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VOLUME FIFTEEN
Thanksgiving Holiday Menu
Holiday Menu Prospects
As the holiday season
draws near, it is good news
for food-shoppers that sup
plies of two traditional
foods —turkeys and cran
berries —are larger this fall
than last and prices lower,
according to the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture.
When shopping for other
foods, housewives will find
large supplies of so many
items that meals may be
quite as nutritions and ap
petizing as in the past few
years. Larger supplies than
last year are expected of i
most livestock products,!
fresh vegetables, sweet po
tatoes and sugar. Consider
ably more citrus fruit will
be on the market. But sup
plies of a number of other
fruits, both fresh and pro
cessed, may fall below last!
year’s level.
Supplies of tree nuts this
■Tall and winter will be;
somewhat smaller with re
tail prices higher than a ;
year ago. The 1950 crops of
almonds, walnuts, filberts,!
and pecans are each consid-|
erably smaller than the
corresponding crops a year
ago.
Buying That Turkey
This year’s record supply
of turkeys offers the Than
ksgiving shopper a wide
choice of birds to fit her
family, oven, and pocket
book, marketing specialist
of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture suggest.
For large groups with big
oven family reunions,!
church or club dinners
there will be plenty of the
very large but tender roas
ting turkeys, 20 to 25 pou
nds readv-to cook weight,
which offer from 40 to 50
servings. In amount of
meat for the money big
birds are the best buy. Gen
erally, the larger the tur
key the lower the price per
pound.
Families who want to
take advantage of Jiis low-j
er price per pound might
buy a whole big bird, roast
a half or quarter* and put
the rest in the home freez
er or freezer locker for lat
er use. Or two families
might buy a big bird toget
her and each take half for
the Thanksgiving platter.
Families or groups who
Earl Ray Selected on
College Judging Team
Earl Ray, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Blake Ray of Bald
Creek, has been selected as
one of the members of the
1950 Meats Judging Team'
at North Carolina State 1
College. Earl will accom-J
pany the team when it goes
to Baltimore and Chicago'
this year.
NOTICE
The meeting of Burns
ville P. T. A. which was
scheduled to meet on Tues
day night, Nov. 22, will be
postponed until the third
Tuesday in December, ac
cording to Mrs. Hershel
Holcombe, president of the
Association. Postponement
of theTneoting is due to an
operetta being scheduled
for Nov. 22, the president
said.
the YANCEn Record
SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
prefer a whole ready-to
cook bird will choose med
ium size roasting birds
weighing about 12 to 16
pounds and offering from
20 to 30 servings. Then, too
there are the small, meaty
turkeys from 8 to 12 pounds
or even little birds, only 6
to 7 pounds, ready to cook.
It pays to study the ad-i
vertisements from local
markets to see how diver-'
ent size birds are priced
per pound. Sometimes mar-:
kets offer two, sometimes
three size groups with dif
ferent pricing for each.
Many markets today are
offering halves or quarters
and disjointed pieces of lav-!
ger tender birds for those
who are buying for just one
meal. Parts of a large tur
key may be a more econo-j
mical buy than a whole
small turkey.
The size of the birds is no,
guide to tenderness. Tur-j
ikeys on the market at this'
time of year are young and |
tender enough for fine'
roasts. Size depends more
on breed or variety than J ;
age.
In old days turkey hens
were preferred to toms.
But under present produc-j
tion methods, both are ten-!
der and meaty.
Turkeys are sold live,
dressed, or ready-to-cook,!
and wise buyers should con
sider prices accordingly. A
dressed turkey has been
bled and picked but not
drawn, and head and feet
; have not been removed.
! Ready-to cook birds are
fully drawn or eviscerated;
pinfeathers have been re
moved; the bird has been
thoroughly cleaned inside
and out; and the cleaned!
giblets and neck usually are
wrapped and packed in the
cavity.
Dressed birds come high
i er per pound than live birds
ready-to cook, higher than!
j dressed. But the actual cost
per pound is about the same*
{for all three when the bird!
;is ready for cooking. Money,
spent on live or dressed;
birds buys more waste. The
ready-to cook bird saves 1
the most time in the kitch- 1
en. Thus, the shopper can
afford to pay "bout a fifth [
more a pound for a ready- 1
to cook turkey than for a 1
dressed turkey.
Burnsville HD Club Meets
The Burnsville Home De
monstration Club met at
the Roberts and Johnson
I Club Room for an all day
j work meeting Wednesday
,with a covered dish lunch
eon.
| Plans were made at the
I meeting to hold a 1 bazaar
on December 9. New offi
cers elected for the coming
year were: Mrs. -Joe God
frey, president; Mrs. E. L.
