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Advertisers Give Best Buys VOLUME TWENTY-ONE Acreage Reserve Operates On First Come, First Served The first come, first served basis- for accepting 1956 acreage reserve agreements may be im portant to farmers in Yancey County, according to Alvin Pate, chairman of the Yancey Agricul tural Stabilization and Conserva-' tion Committee. Each burley producing county is allocated a part of the money available to make barley acreage reserve payments, Mr. Pate ex pained. The County ASC Commit tee can accept burley acreage re serve agreements calling for pay- Rural Carrier Sought • v . For Burnsville Post Office t An examination for Rural Car rier for the post office at Burns ville, N. C., will be open for ac ceptance of applications until March 12, 1957, the Commission announced today.' Applicants for this examination must actually reside within the delivery of the above-mentioned post office and must have go re sided for one year next preceding the closing date for acceptance of applications. They must have reached their 18th birthday onJJIS closing date. There is no maxi mum age limit. However, persons who have passed the age of 70 may be .considered only for tem porary renewable appointments of one year.. " 7 ._ Complete information—about the examination requirements and in structions for filing applications may be obtained at the post office for which .this examination is being announced. Application forms must be filed with the U. S. Civil Service Commission, Wash ington 25, D. C. and must be re ceived or postmarked not later than the closing date. Hospital Report The Yancey Hospital reports one birth this week, a daughter* Cynthia Diane, born Feb. 8 to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Honeycutt of Route 2, Burnsville. Twenty-eight other admissions were reported during the past week. They include Mrs. Willie Dale Burton, Jewel Mclntosh, Mrs. "Carl Riddle, Joyce Garland, Georgia Thomas and Mary Black, all of Burnsville; Pearl Pros n,ell and Patricia' Scorsone of Star Rt.; baby Janet Lee Melin, 1 Carolyn Johnson, Ann Banks, Margaret Bailey, Cora Angjin, Bill Laws, Eugene Ray and Ruetta Letterman, all of Route 1; Mrs. Dwight Boone and Cecil Bodford of Route 2. Also Christine England of Rt. S; Edith Edwards, and Be H« Hon eycutt of Route 4; Jean Allen of Pensacola; Melba Ray of Mica ville; Helen Runion of Bakers vile; Maxine Louise Woody of Kona; Julius Henline of Spruce Pine; Linda Taylor of Johnson City; and Joseph Maddox of Atlanta, Ga. SINGING CONVENTION * The Yancey County Singing Convention will meet with the Bald Creek Methodist Church on the 4th Sunday at 2 p. m. All singers are invited to come and take part. 9 ' *^^C>XS^ORE •ON N.C. HIGHWAYS RALEIGH- ’rtie Motor Vehicles summary of traffic deaths through 10 a. m. Feb. 11, 1957: Killed This Year: 12A-- > Killed to Date Last Year; 103 If safety is worth a lifs, drive and walk carefully! v THE YANCEY RECORD ments up to the county allocation. If this limit should be reached be fore the end of the sign-up per iod on March 1, the ASC office will make a list of other farmers who want to sign agreements. Then if other counties or states have money which is unused, it will be reallocated to counties where farmers’ agreements could not be accepted. The-ASC Com mittee cap then accept agreements in the order of the names on the 4ist, „ Each farmer signing an acre age reserve agreement wifi „be given an opportunity to indicate any acreage above the permitted 1 upper limits which he wants to ' put in the program. These extra acres may be accepted if addi tional funds are reallocated to the county. Acceptances by the county ASC office will be in the, order in which the original agree-' ments are filed. Any farmer whq wishes to put his burley tobacco in the acreage reserve must do so by March 1. P. O. TO BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS The Post Office Department, In cooperation with the business es tablishments in Burnsville, will close Wednesday afternoons be ginning Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 12 noon and will continue until further notice. Boy Scouts Hold District Court Os Honor I - - ■ - * The monthly Boy Scout Court of Honor for the Mayland District was held Wednesday evening, i February 7, in the Spruce Pine i Presbyterian Church, before a group of parents and friends who almost completely filled the church Harold Van Day of Spruce Pine, : district advancement