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Officer Os Korean War
Visits Here
Capt. Joe Russell, son-in-lav
of* Police Chief Douglas Boone
is in Burnsville this week with
his family for a visit. Capt. 1
Russell recently returned from
Korea where he probably saw
as uuch rough fighting as any
soldier in that conflict.
Before his return fro m
Korea, he was operations offi
cer with the 65th Regiment of
Puerto Rico during eight mon
ths of terrific action. His out
fit rescued the First Marines
when they were trapped at
Changjin Reservoir last Dec
ember. The temperature hov
ered around 22 degrees below
zero during their battle there,'
he said. \ |
Capt. Russell said his troops
were good fighting men and
showed their courage from the
beginning in Korea,- but their
fighting zeal became more pro-:
nounced after the attempt on
life °f President Truman
by one of their countrymen.
His praise was also high for
the Marines and the Air Corps.
When the Marines were res
cued from the reservoir trap,'
Capt. Russell said they were
“beaten but unbowed” and.
those yet alive, even the injur
ed, were still ready for a scrap
with the enemy. He also high
ly praised the Turkish army.
In World War II Capt. Rus
sell fought as a platoon leader
with the 104th Division in
PULLET DERBY ENDS
AT FEED STORE
At the cackle of dawn, Sat
urday, the great Pullet Derbyj
at the Deyton Farm Supply'
Feed Store, came to an end
when Hen No. 4 laid the first
egg and was declared winner
of the race.
Charlie Gardner, one of the
first to enter the contest to
pick the winner, selected Hen
No. 4 and hit the exact date, j
E. B. Bailey, Toledo, hit the
exact date but won the second
prize, a bun warmer, because
his selection was at a date lat
er than Gardners’.
S. R. Phillips, came in third
to win a pair of kitchen shears.]
The race was close all th j
way, O. W. Deyton, manage j
of the feed store, said, and in-]
terest was increasing as “L
Day” neared. The Derby got;
under way April 2 when the]
Newhampshire pullets, five
weeks old, were placed in a
special pen at Deyton Farm'
Supply feed store. All pullets
were fed the same ration.
Hen No. 4, the winner, was
only 17 weeks and 3 days old |
when she produced her first
egg to win the Derby.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C
Clark of Pensacola and Miami
Fla. proudly announce the ar
rival of a son, Douglas Com
modore, on August Ist at Webb
Clinic via stork Webb.
WEST POINTERS TALK OF OUSTER
West Point, New York—Stunned by the “Big Blow” to
West Point, thesp cadets discuss, the ouster of 90 fellow stud
ents, including many key football players, for cheating on
examinations (August 4). In ordering the dismissal, Army
Secretary Frank Pace announced, “The Honor Code is the
essence of West Point.”
The Yancey Record
Europe. He saw action in
France, Belgium, Holland and
Germany.
He said he experienced more
firepower in Europe but fier-]
cer fighting in Korea. “We are
fighting a war of population,”
he said.
I To explain his statement,
Capt. Russell related the fol
lowing :
One Chinese officer to ano
j flier, “We are now losing 12
l men to each American killed.”
replied the other
officer, “Soon no Americans.’ j
l Capt. Russell and his family
i will return to Charlotte Mon j
I day.* After a short stay there, 1
he will return to Walter Reeu
i Hospital, Washington, D, 0,
where he has been ordered for
a rest.
BUCHANAN INSPECTS
SHOW CATTLE
J. S. Buchanan, State Exten
sion Beef Cattle Specialist j
I was in Burnsville and Yancey!
Wednesday of this
. week inspecting beef cattle
for the Tri-County Show which
1 will be held at the Zeb Young
farm Thursday, August 30.
The specialist warned that
cattle for the show must be
from herds that are free from
disease. They should be haltgr
broken and in show condition*'
he said. \ |
There will be classes foSs
both beef and dairy females.]
Also, classes for both adult
and 4-H breeders.
I NEW DEMONSTRATION
FARMS TO BE SELECTED
j E. L. Dillingham announced
this week that there will be a
meeting in the courthouse here
on September 4 at 7:30 p. m.