Dillingham, vice president;
Mrs. Lon Roberts, secre
tary and treasurer; and
'Mrs. Ivab Westall, reporter
Mi’s. Frank ITuskins is
visiting her sister, Mrs.
Sam J. Huskins, in Burns
ville this week. Frank is in
Asheville where' he is hold
ing hearings for the State
Industrial Commission of
which he is
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1950
Holland Appears in Play
Manuel Robert Holland,
son of Mrs, Pearl Holland
of Bald Creek, appeared as
Mr. Kirby, sophisticated
Wall Street business man
in the plav, “You Can’t
Take It With You”, last
Thursday and Friday night
at East Tennessee State
College.
Holland, who is a gradu
ate of Franklin High and a
'Freshman at East Tennes
see State, made his first ap
pearance with the Foot
light Players of the college.
The production was un
der the direction of Miss
1 Eileen M. Smith who play
ed the leading role in “Un
'to These Hills” recently.
BALD CREEK P. T.-A.
i
The Parent-Teachers As
sociation of Bald Creek
High School will meet in
{the High School Library
{Monday evening, Nov. 20,
at 7:30 o’clock. All parents'
'and friends are urged to be
present. Plans for the Xma£
■jcommiinity program will be
! discussed. Mrs. Frank W.
'Howell will be the guest'
'speaker.
The following commit
tees and grade mothers
{have been elected for the
year:
| Membership: Mr. Charles
Edwards amp Mrs. Fleet
'Proffitt.
Program: Miss Madge
{Carter, Mrs. Max Proffitt
' and Mrs. Earl Wilson.
Ways and Means: Mrs. R.
H. Howell, Miss Anastasia
Tomberlin, Mrs. J. J. Now
icki, Mrs. Harmon Peterson
and Charles Tomberlin.
Publicity: Miss Willie M.
} Hensley, Miss Era Jamer
son.
Legislative: Jack Mcln
tosh, Yates Bailey.
Grade Mothers: Miss
Madge Ferguson, Mrs. Cly
de Whittington.
Music: Mrs. Mary Cecil
Severs.
Founders Day: Mrs. Har
, mon Peterson.
Hospitality: Miss Lola
Hensley, Mrs. Yates Bailey.
Welfare: Mrs. J. J. No
-1 wicki, Mrs. Phil Hensley,
Mrs.. B. M. Tomberlin, Miss
Hattie Phoenix,
i
1 Green Mountain. Mrs.
j Laskey Shepherd of Swjss,
{ who has been in St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Asheville for
some time, is greatly im
proved, according to re
ports. She is now at the
home of her daughter, Mrs.
Troy Bennett of Green
Mountain.
Bald Creek—Mrs. John
Fox of Bald Creek is con
fined to her home this week
with illness.
Bailey Chosen for Part
In College Play
David Ross Bailey, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Royal Bailey
of Micaville, has been se
, lected to play the lead part
of Mr. Mason in the novel
{“Jane Eyre”, the Fall pro
duction of Berea College
Players, Berea, Ky.
| Bailey was a member of
i the 1950 graaduating class
■'of Micaville High School.
J He won the Yancey County
: Oratorical contest while a
student at Micaville High.
Notice to Velbrans
The N. C. Ve|lans Com
mission will haijl a repre
sentative in ts». Cbunty
Courthouse, N.
C., with the Coomy Service
Officer, on Thvwiay, Nov
ember 30, to assft veterans
and their depefflents with
the various ela§ns, from '
the Veterans administra
tion.
Jack C. Windjtester stat
ed that a special drive is{
(now in
North to assist
dependents of Veterans to
obtain benefits J{p which
they may be ejjgible. The
drive is on to ||pp widows,
! children and dependent pa
■ rents of decea»d veterans
of World War || and 11. In
order for that dependent
parents to be eligible their
son must havelpied as a)
‘ direct service!' connected
disability, eitfiter during
service or afte# being dis- j
charged. Wido||» and child- (
.ren of the deceased may be 1
I eligible in certain cases
whether the de§tth was due
to service or niit.
If you believe that you J
I may be eligible please talk ]
i to these service* officers and :
let them assist- with riling a 1
claim if believfd in order.
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i funeral Services
FOR ROY BOONE, 42
•
Funeral services for Roy
; I Arnold Boone, 42, a mica
" miner of Burnsville, Rt. 2,1
who died Friday morning i
' in a hospital after a long!
