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VOLUME TWENTY FIVE Junior Foresters J , r * 4 Attend Field Day By: Dilda Fender Eleven Yancey. County Junior Foresters attended the first ’field PIANO RECITAL Students of Mrs. Mary Cecile Severs will present a piano recital on Monday evening, May 22 at 8:00 p. m. in the Bald Creek School. The public is cordially invited to attend the recital. 1 ROY -MATHIS, JR. Roy Mathis, Jr., 23, of Rt. 3, Burnsville, died Friday night in an Asheville hospital after a short illness. Mr. Mathis was an employee of Grrat Lakes Carbon Corp. of Mor ganton. He was a native of Yan cey County. # Surviving are the parents and five sisters, Mrs. Jack Penland of Cane River, Mrs. Willie J. Fergu son of Johnson City, Tenn., Mrs. Willard Neighbors of Hamlet, and Mrs. James Robinson and Miss Louise Mathis of Rt. 3, Burnsville; four brothers, Ed of Hickory, Wayne of Jacksonville, Ward of Concord and Ted of Rt. 3,' Burns ville; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Cordelia Mclntosh of Bee .Log. 0 Services were held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday in Elk Shoal Baptist Church. The Rev. E. G. Adkintf and the Rev. Hugh Gowan officiated. Bur ial was in Proffitt Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jimmy N.eal, David Peterson; Morris Buckner, Troy Mathisr AVintz Mclntosh, Dean Wilson, Eddie Proffitt and Bill Blankenship. MRS. EULA rfENSLEY Mrs. Eula Wilson Hensley, 58, of Rt. 1, Burnsville died unexpect edly at her home about noon Tuesday. The widow of Shelby Hensley, she is survived by two daughters, Miss Hilda Hensley of Kingsport, Tenn., and Mrs. Warrtr. Roland of Asheville; six sons, Leslie of Asheville, Albert of Marion, Craig with the Uty S. Navy, Wilson of Burnsville and Lloyd and Ronnie of tfie home. Also the mother, Mrs. Millie Wilson of Rt. 1, Burnsville; two step-sons, Molt of Burnsville and William of West Virginia; anchtwo brothers, Lawrence Wilson of Val halla, N. Y., and Vtmie Wilson of Burnsville. Services will be held today (Thursday) at 2:00 p. m. in Jacks Creek Baptist Church. The Rev. Howard Buchanan, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Byrd Cemetery. MARY BRACKENS Mary Jane Brackens, 64, died at her home at Rt. 4, Burnsville Monday. Funeral services were held at the home on Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. The Rev. Emory Edw ards and the Rev. Paul Ledford officiated. Burial was in the family cemetery. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mark Johnson of Long Beach, Calif., and one Douglas Brackens of Rt. 4, Burnsville; four sisters, Mrs. Milbum . Bradfprd, Mrs. Linn Wilson, Mrs. John Mc- Curry of Rt. 4, Burnsville, and Mr\s. Rose Anti Ledford of Bakers ville; one brother, Garrett Wilson of Cane River; 4 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. OK N C. H 16H WA Y S RALEIGH—The Motor Vetjjcle Department's summary of traffic deaths through 10 A, M. Monday, KILLED TO DATE 868 KILLED TO DATE Last Year 888 DAY, MAI li > 1961 ' O / tl POr Year day of 1961. The meeting was held at Cedi Higgins farm on Wednes day, May 3. The day began when Mr. Leo nard Hampton, Extension Forestry Specialist, taught the group how to pace, then how to find out ap proximately how many feet they had stepped off. Almost everyone in the group had a 2M> foot step. Next he explainted the three grtw ing parts of the tree. After the demonstration the group went into the woods where they marked the diseased and the trees that weren’t of any use any more with a spray gun filled with paint. Just before lunch one of the instructors cut down a tree that had been eaten iup by insects. After lunch the meeting was turned over to Mr. John Gilliam, Extension Forester. He explained to the group how to measure lumber, logs and standing trees. The instructors then gave a test on what had. been taught dur ing the day, and the prize for a perfect score was a log rule. The group was dismissed after the test. 4-H PROGRAM TO BE HELD AT BURNSVILLE SCHOOL By: Alice B. Hopson, Asst Home Economics Agent The 1961 Yancey County 4-H Dress Revue and .Health Pageant will be held Friday, June 2 in the Burnsville School Auditorium. Letters containing bards have been sent to those who are taking clothing projects. These cards should be filled out and mail ed to the Extension Office as soon as possible. It is important that a success ful Dress Revue and Health Page ant be given this year since there : will be a group of ladies present from various Latin American coun tries who are interested in health and 4-H Club work. * * Committee On Aging