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—mm—nwamnmMWMHwmniiißnßiiamii— am VOLUME FIFTEEN at \ m g a^blßww fpu fIHJHHSPBfI^v Standing lookout watch aboard the radar picket destroyer USS H. W. Tucker is Kenneth Williams, sea man apprentice, USN, of Bee Lor, N. C. Williams, who entered the Naval service on June 6, 1950, is serving with the operations division aboard the ship. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph—lo6Bs76) Newdale Bible School Begins Monday The Newdale Presbyter ian Church Bible School will begin at the church Monday, June 11, according to Rev. Moffatt, pastor. Plans are for classes to be held from 9 a. m. to 11 a. m. each day through June j 22, he said. Children whose, ages range from four to sixteen are invited to at tend the Bible School. Teachers for the school are Mrs. Claude Dellinger, Mrs. George Edge, Mrs. Alma Smith, Misses Evelyn Young, lEdith Robinson, Carolyn Ensley, Betty! Presnell, Betty Young and Norma Edge. Mrs. C. R. Hamrick and daughter, Sarah, attended | the graduating exercises at Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga., lasi week. Mrs.! Hamrick’s daughte/r, Eve-J lyn, received her bachelor of music degree. Organization Changes In Duplan Corporation Made Several organizational changes were made by the Duplan Corporation effec tive June Ist. according to an - announcement by John K. Cochraan, general man ager. A newly organized tech nical department has been created to better service the corporation’s five com mission throwing mills This department will be headed bj% Michael H. Strub, assisted by Charles Michalck, Joseph A. Mar tini and Theodore G. Quin nan, and will be located at Duplan’s Kingston, Pa mill. Henry H. Klerx, former. Director of personnel, will, replace Charles Michalek as Assistant Plant Manag er at Nanticoke, Pa. Paul Luschar, former, head of Quality Control for, weaving mills, will direct| quality control operations for the entire company. Frank T. Barnes has been named Director of Personnel & Training for the corporation, and Rob ert T. Grohman will head the Time Study & Methods Department. These men will make their headquar ters in Duplan’s Operations Center at Hazelton, Pa. The Yancly Record SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. Bee Log To Hold Closing Exercises Next Week Bee Log High School will hold its commencement exercises the week of June 10th. Baccalaureate servic es will be held Sunday, June 10th at 3:00 p. m. in the school auditorium. The Rev. Charles B. Trammel, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Bunrnsville, will deliver the sermon. Graduating exercises will be held Friday, June 15th at 8:00 p. m. with the honor students as speakers. These-are Betty Jean Hig gins, valedictorian, and Ruth JEdwards, salutator ian. Albert Edwards, presi dent of the class, will also speak. Members of the graduat ing class are: Albert Edw ards, Stewart Edwards, Dee Hensley, Robert Hig gins, Jr., Curtis Howell, Lawrence Howell, Jack Phillips, Bryan Ramsey, Ted Tipton, Gene Whitson, - Ward Whitson, Wayne [ Wilson, Ruth Edwards, l Margie Fender, Betty Jean : Higgins, Helen Higgins, , Mary June Holloway, Ver lin Johnson, Nannie Lou Mitchell, Hazel Robertson, Janette Randolph, Fay Et ta Whitson, Etta Williams, Kathleen Williams, Marie Wilson, Martha Wilson and Buster Fender. Trammel and Bailey Graduate at Wake Forest Charles B. Trammel, Jr., • son of Rev. and Mrs. C. B. Trammel of Burnsville, and Garrett Dixon Bailey, son of Mrs. G. D. Bailey of Burnsville, were presented degrees at the graduation exercises. | Trammel received the | Bachelor of Business Ad ministration degree, and J Bailey was awarded the Bachelor of Law degree. Rev. and Mrs. Trammel and Becky and Mrs. Bailey and daughter, Lucy, were present for ,the graduation exercises of Wake .Forest College last week. FINAL RITES FOR ROBERT BYRD, 56 Funeral services for Robert Byrd, 56, of Green Mountain, who died in a Johnson City hospital Sun day following a short illl ness, were held in Brum mitt’s Creek Brethren Church Tuesday at 2 p. m. Burial was in the family cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Harriet McCourry Byrd; five daughters, Mrs. iJ. K. Goforth