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VOlfUME TWENTY FOBK
Subscription S8.oo Per Year
“Dedicated To The Progress Of Yancey County^
Local Man Injured
In Shooting Fracas
BUBNSVUXE, N. C, THDBSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1959
Native Tar Heel
Editor-In-Chief Of
Duncan Hines Books
Warren Blevins ix m an Ashe
ville Hospital from gunshot
wounds received Sunday evening
and Kermit Hensley is in jail
rested in connection with the
shooting. According to Sheriff
Forestry Demonstra
tion To Be Held
Friday
A forestry demonstration for
sawmillers, loggers, and forest
landowners in the county will be
held tomorrow, November 13,
beginning at 1:30 p. m. The meet
ing site is on the Briggs wood
lands, located on the Mitchell
- Branch Road, one mile from the
Burnsville Square. Directional
signs will be placed on the road.
The program will deal with
ways of realizing the greatest
financial returns from hardwood
timber. All interested persons are
cordially invited to attend. The
meeting is sponsored by the
North Carolina Extension Service,
TVA, and the North Carolina
Division of Forestry.
Donald Banks the shooting
ourred near dark Sunday evening
at the home of Hensley, a few
hundred yards up Green Moun
tain Road above Glen Raven
plant. Banks said the shooting
occurred as the aftermath of ;
argument at the Hensley home
The sheriff said Blevins, who
was accompanied by a woman
companion, received wounds from
a shotgun blast. Pellets, reported
to be about number five shot, en
tered the right side of Blevins
face and neck. Foilowing the
shooting the injured man was
taken to Yancey Hospital but was
later transferred to an Asheville
hospital. Although his condition
not fully determined reports
are that the injury is more than
minor
Hensley was recently lodged in
jail here on a liquor and beer
charge, and was out on bond
when the shooting occurred
Check With ASC
On Farm Realty
Transfers
Burnsville—Persons who are
buying or selling farmland for
which an acreage allotment has
been established have a definite
responsibility for becoming fami
Farm Census Ques
tionnaires Being
Mailed
Questionnaires for the 1959 Cen
sus of Agriculture are now in the
mail and will be in the hands of
local farmers within a few days,
it was announced today by Field
Director Joseph R. Norwood of
the Census Bureau’s regional of
fice at Charlotte.
The farm census questionnaires
are being mailed from Chicago,
Roy H. Park
Editor-In-Chief
Duncan Hines Institute
— C ->***^.7 is/i. iaxill-
liar with the regulations of with the distribution
Secretary of Agriculture govern-1 so that the report forms
ing combination and divisions! will reach farmers about a week
of allotments and for advising i ^bead of the date when census
county ASC committees when
purchases or sales have been
made; According to Alvin Pate.
Chairman of the Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation Cou
nty Committee, county ASC com
mittees are not in a position to
know of all land sales and pur
chases and
make a change in the acreage al
lotment for the land involved un
til a request for a division or a
combination is filed by the in
terested producer. The Department
of Agriculture has issued defi
nite regulatiions and instructions
on how allotments may be divi
ded or combined. County ASC
committees must follow these
takers will begin the field canvass.
The advance mailing-is for the
purpose of giving farm operators
time to consult their records be
fore filling in the answers requir
ed by the questionnaires and get
ting ready for the census takers
to pick up. This procedure is de-
therefre they cannot signed to insure greater accuracy
of reporting and to save time
both for the farmer and the cen
sus taker when the latter calls at
the farm.
The 1959 Census of Agriculture
questionnaire is designed to pro
vide information on the number
and size of farms, acreage and
harvest of crops, livestock produc
tion and inventories, selected farm
Ithaca, N. Y. — Roy H. Park,
a native Tar Heel, and long time
personal friend, business assoc
iate and traveling companion of
the late Duncan Hines, has succee
ded him as editor-in-chief of the
Duncan Hines books which guide
travelers where to eat and where
to stay.
The announcement of the suc
cession was made on the eve of
the publication of the 25th anni
versary editions of the well-
known guide books—Adventures in j
Good Eating,” “Lodging for
Night’* and “Vacation Guide
published by the Duncan Hines
Institute, here.
