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VOLUME FIFTEEN
Yancey County Farmers
Elects P M A Officers
On December 14 farmers
of Yancey County went to 1
the polls and elected mem-j
bers of the Production and
Marketing , Admjistration,
committee who will admin
ister the Agricultural Con
servation Program, price
support, acerage allotment, 1
marketing quota and other!
production programs for
the farm during 1951.
County committemen 1
are as follows: chairman, 1
W. M. Hensley, Bald Creek;
vice chairman, H. W. Hig
gins, Cane River; and regu
lar member. S. B. Randolph,
Green Mountain.
Community committee
members elected were Edd
Banner, Joe Woody and R. !
0. Riddle, East Burnsville;)
Lesis Banks, Lark Wright
and Clifford Hensley, West'
Burnsville; J. S. Buckner, 1
C. 0. Mclntosh and J. R. 1
Ferguson, Cane River; Al-J
vin Pate, Vance Hensley)
and Vance Webb, Upper)
Egypt; Buck Edwards,
Bruce Mclntosh and B. B.
New York Pastor To
Speak To Scouts
Dr. Edmond M. Wylie,
former pastor of Park Av
enue Presbyterian Church,
New York City, will speak
at the annual Scouters con
vention of the Daniel
Boone Council.
Convention sessions will
be held Monday, January 8.
a.t 3:00 p. m. and 6:30 p m.
in the Central Methodist)
Church, Asheville.
Warren H. Pritchard, of
Spruce Pine. Chairman of
the Toe River District Com
mittee. will be installed as
a member of the Council
Executive Board.
All Scouters and those
interested in Scouting are
invited to attend.
Fred and Shirley Mai
wurm of Asheville were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. L
V. Pollard at the Mt. Mit
chell Motel t! 's week.
Pvt. Jiames Hughes is
home from the Air Corps
for a visit with relatives
this week.
Fred Ramsey is home
from the Navy this week."
Fred is the son of Mrs. R
W. Ramsey of Burnsville.
SIRENS OF THE SOUTH SEAS
Maile Kelii and Harriet Ahquin who will be at the
Yancey Theatre Friday, December 29th with “A Night
In Hawaii” stage show, for afternoon and night per
formances.
the Yancey Record
SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
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I Hensley. Lower Egypt; M.
IW. Higgins. Lloyd Miller
.and Lester Peterson, Ram
saytown; C. M. Deyton,
Guss Bailey and R. C. How
ell, Green Mountain.
Upper Jacks-Creek. Glen
i Bailey, Will Dunlan and W.
,C. Byrd; Lower Jacks
Creek, Carl T. Young, Sid
I Laws and T. B. McCurry;
| Brush Creek. R. C. Deyton,
j Angus Masters and L. D.
Thomas; East Crabtree,
Frank Boone, C. L. Ray and
Clyde Young; West Crab
tree. D. T. Gibbs. James R.
Young and Jay Dale;
Upper South Toe, A. M.
Robinson, R. L. Rector, and
R. S. Chrisawn; Lower
South Toe, G. C. Bailey,
j Dan Harris and Walter
[Young; Pensacola-. Wayne
Ray J. E. Byrd and Pear
son Riddle; Prices Greek.
)D. L. Hurst, T. H. Phoenix
and Harmon Edwards.
| The appointed
appointed to serve during'
,1951 include J. B. Briggs,
Velma E. Young and Mar
tha E. Mclntosh.
Claude Dellinger Injured
In Auto Accident
Claude Dellinger is in
Mission Hospital, Asheville,
for injuries he received
in an automobile wreck
winch occurred* Friday ’ ‘ at* 4
junction of Highway 19)
[to Spruce Pine and the'
Boonford Highway.
As Dellinger’s car enter
ed Highway 19 from thel
j Boonford road it was
[struck in the side by ano
ther car on the Spruce Pine j
highway, according to re
ports. .4 |
Dellinger sustained a leg
injury; The knee cap was
broken and dislocated. Dri
ver of the other car was
uninjured, it was stated.
