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VOLUME NINETEEN
New Burnsville Street
Soon Open To Traffic
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Burnsville will be one street
wider next week.
Bulldozing and dirt-moving
are now underway on the new
thoroughfare. It rune in the
same direction as Highway 19E,
District Commander
Speaks At Legion
Supper Meeting
J. Rodney Hempill, American
Legion commander for the 31st
district spoke at the joint Leg
ion and Auxiliary supper meet
ing held at the Burnsville Leg
ion Building Tuesday evening.
After the supper meeting the
two organizations held separate
business meetings with Mrs. W.
A. Banks presiding at the Aux
iliary meeting and Commander
W. A. Banks presiding at the
Legion meeting.
Announcements were made of
district meetings for iboth or
ganizations. The Auxiliary will
meet May 2 at the George Van
derbilt Hotel in Asheville. The
meeting will start at 10:30
with a luncheon planned for one
o’clock. The Legion district
meeting will be held May 3, at
7:30 at Teal’s Steak House.
The meeting will begin at 7:30
p. m.
FUNIIAJJERVICES
JAMES FOX
James Fox, 64, a fanner of
the Baker’s Creek section of
Yancey County, died Thursday
at 6:30 a. m. in his home after
a brief illness.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 2 p. m. in the Bak
er's Creek Baptist Church. The
Rev. Alvin McPeters and the
Rev. Charlie Drake officiated
and burial was in the Holcombe
Cemetery.
Surviving are the widow;
fi v e daughters, Mrs. Ted Win
ters of Kingsport,. Tenn., Mrs.
W. F. Ballard of Mars Hill, Rt.
2, Mrs. Solan Mclntosh, Mrs.
Luther Black and Miss Wanda
Fox of Burnsville.
Also three sons, Talmadge of
Morganton, James Jr., and Bur*
dett of Burnsville; four sisters,
Mrs. Jane Mclntosh, Mrs. Allie
Austin, Mrs. Mary Banks and
Mrs. Lillie Ray of Burnsville;
one brother, Charlie Fox of
Spruce Pine; and 14 grand
children.
Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home was in charge.
JAMES E. SILVER "
James E. Silver, 84, retired
farmer and a former Yancey
County resident, died in Le
Grande, Oregon, last Sunday,
. April 17.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, April 24,
at the Blue Rock Baptist Chur
ch. The Rev. E. J. Hall and the
Rev. J. L. Street officiated and
burial was in the Martin's
Chapel Cemetery.
Surviving are a son, Myles of
Union, Ore.; a slater, Mrs. Mar
garet Mode of Marion; two bro
thers, Jesse of Philadelphia,
Pa., and Nathaniel of Plymouth,
Mass.
Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home was in charge.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks
and deep appreciation to our
many friends for the kindnese
and sympathy shown us during
the illness and death of our be
loved father and husband. Also
for the beautiful floral offering.
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* SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR,
from L & B Cafeteria past the
county jail to Banks-Young
Motor Company. Access to the
new street can ibe gained at, the
L and B Cafeteria, behind the
court house, near Styles Garage,
on Jug Road by the county jail,
and near Banks-Young.
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Present plans do not call for
surfacing the street this year.
Paving will be deferred until
sufficient traffic has traveled
on the street to pack down the
surface and make paving pos
sible. _
Revival At
Baptist Church
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Continues
The Reverend Nane Stajnes, J
pastor of the West ’ Asheville
Baptist Church, is speaking'
each evening this week in the
First Baptist Church in Burns
ville. The revival will continue
through Sunday evening.
Guest soloist Thursday even
ing will be the Reverend Wayne
Slaton, pastor of Central Bap-!
tist Church, Spruce Pine..
A feature of th^services is.
the recognition of the organ iza- j
tions of the church throughout'
the week. Thursday evening the
Women’s Missionary Union will
be especially recognized. THe
W. M. U. is male up of the
Sunbeams, the Royal Ambassa
dors, the Girls* Auxiliaries, the
Y. W. A., and the Missionary
Society. Mrs. Max Penland is
currently serving as president
of the W. M. U.
Friday will be Family Night,
with the families of the church
seated together. Saturday will
be Youth Night. The public is
.cordially invited to attend tall
the services.
