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Highway Commission
Approves Access Road Revival services
Mt Mitchell
First Baptist Church
To Hold Series Of
Faith Fellowship
Mission To Occupy
New Location
Mrs. Laughrun
Hostess To
Garden Club
Raleigh, N, C.—The State
Highway Commission has approve;
and set up funds for road work
in the county.
This work involves an access
read to Mt. Mitchtiil, the sped-
Yancey Hospital
Report
fications of which are to be)
determined by surveys and plans.
It is anticipated that work on
this road will be completed byj
July of 1960 at an estimated cost'
of $325,000.00 — a special alloca-'
tion by the Governor.
Once funds have been approved
for similar projects, the money
is encumbered until such time
the actual work is completed.
The First Baptist Church will
hold its spring revival with
services each evening next week,
March 30 to April 5. Services
will begin at 7;30 with special
Evang. H. M. Alley, founder
and director of the Faith Fellow
ship Movement, announced this
week that this non-sectarian
Mrs.
; to thf
night.
■- The
Ike Laughrun was hostess
Garden Club last Friday
business meeting was
BirthS'—Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Gomer Miller of Bakersville on i
March 24 a son, Thomas Alan.
Other Admissions—Ruby Wilson,
Rt. 1, Green Mountain; Shirley
Blevins, and Nevelle Miller, Bak-1
ersville; Dorothy Jarrett, Danny
Blevins, Mary Hensley and Gen
eva Bailey, Burnsville; Billie
Dale, Estella Hughes, and Robert
Renfro, Green Mountain; Sylves
ter Ray, Ethel Phillips and Ada
Higgins, Rt. 3, Burnsville; Welzie
Bishop, Dovie Briggs, Danny Dale
Jeff Doan and Lois Evelyn Doan,
Burnsville Rt. 2; Eugenia Wright,
Ridgecrest; Sadie Honeycutt, Re
lief; and Millie Wilson, Rt. 1,
Burnsville.
Obituaries
WILLIAM JACKSON THOMAS
I daughter, Mrs. Doc Cooper; some students are allowed
Green Mountain RFD 1 scholarships because of their out
standing ability it was said.
William Jackson Thomas, 98,
retired farmer, died at the home
of
at
Sunday.
Services were held at 2:00 p. m.
Tuesday at North Bend Free Will
Baptist Church. The Rev. Mr.
Arrowood officiated. Burial was
in Fairview Cemetery.
Surviving arg the widow, Mrs.
Texie Webb Thomas; four d;'ughc
ters, -Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Smith
Johnson,.both of Green Mountain,
Mrs. Wesley Banks of Erwin,
Tenn.; and Mrs. Charles Afrowood
of Limestone, Tenn.; a son, Joe
Thomas of Erwin, Tenn.; two
sisters, Mrs. Doss Laughrun of
Unicoi, Tenn., and Mrs. Tom
Edwards of Green Mountain.
David Wheeler To
PlayInEnka.
All-Star Game
David Wheeler, senior and star
basketball player at Cane River
High School, has been selected by
Enka Corp. to pla.y basketball on
the Western North Carolina High
School basketball team, according
to Coach Reece Wilson. The team
is made up o f high school seniors
of Western North Carolina.
Wheeler was the only player
selected from Yancey County.
The (all-star) team on which
Wheeler is playing v/ill me&t the
outstanding players from Buncom
be County schools in a game
Friday night at Enka.
Selection of outstanding players
and arrangement of the all-star
game is. made by Enka Corp. in
order to give college coaches an
opportunity to see prospective
college basketball players in ac-
MRS. MARY GEOUGE
Rev. 0. L Brown To
Deliver Easter Mes
sage At Sunrise
Service
Baptists, Methodists and Pres
byterians will unite in an early
morning service on Easter Sun
day. to be held in the Presbyterian
Church, beginning at 7 A. M, and
lasting approximately 30 minutes.
Everybody is cordially . invited.
The message on this occasion will
be delivered by the Rev. O. L.
