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VOLUME SIXTEEN
Farm Officials Discussj
Emergency At Meeting
The Yancey County Agricul
tural Council held a called
meeting Monday afternoon be
cause of the serious condition
farmers are facing from the
lack of rain this crop season.
Merchants from different parts
of the county and othes busi
ness men met with the agricul
tural group to discuss the sit
uation.
Because of the feed and cash
crop outlook, made serious by
the worst drought on record
for this area, the group unani
mously recommended that Yan
cey County be declared a dis
aster area for whatever Feder
al benefits may be available.
Before the recommendation
was sent to State agricultural
officials, however, North Caro
lina had been placed on the
list of disaster states.
To be declared a disaster
area means crop farmers and
dairymen who do not have suf
ficient personal funds to carry
on through the winter and con
tinue in production may bor
rou through FHA and other
Federal lending agencies to
take care of the emergency
period.
One county official pointed
out that funds were not to be
made as a gift to farmers, but
will have to be repaid as in any
other loan.
Local credit is not available
LAST RITES HELD FOR
MRS. QUEENIE EARLY
Funeral services for Mrs-.
Qseenie Belle Early, 70, who
died in a rest home near Celo
Friday following a long illness,
were held Sunday at 2 p. m.,
in Higgins Memorial Method
ist Church here.
The Rev, D. B. Allerman,
pastor t and the Rev. Charles
B. Trammel officiated. Burial
was in Holcombe Cemetery.
Surviving are two sisters,
Miss Maggie Honeycutt of
Burnsville and Mrs. Ed Ram
sey of Cincinnati, Ohio; and
one brother, Ed Honeycutt of
Brooksville, Ind.
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•‘FLYING SAUCERS*' SIGHTED ON RADAR—For the i
first time, mysterious “flying disks” materialize on a radar
screen as reports of the strange objects mount from all sec
tions of the country. Airways operation specialists James
Copeland (left) and James
Ritchey, shown manning ra
dar-scope at Washington, D. C.
control center, record scores
of unidentified objects on the
screen.
Since the summer of 1947
flying objects, described as
everything from imagination
to cigars, have been sighted in
the skies over the United
Stales.
Officials of the Army, and
Air Force term the objects
from time to time as nothing,
reflections of lights on the
SEE ‘Gulbranic’s Panic’ At The Playhouse This Week
SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
to cope with the situation, it
| was brought out at the meet
ing. Many merchants, feed and
seed dealers have already gone
‘ the limit on credit, expecting
! pay when crops are marketed.
' Farmers and officials esti
mate that to date all crops in
the county have been damaged
over 60 per cent. And if the!
dry weather continues, the
percent of damage will in
-1 crease at a rapid rate.
Suggestions were made by
' farm officials to reduce the
■ gravity of the situation at
' present and aid in the future.
Farmers should make plans
' now to purchase hay in car
• load lots from sections where
1 there is no drought. A reduc
-1 tion in freight rates will prob
' ably be made during the emer
gency period, they said.
Farmers were told to plan'
to put more corn In the silo.
Where a silo is not already
' available, it was pointed out
that a temporary one could be
constructed for as little as S3O.
Seeding of more winter pas
ture with oats, barley, rye and
rye grass was suggested. Low
producers in the dairy herd
should be culled cut
in looking to future years
with probable .drought periods,
it was suggested that more
permanent pasture per animal
nnit should be maintained,
with supplementary summer
and winter grazing for cattle
if possible. Another good in
surance may be provided by
carrying a few months’ supply
of hay or silage.
Rians for irrigation of crop
and pasture fields should be
made where practicable.
Although farmers are exper
iencing the worst crop situa
tion in many years, they were
told not to get desperate, but
to prepare for the worst and
hope for the best.
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Fouts, Jr
of Lafayette, Ind., are visiting
Mr. Fouts’ parents here. D. R.
is studying mechanical engi
neering at Purdue University
in Lafayette.
ground, and refraction of light
rays. The Air Force refuses to
investigate flying objects, then
sends planes aloft to chase
them finally announcing noth
ing was really in the sky.
