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MARCHI OF PlMra V VOLUME NINETEEN N. C. Coucil Os Churches Will Hold Workshop A state-wide workshop on j “The Role of the Church in World Affairs” will be held in Greensboro Tuesday, February' I. The announcement comes from the sponsors, the North Carolina Council of Churches and its De partment of United Church Women, in cooperation with the American Friends Service Com mittee and the American Freed om Association. Dr. William- R. Mueller of the Department of English at the Woman’s College in Greensboro, will serve a3 Dean of the Workshop. The purpose of the workshop is “to help" church people under stand better the nature of the present world situation, the resources of Christian faith and teachings as they apply to world affairs, and the materials and methods available for ef fective peace, education and action in the local church and "funeraTser VICES - THOMAS GRIFFITH Thomas E. Griffith, €6. died Saturday at his home after a long illness. He started working with the State Highway Com mission in 1921 and continued in the capacity of foreman un til his retirement in 1953. Son of the late Mills J. and Martha Griffith, he was born January 5, 1889, in Windom, In 1912 Mr. Griffith waa married i ‘o Man/ Elisabeth Ray, who mrvivo* him. He ie al*o *urvtv ed by three daughters, Mrs. W. J. Banks, Mrs. J. G. Edge, and '4, Robert Hilliard, all of Burnsville; two sister* Mrs W. Bennett of Asheville and Mrs. Charles Hutchins of Bur nsville; four brothers, Britt of Micavllle, Dolph, Jim, and Moore, all of Burnsville/ Rt. 2; and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in Burnsville Sunday at 2:30. The Rev. C. B. Trammel officiated, assisted by the Rev, H.. M. Aliev and the Rev. W. B. Royals. Burial was in the Pete Young Cemetery. Active pall bearers were Roy Ray, James Ray, Jess C! ‘-” T ~ e Bruce Griffith, Ralph Griffith, Ben Griffith, Lee F <Mth, Ed Hutchins, and Glenn Ra,y. Honorary pall bear ers were State . Highway em ployees. -i; WIDLLIAM CLOYD PIPES- Rev. William CJoyd Pipes, 68, died Saturday, Jan. 15 at 2 a. m. in a. Winston-Salem hospi tal after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p. m. in Peachtree Memorial Baptist Church. The R°v G E. Scruggs officiated, assisted by the Rev. Lesser Stowe and the'Rev. Edgar Will-ix, and burial was in the church cemetery. Pipes had served Baptist’ pas mratps in Yah'-cr. Madison. Buncombe, Haywood, Macon and Cherokee counties, and was a Church. w-- w’dow, Mrs. T'mm a Kate Queen Pipes; five ">ns, Benny and Jack of the Edward, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Eugene of Richmond, Va., • end Wayne of S. Navy stationed in Jaoan. Also four daughters, Mrs. Deyton and Mrs. Anna Belle Elliott of Burnsville, Mrs. Kathleen Jacobs of Franklin and Mias Janet Pipes of the home; two brothers, the Rev. J, C. Pipes of Asheville and C. Pipes of Nantahala. - . The Yancey Record •• * • . .. M - ; 1 SUB. R.ATBS $2.00 YEAR. w I community..’ It. is intended to j be of help to interested laymen j and laywomen, ministers, church ! school teachers, directors of re ligious education, church com mittee and -staff members, and others who are concerned about world affairs. The main address on the theme of the workshop will be given by Dr. Waldo Beach, pro fessor of Christian Ethics at the Duke Divinity School. Sev eral other leaders in religious and educational work are sched uled on the all-day program a3 speakers and discussion leader?,. , Some of the topics J. include “Hunger and World Politics,” “The Threat and Promist Os ' Atomic Energy,’, “Turn-Swords Into Plows,” and “Projects for Children that - Build World Friendship..’ All sessions of the Workshop, including luncheon And din ner, will be held at the West Market Street Methodist Chur ch, 302 West Market Street in Greensboro. Total registration fee, including the two meals, is three dollars. Those planning to attend are requested to register in advance by writing to Dr. Mueller at the Woman’s College, indicating whether expect to be present for lunch or din ner. Adjustments To Be Made At Meeting With a total of 3.9 acre* for the county available for tobacco allotment adjustments the com munity committeemen for the county will meet February 8 at nine a. m. at the court house to consider requests for adjust ment. The 6.9 acres are divided 1 as follows for the various com munities: East Burnsville .5 acre, West Burnsville .7 acre, > Cane River .7 acre, Upper Egypt .5 acre, Low§r