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VOLUME TWENTY
Retail Sales On Increase
In County, Report Shows
According to the yearly re
port made by the County Ag
ent’s office, visits made from
that office during last year by
either the Agent, Assistant
Agent or Home Demonstration
Agent were 2018. Therefore, if
you are a farmer and did not
receive a visit from a repre
sentative of that organization
last year, it would indicate that
you were either not at home
_ when , the call was made or did
not make a request tojhe office
that required a call to your
*§*m.
To go farther into the figur
es 0 f the report, 2459 office
calls were handled, 233 news
articles were released, one TV
show was given, 4895 bulletins
were distributed on farm and
home subjects, 30 result de
monstrations were held, and
445 meetings were held and
participated in, with-a tptal of
21,238 persons attending,
The report points out that
the above figures 0 f meetings
and attendance include work
with both adults and with 4-H
Clubs, both in and out 0 f the
county,
Projects receiving major em
phasis by both farmers and the
local office during the year,
were the cash income crops of
the county: tobacco, poultry,
dairying, livestock. And of
course, much work was done
with and through 4-H Clubs.
The County Agent’s Office,
along with the other county
agencies, is striving to increase
the net farm income so that
the farmer, and everyone else
in the county, may be able to
enjoy a better living.
Next year, through the
county agricultural agencies
MRS. KATE B- RAY
Funeral ?eryices Mp?. ,
B. Ray, 84, of Burnsvillej
who died Thursday, Dec. 29, at
her home following a long ill
ness, were held Saturday at 3 '
p. m. in the First Presbyterian
Church of Burnsville. I
The Rey. Warren Reeve qffi : ■
dated qnd hufia} was in the
Academy Cemetery.
Mrs. Ray was the .widow of
Pr- John tandon Ray and the
daughter of the late John Rob- ,
CPt and Sqphronia Burtpn.
{Surviving are on? daughter,
Mrs, R, Y, Til&on of Burnsville, ,
and two grandchildren, Robert
Tilson of
Tommy Tilson of Chicago, 111,
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MISS MYRA GIBBS
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Miss Myra Gibbs, 17, of
Bald Creek, died Sunday in the
Yancey Hospital after a short 1
i%! 8 §: 1
She was the daughter of M*. 1
and Mrs. Ray Gibbs and was
a senior student at Bald Greek 1
High School. !
Funeral services weye q?lc|
Tuesday ftt 3 P- the We?t i
Burnsville Baptist Church. Th® '
Rev. E. Q. Adkins officiated '
and burial was in the ■
Burnsville Cemetery ; | 1
Surviving, in addition tq th®
payentp aye t»fq h ro t h *f s !
mond and Jack, pf the hqme;
and the maternal grandfather,
s. J. Brown of Burnsville. *
Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home was,in charge.
CARD OF THANKS „
May we take this opportunity
to express our appreciations to.
all oup friends and neighbors,
Who \yere thoughtfu) and
kipd during oqr pqcent sorrow,
and also for the beautiful
flowers,
■Robert, .Tommy, and Lena
Tilson,
The Yanclt Record
SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR.
under the Advisors Council,
work with the farmer will em
phasize reducing feed costs,
improving poultry, dairying,
forestry, strawberries, tobacco
quality, livestock, and more ru
ral telephone service.
County Agent Dillingham
points out that the goal of the
office is to -reach more people
effectively. He pointed out also
that the most effective work
carried on by of'
the office was done through,
local community leaders, com
munity clubs, schools and other
community groups. Cooperation
from these community groups
and individuals have been com
mendable in the past year and
he is looking forward to mak
ing 1956 a greater farm income
year through such cooperation,
Yancey Votes For
Tobacco Control
And Support
Burley tobacco growers voted
in favor of continued price sup
port for the next three years,
and accepted a 15 per cent cut
in acreage allotment at the to
bacco referendum on Dec. 29,
The federal marketing quo
tas, designed to prevent over
production, were in effect last
syear for burley growers. Under
the quota system, each grower
is permitted to sell free of pen
alty tne tobacco grown on an
acreage allotment, granted ban.