]to discuss TVA Demonstration
Farm Program and to select'
new farms for the program
during the next year.
New farms will be approved
;by the Demonstration Farm
Committee and the Extension
t Service, the agent said. There
j will be approximately 2
j farms to each county, and sel
ection will be based on loca
I tion, age and number of mem
hers in the family, type an<
1 size of farm, state of improve
1 menus and possibilities, will
1 ingness and ability of farmer
1 and wife to plan the farm
business. Willingness to coop
I erate and with experiments
and to keep records will also
1 be a point.
Any person interested in
this program should co'ntac j
the Home Agent or the Farm
Agent.
Mr. and Mrs. James Meehan*
Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla. ar
visiting Mrs. T. 1). Halliday
| here.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1951
GORDON BENNETT f
LECTURES ON THE DRAMA 1 U
Gordon Bennett, Technical
Director of the Drama Depart- I
! ment at the University of Fla I
j and . the Drama Department or s
'the School of Fine Arts here J v
,1 spoke Tuesday night on “Somei t
J Developments in Drama” aj c
second speaker in a series of a
three lectures sheduled as v
part of the activities of the
J Fine Arts School. j I
In the lecture Mr. Bennett c
brought out how the drama s
> was first born centuries ag 1 1
• and how it has. developed
. through the ages to its high I
| state among civilized people! f
J Slide pictures were employed r
tq show the different types of t
I stage settings used during the t
Medieval and Elizabethan per- I
J iods. | t
He pointed out that trama is 1
more than a rereational past | s
l time, but it is a satisfying
j food that riiitigat.es a peculiar £
I craving in trie individual a
mind. j I
The series wil be brought to f
a clos next Tuesday night
when Dr. Hollis Rogers, Pro-j i
'j fessor of Biology at tht Worn- [
Jan’s College, speak’s on Somei
i Science Oddities.
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' Miss Ellis Registered At
Virginia College”
t Fredericksburg, Va.—Among
; the recent ffigh school gradu- :
i ates who have received notifi- 1 *
• ration of their acceptance for (
J admission to Mary Washing- 1 1
| ton College of the University]
tof Virginia, which opens its 1
,i 40th academic session in Sep j 1
' tember, are: Miss Barbara 1
Ellis, daughter of Mr. and Mrsjc
C. 0. Ellis of Hickory and! 1
Syjrnsviile. t
, Schools Open i
;On August 27 I <
]! In a meeting held by the •
l Board of Education Monday
1 night, it was decided that Yan-j
j cey County schools will open 1
for business on Monday, Aug-!
J, ust 27. |,
J The superintendent of ,
j schools announced that the j
. annual pre-school teachers <
meeting will be held in the
Burnsville School auditorium
on Saturday before schools be-] (
gin operation. He urges that
every teacher lie present. He ,
• also said bus drivers will hold
! a meeting at the county gar- ,
age on August 24. Drivers will ,
•receive their busses at that ,
, time and C. I. Yelton of the (
j State Safety Division will give [
Jan examination on driving. ,
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J GOOD PRICE EXPECTED t
ON HURLEY <
1
> The outlook on hurley tobac s
co prices for this season’s crop 1
!is good according to sales in
the flue-cured markets. The j
market for the leaf [
has been completed with pris- i
es running in the twenties for t
a low and reaching 66 cents I
for the best grades. The North
and South Carolina markets
are in their second week of
sales. Reports for the first full
week showed an average of
$48.76 per hundred pounds. o
Last year 1100 acres of bur- h
ley was grown in Yancey Coun- n
ty with an income of around a' V
million dollars for farmers, f
The total allotment fbr the C
county was not used, however, v
Approximately 300 acres was I
unused, according to the farm
agent. This year’s increase of, n
land allotment of 10 per cent c
should increase the total acre-] 1
age grown to or above the in
crease. 1
Although some crops in this 1
county has been damaged by
wildfire and by excess rain in
slow draining bottom lands, to- g
bacco here is better than in v
most sections of the hurley
belt, according to a represen- «
tative for the State College j
Extension Service. j
STYLES BOY INJURED
IN ACCIDENT
Billy D. Styles, 12-year old
son of Mr. Mrs. Jay Styles |
was injured 4&st Thursday af
ternoon in an automobile-bicy
cle accident on the highway
about one‘mile east of Burns
ville. ['
According, to Patrolman
Long, who 'investigated the ac
cident, the Styles? boy was
struck by an auto driven by
Alvin P. of Celo.
