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* . ..i .’: ■ . ■, Advertisers Give Best Buys VOLUME TWENTY-ONE m j 17 Tin i. S— a. W'.i i AJTF T , • v IBr ;,.# ~.S H - Bgfo. ;• ‘ ■ Hk iiij§|SlP|i|Bip wmm B, m ><%. i||pi|i® FRUITLESS SEARCH Weary crew members of one of the huge fleets of aircraft searching for traces of the C-97 transport which off Japan with 67 Americans aboard discuss the fruitless search mission over the storm-tossed Pacific. (L-R) J. Schneider, co-pilot, St. Louis; Capt. Rufus D. Saylor, pilot, Lima, Ohio, and Ist Lt. Richard W. Gru ( ndy, navigator, Minocqua, Wise. Asheville Doctors Discuss Treatment Here Eye clinics and treatment were discussed at last week’s meeting of the Burnsville Lions Club. Dr. Wayne Woodard of Asheville showed slides illustrating eye conditions before and after treat ment. * W. Fluharty, an Asheville opto metrist, also spoke. Both are members of the Asheville Lions Club. , Dr. Cameron F. Mcßae, dis trict health officer, was in charge of the program. HEALTH DEPARTMENT , NEWS A pre-school clinic will be held at Bald Creek School on Friday, April 5, at 9 a. m. Dr. Cameron F. Mcßae has re ceived orders to attend a course for medical reserve officers at! Brooks Army Medical Center, in | Texas, from April 7 to 19. In his 1 absence, the routine office clinics will be held by the public health nurses in the three counties; however, no chest X-rays can be made in the Burnsville office at the regular Monday clinics on April 8 and 15. Certifictes To Be Given Nursing Glass The fourth in the series of Red Cross Home Nursing Classes, conducted by Mrs. W. I*. Honey cutt, R. N., began on Tuesday, March 28, according to Miss Sue Nottingham, home agent. Mrs. Honeycutt states that this is the last daytime class she will instruct this spring; however, an evening class for women will be ' gin as soon as the present class has finsihed its training. A class. for men will be held during the latter part of May. * Members of the present class are Mrs. Harry Bowen, Mrs. Her shel Holcombe, Mrs. Paul Ayers, Mrs. Ivan Whitson, Mrs. Nat Howell, Mrs. R. A. Pate, Mrs. W. | E. Black, Mrs. Roscoe Banks, 1 Mrs. Roy Duncan and Miss Sue Nottingham. A recognition program will be held in connection with The local fled Cross Chapter when the classes are completed. At this time, certificates will be presented to all those completing the twelve-hour Red Cross Home Nursing course. ON N.C.HIGHWAYS RALEIGH—The Motor Vehicles Department’s summary of traffic deaths through TO a. m. April 1, 1957:* •, Killed This Year: 227 Killed to Date Last Year: 243 t If safety is worth a life, drive and walk carefully! k \. „| ■ \ u . •« -*i & ' “>“■■* V" * 1 "■' *- 11 i - 1 * * " the Yancey Record Talent Show Sched uled By 4-H Clubs The Yancey County 4-H Talent Show will take place Saturday night, April 13th, at 7:30 p. m. in the Burnsville High School Gym. Each 4-H Club in the county will have tyvo talent numbers. The show will be judged and the blue ribbon winner will compete in the district contest April 27th. An amusing program has been planned. Jarvis Harris, one of the county’s well-known singers, will present one of the numbers. Admission will be 25c for stud ents and club members, 50c for adults. Tickets can be bought from any of the club-presidents, or from Miss Sue Nottingham or Roger Hyatt. - Street To School Being Widened I Green Mountain Street is in the process of being widened from the Burnsville High School to the town > square. The section of the street from the square to Mitchell Branch Road will be 2 feet wider when the work Is com pleted, and from there to the the street will vary from 4 to 6 feet wider. . The, works,is being done by the State Highway Commission thro ugh the Powell Fund. . Mayor Reece Mclntosh stated that this improvement has been needed for a long time, and he hopes to have the sidewalks along Green Mountain street re paired sometime in the future. Deyton Selected To Play At EnKa ■■■■■■ 1c V ' \ i (Photo by John Robinson) U. B. Deyton, 6V4 foot basket