VOLUME f\VI?NTY SIX
High School Football
Season Opens Friday
The 1961 High School football
season will open in Yancey County
this we;k. The opening game In
the county will be played at East
Yancey this week, Friday, Sept. 1.
East Yancey will open the sea
son at home when they will play
Yancey Civil
Defense to Meet
The Yancey County Civil De
fense organization will meet at
Firth Carpet Co. on Tuesday,
September 5, at 7:30 p- m. All
persons interested in Civil De
fense and State Civil Defense
director, Col. Edwin F. Griffin,
has urged that each and every
person be prepared for any Civil
Defense emergency.
DECORATION
A decoration will be h:ld at
the Honeycutt Cemetery on Sept,
ember 3rd. at 2:00 p. m. The
Honeycutt Reunion will be held
at the home of Roy Duncan on
the same day.
Obituaries .
REV. R. W. WOMACK
Services for the Rev. R. Worth
Womack, 49, who died Tuesday
afternoon in Marion, were held at
2:30 p. m. Friday' in North Cove
Baptist Church.
The Rev. B. M. Strickland, the
Rev. Olan Heffner and the Rev.
Eulas Atkins officiated. Burial
was In the church cemetery.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Mary Frances McKinney Wo
mack; four brothers, the Rev.
Frank Womack, Morris and Char
les of Marion r and Ransom of
Charleston, S. C.; and four sis
ters, Mrs. J. W. Wilson of Mar
ion, Mrs. George Wheeler of
Burnsville, Mrs. R. D. Cuthbert- ,
son of Belmont, N. C. and Mrs.
Roland Stone of Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla-
BASCOMB HENSLEY
Services for Bascomb U. Hens
ley, 77, retired Army officer who
died Monday in a Buncombe
County hospital, were held at 3
p. m. Wednesday in Low Gap
Baptist Church.
The Rev. Jonathan White and
the Rev. Homer Arrowood offi
ciated. Burial was in Hensley
Cemetery.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Nellie Hensley; a daughter, Miss
Ruth Hensley of Burnsville; two
sons, Frank of Burnsville and Pat
of Charlotte; three sisters, Mrs-
Althea Ray, Mrs. Laur a Dellinger
and Mrs. Richmond Harris of
Burnsville; and three brothers,
J. S. and P. B. of Burnsville; and
Charles A. Hensley of Bakers
ville.
Pallbearers wpre Edgar, Brqoks,
and Claude Hensley, Charles and
Grover Dellinger, Kenneth Mc-
Mahan, Albert Shumate and Hor
ace D. Ray, Jr.
Light Your
Pledge for Safety
The North Carolina Highway
Patrol, in order to save lives and
injuries on the highways ale. urg.
idg everyone to pledge their self,
while driving, to safety.
They request that everyone
drive with their lights on, day
and night, during the Labor Day
weekend. They are hoping that the
light on will remind every driver
to try to prevent any accident.
Drive with your lights on from
6 p. m, Friday, Sept. 1, till 8 a. m
Tuesday, Sept. sth. “The Life you
save may be your owd.”
Light Your Pledge For SAFETY
Drive With LIGHTS ON/ DAY and NIGHT, 6 P.M. Friday ■* S A. M. Tuesday, Sept 1-5
Subscription 52.50 Per Year
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1 host to Spruce Pine. This will be
the opening game for both teams.
In the past years East Yancey
has failed to win either 0 f the two
games with Spruce Pine. Both
games have been close but Spruce
Pine has managed to come up and
win. In the *59 game East Yancey
led the entire game up to the
closing seconds.
The two Yancey County teams
will have a total a of ten home
games and eight games away.
EAST YANCEY SCHEDULE
5 . * * *
SepL I—SPRUCE PINE * x
Sept. B—SALEM * * *
Sept. 15—BAKERSVILLE * x
Sept. 22—GLEN ALPINE * x
Sept. 29—OLD FORT * *
Oct. 6—OAK HILL * * * x
Oct. 13— DREXEL * * *
Oct. 26—N. C. S. D. * * *
Nov. 3—CROSSNORE * * x
Nov. 10—CANE RIVER * * x
CANE RIVER SCHEDULE
* * *
Sept. 15—HOT SPRINGS *
Sept. 22—MARS HILL * *
Sept. 29—TRVON * * * x
Oct. 6—BLUE RIDGE * * x
Oct. 13— MARSHALL * * x
Oct. 20—ROSMAN * *
Oct. 27 CLYDE * * *
Nov. 10—EAST YANCEY * x
Home Games x
TOY CHEST AT HOSPITAL
A Toy Chest is being filled at
the Yancey Hospital. Because of
the number of child patients that
are admitted to the hospital the
Gray Ladies see a definite need to
Provide the hospital with toys to '
entertain comfort the young
patients.
