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Preparations Made For
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At a regular town meeting
held_at the town hall at 7:OQ p.
m. March 24, 1955, preparations
were made to hold the municipal
election on Tuesday, May ~ 3,
1955, for the purpose of electing
a Mayor and two Commission
ers. The Burnsville Court House
will be the polling place.
Mr. Edd Banner was selected
for registrar, Mr.’ Jim Henry
Presbyterians And
Methodists Unite
In Service
The Newdale Presbyterians
and Methodists will unite in an
Easter Sunrise Service to. be
held at six o’clock Sunday morn
ing at the Will Young Cemetery
on Boonford Road. The pastorA
Joe Petree and Hershey Long
enecker are cooperating in this
program. In case of rain the
service will be held in the Mar
tin’s Chapel Church.
FUNEIALJERVICES
MRS. LULA LAUGHRUN
Mrs. Lula Laughrun, “ 82,
widow of J. J. Laughrun, died
at the home of her son, . like
Laughrun, Tuesday at 1 p. m.
after a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held
at the Higgins Memorial Meth
odist Church today (Thursday)
at 2 p. m. The Rev. W.‘ B
Royals, the Rev. C. R. Trammel
and the Rev. H. M. Alley will
officiate. Burial will be in the
Fairview Horton Hill Cemetery.
Survivors are three daughters,
Mrs. Jessie Mclntosh, Asheville,
Mrs. Kathr-yn McCurry, Kirk
land, Wash., Mrs. Clarence
Briggs, Alexandria, Va.; 'six
sons, Ike, Ralph, Paul,' and Luke
all of Burnsville, Seth of Ashe
ville and Dr. W. Gus Laughrun
of Forest City; three sisters,
Mrs. W. H. Gregg of
Mrs. Jennie Bradshaw of Re
lief and Mrs. R. W. Pettigrew
of Nashville; one brother,* J.
Will Horton of Hampton, Tenn.
28 grandchildren, and 19 great
grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be grandsons.
The body will lie in state at
the church one hour before the
services.
Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home is in charge.
CARD OF THANKS*
We wish to express our
heartfelt thanks and apprecia
tion to our friends, relatives
and neighbors for their many
acts of kindness and express
ions of sympathy and for the
beautiful floral offerings re
ceived at the loss of our hus
band and father, John W.
McAlister.
Mrs. John W. McAlister and
children. „
CARD OF THANKS i
We wish to express our
thanks anl deep appreciation to
our many friends for the kind
ness and sympathy shown f us
during the death of our dear
mitt and mother. Also for ? the
beautiful floral offering.
Mr. Dave McKinney and
Family.
BURNSVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL
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SUB* RATES $&00 YEAR.
Wilson and Mr. H. G. ; Bailey
were named Judges for the
election.
Registration books for voters
will open at 9:00 a. m. April
16, 1956. The books are to re
main open between the hours
of 9:00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m. on
each day (Sunday excluded) for
seven days (7) closing April 23,
except on Saturday when they
shall remain open until 9:00.
The final date for candidates
will be Saturday, April 16th at
12:00 noon.
On Tuesday, April 12th 1955,
there will be a Mass Meeting
held at 8:00 p. m. in the Burns
ville courthouse for the purpose
of nominating a ticket for the
coming Municipal election.
Hospital Care Is A Bargain
Says Cedric Adams
In Burnsville, as all over the
country, people often wonder
why hospital bills have to be so
hjgh. The well-known columnist,
Cedric Adams, helps shed some
light on the subject. Mrs. Mabel
I. West, administrator of the
Yancey Hospital, called our at
tention to the following excerpt
from Adams’ column “In This
Corner”:
Hospital Bills have concerned
a great many of us through the
years. I ran across a piece on
the hospital dollar the other
day that seemed interesting
enough to pass along. “This bill
is terrible, I'm not going to pay
it," said the man at the desk.
"How can you expect a working
man like me to pay $l2B for
three days, of care? What we
need is hospitals that are run
by the government.” The cash
ier was "having a bad time with
the husband of an outgoing
patient. The man’s wife had
been brought in to the hospital
for an emergency appendectomy
three days before. The bill,
broken down, covered $52.50
for the room for three days,
S6O for the surgery, $10.50 for
routine laboratory costs and $5
for drugs and miscellaneous
items. The man happened to
be a plumber. He was asked
first if the service his wife had
received had been satisfactory.
No, he had no complaint. “What
would it cost the hospital,” he
was asked, “if you were to pro-
KELL FOX
Kell Fox, 69, died in his home
at Oteen Saturday following a
long illness.
