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r~SaT: tn i;y t J fssrfiiij .1 / bi) Utii States 1 ( fiefs*:::- Sends M VOLUME SIXTEEN Thrash Reports Good Jt Progress In Road Work L. Dale Thrash, 10th Div ision Highway Commissioner, released earlier this month a— report on road conditions in this county at the present time. The report which was made to the County Commis sioners was issued to keep citizens of this county better informed on the progress of road work. Thrash reported that 27 miles of roads had been paved to date. Roads paved to date included Mine Fork Road, Prices Creek Road, Upper Pri ces Creek, Relief Road, Dou ble Island Road, Bolens Creek Road, Big Bald Creek Road, Scronce Creek Road, Lick skillet Road and Possum Trot RoaH. At a public meeting in the courthouse, the following roads were selected for pav ing as soor as possible: Crabtree Creek Road, Hun tdale Road, Bald Mountain Road, Little Creek Road, Banks Creek Road, Mine Fork Road, and Brush Creek Road. The total miles of paving on these roads will he 19.5, Thrash said. All of next summer will be required to complete paving these roads and part of the summer of 1953, he said. The roads are not listed in the order in which they will be surfaced. I “After the above listed j roads have been paved we believe Yancey County will have enough money to pave a few more miles. I am sure there will be if we can man age to get as good or better vqlue for the money, as we have been able to get in the past year. We have been get ting rock placed on the roads cheaper in the last 12 months tjian at any time in the his-1 tory of the Highway Depart-! ment. Also, overhead expen-1 se has been cut. The 10th Div-: —' | Last Rites Held For Mrs. Martha ' Dellinger Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Dellinger, 71, who died Friday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Frank Ray, l following a lengthy illness, 1 were conducted Sunday at 2:30 p. m. in West Burnsville Baptist Church. The Rev. R. L. Hinson offi ciated and burial was in the family cemetery. Surviving are two daugh ters, Mrs. Denver Edwards and Mrs. Frank Ray both of Burnsville; thrde sons, Ernest and Lee of Burnsville, and Frank of Denver, Colo.; two brothers, six sisters and 15 grandchildren. SUBSCRIBE TO THE RECORD RIFLES, BARBED WIRE GUARD SUEZ CANAL - jaWg®M| $ -f rpv : | R <|l|i | jSj v - fifflTOi) . TUnNHHHHHHHMEMMK ummumh— Suez—lsmailia police lie entrenched behind barbed wire barricade, guarding against snipers and terrorists in anti- British disorders led by Egyptian nationalists. The Yancey Record SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. ision has lost 40 engineers and top road men in the past 2 years to the armed services, [ to higher paying jobs and through death. These could. not be replaced and although the road work has more than trebled the remaining engi neers and road men have been carrying the burden and ' going forward with the pro-j gram in a very commendable manner. They now well de serve considerable credit and commendation. “All school bus routes have been strengthened and are ready for an average winter. Any muddy place reported by, school officials will be rock-- ed immediately. Narrow plac es and sharp curves will be eliminated just as soon as they caq be reached. The maintenance s u p e r v ifcors know where they are. “Practically all mud roads, where enough people live to justify the expense, have been graded, drained and rocked for all year use. “For all road work that has been done, stock piles of rock, and culvert pipe, $593,309.22 of your Bond money has been used, leaving a balance of $500,139.78 as of September 30th, 1951.“ Large Crowd Expected At 1 Singing Program " Members of the Bald Creek j Methodist- Church expect a 1 large crowd to attend the ! singing program scheduled for tomorrow night (Friday) ‘ in the school auditorium. Several noted singers are to appear on the program in-1 eluding the Gospel Aires' 1 Quartet, the Harmony Four and the Roberts Family of j Asheville, ‘.Slim” Jamerson ' ; and his singers and the Moun | tain Home Trio of Hender sonville. i Proceeds from the program will be applied to the new church which is being con structed now. Peanut Crop Grown Ih i County This Year That Yancey County soil , J and climate will practically : grow anything that other sec- ‘ tions will is shown in the fact that a crop of peanuts was grown here this year. Mrs. J C. Turner of Toledo bought a five-cent package of peanuts ! last spring and planted them 1 ,in hdr garden. This fall she ' harvested a bushel from the j plants. With a harvest of that i kind from so few seeds, Yan- i cey County may develop into 1 the peanut industry if farm- ' ers will try. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1951 Master Sgt. Bryson Visits Parents Here Master Sgt. James F. Bry son, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Bryson of Burnsville has been home on leave for two weeks. Afteri .reporting back jto service, he will leave on a I tour of duty in Japan for eight months with the Army Air Force Personnel. Sgt. Bryson served with , the U. S. Armed Forces dur ing World War II in France, l Belgium and Germany. He has been in the Army for eighteen years. For meritor ious service during the last war, he was awarded the Bronze Medal. Sgt. Bryson’s wife will make her home with Mr. andi Mrs. A. F. Bryson here while ;he is overseas. LETTER FROM SOUTH TOE RIVER TEACHERS ■ ' '■ » We, the teachers of South Toe School District, wish to report a good owning at the new school. The class rooms are large in the new building, with windows extending the length of the rooms. These provide an abundance of light and permit the correct ventilation which is needed to keep child ren healthy and happy. We are working and playing in better surroundings than any child in the district has en joyed in the past. The modern, low-built brick building stands on a hill and may be seen from miles away. From the build the majestic mountains are spread cut in a panarama of awe inspi; ing beauty. We expect to do a good job | here. For, even when dischar ged, we can look out and fol low God’s direction of “Lift up thine eyes unto the hills’’ and find hope and courage to continue. Birthday Party Given Foi Danny MeCurry Danny McCurry celebrated his 3rd birthday Saturday afternoon at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Young of Micaville. His aunt, Doris Y. Gouge, enter tained IB guests in his honor. The dining room was de corated in the Christmas motif and the children were served ice cream and cake. Burnsville - Micaville Split Games Tuesday Night Burnsville High School split basketball games with Micaville Tuesday night. Mi caville hoys took their game with an eight point lead, scor ing 37 points while Burnsville marked up only 29 points. Burnsville girls racked up 44 points while Micaville scored only 38. Fred Young led the Mica ville boys to victory with ele ven points, while Simmons, who shows much promise for the future, marked up ten points. Ballew of Micaville led the girls with 18 points, while Brinkley of Burnsville came through with next high scor ing with 16. The Micaville guards, although the team, lost, did a good job in holding down the Burnsville forwards considering that this is the first yenr any of them have played high school ball. The line-up for Burnsville boys: Hij-gins, Burton, Per kins, Carroll, Silver, Banks and Taylor. Micaville boys: Gibbs, You ng, Simmons, Jones, Hall, Justice and Robinson. Micaville girls: Ballew, Marsh, Cates, Young, Thomas Hall, Chrisawn, Hughes, Wy att and Hilliard. Burnsville girls: Brinvley, Patton, Higgins, Pate, Mc- Curry, Wilson, Peterson, An glin, Evans and Robifison. PFC. AIfTREY KILLED IN KOREA Pfc. Robert D. Autrey, 20- year-old 8Q» of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. V Autrey of Celo, was killed in action in Korea on Novenmf 11, the family was advised. Sunday bv the Defense Department. Autrey was a former stud ent at Micavilelle High School He entered service last Feb ruary and was assigned to i duties overseas in July. Surviving, in addition to the parents, are five brothers Floyd, Arthur, Jay and James of Celo, an«l Bill Autrey, who |is now serving with the Army 'in Texas; and two sisters, | Flossie. and Marie Lou of Celo, PERSONALS » Mr. nnd Mrs. Warren Good and family visited . relatives in Virginia flast week end. The condition of Clyde M. Bailey, who has been in Duke hospital for two weeks, is re ported to be not much im proved. | Alonzo Roberts is up and about again after undergoing a serious operation in an Asheville hospital early last week. Danny Fouts, a student at Wake Forest College, spent Thanksgiving with his par ent? tyere. Tie had as his guest Jim .fi«Lles,."a. fraternity brother. D R, Fouts who is employed with the LeTour neau Equipment Co. and now working out of Washiagti n, D C. was also at tnnis during the holidays. Mrs. Maggie Renfro of Green Mountain visited her daughter-in-law in Louisville, Ky., this week. The daughter in-law is the widow of Mas ter Sgt. Jack Renfro who was killed in action in Korea in , September, 1950. U. S. Needs Civil Defense 9 CITY AND COUNTRY DWELLERS HAVE VITALLY IMPORTANT JOBS (This is Ih* seventh of a series of articles oh civil defense, based on the booklet “This Is Civil Defense" prepared by the Federal Civil Defense Administration. It atff be obtamed from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Ofice, Washington, D. C.. for ten emit.) By MILLARD CALDWELL Federal Civil Defense Administrator ®No matter where you live —city, town or country side—your part in civil defense is important If you i live on a farm you are on the enemy’s high priority list for some kind of biological warfare attack. Your ! livestock and crops may get hit by some kind of BW# and un- i less you are on the lookout for a possible sneak', at tack on what you produce, it might be too late to do anything about it. So it is of great importance to you that you Iqaow what 1 to do in time. Civil defense will tell you. If