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Superintendent Justice
Releases School List
An incomplete list of teach
ers and principals appointed for
the 1955-56 school year was
released by Superintendent H.
D. Justice.
G. D. Anglin,
Principal; Vernie Wilson, Islean
Ray, Helen Ramsey, Woodrow
Anglin, Ford Bailey, Jean Price,
Joyce K. Howell, Vinita Robert
son, Mrs. Annie B. Proffitt,
Mrs. Lena Tilson, Lallage J.
Neill, Enola P. Wilson, Lois G.
Anglin, Jeanette Bailey, Ruth
Hensley, Madlyn Bailey, Maphra
Byrd Bennett, Ollie Young,
Elizabeth Stamey, Nettie Ben
nett, Sara Hensley, Nell Bailey,
Margaret M. Ferguson, Hettie
Price, Augustus Peterson, Zula
Wilson, Pearl Randolph, Juanita
Wallace, Willie Molt Hensley.
Pensacola: Dawson Briggs,
Orlena J. Williams, Ossie Ben
nett.
Bald Creek: E. D. Wilson,
Principal; Lola Ann Hensley,
Vera C. Ray, Maphra Wilson,
Norma Pate, Paula M. Higgins,
Doris G. Tomberlin, Edrus Led
ford, Madge Carter, Jan Laugh
ridge, Virginia P. Bailey, Nancy
Fox, Ruth Buckner, Ottis Gibbs,
Hattie Phoenix, Lillian- Tomber
lin, Evelyn Wilson, David Pet
erson, Pauline B. Hensley, Bob
by Severs, Burl Maney," Jack
Mctfntosh, Anastasia Tomberlin.
Prices Creek: Lola B. Wilson.
Bee Log: Edgar F. Hunter,
Principal; Lucy Randolph, Lena
Fagan, Kate B. Robinson, Opha
Hylemon, Bonnie Marrow, Lou
etta R. Mclntosh, Opal Johnson,
Baxter Silver, Edna Jamerson,
Lois Byrd, Walton Angel, Eula
Howell, Erma Peterson, Hazel
Wilson, Wade Holloway, Cora
W. Cox, Mrs. Horace H. Cox.
Lost Cove: S. B. Conley.
Clearmont: John Hansil,
Principal; Richard Howell,
Myrtle Peterson, Ora Byrd,
Maglee Ray, Ruth Jobe Rice,
Ola Edwards, Lois Anglin,
Thelma Gomto, Frank Deyton,
Nona K. Deyton, Joyce Tilley
Yancey Revolutionary
Soldier To Be
Honored
Plans are being made for j
the unveiling of a historic mar- 1
yer to Zephaniah Horton, a re
volutionary soldier from this
area. Descendants of Zephaniah
Horton are asked to get in
touch with William Cock of
Asheville or Mrs. A. G. Barnett,
regent of the Edward Buncombe
chapter of the D A R.
Library Open House
Draws Good
Attendance
Open House at the Yancey
County Public Library in Bur
nsville attracted a “standing
room only” crowd on Friday
evening, May 6.
The library room was decor
ated with arrangements of
° dogwood and wild crab apple
blossoms by members of the
Burnsville Woman’s Club. The
Club served refreshments of
cake and punch and presented
a bookmark summarizing the
progress of the library to each
person attending.
Mm. E. L, Briggs served as
chairman of the committee j
which planned the open house
program.
Burnsville Woman’s Club was
the sponsor of the first public
library in Burnsville in 1923.
This year the Club has also
donated S6O toward the cost of
new shelving needed in the pre
sent, library quarters. Other
clubs contributing have been:
Burnsville Men’s Club, $60.09;
Lions Club, $50.00; Garden
Club, SIO.OO.
The Yancey record
sufe. RATES $2.00 YEAR. *
Fox, Phyllis Bailey, Dorothy S:
Ray, Delzy D. Bradshaw, Reece
Wilson.
