-■ i ■ yHB
VOLUME NINETEEN
Burnsville Girls Are
Candidates For Qoeen
Miss Mary Cecil Anglin and Miss Caroline Justice will re
present Burnsville as candidates for queen of the Roan Moun-
tain Rhododendron Festi
val. Miss Anglin is spon
sored by the Mt. Mitchell
Motel in Burnsville ,and
Miss Justice by the Bur
nsville Lions Clbu. The
queens for North Caro
lina and Tennessee will
be chosen and crowned
on Saturday, June 18.
IThe dates of the festival
are June 18 and 19.
Thousands of people are
expected to attend the cere
monies this year, as in past
years. A newly paved 2-mile
section of U. S. Forest Service
road from N. C. 261 at Car-
FUNERAL SERVICES
MOLT KING
Molt King, 61, a farmer of
Cane River passed away unex
pectedly at his home Wednes
day morning. Funeral services
will be held at the Elk Shoal
Baptist Church Thursday at
2:80. Burial will be in the
Elk Shoal Cemetery.
In addition to the wife he is
survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Cecil Gillis of Cane River; one
eon, Reece of Baltimore; three
sisters and four brothers.
A. C. LEDFORD
———
A. 0. Ledford, 73, merchant
farmer of Burnsville Rt. 1, died
Monday afternoon in an Ashe
ville hospital after a short ill
ness. V,
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. in the
Bakers Creek Baptist Church
and burial was in the family
cemetery.
Survivors are the widow,
three daughters, Mrs. Lincoln
Edwards and Mrs. G. H. Byrd
of Burnsville Rt. 1, and Mrs.
Carl Scott of Cane River;
three sons, Woodrow, Luther
and Donald of Burnsville Rt. 1,
and three brothers.
B. H. NICHOLS • „
B. H. Nichols, 80, retired
Burnsville carpenter, died in a
Yancey County rest home at 3
a. m. Saturday following a long
illness.
Funeral services were held at
2:3Q p. m. Sunday at the Blue
Rock Baptist Church.
The Rev. H. M. Alky offi
ciated and burial was in the
church cemetery,
i Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Celia Gouge Nichols; two
daughters, Mrs. James Gouge
of Spruce Pine, and Mrs. Arthur
Cook of Weavervilk; two sons,
Rollin of Asheville, and Ollis E.
of Riverside, Calif,; a brother,
Roy, of Burnsville Rt. 2, and
seven grandchildren.
Mrs. Clarence Wilson, 37, of
Oek) pabsed away at her home
Wednesday morning at 9o’clock
after a breif illness.
Funeral services will be held
at 10:30 Friday at .the Liberty
(Chapel Church. Burial will be
in the Carroway Cemetery. The
Rev. Arnold Wilson and the Rev.
J, W. Pack will officiate.
Survivors include the husband;
one daughter, Betty Lou; two
sons, Harold Dean and Bruce,
both of the home; three sisters,
Mrs. Janie Buchanan of Grew
Mountain, Mrs. Vistie Carver
of Barnardaville, and Mrs. Has
sle Green of Johnson City; and
four brothers, 'David, Wes i, and
Thomas Miller of ~.Cek>, and
Randall Miller of Morangton.
SUB. RATES |2.00 YEAR.
Anglin
ver’s Gap to the site of the old
ICloudland Hotel at the top of
the mountain makes the trip
up Roan a short, easy drive.
The road terminates in a 300-
car parking lot and in 1954 a
loop road through the rhodod
endron gardens was graded
and opened to motorists. —,
The winner of the queen con
test for each state receives a
number of-gifts. Among those
for the Tar Heel queen will be
a watch presented by the Ashe
ville Citizen-Times Pirolishing
Company and one or more col
kge scholarships. At the coro
nation ceremony on top of
Roan, the n«pv q ens will be
presented by last year’s queens,
Miss Mary Yarni Hughes of
Old Fort, iN. €., *and Miss Mary
Everett of Johnson City, Tenn.