He was a native of Yancey
County.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 2 p. m. in the Green
Mountain Baptist Church here.
The Revi Troy McCurry offi
ciated, and burial was in the
McCracken Cemetery.
Surviving are the widow; two
daughters, Mrs. David Ogle of
Oteen, and Mrs. Lillie Fox of I
Elizabethton, Tenn.; a son,
David, of Oteen; three step-|
daughters; three step-sons; five
sisters, Mrs. John Ray of Mi
caville, Mrs. Sue Letter-man
and Mrs. P&nsie Letterman of
West Asheville, Mrs. Biddie
Wallace of Ohesney, S. C., and
Mrs. Robert Mitchell of New
dale; five brothers, Sol, Charlie
and Oscar of Burnsville, Wes
ley of Johnson City, Tenn., and
David of Richland, Va.; 14
grandchildren; and seven great
grandchildren.
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“DEDICATED TQ THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY”
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SUITCASE A-BOMB—Clouds
of dust and smoke billow into
the air as a sub-surface atom
blast erupts from the desert
floor in Yucca Flats, Nevada,
spewing forth radio-active dirt
and debris. The detonation was
described as an atomic bomb
for saboteurs, small enough for
one man to carry in a suitcase.
vide it with plumbing service
over a continuous three-day
period. “Plumbers’ rates are
$22 for an eight-hour day,” he
replied. “What about the night
shifts?” he was asked. “That
would be double time—s 44 each.”
So the cost for one day of con
stant attendance by one plumbs
er would be sllO.
“That’s Right,", agreed the
plumber. “And for three days it
would be $330." "And that’s for
wages alone. It doesn’t include
material,” the hospital attend
ant continued. “It "takes mQre
than 400 full-time employees Ho
run a good-sized
2 1-2 employee per patient or
five-sixths of one person’s ef
forts, around the clock, for
your wife. The hospital supplied
food, linen, medication, surgi
cal equipment, laboratory ser
vices, telephone service, dress
ings and techniques and skills.
The hospital had a responsibi
lity for the safety of your wife,
too’—There was a pause. “Do
you still think your bill was too
high?” “For the first time*”
said the plumber, “somebody
has taken the time to explain
to md in language I can under
stand the charges in a hospi
tal”—One more bit of analy
sis—all hospital services aver
age a cost .of sl.ll an hour,
which can M compared with the
average pay of a wage earner.
Micaville Students
Win Award
A group of Micaville High
School students won the award
in the one-act play division of
the Western North Carolina
Dramatics Festival in Asheville
last Friday. The play, “The Sun
is a Dead Man’s Weapon,” by
Robert Carroll, was directed by
Miss Edith Robinson of the
i Micaville High School faculty.
The players will represent this
| section at the State. Dramatics
Festival in Chapel Hill April
14-16, with the same play.
| Members of the cast are Jan
ice Murphy as Erma Waring;
I Duane MoDougald as Ezra War
ing; Pat Rector as Elly Waring,
and Larry Davis as Frank. The
two girls are high school sen
iors, the two boys juniors.
This performance was rated
“excellent’' by the judges in re
spect to selection of play, direc
tion, timing, and costumes. The
costumes were made at the Mi*
caiville school, with several
students and teachers helping.
The play represents a period of
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BURNSvrms, n. c. Thursday, APRIL 7, 1955
BAKE SALE TO BE HELD
AT NEWDALE
The women of Martin’s Chap
el Church are sponsoring a cake
and pie sale in Bradley Wilson’s
home at ° Newdale Saturday,
April 9. The sale will "begin at
ten a. m. and continue through
out the day. Hot dogs, hambur
gers and coffee will also be sold.
Baptists Plan
Many Activities
The Rev. Nane Starnes, pas
tor of the West Asheville Bap
tist Church, be the guest
minister at a series of revival
meetings planned by the First
Baptist Church of Burnsville,
April 25 tp May 3, it is announ
ced by the Retr. Charles B.
Trammel.
The ErotherlvOod of the First
Baptist Church,? which recently
conducted a Laymen’s Revival,
is taking the responsibility for
a series of prayer meetings to
be held in home? of the church
members and ii the church,
April 17-24. Gu| Peterson and j
Edgar Hunter, fr., will be in
charge of arranging these
meetings. The Brotherhood will
meet at the church Thursday
evening, April 7 at 7 o’clock to
consider final plans v for the
prayer meetings.
From April 11-17 Mr. Tram
mel will serve as guest minister
in a revival afe the Central Bap
tist Church in Spruce Pine.