WATCH SERVICE
TO BE HELD
A Central Watch Night
Service will be held at
Bolens Creek Church Dec
ember 31st. The fellowship
hour will begin at 9:30 p.
m. and the worship prog
ram at 11:20 p. m. Every
one is cordially invited.
College students will be
“honor guest.”
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGKBS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
Burnsville, n. c, Thursday, December 28,1950
....No Accidental Deaths In
County During Christmas
This county was one of
the mores fortunate sections
where no accidental fatali
ties occurred during the
Christmas holidays.
Throughout the nation,
664 persons lost their lives
due to accidents. Five hun
dred and fifteen were kill
ed in traffic accidents while
149 lost their lives from
miscellaneous causes such
as fires, drownings, falls,
etc.
In North Carolina the
holidays left 29 persons
dead ffom violent causes.
Twenty three deaths were
caused from traffic acci
dents, according to reports.
California led the nation
with a total of 51 deaths,
40 of which were attribut
ed to traffic accidents.
Drunken drivers were at
tributed to have caused the
majority of automobile ac
cidents. Reports were that
in Los Angeles alone 362
'persons were arrested for
drunken driving.
Three Burnsville Boys
Volunteer For Navy
Three Yancey County
volunteers left Wednesday
for Columbia, S. C. where
they will enter the Navy.
The volunteers are Le
land Westall, son of Mr.
'and Mrs Ivan Westall;
BiHv Ray Riddle- son of
j Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Riddle,
and Brooks Ramsey, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Salvie Ram
sey.
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Wreck Occurs in West
Burnsville
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Miss Evelyn Reynolds of
Lincolnton, employed with
Duplan Corporation here,
was severely shaken up
when the car she was driv
ing was struck Thursday
night in front of the Mt.
Mitchell Motel in West
Burnsville.
Accounts were that Miss
Reynolds drove her car out
of Robertson Street and
was headed west when a
car driven by William Fox,
so it was stated, struck the:
Renolds car squarely in the
back. The impact was so
great that both cars were
headed back toward town
when they stopped, it was
said. Two other passangers
besides the driver was in
the Fox car. No one was
seriously injured.
$6,500 GIVEN
EMPLOYEES OF GLEN
RAVEN SILK MILL
Employees of the Glen
Raven Silk Mill in Burns
ville received something ex
tra with their regular pay
checks last week, according
to Donald Burhoe, mill off
icial. The Glen Raven Mill
paid a total of $6,500 as a
Christmas bonus to the em
ployees ‘.in recognition of
their increased efficiency,”
Employees were awarded
the bonus in accordance
with their position, their
length of service and their
efficiency, Burhoe stated.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Nichols of Knoxville visit
ed Mrs. Nichols’ parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Buckner
here over the holidays.
yance™§y aids
SANTA ENGLAND
Santa Claus was wearing
a sailor suit, when Charles
Byrd, seamap, USN, son of
Mr. and Mf p Delbert T.
Byrd of Burnsville, N. C..
and other crew members of
the heavy cniiser USS Col
umbus entertained a group
of children!in Ptynjguth,
England, |n Christmas
Da y- JS|
The Navy-man and his
shipmates arranged for the
children, all from needy
families and; many war or
phans, to go Aboard the Col
umbus for a;typical Ameri
can Yuleti# celebration.
There was a turkey din
ner with all the traditional
trimmings.-a visit from Sa
nta Claus that yielded a toy
or piece of much needed
clothing child, pro
grams of carol sinking and
movies and §i trip around
the ship. S
The Christmas party was
one of the many that were
staged throughout Europe
by the enlisted men of the
ships of th<£ Sixth Fleet and
the Northern European
Task Force of the U. S.
The wom&ji’s Society of
Christian Service will meet
with Mrs. Fred Proffitt,
Thursday. January 4, at 3
; o'clock. Mrsrirß Fonts is
associate hostess.
