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THE YANGIUY RECORD
VOLUME TWENTY
Bloodmobile To Visit
Burnsville September 20
Chairman J. J. Nowicki of
—the county Program an- 1
nounces that the Blood Bank
will be set up at the Duplan '
plant on Tuesday, September
20, and will receive donors be
tween 1 ond 5 p. m.
The Region-Center has noti
-4-H Clubs Elect
New Officers
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Officers have' bees selected
for the 4hH Clubs in the county
schools. Results are reported
" from, four of the schools by
Assistant County Agent Will
iam C. Bledsoe. ’
The Clearmont Senior 4-H
members elected Angeline Ev
ans, president; Johnny Howell,
vice president; Jackie Peterson, .
secretary - treasurer; Junior
Robinson, song leader, and
Jeraldine Johnson assistant
.pong leader. The junior club
elected Linda Tilly, president;
Patricia Johnson, vice presi
dent; Lloyd Hall, secretary
treasurer; Ammana Fox and
Diana Evans, song leaders, and
Rachel Ann Fox assistant song
leader.
At Bee Log, Patricia Hig
gins was elected president;
Geneva Bryant, vice president;
Lillian Pate, secretary-treasur.
er; Margaret Wheeler and
Everett Randolph, song leaders
The Burnsville Junior 4-;H
Cluh chose Brenda Phoeni*.
president; Peggy Wells; - vice
president; Naomi Ferguson,
secretary - treasurer; Susan
Dillingham and Garry Honey
cutt, song leaders. The'senior
club chose Harold Ray, presi
dent; Nell Riddle, vice presi
dent; Norma Banner, secretary
treasurer; Peggy Fox and
Marietta Atkins song leaders.
Bald Creek 4-H members
elected Rosemary Jamer3on,
president; Callie Morrow, vice
president; Florida Elkins, sec
retary-treasurer; Belinda Prof
fitt and Oma Gayle Bryan, song
leaders.
Yancey County
Ranks Highest
In Apple Yield
""Yancey County has the most
apples of any county we have
visited," said John H. Harris,
charge of Extension Horti
culture, and Melvin Kolbe,
Fruit Specialist from State
College.
This is not saying much,
however, because local growers
who ordinarily produce from
five to ten thousand, bushels
say that they will probably
produce from 25 to 700 bushels
this year.
FUNERAL JiERVICES
DOVER McINTOSH
Funeral services for Airman
2c. Dover Mclntosh, 19, of Bee
Log, who died Friday at Lin
coln, Neb., of injuries suffered
in a traffic accident Aug. 26,
were helo at the Bee Log Bap
tist Church at 2 p. m. Wednes
day.
The Rev. Quince Miller offi
ciated, and military ~ services
were held at the family ceme
tery. - ,- v
Surviving are the parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Mclntosh;
a sister, Miss Carolyn Mcln
tosh; two brothers, Duane and
J. B. of Bee Log and tine pa
ternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Mclntosh of Bee Log.
The Yancey Record
SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR.
fied local Blood Program offi- '
cials that unless more than 100
pints are obtained at any one
operation the cost is too high
to set up operations. The quota
for the September 20 collection
is 125 pints. At the last collec
tion only 68 pints were re
ceived. '
An appeal is made by the
Blood Program chairman to
all former donors to bring an
extra donor, to help make this
collection successful 'and assure
continuation 'of the Blood
Program for this county. In
accordance with the established
policy, anyone contributing a‘“
pint of blood to the Blood
Bank will be entitled to receive
free for a period of one year
an y amount of blood needed by
himself or his immediate
family.
Mitchell Commission
ers Set Tax Levy
The Mitchell County Board
of Commissioners has set the
tax levy for 1955-56 at $1.66, a
reduction of two cents. Will
Byrd was chosen by the board
at the last meeting to fill out
the unexpired term of Dr.
James W, Berry, who resigned
on account of illness, announ
ces board chairmon Claude
Ollis. Mr. Byrd lives in Bak
ersville. The other member of
the board is Masuei Rebarta of
Spruce Pirns: Plans frfSS
way to replace the old county
jail with a new one in the hear
future, Mr. Ollis states.
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Elsie Mae Peterson
Awarded Scholarship
MisS 1 Elsie Mae Peterson,
Ramseytown, North Carolina,
a member of the 1954 graduat
ing class of Bee Log High
School, has been awarded a
four-year scholarship to
Woman s College, University
of North Carolina, by the Nor
th Carolina Veterans Commis
sion. This is a complete scholar
ship, covering all expenses ex
cept book fees and is automati
cally renewed each year as long
as the student does satisfactory
work, during the four year per
iod. Ten such scholarships are
awarded each year in North
Carolina by the commission.
Miss Peterson left Monday for
Greensboro, according to Edgar
Hunter, Jr., principal of the
Bee Log School.
