case TO YOUR YANCEY UNITED FUND , _ “ . • '■ • \ \ VOLUME TWENTY-ONE Fire Department Organizes All-Star Basketball Team The Burnsville Volunteer Fire Department is making plans for an all-star basketball team this season that will rival the American Legion team here a few seasons past. Since the American Legion team, no all-star team has been organized in Burnsville until this year. According to Paul D. Bigger- BALD &REKK PTA POSTPONES DECEMBER MEETING Mrs. Fleet Proffitt, president qf |he Bald Creek PTA, has announ ced thkt.the December meeting qf the organization will be held on the evening of Dec. 12, instead of Dec. 5. The High School Glee Club, under the direction of Mrs. Mary Cecil Seivers, has prepared a pro gram of Christmas music to be pre sented at the meeting. Everyone with an interest in the school is cordially invited tq ■ this meeting. L- Es BRIGGS CELEBRATES 89th BIRTHDAY Frank Briggs of. Wagner, S. C., Mr. and Archie Ford, Van and Linda Sue of Augusta, Ga„ and Mr. and Mrs. Park Griffith and Kathryn Lynn of Tipton Hill were guests of Mr. and Mrg. L. 13. Priggs on November 14, on the occasion of Mr. Briggs birthday, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Briggs of Burnsville also were present for the birthday dinner. ■ m ' ■ ' .. ■ Honeycutt Appointed Chief Os Staff For Employment Commission RALIEGH—AIden P. Honeycutt, veteran staff member of the Em ployment Security Commission, has been appointed chief of staff services for the Commission, ESC Chairman Henry E. Kendall an tote.. : V : %& m t . >J ABBEbI M «■ ALDEN P. HONEYCUTT up to succeed Robert M. du Bruyne who is retiring as assistant dir ector of the Employment Seryicq Division, i For the past six years Honeycutt has served as industrial services supervisor. In that capacity, he has worked closely with employers in nounced today. The appointment GIVE THE UNITED WAY The measure of a community’s real worth ij its concern for the well being of its children, its youth, its sick and Qecdy citizens.' * Bumsvjlle and Ygqgqy Qounty are standing up to that measpremeift once more with second annual drive of the United Appeal. Seventy-five per cent of the campaign goal has . , hffPp reached, and there is stil} money to be reported. The sqlicitetion of contributions is still bejng made by volunteer workors In the hope that this year’s csrnpaign will reach 100 per cent. * ' The United Appeal Is our community's way of demonstrat ing that the vqlqnteer. "good neighbor" spirit is alive and alert. It is the spirit that no enlightened community ban do without, The charge Is on each one of us to make our fair share gift, to make this year’s United Appeal campaign a new proof of fully accepted community responsibility. The Yancey Record staff, of she Fire Department, fifteen games have been scheduled for the season, with one date yet open which may be filled. Games scheduled for the home court are: Dayton Rubber. Co. team, November 26; Edneyville All-Stars, December 1; Beacon Manufactur ing Co. team, December 6; Champ ion Paper &Fiber Co., December 22; General Electric Co. team January 5; Dayton Rubber Com pany, January 2L; Beacon Manu facturing Co., January 26; Edney ville, February 2; and Oantoib February Biggerstaff mentioned as a ten-#ian squad for the Fire ment as Lee Peterson, Ben Banks, Morse Buckner, Roy Buckner, Levoid Buckner, Jimmie Neill, Lawrence Ledford, Gnarld Carroll, John English, and Roger Banks. Some of the players listed above were members of the American Legion squad through the course of three or foqr years, wheq the seam \vqs taking championship honors in tournaments throughout the state, Both Lee Peterson and Ben Banks were listed among the out standing stars of the Legion teams, and observers see no 'reason for he two not making as good records this season. The other players listed have good records from their high school playing. It woqid seem that basketball fans in this area will see some fast basketball when the local boys meet the noted.,-Western North Carolin teams s&eduled, is effective November 19. He fills a position left vacant when Ernest C. McCracken moved the State on personnel problems and programs. This included