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VOLUME TWENTY-THREE Burley Growers Vote On Quotas Feb. 24 Yancey County farmers who vgrow burley tobacco today got a last minute reminder about the marketing quote vote to be held February 24. Any person having an interest as owner, operator, share ten ant, or sharecropper in the 1958 ■ crop of burley tobacco.’is eligible to vote in the referendum. Also, Army Reserve Reor ganization Announced Announcement of 'redesigna tion and reorganization of Com pany E, 518th Infantry Regiment 108 Infantry Division of Burns ■“ville to Company A, 3rd Regiment of 108 Infantry Division has been made by Major Bertram S. Hear lin, Jr., Area Commander, Ashe ville Area Command. This redesig nation and reorganization will start immediately and be com pleted by 31 March 1959. This change in the United States Army Reserve, is in ac cordance with the reorganization of all units of the; Reserve un der the “pentomic" concept of organization now in effect in the Activ e Army. The reorganized unit with its headquarters remaining in Burns ville will be trained in th e train ing of replacements, and in case of national emergency would be qualified to take its place along side Actiye. Army Forces. Major pearlin' paid tribute to Company E, under the capable leadership of Captain Conrad and further stated that Company E, has always been known for its high morale, enthusiasm, profi ciency, training and community spirit. Board Os Directors * Farmers Approves Sale toard of Directors of the Federation Cooperative has approved sale of the Fed eration’s business to the Fanners Cooperative Exchange of Raleigh, N. C., according to an an nouncement by James McClure Clarke, president of the Federa tion. If th e sale is approved by the stockholders at their meeting on Thursday, February 25th, in Ashe ville, the Farmers Cooperative Exchange will take over the operation of the Federation’s stores and other facilities in Western North Carolina on March Ist. Preferred stockholders will receive 10-year 4% FCX de bentures in exchange for their preferred stock, and common stockholders will receive 4% FCX preferred stock after all liabilities of the cooperative are paid. Clarke said that increasing difficulty in operating the freezer locker business and the poultry business of the Federation had made it advisable for the Federa tion to consolidate with a larger —iterative organization. intergration and increasing*4.zes of all businesses It is hard fo r small cooperative to offer adequate ''•advices for its patrons. * The Farmers Cooperative'- change operates 68 retail faritr cooperative stores in North and South Carolina. It also own s a large feed mill and an interest in two other feed mills, a fertili zer mill, and an insecticide manu-l facturlng plant. Sales of th e FCX in the fiscal year ending June 80th, 1968, totalled more than $60,000,000. The Federation has 23 outlets In Western North Caro lina. If the sale is approved FCX will offer similar services as the • Farmers Federation has in the past. Ther« was a meeting of the Yancey County common and pre ferred stockholders of the Feder ation on Wednesday, February 11th at 10:00 a. m. at th e Burns ville Federation Store. Mr. Clarke was present to discuss the details of the proposed sale. The Yancey Record Subscription: |2.00 Per Tew any person may vote who inclu ded burley acreage in the 1958 Soil Bank Acreage Reserve or Conservation Reserve Program, or whose farm acreage allotment was preserved under section 377 of th e act. Alvin Pate, Chairman, County Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation Committee, pointed out p that in this referendum, growers will have the choice of approving quotas for th e next three crops,, o r of -disapproving th e quota program. At least two-thirds of , f be growers voting must approve quotas if they are to remain in effect. '• ' A favorable vote will mean acreage allotments, marketing quotas with penalities on marketings of “excess” tobacco, and price supports on th e 1959, 1960, and 1961 crops of burley tobacco. An unfavorable vote will mean, fo r marketing purposes during