The home demonstration clubs,
the Junior and Senior Womens
Clubs, and the Gray Ladies are
being asked to contribute to this
Toy Chest by giving a new, small,
safe toy. Foifrthe health of the '
child patient it is felt that these 1
toys should not be sterilized after, !
use and pu t back into the Chest]'
for the next patient. Rather, the
toy will be given to the child to 1
use at the hospital and take home ’
with him. Thus, a quantity of inex- ]
pensive toys will be needed. <
The toys should be small, non- 1
breakable, soft rubber or plastic 1
(hard plastic can break and cut
the child), no loose parts to swal- '
low, and inexpensive. It is prefer
red that they be wrapped in a
transparent paper in order to keep
them clean before they are given
out.
The Gray Ladies will be in
charge of dispensing the toys to
the children. Other groups or in
dividuols desiring to give toys or
money for this cause may do so
by contacting a Gray Lady 0 r
bringing same to the hospital office j
Locals
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Mr. and Mrs. Leo 'Good have
sold their home in Burnsville to (
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Boone of Ham- ;
rick and Mrs. W. C. Murphy of
Burnsville. Mrs. Murphy will :
move into the home. Mr. and Mrs, 1
Good will make their home in
Marion, " .
Rev. Thomas Young of South i
Carolina is visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs, Clyde Young, of
Newdale while on vacation.
Miss Norma Edge of Charlotte
is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Edge, of Newdale.
' -Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Hamrick
and daughter, and Ronnie Bodford
of Winston-Salem were recent
guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Bodford, here.
Mrs. A. A. Young of Newdale
is visiting relatives In Asheville
this week.
Mrs. J. B. King is undergoing
treatment in Memorial Mission
! Hospital in Asheville, her condi
tion is reported to be improved.
The Yancey record
New Books 30
Available In ;
County |
Books may ..be, borrowed I from I
headquarters library at Newland,
BakersviUe, Burnsville or Spruce
Pine and from the Bookmobiles
in each of the counties. Requests
for books in circulation may be
placed in the various libraries or
on the Bookmobiles.
FICTION
CORNER OF THE MOON by
Shirley Barker 1961. Historical
romance deals with the life 0 f a
honeymoon couple who wait for
Napoleon’s invasion fleet on the
Keptish coast.
MASQUERADE by Dorothy C.
Butters Mcßae Smith 1961. Liz
Gordon just about loses her inner
strength when her lost love re
turns to the art school after she
has given him up.
GETTYSBURG by ' Stephen
Longstreet. Farrar, 1961. An ac
count of events which took place
in and around the battle field and 1
which effected lives of peo
ple living in and around the area.
PILGRIM STRANGERS by
Charles Mercer. Putnam, 1961.
Africa Is the scene of a missionary i
story of the unrest and violence j
which shapes the lives of many
people. Author wrote Rachel Cade
and Enough Good Men.
REMBRANDT by Gladys Sch
mitt. Random, 1961. A novel based
on the life of the Dutch painter
Rembrandt Van Rijn. Some 0 f the
sordid facts might have been
ommited, but for the wrier’s urge
to do justice to both fame and
famine i n the artist’s life.
NON-FICTION
FORBIDDEN VOYAGE by
Earle Reynolds. McKay, 1961. The
author believed so strongly in op
posing U. S. Nuclear testing, that
he risked his life and that of his !
family to defy the United States >
regulations and was tried for the ;
violation.
LET US BEGIN by Barbara
Ward and Others 1961. First 100
days of the John F. Kennedy Ad
ministration. Many photographs
show the fulfillment of the Ad
ministration’s promise.
LOVE AND PEANUT BUTTER
by Lesley Conger. Norton, 1961. A
'vige relates in humorous
manner the events and activities
of her household which includes
nine people (Without the ani
mals).