posi tion classification studies, turnover studies in industrial plants, and establishment of testing programs for new industries. As chief of staff services, Honey-: cutt will have supervision this program, and in addition will supervise the Commission’s coun seling program, placement of hand icapped workers and ’the worker clearance program. Honeycutt, 47, is a native of Burnsville. He is a graduate of Duke University and studied law for an additional two years. Joining the State Employment Service in 1934, Honeycutt has served in various local office pos itions, including duty as manager at Marion and Sanford. He came to the to the State office in 1942 as training supervisor, and in 1944 became industrial training special ist for the War Manpower Com mission when that agency operated the U. S. Employment Servicp, From 1945 |o 1946, Honeycutt was personnel supervisor for the ESC, and in 1946 was appointed administrative assistant He held this position until 1950 when he ' was appointed his jph as industrial services supervisor. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANCEY COUNTY” SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2*. 1960 \ Boy Scouts Hold Court Os Honor » The monthly Boy Scout Court of Honor for the Mayland District was held Monday evening, Nov. 12, in the auditorium at Lees-Mcßae College, Banner Elk. Lat Westall I of Spruce Pihe, -a, member of Rf-< district comjT., S fl!l J presided in the absence oft cup of Van Day, advancement chaff the The invocation was pronounced by the Rev. Melvin C. Swicegood, | pastor of the Bakersville * Baptist Church. The award of Tenderfoot rank , was presented by Robert M. Garner, . field Scout executive with the Daniel Boone Council, to the fol . lowing boys: David and Dennis , McAlister, Douglas Twiggs, Richard Montague, and John Woody, of , Troop 1, Spruce Pine; Bruce Law rence and Larry Dean Perry of Troop 7, Banner Elk; Jimmy H. Ollis of Troop 8, Pineola; * Brown ’ Sparks of Troop 20, Newdale; and James B. McKinney and Ted M. Conley of Troop It, Bakersville. The award of Second Class rank , was presented by dean 0, L. Las , ferty Qf Lqqs-Moßne College to the , following Scouts: Bobby Willis of ( | Troop 1, Spruce Pine; and Phil . Douglas Young of Troop 11, Bakers. 1 ville, J Merit Badge awards were pre . sented by Dr. C. F. Mcßae of Burn - | ville to: Alan McMurray (camping) , and Bobby McNeill (camping), * ( 1 pouglas Greene (citizenship in the , 1 home, public health), and Freddie Connelly (safety), ail of Troop .1, I Spr«ce Bine; Bill Loveq (campinfc) i and Gene Robinson (automobiUng, ’< painting, and camping), both of Troop 11, Bakersville. I | | The award of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Scouting, was made to Dan Sears of Troop T. Banner Elk, by his Scoutmaster, Fred Dickerson. Other Scoutmasters present in cluded: Davis M.' Nichols, Frank Biddix (assistapDi Haul Willis (assistant), and Bruce Lantz, all of Spruce Pine; James Heaton of ; Minneapolis; Rev. Melvin C. Swice i good of Bakersville; and Brant i j Young of Newdale. At a meeting of the Mayland Dis ■ trict Committee after she Coqrt of Honor, the following 1960 officers i were re-elected for 1957: chairman- Harry Lantz, Spruce Pine; yice chairman - E. L. Lafferty, Banner Elk; and commissioner . Oarqeeoo F. Mcßae, M. D- Burnsville. R was ajso voted to change the meeting night to the first Thursday of each month. Thus the next Qoprt of Honor gnd district oommittee meeting will be held on Thursday, December 6, at the Micaville Pres byterian Church, MEN’S CLUB MEETING 1 SCHEDULED MONDAY The Burnsville Men’s Club will meet Monday night, Nov. 26, at Micaville High School. Dinner will be served at 7 p. m. in the school lunch room by the ladles of the Micaville Presbyterian Church, l ' ' ___ ' T '- PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH i SERVICE li. ’ . | The Rev. Warren S. Reeve will . preach on she subject, "Thanka- I giving in 1957-58,, at the morning worship in the First Presbyterian . Church at 11 o’clock qn Sunday, November 25th. 1 HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEWS Miss Mary Copeland, R. I^., 1 newly appointed consultant