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VOLUME NINETEEN
March Os Dimes Drive
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Goes Over Top Again
The 1955 March -of Dimes
campaign in Yancey Cotmtjr-to
raise fends for combatting polio
has just been completed, and
Chairman E. B. Powell who dir
ected the drive announces that
~ ar total of $4,307.94 was raised.
This is slightly higher than the
$4,240 raised last year.
As has been usual in the past
in this fund raising campaign
the major potion of the amount'
was raised by the schools in the
county. In this year’s campaign,
as was also true last year, the
Micaville school made the out
standing performance. In this
school district the people have
taken the polio'.drive .very rrf&ch
to heart, and one single grade in
the school, the ninth grade, rais
ed over S2OO. A faht which has
perhaps contributed to the spec
- -ial interest of this school in the
March of Dimes has been that
two of the three patients from
Yancey County receiving treat
ment for polio during the past
year at the expense of the Polio
Fund have come ,f rqjn the Mica
ville School.
The school raising the second
largest amount was Bald Creek.
To provide a stimulus to the
Schools, Mr. 'lliff- Clevenger,
Manager of the Yancey Theatre,
offered to provide free movie
performances for the room lit
each school raising the largest
amount, and also for all rooms
raising over SIOO. As a result of
the success of the Micaville
School, almost that entire school
is now r in line for a free movie,
and it appears that thet'Yancey
Theatre will have to devote two
days to these free performan
ces. The dates for the perform-
Churches Plan . •
City Wide
Census March 6
The churches of Burnsville
are planning a city wide census
to be made on Sunday after
noon, March 6, between the
hours of 1:30 and 4 o’clock. All
the churches of Burnsville will
participate and the results of
the census will be made avail-
able to all the churches. This
survey is considered valuable
at this time as most of the
churches will engage in a series
of revival services this spring.
At a preliminary meeting in
the First Baptist Church Mon
day morning Miss Laura Mae
Hilliard was asked to'direct the
-census with I’the 1 ’the cooperation of
the pastors. Bolen’s Creek Bap
tist Church will take part in
the census as their church field
is adjacent to and extends into
Burnsville. About sixty persons
forming thirty teams will gath
er at the First Baptist Church
and go out from .that point.
Special follow-up teams will be
enlisted to complete the work,
visiting those who were missed
on March 6. It’is thought that
a complete coverage will be fin
ished by Wednesday, March 9.
Pvt. John Cox
Injured In Germany
Word has been received that
Pvt. John H. Cox, son of Mrs.
May Cox of Newdale is in a
serious condition in an army
hospital in Germany as a result
of a gunshot wound.* Pvt. Cox
was shot by a guard when he
failed to stop at the guard’s
command. It was not stated wha
ther the guard was an American
pr Russian sentry.
> CARD OF THANKS
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We wish to express our thanks
and deep appreciation to our
many.fr lends for the kindness
N and sympathy shown us during
the illness and death of our be
loved one. AI3O for the beauti
ful floral offerings.
Family of Mrs. Frank Boone
THE YANCEY RECORD
SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR.
ancetf have not been set as Mr.
Clevenger is awaiting a picture
of special interest.
The amount raised in Yancey
County this year for the March
of Dimes amounts to about 27
cents per capita, which is con
sidered a good performance for
a largely rural county of our
economic level. Mr. Powell, the
fund chairman, feels that a
number of people deserve credit
for the amount of time and ef
fort they devoted to making the
drive a success. Three, in parti
cular, contributed in an out
standing way: Mrs. Reece Mc-
Intosh, who had charge of can
vassing in the Burnsville area,
Mr. Shelby Robinson, Principal
of the Micaville School, and Mr.
Iliff Clevenger of the Yancey
Theatre.
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YANCEY HOSPITAL HAS LONG LIST l
OF BIRTHS, OTHER ADMISSIONS j
Nine births forty-four
other admissions were reported
by the Yancey Hospital in the
last two weeks. The births in
clude a son, Phillip Lee, born
February 2 to Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Edwards of Route 1; a
daughter, Margaret Ann, born
on the tenth to Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Hensley of Route 2; a
son, Ralph Allen, born Feb. 11l
to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Honeycutt j
of Burnsville; a daughter,]
Sharon Marie, born Feb. 15 to
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Davis of
Pensacola; a Daniel,
born Feb. 17 to Mr. and Mrs.
