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| teiir f i) rtn&n I '/tar Met Stitts 1 ( Ptitast Boats J VOLUME SIXTEEN Principal Gives Teacher Arrangements Bruce M. Tomberlin, Burns ville School principal, announ ced this week the elementary teacher placement this year, based on membership at the close of school last year: First grade: Mrs. Mattie Sorrells, Mrs. R. Y. Tilson and Mrs. Harmie Briggs. Mrs. Brantley Briggs will substitu te for Mrs. Briggs. Second grade: Mrs. Vernie Wilson and Mrs. Charles Proffitt. Third grade: Nettie Bennett and Alberta Campbell. Fourth grade: Mrs. Eliza beth Stamey, Mary Evelyn Hensley and Mrs. Lucy Bailey Gardner. Fifth grade: Nelle Bailey and Ossie Bennett. Sixth grade: Mrs. Zula Wil son and Mrs. Posey Randolph. Seventh grade: Gus Peter son and Willie Molt Hensley. Eighth grade: Ford Bailey and Mrs. Ophie Hilemon. Mrs. Helme will have charge of public school music and Woodrow Anglin will have charge of physical education. Mr. Tomberlin said all child ren entering the first grade for the first time this year must present birth certificates These, he pointed out, may be secured from the office of Re gister of Deeds. The principal said the high school department will be as follows: English, Islean Ray; Business, Mrs. Wilhelmina Hensley; Science, Vernie Wil son; Mathematics, Joyce King; Home Economics, Mrs. Robert CHARLES M. COFFEY PASSES AWAY Charles M. Coffey, 60-year old insurance executive who has resided in Burnsville for -approximately two years, died suddenly at his home Friday afternoon. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Granite FalLs, Caldwell County. Coffey came to Burnsville from Asheville where he had •been, district manager of the Imperial Life Insurance Co. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, Masonic Or der, a Royal Arch Mason, an Elk, a a member of the Optimist Club. Surviving are the widow Mrs. Hazel Cobb Coffey; five sons, John H. of Hickory, Edward V. of Salisbury and Everett Coffey, with the U. S. Army in Japan; one daughter, Mrs. Roy Chaffer of Corning, N. Y.; and the father, W. L Coffey of Granite Falls. WORK OF TEX MILLER, MISS GOLDEN FEATURED IN ART SHOW Paintings by Barbara Golden and Tex Miller, artists at the Burnsville Painting Classes, Inc., will be featured at an in vitation art exhibit to be held at Battery Park Hotel, Ashe ville, from August 30 through September 2. Mrs. H. A. Hutchins is pro motion chairman for the ex hibit. Other artists from Asheville and surrounding area will ex hibit work, with subject mat ter featuring Western North Carolina. Miss Golden and Mr. Miller are regular summer visitors to Burnsville as students of the Painting Classes. Miss Golden, who is from Columbus, Gg. t is here for her seventh season, and Tex Miller, from Abilene, Tex., spent his eighth summer he_'e this year. Attend The Dance And Folk Singing Jubilee This Week SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR. Ramsey; History, Mrs. Frank' Deyton; Home Economics and English, Mrs. Dorothy Ray; French and History, B. M. Tomberlin; and Agriculture, Max Proffitt. The regular school day for September and October will begin at 8:30 and will close at 3:00 o’clock, Mr. Tomberlin said. Students who walk to school should arrive on the grounds between 8:15 and 8:30 a. m. The first day of school, Monday, September 1, will close at 12 o’clock noon. PM WAY TRAM" SETS RECORD THIS YEAR_ The Rlue Ridge Parkway and National Park areas in Western North Carolina are the most visited of any Nation al Park in the United States according to a release from the State Department of Con servation and Development. Soaring to a new record of travel for a single month since its opening was the Blue Ridge Parkway during July. Travel on the scenic highway during July was 672,9.6. This number exceeded July 1951 travel by more than Jfs percent. Officials feel certain that travel for the year on the Parkway will go above the three million mark. Travel during July in the Great Smoky Mountain Nation al Park was 585,562 persons And for the total Western North Carolina area, including State and National Parks, the number of visitors is estimated to be more than ten million perrons for the year. Visitors from out of North Carolina to Yancey County was the greatest this seas"U than any year in the pact Many of the visitors