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+ _ VOLUME FIFTEEN Farmers Fedeation Stockholders To Meet Here The annual Farmers Federation Stockholders’ meeting for Yancey Coun ty will be held in the Bur nsville warehouse of the organization at 10:30 a. mJ on Saturday, March 10 it has been announced by James G. K- McClure, pre sident of the Federation. Pasture improvement and soil testing will be fea tured this year at the meetings, it was stated. A new movie “Greener Pas tures for North Carolina”) will be shown. Soil testing will be discussed by the lo cal county agent. Stockholders of the Far mers Federation in this county will attend the an nual meeting for the elec tion of committeemen and the nomination of one dir ector, it was announced. The director nominated at this meeting will be voted upon at the annual meet- MRS. BOWITCH DIES ATAGE 65 Funeral services for Mrs. Belvie Silver Bowditch, 65, of Micaville, who died Monday morning following a short illness, were held Tuesday at 2 p. m. in the Micaville Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Mr. Aired officiating. Burial was in the Micaville Ceme tery- Mrs. Bowditch was the widow of the late John H. Bowditch, and the daugh ter of the Mr. and Mrs George W. Silver. She was a member of Martin Chap el Methodist Church, New dale, N. C. Surviving are four sis ters, Mrs. Leona Mumpow er of Micaville, Mrs- Dosh ia Robinson and Mrs. Wal ker Blevins, both of King sport, Tenn., and Mrs. Elzie Hall of Hickory, and two brothers, C. E. and M. A. Silver, both of Micaville. Graham Talks At Meeting Jim Graham, Secretary of the N. C. Hereford Asso ciation and assistant direc tor of the Upper Mountain Experiment Station, spoke to hereford breeders at the courthouse Thursday night He emphasized the im portance of providing im proved pasture, silage and hay before getting expen sive cattle. He told of a de monstration of the test farm where they have six acres of ladino clover and orchard grass- It is pastur ed the year round. He also stressed the value of good bulls in raising cattle. The County Agent spoke of the value of organiza tion among cattle breeders and urged the prompt and correct registery of cattle. Breeders were urged to have newly purchased cat tle blood tested and kept away from the other cattle until danger of bringing in new diseases is over. GIVE TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS The Yancey Record SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. 1 ing as all stockholders of 1 the organization in the Buncombe county court house on March 31. Each director of the Federation 1 ■is elected for two years in' [such manner that one dir ector comes up for election I each year. At the meeting Saturday music will be furnished by' the Federation String Band and baby chicks will be awarded to several per-] I sons. Refreshments will be i served. | The present directors for. .the Yancey county ware house are Wilson Edwards ' and Tom Ray. Committee men for Yancey county are 1 as follows: H. W. Higgins, Grover Robinson, Sam Hil emon, A- P. Honeycutt, John Hannum, Lester Bai ley, E. N. Stamey, Dr. W. L. Bennett, Thad Ray, Gro ver Anglin, T. K- Riddle, Joe Lewis, G. D. Ray, Ross I Banks, and W. R. Robinson 1200 Estimated To Die *n Auto Accidents This Year Raleigh. More than 1,200 persons can be ex pected to die in motor ac cidents on the streets and highways of North Caro lina this year if* the pre sent trend continues, the Department of Motor Ve hicles estimated .this week, as it completed Its' analysis of its 1950 accident report. A total of 989 persons were killed in traffic acci dents in 1950 and already highway fatalities have jumped more than 20 per cent over the same period last year. Approximately 1,250,000 motor vehicles will be registered in the State this year. If the gruesome predic tion is fulfilled, 1951 will be the highest fatality year since the war and the sec ond highest in the history of the State. The year 1946 saw 1,028 killed for a post war high and 1941 claimed 1,286 for an all-time high. On the basis of previous reports, speed will claim the majority of lives in highway accidents in 1951. The second cause of death will be traveling on the wrong side of the road, not in passing; third, driving I intoxicated; and fourth, failure to grant right-of way. But the underlying cause of all highway accidents this year as in past years will be improper driver at titude, the Department be lieved. Only improper atti tude could prompt a driver to operate his vehicle at ex cessive speeds, while, he was intoxicated or in any manner to endanger life and property, the Depart ment felt. This attitude us ually is not willful on the part jof the driver, in the opinion of the Department, but stems from thought ' lessness, lack of informa ' tion or a desire to “show ; off.” These, the Department . felt, were the enemies of safe highway travel which must be overcome if the prediction for 1951 were to be proved too high. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1951 TOWN BUILDING TO BE DISCUSSED A meeting will be held Friday night at 8 p. m., in the county courthouse here to discuss the erection of a public building or town .hall. Plans, which have been I discussed by leading citiz ens of the community for some time, are that the building, if constructed, ( will provide space for the i town office, the fire depart ment, a public county lib |rary and museum, j The museum room (house the rare collection of l articles and minerals which was left by the late Dir. W- B. Robertson. Mrs. Robert 'son, who now owns the col lection, has expressed a de sire to present it, as a gift, to Burnsville and Yancey county in the event a suit able puolic space is provid ed. All persons are invited to attend the meeting; how ever, town officals and civ ic leaders request that the Woman’s Club, Men’s Club, and American Legion, par ticularly, be represented. No solicitation of funds for the construction of the building will be made at the meeting, it was said. FUNERAL FOR ngunu cTVirc urin IiEiUIT oiilu nLLV Funeral services for Henry Styles, 81, who died] Tuesday afternoon at his home after a brief illness, were held today at 2 p. m. in West Burnsville Baptist Church. The Rev. polas Adkins and the Rev. A Z. Jamerson officiated and burial was in the family cemetery. Mr. Styles was a native and lifelong resident of Yancey County and the son of the late Noah and Han nah Honeycutt Styles. Surviving are four dau ghters, Mrs. Bob Evans, Mrs. Neal Elliott and Mrs. Ben Styles of Burnsville, and Mrs. James Fox of Morganton- Also four sons, Noah, Landon, Bernie and Sylves ter of Burnsville; one bro ther, Robert M. Styles of Burnsville; 38 grandchild ren and a number of great grandchildren. Mrs. George Autrey Dies Mrs- George Autrey, 78, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Gardner, Friday afternoon after a short illness. Funeral services were held at the home at Mica ville Saturday at 2 p. m., with the Rev. Edd Woody officiating. Burial was in the Low Gap Cemetery. Surviving are four dau ghters, Mrs. Mary Gardner, Micaville; Mrs Esta Edw ards, Black Mountain, Mrs. Ethel Smith, Woodfin and Mrs. Ruby Smith, Black Mountain; one son, L. A. Autrey of Pensacola; also i two sisters and two bro thers. COLLAZO VICTED - K" jw- ft M Ml ", r , -PPPfc 1 ' JQ. ■ ’ > Oscar Collaio, left, Pue rto Rican .revolutionary, was found guilty in Wash ington yesterday for the] slaying of White House Guard Leslie Coffelt last November 1, when an at tempt was made to assas sinate President Truman. A Federal: Court jury made up offline women and three men turned in a verdict of frst degree mur-| der after a deliberation of little more than one hour and a half. District of Col umbia laws provide death by electrocution as the] penalty for> first degree murder. I Legion To An All-Star Tournament, (sponsored by the American 1 Legion, is scheduled to be l'gin in the gymnasium here next Wednesday night. Os the teams that have been invited to take part in the tournament, the fol lowing teams have accept ed: Federal Trucks, Lees Mcßae College, Asheville Waste Paper Bombers, Col lege All-Stars, Barnards ville All-Stars, Marion All- Stars, Beacon Mills, Alex ander Legion team. The Legion team will meet the Mars Hill College Lions here Saturday night. Green Mountain Mrs. Laskey Shepherd of Swiss, who has recovered from a recent illness, visited her daughters, Mrs. Troy Ben nett and Mrs. Carl Peter son at Green Mountain this week. Mr. Shepherd, with Mr. and Mrs- Walton An gel and daughter, Alma Jean, visited his daughters Sunday. information has been re ceived that Bobby Connelly formerly of Burnsville, who recently enlisted in the Navy, has arrived at his destination in San Diego, California- Blain Butner who under went an operation in the Baptist Hospital, Winston- Salem, is back* home and his condition is improved. C. W. Gillespie has been ill at his home here for the past few weeks, but his condition is reported to be improved. Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Whis , nant and small daughter i spent last week end in Shelby with Mrs. Whis nant’s family. Nu-Wray Inn Listed In New Publication The Nu-Wray Inn again took its regular place of distinction among famous eating places in the U- S. j and foreign countries. It is listed in “The Ford Treas ury of Favorite Recipes From Famous Eating Pla-| ces” which has just been re leased. The book, compiled by Nancy Kennedy, was printed'and copyrighted by the Ford Motor Company and lists famous eating places throughout the Uni ted States, Canada and Hawaii. The Nu-Wray Inn , has the honor of being one lof four eating places in i North Carolina listed. The book of famous eat ing places was published by the Ford Motor Company to aid motorists in locating the best eating places dur ing vacations and travels. The Nu Wray Inn, be- I sides being listed in the] i publication, has the honor of being listed in the first edition of Duncan Hines ] “Adventure in Good (Eat-] I ing” and in “Gourmets”, a] book compiled by “Gour met the Magazine of