nurse for the Western District, visited the District Health Department recently to confer with Dr. 0. F. Mcßae and the public health nurse in each county. F. R. Blaisdeil, district sanitary , engineer with the State Board of Health worked last week with Jake F. Buckner, district sanitarian, on swimming-pools In the Llnville /area. C. R. Brown, district sani tarian with the State Board of Health, worked with Mr. Buckner on prison camp sanitation In the] district. ' ~ t • " Many Cases Heard In Superior Court ■ A total of 161 eases are on the criminal docket in the November term of Superior Court. This term convened on Monday of this week with J. Will Pless Jr. of Marion, as .ding judge. g/fT.v Vfl V uoubtedly ; iminal session is contin ranye. S W' oUgh the week ’ recessin g bcjfjf -nanksgiviitg Day, and will probably continue intd the follow ing week. - ■ The civil session, with 14 cases on the docket, will begin next week. Clyde Buckner \yas chosen by the court as foreman of the Grand Jury, and C. C£ Higgins was ap pointed bailiff to the Grand Jury. Legion, Auxiliary To Meet Tuesday The American. Legion and Aux iliary will hold iti. regular monthly supper meeting at the Community Building, Tuesday evening. Nov. 27, at 7 o’clook. * All members stfe urged to bring their gifts for the Christmas Gift S'.iops in Veterans’ Hospitals In the State, Which includes Oteen ( Swunnanoa, Durham, Fayetteville r.n<’ Sailsbury, ) At these shops, everything is' free to the veterans. Auxiliary workers will help them select gifts for their families, then wrap and I mail the gift? for them. The local Apxili§ry has been assigned the date of Dec. 9th to go' to Swannanoa to assist with this program, which last" year amount ed to $436,231.76 in the 223 hos pitals over the eouptry. 13th Division Reports Progress Raldigh, N Jl-JfmSlg Gbtobert the Statb Highway Commission completed M-25 miles of road im i provements in the Thirteenth High way Division, Commissioner Flem ing Snipes of Marion reported today. 1 Burke, McDowell, Rutherford, Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell, and Yancey counties compose the Thirteenth. Division headquarters are in Asheville.' W. M. Corkill is Division Engineer, In Yancey, several Ift-foot wide roads and their lengths were graded, drained and paved with traffic-bound macadam by State forces as follows: Spur off Rocky Fork Road, 0.2 mile; Sam Green Road, Q.B mile; Hicks Fox Road, 0.1 mile; and Still Fork Road 0.6 mile, Commissioner Snipes praised State Highway forces for their fine work performance in improve ment of the many roads throughout the Division during October. Hospital Report The Yancey Hospital reports five births and twenty-four other ad missions during the past week. The births include a daughter, Doris, born Nov. 13, to Mr, and Mrs. Briscoe Tipton of Relief; a son Floyd Ricky, born Nov. 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Thurman King l of Rt, 3, Burnsville; a daughter, Deborah Charlene, born Nov. 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harding of Rt. 3, Burnsville; a son, Robert Cooper, born Nov. 17, to Dr. and Mrs. William Gladden of Burns ville; and a son not yet named, born Nov. 18, to Mr. ad Mrs. Roger Gouge of Bakersville, Other admissions include Hope Angel, Flaude Dale, Muriel Eng land, Darrel Rickey Thomas, Laura Hensley, Pauline Woody and Eileen Biggerstaff, all of Burnsville; Dorris Ogle, Luella Walker, George Styles and Katherine B. Anglin of Rt. 1, Burnsville; Donna Harrison of Rt. 2, Burnsville; Mrs. James Burleson, Mrs. Frank Hensley and Nell Beaver of Rt. 3, Burnsville. Also Callie Carroway of Celo; Orlena Williams of Pensacola; Shirley Blevins, Dora Burleson, Dixie Lee Blevins and Donald Buchanan of Bakersville; Naoma Metcalf of Mars Hill; Lona Pittman ! of Spruce Pine; and Ray Reece of I Hot Springs. District Veterans Officer To Be Here . Next Week l•V * ' . ■ i , / A representative of the North Carolina Veterans Commission, I Jack C. Winchester, district officer, will be with the County Service Officer, Courthouse, Burnsville, North Carolina on Thursday, Nov | ember 29, 1956 from 11:00 A. M. to 4:00 P. M.; and he will be with the