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fflU VOLUME SIXTEEN FINE ARTS SCHOOL MADE ACCREDITED BRANCH OF 0. N. C. Mica Buying Program Announced In a release to The Yancey Record furnished by' Rep. Woodrow Jones, the General Services Administration an nounced an official long range * purchasing program for do mestic high grade mica. Jess Larson, Administrator, of GSA, said that depots are I being established at Spruce Pine, N. C.; Keene, New Ham pshire; arid Custer, South Dakota, to which miners and may ship their mica for inspection and purchase. Larson said the program will run until June 30, 1955, or when the total block, film and hand cobbed mica accept ed by the U. S. Government the equivalent o f *25,000 short tons of hand cobbed mica. Forty-five pounds of block on film mica will be the mini- 1 mum individual shipment ac cepted for purchase, while hand-cobbed mica must be of-{ sered in lots of at least 1,000 pounds. Prices will depend on the J quality of the mica, ranging from $70.00 a pound for No. 3 and larger “good stained and better” processed block and film mica, down to $3.00 a pound for No. 5 1-2 and No. 6 “heavy stairjfd” mica,. .The Government will pay $600.00 per short ton for specified hand-cobbed njica. ■ For the purpose of comput ing 25,000 short tons of hand-: Last Rites Held For Mrs. Ida L. Letterman Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Lewis Letterman, 82, of Celo, who died Friday night in a Marion hospital after a brief illness, were held Sun day at 2:30 p. m. in Celo Met hodist Church. The Rev. James G. Allred' and the Rev. Holland Black ( officiated and burial was in Academy Cemetery. Surviving are the husband, J. W. Letterman; one sister, Mrs. S. C. Riddle of Celo; sev en nephews and 11 nieces. OPS CLINIC TO BE HELD ' IN ASHEVILLE Ashveille—An OPS clinjf for building trades officials of Ashevillff and a wide sur rounding area will be held here Monday, (March 24) in the city hall council chamber to explain the price contt 1 measure covering their •trad 3 , i it was.announced by the Char > lotte district Office of Price l Stabilization. , The Charlotte office is send- < ing a pricing analyst, Jesse C. i Trott of the Industrial Mater- < ials section, to discuss and explain the government' re quirements to Builders frotp ' here, Brevard, Burnsville, » Canton, Marshall, Spruce Pine, Waynesville, and Hen- i dersonville. Almost 200 invitations have i gone out to persons in these 1 localities who perform con struction contracts and their i subcontractors. These are cov ered by Ceiling Price Regula- 1 tion 93, which, is specifically tailored to the building trades and in which in most instan ces replaces the older CPR 34. General contractors and re presentatives of the following trades have been invited: Plumbing, heating, refrigera tion, painting, plastering, pa perhanging, electrical work, roofing, masonry, sheet metal work, watei* well drilling, and remodel and repair of existing structures. *' a The Yancey Record SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. cobbed mica, 90 pounds of block or film mica shall be deemed to be esuivalent of one short ton of hand-cobbed mica. Ruby mica of the following glades in film and block will be accepted: No. 6,1 sq. inoh, with a 3-4 inch minimum dim- I ension of one side; No. 51-2, 21-4 inch, with 7-8 inch one side, No. 5, 3 sq. inches, with 1 inch one side; No. 4, 6 sq. inches, with 1 i-2 inches one side, No, -3, iu sq. inches and larger with minimum dimen -1 siens of 2 inches one side. Requirements for hanff cpbhed mica under this pro gram are that it must yield 412% block or film mica, grade 6 or larger and heavy stained or better quality, of which at least 10% must be 1 good stained or better quality j and at least 27% must be stained or better quality. | Block and film mica to be pr.o cessed from hand-cobbed mica shall confirm in all other re | spects with the requirements of American Society For Test ing Materials Specification D —351, latest revision as of the date of acceptance of each lot of hand-cobbed mica by the Government. To participate in either the film and block on the hand cobbed mica programs, notice must be given to the Regional Director in the form of a let ter, postcard, or telegram, postmarked or dated by the telegraph office not later than June 30, 1952, stating that the applicant has read the Regula tion and accepts its .terms and conditions and that he desires to participate in either Pro gram A or Program B. Persons j giving the required notice will be furnished a certificate au thorizing him to deliver mica of that program which meets the requirements and specifi cations. A person participating in Program A—block and film mica—may not participate simultaneously in Program B hand-cobbed mica. And chan ges from one program to tne other must be upon the au thorization of Government Officials. Last Rites Held For Dan Atkins Funeral services for Dan Atkins, 64, former resident of this county who died Sunday morning in an Erwin, Tenn., ' hospital following a short ill ness, were held Tuesday after noon at 2:30 o’clock in Hig- 1 gins Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Quince Miller and > the Rev. T. C. Meder officiated 1 and burial was in the family 1 cemetery. 