A new Copimunion service
has been purchased by the First
Baptist Church and was used
for the first time last Sunday.
It is reported that approxi
mately fifty members of the
First Baptist . Church attended
meeting of the Woman's Miss
ionary Union at the Mount
Pleasant Baptist Church. The
large church there was packed
by those who came from several
Baptist churches of the'-county.
Hey Kids, Circus
Coming To Town
Hi Ho! Mom, Dad all the
kids, the All American Indoor
Circus with the T. V.. Circus
Stars will present two perform
ances at the Burnsville High
School Gym Friday, April Bth.
Performances will start at 1:30
and 8:00 p. m. Admission will
be 50c and SI.OO including tax.
Knife throwers will throw
knives at one another, acrobats
will get all tangled up, dogs
will do amazing tricks, tumblers
will attract attention, Punch
and- Judy will amuse the little
tots, fire eaters will digest a
meal of flames. For good clean
entertainment for the entire
family don’t miss the T. V.
Circus Stars sponsored by the
Burnsville Men’s Club tomorrow
night.
Burnsville Future
Farmers Team
Wins Contest
The Burnsville FFA team won
second place in ja land judging
contest held near Henderson
ville last Saturday, according
to Max Proffitt, instructor of
agriculture.
The winning team composed
of Bobby Styles, Steve Briggs,
and Joe Gillespie plans to enter
the state contest to be held at
Dunn, N. C. on April 12. Frank
Blankenship is an alternate in
case one of~the other boys will
not be able to participate.
The contest is sponsored by 0
the Carolina Power and Light
Company.
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INDOOR CIRCUS
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Three Burnsville
Scouts To Receive
Awards
Three members of Boy Scout
Tro.op No. 1 of Burnsville will
go to Ingalls, in Avery County,
next Monday to take part in
the Court of Honor, according
to their scoutmaster, Herman
Bostian. The Court of Honor
will be held at the Methodist
Church in Ingalls, 7:30 p. m.
Jerry Garland will go up for
First Class rank; Farrell Wil
son for merit badges in Home
Repair and Scholarship; Micky
Sholes for merit badges in Cit
izenship, Home Repairs, Schol
arship, Athletic and Public
■ Health.
The boys will be accompanied
by their scoutmaster. Their
parents are also invited to at
; tend the Court of Honor.
ilf the weather permits, Troop
, 1 will go on a camping trip Fri
■ day of this week.
Johnson Absolved
At Inquest
A coroners jury found Billy
Johnson blameless in the death
of Mrs. Nell Street. Mrs. Street
died of injuries received when
u she ran into a truck driven by
! Billy Johnson on Mine Fork road
According to witnesses Mrs.
1 Street walked from behind a I
parked car into the side of t|fe,e
' truck. The driver of the truck
could not see her because of the
5 car which obstructed his view.
■ Witnesses also stated that sev
' eral persons cautioned her as
the truck was approaching, but
that she apparently had not
! heard thelfi.
The statement issued by the
-coroner’s jury states, “It was
an unavoidable accldWt fiftd we
; find no blame on the part of
• Billy Johnson.”
1 Debbie’s Drive-In
Opens
Remodeling of the Love Fox
Service Station has been com-
room for a
drive-in restaurant and an auto
i repair garage. Ample space has
been provided for drive-in ser
-1 vice behind the new restaurant,
■ “Debbie’s Drive-In.”
Complete meals as well as
■ snacks and lunches are offered
1 in the neatly-finished eating
1 room. Two interior walls are
■ done in knotty pine. Green and
1 yellow are the predominating
5 colors. These are used in the
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Parris Island, S. C. (FHTNC) —Two Burnsville, N. C., Marine
Privates, Roger A. Baker (left), son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh E.
Baker of Route 1, and Roy C. Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter R. Harris of Route 2, check their rifle-firing scores
while Undergoing basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit
Depot here.
They are scheduled to complete training April 1.
Their ten weeks’ training includes instruction in close
order drill, manual of arms, first aid, military courtesy, per
sonal hygiene, guard duty and defense against chemical and
atomic attack. Three weeks are spent on the rifle range where
they fire the M-l rifle for qualification.
Before entering the service in January, they were graduat
ed from Burnsville High School.
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Grand Jury Recommends
Building School Rooms
The court house, jail, and
public schools, of the county
were given consideration in the
report made by the Grand Jury
to the Honorable J. Will Pless,
Jr., presiding jfadge at the
March 1955 term of the Super
ior Court of Yancey County.