Tne nearest evidence to a
concrete claim of actually
knowing something of the ob
jecls was made by a man in (
North Carolina. The disk-lik
object he saw hovered close by
for several minutes. He also ;
reported seeing a man or a
dummy in the object.
The Yancey Record
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
NATIVE COUPLE LOSE
BUSINESS IN FIRE
A large gift and novelty
shop outside of Luray, Va.,
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Vance
Silvers, formerly of Swiss and
Burnsville, was destroyed by
fire last Thursday, according
to information received here.
The fire was discovered in
the 100-foot long building
housing the gift shop around
3:15 a. m. by a bus driver who
! aroused a neighbor. The neigh
i bor called the Luray Fire De
partment. By the time the fire
men arrived, the building was
almost completely gone. Noth
i ing was saved.
Mr. and Mrs. Silver were in
this county at the time of the
fire, buying more stock for
their business.
They lived in part of the
building and lost all their be
longings in the fire, except
what they had with them here.
It was estimated that the
v loss amounted to between
SIO,OOO and $20,000.
HUNTS PLANNED BY
WILDLIF EjOFFICIALS
Officials of the North Caro
lina Wildlife Resources Com
mission and the U. S. Forest
Service have set rules and re
gulations for big game hunting
on western U. S. Forest Areas,
Clyde P. Patton, Execdtive
Director of the Wildlife Com
mission, announced today.
As usual plans have been
made to hold public drawings
to determine successful hunt-1
drawings for deer hunts un
necessary. First, quotas for
the number of hunters have
been raised on all areas except
Standing Indian and Wayah,
where quotas have been xe
■moved entirely. Secondly,
where last year there were
series of three day hunts, this
year will have series of two,
three and four day hunts, thus
giving hunters participating
in later hunts an advantage of
more hunting time.
Bear hunts will be held in
series from October 15 through
November 28, except in areas
where deer hunting will be al
lowed. In these areas the bear
hunts will close November 16.
No wild boar hunts will be
held in the Santeetlah Area.
Hunting for bear only will
be conducted ou Pisgah, Sher
wood, Mt. Mitchell, Daniel
Boone, and Hmteetlah Areas,
with bag limits as prescribed
in the general hunting regula
tions for that section of the
state. Bear hunters will orga
nize into parties of not more
than twenty-five, and party
leaders may apply for permits
for the entire party by submit
ting names and a fee of $50.00
for residents and SIOO.OO for
non-residents for twenty-five
hunters or less. Applications
for bear hunts must be sent
to Raleigh in care of the Wild
life Resources Commission,
and postmarked not later thau
September 10.
Deer hunting will be conduc
ted in blocks of two, three, and
four day hunts, extending from
November 17 through Decem
ber 6. Applications must be
made in advance for hunting
deer on all western manage
ment areas except Standing
Indian and Wayah, where daily
permits costing $2.60 may be
obtained at checking stations.
On other areas, deer hunters
must send applications to Ral
eigh postmarked not later than
October 4. The cost of these
permits will be $7.60 per per
son. Deer hunters in the Pis
gah Area will be allowed one
deer or one bear.
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1952
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Preparations For Alumni
Meeting Baing Made
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’ Officers of the Y. C. I. Al
' , umni Association are busy
t making preparations for the
r annual meeting Saturday, Aug
\ ust 16. Apypximately 500 in
, vitations have been mailed out
_ to former students, teachers
. and officials, of the schoil. Al
_ though nam|s of students are
, added to the roll each year,
. the list is hot yet complete.
Former students of the Baptist
j institute wßb do not receive
, invitations fb attend the af
' fair this year should attend
and register so that the secre
. tary may get your names on
'. the roll.
c As in the past years, the
program wiH be carried out by
> alumni an4> faculty members,
i Herrick Roland, Superintend
ent of Wilmington City Schools
will be the principal speaker.
Remarks ittll be made by
others.
Registration will begin at 10
a. m, and the program, i^clud
VA TO KOREAN
. G I TRAINING PROGRAM
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Preparing for administra
tion of the education and tra
ining benefitsvof the new Kor
ean GI Bill, the Administrator
of Veterans Affairs has re
suested the Governors of all 48
States to appoint agencies
within the. States to handle
the approval of schools and
business for
training eligible veterans.