Growers had been warned that
failure to accept the acreage
cut could bring “unmanageable
surpluses’’ during the 1956
marketing season.
Yancey County votes, with
the count in favor of the pro
gram, totaled 1641. The cqm :
Riuniiie? and number of Yfcn?
cey County farmers who voted
in the referendum were:
East Burnsville, 115; West
Burnsville, 157; Cane River,
225; Upper Egypt, 113"; Lower
Egypt, 165; Raraseytown, llfj;
Lower Jacks Creek, IQ6; Uppey
jaejes Qreek, J 6; Grqen Moun
tain, 203; Brush Creek, 59;
East Crahtree, 5; West Crqb
tree, 68; Upper South Toe, 12;
Lower sputh Tog, Hi Peqsq
pola, 75; Prices Creek, 97.
Dr. Melvih W, Webb will be
out of town January 4 through
January 7.
Farm Agent’s Annual Report Shows Great
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Amount Os Activity During Past Year I
Retail sales in Yancey Coun
ty in 1954 was good, according
a statement the Depart 2
ment of (Commerce.
The Bureau of the Census of
the Department of Commerce
states that during the year of
1954 one hundred rqtni} busi
ness establishments totaled salt
es amounting to $4,440,000.00
This total of incqme \yas yn
increase oyer 1948 by per-,
the county shpwes a total re
tail sales of $8,557,000.00.
Tne 1948 figure given by the
Census Bureau included data
for a fevy types pf business es
tablishments not used In the
3cope of the 1954 census.
Forty retail stores had 118
paid employees who received a
reported $240,000.00,
Establishments broken into
groups, with the total retail
sales for 1964, as shown by the
Census ftepoyt were: food
stores, thirty-one, . $1,075,000;
eating places, nine, $169,000;
general merchandise, seventeen,
$603,000; apparel and - access
ories stores, two, amount with-
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C.; JANUARY 5, 1956
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• STRIKES BACK President.
• Eisenhower, right, with his
1 brother. Milton, strolls along
1 the palm tree walk at the U. S.
■ Naval Base in Key West, Fla.
I While taking a breather from
• his Washington activities, act;,
> ing upon the advice of his doc-'
, tors, the President issued a
statement in reply to the Sov*j
iet blast of criticism accusing
the U. S. of, “crude interference’’
in Eastern European affairs.
The President said that the
United States will continue to
seek peaceful liberation of cap
tive European peoples “until
success is achieved.”
Scout Court Os
Honor Scheduled .
For Tuesday
The monthly Boy Scout Court
of Honor for the Mayland Dis
trict (comprising the counties
of Avery, Mitchell, and Yan
cey) will he held at 7:30 p. nj.
Tuesday, Jan. 10, at tfce Pise.
Grove Methodist Church, In
galls. This is cne day later j
than the usually scheduled
date, to avoid a conflict with:
the annual Scouters’ Banquet,
in Asheville on Jqn. 9, for
Daniel Boone QoungiJ^
Scouts and fhpiy parents and
friends are Invited to attend
the Court of Honor. Member?
of the District Conupitte? are
asked t Q attend and to remain
for the monthly meeting of the
committee afterward,
Harry Lant? of Spruce Pine
is district chairman for 1956,
Dr. Sam Hodggp, also of Spruce.