Three Candidates
Nominated For
Town Offices
Three candidates for town of
fices were nominated at the
Mass Meeting of Burnsville
citizens held last Saturday. The (
candidates selected were Reece ■
Mclntosh for mayor and James
Ray and W. J. Banks for com
missioners. Registration books
closed last Saturday. Ed Banner
was in charge of the books.
Judges for the election which <
will 'be held May 3 from 6 a. m.
until 6 p. m., will be J. H. Wil- 1
son and H. G. Bailey. The county ]
courthouse in Burnsville will ;
serve as polling place. ,
READY FOR MOTH BALLS
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Above is a photo of “Old 99” as she appeared at the time
■ of her last ride. It ia estimated that the locomotive was made
some time in the 1880’s. The Yancey Record does not present
that as an accurate figure, only what persons oh speaking terms
, with the old engine guess. For all the Record knows, steam
teay nt>t evtn have Been invented that tong ago.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY”
REVIVAL SERVICES
A series of revival services
will be held at the Bald Creek
Methodist Church be.gioning on
May 8 and continuing through
May 18, at 7:30 each night.
The Rev. Worth Royals will be
the evangelist -
Art Classes To
Be Given At
Fine Arts School
This summer’s session of the
University of Miami in Burns
ville will offer courses in art as
well as in drama, it is announc
ed by County Superintendent of
Schools H. D. Justice.
Six semester hours’ credit will
be offered in art. This is ex
pected to be of interest to teach
ers of this area and to others
wishing to eariosummer school
credit. The 1 art courses will be
acceptable for renewal of class A
| certificates. If a certificate be
low class. A is_ to be Raised, the
credit” will be acceptable as
' electives. Where credit in art is
required, these courses will ser
ve that purpose.
The are courses will meet
five days a week, for 1 1-2 to 3
hours per day, for six weeks.
The classes will not meet on
J Saturdays. Definite dates will
be announced after they have
1 been set.
j It is necessary for these in
' terested in the courses to get in
touch with Superintendent
Justice in Burnsville, so that
further plans may be made.
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No Toll Charge
On Blue Ridge
Mr. Onm Lewis, Assistant
Secretary of Interior, announc
ed this week that the proposed
toll charges on the Blue Ridge
Parkway will not go into effect
on May Ist as heretofore pro
posed. Upon the requests of the
North Carolina Delegation in
Congress, the Appropriations
Committee of the House of Re
presentatives requested that the
order to charge a toll for the
use of the Blue Ridge Parkway
be deferred until the committee
could investigate the matter.
The Department of Interior de
cided to comply with the request
made by- the Appropriations
Committee and has, therefore,
postponed this matter until the
committee could make its study.
This means that there will be
no toll charged for the use of
the Blue Ridge Parkway during
this coming season. The North
Carolina Delegation in Congress
will continue its fight against
this toll, according to Congress
man Woodrow Jones of the 11th
District, who supplied the
ajx>ve information. .
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, APaSLYs; 1955
Scholarships For
Veterans Children
Announced
H. Grady Bailey, County
Service Officer for war veter
ans, calls attention to the 4-
year college- scholarships offer
ed by the State of North Caro
lina to eligible children of vet
erans of World Wars I and II
and Korea. Eligible students
who plan to graduate from high
school spring should file
their applications' immediately,
Mr. Bailey states. The applica
tions should be filed in dupli
cate accompanied by a certified
copy of the child’s birth certifi
cate bearing the parents’ names.
Each scholarship includes
free tuition, room, and a reason
able rmount for board, matricu
lation Ihd other fees at a state
owned educational institution.
Four classes of scholarships are
offered to eligible children of
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Bloodmobile
Scheduled For
Friday, May 6
The bloodmobile will visit
Burnsville Friday, May 6 at the
community building from one
until five in the afternoqpi, ac
cording to J. J. Nowicki, chair
man of the Red Cross blood pro
gram for Yancey County.
The Burnsville Men’s Club
will recruit donors asd will
provide transportation’ from
Pollard’s Drug Store to the
community building. All volun
teer Workers are asked to meet
at the community building at
12:80 for final instructions. v
Burhoe Elected
President Os
Burnsville PTA
Don Burhoe was elected pre
sident of the Burnsville PTA
at a meeting of the organization
held last week. Other officers
elected were Max Penland as
vice president; Mrs. Royce Lee
Howell as secretary; and J. H.
