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4UMu> '•■ita ■■■naiiai —i. ■ VOLUME FIFTEEN MACK B. RAY HONORED IN WASHINGTON, D. C. Mack B. Ray, Farmers Home Administration Sup ervisor for Yancey County,] was presented a Superior] Service Award by Charles F. Brannan, U! S. Secre tary of Agriculture, at the USD A annual award cere mony held in the Sylvan Theatre located on the Washington Monum ,e n| t Grounds, Washington, D. C., Tuesday. Marion C. Hol land of Wayne County was another FHA Supervisor from North Carolina re ceiving the award. Ray and Holland are the first North Carolina FHA em ployees t o receive the award. Presentation o f awards for superior service was es-J tablished by the U. S. partment of Agriculture in 1946. They are presented each year to individuals or. units for service of unusual value beyond that ordinar-j ily required of the em ployees. The “superior and meri torious service” for which Mr. Ray was recommended for the award is reflected in the development of the FHA program in Yancey County and his work in making a success. Mr. Ray is a native ofj Madison County. He was graduated from Beech Glen High School and from Berea College with a de- 1 gree in agriculture. Immediately following his graduation, Mr. Ray went to Lenoir as Assist ant Supervisor with the Farm Security Adminis tration. He transferred to Yancey County as FHA Supervisor in September 1940 and has been here since, except for military service in 1944-45. During the war he serv ed 16 months overseas the 83rd Infantry Division and was wounded twice. He returned to Burnsville in November 1945 to resume his duties with the FHA] and manage Ids highly suc-J cessful farm near here where he specializes in re gistered Hereford cattle and burley tobacco. The record of the FHA in Yancey County and its predecessor, the Farm Sec urity Administration, is amazing. During the past 11 years the agency has assisted over 1000 families. Approximately 100 Farm Ownership Loans have been made. On an average, all loans are being repaid in full within 7 years. There has never been a de linquent loan in the county. At the present time there are approximately 90 Farm Ownership and 350 active production and subsistence loans. Os ail loans that have been made in the county through FHA, the collec tion record has been 99.5 per cent, the highest collec tion record in the United States. One of the outstanding The Yancey Record SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. I accomplishments of the i i agency under Mr. Ray’s direction has been its part .'in the development of the ’l dairy industry in the coun -(ty. In 1940 \shen he came ■ to the county there were 3 jGrade A dairies. There are jnow 52 and the Farmers I Home Administration has financed either the con struction and stocking of the dairy, or financed the ' purchase of livestock of 18 i of these. The net worth increase of the farm ownership families averages about 300 per cent. At the annual meeting of the Farm Own ership families records (showed that corn produc tion If&d increased from ap proximately 15 bushels per i acre in 1940 to 75 bushels in 1950; tobacco from 800 pounds per acre to 2000; i pasture on the average farm from 5 to 15 acres land all other crops in pro portion. In the past five years, the agency has financed the purchase by its families of approximately 2000 dairy cattle and 4000 beef cattle in Yancey County, and several new flocks of sheep have been financed. Another phase of the I program that has been most successful in the cou nty has been housing. Un der the Rural Housing Act of 1949 of the FHA, the first house completed with final inspection in the Uni ted States was in this coun ty. There have been 13 Rural Housing Loans, and the repayment record on these has been as good as other loan repayments. Mr. Ray and the county committee composed of three successful farmers, who direct the program, have cooperated in every < way with all other agricul- ' tural agencies in the county .1 This cooperation has* help- ' ed each of the agencies to make more consistent pro 'gress in an overall agricul ! tural program in the county. In addition to his duties with the Farmers Home Administration and man aging his livestock farm, Mr. Ray has time for num ' i Beaver With 7th Infantry Division In Korea Pvt. William L. Beaver, son of Willard Beaver of Burnsville recently joined 1 the 31 Infantry Regiment in Korea. The 31st Infantry, nick named the “Polar Bear” Regiment, is now taking part in the action on the Central Front, and adding another chapter in its al ready crowded record of Korean fighting. During the eaafly part of World War II the regiment won the praise of the nation for its stand at Bataan, in the Philippine Islands. Beaver, a farmer in civil ian life, took his basic train ■ ing at Camp Pickett, Va. •‘DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF VANCE? COUNTY” - BURNSVILLE, N. C.‘ I’HtTBSDAY, MAY 17, 1951 •••• MACK B. RAY erous activities. He is sup erintendent of the Sunday School of the Methodist Church here, a Past Com mander of the American Legion Post and a member of the Men’s Club. He and Mrs. Ray have recently completed a lovely new home in Burnsville. Mrs. Ray and their six year old daughter, Carolyn, ac companied him to Wash ington. Because he has given his whole hearted support and his untiring efforts to help every family moulded in the county program to ac complish this, Mr. Ray re ceived service award from the Secretary o f Agriculture. 