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Orleana Jamerson who is
teaching public school
music in Lylesville High
School is spending the holi
day season with her moth
er, Mrs. D. J. Jamerson
Mr. T M. Young of Mica
ville is confined to his home
with illness.
Bill Fouts, accounts exe
cutive with Radio Station
WHAS, Louisville, Ky.
spent Christmas with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.
R. Fouts.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ger
hart of Burnsville spent
the holidays in Greensboro
Mrs. Gerhart was the for
mer Miss Jean Ebley of
Greensboro before their
recent marriage. They are
now residing in the Laugh
run apartments.
Mrs. Arthur Herman and
Mrs. Joe Russell and child
ren of Charlotte visited
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Boone during the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Burhoe
and children spent the
Christmas holiday with re
latives in Burlington.
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College Students To -
Give Church Program
Special services will be
held in the’ Higgins Mem
orial Methodist Church and
the First Baptist Church
here Sunday for college
students.
At the regular 11 o’clock
service at the Methodist
Church a program will be
given by Charles Griffith,
Clara D- Banner, Sue Koe
nig. Danny Fouts, Charles
Gillespie, Llewellyn Ray, R.
E. Hennessee:, Landon
Proffitt, and Bobby Con
nelly. Special organ music
will be presented by Miss
Evelyn Hamrick.
On Sunday night the re
gular service of the Bap
tist Church will be conduct
ed by college students, the
theme of the program
being “Marimum Christia
nity Today and Tomorrow.”
Dixon Bailey will presine,
and Ross Bailey, Elizabeth
Ann Roberts and Doris
Penland will present the
program. Tommy Burton
will provide special music-
All college students are
urged to attend'these ser
vices. and a special invita
tion is given to high school
students and faculty.
Legion Wins First Game
In Tournament
The Burnsville Legion
basketball team, defenders
of the championship title
won last yegr at the Valley
Springs Tournament, sprin
i ted to a 51-39 victory over
the Skyland Hosiery five
in their first tournament
game at Valley Springs
Wednesday night.
As usual. Ford Peterson
led the Legion team to vic
tory with a total of 20
points, followed with ten
points by his brother, Lee.
The Burnsville team will
battle out their second
game with Owenby Jewe
lers of Hendersonville.
Bloodmobile in
Burnsville Today
The Red Cross Bloodmo
bile was in Burnssville to
day getting donations for
the American Forces in
Korea. The quota for Yan
cey County as was set up
by the Red Cross is 150
pints for the one day. One
hundred and .twenty don
ors were expected to ans
wer the call of the Red
Cross for blood to be flown
to the Korean front.
The quota for the Ashe
ville Office is 680 pints.
Farmers Federation Declares
34th Annual Dividend
The executive committee
of the Farmers Federation
has declared the 34th semi
annual dividend to common
and preferred stockholders'
of record December 15, it'
was announced this week
by James G. K. McClure,
president of the organiza
tion.
During- the meeting of'
the executive committee, it 1
was stated that the gross
sales of the Farmers Fed- 1
eration during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1950,'
amounted to $4,669,27759.
This does not include in-'
come from the: tobacco mar-)
ket, it was stated.
The Farmers Federation
was organized in 1920 by
six farmers who construct
ed their first warehouse on
the railroad siding at Fair
view of logs cut from near-.
by forests. The organiza
tion has grown during the 1
past 30 years to cover 18
1 s .
FINAL ritesjheld: *
FOR JOSEPH HUGHES
Funeral services for
Joseph Hughes, 80 year old
retired farmer of Green
Mountain Rt. 1, who died
1 at his home last Saturday
5 afternoon following a long
s ' Illness, WOre* held Monday
[ in the Pleasant Gap Bap
tist Church. The. Rev. Roy
’ Henson officiated. Burial
' was in the Hughes Ceme
' tery.
