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!i i VOLUME SIXTEEN Precinct Meetings And Convention Announced v \ W The Yancey County Demo cratic Executive Committee at a called meeting on February 23,. 1952, decided by majority of the full committee to nomi nate candidates by delegates chosen at precinct meetings to be held on Saturday, April 12, 1952, at 2:00 o’clock p. m., in each of the precincts or townships in the County, at the regular voting place. At these precinct meetings the delegates will ; be elected to attend the Yancey County Democratic Convention to be in Burnsville,, at the courthouse on April 19, 1952, at 10:00 o’clock a. in., at which time the candidates on the Democratic ticket will b e nominated. C. P. Randolph, Chairman of Yancey County Democratic Executive Committee. One hundred forty-nine de legates to the convention will be selected at the township meetings on April 12. The number of delegates allotted to each township are as fol lows: Burnsville, 34; Cane River, 14; Egypt, 11; Ram saytown, 8; South Toe, 14;' Green Mountain, 7; Jacks BOY SCOUT COURT OF HONOR The Boy Scout Court of Honor for the Toe River Dis trict will be held on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30 p. m. in the Burnsvlile Presbyterian Chur ch. All relatives and friends of Scouts are urged to attend this meeting. AROUND THE DISTRICT By George Vitas U. S. Forest Ranger Most mystery stories which we hear on the radio or read in books and magazines deal with critics and gangsters. We have one for you that’s different —no gangsters, no bright lights, no screaming women—just a simple wood land mystery. Let’s call it, “The Case of the Vanishing Trout.” It’s a true story which happened on the Mt. Mitchell Wildlife Management Area. Here are the facts,: Back in September Lee Boone, Refuge Manager, noticed that the rainbow trout out of one of his two rearing pools on Neals Creek were disappearing. In one of the pools he kept the 6 to 8 inch fish and in the other the larger ones, some as big as 13 inches. To deepen the mystery, whatever was making off with the fish was not interested in the big ones, only the 6 to 8 inch class was ( vanishing. For weeks Mr. Boone kept a watchful eye on the ponjls without finding the slightest clew. Since he had a good fence around each of the pools, he was certain that neither ] mink nor coons were the cul- , prits. Not only that, but the , fences had gates that were kept under padlock. Besides j he failed to find any signs of ; man being around. Still, the smaller fish continued to van ish until the original trout * population of 500 in the pool 1 dwindled down to about 250. 1 Then Mr. Boone begin to notice that the fish were be- ■ coming extremely shy and cautious. Before the disap- 1 pearing act set in, the fish! ( would gather in droves when]' he approached the pool with food for them. But now, they would wildly dart into the shadows and deeper water the moment that he appeared. They acted as if they were deathly afraid of anything that loomed above them. One day,, a few weeks ago, Mr. Boone picked up a dead floating fish out <J¥ the little fish pool. Upon examination, he noted that the back of the (Continued, on back page) The Yancey Record SUB. RATES- $1.50 YEAR. Creek, 17; Brush Creek, 7; Crabtree, 23; * Pensacola, 3; Prices Creek, 8. These delegates will have the responsibility of electing the Democratic ticket to run in the generrl election this November. Candidates who have an nounced themselves for the various county offices ire: D. R. Fouts and Bill Atkins, Re presentative ; Drate Young, John Randolph, and Mrs Evelyn Hunter Pate for Reg ister of Deeds; Harvey Harri son and W. B. Robinson for Chairman of the Board of Commissioners; J. E. Edwards D. 11. Brinkley, Bannister Hensley, and Brady Fox for members of the Board; Yates Bailey, T. A. Buchanan, Lloyd Fortner, Mrs. Hattie Peterson, Zeke B. Byrd, and Ralph Y. Silver for members of the Board of Education. COUNTY-WIDE MUSIC FESTIVAL TO BE HELD With spring comes the pre paration for a county-wide 1 music festival by the five high l schools. Each year students from the music departments of .each high school meet in a contest to determine a cham pionship winner in the field of music. For the festival this year, a preliminary program is being given in each of the schools to determine who will com pete in the county contest. Last Friday Bald Creek School musicians held their school contest and tonight and Friday night Burnsville and Micaville schools will hold their preliminary contest. On Friday morning of next week| Clearmont students will give their program and in the af ternoon Bee Log’s program is held. Tonight at Burnsville High School Auditorium all grades will enter into the program to I select suitable music for the' festival which will be held April 25. The program will consist of musical selections on the theme of Spring flow ers, foods, North Carolina South America, social studies the beginnings of America, including cowboy