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VOLUME SIXTEEN
Boy Scouts Have
Busy Week Here
Scouts of Burnsville obser J
ved National Boy Scout Week
with a Couurt of Honor, ban
quet and various v other meet-!
ings of Scouts and officials.
As part of the observance
the Scouts of Troop 1 and their
parents held the annual Scout
banquet at Roberts and John
son ciub room Monday night
Vhe meal was prepared bj the
Scouts’ mot; < rs. Various pha
ses of Scouting were described
Hi;.- v.urd i),' uunbo's of the
local iroop
, The Court of Honor for the
Toe River District was held
'luesday evening in the First
Baptist Church here. Dr. C. F. 1
McKde, chairman of the Ad |
vancement Committee, presided
The court clerk was Charles
Buckner, the colors were ad
vanced by Ronnie Ray and Gene
Higgins, and the Pledge to the 1
Flag was led by James Laugh-,
run, all members of Troop 1
Burnsville. The invocation
was offered by the Rev. David
Swartz, Presbyterian pastor
here.
Burton Hawley of Spruce
Pine and George C. Dalton of
Burnsville were awarded Ten
derfoot rank by Bob Garner,
Field Scqut Executive for the
Daniel Boon e Council.
Gene Higgins of Burnsville
was awarded Second Class rank
by A. E. Zelinski of Burnsville.
J. J. Nowicki, of Swiss, a
warded First Class rank to the
following scouts of Burnsville:
Bobby Curtis, James Laughrun,
Billy Ray Edge, Frank H. Lewis
Gerald Peterson, Kenneth Dill
ingham, and Dennis Smith.
A. W. Allen, Scotit Executive,
awarded Merit Badges to the
following Burnsville Scohts:
Wally Koenig— reading, safety,
physical development, and'
printing. L. G. Deyton, Jr. —
pathfinding, reading, and sal'
ety. Tom Higgins—Pathfind
ing, scholarship, and art
Glenn Fox —public health, per
sonal health, first aid, safety,
and electricity. Dennis Smith—
pathfinding, safety, reading
bookbinding and home repairs
Bobby Curtis—reading. Ken
neth Dillingham persona
health, home repairs, music
animal industry and safety
Billy Ray Edge—safety, path
finding, reading, art and chem
istry. James Laughrun—print
ing and bookbinding.
The following Scoutmasters
were present at the Court of
Honor: Davis M. NicholsJ
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London —Dead of a blood clo t after 15 years of a conamen
tiou3 reign, King George VI H es in an oaken casket, plunging
Great Britain and far-flung possessions into mourning. Guar
ded by royal retainers, the kin g, 56, was to be buried Friday
, after lying in state under royal standards during the week.
* The monarch died in his sleep Feb. 6, He had never fully re
covered from a lung cancer operation Sept. 28.
The YancEy Record
SUB. RATEJS $1.50 YEAR.
I Spruce Pine; Tom Bass, BiJrns-
I ville; Frank Johnson, assist
| ant, Burnsville.
AAibd aujuutnnieuc, a meet
ing n me xuc lxivtc District
o-. .i. uiti.ee was neld, with
wanen n. Butcnaru oi Spruce
line, district cnairman, pre
siding. n,epOits ri'oiii cue var
ious uisti iv.o operating com
liiirtees were hearu at tnis time
a supper meeting ot tne iin
ance committee of the Toe
| River District, Daniel Boone I
council, Boy scouts of Amen-!
ca, was lieid last Thursday,
j February i, m tue Club House
iat bprice Pine, aL wtrtch time
l plans lor tne annual Adult'
, Membership Enrollment were
I discussed. Communities repre
, seated at this meeting were:
Burnsville, Spruce Pine, Cross
nore, Pineoia, and Linville.
I The speaker of the evening
I was F. B. Gardner o f Hender
sonville, vice-chairman of the
Daniel Boone Couniil. S. A.'
Montague, of Spruce Pine, pre-|
sided over the meeting a s
chairman of the Toe River'
District finance committee, as
i sisted by Warren 11. Pritchard
of Spruce Pine, chairman of
the Toe River District, and
Bob Garner of Asheville, I
Field Scout Executive of the!
Daniel Boone Council. Scout
Jerry Arnold of Spruce Pine'
presented a skit showing viv-|
idly the value of Scouting and
the importance of the Adult'
Membership Enrollment.