1 Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Grace Hughes Atkins; a daughter, Miss Juanita Atkins of Charlotte; a son, Jerry of Detroit, Mich,; the mother, ' Mrs. Kelse Atkins of Higgins; ] four sisters, Mrs. Robert Hig- i gins of Higgins, Mrs. Lee Shepherd of Asheville, Mrs. i Emory Edwards of Bee Log ] and Mrs. Rabe Peterson of Burnsville, and three grand children. | REV. ALDERMAN TO HOLD i MEETING IN MOCKSVILLE _____ ( Rev. D. B. Alderman, pas- i tor of the Higgins Memorial ; Methodist Church here, will i leave Monday to hold a series of revival services in Mocks- ■ ville, N. C. Rev. Alderman will be away for one week. : He will be assisted in this series of services by the Rev. ■ William Edward Fitzgerald. “DEDICATED TOTHE PROGRESS QF YANCEY COUNTY” ANNOUNCEMENT I hereby announce myself as a candidate for member of the Board of County Commis sioners, subject to the will of the Democratic Convention on April 19, 1952. If successful I will serve the interest of the people to the best of my ability. T solicit your support. BANNISTER HENSLEY LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS; JIM WHEELER Funeral services for Mrs. Jim Wheeler, 67, of Burnsville who died in an Asheville hos pital Monday morning after a brief illness, were held Wed nesday at 2:30 in the River side Baptist Church. The Re Ik W. E. Ray officiat ed and burial was in the Briggs Cemetery. Surviving are the husband; four daughters, Mrs. E. G. Atkins, Miss Pansy Wheeler, both of Burnsville, Mrs. Ban nister Hensley of Bee Log, and Mrs. Isaac Randolph of Hig gins; four sons, Tom and Sam of Higgins, George of Burns ville, and Leslie of Detroit, Mich.; one sister, Mrs. Andy Tipton of Pisgah Forest; and three brothers, C. W. Hilemon of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Sam Hilemon of Triggffls, Ihre Hi’e mon of Higgins; and 20 grandchildren. finalrJtesheld~ * FOR RICH WILSON Funeral services for Rich Wilson, 87, who died at the j home of a grandson, Jack Wil- I s in of Celo, Monday morning after a long illness, w r ere held Tuesday morning at 10:30 in Blue Rock Baptist Church. The Rev. E. Y. Hollifield officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving are three daugh ters, Mrs. Roy Nichols and Mrs.. Kirby Alley of Rt. 2, Burnsville, and Mrs. Emmett Gentry of Kingsport, Tenn. FHA Holds Annual Ownership Meeting * Approximately 'IOO people attended the Annual Farm Ownership Meeting held today in the Sam Wilson Memorial Building here. Increased food and feed production in our national preparedness pro gram, was the theme of the meeting. Highlights of the meeting included talks by county offi cials of FHA and general dis cussions by officials and far mers. Hiram W. Higgins, local FHA Committee Member stat ed, “We meet to .discuss our farm and home problems, re view our past year’s work and plan for our future, using as a guide the latest information on agriculture and capitaliz ing on our past farming ex perience.” ' . « Mack B. Ray, FHA Super visor here, used charts and graphs to point out certain trends are evident in agriculture today. ' r Miss Mary Helen Neill, county home agent, pointed out in a general discussion on gardens that farmers do not stop to realize the amount of value received from gardens annually. “A good garden should be a must on every mountain farm,” she said. Assistant County FHA Sup ervisor Joseph B. Cash talked to the farm families about —i —7. v : . - - BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1952 1 HOLDS REVIVAL HERE m - J&SSSfex-. • ,i ; ' . I r, Ira Rev. L. F. Sodeman f A revival series is being conducted at the First Baptist Church here this week by the Rev. Lowell F. Sodeman, pas tor of the Mars Hill College Baptist Church.*; * Large crowds, have attended the revival to hear Rev. Sode man, who was a chaplain in the U. S. Army during the last war and who vjas pastor of churches in Clinton and Dur ham- before his call to Mars Hill. f * H. S. ORATION CONTEST SCHEDULED * The World Peace Oration contest, sponsored by the Uni versity of N. C., will be held at the Burnsville High School, auditorium Friday night at I 7:30 p. m. One representative from each of the five high schools in the county will enter the contest. The winner of the county contest will go to the district contest to be held in Asheville on April 9. Everyone is invited to at tend. | Mrs. T. S. Godwin under went an appendectomy in the Marion General Hospital ear ly this weeg. Her condition is reported to be improving. diversified incomes from farms throughout- the year, and Phillip J. Howell, success ful veteran farmer of the Brush Creek sfctiop, urged farmers to utilizo the services of the different agricultural organization of the county. And speaking of the PMA of fice services, he said, “We cannt afford nofc to use the necessary Time, fertilizer and seeds anade available for our pastures and meadows.” C. Rex Mclntosh, FHA Com mittee Member, jstressed the need of top production from all crops through the use of quality seeds anji ample bal anced fertilizer. 