chairman, presided. The court clerk was' i Paul Willis, Jr., the colors were advanced by James Blalock, Bob-j by Willis, and Julian Johnson, and the pledge to the Flag was led by Eddie Connelly, all of Troop 1, - Spruce Pine. The invocation was : offered by the Rev. William i Heath, pastor of the Central Bap- ] tist Church, Spruce Pine. i The award of Tenderfoot rank ] was made by Robert M. Garner of Asheville, Field Scout Execu tive with the Daniel Boone Coun-j cil, to the fallowing boys from c the newly-organized Troop 25 at J ; Hawk: Shelby Dellinger, Bil|y Dean Buchanan, James Burleson, Hazen Ledford Jr., Ronnie T. Pit man, Sammy Pitman, Clarence Pitman, Ronnie 0. Pitman, Bur ton Woody, Richard Ward, Gene Burleson, Bobby Buchanan, Tom my Bpphanan, Emmett Burleson, Wade Red, William Buchanan, Arthur Ledford, Bobby Ledford, James Metcalf, Robert Pitman, Billy Pitman, and Jerry Pitman. In addition, the award of Ten-r derfoot rank was presented to the following boys from other troops: Melvin Carpenter of Troop 10, Minneapolis; Lewis N. Biddix of Troop 23, Altapass; and the fol lowing from Troop 18, Celo: John ny Geouge, Charles Robinson, Jerry Hensley, Maurice Hensley, Lewis Pritchard and Joe Hensley. The award of Second Class rank was presented by the Rev. Rrpwn McKinney, pastor of the AVery Methodist Charge, to the follow ing Scouts from Troop 18, Celo: Terry Mclntyre, Claude Sparks, Benny Geouge, Burl Ballew, Jam es Hoover, Richard Byrd, Ernest Schwintzer, Joe Bennett, Paul Ohle, Ronnie Mayberry, Robert D. Harroway and Dean Geouge. In addition, the following boys from other troops also received the award of Second Class rank: ■ Paul Silvers, Emerson Barks dale, and Vann Wilson, all of Troop 1, Spruce Pine; and Russell *' ' • . v . i '' , ’ :•i ' “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANGEY COUNTY” SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THUBS DAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1937 WOMAN’S CLUB TO MEET TONIGHT The Burnsville Woman’s Club will meet tonight at 8 o’clock .at the Community House. Mrs. Worth B. Royals will be In charge of the program on music apprecia tion, “Moods In Music”. Hostes ses will be Mrs. Reece Mclntosh, Mrs. B. R. Penland, Mrs. Troy Ray, and Mrs. W. E. Black. ATTEND ALL-STATE, ORCHESTRA CONCERT Mrs. R. K. Helmle, Mrs. Mack B. Ray arid several of Mrs. Hel-j mle’s music students attended thej All-State Orchestra concert at the Woman's College UNC, Greens boro, last week-end. The All-State Orchestra is re cruited from the most talented and competent students in N. C. t schools having orchestras and bands. The students rehearsed to-j gether for several days prior to' the concert, directed this year by Henry Janiec, director of music at Converse College, S. C. Local music students Who at- I tended this annual event were Carolyn Ray, Marietta Atkins and Janet Sue Gornto. These students observed rehearsals of the 140 piece orchestra on Saturday and attended the concert on Sunday. The concert program included Tchaikowsky’s 4th Symphony, Ov erture from Orpheus by Offen bach, a Rumanian Rhapsody by Enesco, Suite from Carmen by Bizet, and a String Suite by Gillis. Following the concert, the audi ence was invited to inspect the new music building at Greens boro High School. Boone of Troop 1, Burnsville. The award of First Class rank was presented by the Rev. Melvin C. Swicegood, pastor of the Bak ersville Baptist Church, to Will iam Heath Jr., of Troop 1, Spruce Pine, Merit badges were presented by the Rev. Hershey J. Longenecker, pastor of the Micaville, Newdale, and Estatoa Presbyterian Church es, to the folllowing " Scouts of Troop 1, Spruce Pine: Allen Me- Murray- (personal fitness), Julian Johnson (scholarship), Douglas Greene (citizenship in the com munity, and scholarship), Freddie Connelly (home repairs and scho larship), Eddie Connelly (home repairs), Bobby McNeil s> (public health, public speaking, safety, firemanship, and hiking). The following Scouts of Troop 11 also received Merit badges.' C. Bill Loven (painting, reptile study, marksmanship), Gene Rob* inson (citizenship in the commun ity, reptile study, personal fitness, public health), Jimmy Robinson (public speaking). Marmon Thom pson of Troop 19, Ingalls, was awarded a Merit badge for marks manship. The communities with the larg est number of Scouts and others present were Spruce Pine with 53, and Celo with 49. x Scoutmasters and Assistant ' Scoutmasters present and recog nized were: Davis M. Nichols and Paul Willis, assistaant, of Troop 1, Spruce Pine; Herman Bostian of Troop” 1, Burnsville; Max Hughes and J. D. Blalock, assist ant, of Troop 9, Micaville; James Heaton of Troop 10, Minneapolis; the Rev. Melvin C. Swicegood ofi Troop 11, Bakersvlle; Clifford Bradley of Troop 10, Linville; Bill Pitman of Troop 19, Ledger; James Hoover of Troop 18, Celo; Ernest Davenport of Troop 19, Ingalls; Blake Hefner of Troop 23, Altapass; and Ralph Snyder of Troop 25, -Hawk. Mr. Nichols presented Mr. Gar ner with a farewell gift from Scouters In the Mayland District. Mr.