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\ii y w u w*. j«- V - Advertisers Give The Best Buys VOLUME TWENTY-TWO Organization Being Formed To Attract New Industries A meeting to consider forma tion of a tri-county organization to aid in attracting new indus tries to Yancey, Mitchell and Avery counties will be held in the grammar school auditorium at Spruce Pine at 7:30 p. m. tonight, Thursday, March" 6. All those in terested are invited to attend. Among the speakers at t the meeting will be a representative ■rl i— \ V ' Presbyterians To Have Week Os * Evangelistic Services ■, Each night of the week beginn ing Sunday, March 23rd and con tinuing through Friday, March 30th. special evangelistic services will be held... in the Burnsville Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Ray Graves of Bulls Gap Tenn essee, will be the 'Special speaker at these meetisgs. Mr. Graves, though still a young man. has preached in many countries of the world, and has commended himself to many as a singular talent and consecration. The public is cordi ally invited to come to these meet ings, which will begin at 7:30 P. M. The Rev. George R. Blue, who was guest preacher in the Pres byterian Church last Sunday, is to be installed as minister in charge of the Madison County Larger Parish on this coming Sunday night, March 9th in the church at Walnut. The Rev. War ren. S. Reeve is to deliver the in stallation sermon. Mr. Reeve will be preaching in his own pulpit, as usual* Sunday morning, his sermon subject being, “The Tenderness Severity of God". Letterman Retires As Celo Postmaster CELO, March 1— Joseph W. (Uncle Joe) Letterman, 79, retir ed Friday as Postmaster at Celo after serving for 15 years. Letterman is reportedly one of the oldest postmasters to retire In Western North Carolina in re cent years. Born Sept. 3, 1878 at Toledo’ in Yancey County fl he has resided at Celo since 1932 and was ap pointed. postmaster on Feb. 28, 1943. Prior to his postal work Letter man served 13 years with the Clinchfield Railroad as sta tion agent at Green Mountain and Toecane and eight years with the register of deeds office in Buncombe County. He is a member of the Celo Methodist Church and has been active in community affairs. Floyd Autrey has been named acting Celo Postmaster. Miss Susan Shepard of Mars Hill College visited her parents in Burnsville over the past week end. She was accompanied home by Miss Emily Dunn of Hamlet, N. C., a suite mate at Mars Hill. Mr . and Mrs Philip Lay spent last week-end in Atlanta. Highway Personnel Praised By Babcock Raleigh, N, C. —Highway Dir ector W. F. Babcock has issued a statement praising the work of highway personnel throughout the State for their efficient efforts in clearing highways following the severe snow and ice storm. “I think their Work has been magnificent under trying circum stances of the worst winter we've had in many years, “said Babcock. Babcock said road crews, es pecially in the western part of the State, worked around the clock to scrape road surfaces buried under a snowfall of 8 to J 4 inches. Babcock concluded, “I think we all owe a special vote of thanks to maintenance personnel who wor ked in sub-freezing weather to clear our highways and restore nor. mal traffic. At best, working on L-. an open motor-grader is a rough job." T~: Subscription: s2.o* Par Year • I *i of the North Carolina Depart ment of Conservation and Devel opment, the official agency of the state for attracting new in dustries. This department is re commending the formation of the proposed organization. Five other groups of counties in the state have already formed orgauiza -1 tions of the type under consld* • eration. • • First steps were taken toward forming the organization at a meeting held February 6 in Spruce Pine, attended by* ten re- I presentatives from Yancey Coun ty. Sloop Enloe, a commissioner from, the Department of Conser vation and Development, explain i ed the importance of the proposed ~ organization. R. K. Helmle, re , presenting the\ Burnsville Men’s Club, was appointed to contact interested organizations and in . dividuals in Yancey County. The Burnsville Men’s Club has | appointed a committee to partici pate in the organization consist , ing of B. R. Penland, Joe Young, J Dover Fouts, Bill Banks ahd James Ray. The Burnsville