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VOLUME FIFTEEN SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
English Woman Collects
Mountain Ballads
Miss Maude Karpeles of
London, England has again
come to Burnsville in be
half of the International
Folk Music Council which
has its headquarters in
London.
Thirty-two years ago
Miss Karpeles .with Cecil
Sharpe, also (k London,
wgs in Burnsville and Yan
cey County gathering folk
songs and ballads for the
Folk Music Council. During
their visit here, they com
piled words and music to
two hundred Mountain Fo
lk Songs, which were pub
lished in two volumes in
London, following their re
turn to England. One of
the books was edited by
Miss Karpeles.
Our mountain ballads are
actually songs that were
carried from England, ac
cording to Miss Karpeles.
However, they have been
better preserved here than
in England, and more vers
es have been added in the
traditional ballad manner.
On their return trip
thirty two years ago, Miss
Karpeles and Mr. Sharpe
exhibited the collection in
RED CROSS
The Yancey County
Chapter of the American
Red Cross met September
11 to organise and select
new committees for the
Red Cross Blood Bank.
J. J. Nowicki was select
ed as Chairman for the
Blood program. Other com
mutes are Medical Advis
ory Committee, consisting
of all doctors of the county,
with Dr. Webb, chairman;
Public Information Com
mittee, Rev. Trammel,
chairman; Volunteer Ser
vice Committee,, Mrs. Alon
zo Roberts, chairman; Re
cruiting Committee, Mrs. J.
B. King, chairman.
The members of the
Blood Bank Program feel
that it is the duty of every-
NOTICE
Dr. Webb will be away
from his office from Sep
tember 21 through Septem
ber 24th. ••. r - - ,••••
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Washington and New York.
People in those cities, upon
hearing the collection play
ed and sung, could hardly
believe such beautiful bal
lods existed in the mount
ains of North * Carolina,
according to Miss Karpeles.
The method employed in
recording songs will differ
greatly this trip in compar-l
ison .to the method used
thirty years ago. Then, the
words and music was tran
scribed on paper as the
songs were sung. This time
a tape recording machine
will be used. The machine
was borrowed from the Lib
rary of Congress, and a
copy of the collection will
be presented to the Library,
Miss Karpeles said.
I'he growth and change
in Burnsville during the
past thirty years are as
tounding, Miss Karpeles:
said. One of the most im- j
pressive sights to her is the j
fact that electricity and all
electrical appliances are
found in the most remote
sections of the county. In
England, she said, only
those who are able to buy
home plants have electric
ity in the rural sections.
NEW LIGHTS TO BE
INSTALLED
New lights around the
Square of Burnsville are
being installed. These 6000
watt lights will replace the
2500 watt lights now in use.
The underground cables
of the old system are giv
ing away around the square
land the town officials be
lieve the cost would be too
great to replace it at this
time.
The new system will con
, sist of regular line does
painted white with the lig
hting unit attached to the
pole. Improvements to the
entire lightin<\system of
the Town is j he made in
the near future, j
. citizen tpjrespo/d by giv
ing blood wKen needed, so
that lives of our boys in
Korea may be saved. They
say, “To give a pint may
save the life of a 1 Yancey
County boy fighting in
Korea.”
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY"
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1950
INJURED IN KOREA
Information has been re
ceived that Vero Hughes,
son of Mr. Zeb Hughes of
Windom, has been injured
in the Korean War. Accord
ing to reports, Hughes’
right arm was fractured
from shrapnel during a
battle. He was returned to
a hospital base in Califor
nia immediately following
the injury, but is now in
the Naval Hospital in Beth
esda, Md.
This is the second casual
ty which has been reported
from Yancey County. The
first was John Hilemon,
son of Mrs. Annie Hilemon
ofßee Log. Hilemon was
injured during the early
days of the Korean V/ar.
EVENING COLLEGE
REGISTERS 75
The Burnsville Evening
College opened for regis
tration on September 8,
j and to date seventy five
| students have enrolled. Re
gistration will continue
through Friday of this
week.
According to officials of
the college, the seventy
five students now register
ed are from Avery, Mitch
ell, McDowell, and Yancey
Counties. The majority of
students are from Yancey.
The College is sponsored
by College of the
University of North Caro
lina, and is a part of the
yearly program of Drama
and Creative Arts which
has been sponsored here by
the Woman’s College for
several years. Frank How
ell is local director.
Two years standard col
lege work is offered for
both veterans and non vet
erans with courses in Eng
lish, Spanish, Mathematics,
Chemistry, History , and
Geography.
The teaching staff in
cludes Mrs. Frank Howell,
Mrs. C. R. Hamrick, Edwin
Wilson, B. M. Tomberlin,
Mr. Beeson, and Ford Mc-
Curry.
Mr. and Mrs. George
Roberts were_ visitors in
Durham and Raleigh this
week. They also visited
Mrs. Roberts’ parents at
Ingold, N. C.
