JOIN
.- . VOLUME NINETEEN
Red Cross Worker so
4- . ’
Speak At Meeting Here
Joe Varner of Atlanta Geor
gia will be the principal speaker
at a Red Cross meeting to be
held in Duplan Cafeteria at 8
p. m. Friday, March 4
The meeting will start this
year’s campaign for Red Cross
membership and will be attend
ed by all Red Cross workers
and others interested in Red
Cross work. Mr. Varnell has
had many years experience with
the Red Cross and is now as
sistant blood program director
for--the South East area of the
United States with headquar
ters in Atlanta.
. Eleven persons in * Yancey
County wilt be awarded pins for
* membership in the Gallon Club,
Two Gallon Club and Three
..Gallon, Club. Dr. Cameron Mc-
Rae of Burnsville will receive
the three gallon pin and Ralph
Proffitt of Bald Creek will be
awarded the two gallon pin.
One Birth Reported
By Yancey Hospital
Only one birth was announced
by the Yancey Hospital for the
past week. This was a son, Rex
C. Jr., born February 27 to Mr.
and Mrs. Rex Clayton Ray of
Route 2.
There vvere twenty-nirte other
admissions including Genell L.
Webb of Bakersville; Ada Bow
en, Echird Hunter, C. W. Dav
idson, Miss Betty Pate, Gary
Murdock, Baby Stevie Duvall,
Bill Young, Craig English, Mrs.
J. C. Banks,. Mrs. Willard Fox,
and Mrs. Charlene Hensley, all
of Burnsville; Mrs. Julia Briggs
of Day Book; Baby Samuel
Anglin, Mrs. Ffisha Jones,
Johnny Gortney, and Baby Cyn
thia Thomas, all of Green
Mountain; Grover Eugene Ray
and Mrs. Lillian Baker, both of
Rt. 1; Suzanne Johnson and Sue
Wintei-s, both of Spruce Pine;
Wayne Wilson of Swiss; Wflkie
Randolph, Billie June Silvers,
and Fannie Mclntosh, all of !
Cane River. John H. Webb of
Higgins; Ada Haun of Bee Log;
Till Wilson of Micaville and Mrs
James Banks of Rt. 2.
Green MounMii7kaj|
Drowns As Car
Plunges Into Creek
» Richard Hughes, 20, of Green
Mountain drowned Tuesday
night when the car he was rid
ing in plunged into Pigeon
Roost Creek near Relief. It- is
reported that two other persons
in the car, Dewey Hughes, Jr.
18, and Bob Freeman, 17,
not injured.
According. to reports received
here, Richard Hughes- was trap
ped under water in the car
which overturned in the creek.
Richard was the son of Mr. and
, Mrs. Fonze Hughes.
FUNERAL SERVICES
DEBORAH WALTON
Deborah Lynn Walton, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Walton, died in a Paines
-8 ville, Ohio hospital Sunday, it
was learned, here today, v
Her mother is the former
Miss Polly Peterson of Burns
ville.
Graveside/, services for the
baby were held in-the McCrack
en Cemetery here Wednesday
at 10 a. m.
- Surviving in addition to the
parents are a sister, Pamela;
the mategnal grandmother, Mrs.
G. H. Hensley of Burnsville;
-the paternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lucius Walton, of
Fayette, Ala.; and the maternal
great-grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Will Ramsey of Burnsville.
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SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR.
Those to receive Gallon Club
pins include Mrs. Helen Mcln
tosh, Clarence Burnett, James
C. Robinson, Ted Phillips, Mrs.
Kathleen Penland, James Prof- ,
fitt, Dr. E. R. Ohle, George
Murdock, and John H. Peterson.
Dover Fouts will serye as
Master of Ceremonies.
CTJT-» SID f* \ BOUNCES PROPOSED INCOME TAX
Cc S2O aTetsou llseilho . mr bounced the proposed Deniocra
m wcome tax cut as the keig'-c
sihihty. she president alsu said the V, S. is read’/ to c/o al far
as anyone else on world, disarmament once. iro-Jiad amZts
are found to make sure all nations are acting in good .ait'i
The President is shmvn listening t 0 Question from CBS corres
s7cret l a\? ,a i leS Eileiihowcrare 'ness
secretaries James Hagerty and ..Mum <j Snyder.
YANCEY’S OLDEST CITIZEN '
J PASSES AWAY AT 109
When Aunt Cindy Griffith'
(Mrs. Lucinda Griffith) passed•
away at her home in Burnsville:
last Friday, Yancey County lost i
one of its best-loved citizens as!
well as its oldest living link
with years that exist only in j
history books for most of us.
