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VOLUME TWENTY
Salk Vaccine Available
For Yancey Children
A supply of the Salk vaccine,
for protection against poliomy.
elitis, has been sent to this dis
trict by the State Board of
Health. This is now available
to all children under ten years
of age and to all expectant
mothers. Those eligible and
wishing to have this projection
for themselves or their children
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Former Burnsville
Mayor Passes Away
M. A. Bailey, formerly q{ Bur
nsville and Yancey County, pas
sed away November 5 a*, his
home in Andersonville, Virgin
ia, where he had resided ' with
his son, Roy H. Bailey, for the
past five years. 'Funeral ser
vices were held at the First
Baptist Church in Burnsville on
Tuesday. The Rev. C. B. Tram
mel was in charge and was as
sisted by the Rev. A. Z. Jamer
sqru-Burial was in the Bailey
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Mr. Bailey was a member of
a pioneer family of this section,
and was married to the late
Mary Jane Huskins of Green
Mtn., who passed away in 1536,
was a relative of Yellow Jacket
John Bajley, who gave thp site
for the County Seat of Yancey
on which is now located the
County Court House and the
Bailey Square.
Mr. Bailey was very active
in church work in the Baptist
Church of Burnsville during the
many years he lived here. He
also had active political ahd
business interests. He was sf§p
or of the Town of Burnsville
and served for two terms in this
capacity. It was under his ad
ministration that the first iin
provements were made in the
town of Burnsville. The impro
vements included the paving* of
the streets and installing tjbe
modern water system which
now supplies the city with wat
er. Mr. Bailey was on the" ar
rangement committee when jthe
staftue of Otway Burns was yn
veiled on the square in JflO.
(Otway Burns for whom tjie
Town of Burnsville was
He also helped in the establish
ing of the Yancey Collegiate
Institute, which served
area for more than a quarter
of a century.
Survivors include Roy H.
H Bailey of the home, J. O. Bailey,
Santa Barbara, Cal.; H. G.
Bailey, Burnsville; Mrs. Dock
Greene, Unicoi, Tenn.; Mrs. L.
C. Hurst, Santa Barbara, C ajt.<
Miss Tinsie ©alley, Burnsville;
Mrs. Walter Bailey,
Tenn.; Mrs. A. L. Henslqy,
Johnson City, Tenn.; seventeen
grandchildren, and twenty-five
great-grandchildren.
»iers were D. R.
B. R
The Yancey Record
SUE. HATES *2.00 YEAH.
should consult their family phy
sician; if they have no family
physician, they may visit the
‘ Burnsville office of the District
Health Department, which is
open Mondays, 1 to 5 p. m.
The Salk vaccine proved its
worth this past summer in the
great poliomyelitis epidemic in
Massachusetts, where it was
found that children who had not
the vaccine had 20 times
more chance of developing polio
than those who had had two in
jections of the vaccine. Dr.
Cameron F, Mcßae, district
■ health officer, also joints out
that no child in this district who
1 lias had the vaccine has devel
■ oped polio or even had any se- .
vere reaction to the vaccine.
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Harvest Festival
Seiieduled Friday
The annual Harvest Festival
sponsored by the Burnsville P.
T. A. will be held Friday night,
* Nov. 11, starting at 7:30 P. M.
in the Burnsville Gym. A Min
: etrel and Variety show will be
1 presented before the crowning
of the Queens from the Elem
entary and High School. Doors
1 will open at 7:00 P. M. and there
will be concession games and
* eats and drinks on sale. Ad
-1 vance tickets are now on sale
for 25 and 50 cents. Each ticket
1 entities the purchaser to vote
; for Kings and Queens. Every
* one is urged to attend.
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Ray Brothers
Make Fine Showing
At Enka
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A 4-H Calf Show was held at
' Enka, November i and 2. Two
1 Yancey County boys, Johnny
i and Harold Ray, entered Here
■ ford Steers. Johnny’s calf
' weighed 865 pounds, was plac
> ed in “good grade” and won a
■ red ribbon. It sold for per
. pound. Harold’s calf weighed
'■ 850 pounds, was graded "com
■ mercial” and sold for .20 per.
* pound. The boys, will receive
* prise money from the French
1 Broad Electric Membership
' Corporation and the Coca Cola
Bottling Company.
The boys made a nice show
, ing with their calves and their
. secret of success was using
: home-grown calves and home
. grown feed, according to Coun
! ty Agent E. L. Dillingham.
