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Advertisers Give The Best Buys y VOLUME TWENTY-TWO Girl Scouts, Brownies j Hold Court Os Awards The Burnsville Girl Scouts and, Brownies held their annual joint Court of Awards on Tuesday even ing in the Community Building. Special guests were Mrs. McElyea, executive director of the Pisgah Girl Scout Council, and Miss Betty Brinson, district director of the Pisgah Girl Scout Council. Other guests Were the local Boy Scouts, ' jhe Senior Scouts and the Girl I Scout leaders from Bee Log. Mrs. P. C. Coletta presided ov er the Court of Awards, and the following was presented: 1. Presentation of the Flag - Intermediate Troop. * 2. W6rld Friendship Pkgeant Eleven Intermediate Scouts. 3. Awarding of Brownie Wings and Pins by Mrs. Rush Wray to th e following Brownie Fly-Ups: Julia Bellou, Suzette Peterson, Miss Randolph To Give Piano Recital At Parkway Play house Miss Cynthia Randolph will be presented in her Senior Piano Recital Thursday, May 22, at S p. m. at the Parkway Playhouse. She is a student of Mrs. G. D. Bailey Her program will include “Son ata Pathetique” Op. 13 by Beeth oven. by Debussy, “Etude in E Major" pp. 10 No: ~Y by Chopin. “Rustle of Spring” Op. 32 No. 3 by Sinding, find “Im promptu A Flat Major” Op. 90 No. 4 by Schubert Appearing with her will be Miss Nancy Young of Asheville, a former student of Mrs. Bailey. She will play "To a Water-Lily”, MacDowell, and “Claire De Lune”: Debussy. Miss Randolph is valedictorian of th e senior class of Burnsville High School and plans to contin ue her study at Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C., in Septem ber. Miss Young is a senior at Lee Edwards High School. Ashe ville, and plans to enter Woman’s College of the University of Nor th Carolina in the fall. Crestview To Open Saturday, May 31 Crestview Playg’ound in east Burnsville will open for the sum- ( mer season or Saturday, May 31st. The swimming pool and play- j ground will ie open each morn ing at 11 o’clock. Yancey Hospital 0 Report BIRTHS A son, not yet named, born May g to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hop son. Green Mtn. A daughter, Gwendolyn, born May 9 to Mr. and Mrs. Doff Sil ver, Rt. 2, Burnsville.- ADMISSIONS: Bernie Pittman. C. O. Brink ley, Rt. 1, Burnsville: Baby David McKinney, Rt. 1, Spruc e Pine; Perry Burleson, Rt. 1, Bakersville; Ona Jean Hopson, Tony Ann- Thomas, Cathlene Cox, Green Mtn.; Elzie Ray, Rt. 3, Burns ville; Lucy Robinson, Rt. 1, Green Mtn.; Lillian Silvers, Rt. 2, Burnsville; Lillian Pate, Rt. 4, Burnsville; Juanita Butner, Alva Styles', Burnsville; Baby Janice Elaine Peek, Baby Robert Snei son, James Pate, Micaville, Max ine Woody, Kona. OR N.C.HIGHWAYS Raleigh—The Motor Vehicles Department’s summary of traffic J deaths through 10 a. m. May | 12, 1608: Killed This Year: 296 Killed to Date Last Year: 367 Subscription: $2.00 Per Year Patsy Ponder, Becky Landreth, Jennie Pat e and Sandra Kay Mc- Dlntosh. 4. Awarding of Proficiency Badges to the following Scouts by Miss Betty Brinson: Sandra Allen —' Pen Pal, Home Nurs e and Puppeteer. „ Martha Bradshaw Rock and Mineral, Home Nurse, Musician and Interior Decorating. Linda Boone Rock & Miner al, HomeANurse and Pen Pal. Carolyn Buckner Rock & Mineral, Home Nurse, Dgbbler, Farmer and Pen Pal. Carolyn Carter Home Nursfe, Homemaker, Cooking, Outdoor Cook and Rock & Mineral. Frances Coletta Dabbler, Home Nurse, Rock & Mineral Pen Pal and Puppeteer. i Theresa Coletta Dabbler, Home Nurse, Rock & Mineral. Pen Pal, Puppeteer and Bird. Betty Cooper Rock & Miner al, Home Nurse and Cook. Glenda Hensley Home Nurse, Pen Pal and Puppeteer. Doris King Home Nurse, Rock & Mineral, Pen Pal, Puppe teer and Cook. Gwen Harris Troop Crest. Norma Jean Silvers Rock & Mineral. Linda Laughrun Home Nur se, Puppeteer. Pen Pal and Horse woman. • Lynn Metcalf Home Nurse and Needlecraft. Carolyn Pate Rock & Miner al, Home Nurse and Pen Pal. Brenda Peterson Rock & Mineral, Home Nurse and Pen Pal. ’Carolyn Ray Home Nurse, Home Gardner, Swifiimer, Con servation, Child Care, Wild Plant, Puppeteer, Pen Pal, Dressmaker and Rock & Mineral Rebecca Riddle Puppeteer, Pen Pal, Home Nurse, Farmer and Dabbler. Nan Wells Home Nursft, Rock & Mineral, Pen Pal and Cook. Hope Wilson Puppeteer, Home Nurse, Rock & Mineral, J Hospitality, Housekeeper' and Homemaker. Susan Hall Home Nurse, Pen Pal and Puppeteer Ina Ruth Bodford Home Nurse. Jean Woody Rock & Mineral, Home Nurse and Erwin Burhoe Home Nurse, Homemaker, Child Care and Rock i & Mineral. 