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j JMf Mlf m J rmpitr 1 i /tor mm Aim 1 ( primt Sorts J VOLUME SIXTEEN BIDS ON PROPOSED SCHOOL BLOCKED AGAIN RedjCross Plays Part In Community Health The Distrirt Health Depart ment feels that this is a suit able time to point out a rela tionship which is unknown to the public as a whole, between the immune globulin now being widely used in the meas les epidemic, and the Ameri can Red Cross Donor Program. In recent weeks, several hun dred children who* had been exposed to measles have been given injections of the globu lin, in order to lessen the sev erity of the disease, if they should break out with it. This has been done both by the District Health Department and by the practicing physi cian. » This globulin comes from the Red Cross. It is derived sojely from blood supplied by volunteer donors. Thus these donors may have the satisfac tion of knowing that they are not only supplying blood for wounded American soldiers in 'Korea, and for patients need ing it in hospitals here at home, but that they are also making it possible for their children or their neighbors’ children to be protected at least partially from the effects of measles. The Health Department and the private physicians of this district feel that if this were generally known it would en courage more persons to vol unteer as blood donors,. espec ially those whose children have benefitted from having RANDOLPH ATTENDS FARM MEETING John Randolph, president of the Yancey Farm Bu reau, left Wednesday for Washington with a group of WNC Farm Bureau officials to attend a hearing on a bill to allow reduction of allot ments in burley and flu-cured tobaccos. James E. Thigpen, director of P. M. A.’s Tobacco Branch, says that because of a pros pective surplus acreage i n both types of tobacco, allot ments will probably have to be cut in 1953 from 10 to 20 per cent. The N. C. Farm Bureau Directors have expressed fav or or a reduction in acreage of not more than 15 per cent. If decontrol of business, services, and commodities is carried in the fight in congress all controls of tobacco will be off. This would include decon trol of allotments as well as price controls and supports. Tobacco warehousemen thro ughout the burley belt predict that burley production atm prices will be close to the re cords established by the 1951 crop. The support level for 1951 was 49.8 cents per pound, while this year the minimum support will be at least 49.5 cents per pound. Representatives of the bur ley tobacco industry say that some grower’s habits of ming ling grades in grading and packing baskets will seriously effect the continued use of burley in both foreign and do mestic markets. Some handlers are requesting a lower . sup port price for tobacco improp erly prepared. . C CARD OP THANKS We wish to express our thanks and -appreciation for the many acfcft of kindness and sympathy shown us at the death of our son and brother. Ralph Brewer and Family The Yancey Record SUB. RATES $1.60 YEAR been given the immune globu ; lin. Any man or woman in aver ( age health can donate a pint ( of blood without ill effect. A , thorough check is made of all volunteers to make sure that . their physical condition is up to normkl. Before they are ac . cepted as donors. Persons be i tween 18 and 21 years of age ( must have written permission . from their parents in order to become donors. ’ The Red Cross Bloodmobile i will be in the basement of the * First Baptist Church Friday t from 11:00 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. SMOKY MOUNTAIN BOYS 1 TO PLAY FOR DANCE ON JULY sth t ' Mrs. Ira West who heads the , Yancey Betterment Associa • tion’s square dances each Sat i urday night at the Burnsville . Gymnasium announced this ; week that for the dance of , Saturday, July 5, Gene Davis ■ and his Smoky Mountain 1 Wranglers will furnish the ; music. Davis’ band is a four i piece string band and they are popular square dance musi cians for Western North Caro , line. The Saturday night square dance ig growing in popularity ■ with both adults and children. Each week the crowd gets lar ger. Last Saturday night 102 paying customers took part. Children twleve years of age and younger are not required to pay admission. WOOL SOLD BY FARMERS E. L. Dillingham reported this week that 27 Yancey far mers recently sold 2461 lbs. of wool through the wool pool sponsored by the County Agent’s office. The wool brou ght a total of $1,210.42 for an average price of 49c per lb. This year’s wool is much ■ lower than the amount receiv ed by farmers in the pool last year. This drop in price could be caused by a general drop in raw woolg several months ago, but which is not evident yet in finished products. Soil Conservation Referendum To Be Held A referendum will be held in