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Advertisers Give Best Buys VOLUME TWENTY-ONE Work On 19E Scheduled By Highway Department Work is scheduled to begin this year on the complete rebuilding of Highway 19-E between Burns ville and Spruce Pine. Funds have been set aside by the State Highway Commission to rebuild this portion of 19-E to modern standards. This is one of several highway projects in Western North Carolina, part of the states $71,615,000 highway construction program Tor 1957, according to Highway Chairman A. H. Graham The wofk on this project will three phases at an es- I Farm Activities Should Be Planned Now By Lewis W. Datneron With the harvest season over, now is an excellent time to mako plans for the farm operations for the coming year. Well prepared plans include an evaluation of the work of the past year. “Why did one field do better . than the other, when both were seeded to the same crop? Why did One field erode mote than the other when both had the same slope? How could soil erosion be prevented in certain fields? Which fields need to be drained and how should they be drained? which fields should be limed and how much lime do they need? Should the crop rotation systems be changed? Which fields are best suited for hay and pasture, which for row crops?" These are several of the ques tions farmers are asking themsel ves each year. How can they find the answers? Their county Soil Conservation Service representa tive may assist them in answer ing many of these problems. -He can have a soil map made of the farm to determine the dif ferent soil types ahd classes of land. He can provide technical assistance in laying out contour strips, drainage lines, farm ponds, and other structural practices. He will be glad to show farmers how to take soil samples so that the samples will reflect the needs of the land in relation to the crops, to be grown. i The * soil conservationist will pfovjde for the farmer a soil con-| servation plan written in clear ■ language, explaining how to ro-j tate his crops for better yields and less erosion. This plan will also show how and when to pre pare land for hay and pasture seedings. The plan will contain only what the farmer plans to do * Jtjg and th i soil conserva tionist have been over the farm together and discussed the farm ing problems. The soil conservation plan is a guide to future farming operas tions for increased yields and the control of soil erosion. These services are provided to farmers In Yancey County throu gh the Yancey County Soil Con servation District. ~~‘,■. - ' ' • •'V Cecil Honeycutt, who was In jured Recently in a hunting acci dent, "has .returned to his home here from Memorial Mission Hos pital in Asheville, , ON N.C.HIOHWAfS RALEIGH The Motor Vehi cles Department's summary -, of , traffic deaths through 10 a. m.— January 14, 1957: Killed This Year: 40 Killed to Date Last Year: 36 If safety is worth a life, drive and walk carefully! * The Yancey Record timated cost of $1,575,000. More accurate figures of the cost will not be available until the location surveys have been completed and working drawings prepared. The first phase of the project will be the relocation and paving of a five-mile link from a point east of the Yancey-Mitchell Coun ty line to Spruce Pine, at present the most* dangerous section of the highway over. Chalk Mountain. Os particular interest to resi dents of Yancey County are the two projects, both in this . county, Included for the 1967-58 fiscal year. will be the grading, structures,, • right-of-way and paving of 19-E from the Yan cey-Mitchell line to Micaville, a link of 4.9 miles, at an estimated cost of $550,000; and from Mica ville to Burnsville, a link of 4.5 milqs, at an estimated cost of $500,000. Field engineers of the Highway Commission will not be gin construction of these projects, however, until the first link has been completed. J. Fleming Snipes of the State Highway Commission's thirteen th district has executive charge of the project. W. M. Corkill is division engineer and R. T. Mitch ell is locating engineer. Policeman Peterson Undergoes Surgery Again Burnsville Police Chief Ralph Peterson underwent surgery in an Asheville hospital Tuesday morning for the purpose of re moving a bullet from his head. The bullet was inflicted by Eu gene Proffitt, 20, of Route 1, early on the morning of Dec. 31. In an operation on Monday of last week, one of Peterson’s eyes was removed. Hospital authori ties reported that he is now to tally blind, although it was