VOLUME TWENTY FIVE Annual 4-H Talent Show Held Here By: Charles Steelman, Ass’t. County Agricultural Agent The fifth annual 4-H Talent Show was held April 28 at the Burnsville elementary gym. There were 30 different numbers, includ ing solos, square dance teams, choral groups, readings and others. One-hundred and fifty one 4-H Club members participat ed in the program. Three groups were given blue Obituaries MRS. MATTIE MURPHY Mrs. Mattie Lou Wilson Mur phy, 79, formerly of Busick, died early Tuesday morning in a Mor ganton hospital following a short illness. Services were held at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday in Mt. Mitchell Bap tist Church in Yancey County. The Rev. Roy Branch, pastor, and the Rev. Mr. Strickland of ficiated. Burial was in Robinson Cemetery. - Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Dewey Pott at o f Rt. 2, Mar ion, Mrs. C- J. Gouge of Marion, Mrs. Roy Pruitt, Mrs. Bill Rader. and Miss Daisy Murphy of Mor- j ganton; four sons, George ar.d Vernie Murphy of Rt. 5, Bums-; ville, Otis and Jo Murphy of Morganton; four sisters, Mrs. Cora Robinson an'! Mrs. Tassie Bradley of Old Fort, Mrs. Myrtle • Loftis and Mrs. Tom Murphy of Rt. 5, Burnsville; four brothers, Lonnie Wilson of Rt. 4, Marion, Talmadge and Worley Wilson of Rt. 5, Burnsville, and Joe Wilson of Washington, D. C.; 22 grand children and six great-grand children. MRS. ZILLAH ALLEN Mrs. Zillah Hensley Allen, 78, of Burnsville' died early Tues day morning in an AshevHle hos pital following a illness. A native’ of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Charles W. and Sarah Banks Hensley- Mrs. Allen was a member -of Banks Cre: k Methodist Church. Surviving are two daughters, > Mrs. W. K-. Banks of Burnsville and Mrs. H. C. Chism of Widner, Ark.; four sons, W. L. Allen of Burnsville, the Rev. V. N. Allen of Mill Spring and S. V. and J. P. Allen of Asheville; a sister, Mrs. W. D. Pleasant of Nebo; two brothers, Garrett G- Hensley of Cane River and Bascombe Hens ley of Banks Creek; 17 grand children; 23 great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. Services were held at 11 a. m. today (Thursday) in Banks Creek Methodist Church. The Rev. O- L. Blown, pastor of Higgins Mem orial Methodist Church here, offi ciated. Burial was in the church cemetery, JOSEPH A. THOMAS- , Joseph A. Thomas, 84, a re tired farmer of the Brush Creek sectiQn of Yancey County, died at the home of his son, Curtis Thomas, near Bakersville Tuesday , after noon following a long illness. Services were held today (Thursday) at 2:00 p. m. in Plea sant Grove Baptist Church. The Rev. Arthur Thomas offi ciated and burial was in the family cemetery. Surviving in addition to the son are the widow, Mrs. Althea. Ro land Thomas, and one brother, Carper Thomas of Green Moun tain. Os ■ C Hl6rt WA r s jgt'- RALEICft—The Motor Vehicle Department’s summary of traffic deaths through 10 A. M. Monday, May 1: KILLED TO DATE 325 KILLED TO DATE Last Year' 343 Subscription $2.50 Per Year ribbons and will represent Yancey 1 County 4-H Clubs in the District j 4-H Talent Show at Clyde A. Erwin High School June 13. They are: “The Swinging Sixteen” (a square dance team from Cane! , Rive*- Senior 4-H Club)- "£he Top' [ Notchers” (a trio from Burnsville j 7 and Bth grade club made up of j , [ Sharon Hopson, Lynn English, •and Cheryl Roberts); and a rhy thm band front- Pensacola 4-H Club. The following numbers received honorable mention: “North to' Alaska’” by Billy Geouge and Tommy McKinney from Micaville sth; “Pink Shoe Laces” by Steve Anglin, Betty Bennett, Patricia Burton, Glenda Styles, Sondra Bailey of Bald Creek sth and 6th; “Far Away Places” sung by Louise Mathis, Cane River Senior Club; “The Button”, a l-eading by! Lynn English of ' Burnsville 7th and Bth grade club; and “The Colored Lady on the Phone”, a reading by Jennifer Jarrett of Burnsville sth and 6th grade club. - Master of Ceremonies for the program was Dean Honeycutt, President of Jacks Creek Com munity 4-H Club. The judges j were Earl Wise, Assistant County Agricultural Agent, Marshall; Ed , Terrell, Assistant County Agri cultural Agent, Bakersville; and Mrs- Ed Blevins, Assistant Home Economics