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L VOLUME SIXTEEN Fishing Dates Announced . For Wildlife Areas Fishing season for trout be gins in Yancey County on April 15, and the N. C, Wild life Resources Commission has announced the open dates in wildlife management areas. Open dates announced for the Mt. Mitchell and Daniel Boone areas are April 15-16; 19-20; 26-27. May 3-4; 7; 10-11; 14; 17-18; 21; 24-25 ; 28 30-31. June 1; 4; 7-8; 11; 14-15; 18; 21-22; 25; 28-29. July 2; 4-5-6; 12-13; 16; 19-20; 2 -27; 30. August 2-3; 9-10; 16-17; 23-24; 30, 31. Checking stations for the Mt. Mitchell Area are Curtis Creek, South Toe, Mackefs Creek; and for Daniel Boone, Fox Camp; Edgemont; and Kawana. Daily permits will be re quired of all persons, regard less of age, and permits will not be sold prior to 6 a. m.of the date used. Fishing shall not begin earlier than 6 a. m., and all fishermen must check out by 8 p. m. The right is retained by the Wildlife Resources Commis sion to refuse to sell a permit to anyone who fails to check out at the end of any day’s fishing or who jjas violated regulations governing conduct on the Cooperative Areas. Special regulations applying to the Mt. Mitchell Area are that Neals Creek is open to LAST RITES HELD FOR TILMAN A. GILLEY Funeral services for Tilman A. Gilley, 55, of Burnsville Rt. 2, who died at his home Sun day afternoon following a brief illness, were held in Newdale Presbyterian Church Tuesday at 2 p. m. The Rev. Martin Hyder, the Rev. Silcox, and the Rev. Charles Moffatt officiated and burial w r as in the church cemetery. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gilley and was a member of the Crabtree Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving are the widow; one daughter, Mrs. Lee Gouge of Burnsville Rt. 2; three sons James, Bill and Douglas Gilley all of Burnsville Rt. 2; a sis ter, Mrs. Lin Sheets of Bula dean; two brothers, Sam Gill ey of Newdale and Alfred Gill ey of Johnson City, Tenn.; and three grandchildren. Judge Gwyn Speaks To Lions * The Honorable Allen H. Gwyn oi Reidsville will be the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Burnsville Lions Club tonight. Judge Gwyn has just completed a two-week court session here and agreed to remain in town through tonight for the meet ing, upon request by members of the club- Judge Gwyn has filed as a candidate for associate justice to occupy the seat made va cant by the elevation of Chief Justice Devin. The seat is now filled by Justice Valentine, who is an appointee and also a candidate. He began his law practice in Reidsville, his home town, and in 1931 was elected to the State Senate and again in 1933. In 1934 he was elected solicitor and was moved to the Superior Court bench by Nor th Carolina voters in 1938. He has been Superipr Court Jtodge of the 21st District since that timg. Judge Gwyn is gualified to speak the language of the far mer as well as the language of the ; bar, because he is a - He was born on a farm in Caswell County 58 years ago, and, although he has been in ’ the practice of law and on,the bench for 80 The Yancey record SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. women and to children under 12 years of age, with a per mit; and the section of South Toe River between the seing -1 ing bridge and dam is to be open free to children under 16 years of age on open fish ing dates. In cautioning fishermen of the dangers of forest fires caused by carelessness the Commission warns that ent rance to areas on the above dates may be prohibited on short notice if weather condi tions create a fire hazard warranting such action. Legion Post To Present * Achievement Awards To Outstanding Seniors An official of the Earl Hor ton Post of the American Leg ion stated this’ week that mer it awards will be presented again this year to an outstand ing senior from each high school in the county. Presentation of the awards are based upon achievement, leadership, cooperation, inter est and general citizenship of the student. I The awards have been pre sented to outstanding seniors of the county for three suc cessive years and are present ed at graduation exercises. ' Several Candidates Iu Race For Democratic Nomination With toWnship meetings coming up to seleet delegates to the County Democratic Con vention, several men have an nounced themselves as candi dates. To date those entering the race for nomination are Dover R. Fouts and Bill Atkins for Representative; W. B. Robin-, son and Harvey Harrison for Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners; J. E. Edwards, D. H. Brinkley and Bannister Hensley for mem bers of the Board of Commis sioners; Yates Bailey, T. A. Buchanan, and Lloyd Lortneri for the Yancey