hoped that he might have partial vision. Peterson’s condition remains fair. Proffitt, who also was hospital ized in Asheville after firing a bullet into his own head, is ex pected to ‘be released from the hospital next .week if his condi tion remains good. Upon his release from, the hos pital, -Proffitt f 'Wiil either have to post $6,000 bond or be imprisoned in the Buncombe County jail, ac cording to Sheriff Terry Hall. 1 Proffitt will be given a preli minary hearing as soon as his condition will permit, Hall said. sSmNr * . ' < , . *' v QUESTIONED ABOUT MISS ING DOCUMENTS Col. John C. Nickerson, Jr„ Chief of a branch of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency at the Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala., is among the officers being questioned about missing secret documents. The documents . contained guided mis sile inforfitttition which appears to have fallen into unauthorized hands in an apparent “violation 'of security regulations. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY’’ SUB RATES $2 00 YEAR BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1957 Driver Injured In 1 Truck Crash A truck loaded with furniture crashed into a bank on U. S. 19E near Burnsville Saturday night. The driver, Marvin Robinson, 28, of Augusta, Ga., lost control of the truck on a curve, sideswiped another truck and crashed into the bank. —- The State Highway Patrol said Robinson was lost and got on the Burnsville highway by mis take. His truck collided with another truck driven by Clyde Banks, 44, of Rt. 3, Burnsville, who escaped injury. Robinson suffered head and neck injuries. He was brought to th§ Yancey Hospital for treat ment. George Shanks, also of Augusta, who was riding with Robinson, was hospitalized only Tor a short time. Robinson was charged with reckless driving. Workmen were not able to orfwicate the truck until late Sunday. Mrs. Reeve, Former Missionary to Japan * Speaks To Women Mrs. Warren S. Reeve spoke to I the Burnsville Woman’s Club at its regular meeting last Thursday evening at the Community Build ing. Mrs. Reeve, wife of the Presby terian minister, spoke on the var ious religions of Japan, both an cient and modern. Mrs. Reeve and her husband spent approximately 10 years in Japan as missionaries. On display were articles of clothing, china, and other items of interest which Mrs. Reeve had brought with her from Japan. In -cluded in the display were other Japanese articles collected by Mrs. Ernest Briggs. The president, Mrs. R. K. Hel mle, presided over a short busi ness session, and reports were given by the various committee chairmen. Mrs. Ernest Briggs gave a re port of an article on Woman’s Clubs from Life magazine, and also reported that a weekly tele vision program, presented by the Federation of Woman’s Clubs, may now be seen over NBC-TV on Monday morning of each' week and also on the first Wedriesday in each month. An orential dessert course was served by the hostesses, Miss Ethel Boone, Mrs. Dover Fouts, Mrs. Rush Wray and Mrs. Ernest Briggs. Applications For Local CAP Being Processed Civil Air Patrol applications have been received, according to Company Commander Carl Mfc- Intosh, and> have been turned over to the Air Force for process ing. Upon completion, orders will be cut and the local squadron will be activated. There will be no further meet ings here, Mr. Mclntosh said, un til orders arrive and the squad ron is activated. Notice of time and place of the * next meeting will be published in this news paper. Hospital Report The Yancey Hospital reports one birth this week, a daughter, not yet named, born Jan. 15 to 1 Mr. and, Mrs. Oscar Whitson of Green Mountain. Thirteen persons were admit ted to the hospital during the past week. They were Norris Deyton, Janet Bailey, Jimmy Young and Harold Butner, all of Burnsville; Zelda Deyton and Samuel J. Tolley of Green Mtn.; Mildred Robinson and Shirley Pittman of Rt. 3, Burnsville; Emma Jane Stevens of Celo; Frank McKinney and Kenneth Huskins of Bakersvllle; Marvin Robinson and George Shanks* of Anonwafn /**n Stray Dog Problem Discussed By County Leaders Plans to reduce damage done by stray dogs by the employment of a dog warden were discussed at a meeting of health authorities, | county officials, civic and busi ness leaders, and farmers here on Jan. 10. The meeting was sponsored by the livestock producers of the county In cooperation with the agriculture Workers’ Council. The present State-wide dog warden and vaccinatibn laws were explained and the work