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- Advertisers Give Best Buys VOLUME TWENTY-ONE ' |l 'v wm I ' -I YANCEY COUNTY civic, religious, business and local government leaders endorsed the six legis lature proposals of the State Department of Motor Vehicles last Wednesday night Those present at° the Meeting were,(seated left, to right) Fire Chief Robert P>. Hilliard, T. M. Tyner, representing in ,dusHy-and-tlwr MehHt-Olub; Stet»,Hi g S g W, Jongg; -CaTr6lT Angel -cdTiriFy "clvll cfe l' sense director; H, D, Justice, school superintendent; O. M. Alexander, Highway Patrol safety repie sentative; the Rev. Charles ’grammel, ministers’ association; James Ray, town council- G D Bailey Lions Club; Mayor Reece Mclntosh, and W. J. Banks, coordinator for the county’s safety program Standing, State Highway Patrolmen R. A. Pruett and A. W. Rector Group Aims Toward Higher Rate Os Safety On Highways Games In Tri-County' Tournament Scheduled Here v By Gerald Murdock The Tri-County Tournament is to be played at the Burnsville gym this yesir. It will begin Thursday, March 7, wijh Spruce Pine boys playing^Cranberry boys and Bee Log boys playing Bald ' Creek boys. Friday, March 8 will "be ~ Tipton Hill vs. Micaville at 7:30 p. m. and Baker&ville vs. New land at 9:00 p. m. Saturday, March 9, Clearmont' boys will play the winner of the Spruce Pine-Cranberry game and Burnsville boys playing the win ner of the Bee Log-Bald Creek game. The tournament' will con tinue the following week with the semi-finals to be played Friday March 15, and the finals Saturday, March 16. These are the boys games only but Avery County and Mitchell County girls will play on some of these nights. Admission will be 25c and 50c for the first week and 50c ahd slloo fdr the second week. The officials will be Anderson, Walters, and Lovingood. Jacks Creek To Try f. Wildlife Project Jacks Creek Community Club of Yancey County, in coop eration with the Wildlife Resour ces Commission, has initiated a special project this year. The farmers within the club area have undertaken the task of ' establishing a concentration of Wildlife plots* The area totals sightly more than 2,000 acres and within the boundaries, 21 acres of game food and cover will be es tablished. This is the first of such projects in the state and will be watched With keen interest by all the game technicians. Several years have been spent studying the reason for the steady decline in small game populations. The result of this research show that the major reason has been the continual “cleaning up” of fences, hedgerows, creek banks, etc. It has also been found that by '' reestablishing these shrubby places and by increasing the food supply, the game has shown an increase in numbers. However, such a large scale concentration of food and cover as is planned for the Jacks Creek area has never been attempted in this state. Possibly the results of this project will help prove the way to better hunting through out North Carolina, t \ ' * S' \ The Yancey Record | The six legislative proposals of the State Department of Motor Vehiles, aimed at reducing traf fic acidents and promoting high way safety in North Carolina, were endorsed last Wednesday night by Yancey County civic, church, local government and business representatives. The group also proposed an ad ditional point to the program;- * legislation which would rV|uire all motor vehicle owners to carry liability insurance. A committee was named' to draw up a resolu tion to be sent to Representative Harlon Holcombe. _ Named to the committee were i National Scout Representative Speaks To Legion « M j \ ' ! r ■ IMMEM BP fm ir',l'lSßfihl in ■ a— MISS OLEDA SCHROTTKY Miss Oleda Schrottky, of the national field staff of the Girl Scouts of the USA, spoke to the American Legion and Auxiliary Tuesday evening following a coyered dish supper at the Com munity House. Miss Sclirottky's speech was both informative and amusing. She presented the facts about the present world situation and talk ed about the anxieties which be set the world, then stressed the importance of the Girl Scout or ganization In relation to guiding and helping children of today prepare for their future. Miss Schrottky’s illustrative anecdotes brought forth ‘ much laughter from the assembled group. She was accompanied by Miss 1 Nancy Campbell, executive dir -1 of the Plsgah Giri Scout ! Council, and Mrs. Harold S. ‘ Clark,''a former president of the council, both of Asheville. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. CL TIJURS DAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1957 W H. D. Justice, G. D. Bailey, Car roll Angel and W. J. Banks. - The legislative proposals of the Department of Motor Vehicles, on which the General Assembly will have an opportunity to act in a few weeks, include*! 1. The proposal that North Carolina adopt a program of "periodic mechanical inspection of motor vehicles: _ 2—That—results- of—scientific tests for intoxication be admis sible as evidence in North Caro lina. ® 3. That the State Highway Pa trol be permitted to return to the 1 use of unmarked patrol cars. 4. That racing be defined, that prearranged racing be made a felony, and that all other racing be made a misdemeanor. , y 5. Increase in the State High way Patrol. 6. Further promotion of driver education in the public schools. The group of local representa tives agreed to select a Yancey County citizen for the Governor’s ! Speakers' Bureau to speak on highway safety; they considered the establishment of a safety check lane, which also was main tained here last year; and they delegated authority to the com mittee to study the advisibility of a permanent safety organization for the county. At the meeting, it was agreed that racing on the highways was increasing and that measures should be taken by the General Assembly to help abolish it. All but one member of the group of local repfresentatves agreed that the legislature should sjudy the idea of mgking jiighway racing ' a felony. The opposing member expressed the feeling that racing should be ■ abolished but argued against making it a felony. Lions Are Hosts To Scouts * The Lions Club will be \host to, the Cub Scouts at the annual • 1 Blue and Gold banquet tonight at 6:45 in the Burnsville School | cafeteria. The Lions Club, spon soring agent for the local Cub Scouts, has extended an invita- j tion to one parent of each mem-| ber and to the Cub Scout com-, mittee to attend the banquet. Speaker for the event will be Chaplain Williams of the Veter ans' Hospital, Oteen. The Cub Scouts also 'Will present a pro ! gram and awa’-fs earned during the month will be presented. FFA Group Gives Program For Men’s Club The pregram for the February meeting of the Burnsville Men’s Club Monday evening was pre sented by the Burnsville Chapter of Future Farmers of- America, an organization of vocational ag riculture students under the dir ection of Max Proffitt. The pro gram, held at the Bald Creek Methodist Church, was in obser vance of National FFA Week. The program took the form of a regular meeting of. the organi zation and was designed to show in an impressive manner the puiM poses and objectives of the FFA organization. Students who parti cipated were Claude Honeycutt. Dan Lewis, Danny Wright, Ger ald Honeycutt, Philip Bailey, Jer ry Wilson, C. W. Edwards and Ronnie Bailey. The FFA string band and quartet provided sever al musical rtunVbersN '/ *' •' • New officers of the Men’s Club elected to serve for the coming year, were Robert K. Helmle, pre sident; Roy Ray, vice president; and Lowe Thomas, secretary treasurer. Installation of these officers will take place at the March meeting, which will be the annual ‘‘Ladies’ Night” ban quet. The dinr\gr for the Monday ev ening meeting was served by the ladies of the Bald Creek Method ist Church. Among the guests attending the meeting were visiting officers of the Firth Carpet Compaq, Russell R. Mathews, John C. Melrose, and Ted Ballou, who, it was announced, will shortly take over the management of the Firth Co. plant here. 4-H Monthly Meeting Scheduled The monthly meetings of the Yancey county school 4-H Clubs will be held March 1-7. The boys’ demonstration this month will be on “Soil Testing” and will be given by Roger Hyatt, assistant county agent. The girls’ demonstration will be'on “Room Arrangement” and will be given > by Sue Nottingham, home agent. The schedule of club meetniga: Friday, March I—Bee1 —Bee Log Jr. Club at 10:00 a. m., and Bee Log Sr. Club at 11:00 a. m. Monday, March 4 —• Mlcaville Grades Club, 9:30 a. m.; Mlcaville Sr. Club, 10:30 a. fn., and ville Jr. Club, 11:00 a. m. Tuesday, March 5 Burnsville Jr. Club, 9:00 a. m.; Burnsville Sr. Club, 9:55 a. m.T Bald Creek Sc' Club, 1:20 p. m„ and Bald Creek Jr. Club, 2:00 p. m. Wednesday, March 6 South Toe Jr. Club,. 