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VOLUME FIFTEEN SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
March of Dimes Campaign
Opens Monday
"With the slogan, “Lend
Me A Hand”, the March
of Dimes campaign will
begin here and all over the.
nation on January 15.
In three successive
years, polio has struck
more than 100,000 people
in the United States. In
that time it has cost the
National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis SSB
million to help them. Since'
1938 the patient—care'
outlay alone has been $94
million in March of Dimes
funds.
People, not figures, is
the real story of the
March of Dimes. Hospit
als throughout the nation
are filled with individuals,
real people, not just cases,
fighting their way back to
health. Next year the num
ber will grow, it has been
predicted. The number of j
people stricken cannot be
controll e d yet, but the J
struggle toward health is
made easier when you con-]
tribute to the March of
Dimes.
Mi’s. Ernest Briggs, who
has led the campaign in
this county to a successful
ending through several
years has been reappoint
ed as director of the drive
here. Bruce Westall, assist
- ant director, Fred Proffitt,
secretary and treasurer,
and Frank Howell, school
director, have all been, re
appointed. Max Proffitt
has been named as Veter ,
an Farm Trainee director.
The: following workers
for clubs, organizations,!
and business places have
been name:
Jim Anglin, Mrs. Hobart
Ray, Mrs. Rosalena Car
rington, Mack B. Ray, Mrs
Jake Lowe, P. C. Cole.tta,
Howard Johnson, B. R.
Penland, Bill Banks, Phil
Hensley, Seth Honeycutt,
Ralph England, Iliff Clev
enger, George Robinson.
,Yates Bennett, Joshua
Banks, Luther Banks Jr.,
"J. B. King, Mrs. Harlan
Holcombe, Mrs. Reece Mc-
Intosh, Rush Wray, C. P.
Randolph, Dover R. Fouts,
Mrs. Ernest Briggs, Claude
Peterson, G. L. Hensley,
C. O, Ellis, Don Burho6.
Workers for the differ
ent communities in the
county are: Bolens Creek,
Vincent Westall; Jacks
Creek, Mi’s. Brantley
Briggs; Bald Creek, Mrs.
Yates Bailey; Bee Log,
Alma Buck; Canei River,
Mrs. Raleigh Radford;
Hamrick, Mrs. Robert Bal
lew; Day Book, Mrs. Friel
(Continued on page 4)
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The Yancey Record
FINAL RITES FOR
DR. ROBERTSON HELD
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Funeral services for Dr.
W. B. Robertson, 76, who
died Saturday in a Ruther
fordton hospital following
a long illness, were held
Sunday afternoon at the
Higgins Memorial Metho
dist Church here. The Rev.
F. R. Barber, pastor of the
! church, the Rev. David Sw-
and the Rev. C. B.
Trammel officiated.
Pallbearers were L. V.
Pollard, Hobart Ray, Bill
Banks, Kenneth Robert
son. Troy Ray, and W. E..
Anglin. Burial was in the
Robertson Ceretary.
Surviving are the widow,
one son, W B. Robertson,
Jr., superintendent es the
Rutherford ton —Spin dale
-school system; three daug
hters. Mrs. H. M. Roland of
| Wilmington. Mrs. Clyde
Whittington of Cane River
jand Mrs. G. W. Wilson of
Nebo; two brothers, Zenas
Robertson of Burnsville
and Hubert Robertson of
Frostburt, Md.; ten grand
children and six great—]
grandchildren.
Raleigh, N. C.—Persons
whose surnames begin
with U, V, W, X, Y and Z
should now apply for re
newals of driver’s license,
the North Carolina De
oartment of Motor Vehi
. cals reported today. Mot
orists who obtained , re
newal of their driver’s li
] censes in 1947 under the
re—issuance program and
whose birthdays fall early
this year should also app
ly-
Motorists who are un
certain about the* expira
tion date of their licenses
should refer to the lower
right hand corner of their
present license cards.
These motorists will be
permitted to seek second
renewal 30 days in advan
ce of the expiration
which falls on their birth
date.’ The majority will
be A or B, but a few
will fall in other alphabe
tical groups.