Cooper as treasurer. A commit
tee consisting of Bruce Westall,
Mrs. L. G. Deyton, and Roy
Ray was selected to work on
plans for the Dogwood Festival
scheduled for May 8.
Mrs. Kenneth Robertson, pro
gram chairman presented Ken
neth Dillingham who gave a re
port on the senior class trip to
Washington early in April. The
eighth,and eleventh grades won
the PTA attendance banners.*
Joseph Nowicki
Receives Citation
Major Joseph Nowicki, Jr.,
has recieved the Bronze Star
al citation for “meritorious ser
vice in various capacities as a
member of the United States
Army Intelligence Organization
operating in Japan and Korea,
from 29 June to 27 July 1954..”
He is the son of J. J. Nowicki of
Swiss and the late Mrs. Nowicki
of Baltimore.
The Nowiki family has amas
sed a total of 100 years of mili
tary service in World Wars I -
and II and Korea.
The citation given Major
Nowicki states that he “dis
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Jacks Creek
Revival Starts /
A series of 'revival meetings
will be held at the Jacks Creek
Baptist Church Monday, May 2
at 7:80. The Rev. J. L. Wolf
from Leicester, N. C., pastor of
the church there, will conduct
the .revival. It is expected to
continue for about two weeks.
The Rev. R, A Pate stated that
everyone is invited to attend.
Roberts Auto
Workers Take
Training
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Cecil Johnson and Boyd
Mobre of Roberts Auto Sales
have each completed a two and
one-half day session in advanc
ed automotive service teehni
' ques at the General Motors
Training Center in Charlotte.
1 Johnson has been service mana
-1 ger for> se v en months and Moore
! a mechanic for eight years with
’ Roberts Auto Sales, which han
dles Chevrolet cars and trucks
| and services all makes.
The Charlotte training center
is one of a nationwide network
of centers'being set up by Gen
eral Motors to keep employees
of its car and truck, dealerships
abreast of new mechanical de
velopments and service techni
| ques. Both men took the 1955
, Products Course at the center,
according to George Roberts,
head of Roberts- Auto Sales,
and wj]l give customers -the
benefit of the improved service
techniques which they learned.
Johnson and Moore report
that., the Charlotte training cen
ter has more than 28,000 square
feet of floor space, with eight
’ specialized shop classrooms for
use by the different service
divisions' of General Motors.
Each division has its own in
structor. W. R. Stallings is
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Bee Log Seniors
Present Three
Act Comedy
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“Cornin’ Round I the Moun
tain"’ is the title of the three
act comedy to be presented by
the senior class in the sehool
auditorium on Friday night,
April 29 at eight o’clock. This
■is a truly no v el comedy of funny'
l. doings in the backwoods of
i mountain country in the South,
i Maw and Paw Skitter and their
i family are typical hillbilly char
s acters, who have arranged a
marriage’ of their daughter,
Corney Bell, to a bachelor nei
ghbor, Sammy Fester. Sammy
is giving the Skitters as a dqw-
beautiful “Hawg”, but!
Corney r ßell has other ideas.!
She has fallen in loVe without
an outsile resorter, but the fam
ily decides to “git” him even if
they have to resort to a shot
gun. There are numerous other,
funny events which help make
this one of the most entertain
ing plays to be written this
year. There will also be a hill
billy hand to furniah musical
selections for the play.
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* Lions Feted By
Dr., Mrs. Whisnant
Burnsville Lions and their
families were entertained Sun
day by Dr. and Mrs. C. M:
Wwisnant at their farm near
Polkville. The following Lions
and their wives attended: Will
iam Bedsloe, George Vitas, Lewis
Dameron, E. L. Dillingham, Dr.
R. K. Ransom, E:• B:
L. G. Deyton, Garrett Anglin,
Erling Toness, GeorgeHtobinson,
Norman Barnett, Df. C. F. Mc-
Rae, Mrs. W. A. Sargent, her
brother, Mr. Bailey, Mrs. John
Lowe, Mrs. Lucius Smith, Rob
ert Rhinehart, Howard Wright,
Diek Bailey, and Herman Bos-!
tian. A catfish and chicken sup-;
per was served at Cedar Park, a
nearly catering establishment. 1
The Whisnant’s entertained j
in their, old remodeled log home
which is believed to be the old
est house in Cleveland or Ruth
erford Counties. Among the
sixty pereons present ,weip Ljon
District governor Austin BiWm,
International ctnmcellors Asih
ely Brown, Roy Taylor, Hubert
Canipe and Judge Hart
Diesel Locomotive Is
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Now In Operation
Old 99 was on the radio last
Monday. Her voice was the first
sound to be hearld on a broad
cast from Station WWNC of
the locomotive’s last ride. Reed
Wilson (Top O’ Th’ Mornin’),
one of the fifteen persons ac
companying the old coal burner
on her farewell trip, recorded
the ride on a tape recorder for
the station’s broadcast.
