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Advertisers . Give The Best Buys VOLUME TWENTY-TWO Driver Clinics For Traffic Offenders Will Be By June 1 RALEIGH Motor Vehicles Commissioner Edward Scheidt to day revealed ' plans for a new ex-j periment to rehabilitate chronic traffic offenders through a series of driver clinics to be established by the Department of Motor Vehi cles. The clinics will operate as a joint function Of* the Driver Edu cation and Accident Record Div ision, Driver License Division and the State Highway Patrol. * The vehicles executive said that 35 such clinics would be function- Timber Resources Must Be Insured For Future Needs Ranger Harley Janelle of the Toecane District, North Carolina National Forest, reports that he has just received his ccoy of a new U. S. Forest Service publica tion, TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE. “This 700- page volume is the most compre hensive appraisal of the Nation’s timber situation ev'.r made,” said Janelle. The report has heen in the mak ing for some 8 ■ ears. It was re viewed by fores'ry and industry men from coa'S* 10 coast before the "final report wo s Issued. Essentially, the study sb' ws that the United States is no< faced with an acute timber shortage today but that a determined effort must b e made ( to Insure plentiful timber for the j^future. H; This *»ncournging national j>ic- Hture is ao more than a summation r of the itate-by-state and county by-coi nty situations, Janelle point ed <ut, "Yancey and Mitchell counties can well be priud of /their con'ribution to this national pic tur-»” he said. ' sji the other side of the ledger is a rapidly increasing population that will require more and more -Umber- -to - maintain —an increased standard of living. “Only by our past accomplishments in forestry have we been able to maintain the favorable supply balance to date,” tanelle said. “Our present stands can be made to product more and better timber if we eliminate the losses due to fire and disease and practice better forestry on each acre. Although a billion trees have * been planted in the South during past year, there is still much idle land that must be brought into production if our children and their children are to enjoy this renewal natural resource. North Carolina had 970,000 acres of land in need of planting in 1t)52. Thousands of acres have been planted in recent years, but many other areas have been abandoned or retired from crop production re cently and are in need of a pro ductive forest cover. National demand for lumber is expected to double, and for pulp wood, to triple by the year 2000. Ranger Janelle said “The land is capable- of meeting our t briber needs. It’s up to the people to de aide whether or not we will meet the challenge. I know that Wes tern North Carolina’s landowners are improving their forest practic es constantly. Good. forest land management disproves the old saying ‘you can't have your cake and eat it, too.’ A well-managed stand will produce an income to day and continue it a growth for tomorrow’s needs." t I *nll^ l ore ' ON N.C.HIGHWAYS Raleigh—The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traffic deaths through 10 a. m, April 8, 1958: \ . - • Killed This Y^ar: - 211 Killed to Date Last Year: 255 Subscription.: $2.00 Per Yew 1 Ing before Jun? 1, covering all 100 counties of the^'state. ) Designed to reach what Scheidt described “chronic violators and ! accident repeaters,” the courses 1 will offer training and instruction with the hope of returning to the 1 highways aft- improved and safer driver. Scheidt said‘the plan, which has been studied for two years, will in no way* alter present enforcement policies in dealing with traffic violators. It is an additional effort to reach those drivers who appar ently are unaffected by fines, jail entences or loss of their legal driv ing privileges, he said. Persons-with bad driving records and who it is believed will benefit from attending one of the clinics ( will he referred to the clinics by hearing officers working with the agency's driver improvemervf 'pro gram and by judges of local courts Scheidt explained th e new plan . would permit some latitude in cas . es of pending license suspension, j if the subject earned it. I . “For example,” h e said, “in bor der line cases in which a driver is awaiting a Bearing which might result in the suspension of his lic ’ e nse the hearing officer, at his dis ! cretion, may give the driver a , chance to attend one of the clinics. With the hearing officer’s recom mendation, such a driver