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- « [OfVE { iheUNITEDwa VOLUME TWENTY-THREE 7 Heavy Vote Seen I In General Election . Next Tuesday, November 4, will bring to a climax political efforts and will end the anxiety for can didates in both political parties in Yancey County. Much work has been done by both parties to bring out all eligi- Road Projects Approved By High way Commission Raleigh The Stat e Highway Commission in -its meeting Oct. 24 in Raleigh approved for pro_ gramming a total of 90 projects on the Primary Highway System throughout North Carolina, esti mated to cost between $75 and SBO millions. Commission Chairman J. Mel ville Broughton, Jr. said the pro jects have been presented "before the Commission during its many public hearings and area High way meetings over the past 14 months. By approving these pro_ jects, the Commission has enabled State Highway Engineers to begin work on location and design lead ing to contract lettings over the next three year period. Th e Chair man said the list is a combined tabulation of all projects which have been under consideration by the Commission during the past year. He emphasized that these projects are in addition to those already programmed. Commissioner Ralph Howland cf Elkin praised the Planning De partment of the Highway Com mission for its excellent work in studying the merits of each pro_ I ject. This comment was echoed by Commissioner James Mason of j Laurinburg, who said the spread of the projects across well over half of North Carolina’s demonstrates the State-wide view point of the Commission in pro gramming projects where needs have been accurately determined. The list included Yancey-Mitchell US 19E. Construction of new fa_ cility from Burnsville to Spruce Pine. T i Gratitude Expressed For Help On County Brochures Brantley Briggs who has been associated with the Merchant’s Association for some time, ex pressed his gratitude this week to merchants and other business people of Yancey County who ‘ helped to make the advertising brochure of Burnsville and Yancey County possible. Ten thousand of the brochures, whifth pictured the leading scenic, historical, and cultural points of Yancey County were distributed by mail, and from eating estab lishments, motels and hotels thro ughout the area. Mr. Briggs was instrumental in securing information and prepar ing the brochure. Hill Top Soda Shop Listed By Duncan Hines Richard Mclntosh, proprietor of Hi|l Top Soda Shop, received con gratulations this week for the list ing of his establishment in Duncan Hines’ publication of good places' to eat in the Ur, ted States. The Nu-Wray Inn has been listed In this publication for sev eral years. Only outstanding places are list ed in the Duncan Hines’ publica tion. ' The Yancey Record Subscription; $2.00 Per Year ble voters and a large poll is ex pected. It is the privilege and duty of every registered voter in Yan cey County to go to his polling place and cast his ballot. , County candidates in this gener al election representing the Demo cratic! party are: Leoanrd Lowe/ I solicitor; Harlon Holcombe, repre ■ sentative; Albert Canipe, for the . senate; Terry Hall, sheriff; Lowe The mas, clerk of Superior Court; Lloyd Fortner, chairman board of commissioners; Lloyd Miller and D. H. Harrison, members; Oscar Fender, coroner; and G. M. Angel, Justice of' the Peace. Candidates for the Republican party are: Bill Blalock, represen- 1 tative; Charles L. Brown, for the) senate; Donald Banks, sheriff; Mrs. Lawrence Hall, clerk of the Superior Court; Robert Presnell, chairman board of commissioners; Clayton Whitson and Rotha Bai ley, members; Dr. Melvin Webb, coroner; ■ and Lonnie Allen,', justice of the Peace. Many Farmers Participate In Soil Bank Program Ten thousand farmers in North Carolina indicated their desire to participate in the Soil Bank Con servation Reserve Program next year, according to Fred L. Anglin, manager of the local ASC office. These farmers visited their county ASC office and asked the committee to establish maximum annual payment rates for their. farms. Farmers who wished to go" | beyond the*first step indicated to f their local office how much crop- J land they had available for the program, the length of the con tract, and the annual payment rate at which they would offer the land. Farmers whose land is accepted at the rate desired, which cannot be more than the maximum set by I the ASC office, will follow through ‘ with the third step by signing a) contract. Anglin ..pointed qut that ’the program will be of great bene fit to farmers who are interested in establishing conservation prac tices on their farms. They will earn cost-share payments to cover a substantial part of the cost in establishing such practices. Conservation practices that are available to farmers in the 1959 program include establishment of a protective cover of grasses, le gumes or trees, practices to con serve water and practices design-, ed for wild life protection. Approximately five million dol-| lars has been allocated in this state for the Conservation Re serve Program, and Anglin