1 Amanda Bennett v-Home Nurse. I Amber Angel Home Nurse, Rock & Mineral and Coolr Doris Chase Rock ia Mineral, Home Nurse and Dabbler. Rosemary Ryan Home Nurse Jeanne Ballou Home Nurse, Rock & Mineral and Puppeteer. Barbara June Fox Home Nurse, Dabbler and Farmer Lynne English Cook, Dab bler, Hom e Nurse, Rock & Min eral and Puppeteer. Amelia .Penland Puppeteer, Dabbler, Rock & Mineral, Home Nurse, Musician and Music Ap preciation. —- Cheryl Roberts Puppeteer, Rock & Mineral, Tree, Home Nurse, Dabbler and Skating. Susan Dillingham Home Nurse, Pen Pal and Rock & Mineral. Barbara Jean Young - Home Nurse and Rock & Mineral. 6 Awarding of Curved Bar Pin, highest award in Scouting, to Carolyn Ray, by Mrs. McElyea 6. Recognition of four Inter mediate Fly-Ups: Martha Brad shaw, Susan Hall, Susan Dilling ham and Carolyn Ray, by Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent. 7. Welcome to Fly-Ups, Mi./. Annie Hassell. 8. Two selections by the Brow nie Rhythm Band, directed by Miss Hope Bailey and accompan ied by Mrs. Max Penland. 9. World Friendship Film. A social hour followed,’ with j Theresa Coletta and Nan Wells .presiding at the punch bowls. Other Scouts assisted in serving. Approximately 140 guests attend ed the Court of Awards. • t • «? n the Yancey Record Soil Stewardship ; Sunday To Be - Observed May 18th MAT IMS. IMS | By Lewis W. Dameron Yancey Soil Conservationist Soil stewardship will be the topic of sermons in several of th e Yancey County churches on Sunday, May 18. V—. Several years ago, Soil Steward ship Sunday was started in the southern states to urge ministers to remind their congregations of man’s duty to be good stewards of the soil, water and other nat ural resources. Now under the sponsorship of the National Asso ciation of Soil Conservation Dis tricts, it has nation-wide obser vance. Quite often, people forget that th e soil and other natural resour ces they have to use do not be long to them alone but also to the future generations. It is essential that we, both farmers and city dwellers, realize our dependence on our soil and water resources and our duties to protect them from abuse When we truly realize “Tbe earth is the Lord’s and the full ness thereof”, then w e will fulfill our obligations as stewards of God’s creations,., COMMUNITY CLUB News JACKS CREEK CLUB MEETS The Jacks Creek Community. Club had' a weioer roast at the last meeting on Monday of this week. During the business session, a committee was appointed to make plans for the erection of signs W’ith name plates for the branch roads. The committee, including Roy Duncan, W. O. Briggs, and W. P. Honeycutt, also will make a survey of the families on the side roads. I It was decided to give prizes to j the families making the most hom e improvements during the v.ext year. The hext meeting will be a pic nic supper at the clubhouse on Monday, June 9. Democratic Conven tion Held May 10th At the County Denlfccratic Convention, held last Saturday in the Courthouse, Woodrow W. Anglin, was re-elected chairman of the executive committee, Mrs. W. H. Peterson was re-elected vice chairman, and Jack Boone was elected secretary. The newly elected precinct chairmen compose the executive committee. Registration books will be open again this Saturday, May IT, to give unregistered voters a chance to qualify for the May 31 primary. GOSPEL SINGERS TO GIVE PROGRAM AT FLAT CREEK A group of Gospel singers will present a program at Flat Creek J School auditorium Friday night, I May 23, at 8 o’clock. The program I is being sponsored by the Odd Fellows of Piney Mt. Lodge IOOF 230. Edd Ball will serve as mas ter of ceremonies. Admission will be 25c for child ren under 12. and 50c for adults. \ — Be Sore To Read This Week’s I OVERLOOK ON LIFE A timely editorial on politics • - “V “Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County” BURNSVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1958 Bald Creek Lions Elects Officers The Bald