Micavilie: Shelby L. Robert
son, Principal;. Florence Hugh
es, Elizabeth Wes tall, Edith
Robinson, Margaret Griffith,
Louise P. Hughes, Robert Pet
erson, fe. 8.-Ray, Carroll Angel,
Charles B. Tomberlin, Hazel
Wyatt, Helen Silver, Claude Sil
ver, Sara Silver, Minnie Young,
Elizabeth Clapp, Lillian Robin
son, Elma Griffith, Eram. Lewis,
Eva Robertson, Alberta Camp
bell, Artie Lee Peterson, Doris
Young, Elma Young, Gladys
Gillespie, Jennie Owens, Edith
Huskins, Bernice Justice.
Double Island: Ruby Wheeler.
.South Toe: Monroe Mclntosh,
Principal; Mae Chrisawn, Bess
Lewis, Clara Byrd, Luna E.
Ray, Mollie V. Hensley, Lillian
Mclntosh, Hazel Dellinger,
Winnie Murphy, Tensie Bailey,
C. B. Bennett.
Blood Collection Falls
Short Os Small Quota
The Bloodmobile collected 68
pints of blood from donors
Friday at the community build
ing. This was 32 pints less
than the quota.
Eight offers of blood were
rejected. Drs. C. F. Mcßae, M
W. Webb, W. A. Y. Sargent,
and E. R. Ohle and Mrs. Willard
Honeycutt, R. N., gave their
services in examining donors.
Mrs. Dover Fouts headed tne
volunteer workers, who consist
ed of Mrs. Fred Proffitt, Mrs.
Ransom Higgins, Mrs. Horace
Edge, Mtfs. Hobart Ray, Mrs.
Wm. Bennett, Mrs. Wesley Rob
erts, Mrs. Torrey Tyner, Mrs.
Jack Bailey, Mrs. Paul Bigger
staff, Mrs. Worth Royals, Mrs.
Leo Goode, Mrs. C. 3. Sperry,
Mrs. James Hurst, and Mrs,
M. C.. Honeycutt. Harry Bowen
and Bob Helmle assisted in set
ting up the equipment.
The following donated blood:
Michael Votta, Howard Wright,
Mrs. Wilma Ketchum, H. L.
Harris, Gene Howell, Troy Hill
iard, Carl Wheeler, Hulan Boone,
Bill Silver, W. A. Higgins, Lu
ther J. Banks, Mrs. Lena Anglin,
Mrs. Ethel Hall, Mrs. L. J.
Banks, Kenneth Robertson,
Seth Peterson, E. L. Dilling
ham, William Bledsoe, Dixon
Bailey, Miss Lola Mace, Miss
Evangeline Banks, Miss Char
lotte Jean Fox, Miss Jean Hen
sley, Royce Howell, Mrs. E. K.
Smith, Philip J. Howell, Mack
B. Ray, Arthur Hughes, Mrs.
Vay Anglin, Robert B. Hilliard,
L- V. Pollard, J. N. Barnett,*
Robert W. Ramsey, Ashton Ram-
Jay Edge Elected
President Os
Yancey Merchants
Jay Edge was elected presi
dent of the Yancey Merchant’s
Association at the annual meet
ing held last Monday at the L
& B Cafeteria. Vincent Westall
was elected vice president. Dir
ectors for the commg--year are
Joe Young, Will Price', Lloyd
j Owens, Reggie Taylor, B. R.
Penland, Henry Stamey and Os
Deyton. Mrs. L. G. Deyton was
re-elected as secretary-treasurer
The organization named the
month of M{iy as membership
month when new members will
be accepted.
Other business included plan
ning a directors meeting to be
held at 8 p. m. May 16 in the
Association office and plans to
have a general meeting every
three months.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY*
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i comes a sovereign na
tion Chancellor Konrad
. Adenauer iQoks pleased as the
, British and J'rench deposit the
i ratified Paris treaty papers at
. the Chancellery in Bonn, Ger
i many. Almost 10 years to the
, day after Hitler’s Reich crumb
, led, West „ Germany is restored
to the rayiks of free states.
sey, James W. Ray, Jr.;
■ Philip Westall, Miss Olive
Flaim, J. Hubert Cooper, Phyllis
Ruth Bailey, A. W. Rector,
Lewis Butner, James Smith,
Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, Frank
Randolph, Geneva Benninger,
Mrs. Virginia Boone, Earl Ben
niiiger, .Afcemus Simmons, Mrs.
