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f^n VOLUME SIXTEEN Workers Named In Red Cross Drive The Red Cross Drive will begin Saturday with the fol lowing workers named for their communities: Burnsville: Mrs. John B. Bennett, Rev. D. B. Alderman, Mrs. Jake Low, and Rev. Char les Trammel. Cane River: Mrs. Hattie Peterson, Mrs. M. B. Metcalf, Mrs. Reggie Taylor, Mrs. Max Proffitt, Hiram Higgins and Mrs. Earl Wilson. Egypt: Maggie Hyleman, Grover Mclntosh and Bruce Fender. Ramseytcwn: Mrs. Jack Hensley, Richmond Bennett, Sherrill Whitson and Briscoe Randolph Green Mountain: Walter Howell, Mrs. Charles Tilley, . Mrs. Park Peterson, Mrs; M. D. Bailey, J. C. Turner and George Turbyfill. Jacks Creek: Mrs. Fnol Young, Mrs. Cecil Anglin, Jennings Fox and Mrs. Carl Mclntosh. Brush Creek: Phillip J. Howell, Mrs. Jobe Thomas Angus Masters and Bis Ray. Crabtree: Mrs. Grady You ng, Mrs. R. N. Silver, Mi.nl Henry Norman, Mrs. Kerrnit Gillespie and Mrs. Edd Young South Toe: Margaret Cal beck, Mrs. R. S. Ballew, Mrs. C. C. Robinson, Tom Huffman and Lonnie Ballew. Tensacola: Mrs. Brooks I Wilson, Mrs. Pearson Riddle and Grace McMahan. Prices Creek: Mrs. Bertha | Wilson, Mrs; George RoWnsob,"! Harvey Penland, Mrs. Joe | Robinson, Mrs. George Banks Everett Banks and Clifford Hensley. The first week of the drive will be centered in Burnsville with other community cam paigns beginning the second week in March. This year, plans have 'fetep made to em phasize work in Cane River Township. To aid in launching a suc cessful fund campaign this LAST RITES HELD FOR A. P. RANDOLPH Funeral services for A. P. Randolph, 79, who died at his home at Green Mountain Mon day afternoon following a short illness, were held at 11 a. m. Wednesday in the Pleas ant Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Holland Black and the Rev. Park Whitson of ficiating. Burial was in the Church Cemetery. Surviving are four daugh ters, Mrs. Charlie Whitson of Spring Grove, Pa., Mrs. Ras sie Woody of Drexel, Mrs. C. O. Gardner of Candler and Mrs. John Ayers if Green Mountain; two sons, Sam of Toecnne and Ralph of Burns ville. LAST RITES hTID FOR BURL WILLIAM GODGE Funeral services for Burl William Gouge, 22, of Mica ville, who died Sunday in a Winston-Salem hospital after a lingering illness, were held Wednesday at 2 p. m. in New dale Methodist Church. The Rev. James Aired offi ciated and burial was in the Wyatt Cemetery. He was a member of the Claymound Baptist Church and the son of John Gouge and the late Mrs. Gouge. Surviving, in addition to the father, are the stepmother; a sister, Faye Gouge of the home; a half-brother, Roy Gouge of the home; a half sister, Shelby Jean of the home; the maternal grandfa ther, Lattid Wyatt of Minpro; and the patrrnal grandfather, Nick Gouge of Micaville. i The Yancey Record SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. -O' year, Red Cross displays will be placed in windows of busi ness establishments here. A General Display and movie, “Red Cross Report, 1952”, will appear at the French Broad Electric Office; Blood Pro gram, at Burnsville Furniture and Hardware Store; Home Services, at Edge’s Depart ment Store; Disaster, Western Auto Store; Swimming, Ang lin-Westall; and First Aid, Pollard’s Drug Store. The quota for Yancey Coun ty has been set at $3,000 for 1952. Special programs plan ned for the year include cour ses in First Aid, Swimming, Life Saving, along with regu lar services which include bloodmobile visits, veterap, civilian and G. I. assistance, maintenance of a Service Of fice, and support of the Nat ional American Red Cross Program. ■ i Mack B. Ray t MEN’S CLUB ELECTS 1 OFFICERS In the regular meeting of I the Burnsville Men’s Club,! ! new officers were elected. Mack B. Ray, Farmers Home i < Administratiin sup e r v isor ] here, was elected president of < the club. G. Leslie Hensley is the retiring president. Donald , Burhoe was named vice-presi- I dent, and Ed Hunter Jr., was ] named secretary-treasurer of j the club. Approximately 40 members and guests heard Bruce H'in-ji ter of Asheville speak on the i; effects of alcoholism on the 1 human body. i Mr. and Mrs. Max Yelton of Alabama spent last week-end , with relatives here. Virginia Adkins spent the i week-end with her sister, Mildred Renfro, at Green 1 Mountain. REVIVAL CREATES INTEREST HERE The county-wide revival 1 which began Monday night in the county courthouse here, is getting under way with an in crease of interest day by day as the word goes into differ ent communities, according to