County Board of Education; and Drate Young and John Randolph for Register of Deeds. Township meetings will be held about mid-April and the county convention will be held the following week, if the pro-, cedure is followed as in the past. Persons expecting to file as a candidate for office must do so by the end of April 26. JUDGE GWYN years, he has not lost touch with the farm. In fact, he is known as one of the best dirt farmers in his community; and when he is not in court, often drives his own tractor on the farm. ’ - Judge Gwyn said he would speak to members of the Lions Club on “The dangers of a’ collective economy and our drift in thkt direction.” -DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” i! . Jim ■ YANCEY NATIVE NAMED AS VICE PRESIDENT OF WAKE FOREST COLLEGE Officials of Wake Forest College announced this week that Robert G. Deyton has been named as vice-president and comptroller of that Bap tist institution. Deyton, the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Deyton of Green Mountain, is a native of this county. Until the time of his ap pointment as vice president of Wake Forest College, he was assistant treasurer of Ecusta Corporation. He has been active in the government affairs of North Carolina for several years and ha s served as budget official under two governors. LAST RITES HELD FOR WILLIAM W. BURTON Funeral services for Will iam W. Burton, 72, who died at his home at Bald Creek Tuesday morning after a long illness, were held Wednesday at 2 p. m. in the Bald Creek Methodist Church. The Rev. Jack Shankle, the Rev. Hilemon, and the Rev. James Aired officiated and burial was in Burton Ceme tery. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Edna Hilemon of Jones boro, Tenn., Mrs. N. A. Hen sley of West Asheville and p ar nf naver; and a brother • Burton of Marion. , Betty Jo Banks of Charlotte visited her - mother, Mrs. Daw son Briggs, here last week-end. Phillips Predicts Record Enrollment For Arts School Charles Phillips, Director of Public Relations of Woman’s College and past Director of the School of Fine Arts here was in Burnsville this week. Phillips, who has directed the school since its beginning and who will aid the new director, Gregory Ivy, in getting start ed this season, said he is con T fident the Arts School will have the largest attendance this year that it has ever had. A brochure advertising the school has been prepared by Woman’s College and is being distributed to prospective students throughout t h.e country. ' In describing the school, the brochure says: The Burnsville School of Fine Arts of the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina is located in the town of Burnsville about forty miles northeast of Ashe ville on Highway 19. Here, in a section of the state noted for beautiful scenery and ex cellent climate, opportunity is provided for study'in the crea tive arts and education. Cour ses, for which summer session, credit is given, in art, dance drama, education, music and. writing are open to individu als of junior, senior or grad uate college standing as well as to gualified, mature men and women. Individuals of junior college standing, 1952* high school graduates, and others who do not want col lege credit may register as ap prentices. The apprentice pro gram utilizes the resources provided by the drama and music activities centered around the Parkway Play house productions to give max imum opportunity to work in all phases of theatre-acting, lighting, scenery construction and costuming under the per sonal supervision of the drama and music staff, _ ; “Weekly programs of res corded music and films pro BURNSVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, march 27, 1952 MICAVILLE GIRL WINS ORATION CONTEST t Miss Judith -Cates of Mica . ville won first place in the , World Peace Oration contest held in Burnsville High Scho . ol auditorium last Wednesday night. Miss Oates, a senior of ( Micaville High School, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Xarl | Cates of Micaville. She ig an horior student at Micaville, according to the ! principal, and last fall she re presented Yancey County in the “Miss~ Wildlife of North Carolina” Contest held i n Asheville. T „ After graduation, she plans to attlnd Blanton’s Business College. On April 9;Miss Cates will participate in the Western District Contest in Asheville. The winner of that contest will enter the State Contest and the winner there will go to Washington,; D. C. for the national finals of the World Peace Oratitn* Miss Francis Wilson, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Wilson of Burrtsville, received honorable mention in the local contest. Students other high schools included Betty