Those years extended back
well before the Civil War. Aunt j
Cindy used to say she was. al
ready grown up at the time of
tJte-War. There is no exact writ
ten record known of the year I
or day of her birth, but she is
thought to have been born at
least'as early.,-as 1861, and some
believe as early as 1841 or ’42.
Aunt Cindy’s children and
grand children accept 109 years
as the most accurate estimate of
her age. They arrived at this
figure by the fact that she was
known to be ten years older
than her husband who died in
1933 at the age of 77. This
would make her 87 in 1933 or
109 in 1955.
Aunt Cindy was born in slav
ery on the farm of Tommy
Young at the present site of
Micaville. She spoke of him
with deep affection. “He never
bought or sold a slave,” she re
called last year in an interview,-
"and he was always good to us.”
In 1862 she married Uhele
Sullivan Griffith. They had
14 children, and Aunt Cindy
outlived all of them except five.
She and her husband played a
part in the history of the Black
Mountain Railroad, preparing
meals for the construction work
ers while it was being built.
Aunt Cindy was proud of Uncle
Sul’s reputation as a ?ook and
of his character as a man—“as
good a man as ever died,” she
d&lared. He died 22 years ago.
Most of Aunt Cindy’s life was
spent in Burnsville. Undoubted
ly there is no one living in Bur
nsville now who can remember
a time when Aunt Cindy was
not here. Many have known her
help arid care in the days when
she was able to work. She re
mained active and remarkably
well, except for failing eyesight,
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY GOUftTY”
GPL. BENNETT DAYTON
SEPARATED FROM SERVICE
M Bounett Dayton of Green
Mountain, N. G., was separated
from Active Military Service at
Fort George G. Meade, Mary
land on Fc-b. 16, 1955, after
serving for a period of 2 years.
His moat significant assignment
while serving in the Army was
with the 14th AAA Gun. Bn.,
-Fort Myer, Va.,
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clate Bennett, Green Mountain.
N. C.
| until the stroke which occurred
i n Vv esk'before her death. She
j was mentally alert, and a pleas
| ant conversationalist,
j Funeral services were held at
I the Griffith Chapel AME <Zion
. Church at 2 p. m Feb. 28. BXtftaJ
i at the Horton Cemetery
1 he Rev. M. R. Cuthbertson of
Greenville Tabernacle of Char
i lottes officiated. Pallbearer
-were.. George Lee Griffith, Jun-
I i° r Griffith, Saul Griffith, Ja
pIML Griffith. Leßoy Roland,
j Hubert Young, Ted Jackson, all'
of Burnsville, and Alfonso Er-
Kingsport and Edward ■
Erwin of.Johnson City.
She is survived by three’dau
ghters, Alary Envin of Johnson
City, Hattie Young of Detroit,
Mattie Ray of Kingsport; two
sons, Corner Griffith of Johft- ;
son City and Claude Griffith of
BurnsviUe; grand
child) en, eighty-four great
grandchildren and twenty-two
great-great grandchildren.
Donald Styles
Receives Promotion
Berliny—Donald c. Styles, 21,
son .of Mr. and Mrs. K, Q
Styles, Route 2, Burnsville, N.
wr« recently promoted to
sergeant while assigned to the
6Ui Infantry Regiment in
Berlin.
ihe fith Regiment guards
American installations and un-,
dergo; s intensive training in
the former German capital.;
British, French, Russian and U. j
S. troops have occupied Berlin
since the end of World War 11.
Sergeant Styles is an assist
ant squad leader in the regi
meni’s Company I. A former
employe? of the Styles Motors,
he entered the Army in March
1953 and completed basic train
ing at C imp Rucker, Ala., be
fore arriving overseas the fol
lowing September.
Mr.' and Mrs. Bill Hensley
and daughter, left Tuesday for
Detroit. Michigan, where they
will reside.
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BURNSVILLE, N. Q., THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1955 ;
Seven Men Prom
Yancey Enlist
In Navy ; '
Seven v men from Yancey
; County enlisted in the U. S.
Navy during February and are
' now taking basic training . at
the U. S. Naval Training Cen
ter, Great ‘Lakes, 111. it w&san
-1 nounced' today by L. E Fay
, Chief Petty Officer in charge
of the U. S. Navy Recruiting
, Station, Asheville, N. C
The men enlisted are: Joseph
Riddle, Larry L. Autrey, Pensa
cola; Clarence. Robinson, Ollis L
Gi'lndstaffj Rt. 2, Burnsville;
Bobby Lee Austin, Arby Hig
gins, Cane River; Joe B. Hen
sley, Cefo.(.:>
Studs Os India
Is Continued
“The Village of the Poor.” a'
movie showing, the various *
phases of work of the Christian 1
Churches iii India will be shown
at Martins Chapel at Newdale
IV eduesdajS.night, March 9, at
7:30. Thisl is the third of four
mission study sessions on India,
Pakistori and Ceylon.
