North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME TWENTY-ONE Prisoner Escapes In Cattail Section Tuesday William L. Winkler, 21, of Con nelly Springs in Burke County, es caped from a Yancey County Prison Camp road gang about 4 p. m. Tuesday in the Cattail com munity. Prison officials stated that a school bus stopped on the narrow road in the Cattail section where the road gang was 'working, screening the gang from the guard, Ernest Silvers. The bus had stopped because of a prison truck which was parked ahead while being loaded with dirt. When Winkler ran into the mmmmmrnmm In. *■ ' - - - - - - - Chest X-rays Being Made At Health - Center - —J.*. • - Chest X-ray films are now being made in the Health Center in Burnsville. This work y|4ll be done during the regular office clinics, from 1 to 5 p. m. on Mondays, by Dr. Cameron F. Mcßae. Films will be sent to the Western No,rth Carolina Sanatorium, Black Moun tain, to be read. To cover the cost of films and chemicals and to de fray other expenses a charge of $2 will be made for adults, and $1 for children. It will be the pol icy of the District Health Depart ment to X-ray only known con-" tacts or cases of tuberculosis, or persons who bring a written re-' ferral from their family doetog. The monthly orthopedic clinic r for this district will be held in the Spruce Pine Health Office, Wednesday, October IT* ]Y$ «i*m*l*w . Iniutuu) V ■ Samuel Murphy, 68, of Rt. 2, Burnsville, was seriously. Injured ip an .accident at the Banks and Patton Lumber Mill on Sept. 24. It was reported that Murphy was struck by a bull-dozer while at work at the mill. He suffered fractures of the legs and hip, and is being treated at St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville. Murphy’s son, AM2 Willie E. Murphy of the U. S. Navy, has been called home from his ship on emergency leave to be with his father until his condition im proves. UNITED FUND BUDGET SET AT ! $9,200,110 BY DIRECTORS | Directors of the Yancey United Appeal fund campaign, after a meeting of the executive committee | last Monday evening, have annou-j need a budget goal of $9,200 for the.' second annual fund raising cam paign. The drive is scheduled to start October 22. Funds for health, welfare and character building agencies are in cluded, all of w r hich serve to bene- i fit Yancey County and its citizens. The new budget goal is $2,100 less than last year's goa) for the fifst fund raising campaign of the Ygn? cey United Fund. According to Dover R. Fouls, chairman of the budget committee, this reduction was made to reflect present ecc "'nemlc conditions in the County and due to the fact that only about 80 per cent of the goal was raised in last year’s drive. The new budget goal closely approximates the amount actually faised last year. Despite the reduction in this year’s budget, Mn Fouts pointed out that even greater amounts have been inclined for the support of activities which will directly bene fit Yancey County, particularly the youth of the County. The amount included for 4-H Club activities ha*: been substant ially increased, a i well as the amounts for Girl Scouts and Boy Scputs. A new item of S4OO has been .included to support a rt»rgl com munity development program. item was suggested by the County Agent's office, and the members of the budget committee believe that it holds great promise for the The Yancey Record woods, prison officials reportedj that Silvers fired one shot, but) tailed to stop the prisoner. Camp Superintendant Ralph < England and other men from the Yancey Prison Camp, as well as men from four other camps in the district, were still searching for Winkler last night with blood hounds. ' The camp records show Winkler , had been sent to the Yancey camp slightly more than a week ago to serve a 22-month sentence for breaking and entering. He was sentenced from Burke County, and began serving, his sentence last Aug. 28, at Central Prison in Raleigh. ... < Private Plane Makes Emergency Landing Here ' A private Piper Cub, single engine plane made an emergency landing last Saturday afternoon on a grassy knoll on the Zeb Young farm, about two miles east of Burnsville on U. S. 19. ( The pilot, Tommy Mullins, of j Richland, Va., was uninjured and ] the plane .was not damaged. Mul- , " lins said he left Richland Satur- ] day morning in the Richland Fly- , ' ing Service plane on & flight to . the Tri-City Airport at Kings- j | port, Tenn., but was unable to , locate the airport due to the ] heavy overcast. -\ ] Mullins ShM he made the land ssjasssaas itfng