'He pointed out that the average yield of corn per acre for Farm Own ership Farms in ihis county is 80 bushels, which is above the 'average for the dtate. In 'a discussion) on the out look for farmers for 1952, County Agent E| L. Dilling ham said that*wilh prices pro bably remaining on the 1951 level and with labor scarce and possibly higher, margin of pro!its for the farmer this year will be determined by proper management and pro per cultivation. It was pointed out that 26 farmers in Yancey County who borrowed through FHA have already paid their Farm Ownership Loans) in full. LAST RITES HELD FOR MRS. M. S. EDWARDS Funeral services for Mrs. M. S. Edwards, 60, who died at her home at Bee Log Tuesday after a long illness, were held today at 10 a. m. in Bee Log Baptist Church. The Rev. Quince Miller and the Rev. Lester Edwards offi ciated and burial was .in the family cemetery. Surviving are the husband; four daughters, Mrs. Oscar Edwards of Erwin, Tenn., Mrs Clayton Jennings and Mrs. F. G. Catron of Qrundy, Va., and • Mrs. Ed Willis of- Fletcher; seven sons, Pless of Coburn, Va., Lee and Ray of Bee Log, Anderson of Sumerset, Ky., Paul of Fletcher, Wayne of Akron, Ohio, and Vestil of ' the U. S. Army. ; Also the mother, Mrs. W. B. s Hensley of Bee Log; three ■ sisters, Mrs. Andrew Edwards > Mrs. Addie Ramsey and Miss Martha Hensley of Bee Log; l six brothers, Rufus, H. G., . Mack and S. R. Hensley of ! this county, Charlie Hensley t of Erwin, Tenn., and Willie • Hensley of Charlotte. LAST RITES HELDFOR ROBERT LEEPONDER. Funeral-services for Robert Lee Ponder, 7-4, w\\o died ' in i St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ashe . ville, Tuesday, were conducted I Thursday at 2:30 p. m. in Bet hel Baptist Church in Madison I County. The Rev. Elzie Ray, the Rev W. H. Ballard and the Rev., Grady Shepherd officiated. Burial was in the family cem etery. PaW bearers were Lewis Tomberlin, Yates Ponder, Wesley Robinson, Garrett Robinson, Jake Robinson and Walton Angel. I Surviving are the widow, Doshia Tomberlin Ponder; five sons, Lee Ponder of De troit, Mich., Ralph J. Ponder of Camp Rucker, Ala., Lesley, Paul and Elzie Ponder of Mars Hill; one brother, Zade Ponder of Swiss; two sisters, Mrs. E. J. Angel of Swiss and Mrs. Mae Ponder of Mars Hill; and four grandchildren. * it WOMEN SERVE ON JURY HERE This week for the first time in court history of Yancey County, women sat in the jury box to hear and help decide the guilt or innocence of per sons on trial. Judge Allen Gwyn of Reids ville, a candidate for a bench in the Supreme Court of Nor th Carolina, called for six women for jury duty here Monday. Those called for duty were Mrs. R. N. Silver, Mrs Carl Silver, Mrs. J. B. King, Mrs. Reece Mclntosh, Mrs. Brooks Boone, and Mrs. Corb Robinson. . 1 Only three women, Mrs. Boone, Mrs. King and Mrs. Mclntosh were impaneled to hear trials. Most trials this week in the criminal session were from traffic and prohibition viola tions and did not require jury verdict. Next week one criminal case will be tried with the remain der of the session being used for civil hearings. RED CROSS GETS 90 PINTS OF BLOOD The bloodmobile unit of the Red Cross received 90 pints of blood here last Thursday. The quota, based upon the ac tual needs of this county, was 150 pints. One hundred pints , were donated on the :: visit be fore this. Ivy- Appointed Director CENTRAL AMERICANS STUDY LUMBER BUSI . NESS HERE t ' r Six college students from ! one of our neighboring Cen ; tral American Countries are in Yancey County studying l small sawmill operations. Jorge Aquelar Campollo i Rehe Fayardo, Ricardo Rob les, Jorge Velasquez Rosales Oscar Huntante Ruano, and ■ Jaime Garcia Cifuentes, all i students at. the National Agri , cultural College, Guatemala 1 City, Guatemala arrived here ; early this week for a study of , the timber industry in this , area. - ' ; The Central American stud ents were brought here throu gh the Hervy Foundation, Inc. The Hervy Foundation which ■ was begun as a missionary ; project, supporting foreign 1 missionaries, has been conver -1 ted into a private Point Four I Plan, aiding smaller foreign ; countries in the development of their industries and natur al resources, v Two of the visitors are stay ing at the Mt. Mitchell Motel here and are working with Banks and Patton sawmill. The others are staying in tha South Toe River section and are working with Thompson and Bryant. After a. 30 day stay