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BURNSVILLE Home Os Art avJ Industry VOLUME FIFTEEN SUB. RATE! Livestock Show Thursday Sale Scheduled At 2 p.m. * - ■ The Annual Tri-County Livestock Show and Sale, spon sored by the Yancey County Merchants Association, will be held next Thursday, Augus 30, at the Zeb Young farm two miles east of Burnsville on the Spruce Pine Highway. Judging of the animals will begin at 10 a. m. with Dr. R. K. Waugh of the Dairy De partment of State College jud ging the dairy breeds and “Bud” Whisnant, assistan director in charge of the Mountain Experiment Station at Waynesville, judging the beef animals. The show will be, limited to female cattle with the excep tion of a class of fat steers exhibited by 4-H and Future Farmers of America members Indications at this time are that approximately 80 cattl will be exhibited in the show. The Danish system of judg ing will be used. There will be no first, second and third places. Animals that are rated 1 well by the judges will be giv I en a blue ribbon, the next best will get a red, and the rest' that are qualified will receive! a white one. Persons entering cattle in the show should notify the farm agent of the county as to the number to be entered so that a place may be provided Animals should be brought In early Thursday morning and may be taken home after 4 o’rlock the same day. An addition to the show thia year will be a sale of register-1 ed Guernsey heifers. This is T the first time a sale of ani mals has been held in connec tion with the shows. Plans are. that the sale will begin at 2:30’ with Scott Wilson, manager of a Cleveland County stock farm FINAL RITES HELD FOR 0. R. LEWIS, 78 Funeral services for Osca R. Lewis, 78, who died at his home here Monday afternoonJ after a long illness, were heldj Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock in Higgins Memoria Methodist Church. Officiatin were the Rev. F. R. Barber pastor of the church, and th Rev. A. Z. Jamerson. Burial was in the Holcombe Cemetery ( Before his retirement from business, Mr. Lewis was active! in the business and civic as | fairs of Burisville. He helped to establish the first newspap-, er ever published in Yancey County around the turn of the century. The newspaper wa established under the name o The Black Mountain Eagle by Mr. Lewis and his brother-in j law, John M. Lyon. In 1915 the name of the weekly paper ( was changed to The Burnsville Eagle and was published under that name until it was sold In 1936. The son of Dr. and Mrs. 0 M. Lewis, he was born in New port, Tenn., October 28, 1872 | The family moved to Texas when he was around 12 year j old. Later, they moved back to Burnsville wjiere the Docto continued his practices > until his death. v Mr. Lewis retired to his farm and merchantile business in 1936. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Margaret Ray * Lewis four daughters, Mrs. Luther Horton of Marion, Miss Bess Lewis of Fort Pierce, Fla., Mrs Clarence Drauch of Washing ton, D. C., and Mrs. Clarence Hensley of Burnsville; four sons, Ralph of Candler, Joe, Oliver and John Lewis of Bur-' nsville; two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Letterman and Mrs. S. C. Rid dle of C-elo; seven grandchild ren and one great-grandchlid Visit The Art Exhibit At Seecelo Aug. 25 thru Aug. 31 The Yancey Record ' as auctioneer. Most of the heif ers to be placed on sale were I bred locally and quite a bit of! w interest is being shown in this first sale, which is being spon- 1 sored by the Yancey and Mit chell Guernsey. Breeders. A1 J *| animals in the sale have been | tested. | There will be fourteen re-] j gistered heifers for sale by the ‘(following breeders: W. Z. Rob- Jertson, Roy Ray, Charles Lee' I Griffith, S. B. Conley, George j Turhyfitl, all of Yancey Coun- 1 : ty, Hill Ray of Mitchell Coun-| , ty, and Rev. E. J. Harbison of 'j Misenheimer, N. C. ) PERKINS FREED IN j MURDER CHARGE Stanley Perkins, retired Ar my veter-an held on a murder charge for the rifle-slaying of i Raleigh Styles* last April, was , freed last Friday. Trial for ■ the accused man lasted from I Monday through Thursday of I last week. The jury got the .charge from Judge William Bobbitt of Charlotte on Thurs day about 4:45 p. m. and re tired to the jury room. They 1 were unable to come to an agreement that evening and the judge recessed court until Friday.' They deliberated on | the case Friday until around noon when a verdict of not guilty was reached. Perkins was being tried on ■j a maximum charge of second , degree. murder. The jury had the authority, however, to re turn a verdict of manslaugh ter or an acquittal. Bailey To Be Associated With Anglin In Law Practice Announcement was made this week by William E. Ang lin, prominent Burnsville at torney, that G. Dixon Bailey son of Mrs. G. D. Bailey and the late Mr. Bailey, will be as sociated with him in the gen , eral practice of law in the jfuture. 