ball center from Clearmont, was selected to play in the annual Enka Corporation All-Star game for outstanding seniors on Maroh 29, at the Enka gymnasium, ac cording to an announcement by Clearmont Coach Reece Wilson. The game is an annual affair, pitting the outstanding seniors from Buncombe County against the outstanding seniors from oth * er western North Carolina coun ties. v ’ Deyton has been an outstanding eager imthe Toe River Conference for the past itwo years: This year, he had nearly a twenty-point b average in helping his team-mates win the Toe River “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OP YANGEY COUNTf” — ...A , <- ■—■■.■ SUB. RATBft 02.00 YEAR. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THUbS DAY, APRIL 4, 1857 4 No Contracts In Soil Bank Program After 15th Tarheel farmers who desire to participace in the Soil Bank Con servation Program this year must sign a contract in their local ASC Office before the office closes on the 15th day of April. Alvin Pate, Chairman for Yancey County ASC Committee, expressed the opinion today that many farm ers in the State are waiting for more suitable weather before sign ing up in the program. In order not to be entirely left out of the program for this year, farmers shouldnot wait for suit able weather, he said, but should make the decision as to whether or not they will participate and sign up now if they intend to participate this year. Through March 15, over 20,000 acres* have been put in the Soil Bank’s Conservation Reserve in North Carolina. This acretge was covered by contracts and in cludes all contracts signed from October 1956, through March 14, 1957. Farmers who have contracted to participate in either phase of the Soil Bank Program should re member that they must comply with all acreage allotments for the farm as well as all Soil Bank requirements in order to qualify for payments, Mr. Pate stated. Where a farmer willfully and knowingly harvests or grazes de signated Acreage Reserve land, the payment is forfeited and in addition he is subject to a civil penalty of 50 percent of the pay ment which would have been made for compliance. If the pay ment has been made when the violation occurs, the amount of the payment must be refunded. Clearmont PTA Elects New Officers New officers were elected re cently by the Clearmont PTA. Jess Howell was elected to serve as president of the organization, Mrs. Myrtle Peterson as vice president, Miss Maxine Peterson as secretary, and Mrs. Ruth Rice as treasurer. | Members of the program com-1 mlttee are Mrs. Mildred Woody and Mrs. Phyllis Bailey. The hospitality committee in cludes Mrs. Dorothy Ray, Mrs. Blanche Hunter, Mrs. Marjorie Edwards and Mrs. Raylene Stamey Those appointed to serve on the membership committee are Mrs. Ray English, Mrs. Roy Duncan and Mrs. Park Peterson. Members of the finance- com mittee are Mrs. Gaw Sparks, Mrs. Velmar Huffman, Fred Anglin, Cecil Deyton and Mrs. Ward Woody. Those appointed to serve on the welfare committee are Mrs. W. P. Honeycuttt, Mrs. Hugh Gomto and Mrls. Fred Anglin. The Grade Mothers committee includes Mrs. Enzy Letterman, Mrs. Velmar HuffmaA and Mrs. Kenneth Johnson. , Rev. Hrammel Speaks . At Centennial f % The Rev. Charles B. Trammel was the first speaker Monday I evening at the Columbus Baptist | Church in a week-long program observing the one hundreth anni versary of the founding of the church, Mr. Trammel was pastor of this church for ten years. His sub ject was "The Task Os The Church In Today's World”. LIONS TO HAVE ANNUAL BROOM SALE If residents of .Burnsville should hear a Lion roaring at their front door anytime from 4:30 to 7 p. m. on Thursday, April 1 h there will be nothing to be alarmed about. Just buy a broom 1 and everything will be fine. The annual Broom Sale profits - are used by the Lions Club for > the benefit of the blind In Yanoey County. 