possibly • could avoid the loss of bis license I I by successfully completing the course of training and instruction.” In some cases, where a license already has been suspended under the discretionary powers of the de partment, th e driver may earn a reduction of the suspension terms by attending the clinic, Scheidt said. . In either case, admlsslotf to one of the clinics is voluntary and at the hearing officer’s discretion, he emphasized. Instruction will be handled by members of the department's driv er education division, state hlgh , way patrol and driver license ex aminers. Courses will be compris ed of weekly, two-hour evenTng sessions, with subjects required to complete four consecutive sessions to earn a certificate. When issued, th e certificate becomSf* part of the driver’s permanent file in the vehi cles department. Instruction at all the clinics will include. lectures, demonstrations and films. Personal 30-minute in terviews will be held with each en rolee by on e of the Staff members during the course. In the first* yfear If operation, over 10,000 drivers are expected to pass through the clinics. "We are confident," Scheldt said, “that this ambitious new program will exceed anything of its nature heretofore attempted. I Relieve It can be on e of the most valuable contributions* to **iafe liipiways ever undertaken.” COMMUNITY "CLUB .News RAMSAYTOWN CLUB RESUMES MEETINGS The Ramsaytown Community Club met April 4, to resume its regular meetings after being dis continued through the winter due to bad weather conditiins. Guests at the meeting were Don Pardue, assistant county agent, and Fred Anglin, ASC office mana ger. The discussion was on agri culture. An interesting film was shown on 4-H improvements in other communities. The next meeting will be held April 18, at 7:30 p. m. AH members i from the thre e communities, Bloody ■ Fork. Ramsaytown and Big Creek, , are urged to be present. The discussion for the next meet ing will be on beautification. Mrs. Evelyn Miller, Reporter The Yancey Record ■ ‘ •• *• ... “Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County” V I Spring Days Herald Wild Flower Parade • I In a few short weeks now, spring l will spread her flower-sprinkled skirts over the mountains' and wal leys of tile Southern Appalachians* First, of course, will be the de licate beautiful ground flowers, the wild geranium, fire pink, colum bine, bellwort, merrybells, Dutch * man’s breeches, bluets, larkspur, showy trilllum, fringed toothwort. t spring beauty and the little blood -1 root. I y * I Coming in early will be the * blooming trees and shrubs. These rare favorites and grow in abund ance along “the Blue Ridge Park . way and in the Great Smoky 3 Mountains National Park. Among 1 these are the hohble-bush, the 1 shadblow, the treasured silver c bell tree, found in abundance on *• Mitchell, highest peak east of the Mississippi. The Fraser magnolia with its large creamy wax-like flowers is also found on Mount Mitchell. 8 May is the month“of th e flame 1 azalea. This colorful native flower s is everywhere brightening the vib y rant green'of the forests. This is e the time of the -mountain laurel. The vigorous pink and purple 3 rhododendron bloom in June In 1 Western North Carilina. Thous - ands oL visitors com e to Craggy i, Gardens, on the Blue Ridge Park way, site of the largest stand of . native Rhododendron in the world. s A scenic driv e takes one from t Burnsville in the “Land -of the . Sky”, high above pastoral valleys . of forests, lakes and farm lands. i ‘- New Vacation Book Just Off The Press j A * ; Containing 62 pictures in full/ > color, the 1958 North Carolina “Var ; iety Vacationland” vacation book - is off the press and available free . on request to the State Travel, L Bureau, Department Conservation j and Development, Raleigh, North t Carolina. Color cameramen ranged from t the Atlantic coast at Cape Hatter t as to the erest of the Great Smoky Moantains to illustrate the 1958 “Variety Vacationland”. The new book is divided into three sections, with attractions of ' the piedmont, central part of the ’ state, the mountains and coast • grouped for convenience in re&d --* ing. A new feature is introduced > in the form of a picture index. In -3 stead of th«i usual textual table of 3 contents, 1958 “Variety Vacation > land” shows a map of the State i with page numbers indicating loca • tion of places illustrated. 