you live in a small town, you 1 have a special kind of civil defense job. And it is of great importance too, for it is helping and shelter ing bombed out people from some nearby city where public buildings and homes have been blasted or burned to the ground. The people in big cities are not going to panic and take to the hills, but thousands of them may have to be moved into your town for medical atten tion and help. May Be Evacuation Area There also will be young chil dren, expectant mothers, invalids and old people to care for. Your locality might be named as an evacuation area for this purpose. If you are anywhere within •reach of a major city, hospital facilities in your community surely would be tagged as recep tion areas for casualties. You understand now how important it is for you to take an active interest in your civil defense. If you live in a large city, you will have a critical civil defense job to do. You will serve both as part of the civil defdhse team and as a member of a family which must make every effort to take care of itself. Your duties in that capacity will be very vital. If your city has more than 50,000 population, you probably live in a target area. Watch how your com- HALL CHILD ILL WITH MENINGITIS Samuel Hall, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hall of Burnsville, was rusned to St. Joseph’s Hospital Tuesday night with meningitis. The child became ill Tues day morning with an up-set stomach, according to re ports, and became worse dur ing the day. His condition was serious when he was car ried to the hospital. ■■■ - -■» m PARKER COMPLETES , TRAINING AT TE AS , AIR FORCE BAS. ■ - i Lackland Air Force Base, ■ Texas —Pvt. Alfred Parker, , 22, son of Mrs. W. G. Parker : of Pensacola, N. C., is com pleting his AF basic ainhen indoctrination course at Lalck land Air Force Base, the “Gateway to the Air Force.” His basic training is pre paring him for entrance into * Air Force technical training and for assignment in spec ialized work. The course in ■ eludes a scientific evaluation : of his aptitude and inclina . tion for following a particu lar vocation and career. South Toe Students 1 Enjoy Holiday Party The first grade at South Toe Consolidated Elementary ' School enjoyed a Thanksgiv ing party last Wednesday giv en by their teacher, Mrs. Chrisawn, and a grade moth er, Mrs. Elmer Shuford. The children played .games under the direction of the teacher and grade ’ mother and were served cookies and ice cream turkeys. Other grade mothers select ed by the first grade, in ad dition to Mrs. Shuford, were Mrs. McCandlesa of Busick, Mrs. Finley Carroway. and Mrs. James Hoover, Jr.j both ■ of Celo. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Angel ’;and daughter spent the week end with relatives here. Mr. Angel is with the State High- I way Safety Division and is 'stationed in Sylva. er -r— --munity organises for ciffi defense. Read your newspapers, listen to radio broadcasts for information about your civil defense-organise- 1 tion. , ' Expensive For Enemy , . Any attack, even with regular bombs, is expensive ’for tbs . enemy. Making it with atomic bombs costs a great An enemy would nee atomic < bombs only on targets which, i would pay-off in lajige scale ] damage. That means tpey would j probably hit only the fftge cities, ( industrial centers, gpd other areas which would ddpple our resources an.i upset the morale ( of our citisens. By baking at a 1 > population or industrial map of ] the United States, ysm sen see that there are a limited number of areas which would he hit with atomic bombs. What you know poor own ' community will give y<H» seme idea of its importance to tfeel enemy, i You know what industries are i located there and if Ih4ff age esssp t ini to the war effort. *Onh such in- j dustry generally do*£nfiff makf a « ] i target area, many SMh industries ( definitely do. Ask ftfa local sivil ; defense director. Yee! Civil defease is YOUR > i business oo metier where you five. 1 (The next article will diecu** i how to volunteer.) i | OPS Committee Here To Attend Asheville Meeting Charlotte. OPS Citizens Volunteer committeemen, nu mbering 116, from seven cou nties in the Asheville area are scheduled to meet in Asheville on Friday after noon, Dec. 7, for an OPS workshop session where poli cies and problems of price stabilization will be discussed The workshop will begin at 2:30 p. m. in the council chamber of tde city hall and will last about two hours. Ben E. Douglas, director of the Charlotte district OPS, will preside and has invited memhers of the 27 commit tees in the. following coun ties: Buncombe, Transylvania ' Henderson, Haywood, Madi json, Yancey, and McDowell. , I Other officers of the Char lotte headquarters j discussions, along with mem bers of the various commit t tees. They are J. Harry Sam ple of Asheville, enforcement division director, E. E. Huff man, pricing, and Thomas B. Watkins, information The Asheville meeting is one of nine workshop sessions being held throughout the OPS district. Other