Brown, pastor of the Higgins
Memorial Methodist Church.
missionary program, which has f presided over by the president,
been in operation for several (Mrs. Dawson Briggs. A plan,
years, will soon begin a regular \ presented by Mrs
schedule of weekly services in a
building located at the intersec
tion of Main and Summit streets,
one block east of Burnsville Town
Square.
This building, according to Mr!
Alley, has recently been rentedplace of
from Mr. Sol Evans, and will be
converted into an auditorium as
soon as the necessary furnishings
can be secured and installed.
For five years, ending in Nov
ember 1958, Faith Fellowship had
its headquarters in the Taberna.cle
Building in East Burnsville, but
since that time has been meeting
,once ea-ch week in different doraes.
Evang. Alley states that the
name Faith Fellowship Mission
not only indicates a meeting place,
but stands for a Christ-Centered
Missionary program, providing
fitt. Chairman of
Committee, to set
. Fred Prof-
the Civic
maple and
ACP Help Available On
Spring Conservation Work
Raleigh — Any Yancey . farmer
'is eligible to participate in the
1959 Agricultural Conservation
Program .and farmers in all coun
ties are signing up to carry out
spring practices under this nation
al program of Soil and Water
Conservation, Fred L. Anglin,
office manager of the Agricultural
Stabilization' and Conservation
perhaps oak trees on the Square,
was approved by the club. Mrs
Proffitt said that the hard wood
trees eventually would take the
the locust trees which
are becoming unattractive. She
said when the bard wood trees
became large / enough for shade,
the locust trees would be removed.
Further plans were made
the flower arrangement contest
for public places. A suggestion
that the club co-operate with
the Mayor, Mr. James Ray in
his annual town clean-up drive
was approved.
Mrs. Troy Ray was program
leader. Mrs. Ray introduced
R. K. Helmle who spoke on the
I orgin of our garden flowers
During the social hour.
worship services and Bible in-, t^e social hour, the
struction, as well as other helpful [ served a dessert course
MR. JOSEPH O. STI.'OITD
song service directed by
Joseph
Stroud, Secretary
activities and features, such as
annual and special Bible School
and Missionary Conferences.
“One of our mottoes," says Mr.
Alley, is: ‘Faith Fellowship, where
everybody is SOMEBODY,’ and
that indicates our welcome to
ALL people, both saint and sin
ner, rich or poor, educated or
un-schooled, high or low; or of
whatever church, and those who
have 110 church connections."
Mr. Alley further states that
Faith Fellowship, which has both
local and non-resident members,
including seven active missionar
ies in Foreign Mission fields,
is not operated in opposition t-')
other established churchas' hnt
to me^t a need for an
un—dcnoniinaiional Mission Chur-
Ccunty Committee, said today.
To sign up, a farmer should con-
Miss Joan Reeve
Visits Parents Here
Miss Joan Reeve, of Philadel
phia, is spending this week with
her parents. Rev. and Airs. War
ren S. Reeve, of Robertson Street
Miss Reeve is doing graduate i
study at the University of Penn
sylvania, and at the same time,
spends two days each week teach
ing piano to students in Lebanon
Valley College. She recently ap
peared on a television program
playing selections on the pianc>
that demonstrated the historical
development of description in
music.
the Department of Music, North Center in this area, as well as
Mrs. Mary Geouge, 69, widow of
W. R. Geouge, of Burnsville RFD
S, died in a Marion hospital Alon-
day following a long illness. Ser
vices were held at the Blue Rock
Baptist Church at 2:30 p- m.
Wednesday.
The Rev. Lloyd Glenn officiated,
and burial was in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, Paul
Geouge of Celo, and Lee Geouge
of Newport News, Va.; five dau
ghters, Mrs. Roy Holden of Mar
ion, and Mrs. Floyd Thomas of
Burnsville RFD 2. Mrs. Ruth
Higgins of Drexel, Mrs. Arvil
Thomas of Henderson, and Mrs.
