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Advertisers Give Best Buys volume twenty-one Police Chief Ralph Peterson In Critical Condition After Shooting • • ' • • • ' ' » Few Donate Blood, But • t j£ County Well Represented Thirty persons were accepted as donors during the visit of the. Red Cross Bloodmobile to the First Baptist Church in Burnsville on December 27. Seven others volun teered but were disqualified for [ ™!®^nl»-drßas6ns. The small number of donors ap " peared to be due to the timing of this visit (only two days after Christmas), according to the co- REV. W. M. IIYDE TO PREACH IN PRESBYTERIAN PI CPU • ffPlftfc- Rev.—Wesley M. Hyde of Swannanoa will conduct the ser vice and preach the sermon at I the morning worship in the Prcs -hyteriah Church at 11 n. m. on I Sunday, January 6th. The pastor, Rev. Warren S. Reeve, and Mrs. Reeve,-are away on a short vaca tion, visiting with their daughter, Joan, in Philadelphia. nfr The men of the church will meet their nfbnthly breakfast Sunday morning at 8 o’clock. Yancey Lists 154 With Dun & Bradstreet Each January business concerns' in all parts of the United States receive from Dun "& Bradstreet requests for their annual finan cial statement. This year the num ber of requests going out nation wide will approximate three mil lion, with over 150 going to Yan cey County businessmen. The growth and the industrial development of Yancey- County is reflected in statistics just re leased by the credit reporting firm. Thomas E. Kane, Manager at Knoxville, which covers this area, says that this year there will be more requests for finan cial statements made of business concerns in Yancey County than usual The Yancey County section of the current issue of Dur. & Brad street Reference Book contains of 154 local names com- . prising manufactures, wholesal ers and retailers. It does not in clude some of the service and "professional 1 ’ businesses such as |roarber and beauty shops, real es tate and stock brokers. Thus the figure for businesses in Yancey would actually be higher .'than the 151 quoted above. estimates they will be required to ,'jjjßtiT 70* changes- in the li.st |„gS ,of business enterprises In Yancey County. These changes will result ffeom adding the num el of new businesses, and delet ing the names of those who have discontinued; as well as account ing for changes, in ownership, trade names and credit ratings. Better than 95 percent of all commercial transactions in the —United States are made on credit terms and the buyer and the sell er are brought together by means of credit information. When the owner of a business or his accountant returns his fi nancial statement to Dun & Brad street, the owner has taken the first step in establishing his re sponsibility as a seeker of credit. The statement becomes a part of-the Credit report on his busi ness along with a financial analy sis, a deseriptifMLOf what the busi ness does~~and a record of how it pays the bills. On the basis of the information in the record, a rating is assigned and the businessman is listed in the Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book. This makes it possible for his suppliers and Insurance un derwriters, who use the book to look him up and in this way he is (Continued on back page) . The Yancey Record chairman of the Blood Donor Pro gram in Yancey County, the Rev. A. Z. Jamerson and Dr. Cameron F. Mcßae. - Mrs. Luther .Banks was in-char ge of the canteen, assisted by Mrs. A. Z. Jamerson, Miss Lois Harris Mrs. Vance .Hensley, and Miss Phyllis Owens. Other volun teer workers were Miss Mary Lou Fox, Miss Genene Bailey, Miss Harris, Mrs. Tommy Til son, Miss Geraldine Briggs, Mrs. George Murdock, and Mrs. Jess Howell. Mrs. Howell and Dr. Mc- Rae checked the prospective don -ors. < The following persons gavo' blood: Charles Harold Anglin Mrs. Luther J. Banks, Mrs. Brooks Boone, The Rev. Steve Clark, Oscar W. Deyton, Mrs. Julia Ed wards, Ossie Edwards, Mrs. Sol J. Harris, Vance Hensley, Horace Higgins, Lawrence R. Higgins, Philip J. Howell, Arthur Hughes, Clarence Laws; Dr. Cameron F. Mcßae, George Murdock, Dr. and Mrs. Elpenor R. Ohle, Mrs. B. R. Penland, Mrs. J. Max Penland, L. V. Pollard, Max Proffitt, Mrs. Roy Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Schwintzer, Mrs. W. Howard Simpson, George Tcm berlin, Mrs. Maxine Turbyfill, Mrs. Edith Wilson, Howard M. Wright. The Rev. Mr. Clark, pastor of the South Estatoe Baptist Church, becarr. * a member of the Gallon Club. The donors represented most ( areas of Yancey County, including Burnsville, Celo, Bolens Creek, Bald Creek, Jacks Creek, Bee Log, Green Mountain, and Brush Creek • Hospital Report The Yancey Hospital reports six births and twenty-three other admissions during the past two weeks. The births include a son, Mar vin Jack, born Dec. 