Yancey Cornty to determine if the county will be organized into a Soil Conservation Dis trict to include all lands in the county under the provisions of the North Carolina Soil Con servation Districts Law. All persons, firms and porations who hold title to or have contracted to purchase any lands lying within this county are eligible to vote at the voting places or by mail. So that farmers and other land owners may be instructed on the meaning of organizing the entire county under the soil conservation program, the following meetings have been scheduled in the high schools of these districts: Micaville, Monday July 7; Burnsville, Tuesday July 8; Clearmont, Wednesday, July 9; Bald Creek, Thursday, July 10; and Bee Log, Friday, July 11. All meetings will be at 8:00 p. m. ' Voting places which will be open from Saturday morning, July 12, through Saturday, July 19, for farmers of Yancey County have been designated as follows:. ! Brush Creek, Kenneth John son’s Store and Lowe Thomas' Store; Higgins, Higgins Post “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1952 WILDLIFE COMMISSION GIVES HUNTING DATES The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission recent ly set official dates and bag limits for the 1952-53 hunting season. The only major chang es over last year’s rules were t a state-wide uniform season on J wild turkeys, quail, and rab- J bits, and a jnore uniform sea t son on squirrels. License will ’ go on' sale August 1 for next season. Following are official dates 5 and bag limits for game in 1 this county by the commission: • Bear: Open season October 15 through January 1, with a 3 daily bag limit of one instead J of two in some western coun ’ ites. No bear weighing less than fifty pounds may be taken. Deer: Yancey and surround ing counties will have three open seasons for deer, Novem ber 17-18, 24-26, and Decem ber 3-6. Daily bag limit, one; 3 season limit, two. Raccoon and opossum: Oct ■ ober 15 through January 1. No 3 bag limit except in some wes- J tern counties. ■ Rabbits: State-wide open • season from November 27 to 1 January 31, with a daily bag 3 of five, possession ten, and a • season limit of 75. ! Squirrels: October 1 to Jan - uary 1, with a daily bag limit of eight, possession limit of sixteen, and season limit of, > 100. I*Qcal exceptions control < some" Vestern areas. . Quail: State-wide season • front November 27 through 1 January 31, with a daily bag . limit of eight, possession six > teen, and a season limit of 100. i Grouse: October 15 througn January 31, with daily bag limit three, possession six amt thirty for the season: I Dr. Ware To Speak At Methodist Church I Dr. R. Dwight Ware, Dis , trict Superintendent of Meth odist Churches for Asheville ( district, will speak at the 11:00 hour at the Higgins Memorial Methodist Church here Sun day. - Hasten Presnell, son of Mr. 1 and Mrs. Lonnie Presnell of i Pensacola, was recently pro • moted to the rank of corporal. He is serving with the 351st Inf. Regt. in Italy. Office; Bee Log, Bee Log Post Office and Pauline Hensley’s Store; Little Creek, Bradford’s Store; Bald Mountain, Bruce Fender’s Store; Ramsaytown, Dove Adkins’ Store and Ram saytown Post Office; Sioux, Sherrill Whitson's Store; Green Mtn., 3. W. Howell’s Store; Toledo, Ramsey’s Store; Relief, Fox’s Store; Day Book, ; D. J. Peterson’s; Coxes Creek, Edd Hipkin’s Store; Upper Jacks Creek, Lat Evans’ Mill. Bald Creek, Proffitt’s Store and Pate’s Store; Cane River, Earl Wilson’s Store; Swiss, Ingles Store; Ivy Gap, Clyde Ferguson’s Store; Prices Creek, S. R. Hensley’s Store, Miller Ledford’s Store and Ollis Wilson’s Store; Paint Gap, England’s Store; Horton - Creek, 'Penland’s Store; River side, Ledford’s Store; Burns ville, Lacy Johnson’s Store, Farmers Federation, Deyton’s Fbrm Supply, Ray Bros. Store, Stanley Bailey’s Store and Dawson Briggs. Vixen, R. S. Ray’s Store; , Pensacola, Brooks Wilson's Store; Windom, Young’s Store Micaville, Silver and Dellinger Newdale, Howell’a Store; Celo, Chrisawn's Store and Celo Co op; Hamrick, Hamrick Post , Office. YOUTH DROWNED IN SOOTH TOE Frank Brewer, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brewer of Newdale, was drowned in South Toe River above Chapel Sunday morning. Brewer ahd two companions were said t£> have been swim ming and playing with a small boat in the river at the time of the accident. The boat floated from the three boys and they uere trying to retrieve it when the Brewer boy became strangled and went under the surface. When he failed come up, the other boys went for help. His body was found an hour later and l carried to Celo Health Center where Dr. E. R. Ohle failed to revive the boy by artificial respiration. Funeral aervires were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in the Blue Rock Baptist Church, with