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VOLUME FIFTEEN
GOV. SCOTT
OPENS ASSEMBLY
Governor Kerr W. Scott
opened his biennial mess
age to the General Assem
bly of North Carolina to
day at 11 a. m with these
words:
“We are assembled here
in a period of national em
ergeney to plan the course
of our State for the two
years immediately ahead.
Although we pray for the'
secure establishment of
peace, we must support
without stint our county’s
purpose to be prepared for
any eventuality.” *
In speaking of certain
acts passed by the last
General Assembly which
were advocated by Gover
nor Scott he said, “I thou
ght I knew how the people
felt about these things. I
was not surprised when,
in the road bond election,
they placed the value of
these roads above the am
ount of money required to
build them.”
“This administration is
carrying out a program of
progress under the direct
mandate from the people:.
Every effort to impeach it
has failed and will fail,”
the Governor said in refer
ence to the “go-forward”
program which was insti
gated in the State with his
leadership.
Mr. Scott said he was
aware of the criticism ag
ainst the administration;
aware of charges being
made that vast sums of ac
cumulated reserves have
been spent. In defense he
said his campaign was car
ried out upon “the propo
sition that tax money
should be converted to
public service.” And “I af
firm here my belief in a
proper balance between
income and expenditure in
operating the State Gov
ernment. I contended two
years ago that North Car
olina did not have a true
S2OO million surplus, but
that it was keeping that
amount of money in banks
at the expense of a great
deficit in public service.
“I believe in a balanced
budget, but I believe l also
that it is as important to
balance the State’s budget
of social and economic
needs as it is to balance its
income and expense ac
count.”
Along the lines of pub
lic education he urged that
a salary schedule for tea
chers be set up ranging
from $2,200 to $3,100 per
year so that the State
school system would be ab
le to hold highly qualified]
persons in the profession!
of teaching.
The Governor renewed
his stand on the question
of alcoholic-beverages by
saying, “Two years ago I
urged the General Assem
bly to order a state-wide
referendum on the ques
tion bf legal sale of alcoho
lic beverages. On this mat
ter, I stand where I always
have stood. The people are
soverign and have the
right to vote on such ques
tions.”
In ending the address,
Mr. Scott assured the As
sembly that . “By keeping
abreast of the needs of the
people, we face a vigorous
and a growing state . We
The Yancey record
SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
Patrolman Charles Long Gives 10,OOOth Pint of Blood
“GIANT” TOBACCO
GROWN IN COUNTY
J. W. Robinson of the
Prices Creek section of
this county discovered
something new and as
tounding in his- crop this
year
Last year Robinson set
his crop of tobacco from
ordinary seed which had
been bought from the Far
mers Federation in Burns
ville. As the crop grew, he
discovered that there was
one plant in the patch that
was growing to giant size.
The plant had a total of 53
leaves. Realizing he had
something not ordinary,
he saved the seed from
this plant which he used
for the season just passed
From seed grown from
the “giant” stalk, Robinson
set a patch of 487 plants
last spring. The entire pat
ch grew to the enormity
of the first plant; except
larger His crop averaged
65 leaves to the stalk and
thu average height was
from 12 to 13 feet before
topping. Middle leaves av
eraged three feet long and
19 inches wide
One difficulty encounter
ed by Robinson was in
hanging the tobacco. The
'length was so great that
he was forced to use every
other tier of the barn.
The crop, seven tenths
acre, weighed 1726 pounds
and sold for an average of
more than 54 cents.
E. L. Dillingham, farm
agent, said this* discovery
may aid farmers in their
! allotment if the giant.-., to
[ bacco becomes available to
[them. Wh,en it is difficult
i to expand the allotment on
the ground, take to the air.
. Mrs, C. 0. Ellis has been
ill for the phst feto days.
1 will be building a better
i' North Carolina next year
! and for the years to come.”
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1951
LAST RITES HELD FOR
MRS. G. L. HENSLEY
Funeral services for Mrs
G. Leslie Hensley, 50, who
died Sunday at the home
of her mother, Mrs. W. B.
Wray of Burnsville, after
an extended illness, were
held Tuesday afternoon in
the First Baptist Church.
The Rev. Charles B.
Trammel, the Rev. F. R.
Barber, the Rev. David
Swartz and the Rev. A. Z.
Jamerson' officiated and
burial was in Burnsville
Cemetery.
Pall bearers were L. V
Pollard, Troy Ray, Reece
Mclntosh, Tom Griffith
Ashton Ramsey, Roy Ray,
Dover R. Fouts and B. R.
