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By: Hope Bailey .
(special to The Yancey Record)
This portrait of the distinguished
pgorge H. Maurice, og Moore
County if, the ganri hills of North
Carolina, was painted by Prank
Stanley Herring, ' and
president of Burnsville Painting
Classes, Inc., at Seecelo.
Mr. Herring, who is nationally
Jtnown as a portrait, figure and
landgeapg pointer as well as 3
teacher, chose Mr- Maurice as
the subject for his second por
trait demonstration this season.
This demonstration was presented
far the public on Thursday night,
Jfily 30, in the “Pit” at Seecelo.
JKr. Maurice, a n engineer and
author who lives at Eaglp
near Pinehurst i n North Carolina s
thermal belt, was born in West
chester County in New York State.
I n Mr. Maurice’s own words, he
wag btjrn ip §ing Sing ( 9l e
n ame of the village ip those days)
weighing on that auspicious mem*
ent somewhat less than three
pounds. “I soon managed to
effect my escape,” said Mr.
Maurice, "And, in the words of
the famous Phineas Fogg on his
return to his London Club after
ffis topr aropntf the world in ten
secopds less than eighty days,
•Gentlemen, here I am,’ which
covers a long life with little re
markable incidents.”
Actually, this is only Ms,
Maurice’s modest opinion of him
self, for l)is life story is a n inter
esting onp.
He was a practicing engineer
in New York City for a number
of years, but his strong desire
to “get back to the land” brought
him South in 1912 in search of
a desirable spqt to settle with
his family.
He acquired a large acreage
of rough land in Moore County
apd -lived there in tent for
five months while cleaning tb®
land, building a house, barns
and other farm buildings. In
the fall of 19i2, he brought his
family to Moore County and they
“settled down to a peaceful life
of contentment.”
With his engineering experi-
ence and his interest irt that
field, he soO n became high
way engineer and till
Mopre County Highway Com
mission and held that position
until 1930.
His kee n interest in the frontiers
men, Daniel Boone, developed
Into a persistent hobby, leading
him to spend years In gleaning
little-known facts about the life
of Boone, especially the 25-year
period when this American trail
blazer lived in North Carolina,
Mr. Maurice has done much
research on this period in Boone s
life, about which little had been
written before the publication of
Mr. Maurice’s book, DANIEL
BOONE. published by Murray
Printing Company Eagle
Springs.
This publication, which recently
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Subscription $2.00 Per Ymr
came off the press, is a revised
[edition of an earlier book by Mr.
Maurice. This latest edition in
cludes interesting facts and
sidelights- as well as photographs
of Boone’s North Carolina home
(the original still stands with
later additions having been built
by more recent owners) and
other photographs pertaining to
Boone’s life. 'Y /
According to Mr.
many histories of life
have been faulty—many of them
even disagreeing oh the date of
his birth. This evidently is due
to the conflict in “old style” and
“new-style” calendars.* with the
Quaker year beginning about the
first. of March. Mr. Maurice
believes that Danipl himself pre
ferred th<P*“qld-style".
When asked why Daniel Boone
has 4>een remembered long ,after
other early pioreeTS were fqr
gottpn, Mr. Mayrice replied that
it must be due to “Daniels" in
trlnslc goodness.” This is clearly
revealed ln the letter (reprinted'
near the end of Mr. Maurice’s)
book) which Daniel wrote to his
sister a few years before his
death.
The book, DANIEL BOONE, is
a short, concise statement of
facts which should prove to be
interesting reading for any
one especially natives of North
Carolina.
Mr. Maurice’s father, - along
with the Rockefellers, Morgans
and others on§ of til® ori "
ginal owners of Jekyll Island, off
the coast of Georgia, before the
State purchased it for a public
beach and park.
His daughter, Miss Ellen Maur
ice, has beep qctming Burns
ville for the past eleven summers
to study portrait, landscape ancj
still life painting at the Bqrnsr
vilje Painting Classes. During
many of fhp past eleven summer
eeagone, including thie summer,
Mr. Maurice has accompanied his
daughter to Seecelo, where he
spends his vacations.
Mr. Herring, who teaches por
trait and still life painting at
Seecelo and who is represented in
1 40 states with portraits and other
paintings in public and private col
lections, has given portrait demon
strations at Seecelo at regular in
tervals during each summer here.
The purpose of these demonstra
tions is> to show students and visr
Itors how to proceed 'in painting
a ll oil portrait.
