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Coroner’s Inquest Held
For Traffic, Fire deaths
Nick Evans of Burnsville was
found blameless in the death of
Billy Ledford who died from
injuries received when he was
struck by Evans’ car Saturday
night. After hearing testimos
ies from Highway Patrolman
A. W. Rector and several wit
nesses the six man jury at the
coroner’s inquest returned a
verdict clearing Evans ’.of any
negligence.
The accident occurred Satur
day night at the intersection of
Summit Street and Azafea Lane.
Billy Ledford was returning
home from a. basketball game
when he ran in front of the
car, according to witnesses at
the inquest.
In the case of the death of
Hugh Lee Griffith and Emmitt
Hazzard the jury found the two
, men died from burns received
in the fire which was of an
FUNERAL jiERVICES
~ BILLY LEDFORD
Funeral services for Billy
Ledford, 9, who died from in
juries received when struck by
an automobile at about 11:10
Saturday night were held Mon
day March 7 at 2 p. m. at the
Faith Fellowship Mission with
the Rev. H. M. Alley officiating.
Burial was in the Holcombe
Cemetery.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs; €Hyd« LsdfoM of
Burnsville, one brother, Doug
las of the home and three half
brothers and three half sisters.
Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home was in charge.
MRS. GASTON ANGEL
Funeral services for Mrs.
Gaston Angel, 64, who died at
her hoipe here at 2:30 Saturday
morning after a long illness
were held at the Higgins Mem
orial Methodist Church at 2 p.
m. Sunday, 6. The Rev.
Worth Royals officiated. Burial
was at the Mclntosh Cemetery.
In addition to her husband,
Gaston Angel, she is
by one daughter, Mrs. Beatrice
Robinson of Fletcher, N. C.,
three sons, Edgar, Pershing,
and Carroll, all of Burnsville;
one sister, Mrs. Mary Edwards
of Erwin, Tenn.; four brothers.
Houston Beaver of Spindale,
N. C., Willard of Burnsville,
Sam of Candler, and Mannon
of Aberdeen, Md. »
Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home was in charge.
BURGIN DAVIS " J
Burgin Davis, 78, retired far
mer of Celo, died Sunday at 6 aj
m. at the home of a son, S. R.
Davis at Celo.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 2:30 p. m. in the
Brown’s Creek Baptist Church.
The Rev. Arthur Pate officiat
ed and burial was in the Carro
way Cemetery.
Survivors are one daughter,
Mrs. Garland Smith, Marion
RFD 4; five sons, S. R. and
Garland of Celo, Ben of Rich
mond, Calif., Isaac and John R.
of Marion RFD 4; two sisters,
Mrs. Will Lewis of Old Fort
and Mrs. Harv Loftis of Mar
ion RFD 4; 16 grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Horae was in charge.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks
and deep appreciation to out
many friends for the kindness
and sympathy shown us during
the illness and death of our be
loved one. Also for the beauti
ful floral offerings.
Family of Mrs. Gaston Angel
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SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR.
unknown origin.
The two men perished when
1 the house occupied by Emmitt
Hazzard burned down about 9:30
Saturday night. Hazzard’s body
was recovered Saturday., night.
It was not known until the next
morning that Hugh Lee Grif
fith had also lost his life iri the
fire. HLs remains were found
about 7:30 Sunday morning.
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Miss Oats Announces
Wedding Date
Miss Tiny Oats has. finally
been pinned downtfas to
of her forthcoming Jpfii-riage,
and has named March $2, 8 p.
m., at South Toe School. But
now the startling discovear hash
been made that “Miss OafV’jffirt
been living under an assumed
name. The real
elusive individual re
vealed the night of t^u^edding,
as will the real jd^V’ol the
gi 'oin ami romaifflßT of the;
wedding party. Mjss Oats stat
ed that she‘would like to invite
all her friends and energies to
attend the wedding but in order
to keep the crowd within bounds
she has decided to ask a small
admission charge of 25c and 50c.