Members of the district.fin
ance committee from Burns
ville who attended this meet
ing were Dr. Cameron F. Mc-
Rae, Jr., district vice-chairman
and Jake F. Buckner, Yancey
County Finance Committee
Chairman.
Buckner reminded citizens
1 of this county that the annual
1 drive for the promotion of the
Boy Scout program is on. He
said that the quota set for
Burnsville in the campaign is
SftllO.OO. Members of the com
mittee will be calling on c.t
dens for thejr donations this
week, he said, and that he hop
es response will be made in
the fine way* it has been in
previous years.
Meeting Os Methodist
Women's Class Announced
The Woman’s Bible Class of
Higgins Memorial Methodist
Church will meet with Mrs. D.
R. Fouts on Thursday, Febru
ary 21 at 3:00 p. m.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGHESS OP YANCEY COUNTY”
ROBINSON NAMED
DIRECTOR OF HOSPITAL
Luther M. Robinson, Yancey
County Accountant, was named
from this county as a director
of Memorial Mission Hospital
Asheville, at a review meeting
of the board last Monday night
Robinson, whose home is Celo, I
has been active in the public®
affairs of Yancey County for
several years.
At the review meeting it
was reported that more than
$123,000 was charged off the'
books last year as bad accounts
I however the hospital showed a ®
I net income of over $2,000 sor 1
■ the year.
Chairman Asks That Polio
Funds Be Turned In
Mrs. Ernest Briggs .chair
man for the local March of
Dimes campaign, this week re
minded workers jn the drive
to turn in their collections to
Fred Proffitt, treasurer. Funds
should be turned in so that a
report can be prepared for the
I National Foundation Head
, quarters at an early date, she
|said
| From donations turned in to
date, it was judged that at'
least $3,000 would be received
!iu the polio fund campaign!
! this year, she said.
| Mr Proffitt reported approx-
I imately $2,700 last week.
| Half of the money collected
•in this county will remain*
i hqre to aid any local person
stricken with th e disease. The
other half will go for research
and study of the disease thro-'
ugh the National Headquarters
or it may be used jn another
part of the country in case of
epidemics of polio.
Howells Open Store
In Burnsville
J. W. Howell and Son of
Green Mountain are opening a
new store in Burnsville this
weex. The days of the grand
opening are Friday and Satur
day. Tne new store is located
in the new brick and block
building on East Main Street
below Banks-Young Motor Co.,
which was recently constructed
by Frank W. Howell. Wa'ter
Howell, Frank’s brother and
member of the J. W Howell
and Son firm, recently porchas
ed the building,
y The elder member of the
store firm has Been in the n:er
chantile business for over fifty
or more years. He began his
business at Huntdale and lat
er moved to Green Mounain
where the name. J. W. Howell’s
Store, developed over a period
of years to more than a mer
chantile place—it is an insti-
Hijjh School Tournament
Played Ths Week
The annual Yancey * County
High School Basketball Tour
nament got under way last
night with Clearmont girls
playing Bee Log girls and Bur
nsville and Bee Log boys play
ing the first games.
Clearmont girls took an easy
game that ended with a 50
point lead for that team. The
score was 76-26. Ramsey, Clear
mont forward, scored 28 points
in the game.
Burnsville boys defeated Bee
Log boys with a score of 61-42.
Higgins led Burnsville to vic
tory with 22 points.
Tonight Bald Creek and Mi
eaville girls and Clearmont and
Bald Creek boys play. Winners
of tonight’s games will meet
Burnsville girls and Micaville
boys Friday night. /
The finals will be played
Saturday night.
BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, February h, 1952
BILLY LAfS INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Billy Lawsbf year old son
ot mi. anu a|rs. emory uvvs
ui iu. f, t>ur#vuie, is in Mis
sion Hospuai! Asneviiie, suff
ering from a firbken leig and
cuts received, jiu a truca acci
dent Monda|;4|
The aceide# occurred Mon
day a' ternoiftt -on tne new
Hreen Mountain highway near
tne Pine Hill section and only
a tew hundrcsf yards from the
Laws holhe. 'According to re-1
ports, the injured boy, who
was heading if the direction of*
Green Mountain in his father’s
truck, lost coSparol of the vehi
cle when the Tight wheels left
• the' pavement And ran onto the
shoulder, lie; whs meeting two
loaded trucks|aivd passed one,
but crashed iffto the other as
his vehicle lulched back' onto
the road. Thefextent of damage
to the other f truck was not
learned, But the vehicle which
Laws was driving was almost
demolished, t»s the report.