The North Carolina Holstein —
, Friesian Association awarder
, certificates to Tpmmy Ray and
i Edgar Wheeler for winning blue
: ribbons.
Services For
Charles Hutchins
“DEDICATES TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C-. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1955
Avery County News J
Purchased By
Yancey Publishers
Announcement was made to- *
day of the sale of the Avery .■
News to John McConnell and '
Erling Toness of Burnsville, 1
who will publish the paper for
Avery County. They are aj pre
sent publishing a new weekly
paper, The Toe Valley View, in
Bakersville, for Mitchell Coun
ty, and Toness is publishing The
Yancey Record under h lease
arrangement with the owner, :
Arney Fox. 1
The Avery News, previously
published by Howard Zurabro
and Sherman Pritchard, both
of Elizabethton, Tennessee, j*ad
recenUJFannounced plans to ex
pandTPo a tri-county paper for
Mitchell, Avery and Yancey.
11l health has necessitated
Zumbro’s leaving the publish
ing business temporarily, and
the change in plans.
.This week The Toe Valley
View and the Avery News ap- i
pear in a combined issue, pub
lished today, but the publish
ers state that the two papers
will appear separately again
soon, when the mechanical
problems of separate publica
tion have been worked out. V..
It is stated in this week’s
combined issue of the two pap
ers that the dame contest qin
nounced by the Avery News on
October 20 will be carried out,
except that the name chosen qs
winner will not necessarily be
used, since no change is no,w
contemplated in the name of
the Avery News. The prizes will
be awarded as announced, how
ever.
In an editorial in the combin
ed issue, the new publishers
state that they believe the ex
istence of three separate bat
cooperating newspapers fpr
each of the three counties will
preserve the independence and
local flavor of the Avery News,
The Toe Valley View, and The
Yancey Record, while % giving
each the greater efficiency of
some combined facilities.
American Legion
Auxiliary Elects
New Officers
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The American Legion AuxilST
iary, Earl Horton Post No. 122,
.has elected officers and comm|
<lttee chajjman for the coming
year. Mrs. 4. J. Nowicki was
elected president.
Other officers include Mrs. T.
M. Tyner, first .vice president;
Mrs. Frances Low, second vice
president; Mrs Charles Proffit,’
Secretary; Mrs. Mack B. Ray,
Treasurer; Mrs. D. R. Fouts,'
Chaplain; Mrs. Frank Deyten,
Sergeant-at-arms; Mrs. Hobart
Ray, Historian. ?
Mrs. J. G. Low, Finance; Mrs.*
George Roberts, Progra#n; Mrs.
W. A. Banks and Mrs. Frank
King, Membership; Mrs. George
Roberts, Poppy; Mrs. Frank
King, Publicity; Mrs. Frances
Hamrick, Child Welfare; Mrsr
Grady Bailey, Music; Mrs.
Mack B. Ray, Girls State; Mrs.
Frances Low, Rehabilitation;
Mrs. T. M. Tyner, Mrs. R. N.
Silver, and Mrs. Julia Banks,
(Menu.
Orthopedic Clinic
To Be Held Nov. 16
t • monthly orthopedic clinic
his district will be held
.day, Nov. 16, in the
i ' Pine office of the Dis
>h Department. Dr. J.
.loway, Asheville orth
wlll be the clinician,
should b e registered
i than 11 a. m., *"“"t
~r than 12:38. a. m.
clinic will probably bh
.?• the new health offioe in
te Pine, on the ground floor
V Williams Clinic building.
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APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED
FOR ABC OFFICE MANAGER i
Applications for Office Man- I
ager of the Yancey County ASC I
Office are being accepted until |
November 14, it was announced |
today. Blanks may be picked 1
«P at the ASC Office.
United Fund Drive
$3,000 Short of Goal
The Campaign Committee of I
the Yancey United Fund an- I
nounce that approximately SB,- 1
000 or more than 70 per cent
of the goal set for the drive,
has been raised to date in its
first annual fund raising cam- j
paign. The drive, which has
been in progress since the mid
die of Nov., is raising funds to
support thirteen charitable,
health and character building
agencies which benefit the cit
izens of Yancey' County.
The campaign has already
lasted longer than originally '
due, principally, to the
amount of time required for the j
volunteer workers to canvas !
their assigned territorits. The
campaign committee is now anx
ious to wind up the drive, and is
urging all workers to report all !
collections to date to Treasurer ,
Harlon Holcombe. They also
are appealing to all citizens in
the county who have not been
contacted by a volunteer solicit
or of the Fund, to send in their
contributions direct to the Fund
Treasurer.
