VOLUME TWENTY-ONE
Men’s Club Entertains
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Farmers With Banquet
The Burnsville Men’s Club held t
its first Farmers’ Night banquet on '
Monday evening, Oct. 22, in the-
Community Building ih Burrts
ville. This special feature of the
club’s activities was considered a
big. success and will probably be
come an annual event. v
There were thirty-six members
present and thirty-seven ’ farmer
guests. The event began at 4 p.
m. with a guided tour of the Glen
Raven Silk Mill, the new Health
Center, the new Western Carolina
Telephone building, the new post
office and county agricultural of
fices, and the neW city hall and
fire department. According to W.
H. Anderson, chairman "of the
* Local Boy Attd Girl
Attend Electric ~
Congress
The Tenth Annual 4-H Electric
Congress gets underway at Winston
Salem Sunday, October 28, as 70
boys and 77 girls from counties
throughout the state assemble for
this tenth anniversary session.
Representing Yancey County at
the meeting are Ernest Schwintzer
and Elizabeth Wheeler.
These local delegates wilf join
with others in a program designed
to recognize their achievements in
4-H Farm and Home Electric pro
jects, the best In their respective
counties.
Highlighting the two day event
will be the annual awards banqdet,
Monday evening. At this time win
ners from the four power com
pany districts will be recognized.
Nantah&al Power and Light Com
pany, Duke Power Company, Vir
ginia Electric and Power Company,
and Carolina Power and Light
Company will name the winners
from their districts.
Company representatives will
present the first-place boy and girl
each with a SIOO scholarship and
second-place boy and girl each
with an engraved gold watch. Ex
penses of all delegates are paid to
the Congress as a reward for their
achievement in their own county.
Westlnghouse Electric Corpora
tion will award the state winner an
all-expense trip to the National 4-H
Club Congress in Chicago on Nov
ember 25-29, and present the out
standing county a plaque in re.
cognition of its efforts in the Farm
and Home Electric programs.
Long Will Be Guest .
Speaker To Laymen
Here
Fred A. Long, president of the
Oakboro Lumber Company of Len
oir, outstanding North Carolina in
dustrialist, will speak in the First
Baptist Church of Burnsville, Wed
nesday evening, Oct. 31, at 7:30.
The meeting is sponsored by the
Yancey County Ministerial Associa
tion and includes all churches in
the oounty of all denominations.
Mr. Long, a Presbyterian layman,
comes at his own expense to relate
what happens yhen one dares to
put into practice in business what
the New Testament teaches about
stewardship and tithing. This
successful business leader, who has
for a number of years operated his
business on a partnership basis
With the Lord, will be in Burnsville
to share his experiences with the
churches of the county.
Both adults and young people are
cordially invited to hear Mr. Long
speak, and anyone interested from
any church is welcome to come.
Those who heard Mr. Long speak
here last fall were so impressed by
his testimony that it was thought
wise to have him come and deliver
this message to the people.
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The Yancey Record
: Men’s Club committee which ar
' ranged the program, very, few of
the farther guests or club mem
bers had previously visited the
mill and new buildings in town, *
The tour was followed'by a din
ner, served at the Community
Building by the ladies of the Hig
gins Memorial Methodist Church,
and a program of special interest
to farmers.
A. V. Alien, animal husbandry
extension specialists from N. C..
State College, was speaker of the
evening. His topic was “The Eco
nomic Aspect of Sheep *in Yancey
County”, which he illustrated with
color slides.
Mr. Allen pointed out that’sheep I
are well suited -to the topographi
cal and climatic conditions of
Yancey County. He stated that
wool was supported at 110 per
cent of parity, which is higher
than for any other commodity.
Sheep have the further advan
tage, he said, that they give a re
turn the first year, whereas with
young beef animals, it requires
three years to reap a harvest.
Among other matters related to
sheep raising, Mr. Allen discussed
the protection from dogs, and in
this connection suggested that
employment of a dog warden in
the county would be advisable.