FINAL RlTp FOR
JAMES W. JfOOVER
Funeral Ajprvices for
James W. 71, of
Celo, who jaed Monday
morning at tse home after
a long illnesst were held 1
Tuesday, at/*p. m;, hi the
Celo Method®
the Rev. D. 'll J&arlqy and
the Rev. E. ($ Grove 4offi
' ciating. Buriil was in the
Gibbs Cemetely, Celo.
Surviving ale the widow,
Mrs. Effie Rflbinson Hoov
er; three daiphters, Mrs.
Arcemus Simeons of Bur
nsville Rt. 2||l Mrs. Emory
Chrisawn of felo and Mrs.
Paul Bidan Angeles,
! Calif.; oneson, James
Hoover of the home two
sisters, Mrs. Jhilia Hunter
of Marion and; Mrs. Essie
Webb of Celo;,three broth
ers, Bernie and Tate Hoov
er, of Micaville and Her
; bert Hoover of Celo, and
■ seven grandchildren.
• Mr. Hoover who was a
‘ retired school teacher had
■ been active inf the public
! school system- of Yancey
s County for mafiy years.
HOME COMING
There will bis a Home
■ Coining Day a| the Church
" of God in We^kßurnsville,
? on Sunday, September 24.
Everyone is indeed to at-
L Ltend.- •
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; Felts Furniture Store
Will Open Friday ,
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The Grand Opening of
Felts Furniture Store,
which occupies the Ray
■ Ayers Building in front of
• the Methodist Church, will
• begin Friday. Registration
■ for the Grand Prize will be
> gin at 8:00 Friday morning
l and continue through Sat
urday until 4:30. At that
• time drawing for the Grand
, Prize will be made. The
i Grand Prize is a Knox
, Mealmaster wood and coal
• range.
Every family represent
ed by an adullt during the
two day Grand Opening
wiil receive free prizes
! without any obligation at
tached, according to offi
| cials of the Company. Pri
' zes to be given are a carv
ing set, cannister set, four
piece mixing bowl set, and
a 1 spaghetti bowl. Visitors
have . their choice of these
prizes as long as they last.
In the event the number of
sets on hand run out before
MARKETING SURVEY
MADE
Mr. Clark of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C., is in
this area working with J.
P. Jennetts of the N. 0.
Marketing Department to
determine what further
marketing facilities are
needed in this section for
farm produce.
According to Farm Ag
ent Dillingham, a 1 survey is
being made to determine if
better marketing facilities
are needed. Mr. Dillingham
stated that in the past far
mers of the. county often
insuire as to the quick mar
keting facilities for small
amounts of beans, potatoes,
fresh corn and other farm
LIONS AID BLIND
There are clubs and or
ganizations throughout the
country that aid many peo
ple who are in need of aid.
Burnsville has its share of
such clubs, but Burnsville
has one club which stands
out as an international or
ganization, giving aid
where it is most needed—
the Lions Club.
The Lions International
organization sponsors pro
grams to aid the blind. In
the Western North Caro
lina region there are excell
ent eye clinics operated for
the sole purpose of giving
assistance to the needy in
these counties.
To enlighten the people
of Yancey County as to the
work of the Lions Club of
Burnsville and to show
what has been accomplish
ed, the following statistics
are given:
During a period of one
year the Lions Club has as
sisted in making it possible
for persons in Yancey
County to have forty-three
clinic visits, thirteen pairs’
of glasses, and major sur
gery to seven.
This is a great record for
a small club, but the mem
bers feel that with the
goodwill and backing of
citizens in this region, far
greater things may be ac
complished for those who
need help.
; each family represented
receives one, the name and
1 address of persons hot re
» ceiving a prize will be tak
[en and an order will be
l placed for more sets of the
Sizes desired. Upon their
ceipt At the store a card
11 be mailed to the indi
vidual advising * him that
his prize has arrived. If the
article is not called for
within a week, it will be
mailed to the person whose
name was taken during the
opening. Mr. Felts said that
it would be arranged so
■ that nobody would fail to
■ get his prize.
The Knox Mealmaster
will be delivered on Mon
day morning to the person
whose name was drawn.
Winston Felts, who has
been managing the Spruce 1
Pine store will manage the !
new store here. Fred Hol
lifield has been promoted <
to the manager’s position
in Spruce Pine.
commodities. In many cases
he said, he is not able to
advise as to the marketing
of small amounts of pro
duce.
The Marketing Service
will be set up in Asheville
if it is determined that the
1 need is great enough.
The agent pointed out
! that a service of this kind
would aid Yancey County
farmers in marketing small
crops which might ruin
; without the service.
Farmers of this county
1 who are interested in the
1 proposed Marketing Ser
vice should go to th6 agents
office and fill out a ques
tionaire as to the need of
further marketing.