Ap proximately 180,000
North Carolinians are in
cluded in the U, V, W, X
Y and Z group. Persons
seeking second renewals
are estimated at 85,000 or
90,000.
To avoid the last minu
te rush of the U, V, W, X
Y and Z group, which ex
pires June 30, the Depart
ment suggests that you
come early.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1951
Highway Dept. Completes
More Roads
The State Highway Com
mission has completed
five and one—half addit
ional miles of new road
improvements in Yancey
County undter the S2OO
million bond issue pro
gram.
The following work was
completed during Decem
ber:
Widening and sur
facing with bound maca
dam were finishel on the
Piney Hill Road for 1.1
miles; Coxes Creek Road,
0.4; Seven Mile Ridge
Road, 1.3; Metcalf Road,
0.2; King Road, 0.05.
StapSlizing and strenth
ening were completed on
the Piney Hill Road for
0.3 mile"; Blue Rock Road,
0.1; Coxes Creek Road, 0.7;
Seven Mile Ridg Road 1.5.
During the 12 months of
1950 the State Highway
Commission bard—sdurfad
ed over 4,500 miles of roads
throughout North Carolina
to triple its pace of road—
buillinlg over previous
years. Dr. Henery W. Jor
dan, Highway Commission
Chairman, has announced
that more work was finish
ed this year on the state’s
priipary road system than'
!at any time in the Commis-j
ion’s history. \This pace of j
work will contmue unless
war—time emergency con
ditions intervener ~*-*-*“
Enlists in Marine Corps
Asheville, N. C.—Robert
H. Rumbough, 23, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. O, Rum
bough, Route 1, Mars Hill,
N. C.. has been accepted
for enlistment in the Ma
rine Corps, MSgt Fred P.
Eubanks, Director or Ma
rine Recruiting for West
ern North Carolina ann
ounced today.
He was enlisted at Ral
eigh, N. C., after success
fully passing , preliminary
examination heire.
Rumbough was a veter
an of over 2 years with
the regular Army during
World War II and over 3
years with the U. S. Nav
al Reserve. He was grad
uated from Mars Hill Col
lege and a star football
player at W. C. T. C., dur
ing the past season while
attending college there.
George Roberts was in
Charlotte for several days
on a business trip this
week.
Miss Ruth Mclntosh of
Alexandria, Va. has been
visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Mclntosh of
Burnsville.
NEW BOOKS ADDED
TO COUNTY LIBRARY
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Among the hew books
added to the Collection of
Yancey County Library is
the “Picture History of
World War II”, edited by
Life Magazine* Over 1,000
photographs|fs|d paintings
give the of the
war as re corvid week by
week.
‘.The Amei||&n Woman’s
Encyclopedia Home De
corating” is another collec
tion of photographs, many
in color, giving suggestions
for arrangements of furni
ture, color schemes, details
of draperies, and many
other practical hints for
the homemaker;.
Current fictam titles ad
ded are: “Thi Cardinal”
by Robinson s “Bennett’s
Welcome” byflnglis Flet
cher; “Joy StEjet”, by Fra
nces Parkinfiln KeyeTi;
“World Enougfl and Time”
by Robert Penh Warren.
“Hie to the Hunters” is
Jesse Stuart’s latest novel;
arid “Clearingpn the Sky”
is a new collection of his
short stories, some of them
going back to his “W-Hol
low” friends and neighbors
j Mystery story fans will
j enjoy “Smallbone, Deceas
ied” and “The People Aga
>inst O’Hara”. For western
story enthusiasts, Ire coun
ick Queen” by Zane Grey;
“Ambush at Jubilo Junc
tion” by ErnenWein,
These books may be bor
rowed from the main libra
ry headfuarters in Burns
ville, or at any of the book
mobile stops.
libraryboard"
HOLDS MEETING
The Yancey County Lib
rary Board met January
sth, in the library for the
purpose of ‘transacting
business. The following
members were present: H.
