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VOLUME TWENTY-ONE
First Red Cross I
Nursing Class Completed
Yancey County’s first Red Cross
Home Nursing class. completed
its course of training on Friday,
Jan. 25. The enthusiastic scholars,
all Home Demonstration Club
women, enrolled in the -class on
Jan. 8, meeting two days a week
for three weeks until twelve hours
of practical class work was com
pleted.
Mrs. W. P. Honeycutt, of the
Jacks Creek Home Demonstration
~ Club, instructed the course. Mrs.
Bloodmobile To Visit >
Here On Feb. 4
The Bloodmobile will re-visit
Burnsville on Monday, Feb. 4,
from 1:30 to 5:30 in the afternoon.
It will be set up as before in the
basement of the First Baptist
Church, according to the Rev. A.
Z. Jamerson and Dr. C. F. Mcßae,
co-chairmen of the Blood Donor
Program in Yancey County.
While this visit will be too
soon after the last one for those
who were donors at that time to
give blood again, it is felt that
many who either overlooked of
did not know about the Dec. 27
visit will welcome this opportun
ity of helping to meet the needs
of the county for whole blood.
The need is even greater than
usual, due to the small turn-out
on Dec. 27. Yancey County was
far behind Mitchell and Avery in
.bipod donations , during 1956, and
unless there is a better response
this year there is a real risk of
losing the Blood Donor Program, 1
. which has meant so much to re- '
sidents of the county -in terms of 1
lives saved and illnesses shortened 1
1 The visit to Burhsville on Feb. *
"Twas requested by Blood Donor '
Center officials in Asheville be
cause the Bloodmobilc will be in
Spruce Pine on Feb. 5 and at
Riverside School (Avery County),
on the 6th; thus all three coun
ties will be visited in a single
trip, with a consequent saving of
travel, and reduction in operat
ing expenses. ■
All persons between the ages of
18 and 60 may giveNjlood if found
to be in good health after a medi
cal history and a physical check
up,which includes weight, tem
perature, pulse, blood pressure,
and hemoglobin determinations;
.• these are done by the physician
and nurses at the Bloodmobile.
Persons under 21, unless married,
must have a "consent form** Sign
ed by their father and mother.
Each donor is given a credit .card.,
making Red Cross blood available
t.o him or his family in case it is
needed, any time during the next
12 months.
• GARDEN CLUB HEARS TALK
ON ORTON GARDENS
The Garden Club met Friday
night at the home of Mrs. C. M.
Shotts. The president, Mrs. W. A.
Y. Sargent, presided over the
business session.
Mrs. Sargent presented a very
interesting program on the Orton
Gardens near Wilmington, giving
the history of the gardens and
showing color slides of various
• views of the gardens.
Mrs. E. L. Beeson was unani
mously accepted as a new mem
ber of the club.
A dessert course was served by
the hostess. —-
ON N. C. HI GHW AYS
RALEIGH—The Motor Vehicles
Department’s summary of traffic
deaths through 10 a. m. Jan. 28,
1957:
I Killed This Year: 85
■. Killed to Date Last Year: 83
If safety is worth a life, driVe
and walk carefully!
The Yancey Record
Honeycutt, a registered nurse,
has received Red [Cross training
to enable her to caifry on this pro
gram of instruction. . She gave
voluntarily of her time for this
purpose.
The next class in home nursing,
beginning on -Tuesday, Feb. 5,
will also be taught by’ Mrs. Hon
eycutt. Night classes will be ar
ranged as soon as the scheduled
morning classes are completed.
The course deals with the care
of the sick and helpless at home,
as set up according to American
Red Cross recommendations, and
is essentially the same course
which is being taught throughout
the country. It does not, how
ever, provide a substitute for
needed professional nursing.
The home nursing classes are
being sponsored by the local Red
Cross Chapter arid the Yancey
County Federation of Home De
monstration Clubs. Those inter
ested in this useful instruction
may contact Miss Sue Notting
ham, Yancey 'County home agent.
Both men and women, are eligible
to enroll in the classes.
Yancey Reaches
Bond Goal
The 1956 Sales Report
of U. S. Savings Bonds in North
Carolina shows that Yancey Coun
ty for the second successful year
has reached its Savings Bonds
Goal.