1 liras Club Will Sell I Brooms Tonight s The Burnsville Lions Club will have its annual Broom Sale to night, April 10, from 5:00 to 8:00) ’ P- nu "The brooms are manufactured by Gilford Industries for the | Blind, thus giving employment to the physically handicapped. The Burnsville club will use ’ what funds are secured from the sale of brooms to buy glasses for children and adults in the county ‘and to help finance a Tri-County ( Eye Clinic to be established in 1 Spruce Pine. When a Lion knocks at your door tonight, won’t you help the blind in Yancey County by buying a broom. > ’ Fouts Is Honor ■ Student At Wake i Forest Law School \ Daniel W. Fouts, who is a law ’ student at Wake Forest, Winsten- Sklem, has attained the - highest g scholastic average in his class. He t will graduate > n June. Mr. Fouts recently was voted the j outstanding active member of his f law fraternity, the selection being based on leadership and popular , ity as well as scholarship. ’ Mr. Fouts, along with his wife and son, Daniel, Jr., were the guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dover qR. Fouts, here during {he spring holidays. MiamWjuJV N. O, HIUBJPDAY, APRIL 10, IMS Parkway Will Open Tuesday, April 15 I All sections of the Blue Ridge 1 Parkway will be open for travel ■ next Tuesday, April 15, with the i exception of the link between Wag on. Gap and Beach Gap, which will open May 1, barring unforseen circumstances. Parkway Superintendent Sam P. > Weems announced this week that 1 although late snows at the higher . elevations have hampered main j tenance operations during the past i few weeks, final clearing of snow > Blocked sections will be completed ■ by- the opening dates. Campground and picnic facilities r in the Parkway recreation areas will be available for visitor, use on ! May 1, and announcements will be made later as to the opening dates for concession facilities. -*» : Bald Creek PTA Will Meet Next Week The Bald Creek P. T. A. will hold its regular meeting on April 16th at 7:30 p. urn., in the high school library. All parents and teachers ate urged to be present; ( 1 . .The WOMAN’S CLUB BOX SUPPER POSTPONED ‘1 The Woman’s Club box supper, which was scheduled for Saturday, April 12, has been postponed until a date to be announced later. ‘ fr- • Crippled Children Fund Drive Begun ' J. Walter Howell, of Green | Mountain, chairman of the Crip , pled Children Fund Drive, has an (nounced that the drive will be conducted through the month of April. A * Committee On - Telephone Co-op To Meet rt ’ The next telephone meeting will be held in the Courthouse, Burns ville, on Tuesday, April 15, at 7:30 p. m. Officials of the Telephone Coop erative will be present to outline the next steps necessary to getting telephon e service in Yancey Coun ty for those who desire it. , The telephone committee will re view what has already been done, and applicants will be asked to advise the committee on future plans and decisions. Locals 1 Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Hooper and children, Rebecca and Bobby, vis ited Mrs. Hooper’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Bryson, over the week-end Mr. and Mrs. William J. Cherry and sons, Marvin Roy and Jenn ings Bryan, of Sumter, S. C., spent the Easter holidays with Mrs. Cherry’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ike Laughrun. Mrs. R. K. Helmle returned yes terday • from a week’s visit with her twin brother, Charles Edwin, Baker, and his family in New York City. She was accompanied by her nephew, Johnny Baker, who is a student at Catawba College, Salisbury, and also Misses Janet Land* Gornco of Green Mta Temperatures in the reg’on of 100 million devices Centigrade have been produced by British sci entists in the search for a method of harnessing the hydi ogen fusion reaction, the means by which the ■un produces its energy. • • • Experts estimate that currently we need more than 100,000 new teachers every year for our public arid private elementary schools. The number of qualified elemen tary school teachers graduating , each year is only slightly more than one fifth of this nut her. •' * • The handsome pink fiamingo spends hours preening and primp ing. Its beauty calls to mihd the feather boas and plumed hats o! the late 19th century. Flamingo*, however, were generally spared by the plume hunters . because their color fades rapidly after deal!). •u • • Whitener TJo Have Distinguished Quest » On Radio Program i \ ■ - ■■■ WASHINGTON, D. C. Dr. . Leonard Carmichael, secretary of [ the Smithaonian Institution, will i appear as a special guest this week on Congressman Basil L. White ner’s radio program. Carmichael, former president of . Tufts University and one of the’’ . Nation’s