Grady Bailey, Chairman;
Fred Proffitt, Mrs. Ham
rick, Alma Shepherd and
Mrs. Frank W. Howell,
In reports made by the
members of the board it
was said that Representa
tive Atkins vould favor
any legislation presented
to the Assembly which
might increase funds for
the library. The librarian,
Mrs. Thomas reported a
circulation of 13000 books.
She explained that only
schools and communities
not accessible Ijo the libra
ry were served by the
bookmobile.
A discussion concerning
the lack of famities led to
a discussion W the mem
bers to make tn effort to
obtain more shelving space
a typewriter, etc,
l Chairman Bailey sug
gested that board meet
ings be held tonore often.
The next meting is sche
duled for Match 8.
Mrs. Jess Styles left for
Washington, D. C, the
home of her Barents, Wed
nesday, because of the
death of her father. Mrs.
Styles’ father had been in
ill health for* several mon-i
ths - . * A ..•ill*’
Songs Composed by Miss
Bailey’s Students
Miss Hope Bailey, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
G. Bailey of Burnsville,
has distinguished herself
; in the field of public school
music in North Carolina
recently. Fiye of seven
songs submitted to the
Keyboard Junior magazine
submitted by her grammar
grade students of Wades
boro City Schools were ac~
1 cepted for publication. The
Gevboard Junior is a mag
azine used to teach music
acpreciation.
From all the schools in
North Carolina submitting
1 songs, Miss Bailey’s were
| the only students to have
' songs accepted. And Wad
eJboro had a greater num
ber of songs accepted than
any other school in the
i United States.
Composing of songs,
[both words and music, is
part of the regular class
work of the Wadesboro
students under the direc
i tion of »Miss Bailey.
; Other entries accepted
’ for publication by the Jun
; ior Keyboard came from
i schools in Massachusetts,
l Louisiana, Ohio, Arizona,
; Pennsylvania, Texas, Wis
[ consin, Mississippi, Neb
. raska, Tennessee;, Connec
. ticut, Kansas, New York,
, Wyoming and Colorado,
4. lv mm' '-and “Mrs., Bruce
; Sams of Mars Hill, visited
• friends in Burnsville Sun
day.
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“Dear Dad” j
A Letter From Korea
The following letter,
which was dated December
11, 1950, was received by
Mr Zeb Blankenship of Rt.
I, Burnsville, North Caro
. lina, from his son, Sgt. Jack
C Blankenship t 14246670,
• Co. H 31 Nnf Regt. APO-7,
' San Francisco, California
DRAFTEES TO LEAVE
FOR INDUCTION
The third group of Yan
cey County men are sched
uled to leave for induction
into the Army next Tues
day, January 16. The
group will go from Burns
ville to the Induction Cen
ter in Charlotte.
Men who have received
notices to report for induc
tion are: Phillip C. Harris,
James D. Fox, Landon M.
Proffitt, Hugh Edward
Gardner Jr., Lloyd Stevens
Carl F. Peterson, Fred
Hensley Jr., W. G. Parker,
Boyd Adkins, Chester Lee
Canipe, Paul- J. Huskins,
Samuel R. Greene, Earl
Samuel Young, George
Randolph, and Landon
Higgins.
The Selective Service
Board for Yancey County
is made up by R. N. Silver,
chairman; Paul Buck and
J. J. Nowicki, members.
William Jobe, who was ap
pointed a member when
the neiw board was formed,
resigned in September,
1950. The clerk to the
Board suggested that all
inquiries relative to the
draft be directed to the
members of the board or
to the clerk.
Around The Capitol
By R. E. Hennessee
Atkins Introduces
Liquor Bill
Raleigh The General
Assembly has just adjourn-]
el for the night after hear-,
jing Gov. Kerr Scott deliver]
‘ his budget message for the ,
k coming two years. At pie- 1
' sent people are mingling!
' around and gradually
working toward the var-j
1 ious exits of the State
Capitol Building.