of Akron, , Mrs. Ruby Renfro of Owen* ( Mills, Md., Mrs. Oscar Lau-j ghrun of Erwin, Miss Al-, berta Byrd of the home ,and Miss Cora Byrd of .Spring Lake. Two sons, Park Byrd of Spring Lake and Walter! | Byrd of the home; four sisters, Mrs. Marry Etta' Edwards of Telford, Tenn.J Mrs. Emma Shepherd of Swiss, Mrs. Vickie Johnson of Huntdale and Mrs; Julia Whitson of Johnson City; four brothers, Oscar and Charles of Green Moun tain, Floyd of Telford and Larmer of Day Book. "DSfeICAtED tO THE PROGRESS OF YANCET COONTV* BURNSVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 7,1951 r* . * s . SiY w OPS Covers Service Businesses Charlotte. Thousands , of business men and wom en providing services of many types were reminded today by Director Ben E. Douglas of the Office of . Price Stabilization for w6s* , tern North Carolina that ; they are covered by Ceiling [ Price Regulation No. 34 which requires them to do 1 j certain definite and detail ed things in order fully to > comply. The regulation, the OPS ■ director m&de it clear, cov l ers a multitude of services. • Regulation 34 includes but -in no sense is limited to > auctioneers, automobile re pairing, servicing, and ren - ting buninesses, barber - shops, beauty shops, bill , iard parlors and bowling - alleys, bondsmen, cleaners, , diaper service operators, c exterminating services, ga , rages, jewelry and watch , repairers, laundries, linen i supply services, office equ , ipment, rental and repair l ing services, parking lot ~ operators, pawnbrokers, - photo finishers, radio re i pairing and servicing, gas , oline service stations, shoe - repairing and shoe shining , establishments, tire repair i ing and recapping, itelevis l ion repairing and service. Sellers of services are defined as those who per form any act or acts other wise than as an employee, for a fee, charge, or consid f eration. The term “service” •or “services” includes any > privilege sold or granted > for such fee, charge, or f consideration, and the re -1 gulation includes also the i rental of any commodity or service. j Mrs. Louise Wicker is in * Winston-Salem with her 1 father, Mr. G. B. Woody. Mr. Woody is in Bowman 1 Grey Hospital there. [ Mrs. Troy Buckner was ' taken to Zephyr Hill Sana ; torium in Asheville last - week. Mrs. Buckner’s con dition is reported to be im proving. Mrs. Ferrill McCurry was taken to an Erwin hos pital Monday for an emer gency operation. Her con * dition is reported to ,be 1 good. 1 (Continued on back page) GARDEN CLUB i —— The Garden Club met with Mrs. D. R. Fouts on 1 Thursday evening of last week with Mrs. Troy Ray £s associate hostess. Mrs. Hollemon, program leader, presented the guest speaker, Mack B. Ray, who | gave a very interesting' .talk on various phases of his work and a brief ac ’ count of the program of ac | tivities arranged by the ’ agricultural department in j Washington. H e received I wel 1 -deserved recognition 1 by the club for the out -1 standing, work he has done ' in this county. After a short * business sessioh a social hour was enjoyed with the following guests present: Mrs. E. L. Johnston of Flint, Mich., Mrs. R. Y. Tilson and Mrs. Charles Proffitt. Two Yancey 5 Girls To Attend Girls’ Sfcaie Session Miss Neldlt Peterson, darghter of Sir. and Mrs. Gus Peterson of Burnsville, and Miss Maxifie Peterson, daughter of Ms. and Mrs. Lester Peterson of Bee Log have been selected by the Burnsville American Leg ion Auxiliary tb attend the 'Twelfth Annual Session of Tar Heel Girlk’ State at 1 Woman’s Collage, Greens boro June 10 through June 15th. Nelda is a Jfinior at Bur nsville High j. School and Maxine is a Junior at Bee j Log High School, j To be selected to attend ! the session is a great honor . because of the require i ments and qualifications r ! that have to be met by re ’ j presentatives. ! Each girl is ’jexpected to return to her ’'community and furnish leadership in her school 1 and in the community. She 1 will appear before the _ sponsoring Auxiliary and , give a report pn her im c pressions of Girls’ State. ’ They were selected be cause of their 'leadership, s character, courage and ser ' vice, honesty, .scholarship, ’ cooperativeness, and phy sical