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AROUND THE DISTRICT
By George Vitas, U. S.
.
Forest Ranger
If anyone has any doubt
at all that those trees on
Ihe Mt. Mitchell District
1 ave other uses besides be
ing raw material for lum
)er and pulp and paper,
just ask the restaurant own
ers in and around Marion.
Last Sunday evening we
drove out highway 70 and
221 and found them both
jammed with homeward
bound motorists. All the
restaurants and drive-ins
were also crowded with
hungry folks. Many of
these folks had come a long
way just to see the Dist
rict’s fall colors. As one
busy waitress put it when
asked what so many people
were doing in town, she
said, “why they were look
in g at the leaves.” If
every town in the District
did as well as Marion and
vicinity did last Sunday,
“looking at the leaves” can
be classed as both an enjoy
able and profitable activity.
E v eryone knows that
Fall is a good time of the
year to get out into the op
en. It’s dry, colorful and
the weather is generally
good. But with the fall
season comes a dangerous
forest fire situation. A
carelessly thrown match or
cigarette can quickly wipe
out the painted beauty of a
mountain and turn .it into
blackened ash. Who cares
to drive 50 miles to look at
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Have you made any provision about keeping £
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We have plenty of good, clean co:<l on hand and *
* can give you all you need if you take it now. £
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The coal situation for the winter looks bad. £
* The mines will not promise us any additional coal J
* above the amount we got last winter. *
* If you do not have your bins filled now, you *
* may have to take it by the bag this winter. £
i Burnsville Coal Co. |
OPERATED BY JAMES RAMSEY !
* £
Dealing in Famous £
KENTUCKY DARBY & BANNER COAL £
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J Located Below Edge’s Store 5
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the charred skeletons of a
fire-killed forest? With a
little fire precaution, we
can have this lavish beauty
to enjoy year after year.
And speaking of colors,
we’ve run across an inter
esting bit of information
about our national colors—
the American flag. Accord
ing to the law, the flag
must not be flown at night.
Yet, when Francis Scott
Key composed the “Star
Spangled Banner he wr
ote: “Gave proof through
the night that bur flag was
still there.” Maybe the
defenders of Fort McHenry
were so busy fighting they
forgot to take down the
flag that night. Incidently,
the law does permit the
American flag to be flown
at night at two places. One
is the Capitol building, and
the other is over the Mary
land grave of Francis Scott
Key.
Judging by the number
of‘ telephone calls, verbal
and written inquiries that
we have had, there seems to
be much interest in the
wholesale lots of Christmas
, trees that we will soop have
ready to sell on Roan Moun-
The U. S. Forest
Service does not cut the
trees. It merely tags or
designates the trees that
are to be cut, leaving it up.
to the purchaser to harvest
them. In accordance with
thecontracts that will be !
drawn up between the 1
government and purchas- 1
ers. All trees must be
cut and removed by Dec-
NOTTCE
Jack C. Winchester, Dis
trict Service Officer of the
N. C. Veterans Commission,
will be in the court house in
Burnsville with H. G. Bai
ley, County Service Officer,
on Thursday, October 26;
from 11 a. m. to 4p. m. it
was announced this week.
The two Service Officers
will be there to assist vet
erans and their dependents
with the various claims for
pension, compensation, ser
vice insurance questions on
| conversion, reinstatement
and special dividend, hospi
jtalization, review of dis
charge and various other
subjects.
ember 23, 1950. On Wed
nesday, October 25, we will
meet at Carvers Gap on the
Roan with all folks wishing
to buy wholesae quantities
of Christmas trees. We
plan to begin the auction at
9:30 a., m.
We spent all last week at
the U. S. Forest Rangers
meeting in Asheville and
! adjoining ranger districts.
! D. J. Morriss, Forest Super j
! visor, stressed the need for
uniformity i n operation
among all the districts. He!
emphasized the value of
' forest soils for timber pro-!
duction and showed thej
rangers dramatic examples
of National Forest logging
‘jobs where proper location!
of roads and skid trails
went a long way toward
preventing soil erosion dur
ing and after logging.
NOTICE OF SALE OF
LAND FOR TAXES
NORTH CAROLINA
YANCEY COUNTY
As provided by law, and pur
suant to authority contained in a
resolution duly adopted by the
Board of Commissioners of the
Town of Burnsville, default having
been made in payment of the tax
es hereinafter listed, I will offer
for sale at public outcry at the
Courthouse door in Burnsville on
the 24th day of October, 1950, at
10:00 A. M., the property herein
below described by reason of non
payment of 1949 taxes due the
Town of Burnsville.
This 27th day of Sept. 1950.
MRS. VICTORIA L. KING,
Town Clerk and Tax Collector.