reports. Evangelist K. J. Hensley, a native of Yancey County, but for a number of years resid ing in California, is bringing some timely messages, strong ly'supported with an array of scriptures, which he frequent ly quotes* or has someone read during his discourses. On Wednesday night he spoke on “The Message For This Hour”, in which he dealt with national and world con ditions of the present time, linking ( up with scriptures fore-telling the signs that should point to the end of this age, and the judgments of God upon the world. Supporters of the campaign expressed hopes that preach > ers and church members from ■ all over the county will join ; in prayer for this meeting, , and that they will attend jyid co-operate as much as possible “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY” - ■ - „ WINNERS IN COMMUNITY CONTEST TO BE NAMED SATURDAY IN ASHEVILLE The Awards Meeting to re cognize the winning commun ities in the 1951 Western North Carolina Rural Com munity Development Contest will be held in Asheville on Saturday afternoon, March 1 at 2:00 p. m. in the Battery Park Hotel. The Bolen’s Creek Commun ity in Yancey County was one of the 43 communities in Wes tern North Carolina that took part in this community im provement program. The com munities were visited by jud ges in early January and the ! five top communities will be announced at the meeting Saturday. A total of sllsO in cash prizes will be awarded these winning communities. Principal speaker at the meeting will be the Rev. Gar land Hendricks, in charge of Rural Church Development at Gardner-Webb College, Boil ing Springs, N. C. Rev. Hen dricks; was named by Life Magazine in 1950 as one of the 10 most outstanding rural ministers in the United States. A large delegation from Bolen’s Creek Community is planning to attend the meet ing. Mr. Roy Ray was presi dent of the Community De velopment Council. Several other Yancey com munities are interested in the community improvement pro gram, and somcTof them will probably be in the 1952 Com munity Contest. Twins Born To Couple Here •fr f'jfc - IJ ’* " gl " Mr. and Mrs. James Ray of Burnsville are the proud par ents of twins—a girl and a boy. The twins were born in Victoria Hospital in Asheville last night (Wednesday) about 9:00 p. m. The mother and babies are doing fine, according to re ports. Mr. and Mrs. Ray have one other child, a boy. CHILD DIES WITH MENINGITIS HERE Margaset Doan, 11-year-old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Jeff Doan of Rt. 1, Burnsville died Tuesday mfcrning in the Webb Clinic from an acute case of meningitis, according to Dr. Webb. The child was almost in an unconscious state when she arrived at the Clinic and failed to respond to treat ment. Funeral services were held today at 2 p. m. in Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, with the Rev. Floyd Ponder, the Rev. Jay Blankenship, the Rev. Earl Blankenship and the Rev. E. W. Ray officiating. Burial was in the family cem etery. ( Surviving, in addition to the parents, are one sister, Lois Evelyn, of the home; two brothers, Billy and David of the home; the paternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam P. Doan of Rt. 1, Burnsville, and the maternal grandfather Troy Taylor of Swiss. Federation Announces Stockholders Meeting The annual Farmers Feder ation Stockholders’ meeting for Yancey County will be held in the Burnsville ware house of the organization at 10 a. m. on Saturday, March 1, it has been announced by James G. K. McClure, presi dent of the Federation. W. Bryan Collins, Farm Management Supervisor of the North Carolina Extension Ser vice will discuss the distribu tion of T. V. A. Fertilizers at the meeting, it was stated. Stockholders of the Farm ers Federation in this county will attend the annual meet ing for the election of com (Continued on back page) BURNSVILLE, N.C., THURSDAY, February 28, 1952 % ■ JL •' J* John Randolph ANNOUNCEMENT -«J#i I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Register >hf Deeds of Yan cey County,fbJiufej«et to the will of the 'Democratic Con vention to b« held in Burns ville Saturday, April 19, 1952. I am not lined up with or affiliated wftj|i any faction of the Democratic Party, and I hereby solicit the full support of said Party. If I receive (the nomination and am elected in the General Election, I will faithfully and impartially fulfill the duties of the office of Register of Deeds to the best of my ability John M. Randolph t Sit ■— TRAINING COURSE T Q B® HELD FOR S('OUTERS ■YTAe,"UfimrmssToU tlTe Train ing Committee of the Toe River District, Diniel Boone Council, Boy Scouti of Ameri ca, has announced that a tra ining course for Sbouters and prospective Scoutefs will be held Thursday night, March 6, at 7:30 p. nr, in the Presby terian \ Chlrch.j Spruce Pine. Any institutidii in Yancey, Mitchell, and |Avery Counties not now spoßoring a Boy ] Scout Troop iijinvited to send j representative! to this train- < ing course, j 1 — - Bee lag Teams, Burnsville Boyi Lose In Tournament Old Man FI las been play ing a big part the Toe River Conference baetball tourna ment which b m here -last Tuesday night In the first ght of play, both Bee Log ims were for ced out by lerior teams, caused partial! t>y a flu epi demic in Bee ? School. The girls, who loi to Newland High School, 18, played a full game wit it making a substitution dito a shortage of players. ThJee Log boys lost to Bakers e High Scho ol with a scon ‘ 53-29. In the secoigame, Tipton Hill girls ran r Bakersville with a score 03-20. On Wednes night the Clearmont Hig iris pulled a fast one to t a victor/ over the fa id Micaville team. The sc was 52-44. Ramsey of Clciont was the outstanding i;r of the game with 39 ints. Marsh of Micaville $< i 25 points. In the secoi ame of the night, Newla High School boys had a 5 int margin I over Spruce Pat the final whistle. The > was 59-39.' For Newland, (fey led the way with 16 ints, while Vance droppet 15. Spruce Pine’s high sc r man was , Sparks with 1( nts. I The third e, between < Burnsville boj d Micaville < boys; turned o be a thrill ; er, even thouj e first part of the game v a push-over i ■ for Micaville. iy to«A «n, ' early lead a beginning i and built a h ne score of, ’ 31 to Burnsvil 9. But ini l the last two »rs of play < CM. HOWELL INJUR ED IN AIRACCIDENT Capt. Ernest Howell, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Howell ol Green Mountain, was injured in an airplane mishap last Wednesday ten miles iorth of Kinston, N. C. An Air Force cadet, Lt. Kenneth L. Collins, was killed in the crash. Capt. Howell, who saw act ion in the Pacific Theatre of Operations during the last war, has been training young pilots for some time. Capt. Howell is in a hospi tal where he was placed in a cast because of back injuries. The extent of his injuries have not been released. He was visited during the latter . part of the week by Richard Howell, a twin brother, Wal -1 ter Howell, a brother, and Clarence Bailey. Lt. Col. W. R. Hardee, com manding officer at Stallings Field at Kinston, issued the following statement -tommend , ing Capt. Howell on his effort to save the student pilot: “Captain Ernest Howell* is to be commended for his ef forts to save the T-6 aircraft and student involved in the fatal accident here Wednes day. Preliminary investigation disclosed the fact that the aircraft entered a normal training spin at 8,000 feet. When a normal recovery had not been Oapt: Howell attempted to get the aircraft out of the spin. It was evident * that the not be controlled tmoer the conditions. Capt. Howell gave the bail tfat or der. For some reason, which has not been determined as >et, the student did not com ply. Capt. Howell continued trying to get the student out of the aircraft until it was al most too late to save himself. If he had waited five seconds later, we might have lost ano ther man.” When Capt. Howell left the plane, he was so near the ground that his opened para chute could not save him) from injury. the margin deminished to a . final score of 49-46. ■ Joe Higgins, star player for - the Burnsville team, was out t with a case of flu. Fans who have seen most of the high school games here this year ! said Higgins’ absence reduced the score for Burnsville 10 to 15 points. Burton of Burnsville was high score man in the game with 23 points. Young scored 14 points to lead the Micaville team, and Hall played one of the best floor games of the tournament as well as scoring 10 points for the Micaville team. Semi-finals of the tourna- 1 ment will be played Friday night and finals on Saturday nii?ht uignu The Third Annual Men’s Club Basketball Tournament will get under way here next 1 Tuesday night. Some of the I best independent teams this section have accepted in vitations. Teams scheduled to meet in the tournament include Ful |l um’s of Canton, Bald Creek I | All Stars, Clearwater of Old Fort, Marion American Leg ion, Spruce Pine Lions, Tip ton Hill Aggies, Coaches Five Crossnore All Stars, Alexan der News, and College Fivei of Cullowhee. | Two games