Marie' Crowder of Bald Creek, Mabel Tipton of Cluarmont, and C. A Adkins from Bee Log. TAYLOR MC|VED TO N. C. BY DUPL^IfIDORP. • I Mr. C. Z. Taylor Jr., has ~N. CTinvlir it was announced • by General Mill Manager, J. K. Cochran. Mr. Taylor, former manag er of Duplan’s Cleveland, Tenn. division, replaces Mr. G. W. Porter who resigned vide opportunity to hear the works of contemporary com posers, and see the works of contemporary dancers, pain ters, and sculptors. These pro grams are free to students and public. “An exhibition of paintings by artists under thirty chosen by the leading artists of the southeastern region opens on July 9 and continues through August 19. “Adequate library facilities for the various— courses are provided by The Woman’s College Library. “Dormitory facilities are provided for both men and women students with a mem ber of the Woman’s College residence staff in charge. A cafeteria, under the super vision of a trained dietitian, serves meals open to students, faculty and visitors.” 1 '• ,'f* f hHK! m, j.f- ■■ < ; I'MiiLJK JBWra ■■■W3' ■nn^oi HPHL m fIHHIBI JPMBBSBII -- ■»».: •• : *i YANKS HELD IN KOREA RED CAMP—While the pris oner exchange issue still snarls Korea peace talks at Can . munjom, these Gig continue to sweat, it out in Red POW camp. From left are CpL Charles L. .Smith, Kenneth, Mo.; =- Cpl. Robert Phillippi, Virginia; Pfc. Marshall R. Massey, Chatman, La.;, and Harry G. Campbell; Las Vegas, Nev. JAMES BIGGS T PASSES AWAY Funeral services for James Biggs, 71, who passed away at the home of Tom Ray, Vixen, on March 19 following a long illness were held at Laurel Branch Baptist Church, Pen sacola, last Friday. The Rev. H. M. Alley offi- ( ciated and burial was in Wil son Cemetery. Surviving are several nieces! and nephews. Music Association Tickets On Sale This Week James K. McClure, president of the Asheville Civic Music association); announced that' membership in the Music as sociation could only be secur ed this week. The drive for membership began Monday J and will close Saturday. After the drive closes no tickets) will be sold, he said, and no single tickets will be sold for| individual concerts during the coming season. In speaking of the Civic Music association, a non-pro fit organization which brings to citizens of Western North Carolina a series of programs at a price everyone can afford McClure stated: “We have just completed one of the most brilliant series of programs in the history of Civic Music by presenting performances by Patrice Munsel and Jer ome Hines, Metropolitan Op ‘Die Fledermaus,’ a program by the world famous Pittshurg Symphony Orchestra, the Rod gers and Hammerstein Con cert ensemble, along with sev eral other outstanding concert stars. Next season promises to be equal'y as appealing with performances by other well known stars in the musical entertainment field.” Membership in the associa tion entitles the member to attend the entire series of concerts at no additional cost. (Continued on back page) GROWERS WARNED ON FLEA BEETLE Tobacco growers are being warned to be on the lookout for one of their perennial plant bed pests—the flea beetle —when plants begin to grow. Li. Henry C. Townes, tobac co insect specialist, says tne first prolonged warm spell is likely to bring over-wintering beetles out of hibernation. Un less plant beds are protected with tight sides and covers or treated with insecticides, the pests can cause extensive da mage. Prison Escapees Given 6-8 Years The March term of Superior Court ended early this week, wfth parts of two weeks being used for both civil and crimi nal hearings. Minor cases took most of the session. The criminal case i in which invloved a fatal au tomobile accident, with Esbie FARM BUREAU OFFICIAL SAYS CONTROLS HURT PRODUCTION R. Flake Shaw, of Greens boro, executive vice-president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, said this week that , price ceilings on livestock and livestock products have hurt North Carolina consumers in stead of helping them, i He declared that price con trols have been* responsible | for a 7 percent cut in consum er meat supplies, and predict |ed the general public would get even less meat this year. “Before Price controls were imposed,” Shaw said, “the U. S. Department of Agriculture officially reported that the av erage person got 143.7 pounds of meat to eat in 1950 before price controls came into effect. But during 1951, the first year of price controls, the average person got only 138.2 pounds of me'at.” • The Farm Bureau official said, “unless the control pro visions in the Defense Produc-j jAQjL .ikL relating, ta I, modifies are repealed, meat producers will find it increas ingly difficult to stay in busi ness.” Shaw