Sales in Yancey County for 1956
amounted to $158,363.25 which
was 105.2 per cent of the Annual
Goal of $150,480.00( This county
is one of 12 counties in North
Carolina that sold 100 per cent or
better of its quota.
“We are greatly pleased with
the sales records attained in Yan
cey County and especially appre
ciative of the splendid support
given to the Savings Bonds Pro
gram by our Volunteer Chairman,
Mr. G. Leslie Hensley," said Wal
ter P. Johnson, 'State Director. 1
1 United States Savings Bonds
sales during 1956 in North Caro
lina were the second best since
1947. The combined sales of Ser-1
ies E- and H Bonds amounted to
$5*1,517,523.90, a decline of only
6 per cent from the 1955 record
sales year, .though interest
rate hikes halted the rise In big
denominaUpn bond sales, a 10
year record Was marked up in the
sale of small size bonds. “ i
State and nation 1956 sales per
formances parallel each other,
with both showing approximately.
1 per cent decrease in E Bond
sales and 6 per cent decline of
combined E and H Bond sales.
Total national holdings of E
and H Bonds by all individuals as
of December 31, 1956 exceeded 41 1
billion, 398 thousand dollars, an •
increase of over $1 billion, 300 J ’
million. *
W. H. Anderson
t
Accepts Position
In Watauga County
W., H. Anderson, who has serv
ed as assistant county agent in !
Yancey for the past eighteen
months, has accepted a position
1
as assistant county agent of
Watauga County with 1
HirU Boone.' ""
Mr. Anderson will accept the j
duties of his new position or. Frl- ,
day, Feb. 1. He will be working
with the Rural Development Pro
gram, a new program Qf the Fed
eral government. Watauga County 1
i 3 one of the three pilot counties
in North Carolina that have this
new program.
While in Yancey County, Mr.
Anderson worked primarily with
the Farm and Home Development
Program.
A' new assistant county agent
not been selected to take Mr.
Anderson’s place.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY’’
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SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR. BURJVSVIIXE, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1957
Burnsville Stores
i To Close Wednesday
Afternoons
Beginning next Wednesday,
Feb. 6, a number of stores in
, Burnsville will be closed each
1 Wednesday afternoon until early
■ fall, according to an announce- J
! ment made this week by J. B.
! Briggs, secretary and manager of
the Yancey Merchants’ Associa
tion.
, Stores which will be closed are
■ Anglin & Westall, Burnsville De
■ partfnent Store, Burnsville Furrii- ,
1 ture & Hardware, Blue Ridge
Hardware, Doris Shoppe, .. Edges
i Department Store, Town & Couri
, try Shoe Store, Western Auto
i and the Yancey Department
Store. .
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REV. BURT STYLES TO CONDUCT
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JACKS CREEK REVIVAL
The Rev. Burt Styles, pastor of
the Central Presbyterian Church
in Kingsport, Tenn., will begin a
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REV. BURT STYLES
series of revival meetings at the
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Peterson Returns
Home From Hospital
Ralph Peterson, who was alleg
ledly shot by Eugene Proffitt of
Route 1, Burnsville, on the morn
ing of Dec. 31, returned to his
home here Tuesday from an Ashe
ville hospital, wlieie he had been
hospitalized since the shooting.
Peterson's ..condition was report
ed to be fair.
A prebminary earing for Prof
fitt, who was ehargecl“with as-)
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sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill, has not been set.
He is being held in Buncombe
County Jail. '
Newdale Home
Demonstration Club
Elects Officers
The Newdale Home Demonstra
tion Club met with Mrs, Faye
Boone for its January meeting,
with seven members present.
The program was presented by
Miss Sue Nottingham, home ag
ent. Her subject was "Wise Use
of Credit”.
The new officers installed at
the meeting were Mrs. Juanita
.Wilson, president;' Mrs. Frances
Wyatt, vice president; Mrs. Mary
Johnson, secretary-treasurer; and
Mrs. Grace Ray, reporter.
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An interesting discussion was
held on the Home Nursing Clas
ses, being taught by Mrs. W. P.
•Honeycutt. Three members of the
Newdale Club plan to take part
in the next class which begins
Tuesday, Feb. 5. J
Club members received new
Year Books which contain sever
al new and interesting items.
Refreshments were served by
the hostess.