Penland.
Members of the Wom
an’s Missionary Union of
the church were in charge
of the flowers.
Mrs. Hensley was the
former Miss Mary Wray,
a daughter of Mrs. W. B.
Wray and the late Mr.
Wray of Burnsville. She
was a lifelong resident of
Yancey County, was a
graduate of the former
Yancey Cpllegiate Institu
te here and at Meredith
College.
She had served many,
years as president of the
Woman’s Missionary Un
ion of the church, superin
tendent of the primary
department of the Sunday
School, and a leader in the
Training Union. She had
also been active in civic (
clubs and Parent-Teacher
Association work.
Surviving are the husb
and; one daughter, Mrs-
Russell York of Asheville; 1
one son, George Leslie Jr.; 1
the mother, Mrs. W. B.
Wray; three brothers,
Garrett Wray of Nogales,;
Ariz., William B. Wray of.
Sanford, Lla., and Rush T.j
Wray of Burnsville; and
one sister, Mrs. John B.
Bennett of Burnsville
,— ;
Fourth Group Leaves
For Er|mination
. ..
Forty young men lfcft
Yancey County this morn
ing for the Induction Med
ical Center for pre-induc
tion examinations.
The group that left this,
morning on two special
busses for Charlotte is the!
fourth group to leave this!
oourtty for examinations.
Two groups have been call
ed to duty and fifteen oth
er men are scheduled to
?q|ave for induction on
January 16.
REA Approves Loan
For Cooperative
The REA has approved
a two million dollar loan
to the French Broad Elec
tric Membership Corp. ac
cording to reports.
The loan will be used in
expanding rural lines in
Yancey, Madison. Mitchell
iand Buncombe Counties
and two counties in Tenn.,
D. M. Robinson, manager
of* the Cooperative said.
Red Cross Representative
To Be Here Monday
Mrs. Catherine M. Stew
|art. special field represen
tative of the Red Cross
will be in Burnsville for a
meeting with the local ch
apter at 10 4. m. on Janu
ary 8 in the Town Office.
Mrs. Stewart is now ad
ministrative assistant in
( Fund Raising Service and
has served as a chapter ex
ecutive secretary, as a gen
eral field
and as administrative ass
istant and chapter corres
pondent for North Caro
and Tennessee.
Since Mrs. Stewart is to
be in Burnsville to aid in
I the present fund raising
I campaign, local chapter of
ficers and as many mem
bers as will are. urged to
attend the meeting.
1 Blood Mobile Unit
Collects 75 Pints
Highway Patrolman,
t[ Charles Long of Burnsville
-picture above, is shown
■'giving the 10,000th pint of
■ blood to be donated to the
Red Cross Blood Bank of
i the Western District. Oth
er donors shown in the pic-,
[ture taken at the Legion
i 1 Building last Thursday!
'when the bloodmobile was
in Burnsville are E. L.
Dillingham, county agent,
i Max Proffitt and Charlie
Chrisawn. Names of the
nurses, whose services are'
known.
More people in the coun-,
ty answered the call for
donations of blood Thurs-,
day than at any other
, time since the blood mo-]
. bile unit had been coming,
.to this county. A total of
71 pints of blood were do
nated.
Max Proffitt donated his
; fifth pint Thursday and
Howard Johnson, one of,
the officials of Roberts
and Johnson Lumber Co., I
gave his sixth pint since
the opening of the Red
Cross blood bank, Several'
others, according to local
Red Cross officials, have
donated more than one
pint.
Blood collected by the
mobile unit is flown to the
fighting forces in Korea.
JAMES ROLAND, 96
PASSES
James Roland, 96, wide
ly known colored citizen,of'
Yancey County passed
away at his home in Hig
gins Tuesday afternoon.
He is survived by thfee
sons, three daughters, pndt
sister. .. 24
and 17 great grandchildren
Funeral services will be
: held Friday at 1:30 p. nj, at
the Roland Chapel Church.
The funeral will be con
ductel by the Rev. J H.
Smith.
LAST RITES FOR
MURDER VICTIMS
HELD IN YANCEY
Funeral services for Mrs
Dora Pitman, 49, Delma
Pitman, 14, and Harold
Shelton, 3. victims of the:
mass murder in Buncombe;
County last week, were
held Thursday at the Con
cord Union Church The
Rev. William J. Baker of
Burnsville and the Rev.
Jake Nanney of Pensacola
officiated.
Mrs. Landon Rathbone
of this county is one of the:
children who. survive: Mrs.