Pine, is the advancement
man, ■’
JACKS OREBK CLUB TQ
MEET MONDAY NIGHT
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The Jacks Creak Community
Club will meet Monday, Janu*
ary 9, at 7:30 p. m. at the
Hunter Cottage. Everyone is
invited to attend.
held; autopiotiye group, seyep,
$957,000; gasoline yeryice sta
tions, twelve, $386,000; lum
ber, building materials, hard
ware ' and farm equipment}
three, $526,000; dy.yg atprtq,
two, ampupt withheld; other
retail stores, twelve, $503,000; •
and nonstore retailers, five, •
$41,00Q. 1
LOCAJ, QIRLB RETURN
TO COLLEGE
Barbara Fay Jackson, daugh
ter of Air. gnd Mrs, Ted Jaop
tion, returned home Tuesday
from Ohio, where she spent the
Christmas holidays with Miss
Margarette Sells, one of the-
Home Economic teachers at
Allen High School.
Misses Margarette, Peggie
Joyce Wilsop, and Cinda Ajfm
Roland left for Collage Mon
day morning. Peggie and Mar
garette are students at A & T
in Greensboro, Cinda, at Si
Augustine in Raleigh. Theae
girly spent the holidays WiV!
their parents in 'Burnsville.
• 4-H CLUBS SCHEDULED
TO MEET THIS WEEK
The 4-H Clubs of the county
,-will hold their regular meets
ings the first week in January
at the high schools.
The 4-H County!Council will
meet at the Community Build
ing on Jan. 21 frfm 9 to 11
a. m.
Hospital Report
TWo births andltwelve other
admissions were Reported by
the Yancey Hospital this week.
The births include a daugh
ter, Kathy Ann, lorn Dec. 27
to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Price of
r Rt. 2, Burnsville,- and.a son,
Roger Dean, born Jan. 2 to Mr,
" *hd Mrs. O. B. fox of Rt. 2,
! Burnsville. • ’ ’
Oth4r> admissions include
Lena Roland, Higgins; Nell
Johnson, Maggie Renfro, Mil
dred Hughes, and Mary Jane
Peterson, Green Mountain;
Hattie Pate, Swiss; Anna Bell
'Gurley, Newdale; Myra Gibbs,
'Bald Greek; Janies Bailey and
Carrie Blankenship; Burnsville;
Harold Silvers, Rt, 2, Burns
ville; and Christine England,
Cane River.
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New Pastor To
Be Installed
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January 15
>' The usual services will be
held in the Burnsville Presby
terian Church on Sunday, Jan
uary 8. Sunday School conven
es at 10:00 under the superin
tendency of Mr. George Robin
, son, and Morning Worship at
The sermon by the Rev.
f Warren S. \Reeve iri& be on the
subject, "(God’s Assignment
for 1956”. v
0 The Presbytery of Halston,
to which the Burnsville Church
belongs, will meet at Washing
ton College, Tenn„ on Tuesday,
January 10. At that time, the
call of the Burnsville Church
will be presented to Mr. Reeve,
and he will make his formal ac
ceptance. Mrs- Margaret Lau
ghrun and Mr. Oleh Shepard
will be present as representa
tives of the church.—
The Presbytery will be asked
to install Mr. Reeve "officially
in the pastorate here fit a
Sunday afternoon, January 15,
v at 3:00 p. m.
Bailey Scheduled To
Return To U. S.
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Boblingen, Germany Pvt.
Ted K. Bailey, 24, whose, wife,
Irma, lives in Spruce Pine, N.
I'C., is scheduled to return to the
U. S. from Germany, Yfheye
is a meipb®? df tb® 97th Signal
Battalion.
Private Bailey, a draftsman
in the Battalion’s Headquar
etrs Company, entered the Ar
my ip February 1954 and re
ceived basic training at Camp
Gordon, GGa. He arrh jd in
.Europe in March 1965.
Bailey, son of Mr- Mrs.
Clarence s}, Bailey, Green
Mountain, is a 1963 graduate
of the University of North
Carolina and a member of Phi
Kappa Sigma Fraternity,
Wyatt Reports To
Anti-Submarine Base
: Quonset Point, R. I. (FHT
NC) —Donald J. Wyatt, airman
apprentice, USN, son of Mr.
rida Mrs. George P. Wy?tt of
Route 2, Burnsville, N- 0., re
ported in December to Fleet
Aircraft Service Squadron 101
at the Naval Air Station, Quon
?et Point, R. I.
