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VOLUME FIFTEEN
Commencement Exercises
Scheduled At Schools
. Four of the five high
schools of Yancey County
have scheduled their com
mencement exercises for
the coming week end and
next week. Because Bee
Log High School was late]
in beginning, its closing
exercises will be held some
time in June.
Schedules of commence
ment programs to be held'
at the other schools are as
follows:
Bald Creek School
Baccalaureate services,
will be held at 11 a. m. May,
13th and the Rev. Ray Rid
- die of the Southern Baptist
Seminary, Louisville, Ky.,'
will deliver the sermon.
Commencement exercis
es will be held Friday even
ing, May 18th, with C. W.
Phillips of Woman’s Col
lege giving the address to
the seniors.
Honor students are Mar
garet Wilson, valedictorian
and Wilma June Angel,
salutatorian.
Members of the senior
class are: Wilma June An
gel, Eula Jean Austin, Ed
ward Ayers, June Bryan,
Jack Buckner, Clay
land, Bessie Belle Holland,
Ben Lee Hensley. Juanita
King, \Luther Lawhern,
Jerry Nowicki, Mary Alice
Ray, Juanelle Randolph,
Tilmon Riddle, Frances
Ray, Barbara Jean Silvers,!
Charles Stiles, Margaret
Wilson and Fred Wilson. |
Linda Stiles, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lattie Stiles,
and Tom Wilson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl C. Wilson,
are mascots.
Burnsville School
The Baccalaureate
ces for Burnsville High
School will be held Sunday
evening, May 13th, in the
First Baptist Church. Dr.
D. H. Blackard, pastor of |
Central Methodist Chruch
of Asheville, will deliver
the sermon.
Graduating exercises
will be held on Friday even
ing, May 18th, with the
honor students as speakers.
These are Doris Styles,
valedictorian, Fr a n kfl in
Woody, salutatorian, Bar
bara Atkins and Peggy
Styles honor students.
Members of the graduat
ing class are: Barbara* At
kins, Louise Black, Agnes
Blankenship, Nell Blanken-j
ship, Arthelia Brinkley,
Nancy Buckner, Louise'
Burleson, Virginia Cald
well, Madge Cole, Mary
Louise Evans, Doris Fox,
Lucille Fox, Jeanne Gaddy,!
Mary Lou Hall, Betty Par-j
ker, Mabel Phillips, Gloria*
Ramm, Evelyn Watson Rid-j
die, Doris Styles, Peggy,
Styles, Helen Westall,
Reece Brinkley, Ray Coop
er, Wayne Cooper, Burdett
Dillow, Arthur Dover, Jack
Edge, Ben Lee Fox, Will
iam Fox, Reed Hall, Clyde
Mclntosh, Kenneth Mc-
Courry, Charles Ramm,
Richard Simmers, Phillip
Styles, Tommy Tilson,
Charles Wheeler, Don Wil
son, Frank Wilson and
Franklin Woody.
The Yancey Record
SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
Clearmont School
Baccalaureate services]
will be held Sunday after-]
noon at 2:30 p. m. in the
Clearmont School auditor
ium with the Rev. Arthur
, Sanders, pastor of the
,N e w land Presbyterian 1
Church as speaker.
Graduating exercises
I will be held Friday evening 1
jMay 18th, with C. P. Ran-j
dolph of Burnsville as
speaker..
Honor students are Eva
Jo Garland, valedictorian,
Mary Buchanan and Kat-
Jrina Hunter, co-salutator
ians. *
I Members of the graduat
ing class are: Anna Lou
Laughrun, Peggy Ann
Howell, Betty Jean Sparks,
Mary Ella Bennett, Pearl
Bennett, Mary Buchanan,
Katrina Van Hunter,
Jo Garland, Loren Nettie
Hughes, Dorthy Mae Let
terman, Mary Evelyn Pet
erson, Mary 'Evelyn Tipton,
Bernie Franklin Deyton,
Vernon Albert Fox, Tom
mie Ellis Gardner, Ray
Garland, Ruben Burdette
Higgins, Clingman Fate
Hughes, Alfred Lester Jar
rett, Angus Masters Jr.,
J. B. Tipton and Clyde
Earnest Tipton.
Micaville School
The Baccalaureate ser
mon will be preached by
I the Rev. Charles L. Moffatt
pastor, at the Micaville
I Presbyterian Church at 11
'a. m. May 13th.
On Monday evening, May
14th Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Justice will entertain mem
bers of the senior class.