He stated that experience of other
counties having dog wardens has
been that the warden has received
full support of the people and that
much has been done toward pro
tection of sheep, in the communi
ties.
Dr. Holt To Preach
At Baptist Church
Sunday
Dr. Robert Holt, vice president
of Mars Hill College, will preach
Sunday at the First Baptist Church
at both the morning and evening
services. Dr. Holt will supply for
the pastor, the Rev. C. B. Trammel,
who is guest minister in a revival
at the Bakersville Baptist Churoh.
High school seniors and juniors
who would like to have conferences
i with Dr. Holt are Invited to talk
with him while he is here. He will
be glad to talk with parents who
have sons and daughters who will
enter college next fall. Because of
the crowded conditions in our col
leges, Dr. Holt feels that it is wise
to make plans now.
Young Republican
Club Organized
The Young Republican Club of j
Yancey County was organized at
a meeting on Oct. 18. Certain busi
ness matters were discussed, and
Misses Nancy Brown and Linda
Banks were elected temporary sec
retary and reporter.
All young republicans between
the ages of 14 and 25 are invited
to attend the next meeting which
will be held in the County Court
house on Friday, Oct. 26, at 7:30
p. m. Election of officers will be
held at this meeting.
CELO WSCS TO SPONSOR
SUPPER
The Women’s Society of Chrlst
ian Service of Celo Methodist
Church will sponsor a Chicken
Supper, Saturday, Nov. 3, from 5
until 8 p. m., in the new church
basement. Tickets will be SI.OO per
plate,
The supper is being given to help
raise money for the building fund.
Mrs. Ttllie Brooks will be hostess
in the dining room, and Mrs. Phillip
Nordstrom is in charge of planning
the supper. ’
‘DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
SUS. HATES $2.00 TEAR. BtßNStflUJfc, N. C., TlltSt DAY, OCTOBER 25, 1»M
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Missionary Will Speak
At Church Here
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Dr. George W. Harley, ■ medical
, missionary of the Methodist Church
.I in Liberia, Africa, who is known
I there as the “Good Witch of Ganta’’,
■ wiil be guest speaker at the Higgins
. Memorial Methodist Church for
. the Missionary institute in the
Burnsville area on Monday, Octotrer
, 29, at 7:30 P. M. Dr. Harley and his
. wife were pioneer missionaries at
l the interior village when they ar
. rived in 1925. Since that time they!
have carved “out of the bush” one
, of the most progressive mission 1
i stations of the church.
Dr. Harley opened his medical
practice on the screened porch pf
a mud hut by asking each of his
patients to provide one chicken in
payment of services, which would
entitle the patient to medical cere
for two years. Today at least 50,000
natives in a 100-mile radius of his
. clinic have this type of paid-up
. health insurance.
In addition to his medical work,
Dr. Harley has developed a tile and
brick factory, a sawmill, and has
taught Africans how to use them.
They in turn helped to expand the
mission station to include a hospital
school, blacksmith shop and other
buildings on the 320-acre site.
When the mission dispensary ran
out of chaulmoogra oil used in the
treatment of Hansen’s disease, Dr.
Harley found a substitute through
experiments with native products
of varnish. By crossbreeding a goat
he had imported from England and
another he had brought from
Canary Islands with native goats,
he founded a species that gives
twice as much milk.
In developing the mission station,
Dr. Harley also became a road
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Patrolman Pruitt
Assigned To Yancey
Highway Patrolman R. A.
I Pruitt of Morganton, was assign
ed to duty in Yancey County on
’ j Monday of this week. Pruitt com
; pleted his training at the Patrol’s
• Training School at the University
[ of North Carolina Institute of
l Government, Chapel Hill, on Wed
■ nesday of last week and was
graduated with a class of 62 pa
i trolmen. The school is conducted
I by the Institute of Government
i and the N. C. Highway Patrol.
■ Pruitt is a graduate of Salem
* High School in Burke County. He
! served 4 years with the Air Force
as a gunner on a B-26, with 150
flying hours on missions in Korea.
