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HAPPY THANKSGIVING VOLUME TWENTY ‘ * Dedication Services At Pensacola’s New School by children of the school, the Special Dedication Services were held in the new elemen tary school building at Pensa cola, Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p. m., to a capacity audience. The program, under the dir ection of Dawson Briggs, prin cipal of the school, featured several local people and out-Of town guests, with the principal address by Andrew J. Hutchins, native and former resident of the County, who recently retir ed as Superintendent of Canton City Schools, after more than thirty years of school work. Following the choral number FUNERAL jiERVICES MRS. PAULINE PITTMAN Mrs. Pauline Pittman, 35, died Tuesday morning at her home here. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Faith Fellowship Mission. The Rev. E. G. Adkins and the Rev. Viv ian Brown officiated, and burial was in Cane River Cemetery. Surviving are the husband, Raleigh Pittman; a daughter, Wilma Jean; a son, Jackie Lynn, both of the home; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lon Smith; four sisters, Mrs. Blake Styles of Marion, Mrs. Gold Bolick of Baltimore, Md„ Mrs. Louis Butner and Mrs. Charlie Pittman of Burnsville; and four brothers, Troy and Ray of John son City, Tenn., and Hobart and Carl of Burnsville. DECK C. HOWELL Funeral services for Deck C. Howell, 84, who died Monday morning at the home of a dau ghter, Mrs. Elmer Byrd of Bur nsville RFD 1, were held Wed nesday at 3 p. m. in Mt. Bethel Free Will Baptist Church. Officiating were the Rev. J. B. Brigraan, the Rev. Frank English and the Rev. C. Y. Elk ins. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons, Eddie and Paul Boone, Wayne Willa: d, George W. Byrd, Jam es D. Early and Ralph Hunter. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. H. L. Clapp, Dr. W. Sargent, Will White, Burney McCurry, Troy McCurry, Ernest Edwards Fayte Edwards, Tom hfurt'ay and Ed English. CLAUDE W. SMITH Claude W. Smith, 40, of Bur nsville RFD 2, died late Satur day night in a Spruce Pine hos pital. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p. m. Monday at the Young’s Chapel Baptist Church, of which Smith was a member. The Rev. Clarence Buchanan and the Rev. Jeff Willis officiat ed and burial was in Youngs Cemetery. Smith was an employee of the Deneen Mica Company. Survivors include the widow; the mother, Mrs. Ida Smith of Burnsville; two daughters, Mrs. Ellen Silvers and Mrs. Mae Buchanan, both of Burnsville; one sister, Mrs. Ruby Howell of Burnsville RFD 2; and four grandchildren. charge. CARD OF TUANKB We wish to express our ap. predation to all our friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindness during the passing of our husband and father, also for the beautiful floral offerings. Mrs. Charles Hutchins am* Family The Yancey Record SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR. Invocation by Rev. Ben Lee Ray, formerly of Pen sacola, now of Canton. Constructed during the sum mer and fall of this year, at the cost of some $91,000.00, the building filled a great void in the social and economic life of the community. The building was presented to the people by Hubert D., Justice, County Sup erintendent of Schools, and ac cepted for the County of Yancey by C. P. Randolph, Burnsville Supervisor of Schools. After recognition of guests and co-workers by Mr. Briggs, the chorus, under the direction of Mrs. Orlena Williams, sang “Bless This House”. The bene diction was given by Rev. Ralph Mumpower, also a forrner re sident of Pensacola. Following the program, deli cious refreshments were serv ed by the ladies of the com munity. CHARLES HUTCHINS WAS NOTED FOR HUMOR AND ACHIEVEMENT Every life leaves its imprint upon other lives, but the life of Charles Hutchins, who passed away on November 7, was par ticularly bound up with the his tory and development of Yancey County. The following biograph ical sketch was compiled from information furnished by per sons who knew Mr. Hutchins well. Charles Hutchins was born on September 3, 1889, in a small house on Bolens Creek. His par ents were Landon Haynes Hut- Yancey Hospital Reports Two Births, Fourteen Admissions The Yancey Hospital reports only two births and fourteen other admissions for the past week. The births include a son Edward Michael, born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Buckner of Burnsville, and a son, Dennis Roger, born to Mr. and Mrs Rotha L. Ogle of Green Moun tain. Other admissions were. Donnie