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j Ml tote) t /Iff Med Starts \ ( frfeose Bonds J VOLUME SIXTEEN Loss Os Railroad Would Be Blow To All Businesses In County The Clinchfield Railroad Company has taken another step toward securing an au thorization to abandon the Black Mountain spur, leading from Kona to Burnsville. A request has been filed with the N, C. Utilities Commission in Raleigh for authority to abandon the road. First re quest was made to tnterstate Commerce Commission in Washington. Persons who realize the importance attached to the 12 miles of railroad through part of the county are taking steps to secure a hearing on the matter. Sfeveral letters have* been written to the Utilities Commission by com panies that will be greatly hurt if the service is ended. The Railroad Company, in asking to abandon the road, reported that a million and quarter dollars would be re quired to rehabilitate the road during the next five years. However, they said a profit of more than $9,000 was realized during the first nine months of 1951, with cost of maintenance consid ered. , mi Loss of the rail service would greatly effect the en- | tire county. During 1951, a' total of 1,500 cars of mater ial was shipped over the line, j Feldspar Milling Company at Rowditch shipped 600 cars of ground feldspar, an in crease of 125 car loads over 1950. The State Highway De-J partment received 301 cars of material. During 1951, B. B. J Penland and Son Lumber Company had 98 car lloads, Deyton Farm Supply receiv ed 26, Stanley Bailey receiv ed 76, Farmers Federation re ceived 41, Johnson and Com pany received 36, Duplan Corporation received 37, Pen land and Ayers shipped 57, Murro Chemical Company LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. MARTHA WYATT Funeral services for Mrs. I Martha Wyatt, 62, who died at her home in Newdale Mon day following a brief illness, were held today at 10:30 a. J m. in Newdale Methodist j Church. The Rev.. James Aired offi ciated and burial was in the Young Cemetery. Surviving are the husband, Kiz Wyatt; two sons, Ken-] neth of Marion and Hershel ( of Detroit, Mich.; one daugh-, ter, Mrs. Ellen Greene of New Jersey; four sisters, Miss Agnes Woody of New dale, Mrs. D. Sawyer and Mrs. Gertrude Johnson of Detroit, and Mrs. Alvia Smith of Old Fort. Five brothers, John, hate, Ris, Russell and Howard Woody; and the mother, Mrs. Mary Woody, all of Detroit. South Toe Students Named On Honor Roll The following eighth grade students enrolled in the South Toe River School were named to the Honor Roll for the month of December: Jean Sue Huskins, Donna Robinson, Loretta Robinson. Honorable mention was given to Buddy Bennett, Dean Chrisawn, Larry Davis, Tom my Geouge, Annetta Geouge Duane McDougald, Jimmie Shufford, and Wilford Shuf ford. There are forty-eight stud ents in that grade and Miss Dorothy Van Cleve is the teacher. fc 4 The Yancey Record SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. 1 shipped 40. These are only a' few of the county’s business' and manufacturing organiza-j tions that did a large busi-| ness with the road last year. ' Carrol Rogers, president of the Feldspar Flotation Plant in Spruce Pine and officer with the Feldspar Milling ' Company, said the plant at Bowditch would close opera tion at that location if the Black Mountain Railroad dis continued service. Closing : would be necessary, he said. : Rogers said the mill would be L moved to another location. ■ Information from ■ another 1 source was that the plant 1 would be built in another ! state. Feldspar Milling Company pays out in Yancey County around $265,000 per year for 1 raw material, labor, and tax ■ es, it was said. Another manufacturing or ganization which would be forced to cease operations at ! Bowditch in event the rail service stopped is the Murro 1 Chemical Company. This com pany manufactures soaps and cleaners, much of which goes ,to the armed services. Brook l| lyn, N. Y. was named as the : new location if that plant is ■] closed A direct loss of income to ; railroad personnel living in j Yancey County would amount to more than $26,000 a year. 1 Business men with an eye on the future say removal of the line will not only cause [immediate lossfes by manufac turing plants leaving the I county, but will discourage other companies from locat ing here. Persons who are interested in keeping rail service into Burnsville should write to the North Carolina Utilities Commission, Raleigh, N. C. setting forth reasons why the ro*ad should not be aban doned. COUNTY WIDE SPELLING CONTEST HELD FRIDAY 1 A spelling contest was i held at Burnsville High Scho ! 