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[. THE BEST BUYS -U ABE. ADVERTISED Jjf THE YANCEY RECORD VOLUME TWENTY Mars Hill Attracts Most Yancey Connty Students Several North Carolina coL . leges and some out of state colleges have called students of the '55 graduating classes of Yancey County. Mars Hill seems to be the one college crosen by-most of them; yet some are as far away as St. Petersburg, Fla. Following is a list of the students and the colleges they attend: Mioaville High School: Jan. ice Murphy, Mars Hill; Norma Edge, Lee’s-Mcßae; Shirley Murphy, Nurse Training at Grace Hospital in Mtfrganton; Golda Boone, a business college in Hickory. Burnsville High School Genene Bailey, Mars Hill; Mary Cecil Bodford, Warren Wilson; Kenneth Dillingham, Emory, G*.; L. G. Dtyton, Brevard; Mary Faith Gibson, School of Nursing, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Gale Hall, Mars Hill; Tommy Higgins, Brevard; Robert Honeycutt, Blanton’s Business College; June Mclntosh, War ren Wilson; James McMahan, Western Carolina Teacher’s College; Betty and Peggy Ray, Mars Hill; Hope Ann Mclntosh, D. H. I. A. Worker Comes To County Dairy Herd Improvement testing is now available in Yancey County. The purpose of this testing of dairy herds is to improve the herds and make milk production higher. John Ramsay is the tester for Yancey, Mitchell and Bun, combe counties, Mr. Ramsay graduated from Berea College as an agricultural major. He comes to us from Warren Wil son College where he worked as dairy manager and Agriculture (teacher for the last three years. Thi3 summer he took a D. H. I. course at State College and Was reported high man in his class, according to Marvin Senger, dairy extension spec ialist there. Mr. Senger feels sure that Mr. Ramsay will make us a fine tester. Anyqna interested in D. H. I. should contact the county agent’s office, . > Homemaker Scholarships To Be Awarded ”1 ■ —■» Educational scholarships to. tailing SIOO,OOO will be award ed to high school senior girls in the second Betty Crocker Search for the American Home, maker of Tomorrow, it is an nounced by General Mills. In addition to * a SISOO scholarship to each state win ner, there will be an award of SSOO to the girl rating second in each state. The scholarships of the national winner will be 1 SSOOO, Winners will be selected by their scores in a written horn }_ making knowledge and aptitude test to be given in all partici pating high schools on Decem ber 6. All 12th grade girls who will graduate in 1956 are eligi ble to participate. They must be enrolled by their school not later than October 31. CARD OF THANKS We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks and apprecia tion for the acts of kindness, sympathy and the many beau tiful floral offerings received during the illness and recent death of our beloved father and brother, S. W. Hilemon, The Hilemon and Tipton Family. * the Yancey record -*“1 SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR. Mars Hill; Billy Ray Edge, Mars Hill; Erma Styles, .Shir. “ ley Styles; Becky Trammel, 1 Meredith College; Muriel Eng land, East Tennessee Teacher’s ! College; Teddy Styles, Carson Newman; Evelyn Watson Rid dle, Grace Hospital, Morgan, ton; Charles Michael Justice, Western Carolina College; Frances Wilson, Berea; Edward 'Carter, East Carolina College; Glen Fox, Wake Poorest; George Leslie Hensley, Duke Univer sity; Lester Ralph Heavner", Randolph Macon; Mary Hen. wteiy, and Mrs. Robert . Wilson, Appalachian State Teacher’s College. Bald Creek High School Victor Morrow, J. R. gall, Mars Hill; Ralph Robinson, Lee’s.Mcßae; Annice Briggs, Tusculum; Helen Styles, Blan ton’s Business College; Jimmy Howell, Ray Buckner, East Tennessee State; . Genevieve Hensley and Jo Alice Robinson, Pack Square Beauty School. WTOE OPENING SET FOR OCTOBER 17 " Radio Station WTOE is ex_ pected to begin regular sched_ uled broadcasts on October 17, or shortly'thereafter, according to Tom Cooper, president and general manager of the new station. ~——- — Yancey County will share in the daily programming from the start. The board of direct ors of the station have voted 100% to open studios in Bur nsville, placing here whatever equipment is needed for direct broadcasting. John McConnell and Erling Toness of the Yan cey Record staff, are co managers of the Studios. The main studios on Chalk Mountain will also be available to Yancey County (people, for programs which may be too large to be produced properly in the Burnsvillle studios. Final details concerning the fame of the Burnsville broad w Yancey Methodists Attend Conference The 1955 session of the Western North Carolina Meth odist Conference met at the Dilworth Methodist Church in ICharlotte September 27, and will continue through Oct. 2. Yancey county ministers attending are Rev. Worth Royals, Jack Shankle, Joseph Petree and Edwin Hensley. Mrs. Petree accompanied Joe, and Bruce Westall went as lay delegate from the Burnsville church. Mrs. Arthelia (Tillie) Brooks, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Young of Bowditch attended the meeting of the Board of Missions and Church Extension at 2:30 p. m., September 27, Tn behalf of the new Methodist Church in progress at Celo. Saturday, October 1, a group of Yancey County young peo ple plan to attend Youth Night at the Coliseum in Charlotte. They will go by special bus, leaving Spruce Pine at 12:30, accompanied by Mrs. Brooks The young people planning to go are: Willa Ann Boone, Mary Ruth Hipps, Sylvia Boone, Kitty Wilson, Benny Ray, Allen Honeycutt, Jr., David Petree, Frank Wilson, Wade Young, Anna Ruth Wilson, ! Marietta Atkins and Judy Ann Ray. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY’ ' ; —f'' 1 ' ' ... — * BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1955 ' 1— « "‘ . NAVY OFFICER MISSING WITH $70,000 Ensign David J. Page of Croton Falls, New York, disbursing officer aboard the carrier Wasp is re ported absent over leave in the wake of the discovery of a miss ing $70,000 from the ship’s funds. Ensign Page went on an authorized week-end liberty last week and failed to return to duty. casts were ironed out in a special meeting with Mr. Coop er and 0. D. Calhoun,javicfe • president of Station WTOk at a special meeting Saturday at the main studios. The hour from 9to 10 a. m. was selected as being probably the best suited for Yancey County listeners. This will be a daily broadcast except on Sunday. Considerably more time will be made available when it is needed. The combined facilities of the Yancey Record and Radio Station WTOE will enable the voice of Yancey County to be heard all over Western North Carolina, it is pointed out by station management. Burnsville advertisers will reach persons hever before reached with their advertising message. Local civic clubs, churches, schools, farm agencies, and Other organizations and indivi duals serving the community will be welcomed in the pro gramming of broadcasts. Ac cording to the board of direct ors, time will be made avaiL able, if possible, for any worthy occasion or special event in this section. Civil Service Examinations Are Announced The Uuited States Civil Ser vice Commission has announced an examination for Securities Investigator for filling posi tions paying $5,440 and $6,390 a year in the Regional Offices of the Securities and Exchange Commission located throughout 'the United States. No written test will be given 'but applicants must have had appropriate experience or a s combination of education and experience. Further information regard ing the requirements, and ap. plication forms, may be secured at many post offices through, out the country, or from the U. S- Civil Service Commission, Washington 25, D. C. Applica tions will be accepted by the Executive Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, 425 Second Street, N. W., Washington, D. €., until furth er notice. However, persons who wish to receive early con sideration should apply not later than October 27, 1955. ‘ v , ; / , : ;. * BRUSH CREEK CLUB , CURTAILS ACTIVITIES * 9 i According to Yates Randolph, president of the Brush Creek Hunting Club, there will be no hunting or fishing, with guns or dogs, in the club area the fall of 1955 and spring of 1956. Caw Caw Cattle Win Grand Championship Two grand championships and a number of first and Becond prize winners were entered in the, Springfield, Massachusetts Cattle Show, September 22, by the Caw Caw Plantation. The : plantation maintains a cattle barn and feeding lot fpr prize winning cattle in Yancey, Cpunty. The grand championships were taken by a Summer Yearling heifer, and a Senior Yearling bull. Firsts and sec. orfds were take&Jgy entries in the Junior Yearling Bull Class, Senior Bull ai;d Junior Bull Calf, according to Sam Templeton, manager of the Yancey County' stables. This gave them