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VOLUME SIXTEEN
Thousands Attend
Jubilee Climax
Thousands of people thron
ged to Burnsville Monday to
climax the Trade at Home
Jubilee sponsored by business
establishments here. Sun
shine and a balmy tempera
ture helped in bringing out
the old and young alike to
swell the crowd to from 3000
to 5000 before the day was
over.
The exodus to Burnsville
started early in the morning
and continued well into the
afternoon. By 3 o’clock traf
fic was moving at a snail
pace and parking space with
in a quarter of a mile from
the center of town was not to
be had. Automobiles were
parked double and triple on
side streets where space per
mitted, while single lines of
vehicles formed on both sides
of every street leading from
town. «•'
When proceedings began
for the giving of 62 prizes
contributed by the 32 spon
soring merchants, ranging
LAST RITES HELD FOR
MRS. NELLIE ROBERTS
Funeral services for Mrs.
Neilie Morgan Roberts, 65, of
Forbes who died Friday af
ternoon at her home after a
long illness, were held Sun
day at 2 p. m. in Red H’ll
Methodist Church.
The Rev. I). B. Alderman,
pastor of the Higgins Memor
ial Methodist Church 'of Bur
nsville, officiated. Burial was
in the Garland Cemetery.
Surviving are the husband,
Ed Roberts; four daughters,
Mrs. L. G. Deyton of Burns
ville, Mrs. J. E. Honeycutt of
Johnson City, Tenn., Mrs.
Earl Slagle of Bakersville
and Miss Pearl Roberts of
Forbes.
Also three sons, Fred of
Burnsville, Will of Baltimore,
Md., and George of Forbes;
one sister, Mrs. Charles
Phillips of Wentachue, Wash. 1
10 grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
She was the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Morgan.
finalrTtes held
FOR CURTIS MILLER
Funeral services for Cur
tis Miller* 73, a retired farm
er of Swiss, who died Friday
morning in an Asheville hos
pital after a brief illness,
were held Saturday at 2 p.
m. in Ivy Gap Baptist Church
The liev. Lester Edwards
and the Rev. Morris Banks
officiated and burial was in
Buckner Cemetery.
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. Auburn Shepherd ot
Swiss; one son, Mack Miller
of Swiss; six stepsons; • and
three grandchildren.
Westall Completes
Sonar Training
Leland M. Westall, seaman,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ivan B. Westall of Burnsville,
has completel a five-day cour
se of instruction at the Sub
marine Sonar Operators’
School at Key West, Fla., in a
short absence from his regu
lar duty aboard the submarin
USS Sea Leopard with the At
lantic Fleet.
The Sea Leopard recently
completed a six-week training
exercise which included a
visit to Cuban and Caribbean
ports. Interesting stops on tne
colorful itinerary were Hava
na, Cuba; Key West, Fla.;
and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
In Havana, the crewmen
visited the famous cigar fac
tores, perfumers and alliga
tor goods factories. They also
witnessed the even-more fam
ous Rhumba.
The Yancey Record
SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
in value from $4.80 to $169.50
nearly all comfortable stand
ing space was taken on the
square. Small boys viewed the
scene from atop the base
holding Otway Burns’ statue
while others sat in and on
automobiles parked on the
1 street.
John English commanded
the public address system
during the jubilee highlights
with appropriate wise-crack
ing and very proper announc
ing
After ail activities of the
jubilee ended, Policemen
Boone and Peterson and Pa
trolman Welch had a difficult
task in routing automobiles
out of town without mishap.
Within an hour following the
climax, most out-of-town visi
tors were on their way home
and traffic was again at a
Christmas Eve normal.
Some older residents said
Monday’s crowd was the larg
est Burnsville had ever seen.
WINNERS NAMED IN
DECORATION CONTEST
Mrs. John W. Brown of
Burnsville and Mrs. Rassie
Howell of Bald Creek were
named as first place winners
in the American Legion Auxi
liary sponsored Christmas
Decoration Contest. Mrs.
Brown took first prize in the
city limits and Mrs. Howell’s
prize was for the best decora
tion outsjde of town.
Second prizes in town and
outside of town were won by
Mrs. Lon Roberts and Mrs. T.
M. Tyner, while third places
were won by Mrs. James W.
Ray and Mrs. L. C. Easter.
Mrs. John English of Burns
ville received honorable men
tion. ,
Scenes used by Mrs. Brown
were cl - the Manger Scene and
Shepherds. One window was
used tor eacu (f the scenes.
Mrs. Howell won first prize
for the county with a Manger
' scene. »
The prizes were given by
Felts Furniture Company l n
Burnsville. First prize in
town and county was $50.00
each, second prize $25.00 and
third prize SIO.OO.