0.l last Friday for students from each of the six districts of the county. The contest was divided into three parts !for students in the fourth j through the sixth grades, I seventh through the nineth, and high school. Mrs. Frank Howell, county supervisor, said the contests were close, and in the 7th ] through 9th group required ( three elimination contests be -1 fore a winner could be se- I dared. All contestants in 'that group tied on the first test, she said. First place winner in ' the high school contest was Bar bara Geouge of Micaville, da ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Geouge. Second place winner in that division was Mary Ann York of Bald Creek, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. T. 11. Y’ork. L. G. Deyton of Burnsville, ■son of Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Deyton, won first place in the 7th through 9th division. Gerry Boone of Micaville, da ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Boone, won second place. In the contest for 4th thro ugh 6th grades, Lois Robin son of Micaville, daughter of Ms. and Mrs. Marion Robin , aon, won first place; and Betty Ann King of Burnsvilfe daughter of Mr. ‘ and Mrs. -Yates King, won secpnd place. First prize winners were awarded gold medals. j Buy U. S. Savings Bonds “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY" Burnsville, n. c., Thursday, January 10,1952 f— , OFFICERS AN D WORKERS 1 NAMED IN MARCH OF j DIMES DRIVE The County officers for I the March of Dimes Drive in Yancey County has been nam ed as follawS: County Direc ' tor, Mrs. Ernest Briggs; As sistant Director, Bruce Wes tall; Secretary - treasurer, ’ Fred Proffitt; School Direct or, Frank Howell. Mrs. Briggs has named the following from the business . places and organizations to assist in the drive: Jim Ang ! lin, Mrs. Hobart Ray, Mrs. Joe John Ben nett, John English, Mrs. George Roberts, C. P. Coletta, , Mrs. Phillip Ray, Howard Johnson, Bill Banks, Don Burhoe, James Timony, C. O. Ellis, Phil Hensley, Seth Hon eycutt, Ralph England, Iliff Clevenger, Yates Bennett, ' Mrs. Joshua Banks, J. B. , i King, Mrs. Reece Mclntosh, Mrs. Harlan Holcombe, Rush Wray, D. R. Fouts, Claude Peterson, G. L. Hensley, and C. P. Randolph. Mrs. Briggs named the com munity workers as follows: Bolens Creek, Vincent Wes tall; Jacks Creek, Mrs. Brant ly Briggs; Bald Creek, Mrs. Yates Bailey; Bee Log, Miss Alma Buck; Cane River, Mrs. Raleigh Radford; Hamrick, Mrs. Robert S. Ballew; Day Book, Mrs. Frie! Young; Green Mountain, Mrs. Claren ce Bailey; Celo, Mrs. C. C. Robinson; Higgins, Paul Hig gins; Micaville, Mrs. Shell Young; Newdale, Mrs. Walter Wilson; Paint Gap, Mrs. Ral ph Edwards; Pensacola, Mrs. Brooks Wilson; Ramsaytown, John Hannum; Sioux, Mrs. Clate Atkins; Swiss, J. J. Nowicki; Toledo, Mrs. Ever ette Johnson; Vixen, Mrs. Horace Daniel Ray, Jr.; Win dom, Mrs. Ralph Black. Colored Community, Mrs. Lucille Jackson. Mrs. Briggs said the drive would get under way next Wednesday, Jan. 16. Workers are asked to turn in their funds to Fred Proffitt, treas urer of the organization. VEHICLES DEPARTMENT MAKES FINAL REPORT FOR 1951 ~ s ßaigigh The Department of Motor Vehicles reported its final monthly list of traf fic violations for 1951 and noted, as. usual, that speeders reckless drivers and persona driving with no license lead the list for December. Last month, the Depart ment said, 2,778 North Caro linians were convicted for speeding, 1,839 were convict ed of reckless driving and 1,405 were convicted for driv ing without an operator’s permit. All three classifications were up considerably over the same month in 1950. Driving with faulty equip ment resulted in the convic tion of 736; failing to stop for a stop sign brought 664 convictions and 340 were cpn victed for driving with bad lights. Passing on a hill or curve convicted 260; driving on the wrong side of thp road brou ght 153 convictions and 114 faced court action for failing to yield right-of-way. Miscellaneous offenses bro ught the total for December to 9,052 Tar Heel motorists found guilty of moving viola tions. Anothter 1,581 out-of state drivers were convicted bringing the total for the month to 10,633. 