Following his Air Force service,
Pruitt was employed in Morgan
ton for approximately six months
■ before- entering the Patrol's Trafn
: ing School.
t In July of this year, Pruitt
1 worked with Patrolman A. W.
i Rector in the county for a brief
r training period to observe another
officer at work. He was sworn
> into the Highway PAtrol on May
. 8, after his six months of training
9 at the Patrol School.
? Pruitt is residing at the home
i of Mrs. Tom Griffith on Azalea
1 Lane in Burnsville.
. Dedication Ceremony
For New Health
Center Held
The Yancey County Health Cen
ter was dedicated' in a program
last Sunday afternoon in the re
ception room of tk e new building.
Speakers for the occasion were
Dr. J. W. R. Norton, state health
officer, and County Attorney
Dover R. Fouts. Dr. Cameron F.
Mcßae, district health officer,
and John M. Randolph, chairman
of the Yancey County Health
Council, also spoke briefly and in
troduced the main speakers.
Dr. Norton pointed out the var
- ied services provided through the
Health Department. The work of
the Health Department has en
larged Into a comprehensive ser
vice, working with the " private
physicians and nurses In hospitals,
I he sard; and the Health Depart
i ment has an even*®lgger contrl
i bution yet to make. There is a
, bigger challenge and more pioneer
j work to«be done than has ever
■ been done. Dr. Norton concluded
> that we can express our apprecia
tion and gratitude for the new
i Health Center by doing a better
; j-jb ourselves in supporting the
• Health Department.
1 ' In Mr. Foutqj address, he spoke
' n the spiritual and mental atti
-1 tudes of the people of the com
j munity toward progress and chan
ges. Our progress should not lead
us to stop where we are, he said,
but every individual must possess
the attitude of helping the com
munity continue to grow. We
should be not only proud of the
new Health Center, he stated,
but thankful for the many servlc-1
es provided to the citizens of our
community.
The Center was formally opened
J by W. Mailt Hail, chairman of
t the board of Yancey County com-1
missioners. The invocation was
given by the Rev. Worth B. Roy
als, pastor of Higgins Memorial
Methodist Church here.
Approximately sixty people
were present at the dedication
ceremonies. Local staff members
present, In addition to Dr. Mcßae,
were Jake F. Buckner, district
sanitarian; Mrs. Annie Jo Ballard,
R. N„ public health nurse; and
Mrs. Alma B. Shepard
pher-clerk.
Those attending from the wes
tern district office of the State
Board of Health included Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Broadway, Miss Eliza
beth Moore, R. N., Miss Clara
Schwager and Miss Anne F. Mer
cer. Robert Brown and Nat T.
Clark, sanitarians with the Bun
combe County Health Department,
were also present with their wiv
es. Mrs. Cameron F. Mcßae came
from Washington for the oceas
< ion, where she has been working
, with the headquarters of the
Children of the American Revo
lution.
,1 An open house followed the de
, dication ceremonies.
South Toe School
j Party Scheduled
The South Toe River School
' will have its annual “Hallowe'en
Party” on Saturday, October 27th
at 7:30 p. m. There will be a mov
ie, “Black Magic”, a Charlie Chan
mystery. There will also be con
tests, cakewalks, and plenty of
food and drinks including many
gallons of cider. Admission for
school children is 15c and for
adults 35c.
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Appointed Chairman
Mrs. J. J. Nowicki of Swiss,
was appointed chairman of the
' Gold Star Mothers during the
■ election of officers at the State
i American Legion Auxiliary con
r vention held recently in Charlotte.
Mrs. Nowicki is a past presi
dent of the local American Leg
i ion Auxiliary chapter. She has
t been active in Legion Auxiliary
work fo’r several years.
State Expert On Beef
To Speak To Farmers
Dr. Guy Cassell of N. C. State
College will give a demonstration
in connection with the Beef Edu
cation Program, Friday, Oct. 26,
from 1:30 until 2:30 p. m. In the
Home Economics Department of
Burnsville High School.