FAS RON 101 is a unit of
Fleet Air Wings, Atlantic, the
gast coast’s anti-submarine
patrol command.
Baptists Hold Week
Os Bible Study
> The First Baptist Church of
Burnsville, along with all Bap
tist Churches in the Southern
1 Convention, has designated this
■ week as Bible Study Week. The
group, which includes adults,
young people, and older inter
mediates, begins the study at
7:30 each evening.
The subject of the Bible
. study is “The Sermon on the
. Mount” with the text written
by D,r. Leo Eddleman. In North
. Carolina alone, most of the
r thirty-two hundred Baptist
’ Churches are participating in
this study.
i Pvt Bucbanan
» Graduates At
i Signal Corps Center
Camp Gordon, Ga. Pvt. Oscar
Buchanan of Burnsville grad
uated Dec. 16 from the Com
munication Specialist Course
one of the many courses offer
ed at The Southeastern School,
Camp Gordon, Georgia. He is
the son of Mrs. Oliver Hensley.
.The Communication Special
ist’s Course, which is 8 weeks
in length; trains enlisted per
sonnel to receive and process
messages for distribution by
Teletype or other means of
Communication,
During his training, Pvt.
Buchanan received a technical
education worth thousands of
dollars. He will now be reassig
ned to an active unit of the
United States Army.
, The Southeastern Signal
: School, a component of the Sig-
T-w 3 corps Training Center, is
I located near Augusta, Georgia.
1 This installation furnishes tra
ined signal technicians to army
units all over the world.
Judge Huskins
And Wife Feted
In Raleigh
Judge and Mrs. J. Frank
Huskins were feted in Raleigh
-last week while they were “In
the capitol city on business.
Mrs. Huskins was guest of
honor at a luncheon given for
her at the home of Mrs. George
Cherry, whose husband is
State Superintendent of Build
ings and Grounds. On Wednes
day everting they were honored
at a dinner given for them by
Chairman and Mrs. J. W. Bean
and Commissioner and Mrs. N.
F. Ransdell of the. N. C. In
dustrial Commission.
While there they attended
the Dixie Classic.
Judge -Haskins (returned to
Raleigh this week to attend a
Judicial Conference called by
Chief Justice M. V. Barnhill of
the North Carolina Supreme
Court,
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most famous sisters in the world, the surviving Dionne quin
tuplets, have been on the outs their family. Oliva Dionne,
father-of the girls, shown here with Annette ( Marie, Cecile 1
and Yyonne (L-R). explained that the “misunderstand- i
ings u have been corrected and a belated exchange of Christmas 1
gifts as well as a visit by three of the girls to their family i
home in Callander, Ont., has Settled everything. Mr. Dionne i
blamed the situation on what - \
fuses to identify them. |]
Tax And Farmer Benefit
Claims Explained
5 r Large numbers of Yancey
> County farmers are raising
■ questions about preparing tax
- returns for 1955 and about
filing claims for benefits, ac
! cording to D. C. Nichols, field
s representative of the Social
i Security office in Asheville,
i who comes to the Courthouse
> ( in Burnsville on the last Wed
• nesday of each month.
In order to spare county far
mersJjpurs of waiting to see
him, *mr. Nichols has prepared
answers to the questions most
frequently raised at this time.
These answers apply to farm
ers who report on a calendar
year, cash basis, as almost
all county farmers do.
1. What farmers must pay
the Social Security tax?
Self-employed farmers who
net at least S4OO and gross at
least SBOO a year are required
by law to pay the self-employ
ment (social secuzdty) tax.
The farmer who neither nets
S4OO nor grosses SBOO a year
cannot pay' the social security
tax on his farm income. Tne
farmer who nets S4OO but does
not gross SBOO, or who grosses
SBOO and does not net S4OO,
Jias a choice of paying or not
paying.
