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VOMfiffi NINETEEN
Draft Beards Te Dispose
Os Registrants’ Files
Thomas H.
. Upton, State Director o t Selec.
'five Service, said today that he
has received notice from the
Director of Selective Service to
proceed with the disposal of the
individual files of registrants
of the Selective Training and
Service Act of 1940, as amend
ed. He pointed out that any
World War II registrant need
ing information from hi» World
War HI selective service file
should request if now before
„ the loss of such information by
destruction of the records. The
information roust be requested
FUNERAL_SERVICES
BASCOMB RANDOLPH
Bascomto Randolph, 64, a far
mer near Green Mountain, died
. Friday at a Bakersville Clinic
after a short illness.
Funeral services were held
Sunday ‘at 2:30 in Pleasant
Grove Baptist Church with the
Rev. Arthur Thomas and the
Rev. Holland Black officiating.
Burial was in the church ceroe
wry-
. Sqivivprg iqcitfde th« -widow,
Xri, jgapah Si»*n« Randolph.;
three sons, Yates and Wade qf
Green fountain and Bade of
Spruce Pine; four daughters,
Mrs. Andrew Johnson and Mrs.
B#y BpchjWan, both pf Qjeen
Moqqtain, Mrs. James McQgur
f¥ «f Strawberry Plains, fenn.,
aaad- Mrs. Paul Buchanan qf
taiif; B 4
ftelph Os BqjnsviMai seventeen
grandchildren and one great
* grandchild.
Pall bearers were Gay and
Gjw Sparks, Dr. Jay Woody,
Dr. Charles Phelps, Jr., R. K.
and Dennis G rinds taff, and
Virgil McKinney.
M. H. DRYfON
M. H. Deyton, 75J, retired
9sm
ft 6 a. ro- April 6, qfter a long
Olncsg.
Funeral services were held at
thp Qeyton Rend Methodist
Church at 2 p. m. Euuay. The
Rev. W. B. Boyato and the Rev
" Surviving are the widow,
Mary fqur daqgh^,
Miss Jenqie Qeytqn qf % bgnn&
Mrs. Charles Bradshaw of Re
yes, Mrs. Joe Wilson qf Johnson
Blty, fenn.,‘ and M ra - M ar v in
£apce qf Qak Ridge, Tenq.; a
sen, Bill, of Burnsville; and
•even grandchildren,
DSFGETFG
We wish to thank our friends
for the kindness shown ue dur
ing the death and funeral of
our loved one. And for the beau
tiful flowers,
fifty FW
We wish to express
heartfelt thanks and apprecia
tion to pur frieqds. relatives
and neighbors for their
acts of kindness and expfessr
ions of of sympathy sod fop |he
beautiful floral offerings r«-
eeived at the loss of our mother,
Mrs. Loula Laughrun.
The Family of Mrs. Loula
Laughrun.
We wish to express our many
thanks for the beautiful florfil
offering and sympathy showfl
us during the death of our
deceased one.
The Family of John Grady
Young.
The Yancey Record
sub, Bates ir.oo year.
either in person or by letter
signed by the registrant.
Colonel Upton also stated that
the Director of Selective Ser
vice advises that the great
majority of the World War II
files have served all discernible
administrative purposes in the
operation of the Universal Mil
itary Training and Service Act,
as amended, and that the Joint
Committee of Congress on the
Disposition of Executive Pap
ers has approved of the disposal
of individual files of registrants
of the Selective Training and
Service Act of 1940. The only
World War II files to he retain
ed are those of registrants clas
sified at any time in Class IV-C
(Alien), which have been re
quested by the Immigration and
Naturalization Service.
Files obtained, under the cur
rent draft act will continue to
be maintained by each Regis
trant’s local board.