1 LAST RITES HELD FOR WALTER jjJHLSON Funeral services for Wal ter L* Wilson,:’6B, who died at the home of a daughter at Grovemont Saturday follow ing a lengthy illness were held MondajC morning i n Swannanoa Jfee Will Baptist Church. J , The Rey. \layne Smith and the Rev. Charles Smith offi -1 dated. Burial was in Robin son Cemetery at Burnsville. Pallbearers fwere Jake, Ral ph and C. Wißobinson, Oscar McMahan and Edwin Wilson. ' Prior to his residence in Buncombe Colinty, Mr. Wil son resided m Burnsville for i several years. [He was a mem -5 ber of the' Church > here. e Surviving are three daugh • ters, Mrs. RiMsell Riddle of - Grofvtemont* Mrs. Herman • Anglin of Black Mountain, > and Mrs. George Rowland of 1 Swannanoa; spur sons, C. J. 1 of Black Mountain, Frank of • Poneer, Ohia Arnold and - Brisco of Blisnsville; three f brothers, Charles of Pensa , cola, Hobart* of Burnsville . and Reagan, |Uso of this <rou , nty; two sistSfrs, Mrs. Willard 1 Rathbone off Pensacola and i Mrs. Landon jGaddy of this l county. - MICAVILLE fIOV NAMED : WINNER IN * i-H PROJECT John Bennett, son of Mr. j and Mrs, C.f'B. Bennett of Micaville, has been declared the WesternWiistrict Winner ’ with his 4-M meat animal ;is made up c f 17 Western North Carolina Counties. He • « an Bth grade student at [ Micaville High School. John started his 4-H work in 1949 by winning a regis tered Poland China gilt. His • gilt was judged the Grana ’ Champion in the district • swine show in the Sears, • Roebuck Pig Chain Show and was awarded a registered Jersey heifer. Now John has his cow and two heifer calv es, his sow and 7 small pigs, • and in addition has cleared $1460.00 on his projects. i Johni has been president t’ and vice president of his club j and is active in boy scout and r church work. CONGRESSMAN JONES VISITS BURNSVILLE Congressman Woodrow W. Jon-J spent several _ hours here last Friday before re turning to Washington for ■ the opening of congress. In discussing natiora' | ties, and presidential nomi i nees specifically, Cong less •nan Jones expressed an op '"ion that Eisenhower wiuld throw his hat 'into the ring, , or ’ as *t should be put, would allow his hat to be thrown in to the ring, as Republican candidate for the president ial nomination. Eisenhov'er. Jones predicted, will break down under the “draft” pres sure, if public opinion shows something of a guarantee. When asked if he thought , Truman would enter the race again, the Congressman said that from what he knows at this time the President is cool to the idea. He did say, how | ever that the President’s moods were unpredictable . and may enter the race. About the Korean war sit uation and our foreign .policy ' generally, Jones stated only , that he hoped the U. S. will . in tne future take more defi • nite steps in meeting Com- I munism and regain some of « the prestige which has been lost since World War 11. FOUR ARRESTED IN BLAST CASE Four young men have been arrested in the New Year’s Eve dynamiting case here, according to State Highway Patrolman Charles Long, who investigated the case. Patrolman Long named Charles Shepherd, Robert Miller, Luther Lawhern, and Jack Allen as those arrested. At least three of the four have been released on bond on $5,000 each, set by Gaston M. Angel, Justice of the Peace. Shepherd, Lawhern and Allen waived preliminary hearing, Long said. Anter a thorough investi gation of the blasting, own ers of the damaged hardware building signed warrants for the arrest of those believed to te the offenders, it was said Arthur Proffitt, deputy sheriff, aided the State High way Patrolman iff making the investigation and serving the warrants. Further investigation is being made, Patrolman Long said. TOMBERLIN SPEAKS AT LIONS CLUB MEETING Bruce M. Tomberlin; prin cipal of Burnsville High School, is scheduled to be guest speaker at the Lions Club meting tonight. The sub ject of the address will be “How to Measure A Man.” At the meeting, also, mem bers will vote and select the outstanding Burnsville Lion for 1951. Dr. M. W. Webb, past pre sident of the club, will be on the program at the meeting of January 24. He will speak on an important phase of medicine as it applies to this locality. J. R. Banks of Burnsville is in a serious condition/ in an Asheville hospital. He was hospitalized following a stro ke early last week. Mrs. Ned Wilson who has been ill at the home of her son, Vernie Wilson of Burns ville, is improving nicely, ac cording to reports. Mrs. Mary Dean of Man chester, Mass., visited friends at the Nu-Wray Inn during the past week. Isaac Wheeler andv family of Nashville, Tenn. spent sev eral days here with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wheeler. Inspector To Issue For Hire Tags Here Tuesday Inspector C. D. Lindsey of Asheville will be in Burns ville Tuesday from 1 o’clock to 5 p. m. to issue “for hire” licenses to truckers and taxi drivers. Persons using those kind of licenses can save a trip to Asheville by seeing the inspector on that day. Lindsey will be in the State Highway Patrol Office in the State Highway Building. NOTICE !