Jessie Crisp of Hampton, Va.; 27
grandchildren; six great-grand
children; five sisters, Mrs. John
Robinson and Mrs. Vernon Bradley
of Old Fort, Mrs. M. M. Murphy
and Mrs. Walter Loftis.of Ham
rick. and Mrs. Jessie Murphy of
Morganton; and four brothers,
Lonnie Wilson of Pleasant Garden,
Talmage and Worley Wilson of
Hamrick and Joe Wilson of Oka
nogan, Wash.
Holy Communion In
Presbyterian Church
On this evening of the Thursday
in Holy Week the Sacrament of
the Last Supper will be celebrated
in the Presbyterian Church at
7;30. The pastor. Rev. Warren S.
Reeve will be in charge and will
lead in a meditation on the thou
ght that is to be found in the
Hymn, “When I Survey the Won-
derous Cross" — “Did E’er Such
Love and Sorrow Meet ’’. The
choir will provide music appropri
ate for the occasion.
The congregation will gather
for Easter Worship at 11 o’clock
on Sunday morning when Mr.
Reeve will preach on the subject,
“Love Triumphant”. Sunday
School will begin at the usual
time, 9:45.
Carolina Baptist State Conven-!
tion. Mr. Stroud before coming
to his present position was Alinis-
ter of Alusic at the First Baptist
Church, Statesville, N. C. and
prior to that he held the same
position with the College Avenue
* Baptist Church, Lenoir, N. C.
The Rev. L. H. Hollingsworth
is pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Boone. N. C.- and is
currently serving as president of
the General Board of the Nortli
Carolina Baptist State Conven
tion. fee will bring his first mes
sage on Monday evening, March 30.
There will not be a day service,
however, three chapel programs
have been arranged in which both
Air. Stroud and Air. Hollings
worth will appear. Tuesday
March 31, at the East Yancey
High School: Wednesday, April 1,
at the Burnsville Elementary
School; and Thursday, April 2,
at the Cane River High School.
The pastor and the members
of the First Baptist Church ex
tend a cordial welcome to every-
I one to attend the services.
to participyto in the common
Christian Cause of National
world-wide evangelization
Missions.
and
and
Yancey 4-H
Club News
MRS. MARY BRYANT EDWARDS
MRS. RUBY HENSON
Services for Mrs. Ruby Henson,
49. of Candler RFD ,, who died in
an Asheville hospital Wednesday
morning, March 18. of injuries
suffered in a traffic accident on
the Black Mountain highway
Sunday, March 15, were conducted
Friday at 3:00 p. m. in Reeves
Chapel Methodist Church.
The Rev. Gordon Keeler and the
Rev. Charles Sprinkle officiated.
Burial was in Forest Lawn Ceme
tery, Enka.
In addition to the husband, Mrs.
Henson is survived by one son,
the
the Rev. Darrel Parris officiated. | mother, Mrs. Sue Letterman of
Burial was in Gibbs Cemetery. Asheville; six sisters, Mrs. Harry
Mrs. Edwards was a lifelong! Smith, Mrs. Marie Rice and Mrs.
resident of Yancey County and Lois Frisbee of Asheville;
the widow of the Itae J. M. Addie Propest
Mrs. Mary Bryant Edwards, 88,
of Burnsville RFD 3, died Satur
day at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Silas Hensley.
Services were held at 2:00 p. m.
Monday in the Elk Shoal Union
Church. The Rev. Troy Young and ^ Johnny Henson of the home;
-E3n,>T>i,. rtffii’in.t.pd.' mni-hAf 'M’rs. SiiG Lpttorman
Home Demonstration
Club Meets With
Mrs. Silver
The Annual Yancey County 4-H
Talent Show is scheduled foi'
Tuesday,' April 7, at Burnsville
elementary gymnasium. There
will be approximately 30 members
from the clubs all over the
county. Everyone is invited to
attend.
There were five long-time re
cords completed by Yancey County
4-H Club members and sent to
the district judging. Those sub
mitting records were Viann Dun
can, dairy calf record; Patty
Mayberry, canning and food pre
paration : Helena Hensley, live-
stock; and A. J. Thomas, traefor
care. These records will be judged
by a group of agents from differ
ent counties. The records will be
given ribbons of blue, red, white
and yellow to show the progress
the club member has made
the completeness of his record.