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Five Houses Destroyed
By Fire In Last Six Weeks
The home qf Jphn Qequge at
Celo burned to the groumL Mon
day night after being struck oy
lightning. The family was anyay
from home at the time of thp
fire and did not know of the ,
loss until they returned- The
loss is estiiqafed at between .
eight and nine thousand dollars, 1
according to Chief Bob Hilliard
of the Burnsville Volunteer Fire
itnov?h
to have been destroyed by fire
in Yancey <3ou*tjT in a little
over a month, in two of these
fires a total of three lives were
lost—two when a house belong
ing to Mrs. Charity Griffith
Shirley Murphy
Wms Peace Study
Gpntfst
Shirley Murphy was the win
ner when Micaville held fts
final contest in the
High School World Peace Study
and Speaking Program sponsor
ed by the University qf North
Carolina. This program exists
to encourage study and discus
sion. qf the Myays of establishing
just apd lasting peace.
Accompanied fjy the teacher
coach, Mra. Florence W. Hugh
es, Mias Murphy is going pn
the educational four sponsored
by the American Freedom Asso
ciation fp New Vttrk CHfy, the
United Nations, and Washing
0. C., April 13-17. Representa
tives from 38 schools through
out the state will make the
tour. \
YOUNG
Burgsvipe, R. a, a veteran of
World War *, was killed last
Thursday miming when the
tractor-trailer 1 truck he was ~
driving collided with another
truck near lames City, Ftfo
Both trucks were destroyed
by‘ fire. j
Two men k the other truck
- also were kited,
i Funeral wqre held
Sunday at 2 v mi at 1 Windom :
Methpdist phuWh. Rev.
Fetfee and A. Z. Jtam
erspn Burial was in
thf Ppte Vpupgpymet«i’y..
v Surviving SFSft\e yfidofW*
children, Stevf and Carqlyn;
the pother, Mr Will Young of
Burnsville; fiw eistdrs, Miss
Sarah Young, bra, Homer Hus
kins, Mrs. Mose Griffith and i
Mrs. George Wight, all of Bur
nsville, and Mb Rex Letterman
of Lenoir; an four brothers,
Jess, Terrell, imes and Carl,
all of Burnsville
“Dedicated to the progress of yancey county"
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SALK VACCINE REPORT
RELEASED — Dr, Jonas E, Salk
of the University of Pittsburgh
has been credited with develop
ing a vaccine which ~ has been
found to be an effective weapon
against the great crippler—
poliomyelitis, A report was
made which evaluates . the re
sults of, last year’s mass inocu
lation with this polio vaccine.
According to reports the new
vaccine is 80 to , 90 percent ef
feclive against, the dreaded
bulbar type potidl ' #
burned down on March 5, \ 1-2
miles south of Burnsville, and:
one when Mrs. Emaline Heqsley
perished in the fire that de
stroyed her home in Burnsville
on March 14. The former fire
was of unknown origin, the lat
ter caused by using gasoline to
build a fire in a stove. The
Griffith house waa valued at
$25(10, the Hensley house at
A vacant house belonging to
L. E. Briggs burned down on
Mitchell Branch on March 21,
from an unknown cause, with a
loss of $660. The Jay Boone
home at Windom was destroyed
on April 4 by a fire caused by a
defective flue. The loss was
around S6OOO.
Damage amounting to S6GjO
resulted when a qay fyelgq£ihg
to Ray cuyght fire pn
March 28 qn Bennett Street in
Burnsville.
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Ray Garland
Gets promotion
|n Arfiy;. -
IX Corps,; Gar
land, 21, son Qf Mr. and Mrs.
Clayton Garland, Green Moun
tain, N. C., recently was promot- -
ed to private first clasp jn Ja
pan, where hf {s a member of
IX Corps' 2f2th Military Police
Company.
The IX Corps supervises the
intensive training activities of
a comprehensive post-truce tra
ining program for units under
its control. .
Private First Class Garland
arrived overseas
from m assignment' at Fort
Jackson, S. C. A 1961 graduate
of Clearmont High School at
Day Book, N. €., and a former
of the Briggs Mfg. Co
InpDetroit, he entered the Army
in)- February qf last year.