8:45 a. m.; South Toe Sr. Club, 9:15 a. m„ and Pen sacola Jr. 6lub, 2:15 p. m. Thursday, Mnrch 7 Clearmont Sr. Club, 9:00 a. m., and Clear mont Jr. Club, 9:45 a. m. V . FILM TO BE SHOWN AT METHODIST CHURCH HERE The film Luther” will be shown in the Methodist Church here Sunday evening at 7:00 p. m„ according to an an nouncement by the pastor. “HELP A HOME" The Woman’s Club, in collabor ation with the Welfare Depart ment, is sponsoring a “Help A Home” project in the county. The Woman’s Club is collecting, from its and others in the 1 community, household items that could be useful to welfare homes. J These items will be turned over to the Welfare Department for' distribution. Anyone having such items as | furniture, kitchen utensils, lln- I ens. etc. to contribute to the pro- Iject may contact Mrs. Troy Ray or Mrs. Robert Helmle. The Bee Log PTA will meet to night (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in the school auditorium. All parents of high school students are es pecially urged to attend. • Eddy Duchin Story To Be Shown Here The story of a fabulous life time, a blending of stardust and i suffering, passibn and pain, mus .ic and magic,’ are glowingly told in Columbia Pictures’ “The Eddy Duchin Story,” according to ad vance report. The new film stars Tyrone Power as "the handsome young musician who shook the golden- towers of Manhattan with his hands on the keys of a piano, and beautiful Kim Novak as Marjorie Oelriehs, the girl of his dreams. In Cinema Scope an,d col or by Technicolor, “The Eddy . Duhin Story’ will be shown at the Yancey Theatre Tuesday anc’ Wednesday. Power is said to give a trulj mpressive performance as the gifted musician who knew more drama and despair, love and tri umph than most men ever live t< know. Miss Novak, fresh from a. personal triumph fa' the memor able “Picnic,” reportedly contrib utes as vivid a picture of a girl* in lovein “The Eddy Duchin I ‘Story.” Here, -*n sharp contrast) with her “Picnic” role, she is a famous, beautiful, sophisticated young woman who possesses the wrolehearted warmth that can delight in sharing peanuts with pigeons on a rain-swept, romantic Central Park afternoon. Their .romance is said to be as warming as a sunset; *heir mar riage, an idyllic time during which Duchin steadily rises .to , supremacy in the world of popu lar music. _ Missionary To Speak At Windom Church The Rev. Roy Davis, returned Missionary from South India,, will speak at the Windom Meth- > odist Church Sunday night, March 3, at 7 o’clock. Mr. Davis has been director of I a Bible School in India, has done extensive evangelistic work, and is well acquainted with the com- * munist underground system there Colored slides will be shown. The public is invited to hear Mr. ( Davis. - PEN WOMEN TO MEET Tha..local branch of the Nation al League of American Pert Wom en will meet Saturday afternoon, March 2, at 3 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Rpbert Helmle. The state president. Miss Elta Handte Blanchard, and Mrs. Evelyn Fair child, both of Asheville, are ex pected to be here for the meeting. : : '-y ■ - / - . _______________________ Fir m m ■ Nyf - » v. C Vi ®! M : '.i M K&Iv! • ' \ * WS&M -fffSmmW 1 ! \K. 1 'BD|| . j •• *•. . • ■■V'; - ' ipVa, k PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE BURNSVILLE PTA and others who took part on the Founders’ Day program Tuesday night, Feb. 19, are (left to right) Mrs. Olin Shepard, Mi's. Clarence Burton, Mrs. Charles Proffitt, Mrs. 7eb Hall, Mrs. Troy Ray, Mrs. C. P. Randolph, Mrs. Hershel Holcombe, Mrs. Henry Stamey, Guss Peterson, Mrs. Fred Phoenix, Mrs. L. G. Deyton, Don Burhoe, Mrs. Roy Ray and Mrs. James Ray, who is now serving as president of the o rganization. Other past presidents i who were not present for the program were Mrs. R. W. Wilson, Mrs. H. G. Bailey. Mrs. C R 1 Hamrick, Mrs. Milton Higgins, Mrs. Cameron Mcßae