Those records which receive blue
ribbons may be submitted for
State competition, in the fall.
The Burnsville Home Demon
stration Club met Wednesday, Virginia Cox, assistant home eco
March 18, at the home of Mrs.
Mbllie Silver. The president, Mrs.
tact his local ASC office. In sign
ing up under the 1959 ACP to
carry out soil and water conserva
tion practices, the farmer does not
obligate himself in any way; but
he does become the key partici
pant in a farmer-government par
tnership which can mean much
for the future strength of our
agriculture.
The ACP for 1959 is a flexible
program that can be tailored to
fit the conservation needs of
every farm in North Carolina.
This flexibility that really meets
the conservation needs of farmers
in the Coastal Plain, in the Pied
mont, and the Mountain sections
of this State was brought about
through the combined efforts of
the Soil Conservation Service, the
Forest Service, the Extension
Service, and the ASC.
Under the 1958 ACP, sorng 2000
farmers . joined hands with tax
payers to strengthen the Nation’s
Soil and Water resources. Accord
ing to Ratcliff, the fact that
there are now ample supplies of
all major foods to meet our do
mestic and export needs is an
indication of the effectiveness of
the program in which the farmers
and the Nation share the cost of
pi'actices which protect' the Na
tion’s food and fiber-producing
ability.
Farmers who cooperate with
th s program must put up their
share of the out-of-pocket cost of
the approved conservation prac
tice as well as perform all labor
Involved. In turn, the farmer and
the Government enter into a con
tract which works to the benefit
of both partners.
Health Dept. News
R*. : Dr. R. R. TVInGi.
Mrs. Hester Honey
cutt Observes
95th Birthday
By: Hope Bailey
Edwards. '
Surviving are the husband; two
daughters, Mrs. Garrett Hughes
of Bald Creek and Mrs. Hensley
of Burnsville; a son, Wesley C.
Edwards of Bald Creek; a broth
er. Oiarles Bryant of Erwin,
Mrs
of Dunningham,
Va., and Mrs. Lettie Hollings
worth and Mrs. Juanita Pardo of
New Orleans, La.,, and five bro
thers, John, Bill, Rex. Turner, and
Neil Letterman, all of Asheville.
A native of Yancey County,
Mrs. Henson was an employee of
T«mi.; Slight gi‘fcnd«hlldr»n; 18, th# Asheville Hosiery AUl'l and
and, WO meihber of the Reeva* Chapel
Methodlet Church.
great-gi^andchildren,
great-great-grandchildren.
Frances* Low, presided over the
business session which consistd
mostly of making plans and
preparations for the Federal Dis-,
trict meeting of the Home
Demonstration Clubs of Buncombe,
Madison and Yancey counties.
It was stated that this maeting
would be h;eld on Tuesday, April,
21, at the Burnsville Methodist
Church.
Miss June Street was in charge
of the program and gave a very
interesting demonstration on the
making of slip-covers. She illus
trated her talk • with various fab
rics and materials and showed
the proper technique of measuring
a living-room chair which needed
re-covering. Other aspects and
problems of making slip-covers
were discussed.
The hoataw served a desert
course, -and th© meeting was
adjourned.
BURNSVILLE—ATrs. Hester
Honeycutt observed her 95th
nomics agent, will be assisting birthday on Thursday, February 26,
the judging this week. j ^.t the home of her daughter,
“Getting the Most Out of The! Mrs. A. Z. Jamerson, at Bolens’
Sewing Machine” is the title of j Creek. Mrs! Honeycutt was
the sewing training which was born in the Jack’s Creek section
given to four 4-H Community of Yancey County and has lived
clothing leaders last Thursday' there a.ll her life
and Friday at the Singer Company
in Asheville. Those attending were
Mrs. Kenneth Johnson. Brush
Creek; Mrs. Cleo Byrd, Ramsey-
town; Mrs. Lloyd Miller, Higgins;
£«id Mrs. Johnny Johnson, (I^ane
Branch; and Miss Virginia Cox,
assistant home economics agent.
