mmm» '•••nnrnnwmrnuamiummmiimnmiaimiimmmfimmmßmtlß VOLUME FIFTEEN THOMAS BASS BEGINS DUTIES HERE WFTH F H A Rfe. Bp ; -■• V JhHk w ”-f ’| * i • * % W ! ,: x fIHpQ? / -Ss#:iss:' fIHH |: Thomas Bass of Louis burg arrived in Burnsville Tuesday of this week to assume his duties as As sistant Supervisor with the, Farmers Home Adminis tration here. Mr. Bass is re placing Oscar Deyton who recently resigned to enter a private business. The new Assistant Sup-j ervisor, who will share the duties carried on by Mack Ray, is the son of Dr. and Mi’s. W. R. Bass of Louis burg. He completed his ed ucation at N. C. State Col lege with a B. S. degree in Agricultural Ec o n omics. While in school he was a member of the Agrirultur-j al Club, Agricultural Eco nomics Club, and the Delta' Sigma Phi fraternity. Mr. Bass has also spent two years in military ser vice with the Gth Air Force in Panama. NOTICE OF IMPORTANT MEETING On Saturday, June 16th, 1951, at 7:30 o’clock p. m., ! ir; the auditorium of the j Micaville High School there will be a meeting of the j greatest importance to the miners of Yancey County as well as any other citizen who are interested in the] development of Yancey | County. At this meeting, the new program of the j Federal Government i n connection with the produc*. tion of mica and other strategic minerals will be discussed and explained. 1 All persons interested in this meeting, whether in Yancey County or other ( Counties, are urged to be present. 1 FINAL RITES FOR MRS. ZEBJIWIS Graveside services for Mrs. Zeb Lewis of Day Book, who passed away at her home Wednesday fol lowing a 1 long illness, will be held Friday at 10:00 a. m. at the family cemetery near the home. The Rev. Troy McCurry will officiate Surving besides the hus band are two sisters, Mrs. Sara Jane Hutchins of Marion and Mrs. Serena Riddle of Green Mountain; two brothers, Robert Hug hes of New York and Zeb Hughes of Windom. NOTICE Dr. E. R. Oble will be absent from June 18 to June 21, and the Celo Health Center will be clos ed during that time. The yakciy Record SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. PAINTING CLASSES TO BEGIN ON JUNE 23 _ & Frank Stanley Herring, Frances Hall Herring and Edward S. Shorter, owners and instructors of the Bur nsville Painting Classes ar rived in Burnsville this week to complete details for the opening of the six th annual session of the Painting Classes. The school will begin on June 23 and continue to Septem ber 16, Mr. Herring said. Students are taught por trait, landscape and still j life painting, drawing, composition and design in all mediums at'the \Paihij:- ‘ ing Classes. { ■' ! ]j Last year the Painting j Classes were filled to capa city with 42 students from ;il9 different states and Mr. Herring said they will be gin at a student capacity ' again this year. He did not know at this time the num ber of states to be repre jsented, however. Mr. Herring, who oper ates a studio in Milledge ville, Ga. during the win ter season, has just return ed from Washington, D. C. where he completed a life size portrait painting of Gen. P. Lawton Collins, i Chief of Staff. The portrait I was 40 inches by 50 inches, | the artist said. | Mr. Shorter operates a studio in Columbus, Ga., and divides his time with the Painting Classes here. Born to Mr. and Mrs. 1 Roy Fox, a son, Monday June 11th in Spruce Pine hospital. j PERSONALS ! George A. Pluta, S3c, of | the U. S. Navy has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. |Ezek-| i ial M. Banks and Mr. and i Mrs. Franipßay this week. 1 IHe is serving on the USS j Hopewell, and is enroute |to California for service' in Korea. I Bill Fouts and Miss Pa- Itricia Lynch of Louisville, iKy., are -visiting Bill’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Feu's. Mrs. H. C. Lynch/- Miss Lynch’s mother, has I also been the guest of Mr. i and Mrs. Fouts. She return ed to Louisville Wednesday Miss Hope Bailey who is employed i n Wadesboro City Schools has returned home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Bailey, for the summer vacation. Bill Huskins has return ed to Detroit, Mich., where he is employed after a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Huskins. Capt. and Mrs. Charles Speed with their two dau ghters, Marilyn and Mar garet, visited Mr. and Mrs. * Frank Huskins in Burns ville last week end. Capt. Speed is Commander of Troop “D” of the State Highway Patrol with head quarters in Asheville. A picnic supper was spread at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. )E. Huskins for the ! guests Friday night. Mrs. > N. F. Ransdell of Raleigh > was also a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Huskins during the week. “DkbICAfED TO THE PROOgESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C, THJRSDAY, JUNE 14, 1951 BLUE GEMS TO PLAY AT HOME SUNDAY ■ ... The Blue Gems, Yancey County ball club, will meet the strong Blowing Rock team on the home field here Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The local team suffer , ed a defeat from the Blow ] ing Rock team on their ’ home field last Sunday, ac cording to the coach of the , local team. The Blue Gems ’ are out for revenge in the coming game, he said, and will be using a* full streng . th team. Work on the new Stamey Field is still progressing ’ with construction on the grand stand beginning this week. A hope was express ed by the club