Fig-ures Show
Travel Increasing:
to* figures just
released by Great Smoky Moun
tains! National Park officials,
estimated travel in the park
during March totaled ~ 84,122
persons.
A breakdown of states repre
sented and the percentage from
each state rune: Tennessee, 54.3;
North Carolina, 13.3; Georgia,
5.Q; Ohio, 4.6; South Carolina,
4.3; Michigan, 3.6; Illinois, 3.1;
Indiana, 1.6; Wisconsin, 1.1;
Kentucky, 1.0.
BURNSVIUsE, N. C, THURSDAY, 14, 1955
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Pre-Sdtdol Clinic
The District Health Depart
ment will hold a pre-school clinic
at the elementary school build
ing in Burnsville on Monday,
April 18, starting at 9 a. m.
Parents of children who will be
six years old on ; or ‘before Octo
ber 15 are astalg) to bring their
children to this clinic.
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Many Yancey
Churches Plan
Revivals
A number of revival st.vices
have ibeen announced by -var
ious churches of Yancey County.
On April 11 jirevival services
began at the Church of God in
West Burnsville, The services
.will continue nightly through
April 24. beginning each even
ing at 7:30. Thf Rev. and Mrs.
Wroten Dunn qf Asheville will
be the Evangelists. The Rev. H.
L. Hutcherson- is the pastor-
Beginning April 18 a revival
meeting -Will begin at the West
Burnsville Baptist Church. The
Rev, R, A. Pate of Micaville
will assist the pastor, the Rev.
E. G. AdkTr.r. This is the fifth
revival service, the Rev. Pate
has conducted jiq the West
Burnsville Rapti*t Church.
Starting April 25, revival
services are planned by the
Burnsville Baptist Church and
the South Bstatoe Baptist
Church. The Burnsville services
will begin each evening at 7:45
with the Rey. Nane Starnes of
Church conducting the services.
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Toßb Presented
By Clearmont Hi i
The senior class of CleJrmoait
High School wiir present “Take
Your Medicine,” a comedy in
3 -acts, on Friday night, April
15. The seeqe qf the play i« a
hospital qqqm, and the antics
of the two hospital roommates,
Dodson and Puckett, keep things
in a continuous uproar. And
there are Jack, the witty order
ly, and funny Dovie Finkledink,
to keep the rih-aplittlng fun
mqyjng fast. One laughable sit
uation follows another in quick
order. There’s not a dull mom
ent—this is a hew type qf
really different farce.
The following seniors will
take part in the playßoyd
Deyton, Mary Elmer Garland,
Jack Evans, Marjorie Conley,
..Beverly §ilveq Vienna June
Jar ret i, Jean Sparks, Keith
Letterman, Toip Jbhnsqn, Vel
ma Deyton,. Johnnie Robinson,
Yvonne Peterson, Isaac Bailey,
Elden Duncan, and Sam Gorntp.
Another school affair, the
annual Junior-Senior banquet,
will be held Thursday night,
April 21, at the Spruce Ping
Country Clulb.
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Sgt Marion Ray
Participated In
Maneuvers
Ist ©iv„ Germany—Sgt. Mar
ion T. Ray, 22, son of Mrs. An
nie L. Ray, Burnsville, N. C., re
cently participated in an Army
training maneuver in Germany
the Ist Infantry Division's
sth Field Artillery Battalion.
Testing the efficiency qf
Battery A, Ray’s uqi,t, the exer
cise was part qf the North At
lantic Treaty Organization’s
preparedness for the defense of
western Europe.
Ray, a section chief in the
battery, entered the Army in
January<l9s3 and has been ov
erseas 22 months. <;• . *
Mr. Donald Ketchum was
called to Scranton, Penn., due
to the death of his sister. •
Mrs. Mabel. West left
week fqr a two weeks vacation,
ip Mjaml, Ela. *
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Yancey Hospital
Lists Four Births
For Week '
Four births were announced
! by the Yancey Hospital for the
last week. They were a daugh
ter, Amelia Gwin, born April 6
to Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe Ran
dolph of Bee Log; a son, Arnold,
born April 10 to Mr. and Mrs.
