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VOLUME NINETEEN
Sculpturing, Art Classes
Offered At Playhouse
Professor Clayton H. Char
les, Head of the University of
■Miami Art Department, will
arrive Saturday, July 2, to be
gin organizing classes in Sculp
turing and Twentieth Century
Art History. These courses are
a part of this summer’s Park
way Playhouse Program.
Professor Chaj|j|pibas head
ed the Art at the
University of Miami for the
past five years, and previously
headed the Art Departments at
the University of Alabama,
Meredith College, and Beloit.
Professor Charles has stated
that he is looking forward to
returning to the beautiful
mountains of Westerh North
Carolina, and feels that,': the
courses being offered should
prove very popular in this re
gion. Most of the materials
that will be utilized in the
sculpturing courses may b e
FUNERAL SERVICES
MRS. G. F. AYCOCK
Funeral services for Mrs. G.
F. Aycock, 61, who died Monday
morning in a hospital here af
ter a long illness, were held
Tuesday at 2 p. m. in the Crab
tree Baptist Church.
Burial was in Micaville Ceme
tery.
She was a resident of the
Micaville section of Yancey
County.
Surviving are the husband;
one daughter, Mrs. Adam Mc-
Curry of Burnsville; one grand
daughter; two sisters, Mrs. jlda
Grindstaff of Micaville and
Mrs. Mary Thomas of Old Fort.
MRS. I. M. RANDOLPH
Mrs, I. M. Randolph, 72, died
at her home at Burnsville Rt. 1,
Sunday following a short ill
ness. ~ 'V;
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the Cane
River Baptist Church. The Rev.
E. G. Adkins and the Rev.
Vivian Brown officiated. Bur
ial was In the family cemetery.
She is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Arthur Ring
and Mrs. Bill Buckner of Bur
nsville, and Mrs. Frank And
rews of Jacksonville, Ala.; four
sons, Roy and Benny of Bqrns-
ville and Sammy and Bill of
Mars Hill; three sisters, Mrs.
Polly Mclntosh of Swiss, Mrs.
Zeb Mclntosh and Mrs. Fulton
Hughes of Burnsville; swo
brothers, Raleigh King of Bur
nsville and Sam King of Cane
River; 10 grandchildren, and
three great-grandchildren.
MRS. MARGARET P. BOONE
Mrs. Margaret Pinner Boone
81, died Sunday morning, Jyne
19 in an Asheville hospital fol
lowing a long illness. Mrs.
Boone was the mother of Mrs.
John Robinson of Burnsville.
Funeral services were held at
3 p.m. in the Mars Hill Baptist
Church. The Rev. Robert Sey
mour, the pastor, officiated, as
sisted by' the Rev. B. M. Canup
of Elizabethton and the Rev. C.
B. Trammel of Burnsville.
Mrs. Boone was the widow of
W. C. Boone and was the
est daughter of the Rev. Ran
som and Abigail Longmire Pin
ner of Erwin.
In addition to' Mrs. Robinson,
she is survived by a son,
Boone of Asheville; seven grand,-
Children; four great-grandchild
ren; and a number of nieces
and nephews.
Mrs. Boone was a frequent
visitor in Burnsville where she
had many friends.
The Yancey Record
SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR.
found in Yancey County; it is
rare that so many raw mater
ials exist in one locale.
Six semester hours of col
lege may be obtained by enroll
ing in both courses. These cre
dits may be applied toward the
completion or renewal of teach
ing certificates. Anyone, how
ever, who is interested in learn
ing the basic or advanced meth
ods of sculpturing, or in fur
thering his knowledge of twen
tieth century art, is encourag
ed to enroll.
Further information and ap
plications may be obtained
from Superintendent of Schools
Hubert Justice at his office in
the County Court House.
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Men’s Club Studies United Fund Plan
For Financing Local Charities
Five members were appoint
ed at the last meeting of the
Burnsville Men’s Club to study
the possibility of organizing
local fund drives on a United
Appeal basis.. The members
appointed by Bruce Westall,
president of the Men’s Club
to serve on this committee are
Donald Burhoe, R. K. Helmlc,
Ed Hunter, Jr., Emmett Will
iams, and Reece Mclntosh.
