Advertisers ' c Give The Best Buys me® TWENTY-TWO Seecelo Opens Saturday For 13th Season ■ : fflilfr hill T'• * A '••:. S^pllpl : ■•-*•, ■■■*■■■■" i. '^uirSii*?tH Lg. .4' 'i'' v SHKk « .«ifc V . Vva-. ... A Li. l % Vi * a ■v , C ,v The Yancey Record -Subscription: *2.00 Per Year Lions Club Starts 4-H Dairy Calf Chain > Last wefek, the Burnsville Lions . Club purchased t.wo ( six-months • registered Jersey heifers from . Biltmore Farms to start the Yan i s ,. ce y County 4-H Dairy Calf Chain. . The two 4-H club members re > ceiving the heifers are Gary Jobe, . °f Route 1, Burnsville; and Roger . Grindstaff, of Route 1, Green Mtn. ? The chain members will feed > an( i care for the animals under - the supervision of th e ' Yancey ■ County agents until they have re turned their first heifer calves to the chain, at which time the ori i ginal heifer becomes the" property j . of the member. At the age of f 1 four months, the first heifer will' b e returned to the chain and , placed with another 4-H member, 1 adding another link to the chain As long as the heifers are in 1 the chain, they must be shown at the local county Dairy Show, and if they are blue or red ribbon heifers in the county show, they j must be shown in the district show. The Lions Club, is to be com mended for starting this worth ' while project and encouraging boys and girls to become good dairymen, Assishant County Ag ent Roger Hyatt stated. Recent Robberies In County Solved Sheriff Terry Hall reports two recent robberies solved and an 80- ! gallon still found in Yancey County. The store owned by and Mrs. J. E. Hipkins jn th e Jacks Creek section of Yancey County i was broken into Tuesday after- i noon, while th e store was closed i for funeral services for Mrs. Hipkins’ 102-year-old mother, Mrs. Mary Higgins. i Harold Silvers, 17, of JacHs Creek, confessed to taking about ; SIOO cash from tbe Hipkins’ store, ' after Sheriff Hall traced him to Elizazbethton, Tenn., and brought him back to Burnsville for quest ioning about 4:30 a. m. Wednes -1 day. Silvers had been seen in the I neighborhood on the afternoon of ‘ the robbery. Sheriff Hall said ssl of the stolen money has been re . covered. Silvers waived preliminary 1 hearing Wednesday morning and ' is being held In Yancey County 1 bond has been set at SSOO. 1 Johnny Street,. 38, and Bill Tur- , ’ byflll, 21, both of Green Moun tain, have confessed to the rob- | “Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County” Miss Jackson Is Graduated With Honors From AHS Miss Barbara Faye Jackson, da ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Jack-, son of Burnsville, was graduat ed as an honor student from Allen High School, Asheville, on May 30. She was awarded a gold pin and cretificatp from the Crown and Scepter Club, an honorary society for Negro students. Miss Jackson’s name was added to the plaque which is awarded each year to ttie most outstand ing student in the senior class at Allen. She won a $250 seholar | ship as a result of a test given | by the United Negro College Fund, and she plans to attend Bennett College in Greensboro, N. C., this fall. Miss Jackson also was crowned Queen of the May Day Festival at Allen High School on May 3. Legion-Auxiliary To Meet Tuesday The American Legion and Aux iliary will meet Tuesday night, June 24, in the Community Build ing. A covered dish supper will be served at 7:00 and the program and business sessions will follow. bery of Kenneth Johnson’s store in, the Brush Creek section last ' Friday night. Sheriff Hall said he . located the two men Saturday in Erwin, Tenn., and both admitted taking approximately $l5O worth ' of merchandise. The Sheriff found about SSO worth of stolen merch andise hidden near the North Toe River. Both Street and Turbyflll waiv ed preliminary hearing and made bond of ssoo' each for appearance -in. .the August term of Superior Court. 1 j Sheriff Hall also reported that , he and Deputy Sheriff Hollifleld ’ seized an 80-gallon still in the J Ramsaytown section Sunday morn- , ing. Th e still, containing 120 gal- f lons of mash, was set up and ready for operation. Sheriff Ha’l ( said one man was guarding the , outfit, but that he fled when the officers arrived. This brings the total to 123 stills ] captured and destroyed, and 103 , eases of breaking and entering | solved, Sheriff Hall stated, dur ing the 6 years he has served as ] sheriff, fixuij and .1950-58. j BURNSVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1958 ASC Conference Held At Blowing .Rock - Fred L. Anglin* county ASC office manager, and Faye Young,, Anna Lou Hughes and Leonard Ayers, office clerks, attended a I staff conference held In Blowing * Rock on June 11 and 12. The purpose of the meeting was to better acquaint county office i personnel with operation proced j ures on administrative and per | finance work. { A. P. Hassell, Jr., administra tive assistant, was ;in charge of the administrative meeting. The following items discussed: Bi-weekly pay periods: duplicate checks; accounting Records; leave; sclery; reports; an# collection re gister. Mr. Hassell jalso discussed the proper method*, of filling out forms for employment and tax re cords and bank statements. Weldon Denny, performance chief of the 3tatr ; office, led a discussion on performance. Sinca all counties are beginning meas urement of allotment crops, it is Important that a review of