Owned and operated by Mr. and
I Mrs. Herring and J. Robert Miller,
Seecelo consists of hfty-two aereg
of green fields and wooded hill
. sides overlooking the town of
Burnsville, with superb views of
the mountains in‘all directions.
The location provides a pleasant
, rural atmosphere, yet is within a]
nqlle of village square,
making' an ideal setting for pro
f
fesslonal or amateur artists to
study and relax during their vaca
tions.
On the grounds at Seecelo there
David W. Bynum
Named Soil Conser
vationist For County
Mr. James B. Stamey, Chairs
man of the Yancey County Soil
Conservation District announpfed
today that Mr. David W. Bynum
of" Boone, N. C. has been named
by the Soil Conservation Service
to replace Lewis W. Damero n as
Soil Conservatibnist ' for Yancey
Cbunty. Mr. Dameron, soil con
servationist in Yancey County for
thp past six and one-half years,
is being transferred to the Dan
River Soil Conservation District,
where he will be in charge of the
Stokes County office.
Mr. Bynum, a native of Lin
coln County, has been associated
with the Soil Conservation Ser
vice in Watagua County for the ,
past two and one-half years. He
is a 1951 graduate of N. C. State
College School of Agriculture.
A member of the U.‘ S. Marine
Corps for four years during World
War 11, he received a reserve
commission in the U. S. Army
while attending N. C. State Col
lege. Upon completion of his
college work, he was re-called into
active duty during the Korean
Conflict. From 1953-56 he was
engaged in farming and construc
tion work.
Mr. Bynum is active in the
N. C. National Guard. He is
Company Commander of the 2nd
Fifle Platoon, company C, 120 In
fantry, located at Boone, N. O.
{Services Held For
Hannah*Wilson
Mrs. Hannah J. Wilson, 88, of
Celo died Tuesday morning after
a long Illness.
Services were held at South
Estatoe Baptist Church Thurs
day (today) at 2:30 p. m.
The Rev. Mr. Glenn, the pas
tor, and the Rev. Theo Letterman
officiated, burial was In the
church cemetery.
Surviving are two sons'* the
Rev. Garren Wilson of Marion,
and Bascum Wilson of Celo; four
Mps. .Apron Shuford,
and Mrs, Mary Kinchelo of Celftf
Mrs. Virgle Hollifield of Old Fort,
and Mrs. R. B. Wright of Mar
i ion; 21 grandihildren, 46 great- |
i grandchildren and several great
great-grandchildren.
Yancey County YMW
Club Elects Officers
The Yancey County YMW dub
met August 14 and elected offi
cers for ‘the coming year. The
newly elected officers are: Tom
Johnson, president; Betty Ogle,
vice president; Nina Gibbs, secre
tary; Bert Sutton, treasurer; and
Billy Ogle, historian.
This week the regular meeting
will be held at Carolina Hemlock
at ?:®J P- m. A picnic is planned
and all potential YMW Club mem
bers are invited to attend,
"To TICE
Mrs. Ttllie Brooks will be guest
speaker at Martin’s Chapel Meth
odist Church Sunday, August 30th.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our appre- J
ciation to all our friends soy their
many acts of kindness during the
illness and death of our loved one,
also for the beautifyl floral offer
ing.
The family of Zeb Fo*
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is a swimming pool, a lake stock
ed with fish, ten cabins for adult
students, Lake Lodge which hous»
es the dining room, Pine Lodge
where student exhibits are shown,'
a main studio and the "Pit” I
where portrait demonstrations,
are presented, and the summer]
residence and private studio of
the owners.
This summer’s session of the
■ I Painting Classes at Seecelo Qloged
L [last Saturday, August 22. The
’•owners reported ,a fulP booking
- ,for what has been "one of their
1 . most successful seasons—last week
' ej>d marking the close of the 14th
consecutive summer of operation
! l n Burnsville.
BURNSVILLE, N. CL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 106»~
Dr. McConaughy Will
Speak At Presbyter
ian Church Sunday
The Rev. Dr. Nathaniel U. Mc-
Conaughy will occupy the pulpit
of tne Burnsville Presbyterian
Church o n Sunday, August 30th,
in the absence of th® minister,
Rev. Warre n S. Reeve, who has
gone away on a short vacation.
Members of the congregation will
remember that Dr. McConaughy
who is General Presbyter for
churches in the region Os Bing
haton and Elmira, New York, was
guest preacher during the series
of evangelistic services held here |
last March. He and -Mrs. McCon
aughy have been vacationing in
this general area for the last week
r so. Service in the chutch on
Sunday begins at 11 and is pre
ceded by Sunday School which- j
convenes at 9:45. Visitors will be
cordially welcomed.
