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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<i , of New York City JT ™ father, Adler Byn* e,e last Week. nn e Vance Silvers W “ v -. d derwent an ope#../ Y 1C ‘ toria Hospital, jr 111 ®’ last Tuesday. m BOARD OF EDUCATION CASE TO GO BEFORE SUPREME COURT E. B. Rowell and Rush T. Wray are the legal members of the Yancey County Board of Education, or at least are able to carry L out the legal duties of the board until the State Supreme" Court hands down a decision on the appeal from the hearing last week. Judge McClefcn ruled last Thursday that Lloyd Fortner and Adrain Buchanan, two members appointed by mem bers of the Democratic Execu tive committee of Yancey County, were" the legal mem bers. Then on Friday he ac cepted a bond for Wray and Powell, allowing them to con tinue to carry out the legal duties as members of the board until a supreme court decision is made. The latter men were appointed by the State Board of Education. The State Supreme Court goes into session this month and continues into September, but it is not known yet if the case will be brought up dur ing the session. REV. GARRISON TO SPEAK AT METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Webb Garr Ison, Asso-j ciate to the of Candler " University", guest speaker at the li7cTocT hour Sunday morning at Hig gins Memorial Methodist Chur ch, the pastor, Rev. D. B. 1 Alderman announces. The pub j lie is cordially invited. * Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Holle man and children spent last week here with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Holleman. Mrs. Lawren i ce Whitehurst of Norfolk, Va., • their daughter, and Howard '[and Janet Holleman and San -1 dra Gregory, grandchildren, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hol -1 leman this week. Mr. and Mrs. Lee C. Phoenix , and young son of Ellerbe, N. C., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Phoenix at Cane River I this week. Art School Closes Successful Season Students and teachers of Burnsville School of Fine Arts left this week after complet ing the most successful season since Womah’s College began spinsoring the summer pro gram here. A total of eighty two people from eleven states attended the session this year, the first season the School of Fine Arts has beep operated on an ac credited basis. Many persons viewed 4 the art exhibits of students dur ihg the session, according to Gregory D. Ivy, director. Pain ting was taught this summer for the first time since the school was established, and a greater number of students enrolled in those courses than in any other course giveh. Accredited courses in edu cation were also offered teach ers for the first time this year. Many high school and elemen tary teachers from different sections of North Carolina en rolled for the courses in edu cation. More than twelve hundred persons attended “Brigadoon”, DR. WHISNANT DEMOLISH-1 ES CAR, ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY Dr. Clyde M. Whisnant, Bur nsville dentist, last Thursday night escaped serious injury in a wreck that almost com pletely demolished the late model Packard he was driving. The accident occurred about two hundred yards below Win dom Baptist Church, two miles east of Burnsville. The car left the highway in a curve and plunged down an embank ment of several feet onto the railroad tracks. Dr. Whisnant, who was re turning from a business trip to Shelby, said he fell asleep at the wheel. The wreck hap pened around mid-night. No other passengers were in the automobile at the time. Dr. Whisnant received a severe cut on the hand that required several stitches. He was not injured further than the cut, but the automobile looked to be a complete loss when it was hauled to the garage. V. L EDWARDS INJURED IN ACCIDENT NEAR HOME V. L. Edwards, veteran printer and occasional corres pondent for the Record, re ceived painful injuries about the body last Friday when a log rolled over him. ouUitat w rurred when y" --* - - to break a log-jam near his sawmill. One log broke loose and caught him before he was able to get clear. Mr. Edwards was pinned down by the log approximately half an hour before help arrived. He received many painful bruises and lacerations from the accident, but, fortunately, no bones were broken. Because the doctor advised him to rest three or four weeks, Mr. Edwards said he would not be able to receive any busi ness visitors, relative to his i professional work as a printer, before September. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Stro ver of Cincinnati, Ohio were recent visitors to Burnsville. final musical production at the Parkway Playhouse, \ which . played to capacity crowds four nights. At least one night dur ing the playing of "Briga . doon”, some people were turn ed away for lack of seating facilities. A total of 3182 persons at tended the five dramas pro duced by the drama depart,- mu fit. Director Ipy, who until this year directed an art school at Beauford os a part of Woman’s College, has indicated that if the School of Fine Arts is to cintinue, an expansiou i n number of students and in courses offered may be ex pected. Mr. Ivy said that he had never found more favorable climatic conditions for work ing with students than he found in this county. And as for the people with whom he came in contact this summer. Mr. Ivy said words were too inadequate to express his thanks