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j iiiiiis tatsy f J four 1 ' f baj Med Stales 1 ( Pt\mi Snails i VOLUME SIXTEEN Child Killed By School Bus Fay Carolyn Cox, 10-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cox of Newdale, lost her life under the wheels of a Micaville school bus Mon day afternoon. Patrolman H. C. Long,_who investigated the fatal acci , dent, reported that witnesses said the' child was the last of five children to leave the bus at the regular stop in front of her home. The driver, Leonard Robinson, thinking the child had crossed to saf ety, started the bus. The girl was too low to be seen by the driver and was struck. The mother, standing on her porch waiting for the child, saw the accident. C. I. Yell on, State Highway Safety Representative, said it was reported to him that the girl paused after leaving the bus and-talked to a school, mate, then ran in front of the' bus as it began moving. Driver of the bus, who had to undergo treatment for shock following the accident, was exonerated at an inquest held Tuesday by County Cor- ( oner Will English. Yelton said Robinson, who is a stud ent at Micaville Hign School, drove the school bus last year | and was found to be an ex cellent and careful driver. It was said that Bill Husk ins, student bus patrolman left the bus when it stopped, which is required of patrol men, but thinking the girl| was going to remain on the| right of the highway with her Scout Officials To Meet The Finance Committee of the Toe River District, Dan-j iel Boone Council, Boy Scouts of America, will meet at the ( Clubhouse - " in Spruoe Pine on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7 p. m. 1 The purpose of the meeting will be to work out the de-, tails for the annual Adult Membership Enrollment, whi ch is to begin February 18. | Sidney A. Montague of, Spruce Pine, chairman of the Finance Committee for the Toe River District, will pre side. F. B. Gardner, of Hen dersonville, vice president of the Daniel Boone Council will be the speaker. Warren H. Pritchard of Spruce Pine, is chairman of the Toe River District ans is a member of the Executive Board of the Daniel Boone Council. All uembers of the finance committee are urged to at tend this dinner meeting. Committee members fr m Vn icev Counti' are C B. Ben nett of Micaville, and the fol towing from Burnsville: Dov er R. Fouts, E. L. Dillingham, Jake F. Buckner, L. G. Dey ton, Reece Mclntosh, and Dr. C. F. Mcßae. ■ 'i ■ ■ ' .i »»i N. C. MOTORISTS SLOW IN PURCHASING PLATES Raleigh—The N. C. Depart ment of Motor Vehicles today warned motorists who have not purchased 1952 license platas to do so at onpe. If 1952 license plates have not been purchased by the close of bus iness January 31st do not drive, as all drivers who have not obtained their new plates will be subject to prosecution Syecial instructions have gone out to the Highway Pa tro to begin strict enforce ment after mid-night Janu ary 31, 1952. Motorists have been unus ually slow this' year through-] out the State in purchasing ( their plates, the Departuent pointed out. „ | More than 1,226,000 motor, vehicles were registered in the State in 1951. Approxi mately 665.200 plates have been issued to date. The Yancey Record SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. friend, reentered the bus. Funeral services for the child were held Wednesday at 2 p. m. in Newdale Presby terian Church. The Rev. Charles Moffatt and Rev. Wilcox officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving in addition to ( the parents are thiee breth n\«, Junior, John and Delano C >\, all of the horn?: and her maten al grandmo'.her, Mrs Martha Miller of Newdale. Health Officer Makes Report The District Health De j partment of Avery-Mitchell and Yancey Counties reports on the activities of the Dis , trict Sanitarian for the year 1951. Professional meetings at- I tended, 1; Public health cir culars mailed, 700; conferen , ces with individuals on pub lic health problems, 1350; talks made on public health, 9; field visits made in connec tion with communicable dis ease, 18; complaints invest igated, 108; official inspections of Schools, 50; follow up vis- 1 its of Schools, 60; official i inspections of Food-handling establishments, 407; follow up visits of Food-handling es- I rablishments, 25i ; official in- I spec* ; ons of Dak es, 387; ad ffftii'fcl visits to Dairies for special service, 55; Feed nandling establishments clos ed temporially for failing to 1 meet minimum requirements, V; Dairies degraded for fail ing to meet minimum require -1 ments, 6; approved water sup plies installed in private homes, 106; approved privies installed in private homes, 103; approved septic tanks in -1 stalled in private homss,, 1134; approved sewage dispos al systems installed at schools 1 4; number visits to private I premises on water supply, j 126; number visits to private premises on Sewage disposal, 297; number milk samples collected for Bacteriological Analysis, 