County Service Officer, Courthouse, Bakersville, North Carolina, on ’, Friday, November 30, 1956 from ", 8:30 A. M. to 2:30 P. M. to assist ’ veterans and their dependents. I Mr. Winchester stated there are certain deadlines which should be carefully noted by all veterans concerned. Application for review of dis charge must be made within 15 j years from date of discharge or separation from active service. Ed ucation or training under PL 550 r (Korean veterans) must be initia ted within three years from of their separation from active , service. Application for out-patient ’ dental treatment should be made vvithih one year after date of sep aration from active service. Vet erans of the Korean War Period may apply for non-participating , term insurance within 120 days after separation from service, how ever, all applications must be re ceived by Veterans Administration belbve January 1, 19C7. A few benefits having no dead k line are - application for disability compensation or pension, hospitali zation, out-patient medical treat ment for service connected con ditions and job finding. Thanksgiving Union Service Tonight I y.'~" A * The enurenes of Burnsville will nold a Union Thanksgivingr -service this evening at 7:15 in the First Baptist Church. The Rev. Charles B. Trammel, assisted by the Rev. Worth B. Royals, will be in charge, and the Rev. Warren S. Reeve will preach the sermon. Mr. Reeve's subject will be ‘Thanksgivings That Is Truly Christian.” Everyone in the community is cordially In vited to be present. As President Eisenhower’s Thanksgiving Pro clamation contained the plea that the citizens of this country should go to their several churches to give thanks to Almighty God for His many blessings to us, this union service provides the opportunity for the people of Burnsville and Surrounding area to carry out the wish of the president of the United States. Garden Club To ]Vfeet Friday The Garden Club will meet at the home' of Mrs. Ernest Briggs, Friday evening, Nov. 23, at 8 o’clock, with Mrs. W. L. Bennett as hostess. Mrs. H, G, Bailey will be program leader. L l&m v ?W * ,4 ; pf^>y v ' j^^HK' JP J pp^^ ■ ’ •** <, lg??y' Iwfe'MßßWWMiiMit^^-:' r .ji^PijM ;W%- ■ r '■fa- •■■ i -->:.'. , -l-; '' . f&F . jb?-> HUNGARIAN REFUGEE TELL STORY Wearing a mask to bide his true identity and using the assumed name, Arpad Hazafi, this Hungarian freedom fighter ip oks at some of the photos he turned over to the Senate Internal Securities Subcommittee in Wash ington, D. C. The witness, who ufld he was in the thick of the Buda pest fighting, made the pictures himself. He begged for “the help of every nation’’ in his country's struggle “against tyranny and slavery” • * .'“ t '*‘;~-"~ ~ *:' v :•■*■..•^;;---v-rf~-^r^4 i^»^, g?s^g^i More Thao 37 Deer Slain First Two Days Os Season , Earlier this week, the road leading t to Mt. Mitchell Game Refuge looked , like the encampment of the re - manants of a nomadic tribe, or the J bivouac of a modern army inter } mingled with the archaic. Call it i, what ever you may, but the road i was lined with lean-to,- pup tent, i ialf-shelter, the modern trailer, and t other modes of comfort for the army of hunters poised for the > nighty attact on the deer. And from ; reports, the same type of invasion ! 1 infiltered the Flat Top Refuge. According to Lee Boone, manager] ; Girl Scouts Give Vetrearts’ Day . Program »' ■ * a -v ' ; On Tuesday evening, Nov. 13, t Girl Scout Troop 88 of Burnsville, > presented a Veterans’ Day program . in the Community Building. Guests . were the parents of the Girl Scouts, [ numerous friends, the Burnsville Brownies, and members of the Girl Scout Troop 67 of Bald Creek. After the flag ceremony was- held, I the following program was pre sented: ' ' T '" TT “'i A poem, “In Flanders’ Field”, was given by Julia Byrd Bennett. A song, “The Soldier and The Red • Cross Maid”, was presented by Frances and Theresa Coletta and a chorus of Girl Scouts. A play entitled "Be Square With Yourself”, was presented by Susan j Dillingham, Cecilia Coletta, Brenda] Peterson, Martha Brqdshaw, Doris! King, Susan Hall, Catherine Zuver, 1 Sandra Garland, Rebecca Riddle 1 and Linda Boone, i The