Sept. 28, October 5, 12, 19
Name: Acres & Lots: Tax
Allen, Taft, 2 Lots $24.64
Allen, W. L., 2 Lots 27.00
Aldridge, Louie, 1 Lot 18.00
Angel, Cecil, 2 Lots 31.50
Angel, A. H., 1 Lot 7.88
Anglin, Francis, 1 Lot 19.24
Anglin, Bruce, 1 Lot 9.68
Bailey, J. Rom, 6 Lots 23.63
Baker, Dewey Lee, 2 Lots 20.83
Baker, Mrs. W. J., 2 Lots 38.14
Blue, Mrs. Nell Wilson, 3 L 45.00
Brooks, Donald W., 1 Lot 11.26
Beeler, W. S., 2 Lots 16.31
Boone, W. K., 1 Lot 18.45
Brown, J. W., 3 Lots 34.99
Bishop, E. J., 1 Lot 1.69
Creasman, Lloyd, 2 Lots 16.43
Deyton, L. G., 1 Lot 67.39
. Edwards, Guss, 2 Lots 13.50
• English, Craig, 1 Lot 31.39
l Fender, G. G., 2 Lots 20.26
r Fox, Frank, 2 Lots 12.60
Gibbs, John 8., 1 Lot 6.76
Gibbs, Hal, 1 Lot 38.48
Hall, Lawrence, 1 Lot 6.76
Hall, W. C., 1 Lot 7.88
Hennessee, W. W., 3 Lots 79.64
Hipps, W. H. Adm. 2 Lots 50.85
Huskins, Sam J., 1 Lot 91.58
Huskins, W. 8., 1 Lot 22.60
Jones, Milton, 1 Lot 16.98
King, Yates, 2 Lots 13.84
King, Marion, 1 Lot 1.36
King, W. N., 1 Lot 31.73
Mclntosh, Mrs. E. C., 1 L 21.49
Mclntosh, J. C., 2 Lots 61.95
Mclntosh, Toni, 2 Lots 96.18
McCurry, I. F., 2 I/ots 68.84
Mclnturff, Mrs. Lucile, 1 L 6.40
McClean, Frank, 1 Lot • 9.34
McCrackin, Harry, l Lot 9.56
Mclntosh, Solon, 1 Lot 9.23
Metcalf, Zenus, 1 Lot 22.73
Metcalf, C,. J., 1 Lot 5.63
Parnell, W. 1., 2 Lots 29.48
Pate, Ransom, 1 Lot 29.70
Tcnland, Rhea, 1 Lot 68.74
Penland, Carl, 1 Lot 26.12
Peterson, Mrs. Arta Lee, 1 L 36.90
Peterson, Johnnie. 1 Lot 31.05
Peterson, Claude, 1 Lot 31.06
Peterson, Ralph, 1 Lot 29.03
Ray, Isaac, 1 Lot 4.50
Ray, Horace, 1 Lot 2.25
Ray Troy S., 1 Lot 64.69
Ramsey, S. L., 1 Lot 21,60
Roland, J. 0., 1 Lot 22.16
Standard Oil Co., Bal. 11.92
Simmons, Ben, 1 Lot 10.91
Tappan, Lewis, 1 Lot ■' 23.61
Thompson, Mrs. C. L., 23 A 167.61
Valentine, Mrs. C. W., 1 L 6.76
Watson, Frank H., 1 Lot 62.66
Wilson, R. W. Jr. & Joseph
2 Acres 90.00
Wilson, Brooks, 1 Lot 68.96
Wheeler, Floyd, 1 Lot 15.76
Whitaker, G. C. f 1 Lot 16.76
Young, Paul, 1 Lot 32.96
Colored
Henson, Lewis, 1 Lot 6.06
Bowditch, Mrs. Flora, 1 L 4.60
Roland, Lee Roy, Vb Acre 6.63
I Young, James 8., 1 Lot 6.76
THE YANCEY RECORD
CAROLINA COLOR
BEST IN YEARS
Asheville.—The most bri
lliant autumn foliage in
years reached its peak in
the mountains of western
North Carolina in mid
i October, and barring un
predicted heavy frosts and
high winds, should contin
ue through the month;
The annual “color par
ade is attracting thousands
of visitors to the Great
Smokies and mountain ar
eas traversed by the Blue
Ridge Rarkway, which are
growing steadily in popu
larity in October—normal
ly a month of blue skies and
mild temperatures even at
high altitudes in North
Carolina.
Moving down the moun
tains —from lofty Mt. Mit
chell, highest peak in east
ern America that, is reach
ed by a toll-free State High
way from the Blue Ridge
Parkway, and from Cling
man’s Dome, crest of the
motor highway through the
Great Smoky Mountains
National Park—the foliage
is usually at its best at low
er levels during the latter
part of October. The color
procession spreads through
I the State. lasting into ~Nov
! ember in the Piedmont ‘
Plateau and Coastal Plains,
j Whole mountain sides
are splashed with the war
mest colors of an artist’s
palette during the Carolina
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a R°y s ' Suits 4
|| Mm'eTgp
! ? Gabardine, Coverts, | 0
; 2 $16.95 to $32.50 Men s Suits lL;, •
; f $29.95 to -39.95 2
S Children’s $
. Dresses •
' • 99c to $2.99
I BURNSVILLE DEPARTMENT STORE |
8 T . T .
Singing Convention
The Yancey County Sing
ing Convention will meet
with Windom Methodist
Church on Sunday, Octo
ber 22, at 2:00 p. m. All
singers and the public is
cordially invited to attend
and take part.
Lowe Thomas, Moderator
It seems futile to preach
highway safety, but we
often wonder what the
slaughter would be if there
were no preaching at all.
Indian Summer. Maple,
gum, sourwood and dog
wood trees begin turning
first with brilliant yellows
arid crimson, followed by
the different varieties of
oak, sporting a range of
colors from deep red to
bronze. Mountain ash pro
duces a crop of brilliant
red berries, and viburnam,
a shrub, puts on deep red
leaves.
Coloring this year is un
usually brilliant along the
! Blue Ridge Parkway in the
Mt. Mitchell vicinity. Two
way forest service roads
afford a short * detour
around a section of the
Parkway under repair. The
forest roads ~ rtnr~ through
the Mt. Mitchell game pre
serve, and motorists fre
quently encounter deer
bounding in and out of the
brilliant foliage.
* Quick Scenc-Chcnger far
Here’s a functional ensemble that can head your
fall fashion list. The straight, slim skirt is definitely
TTCwsrWear thercversihle coaLjatket witri—checked
side out during the aftemo >n, change to the solid side,
add a gay hfd and furs and you’re off to dinner. The
fashion editors of Cosmopolitan Magazine recommend
this versatile ensemble for your fall wardrobe. A truly
special suit, it’s made by Loßalbo and retails for SBS.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1950 '