VOLUME TWENTY FOUR
Work Underway On U. S.
19E, Yancey County ■
Asheville, N. C., Jan.. —Work is
under way on the grading and sur
facing a portion of U. S. 19E in
Yancey County, R. L. Porter of
J. C. Critcher, Inc., said here today.
The $316,000 project consists of
grading and surfacing 3.79 miles on
U. S. 19.E from a point approxima
tely, five miles southeast of Burns
ville' east to the Mitchell county
Leland Westall In
Pittsfield, Mass.
Leland M. Westall, of Hickory,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Westall
here, left Sunday for Pittsfield,
Mass.
Mr. Westall who is employed in
the Cost Accounting Department of
the G. E. Plant in Hickory was sent
to the Pittsfield plant to help with
data processing procedures concern
ing cost accounting within the Dis
tribution Transformer Department.
He left by plane from Charlotte
last Sunday, and expects to be back
in Hickory within a short time.
Rev. C. B. Trammel
On Baptist Exe
cutive Group
Three Western North Carolina
men are members of the Baptist
State Convention’s ex cutive com
mittee, which was elected by the
convention’s general board Monday
night in Raleigh.
They are the Rev. Fred Mauney
of Forest City, chairman of the
board’s promotion and editorial
services committee; and Carl Day of
Boone, and the Rev. Charles B.
Trammel, pastor of Fi st Baptist
Church here, elected members-at
large.
Mauney and the chairmen of the
five other board committees became
members of the executive group by
virture of their committee positions.
Obituaries
MRS. WILLIAM HUGHES
Mrs. William Hughes, 70, died in
her home on Green Mountain RFD
1, Friday morning after a long
illness.
§ervjces were i.pld at the home
(Sunday at 2:00 p. in. -
The Rev. Earl Dingus and the
Rev. William Keys officiated and
burial was in thq family cenu tery,
Bhe was thp daughter of the late
John and Alice Garland was a
member of Deyton Bend Methodist
Church,
Surviving are tho Husband j two
daughters, Mrs. Lowe Thomas of
Burnsville, and Mrs, Wanda Webb of
Green Mountain; four sons, Lonas
of Greer. Mountain, Carl of Johnson
City, Tenn.j Ernest of Asheville,
and Paul of Burnsville; five sisters,
Mrs. Charlie Garland and Mrs. Etta
Deyton of Gn en Mountain, Mrs.
Rebecca Byrd of Bakersville; Mrs.
Lydia Grentham of Morristown,
Tenn., and Mrs. Sarah, Wilson of
North Wilkesboro; four brothers,
Bt rt Garland of Green Mountain,
John Garland of Sprucq Pine, Ar
thur Garland of Morristown, fenn.jl
and Robert Garland of Benton Harr
bor, Mich; and 12 grandchildren. ...
RANSOM THOMAS
Ransom Thomas, 54, died Friday
at his home in Celo. Funeral servi
ces were held Sunday as 2:30 p. m.
in Browns Creek Baptist Church.
Burial was in Carroway Cemetery.
Surviving ~are“ the widow, Mrs.
Eppio McMahan Thomas; a son,
Gonnip of the home; a Sister, Mrs.
■ Mae Mason of Clarion; and two
brothers, Gorge and Cas of Burns
ville RFD 6 r
WILLIAM~STYLES
Funeral services for William
Styles, 94, of Green Mountain who
’ passed away at his home Sunday
after a long ..illness, were held Tues
day at 2:00 p. m. at. South Bend
Free Will Baptist Church. Rev. W.
S.-Reeves-officiated. Burial was in
the family cemetery.
Surviving are one daughter, Mist
Julia Styles of the home; three
sons, Fijilt and' Quince of Greer
Mountain, and Sam. of Jonesboro
Tenn. _
The Yangey record
Subscription $2.00 Per Tear
line, Porter said. ..
As the general contractor, J. C.
Critcher, Inc., is responsible for all
phases of construction involved in
the surfacing project designed by
the North Carolina State Highway
Department.
Porter said the project also con
sists eff placing 69,935, tons of coarse
aggregate base course, the pouring
of 70,660 square yards of bitumi
mous coated concrete metal pipe
culverts, and the installation of
188,900 lineal feet of beam ’ type
guard rail.
The construction firm’s huge do
zers and scrapers are now in t he
process of moving 372,000 cubic
yards of earth and rock, and the
entire project is expected to be com
pleted by June 1, Porter said.