- Garner is leaving for the Central Georgia Council after eleven years with the Daniel Boone Council and, this district. Harry A. Lantz of Spruce Pine then presided over a meeting of the district committee. v . Andy Prine Opens In Broadway Play Andy Prine, who will be re membered for his outstanding ap pearances on the Parkway Play house stage during the past two summers, is now becoming a familiar face to Broadway thea tregoers. On Tuesday evening, February 5, Mr. Prine opened at the Daven : port Theatre, New York, in a } revival of * “Mrs. Patterson”, an | exciting play by Charles Sebree and Greer Johnson. 11113 new version of "Mrs. Patterson" has been given excellent reviews by critics. The “Tonight” TV show pre sented Mr. Prine In a scene from ' the play last Wednesday 0 night. I This program was viewed with I much interest by local theatre goers who remembered Mr. Prine’s ' thoroughly entertaining perfor mance as Touchstone, the clown, in Shakespeare's “As You Like It”; his portrayal of Homey In “Stalag 17”; as Mr. Kember in "George Washington Slept Here"; and his top performance i n “Dirty Work At The Crossroads”. BLUE CROSS ENROLLMENT FEB. 15th TO MARCH Ist A special Blue Cross hospital and surgical enrollment sponsor ed by the Farmers Federation will begin on February 15th and run through March Ist, it has been announced by Phil Burch, rural enrollment representative for the Hospital Care Association. All persons interested in joining this plan at the 15% saving in rate are asked to oontact J. N. Barnette, manager of the Burns ville Farmers Federation Store, Mrs. Helen A, Williams, Blue Cross ' Representative, Spruce Pine, or write Phil Burch, Box 851, Asheville, N. C. The saving la offered to all per sons under 66 years of age and is made possible through enroll ment on a group basis, similar to the Blue Cross enrollments in industry. Burch also announced that all Blue Cross policy holders will re ceive free of charge each month the Farmers Federation. News, a monthy farm magazine. Since this Western North Caro-J lina Blue Cross plan waa first set up in 1953, more than 2,800 families covering approximately j 10,000 rural peqplA ? have been en rolled, Burch said, ASC News By Fred Anglin The North Carolina quarterly ASC staff conference was held in Asheville on January 30 and 31. Those attending the meeting were 'Die county committeemen, county dfflce manager and employees. The purpose of the meeting was for the discussion of programs administered by the ASC. Ed Avent, Soil Bank specialist, gave a very thorough discussion of the Soil Bank Program cover ing both phases of the program, conservation reserve and acreage * reserve. A. P< Hassell discussed price 1 , support, administrative arid mark eting quota programs. Eugene L. Garoll discussed the programs of performance arid marketing quo tas. H. V. Mangum discussed the Agricultural Conservation Pro [ gram. The county office employees feel that these meetings are very be neficial, since problems arise which they do not quite under stand on all programs, but at the quarterly conferences, all ques tions atri thoroughly dt»cu»ed, BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT J SCHEDULED The Junior Basketball Tourna ment will be held at Spruce Pine’s Harris High School gymnasium Feb. 21, 22 and 23rd. Two Burns ville players, Tommy Higgins and Lloyd Hensley, will take part In ■ ; i:-v.,’, Burnsville Teams Defeat Tipton Hill By Gerald Murdock Thursday Feb. 12, Burnsville • played at Tipton Hill. Both boys and girls came out victorious. Burnsville girls defeated the Tip ton Hill team 47-39. Judy Briggs McCurry got 30 points to lead the Burnsville team. Burnsville boys, ' under the coaching of Mr. Ford ■ Bailey, who coached the boys in • the absence of Coach Vernie Wil son, who was unable to attend the game, won their game 56-46. Donald Banks led the boys in scoring with IT points. Line-ups: Burnsville Girls: Brings 30, Bennett 9, McCurry 8, Angel, L. Gardner, Woody. Subs; S. Gardner Shepherd. . Tipton Hill Girls: Tipton 2, Stanley 26, Hughes 11, Garland, Whitson, Sturgil. Subs'. McKinney. Burnsville Boys: Banks 17, Buchanan 4, Hensley 14, Fox 4 Lewis 16. Subs: Wheeler 1, Wells. Tiptoif Hill Boys: Whitson 3, McCurry 15, Street 9, Slagle 11, Howell 8. Sub. Hughes. ■ , The Burnsville High School bas ketball teams each won one game and lost one in the past week. Burnsville played Mars Hill Fri day at Mars Hill and both, teams lost. The Mars Hill boys won by a score of 43-37. Mars Hill gjrls won 65-41. Frank Lewis got 12 points for Burnsville boys and Judy Briggs McCurry got 24 for the Burnsville girls. Line-ups: Burnsville Girls: Briggs 24, Bennett 13, McCurry 4f Angel, L. Gardner, Woody. Subs Ray, 3. Gardner. Mars Hill Girls: Whitt 30. Ruse 20, B. Ranks 13, Hamby, Fisher, Metcalf. Subs: L. Banks 2, Dyevs. Burnsville Boys: Banks 7, Buchanar 8, Hensley 8, Harris, Lewis 12. Sub. Fox 2. * .• Mars Hill Boys: Smith 8, Black well 4, Vance 9, Wall 6, Ponder 16. Burnsville’s next and final game is at Spruce Pine Friday, Feb. 15. Membership Chair- Men Named For N. C. Associaton Mr. Os Deyton and Mr. Zeke Byrd of Burnsville have been named membership chairmen in Yancey county for. -the North Carolina Cattlemen’s Association. This was announced this week by Morris L. McGough, Manager of the Asheville Agricultural Devel opment Council and Gay Snelson,\ Asheville livestock dealer and I auctioneer. Mr. Deyton and Mr.) Byrd stated that the N. C. Cat tlemen's Association’ was formed about a year ago for the purpose of promoting the .production, 1 marketing and consumption of North Carolina beef. I>ey urge that cattle growers in the county and others join the Association. They state that it has been set up to promote the interest Os live stock producers in the cattle in dustry. Membership in tl)e organi zation was 1300 last year, Goal for 1957 is 2500 which the qaaoclation leaders hope will be reached in > February. Annual membership dues are SI.OO, In stressing the nee<} for a strong state-wide organization of cattle growers, state agricultural leaders point out that during the five year period from 1960 to 1955, beef numbers in North Caro lina more than doubled. There are now nearly 400,000 head of beef eattle In the state. North Caro lina gross Income from, beef cat tle In 1906 amounted to- nearly 180,000,00(1. y j In addition to promoting the i consumption of locally grown beef, the Cattlemen’s Association will have charge of the *- annual Feeder Calf Sales and Fat Cattle Sales in the state. They ase also sponsoring an annual Cattlemen’s Conference at N. C.'State College County Responds Well To Bloodmobile Visit Here i i * Fifty-six persons donated blood when the Red Cross Bloodmobile j visited the First Baptist Church, , Burnsville, on the afternoon of February 4. Dr. Cameron F. Mb- I Rae, co-chairman of the Yancey ! County Blood Donor Program, stated that this was a good re , sponse in view of the fact that Dedication Os Memorials At Presbyterian Church The morning service at the Fir-- st Presbyterian Church on next Sunday, February 17th, at 11 a. . in., will include special dedication , ceremonies. Two church record books will be presented, the one a register to contain all church , rolls, in memory of the late Mr. John S. LeFevre. The other is a book in which the minutes of meetings of .the congregation and of the church session are to be recorded. This will be dedicated to the memory of Mrs. LeFevre. The comriiunity is well aware of the conspicuous service rendered to the people of Burnsville and Yancey County through many years by this consecrated couple. Friends holding them in affec tionate memory contributed for the purchase of these complete and handsome books. Under the sponsorship of the young people of the church, new hymn books were recently purch ased and these will be dedicated also on Sunday morning. Looking toward the day when many hope the several Presbyterian bodies in the United States may be mer ged, a joint committee of all these bodies cooperated in compiling and .publishing last year this new Hymn book which the Rev. Mr. Reeve of the Presbyterian Church here considers the finest produc tion of its kind that has ever been made available to Presby terians. Appropriate to these ceremon ies, the subject, of Mr. Reeve’s sermon on this occasion will be “Eternity and Praise”. Miss Trammel Accepts Position In Johnson County