The accideait occurred, the
Patrolman stsd, when the boy
pulled out to.ihe middle of the
road to pass* a tractor which
he had been“following on his
bicycle. The car driven by
Burgin was Approaching from
the other direction and a
head-on collision was un
avoidable. rift
Patrolman Long said the
Styles boy suffered a broken
arm, bruises |and lacerations.
He was carried to Webb Clinic
for treatment^
COMMUNITY WIDE
VESPERS SLATED FOR
SUNDAY EVENING
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Community Wide Vespers
will be held Sunday evening
at trie Parkway Playhouse at
8.15 with C. W. Phillips, d’rec- !
tor of the Burnsville Schorl of
Fine Arts, presiding.
The Methodist, Baptist, and
Presbyterian churches of Bur-j
nsville are not having a regu-]
lar preaching service at the
churches Sunday night so that
members may be able to at
.a,, * J
R. Barber, Rev. David Swartz,
and Rev. Charles B. Trammel
will tak,e part in the program.
Special music will be furnish
ed by Mr. William DeVeny and
a mixed quartet.
9 MONTH STATEMENT
By Duplan President
Lyman B. Frieze, President,
The Dplan Corporation, textile
weavers and throwsters, re
ports that the net earnings
for the nine months ended
June 30, 1951 were lower than
in the same period last year
due to higher taxes and the
reduction in prices and sales
during the third quarter.
He stated that this condition]
applies to the general industry j
where drastic curtailments in
weaving have been put into
effect since July 1. Overbuying!
by the trade increased inven-J
tories at the time the Korean
war started one year ago and
also last December after the
Chinese entered the conflict
The lack of equivalent con
sumer purchases has made it
necessary to cut prices and re
duce production. He reports
this period of readjustment
has been long overdue and ex- (
pects it will gradually result
in improved prices and a re
turn to more normal manu
facturing.
WESLEYAN SERVICE
GUILD MEETS
The Wesleyan Service Guild
of the Higgins Memorial Met
hodist Church met Thursday i
night at the home of Mrs.'.
Vernie Wilson. Guest speaker
for the meeting was Miss Peg
Calbeck of Celo. Her subject
was, “Fighting a War of
Kipdness.”
Two visitors at the Guild (
meeting were Miss Jean Cassey
of Columbus, Ohio and MrsJ
Ralph Shepherd of StatesvilleJ
Refreshments were served
by Mrs. Wilson, assisted by
her daughter, Millie Lou.
Miss Carolyn Ball of John
son City, Tenn. spent the week
with Miss Judy Ann Ray.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jester and,
son of Wilkesboro, N. C. visited
Mrs. Jester’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. VT B. Woody, this week.
SELF-EMPLOYMENT NOW
COVERED BY SOCIAL
SECURITY LAW
Persons who work for them
selves are now covered under] 1
the Social Security Law and :
have been building insurance 11
protection for themselves and ;
their families since January i
il, 1951.
The recent amendments to!
the Social Security Act cover j
most self-employed peopl '
with the exception of some oc i
j cupations such as farmers, i
1 doctors, lawyers, funeral dir | <
ectors, and a few other profes
sional groups.
For most people who work]
for themselves their first soc
ial security tax report will be
due, alpng with income tax re
turns, March 15, 1952, and will
cover the calendar year 1951
I Any earnings from self-em
' ployment of S4OO or more are
covered by the. provisions of
this new law. **
i The tax rate for this year is
21-4% of net earnings up to
$3600. Those who have an an
nual self-employment income
of less than S4OO will not have
to pay social security taxes
and will not be covered by the
law. The new coverage is not
a voluntary proposition, but
mandatory.