will be played each night with finals Satur day night. Fullum’s of Canton have won two independent tourna-', ments this year—the Ashe ville Y. M. C. A. tournament ; and the Canton tournament 1 The Spruce Pine Lions were 1 , winners in the Banner Elk ( tournament. , National 4-H Club Week, March l-9^"j School Dispute Heard In Supreme Court Arguments in an appeal from an order restraining the ■lflikina nf ■ by the Yancey j County Board of Education were heard by the State Sup reme Court in Raleigh Tues day. Attorneys W. E. Anglin and R. Vr. ■Wilson presented the case to the Supreme Coiiurt, Anglin appearing for the Board of Education and Wil son appearing for the plain tiffs. Others who were inter- i ested in the case and made the trip to Raleigo for the hearing were Supt. Frank W. Howell and Mrs. Howell, supervisor of Yancey schools, and Bill Atkins, attorney. None of i these people, however, took 1 any part in the hearing before; the Court, it was said. Dispute leading to the Sup reme Court hearing began as- LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. GUS F. HENSLEY IT 11 nOfO 1 imvitinnn 1* . F uneral services for Mrs. Lettie Morris Hensley, 77, w;fe of Gus F. Hensley of Bald Creek, who died at the' home of a daughter, Mrs. Ike Laughrun of Burnsville Feb ruarj 21, were held at Higgins Memorial Methodist Church at 2:00 p. in. Saturday. The pastor, the Rev. D. B.j Alderman assisted by the Rev! J. N. Shankle, pastor of the Bald Creek Church, officiated and interment was in the Gibbs Cemetery at Bald Creek The pallbearers were three grandsons: James A. Ray, Kenneth C. Laughrun, and Pete M. Smith, three neph- 1 ews: Earl Wilson, Mark Ben nett and David Peterson. Flower bearers were the members of the Woman’s Bib 1D Plqoo IT 1 • »t . , le Class of Higgins Memorial Methodist Church. Mrs. Hensley was born in Wake County, N. C. but has lived most of her married life in Yancey County. She was de voted to her church and organ ized the Woman’s Missionary Society at Bald Creek Church' in 1917. Her four daughters honored her on her 77th birth day, October 18, with a life membership in the Woman’s Society of Christian Service. Mrs. Hensley is survived by her husband; four daughters, Mrs. Ike Laughrun and Mr*. Hobart Ray of Burnsville, Mrs. W. W. Magill of Lexing ton, Ky., and Mrs. G. C. King of West Asheville; two sisters Mrs. Clyde Page and Mrs. H. M. Reams of Durham, N. C.; three grandsons, three grand daughters, three great grand children and several nieces I and nephews. n Mk M| RED CROSS | NUMBER TWENTY-SIX I ter the State placed at the dis ! posal of the Yancey County J Board of Educatiin a sum of money for the construction of a central high school. The Board of Education, after having plans drawn and ap proved for the construction of ,the school advertised for bids tor the construction of the building. A group of citizens instigated action against the Board of Education with a re straining order prohibiting the acceptance of bids, which said in part that the “credit and good name” of Yancey County would be damaged if bids were taken and the f school constructed. If the Supreme Court hands down a decision in favor of the plaintiffs, a hearing ba fore a jurs- in Superior Court ot i ancey County will be nec essary. If the decision is in tavor of the Board of Educa tion, original plans for con struction of the central high school may be carried on ac cording to one of the attor neys. The next regular date . de cisions are handed down by the Supreme Court is March f; u ls believed a decision on the school question will be given out at that time. FLU EPIDEMIC CLOSES SCHOOLS | The current flu epidemic has played havoc with four of i the five High schools in the county this week. Up until schools were closed yesterday i morning by the County Super intendent, about fifty percent of the children in four high schools were out sick. Mr. Howell said that before [ schools were closed at least 300 students were absent at Burnsville, 240 at Bee Log. 250 at Clearmont and 350 at Bald Creek. This makes a to tal of over 1,100 students ill l in the four schools. Micaville High School was not closed yesterday because the epide mic had not struck there. The other four high schools and Pensacola Elementary School will remain closed un til a week from Monday. From that time further closing will depend on th« severity of the flu epidemic, the superinten dent said. Pensacola school was clos ed because of the lack of transportation facilities when I the school, in Burnsville was ' closed!