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VOLUME SIXTEEN
Merchants To Sponjsor Christmas Jubilee
FOR THIS WE GIVE THANKS
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Last Rites Held
For Samuel F.
Holcombe
Samuel F. Holcombe, 78-
year-old native of Yancey
County and retired business
man of Statesville, died from
injuries received in an auto
mobile accident late Sunday
afternoon.
The accident occurred
when the car in which he was j
riding collided with another,
automobile at a street inter- j
section in the city limits of
-Statesville, Both ''Holcombe
and his wife were thrown |
from the car in which they 1
were riding when the vehicles
collided.
Mrs. Holcombe, the former
Miss Mary Moore of Burns
villet was also seriously in
jured.
Mr. Holcombe was the son
of William Milton and Nellie
Hensley Holcombe of the
Bald Creek section.
Funeral services were held
at Johnson Funeral home
chapel in Statesville Tuesday
afternoon at 3:00, and burial
was in Oakwood Cemetery.
Among the survivors is a
sistor, Mrs. James Henry Wil
son of Burnsville.
Scout Troop Celebrates
Anniversary
Members of the Girl Scout
Troop 1 of Bald Creek cele
brated their first troop birth
day last Wednesday. The cel
ebration consisted of a party
at the home of Mrs. Yates
Bailey. Mothers of the Scouts
and the Lone Troop Commit
tee w T ere guests at the party.
During the afternoon, there
was an investiture ceremony
for four new Girl Scouts and
a flv-up ceremony for five
Brownies who were advanced
to Intermediates. Belinda Ann
Bates and Jean Wilson re
ceived Brownie pins; and
Pauline Mclntosh and Edlin
Pate were invested as Inter
mediates.
Girls receiving Brownie
wings and one-year member
ship stars were , Donah Bur
ton, Linda Jane Briggs, Linda
Ann Neill, Sarah Ellen Prof
fitt, and Jo Alice Wilson.
Members of the Brownie Pa
trol who received one-year
membership pendants were
Mary Kathryn Bailey, Barba
ra Pate, Helen Louise Prof
fitt. Rebecca Proffitt and
Marilyn Wilson.
Troop I is sponsored by the
Bald Creek Home Demonstra
tion Club and is under the
leadership of Mrs. Yates Bai
ley and Mrs. James Proffitt. I
The Lone Troop Committee
members are Mrs. Ralph Prof
fitt, Mrs. Vera Ray and Jam
•es Proffitt.
SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
BOY SCOUT COURT
OF HONOR
The monthly Boy Scout
Court of Honor for the Toe
River District was held Nov
ember 13, at the Spruce Pine
Presbyterian Church. Bob
Garner, Scout executive for
the Daniel Boone Council,
and Dr. C. F. Mcßae, advan
cement chairman for the Toe
River District (filling out the
Rev. Fred Barber’s unexpired
term), presided. The follow
ing Scouts of Troop One, Bur
nsville, received awards:
Joe Coletta, merit badges
for bookbinding and cooking,
presented by Dr. W. M. Glad
den.
.Waliv Koenig, Star Rank
award, presented by the Rev.
J. B. Bradley.
Joe Higgins, Life Rank
award, presented by Tom
Bass, who is succeeding Car
ter Rhinehart as Scoutmaster
of Troop 1, Burnsville.
At the district committee
meeting after the Court of
Honor, Warren H. Pritchard
of Spruce Pine was elected
district chairman for 1952;
Dr. Cameron F. Mcßae of
Burnsville district vice-cha
irman; and Edward P. Rob
bins of Pineola, district com- 1
missioner. Among the mem
bers-at-large of the Toe Riv
er district committee, the fol
lowing were elected from
Yancey County:
J. J. Nowicki of Swiss; C.
B. Bennett of Micaville;
James E. Johnson, Jr., of
Toledo; Rev. D. B. Alderman,
Rev. Charles B. Trammel,
Rev. David F. Swartz, Her
shel Holcombe, G. Leslie
i Hensley. E. L. Dillingham, S.
T. Ray* Dover R. Fouts, L. G
Deyton, Dr. W. M. Gladden,
Carter Rhinehart, Jake F.
Buckner, and Reece Mclntosh
all of Burnsville.
FOURTH GRADE FORMS
NEW CLUB
Mrs. Madge Byrd’s fourth
grade of Burnsville has re
cently formed a Committee
Club.
Officers of the club are
Vinita Miller, president; Sus
an Gibbs, vice-president;
Mickey Shoies, secretary;
Billy Blankenship, road Pa
trolman ; and Patsy Roberts,
reporter.
Other members of the new
club are Linda Metcalf, Char
les Randolph, Jackie Miller,
Jimmy Lewis, Joan Baker,
Peggy Randolph, Gary Honey
cutt and Nancy Higgins.
