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Before :ne Democratic convention in Chicago got very far along this week, the smiles
and multiple handshaking displayed by (1 to.r) Harriman, Barkley, Kefauver, Kerr and
Russell, five contenders for the presidential nomination, turned to accusations, threats
and bickering from candidates, supporters, and delegates.
Seventy-four-year-old Vice
President Barkley, after pull
ing out of the race, predieted
victory for tht Democrats in
November “If we can get our
message of truth to the Amer
ican people.’’
Georgia’s Sen. Russell, whose
name was first brought before
the convention by Sen. George
of Georgia, charged that “the
radical schemers who drove
Vice President Barkley out of
the presidential contest now
have centered their attact on
my candidacy.”
Sen. Kefauver took time out
frcm his own campaign for the
nomination to defend Gover
nor Stevenson of Illinois
against “disgraceful litera
ture” which he charged had
been circulated by Stevenson’s
political foes. —*s***»«i*»
Every convention has its ups
and downs, evidently,
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Shown above is Adlai Stev
enson, governor of Illinois, as
he arrived at the Chicago air
port to attend the democratic
convention. Shortly after ar
riving in Chicago Democratic
leaders poured new pressure
on Stevenson to accept the
presidential nomination.
Stevenson has said he will
accept the nomination if the
convention wants him.
LAST RITES HELD FOR
FRANK BENNETT
Funeral services for FrAnk
Bennett, 69, who died last Sat
urday morning in an Old Fort
nursing home, were held at
2:30 Sunday afternoon in the
First Baptist Church here. He
had been in ill health for sev
eral months.
The Rev. Charles B. .Tram
mel, pastor, and the Rev. H.
M. Alley officiated. Burial was
in the McCracken Cemetery.
Surviving are one brother,
J 3. T. Bennett of -Burnsville;
and pne sister, Mrs. Julia
Elliott, also of Burnsville.
See “Outward Bound” At The Playhouse This Week
The Yancey Record
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
Citizens Warned Water
Shortage Near
Burnsville is on the border
of a wFyter shortage, according
to T. H. Higgins, water super
intendent. Higgins warned cit
izens this week that a continu
ation of car washing and lawn
and garden watering with city
water will insure a shortage.
The water supply has been
normal until this week, but on
Wednesday the superintend
ent noted a drop of about eight
feet in the reservoir. Normally
Higgins said, a continuous ov-
EJLC. BLAXKF.X-SKlg TttAIMS,
IN CHICAGO AREA
Chicago—Pfc. Conway Blan
kenship, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mack Blankenship, Burnsville,
N. C., is participating in
“Operation Signpost,” the ex
ercise geared to put the air
defenses of the United States
on an operational basis.
He is a member of the Ar
my’s 51st Anti-Aircraft Artill
ery Brigade which guards the
Chicago-Detroit area.
The brigade is working with
the Civilian Ground Observer
Corps (GOC) and with Cana
dian air defense forces during
the July 19-’8 exercise.
Blankenship, a tractor driver
with the 698th Anti-Aircraft
Artillery Gun Battalion, en
tered the Army in February
1951.
STOCK CAR RACES SCHED
ULED AT WEAVERVILLE
SUNDAY
Promoter Eugene Sluder is
staging another thrill packed
Stock car racing program Sun
day at the Asheville-Weaver
ville speedway two miles north
of Weaverville.
Time trials will start at 1:30
with races beginning at 3:00
o’clock.
A large field of the South’s
fastest drivers will be on hand.
Included is the race will be
such well known speedsters as
Buck Baker of Charlotte and
“Fire-Ball” Roberts of Day
' tona Beach, Fla. These two
' racers thrilled the crowd July
[ 6, when they fought it out
‘ with skill and daring for first
1 place.
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“Dink” Widenhouse, the sen
sational high school bof of
Concord rapidly becoming
the most talked of racer in the
J South, will be on hand. He has
won five races out of eight
starts this season. In his last
J appearance in Weaverville, he
was forced out when his racer
rammed an overturned car.
BURNSVILLE, N. C* THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1952
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erflow comes from the storage
tank. Now the water has drop
ped at least eight feet below
the overflow pipe.
The total flow from the
watershed is being used at the
present time, and there is lit
tle chance that the flow will
increase if the low rainfall
continues.
The . water superintendent
urges citizens to refrain from
watering lawns and gardens
with city water until the sup
ply has been increased.