in other counties cited. Facts showing the increased in come that could be expected from" the increased production of live stock, especially sheep, were brought out. The increased in come, agriculture leaders pointed out, would be equal to or exceed a new industrial plant in the county. The health officials pointed out that this county had been extrem ely fortunate that it has not had a rabies outbreak and that the risk from this was extremely great, especially to small children, resulting in unnecessary human suffering as well as a great eco nomic loss. County officials are considering the possibility of employing a dog warden and are anxious to get the public sentiment regarding the project. h - ♦ y ■ ' - If tH GETS DEGREE . . . U. S. am bassador to Germany James B. Conant wears traditional garb as be was given honorary doc torate of natural science by Uni versity of Hamburg. " ~ Jacks Creek Community Elects Officers The Jacks Creek Community Club met Monday night, Jan. 14. Mrs. Ed Hunter presented the de votional, and the president, J, B. Stamey, was in charge of the program, j New officers elected to serve are Ed Hunter, president; Ray Higgins, vice president; Mrs. Bruce Bailey, secretary-treasurer;! Mrs. W. O. Briggs, reporter; Mrs. Vemie Wilson, song leader; and Harold Higgins, junior president. Guests present at the meeting were Ralph Bitley, wild life, lead er from Morganton; his assist ant, Clarence Murphy of Morgan* ton; E. L. Dillingham, county agent; ahd Lewis Dameron, work unit conservationist. { The club will continue to meet on the second Monday night of each month. Mrs. Lizzie Young, formerly of Yancey County and the widow of Kelse Young, is critically ill in an Asheville hospital. Her broth- I er, Zenas Penland of Clearwater, Fla., is here due to the illness of Mrs. Young. He is visiting anoth er sister, Mrs. Hettie Whitehurst, here, f Mr. and Mrs. Ragan Wilson of Bee Log spent a week-end re- * cently in Lakeland, Fla., visiting Mr. Wilson’s brother, Willard Silvers, and sister, Mrs. Garrett Rhodes. Mr. and Mrs. John Wlayne Wilson also visited relatives in Lakeland. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hensley of Bee Log' are spending the winter in Florida. * Farmers Urged To Support State Census “No modern business ~ man would think of continuing his op erations year after year without taking an inventory at regular intervals," says E. L. Dillingham, County Farm Agent for Yancey County. Since farming is also a business, agriculture likewisie needs to take a yearly inventory to determine what progress has been made and what needs to be done, he adds. That’s why agricultural leaders throughout North. Carolina are urging farmers to give, their wholehearted support to the 1957 Annual State Farm Census. The census is being made during Janu ary under the direction of local Boards of County Commissioners through their appointed township i crop report? listers. Its purpose is I to obtain reliable information at . the county level on land utiliza tion, major crop acreages harvest ed, selected livestock numbers, and other miscellaneous items, says Dillingham. Although in most counties the farmers make their report to the township tax listers, the law pro hibits the use of this informaton in any way as a check against the farmer’s pqrsnonal and prop erty taxes. The information re ported by farmers is kept strictly confidential and is available only, to the landowner who makes the report. L. Y. Eallentine, State Com missioner of Agriculture, says: "The reliable, factual -informa tion provided at county and township levels by this yearly survey will be of great help to local farm leaders in working out plans for county and community agricultural programs.” “The information gathered an nually is very valuable in plan ning services to the State’s Far mers,” says David S. Weaver, Director of North Carolina State College’s Agricultural Extension Service. “Any business of consid erable size needs reliable records of its operations. Agriculture, the greatest business of all, is no exception. As a matter of fact, agriculture probably needs relia ble figures on production more than any other business.” “Jhrough the medium of the North Carolina Annual Farm Census we have the machinery for obtaining the facts on the acreages and yields of various crops, numbers of selected live stock, and other miscellaneous items,” adds Weaver. “North Carolina is fortunate in having the Annual Farm Census and is one of the few states in a posi tion to use such material