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Saturday, November 3, is
an important day for farm
peoiple of Yancey County
and the entire state of North
Carolina. On that date they
will vote on the “Nickels for
Know-How” proposal ,to as
sess themselves five cents
per ton, on feed and fertili
zer, the proceeds to be turn
ed over to the Agriculture
Foundation, Inc., at State
College to promote agricul
tural research and education
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Production From Each Farm
Essential To Welfare Os
Country
The production from every
farm and the protection of
every acre on every farm is
needed if agriculture is to
continue to provide for the
Nation’s needs, says W. M.
Hensley, Chairman of the
Yancey County PMA Com
mittee.
To make sure there is eno
ugh food and fiber to meet
the Nation’s needs for a
strong defense and to tak
care of a growing* popula
tion in the years to come, in
the chairman’s opiniop a
sound program for maintain
ing farm productive capacity
is essential.
He points out that th
general fertility level of ou
soils is still going down.
Soil improvement helped
a great deal on many farms, 1
but it has not yet reached 1
the point where it balances
the losses of soil and fertil-]
ity on other farms. *
Each year we are taking
nearly twice as much plant'
nutrients out of the soil by
cropping alone as we are re
turning, £he chairman ex
plains. It is- not uncommon
in some areas for erosion
,and leaching to take more]
than 20 times as much out (
of the soil as do the crops, j
He points out that with
the added demand for in-J
creased production due to
the defense effort, the fer
tility is being drained from
the soil even faster than
normally. WAth our popula
tion increasing at the rate
of 2 million a year, the pro
blem is serious.
As the crairman sees it
not only will more and bet
ter conservation be required
to protect the land and to
step up production to meet
the ever inerteasing demand,
but farmers have an . increas
ing obligation to so farm
their land that it will be
more rather than less pro
ductive in the years to come.
And, he explains, it is for
this reason that there is an
Agricultural C i> n servation
_ Program.
The Yancey Record
SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
} Polls will be open from
i 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m., andl
t regular PMA polling places
l will be used. All persons who
r use feed or fertilizer, in
i’ eluding women as well as
- 4-H, FFA and NFA mem
i bers with crop or livestock
• projects, are eligible to vote.
- Two-thii(ds approval is re
> quired to make the plan es
: fective.
The referendum covers a
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Graveside Rites
Held For Mrs.
Blanche Proffitt
Graveside rites for Mr®.
1 Blanche M. Proffitt, 65, wife
' of the late Walter C. Proffitt,
were held in the Proffitt
' family cemetery at Cane Riv
er Tuesday afternoon at 2:00
p. m.
Rev. D. B. Alderman, pas
tor of the Higgins Memorial
- Methodist Church of Burns
ville officiated.
Nephews were pallbearers
and Nieces were flower bear
ers.
Mrs. Proffitt died Sunday,
October 28, in The King’s
Daughters Home at Durham.
She,had been living in Dur
ham for several years.
She is survived by three
• sisters, Mrs. GUs F. Hensley
of Burnsville, Mrs. Clyde M.
'Page and Mrs. H. R. Reams,
jboth of Durham; a number
nephews, nieces and other
I near relatives.
I Friends and relatives from
: outside the county attending
. the funeral services were
Mrs. Morehead Reams, Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Reems of
Durham, N. C., Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Mprris of Greeneville,,
S. C., Mr. and Mrs. Ed
! j of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Mr. and
i ( Mrs. Roy Morris and Mr. and
| Mrs. Josef Philbert of Wea
■ verville, Mr. E. P. Sams and
Mrs. E. L. Sams, Mrs. Mary
'Scott, Miss Ethel Proffitt, Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Proffitt of
i Asheville, and Mr. and Mrs.
iC. H. Alexander of Swanna
■ not.
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Ted Bailey Pledged To Phi
Kappa Sigma At University
Ted Bailey, sdn of Mr, and
1 Mrs. Clarencte Bailey of
t Green Mountain, has been
t announced as one of the new
, pledges of Phi Kappa Sigma
- Fraternity at the University
i of North Carolina.
j| Ted, who is a graduate of
- Burnsville High School and
. Mars Hill College, is a Jun
r ior and student of medicine
iat the University. He spent
i last week end with his par
ents at Green Mountain.
. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
i period of three years. To b
[I continued beyond that time,
5 the plan would have to be
> renewed by referendum in
- 1954.
s The assessment would be a
contribution and not a tax.'
