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VOLUME TWENTY SIX Subscription $2.5« Per Year BURNSVILLE, N. G, THURS ? DAY( JANUARY 4,1962 Rnsq p «r Copy: Five Casts r NUMBER TWENTY Whitener Assesses Sentiment Os District (From the Shelby Star) Representative Basil L. White ner, congressman Os the soon to change North Carolina. 11th Dis trict, leaves Gastonia for Wash ington Monday ready to battle for a strolig national defense and against heavier government spending on new or expanded do mestic programs. That’s the way Whitener as sesses the sentiment of his district after visiting every coun ty ir‘t e, ‘» 11th, which will become an fifnesti ioth district following thi« r s. R ' congressional elections e ■’holidaysjig win support all the is necessary for a strong defense,” Whitener said • “But they are most apprehensive about new or expanded programs in all other areas of government spending.” In fact, spending is what Whit rner believes most of his district citizens like least about the new Kennedy administration. He feels that Piedmont voters have been very impressed with the rnw President’s grasp of the world situation, with the recep tion he has received on visits outside the country and in his handling of foreign affairs in general. Whitener covering the next and his recent visit to Europe Here, paraphrased, are h ; s comments: ON BIG ISSUES The two most important it ms to face the eoming Congress will both con cern international relations- One will be the handling of our for eign affairs on the diplomatic lev el and the other will be a review of international trade and ypport legislation. The latter is likely to be of most vital interest to Piedmont citizens. ON TRADE AND TEXTILES —“I am frankly apprehensive about the textile picture This is WEATHER'WRITES.I ihe y RULE$/ _ -t% l % : pi 1 i ■ —1 a Ice anp -show mean you Mucr ji . I ADJUST YOUR PRlVINfir TO ROAO 3 H CONPmON-S. TAK£ IT EASVf H' ' * ifi i ; ;V, hĝfgstfd Snow, Ice Increae Driving Hazards Five ptr cent of- fatal motor vehicle accidents and _ 10.7 per cent of all motor vehicla acci dents in 1960 occurred on. snowy, icy roads, according to reports of 25 Btate authorities. Reduce driving speed and in crease the distance between ve hicles when snow or ice are on roads and sheets and be partjc '-W X'X> the chief source of employment in the area I serve. N«w* legislation concerning imports will have a direct bearing on the textile situation.” “I do not feel that Undera cre-1 tary of State George Ball is ( sympathetic with industry i n general.” FOREIGN AFFAIRS —“There has been much reaction in my district over the way this country handled the Katanga affair I be lieve the people desire sweeping j , changes in the way our foreign i affairs are handled, but the only way we“ 3 can clean house in the 1 State Department is to revise our I Civil Service regulations as they I apply to policy-level ....obs.” , NEW DOMESTIC PROGRAMS —“There will be much pressure for Congress to pass a medical case for the aged program sup ported by Social Security. Feder al aid to education will also be brought up again, but this ap pc ars to be losing its appeal to the public. In fact, 1 believe there will be a lessening of Activity in support of many programs in volving hf avy spending FARM LEGISLATION—“There will bo no major changes in the present approaches to farm mat ters in general, but there may be some effort to bring governmen tal controls to bear on the poultry' industry. This will be of particu lar inters st to farmers in our area who are in the poultry I business. Frankly, I believe they | are fairly evenly divided or j whether the government shouk!! become involved, but the poultry busint ss has been depressed -so some time now. “WHITENER - When asked about the possibil ity of his becoming a candidate for the North Carolina governor ship in 1964, Whittner said he is “flattered that my name has been mentioned”, but added that ularly careful on bridges, advises the Insurance information In stitute. It takes 3 to 12 times as far to stop on snow and ice as on dry pavement, according to the National Safety Council’s _ Com mittee on Winter Driving Haz ards, At 20 m. p. h. (miles per hour,) r stopping .distance is 60 ' feet on loosely packed snow and i 1 196 feet op icg. •»* , The recommended technique ■ for stopping quickly and with ' full control of your car is a fast 1 up-and-doWn pumping -of your ■ brakes. THE YANCEY RECORD County Schools Open Today The sunshine Wednesday start ed a fast thaw in the heavy snowfall of Monday. Residents woke up to a fairy land of snow on New Year’s Day. The children and many of- the older folks have enjoyed a wond, rful two days of sledding, and one can see all 1 types of snowmen on the Jocal j lawns, even Chinese snow people I have appeared on one lawn in town. All primary roads ar e free of snow and ice, exc pt a few haz ardous spots which should be re spected, and the sid e roads are in fair condition. 