North Carolina Newspapers

«iißii*«anaiiaiiaiißiiaiia«t«itaHainMian«Ti«ntif«H«n*mn«ta» VOLUME FIFTEEN J. M. LYON PASSES AT BLOWING ROCK Funeral services for J. M. Lyon, 90, who died at the home of his son, John Lyon, at Blowing Rock, Wednesday after an illness of a few months, will ' « held Friday at 2:30 in the Presbyterian Church here with the Rev. David Swartz officiating. Burial will be in the Burnsville Cemetery. Surviving are two sons, John Lyon of Blowing Rock, and Ray Lyon of Knoxville, Tenn-; two dau ghters, Mrs. Roy Burton of Weaverville, and Mrs. W. B. McNew of Knoxville, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mr. Lyon, with Mr. 0. R- Lewis of Burnsville, estab lished the first newspaper here," aided in the estab lishment of the first bank as well as in the progress of Yancey County in many other ways. LAUGHRUN IS CREW CHIEF FOR COMMANDER T. Sgt. Kenneth C. Lau ghrun, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Laughrun of Burns ville, is assigned as crew chief for Col. Ira F- Win termute, commander of the 18th Fighter Bomber Group in Korea, according to an Air Force release. Sgt. Laughrun was in ac tive duty during World War II and has been in the fighting zone of the Kor ean War for several mon ths. Col. Wintermute was active in the Pacific thea tre during the last war. Both Laughrun and Win termute have helped to make it possible for their Air Wing to complete over 7,000 missions in Korea. The 18th Fighter Bomber group works in close sup port of United Nations ground forces fighting against the Communist invaders. FINAL RITES FOR W. A. BAILEY, 88 Funeral services for W A. Bailey, 88, retired far mer who died at the home of his son, Clarence E. Bai ley at Green Mountain Fri-j day morning after a long illness were held at the Zion Baptist Church Sun day morning at 11 o’clock. Rev. Sanders officiated, as sisted by J. C. Turner- Bur ial was in the Bailey Hill Cemetery. Surviving are the one son, Clarence E. Bailey, and one daughter, Mrs. D. D. Bailey o~f Erwin, Tenn. Miss Margaret Colbeck of Ohio and Celo will as sume her duties as director of Methodist youth work in Yancey County on Mar ch 1, according to an an nouncement made by Rev. F. R. Barber, pastor of Higgins Memorial Method ist Church here- j*, The Yancey Record SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. BURGLARS HAVE BUSY NIGHT Burglars had a 1 field day Monday night in Burnsville and vicinity, exercising their ability of the trade by lifting money, cigaret tes, and guns from, five stores and service stations from Burnsville Super Market on the west side to Jay Styles’ Store on the east- It was reported that the thieves took from SBO to S9O in cash and cigarettes from the Super Market; Arthur JEdge lost S4O to SSO in cash, guns and cigar ettes; Higgin’s Service ■Station lost sls to S2O in cash and cigarettes; Daw son Brigg’s Service Station lost SSO in cash, a gun, flashlight and cigarettes; and Jay Stylles’ lost S4O in cash and thirty cartons of cigarettes. In all cases the glass was cut out near the lock on the door so that the night latch could be reached. In one store three locks were opened. One merchant was heard to say that the burglars did ( not enter his store because they could not afford to,! the prices were too high, ! he said. ii urglaries were report ed to have occurred in and around Micaville last week. Letter From Korea (The following is a re print of the column written by Tom Fesperman in the Charlotte News. Capt. Rus-j sell is the son-in-law of Police Chief Douglas Boone j Mrs. Russell received a telephone call from her, husband after the receipt' of this letter. He was in Tokyo for a few days rest ) I LETTER HOME: Up on' the front page of this jour nal, all the space is occu pied by the top of the day’s news, the bulletins and dis patches about the newest assaults by the Chinese Reds and the withdrawals or counterattacks of the American forces. It takes a lot of space to tell what’s going on in the corps and divisions, and there isn’t room left to tell what’s happening with in dividual soldiers. But there ought to be reports, at j least occasionally, on what the individuals are doing or thinking, and there’s a letter right here beside me that’ll carry out the policy. The writer is Joseph Russell. Capt. Russell, that is, with the 65th Infantry •Regiment, an outfit of I Puerto Rican Gl’s who ! have bee n tangling with ’ the Reds for many bloody weeks. Ca’»t- Russell wrote to his wife, who lives at 1630- ; A Murdock Road, in Plaza ■ Terrace, and she let us • print this portion: l “As for the situation - here (on January 25), we ■ are beginning to probe to . the North to find out what F is wrong or what has hap - pened to the enemy. (Continued on page two) -nEOICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., IHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1951 EARLY MORNING BLAZE ENDANGERS HOME The fire department