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** H*lp Fight TB . * Buy Christmas Seals * VOLUME TWENTY Fanners Will Vote On Tobacco Control Dec. 29 Burley tobacco growers will vote December 29 on marketing quotas for the next three crops, S. C. Edwards, Chairman of the 1 ancey County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee reminds farmers. AH growers who produced bur ley tobacco in 1955 are eligible to vote in the referendum, For the 1956 burley crop, the Department of Agriculture has announced a marketing quota of 365 million pounds which, converted to acres, results in 263,350 acres for allotment in. 1956. The 1956 allotment for Yancey County will be 995.62 under this quota. „ "The decision to be made in the quota Referendum can he simply stated,” Chairman Rd- Wqrds declared, “If quotas are approved by at least two-thirds of the growers voting, market ing quotas—with penalties on ‘excess’ tobacco, acreage allot ments, and Rrice supports av eraging 90 percent of parity will cqntinue in effect for the |95(5 burley cyop. “On ihe other hand, if more that one-third of the votes dis approve quotes, there will be no marketing quotas, no penalties on ‘excess’ tobacco, no acreage Peacetime Record Set In Bond Sales A new r peacetime sales record in U. S. Savings Bonds is being set this year in North Cardin?. 'With November sales of $4.346,939.75, which is 10% shegd of the saipe month pf last yeay, sales in the State have now passed the $50,000,- @OO mark- Total State sales For the year ?re $7,174,609.50 or 19# fthead pf \m, If counties in North Carolina have already exceeded their sales quota for thl* year, Yan cey County sales for November are $5,793.75 and for jth# yea* $133,325.00, according to Mr. G. Leslie Hensley, Savings Bonds Chairman for Yanaey County who released thisy Re port as prepared fyy the ' Say ings Bonds Sales director’s qf : fipe GReenahorp. " 14at)pnvy|de Npvembeß sales : were 3% above those of last i November. The accumulated na- i tional sales for the first eleyen months pf this year §re 11% ; higher than f@R the saipe m on tb pf 1954, ; Spleg continue to exceed re demptions of matured and un* matured Savings Bonds, This - year the net sales in excess of redemptions show a 67% in* J crease over last year’s figures. On November 30th, the cash , value of outstanding Savings ’ Bonds was over 11-2 billion dollars greater than a year ago. , JOHN WESLEY EDWARDS * « 1 John Wesley Edwards, 80, a ' retired school teacher, died j Monday pight in his home atj ftamseytown after a bfief j jllnpss. ‘ ' ‘ He wap a native and lifelong ppujdent of Yancey County, a \ member of tho Bold Creek Masonic Lodge, and had th«- ght in the public schools of the county for many years, Surviving are the wldoW i three daughters, Mrs. Harmon Linville of Johnson City, Tenn., Miss Mary Martha Edwards of T West Asheville, and Miss An- -i nabelle Edwards of the home. Also three sons Freeman and Lioyd of Detroit, Mich., and Furman of the U. S. Navy; and one half brother, Hiram Sparks pf Ale^andgß. Funeral arrangements ' afe incomplete. Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home will be in charge The Yancey Record SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR. allotments, and no price sup ports for the 1956 burley crop. In that event, 3-year marketing quotas would be proclaimed again next year and another referendum held.” Farm acreage allotments for burley tobacco for 1956 were mailed December 19 and polling places for the referendum on December 29 have been desig nated, according to S. C. Edw ards, Chairman of the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. The official notices of burley farm allotments will give every grower the size of his 1956 allotment, before the referen dum. If at least two-thirds of the growers voting in the re ferendum approve, quotas and acreage allotments will be in effect on burley for 1956, 1957 and 1958. Penalties for produc ing excess tobacco will also be in effect and price support would be available to eligible growers- Polling places for the refer endum, which will he open from 9:00 a. m. to 6;OQ p. m. have been designated as follows: East Burnsville, Courthouse; West Burnsville, Ralph Ray’s Store; Cane River. Ralph Neill’s Service Station; Upper Egypt, Max Higgins’ Store; Lower Egypt, Arthur Edwards’ Store; Ramseytown, Ramsevtown Post Office; Green Mountain, J. W. Howell’s Store; ■ Upper Jack? Creek, J. E. Hipkins’ Store; Lower Jacks Creek, D. J. Pet erson’s Store; Brush Creek, Regular Voting Place; West Crabtree, Delling er & Silver’s Store; East Grab tree, PresneWs Store; Upper gquth Toe, Arthur Robinson's Store; Lower South Tpe Chrisawn's Store; Pensacola', Brook* Wilson’s Store; Prices Creek, Regular Voting Place. i Party Scheduled By Jacks Creek Club Monday evening, December J 9, the annual Christmas party for the Jacks Creek Commun ity Club was held at the Jacks Creek Baptist Church, About 125 people attended. Afr. Dil|ingham qnd daughter, Mr, and Mrs. Dayid