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THE YANCEY RECOfiD
ESTABLISHED JtTLY, 193*
Editor & Publisher 1..-- Arney Fox
Published Every Thursday By
YANCEY PUBLISHING CO.
A Partnership
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Entered u second-class matter November 11th, 1936, at the
Poet Office, Burnsville, North Carolina, under the act of
March 3, 1879.
Around The Mt. Mitchell
Forest Service District
By George Vitas, U. S. Forest Hanger
Christmas was a hectic :
but a most pleasant time of ;
the year. Everybody seem- <
ed to be so busy. You strai- i
ned your memory—“let’s <
see, is cousin in Detroit, i
six or seven? What shall I ;
get him? One of those toy
battery driven autos
would be nice. Yes. but !
maybe he’s got one,” and so i
on. You got out your Chris
tmas card list (if you could
Let us awaken | ,
to the new
opportunities I
,y\i // f before I
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BURNSVILLE DEPARTMENT STORE i
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Your friendship is the -
finest coin we know
this New Year
•and always,
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Farmers Federation
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find it) and after carefully
addressing and licking doz
ens of cards, envelopes and
stamps you wondered, “why
'don’t some one put some
sugar and flavoring in that
glue? Have I forgotten
anyone? Then you started
packing your gifts and
soon learned that the clerk
in the drugstore, who so
neatly and efficiently
wraps your purchase is an
expert at this business of
wrapping and you are not
You tQok.your packages to
the Post Office and wond
ered, “shall I insure them?”
You figured that if you did,
maybe the comers of the
package wouldn’t be quite!
so badly banged up when!
they reached their destin
ation. So you insured.
The Postmaster and his
crew were swimming in
Christmas cards and pack- }
ages. Their delivery trucks
wer e piled high with can-!
vas mail bags that, from
the outside, didn’t look any!
different than they do at!
any other time of the year.
But inside those bogs were
hundreds • of tender
j thoughts and remembran
) ces of love and affection
destined for friends and re
' lations.
| You walked down the
I street and over on the cor
i ner you saw a miniature
forest of evergreens—
, Christmas trees. There was
r Balsam Fir from Canada,
[ Spruce from Minnesota,
Douglas Fir from Oregon.
But the freshest looking
and most fragrant tree was
the tree that came from the
mountains in your own
back yard. It may have
been a pine from McDowell
County, a Cedar from Yan
cey County, or a Spruce or
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S
SALE OF LAND
By virtue of the power of sal*
contained in a certain deed of
trust executed by Curtis Thomas
and wife, Ester Thomas, date*
October 1, 1949 to the undersign
ed Trustee to secure the indebted
ness therein named, .which deed
of trust is recorded in the Regis
ter of Deeds Office in the County
of Yancey. North Carolina, in
No. 34 at page 114. and default
having been made in the pay-!
ment of the indebtednes- thereby j
secured and the holder of the in
debtedness having made demand 1
upon me to exercise the power of ! ,
sale contained in said deed oi 1
Trust, I will, on the 8 day of Janu
ary. 1951 (Monday) at 11 o’clock ’
A. M. at the courthouse door in j
the Town of Burnsville, N. C. ox ]
fer for sale to the highest bidder j,
for cash the following describes ; i
real estate lying and being in! \
Brush Creek Township, Yancejj|
County, North Carolina and des- ]
eribed as follows: • |
Adjoining the lands of Josef. |
Thomas, Nimpson Bailey. Joh i
Randolph and others and bound ]
ed as follows: (
First Tract: Beginning on,
a Hickory-, a comer t o M.
A Randolph and runs North 77
East 10 poles to a Sourwood and
Black Oak on a Ridge; thence
East 34 poles to a stake near i>
Maple on the bank of Toe River:
thence down and with said River
to a stake in the mouth of Cow
Branch; thence up said Branch
with the meanders of the same to
Joseph Thomas’ stake comer; ■
thence South 33 East 13 1-2 poles
to a Black Oak, his comer; thence
South 57 West with his line 10
poles to the Beginning. Contain
ing 10 acres more or less. Being
the tract of lasd conveyed by
deed fnom Joseph Thomas to Cur
tis Thomas. Dated Sept. 30, 1949. 1
Second Tract: Beginning on i
12 inch White Oak in the division
line of Joseph Thomas and Nimp
son Bailey and runs with the wiiv? 1
fence North 70 East about 20 poles
to a Poplar. . a corner between '<
Joseph Thomas and Nimpson :
Bailey; thence a South course
with the fence about 20 poles to «. '
White Oak standing on a Rock, M.
A. Randolph’s corner; thence :•
South course with said fence i
to a small Black Gum standing on i
the bank of Cow Branch; thence a I
West course up and with Cow
Branch 50 poles more or less to i 1
stake in wire fence in skid Branch; i
thence a Northwest course wire
fence to the Beginning. Contain
ing 10 acres more or less. Salt,
land conveyed by deed from
Joseph Thomas to Curtis Thomas
dated Sept. 30, 1949
eservations: Joseph Thomas
reserves the right to use all the
Locust timber and : pasture stock
on the said secondtract of land
during his lifetime.
Third Tract: Beginnisg on a
White Oak, Joseph Thomas’ cors
er and runs South 85 East 20 poles
to a Hickory; thence North 57
Eastt 10 poles to a Black Oak;
thence North 33 West 131-2 poles
to a stake in the Branch in Joseph
Thomas’ line; thence up and with
the Branch 21 poles to a Poplar.
Joseph Thomas’ comer: thence
South up the Branch with Joseph
Thomas’ line to the Beginning.