Miss Rebecca (Becky) Trammel, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Charles B. Trammel of Burns ville, has been appointed as an j assistant home demonstration I agent in Johnson County. Miss Trammel, who has been visiting her parents here this week, will leave today for Smithfield where she will take up the duties of her new position. She completed her work at Meredith College, Raleigh, o n February 1, toward an A. B. de gree with a major in home econo mics. Her work in Johnson Coun ty will be the supervision of 4-H activities in the schools in the northern part of the county. Misa Trammel, a native of Try on in Polk County, has been a resident of Burnsville during the eight years her father has served as pastor of the First Baptist Church hefe. She was graduated in 1952 from Burnsville High School where she was a member of the annual staff, a cheerleader, and a member of the Student Government Association. Before entering Meredith Col lege, she attended Mars Hill Col lege for two years and was pre sident of the Home Economics Club there. < FILM TO BE SHOWN AT SOUTH TOE SCHOOL The at the South Toe School will be the .out-’ standing film, “Lost Horlzari*’. j This film will be shown Satur day night, Feb. 16, at 8 o’clock at the school. Tickets may be purch ased at the school in advance at the price of 15c for children and 35c for adults.' ’ Advertisers —' T — Give Best Buys NUMBER TWENTY-FfVE 1 this was an "extra” visit of the ; Bloodmobile, and came too soon , after the December 27 visit for f the same group of donors to give ■ blood both times; thus tjfie two ’ visits should be counted as' one, , Eight volunteers were turned ■ down for medical reasons. Colonel B. Bennett of Micaville became a member of the Gallon Club, bjr donating his eighth .piri(L_:_ of ..blood. Members of the recent Red Cross Home Nursing Class were volun- ’ teer workers. They were Mrs. Pete Coletta, Mrs. Howard Simp son, Mrs. Brooks Boone, Mrs. Lee Evans, Mrs. Willie Lou Bailey, * and Mrs. Peggy Ann Bailey. Refreshments were furnished by ■ the WSCS of the Higgins Memor ial Methodist Church, Burnsville. Volunteer workers in the canteen and elsewhere, besides those nam ed above,! were Mrs. joe Young, Mrs. Young, Mrs. D. R. Fouts, Mrs. Hobart Ray, Mrs. I. R. Laughrun, Mrs. J. H. Cooper, Miss Lena Banner, Mrs. W. W. Roberts, Mrs. E. L. Briggs, Mrs. D. M. Shoales, Mrs. Clarence Bur ton, Mrs. Robert K. Helmle, Mrs. Tessa Swink, and Mrs. T. M. Tyner. Dr. C. F. Mcßae examined the prospective donors. The following persons were donors: Mrs. Hershel Holcombe, John R. Fortner, Mrs. Uiff Clev enger, Ralph Fortner, Garvel Honeycutt, DeWitt Silvers, Robert <9 D. McCurry, Daniel Silver, Frank Grindstaff, Clarence W. Mclntosh, Justice C. Woody, Mrs. L. %j. Har rison, Fred Johnson; Mrs. James McDougald, Mrs. Lewis Shuford, Mrs. R. L. Rector, Mrs. R. A. Pate, Leroy Silvers, Mrs. Leroy Silvers, Charles W. Edwards, Claude S. Hughes, David Dulaney; (Continued on page 5) Judge Refuses Request To Lower Bond, In a hearing before Judge J, Frank Huskins last Saturday morning, a request was made by the attorney for Eugene Proffitt to lower the $6,000 bond on which Proffitt is being held in the Bun combe County jail. A'.-coring to Sheriff Terry Hall, Judge Huskins refused to grant the request to lower the bond. Proffitt is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill after he allegedly shot former Police Chief Ralph Peter son on the morning of Dec.- 81. Proffitt will be tried in the March term of Superior Court. Examination An nounced For Post Office Clerk The U. S. Civil Service Commis sion, Atlanta, Georgia, announces an open competitive examination for career or temporary appoint ment to the positions of substitute ' clerk, in the Burnsville, N. C. post office. Applications will be accepted from persons regardless of resi dence. Applications must be re ceived or post marked on or be fore February 27, 1957, and should be filed with the Fifth U. S. Civil Servce Regional Office, Pe&chtree- Bakor Building, 275 Peachtree Street, N. E., Atlanta, Gee (la. The beginning basic r i of pay is $1.82 per hour. Apj. -ants must have reached their eigh teenth birthday on the closing date for acceptance of applies- . tions. This age limit does not ap ply to persons entitled to veterans’ preference. ■ „ NcesSary form, and further in formation may be obtained from the Postmaster at the post office, or from the Fifth U. S. Civil Ser vice Regional Office, Peachtree * ■'- 1 ;