Egypt .5 acre, Ramsaytown .5 acre, Green Mountain .5 acre, Upper Jacks Creek <4 acre, Lower Jacks Creek .5 acre, Brush Creek .3 acre, East Crabtree .3 > acre, West Crabtree .3 acre, Upper South Toe .2 acre, Lower South Toe .2 acre, Pensacola .3 acre, and Prices Creek .5 acre. Mr. Buckner of the ASC offi ce reminded farmers that Janu ary 31 is the Closing date for requests for new-grower tobacco allotments, called atten tion to the fact that January 31 is the closing date for the ini tial sign-up period for ACP as sistance. He urged farmers to come in and sign up. JAMES A. GIBBS Funeral service for James A. Gibbs, 68, of Fletcher, who died January 19 in a Hendersonville hospital, was held Saturday at 2 p.m, in Riverside Baptist Church near Burnsville. The Rev. W. E, Ray officiated and burial was in Gibbs Ceme tery. f\ Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Nbra Byrd Gibbs; three daugh ters, Mrs Ruby McLaughin of South Carolina; Mrs. Lucille Mc- Candless of California and Miss Margorie Gibbs of Fletcher; two son, Kenneth and Ewell Gibbß of Fletcher. Also five sisters, Mrs. Leona Evans and Mis* Ada Gibbs of Johnson City, Tenn., Mrs Mittie Taylor of Miami, Fla., Mrs. Glara Gillentine of Erwin, Tenn., and Mrs. Sally Sorrells of Ashe i ville, and two brothers, C. W. and George Gibbs of Bursville. Holcolme Brothers Funeral Home was in charge. ±. -.. “DEDICATED TO THE PROG RESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” Ii RELATIVES INVITED TO VISIT CHINESE RED PRIS ONERS—Mrs. Nellie V. Peters of Portland, Oregon weeps as she reads message that Chinese Reds will allow relatives of imprison ed U. S. Airmen to visit them. Her son, Airman 2c Daniel C. Schmidt, is one of those ' held prisoner. Biggest obstacle to prisoner relatives would be thf* cost (SIOOO-2000) of the trip. . The State Department announ ced it could not “encourage families to visit the imprisoned Americans, however, legislation is being proposed by Rep. Ken neth Keating (R-N. YJ to pay expenses of any relatives taho accept Communist China’s offer. Burley Growers To Meet In Asheville ... -.. r . . '.. Trwfj I John Randolph of Brush Creek, chairman of the North Carolina Farm Bureau burley tobacco committee will repre sent the Farm Burea'u meeting in Lexington, Kentucky, Febru ary 2, on Hie problem of burley overproduction. The North Car olina Farm Bureau will hold a meeting at 10 a. m, Saturday in the George Vanderbilt Hotel, -Asheville, in preparation for the Lexington meeting. A similar meeting for ipoun tain burley growers has been called by James G. K. McClure, President of the Fanners Fed eration for Friday. The 1954 burley crop is esti mated at 616,900,000 pounds, . ouO.OUu pounds more than the 1953 crop despite an 8 per oent cut in acreage. The ques tion of how the marketing quota program can be made more ef iective in adjusting burley to acco supplies in line with de mand will be discussed at the isheville meeting. This is pre liminary to a February 2 meet ing to be held in Lexington, Kentucky, where a 16-man com vouipoacu of two mem n each of the eight burley producing states will make their recommendations for adjusting the marketing quota program. Joseph Higdon, Farmers Federation Treasurer, is a member of the committee. Legion And Auxiliary Have Joint Meeting ..Twenty two members of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary were present at a joint supper meeting held Tues day, January 25 at the Com munity Building. During the joint meeting; a film about wild life was shown by Walter Fox, assistant Forest Ranger. Mrs. D. R. and Mrs! Frank King "ere hostesses. Following the int meeting, the two organizations held sep arate business meetings. 'V BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1955 5 Births At Yancey Hospi tal, All Boys “It.s a boy,” wiia the message five times in a row at the, ftn cey Hospital thj? week The boys were Scotty Rat, bom January 19 to Mr. and Charlie Wil son "of Rairtsayfewn; Gene Ald en, born on the#ame day to Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Honeycutt, also of Ramsaytown; Roger Dale, born January 20 to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Edwards of Cane River; Hubert Lynn, born January 22 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Byrd of Relief; and Jeff ery Lee, Mr. and Mrs. William D. Silver of Route 2. \ Other admissions were Ro&er Buchanan ' and Baby Dwight Butner of Burnsville; Master Carl McKinney, Mrs. . Mcmnie Johnson, and Fred