low. He said he looked the field over carefully before making I j the landing. I The Richland Flying Service II sent more gas after Mullins j phoned Saturday afternoon, and ' ( he was able to take off for Tri- City Airport about 3 p. m. Sunday. He planned to refuel there before 1 returning to Richland. Mullins’ flying instructor a t j Richland informed him that a search party had been made up 1 before j Mullins informed them of his whereabouts Saturday after noon. Mullins holds a private pil- I ot’s license with over 35 hours i flying time. , - I i t benefit of the County. ' In considering amounts for the various agencies for which funds . will be raised, the budget committee ] conducted hearings, at which re- | presentatives of organizations appeared and answered questions. , Written. applications for inclusion ( in the United* Fund budget were , also carefully reviewed. < The final budget, as recommend- , ed by the budget committee, was unanimously adopted by the ex ecutive committee of the United Eund at Monday night's meeting. Members of the budget committee are Dover R. Fouts, chairman, Mrs. Arle Brooks, Yates Bailey, the Rev. C. B. Trammel, Bruce Westall, Dr. Melvin Webb and R. K. Helmle. The budget, as adopted, includes the following: Farm Youth Activities, including, 4-H Clubs) - S7OO. Rural Community Development Program - S4OO. Eye Clinics For Children and The Blind • S3OO. Boy Scouts - S6OO. Girl Scouts - $986. Aid _J\)r Adop tion Os Homeless Children - $230. Care And Protection Os Unmarried Mother And Child - SBO. United Service Organizations - $256. Af filiation With Carolinas United Program - $lB2. American Red! Cross, (including County blood pro-: I gram) - ts2,7Qg. For. Combating Dread Bolio • $1,20Q; < bral Palsey * SIOO- Small Items, i Cancer - $500; Heart - $300; Cere i Contingencies and Expenses $717. i Total $0,200. “DEDICATED TO THE ffcOGRESS OF YANCfiY COUNTY” SUB ItATSS f2ii)o TEAR, yll&AlliiVMitE, N. G,, I'IIURV DAT, OCTOBER 11, DH John Gay Young Dies While Hunting John Oay Young, 38, of Burns ville, was fovind dead Monday about 3:30 p. m. near Phipps Knob fire tower. • Willard Hensley, Yancey Coun ty coroner, attributed death to a heart attack and said no inquest would be held. ' Young had been squirrel hunt ing with two companions. Surviving are the widow; two sons, of the home; four brothers, James of Detroit, Hich., and Bob, Claude and Clifford of Sylva; and a sister, Mrs. Earl Conley of Biltmore. Funeral arrangements are in complete at this time. MYF Elects Officers^ I The MYF leaders from New-J dale, Higgins Memorial, and feald f Creek Methodist Churches met I Monday night in Burnsville for their sub-district meeting, under the guidance of the Rev. Worth Royals, the Rev. Jim Hall and the Rev. Bates. These meetings are held on the third Monday of each month for, the purpose of planning future Methodist Youth activities. Officers elected were president, Gene Higgins of Burnsville; vica president and publicity chairman, | Danah Burton of Bald Creek;j secretary, Rebecca Proffitt of' Bald Creek; and recreation chair man, Benny Ray of Newdale. Members of this group ore fourteen years old and above. The next meeting is to be held on' November 19, at 7:30 p, m. at the Bald Creek Methodist Church. ———— S JPIJP^RECTION • ' #- Two ads on the inride concern ing the showing of the 1957 Chev rolet at Roberts Chevrolet, Inc., gives the date as October 17, which is in error. The correct date is October 19, Local Democrats Attend Spindale Rally A large Yancey County delega tion attended the 11th Congress ional District Democratic Rally in Spindale on Wednesday night of last week. The main speaker of the evening was Edwin Gill, N. C. Treasurer, who 'spoke to the group . of approximately 1500 people, the largest * attendance on record in the district, according to Sen. v Sam Erwin. Other speakers were Woodrow Jones, retiring Congressman; and Basil L. Whitener, the next Con gressman from the 11th District. Sen. Kerr Scott, Sen. Sam Er win, Frank Craine, Commissioner of Labor; L. Y. Balentine, Com missioner of Agriculture; and Charles Gold, Commissioner of In surance, al.o spoke briefly, John Larkin, State chairman of the Democrats Committee, acted as master of ceremonies for the event. The Yancey delegation included Woodrow Anglin, chairman of the Yancey County Democratic executive committee; Rep. and Mrs. Mark Bennett; Harlon Hol combe, tfte next Representative from Yaheey; Paul Buck, Whit ener’s campaign chairman In the recent primary; Mrs. W. H. Pet erson, vice chairman of the exe cutive committee; James Fox, Jack Maney, W. H. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peterson, Mrs. D. M. Buck, Miss Alma Buck, R. A. Radford, Mrs. Charles Hut chins, William T. Jobe, Luther Robinson, Lloyd Miller, Carl Wil son, Tilman Fender and BUI Evans. A barbecue supper was served, sponsored by (he Rutherford County Young Democratic Club, with entertainment provided dur ing the evening by local talent. Those present were provided with plugs of tobacco by Sen. Scott tipper Jacks Creek Church Re-Opens The re-opesSng of the Jacks Cteek Presbyterian Church took place last Sunday, Oct. 7, with . seventy-five present, including vis itors from the Green Mountain Presbyterian Church. The 11 a. m, church service was conducted by . Mr. Forbes, lay minister from Mountain City. A dinner was served following the service. f Dr. Yelton of Johnson City of ficially opened the church at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, after receiving the jjlst of charter mem bers. The following Elders were elect ed by the congregation. Ben Wil son, Sam Silver, Calvin Evans I and Cecil Anglin. They were or dained by visiting Elders, Claren- Ice Bailey, Charles Young, Mr. I Penland,. lay-rofoister from Paint !' Gap; Dr. Yelton and Mr. Forbes. The Board df Trustees for the church were hKmed, listing Oscar Ayers, William Jobe and Clyde Anglin. The Sunday School will be or ganized next Sunday, and Mr. Forbes will Again conduct the morning worship service on the l fir»t Sunday in November. | The Jacks Creek Presbyterian i Church membhtt would like to express their js»cere appreciation for the help and cooperation given them by the members of the Green Mountain Presbyterian Church. ' Bald Creek Church To Sponsor Barbecue A southern |barbecue supper and UzarUs bcipg sponsored by the Bald dmefrifothohlst ghurch this til 8 p. m. The supper will be ser ved' on the church, grounds If weather permits. » - This is the first time a real southern barbecue has been ser ved in Yancey County, and it is hoped that it will be an attrac tion. The ladies of the church will serve home-cooked pit barbecue at the price of $1.50 a plate. The Burnsville Colored Quartet will furnish music for the event. Church Women Attends Meeting Eight ladies of the Burnsville Presbyterian Church were in at tendance at the fall district meet ing of the Holston Presbyterial Women’s Association, held in the church at Walnut on Tuesday of last week. Mrs. Lacy Johnson, Mrs. Ralph Laugh r un, Mrs. Charles E. Laurents, Mrs. O. K. Masters, Mrs. George Robinson, Mrs. C; A. Russell, Mrs. Olin Shepard, and Mrs. Joe Young constituted the Burnsville delegation. Mrs. Ralph Laughrun presented one of the reports. The Presbyterian Men’s Group enjoyed their monthly breakfast together on Sunday morning with a larger attendance than usual. “The Christian Spirit—Or, The Spirit that is In a Christian —What IS IT?” will be the,subject of next Sunday’s sermon by the ‘ Rev. Warren S. Reeve,'pastor. Hospital Report The Yancey Hospital reports two births and fifteen oher admissions during the past week. The births include a son, not yet named, born Oct. 6, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Waldrop of Burns ville; and a daughter, not yet named, born Oct. 8, to Mr. and Mrs. Morris Webb of Bakersville, Rt. 3. Other admissions include Ruby Shepherd of Rt. 1; OUJe Styles, I Nola Beaver, William Wilson and Wilson of Rt. 2; Hugh Plate qf Rt. 8; Earmel Wheeler of Rt. 4; Jean ..Styles of Burnsville; Ray Blankenship and Barbara Styles of Penascola; Frances Dale and ’J." D. Biggs of Green Mtn.; Ruth Grindataff of Bandana; Josie Stevene and Janell Webb of Bak ersville. Webb Returns To Norfolk After Cruise i ‘Norfolk, Va. (FHTNC)—Wayn* ; L. Webb, seaman, USN, son of i Mr. and Mrs. John W. Webb of Celo, N. C., is serving aboard the battleship USS lowa which return ed to Norfolk, Va., September 21 after a 10-day training cruise for 300 Naval Reserve officers. Beside furnishing at-sea train ing for the reserve officers the vessel visited Halifax, Nova Scotia for three days during the opera tion. The lowa, .one of three battle ships on active duty with the U. S. fleet,, spent much of the sum mer on a training cruise for Naval -Academy Midshipmen that took her to Copenhagen, Denmark and Portsmouth, England, 1,., ... ...... —rn-i.