THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1951
Down Main Street
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Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gant
of Burlington, N. C. were the
guests of their daughter, Mrs.
Don Burhoe, and family last
wefek. Little Erwin and Mary
Burhoe returned home with
their grandparents where they
had beeit visiting for several
days. >
Mr. and Mrs. George Rob
erts and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Westall went to Cherokee to
see “Unto These Hills” last
week end.
Mrs. H. G. Bailey and daugh
ter Hope are visiting relatives
and friends in Franklin this
week.
Mrs. Melvin Webb and chil
dren are visiting Mrs. Webb's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Wright, in Boston, Mass, this
week.
According to reports, there
is little change in the condition
o fMrs. W. B. Robertson. She
is able to recognize ♦ friends
when they visit her at Pisgah
Sanitorium where she has been
for sevral months.
Mr. and Mrs. George D.
McCurry and family of Wash
ington, D. C., are visiting Mr.
McCurry’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Mai McCurry of Rt. 1,
Burnsville, week.
Mrs. M. E. Riddle is visiting
her sister, Mrs. A. H. Good-]
man, in Bristol, Tenn. this
week. j
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CARPENTER - BRASWELL
DRILLING COMPANY
(Water Well-Drilling Contractors
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NEWLAND, N. C. . |
IT’S A GRIM ITRUTH
... But You Can Do Something
About It:
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Lot by Age 65?
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4 —Comfortable
s—Still Working
36—Died
54—Dependent
WHY NOT HAVE A SAVINGS PLAN AND WORK THE
PLAN THROUGH?„
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BURNSVILLE, N. C,V
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ij Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Avant of
( Lancaster, S C. and Mrs. Gor
! don Avant "of Hemingway, S.- C
; spent last week end with Mr
■ and Mrs. Gudger Mclntosh of
Micaville. Mrs. D. L. Avant is
the former Miss Margaret Me
Intosh of Burnsville and Mica
ville.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Char
les B. Evans of Mich,
a son on August 17.
Mrs. ‘Clyde Whittington, Jr.
and daughter Barbara, and
Mrs. Whittington’s sister of
Mills River spent several days
with Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Whit
tington, Sr., at Cane River.
Mr. and Mrs. J > ete Smith and
son, Marvin Roy, of Alexan
dria, Va. are visiting Mrs.
Smith’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ike Laughrun.
Mrs. Bill Atkins reported
the Buncombe County Crimi-]
nai Term of Superior Court
last week in Asheville.
Misses Regina Lewis and
j Billie Low Buckner, who have
! been attending summer school
at East Tennessee State Col-!
lege, have returned home af
ter spending last week at
Hungry Mother Park, Marion I
, V a.
Pvt. Isaac N. Brown is a
| home on a short leave on his
return to Camp Pickett, Va.
j from Southern Pines.
MISS ADKINS MARRIED
TO CHARLES RAY
Miss Chloe Ella Adkins,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
D. Adkins of Ramsaytown, be
? came the bride of Charles El
bert Ray, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Horace D. Ray of Vixen, last
Saturday night in Byrds Chap
in el Church, Ramsaytown.
* The Rev. E. G. Adkins, un
cle of the bride and pastor of
the West Burnsville Baptist
Church, performed the double
* ring ceremony. The vows were
spoken beneath an arch of
white flowers and greenery,
flanked with baskets of white
l gladioli and branched candel-|
* abra holding lighted tapers. A
i program » of wedding music 1
. was presented by Mary Evelyn 1
Hensley of Burnsville, pian-]
I ist, and Mildred Hensley of
Bee Log, vocalist.
The bride, given in mar
, riage by her father, wore a
chapel length gown of white
I nylon net over taffeta with a 1
I bodice and jacket of rose point
J lace. Her veil of illusion fell j
(from a cap of satin and shir-'
l red illusion trimmed with'
small flowers. She carried a'
! casrade bouquet of white roses
I centered with a white orchid. |
I Mrs. Jack B. Hensley served
as her sister’s only attendant. |
| Horace D. Ray, Jr., brother
of the bridegroom, served as
best man. Ushers were Robert 1
R. Tilson and Frank Wilson 1
of Burnsville.
Following the ceremony a
reception was held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack B. Hen I
sley, after whirh the couple
left for a wedding trip to 1
Washington and New York.
