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Advertisers t Give Best Buys Volume twenty-one Construction Os New Building fs Underway A new building is under con struction on the lot between the new Post Office building and the Yancey Department Store on the town square. It is being built by E. L. Briggs of Burnsville, F. E. Briggs of Wagoner, S. C„ and Mrs. Olive Ford of Fort Myers, Fla. q Construction began Tuesday Camp Mt. Mitchell Leased T } » Brevard College _ . Mt. Mitchell Camp for r Girls, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bingham of Jacksonville, Fla., has been leased to Brevard Col lege for use by various church groups, it has been reported. Edwin Ray, a Methodist minis ter and professor at Brevard, will arrive here at the end of the cshool term to take over his dut ies as director of the camp. The camp will have a trained standing personnel and will be open to Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian Church groups at various weeks -throughout the summer. WOMAN’S CLUB 7 SPONSORS DANCES Youth Folk Dances will be sponsored every Saturday night through the summer by the Bur nsville Woman’s Club. The dan ces will begin each Saturday night at 7:30. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hyatt will act as chaperones for this Satur day’s dance, and Mr. Hyatt will call the dances. Admission is 50c per person. Sale Os Bonds High In February Sales of U. S. Savings Bonds during the month of February amounted to $3,75(1,721.92, bring ing the cumulative sales for Jan uary and February to $8,531,810.00. This amount is 15.7 per cent of the annual Savings Bonds goal of $54,400,000.00. In the first two months of 1937, redemptions exceeded sales; how ever, the cash value of E and H Bonds outstanding increased, reaching a new all-time record on February 28, 1957. The total value of E and H Bonds outstanding is now $41,450,000,000.00. Nino counties of North Caro lina have sold over 25 per cent of their annual quota. Chowan, with 40.5 per cent, and Allaghany, with 89.2 per cent, lead the state 'ln I percentage of quota achieved. ~lrr "YElicey county, sales for February were $9,874.00 and for the first tWo months of this year $27,012.04. Q. Leslie Hensley, Yancey County Chairman in releasing this monthly report expressed pleasure over the action the House of Representatives took on March 18% in passing a bill to give the Treasury flexible author ity to increase the present inter est rates on Savings Bonds. The new interest rate bill, which has been sent to the U. S. Senate for approval, would apply to Ser ies E and H Bonds bought on and after February 1, 1957, and to bonds purchased previously but maturing after February 1, 1957. ON N.C.HIGHWAYS RALEIGH—The Motor Vehicles Department’s summary of traffic deaths through 10 a. m.—March 25, 1957: ‘ J' ■ < Klled This Year: 208 Killed to Date Last Year: 220 If safety is worth a lift, drive end walk carefulFy! v ~ The Yancey Record . 1 , and is expected to be completed , and ready for occupancy by , July 1, according to E. L. Briggs. r ' TJie building will be 90’xl00’ structure of Roman brick with I very, modern front. It will house three 28'xl00’ stores and a half basement 50’x90’ on the other , street level for storage or rental purposes, Mr. Briggs said. One of the sections will be oc-i cupied by Ben Franklin 5 & 10c Store, with main offices in Balti more, Md. Another will be occu pied by the RAsr Brothers Grocery of Burnsville, and there sev p eral prospects for rental of the • third section of the building. ' Jesse Autrey is superintendent in charge of construction. Separ -1 ate contracts for plumbing, heat ing, roofing and wiring will be let soon, Mr. Briggs stated. ( D. M. Shoales and an architec tural firm of Baltimore are draw ing the plans for the building. ! Injuries Fatal ! To Joe Riddle I Joe Riddle, 22, of Pensacola died Saturday at 5:25 p. m. in a Bur nsville hospital of injuries suffer ed in an automobile accident last Sunday about 3 a. m., State High , way Patrolman A. W. Rector re ported. Riddle, who was serving in the U. S. Navy, was home on leave . from the U. S. Naval Air Base at Pensacola, Fla. £■ I The Patrolman said the acci dent occurred just south of the I town limits of Burnsville on N. C. Highway 197. Riddle, listed as driver, lost control of his machine on ap proaching a curve. The car struck an embankment at the side of the highway and then turned com pletely around in the highway. , Riddle was thrown clear of the , wreckage and received severe , head injuries. He had been un conscious since being admitted to a Burnsville hospital. 