This action was taken after
two representatives of the
United Fund movement spoke
at a meeting of the Men’s Club
held last Monday night. John
Wood, field representative of
Business Privilege
License Due
Effective July 1, 1955, pen
alty will be due on State Privi
lege Licenses for the tax year
June 1, 1955 to May 31, 1956,
according to Mrs. Sam J. Hus-
Jcins, local State Deputy Col
lector for this vicinity.
Mrs. Huskins advises that
this penalty will be 5% per
month for each delinquent
month, and urges all taxpayers
to file their applications for
licenses immediately in order
to avoid penalty.
The applications for Licen
ses should be mailed to the N.
C. Department of Revenue,
Raleigh, N. C.
Softball League
Opens Season
by Tommy Higgins
After a successful first year,
the Yancey Softball League
plunged into its second season
June 20. Last year Windom
won regular season title
the tournament play
offs.
The league has expanded to
eight teams from the six of last
year. Each team will play each
other team twice, making a to
tal of fourteen games for the
Beason. Games are played on
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday afternoons with
Wednesday being reserved for
rained out games. Two games
are played on each afternoon,
the first game starting at 5
o’clock and the second at 6:16.
The teams and their manag
ers are as follows:
Bald Greek, Marshall Carr;
Burnsville, Ed Hunter, Jr.;
Micaville, Shelby Robinson;
Indian Oreek, Ralph England;
West Burnsville, Wilson Ray;
Bolens Creek, Vergis Angiiii;
Green Mountain, Bud Johnson;
i and George’s Fork, Jack Sil
vers.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
Bruce Griffith
Introduced Into
Highway Patrol
Raleigh—State Highway Pa
trol headquarters announced
the induction of 14 rookie
troopers including Bruce Grif
fith, 24, of Micaville. Swearing
in ceremonies were held in Pa
trol Commander James R.
Smith’s ofice with Secretary of
State Thad Eure administering
the oaths.
Patrolman Griffith js a 1949
graduate of Micaville High
School and attended Wake For
. lest College. He was recently
discharged from the Air Force
as a Staff Sergeant in charge
bf the guardhouse.
Patrol headquarters assigned
him to duty in Taylorsville.
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the Carolinas United for Wes
tern North Carolina explained
t\e procedure for investigating
the community’s desire to ac
cept the Unitbd Appeal method
of financing charities and for
organizing a functioning group.
He stressed the fact that Caro
lina United would act only jta,
an advisory jjjygacity,
control in tne hands l or local
people. Anthony Williamson,
executive director of the Ashe
ville and Buncombe County
United Fund told of Ashe
villes experience with the Uni
ted Fund.
If the present study commit
tee finds thqt the people of the
county would be receptive to
plan, an acceptance and budgqt
committee will be organized to
determine which charities and
organizations should receive aid
and the amount of aid for each.
At the present time the com
mittee is presenting the plan to
all organizations. r “
Portrait Demonstra
tion At Seecelo
Frank Stanley Herring, dir
ector of the Burnsville Paint-!
ing Classes will give a portrait!,
demonstration at Seecelo on*
Tuesday night, July 5. The!
public is cordially invited to at-1
tend this demonstration' and
others which will be announced
later.
The Burnsville Painting
Classes opened for the tenth (
season on Saturday, June 25.
Students from 16 states are re- ,
gistered for the summer.
LOCAL SONGBIRDS, MUSICIANS, TRY
FOR CHANCE ON TV TALENT SHOW
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Arthur Smith’s original TV
, Talent Hunt and his famous
. Crackerjacks will come here
July 22, it was announced to
, day by W. A. Banks, command
, er of the American Legion,
the local sponsors.
knd it will be an entirely
i new show, the well known radio
• and television personalities
i bring here.
, With Arthur are Sonny,
i Ralph, Tommy Faile, Jim
Smoak and little Wayne Haas,
- plus the colorful comedy team
of Brother Ralph and Cousgn
Phud. Conducting the Tp Tab
ent Hunt, which features the
ten best acts in the entire vic
inity, is Clyde McLean.
The Smiths are not strangers
in these parts, having perforin
ed here last year. In fact,
■ they’re as well known in the 48
states as any folk music group
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BURNSVILLE, N. C- THURSDAY, JUNE 30,1955
MOVIE RECEIPTS GO TO
HEALTH CENTER FUND
All receipts from a special
movie to be shown at the Yan
cey Theatre will be donated for
the new Health Center building,
according to theatre manager
Lum Clevenger. ",
The special mov|e is “Con
quest of Space,” to be shown
on July 15. Tickets |re now on
sale at 16 cents and 45 cents.