- ; » Miss Ramsey Returns For Work Rere Miss June Ramsey, who recent ly completed a .three month’s training course for Anesthetists at Cooke County Hospital, Chica -1 gp, returned to Burnsville on Sept. 30, where she has been em ployed as the Yancey Hospital Anesthetist since her return. Miss Ramsey received her nur ses training at Davis Hospital in Statesville, where she graduated ip September, 1953. She was em ployed as a registered nurse at the Yancey Hospital for two and one-half years prior to her Anes thetist training in Chicago. Miss Ramsey is the daughter of Mrs. Robert W. Ramsey, of Burnsville. - »; ' Places Named ASC Committeemen arid delegates to the county con vention will be elected on October, 23, 1956, by balloting at polling places designated below between thp hours of 8:00 A. M. and 6:00 P. M. Below is a list of communities, polling places and nominees named by their local boards. East Burnsville— Courthouse: t John Banks, Brady Fox, Thad Ray, Joe Lewis, Robert Pressnell, Byrd Gillespie, Clyde Bailey, Luther Ayers, Echard Hunter and Morris Styles. ’ '* , . West Burnsville—Ralph Ray’s Store:-. George Wheeler, Charles' Ray, Clarence Banks, Willie P. Anglin, Walter Edwards, Fate McClelland, Doff Blankenship, Ben Riddle, Clifford Hensley and Fred Bryan. Cane River—R oy Buckner's Store: Flay Hensley, Blake Ray, Ray Edwards, James Fox, Quinee Hill, Earl C. Wilson, Clyde Fergu son, Ralph Metcalf, R. A. Radford and Carmon Hensley. " Upper Egypt—Max Higgins Store: Bob Higgins, Issac Randolph, Carl Hilemon, Bernie Edwards, H. W. Higgins, Sam Wheeler, Vance Hensley, Earl Robertson Estel Higgins and Gus Higgins. Lower Egypt—Arthur Edwards’ Store: Arnie Pat<l, Max Arnold Watts, Carl Wilson, Fred Hensley, Jr., Harold Hensley, Tllden Fender, Floyd Edwards, H. B. Hensley and Nelly Ledford. Place: ConWay Higgins, Charlie Miller, Brown - Williams, Echard Murphey, Vern Miller, Wane McKinney, Mbsby Higgins, Finley Johnson and Niram Phillips. Green Mountain—Howell’s Store: Harley Bennett, Carl McKinney, Ernest Canlpe, Euranes Hughes, Lloyd HUeman, Charles Deyton, Enzy Letterman, Calvin Robinson, Ivan Renfro and-Noah Hughes, | Upper Jacks Cceek—JCdd Hlpkins Store: John Evans, A- F. Honeycutt, Oscar Ayers, C. L. Byrd, Bar Cecil Angiin, Ray English, CarisJJvans, i Leroy Silvers, Jim » Silver*. ■ and ■ Nelson Woody. -• < Dower Jacks Creek- Peterson’s , Store: Gene Thomas, Willie J. RUy, . Johnie Fox, Landon Briggs, Ike . P. .erson, Frank Evans, Jule Tipton, | (Continued on back pace) : Contracts Closed On Coo ; struction Os New Schools a Contracts for the two new high L school 1 aildinga foi. Yancey County . have been awarded, according to •information received from the office of the Superintendent of • Schools, and work on the structures ’ should begin soon. Cost of the buildings will not be the same due to the difference in grading of the sites. The West Yan ' cey School will cost approximately • $1430.00 more than'the Other for that reason. ' s~ 1 The general contract for the eon ‘ struction of East Yancey High 1 School was awardedjo Clarence M. Morrison who entered a bid of $253,570.00. Home Electric Company.will do the electrical work on both build ings, with a cost of $27,097.50 for each. Statesville Plumbing & Heat ing Company was. awarded .the contrcts of both plumbing and | heating for both buildings. The plumbing cost of each building will | be $16,824.00, and the Heating cost I Plant Food Cost May Be Reduced, Agent Says A little arithmetic may help to . reduce your fertilizer costs, accord ing to E. L. Dillingham, County Agent of Yancey County. Pointing out that fertilizer costs are higher, ,heed be on a large number of farms, Dilling ham recommends that after. ygu have determined by means of a soil test what plant nutrients you to the-anaiysls, as well as the price, of the fertilizer you buy. “Fertilizers differ in the kind i and amount of plant nutrients they - pontain”, Dillingham explained, “and the important point to re member is that the first number of a fertilize.' grade is the percent of I available nitrogen, the second is the percent of available phosphate, and the third is the percent of available potash. “To get the best buy, you have to determine which fertilizers of the same ratio will give you the most of these plant nutrients per dollar. To do this; you simply add the nutrients in a grade and divide this figure into the price per 100 pounds of fertilizer. For example, I the grades 5-10-10 and 10-20-20 both have a'ratio of 1-2-2, and total plant nutrients of 25 and 50 respectively. Dividing these figures into the re spective prices for these grades will quickly show which is the best buy. Comparisons can also be figured on a ton basis.” Dillingham said comparative handling and