here was called out about 3:30 Tuesday morning to cope with a endang ering the home of Sol Har ; ris in the lower Bolens . Creek section. The fire was , in a wood shed about twen ty feet from the back of the house. Mr. Harris said he awoke , and thought the sun was shining through the morn ing clouds, causing the red glow- However, when he walked into 'the kitchen, he saw flames shooting al most a hundred feet high from the wood shed. The fire department arrived in time to keep the house from catching fire. Since the fire was net near a city water main, the thousand i gallon supply carried on ! the pump truck was used. I Although it was not known how the fire start ed, there was a probability that a lighted cigarette jwas dropped in the shed, Harris said. His praise was high for the volunteer de partment, for his house (would have burned if it i had not been for the ability iand willingness of the fire !men, he said. New Store To Open Soon - A new feed store, to be known as Deyton Farm Supply, is undergoing pre parations for a' grand op ening on March 3 in the building recently vacated Jby the Farmers Coopera tive in west Burnsville. jThe store -will be owned and operated by Oscar W. ! Deyton, of Green Moun ' tain, and will be the auth -1 orized store for Purina I Feeds in Burnsville. Be sides feeds, Deyton expects to handle seeds, fertilizers, farm implements and sup plies for both garden and field. Deyton is well versed on feeds, seeds, equipment and farming in general. He is a graduate of Berea College, has had graduate work in the field of agri culture and animal husban dry at North Carolina Sta te College, was assistant farm agent in Mitchell County, and resigned from[ a position with the Far mers Home Administra tion in Burnsville to open the feed store. For the grand opening which will be held March 3, one thousand baby chicks > will be given away. Thej store is in a position to de liver most type feeds at the present time- LEGION WILL MEET TUESDAY > The American Legion • and Legion Auxiliary will have a supper meeting ; Tuesday night at 6:30 in the Legion Memorial Build i ing. ! Mrs. Paul Johnson of • Oteen, Mr. Sam Fox, VA ; representative, and Mrs. • Grace Scruggs of Asheville will be special guests at the meeting. Truippeteers to Give Program Cullofjiee The Trum peteerSy! a talent group of students of Westenjgjparolina Teachers College, |will present a 45 minute J| program at the Burnsvil! School on Feb. 23 at 11a. m. The graip is in its third year of tuning the high schools of Western and Piedmont North Carolina with a program designed to be both educational and entertaining. One of the main fui&stions of the ap pearances is Ito increase the good will between Western (Carolina Teachers College arftd the high school of the section. The to be pre sented at : Burnsville High School will include octel, quartet, j§|ld s °io musical selections .with piano and electric gpttar accompani ment. Th# college joins high schatf authorities in inviting th| parents to at tend the program. The group is under the joint sponsorship of the Department of Public Re lations, headed by Pro- 1 ; fessor W. B. Harrill, and 1 the Department of Music, ] headed by Professor Wal- ' ter H. Cupp Jr. This trip;; jd addition to School, in cludes app ea ranees at Biltmore, Swannanoa Bl ack Mountain, Marshall, and Spruce Pine high schools. Trumpet eer members are Marvin Anderson of Turtletown, Tenn., Kit Blankenship of Fairview, Carolyn Edwards of Leak sville. Jack Evans of Sylva, Harriet Franklin of Bilt more, James Gallemore of Greenville, S. C., Carolyn , Higdon of Asheville, Eloise 1 Jarrett of Shelby, Ruth Muse of Leicester, Jean Rhodes of Arden, Woody Rhodes of Arden, Charlie West of Weaverville, and Orville Wike of Cullowhee. FINAL RITES HELD FOR MISS BERTHA HONEYCUTT Funeral services for Miss Bertha Honeycutt, 62, who passed away at her home in Burnsville Saturday morning follolwing a long illness were held at the | Higgins Memorial Method ist Church Monday after noon at 2 o’clock. Rev. F- R. Barber and the Rev. Char les B. Trammel officiated. Burial was in the Holcom be Cemetery in Burnsville. I Surviving are the father, iM. P. Honeycutt of Burns ville ; three sisters, Miss Maggie Honeycutt of Bur nsville, Mrs. Queenie Bell Earley of Morganton, and Mrs- Edd Ramsey of Cin cinnati, Ohio; and one bro ther, Edd Honeycutt of Brookville, Ind. Mrs. Sam Huskins, her son, Bill, and daughter, Peggy Jeanne, and John ' Phagan Young, son of Mrs. Minnie Young, spent part of last week in . Florida. ! While there, they atttnded the National Stock Car Races at Daytona Beach. * ” : v1 vfe/" "rO:iiX-l? The above photograph snows Boy Scouts enjoying , themselves on the lake at Camp Daniel Boone. Two years ago a flood damaged the lake so badly that it ; needs major repairs. The lake is the heart of the Scout Camp,, the thing Scouts want most. Money re ceived from the Adult