■ I II ** A The Woman’s Bible Class of the Higgins Memorial Methodist Church will meet with Mrs. W. W. Hennessee, Thursday, January 17 at 3:00 p. m. Marriage Announced Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Helen Riddle, daughter of Mrs. Emma Riddle and the late Blane Riddle of Texas, to Ernest Frost of Mofehead City. The,marriage ceremony was performed on' Dec. 22. Burnsville Teams Win Two, Split Two Burnsville High School split two games with Bakers ville High Tuesday night, the girls winning with a more than double-point margin, while the boys lost by one point to the visitors. The fin al score in the girls game was 44-20, while Bakersville boys held a winning* score of 34 to 33 at the closing whistle. Brinkley led the Burnsville girls by potting 21 points. Huskins led the Bakersville team with 14. Players in the girls game were: Burnsville Bringley, Higgins, McCurry, forwards; i and Wilson, Anglin, and Pet erson as guards. Substitutes : were Pate, Fox, Jamerson, B. Peterson, N. Peterson, and Robinson. Bakersville Huskins, J. ' Gouge, M. Gouge, forwards; ’ and Runion, Butt, Thomas as guards. Substitutes were 1 G. Gouge and Hoilman. ' Burnsville boys lost a heart -breaker after they led through most of the game. The margin was never great during the game, but the loc al boys managed to stay out front most of the time. How . ever, with only a matter of t minutes to play, Bakersville , dropped in a basket or two to [ take the lead by one point. _ From then on, the ball was in , their possession, except for a few seconds before the fnial whistle. Burton led the attack for ! the local boys with 14 points, 1 while Thomas was high man for thte victors with 19 points Burnsville players were 1 Higgins, Taylor, Burton, Sil ’ vers, Carroll and Wilson. : Bakersville boys: Thomas, • Binson, Holder, Garland, Bak -1 er, Callahan and Howell. Last Friday night the Bur nsville teams won a double , header over Bald Creek High ' ' LAST RITES HELD FOR ELIZABETH AUTREY Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Autrey, 80, who died at the home of a grand son, Floyd Autrey of Celo, following a brief illness were held in the Estatoa Presby terian Church Wednesday at 1 10:30 a. m. The Rev. Charles Moffatt, pastor, and Dr. Charles W. Harris officiated. Burial was in Lewis Mem orial Park, Asheville. Surviving are one daugh ter, Mrs. George Robinson of Burnsville; one son, Walter of Celo; one brother, John W. Autrey of Asheville; 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. ■ - T- CHURCHILL CONFERS WITH TRUMAN _ 1 I kypl 1| flj I : ll \ 1 BH : V * pV *■ & Wl MMmmMSm PK/^’'*\ll ihhL fiF 7 JIB m I I 1l- - . Washington President fr uman (left) smiles and Brit ish Prime Minister Winston Churchill is serious but good humored as they ride togethe r for a meeting on problems confronting both nations. Ch urchill’s visit is connected with dollar needs. - pS. tedtf f J rmpdif 1 /Is/ Med Starts 1 ( fieleose Bttds J NUMBER NINETEEN School. Score in the girls' game was 38-18, while the other score was 41-26. Neill of Bald Creek led his team in scoring with 14 points and Burton followed for Bur nsville with 12. McCurry led the Burnsville girls with 12 points, while A'lcn of BiM Creek cme umvigh with eight as Ir.gh src't for her team. Bald Cree>c players were: G.’.s—Allen. C. Styles, Hyle nmii Robertson, Fox, and Steies. Substi. 1 .s* v ere Wil son, Ledford. Lawhern. Y’el ton, York, Hen-ley, and Rath burn. • Boys—M. Buckner, L. Buck ner, Neill, Riddle, Ray. Sub stitutes were Anglin, Ray, Mathis, Wilson, Ingle, Wilson and Angfip. - * LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. GUSBAILEY, 50 Funeral services for Mrs. Gus Bailey, 50, of Green Mountain, who died Saturday night in the Erwin Commun ity Hospital following a leng thy illness, were conducted Monday afternoon in the North Bend Baptist Church. The Rev. Carl Osborne of Unicoi, Tenn., and the Rev. Visor of the Presbyterian Church, Erwin, officiated. Burial was in the Fair View Cemetery at Green Mountain. Active pallbearers were Fred Peterson,- Joe Peterson, Luther Peterson, Dock Ren fro, Oscar Byrd, and Ellis Renfro. Honorary pallbearers were members of the * Men’s Bible Class of the North Bend Church. Flower bearers were mem bers of the Women’s Bible Class of the church. Mrs. Bailey was the daugh ter of the late J. S. Moody and step-daughter of Mrs. J S. Moody of Green Mountain. She was an active member of the North Bend Church and until the time of her illness was church pianist. Surviving, in addition to the husband are daugh ters, Mrs. Park Peterson of Green Mountain, Mrs. L. C. Schwager of Canton, Ohio, and Mrs. D. L. Garland of Carder View, Tenn.; three brothers, Ellis Moody o f Burnsville, Dr. J. R. Moody of Erwin, and George Cecil Moody of Milwaukee, Wis.; a step-sister, Mrs. N. L. Howell of Green Mountain; a step-brother, Fred Harrell of Spruce Pine; two half-sis ters, Mrs. Juanita Masters of Burnsville, and Mrs. Lois Anglin of Green Mountain, and four grandchildren.
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