1 Bailey passed the State Bar Examination and was licensed to practice law in North Caro-| lina early this month. After military duty with the U. S. Coast Guard in Seattle, Wash., 1 he entered Berea College, Ber- 1 1 ea, Ky., where h$ received his A. B. degree in 1947. He en- I rolled in the Wake Forest Law School immediately after his graduation at Berea and cofn -1 pleted the three year course last June, receiving his L. B. 1 degree. Bailey’s father, the late G i D. Bailey, was a member of j the Yancey County Bar and was active in county affairs until his death. Two Yancey Boys Train At Bainbridge ■ | Vernon A. Fox, of Green Mountain, and Keith Higgin | | of Cane River, seaman recruits USN, are undergoing recruit | training at the U. S. Naval Trainiig Center, Bainbridge Md. | This initial training includes instruction in such fields as i seamanship, fire-fighting, gun- I nery, signaling, and other cou- 1 ! rses designed to make the re-J cruit well-versed in every phase of Navy life. Upon completion of their 11 week training period at the re cently reactivated training center, graduates are assigned! to duty stations with the Fleet or at Navy shore stations, or' are sent to service schools for ' advanced technical training. Decoration Announcement ’ There Will be a Decoration at the McCourry Cemetery on Jacks Creek, August 26, at 10:00 o’clock. Everyone in vited* '. I i “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” Burnsville, n. c., Thursday, august 23,1951 PROCLAMATION The current personnel re quirements of the Army and Air Force during these days of' ■ expansion of our armed forces j, are tremendous. 'j One of the means we have at 1 hand to alleviate this situation' ■ is the enlistment of our young' ■j women into the Army and Air | Force to make more men avail- 1 i able for our combat arms. In addition to service to ■ their country, young women' s can enjoy profitable careers in ■ the service or come back later : better prepared for service to ; their communities. In cooperation with a pro ] gram of National scope and importance, I hereby claim August 25, 1951 as WAC— 1 WAF Day. Mark Bennett, Mayor of Burnsville. The *U. S. Army and. U. S. Air Force needs thousands of American women with super-[ ior qualifications to be mem bers of the WAC and WAF. If you can meet the high WAC —' WAF standards, you’ll work with the finest young women] in America. You’ll have a chance to serve at Army Posts' and Air Force Bases in the] United States and in many, countries overseas. You’ll en joy all the prestige of being' in the world’s greatest Army, and Air Force. The Army and Air Force have free booklets that tell all about the WAC and WAF. They give all the details about the work tne' WACS and WAFS are doing—! the living conditions, the pay, and the uniform. Just drop by the Army and Air Force Re- 1 cruiting Station at the Court house, Bur ns vine, N. U. THeyu be glad to give ycTu a copy free. palnting classes to EXHIBIT WORK NEXT WEEK_ The Burnsville Painting Classes, Inc., owned and oper ated by Frank Stanley Herring and Edward S. Shorter, will hold the 6th Annual Exhibi tion Sunday, Aug. 26. The ex-j hibition will run through Fri day, August 31. The paintings will represent the work of students from all over the United States. Stud-| ents from twenty-four states have attended the Burnsville Painting Classes during the summer of 1951. Visitors will be welcome [ from 2 p. m. to 6 p. m., eachi day from Sunday through. Friday. ° Mrs. Lewis Tappan and dau ghter of Nashville, N. C. are visiting Mrs. Tappan’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Carter Higgins, l this week. Miss Zoe Young and Miss Emma Tholen of Durham, N. C. are visiting friends and re latives in Newdale and Burns ville this week. WINS WITH “SOAP BOX” . ' j Ik Wfr Akron, Ohio—ft’s