for the feeling of frien dship and cooperation he had received here this summer. [Emergency Funds, Asked For Drought Relief Governor W. Kerr Scott has been asked to take a stand for aid to Yancey County farmers in the present feed and cash crop shortage brought on by the extended drought. Approximately fifty men —• farmers, agriculture officials and business men—met Mon day to discuss the crop situa tion in the county. In the end, J a decision was made to ask Governor Scott to take steps to relieve the situation throu gh Federal aid. The President has at his dis posal a special emergency fund that may be used in such em ergency cases; however, a re quest must be made by the governor of the state in which the money is to be used. Tennessee and Kentucky have already been allotted $3,000,000 for use by the Presi dent. The group Monday drew up the following telegram and sent it to Gov. Scott, asking for a hearing: “Forty representatives of RANGER OFFICE HERE GETS NEW RADIO TRANS : MITTER-RECEIVER L. , Ranger George Vitas of the 7 flea3‘qu l arfers lg * l n ‘‘“fevTllft i left here last Friday for a two week vacation in the North east. Merlin J. Dixon, of Daytona 1 Beach, Fla., who has served at different stations „in North I Carolina and other states, is i Acting District Ranger while Vitas is away. Ranger Vitas, when he re turns from his vacation, will find a radio transmitter and receiver installed in his office in the Law Building here. The 1 office will now have direct radio contact with the three units of the district, the Big Ivy.area, the South Toe area and the Roan-Unaka Mountain area on the Tennessee line. The new radio set-up will be used by Ranger Vitas in connection with fire-fighting and other official business. YANCEY COUNTY TRADE AT HOME JUBILEE All Yancey County merch ants, service station operators, garage men, jewelers and oth ers engaged in a trade busi hess are hereby invited to at tend a meeting at the court house on Tuesday, August 26, at 8:00 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of discussing and pro moting a Trade at Home Jubi lee. Yancey Merchants Associa tion, Inc. • 1111 11 mammmmm ■■ i ■ im» YANCEY COUNTY SCHOOLS TO OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 1 Yaacey County schools will begin v,n Monday, September 1, according to an announce ment made this week by School Superintendent Frank W. Howell. All schools will begin on the same date this year. Bee Log school was unable to open on the date with other schools last year because the new building, replacing the one destroyed by fire, was un der construction. \jWiWflf f ; / I /kr MM stain m I tfosits M NUMBER FIFTY-ONE the farmers and business men of Yancey County do hereby respectfully request that the Governor of North Carolina request the President to de clare Yancey County an emer gency county. “A preliminary survey shows that 25 dairy farmers will need 381 tons of hay. Unless this hay can be had at a reason able price, some of these far mers will be forced out of bus iness. The total needs will-toe*, much greater. “The agricultural agencies have been designated by the farmers and business men to take proper steps to get this county declared an emergency county. “If additional information is necessary, we therefore re quest a hearing at your ear liest convenience. “Estimates of crop damage are as high as 75 percent.” The telegram was signed by E. L. Dillingham, county agent Following that request, ano ther was sent by John Ran dolph for the local Farm Bureau. Telephone calls were made to Gov. Scott on the matter, but callers were unable to , reach him. , Probable delegates <tr '*%« ?**'**<■ - firms, coulity organizations and farmers at a conference with the Gover nor included B. R. Penland, E. L. Dillingham, Paul Laughrun, Lacy Johnson, Norman Bar nett, John Randolph, Oscar Deyton, Brantley Briggs, Hir am Higgins, Ralph Ray, ’c. B. Gillespie, R. C. Deyton, Zeb Young, Ivan Peterson, Howard Johnson, and Mark Hall. The urgency in getting the declaration made as soon as possible is to allow feed deal ers, who ordinarily order ship ments of feed at this time, to buy at support prices. If dealers buy at current prices, hay will cost up to S7O per ton. But if the emergency is declared, ceiling prices of hay will run S2B to $36 per ton As the situation now stands dealers throughout the county want to wait for a decision on the emergency request, for fear of getting caught with S7O hay and a $36 ceiling price When an emergency is de clared by the President, the government will take steps to purchase feed in states where it in more plentiful and make it available to farmers at the $36 ceiling price. Officials in the different ag ricultural agencies here esti mate that feed ’crops and to bacco have reached a 75 per cent loss. Estimates a few weeks ago were only 50 to 60 percent, but the loss has in creased steadily, they say. Crops in North Carolina as a whole have been greatly re duced by the dry weather. An estimate by the State Depart ment of Agriculture is that flue-cured tdbacco is down this year more than 92 million puunds. The corn crop for the state is 19 percent lower than last year and the lowest since 1944. Irish potatoes are al most 4 million bushels short this year, while sweet potatoes show the lowest crop since 1932. Hay, one of the most important crops for dairymen, is estimated t 6 be short this year more than 223,000 tons. 1,1 ” - ' ■' -■! ■„ '