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PANY TO LEAVE
SUNDAY
Army reserves of Company
H of the Second Battalion,
518th Inf. Regt., 108 Inf. Div
ision will leave next week for
a period of training at Fort
Jackson, S. C.
The company consists of 18
enlisted men and two officers
from Yancey and Mitchell
counties.
First Lt. John M. Randolph
is commanding officer of the
company, ahd Ist Lt. Clyde
Ayers is executive officer.
Non-commissioned officers
in H Company are M-Sgt. Rex
O. Wilson, unit administrator,
and Sgt. Suel Anglin, first
sergeant.
The reserve company will
leave next Sunday for Fort
Jackson for fifteen days of
training. All personnel will
get an orientation course on
new weapons as well as re
familiarization of machine
guns and mortars.
Last year the reserve unit
trained at Ft. Bragg.
ORGAN TO BE DEDICATED
AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH SUNDAY
A dedication service will be
held at the Presbyterian
Church here Sunday afternoon
at 3 o’clock. The service will
be for the dedication of a
Hammond Organ which was
purchased for the church ear
ly last spring.
The dedication will be In
memory of Mrs. Emerson
Banks, a charter member of
the church.
Miss Lynn Hart Laughrun,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Gus
Laughrun o f Forest City,
will be guest organist..
The church choir will sing a
selection of anthems and hym
ns under the direction of Miss
Evelyn Hunter.
SOIL PROGRAM PASS
ES IN COUNTY VOTE
Official count of votes in the
soil conservation referendum
held in Yancey County last
week was .380 votes for the
program and four against it,
according to officials.
Official vote tabulators were
Luther M. Robinson, G. C. Ang
lin and D. L. Boone.
The next move in the pro
gram will be from the State
Soil Conservation Committee.
This committee will determine
if the total >yote cast is suffi
cient indication that farmers
want the conservation program
for the chanty. If it is deter
mined that the vote is great
enough, a local organization
will be formed to carry out
the program.
E. L. Dillingham, county ag
ent, said state officials have
stated that a vote from ten per
|> cen t of the total farm popula
tion would Insure the program.
Dillingham expressed the be
lief that the 380 votes would
exceed ten per cent of the
eligible voting farm population
The referendum was held so
that farmers could decide if
al! the farm lands of the coun
ty should be organized into a
soil conservation district.
JOHNNY RAY WINS
IN 4-H CONTEST
Johhny Ray won first place
ribbon in the 4-H Club pig
chain here last week. The
chain is sponsored by Sears,
Roebuck and Co.
Second pfciee red ribbons
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Leean Silvers, and Verleen
Silvers. Third place ribbons
were Wayne Robinson and
Deane Geouge.
Jack Kelly, Extension Swine
Specialist, graded the chain.
He stated that pigs were of
good quality but were some
what small for their ages.
Kelly pointed out to 4-H Club
members that to raise hogs
economically, they should have
free excess to pasture, water,
salt and minerals.
JURY DRAWN FOR AUGUST
COURT TERM
Jurors for August term of
Yancey County Superior Court
have been drawn. The session,
which begins on August 4, will
be presided over by Judge
Phillips.
Citizens named to jpcy duty
are as follows:
First week: Ernest Ray, Roy
Wilson, Arthur Autrey, J. G.
Robertson, Tommie Buckner,
Clyde D. Young, John G. Hug
hes, Lark Sparks, Jule Whitson
Lee Wilson, Grace Blalock,
Sallie Allen;
Ray Sparks, J. Leland Rob
inson, A. R. Austin, Lonnie
Smith, M. • D. Harris, Ed
Hughes, Joe E. Bodford, Hugh
Ray, Carlie Rice, Raymond
Weatherman, Lonas R. Young,
Roy Cooper, Paul Gardner,
S. D. McKinney;
S- F. Thomas, Jack Webb,
Jay Briggs, Dewey Hughes,
Roy Mclnturff, Lee Mclntosh,
Clyde Buckner, Ike Price, Al
bert Williams, Calvin Bailey,
Dewey Murphy, J. Weldon Aut
rey, Garland Davis, Verlin
Hughes, and Charles Phillips.