344; number water samples collected for Bacter iological Analysis, 152; ani mal heads (suspected of hav ing Rabies) taken to Labora tory for Analysis, 1; estimat ed expenditures on new and remodeled Food-handling es'- tablishments, Dairies and eq uipmeht,. $285,000; Attended a»one week course in Insect and Rodent control, given by the U. S. Public Health Ser vice at” Chapel Hill, N. C. LAST RITES HELD FOR JAMES WHITSON Funeral services for James Whitson, 54, who died Mon day at his home in McDowell County, were held today at 11 a. m. in the Free Will Baptist Church of Marion. The Rev. J. E. Floyd, pas tor of the church, officiated and burial was in a Mitchell County Cemetery. Surviving are -the widow, Mrs. Lizzie Garland Whitson; four sons, Earl Whitson of Lincolnton, Neb., Grady Whit son of Windom, Julius Whit son of Green Mountain, and Ray Whitson of Marion; two daughters, Mrs. Mae Grind staff and Bessie Whitson of ( Marion; the mother, Mrs. Linda Whitson o f Green (Mountain; a brother, Dave .Whitson; a sister, Mrs. Mar tha Gortney of Green Moun tain; two half-sisters, Miss Mar yGarland and Miss Han nah , Gariand of Green Mtn. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1952 NOTICE I wish to announce my can ! didacy for Register of Deeds r of Yancey County subject to the will of the Democratic Convention of 1952. If nomit , nated and elected I shall car ry out the duties of such of ) fice to the best of my ability ‘ and according to law. ] Dratte Young. FUNERAL HELD FOR CARROLL CHILD Funeral services for Duane Carroll, one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Car roll of Windom, who died - Saturday following a short I illness, were conducted Sun j day at 2 p. m. in Snoal Creek Baptist Church. The Rev. Roy Henson officiated. Burial was in the Pete Young Cemetery. Surviving, in addition to the parents, are eight brothers and four sisters. BALD CREEK METHODIST TO SPONSOR SUPPER ► Bald Creek Methodist Chu . tch is sponsoring a supper i Saturday night, with proceeds ito go to the church building fund. 'i Bald Creek Methodists have : had a new concrete block ■ church under construction for several months. Now the building is nearing comple i tion, and the benefit supper will be held in the church ■ basement. Besides the regular plate . supper, there will be cake } walks, sale of pies and cakes, and fried chicken auctioned. I w jn jja serve( } f rom 1 1> to Bp. m., and everyone is 1 invited to attend. ' 11 1 — 1 i t County Agent Attends Conference • TC- L. Dillingham, County attended the Dairy- ! rnn’s Conference held at IStnfe College, Tuesday and j Wednesday of this week. i , rfe announced that there will be a Farm meeting at , South Toe School Monday night, February 4 at 7:30 p. 1 m - All milk producers and . others interested in feed pro duction are urged to attend. 'LOCAL BASKETBALL REPORTS Burnsville High School girls brought their victories Jp to ten this week when they took Spruce Pine High team with a score of 43-39 Monday night. Brinkley led the way with 17 points for Burnsville, but Ross of Spruce' Pine burned the other net v/ith a total of 28 points. Spruce Pine boys won the other game in the twin tilt with a score of 41-30. For the victors, Ellis led the scoring with 15 points, while Higgins of Burnsville led his team with 9 points. On iast Friday night Bur nsville split games with Mi caville, Die local girls win ning with a 47-30 score and the Micaville boys taking the other game with 41-39 two point lead. Higgins looped in 23 points as high scorer for Burnsville girls, and Young of Micaville led her team with 13. In the boys game Higgins and Young came to the front again—dif- ferent players, of course. Higgins scored 10 to lead Burnsville, while Young of Micaville scored a high of 16. Burnsville and Bee Log wi)l meet here Friday night as the i last home game to be played by the Burnsville teams be fore the tournament. YOUNG TOBE ORDAIN ED INTO MINISTRY i ■ ■ 1 Mr. Ralph Yodflg will be or dained to the Gospel Ministry t in the First Baptist Church .in special services Sunday . evening at 7:35. Dr. Hoyt , Blackwell, president of Mars Hill College, wili preach the ordination sermon; the Rev.l A. Z. Jamerson, pastor of Bol en’s Creek Baptist Church, will deliver the charge to the j minister and to the church; the Rev. E. G. Adkins, pastor of West Burnsville Baptist , Church, will lead the ordina i tion prayer. The pastor. Rev. Charles B. Trammel, will pre j sent a Bible and certificate of . ordination to Mr. Young. The ' other pastors ind churches ' of the Yancey Baptist Asso ‘ ciation, have been invited to be present and to take part in the service. -The public is 1 also invited to? attend the service. Mr. Young hah been called to be pastor of the Crabtree and Riverside Baptist Church es in the Yancey Baptist As sociation and has already en tered upon his work with them. He is a native of Yan cey County, being a member of one of the oldest families in the county. He is a veteran l of World War 