and Mrs. Annie Bennett. A silent tribute Was paid to Mrs. C. M. Cheadle, who served as the first president of the Burnsville PTA when it Was K founded in 1931. ' Dept. Finds Fire Safety At Low Ebb In School Here The Burnsville Volunteer Fire Department staged a surprise fire drill Wednesday morning at Burnsville Elementary School, ac cording to Fire Chief Bob Hilliard The, following is a report of the conditions found by the Fire De partment: east down stairs hall JVlrs. Fouts Spoke To Garden Club The Garden Club met Friday :vening, Feb. 22, at the homfe of Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent, Mrs. Sargent, president of the jlub, presided at the business n.eeting at which time it was .oted to replace 1 * the dogwood fees on the town square. The cub has joined a Garden * Book Club and is purchasing ( books to_. be presented: to. the public library. " ] Mrs. D. R. Fouts, program lead er, gave an interesting talk on 1 “Garden Projects”. She said it is a good plan to concentrate on one main project each season —a trellis, an bird bath or a garden pool at the same time I not neglecting routine garden' work. TlierpTOgTam then took the .form of a round-table discussion with all members taking part. Mrs. Salome Banks was a guest at the meeting. The hostess served a dessert course carrying out the holiday idea. PRESBYTERIAN JMKN WILL HAVE BREAKFAST TOGETHER J On Sunday morning, March 3rd, the men of the Presbyterian Church will meet at 8 o’clock for the monthly breakfast and for the study of the Sunday School j I lesson. Lewis W. Dameron is the teacher. At the morning service at 11, the Rev. Warren S. Reeve will preach on the subject, “The Door To The Life With God”. A number of members of jdie church will go to Erwin in the afternoon to attend a conference on Evangelism under the auspic es of the Presbytery. The leading speaker will be the Rev. William McCorkle, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Bristol, Virgina. There will be observance of the Day of Prayer on Friday, March Bth. —— Advertisers ffive Best Bays NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN ; j door locked, east and west audi “ torium doors nailed, west down : stairs hall door nailed, and both ■ | west side doors nailed. I Only two half-doors In the en ■ tire elementary building are ac • cesslble, the report stated, wiith l the exception of one door facing south, which Is the exlit for only one first grade room. The wiring in the auditorium hall was found, to be overloaded and in very dangerous condition, and there are no fire escapes > from the top story of the build ing. The office where fire alarm 4 controls are located was found to be locked, and in the event of a fire, the alarm could not have been sounded without breaking down the. door or "Ideating the key. , Time of evacuation of the build ing was five minutes. According to the report, one and .one-half to two minutes should be suffi- I cient time under proper conditions ( Fire Chief Hilliard stated that something should- be done to re medy these hazardous conditions at the school, i _____ Four Youths Injured In Truck Accident Four Yancey County youths of the Celo section were injured in a pickup truck crash Saturday night, when the truck failed to make a curve on N. C. Highway 80 about nine miles southeast of Burnsville, State Highway Patrol man R. A. Pruett reported. The mishap occurred about 11:45 p. m. Jerry Blalock, 17, lost control of the truck which traveled 132 feet oh the left shoulder of the highway and then overturned several times down a 150-foot embankment, Patrolman Pruett . said. __ j Blalock suffered a fracture of the back. Terry Autrey, 17, receiv- " ed sprains of both ankles and severe scalp lacerations. Clarence Ballew, 17, received knee injuries, facial lacerations and body bruis es; and Tommy Story, 17, receiv ed severe lacerations of the left hand and body bruises. v *’ ’All four were sitting on the front seat Os the truck at the time of the crash, the patrolman* l said. Blalock and Autrey were re ported in fair condition at the Yancey Hospital where they are receiving treatment. Ballew and Story have been discharged ‘from the hospital. *
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