Ray Collis, Lois Woody, and Ruth Ogle, Green Moun. tain; Mary Tipton, Bakersville; Vera Beavev, Newdale; Nich olas Huskey, Effie Randolph, Shirley Mclntosh, and Duane Penland, Burnsville; Edward Wilson, Pensacola; Ethel Allen, Hamrick; Silas Hensley, Cane River; Lula Phillips and Bris coe Randolph, Bee Log. MRS. ADDALINE WILLIAMS Funeral services for Mrs. Ad daline Ballew Williams age 70 yrs. who died Nov. 19, 1955 were held at the Estatoe Presbyter fan Church, Sunday, Nov. 20 at 2:30 p. m. The Rev. Hershey J. Longenecker officiated and burial was in the Robert Ballew cemetery. She prfoessed faith at an ear ly age and joined the Estatoe' Presbyterian church and re mained a member until death. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Steven Bal lew and was united in marriage to C. M. Williams in 1913, who survives with ofie daughter, Miss Ellen Williams, Burns ville; three sons, Fred of Ker shaw. S. C., Edd of Spruce Pine, Claude of the U. S. Army; one sister, Lulla Glenn, Mar ion; and 6 grandchildren. Webb Funeral Home was in charge of all arrangements. Pallbearers: Frank Bowditch, John Bowditch, Ed Suttles, Er nest Suttles, Floyd Suttles, f onus Grindstaff. “DEDICATED ‘•TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY” .. , BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1955 * 1 I ’ ■ - ——T". f ' - ~ n ‘ >4 ■L . . & > ~ i" MBm DALE CARNEGIE DIES Dale Carnegie, 66, teacher and , author of the world renown best seller “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, died in his New York home after a month of lingering Illness. chins and Trissie Shepherd ; Hutchins. The other children in the family were Ida (Mrs. Price), James, A. J., and W. B. At the time of his birth the county no graded roads. The streets of Burnsville were rutted axle deep. Rocks lay aU about over the town square. No newspaper was published in the county. It is doubtful whether any person in the county sub. scribed to a daily paper. Ther.e , was little travel or communlc%- . tion with the outside world. Charles attended the free public schools three or four months of the year and helped on the farm the rest of the timer Later he attended the Yancey Collegiate Institute. Shortly fore the end of his senior yeajc he married Miss Effie Griffith. After teaching school for a. year or two he . entered Wake Forest College to study law. He; succeeded in passing the bat examination just before his 21st (Continued on page 7) -■ Burnsville, Clearmont Split Double-Header by Gerald Murdock Burnsville and Clearmont each won one game Tuesday at Clearmont. The Clearmont girls defeated the Burnsville girls with a close score of 41-42. Peggy Webb was high scorer for Clearmont with 25 points. Judy Briggs led Burnsville with, 29 points. The Burnsville boys defeated Clearmont boys by a score of 49-37. Harold Ray led Burns ville with 16 points while re ceiving help from teammates Lloyd Hensley and Donald Banks who made 12 points each. U. B. Deyton got 19 for Clearmont. The Burnsville girls team in. ' eluded Brown, 2 points; Briggs, 21 points; Bennett, 10 points; Allen, Angel, and Phipps. The Clearmont girls were Letterman 14 points; Webb, 25 points; Dey ton, 3 points; Laws, Evans, and Johnson. " 1 Burnsville hoys were Hensley, 12 points; Ray, 16 points; Gre gory, 9 points; Laughrun and Gillespie. Clearmont boys were : Ray, 6 points; Robinson, 10 points; U. B. Deyton, 19; Styles and Canipe. i Subs were Banks for Burns ville, who won the team 12 i points; and Deyton for Clear ■ mont, gaining 2 points for thait Iteam. Referees were Reeve* and Painter. r* SPECIAL THANKSGIVING SERVICES AT PAINT GAP PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH A special Thanksgiving wor ship service is being conducted at the Paint Gap Presbyterian Church at 10 a. m. on Thanks giving Day, with the Rev. John W. Young preaching the sermon. Allen High €hoir To Sing At v Methodist Church Tlje choir from Allen High School in Asheville will sing at the Methodist church in Burns ville on Sunday night, Decem ber 4, at 7:30 p. m. This will be a part of the December pro gram for the Burnsville Wom an’s Society of Christian Ser vice. The membership of the church, the other Woman’s Societies in the county and any interested friends are cordially invited to attend. Mrs. Brooks will be in charge of the program. Allen High School is sup ported by the Woman’s Divis ion of the Methodist church, for Negro girls. It accomodates both boarding and day students. The choir on December 4 will be composed of the dormitory group only. Miss Winifred Wris ley