here, ‘rthe students will go to Wash • ington where they will attend 1 a conference of officials and individuals interested in the work being carried on by the Hervey Foundation. Follow ing tours of sawmill manufac i turing plants in the North they will return to Hertford, N. C. to study the manufac ture of veneer and plywood at the Hervy Foundation plant there. The Guatemalans are 'said to be proficient in the art of music and pass away the ev enings entertaining native listeners as well as themselves by picking the guitar and singing their native songs. LOCAL BOY AIDS IN SEA RESCUE Among the crewmen of the frigate USS Glodcestey when she rescued two Air Force men who were forced to bail out of their plane into the icy waters off the East coast of Korea recently, was John R. Fortner, seaman apprentice, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1 John Fortner of Burns\*illeJ N. C. A flashing light spotted by a lookout aboard the Glouces-1 ter was investigated, and pro- j ved to be a man in a life raft' signaling with a hand mirror, j After bringing him aboard, the ship continued in search of two other men of the down ed plane. They sighted anoth er man in a life raft, and soon had him aboard. Meanwhile the fleet oiler USS Passumpsic picked up the other man. Search for the wreckage of the plane was un successful. For their action in rescuing the airmen, the crewmen of the Gloucester received a' “Well Done" from the Admin istrative Commander, Naval Forces, Far East. , SGT. DAYTON HOME FROM KOREA Sgt. Jakie Dayton, son of Mrs. Oliver Hensley of Burns-' ville returned here Sunday af ter spending 18 months of ac tive duty in Korea. Before his assignment in JCorea Sgt. Dayton spent 18 months in Japan with occupation forces. The majority of his service' in Korea was with the 23rd (Continued on back page)| l NUMBER TWENTY-NINE -» Ouicials of Woman’s Col lege of the University of North Carolina announced early this week that the Bur snville School of Fine Arts, n which has been conducted for l ' six years under the direction e of Woman’s College, will op g erate this summer as a fully accredited branch of the col lege for the first time. The *' season will begin on July 9. George Ivy, who is head of i. the Art Department at the | college at Greensboro and who l j ha s for several years conduct a ed a school of arts at Beau ® fort, N. C., has been named as 1 the director, of the school here 8 under the reorganization. In announcing the expan sion program for the school, - Ivy stated that botfi under graduate and graduate credit h will be given on the same bas s’ is as work completed in the n Summer Session in Greensboro Departments operating here r this season will be in the n dance, drama, ’music, art, t creative writing and education -|The session will open on July 9 and continue through Aug - ust 19. U Department heads announ -1 ced by Ivy will be Miss Virgin • ia Moomaw, the dance; Gor- don Bennett, drama; William 1 DeVeny, n >sic; and Mrs. Let -1 tie Rogers, creative writing. Ivy will be in charge of the v art courses. “7 That these department heads are thoroughly qualj d fied may be seen in the fact e chat each is director or head e of a similar department at Woman’s College, Greensboro, or in another college or un: I »crsity. In the Parkway Playhouse, t public highlight in the School j. of Fine Arts, the drama de- I partment will present four I I plays this season, climaxing p j with a musical performance !as has been done in the past sessions. , | Plans for education courses I -have not been completed yet, according to Superintendent Frank W. Howell. Courses to* be offered in education will depend primarily upon the need of teachers in this area, he said. Announcement con : cerning these courses will be 1 made in the near future. An apprentice program will be operated by the Parkway Theatre and the Drama De partment, offering non-credit work to high school graduates i and students who have com- I pleted their freshman year. | This new feature will permit I the drama apprentices to work I fqll time at all phases of play | production. j The expanded program and . curriculum will introduce a J number of new features dur- I ing the session. The Art De partment will sponsor an in vitation exhibition of paint , ings by artists under 30. This exhibit will be open through out the period. Members of the Advisory Committee appointed by Chan cellor Graham to plan the ex pansion program are Mrs. Julius Cane, Mrs. Virginia Terrell Lathfop, Miss Mereh > Mossman, Miss Katherine Taylor and Frank W. Howell. , TEACHERS TO MEET FRILAY A county-wide Teachers Meeting will be held at Burns ville High Schodl at 2:30 p. ! m. Friday, March 21. . ) The purpose of this meeting is to reorganize the local N. C. E. A. and select delegates for SiSS.-*- ta Ashevi "* •rSM’PJ s-ts ,1951-62 wi.l be discussed .1 |th» meeting.
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