OF THANKS
We wish to express our
sincere thanks to the people
who were so kind to us and
.to the ones who sent such
beautiful flowers at the
death of our loved one.
Mrs. Hattie Fox and family
The Yancey Record
LOCAL TEAMS WIN
STARTER GAMES
The Burnsville high school
basketball teams got off to a
good start this season with
both teams winning their tilt
with North Cove Monday
night.
The girls came through
with an almost doubled score
to down the visitors by 47 to
25. The boys won with a score
of 46-39. '
Although every member of
the team played an outstand
ing game, Olin Higgins and
Rheta McCurry led the girls
to victory with their superior
work on the offensive while
Mary Glen Evans and Fran
ces Wilson played a specta
cular defensive game.
Tommy Burton led the boys
to win by sinking 13 points,
while Burl Perkins fought
through North Cove’s stub
born defense to rack up 11
points.
Line up for Burnsville
Girls: Mary Cecil Anglin,
Mary Glen Evans, Polly Pet
erson, Frances Wilson, Betty
Jo Brinkley, Rheta McCurry
Olin Higgins smU Norma Pat
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Boys Line-up: Tommy Bur
ton, Joe Higgins, Burl -Per
kins, Knarld Carroll, Arce
mus Silvers, Gene Banks and
Jack Taylor.
The next home game for
the Burnsville teams will be
on November 30, when they
will meet Bald Creek High
School in the Burnsville gym
nasium. The presence otj the
Birnaville Schcrbl Baud t 6
play during half-time wiH be
an extra attraction at the
next game.
CHURCH TO SPONSOR
SINGING PROGRAM
The Bald Creek Methodist
Church is sponsoring a good
time Friday night, November
30, for people who like to eat
good refreshments and hear
good singing. The program
will be held in the high
school auditorium at 7.30 p.
m. Good singing will be fur
nished by such noted artists
as the Gospelaires Quartet
of Radio Station WISE, Ashe
ville, the Harmony Four and
the Roberts Family, all of
Asheville. “Slim” Jdmerson
and his singers, along with
the Mountain Home Trio,
will be there from Hender
sonville.
Besides the singing pro
gram, there will be cake
walks and good refreshments.
The program is being spon
sored in behalf of the build
ing program of the Method
ist Church there, and pro
ceeds will be u#ed for the
new building now under con
struction.
Church members are in j
hopes that the roof on the
building may be finished this
week. When roofing is
completed, work will be v tar
ried on inside regardless qf
the weather, a spokesman
said. According to plans, the
church will be ready for use
by Christmas o r shortly
thereafter.
SOCIAL SECURITY FOR
THE SELF-EMPLOYEt)
J. G. Woodson, Field Rep.,
of the Social Security Admin
istration Field Office, Ashe
ville, was <in Burnsville .early
this week to aid in giving in
formation to persons coming
under Social Security with a
self-employed status.
Social Secjarity coverage'
was extended to 4,600,000
self-employed people as 'of
January 1, 1951, on a compul
sory basis. Sole owners an#
partners, including silent
partners, - are now covered by
the system. ' ■ ’ /
The following groups are
excluded: Farm owners and
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‘DEDICATED TO THE PRdpIESS OF YANCEY COUNTY"
BURNSVILLE, N, C, I®tjR.SDAY, NOVEMBER 22, l»si
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Last Kites Held
For ML. Louie
Williams
FuneraiMhrviees for Mrs.
Louie WillSpns, 38, who died
at her hon® in Bee Log early
this mornjK after a short
illness, wijP.be conducted at
the Bald Mountain Baptist
Church Fwpty afternoon at
2:00 p. m.j|
The ReS Quince Millcr
will officiate and burial will
be in thelSpnily cemetery.
Survivins®kre the husband; j
two sons, ®ewey and Floyd
Williams oM Bee Log; two
sisters, M«. Okie Williams
and Mrs. Iwe Williams, both
of Bee LqjK two brothers,
Gormery Emvards and Char
les EdwarqS both of Erwin,
Ter.m; tw® grandchildren,
and the fajter, Rex Edwards
of Erwin.
PROFFW RECEIVES
prJwotion
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Camp Deijjck, Md., Nov. 20
Promotion Landon M.
Proffitt, 22J8»0b of Mr. and .
Mrs. C. L. jfitffitt, Burnsville j
N. C., fronLagfivate to private
first class ABb been announ
ced by at Camp
Detrick, Md.
Proffitt, mK a bachelor of
science deg||B|in agriiultural
North Car
olina SJatißpiaaii, Raleieh.
and was employed by the
Peru Lumber Co., Peru, Neb.
prior to his induction intol
the Army in January, 1951. i
He has been stationed at
Camp Detrick since May, 1951 j
U.S. Needs Civil Defense
TRAINING CAN SAVE MANY
LIVES IF ENEMY BOMBS FALL
(Tkit is the sixth of a sfries of articles on civil defense, based am Hie booklet "Tkie le
Civil Defense” prepared by the Federal Civil Defense Administratim, It may be ekfened
from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Washington. D. t;
foe ten cents.) . r
- By MILLARD CALDWELL ’*>
Federal Civil Defente Administrator
@ Civil Defense does many things before an attack.
