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Advertisers -r Give Best Buys VOLUME TWENTY-ONE Two-Way Radio Systems Installed Here Two 2-way radio systems are being installed here by the Mot orola Corporation, and are ex pected to go into operation today, according to Fire Chief Bob Hilliard. "7" The base unit for one of the systems will be in the City Hall with eight units on the frequency. Hilliard said. From the City TtalT unit, there will be direct com munication with the Highway Patrol, the Sheriff’s Department, Police Department, the Fire JMk?oartrment. and the Civil De In the future, Hilliard said, any one wishing to contact any of Col. Wilson Speaks To Patrol Here Col. Juanita Wilson of Ashe ville spoke to the Burnsville . squadron of the Civil Air Patrol last Friday night at a meeting held in the Agriculture Building of Burnsville High School. Col; Wilson spoke on the history of she Pivi} Air Patrol. Member;} of the squadron dis cussed entering the “History of Flight" contest which is being sponsored by Contact, an aviation publication. Movies were shown Oft Austria and Alaska. The next meeting wi)l be held tomorrow night (Friday) at 7 O'clock Jn the Agriculture Build ing at Burnsville High {School. Child Breaks Ankle On Playground Bobby Webb, 8-year-oid student at Bald Creek School, suffered a broken ankle when he fell • while playing on the grounds yesterday morning. Bobby, the son of Mr, and Mrs. Lopis Webb of Rt. 4, Burnsville, was taken to the Yancey Hospital for treatment. STATE income tax returns IRE BY APRIL 10th State Revenue Commissioner Eugene G. Shaw has issued a re mainder to North Carolina citizens that annual State income tax re turs and payments are dye on or before April 15, 1857. Taxpayers in this locality whq desire forms or free assistance may contact Mrs. Sam J. Huskins, Department ofßevenue's field pg: preventative, whose office is located pn the and floor pf Pollard's Drug Store, Burnsville. Mrs. Huskins will be in her Kice for the purpose pf assisting payers In filing their State Tft* urns on the following dates: Majiph 25, and April 1,8, and 18. Any single person or married woman having an income of SI,OOO or more during she year 19&6, and any married man living with wife on Dec. 31, 1956 having an Income of 2,000 or more must file a Stato Income Tax Feturn. Any person owning on Dec. 31, 1956 Intangible personal property, such as money on‘hand, accoqts potes, bonds, mortgage§, pp other evidepes of debt, or shares of stock of corporations (not wholly In this State), muts file an Intangibles Tax return, Every nonresident of North Car olina having income in this State, 'for the year J 956, from salaries, wages, fees, rents, or from a busj. ness such as farming, merchand ising, contracting or any other kind of business or profession in this State, is required to file an income tax return with the- N. C. Department of Revenue, regardless of the fact that part of the Income may have been- earned outside the State. This return is required even though the total earnings in North Carolina may have been less than SI,OOO. All Income Tax returns for the year 1050 should be filed not later tyan April 15, 1057. The Yancey Record s the above listed departments, - with the exception of the Fire De - partment, may call the City Hall , and their messages will be relay > ed by radio. The local telephone operator will continue to take re i ports for the Fire Department * as in the past. iThe second base unit will be -^i> *,.a ... in the office of the Board of Edu ' cation, County Courthouse, with 1 six units on the frequency. From • this base unit, there will be direct ; communication with Bee Log ‘ School and Pensacola School, two scdools in the county not * | having telephone service; and dir f ect communication with three school maintainance vehicles^, The base unit operator for the City Hall will monitor the Board of Education system in case of \ fire, Hilliard said. ' j The Fire Department and Civil ; Defense Director, Carroll Angel, I , worked together through the Fed ■ eral Civil Defense to make these ' systems available to the county. Cost of equipment and installa tion was $10,026, half of which was paid by the Federal govern ’ ment, Hilliard stated. The remain der will be paid by the town, ■ county and the Board of Educa ■ tion. _ . 