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VOLUME NINETEEN
Yancey Families Seek j
Modern Conveniences!
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What are rural and urban
{families striving to accomplish?
Basically they are both seeking
better family and community
living. For rural families this
means developing a pattern of
farming and home-making
which will make the best use of
their land, labor, and capital
resources. Developing such a
pattern is no small task, but it
will result in increased income
and enable the family to enjoy
more modern conveniences, •
To what extent are Yjncey
farm families now enj9ying
miodern conveniences? A recent
survey of the county made by
the Rural Sociology Depart
ment of State College reveals
ithat 52.6% of our homes are
without piped running water;
66% without a kitchen sink;
83.8% without bathtub or show
er; 89.1% without complete
modern bath, toilet, and hot
running water; and 6.8% with
out any kind of toilet.
These figures might seem
New Re-enlistment
Program Announced
A recent change of Air Force
Policy has brought into effect
a new re-enlistment program
featuring promotions, choice of
assignment and training oppor
tunities, according to Technical
Sergeant Earl E. Lene. The
new program effective July 1,
1955 is designed to offer fqr
vwer airmen and other servfce
men, many new opportunities;
Airmen with certain critical
Air Force Specialties have .un
til one year from date of separ
ation to reenlist without loss, of
grade. A man may choose his
assignment at a base in the
United States or the overspas
area of his choice. A qualified
airman may re-enlist for and
be sent to technical school ,of
his choice. The most radical
change in the program is that
men of other branches of ser
vice With certain skills that are
needed, may now enlist in the
United States Air Force with
out loss of grade. In order for
an airman to collect re-enlist
ment bonus he must re-enlist
within ninety-days.
Further information may be
obtained from Sergeant Lane
at the Recruiting Office. v
FUNEXAL SERVICES
SAMUEL L. HENSLEY
Samuel L. Hensley, 86, died
Saturday afternoon at his hopie
at Micaville after a long illness.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Bow
ditch Baptist Church.
The Rev. E. T. Woody offi
ciated, and burial was in the
family cemetery.
Hensley was a memoer of the
Bowditdh church.
He an<f the former Miss Lil
lie Branch were married 63
years ago.
Surviving are the widow; a
sister, Mrs. Buna Hensley of
Newton, N. C.; four brothers,
Sitrab of Lenoir, Jim of Win
dom, Fred of Burnsville, and
Commodore of Celo; a grand
child; and four great-grand
children.
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IHe lANCfcY KcGORD
SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR.
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surprising, but they are noth- 1
ing to be ashamed of. They do \
indicate a problem to be worked j
out. The net cash income avail
able to many of our families is
not sufficient to provide the
things needed—much less some
things wanted. Aow, then, can
these obtained ?
Additional income must come
from some source. By planning
farm or home enterprises, utili
zing all resources available, and
using income wisely, a great
step can be taken toward ac
cepting the challenge of a bri
ghter tomorrow for ’ Yancey :
County families and communi
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by Wm. Ci Bledsoe,
Assistant County Agent
PTA Leader Warns
Os Traffic Danger
North Carolina parents have
an important stake in the
state’s current campaign to re
duce highway accidents, says
Mrs. John W. Crawford of Ra
leigh, president of the North
Carolina Congress of Parents
and Teachers and a member of
the Governor’s Traffic Safety
Council. i
As president of the statewide 1
PTA organization, Mrs. Craw- \
ford represents a membership
of nearly 300,000 parents whose 1
purpose in their organization is 1
“Did you know,” she asked in
.a radio and television appear- ’
ance on behalf of the safety pro- 1
gram, “that the highways of 1
our state are more dangerous
than the battlefields of our coun
try and that more people have
been killed on our highways
than on all the battlefronts of
all oqr wars?”
She continued, “Fear clutches
your heart when your son dons ,
the uniform of our country to ’
go to the battlefront and
justly so.. But does fear clutch
your heart when your son or j
your daughter goes out to se-
Recruiter At
Burnsville P. O.
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L. E, Fay, Oheif Petty Of
ficer in charge of the Navy re
cruiting station, Asheville, an
nounces that a Navy recruiter
from the UJ3. Navy recruiting
station in Asheville will be at
the post office in Burnsville
every Wednesday^rom 10 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. to interview young
men interested in joining the
Navy.
Herrins: Announces
Demonstration.
Frank Stanley Herring, dir
ector of the Burnsville Paint
ing Classes will give a portrait
demonstration at Seecelo on
Tuesday night, July 19. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend this demonstration and
■others which will be announced
later.
■Mrs. D. H. Covington return
ed recently from Columbia, S.
C., where she had been visiting
relatives. She was accompanied
by her daughter, Dorothy, who
spent the weekend at home.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY’’
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BURNSVILLE, N. THURSDAY, JULY 14, i
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SW/MS LAKE ERIE —Eight
teen-year pld Greta Patterson
grease up before swimming a
cross Loke Erie from Angola;
N. Y, to Crystal Beach, Ontario
.The youngster covered the
grueling is miles of choppy
water in 13 hours to become the
first person to swim across Lake
Erie.
cure a license for driving an
automobile on the highways of
North Carolina?”
