" THE BEST BUYS
•ckr ■
ARE ADVERTISED IN
THE YANCEY RECORD
VOLUME TWENTY
Patrolman Announces
New Traffic Regulations
New motor yehicle lalws
which became effective for
North Carolina on July 1 re
quire more persona to have
chauffers’ licenses than Were
formerly required, according
(to Highway Patrolman Arnold
Rector.
Under the new law, a person
must have a chauffeur’s license
if lie is employed for the prin
cipal purpose of operating ■. a
motor vehicle, whether carry
ing passengers or property; if
he drives a motor vehicle while
transporting persons or prop
erty for compensation (for
hire) ; if he drives -a property
carrying vehicle licensed for
snore than 15,000 potinds, ex
cept the owner of a private
** /carrier vehicle; if he drives a
passenger carrying motor vehi
cle of more than nine passfen
ger capacity. The last item
does not apply to the driver
of a church or school bus who
holds a valid operator license.
Another new law applies to
flights on trucks. ,-rA truck of
any size must have on the rear
two red reflectors one at
each side—and one stop light.
Burnsville High
School News
Reporter: Gerald Murdock
The Burnsville High School
reopened Wednesday, Aug. 24
for another school year. There
are two new High School teach
ers, Mr. Coy Ford Bailey and
•Mr. Woodrow Anglin. An
other teacher Mrs. Price began
only a few weeks before school
was out last year and is beck
again this year. She took Mr.
Charles Edwards’ place after
he started work in the superin
tendent’s office.
There are several new stu
dents here this year. Aniong
them are Linda Slagle, Tommy
Beck, and Eve Parker.
There has been some change
in the athletic coaching dutips.
Mr. Bailey and Mr. Anglin,
who were at Clearmont last
year, will coach boys’ softball
and baseball and girls’ soft
ball and basketball. Mr. Vernie
Wilson will remain the boys’
basketball coach. r
FUNERAL SERVICES
W. B. ROBERTSON
Funeral services were hqjd
at Higgins Memorial Methodist
Church last Sunday for Mrs.
W. B. Robertson, wife of the
date Dr. W. Burdett Robertson.
The Rev. Worth Royals, the
Rev. H. M. Alley and the Rev.
C. B. Trammel officiated. Bur
ial was in the Robertson ceme
tery. : *
She is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. H. M. Roland
of Wilmington, N. C., Mrs. G:
W. Wilson of Nebo and M»p.
C. H. Whittington of Cane
River; a son, W. Burdette, iti,
Os Rutherfordton; ten grand
children and eleven great
grandchildren.
Active pallbearers were Ken
neth Robertson, Bill Banks,
Byrd Gillespie, Clarence Banka,
Tfley Ray, and Roy Ray. Hon
orary pallbearers were Mack
Thompson, Reece Mclntosh,
Jack Patton, Bruce WestaU',
Dr. R. A. Olenß, D. R . Foute,
Sr., H. G. Bailey, L. V. Pollard,
Hiram Youngs Dr. M. W.
Webb, Fred Proffitt, Dr. W.
L. Ben sett, Dr. W. A. Y, Sar
gent, Bill Anglin, E. C. Banks,
and Lewis Mclntosh.
The Yancey Record
SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR.
Every truck 80 inches or more
in width must have on the"
front two amber clearance
lights, one at each side; on
each side, two side marker
lights—one at or near -the
front and one at or near the
rear—and also two reflectors
one at or near the front and
one at or near the rear. Clear
ance lights or reflectors mount
ed at or near the front should
display a color of amber, and
clearance lights or reflectors at
or near the rear should dis
play red.
Turn-signal lights ar ja
whgn any part of
the truck protrudes more than
24 inches to the left from the
center of the steering column.
They are also required when
the truck bed length is more
than 14 feet.
.W -
fHi§ - - *•*»>» H
■p-f ht . mam
•
Jim Wolf and “Lee" Spencer appointed recreators for the
Council of the Southern Mountains.
RECREATION LEADERS
VISIT YANCEY COUNTY
Yancey County is scheduled
to be visited by two exception-,
ally well trained traveling re
creation leaders who are work
ing in the entire Appalachian
2. They are sponsored by
ouncil of the Southern
;ains, Inc., a 42-year old
organization w ith headquar
ters -at Berea College in Berea.
