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VOLUME SIXTEEN
PLANS BEING STUDIED FOR fOSPITAL CONSTRUt
Annual Drama Festival
Planned Next Week
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Next Thursday and Friday
nights the five high schools in
Yancey County will present
the Annual Drama Festival,
an affair that has been carried
out by the drama departments
in each high school for sever
al years. The plays will be pre
sented in the Parkway Play
house.
This phase of school acti
vity differs from the recent
Music Festival in that the
plays will be judged and a
winning school declared.
The five high schools of the
county in cooperation with
Woman’s College sponsor the
Drama Festival. Summer scho
larships will be awarded by
Woman’s College to the best
actor and best actress taking
part in the festival.
Clearmont and Bee Log high
schools will lead off in the
drama contest next Thursday
night.* Clearmont High School
will present “Polly, Put the
Kettle ‘On,” a comedy by Peg
gy Fern way. Walton Angel is
play director and the cast is
as follows: Carlene Evans,
Anna Belle Garland, Frances
Collins, Opal Robinson, Mabel
Tipton, Kathryn Presnell, and
Albert Byrd.
Also on Thursday night,
Bee Log High School will pre
sent “The White Lawn,” a
fantasy by Roger M. Bushfield
Jr. Directing the play is Mrs.
Edward L Beeson. The cast:
Freds; Bradford, Rosaline Pet
ersen, Plen' Adkins, and Char
les Edwards.
On Friday njght, May 9,
BaW Creek will present a dra- .
matic ' productipn, .
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LAST RITES HELD FOR
HENRY TOMBERUN
Funeral services for Henry
Tomberlin, 77, who died at
his home at Burnsville, Rt. 1,
Saturday night after a long
illness, were conducted Mon
day at 2 p. m. in Riverside
Baptist Church.
The Rev. Ralph Young,
pastor of the church, and the
Rev. A. Z. Jamerson officiated
Burial was in Holcombe Ceme.
tery.
Flower bearers were Mary
Etta Briggs, Nell Henderson,
Peggy Jolly, Mae Briggs,
Mary Ann Padgett, Camilla
Burnette, and Trilby Blanken
ship.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Sarah Baxter Tomberlin;
four daughters, Mrs. Nora
Henderson of Marion, Mrs.
Zettie Buchanan of Unicoi,
Tenn., Mrs. Ida Briggs of
Burnsville, Rt. 1, and Mrs.
Dollie Padgett of Black Moun
tain;-two sons, Wash and John
of Burnsville; two brothers,
Adler and Grover Tomberlin
of Asheville; 28 grandchild
ren and 17 great grandchild
ren.
LAST RITES HELD FOR
MINTIE BRADFORD
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mintie Bradford, 84, of Bee
Log, who died Tuesday night
after a long illness, were held
Thursday at Rp- m. in the
home. • V
The Rev. Quince Miller of
ficiated and burial was in the
family cemetery.
Surviving are the husband,
Perry Bradford; two daugh-|
ters, Mrs. Flossie- Miller of,
Jonesboro, Tenn., and- Miss!
Ora Bradford pf Bee Log;
three sons, Johnny of Lan
drum, S. C., Monroe of Seattle,
Wash., and Francis of Wash
ington, D. C.
SUB. RATES $1,50 YEAR.
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els,” by Bernice K. Harris.
Jack Mclntosh is director and
the cast consists of Don Wil-;
son, Joncilee Ray, *Mary Joe
Young, Rose Mary Jamerson,
Ward Mathis, Betty Jean Yel
ton, Reece Jamerson, Jimmie
Neill, Christine Wilson, Daph
ne Randolph, Clyde Robinson,
Mary Ann Hensley, Maxine
Rathburn, Marylyn Styles, and
Mary Catherine Bailey.
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Micaville is presenting a
comedy, “Neighbors,” by Zona
Gale, under the direction of
Edith Robinson. The cast:
Thelma Styles, Sabra Sparks,
Kenneth Presnell, Philip Tho
mas, Juanita Gurley, Clarik
Lee Randolph, Leona Robin
son, and Kate Huskins.
Burnsville’s presentation is
a tragedy, “Strange Road,” by
John M. Houston and directed
by Miss Islean Ray. The cast:
Katy King. Norma Patton,
Helen Angel, and Bobby Wil
son.
Mrs. Frank Howell and a
representative o f Woman’s
College are in charge of the
Drama Festival arrangements.
LOCAL WOMEN ATTEND
H D MEETINGS
Approximately 15 members
of Home Demonstration Club
attended 'a special food de
monstration held Tuesday by
Mrs. Jewel G. Fessendon, nu
trtfiapyfsfc- with-the N. Es 4
"Service. The demon
stration was on pastry, pies,
and meringues.
meeting, held in Burns
wille, was open to all club
members in the county.