and spirit ual songs. Also selections will be given by the Rhythm Band, the Tonettes, the High School Chorus, and the Burnsville School Band, with a vocal solo by Tommy Burton and a violin solo by Eddy Zelinski. Miss Doris Hunter is Direc tor of Music at Burnsville. Miss Lillian Robinson, Dir ector of Music at Micaville School, will present all grades in the pre-festival contest Fri day night at 8 p. m. The theme of the program will be “Music Speaks”. The primary grades will present | “Music Speaks Through Na- j ture”; the grammar grades, < “Music Speaks Through Peo ples of Other Lands”; and the 1 high school theme will be “Music in the Air”. The Glee Club and Boys’ 1 Chorus will sing, and the Boys 1 Quartet which includes Rich- i ard Young, Donald Young, 1 Philip Jones, and Leonard t Robinson will give selections, i Also included on the program i are numbers by the Tonette i Band, The Rhyhtm Band and 1 The Junior Choir. Soloists will be Nora Ellen Woody, Charles i English and Richard Young. RECENT BIRTHS Born to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Deyton of Green Mountain a daughter, Linda Margadjt, on Monday, March 31, in St. Jos eph’s Hospital in Asheville. The mother hnd baby are doing fine according to Oscar. , 1- ■ “DEDICATED TQ THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” ASHEVILLE DISTRICT WORKSHOP Mrs. J. R. Daniels, Miss Ruby Ray, and Dr. Cameron F. Mcßae attended the Ashe ville District “Workshop on Adult Education” which. was held last Friday evening in the Haywood Street Methodist Church, Asheville. Dr. Mcßae is the teacher and Mrs. Dan iels and Miss Ray the assist ant teachers of the Young Bible Class in the Hig gins Memorial Methodist Church here. SPARKS TAKES PART IN CONVOY CRUISE • The “know hqw” of success ful wartime merchant ship ping was recently learned by Fred M. Sparks, aviation elec troniesman, second class, USN son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sparks of Route 2, Burnsville, N. C- of Patrol Squad ron 34 recently completed ma jor convoy, exercises in the Atlantic between Long Island and Panama. The maneuvers, known as “Convoy Exercises a", were I realistic in that Navy trans ports, tankers and cargo ships sa’iled from New Yonc, Men folk, and other East Coast ports in the same manner as did Allied convys of World War 11. Opposing them, and attemp ting to close sea lanes, were “enemy” forces of submarines, surface raiders and land-bas ed patrol bombers. F F A TEAM IN TRI-COUNTY CONTEST The Burnsville Chapter of Future Farmers of Jkmerimv will be represented in the Parliamentary Procedure Con test to be held at Barnards ville. today. The Burnsville team con sists of Clarence Hensley, pre sident; Knarld Carroll, vice president; David Gillespie, secretary; Edward Proffitt, reporter; , Richard Briggs treasurer. R. M. Proffitt, tea cher of agriculture here, is advisor to the team. This contest is one of many contests entered into by mem bers of the future Farmers organization in this county. Contests for judging cattle, poultry, other livestock and farm products are held annu ally. The contest at Barnards ville today will have teams from 16 schools in Yancey, Buncombe and Madison coun ties. Each team will have a period of fifteen minutes to hold a meeting .and' will be judged by the advisors as to the correctness of Parliamen tary Procedure employed by the team. Holy Communion To Be Observed At Methodist Church Thursday Night An interdenominational Holy Communion will be observed Thursday night, April 10, at 8 p. m. in the Sanctuary of Hig gins Memorial Methodist ( Church. *D. B. Alderman, pastor of ( the Methodist Church and Rev j David Swartz, pastor of the j Presbyterian Church, is ex- j tending an invitation to mem- , bers of all Christian faiths to j attend this observance. In ex- tending the invitation they , said, “The observance of Com- ( munion on The Day of Prepar- | ation carries with is deep sig nificance, especially from the Thursday night of the first Holy week, instigated by Christ Himself.” —I The State Highway and i Public Works Commission an nounced this week that throu gh the period ending February 28, $675,194.36 has been ex pended in Yancey County out of the Bond funds. This amount was spent on second ary roads, consisting of re grading, graveling and sur facing. None of the money* was used on primary highways in the county. , BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1952 BLUE RIDGJs PARKWAY OPENED jMgpt 1 The three ||ctions of the Blue Ridge Flfkway that have been closed to %avel through-1 out the wintet season because of persistent',,hazardous driv ing conditionsjopened April 1, it was annoujtred by Superin-, tendent Samjfc Weems. These' are the Craggy j Gardens andjfjoco Gap sec-, tions. All othw sections of the Parkway have|been open thro-' ughout the- winter except dur- 1 ing periods office and snow. The April |fisitor will be able to trave| the Parkway from its ndfthern entrance near WayilesMro, Va. to Ash eville, N. C. ofer a