J. R. Clement of Ararat, Va., is
the superintendent in charge of the
project which will provide employ
ment for approximately 25 work
men at the peak of construction
with jobs open for approximately 10
laborers. ~
J. C. Critcher, Inc., was awarded
he contract for the Yancey County
project Dec. 18,
Harper’s Notes
Change In Moun
taineer
The passing of the Southern
mountaineer, the fierce individual
ist whose way of life has been bur
ied under new super-highways End
big new mills, is noted in the Jan
uary issue of Harpers Magazine,
“Progress," in the form of more
money and a chance to buy the 1
things that ease the hardships, ” is I
producing a different breed of peo
ple from the indepertdent men and
women who formerly lived In the
isolated mountain region of Western
North Carolina and Eastern Tenn
esst e.
Wayne Kemodle, a William and
Mary College professor who has
spt nt a lifetime studying the
mountain people, says they nearly
pll work in the big miljs now, and
don’t even spend their monfjy J== RR =:
cally, but go to Asheville and Hen
dersonville over the -big new super-'
highways, |
“This orientation toward the city
and urban WS. V 9? life sepms so
have become the dominant urge of
the present population,” he says,
“It extends into their social, eco
nomic,* n. ligious, and recreational
activities, and into customs, man
nerisms, speech, and styles of dress.
"The informal way pf life has
given way to formal organization,
The social and civic activities are
carried on by Rotary, Kiwanjs,
and Lions clubs which promote
civic improvement—such as bigger
and better highways into the towns
and larger attractions for tourists.
“Recreational activities of the
old type like berry picking, moun
tain fox hunting, and folk dancing
have also been disappearing under
the onslaught of spectator sports.
High-school football games on light
ed fields, ‘huddle queen’ contests,
and folk festivals with imported
rock-and ro|l guitar players havp
pTOwdecj pul many of the old-time
street, dances, informal hoedowns,
and singing conventions which
once were the major recreational
outlets. Now kids sport Elvis Pres
ley haircuts, talk bqp and
dress ‘sharp.’ Tll e^r mothers belong
so women’s clubs.”
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TRIES ON “GALFRO” . . . Alolshlus Cardinal! Quench, 70, H-*
cently named Cardinal by die Pope, trlet om his religious hat,
* called a “Qalfro.” ' _
“Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County”
N. C. Savings Bonds
Staff Cited For Out
standing Performance
*. W. H. Andrews, Jr., U. S. 4Sav
ings. Bonds Volunteer Chairman
for the State of North Carolina, to
day announced that the U, S, Treas
ury had presented the Savings
Bonds staff of North Carolina a
special award ,‘in recognition and
appreciation for noteworthy contri
butions td the effective and effi
cient operation of the Treasury
Department”. These awards were
presented at a special cen mony in
Washington by James Stiles, Na
tional Director, on behalf of Secre
tary of the Treasury, Robert B.
Anderson.
The basis for this recognition was
North Carolina’s staff’s and volun
teers’ outstanding performance in
promotional work with all media,
which contributed greatly to raid
ing the NQrth Carolina standing in
sales during 1959. „ ’ -_>
In January, 1959, the State of
North Carolina ranked 36th in the
nation. As of November 30th the
state had climed to the 11th rank
ing position.
In accepting this honor, Walter
P. Johnson, State Director, express
ed the Savings Bonds staff’s appre
ciation for the many individuals,
media, banks and businesses whose
cooperation made this recognition
possible. “T1 e success of the Sav
ings Bonds Program depends al
most 100% on volunteers. Every
bond and stamp we sell, every' bit
of advertising publicity and promo
tion we get, every payroll saver
signed is from or through a volun
teer”, Johnson said,
Particular praise was given ta
the publicity media for giving so
generously of their time and space
to advertising and publicizing sav
ings bonds. “No other state re
ceives better support from the ad
vertising, publicity and news field
than do we in North Carolina.”
The banks, which sell savings
bonds to their customers at ex- >
pense to the Treasury Department,
were also recognized by the Sav
ings Ronds staff fo.' - their coop, ra
tion and unselfish support.
- The staff of North Carolina opn- =
sists of Walter P. Johnson, State
Director; Charles E, Mclntosh, Jr„
Cpntral Carolina Arpa Manager;
Wade Hftwkiqs, Eastern Carolina
Area Manager; and Raymond C.
Barker, Western Carolina Apa
Manager. In addition, two secretar
ies and a large oorps of active ml- ,
unteers make up the Savings Bonds.
working force in the state.
In each county a prominent bank
er or other leading citizen serves as
county chairman. Practically all
volunteers in North Carolina have
been active since the beginning of.
the Savings Bonds Program in'
May 1041, and their loyalty typi
fies the spirit that has caused this
program to become one of the great
.public service programs of America.
