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VOLUME SIXTEEN
J. GOODSON HARRIS
DIES AT AGE 84
Funeral services for James
Goodson Harris, 84, a retired
carpenter, who died Tuesday
morning in a Marion hospital
after a brief illness were
held Wednesday at 2:30 p. m
in Micavill'e Presbyterian
Church.
The Rev. Charles Moffatt
officiated and burial was in
Micaville Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jack
Boone, J. T. and Bill Blalock,
Billy Harris, Floyd Nunnley
and Paul McCurry.
Surviving are the widow;
six daughters, Mrs. Ben Bla
locjc, Mrs. Ed Harris and Mrs.
Hal Fain of Micaville, Mrs.
Harry Boone of Asheville,
Mrs. i'almadge Kirby of Mai--
ion and Miss Dorpthy Harris
of Celo.
Also six sons, William A.
of Asheville, Leland of Mica
ville, Robert, Kenneth, Rich
ard and Charles of Celo; one
sister, Mrs. Zeb Thomas of
Micaville; two brothers, Fred
and Bob of Marion; and 25
grandchildren.
Moving Picture, Band Music,
Part of Lions Next Program
A member of the local
Lions Club said this week
that as a part of the program
at the Club’s next meeting,
which will be next Thursday
night, a motion picture will
be shown to the members.
'Another highlightrof the pro
gram will be a program of
music furnished by the But
nsville High School Band.
Women of the Presbyterian
Church will prepare and ser
ve the meal for the regular
dinner meeting.
The last meeting was by
passed because the regular
meeting date fell on Thanks
giving. Members voted to
take funds which would nor
mally have gone for dinner
at the meeting and prepare
Christmas baskets for needy
families.
Samuel Hall Home After
Meningitis Attack
Samuel Hall, young son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hall, is
home again after spending
several days in St. Joseph’s
Hospital with a severe case
of meningitis. The child was
in such a condition that part
of his body was in a paraly
tic stage fronj the disease
when he was hospitalized.
According to information,
Samuel has recovered from
the attack and is out playing
again.
Wilson Child Recovering In
Baltimore From Serious
Illness
Boyd Wilson, 3-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Talmage
Wilson of Baltimore and for
merly of Micaville, is recover
ing from a very serious ill
ness.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson took
the child to Baltimore last
October where he could re
ceive the required treatment.
Since that time he has been
under the care of Dr. Zinor, a
specialist at The Sisters of
Mercy Hospital. Dr. Zinor
nas performed several opera
tions, removing tumors from
his throat.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson say
the boy has responded wcil
to the treatments and is back
at home in Baltimore. The
Wilsons are greatful for the
many cards and letters re
ceived from friends in and
around Micaville during the
illne-s of the child.
The Yancey Record
SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
SGT. CHARLES OGLE
HOME FROM KOREA
Sgt. Charles L. Ogle of
Vixen is home on leave from
the Marine Corps. Sgt. Ogle
has been with the Marines in
Korea for approximately a
year before his return. His
periftd of leave has been ex
tended due to the illness of
his father.
Upon his return to duty,
Sgt. Ogle will be stationed at
Camp Lejeune, N. C
SGT. BRADLEY RECEIVES
DISCHARGE
Sgt. Arnold David Bradley,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Bradley of Bee Log, is home
after being discharged from
the Army.
Sgt. Bradley was discharg
ed from Korea where he has
been for a year. He served
with the Air Corps for four
years, and part of his service
before going to Korea was
spent in Jamaica.
MRS. CELIA PENLAND
PASSES INPA.
Mrs. Celia M. Penland, wife
of S. K. Penland of Philadel
phia, passed away at her
home Wednesday, November
28, after a lengthy illness.
The body arrived in Burns
ville Sunday and the funeral
services were conducted at
the Bolens Creek Baptist
Church Monday at 2 p. m.
The Rev. A. Z. Jamerson,
"ofriciatedr Burial was in the
Young Cemetery.