A special bus expedition of
photographers from Asheville
and environs will visit Roan
Motmfc*in i-bc aaconA iiax-M.
the festival. The Smoky Moun
tain Movie Club is sponsoring
this one-day tour for photogra
phers.
Lists of guests and speakers
tand other details will be an
nounced soon, according to the
planning committees. Speakers
at this annual event usually
include leading public officials
of the two states. Bands from
schools of both states provide
music for the festivities.
Orthopedic Clinic
Will Be Held
June 15 th
.
The monthly orthopedic cji
nic for the Avery-Mitchell-
Yancey district will be held in
the office of the District
Health Department in Spruce
Pine on Wednesday, June 16th.
Drs. J. Bruce Galloway and
Walter Watts, both of Asheville
will be the clinicians. Children
should register for this clinic
(not later than 11 a. m. and
adults not later than 12:30.
1 Barbara Turner of Pecos, Texas, noted cowgirl is shown doing
a death drag during a trick riding event during a perform
• ance of the Cherokee Ranch Rodeo. The World’s Greatest j
j Wild West Rodeo will be presented by the Lions Club at the 1
‘ Main Street Show Lot in Burnsville on Fri.-Sat. June 10-llth. 1
l Cowboys, cowgirls, clowns, circus acts and herd of horses, •
bulls, steo£, etc will take part in the big Rodeo.
The Yancey record
* * "a .y
'Mi i
r *
I { wf /
Justice
DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNT*”
Yancey Girl
Scouts Attend
Day Camp
Girl Scouts and Brownies of
Burnsville and Bald Creek en
joyed a session of Girl Scout
day camps May 30 to June 3
at Camp Mt. Mitchell for Girls.
Singing, folk dancing, crafts,
dramatics, hikes, and oookouts
were among the activities.
Miss Nancy Campbell, executive
director of Pisgah Girl Scout
Council, directed the day camps.
The Brownie unit taking part
consisted of Susan Williams,
Barbara Sacra, Peggy Mcln
tosh, Erwin Burhoe, Carolyn
Bailey, Carol Ann Benninger,
Amelia Penland, and Amanda
Bennett. Their counselors were
Miss Helen Stefanoski, Mrs.
| Gordon Moore, and Mrs. Earl
I Bgnninger. 1
Included in the Intermediate
unit, which was divided into
two patrols—Pocahontas and
Trail Blazers, were Frances
Colletta, Linda Boone, Betty
Anne McLean, Dianne Roberts,
Suzanne. Sacra, Saundra Gar*
‘rand, Belinda Proffitt, Doris
King, Susie Gibbs, Cecilia Col
etta, Barbara Brinkley, Ricky
Wolf, Mary Kathryn Bailey,
Becky Proffitt, Judy Ramsey,
Helen Louise Proffitt, Sarah
Ellen Proffitt, Judy Byrd Ben
nett, Carolyn Clevenger. Coun
selors were Mrs. Carl Carter
and Mrs. Ashton Ramsey.
Five Birth
Listed By Hospital
Five births and nineteen other
admissions were reported .by the
Ittmfitimi if.. J-l—r —I
Among the births were a
Bon, Ira Lee, born June 1 to Mr.
and Mrs. Buster Bryant of
Sioux; a daughter, Kathy Pam
ela, born June 2 to Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Southers of Burnsville;
a son,Jimmie Lee, born the first
of June to Mr. and Mrs. Ar
cemus Hughes of Rt. 1; a son,
William Randy, born June 3 to
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fox of Bald
Creek; and a son not yet named
born to Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bod
ford of Rt. 2.
Among other admissions were
Merrit Smith of Celo; Master
Ronald Sacra, Barbara and
Danny Angel, J. S. LaFevre,
Mrs; Nola Ward, Miss Betty
Yonung, Mrs. Oredia Roland and
Mrs. Minnie R. Hensley all of
Burnsville; Miss Patsey Hyatt
of Pensacola; Baby Jimmie
Tolly of Green Mountain; Mrs.