WAKE ISLAND COMMAND
by W. Scott Cunningham. Little,
1961. The Naval Officer who was
in charge when the Japanese bom
barded and took Wake Island,
writes a true account of its de
fense by the Marines and civilians
on the Island.
New Service
For Hospital
Patients
A new service will be offered by ;
the Gray Ladies for the patients |
in Yancey Hospital and the mini, i
sters in the Burnsville area. When
a patient is admitted to the hos
pital he will be asked his church
preference and his ministers name.
This information will be passed on
to the particular minister, advis
ing him that a member of his
congregation is sick in the hospi
tal. Should a Patient not have a
church affiliation or should be
from another community or town,
a local minister would be con
tacted and asked to visit him.
The Gray Ladies are asking the
churches to cooperate in this en
deavor by furnishing a quantity
of post cards on which the infor
mation may be given and passed
on to the particular minister.
Should a. patient only be in the
hospital overnight or for one day
this admittance will not be passed
on to the minister, but if a pati
ent is admitted for surgery or a
prolonged stay his minister will l
certainly be advised. <
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“Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County*
BURNSVILLE, N. C, THUM DAY, AUGUST 31, 1961
j Health Depart
i merit News
i
| Immunization clinics have been
I well attended in the Health Cedter
in Burnsville this summer. During
June, July asd half of August
1,238 persons received immuniza
tions through the Health Depart
ment as follows:
Polio 598; Whooping cough,
Diphtheria, Tetanus (combined)
260; Typhoid 307; and
Smallpox 73.
Id addition to the above many
other services have been given
through the Health Department,
such as food handlers’ certificates,
chest x-rays, arrangements for
dental corrections, tonsillectomies,
ets.
An orthopedic clinic serving the
Avery, Mitchell, Yancey district
w’as held in the Health Center in
Burnsville on Wednesday, August
23rd. Dr. J. B- Galloway of Ashe
ville was the attedding clinician. A
similar clinic is held quarterly in
{the Burnsville office. Refreshments
are served those attendidg by the
women’s organizations of the var
ious churches in the community.
During the recent mass x-ray
survey held in the county 1,696
| persons received free chest x-rays.
'This survey was conducted by the
Tuberculosis Control Section of
the State Board of Health, the
local Health Department and the
Yancey County Tuberculosis Com
mittee.
A tri-county Eye Clinic is held
in Sprqce Pine on the first Wed
desday in each month. This clinic
is sponsored by the Lions Club in
cooperation with the State Com
mission for the Blind. Eye clinics
are attended by appointment only.
Chest X-rays are made routinely
in the Health Center in Burnsville <
on Mondays between the hours of
9 and 11 a.. m.*A*-Sharg e of $2 each .
is made for x-rays to cover cost of ,
film and developing chemicals. ,
A chest X-ray clinic is held •
bi-monthly in the district for the
examination of ex-patients, tuber
culosis suspects and contacts. This
clinic is also attended by appoint
ment only.
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All offices of the District Health
Oepo.rtmest wiU be closed on Mon
day, September 4th, m
of Labor Day.
Library Receives
A Memorial
#
Yancey County Public Library
is the recipient of another - valu
able memorial book to add to its
shelves.
This book The Fourth Edition of
the. BUSINESS EXECUTIVE’S
HANDBOOK edited by Mr. Stan
ley M. Brown was given by Mrs. ;
Helen A. Bellack, the mother of
Mrs. Rush Wray of Burnsville as
a memorial to Mr. John Bennett j
of Burnsville.
In this particular book there is
a vast store of information for the
business man on operating his
business.
From the preface, we read;
“Information” contained in the
Handbook is specific and to the
point. Forms, tables, outlines of
procedures these Will save the
business man time, trouble and
expense. This new edition is
completely revised. New subjects
of interest to the modern business
man have been added.”
The Handbook makes available
to the reader clear reliable ans
wers to every type of problem
arising in his work. Business tech
niques and business management
ideas provide the executive with
helpful data on the practical ap
plication of the best business
practices.
This is one of the many fine
memorial books being placed in
the Yancey County Library f o r the
use of its citizens as a lasting
tribute to those .who have, served
' the community so wisely and so
W e ll.