11. He is now serving as chairman of the committee on evangelism in I I the association as well as being active in other phases of church work in the county Mrs Oma Ben nett Funeral services for Mrs. Oma Bennett, 79, who died |at her home at Green Moun tain Monday morning after a long illness, were held Tues day at 2 p. m. in *ne North Bend Baptist Church. The Rev. T. P. Blevins and the Rev. E. T. Woody officiated. Burial was in the fami!. - cemetery. Surviving are four daugh ' < fers, Miss Mabel Bennett, and Mrs. Annie B. Bennett, both jof Green Mountain, Mrs. Carl i Styles of Day Book, and Mrs. i Bernice Bradshaw of Relief; i five sons, John, Fulton and i Clayton, all of Green Moun- 1 tain, Ruben of Relief and Will 1 of Johnson City, Tenn.; two sisters, four brothers, 24 : grandchildren, and 23 great grandchildren. ! H. D. CLOTHING LEADERS ! ATTEND MEETING Miss Julia Mclver, Exten I ,sion Clothing Specialist from i Raleigh, held a special train- 1 ing school last Friday at the 1 Roberts and Johnson club i room in Burnsville for the ! .Yancey County Home Demon- 1 etration Club Clothing Lead- < ers. ” j I Leaders attending the. ____ _ ■ ; ( EGYPTIANS CRY “WAR ON BRITAIN” i i I pt *‘ r 111 fj, ’ ... . Ismailia —Egyptian - British tension neared breaking point this week with scores killed in riots, Cairo mobs shouting for war and British warships on way to Suez. In photo radioed.from “little war” zone, British soldiers warily hunt snipers near wrecked building. 808 BROWN’S CIRCUS TO SHOW_HERE Bob Brown’s Science Circus is scheduled to appear in Bur nsville at the Burnsville High School gymnasium on Satur day night, February 9. This Science Circus is nationally, I known and is straight from a 1 season of telecasting its own | show from Chicago over the entire TY> network of the I American Broadcasting Com pany. ' Although this show is dif ferent from the usual run of circus—no clowns and no ele- 1 phants—it holds to the old circus traditions of the un- 1 usual. Instead of the bo.un-j cing clowns and lumbering] elephants, the unusual and] lesser known laws of nature are harnessed as the star at-| tractions. Brown presents a! program keyed to a high pitch of excitement and mystery, while at the same time wrap ping his whole show in a cloak of comedy. The circus includes demon strations in atomic energy, light, ultraviolet light, sound, radio, and cosmic rays, but the heart of the program lies in the use of high voltage electric power. Electricity is sent through the body of as sistants coming out in spec tacular displays or perform ing unexpected feats. Often oyer a million volts of electri city is used on the assistants all chosen from spectators at tending the show. This circus, which was fea tured by a series of pictures in Life magazine recently, is sponsored by Burnsville Lions Club to raise money to buy instruments for the High School Band here. Local Boy Attends Tractor School Edgar Bryan, Rt. 1, Burns ville, attended a 4-H tractor maintenance school at Ral eigh, January 28, 29 and 30. The 4-H members attending the school learned the prin ciples of the Internal Combus tion Engine, how to care for air filters, oil filters, batter ies, cooling systems and the correct method of tuning a a motor. The American Oil Company sponsored the school. meeting were Mrs. Cora Rec* tor and Mrs. C. C. Crain from the Mt. Mitchell Club, Mrs W. P. Honeycutt and Mrs. E. F. Hunter from the Jacks Creek Club, Mrs. C. B. Benj nett from Celo, Mrs. Carl Sil ver from Micaville, Miss Kate i Masters from Brush Creek,!l and Mrs. W. H. Holleman 1 ! from the Burnsville Club.]’ Miss Mary Helen Neill, Yan-il cey County Home Demonstra i tion Agent, also was present < at the meeting. School Building Program Explained (Compiled and prepared in the Board of Education office) Facttg in previous issues stated briefly are: Yancey County School System’s total i allotment of the State School 'Plant Construction Funds , were $369,781.37.. The funds allocated ' must be expended land disbursed under the j direct supervision o f the I State Board of Education. The veport of the findings land recommendations of the State Survey Committee gave I only three projects for which | the funds could be spent. These three met the full ap proval of the State Board of | Education. The approved pro jects were: ] !• To rebuild the Bee Log School to be used as an ele mentary school. 2. To build the South Toe Consolidated School. 