This program has inspired the in
terest and comments of foreign
governmental leaders because of 1
the patriotic support given by Am-1
erican citizens. ,• |
Johnson declared “that state’s]
present performance reflects credit 1
not only to those active in the pro
gram today, but also on all of the.
past staff members and volunteers!
who hay# given so unstintingly of ,
their timp and effort in the past I
years) | ’’ > {
G. Leslie Hensley has served as.
Savings Rond Chairman in this
since 1941, t
BURNSVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY;* JANUARY 14, 1960
Congressman Albert
Guest On Whitener’s
Radio Program
WASHINGTON, D. C. Con
gressman Carl Albert of Oklahoma,
Democratic Whip of . the House and
Member of the House Agriculture
Committee, will be the special guest
this week on Congressman Basil L.
Whitener’s weekly radio program
carried over stations in the Eleventh
Congressional District. This is the
first of the weekly radio broadcasts
of the Congressman for the 1960
Congressional yea'.
The Oklahoma Congressman will
iscuss with Whitener the outlook at
this session of the Congress with
respect to farm legislation and oth
er legislative recommendations m?A
in President Eisenhower’s State of
the Union Message before Congress
on Januar y 7.
Commenting on Congressman Al
bert’s appearance on his program,
Mr. Whitener stated:
“I am happy to have Mr. Albert
as the guest on my first radio pro
gram at this session oY the Con
gress. He is one of the leading Mem
bers of the House, and I feel that
everyone will find his remarks to
be of interest.”
Whitener’s program will be -car
ried in this area over Station
WMMH Marshall on Saturday at
9:15 A. M.
J. O. Shepard Mas
ter Os Burnsville
Masonic Lodge
-J. O. She pard was installed as
Master of the Burnsville Masonic
Lodge 717. at the Masonic Hall heie
Tuesday, December 29th. Other new
ly elected officers installed at the
meeting were Robert Rhinehait,
Senior Warden; Woodrow Ballew,
Junior Warden; Gus Peterson, sec
retary; J. Hubert Cooper, treasure;
John Dale, Senior Deacon; Edd Hen
seyl, Junior Deacon:. Hershtl Hol
combe and Homer t’rtce, Stewarts;
afid Carl Randolph, Tyler.
The Burnsville Masonic Lodge |
was instituted in December 1958.
Harlon Holcombe is the past Mas
tei.
The lodge meets the third Thurs
day m each month so:: their regular
meeting and all Master Masons are'
Invited to attnd the meetings,
Presbyterian Church
News
Miss Lucille L. Rieben, represent
ing the Board of Christian Educa.
fori of the United Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A„ was a Visi
tor in Burnsville on Wednesday of
this week. Officers and teachf rs of
the church here availed themsilves
of her help, having a conference and
consultation with her in the church.
A number of men of the church
attnedt d the Quarterly Meeting of
the Presbyterian Men’s Organization
of Yancey and Mitchell Counties,
held in the Micaville School, the
Micaville Presbyterian Men being
hosts. After the dinner the Rev.
Hershey Longeneckev was the spea
ker. -
pn Sunday, January 17th, the
flply Communion will be celebrated
at the 11 A. M. service in the Bur
nsville Presbyterian Church. The
subject o£-the Communion Medita
tion will he “Stepping Stones Thr
ough Tune,”
Brush Creek Com
munity Club Holds
Annual Rabbit Supper
—Brush Creek held its annual
rabbit supper Friday night, January
8, with an: attendance of 87 people
present in spite of a conflict with a
ball game between two local high
schools invoving children, teachers
and others from the community.
Morris McGough, Executive Vice-
President of the Asheville Agricul
tural Development Council, spoke
briefly complimenting the com
munity club on its eighth year of
continued progress.
Brush Creek won 2nd place in
the county contest in 1959 and has
pine- d in the honor group in the
WNC Contest several times as well
as being county winner on different
occasions.
One of the main projects, in ad
dition to constructing their commun
ity building, has been the rural
telephone project. _ , - -
East Yaricey-Mars
Hill Split Games-Cane
River Defeats Walnut
East Yancey High School split
games with Mdrs Hill High School
on the Mars Hill court Tuesday
night. The Mars Hill girls defeated
the East Yancey girls by a score
of 39-59, while the East Yancey
boys downed the Mars Hill boys by
a score of 45-40. . . -drer
GIRLS GAME
East Yancey (39) F-McCurry 8,
Robinson 6, Marsh 7,' Sparks 2,
Howill 3, Smith 13; G-Pat Atkin
son, Wyatt, Gaidner, Peggy Atkin
son, Dawkins, Hughes, Blalock.