will direct the choir; Miss Philiigs will be at the piano. Churches Hold Sessions On American Indians The thtfd session of the co operative study on the Ameri can Indian will be held in Mar tin’s Chapel at Newdale, Tues day, November 29, 7:30 p. m. The fourth session will be at the Burnsville Methodist chur ch, December 1, 7:30, at which time the color film "Song of ' the Shining Mountain” will be shown. Other groups in the 1 county who are studying this ' same coufse are most welcome to see this movie. Extension Service Sponsors Meeting On Cancer Control Health leaders of the Home Demonstration Clubs for jtour counties took part in 'a training school on “Hope in Cancer Con trol” at the First Presbyterian Church in Spruce Pine Wednes day, November 16, from 9:30 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. The training school was sponsored jointly by the Extension Service in Mit chell, Avery, Yancey, and Wa tauga Counties in cooperation with the American Cancer Soc iety. Miss Mary Harris, District Home . Demonstration Agent, presided. Miss Betsy Lane Quinlan explained the program of the American Cancer Society, of which she is field represen. tative for 33 counties in the wes tern half of North Carolina. Miss Grace Daniels, Health Educa tor in Rowan County, was gen eral discussion leader. Dr. William Happer, Lenoir, Health Officer for • Caldwell County, discussed the detection of capcer and stressed thorough physical examinations. Two films were shown “Living Insurance” and “Horizons of Hope.” Dr, C. F. Mcßae, district Health Officer for Mitchell, Avery, and Yancey Counties, was present in an advisory capacity. Approximately 18 Home De. monstration County Council and Club Health Leaders registered for the meeting.* The Home from all four counties were present. In all the talks, discussions, and movies the time element in cancer control was strongly stressed. j Bald Creek ' Methodists Start Parsonage Project 1 Ifr takes a great deal of Cour age and determination for c 1 congregation which has just • come out from under a rather extensive building program to be willing to undertake a sec ond one; but this is exactly 1 what is taking place at Bald Creek. No sooner was the debt on the new Methodist church cleared than they began plann ‘ ing and raising money for a much needed parsonage. Ac cording to Rev. James Hall, ’ their new pastor, they hope to have this building completed within the year. The Bald Creek Church is one ’ of five churches on the Bald ' Creek Charge. The others are ’ Pensacola, Concord, ‘Boring’s Chapel on Jacks Creek and Elk [ Shoal on Cane River. Rev. Hall came to Bald Creek from Ashe ville where he had served two years as associate pastor of Central Methodist Church. Jim ’ (as he will no doubt be known to his parishioners) was born j in High Point in 1928. He went r to High Point College two years and then to Duke University 5 for two years to give him an A. * B. in pre-med. At this point he changed his course and in 1952 received his B. D. degree from Duke Divinity School. His wife is the former Polly McDuffie of Asheville. They have one daughter, Anne Cam eron, age 14 months. Salk Vaccine ~ ' Available In Yancey , The District Health Depart . ment will now make the Salk j (poliomyelitis) vnpeine avall f able to all children under 15 B years of age. This may be ob e tained from the private doctors s in the county or art the Health e Department office in Burnsville, where a clinic is held every Monday from 1 to 5 p. xrtr County Achieves 172 % of Quota In Sale U. S. Savings Bonds Yancey County achieved 172% of its quota in the sale of ; United States Savings Bonds, Series E, for October, reports G. Leslie Hensley, county chair man The sales amounted to $17,268.75. The only other county in the state which came anywhere neir Yancey in regard to per centage of its quota was Gra ham, with 169%. 1 TEBT NEW ANTI-VIRUS VACCINE Dr. Joseph A. BeU [ and Dr. Robert J. Huebner, both of the National Institute of ' Health' at Bethesda. Ml., discuss the results of trials In human i volunteers of an experimental vaccine which has been found to be effective apainst one type of the common cold. The Pub lic Health Service annownedS that fairly large quantities of this i new triple threat serum is 1h final stapes of production now, and they hope to be able to use it in mass teats this winter on up to 10,000 army recndte. fL Many Cases Heard In ♦ ® 1 Yancey Superior Court A total of 177 cases were on the criminal docket in the Nov ember term of Superior Court. J. Frank Huskins is the presid