:It has also been pointed out
, that any farmer desiring to
do so could obtain a refund
■ of all the money he had paid
into the plan.
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Mrs. Hutchins Establishes
Office In Rutherfordton
Mrs. Charles Hutchins,
State Probation Officer for
the Western District, an
nounced this week that a new
] district office is being estab
lished in Rutherfordton. Mrs.
' Frances McMahan, daughter
'of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Rid
’ die of Burnsville, is in Ruth
erfordton to set up the re
cords for the new office. Mrs.
] McMahan will be there
around six weeks. She wa3
transferred from the office
here.
Mrs. Hutchins is one of
three women in the State
who are District Probation
Officers. 1 The Western Dis
trict which she has in charge
is made up of thirty-seven
western counties. Her regu
lar headquarters is in the
Burnsville office.
Mrs. Bill Atkins is working
with .Mrs.- Hutchins here
while Mrs. McMahan is in
Rutherfordton.
More Yancey Girls Enter
Queen Contest
The Queen Contest, a part
of the activities of the Ashe
ville Burley Jubilee, is draw
ing several new entries from
’ Yancey County.
Beauties rrom this county
who have recently filed entry
blanks are Zula Kate Smith
from Bolens Creek, Alma
Pate of Bee Log, Mrs. Eve
lyn Higgins of Burnsville,
Katy King of Burnsville, and
Mrs. Chloe Ella Ray of Vixen
Others entering the con
test at an earlier date are
Opal Robinson of Toledo,
Shirley Whitson of Ramsey
town, and Annie Lee Fender
of Bee Log. •
Lee Roy Silver has indicat
ed he will enter the grading
and contest. He
plans to eyhibit 4 hands for
each of three grades in the
’ general display contest and
four hands, one of each grade
in the individual grade con
r test.
i Contest entries in the gra
■ ding contest will, be judged
> on the quality and uniform
ity. length, color and type of
■ leaf used in relation to the
grade displayed.
BURNSVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER l, 1951
Tipton Wound
ed Second Time
Sfc. John E. Tipton, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt R.
Tipton of Burnsville, Rt. 2
is in a hospital in Korea
from his second wound re
ceived in the Korean - con-'
flict. Tipton received the
last wound wnile ii» action
on October 19. The injury
was slight, - however, he is
hospitalized in Korea. j
Sfc. was first
wounded in action on July 4
of this year. The first injury
was a fracture in the left
foot. ,
Queen In Nash County
Former Resident Crowned
Bibbie Tappan, daughter,
of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Tap-!
pan of Nashville, N. C. was!
crowned Queen of the Four-1
th Annual Nash County Har
vest Festival held at Nash
ville last Friday.
Miss Tappap i$ the grand
daughter of ; Mr: and Mrs.
Carter Higgjns o f Burns
ville. She formerly lived
here with her parents and
attended Burnsyille High
, School.
! Twenty-thpee contestants,
1 the largest number in the
four-year history of the fes- 1
tival, competed for the title'
■j of Nash County’s 1951 Har-'
| vest Queen. Miss Tappan
'i y as crowned "at ceremonies
in the school gymnasium, 1
where the evening phase of
the program was carried on 1
because of rain. She was
i presented the crown by Bar
bara Parriph, the 1950 queqn
The chairrAan of the t'inande
committee for the festival
project presented Miss Tap
pan with a check for tne
first prize of $75.
Miss Hope Bailey, who is
teaching in Wadesboro City'
Schools, spent the past week
end at home with her par- 1
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. gJ
Bailey.
U. S. Needs Civil Defense
A-Boqib Would Kill All Persons
Unprotected in One-Half Mile
Ol** third of a lories of articles on civil defense, bored on tho booklet "Thii It
Ctvil Defense prepared by the Federal Civil Defense Administration. It may be obtained
from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Ofice, Washington, D. C., ,
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By MILLARD CALDWELL
Federal Civil Defense Administrator
©Don’t be surprised if you hear a siren blowing and
learn that your community is being alerted for an
imaginary atom bomb raid. If it is organized, with
in minutes, air raid wardens, first-aid teams, doctors,
nurses, emergency rescue squads, and other civil defense
Within one-half mile of the
center of an A-bomb explosion
almost everyone without proper
protection will be killed. With
in the next half-mile fifty per
cent of the population will not
survive. From one to one-and-a
half miles away eighty-five per
cent will live. Beyond two miles
from the center pf the explosion
you will survive—but there will
be work for you to do. Civil de
fense prepares you for that too.