all smiles < for 16-year-old Darwin Cooper of Williamsport, Pa., who cop ped the trophy he’s hugging plus a $5,000 college < ship for winning the 14th an nual All-American Soap Box Derby before 80,000 fans (August 12). Visit The Art Exhibit At Seecelo Aug. 25 thru Aug. 31 BLUE GEMS WIN THREE GAMES IN A ROW 1, The local b&ll club began a f J winning streak Saturday, two I weeks ago, when they defeated ) the Enka team, then took the ; next two last, Saturday and 1 I I Sunday from Clinchfield cf ; Marion and Spruce Pine. The game with Clinchfield ■ was the closest and best game j of the season here, with a score >] of 7-6. Eddie Wilson of the' 1 Blue Gems cleared the board 1 fence for his second home run 1 ’, at the new field, bringing Ini 1 one other runner. Then Freddy | Young bouncs<l a long hit off the fence to bring in three more runs for the local team. The visitors Were still one run ■! in the lead until “Speedy’ I Bailey got a hit to bring in two runs, placing the game in the bag. if Sunday’s game with Spruce Pine was an easy win with a score of 15-1. Banks and Gill [ espie were both on the mound I with Autrey and Banner see ing action behind the plate. •' New strength has been ad ded to the local club with the 'playing of Vergis Anglin, Jun ior Robinson a)»d Dale Banner 1 during the season. J The coach said this week that hitting and fielding had been greatly improved by dur-| 1 ing-the-week practice. The Gems also are improv I ing through practice and ac tual playing for the senior team when tbs game has been 'cinched. On Sunday afternoon the I Gems will play the Asheville 1 All Stars at Stamey Field. The' visiting team is composed of players from the Buncombe 1 County League jjjho have fin-' ratlCU‘TOt?i ocautwh The local club plans to con tinue its schedule through September. MEETINGS ON. .FARM POLICY REVIEW TO BE HELD The United States Depart ment of Agriculture, through a local County Agricultural Mobilization Committee, is 1 planning a series of meetings in Yancey County to help de l termine the best farm program Ito follow in the future. All] I agricultural organizations in' ' each county in the United Sta tes are holding such meetings. | Farmers are not the only, 'persons urged to attend the] scheduled meetings, a spokes- man said. Persons from every j profession are asked to come I and express an opinion con cerning the program. That, is (the purpose cf these meetings. The spokesnan said sugges tions for addtions or elimina tions in the piogram will be re viewed b> th< U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture and the Secretary wil draw up plans from the mos; feasible sugges tions for a fiiure program. Meetings panned to discuss the “Family Farm Policy Re view” will b« held in each of the five high schools on the' following ddes: Micaville,' Monday, Sept 3 at 8 p.. m.;' Burnsville, "uesday, Sept. 4 at 8’ p. m.; lee Log, Friday, * Sept. 7 at 10 .. m.; Bald Creek, 1 Tuesday, Sep'. 11, at 8 p. m.; and Clearnont, Thursday,' Sept. 13, at 8 f. m. | Following the community meetings, a ounty-wide meet- 1 Ing will be h|d in the Yancey [ Theatre Moniy morning, Sep tember 17. #1 The Amerian Legion and Auxiliary' wil hold their rfegu lar supper meting at the Leg-’ ion Hall nex Tuesday night. | Mr. and Me. T. Carl Brown of Raleigh spmt two days with Mr. and Mrs' George Roberts here last wed. . f E. W. Koeig returned Mon day from a lusiness trip, to Denver, Colohdo. | Mrs. T. M.Bwann and child ren of Clio, 3. C. are visiting relatives andfriends in Burns-, ville this vdek. Mr. Swann was here wih his family last week end aA will return for them this wfk end. ALL SCHOOLS TO OPEN MONDAY Teachers Meeting Scheduled ► Saturday ! l All schools in Yancey Coun ;ty will begin operation on ■ Monday, according to Frank I Howell, superintendent. Child' ren in the South Toe District will enter classes in the old buildings of their respective 1 communities, he said, because the new building will not be j completed for approximately ‘i three weeks. ] The annual pre-school tea , chers meeting will be held Sat : urday, when plans will be] made for the school program this year. MANY GUESTS ATTEND CAMP EXERCISES Fifty parents from # various . parts of the country were on hand for the final activities of . Camp Mt. Mitchell for girls which closed Tuesday. Visit . tors came from Virginia, Ohio, , Kentucky, Alabama