4 Four Mitchell Boys Injured In Wreck Four persons were injured when a car left the roadway and over turned down an embankment in' a curve on N. C. 80 (Boonford Road) about 8:15 p. m. Monday, according to Highway Patrolman A. W. Rector. None of the injur ies were serious. Charles Johnson, 18, driver of the car, of Rt. 3, Bakersville, stated that he lost control of the car due to slick pavement after a rain. He suffered a sprained anklg. - - The three passengers, all of Rt. 3, Bakersville, were iDean Buch anan, 17, who suffered a bruised right shoulder; Jack Blackburn, 20, facial abrasions; and W. L. Johnson, .23, lacerations of the face and body bruises and abras ions. No charges were made, Rector said. The subjects were treated at Dr. Melvin Webb’s office. Local Leaders Invited To WNC Health The 10th Medical District of' Western North Carolina will hold a rural Health Conference on April 6, at Hazelwood School in Waynesville, N. C. The theme for the conference will be “Rural Health Resources—Present and Possible”. County health leaders and mem bers of the health council are in vited to attend, as well as health leaders of each Home Demonstra tion Club, according to Miss Sue Nottingham, home agent. Anyone interested in rural health should try to attend this conference, she 'said, in order that we may see what-the resources are for raising our standards of health in the county. The program will begin promp tly at 9:30 a. m., with the present resource for rural health present ed during the morning program. Immediately after lunch a 4-H Club film “Better Health the 4-H Way” will be shown. The after noon program will consist of spec ial interest groups, “Possible Rural Health Resources”, at whi [ch time each one attending may go to the special interest group of their choice. These groups are in Farm and Home Safety, in Nutri tion, in Preventative Medicine, and in Mental Health. I The program * committee has I worked out this very good pro gram which has been in the mak ing for four or five months, Miss Nottingham said, in the hope that health leaders and all those inter ested in raising the standards of health in western North Carolina will take part and make this & profitable rural health conference. Hospital Report The Yancey Hospital reports two births and twenty-one other admissions during the past week. The births include a daughter, Penny Marcellia, born March 27 1 to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Burnette of Star Route, Burnsville; and a son, Robert Daniel, born March 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Snelson of Micaville. "* Other admissions during the week include June Randolph, Betty Huskey and Gerald Mur dock of Burnsville; Norma Bur nette and Mary Ann Stokley of Star Rt.; Edith Silvers of Rt. 1; John Dale of Rt. 2; Mae Ray of Pensacola; Liddie Snelson, Geor gia Gouge, Susan Hall, Faye Thomas and Johnny Hughes of Micaville; Arthur Thomas of Green Mtn.; Erma Peterson of Cane River; Patricia Hylemon of Bald Creek; Vera Stapleton, Ar nold Phillips, Texie Huskins and Ruth Grindstaff of Bakersville; and Raymond Rice of Biltmore. QUARTET TO SING AT INDIAN CREEK CHURCH The Metcalf Creek Quartet of Madison County will he at the Indian Creek Missionary Bapt|st Church on Sunday night, April 7, to take part in the services be ginning at 7:30. Garden Club Plans To Plant Azaleas, Tulips On Square The Garden Club met Friday evening at the home of Mrs. D. R. Fouts. Mrs. Fred Proffitt was program leader. In her inimitable fashion, she reviewed the book, “North With The Spring”, written by Edwin Way Teale. The book is an account of a trip taken by the author and his wife, beginning south of the Tamiaml Trail at the little community of Ever glades in Florida, near the Ten Thousand Islands on ‘ the Gulf Coast, following the Spring north to the New England states. Alhong many other things, Mrs. Proffitt described the Spanish moss, the air plants of Florida, the trillium and other wild flow ers of North Carolina, the green hills of Vermont, and the migrat ing flight of thousands of birds. Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent, presi dent, presided at the business meeting. The chairman of the civic committee reported that the plan to set summer blooming flowers in the circle on the town s square has been abandoned, due to the fact that water cannot be piped to the square. Instead, the club plans to set hardy flame azaleas and tulips -in front of the shrubbery around the monument., Crabapple trees will be set on the square, according to the landscaper’s design; and the pink' and white dogwood trees which have been destroyed will be re placed. Mrs. Ruby Goodin, formerly of Burnsville and now of New York City, was a guest at the meeting. MAJOR WILSON SPEAKS AT BURNSVILLE SCHOOL 1 . Major Juanita Wilson of the Civil Air Patrol, Asheville, spoke to the students of Burnsville High School on Wednesday morning. Major Wilson spoke on the Civil Air Patrol, its duties and functions. The CAP is a nqn-paid auxiliary of the U. S. Air Force, she said, and offers summer en campment at an Air Force base as well as trips abroad to Europe and U. S. Possessions. On Friday, March 29, Major Wilson gave an orientation test to the Burnsville Civil Air Patrol Squadron. She also showed a film, “Wings Os Tomorrow”. Jerry Holcombe haa been elect ed to serve as executive officer for the Cadet Squadron and was given the rank of temporary cor poral. Tomorrow night (Friday) at, the regular meeting of the CAP, several men from the Air Force recruiting office in Asheville will present a program at 7:30. Scouts To End Cookie Sale Tomorrow The annual sale of Girl Scout cookies, which began Monday, March .25, and will continue through tomorrow, is progressing well in the Burnsville-Bald Creek neighborhood. Two different kinds *f cookies are available this year, the new chocolate mint cookies and the cream sandwich variety. In Burnsville Mrs. James T. Fox is in charge of the sale for the Girl Scout troop, and, Mrs. Clyde M. Whisnant for the Brownie troop. Mrs. Jaimes Prof fitt is in charge of the sale for the Bald Creek troop. The Pisgah unit has set as its goal 30,000 boxes to be sold this year. The local troop, sponsored by the Burnsville Woman’s Club, has received the baching of the whole town and county in the current sale. The BraWnies and Girl Scouts will continue ringing doorbells through tomorrow. Proceeds made from Uie cookie | sale in this area will -be applied to help build housing facilities, a road, a swimming pool and other - general developments and im provements at the Girl Scout Camp near Brevard. S. T. Henry, Tri-County Editor, Dies At Home S. T. Henry, editor of The Tri- County News, Spruce Pine, and for more than 30 years one of that region’s most ardent promoters, died of a heart attack Saturday morning at his home near Spruce Pine. He was 76. Mr. Henry was born in Bush nell. 111. A graduate of the Univer sity of Illinois, he was associated for many, years with McGraw Hil Publishing Company ° of New Bald Creek Chapter To Install Officers Bald Creek Chapter No. 276 of the Eastern Star will hold an open Installation of officers at the Community Building, April 6th at 8 p. m. The following officers will be installed: Worthy Marton, Edna Bow ditch; Worthy Patron, Lloyd " Miller; Associate Matron, Robbie Heaven r; and Associate Patron, Frank Bowditch. Secretary, Esther Buckner; Treasurer, Lillie Ballew; Conduc- I tress, June Miller; Associate Con ductress, Nancy Styles; Chaplain, Billie Jean Styles;. Marshal, Mag nolia Mclntosh; and Anastasia Tomberlin. Adah, Sara Hensley; Ruth, Edna Jamerson; Esther, Zula Wilson; Martha, Margaret Miller; Electa, Alma Holcombe; Warder, Philip Styles; and Sentinel, Lee Chandler. Flora Brooks will be Installing officer assisted by Marjorie Wil son, Marshal; Sterling Bower, Chaplain; and Grace Brummitt, Organist. Edwards Named Scout Executive iv -5g Ufa , 1 - JOSEPH D. EDWARDS Joseph D. Edwards will become the Scout Executive of the Dan iel Boone Council of the Boy Scouts of America on May 1, it has been announced by W. C. Hennessee of Sylvia, council pre sident. Mr. Edwards will succeed A. W. Allen who is retiring after serving as council executive since 1920. Edwards comes