“We as parents,” she said,
are more involved than any
one else. As parent to parent,
I want to enlist your support
in the problem facing us today.
We are losing our boys and
girls, North Carolina’s future
citizens and her greatest re
source. Last year nearly 200
boys and girls under the age
of 19 were killed in traffic ac
cidents on our highways. What
training and carelessness of the
driver. We must educate to
stamp out this needless waste
of human life.”
Decoration Service
At Middle Fork
Decoration and memorial ser
vices will be held Sunday after
noon at 2 o’clock at the Penley
Cemetery, near Middle Fork
Baptist Church, according to
E. J. Ball. Songs will be offered
by the West Asheville Trio and
the Redden Family of Fletcher.
Speakers will be the Rev. Wade
Huntley, pastor of Broad River
Baptist Church, and the Rev.
John J. Huntley, pastor of Lit
tle Ivy Baptist Church. The
public is invited.
Application Forms Available
For Arthur Smith Talent Show
Persons interested in trying
for the Arthur Smith Talent
Show should get application
forms from D. R. Fouts,' ac
cording to Bill Banks, com
mander of the American Leg
ion. The Arthur Smith Show,
which is being sponsored locally
REVIVAL MEETING
A revival meeting will begin
at The Church of God in West
Burnsville on July 17 and con
tinue through 31. Services at
7:30 each evening. Special
music and singing. Rev and
Mrs. D. E. Garr of Asheville
will be the Evangelists. The
public is cordially invited to
attend.
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GARDEN CSiUB ANNQUN- J
CES ANNUAL TEA
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The Burnsville Woman’s Club
will hold tflg&r annual tea Tues
day, July. lt)th at 8:00 o’clock
in the Codjmunity Building. ■
All summer visitors are in
vited to Stsgnd.
A S G Asks Early
Sign For
All Yajffcey farmers seeking
assistance, from ASC in plant
ing covep crops have been ask
ed to mike their applications
' before the end of the month, ac
| cording to Ralph Ray, chairman
’ of the county ASC Committee.
’ In a notice to Yancey farmers
| he stated:
> “We asking that all far
mers who wish to seed land or
sow cover crops to come by the
ASC office between July 15
and July 31, and put in a re-1
quest fj&A the material they
want. The ones that did not re
ceive any. material this spring
1 will receive preference in ap
provals. Because of a limited
amount ,of money we do not
\ guaranty that you will receive
: the material, but we expect to
receive a large amount to help
. the farmer, so come in and put
■ in The only ones
- that will get the material will
: be the ones that put in a re
■ quest during this period, so
1 don’t be late.”
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Mr. and Mrs. John S. LeFev
re left Burnsville July 5 for
Pennsylvania, where they plan
to enter the new Presbyterian
Rest Home at Quarryville on
July 15. They are at present l
staying with their nephew and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Le-
Fevre at Lancaster, Penna.
Residents of Burnsville for
■ the past thirty years, both Mr.
’ and Mrs. LeFevre are well
known here. They came to
Burnsville in the !920’s to teach
at the Stanley McCormick
School here. Later they did
rural work for the Presbyterian
USA board. In 1923 Mrs. Le :
Fevre helped organize the Bur
nsville Library and acted as
librarian. She served as librar
-1 ion for the County Library un
til a short time before leaving.
by American Legion Post 122
will be at the Burnsvilie High
School July 23 at 8 p. m.
TWo winners will be picked
Saturday night—one by a com
petene judge who will pick the
individual he considers best
suited to start in television
work now and to appear with
the Crackerjacks on the TV
show. The other will be a popu
larity winner selected by the
audience. Both winners will
get fine prizes here with the
Smiths. The winner selected by
the judge will Compete against
another weekly winner for the
SSOO quarter-final grand prize.
Ticffcts for the show are
available at Pollard’s Drug
Store, Yancey Pharmacy, Ray
Bros. Grocery, and Burnsville
Super Market.
M
Right Organizations
May Solicit Funds 1
During the month of June li
cense were granted by the State
Board of Public Welfare to
eight organizations to conduct
fund-raising campaigns through,
public solicitations for the sup
port of their program itwas an
nounced recently by Dr. Ellen
Winston, Commisioner.
Six of these organizations
were re-licensed in accordance
with provisions of the state
solicitation law. They are Aid
Refugee Chinese Intellectuals.
American Foundation for Over
seas Blind, Boys’ Gibbs of,
America, Japan International
Christian University Founda
tion and the United Nations
'Children’s Fund all which haye
headquarters in New York
City; and the National Wildlife
Federation at Washington, D. C
The North Cai*olina Council
jon Human Relations at Char
| lotte and the United Community
I Defense Services in New York
(City received licenses to solicit
for the first time.
The total amount these eight
organizations will seek from
the public at large in North
Carolina is approximately
$58,000.00.
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Playhouse Tickets
Given With Sub.
From now until the middle
of August, persons taking a
$2.00 new one-year subscrip
tion to The Yancey Record will
receive a free ticket to one of
the University of Miami Drama
Workshop plays at the Park
way Playhouse.