Pitman i
Mrs. Margaret Shull,
Summer Resident,
Dies In Florida
Information has been
received of the death of
Mrs. Margaret Shull of Ft.
Lauderdale. Florida, at her
home Friday morning.
Funeral services were held
in the Fairchild Funeral
Home chapel with the Rev*
Dale Hagler. pastor of the
Bryan Memorial Methodist
church of Miami, officiat
ing.
Surviving are her hus
band. David R. Shull, and
three children, Bobby, Bet
ty Deen and Shirley Ann.
Dr. and Mrs. Shull and
their children have been
summer residents in •Yan
cey County for several l
years. The Shull summer!
home is in the Cattail
Creek Community.
Brush Creek News
Mr. and Mrs. Eleck Jar
rett and dhildren, Billie
Sue and Romie, from
I Blacksburg, Va. spent the ;
' Christmas holidays with
I Mr. Jarreft’s parents, Mr.!
and Mrs. Robert Jarrett of
Green Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Snider
of Asheville spent..the hol
'idays with Mrs?" Snider’s
.parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.
'S. Johnson.
I Jess Howell of Green
'Mountain is in the Appala
chian Hospital at Johsson
! City, Tenn. where he us
' dqrwent an operation for
appendicitis.
Ret. Gene E. Woody of
Burnsville and Ret. Albert
Fender of Bee Log, return
ed back to Camp Gordon,
Ga. Monday, after spend
ing the week end with
home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L.
] Miner and daughter of
Rogersville, Tenn. and Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Laughrun
of Skyland visited Mr. and
Mrs. Luke Laughrun dur
ing the holidays. Mrs. Min- :
er is Mr. and Mrs. Laugh- .
run’s daughter.
Ray J. Laughrun, son of
Mr and Mrs. Luke Laugh
run has been promoted,
from sergeant to staff ser
geant recently. He, is a (
clerk-typist at the Kadena',
Air Base in Okinawa with!
the Twentieth Air Force.
NOTICE
V. Rev. Bradley, pastor of
First Presbyterian
Church at Spruce Pine will
preach at the blewdale
Presbyterian church at
Newdale, Sunday after
noon at 2:30 o’clock. There
will also be a communion
service at that time.
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NUMBER EIGHTEEN
NOTICE TO
VETERANS
With few exceptons, eli
gible veterans planning to
go to school under the GI
: Bill will have to start their
courses with the new sch
ool terms opening in late
January and in February.
This word of caution
was passed along by the
V eterans Administration
today in view of the fact
| that the deadline for GI
I schooling is July 25, 1951.
The regulation says that
aveteran must be actually
in training on July 25, 1951,
if he wants to continue af
terward under the GI Bill.
This cut-off date falls at
a time when most schools
are having summer vaca
tions. For this reason, the
VA pointed out, this com
ing Spring term may be
the last chance to enroll
before the deadline.
Arrangements should be
made by the veteran im
mediately for enrollment
in the school and course of
his choice, or he may find
himself out of the running.
Once he is in training on
July 25, 1951, he must con
tinue thereafter without
interruption in order to
continue his education on
the GI rolls. Regular vaca
tions, ill health, return to
i active service, and teachers
Iwho continue in their regu
lar school year employ
ment- and—attend school
every summer are excep
tions to the without inter
ruption rule
Exceptions to the rule, of
being in training on July
J 25, 1951, in order to con
tinue after that date, are:
(1» Veterans discharged
after July 25, 1947, who
have four years from date
of discharge or July 25,
1951. whichever is later, in
which to begin trainiing,
but must finish by July 25,
1956.
•2) Veterans who enlist
ed or reenlisted under the
Armed Forces Voluntary
Recruitment Act (between
October 6, 1945, and Octo
ber 5, 1946) have four
years from the end of
their enlistment or reen
listment period in which to
start training and nine
years in which to complete
that training.
<3) Those veteran —stu-
dents who have completed
their pre—medical or pre
dental schooling under the
GI Bill and can show that
despite all their efforts
they have been unable to
obtain admittance by July
25, 1951. to a medical or
dental school because of
overcrowded conditions,
may be allowed to resume
medical training after the
deadline.
(4) Those veterans who
complete GI Bill undergra
duate courses and intend
to go ahead with graduate
training which would start
after the deadline date,
provided they make appli
cation for their 'training
before they : complete their
undergraduate work, if it
is completed after the
deadline «• •...
Mrs Lester Bailey is
very ill at her home at
Jacks Creek.