Second Week: A. F. Bryson,
Mrs. Floyd Miller, Eulas Sty
les, Brown Buchanan, Jeff
Laws, Joe Honeycutt, Howard
Young, Willard Hall, John
Boone, Elzie Bradford, Archie
Hyatt, Brady Fox;
1 J. R. Ferguson, Troy Bennett
> Quinton Towe, Herman Wil
son, P. B. Hensley, James
i Hoover, Conway Higgins, Hor
■ ace Wilson, Virgil Huskins,
i Terrell Young, Arnold Wilscn
I and Oscar Bradford.
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NAVY RECRUITING DAY
HERE CHANGED TO
WEDNESDAY
Personnel from the Ashe
> ville Navy Recruiting Station
i will be in the county court
; house each Wednesday, accord
> ing to an announcement made
, this week. In the past recruit
ing for the Navy has been done
> here on Thursdays.
Male volunteers between the
ages of 17 through 31 are being
■ accepted in the Navy at the
> present time. Also, young worn
. en with high school education
> and between the ages us 18
- to rough 26 are being accepted
i into Naval service.
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Seaman Buckner Returns
To Base
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S-A David L. Buckner has
returned to his U. S. Navy Base
in San Diego, Calif, after
spending several days at home,
and attending the funeral of
his brother, Airman Max A.
Buckner, who lost his life in
Okinawa.
REPUBLICANS TO HOLD
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
Yancey County Republicans
will hold a meeting in the Sam
Wilson Community Building
Monday night, according to a
party official.
This will be an organization
meeting, and James Baley,
state chairman of the Republi
can Party, will be the visiting
speaker.
SPECIALIST URGES LOCAL
MEAL ENRICHMENT
PROGRAM
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i Yancey County housewives
may be getting enriched corn
meal, ground locally, before
too long, according to Home
Demonstration Agent Wanda
Greene.
Miss Florence Cox,: Nutri
tionist from State .College,
Raleigh, spent some time in
the county recently, “ visitin*
corn mill owners o£.-*hls area.
Miss Cox talked to the millers
regarding the possibility of an
enrichment program for corn
meal similar to the enriched
wheat and wheat yroducts
program carried out by manu
facturers throughout the
country.
The local millers were told
that by the use of a small
machine attached to the corn
mill, extra food value In the
form of vitamins and minerals
can be added to the finished
product as it streams out the
chute.
The enrichment of corn meal
would cost about three cents
per bushel, and Miss Cox
pointed out that the cost would
be very nominal compared to
the contribution. The enrich
ment program would aid in
better health, pafltfcularly in
an area where moat families
eat corn bread twide dally.
Miss Greene said' some of
the local meal producers were
considering the project
STEEL STRIKE ENDED
Announcement was made
late today that the steel
strike has been settled. Agree
ment was reached on the basic
issues, according to the an
nouncement.
The two-month strike has
slowed production of defense
materials as well as production
for civilian use.
The shortage of steel for
> civilian use was shown in a
letter received by the Record
. this week from an automobile
■ advertising agency which said
\ that due to the steel strike
■ and subsequent loss in automo
, tive production, it was neces
i sary to cancel current automo
bile advertising, v
‘Outward Bound’ Present*
AtiPlayhouse This Week
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; RECORD CROWDS SEE
‘SILVER WHISTLE’
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The Parkway Playhouse op
ened its 1952 season last week
end with a new attendance re
i cord. The Friuay night perfor
; mance of “The Silver Whistle”
i attracted the largestt firs
■ night crowd since the Play
i house began operation in Bur-
I nsville.
I The attendanie on Saturday
night was even larger than on
Friday. The guest register
showed that half a dozen stat
es were represented.
This Friday and Saturday
, night, the Playhouse, a part
| of the School of Fine Arts
. conducted by the Woman’s Col
lege of the University of Nor
’ th Carolina, will present “Out
ward Bound,” a comedy-drama
that has proved an audience
favorite since it was introduc
ed on Broadway several years
ago.
The play is set on a ship,
and centers around the passen
gers. They are perturbed to
learn that each of them thinks
be is bound for a different
destination. The situation
Wildlife Commission’s 1952-53
Budget Approved
The North Carolina State
Budget Bureau has approved
the Wildlife Resources Com
mission’s budget for the 1952-
1953 fiscal year, Clyde P. Pat
ton, Executive • Director of the
GommiaHitny -said, .
i The budget, nearly $2,G00,000
is the largest in the history of
the Commission, and has been
made possible by increased i
sales of hunting and fishing .
licenses, from which the Com- I
mission gets a major portion
of its revenue.