Graduating exercises
will be held Friday evening
May 18th, with Dr. Herbert
IKimmel of Woman’s Col
lege as speaker.
Honor students are Don
ald Styles, valedictorian,
and Faye Geouge, saluta
'torian. Barbara* Smith and
[Barbara Simmons will re
ceive honor medals.
Members of the graduat
ing class are: J. B. Buchan
an, Savannah Geouge, Nell
Hoover, Billy Harris,
Roosevelt Hughes, Rheba
Hughes, Esther Hensley,
Edna Jones, Ruth Jones,
J. B. Jones, Wilma McMa
han, Bobby Marsh, Allen
Norman, Wilbur Rector,
Doyle Robinson, Bobby
Ray, Barbara Simmons,
i Donald Styles, Gene Thorn
las, Patricia Wyatt, Ray
Young, Faye Geouge, Tom
my Robinson, R. V. Boone,
Charles Silvers, Billy Geo
uge, Rachael Sparks and
I Barbara Smith.
The marshalls are Sabra
Sparks, chief; Richard
Young, Thelma Styles, Jud
ith Cates, Erma* Shuford
!and Fred Young.
Mrs. Rub-; Goodin left
for Chicago today to visit
her son, Joseph A. Goodin,
Jr., and her niece, Mrs.
Roger Darrough. Mrs.
Goodin is accompanied by
i her sister-in-law, Mrs. Ed
, Higgins of Hendersonville.
Byrl York of the U. S.
1 Army is at his home at
Bald Creek on furlough.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY*
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1951
Blue Gems Defeat
Asheville A/|l-Stars in
First Game
The local nine downed
Asheville All-Stars in the
first game of the season
, here Sunday with a score
j 13-7. The Eagles (colored)
lost to Old Fort.
Cold weather and rain
i was very uncomfortable to
, spectators at the game.
( Only a small crowd attend
-led the opening game, and
most likely weather condi
, tions was the cause.
| The Gems give the Ashe
ville team a return game
next Sunday.
Funeral Held
For Mrs Minnie
Mitchell
Funeral services for Mrs.
Minnie Mitchell, 72, who
died Wednesday morning 1
at the home of a daughter, 1
Mrs. Faye Wilson of Bur
nsville, Rt. 1, after a brief
illness will be held Satur
day at 2 o’clock in the Jacks
Creek Baptist Church. The
Rev. E. G. Adkins will offi
ciate and burial will be in
Cox Creek Cemetery.
Surviving, besides Mrs.
Wilson, are four daughters,]
Mrs. Willlard Whitscn ofj
Marion, Mrs. Ethel Kinley
and Mrs. Maude McCrack
en of Johnson City, Tenrw
and Mrs. Ida Byrd of Bur
nsville.
Also four sons, Frank of
Bee Log, Carl of Unicoi,
Tenn., Mallie of Burnsville
and Burgess with the
Army in Korea; 31 grand
children and nine great
, grandchildren.
She was the widow of |
[ the late Braskey Mitchell
who died April 23.
TRAMMELS HOLD
“OPEN HOUSE”
Rev. Charles B. Trammel
and family enjoyed the
visits of approximately 200
guests at the parsonage
Sunday afternoon. The
Trammels held “open
house” for church members
and friends.
LAST RITES FOR ~~
EDWARD JSILVER, 61
Funeral services for
Edward Silver,, 61, former]
resdent of Yancey County, 1
who died Wednesday in an!
Erwin, Tenn. hospital, were
held today (Thursday) at
2:30 p. m. in Crabtree Bap
tist Church at Micaville.
The Rev. A. B. Griffin
and the Rev. Elmer White |
officiated and burial was in
the church cemetery.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Julia Silver; three
sons, John, Hugh and Joe,
all of Erwin, Tenn.; two
daughters, Mrs. T. F. Mc-
Kinney and Miss Maude
Silver, both of Erwin, Tenn
Also the mother, Mrs.
Martha Silver of Erwin;
five brothers, Oscar, Ben,
Roby, Alzie and Mack of
Micaville; two sisters, Mrs.
Lewis Cates of Marion and
Mrs. Chester Chrisawn of
Micaville; and nine.grand
children.
Troy Ray is confined to
his home again this week
with illlness.
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Jhuh life..
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Austria* U. S. Military
Policeman €pl. Paul J.
Gresen of Rochester, N. Y.
was killed by tommy-gun
firing Russbfn soldiers May
4) while on L.patrol duty
with another MP in Inter
national Sector of Vienna.
l An investigation \is pl|m'r
ned.