A. Staley of Fort Worth Texas, Rev. and Mrs. Jim Ball, and Rev, and Mrs. Pate were guests, The president of the club, Mrs. Willard Honeycutt, gave the welcoming address, and the invocation -was offered by Mr. Staley who is attending the Baptist ' Seminary in Fbrt Worth. Misses Genene Bailey and Geraldine Briggs sang a duet, “Silent Night”, and a pageant of the birth of Christ was presented by the yquhg people of the qhUfch. The sing ing of carols was led by Mrs, Vernie Wilson accompanied by Mrs. Brantley Briggs. The evening * Was climflS«4 with a yisit from that jolly old 'fellow, St. Nick, with bags of treats for all of the children, Refreshments were served by the women of the Jacks Creek Home Demonstration Club, The families ip the commun ity remembered their shut-ins with bags of fruit, candy and were contributed as a small re membrance to the ministers who attended. The Rev. Jim Hall offered -the closing .prayer at which time n friendship.; Circle y^ayj foriped ?nd the hymn. ’’Bless Be the Tie That Binds”, closed j the evenings activities. - “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY?’ BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1955 THE FIRST CHRISTMAS STORY * rf,™? ,bMe ,hoae thmi went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that aU the world., should be (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was gov ernor of Syria.) y 1 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city^. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of theeffi/of Naz areth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is cilkdßeth lehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 2° be taxed with Mary his espused wife, being great with child And so it was that while they were there, the days were ac complished that she should be delivered. she brought forth her firstborn son and wrappM him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; becauseyherc ums no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. I And, 10, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them and they were sore afraid. And mid..tmto.,Hear...not:... far*, behold l bring you good tidtngs of great joy, which shall be tb all people. whiZTnS^J* 0 ™* hisd * y ™ the city of David a Savior . Which is Christ the Lord And this shall be a sign untoyou; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a midtim a s the heavenly host praising God and saying GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST AND ON EARTH PEACE.. GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN 1 " Luke 2; M 3 Boone To Open New Shop f A new blacksmith shop is scheduled to open in Burnsville on January 1, according to D. L. Boone. Mr. Boone, who is an old hand at the business of blacksmithing, announced this week that he will open a new shop behind the high 1 school Agriculture Building Oft January 1. He operated a- shop here several years m .fa M been associated with Ijiaokaptith { work nearly all his life. New Home Demonstration Club Formed In County With the help of some of the Community Club leaders in the Jacks Creek Community a new Home Demonstration Club has been organized. This club will take in the Cox’s Creek ladies and any of the- Jacks Creek women who are interested iq attending a daytime club, she club wi|l meet on thg second Thursday gs each Iftogth it \ ;SQ P. PI. For the December Meeting, which was held at the home of Mrs. Roy Duncan, a workshop on Christines decofitiopi was conducted, The ladies painted l pine cones and sycamore halls for tree and package decora tions and treated {pipe cones to give colored flames when burn* Yd. t Mrs. Hoyte Bennett was el ected president of the club;. Mrs. W. P. Honeycutt, vice president; and Mrs. Roy Dun can, secretary-treasurer. One of the primary purposes of the Home demonstration work is to strengthen ties be tween family and community living and help provide ngw and better methods of homei making. Marines Op The Move In WNC The Marine Recruiters are at it again. The Marina Re cruiting office }n Asheville an* nounced today that they are once again out to recruit a unit, of men from Western North. Carolina. In the past three such* units have been enlisted by the recruiters of this area and have sent to recruit training as one group to become part of .this world famous organization..; I This unit will give the men of Western North Carolina fha opportunity tg jgin gnd serve j with their friends through their basic training. This unit is being sent to ('Continued on back page) Student Night Scheduled At Baptist Church ? f ■ "1 Student Night at the feurns ville Baptist Church will be held on Sunday eveninf, Dec. 25, at 7:30. I Students who are at| home ; from college and other schools \ will be in charge of tli pro gram: Those taking part will be: ! . J une Mclntosh, ! College; Glen Fox, Wake For est College; George Leslie Hen sley Duke University: Gale Hall, Hill College; Edwin Carter, Eastern Carolina Teach ers’ College; Muriel England, East Tennessee