Corn and Tobacco
Demonstrations Ar
ranged In County
By: E. L. Dillingham, County
Agricultural Agent
Special corn and tobacco de
monstrations are getting a lot of
attention from visitors and neigh
boring farmers, according to re
ports coming to the county agent’s
office.
These demonstrations have
been arranged in cooperation with
local farm leaders and the N. C.
Extension Service Specialists at
N. C- State College. All farmers
and other Interested persons are
urged to visit these demonstra
tions and observe first hand the
disease re(jjptance yield and other
characteristics of these varieties.
Those conducting tobacco de
monstrations arw* Scotty Hughes,
Windom Community; Ralph Ray,
Cane River; Lawrence Grlndstaff,
Brush Creek; and Tilde n Fender,
Bald Mountain. •
Cor n demonstrations are located
at Elmer Peterson’s Brush Creek;
Leroy Silver, Jacks Creek; Dewitt
Howell, Arbuckle Road; Estel
Higgins, Higgins; Handy Riddle,
and Yates Randolph, Brush Creek.
Ralph Ray is also conducting
&a n alfalfa variety demonstration
and a Birdsfoot trefiol demon,
stration.
Proclamation
WHEREAS, good vision is a
precious gift bestowed by God and
nature upon all mankind, and
WHEREAS, our eyes are win
dows of light through which we
see and understand each other
and enjoy the heauty of the world
in which we live, ahd
WHEREAS, the ruthless threat
of blindness is increasing al
though at least half of all blind
ness is due to neglect and for that
reason la needless,
THEREFORE, we owe It to our
selves and our loved ones to re
cognise the wisdom of protecting
vision, to, join fully in the battle
against blindness and to learn
how to take care of our eyes and
the eyes of our children, and in
cooperation with the National
Society for the Prevention of
Blindness, the North Carolina
I Association for the Blind,
'the North Carolina State Com
mission for the Blind and - the
Burnsville Lion* Club I hereby
designate September, 1959 as
•‘SIGHT-SAVING MONTH”
and I call upon my fellow citizens
of this community to conserve
the vital resource of good vision
by learning the habits of good eye
care, and by supporting research
efforts which will help all men
enjoy the blessing < healthy eye-
I sight.
I Dover R. Fouts
I Mayor, Town of Burnsville
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks for the many kindnesses
shown us during our recent be
reavement. The floral arrange
ments, memorial contributions,
and personal services were deeply
1 appreciated. i
The Helmle and Baker Families
Rev. Walter Zvoda
To Show Film At
Mt. Pleasant Church
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‘ Rev. Walter Zvoda of Ashe
ville, N. C. a former Roipan
Catholic and now a Baptist evan
gelist will show a sound film on
the “Inside of the Vatican City”
at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church,
Sun. Sept. 6, at 8:00 p. m.
He will also show the old his
torical Rome showing the Colo
seum where Emperor Nero tortu
red the Christians because they
would not Worship him. Then the
catacombs under the city of Rome
where Christians starved to death
because they would not worship
the Papacy.
His topic will be, “What does
Pope John’s church unity mean ”
The Pastor, David A. Staley, ex
tends a n invitation to the public.
Mrs. T. M. Tyner
Hostess To Sue
Reynolds Circle
The Sue Reynolds Circle of the
WSCS met with Mrs. T . M. Tyner
Thursday at 8:00 p. m.
Mrs. Don Pardue, program
chairman, opened the meeting
with the Call to Worship followed
by the scripture taken from Rom
ans 12.
A discussion was led by Mrs. D.
R. Fouts on “How" Could the
Church Program Better Meet
the Needs of the Community.”
Fifteen members and one guest,
Mrs. Charles Lee Griffith,' were
present for the meeting. The circle
will meet the third Thursday in
September with Mrs. Don Pardue
and all members are urged to be
present.
Mrs. Tyner, clrlce chairman,
presided at the business session.
Mrs. Harry Bowen gave the .trea
surer’s report and Mrs. James
Ray read the minutes of the last
meeting. The project committee
was Instructed to report to the
circle at the next monthly meet
ing.
Newdale Community
Club Holds Meeting
The Newdale Community Club
met Friday, August 21 at the ,
Newdale Presbyterian Church. I
Mrs. Georgia Edge spoke on the|
important facts learned in the
Community Club meeting in Ral
eigh which she attended.