Laws was i&tshed to the hos
pital where 1%. Cherry made a
report that hfs leg was badly
crushed. Occupants in the
' other vehicle* involved were
uninjured.
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Burnsville Seouts To Play
Spruce Pine Saturday
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Tom Bass,, |basketball coach
of the Burnsville Scout team,
has announcedjythat Troop One
‘will meet Spruce Pine
Scouts'here tills week. The
game will be played at the high
school gymnasium at 3:00
j Saturday afternoon.
tution lor that section.
vvuner joined his father in
business-aoout 20 years ago
anu nas carried most of the
business burden in recent®
years. , J
The new Burnsville store
will be different from the
Green Mountain store in that
only hardware, electrical ap
pliances, and farm machinery
will be handled here. Like
most general stores in sections
away from town, J. W. Howell
and Son at Green Mountain
handle everything from finger
nail polish to plow points.
Eugene Hughes, who has
been employed in the Green
Mountain store will manag
the new store here, Waite
Howell said.
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CoLLISCfuKa TO AID IN
i ilu\u iaa KklLUtna
nave you Hied your State
inline iax neiurn yetV tins
is tue questju*! j. v,. Warner,
mcai nepuitf Collector, is ask
ing citizens in tnis area.
nvery single person,*or mar
rieu person not living with
ms wne or husoana, receiving
in excess of tne SI,OOO personal
exemption, every married wom
an receiving income in excess
oi the SI,OOO, and every mar- ,
ried man living with his wife
on December 31, 1951, receiv
ing in excess of the $2,000 per
j sonal exemption are required
to file State returns, Walker
said.
The deputy collector will be
in Burnsville at the Sheriff’s
Office on February 28, March,
6, and March 13 to assist any
one needing help in filing
State Tax Returns.
Also a deputy collector will
be in the courthouse here on
February 21 to aid citizens in
filing Federal Tax Returns.
YANCEY COUNTY ROAD
REPORT FOR JANUARY
Raleigh—The State High
way Commission completed a
new bridge in Yancey County
during January, Chairman H.
W. Jordan reported today.
The bridge is on NC 197 over
Cattail Creek at Pensacola.
The Tenth Highway Divis
ion brought a total of 9.31
miles of road work to comple
tion in January, Chairman
Jordan announced.
BOOK SHOP MOVED TO
NEW BUILDING
Rev. H. M. Alley has moved*
his book store and gift shop to[
a building on the Square. The
shop was formerly in an up-J
stairs location in the Lawyer’s
Building. It was moved last
week to the building formerly
occupied by Wilson's Shoe Re
pair Shop near the courthouse.
The store, which has been
named the Book Store and Var-j
iety Shop, will have in stock
1 books, gifts, cards and other!
1 articles in that line.
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Presbyterians To Form
Men’s Fellowship
Formation of a Men’s Fel
lowship organization at Burns-|
ville Presbyterian Church is
underway. On Sunday jnorning
the men will meet at the chur- t
ch at 8:15 where they will
have breakfast. Following
breakfast, Rev. David Swarta
j pastor, will lead a Bible study (
I session after which the Men’s
Fellowship will be organized.
Mrs. George Roberts is vis
iting her parents,' Mr. and Mrs
Lamb, in Ingold, N. C.
Questions And Answers
On Consolidated School
i
(Prepared in the board of
education office).
In an effort to present the
trutiis to people of Yancey
County concerning tne propos
ed Consolidated iligb acnool,
tne loffowing questions being
asked by parents are answered
in this issue. Those who are
seriously concerned about the
educational interests oi boys*
and girls of our County are 1
urgeu to read the following
important considerations and
and to pass the truths on to
others:
1. Will Yancey County tax
mouey be used in the construc
tion of the Yancey County Con
solidated High School? No.
Bids not to exceed state aliot
ed funds of $157,976.02 are to
be let. This is based upon Pub
lic School Law 115-84.
2. Will the above state funds
be enough to construct the
building? Yes. According te es
timates of architects employed
by the State, a n adequate
classroom building can be con
structed with the available
state funds. The steel needed
for construction was purchas
ed at a much lower price than
it could now be purchased for,
and is now lying in the Burhs
ville railroad yards. If it is not
used in Yancey County, there
are many school districts cla
moring for it since most steel
is no longer available at any
price.
| o. is the consolidated school
I recommendation me mosc etti
| cient ana economical plan for
j lancey county? res. rancey
I Louiuy cannot afford live
iuate Approved Standard High
, Schools, as conditions now are
elementary pupils need ail the
iaciiicies in tne existing scho
ols. figures and surveys show
j mat overcrowded ’ conditions
I must be remedied at once. To
I add high school classrooms to
existing schools (which plan
the State has not approved)
would still not solve the prob
lem of meeting high school
standards which must be met.