College; Teddy Styles, Carson Newman Col | lege; Erma and Shirley Styles * and Becky Trammel, Meredith College; Mary Hensley and Mrs | Robert Wilson, A. S. T. C.; | Charles Justice, W. C. C.; Eve ‘ lyn Watson Riddle, Grace Hos pital School of Nursing; Lester Ralph Heayner, Randolph Ma con; gnd Frances Wilson, Ber ea College. Farmers v Federation Announces Dividends Approximately $37,000 will be paid to Farmers Federation Stockholders of December 15th record on January 1 1956, it has been announced by James G. K. McClure, President of the 35 year old farm cooperative. , Dividends have been paid by the Farmers Federation regu larly every six months, for the past 23 years, this being the 45th consecutive dividend. ► In announcing the 45th diyi; dend, McClure stated that two new Farmers Federation ware housed were built this year, one at Marion, N. C. and one at Murphy, N. G. He also stated that the Federation's sale of poultry and eggs produced on Western North Carolina farms has totaled well over three mil lion dollars so far in 1955. McClure urgeH all eommon stockholders to call at ttysir ■ nearest Farmers Federation Warehouses to pick up their - cash dividends as soon as pos ; sible. The Farmers Federation is now operating 20 warehouses in 14 western North Carolina counties in addition to eight freezer locker plants, a poultry dressing plant, a hatchery and skyline Dairies in Asheville. At the present there are ap proximately 27,000 members who are Farmers Federation stockholder*. Business Places Closed Monday All business establishments in Burnsville will be closed Monday . following Christmas and will reopen Tuesday, Dec ember 27. Places closing will include all county, state and federal offices. Finals of the Yancey County Merchants Association “Trade at Home Jubilee” will be held on the Burnsville Square Fri day Evening at 1:00 p. m. Presbyterian Church To Have Christmas Program A Christmas Cantata r entit led “A Star in the Sky”, will be rendered by the choir of the Burnsville Presbyterian Church under the directorship of Mr. Walter Fox, Jr., on Friday evening, December 23, at 8:00 in the Presbyterian Church. A cordial invitation to attend is extended to all in the com munity. The soloist in the cantata will be Mrs. Eugene Howell and Mrs. Leroy Sacra, sopranos; Mrs. w a ;ter Fox, alto; and Mr. Walter Fox bass. Susan Shepard will play the organ ac companiment. Other members of the choir consist of: Mrs. Buck Brad shaw, Mrs. E. L. Dillingham, Mrs. Lucius Smith, and Mrs. Ruth Wilson, sopranos; Mrs. Joe Young, alto; .Mr. Kipp Shotts, tenor; and Mr. Qlin Shepard, bass*. ■' On Sunday morning, Christ mas Day, divine worship be ginning at 11:00. will be con ducted by the pafetor-elect, the Rev. Warren S, Reeve, whose sermon subject will be “The Littleness of Jesus”. There will be special music 1 appropriate to the day. Preceding this service, Sun day School will be held at 10 a. m., with Mr. George Robin son, superintendent, in charge. Clearmont Students Complete Forestry Course . - The Bth grade class of Clear mont School, under the direc tion of its teacher, Frank Dey ton, has recently completed a unit of study on Forestry. The 45 students of the class parti cipated in gathering materials for this project which was ad ditional to their regular studies. Each student made a study of trees and reported to the class, giving the purposes qf wood, where the different rtees are found, and * the climate and type pf soil in which they grow. Leaves were gathered and slso samples from 28 species ,of trees. During their study op For estry, the students learned about the types of cutting, selective and block cutting, and that trde farming is considered crop-income from harvests. They algo learned that the three forest enemies are fire, insects and disease. Mr. Deyton told his students that trees are like humans. They require food, sunlight and water and they live, repro duce and die of old age. Some of the materials for the project came from the Forest Industries 4nWashington, D. ‘C„ including a poster of Bter duots made frop\ the, American forests and a iqap of the slit forest regions of the United States. The six regions are the Southern, which is the largest, thb Northern Forest, Central Hardwood, Tropical, West Oeast, and Pacific* \ \ Committee Looks Over Sites For New Schools A committee from the State Department of Public Instruc tion, Raleigh, was in Yancey County on Wednesday, Dec. 14 for the purpose of looking over five possible sites for the two county high school build ings. This committee was sent 11 " ■ 1 "■"■■■ . Hospital Report The Yancey Hospital an nounces the arrival of a son, Glen Anderson, born December 18 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mcln tosh of Cane River; and a dau ghter, Sheila Diana, born Dec ember 18 to Mr. and Mrs. Avery Parker of Celo. The following people were admitted to the hospital dur ing the past week: Grace Chase, Linda Silvers, Gerald Cecil Edwards, Eli zabeth Blevins, Edward Boone, Myrtle