Good Living.” PARTIAL ECLIPSE VISIBLE HERE People in this area were able to see the moon make] a try at covering the sun Wednesday. The partial eclipse began close to five o’clock and was visible, ex cept when the sun played hide and seek behind clouds, until after six, or until the sun sank behind the mountains. According to solar ex perts, a total sun eclipse will be visible in this part of the United States on September 1. Mrs. Julia Mclntosh is confined to her home in Burnsville, due to illness. GENERAL MUD MAKJ3S THINGS TOUGH in KOREA j .. . ' igl - ON THE WONJU FRONT—General Mud has en tered the battle for Korea. In this photo, U. S- marines are shown slogging through the sticky stuff as they ad vance by devious trails through the rice paddies on the Wonju front. That 50-pound pack can get awfully heavy when you’re ankle deep in muck. BLOODSHED BOXSCORE On N. C. Highways Killed March 2 through March 5 25 Injured March 2 through March 5 207 Killed through March 5 this year 180 Killed through March 5, 1950 151 Injured through March 5, this year 1,962 Injured through March 5, 1950 1,863 Prizes Given At FHA Meet To stimulate interest in better farming methods and practices among F- H. A. families, the following business firms are contri buting awards as listed for I the outstanding jobs done jin gardening, corn produc tion, growing alfalfa, im proved pasture and farm iand home record keeping I for the 1950 crop year: Platform Rocker, Felts Furniture Co.; $50.00 Cash, Bernard-Walker Warehou se, Asheville; 500 lbs. Plan ners Fertilizer, Farmers Federation; 1000 lbs. Roy sters Fertilizers, Johnson and Co.; 100 Blood-Tested Baby Chicks, Busnsville Hatchery; 2 G E Electric Irons, REA; 2 Blankets, J. H. Howelll & Son, Green Mtn-; $15.00 Cash, Burns vilie Hosiery Mill; Toaster, Burnsville Furniture and Hardware Co.; 500 lbs. Fer tilizer, Blue Ridge Hard ware Co.; 500 lbs. Fertiliz ler, Stanley Bailey; 500 lbs. 1 Fertilizer,* Deyton Farm 1 Supply; SIO.OO Cash, R. O. Riddle, Livestock Dealer; $5-00 Cash, Bill Buckner, ! Livestock Dealer, Cane i River, N. C. Presentation of these prizes climaxed the Annual Farm Ownership meeting which was held at the Yan-j rey Theatre tolay, March Bth. Lunch for the occasion ! was provided by Roberts and Johnson Lumber Com- Jpany and B. B. Penland & Son Company. Lunch was in the Roberts & Johnson Club Room. All families financing their farms through the Farmers Home Adminis tration meet annually to discuss their farm prob lems and work together. Plans to improve their liv ing conditions are discuss ed- “How Can We Farm Better in Order to Live Better on Our Farm”, was the theme for the meeting. Approrimately 100 husb ands and wives attended. + NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN CRANBERRY TEAMS WIN TOURNAMENT High School Basketball for Yancey, Mitchell and Avery came to a close Sat urday night when both ] Cranberry teams defeated .their opponents for the championship in the Toe River Tournament, which | was played in the gymnas jium here last week. The Cranberry girls de i seated Tipton Hill in a hard fought game, winning with a score of 33-27. The girls defeated Burnsville and Bee Log to qualify for the championship game- Cranberry boys came through the finals with an eleven point lead by thra jshing Newland 53-41. The i boys defeated Clearmont land Tipton Hill in games (leading to the finals Satur day night. • CELO HOME BURNS The home of Mrs. J. W. 'Hoover of Celo was com- Ipletely destroyed by fire | last Saturday morning (around 10 o’clock. The Bur nsville Fire Department was summoned to fight the blaze, but because of the .distance, the house was al most consumed when fire men arrived. | Nothing was saved from I the house, it was reported. l jThe blaze started from a * | faulty flue, itwas-thought. LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. BEAN * » ■- ■ ■■ w> Mrs. Fred Bean, 28, pass ed away at the home of her 'parents, Mr. and Mrs. D- L. Griffith Saturday after noon after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Windom Free Will Baptist Church Sun day at 2 p. m., with the Rev. Edd Woody and the Rev. Roy Hinson officiat ing. Burial was in the Pete Young Cemetery. Surviving are the hus band, the parents, one dau ghter, Jean; three brothers Ralph and Edgar of Burns ville and Jack of the U. S. Army. SCOUT COURT OF HONOR TO BE HELD IN SPRUCE PINE A Court of Honor of the Scouts in the Toe River District will be held Tues day night, March 13, 7:30 p- m., at the Presbyterian Church, Spruce Pine. Scouts from Burnsville, Spruce Pine, Ledger, Cross nore, Pineola;,, Linville, Newland, )lk Park, and Banner Elk are to re ceive awards. Scouts Ronnie Ray and George Hensley, of Troop 1, Burnsville, will receive the “Star” rank- The court of honor will be presided over by the Rev. F. R. Barber. Warren H. Pritchard, of Spruce Pine, Chairman of the Toe River District, an nounced that the District Committee will meet im mediately following the 1 court of honor.
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