Dewitt Wyatt of Route 2; a
daughter, Wanda Fay, born
Feb. 18 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Tipton of Day Book; a son,
Thomas Wayne, born Feb. 21
to Mr. and Mrs. Salem Edwards
of Burnsville; a daughter, Cel
este Ruth, born Feb. 21 to Mr.
and Mrs. Arlie Cooper of Green
Mountain; and a son, not yet
named, born Feb. 22 to Mr. and
Mrs. Brown Gortney of Green
Mountain.
The other admissions include
Baby Carolyn Jo Allen, Wesley
Parker, Mrs. Betty McCurry,
Miss Opal Edwards, Mrs. Geor
gia Thomas, Baby Samuel Prof
fitt, Mrs. Grace Chase, Bill
ton, Mrs. Magdalene Fox, Miss
Betty Pate, and Arnold Robin
son, all of Burnsville; Baby Lois
Snelson, Herman Carroll, Mas
ter Jack Thomas, Miss Pearl
Jones, Mrs. Veanie Robinson,
Clearmont Girls,
Bald Creek Boys
Win Championship
The Clearmont girls defeated
Bee Log 68-44, and the Bald
Creek boys defeated Burnsville,
49-42, in Burnsville Saturday
night, to sweep the champion
ships of the annual Yancey
County Basketball Tournament.
Clearmont’s girls, who knock
ed out defending champion Bur
nsville in the semifinals, were
led by Betty Young with 38
points and Kay Letterman with
29. Barbara Tipton had 20 and
Chloe Wilson 16 for the losers.
Bald Creek came from behind
in the second half to stun de
fending champion Burnsville in
the boys division, scoring 17
points in the third quarter tculO
by the losers.
All-Tournament players select
ed were: girls—Betty Young,
Clearmont; Chloe Wilson, Bee
Log; and Carolyn Justice, Mica
ville, at forwards, and Angeline
Evans, Clearmont; Betty June
Silver, Bee Log, and Helen Al
len;* Burnsville at guards. Boys
Lloyd Hensley, Burnsvijle,
and Jimmy Howell, Bald Creek
at forwards; Bruce Fender of
Bee LogA,-,, at center; Tommy
Johnson, Cflearmont and a tie
between Charles Robinfion of
Burnsville and Ray Buckner of
Bald Creek at guards.
“DEDICATED TO THE ISOtiRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
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FRENCH CABINET CRISIS
CONTINUES— French Presi
dent Rene Coty summoned Radi
cal Socialist Edgar Faiire ;
(above) to try and form a new ,
government. The move came Ut
the end of a long day of confer- ;
ences in which -party leaders
were unable to agree o-n a can
didate to succeed ousted Prem- ;
ier Mendes-France. <
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Verlin Robinson, and Baby Gary
] McFalls, all .of Micaville; John *
Bennett of Star Route; Mrs. 1
Vada Wilson and Baby Dennis -
Huskins, both of Celo; Joan 1
Deyfon, Baby Michael Hughes,
and Miss Janice Gortney, all of
Green Mountain; W. K. McMa
han, and Baby Linda AUen, both
of Pensacola; Mrs. Monnie
, Laws, Miss Landa Edwards, and
; Mrs* Mae Arrowood, all of Rt.
I1; Mrs. Rosetta Evans, Miss
i Wanda Styles, Mrs. Elsie Byrd,
and Mrs. Christine England, all
of Cane River; Baby Gary Mc-
Ctirry of Day Book; Hiram i
Webb of Higgins; Mrs. Julia' •
Young, Miss Elain Thomas. 1
Baby Bobby Joe Miller, Miss <
Loretta Robinson, and Miss Bet- <
ty Bradford, all of 'Route 2; 1
Baby Phyllis Ramsey of Bee i
Log; Mrs. Mary Robinson and 3
Thor Anglin, both of Bald 1
Creek; aijd Master Terry Van 1
Sparks of Bakersville. * ~ 1
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Jurors Selected
For March Term
Os Superior Court
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Jurors for the March 21 sea- J
sion of Superior Court have :
been summoned according to in- {
formation received from the ‘
office of Lowe Thomas, Clerk ;
of Court. This term of court J
will be both civil and criminal '
and is scheduled for two weeks. 1
Judge J. Will Pless will preside.