Mrs. John B. Bennett of
Burnsville, western district
chairman of the music com
mittee of the N. C. Federation
of Home Demonstration Clubs
presided at a Rural Church
Music School held at Western
Carolina Teachers College,
Cullowhee, last Wednesday.
Approximately 100 choir dir
ectors and ministers fronj ru
ral churches, and Home De
monstration Club music chair
men participated in the
school.
The school was sponsored
by the Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs.
Walter H. Cupp, head of the
W C T C Music Department,
planned the program, with
the assistance of Miss Nell
Kennett, western district
Home Demonstration Agent.
Included on the program
was group singing, led by Mr.
Cupp. Mrs. M. T. Jones, critic
music teacher at the training
school, demonstrated “The
Elementary Children’s Choir,”
and the Rev. George Culbreth
of Bryson City discussed “The
Choir In The Church Service.”
Dr. Richard Renfro, of the W
C T C Music Department, dis
cussed and demonstrated the
organ and the organist in the
small choir. Mr. Cupp talked
on “Choral Rehersal Techni
ques”, “Requirements of A
Choral Conductor," and “Vo
cal Aims.” This was followed
by a presentation of the Wes
tern Carolina Teachers Col
lege Mixed Chorus, directed
by Mr. Cupp.
The meeting closed with a
discussion period led by Mrs.
Bennett. 4
Counties represented at the
school included Cherokee, Gra
ham, Clay, Macon, Swain,
Haywood, Jackson, Henderson
Transylvania, Madison, Bun
| combe, and Yancey,
i Mrs. Anthony Zelinski, mus
jic leader for the Burnsville
Club, and Miss Mary Helen
Neill, county home agent, also
attended the meeting.
Plans are under way for a
school of this kind in the fall.
The Yancey Recoh
I Daniel Boone, Burnsville
‘Hdacksmith” who has already
become nationally known for
his work in wrought iron,
struck another bonanza of
publicity for himself and for
Burnsville this week in the
form of two color-pages in
Collier’s, one 'of the nation’s
leading weekly magazines.
In the magazine section
k known as "Collier’s Color
Camera”, Daniel is pictured*
in color in five different pho-l
tographs doing the differentl
work in his shop for which he
has become famous. In one
photograph, thn entire family
is pictured, with Gary Daniel,
his son, perched on Daniel**
scale-made locomotive.
The locomotive was begun
before New York’s World Fair
and Daniel planned to exhibit
the “little fellow” there but
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N; C., THURSDAY, may i, 1952
DR. GLADDEN FITS GLAS
SES FOR AUNT CINDY’ 111
Dr. William Gladden, Bur
nsville optometrist, probably
holds the distinction of being
in a class by himself in his
profession. Last week he ex
amined the eyes and fitted
glasses for Aunt Cindy Grif
fith, who claims to be 111
years old.
Dr. Gladden said he knew
of no other person in that
field who had ever fitted glas
ses for a person that old. j
Aunt Cindy said she was a
slave, owned by a Thomas
Young in the Micaville section
of Yancey County. There is
no one old enough around
here to dispute the age of
Aunt Cindy, and it has been’
generally accepted that she is
probably the oldest person in
this area.
Although she was fitted
with a new pair of glasses,
Dr. -Gladden expressed doubt
that she would be able to see
much better because of the
general condition of her eyes.
Hilbert Optical Company of
Greensboro donated the lenses
for the glasses because of her
age, Dr. Gladden said.
While telling the optomet
rist some of the things she re
membered when she was a lit
tle girl, Aunt Cindy quoted
four lines of a song which she
said the white folks sang
along about Civil War times.
Folk in this area must have
been very bitter, or either
very loyal, because the words
IMPfhe song were:
“Jeff Davis was a smart man
Abe Lincoln was a fool,
Jeff Davis rode a snow white
horse,
While Abe Lincoln rode a
mule.” Mj
Dr. Gladden said he felt con
fident this would be the only
time in his career he would
prescribe glasses for a person
111 years old.
Honored With Surprise Party
Miss Maggie Honeycutt was
honored with a surprise birth
day party at hqr home in Bur
nsville last Saturday night. A
number of frhends gave the
surprise party an her honor.
Lee Yelton of Burnsville
was carried to an Asheville
hospital Wednesday where he
is undergoing treatment for a
virus infection. '
Pvt. Lloyd McCurry who i 3
stationed at Fort Sill, Oklaho
ma, is visiting his mother,
Mrs. Carrie McCurry, here.
The senior Class of Burns
ville High School will hold a
square dance in the high
school gymnasium Friday.