With the proper protection YOU
may live, but thousands will be
killed instantly and many others
will be wounded and in need of
immediate care. Every street
within the major damage area will
be completely blocked with rubble,
and hundreds of persons trapped
or buried in the wreckage. Fires
will start within a matter of
minutes —in many places at once.
Food Supply Destroyed
These are the main things which
will happen, but there are others.
For instance, a large part of the
city’s food supply might be de
units will spring into action. 1
Hundreds of cities, towns, and
small communities in the United
States today arc making sure that
they will be ready to do their part
If, and when, the real atom bomb
hits them or cities near them.
These imaginary raids have shown
what well-trained and coordinated
civil defense personnel and equip
ment can do against enemy attack.
However, don’t act as if the alert
signal you hear is just an imagi
nary air raid. Act as you have
been trained ti> act. Do whatever
you have been told to do. Civil
defense prepares you for that split
second decision of knowing how to
act—what to do. *
Electzic Organ
Installed At
Oreen Mtn.
Members o f the Green
Mountain
u-1 rch recently bought and in
stalled an Electronic Mins
heall—Estey Organ for the
church. The church, constru
cted of brick and modern in
I every respect, was complet
ed some time ago in the
Green Mountain Community
near Hoiwell’s Store, over
looking the river.
Rev. Troy L. Young, for
merly of Shelby and Ellen
boro, is pastor of the church
at this time. Rev. Arthur
Sanders, who was pastor un
) til recently, accepted a pas
' torate at Newland.
j Mrs. Clarence Bailey and
Mrs. O. L. Young are organ
ists for the Sunday School
and Church / Services.
Chimes bje installed
on the new organ in the near
. future, a member said.
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Chuich Has Fel
lowship Supper
Wed. Night
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' Approximately fifty mem
bers and visitors gathered
in the dining room of Higgins
i Memorial Methodiht Church
Wednesday night for a Fel-
I lowship Supper. A supper of
this kind is an annual affair
at the church. New members
of the church were introduc
ed and given a “hand of ftftv
lowship” by the older mem
bers.
Following the supper, Rev.
D. B. Alderman, new pastor
of the church was “pounded”
with presents from members
. and friends.
Horace Burnette of New
'port, Tenn., a guest of Bruce
1 Westall, was the only out-of
town visitor.
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stroyed or cut off. The water
supply might be knocked out.
Regular communications might stop
entirely. Much of the transporta
tion system certainly would stop.
Thousands of survivors would sud
denly find themselves homeless,
without food, clothing, shelter, or
money. • *
What could happen without civil
defense?
Ask the Japanese—anyone of
the few survivors at Hiroshima or
Nagasaki. They had almost no
civil defense as we know it now.
When atomic bombs hit their cities,
the population was almost com
pletely unprepared. Result: the
people panicked wildly. Many
thousands were needlessly killed or
hurt, families were scattered, and
property was lost or badly dam
aged.
Thousands were left homeless
with no one to care for thorn.
The wounded and helpless, who
might have lived, died because
proper civil defense was not or
ganized to save them.
Factories Would Be Useless
But there was something of even
greater importance to a nation
which was fighting for its life. The
fact that there was no civty defense
meant that the fact-, do# left stand
ing after the atomic blaet could
not operate.
Without civil defense a Nation is
helpless. With it, peopis and pro
duction centers can gist up and
fight back. Casualties can be cut
at least in half. Our nation can
live again and fight back to win!
i Civil defense is self defense for
you and for our country.
(This next article will discuss
what are the biggest civil defense
problems.)
Duplan Awarded Bronze
“Oscar Os Industry”
The Duplan Corporation has
been awarded the bronze
“Oscar of Industry” for pro
ducing the best 1950 annual
report of any, of the synthetic
fibre weavers in the country.
The award is made annually
by the Financial World Maga
zine and is presented at the
Annual Awards Banquet in
the Grand Ball Room of the
Hotel Statler in New York.
The Banquet is attended by
1300 business and financial
executives from all over the
United States and Canada.
A total of 5000 annual re-
RANSOM HIGGINS INJUR
ED BY AUTOMOBILE
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l Ransom Higgins, superin
tendent of the city water
I system, was seriously injur
red in a freak accident on
main street here yesterday
morning.