The two are Jim Wolf, Iti
nerant Recreator for the Coun
cil of the Southern Mountains,
and “Lee” Spencer, Smith Col
lege Recreation Interne. Mr.
Wolf is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Syracuse, a hitch
hiking student of rural cus
toms and needs from coast to
coast , an experienced camp
counsellor and group leader in
recreation. Miss Spencer is a
Smith College graduate, major
ing in music. She has had con-
New Appliance Store
Opens In Bakersville
Stewart’s Appliance Com
pany will stage its grand open
ing in Bakersville on Septem
ber 3, as announced by the
owner, John R. Stewart. Coy
Ballew is manager. The new
firm will handle Dexter and
Duchess washers, as well as a
complete line of Phityo Appli
ances and many other lines.
Mr. Stewart is well known
in this area. Many people in
the Bakersville area will re
member him as the representa
■ tive of the Rulane Gas Co.
; He has worked for Johnson
, Electric Company, Carolina
t Tire Company, and for the
, Smith Furniture Company in
, this area.
. The opening .of the Stewart
, Appliance Company is only one
■ of many indications of growth
, and development of Bakers
ville area.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1955
Farm Meeting For
Burley Growers
The Yancey County Farm
Bureau is holding a meeting in
the courthouse Friday night,
September 2, at 7:30, to which
all hurley growers of the
'ebunfy invited.
According to John Randolph
of the Farm Bureau, the pur
pose of this meeting is to get
the sentiment of local hurley
growers on the proposal that
tobacco quotas be put on a
poundage basis rather than on
the acreage basis now in use.
This, change has been requested
by some sections of the burley
tobacco belt. A hearing to be
held in Washington in Septem
ber will be attended by repre
sentatives from the burley
growing counties.
the Friday night meeting "to
express their preference, the
Farm Bureau delegate to Wash
ington will be accurately in
formed.
siderable experience in reerea
. tion programs in Virginia,
North Carolina, Tennessee,
Kentucky, and West Virginia.
These workers are commis
sioned to go to rural places and
other centers to help establish
sound recreation programs for
young and old in home, sehool,
and community. They plan, or
ganize, teach and demonstrate.
They are scheduled by the
Council of the Southern Moun
tains at Berea, but they work
through and with local spon
sorship for the benefit of local
situations. -I
Polio Vaccine
To Be Given
The second dose of Salk
(polio) vaccine will be given
on Wednesday, September 7, to
children who received the first
dose last April but who have
not yet had the second, in the
four largest of the
county: Burnsville, Bald Creek,
Clearmont, and MicaviUe. All
children in the first and second
grades of the other schools re
ceived two injections of the
vaccine last spring ' if their
parents so desired, and many
children in the schools named
above have already been brou
ght to the Burnsville office of
the District Health Depart
ment in recent weeks for
this second injection. If the
parents of any children who
are due to receive the second
injection on Sept. 7 are un
willing for their children to
have it, they are asked to send
a note to school saying this,
so that their children will not
be given the vaccine; it will be
s given to all children who re
i ceived the first injection un
■ less such a note is sent to
school.
' M
/
BOOKMOBILE TRIPS
CANCELLED
Bookmobile trips to Seven-
Mile Ridge and South Toe Val
ley scheduled for September 1
and 2 have had to be cancelled
because of repairs to the
i bookmobile. • »
l Postmaster Needed
! In Bee Log
r
; The United Stqtes Civil Ser
t vice Commfissioh has announ
i ced an examination to fill the
position of fourth-class post
[ master for the post office at
r Bee Log, North Carolina.
, The annual salary for this
. position is $23(08. Applicants
. must actually reside
territory supplied by the
above-mentioned "post office.
. Age limits, waived for persons
entitled to veteran preference,
, are from 21 to; 65.
Full information and •appli
cation forms rfiay be obtained
at the above-mentioned post!
Office or from the Commis
sion’s Washington office. Ap
plications must be filed with
the U. S. Civil} Service Com
mission, Washington 25, D. C.,
and must be received or post
marked not latsr than Septem
ber 13, 1955. <f
-— 5
Hospital Announces
Three Births And
Other Admissions
Three births' and sixteen
other admissions were reported
week. G anC6J ' f ° SPltal thlS
The births include a daughter,
Phyllis Louise, born August
31 to Mr. and Mrs. Luther
Black of Route 2; a son,
James Clari, born August 28
to Mr. and Mrs. Clari Burt
Laws of Route 1; and a son
not yet named born on August
29 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert
■ Johnson of Spruce Pine. *.