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Keener of Pensacola; a daughter, Janice Kay, born Dec. 21 to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin McCur ry of Green Mtn.; a daughter, Maxine, born Dec. 21 to Mr. and Mrs. James A. Blankenship of, Pensacola, 4, - A daughter, Janice Marie, born i Dec.-M to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cannon of Relief; a daughter, Judy Kay, born Dec. 19 to Mr. and Mrs. James Arrowood of Bee Log; and a son, Roy Randall, born Dec. 29 to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Stiles of Rt. 1, Burnsville. Other admissions include Jake Buckner, Julia Banks and Rebec ca Edwards of Burnsville; Laura Rathburn of Star-vftt.; Kate Bai ley of Rt. 1; Mary "Cecil Bodford and Jean Robinson \f Rt. ;2 Carolyn -Penland, Marw Rose Silvers and Larry King M Rt. 3; Alvin Randolph, Jr. of Rt. 4. Also Doris Burton and Linda Ann Neill of Bald Creek; Dovie McCurry and Larry Fox of Green Mtn.; Ruth Grindstaff of Banda na; Earl Hughes of Relief; Shur* rill Frye and Hosea Willis of Bakersville; Mack Pittman *of Spruce Pine; Wilma King of Mar ion; and Melvin Nyberg of Clin ton, S. C. SCOUT COURT OF HONOR SCHEDULED The monthly Boy Scout Court of Honor foe. the ' Mayland- Dls trict will be held at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, January 3, in the Celo Methodist Church. All Scouts and their parents and friends are asked to attend. The Mayland District is made up of the coun- I ties of Avery, Mitchell, and Yan- I cey. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1857 | Burnsville Cagers \ Have Good Record To Date By Frank Howard Lewis and Gerald Murdock The Burnsville Boys basketball | team now has a record of 6 gam es won and 1 loss. The boys only loss came at Bakersville. They have defeated Bee Log twice, Bald Creek, Newland, Mars Hill, I and Clearmont. The starting lineup for the boys is: » Donald Banks, a seni<&, is cap fain of the. team- Don is a for ward with a point per game av erage of 14. He is 6 ft. 1 in. tall. Raleigh Buchanan, a junior, is -6 ft. 2 in. He is a forward with on avernge of 9.7 points. Charlie Hensley, center for the 1 team, is 6 ft. 2 in. He is a junior and has an average of-$8.2 points per game.,- Frank Howard Lewis, a guard, | is a senior.* He is 6 ft. tali 'and has an average of 13.7 points per game. Lane Harris, guard, is a senior. He is 5 ft. 10 in. and has an av erage of 3. Other members of the team are: Seniors Tommy Ray; Jun iors: Raymond Fox, Terrell Ran dolph, Robert Wells; Sophomore: David Wheeler. The team’s aver age is 53 points per game to their opponents 43. CIVIL AIR PATROL TO MEET JANUARY 19 4 ' * The Civil Air Patrol will not meet tonight (Thursday) as sch eduled, but will meet Thursday night, Jan. 10, at 7:30 in the ' City Hall. At this time, another date will be set for the weekly! meetings, since Thursday inter- f seres with other club affairs. All J members are urged to be present.! Applications are still being tak-j en for three more senior to be commissioned as 2nd lieut enants, according to Company Commander Carl Mclntosh. Western Carolina Extension Program Scheduled Cullowhee, Dec. 31 Dr. C. D. i Killiam, director of extension di , vision at Western Carolina Col j lege, has announced the schedule i of. off-campus, courses for the winter' quarter, to begin on Wed nesday, January 2. The first meeting of each class will be held on its respective dey thereafter. The schedule is as follows: 'Wednesday, January 2 Read ing in the School Program, to be taught at Canton by Mrs. C. A. Hoyle; Arithmetic in the Elemen tary School, at Burnsville by Dr. Taft B. Botner. Thursday, January 3—Supervis ion of Student Teaching, Dr. Bot , ,ner; and Business and Professjon \ al Speaking, Dr- Herbert Koepp- Baker. Both courses will be tau ght at David Millard High School in Asheville. Friday, Januetry 4—Social Stud ies in the School Program, at Murphy by Dr. Harold Bixler. Saturday, January 5 Reading Clinic, at Murphy, - taught by Dr. Bixler. Monday, January 7 Introduc tion to Exceptional Children, at Bryson City by Dr. Koepp-Baker. Dr. Killiam said the Reading Clinic and Supervision of Student Teaching are strictly graduate courses; however, all the others t may be taken by advanced under -1 graduates as well as graduate t students. > All evening classes will meet 1 from 6:30 to 9:30, and the Satur -5 day class will be held from 8:30 1 to 11:30 in the morning. Each ' class meets once weekly for ten ‘ consecutive weeks, - end carries three quarter hours credit. * Masons Install New Officers For 1957 Officers elected foi 1957 for the Bald Creek Masonic Lodge were installed at the lodge hall at Swiss Saturday night, Dec. 29th. Frank Bowditch was installed as Worshipful Muster, Lott Ran dolph as Senior be aeon, Edd Gouge as Junior Deacon, E. A. Robinson as Secretary, S. L. Pon der