First Week: Jurors include:
Reuben Allen, Herman Grif
fith, Lunday Warrick, Charles
Briggs, Floyd Wilson, Jake
Robinson, Dewey Huskins, Mrs.
Nettie Waycaster, Stanley Ri
ddle, C. C. Bennett, Gus <Hig- .
gins, Roy Robinson, Blake Ray,
John Renfro, Sr., Mrs. Floyd j
Styles, Adam Miller, Claude !
Honeycutt, Mrs. W. M. McMa- J
ban, Roy Young, Mrs. Carrie *
Woody, Wilson S. Edwards,
Arthur Wilson, James Higgins,
Wesley Williams;
Mrs. Sam Rathburn, Mrs. E.
B. Silvers, George A. Huskins,
Reuben Allen, Mrs. S. R. Hen
sley, Robert A. Atkins, Jr.
William Shelby Cassida, Charlie
Gibbs, Wilse Adkins, Will Wil
son, C. H. Austin, Tom Higgins,
Elzie Bradford, Dempsey Hop
son, Hobert Murphy, Willard
Rathbone, Lee Riddle, Grason j
Williams, Burdette Deyton, Mrs. ■,
Locky McCurry, Z. B. Byrd,
Worley Wilson, Edd Willis, R.
K. Grindstaff.
Second Week: John B. Wes
tall, Fred Grindstaff, W. P.
Anglin, Amos Ledford, Vergie
Ogle, Bob Hedrick, Ralph Tom
berlin, Mrs. Ella Bailey, Bart
Young, Adrian Buchanan, sjra.
Lalira Bell Styles, Mrs. Minnie
B. Edwards; \
Joe Honeycutt, Everett Ray, 4
D. S. Johnson, Jay Riddle, Har
| old Gibbs, Denver Edwards,
; John Earl Allen, Cleophus Price,
W. N. Ayers, Lonnie Griffith,
B. R. Penland, Clifford Hensley.
BUBNSVn.bG, N.C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1955
TINY OATS IS CAGEY
Miss Tinj .Oats still has not
announced ;tlw> date of her im
pending wydping to take place
the South Toe
Valley. HWfcter, the wedding
will definitely be held since Miss
Oats has stfsed that she will
take her for worse until
she can fifti. better. The South
Toe PTA i|s In charge of ar
rangementM.
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Baptist Church
Plans Layman's
Revival
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The First/Baptist Church of
Burnsvillei Is planning a Lay
men’s Revival for March 20 to
March 23 njcCording to an an
nouncements,! ,of the Baptist
Journal published by the local
church, revival will be
sponsored ACd directed by the
Brotherhood. ’ ■/-
There wa»:|e evening services
at the; chudra during the days
of the revival, while members of’
the Brotherhood will make per
sonal contacts during the day. -
Leaders of the revival will be
Donald Adcox and Garry Har
tchoock, both iof Hendersonville.
February |}B-March 6 has
been desig|*ifi6d by the church
as Week of Prayer for Home
Missions. theme of this ef
fort is “Trophies for the King.”
The Baptist Journal also
points 3a£fMskt 'the Studies in
Hebrews if .continuing with the
pastor ptiijiitig two messages
Sunday from Hebrews.
Camp Celo Under
New Management
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r - |i-fftrm.ihome camp
been taken over by Robert Bar
rus of Celo and Ernest Morgan
of Yellow Springs, Ohio. The
camp was established six years
ago by Douglas and '< Ruby
Moody as an extension of their
year round family life, and its
program has always centered
around the activities of the farm
and 1 surrounding countryside.
The Morgan and Barrus fami
lies will operate the camp for
eight weeks this summer, at the
former Moody homestead at
Celo.
The counsellors this summer
at Camp Celo will be Robert
and Dorothy Barrus, Ernest
and Elizabeth Morgan, Dewey
and Esther Patterson of Yellow
Spmigs, Ohio, and Walton
Blackburn of Earlham College,
Earlham, Indiana. All are ex
perienced in working with
children. ' 'v.
