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j Hw? f J jcL-rfidif 1 / i’Jf L'M St3tes \ ( &l::seS3nis a VOLUME SEVENTEEN : IMMBMittB Ml i I* «va>t;/ s^^Mr fIRHHHI JpF :*■ ... ■ ;- f ■ ' w - ■//.? .Ci' jfv fCL. . & /ifSk fUI I •®r "„ ,w JWL-y Jr *J& i4f*# ,f tv/ If ?• g&j*,-- ■J& \Jt ■ .4 f &yg& '(rs* /< V JK w, V* AA *• r | i j*| w -■§ mSb^3. B Bn ii 'Jf|;’: - flp* VB KVEi I Pictured abeve is part of the choral group that will present a musical program from Handel's Messlaraßin Higgins Memorial Methodist Church Sunday evening, December 21, at five o’clock. The majority of the same group took part in the program presented at the church last Easter. |g * Handel’s Messiah To Be Pre» sented at Higgins Memorial Methodist Church The presentation of music from Handel’s Messiah will highlight the Christmas musi cal programs in Burnsville this year. Choirs of the Higgins Mem orial Methodist Church and the First Presbyterian Church, to gether with singgrs from Celjr CchniiuaiCy, Birfcefsvilie; "Tip ton Hill and surrounding ar eas will participate in ing Part 4 of the famous Qva torio at a Vesper Service in Higgins Memorial Methodist Church here Sunday, Decem ber 21, at 5 p. m. The Messiah, by far the best known and most widely per formed work of its lfind ever written, was composed by John Frederick Handel nearly 200 years ago. Handel composed the never to-be-forgotten Messiah at a time when he near ing blindness, and when his former greatness was being forgotten. The composer-was in poverty and depressed in mind and was said by some to be nlOre atheis tic than religious. He refused to write music for the words of the Messiah when first ask ed 10 do so by-a friend. However, after studying the words, he became aroused by a religious fervor and hardly ate nor slept until the musical wonder was completed. Directing the choral group' is Mrs. Robert K. Helmle who! came to North Carolina from New York four years ago. Be fore coming to North Carolina she did work in music educa tion at Columbia University. She received her Bachelor of Arts and Masters degrees in music at the Universi lowa Since leaving New York, Mrs. Helmle has been teaching at Tipton Hill School. Mrs. C. 0. Reckard, church organist at Higgins Memorial Metnodist Church, and Mrs. Winston Felts of Spruce Pine are organists for the program. Mrs. Reckard originated in lowa. She came to Burnsville' some years ago from Detroit, ' v Mieh. where she was active in| music and church work for several years. Mrs. Felts, church organist at the Methodist Church in' Spruce Pine, received her ining at Western Carolina tea chers College at tullowhee. Margaret Taylor, the pianist, now of Celo Community, comes from Greensboro where she spent several years teaching music in the public schools of that city. Her musical train ing was done at V/oman’s Col lege in Greensboro. Soloists for the occasion are The Yancey Record SUB. RATES $1.60 YEAR. Mrs. Richard Domer of Celo Community, who did work in voice and choral singing at Manchester College; Miss Mary Evelyn Hensley of Bolens Creek, who recently completed , work at Meredith College; Jam es Vs estbrook, athletics direc tor cf Bakersville High School^. Community and Minn. SHAW URGES EARMARKING ROAD TAXES FOR ROADS North Carolina motorists de serve the same protection for their road funds that motorists in half the states of the nation, including Alabama and Geor gia, now enjoy, according to R. Flake Shaw, Chairman of the 1 North Carolina Highway Users Conference. He pointed out that on Nov i ember 4th the voters cf Alaba ma, Georgia and Arizona ap s proved amendments to their r state constitutions forbidding ,non-road use of road funds col lected from motorists in the form of gasoline taxes and motor vehicle registration fees. Twenty-four states, or one-half the states of the nation, have now passed anti-diversion am endments, Shaw said. “North Carolina motorists, too, deserve a chance to decide whether their road funds shou ld be earmarked exclusively for roads,” he stressed, adding: “In past years, road fund diver- I sion has cost our state ' road program more than $28,000,(H)0. Citing figures recently re leased