The February meeting of the j
club will be held at the home of
Mrs. Juanita Wilson. ■/
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rogers of
Winston-Salem visited Mrs, Rog
ers’ paren®fc, Mr. Mrs. R.- N.«
' Silver, last Week-end.
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RALPH PROFFITT IS AGENT
FOR INSURANCE CO.
Ralph T. Proffitt, formerly as
sociated with Proffitt's Store,
Bald Creek, is now the local re
presentative for Mutual Life In
surance Company of New York.
Now in the 114th year of opera
tion, Mutual of New York is the
] oldest mutual company doing
business in the United States.
Mr. Proffitt has his office in
his home at Cane River.
GOSPEL SINGING
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, The Carolina Quartet, heard
over Radio Station WWNC in
Asheville, at 12:35 every Sunday
evening, will be at' Zion Baptist
Church Sunday night, February
10th, at '7:30. Everyone is cor
dially invited to attend.
f on Sunday night, Feb. 3. Services
! will begin each night promptly
x at 7:15.
Mr. Styles, a native of Yancey
County, has held pastorates at
Buladean, N. C., and for six years
at Roan Mountain, Tenn., before
accepting the church at Kingsport'
i two years ago. Mr. Styles is much I
) in demand for conducting revival
meetings among the Presbyterian
Churches over the region.
The church building at Jacks
Creek was bought last spring by
members and friends of the com
munity, after having been closed
for about three years. The build
ing has been repaired, member
ship has been revived and a good
Sunday School is being held each
Sunday.
The pastor of the church, Mr.
John Forbes, who is principal of
the Cloudland High School, Roan
Mountain, Tenn, holds regular
preaching services or. the first
; jand third Sunday mornings of
i eaeh month.
Civil Service Em-
I ployees Invited Tp
Hear Rep. Whitener
r
. I A Salary Rally, sponsored by
. | the National Association of Let
., ter Carriers in cooperation with
t * all other civil service employees
having organizations represented
on the Government Employees
Council, will be held Friday night,
Feb. 8, at 8 o’clock in the Gaston j
I County Courthouse in Gastonia, j
Congressman Basil L. Whitener s
will he present for the event. All <
civil service employees in Yan-/t
eey, Madison, McDowell, Polk,) i
Gaston, Cleveland and Ruther- ]
e’ford counties are urged to at- <
tend this rally.
Legislation has been introduced 1
in Congress to bring civil' service 1
employees’ salaries up to the pre- c
sent day The purpose of *
the rally is to put before the Con
gressman the need of a sufficient *
salary increase to meet the* stand- 1
ard of living enjoyed by most' 1
other salaried workers. 1
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HIGH WAV COMMISSION ‘
ICOJHPLETED VAST AMOUNT J
OF ROAD IMPROVEMENTS f
Raleigh TheT State Highway-
Commission completed a vast
amount of road improvements in
the Thirteenth Division during
1956, Commissioner J. Fleming
Snipes of Marion reported today.
With division headquarters in
Asheville, the 13th is composed of
Burke, McDowell, Rutherford,
Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell, and
J Yancey Counties. An experienced
' roadbuilder, W. M. Corkill, is Di
vision Engineer. His able engi
neering staff includes J. T.,
Knight, Assistant Division Engi-
I neer; W. W. Wyke, District Engi-,
I neer at Marion for road mainten-
I ance in Burke, McDowell, and
Rutherford Counties; and B. S.
Connelly, . District Engineer at
, Asheville for road maintenances
in Buncombe, Madison, Mitchell,
and Yancey Counties. G. B. Bas
•' kerville is Division Road Oil Sup
ervisor. x
Farms Wishing To
Reserve Allotments
Should Apply Now
By Fred Anglin
Farmers who haven’t made a
reguest for lime, fertilizer, seed,
or assistance on ditching practi
, ce s should file a request as soon
. as possible at the ASC office, lo
cated over the Post Office.
t Alvip Pate, county committee
chairman, announces that any
farmer who wants, to place his to
bacco acreage allotments in the
Acreage Reserve may sign an
agreement during the month of
February. March Ist is the dead
line for signing Acreage Reserve
agreements. ————— d
Under the acreage agreement,
the farmer is required to set
aside the acreage he wishes to
place in reserve for cropland.
