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MMDBflUißalmliafeiikiiaiifciifeiniiiaiifenliiiiiVr.il :>Vm~» VOLUME FIFTEEN SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. Burnsville To Get Baseball Park Burnsville Blue Gems, the towii’s baseball club, was unable to begin their season’s first practice last Saturday because of rain. Hubert Justice, coach, said practice would be held Sat urday of this week at 1:30, however. The club’s first game in Burnsville will be played on the Burnsville High School field Sunday after noon when they meet the Asheville All Stars. The Eagles, Burnsville’s colored team, will meet Old Fort to make a double header. Justice said most of the players who were with the club last year will be ready to play again this season. Last year the local nine won 25 out of 29 games and i the prospects look as goodi this year, he said. Construction of a base ball park is underway in' Burnsville. Property on the hill overlooking Burnsville A. C. Edwards Speaks At Farm Meeting The Yancey County Farm Bureau held a meet ing in Burnsville Wednes day for the discussion of general work carried on by the State Extension Ser vice and PM A in Yancey County and North Carolina as a 1 whole. A. C. Edw r ards, chairman of the North Carolina] Farm Bureau, was the, principal speaker. George Farthing, chairman of the Western District, was also present at the meeting. Taechers Meeting Friday A county-wide teachers meeting will be held in the Burnsville School auditor ium Friday at 2p. m., ac cording to Frank W. How ell, superintendent. Mr. Charlie Phillips, Dir ector of Public Relations at Woman’s College will be the guest speaker. At a business session, of ficers will be named for the county N. C. ; E. A. Building For Recapping Plant Under Construction RECAPPING PLANT TO BE MOVED The Royal Tire Service recapping plant building in Burnsville is well under way. The building, which is being constructed next to the Auto and Home Center on the west side, should be completed within six or eight weeks, according to a' company spokesman. The 50 by 40 feet brick and cinder block ,building! will house equipment now, in operation by the Royal j Tire Service in a building on the east side of town. The Royal Tire Service is a branch of the Tri-Coun ty Tire and Recapping Co., of Spruce Pine, owned and operated by Ivan Westall, Burnsville, and P. D. Goforth, Spruce Pine. The Burnsville plant is manag ed by Sam Burleson. The Yancey Record School owned by E. N. Stamey, Burnsville merch-j ant, is being graded for this purpose. According to 1 Hubert Justice, coach for the Burnsville Blue Gems, the park is being construe- 1 ted with seating capacity] of approximately 600. ] Grand stand and bleacher seats will be constructed, he said. The park will be fenced and the club is try ing to make arrangements for lighting facilities for night games. Grading for the new park is scheduled for com pletion this week and fen cing is planned for next week, it was said. Coach Justice said ar-i have been made with thejjwner for a| I ten-year lease of the park with an option for renewal. The Blue Gems have been I unable to enter the Indus trial League because Bur nsville has had no fenced park, according to Justice. When construction is com pleted, the local club will probably be accepted in the league consisting of teams from Enka, Hendersonville, Old Fort, Sylva, Brevard and Beacon of Asheville, he said. Camping Season On Mt. Mitchell To Open May 1 The 1951 camping season at Mt. Mitchell State Park near the Blue Ridge Park- Iway will open May 15. I The campground, which is near the summit of 6,684- Mitchell highest peak in Eastern America, has indi vidual camp sites which in clude table and bench, out door fireplace, and parking space. A central building contains shower and toilet facilities and laundry room The park is reached by N. C. Highway 128 leading off the Parkway. Camp sites may be reserved thro ugh the Park Superintend ent, Hamrick, N. C. Opening of campgrounds at the two other state parks which have such fa cilities will be delayed until July 1 because of construc tion in progress. These are Morrow Mountain State Park, seven miles east of Albemarle off N. C. 740,' and Crabtree Creek State Park, on U. S. 70 between Deuham and Raleigh. Memorial and Dedication Service To Be Held A special memorial and dedication service will be held at the Burnsville Bap itist Church Sunday morn ( ing at the regular 11 o’clock service. The Maas Cathed ral Ch|mes which waa presented to the church by ,G. Leslie Hensley, his son , George Leslie, Jr., and dau ghter, Mrs. Betty Hensley York, in memory of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wray Hen i sley, will be dedicated. Special music will be ren , dered J)y the choir, with a solo by Tommy Burton. , The memorial will be pre sented by George Leslie • Hensley, Jr., and the dedi cation will be made by C. B. Trammel, pastor. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY" BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 3,1951 Town Election Tuesday The election to officially confirm the wishes of the people expressed in the re cent town mass meeting [will be held Tuesday, M?y 8. The present mayor and town board, consisting of Mark W. Bennett, Harlan ] Holcombe and Stanley Rid dle, were named unanimou sly in the meeting to con tinue in theii* present town ' offices for term. Since the officials are un apposed, the election will be little more than an offi cial formality. 1 * Agricultural Meeting Monday Brantley Briggs announ ced this week that a meet ling of the agricultural ag-! j encies of this county will Ibe held at the PM A office I Monday, May 7. Besides the] PM A committeemen, the local Soil Conservation Ser vice technician, a Forest Service official, the county agent, the county supervis or of the Farmers Home Administration and voca tional teacher have been invited to attend the meet ing. The purpose of the meet ing, Briggs said, is to re view the current agricul tural program in this coun ty and to formulate recom mendations for the 1552 national program. SAVE SCRAP METAL FARMpRS ARE URGED Scrap metal is needed once again to keep the na tion’s steel mills rolling at full capacity, says E. L. Dillingham, County farm' agent. About 67 million tons of scrap from all sources will 1 be required to keep steel! furnaces going in 1951. The] all-time high of 61 million' tons was reached last year. ! Therefore, about 6 million] more tons will be needed this year than was used in : 1950. The county agent believ es that spring clean-up of fers farmers a good oppor tunity to salvage the scrap so urgently needed for mil itary and civilian products. He points out that worn out tractors, plows, rakes, and harrows even such ismall pieces as plow points, bolts, and washers—are to be found on almost every farm. All of these are need ed to make the steel requir ed for military equipment as well as new farm mach inery. The fanner should dis pose of his scrap by selling it. This means hauling it to salvage dealers in town, or! selling to trucker-btiyers who call at the farm. Nat-j ional ceiling nrices have been established on scrap metal, but these are prices! to the dealer after he has sorted, processed, prepared and‘shipped the scrap to the mill. Local prices will necessarily be less. Ramseytown Pvt. Bus ter Fender of Fort Jackson .S. C. visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Fender of Bee Log, last week end. i Mrs. Meets * With D. Clubs »m Mrs. Jewel G. Fessenden Extension nutritionist for the ; State Exten sion Service* Raleigh, con ducted a school for Yancey County Demonstra tipn food land nutrition leaders and fdub members ] at the Roberts and Johnson club room Wednesday. In the “special interest meeting onfsimple enter taining” Mrs. Fessenden stressed the importance of careful planning on serving foods that are simple, tas ty, attractive, and serving foods that can be prepared ahead of tir&e. “Warmness of heart anj genuine hos pitality are jnore import ant than spending to much time on foods,” she said. “Simple hwae entertain ing provides lan opportun ity for formmg friendships and for sharing your home with others.! A simple a|td attractive buffet meal #is demonstra ted to the Spleaders and club member!, ‘ showing col or combination, foods to be served add harmony in table appointments. Mrs. Joe Godfrey phd Mrs. W. K. Banks, of Ihe Burnsville club, assisted Mrs. Fessen den in the preparation. IS NATIONAL FIGURE IN MEDICAL FIELD “I consider it most fortu nate to have lived to see the results of all this