leading educators and . writers, will, discuss the work per r j formed by the historic institution l in Washington which is visited an nually by hundreds of thousands of Americans. i , He will also sketch the origin of , the Smithsonian, which is a story » unique in the annals of American , history. Commenting on Dr. Carmichael’s appearance on his program, the 11th District Congressman stated: "I am very pleased that Dr. ' Carmichael consented to be my guest this week and discuss the j history and mission of the great j Smithsonian Institution. This iut j standing educator, philosopher, j and scientist has a message that I believ e will be of interest to all of our pe_ople.” The program may be heard over W B T Radio at 6:40 p. m. Satur day. jl Yancey Hospital Report BIRTHS: A son, Limes Keith, born April 1 to Mr. and Mrs. J. Q Allen, Pen sacola i A son, Michael, born April sto Mr. and Mrs. Britton Mitchell, Burnsville. ’ ADMISSIONS: Clara Penland Pensacola; Joyce Ann McPeters, Mary Hensley, Rt. 3, Burnsville; Grover Robinson, Albert Tolley, At. 2, Burnsville; Iva Jean Moss, Lola Davis, Star Rt Burnsville; Marttn Anglin, , Ve ß>ia Riddle, Rt. 1, Burnsville; Janice Potter, Erwin, Tenn.; Cindy Tuttle, Sally Wilson, Burnsville; i re< ‘ n Wilsin, Bokersville; Earl Bedford, Spruce Pine; Linda Led ( ford, Rt. 2, Spruce Pine; Jennie Deyton, Green Mtn. I SINGING CONVENTIONS p - - .-i • i • The county singing convention will b e held at Low Gap Church Sunday, April 13, at 2 p m. All are cordially invited to attend. ** * * ' A singing will be held at Big Creek Free Will Baptist Church Saturday, April 12. All singers are invited. 1 ~ Two Summer Camps For Crippled Children Announced For 1958 CRIPPLED MAY APFLP FOR CAMPERSIDPS THROUGH EASTER SEAL GROUPS Chapel Hill Summer camps, for crippled children of the state will again be conducted in July and I 'August by the Easter' Seal or ganization, the North Carolina Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc. announced today. Felix S. Barker of Raleigh, state president, stated thatc amps will be held at South Toe River In western , North Carolina, and at Swansboro I on the coast, the latter for Negro crippled children. Expanding the summer camping program for crippled children in the state, and also for grippled adults, special ctonp periods have been arranged. The South Toe River camp will be held between July 6 arid August 30 v The Optimist Club of Asheville administers the camp, and has made it available to the State Society for Crippled Children and Adilts _for use as an Easter Sead camp for, the crippled. Parents of crippled children who wish to enroll tieir children in the camps play ap Ay to their local Society for Crippled Children , (Easter Seal) chapters, or to their county Health rod Welfare offices, or by referral i from doctors, or by ( writing directly to the North Caro-* lina Society fo r Crippled Children! ?rice Per Copy: Five Cent! Governor Urges Study Os • -1. ’ N. C. Farm Income Losses RALEIGH Governor Luther H. Hodges today called attention to farm income losses from North Carolina's "Big Four" crops, and urged county agricultural, business and cjvic groups to study, local sit uations with their county fafni agents and other agricultural lead ers and plan for higher returns from these crops and hew sources of income for 1958. _ i The Governor reTerred to a de- Yancey Represented At Industrial Devel > opment Conference jr Ways and means of -providing • more industrial payrolls in western ’ North Carolina came in 1 for full discussions at a regional ; industrial development conference ' in Asheville last Friday, April 4, at the Battery Park Hotel.' The conference was sponsored by the Department of Conservation and Development’s commerce and industry division. -Representing Yancey County were Joe Young, B. R. Penland, E. L. Dillingham, Brantley Briggs, R K. Helmle, D. R. Fouts and James Ray, who attended th e conference along with .members of other city hnd county governments and in dustrial development organizations. Highlighting the conference were four panel discussions on such subjects dealing with indus trial development as food process ing and packaging, prospect de velopment and community sell ing, development of community re source data, and financing of in dustrial development programs. Baptist WMU To Meet Monday Night —Mrs. Lloyd Owens is in charge of the program for the Woman’s Missionary Society meeting at the First Baptist Church in Burnsville. The meeting is to be held on Mon day, April 14th at 7:30 p. m. “Entering Wide Doors” is the