3. To build classrooms for a consolidated high school. All details of the procedur es in carrying out the State recommendations for the first two projects have been given in previous issues. The first two projects are completed, leaving a balance of State funds of $157,976.02 Full report of the Survey Committee of the State Board of Edocation concerning the proposed consolidated high school follows: “The members of the com mittee are unanimous in their opinion that the amount re ’ maining after the building at Bee Log has been replaced and the one at South Toe has been built should be used to erect classrooms for a consol •dated high school. “With local funds, land should be purchased within the general area of Burns ville, which is the approxi mate geographical center of the county, and a classroom building to accommodate high school pupils of the five high schools should be built. “At the present time only the children attending the Burnsville school have avail able to them facilities for vo cational agriculture and gen eral shop work. These can be made available to all high school pupils. Business edu cation or commercial courses can be provided and the faci lities for home economics, vo cational education, music, health and physical education, and the like can be brought up to date. In other words, the committee is of the opin-l ion that only through consoli-i dation can the well-rounded , program of education which l the people of Yancey County] want for their children, be provided at reasonable cost for all of the children of the county.” . As none of the State Funds , could be used for purchasing ] a site, the Board of Education! ] requested the Board of Coun- ] ty Commissioners for the sum ] of $11,000.00 to purchase a ] site for the proposed building. 1 The County Commissioners : did not approve the request; i therefore it was necessary to < ask for another State Survey. 1 The second report and recom- I mendations follow: i “On August 17, 1951, a 1 conimittee composed of L. A. I Enerson, M. R. A. Johnson. I J. L. Cameron, and J. E. Mil-|< ler made a study of the pro-,I posed* Yancey County Consol ,1 idated High School. The com mittee called in A. B. Combs as a consultant.” (These are members of State ’School house Planning Committee.) “Considering funds and land available for school pur poses, and being attentive .to 1 the wisest use of existing facilities, the committee re- j *»*» ttity t J )mrpiay I /tor Met States \ ( PittauSuis J NUMBER TWENTY-TWO commends this: 1. The site on the Burns ville School land be used without further cost to the County. 2. The proposed high school consolidations be effected by 1 constructing a new classroom building to house high school students of the County. This building would have science and library facilities and as many classrooms as available funds would permit. 3. The present shop build ing be continued in use as a part of the proposed high school plant. 4. A part of the first floor of the dormitory be converted into home economics rooms and laboratories, if in the op inion of engineers and archi tects this conversion would be structurally sound and safe 5. The present high school building be released for use by children in the primary grades. 6. The present elementary school building be used for the grammar grades. Because °f tl ? e . inade quacy and unde sirability of the classrooms in this building and because of the prohibitive expense which would be involved in its renovation it is recom mended that no more than proper maintenance with local fund s be done on this building.” As soon as the second sur vey was made plans were be gun to construct the proposed building. All plans were made according to the Step by-Step Procedure set up by the State Board of Education. (No other approvals are need ed because no local funds are involved and the site selected already belongs to the county) The procedure followed up to the time that a restraining order was issued was as fol lows : 1. State Surveys were made. .' 2 - The first survey was re jected because no site was available; the second was ap proved by the State Review Panel. 3. The plans of consolida tion and expenditure were piesented by the Division of Schoolhouse Planning and Surveys to the State Board of Education. 4. All plans and specifica tions of the architect were ap proved by both Division of Schoolhouse Planning and the State Superintendent. 5. Board of Education ad vertised for bids. At this point in the proced ure a restraining order was issued against the Board of Education, thereby stopping further plans until Court Procedure could be taken- The petitioners for the or der were J. E. Edwards, Ban nister Hensley, Yates Bailey, Ivan Peterson, Friel Young, Ralph Ray, Allison Edwards, Rex Mclntosh, L. Q. Miller, Dewey Hensley, Catherine Proffitt, James Proffitt, Char les Bradford, T. A. Buchanan, and Jess Buckner. The re straint was based upon the complaint that the Board of Education acted without au thority in advertising for bids and that the “credit and good name of Yancey .County will be impaired” if construction is permitted. As a reputation of this complaint the follow ing Public School Law, num |ber 115-84 is quoted directly from the statute book; Public School Law 115-84. “The building of all new school houses and the repair ing of all old school houses over which the countv board of education has jurisdiction 'shall be under the control and direction of and by contract | fContinued on bade page),
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