the prize winners in all the bull groups. In addition to the grand championshipVyjijßarling heifer they won second in the Junior Yearling group, second in the Summer Yearling group, first in the Junior Calf group, first in Get of Sire. This means a pen of four offspring from the same srie. In this case the sire was Aristocrat, who sired championship heifer. They also won first and second on two pairs of yearlings, and first on a pair of calves. (Reserve championship in the female group was won by a yearling that the Caw Caw plantation had sold last year. Caw Caw cattle will be Ishown in Richmond, Virginia next week, and thereafter in several throughout the country. Pete Graves is super visor of showing cattle. Yancey Hospital Reports Two Births, Nine Admissions A son, Michael, born Sept. 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Street of Bakersville, Rt. 2, and a daughter, not yet named, born Sept. 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Styles, of Burnsville, Rt. 1, were the only births at the hospital this week. The other nine admissions include: Virgie Boone, Burnsville; Kenneth Price, and Cornelius Cummings, Route 2, Burnsville; Roily Buchanan, and George Laws, Green Mountain; Pereda Bag well, Pensacola; Ray Burleson, Spruce Pine; Floyd Callahan, Bakersville; and Judith Ella Wilson, Swiss. ■■ ■ 1- ' ■ ■ ■ - ■ ■' . \ 2k •*% lUtim r - *l£ <-■ Ssp^ 7u ‘ - j w#~ -•-., ui& CWESI • '■; J I — _ 4 ~ -=s .. ft ' ' D. M. Sholes will be in charge of construction of the Yancey Health Center for which construction bids will be accepted within a few weeks. The building was designed by Breeze, Holland & Riviere of Shelby. The Yancey Record erred in reporting last week that, the above design for the district department building was designed by Six Associates of Asheville N. C. State Fair Schedules Third Singing Convention 'Plans for the third annual N. C. State Fair Hymn Singing Convention, to be held Sunday, October 16 in the giant State Fair Arena, were announced today. James M. Chambers, super intendent of program features and special events for the N. C. State Fair, said that his de partment “is going all out” to bring the veriy best in hymn singing to the audience. The annual event is planned as a prelude to the opening' of the State Fair and is held each year bn Sunday, prior to the opening of the fair on Tuesday. Chambers issued an invita tion to all singing groups to take part in the convention. There are classes for. solo, duet, trio, female quartette, male quartette, and mixed quartette. The Singing Convention will begin at 2 p. m. and end at 1 6:30 p. m. All registrations] ! Should be filed with Chambers no later than October 14 at the following address: James M. Chambers, 408 Park Ave., Raleigh, N. C. The free event is expected to ' attract many participants, ac. 1 cording to Chambers, who will : vie for valuable first place ; trophies. 7 Eight Blood Donors Join Gallon Club The'" Red Cross EloodmoOTlF received 93 pints of blood last 1 week during its four-hour, op eration at the Duplan plant. , Duplan employees contributed ’! 59 pints of this total. Eleven , | volunteers were rejected as being not physically qualified i to give* blood at this collection. ” Eight additional members j joined the Gallon Club: Miss , Ruby Mclntosh, Miss Lola Mace, Emmett Williams, Wm. H. Huellett, Robt. W. Ramsey, Gaw Sparks, Mack B. Ray, and Bruce Mclntosh. Although the quota of 100 pints set up by the Regional Blood Center was not reached, Blood Program Chairman, J. J.> Nowiekr expressed satisfaction.) over the resul ts attained 'and' ■ confidence that Yancey’s Blood , Program will be enabled to , continue. He extended thanks , to all those who donated or . offered blood, and those who ! volunteered their services to ■ make this operation a success. > /The Missionary Society of 1 the Burnsville Presbyterian , Church furnished refreshments under * the responsibility of , Mrs. Ruby Smith, assisted by Mrs. George Robinson, Mrs. , Harlan Holcombe, Mrs. C. E. , Lorents, Mrs. John Banks, and . Mrs. Joe Young. Other work ers and technicians were Mrs. Local 4-H Members Take 2 Championships The championships for each of two breeds and five blue ribbons were won by Yancey county 4-H exhibitors at the District Junior Dairy Show held at Enka, Tuesday, Sep tember 27. Yancey County ex hibitors took the following awards: (Loretta Robinson, Sr. Year ling, Jersey, honorable