the 1959-60 marketing year, no allotments, no quotas, no penal ties, and no price support on the 1959 burley crop. In this event, another referendum would be held next year on quotas fbr the following three crops. Marketing quotas have been in effect for burley tobacco each year except one sinc e the 1938 legislation was enacted. In the last burley quota re ferendum, held in 1955, quotas were approved by 95’3 percent of the growers voting. | A county wide meeting for) tobacc o farmers will be held in the County Courthouse at 2:00 P. M. on Friday, February 13. The purpose of this meeting will be to bring farmers up to date on thg future outlook of tobacco for the coming year. Members of th e State ASC Staff in Ral eigh will be present, to assist "'it**'is ~ very ~ important that farmers understand the situation 1 that the farm program is in I today. They will have a chance to ask questions concerning problems on tobacco and other programs. Mr. Pate stated that h e would like to urge every farmer in Yancey County to attend the meeting. Blood Bank Visit Termed Successful The Can e River Parent Teach er’s Association was host to the regular Blood Bank visit on February 4. Forty seven pints of blood was donated during the visit with two persons being rejected and one turned # down du e to age. The Cane River Biology classes, under the direction of Jack Mclntosh, have been studying blood types, and in connection with this Mrs. Newman, head nurse of the Blood Bank, took the four classes through the operation and different chemicals and materials" used in making the necessary tests and storing the | blood until it is to be used. Those giving blood during this visit included Clyde Dulaney, Mrs. Clyde Dulaney, Lawrence Ray Higgins, Earl C. Wilson,, Horace H. Cox, Roger Banks, Jay Hilliard, Oscar W. Deyton, L. V. Pollard, Burdette C. Car . „tpU, Seth Honeycutt, Virgus 1 Anglin, Mrs. Mary Ohle, Wintz Mclntosh, Joyc e B - Smith, Avie Hall, Mrs. Katherine Anglin, Joe T. Russell, Dean Wilson, Clarence Barnett, J. W. Griffith, Phyllis P. Bailey,, Anastasia Tomberlin, Lawrence King, Fred L Anglin, Warren J. Franklin, E. L. Dillingham, Martha L. Gibbs, Nella Blankenship, Claude C. Hughes, Juno Ramsey, R. L. Rector, Ethel Hall, Lola J. Mace, i Betty L. Webb, Juanita Holcombe, Claude Peterson, Mrs. Roy Ray,| ! Carroll. W. Angel, Lloyd Hilemon, j - Mack B. Ray, Leona M. Bailey, - Charles H. Anglin, Robert I. r Wicker, Leonard Ayers, and - Ralph Edwards. V s Those rejected were Erma L. » Peterson, Ernest J. Whitson and Fred Ayers. “Dedicated To The- Progress Os Yancey County" Cane River Splits Games With Walnut, Loses To Mars Hill Wheeler tallied 18 points to lead Cane River to a 53-36 victory over Walnut on the Cane River court here Tuesday night. Tipton came in second with 13 points. The halftime score was . 18-15, Cane River. The local' girls lost to. the Walnut lassies with a score of 43-29. Girls Game-Walnut (43) Johnson 22,. B. Johnson 9, Plemmons 1, Lunsford 11; G—O Rice, Fortnor; Chandler, Stackhouse. Cane River (29); F-Deyton 4, Grindstaff 2, Burton 18 Webb 3, Morrow 2, Proffitt; G— Angel, Freeman, Lawing.. ■ Boys Game-Walnut (36) Blackwell 10, A. Roberts if Boyd 2, Thomas 8, W. Roberts 8, Stines771. 1 ’ Cane River (53) B. Hensley ’ 5, Tipton 13, Wheele r 18, Fender 4, McDowell 5, Parker 3, Ingl e 2, Deyton 3, D. Hensley. ’ Friday night, February 6, the Mars Hill boys won over the Oane River boys by the small margin of two points, tike score 37-35. The Mars Hill girls led the Cane River team with a score of 58-27. This game was played on the Mars Hill court. Girls Game- Cane River (27) F-Deaton 6, Grindstaff 4, Burton 7- Morrow 8, Hylemon 2, N. Grindstaff, Proffitt, Higgins, Webb, Wilson; G—Hughes, Mc- Inturff, Lawhern, Silvers, Free man, W. Lawhern. Mars Hill (58) F— Whitt 27, B. Ponder 22, L. Ponder 5, Briggs, Hamlin 1, Huff 1, Grooms 2, English, Thomas; G—Metcalf G. Ponder Griffin’ Silvers, Metcalf, E. Pondjr, Buckner, Brady, Mace. Boys Game-Cane River (35) —Hensley o. Tipton 9, Wheleer 7, Fender, McDowell 6, Deaton 4, D. Hensley. Mars .Hill., tvti w-i Keith 9. Rep. Holcombe Named