pointed out that this amount may not be sufficient to meet all requests. Therefore it was pointed out that acceptance of application would be from farmers who offer land at the lowest acreage cost. Hot Springs Wins Over East Yancey f Hot Springs High School de feated East Yancey by a score of 14 to 6 in a homecoming game played at Marshall Thursday night. '■ Early in the first quarter the East .Yancey eleven recovered a fumble on the Hot Springs 40 and marched all the way for a touch down. Barrow, Garter plunged ov er from the 2 yard line to score. The first score made by Hot Springs was by a recovered fum_ ble in the East Yancey end zone. I Roberts plunged across for the * extra point. Minutes later Hot Springs scor- i ed again with a pass run play and fl again Roberts crossed the marker 1 for the conversion point. East Yancey gained 10 first downs with Hot Springs gaining 9. The Hot Springs’ backs gained 202 yards by rushing while , the East Yancey team gained 96. “Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County' 1 I "v v- • m- • • *»■? [ SHE’S A DOLL . . . Mrs. Elea nor Roosevelt holds the doll she selected as winner In a recent doll contest. J)oll was made by Candy Anderson, 15, Salt Lake City. | Agricultural Research Station To Be Established in WNC Governor Hodge 3 announced to t day that a new agricultural re , search station will be established lin Western North Carolina for ! the purpose of developing new in formation to promote fruit and vegetable production and process ing in that area. The North Caro_ lina Agricultural Experiment Sta tion with headquarters at North Carolina State College was author ized to begin studies of suitable sites for the new station. Farm Agent, E. L. Dillingham 1 was one of the leaders in the pro ject of securing an agricultural re -seareh station m Western North Carolina, according to Morris L. McGcugh of the Asheville Agri_ cultural Development Council. The cost of the Research Station I will be approximately SIBO thous and which is available through re serve funds in the Agricultural Extension Service at State College. that this station would provide in formation for and be of help to all producers and processors of fruits and vegetables, he said it should help the Gerber Baby Food Plant now under construction in Bun combe County to obtain its pro_ ducts from North Carolina. By testing and developing new varie ties for specific processing uses, the Governor said, new sources of income will be provided for farmers. The Gerber Plant. will have ca ps city sufficient to market produce from several thousand acres an nually. It will employ 500-700 peo- | pie when in full operation. j The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station at State Col- ! lege now operates a twelve-acre , rented farm in Henderson County , and conducts studies with apples I at the Mountain Research Station i at Waynesville. The new research I farm will specialize in fruit and vegetable Work and will replace I and expand the unit now in Hen derson County. It will supplement the work done at Waynesville and at other research farms in the .State. The Governor said that approxi_ mately one hundred .acres of land, will be needed and that suitable buildings and equipment’ are | being planned. Selection of the site will take place t after soil scientists, horticulturists and oth -1 e.r research specialists have made a careful study of farms available. Cane River P. T.'A. Hears Talk on Safety ■ , I The Cane River Parent Teach ier’s Association met Thursday [night, Oct. 23 at 7:30 p. m. in the school cafeteria. Mrs. Max Proffitt, president, /presided over the business session. ’Rev, E. G. Adkins was in charge lof the devotion. Patrolman Arnold f Rector spoke on Safety in School, In the home, and on the Highway. I Carrol Angel spoke on Civil , It was voted in the business I session that the organization would sponsor a turkey dinner on Nov ember 22 at the school cafeteria. Tickets will be soliJsflt $1.50 each and proceeds will go tcrUie school’s music department.^ BURNSVILLE, N, C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1958 • ■' j Edneyville Edges i Cane River 19 to 14 * The Edneyville Yellow Jackets i edged the Rebels from Cane River by the Siieore of 19 to 14, last Wed- j nesday 'on the Hendersonville field. i- Edneyville took an early lead cn an end run for a touchdown. The try tor the extra point failed. Cane River came back and took the lead pn a 70 yard touchdown drive whwbh ended with Bobby j Hensley taking a pass from the quartet back in the end zone for the touchdown. Clyde Deyton passed for the extra point. The lead was short lived. however, as Edney villc taflfod again in the second quarter t|: take a 12 to 7 halftime lead. u :V . The Rebels pulled ahead again, early in the. second half, behind the running of William Fender *** and Billy Lewis. Lewis crashed over from the 2 yard line for the "cere, and then ran the extra point, to put the Rebels ahead 14 to 12. The Yellow Jackets scored again with only a minute and for ty seconds remaining to win the game. The final score, 