Hazel Proffitt, Mrs. Joy Ball,
Mrs. Ruby Ward, and Master
Ronald Styles all of Rt. 1; Mrs.
Nola Miller and Miss Darien
Proffitt both of Cane River;
Mrs. Thelma Hensley of Great
Falls, S. C. Floyd Ledford of
Bee Log; and Mrs. Katheryn
Brewer of BakersvilleT 1
BURNSVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1955
— i , A
All Day Picnic
Planned By fcuplan
Employees 1
• i
An all-day picnic, complete
with games, contests, swimming,
races, prizes, an<§ food which
will be Prepares, and served
continuously (like Mammy
Yokoms endless hot dog) from
2p. m. until all the food (or
the last picnicker) is gone, is
planned by employees of the
Duplan company* ,
'Scheduled for < Sunday, June
12, the picnic mll be held at
the Optimist <sub Park in
Morganton. T&f feature at
traction of the Afternoon’s en
tertainment willl be a softball
game between -fe
ion (not so) vs. the
“Supervised
The food- for
by a of
Cleophas Robermh, chairman,
assisting; AdaTAutrey. Nell
Gibbs, Bobby Iverson, Horace
Doan, Linda Whitson, Chad
Williams. |
The entertainment was sched
uled by Earl Young,
assisting: ChaTles Bradshaw,
Betty Byrd, G*lvin Blevins,
Helen Proffitt, Billie Jean
Price, Ted Weatherman.
The transportation, publicity
and selection <tf prizes was ar
ranged for by .Gfcairman Doro
thy Robertson»l assisting: pixie
Wtya§fc, Lee Miller, Mildred
Woody, Louise Williams, Pau
line Hensley, Blankenship,
Juanita Butn4j*, Leonard Boone,
Delor Anglin. , -
“ A Man Called Peter”
The Yancey Theatre
Twentieth Century-Fox de
parted from the usual movie
formula in producing “A Man
Galled Peter,” a Cinema Scope
picture in De Luxe color, which
will be shown at the Yancey
Theatre on Sunday and Monday.
This picturization of Catherine
Marshall’s 'biographical novel,
which enjoys the distinction of
being a story told in terms of
God’s intimate participation in
the affairs of man, unfolds a
piognant love story and is, at
the same time, a success story
in the best Horatio Alger tradi
tion. Richard Todd and Jean
Peters head an imposing cast
of 41 supporting players. Oth
ers prominent in the cast are
Marjorie Rambeau, Jill Esmond,
Lea Tremayne, Robert Burton,
Gladys Hurlbut, Richard Gar
rick, Gloria Gordon and Billy
Chapin.
“A Man Called Peter” is a
bold, vivid story of a man whose
relation with God was more in
timate than any chronicled in
modern times. The greatest of
his sermons, which he delivered
at the New York Avenue church
in Washington, D. C„ known as
the “Church of Presidents,”
■are incorporated in the script.
Among them are his famous
“Keeper of the Springs,” “The
American Dreaim,” “The Ap
pointment in Samare” and his
famous death sermon delivered,
as if by divine inspiration, to
the graduating class at the U. S.
Naval Academy, only a few hours
before the news of the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor. This
Scottish machinist, known as
“the charming young Scot with
the silver tongue,” wound up the
elected chaplin of the United
States Senate and was known
as “the conscience of the Sen
ate.”
The management was only able
to book the picture for two days.
There will be matinees on Sun
day starting 1:00 and 3L15 p. m.
The Sun. nite show will start at
9:10 p m. A special matinee
will be given Monday starting
1:15 p.m.
Rev. -Earl Sturgeon
* ; |j»§ W'■ "•••
i JfvP
1 ISR 8 - j&Lk"* "w -
1 |PSIH
i -
Rev. Sturgeon To
Preach At Mission
| The Missionary and evangel-.
