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> t i it i j) iih ■ < ■ * - - Advertisers Give The Best. Buys VOLUME TWENTY-TWO Three Robberies In • • '»:• ••• • ■ ' County Reported Solved The robbers of three business places in the' county have been identified through fingerprints obtained after the robberies, ac cording to Sheriff Terry Hall. Hall stated that he has war- Yancey Hospital * Report BIRTII8: | A daughter, Nancy Elizabeth, born December 20 to Mr. and Mrs J, B. ;jAnders, Mar? Hill, Rt. 2. A son, Eddie Alvin Street, born December *2l to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Street, ■ Rt. . 2, Baketsville. A son; Darrel Keith, born Dec ember 23 to Mr. ana Mrs. J. C. Styles, Burnsville. A daughter, Brenda Gail, born December 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hopson, Bakersville. A son, James Michael, born December 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Woodby, Green Mtn. A son, Doyle Lee, born Decem ber 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Robinson, Rt. 1, Burnsville. 7 A son, Earl Gene, born Decem ber 30 to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Grindstaff, Green Mtn. OTHER ADMISSIONS: Evelyn" Woodby, Rachel Ann Fox, Nettie Letterman, JJreen Mtn.; dShirley Young, Randy Lee Banks, Rt. .2, Burnsville; Ida Al len, Craig Woody, Lawrence Rob inson, Lizzie Higgins, Jessie Rob inson, Ola Dodd, Rt. 1, Burns ville; Brown McKinney, Rt. 3 Spruce Pine; Ray Pittman, Mack Pittman, Linda Ledford, Rt. 2, Spruce Pine; Lula Higgins; Vir ginia Styles, Wade Adkins, Rose Butner, .Charles Deyton, Burns ville; Anna Mae Street, Bakers ville; Dean Wilson, Porter Prof fitt, Bald Creek; Louise Calvert, Asheville; Maude Robinson, Bob by B. King, Dewey M. Hensley, Elsie Metcalf, Rt. 3, Burnsville; Mildred Anders,Rt. 2, Mars Hill; Marie Hopson, Rt. 1, Bakersville; Berlie Jean Garland, Rt. 3, Bak ersville; Darlene Proffitt, Her bert Proffitt, Brenda Sue Hig gins, Rt." 4, Burnsville; Cora Clem, Greenville, S. C.; Wanda Wilson, Pensacola; Lockie Grindstaff, Rt. I, Green Mtn.; Alma McCurry, Micaville. IN I M YOUR LIFE j! The Flu And You Asian influenza is now well launched on its unpleasant course in many U. S. communities. It seems probable, however, that nowhere in the United States will it be as severe as it was in two widely separated countries; the Philippine. Islands and Chile. The Philippine epidemic raged during May and June of this year, ' and the overall death rate for the I r 'i n - r,K" islands was 16 per LfcmJ loo - 000 of total ;t: - -.' population - far H - 1 higher than its "" l toll on the Asiatic ? 11' mainland^As usual, tfP 8 e ■ “ “ deaths at- I tributed not to the i tfld lrm influenzavirusit- >elf, but to The secondary bacterial invasions •which sometimes follow the flu. Ifi one test of means to combat these secondary invaders, Dr. An gel Florentin of the Manila Gen eral Hospital administered the antibiotics Terramycin and Tet rocyn to hospitalized patients as soon as they were admitted. While neither of these antibiotics had any effect on the flu virus itself, they were significantly successful in repelling the secondary germs, and in keeping down serious ill ness and death. « , Dr. Florentin reported his work before the Fifth Annual Sympo sium on Antibiotics in Washing ton, D.C. A similar experience waa related to the Symposium Joy Dr. Rogue Kraljevic of Chile, Who treated 76 flu victims with anti biotics during the recent epidemic in his country. Ho found that Sig nemycin halted secondary infec tions in more than 9 out of 10 pa tients. In Dr. Kraljevic’* .study, l secondary infection of the respir atory tract was proved in all but y 1 easel. J \ .