the methods and changes be made each year. H. V. Mangum, administrative assistant, discussed th e Agricul tural Conservation Program. He stated that the 1959. ACP would be the same as 1958 unless a re commendation was made by the county committee. Yancey 4-H’ers Attend Forestry Camp The annual 4- Forestry Camp was held Jun e -7at 4-H Camp Millstone near Ellerbee, N. C. On e boy from each county and I two assistant county agents from each district attended the week long canip.' The Bell Telephone and Te agraph Company sponsored th e la cdeperet ion with the Agricultural Exten sion Service. Tony Honeycutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Biss Honeycutt of Route 4, Burnsville, represented Yancey County at thid camp. He was chosen on the outstanding work done on his 4-H forestry project during the past year. Th e purpose of the camp was to develop “know-how” ' through “show-how’.’. Experienced fores ters and woodsmen demonstrated such things as planting a forest, measuring timber, improving tim ber stands, harvesting the timber crop and how to work safely in the woods, plus the care of woods equipment. Men’s Club Will Hear Progress Plans The program for the June meet ing of the Burnsville Men’s Club, to bp held next Monday evening at the Community Building, will be on the subject of planning for progress in Western North Caro lina. The guest speaker will be 1 from the Asheville Chamber of 1 Commerce. Because of the import- * ance of this subject to Yancey County, the program committee urges all members to attend and bring guests. _ Supper will be “served at 7:00 o'clock by the ladies of tbe Pres byterian ' Church. • - Mrs. Roth Installs ] Woman’s Club Officers * < Newly elected officers of the Burnsville Woman’a Club were In stalled by Mrs, John Roth, of Spruce Pine, first vice president | of the 2nd district of the State ] Federation, at a meeting last , Thursday night ct the Commun- , ity Building. Following the installation 4f of ficers, Paul Burton, of the Park- 4 Way Playhouse staff, spoke to the , group on the economic and oul- 1 tural values provided by the Play- j house. Woman’s Club members de- ] cided to sell season tickets for j the five productions this summer. f Hostesses at the meeting were Miss Annie Hassell and Mrs. { Mack B. Ray. j ] Highway Director Sets Parkway Sign Discussions . R aleigh, N. C.—HighVay Direc tor W. F. Babcock said today he Will confer as soon as possible , with National Park Service of- * ficals 'and the North Carolina Natonal Park and Forests Develop ment Commission, in connection with tourist information signs al ong and near the Blue Ridge Parkway. Recent regulations of the Na tionaL Park Service specified that tome, signs pointing out scenic' attractions be removed from por-1 tions of the Parkway where right! of way is owned by the Federal; government. The State Highway Commission, at its Charlotte meeting Tues day, directed Babcock to study the possibilities of erecting informat ional signs on State-owned right of way to direct motorist atten tion lo the vai'ioufescenic attract-* ions in the arcaWMV Babcock pointed out that the Highway Commission cannot er ect signs on Federal right of way, l but it is hoped that agreement I can be reached whereby motors! ists can be directed to points of • scenic interest. “The Commission feels, said Babcock, “that such service to motorists should be provided, and j I have been directed to investigate the possibllty of erecting small informational signs on those sec tions of highway near the Park way wher e right of way is owned by the State Highway Commission." Babcock said he wifi contact William Me dford. Chairman of the N. C. National Park, Parkway and Forests Development Commis sion to inform, him of Commission action and to arrange a meeting. The Highway Director also in dicated h e would consult with the National Park Service in Wash ington as soon as possible. Local Lions Win Awards At Convention The Lions Club was 1 awarded the Blind Activities Trophy for clubs with 30 or less members, in District 31-B, at the State Lions Convention in South ern Pines June 8-10. The report made by the Rev. Warren S. Reeve, secretary, showed that the cluß carried out th e following, ac tivities in work for the Blind dur ing the past year: distributed Christmas baskets to 18 blind per sons,’ $88,80; gav e S2O on a build ing project for a blind perscjft and spent 150 man hours on work for the blind; contributed S6O to the travel of the cas e worker and re mitted $112.50 on the White Cane Drive; contributed SIOO to th e Tri- County Eye Clinic; fund-raising projects netted the club $262.38, and a broom sale, $75. Everett Dillingham was award ed a desk set for service as de puty district governor and Yates ' Bailey received the trophy for zone chairman. Mr. Reeve, rsecre tary, received the 100% secretary trophy. * WSCS To Have Distinguished Guests The Althea Proffitt Bible Class will meet with Mrs. Milt Higgins Thursday at 3 p. m. Mrs. Overton Gregory and Mrs. L. B. Roberts, district officers of the Woman's Society of Chris tian Service, will b e guests at a supper meeting at Higgins Mem orial Methodist Church at 7 o’clock C. M: Bailey Dies Clyde M. Bailey, 64, retired bus inessman and former mayor of Burnsville died unexpectedly Wed nesday about 12:30 p. m. while working near his home in East Burnsville. He Is survived by one daugh- :