19, Cane River 14. Cane closes out its sched_ ule next Thursday night, Novem ber 6 with Ehst Yancey at Mars Hill. Gamb time is 8:00 p. m. Commissioning Os Presbyterian Work ers Sunday At the morning service at 11 on Sunday, November 2nd, th e com missioning? of workers in the Sun day School will take place in the Burnsville Presbyterian Church. Mr. George Robinson is superin tendent of the Sunday School. The pastor, Rev. Warren S. Reeve, will preach on the subject, “The j Teacher’s Divine Appointment”. I The men c the jphurch will gath er at 8 A. M. for their monthly breakfast together, after which they study and discuss the Sunday School lesson. All men of the , congregation, and other men friends as well, are cordially in vited. Members of the congregation who participated in the Covered Dish Supper last Tuesday night had a very enjoyable fellowship to gether and in the business meet ing that followed were able to discuss and act upon various im portant matters pertaining to the maintenance and growth of this church. < Mrs. Fred Proffitt | Reviews Book At j Garden Club Meeting ( Mrs. George Robinson was hos , tess to the Garden Club Friday I night at the home of her daughter, I Mrs. Harlon Holcombe. Mrs. Fred Proffitt, program leader, reviewed the book “South ern Side Os Heaven”, by William Meade Prince. The book is an ac count of Mr. Prince’s boyhood at Chapel Hill. Others faking part on the pro j gram were Mrs. W. S. Reeve, Mrs. Charles Proffitt and Mrs. Grady Bailey. At the business meeting the fol_ lowing committees,were appointed: nominating committee, Mrs. W. S. Reeve, Mrs. Troy Ray and Mrs. C. E. Laurents; planning committee, Mrs. Troy Ray, Mrs. D. R. Foutk and Mrs. W. L. Bennett. | The hostess, assisted by Miss Myra Holcombe and Miss Lynn English, served a salad course. Mrs. D. S. Birkett was a guest of the club. Officials Request That Halloween Be Celebrated In Fun City officials this year are ex pressing hopes that children and 1 young people will have the best I Halloween night ever. However it is being requested that the fun he had in fun and not in destruction 1 and vandalism, as is often ex -1 perienced in towns and cities throughout the country. Community Club Awards | Given At Men’s Club Seventy six Men’s Club members and their farmer guests attended the annual Farmers' Night ban quet at the Community Building Local 4-H Club I Members Attend | Electric Congress By: Roger Hyatt, Ass’t County Agt. The 12th annual 4-H Electric Congress was held in Charlotte October 26-27. Some 300 outstanding 4-H’ers throughout North Carolina and 80 farm, agents and home agents at tended the two-day conference at 1 the Hotel Charlotte. Patricia Mayberry of Celo and Hamilton Sherertz of Hamrick were the delegates who represen- j ted Yancey County. Patty and ; Hamilton were the county win-' ners in their electric projects, ( thus they received an all-expense' paid trip to the conference. They! were accompanied to Charlotte by 1 Roger Hyatt, assistant county agent. , ’ Monday the 4-H’ers and their leaders toured Duke Power Com- 1 pany Plant at Belmont, where they ' saw electricity being made from coal. Monday night a harvest J ball and announcement of terri- j V ' ■ <* toridT and state winners climaxed the meeting. Sponsors of the congress Carolina Light and Power Com-1 pany, Virginia Electric and Power] Company, and the Westinghouse I Educational Foundation, and Nan tahala Power and Light Company. Mt. Pleasant Church To Sponsor Supper Tne Mt. Pleasant Church at Swiss is sponsoring a benefit sup per Saturday, November 8. The supper will be held in their Coln munity Building and plates will be served at SI.OO each. —* ~ Everyone is invited to attend. ' Tbbacco Pays Dividends If Properly Graded By: Don Parilue, Ass’t County Agt. i Yancey County tobacco farmers will find that it pays dividends to do good jobs grading their to- ( bacco Lids year. Despite adverse weather condi tions at the first of the growing season, Yancey farmers put an' abeve-average crop of tobacco in their barns this fall. If the. crops are properly graded, the tobacco should sell good again this season. Government support prices are several qents abovF the support i price of last year. Farmers should remember that the grading and handling of 40-- bacco between now ahd market time will greatly effect the quality and price of the tobacco when it is sold. Tobacco farmers are encouraged to attend one of the tobacco grad ing demonstrations that will be held in the county Friday, Nov ember 7. The time and plaice of the demonstration's are as follows: I 1 Nelson Woody’s-Jacks Creek-9;00, ; a. m.; Matt Whitson’s-R&msey town-t.OO p. m. • " • sjk. •.