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SUBSCRIBE TO THE RECORD
Big Game Hunts In Nat
ional Forests Announced
The United States Forest
Service and the North
Carolina Wildlife Resour
ces Commission have again
cooperated this year to
hold a series of organized
big game hunts on National
Forest lands, according to
Clyde P. Patton, Executive
Director of the North Car
olina Wildlife Resources
Commission.
In Pisgah National For
est a series of 3-day deer
and bear hunts wilfbe held
in Pisgah Game Preserve
"between November 20 and
December 6, alternating be
tween compartments in
north and south shooting
areas. Included in the Pis
gah Game Preserve sched
ule will be a series of main
hunts with 200 hunters al-,
lowed, and wilderness \
hunts with 30 hunters al- j
lowed. A special hunt in the j
Bent Creek area will be
held on December 4,5, and
, 6 with 50 hunters allowed
in the area. In addition to
these, two bow-aid-arrow
hunts will be conducted in
the Bent Creek section,, one
• on November 20-22 and the
, other on November 27-29.
Complete details for the
,se and other big game
hunts may Joe obtained
from personnel or offices of
the Wildlife Resources
Commission and the U. S.
Forest Service. Bag limits
for the big game hunts are
1 buck deer with visible an
l tiers or one adult bear of
! LIONS CLUB HOLDS
DINNER MEETING
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! The Burnsville Lions
• Club held its regular din
ner meeting Thursday ev
ening, September 4, at the
Roberts and Johnson Club,
Room. Dinner was served
by the ladies of the Guild, j
During the business ses
sion several points were
discussed and approved by
the club. It was decided (
that members of the Club
would volunteer to give
blood to the Red Cross
Blood Bank at any time
they were called upon;
that they would give $50.00
to the financial support of,
the Red Cross; that notes
of objection be sent to the
State Highway Patrol and
the law enforcement offi
cers in Burnsville in respect’
to speeding automobiles in
areas where school children
wait for buses; and that
the club support the An-j
nual White Cane Drive!
sponsored by Lions Inter
national to secure funds
for the blind.
Following dinner and the
business session, the meet
ing was concluded with the
showing of a film entitled
“New Frontiers of Medi
cine”.
Rev. Barber, pastor of
Higgins Memorial Church, j
will be attending the Meth
odist Conference in Ashe
ville Sunday; therefore,
there will be no services at
that church Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard
LeMay of Manchester, New
Hampshire were the week
end guests of Rush Wray
at the Nu Wray Inn.
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“Like as the waves make
toward the pebbled sho&,
So do our minutes hasten
to their end.” Shakespear
r NUMBER THREE
either sex. No cub bears or
female bears with cubs at
side may be taken.
Other hunts in the Pis
gah National Forest in
clude a hunt for deer only
in Sherwood Wildlife Man
agement Area, with a* series
of 2-day hunts from Nov
ember 20 to „ December 2.
These hunts will alternate
between the West Fork and
East Fork sections of the
Sherwood Area. No more
than 100 hunters will be al
lowed in each 2-day hunt,
with a bag limit of 1 buck
deer with visible antlers.
Deer only may be hunted
on two 2-day hunts in the
Mount Mitchell Wildlife
Management Area Novem
ber 20, 21, asd December 7,
8. A quota of 100 hunters
! will be allowed in the area,
iwith one buck deer with
| visible antlers allowed per
hunter. In the Rich Laurel
| Wildlife Management Ar
ea, two 3-day hunts will be
conducted on the Rich
Mountain side of the area
only. Dates for these hunts
are November 20-22 and
December 7-9. Fifty hunt
ers will be allowed on each
of these hunts, with one
i buck deer with visible ant
l lers allowed per hunter. In
? the Daniel Boone Wildlife
3 Management Area, two 2-
. dayjiunts will be held from
; November 20, 21 and Dec
ember 7, 8. The quota for
. each hunt will be 150 hunt
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Teleuhone Work Begins
The Carolina Mountain
. Telephone Company began
work this week in Burns
. ville on the construction of
larger telephone cables for
the town. According to of
ficials of the Company, the
larger cable will not only
replace cable being used,
but will extend into terri
tory of the town now being
served with open wire. New
construction will provide
facilities to take care of
those people who have not
been able to secure tele
phone service in the past.
Also, those people now
being served on party lines
will be able to receive ser
vice on private lines if they
desire private service.
I Thomas H. Sawyer, Vice
■ President of the Company
stated that Burnsville was
expanding so fast that ad
ditional toll lines to Ashe
| ville are necessary. Toll
facilities to Asheville have
! already been tripled, how
ever, two additional circuits
are to be installed before
the end of the year. Equip
ment for these additional
circuits have been ordered,
Mr. Sawyer said.
Following the comple
tion of the construction in
Burnsville, present rural
lines will be replaced and
construction of lines into
new rural areas will be
considered.
Persons desiring tele
phone service are requested
to make application at the
Burnsville Exchange Office
The Burnsville Men’s
Club will meet at the Rob
erts and Johnson Club room
I Monday night. Sept. 25. ,
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