He had just completed the
reading of a water meter in
front of Ray’s Service Station
and was in a sitting position,
marking the reading in his
book when the accident oc
curred. Higgins was struck
by an .automobile driven by
Pete Coletta, who left a
parking place below the ser
vice station and was backing
the vehicle to turn around.
Because of Higgins’ position
at the meter, the driver fail
ed to see him as he reversed
" ihjurfed man WaßTra'sK- ’
ed to a hospital where an
examination *revealed that
his left leg was broken just
above the knee, his left arm
broken, several ribs fractur
ed, with lacerations on the
head, limbs and body.
Jones Wounded
In Action
Pfc. Robert B. Jones, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Regan Jones
of Micavill.e, has bieen
wounded in action in Korea
according t o 'information
received by the parents. Pfc.
Jones, whose wound was not
very serious, was injured on
October 6, 1951. He is now m
a hospital in Korea.
Miss Neill Goes To Texas
For Conference
Miss Mary Helen Neill,
Yancey Connty Home Agent,
left today for Ft. Worth,
Texas where she will attend
the Annual National Home
Agent’s Conference.
Miss Neill was selected
with twelve other home ag
ents from this state to at
tend the conference. She is
driving through to the Texas
city with friends. The meet
ing will convene Sunday and
adjourn on Wednesday.
Decoration Contest Rules
Nearly Ready For Release
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A member of the American
Legion Auxiliary reported
this week that plans for the
Christmas Lighting and De
coration Contest to be spon
sored by that organization
are, well under way.
Although compete rules
for the contest have not been
formulated, the member said
it would be open for any or
every individual in the coun
ty to enter. She said first,
second and third prizes will
be given for. ih«< winners in
side the town and in the
county? A total of $l7O in
money or merchandise will
b? donated the Auxiliary by
Felts Furniture Company to
be used as prizes, the mem
ber said.
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NUMBER NINE
ports were considered this
year in the international com
petition, the eleventh in the
series of surveys, and these
were judged in one hundred
industrial classification for
the “Best-of-Industry” awards
In the synthetic fibre weav
ers category Burlington Mills
Corp. was runner-up for top
honors, while Robbins Mills,
Inc., was placed third.
Deyton Buys Purebred Stock
According to a release from
the American AY?erdeen-An
gus Breeders’ Association,
Burdette Deyton of Burnsville
recently purchased a pure
bred . Aberdeen-Angus cow
and bull from Peake’s Crest
Farm at Spruce Pine.
Mrs. Herman
Banks Injured
By Auto
Mrs. Henry Butner of Bur-
I nsville was called to Char
lotte Monday to be witn her
mother, Mrs Herman Banks,
wno was seriously injured
when struck by an automo-,
bile in that city Sunday nigfit
Mrs. Banks was run down
by an automobile, according
to information nere
as she crossed the street af
feritig from injuries 'to "the
head, back and leg. Amputa
tion of the leg may be neces
sary, it was said.
Mrs. Banks had been visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. Butner here
and had just reached Char
lotte on her return trip when
the accident occurred.
Miss Laura Mae Hilliard,
worker with the Baptist
Churches of Yancey County,
was called to her home in
Cary, N. C. Thursday becau
se of the serious illness of
her father, W. A. Hilliard.
Mr. Hilliard, who had been
in ill health for several mon
ths, passed away Saturday
morning. Funeral services
were held in Carv Monday
afternoon. Persons' from this
county attending the funeral
services included Rev. Char
les B. Trammel, R. A. Pate,
Frank Harris, Rev. E. G. Ad
kins and Rev. A. Z. Jamerson.
Heavy Equipment Movers
Warned By Motor Vehicle
Department
Raleigh Motor
Commissioner L. C. Rosser
. reminded motorist this Week
that they must get special
permission from the Highway
Departmtent before moving
oversize vehicles on , state
roadways. Offenders will face
arrest by the Highway Pa
trol he said.
Rosser voiced his precau
tion on the basis of a recent
news story relating' an inci
dent where nine persons
were killed when a project
ing bull dozer blade slashed
through a passing bus. He
asked especially that con
struction and grading crews
reposition dozer blades to
meet maximum permitted
widths before entering a
street or highway. A Patrol
escort will l>6 available, upon
advance notice he said, when
heavy, oversize are
to be moved along state road
ways.
Vehicles in excess of legal
weight and dimensions are
required to secure special
permits from the Highway
Department. Rosser said the
law covering such vehicles
will be rigidly enforced by
the Highway Patrol.