1 A passenger, Bob Riddle, 20, 1 also of Pensacola, a first cousin of the driver, escaped injuries in the crash, the patrolman said. Funeral services were held in Laurel Branch Baptist Church, Pensacola, on Monday at 2 p. m. The Rev. A. Z, Jamerson and the , Rev. R. A. Pate officiated and 1 burial was in the Pensacola Cemetery. Riddle is survtvfcd by his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Quillen Riddle of Pensacola; four brothers, Biss of Barnardsville, Willie R, of Cleveland, Ohio, Vernon of Tam pa, Fla., and James of Pensacola CAP TO MEET FRIDAY The Burnsville squadron of the Civil Air Patrol will meet Friday . night at 7 o’clock in the Agricul ture Building oty Burnsville High School. ' - Commanding Officer. Carl Mc- Intosh has announced that a rad io has been assembled and will be licensed soon. At the April sth meeting of the squadron, several Air Force men will be here to show films.- OLD FASHIONED POUNDINU TO WELCOME HORVATHS There will be an old fashioned “Pounding” to welcome the Hor vath family to Burnsville on Fri day night from 7 to 8 o'clook at their home located on Orchard Street, the first house on the left after passing the Banks Apart ment House. Everyone is cordially invited. i 1— ■' 5 DR. SARGENT TO ' RETURN SATURDAY Dr. W. A. Y. Sargent, who is attending a national medical meeting itl St. Louis this week, s will be back in his office Satur day morning. X “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” SUB. BATES $2 00 YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1857 Church To Make Offering For Displaced Persons On Sunday, -March 31, Presby t#rians will be bringing special offerings at the morning service I at 11 o’clock in the First Presby ’ terian Church here, to be sent • for the rehabilitation of the many unfortunate and displaced peo -1 pie overseas. According to the • Rev. Warren S. Reeve, in Austria there are still 70,000 Hungarians ■ subsisting miserably on inade l quate food and without work op portunities; in the Middle East, .1 850,000 displaced- Arabs are as a • festering sore in the social and . political situation; and Hong . Kong’s thousands of homeless r people call for our compassion . and aid. . Among this vast number of hap less fellow-men, the Horvath . family who have recently come to Burnsville are fortunate, indeed, in being the recipients of our , care and service, Mr. Reeve said. The offering to be received on Sunday, which is part of the na tion-wide "One Great Hour of Sharing”, is our opportunity to send a tiny bit of help to the "many” who have no chance to come to America and, whose needs are pitiably acute, he said. The Rev. Reeve’s sermon sub ject on Sunday morning will be "Listening To God”. Mr. and Mrs. Horvath are ‘ gradually getting settled in their home on Orchard Street and are profoundly grateful for the friend liness displayed to them by many people of the town and commun ! ity, and for the many gifts that have been given them, Mr. Reeve said. Last night, a “Fellowship Sup per” was held to welcome the Horvath family and in honor of several members of the church who have recently done much to improve the appearance of the church. The Rev. Mr. Reeve will be going to the spring meeting of the Holston Presbytery being held at Warren Wilson- College, Swan nanoa, on Saturday of this week. Mrs. • Ralph Laughrun has been appointed as the elder-commis sioner. On Tuesday of next week, Mrs. Laughrun and other ladies of the ; church will again be going to 1 Warren Wilson College, where* on that day the -Women’s Presbyter ian Society will have its spring meeting. Workers Council Makes Plans For Various Projects The Yancey County Agricultural Workers’ Council, at its regular meeting this week, made plans to complete the rural telephone pro ject, community organization, and the dog warden program. One worker from the council will be responsible to contact in dividuals and leaders in each community regarding the tele phone survey. Any individual not contacted in the immediate future should contact a member of the Agricultural Workers’ Council. The council is made up of mem bers of the Extension Office, Far mers Home Administration, Agri culture Stabilization Corporation, Soil Conservation Service, REA, and Forest Service. BEE LOG BETA CLUB TO PRESENT PLAY • *• "Wildcat Willie in The Dog house”, a three-act comedy by Anne Coulter Martens, will be pre« l sented by the members of the Bee Log High School Beta Club in the school auditorium on Tuesday night, April 2. at 7:30. Members of the club who art taking part in the play are A. J. Howell, Linda Higgins, Eudine Wilson, Tommy Parker, Devon Randolph, Norma Faye Wheeler, 1 Billie Cooper, Sybil Whitson,, I Dora Mae Edwards, Sonja Peter . son and Mary Alice Miller. Miss • Hazel Wilson, Beta Club Spon sor, is directing the play. , U F Receives Out- _ Of-County Checks Receipt of a check for SB2 from the