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Demonstration Farmers
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Rate High In Income
For the second consecutive
year the TV A Demonstration
Farmers of Yancey Cocnty have
had the highest average income
of all demonstration farmers in
fifteen counties of Western
North Carolina. This was an
nounced by Charles Pugh, Farm
Management Specialist of State
College at a dinner meeting of
demonstration farmers and
their families in the Durian
Cafeteria Tuesday evening,
March 15.
The sixteen Yancey demon
stration fanners had an aver
ave income pf $2176, the high
est being $8283, and the lowest
having a $3197 deficit. The
hi.gh figure for Yancey * was
well above that of any other of
the fifteen counties, the second
Senior Class
Sponsors Gospel
Singers
The True Gospel Quartet will
sing at the Burnsville High
School auditorium Friday,
March 25, at 8 p. m. Their ap
pearance will be sponsored by
the Burnsville Senior Class,
the proceeds going for the
seniors’ trip to Washington, D.
C., April 4 through 8. Admis- :
sion to the program is 50c and
25c.
On their trip to Washington,
the seniors will be accompanied
by Mr;4 and Mrs. Bill Penland
and by the class sponsors, Miss i
Islean Ray, teacher of English.'
and Charles Edwards, teacher
of typing. Mrs. Edwards wilt
also accompany the group, which
will travel by ’ chartered bus.
This is the first time the Bur
nsville Senior Claims,-has made a
trip to Washington, and R is
hoped that the trip wilt become
an annual event. -3
funeraTservices
mrs. d. r. McKinney
Mrs. D. R. McKinney, 73, of
Burnsville, RED 1 T died Monday
at 3 a. m. in Yancey Hospi
tal after a short illness.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 11 a. m. in the
Riverside Baptist Church. The
Rev. E. G. Adkins and the Rev.
Wroten Dunn officiated and
burial was in the family ceme- -
tery.
Survivors are the husbands
four daughters, Mrs. Glenn
Brooks, Mrs. Lewis Melton and
Mrs. Raymond Glenn, all of
Asheville, and Mrs. Erpie Wil
son of Burnsville; six sons,
James, John and Warren, all of
Baltimore, Md.; Fred of Swan-1
nanoa, Clyde of Asheville and
David Alden McKinney of
Elizabethton, Tenn.; one sister,
Mrs. Willie Collis of Marion;
tyvo brothers, W. E. and Robert
Burnette of Spruce Pine; 35
grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home was in charge.
JOHN W. AUTRY
John W. Autrey, 78, a sales
man formerly of Asheville and
a native of Yancey County, died
in a Winston-Salem nursing
home Sunday at 11 p. m. after
a long iifness.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. at the
Eetatoe Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. Hershey Longenecker
and' the Rev. Nane Starnes of
ficiated. Burial was in the Aut
rey Cemetery.
Survivors are two daughters,
Mrs. R. H. McCuiston of Morr
ganton, and Mrs. J. A. Penland
of V/inston-Salem; one son, Lee
H. of Orlando, Fla., and three
grandchildren.
The Yancey Record
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SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR.
highest top income being $5919,
for Haywood County. The aver
age for the 34 Haywood demon
stration farmers according to
this report was $1157 and the
lowest was a $2183 deficit.
Madison County’s 28 demon
stration farmers had the.second
highest average income, $1660.
The top income in Madison was
$5691, with a $2277 deficit aa
their low figure.
In each of the fifteen coun
ties reported the lowest figure
was a deficit, ranging from a
deficit of $579 for Mitchell to
$6445 for Watauga. The aver
age for Mitchell was $956 and a
S2OO deficit for Watauga. The
deficits do not represent as
great a loss as might be assum
ed, however, it was pointed out.
The exacting system of book
keeping which demonstration
farmers must follow requires
that they figure an average
hourly wage for themselves and
a percentage of return on their
investment. When income fails
to meet these standards, they
must report a deficit.
Officers elected by the Yan
cey demonstration farmers at
the meeting were J. B. Stamey,
chairman; Z. B. Byrd, vice
chairman; and Mack Mclntosh,
secretary-treasurer.
