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PAGE FOUR Around The Mt. Mitchell Forest Service District By George Vitas, U. S. Forest Ranger The 152 National Forests have many uses —some very odd. One of the most unusual being the ice-crop that is har vested year-round at the toe of the Mendenhall Glacier on the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. If you were to walk into a place in Juneau, Alaska aiid ask for a cold drink, chan | ces are you’d find a piece of the glacier floating around in your glass. During the past several years an enterprising, local business man has been delivering glacier ice to re freshment' places in JuneauJ Glacier ice, centuries old, is renowned for its hardness and transparency. In warm waath I er, it is obtained by chopping, up hunks of iceberg which) break amay from the mother glacier and float around in Mendenhall Lake. In winter when the lake is frozen, the ice merchant drives his jeeps right up to tha glacier and takes his ice from its face. The fame of the National Forest j ice has spread and some of it j has been flown to places as far off as Seattle, Idqho and New York City for use on 1 special occasions. As any farmer will tell you the soil is now dry and we need rain. We were recently, informed that the Distric rainfall is already six inches less than it should be at this time of the year. Will Murphy came in from Huntdale the other day and said that he dug into his field to a depth of al-j most three feet before he struck damp soil. Farmers tell us that it looks as if the corn crop will ripen earlier this this year but the yield will be poor unless we get some rain soon. Unless rain comes, tree too, will suffer, especially these growing on the poore sites. Last Friday, Yancey County Ranger, Craig English, proved that he is just as adept at whipping up a delicious fried chicken dinner as he is at fighting forest fires. The oc casion was the annual picnic and meeting of N. C. Fores Service Fire Wardens from Yancey and Mitchell counties at Burnsville. Mitchell County) Ranger, Frank Bryant camej down from Bakersville and State District Forester, B. H j Corpening from Asheville to attend, along with 15 State 1 Fire Wardens from the two counties. Tom Huffman, a vet eran of many years of fire fighting, with the U. S. Fores Service and Albert Ballew both of Hamrick—went along with us to the meeting. Here is a sign that the For I estry profession, which in the United States just about 60 years old, is reaching matur-j ity: Recently the Georgia State legislature passed a law that called for the licensing of prac ticing foresters in the State. *■**********************************>)«>***■****)*•**,, Sj^BßANgii MORE WEAR PPH What do you lock ! for in a shoe? Neat 1 style? Rugged cob- I struction? Solid coiu- fl fort? YouU *° 4 I all three u> our T Randcraita! W» 1 have u»- 1 packed our e»w J styles, so com* soon, your is beret PROFFITT’S STORE BALD CREEK, N. C. LIVESTOCK SALES FOR FALL LISTED “Where can I buy some good cattle? Or sheep? Or hogs?" If this problem is worrying you, you’ll be interested in this information about livestock I sales to be held in North Caro | lina this fall. It was compiled 'by Jack Kelley, in charge of extension animal husbandry work at State College. Feeder calf sales will be I held at Rocky Mount on Sept 20, S. A. Lanier’s farm near Maple Hill on Sept. 21, Sanford on Sept. 28, Boone on Oct. 1, West Jefferson on Oct. 2, Hills boro on Oct. 5, Laurel Hill on Oct. 9, and Pembroke on Oct. j 10. A feeder calf and heifer sale will be held at Goldsboro on Sept. 13. Western North Carolina Hereford Breeders Association will hold a purebred sale at Hendersonville on Sept. 21. Other cattle events include a grade yearling steer and heifer sale at West Jefferson on Oct. 16, Hereford breeders’ sale at ! Durham on Oct. 18, Rocking- I ham County heifer sale at Reidsville on Oct. 20, Watauga Hereford breeders’ sale a Boone on Oct. 26, N. C. Pure bred Hereford breeders’ sale at I Kinston on Nov. 7, Dr. Little’s I purebred Hereford sale a Statesville on Nov. 8, N. C. Purebred Hereford breeders’ sale at Winston-Salem on Dec. I, and Councii-Hamilton Here ford sale at Statesville on Dec 114. i A sale of purebred ewes will be