* He was a native and life- j
long resident of Yancey
1 County and a member of
the Pleasant Gap Baptist
1 Church.
He was married twice.
The first marriage was to!
Miss Perry Bione who died
about forty years ago.
Some years later, he was
married to Miss Essie Hall,
who survives.
Surviving by the first
marriage are two daugh
ters, Mrs John Gouge and
Mrs. Bert Wyatt of Mica
ville; three sons, Walter
Roscoe and Fonzo of Green
Mountain.
Surviving by the second
marriage are two sons, j
Ransom of Estatoe and Al
fred of Green Mountain.
Also surviving are. five
sisters. Mrs. Bachus Riddle
Mrs. Joe Thomas and Mrs.
Jason Hughes of Green
Mountain, Mrs. Dave Hug
hes of Estatoe and Mrs.
Minnie Boone of Micaville;
one brother, William Hug
hes of Green Mountain;
22 grandchildren and 27
great grandchildren.
Bailey Injured In Wreck
Horace: Bailey of Green
Mountain was treated at
Webb Clinic early Satur
day morning for , injuries
he received jn an automo
bile wreck at Lake Louise
beyond Weaverville the
same morning.
It was reported that
Bailey was injured when
the car he was driving
skidded from the icy high
way and struck a tree. He
was painfully cut about
the face; however, his in
juries were not considered
serious.
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NUMBER SEVENTEEN
Western North Carolina
counties and now has more
than 20,000 stockholders
or members in this area,
i Twenty-six stoics or ware
houses are operated by the
concern in the 18 counties.
In addition to the various
warehouses, the organiza
tion operates eight freezer
cockers in as many counties
and a modern poultry pro
cessing plant in Asheville.
, Skyline Cooperative dair
ies is also operated by the
federation as a means of
giving the dairymen of this
area a- market for their
! milk.
Members of the execu
tive. committee are; as fol
lows: H. A Osborne, Can
ton; L. L. Burgin, Horse
Shoe; R. C. Crowell, Rt. 3,
Asheville; R. A. Crowell,
Enka; C. C. Cook, Rt. 4,
Asheville; Charles W. Dav
jis, Rt. 4, Asheville; Grover
Brown, Weaverville, and
Mr. McClure.
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Hawaiian* To
Appear In Persbrf At The
Yancey Theatre
The romance of Hawaii,
the warmth, of the blue
Pacific and the girls, tan
and terrific are the main
ingredients from which
• the stage producers have
fashioned “A Night In
Hawaii”. Coming to the
Yancey Theatre in person
[ Friday December 29 far
matinee and night perfor-'
mances.
This is the only authentic
Hawaiian show now on
theatre tour, featuring the
soft strains of the plantive
I steel guitars anl ukeles, and
the native Hulas by the Si
! rens of the South Seas.
Such native dances as the
Ueli—Ueli, Ilei ETei, and
the Opala and Aelius. These
dances are soft and dreamy
with the dancers imitating
the swaying of the plants
and weeds, to the soft rhy
thm of the ocean breezes.
However, with the infl
uences of our American
sailors and armed forces a
new note has been added to
the classic Hulas of yester
i day, and the alluring
Wicky Wacky . Hjula
Maids offer several vers
ions of the new “Hula
Swing” which is now thfr
rage of the young set of the
islands.
This is a sort of Jive kind
of Hula and Made Kelii,
the top—exponent of this
new rhythm Hulas, called
“hip—tossing” hula swing
is one of the big features
and one of the high spots of
“A Night In Hawaii”.
There will be fourteen
performers with this out
standing stage attraction
and the screen attraction
will be “Perfect Strangers”
starring Ginger Rogers and
Dennis Morgan. Admission
is 25 and 50 for afternoon
and night performacts.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Murphy and children of
Erwin, Tenn visited Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Murphy
during the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs- Ed Hig
ginsr Phyllis and Fred vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Higgins this week. .