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JOIN RED CRDSS VOLUME NINETEEN Over 500 Children In I Yancey Get Vaccine! ■ ,■ " - ..... t A pre-school clinic will be held at Bee Log on Monday, May 9, starting at 9a. m. Par ents of children who will be six years before October 15 are 2tfced to come with them, if possible, to this clinie. The pre-scfiool clinics for the Burns ville Colored School and for Pensacola, previously scheduled for May 9, will be held on May 20 and 23 respectively; it was found advisable to change ' the schedule 'because of the Salk vaccine clinics. More than five - hundred children in Yancey County were given the first Ejection of the Salk vaccine, at clinics arranged by the District Health Depart ment with the co-operation of Dr. Walter M. Ost, Dr. E. R Ohle, Dr. M. W. Webb, and Dr. W. A. Y. Sargent. Totals by schools were as follows: Bee Log, 72; Burnsville, 101; Bald Creek, 87; Pensacola, 18; South Toe, 66; Micaville, 109; Clearmont, -49; Double Island, 4; Prices Creek, 3; Colored School, 1. Thanks are due to the follow ing, besides the doctors named •above, who. helped with these clinics: Mrs. Ida Goldsworthy, R. N.; Mrs. Eloise Briggs, R. N.; Mrs. Lela Johnson, R. N.; Mrs. Clara McLean; and Mrs. Margaret Laughrun. “Treats” forthe 1 childi’en were furnished by Ray Broth ers Grocery; by Dr. Ohle, and iby the Bu*;m.vi”c PTA; also by the other schools in the county. The second injection of the vaccine will be given by Dr. Ost at Bee Log School on Tues day, May 10, and by Dr. Ohle at the Celo Health Center (for children frpm South Toe School) on Thursday, May 12. The schedule for the other schools in the county Will appear in next week’s paper; the children from those schools will be 'brought to the Health Office in Burnsville during the week of May 16, by school bus. Dr. Cameron F. Mcßae, the district health officer, expressed the hope that no parents whose children had the first injection of Salk-vaccine would withdraw permission for them to have the second injection. In this con nection he pointed out the fol lowing facts: — 1. None of the Salk vaccine used here has cfcme from or will come from the company men tioned in the news items in connection with cases of polio myelitis in inoculated children. 2. ilt seems very unlikely that any of these cases of polio— none of which were in this part ATTENDS MEETING L. G. Deyton, superintend ent of the Yancey County Wel fare department returned Wed nesday from a two-day meeting of social workers in Raleigh. • ».| ■»»..■> nil. Pm —.» FUNERAJJERVICES JAMES G. BRIGGS Funeral services for James Crudger Briggs, 78, who died in an Asheville hospital Tuesday ' morning, after a long illness, will be held today (Thursday) at 2 p. m. in the Riverside Bap tist Church. The Rev. E. G. Ad kins will officiate. Burial will be in the Briggs Cemetery. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Ida Tomberlin; three sons, Frank of Burnsville, Shelby and Joe of Burnsville RED 1; two daughters, Miss Mae Briggs --and Miss Mary- Etta Briggs of the home. The Yancey Record SUB. •of the United States could have been caused by the vaccine. It takes several days for a case j of polio to develop; at this time of year, every week scores of new cases»of polio, are reported I in the United States as a whole; » and it-is apparently just a coin- j cidenee that some of these child ren had had the Salk vaccine while they were in the “incuba- I tion stage” of polio, so. that the ] disease became apparent sooti" | after the inoculation. In other ■ wordJhey would have come 1 down with polio anyway wheth er inoculated or npt, since it 7 * takes several weeks for immun i ity to develop from., inoculation 5 with the vaccine. Dr. Mcßae stated that if he < had children of his own in the , first or second grade -he would - certainly give them the vaccine; < that while it has never been i claimed to give 100% protection , it is still the best preventive we - have against poliomyelitis. j 4-H Club Members Get Pigs And Pullets The 1 Yancey 4-H Club Pig Chain and Pullet Chain for the' current year were started on April 29 and March 31, respect ively. Five 4-H Club members received 8-week-old registered Yorkshire gilts, on the basis of thier contest essays and the adaptability of their farms to the projject. The gilts will be grown out and shown in the fall, judged and prizes awarded. Sears, Robuek and Company Annual Clean-Up Campaign Started In Burnsville As the first week of Burns ville’s annual clean-up cam paign is coming to a close, the Burnsville Gafden Club reminds citizens that much work re mains to be done before the campaign