To Meet Tuesday """• V ... ■• , A meeting to consider some of the problems of the aging and “shut-ins” in Yancey County has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 6th, at the Methodist Church, 1 Burnsville. Mrs. Sara N. Giles of Marion will serve as resource person. The meeting will be open to all indivi duals interested in the services and activities for older people. It 1 will be held from 10 a. m. to 4 _ p. m. with speakers and discussr ion groups. Sponsoring the meet ing is the Yancey County Com mittee set up under the Cover- , nor’s Coordinating Committee on Aging. Members of the committee are: Mr. H. D. Justice, Mr. , L. G. Deyton, Mr. M. Nic hols, Mrs. Annie Jo Ballard, Miss | June Street, Miss Laura M. Hilli ard, Mrs. Dorothy B. Thomas, Rev. , O. L. Brown. MISS ALLIE WOMACK Miss Allie Womack, 47, of Springfield, Ohio, died early Mon day morning in a Gastonia hospi tal following a lingering illness. Miss Womack was a forjner l resident of Marion. Services were held at 3:00 p. m. • Wednesday in North Cove Baptist Church in McDowell County. The Rev. D. M. Strickland and the Rev. Eulis Adkins officiated. Burial whs in the church cemetery. Surviving are five brothers, the Rev. Worth Womack and the Rev. Frank Womack, Charles Womack and Morris Womack of Marion and Ransom Womack of Charles ton, S. C.; four sisters, Mrs. Jaye Wilson of Marion, Mrs. George Wheeler of Burnsville, Mrs. D. D. Cuthbertson of Belmont and Mrs. Roland Stone of Homestead, Fla.; and a number of nieces and neph ews. - Miss Womack was a registered nurse, The Yancey record Raleigh Report (By: Representative Holcombe) i I INSPECTION LAW Biggest news in the General Assembly last week was defeat of the mechanical inspection law , of automobiles which had passed the senate without a dissenting vote. This was one of the most con-, troversial issues to come to the floor of the House this session and produced more than two hours of, steady debate. In the final windup no one had an opportunity to vote for or against the bill. By a parliamentary maneuver oppo nents gained the floor an£ amend ed it to death by removing some 40 counties from the assets —of the bill. Follcwing this- procedure an op ponent moved that the bill and all its amendments, “do lie upon the table.” Thus, those voting to tabl • were, in effect, voting against the bill and those voting against tabling were Voting for the bill, s' The vote was extremely close, 58 to table and 55 against tabling. Seven were not present for the roil call. Immediately following the announcement of the results by the speaker the opponents put the clineher on which means that it would now take a two-thirds major ity to bring it out for further consideration. In my opjnron this is a dead issue FINANCE The subcommittees in the house and senate last week began their task of shaping up a tax measure to supply the 1% billion that will be nfeeded to carry on the state services for the coming biennium. Although they are keeping their thoughts to themselves, it was learned that the members are going over the various tax proposals one by one with each com**ittee mem ber having an opportunity to ex press his views. Those of us from the west who favor a tobacco tax and increased levies on luxuries, even a four per cent measure, have had little en couraging news. But you never can tell. After the subcommittees decide there must still come consideration by the full committee in both the house and senate and then final passage on the floors of the two bodies. Around legislative circles in Raleigh the feeling is that most of the governor’s quality education program will be adopted. The bat tle over where to get the money has just started. CHERRY POINT \ On Wednesday of last week the General Assembly went to Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Base near Newbem to help in the observance of Armed Forces Day. Just four minutes to the start of gigantic air show by dozens of jets and a squadron known as the Blue Angels, a typical coastal rain storm blew in from the Atlan tic and washed out the principal part of the program. But we did see and inspect many of the latrßt type planes and had an opportunity to see them take off and land. The signs everywhere cautioned us to ‘‘Beware of the exhaust and intake of the planes." But in my opinion the noise which the jets make is more deadly than the fire which boils out the tail of the plane • when it is ready to take off. | HUGE BASE Many of us were surprised to learn that there are 7,000 marines and 3,000 civilians at Cherry Point. We had an excellent meal in) one