the Rev. Charles Moffatt officiat ing. Buriat ifcas in the church cemetery. ; I Surviving, in addition to the parents, two sisters, Eloise and Jane; and j four brothers, Billy Henry, Guerney and Benjamin, all of the home. WORK-ON HOSPITAL '- ; U j N Uctual construction has be ’Huaphaft. Con crete foundation footings were poured this week in pre paration for the beginning oi block and biick work which will start soon. The removal of seme more dirt from the site will be nec essary before the walls may be started, but the small amount to be moved will be only a minor operation. Material for the building has been no hold up on the be ginning of construction. The greatest item in the delay has been in laying outt suitable plans which will meet fire re gulations and hospital asso ciation requirements. D. M. Sholes and Harry Bowen, who worked out plans for the two story building, pre pared blue print drawing and submitted them to State offi cials for approval. The first drawings needed some minor changes, according to Sholes. These changes are of a nature that will not hinder work on foundation and walls, however. Rqece-Mclntosh, head of the Hospital jFunds Committee, said thW*week that donations Were still morning in from every part of-the county, but, he said, muchViore cash will be required to willy complete and equip the building. Mcln tosh urges that persons plan ning to make a donation should do so at once. And he said every citizen of the county should contribute something, because the hospital will bene fit every citizen. Yancey County people, as well as those all over the country, haife been undergoing a period of terrific heat since the official beginning of sum mer. No official tempt rature read ing is available in Burnsville, .but the mercury has climbed as high as 96 degrees, accord ing to some thermometers. On the street here Wednes day morning a person was heard to say, “Whew. I don’t see how anybody can stand to put up hay on a day like this.’’ “But you ave not putting up hay,’’ someone else said. “No, but brother is,’’ he answered. | “That shouldn’t hurt you.” , “That doesn’t. But I have to > change places with him this afternoon.” MEMBERS NAMED FOR 4-H CLUB CAMP / Yancey County 4-H Members will camp next week uith mem bers from Macon, Clay and Cherokee. The members will be instructed in handicraft, recreation, electricity and • swimming. The following 4-H Members i will attend: Darlene Proffitt, Wesley Parker, Jr., Steve) I Briggs, Jimmy Fortner, Johnny , Howell, Richard Briggs, Dan ; ny Duncan, Detta June Edwar i ds, Stephen Brewer, Jimmy , Lawhern, Carleton Higgins,' Noel Higgins, Glennalee How ell, Johnny Ray, Harold Ray Billy Joe Ray, Beverly Silvers, ■ Dallas Peterson, Bob McKin ney, Gerald Garland, Darius Hensley, Ray Whitson, Jerald Honeycutt, Alma Kay Letter man, Ronnie Grindstaff, Deola Jones, Charles Robinson, Jam es Robinson, Nona Lee Robin ; son, Hugh Teague, John Ben nett, and Keith Letterman. ■ — ■ - - - , Mrs. J. Frank Husking of i Raleigh underwent an opera tion in a Raleigh hospital re i cently, her condition is report- I ed to be much improved and r she plans to return to her , home in Raleigh soon. W. T. Tomberlin of Swiss is in an Asheville hospital for treatment. * **-'»>*- .... Miss Smith Wins In I Queen Contest L i " Miss Zula Kate Smith, dau ; ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill . Smith of Burnsville, was r crowned 1952 North Carolina Rhododendron Queen last Sat-j s Urday. Miss Smith won the Queen Contest over 31 other ; entrants from North Carolina . and Tennessee, Other contestants from Bur nsville were Nelda Peterson, i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Peterson, and Llewellyn Ray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Ray. Miss Smith, who was crown ed by Belmont Winters of Banner Elk, won second place in the Burley Tobacco Queen Contest held in Asheville last year. c Miss Josephine Turner of Bakersville won second place, in the Rhododendron Queen Contest. Approximately 40,000 atten ded the sixth annual festival, which this year included a ! celebration for road improve ments to the top of the Roan. ■ The celebration began Satur day morning at Bakersville, “gateway to the Roan,” and concluded at Carver’s Gap. Mayor Mark Bennett of Bur nsville was a member of the •H : t M 3 / I J ' Pj" ; -v ;V' 11 "" 11111 L..UWUM* 1 KOJE REDS SING SWA n SONG—Marching to smal ler compounds of British guards, Communist prisoners on Koje Island, Korea, sing farewell to violence, o Many Red prisoners said they had been sentenced to deifth s by their own leaders before American paratroopers ended | bloody riots. ” i ' v ' / m ■■ I Hearing Set For July 1 Judge Pless To Hear Case An order signed by Judge W. K. McClean stopped, for the second time, the accept