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RED CROSS VOLUME SIXTEEN DRUNKEN DRIVING LEADS IN TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS j Raleigh—For driving drunk 823 North Carolina motorists lost their legal driving privi leges in*February the Depart ment of Motor yehicles re ported this week. The February summary of. drunk driving convictions was up from last year’s 608 whoj were convicted of similar charges. In addition the Department reported 125 convictions for two offenses of drunk driving which calls for an automatic revocation of the defendents driver’s license for a three year period. Other violations, all o f which require revocation o r suspension of licenses, includ ed 54 cases of driving after operator’s permit had been revoked; 26 for two offenses of reckless driving; 79" for speeding in excess of 75mph; 46 for two offenses of speed ing over 55mph; 28 for trans porting liquor; 14 for unsatis fied judgment; and 23 as habi tual violators. There were 84 cases in February of motorists failing to mniatain proof of financial responsibility. Miscellaneous offenses such as larceny, involuntary man slaughter, incompetency, im proper use of driver’s license, etc. bi’ought the revocation total for the year to 2,521 and suspensions to 947. Mission Study Course Planned A Home Mission study cou rse will be held at the First Baptist Church here’ Friday evening Beginning at 5 p. m. Rev: A. Z. Jamerson and Ed Hunter, Jr., will teach the course. Groups planning to attend the mission study in clude the Girls’ Auxiliary'and the Royal Ambassadors of the Bolens Creek and Burnsville Baptist Cnurches. LASTRITESHELDFOR CHARLES HAMMOND FuneraF services for Char les W. Hammond, 63, who died at his home at Pensacola Mon day morning after a long ill- ' ness, were held Wednesday afternoon in the Low Gap Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. Floyd Ray officiat ed and burial was in the Mc- Clurd Cemetery. Surviving are the widow; seven daughters, Mrs. H. L Craig of Fairview, Mrs. E. C. McElrath and Mrs. Ray Mc- Elrath, both of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Amos Presnell of Burnsville, Mrs. Clinton Bain es and Mrs. Andrew Hensley, both of Ypsilanti, Mich., Mrs,- Earl Buchanan of Akron, Ohio six sons, Henry of Kingsport, Tenn., Ernest of Black Moun tain, Cecil of Canton, Ray of Ypsilanti, Ralph and Bruce of the home; 24 'grandchild-, ren; two sisters and a bro ther. ANNOUNCEMENT I hereby announce my can diuacy as a Member of the Board 'of Commissioners, of \a-.cey County subject to the will of the Democratic Con vention cf Yancey County. S ; nce my election c.s a mem ber of the Board of Commis sioners of Yancey County ir the General Election of 1950 and from the tinU I took the oath of office as member of said Board on the First Mon day in December, 1950, 1 have worked for the best interest of Yancey County as a whole and for the best interest of the Democratic Party and if nominated and elected I shall continue to do so. I am opposed to any in crease in the' public debt or increase in the bonded debt of Yancey County. 1 am likewise opposed to any increase in the tax rate of Yancey County. J. E. EDWARDS The yanDey Record SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. > Federation To Start 4-H Poultry Chain The Farmers Federation is sponsoring a 4-H V 'ettrt> Poul try Chain in Yancey County this year for the first time. Ten local 4-H Club members will be given 100 sexed pul- I lets this year to begin the i chain. The chick awards will J be made next Tuesday. When the pullets have ma tured. to a laying stage, each Tnember wlil sell 12 of the chickens to replace chicks he received and con tinue the chain. Prizes amounting to SIOO will be given to club members at a poultry show to be held next fall. Members receiving chicks to begin the Poultry Chain in Yancey County are Max Hig gins, Jr., John Bennett’ Har old Ray, Bobby Joe Ray, Bill ie Young, Gerald Garland, Kenne\h Higgins, Harold Canipe, Richard Briggs and Ward Mathis. I REPORT ON FOREST FIRES District One Office of the North Carolina Forest Ser vice, Asheville, N. C. reports that during the month of February forty-one fores fires occurred o n private owned forest land in the eight counties i n this District. These Counties consist o f Buncombe, Henderson, Madi son, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk Rutherford and Yancey. The forty-one fires burned a total of 247 acres of woodland and one damage estimated a t $1,750.00. Twenty-two of the forty-one fires were caused by carelessness on thp part ol debris or pasture burners; Railroad trains caused six of the fires; smokers caused seven; two were incendiary nature; one was the result of lumbering and three were of miscellaneous cause