of the many dining rooms! which is used for the enlisted per sonnel. I tried to find out what those who served us had done to draw KP but never did get B sat isfactory answer. I was interested in learning that the Marine Corps uses all enlisted, men as navigators. The sergeant -stationed nboard the training plane, to answer questions explained with pride that “we use all enlisted men sb navigators and we have never lost a plane because of faulty navigation.” -. H “Dedicated to TKc ProgttM Os Yancey County* BUBNSVIUErIN. c/TBRwiwMay 1961: —air- .. ■■■rtLr,. • I■ I 'SliElißaMhh* . Auto Theft Reported Here] A 1968 Oldflmobile belonging to Jack Patton Was stolen from his home in Burnsville sometime dur ing the night <4 May 16, according to Sheriff Donald Banks. The car , was parked in Mr. Patton’s garage on the evening of the 16th. About 11:00 p. m. 'Mr. Patton’s daughter, Louise Murphy, heard the souhd of a car driving away but was not 1 auspicious. The theft was not dis -1 covered until about 12:50 p. m. ‘ Wednesday, May I.7th. Mr. Patton stated that the keys, were not left ' in the car. Honeycutt Wins REA Scholarship ' By:' Wanda Tipton,, Electrical 1 Home Economist for French Broad ■* ‘ L Electric Membership Corporation , Each year THE CAROLINA FARMER sponsors the Rural , ■ EU ctric Scholarship Contest. High j school boys and girls receiving ' electric power in any of the 32 I North Carolina Cooperatives are , eligible for participation. The win , ner in each cooperative competes , -for the state prize which is a SSOO scholarship. Transistor radios were awarded to the winners in . the individual cooperatives. “My Electric Corporation, A , Good Citizen” was the title of the 1961 contest. The winner for French Broad EMC is Tony Honey : Honeycutt. Tony, the son of Mr. ', and Mrs. Biss Honeycutt, lives at ! j Route 4, Burnsville. He is 16 years 1 old and in the 11th. grade at Cane 1 River High School. PRIVILEGE LICENSE TO BE BASED ON CENSUS jyig. be used in determining State Schedule “B” Privilege License tax liability for the year beginning June 1, 1961, according to information furnished by Mrs. Sam J. Huskina, local De puty Collector for the North Caro lina Department of Revenue. Mrs. Huskins states that many Privilege Licenses are based on , population and suggests that the taxpayers refer to the Schedule “B” Partial List, which is being mailed together with application blanks to taxpayers throughout the State within the next few days, i Privilege Licenses not based on < population will not be affected by ; these population changes. i The i 960 population figures for j some of the places in Yancey < County, Burnsville 1,388. < If any tarpayers in Yancey Coun- j ty are in doubt as to their correct ] tax liability or need assistance in ( filing their applications, Mrs. Hus- j kinß suggests that they contact her i at her office, which is in Pol- i lard’s Drug Store, 2nd Floor in i Burnsville, North Carolina, or call ] hcr'at Murray 2-2418, and she will be glad to furnish and information desired. i Box Supper At Community Building The Men's Club, Woman’s Club, i Junior Woman’s Club and i can Legion Auxiliary will sponsor an old time box supper to be held at the Community Building on Monday, May 22 at 7:00 p. m. Proceeds from this event will go to the operation and mainten ance of the Community Building. The East Yancey square dance team under the direction of Mrs. Lee Wallace, will give an exhibi , tion at 8:30 p. m. There will also |be four or five musical numbers . pfescnted after the Square Dance Team performs. The public is invited to attend this program. . / BROWNIE TROOP HOLDS ANNUAL COOKOUT \ The Brownie Troop 86 had their , annual cookout Tuesday afternoon, , May 16, at Lakewood Acres, owned by Frank Deyton. Transportation was furnished by Mrs. Jtse Styles, Mrs. Nick Huskey, Mrs. Bob Hill iard and Mrs. Ben Banks. An en joyable time was had by all. Hurleigh To Be Guos? Os ~ Whitener Washington, D. £.