2154 Vehicles Registered In Yancey County On April 1 2103 private owned motor vehicles had been registered in Yancey County for the year, the State Department of Motor Vehicles reported this week. Mecklenburg County led the State in registration of vehicles with a total of 62,456 for the first quarter The total for North Caro lina for that period was 1,044,718. Fifty-one public owned vehicles were reported for Yancey County. Clarence King Elected Mayor of Sehlby Clarence M. King, son of] Mr. and Mrs. Zeb King of | Burnsville, was elected to ( the office of mayor of the ( city of Shelby in a run-off | election held there Tues-| day. He defeated Harry Woodson, who had been mayor of Shelby for 16 years, by 110 votes. > King has been high school principal in Cleve land County several years and has been active in pub lic affairs there. Mrs. Edwards Wins Mother’s Day Prize Mrs. J. H. Edwards of Burnsville won a white Bible Sunday as prize for the oldest mother attend ing the Mother’s Day ser vice held at the tent reviv al conducted by O. J. Morgan between Burnsville! and Windom. Mrs. Edw ards is 84. i Merchantsjfteminded of OPS fteadline Horace B.fQans, chief of the pricing' lection of Reg ion 4 of thetOPS said this] week that “Mapite of two extensions time limits' for filing under Regulation No. 7 and ijgr amendment No. 2 and statewide pricing clinics explaining the regu lations to thousands o f merchants, ||af more than 20 per cent of the merch ants concerned have filed the required charts.’* Gans reminded merch ants that May 30 is the deadline for filing the' charts and those who fail to file will fape injunctions restraining -titem from fur ther conduct pf their busi ness. Celo Farm-Home Camp To Opeiiliune 24 l * , ? .<• . Celo Farm-JEome Camp, owned and dipcted by Mr. and Mrs. Dqtjglas Moody ; on their farmjjn Celo Com munity, will Ipen for its third season jfm June 24 The camp offers for young children (agejjpix through nine) the opportunity to live, work ang: play togeth- . er in an actual farm and home situation* The camp is limited each session t 0 sixteen Thro'ugb*the iuh ~pro gram of farm and camp ac tivities the children learn . new skills and experience the joy of working coopera- j ~ - o ■ tively with a group. Those who are interested will have an opportunity to plant their own gardens; chores such as milking and feeding animals are shared by all. The program also in- ( eludes riding; swimming, j dramatics, hiking, pottery, ] carpentry, folk dancing , and camp-outs. Thelma 1 Stoaer, formerly j of Penland Handcraft ] School, will bejin charge of crafts again this year. David who for merly taught at , the camp will be a full time counsellor year. Mrs.! Erling Tonesslvill serve as ■ nature counelor. Addi tional staff wil be announ ced later. Special ev«ts include : stunt nights, campfires, ( picnics and ovfrmight cam- ( ping trips. Spcial projects ( I for the summr are built ( Ground the insrests of the j children. The wilding of a raft and a tre house, and the care of a ’amily of an gora rabbits T ere favorite projects last Urnmer. The Moodys lim is to ac hieve a relaxe family at- ( mosphere and normal life « for the grap. Morning j prayers, stoi hour, rest' 1 period and e\ning vespers 1 led by the chdren help to 1 maintain an| atmosphere ] of spiritual erenity and ' appreciation if the whole ness of life. < Campers th year will J come from >pruce Pine, Asheville, Hndersonville, 1 and Winston-hlem, N. C.; ' Columbia ana Charleston, |S. C.; ColumMs Ohio, Sar- , anac Lake, |. Y.; andi I Madison, Wiamsin. 1 T - 1 Forest Fire Damages 35 Acres of Forest According to Craig Eng lish, county fire warden, (one of the worst forest fir ,es this county has had in several months was brou ght under control yester day. The fire, in the Brush Creek section, was caused from a brush fire set by a farmer in that section. Nineteen men brought the flames under control after approximately 35 ac xes of timber had been da maged, English said. Men (from Penland and Ayers (Lumber Co. plant helped in bringing the fire under control. , CONGRATULATIONS, MACK RAY The Burnsville Men’s Club and Burnsville Lions Club extend to Mack B. Ray their heartiest con gratulations for his excell ent accomplishment as Supervisor of the FHA in Yancey County Imd for the honor he has received from 1 the U. S. Department of < Agriculture. s Both clubs are proud of any honors rececived by I their “native sons” and stand ready to support them in every worthwhile endeavor. w G. L. Hensley, Pres., Men’s Club, Dr. M. W. Webb, Pres. Liohs Club. w v MRS. C H EDWARDS, 62.MSSES Graveside rites for Mrs. C. H. Edwards, 62, who died Monday morning fol lowing a long illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Glenn Ray of Burnsville, were held Tuesday after noon at 3 p. m. at Bailey Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Troy McCurry officiated. She was a lifelong resi dent of Yancey County, , aad was a member of the (Mine Fork Free Will Bap tist Church. Surviving, in addition to the daughter, are the hus band; tw > o sons by a for mer marriage, R. A. Brown of Nebo and T. L. Brown of Burnsville, 14 grand children and 1 great grand child. Woody Is Line-Man In Germany HeideJLberg, Germany.