W. Bailey, all of Green Mountain; Master Jackie of Star Route; Miss MargaretjSmith of Ashe- Yille; Ray Bofene and Mrs. Phyllis Bailey, both of Route 2; Mrs. Ben Lee Hensley and Judy Katha Silver, both of Cane Riv er; and Mrs. Grace Honeycutt of Route 1. | B’ville.jßee Log Take Dbuble Headers Burnsville and Bee Log each won two games Tuesday night while MicaviUe split with New land. The Burnsville boys de ox fillcl the uvYiHViVtc girls best the Bakersville girls 51-38. The Bee Log School won a double header over Bald Creek with the boys scoring 64*50 ann the girls 42-35. In the Micaville- Newland games the MicaviUe girls won s close 47-46 game while the Newiand boys took a 55-31 victory. Bruce Fender of Bee Log made the high score of the night with 28.1 n the girls game Holcombe scored high* for Bald Creek with 27. Blevins of Bak-' ersville scored 22 for high in the Bakers ville-Burnsville boys game with Hensley of Burns ville scoring 21. In the girls game Bailey was high with 19. In the Micaville-Newland gam es Justice scored 22 and Coffey 18 for high in the girls nad boys games respectively. New Enlistment Plans In Army The new enlistment plan the Army recently announced in conjunction with the Unit Ro tation plan has been extended. Qualified young men may still enlist for a specific unit and for how long before they they know where they are going and are enlisted. The unit for which young men may enlist at the present time is the 10th Infan try Division, Fort, Riley, Kan sas. Commencing in July, 1955. the Division will begin moving to Germany to replace the Ist Infantry Division, presently located there. Present plans call for the move to last approxi mately six months. Upon completion of a 33 month tour of duty in Germany the 10th will return to Fort Riley, Kansas, its home station. Both prior service and " non prior service men can enlist providing they meet the stand ards that have been in effect for some time. Young mori be tween the ages of 18 and 34 years of age, who desire furth er information may obtain it from the local Andy Recruiting Sergeant. ¥ B’ville Lions Go To Asheville Convention 0 By Bob Matthews Burnsville Lions Club mem i bers are planning to take part ' in the mid-winter convention ■ session for District SLA and B ■ slated Saturday in the George . Vanderbilt Hotel in; Asheville. , The Burnsville Club is a part • of Region 2 and -Zone 4 of Lions , International in.Western North ! Carolina. William A. Hart of Weaver • ville is deputy district governor ’ of Region 2 and G. W. Conrad 1 of Bakersville is chairman of ' Zone 4. Other"clubs in Zone 4. .are Avery County, Bakersville, - Spruce Pine and Weaverville. Burnsville Lions.will join with 5 fellow members from 44 othre . clubs, in 19 mountain counties ’ in conducting the all-day mid > winter convention sessions in ' Asheville. ■ International, state and dis | triet Lions officals will parti cipate on the program which will feature discussions of the ' 1955 Outlook for community service activities and a review of 1954 projects. Edward G. Barry of Little Rock, Ark., third international! vice president, will deliver the principal address at the banquet j session at 7 p. m. He will bej introduced by John L. (Jack> Stickley of Charlotte, second in ternational vice president. Jamea C.. Farthing of Lenoir, District 31-B Governor, -prill preside at the luncheon session 11*4 J p. m. and Alston 8.. Broom : of Aahetnile/ TfiftrtCt 31-A Gov -1 ernor, will call banquet aeaakm to order. • Lions Club officials will con t duet schools for presidents, secretaries and club members i during the afternoon session. a c N. Y. Firm Buys r ' Feldspar Plants! i A-- -- - —•-- — t k The Burnsville Feldspar 'i Milling Company along with feldspar mills in, Spruce Pine, Erwin, Tennessee, and Monti - cello, Georgia were purchased by the Pacific Tin Consolidated Corporation of New-York City. According to information re ceived from the Bowditch plant, no change in personnel is con ! templated by the new owners. Carroll P. Rogers, Jr., manager of the Feldspar Flotation Cor poration of Spruce Pine, will be general manager of the four plants. i ———————= ""' ' ” ~ ' KOk . > g r - m -mm First Pictures-U. S. Prisoners in Red China--One of the Communist photos brought back to th'te U. ,S. by Dag Hammerrltjold showing American prisoners held by the Coratcanists. Twelve Varieties Os Tobacco To Be Tested It won.t be long now before the hillsides of Yancey County will again appear patched with Band-aids, as