The finat meeting will be held
March 16 Mt Martins Chapel.
The Newdale group will give a
dramatization of how a Chris-J
tian schoifl is trying to meet'
the needs iof India. I
• The public is cordially in
vited tb attend.
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Property Owners To
Assume Pari Cost
Os Paving-
Raleigh—-The State Highway
.Vihiiutyj** recen tly_ adopted a
streets aticl roads in suburban
developments. Lacking funds to
pave all of them, the Commission
agreed to let property-owners
participate in the cost at a rate
of $1 per square yard..of .pave
ment constructed.. The pro-gram
would be limited to those streets
and roads which have already
been accepted on the highway’s
local road system.
The Commission’s $1 per
! square yard price would figure
out to $2 per running foot of
18-foot wide paving, or $1 per
foot for the property-owner on
each the road.
The property-owners would
have the responsibility of de
termiiyng the distribution of
; the costs among themselves and
would appoint- representatives
to collect the money. The High
way Commission would require
that a certified or cashier’s
check covering the property
owners share be deposited with
the Division Engineer- before--
paving is started. .
The Commission would re
quire that, all roads ipyolyed
have 60 foot right of ways arid ’
measure up to other standards.
The resolution stressed" that
the Highway Commission /‘.win
have full authority to determine
the amount of such paving' to be
performed on a partciipating
basis and will determine the
merit of the roads petitioned
for such improvements. Nothing
. Jn_this resolution shall be'con
strued to mean that the. High
way Commission will pave roads
or streets for the promotion of
real estate developments or pave
roads or streets which have not
been accepted by the Highway
. Commission for maintenance as
a part of the Ru an County
Road System.’’ A
I Berlin, Don
ald C. Styles, son of Mrt* and
Mrs. Kivet O. Styles, Rout* 2,
Burnsville, N. recently Was
named Soldier of the Week for
the 6th Infantry Regiment : in
Germany. • 7
An assistant-squjtd leader in
Company I, he was/ selected for
his soldierly appearance, know
ledge of dutiesu* ' fl nd military
courtesy.
Styles, who entered the Army "
in March 1953, arrived overseas ?
the following September. He is
scheduled to return to the U, S.
next month. , £
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Men’s Club
Elect New Officers
I Bruce Westall was elected
I president of the Men’s Club at
j a meeting February 28. Other
officers elected were. Max Pen-'
land, vice presideiit and Ernest
Rohner>. secretary - treasurer.
The retiring officers were Don
Burhoe, president, Edgar Hun
ter Jr., vice president and Rob
ert K..Helmle,- secretary^trfes.
In addifias tb the - 'election of
officers the club saw a movie
j on Switzerland.
| The next meeting of the Men’s
| Club will be held March 28 and
will be Ladies’ Night with an
out of town speaker on the pro-!
gram: The'.speaker has not yeti
been selected but will- be an
nounced soon.
Pvt. England
Separated From
Army Feb. 16
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Pfc. Clay Trigland of Cane
River, N-. C., was separated
from "Active Military Service at
Fort George G. Meade, Mary
land on Feb. 16, 1955, after ser
ving for a period of 2 years.
i. Maryland *•
. 'tie'is - the-son of Herbert &
Mamie E. England, Cane River,
N. C. His wife, Lois England,
Besides at Cane River, iN. C.
Over $22,000 Paid
In Insurance
By Duplan
During the-year 1954, the
Burnsville Division— of Duplan
paid out through. its insurance
company a total of $22,099.99 in
insurance benefits which repre
sents''s66 claims filed by em
ployees.. Os ;.. ; this - amount,
$13;815.08 represents claims
filed against policies that Diip
lan furnishes. free to all its
-employees. ’» . • l _
j. The balance of $.8,284.91 was
the amount paid jtp those em
ployees who hold-a/policy on the
dependent group .plan sponsor
ed by D&plari.
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Ist And 2nd Graders
May Get Polio Vaccine
According to Dr. Cameron F.
Mcßae, director of the Avery-
Mitchell-Yancey District Health
Department, it is hoped that a
supply $f the new Salk vaccine
, against poliomyelitis will be
available this- spring for Ist and
2nd grade children throughout
the three counties.