The other demonstration far
mers in this county are Hollis
Honeycutt, W. J. Fox, Bruce
Bailey, C. W. Mclntosh, Fred
Bryan, Ralph Ray, George
Wheeler. Fred Phillips, Th«d
Ray, Earl MciNieal, John Ran
dolph, Carlie Rice and Walter
Edwards. *
Burnsville P T A
See Girl Scout Movie
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“Leading Lady”, a movie
about Girl Scout leadership was
shown pt a recent meeting of
the Burnsville PTA. The rpeet?
ing which was held at the
school lunch room was presided
over by Iliff Clevenger and
Miss Ethel Boone gave the de
votions. Mrs. Don Burhoe was
in charge of the program.
During the business session,
Gns Peterson, Mrs. Vance Hen
sley, and Mrs. W. A. Higgins
were appointed to serve as a
nominating committee. Another
committee consisting of Bruce
Westall, Horace Higgins, and
Mrs. Royce Lee Howell was ap
pointed to meet with the town
board to discuss the problem of
speeding on streets and high
ways near schools and to extend
school zone areas for greater
safety. v
* PTA attendance banners were
won by the eighth grade and by
' the tenth and eleventh grades
who tied’ for the high school
honors.
The April meeting will be a
covered dish supper.
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FINNISH TANKER APPROACHES RED CHINA—The \
, Finnish tanker, the Aruba, loaded with jet plane fuel for Red
China, is the object of much conjecture in the Far East. While
l Formosan newspapers demand that the Aruba be sunk, . the
) captain of the ship refused to put into Celon despite demands
s made by the rebelli crew. Acting under orders from the ship’s
owners he continued his course toward Red China.
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNT*”
BURNSVIttE, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1955
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Bald Creek, Micaville
Win Spelling Contest
Bald Creek won a first and
two seconds in the county spell
ing contest held in Burnsville
Wednesday aftrenoon.
Billie Ray, llth grade stud*
ent at Bald Creek took top hon
ors in the high school division,
with Sonja Peterson, Bee Log
9th grader, Elizabeth Wheeler,
Clearmont 10th grader, and
Jimmy Shuford, Micaville llth
grader, tied for second. In the
7th and Bth grade division*
Kitty Wilson of Micaville, Bth
grade won first and Maxine
Austin, Bth grade of Bald Creek
won second. Martha Bradshaw,
Clearmont fifth grader, won
first in the 4th, sth and 6th
grade division. Second place
went to Freda Hill, Bald Creek
sixth grader. ,
Other contestants who had
won in their own schools were
Elizabeth Wheeler and Raymond
Bailey of Bee Log; Marietta
Atkins and Opal Bradford of
Burnsville; Arlene Grindstaff
of Clearmont; Mary Louise Bis
, hop of Micaville; Jewel Carrol
and Viola Hollifield of South
Toe; and Patricia Robinson of
Prices Creek.
Three Births
Reported By
Yancey Hospital
Three births and fifteen
other admissions were announ
ced for the week by the Yancey
Hospital. The births, all boys,
include Kenneth Dale, born
March 19 to Mr. any! Mrs. Ray
mond Westerman to* sprww
Pine; David Michael, bom
March 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Silvers of Rt. 1; and Randy
Clay, born March 21 to Mr. and
Mrs. Ronald Wallace of Cane
River.
Other admissions include Miss
Billie Jean Price, Mona Lee
Choate and Delano Choate, all
of Route 2; Mrs. Georgia
Thomas, Mrs. Vance Proffitt,
anr Mrs. Ben Riddle,—all of
Burnsville; Mrs. Alcie Byrd and
Mrs. Pansy Rogers, both of
Cane River; Mrs. c Maxine
Greene of Bakersville; Mrs.
Alice Fender of Bald Creek;
Mrs. Anna Wilson and Edd
Harris, of Micaville; Mrs.