Those who wish td see this
movie and in so doing contri
bute to the Health Center fund
are requested to puJoiase tick
ets in advance if approached by
volunteer workers filling tick
ets.
Garden Club
Contests Extended
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The Burnsville Garden Club
announced that the poster and
bird house contests for Yancey
children has been extended to
end July 15. The previous dead
line of June 28 has been extend
ed because a number of child- 1
ren have been unable to parti
cipate due to other activities.
The first prize in each con-;
test will be five dollars, second'
prize two dollars and two in
each class receive honorab
le mention.
The bird house- contest is op
en to boys andt involves the
construction of f birdhouse for
riHtvfen or bluebird, jjjpecifica-1
Club. Tne content for girls con
sists of making posters using
the title “Don’t be a Litterbug”.
Each poster irflist be ' 20”x24”
using at least two illustrations
either original drawings or pic
tures cut from magazines,
Miss Ossie Bennett has been
selected as judge in the poster
contest and the Kev. H. M.
Alley will judge the birdhouse
contest.
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Goin’ Fishii’?
They’ll Be Bitin’
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The North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commisiion has com
pleted stocking of 2000 small
mouthed bass in Cane River,
according to M.vß. Higgins,
District Game and Fish Protect
or, These fish, averaging 1.5
inches in length, were produced
lat the State Fish Hatchery lo
[cated near Morgaiton. Mr. Hig
gins directed the release of the
fish.
To bring about better fishing,
the Wildlife Resoirces Commis
sion points out, Cooperative ef
fort is required by all those in
trested in the state’s fish and
game -resources.
in the land. Their personal ap
pearances have endeared them
to thousands and their best
selling MGM records are spun
around the world.
The head Crackejjack, Arthur
Smith, has been hailed by na
tional music and show business
publications for his showman
ship and musicianship. With
Arthur is Sonny who sings,
plays and reads from "Sonny
Smith’s Scrapbook”.
Music lovers also flock to
hear Jim Smoak, a Louisiana
boy with a “talking” five
string banjo, and little Wayne
Haas, a song stylist of rare
ability. ✓
Clyde (Cloudy) McLean con
ducts the big TV Talent Hunt
which will see ten of the best
acts in the area competing for
the Smiths’ S6OO quarterfinals
grand prize and gifts from the
local sponsors.
Health Center Assureop^r
Red Cross Near Goal
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Parkway Playhouse
Tickets Now
Available
Gordon Bennett, director of
the Parkway Playhouse, has an
nounced that season tickets for
the forthcoming Playhouse
productions are now on sale.
Persons buying season tick
ets may See all five productions
for the price of five dollars.
This is a saving of twenty per
cent to each person buying a
ticket. Mr. Bennett has stated
that coupons in the season
ticket may be used for all or
any production.
Season tickets may be purch
ased at the Tourist Informa
tion House on the'Square, Pol
lard’s Drug Store, Hilltop
‘Soda Shop, Nu-Wray Inn, An
glin and Westall, Ray Bros.
Grocery, and the office of the
Parkway Playhouse.
Farmers Federation
Picnic Saturday
More group siiigiag. better
entertainment, practical talks
on fanning and free lemonade
and watermelon are promised
for the Annual Yancey County
Farmers Federation picnic to
be held Saturday, July 2nd at
Burnsville High School begin
ning at 10:00 a. m. :
James G. K. McClure, presi
dent of the Farmers Federa
tion which is observing its
35th Anniversary this sum
■ mer has anonunced that a
special $lO prize for the best
I local act will be awarded at the
picnic. James McClure Clarke,
I Executive vice-president, will
act as master of ceremonies.
All musicians, dancers, sin
gers, choirs and quartets are
especially invited to attend.
The ever popular Panhandle
Pete and his one man band act
"will be on hand again as well
as the Mimosa Boys from Mor
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Hale Bryson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Bryson of Burns
ville, was promoted from prin
cipal of Morgan Elementary
■School of Shelby to Principal of
Shelby Jr. High.