The meeting date of the club
has been changed to the third
Friday of each month. The next
meeting will be held on Friday,
September 18 at the Newdale
Methodist Church.
Services Held For
Max B. Gardner
Max B. Gardner, 74, a retired
Yancey County farmer, died in a
hospital Tuesday morning after a
short illness.
Services were held at the Hol
combe Brothers Funeral Home
chapel Wednesday at 3:00 p. m.
The Rev. O. L. Brown officiat
ed, and burial was In the Bonks
Creek Cemetery.
Surviving are the’widow; three
daughters, Mrs. Glenn Hix of
Blacksburg, S. C., Mrs. D. L.,
Thorne of Covington, Ind., and
Mrs. Claude Riddle of Asheville;
a son, William Gardner of Ashe
ville; three brother*, Jack J. of*
Asheville, Yulton of Henderson
ville, and M. C. Gardner of Bur
nsville; and three grandchildren.
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Annual ASC Election
To Be Held Sept 10
The annual ASC eleciton will be
held in the 16 farm communities
of your County bn Thursday, Sep
tember 10, 1959. The polls will be
open from 7:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m.
Three committeemen and two.
dlteruates will be elected in each
community. The committeemen
receiving the highest number of
votes will be chairman and a dele
gate to' the county convention to
elect a ebunty committee. The
More About “Tim”
The Gorilla
By: Mrs. Frances Low
While Mrs. Frances Freeman
was vacationing at Low Gap for
two weeks, “her friend, Mrs. Will
iam J. Potter, was caring for
“Tim” the Gorilla. Mrs. Potter
writes as follows: “I’ve come to
the conclusion that if more people
knew how much fun a baby Gorilla
can be theykl give up raising hu
man children!
“This “Tim” is without a doubt
the most satisfactory* animal I
ever had any experience with. He
is so appreciative and such a good
boy. I have not spoiled him
though I’d be tempted to, but I
do cuddle him late afternoons and
before he goes to bed at eight.
During the a. m. and early after
noon he plays and sleeps while I
get my work done. I have to peep
in windows etc. to check on him
every few minutes while he’s play
ing, because he got his head
caught between the playpen bars.
He let me know it with a yell.
For which I was thankful. He
can let you know when he’s in
trouble but he is very quiet and
contented otherwise.
“He’s just thriving and takes his
vitamin oil fine now, at first he I
blew it back to me! He gets his
full bottle of milk and I’ve cut the
water to 5 cups. His little engine
is running fine. And I’ve had, so
much fun looking at him
wh3n he’s asleep.
“So don’t hurry home on ac
count of “Tim”, Jn fact you’d bet
ter be glad you aren’t around him
all this time because he is just ir
resistable! And you are going to
get so attached to him if you
keep him long.”
At $5,000 per Gorilla hot many
of us can indulge in such a pet.
Conrad L. Worth,
Radio Guest Os
Whitener
According to a telegram recei
ved today by The Yancey Record,
from Herbert M. Lineberger, Ad
ministrative Assistant, Conrad L.
Worth* director of the National
Park Service, will be a special
guest this week on Congressman
Whitener’s radio broadcast over
stations throughout the 11th con-
Igressional district. Mr. Worth
will discuss with the 11th District
Congressman the National Park
Service Program in connection
with the Blue Ridge Parkway .of
the Great Smoky Mountain Nation
al Park. v
Locals
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hylemon of
Cane River left Monday night for
a weeks vacation in Florida. ' ..
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bailey
visited Mr. and Mrs. James Muse
i n Mocksville last week-end. Mrs
Muse is working in the Davie
County Consolidated High School
in Mocksville.
John L. Goins, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. K. 'Goins of Kingsport is
spending the week with his grand
mother, Mrs. W. I. Parnell and
Mr. Parnell.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Par
nell of Dallas, N. C. spent the.
week-end with relatives an a
friends here.
Miss Carolyn Masters of Boone
visited her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. O. K. Masters, here for a
, few days last week.
Roy and James Ray of Ray’s
Food Center attended the Food
Handlers Convention in Charlotte
this week. - '
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NUMBER ONE
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cqunty convention will be held
in the Court House on September
25 at 10:00 a. m.
These committeemen play a very
important part in the administra
, tion of all ASC programs. It is "
urged that all farmers elect the "
best qualified people to serve on
all committees.
Listed below are the communi
ties, polling places and nominees
for-.each community.
EAST BURNSVILLE County
Court House: Thad Ray, G. C.