Lions Club also has the matter under active consideration and hqg <je | signated a committee to partici pate, consisting of G. D. Bailey, . Bob Rhinehart, and Dr. C. M. Whisnant l Bald Creek and other commun ities in the county have express ed interest and will be represent ed. Beef Cattle Producers To Meet Beef cattle producers will meet at the farm of Roy Harris on Georges Fork Road at 10 a. m., Friday, March 7* for a demon stration by James Patterson, State College livestock specialist, on beef cattle management. The County Agent’s office is , urging all beef cattle men to at tend this meeting. The cattle referendum for Sat* ■ urday, Mach 15, will be explained . and plans for the election an nounced. Reece Mclntosh . baa i been appointed manager of the l referendum for Yancey County. Places for voting on March 15th , are Farmers Federation, Burns ville; Pensacola Post Office, Pen . sacola; R. A. Radford's i Cane River; J. W. Howell and . Son Store, Green Min.; Lloyd [ Miller’s Service Station, Bums i ville, Rt. 4; and Dellinger and i Silver Store, Micaville. ' Two Appeal Court i \ « Order In Madison i MARSHALL, March 4 The i Madison County Election Board i controversy headed for the State • Supreme Court today when two > members of the board appealed , from a Superior Court ruling that had set aside their action abolish : ing seven Madison voting pre cincts. M. B. Blankenship and William V. Fanner, of whom the ruling was sharply critical, s appealed the l order issued yesterday by Judge J. Frank Huskins. .The appeal - was perfected before Judge Hus i kins today by W. E. Anglin and f G. D. Bailey of Burnaville, at -3 torncys for Blankenship and » Farmer. ' Judge Huskins’ order had ac cused Blankenship and Farmer 1 of acting in “bad faith” and In, coalition with the Republican 8 party to gain control of election • machinery in Madison County. Blankenship is a Democratic! 8 member of the board. Farmer 14 3 a Republican. Third member, an<| r chairman, is Marvin Ball, Demo crat. e - WBCB TO- MEET TONIGHT 0 The Woman’s Society of Christ* • fan Service will meet at the 1 Methodist Church tonight, Tburi day, at 8 o’clock. The Sue Rey nolds is in charge. M Vt • tfl ‘ 1 L The Yancey Record “Dedicated to the Progress Os Yancey County” Woman In Auto Accident ( Mrs. Alma Holcombe, of Bur nsville, was slightly injured Tues day when her car struck another vehicle on U. S. 10-23 near the fiuncombe-Madison county line. Patrolman W- A. Kincaid report ed the car driven by Mrs. Hol combe struck another car halted on the highway for a school bus, discharging passengers, causing tfae second car 4 to hit the rear dft a truck. We. Holcombe sustained minor injuries of the left leg and was J taken to a Mars Hill physician for treatment. She told the pa trolman that she apparently step ped on the accelerator instead of the brake. She was charged with following too closely. Neither %f the other drivers were injured. Both passenger cars were damaged extensively. “Keep North Carolina. Beautiful” By il R. Harrill State 4-11 Club Leader *r.~ ' As one, travels from the sand washed shores of the Atlantic to the loftiesjg. peaks in Western North Carolina and observes the natural beauty of,our State, tJjej*. omes the thought that the writer, and composer of “America, the Beautiful” ‘must passed this way. Surely, no one can find within the. bounds of any state os much nat pral beauty a; can be found with in the boundaires of North Car olina. It is only natural, therefore, that in looking for a specific pro ject to paramount during the ob servance of National 4-H Club Week, March 1 through 8, that “Keep North Carolina Beautiful” should be selected by North Car olina 4-H Club members. It is also approppriate that the state with the largest enrollment of 4-H members should be the state that should givee its full support to this state-wide program of keeping Norh Carolina beauti ful. During National 4-H Club Week, 4-H Club boys and girls throughout the stAte are concentrating on the things they can do to make and to keep our state beautiful. Also during their observance of National 4-H Club Week, North Carolina club members are point ing to the achievements of 4-H Club members in the state, and in so doing, pay tribute to the par ents of the 4-H Club members/ While the special emphasis here