Agent, Bakersville. The organization expresses sin cere thanks to Mr. Ha) Cooper, Manager of the Yancey Theater and Riverside Drive-In, for donating the popcorn which was sold at the refreshment stand. Proceeds from thjs program will be sent to the 4-H Development Fund. Dairy Princess Contest To Be Held In observing June Dairy Month, Yancey County has again plan ned a Dairy Princess Contest, , which will be held Wednes day evening, May 24, at 8:00 p. m. at Firth Carpet Company- cafe teria- Prizes will be awarded i to the first, second and third place winners. The county winner will com pete ip the area contest which will be held in Waynesville in June. All expenses will be paid for the county in entering the area contest. If a Yancey County girl should be the area winner, she would participate in the state finals at the North Carolina Dairy Princess Contest- in Ashe ville. Each community club and each Junior and Senior Class is asked to participate in this contest. The contestants must be at least 17 years- county, Jones is a veteran legisla tor, knows the western part of the state almost as well :is he does his ■ own community, and has the re- 1 spect of the entire western delega • j tion. He will do a good job fori the area. . " COURT REFORM The House and Senate final! approved a compromise Court Bi . As finally approved, the bill r , quires the General Assembly x• j establish uniform district court ~! throughout the state by January 1, 1971, at which time all presenl J ly existing inferior courts shaJ i cease to exist- The Superior Court, and Supreme Court will remain substantially unchanged. All court will be financed at the state leve Procedural rules for courts belo\ - the Supreme Court will be mad. by the General Assembly, unless, the Assembly delegates this ax - • thority to the Supreme Court, an - even then the - Assembly coul change a court-made rule. Admin - j istrative responsibility would Vrß vested in_an Administrative Offi< of the Courts. JP’s will be replace ' by officers of the district court ; called magistrates, who will ! appointed by the Superior Cox judge upon nomination by t 1 Clerk of Superior Court. All oth judges will be elected- The bi falls far short of the sweepin changes recommended by the E Committee in 1.959, but it do achieve a uniform court syste: with responsibility at the stat level. HIGHWAY SAFETY The House Committee on Road and Highway Safety gave a favor able report to two biUs that had ■ been before the group for several weeks. These were a revision of the, point system and the mechanical. automobile inspection law. Under the former the points j would be increased in four instan- i ces, following too close, driving on j the wrong side of the road, illegal j passing, and running stop signs. I Other major changes would be to j permit the Department of Motor j Vehicles to assess points for North j Carolina residents convicted of j out-of-state violations, and t o increase from two to three years the period of time granted to accu-; mulate the number of points nec essary to have driving license sus pended. The auto inspection bill was given a favorable report at the request of some members who explained | that they might be against it later ' but thought that it was of such major importance that the entire house should have an opportunity to vote on it- * NO RESEMBLANCE \ Committee members were assur-1 ed that there-was no resemblance between the measure proposed now and the older law. which caused so much grief to the public when it was enacted several year:; t ago. i * For instance there will be no' in -1 spec tion lanes but instead many i private garages und stations certi -1 fied by the Motor Vehicles Depart ment to make the inspection and 1 , to issue the stickers. In case a car owner is not satisfied with 'the report of an inspecting station, he .I'W *•: “Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County” BURNSVII Z K. C, THURSDAY, MAV-4, 1961 i . y *■' • £) * „ Hosier RcSS An nounced At Cane j River School ; Principal Robert Peterspnj has 1 ; released the Cane River- High i School A and B honor roll. -Quail- i ! Ideations arc an overall average of j 94 or above for the A honor roll, 88 or above for the B hdaqr roll. 12th. Grade ‘A Honor !