Creek Lions Club met f Monday evening, May sth to elect officers for the' coming year. Those elected to office were: president, Charles 8.,. Tomberlin; Ist vice president, Jack Mclntosh; 2fid vice president, Reece Brink ley; 3rd vice president. Jim Hall; secretary, Reece Robertson; treas urer, Ralph Proffitt; tail twftter, Earl Wilson; lion tamer, Persh ing Wilson; directors for 1 year. Yates Bailey and T. F. Sams; and directors for 2 years, Shelby Robertson and Ronald Wilson Fair Skies, Warm Days Encourage Clean-Up Projects Gully-washing rains and elec tric storms have been the unlike ly heralds of the- first real sum mer weather, and the weatherman Is predicting fair skies for the rest of the week. The weatherman did not give much cooperation, however, dur ing Burnsville’s annual “Clean- Up Campaign”, which ends today. Almost every day during the tam paign, Burnsville residents saw heavy rains not < much encour agement to enthusiastic , citizens who wanted to get outdoors to clean-up and improv e the appear ance” of their premises. . Although the “Clean-Up Cam paign” has ended officially, resi dents of the town ar e carrying on unofficially with clean-up, "fix-up, paint-up projects now that fair skies and warm days are here. Poppy Day Set For Saturday, May 24th i Saturday, Kay 24, will be Poppy Day in Yancey County when everyon e will be asked to wear a poppy in memory of those who gave their lives for our country. Volunteer workers of the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary will be in every township in the county qf ■ sering poppie.s for sale. Do your part! BUY A POPPY. FINAL REPORT MADE ON 1958 “RESERVE” Final report on the "1968 Soil Bank Acreage Reserve Program shows that 434,100 acres will be removed from production of allot ment crops this year. E. W. Avent, of the state ASC office, ,says this participation more than meets all goals estab lished for this state and will go a long way toward alleviating sur pluses of the commodities involv- 1 ed. The total acreage “reserved” un.s> der the program for 1958 is made up of 195,900 acres of cotton, 115,700 acres of corn, 85,200 acres of wheat, and 37,300 acres of tobacco. Avent called attention to the fact that one of the primary ob- j jectlves of this 'Soil Bank Pro gra mis to assist farmers in re ducing their production of surplus basic commodities. Using average per-aere produc tion that prevailed in the state last year, he estimated that sur plus stockpiles will be reduced by the following amounts through Soil Bank participation: tobacco, 55.7 million pounds; .cotton, 127,300 bales; corn, 3.7 million bushels; and Vheat, 1.6 million bushels. Other primary objectives of this program are to encourage addi tional conservation of agricultur al resources and to maintain the ! farmers’ net income at a time when farm Income is at a low point compared to ope iting costs. Pay ments that will ? made to far mers in this sta, to cover the net loss they would otherwise realize from these reduced plank ings will be in excess of S3O mill ion with $13.5 million to be paid out to participating cotton farm ers, $9.6 million to tobacco farm ers, $4.4 million to corn farmers, | $2.2 million to wheat farmers. The balance of $400,000 will be paid out under the other phase of the Soil BGank Program the Conservation .Reserve. Local Women Attend Raleigh HD Meet r - . : _ '-*f ~.... One of the highlights of Natlen al Home Demonstration Club -Week, observed last week by North Carolina Home Demonstra tion Club women, was a United Nations-Citizenship. Day program fvhich was held in Raleigh on May 9. Eighty-two counties in North Carolina were asked to make flags representing various coun tries, and a woman from each of these counties dressed in a cos tume typical of the country. The flags were beautiful and the cos tumes were very/<s9tec£uL-and at tractive; Mrs. Champ Ray, from New dale Home Demonstration Club, represented Yancey County. She carried the flag of Iceland and dressed in an Icelandic costume. Miss June Street, Home Agent, also attended the meeting. It is hoped that, programs .of this type will help create an in terest and a better understanding of foreign countries. Miss Atkins Will Vacation In Japan Miss Edna Atkins, assistant