fitness. Two girls will be selected each year from the junior ! classes of Yahqey County ‘ sschools to s" sions. > . Officers Installed f At the last meeting of 1 the Earl Horton Post of r the American Legjon the • following officers were in- J stalled: r Commander, John Eng lish ; vice commanders, J. J. Nowicki, Bruce Westall, i John B. Bennett; Adjutant, - James F. Timony with Lon . zo Roberts, assistant; Ser. i vice Officer, H. G. Bailey; Sgt. at Arms, Kenneth 5 Robertson; Chaplain, Dav -jid Swartz, with Gus Peter- Json, assistarit; Historian, - Dr. C. F. Mcßae; Athletic - and Publicity Officer, Mark I Bennett; Child Welfare Of ficer, Robert Peterson; . I Americanism Officer, J. J. . Nowicki; National Defen . se Officer, Max Penland. , Grave Registration Offi cer, Harlan Holcombe; Employment Officer, Bill Banks; Boy State Officer, Dover Fouts; Membership Chairman, R. N. Silver, with Mack Ray, George i Roberts, Arney Fox and George Conrad, assistants; Boy Scout Officer, Ernest Banjner, with James B.| Stamey, assistant; Orator-, ical Contest Officer, Gus • Peterson; Chairman, Sons iof Legion, Monroe Mcln •jtosh, and Assistant Service 1 Officer, I. E. Clevenger. Eastern Star To Meet / Monday Night i ———— 1 Bald Creek Chapter No. ;276 Order of the Eastern .Star will hold its regular; : meeting Monday evening at 6 o’clock instead of 8 > o’clock due to the fact that i some members wish to at ; tend the Grand Chapter session in Asheville later , Monday evening. The meeting will be held at the Swiss Masonic Hall. 1 ■■ 1 ■"■■■ ■■ » « ■■ Bus Travel on Parkway Limited One of the beauties of the Blue Ridge Parkway is the absence of billboards and commercial traffic. Commercial vehicles are ' not allowed on the Park way except when in com pliance to limitations set by ; officials. Pick-up trucks are ■ granted right-of way if they are carrying pass O n■ gers on a sight-seeing trip, ' according to a recent ruling Limitation o n buses, however, created a prob ! lem and the policy against 1 buses is now being review ed by the Interior Depart l ment, it has been reported. ‘ Present rules permit sigfit ' seeing buses with not more 5 than 18-passenger capacity ‘ to use the Parkway, and J other buses operated for ' educaitonal purposes on a 1 non-profit basis may go ov ler the road with special J permission from the Supefr ~ intendent, it was said. * The Parkway is now op ‘ en all the way into Ashe ville by use of connecting ' State highways. The stret »ch of road between Mt. ' Mitchell and Asheville that » was closed because of the " landslides during the win ter and spring have been [ repaired and gravel sur * faced. [ A new booklet with de filed map and information ~ about the Tarkway has been published and may be obtained from the State £ Advertising Division, Dept. £of Conservation and De e velopment, Raleigh. r 1 ■■ Rush Beeler Will Lecture To Woman's Club 1, Rush Beeler will give a , lecture to the Woman’s - Club here Saturday even . ing. Mr. Beeler will use as ; his subject “The Novel as l’An Art Form”. The meet - ing will be* held at the home -of Mrs. M. C. Ramm. >!- Miss Jennie Hensley, 3 1 Swiss, with Mrs. Mary C. as » accompanist, 'lwili present two vocal sel lection. The meeting was chang ‘ed from its regular calen dar in order to obtain Mr. ‘ Beeler as lecturer. LAST RITES FOR KIRS. KELL FOX Funeral services for Mrs. Kell Fox who died at the home of a son, David Fox, j Oteen, following a long , illness were held in the Green Mountain Free Will Baptist Church Tuesday at 3 p. m. Officiating were tb4 Rev. Troy McCurry and Rev. Smith of Swannannoa. Burial was in the McCrack- ! en Cemetery. Surviving are the hus band; four daughters, Mrs. David Ogle of Oteen, Mrs. Stanley Moss and Mrs. j Clifford Powers of Ashe ; ville and Mrs. Frank Ray lof Burnsville ; four sons, Bill Wheeler of Burnsville, Fred Wheeler of Morgan ■ ton and iEbb Wheeler of * Sioux; one sister, Mrs. Sewell Garland of Bakers -1 ville, 25 grandchildren and . nine great grandchildren. — rs *- Increase In Dairy Production Noted In County A meeting of dairymen was held Tuesday night of last week at the new pro cessing plant of the Robin son Dairy, which is nearing completion at Newdale, for