work] ' universally accepted and i .this human scourge brou- Ight under control,” Dr.j , George A. Wheeler, Yancey .County native said while 'relating the story of his I life and his work in discov ering the rauses and con trol of pellagra. ! Dr. Wheeler, born in ; Higgins*. N. C. and now liv- I inf outside of Spartanburg, IS. C., recently related in a I Spartanburg new s p aper the story of the part he played in discovering the causes and control of pella gra. Around 1914, Dr. Wheel er said, pellagra was the leading cause of deaths in several Southern States, and at that time the other leading doctors and medi cal scientists began probing for the cause of the disease Experiments with food in several orphanages and prisons by Dr. Wheeler and his fellow workers gave the clue for the causes of the disease. Dr. and Mrs.' j Wheeler spent their honey ' moon in a prison where he I was conducting experi- Iments, he said. Through his research and discovery in the study of pellagra, Dr. Wheeler has become one of the out standing men of the cen tury in the medical field. He was recently present ed a television set by a Spartanburg company over which he will see the sfpry of his fight against the dis ease televised. He now has retired to a farm outside of that city. > v All Looms Received At - Duplan Duplan Corporation re -1 ceived its last shipment of looms this week and com pleted delivery to the plant on Tuesday, a spokesman said. The plant has a total of 340 looms on the floor jat the present time with 112 in operation. The re maining 228 looms will be set and placed into opera • tion as the company is . ready for their use, it was ’said. A present schedule for ' placing new looms into op " eration is eight per week, 1 however the schedule is ‘flexible and may be chang ed according to the need. Production and the use of i new machines are controll ed by the training of new personnel and market for the mill’s finished product. ] Between 175 and 200 per ! sons are now employed at the new plant, including 5 supervisory personnel. ' With the setting of the new l machines, the ratio of per ■ sonnel will not rise as it •jhas in the past, however, ‘due to the overload each • shift carries now in the • I way of trainee personnel, the spokesman said. As per sons become trained they will be shifted to the new machines, according to the LIONS CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS The Lions Club observed Ladies’ Night at the regu f lar meeting Thursday night. Dr. William Gladden ,was in charge of the pro gram consisting of games and contests. A spelling match _ between the men and women was won by the women. Mrs. Lon Roberts and Dr. Mcßae won the word puzzle contest and Mrs. Claude Peterson and : E. B. Powell were winners of the song contest. In the business session the following officers were elected for the year: J. J. Nowicki, president; Frank Howell, Yates Bailey and T. S. Godwin, vice-presi- ' dents; L. G. Deyton, secre- ' tary and treasurer; C. O. 1 Ellis, Lion Tamer, and Dr. ] Gladden, Tail Twister. Elected on the Board of ■ Directors were Claude Pet erson, E. B. Powell, B. L Carter and C. O. Reckard. CANE RIVER NEWS Mrs. G. W. Wilson, Mrs. Dewey Robinson and Mr. j Harvey Phoenix are in hospitals. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tomberlin,'* Bill Tomberln, Anastasia' Tomberlin and Mrs. Monroe Mclntosh vis ‘ ited Mr. and Mrs. Hugh ’ Tomberlin and Mr. and Mrs ‘ Jason Barnes in Leaksville, ■ N. C. last week end. Mrs. Clyde Whittington visited her mother, Mrs. W. • B. Robertson, in Ruther i fordton Sunday. Mrs. Rob r ertson’s condition is some r what improved. Mr. and Mrfc. • Harmon j Peterson and family spent i Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Byrd in Marion. \ , Avery Woman Named “American Mother” Dr. Mary Martin Sloop, resident of Crossnore and founder of Crossnore School, was named “Ameri can Mother of 1951” this week by the Golden Rule Foundation. She was select ed for this honor from a group of 52 other women from all the states, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rica. She was named North Carolina’s “Mother of the Year” last week at a meet ing of North Carolina Fed eration of Women’s Clubs held in Charlotte. Dr. Sloop and her hus band, Dr. Eustace H. Sloop, have gained