It is rumored that the proceeds
will be used to make a down
payment on her wedding gown, j
Tickets may be obtained from
any member of the South Toe
P T A .or at the door.
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Thomas In Japan
Far East (FHTNC) Pvt.
Billy G. Thomas, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur J. Thomas of Ri. 1,
Green Mountain, N. C., is serv
ing in Japan with the 9th Mar
ines, infantry regiment of the
3rd Marine Division.
His unit is headquartered at
Camp Sakai, near Osake,. sec
ond largest city in Japan.
RICHARD HUGHES
Funeral services for Richard
Hughes, 20, of Green Mountain
RFD 1. who drowned Tuesday
night, March i, when an auto
plunged into a stream, were
held at 2 p. m. Thursday in the
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
The Rev. J. H. Black officiat
ed and burial was in the family
cemetery.
State Highway Patrol Pfcf
Charles Radcliffe reported the
auto driven by Hughes struck
a bridge on a paved rural road
a mile north of Relief and top
pled into Pigeon Roost Creek.
Hughes, he said, was trapped
in the car in three feet of water
for twenty minutes bqfoVe his
two companions could free him.
He said the two others were
Dewey Hughes Jr., 18, the vic
tom’s cousin, and Bob Freeman,
17, both of Green Mountain.
Richard. Hughes is survived
by his parents, Mr. and' Mrs.
Fonze Hughes of Green Moun
tain RFD 1; a sister, Mrs.
Francis Whitson of Kingsport,
Tenn.; and five brothers, Ar
thur, Howard, Homer and Lloyd,
all of Green Mountain, and
Ferrell of Burnsville.
HUGH LEE GRIFFITH
Funeral services for Hugh
Lee Griffith* 43, were held at
2 p. m. Monday afternoon at
the Mt. Zion Methodist Church
with the Rev. J. B. Watson of
ficiating. Burial was at the
Horton Cemetery.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Griffith,
two sisters, Mrs, Lucille Jackson
and Mrs. Ruth Byrd; and three
brothers, Edd, Beecher and
James.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
Stork Works Overtime
At Yancey Hospital
The stork was worn to a
i- frazzle last week with six bir
ths announced at the Yancey
Hospital. The births included a
son, Roger .Frederick, born
i March 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Fred
V Hensley, Jr., of „ Burnsville; a
) daughter, not yet named, born
r to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lee Banks
. of Burnsville; a son, Mark
t Randy, born March 5 to Mr.
- and Mrs. Douglas Greene of
5 Bakersville; a daughter, Sharon
1 Lynn, born March .6 to. Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Silvers of Rt. 1;
a daughter, Deborah Kay, bore
, March 6 to Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Rollings of Swisps; and a daugh-.
ter, not yet named, born to Mr.
and Mrs. Browft Hughes of
, Mieaville.
i Gther.. admissions, 'include
, Miss Nancy-Deyton, Mrs. Stan
, ley Riddle, Mrs. Hattie Austin^
; Mrs. Lucy Peterson, Master..
[JKenny Hall and Mrs. J. L. Ray,
I all pi Burnsville; Mrs. Minnie 3
Murphy of Huntdale, N. C..;
, Joe Blankenship, Master Larry
Vsn Hy lemon, and Master Gene
, Ledford, all of Route 1; Faye
s Whitson, Baby Vicky Thomas,
! an d Mrs. Reba Hoilman, all of
■ Green Mountain; Mrs., Annette
McPeters, Baby Jaihek Peyry
, Jackson, Master James Paul
• Silvers all of Star Route; John
i D. Eate of Swiss; Bernice Bur
! nett and Mrs. Vewel Bodf<>rd,.
both of Roue 2; Fojize Whifson
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YANCEY GIRL SpOUTS CO®teMORATE
, SCOUT’S 43rd ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK
r The V *^Pureswle l al cl
Girl Scouts, Brownies, and lead
ers are having a birthday,
along with 2 1-2 million other
Girl Scous all over the United
States. During National Girl
Scout-Week, March 6-12, they
are celebrating the 43rd anni
versary of the founding of Girl
Scouting in America. The anni
versary is on March 12.