The Salk vaccine, Dr. Mcßae
explains, is entirely different
from the,gamma globulin which
was given all young children in
Avery County in 1953, and
which gave protection against
polio for only a few weeks at
most. The new vaccine is ex
pected to protect for a much
longer, but as yet undetermined
period. Although it was given
to many thousands of children
Italian Spaghetti
To Be Served By
Woman’s Club I
The Burnsville Woman’s Club
will hold a Party
on Saturday, March 5r
The Community Building will
be used and for the night, re
named “Casa Lqma”, (the Mud
Hut). An Italian Supper featur
ing Spaghetti and Suttee will Be
I served on gayly decorated ta
bles.
Dinner will be from 5 to 8 p.
m. with dancing- during and
afterwards.
Children are cordially invited.
Tickets may be purchased
from any member of the Wov
an’s Club, at Information House
or at the door’ at SI.OO for
adults and 50c for children.
Proceeds will be used for the
Burnsville Library and other
Community projects.
Conference Games
To Be Played
In Burnsville
The Toe River Conference
Tournament will begin tonight
(Thursday) at the Burnsville
High School Gym. The first
game will begin at 7:30. Thej
Mitchell-Avery County Girls !
Tournament will also be played
at this time- The schedule is as
follows:
Thursday, March 3, Cranberry '
boys vs. Bakersville- boys and
Clearmont boys vs. Micaville
boys; Friday, Newland boys vs.
Bee Log boys and Bakersville
girls vs. Cranberry girls; Satur
day, Tipton Hill vs. winner of
Cranberry-Bakersville; Newland
girls vs. Spruce Pine girls and
Burnsville vs. winner of Ciear
mont-Micaville. The finals will
be played the 11th and 12th of
March. For schedule see next
week’s paper.
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NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
last year without ill effects,
jit will be given only with the
parents’ written permission.
For this purpose, cards have
been given all Ist and 2nd grade
pupils to take home. Early re- 2
turns show that most of the
parenst wish, their children to
have this protection, which will
be free.
Plans for administering the
Salk vaccine have the approval
of practicing physicians in this
district, who can be expected to .
help with the task of giving the
vaccine to. some 2500 children in
the first and second grades. It
is given in three doses, with an
interval of one week7 between
the first two, and four weeks
between the second and third.
Only the children actually in Ist
and 2nd grades can be included
this time, but it is expected
that the Salk vaccine will be
made available later to private
physicians, through regular
drug channels, so that other
children can be immunised. Dr.
Mcßae states that the above
plans are tentative pending
final approval of the vaccine by
the National Institute of Health;
this is expected about April 1.
Riverside Drive-In
Installs Cinema Scope
The .High and Mighty, star
ring John Wayne ia the picture
selected by the Riverside Drive
in Theatre to introduce the in
stallation of Cinema Scope. The
i first showing of is film will
be March 13 and it will also ba
shown on the 14th and 15th.
The management stated that
Cinema Scope is especially ef
fective on their wide giant
screen.
“In spite of the improved
equipment and the installation
of Cinema Scope, there v*!l be
no advance in admission price,”
stated Frank Cooper of. the
Riverside Drive-in.
Jdr. Cooper also announced
that beginning Mitch
11, the Drive-in would be open
every night.
Smokies Most
Popular Park
A few decades ago, no man
could travel this Great Smoky
Mountaitfs wilderness country
except on foot or mule back, at
ox-cart speed.
Today, more than two-and
one-half million visitors travel
throughout the region annually,
all of them on rubber tires, roll
ing over wide, paved highways
threading the Great Smokv
Mountains National Park, most
visited national park in the
entire nation.
These surfaced roads, built
through the deepest valleys, up
and over the highest mountain
peaks, scanning the loftiest ele
vations in Eastern America, led
2, 526,879 tourists and vacation
ists during 1964, to placegjYhere
they could see and enjoy some
of the country’s most magnifi
cant scenery and also travel .ob
jectives, including industry and
drama, famous throughout the
world.
Recent among scenic highways
surmounting Great Smoky
Mountains barriers, and opening
vistas to the traveling public, is
a new 22-ft-wide, 12 mile stretch
of paved roadway between tw<)
combined travel attractions in
Western North Carolina and the
eastern radius, between Fontana
Village Resort, two miles from
Fontana Dam and 30-mil*
(largest dam in the TV A cjiain),
and she city of. Asheville t© the
east - G • ... hJS
The new link .connecting other
highways into the region makes
a beautiful new area accessible '
to tourists. It connects a apot
which itself, draws upwards of
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