This acreage must have an ap
proved cover anc. cannot be har
vested or grazed during the per
iod of the contract, which is for
one year.
Mr. Patq says that an agree
ment under the Acreage Reserve
will pay the farmer 18 cents per
pound, based on the yield for the
individual farm.
. Farmers who do not intend to
plant tobacco or place their allot
j'ment in the Soil Bank may sign
a request in the county office to
preserve their allotment. This re
quest must be made before Aug
ust Ist.
Hospital Report
The Yaneey Hospital reports
three birth and eleven other ad
missions during the past week.
The births include a son, Bur
lin Dayton, Jr., born Jan. 22 to
Mr. and Mrs? Dayton Ballew of
Route 2, Burnsville; a son, John
nie, born Jan. 25 to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hollifield of Bakersville;
and a son, not yet named, born
Jan. 29 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Boone of Burnsville.
Other admissions during the
week include Leilah Evans of
Burnsville; Kate Bailey of Rt. 1.
Burnsville; Oval Smith, Mjaggie
Robinson, John Metcalf, Marie
Ferguson and Fred Bryan of Rt.
3, Burnsville; Charles Carr of
Bald Creek; Bessie Street of Rt.
1, Green Mtn.; James Blevins of
Bakersville; and Beulah Hall of
Johnson City, Tenn.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
NEWS
Next Sunday at the Presbyter
ian Church the pastor, Rev. War
ren S. Reeve, will -prdain apd in
stall several church officers elect
ed to serve with the beginning of
the present calendar year. In con
nection with this, Mr. Reeve will
preach on “The Vital Functioning
of Christ’s Body”.
The regular monthly breakfast
of the Men’s Organization will be
held next Sunday At 8 a. m. Men
of the congregation and friends ;
are invited. •
The ' Presbyterian Women were
to have met two weeks ago, but
on account of the severity of the
weather, the meeting had to be
postponed. It will be held tonight
(Thursday, January 31st) at 7:30
p. m. in the home of Mrs. John i
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YANCEY’S FIRST RED CROSS NURSING CLASS
Members of Yancey County’s first Red Cross Home Nursing
class completed their training training last Friday. The first grad
uating class included- (left to right) Mrs. Evelyn Pate, Mrs. Peggy
Bailey,. Mrs. Handy Bailey, Mrs. Pete jColetta, Mrs. Brooks Boone, ‘
Mrs. Lee Evans, Mr*. Howard Sim pson, and the instructor, Mrs. W.
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Hensley Takes Office As
Chief Os Police Here
' Clarence E. Hensley was sworn
1 in as Chief of Police of the town
■ of Burnsville on Monday morning
''of this week, according to Mayor
- Reece Mclntosh. Hensley is re
( placing Ralph Peterson, who was
' seriously injured recently.
5 The Mayor urges all citizens of
’ the. town to cooperate with the
! new officer, whose work actually
’ is in -the interest of the people.
Burnsville Teams
Defeat Netvland,
Tipton Hill
@ By Gerald Murdock
The Burnsville basketball teams
each won two games last week.
Burnsvillet played at Newland
Friday, Jan. 25. Both games were
close with the girls winning 55-49
, aft er a great Comeback. Newland
girls were leading 38-26 at the
half. Burnsville boys won their
game 48-46. The last two points
were two full throws by Charlie
Hensley.
Judy Briggs led the Burnsville
team in scoring with 25 points. 1
Evaline Bennett -got 21. Burns
ville’s defensive playing was a
factor not to be overlooked.
Donald fc Banks, forward, and
Charlie Hensley, center, each
made 13 points in the boys game.
The lineups were:
Eurnsville Girls: Briggs 25,
Bennett 21, McCurry 7, Angel,
Berry, Woody. Subs: Rky 2,
Gardner.
Newland Girls: Ford 29, Wise
6, Gregory 14, Calvert, Turbyfill,
L. Vance. Subs: Isaacs, Nance, S.
Vance, Andrews.