application costs should also be considered. Less ( handling and storage are required for the more concentrated fer tilizers. Stressing the importance of soil tests as a means of getting the . most for your fertilizer dollar, he! explainel that sometimes these may indicate the need for more lime and fertilizer than a farmer has been using. However, he explained, following the soil-test recommenda tions in such cases will increase yields so that there will be con siderable increase in net returns on the fertilizer investment. GERMAN » HUSBAND HEKI^ Mrs. Bruce Fox, who is the former Miss Helene Elizabeth Klein of Gruenatodt, Germany, arrived In 1 Burnsville last week to join her ’ Jiusband, A lc Bruce Fox, Airman and Mrs. Fox are visiting his par -1 ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fox. ’ They will leave this week for March 1 Air Force Base in California, where J Airman Fox. will be stationed. Dr. Cameron F. Mcßae, district 8 health officer, and Jake F. Buck ’ ner, district sanitarian, attended e the annual meeting of the Western l > North Carolina Public Health As ) l sedation In Hickory, Oct. 5. VUMBER SEVEN will be $33,250.00, each building. Fees for the architects, Six Asso ciates. inc„ will be $12,176.35 Ybr - each building. General contract for the West Yancey High School, was given A. A. Ramsey & Son on a bid 6t $255,000.00. Total cost of the West side O school was given as $344,347.84, while cost of the other was given as $342,917.85. T The figures mentioned above in the contract costs do pot include the installation of water or septic ™ tanks. Money for these items is available, as well as for additional J • sciencq, equipment that will be pur? phased, it was said. m The buildings are to be identical, according to the Board of Edu cation. Each will contain one lib i ary with work rooms, three home economic rooms, two science rooms, two business education rooms, and ten other rooms for class work. There will also be a music room, health clinic room, two teachers’ rooms, shower rooms, athletic director’s office, two administrative offices, four pupil toilets, gymtorium, dressing rooms and a large lunchroom- Each of the high schools will have an agricultural department. Classroom instruction will be given in Sdch of the schools; however, the present shop building at Burns ville High School will be utilized until the county can construct' a shop at each school. According to the Supertindent’s Office, Yancey County had some bond money ieft from the 1949 fund, > . and was dMrfr*m .the - ■ Literary Fund. Because of this and J the way the architect’s fees had to be figured for the two buildings, it was necessary for* the State Board of Education to juggle the figures in allocating the money for the two schools in order to meet the technicality of the laws. The East Yancey school calls for more county bond money and less state bond money, while the West Yancey schools calls for more state bond .money and less county bond money. However, when the buildings are completed the cost of each will be about equal. The contractors have been in Burnsville ordering materuils and making plans for starting con construction on the two buildings, and it is planned for work to begin on or before October 15. Plans call for the completion of the two buildings by September 1967, provided materials are not de layed and weather conditions do not hamper the construction work. FHA OffieialsHold -Training Meeting Farmers Home Administration committee members from Avery, i Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell and • Yancey counties held their annual j training meeting in Burnsville, Tuesday, October 9, in the Assem bly Room of the new City Hall. Paul Laughrun, area supervisor, conducted the meeting. Highlights- of the meeting cen tered around new phases of the Farmers Home Administration program made possible by legis lation enacted by Congress during the last session. Real estate loans to part-time farmers and refinan cing regulations were of iceen In terest to all committee members. Restoration of Farm Housing loans for farm dwellings and oth er farm buildings will enable far ’ mers and part-time operators to > construct new dwellings and es* ■ sential farm buildings where need* • ed. This loan carries ap Interest ' rate of four per cent and may be » repaid over a period of years, ranging tigT to thirty-t hjree years. Farm Ownership loan* may now t be made as Jess than family-type - farms under certain conditions. i| Committee member, for Yancey County are Fred E. Bryan, Chap-