•‘■jghlhjuLMMHJH ■» - a the Yancey Record Subscription: $2.00 Par Year rants charging Eugene Crain and J. R. Hensley, both of Barnards ville, with robbing Proffitt’s Store and Pate’s Store at Bald Creek. Both men are now serving a term at State Prison, Raleigh, for •obbing a store at Stoney Knob in Buncombe County but will be brought here for trial in the March term of court. The Sheriff also said he has a warrant for the arrest of Lewis Rev is, of Swiss, for the robbery of Laskie Shepherd’s Store at Swiss. This clears up all the rob beries that have occurred outside of the Burnsville city limits, he «id. ... . In Burnsville during the Christ mas season, five robberies and one attempted robbery were re ported. A burglar.: alarm frighten ed thieves away when they at -1 tempted to enter B. B. Penland • and SorA,Lumber Co., but five other business places were brok en into and robbed of various items, such as cigarettes, canned goods, candy, wearing apparel, .! cameras, and small amounts of ■ cash. Thesse places include the Hill Top Luncheonette, Peterson’s Store, Stamey’s Store, Banks , Young Motor Co., and Ben Rid dle’s Service Station. State’s 1958 Town ship Census To Be Conducted During January , RALEIGH North Carolina’s : farm landowners will be asked to , cooperate during January in the - state’s 1958 Township Farm s Census. The annual eensus will be tak - en as farmers list their 1958 tax es. Tax listers cooperate in the , undertaking so that needed data • may be obtained concerning , North Carolina agriculture. The census is required by law and the state Department of Ag -1 riculture and boards of county • commissioners are charged with the responsibility of carying it out. All agricultural agencies co > operate in the statewide survey. , The information obtained is • held in confidence and used only > for the purpose of compipling accurate statistics on land use, crop acreages and livestock num bers. / David S. Weaver, director of the N. C. Agricultural Extension Servioe, advised farmers not to confuse the annual North Caro lina Township FaugxCensus with the Federal gover|jpeiit’s general agricultural ensus every five years. "Through the annual Nor th Carolina Farm Census said Weaver, “we have the machinery for obtaining vital statistical data that helps keep this state on the right road, agriculturally.” Weaver is but one of the state's leading agricultural figures who has clten the Importance of the annual farm census. Others in clude L. Y. Ballentlne, state com missioner of agriculture; D. W. Colvard, dean of agriculture at N. C. State College; A G Bullard, state supervisor of vocational agriculture education; Horace Godfrey, state ASC administra tor; H. J. sHlte dir ector of the Farmers Home Ad ministration; Harry B. Caldwell, state Grange master; R. Flake Shaw, late executive vice presi dent of the N. C. Farm. Bureau, and muny others Farmers will be asked such questions as total acreage for each tract over three acres, num ber of acres from which crop* were harvested in 1957, number of acres of idle crop land, Im proved pasture, date on individual copps. cattle, hogs and chickens. The reliable, factual informa tion provided at the # county and township levels by the yearly survey is of great help to local i farm leaders in working out plans for county and community agri cultural programs, declared Bal lentine. * 2 “dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County” V ... " 89 YEARS ON SAME FARM • * • Probably eldest term cou ple on social security is Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Herd of Lutle, Mo. He’s 91, she's 99. They former ly termed 886 seres, new farm 19. Reduced Work Week For State Highway Employees Raleigh, N. C.—Beginning on January 1, 5500 maintenance em ployees of the North Carolina State Highway Department will! have a shorter work week ac cording to a directive issued to day to Division and District En glQpers. Director of W. F. Babcock announced the re duced work week on a trial basis. Heretofore, maintenance forces throughout the State have work ed 50 hours per week. After Jan uary 1, this work week will "ibe reduced to 45. In addition, the re gular work day of 10 hours will be reduced to 9 hours. In explaining the shorter work week. Director Babcock said, : a study has indicated that main tenance operations on North Carolina's highways can be car ried on with the same effective ness and efficincy while, at the same time, bringing the main tenance work week more in line with other Departments of the State Highway Commission.” In his directive. Babcock point ed