Burnsville Boys: Banks 13, ;
Buchanan 5, Hensley 13, Harris 4,
Lewis 9. Subs: Fox 2, Wheeler 2. J
NewlAnd Boys: Holder 9, Par
ker 17, Sturgil 2, Blalock 11, 1
Blackburn 5. Subs: Hensley 2, 1
Childers, Daniels 5. 1
Burnsville played Tipton Hill <
here Tuesday, Jan. 29. Burnsville 1
girls won their game 54-28. Bur
nsville boys won 69-45. 1
Nancy Brown led Burnsville in '
scoring with 19 points. Raleigh 1
Buchanan led the Burnsville boys 1
with 20 points. Charlie Hensley *
got 18. Raymond Fox came into 1
the game in the 3rd quarter and *
racked up 9 points. *
_ Burnsville Girls: Brown 19, 1
Briggs 15, Bennett 13, Angel, f
Berry, Woody. Subs: McCurry 7,
Ray, Gardner. i
Tipton Hill Girls: Stanley 19, 1
Hughes 4, Ray 3, Garland, Whit- *
son, Mosley. Subs: Tipton 2, Me- *
Kinney, Sturgil, Parker. *
Burnsville Boys: Banks 6, {
Buchanan 20, Hensley 18, Harris, ‘
Lewis 16. Subs: Arrowood, Fox 9, (
Wells. ! “ T ~ £
Tipton Hill Boys: Whitson 14,
McCurry 2, Street 19, Slagle 3, s
Harrell 6. Subs. Hughes, Stanley, I
Masters. t
Burnsville will play Bakers- 4
ville Friday, Feb. 1, at Burnsville,
and Micaville at Micaville Tues
day, Feb. sth. 1 ,
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NUMBER TWENTY-THREE
Hensley is a young man of splen
did reputation and deserves, as
does every law enforcement offi
cer, the full cooperation and sup- «
port of every citizen.
The better cooperation he gets
from the people, the better police
man we will have, the Mayor said.
Citizens of the town should not
only report things that are hap
pening. he said, but then should
be willing to act as witnesses. It
is the duty of every citizen to
support the officer in this way so
that he may carry out his duties
successfully.
The Burnsville Men’s Club has
agreed to give „ Hensley their
hearty support. The matter was
discussed at length at a recent
meeting of the club, and Attorney
Dover R. Fouts spoke to the
group concerning the need of such
support.
Hensley served four years In
the U. S. Air Force in Japan,
Korea and England. Following
his discharge in June, 1956 he en
tered the Greer School In Chicago.
He is a graduate of Burnsville
i High School
Missionaries Talk
At World Affairs
Assembly
Those who attended the World
Affairs Assembly in the Presby
terian Church last Sunday were
charmed by the personality and
inspired by the message brought
by Mr. Sushill Samuel of the city
of Lahore, Pakistan. He told of
the great sympathy that the m»»g
of the people have for the United
States, although practically all of
the people of that land are adher
ents of the Moslem faith.
Christians constitute only one
per cent of the population, he
said, but nevertheless they are
making important contributions
to the life of the nation, especi
ally in the field of education.
Mr. Samuel is a member of the
leading Christian Church of La
hore, which has a membership of
about 2000. Presently studying at
Warren Wilson College, he Hop*”
to go back to his country in due
time to engage in some kind of
engineering work wkh the motive
of being, through that vocation
and through church lay activities,
a real missionary of the Gospel.
M.ss Elizabeth C. Wright, who
now lives at Penland, also de
lighted everyone with stories of
her varied experiences during
the twenty-nine years she spent
in China, including a period of
detention by the Japanese in the
early part of World War 11. She
also showed pictures of people
and places that she talked about.
Each of these speakers spoke
so vividly that it was as if the
hearers had themselves gone to
these countries and met some of
the personalities described.
DAIRY SPECIALIST TO
BE HERE FRIDAY
A State College dairy specialist
will be at the office of E. L. —■
Dillingham, county agent, on Fri
day, Feb. 1, at 2 p. m., to go over
the dairy program plans and dis
cuss ways and means of reaching
the goals set up in the plans.
The committee meeting will be
followed by a general meetiitg of
al dairymen in the courthouse at
7:30 p. m. Problems that face
dairymen at the present and in
the future will be discussed.
Justice Will Speak
To Bald Creek PTA
The February meeting of the '
Bald Creek PTA Will be held
Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 7:80 p. m.
in the school library.
Superintendent Hubert D. Jus
tice will be the guest speaker. He
/will discuss the new consolidated
j high school for the western part
of the county. >
The devotional will be given by
students of the eighth grade. -