work shops scheduled for this week are: Dec. 4, Greensboro and Winston-Salem; Dec. 5, Le- AMERICAN LEGION WILL DECORATE SQUARE The American Legion, at the regular joint meeting with the Legion Auxiliary, Tuesday night made the de cision to decorate the Town Square here as a Christmas Projeit. Commander John English, in placing the pro ject before the members, said he had been approached by both members and non-mem bers suggesting that the de coration be done by the Leg ion. No definite plans were made as to what pattern of Christmas decoration would be used, but the Commander appointed a committee £o make that decision. Mrs. George Roberts, presi dent of the Legion Auxiliary pointed out to members that the Christmas Decoration Contest sponsored b y the Auxiliary will close to con testants on December 15. .In this contest $l7O dollars in prizes will be given to six winners. Three winners will 1 be selected in Burnsville and three outside. The prizes are 1 being donated to the Auxil iary by Felts Furniture Co. Tobacco Average In Boone And Asheville Around SSB Tobacco markets opened for first sales in Asheville! Tuesday of this week with an average of $58.72 per hund red. Later during the week the average fell to as low as 58.01. Tne Boone market pri ces were not as high as those in Ashevi le, according to re ports, however, prices there have net dropped t© the low of Asheville markets. - An estimate as to the am ount received by Yancey Cou nty farmers fol their crops last year ranged close to one million dollars. This' year agriculture officials ■ believe. the tobacco income for the! county will range far above) the figures for last year. This increase was figured from the increase of allotment acreage. However the full allotment for the county was not need, last year nor this year. While all farmers have been given more acreage, solhe who have allotments fail to raise any tobacco. Because of this fail ure to raise tobacco, hund reds of apres of* allotments are not used. r iuil M»1 t ) mfito I / btj Baited States * [fiafaasa Beads J NUMBER THIRTEEN noir; Dec. 6, Johnson City, Tenn.; Dec. 7, Bryson City. The following committee men from Yancey County have been invited to the Asheville meeting: County committee, James Proffitt, chairman; J. Worth Howell, Clarence Presnell. Burnsville: James W. Ray, Jr., chairman; J. B. King, Vincent Westall. Swiss: J. C. Ingle, chair man; Clyde Ferguson, Glenn Proffitt. Micaville: Ralph Silver, chairman; J. L. Robinson, S. A. Young. Ramseytown: J. Will Hig gins, chaff-man; W. D. Ad kins, Clay Miller. PRELIMINARY PERMIT GIVEN FOR DAM PROJECT The Federal Power Com mission in Washington gave a six-month preliminary per mit for the proposed hydro electric project on Cane Riv er this week. A member of the REA force here said it was not known yet just what would be done in connection with this per mit. The permit only gives priority of application tor license while surveys are being made. The permit gives no assurance that a license will be issued to construct the dam. The proposal that has been made by the French Broaa Electric Membership Corpor ation of Marshall includes 'a dam near Elk Shoal, with a power house to be built at Rumsaytown. A 26,000-foot tunnel would carry the water from the dam to the hydro plant. If work is carried out on the permit, drilling to deter mine rock structure through which the tunnel is to go will probably be made, he said. POULTRY EXPERT VISITS PRODUCERS HERE C. J. Maupin, State Exten sion Poultry Specialist, was in the county this week checkin? on the poultry situa tion here. The specialist, with Agent Dillingham, visited several poultrymen through out the county to give assis tance on building plans, dis ease problems and various other problems encountered by poultry raisers. Among I those visited were E. B. Bai • ley, Lonie Banks, Dawson i Briggs, Burnsville Hatchery, iH. W. Johnson, Deyton Farm Supply, and Farmers Federa tion. Most of these men and establishments had made a request through the Farm Agent’s office for assistance from Mr. Maupin. Mr. Dillingham reported that E. B. Bailey, one of the ■ Demonstration Flock- Owners j raising New Hampshire Reds, I gave an eight-month record report showing that he aver aged 878 birds, averaged 113.25 eggs per bird with a total feed cost of $3756.77 for the eight-month period. The report showed that the total value of eggs produced was $6784.73. The total return above feed cost per bird was shown as $3.44. This record demonstrates that poultr/'can be a profit able industry in this county, either as a part-time or a full |time job. Dillingham says. There are many others in the county making a success with poultry. Eggs from this county are in demand by large hatcher ies as far away as Texas be cause of their high hatchab ility and other outstanding qualities. Mr. Dillingham has infor mation on building plans, markets, and other phases of the industry for others who wish to enter that field. . ' .
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