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) impiq I /toy Saitiil States l ( Pehn:? tomls m •VOLUME SIXTEEN State Supt. Favors Consolidated Schools The following article _ takei from the North Carolina Pub lie School Bulletin indicateu the stand State Superintend ent of Public I in-auction Dr. Clyde A. En:i. on th subject of consolidated school Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, Stat Superintendent of Public In struction, in a recent speed) at the Roxboro Grammar Scho ol, urged that Person County for its children’s sake, agree, to a program whereby the] high schools in Person County would be consolidated. Speaking before an audience composed of the county board of education, district schoo j committee, and principals of county schools, Dr. Erwin said that more education could be given at less expense if high schools joined together. In nc] county where consolidation has| been tried have they evei wanted to goliack to the old, small school system. "It costs so much to give so little at the small schtel,” Dr Erwin said. "The State realiz es that perpetuation of small schools is a luxury which the State cannot afford.” He went on to say that to day a student from a small ru ral school who goes to college is at a disadvantage wher placed in competition with stu dents who have attended large high schools, and that students from rural schools often flunk out, not because they’re dumber, but because they yihv en’t had the educational back ground. ' “Parents must stop thinking of themselves and what th old school meant to them and start thinking of their child ren. If it were left to the child ren of Person County, consoli dation would be overwhelmin gly approved,” he said. "There isn’t any comparison between educational opportun ities. The quality ot a school is more important than the dis- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RESULTS Burnsville High School bas-* ketball teams walked over Bee Log High School last Friday sight in both games of a dou ble header. Burnsville girls racked up a score of 63 points with Bee Log trailing with 18 In the boy 3 game Burnsville scored 60 points to 27 for the visitors. Higgins led in the scoring for Burnsville boys with 24 points, while his sister marked up 23 points to win high score r v '* honors for the Burnsville girls R. Edwards of Bee ROg was high score man with 9 pointy « for his team and McCurry of Bee Log girls team led with 12 points. On Thursday night Burns ville boys defeated North Cove by 10 points with a final score of 51-41. North Cove won the ( girls’ game with a 21-point lead. The final score was 61-40 Swafford cf North Cove led ( her team to victory with 28 points and McCurry led the , scoring for the Burnsville ( girls with 20 points. Taylor ol , Burnsville and Brown of North Cove tied with 15 points for high scoring in the boys game. The Micaville High School teams defeated Marshall in a double header a t Micaville Tuesday night. The girls’ score/ was 55-31 while the score in the boys’ game was 48-29. Ballew ofi Micaville scored, 20 points for her team while Fisher scored 19 points for the Marshall girls. Young of Mica ville was high score man in the boys’ ganife with Crowe of Marshall following with 13. The Yancey Record SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. tance of school. Whereas in a small school, all that can be 1 offered is English and a few other basic courses, a consoli dated school could have over fifty courses covering a wide' range of subjects, and these are being offered in some of our larger schools. Students who dcr not want to go to col lege may take course in agri culture, industrial arts, and business. | j "People often won’t move tc j your community if you do not have good schools.” ; Dr. Erwin gave' an example! of a backward county in tfie j western part of the State I which adopted consolidatior . and, from what- the chydren learned in the school, agricul ture improved tremendously , and bootlegging, for which the . district had been notorious I was wiped out. "These small sohools ase not the children’., schools but the parents’ schools. The children don’t want the small, inade quate schools. “Consolidation would make a unit out of the county', and would stop bitter quibbling among small rural high schools over what family is going to what school.” LASTRITES HELD FOR CHARLIEA. HOWELL Funeral services for Charlie Adam Howell, 72, Boonford merchant, who died Friday in an Asheville hospital after a long illness, were held Monday at 2p. m. in Young’s ChapeJ Baptist Church. The Rev. P. L. McMahan and the Rev. James Aired officiated and burial was in Robinson Cemetery. Surviving are the widow Mrs. Lizzie Robinson Howell; three sisters, Misses Maggi j and Bessie Howell and Mrs. Tolley, all of