—Robert F. Hurleigh, president of the Mutual Broadcasting System, will be H special guest this week on Con gressman Basil L. Whitener’s radio program caried over stations thro ughout the 11th Congression Dis trict. Hurleigh is an outstanding broadcasting executive and heads the world’s largest radio broadcast ing system. The month of May is National Broadcasting Month throughout the United States. Congressman Whitener stated in Washington that he was very pleased to have Hurleigh appear on his program to discuss some of the major pro- j blems existing in the broadcasting industry. ' ' * r ~~ • 1 Schools Can’t Thrive On Political Hogwash (The following is a reprint of a timely editorial from the Asheville Citizen published on May 17th.) ■When hard-core politicians take over a school system, education suffers. Mars Hill—with its pupils boy cotting classes and 30 of its 35 teachers threatening to leave over the dismissal of a principal—is, at the moment, a show-window case in point. But Mars Hill is merely! one example in a state where the laws encourage political manipula tion of the jhiblic school system. A Democratic legislature ap points Democratic school boards wHch name Democratic school committeemen. Except in those counties where the people elect their school commissioners under special enabling acts, the voice of the people is ignored unless it is a Democratic voice. As a result, the local political bosses exert more influence over the school personnel than the pro fessional administrators or the patrons. .** • * This An be a particularly: vicious system in areas such as Madison County where the - Democrats, though a minority, still exert poli tical control of the educational rirachintry. It can lead—and clearly does —to constant pressure on tea chers and principals to “vote right” and contribute campaign funds or face the prospect of dismissal at at the end of the school year. It is a corruptive process that disrupts the educational function, destroys teacher morale, and filters through to the students with corrosive im pact. * * * Ironically, what is happening at Mars Hill happened at Mars Hill, on a small scale, exactly 10 years ( ago when seven teachers were no- ( tified they wouldn’t be reappointed , and three others resigned, charging oolitical pressure. < After citizens of the community mounted an organized protest, a commission from the National Edu- j cation Association, on request of the state unit, made an investiga tion. The following excerpts from the report on that probe are interesting and, perhaps, pertinent: “Unfortunately, politics of the machine variety has been a definite force contributing to the dismissal of teachers in Madison County dur ini reant years . . . The'split in the Democratic party in (Mars Hill) has forced many teachers to align themselves either with the controlling “machine" or with the "other faction” and has led-to acts of intimidation and reprisals against them . . . “Testimony given before this in vesitgating committee revealed a numbe r of cases in which teachers had been “let out” because they did not “vote right” or because they refused to contribute to the Democratic campaign fund when solicitations were made, either through a direct visit of one of the campaign managers to the schools Priae Par Copy: Five Cants '■ * it— ■■■■- l'm,11 Twenty-four Eater Dairy Princess Contest Twenty-four Yancey, County girls are entering the Dairy Prin cess contest which will be held at Firth Carpet Company on Wednes day, May 24 at 8:00 p. m. The following girls are participating BEE LOG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADUATION EXERCISES MAY 23 The Bee Log Elementary School will hold promotion, exercises on Tuesday, May 23 at '8:00 p. m. There are 42 students to be pro-, moted to high school. Honor stud i ents will give talks with Mr. Ernest Banner, principal, award- I ing the diplomas. or through sending a note around to teachers ... “If teachers will not cooperate with the controlling group, or ‘ma ;, chine,’ the tendency is to replace 1 these independent souls with those j who will vote as they are told . . ' j “A Democratic stronghold in a ’ | Republican county, Mars Hill holds * j the key to the selection of the - j County Board of Education. Conse ‘ j quently much pressure is put on | I teachers and their relatives in or der to swing the vote'. . . “Every individual in Mars Hill from the first grade child to the oldest resident of the town has felt the effects of these undemocratic practices ... : ' . % “As a place for developing ideals of democratic living, Mars Hill School is little short of a tragedy.” * * * What, then, can citizens do in such a situation? They can clamor, of course, for a law to provide for the local elec tion of local school boards—a law which a Democratic legislature has stubbornly resisted, except in a few counties. They can petition for abolition of school committees, where much of the manipulation of teachers originates. Failing in both aims, that can organize —1 and organize ‘ with strength and purpose—to rid the 'schools of political dominance. At the conclusion of its 1951 in vestigation, the NEA Commission, made these recommendations in the Mars Hill case: "1. Selection of candidates for < board of education membership ’ should be on the basis of character, * ability, and intelligent interest in ! children. 