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■ u' VOLUME FIFTEEN SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. Bald Creek and Clearmont — Win Tournament The Yancey County High School Basketball Tourna ment came to an exciting close Saturday night with the Clearmont girls taking the championship’s honors from Bee Log with a score of 59-44. Fender, forward on' the losing team, led the scoring with 26 points while Lau ghrun led the victors with 24 points. Girls’ Lineups Bee Log Clearmont Fender 26 Ramsey 23 C. Fender 13 Laughrun 24 Higgins 4 Tipton 12 Moore J. Garland Wilson A. Garland Wilson Evans Bradford 1 Collis Holloway Ho\yel] McCurry Briggs Bald Creek boys carried off the honors by defeating Micaville in one of the most exciting games of the sea son with a score of 43-42. Ledford, Bald Creek high- j scoring ace, led the team toj victory by sinking 22 points while two Micaville men were assigned to hold him down. At the end of the first half, Bald Creek led 21-15. The Micaville five narrow- ( ed the margin and were ( only two points behind, -rrifeH a 30-32 acavA at the beginning of the final qua rter- From that time to the final whistle, the hard fought game was in the balance, and at the closing the victors clung to one point to w r in. Boys’ Lineups Bald Creek Micaville Ledford 22 Gibbs 10 D. Wilson Harris F. Wilson . 7 R. Young 11 Ray F. Young Neil] 8 Jones 10 Subs. Fox 2 Simmons Hensley Robinson 5 Nowicki 2 C. Jones 4 Riddle 2 Hap Buckner Marsh 2 In preliminary games Thursday night, Bee Log! girls defeated Bald Creek| 33-34 with Fender scoring 26 points for the victors, while Burnsville boys bow ed to Bald Creek with a score of 52-36. Friday night, Clearmont girls defeated Burnsville 32-29 and Micaville boys de feated Bee Log with a score of 50-29. Winners of the preliminary matches met in the finals Saturday night. Meeting On Cattle Marketing To Be Held James A. Graham, As sistant Director of N. C. Department o f Agricul ture division of Test Farms will meet with farmers of Yancey County i n the courthouse at 7:30 Wednes day, March 7. The meeting is to be held by officers and members of the WNC Herford Association to dis cuss and plan for the elec tion of cattle for the spring and fall sales. Since Yancey County is rapidly developing in beef stock as well as in dairying, many stockmen of the cou nty are expected to attend the meeting. The Yancey Record Tri-County Tournament In the first phases of the Tri - County Tournament held here this week Tipton Hill girls defeated Clear- ( mont, Spruce Pine girls de feated Newland and Mica*! ville boys defeated Burns ville Tuesday night. Wed. ! night the Bee Log girls de ! seated Bakersville with a score of 70-32, Cranberry boys defeated Spruce Pine 53-43, and Newland boys overran Clearmont boys with a score of 55-24- 20M00 TREES'" PLANTED IN YANCEY LAST YEAR Last year, according to officials in the Yancey Cou nty Agricultural Depart ment, property owners of jthis county planted two hundred thousand trees on their land. The trees were planted o n land that had become useless because of erosion, in most cases- Trees planted now will not 'only provide a money cropj in timber a few years from now but will recondition the soil to a useable state for the future, it was sUIT To the present time ap plications for only approxi mately 60,000 trees have! been made. The Production and Marketing Adminis tration will not only fur nish trees for this planting but will pay the owner $5.50 per acre for all land planted. BANKERS TO HOLD CLINIC Joseph H. Wolf, {Execu tive Secretary of the N. C. j Bankers Association, an nounced this week that an Agricultural Clinic will be held in Asheville March 10 for bankers in this area. The purpose of the clinic is to help the banker appraise whether a farm or farmer can successfully produce livestock, give bankers the material they need to ad vise their borrowers on technical agricultural mat ters, and inform bankers of the need for and opportun ities in financing livestock production in this section- The Clinic is one of a series of ten to be held in the larger cities through out the State. BLOODMOBILE SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 20TH t j Officials of the Western North Carolina District of, the Red Cross announced this week that the Blood Mobile unit will visit this eounty again on Tuesday ' March 20. Plans are being made for the unit to oper ate at the Legion Memor ial Hall form 10 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” Burleson Takes Own Life Frank Burleson, 27 year old farmer of Banks Creek died from a shotgun blast at his home Tuesday morn ing around 8 o’clock. After an investigation of the death, W. M. English, Yan •cey County coroner ruled 'the death as suicide. 