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, IGAZA STRIP CEASE-FIRE TENSE— Israel has accepted
: —under protest —a cease fire plan offered by the United Na
tions truce teajn to end the bloody fighting in the Gaza area, i
, The situation along the Gaza strip is reported as tense, but >
calm. Latest clashes’ Qpsjrred at. Jjfalujia-.Osep newsmap) where
one Isreali soldier-was injured At Tehovot', In central Israel, a
1 wave of terror has broken out with seven persons reported
' murdered by a group of killers tentatively identified as mem
i bers of an Egyptian terforist organization called A1 Fedayeen
(The Self-Sacrificers).
“DEDICATED TO THH PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., SEPTEMBER 8, 1955
% 4-H Members To
Give Chain Show .
The 4-H Pullet Show and
Sale, along with the Pig Oiain '
Show, will be held Saturday,
September 17, at 9 a. m., on the
Burnsville Farmers Federation
parking lot. The Pullet Chain
is sponsored by the Farmers
Federation and the Pig Chain
by Sears Roebuck.
Ten 4-H Club members re
ceived'pullets and five have
pigs. After the pullets have
been shown they will be offer
ed for sale at auction. A total
of 120 pallets (12 of each par
ticipant) will be offered. Pro
ceeds will be used to buy pul
lets for next year’s chain. The
pullets, pure-bred. Rhode Island
Reds about six months old, are
-vdady to lay and some ard al
ready ip production; they
should make a good laying
flock for winter. The following
4-H members will be exhibiting
•pulfets: Margaret Higgins,
Katherine and Tommy Fender,
P,eggy Ann Ray , Donny and
Melba Elliott, Azaline Buchan
an, Phillip Buchanan, Jerlean
Freeman, Noel Higgins, and
Benny Ray.
The pigs are registered
Yorkshires and will be exhibit
ed by the following 4-H mem
bers: Paul Cook, Ina Dean
Shepherd, Jerry Howell, Gerald
Garland and Marjorie Ray.
Motorists Urged
To Heed School
Bus Warnings
■“ RaMgft— Wifh Rural school's"
in full swing Assistant Motor
Vehicles Commissioner Joe Gar
rett reminded North Carolina’s
more than a million and a half
drivers that law requires traf
fic in both directions to halt
when Approaching a stopped
school bus.
Figures from Garrett’s offi
ce show an average of about 30
motorists arrested each school
month for that offense. It is
punishable by a maximum fine
of SSO the commissioner said.
"Children are taught to look
to their school bus for protec
tion,” he added. “Drivers must
be extremely cautious in meet
ing or overtaking a bus. Be
prepared for a full stop when
its blinking red light and sig
nal arm are displayed. Not to
do so invites a tragedy the
years won’t erase from mem
ory.”
David Low, of Wilmington,
Delaware, visite'd his mother,
Mrs. John Low, of Burnsville
last week.
H. SCHEDULE
announced ‘
"AdAu ate Storage 0 f Foods”
will belthe 'topic for all Home j
'DemonarAfpi Clubs of the j
county |q| September, accord- j
ing. to Yancey Home Agent
Miss Sin’Nottingham.
The e £>s will meet accord
ing to Ifollowing schedule:
Septembf 14,' Celo, hostess
Mrs. " Sai September
16, Jacks preek (Jacks (<
Commuivi Club ;• meets the
same nit it); September 20,
Bald Cre fc* 21, Burnsville and
Brush (reek; 22, Newdalfc,
, Mrs. DeWitt Wyatt;
26, Micai l|ei
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State;i4d Community
Impressments In
BakeitffiHe
B.akeravl||. has been given a
new look jy new blacktop sur
face on Rclfe 26 from Toecane
through nvn and Mitchell
Avenue e |§| through town.
The surfac was laid with hot
mix by thaS|ate Highway and
Public Wot# Commission.
The cobract for the ne\V
Northwestelk ‘Rank building in
Bakersville-|% been let to the
-)• E. GreenpjtJonstrucdon Com
.party. Thejbulldiny will be
modern, wife*-* larger interior
space old structure.
Crab OrchaMyTsfcone over brick
will be usot in facing the new
• nc-story biil&ing, • whirli will
be Ideated purchased
by the bank months ago,
adjoining; th|Jpld structure.,
«■» ilneAasfed • traffic’ to
and through "the x Roan Moun
tain Gateway in Bakersville ha 3
two - new traffic
lights. According to Mayor Ear)
Rannells, Ae new lights will
be in opeiption within a few
days. One yill be erected at the
courthouse corner, where Roan
Mountain Road crosses Route
25, and the other at the junc
tion of .Roan Mountoin Road
and Toecane Road- Traffic has
been exceedingly heavy this
season since May 30 and is
expected to continue through
the fall season.