Mars Hill (59) .F-B. Ponder'2l,
English 5, Huff 21, Briggs 12,
Shelton, Thomas, Hawkins; G-E.
Ponder, Silvers, Brady, Moore, O.
Ledford, Hamlin, Metcalf, Buckner,
G. Ledford, COdy.
"Halftime: 30-15 Mars Hill.
BOYS GAME
East Yancey (°ls) —Kates 18.
Carter 6, Howell 5, Shoals 4,
Young 12.
Mars Hill (40) Robinson 6,
Grindstaff 5, Thomas 19, Metcalf
6, Wheeler 2, Ammonds 2, Griffin,
Buckner.
Halftime: 25-21 East Yancey.
Cane River High School won a j
doubleheader, over Walnut on the
Cane River court here Tuesday
Cane River girls de
feated the Walnut girls by a score
of 34-37 while the Cane River boys
downed the Walnut boys by a score
of 31-54..
GIRLS GAME
Walnut (84) F-Johnson 12, Tho
mas 7, Randall 2, Henderson 2, B.
I Johnson 11; G-Stackhouse, Chand
' ler, Rice, Gosnell.
• Carte River (37) F-Proffitt 14,
| Hilemon 13, Hughes 10, Laurence;
G-Morrow, Mclnturff, Styles.
Halftime:: 26-13, Cane River.
• BOYS GAME
• Walnut (31)—Blackwell 5, Tho
rtas 13, John mm 2, Thomas 3, Bav
'is 4, Rice 2. • '
| Cane River (54) —Hensley 25,
Riddle 3, Atkins 15, R. Hensley 3,
Anglin 1, McDonald 5, P. Hensley
2, Tipton, Arrowood, Frouli, Banks,
Fox.
Halftime: 24-10, Cane River,
last Friday night East Yancey'
and Cane-River played on the Canej
Riser court. Cane River girts de
feated the East Yancey girls by
one point. The score was 38-37,1
Carle River. The Cane River boys
won over the East Yancey boys by
four points, 48-44 Cane River.
Jacqueline Harris,
Stage Manager For
W. C. C. Production
Cullowhee—Jacqueline Harris, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Harris,
Route 1, Burnsville, has been chosen
to serve as Stage Manager for the
February production of “The Little
I'oxl s” at Western Carolina College,
Continuously active in the Little
Theatre since a freshman, Jackie
was cast in her first major rolq as
Mme. Prtnelle in last year's pro- 1
duction of TARTUFFE, which fol
owed her excellent work as Stage j
Manager of “Come Back, Little
Sheba,” -- " * . i
Jackie is a Senior at WCC, maj
ring in English. .
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BLEAK ROCK HOUSE . . . Tills lighthouse la tended by a lone
woman oh Canada’s Bcatarl l|land where some 75 vessels were
, wrecked before the first light was built In 1871. ~ . —,
Price Per Copy: Five Cents
Marines Land In Pisgah
National Forest Area
CAMP LEJEUNE, N. C. —“An
opportunity to travel the world at
government expense”, is an old
slogan used by Marine Recruiting
Sergeants since Tun Tavern . and
the founding .of the Corps in 1775.
To the officers men of the ,2nd
Marine DiviYiorTS Reconnaissance
Battalion, this slogan has been par
ticularly true. Everv venture into
traveling and trainii g, adits to the
Music And Religious
Education Is Theme
Os Baptist Workshop
Church music and religious edu
cation is the 'theme of a forthcom
ing Baptist workshop, one pf the
first of its kind to be held in this
area.
Ti e study will take place Febru
ary 29 through March 2 at South
eastern Baptist Theological Semi
nary in Wake Forest. An open in
vitation is being extended to pas
tors anj those interested in church
music and education leadership;
The workshop is being sponsored
I by the North Carolina Baptist Re
ligious Education and Church Mus
ic Association, with an outstanding
group of Southern Baptist educa
tors from North Carolina, Nash
ville and Dallas Texas on the sac-,
ulty list.
In religious education, discuss
ions will be held on the child and
youth in wo-ship, family worship,
leisure time and worship, worship
settings and materials.
Under church music, various top
ics include children’s choirs, adult
choirs, “What Shall We Sing?”
(repertoire), “How Shall We Sing
Tt ? ” (techniques and interpreta
tions), trends in church music, the
minister of'music and his activities.
General sessions will be opened
Monday afternoon, Feb. 29, with an
address by Dr. Sydnor L. Stealev, 1
president of the Southeastern Semi- i
nary, on “Ti e History of Worship.” I
Regist ration for the three-day
workshop is free. Meals will be ser
ved in the Seminary cafeteria for
about $2.00 a day" and music mater
ials w'lr cost- approximately $2.50.