The Intermediate Scouts of
Burnsville will present a pro
gram on International Friend
ship for the Woman’s Club
meeting on March 10. Miss
Nancy Campbell, Executive
-Director • of- the Pisgah Girl
Scout Council, will be a guest.
The Burnsville Scouts are spon
sored by the Woman’s Club.
The Bald Creek Brownies and
MARY WOODS
. FuntrSkT—services for Mary
Woods, 82, who died in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Elliott of
Burnsville Tuesday night after
a long illness were held at the
home of N. B. Elliott of Jacks
Creek at 3 p. m. last Thursday.
The Rev. A. Z. Jamerson offi
ciated and burial was in the
family cemetery.
Surviving are several nephews
and nieces.
Holcombe Brothers Funeral
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EMMITT HAZZARD
Funeral services for Emmitt
Hazzard were held at 2 p. m.
Wednesday afternoon at the
AME Zion Church with the
Rev. George L. Smith officiat
ing. Burial was in the Horton
Cemetery.
Survivors include two sisters,
Mrs. Charity Griffith of Bur
nsville, and , Julia Hogns of
Bristol, Va. and one brother,!
Roosevelt Hlzzard of Abing
ton, Va.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks
of deep appreciation to our
many friends for the flowers
and sympathy shown us during
the death of our beloved son.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ledford
and Family.
BURNSVILfcE, N. THURSDAY, march io, 1955
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Lions Announce r 1
Winners |n Dental
Health Contest
Winners in the Lions Club
Dental Health Essay Contest
1 for the- county schools have
! been' .Each winner
1 receives a prizi of ten dollars.
1 In the 12th grade, Pat Rector
1 of the Micavilfe school wrote
J the winning ejasay. The 11th,
- 10th, and 9th,jf grade winners
; are a b frovfim the Clearmont
school; they 2tfe Judy Ledford',
Elizabeth WhJiler, and Janet
Sue Gornto, respectively.
Two tied for
Dm- inkefflMfca Proffitt o t
Bald Creek ' and Elizabeth
Wheeler of Btjje Log.
, Winners; in jthe other grades
were as foUdws; 7th, Mary
Catherine. R'yple of Pensacola;
! 6th, Carolyh of Bur
nsville; York of Bald
Creek; 4tfi|jS|nda Robinson of
Mieaville Walter Edw
, ards of .PgflßxJreek.
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’JJ udgcPEßne essay contest
werk Young, Mi
Fred PrqffH and Mrs. Walter
Kbx. in each whoo!
selected thcjllst essays from
■each submitted them
to the iuiflM-. for the final se
lection of
- Ramsaya®*’#; Baby Stanley
Ray Os W. K. Mc-
Mahan of Mrs. Mary
■ pCarroll of tßcuyille, and Mrs.
a j; vOf Bee Log.
mil,
sored by the Home Demonstra
tion Club. A film on scouting
was shown at their •mSi?ltrfk
MarchS.
Exhibits by the Burnlviße •
Brownies and Scouts may be
seen this week in the windows of
Pollard’s Drug Store and Anglin
and Westall Store; and exhibits
by the Bald Creek Brownies and
Scouts in the windows of Prof
fitt’s Store at Bald Creek.
Some interesting items of Girt
Scout "history are furnished by
Mrs. Horton Gibbs, Publicity ,
Chairman, of the Burnsville- ,
Bald Creek Neighborhood Lead
ers: The organization was first
ksown as the Girl Guides, when
Juliette Gordon Low organized
the first group in this country
at Savannah, Georgia, on March
12, 1912. The next year the
name was changed to Girl
Scouts. Mrs. Low had been im
pressed by the Girl Guides in
England and Scotland, where
she had met Lady Baden-Powell,
first president of the Girl
Guides, She had also met Lord
Baden-Pbwell, founder of the
Boy Scouts.