Dorothy Thomas, Jack Norman
Shankle, Arthelia Brooks, Mrs.
Lena Harris, Miss Ruby Mcln
tosh, Arnold E. Higgins, Robert
. Helmle, Vincent Westall, Roy
Ray, Mrs. Charles Tilley, Mrs.
, L. E. Hall, Emmett F. Williams,
Robert Lee Westall, Joe Hollar,
Harold C. Anglin, Mrs. June
Robinson, Mrs. Howard Gar
land, Oscar W. Deyton, Dr. E.
R. Ohle, Mrs. Ada Sue Bowan. ,
Mrs. Ada Sue Bowen, Miss
Ruby Mclntosh, and Os Deyton
became Gallon Glub members at
the collection.
Yancey Schools
Present Drama
Festival Here
The Drama Festival of the
county high schools will take
place in the Pafkway Playhouse
in Burnsville Friday and Satur
day, May 13 and 14 at 8 p. m.,
announced Miss Ethel Boone,,
county supervisor. Each high
school in the' county will put on
a one act play. Micavilie and
Clearmont High Schools will
present their plays Friday and
the other schools will give
theirs on Saturday.
Weiner Roast
Planned For Jacks
Creek Meeting
A picture show and a weiner
roast will be special features of
the next regular meeting of the
Jack’s Creek Community Club.
Because of a revival going on in
the community, the club will
i hold its regular meeting Mon
l day night, May 16, in the cot
tage by Ed Hunter’s fish pond,
s -Assistant County Agent.Will-J
1 iam Bledsoe and Buster Stamey
, ofJack’s Creek will be in charge
i of the program,
i Everyone who comes is asked
• to bring his own weiners -and
! rolls. The rest of the meal will
> be furnished by the club.
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Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Orr and
• daughter visited relatives here
! over 'the weekend.
s Mr. and Mrs. Barefoot and
> son. of Canton, were guests of
r Mr. and Mrs. I. F McCourry
last weekend.
BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1956*
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
In order to hold a jn!>lic dis
cussion of the U -S. Forest Ser
vice Christmas Tree harvesting,
and other land management
policies on Roan Mountain, re
presentatives of the U. S. For
est Service will meet with all
interested persons in the Mit
chell County Courthouse on
Friday, May 20, 1965 at 9 a. m.
It will be desirable for all at
tending the meeting to come
prepared for a trip to the top
of Roan Mountain, after the
indoor meeting, to personally
inspect the Christmas''"Tree
areas, and existing or proposed
developments on the Roan.
Forest Sendee representa
tives will conduct a tour and
. arfbwed questions concerning the
operations, according to B. J.
! Morris, Forest Supervisor.
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Town Leaders
Reelected Without
Opposition
» Reece Mcfntosh, W. Joshua
Banks, and James W. Ray were
unanimously reelected as mayor
and commissioners for the town
of Burnsville.
Only fifty five persons voted
at the town election held in the
county court house with Mcln
tosh and Ray each getting 54
votes and Joshua. Banks fifty
three. All ballots but four voted
the straight ticket as printed.
These four voted for one or two
of the nominated candidates
and left the balance of the bal
lot blank. There were no writ
in candidates. .
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Burning Banned
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Craig English, county forest
ranger, announced that all
burning permits previously is
sued have been cancelled and
that no more burning permits
will be issued until forest fire
danger has lessened. He stated
that due to the extended period
of dry weather no burning ‘ of
any kind within 500 feet of
forest land will be permitted in
the county. He stated that u
’ hard soaking rain is needed be
fore these restrictions can be
lifted.
CORRECTION .
In last week’s account of the
Clearmont P. T. A., meeting it
' | was erroneously stated that the
. ‘ next meeting would be on
, I Thursday, May 17. The correct
I time is Tuesday, May 17, at
[ 7:30 in the Clearmont school
I 'auditorium. The Yancey Record
I takes this opportunity to con
gratulate the new Clearmont
P. T. A., and hopes that Tues-
I day’s meeting will be well
„ attended and successful.
I Dr. J. C. Cornwell, veterinar
’ ian will be out of town from
r Thursday, May 12 through
Tuesday, May 17.