Other admissions include
Mrs. Lee Miller, Ruby Burle
son, Cane River; Baby Mary
Geneva Vitas, Irene Mclntosh,
Homer McLaughlia, Burns
ville; Mrs. Coy Miller, Rt. 1;
Morganton; Baby Shelia Rob
inson, William Silver, Rt. 2,
Burnsville; Grace Ollis, Spruce
Pine; Ruby Roberts, Black
Mountain, Marjorie Wlison,
Rt. 1, Burnsville; Joe Honey
cutt, Jr., Mary Ann Hensley,
Mae Williams, Bald Creek;
Frank Riddle, Hanjrick.
Burnsville Garden
Club Holds Meeting
The Burnsville Garden Club
met Friday evening at 8 p. m.
at the home of Mrs. C. M.
Shotts. Mrs. George Robinson
introduced the guest speaker
of the evening, E. L. Dilling
ham.
Mr. Dillingham showed beau
tiful slides of rhododendron on
Roan Mountain. He gave a talk
on beautifying home grounds,
‘Using slides to illustrate the
best arrangement fdr planting.
• He gave special attention to
> how camellias and azaleas may
be used, with advice on where
they should be -.planted and
how the land should be treat
ed. Mr. Dillingham was assist
ed by his daughter, Susan in
showing the slides.
The club was happy to wel
come Mrs. Kate Ray, who is a
charter member of the club.
Mrs. Charles Russell of Green
Castle, Indiana, Mrs. D. S.
Barkett of , Miami, Florida,
Mrs. John -Bennett, Mrs. Gar-j
rett Wray of Nogales, Arizona
and Mrs. C. E. Laurents were
! guests-.
The membership of Mrs.
• WiUiam Black into the clu'b
> was announced. Delicious re
freshments were served.
Radio Station WTOE To
Serve Yancey County Area
The Ramblers
Do It Again
The Ramblers handed a 12-0]
defeat to the Recreation Cen
ter of Mars Hill Saturday on
the local field.
The pitching combination of
Banks and Justice allowed two
hits while striking out thirteen
•batters.
Coming in for honors in
hitting for the home team
were_ Justice with 2 homers;
Banks and Freddje Young con
tributed one each; Bailey,
Hansil, and Hensley got two
hits each.
I Saturday will bring to the
home field the Hammerlund
Mfg. Co., and the Ramblers
are expecting tougher competi
tion for this game.
Church Holds
Dedication Service
Dedication services for the
Bald Creek Methodist Church
will be held at H a.m., Septem
ber 4 at the church. C. J. Har
rell, bishop, J. W. Fitzgerald,
district superintendent, J. N.
Shankle, pastor,, and Earl W.
Wilson, lay leader, will have
charge of the services. Moody
Smith will be guest speaker,,, .
According to the church his
tory, the Bald Creek Method
ist Church was the first church
of that faith to be organized
dn Yancey County. Services
were first held in a log school
house near the present site of
Ralph Neill’s store. The first
church building was erected in
1879. The present church
building was constructed in
1951.
»
Billy Graham Film
To Be Shown
(Presbyterians of the Mica
ville Group Churches (Estatoa,
Micaville, Newdale) are plann
ing a triple-church picnic at
the Hemlock Saturday after
boon, September 3, at about
fiye o’clock. This is to be fol
lowed by the. group gathering
at the Estatoa Presbyterian
Church at eight o’clock for
the projection of the Billy
Graham Evangelistic Associa
tion film: “Oil Town U. S. A.”
All are cordially invited to
attend.
■ I
I
|
CONNECTICUT FIGHTS BACK—An Army Engineer*,
built Bailey Bridge spans the Naugatuck River in the heart
of Torringtop? Conn., town of 30,000, fighting it* way back
to normalcy in the wake of devastating floods. Shovels, bull
dozer* and hands are being used by the big effort to erase
flood damage. Federal aid, financial and material, has been
voted to assist the states on their road to re
covery.