child ren playing with matches. In Yancey County six fires occurred burning a total of twenty-five acres. Three of these fires were caused by debris or pasture burning; one was of incendiary nature; one by smokers and one by children playing with matches Yancey County Forest Ran ger English urges the public to be careful when burning any material where there is danger of the fire spreading to forest land. During the next two months the Spring fire season will be at its worst. Permits are required to burr, any material within sso feet of forest land The Best tune to burn is in the late (Continued on page 3) New Hampshire Primary Surprise To Both Parties ■ »i i « Senator Kefauver, Demo crat of Tennessee, and Gener al Eisenhower scored political upsets in the New Hampshire primary election. The Tennes see Senator won over Presi dent Truman in that state by more than 6000 votes. General Eisenhower, who iis still in Europe, defeated old-line Re publican Senator Taft by al most 11,000 votes. National politicians and po litical experts predict, how ever, that these defeats will in no way eliminate Senator Taft andi President Truman from the campaign. T?hey also predict ( that the defeat of Taft in the 1 New Hampshire pri mary is indicatipn that he will not win a quick nomina tion sft the Republican Con vention in Chicago. Kefauver’s victory over Pre sident Truman does not nec essarily indicate that he will stand any showing in the race so? Democratic ( presidental nomination. It does indicate, however, the trend of thought toward President Truman. “DEDICATED TO THE PROG|IESS OP YANCEY CO(JNTY" BAPTIST TO HOLD REVIVAL The Rev. Lowell F. Sode-' man, pastor of the Mars Hill College Baptist. Church,, be gins a series of revival ser vices next Sunday, March 16, at the First Baptist Church here. The series of meetings' will end with the evening ser vice March 23. Before coming to Mars Hill l a year ago, Rev. Sodeman held . pastorates in churches i n Clinton and Durham. He is a i veteran of Wrld War 11, hav ing served as a navy chaplain. As a speaker and religious ; leader, he is much in demand , for youth assemblies an d youth revivals. A feature of the revival . again this year will be to em ploy Sunday School teachers, officers and members in visi tation and spgcial prayer. The Sunday School will assemble . by departments and classes for thirty minutes before the preaching service begins for assignment of prospects for visitation and prayer. This service will begin promptly at 7:30 p. m. each evening, and the worship service will begin at 8 o’clock. The public is invited to at tend the services and hear Rev. Sodema/while he is in Burnsville. SPRUCE PINE LIONS WIN INDEPENDENT TOUR NAMENT HERE Spruce Pine Lions took the championship trophy ~ in’" the Burnsville Men’s Club Inde pendent Basketball Tourna ment here Saturday night. The Lions roared through with a 23-point margin to ( beat the Cullowhee College Shop 87-64. Bald Creak All Stars were automatically named as con i solation winner when Canton failed to appear for the, pre liminary game. Tipton Hill, however, de feated Bald Creek with a score of 46-40 when Canton failed to show up. The Peterson brothers tho uroughly whipped the net to win honors'in scoring for the Spruce Pine Lions. Lee led the way with 27 points with Ford close behind with 22. Glen Blevins, also with the Lions, followed closely with 21 points. Paul Burton, star player with the College Shop, match ed points with Lee Peterson by scoring a 27, also. Pisgah Girl Scout Council Organized Asheville—The Pisgah Girl. Scous Council to guide Girl i Scout activities in seven coun ties was voted into existence: at a meeting in Asheville Thursday. Counties to be included in the new council are Buncombe Haywood, Avery, Yancey, Transylvania, Mitchell and Madison. Representatives of the var ious counties chbae the name adopted a constitution and by laws, elected officers and ap proved a $14,740 budget. Purpose of the new council, as stated in the constitution, is to “help girls realize the ideals of womanhood as a pre paration for their responsibi lities in the home and as ac tive citizens in the community and in the world.” Mrs. Harold S. Clark of Asheville, a member of the Girl Soout organization for 35 years, was elected president of the area co'uncil. Other of ficers are Mrs. W. H, Hyatt of Weaverville, first vice-presi dent; Mrs. Ruth Gragg of Canton, recording secretary; Mrs. R. E. Matthews of Bre vard, corresponding secretary, BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1952 CORRECTION I Last week in the article per taining to tfie completion and installation vpf cooking and ■ eating facilities in the Sam Wilson Memorial Building it was said that' Roberts & John son Lumber Company was