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Above is an architectural drawing of Yancey Hospital as it will appear on the west &de when completed. D. M. Sholes, local engineer, prepared the drawing. The hospital addi
tion to Webb Clinic will be more than 100 feet long.
The quota for the hospital has not been reached. According to a member of the Steermg Committee, additional funds amounting to SIB,OOO are required to meet the goal.
* Persons who have not yet contributed to the hospital fund are urged to do so. Contributions may be mailed or brought to the Hospital Committee at Burnsville. If you have
made a pledge, it sholld be sen t in as soon as possible. I§Bpi>.
Camp Mt. Mitchell To Be
Full This Season
Mr. and James Bing
ham, owners and operators of
Camp Mt. Mitchell for Girls
said this week that the camp
will open June 20 with the
largest group of girls the
camp ha s had in seven years.
Seventy seven girls from
Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Ken
tucky, Maryland, Virginia and
Cuba will be enrolled this
season, Mrs. Bingham said.
Girls attending the camp range
in ages from six to sixteen.
Besides the campers, there
will be eighteen counselors to
direct the training programs
of the camp. Campers will be
taught swimming, horseman
ship, dancing, drama, archery
tennis, badminton, art, hand
craft, and nature lore. Other
activities will include hiking
and outloor cooking.
The first session will close
on July 1. and the second on
August 14. Both periods will
see a capacity crowd of camp
ers.
The owners are in the course
of having lots of remodeling
and improvement done o n
buildings and swimming pool
This year will be the second
season Camp Mt. Mitchell for
LAST RITES HELD FOR
MRS. ALLIE BLAYLOCK
Funeral services for Mrs.
Allie Westall Blaylock, 84,
widow of Will D. Blaylock,
who died at the home of a dau
ghter, Mrs. Harl Allen, on
Allens Creek i n Haywood
County, were held Monday at
2 p. m. in Hazelwood Baptist
Church. The Rev. H. R. Mc-
Cracken and the Rev. C. D.
Sawyer officiated and burial
wa s in Green Hill Cemetery.
Surviving are five daugh
ters, Mrs. Nellie Sparks oi
Marion, Mrs. Martha Gouge of
Micaville, Mrs. Addie Sparks
of Spruce Pine, Mrs. Frank
Compton of Hazelwood, and
Mrs. Harl Allen of Aliena
Creek; three sons, Ben Blay
locv of Micaville, John of
Hazelwood and Bill of Way
nesville.
Also four sisters, Mrs. Lau
ra Westall and Mrs. Rila Byrd
of this county, Mrs. Wood
Simmons of Marion, Mrs. John
Gibbs of Celo; two brothers,
Billy Westall and Marion Wes
tall of this county.
Orthopedic Clinic
The monthly orthopedic cli
nic for the Avery-Mitchell-
Yancey district will be held
Wednesday morning, June 18,
in the Spruce Pine office of
the District Health Depart
ment, which ia located in the
Town Hall building. Patients
are asked to be there not latei
than 11 a. m. Dr. James H
Cherry, df Asheville, will hold
this clinic.
SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
Girls Yias been operated by
' Mr. and Mrs. Bingham, althou
gh Mrs. Bingham has been
associated with the camp for
' several years. Since last tall
| when the camp season closed,
! the owners have done much,
traveling in the Southeast,
•‘selling” camp Mt. Mitchell
and Burnsville to parents. A
color film of the camp and
surrounding scenery was
shown to prospective campers
and their families.
BAPTIST BEGIN VACATION
BIBLE SCHOOL
Daily vacation-Bible- School .
began at the First Baptist
| Ch.-rch Monday morning and
wi'l continue through next
week. Commencement exer
cises will be hell on next Fri
day. The pro. ram will con
sist of open house from 10 a.m.
to 12 noon, Evev/one who is
interested is invued to attend.
The handwork will be on dis
play, and the children wil be
in charge of the program.
Eighty-six students ha v e
been enroll to date.
The faculty consists of Rev
C. B. Trammel, superintendent
of the school; Mrs. Trammel
is secretary and music direct
or ; intermediate department
Miss Sarah Hensley and Mrs.
Frank Lewis; juniors, Mrs.
Ed Huntter.Jr and Mrs. Brooks
■ Boone; primary department,
» Mrs. Hershel Holcombe, Mrs.