ing judge. This term convened on Monday, November 21, at 10 a_ m The criminal session is continuing through the week, recessing for Thanksgiving Day. The civil session will begin next week. Hugh Mclntosh was chosen by the Court as foreman of the Grand Jury. C. C. Higgins was appointed bailiff to the Grand Jury. 1 1 ■'! / ■■■■■ Two Yancey Boys Attend 4-H Club Recognition Day ' John Bennett and Duane Me ' Dougald are taking part in the State 4-H Club Recognition Day i in Raleigh on Friday, Novem i her 25. They left today (Thurs : day), accompanied by Assist i ant County Agent William C Bledsoe. Bennett and McDougald are receiving recognition in this state-wide event for being state winners with their Soil and Water Conservation Demonstra tion. Each will receive U. S Savings Bonds for prizes. Miss Mary Harris, Western District Home Agent will be hostess to all Recognition Day delegates from the Western District, including the Yancey County delegation at a social gathering in Raleigh Thursday evening. Y ancey Extension ' On TV Program ' The Yancey County Exten -1 sion Office was represented on ’ a TV program Wednesday, Nov ember 23, at Station WLOS-TV in Asheville. William Bledsoe, County 4-H Leader, and Duane McDougald, Micaville High School 4-H member, put on the demonstration of Soil and Wat. er Conservation.. which won first place in the state for Mc- Dougald and John Bennett. The. Extension Service throu ghout the state ,will be giving TV shows periodically. Each farm and home agent will be responsible for a pro gram at intervals. At present North Carolina Extension work ers are giving two each week over Station WLOS TV, on Monday and Wednesday, during the noon hour. HAPPY THANKSGIVING NUMBER THIRTEEN The Grand Jury reported that »t acted upon all cases in which witnesses for the State were • available, but that it had to re ( tutn to the Court and Solicitor t those cases in which the wit nesses could not be obtained. The Grand Jury’s recommenda ’ tions regarding the jail and ' court house follows: We have visited the common jail of Yancey County. We find it in fair condition except tot' \ some minor repairs as listed. | We find the Court House in Yancey County in fair condition, offices neat but some measures of cleanliness might be stressed. The Grand Jury for this term consisted of B. R. Shepherd, Esther May Honeycutt, Fred Shuford, A. A. Hensley, Hugh . Mclntosh, Samuel O. Wilson, ? Coy Moore, Park Adkins, Glenn r Fox, Lee R. Buchanan, Bruce . Fender, Lattie Styles, Everett . Banks, Otto Proffitt, George D. ... Thomas, Mrs. Claude Silver, Mrs. Reece Mclntosh, and Ross Allen.. i ■ Yancey Countians Among Contest Winners Mrs. Robert I. Wicker of Bur nsville won third place in the name contest sponsored by the Avery County News, it was an -1 nounced yesterday. Submitting the name “Mayland Post”, Mrs. Wicker tied with Miss Charlotte Buchanan and Mrs. J. B. Jones, both of Spruce Pine, who sub- I mitted the same name, The three will share the third prize of $25 in cash. First place in the contest - went to Lala C. Shell of Elk i Park apd Jean B. Evans of - Bakersville, both of whom sub r mitted “Mayland Mountaineer” , and will share the $l5O first prize. “The Mayland View” won second prize of SSO for Mrs. Don E. Carpenter of Spruce Pine. James Hutchins, Burns ville Route 2, won Honorable Mention with “Toe River Her ald” He was one of who received honorable mention in the con. test, which attracted 369. en tries. Judges who selected the win ning names were Miss Beatrice Cobb, publisher of the Morgan ton News-Herald and secretary of the State Press Association; J. D. Fitz, associate publisher, and W. Stanley Moore, editor, of the Morganton News-Herald. Good Showing Made By Ayers on Rough Mountain Farm Land Some success stories turn out to have a large element of luck in them if they are examined closely. This is not true of the success story of Worley Ayers on his little farm on Route 1, ■Green Mountain. His only luck was the kind he made for him self by hard work and good planning. In 1948 Ayers made an FHA loan to finance the purchase of 74.5 acres of steep, stony land lying in the shadow of Jerry Ayers Bluff. The average farm er would have shaken his head at such a prospect. But Worley Ayers had confidence in the possibilities of the farm, and FHA had confidence in Worley. So a farm plan was formulated and a loan made to facilitate It. The loan was set up on a 40- year repayment plan. Now, only seven years lat. er, Ayers could pay off his loan
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