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ARMY SECRETARY STEVENS RESIGNS—Army Sec
retary Robert Stevens (left) who submitted, his resignation to
President Eisenhower poses outside his office with his succes
sor, former Mithigan Governor Wuber M. Brucker. Stevens
gained wide-spread publicity last year as a leading principal in I
the McCarthy-Army public hearings. I
A new Yancey County Health
Center Building to be erected
on the outskirts of Burnsville
is now assured. The fund rais
ing campaign being conducted
jointly by the Burnsville Men’s
Club and the Lions Club has
succeeded to the point where
it has enabled the County Com
missioners to certify to the
State Medical Care Commission
that the' County’s share of the
cost of the building is on hand.
The deadline for this action
was June 10, in order for the
County to obtain the benefit of
State and Federal funds which
will defray five-sixths of- the
cost of the new building. The
total cost of the building, ex
clusive of equipment, will be
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Mr., Mrs. Grady
Bailey Hosts To
Garden Club
Following an annual custom,
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Bailey
were hosts to the members of
the Garden Club, their hus
| bands and other guests on last
Friday evening at a picnic jn
their attractive outdoor living
room.
Many of the guests made a
tour of the garden before the
supper. At this season a num
ber of flowers were in bloom
with roses and massed Regal
lilies holding the spotlight.
A delicious potluck supper
had been provided and hambur
gers cooked at the open fire
place by the .menu committee,
Mrs. J. A. Watson, Mrs. Wayne
Ray and Mrs. Brooks Wilson,
were an appetizing addition.
Specially invited guests were
Mrs. J. L. Ray, Mrs. W. E
Black,‘and Mrs. Allen Smith of
Ithaca, New York. J
BUSINESSES COMMEMORATE JULY 4th
WILL BE CLOSED FOR LONG WEEK END
Most of the businesses and of
fices in Burnsville will be closed
Monday July 4, according to re
ports received at the Yancey Re
cord office. The Merchants As
sociation office and. Informa
about $20,000.
The one-acre plot of land in
what is now Camp Ray on Mit
chell Branch, where the new
building will stand, has been
igiven by Burnsville to County
without charge. Title to this
plot has already been transfer
red to the' County.
The State Health authorities
have given assurance that work
on the project will' proceed
promptly. A representative
from the staff of the Medical
Care Commission is expected
to visit the County next week,
to review with Dr. Mcßae the
equipment requirements for
the new Center, and a visit
from a state architect is ex
pected shortly.
Although a happy outcome of
the fund raising campaign for
the Health Center is assured,
the campaign is still being
carried on. As reported in last
week’s RECORD, the fund
raising by the Men’s Club Com
mittee aimed at two goals:
funds for the Health Center,
funds for the Red Cross to
assure continuation of the Yan
cey County blood program. In
addition to the amount already
certified by the County Com
missioners as being on hand for
the Health Center, some addi
tional funds for the Center will
be needed for moving x-ray
equipment, possible grading of
the site, and other incidental
items.
The drive for fund's to assure
the blood program is still some
what short of its goal, although
the Committee is optimistic that
with a last generous push it
can be attained. Mr. Clevenger,
’ manager of the Yancey Theatre,
has arranged to give benefit
matinee and evening perform
ances of the movie “Conquest
; of Space” on Friday, July 15,
' the entire proceeds to go to the
Health Center Building and to
I the blood program.
tion House will close for the
entire week of the fourth, op
ening again Monday, July 1L
- Among the stores that have
definitely announced that they
will be closed Monday are the
following:
Anglin \ and Westall, Allen’s
Jewelry, Burnsville Dept. Store,
Burnsville Furniture & Hard
ware, Blue Ridge Hardware,
Town and Country Shoe Store,
'Doris Shoppe, Yancey Depart
ment Store, Western Auto As
sociate Store, Griffith and Hil
liard Service Station, Burle
son’s Plumbing and Heating,
Edwards T V and Appliance
Shop, Deyton Farm Supply,
Edge’s Department Store, B.
B. Penland and Son Co., Rob
erts and Johnson Lumber Co.,
Edge’s Grocery, Burnsville
Super Market, Ray’s Grocery,
Ruby’s Flower and Gift Shop,
Main Street Service Station,
Banks and Taylor Motor Co.,
Royal Tire Service, Pollard’s
Drug Store, Yancey Pharmacy,
Phoenix Seauty Shop, Fay’s
Beauty Shop, Randolph’s Beau
ty Shop, The North Western
Bank and the Burnsville Bendix
Laundry.
Offices that will be closed in
clude the District Health Offi-
offices and the offices of
is not a complete list, repre
senting only those who have
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