Members of the Auxiliary
expressed their gratitude to
Felts Furniture Company for
helping to stimulate so much
interest in the beautification
of homes during the holiday
season. They also expressed
thanks to those who entered
the contest.
Mrs Hobart Ray, chairman
for the Auxiliary Decoration
Contest, voiced sincere ap
preciation in behalf of the
committee and the auxiliary
as a whole for the outstand
ing way the judging was car
ried on. The judging, which
was done Saturday night, was
carried out by Mr. and Mrs.
R. T. Dent and Mrs S. S.
McMurry of Spruce Pine.
PRESBYTERIAN NEWS
There will be no preaching
services at the Estatoa or
Micaville Presbyterian Chur
ches on Decenber 30. Thomas
Young will preach at 11:00
at the Newdale Church that
Sunday.
The sacrament of the Lord’s
Supper will be observed at
the January 6 service at
Newdale.
During the months of Janu
ary, February, and March
1952 these churches will be
enlisted in the Tithing Ad
venture of the Presbyterian
Church. The goal of this cam
paign is to complete the Five
Year Presbyterian Program
of Progress, the aim of which
has been to revitalize the
program of the Church both
at home and on the Foreign
Mission field.
"DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1951
100 PINTS OF BLOOD
DONATED FRIDAY
Two-thirds of the quota set
for blood donation was jreach
ed in last Friday’s drive
’ made by several organiza
| tions in Burnsville. The quota
[ was 150 pints and 100 pints
were donated by citizens of
Burnsville and Yancey Cou
i ,
, nty.
j The Red Cross Mobile Unit
1 1 of the Western Region of
! North Carolina operated in
i the basement of the Method
ist Church from 10 a. m. to
5:30 p. m. Members of the
sponsoring organizations ■ wor
ked in teams throughout the
' day on the streets soliciting
1 donors, while others kept tel-
j ephones busy asking resid
c ents to make donations.
!
I Several men in and around
j Burnsville hit the gallon mark
* with this visit of the blood
, mobile. Many others made
’ one more donation toward a
gallon, while hundreds and
I hundreds over the county
r have failed even to give a
’ thought to the cause.
One family donated. five
pints of blood, while a sixth
member was turned down be
cause of a physical condition.
With even a few more fami
: lies like that our Blood Bank
> would be in a position out of
> danger of depletion.
! The quota of 150 pints is
- the amount this county has
* been using every three mon
* ths, on an average. The fail
‘ ure of this county in making
i the quota means the neces
sity of using blood from the
quota of some other county—
I if it is 'ltWih/tltfl— jut: sutaisr- .
r ing direct donors in the case
of necessary transfusion.
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YANCEY NATIVE DIES
IN McDOWELL
Harvey W. Presnell, 74, a
native of Yancey County died
at his home in Hankins Satur- ;
, day after a long illness.
Funeral services were con
ducted in Baldwin Avenue
' Free Will Baptist Church,
I Marion, Monday at 11 a. m.
The Rev. J. F. Floyd officiat
ed and burial was in the
Strouiltown Cemetery.
Among the survivors are
several cousins in this county
U. S. Needs Civil Defense
. VOLUNTEERS ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR PROTECTING THE HOME FRONT
(This it the eleventh of a seriet of articles on civil defense, based on the booklet "This Is
Civil Defense" prepared by the Federal Civil Defense Administration. It may be obtained
from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.,
for ten cents.J
By MILLARD CALDWELL
Federal Civil Defense Administrator
®AII persons experienced in work having to do with
health or medicine, others who can be trained in
special weapons defense (against atomic, biological,
and chemical warfare), are needed for the civil de
fense Health Service. Their big job will be to care for the
injured, and protect the health of a city after an attack. In
odditiou. many more volunteers will be needed for various
duties under the direction of professional people,' such as 1
doctors and nurses, in the local civil defense organizations, (
The Health .Service also must’
have thousands of persons trained
in more than just first aid who can
be organized for definite jobs at
first aid stations, and women vol
unteers who have taken courses in
home nursing and nurses’ aide.
Men will be needed as litter bear
ers, ambulance personnel, hospital
orderlies and attendants, supply
1 handlers, and maintenance workers.
Defense against disease and
gas warfare, and against radio
logical contamination will need
extra food inspectors, and sani
tation workers. Radiological
monitoring teams will need
tearhers, or advanced students
of physics and other related
subjects, as team leaders, and
high school graduates who have
studied elementary physics, and
radio repairmen, who can serve
i as members of such teams.
' ‘ Other volunteers are needed for
! clerical work, to keep records of
l the ill, the injured, and the dead,
i to aid in the procurement of blood
} for the blood service under the
( charge of the American Red Cross,
and to be trained na assistants in
1 laboratory work.