Chairman To Head Committee On Elections Representative Harloi Hol combe spent the week-end •■ in Burnsville. Mrs. Holcombe re turned home after spending a week in Raleigh with Mr. Hol combe . Mr. Holcombe, who was elected as chairman to head the com mittee on Elections and Election Liaws, stated that the General Assembly would not be a “rubber stamp" assembly this term. He felt that mor e thought and consideration would be placed on bills presented this year. I Three 4th Class 1 i Post-Offices To Be 7 Closed In County Three Yancey county fourth class postoffices will be closed February 28 according to an announcement made this week by G. Leslie Hensley, postmaster. They are Colo, Hamrick and Newdale- Mail which, in the past, has gone through these offices will, after February 28, be distributed through the Burnsville office Rural stations will be set up at Newdale and Celo on March 1. A new route known as RFD 5 will be established as of March 1 to service the Celo-Hamrick area. World Day Os Prayer To Be ~ Observed Friday World Day of Prayer will be observed on Friday, February 18 at 1:30 p. m. in Higgins Memorial Methodist Church here. “Lord I Believe” is the World Day Os Prayer theme. Miss. Laura Mae Hilliard will be in charge of the program assisted by Mrs. Joe Young and Mrs. Fred Proffitt. BURNSVILLE. N. (t, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 198 fl 4-H Achievement ' Night Held At Cane River By: Virginia Cox, Asst. Home Agt. The -Yancey County 4-H Achievement Night was held at the Can e Rive r High School last Thursday. Mr. Grover Dobbins, western district agricultural agent, was the guest speaker for th e event. In his talk on “Oppor- | tunities in Home Economics and Agriculture”, he brought out the need for mor e trained people in the fields. Mr. Dobbins stated that there were many different type positions in these fields. The 4-H Club serves as a vrry good training background for either agriculture or home economics and has influenced many people to go into these fields of study. Mary Alice Miller, 4-H county council vic e president, presided at the event. Gwen Harris opened the meet ing by leading the pledges. Lynn English gave the devotihns. Group • singing was led by Louis e Mathis. Roll call by clubs was done by Becky Proffitt. Th e highlights of 4-H in Yancey County was given by A. J. Thomas. Entertainment was provided by Jerlean Harris, Lucy Robinson, and Louis e Mathis. Mr. Hal Reynolds, assistant state 4 H leader, assisted Virginia Cox, assistant home - economics agent, ivith the presentation of awaris. The county winners of the various projects are; Peggy York, Linda Dellinger, Patty May berry, Tony Honeycutt, Nancy Hilemon, Viann Duncan, Paul Ohle, Johnny Honeycutt, A. J. Thomas, Mack Thomason. Others receiving certificates and medals: Nancy Hilemon, Maxin r Pate, Marilyn Wilson, Martha Ann Dale, Wilma Mur phy, Gwen Harris, Lucy Robin son, Lais Styles, Emily Hughes, Veron.&a Johnson, Helena Hen sley, Becky Proffitt, Arlene Ernst Schwintzer, Delmar Laws, Buck Riddle, Charles Banks, Saundra Duncan, Dean Honeycutt, Oscar Fender, Jr., Harold Hig gins, Glenda Cook, -Keith Styles, Eugene Styles, Patsy Angle, Linda Robinson, Brerida Brinkley, and Donna McDougald. Refreshments were prepared and served by 4-H girls from E&st Yancey- Lions Club To Observe Ladies’ Night Thp Burnsville Lions Club will observe Ladies’ •, Night, Thursday, February 12. The meeting will be held in th e Burnsville- elementary school cafeteria starting at 7:00 p. m. The Yancey County Hom e De monstration Council will serve th e food for the occasion and local high school talent will provide entertainment. Local Students Named On Dean’s List At Mars Hill MARS HILL— Among the 105 students listed on the dean’s academic honor roll for the tall- winter semester at Mars Hill College are three from Burnsville. Miss Barbara Susan Shepard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Olen Shepard, was one of the only eight students out of 1,000 who compiled a straight A record. Carol Ann Young, daughter of Mrs. Jean King Young of RFD 2, and Gerald Leon