2. When is the -employ
ment tax payable ?
Tne first year for which the
tax can and must be paid is
1955. The tax return is part of
the regular income
1 tax return and is filed with
■ the Office of District Director
of the Internal Revenue Ser
vice after January 1, 1956,1
and before April 15, 1956. The
forms are not obtained from
the Social Security office and
are not filed with the Social
Security office.
3. How does the farmer get
help in making out his returns?
Mrs. Anglin
Assumes Ditties At
Yancey Hospital
Mrs. Katherine B. Anglin as ; ,
sumed her duties as adminis
trator of the Yancey Hospital
on January 1, succeeding Mrs.
Mabel I. West whose resigna
tion became effective on that
date.
Mrs. Anglin served for sev
eral months as assistant ad
ministrator of the hospital be
fore she took over her present
position. Prior to her affilia
tion with the Yancey Hospital,
Mrs, Anglin was for three
years secretary to Mr. Emmett
Williams of the Duplan Corp
oration.
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NUMBER NINETEEN
Tax return forms and in
: structions will explain how you
: should figure your self-em
ployment income. If you need
help, iyou must arrange that by
l seeing a representative of the
I Internal Revenue Service or an
accountant or other qualified
■ person. Social Security repre
sentatives are not permitted
to assist in the preparation of
tax returns.
4. What records does the far
mer need in to prepare
a return?
He will need a record of his
total farm income of expenses
(but if his gross income is be
tween SBOO and SIBOO, he may
choose to pay tax on 1-2 his
gross as he is permitted by law
to do;) however, only by keep
ing records will he konw wheth
er he can do that.
5. What are some of the items
included in a farmer’s gross
income?
Cash received for the sale of
livestock and crops. Fair value
of merchandise or property re
ceived in trade for farm pro
ducts. Fees from rent of teams
or equipment. Breeding fees,
prizes from fairs, proceeds from
crop insurance. Sale of wood
or lumber if not a capital gain.
Cash (or value of property) re
ceived for work done off the
farm by the farmer if he ia
not working as an employee.
Profits from dealings in live
stock or crops. And otnera, as
indicated in tax return in
. structions.
6. What are some of the
business expenses the fanner
must count?
Cost of seeds,- feed, plants,
seedlings, fertilizer, lime, etc.,
but not when used jn produc
tion for household use. Hire of
labor, machines and draft ani
mals. Cost of repairs and main
tenance of farm machines, fen
ces, and buildings. Deprecia
tion allowances for machinery,
farm buildings, etc. Breeding
fees, veterinary fees. Purchase
of small tools. Freight and
trucking expenses. Part 0 f in
surance, interest, taxes, water
rent, electricity and telephone
to t|ie extent used ;n the busi
ness of farming. Rent. Farm
share of automobile and truck
expenses (fuel, oil, tires, inser
ance, etc.). Fees for keeping
farm records and filing farm
tax return. Do not count per
sonal and family expenses.
7. Wnere can a farmer get
more information about pre
paring returns or answers to
tax questions?
The Internal Revenue Office,
not the Social Security repre
sentative
8. When can a farmer claim
Social Security benefits and
what papers will he need?
Generally, a farmer 65 or
over who has filed returns for
|965 and 1956 can apply for
benefits early in 1957* In some
cases, where the farmer has
previously worked under Soc
ial Security or has farm in
come early in he may ap
ply sooner. The farmer should
keep a copy of his tax returns
and the cancelled checks or
money order receipts: which
prove the tax payment. He
should also have his farm re
cords available since they may
be needed. Some old proof 0 f
age will also be required.
Farmers wh 0 wish to obtain
social security numbers or
more information regarding
benefit payments under the
Social Security Act may obtain
them, Mr. Nichola says, by
writing directs to the Social
Security Administration Dis
trict Office, 40 North French
Broad, Asheville, N,C.
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