Billie Chandler of Swiss; a son,
not yet named, born April 11 to
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Honeycutt
of Rt. 2; a daughter, Ramonia
Lynn, born April 13 to Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Wilson of Burnsville.
Other admissions include Miss
Connie Bryant and Baby Betty
Gay Miller, both of Ramsay
town; Will Austin, Mrs. Zillah
Gibbs, Robert Lee Foster, Miss
Nadine Johnson, and Master
Daniel Boone, all of Burnsville;
Elzie Silver and Ray Honey
eutt, jboth of Rt. 2; Miss Louise
Riddle of Star Route; Miss
Shirley Riddle, Miss Thanna
Riddle, and Miss Athelen Gre
gory, all of Rt. 1; Master Ron
nie Bryant of Day Book;. Keith
Rathlburn of Hamrick; Mrs. G.
C. Mclntosh of Bee Log; Mrs.
Nola Miller of Cane River; and
Mrs. Lucille Peterson of Relief.
Burnsville Seniors
Return From
Washington Trip
June Mclntosh, Reporter
The Seniors of Burnsville
High School have just returned
from a trip to the nation’s capi-
They left on April 4th and
returned on April Bth. Miss
Isle&n Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Edwards,* Mrs. Irene Riddle, 1
J and j[r. and Mrs. Bill Peffknd!
The students tul’enjoyea
their trip, especially climbing
the Washington Monument and
touring the Federal Bureau qf
Engraving. The students who
went along on the trip were
Charles Robinson, Kenneth
Dillingham, ' June Mclntosh’
Barbara Styles, Louise Riddle,
Mary Cecil Bodford, Muriel
England, Teddie Styles, L. G-
Deyton, John Anderson', Bobby
Proffitt, Glenn Fog, Tommy
Higgins, Jimmy Curtiss, Edw
ard Carter, Bflly Ray Edge,
Genene Bailey, Hope Anrie Mc-
Intosh, Dee Smith, Steve Briggs
Robert Styles, Gale Hall, Gerald
Peterson and James McMahan.
Jacks Creek '
Community Club
Meets Monday
The Jacks Creek Community
Club meeting will be held next
Monday night, April 18 at 7:30
p. m. at the cottage by the
Hunter fish pond. Mrs. Bruce
Bailey is in charge.
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SSOO.QOO MANHATTAN RANK ROBBERY—Chief Henry
Bardenjiageri (left) gs the Chase Wanhattan Rank in New York
tells, detectives, hop- he was forced by four men to help them
( rob , the- book, where he works,. The stickup men kidnaped him .
and weed him as a hostage to enter the unguarded bank and
| escape with over S BOO,OOO ,
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New School Board Takes
Over; Justice Reelected
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1 The new Board of Education
of Yancey County met on April
4 in the office of the Clerk of
Court to take the oath of office.
Roy Ray was sworn in as chair
man, after which the meeting
adjourned.
Members of the present qqpn
ty school board, who were nam
ed in the omnibus school bill
passed toy the State Assembly,
are Roy Jtay, Mildred Mclntosh,
W. H. Peterson, Adrian Buch
anan, Everett Johnson, Ralph
Silver, and Arcemus Simmons.
A second meeting of the new
board was held on Saturday,
Yancey Pharmacy
Celebrates .
2nd Birthday •, •- x
Over 18,000* prescript ions have
been filled by Pharmacist J. P.
Greene and Miss Bessie Parks
of the Yancey Pharmacy as the
store celebrated its second bir
thday anniversary this week. .
The store is celebrating the
big event by having a ‘‘Bring a
friend sale”. During this sale
they will give two sodas or milk
shakes for the price of one pro
viding you bring a friend to
drink the second one.