* •’ fraHSp. s’f' m ~, a, "-331 jißi . jgmgfmL * . o • . MOON TIDE . . . The q|eon la responsible for this situation In Miami, Fla. It caused the tides to rise n foot above normal. Strong ~ winds then forced the tide# over the embankment. Price Per Copy: Jrtv# Cent* Monday night. Club members and their guests j met at the Glen Raven plant where they were shown through the plant and from there they went to Firth Carpet Co. and toured their plant. This banquet of the club has be come an annual event which is ’ ’ I Lewis Selected To Attend Technical Training Course BREa 7 ' ■ 1 §yh m m m i Irm § LACKLAND AFB, Tex—Air- I man John L. Lewis, son of Clara Lewis of Burnsville, N. C., has completed his initial course of Air Force basic military training here. He has been selected to attend the technical training course for Air Policemen at this base. Airman Lewis graduated from High SojHpNßli! Bee Log, N. C. at Lackland are selected for spem&lized training at tech nical schools on the basis of their interests and aptitudes. They are reassigned* the school after four weeks of basic, and are given additional qylitary, basic training along with the teclkicai subjects. County Council Achievement Pro gram Set For Thursday By: June Street, Home Agent The Yancey County Home De monstration County Council has scheduled their County Achieve ment program for Thursday evening, November 6, at 6:30 p. m. at F'rth Carpet Company cafeteria. The Home Demonstration Club members and their families wil' enjoy a covered dish supper to gether with a short program fol lowing. The County Achievement report will be given by Mrs. J. B. Stamey County Council President. The highlight of the evening will be presentation of the gavel to the club who has the most accomplish ments in 1958, which will be based on the reports turned in by indivi dual club members. 4-H Club members will pro vide entertainment for the evening. East Y ancey P. T. A. Will Meet Monday The East Yancey Parent Teach er’s Association will meet in the school cafeteria Monday night, November 3 at 7:30 p. m. The program will be in charge of the teachers who will hold a panel discussion on the grading I system of the school. If- .. ,ji 'A-, ’ i i Bfjnirr .fri n IT- * :■ ■*'? ‘number ~TEN _ "* ‘ . . -. IT looked forward to each year by 1 both club members and their guests. The event was begun to better acquaint business men with the problems farmers have as well as with their accomplishments. Eacll year the leading community is awarded prizes for its accom plishments. * J. W. Crawford, North Carolina extension program planning spec- ~ ialist, spoke to Men’s Club mem bers and- their guests at the meet ing in the Community Building. Morris McGough, executive vice president of the Asheville Agricul tural Development Council pre sented the Yancey County develop ment club awards during the evening. First prize of $200.00 went to Ramseytown Club. They were judg es on organization, increase in family income, greater efficiency and community spirit. Second prize of $150.00 went to the Double Island Club. Third prize of SIOO.OO went to the Brush Creek Club. Prizes of $50.00 each went to the Horton Hill Club, Hardscrabble Club, Jacks Creek Club, Newdale Club and Bee Log Club. The Green Mountain Club participated. Judges were Ray Bryant with the Soil Conservation Service, Ed T'errell, Assistant County Ag ent in Mitchell County and Nell B. Young ASC manager in Mitchell County. Members oTThe American Leg ion Auxiliary were in charge of the supper for club members and their guests. Bee Log j Teachers Hold Meeting wig <n.e Bee Log Parent Teacher’s Association met Thursday evening at 7:30 p. m. in the school audi torium . Mrs. Norman Fender, vice president presided over the meet ing. Officers elected for the year included Mrs. Lula MZiller, secre ary; Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards, -reasurer; Ernest Banner, Mrs. Jara Coxx, Mrs. Fern Whitson and Mrs. Mildred Mclntosh, pro gram committee; Mrs. Norma Fender, Mrs. Catherine Cherry, Baxter Silvers and O. C. Honey cutt, membership committee. Two objectives were set as a starter at the meeting. They were to obtain as many new members as possible and to try in some way to raise funds for the school. In connection with* the second ob jective, suggestions and slight plans were made for a talent program in the near future. Movies are being held twice monthly for the community and it was announced that on Friday night, October 31 at 7:30 p. m. the picture “Four Days Leave” will be shown. Along with the movie the Bee Log and Ramsey town community clubs will sell foods and have cake walks, with -the proceeds going to the school. Ernest Banner, principal, an nounced that the ladies lounge has been re-decorated this year, the flag pole and draw cord have been repaired, the main entrance to the building has been re-painted, the back stop at the ball field has been repaired and painted, that new shades are being purchased for the auditorium for use during visual aid utograms and that plans are now Mfing made for the pur chase of shrubbery for the grounds. He also announced that weekly chapel programs are now in pro gress by rotation of grades. The P. T. A will meet on the second Thursday in every month. The next meeting will be held on November 13 at 7:30 p. m. Every one is urged to attend these meet 'nn. NOTICE North Carolina license tags I -and title transfers available at I Yancey Merchants ,- Association I on the Bquarc. {
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