She is survived by the hus
band; one daughter from a
a former marriage, Marble
Schmid of Philadelphia; three 1
sisters, two brothers, two
grandchildren, and four
great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Penland was a native
Os Charlston, W. Va. Mr. Pen
land is a native of this county
Sams Killed
Near Oteen
Henry' R. Sams, 67, of 29
Cumberland Avenufe, saw mill
operator at Azalea, was kill
ed instantly about 10 a. m.
Monday near Oteen when he
was struck by an automobile.
The accident occurred on U.
S. Highwj\y 70 near the in
tersection of the Azalea road
East of Oteen.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 2:30 p. m. Wednes
day in Cane River Baptist
Church. The Rev. G. E. Keel
et officiated and burial was
in* the church cemetery.
Nephews were pallbearers
,and nieces were flower bear
ers.
Mr. Sams was the son of
the iate Rev. Jake F. Sams
and Julia Ray Sams of Yan
cey County.
One sister who survives is
Airs. Dr. Gibbs of Burnsville.
28 Deer Killed In Refuge
First Part Os Season
Lee Bjone, manager of the
Mt. Mitchell Game Refuge,
reported this week that a
total of 28 deer were killed in
the Refuge area during the
supervised hunts the latter
part of November.
Os the 28 killed, three were
bagged on the Wilderness
hunt, 19 on South Toe River,
and 6 on Curtis Creek.
Boone said James Yount of
Hiqkory bagged the largest
buck of the season. He got a
210 pound, 10 point deer.
James Proffitt of Bald
Creek killed an eight point
buck weighing 180 pounds,
Boone said. This was the lar
gest deer killed by a Yancey
County hunter, he said.
The season on deer closes
last of this week.
"DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY*
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1951
DECEMBER 15 DEADLINE
FOR DECORATION.
CONTEST
The Christmas Decoration
Contest Committee of the
American Legion Auxiliary
warned this week that Dec
ember 15 is the deadline for
accepting entry blanks from
persons expecting to win one
of the six prizes totaling
’ ?170._
Several hase already filed
entry blanks at Felts Furni
ture Company and are on
their way with decoration
plans. Among those who have
entered are Mrs. Irene Pol
lard, Mrs. George Roberts,
, Mrs. Guss Peterson, Mrs.
1 Melvin Webb, Mrs. Mack B.
■ Ray and Mrs. W. L. Allen.
i Judging is to be done on
December 20 and 21, and
winners will be notified by
i December 24.
Christinas Decorating
, Begun On Square
Members of the American
Legion, with the aid of em
ployees of the French Broad
Electric Membership Corp.,
began the Christmas decora
tion cf[ the Scfuare this week.
: Lights have been placed
above the square with lines
■ of lights running from a cen
tral pole near the monument
to a circle cf lights around
the square. Other lines of
lights cross above West Main
St. from the square.
Within a few days, more
elaborate decorations will be
placed on the Square and on
The Legion decorating the
town as a Christmas project
was decided on at the last
| meeting. Donations from bus
-1 iness firms and professional
men have made the project
possible, however.
i Charles K. Boone of Win
dom entered Marion hospital
last night for an emergency
operation.
U. S. Needs Civil Defense * ■
JOINING CIVIL DEFENSE
CAN MEAN YOUR SURVIVAL
(Thit is Ike eighth es m eerite of articles on civil defense, bated an Ihe booklet "Thu Is
Civil Defenee" prepared by Ike Federal Civil Defeme Administration. It may be obtained
from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.,
for ten cente.) _
By MILLARD CALDWELL
Federal Civil Defense Administrator
©The most important reason for anyone to volun
teer for Civil Defense work now is that his or her
life may depend on it. From that point you can add
more names to the list which may be dependent on
you in some hour of cri’sis: your own family, your relatives,
your neighbors, and other friends in your community.