&1J: Lou ise Proffitt, Judy Wilson) -Fredia j Hill, Mildred Willis, and. Lida, Marie JVh eler. -12th. Grade B Honor 1 . Roll:] Jerry Arrowoqd, Rafe A rrowyod, Mable Angel, Norma’ Jean, tte Lewis, Donald jfenland, Rosetta Edwards, Natuline, Grind- [ staff, Iva June Morrow, Roy Lee' Anglin, Billy Drake, Dale Hilo-1 mon, Edward Proffitt, AMaviittiij Robinson. Ivory Melton, .. Bessie Stiles, Barbafa Miller, Nancy | Hilemon, Alma Jean Tipton, Gwen; Woody and Dean Honeycutt. 11th. Grade A Honor Roll: Cal-j lie M. Randolph, Shelba Milter, | Jim Froula. 1 Maude Murphy, arid Donald Stiles. 11th. Grade. B Honor Roll: Re gina Gardner, Lorraine Lettennan, i Betty Tipton, Peggy York, Jimmy ! Hal], Tony Peterson, Floyd Prof- I fitt, Barbara Ball, Dtey | ton, Roy Gortney, Rqnpio Mc i Intosb, Micky Swann, V Viann Duncan, June Estep, Leona Gort ney, Sheril Grindstaff,. Patricia, Johnson, Eloise Tomlerlm. Be - J 1 nard Briggs,-Norris Gornto, r and ( i Nema McMahan lOih. Grade A Honor- Roll: Doris! , Austin, Rosmary Jamersfcn, Van-' j ghtie Marie King. Jeanette King, j I and Barbara Jean Anglih. 10th Grade B Honor Roll: Rhondda Hedrich, Carolyn Wright, Annette England, Lois-/. .English, j Ronald Ray, Elaine Silver, Josc-| phine Silver, Oscar Fender, and j Elizabeth .McKinney. .Jf ' 9th Grade A Honor Roll: Carolyn i j Bait y, Alma Chan<%r, • Ella j ' Marie' Dcvton; Brenda Patricia Ann Stiles, and Millie! , Wilson. 9th Grade B Honor Roll: David Adkins, Arnold Anglm, AMi An gel, Stanley Buckr.er. Saundra i Duncan, David Edwards, Mary I Avans, Brenda Fox.-, Jeanette t Goode. Sue G. • T, Karen j fohnren, Christine Id. row. Joyce ’at.?, Marine P: ■•, Maurice P; n- 1 -and, Ronnie Proffitt, Patricia! i'ipton, .Grace Wheeler. Jimmy Lee | il.-..:v and Tommy Wilson. Club Women At tend Workshop Coppc r tooled planters and pla que:, and aluminum chased add einbitssed jew. lry and ash, trays were made by about 36 Home Demonstration Club mem- j lx rs, attending a two-day work- 1 ! shop held at Firth Carpet Com- j ; pany cafeteria on April 25* and 26. j Miss Marjorie Shearin, Exten-j | don Home Marketing Spt cialist j ; from- Raleigh, was in charge of' j he workshops. | At the workshop, 10 plaques, 9 | planters, 35 pair of earrings, 5 I bras lets and 20' ash trays were i eomplc ■d. Many women were ! surp’ri that tljcy could do. such! !lovely work. Other craft work shops will !>: held at later dales, | may take his vehicles without l penalty to a second. There will be no waiting in line and little inconvenience to the motoring public, the director of the Motor Vehicles Department assured the committee. Major items of inspection will be brakes, lights, horn, tires and windshield wiper. FINANCE COMMITTEE Os course all eyes in the state i are on the finance-a committee I which is' getting down to work .following many weeks of public hearings at the job of finding the . sources for additional revenue which will be needed for the coming biennium- It is still far too early to give any "indication as to what action this group will take. No one knows Whether it will come up with a sta kight across the board sales tax, an increase to four per' cent of the present tax, a combination of" lux ury taxes, or a brand new program which has nqt been mentioned. - - - ■- - --- -- Revival Services At Methodist Church A > s WS * ... "■*•"> ■ * , ■ • ■ v* a v m ■: 1 I ' ■ ' . -w- \ ■ j ' ~ ly : i Oil the coming Sunday morning la revival will begin at the Method ■ ist Church, in Burnsville. It will i continue through Thursday . night.- The seivices will begin at 8:00 o •ck ouch evening and will run approximately an hour. The visiting minister, will be the Reverend Horwood F. Myers, Jr., who is now pastor of the First Methodist Church in Leaksville, North Carolina. Reverend Mr. Myers is a leader in evangelism in our state, From 1956 to 1960 he ! was the Chairman of the Board of j Evangelism of the Western North * Carolina Conference, and he did j his work with distinction. Mrs. Orlena Williams and Bruce I Westall will have charge of the 1 music during the revival- The church extends a most cor dial invitation to the people of j Burnsville and Yancey county, to j be present