eut that Division,- Engineers shall have authority for estab lishing the actual beginning and ending hours of daily (work in keeping with local sunrise and sunset conditions. However, gen erally, the reduction will be ap plied 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon. The concept of a shorter work week for maintenance employees was mentioned briefly by Bab cock on September 20 in an ad dress before the North Carolina State Highway Employees Asso ciation. At that time, the High way Director said that it would seem we may be able to lessen the maintenance work week dur ing the fall, winter and, perhaps, spring months. “Whether it will be possible during the heavy con struction and maintenance sea son during summer months re mains to be seen,” said Babcock. However, in the memorandum to personnel, the Director said the shorter work week may be ex tended into the construction sea son if it proves to be practical. In addition to the shorter work week, a study is currently being made on the classification of maintenance personnel whose re sponsibilities have not been clas sified In the pist. The result.-of this classification study should be finished by July 1, 1958. I M J'"* 1 * Mr, and Mrs. Wayne Proffitt and children of Franklin spent the Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Proffitt and Mr. and Mrs. Monroe King in Bur nsville. Mr. and Mbs. D. B Banks of Black Mountain spent Christmas here with Mr. and Mrs. Jay I McDowell. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Mathus ■ and Mr. and Mrs. Edd Mathus I of Hickory spent Christmas with • Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mathus of Rt. I 8, Burnsville > Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Riddle and ‘ children visited Mr. and. Mrs. _ * ’ ' Thomas Ray in Winston-Salem during the Christmas holidays. BURNSVILLE, N. CL THURS DAY. JANUARY 2, 1958 Farmers Required To Report Cash Wages Paid In ’57 During 'the month of January 1958, all farmers will be required to report the cash wages paid in 1957 to each of their farm work ers covered by the'social security law, Arnold L. Walz, ■’Acting Man ager of the Asheville social secur ity office, announced today. Any farm worker who has paid cash wages of $l5O or more in 1957 by a farm employer must be reported by the employer on this yearly return. Even if cash wages paid t 0 a farm worker were less than $l5O, he must be reported if he worked for the employer on part of 20 days ofc more in 1957, and was paid on a time basis—by the hour, day, week, or month- Mr. Walz emphasized' that in addition to the amount of cash Wmges paid to each covered work er, the return must show each worker’s social security number and name exactly as shown on his official social security cafd. It is Important that these faqpn wages be reported correctly. Eli gibility and the amount of all re , tirement, disability and survivors .payments under social security are based on the Pecord of earn ings credited to the individuaal’s account. A loss’of some or Ml benefits could result from failure to report a farm worker’s wages completely. Farm employers who previous ly filed returns or registered as new employers during the year will automatically be sent forms for making the 1957 reports. Com pleted returns and employment taxes due should be sent to the | District Director of . Internal Re venue, Greensboro, f T . C. Free booklets ’explaining the duties of farm. *'•&**? rs and 3e scribing the social security bene fits for farm workers and self employed farmers can be request ed from the Asheville social sec urity office. munity Club Meets The Hardscrabble Community Club met Dec. 13th, for the last >.ime during 1957, at the home of Mi. and Mrs. E. P Proffitt, Lew 's Dameron presented an inter esting movie on birds and how-'to care for them. The .next meeting will be on fan. 10th at 7 p. m. in the Com munity Clubhouse. It is very ur gent that everybody be present for this meeting since it will be time to reorganize and elect new officers. Leslie L. Proffitt, President WSCS To Meet Tonight The Woman’s Society of Christ ian Service of the Higgins Mem orial Methodist Church will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 p. m. at the church. Circle No. 1 is in charge of the program. i msmtwumwrr -'-*.