Park, at 49. becomes the second
editor-in-chief of the guide books
in their 25 year history. Like hi.s
predecessor. Park is a souther
ner with a penchant for good food.
The Park and Hines business
relationship dates back to 1948
when Hines-Park Foods, Inc.,
was organized with the former
East Yancey Girls
Receive Red
Cross Awards
Ten East Yancey girls received
pens and certificates qualifying
them as Red Cross Home Nurses.
Tuesdaj', November 10, 1959,
Miss Mary Williams, from the
Knoxville, Tennessee Chapter of |
the Red Cross, came to East
Yancey to award Red Cross cer
tificates and pens to ten' fourth
year Home Economics students.
Under the supervision of Mrs.
Dorothy Ray; Norma Silver, Cal
cic Riddle, Irene Buchanan, Lois
Ray, Elna Hollifield, and Dolo-
rese Hughes studied and qualified
under examination to become
home nurses.
Mrs. Roy Pate of the Burns
ville Chapter of the Red Cross
was on hand too.
After the awa,rds the newly an
nounced home nurses extended
their thanks to Miss Williams,
Mrs. Pate, and Mrs. Ray' with
one dozen red roses as a token of
their appreciation.
Miss Williams gave an excellent
speech on nursing as a career
She stressed the need of quali
tied nurses in America, especially
in small towns.
East Yancey High is proud of
the work put forth by there girls
to qualify themselves as compe-
tant home nurses.
Fer Copy: eira Owta
Mrs. D. H. Covington
Hostess At Tea
Mrs. D. H. Covington was hos
tess at a tea given at her home
here Tuesday afternoon honoring
Miss Laura Afae Hilliard and
Ella Wilson who are moving to
Bolens Creek this week.
Miss Hilliard and Mrs. Wilson
have lived in West Burnsville for
the past few years
County Council
Makes Plans For
Achievement Night
The Executive Council of the
4-H County Council met in the
county extension office Thursday,
November 5. The main agenda
was discussion and plans for the
I annual 4-H Achievement Night.
I The Achievement Night is to be
the last of January. The group
decided to provide a table for
each club to exhibit or display j
project work and club accomplish- j
ments for the year 1959. These
displays will be judged on (i)
variety of projects shown; (2)
quality of project work; (3) ac
complishments of club miembers;
(4) originality shown • and; (5)
attractive arrangement.
The clubs will be divided into
three groups with one club in
each group receiving an award.
The groups are Junior Clubs, Sen
ior Clubs, and Community 4.H
Clubs.
The committees for Achieve
ment Night will be appointed at
the next County Council meeting.
Millie Lou Wilson, daughter of
Vernie Wilson, was appointed for
program chairman of the council
for this year. Oscar Fender, Jr.
was appointed recreation chair
man for the year.
Those present at the meeting
were Becky Proffitt, Marilyn Wil
son, Viann Duncan, Dean Honey
cutt, Oscar Pender, Jr., Millie
Lou Wilson an j the ' agents wor
king with 4-H Club.
ntjmbek twelve
United Fund Drive
Off To Fine Start
The United Fund campaign
Yancey County, after only a week
and a half of the drive, and with
only scattered preliminary reports
available, is already well past
the half-way mark toward reach
as its first president. It was this wu Mrs.
[company that first introduced! ’f”" operated a sewing
and marketed food products Miss Hile^i'd, has been in
bearing the Duncan Hines label. ® won
In August, 1956, the Duncan
Hines Institute and Hines-Park
Foods were acquired by The Proc
ter and Gamble Company.
The new editor-in-chief has
traveled extensively in the part of
the world covered by Duncan
Hines guide books. He has visited
every state in the Union, most of
Cane River Downs
East Yancey 13-6
Welcome Given To
New Senior
Scout Members
By: Carolyn Clevenger
Last Thursday night the senior
Girl Scouts gave a welcoming
ceremony for the new members
f the troop. During the candle
light service each girl repeated
one of the Girl Scout laws and
the Girl Scout promise. They
were then presented their pins
by Miss Annie Hassel. Refresh
ments were served afterwards an^
a good time was had by all.