mention in showmanship, blue ribbon, placed third in the fitting of the Jersey class. Edgar WheeL er, Sr. Yearling, Holstein, blue ribbon; Tommy Ray, Sr. Year ling; Holstein, - ""red - ribbon; Viann Duncan, Sr. Yearling, Guernsey, red ribbon; Tommy Gibbs, Sr. Yearling, red ribbon; Ronnie Robinson, Jr. Yearling, Jersey, 'blue ribbon, won the championship in the Jersey breed and second place in the fitting of the Jersey breed, honorable mention in show manship; Tommy Gibbs, Jr. Yearling, Guernsey, blue rib bon, honorable mention in bhowmanship; Tommy Ray, Sr. calf, Holstein, blue rihbbon, Jr. Champion Holstein breed; and Sandra Whitson, Sr. Calf, Guernsey, red ribbon. The dairy show was a great success. There were twelve counties represented. Yancey Cane River Stocked WKIi Three thousand rock bass [ have been released in Cane i River by the Wildlife Resources s Commission. The fish averag. 1 ing one inch in length, were produced at the State Fish s Hatchery near Morganton. Dis. ? trict Game and Fish Protector l M. B. Higgins directed the . release of the fish. Mrs. Arthelia Brooks Will be in charge of the morning worship service at the Method ist Church in Burnsville, Oct. :2, in the absence of the 1 minister. Emma Jean and Louise Brown have returned home after spending some time with their sister, Mrs. Bill Hensley and family, in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. Willard Honeycutt, Mrs. Ida Goldsworthy, Mrs. J. J. Nowicki Mrs. R. N. Silver, Mrs. Martha Westall, Mrs. Virginia Wilson, Mrs. Pauline Lewis, Mrs. D. M. Sholes, and Misses Doris Ann Rathburn, Jo Alice WiL son, and Edeline Pate. 1 THE BEST BUYB are Advertised in THE YANCEY RECORD NUMBER FIVE County exhibited nine animals. A picnic-Banquet was given on Monday night, Sept. 26 in honor of all exhibitors, leaders, and sponsors. This banquet was held at Hominy Valley Horse and Hound Club in Enka, N. C. The above animals were all red ribbon and blue ribbon winners in the county show, held the day before, in Burns, , ville. The following 4_H mem bers entered the county show pn the previous day with v these results: Ronald Ray, Jr. Calf, HoL stein, blue ribbon; Sandra Whitson, Sr. Calf, Guernsey, blue-ribbon; Whitson, Sr. Calf, Guernsey, blue rib. ■ bon; Helen Duncan, Sr. Caif, s Guernsey, red ribbon; Tommy r .Ray, Sr. Calf, Holstein, blue s ribbon; Edwin Bryant, Sr. > Calf, Holstein, red ribbon; - and Ronnie Robinson, Sr. Calf, . Jersey, red ribbon. Tommj' Gibbs, Jr. Yearling, 1 Guernsey, blue ribbon; Joey Moore, Jr. Yearling, Guernsey, white ribbon:;--- and Ronnie Robinson, Sr. Yearling, Jersey, blue ribbon. Tommy Gibbs, Sr. Yearjjgg, 1 blue ribbon; Vianß^-^-'riT^ - "' 1 r Sr. Yearling, GuefT^ll, ribbon; Edgar Yearling, Holstein, , -thou.;.-Xomisv--Pjy--i ling, Holstein, 7 red- riWob^ Loretta Robinson, St. i Jersey, blue ribbon; Jimmy J Buckner, 3 yr. old Jersey, red 3 ribbon; Best fitted animal, Ronnie E Robinson, first place; Loretta 1 Robinson, runncrup. Showman. - ship, Tommy Gibbs, first r place; Sandra Whitson, run. 5 nerup. Mr. F. R. Farnum, dairy extension specialist, served as judge. ■ Sponsors of the Junior Dairy • Show held in Burnsville were: Fred Phillips, Mack Mclntosh, Fred Bryan, Jack Young, Grover Robinson, Ralph Edw ards, Ed Wilson, D. T. Gibbs, Nelson Woody, Leroy Silver, Floyd Hylemon, -Millard .Led ford, T. A. Buchanan, ’-- John Randolph, Leonard Honeycutt, Bruce Bailey, Rotha Bailey, Buster Stamey, Charles Deyton, , Latt Fox, Fate Deyton, Byrd Gillespie, Walter Edwards, T. K. Riddle, Jake Buchner; Mrs. i J. R. Banks, Willard Wright, i Robert Wilson, Earl McNeill, - Charles A. Brown, J . G. Rob ertson, Norman Byrd, C. W. ' Mclntosh, Gus Edwards, Sam Wheeler, George Wheeler, R. i B. Deyton, Pet Milk Co., Rob inson’s Dairy, Biltmore Daily, and Sealtest Dairy. Dr. Mcßae Visited \ New Health Center v a In Haywood County Dr. C. F. Mcßae visited Waynesville last week, to look through the new Haywood County Health Center and to confer with the newly-appoint ed regional representative of 'the American Cancer Society, Miss Quinlan. Later in the week Dr. Mcßae and .lake F. Buck ner attended the 43d annual convention of the North Caro lina Public Health Association, in Winston-Salem, where thy featured speaker was Dr. Leo vice. . Dr. Mcßae also attended a special meeting of health of ificers to confer on problems I *'
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