Jr. as Senior Deacon, How-** ard Silver as Junior Deacon, Clarence Sparks and Walter Hawkins as Stewards: Wade Hticy of Marshall;--N. 0., the present District Deputy fas ter was the installing officer. The Bald Creek Royal Arch MasonS will have their installa tion Jan. 3rd in the lodge hall. Officers elected are Edd Hensley, Bill Silver, Cicero Hill, Kenneth Batty, Charlie Gibbs and Harlon Holcombe. All Master Masons are invited to attend the Royal Arch I installation. Thieves Enter John son & Co. Store The Johnson & Company build ing in West Burnsville was brok en into and robbed Friday night, sometime after the 9 p. rri. clos ing hour. A large plate glass window in the front of the building was broken. No money was missing and the amount of merchandise taken has not been determined ex cept for about 30 cations of cijs. J arettes - Damage done to the window was estimated at S3O. I ‘ Clearmont Home r Games Scheduled For Burnsville Gym I■ . ■ The 1957 basketball schedule i has been announced for the Clearmont High School team. All home games will be played on the Burnsville court, since the Clear mont gymnasium was destroyed by fire recently. Home ganjes scheduled for Jan uary and February are: Newland team, January 7; Burnsville team, January 11; Spruce Pine team, January 22; Bakersville team, January 28; Nebo team, February 5; Micaville team, February 19. Other games scheduled which will be played on the courts of the opposing- teams are: Cranberry team, January 15;* 1 Bald Creek team, January 18; White Rock team, January 25; Spruce Pine team, February 8; Newland team, February 22. Laws Baby First To Arrive Here In 1957 • The; first new arrival in Yancey County in 1957 was a baby girl born at 6T15 Wednesday morning, January 2. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Laws of Route 1, as yet' have not selected a name for their daughter. The first new citizen in the county this year was born at the Ytpicey Hospital. Dale Promoted In France U. S. Forces, France (AHTNC)— PhiUipe P. Dale, son of Mrs. h£is souria Dale, Green Mountain, and the late Mr. Dale, recently was promoted, to specialist third class In France, where he is a member of the Station Complement De tachment at the Netz Quarter > masted Depot. Specialist Dale, entered the Army in October 1954 and com -1 pleted basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. 4 March Os Dimes Campaign Underway In County Let’s finish the job!” This is the theme announced by March of Dimes headquarters here for the campaign that will be carried on through January. J The "job” is two-fold: To raise funds for repair of the damage j that polio has done to thousands of Americans in the past and to prevent the disease' from crip pling morfe thousands in the future. ts March of Dimes spokesmen, explain thut an estimated 80,000 persons been left handi capped by polio, throughout the length |»nd breadth of the United States; and they point out' that the job of conquering the disease cannot be considered fin * ished until these patients have been helped to regain normal and productive lives. The second objective of the' campaign is to promote the wid est possible use of the Salk vaccine, which was developed un der March of Dimes sponsorship, and which has been proven safe and effective many millions of times over. Commenting on the 16,000 cas es of polio reported in 1956, Basil O’Connor, president of the March of Dimes organization said: “We of the March of Dimes are determined that 1957 shall not see a repetition of the polio re j cord of 1956. Even so, wc know there will be attacks of the <lis case, and we must provide for the care of all who need it.” "We must also remember,” Mr. O’Connor added, “those per sons for whom the vaccine came too late. When we give to the March of Dimes, we are helping those who need help and protect ing those who don’t.” Sgt. Boone In Kansas Maneuvers Fort Riley, Kan. (AHTNC) ! Sergeant First' Class Ottoway B. Boone, 38, son of Mr. and Mrs. , Fred Boone, Micaville, N. C., re cently participated with the 16th Infantry Regiment in "Red Ar row," an Army maneuver at Fort Riley, Kan. Sergeant Boone, a platoon ser geant in the Heavy Mortar Com pany, entered the Army in Janu ary 1941 and completed basic . training at Fort Jackson, S. C. , He wears the Bronze Star Med al and the Purple Heart. His wife, Genevieve, lives in Ogden, Kan. TH£ BOMB BEARERS Members of the New York City Police bomb squad, wearing special equipment and clothing, hoist the latest pf the "Mad Bomber's” contraptions into a special truck. The bomb devise was found in a telephone booth in busy Orand Central Station. The city will offer a $29,000 reward for the "Mad Bomber" who has plagued New York with more than 30 bombs In the last 16 years. ; Proffitt Turns Gun On Self After Wounding Peterson Burnsville Police Chief Ralph