from Flo rida and other states have pur chased sites and built homes recently. These people will be with us each summer and, in many cases, will bring others as time goes by. Many regular visitors with summer homes i n Yahcey County'have mentioned that this county has mere to offer in the way of scenic beauty and favorable climatic condi tions than any place in Wes tern North Carolina. Some have expressed the opinion Yanoey Merchants Plan Trade Jubilee r , it The Yancey Merchants As sociation held a meeting last Tuesday night to make plans for a trade at home jubilee similar to the trade campaign held here last year. This year a,ll retail business establishments in the county are invited to take part in the trade at home campaign, to make it the biggest thing Yan cey County has ever seen in so far as a trade campaign is concerned. Last year only Burnsville business concerns participated in the jubilee. The first campaign started on short notice, and merchants outside Burnsville were not contacted to take part because the lack of time would jiot per mit contqeting each concern in the county. t Every place in the county will bet invited to take part in the jubilee this year, to promote less buying outside the county when the Christ The Yancey Record HUNTER AWARDED M. A. DEGREE AT BOONE Edgar F. Hunter, Jr., of Burnsville was awarded the Master of Arts Degree by Ap palachian State Teachers Col lege, Boone, at the gradua tion exercises held in the col lege auditorium yesterday. The degree was in the field of Education and Social Science Hunter rceeived the Bache lor of Science degree at Ap palachian State Teachers Col lege in 1941. Since that time he has been a member of the Clearmont High School facul ty. During the coming school year, he will serve as principal of Bee Log High School. MEN’S CLUB MEETS ) „At the regular monthly meeting of the Men’s Club here Monday night the pros pects of a two-way pavement through Madison County to the Yancey County line was discussed. The highway on the Madi son side of Ivy Gap between Burnsville and Asheville has been dangerous to travel for many months. In some places it is almost necessary for one car to take to the shoulder when meeting another. One man at the club meeting said a contract for reconstruc tion of the highway was to be let within thirty days, accord ing to information from differ ent sources. Club members plan to ask Highway Commissioner, Dale Thrash, along with the district and local engineer, to attend the next meeting to discuss prospects for a road from Bur nsville to Asheville. If the con tract for work oh the road has been made before that time, a discussion will not be necess ary. ATKINS REELECTED TO BAR ASSOCIATION OFFICE Bill Atkins of Burnsville was reelected as secretary of the 18th Judicial District Bar Association at the regular an nual meeting in Brevard last Saturday. Attorney Ralph-Fisher was elected to succeed R. W. Wil son of Burnsville as president. that Yancey County as a whole is missing out on much of its tourist possibilities because of lack of accomodations and lack of available cabin sites. Two Florida men this week said to the writer, “You folk furnish the accomodations; your regular visitors will sell Yancey County to the people of Florida.” mas trading period begins. The attitude of most merch ants is that Yancey County re tail establishments are able to serve their patrons with the same high class > terchandise that may be found at other places, with comparable prices and without the cost of travel The trade at home jubilee proved to be very successful in the area covered by the campaign last year, and this year the promise looks even brighter than it did last, offi ' cial 8 of the Merchants Asso ciation say. The greatest crowd ever to gather at one spot in Yancey County came in last year on ,the final day of the jubilee. ! Santa Claus ambled about the streets passing out candy to the children just before Christmas last year. The de tails of that phase have not been ironed out yet, but it may be considered a sure thing that Santa will not by-pass the children here this year. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1952 MINISTER ANNOUNCES SERIES OF SERMONS Rev. D. B. Alderman, pastor of Higgins Memorial Methodist Church, announces the begin ning of a serie* of sermons and their subjects for the next four Sunday evejßings. The ser ies of sermons have been given a general theme, “LEARNING TO LIVE WITH' SELF.” The sermon and dates are: August 31, “BEGIN WITH OURSEIVES”; Sep tember 7, ,‘PRAYER CAN REACH WHJJI®?”; Septem ber 14, “LIFE IS. TOO BIG TO BE LITTLE”; and September 21, “CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL”, all of which to be preffched by the pastor. The public is cordially invited to attend. The pastor also announces the subject of the 11 o’clock hour for Sundlty, “THE IM PORTANCE OF LIVING”. • -w’ ACCIDENT INSURANCE AVAILABLE TO CHILDREN, TEACHERS The Yancey bounty Princi pals and Superintendent of Schools have approved a Blan ket Scholasti</iU;cident Insur ance Policy to |be made avail able to all students and teach ers of Yancey County schools. This policy has been- offered to schools by thje Pilot Life In surance Company of Greens boro, North Carolina, for the past five years’ I and over a million ehildreifcwill be cover ed in the southern states this year. Negotiation# for this cov- Tmige were meWT through Mr. C. Bruce Hunter, agent for Pilot Life Insurance Company. This policy covers any and all accidents while the student or teacher is in the process of either going to school or com ing home from school and cov ers all accidents at school with the exception of the play or practice • inter-scholastic football. Tne policy is unusual in that it provides payment for any and all fees of legally qualified physicians, surgeons and professional nurses; am bulance and hospital bills not to exceed SIOOO.OO. Expenses are paid for dental care to sound, natural teeth damaged in accidents up to $200.00 for each accident. There is also an accidental death provision and loss of limbs benefit up to $7500.00. Medical expenses are payable in addition to the ac cidental death benefit. The policy pays regardless o f whether or not the individual is covered with similar insur ance. Superintendent Howell has announced that complete de tails of this plan will be made available to parents on Sept. 1. All children will he given an announcement booklet and a premium envelope which they will take to the home. Partici pation ig on a voluntary basis at the rate of SI.OO per year per student or teacher insured. School officials feel that this i plan meets a long felt need to provide substantial accident? protection for students and. teachers. BANKS REUNION DATE ANNOUNCED The annual Banks family reunion will be held Sunday, September 7, according to an announcement made by a mem ber of the family this week. The reunion will be held at the home of Luther Banks at Bolens Creek. Mrs. Dewey Mitchell, who underwent an operation in SL Joseph’s Hospital, Asheville, Tuesday morning, is reported to be getting along fine. Wj' 'HH Mp jsj W t 11 M mkH PT' 7WPZ If )■ v W HPW' A [ B iJBS f : m&mmm Bob JBIm --Mr';' jSfnHH mi mm® m f ML MB -Mill i jSR jIiIBBbBBB In the photo above (courtesy of the Asheville Citizen-Times), Lamar Lunsford, second from left, joins Buddy Rickett. left, Mrs. Lunsford and Walter Hawkins in a mountain tune at the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival held recently in Asheville. Lunsford will direct festivities in the gymnasium here Saturday night. RAIN HELPS TO STOP FIRE ON TOWN WATERSHED Rain, the first this section has seen in many days, came last night in time to aid in extinguishing what could have developed into a major fire on Burnsville watershed. The fire broke out on the slope above Bolens Creek on the left prong around noon Slight wisps q£ smoke could be seen from here around one o’clock, the time J. Craig English, county fire warden, and his fire fighting crew arrived at the fire. English and crew fought the fire until around eight o’clock last night and were getting the flames under control when the rain began to fall. Merlin J. Dixon, acting U. S. Forest Ranger here, after much difficulty, gathered a crew and was on way to relieve English and his men when the rain began. Dixon remained in the mountain with his crew until morning. No one knows how the fire started, but it is believed some I person picking berries may have started the fire by throw- j ing away a lighted cigarette. Ballentine Will Speak To Farmers State Commissioner of Agri culture L, Y. Ballentine will be in Burnsville Friday morn ing of this week to