Miss Harris New
H. D. District
Agent
The Home Demonstration
Clubs of Yancey Coujity and the
rest of the Western District
have anew District Agent J
Miss Mary Harris has T been
selected to replace Miss Nell
Kennett who has been transfer
red from the Western to the
Southwestern district.
Miss Harris is a native of
Cleveland County and a gradu
ate of the home economics di
vision of the Woman’s College
of the University of North
Carolina. She attended Cornell
University and earned her mas
ters degree in education.
Before becoming district ag
ent here she served as assistant
home agent in Guilford County,
home agent in Randolph and as
Eastern district agent. !
Mrs. Shepard
Returns From
Chapel Hill t
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Mrs. Alma B. Shepard, secre
tary in the Burnsville officq of
the District Health Depart
ment, retbHied February rl9
from the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she
had attended & two weeks’ co*Ji c
se on Public Health Records, in
the School of Public Health.
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Survey Os Apple
Growers Made
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The North Carolina Crop Re
porting Service is conducting a
suryey of apple _ growers in
Madison, Mitchell and Yancey
Counties according to County
Agent E. L. Dillingham. Inquir
ies have ngyiotisly been mailed
to all kndira growers and the
Crop Reporting Service states
the replies have been verx. en
couraging. Additional inYorma
tion is still needed from a num
ber of growers who have not re
turned the inquiry.
To obtain this information
Mr. J. Briggs has been employ
ed by the Crop Reporting Ser
vice to make personal contacts
of growers who have not re
sponded by mail. Mr. Dilling
ham urges growers to cooper
ate to the fullest ■ extent
with Mr. Briggs in providing
this information which will give
the base for more detail statis
tics on production of apples and
peaches in the area.
Banner Elk
Gets Dial Phones
Banner Elk has inaugurated
a new system, re
placing a magneto system that
had become inadequate. The
members of this Avery County
community are reported to
; have taken the initiative in pro
viding telephone service for
themselves after being unable to
, .interest the two telephone com
panies serving adjoining areas
in installing service for Banner
E}k. The means used by the
community was to organize a
cooperative telephone exchange
(chartered as the Cherokee
I ation of Banner Elk) under the
REA.
The cooperative exchange se
cured fifty dollar memberships
from those who wanted tele
phone service and made a
$150,000 loan from the Rural
Electrification Authority of
Washington, D. C. The new
system is connected to the Sou
thern Bell facilities at Newland
for long distance and other
service.
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Woman’s Club Will
Serve Spaghetti
Supper March 5
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The Woman’s Club will serve
a spaghetti supper Saturday,
March 5, at the Community
House, from 5:30 till 8 p. m.
Part of the proceeds will go
toward improvements at the
Yancey County Library, one of
the projects of the Woman’s
Club this year.
Tickets are on sale at Infor
mation House or may be ob- <
tained from any member of the i
club. ]
A STREET IN QUEMOY —A Nationalist soldier digs into
his pocket while standing in the center of a street in the busi
ness section of troubled Quemoy Island, just a. narrow stretch of
water from Red-hetd Amoy. It has not been made dear wither
U. S. forces ivill intervene should the Reds invade the island of
Quemoy and Matsu, both of which are close to the mainland.
' American officials have stated the U. S. will defend Formosa
and the Pescadores, but Nationalist leaders are confident the
U. S. mil not let the Chinese Communists take the islands.
Local Churches Observe
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World Day Os Prayer
—
World Day of Prayer will be
observed at the’ Higgins Mem
orial Methodist Church Friday,
February 25 with all the chur
.phes of the county invited to
participate. The service will be
gin at 1:30 with Miss Laura '
Mae Hilliard in charge of the
program.
Included on the are
devotional readings by Mrs.
Troy Ray and Mrs. Hobart Ray.
Mrs. Ernest Rohner will pre
sent a feature entitled “From
the Rising to the Setting of the
Sun.’’
A dramatic skit, “The Fruit
of the Vine” will be presented
by MrS. Leßoy, Sacra, Mrs.