1 According to the Fire Chief, the department is expecting sur -1 plus fire fighting equipment from the Federal government through the surplus Civil Defense depot, Raleigh, for rural Fire De partments at Bald Creek and Micaville, Joseph Riddle In Serious Condition i From Accident i Joseph Riddle, 22, of Pensacola, was critically, injured about 3 a. m.' Sunday when the car he was dri ving went out of qontrol on a curve on Highway 197 near Burnsville. He was tossed from the vehicle and onto the pavement when the car ran Into ft dUoh ftnd then , swerved baok into the highway. He remained in critical condition ' yesterday at the Yaney Hospital. A passenger, Bob Riddle, 20, Os Pensacola, a first cousin of the injured man, escaped injury. Telephone Hearing Delayed E. L: Dillingham. County Agent, has been notified by Walter E . Fuller, director of Rural Tele hpone Service of the REA, that the scheduled telephone hearing has been delayed by a request for 1 additional time by the telephone 1 company to make their survey and : determine cost figures. The appli cants and general public will be ( notified of the new date for the hearing just as soon as It is re- , ceived. The telephone committee is still receiving new applications and anyone in the county want ing better rural phone service or a new phonp shou)d make immediate application. The com mittee is composed of Dr. Walter Ost, Dr. C. M, Whisnapt, aps John Randolph, OR. SARGENT'S OFFICE TO BE CLOSED NEXT WEEK ■ The office of Dr. W, A, Y, flar ' gent will be closed from Saturday ' noon until late afternoon the fol i lowing Friday, Maroh 29. Dr. and i Mrs. Sargent will attend a Na • tional medical meeting In St. i Louis, Mo. I s - i CLUB TO SPONSOR SQUARE ’ DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT i —v ' i The Woman's Club will sponsor i a Square Dance Saturday night, March 23, at the Community, House, j The dance will begin at 7:30. r Admission will be 50 cents per person. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANGEY COUNTY” SUB. RATES |2.00 YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1957 Girl Scouts Hold ; Fashion Show For Women The Burnsville Girl Scouts pre sented a most interesting and en joyable program at the meeting of the Woman’s Club last Thurs day evening at the Community House. The Woman's Club spon sors the local Girl Scout troop, and a program by the Girl Jtcouts is an annual event. The first number was a Fash ion Show, with Martha Bradshaw serving as announcer and Carolyn Clevenger as "pianist. During the show, the entire wardrobe of- a fashionable lady from early morn ing until late at night was de picted by the following models: Joyce Nolan, Barbara June Fox, Carolyn Pate, Glenda Hensley, Hope Wilson, Linda Boone, Sel den Gladden, Mary Southers, Brendd Peterson, Linda Laughrun, Carolyn Carter, Tderesa Coletta, Catherine Zuver, Sandra Garland and Sandra Allen. _ After the Fashion Show, an amusing play entitled “Every Husband’’, was presented by the following Scouts: Carolyn Cleven ger, Julia Byrd Bennett, Susan Dillingham, Rebecca Riddle, Fran ces Coletta, Doris King, Carolyn Ray and Cecilia Coletta. The entire program was pre sented under the guidance of the Girl Scout leaders, Mrs. Brooks Boone, Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent and Mrs. P, C. Coletta. Lions Are Hosts For Zone Meeting . ° e The Burnsville Lions Club was host to a zone meeting Thursday night. Club officers from Bald Creek, Bakersville, Avery County and Spruce Pine were present. Plans for the new year were dis cussed by Zone Chairman James Henline of Bakersville, and plans were made for the State Conven tion to be held at Asheville in June President, G. D. Bailey, ap ’ pointed committees to arrange for the annual broom sale. The annual rodeo was approved as a fund raising project for the bltsd fund. Lions Herman Bostian and Dr. C. F. Mcßae presented scout Steve Boone, who gave the ten derfoot requirements; Clarence Hall, Jr. gave second class re quirement; and Robert Allen gave the requirements for a first class' scopt. Other guests of the club were Bill Tuttle, \J, S. Forest Service: an& James C. Maney, probation officer. ■ J N. C. Library Group Meets At Nu-Wray A district meeting of the North Carolina Association of Library Trustees for this area was held Tuesday at 10:30 a. m. at the Nu-WVay Inn. Miss Elaine Von Oesen, head of the Extension Service of the N. C. State Library, Raleigh, pre sided at the meeting; and Miss Phyllis Snyder, field, librarian for the Extension Service, attended the meeting and took part in the discussions. pie meeting