Last Rftes Held
For Johki Riddle
Funeral services for John
Riddle, 76, at retired farmer,
who died fjiiesday at the
hpme of Walter Davis of
Greeneville, T<enn., was held
Friday at 10 4- m. in Bee Log
Baptist Church.
The Rev. Gilbert Adams of
ficiated and 'burial was in
Watts Cemetery.
Surviving ate seven broth
ers, Tom of Erwin Tenn.,
Grant of Mars Hill, ° Richard
of White Mountain, Sam and
Jeter of Biylcombe County,
Jim and Floyd of Madison
County; tw<f sisters, Mrs.
Martha Freeman of North
Carolina and j Mrs. Sam Lee
of Greenville, B. C.
MISS STYLES TO REPRE
SENT WARREN WILSON AT
STUDENT CONFERENCE
Miss Dean Styles of Cane
River has been named a dele
gate from Warren Wilson
College, Swa«nanoa, to the
16th Quadrennial Conference
of the Student Volunteer
Movement in Kan
sas, December-27 to January 1
She will be’ one of nearly
2500 young men and women to
meet on the 7 University of 1
Kansas campus for what has 1
been described as the year’s
largest and most widely repre
sentative student conference
under interdenominational pa
tronage.
In addition S. and
Canadian- ?ty ’ qgßr from 70ft
colleges the
meeting will include over 200
students from foreign lands,
and 200 missionaries, student
leaders and church executives
who will provide the Confer
ence leadership.
Among the eminent speak
ers who will address the
group are Dr. John S. Badeau,
Cairo, Egypt, Mr. Eduardo
Mondlane of Portuguese East
Africa, and Miss Clea Mach
ado of Brazil.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Cleven
ger of Oak Ridge, Tenn.,
were the guests of their son,
Iliff Clevenger, and his fam
ily during the Christmas
holidays.
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Unskilled Labor Used
Help is needed for such duties as -
washing laboratory glassware end
mopping floors. In fact, no matter '
what you do, Health Service can i
use you in the vitally important i
civil defense work of saving lives. ]
If an enemy attacks one of .
eur cities, many persona will find ,
themselves without food, cloth
ing, money, and shelter. The ]
Welfare Service provides such
things and aids in locating miss
ing persons, caring for infants, <
the aged, and the infirm.
It also gathers and passes on ,
news of people who are separated
from their families, contacts rela
tives in other cities, refers families 1
to places where they can get
special help, and registers those ’
persons who must have individual
care.
Training Courses Available
Training courses, under compe
tent instructors, are available in
the various branches of this civil
defbnse program. Women, by back
ground and experience, are well
qualified for both these services
and are urged to take a special
interest in them.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER
HONORS THE NORTH
CAROLINIANS
Birmingham, Ala. Dr.
Mary M. Sloop of Crossnore,
Commissioner of Agriculture
| L. Y. Ballentine, and the
• Rev. Dumnt Clarke, religious
director of the Farmers Fed
! eration in Asheville, N. C.,
have been honored by the
Progressive Farmer magazine
according to an announce
ment made in the January
issue of the magazine pub
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, lished this week.
Dr. Sloop, named earlier
1 this year as American Moth
er of 1951, was honored be
cause of the work she had
done in promoting rural pro
gress in the mountains of
1 North Carolina since 1911.
L. Y. “Stag” Ballentine was
named Man of the Year in
service to North Carolina ag-
I. atuilbA! a . Kafcßlijflv nf frig ”ac
tual farm work in addition to
the fine job he is doing as
Commissioner o f Agriculture
for the State. Dr. Clarence
Poe, president and editor of
the magazine said of Mr.
Ballentine, “He is one of the
few state officials who active
ly operates a farm—and can
stiy do a first-class job of
milking a cow.”
Chief reason for honoring
the Rev. Mr. Clarke is his
work in promoting the Lord’s
Acre movement in the rural
South. The Lord’s Acre plan
provides that each church
member plant one acre of
some crop and give the pro
ceeds to the church.
“It is our hope,” Dr. Poe
said, “that this Man of the
Year recognition of the incal
culable values of the Lord’s
Acre movement, so long pro
moted by the man we now de
light to honor, wist cause
many another Southern chur
ch to start a successful
Lord’s Acre plan in 1952.”
SOCIAL SECURITY FOR
THE SELF-EMPLOYED
“If you work for yourself
and are planning to include
your name on the quarterly
social security tax return you
will file in January for your
employees—don’t.” So says
Glenn II V Pittenger, Manager
of the Asheville Social Secur
ity Office.