Boonford; thiee brothers, Troy Howell of „ dale. Sam Howell of Banner Elk and Smith Howell oi Boonford. Revival Series To Be Held , At Low Gap Church • A series of revival meetings is scheduled to begin Saturday evening in the Low Gap Pies byterian Church. The series of meetings will begin eaoh even ing at 7:30 p. m. The reviva will continue for two weeks. The evangelist bringing the messages will be the Rev. Kir by Hensley of California. Bank Set To Make Loans To Poultry Producers Officials of The Northwes tern Bank here announced thi week that the bank has allot ted $75,000.00 to be loaned to poultry raisers i n Yancey County. The decision to make an equal amount available tr Mitchell and Avery counties a s as the amount for thi' county, was made at a direct or s meeting at North Wilkes boro early last month. Robert Presnell, director o the bank from this county pointed out that loans would be made to the persons with qualifying securities and that no organization or individuals other than the bank officials would be required to recom mend the loan. These loans, ~he said, would-be made to individ uals in the same manner that any loan was made by the Northwestern Bank, but that the $75,000.00 was ear-marked for loans to poultry raisers “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY" Independent Basketball Tour nament Planned Here A member of the Men’s Club made an announdement this I week insuring basketball fans of Burnsville of another inde pendent basketball tournament this year. This is the third a’n , nual independent tournament to be held in the school gym-, nasium here. In past years the American Legion here produc | ed one of the most outstanding teams in this area and usually ! came cut on top in the tourna I , ments they entered. The Amer j I ican Legion did not sponsor a team this year, however, and no Yancey county team will be j entered in the tournament. I The spokesman for the 1 Men’s Club said no definite' date has bepn set for the tour-j na.nent, but that after the set-] tlement of dates for the annual county and tri-county tourna- 1 ments invitations will be sent to college and independent teams in this section. CHURCH AFFAIR WELL ATTENDED A large crowd attneded Ihe : Methodist Church benefit sup- I per at Bald Creek last Satur , day night. The Supper was : given to secure funds for the . new church building which is almost complete. * Members of the church were elated that the large crowd at tended and expressed their thanks to the many people out side of Bald Creek community who cooperated by attending , the benefit affair. - ‘ j l ■ ‘ i Farm Production Meeting Scheduled Next Week W. M. Hensley, Chairman o the Yancey County Agricul [ tural Mobilization Committee,* mnounced this week that a unty-wide meeting on county reduction goals for 1962 will ’ held in the agricultural building at Burnsvillle school ion Tuesday, February 12 at 2‘oo n. m. * PrinciDHl sneaker on the pro will be Staton Mclver Soil Conservation Specialty who is a representative of the State Agricultural Mobiliza tion Committee. All persons in the county working directly with the agri I cultural agencies are urged to attend this meeting, and all other persons interested in th production goal for this yea are invited. NOTICE Dr. Melvin Webb will be out of his office on Tuesday, Feb ruary 12. only. Commercial egg buyers and hatchers in this county have indicated that they will be glad to furnish what informa tion they have available to start new poultry producers on the right road. County Agent E. L. Dilling ham pointed out that the poul try industry in Yancey County was gradrally getting a secure foot hold. Within the past year Dillingham said commercia poultry producers have increa sed from 16 in this county t< approximately 50. These figur es do not include farmers who produce poultry on a side line scale. - Even with the increase in egg production in this county a spokesman for the Burnsville Hatchery said recently that it was still necessary for them to buy some hatching eggs out side of the county. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, February 7, 1952 HONOR STUDENTS Mr. B. M. Tomberlin, princi pal of the Burnsville High School, and the faculty mem bers have announced the hon or students first semes ter of the yejfcr 1951-52. They are as &Jpf|| . . Senior Hpnor Roll “A” Erma Styles, Nelda Pet I erson, Francks Wilson, Ena j Kate Smith, Mildred Blanken ship, Vatfghtie McPeters. “B” Polly Peterson, Evang , line Banks, Edna McAllister | Katy King, Dare Chase. Betty Eresnell, Eliza beth Robinson, Mary Cecil An glin, Helen Angel, Maude I Blankenship. I Junior Hdnor Roll 1 “A” Mary Hensley, Alice ! Riddle, Shirley Styles. ] “B" Jewell Carroll, Mary 1 Lou Fox, Sue Harris, Nellie 1 Hensley, Jeanette Hughes, Sal lie Mcßae, Eloise Styles, Reb ecca Trammel* Ruth Zelenski Richard Briggs, Tommy Bur ton, David Gillespie. Sophomore Honor Roll “A” Joy English, Lnuise Pattor, Geraldine Ray, Dorthy Smith. - 5* “B” Barbara Harris, Ralph Hammond, Katie McMahan/ Barbara Ann Feterson. Freshmen Honor Roll “A” James Curtis, Glenn Fox, Clarence Harris, Genene Bailey, June Mrlntosh, Teddie- Rose Styles. “B” Kenneth Dillingham, Gale Hall, Tommy Higgins, James McMahan, Dennis Smith • Edward Zeliy-M,/Thelma Fox. f k Hope Ann Mclntosh, Claudette Peterson, Louise Riddle. LAST RITES HELD FOR BOBBY B.AUTKEY Funeral services for Bobby j B.