Each person attending is responsi
ble for his own room accomodations.
Reservations to attend may be
sent to Dr. Herman Ihley, Baptist
Building, 301 Hillsboro St., Raleigh.
Further information may be ob
tained by writing Mr. Verl Capps,'
First Baptist Church, Charlotte,
N: C.
Guy Parsons To
Speak To Lions
Mr. Guy Parsons, Extension
Da<ry Spt cialist from State College,
will speak to the L'ons Club on
Thursday, .January 14th at Pete’s
Dining Room at 7:00 p. m., prior
to speaking to the dairymen of the
county in the court house at 8:00
p, m.
He will speak to the Lions on
the dairy calf chain sponsored by
the club. . -
Gary Jobe and Roger Grindstaff
4-H Dairy Chain numbers will be
guests of the club. They bought the
first two registered calfs to start
the chain.'
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NUMBER TWF.NTY-ON!
effectiveness of t-h'e unit and the 2d
Marine Division as a “force-in-readi
ness” for which the Corps is so well
known".
Last summer, the battalion spent
two months in the sun-baked Carib
bean. This January the entire unit
is moving to the Pisgah National
Forest on the slopes of the loftiest
mountains east of the Mississippi.
Scheduled to leave their perma
nent base, Camp Lejeune, around
January HPfor the- Pisgah Natoinal
Forest Training Area, the battalion,
commanded by Lt. Col. Charles D.
Barrett, Jr., will spend the following
five weeks in rigorous training " in
mountain and cold weather opera
tions. i.
Approximately 300 officers and
men of the 2d Reconnaissance Bat
talion will participate in the train
ing. A helicopter transport squad
ron from Marine Air Group 26 lo
cated at the Marine Corps Air Faci
lity, New River, N. C. will operate
ointly with the Reconnaissance Bat
talion. The “whirly-birds”, baptised
in combat during the Korean Con
flict, will be making one of their
first appearances in-force in the
Pisgah National Forest Area.
Although the training area has
been used during the past several
years by reconnaissance companies,
he forthcoming maneuver-will mark
the first time the entire battalion
has moved into the mountains as a
unit.
Individual companies of the bat-'
taiion will depart Camp Leieune at ,
me day intervals utilizing tactical
v£ hides and buses for transporta
tion to the training site. All equip
ment, supplies, weapons, and com
munication equipment necessary to
the extended operation of the bat
talion wall be taken. *
Upon arrival in the training area,
a camp will be established where
the men will Bve during the opera
tion. Small artic tents, capable of
sleeping five Marines will be used
as sleeping quarters and wahming
tents to protection from the sub
zero temperatures expected at this
time of the year. Simultaneously
with the setting-up of -camp,- Mar
ines of the communication sections
wnll be busy rigging their radios for
communication with Camp L jeune.
The primary purpose of the move
is to conduct moi,..tain and cold
weather operations. Thr.e initial
weeks will see a full sch dule of
such training. Recon Marines’ will
be gitting up long before first
light to get an early start -on the
busy davs ahead. Climbing and dc
scending cliffs, crossing frozen
streams, learning how to use show
shoes, and how to survive and
fight in extn me cold will be only a
few of the subjects to be taught.
For the operators of the battalion’s
vehicles, spec al schooling will be
conducted on driving and mainten
ance of vehicles in snow and mounr
tains.
A full scale fi Id ?.problem, utiliz
ing its newly acquired knowledge
will occupy the -battalion during its
last week in the mountains. Theor
ies Earned in the various classes *
will be put to test through stimu
lated combat conditions.
Following the last '“battle”, fought
over the'peaks and valleys of this
stork d land, the men of Recon will
fold their tents, break camp and be
gin the n turn movement to the
warn tidelands, arriving back r at
Camp Lejeune about F. bruary 15.
One small snowfall will soon
i rase all trace of Recon Marines
from the Pisgah Training Area, but
the lessons learn, d on the slopes
of Mt. Mitchell will in days to
come,, fn placis yet unknown, pay
their, dividends.
Yancey Hospital
Report
BIRTHS: A daughter, Mary Eli
zabeth, born December 30 to Mr»re
and Mrs. G. D. Bailev, Burnsville.
ADMISSIONS: Kath rir.e Hop
kins, Ma_y Bailey, Ben Ballew, Wm.
Hampton, Jo/ce Smith, Muriel Co
oper, and J. B. Wheeler, Burnsville;
Lois King and Roy Willis Rt. 3,
Burnsville; Leon Burnette and Vir
ginia Davis Rt. 2, Burnsville; and
David Troutman Rt. 2, Bakersville. *