The protection of your ownir
home, industrial property and war
plants, public buildings, the place
where you earn a living, your
municipal facilities, your transpor
tation system, farm lands, cattle,
forests, harbors—everything which
has to do with your life today,
multiply the reasons why you
should volunteer for civil defense
. work NOW.
Every good American will
want to volunteer for civil de
-1 sense. He knows it is his duty
to do so, for there is no other
way to recruit the millions of
workers who will be needed to
defeat an enemy on the home
front. If we are attacked—and
remember that we can be attack
ed—the hard, terrible task of
getting our cities and industries
back on their feet will fall main
ly on civil defense volunteers. It
is not a job for those who cant
face facts or aren't willing to
work. It is a job for real
Americans with courage.
No one can do the civil defense
job but the American people them
selves. The Armed Forces have
their own job to do. There are not
enough people in Federal, State,
or local government agencies to
do the job for you. It is one of
those things you will have to do
yourself. And you will have to be
prepared for any emergency. There
will be no time to take a civil de
fense training course, or read
booklets, when the bombs fall. All
that must be done before if you
want to better your chance for
survival.
Service Means Survival
One local civil defense organisa
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Bessie
M. Hughes
Funeral services for Mrs.
Bessie Mae Laws, 55, who
died at the home of her bro
ther, Jessie Hughes, Satur
day afternoon were held in
the Silvers |Chapel Baptist
Church at 2 p. m. Monday.
Conducting the services
were the Rev. J. H. Henline
and the Rev. Avery Buchanan
Burial was (in the church
‘ cemetery. .
Mrs. Laws was a life-long
resident of this county and
was a member of the Silvers
’ Chapel Baptist Church.
Surviving are the husband,
! Jeff Laws; four daughters,
: Mrs. Ernest Hall of Green
, Mountain, Mrs. Claude Pres
nelL of Boonford, Mrs. Carl
Butner of Eptatoe, and Lila
of the home; three sons,
Yates Laws of Boonford,
Ottis of-Marion and Jay of
the home;- seven brothers,
Welzie, Dan, | Russell, Dewey,
Fonzo and Cling Hughes, all
.of Green Mountain, and
Jesse of Burnsville.
’ Two half-sjsters, Mrs. Ver
non Presnell jof Green Moun
j tain, and Mrs. Harvey John
son of Toecane; two half
! brothers, Earl Hughes of
’ Green Mountain and Jack
' Hughes of the U. S. Marine
; Corps.
Banks Becoming Leader In
Livestock Business
J. R. Banks is becoming
one of ilief leading livestock
map in thitir'county. He is de
, veloping a fine herd of pure
bred beef animals, and re
cently sold eight registered
Hereford calves to Graceland
Farm in Haywood County for
an average of S2OO each.
These were spring calves.
Banks has around forty
head of registered beef cat
tle besides the grade animals
on his farms. He also owns a
dairy on Prices Creek where
where he has 30 dairy lows.
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tion has adopted the slogaii “Ser
vice Means Survival.” It is a good
slogan to remember. It sums up
the meaning of civil defense. An
efficient, tough, determined civil
defense program can mean survival
for the American people.
It’s easy to find out where to
volunteer for civil defense work,
and the services you are qualified
to perform. Visit or telephone
your local civil defense head
quarters, or watch for announce
ments from your local civil de
fense director. Your newspapers,
. radio or television stations will
give you information.
Your Red Cross chapter is ready
to train you in first aid right now.
.This training is required of all
civil defense volunteers. If you
are not able to volunteer, you
should take the latest Red Cross
first aid course anyway. It is wise
for you to know first aid no matter
what may happen.
Red Cross Courses
The Rod Cross gives courses in
home nursing and nurses’ aide
also. It is wise to have some
knowledge of these court. * too.
Then you might be able to save a
life in your family some day, war
or no war.
You can help by being a Red
Cross blood donor. Thousands of
I pints of blood would be needed
: after an enemy attack,
i . There are ten major volunteer
services in your civil defense. All
are vital and will be discussed i>
the next three articles. Read the*
and decide where you fit in.