‘ ■ ™ I
IThe three county area of
Yancey, Mitchell, and Avery
will soon have its own radio!
station. It is expected that
Station WTOE will begin oper
ating about the middle of Octo
ber, according to Tom C. Coop
er of Spruce Pine, president
and general manager of the
Toe River Valley Broadcasting
Corporation. WTOE will be a
clear ..regional channel
1000 watt station, operating on
1470 KG. In addition to its
primary area of the three coun
ties-, with a combined total of
46,000 people, the new station
will cover McDowell and Madia
son, and also several counties
in Tennnessee, including Uni
coi and Carter.
■Other officers of the new
corporation are O. D. Calhoun
of Spruce Pine, vice president,
Old Timers Celebrate
Golden Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. J. Willard Ray
will celebrate their golden
wedding anniversary with a
tea at their home on Bolens
Creek, on Sunday afternoon,
from 3:00 until 5:00. Friends
and relatives of the couple are
invited. Mr. and Mrs. Ray aare
the*-parents es James and Ral
eigh Ray, Mrs. G. Leslie Hen
sley, and Mrs. D. M. Shoales.
TIME TO START COVER
CROP SAYS SOIL EXPERT
1
By Lewis W. Dameron
“■■■■ "j
Members of the Yancey
County Agricultural Workers
Council are urging fanners to
select and seed winter cover
crops to meet the needs of their
individual farms.
Winter Cover crops meet
many needs on the farm. They
decrease the leaching of fertili
zer materials by taking them
into the plants. They prevent
erosion. 'Both water and wind
causes considerable soil loss in
fields left bare during the win
ter months.
Organic matter can easily be
added to the soil in the farm
of winter cover crops. This im
proves the soil structure and
increases the water holding
. < ::7T
THE BEST BUYS J
ARE ADVERTISED IN
THE YANOEY RECORD
NUMBER ONE
(and Baxter D. Johnson of
Spruce Pine, secretary and
treasurer. Several business
and professional men in New
land, . Bakersville, Spruce Pine,
and Burnsville own stock in
the station.
■John McConnell and Erfing
Toness will be in charge of the
■ station’s Yancey County * opera
• tions, and will handle all news
i for the primary area. Mr.
Cooper states that WTOE is as
much 0 interested in the prog- "
i ress, prosperity, and develop- '
■, ment 6f Yancey County as in
’ any. part of i<ts territory, rJ and
i that a set amount of free time
k . will be available to churches
i and organizations working for
- these ends.
. Permission to operate the
7 new station was granted on
i March 18, 1955, by the Federal
Communications Commission
in Washington after five years
,of negotiations. The main
studios and transmitter are
located on Chalk Mountain
two miles out of Spruce
Pine on the Burnsville highway.
Location of the Burnsville
studio will be announced later.
The altitude where the tower
is located is 3000 feet. The
tower is 204 feet high.
The staff when completed
will consist of one full time
engineer, two announcers, the
manager,' secretary* 4 "commercial'
iftanuger, apa *two other em
ployees.
capacity, which leads to in
creased crop yields the follow
, ing year.
i Not only will winter cover
> crops protect and improve the
land, but they also furnish val
uable supplementary grazing
when' seeded early enough to
make sufficient growth jbefore
cold weather.
For a winter cover crop to do
its-best, -it—should- contain a
winter legume such as vetch
and crimson clover. These leg
umes fix nitrogen in the soil
for the companion grass or
small grain, or for, the. follow
ing years crop. However, when
vetch and crimson clover are
used, they should be seeded be
fore Sept. 15 for best results.
Both vetch and crimson clover
should be inoculated to insure
a good stand and rapid growth.
Crimson clover is an excellent
grazing crop. It is very desir
able when seeded at the rate
of 15 pounds of crimson clover
with one bushel each of oats,
rye, or barley per acre.. Rye
grass and crimson clover at the
rate of 15 pounds each per acre
are also very good winter
grazing mixtures.
A mixture of 25 pounds of
common vetch and two bushels
of rye is one of the best grow
ing cover crops in this area.
However, vetch is considered
as only fair for a grazing crop.
Rye at the rate as two bush
els per acre or rye, oats, and
barley at the rate of one bushel
each per acre are highly- reconi- '
mended for winter cover crops,
particularly when temporary
grazing is needed.
For best results from winter
cover cops that will be grazed,
especi ally those that contain no
winter legume, top dress with
15-30 lbs. of nitrogen (i/> bag
of nitrate of soda or 1 bag of
nitrogen 8 should ' teVp^k/^s