closes May 16. Town trucks will haul off rubbish during the Clean-up Campaign if the material is placed in easily accessible loca tions on the curb. The trucks cannot be expected to drive to out-of-the way- spots to collect debris. Every person in town can co operate in many ways. The Gar den Club lists the following sug gestions: repair broken fences, sagging porches, loose shutters, trim lawn and hedges, clean up fence rows; rake up and dispose of all debris on your property; paint where it" is needed, ’ and keep the street and curb clean in front of yoqr home. Also re moving your garbage can to the garage or basement soon after the collection is an easy and-im portant contribution to civic neatness. 100 Pints Is Quota For Bloodmobile One hundred pints is the ! quota for the Bloodmobile col lection Friday at the Commun ity'Building, from 1 to 5 p. m. The Burnsville Men’s Club is sponsoring this visit of the Bloodmobile and will provide free transportation for donors, from Pollard's Drug Store to the Community Building. Re freshments will be served by the Woman’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Chur ch, which will also furnish volunteer workers. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” . fpyi hz- ARSONIST- .SETS HOTEV BLAZE—rs DEAD , 23 HURT A fireman carries an injured wan piggy-back to safety dur ing an extra-alarm fire at the Green Mill hotel in Chicago, 111. Fire officials report likeli hood of an arsonist*s work to a coroner’s jury investigating the blaze. Most of the people injured m the fire suffered from smoke inhalation or were hurt in leaps from windows. spongers the Pig Chain. 4-H members taking part are Paul Cook and Marjorie Ray of South Toe School, Ina Dean Shepherd of Bald Creek, Jerry Howell of Micaville, and Gerad Garland of Clearmont. Ten 4-H members received 100 day.-old each. Some members report that their chicks' are already feathering out. The pullets are to be grown out- to approximately laying age. Each member selects twelve of the best birds to be entered in the county show, where the pullets are judged and prizes awarded. The birds shown are then sold at auction and the proceeds used to buy chicks for other 4-H boys and girls next' spring. The Farmers Federation spon sors the Pullet Chain. Those receiving chicks this spring were Margaret Higgins, Kathryn and Tommie Fender, and Noel Higgins of Bee Log; Peggy Ann Ray of South Toe; Arlene Grindstaff o,f Clearmont ; and Danny and Melts'. Elliott, Angeline Buchanan, Jerlean Freeman, Philip Buchanan, and Benny Ray of Micaville. PTA Organized At Clearmont School Friday Thirty parents and teachers of the Clearmont School organi zed a Parent-Teacher Associa tion in a meeting held in the school auditorium April 29 at 2 p. m., as reported by Mrs. Eula C. Hensley, secretary. Other officers elected were Mrs. Craig Woody, president; Mrs. Phyllis Bailey, vice presi dent; Mrs. Fred Anglin, treas urer. Miss Ethel Boone, county supervisor, served as moderator in the election. | Mns. W. P. Honeycutt wel comed the group attending the meeting, gave the objectives of the organization, and read the P. T. A. prayer. Committee chairmen were elect ed: membership, Mrs. W. P.J Honeycutt; finance, Mrs. Hoff-' ' man; hospitality, Mrs. Myrtle ! Peterson; program, Mrs. G. A. 1 i Bradshaw; welfare, Mrs* Char i les Lilly. Members paid dues of 50 ! cents each. The next meeting of i the new P. T. A. will be held on ■ the third Thursday evening i May 17, at 7:30 p. m, in the ‘ 'Clearmont School auditorium. BURNSVILLE, N. C-THURSDAY, MAY 5/1955 . DEACON FELLOWSHIP MEETS AT MT. PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH The Deacon Fellowship of Yancey Baptist Association will meet with the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church on Sunday, May 15, at 2:30 p. m. M. H. Kindall, pastor of the Mt. Pleasant Church, %'ill be the principal .speaker. i “Working Together as Brothers in Christ” will be the theme of the program. All dea cons and pastors are urged to attend. Others are invited. Byrd To Have Preliminary Hearing May 14 Deputy John BraJ Tk--s£fiedul ed to appear befdre a Justice of the Peace in a preliminary hear ing at 10'a., m. Dlay 14, at the county court house, according to Justice of the Peace, G. M. Angel. Byrd was charged with as sault with a deadly weapon by Iliff Clevenger, member of the Burnsville school committee, ac cording to Policeman Ralph Peterson. He was arrested by Peterson but was released on SSOO bail. - Clevenger was struck a blow or blows on the head and was tak en to the Yancey Hospital for treatment where be was held until four o’clock the