Visiting Hours At
Yancey Hospital
Effective October Ist. visiting
hours at the Yancey Hospital
will be strictly enforced. The
medical staff and the hospital ad
ministration feel that in order to
expedite patients recovery it has
become necessary to tighten up
on the number of visitors a pati
ent may have. In order to proper
ly carry out this enforcement the
medical staff and the hospital ad
ministration has solicited the as
sistance of the Senior Girl Scouts
and the Gray Ladies.
A card system will be Used
and each patient will be limited
to two visitors at one time, for a
ten min Ute period This setup will
allow each patient to have a total
of twelve Visitors during the
evening visiting hour whiah is
7:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m. Those
persons responsible for setting up
this system and those responsible
for carrying it out sincerely request
the cooperation of everyone
who will, at sometime or other,
visit Yancey Hospital.
Residents of Burnsville and sur
rounding communities know the
good that the Girl Scout program
does, and when a girl reaches the
Senior troop age she is ready to
serve her community 0 a much
broader way than she has been
able to do before.. And by giving
at least one hour a week to hos-1
pital service she will indeed be I
serving her community, and at the I
same time learning how to meet
and de a l with people, _ how her]
hospital functions, and the many
ways in which it serves her com-, 1
munity. She will work with a
Gray Lady during visiting hours
to help make the card system ef
fective.
. Yancey County is proud of its,
hospital * and the service it rep- j
ders to its patients in this county]
and its nearby counties, and those
who render the services know that
onc§ again they can count on the
support and cooperation of all in
this area to work with the Senior
Girl Scouts and the Gray Ladies
in developing the card system
during visiting hours in Yancey
Hospital beginning October l. i
CbvmQton
Involved In
Accident
•
Mr. and Mrs. David Covington
were involved in an automobile
accid( nt on Saturday, August
19th. just outside Danville, Ky.
Mr. Covington is undergoing
treatment for minor injuries in
the Ephraim McDowell Memorial
Hospital in Danville, Ky. Room
302. Mrs. Covington was hos
pitalized and treated for mii.or
injuries, and then released but is
in Danville with her husband.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Covington ex
pect to return to Burnsville *by
Septembe 2nd. They were on their
way to Wisconsin to visit her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Struck, when the accident oc
cured.'
Mr. Covington is employed in
the City School System in Char
lotte and will be able to return to
his job there in early September.
COUNTY FARMS TOURED
A tour of several farms in
Yancey County was held Wednes
day, according to E. L. Dillingham,
agricultural agent.
The tour started at 1:80 p. m
in the town square and covered
the farms of Vernon PresneU,
Double Island, disease resistant
variety tobacco; E. B. Bailey,
Green Mountain, vine ripened
tomatoes; W. O. Briggs, Jacks
Cree k, woodland grazing; J. B.
Stanley, Jacks Creek, forestry
management; and Ralph Ray,
Cane River, chemical weed con
trol, tobacco varieties and alfalfa
weevil control.
Prim Par Copy: Five Canto
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Two Children
Kidnapped Here
Officers in North and South
Carolina have been alerted to
look for Mrs. Bonnie Hensley Met
calf, about 37, who has been
charged with kidnaping her two
Garden Club
Meeting
The Garden Club met at the
home of Mrs. Brooks Wilson with
Mrs. Wayne Ray associate host
ess. '■ ~
Mrs. Charles Proffitt was pro
gram leader. Mrs. Proftitt gave
instructions on “How To Dry Flow- *
ers”, and “Flower Arrangements”.
Mrs. Troy Ray discussed “Sept
ember Gardening."
L. Beeson, president 1 of
the club, presided at the business
session. Mrs. C. M. Shotts gave
the treasurer’s report. Mrs. Char
les Proffitt, reporting for the
Civic committee, said the arbor
vitae around the monument on
the square will be removed and
will be replaced in the fall by
more evergreens. The resignation
of Mrs. John Watson was recei
ved. Mrs. Watson is spending the
j winter in Asheville.
The club voted to serve dinner to
j the Men’s Club at a date to be
.determined later.
I Mrs. W. E. Reeve presented to
jthe club a book from the library
of her late husband. The book,
“The Garden Month By Month”,y
was written by Mabel Cabot
Sedgwick.
The winners in the Flower Box ‘
(Contest, sponsored by the club,
jare Northwest rn Bank, Maude’s
! Beauty Salon, and Burnsville
Hosiery Mill. Prizes for the win
ners were donated\ by Ruby’s
Flower and Gift Shop, Banks Flow
er and Gift Shop, and by Mrs.