discuss the crop situation here with farm ers and county officials. The meeting will be iri the Court house at 10 a. m. The Commissioner’s recom mendation to Governor Scott! is necessary before any steps are taken for special drought relief funds for the county. Last week, followihg a meet ing of farmers, farm officials and business men, a telegram was sent to the Governor, out lining crop conditions here and requesting aid. Before a county may receive aid from the special Federal Belief Fund under direct con trol of the President, the gov ernor of the state receiving funds must make the request. Recommendation by Gover nor Scott was not made until further investigation. ' Rainfall reports from some Folk Jubilee Expected To Draw Large Crowd A large crowd is expected to attend Burnsville’s first Moun tain Dance and Folk Singing Jubilee to be held Saturday ! night in Burnsville gymnasium 1 Much publicity has been given ! the festival outside of this county, and every indication is that many people from other sections of Western North Carolina will be on hand when the singing and dancing be gins at 8:30 Saturday night. Lamar Lunsford, Madison ■ County man noted for found ing the annual Asheville folk festival, will be master of cer emonies, directing the program of singing arid dancing. Square dance winners at the Asheville festival, the Hanlon Mountain square dance team 1 will be one of the many out standing participants to be featured. The team is led by j Earl McElreath an d Joan Rogers. j Along with the different' square dance teams will be j j ballad singers, clog dancers, t I string bands, and a one-man points in this county indicate that the entire county has had adequate rain for crops. These reports have come from areas where rainfall has been ade quate. Where as much as seven inches of rain has fallen re cently in the reporting areas, other parts cf the county has' received less than one inch for \ i the same period. After Commissioner Ballen tine’s visit here to discuss the problem, he will be in a better position to know what to do about special aid to farmers. The entire relief program will pe discussed by the Com-1 missioner, pointing out the good that may be derived fromf acceptance of funds and also i bringing out the problems to be encountered after funds are available. Fred Ramsey, who recently received his discharge from the U. S. Navy, is home. He is the sen of Mrs. R. W .Ramsey of Burnsville * Jw j 1 "«* *•*"/ ■ f J ■ \ NUMUfeR FIFTY-TWO S t’V Y* band taking part in the pro gram. The jubilee is sponsored by the Yancey County Betterment Association and details of the festival was handled by Mrs."" Ira West, who is head of the organization's activities. BRIDGE JOINS PEAKS OVER MILE HIGH Linville, N. C. —A 228 foot- Jong swinging bridge over a mile high between peaks of Grandfather Mountain near the Blue Ridge Parkway will be dedicated Tuesday, Sept. 2, with Gcvernor-nominate Will iam B. Umstead as the princi pal speaker. Already dubbed the “Unnat ural Bridge”, the new steel skywalk joins two prominent j features of 4,964 foot-high Grandfather Mountain the “Convention Table” and Lin- I ville Peak. Access be pro j vided by a new link of roadway i that opens up portions of the rugged mountain heretofore available only to hikers. Work on the new road, which lengthens the private highway to the crest of Grandfather from U. S. 221 between Linville and Blowing Rock to four miles and on the steel bridge are being rushed to completion for the dedication, Hugh M. Mor ton, President of the Linville Corporation, announced. The dedicatory exercises will begin at 1 p. m. with Grady Cole, Charlotte’s WBT and CBS radio commentator, as master of ceremonies. Mr. Umstead will be introduced by publisher D. Hiden Ramsey of the Asheville Citizen-Times. The bridge, which is four feet wide and was designed to accomodate 40 pedestrians at one time, is unlike any other in this area. Architect for both bridge and steps to Conven “ tion Table is Charles C. Hart mann of Greensboro. The 226- foot long steel bridge was er ected by Craven Steel Erecting Co., also of Greensboro. Con tractor for the road, which is 18-feet wide with crushed stone topping on cranberry rock base, was Wiley N: Greene of Blowing Rock. Con | struction began in February.
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