How economical would it be
ito equip five science depart
ments, five business education
departments, five shop build
ings? Then, again, how would
the teachers for these courses
be obtained? Teachers are
alloted to individual schools on
i the basis of average daily at
-1 tendance. Regardless of num
ber of classrooms, regardless
t amount of equipment, no!
more teachers can be alloted
for each school than average 1
daily attendance alloWA There
fore, no efficiency or economy
could be brought about by lm
proving existing schools for
high school purposes.
b. What will a consolidated
school mean to the boys and
girls of Yancey County? It
will mean equal educational op- 1
portunities for all. It will mean'
meeting the individual needs
of the pupils. Those who plan
to go to college will be better
prepared. Those who want to
take a course leading to a posi
tion or means of making a liv- 1
ing will have, an opportunity
Such courses as shop work,
agriculture, business educa
tion and home economics can
be given. Thousands of dollars
in Federal Funds for vocation
al education can be obtained
if building, equipment, and en
rollment standards are met.
Yancey County is now losing
those funds because conditions
cannot be met. Dr. Erwin stat
es in his argument for high
School consolidation that "In a
small high school, all that can.
be offered is English and a few
other basic courses. A consoli
dated school could have over
pttii litor /
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NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR
' fifty courses covering a wide
range of subjects. r| ' e isn’t
any comparison between/ edu
cational opportunities”.
o. »i uitir cuvet wiii cuiisonua
tluxi nave upon w.e live VaxsC
uig scnooia i ine existing
SuxlOOlS Will DC Xliucn DettCL'
scuoois ii me uign sciiooi pup
ils are moveu out. uvercrowu
ui conditions could ue almost
soiveu, witn tne exception of
! Bald creex, wmen woum atm
' need aauuions tne existing
scnools would still oe tne com
munity center aim muen bet
ter teauning situations would
be enjoyed. Tne plan would
oe seven elementary "feeder
schools " for tne Central High
Scnool, which, in tne light of
modern school planning i n
North Carolina, would be an
economical and efficient school
organization. With improve
ments to the four existing
schools (not including South
Toe and Bee Log) and the
building of a six or seven-tea
cher school at Pensacola, no
county in North Carolina
could boast of a better school
system.
6. Why did the Commission
■ select Burnsville as the site
, for the Consolidated School?
, in the first place, money i s
available only for a high sci>a>l
classroom building. There is
no other place in the county
where a modern gymnasium,
agriculture and shop building,
r auditorium, dramatics depart
ment, and home economics
I building can be added to make
-I a complete high school plant.
• i Secondly, the site is already
owned by the County. Also
Burnsville is considered to be
1 more nearly" the center of the
administrative district. There
is also city water supply and
' fire protection, which the Sta
te considers very important
conditions for consolidation.
7. Would transportation in
volve an extra expense to the
county? No. High school stud
ents would b e transported
from existing schools to the
Central School operating on a
schedule determined by the
"feeder* schools”. For instance,
if the elementary school day
were from 8:45 to 3:30; then
the high school day would be
approximately 9:15 to 3:00,
giving adequate time for bus
ses to meet schedule of elemen
tary schools. There is no scho
ol farther from Burnsville
than it would take a bus to
travel safely in thirty minutes.
! “The quality of a school is
more important than the dis
' tance of the school”, Dr. Er
win says.
8. Would Burnsville school
committee select the teachers
for the Consolidated School?
No. It would select teachers
for Burnsville elementary
school only. A special high
school committee with repre
-1 sentation from each of the
1 school districts would be for
med.
9. Would the Consolidated
High School impair the credit
and good name of Yancey
'County? Parents, yoti should
1 answer this question in the
light of the facts preserved.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy , Ray and
Ronnie visited Mr. and Mrs.
Burt Higgins in Charlotte last
week end.
Mr. Quillen Phillips of Bur
nsville, Rt. 1, is critically ill
at hjs home.
Mr*. Clyde Whianant who
hu bMn 111 for aeverel daya i*