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NORTH CAROLINIAN MAY
BE MILLIONTH KILLED,
DEPARTMENT WARNS
Raleigh— The Department
of Motor Vehicles appealed
to every North Carolinian
i today to keep the Nation’s
. millionth traffic fatality from
. oepuring in this state,
i At the present rate of traf
: sic deaths, the National Saf
ety Council estimates, the
5 millionth victim of the auto
> mobile is expected to die in
i the third week of December—
i almost at the height of the
Christmas season.
• Commissioner of Motor Ve-
I hides L. C. Rosser, in speak
• ing of ihe approaching trag
edy, said, “It is bitterly ironic
. that the Nation’s millionth
. traffic death will coincide
I I with the festivities and gaity
of Christmas season. 1
l want to appeal to every citi
-1 zen of this state—motorist
. and pedestrian alike—to walk
> I and drive with extreme cau
i tion in the few remaining
. J weeks before the tragic date.”
. In North Carolina, the
1 Commissioner pointed out,
i traffic deaths are nearing
1,000. The millionth death
- could occur here, he said, and
while auto accidents have be
■ come ironically commonplace
■ everywhere the millionth tra
, ffic fatality would give the
: state a significance we don’t
! want.”
Heavier holiday traffic and
the festive spirit of the sea
son always add to the normal
winter Hazards of bad wea
ther, slippery roads and ad
ded hours of darkness, the
Cbmmitwiower mM.
“These increased hazards
call for extra care on'•the
part of both motorist and pe
destrian”, he said, “especial
ly if we are able to do our
• part in keeping the millionth
fatality away from North
7 Carolina.”
; Mrs Martha
Jane Gouge Dies
Mrs. Martha Jane Gouge,
90, oassed away at her home
at Blue Rock, Thursday p. m
after a short illness.
Funeral services will be
held at Blue Rock Baptist
Church Saturday at 2"p. m
with the Rev. E. J. Hall offi
ciating. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are four daugh
ters, Mrs. Bessie Hall of
Gainsville, Fla., Mrs. B. H. '
Nichols of Burnsville, Mrs.
George Payne of Elizabethton
Tenn., and Mrs. Edd Gurley 1
of Newton; three brothers,
one sister, thirty three grand
children and many great
grandchildren.
BOYS SHOT BY HUNTERS j
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Monhcad (front-, island his <
brother James, 6, shot by (
hunters who “thought' they
were deer,” are in serious i
condition 'in hospital. Three ]
men who admitted firing sev- 1
en shots as boys played in
yard of home were arrested. I
Town To Have Restricted
Parking Area
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Mayor Mark Bennett an
nounced this week that begin
ning Monday, December 10,
Burnsville will have limited
parking in most of the busi
ness section of town. These
limits and areas were passed
on by members of the Town
Board at (he December 1
meeting.
Parking, the Mayor said,
will be limited to 2 hours on
the south side of main street
, from the Northwestern Bank
to the no parking area at the
Post Office. On the north
side, the two-hour parking
i limit will begin at parking
, spaces in front of the Far
mers Federation store and
will discontinue at the end of
the sidewalk in front of the
; Carolina Coffee Shop build
ing.
There will be no limit on
r time for any other regular
parking space in town he said
All spaces on the inside of
•street around the Square are
open without limit.
This two-hour parking ordi
nance was made to aid peo
ple who come into town lor
only a short time for shop-
Survey Shows More Trees
Needed On Farms
According to members of
the Agricultural Department
here, one of the greatest
needs for Yancey County is
more timber.
There are nearly 10,000
acres of )dle*gl«*i. < m this
county, they say, and these
acres could produce lots of
lumber for future needs.
Based on 1,000 trees per acre
farmers should be able to
plant ten million trees on the
idle land.
It was pointed out that
trees not only bear lumber in
the future, but stop erosion
and help in controlling water
supply. j
Application for ti’ees to
plant may be secured in the
Farm Agent’s office and pay
ment will be made for the
acreage planted by the PMA
office when proof of planting
has been furnished.