from the staff of the Occoneechee Council where he he has served as a district executive at Henderson, N. *C. for the past four years. He had previously been on the staff at Wilmington, N. C., Winston-Sal em and West Palm Beach, Fla. He attended Mercer University atMacon, Ga. and Emory Uhiver sity .at Atlanta. During the second World War he was a Ist Lieuten ant and saw action with the 101st and' 82nd Airborne Division in the European theater. Mr. Edwards is a member of the Methodist Church and has been a Sunday School teacher, superintendent 'of the Sunday School and chairman of the board lof stewards. He is a member of the Lions Club, the Junior Cham ber of Commerce and the Ameri can Legion. He is married to the former Mary Ley of Quitman, Ga. MR and Mrs. Edwards have three children, a son, Billy and two dau-l gnters, Lisa and Ley. Advertisers ~ Give Best Bays NUMBER THIRTY-TWO* - York City, holding posts ranging 1 from editor to assistant to the t president. , He made his headquarters in r Spruce Pine in 1925; and a year j later took over as editor of the weekly newspaper there. Recently, - Mr. Henry sold The Tri-County ■ News to Bristol, Va.-Tenn.-, news l paper interests; but he continued l in his previous capacity as pub ' lisher and editor. ■ He long was active in promot ing the region and was instru mental in having the Linyille Gorge area and Roan Mountain rhododendron gardens set aside < , by the government. He was ohe ( of the prime movers in the pro ject which led to the establish ! ment of the state Minerals Mus eum a nearby Gillespie Gap. Mr. Henry was a member of First phurch of Christ, Scientist, for more than 40 years. He held membership in the Nlatlonal 1 Press Association, the North 1 Carolina Society of Civil Engi -1 neers, and the Newcomen Society of Charlotte. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Agnes McDougall Henry, a native of California; a daughter, Mrs. Robert Bare of Spruce Pine; and a son, Stokes T. Henry of New ' York City. Funeral services were conduct ed in the Spruce Pine Presbyter ian Church at 2 p. m. Monday. Operetta To Be Given At Pensacola Eighty Pensacola school child ren from grades 1 through 8 will present an operetta tomorrow night (Friday) in the school audi torium at 8 o’clock. The operetta, “Awake, ‘Tis Spring”, is under the direction of Mrs. Albert Williams and the grade teachers. Admission will be 50c per person. STRAY DOGS—RABID OR SANE IBy Lewis W. Dameron, Secretary Yancey County Agricultural Workers’ Council Recent reports bring news of outbreaks of rabies in West Vir ginia and in Ashe County of North Carolina. ' : Last week, Mr. Carlie Rice of Pensacola Road .reported that they were expecting an outbreak ss of rabies among stray dogs i if West Virginia where he is work ing on a lumber operation. Carlie reported that the situation had become so bad that cattle arid even ground hogs had gone “madf’ and attacked residents of that area. Os course, this is, a king way off from this county, and maybe wjs shouldn’t feel concerned; biit this week, reports from Ashe County in this state have been similar. They are expecting an outbreak of rabies in that area. Not only does a rabies epide mic create a dangerous' situation for both children and adults, but the loss to livestock owners and owners of valuable hunting dogs could run into thousands of dollars. This is one of the primary rea sons the Yancey County Agricul tural Workers’ Council is inter ested in having a dog warden program in this county. This pro gram would benefit all by provid ing away to help prevent an outbreak of rabies.. Another aspect of a good dog pr -ram would be that of wild lii conservation. Stray dogs hare a : -mendous effect on the popu -1 latio.i of rabbits and quail. Dur - ing the nesting season, a large ' number of young rabbits Are 1 caught and quite often quail nests f are destroyed by stray dogs. No - doubt, all hunters would be hafc s number of quail and rabbits in v —1.... MIM tQMUIUJ 111
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