dealt mainly with Federal Aid to libraries and matter of allocation pf special funds in this connection. Many of the problems of the individual library units over the district were discussed, and plans for ex panding thre service were given a large place in the discussions, Attending the meeting were librarians, tAlstees and chairmen, from Mitchell, Avery, Caldwell, MeDowel, Madison and Yanoey Counties, as well as from Pack Memorial Library, Asheville, and the Spruce Pine Library. There were twenty-two people present for tho meeting. A special luncheon was served to the group at the Nu-Wray Inn. Serving as hosts to the group were H. G. Bailey, chairman of the Yancey County Public Lib rary Board; Mrs. Dorothy Thomas, librarian; and M*s. Carl Car ter, associate librarian. The mpetfng adjpqrned ftt 3:30 p. pq. Men To Fete Wives At Banquet Monday Night The annual Ladies’ Night ban r quet of the Men’s Club will be . held Monday night, March 25, at f 7:30 in the Community House. Culver Dale, principal of Har , ris High School in Spruce Pine, i will be guest speaker for the event New officers oi the club who . will be installed are R. K. Helmle, r president; Roy Ray, vice presi i dent; and Lowe Thomas, secre j tary and treasurer. - Retiring 'offi i cers are T. M. Tyner, president; -1 R- K. Helmle, vice president; and - Harlon Holcombe, secretary and : treasurer. The Ladies of the American , Legion Auxiliary will provide the . supper. » - t ■ Honeycutt Found i Dead In Auto. [ Roy Honeycutt, 22, of Burnsville, ’ was found dead in his automobile > ear the home of his father, Haskett . Honeycutt, on Rt. 1, Burnsville, i about 6:30 a, m. Sunday. | Doctors attributed the death to i accidental carbon-monoxide poision ling. County Coroner Willard Hen sley and Sheriff Terry Hall in i ' vestigated the accidental death at i 1 the scene. t Coroner Hensley said Honeycutt apparently fell asleep in his auto mobile and was overcome by fumes from a faulty exhaust system. Funeral services were held Tues day at Riverside Baptist Church. The Rev. Vivian Brown officiated -and burial was in the McKinney Cemetery near the home. Surviving are the parents, Mr. < and Mrs. Haskett Honeycutt; three | sisters, Mrs. Rex Robinson of ! i Baseline, Mich., Mrs. Horace | | Edwards and Mrs. Hollis Garland, I both of Burnsville; and three brothers. Dean, Haskett Jr. and Max, all of the home. ! Day Os Prayer Observed By 36 Women - Thirty-six Yancey County wom en were present at the World Day of Prayer observance on March 8, at the Bolens Creek Bap tist Church, according to Mrs. . Troy Ray, chairman of arrange ments for the observance. A total of $22. was collected for,, the United Church Fund of the . National Council of Church Wom en. This fund is used for home missions, including Indian Ameri cans, Iqw income farming com munities and agricultural mi grants; and overseas for the edur; cation for Christian leadership, I .broadcasting Christian radio pro- } i prams, Christian literature, and•, home and family life improve ments. 1 '4, ] I Mrs. Brooks Boone will serve as , local chairman of arrangements , for the observance next year. All churches in the county af£ iqvß ed and urged tg i°*h in next year’s obs^vappa —“ - i Miss Nottingham j I Gives Program For ; Jacks Creek Club - i The regular meeting of the ( Jacks Criek Home Demonstration j Club was held Friday, March 15, ] at the home of Mr*. W. 0. Briggs. -After the business session, Mias ] Sue Nottingham gave an interest- i Ing demonstration on living room < arrangements which she illus- | trated with colored slides. i The hostess used as her motif j green and white in keeping with ] St. Patrick’s Day and delicious ] refreshments were served. i The next meeting will be held | on April 19, at the home of Mrs. \ Ed Wilson. , i . **" ■ ■ 1 , . . i GARDEN CLUB MEETING ] POSTPONED ;_ - ' ; _ f The Garden Club meeting, sche-1 duled tor Friday, March 33, has J been postponed until Friday, l Marh 29, Bennett Appointed Tb 11th District Committee - WASHINGTON, D. C.