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gWe ■.eUHITEDm VOLUME TWENTY-THREE Fox Attacks Dogs On Yancey Farm Last Thursday on a farm in this | county an incident occured which , may well hav e set off a minor pa-' nic, but which proved to be a very unusual minor happening. . A fox, according to information from the District Health Depart ment here, attacked dogs on the farm of Ralph Ray at Riverside. First reports were that the foxl had attacked cattle on the farm. I The animal was captured at the time and died the night of its capture. v Health authorities, fearing that the fox may have had rabies, sent the head to Johnson City, Tenn. for an examination of the disease. The examination proved negative. In the past western counties of t North Carolina have been known to loose great numbers of lives tock because of an outbreak of ra bies among dogs in tile counties, foxes and other wild animals. In one county such an epidemic among wild and domestic animals caused the loss of thousands of dollars from livestock on individual farms. These outbreaks of the terrible disease, which not a danger toward loss of property but endan gers human life, was brought under control by the sane thinking of dog owners and cattle growers. Wardens were employed to see that all dogs in the county were vaccinated for rabies. Reports show that owners who were op posed to such action saw th e ne cessity of control when they began loosing livestock as well as dogs from the disease. State health authorities have been insistent, for several years, in precautionary measures when the danger of rabies arises and Dr. B. B. McGuir e of the local health department gives several points along this line: If a fox or other wild animal attacks human beings or animals, they are likely to have rabies. If such happens, it would be best to avoid encounter with such an animal and it should be shot on sight. Avoid shooting it in the head, if possible. If a fox or other wild animal is seen wandering aimlessly in the settlement, on the highway, or any other unnatural place, shoot it and call the health department. Again avoid shooting it in the head, if possible. Any animals that may have en countered th e fox, such as cattle, dogs, hogs, etc., should be confined for at least two weeks where no other animal will contact them. If any signs of illness develops with in two weeks chances are that the animal will have come down with rabies. If any signs of illness are seen call your veterinarian at once. Take all people who may have had an encounter with such au animal to their private doctor. Have all dogs given anti-rabies treatment every year (phenolized vaccine) or every three years .(chick embryo vaccine). Jacks Creek Home Demonstration Club Meets With Mrs. Briggs The Jacks Creek Home De monstration Club met Friday night, November 21 at the home Mrs. Osborne Briggs with Mrs. J. B. Stamey,president, in charge of the meeting. Mrs. Evelyn Wilson gav e the devotional. Miss June Street held a very helpful demonstration on the care and use of the sewing machine. Mrs.- Ralph Proffitt of Bald Creek was a guest at the meeting. The December meeting wifi be a Christmas party in the home of Mrs. Cecil Anglin. Mrs. Bruce Bailey, Mrs. Ray Higgins and Mrs. Carl Evans will help with the plans for the Christmas com munity party. During th e social hour Mrs. Brigp, assisted by Mrs. sdith Renfro and Mrs. Willard Honey cutt, served a delicious calad . course. ; _ The Yancey Record “Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County* ’Subscription: $2.00 Per Year Vi is a far cry from the scene of the first Thanksgiving to the festive tables in modern, streamlined homes at which we celebrate thC h ° liday to<lay - A® we celebrate with the traditional feast, let us * be thankful for freedom . for Plenty, for all the blessings of home and family ’ and f ° r many other American traditions. Let us be ; A steadfast in maintaining these freedoms for which the founders of iIMkSEaW • our country braved the hazards of the New World. Forest Fire Danger Slightly Reduced The slightly damp weather yes-> terday reduced, somewhat, the forest fir e hazard in the mountains However, J. Craig English, county ranger, said that the small amount of rainfall had lessened the dan ger very slightly and that clear windy weather would place the forest area in the same dangerous condition it has been in for sev eral weeks, Mr. English said that forest of ficials have been considering clos ing forests to hunters because of th e extremely dry weather which is hazardous in relation to forest fires. The ranger said that there hav e been no forest fires in this county thus far, although he re ported two grass fires—one at Celo and one at Can e River. With the lack of rain the for ests of Western North Carolina have become tinder-box-dry, and the hazard of forest fires mount with each day without rainfall. Mr. English said that Yancey County has received only six one hundredths of rain this month. And each day without rain causes a build-up of dryness in the leaves which increases the great danger of fire. Ranger English said that fire danger is measured on a meter 1 scale and is designated by numer ical classes. The mountain region 1 was in class 5, until the recent slight rainfall, and this is con -1 sldered to be an extremely dan gerous point from a standpoint of ( fires. 