principal of Naha Elementary School, Okinawa, plans to vaca -1 tion this summer in Japan before returning to her school duties. at Naha. Miss Atkins is the daugh ter of Mrs. T. M. Atkins, of Pen sacola,. and the lat e Mr. Atkins. At the close of this school term on June 6, Miss Atkins will teach a summer session at Sukaran, up the island from Naha, before leaving Okinawa for her vacation in Japan. Befor e B°ing to Okinawa, Miss Atkins spent two years teaching in Germany and France. RADIO PROGRAM GIVEN BY IVY GAP CHURCH The Rev. E. W. Jenkins, pas tor of Ivy Gap Church, and a group of young girls from the church presented a radio pro gram last Sunday over the Mar shall radio station. The / girls, who took part in the singiiw, were Misses Mary G-leitn and Linda Ella Mae Shepherd, Brenda Buckner and Jean Chand ler. . & PROGRAM OF MUSIC SCHEDULED AT INDIAN GREEK CHURCH i Edd Ball and the Singing Pray-1 er Band will be at the Indian Creek Missionary Baptist Church this Sunday, May 18, at 2:00 p. m. Everyone is invited to hear them. >--' ' " 1 Mrs. Wheaton, Sister OJ Thomas Wolfe, Speaks To Woman’s Club Mrs. Mabel Wheaton, of Ashe- 1 i ville, sister of Thomas Wolfe, spoke to, the Burnsville Woman’s Club last Thursday evening at the Community Building. Mrs. Wheaton gave a 'most in-r teresting account of her famous brother’s boyhood in Asheville, his college years, and told a great deal about the writing of his first book, “Look Homeward, Angel”, which recently has been made in to a play that has received rave notices for its Broadway run and has won the Pulitzer Prize.» ■- - Mrs. Wheaton toid the club that her mother’s family w»3 from Burnsville and her mother taught school near here many years ago. She brought in many other inter esting bits of family background, many of them humorous accounts of incidents during her childhood. She told of attending the open ing night performance of “Look Homeward, Angel” in New York several months ago. Although the critics have given the |>lay fine reviews, she remarked, “I Re Sure To Read 1 Abbot The DOG CONTROL PROGRAM On pago * at ttos ftaaa Price Per Copy:. Five Gent* Convicts Sentenced For Burch Fatality Two escaped convicts from the Yancey Prison Camp road gang, whb were- involved in the collis ion which killed Mrs. Elaine H. Burch of Bat Cave, were sentenc ed 14 to 17 years imprisonment each during Henderson Superior" Court on Wednesday, May 7. James Edward Crispy, 25, Os Concord, N. C., and Johnny Lee Miller, 26, of Albemarle, N. C., Mrs. Holcombe Will Entertain Presbyterian Women. if ~V"J With her sister, Mrs. Ruby Smith, as co-hostess. Mrs. Harlon Holcombe will entertain the women if the Burnsville Presby terian Women’s Organization in her home tonight (Thursday, May 15) at 7:30 p. m. Mrs Charles E. Laurents is in charge of the progra m The Men’s Organization if the Presbyterian Church will hear a report of the great Presbyterian Laymen's Conference at which 3600 men from the central anl southern states were present in Chicago one week-end in March. Fcoin this district (the Holston Presbytery) Messrs. Philip Young of Weaverville and Joseph M. Horton of Johnson City went. These two men will address a meeting in the Presbyterian Chur ch next Monday, May 19th. at 7:30 p. m.. in the Presbyterian Church. All men of the commun ity are invited. College Class Visits Banks Home Here Second year students of the home-furnishing class of Mars Hill College, accompanied by their teacher, Mrs. J. V. Howell of the college home economics depart ment, and Miss Virginia Hart of the physical sducation depart ment. visited Mrs. W. A. Banks on Wednesday of last week to view her nev/ home at Crestview. The students wer e Miss Karen Bailey, of Green" Mountain; Miss Betsy Stroup, of Spruce Pine; Miss Glenda Lawrence, of Boone; Miss Carolyn Benneson. of Hen dersonville; Miss Gay Howell, of Hertford; Mis s Susan Wetze’.l, of Pompanao Beach, Fla.; Miss Sara Aoel, of Waynesville; and Miss Ann Wilspn of Norfolk, Va. 1 • don’t know whether Tohi would J have nked it or hot so much of I the beaulty in the book has been lleft out of the play”. She also said that she thought his laWr ' writings were lner and she con sidered “You Can’t Go Home Again” his best book. Mrs. Wheaton