paved sur face except fdf five short andj directoinal bypasses by pri mary state' highways. The only lection of the Parkway of Asheville opened on April 1 is that from Soco Gap to Mile High Over look. This mo« recently open ed section afflrds new and spectacular viwvs of the Great J Smokies. m j In announcing the opening lof the Parkwfl|' motor road, Mr. Weems wnphasized the recreation aren and visitor accomodations||lWould not be come available'. until May 1. He also pointed out that dur ing April fire danger is usu ally at its worgt and requested visitors not fires and to use ash when dispos ing of them cigarets and matches. ' j HIGHWAY FATALITIES BELOW LAST YEAR .Rajyaigh—F«|fAities on the afreets aiid highways of tne “ state are continuing to aver age 15-20 behind last year, officials of the Department of Motor Vehicles happily an nounced this week. The reports are collected from every part of the state daily by the Highway Patrol radio system and are relayed to Raleigh and recorded. Since January 1, highway saftey of ficials have been eagerly wat ching the day-by-day reports. During the first three months of the year, they noted, fatal ity and injury reports have run consistently behind last year. The safety officials hope it will develop into a definite trend towards" fewer acci dents and fatalities in 1952. While looking forward opti mistically towards a reduction in~ traffic ipishaps statistians of the Department came up with a set of significant fig ures. James E. Civils, chief of the Accident Reporting Sec- 1 tion, said that one fatality 1 from highway accidents is oc curing every eight and one- * half hours in North Carolina; one injury every 36 minutes; j and an accident every 14 minutes. I I Ml «■'■■■! ——— ANNOUNCEMENT I hereby announce my can didacy for a Member of the Yancey County Board of Edu cation. subject to the will of the Democratic Convention to be held in Burnsvlile on April 19, 1952. If I receive the nomi nation and appointed by the Legislature of North Carolina to said positioa I will endea vor to fulfill the duties and obligations of said office to the best of my ability. RALPH Y. SILVERS ANNOUNCEMENT I hereby announce my can didacy for a Member of the Yancey County Board of Edu cation, subject to the will of the Democratic Convention to be held in Burnsvlile on April 19, 1952. -If I receive the nomi nation and appointed by the Legislature of North Carolina to said position I will endea vor to fulfill the duties and obligations of f-aid office to the best of my ability. MRS. HATTIE PETERSON AYERS APPOINTED PROBATIOiI OFFICER Clyde A. Ayers of this coun ty has been appointed as Pro | bation Officer by the North Carolina Parole Commission. Ayers is now in training at 1 the Raleigh office and will be j assigned a permanent location ' at a later date. He is a graduate of Burns ( ville High School and recently received his degree at Western ! Carolina Teachers College at 1 Cullowhee. During World War 11, he was a commissioned officer in the Army. Prior to his entry into service he was a member of the teaching staff o f Yancey County ' schools. I* : MISS NEILL NAMED TO HEAD CANCER CRUSADE Miss Mary Helen Neill has been named a s campaign chairman of the 1952 Cancer Crusade which opened here on , April 1. Yancey County has been asked to raise $425 as part of the national goal of sixteen million dollars which will be used for programs of research services to patients, and pub lic education. “A strenuous effort will be made during the Crusade to reach every family with our educational message," Miss Neill said. Knowledge of the symptoms of cancer is a high ly important weapon in fight ing the disease since improv ed cure rates depend on peo ple going to their' doctors ear ly as possible. Seven danger signals of the dread disease mentioned by trrrTrtraimran as (J) Any sore that does not heal; (2) a lump or thickening of the tissues; (3) unusual bleeding or dis charge; (4) any change in a wart or mole; (5) persistent hoarsness or cough; (6) per sistent indigestion or difficul ty in swallowing; and (7) any change in normal bowl habits. Ignorance of the danger signals of cancer usually de lays diagnosis until the dis ease has reached an advanced, incurable stage, she pointed out. Mrs. Troy Ray is County Commander of the Crusade. Dr. C. F. Mcßae is medical spokesman and Mrs. Juanita Masters is treasurer ANNOUNCEMENT J hereby announce myself as candidate as a Member of the Board of County Commis sioners of Yancey County, subject to the will of the De mocratic Convention, April 19. If I am nominated and elect ed, it is my aim to discharge the duties of this office in a manner befitting a servant of the people. 