that%he field will be ready for a dedication by July 4th The manager announced that a meeting of all mem bers of the club is called for Friday night at 7:30 in the District Health Office. The meeting is of great importance, he said, and urged that every person connected with the club be present. TOBACCO PLANTS PLENTIFUL IN YANCEY COUNTY For the first time in re cent years Yancey County 1 farmers have a surplus of tdbacco plants, aocowKn# to : E. L. Dillingham. The ! County Agent contributes this to better plant bed management including lo J cation, soil preparation, chemical treatment, spray ing for disease control, es pecially wildfire and blue mold, and proper fertiliza tion and weather conditions Although beds had to be watered during the dry weather this was favorable Ito disease control, he said. I Those farmers who coop erated with the County , Agents office reported best results from the use of cyanamid used in the fall .and a-llyl alchol, a new pro duct, applied for weed con trol in the spring. Dilling- : ham said any farmer need ng plants can get informa tion about where to secure them by contacting the County Agents office. FRUITS OF CAPITALISM SHIPPED TO MOSCOW ’* • *£}?' MR# ■ ! > . 1 Hhl ilK|jK ; i :; > * ajj ■ . ■kJ&fcvT ;y **** .1 : wtr** i New Work.—Pictured above is p rt of the cargo of American luxury merchandise inclu ed in the baggage of Alexander Panyushkin, soviet a bassador to the U. S., which he took with him (June I when he sailed for home. The New York “price w *” was responsible for many of Panyushkin’s purchas *. One can only s speculate as to the effect of these Apitalistic luxuries on the victims of Moscow’s enforce* poverty. < j FUTURE §ED FOR PLASMA SEN FOR THIS AR|A J. J. Nowicki, chairman of the Real Cross Blood Program fori: Yancey Coun ty, announjjld this week that the Bjibdmobile Unit of the Wptern District will be in Ijmrnsville at the American l«gion Hall next Tuesday frahr 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. In making an appeal for blood donors, Nowicki said the quota sft by the Red Cross for tpr United Stat es was 1,200,000 pints of blood, with; Yancey Coun ty’s quota being set at 418 pints for th| year. To the present dats the citizens of the county, t have donated only 66 pint* while a group of 75 prisojTers at the Pri son Camp at Cane River donated 40 pints last Satur day, the chairman said. The graip| of the need of blood to save lives of the civilian population of the county yas well as soldiers in was indi cated by the fact that an average of 50 pints of whole blc>o(g;4rom the Red Cross Blood Bank in Ashe ville i s used) per month by sick and Iftpred persons from this county. An aver it wdssaia, is tors in the county for their patients. The Red Cross is now col lecting blood for process ing into plasma to store for use in case of an atomic bomb attact as well as for present civilian and mili tary use, he said. This area is thought to b e one of the target areas for enemy bombs in case of an all-out war, since we are so near the Oak Ridge Atomic Plant. Mrs. Aloizo Roberts, an other official of the county Red Cross organization, has requested that women who will furnish cookies or fruit juices for the canteen in connection with the bloodmobilt get in touch with her, ar she will accept ' these at ier home for use ' at the caiteen. CHEROKEE DRAMA TO OPEN SEASON JUNJG 23rd Cherokee, N. C.—Ticket holders will not have to fight for seats at this sea son’s performances of Ker mit Hunter’s Cherokee In dian drama, “Unto These Hills.” All 2,900 seats in Moun tainside Theatre are to be sold on a reserved basis, thus eliminating general admission. These seats can be purchased either in ad vance or at the theatre. General Manager Carol White explained the new system had been instituted so patrons would not have to stand in line at the box 1 office hours before a per ; formance or come to Chero kee a great length of time prior to curtain-time as 1 happened last season when there were general admis ’ sion tickets. “Every seat in the house has been numbered,” he I said, “and the person pur ' chasing a ticket in advance ' or at the box office on the night of a performance is assured of a seat.” Extension box offices have been set up in Ashe ville, Knoxville, Tenn., Gat linburg, Tenn., Waynesville Sylva, Bryson City, Frank lin and at Fontana Village. The opening performan ce of “Unto These Hills’’ will be sixteen straight performances, and thereaf ter the Drama will run six nights weekly, Tuesday through Sunday, until Sep tember 4. ARTS SCHOOL TO OPEN JULY 9. According to Frank W. Howell, preparations for the opening of the School of Fine Arts on July9th is under way. The school, * which will have its fifth season here this summer, will instruct men and women of all ages with high school diploma or its eqhivalent, who are interested in the fine arts. Up to six semester hours of college credits are granted during the season. Cherokee Reading Club The Cherokee Indian Reading Club for boys and girls will be conducted by the Mitcehell - Avery-Yan cey County Libraries again this summer, it was an- | nounced by Dorothy Tho- , mas, County Librarian. The Reading program is i open to any boy or girl , from the 4th grade throu- ! gh high school, she said. ■ Each member will read and i report briefly on 10 books ; of his grade level during : the summer. In order to earn a certificate, one of the books read should be about Indians. The Cherokee Reading Club will begin the last week of June. Boys and girls may sign up at the library headquarters in Bakersville, Burn sv i lie Newland, or at any of the bookmobile stops in the three counties. Meetings for club mem bers will be announced lat er, the librarian said. OPS CEILING ON BEEF TO BE POSTED JULY 25 Charlotte.