Miss Laura M. Young of
Newdale left last week for
Thomasville, Ga. where she ,
will spend the winter. , j
Mrs. James Ramsey spent '
last week in Washington, D. j
C., with her husbasd who is 1
employed there. He returned I
to Burnsville with her tor 1
the week end. 1
INFORMATION GIVEN FOR ]
REFUGE HUNTS
The following information
has been released by the N.
C. Wildlife Resources Com
mission for those who are
planning to enter the raccoon
and o’possum hunts in the
Mt. Mitchell Game Refuge
opening December 10 and
closing December 13:
Only the Curtis Creek sec
tion will be open to hunt and
hunters are required to
check at Station 16.
Bag limit for raccoon is
one per hunter, with the num
ber of o’possum unlimited
per night.
Hunting will be carried on
under the party system, each
party to contain not more
than five members. Hunting
will begin at 6 p. m. and end
at 6 a. m., and parties may
not check in for a hunt be
fore 6 p. m.
The Refuse Manager cau
tioned that hunters must take
all precautions to prevent
dogs from running any game
except those mentioned.
Guns for the hunt is limit
ed to only one .22 rifle per
party, and all side arms shall
be prohibited.
Fires for any reason with
in the area will be prohbited.
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NUMBER FOURTEEN
ping and business. Almost
fifty cars that are driven by v
persons who work in town
are parked for the day will
be removed from the most
vital shopping seitions by
the ordinance, the mayor
said.
Business employees and
owners are requested to park
in the zones that are unlimit
ed when they are leaving
their cars for more than the
designated time limit.
i AMERICAN LEGION TO
SPONSOR DANCE
[ A member of the American
■ Legion announced this week
that a holiday dance, sponsor
ed by that organization, will
be held in the Legion Memor
ial Hall on December 28.
According to present plans,
an orchestra will play for the
dance. It is not known whose
orchestra will play, however.
NEWS FOR VETERANS
Current job outlooks in the
fields of accounting, phar
macy, electrical appliances,
printing and publishing, and
forge shops are described by
Veterans Administration in a
new supplement to the Occu
pational Outlook Handbook
used by V-A in guiding veter
ans toward correct training
goals.
*, Jhe report shows a wide
spread demand for cost ac"- s
countants, continued good
employment , opportunities for
registered pharmacists, fav
orable prospects in printing
and publishing, relatively un
favorable prospects in the
electrical appliance field and
a good outlook in forge shops
during the next one or two
years.
J The studies were prepared
for Veterans Administration
by the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics of the'U. S. Labor De
partment.
The report anticipates that
the demand for accountants
will remain high during the
entire defense period and
continued growth is the long
range prediction for the ac
counting profession. There is
is an emphasis on cost ac
counting.
Growth of the population
and increases of money spent
for medical care are listed
as two reasons for the pre
dicted favorable outlook for
pharmacists, with the great
est numbers of openings ex
pected in retail drug stores.
Continued favorable em
ployment conditions are ex
pected in the near future in
the printing and publishing
industry, and in forge shops.
For the next year job pros
pects in the electrical appli
ances field are reported not
favorable, with the shortage
of scarce metals as a princi
pal factor in the situation.
GRAVESIDE RITES FOR
MRS. MANDY HEDRICK
Graveside rites for , Mrs.
Mandy Hedrick, who died at
the home of a relative in
Ramsaytowai Thursday, Nov
ember 29, were conducted at
the Whitson Cemetery Satur
day at 2:30 p. m.
The Rev. J. T. Wright and
the Rev. Gilbert Adkins offi
ciated.
Mrs. Hedrick is survived
by one son, Deckard Hedrick;
five brothers, Willard Whit
son, Malley Whitson, Dave
Whitson, Lish Whitson and
Joe Whitson; and one sister,
Mrs. Turner Mclntosh.