1 Mr. English pointed out that it 1 would be a very easy matter to ■} start a fire in this area where the fallen leaves have becom e powder 1 dry from lack of rain, and a fire *' at this time in practically any for ■ est area in this county would be 1 almost impossible to control. | Our neighboring county, Me t. * BURNSVILLE. N. O, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1958 I Dowell, has had 1000 acres burned j over, and at least a dozen fires were reported this week in the mountain forestry districts of thre e states. The danger of forest fires has not been equaled since the dry period experienced in 1951, Mr. English said, and conditions now ar e equal to that time. 'Closing the forest to hunters will depend on whether or not rain falls to th e extent that hunting is considered safe by the State Wild life Commission and the Forest Service. G. K Kilby To Hold Special Services O. K. Kilby of Swannanoa will ■ hold a special song and Thanks- I giving Service at the Gospel Mls • sion at Pensacola next Sunday. l November 30 at 7:00 p. m. ’ This service is the beginning of '■ the Christmas month activities in which visiting preachers of the i Gospel and singers will take part. I I Lon Autrey of Pensacola is in ' J charge of singing. Th e Mission has been re-decorated for this special s Christmas month occasion. All people of all faiths are cor ■ dially invited to attend the meet : ings. Rural Telephone ' Survey Tp Be Held ; The final rural telephone survey > will be held Friday, November 28. ■ Anyone who can assist in this ‘ survey is asked to contact the s county agent’s office. All those * who have received applications ' through the mail should complete and return them to the county ■ agent’s office as soon as possible. James C. Froula Speaks To Members Os Newdale Club The Newdal e Community Club met November 20 at the Newdale Presbyterian Church with twenty two members present. Harvey Johnson, president, pre sided over the business session. After th e devotion, Mrs. Guy Boone introduced the speaker, Mr. James C. Froula of the Forest Service. He spoke on the planting of white pin e seedlings, and the care of the trees. He also showed a film on soil conservation. Mrs. Georgie Edge was named as the new secretary during the business session. The next meeting of the club will be on the third Thursday in December at the Newdale Meth odist Church. U. S. Air Force Needs | Pilots And Navigators S. Sgt. James W. Small, local Air Force Recruiter announced to day the immediate need for pilots and navigators for the U. S. Air Force. / ■ Applications are now being ac cepted for these two programs. All who are high school graduates and interested in earning over $5000.00 a year are urged to conX tact the local Air Force recruiter who will be at the court house in Burnsville from 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. Tuesday, December 9, 1958; or write the Air Force Recruiting Office, Room 400, City Building, Asheville, N. C. Upon graduation from pilot or navigator training there Is oppor tunity of being commissioned as a second Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force with unlimited oppor tunities for travel, promotions, prestiege and many other advan tages. Cane River High School Dedicated , Dedication services for the Cane 1 River High School were held Sun day with E. C. Funderburk, sup erintendent of Asheville city scho ols, as the principal speaker. j Mr. Funderburk pointed out that education is th e most potent wea- ( pon against communism in de dicatory address. Mrs. Max Proffitt, president of Cane River Parent Teacher’s As sociation, accepted the building, on behalf of Cane River citizens, from C. P. Randolph who repre sented the Yancey County Board of Education. Soil Conservation District Election To Be Held One supervisor is to be elected to the board of supervisors, of the Yancey County Soil Conservation District. The election will be held the week of December 2-6. Present members of the board of supervisors are James B. Sta nley, John M. Deyton and Thad Ray. Mr. Stamey’s term expires on December 31, 1958. He is eli gible for re-election. The duties of the board of su , pervisors are to carry on a pro- j gram of soil and water conserva tion in the district. They secure the assistance of federal, state, privatgSagencies, and businessmen fn promotiW the soil and water program. Through agreements whh stat e and federal agencies the district supervisors provide technical assistance to th e farmers- of the county on their j soil and water management pro blems . The newly elected supervisor will serve a term of thre e years. : Ballot boxes will be placed in the following business places: Far-I mers Federation Store, Burnsville; Deyton Farm Supply, Burnsville; Proffitts Store, Bald Creek; Sil vers and Dellinger, Mlcaville; and Ed Hipkins store at Jacks Creek. Price Per Copy: Five Cent* New Masonic Lodge For Burnsville Crand Master of Masons of North'Carolina, James G. John son, of Charlotte announced this week that a new Masonic Lodge will be instituted in Burnsville Saturday, December 13. There has pot been a Masonic Lodge in Burnsville since 1934. Grand Master Johnson announced Proclamation WHEREAS, the creation of a strong civil defense is of prime importance to the citizens of Bur nsville, N. C., as it is to all Ameri cans, and WHEREAS, an effective non military defense is a deterrent to war because no aggressor is likely to' attack a nation it cannot de feat, and WHEREAS, a strong civil de fense offers our best hop e for sur vival and recovery ip the event of an attack, and WHEREAS, the total defense w e must achieve can be obtained only by action at all levels of gov ernment in order to establish, dir ect and execute measures for sur vival and recovery, and WHEREAS, Presidenc Eisen hower, recognizing the