1 illness, was held Saturday]
' at 2:30 p. m. in Young Cha-'
1 pel Baptist Church.
The Rev. Jeff Willis offi-'
’ ciated and burial was in
Young Cemetery.
He was a native and life
dong resident of Yancey
! County and was married 15
’ years ago to Miss Maude ,
' Greene who survives.
Surviving, in addition to :
the widow, are the parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Chariie Boone '
of Burnsville Rt. 2; two
daughters, Anna 1 Jane and
■ Christine Boone of the !
home.
Also one son, Alton
Boone of the home; one sis
-1 ter, Mrs. Walter Tipton of
Wing; and three; brothers,
George and Fred Boone of
Wing and Joe Boone of
Boonford.
i
J. M. Lyon 111
J. M. Lyon, who recently
underwent a surgical oper
ation in the Mission Hos
pital, Asheville, is now with
his daughter, Mrs. Ruth Me
New, Knoxville, Tenn.
* > p : “ —* i
Mrs. - Charles Byrd of
Burnsville Rt. 1, is serious
ly ill at her home with pne
umonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren
. Hadley spent Wednesday]
night in Burnsville. The
Hadleys were on their way!
! to Elberton, Ga. where Mr. '
| Hadley is employed. !
; BLOODSHED
On N. C.
f Killed November 7 through
i Injured November 7 througi
. Killed through November 8
r Killed through November 8
i Injured through November
_ Injured through November
PARKWAY SECTION
REOPENED
The section of the Blue
Ridge Parkway between
Big Laurel Gap and Buck
Creek Gap was reopened to
traffic Tuesday, according
to A. L. Rector, Ranger-
Patroiman on the Parkway
The opening of the stretch
was ahead of schedule, Rec
tor said. It was first thou
ght the repair could not be
completed before the mid
dle of December.
The section had been clo
sed since September when
heavy rains caused a collap
se of the road when the re
taining bank gave way.
Since the section was'
closed, traffic has been
routed over Forest Service
roads through the Mt. Mit
chell Game Preserve.
The damaged section of
the road was repaired by
j construction crews of the
] Parkway Service and is
topped only by gravel. Hard
surfacing will probably not
be poured on the section
until spring. This is due to
the severe cold in that area'
aid the new fill will have
more time to settle to a per- (
manent position, Rectjr
said.
AWARDS MADE IN
COURT OF HONOR
The Toe River District of
the Boy Scouts of America'
held a Court of Honor Tue
sday night at the Higgins
| Memorial Church in Bur
nsville.
| Receiving the rank of
j T enders oot Scout were
| Charles Buckner, Gerald'
| Peterson, Billy Ray Edge,
[Dean Smith and Glenn Fox.
The Tenderfoot awards
were made by Bob Garner
of Asheville, Field Execu
tive of the Daniel Boone
District.
Award of Second Class
Scout was made to Freder
ick Barber by E. L. Dilling
ham, Yancey County Farm
Agent.
First Class awards were
received by Ronnie Ray and
George Leslie Hensley, Jr.
These awards were made
by L. E. Greene of Spruce
Pine.
The rank of Star Scout
was awarded to a Scout
from Spruce Pine by D. R.
Fouts.
C. P. Randolph made the
awards of Merit Badges
which were received by
several boys from Pinola
and Spruce Pine.
In the business meeting
held following the Court of
Honor Warren H. Pritch
ard of Spruce Pine was el
ected to serve as Chairman
of the Toe River District
for the coming year.
D. C. Laing, Jr. of Al
toona, Pa. was the week
end guest of Edd Hunter,
[jr. Lang and Hunter were
in Radar Service School to- J
! gether and also served in.
{both the Atlantic and Pa*-
Icific Fleets together.
) BOXSCORE
Highways '%
i November 9 „ ' 2
gi November 9 ‘f 55
I this year .. 807
J, 1949 , 706
rB, this year 10,254
r 8, 1949 8,191
EDUCATION WEEK
Observed By Burnsville
Burnsville High School,
the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation, and patrons of the
school rounded out the ob-l
servance of American Edu- 1
cation Week in Burnsville
with a mass celebration on
the town square last Friday
afternoon.
One of the highlights of j
the celebration was a par
ade from the school to the!
square. The parade was led
by the Earl Horton Post of
the American Legion, fol
lowed by the Harris High!
School Band, of Spruce
Pine. Then came all the I
children of Burnsville High l
School, both high school
and elementary.