. John Bennett and Mrs. Lloyd
• Owens; beginners, Mrs. Ellis
1 Moody, Mrs Kenneth Robert
l son, Mrs. Alva Gardner, Miss
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Phillips Announces Education
> Courses In Art School
C. W. Phillips, director of
i puulic relations, Woman’s
, College, announced this week
. the courses in education to be
j taught in Burnsville School of
( Fine Arts. The courses are
directed and planned by Mr.
i Phillips, who has been direct
‘ or of the school since its be
ginning.
The following classes will
be given in the 1962 session:
Education 661b—Evaluation
1 anl Improvement of Instruc
-1 tion. This course will begin on
* Tuesday, July 8, and close on
Friday, July 18. Mrs. Mary
Hunter will instruct the course
Education 529 —Supervision *
of the Reading Program will
begin on Monday, July 21 and
- Close on Friday, August 1,
- with Miss Ruth Gunter
I instructor.
>, Education 660—Principles of
f Elementary School Science,
> running from August. 4 throu
e gh 16, with Dr. A. D. Shaftcs
s bury as instructor,
r y Each of the three courses
[. gives two hour s to graduate or
d undergraduate students.
Credits can be used for re
The Yancey Record
SOUTH TOE COMMUNITY
ELECTS OFFICERS
South Toe Community, whi
ch includes all families in the
South Toe school district, held
a meeting recently and took
a definite step toward entering
■ the Western North Carolina
Community Development Con
test, sponsored by the Ashe
. ville Development Council.
At the meeting, presided
over by E. L. Dillingham, the
following officers were elected
to steer the community in the
contest: president, Arcemus
Simmons; vice president, Miss
Margaret Calbeck; secretary
and treasurer, Mrs. Arle
Brooks; reporter, Mrs. C. B.
■ Bennett; and song leader, Mia
Richard Dother.
As part of the program, a
film, “The Tar‘HitfWaiuWyr
was shown oy Miss Wanda
Greene, new home demonstra
tion agent for this county.
Morriss McGough, executive
secretary of the Asheville De
velopment Council, showed
slide pictures of different com
munity activities and discuss
el the betterment program in
detail.
The newly elected commun
, ity officers scheduled a meet
ing to be held Saturday night,
when directors will be ap
pointed and community activi
• ties be selected to be under
taken by the citizens.
Several prizes are given
each year to the winning com
• munities entering the contest.
! Rheta McCurry, and Barbara
> Peterson
- Miss Liucy Gibbs, Harold
1 Anglin and Glen Fox are in
5 charge of the hand-work, and
• Miss Erma Styles is pianist
5 for the school.
newing or raising a teacher
certificate or, under some con
ditions, will contribute toward
a Masters Degree.
The cost of each course is
$17.00.
The three education instruc
tors are well acquainted with
problems of public schools in
North Carolina and are well
qualified by educational and
instructional back grounds.
Mrs. Hunter hag an A. B.
and M. A. degree from the
Woman’s College of the Uni
versity, and is Assistant Pro
fessor of Education at the
j college where she supervises
practice teachers.
Miss Ruth Gunter has an A.
B. from the Woman’s College
and a M. A. from Columbia.
She is supervisor of practice
teachers in the elementary
field at Woman’s College.
Dr. Shafesl ury has a Ph. D.
from Johns Hopkins and is
professor of Zoology at tne
i Woman’s College. He teaches
■ regularly in extension both In
summer school and during the
. regular session.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 12,1952
RED CROSpjItAINS
SWIMMING WSTRUCTOR
Miss LlewiSto Ray returns
to Burnsvillf* this Saturday
from a 10-davltraining course
in water safef| at the national
aquatic school sponsored by
the American *; Red Cross at
Camp Carolin|! Brevard, N. 0.
When Misg itay has complet
ed the intense training, she
will be qualtfted as a Red
Cross instructor of swimming
and water according to
.David Swart» Water -Safety
chairman of ft? local chapter,
and will teaeM. classes for the
remainder of summer,
“Our chapter is financing
the expense*:*! this training
to assure the young people Os
this comMini&’ who expect to
ensoll in .swimming and life
saving
these vital s£®\ ,-s,’’ Mr. Swam
said.