' Under the' new law, schools
and training establishments
must have approval of the
State in which they are located
before they may offer training
to veterans who served since
the outbreak of Korean hostili
ties. This requirement also uas
a part of the original GI Bill
for World War II veterans.
The Veterans Administra
tion requested early receipt of
the lists of State approving
agencies t so that VA can start
handling veterans’ applica
tions before August 20, the
date on which the new train
ing program goes into effect
It was suggested to the Govern
ors that the same approving
agency may be designated for
the Korean GI Bill that already
had been doing the job under
the earlier World War II act.
Meanwhile, VA issued ad
vice to Korean veterans who
expect to take advantage of
the act’s education provisions
that they should provide them
selves at the start with suffic
ient funds of their own to tide
them over at least the first
two months of training.
.VA explained that the law
provides a veteran in training
may not receive his monthly
Government cherk until some
time after the first month of
training has been completed;
also, that for each month VA
must receive a certification
from both the veteran and his
school or training establish
ment that he was actually m
training during that time. Fol
lowing this, the VA will have
to examine the report and com
pute the proper amount of
payment to the veteran, based
on his number of dependents,
if any, the type of training
and similar factors.
Nurses Association To Meet
In Asheville Wednesday
District One of the North
Carolina Nurses Association
will hold its regular monthly
meeting in the Buncombe Cou
nty Court House, Asheville,
at 4 p. m. Wednesday, Aug
ust 13
- ing a short business
will start at 11:30. At 1:00 p.
, m. lunch will be served. Every
one attending is requested to
- bring a basket lunch.
This year will mark the
fourth annual meeting of the
| alumni. The first was held in
1949, with hte greatest numbtr
of persons attending to date.
Last year, however, the attend
’ ance was greater than the
previous year. Approximately
[ 200 attended the affair last
1 year.
The memorial roll call of de
ceased members was given for
the first time last year and
will be carried out again this
year for those who have pass
! ed since the last meeting.
The third Saturday in Aug
■ ust was established last year
as the permanent meetins date
of the association.
Invitations mailed to indivi
dual members include the en
tire family, -the secretary said,
and everyone is urged to at
tend this year.
REV. SWARTZ TALKS TO
LIONS ON SWIMMING
FACILITIES HERE
Rev. David Swartz, pastor of
’ the First Presbyterian Church
r here, was guest speaker at the
regular meeting of the Burns
j ville Lions Club last Thursday
night He spoke on plans for
* swimming facilities here and
i on the lifeguard instruction
program being carried out
He pointed out that plans
were being worked out where
* children will have excess to
* the local pools here before
! summer is over. Boys who
took the course in lifesaving
recently at the Camp Mt Mit
! chell for Girls pool, along with
' volunteer workers, will serve
1 as life guards.
Rev. Swartz was inducted as
a new member of the Club and
was assigned to the committee
on civic improvement
Elmer Day, a summer visitor
living at Cattail Community
and a member of the Coral
Gables, Fla., Lions Club, in
vited local members to a bene
fit square dance at Cattail
Community Hall next Tuesday
night. The proceeds from the
dance will go to the Yancey
Hospital Fund.
FINAL CANCER DRIVE
REPORT MADE
Mis. Troy Ray, chairman of
the Cancer Fund Drive in this
county, has made a f { nal re
port indicating that the coun
ty quota was reached. The to
tal amount contributed for use
by the American Cancer Soc
iety was $332.
A break-down of contribu
tions is as follows: County
officers, $11.00; municipal, in
cluding teachers, $76.00; resi
dential workers, $97.40; clubs,
$42.50; coin cans, Scouts and
4-H Clubs, $35.60; theatre,
$21.50; business and proses- .
sional men, $48.00.
VESPER SERVICE TO BE
HELD AT CAMP MT. MITCH
ELL SUNDAY EVENING f
Mrs. James Bingham, direc
tor of Camp Mt. Mitchell for
Girls, announced this week
that a community vesper ser
vice will be held at the camp
Sunday evening at 8 p. rn. The
Rev. D. B. Alderman, pastor of
Higgins Memorial Metsodist
Church, will be speaker.