by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, Shaw reported that in 1951- nearly $2,500,000 in North Carolina road funds was channeled into non-road projects. t He emphasized that these millions of dollars should have been invested in improv ing North Carolina roads, since motorists here are not so weal thy that they can afferd to pay both general government taxes and special road taxes, only to see a portion of their road 1 money used for everything but I roads. Shaw said the question of protecting road funds should b > answered by the people. “We should urge our lawmak-j ’era to submit a constitutional! anti-diversion amendment to a 1 public vote as soon as possible in the interest of North Caro-j lina’s road future,” he con cluded. . Presbyterian Missionary Soc- I iety To Meet December 18 The Presbyterian Missionary Society will meet at Che church Thursday night, December 18 - at 7:30 p. m. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C 3., TEffesDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1952 BURNSVILLE TEAMS WIN , TWO DOUBLE-HEADERS ' . I Burnsville High School bas keteers brought their double- J header,wins to three by win ning both games against Har ris High School Friday night and taking both in county con ference games from Micaville High School Tuesday -night. In the game, with Spruce. 1 girls, racked up 40 points to ( bring the local girls through to victory with a 60-41 score. ' j In the bey's game, Norton of Spruce Pine took high honors ; in' the scoring with twenty points. Burton and Higgins of Burnsville tied with fifteen points each. ( The final score in the boy’s game was Burnsville, 51; Spfuce Pine, 42. Olen Higgins again led the Burnsville girls Tuesday night with 36 points against Mica villc High School for a final score of 55-49 for Burnsville. Marsh led Micaville’s team with 19 points, while Ballew came a close second with 16 poirts. Young scored 14 for Micaville girls. Burnsville boys took a win : ning count against Micaville ■ with a final score of 65-45; Joe Higgins looped 27 of Bur ’ nsville’s points, while Simmons ! of Micaville led the scoring for his team with 16 points. r __ Hunter To Speak At Vesper [ Service Sunday Evening - C. Bruce Hunter, Superin f tendent cf Yancey County J Schools, will speak at the Ves -0 per service at Higgins Manor s' ial Methodist Church Sunday ‘l evening at 5:00 p. m., Decem ber 14. Judge Vacates Order, Dejision To Be Appealed i The restraining order signed by Judge W. K. McLean recen tly to prohibit the Yancey Board of Education from ac; cepling bids and entering into contracts for a’ central high school building here was dis solved by Judge Will Pless in a hearing Tuesday. The temporary injunction case was scheduled to be heard next Thursday, but a quicker hearing was arranged before Judge Pless. This is the fourth time the plaintiffs in the school row have lost in separate cases in volving the legality of board of education members, or orders restraining the acceptance of j bids ahd making contracts. Two times the State Sup coutnylde btu CONFEREf E HELD AT BOLENfCREEK t 1 Bolena? Baptist Church was boats to«c a county-wide meeting of fiaptist Training Unions MSdfepFp night. ic# the meeting. Delegates represented nine Training Unions and churches of the county. Churches repre sented included Mt. Pleasant, Riverside, Jacks Creek, Zion, West Burnsville, Burnsville First Baptist, Browns Creek, I and South Estatoe. Juniors of the union gave Scripture readings, while mem bers of the Intermediate De partment presented special music. , j Other membere from the dif ferent unions taking part in the program excluded Mrs. Francis McMaha . Dona Lewis, Ronnie Bailey, Myra Holcom be, Jeanette Ba ey, and Jan ice Murphy. New county-iide officers were installed, 'aking office; were J. E. Johnan, associate director; Mrs. bruce Bailey, secretary; Mary Evelyn Hen sley, pianist; Mri Vera Carter Ray, leader of banners; Lou ise Silver, junioilleader; Sara Hensley, Intermediate leader; Mrs. E. F. Hunt*], young peo ple’s leader Mrs. Lewis Shiford was in stalled as adultleader, and Mrs. E. G. Atkins) Mrs. Walter McKinney and Mj. Rotha Bai , ley as group