Containing three acres more or
less. Saia land conveyed from
Joseph Thomas and wife, Nannie
Thomas to Curtis Thomas by
deed August 21, 1945 and regis
tered id the office of Register of
Deeds for Yancey County in Book
of deed 95 at page 7. The dwelling
house of said Curtis and Ester
Thopxas being situated on the said
third tract of land.
This the 4 uay of Dec., 1950
W. C. Berry. Trustee
i Dec. 14—21 —28, Jan. 4 ,
THE YANCEY RECORD
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Frasier Fir from Mitchell!
County’s Roan Mountain. 1
Whatever the tree, where
ver it came from, it symbo
lized the finest side of man.
The city streets were gai
ly decorated with multi —|
j colored bulbs, wreaths and
figures of Santa Claus. The[
store fronts were fancied)
up with Christmas winter
scenes. Automobiles, park
ed at the curb, were stacked
high with packages. And)
'after an hour and a half of)
shopping around, you sud
-1 dtnly realized that you
jwere parked at a one—hour
! limit meter. You hurried
back to slip another nickel
into the meter, wondered
all the time, “I hope I didn’t
get a ticket.”
Yes. Christmas was a
hectic but most pleasant
time of the year. It made
no difference whether your
home was a humble place in
a woodland hollow, a city
house beside the railroad
tracks or that big white
house on the hill—the Chr
istmas spirit found you—
if you sincerely believed in
it. It was not how much
NOTICE OF FINAL SALE
In The Superior Cocrt
NORTH CAROLINA ,
YANCEY COUNTY .
Yancey County
vs.
Dulcie. Alien, et als., Heirs at Law
of E. A. Allen
Under and by virtue of a judg
ment of the Superior Court in the
above entitled action appointing
the undersigned as Commissioner
to sell the hereinafter described
lands to satisfy said judgment for
taxes for the years of 1948, 1949.
together with interest, penalties
and costs thereon, and subsequent
taxes, the undersigned will, on the
15 day of January, 1951. at 10 O
’clock A. M., at the Court House
door in Burnsville. North Caro
lina, sell the hereinafter described
lands to the highest bidder, for
cash, to satisfy said judgment to
gether with all costs pnd subsequ
| ent taxes said property being in
, Pensacola Township, Yancey
County, North Carolina, adjoining
the lands of S. P. Atkins and des
cribed by metes and bounds as
follows.
Beginning on a water birch on
West side of Long Branch stand
ing on the hawk x>f said branch
runs West course up the mountain
with the main height of a-ridge, a
made line by S. P. Atkins to the
top of Wilson Ridge to a chestnut;
thence an East course down the
mountain a conditional line uade
by S. P. Atkins to a chestnut at a
branch; thence down the branch
to Long Branch; thence down
Long Branch to the Beginning,
containing 30 acres more or less
This Dec. 12, 1950.
BILL ATKINS, Commissioner
Dec. 21—28. Jan. 4—ll
NOTICE OF FINAL SALE
YANCEY COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
YANCEY COUNTY
vs.
M. B. Higgins, et als,
Whereas, a judgment was rend
ered in the Superior Court of
Yancey County, North Carolina,
in the above entitled action
against the individual defendants
in said action as Heirs at Law of
J. H. Higgins. Deceased for certain
taxes due Yancey County and for
due the T own of Burnsville, North
Carolina, for the years of 1930
1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 1936‘,
1937, 1938. 1939, 1940, 1941 i 1942,
1943, 1944, and for subsequent
taxes, and ,
Whereas, after the rendition of
such judgment and the appoint
ment of the undersigned as Comm
issioner to sell said lands the taxes
due Yancey County were paid and
the taxes due the Town of Burnsl
ville by all the individual defend
ants were paid except the pro rata
share of M. B. Higgins and wife
have not been paid, and
Whereas, the undersigned Com
missioner was duly appointed and
authorized to sell said lands to sa
tisfy said taxes, interest and costs,
and subsequent taxes, the under
signed Commissioner will, on Jan.
15, 1951, at 10:00 o’clock A. M. at
the Courthouse Door in Burns
ville, North Carolina, sell for cash
to the highest bidder the l ONE
FOURTH UNDIVIDED INTER
EST OF M. B. HIGGINS in the
following tracts or parcels of land
in the Town of Burnsville, N. C.
adjoining the lands of George
Robinson and others, and more
particularly described as follows:
First Tract: Being the old home
tract of J. M. Higgins and bounded
on the South by Highway No. 19
E., on the East by the Street lead
ing to the old hospital property,
on the West by tho lands of
George Robinson and on the North
by the street connecting tha
street leading to the old hospital
property and the street leading to
the McCracken Cemetery, contain
ing 1 acre more or less.
Second Trect: Being lots Nos.
19. 20, 27, 28, 39 40 60 51 60 61
of the J. H. Higgins Addition to
the Town of Burnsville, a map or
plot of which appears of record in
the office of the Register of Deeds
for Yancey County North Catalina
in Deed Book 64. page 600.
This Decemper 8. 1950.
Bill Atkins Commissioner
Dee. 14—21—28, Jan. 4 .* [
!you had in your pocketbook
but what .you had in your
heart that counted. And so,
to the readers of this col
umn. we want to wish every
one of you, your families
)and friends the very best;
new year ever. We wish)
[that we could have been!
[with you when the children!
poured out of bed on Chris- j
tmas morn and made that
bee-line for the Chistmas
[tree;but we went home to
| Detroit for Chrfistmas—
the first time; in two years
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attend you • 1
Lg Wat th year to \ j
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