'All schools in the county will j open today (Thursday) according to Superintendent of Schools, Justice, and # there will be a full l * schedule through Saturday in j order to nia£e U p one of the two idays lost due to the snow. 1 . MARY DEYTON Mrs. Mary Deyton, 44, of Avondale, Pa., died Monday of injuries received Sunday in an automobile accident. She was a former resident of Yancey County and had been living in Pennsyb vanoa for the past six years. Services will be held at 2 p. tv . Friday in the chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home in Bur nsville. The Rev A. Z- Jamerson will officiate. r Burial will be in Hunte : Cemetery- Surviving are * the husban John Deyton; five daughtei Mrs. Sheila Hamm, Mrs I;f Jean Smith, Miss Dorothy Dc, Iton, Miss Wanda Deyton and Mi Wilma Deyton of Avondale; so j sons, Richard Burgess, Erne i and Terry Deyton of Avonda! the parents, Mr. and Mrs. W ; Tipton of Rt 1, Burnsville; fiy sisters, Mrs. Jake Lewis of Cha* i iotte County Courthouse, Mrs. Otis Johnson of GallipolL. ‘ Ohio, Mrs Kenneth Ogle of Uni eoi, Tenn., and Mrs. Dock Me : Curry and Mrs. Arnold Gregor j of Burnsville; and three brothers ! Charles of West Grove, Pa , and Woodrow and Joe Tipton of Burnsville. it’s much too eariy to make plans that far ahead The Representative has made no announcemt nt of his inten-: t'ons concerning the 1962 con-! gresslonal race. either, but few ! doubt that he will be the cahtli-j date in the new 10th district He is optimistic about the De-, mocratic Party’s chances to keep, a Democrat in the post, although j Whitener admits that there is a I strong Republican dement in the* four new counties rof Avery, l Burke, Catawba, and Mitchell. The new 10th District does not contain Polk, McDowtll, Yancey and Madison counties. Observers feel that Whitener will run strong in Burke County, where he attended college, and in Catawba, where the Democratic Party is t tlje ,strongest of any of the newly-addfd counties BACK FROM EUROPE Whitener returns to Congress fresh from a trip to Europe as an Air Force Rr serve Officer, during which he Visited West Germany and West Berlin, NATO head quarters in Paris and NATO in stallations in Greece, Spain, and Italy. “I came back very much en couraged about the state of our readiness,” Whitener said. He noted that all Americans should be proud of the way our troops in Europe and the troops of our European allies are con ducting the frontline defense against the menace of interna tional communism. 1 ' . ■ * , IT | BLOODSHED BOH ON N.C. HIGHWAYS RALEIGH The Motor Vehi * cles Department’s summary c r 1 traffic deaths through 10 A. M. - .Monday, January 1,1962: KILLED TO DATE 0 KILLED TO DATE Last Year 7 “Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County'’ New Year’s j Holiday Road Deaths Low Good luck or good sense? The Motor Vehicles • Department wasn’t completely .( Sure but re joiced with the rest of the state in observing only «ix Niw Year’s holiday road deaths. Eighteen had been predicted to die by the Nortli Carolina State Motor Club. | - Officials suspected that strict attention to good, driving practi ces, in line with a pre-holiday ap peal from Gov. Sanford, had much to do wiht the lowered fatality toll. * Traffic over the 78 hour period was called “aboft normal” for a year end holiday, highway patrtjl | officers said The state catalogued traffic dea-hs from 6 p. m. Friday, December 29 through midnight Monday, January*; 1. ....In addition to the six fatalities,, 134 personal injuries were re-| ported in mishaps. In searching their records de partment statisticians found that three were killed >in the one day New Year’s observance in 1958, In 1947 none were killed. Sixteen died last year. YANCEY COUNTY NATIVE j PROMOTED BY E S. C. 1 RALEIGH, N. C.