: The meeting tonight was
unusual in that there was
a definite 1 and strange sort
'of tension in the air—a
j tension that . found its
meaning whe n the gover-|
por coined the phase—“ten,
years of mobilization . . . ” (
No one, not even the al
! ways- confident governor,
pretended to know what
’.the future held for the
• state and nation but every-]
]one seemed united in ' a
feeling that things in the,
' coming years were surely
to be different. 1
[ Missing from the past;
' Assemblys were the avid '
l ,pro and con .people. Not-)
’,once during the entir day
»,did I hear a single legisla-.
' tor remark that he was;
' “again Scott,” or I’m all!
fer him. People wondered!
> and asked questions. They;
talked and tried to deter- j
mine, as they will keep on
j doing for the next several
I weeks, just what is best
-for the state in these rath
ler confused times. Should
“Dear Dad,
“I thought I would write
you a few lines to let you
know I’m still 0. K. Well,
for the last ten days I th
ought I would never ■fee ci
vilization again When we
were in South Korea I had
quite a bit of fun. We could
combat the North Koreans
without much trouble. We
could out smart them very
easily but when we came’
to North Korea we ran in- j
to the Chinese Communist.*
I have never read anything!
in any war story that com
peted with our combat ex-;
perience in North Korea. f
Those Chinese were doped 1
on opium and there were so
many of them they just
couldn’t be stopped. They
were using our BAR’s,
Thompson su’b machine
guns, our light thirty cal.
machine guns and they all
used automatic weapons.
For ten days we were trapp
ed. We fought our way into
where the Marines were
trapped and on those moun
tains we crossed they had a
road block every mile or so.
In the time we spent there,
3100 men were sent out as
a result of wounds and be
ing frozen. That is not
counting the dead. God
only knows how many
were dead. We fought our
way back out last night
and today. I never saw
such a bloody mess in all
my life. Marines and G.l.’s
(Continued on page two)
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NUMBER NINETEEN
we build more roads "f
Should we raise taxes?—
Should we raise salaries?
jWhat are we going to do
about the school program?
jWhat do you think about
this and that?—and the
questions go on even now.
Yancey’s two delegates,
Rep. Bill Atkins and Sen.
Donald Banks, both seem
ed to be ahead of the aver
jage member of the Assem
bly when it came to a
knowledge of the proposed
legislation.. For, although
neither had fully formed
his opinions on most of the
( bills, both had read and
studied them—which is far
more than a vast number
of the men here have done.
Just before Governor
Scott entered the chamber
to make his speech, Bill
Atkins introduced a bill
that caused quite a stir as
it was read out. It was a
piece of legislation design
ed to make the so-called
“gallon law” i n North Car
olina liquor statutes the
I “quart law”. Under this
proposed measure it would
be unlawful to transport
■more than a quart of liq
juor into any dry county.
jThe bill also stipulates that
;no more than a quart could
jbe transported into North
Carolina from another
' state.
As the bill was read to
the Assembly a murmuring
throughout the crowded
]ch amJbe r necessi ta ted a
calling for order by Speak
jer of the House Frank
Taylor. One member was
heard to say “More dyna
mite gets thrown in.”
Representative Atkins
plans to submit another
piece of legislation shortly
(Continued on back page)
Mrs. C. R, Hamrick vis
ited relatives in Americus,
Ga. last week.
Royce L. Howell, seaman
recruit, USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Howell of
Green Mountain, N. C., is
; undergoing recruit train
ing at the world’s largest
I Naval Training Center,
’Great Lakes, Illinois.
In the course of his trai
ping the recruit will be
| taught seamanship, Navy
j customs, terms, basic ord
j nance, gunnery, signaling
and navigation.
Upon completion of his
training, he will be assign
ed to either to units of the
Fleet or to a service school
for specialized training.
I Vic Yet jqyjl
'SAY.tfcL, IF YOU’RE RECEMN<j
A VA BENEFIT BY CHECK
AND YOU RE-ENTER THE
ARMED FORCES, NOTIFY V-A
IMMEDIATELY SO YOU WON'T*
GET AN OVERRAYM ENT THAT
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