The store opened April 11,
1953 in the new building across
from the Yancey Hospital which
is also occupied by Dr. C. M.
Whisnant, dentist, Dr. William
Gladden, optometrist, Banks
and Patton Lumber Co., arid the
Phoenix Beauty Shop.
Killed In Auto r :
Accident
• Word was received on Tues
day of the death of Mr. and
Mrs. ;Bailey Hall in an auto ac
cident somewhere in West Vir
ginia, The accident occurred on
Monday. Mr. Hall was a broth
er of Mrs. Harry Bowen, who
left on, Tuesday to attend the
funeral services.
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Orthopedic Clinic
To Be Held
Wednesday
The monthly orthopedic clinic
for this district will be held on
Wedneeday, April 20, in the
Spruce Pine office of the Dis
trict Health Department. Doc
tors J. Bruce Galloway and
Walter Watts, both of Asheville,
will be the clinicians. Children
attending the clinic should be
registered not later than 11 a.
m., and adults not later than
12:30,
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NUMBER THIRTY-THREE
April 9. The board reelected
Hubert Justice as superintend
ent and Miss Ethel Boone as
supervisor. The following local
school committeemen were ap
pointed: for Burnsville, Alice
Mclbtosh, Iliff Clevenger, ana
George Wheeler; for Bald
Creek, Hubert England, Blake
Ray, and Roy Bucknefr; for Bee
Log, Wash Wilson, G. C. Mcln
tosh, and Paul Buck; for Clear
mont, Jennings Fox, Howard
Hughes, and R. B. Deyton; for
Micaville, Rass Thomas and
Burl Robinson; for South Toe,
Hermon Murphy, Ed Wilsoff,
and Alma Westall.
In the omnibus school bill the
State Assembly named the
board of education members
for all 100 counties of North
Carolina. The previous Yancey
board consisted of three mem
bers : Adrian Buchanan, Yates
Bailey, and Lloyd Fortner.
Navy Taking
Applications Os
High School Students
i The Navy Recruiting service
is now applications of
high school seniors to be enlist
ed n June and July, by apply
ing for enlistment now all pap
ers can be completed arid the
men jean leave as soon after
graduation as they desire, rt wa<s
announced by L. E. Fay Chief
Petty Officer in charge of the
Navy Recruiting Station; Ashe
vm#ch3.„c. ■ i
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Ovcjr 150,000
. Visit Parkway
In March v ?*
Asheville-—According to fig
ures just released by Superin
tendent Sam P. Weems of the
Blue Ridge Parkway, there Y ere
166,699 visitors to the Parkway
during March of this year. They
canje in a total of 47,544 cars.
This is an increase of 65,586 or
72% over February and 11,632
or 8%, over March of last year.
The Parkway will reopen the
two sections that have been
closed for the winter during
this month.
Narcotics And
SIOO Stolen From
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Yancey Pharmacy -
Approximately S2OO worth of
narcotics, including _oodeide, ,
cocaine, And morphine and abdit
SIOO in cash were stolen from
the Yancey Pharmacy Monday
night. From the evidence, found
by J. P. Greene, pharmacist and
manager of the store, the rob
bers broke in through a base
ment window, made their way
up into thf drug store where
they-pried "open a steel filing
cabinet that contained the moq- .
ey and narcotics. Apparently
nothing else was taken.
Byrle Young of Dayton,
Ohio visited his family in New
dale last weekend.
Airman and Mrs. 'J. C. Styles
of Donaldson AFB, Greenvillg, -
S. C. visited relatives here dur
ing the holidays.
Seaman Eugene Banks, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Will Banks of
Bolens Creek, with his wife,“the
former Miss Helen Angel, qre
visitihg relatives in Burnsville
and Bolens Creek during a short
leave. Seaman Banks is just
back from Formosa where he
has been with the Seventh Fleet.
Seaman and Mrs. Banks will
return to California where he"
will be located. .
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