and Flor .! ida to carry their girls home • after eight weeks in camp here One of the highlights of the : closing activities was the horse 'show which was attended by a j large crowd from Burnsville and sorrounding territory. Mrs I Paul Mcßee served as judge I and awarded prizes following the show. In the advanced class awards j were made to Lynn Farquahr, Tudi Mason, and Skipper Knight. The championship ad vanced class award and the grand championship for Camp Mt. Mitchell award was won f Eynn Farquahr. Intermed ards was given to Enid Stev ens while the beginners cham pionship was awarded Norma Garcia. Other winners were Pat Maguire, Anne Payne, Harriet Rothstein, and Joyce Middleton. Caroling Mcßee gave a rid ] ing exhibition on Dr. Clyde Whisnant’s Mountain Happy King. Visit The Art Exhibit At Seecelo Aug. 25 thru Aug. 31 Tipton Visits Constantinople Floyd Tipton, commissary man. second class, USN, hus band of Mrs. Ruth Tipton, of Green Mountain, N. C.,..recent ly visited Constantinople when the destroyer USS Purvis an-1 i chored at the Turkish port for . a five-day call. ■f Capital of the Roman Em pire in the East for more than - ( 11. centuries, the city was 1 •..founded by Constantine the * Great. 'i . Among the many sights ‘ithat greeted the crew were the' I Cathedral of St. Sophia, con-! 'sidered one of the most beauti ful buildings in the world to ,day, and the ruins of the Ro-j i man Hippodrome where char-) iot races were run in ancient 'days. I, The Purvis operates in the i Mediterranean with the Sixth 1 Fleet. ,-- " i Receives B. S. Degree \ Mrs. Geneva Hunter Hed- • 'rick of Knoxville, Tenn., will , 1 receive her B. S. degree from 1 ] the University of Tennessee at the graduation exercises which ] will be held August 24th. She 1 has been employed as secre- 1 ( ' tary at the University Demon- ' | stration school for the past ' three years. She received a scholarship entitling her to at tend the University during the' I summer session from the State 1 Department of Education, 1: Nashville,-Tenn. as a reward (for her outstanding 'work in 1 the local P. T. A. chapter this year. She has accepted a post tion with the Knoxville City Schools for the coming year. Mrs. Hedrick Ift the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hunter of Burnsville, Rt. 1. X-Ray Units To Be In Yancey Next Month Pinal plana are being com , pleted for a mass tuberculosis X-ray examination for citizens of Yancey County, through the local Tuberculosis Association according to Mrs. Ernest , Briggs, county chairman. Four mobile units will be in operation in the tri-county area during all of September.! One unit each will be assigned; to Yancey, Mitchell, and Av ery Counties, the chairman said. The X-ray examination is free to every citizen in the county and the local tubercu-j losis association with the Dis-I trict State Health Department' office urges everyone to take' 1 advantage of the examination. [ No undressing is required and ■ only a few moments are re -1 quired for completion of the ■ X-ray. 1 The number of persons hav ing the disease are increasing r “ I ‘- J * ; nr •»/■ U MANY EXPECTED AT Y. C. I. REUNION , Arrangements- for the third annual reunion of former stud-| ents and teachers of Yancey Collegiate Institute have been completed. The reunion will be held at Burnsville High School on Saturday. As at the last two gatherings of teachers and students of the Baptist school, r r- ~ , a many people with their fami r lies are expected to attend. * **-*-e»5 will of - 10:30 Saturday morning, fol - lowed by a brief program and i business meeting. .Mr. E. F. s Watson of Spruce Pine and • Mr. E. E. Hawkins of Johnson i City, Tenn., will speak to the group. A picnic lunch will be - served at 1 o’clock. & . ______ ___________ 7 Cherokee Drama Exceeds i In Attendance Cherokee, N. C.