‘ Autrey, 22, who was killed in action in Korea, will be held | Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m. in the Celo Baptist Church. The Rev. E. J. Hall and the Rev | Theo Letterman will officiate. Burial will be in the Carroway Cemetery. Autrey, son of Mr. and Mrs Walter Autrey of Celo, enter ed the Army in March, 1951 H e lost his life in Kore. on j November 11, 1951. Surviving in addition to the parents, are fiive brothers Floyd, Arthur, Jay and James Ray Autrey, all of Celo, and Bill Autrey of the U. S. Army; two sisters, Flossie and Mary Lou Autrey of the home. —A ... ■ ■ The condition of Molt Hen sley who is confined to Aston Park Hospital, Asheville ty somewhat improved. BULLETS BKING P EACE TO EGYPT v *1 w. i Ismailia—Peace descends at last on Egypt. Bus it Is the peace of death. For the slain n umber anywhere from scores to hundreds as British troops put down short-lived rebellion i and a new premier, Aly Maher Pasha, takes over. Here Eng lish Tommies guard a long line of dead in an Tsmhilia court- 808 BROWN S CIRCUS TO SHOW HERE SATURDAY ' NIGHT Burnsville Lions Club * is sponsoring the noted Bob Brown’s Circus here this week. Money received will aid in pur- instruments for the Burnsville High School Band.! The program will be held "at Burnsvillle High School gym- 1 nasium Saturday night. The show will be educational Brown demonstrates such sci- 1 entitle attractions as uses ot atomic energy-, light, sound radio, cosmic rays, and electri city. He often releases as much as a million volts of elec-J tricity through the body of his assistants, and his assistant j are always chosen from the audience. '* 4 •( The Bob Brown Circus was featurecTln Life Magazine re-J cently and his show has beep, telecasted over a TV network 1 out of Chicago during the past season. i Station WLOS To Feature County On Program The Yancey County Farming program will be discussed on the air over Radio Station WLOS, Asheville. Saturday at 12:00 o’clock- County Agent E. L. Dilling ham, with his assistant, T. S. Godwin, and Home Demonstra tion Agent Mary Helen Neill will be featured on the pro gram. These county agricultur al officials will discuss pro gress that has been made drr ing the past year in farming in this county and give plans for! the farm production progrkTn this year. \ .« " ■ The Record is late reaching; its readers this week due to mechanical trouble in our shop Association Webbs Join Hereford Melvin and Martin Webb of Burnsville h£Ve recently be come members of the Ameri can Polled Hereford Associa tion, according to D. W. Chit tenden, Executive Secretary. I The Association is devoted to the development of the Pol led Hereford breed. At this time, there are more than 8.000 members of the Association throughout the United States and Canada. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Miller of Lincolnton, N. C. announce the arrival of a daughter, Cardelia Elizabeth, at Crowell Memorl ial Hospital, Lincolnton. Mrs Miller is the former Miss Mar garet Hensley, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Molt Hensley. Highway To Asheville To Be Improved Soon State .Highway officials an nounced this week that a con tract for seltions of road be | tween Burnsville and Asheville will probably be let this sum i mer. Highway work scheduled j will probably include a new bridge across Cane River. Sev- I eral bids for construction of the bridge have been rejected by the State Highway depart ment because they were too high. J Over 4,000 miles of county roads were hardsurfaced in j North Carolina last yeffr with funds from the $200,000,000 I secondary road bond issue. I Official year-end figures, re leased this week by Highway j Chairman Henry W. Jordon, 1 showed that the State Highway Commission had completed 82 per cent of the 12,000-mile secondary paving goal set by Goveernor Scott when the bond issue was approved by the vot ers of North Carolina in the 1949 referendum. A total of 4,025.1 miles of I secondary roads were paved in 1951, bringing a total mileage' hard-surfaced under the bond program to 9,836.5 miles. In' /he previous year, 4,554.6 miles • were paved. ! The figures do not include paving on primary highways or