in North Carolina is concen trated on the inauguration and pro motion of the “Keep North Caro lina Beautiful” program, every 4-H member in North Carolina is requested to actively participate in a program outlined to aid all club members to participate in the state and national program. . DAIRYMEN MEET WITH STATE COLLEGE SPECIALISTS Yancey dairymen met with State College specialists Friday night in the county agent’s office to review progress and ipAke plans in the milk testing and breeding programs. John Brown, field representa tive of the American Breeders I Service, discussed the new breed ing plans; and R. R. Rich, State I College dairy specialist, present ed the milk letting program. _■ , -i ; _ bee log Community CLUB TO MEET The. Bee Log. Community Club will meet Wednesday night, i March 12, at Bee Log High School. 1 Ail residents of the community are urged to attend. k SINGING CONVENTION The Yancey County Singing Convention will be held Sunday, . March 9, at the Free Will Bap ■ tiat Church in Pensacola. All ■ singers and the general public are invited. BU*NSV£uIJC N. C? TItUM DAY, MARCH 6, 1958 L £lt '■'•lL V J ... - - . sJ , . .. . Give 15 Rahs For Girl Scout Work! By Carolyn Clevenger Folks, Girl Scout week is here again. And with Scout Week comes the "cookie These girls will go from fiouse to house sell ing delicious Girl Scout cookies If you buy some, you will surely be in for a treat! These cookies come In three deltcious flavors, mint, sandwich and sugar. They sell for ’ forty cents a box —a real bargain! Proceeds from the cookies will be spent for improvements on the Girl Scout Catnp at Brevard. In case you do not live near a Scout, you may purchase cookies from ..various booths, around town. Another observance of Girl,Scout Week is the decorating of store windows with Girl Scout equipment. This year, Mrs. Doris Edge, pro prietress of the Doris Shoppe, has ever so graciously consented to donate for the Scout's use, two of her display windows. Girl Scout Week will toe obser ved from March 8 through ttie 15th. J s Burnsville PTA Honors Founders The Burnsville PTA observed i [founders day with a special pro i - gram Tuesday night, Feb. 25 at the school. The program chair man was Miss Sarah Hensley. Following the singing of “America”, the devotional mes sage was given by Miss Laura Mae Hilliard. | A duet was sung by Gerald and Gary Murdock, accompanied by Miss Cynthia Randolph. A play, “Os Any Child Alive”, was presented with the cast of characters including Mrs. P. C. Colette, „nAfratcjr, Mm. Amoy Fox, hostess; Mis. Don Burhoe and Mrs. Warren Franklin, par ents; Mrs. M. P, Zuver and Mrr Mark Bennett, teachers; and Mrs, Fred Phoenix and Mrs. Henry Stamey, founders. Past presidents were recogniz ed and presented with corsages. Those present were Mrs. S. T. Ray, Mrs. C. R. Hamrick, Mrs Hershel Holcombe, Mrs. Clarence Burton, Mrs. Roy Ray and Mr, I. E Clevenger. The program ended with the singing of “Hail, Oh Faithful Founders”. During a short business meet ’ ing, the president, Mrs. James Ray, appointed a nominating committee so as to have the new officers elected in time to attend, > the state convention to be held • in Asheville in April. Other eom ' mittees were appointed to work ■ on two new projects: grassing the l campus around the elementary i school building and the front of 1 the high school building, and pro » viditig new encyclopedias for the t high school library. Both projects are to be worked out before the end of the school year. Jacks Creek HD Chib Meets , | The Jacks Creek Home Dcmon -3 stration Club met at the home of I Mrs. Gwen Bailey Friday, Feb. 28 After all pertinent business wa . discussed, a most intere ting d«- i monstration on color was given . by Mis Virginia Cox. s The next meeting will be held • at the home of Mrs. Enola Wilson at which time the club is plann ing to invite Mrs. Juanita Prof fitt to be their Iruest and show the slides of he? trip to the far east. • _____________ ’ Cub Scouts t Planning Meeting A planning meeting for the Cub Scouts will be held Tuesday* March 11, at 8:30 at the home of , Cubmaster William A. Tuttle. All committeemen and den. mothers will make plans for the Cub Scout over-all program and * for the Lions Club - Cub ■ _ Scout 3 banquet to be held on Thursday, March 13. - Mrs. Brown Speaks To Garden Club Mrs. O. L Brown was guest speaker at the Garden Club, which met with Mrs, D. R Fouts Friday evening Mrs. Troy Ray, program lead er, introduced Mrs. Brown who displayed some of her works of art, including pictures . in watez color, pastels and oils. She told how she went about painting pic tures and. showed the different kinds of brushes and paints she used. Mrs Brown showed' some lovely pieces of her band painted china and explained in a general way how. china is painted. There will be one of Mrs. Lrown's pictures on display at the Woman’s Club Art Exhibit in Charlotte in April At'.