I night. j
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Boone Featured In
/ National Weekly
a
Town Given
Safety Award
Burnsville received an aw
ard last week, ; from the State
Department o* Motor Vehicles
in recognitionj of its outstand
ing traffic agfety record in
1950. If
The presentation was made
by C. I. Yelton, field represen
tative of the Department’s
Highway Safety Division.
The awarcf ’itself is an t at
tractively designed certificate
which reads, ;> “Presented by
North Carolina Department of
Motor Vehicle Highway Saf
ety Division -to Burnsville in
recognition of outstanding ac
hievement ipjjHighway Safety.”
The docu™nt is signed by
Commissioner L. C. Rosser for
the Departrilnt of Motor Ve
hicles and l|s. D„ Jones, EngiU.
neer-Directoi| of the Safety
Division. Jr
The awarms are being pre
sented to incorporated towns
under s,ooCHgpopulation which
went throuM the year 1950
without a single traffic fatal
ity. The Department of Motor
Vehicles plus to issue appro
ximately 4m certificates to
eligible coifthiunities through
out the stabs, according to Mr.
Yelton. Thfe award was pre
sented to Mayor Mark Ben-
LAST Rip HELD FOR
Funeral services for Quil
lon Phillips, 39, who died at
his home here following a
long period of illness were
held Sunday morning at 11:00
o’clock in the Windom Baptist
Church.
The Rev. Roy Hinson and
the Rev. James Allred officia
ted and burial was in the Pete
Young Cemetery.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Paralee Phillips; two
daughters, Mabel and Lillian
Phillips of Burnsville; the
mother, Mrs. Kitty Phillips;
the father, Back Phillips of
Bee Log; two sisters, Mrs.
Clyde Phillips of Bee Log and
Mrs. Harley Hensley of Balti
more; and ohe brother, Clell
Phillips of Erwin, Tenn.
G. Leslie Hensley left this
week for a visit with his son,
George Leslie, Jr., who is in
school at Randolph Macon
Academy, Front Royal, Va.
He will attend the Apple
Blossom Festival at Winches
ter. The Randolph Macon
'Academy Band, of which Geo
rge Leslie, Jr., is a member,
will furnish music at the
I festival.
didn’t get it completed in
time. He “puttered*’ around
seven years before the engine
was fully completed but Dan
iel loved every minute of his
work on the masterpiece,
i In speaking of his jrelation
ship with Daniel Bobbie First,
'Daniel was quoted-in Collier’s
as saying: “Yes, I reckon Jie
was my great-great-great
grandfather, and a mighty
. restless man, —His daddy un-
Idertook to make a scholar out
of him, but finally gave it up
aad said, ‘Let the girls do the
spelling and Dan’l do the
shooting.’ Well, I’m not much
for standing still myself.”
Everyone in this section
knows that Daniel’s statement
to Collier’s correspondent was
true, because he could never
ifeave done the artistic* work
be has with wrought iron if
he were a “standing still” man
MARINE COMMISSIONS
MAY BE EARNED THROU
GH SUMMER PROGRAM
College graduates and sen
iors from the Western North
Carolina area now have an op
portunity to earn commissions
in the Marine Corps through
a special ' summer training
program, M-Sgt. Fred P.
Eubanks, Director, of Marine
recruiting at Asheville, an
nounced this week. ,
A total of 1,000 officer can
didates are desired by June 1,
in order to meet the expand
ing needs of,the Marine Corps.
Candidates will begin their
training July 14 at the Mar
ine Corps Schools, Quantico,
Va., Eubanks said. \
Those successfully complet
ing the special 10-week course
will be commissioned second
lieutenants in the Marine
Corps Reserve. Following this
they will receive five addi-;
tional months of specialized
officers’ training, also at the
Quantico base, located 35
miles south of Washington,
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Married or single college
graduates between 20 and 27
years old are eligible foF the
program. Seniors who will
graduate at the of the
current semester also are eli
gible, but must apply before
the June 1 deadline. Married
men will receive family al
lowances as soon as their
training begins.
Necessary application forms
are available at the nearest
Marine Corps recruiting sta
•tian. ■ f
ARTISTS VISIT HERE ,
THIS WEEK ,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stanley
Herring, who, with Edward S.
Shorter, own and operate Bur
nsville Painting Classes, are
visitors in Burnsville this
week. Mr. and Mrs. Herring
arrived Wednesday and plan
to remain over the week end.
The artists have just closed
their studio in Milledgeville,
Ga. for the season and * are
making preparations for their
summer work here. They came
up from Georgia for a few
day’s rest but plan to do some
landscape painting before
leaving.
Mr. Herring said the Burns
ville Painting Classes will be
gin this year on June 21. He
plans to return on June 10 to
get ready for the opening.
The painting school has been
filled to capacity for the past
few seasons, and applications
of a capacity number of stud
ents have already been re
ceived for this summer, ac
cording to Mr. Herring.