at these special services, i Rural Telephone Service Seen Bn Near Future Yancey County is; the first county >in this area to be worked in the j new Rural Telephone Project, ac j cording to officials of the Wes ‘ tern Carolina Telephone Company. ■ It is important that everyone sign up at once w r ho wish to se [ cure telephone service- Telephone j officials told tho Yancey . County l Rural Telephone Committee ' that the lines would be built to serve the number of applicants and that those who fail to sign up now i may be delayed in getting service I later. Sam Wheeler, committee mem-! I her, pointed out that enough can: ! lie saw d to pay the phone bill by . getting a reduction in fire in- ! ! surat.ee rates. ! Telephone officials and mem-' il.rs of the committee will be j contacting people in the aiea to j get applications and right of ways ["signed. E. L. Dillingham, Coxir.ty, j Agricultural Agent, pointed out that people can sign up at the; telephone office in Burnsville if they are away when the com mittee comes to their place, j. ; The regular $6.50 fee for in i stalling the phone will be charged, . •ilus one month phone bill in j advance. T hose who have already i signed an application and paid the $lO fee will have enough to lake care of the first payment, in most cases. Telephone officials stated that if everyone cooperated and things went according to plans, that most of the phones should go in this year. Town Officials Elected Without Opposition Robert K. Helml? was elected mayor for the town of Burnsville >n\ the town's biennial election here Tuesday. He succeeds D. R. k’outs the incumbent who was not a candidate for reelection. 13. R. Penland-and P. C. Coletta ( succted Max Penland and A. F., Bryson as town commissioners., The mayor and two commissioners were elected without opposition » _ - fri«e Per Copy: Five Cents —*» ■ ' i ■■■ -- - - - - - - - - Home Demonstration Week April 30-May 6 (HOME DEMONSTRATION IN YANCEY COUNTY) The Home Economics Agent and ssistant Agent have worked with !• Home Demonstration Clubs and. County Council Executive Board Os HD Clubs By: Mrs. H. D. Ray, Jr. County Council President The Home Demonstration Club is an' organization of rural women who believe that “today’s home builds tomorrow’s world”. * They believe they can “play a definite part inbuilding among the nations of the world, understanding right attitudes, and a spirit of coopera tion in which ‘Peace on Earth, good will to men’ can become -a reality Instead of a dream”. 'fhe Extension Service of the county state, and nation work with the organized women whose main purpose is the improvement of home and community life. The County Council is the Execu tive Board of the County Federa . tion of Home Demonstration Clubs • and is composed of officers of the , i local clubs, county project leaders I' and county committee chairmen. I Officers of the Yancey Council , | serving the current twb year per iod are: President, Mrs. H. D. Ray, j Jr.; vice president; Miss Lydia Deyton; secretary, Mrs. Clyde | Edwards; treasurer, Mrs. Gus Pet-1 erson- The County Council’s pur pose is to forward home demon stration work and to develop lead ership. It acts as an advisory council to the home demonstration agent in determining plans, poli cies and programs. Meetings are held quarterly. The Couiity Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs is composed of all home demonstration clubs i in the county. There are nine ac . tive clubs in the county now with ; . 135 members. These clubs hold j . j monthly meetings usually in the i j homes with most of the demon . strations given by the County Home Economics Agent- Project leaders are elected in each club and take on their role of leader ship by giving at least four lead ership programs a year in the place of the Home Demonstration : agent giving her more time to J work-with individuals, i These programs or demonstra ; (ions are planned by the County 1 Council according to the needs ! and interests of all the club mem j bers. The principle by which the ! programs are planned is to help * opM help themselves where they : *re and with what they have. In : dition to being educational, the . lub meetings are planned