American Thread Company at Sevier, N. C., has been report ed by Harlon Holcombe, Treasur er of the Yancey United Fund. Os this amount, ’ $57 represents , the contribution to our Unitpd Fund by the Thread Company employees living in Yancey Coun ty. The balance is a contribution of the Thread Company itself. Mr. Holcombe points out that receipt of this check illustrates the cobperation given to united Jfynd drives by large businesses. Another check was recently re ceived from the General Electric plant in Hickory, transmitting the contribution ~of one of their employees, who desired his dona tion to go to the Yartcey County United Fund. ■ . ■ .... ...... Culver Dale Is Guest Speaker At Banquet , The annual Ladies’ Night ban , quet and installation of officers of the Men’s Club was held Mon day night at the Community House. - \ Seventy-five members and their : wives attended the event. The guest speaker, Culver Dale, ) s principal of Harris. High School • in Spruce Pine, spoke on various aspects of community p rogress, including in particular, school improvements. The Meeting was presided over by. the retiring president, T. M. Tyner. New officers who were in stalled for the coming year were R. K. Ilelmle, president; Roy Ray,’ vice president; and Lowe Thom as, secretary and treasurer. The dinner was served by the ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary. -7" rmm <v mSm& vb mWBg, I ■ • Bfc MV« y*allHr M»yy MPTI - ■ 88l jJHHhV P\ a t&u.A# i 11 Bw JMBtemlli »™Bi MKeIM:---'•- EiL, • IK | Hl«l!l HBjs&sSfc*s: fPPaip|MK.ffsw q«Bwfe ' v S Photo By John Robinson YANCEY COUNTY CHAMPIONS The Clearmont High School Girls' Basketball Team again won the Yancey County Championship. They compiled an enviable record of 20 games won and only 2 losses, averaging 64 points per game with a total of 1414 points. The team's top scqkl for a single game, was 80 points, arts they over 70 points in nine other games. The leading scorer was Betty Young with 919 poihts for the season. The girls placed two players on the All-County Team, and Betty Young was vot id the most valuable player in the tournament. ‘ Members of the team are (kneeling Lto R) Co-captainfs Stella Deyton and Jeralyne Wilson Standing are Betty Lou Peterson, Barbara Hughes, Eloise Tipton, Bobbye Ayers, Coach John Hansil.J Nadine Whitson, Betty Young, Edna Tipton, Arlene Grindstaff and Hope Deyton. •:- L ■ p Sk *9lflp kCk' m. £a! r Wmfcgm Mm |BK|BMjSBI Photo By John Robinson TOE RIVER CHAMPIONS Clearmont Boy’s Basketball Team, champions of the Toe River Conference, finished the season with a record of 21 wins and 3 losses to cap the honor. Four of the starting five made the All-County Team, and three players made the Ali-Conference. Members of the team, pictured above, are (kneeling Lbq R) Harold Canlpe and Benny Deyton Standing are Robert Deyton, Edgar Byrd, Thefon Woody, Cene Tipton, Dwight U. B. Deyton Junior Rcbinson, Bill Young, Ronnie Hensley, A. J. Laws, Donald Canipe and Coach Reece Wilson. - . *, **g&> - ~.. y "’ ./ Child Dies From Bus Accident Van Pate, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pate of Bald Creek, was run over and killed by a school bus Thursday morning, March 21.- The accident occurred about 8:15 a. m. in front of his home in-view of his moth er, two sisters and a brother. The child’s mother was. quoted as saying that he saw a school bus approaching and apparently mistook it for the one he nor mally would board. The bus slow ed down for traffic and then be gan to pick up speed, according darted across the road in front of the bus, was knocked down and run over. He was dead on arrival ta the Yancey Hospital. Driver of the bus was Ted Mathis, 18, of Bald Creek. No charges .were preferred, Patrol man A. W. Rector said. - Van, a third grade pupil at Bald Creek School, was standing by the roadside in front of his home with his brother, Kermit, and two sisters, Edna Louise and Barbara. His mother was stand ing in the driveway of the Pate home. Funeral services were held Fri day at 3 p. m. in the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. The Rev. M. H. Kendall and the Rev. A. Z. Jam jerson officiated, and burial was in the family cemetery. Surviving in addition to the parents, the two sisters and the brother are the maternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hun ter, Sr., of Route 1; and the pa ternal grandfather, J. Robert Pate, Sr., of Bald Creek. Pallbearers were Bill Pate, James Pate, Buster Fender,- Reece Whitson, Theron Woody, Roger Swann, Dennis Pate and Stephen Pate. Flower bearers were the girls of the sixth, seventh and ninth grades at Bald Creek School. Interest Increase On VA : Loans Hit By Whitener r a ___ , . Washington, D. C. Congress man Basil L. Whitener sharply