other projects not included in the secondary road program and do not cover resurfacing or widening of secondary roads *1 TKe paving £bal had fteeh ", exceeded in 26 counties by 1 December 31, which __ means that future secondary road bond projects let in these coun ties will be a “bonus” of that , much additional mileage above i ' — ’ Ruth Zelinski, Donald Wilson Win In Reading And Oration Contest The Annual County High' Scnool Reading and Oration Contest was held Thursday' night in the Burnsville High School. i | Donald Wilson, son ot Mr. and Aixs. Jim Wilson of Bald Greek, won ihe Oration Con test tor Raid. CreeK school Mis-* itu in z,elinsK), daugmer oi Mr. ana mrs. Tony /.ennski ox Rums vine, was named win ner ol the Reading contest Rue is a junior at Burnsville High School. Each high school in the cou nty was represented. Students I omer man the winners who en tered tue contest were Rex RoUinson of Burnsville, An-j niece Briggs of Bald Creek, Lloyd bailey of Clearmont, Judith Kates and Phillip Sim-j mqns of Micaville and A. C. Atkins and Freda Bradford of Bee Log. Judges were Pev. David Swartz and Mrs. John Bennett! of Burnsville, and Mrs. Clar ence Bailey of Green Mountain The two winners were awar-J ded medals which were donated by Roberts and Johnson Lum ber Co. and B. B. Penland and Son Lumber Co. These two es tablishments have donated medals to be given winning contestants in the High School and Oration Contests for 3ev eral years. South Toe Students Named To Honors Miss Dorothy Van Cleve teacher in the South Toe Rive School, announced this wee’ that Jean Blevins and Lorrett Robinson received high honor in the Bth grade for the montl of January. Larry Davis, Tom j my Gouge, Sue Huskins, Grace. Mace and Donna Robinson re I ceived honorable mention. j luit Mir i J wp*l I /*r hitri ititu 1 ( PritßSt Souls J NUMBER TWENTY-THREE the mileage promised them in the pro rata distribution of funds at th? beginning of the program. These counties are Chowan, Edgecombe, Hartford, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt, Duplin Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson, Chatham, Dav idson, Harnett, Hoke, Lee Moore. Randolph, Robeson, Scotland, Anson, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Richmond and Polk. Through December 31, 1951 $646,690.55 out of the road bond fund was spent in Yan cey county. Chairman Jordon reported that 13,904.6 miles of county roads had been stablizied un der the bond program for all weather use. This total is 37.41 per cent of the 36,000-mile sta bilization goal. Highway officials have stat ed that, as the bond paving program nears its end this year, increasing emphasis will be placed on the stabilization program, which is designed to help people living on country ■ roads that do not carry enough traffic to justify paving them. Harris And Gregory Training In San Diego Charles E. Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Harris, and Ron ald Gregory, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gregory, are under going recruit trailing at the U. S. Naval Training Center, San Diego, California. These seaman recruits, both of Burnsville, are taking such training as is designed to make them acquainted with alj pha ses of Navy life. TREASURER MAKES RE PORT ON POLIO DRIVE Fred Proffitt, treasurer for the March of Dimes campaign in this county, announced this weex that donations amounting to $2100.00 have been made at the present time. This amount does not include donations made by Micavxile High School stuueuts, which has not been turned in to Mr. Proffitt. l t i S unuersood, ne said, me Mica ville High School has collected approximately $600.00 on the drive. -O’. No quota was set for the various counties this year, but each local organization wa s to much in the drive as possible. Although no definite date was set for the closing of the March of Dimes campaign, it was thought that the drive probably end this week. Fifty per cent of the funds received here will remain in this county to finance care of local polio patients needing such help or, in an emergency, are made available to the Na tional epidemic aid fund. The other fifty per cent is sent to National Headquarters where it used for research, professional education and em ergency epidemic aid. * —— ——• Miss Hotierto Elected To ' Office At Wake Forest Elizabeth Ann Roberts, a sophomore at Waite Forest Col lege, has been elected secre tary of the Christian Service Group there for the spring term. Miss Roberts, a religious ed ucation major, is an active member of the B S U, serving as Y W A secretary and hold ing an office in the training | union. She is the daughter of . Mr. and Mrs. Ed Roberts of I Kingsport, Tenn., formerly of 1 Burnsville. - ’
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