to build j character, courage, cujture, and citizenship. One of these meetings i each year is planned as a work shop and the women usually meet for the day and learn a craft which often is developed into a money making project helping to -increase the family income. : Work shops are often held on a | county basis too- To date this yeai several people in the county have participated in a craft work shop . aijd one on furniture refinishing. Each of these were two day events and several non-members attend ed. Extension specialists from Raleigh are in charge of the class es. Thus new arts and skills are developed by rural people giving them interesting new hobbies for profit and pleasure. An Annual Achievement Day of the County Federation is held us ually in October or November. Club members and their families meet together and hear reports of the individual clubs- Accomplish -1 ments of the clubs are given and s recognition of services rendered i by individuals is given. .! Home Demonstration members ; can say the clubs creed sincerely | which says in part “I believe in . rural life because it is rich in . abundant living; rich in beauty; rich in opportunity and under standing, and in its simplicity and wholesomeness”. NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN* I 21 4-H Clubs during the past year, i ( The educational programs for I, these groups were based ©n the '. community needs as expressed by | leaders. During the year, 36 trained leaders conducted meetings, dread ers have conducted club demon strations and craft workshops. Club members planned and par ticipated in citizenship ac tivities. A special program was held at which Mrs. George Frady showed slides and discussed her trip to Scotland to, the Associated Country Women of the World Tour. Club women have assisted with Bloodmobile, Chest X-Ray Unit and some clubs have worked to ward cancer checks. Home Demonstration women have been instrumental in organiz ing Community Development Clubs and assisted in organizing one Grange. Six Home Demonstration women attended Craft Camp. Two attend ed the district planning meeting and one a ttended Farm Home Week in Raleigh. Home Demonstration members assisted with the Dairy Princess : Contest at which about 20 girls participated. ! Special Interest Programs , and ■ workshops held during the year were on bread making, jelly making, slip covering, and furni | ture refinishing. A variety of craft j workshops were held. Educational programs for 1960 included: (1) Family Life; (2) Home Food Supply; (3) Food Conservation; (4r Care of Cloth ing; (5) Color Co-ordination; (6) Furniture Selection; (7) Care of Linens; (8) Slip Covers; (9) Smooth Floor Coverings; (10) Re finishing Furniture.;. and (11) Yeast Breads. Some of the service projects carried on were: , 1. Providing school lunches for ] needy school children; 2. Pro ; vidjng needy school children with clothing and shoes; 3. Helping fur nish household items to bumed . out families; 4- Sending gifts to i s;ck; 5. Paying for piano lessons for talented children who could not afford them; 6. Shower for cancer victim; 7. Showers for school lunch room and community center kitch ens; 8. Made quilts for needy families; and 9. Volunteer hospital service work. Club members have served as 4-H leaders in fre capacity of holding meetings; assisting with 4-H Dress Revue, demonstrations and achievement programs. Garden Club Meets With Mrs* Shotts The Burnsville Garden Club met Friday at the home of Mrs. C. M. Shotts with Mrs. E. L. Beeson as associate hostess- Mrs. Fred Proffitt planned and arranged the program, “Historical North Carolina.” Mrs. Grady Bai ley gave a review of “North Caro lina Writers”; Mrs. E. L. Beeson described “Biltmore House and Gardens”; Mrs- Troy Ray told the story of “A North Carolina Va cation”; Mrs. Mack B. Ray, who was a guest of the club, showed a film of North Caroilns scenes and historical buildings. Mrs. E. L. Beeson, president, presided at the business session. It was reported that much interest is being shown in the flower box contest which the club is sponsor ing and that several bumneee places have signed up to take part «x the project. The 'tkjb will co-operate with town