Largest ®«»gie project in the
budget is wildlife protection, |
with over half a million dollars -
set up to employ, -an4.j
maintain the Commission’s law t
enforcement staff. Other im- j
portant budget allocations are j
for fish and game management
education, engineering, and j
land acquisition ani develop- |
ment.
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The Commission budget al
lows for carrying over a credit
balance of approximately $400,-
000 into the following fiscal ,
year to finance operations ,
during the first quarter—July, :
August and September—when ,
revenues from license sales .
are at a low ebb. 1
Detailed accounts of all bud i
getary operations are publish 1
ed in a biennial report which
may be obtained from the Com- 1
mission on request.
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NOTICE
Dr. Cameron F. Mcßae, dis
trict health officer, will be out
of town from July 27 through
August 9, during which time
he will be at Fort Jackson, S.
C., as medical inspector of the
1084 Infantry Division (Reser
ve). Mrs. Anne Ballard, the
county public health nurse,
will hold the Monday
noon office clinics in Burns
ville on July 28 and August 4.
CARD OF THANKS
I
We want to take this oppor
tunity to thank our friends |
, and neighbors for the many i
[ acts of kindness shown us dur
, iny our recent bereavement!
' and for the beautiful floral
. tribute.
Mrs. Jake F. Buckner and
family.
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NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN
grows more mysterious when
they discover that the ship is
sailing without lights, a crew
or a captain.
This remarkable situation
combines the elements of com
edy and pathos, with a touch
of mystery.
The director is Lester
Moore, a School of Fine Arts
instructor who will be on the
drama faculty of Rutgers Uni
versity, New Jersey, in Sep
tember. He also takes a role
in the play.
Others appearing in the cast
are Barbara Watson of Hamil
ton, Ohio, who plays Anne, the
feminine lead; Jack Callaghan
of Cincinnati as Tom; Blanche
Kelly of Miami, Fla., as Mrs.
Midget; Bob Gwaltney of Cor
al Gables, Fla., as Scrubby,
the steward; Dave Stern of
Laurelton, Long Island, N. Y.,
as the Rev. Duke; Mitsy Camp
bell of Columbus, Ga., as Mrs.
Cliveden-Banks; Armand Alza
mora of Tarrytown, N. Y., as
Mr. Lingley; Batchelor Owen,
a faculty director of the Park
way Playhouse and an instruc
tor at St. Louis University;
and Lester Moore, the direc
tor, as Henry.
Next week the Parkway
Playhouse will turn from the
modern to Shakespeare, for a
presentation of “Midsummer
Night’s Dream” on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, July 31,
Aug. 1 and 2. On the following
week-ends “Gulbranii’s Panic”,
a comedy to be produced for
the first time anywhere, and
~'‘BWgadoon j ” a musical comedy
CEO SCOUTS CLEAR
ING TRAIL IN BLACKS
Four Explorer Scouts and
three leaders of Boy Scout
Troop 18, Celo, spent part of
initiating work on a project
that the troop has chosen.
The project is to lay out and
build a trail on the ridge of
the Black Mountains from Mfc.
Mitchell to Celo Knob. Work
was starttd by the group at
Deep Gap, near the center of
the range. About a half mile
of trail was laid out and clear
ed toward the south, almost to
the top of Potato Hill. Most
of the obstacles were cleared
away from the Colbert’s Ridge
Trail, beginning near Ham
rick and running to Deep Gap,
thus clearing the most conven
ient access to the project for
the troop.
Explorer Scouts Kelton
Geouge, Paul Dee Geouge,
Tommy Geouge, and Johnny
Shuford, all of the Eagle Pa
trol, end Explorer Advisor
Dick ) 'omer t Troop Committee
man Paul Geouge, and Scout
master Wendell Hinkey took
part in the expedition.
The troop, which meets each
Thursday night at jthe new
South Toe River School, has
embarked on this project with
the permission and cooperation
of the Forest Service, and with
t!ke feeling that the Black
Mountains, highest in the East
should have a good hiking trail
along the crest.
The plan is to establish and
| maintain a “Back of the Black
j Trail” with signs and facili
t ties similar to the Appalachian
I Trail. Where old trails are in
I existence and can be found,
I the route will follow them. It
.is hoped that others interes
j ted in making the mountain
top more accessible and usable
will join the work.