George Anglin and Mrs. Olin
Shepard. Mrs. Arle Brooks will
comment on the projects for
Burnsville Stores
Close Wednesday
Afternoons
JTJgp Yancey Merchants Asso
ciation announced that the fol
lowing stores will be closed
Wednesday afternoons, beginn
ing next Wednesday, March 2:
Allen’s Jewelry, Anglin and
Westall, Burnsville Department
Store, Burnsville Furniture and
Hardware, Blue Ridge Furni
ture and Hardware; Doris
Shoppe; Edge’s Department
Store; Town and Country Shoe
Store; Yancey Department
Store, and Western Auto Asso
will remain closed Wednesday
afternoons include Fay’s Beauty
Shop, Phoenix Beauty Shop,
Randolph's Beauty Shop, and
the REA office.
The stores will close at
twelve noon.
Many Attend ,
Farmers Federation
Stockholders Meet
Approximately 100 persons
attended the annual meeting of
the Yancey County Farmers
Federation stockholders in Bur
nsville last Saturday. Wilson
Edwards of Cane River was re
elected to a new two-year term
as county director. The mem
bers of the warehouse commit
tee were all reelected.
The audience heard County ,
Agent Everett Dillingham com-'
pliment two Yancey boys for
excellent tobacco projects. He
named Edgar Wheele* of Bur
nsville, RFD 1, and Keith Let
terman of Day Book. Members ]
of the Farmers Federqjtion tetaff
in Asheville addreteged the 1
meeting.
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RED CRDSS
NUMBER TWENTY-SIX
which the offering will be used.
As part of the music .schedule
on the program, Mrs. Charles B.
Trammel and Mrs. Brooks
Boone will sing a duet entitled,
“All on the Altar”.
The World Day of Prayer is
by the United Church
Wolfien of the National Council
of Churches. Miss Laura Mae
Hilliard, Mrs. Arle Brooks, and
Mrs. Joe Young are the merh
bers of the local committee,
planning the observance in
Yancey County. Over 125 coun
tries throughout the world are
participating. This 1 means that
the Day of Prayer will be ob
served somewhere every single
hour of the day, according to
members of the committee.
Money from the offerings
will be used both in home and
foreign missions. In the home
mission field the money will be
used for work among American
Indians, low income farm com
munities, and for agricultural
migrants. In the foreign field
it will be used mainly for edu
cational work in the f-ar east
and in Africa, particularly in
Japan, China, India, Pakistan,
and Korea.
Mrs. Mcßae Returns
From Raleigh
Research Project
Mrs. C. F. Mcßae returned
last week from Raleigh, where
she has been doing research
work in genealogy. Last Monday
evening she addressed|r the
Crossnore D A R chapter, of
which she is the historian, on
the topic “How Can I Be *
Genealogist?” Mrs. W. A Y
Sargent also attended the meet
ing, which was held in Newland.
Ralph Dellinger
Opens Repair Shop
Ralph Dellinger has opened
an auto repair and service gar
age in the Banks and T»/lor
used car lot building.. He will
do general repair work, includ
ing tractor work and welding.
Mr. Dellinger has had 25 years
of experience in ' this' type of
work.
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Wm. Radford
< Grets Advancement
William Radford was selected
for advancement in rating to
Aviation Ordnanceman Third
Class, according to a letter to
William’s father, R. A. Radford
of Cane River. The letter was
writen by Commander J. M. Bar
low of the U. S. Niavy.
Selection for advancement was
based on a number of factors, in
cluding time in rating, perfor
mance of duty, conduct, and the
grade achieved on a service-wide
competitive examination.
The letter continued, , “Since
the number of personnel ad- .
vanced in rating was only a
fraction of the personnel eligi
ble for advancement, the suc
cessful candidates can be justly
proud of their accomplishment.
Planetarium
Extends Program
The Morehead Planetarium
at Chapel Hill will continue
showing the story of the crea
tion, “Billions of Years Ago,”
through March 14, according to
Director A. F. Jenzano. More
than 8,000 persons have already
seen this spectacular production,
and reservations continue to
come in.
“Easter, the Awakening,” the
annual spring wifr
open March 15. Both shows will
be presented daily at 8:30 p. *n.
with matinees Saturdays at 11
a. m., 3 and 4 p. m and Sundays
at 2, 3 and 4 p. m.
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