‘— The State) Employment Security Commission I Wednesday named a new assist ant director for its employment j 'service division. r He is Aldni P. Honeycutt, 52, ‘ former chief, of the commission’s staff services- He has been with the E S. C. fgv 27 years. - Honeycutt, a Yancey County na tive, replaces > Earnest C. Me- ( Iracken who retired Dec. 31. , Locals 1 Miss Cyi|thi.i Mclntosh of Washington, spent. holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rex "Mclntosh, of Bee i Log. She attended the president’s i Greeting To The Nation, Lighting jof The National Community Christmas Tree in Washington on December 20. Cariie Rice has spent the last ! two weeks vacationing with fri-, ends in Miami and Key Largo, j Florida. | Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fox and | j daughter, Jpne; Mr. and Mrs. j |J. T. Fox and sons, Russell and 1 j Randy of Winston-Saiem and j Glenn Fox of Asheboro visited I their parents, . Mr. and Mrs. “ Willard Fox, during the holidays 1 Miss Clara Young of Statesville I visited friends and relatives in j Burnsville and Roonford during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Sutton of Western Carolina College, Cullo whee were week-end guests of' 1 Mr. and Mrs. Z. B. Byrd , Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Kiser, 1 of Chapel Hill spent the Christ mas: 1 olio ays in BurnsviPe with Mrs. Kis. r’s parents, the Olen Shepards. Mrs. Kiser is teaching in Durham and Mr. Kiser is a student at the University of N. C. McDOUGALD-CARR WEDDING 1 Miss Norma McDougald, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Mc- Dougald of Burnsville RFD 5 and James Carr, Jr., son of Mr. James Carr of Hammond, Indiana were united in marriage at the home of the bride on December 23. Norma is a graduate of East | Yancey High School and Blan ton’s Business College. Mr. Carr is now serving with the Air Force in Off itt Air Force Bp~e, Oma ha, Nebr. McCURRY-HALL WEDDING Miss Cynthia McCurry, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Flavil Mc- Curry, was married to David Hvl 1 , son of Mrs. Mark England and the late Robert Hall, December , 28th, in the Baptist Parsonage here. Rev. Charles B. Trammel offi ciated with members of the im mediate family present. Mr. and Mrs. Hall will make their home in Burnsville. Both are graduates r of Ea*t Yancey High School. Mr. Hall is employed with Carter Auto Parts and Mrs. Hall js em -1 ployed with Pollard’s Drug Store [ here. v’ ‘ . a* ■ • [Health Careers 1 Congress To Be Held MISS RHOBIA -TAYLOR , WINSTON-SALEM, A nat- I ionally known editor and a re presentative of the National Lea gue for Nursing are <Jh the pro gram for the Health Careers Congress which will bring some 400 North Carolina high school students to Winston Salem, Janu ary 26 and 27. j The meeting is being held to | interest high school seniors and juniors in choosing careers in medical and r ,dated health fields. Harry Golden of Charlotte. [ writer and lecturer as well as I | editor, will speak at the ~ ban fquet session at the Robert E. I Lee hotel, and Miss Rhobia Tay-[ lor of Niw York, field consultant )of the National League for Nur- j ! si ng’s Committee on Careers, .will address the opining session. The] 1 students will tout Bowman G»ay ; 1 School of Medicine and the lab-' | oratories, schools, and other faci ' lities of North Carolina Baptist . Hospital. On the entertainment program will be a fashion sho% a visit to one of the R. J. " Rsjr nolds Tobacco Co., plants, and a > tour pf Old Salem Village.| j i Plans for the Congress wet: • initiated by the North Carolina i League for Nursing ns a part, of ' its reciuitment program. Among its purpos s are the organization ’ ! of local Health Careers clubs in- 1 Ito a statewide group and the pro- J motion of new ones. Counselors I accompanying students will ! receive ideas so? enriching the program of their organizations, /arious health agencies will have exhibits to provide information about the opportunities and the, need in particular fields. The Congress was made possible j through a gr a nt from the R. J. [ Reynolds Tobacco Co. A number of ag; ncies and foundations in terested in solving the critical shortage of trained personnel for health s: rvices are joining the League as sponsors. L * '■ , | north Carolina • - ... DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES , . |l23sHp| x'cemse 19^2 iooi I jHAituvtyuMtcfci.f s : : .'' .c> *’;•». V-5t,.,, * ; i I 20i s j-0.- 1 * hi« tr>M - o*nci#.~*>**c»k . j . )7>- . ~ i.vw "■ i ft 1234 1234® 1601 6**C*V> Cde-isjMS • S2j*C3V> ■' ‘.m.hiS *’ ' 4 %£■&•.*>»■&■' Sftjj YtoVXp i j 12344 1234 R 123 M U 2 t. i 1s» (Al tMdtK % V v <*' ** COM< »ac' CA**it» ! x MM ■ .MW. ....... * ... ......... The . various classifications of Tar He 1 ■ license . tar* Ve 5 . shown here ix» a photograph from the State Department of Motor j Vehicle*. • " ' V- « i . y* .I\ t 0 . 9 Licensing Information For New Year Miss Foy Ingram, director of registration for the Motor Ve- Books Available In Public Libraries Books may be borrowed from, headquarters library i n Newland, BakerSville, Burnsville or Spruce Pine and from the various book ] mobile s in : each of the counties. Requests for books in circulation may be placed in the libraries or on the bookrtiobiles. NON-FICTION HARDY HEATHS by A. T. Johnson. The increased use of heathers for rock gardens, banks and such prompted the author to Write on useful heatlitrs. Much information in the book on allied shrubs, trees, vifles to'’ combine with htather in fine garden plans. 