Pensacola MYF Elects
Officers
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* Pensacoala Methodist
Youth Fellowship elected
the following officers Sun
day night, May 6: Irene
McPeters, president; Char
! les Davis* ■ vice-president,
Doris McPeters, secretary;
Bette Parkes, publicity
chairman. Those elected
rent year.
, Ruby Boone was confin
! ed to her home last week
due to illness.
Major Kathleen Peake
who is with the Army Nur
[sing Corps is at home with
I her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Rom Peake of Toledo, on
leave. Major Peake has
been in Hawaii and Pana
ma for the past two years.
W. B. Ferguson of Wea
verville, who is with the
State Highway Depart
ment, is critically ill in St.
Joseph’s hospital in Ashe
ville.
Tobacco Expert Makes
Plant Survey In County
S. N. Hawks, tobacco ex
pert with State College Ex
tension Service, was i n
'Yancey County this week
|to make a survey of tobac-
Ico plants. Mr. Hawks re-
Iport and recommendations
are as follows:
Generally the plant situ
ation looks good in Yancey
County at the present time.
Some of the plants are'
small, but the stands are
rather good.
Wildfire is beginning to
show up and on a few bedsj
has caused considerable
damage. The treatment for!
wildfire bluestone - lime]
mixture—should have been
used just after the plants
came up; but if the treat
ment has not been made
and there is no sign of the
disease, it still may be of
some value to treat. Altho-j
ugh, treatment cannot be
as effective as if it had
been used earlier.
Blue mold, as yet, has
not been identified on
plants in this county; but
it is time to start the pre
ventative treatment, using
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BALD CREEK WINS
PLAY CONTEST
Bald Creek High School
won the one-act play con
test which was held last
week as part of the activity
program” given by high
schools in the county. The
play, “Hunger”, was under
the direction of Jack Mcln
tosh. The cast included
Fred Wilson, Donald Wil
son, Eula Jean Austin,
Donald Maney, and Ben
Lee Hensley.
Individual students nam
ed because of their dramat
ic ability in the plays were
Eva Jo Garland, Clearmont
Edna Jones, Micavijle;
Frank Wilson, Burnsville,
and Fred Wilson, Bald
Creek. These students will
be given scholarships to
the summer session of the
School of Fine Arts here.
FINAL RITES HELD
FOR ELZIE FOX
Funeral services for
Elzie Fox, 58, who died, un
expectedly Monday night
■ at the home of his son,
I Carl Fox of Hickory, were
. held Wednesday at 2 p. m.
i in Cane River Baptist Chu- :
. rch. The Rev. Elzie Ray of
ficiated and burial was in
the McCracken Cemetery
in Burnsville.
L Surviving are the widow,
. Mrs. Arlie Fox; three sons,
Jim and Carl of Hiekoiy
Bill of Burnsville; four
daughters, Frances and
] Margie of the home, Mrs.
L Ruby Edwards of Chester, :
k S. C., and Mrs. Carsie Mae
* Hensley of Asheville; two
brothers, Charlie Fox of 1
1 Spruce Pine and Jim Fox ;
of Burnsville; four sisters,
Mrs. Allie Austin, Mrs.
Mary Banks, Mrs. Lily Ray
and Mrs. Jane Mclntosh,
all of Yancey County.
Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Laugh
run visited their daughter
and her husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Smith, in Wash
ington this week.
Ilermate of Dithane. Eith
er the spray or the dust
'may be used. The import
ant thing is to begin treat
ing now and continue to
treat until the crop is in
the field.
Each year a number of
farmers lower the quality
and even kill some of their
plants by using too much
nitrogen top-dressing. Ex
cessive use of nitrogen will
make the plants watery
and tender so that they will
die when transplanted.
1 It is suggested that nit
rogen be used on plant beds
only when the plants show
a definite yellow color whi
ch indicates a nitrogen
shortage. There is little
doubt that more plants
, have been harmed by the
f use of nitrogen than have
[been helped. There is plen
> ty of time to Jjrow good
I plants without having to
rush them along. ,
5 If the present stands of
i plants in the county are
: properly protected, there
■ should be enough plants to
j set out the crop.
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Labor Department To
Check N. C. Mines
Raleigh, May 9 With
the summer vacation only
a few weeks away for
young people now in school,
State Labor Commissioner
Forrest H. Shuford • this
week cautioned western
North Carolina mine own
ers and operators against
hiring young men under 18
years of age for work in
mining occupations.