Wilson S. Edwards was fore
man of the Grand Jury.
Regarding the court house,
the Grand Jury recommended
that additional space be provid
ed on the second floor of the
court house for a consultation
room for attorneys and clients,
as well as for the transaction of
business by the court and its
officials.
In response to this recom
mendation the following' order
was issuedk, “And it appearing
to the presiding judge that
Yancey Hospital
Lists Births And
Other Admissions
Three "births were listed for
the week by the Yancey Hospi
tal. They‘were a son, Ben Lee,
j born March 31 to Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Laws of Route 1; a son,
Warner Scott, born March 31 to
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fox, Jr.,
of Burnsville; and a daughter,
not yet named, born to Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Anglin, Rt, 1
Other admissions include Mrs.
Monnie Laws, Miss Billie Rob
inson, and Ralph Roland all of
Route 1; Mrs. Carless Briggs
and Miss Pearl Jones,“’both of
Micaville; Mrs. Luther Bailey,
Mrs. Berniece Boone and Mrs.
Baible Roland, all of Burnsville;
Gresham McPeters of Pensa
cola; Miss Marine Robinson,
Mrs. Lucille Byrd, Mrs. Hassie
Tillie, and Mrs. Reba Thomas,
all of Green Mountain; Master
■ Clifford McPeters of Cane Riv
er; Carl McPeters of Star Rt.;
1 Master Douglas Robinson of
* Mars Hill; and James Callahan
1 and Herman Silvers, both of
Route 2.
formica-tapped tables in
the plastic-upholstered chairs.
Early birds and night hawks,
in addition to those eating . at
more usual hours, can be acco
modated at Debbie’s Drive-In.
It is open from 6 a. m. until
1:00 a. m.
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crowded conditions and a state
of confusion exist on the second
floor of the court house and
that rooms now being used as
offices are needed for general
court purposes, for which they
were undoubtedly constructed;
Now therefore it is ordered
and directed that the board of
county commissioners immed
iately take action to provide
necessary space on the second
floor of the court house. ~ln
carrying out this order the
board of county commissioners
of Yancey County may vacate .
all or any of the offices on the
second floor of the court house.”
Having visited the county
jail, the Grand Jury found that
the jail was 1. clean, 2. in need *
of more beds and bed clothes,
3. with plumbing in bad order
needing immediate repair.
The Grand Jury learned from
the superintendent of schools
that a crowded condition exists
in every school in the county.
According to the report njade
by the state board of education
this year, fifty- four additional
class rooms, twenty by thirty
fe,et are needed to take care of
the present" load. These rooms
are needed right now, in order
to house and instruct the child
ren in school at this time.
To equip the fifty-four new
class rooms needed immediately,
the sum of SIOB,OOO is required.
Within the next ten years, ten
more classrooms will be needed.
This would require a building
& equipment fund of $368,000 to
supplement state and federal
funds. ,
The Grand Jury found that *
the dome on the courthouse had
not been replaced as requested
by the Grand Jury of the Aug
ust 1954 term of court.
H. D. District i
Meeting* Planned
The District IV Federation
of Home Demonstration Clubs
will hold its annual meeting
April I'4 in Fletcher, N. C.
Yancey, Madison and Buncombe
are the three counties making
up the 4th District.
District officers are: Presi
dent, Mrs. A. B. Sutton of Bun
combe; First vice president,
“Mrs. A. W. Huff of Madison;
Secretary, Mrs. Herman Ken- ?
nichell of Buncombe, and His
torian, Mrs. Horton Gibbs of
Yancey.
Final plans for attending the
district meeting will be made
by the Yancey club women at
their County Council meeting
to be held Thursday, April 7, at
7:30 in the Court House. Mrs.
Carl Silvers, newly .elected pre
sident, will be in charge of the
program.
The following women are 'ex
pected to take part in the dis
trict meeting: Mrs. Gordon
Moore, Mrs. Carl Silvers, Mrs.
W. P. Honeycutt, Mrs. C B
Bennett, Mrs. Lat Elliott, Jr.,
Mrs. Ralph Proffitt and Mrs.
Mollie Silvers. t~
Guest speakers at the District
meeting will be Mrs. Mack Rog
ers of Hendersonville, who will
report on the National Home
Demonstration meeting / and
Mrs. Vernon Hall of Buncombe
County, on the United Nations
Tour.
Mrs. Corrine Grimsley, Ex
tension Specialist in Family Re
lations will use as the subject
for her talk “Take a Look at
Yourself.” .
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