topic for discussion. This concerns Baptist missions around the world. Mrs. J. B King will lead the de votional and the following will discuss missionary work in var ious foreign countries: Mrs. Henry Stamey, iffrs. I. E. Clevenger, Mrs Frank Lewis. Mrs. Arney Fox, Mrs Brooks Boone, and Miss Virginia Cox. and Adults in Chapel Hill. Albin Pik'itis of Chapel Hill, state director of the Easter Seal Sale, said that doctors in the state hav e been especially cooperative in referring children to the camps for crippled t children. • Pikutis also stated that a camp for Negro children of the state who are crippled will be held, as usual, at Swansboro on the coast. The camp at Swansboro will be open from July 28 to August 9, I and is made available through the cooperation of the 4-H Club of A. &. T. College. \ The tuition at the camps is /onabl e and some of the patents of hampers may pay their own way. However, "camperships” are Av ailable fpr those who cannot af ford to pay, with part or all Os their expenses paid from the sale of Easter Seals. The camps are well organized, with guidance and therapy super visors assigned to aid the children as they enjoy the camping ex i pericnce. The camp at South Toe River will consist of two camping periods, each of thre£ week’s duration, for th e physically handicapped child ren. “There wtn also be“ one period - I for crippled adults; this will be j for a two week period, August 17 to August 30. Give The Beat Buys j ’<■ \ NUMBER THIRTY-THREE r ficit of $143,701,341 in farm income l in the stfh'te last year, with heav l iest losses coming from tobacco, 1 cotton, corn and peanuts, s Earlier, the Governor's Farm - Advisory Committee, headed by i Dean D. W. Colvard of the North - Carolina State College of Agricul s ture, Reviewed the income losses s in 1957 from the four crops, and suggested that local county lead . ers be alerted to opportunities - available in 1958. I The Governor "saK the picture was brightened by increases in . livestoclT incom e and increases in government payments. Income from the latter was, up Poultry income was up $12,900,000; g hogs, $9,000,000; eggs $6,000,000; n fruits and vegetables, $4,800,000; n milk, $4,300,000; and beef cattle (1 $3,600,000. e Income from all liyestock and , poultry was $37,438,000 higher than a year, ago, leaving a deficit of f $143,701,341 in farm incom e for the j state. ... j The 1957 income figures, by counties, were obtained in a sur vey conducted by D. S. Weaver, director of the Agricultural Exten sion Service. Indicative of the jolt the lower income brought to farmers was the " fact that the average loss in to bacco, alone, was more than $1,025 per farm. About 125,000 farmers grow tobacco in Nirth Qarolina. ! The coastal plain and easterh pied -1 mont areas.were hardest hit. Reduced acreages of crops under -■'ontrol programs, extreme drouthg-J during the growing season, and favorable wet weather during ' vesting werg the major causes9HH the losses. Pre-School Clinic Set Tpday At 1 South Toe School The Yancey County Health De partment has announced that a pre-school clinic will be held to day at South Toe School. The cli nie,.will begin at 9*iA...m. -Dr, E, R Ohle has volunteered to give phy sical examinations tc pre-school children in the absence of a “ health director. All parents- are- urged to bring their children, who will enter South Toe School this fall, to the clinic. It is required by law that children be immunized against whooping 1 cough, diphtheria, tetanus and smallpox before entering school. Children may be taken to their private physicians or to the Health Department in Burnsville for these immunizations. ■The next pre-school clinic sched uled by the Health Department will be at Pensacola School on Tuesday, April 22. District Legion Auxiliary Tf> Meet Here Next Week ’ The 18th District American Leg ! | ion Auxiliary department qf N. C. ’ will have its annual meeting • Thursday, April 17, at the Com ! munity Building in Burnsville, - with the Earl Horton Unit as hostess. Registration will begin at 1:30 and the program is scheduled to ; begin at 2:00. State Department President Mrs. Raymond Fuson - will make the address. Orders Being TJaken For White ; Dogwoods One hundred white dogwood trees arc being sold at 50c each ” by the Burnsville Garden Club as a civic beautificatiin pro ject. The trees are two years old Orders may “be placed -'by calling Mrs. W. A Y -Sargent, MU ?-25#6; or Mrs. Fred Prof- - fltt, MU 2-2166. Orders will be delivered to your home.
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