pointed out that “price controls will continue to cur tail meat production because of the uncertainty they create, and the maldistribution they cause. Since, the public’s de mand for available meat sup plies determine price levels, : the decreased production cau- j sed by controls injure con-’ sumers in two ways: 1. It de-j prives consumers o f meat which they otherwise w’ould have had ; and 2. It keeps j prices higher than they would' have been if production had reached the levels expected before the controls were ap plied.” Shaw promised that the Farm Bureau would continue its fight on price controls, “which are impractical, un workable, and will not control inflation.” Easter Seal Drive Begins Here The 1952 Easter Seal cam paign is officially started, ac cording to Mrs. Frank Howell County Campaign Chairman. Citizens of the area will re ceive in a few days seals which are now being mailed out. And the chairman urges ( everyone to respond to this need. Saturday, April 12, has been named Easter Lily Day I in Burnsville. High school girls will sell lilies made by. handicapped workers. Mrs. Howell pointed out that the success of Easter Day will de pend on the ’ .cooperation of Burnsville citizens. The Society for Crippled Children is an affiliation of national, state ,pnd local or ganizations of the Easter Seal campaign. This is the only orangization that has as its specific purpose aid for the handicapped. Fifty per cent of the funds raised each year is placed in the local treasury and the re mainder is sent to the state organization. Mach more, how ever, is spent for the local handicapped each year than 1 our people contribute, Mrs. Howell said. HI RED CROSS NUMBER THIRTY / , Black named as driver of the vehicle, was ended without ; prosecution. The civil cafce involving the accident was settled with a consent judg ment of $5,000 in favor of Bis Laws, plaintiff. /. The most sensational case to be heard during the term was the trial of three prison ers who escaped from the Yan cey County Prison Camp sev eral months ago. The prison ers roughed up a guard, took his pistol and escaped in an automobile taken from a mot orist at River bridge, and remained at large for sev eral hours before recapture. The three prisoners, Rufus Gainey, John Cornell, and Cal vin Honeycutt, entered a plea of guilty of escape, larceny of an auto and breaking and en tering after court agreed to hear the full story leading up to the escape. Gainey, who was described as highly intelli gent and above the average prisoner in education, accused prison officials of Mai treat ment of prisoners causing Judge Gwyn to call for a thor ough investigation of the pri son before passing sentence on the three men. A State prison official was in Burnsville early this w'eek making the investigation. The sentence imposed for the break was six to eight years for each of the three | prisoners. * l *" . ■■■ |IM I I»II. —H rrnrnitmmmmmmm 29 CALLED FOR EXAMINA TION, 14 ACCEPTED Twenty nine young men were called last week for ex- I amination before induction in to the armed forces. Only 14 of the 29 men were accepted as being physically fit for : induction. j Clerk to the Selective Ser ’ vice Board of this county an j nounced this week that two men are being placed on the delinquent list because of j their failure to report for ex ' amination. The clerk named the men as Britt Williams of Swiss or Mar s Hill, RFD, and Jimmy Reed, Rt. 2, Burnsville. If these men do not report to the local draft boarcLwithin a short time, it will be necessary for their names to be given to the U. S. District Attorney for proper action, the clerk I said. Last year, according to the chairman, fifty physically handicapped children were treated in the orthopedic clin ics. In addition, the funds from the local chapter provid ed the following services: Hospitalization through the 1 Orthopedic Clinic in Ashe- I ville, $200; shoes for crippled children, including . arch sup ports and orthopedic heels; twenty pairs of glasses for tlfe eye clinic; mental testing ser- I vices of the Mental Hygiene Clinic in Asheville; and a con tribution of slßl to the State Crippled Children’s Fund. In North Carolina alone there are- approximately 85,000 handicapped people. The enormity of these figures needs no other evidence of the importance of the Society for Crippled Children. And Mrs. Howell said, 'no other act during the Easter season could be more fitting than contributions to this worthy cause.” %. V S Citizens of this county are urgea to send-their contribu tions to Mrs. John English, I I Treasurer of the Yancey Cou , | nty Society for Crippled Chii dren, Box 218, Burnsville. » -■ ■ ' s
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