—March 20 The National Rivers and harbors Congress today announced the appointment of Yates Bennett, Burnsville, to serve as a member of an Advisory Committee for the Eleventh Congressional District of North Carolina upon the re commendation of Representatve Basil L. Whitener of Gastonia. Other members Os the committee a re-A. G. Myers, Sr. and Henry A. Lineberger of Gaston County, D. W. Boyster and Frank R. Summers of Cleveland County, Honorable Carroll P. Rogers, Sr. of Polk County, Eugene Cross, Jr. of McDowell County, Douglas M. Robinson of Madison County, M. A. Bearden and Charles H. Reynolds of Rutherford County. ' - Mr. Bennett is former Register of Deeds for Yancey County, a mica mine - operator, and a leader in civic, business and political life of Yancey County. The duties of the committee are to advise as to any projects or pro blems which affect their state of district concerning harbor im provements, river development for flood control, navigation, irrigation, and all beneficial purposes; and the general conservation and use of our land and water resources. Specific duties may be deter mined upon by the members of the committee or assigned by Repre sentativefWhitner as chairman ex officio of the committee. i PRE-SCHOOL CLINICS ' Pre-school clinics will be held J by the District Heath Department 1 at the folowing schools next week: Monday, March 25 (9 a. m.) -Burnsville., Tuesday, March 26 - Elk Park Colored School at Ip. m., Heaton at 2 p. m. Wednesday, March 27 - Newland, i at 9 a. m. , Friday, March 29 - Riverside, at < 9:30 a. m., f V ■ ■ ■ - T ~ Horvaths Arrive To New Home, New Life I Hungarian political refugee Joseph Horvath, his wife and ■ their small son, Siegfried, arrived I here from Europe Saturday morn ing to their first American home and a new way of life. For several days, through the kindness of Bob Pollard, the fam ily occupied a room at the Mt. Mitchell Motel before moving into ,a home on Orchard Street, owned [by O. K. Masters. Members of the Burnsville Presbyterian Chur ch and the young people's organi sation of the church, who are sponsoring the family, were busy last week and the first of this week making arrangements ard getting the house ready for oc cupancy. The Rev. Warren a Reeve, pastor of the ohqrch, stated that various people have been gener ous in making contributions of money, house furnishings, food and other supplies for the Hor vaths, Mr. Horvath has been employed by George Roberts at the Roberts Chevrolet, Inc. Garage, and spent his first day yesterday at his new Job. The Horvaths left their German home near Wiesbaden, on Wed nesday pf last week, traveling by train overnight to Munich. They left Munich by plane Thursday morning at 11 o’clock and arrived in New York about 11 o’clock Friday morning. On the trip" .to New York, the plane stopped in the middle of the night for two hours to refuel in Iceland, where snow was piled three or four feet deep, they said, and it was very cold. After another refueling stop in Newfoundland, they reached 'New York, where they were met by officials of the Church Wor)i Service who helped the family through customs and immigration processing. The Horvaths arrived at Green Ciearmont, Newland Win Conference Tournament By Gerald Murdock The Toe River Basketball Tournament, played at Burnsville, was won by the Newland girls' team and the Ciearmont boy’s team. Newland girts’ defeated Spruce Pine girls 74-70; and Ciearmont Mrs. Briggs Injured In Auto Accident Mrs. Harmie Briggs of Burns ville, RL 1, and two other persons suffered injuries in a two car col lision on Patton Avenue in Ashe ville about 7:55 p. m. Monday. Others injured i?i the collision were Mrs. Juanita Sprouse and her three-year-old daughter, Shirley Anne, of Asheville, Rt. 4. William Fred Sprouse, husband of the injured woman, was cited by the State Highway Patrol for fail ure to yield right-of-way. Mrs. Briggs was admitted to St. Joseph’s Hospital for treatment of abrasions, contusions and possible fractured ribs. Mrs. Sproue and her daughter were treated at Aston Park Hospital for abrasions and possible internal injures. The Sprouse car was traveling east on Patton Avenue when it collided with the second car, driven by Mrs. Briggs’ husband, William O. Briggs. The Briggs’ car sus tained damages estimated at SI,OOO. CLEARMONT PTA TO MEET TONIGHT The Ciearmont PTA will meet tonight (Thursday) at 7 o’clock at the school. Following a covered dish supper, Miss Ethel Boone, couhty school supervisor, will speak to the group. * [ ville, S. C., by train from New. York, at 7 o’clock Saturday morn-1 ing. The Rev. Reeve, who met their train in Greenville. Drought the family by car on the last part of their journey to .Burnsville. When the Russians first over ran Hungary in IP 15, they seized Mr. Horvath’s parents, whom they accused of ’laving been spies for the Germans. His parents were shot, and young