Anglin, Echird Hunter, Luther
Ayers, Morris Styles, Adler Byrd,
Huland Brinkley,E. Miller,
Wallace McDowell, Emory Roland.
WEST BURNSVILLE Ralph
Ray’s Store: Burnie Pitman, Arvil
King, S. J. Bennett, Walter Edw
ards, Dolph Blankenship, Tom
'Robinson, Vonno Anglin, Bobby
Anglin, Fate McClelland, Ralph
Young.
CANE RlVEß—Proffitt’s Feed
Store: Jack Mclntosh, Bill Tom
berlin, Jack Buckner, Lawrence
Ray, John McCurry, Ralph Buck
ner, Alvin Hensley, Jess Buckner,
David Peterson, Lee Evans.
UPPER , EGYPT— Max Higgins’
Store: Max Higgins, Jr., Carl Hile
mon, Estell Higgins, Crate Bailey,
Edd Hensley, Vance Hensley, Mack
Higgins, Bernie Edwards, Clarence
Proffitt, L. A. Sparks.
LOWER EGYPT—Arthur Edw
ards' Store: Jack Phillips, Chappie
McCurry, Tilden Fender, Carl
Wilson, S. C. Edwards, Nealie
Ledford, Chad Williams, Virgil
Johnson, Charles Phillips, Hoy
Edwards.
RAMSEYTOWN Regular Vot
ing Place: Wayne Byrd, Britt
Holloway,' O. C. Honeycutt, Fin
ley Johnson, Richmond Bennett,
Bryan Higgins, Albert Tipton,
Kennet|> Phillips, Darius Adkins,
Dapiws Hensley.
«REEN MOUNTA’IN Regu
lar Voting Place: Ellis Renfro Joe
Peterson, Roy Laws, Harley Ben
nett, Sherman Fox, Ray Fox, Cha
rles Ueyton, Eugene Hughes, Cas
well Hughes, Calvin Robinson.
UPPER JACKS CREEK Edd
Hipkins’ Store: Ray English, Clar
ence Laws, John Evans, W. C.
Byrd, Cecil Anglin, Molt Hensley,
Hollis Honeycutt, Roy Duncan,
Bernie Hunter, Leroy Silvers.
LOWER JACKS CREEK—Dave
Peterson’s Store: Gene Thomas,
Frank Evans, John E. Fox, Lloyd
Laws, Jack Tipton, Jack Webu,
Jay Briggs, Dudley Deyton, Ber
nie Arrowood, Ben Silvers.
BRUSH CREEK Regular Vot
ing Place: J. R. Johnson, Birt
Garland, Dewey Thomas, Holt
Whitson, Handy Robinson, Geter
Webb, Elmer Sparks, Roy Lyles,
Vernon Presnell, Lawrence
Grindstaf f.
WEST CRABTREE— Dellinger-
Silvers Store: Nelson Boone,
Crawford Jones, Lawrence King,
Guy McCurry, John McCurry,
Grover McMahan, Chris Peterson,
Fred Ray, Mack Silvers, Till
Wilson.
EAST CRABTREE Presnell’s
Store: Wash’ Gurley, E. K. Hus
kins, Fred Howell, Biss Young,
Will Young, Troy Howell, Champ
Ray, Woodrow Edge, Roy Pres
nell, Clyde Yount.
UPPER SOUTH TOE—Arthur
Robinson’s Store: R. A. Westall,
B. B. Chrisawn, A. R. WeStall,
Ed Wilson, Oscar Simmons, Vernie
Murphy, Frank Bowditch, Walter
Loftis. Be n Chrisawn, B. M.
Rector.
LOWER SOUTH TOE— Chrls
awn’s Store: Hubert Wilson, Earl
McNeil, Eliza Gouge. Charles J.
Wesson, Milt Huskins, Andrew
Reid, Paul Grindstaff, Mack Hu»-
kins, Arcemus Simmons, Selgel
Davis.
PENSACOLA Brobks Wilson’s
Store Alvin Blankenship, Von
McMahan, Wade McMahan, Car
; ?mon McPeters, Ray McPeters,
Wayne Ray, G. K. Riddle, Walter
Riddle, Gay Thomason, Ralph
, Wilson.
PRICES CREEK Regular
Voting Place—Ralph Edwards,
Raymond Penland, Dot Aus
| tin, Jack Mclntosh, BUI Buckner,
, Mack Styles, George Mclntosh,
Mack Ledford, Ralph Towe, Les
ter Holcombe. 4