Brooks Wilson.
During the social hour the hos- 1
tesses serve d a dessert course, i :
Mrs. C. A. Russell was a guest of 1
the club and Mrs. W. A. Y. Sar
gent, who has been spending some
t'me in Vermodt, was welcomed
back to the club.
Statement By
®ov. Sanford
It is well known that North
Carolina has no trouble from peo
ple who seek their goals thr*.. .
legitimate means. It is also weTF
known that this State will not
tolerate violence from anybody
for any purpose.
The band of agitators who have
descended on Monroe came at the
request of an outspoken advocator
of violence, a self-styled “Castro”
who has attempted to grow a
beard, who wears a beret, and
carries a loaded carbine, it ig
significant, that he has been de-1
nounced by the resp: cted leader-;
ship of both races.
Mayor Fred WHson, the Sheriff,
the Chief of Police and the peo
ple of Monroe and Union County
have acted with utmost restraint.
I ca n easily understand that their
patience is being sorely tried.
The local enforcement officers,
the State Highway Patrol and
the State Bureau of Investigation
are on the job.
The situation is under control
and is going to be kept under
control.
We are not going to allow out
side agitators to promote violence
-in our State. We are going to put
' an end to it immediately.
NOTICE
The Yancey County Commis
sion* r§ will meet on Tuesday,
September 6th. instead 0 f the re
gular Monday, September 4th. duel
to Labor Day.’
son b from Burnsville Elementary
School Tuesday afternoon.
Yancey County Sheriff Donald
Banks stated that the boys, Char
les, .8, and Willie, 7, had been in
custody of their grandmother,
Mrs. Gaither Metcalf, for more
than a ye a r. Mrs. Metcalf swore
out the kidnap warrant.
The Sheriff said Eugene Met
calf, the boys’ father, is belayed
to be working in California. The
mother, he said, has been living
in Greenville, S. C., according to
information given him.
According to information re
ceived by the sheriff Mrs. J(et
ealf and another woman at
the school about 1:30 p. m. The
boys talked to their mother a
few minutes and then left vrith
her.
Firm Remodels
for Open House
Andy-Oxy-Co. is getting ready
for its biggest day.
The company formerly known
as the Hendersonville Welding &
Supply Company is having its
face lifted in preparation for the
crowds of welders, engineers, shop
superintendents, agricultural tea
chers and others it expects to at
tend its Welding Clinic on Septem
ber 7 and 8 from 3 to 5 and from
7 to 9 p. m-
The front of the building at
1521 Asheville highway will be
all glass and porcelainized metal.
Inside, an acoustical tile ceiling
and fluorescent fixtures are being
installed. On the walls will be
pegboard and indirect lighting
arrangements. The floor is being
tiled with vinyl asbestos.
This firm first opened for busi
ness back in May, 1946 as a
radiator 'and weldilg shop. W. S.
"Bill” Andarson, its owner and
mahager, next began to handle
supplies of oxygen, acetylene and
became a dealer for the com
plete line of welding and flame
cutting equipment produced by
the National Cylinder Gas Divi
sion of Chemetron Corporation.
Later the Company became a
distributor, i n addition, for fire
extinguishers.
Jimmy Anderson, in his sopho
more year at Mars, Hill, N. C.
and Billy, studying mechanical
engineering at Clem Son College,
S. C., are associated with their
father in the business and plan to
'Mke H their career when their
completed.
Their _ .
munity affai^HU^ 6 ,n C °™'
of the Hendersonville&w^^rc 1 J!
Commerce, president of the*w*Br
tern North Carolina Field Trial
Association, a member of the
Buncombe County Wild Life Club
and a member of the Henderson
County Wild Life Club. He is a
| deacon of the First Baptist Church,
I Asheville, He is a member of the
National Welding Supply Associa
tion.
- JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB
WILL MEET
The Carolina Hemlock Junior
Woman’s Club will meet at the
Community Building on Monday,
September 4 at 8:00 p. m.
This will mark the first meet
ing .of the club for the year aad
all members are Urged to attend
since ther e will be many business
matters to discu.ss.
Hostesses for the meeting are
Mrs. James Froula and Mrs. Don
Pardue.
REVIVAL AT THE ESTATOA
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Beginning with Sunday night
September 3rd. through Sunday
night September 10th. there - wiU
be a week of revival meetings at
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