“Young people under 18
are prohibited from work
ing in mines and quarries
by a new Hazardous Occu
pations Order issued under
the Federal Wage and
Hour Law by Secretary of
Labor Maurice J. Tobin,”
Commissioner Shuford ex-«
plained. “This order, which
became effective January
6, 19 1, makes it a violation
of the Wage and Hour Law
to employ young people un
der 18 years of age in min
ing occupations, except
those occupations which
are found not to be haz
ardous.”
The Labor Commissioner
stated that Wage and Hour
investigators from the Sta
te Department of Labor
will begin making investi- ]!
gations in North Carolina!
mines and quarries late'
this month in order to 1
make sure that no young
people are being employed
in violation of the law.
“Mining occupations pro
hibited for persons under
18 years of age by this new
Hazardous Occupations Or- *
der include all work per- !
formed above or below
Baptist To Hear Glee
Club Sunday
The Burnsville High ]
School Glee Club will fur- '
nish special music for the 1
Mother’s Day service at 1
the Baptist Church here 1
Sunday morning. The Glee J
Club, which is under the '
direction of Miss Evelyn 1
Briggs, was among choral *
groups from other schools 1
in the recent Music Festi- J
val. '
Mother-Daughter Banquet
Held at Baptist Church J
The Woman’s Missionary
Society of the Burnsville
Baptist Church gave a
Mother-Daughter banquet
in the church Monday even
ing for members of the In- ,
termediate and Junior (
Girls’ Auxiliaries and their,
mothers. The banquet was*
in honor of the girls on*,
their program of activities
during the year. (
Honored guest were the (
Rev. Charles Trammel, pas- ;
tor, Miss Laura Mae Hill-1
iard, associations! field
worker, Miss Sara Hensley,
young peoples’ leader, and
Mrs. C. R. Hamrick, presi
dent of the Missionary Soc
iety.
Miss Hilliard was princi
pal speaker, Rev. Trammel
gave the invocation, Helen
Angel the address of wel
come and Mrs. John B.
Bennett the response.
The girls groups are led
by Mrs. Hershel Holcombe
Mrs. Cecil Angel and Mrs.l
I Lee Yelton.
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ground in both under
ground and open-cut mines,
and quarries, clay pits, and
sand and gravel opera
tions,” Commissioner Shu
ford said. “Also prohibited
is all work at or about
placer mining operations,
dredging operations for
clay, sand or gravel, or
bore-hole mining opera
tions; work in or about all
metal mills, washer plants
or grinding mills reducing
the bulk of extricated min
erals, and at or about any
other crushing, grinding,
screening, sizing, washing
or cleaning operations per
formed upon extricated
minerals except where such
operations are performed
as a part of a manufactur
ing process.”
Certain non-hazardous
occupations in connection
with mining and quarrying
are not covered by this or
der, Shuford explained.
Specifically excluded from
the order are such occupa
tions as work in offices,
maintenance and repair
shops, warehouses, labora
tories, surveying, road re
pair and maintenance work
[and surface clean-up work.
Commissioner Shuford
i pointed out that the North
i Carolina State Child Labor
Law also prohibits young
people under 18 from work
ing underground in mines,
lit also prohibits .them from
working in either mines or
quarries in which silica
dust is present as a hazard
to health, he said.
“We are most anxious to
prevent violations of these
State and Federal laws for
the protection of our
young people,” Shuford
continued. “Mine operators
should make certain of the
age of a young man before
hiring him to work in a
hazardous occupation. For
work in non-hazardous oc
cupations, the employer
should be sure to obtain an
employment cerlt i f icate
from his County Welfare
Superintendent for each
young person under 18
whom he is going to em
ploy. These employment
certificates are accepted by
the Wage-Hour Adminis
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NOTICE
Dr. Melvin W. Webb will
not be in his office Satur
day, May 12th.
Rev. Wayne Slaton, pas
tor of the Pleasant Ridge
Baptist Church, Sweet
Owen, Ky. was guest speak
er at the evening service
Sunday at the First Baptist
Church, Burnsville. Rev.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl B. Hyatt, Jr., will be
interested to learn that
they have a new baby boy,
Lee jEdward, bom April 21
in Asheville. Both Mrs.
Hyatt and Lee Edward are
doing finq, according to
reports. Mr. Hyatt, who
lived in Burnsville for sev
eral months prior to the
war, is now connected with
the U. S. Treasury Depart
jment, Internal Revenue
Service, Asheville. .
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