The 10-day ’ bourse includes
training in life-saving, water
safety, swimming, diving
small craft operation, and
first aid. All of the courses
ahe under the direction of Red
Cross first aid and water saf
ety leaders, but specialists in
these fields from various
schools, colleges and safety or-
Girl Killed By Automobile
Here Saturday
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Dora Marjorie Fox, 13, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Fox
of Burnsville, Rt. 1, was in
-1 stantly killed about 3 p. m.
Saturday when she was struck
1 by an automobile. The acci
dent occurred a few hundred
1 yards north of Glen Raven
• Silk Mills on the new Green
Mountain Highway.
Robert Webb, 19-year-oid
Green Mountain boy, was dri
ver of the car. Webb was ar
rested and charged with invol
untary manslaughter. He was
released on $2,500 bond Satur
day afternoon for appearance
at a coroner’s inquest which
was held Monday morning.
He was absolved of any
criminal action by the coro
ner’s jury at the Monday hear
ing.
According to witnesses, the
, girl had walked across the
[ highway for a rock to scotch
a car from which she had just
left. The car was parked off
the pavement beside the high
! way. As she returned with the
. rock, she stepped in front ot
. the Webb tutomobile which
, was headed south from the
| direction of Green Mountaih.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 Jn
[ the Bible Baptist Church here,
with the H. M. Alley and
; the Rev. Gite Randolph, pas
' tor, officiating.
Burial wag in McLaughlin
Cemetery at Bakers Creek.
Surviving in addition to the
’ parents are five sisters, Mrs.
8 James Beaver, Mrs. Arnold
* Briggs, Mm. Albert Laws,
1 Mrs. AmoH Miller, Miss
8 Ollie Fox, ill of Burnsville;
three brothirs, Frank, Davie,
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TOBACCO PLANT SHORT
AGE EXISTS IN COUNTY
A shorti fc (, of tobacco plants
exists-in Yancey County, t,.
L. Dillingham, county agent,
said today. Dillingham said
the shortage was due to dis
ease in beds early in the spring
and to a period of dry weath
er recently.
jPersons who have set their
tobacco and have plants left
over are requested to contact
the county agent or farmers
known to be in need of plants.
Several farmers over the coun
ty have their allotment ot
land set and have plants to
spare, Dillingham said.
Although a few more allot
ments have been given for this
Year, the overall tobacco crop
should be about the same as
year.
LITSr- year 1800 ‘ growers
planted above 1300 acres of
U bacco in this county. Ap
proximately 2,600,000 pounds
of tobacco was produced here
last year, with a county aver
age of 66 cents fler pound. The
crop was valued at more than
one and one half million dol
lars.
ganizations also serve on the
faculty.
and Donald of Burnsville; one
half-3ister, Mrs. Julia Jones
of Windom; three half-broth
ers, Buck and Melvin Fox of
Burnsville and Levi Fox of
Weavervji.e.
LIGHT PLAN, FORCED
TO LAND HERE
Burnsville residents, espec
ially those on the east side of
town, had a period of excite
ment late Saturday - evening
when a light aeroplane kept
buzzing the tops of houses
along the highway just before
dark. •
The two-place plane was
low on gasoline and the phot
was trying to locate a landing
place on the bottom land along
the Burns-, iJle-Spruce Pine
highway before total darkness
came on. Finally, when the
supply of gasoline was ex
hausted, the plane was forced
to land.
It was brought down beside
the highway in a bottom just
east of the Bill Allen Branch
Road but bounced across the
side road into a corn field.
Neither of the occupants
a young man and young wom
an from Augusta, Ga„ were in
jured. The propellor and the
landing gear on the plane
were smashed, however.
According to the pilot, the
couple were headed for Bris
tol, Tenn. They had started
with enough gas for the trip,
but because of the tltitude,
they were forced to fly above
a storm, the gas was exhaust
ed sooner than was expected.!
The plane was left here for
repairs. „j...
Burnsville To Have Part
In Rhododendron Festival
Burnsville officials and girls
from this county are slated on
the Rhododendron Festival
program scheduled for June
21 on Roan Mountain. Mayor
Mark Bennett is a member of
the North Carolina dedication
committee, and at least three
Yancey County girls will en
ter the annual beauty queen
contest.
This is the sixth annual
festival that has been held on
Roan Mountain, and this year's
festival is expectel to be more
colorful than the past five.
Rhododendron is expected to
be in full bloom by the festi
val date.