Grace Honeycutt, Phillip Bailey,
and Mrs. Bill Hullett of Rt. 1;
and Walter Fox of Kalamazoo,
Michigan. ta*
Yancey Baptist
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Missionary Session
Scheduled
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| The Annual Session of the
| Woman’s Missionary Union of
the Yancey Baptist Association
will be held with the Mount
1 Pleasant Baptist Church, Wed
nesday, March 30th, at seven
o’clock. Guest speakers will be
Mrs. John Wacaster, Field Re
presentative, Woman’s Mission
, ary Union and Mrs. Edwin
Dozier, missionary to Japan.
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Sophomores, Juniors
Win Tournament
June Mclntosh, Reporter
The Burnsville High , Class
Tournament Wee played Thurs
day, March 17 through Monday,
March 21. The Girls
and the Juniar’Boys were the
winners. In tihe preliminary
gdffies, the Sop&omore girls de
feated the Freshmen girls and
the Juniors defeated the Senior
girls to enter the finals. The
Senior boys defeated the Soph,
boys and the junior boy» de
feated the Freshmen.
In the finals “Judy” Briggs
led the Sophontbre girls to vic
tory with 19 Apoints. Wanda
Adkins was high for the Jun
iors with 9.
In the boys Lloyd
Hensley led the; scoring for the
juniors with 21. While Edward
Carter and Jfmes McMahan .
were high for fee Seniors with
8 each. f -
The proceeds from this final
game went to 4he Senior class
for their Washington Trip.
Parents jtost
Sign Pali§ Cards
For Yacdhe
All parents of first and sec
ond graders who wish their
children to have the new Salk
vaccine against polio should
sign the “polio vaccine cards”
and return them to the school
this week. Dr. Cameron F. Mc-
Rae, director rtf the Avery-
Mitchell-Yancey District Health
Department explains that the .
cards need tp be returned in im
po-rtr
HeaKh not latere than Apr il 1
the number of children for
whom the vaccine is desired if
it is available next month. The
local Health Department needs
to have the complete repbtts
, from the schools next Monday.
Dr. Mcßae stressed the fact
that only children in the first
two grades can be given the
vaccine if it should become av
ailable; also that it was given
to almost half a million children
last spring without bad effects,
and that the local practising
physicians have endorsed it and
are willing to help the Health
Department to give it.
It will not be known till after
April Ist whether the National
Institute of Health will license
the vaccine as being safe' and
effective. If licensed, it will
probably become available the
week of April 18; in this case,
two injections would be given
end of April, and the third one
four weeks later. Rather than
visiting each school to give the
vaccine, it is planned to give it.
in three locations in Yancey
County, three in Mitchell, and
two in Avery; children would
be brought to these places by
school bus and then taken back
i to their schools in time to re
■ turn home at the end of the
■ school day.
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Highway Dept
Lists Arrests .
Raleigh—-The State Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles reported
today 899 drunk driving convic
j tions in February, meaning that
number of Tar Heel motorists
lost their driving privileges or
suffered additional penalties
for second and third offenses.
The drunk driving convictions
are part of a regular monthly
summary of traffic offenses re
quiring the surrender of driv
ing privileges. ° -3
Other revocable violations re
ported during the month in
cluded 275 speeders (over 76
j mph). 268 speeders convicted
twice for over 66 mph, 418 for
speeding over 70 in a passenger
car and two- for speeding over
60 in a truck.
Two offense of reckless driv
ing 104, habitual violator 51, un
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DARING GIRL ACROBAT <
“Miss Josephine,” celebrated
aerialist will walk on her toes
upside down on the Burnsville
H. S. Gym ceiling Friday, April
8, with the AM American In
door Circus featuring the popu
lar T-V circus stars in person (
with a cast of Big Top Artists.
including Jugglers, Gymnasts,
Aerialists, Clowns, Tumblers,
Acrobats and Thrilling Dare
Devil Stunt performers in a com-1
plete Circus program sponsored|
by the Burnsville Men’s Club. 1
An afternoon program will be
staged at 1 :S0 p. m. and a 1
night performance at 8 p. m., I
with stunts that will amuse and
amaze the entire family. j
Many Proposals Offered To
Keep Tobacco Production Down
Between "600 and 7Oo‘
tobacco growers ifltned put for
the meeting held in ■BurhaviUe
on TdSSaay tft discuss problems
relating *to the quota program
tobacco. This was
one o£*.the largest agricultural
meetings ever held in the coun
ty. The attendance was so much
greater than was expected that
the meeting" had to be moved
from its scheduled location, the
Burnsville High School auditor
ium, to the gymnasium.