**■• nrr**t*am*r^ * i BBm ' : &Ws ■lk'* ' ' ujl ImM HBHKTjj|3&fc 8 ; 1 "'"/ : \ 1 ,’/’ '*''\ *'„> .» * ; j. : ;; ‘V\ '■ n INSPECTS NATO ARMS . . . C. S. Defense Secretory Nett McElrey watches U. S. Sixth Infantry took maneuvers in Berlin Grunewald. Tank commander Cap! Raymond Qibeen to ai left. * , — T ‘ —T . «*' ■' »ei m -» ••*■&> -■* I ;~ -' * Whitener Receiving Applications For Air Fprce Academy ’ Gastonia, N. C. Congress man Basil L. Whitener has an nounced that he is receiving ap plications for nominations to the Air Force Academy at Den ver, Colorado. The 11th District Congressman is authorized by the United Stat es Air Force to nominate as many as ten young men to com pete for ten class vacancies al located to the State of North Carolina. Each Member of Con gress and each United. States Senator in North Carolina will have an equal number of nomina tlons and examinations jwill be given to the nominees competing for the Tar'Heel vacancies. Applicants must be physically fit, of good moral character, un married, and citizens of ‘ the United States. They must be be tween the ages of 17 and 21 land must have a minimum height of five feet four inches and must not suceed a maximum height of six feet four inches. 4 The closing date for Congress ional nominations is January 3J,« 1958. Examinations will be given by the Air Force oh March 15, 1958, and on April 5, 1958, with the final selection of the cadet class being made In early May, 1958. Nominees who are selected from the competitive * examina tions will enter the cadet class at the Academy on June 27, 1958. “I urge that young men with a keen desire to make the Air For ce a career who feel that they are physically and educationally qualified communicate with us at once in order that we may give their applications immed iate consideration,” Congress man Whitener stated. “They may write to me at my office in Gas tonia or at the House Office Building, Washington, D. C., for further information.” Congressman Whitener will re turn to Washington in early January, but in the meanwhile may be contacted in person at his office,- in Gastonia. “Be- Boppers” To Have Square Dance The “Ue-Boppers” will have a square dance this Saturday night, Jan. 4 th, beginning at 7:30 in the Community House. Mrs. Graham f lV> Speak At Woman’s Club Meeting Mrs. G. C. Graham, ’wife of the MethodiaJ minister at Kona, will be the guest speaker at the Wom an’s Club meeting next Thursday evening, Jan. 9th, at 8 o’clock in the Community House. #= Mrs. Graham, originally from England, will speak .about Lon don. She will be introduced by Mrs. T. M. Tyner, program chair man Price Per Copy; Five Oehta - ~ w-- - - - United Fund Disburses $4,400 To Agencies The Yancey United Fund an j nounces that it has already dis bursed more than $4,400 from its 1957 campaign receipts, to sis- j teen of the health, welfare/* and 1 character building agencies in cluded in its budget. * It is still too early, according to Robert Helmle, President, of the ’ Yancey UF, 'to give final results i -•-- . i Jacks Creek Pres -1 byterians To Have ;l Special, Program^ tj The Jacks- Creek Presbyterian I Church is pleased to announce f and. wishes to:: extend an Invita . tlon-tir everyone to attend their. t 10:00 a. m. Sunday School, Janu . ary sth program, at which time I a quartette of junior high school f students from the South Toe t area will sing. The students are r Lois Ann Autrey, Emtfta Robin son, Billie Jo Mace and Lorane Rector. The Jacks Creek Presbyterian | Church had these young girls as their guests in December and are » W pleased to have them again. t Everyone is cordially invited to attend the morning program. » .. . . _ | McCracken Family t Moves To New Home Approximately 2,000 guests at tended the open house last Sat urday and Sunday at the new home built by sympathetic citi-1 zens for the five orphaned Mc- Cracken children of Burnsville. J The children were on hand as a welcoming committee when the official fwo-day open house for the new residence began. The new three-bedroom house was built from materials, money II I and labor donated , by persons from a wide area who became in ", terested in the McCracken child*- | ren after hearing of their plight. ' The new house replaces the drafty, exposed and dilapidated structure which they occupied. The McCrackens spent their first night in the new dwelling on Sunday night following a busy week-end of welcoming tdpir many guests. 