importance of individual preparedness by ev ery American, has designated Sunday, December 7, 1958, as Civil Defens e Day, NOW, THEREFORE, I James W. Ray, Mayor of the City of Burnsville, N. C., do proclaim the aforementioned day as Civil De fense Day in Burnsville, N. C., and recommend to my fellow citizens appropriate observance of this day set aside to symbolize the need for defense preparedness. IN WITNESS THEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Bur nsviHe, N. C., to be affixed this 21st day of November, 1958. (signed) James W. Ray, Mayor Yancey Hospital Report Born to Mr. and Mrs. Perry England of Burnsville, RFD 3, a daughter, Susan Denise, on Nov | ember 23. I ADMISSIONS: Other admissions this week are S. V. Randolph, Rt. 1, Burnsville; Joe Whitson, Rt 4, Burnsville; Zula j Wilson, Pensacola; Janet Bailey, Teddy Allen, and Dennis Bailey 'of Burnsville; Joe Ray, Rt. 1, Burnsville; Elois e England, Rt. 3, Burnsville; Hassie Tilley and Essie Renfro, Green Mountain; Atlas Styles of Micaville and Judy Ann Phillips of Rt. 3, Burnsville. U. S. Savings Bond Sales In N. C. Pass S4O Million Mark Savings Bonds sales in North Carolina during October were $3,835,853, bringing the sales for the year to $40,360.14. This is in excess of 82 per cent of the annual goal of 49 million dollars. For the first ten months of 1958. combined Series E*and H Bond sales were up 2hi per cent over the same period last year. Series H Bpnd sales were up over 42 per sent; Series E Bond sales were down 1.4 per cent. Yaifcey County sales for Octo , her were $3,011.80. For the Janu lary-October period County sales total $69,441.75, which is 51 per cent of its 1958 goal. Presbyterian Men To 1 Sell Christmas TVees Again This Year | The Burnsville Presbyterian Men's Organization will sell Roan j Mountain Christmas Trees again this year in Burnsville, bjfThis Organization has sold trees |«n Burnsville for several years. Proceeds from the Christmas tree Isale ar e used for special church projects. Further information as to the dates the trees will be sold will be announced later. [give I ,»iI)NITED»n I NUMBER FOURTEEN f that Harlon Holcombe has been • named Worshipful Master witfi i J. O. Shepard named as Senior ■ Warden and Robert Rhinehart ■ as Junior Warden. i Th e Lodge has purchased the old American Legion building which is adjacent to the commu nity Building in West Burnsville. Ther e will be 48 charter members. Other officers include J. Hubert Cooper, treasurer; Gus Peterson, secretary; Max Penland, senior warden; Mack Branton, Junior Warden; Edd Hensley and Wood row Balle'v, Stewarts. The stated communications will be held on the third Thursday of each month. The building is being remodeled at the present time to meet the needs of the new lodge. I Mr. Holcombe was Master of the Bald Creek Lodge in 1953 and Mr. Shepard was master of that lodge in 1955. Mars Hill College To Observe Homecoming Today MARS HILL Thanksgiving and Homecoming, a pair of dis , tinctly American celebrations which have been combined into a single tradition-filled program by Mars Hill College, will be observed here today. I Former students of the 103-year old Baptist junior college have been invited back, and several hundred of them are expected to join cur rent students and their parents, faculty members and other friends of the colleg e in the day-long ob servance . A full Schedule, including sing ing, worship, pageantry, feast ing, visiting and forensics, 'has been planned for the day and will follow a traditional routine. Members of the Baptist Student Union will set the mood for the day by going about the campus and the community at daybreak sing ing Thanksgiving hymns. They will be dressed as pilgrims and as Indians in preparation for a page ant later in the morning which . will depict scenes from early Thanksgivings in America. At 9:45 a. m. students, visitors and residents of the community will gather in the sancturary of the Mars Hill Baptist Church for a special worship service. Chief feature of the program will be a pageant “Lest We Forget,” which was written by Dr. Ella Pierce, head of the college English depart ment. This will be the 31st con secutive year it has been presented Music for the service will be pro vided by the college band, a cam pus choir and the college touring choir. Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, president of the college, will preside over the service; Dean Ralph M. Lee will read President Eisenhower’s j Thanksgiving Proclamation; Bill , Smith of Asheville, president of , the alumni association, will bring t greetings in behalf of former j students; and Dr. Robert Seymour, pastor of the church, will'‘deliver a brief Thanksgiving sermon, j An offering for North Carolina , Baptist children’s homes will be [ taken during the service. The r offering was initiated in 1897, when , Dr. R. L. Moore became presi dent of the college, and has been received each yea s since. % Following the service, the tra- ditional Thanksgiving meal, tur key with all the trimmings, will be served’ in the college dining hall. The afternoon will be free, al lowing time for watching football cn television, visiting with friends and touring the campus. That night the Phllomathian Literary Society, a student organization, will present Its anniversary pro gram in the college nudltorium. The program will include several forensic contests and a surprise grand finale. Ir/ NOTICE North Caretina license tags I and title transfers available at I Yancey Merchants Association I on the Square.
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