in the development of its agricultural program,” he concludes. “This annual farm census has been one of the best insurance policies the farmers of North Carolina could secure,” adds Dill ingham. “The availability of these farm facts has meant untold mil lions of dollars to the farmers and the State.” llm. SvJjlm Jpr MliiMßiSHa SEEK APPROVAL OF “EISENHOWER DOCTRINE” —Secty. of State John Foster Dulles (C) is shown as he conferred at the , Capitol with Senate GOP leaders Wm. F. Knowland (Calif.) (L) \ P * Se ” ° Wer D ° ctr,ne .1 : .k ~, : .,k 4 Company E Invites Public To Formal Opening Formal dedication of the new Army Reserve Training Center here will take place Saturday, | Jan. 19, from 1:00 until 4:00 in * Mm 'l.woi: \ | cal MAYFIELD the afternoon, accoiding to an announcement made by Captain George W. Conrad, Unit Com mander. The dedication program will be Chrisawn Named As Candidate To Air Force Academy WASHINGTON, D. C. Con gressman Basil L. Whiitener of the 11th Congressional District announced today in Washington the nomination of Emory ‘Dean Chrisawn as a candidate to take the competitive examination for admission to the Air Force Aca demy. Young Chrisawn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Brown Chrisawn of Celo, is an outstanding student at Mars Hill .College. In announcing the nomination Congressman Whitener said: “I am delighted to give this fine young citizen of Yancey County the opportunity to take the com petitive examination for admis sion to the Air Force Academy. He has been highly recommended to me by many persons as a young man of high character and splendid academic achievement. He is a graduate of Micaville High School and is at present a stud ent at Mars Hill College.” jfe The Celo youth will for one of the seven vacancies available for residents of the en tire State of North Carolina. CLEARMONT PTA TO MEET TONIGHT The Clearmont PTA will hold its regular monthly meeting to night (Thursday) at 7:30 ab the Clearmont High School. There will also be a meeting of "the executive committee at 7 o’clock. A good attendance is expected. Advertisers * Give Best Boys —— ■■ NUMBER TWENTY-ONE •■— ■ ■ held in the new building on Or chard Street. The building was recently completed by Banks, Patton and Webb and leased to the local Army Reserve Unit. Major General Thomas E. Mayfield of Charlotte, Command ing General of the 108th Infantry Division, and Colonel Charles U. Knoub of Raleigh, Senior Army Advisor USAR of the North Caro lina Military District, are expect ed to be here fqr the dedication ceremonies. . The program now scheduled will include the invocation by the Rev. Worth B. Royal, pastor of the- Higgins Memorial Methodist Church, the introduction of pro minent visitors by Attorney Dov er R. Fouts, an address by Mayor Reece Mclntosh, and the dedica ■■; pit COLONEL KNOUB tion address by one "of the visit ing military personnel. An open house will follow the dedication program. Refresh ments will be served by the wives of members of Company E. The public is invited to attend the formal opening. Reserve members of Company E, a part of the 518th Infantry Regiment, 108th Infantry Divis ion, will have weapons of the unit on display for viewing by the public. Movies will also be shown during the afternoon. Company E, made up of person nel from YaHqey. Mitchell and Avery counties, tvas active during World Wjar 11, and the reserve unit here has been active for the last five years. Officers of the unit are Cap tain George W. Conrad of Bakers ville, Unit Commander; Ist Lieu tenant G. Dixon Bailey of Burns ville, Executive Officer; Mas|tter Seargent Rex O. Wil3on of Spruce Pine, Ist Sergant; and Master Sergeant William L Curtis of Burnsville, Assistant Unit Advis or for Company E. The new Reserve Training Cen ter is a seven-room structure of brick and blocks. An outline for the building plan, submitted by Army engineers and officers of the local Reserve Unit, was fol lowed in the Construction of the building. There are several class rooms, an orderly room, supply room, kitchen, vehicle storage room and boiler room. Prizes Set For Com munity Activities In County The Yancey County United Fund has set up $320 in its 1867 budget for prizes to promote community development organiza tion in the county. This money is to. be available provided at least eight communi ties participate. In 1956, Green • Creek were actively Any qomrnunity wiihlng to or ganize and participate should v / for details. '
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