; istic Bible Conference being
I conducted at Faith Fellowship
Mission in East Burnsville con
. tinues with mounting interest.
, The first speaker, Evang. Dick
, Knox of New York State has
, brought some wonderful mis
i sionary and evangelistic mess
ages, and has shown many inter-
T esting picture slides of his tra
. vels and work in Middle East
. Bible Lands. He will close this
. special series on Friday night
l June 10th.
* On Saturday night, Jane 11th
, there will be a special Rally, led
, : W the Youh'g People of The
Bible Church of Asheville, N. C.,
This will be followed by a mes
, sage from their pastor, the Rev.
Wesley Hurni.
Evang Knox will be the speak
) evenLng services 1
Monday night, June 13th will
begin a new series of five pro
phetic messages brought by the
i Rev. Earl Sturgeon, of Jones
t boro, Tenn., Mr. Sturgeon was
> on the Faith Fellowship Con
t ference program in June 1954,
r and will be well remembered by
. many in Burnsville. He is a
> stalwart exponent of the Fund-1
, amental Bible Position, an ex-|
' cellent Bible teacher and preach
' er.
The Faith Fellowship Bible'
School, scheduled to run four
full weeks began last Monday
' morning, June 6th.
t ■■ - ::.
t Four Children
j Have Perfect
’ Attendance Records
r A typical picture of a modern
mother, according to current
i literature (funny (books, etc.)
; getting a child (just one, that
. is) off to school shows her
i about ready to collaps as the
f child starts off. But not Mrs.,
[ Evelyn Pate!
Mrs. Pate has succeeded in
getting four children off to
school without a single absence
or tardiness during the entire
year. And she still had enough
energy left to get to her own
job every day in Burnsville
where she serves as register
of deeds.
The Pate children with the
perfect attendance record are
Barbara in the 7th grade, Ker
mit in the sth, Edna Louise in
the 4th and Van in the Ist.
WOMANS CLUB *
The Woman’s Club will meet
at the Community House, Thu
rsday, June 9, at Bp. m. Mrs.
R. K. Helmle will present the
program, with Mrs. Eulalia
Byrnes of Penland Craft School
as guest speaker. Hostesses
will be Mrs. Worth Royals, Mrs.
Mack B. Ray, Mrs. M. W. Webb,
Mrs. Walter Fox, and Mrs. R.
K. Helmle
_
Plans Made For Health
‘’ r .
Center In Yancey Co.
Action to get a health center
building in Yancey County has
started snow-balling as three
•different groups have taken
steps to 't ring about its reali
zation.
At the June meeting of the
Yancey County board of county
commissioners a motion was
passed calling for the construc
tion and financing of such a
buildSng. In the meantime a
member of the state board of
health met with the local health
officer, Dr. C. F. Mcßae to
select a site for the structure
while the Burnsville Men’s Club
have planned a meeting to dis
cuss ways and means of- raising
funds for the project. *
Dr. C. C: Applewhite of the
State Board of Health inspect
ed several sites last Tuesday
and felt that the most desirable
location for the proposed health
center would be the Camp Raiy
property, which the town will
convey to the county for this
purpose. Dr. Applewhite esti
mated that a Jnalth center cost
ing in the neighborhood of
835,000 could be erected and
equipped at a cost to the county
of only about $4900.
The resolution of the board
of county commissioners asked
that “There be appropriated
from the levy for the year 1965-
1j)56 an amount equal to 3
cents on each SIOO valuation of
. property to be used in conjunc
, Assistant Agent
Value Os Garden
by William Bledsoe
Assistant County Agent
Have you ever stopped to con
sider how much (your garden is
worth? Is your home food sup
ply adequate? To fully' realize
I these values one should know
how much food is consumed by
'one person in one year. Esti-
I mated amounts and values re
j leased recently are as follows:
292 quarts of milk, 800 pounds
of fruits and vegetables,- 35
dozen eggs. The total pounds
of all this food is 1,920 selling
for a retail value of $366.25 or
1,831.25 for the average family
]of five.