*'the business meeting, which was presided over by Mrs. W A Y Sargent, president of the club, it was voted unanimously to co operate with other clubs in writ ing a higtory of Yancey County. Mrs. Fred Proffitt explained the project and cited the importance of having a complete recorded history of the county. Mr. James Hutchins initiated the project. He has been interested in this work for many years and has much historical material of the county. ' "Mrs. Fred Proffitt and . Mrs. Jrady Bailey were appointed to jerve with members of the other clubs on the history committee. Mr. Hutchins will act in an ad visory capacity to the over-all committee. At the social hour, the mem bers of the club recalled interest ing stories they had heard of early settlers and of historical events of the county. The hostess served a delicious dessert course. Lowe Appointed To Commission Leonard Lowe, attorney, busi nessman, and farmer of Forest City and Caroleen, has bfeen ap pointed a member of the Beef Cattle Commission of the Western North Carolina Agricultural De velopment Council, according to* an announcement made by Gay Snelson of Asheville. Mr.’ Lowe served as president of the Rutherford County Farm Bur eau last year and is presently ser ving as a director of the North Carolina Angus Association. The first meeting of the Com mission will be held at Buck’s Re staurant on Wednesday night, February 26th. Mr. Lowe is a candidate for Solicitor of the 18th Solicitorial District. g* mm m ™ B SI WE WILL SOO'l ti IBE VISITING YOU... M | PLEASE BUY | | GIRL J ' SCOUT \ I COOKIES J LOOKY! LOOKY: LOOKY! —HERE OOMfeS THE GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE! Girl Scout Cookie Sale Begins With a goal of 32,000 boxes or 1,200,000 cokies the Girl Scouts begin tomorrow their annual cookie sale in the seven counties served by the Pisgah Girl Scout Council. Profits from the sale will help de velop the Girl Scout camp located eight miles south of Brevard. The Girl Scout organization is maintained in Yancey County by contributions to the United Appeal. . The funds make no provision for oapital expenditures. Last year’s cookie sale raised $5,006 and pro vided the camp with its first tent unit, consisting of seven tents with platforms, a troop house, and a I*rice Per Copy: Five Cents Auto Hits School Bus, No Injuries Reported A school bus occupied by 30 Students from Bald Creek School was struck by a passenger ear last Thursday afternoon on Highway 19E, the State-Highway Patrol reported. Patrolman A. W. Rector said no? one was. injured. He listed the driver of the bus Baptist Deacons To Meet Sunday The. Deaeon Fellowship of the Yancey Baptist Association will meet with the West Burnsville Baptist Church on Sunday. March 9, a,t 2:30 p. m. All x deacons,, pastors and other church workers are invited and urged to attend. The meeting will be held in the new church build ing and Prof. B. M. Tomberlin will speak to the assembly on “What Baptists Believe”. It is hoped that a good delegation will •be present from each church in 1 the Association. The Rev. E. G. Adkins, pastoi |of West Burnsville Church, wil be host to the assembly. Forest City Attorney Addressee Lions Cluh -Leonard Lowe, an attorijej from Forest City, and candidate for District Solicitor of the 18th Solicitorial District, was the spea ker at the last meeting of the Lions Club held in the Presby terian Church on Thursay night February 27th. Mr. Lowe is a member of the Forest City Lions Club and served as president ol the club in 1953. He spoke on the responsibility of each Don to him self, his family, his chureh ahd his emmunity. _ Six boys from the Ruth School of Rutherfordton aceomponied him and entertained the club with pantomime