Murdock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mur dock, joined Miss Shepard as honor students. Miss Young and Miss Shepard aro second- year liberal arts students at the Baptist junior college, and Murdock is a f*-shman majoring in sciencr. In addition to these three who made the hono r roll another Burpsville student, Frank Howard Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H, Lewis’ made sufficiently high grades to b e eligible for mem bership in one of the 10 honor clubs on the campus. Jury List For March Term Os Court Annotihced The Jury list for the March term of Superior Court to. begin in the courthouse in • Burnsville on March 2 includes John Banks, Ben T. Riddle, Calvin Bailey, Pauline Harris, T. B. McCurry, | Brownlee MePeters, Ray Biggs, I Mrs. Julia Boon e , John Frank Hylemon, Lois .Riddle, R. M. Johnson, Leonard Howard Wyatt, Euranious Robinson, Albert Jones, George B. Thomas. Hugh Young W. R. Harris, Coy Fox, r Albert Lee Young, Mrs. W. T. Rcbertson, Ray Bedford, w' ft. Riddle, Sberwobd Whitson, Will, M. Young, Mrs. Maggie Renfro, I Crate Higgins, E. N. Stamey, N W. Stephens, Mrs. Pansy Whitson, Andy Edwards, Dewey ’ Mitchell, Earl McGee, Wayne i Wilson, Dewitt Silvers, Wilma M. Woody and Paul Gurley. Second week—Thad . Presnell, Ray Mace, Boyd Wheeler, Bradley Shuford, Mrs. Zona Styles. Edgar Webb, Maggie Pleasant, Mary Ann Hensley, Hazel , Hatfield, Carl Hughes, Walter Rice, Warner Wilson, Gladys Edwards, Claude Tipton, Guy Young, Phillip Ray, Clingman Robinson and Mark W. Bennett. William H. Brett To Be Radio Guest Os Congressman Whitener WASHINGTON, D. C. Con gressman Basil L. Whitener an nounced in Washington today that William H. Brett, Director of the Mint, will appear as a special guest this week on his wcektly j radio program carried over stat- j ions in the 11th Congressional ] District. ••• The Bureau of Mint, through'* E?§nts in Philadelphia. - PcimwLl. the United States Government. Brett, whose agency also has c charge of the Federal- Gold De- t pository at Fort Knox-; Kentucky, c and the. Federal Silver Depository t at West Point, New York, will * discuss the important work the j, Mint performs in producing, and \ regulating the circulation of coins ] in this country. t Rev. William Moon > To Speak At Windom Church 1 1 Rev. William. Moon, Missionary i to India, will speak at the Win- i dom Methodist Church on Thurs- I day, February 19 at 7:30 p. m. A picture of the ’mission work in India will be shown during the meeting. . . The young people from the 1 Newdale and Windom' churches will provide music for the occas- ( ion. The public is invited to at- j tend the meeting and hear , Rev. Moon. .! . V , . The nation’s 4,780,0ft*) Cub Sc out* Boy Sohulh. Explorer* and} adult leaders observe Boy Snout Week, February 7 to IS. The! 49th anniversary emphasis 1* “A Scoot j, friendly.” Price Per , 0»py: Five Oenta March Os Dimes Champaign Brought To Close Donations to the March of Dimes campaign ih Yancey County, received as of February 9th, amounted to a totel of $89£.82. Miss Hope Bailey, cam- Mrs. Huskins . Announces Itinerary For Assistance To Tax Payers Mrs. Sam J. Huskins, Deputy Collector for the N. C. Depart j ment of Revenue in the district | comprising Avery, Mitchell, Madi ' son an d Yancey counties, has announced her itinerary for as sistance to tax payers in filing 1958 State income and intangible returns.’ Mrs. Huskins will be at th State R'orenu/' in Burns vi'lle oiM February 9 and 16; March f*9, 13 and 16; April ®—lo and 15; at the court- I house* on February 24. and March ’2; at the Town Hall ci February 17 and March 18; at he courthouse Marshall February 12, March 2. and April 2; at tie courthouse in Newland Februar 26 and March 5; at the Employiient Security Offie e in Spruce *ine February 3 and 10; March 3 10 and 24; Apr:! 