One community vesper ser
vice is an annua) affair at the
camp, and Mrs. Bingham invit
es the public to attend Sunday
evening.
Playwright John Barry Kelly looks over the script of
“Guloranic’s Panic” with his wife Blanche and sons, John
(left) and Barry. Kelly’s play will be at the Parkway Play
house this week for the first time anywhere.
Staff Member’s Works
Staged Here-This Week
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* Playhouse this Friday'nßl
. Saturday nights will have the
i opportunity of seeing an ori
ginal production, “Gulbranic’s
Panic”,'a comedy written by
Jack Barry Kelly, staff mem
ber and resident playwright at I
the Burnsville School of Fine;
Arts. The play will be seen
here for the first time on any
stage.
Kelly, a spare Irishman, !
has the distinction of notonly
being a playwright, but of
being the first G. I. trainee to
have his work produced.
He has had enough of life’s
experiences to qualify him to
taye his pick of ideas on play
writing, but he has been espec
ially schooled in government
work for the background of
“Gulbranic’s Panic”, a politi
cal satire.
At 20, when he was fresh i
out of Georgetown University
law school, he began work as
an undercover agent for the
Fedeeal Bureau of Narcotics.
“I’m no stranger to North
Carolina,” he says. “I know
every county —and I’ve put peo
ple in the penitentiary from
most of ’em.”
Tnrough his work ah agent
for the Narcotics Bureau, he
finally landed in New Yo.k
.City where the poing was tou- j
gh and exciting. His biggest;
coup came when, unarmed, he
talked two mobsters into turn
ing in their guns ahd going
quietly with him. When they
found that they were not com
pletely surrounded with Fed-;
eral agents, they warned him
he was picking out away to
die young. Months later he |
learned that one of the mob 1
sters was the second man
caught, and executed, in the.
round-up of Murder, Inc.
“Then,” he admits, “I was
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edw
ard Buckner of Burnsvtlle a
daughter, at Ost Clinic Hig- 1
gins, Wednesday.^
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j so seared I»y blood froze.”
J"! 'fff&t' stfetch with
j eminent in New York gave
I Kelly hi s first look 'at the
jtheatre. He saw all the shows
j and sat ih on casting some of
| them.
| . Following his six years with
the Narcotics Bureau, Kelly .
| moved into the Department of
! Iht Interior asan investigator.
Then he pulled five and a half
years with the Navy Intelli
: gence, a Beach Battalion, and
|as commanding officer of the
1 shore patrcl on the West Coas:.
This relentless pace began
to tell cn him, and by the £me
he was out of service he had
I logged 27 months ih navy hos
; pitals. “I’m an authority cn
them”, he says.
After his major operation,
he sold his house in Wyoming
and moved to Florida with his
wife Blanche and sons, John
and Barry, for the final two
years the doctors had allotted
jrhim.
At the University of Miami,
he took eve/y available course
lti writing, and “Gulbranic’s
Panic” is part of the results
of his study.
Miami was a good place, for
now the -two years are past and
Kelly is feeling fine and still
going strong.
Mrs. Kelly was delighted at
her* husband’s interest in writ
ing plays, for she had acted in
j many community dramatic
! groups. At the Parkway Play
: house she has proved one of
the most competent players.
! She has had a role in every
j production except in “Midsum-
I mer Night’s Dream”. But her
i heart wag in that one, with
! son Barry— a chip cff the
| block—scoring as “Puck” in
the play.
The cast for Kelly’s “Gul-
I uranic’s Panic” is as folfows:
| Mrs. Kenyon, Blanche Kelly;
I commanding offiiaer, Lester
I Moore; cadet, Jack Callaghan;'
j girl, Anqe Miller; Mister ttul
i branic, Dave Sterna and Col.
j Johnson, Bob Gwaltfiey.
Gordon Bennett, drama dir
ector at the School of Fine
| Arts,'*i a directing the play.