1 “2. Citizens should demand simi >*n*m *- » lar high standards to be used in the appointment of the members of the local school committees in Madison County. “3. The County Board of Educa tion and local school committees should accept full responsibility for ' securing the best qualified teach- * ers, principals, and other school personnel available. Both these bod-' ' ies must be free from all political and business pressures. “4. Citizens should hold their ' district school committee and Coun ty Boaid responsible for providing the best possible conditions for children to grow and develop men tally, physically, and morally. Such conditions include not only build ings, grounds, and equipment, but also an assurance to teachers that their continuid employment de pends solely on the effective per formance of the ir duties as teach ers.” The points made are as valid to day as they wi re ten years ago. * * * Money alone can’t buy North Carolina or its separate counties a , “quality” school program—not if , politicians administer it and poli tical bosses control. Mars {fill is' merely a show window case—and one of many. But the goods on display look un commonly shody. r _. > - I NUMBER THIRTY-NINTB • • .*» in the contest: Helen Louise Prof fitt, Natalie, Grindstaff, Fredia Francis Hill, Cane River; Martha Ann Dale, Barbara Carroll, Naomi Jean Geouge, Brenda Joyce Hunger, * Sybil Edwards, Nancy Howell, i Naomi Ruth Furgeson, Catherine j Hughes, Patricia Joe Mayberry, I Iris Randolph, Joyce Mitchell, Pat ricia Stone, Viola Hollifield, Linda Louise Young, Glenna Buch anan, Cillk Coletta, Jerlene Met calf, Fiances Rector, and Lucille Rathburn, East Yangey;* Judy Ramsey, Burnsville; a nd La Della Duncan, Burnsville, Rt. 1, * Russell Boone and Claude Sparks of Fast Yancey and Oscar Fender and Dean Honeycutt of Cane River will serve as escorts. The girls will be judged on the following basis: v friendliness opd lability to meet people; beauty, per sonality, poise and photographic qualities; healthy appearance, nat ural attractive ness and natutel j colored hair; pleasing voice, abi lity to think before -an audience and effectiveness of presentation. The winner of the con . test will compete m the ana can -1 test which will be held in Wayoes . ville on June 12. If a Yancey County girl should be area win t ner, she would participate in the . state finals atTE* North Carolina Dairy Prinecss Contest in Ashe ville. * * 1 clEan-up week IN BURNSVILLE May 15 through May 29 has been proclaimed as Ckah-Up Week for the Town of 3wnurvxlle. During the period May 15 through May 29 there will be extra pickups by the town trucks hauling refuse. Any person wanting extra pifck-ups is asked to call the town office. Tree branches will not be hauled to the city dump as there is no way to dispose of them there, although they will be hauled away by the city trucks if persons requesting this has a place for them to be hauled and dispose d of. HIGHWAY CONTRACT TO BE LET IN JULY , The contract Tor construction of the link of highway li)E from Micaville to Burnsville is tenta tively set for letting in July pro viding sufficient right-of-way can be acquired by that date. Accord ing to the Right-Of-Wayu Depart ment in Raleigh negotiations are completed on much of the right of-way and it is hoped that the contract may be awarded and con struction progressing before next winter-.. MISS REEVE’ PIANO PUPILS CANDIDATES FOR MEMBERSHIP IN FRATERNITY Young piano pupils from the class of E. Joan Reeve, Lebanon Valley College Music Department, Annville, Pa., have registered as candidates for membership in the National Fraternity of Student Musicians, sponsored by 1 the Nation al Guild of Piano Teachers of which their teacher is a member. This group of young piano hobby ists will play in the National Piano Playing Auditions, Reading, Pm., section and strive for Pledges, Lo cal, District, State, National, or evrn International honors which the Mother organization will con fer according to the number of standard classic, romantic and modem pieces chosen from the Masters of pianoforte literature each student can creditably perforpi in the presence of an imported ‘ex aminer of note from another state. Begun at Hardin-Simmohs Uni versity, Abilene, Texas, in 1929, national headquarters an still maintained in Texas, where Rules V... • ' ing Piano Guild, Box Ul3, Aus tin, Texas. ; • ° 1 . * •
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