following da y- Secretary Os State Visits Burnsville ' Secretary of State Thad Eure| visited Burnsville last week when be accompanied Repre sentative Mark Bennett from Raleigh- ml the . Aqnual Meeting of the French Broad Electric Membership Corpora tion. He was a dinner guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Briggs and stayed at the Nu- Wray Inn. Two Youths Injured In Accident Two Yancey boys were hos pitalized in Burnsville after a wreck Monday evening between Micaville and Celo on highway 80. The pick-up- truck iA which thep were riding, with five other boys returning to their homes from the Micaville school, overturned when it swerved suddenly to avoid col lision with a car which it was meeting. Johnny Higgins and Elton Robinson were the most severely injured. The others were not hurt badly enough to require hospitalization, although some received cuts and bruises. Rabon Robinson was driving. . Other occupants df the truck were Donald Buchanan, Duane Mc- Dougald, Dean Geouge, and Donald Sparks. Geologist To Speak At Spruce , Pine Thursday Dr. Donald Brobst, geologist, will speak on the geography and geology of the MitchelU- I Avery- Yancey area at the Town Hall in Spruce Pine on Thurs day, May 19. The talk will be illustrated by color elides of rock formations and scenery ) taken'by Dr. Brobost. The public is invited to attend. Dr) Brobost - Is working with the Geological Survey on the mapping of the Spruce. Pine pegmatite district and has, been . in this section fbr survey work (at/ intervals since 1948. | The meeting is sponsored by the Mineral Book Committee of j Mitch til — Avery— Yancey j County Libraries, it was a/n --neuneed-by R. T. Dent, chairman j of the committee. Baptists Give Offering To Hospital The Baptist Hospital at Winston-Salem will receive at tention in the Mother’s Day ob servance of the First Baptist Church, in the form of a special offering. Last year 14,000 pat ients were admitted to the Bap tist Hospital, -receiving more than 100,000 days of medical and nursing care. An additional 100,000 visits were made by patients to the out-patient clinic. These patients came from 90 of -the 100 counties of the state, many of them from Yan cey, according to the Rev. Char les B. Trammel. Tjie Sunday School of the First Baptist? -Church will have a special program on Mother’s Day in which the oldest mother present will receive an orchid, the youngest mother will be given flowers, and the youngest baby a silver- cup. The Girls’ Auxiliary will give red roses to their mothers. On Wednesday, May 11 at 6 p. m. the G. A. will hold a mother-daughter banquet. Miss Ethel Boone is teaching a new adult class for women at the First Baptist Sunday School. Eight - have enrolled as members. The Rev. E. G. Adkins, pas tor of the West Burnsville Baptist Church, will be guest speake.r at a meeting of the Baptist Brotherhood Thursday evening at seven o’clock. . ' During- the recent revival, First Baptist Church received into membership the following: Jeanette Chrisawn, Doris King, Carolyn Buckner, Louise J3d/w --afds. I.uei'le . Letter man, Alan Bailey, Jimmie Buckner, Arthur Jarrett, Janie Bailey, and Re becca Riddle, for baptism; Mrs. Ransome Letterman, Mrs. Ed ward Buckner, Roy Turner, N. H. Sprouse, and Mrs. Robert Styles, by- letter. Yancey Merchants Plan Meeting v The annual meeting of the Yancey Merchants Association will be held at the L & B Cafeteria Monday night, .May 9 at 7:30. All members are urg ed to be present since the elec tion of new officers and board of directors will be one of the many important items of busi ness planned for the meeting. J. A. Anglin will preside at the meeting. jIIIi I INSPECT DROUTH-RIDD EX SOUTHWEST Secy, of ' Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson (left) and-R. A. Nichols Dean of Agriculture Extension Service at New Mexico A & M Col lege, shield themselves from bio wing dust as they inspect an abandoned farm near Field, Ne w Mexico. Benson made a tour of this.area where the drought i s said to be fully as severe as the first five years the devastat ing drought in the 1930’5. Library To Hold Open House Friday Evening . - - ■ -■- _ The Burnsville Woman’s Club has extended an invitation to all residents of Yancey County to visit the county Library tomorrow, Friday, May 6 from 8 to 9:30 p. m. The club is sponsoring an open house in 1 an effort to get citizens of the county better acquainted with the library. Mrs. E. L. Briggs as chair man and Miss Ethel Boone and Mi’s. Troy Ray made the overall plans for the open house ob- 1 servance. According to Mrs. Briggs, the honored guests will be the two