entire ensemble joined in singing “Keep The Home Fires Burning”. Carolyn Clevenger ser ved as announcer and pianist for the program. The final number was a showing of many interesting slides of the Gtri Scout Round-Up last July in Brevard, by Miss Nancy Campbell of Asheville. Miss Campbell is the executive director of the Pisgah Girl Scout Council. During the social hour which followed, Diane Roberts and Selden Gladden presided at the punch bowls, and other Girl Scouts assis ted in serving refreshments. BIG DOLLAR SUPER MARKET • OPENS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd The Bfg Dollar, new super mar ket in Burnsville, will open for business tomorrow (Friday) at 8:00 a. m. The new market is open ing in the Vincent Westall building east of Burnsville at the inter section of Green Mountain High way and 19E. . The Big Dollar Will be one of the most modern stores in. Burns ville and will be operated on the ' ; GIVE DO TOUR FUND NUMBER THIRTEEN I of the Mt. Mitchell Refuge, 210 1 hunters from various points in the ■ western part of the state checked ■ in at the Mt. Mitchell area Monday. ■ Os this number, 181 hunted in the t South Toe area, while the other 29 I j checked in at the Camp Alice sta . toin on the Wilderness hunt. II j Boone reported that the - .210 'j hunters bagged twenty-four bucks | Monday. Eighteen deer were killed in the South Toe section, two on -e ■ • Curtis Creek, and four- W»n the j Wilderness hunt. Late Tuesday afternoon, Man. ager Boone' reported that 237 hun -3 ters had checked into the Mt. Mitchell area that day and that 13 bucks had been slain. The two days iiunt totaled 37 bucks, with more •• pected at the checking station later Tuesday evening. M. B. Higgins, Yancey County Wildlife protector, reported Tues day that 300 hunters checked in Monday at the Flat Top Refuge where he was working. Sixteen bucks were reported bagged In that area Monday. t \ Higgins reported the amount of i hunters had slacked off on Tues day. Only around sixty had check ed in at the station Tuesday morning. ! j The pMze buck so far reported was taken by Jim Cash of States ville. Cash bagged a 176 pound, 9 point buck in the Mt. Mitchell area, according to Lee BooAe. Tvtro other hunters mentioned by B<K>ne j as having taken above the average J deer were Bill Rockett of VaTdese \with a 170 pound, 7 point ] and Ray Burns, also of Valdese, with a 155 pound, 9 point buck. - To date no reports have been made that any nhave been bagged on Fancey Rod and Gun Club property adjoining the. re fuge, nor on any property outside the refuge areas. One doe was found killed in the Mt. Mitchell area, Lee Boone said. The prize deer killed last year was taken by a woman in the Flat Top section. The buck weighed 243 pound.s Also last year, Mrs. C. B. Trammel of Burnsville bagged a nice buck. So far this year no kills by women have been reported. The season opened Monday and will remain open until the first of December. , order of the leading chain markets. All items will be self service from the food islands and cooler cases with the exception of fresh meats. In the meat department, customers will be serviced by a clerk. The food islands Will be so arranged that service carts may be moved throughout the entire store with , out hinderance. Paul and Joe Gibbs of Marion, formerly of this, county, are own ers of the store, and Paul will, be in the Big Dollar for some time to aid John Allen, manager. The Gibbs brothers, sons of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gibbs of Celo, are veterans in the food store business. They have operated food -stores for several years, and at the pre sent time are owners es Gibbs Super Market and West Gourt Food Store in Marion, and are also owners of a food store in Old Fort. The Big Dollar will open at 8:00 a. m. each week day and on Friday and Saturday of each week will remain open until 9 p. m. SOUTH TOE PTA TO MEET MONDAY ' The South Toe P. T. A. will hold its regular meeting next Monday, November 27, at 7:30 p. m„ accord ing to an announcement made this week. L. G. Deyton, superintendent of Yancey County Welfare, will be Deyton will speak on welfare ser vices of the county.