Twenty Admissions;
No Births In
Yancey Hospital !
The Yancey Hospital reports ,
no births for this past week. ,
Following is a list of admis- \
sions since last Wednesday,
November 2: Mrs. Mary Led- j
ford and Mrs. Betty Willis, ,
Spruce Pine; Donald C. Grant, i
26 Westover Dr., Asheville;
Gall Edwards and Brenda
Sparks, Burnsville; Mrs. Julia
Jones, Mrs. Annie Silvers, and
Miss Phyllis Buchanan, Rt. 2,
Burnsville; Darlene Proffitt,
Cane River; Mrs. Callie Carro
way, and Harold Dean Wilson,
Celo; Vivian Yelton, Rt. 1,
,Green Mtn.; Earl Robinson, and
Mrs. Ora Lee Bryant, Green
Mtn.; Doris Ledford, Pensacola;
Mr. Cling Ellis, Rt. 3, Bakers- '
vilie; Mrs. Martha Lewis, Bee 1
Log; Blake Styles, Hamrick; I
•Warren Howell, Relief; and <
Patricia Hylemon, Bald Creek. 1
Report of Mrs. West’s
Resignation
Highly Exaggerated ■
In spite of last weeks story to
the contrary, Mrs. Mabel I. West
is still working in her capacity
as adminstrator of the Yancey
Hospital. Working entirely on
circumstantial evidence, our re
porter, with a Sherlock Holmes
complex, reported that Mrs.
Katherine Anglin was serving as
the new adminstrator and that
jMrs. West’s resignation had be
came effective. The evidence:
Mrs. Anglin was there, Mrs.
>West was out.
; According to Mrs. West ajnd
Mrs. Anglin, the latter is now
serving as assistant administ-
Tator and Mrs. West has offered
Jier resignation effective Dec.
J3l at which time Mrs. Anglin
~will take over.
The Baptist Deacon fellow
ship group meets Sunday at
4:00 p. m. at the Double Island
{Baptist Church. Rev. R. A.
j&ate of Mlcaville will be the
jjnain speaker,
'The entrance is at the far end
jr of the building,
i * The Burnsville health office
* : will be olosed on Nov. 11, Vet
erans’ Day.
HEADS REVIVAL
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Rev. J. Leo Hall
Hall Conducts
Revival Services
Revival services begin to
night at the Newdale Presby
terian Church, with the Rev.
J. Leo of Bristol, Tennes
see, as the guest minister.
The services begin Thursday,
Nov. 10, at 7:30 p. m., and will
be conducted each evening at
the same time at least through
Thursday, Nov. 17 (but possi
bly longer) of the following
week.
Rev. Hall is not a stranger to
this area, having already con
ducted two series of services at
the Estatoa Presbyterian. Chu
rch, of Celo, and one series at
the Micaville Presbyterian
Church, during recent years.
Many who already know him,
or of him, will doubtless want
to attend the services of this
series. „ 4^
An informal, byt helpful, time
of Bible study will also be con
ducted by Rev. Hall at a time
to be announced at the meeting.
Everyone is most cordially
invited to come and attend the
services each night, and this
means all ages, too! Announced
Rev. Hershey J. Longenecker,
pastor, Newdale Presbyterian
Church.
Ralph Adair
Speaks At National
Meeting of Miners
Ralph Adair of Burnsville
was one of the speakers at a
national meeting of mining en
gineers held in Charlotte re
cently. Adair presented a paper
during a Symposium, on qual
ity controls for industrial min
erals. He reported on recent
radical improvements in mica
recovery and processing.
MEETING PLACE GEN EVA This photo diagram
shows the joining of the Big Four foreign ministers at Geneva
for discussions of the problems laid out by the recent meeting
of the heads of the world powers. Before the East and West
could formally (Ivckle the coldwar problems the center of in
terest turned to sudden flareups between Israel and Egypt.
Further disagreement on the all Important question of German
unity has opened the session with some shadow of doubt. The
faces shown are those of John Foster Dulles, U. S. Secty. of
State; French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay (lower); Brit
ish Foreign Secretary Harold Macmillan and Soviet Foreign
Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Mass Survey Ends With
2572 Persons X-Rayed
2572 persons were given chest
1 X-rays in this county during the
hiass survey which ended Octo
ber 26. This is the largest num-
I ber to be X-rayed in this county
since the first survey four years
ago. The mobile unit was at the
following locations (figures in
parentheses show the numbers
X-rayed at each point):
Clearmont High School (167);
Micaville High School, (394);
Bald Creek High School, (397);
Prison Camp, (113); Burnsville
High School, (240); and the
Two Highway
, Accidents Reported
Over Weekend
Two highway accidents with
in the last week caused consid
’ erable damage to three automo
t biles, according to Highway
Patrolman Joe Holler.