The toy drive is still in effect
and again the Girl Scouts want
to remind everyone that they can
make some child’s Christmas | ““VTr"”"
happier by contributing toys, old
as well as new, to the drive. Toys
will be picked up by the Scouts
at houses throughout town during
the latter part of this week and
the first of next week.
Services Held For
Dan Phillips
er for the Yancey Baptist Associa
tion around fifteen years.
East Yancey To
Sponsor Talent Show
East Yancey High School will,
sponsor a Talent Show in the high!Eollowing the half
school auditorium Friday night I Rebels came back
'I to score again. The ball was car
Tne Cane River Rebels walloped
the East Yancey Panthers in the
season’s final game of both teams
on the East Yancey field here
Friday night.
^ The Cane River team played
superior football throughout the
entire game which refltctea in the
final score of 13-6 in their ravor. (r^ma GaSana
The Rebels got their first bloody ters, Mrs, Melvin T. Fenwich 'o'f
dunng the first period of play on Virginia and Mrs. Jim Higgins of
a 27 yard pass and run play from Erwin, Tenn.; three brothers. T.
Lester Mdler to Ivan Woody. The.,,. Burnsville, Monroe of Biloxi,
extra point tailed. L,.. a
I Miss., and Charles Phillips of
No other real threats of scoring Ohio
came from either team during the
Dan Phillips, 73, of Bee Log,
died in Yancey Hospital Sunday
morning after a long illness.
Services were held at 2:30 p. m.
Monday in Bee Log Baptist Chur
ch. The Revs. Niram Phillips,
Alvin Ballard and Lester Edw
ards officiated and burial was in
he church cemetery.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
ing the $9,000 budget goal.
Credit for the excellent start in
the drive is due in large measure
to the generous contributions made
by employees of the Firth Carpet
Company and the Glen Raven
Mills, and by these two mill com
panies. Although exact figures
are not yet available, the contri
butions of the Firth employees
and the Firth Company will ap
proximate $2,100. The correspond
ing figure for the somewhat small
er Glen Raven plant is approxi
mately $1,900.
One hundred per cent of the
employees at both Firth and Glen
Raven pledged contributions,
which for most employees will be
collected through pay roll deduc
tions on the. next three pay days.
The Glen Raven mill reports the
average contribution per em
ployee amounted to $6.75. A large
number of employees in both
mills contributed one day’s pay,
a figure which has been recom
mended as a measure of a reason-
[able contribution for the support
included
in the UF budget.
In view of the excellent start
thus far made, the campaign
chairmen Teji Ballou, Don Bur-
hoe and Mrs. Eioise Briggs are
optimistic that the budget goal
can be promptly reached without
a long drawn out campaign. They
particularly urge all volunteer
solicitors to contact prospects as
soon as possible, and in order to
assist in keeping track of pro
gress, to send in partial reports
of collections made to date.
The Yancey Record hopes to
report next week on firms making
the honor roll in the UF campaign.
This will consist of businesstes
where, in addition to making a
contribution for the business, all
employees contribute one day’s
regulations in all cases. Many Mneilities a,na equipment, selected
farmers have had some unhappy | expenditures, farm values,'the North Carolina State College j 50c and 75c.
experiences in the past because' mortgage debt. On the aver-'Alumni Association board of direc-
each farmer is asked about tors and has farm and timber
they did not determine in advance *
how the acreage allotments
would be divided before they
bought or sold land covered by
the allotment.
Pate further brought out that
both the buyer and the seller have
a responsibility for notifying the
county ASC office as soon aa
possible after land is sold and for
requesting the county ASC com
mittee to make a division of the
allotment for the farm if only a
part of the farm is sold,
producer owns other, land and
wishes to combine the newly pur
chased land with what he already
owns, he must file a request with
the county committee for the
combinatoin.