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' ~ Annual Food Handlers School To Be Held Here Jake F. Buckner, District ; Sanitarian with the State : Board of Health, announced i this week that the annual school for food handlers will be conducted in the court • house here next weeb. The i sessions vyill be held Tuesday, ; Wednesday and Thursday and • will run each of these days from 9 a. m. to 11 a. m. and i from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. The ; same information will be re ' peated in the afternoon ses • sions as was used in the morn ing in order that owners and managers of establishments may divide their personnel and send some to each session. This school is conducted by , the District Health Depart . ment in cooperation with the . State Board of Health. The program will be chang ed each day, the sanitarian said, and the theme will cen ter on germs encountered in food handling, recommended food handling practices, and proper washing and steriliz ing of dishes. Well qualified personnel will disesus each subject us ing films of the different pha ses of food handling through out the school. Attendance at these schools has not yet been made compul sory, Buckner said; however, it is expected that not only the owners and managers of all restaurants, hotels, tourist courts, meat markets, summer camps, school lunchrooms, and other types of food hand ling establishments are erpect ed to attend, but all workers in these places are expected to attend. The Health Department hop- HOWELL CONSTRUCTING STORE-APARTMENT BUILDING Construction of a new store and apartment building is un der way on Main Street. J. Walter Howell has begun con struction on a two-story build ing beside the two story ' buildings he recently purch ased from his brother, Frank Howell. The building will be con structed on approximately the same plans as the adjoining store buildings, except that it will have apartment space on a second floor. Constrcution is of brick and cinder block and will be thirty by sixty feet. The two buildings complet ed several months ago contain Robinson's Grocery Store and a hardware and appliance store operated by J. W. How ell and Son Company. It was not learned what kind of busi- | ness will be housed in the 1 building now under construc tion. m RED CROSS NUMBER THIRTY-ONE es that. many housewives and domestic workers will be able to attend the school, because the sessions will be of interest . to these people. The general public hfis also been given an invitation to attend the school Workers attending one ses sion each day will be given a certificate of attendance to be used as a pocket card which will be helpful in securing employment. Also, owners and managers of establishments having 100 percent attendance will be issued merit awards which may be posted x in their places of business. FEDERATION STOCKHOLD ERS MEET IN ASHEVILLE James G. K. McClure, presi dent of “Farmers Federation, told stockholders at their an nual meeting in Asheville last Saturday that the cooperative organization will pay to far mers of Western North Caro lina over five million dollars for their produce, and went on to explain that a majority of this will be for poultry and poultry products. The executive explained that it is the policy of the Federation to take a crop or an animal unit and develop markets for them, and used the development of the poul try industry in Western North Carolina as an example. Another official told stock holders that hatching eggs are now being sold in four soutn era states and Cuba. In speaking of marketing products for farmers In this section of the state, Max Rob erts, Education Director, stat ed that the three floors oper ated by the tobacco division of the Federation sold over two million pounds of tobacco this season, and that the average price received by farmers selling on the Asheville mar ket was 54 cents a pound. Directors named by stock holders in this county at a re cent meeting were Wilson Ed wards and Tom Ray. BUYING AGENCY RUMORS SPUR MINERS TO ACTION With rumors floating that a mica buying agency will be set up in Spruce Pine by the middle of May, miners and would-be miners of Yancey County are getting into “high gear”, either mining for the precious mineral or searching for a mine. Miners who have located new prospects or who are op erating old proven mines are going ahead on their opera tions, trying to geh. as much mica as possible by the time a buying agency is establish ed. Most of them admit, how ever, that it is going to be more difficult to get the high est price of S7O for mica than is jjrobably thought. How ever, a good deposit of ruby mica of minimum cut and of the lowest grade specified by the Government will repre sent a good amount of cash, even at $3 per pound. Some operators, in both new and old mines, have been re porting from 50 to 150 pounds ’ daily of the rum-colored mineral. ANNOUNCEMENT ’1 hereby announce my can didacy for a Member of the Yancey County Board of Edu cation, subject to the will of the Democratic Convention to be held in Burnsvlile on April 19, 1962. If I receive the nomi nation and appointed by the Legislature of Carolina obligations' of skid office to the best of my ability. ••/ '•; ’ ■■■“ ' „ t H 7r • . ‘ i ‘ y
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