much renown for their work in the educa tional and medical field in this state and especially in this section. -Thousands of boys and girls have completed their educations because of the efforts put forth by- Dr. Campaign Success Mrs. Phillips Russell, Dir ector of Organization for the North Carolina March of Dimes Campaign stated this week that Yancey Cou nty, under the leadership of Mrs. Ernest L. Briggs, raised $3,990.20 in the fight against infantile paralysis. The director* said the campaign was a splendid success. All final reports from county campaign dir ectors have not made a fin al report to the State or ganization, but a gross to tal for North Carolina which has been reported amounts to over $1,125,000. The quota set for this state was one million dol lars. Methodist Youth Fellow ship District Rally Thirty representatives from Yancey County at tended the Asheville Dis trict MYF Rally, held Sun day, April 29, at the West Asheville Methodist Chur ch. The program included a worship service a program of choral music, and the election and installation of officers. Miss Sabra Sparks of Celo was elected Corres ponding secretary for the District MYF. Those attending from Yancey County included the following: Bald Creek: Margaret Wilson, Mary Ann York, Erma' Jo Tipton, Mary Jo Young, Christine Wilson, Lucille Holland, Willoree Young, Betty Tip-j ton, Jimmy Neill, Bobby| Ayers, Dean Wilson, Don ald Tipton, Jimmy Howell and H. R. Young; Celo: Sabra Sparks, Nelle Gibbs, Nina Gibbs, Grace Gibbs, Donald Sparks, Dean Chrisawn, Bobby Murphy, Claude Sparks, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sparks, Mr. and Mrs. Phil lip Nordstrom, Aileen Nor dstrom, Marilyn Nord strom and Peg Calbeck; Burnsville: Chris tine Barber, Freddy Barber, L. G. Deyton, Rev. and Mrs. F. R. Barber. The District was invited to hold its next Rally in Burnsville sometime i n August. m NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE Sloop in the field of educa** [ tion at Crossnore School. ' Besides her work with the ' Crossnore school, Dr. Sloop , and her husband are cred | ited with slowing up whis ' key traffic in Avery Coun t ty and helping the resid t ents to advance in agricul ture and in social activities. The State Federation of t Women’s Clubs is sponsor s ing a trip to New York for . Dr. Sloop where she will be . honored by the Golden Rule 5 Foundation. While in New York she and her group . will be guests of the Wal dorf Astoria Hotel, i Dr. Sloop is the mother • of two children, a son and i daughter. The son, Eta*, i William Sloop, is Avery County’s only dentist, and l the daughter, Dr. Emma • Sloop Fink, aids her father ; in the medical profession . at Crossnore. PLAY CONTEST • The annual one-act play i contest for the county high [ schools will be held on Fri day and Saturday, May 4 i and 5 in the Playhouse. • Members of the casts are • seniors in the high schools, and Woman’s College of • fers a scholorship to the 1 best actor and actress in 3 the contest. On Friday evening Mica 1 - ' ville High School will pre sent ‘,T h e Patchwork Quilt” by Rachel Field. Miss Edith Robinson is director and members of the „ast include Edna Jon -1 es, Nell Hoover, Phillip Thomas, Mary Ruth Hipps, Sabra Sparks, Donald Sty les and Katie Styles. The second play Friday evening will be “Every thing Nice” by A. A. O’Kee fe, presented by Clearmont High School. Walton Angel is director and the cast are Rueben Higgins, Evelyn Tipton, Peggy Ann Howell, Pearl Bennett, Mary Buch anan, Eva Jo Garland and ; Frank Deyton, Burnsville High School will present “Uususpected Fruit” by Eorl J. Dias and Bald Creek High School will give “Hunger” by Ella Mae Daniels on Saturday evening. Members of the Burns ville cast are Doris Styles, Burdett Dillow, Barbara Atkins, Frank Wilson, Reed Hall and William Fox. The director is Miss Evelyn Briggs. The cast for “Hunger” include Fred Wilson, Don ald Wilson, Eula Jean Aus tin, Donald Maney, Ben Lee Hensley. Jack Mcln tosh is director. FOUR MEN LEAVE FOR INDUCTION The following men left i Burnsville Wednesday mor • ning for the Charlotte In • duction Center for induc- I tion into the armed forces: j Kermit Blankenship, Brow i nie L. McPeters, Terry Pat 3 and Ramus Autray.
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