membership drive this week will go into the repair of this lake as well as to aid in the financing of other phases of work carried on by the ■ Daniel Boone —Council- MEMORIAL CHIMES PRESENTED CHURCH Chimes, in memory of the late Mrs. Mary Wray Hensley, have been presen ted by her husband, G. Les lie Hensley and children, to the First Baptist Church here. These were installed this week and the dedication service will be held at a later date. The chimes are attached to the church organ and are equipped with ampli fier which makes it possi ble for them to ba heard throughout the community. Mrs. Hensley had been a life long member of this church and had participat ed in the many phases of the activities of the church. She served as president of the Womens’ Missionary Union for approximately 15 years and was Associa tional Leader of the Young Peoples’ program in the county, for a number of years- She held both these offices at the time of her death, December 31, 1950. G I’S BACK ON THE BANKS OF THE HAN it - *—- ■— im 1 - * —: —■—• Seoul, Korea— Two American G- I’S of the Third Infantry Division, their rifles ready for action, stand on the bank of the Han river which skirts the Korean capital of Seoul. They are peering across the ice-cover ed stream at the Seoul city airport, on an island in the river, looking for a posable sign of enemy activity. BLOODSHED BOXSCORE On N. C. Highways Killed February 16 through February 19 19 Injured February 16 through February 19 ..." 161 , Killed through February 19 this year ~ . ~ 130 1 Killed through February 19, 1950 1 106 • Injured through February 19 this year 1,616 Injured through February 19, 1950 1,345 SPELLING CONTEST HELD The annual Yancey Cou nty Spelling Contest was held in the Agriculture Building of the Burnsville High School Friday after noon, February 16tb. Superintendent Frank W. Howell awarded gold 1 medals to first-place win ners and silver dollars to second-place winners. Those receiving awards: In the High school group were Bessie Belle Holland, Bald Creek H. S., and Shir ley Styles, Burnsville High school. They tied for first place with perfect scores in three contests. Barbara Gouge, Micaville High school, received second place award- In the upper elementary division, Billy Ray, Bald Creek school, won first place and Shelby Jean Carroll, Harvard school, won second place. In the lower elementary division, Anne Tyler, Harvard scho ol, won first place, and Betty King, Burnsville school, won second place. m NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE f. T- A^MEETS The Burnsville Parent- Teacher Association held the regular February meet ing in the high school lib rary Tuesday evening- The president, Mrs. Hershel Holcombe, presided. The Rev. E. G. Adkins gave the devotional. The coining Red Cross Fund Drive was presented and members were urged to give this their full support during the first ten days of March. A nominating committee to name candidates for next year’s officers was named by the president. Those on the committee are Mrs- Reece Mclntosh, Mrs. Vance Hensley and B. M. Tomberlin. Dr. W. M. Gladden was program leader. The sub ject was “Emotional Heal th” and a film dealing with this was showm Round tab le discussions were held by groups discussing many phases of the subject. Attendance banners were awarded to Miss Nelle Bai ley’s fourth, grade and the 10th and 12th i n high school. Hostesses for the social hour were Mrs. Bruce Wes tall, Mrs. Stanley Riddle, Mrs. C. L. Proffitt, Mrs. C iP. Randolph and Mrs. R. • Y. Tilson i _ "High School Tournament ) The Yancey County High ; School basketball tourna i ment begins tonight (Thur i sday) in the Burnsville i Gym with Burnsville boys - meeting the Bald Creek boys and the Bee Log girls r playing the Bald Creek 1 girls. On Friday night Mi ; caville boys will play Bee i Log with Burnsville and , Clearmont girls playing. : Winners of the above mat , ches will play the finals on • Saturday night for the county championship. Beginning Tuesday night Feb. 27, the second annual Tri - County Tournament, consisting of high school teams from Mitchell, Av ery and Yancey Counties, will begin. All games will be played here. The schedule of games to be played is as follows: Tuesday night, Spruce Pine girls vs. Newland girls; Tipton Hill girls vs. Clear mont girls, and Micaville boys vs- Burnsville boys. On Wednesday night for the girls’ game, Bee Log will meet Bakersviile, and Spruce Pine boys vs. Cran berry boys, and Newland vs. Clearmont. Thursday night the winner of the Tipton Hill - Clearmont game will play Micaville girls, Burnsville girls will play Cranberry, Bakers ville boys will meet the winner of the Burnsville* Micaville game, and Bee Log boys will play Tipton Hill. Winners of the above matches will meet Friday night for the semi-finals, and the Tri-County Cham pionship for both the boys and girls will be decided in the finals Saturday night.