Juliette Gordon Low was born
in Savannah in 1860. At the age
of 25 she married William Low
and made her home in England
and Scotland until 1012. After
her return to America and the
founding of Girl Scouts in this
country, she displayed tireless
energy and enthusiasm on be
half of the organization. She
was handicapped by ill health
an# almost total deafness. Yet
nothing could stop her. Wher
ever she went she started Girl
Scout troops. She travelled all
lover the United States gharing
her ideas with others. Although
not wealthy* she financed Girl
Scouts for four years alone.
By the end of 1915, there
were 5,000 Girl Scouts. The or
ganization had a national coun
cil, a constitution, bylaws, and a
charter. Mrs. Low was the first
president. Girl Scouts became ;
known for their services during
the first World War. By the
end of 1918, there were 34,081
members. Today there are 2 1-2
million, representing every race,
creed, and national origin in
the country.
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Church Census
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To Be Competed
The city-wide church census
originally planned for last Sun
day, March 6, w’as postponed
because of the death of.. Mrs.
Gaston Angel. It is planned to
conduct the census this Sunday,.
March 13, between the hours of
-1:30 and 4 o’clock. As origin
ally planned, all the churches
of Burnsville will participate,
with the results to be made
available to all the churches.
Bolen’s Creek Baptist Church
with its church field adjacent
to and extending into . Burns
ville, will also take part,—-
Miss Laura Mae .Hilliard will
direct the with the co
operation'of the pastors. 'Ap
proximately sixty persons will
form .thirty teams, gathering at
the First Baptist Church and
going „of!t from that point.
Special follow-up' team.} will be
enlisted to visit those who are!
missed on March 18. Since most
of the churches plan to engage
in a‘series of , yeyival services
this spring, the census is con- 1
Sidered particularly valuable at
this time.
Burnsville Band
To Go To
The entire 45-member School
Band of Burnsville is scheduled
to go to Appalachian State Col
lege at Boone on Friday, to be
present at the Western North
Carolina Junior and Senior High
School Band Contest. The band
will pot enter the contest, but
six Yancey County girls will
take part in the- Junior and
Senior High School Piano Con
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' Those eatering the piano con- ’
test are Maiy Alice Westall and
Janet Sue Gornto from junior !
high Shepard from '
senior high school, instructed
by Mrs. R. K. Helmle; Nancy
Young and Cynthia Randolph of
junior high school, and Marriet-,
ta' Atkins of senior high school, i
instructed by Mrs. Garrett 1
Bailey. .
The contests are sponsored by
the North Carolina Music Edu
cators Association. Winners will
go to the state Contest at Green- 1
sboro. It .is expected that 37
piano students and about 12 M
school bands will enter the con
tests at Boone on Friday. j
Drivers of cars taking the i
band members to Boone will be
the Mesdames Bruce Westall,
W. A. Higgins, Ashton Ramsey,
Reece Mclntosh, Garrett Ang
lin, J. H. Cooper, R. K. Helmle
(director of the band), and Zeb !
Young. The group will leave :
Burnsville at 7:30 a. m. Friday. '
-The contest begins at 9:30 and
continues all day. • j
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more than fifty feet into the air abrhg a fissure one mile long j
at Hilo, Hawaii, as the Kilrtuea volcano resumes activity along ;
her easterns: flank after a one da g rest. T his night aerial phots) \
shows a glowing stream of lava flowing from part of the mile - 1
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Red Cross Membership
Drive Starts In County
The 1955 Red Cross campaign
for members and funds is under
way. “You Are Not Alone,’’ is
the theme for this year’s, cam
paign, and the goal for Yancey
County is to enroll every family
ip the county as He'd Cr.pss
members. Contributions of one_
dollar or more makes one a
m ember.
Six Yancey County persons
‘received citations at the work
ers meeting held last Friday
nigh( at the Duplan Cafeteria.
These included nurses- service'
pins presented to Mrs. Willard
Honeycutt and Mrs. William
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Dance Students
PenTFrm r
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''Eiglit of Mrs. Robert. . K.'