the discussion of marketing surplus milk from farms in this county. „ F. R. Farnham, State Dairy Specialist, talked on the importance of produc ers cooperating with dis tributors to insure a whole some product to the con ' sumer. Jake Buckner, coun ty sanitarian, pointed out the importance of cleanli ness in handling the pro ducts. E. L. Dillingham, ' farm agent, discussed plans [ for the coming Tri-County [ Cattle Show to be held here : soon. 1 The new $30,000.00 pro . cessing plant under con struction by the Robinson’s ‘ Dairy is indication of the progress that has been ' made in this industry dur ' ing the past six years, it ’ was pointed out. The dairy industry has grown from one grade “A” r 1 ~ ——i .i mi .. , Royal Tire Service Bookmobile Schedule Shop Moved The Royal Tire Service retreading shop which has ' been operating in the east i side of Burnsville moved 5” rail; week into the new? ' modem building which has J been under construction • for some time. Some recap ■ ping has been carried on at the new plant for more than a week, although the building was not fully com pleted on the inside. All of the equipment us i ed at the old location was s moved into the new build - ing, yrhich is next to the 3 Auto and Home Center, 5 and new equipment for ■ truck tire recapping i been added, one of the owners said. The company ( is now able to service tires . from 4.74x19, A Model t Ford size, through 11.00x22 ■ truck tires. Owners of the recapping i plant are Ivan Westall and P. D. Goforth, who oper ate the Tri-County Recap ping Company at Spruce Pine, and Sam Burleson, who is manager here. 150 People Attend 4-H Club Pig Show Approximately 150 peo ple attended the Sears- Roebuck 4-H Club Pig Show held at the back of the Farmers Federation building recently. Jack Kelly, with the State Ex tension Service, was judge. Kelly stated that the best group of pigs was exhibit ed at the show than had ever been shown by the club here previously. Blue ribbon winners were exhibited by Beverly Silvers, Billy Pittman and Gerald Shuford. Tommy Geouge and Louise Silver were awarded red ribbons and white ribbons were awarded Leonard Styles, Ward Mathis and Cecil Burgin. Pittman and Mathis de monstrated different meth ods of feeding swine. - ■ ■■ NUMBER FORTV dairy to - 38 in the last six ' years, and from no market to a modern processing and pasteurizing plant Reve ■ nue from dairying is sec ■ ond only to. burley tobacco ■ from an agricultural stand-. , point. Each of the 38 dairymen has more than SIOOO.OO per . cow invested in equipment, land and buildings. These producers market approxi mately 100,000 pounds cf milk each month with Rob inson’s Dairy at an average ; of $6.00 per .100 pounds. In addition to these Grade A producers more than 100 , farmers are selling 3000 \ pounds of manufacturing r milk each day at $3.25 per i 100 pounds. Total revenue to farmers from these two - grades of marketing is - more than «300,000.00 per ? year. ! The artificial breeding i program and the 4-H and ■ adult farmers’ exhibits at < dairy shows along with purebred sales have made > their contribution to dairy ’ ing in the county. The Yancey County Bookmobile schedule for | the coming week has been j announced as follows: Friday, June 15: Bolens teeekThmnF oTTIir SoT ~ ’ Harris, 9:30 a.m.; home of Mrs. Lat Fox, 10:15 a. m.; Pensacola Post Office, 11 a. m.; Cattail, at Rocky Fork, 11:30 a. m.;. Murchi ' son, Mrs Emma Hensley’s Store, 1:30 p. m,; W. W. Gardner’s Store, 2:30 p. m.; Low Gap, Vixen post Office 3:15 p. m.; Concord Union Church, 4:00 p. m. Cancer Victim And Sailor Sweetheart I | - Atlanta 1 , Ga Betty Thompson, 18-yea,r-old beauty who physicians say is doomed to die from can cer, is lifted by her sailor fiance, Tom Ambum, 19, of Sioux Falls, S. D. Am bum was given a special leave by the Navy to be at her bedside and plan the marriage they hope to have before death intervenes. She is given six months to live. Amburn’s leave was can-/ celled when he flew to his home in South Dakota at the insistence of his par , ents. His “emergency” lea ve was granted for a trip to Atlanta, not to his home in South Dakota, his com • manding officer was report ed to have said.