conducted at Raleigh on Oct. 17. For hog producers, events include a Spotted Poland China sale at Rocky Mount on Sept. 27, Duroc sale at Wilson on Oct. 4, Pitt County purebred hog sale at Greenville on Oct. 9, Duroc sale at Dunn on Oct. 11, Berkshire sale at Raleigh on Oct. 24, Lenoir County hog sale at Kinston on Oct. 25, Tamworth sale at Lexington on Oct. 26, and Spotted Poland China sale at Hillsboro on Nov. 1. (Georgia is the first state in the union to do so. The U. S. Department of Agriculture states that if you’re interested in varying your diet with a food that con tains Vitamins A, B and C, I along with some minerals and plenty of energy, then make the sweet potato a part of your meal every once in a while. Columbus first found the sweet potato growing in Cuba under .Indian cultivation. Later, Spa | nish expeditions also discover led it thriving in Mexico am South America. Eventually th explorers brought it back to I Europe and the U. S. Today the U. S. produces 61 million bushels of sweet pitatoes an nually—lo million of whic’ come from Louisiana alone. iar'- A | 'rry’\ |y Wijottr shoe Dollar Randcrall NOTICE OF RESALE In The Superior Court Before the Clerk NORTH CAROLINA YANCEY COUNTY J. B. Ray and wife. Sue Ray Mrs. O. M. Jarvis and husband O. M. Jarvis, E. P. Ray an wife, Mrs. E. P. (Ollie) Ray J. G. Ray and wife, Mrs. J. G ' (Pearli Ray, F. H. Metcalf 5 and wife, Mrs. F. H. Metcalf Donnie Metcalf Maney ant . husband, Robert Maney, Cail ! Metcalf and wife, Bertha Met ■ calf, Christine England, T. J . Metcalf and wife, Cary Met calf, W. C. Metcalf (widower) ■ Ettie Honeycutt, Minnie Reno and husband, George Reno Garrett Metcalf and wife , Blanche Metcalf, Ollie Ma.’ Whittemore, Effie Ledford Kelly Metcalf and wife. Mrs Kelly Metcalf, E. H. Metcalf and wife, Margaret Metcalf Mrs. Weldon (Pansy) Allen and husband, Weldon Allen Mrs. Bill (Velvie) Church and husband, Bill Church, Ruby Church and husband, J. V Church, Margaret Metcalf and husband, E. H. Metcalf, John Metcalf and wife, Deltha Met calf, Gaither Metcalf and wife Mrs. Gaither Metcalf, J. W Metcalf and wife, Mrs. J. W (Elsie) Metcalf, Gaither J Metcalf and wife, Mrs. G. J Metcalf, Mrs. Raymond (Bes sie) Young and husband, Ray mond Young, Jessie Metcalf Flossie Metcalf Norman an husband, Loyd A. Norman Velma Metcalf, Floyd C. Met ; calf and wife, Madge Metcalf , Geneva M. Stephens and hus band, Harry L. Stephens, Rosa Lee Metcalf Webb and hus band, Ballard Webb, Jr., Mrs. H. M. Phillips, J. B. Elkins and wife, Mrs. J. B. Elkins, K. C Elkins and wife, Mrs. K. C. El kins, B. F. Elkins and wife Mrs. B. F. Elkins, M. A Elkins and wife’, Mrs. M. A. Elkins Dora Arrowood and husband Lee Arrowood, Artie Arro wood and husband,M. F. Ar rowood, Anna Chambers, Min nie Benchboard, T. V. Smitl and wife, Mrs. T. V. Smith, H G. Smith and wife, Mrs. H. G Smith, Carrie Rogers and hus band, Sam Rogers, Rose Wyat | and husband, Henry Wyatt Ethel Edwards and husband Luther Edwards, Minnie Ray field and husband, Tom Ray field, G. K. Metcalf and wife, ! Zerilda Metcalf, R. K. Metcalf j and wife, Pansy Metcalf, Celia , ia Ray and husband, Ernest Ray, Lattie Metcalf and hus band, Estoy Metcalf, J. Gilbert , Metcalf, Dexter Hensley and ! husband, Grady Hensley, Gai ther McMahan and wife, Pau line McMahan, Lillie Proffit \ and husband, Roy H. Proffitt Alvin McMahan and wife. Pol lie McMahan, Ada McGhee and husband, Fred McGhee Marie Metcalf Allen and hus band, Vernon Allen, and Lee Metcalf. Petitioners (Ex parte) Pursuant to orders of the Court in the aboUe i entitled special proceeding, which or ders are dated August 1,1951 i and September 5 1951 and appear of record in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Yancey County in Special Proceedings Docket No. ... the undersigned Com missioner will sell on Satur day, September 22, 1951, at 11.00 o’clock A. M., at the Courthouse door in Burnsville, North Carolina, at public auc tion, to the highest bidder for cash, that certain tract of land lying and being on the waters of Indian Creek in Prices Creek Township, Yancey Coun ty, North Carolina, adjoining the lands of J. W. Shepherd, J. C. Robertson and others bounded as follows: BEGINNING on two small chestnuts .on the county line in West