John Randolph, chairman of
the Burley Tobacco Committee
of the local Farm Bureau, pre
sided at the meeting. The
speakers, who explained the
need for reducing of tobacco
acreage, were Frank Ellis and
Joe Williams, both of U S.
Good Attendance
At Micaville
PTA Meeting
Sixty-five persons attended
the second meeting of the re
cently organized Parent-Teach
er Association at the Micaville
School Monday night. Every
grade, from first grade through
high school, was represented
by at least* two parents.
Mrs. Jack J. Young, .presided.
She was elected president at
the organization meeting held
February 21. At that time Mrs.
Joe Petree was elected vice pre
sident, Miss Doris Young, sec
retary, and Charles Crowder,
treasurer.
Miss Ethel Boone gave the
devotions, the Easter story, at
the March meeting. During the
business session the members
voted that the officers continue
through next year. Conjmittee
members and chairmen, who
had been selected by the officers
since the previous meeting,
were announced.
Meetings of the Micaville
PTA will be held on the third
Monday night of each month, at
7:80. AH interested persons,
whether or not they have child
ren In the Micaville school, are
invited , tq attend, - *
satisfied judgment 51, trans-,
porting intoxicants 27 and lar
cency of auto 15.
The month’s total of revoca
tions and suspensions came to
j 2,252 the department said.
Traffic Violations Fill
Most’Of Criminal Docket
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The climax of this session of
Superior Court was reached
Wednesday when Clifford Dey
ton, Jack Edwards, and Clarence
Deyton were tried on a charge
of assault with a deadly weapon.
The court took a nolle pros (an
agreement not to proceed furth
er with prosecution) with leave
in the cases of Clifford Deyton
and Jack Edwards. Clarence
Deyton pleaded guilty. The court
returned a prayer for Judge
ment upon the condition that
the prosecuting witness, Walter
Edwards, be paid the sum of
SISOO, to be paid over a period
of time with SSOO due now and
SSO a month for the balance.
The prayer for judgement leav
es the way open for the court
to pass further judgement in
the event that the defendant
becomes delinquent in the pay
ments imposed. He was also
charged court costs.
Andy Martin, changed with
escaping from a road gang got
a 2-year sentence on the road
to begin at the expiration of his
| present term. This sentence was
: suspended on the condition that
1 he does not escape or try to es
cape and maintains a record of
’ good behavior.
I Cases heard Monday and
, Tuesday dealt mostly with apeed-
I ing and driving under influence
of AgncxOTure
R. Flake Shsw, executive vice
president of the North Caro
lina Farm Bureau; Joe Higdon,
in charge of the Commercial
Credit Tobacco Loan progwHn;
and Clyde Greene of Boone,
S’* airman of the state ASC
mmittee.
The speakers discussed Jhe
law of supply and demand as
related to tobacco. Several pro
posals were made on how to
maintain tobacco prices. It was
suggested that the minimum
acreage might be reduced from
.7 to .5. Or the penalty on over
produced or “red card” tobacco
might be raised from 50% to
75%.
A proposal was also made to
do away with the system of al
lotment expansion by over
planting. (At present a tobacco
farmer plants an acre more than
his allotment may get a one
tenth increase in his allotment
for the next season.) .Another
suggestion was to cut down on
tolerance in measuring allot
ments. By tolerance it meant
the prevailing custom of letting
five and a half tenths acre
count as five tenths acre in
measuring an allotment. It was
reportedly proposed from the
floor that no further increase
in acreage be allowed any to-,
bacco farmer unless a corre's-l
ponding reduction has been
made in other farmers allotment.
Many Yancey
People Attend
Health Conference,,
Several persons from Yancey
County are attending the Rural
Health Conference today in
Asheville. The Conference, spon
sored by the North Carolina
Medical Society, opened at 10
a. m. at. the George Vanderbilt
Hotel.