1 and 7. All resident taxpayers may c'laim tee standard deduction i regardl«s of type of income. An | airiount equal to 10 per cent of | adjusted gross income, or SSOO. j whichever is less, is allowed as the standard deduction. (Ad justed gross income is gross income less allowable expenses iscutred in earning the income.) If your non-business deductions are less than the standard de duction allowable, it will be to - Wher e married couples are concerned. If. both ar e required to file returns and one elects to Claim the standard deduction, both must -claim the standard deduction on their separate returns. No joint returns* may b e filed by husband and wife for North Carolina purposes. Receipts or records to substan tiate deductions claimed should be retained in you r personal tax fil e for a period of at least three years from the due date of your return. Save your cancelled check money order stub, or departmental receipt showing payment of the tax. « Bald Creek P. T. A. To Meet Wednesday Th e Bald Creek Parent Teach er’s Association will hold the re gular monthly meeting on Febru ary 18 at 7:30 p. m. in the school library.—- NUMBER twenty-five paign director,, stated that she would lil* to remind all those who have not ' y ? t contributed that it is not too late to send you r donations to the treasurer, Mrs. Claude Peterson, c o The Northwestern Bank, Burnsville. The 1959 eampa ; gn was brought to an effectiy e close by the Mothers’ Mareh on January 30th. Mrs Troy Ray, chairman of the Mothers’ March, reports that $105.26 was collected by volunteer workers on the night of the march. . Mrs. Ray stated that she would like to thank Intermediate . Girl Scout Troop 88 and their leaders, Mrs. P. C. Colette and . Mrs. Craig English, for assisting , with the Mothers’ March. The Girl Scouts distributed educa tion-literature and -mu „__ (reamers prior to the march ' and also wer e responsible for making the very effective display which ” appeared in Pollard’s Drug' Store window during the drive. —- Coin collectors, which were • displayed in business places and offices throughout the county, proved to be a successful part of the drive. The largest amount collected at any one place was $47.59 contributed by the customers of Edge’s Food Store ; in East Burnsville. Leaders of the local March Dimes campaign would like to , extend their thanks to all volun- I leer workers in the county and to all those who have contributed so generously to the drive. With the close of the 1959 March of Dimes, the Naitonal Foundation moves ahead with tho determination that its bold new program will lead toward even greater' than those already,/ui*” . .- ..u. Undergoing Training J At Fort Jackson Fort Jackson. S. C., 3 Dean Geouge, son of Kir. and Mrs. Paul 1 D. Geouge, Celo, N. C. has been I assigned .to Company A, 9th Battalion, 2nd Training Regiment I at Fort Jackson; S. S. for eight 5 weeks of basic combat trainiing ' I Upon his arrival at l Fort '■ Jackson, he was issued clothing I and given a complete physical ", examination and a comprehen ‘,’b n sive battery of aptitude tests to 9 determine the Army duty assign ment for which he is best fitted. As part, of his basic trainihg J he will be taught rifle marks manship under tde Army’s new Trainfire program. In Trainfire, he will learn to use an M-l rifl e by firing at pop- u,p targets J at varying ranges and on terrain I which duplicates combat areas. 4 He will also be taught drill, I tactics, camouflage, * military ij courtesy, first aid and other * subjects. He will leam how to j throw a grenade, fire in pitch ’ darkness, crawl under barbed ! wire with machine gun „ fire overhead, and defend himself in chemical, bioligical. and rSHtgpSttSL ’logical situations. During his seventh week of training, he will march 13 miles with full field pack to a. bivbdW area to spend a week living in the field and learning to in tegrate the. skill she has been ‘-iff] taught. After completing basic training, he normally will receive a week leave befor e for advanced training with the in fantry or other branch of the Army, or he may be select ed to ntte’Kl one of the Army'a many technical and service schools. Miss Peggy Huskins entered St Joseph’/Hospital in Asheville last Suhday >nd-w.il undergo an operation Friday . —t __ (NOTICE Nqrth Carolina license tags Ijtj and title transfers available at I Yancey Merchants Association J p °* m I ‘ "7* '
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