ance of bids by the Yancey County Board of Education to construct a consolidated high school. The order was signed by the judge on Thursday, June 19, but was not served until Saturday, the day con tractors came here to place bids. ' The action was brought by H. D. Young, Jennings Fox, Ed Hill, Lark Wright, Ralph Proffitt, Leslie Proffitt, and Sam Robinson against the “Board of Education of Yan cey County, Jobe Thomas, Rush T. Wray, Everton B. Powell, and Frank W. Howell, Defendants.” The plaintiffs alleged that they “are citizens, voters and tax payers of the State of North Carolina, and are bring ing this action for their own relief, and for the relief of all other citizens and tax payers of Yancey County and State of North Carolina similarly situated.” They also alleged that Rush T. Wray and Everton B. Pow ell are not legal members ot the local board of education. And that the sum of money “is road dedication committee. Among those taking part in the program were Henry Gor don of Raleigh, who spoke in i place of Governor Scott; Nath- I an H. Yelton of Raleigh; Gov- I emor Gordon Browning of Tennessee; C. W. Bond, chair man of the Tennessee High way Commission; Mrs. Estep Kefauver, wife of the Tennes see candidate for president. Marshall (Carbine) Will iams of Godwin, N. C., inven tor of the famous Army M-l , rifle, was one of the beauty contest judges. Thousands of people this season saw the best flowering of rhododendron in several years on Roan Mountain. The almost solid garden of pink flowers became much more ac cessible this season witlythe.. completion of the paved Aoaa across the mountain /from North Carolina to Tennessee and to the top of the summit. The Roan is one of the most beautiful spots in Western -North Carolina during the rhododendron flowering sea son and will develop into one of the greatest tourist at tractions ~with the completion of hard surfaced roads offici ally opened Saturday. • / Z^nrtftXj NUMBER FORTY-THREE wholly inadequate to provide adequate facilities for a con solidated high school building and in order to provide ade quate facilities there would be required the expenditure of at least three limes lhat amc liiu” The pia'r.tiffs asked tha.' an order “be issued restraining the Rpard of Education of Yancey County as a corpora tion from receiving bids for the construction of the pro posed high schol building and restrain Rush T. Wray ana Everton B. Powell from at tempting to act as members of the Board of Education of Yancey County.” The temporary -order Issued by Judge McClean stated “that the corporate defendant and each of the individual defend ants be and are hereby re strained from executing any contract for the construction of a consolidated high school building at Burnsville, North Carolina until further orders from •'.he Court.” Nothing restraining Wray, and Powell from acting in oth er matters pertaining to the Yancey County Board of Edu cation was mentioned in the order. Superintendent Howell con tends that the North Carolina Public Law having to do with public contracts would insure completion of the building as planned if a bid were accepted. The law states that a bid can not be accepted for an amount greater than the “sum avail able therefor.” The sum avail able for construction of the building is over $157,000. Once a contract is completed the re sponsibility for completion of the building would be upon the contractor. Hearing on the restraining order has been set for July 1 at Marion before Judge Will Pless, Jr. LAST RITES HELD FOR J. HENRY LEWIS, 74 Funeral services for J. Henry Lewis, 74, retired for mer and lumberman, who died Friday night in an Ashevilie hospital following a long ill ness, were held at the home here at 2:30 Sunday. The Rev. ■Charles Trammel and the Rev. A. Z. Jamerson officiated. Burial was in the Holcombe Cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Pansy Peterson Lewis; a daughter, Mrs. J. C. Banks of Burnsville; two sons, Frame of Burnsville and James of Ramsaytown; a brother, E. L. Lewis of Erwin, Tenn.; ana two sisters, Mrs Nora Deyton of Green Mountain and Mrs. Dolly Piercy of Day Book, and, five grandchildren. Lewis was a 32nd. Decree Mason, was a Knight Templer and a Shriner. FORMER RESIDENT PASSES AWAY Word has been received h-.re that Mrs. Ada B. Elsea of Chattanooga, Tenn., who was born at Toledo, N. C. on Janu ary 22, 1881, daughter of the late T. W. and Martha Ann Bailey, died June 14, 1952 in Chattanooga. She i s survived by one dau ghter, Katherine Elsea Cald well, Chattanooga, Tenn.; one son, Albert Eugene Bailey, Chattanooga; and five grand children and one great-grand child, all of Chattanooea • two brothers, D. C. Bailey and M. D. Bailey of Toledo; two sis ters, Mrs. O. M. Robinson, Morganton, N. C. and Mrs. T, W. Afv* o f Orlando, Fla. A