A number of health problems
will be dealt with. Some of the
topics are farm and home saf
ety, sanitation, hospital and
surgical insurance, child care,
dental' problems, mental health.
Those who planned to attend
from this county are Mrs. War
da Greene Garland, E. L. Dill
ingham, William Bledsoe, Mrs.
C. F. Mcßae, Mm. Arthelia
Brooks, Mrs. Harry Bowen,
Mm. Chas. McLean, and Mrs.
C. L. Sacra. *
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NUMBER THIRTY
of alcohol. Eight cases of speed
ing were heard Monday, most
of them drawing a fine of twen
ty-five dollars and
fined were Tommy* Dean Bur
ton, DeWitt Fortner, Sherwood
Whitson, Edwin Garland, Faye
Phillips, Donald Greene, David
Carl Winters, and Morris Ray
McKinney. Winters was fined
only $lO and costs while Gar
land and Greene, were fined S4O
jinduding costs, according to
records in the clerk’s office.
Bruce Bodford, Milford Wal
throp, Ella Honeycutt Hughes,
Edwin Peterson, Shirley Ann
Vance, James Higgins, Beatrice
Randolph, Robert Miller, Fran
cis Riddle, ; knd C. D. Gibbs
were all charged with driving
without a drivers license or af
ter the expiration of a license.
According to the Clerk’s record
all were fined $25 and costs.
Seven persons were tried for
driving while drunk, according
to the clerk’s records. They were
James Smith, Frank Phillips
Vaughn Bryant, Paul Jack Mc-
Gee, Robert Honeycutt, Frank
Buchanan, and Vernon Gardner.
Most of these were fined SIOO
and costs. One person, Frank
Buchanan, was sentenced to 90
days on the road and license re
voked for a period of three years
Three persons, Claude Hugh
es, Columbus Barnett, and Sam,
McCurry were tried for pass
ing wortrless checks. McCurry
was sentenced to 90 days in jail
while Barnett and Hughes got
suspended sentences.
Other cases included: Thomas
ggrfe, non-support of rtuld. :
Collins and Frank Kiser, spotting
deer with spotlight and hunting
with silencer. The gun and
light were confiscated, Kiser
was - sentenced to six months in
jail suspended on payment of
$250 fine. Collins was fined $l5O
and costs. Payne was sentenced
! to four months on the road.
1 Several were called but failed
to appear. Other cases are sched
’ uled to be tried today (Thurs
-1 day).
Fishing Schedule
Released
# Dates and special regulations
for the 1955 fishing season in
the Mt. Mitchell Wildlife Mana
gement Area are announced by
the U. S. Forest Service and the
N. C. Wildlife Resources Com
; mission. The season opens
April sth.
The other dates for fishing la
the game refuge in April are
: 6, 9-10, 13, 16-17, 20, 23-24, 27
30. For May, 1,4, 7-8, 11, 14-15,
18, 21-22, 25, 28-29-30. For
June, 1, 4-5, 8, 11-12, 15, 18-19
22, 25-26, 29. For July, 2-3-4, 6,
9-10, 18, 16-17, 20, 23-24, 27,
30-31. For August, 6-7, 18-14,
20-21, 27-28, 31. fc
I Permits will not be sold be
fore 6 a. m. of date to be used,
and all fishermen must have
checked out by 8 p. m. The
creel limit is 10 fish per day;
fish of any size may be retained
in the creel. The right is retain
ed by the N. C. Wildlife Resour
ces Commission to refuse to
sell a permit to anyone who
fails to check out at the end of
any day’s fishing. The permit
also may be ref used, or cancell
ed if already issued, to any in
dividual who appears to be in
-1 toxicated or whose conduct is)
unseemly or in violation of ex
isting rules and regulations.
On open fishing dates Neals
1 Creek Is open only to women
■ and to children under 12 years
i of age. Permit is required. The
. section of South Toe River (In
• the game refuge) between the
t swinging bridge and dam is
open to children under 16 years
■ of age without charge, on open
- fishing dates. A free use per
t mit is* required and fish roust
, be checked out at the end of the
. day. Mackeys Creek is closed
to all fishing, *
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