1 MIDGET MOTORING and KARTING by Kenton McFarland. For talented teenagers who are mechanics minded. Safety rules pertaining to construction and operation of all essential Kart performances. THE RANCHER TAKES A 1 WIFE by Richmond P. Hobson, Jr. A rough and ready account 1 plus d lights and excitement of , living in Northern British Colum | bia in the Canadian far North. | Hazardous and interesting read ing. FICTION FLAME OF FIRE by.? Jane ! Oliver. The dedicated life of William Tyndale. who worked forty years in order to train him self to translate the Greek Bible into English. Os interest to history lovers ahd ' 'those who relish atxte hal h.,JiflßttaSr: ferptent and furori" WEST WTTH THE VIKINGS by Edison r- Marshall.- Stride teo tween two brothers led to ' Leif Ericson's discovery ' of" America. Violent battles make for exciting adventure.' ' • Masonic Lodge Installs New Officers if .-; • .. The Burnsville. Masonic Lodge No. 717 installed new' officers for the year 1962 on January 2. The new officer’s are Woodrow Ballew, Master; Mack Branton. i Senior Warden; Edd Hensley Junior Ward: n; J. Hubert Coope>- treasurer; Gus Peterson, Secre tary; 'Homer Price, Senior Dea con; HersheV Holcombe, Junior ■i.' . •* r Deacon; John Dale and Jimmy Roland, Stewards. ■ hides Department, this week is sued a rouftd up of licensing in formation for the -new year. She twined some of the new pur chase and use regulations of the “utmost importance” to tag buy ers. Miss Ingram urged owners to pay careful attention to the leaf let of instructions accompanying ~ the license renewal cards which were mailed before Christmas. •* She said those failing to receive a t renewal card should notify the , Department of Motor Vehicles at once, giving their 1961 tag num bers and a description of the ve hicle. The change to permit owners ; ( to retain their tag is probably the , most important, Mis a Ingram said. She explained; Vehicle tags purchased in 1962 and thereafter wiU remain in 1 possession of the registered own er., If the car is sold or other • wise disposed of during the lic -5 ense year the tag is removed; it * no longer goes with the vehkle 1 It may be transfered to another t vehicle by making application to / the vehides agency. L The registration card is also re ’ tained by the owner. Until he 1 registejs his new car, required E within 20 days, and obtains a ■ new registration card, he keeps • the old card, showing on the re verse side the name and address of the purchaser. The registration card, as usual, is required to be 3 with the vehicle while it’s in op p. ■ 1 eration. * Liena (monty owed) against vehicles and trailers will be re ' corded next year by the Motor Vehicles Department. The new ' proa dure eliminates the old L ,„•;> rr— . 4 * L in the. County of residence. Lien* are-to Jbe incorporated on the ve hicle’s title certificate in one of two.., ways —by presenting the existing title to the department with an application for recording the lien, or by owner’s application for a title containing the name and address of the lien holder, the date, amount, and nature of the lien. e j And in 1962 trucks and truck tractor combinations will be lic , ensed for the gross weight of . the ” combination. The license fee for all trailers and semi-trailers, regardless of size or use, will be $3.00 for any part of the license 1 ;.ear. Miss Inaram, says, “Owner* who use truck-tractors and triwkj to pull trailers should make | gross weight declaration to in clude the empty weight of ths combined two vehicles and the heaviest load that is to be trans ported by such combination.” She added that full details of the new truck fees and a sum mary of other regulations are contained in the spr cial instruct ii n leaflet sent with license re newal cards, and emphasized thi importance of reading the in structions carefully. ftjrs. Elma Young Teaching In Connecticut Mrs Elma H. Young is a sec ond grade teacher at the Nathan Hale School' in Middletown, Conn. Mrs. Young taught in Yancey ; Hounty for 19 y ars and moved to Middletown last year. She was *raduated fr o m Micaville High “■School and received a BS degree in primary education from Appa lachian State Teachers College, Boone, N. C „ She is the mother es one mar -i d. daughter, Mr*. Sabra Horis, f Charlotte, and two sons, Tarp Young of Middletown, and Jim my Young, who i« in the United States Air Farce. (Editors note: This article was ’ take* from a Middletown, Conn, paper entitled “Our New Teach . m
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