librarians, Mrs. John S. LeFevre and Mrs. Wendell Thomas. *■' The steady use of the book collection in the Yancfey County Public Library is shown by 2 s > goodly proportion of empty ' shelves—about 4,000 of its Five Births Reported By Y ancey Hospital Five births and nineteen other admissions were reported by the Yancey Hospital for the .last two weeks. The births in- j elude a son, Rickey, born April 26 to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hu ski ns of Celo; a daughter, Betty Jane, born April 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ball of Rt. 1; a son, Jessie Edward, born April 30 to Mi*, and Mrs. Oliver Garland of BakersviHe; a son, James David, bom May 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Wodby of Green Mountain; -a son, not yet named, born May 4 to Mr. and Mrs. James Wooten of Prices ' Creek. Other admissions include Miss Laurene Pate of Swiss; Robert Lee Shean of Micaville; Deloris Hughes of Kona; Miss Myrna McMahan, Mrs. Carrie Woodby, Max Penland, Miss Carrie Whit son, Iliff Clevenger, and Miss Lana,Howell, all of Burnsville; Mrs. Hester Honeycutt, Mrs. ‘ Joe Laws, Baby Danny Keith Walker, Mrs. Nola Ward, and Mrs. D. F. Blankenship, all of Rt. 1; Ray Miller, Betty -Husk ins, and Joljpny Morris Hig gins, all of Celo; Mrs. Cora . Smith of Rt. 2; Melvin Beaver ! and Maughn McCurry of New- ‘ dale; Mrs. Madge Brookshire of Marshall, and Elton Robinson of preen Mountain. Scv - * 7, NUMBER THIRTY-SIX 7,000 books being checked, out in circulation-at all times —and by the count of book check-outs, —over 23,00(f last joAsx, noj|pr counting anj* extrgfehecking individuals; by rtrfKliers or sons of neiaflbor-jg hood collectip*fs. f 4BL Yancey County Public Lib** ry was set upri»l 945.. finder -Kpl system provided llw, * with an appropriation annually from the County* Commissioners, supplemented by state aid. The _ commissioners appointed a board of 6 trustees. The present library board consists of H. G. Bailey, chairman, Mrs. • Olin Shepard, Fred Proffitt, Rush Wray, Mrs. C. R. Hamrick, anj Craig English The county appropriation to ? the library last year was SB6O, the state aid S3BOO. State aid ' may be used only . for certain specified items: salary of a pro fessionally trained librarian, the purchase of books, and the operation of the Bookmobile. Serving the county’s readers aslibrarians are Mrs. John Le- Fevcr 'and Mrs. Wendell Thomas. Mrs. LeFevre serves borrowers in the library four afternoons each week and is known to give extra time meeting special read -1 ing needs of individuals. Mrs. I Thomas works one third of each week,-in Yancey, mainly on the Bookmobile. She has a heavy schedule, including Avery and Mitchell Counties also. Bookmobile service is one oF" the most effective means of making library resources avail able to people all over Yancey Y County. The Bookmobile makes over 150 stops throughout the county, reaching these scheduled stops 6 times a year. Bookmo bile service is supplemented and speeded up by mailing books to borrowers on request. Any book owned by the library, gxeept re ference books, may be -reserved for a borrower. An interesting recent develop ment is the mineral book collec tion being assembled by Yancey, -Avery, and Mitchell County libraries and Spruce Pine Pub lic Library. This is a coopera tive venture carried out as part of a state-wide inter-library loan system in North Carolina. In return for state aid to help ” buy these mineral books, the libraries owning them will make the books available for lona to any library in the state through the state Library Commission. Thus- expensive technical books that are out of reach of the average library .become avail able to all. Ten other libraries in the state are building up sim ilar collections on special sub jects. Another new service is the lending of films through the public library from an excellent new collection sponsored and purchased by the public libra- * ries of North Carolina These may be borrowed on a variety of subjects, for a service charge of one dollar plus postage. The films are suitable for use by j churches, clubs, organization*, / or informal community groups. / As most readers already know, they have easy access through the Yancey Library to books owned, by the JlitchelL - and Avery libraries, adding ‘ about 12,000 more volumes to 7,000 available in this county. These three counties, sharing the same librarian and all oper ating on a shoestring stretch their meager facilities by lend ing informally to each other. For special requests, Yancey j j state. Last year over 200 book* 1 i
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