I People in this section are
rather self sufficient by nature
and are well known for that
(trait. Lots- of families in Yan
cey couptiy have a nice garden
and will have an adequate home
food supply. Others are not so
well off because they will have
to buy some food. It isn’t too
late however, .to remedy ths
situation. Plant a late garden
j with a large variety of vege
tables to come in when the
early garden gives out. Ferti
lize it well and watch it grow.
Can, store, and preserve plenty
for the cold days next winter
Now is a good time to be
thinking about getting a pig
for slaughter next fall. How
about a beef? You can grow it
< heaper than it can be bought.
Lets not forget the family milk
cow and a few hens, for milk
and eggs.
This is truly a challenge. The
Agricultural Workers’ Council
has set up a goal of reducing
the family .ood bill by SSO per
year through increasing , the
variety and yield of vegetables
grown, canning, storing, and
preserving them; and producing
an adequate home supply of
milk, beef, pork, and eggs.
The primary objective of all
rural people is to increase in
come and raise the standard
of living. Probably the most
direct approach to this objective
is to “Raise a Square Meal
Around Home.”
sdfsdfa
(NUMBER FORTY-ONE
tioh with the amount pledged
by the citizens of Yancey Coun
ty for the purpose of contribut
ing $4,873.27 toward the cost of
constructing and equipping a
health center in accordance with
the rules, regulations and plans
of the Medical Care Commission
of the U. S. 'lt has been estimat
ed that the county will be able
to raise about $2700 of the local
cost leaving $2200 to be
raised by interested groups and
individuals.
The first step to meet the
part of the cost not carried of
ficially by the county or federal
or state agencies, has been taken
as the Men’s Club
planned a meeting for discuss
ing ways and means of raising
funds needed.
—— ■ >'
Miss Ossie Bennett
Is Judge Far
Paster Contest
Miss Ossie Bennett has been
selected as judge in the poster
contest for girls sponsored by
the Blimsville Garden Club,
according to Mrs. Dover Fouts,
chairman of the contest com
mittee. The Rev.. IL M. Alley
will judge the birdhouse contest
for t>oys.
Following is a review of the »
contest rules, which were pub- A
lished in last week’s Yancey \
Record. The contest is open to ,
all children in the county under *-
fifteen years of age. All work
must be done by contestant, but
advice or directions may be
tries must 'bo i 'T? l %y ,ll *!fune '' : ~
girls’ posters to Miss Bennett
and- boys’ birdhouses to Mr.
Alley. (Birdhouses must be de
livered to Mr. Alley during af
ternoons, not mornings.)
Girls’ poster contest : T’itle
and theme* is “Don’t Be a Lft
terbug,” on a poster 24”x20”.
Use at least two pictures, eith
er original or cut from maga
zines. Write at least three sen
tences beginning with ,‘Do”
and at least three beginning
with “Don’t,” telling things
we should and should not do to
keep streets and other public
places neat and attractive. -
Print in large letters. Place
name on back of poster.
First prize in each contest
will be five dollars, second
prize two dollars. Two in each
class will receive honorable
mention.
Byrd Waves
Preliminary Hearing
Preliminary hearing rights
were waived by defense attor
ney W. E. Anglin for John 1
Byrd, turning the case over to
the jurisdiction of the superior
court. Byrd, charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon is
free under SSOO bond. The next
session of superior court Cis
scheduled for some time in
August.
Burnsville Driver
Takes Ist Place
In Climb
A Burnsville sports car en
thusiast climbed to top honors
at the Grandfather Mountain
climb last Sunday. Harold But
ner of Burnsville driving an ! -
Austin-Heaiey made the two
and a half mile gravel road in
three minutes and 42 cseonds
to lead in class D.
The winner of class C, the
largest cars iry the contest,
driving a Jaguar, made the
climb in 8:39.3, beating But
her’s time by less than nine
seconds. This was Ed Welsh of
Winston-Salem. J,