W like Mu t J jmpdu 1 /taj Mii States m ( pefme Bonds B VOLUME SIXTEEN Farmers Appeal To Governor W. Kerr Scott Noted Singers, Dancers To Take Part In Jubilee The Mountain Dance and Folk Singing Jubilee schedul ed for Saturday night, August 30, at Burnsville Gymnasium ; will be the biggest affair of its kind Yancey County has ever had. Dancers, singers and musi cians will’come from several sections of Western North Car olina to take part in the moun tain folk gathering. The Hanlon Mountain square dance team, led by Earl McEl reath Jr. and Joan Rogers, winners of the recent Moun tain Dance and Folk Festival held in Asheville, will be among the performers. Dance teams that are able to perform as this one does ofteh envolves as many as 20 different and difficult figures during a dance. And spectators at the jubilee will witness figures and steps handed down through many generations of mountain families. Lamar Lunsford, from South Turkey Creek, Madison County, will direct Yancey County’s first dance and folk singing jubilee. Lunsford founded the festival staged in Asheville each year and acts as master of ceremonies. Because of his activities in folk singing apd dancing acairt, he knows the best performers in the moun tains, and will have many of the top performers ' here to take part in the local festival. LAST RITES HELD FOR JOHN GREENE, 79 Vuneral services for John Greene, 79, a retired farmer of Prices Creek; who died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Boyd Shepherd, last Thursday night following an extended illness, were held in Prices Creek Baptist Church Satur day at 2 p. m. The Rev. W. E. Ray and the Rev. T. E. Woody officiated, and burial was in the Ledford Cemetery. Surviving, in addition to Mr 3. Shepherd, are a daugh ter, Mrs. Frank Bennett of Baltimore, Md., and a stepdau ghter Mrs. Bertha Banks of Cane’River; one sister, Mrs. Grace Cook of Hickory, two brothers, Curt and Noah Greene, both of Bakersville nine grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. - 1 IRRIGATION DEMONSTRA- * TION HELD r 1 A meeting of farmers was < held last week to see a demon stration on irrigation. The de- 1 monstration was held on the 1 farm owned by Dave Peterson ' on Jacks Creek and was spon sored by the County Agent’s, office in cooperation with a commercial manufacturer of irrigation equipment. Several farmers who lost feed and cash crops this year because of the drought were present. Farm officials in the county encourage the use of irrigation on farms where it is practica ble. Very few farms in this county, however, would be able to use thin method of farming. KEEP The Dane And Folk Festival Date Open The Yancey Record “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. Appearng, besides the Han lon Mountain square dance team, will be Catherine Mc ,Hone, ballad singer; Marcus Martin, old style fiddler; “Pan handle Pete” Nash, one man band; the Duckett Sisters, ballad singers; Bill McElreatli and Mrs. Sarah Bailey, clog dancers; King square dance team; Ruby Lunsford’s string band; and Haywood County string band, along with many individual dancers and singers. This group of performers is among the best type in the nation. In part, Western North Carolina and the entire South ern Appalachian region has a greater wealth of folk lore and folk dancers and singers than may be found in any other sec tion of the United States. This preservation of mountain songs and dances probably came about for the lack of outside amusement, forcing entertain ment through local group gatherings for many years. But regardless of the reason for our store of folk ballads, singers and dancers, the best will take part in the Mountain 1 Dance and Folk Singing Jubi ; lee at the Burnsville Gymnas ium on August 30. States At Reunion Approximately 150 persons attended the Y. C. I. reunion at Burnsville High School Satur day. Many local former stud ents and teachers attended the alumni meeting, and one per son, Mrs. Kenneth Melchor, came from Fresno, Calif, for the reunion. Miss Loretta Stout, former teacher in the Baptist insti tute who has not been to Bur nsville since she left 33 years ago, was present. She now re sides in Arizona. Other former students in tending from out of town were Robert G. Deyton, vice presi dent of Wake Forest College, Mr. and Mrs. Herrick Roland of Wilmington, A. J. Hutchins • of Canton, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. - Hawkins and daughters of : Johnson City, Tenn., E. F. ■ Watson of Spruce Pine, Tom t Watkins of Valdese, Floyd CELO COMMUNITY TO LANDSCAPE SCHOOL GROUNDS Residents of Celo Commun ity are planning to lahdscape the new South Toe School grounds as one of their com munity ilWtterment projects in the Western North Carolina Community Betterment Contest South Toe School was com pleted last year and is a mod ern brick building, Built thro ugh recommendations fron the State School Planning Board to the Yancey County I Board of Education. Part of the monsy allotted to Yancey County from the state was used for construction of the school. John H. Harris, landscape specialist from State College Extension Service met with a representative group of the community last Thursday to draw plans for the schoo grounds. ‘ The specialist also made ; plans for landscaping arount I the new Bald Creek Methodist | Church. i—4- BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1952 i————— • ii ■■ —■— ■ '■ WYATT KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Ernest Thurman Wyatt, 29, of Burnsville and Boone, was killed in an aytomobile-truck collision about midnight Fri day on Highway 18 two miles South of Morganton. — __ Two passengers who in Wyatt’s automobile werto' in jured, they were Gilmore Pres nell of Newdale, and Leroy Ernest Gilbert of Rt. 4 Mor ganton. Wyatt was the son of Mrs. Mary Hughes of Burnsville and the late Landon Wyatt. He was a native of this county and formerly resided in Mica ville. Funeral services were held Monday at 2:30 p. m. in Clay Mound Baptist Church at Micaville. Rev. Suel Woody of Spruce Pine and the church pastor of ficiated, and burial was in the . Wyatt Cemetery at Micaville. In addition to his mother, i Wyatt is survived by his wife, the former Gladys Dodson of Boone; three children by a pre , vious marriage; one son by his ; second marriage; three broth ers, Chester W. and Howard of • Micaville and Albert of Burns ville; and one sister, Mrs Delzie Styles of Burnsville. (Hercules) Jordon of Wilkes boro, Mrs. Thelma Burton Johnson of Flint, Mich., Mr and Mrs. Roger Galloway and daughter of Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Phillips of Uni coi, Tenn., and Landrum Tay lor of South Carolina. Principal speaker on the program was Herrick Roland. Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Watson also spoke, with several short talks being made by others. In the business meeting John Bennett of Burnsville wi* elected as president for tie coming year. Other offices elected were Herrick RolaW. vice president; Mrs. C. j Hamrick, secretary; and Mrs John Bennett, treasurer. Following the business meet ; ing and program, a lunch was served. , •• ! /vnnM U/1 THINKING POOL OPEN HO USE, BOYS TEAR HOLE THROUGH CAMP FENCE Mrs. James Bingham sd today that several boys, thh ing the Camp Mt. Mitchell Girls swimming pool was to the publicl as was annh* ced several weeks ago, * e done great damage to the * re fence around the pool. Finding the gate locked* l6 boys made holes in the 1166 forced their way througl® he said. They found, ho? er * when they got in the s os " ure that the pool was ens • Mrs. Bingham haid tlP 00 * was drained several d« a ß° and would not be refit un ~ til camp season next P"® I'* 1 '* [ Ana, with the pool erf B D 6 . felt that thue should# 1;0 s reason for persons if rce a » way through the fene j Mr. and Mrs. Ral#J r