— Private First Class Gene E. Woody, son of Mr. and Mrs Joe A. Woody, Route 1, Burnsville, North Carolina, has been assigned as a pole line-man with a signal bat talion at Karlsruhe Mili tary Sub-Post in the US Zone of Germany. Woody, a 1946 graduate of Burnsville High School, has been in the Army since November, 1950. From 1946 until his enlistment he was employed as a lineman with the local electric company. His wife is the former Jessie Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.. George W. [Wilson of Pensacola, N. C. MEMORIAL SERVICjE PLANNED HERE Flans are being made for a Memorial Service to be held on the town square here Sunday, May 27, hon oring Yancey County’s war dead, according to officials of the American Legion 1 and Auxiliary. Soldiers 1 who gave their lives in the defense of their country during World War I, World War 11, and the Korean War will be honored at the sendee. Mrs. George Roberts, president of the Legion Auxiliary, desires that ev ery Gold Star Mother or some member of the falbn soldier’s family write her a card giving the name of the soldier and the war in which he lost his life. There is a record of men who lost their lives in these wars; however, the present re cord may not be up to date, she said. Her address is Mrs. George Roberts, Bur nsville, N. C. Present plans are that the service will be held on the town square here at 2:30 Sunday, May 27. In case of rain, however, the service will be held ,in the Bumsvill School gymnas ium. FINAL RITES HELD FOR ILLBANKS Funeral services for B. L. Banks, 74, who died Monday morning at his home on Banks Creek af ter a brief illness, were held Tuesday at 2 p. m. in Banks Creek Union Church The Rev. J. Holland Black officiated and burial was in Banks Cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Janie Parker Banks; one son, Everett; and one foster-son, Arthur Ball, all of Burnsville RFD 1. , Tells “Other Side” Os r MacArthur Dismissal ■Hk <?**■ IK ■ _ % Wmmm BwK ; ; p| |||p|| Washington.— Secretary of Defense Marshall is 1 shown (above) as he took the witness stand for his ’ sixth day of testimony ; < M *y 12) before the Senate ’ committee in v e sjigating the dismissal of General ' MacArthur. He told the ’ committee that President Truman’s message Jan. 13 •to MacArthur was in re » sponse to the Far East ; commander’s request for • policy guidance after the 1 Chinese Reds entered the 1 Korean War. • Mr. and Mrs. John Tuek ! cr of Asheville visited fri , ends and relatives in Bur nsville this week. §m NUMBER THIRTYi-SEYEN DUPLAN WEAVERS MAKE NEW FABRICS Several new and acetate ' plied yam fabrics with a wool-loke texture have been announced as the result of 1 developments made by The Duplan Corporation, syn thetic yarn weavers, and . the Celanese Corporation of America 1 , yam manufact urer. The fabrics are made of special abraded yam and will be used for women’s dresses for fall and winter. The surface of the fabric is covered with small ex posed fiber ends which gives a slightly fuzzy sur face and a rich, duller fin ish. The fabrics have a warm lofty, crisp hand, which i s more full to the touch. They have much of the appeal of wool, yet can be made into dresses well within the range of today’s average customer’s purse. Noticeable crease resist ance— Naturally, without chemical finishes— is a characteristic of (the new fabrics. The first fabrics are being made in several styles of plain and novelty weaves. SERVICE OFFICER HERE NEXT WEEK Jack C. Winchester, Dis trict Service Officer, with the County Service Officer, will be in the Courthouse here, from 11 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. on Thursday, May 24. Mr. Winchester stated that July 25, 1951 is the deadline for veterans who have been discharged more 1 than four years, to apply ' for education, on-job-train , iny or farm training under L-346. *That means the veteran must be in train ing on that date in order to l continue further training. ’ The deadline does not ap , ply to veterans with service connected disabilities that would allow them to train under P. L-16. The only re quirement in those cases is that all training be dom pleted by July 25, 1956. The dependent benefit drive is still in progress. Persons who believe to be eligible for the Veterans Admintistnation dependent benefits should contact the service officer. NOTICE The Record has received information that the Don Robinson Circus, scheduled to show in Burnsville next Wednesday, will be unable to perform here at the scheduled date. The Circus will be here at a later date, according to the information. V Landscaping Clinic To Be Held John H. Harris, Horti cultural Specialist from the State Extension Serv ice, will give a landscaping demonstration at the home of C. B. Gillespie, Burns ville, Rt. 2, Tuesday morn ing May 22 at 10 o’clock. That afternoon at 2 o’clock another demonstration will be held at the home of Charlie Rice. Persons who have recently built new homes, or who plan to build, are invited to attend one of the meetings.
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