1 In addition to the three bed ’ rooms, the house has an attrac ! tive room, a bath with blue fixtures, a spacious kitchen and a full basement- Many house hold furnishings, such as a stove, . refrigerator, heating unit, sew ing machine, linens and ■ many other items weije donated* t —— •R R.C.HIGHWAYS Raleigh—The Motor Vehicles 1 Department’s summary of traffic deaths through 10 a. m.—Decem ’ j ber 30, 1957: ’ ' I Killed This Year: 1061 • Killed to Date Last Yehr: 1103 * i ; Advertisers Give The Best Buys] NUMBER NINETEEN ■ for the campaign which is now drawing to its close, and the dis ( bursements thus far made are ; only partial and preliminary. The payments recently made have been as follows; 1 Yancey County 4-H Club work $456. Sight cpnservation and for the blind SIBO. Yancey County Library $l2B Boy Scouts r ' $458 Girl Scouts * $5lO Red CroSs $1,440 U- S O. $l2B ■ Yancey Hospital SBOO Cerebal Palsy S6O Cancer and Heart SIBO Medical Research .in'N.. C $77 Care "of Crippled Children sl4l Aid in Adoption Cases $123 Florence Crittenton Home, for care given Yancey County girls $54. Carolinas United Community Services $75. The amount of the.se partial payments is in each case ap proximately 60 per cent of the - amount included in the budget.- No disbursement has been made for Rural Community Develop ment in Yancey County. The funds collected for this purpose, as well as the bulk of funds for polio and orthopedic care of Yancey r County crippled children are being held in the United Fund treasury. ■_ j In addition to the payments listed above, the United Fund is undertaking to pay regularly SSO a month t 0 the Asheville Ortho • pedic Hospital to help defray the cost of two Yancey County crip -pled children now staying at the hospital while undergoing treat ment. The United Fund . directors be lieve that when all contributions are in, and all pledges paid, it will be possible to pay at least an additional 15 per cent, bring ing the total payments to 75 per cent of the budget. In the pre vious years the Yancey Unit ed Fund has paid out 85 per cent of the budget goal each year. Although failure to reach the budget goal was a disappoint ment to all concerned, Mr. Hel mle believes the campaign com mittee headed by Carroll Angel this year, did a very creditable job. Donations just seemed a llt- harder to get this year than previously. The campaign com mittee wish particularly to em phasize that it is still not too late to make contributions for this year’s campaigA. The total costs of conducting the campaign this year will be less than SIOO. The only expense* involved were for advertising and stationery. The United Fund has no payroll, and all use of cars for \ transportation is donated. Penland School Guests Are Entertained Here •Four of the holiday guests at Penland School of Handicrafts were entertained here Sunday by Dr. and Mrs. * W. A Y Sargent and Mrs. J. Q. Low at the Sar gent home They were Theodore Malasig, agricultural worker and regional 4-H Club worker from the Phi lippines who has done much work in Viet Nam under the Operation Brotherhood movement in the Philippines; Satish C. Barma, ag ricultural worker from Pakistan; Toyomi Yoshino, chief of Agri culture Imp. Section, Agriculture and Forestry Division, of Mortya ma, Japan;’ B. n d Kensaburo Kawamura, chief of agriculture and sericulture (silk worm), Ag ricultural and Forestry Division, Iwate Prefectural Government, Japan. They are among the sixty-six educators from eighteen foreign countries who spent the Christ mas holidays at Penland School as the guests of Mias Lucy Mor gan, director of the school.
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