The most important is preparedness. : It giVes you •
information on how to safeguard your home, how to
light fires, and what steps to take against atomic,
biological, and chemical warfare. It arranges for shelters
and operates the warning system which notifies you when
to use them. It gets medical supplies and special equipment
ready, trains technical services needed to reeytore a stricken
area, and organizes mutual aid and mobile support*
There are two steps which every-i r
one can take to get into civil de
fense. The first and most basic is
to inform yourself what you and
your family as individuals can do
lo protect yourselves against
enemy attack. You can learn how
to protect your home from fire,
how to handle injuries among your
family until trained first aid help
can be obtained, how to minimize
the dangers of attacks by poison
gas and biological warfare. You
can do this by reading a series of
booklets available from the Super
intendent of Documents, Washing
ton 25, D. C. They are:
“Survival Under Atomic Attack"
“What You Should Know About
Biological Warfare”
“This Is Civil Defense”
“Emergency Action to Save
Lives’’
“Firefighting For Householders”
But this is just the beginning. The
second step, and it can be taken at
the same time you are studying
the booklets, is to join .your local
civil defense organization. There
you will get professional training
in meeting the dangers of an
enemy attack and become part of
the team defending your com
munity.
Organize Mutual Aid
One of the most important func
tions of civil defense before an
attack is the organizing of mutual
aid and mobile support. The first
is help from the neighbors. No
matter how well prepared a city
might be, after attack it could
not take care of itself. It would
have to look to neighboring sub
urbs, cities and. states for help.
And that help must be just as wall
organized and trained as the civil
defense organisation in the city
which has been knocked out That
is the meaning of mutual aid.
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RAY WINS HONORS IN
JUDGING CONTEST
Earl Ray of Burnsville,
who is a student at N. C.
State College, won the honor
of being the third highest
ranking individual in an East
ern States Meat Judging Con
test which wsa held this
week in Timonium, Md. The
State College team also won
the third place in the contest.
They also ranked second
place honors in judging pork
and grading beef.
This is the third year that
Ray has been mentioned with
honors for his work with the
State College Meat Judging
Team.
The contestants were re
quired to class and grade all
types of meat. Meat judging
j is a part of the teaching pro
j gram in livestock production
I at the college.
Health Office Releases Os
Work In Schools
Dr. C. F. Mcßae released a
District Health Department
report this week on the
amounts spent from Yancey
County school health funds
for the correction of physical
defects in children of this?
county.
A breakdown of the cost is
as follows: Tonsil operations,
$537.22; dental'work, $822.12
crippled children, $120; glas
ses (6 pairs), $44. The total
combined cost was $1,523.34.
Dr. Mcßae pointed out
tout the amount shown' came
from State funds rather than
| from local funds.'Corrections
were made for children whose
parents could • not have af
forded to have work done
I otherwise.
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Mutual aid picts to help each
other in case of disaster or enemy
attack have been drawn up by
many cities. In operation it works
like this: If your'eity were hit by
an atomic bomhj nearby towns
would send fire, police, and rescue
crews to help out, or your city
would do the for other com*
munities, for mutual aid works
both ways. Thfr same operation
would take placfi between Staten
since many of Athena have sis*
drawn up aid pacts. ■'
~ Mobile suppose is organised t* j
supply more heljp, but on a State
wide or scale. It is
made up of jmu which can 1
move rapidly. ‘Hume teams weald
be loaded into cats, trucks, trains
or planes and. rushed to the
scene of disaster. Sack a stricken
area might be |a another pert of
the State, instead es aezt dear,
or in another State altogether.
Mobile support groups will bo
manned by people on farms or in
small cities and towns outside of
target areas. They will assemble
outside of such areas and function
just like the civil defense or
ganisations in the larger cities.
Help From Neighbors
Some Statu do not call theh
mutual aid or mobile support sys
tems by the same namu and not
all of them are organised'exactly
alike. But the important thing k,
all States have a “help from and
for the neighbors” operations plan.
It is your duty, no matter where
you are, to serve in some civil de
fense organisation. You may' bt
called upon to take your part fee
any on# of thus civil defense
operations. Be ready. Knew what
to do whan that time cornu.
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your part in civil defense)
SENATOR TAFT TO SPEAK
ASHEVILLE
Senator Robert Taft of
Ohio, “Mr. Republican” him
self, is scheduled to speak in
Asheville next Tuesday mor
ning at 11 o’dlock at the Bat
tery Park Hotel. Senator
Taft is in the South in behalf
of his campaign for Presi
dent.