This new social security
law will cover about 4,700,000,
self-employed persons who
have an opportunity to build]
towards retirement benefits
for themselves and their fami- 1
j lies and monthly benefits to
their dependent survivors in
jthe event of death. ■
For details about their new
rights under social security,
1 self-employed people should
1 get in touch with their nearest
isocial security office.*
T*a rfpresefritative off the Soc
ial Security Administration
Field Office in Asheville will
be in Burnsville on the third
Monday of each month at the
Court House at 10:00 a. m.
Lions Club To
Hear Band
Recital
j
( Duane Cline, instrumental
] | instructor in the Music De
partment of the School of Fine
, Arts here, will lead his 35-
j piece student band in a con-
Jcert tonight for the Lions
I Club. The program will con-
I sist of “Promotion March”,
• “Village Chapel”, “Song of the
1 Rose”, and “Starter March”,
all by Cheynette. The brass
] ensemble will play a medely
i of service tunes.
1 The band is made up of stu
dents from Burnsville and Tip
ton Hill in classes ranging
from the third grade through l
high school, Mr. Cline said. I
Mrs. Robert Helme is instru-'
mental director at Tipton Hill
High School and Miss Doris
Hunter is Music Supervisor at
Burnsville.
! On Saturday evening the
band will give a concert at
Penland School as part of a
Folk Festival, and on next'
Thursday they will play for]
the Lions at Bakersville. Next 1
Friday morning the band will |
present an instrumental re
cital at the high school audi
torium here. Both beginners
and those with* instrumental
background will take part in i
the program, which will begin 1
at 10:00 o’clock. The public is''
invited to attend the recital.
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Home Demonstration Club
Schedule
Home Demonstration Club
I meetings for the county have 1
been announced as follows: 1
The Celo Ciub will meet Fri
day at 6:30 p. m. at Carolina
Hemlock grounds.
Bald Creek Club will meet
1 at ; the home of Mrs. James'
| Proffitt Tuesday at 7 p . m.
This will be the annual picnic
meeting of the club.
The Burnsville Club will
meet Wednesday at 2:30.
Shakespearean Drama At
' Playhouse This Week
The Drama Department of
the School of Fine Arst is
senting William Shakespeare’s
“The Taming of the Shrew”|
Friday and Saturday nights
under the direction of Kath
ryn England. /
As in former Shakespearean
productions given here, “The
Taming of the Shrew” will be
presented on the type, of stage
it was written for. Barrie!
Greenbie, set designer, has de-j
signed a stage in the manner j
of the Italian theatre used in.
MT. MITCHELL CAMP:
TOCLOSEON22ND :
Camp Mt. Mitchell for Girte
is now on the last two weeks
of the Summer Session. The
closing date is-August 22.
Special programs are in pre
paration in all departments
I for the final week. These are
open to the public and to all
summer visitors. Parents of
the Campers are coming to
Burnsville from many differ
ent states and from Florida
for the Camp closing.
Friday, August 17, at 2:00
] o’clock the annual horse show
takes place. This will be fol- 1 .
! lowed by a water ballet, a song
' and dance revue and a black 1
I face minstrel show. The more :
f serious part of the Camp Acti- i
vities will be the Out door Ves- ;
pers Sunday evening, Aug. 19,' ,
7:00 p. m., and the Banquet. l
The Banquet theme this year
will be “Cowboy Stuff”. The
setting will be a corral, and
decorations will be autumn 1
leaves, t berries,, and flpwersj
ropes, saddles, cowboy hats]
and other paraphernalia.
The Camp is having a most
successful season and interest
is widespread in future plans
for the Camp. Many have sign-!
ed for another season and in -
quiries are, coming in every
mail, according to the director.'
Mr. and Mrs. James Bing
ham are makim their perman
ert home in Bcrnsvilie and
hope- to make their camp an
addition to the many activities]
of Burnsville’s Summer pro-'
gram.
MILLARD HONEYCUTT
95, PASSES
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Millard Pierce Honeycutt,
95, a retired carpenter, died'
Wednesday in a Yancey Coun-j
ty nursing home after a long
illness.