leads. Rev. A. Z. Jameson, pastor . of the Bolens Ciek Church, - closed the meetin with a mes . sage enti/led “T t All May Learn.” reme Court'has nersed rul ings made by judb in cases involving the row.jhile at two other times superi court jud ges have vacated -estraining orders secured by ; plaintiffs , A S2OOO indemn bond has been set to be ms by the plaintiffs if the ca s referred to the supreme c<; One of the attoi rs appear ing for tlie» plainti said the case willbfe qftrrh>efore the supreme court ':h holds hearings again i February. The attorney ah indicated • that the school r may be } brought to a heat ■ legisla- tive uction. | The State Legif \te will . convene in Januar PM A ELECTIONS SCHEDUL ED IN 16 COMMUNITIES OF COUNTY Time and place for commun ity PMA farmer-committeemen elections were announced to day py W. M. Hensley, chair man of the Yancey County PMA Committee. Community elections will be held in the county’s 16 desig nated agricultural communi ties on December 18, 1952, from 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p m The elections will be held at the same place the nomination meetings were held, Hensley said. In each community,. three members of a community com mittee and two alterhates and a delegate and alternate dele gate to the County Convention are to be elected. The- County Convention will be held Decem ber 19. The elected committee men will take office immediat ely and serve during 1963. The programs administered by the committeemen include the Agricultural Conservation Program, Price Supports, Mar keting Quotas and Acreage Al lotments, as well as Defense Production Goals. Every farmer in each com munity in Yancey County who as owner, tenant, operator, or sharecropper is participating in any program administered by the County PMA Committee is eligible to vote in the elec tion in his community. In urging every eligible far mer to vote, Hensley said: “Whether you are satisfied with the administration of the committeemen now in office or not, you should vote anyway. The right to vote means noth . iatr if it m not, used ” ■ r-T -J TEACHERS TO HOLD COUNTY MEETING HERE FRIDAY Professor John Howell of Appalachian State Teachers’ | College will be guest speaker I at a teachers’ meeting Friday jat 2:00 p. m., according to C. Bruce Hunter, county 7 school superintendent. The meeting will be held in Burnsville School auditorium. Professor Howell will talk on grades and promotion in county schools. Superintendent Hunter said Yancey County teachers are making a study of the systems of promotion in our schools. One field of thinking among today’s educators is to promote j children to a higher grade without a qualifying knowled ge or grades. This mass- production idea to graduate high school stud ents without a qualifying grade probably arose from crowded conditions in schools of the state where space is needed for ever increasing at tendance. The other thought, which is age old and produced a true education in schools, is to re quire a grade of merit before a student is promoted. Superintendent Hunter ex pressed his beliefs in the old trend of education where knowledge is required for stu dent promotion. The program at the next tea chers’ meeting will follow the theme of Guidance and Coun seling. 772 MOTORISTS LOSE LICENSES IN NOVEMBER Raleigh—The Department of Motor Vehicles reported today.- that 772 North Carfriinians lost their legal driving privileges in November for drunken dri ving. Other violations, which the Department summarizes mon thly, included 65 for speeding over 76 mph; 63 for driving after license revqked 1 66 for two offenses of speeding over 56 mph; and 46 for reckless driving. Transporting liquor brought 28 convictions and 19 faced charges cf being habitual vio-, lators. All convictions call for* the revocation suspension of] operators’ licenses. Yancey Agent Takes Part In National Meeting E. L. Dillingham, local Coun ty Agent, returned last week from attending the 37th annual! National Association of Coun ty Agricultural Agents held in Chicago. Dillingham was a voting de legate from the Western North Carolina Agents Association. Key speakers at the conven tion