Joseph, then about !7 or 18 years of age, was thrown into prison on the same charge and was subjected to most cruel treatment. After two years in prison, Hor vath escaped and wandered sec retly through forest byways to the Austro-Hungarian border. After privation, suffering and deadly risk, he swam a 20-yard wide river in December and escap ed Into Austrian territory, where British soldiers him, fit ted him out with some clothes and, fed him. From there he went to a concentration camp , where life also was bitter and severe, but the following year, he at last found employment outside in some German industry, and from that day on he enjoyed a better lot Going on, eventually, to the region of Wfeisbaden, Horvath met the young lady who became I his wife Thus Mrs. Horvath is German and in coming to Ameri ca, had to Jeave behind her moth er and a number of brothers and sisters. Although they knew no Eng lish, they ar« eager to learn and 'have made rapid progress even in these first few days. Mr. Reeve stated that the'Pres byterian Church Is grateful to *ll In the community who have shown an interest‘in these peo ple and especially to any who have given goods, money or ser vices., . Advertisers Give Beat Bays NUMBER THIRTY boys defeated Bakersville boys 60-51. 1 Bruce Forbes of Bakersville , was elected the most outstanding ' player on the boys’ teams in the : tournament; and Biddix of Spruce Pine and McKinney of Cranberry : were elected most outstanding t girl players. The sportsmanship award went to Cranberry. ™' E " ~ Players elected to the '■All- Tournament team were Forbes of Bakersville; Wallace Boone of Micaville; Chariest Hensley and Donald Banks of Burnsville; U. B. Deyton, Ben Deyton and Harold i Canipe of Ciearmont; McKinney of Bakersville; Street of Tipton Hill; and McGuire of Cranberry. T * Hospital Report The Yancey Hospital reports seven births and twenty-nine other ; admissions during the past week. The births include a son, Michael Lee, born March 14 to Mr. and Mrs; ' Ronald Wallace of Green Mtn.; a son, Warren Dennis, born March 15 to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bailey of Rt. 3, Burnsville; a daughter, Mona Diane, born March 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Riddle of Rt. 4, Burns ville; a son, Charles Anthony, bom March 16 to Mr. and Mrs. James Winters of Spruce Pine; a son Jimmy Dean, born March 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Fox of Rt. 3, Burnsville; a son, not yet named, born March 18, to Mr. and Mra. Brown Vyyatt of Mcaville; and a daughter not yet named, born Mjarch 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gardner of Bakersville. • Other admissions during the week include Nell Peterson, : Micheal Dean Whitson, Mamie Wheeler and Sallie xoung of Burnsville; Gordon Banks and Grace Banks of Star Rt.; Brenda Layell, Geneva Ayers, Willard Hall and Luella Honeycutt of Rt. 1, Mary Johnson of Rt. 2; Lola Mae Pate, Avonell Pate, Claude Edw ards and Deborah Edwards. Also Odell Riddle, John Wesa Bailey and Martha Hensley of Rt. 4; Liddie Snelson of Micaville; ! Vera Davis of Newdale; Joseph Riddle and Consadie Ogle of Pensa jcola; Cas Thomas. Lucretia Howell 'and baby Gerald Peterson of Green Mtn; Pansy Hoilman of Bakers ville; Burkley McKinney of Rt. 1, I Bakersville; Hattie Parsons and Judy Phillips of Rt. 3, Bakersville. Pet Milk Market Unlimited, Woolwine Says Twenty-seven commercial milk producers, including present pro ducers and these planning to sell milk, were present at the Yetos Randolph farm in Brush Creek to hear Guy Parsons, State Col lege Dairy Speciallist, demonstrate labor saving that make milking and feeding cows easier and more profitable. Examples were elevated milking stalls, edw to-can milkers, also and pole barns. Jim Woolwine, head fieldman of the Pet Milk Company at Jonesboro, Tenn., said fliat his company was in a position to buy an unlimited amount of milk,' es pecially on a year-around basis and would pay a premium on but ter fat and milk cooled in an | electric cooler, He also pointed out that artificial breeding should be used to get high producing cows ■■ Yates Randolph reported that he sold SI7OO worth of milk from seven cows after deducting the haul bill and other supplies such as fillers and calf feed purchased through the company. agencies cooperating with ing and promoting the meeting were the FHA, French Broad Es - Corp.. and «Hw
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