end of the Deep Gap, runs Eastward a marked line to a poplar at a spring; then down the branch to a bunch of lynns; then to a stake six feet North of the fence on the knoll; then down crossing the McCourry spring branch to the bars; then to the woods and up with a marked line to a maple on top of the ridge at N. Maney’s line; then up the ridge Westward to the county line; then Northward with county line to the BEGINNING containing seventy-five (76) acres, more or less. AND BEING the same lands as described in a deed date the 10th day of January, 1895 from James Metcalf and wife M. S. Metcalf to H. R. Metcalf which deed is recorded in Yan cey County Deed Book 20 page 280,. The terms of the sale will be THE YANCEY RECORfI T CATTAIL CREEK NEWS 3 Mrs. Ira West 3 — 1 Mr. and Mrs. Bud Adkins) and son have returned from a > visit with relatives in Ashta bula, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Penland, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1 Plato Penland, of Burnsville, enjoyed a two weeks trip which took them as far north as Toronto, Canada. They re turned last week. John Baker, who has been with his mother, Mrs. Margar et Baker, at Altitude Lodge, flew back to Miami on Monday He will again enter the Uni- | versity of Miami this year. Mrs. Ira West left on Mon day to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Downing, in Wakeman, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nathan, of Baltimore, Md., have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Spears for the past ten days. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA YANCEY COUNTY Having qualified as Admin istrator of the Estate of W. M. Mclntosh, deceased, late of Yancey County, this is to noti- I fy all persons having claims against the Decedent to exhi bit the same to the undersign- 1 ed Administrator at his home I at Cance River, N. C., on or be- I fore the 2nd day of August, I 1952, or this notice will be ■ plead in bar of their recovery. I All persons owing the Estate I will please make immediate I payment. This 2nd day of Aug. 1951. I S. A. King, Administrator I of the Estate of W. M. Mein- I tosh, Deceased. Aug. 2—9—16—23, Sep.t 6—13 I for cash upon confirmation by I the Court. A cash deposit of I ten per cent (10%) is to be I made by the highest bidder at I the sale. The hickory timber, all tim j ber and the land may be offer I ed for sale separately and of I sered for sale as a whole, to be I sold by the method which pro- I duces the highest price. This resale was ordered by I reason of the fact that the last and highest bidder at the time said property was first offered for sale failed to make the ini tial cash defosit as required I by the terms of the sale. This sth day of Sept. 1951. J Gaither Ray, Commissioner j Sept. 13—20 1 | NOW IS THE TIME i | i To Save 1-3 On Fuel Costs This Winter ! 5 5 9 Home Insulation | With j ! JOHNS-MAN VILLE Rock Wool | S Insulation Holds Heat In Winter { i S S Keeps It Out In Summer j ; j 9 See Us For Estimation J S B. B. PENLAND & SON COMPANY § 5 5 Bay Porter, son of Mrs. Spears' flew in from Shreveport, La, 1 to join the party. Miss Joan Threadgill left on Saturday, to resume her stud-) ies at the University of Florida Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. How-) [SS ~ | u Z&mi store Q Q ALSO U HH I FOR EVERY NEED Q GE APPLIANCES LIVING ROOM FURNITURE U REFRIGERATORS DINING ROOM FURNITURE RANGES KITCHEN FURNITURE ■ HOME FREEZERS BATH ROOM OUTFITS |J WATER HEATERS COMPLETE LINE OF LIGHTING FIXTURES LINOLEUM RUGS TABLE LAMPS INLAID LINOLEUM *1 FLOOR LAMPS RUBBER TILE U WOOD AND COAL RANGES II WOOD AND COAL HEATERS BURNSVILLE EURNITURE & HARDWARE CO. H PHONE 191 BURNSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA ■ * ard have gone to Long Island to take their nephews, David and Wayne Killiam, to their . home. Mr. and Mrs. Howard | plan to see some shows in New ( i York City before returning to . 1 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1951 their cabin on Cattail. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pierce and son, Eddie, have closed their cabin for the summer and re turned to Miami Springs, Fla. I , Buy U. S. Savings Bonds
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