Harris, Landscape
specialist, will be here Sep
tember 6th at 10 a. m. to
give a demonstration of
landscaping home grounds.
A meeting will be held at
the home of Jess Howell on
Brush Creek. Any person
interested in landscaping
problems is invited to at
tend.
that the club is formed by
Yancey County childrer
ranging in ages from 4 to
14. Members of the club are
resuired to read at least 10
books during the summer
months and make a report
of the books read. Most
members have read and re
ported on the required
number of bopks, accord
ing to Mrs. LeFevre.
HOME AGENT
Fresh vegetables and
chicken pie, fricassee or
stew can take the center
of September dinner tables,
according to the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture.
Locally grown fresh veg
etables are expected in
great abundance, especi
ally in the first half of the
molfth. Farm and market
gardens will be furnishing
tomatoes, beets, snap beans
turnips, squash, lima beans
and many other vegetables,
according to the locality.
Hens will be flocking to
market especially during
the latter half of the mon
th, in response to flock
culling.
Markets generally will
have plentiful supplies of
fresh cabbage and Irish po
tatoes in addition to locally
grown foods.
Eggs and dairy foods will
offer protein in plenty. Un
usually favorable pasture
conditions in most parts of
the country have encourag
ed abundant milk supplies
—and such other dairy
foods as cheese, butter, cot
tage cheese and other skim
milk products.
Reserve Unit Seeking Men
Any man with or without
prior service in the military
either single or married
may now iointhe 873rd TC
Port Company, a Reserve
unit that has been called
to active duty and report
ing date for call is 11 Sept.
1950.
All men from this area
that are interested in en
listing into this unit should
contact one of the unit’s re
cruiters who will be in Bur
nsville all day Thursday, 31
August.
These recruiters will have
full information on the jobs
open for those that are in
terested.
Wild cherry, otherwist
known as black cherry or
chokeberry, is one of the 10
most poisonous plants in
North Carolina, according
to specialists at State Col
lege.
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