the tobacco beds put in their annual appearance, and the tobacco farmer, faces another season of hopes and problems. In-an effort to solve some of the problems, a tobacco variety demonstration will be conducted this year on, the farm of Glenn Bailey, Burnsville Route 1, -ooperator in the project, it is announced by County Agent E. L. Dillingham. Twelve varie ties will be tested. Yancey tobacco farmers arc 'dvised by, the County Agent to stick to Kentucky 16 seed unless he/ have had trouble with this 'variety.'ln any'case it Is advis able td plant some of the crop with Kentucky 16 even when trying new varieties. If wild fire has been a problem, WF 17-51,and Tennessee 821 are Dr. Mcßae jßeturng From | Chapel Hill Dr. Cameron F. Mcßae, dir ector of the Avery-Mitchell- Yancey District Health Depart ment, returned home this week after a semester’s post-graduate wqrj* in the University of North Carolina School of Public Heal th. The District Board of Health had granted him a leave of ab sence in order to take this work, and tuition wais paid by the State Board of Health. While Dr. Mcßae was in Chapel 'Hill, the following physicians agreed to take care of any emergency problems relating to the public health program in their respec tive counties: Dr, E. H. Smith, Crossnore; Dr. A. E. Gouge, Bakersville; and Dr. W. L. Bennett, Burnsville. Mrs, Mcßae is remaining some %-eeks longer in Raleigh, where she is doing research in genealogy with Miss Lucy M. Cobb, cousin of Dr, Mcßae and a professional genealogist. Mrs. Mcßae received training in this subject last summer, at the In stitute of Genealogical Resear ch, held at American University in Washington, D. C., under the sponsorship of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is a member of the Crossnore D. A. R. chapter. MARCH. 0f DIMES j * 3ktyf- * '- : 't I 1 — »-■ ■ NUMBER TWENTY-TWO varieties worth trying—along • with Kentucky 16. If bjack shank has appeared, Butler II and 118 are recommended for trial; and Butler 57 is row a mended as 1 being mos-rs resistant —but again it is ad vised that only a part of the crop be put into the test varie 'es, with the remainder, in the old stand-by Kentucky 16. Use only certified tobacco seed, advises Mr. Dillino-' % and plant enough seed so that it will not be necessary to o port plants, which may come f rom infested areas. Start the plant beds early, in a protected location, and orenw? 'eds properly. Preparing the beds with cyonamid or methyl, bromide is becoming more pop ular than the method of burn ing tires, but regardless- of- ’•««* ° f hod used, the emphasis is on thorough preparation. In the test* demonstration on the Glenn Bailey farm, the twelve varieties. to be grown have a variety of desirable characteristics—such as uniformity, disease resistance (usually only to certain dise, - es), high yield, high quality, many leaves, holding leaves we 1 ! No one variety is claimed to have all the desirable traits, and several are listed as,having certain faults also. Thy., stration is expected to show how these twe’ve varieties, in- * eluding Kentucky 16. - with each other when they are grown under similar conditions on the earn* la*m„ .an &M-. z&spjjfa some idea of what might be xpectod of each of , .them •?*«. Yancey County. J. B. Tipton In Alaska Maneuvers 1 ■ /“ U. S. Forces, Alaska—Army Pvt. J. B. Tipton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Tipton of Green Mountain, N. C., is participat ing in “Exercise Snow .Bird,” a joint Army-Air Force, training maneuver, iu Alaska. - - Airborne units, ground troops and equipment are being tested' in the exercise for operation in temperatures a* low as 50 de grees below zero. Private Tipton, a driver with '■> Company H of the 4th Infantry Regiment, entered the Army in June 1954 and arrived in Alaska last November. 4-H Girl Makes Good Tobacco Showing Cynthia Ann Mclntosh, Bee Log Junior 4-H Club, givgs the boys plenty of competition in tobacco growing. She has raised tobacco as a 4-H project for the past three years a ltd found it profitable. Her allotment was too sm-s’l for entering this , year’s 4-H Tobacco Show anAjjjple, but on a per acre basis V Cynthia re ports the following results: 1667 pounds of tobacco bring ing $1021.67 for an average of more than $61.29 per hundred pounds. Cynthia says she is pleased with these results but believes she can improve them She plans to enter the 4-H Tobaeeo Show and Sale next year. ' ' ; -•iii . -1 -- 11 i M. Sgt. and Mrs. Kenneth B. s£E -1 ' .