attacked efforts to raise the maximum interest rates for vet erans’ home loans from 4%% to 5% in the House of Representa tives Monday. The Eleventh District Congress man, member of the Hou4e Vet erans’ Affairs Committee, spoke in support of H. R. 4602, a bill recently -reported-ewt-ef-—faie-oem— mittee, during debate in the House The bill continues the present limit of interest rate on veterans’ home loans. In addition, Helmles Are Judges For Mountain Youth Jamboree Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Helmle of ’ Burnsville are serving as judges in the four-day Mountain Youth Jamboree which started yesterday in the Asheville City Auditorium. Mr. and Mrs. HeJrnle have had extensive experience in folk danc ing, and because of their special knowledge in this field have been invited to act as judges in the competitive events on the pro gram. - ' - The annual Youth Jamboree is participated in by dance teams and individual performers from schools throughout western North Carolina. GARDEN CLUB TO MEET FRIDAY The Garden Club will meet Fri day evening at 8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. D. R. Fouts. Mrs. Fred Profit will be in charge of the program. •• - • Give B«rt Bay* NUMBER THIRTY-ONE it raises the amount of direct home loans from the present maximum of SIO,OOO to $12,500 and appropriates an additional 1 $150,000,000 for the period July 1, 1957, to July 25, 1958, for direct home loans. “It is a matter of record, said Whitener, “that the veterans re siding in small towns and rural areas have not had an opportun - -tty to- participate in-this housing program on an equal basis with their fellow veterans who reside in the large population centers”. "Approximately 40 .billion dol lars have been loaned under the VA guaranteed loan program. Only about 584 million dollars have "been loaned to veterans in small towns and rural areas through the direct loan program.” y Whitener pointed out that in ■ the seven counties of the 11th Congressional District only 11.6% of eligible veterans have been able to obtain a home loan under the Veterans Loan Program. “There is one county in my Dis trict,” commented Whitener, “which has a World War li. vet eran population of 1000, and World War II there has not been a single loan made either direct or guaranteed. In another'of the counties in my district only 6 loans have been made, even though the veteran population is 1480.” I The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee held lengthy hearings on H .R. 4602 during which repre sentatives of, insurance compan ies, financial institutions,, home builders and veterans’ organiza tions were heard. “In sitting through the hear ings,” said Congressman Whiten er, “we had absolutely no eviden ce as to the amount of money, if any, that an increase in the inter est rate would bring into the vet erans housing market. There was considerable conflict as to wheth er it would have any effect what ever upon the situation of the homebuilders in this country.” - Whitener further pointed out to the House that the veterans loqn program was designed and intended to assist the veterans, and not as a subsidy of any business. “The great veterans organiza tions of thq United States consis tently opposel an increase of this interest rate”, 4he stated. "I feel that they are j correct and, there fore, oppose further burdening the veterans with higher interezt rates at this time.” Hospital Report \ The Yancey Hospital reports six births and eighteen other ad missions during the pass week. The births include a son, Ron ald Wayne, born March 18 to Mr. and Mrs. Brown Wyatt of Mica ville daughter, Brenda Sue, born March 22 to Mr. and Mrs. James Fritz of Buladean; a dau ghter, Vickie Lee, born March 20 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edge of Burnsville; a daughter, Vicky Lynn, born March 21 to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Edwards of Rt. 4, Burnsville; a son, Ricky Lee, bom March 21 to Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Silvers of Rt. 1, Burnsville; and a daughter, Kathy Genene, bora March 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hughes of Green Mtn. Other admissions during the week include Gerald Murdock. B. B. Penland and H. A. Bailey of Burnsville; Juanita Gillespie -of Rt. 1, Burnsville; Sallie Butner of Rt. 2, Burnsville; Ruby Ray and Hattie Pate of Rt. 3, Burnsville; Bobby Webb of Rt 4, Burnsville; James K. Mayberry of Celo; Bes sie Hugi.es and Viola Seay of Micaville; Roger Buchanan of Rt. 1. Green Mtn.; Elmer Johnson of Relief; Elizabeth Hughes 4 and Ailie Yelton of Rt 2, Bakersville- Kenneth HuSkins of Rt 3 Bak ersvllle; Linda Ledford ot’Rt. 1, .. -. . .1 • .n •‘*4*3
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