The number of persons at
tending previous festivals has
been estimated as high as
10,000 and because of new
roads this year’s attendance Is
expected to exceed past re
rords. Since last year’s festi
val, work on highways up both
the North Carolina and Ten
nessee sides of the Roan to
Carver’s Gap, has been in pro
gress. Paving of two roads is
expected to be completed by
the festival date.
A new two-lane road also is
under construction from Car
ver’s Gap about two miles to
the summit. This Forest Ser
vice road may not be complet
ed by festival day, according
to reports, put it will be usable
SUIT FILED AGAINST
BOARD OF EDUCATION
A new twist in the board of
education row in this county
appeaeed last week. The attor
ney general gave Bill Atkins
permission to bring suit a
gainst newly appointed men
to determine who are the legal
members of. the board.
Legal papers bringing suit
against four men recently ap
pointed to fill vacancies exist
ing in the local education
board have, been issued. The
papers have been serfed on at
least two of the newly ap
pointed members.
The difficulty arose when
the State Board of Education
appointed Rush T. Wray ana
E. B. Powell to fill vacancies
existing on the local board.
Then, a few days later two
other men, Lloyd Fortner and
T. A. Buchanan, were appoint
ed by a newly elected county
Democratic executive to fill
the same posts.
The suit is being brought by
Atkins as a private citizen to
determine which two of the
four men are the legal holders
of the offices.
The case will come up at the
August term of Sperior Court.
1 1 it is found that the two
vacancies existed at the time
Atkins apd the anti-central
school group claimed as they
cirried on their fight against
: the cenral. school, Wray ano
Powell will be the legal mem
bers. If it is deciled that the
vacancies did not exist at thal
time, Fortner .and Buchanai
will be the legal members.
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i All three roads will be dedi
! cated as part of this year’s
[ festival. The ceremonies on
, the North Carolina side will
■ begin at 9:30 a. m. with a rib
■ bon cutting at the start of
i the new 12 mile paved stretch
, of highway at Bakersville. The
. main dedication will take
L place about half an hour later
at Carver’s Gap. The estimated
l cost of these new roads is
! 51,600,000, when completed.
3 The committee in charge of
B the preliminary event is head
i. ed by Walter Berry, Bakers
-5 ville. The committee for the
_ North Carolina dedication in
cludes Culver R. Dale of Tip
„ ton Hill, chairman; Mrs. A. E.
s Gouge, Bakersville.; Mark
s Bennett, Burnsville; Sam K. .
v Mortimer Jr., Newland; B. H.
g Winters, Elk Park; and D. O.
_ Blevins, Sr., Spruce Pine.
Among the guests expected
! to attend are Senator Estes
. Kefauver of Tennessee, Gover
, nor Gordon Browning of Ten
. nessee, and Rep. Albert Gore
j of Tennessee.
r Persons of note from North
Carolina will include R. Gregg
i Cherry, former governor of
- North Carolina; Dr. Harry W.
> Jordon, chairman of the N. C.
- Highway and Public Works
- Commission, and A. H. Gra
; ham, former chairman of the
i State Highway Commission.
The festival will reach its
climax with the selection and
crowning of this year’s “Rho
dodendron Queen.” Approxi
' mately 30 young women have
7 been entered in the contest.
Avery, Mitchell and Yancey
* counties, as well as Tennessee
‘ will be represented in the
1 beauty queen contest. From
1 Yancey County, Miss Llewelyn
Ray will represent the Lions
k Club, Miss Zula Kate Smith
the Woman’s Club, and Miss
’ Nelda Peterson the Men’s Club
1 Last year’s queen was Miss
8 Wilma Shepherd of Elizabeth
: ton, Tenn.
The judges will be selected
by a committee named by the
1 executive committee.
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1 LIONS WILL TOUR
5 DUPLAN PLANT
j Following the regular meet
ing of the Lions Club tonight,
f members will be conducted on
j a tour of Duplan Corporation
plant here. Tony Zel inski and •
j Warren Good, both officials of
5 the plant, will be in charge of
g the tour.
j A regular business meeting
prior to the tour will be held
B in the "Presbyterian Church.
The visit through the textile
j plant wil replace the regular
e program, the program chair
{ man said.
Visitors at the meeting to
\ night will be George Vitas
a and M. J. Dixon, U. S. Forest
Service officials who recently
[ opened an office here. Dr.
* Ohle of Celo, C. B. Bennett of
„ Micaville and Rev. David
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