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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
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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
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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
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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 ]
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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.
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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.