showed personal family photographs and played "Biography in Sound” recordings —including voices of the family, Thomas Wolfe’s publisher and oth ers telling about the life of the famous author7 During the business session, presided ovsr by the president, Mrs. Robert K. Helmle, the elec tion of new officers was held. Mrs James W. Ray was elected presi dent, Mrs. Reece Mclntosh was elected * Ist vice president, and Mrs. T. M. Tyner was re-elected 2nd vice president., Mrs. Rush T. Wray will continue as reeprd ing secretary, Mrs. L. G. Dey ton as treasurer, and Miss Annie Hassell as corresponding secre tary. Mrs: ttelmle is the new his torian. The new officers wilj be installed at the June 12th meeting. During the social hour, refresh ments were served by the hostess es. Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent, Miss Hope Bailey and Xn E. L. Dillingham. * 1 ‘ M W - f V Advertiser* • Give The Bart Buys* NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT i were sentenced after pleading , guilty to manslaughter. Miller had identified- himself ,as the driver of th e stolen truest: ihvo’lv- j ed in the collision. ** *, Judge James O. Farthing, of Lenoir, made the senetneas con- <■ current to those the men - were.-., serving when they escaped.-, thf. ' road gang on April 25 with two.. . other convicts. Mrs. Burch, wife of Dr. WUlianx-.» _ H. Burch, director of Valley j-j Clinic and Hospital at Bat. Carwe,; >, died when their sports car: ipid * the stolen truck in whieh the.-con- ' victs were riding collided-* early. " lApril 23 near Bat Cave. .Tbje-" State. Highway Patrol said the truck had;. r swerved to the left side of the, , highway. • . , > Judge Farthing said in consid . ering the sentences he had taken i into account the fact that the r convicts left the scene’ of the ae- • cident. Officers said both ' men ■ were captufed about 10 hours after the . ; accident. ’ . Jj® i The two other convicts were i captured in Yancey County . ear i Her the same day >. 1 Crispy and Miller each werejsqc-. i ving five to eight years—Crispy. . for breaking and' ■ entering -,-lu l Mecklenburg County, and Miller, r for arson in Stanly County. Both / had served considerable portions / . of their sentences. , i The two other convicts inr the - escape were Luther -Honeycutt, t Jr., 20, of Wadeaboro. and;Glenn i Hensley, 34, of- -Asheville’... , ■ • Dr. Burch also was • injured.- in tli e accident and has returned home from Memorial Mission Hospital at Asheville following treatment there. Bald Creek Seniors , To Present Play 7;' i * • Bald Creek. seniors will present „ Play- “THE KISSING LINK” Friday night. May 16, at 8:00 , o’clock in the . high school audi torium. , Characters are: Valorje Anglin, , Evelyn Ledford, Mary Frances Thomas, Fuller Pittman. Pat Mclnturff, Emory Briggs, Aliena . L y la - James Pate, Phyllis Tipton, Reece Honeycutt, and Max Met calf. 2 Miss King To Be * Graduated Tomorrow Miss Betty Jean King, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Troy King of Bald Creek, will be graduated fro mßanner Elk School of Nur sing in exercises held tomorrow May 16. > Miss King will remain in Ban j ner Elk until August; when she I will be employed at the -ifancey j j Hospital in B'urrisvUle. She is a f graduate of QakfGreek/High , aciiool. . . A-r; f , * » r Locals- • ,/" V*.' v x* ' Mr - and Mrs, Bill Banks and children,, of Burnsville," .aiifd Mr. and Mrs. John English anjl child -1 ren, of Hickory, returned last 1 week from’ a vacation trip to Day -3 tona Beach, Fla* ■ •: ,-' ■ - . " John Blake,' o? . Lyman,' S. C., visited bis mother, Mrs. Julia Blake, here this week. Mrs. C. W Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Robertson and family, ’ and Miss Ruth Lee Sims, of Bal r timore, Md.; and Mrs. Ethel _ Williams and son, Lloyd Williams, g Alexandria, Va., to at j Lend funeral services foj C!’ W. i Robertson today at 2p. m.-at the T Presbyterian Church at Micaville. ; A Reminder !• * •, K Jun© 15, exactly one month e from today, is the date set for the t , first fudging in the “Flc-yver Box _ Contest”. " Two other Judgings will take s place during th e summer and . prises will be arded tfter the final judging.
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