Two Occidents
In Yancey
Over Weekend _ v . v .
Two auto accidents, one of
them fatal, occurred in Yancey
County over last week-end, Paul
Howard Price, 30, of Burnsville,
Rt. 2, was killed instantly in' a
two-car collision on highway
19E about .2 mile west of Bur
nsville (below the Love Fox
service station) Sunday morn
ing about 5 o’clock.
According to Highway Pa
trolman A. W. Rector, the ’55
Chevrolet in which Price was a
passenger, said to hsfVe been
driven by Charles Burdette
Allen, 27, of Burnsville, slid
sideways into the head of a’
’49 Chevrolet from the opposite
direction driven by Thomas
Edward Proffitt, 20, of Burns
ville. At the time of the crash
the first car was passing a ’4O
Ford driven by Duane “Smokey”
Smith, 16, of Burnsville, on a
curve. r
Allen suffered a crushed
chest and is in a serious condi
tion in an Asheville Hospital.
Frank Phillips, 22, of Burns
ville, R. 1, who was also riding
in the car, received a fractured
right arm and body cuts and
bruises. Proffitt, who was alone
in the other car, suffered brok
en ribs and body bruises. Both
cars were demolished. The car
in which Price was killed was
owned by S. A. Boat, Jr., of
Burnsville.
No arrests were made, stated
Patrolman Rector, pending the
outcome of Allen’s injuries and
further investigation. This was
the third fatal traffic accident
in the county so far this yea#/'
The other two deaths were of
pedestrians.
Funeral services for Paul
Price were held at 2 p. m. Mon
day in the, Windom Free Will
Baptist Church, with the Rev.
T. E. Woody, the Rev. Francis
t Radford and the Rev. Fulton
! Williams officiating. Burial was
in Honeycutt Cemetery. He is
survived by his mother, Mrs.
Ola Price; two brothers, Ward
and Kenneth of Burnsville; and
his paternal grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Turner Price of Bur
nsville, R. 2. Holcombe Brothers
Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
Hn the other week-end acci
dent, at 12:40 Saturday noon,
Murray Wright of Burnsville,
R. 2, received body bruises and
severe lacerations of his face.
His car, a ’55 Chevrolet, was
demolished when, it left the
highway on the right, hit a pile
of crushed rock, swerved back
across the road, and struck the
left bank. He was alone in the
car. The accident occurred 2
miles west of Burnsville on 19E,
near the Drive-In Theatre.
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SIAMESE TWINS TO LEAD SEPARATE LIVES Pris
sana, left, and Napit Polpinyo, 28-month-old Thailand Siamese ‘
twins who were successfully separated at the University of
Chicago mOUatVmtltrrlmtikttm 'ltmrwQk -tktir-imne; Miss
1 Jirapon Karsemsak, in the first pictures permitted since their (
i separation. The twin girls are ftdly recovered and ready to
return to Thailand later this month.
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Many Events Planned
For Dogwood Festival
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The Dogwood Festival of the
Burnsville schools will take place
on Tuesday. May 19. In case of
rain the festival will be postpon
de to the following day, Wednes
day, 'May 18. «
Burnsville School Band will
lead a parade of students from
the schooll to the square, starting
at two p.m. Following the band
in order will be the Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts, May pole dancers,
. student council, the float bearing
ahe candidates for queen, the
12th grade students in cap and
gown, and all other grhdes of the
school, each carrying a banner or
pennant emblazoned with the
cardinal ideals of education.
Onn the square the students
will take their places around the
throne platform where thequeen
will be crowned. “The Star
Spangled Banner” sung by all
will begin the ceremony. The in
vocation will be given by the
teverend Chafiea Trammel. May-
Stork Leaves Five
At Yancey Hospital
This Week
Five births and twenty-two
other admissions were reported
for the week by the Yancey
Hospital.
The births are as follows: a
soir, David Lee, born May 4 to
Mr. and Mrs. James Wooten of
Asheville; a daughter, Mickey
Lynn, 'born May 4 to Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Goins of Spruce
Pine; a son Michael Charles,
’ born May sto Mr. and Mrs.