Thlsr free Hricef wRI entitle
the subscriber to attend the
play of his choice. Ordinarily
the ticket would cost $1.25.
MICAVILLE TEACHER
RESIGNS
Miss Edith Robinson has re
’ signed her position as teacher
’ in the Micaville High School to
accept a place teaching English
and Dramatics in the North
Cove High School in McDowell
County.
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described, as fabulous, was found by Mrs. Dorthy Madigan,
i in Me unTds 0/ Canada. The field, reached through bush
■ and quicksand country, is 40 to SO miles northeast of Bancroft
■ Ontario . Three housewives who will share in the money are
s (LTR), Mrs. Betty Cliff, Mrs. Ruth Wileman, and Dorthy Ma
digan,
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First Workshop Play
The Parkway Playhouse op
ens its summer season this
week with John Patrick’s hilar
ious Lo and- Behold.
The production opens Friday,
July 15 and plays through Sat
urday, July 16.
Appearing in the leading role
of ‘Milo Alcott’ will be Paul
Burton. Mr. Burton is vvell
' known to the people of Burns
! ville having spent much of his
life in this community. Sup
porting rotes will be acted by
Sharron Frye of Miami, Fla.,
Vincent Marcley of New York
City, Gloria Bassett of Toledo,
Ohio, Jeannie Hotard of Miami,
Fla,, Bill Ferris of Bel Alton,
Maryland, Leslie Alexander of
Annandale, New Jersey, and
Andrew Greenhut of Miami,
Beach, Florida;
LO AND BEHOLD is a
witty comedy which has to do
with a Nobel prise winner who
has lived for years on a mea :
g&r unpalatable diet to favor
an ailing heart. After signing
a will which leaves a portion of
this money to maintain his
home as a sanctuary for his
spirit, he cats a sumptuous
meal and dies happily.
Insveid jht soli
tude lie expected dwelling in
his quiet home, he is beset by
the spirits of an Indian maiden
pushed off a cliff by her lover,
a Southern belle with a disturb
ing drawl, and a frustrated
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Mucn bocal Talent round
At Farmers Federation Picnic
Approximately 1,000 persons
attended the annual Yancey
County Farmers Federatidh
picnic at the Burnsville High
■ School July 2. James G, K1 Mc
> Clure, Federation president,
was master of ceremonies. The
principal speaker was Roy H.
1 Crouse, N. C.. State College
Extension tobacco specialist.
Other speakers included Ja-
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composer. The action which
follows makes for one of the
most enjoyable evenings an
audience can hope to find in
the theatre.
LO AND BEHOLD is the
first in a series-of five plays
to be presented this season at
the Playhouse under the spon
sorship of the University of '
Miami. Curtain time for all
productions is 8:00 p. m.
New License Law
Announced By
Motor Vehicle Dept.
The Motor Vehicle Depart
ment has announced a new
driver’s license regulation ap
plying only to out of state Tar
Heel servicemen. Effective July
1, they must renew their driv
er’s license by mail. Applicants
should notify the Motor Vehic
le Department shortly before
their license is to expire/A, re
newal form will then be mailed
for the applicant to complete
and return. It must be signed
by the applicant’s commanding
officer.
Formerly no renewal was nec
essary so long as the driver was
in service at a military instal
lation outside North Carolina.
Tar Keel military drivers sta
tioned within North Carolina
must see a liccense examiner in
order to have their license re
newed.
; mes McClure Clarke. Federa
-5 tion executive vice-president;
| Normon Barnett, Burnsville
warehouse manager; Glenn
1 Hunt, sales manager; Ernest
Walker, manager of the com
’ mercial egg program; E. L.
1 Dillingham, county agent; W.
j C. Bledsoe, assistant county
agent; Miss Sue Nottingham,
home demonstration agent;
I Miss Frances Setzer, Rural
[ Group Health Insurance enroll
ment director j Max Roberts,
I manager of the Carolina Tobac-
Ico Warehouse; G. L. Carter,
WNC-Director of 4-H Club ac
tivities; John Trantham. dairy
feed fieldman; and Bob Beard,
Farmers * Federation News
editor.
Kay McLean ond Ellaree
Blanker ship of Burnsville won
first prize for the best local act,'
while Clyde. Allen family choir
from Cane Creek won first
prize in the choir competition.
Other contest winners included
Oscar Gibbs, Burnsville Rt. 1;
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bledsoe,
Burnsville; and Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Holloman, Burnsville.
Additional. entertainers were
Eugene Stines and Mary Ruth *
Rathburn, Barnardsville Rt.
1; Terry Rowland, Pensocola;
Brenda Rice, and Ann Roberts, \
Asheville; Helen and Pearl
Farmer, Whitnel; Carolina Fox,
Lenoir Route 4; Bernice Fok,
Burnsville; Ellie, Virginia, and
Betty Hollifield, Celo; Frank
Buchanan, Spruce Pine; and j
Kent Wiseman and Jimmy Wise- .
man, Ingalls.
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