Helmle’s dance stuf<enf3 gave
two performaiftes of "a,. SicMunw
Tarrantella dance at the Worn- ■
an’s Club Spaghetti supper last
Friday night. Those participat- *
ing in the dance were Brenda I
Anglin, Jean Cooper, Judy Ray, i
Mary Alice Westall, Charles!
Adair, David Boone, Barrow I
-Carter, and Danny Nichols. 1
The Sicilian dance was appro- ]
priate in the gay Italian decora
tions. The dancers were dressed !■
in Sicilian costume and carried
tambourines.
. Mrs. Don Burhoe was in char
ge of the decorations which con
sisted of colorful tablecloths on ,
tables illuminated with candles \ ]
and a number of wall plaques. [
The next meeting of the
Woman’s Club will be tonight j
(Thursday) at the community
house. The Girl Scouts will pre- J
sent a program commemorating
the 43rd anniversary of the
founding of the Girl Scout or
ganization.
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NUMBER TWENTY-EIGHT
Goldsworthy for Red Cross Ser
vice; Gallon Club pins to James
Robinson and Ted Phillips; a
special pin to Dry Cameron Mc-
Rae for having donated three
gallons of blood; and a five year
service pin to J. J. Nowicki.
Mrs;' Evelyn Pate is County
Chairman of the drive, with
Mr. Hubert Justice as Co-chair
man. The local leaders in the
Red Cross campaign point out
that the organization has been .
of considerable service in Yan
cey County, particularly in con
ducting the Blood Bank for lo
cal civilian needs and in helping
servicemen with various prob-
Jems. Seventy per cent of the
membership funds sent by the
local chapter to the national or
ganizations are expended in local
communities in tho, form of dis
aster relief, technical asd pro
fessional assistance, supplies,
material and financial aid to
chapters. The national' organi
zation also conducts certain
national and international ser
vice programs in support of its
local chapters, including servi
ces to the armed forces, disas-.
ter relief, work with other Red
Cross societies and the Interna
tional Red Cro is, all of which
are required of the Red Cross
by national statute. .
“The Red Cross must be as
powerful a for mercy and
helpfulness as the atomic age
i? powerful for destruction.”
President Eisenhower declares.
The theme ‘“You' Are Not
-AJobr” wph chosen to point up
( the present-day need foror^
> ganized assistance to help neigh
bors in distress. In earlier
, times, when life was simpler,
people could count entirely on
' direct help from neighbors or
, cl <>se relatives to see them thro
i ugh periods of misfortunes. But
| when a single, generous act of
j mercy must be multiplied a
i million times, it is pointed out,
jit requires vast resources, a
inidLUudt; of volunteers, and an —“
| organization geared to instant
' action across the nation and
‘around the world.
One of the most dramatic
functions of the Red Cross is
its well-known disaster relief
w’ork. When disaster strikes a
community, the Red Cross look
| after the needs of the family or
j individual where no other re
sources exist. It assists with the
i repairing and rebuilding of
homes, and where necessary
j with essential household fur
nishings. Such provision is on
the basis of need and guided by
local committees who know each
family’s circumstances. In the
hurricanes of last fall, 44,450
persons received 0 emergency
care, and 3,000 families, vic
tims of Carol, Edna, and Hazel,
received extended aid. Subse
quent flood damage, together
with hurricane damage, have
called for major disaster relief
efforts during the emergency
period, and it is anticipated
that long-term disaster aid will
run into many hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
,T n the field-of international
relations, the American Red
Cress has given aid to victims 5 '
of .great disasters in other cou
ntries l in the amount of more
than a million dollars from July
1952 through October 1954. It
has responded to 19 internation-'
al Red Cross appeals for disas
ter aid and made available large
quantities of antibiotios, medi
cal supplies, blankets, tents,
clothing and ambulances. Among
those who were aided in this
way v ere flood victims in Pak
istan, India, Korea, Japan, and
Nepal; earthquake victims in
Greece and Algeria; refuges in*
Vietnam; and hurricane Hazel
victims in Haiti,