—Director Ben 1 E. Douglas of the Charlotte 1 Office of Price Stabiliza tion, which has charge of ' operation of the controls ’ program i n western North 1 ! Carolina’, announces that | the date for posting official OPS retail beef ceiling lists] ' has been changed from ' June 18 to June 25. *“This change was made 1 necessary, we have been in-, ' formed from Washinton,”i said Mr. Douglas, “in order ]to insure ample time for ] all meat markets to receive ‘ the lists that the OPS is ; furnishing.” I ' Copies of these lists pos _ ters are being sent out ; from- Washington. There ' are 54 separate price lists, * the Charlotte OPS director] 1 was informed, one each for the three types of stores , into which the markets [ have been classified in the l 18 pricing zones. , At the time these lists ] must be displayed, Mr. I .Douglas added, cuts ofi " beef must be displayed , with the various grades in i * separate trays, with each tray price-tagged. This is , the first of three pricings, j On August 1 retailers as well as wholesalers and ’ slaughterers will put into » effect lower beef prices, the t from Wash ; ington to the Charlotte OPS director reminded. And on October 1 still low- 1 . er prices will become effec-, . tive, and every consumer t has the right to see these prices, as well as the right, of complaint at any viola-, tion. Born to Mr. and Mrs. * Burdette Johnson, a son. Saturday, June 9th in Vic toria hospital, Asheville. RHODODENDRON j, PEAK NEARING ] i : Purple rhododendron and pink laurel are in var- ; ious stages of bloom and i bud in the Blue Ridge andi. Great Smoky Mountains. The purple rhododendron peak at famed Craggy Gardens, on the unpaved section of the Blue Ridge Parkway between Ashe- ( ville and Mt. Mitchell, is now expected the last weekj in June, and flowering in the Great Suokies, where pink laurel abounds, is also expected to continue into July at high altitudes. Flame Azalea, which set the Blue Ridge Parkway ablaze east of Blowing Rock in early June, has passed its peak at lower altitudes, but pink laurel is blooming in the Grand father Mountain area and along Yonahlossee Trail (U. S. 221 near Linville) is looked for around mid- June, continuing until July. The 700-acre rhododen dron gardens atop 6,286 foot Roan Mountain are expected to be at their peak the last week in June, but the road from Bakers villl up Roan Mountain is under construction and will not accomodate heavy traf fic this year. The road is expected to be completed for the 1962 season. 'm * NUMBER FORTY-ONE WOUNDEDJN KOREA Information has been re ceived that Pfc. Howard England, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert England of Paint Gap, was wounded !in the Korean fighting June 2. Pfc. England was I inducted late last fall and ( hacl been on the Korean , front for approximately four months. In an air-mail letter re ceived the same day the ,family was notified by the I War Department of the in iury, Pfc. England said his injuries were not too serious* His letter stated that he received injuries in ’ lone leg and in the other His letter indicated he was wounded near the 38th Parallel, according to [a member of the family. •j England is now in a hos ;pital in Japan. Decision Made to Complete Road Surfacing At a meeting held at the courthouse i n Asheville iTcesday it was determined jthat the remainder of ap proximately three miles of the Brush Creek Road could be surfaced this year according to the original j plans made by the Highway 'Department. The plans call for 12-foot black-topped rood, with the exception that approximately one mile at the lower end of the.oad wi)iiW> Ift.fat, wide. I Frank W. Howell and C. P. Randolph of Burnsville the meeting held bf%Dale Thrash, Commiss ioner of the Tenth District |of the State Highway De partment, W. M. Corkill, Division Engineer, and J. T. Knight, Assistant •Engi neer. The Burnsville repre sentatives advised the com , missioner and engineers | that citizens of the Brush Creek community had with- I drawn their request for a 16-foot road and were un ited in their request that the road be completed this year according to the ori ginal plans. Barber Shop Remodeled The City Barber Shop, owned and operated by Blake Wilson, has received , a complete “face-lifting", i The shop has been finished on the inside with the most j modern finishing material and fixtures. Breeding Association Meeting Announced The annual meeting of the Yancey Cooperative Breeding Association, Inc., will be held in the county agent’s office Tuesday night at 7:30, it has been announced. A report of the . Associa tion’s activities during the past year will be given by the county agent and by Seth Peterson, technician for the association. An ef fort will be made to get some of the breeders to consign one or more heif ers from artificial breeding to the registered Guernsey sale to be held here August 30. The sale is to be held in connection with . the Tri i County Livestock Show 1 which will be held at that time.