Pittenger says that many
selfl*- employed businessmen
who were brought under soc
ial security by the 1950 am
endments are under the im
pression that they should re
port their net income suarter- '
ly in the same manner that
their employees are reported.
That b.n’t correct. Self-em
ployed people report their
own net earnings for social
security purposes only once a
year, at the end of the year
when they make their indivi
dual income tax returns.
Everyone who has net ear
nings of S4OO or more in a
year from trade or business
must make the annual self
employment return and pay
the self-employment tax. A
form for making the return
will be included with the in
come tax forms.
Although self - employed
people do not make returns
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Duplan Is Closing Mill
In Pennsylvania
New York—Mr. John K.
Cochran, general mill mana
ger of the Duplan Mills, has
announced that the company
is permanently closing the
yarn throwing mill at Nanti
coke, Pennsylvania. The yarn
which has been t'hrown at this
mill will be processed by four j
other throwing plants, three '
of which are in the southern :
states of North Carolina and
Tennessee. The company has 1
been enlarging the capacity
of these mills during the past
few years.
This move has already pro
vided additional jobs for sou
thern people. It is reported
that one of the important
reasons for the closing of the
Pennsylvania mill is that it
would require quite extensive
changes in machinery and
equipment to make it possible
to process yarn at a cost
which is low enough to be
I competitive with mills o f
other companies. The com
pany executives feel that any
new and improved machinery
should be placed in southern
mills where costs of produc
tion are less and which are
STUDENTS TO HOLD
SPECIAL SERVICE AT
BAPTIST CHURCH SUN
DAY NIGHT
Miss Hensley Will Sing
That Morning
Miss Mary Evelyn Hensley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
7 Vrexrley D. Hensley of Bolens
Creek, will be guest soloist
at the First Baptist Church
here Sunday morning. Miss
Hensley, a senior at Mereditn
College, Raleigh, is one of the
leading students at that in
stitution. She is a member ot
the college Glee Club and oth
er choral groups on the cam
pus as well as being active in
religious and social organiza
tions.
During the past summer
Miss Hensley, aided the State
Baptist Convention in holding
Daily. Vacation Bible Schools
in Western North Carolina.
The Sunday niiht service at
the church will be conducted
by college students home- for
the holidays. Miss Sarah
Hamrick, Wake Forest Col
lege student, will lead the
service.
Having students to conduct
the last Sunday night service
of the year has become a tra
dition of the church over a
period of years. Rev. Charles
Trammel, pastor, extends a
special invitation to students
and faculty members for this
annual service.
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West Frankfort, 111.—Thou gh deadly gases hampered
their work, rescue workers are shown above preparing to
descend into Orient Mine No. 2 where an explosion and
fire took the lives of at least 119 last Friday.
Cecil Sanders, 44-year-old miner, survived the blast and
fire of what has been described as the worst mine tragedy
in 28 years.
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nearer to many customers.
In the past few years the
company has built one large
throwing mill at Winston-
Salem, and has purchased and
enlarged at Cleve
land, Tennessee. It has also
extensively remodeled weav
ing mills at Lincolnton, and
built a large new mill at Bur
nsville, N. C. Duplan now em
; ploys many southern people
I in six mills in southern states
.compared to three mills in
Pennsylvania.
COUNTY RESIDENTS IN
VOLVED IN SERIOUS
ACCIDENT
Five Yancey County per
sons were involved in an au
tomobile accident early Sun
day morning in which four
soldiers from Ft. Bragg, en
route home for Christmas,
were injured.
Mrs. Ray Hylemon of Bald
Creek and her 4-year-old son
were in Mission Hospital
with head and face injuries.
Dewey Byrd and Richard
Byrd, both from the Jacks
Creek section, were released
following treatment. L. B.
Jarrett, reported to be the
driver of the Yancey County
car, was uninjured.
The accident, which was
described as a head-on col
lision, occurred only a few
miles across the line in Madi
son County.
Jarrett was arrested and
placed under $5,000 bond.
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TWO INJURED BY
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
Charles Bailey Jr., of the
Red Hill section of Mitchell
County is in a serious condi
tion following an explosion
of dynamite Christmas Day.
One hand has been amputat
ed and there is danger of the
boy losing his eyes, reports
say. His father, Charles, Sr.,
was also injured around the
face and eyes from the ex
plosion, but there is a good
chance that his sight may be
saved.
The accident occurred in
their front yard as Charles
Jr. tried to light a fuse con
nected to a stick of dynamite
for a “Christmas gun.”
The fuse failed to spew as
a warning that it was lit and
and the boy was unable to
throw it out of danger before
ihe explosion occurred.
The Baileys are former re
ridents of the Newdale sac
lion of this county.