In addition to Reed Wilson the
following Yancey citizens made
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WILLIAM A. BANKS
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UP BY THE BOOTSTRAPS
What initiative, enter
prise, courage, and mors than
a little sweat can do:
Last May ths Interstate
Commerce Commiaaion over
ruled itself and permitted
the Clinchfield Railroad to
abandon its spurline Black
I Mountain Railroad in Yan
; cey County.
That was done over the
• vigorous protests of the
State Utilities Commission
and Yancey citizens who saw
1 a fatal blow to their feldspar
■ and other extracting indus
tries with the going away of
the railroad.
So an arrangement was
worked out through the good
offices of North Carolina
and the ICC. It has enabled
the people of Yancey to buy
the old Black Mountain at
salvage prices, re-equip it,
and go into business as of
April 1 as the “Yancey Raf
road Company.”
Daily service will move the
raw materials of Yancey out
from Burnsville, Micaville
and Bowditch to the Clinch
-2 field’s line at Kona. Some
$70,000 was raised to purch
ase the line and modernize it.
The question may rise
whether, if the traffic is
lucrative, the Clinchfield
shouldn’t have continued to
serve an area in which it
pioneered. But that, so to
speak, is water under the
trestle. Western North Caro
lina produces 60 per cent pf
the mica, 36 per cent of the
feldspar and 75 per cent of
the residual kaolin of the
United States. It also exports
much timber. All this must
be moved.
v The raw material indus
tries of this northwest moun
tain area are its livelihood,
j They have never enjoyed
j much of a break. There is
hard slogging ahead/ but the
1 stare are peeping through
the clouds.
1 Initiative, enterprise and
courage, as we said, plus
sweat. Always a pretty good
formula for histing yourself
by your erwn bootstraps. Let
,» her roll, Yancey!
(Reprinted from the Ashe
: ville Citizen
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NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE
the trip: W. A. Banks, president
of the railroad; E. F. Williams,
manager of the Duplan Corpor
ation in Burnsville; Mayor
Reece Mclntosh; W. M, Hall,
chairman of county commiss
ioners; R. K. Helmle, Bruce
Westall, B. B. Penland, J. 0..
Shepard, Erling Toness, E. L.
Dillingham, Philip Ray, Robert
Presnell, Ray Gardner, Wilkes
Beeler, Paul B. Young, Floyd
Wheeler, and Buck Bradshaw,
engineer.
The trip started at Kona
where the locomotive was wait
ing to haul a regular load to
Bowditch and Burnsville. At
Micaville the train was switched
off to Bowditch while the pass
engers continued to Burnsville
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PAUL B. YOUNG
by car where the new diesel
was inspected. There Wilson
concluded his program with- the
sound of the diesel ivhistle.
Last Tuesday the diesel was
put into regular service. The
economical operating cost of the
makes daily service feas
ible but the present railroad
strike made daily express deliv
eries impossible. Until the strike
B. R. PENLAND
is over, the Yantcy Railroau is
trucking express shipments be
tween Burnsville and Johnson
City.
In addition to Banks, officers
of the Yancey Railroad are B.
R. Penland, board chairman,
Carroll Rogers, Jr., and Joe
Young, vice presidents, Paul 8..
Young, secretary-treasurer, and
Dover R. Fouts, attorney. All
are Burnsville residents except
Rogers, who lives in Spruce
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Powell Calls
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Meeting* Os .
Polio Chapter
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Mr, E. B. Powell, -chairman
of the Yancey County Chapter
of the National Foundation for “
Infantile Paralysis, calls spec
ial attention to a meeting of the
chaptet at the District Health
Department office in Burnsville,
Friday, April 29, at 5:80 p. m. 1
He states that It is very
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