1 Burleson was found by I his wife, bride of only a 'few months, on the floor •next to the fireplace in the house where they lived with his father, Roscoe Burleson- A 16 gauge shot gun, which was used as the suicide weapon was found on top of the body. There were no eye-wit nesses to the tragedy, ac cording to the father. Both he and Burleson’s wife were outside the house when the shooting occur red, he said. Although no cause could be given for the suicide, Burleson’s father said the victim had been in a de pressed mood for sometime and had not been “like i himself.” Funeral services were held Wednesday morning' at the home with the Rev. 1 Elzie Ray officiating- Bur- 1 I ial was in the family ceme tery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Marie Austin Burle- Burleson; two brothers, I I Claude and John Burleson, | I all of Burnsville, Rt. 1. LAST KITES HELD FOR LOVADA MCINTOSH Funeral services for Lovada Mclntosh, 80, who passed away Monday mor ning at her home in Ram saytown after a long ill ness were held Tuesday morning at the Little Creek Holiness Church. The Rev. Robert Randolph officiated. Burial was in the family cemetery at Ramsaytown- Surviving are one dau ghter, Mrs. Nora’ Austin of Bee Log; three sons, Grov er Mclntosh and Joe Edd Mclntosh, both of Bee Log, and Turner Mclntosh who lives in Tennessee; four sisters and three brothers. Men’s Club The Burns ville Men’s Club held its regular meet ing in the Roberts and Johnson club room Monday evening. G. L. Hensley, Burnsville postmaster, was elected president for the coming year. Other officers elected during the business session were E. B. Powell, vice president, and Her shel Holcombe, secretary and treasurer. The newly elected president appointed E- L. Briggs, Joe Godfrey, and Yates Bennett as Pro gram Com*nit|tee. The I committee is appointed for a period of three months. The American Legion Auxiliary served supper to the club members. Plans were made for the annual ladies’ night ban quet and the installation • of new officers which will be in March. BURNSVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 1,1951 . -ap T- '-J® 1— - - t DEYTON FARM SUPPLY TO OPEN SATURDAY The Deyton Farm Sup ply, new feed and farm supply store located in the ; building- recently vacated ( by the Farmps Co-op, is 1 scheduled officially) Saturday. / Grand Opening pri fwnl be giv en to attend ing. One '&?nd baby w ,aaoL adults attemSdjig the open ling, accoiF’ m. t° Oscar Deyton, y the new store. The new store is an au thorized dealer store for the different types of Pur ina feeds and will carry fertilizers and seeds as well as other farm and garden supplies and implements. Oscar Deyton, owner of the store, has been active in farm organizations for several years as well as in civic clubs. He is now Com mander of the Earl Horton Post of the American Leg ion here- Because of his background in agricultur al education and practical experience, Deyton will be in a position to advise far mers concerning livestock and farm problems. GOUGE RECEIVES INFANTRY BADGE With U. S. Ist Cavalry Division on Korean Battle i front Sergeant Glenn Gouge, husband of Mrs. Jean Gouge, Honeycutt, N. C-, has been awarded the Combat Infantryman’s Ba dge in Korea while serving as an Infantryman with the 7th Cavalry regiment. This badge, which is on ly awarded frontline com bat infantrymen, disting uishes the actual fighting man from the rear area and service troops in a com bat zone. A soldier must bje a member of an infantry regiment to be eligible to receive it. The badge itself consists of a miniature replica of a revolutionary flint lock rifle on a rectangular blue background super-imposed over a wreath. It is worn l by the soldier over his left 1 breast pocket above his campaign ribbons. Paper Drive Planned The American Legion and Auxiliary unit of Bur nsville are formulating ( plans for a waste-paper drive to secure much need (ed funds for the Post- Fin- I al plans as to dates and lo cations of pick-ups have not been made; however, a request was made that ( papers, books and maga aWan. hn anund L-soy- EHa drive which will be under way soon. Case Robbed Burglars were again on the loose this week in town. Sunday night someone pushed a glass pane from a window in Cooper’s Case and removed some mbney from the cash register. The person or persons involved in burglarly did not enter the building- The register was close enough to the window that it was possible to remove the money while remaining on the outside. AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN KOREA? NEW YORK, N. Y.