Peterson, and Lake Thompson, Burnsville; Nathan Frye and Ruby Stevens, Bak ers ville; Rosetta Bailey and R. C. Phillips, Bee Log; Clara Bell Wheeler, Higgins; D. C. Ballsy, Green Mountain; Alice Carol,; Hamrick; Irene Hoyle, Spruce Pipe; and Mack Austin Cane RiVetig. Health Department Warns Os Holiday Accidents At this Christmas season, the District Health Department stresses again the importance of taking safety precautions to keep the holidays from being marred by accidents. Os these, the commonest at this season is fire, which every year takes many lives or causes serious injury and loss of property. Many of these fares fe are caused by Christmas trees, which are serious fire hazards after drying out in the house. This drying-out process can be delayed by keeping the base of the tree in water or wet sand. In addition, every precaution I should be taken to keep down • the' risk of fire: No candles on or near the tree or near other Christmas decorations; Use flame-resist-1 ant icicles, tinsel, and “snow” around the tree; Keep a waste basket handy for the disposal of gift wrappings; don’t let them pile up around the tree. Don’t attach too many light cords krone outlet; be sure in sulation is not worn or sockets loose. A blown fuse is the sig nal of a dangeraua overload. Be sure fuses are the right size. Never use a penny in a fuse socket. Place the tree well away from the fare-place or other sources of heat. All offices of the District Health Department win be closed for the Christmas holi days on Friday and Monday, December 23 and 26. Thus there vill be no office clinic in Bak ersville on Friday the 23d, or in Burnsville on Monday the 26. Recent visitors to. the Dis ,rkt Health Department from .he State Board of Health have included the following ! William A. Broadway, sani tary engineer, and Miss Evelyn Davis, consultant nurse, both -from the Western District offi- 1 ce in Asheville; Dr. H. Robert Coler, chief of ’.he Industrial Hygiene Sec tion, Raleigh. Or. Coler was accompanied by Emil Chanktt professor of ■anitary engineering in the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. - *\ . C/v. * -U it \ K ' - W -V --- - ■ ' Help Fighf TB < memamjist greetings im Buy Chflsfmis W.U —— NUMBER SEVENT'&EN —1 here by the Division of School Planning. Members of the com mittee included Mr. W. L. Lathan of Raleigh; Boyce M. Morrison from the Division of School Planning, Raleigh; and Dr. w. a. Plemihons, president of Appalachian State Teachers’ College. The sites which were con sidered for the east Yancey “school building were the Hon eycutt-Jones property on Geor ges Fork and the Grover Hun ter property east of Burnsville. In west. Yancey, the Ralph Ray farm the Donald BahUr prop erty, and- the ,L. E. Briggs pro perty were considered. The committee declared a]l of these sites acceptable and are to send a written report to the Yancey County Board of Commissioners who will purch ase the sites. ' The committee suggested 20 as desirable for each of the school sites. Mr. Lathan that the site is a very small percent of the cost of what the State puts into a school in the future. The county has available for the two high school buildings a total of $707,000, including the county bonds and the ap propriation from the State. The committee was accom panied by Hubert D. Justice, superintendent of Yancey Cou nty Schools; Mark Hall, chair- / man of the Yancey County Board of Commissioners; D. H. Harrison and Lloyd Miller, members of the Board of Com missioners; Roy Ray, chairman of the YanCey County Board of Education, and the seven mem bers of the Board of Education. License Tags To Go On Sale January 3 Raleigh Current license plates will be valid until mid- February, 1956, the Motor Ve hicles Department reminded Tar Heel car owners today. Under a revised registration schedule, new tags will go on ! sale throughout the state Janu ary and extericT^through Feb ruary 15. Col. James Smith, coraman , der of the State Highway Pa trol, said that enforcement measures against delinquent motorists would become effec tive promptly on February 16. He urged owners to secure their new tags without delay following the opening of sales. New license plates will be sold by branch Offices of the Carolina Motor Club, the Win ston-Salem Auto Club, and b* Motor Vehicle Headquarters in Raleigh: Renewal cards will go into the mail around December 27, Department officials said. Medical Society Holds Meeting The Tri-County Medical Soc iety held its regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening, December 14, at the Nu-Wray Inn. The officers who were elected for the coming year are: president, Dr. Walter Oat of Higgins; vice-president, Dr. L. W. Woody of Spruce Pine: first vice-president, Dr. David E. Graham of Spruce Pine; secretary-treasurer, Dr. Sam . uel O. Hodges of Spruce Pine.“ I Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Y. Saj gent held an open house for members of the Society and I their guests before the dinner mmm !“* Mr - Howard Wright '