Inquest To Be
Held Friday
An inquest will be held Fri
day morning at 10:00 at the
courthouse in Burnsville to in
vestigate the death of Jonathan
Bennett, 91, Whose body was
found at the head of Browns
Creek near Celo, Sunday.
The body was discovered by
Edgar Webb and Rom Blevins,
both of Celo. Bennett had been
reported missing for two
months from a Celo rest home
according to reports. He had
apparently wandered away from
the test home and in spite of
extensive search was not found
at the .time of his disappearance
The body was found about 2(4
miles from the rest home..
' Graveside rites for Bennett
were held Monday afternoon in
the Wilson Cemetery near Bur
nsville. The Rev. Ralph Young
officiated. Survivors are one
daughter of West Virginia and
seveari nieces and nephews.
CORRECTION
In a recent issue of The Yan
cey Record a news item stated,
Bill Edwards of Green Moun-t
■tain forced Lee Wallace to
him to a service station,
wher? Edwards attempted a|
holdup. 4-t- has,- been pointed
out to the Record that it was
Ronnie Wallace, hot Lee who
was forced to drive the car.
We regret this error.
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WAC RFC ADMITTED TO
SOLDIERS’HQME For the
first time in the 104-year-old
history of 'the Soldiers’ Home
’ ill Washington,4D. C., it' will
admit a. woman v She is former
Army PFC Refina C. Jones, 47,
.of Washington,* who will enter
the home to live in Anderson
Cottage,- Lincoln’s old summer j
hofne. Miss Jones joihed the
Army in i 943 while on duty
in Egypt she developed catar
acts in both eyes. News of her
arrival brought mixed reactions
from the 1,800 ex-soldiers
living at the Home.
BAPTISTS ANNOUNCE
NEW CHURCH OFFICERS
I Church "for 1955-56 are an.
nounceff by the Rev. Charles B.
Trammel, pastor. Serving as
clerk will . be Dover R. Fouts;
treasurer; Herschel Holcombe;
secretary, Mrs. J. B. King.
Mrs. Robert, Wicker will be
1 director of the senior choir,
‘ and Mrs. Edgar Hunter, Jr.,
! director of the junior choir.
' Organist will be Mrs. Philip
Ray, with Miss Erma Styles as
1 associate. Senior ushers in
clude Jay Edge and Harold An
glin; junior ushers, Reid Pet
erson and R. L. Mclntosh; as
sociates David Ferguson and
David Boone.
The building committee will
consist of Max Penland, Lewis
Mclntosh, and A. F. Bryson;
the custodian „ committee of C.
P. Randolph, Joshua Banks,
Gus Peterson, Herschel Hol
combe; mod-'Edgar Hunter, Jr.;
the janitorial committee of Mrs
| Mollie Bostian, Grady Bailey,
Miss Luey Gibbs, Mrs. B. R.
Penland, and Reece Mdlntosh.
Trustees will be L. P. Banks,
B. R. Penland, H. G. Bailey,
1 Gus Peterson, and Plato Pern
land; Finance c'-mmittee will be
No Births At
Hospital This Week
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For the first time since the
hospital opened two years ago
today the weekly list of ad
missions reported no births.
Among the twenty-four other
admissions listed for the week
Were: Louise Burnette, Ran
som Robipson, Geraldine Sil
vers, Floyd Boone, Lt. 2, Bur-
Gary Murdock, Helen
Phoenix, - Jeane Payne, Mary
Silvers, Roscoe Pate, Burns
ville; Edna Mae Ray, Jack Sil
vers, Ethel Riddle, Cane Riverj
Floyd Fox, Rt- 1; Clara McPett
era,v Margaret Calloway,' ' Star
Ropte;'Marie Ray,' Peiftacola \,
W. W. 'Henkley, Mars Hilljf
Harrison McMahan,
Rettie Fox, Green Mountainj
Hattie Pate, Swiss; Janie
Smith, Ramseytown; D. F.
Pate, Bee Log; Luther Royal,
Loxley, Alabama; Louis Wolf,
Pontiac, Michigan.
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Yancey Burley Growers
Prefer Acreage Control
Yancey County tobocco grow
ers would have lost $285,000
this year if tobacco controls
had been changed from an ac
reage to. a poundage ba§is, de
clared ’John Rondolph at last
Friday’s meeting of local bur
ley growers to discusS the pro
posed change. The meeting,
which filled two-thirds of the
courtroom where it was held,
favored keeping cqntrols as
they are.
Oral Yates, Farm Bureau
field“YSpresentative for Wes
tern North Carolina, was the
principal speaker. He stated
that he was 100% in favor of
present controls, based o n
acreage. >. . -
< -Rondolph is now in Washing
ton, D. C., attending hearings
on the proposed change in bur
ley controls, for the purpose of
fighting the change to a pound
! age basis. As chairman of the
burley tobacco committee for
the North Carolina Farm Bu
reau, he has previously fought
this change in hearings at
Lexington, Kentucky, and in
Washington.