do nating a refrigerator for the kitchen. Thkt statement was incorrect. Dry Melvin W, Webb of Burnsville, made the dona tion to the (American Legion and Auxiliary. _____ WEST ALL TRAINS ON naval Maneuvers •4 — Somewhere] In The Atlan tic—“ Enemy”; submariner Le land M. Westall, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs/ Ivan B. Westall, Rt. 1, Burnsville, N. C. is gaining adoed respect for convoy escorts during the At lantic FJeet’s current Convex 111 maneuver! Assigned aboard the sub marine Sea Leopard for the “enemy” role,' he is among sailors from x 46 states man ning 13 submarines in the convoy exercise. Added resp*ct came as a result of surface warship counter measures during ear ly attacks. Several attacking submarines lost active status , when they were detected and beaten to the punch by con voy-protecting escorts. The Convex 111 exercise, which began Feb. 25, is a giant training maneuver in the control and protection of shipping. Submarines com prise most ‘’enemy” forces. They fill realistic assignments - -tey * while they simulate wartime convoy duties. Climaxing the maneuver will be versus sub ( marine duels which begins in ! mid-March. The Navy said the killer submarines Grouper and K-l will challenge their conventional guppy and snor kel-type brethren in a sub marine “free-for-all” for the final phase of the exercise. STATE COLLEGE ALUMNI MEETING ANNOUNCED The quarterly meeting of the Mayland State College Alumni will be held next Thursday night, March 20, T. S. Godwin, president of the group announced this week. The meeting will be held at the Nu-Wray Inn, and willl begin at 7:30 p. m. The meet ing is to be a “ladies’ night” meeting, the president said, and urged that all members attend. I and Mrs. James C. Garrison of j Asheville, treasurer. I District chairmen serving lon the board of directors are i Mrs. Richard Barber for Hay wood County; Mrs. James T. Hollingsworth, Bunco mbe; Mrs. V. H. Prusa, Avery; Mrs. J. R. Proffitt, Yancey, and Mrs. Julius Sader, Tran sylvania. Vacancies for Madi son and Mitchell county re presentatives will be filled later. Members of the board of directors serving as commit tee chairmen, will be Mrs. W. H. Thorne, camping; Mrs. Allen T. Morrison, training; Mrs. Guy Carpenter, program; Mrs. Joseph Chiott, staff of office; Mr. John M. Carroll, finance; Mrs. J. B. Anderson, organization; Itnd Mrs. Walt Damtoft, publicity, all of As heville. Mrs. ,J .Julius Sader of Bi’e vard is chairman of the mem bership - nominating committee which presented the slate. The new council will take in three existing councils— puncombe, Waynesville, Haz felwood and Brevard—plus (Continued on page 3) . FARMERS IMPROVE PRACTICES THROUGH EXPERT ADVICE Farmers, poultrymen, stock men and lumbermen of Yan cey County are taking advan tage of expert direction and advice in handling their vari ous problems. More and more the State College Extension service is sending out person nel all over the entire state to aid farmers grow better crops, poultry, cattle and for est products. Last week approximately fifty farmers and lumbermen attended a sawmill clinic -@nd forestry field day last Friday. In the contest held for the lumbermen, Robert Styles won first place in the log scaling contest while Welzie Chris awn came in second. Woodrow Edge and Robert Styles won : first place in the woodsawing contest, with Mark Hall and Utah Blankenship winning second place. Blankenship also won first place in the wood chopping contest, cutting through a twelve inch Jog in 82 seconds. First and second prize winners were awarded axes and gloves donated by local merchants. In addition to the contests, the program was rounded out by talks and demonstrations given by expert forestry men. Next Tuesday poultrymen will meet in the County Ag ent’s office to discuss brood ing, chick raising and the care and handling o f hatching 1 eggs. C. E. Parrish and T. B , Morris will lead the discus- , sions. a dairy school will be conduc ted in the Agricultural Build ■ ing at Burnsville High School. F. R. Farnhtun ami Sam Dob son of the Extension Service will lead discussions on pas tures, hay production, silage milk testing, feeding, breed ing and other problems en- , countered by dairymen. Green Pasture plaques will be awarded to 15 farmers who . have one and one half acres J of Ladino Clover-Orchard grass pasture per animal unit, t as reported in a survey made last fall. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Boone of 1 Hamrick have just returned ] home after a 10 day vacation , in Florida. j ANNUAL FHA MEETING ANNOUNCED J —■ ■ ■- \ Mack B. Ray, FHA Super visor here, announced this 1 week that there will be held the annual Farmers Home Ad- J ministration Farm Ownership T meeting at the Sam Wilson d Memorial Building next Thur- J sday. The meeting, which will f be of much interest to fami- k lies who have financed farms 0 through FHA, will begin at H 10 a. m. S ■»W* - > »* " iiif 'Mm*?' >. Cy.. ' m. , |i W W : W. «L - HU.. "jtoßjflflfeßjjKttttsp&L * *- - BRITAIN’S CHINA HOLD PERILED —Britain’s last -sjßpijjo -g *q oavj Suipnpui wealthy Hong Kong* is periled anew as Communists lead ao)|od' i]B|;pg y - B}ou u; 000‘S car burns after disorder in which 30 foreigners were hurt, eupi3 jefuauifuoo uo p|mpo) Several army trucks and police cars were also burned. ’ - ■ ! - "7‘" - * Court Session Begins Here Monday - Burdett McAllister; Yancey County Superior Court will convene for the March term next Monday. The court session will contin ue two weeks, with both cri minal and civil cases being heard before Judge Allen H. Gwyn. The first week will be used for trying criminal cas es, which number more than. 100. Most criminal cases are of such minor offenses as traf fic violations, the Clerk of Court said. Persons named- to serve as jurors the first week are as follows: C. C. Ray, Ward Price, Albert Ballew, G. W. King, Kermit Hensley, Jen nings Fox, Alvin McCurry, Elzie Bradford, Dewey Hugh es, Taylor Buchanan, Curtis Thomas, Frank King, Rupert Ray, Ray Randolph, John F. Woody, Bruce Mclntosh, Ar thur Wilson, Harvie Edwards RITES PLANNED FOR MRS. CHARLES OST Mrs. Charles Ost, 67, moth er of Dr. Walter M. Ost of Higgins, passed away early Wednesday morning in Stat esville. . - Born in Sweden, Mrs. Ost game to this country in 1905 and lived in Statesville for a number of years. Fqneral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel a t Statesville. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery there. Surviving, in addition to Dr. Ost, are the husband and , one daughter, Mrs. Gerald Williams, of Statesville. LASTRITESHELDFOR JUHN H. fKtbntLL Funeral services for John Nelson Presnell of Newdale, who died Friday after a short illness, were held Sunday at 2:00 p. m. in the Newdale Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Charles Moffatt, pastor, and the Rev. James Allred officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are the widow; four laughters, Mrs. Claude Thomas, Mrs. Charlie Wilson 1 Mrs. Bill Young and Mrs. Vaughn McCurry, all of New dale; two sons, Clarence and Ihad of Newdale; three bro- , thers, Martin of Poplar, Will iam of Boonford and George of Aiken, S. C.; fourteen grandchildren and 6 great- j grandchildren. , i m RED CROSS NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT . Fulton Bennett, W. W. Rob erts, Jim Deyton, John R. Lewis, John Edwards, Lee Boone, Mrs. George W. Rob erts, Mack Ledford, Reece Bryant, John W. Gouge, Lee Hensley, Rush T. Wray, Rus sell Fox, Sam Edwards, Clyde Buckner, William Lucius Smith, Adrian Buchanan, Ben F. Wilson, Wilmer Garland, Regie Taylor, Milton Hensley G. C. Hughes. Second week: Henry Grind staff, Grady Fender, Rotha Byrd, Andrew Pate, John Evans, Fonzo Whitson, Doss Tipton, Ray Fox, Leland Har ris, Ben Chrisawn, Paul Gort ney, Bis Byrd, Floyd Wilson Andy Edwards; Grant Laws, Jeff Doan, Lat R. Young, Emory Christ awn, Furman Hensley, Ed Harris, C. M. Deyton, U. B Deyton, Jay Letterman and Sam Greene. Civil cases docketed for hearings the second week are as follows: Town of Burns ville vs. W. B. Hensley, et al; W. B. Hutchins and wife vs. Ralph Silver and wife; James A. McMahan and Charles B. Allen vs. Ivan Westall; Mae Carroll vs. Verlin Carroll; Auto and Home Center vs. Smith Johnson; Terry McCur ry vs. Clara McCurry Cannon; Velma Ray vs. Charles Edw ards; Bis Laws vs. Esbie Black, pt al; James Fox vs. St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Co.; Etta Styles Evans, et al, vs. Sylvester Styles and wife; Ray Silvers vs. Ophia Silvers; Ray Silvers vs. Mark W. Ben nett; Lois P. Roberts, Execu tor vs. Charles E. Hawkins; Parker T. Ancarrow vs. Char les E. Hawkins, Wm. L. Wal , thall vs. Charles E. Hawkins; Timkin Roller Bearing Co., vs. Charles E. Hawkins; ■Charles Wilson vs. Southeas tern Mica C 0..; Leßoy Laws vs. Troy Cooper. ANNOUNCEMENT I wish to announce my can didacy for Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Yancey County subject to the will of the Democratic Con vention of April 19, 1952. Since I assumed office as a member of the Board of Com missioners of Yancey County in 1947 I have worked for the best interest of the citizens of Yancey County as a whole and if renominated and elected I shall continue to do so. I am opposed to any in crease in the bonded debt of Yancey County or any in crease in the ad valorem tax rate of the County". I will appreciate the sup port of all Democrats in th> Convention of April 19, 1952. D. H. HARRISON
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