1
. A 1953 Ford Crestliner was
, badly damaged when it hit a
clay bank and turned over a
} short distance east of the inter
section of highway 19E and the
’ Green Mtn, road, at 8:30 Satur
day night. Leonard Frank Rob
inson suffered minor injuries,
| consisting mostly of lacerations
of the knee.
James Pate of Micaville suf
■ sered lacerations of the nose
and head when the 1954 Chevro
let he was driving struck a
parked 1956 Ford near tlie Rob
inson Service Station at the
Possum Trot Road. The Ford
was hurled over an 81-2 foot
embankment for a distance of
; 39 feet. Pate claimed he fell
’ asleep when the accident occur
j red at 12:15 Sunday morning.
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' RANDOLPH BEAUT
OPEN HOUSE
Randolph’s Beauty Shop held
open house in its new location 1
on Monday, November 7. This
was the shop’s first day of op
eration in its new light, spac
ious quarters in the Randolph
Building on Academy Street,
behind the Hilltop Soda Shop.,
• Finishing touches are being put
on the remainder of the’ “new
■ building, which, according to
• owner John Randolph, should be
: completed within two weeks.
l | “I don’t feel as if I’ve worked
j at all today”, declared Frances
GIVE ONCE
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NUMBER ELEVEN
Ernest Briggs parking lot in
Burnsville, (1261). The largest'
sumber X-rayed in a single day
was 462, on Oct.-14; on ihis day
the unit was in operation first -
at the prison camp, then at
Burnsville High School, and
finally in uptown Burnsville.
Clerks for the survey in this
county were Mrs. Hattie Peter
son of River and Mrs.
Mark Wfßenijett of Burnsville.
Thanks are due to the line
men of the French Broad Elec
tric Membership Corporation
for their help in this project by
connecting and disconnecting
the equipment at each point
visited in the survey; no charge
was made for this, nor for the
power used. Thanks are due al
so to Mr. Briggs for allowing
the use of his parking lot for
the third successive year; it
will be noted that almost as
many persons were X-rayed
there as in the rest of the coun
ty put together.
County Farm Bureau
Will Hold Meeting:
The Yancey County Farm
Bureau will meet Monday night,
Nov. 14, at the County Agent’s
office. The purpose of the
meeting will be to draw up res
olutions to submit to the State
Convention Rex Mclntosh, Co
unty president of the Farm Bur
eau,emphasizes the fact that
much new farm legislation will r
be considered next year and
that the Ideas of all farmers are
definitely needed. ,All people
interested in farm problems are
•urged to be present.
nr SHOP HOLDS
! IN NEW .BUILDING
(Mrs. John) Randolph, while
I she was busily engaged in car
ing for customers hair-dos,
with her assistant, Miss Carrie
Blankenship. Sunlight stream
ing in through the generous
Window area, and reflected by
the white wall and
cefiiifg Surfaces, made artificial
light unnecessary much of the. ,•
tfirie on the opening day.A
pleasing color scheme, of yel
low, rqd, and gray is carried
out in the furniture equipment
and floor.
The beauty shop has a spac
ious comfortably furnished rei ~
ception room, which was decor
ated by several bouquets of
flowers sent on the opening day
by Mrs. Randolph’s customers
and by Ruby’s Flower Shop.
New equipment was supplied
by the Economy Beauty and
Barber Supply Company of
Bristol, Tennessee, including
two new booth units and a com
bination desk and showcase.
The shop now carries a com
plete line of Revlon make-up.
The dimensions of the new 2-
story Randolph Building l are .
40’x60’. It has a brick and glass
front, stucco walls.
The Randolph Building con
tains two apartments upstairs,
both with baths. Each apart
ment has two separate i;ooms
with baths in each. Downstairs
next '4o the Randolph Building
there is a big room of 1200
square feet, suitable for a store
or office. This room has a tile
floor and is heated by an oil
furnace.
Contractors of the Randolph
Building are: Plumbing, Stanley
Riddle; Pritchard Glass Com
pany; Coker Heating Company;
Penland Lumber Co., and Grady
Hipps, electrician.
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