The Beef* Education Program is
being conducted in various western
North Carolina counties through
the cooperation of the N. C. Depart
ment of Public Instruction, the
N. C. Agricultural Etension Service
and the Beef Cattle Commission of
the Asheyille Agricultural Develop
ment Counell. «
The purpose of the program is
to show consumers how to make
letter use of beef. Home economslts
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and meat specialists say there is
’ unlimited opportunity to get var
iety in the diet by preparing beef
in several different Ways and by
using new cuts £hat offer maximum
* value (for the food dollar.
I Methods of preparation by cut
and grade, selecting cuts and iden
tification of cuts will be stressed
in Dr. Cassell’s demonstration..
The Importance of this program
to western North Carolina is re
vealed by a recent study which!
shows that over one hundred thou-l
sand head of cattle will go to mar
ket in the area during 1956. This
means a plentiful supply of local,
beef, particularly in the medium
grades.
Housewives are being urged to
choose beef wisely using more of
the lower price cuts. All cuts of
beef can be tender and they all have
a high food value. The wise food
shopper selects beef with an eye qn
the value received for the money
spent.
During the Beef Education Pror
gram, demonstrations will be con
ducted in various high schools,
cvic clubs, and on television.
GARDEN CLUB TO MEET
FRIDAY
The Garden Club will meet Fri
day evening at 8 p. m. with Mrs.
George Robinson. Mrs. Wm. Black
will be program leader.
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A UNICEF Halloween Has Only One
Trick To Help ‘Ail The World s Children’
This year, children of Burnsville
and South Toe River community
will help UNICEF so that more
milk and medicine can be - sup
plied to help stop poverty, dis
ease and malnutrition that un
dermine the health of 600,000,000
children throughout the world,
. The Halloween doorbell ringers
wearing the UNICEF symbol will
ask you to help them &eat sick
' and hungry children through
1 UNICEF. Save your pennies, nlck
' les and dimes for them.
Burnsville teenagers will meet
at the Community Building at
9:30 Halloween night, Oct. 31;
. and children 12 years and under
will meet at the Burnsville High
School Gym at 6:30 p. m. Every
I child Is asked to bring one dozen'
More Thao 16,000 Trees
Sold By Forest Service Here
. ber stand improvement work. The
. object of this work is to grow more
and better quality Christmas trees
, per acre by weeding-out inferior
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t Hospital Report
! The Yancey Hospital reports
two births and fourteen other ad
missions during the past week.
The births include a daughter;
Grace Irene, born Oct. 16, to Mrs.
; j Helen Byrd and the late ’Clyde
j Byrd of Rt. 2, Bakersville; and a
1 daughter, Phyllis June, bort Oct.
1 20, to Mr. and Mrs. Dock Steph
' ens of Rt. 1, Bakersville.
r Other admissions Include Violet
’ Bradford and Virginia Styles of
1 Burnsville-;- Lots Silvers and Bren
da Phoenix of Rt. 3; Arlene At
■ kins and Gladys Riddle of Pensa
' cola; Verlin Robinson of Mica
■ vllle; Vera Davis of Newdale;
Margaret Wetzel of Relief; Dean
Masters, J. C. Ensor, Ed Roberts
and Carver Robinson of Green
j Mtn.; and Oveda - Gibson of
Spruce Pine.
Convicts Bound To
Superior Court
At Hearing
A hearing was held Tuesday
morning before Magistrate Gas
ton M. Angel for the six prisoners
who escaped from the Yancey
Prison Camy on Sept. 24. They
were brought from the Buncombe
County Prise* Camp, where they
have been held since their cap
ture.
/The prisoners, Wayne Joyce,
John Woods, Jr., Herman Patter
son, Raymond Gilley, Deyton
Watts and Carl Roberts, all long
termers, are charged with escape
and highway robbery with fire
arms. All six were bound over
for trial in the November term of
Superior Court.
cookies.