1 Charles Hopson of Green Moun
• tain; 1 a son, James Paul, bom
5 to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
1 Thomas of Burnsville; and a
* son, Edward Lee, born May 8
; to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lee Riddle
of Burnsville.
Other admissions include Mrs.
Bobby Brown and Frank Phil
lips, both of Rt. 1; Baby Sharon
Blankenship, Mrs. Bessie Ray,
Mrs. Clyde Whittington, and
Miss Ethel Maney, all of Cane
River; Mrs. Mollie Phillips and
Mrs. Jennie Crane, both of Bald
Creek; Mack Robert Pitman of
Spruce Pine; Baby Marvin Hol
land, Jr., and Mrs. Grace Mc-
Mahan, both of Star Route;
Mrs. Vada Wilson of Celo;
Dewey Mitchell, Sehvyn Hen
sley, Mrs. Ruby Mallory, Mrs.
Ruth Riddle, Edward Proffitt,
Charles Young, and Mrs. Myrtle
Hill, all of Burnsville; Murray
Wright and Harley Hughes
both of Rt. 2; and Mrs. Golda
Williams of Ramsaytown.
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or Reese Mclntosh will deliver
the welcoming address. “The Old
North State” will then be sung.
Superintendent of Schools H. D.
Justice will deliver an address
and crown the queen, followed
by a solo from the band.
The May pole dancers will
perform next, after which High
School Principal Garrett Anglin
will give an address. The song
“America” will be sung. The
Reverend Worth Royals will give
the benediction, and the band
will play a postlude march.
As a planned finale to the
Dogwood Festival, a Queen’s
Ball will be held at the commun
ity building Bp.m. op Fri
day evening, May 20, in honor
of the queen and all her attend
ant contestants. Formal attire
for others attending is optional. -
AH junior and senior high
school students and their par
ents are especially invited.
Other couples not in this group
are also welcome to attend. Re
freshments will be served. Ad
mission will be 40 cents per per
son, 75 cents per couple.
The contest for deciding the
queen of the Dogwood Festival
is being sponsored by a group
of local stores, each of which
sponsors one candidate. People
“vote” for the queen of their
choice by making a donation of
money at the store sponsoring
this candidate.
The candidates and their
sponsoring stores'are as follows:
6th grade, Brenda Phoenix,
Binnie McCurry, Ruth Jones;
7th grade, Betty Sue MoGurry,
Barbara Buchanan; Bth grade,
Mary Alice Westall, Wanda
Buchanan; 9th grade, Cynthia
Randolph, Janice Ray; 10th
grade, Barbara Hensley, Jaqui
line Harris; 11th grade, Nan
Phipps, Helen Allen; 12th
grade, Hope Ann Mclntosh,
Mary Cecil Bodford.
Anti Rabies Clinic
For Dog’s Planned
The District Health Depart
ment is sponsoring Dog Vacci
nation Clinics for Rabies at the
time and places listed below.
Dr. J. C. Cornwell, D. V M will
conduct the clinics. The small
fee of. SI.OO per dog is all it
costs to protect your dog from '
one of the most fatal diseases
known to medical science.
Micavilie, on the School
grounds, Saturday, May 21, 1
p. m. to 3:00 p. m.
Bald Creek, on the School
grounds, Saturday, May 21, 3:30
p. m. to 5:30 p„ m.
Burnsville, at the 'back en
trance to the Farmers Federa
tion, Saturday, May 28, 1 p. m.
to 4:00 p. m. a
- Manager At ,
Yancey Pharmacy
Mr. and Mrs. W/lliam Black '
have recently moved to Burns
ville where Mr. Black is now
working as the new pharmacist
at the Yancey Pharmacy.
A native of Champaign Coun- '
ty, Illinois, Mr. Black studied
at Butler and Valparaiso Uni
versities, both in Indiana, ma
ioring in chemistry. Be receiv
ed a bachelor of science deiree
in pharmaceutical chemistry at
Butler and a similar degree in
chemistry at Valparaiso.
The new pharmacist’s previous
experience includes 5 years in
a pharmaceutical manufactur
ing plant, 4 years in a drug
store, and 4 years as chemiet in
a New York City factory.
Stating that he has lived in
dared that Yancey County peo
ple are the friendliest he has
met so far.