Peterson, 52, who was shot in the ‘ chest and head early Monday, re mained unconscious and in criti cal condition yesterday in Mem orial Mission Hospital, Asheville. Peterson was shot by Eugene Proffitt, 20, of Route 1, Burns ville, after Chief Peterson had cautioned the- youth about a noisy muffler on his car, due to the statewide la\d prohibiting mufflers- that make excessive noise. It was reported that Peter son told Proffitt that he would give him until Monday afternoon 1 to have the muffler changed. Following an argument over M. Sgt Luther , Ray Honored Fort Meade, Md., Dec. 28 Master Sergeant Luther B. Ray of Burnsville, N. C., wtSs chosen here as “Top Recruiter” of De tachment Number Five, Second Army Recruiting District located in Roanoke, Va. for the period January through' October. The top recruiter was chosen by a board of officers and enlist ed men from all qualified men of the Roanoke area. Each individ ual was given an oral and written examination to test his knowledge of the current recruiting program and recruiting directives. He was tested on his ability to speak be fore an audience. His personality and poise were taken into consid eration and, of course, his enlist ment record was counted. Ser geant Ray enlisted 59 men into the Regular Army during a nine month period. Sergeant Ray served with Com pany C, 23rd Tank Battalion, 12th Armored Division from 1943 to 1946. He was a Military Policeman from 1946 to 1954. The sergeant has been on recruiting duty since July 1954 and is presently in the Staunton, Va. recruiting station. He wears the Bronze Star Medul awarded for Valor during World War 11. Sergeant Ray , lives with his wife, Shirley, in Staunton. -MOTOR COMPANY MOVES TO NEW LOCATION Banks-Taylor Motor Company moved Monday to a new building in East Burnsville. The new lo cation is at the intersection of Highway 19-E and .the Bill Allen j Branch Road. > Ralph Dellinger has a repair shop in the building. Advertisers Give Best Buys NUMBER NINETEEN the muffler, Proffitt fired sever al shots at the officer, then turn ed the gun and shot himself in the head. Sheriff Terry JHall said the shooting took place on the Burns ville square around 1:30 Monday morning. There were .no immed iate witnesses to the shooting, he said.- Uoth Peterson and Proffitt were taken to the Yancey Hospi tal by Burdette Allen and Bobby Joe Hensley, and soon after, were taken to the. hospital in Asheville. Allen and Hensley were said to have arrived on the scene shortly after the incident. Unconscious since the shooting, Chief Peterson has bullets lodged in his head and chest. The first bullet to hit Peterson glanced off a rib and ranged into the abdo men. The second one struck him in the left temple, just behind the eye and lodged above the right eye. 4 Proffitt was quoted by Hall as saying that he shot himself ■ twice. The first bullet missed and ! glanced over the top of his head, and the second shot entered be hind the right ear and lodged about two inches above the left eye. Proffitt is reported to be in - fair condition. Sheriff Hall reported that he found the weapon, a 9-shot .22 caliber pistol, on the seat of Prof- ' fitt’s 1946 car, and found a hol ster in the glove compartment. Hall quoted Proffitt as saying that he did not own the pistol. Sheriff Hall is withholding charges pending the outcome of Peterson’s wounds. He said a guard has been posted at Prof fitt’s door at the hospital. Proffitt is under a two-year Federal probation term for liquor law violation, Hall said. Chief Peterson had been called from his home, Sheriff Hall said, after someone reported hearing four shots fired near the Yancey Hospital. Hall said he has estab lished, after talking with witness es, that Proffitt fired the four shots into the air following an argument with other men about his girl friend. The argument was continued on the town square, stall said, where Chief Peterson found Proffitt qnd warned him about the loud muffler. Chief Peterson’s daughter, Mrs. Marvin A. Lovelace, has arrived here from her home in Massa chusetts; and his son, Clifford Peterson, who is employed in Fairbanks, Alaska, has been un able to get passage home due to 4* the heavy winter storms. APPLICATION FOR NEW FARM ALLOTMENTS e> “Application for New Farm Al lotment” will be filed with the county office not later than Feb ruary 15, 1957, unless the farm operator was discharged from the Armed Services subsequent to December 31, 1956, in which case such application shall be fil ed within a reasonable period < prior to planning tobacco op the farm. Most farmers are returning their tobacco sales cards prompt ly but there are a few who are not. doing so. Please return these cards as soon as possible after As the year of 1966 comes to an end we wish to thank all the peo-
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