LAST RITESHEIF
FOR HUSKINS CHILD
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Funeral services for De
wain Huskins, one-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Huskins of Celo, who died
■ Tuesday were conducted
Thursday morning at 11
i o’clock in Browns Creek Bap
tist- Church.
The Rev. R. E. Pate and
the Rev. E. J. Hall officiated.
Burial was in the family
cemetery.
Surviving, in addition to
the parents, are three sisters,
Doris, Helen and Nancy of
the home; three brothers,
Donald, Fred and Billy of the
home; the paternal grandfa
-1 ther, J. B. Huskins of Bostic;
and the maternal grandmoth
er, Mrs. Joe Bolick of Celo.
REGULAR P. T. A.
MEETINGHELD
The Burnsville Parent-
Teacher Association held its
regular monthy meeting in
the school library last Tues
day night.
Rev. D. B. Alderman, pas
tor of Higgins Memorial Met
hodist Church led the devo
tional. During a business
session problems concerning
the lunch room, athletic as
sociation, and general condi
tions of the buildings of the
school plant were discussed
by both teachers and parents.
Iliff Clevenger, treasurer of
the organization and festi
val committee member,
a report on the outcome of
the Harvest Festival and of
the general financial condi
tion of the association.
B. M. ‘ Tomberlin, principal
led a discussion on home
work. Other teachers parti
cipating in the discussion
were Miss Nelle Bailey, Mrs.
Frank Howell, Mrs. Vernie
Wilson, and Mrs. John Byrd.
The elementary attendance
banner was won by Miss
Nelle Bailey’s room while the
nineth and eleventh grades
tied for the high school ban
ner.
MSS SMITHWINS2ND
‘PLACE IN contest -
Miss Zula Kate Smith, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Smith of Burnsville, won sec
ond place in the Tobacco Fes
tival Queen Contest held in
Asheville City Auditorium
last Friday. Miss Smith, who
was awarded a fifty dollar
Savings Bond for second
place winner, was sponsored
by the Bolens Creek Com
munity, and many citizens of
Yancey County were there to
roar the applause when she
was named.
Although eleven beautiful
girls from this county were
among the fifty-five from
other parts of Western North
Carolina in.the contest, Miss
Smith was the only one re
called following the first eli
mination. The final decision
was made from eleven girls
who were recalled from the
various counties.
Miss Doris Pery of Watau
ga County was named queen
in the contest.
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NUMBER TWELVE
Santa To Visit
Here Two Days
Burnsville merchants and
| owners of business establish
ments made plans this week
for one of the biggest Christ
mas campaigns and celebra
tions this county has ever
witnessed. According to mem
bers of the planning commit
tee appointed at the first
meeting of the merchandising
group, the “Shop at Home
Jubilee” will begin on Dec
j ember 1 and continue throu
-1 gh to Christmas Eve.
From the way thiiunf*
now, Santa Clausprou
ly reach Burnagrf^" e before
visits any *urroundii
territory. Con^MP I**** 1 **** niembei
believe he v'illl^® ) P €ar in town
on December *nd again
on December 24 YBP distribute
candy to the children,
and he never one.
It has not been leaßfled yet
how Santa will here.
Planes are not able tB {and
in this area and witß the
great crowd of boys
girls expected to be Ifere
when he arrives, he probity
would not want to trust Ira
raindeer. But in any even\
he should be able to get toV
Burnsville on those days \
somehow.
The children are not the
, the only ones to benefit from
this jubilee. Plans * are being
made tor hundreds of dollars
worth of merchandise to. be
given free before the cam
paign ends.
Final Rites For
Seymore Ayers
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Funeral services for Sey
more Ayers, 82-year-old re
tired farmer of Toledo who
died Tuesday morning at the
home of a Sop, Worley Ayers,
after a brief illness, were
conducted today at 1 p. m.
in Zion Baptist Church,
Toledo.
The Rev. Steve Clark offi
ciated and burial was in the
family cemetery.
Surviving are five daugh
ters,. Mrs. James Letterman
of Elizabethton, Tenn., Mrs.
George McKinney of Kings
port? Tenn., Mrs. Merrill
Donaldson and Miss Virgie
Ayers of Asheville and Mrs.
T. T. Eiehelberger of Balti
more, Md.
Four sons, Worley and Ed
gel of Toledo, Robert of As
heville and Flordie of Erwin,
Tenn,
CIRCUS GIRL KILLED
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Baltimore—The thrill o f
watching Evy Trosti, 17,
dance on high wire at circus,
was turned to horror for
7,500 watchers an aerialist
fell 60 feet. Her father, “the
great Arturo,” reached Evy’s
side before she died, gasp
ing: “Daddy, I can’t breathe”