The county committee, accord
ing to Pate, may not approve
jii tiie uAiiun, most oi jciuuiLorium rnaay i
the provinces of Canada, and Ber- P'^ovember 13th at 7:30 p. m. (
muda, Mexico and throughout There will be square dancing ' Yancey’s 3 yard
readings. and';”"® Sammy Riddle plunged
across for the second touchdown
of the game. The extra point was
mrde after this touchdown with a
ass from Miller to Woody.
the Caribbean. i singing, music, readings, and
Park, who was born and raised many other acts that will be well
in Surry County, is a member of , worth seeing. Admission will be
Proceeds from the
100 questions, many of which can
be answered by simply checking
“yes” or "no”.
Ralph Laughrun
Will Speak To
Spruce Pine Cham
ber Of Commerce
combination unless the tracts are j
operated in the manner prescri
bed by the Secretary’s regulations
and instructions. Before approv
ing a combination for additional
land purchased, ASC committees
are also required to determine
that a legal deed has been made
and recorded in connection with
the nov/ly purchased land.
Pate further urged that lawy
ers or real estate agencies who
are handling the sale or purchase
of farmland or who are advising
farmers in such transactions be
come familiar with the regula-
Laughrun will be
guest speaker at a dinner meeting
of the Public Relations Commit
tee of the Spruce Pine Chamber
of Commerce which will be held
at the Spruce Pine Country Club
on Monday night, November 16th
at 7:00 p. m., according to Mil-
ton E. Burleson, Public Relations
\ Committee.
interests in Eastern North Caro
lina. He is a director of the Ith
aca Gun Company and several
other companies. He is now ser
ving his second year as first vice-
president of the Ithaca and Tomp
kins County United Fund. He is
a member of the exclusive Lucul-
lus Circle for gourmets, the Na
tional Press Club of Washington
D. C., and
show will go to pay for the stage
curtains.
Newdale Youths
Hosts To Burns
ville Group
Miss Sarah Elmore,
Guest Speaker To
Lions Club
Society of America
At one time he and
Hines collaborated on a daily
radio series on food and travel
over the Mutual Broadcasting
System.
Editor of his college paper at
North Carolina State, and later
an Associated Press correspon
dent, Park has also been editor
and publisher of two trade jour
nals and president of his own
advertising and public relations
agency.
He and his wife, the former
Dorothy Dent, have two children,
Roy H., Jr., a student in journa-
j lism at the University of North
worker, Carolina, and Adelaide, who
ilon for T7>
Last Sunday night the West
minster Fellowship of the Burns
ville Presbyterian Church journey
ed over to Newdale where a joint
the Public Relations meeting was held with the Pres
Home Demonstra
tion Club Schedule
Announced
woiutfn all over North Caro-
luit are promoting.
Airs. Kenneth Johnson, County
Willard
Miss Sarah Elmore
c, N^r
night at 7:00 p. at Pete’J • Eating’
3nack Bar. i information on outstanding
Miss Elmore will exhibit articles ^
3he teaches the blind to make L ,
- according to E L Diiiino-h ' ^ spend the night,
tions before advising their clients chairman of the nroa™m covers out
er completing any transactions. I mitteo. ® “'"-standing resorts and vacation
I j spots throughout North America.
byterian Youth Fellowship of the
Duncan Newdale Presbyterian Church.
After a devotional service that in
cluded a talk by the minister of
the Burnsville Church, the group
enjoyed a social time together,
with refreshments that were serv^
ed by'several of the mothers. Mr.'
and Mrs. Charles Steelman
advisors of the Burnsville Presby
terian youth group.
On Sunday. November 15th, at
the morning worship at 11 o’clock
in the Presbyterian Church of
Burnsville, the Rev, Warren S
Reeve will preach on the subject,
“Ancient Wisdom Valid for Our
Day’’ — a sermon based on the
twentieth chapter of the Book of
Proverbs,
GIVE TO
Hie iiouiti Deiiionstz-aliou.
Couuiy Uouzicii wia meet FixUd,,
East Yancey’s lone touchdown fat m.u„
came in the 4th period from „ j -W”"® Agent’s Office,
pitch-out play from quarterback ■ mscusscu
Mickey Sholes to halfback Steve ® Achievemem
Young and ended in a pass from " Literacy Move-
Young to Steve Boone into the end DemouSiratiOii
zone. xUb 'xtra point was not
good.