—More per sons are seeing “Unto These Hiils”, Kermit Hunter’s drama I of the Cherokee Indian, than any other outdoor theatrical production in America. This claim was made by •Carol White, general manager/ of the Cherokee production, 1 on the basis of attendance re- I ports here and from other out-' I door dramas in America, in cluding the two top runners-] up—“ The Lost Colony” at ' Manteo, N. C., and “The Com , moil Glory” at Williamsburg < l Va. J i I Through Sunday night, Aug- 1 | ust 19, “Unto These Hills” had ] played to more than 112,000 ' , persons, with thirteen perfor I r » r w * | mances still to go. Last season the drama played to 107,140 persons to establish a new at-! tendance record for outdoor theatrical productions in An: erica. The 1951 record was broken last Saturday night when more than 3,800 persons witnessed the production, running thi | season’s attendance to more than 109,000 persons. Thus far this season “Unto These Hills’ has played to an' average of better than 2,100 persons nightly. Paul Green’s symphonic dra ma, “The Lost Colony”, played to 55,000 persons last year and at present is running approxi I mately 2,000 ahead of the 1950 season for the same period. | “The Common Glory” at Williamsburg reports attend ance up over the 1950 season, averaging better than 1,250 nightly, for what is expected to be its best season in its five-year run. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watson and daughter of Spruce Pine) were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan B. Westall last week >“"• - 1 1 BURNSVILLE Home Os [ Camp Mt. Mitchell I For Girls NUMBER FIFTY-ONE I throughout the United States, and the first step toward con ■ trol as individuals is by x-ray examination, Mrs. Briygs poin ted out. In this county last year there were thirty-five j cases of the disease and five deaths caused from it, she said. Chairmen for local organiza ! tions in communities through out the county have been nam |ed as follows: Roy Ray, W. O. I Briggs, Mrs. Max Proffitt, i Paul Buck, Mrs. Harmon Pet- I erson, Arthur Robinson, Friel , Young, Walter Howell, Max , Higgins, Mrs. R. S. Ballew, | Robert Presnell, Mrs. Alice j Mauey, Benjamin Wilson, Mrs. , R. E. Holloway, J. J. Nowicki, 1 Mrs. Everette Johnson, Mrs, Byrd Gillespie, Mrs. Jack Hen -1 sley, Mrs. Ralph Mrs. lorn Huffman, Lewis ! Edge, Grace Young, Mrs. Lowe Thomas, Jess Howell, Clyde Ayers, Roy Mathis, and Rev. Grady Riddle. - - r r HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB ELECTS NEW OFFICERS The Home Demonstration County Council members of ! Yancey County met Thursday, 'Aug. 16, at 11:30 a. m. at tne Roberts and Johnson Club Room to discuss the activities of their Home Demonstration 1 Clubs and to start plans for a new program of work to be carried out in 1952. The worn- en brought a covered dish lun ich and continued their busi- J uqss meeting until 2:30 p. m. r l»Wrjn | n m _ , ! District Home Agent from i Raleigh spoke to the women ' on some of the policies of the Home Demonstration Clubs, also some of the things a pro gram of work in every county should contain. Another very important fea ture of the meeting was the election of the new officers for County Council. They are as follows: President, Mrs. E. L. Dillingham, from the Burns ville Club; vice president, Mrs. I Eula Hensley, from the Middle iJacks Creek Club; secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Champ Ray, from the Newdale Club; and reporter, Mrs. Ralph Prof fitt, of the Bald Creek Club. These officers will preside at the next County Council meet ing. The Council and Home Demonstration Clubs are look ing forward to a very success ful year with the leadership of these fine council officers. There were five different clubs represented at this meet ing with an attendance of nineteen club women as fol lows: Mrs. Jack Young, Mrs. Seth Honeycutt, Mrs. Champ Ray, Mrs. Eula Hensley, Mrs. W. L. Robinson, Mrs. Joe God frey, Mrs. Max Proffitt, Mrs. ;E. L. Dillingham, Miss Kate Masters, Mrs. Laura McMahan Mrs. Clyde Edwards, Mrs. Bill Street, Mrs. Nell Johnson, Mrs. Angus Masters, Miss " Jennie Deyton, Mrs. Clyde. Whitting ton, Mrs. Curl Banks, Miss I Nell Bennett and Mary Helen I Neill. I The Council also discussed ' the Chest X-Ray Survey which i is to begin in Yancey* Sept. 1 through Sept. 29. The officers in some of the clubs reported that they had already been helping canvass their com munities to encourage people to take advantage of the X-r^y" service. The other clubs plan to begin work immediately In I their communities. Bald Mountain Gets Heavy Hail Storm j According to a report re ceived here early this week, a bad hail storm swept over the Bald Mountain section above l ( Bee Log last Thursday. The ij heavy hail damaged some to l bacco crops severely, it was c said.. Some damage to corn crops was also noted.
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