MASTERS BUYS NATIONAL
FOREST TIMBER
0. K. Masters, Burnsville
lumberman, was awarded sale
of more than 4 million feet of
Pisgah National Forest tim
ber early this week, according
to an announcement by D. J.
Morriss, Pisgah Forest Super
visor.
The timber is in the Locust
Creek section in the Mt. Mit
chell District.
Other bidders on the tim
ber were D. H. Harrison of
Hamrick and Georgia Pacific
Plywood Company of Cleve
land, S. C.
Masters has been in the tim
ber business for several years
in this county and is now op
erating a saw mill on Clear
Creek in the South Toe sec
tion near Locust Creek.
Counties containing Pisgah
National Forest : properties
I will receive some of the mon
ey from the sale.
Morriss said trees to be cut
are about equally dividec
among hardwoodg and pulp
woods. ,
Committe 1
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Talk of the need of a hospi
tal in Yancey County is boil
ing down to action by many
citizens throughout the coun- *
ty. At a meeting of the Burns
ville Men’s Club held Monday
night in the Sam Wilson
Memorial Building, movement
was made by more than 40
civic minded citizens for the
erection of a hospital to serve
Yancey County.
Neal Morris, chairman of
the board of trustees of the
Marion General Hospital, was
a guest at the meeting. He
discussed various plans used
in McDowell County for rais
ing funds for the newly com- \
pleted Marion General Hospi-j
tal. The cost of that hospital
was approximately $700,000,
Morris said; *a<i
After much discussion of
the possibilities of a hospital
in Yancey County, a commit
tee of nine citizens was form
ed to study and formulate
plans for a hospital, The com
mittee will study every angle
of securing funds, and of the
hospital building itself, be
fore a final report of findings
is made.
Community Activity
Contest To Be Held
Plans for a Yancey County,
Rural Community Develop-!
' m ment Contest v#re made this!
week by the Yancey County
elected to head, 't&e" contest
» are E. L. Dillingham, Joe Cash
i and T. S. Godwin.
The county contest will be
’ conducted along the lines of,
. the Western N. C. Communityl
Contest which was entered by
! Bolens Creek Community last
year. And any community!
may enter the county contest'
and the W. N. C. contest at
the same time, and could win
both, according to the officials
Prizes amounting to SSOO. in
cash will be given to the win-1
ning communities entering the
county contest. Several busi
ness establishments have ex
pressed willingness to contri
bute money for prizes.
Agricultural leaders here
expressed hope that eight or
ten communities throughout
the county will be represented
in the contest. Whether a
prize is won or not, the com
munity benefits from entering,
they said.
The first step to be taken
by any community entering
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CONVICTS WRECK PRIS ON, SEIZE GUARDS—With a
knife at his throat, Guard Kenneth Parsons awaits rescue
from his perilous position in J ackson, Mich., prisdti. A muti
nous convict, one of 1,600 who did $2,000,000 damage to
huge prison in four days rioting and burning, terrorUea
Parsons, one of 10 guards seized as hostages. Felons ended
uprising on Gov. Williams’ promise of a prison investigation.
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*»ort May 5
A report on the decision of
the committee will be made
on May 5 at 8 p. m. at a meet
. ing at the Sam Wilson Mem
orial Building. Every citizen
in this county who is interest
ed in a hospital being built
here should attend the meet
ing.
Capt. Doyle And Family Visit
Relatives At Huntdale
Captain and Mrs. Jim Doyle
and two small children, Shar
ron and Mical, of Hunter
Field, Savannah, Georgia, vis
, ited Captain Doyle’s mother
( in Long Island, N. Y. On their
way back to Savannah they
stopped for a few days visit
with Mrs. Doyle’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Burn Peterson
of Huntdale. Ruth Peterson
accompanied them back to
Savannah where she will re
main for a week’s visit.
Dr. William Gladden and
family moved into the house
today, formerly occupied" by
Mr. and Mrs. James Timmony,
on Swiss Ave.
the contest f s to organic tha ,
i entire community area,\ elect-
I mg officers as leaders in the
T Council "win lid in settingup
j working organizations. Appli
' cations to enter must be filed
before May 31, officers said,
j Projects that may be con
sidered in community impro
vement are church activities,
recreational, health, beautifi
! cation, school, farm and
home activities, and any other
that will improve and better
community conditions.
Judges to select a winning
community will be made up
of an officer from each com
munity entering the contest
and members of the county
council.
Woman’s Club To Meet
Next Thursday
The Burnsville Woman's
Club will meet Thursday,
May 8, in the home of Mrs. C.
L. Easter. Mrs. E L Dilling
ham and Mrs. Vincent Westall
will tv. associate hostesses at
the meeting.