and song features that have already won for them appearances on TV. Members of the club were ag reed in thinking that this \yas one-of the best programs provided this year. H. D. Justice is chair man of the program committee. G. Dixon Bailey, Robert Rhine hart and Dr. C. M, Whisnant were appointed a committefc to repre sent the Lions Club at the meet ing to be held in Spruce Pine foi the information of a tri-county or ganization t'o encurage the bring ing in of nfcw industry into this area. wash house, with facilities for 20 girls and a number of adults. Some 136 girls participated in the acmp ■ pr og ra m 1 a.s t summer i Numerous girls from , district attended. District Chairman is Mrs. Rush . T. Wray, who announces that this year for the first time three kinds of cookies, mude by a prominent Southeren baking company, will be available through March 22nd. So keep your eye open for a girl in a Brownie or Girl Scout uni form, with ,green and silver boxes i under her arm. It may still be chilly weather but she hopes to • see the camp near Brevard soon i sprouting forth another bright l new tent unit. ;, . < Advertiser* J Qtre The Best Buysj NUMBER TWENTY EIGHT as Roy Ayers. 17, of Burnsville RFD 1 and said J. C. Edwards 27, of Cane River, was operator of the car. Edwards was charged with reckless driving. Rector quoted Edwards as say ing that his car started skidding as it reached the crest of a hill and > that, he pulled it to the- left side of the highway to avoid hit ting the bus. About that time, Rector quoted Edwards as saying, Edwards spotted some students crossing the road, cut his vehicle back and it -skidded sideways into the rear of the bus. Rector estimated damages to the Edwards car in excess of SSOO. The’ "bus was only slightly damaged. ' Farmers Federation Stockholders Meet Yancey County Farmers Fed t eration stockholders held their annual meeting Friday, Feb. 28, at the Federation store in Burns - ville. The president, Jamie Clarke, presided and gave the general re- I port. The Federation string band provided some of its famous music Charles Davis, general manag er, gave the financial report, pointing out how operationalex penses have been decreased and marketing facilities and business have been increased. In the fu ture, emphasis will be placed on laying flocks rather than increas -1 ing broiler flocks. Total over-all sales showed an increase of $615,392 for the last six months. Norman Barnett, general store manager, told of the training school for store managers recent ly completed and of new and im proved lines of goods added. E. L. Dillingham, Yancey Cou nty farm agent, gave an inter esting talk on the Pullet Chain, 4-H Club activities and the good relationship between farm agen cies and cooperatives. Other speakers were E. E. Patton, who spoke on the possi bilities of Turkish Tobacco; Mirs. Helen Williams, who spoke on tha health program and Blue Cross; and Jack Waldrep, who spoke on the Lord’s Acre plan. The local store committee was re-elected. Tom Ray was re-nomi nated as a director and H W. Higgins was nominated as a new director," • I Those winning baby chicks were Grant McCurry, C. A. Prof fitt, Gus Edwards and Isaac Fox. Coffee and do-nuts were served. ASC Quarterly Staff Conference The State ASC Committee held a quarterly staff conference , in Asheville qt the George Vander bilt Hotel on February 26 and 27. The following people attended the meeting from the Yancey County office: Alvin Pate, chair man of the county committee; Fred Anglin, county office mgr.; Anna Lou Hughes, Leonard Ayers, Annette Byrd, and Faye Young, office cletks. . The purpose of the meeting whs to discuss the current status of , the Soil Bank program, perfor , mance operations, ACT, use -of , new forms, and a new uniform . filing system. r Horace D. Godfrey, state admin istrative officer,, led the discuss l ion. Mr. Godfrey was assisted by j several other ASC employes from j the state office, including the dis l trict fleldmen and two members I of the state committee. From all indications, the acre -1 age reserve phase of the Soil Bank, . Program will not be in effect after a 1958. 3 Those in the Yancey County ) Office feel that these meetings t essential in carrying out the ob ligations to the farmers
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