] Funeral services will be
held Friday at 2 p. m. in Hig
gins Memorial Methodist Chu
[ rch. The Rev. F. R. Barber
, will officiate and burial will
be' in Academy Cemetery.
Surviving are three daugh
ters, Miss Maggie Honeycutt
of Burnsville, Mrs. Ed Ramsey'
of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs.
C. C. Early of Morganton.
Also one son, Ed Honeycutt
of Indiana; and one half-sis
tor, Mrs. L. P. Horton of Bur
nsville.
PresneH Completes Training
Private Haston Prresnell,
son of Mrs. Lonnie Presnell,'
Pensacola, N. C., has recently
completed successfully 14
weeks Infantry training with
Company “L”, 61st Infantry |
Regiment of- the famed Bth
Infantry Division at Fort Jack-]
son, S. C.
Private Presnell attendedi
Burnsville High School. He en
tered service last March, hav-j i
ing previously been engaged
in farm work in Pensacola.
As an infantry trainee, Pri-J
vate Presnell fired most of the
light infantry weapons, engag
ed ip practical squad and pla
toon problems, and underwent
intensive physical training in
preporation for duty as a com
bat or service type replace
ment.
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NUMBER FORTY-NINE
the time of Shakespeare.
J Another highlight of the
• production, besides the drama
tics, is the costume design em
ployed in the .play. Gay Dan
|gerfield, scholarship student
from the Old Vic Theatre,
, London, has designed a com
, plete group of historically ac
, curate medievel costumes. Cos
,'tumes for this production were
J designed and made under the
.'direction of Miss Dangerfield
! and Ruth Groce Young.
MurderjTrial
Slated To
Begin Monday
The defense counsel secured
a special venire to try the case
against Stanley Perkins, ex-
GI charged with murder in the
rifle slaying of Raleigh Styles
April 2.
Names of seventy-five per
sons were drawn today from
which a jury will be selected
by defense and prosecuting
attorneys to try the case.
Court recesses today until
Monday, when the murder
trial is scheduled to begin be
fore Judge William Bobbitt of
Charlotte. Dover R. Fouts, C.
P. Randolph, and Charles Hut
chins will aid Solicitor C. O.
Ridings in the prosecution,
while W. E. Anglin and Bill
Atkins act as defense for Per
kins.
MISS TURLrINGTON AT
HEALTH OFFICE
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Miss Iris Turlington of the
Tuberculosis Section of the
State Board of Health will be
working in the Avery-Mitchell-
Yancey health district during
the entire month of August.
Miss Turlington does the cleri
cal work in connection with a
mass X-ray survey. Such a sur
vey will be conducted in the
I tri-county area during the
I'month of September. Every
person over fifteen years of
age will be entitled to a free
chesk X-ray. The purpose of
the survey is not only to dis
cover unknown cases of tuber
culosis, but also other existing
conditions such as cyst or tu
mor, or cancer of the lungs.
Flnlarged heart could also be
' detected.
| The X-raying takes only a
minute or two, requires no un
| dressing and is free, so watch
for the schedule of the mobile
unit in your area and be sure
to get your X-ray.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Buder
and family of Scarsdale, N. Y.
are vsiting Mr. and Mrs. Wade
Honeycutt of Route L Mr
' Honeycutt and Mr. and Mrs.
Buder and children were in
j West End, S. C. last week vis
iting Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lewis.
696 Truckers Arrested *
Through May \
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Raleigh. —An average of
four trucks a day were hand
ed speeding summons by men
of the State Highway Patrol
during the first six months of
1951, Patrol Commander James
R. Smith said this week. The
arrest figures were taken from
the regular semi-annual viola
tions repc:compiled by the
Department of Motor Vehicles.
The Patrol reported 696 ar
rests of speeding truckers with
an additional 29 warned but
not actually arrested.
January was the Patrol’s
busiest month when 152 trucks
were picked up for exceeding
the State’s legal speed limit—
-45 miles per hour.
Other violations—including
axle and road overloads—lis
ted by the Department result
ed in 2,278 arrests and 440
warnings. • _