This is the second year for both' Johnson, Countj
teams ana, although both teams I;"®""' be presid-
are losing players from graduation I T u
it is expected that the teams will ^ ® “°”® D®"'0"3tration Club
improve from year to year through ®®bodule for November is as fol-
experiencc. A''buckie-Thursday, Nov-
ember 12, at l:30,'Mrs. Estella
Young, hostess; ■ Ramseytown—
Friday, November 13, at 2:00,
Mrs. date Atkins, hostess; Halls
Chapel—Monday, November 16, at
1:30, Mrs. Paul Grindstaff, hos
tess; Newdale—Tuesday, November
17, at 1:30, Mrs. J, R. Dawkins,
hostess: Pensacola—Wednesday,
November 18, at 2:00, Mrs. Ralph
Brush Creek-
Local Woman
Fatally Shot In
Winston-Salem
Mrs. Robert L. Pox, 22, wai
are [ shot to death in her home ir
Winston-Salem -y^ednesday, Nov
ember 4th. Dr. D. C. Speas, act- - —.
ing Forsyth County Coroner, said Byrd, hostess;
the wound was self-inflicted.
Services were held Friday
The Institute also publishes "Ad
ventures in Good Cooking and
the Art of Carving in the Home,’’
containing some 700 recipes from
many of America’s finest eating
places. The Institute has also
edited the "Duncan Hines Food
Odyssey” .and -Tho Duncan Hines
Dessert Book.”
2:00 p. m. at Fox Creek Church.
Rev. Carlos Buckner officiated
and burial was in the family
cemetery.
Surviving are the husband; a
daughter. Kay; a soil, Randall;
the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly
:^orton of Mars Hill RFD 3;' four
sisters, Mrs. R. E. Fox of Win
ston-Salem, Mrs. Cedris Edwards
of Asheville, and the Misses Nan
cy and Gail of Mars Hill RFD 3;
and four brothers, James Norton
of Haynes, Zane and Olar of
Asheville and Borland,
army at Fort Jackson, S. C.
j Wednesday, November 18, at
at 7:30, Mrs. Claude Hughes, hos
tess; Burnsville—Friday, Novem
ber 20, at 2:00, Mrs. Pete Coletta,
hostess; and Jacks Creek—Fridaj
-—November 20, at 7:30, Mrs. Ver-
nie Wilson, hostess..
The program “Heart of the
Home” is based on kitchen plan
ning from a health standpoint.
R. A. Tomberlin
To Speak To
Burnsville P, T. A.
R. A. Tomberlin, director of
instruction in the Ashevil’e City
Schools, will speak to members of
the Burnsville Elementary Parent-
Teacher Association at the next
regular meeting which will be
held on Tuesday, November 17th
at 7:30 p. m. in the school lunch
room, according to Miss Maglee
Ray, program chairman.
Marketing Cards
To Be Mailed
Bu'.Iey marketing cards will be
mailed to all farmers on Friday,
November 13, according to Fred
L. Anglin, Yancey ASC Office
Manager.
According to Anglin, sales will
open throughout the burley belt
on November 28. The markets will
recess November 26 for Thanks
giving and December 18 through
January 4 for the Christmas
holidays.
Locals
Mr. and Mrs. J. n. Barnette
are insiting in California this
thelTt' last
‘h® I week and expect to return home
the last of this week
Cane River School
To Hold Harvest
Festival
The Cane River High School
will hold its Harvest Festival and
Talent Show at the school on
Friday night, November 13th at
7:30 p. m.
Each grade is sponsoring a
king and queen and the winners
will be crowned at the festival.
Contestants are Beclcy Proffitt
and Billy Lewis, seniors; Janella
Hall and Richard Tipton, juniors;
Peggy Peterson and Sammy Rid
dle, sophomores: and Carolyn
Wright and Roger McCurry,
freshmen.
Each class will present a pro
gram during the talent show.
There will also he special acts on
the program. Everyone is invited
to attend the festival.
1 01 this week niveryone is invitee
^ ^ TTT V n •• •i^ ^ I to attend the festival.
the YANCEY UNTTEDYund