—This photo, distributed by “Eastfoto”, is described as “American Prisoners in Kor ea.” It is one of the few pictures that trickle from be hind the iron curtain, possible because the communist powers believe it advantageous. BLOODSHED BOXSCORE On N. C. Highways ! Killed February 23 through February 26 13 I Injured February 23 through February 26 11l i Killed through February 26 this year £ 149 Killed through February 26, 1950 123 1 Injured through February 26 this year 1,699 Injured through February 26, 1950 1,515 Legion, Auxiliary Hold Monthly Meeting Members of the Amer ; - can Legion Post and the Auxiliary held the Febru ary meetiny in the Legion Memorial Building on Tue sday evening. Oscar Deyton, comman der of the Post, presided over the joint session. The Rev. Charles B. Trammel presented the needs of the Red Cross and the Fund Campaign which will be held the first two weeks in March- J. J. Nowi cki announced that the Blood Mobile would be in Burnsville on March 20. The 1951 blood quota for Yancey county is 418 pints. Commander Deyton next presented Sam Fox, direc tor of Volunteer Activities at Oteen and Swannanoa. veterans hospitals. He j showed a film showing the ‘work of the Volunteer Ser vices at both hospitals. Mrs. Paul Johnson, Aux iliary chairman of the VA Volunteer Services, was ( Firemen Kept Busy The Burnsville Fire De partment has been busy this week watering out fires started from spring k garden clearing. Monday . the" department w-as~ called to bring a broom-sedge field fire on the west side of Parnell Hill under con trol. Later that day, fire men was required to stop a blaze in a wood-shed in West Burnsville which had caught from burning trash l in an open field. Wednes day afternoon a call was made because of a sedge field on fire behind the Auto and Home Center in West Burnsville. Judging from the num ber of fires of the types, recently, grass and weeds are dryer than usual, or gardeners are becoming less careful. ll.ll NUMBER TWENTY-SIX next speaker, She also spoke of the program being carried on by the Services and presented the most recent project, the establishment of a nursery at Oteen hospital- This is open on Saturday and Sun day afternoons for child ren of wives of service men who have come to visit. The nursery was estab lished and equipped by the Legion Auxiliary and is being operated by volun teers from the units. The local unit voted to send supervisors for the nursery on the first Sunday in each month. The unit also plans to participate in the enter tainment program by hav ing one party at Swannan j noa hospital during the ■ year. The Post and Auxiliary will jointly sponsor a waste paper collection drive. H. G- Bailey is chairman for i this. t 18 Leave For Army Monday Fifty-five men from this , [county received notices pthis week for examination fifor the Armed Services. ipPhe grcrtrp left- Btfnarolfe ? this morning (Thursday) 3 for the Examination and - Induction Center in Char - lotte ) Next Monday morning ' eighteen men who have • been examined and accept ed by the Army will leave ‘ for the Charlotte Station. ’ Men who have received ! notices for induction are: 1 Geter Alfred Hensley, Roy l A. Laughrun, J. C. Edw ards, Dewey Fender, Bob D. Autrey, Jay Autrey, Bryant A- Young, Willie J. > Ponder, Johnnie A. Flack, Willie A. Parker, Arthur • Whitson, Lawrence L. Buchanan, Francis L. Let terman, Max Whitson, Jack Dempsey Evans, Ken neth R. Peterson, Mark Mclntosh, and Jack E- Whitson. The group which will leave Burnsville Monday morning will be entertain ed at a breakfast by a re presentative group from the Earl Horton Post of the American Legion. 2’688 MOTOR VEHICLES REGISTERED HERE IN 1950 » ■■■ m From a report from the N. C. Department of Motor Vehicles, Raleigh, Yan cey County registered 2,683 vehicles of the 1,171,- 288 total for the State last year. There were seven coun ties in the State with few er registrations than Yan cey. Clay County was at the bottom with only 888 while Mecklenburg led in motor vehicles with a total : of 66,823- These figures cover all types of motor vehicles and trailers. -* . 1 GIVE TO THE AMERICAN >1 RED CROSS
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