• It is reported that Kentucky
Horace Edge, Herschel Hoi-
Penland, Reeee McSntosh.
In the Sunday School, Daw
son Briggs will be general sup
erintendent, I. £. Clevenger
associate, and B. R: Penland
secretary. Departmental sup
; erintendents are as follows:
> Adult, Gus Peterson; Young
> People’s Mrs. Frank Lewis
• Intermediate, Mrs. B. R. Pen-
J land; Junior, Mrs. Dawson
1 Briggs; Primary, Mrs. Her
' schel Holcombe; Beginners,
Mrs. C. P. Randolph; Nursery,
Mrs. Ellis Moody. Mrs. Horace
Edge is in charge of the Cradle
Roll Department and Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Bryson of the Ex
tension Department.
Beautiful Indian
Summer Predicted
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i The beautiful fall color* in
, the Mountains of Western
. North Carolina will be even
. more spectacular this year. Ac
,l carding to all reports from both
,! the Great Smoky Mountain
y. National Park and the Blue
Ridge Parkway the great fall
foliage show will be the most
colorful in many years. This is
due to ideal weather conditions.
The foliage js very heavy due
to frequent rains and other fav
orable weather conditions.
* According to some of the old
timers who make their predic
tions by such things as rain,'
the looks of the sky, growth of
the shrubs and so 1 on, the peak
of the color season this year
will be just after mid-October.
■At the higher altitudes, the
leaves are already beginning
to turn. The oolor will spread
.slowly in the mountains, mak
ing jts Wtfy down to the lower
slopes until' ’the whole moun
tain seems aflame. This year
the Fall season will be a long
one, also due to the favorable
! weather conditions.
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""“Western North Carolina for
prpseiH the inapt... varied
'arid"'Vivid;' Autumn coloring to
be found on this continent.
Botanist have classified 18 var
ieties of trees and about 1,200
other plants in this region.
The Sourwoad and maple
THE BEST BUY 3
ABE ADVERTISED IN
THE YANCEY RECORD
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and Terinessee want to change
to poundage controls. Their
average burley production is
1450 pounds per acre, contrast
ed with North Carolina’s aver
age of 1996 pounds per acre:
Yancey County’s 1100 acres in
burley production average a
higher yield than the state as
a whole.
New Secretary At
County Agents Office
Miss Shirley Ann Greene of
Newdale, a recent graduate of
Blanton’s Business College' in
Asheville, has been appointed
secretary at the county agent’s
office. Miss Greene succeeds
Mrs. Ruth B. Watkins, whose
resignation becomes effective
October 1. Mrs. Watkins is
moving .to Knoxville where she
will make her home.
Four Yancey County
Men Enter Navy
Four men from Yahcey
County were enlisted in the U.
S. Navy during the month of
August, it was announced
by C. B. Holcomb, =ENC., USN,
of the Navy Recruiting Station
in Asheville. The men are
Morris L. McMahan, RfrjPjP-;
srovficr, Arvii fiOuicr Aycsrs ox
Green Mountain. These men
. are taking Recruit Training at
. the Naval Training Center,'
£ Great Lakes, Illinois.
A Navy Recruiter will be in
; Burnsville each Wednesday
r from 9:30 a. m. to 4 p. m., to
5 interview all men interested in
. the Navy.
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N. C. Man Wins
Darlington Race
Herb Thomas of Sanford, N.
C. won first in the Darling
ton, S. C. 500-mile stock car
race' on Labor Day, driving a
Chevrolet. This is his third
Darlington win.« His time wa£
given unofficially at 92.271
miles per hour. Last year he
set a record of 94.93. -
Second place was taken by
‘ Jim Reed of Peekskill, N. Y.
1 He also drove a Chevrolet.
1 Third place went to Tim nock
of Atlanta, Ga., in a Chrysler
| 300.
, The winning driver reaped a
j harvest of $6700 in prize mon
|ey in addition to $lO a lap for
‘ each lap in which he was in
the lead. The second prize
award was $3500 and the third
SIBOO.
change into fall dress first.
They become flame red. Near
the mountain tops and slowly
down the slopes flow, yellow
bands of tulip poplar. Next
come the beech'- woods ; which
turn- to gold contrasting sharply
against the evergreens. Last
of all to turn are the oaks, fill
ing whole valleys with scarlet
and bronze. {Viewed from a
mountain vantage point, the
country ia a tapestry of red,
brown, and gold.
At the time of the fall color
Asters, geldenrod and other
fall flowers dot the roads. The
woods are alive with squirrel
and other small animus getting
ready for the.TvjhtJr. A'hahny
stillness prevails filling the
valley with golden haze. Folks
who live in Western NortH
Carolina* mountains call this
Indian summer, and to them it
• is the best part of the year.