When all had assembled
on the square, Mayor Mark
Bennett took charge of the
demonstration and declar
ed November 5 through
November 11 as American
Education Week in Burns
ville, after which he intro
duced the speakers of the
day.
t Rev. Barber led the devo
tional. C. P. Randolph talk
ed on the present condition
existing in schools through- :
out the United States, with
emphasis on the condition
of Burnsville School. Sup
erintendent of Schools,
Frank W. Howell, talked
concerning the school sys
tem in Yancey County. In
his speech-, the superintend
ent commented briefly on
] the possibility of Yancey'
County high schools beinb'
■ consolidated into one cen
, tral plant which {
[•Would be located in Burns-'
ville. B. M. Tomberlin, prin
’ cipal of Burnsville High
j School, brought the meet-.
. ing to a close with com
ments praising teachers of,
, the school for the success |
which had been made. He
also made comment on the
improvements which shou
ld be brought about in the
school plant here.
Burnsville School Harvest 1
Festival
The Harvest Festival will
be held in the Burnsville'
Gymnasium on Friday
night, November 17 at 7:30.
The festival is being spon-|
sored by the Parent-Teach
er Association, and funds
j will be used for the school
'improvement project of the
P. T. A.
There will be no admiss
ion charge for the Festival
program. High light of the
evening will be the selec- 1
tion of the Harvest- King
and Queen. A short prog- 1
ram, cake waks and other
features will furnish enter
tainment throughout the]
evening.
Grades Will Present
Operetta
On Tuesday night, Nov
ember 21, the elementary
grades will present an op
{eretta in the school audi
torium. There will be a
small admission charge for
this program.
Because of the Festival
and the Operetta, both
sponsored by the P. T. A.,
there will be no meeting of
the P. T. A. group at the
regular time next Tuesday.
Mrs- Dewey Ray of Cane
Rjver is seriously ill in Bilt
more Hospital, Asheville.
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NUMBER ELEVEN
Official Election Returns
Official totals for the ele
ction of County officers
last week as certified by
| the County Board of Elec
tions are as follows: State
'Senate, R. E. Hennessee
ID>, 3199, Donald Banks
(Rt, 2255. (Banks was elec
j ted with votes from other
counties .of the district).
•Representative, Bill Atkins
hD>, 2975, Alonzo Roberts
!iR i, 2414; Clerk of Court,
Fred Proffitt 3331, unop
posed; Sheriff, Terry Hall
j(D), 3136, Bill Buckner (R)
2410; Coroner, W. M. Eng
lish (D), 3249, unopposed;
j Chairman of Board of Cou
nty Commissioners, W. M.
Hall iD i, 3204, Dewey Ray
(R), 2239; members, S. H.
Harrison (D), 3186, J. E.
Edwards (D), 3145, Gaw J.
Sparks (R), 2288, John
Byrd (Rt, 2223.
Organization of Legion
Team Begun
The Burnsville American
Legion basketball organizal
- met Tuesday night to
make plans for the season.
In the business session
Mark Bennett was elected
coach, Arnold Higgins,
manager, and J. B. King,
secretary-treasurer. King
said men scheduled to play
with the Legion team this
'season are John English,
.Ben Banks, George Rob
erts, John B. Westall, Glen
Blevins, Ford Peterson,
(Lee Peterson, Brevard
Brown.
The basketball club is
making plans to surpass
'the almost perfect record
it made last season with an
even heavier schedule of
opponents. Games will be
played with such teams as
the Chapel Hill Clowns,
King said. This team has
already made a bid to play
here, and is made up by
former basketball and foot
ball stars of U. N. C. such
as Charlie Justice, Art
(Weiner, Dick Bunting, Irv
Holdash, and Rip Ryan.
Last season the Legion
team won 31 games out of
the 41 played. Seven tourna
ments were entered by the
team, winning first place in
five, second place in one
and losing one. A total of
2,407 points were scored by
the Legion in all games
played. This is an average
of over 58 points per game.
Ford Peterson was high
score man for the team last
season with a total of 617
points, or an average of
over 20 points per game.
Miss Betty Hensley spent
the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Miller at Lin
colnton.
Miss Bertha Honeycutt
is confined to her home
with an injury she received
from a fall last week.
Bald Creek—Born to Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Burton at
Biltmore Hospital Novem
ber 12, a baby girl.
Mrs. Homer Biggs, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Bur
gess Edwards left Satur
day for a two week’s visit
with her sister-in-law in
Canton, Pa.