Upon their return Mr. and
Mrs. Ray will reside in Burns-]
ville.
Mrs. Ray is a graduate of
Bee Log High School and Mr. 1
Ray is a graduate of Burns
ville High School and Western 1
Carolina Teachers College.
SMITH-WILLIAMS
Wedding Announcement
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Mr. and Mrs. Ras Smith of
Burnsville have announce!
the marriage of their daughter 1
Jeannette Smith, to Gerdine
Williams, son of Mrs. Walter i
Williams and the late Walter
Williams of Burnsville.
The wedding was performed
May 5 in Greenville, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams plan
to reside in Louisville, Ky.
Family Farm Review Meetin
Dates Announced
The schedule of meetings to
be held in Yancey county in
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture’s family farm policy
review has been announced by
W. M. Hensley, chairman of
the County Agricultural Mobi
lization Committee.
The review meetings, which
all farmers, farm organiza
tion representatives, and oth
ers interested in Yancey coun
ty agriculture are invited to at
tend, will be held at the fol
lowirLg-times and places:
Micaville School Monday
September 3, 8:00 p. m.; Court
House —Tuesday, September 4
8:00 p. M.; Bee Log School—
Friday, September 7, 10 a. m.
Bald Creek School—Tuesday
September 11, Bp. m.; Clear
mont School—Thursday, Sep
tember 13, Bp. m.; County
meeting Monday, Steptembterj
17, at 10 a. m. in the Yancey
Theatre.
Suggestions on farm pro
grams and services which
should be eliminated, changed
or strengthened and enlarge!
are sought from all individua
farmers and frem all rural or
ganizations, Mi. Hensley said
The review will deal with all
agencies of the Department
Mr. Hensley said. These in
elude those which provide soil
conservation assistance, infor
mation and education, farm
credit, crop insurance, acre
age allotments and quotas,
price supports, farm forestry
aid, and rural electrification.
“Any changes that are made
will affect you and your farm,"l
Mr. Hensley said. “This is
your opportunity to tell the
Secretary of Agriculture what
changes you think are needed. 1
“Whether you wish to praise 1
or to criticize, to curtail, modi-|
fy, or expand any one of the
present services to farmers
or to recommend new pro
grams, make your views known
to the County Agricultura
, Mobilization Committee.”
the Yancey record f
CATTAIL CREEK NEWS
Mrs. Ira West
Mrs. Ruby Idom of Robeline,
’ Louisiana, and Mrs. E. M. Self
’ of Mt: Vernon, Illinois, mother
’ and sister of Mrs. H. W. Spears
have been guests at the Spears'
; cabin several days last week. I
’ At the Annual Meeting of
the Good Neghbor Club, which 1
was held in the Community
• Hall recently, the following'
■ officers were elected for the
: coming year: Mrs. R. L. How
! ard, president; Mrs. Kenneth
' Enable, vice president; Mrs.
V. L. Singley, secretary and
' Mrs. Leo Schnupp, treasurer
This Club sponsors practically
I all of the community social ac
■' tivities, as well as the fund
: j raising projects. At presen |
i the group is setting up a lib
rary, and the books will be'
avaijable for use at the begin-'
ning of the next summer sea
son.
This week most of the fami
■ | lies who have children have
had to bring their summer va
cations to an end and return
j to their homes to start back to
' school. Among those who left
( are the R. W. Craig family, the
Leo Schnupps, the Elmer Day
family, and the H. T. Olsens.
| Mr. Bruce^ ( McCreedy came
up from Miami last week to
j be a guest at the R. W. Craig ]
cabin for a few days.
The Good Neighbor Club
1 sponsored a picnic at the Caro-
I lina Hemlock last Wednesday.
Most of the families on Cattail
were represented. Well filled
baskets of food, games and
| swimming were the attractions
I of the day.
i Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. Fielder
left Wednesday for a visit with
friends and relatives in Ohio.
( Dr. Thos. Baker, with his
i wife and two children are
! spending a two weeks vacation
( with his mother, Mrs. Margar
i et Baker, at Altitude Lodge,
l Miss Bernice Scroggins has
returned to Gary, Indiana af
ter spending several weeks
with Mr. and Mrs. Maynard
Suley.
BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE
The Yancey County Book-
I mobile schedule for the next
two weeks has been announced .
as follows:
Thursday, September 6
j Bowditch, home of Wilson Mc-
Mahan, 9:30 a. m.; home of
i Colonel Bennett, 10 a. m.; home
of Mrs. Burleson, 10:15 a. rn.;
home of Irvin Shuford, 10:30
a. m.; Blue'Rock Road, home
of Mrs. Addie Harris, 10:45
a. m.; Celo, Bryant’s Store, 11
a. m.; Post Office, 11:30 a. m.;
Celo School, 12:30 p. m.; Har
vard School, 1:30 p. m.; Seven
Mile Ridge School, 2:30 p. m.;
home of mrs. Joe Tyner, 3:00
p. m.; Lonnie Ballew’s Store,
4 p. m.; Co-op Store, 4:45 p. m.
Friday, September 7: Ham
rick, Harris Gibbs’ Store, 9:00
a. m.; Locst Creek School, 9:30
a. m.; Clear Creek, home of
Oscar Simmons, 10:30 a. m.;
Busick School, 11 a. m.; Busipk
home of Mrs. Clarence Crain,
11:30 a. m.; Colbert’s Creek
Church, 12:30 p. m.; Rock
Creek, home of Mrs. R. L.
Rector Ip. m.; Roscoe Wes
tell's Store, 2 p. m.; White Oak
Creek Road, Robert Ballew’s
Store, 2:30 p. m.; Brown's
Store, 3 p.m.; Fred Robinson’s
Store, 3:30 p. m.; Gibbs’ Esso'
Station, 4 p. m.; Micaville,
home of Mrs. Barber, 4:30.
PIG TO BE GIVEN AS PRIZE
f IN CONTEST
Mike and Ike, the two Grade
hogs which are living in a
special pen over at Deyton
Farm Supply, started their
three-month battle to outgain
each other.
They were officially weigh
ed-in Aug. 27th by Oss Deyton,
with Mike tipping the scales
at 34 pounds, and Ike hitting
the 36 pound mark.
During the time they are en
gaged in this battle of the
century, Mike will be fed Pur
ina Hog Fatena. Ike will be
fed corn and shorts. Their
weights will be posted regu
larly for everyone to see the
progress they make.
I The winner of this weight
gaining race will be the top
prize at a “Hog Quiz Show”
i which will be staged at Dey-
I ton Farm Supply when the
| contest closes.
Decoration At Byrd Cemetery
There will be a decoration
at the Byrd Cemetery in Ram
saytown Sunday, September
2, at 2:30 p. m.
Three Return From
Army Reserve Training
Dr.
Richard L. Mclntosh of Bur- 1
nsvillb, and Walter A. Hoyle *
1 of Spruce Pine Rt. 1, returned *
1 recently from twb weeks of
' active duty at Fort Betming,
Ga., with the 81st Infantry .
! Division. The 81st Division <
7 with headquarters in Atlanta,
is made up of reserve units in
*1 the Carolinas and Georgia.
Captain Mcßae, Sgt. Mnlntosh,
1 and Corporal Hoyle comprise
the" Medical Detachment of
the 316th Field Artillery Bat
talion, which has batteries in
Asheville, Hendersonville and
Brevard. The Medical Detach
ment meets for training twice
j a month at the American Leg
j ion building in Burnsville
, with units of the 318th Air
borne Infantry Regiment.
YANCEY THEATRE-TUES. SEPT. 4th
THE STORY OF _
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• The Wisest truckers in town . f.’
rarely come to us for major n ' ** ICrffr.
repairs. * '
That’s because they make a prac
tice of turning their equipment
over to us at regular intervals—let
us catch the “little things” that go
wrong before they can eat away
performance and run up oper
ating expenses.
We specialize in giving truckers
more “run” for their maintenance
money. Our repair department
is staffed by* veteran mechanics
who know how to arrest truck
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SALES A SERVICE'hTaDOUARTERS for CMC TRUCKS
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Decoration At Honeycutt
Cemetery
There will be a decoration
at the Honeycutt Cemetery oa
Coxes Creek next Sunday, Sep
tember 2, at 2:00 p. m.
Buy U. S. Savings Bonds
DANCE
EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT
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Isn’t that mighty important to
you today?.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for
their kindness and sympathy
during the illness and death
of our loved one.
Mrs. O. R. Lewis and family.