Children in twelve neighbor
hoods in the South Toe Township
will go out on "Trick or Treat”
expeditions on Halloween night
to help the UNICEF cause. The
twelve neighborhoods taking part
are Upper Browns Creek, Lower
Browns Creek, Celo Center (near
post office). Halls Chapel, •*9outh ,,
Celo, Celo Community, White
Oak, Sandy Bottom, Colberts
Creek, South Hamrick, Busick
and Seven Mile Ridge. «
The place and time of meeting
in the various neighborhoods will
be announced through the South
Toe School. Following the "Trick
or Treat” expeditions, the twelve
neighborhoods will consolidate in
to three groups for marshmellow
roasts and parties at Hamrick,
Celo, and Seven Mile Ridge,
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hardwoods and shrubs, and to re
' j lease those suppressed balsam fir
*i trees which will make good Christ
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mas trees.
The Tocane Ranger District ©F *
the Pisgah National Forest sold at
public auction in the Yancey
j Couijty Cbtirthoufse on Dct. 16, a.
. total of 16,303 balsam fir and red
spruce Christmas trees. Don
Bylsma, Tocane district ranger, and
. Duke Barr, capably acted
i as auctioneers.
L About sixty people from a wide
. -rea representing four states. North
. Carolina, Alabama, Georgia ancl
Tennessee, were present at the
t auction. “ 0
f The trees are located on Roan
- Mountain and are divided, into
' twenty-two units, ranging in siza
• from 207 to 2,150 trees per unit.
■ Each tree sold has been marked in
accordance with approved timber
management practices.
Bidding was fast and furious, and
each unit was hotly contested until
finally bought. One unit received
63 bids. Prices received were the
highest in this district’s history
with 16,303 trees brnging $11,460.
This is an average of $0,696 per tree.
-* A portion of the money received
on each unit goes into a coopera
tive fund and will be used for tim-
Citizens Show Great
Interest In UF Drive,
Officers Report
• Efce United Fund campaign in
Yancey County is now in full swing
toward raising the $9,200 budget
goal for the support of twelve
health, welfare and character
building agencies participating in
the drive. As this paper goes to
press it.is still too early to report
the amount already raised, but
Chairman Don Burhoe states that
encouraging reports have already
been received from a number of
areas in the county, and that In
dustry and business are cooperating
well.
A well attended “kick-off*’ meet
ing for the drive, called by Co
chairman Rev. Jim Hall, was held
in the Bald Creek Methodist *
Church on Friday, the 19th. Don
Burhoe and R. K. Helmle, president
of the. Yancey United Fund, talked
on advantages to the county in
having, the united drive and best
methods of conducting the cam
paign. Rev. Hall believes that more
interest in the United Fund is
being expressed this year, and that
more workers have volunteered to
take part than last year. He Is
particularly pleased by the attitude
of the teachers who express strong
appreciation of the fact that the
United Fund has largely taken the
money raising out of the schools.
The following volunteer workers
are covering the western portion of
the county: Yates Bailey, Jack Mc-
Intosh, Walton Angel, Luster Wil
son, R. M. Proffitt, Baxter Silvers,
Mrs. Helen Wilson, Dr. Walter Ost,
Mrs. Jack Hensley," E. W. Wilson,
Mrs. W. H. Peterson, James Prof
fitt, Lloyd Miller and Sleet Mc-
Alister.
In the Eastern end of the county,
Co-Chairman Hershey Longenecker
is similarly getting a staff of vol-
Ullteer WOrltPl'S intn full su/inor
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[ Among activities planned in this
i area Is a program of Gospel Quar
: teta to be held Saturday evening,
October 27, in the Micavlle High
f school auditorium. The following
1 five quartets are donating their
i servies: Burnett Quartet, Liberty
i Quartet, Sunlight Quartet, Messen
i gers Quartet, and Pine Branch
- Quartet. Admission will be 50 cents
r for adults and 25 cents for children,
, and all proceeds will go to the J
United Fund. . • <—i_»—. ■ ... jl
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