This was given for the purpose of
training leaders to help the youn
ger 4-H members with their
clothing projects and to teach the
club members how to us© the
sewing machine. The leaders also
I learned many things about care
and adjustment of the sewing
is a member of the Jack’s Creek
Baptist Church.
Members of her family ob
served her birthday . with a
dinner at the home o f
Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Jamerson
at Bolens’ Creek. Those present,
in addition to Mr. and Mrs.
•Jamerson, were Mrs. Margaret
Johnson, of Fayetteville: Mr
and' Mrs. WMlard P. Honeycutt
of Jack’s Creek; Dewey G
Honeycutt, of Rising Fawn, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Robinson
and daughter, Brenda, of Marion;
Mrs. Alice Rector, of Shelby; Mr.
and Mrs. George Rector and
children, Mark and Mama,
Shelby: and Mrs. Lynn Ross and
daughter, Cathy, of Marion
present' at the dinner was
house guest and family
Mrs. :Nettie Ray, of
Also
friend,
Bolens’
She is the daughter of the late
W. K. Byrd and Mollie Harrell
Byrd. Her grandfather, Billy
Byrd, was one of thg earliest
settlers of Yancey County.
Until three years ago, -Mrs.
Honeycutt! was very active- and Creek.
worked at the many crafts she Three sons, who v/ere unable
has been interested in all through {.q attend the event, are Carl-
the years. 'V^eaving- was one of Honeycutt, of Topeka, Kansas;
her major interests and she i Lenoir Honeycutt, of Hudson,
made homespun blankets 'and'Ohio; and Murray Honeycutt, of
coverlets for each of her eleven Qak Ridge, N. C. '
children. She also Hks done-rnuch Mrs. Honeycutt has nine grand-
quilting and rug making. children and twelve great
The first time Mrs. Hon^eycutt grandchildren.
A great many parents say
that tiiey will not have their
babies vaccinated against Diph
theria, Vv^hoeping cough and Te
tanus, as well as Smallpox, until
they enter school. The law says
that all children in North Carolina
must be vaccinated during the first
year of life against Whooping
cough, Diphtheria and Tetanus,
rile law also states that all
children must be successfully
. accinated ' against Smallpox
'lefoi'e they enter school.
The third grades were exami-
led in all counties in this health
district this year. Avery County
ha.d 165 third grade children with
smallpox scars, and 100 without.
Yancey County had 191 children
with scars, and 63 without a scar.
Mitchell County cards have not
been counted so there is no defi
nite figure for that county yet,
but it is felt that the figures
will not be far different from
the two counties just given.
Parents are urged to have
their children immunized against
these preventable diseases be
fore schools open. Private doctors
should be seen and requested to
give the vaccinations. For those
unable to pay for the vaccinations,
the Health Department will give
them free of charge.
Clinics are held as follows;
Monday afternoons, Burnsville;
Tuesday afternoons, Bakersville;
Thursday ' afternoons, Spruce
Pine; and Friday afternoons,
Newland.
EYE CLINICS
Many children fail to pass
their school work due to inability
I to see. All of these children could
! be discovered and given glasses
in a single year if enough eye
clinics could be held. Only
thirty-five children can be exam
ined at each clinic. These clinics
are held monthly. ’
In the last four clinics held
there were 137 .children examin
ed, 107 glasses fitted, 13 referred
for treatment, 12 referred for
surgery, and 9 that needed no
sc’'vicc.
machine. These leaders will be j read •the Bible through was ^ spending the winter with
working with the club members during the 1st 'World War, and Mr. and Mrs. Jamerson and
in their communities in teaching she is now in thg process of i expects to return to Jack’s Creek
these sewing techniques.
I reading it for the 24th time-. She I April for the summer.
NOTICE
North Carolina license tags
and title transfers available at
Yancey Merchants Association
on the Square.