included—R. B. Tootell, Director Montana Extension Service; Her§chel D. Newsom, 1 Master National Grange, Wash ing, on, D. C.; C. M. Ferguson, Director of Extension, Ohio State tfniversi V; F. L. Ballard, j ; Director Oregon Extension Service; William L. Nunn, Director, University Relations, University of Minnesota; Fred C. Jans, Field Agent, Extension , Service, Washington, D. C. Dillingham attended meet ings devoted to the Association committee work to improve county extension work. | He attended the Internation- i al Livestock Show and visited I the 4-H Club Congress meeting. He also visited Lion’s Interna tional Headquarters while in Chicago. Mrs. Dillingham accompan- • ied her husband on the Chicago trip and enjoyed the special en tertainment provided for the visiting ladies, including lun cheons and sight-seeing trips through the, city. The balance of the meeting Dillingham attended was devot ed to Association committee work to improve County Ex tension work. - - : 'wr- jumnmfu —TTTTQ I&rfy; County Agents from 43 states | attended the meeting. 1953 of- j ficers elected include: Leonard ■ Mr* ’ Jy m Nil^ ’■li EISENHOWER TOURS KOREA WAR ZONE—First hana report cn Korean war is made to President-elect Eisen hower by Gen. Mark Clark (left), supreme commander, as Ike tours war zone. Eisenhower, »fter spending a three-day search for a for mula to end the fighting in Korea with a victory for the United Nations, said that although there ic- no easy way to end the fighting, much can be dene, much will be done” to improve the situation. 1 ——-I- BURNSVILLE FFA GROUP TAKES PART IN JUDGING CONTEST A crop judging team from Burnsville was among the six teen teams of Future Farmers of America entering a crop judging contest held at Bar nardsville High School Wed nesday. The teams entered in the contest came from sixteen dif ferent high schools in the Blue Ridge Federation of the FFA. Yancey, Buncombe and Madi son counties make up the Blue Ridge Federation. The team from Burnsville consisted of Dennis Smith, Bobby Honevteutt, and Edgar! GrifijHi. )\ also held by thel FFA Jimmy Curas and David Gillespie re presented their school at the meevmg. Gillespie is , vice-pre sident of the Blue Rdge Feder ation. *, r«i M, ff J rmpitf I /ter IMat JfifK 1 ( Ihimt Boris I NUMBER FIFTEEN | Kerr, Memphis, Tennessee, president; Joe T. Brown, Bor i cktcn, Massachusettes, vice ! president; Paul Barger, Wat erloo, lowa, secretary-treasur er; Sherman Hoan, Sterling, Colorado, Member Executive Committee; E. J. Joljpnnsen, Emmet, Idaho, director, Wes tern region; H. G. Seyforth, Ellsworth, Wisconsin, director, North Central region. The 1953 annual convention will be held October 11 to the 15 in Philadelphia, Penna. . ——- RITES HELD FOR MRS. DORCAS MCINTOSH Funeral services for Mrs. Dorcas Mclntosh, 72, who died Friday morning at her home ; after a brief illness, were held j Sunday at 2:00 p. m. in the | home The Rev. Arthur Pate and the Rev. D. B. Alderman offi j ciated and burial was in the | Higgins Cemetery at Bald Creek She was the widow of Sam Mclntosh of Yancey County. Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Vay Anglin and Miss Pauline Mclntosh Burns ville, Mrs. J. H. Masters of Weuverville, Mrs. Ollie Rey nolds of St. Augustine, Fla., Mrs. Clyde Styles and Mrs. Frank Hensley of Cane River. nwr-HTg suna-, HUfrh ofT'ime — River, Fred cf Asheville, Her man cf Ivy, Harry of Weaver | ville and Solan of Burnsville. BUCKNER’S SHIP CARRIES EISENHOWER Seaman David Buckner, son pf Mr. and Mrs. Jake Buckner of Burnsville, is a crew mem ber of the USS Helena, heavy cruiser which President-elect Eisenhower boarded at Guam for Hawai following his trip to the war torn Korea. Ike boarded the ship,at Guam last Friday and was parried to Honolulu. Other United States officials were aboard ..the ship for a conference with the next President. | Buckner was assigned to for | eign duty with the cruiser in July and has been in the Kor ean area since that time. He fU volunteered for the Navy at the age of seventeen last march The USS Helena was sched uled to come to port at San Francisco Friday of this week.
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