North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN Increase In Postal I Pates Effective Jan. 7 I According to instructions recei-, ved by postmasters, the rate on 1 first class letters will 'jump f rom 1 1 four to five cents per ounce of fraction, and postal cards will go from three cents to four cents be ginning January 7, 1963. The rate on Air Mail letters in this country and overseas A. P. 0. 1 Select Christmas Gifts With Care “Daddy I want a gun for Christ mas.” And many boys and maybe a few girls will get their wish Christmas morning. Mother is probably wondering now is Junior Christmas morning. Mother is pro bably wondering if Junior is old enough to have a gun and Dad is shopping around trying to get the best buy. In choosing a gun, keep the youngster in mind. Hugh Fields, wildlife specialist for the N. C. Agricultural Extension Service, says you should pick the gun that is easiest for his inexperienced mind and hands to use. “If he is primarily interested in squirrel hunting and target prac tice, a .22 rifle will do,” Fields says. “But If he likes all-round hunting, perhaps you should choose a shotgun.’’ What are the qualities of a good first gun? The three most import ant ones are simplicity, depend ability and safety. Most single shot bolt-action shotguns and .22 rimfire rifles meet these require ments. So does the break-back or tip up single barrel shotguns. They also have these points that make them ideal: the youngster can easily understand how they .-■work; many must be manually cocked: the hammer or plunger is external, where it is easily seen; the bore can be easily and safely examined: they are easily taken apart for cleaning. Fields says the .22 rimfire is the obvious choice when choosing a rifle caliber for the beginner. Perhaps the biggest chance for error is choosing the proper shot gun gauge. Typically the .410 is picked for a first shotgun. Fields says this is a mistake. The .410 is effective only in the hands of an expert because of the small shot load. Most .410’s are full choke, which calls for accurate shooting. Also the variety of shells available is extremely limited. “Perhaps a 20 gauge will be a better choice,” cautions Fields.* “The recoil is Tight and the shot load is adequate. Twenty gauge guns are available in several chokes an<t a variety of shells are available.” Fields emphasizes that you should choose a gun that will fit the youngster. It is poor economy to get an adult size and expect the youngster to “grow to fit it.” Many manufacturers make youth sized rifles and shotguns that can be restocked to adult proportions. Keep your holidays happy by giving your child a bonus gift a lesson in gun safety. A proper respect and attitude toward gun use is more important than the gun itself. Have your youngster learn and practice safe gun hand ling. You can get information through the National Rifle Assoc iation Hunter Safety Program that is btirg carried out by the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission. ®aollloßE ON N.C. Mien WAYS RALEIGH The Motor Ve hicles Department’s summary of traffic deaths through 10 A. M. Monday, December 10, 1962: KILLED TO DATE : 1223 Killed To Date Last Year 1153 ! mail will go from seven to eight cents per ounce and Air Mail cards will be six cents instead of five. | Third class mail by the single piece will go from three cents to four cents for thee first tiwo ounces and from one and one-half to two cents for each additional ounce or fraction. In the bulk rate: for circulars the rate will go from 16 cents to; 18 cents per pound, with the mini mum per piece rising from 2.5 to 2.3-8 cents. Books and catalogs will go from 10 to 12 cents per pound, with the minimum per piece. changing from 2.5 cents to 2.5-8 cents. For- non-profit organizations circulars will drop from 16 cents to nine cents per pound, and books and cataloges will drop | from 10 cents to six cents per! pound. For fourth Class Mail, educat ional materials will go from nine j to nine and one-half c ents per j pound; library materials will con-! tinue at the present rate of four cents per pound. Christmas cards will cost four, cents when the new rates become effective on January 7. The current j rate of three cents will apply for' this year. j Questions On i Farm Labor To Be Asked In Survey i Special questions on hired farm labor will be asked in the Decem ber Current Population Survey, it was announced today by the | U. S. Census Bureau. The special labor questions will include Inquiries on the number of, days worked during 1962, cash wages or salary received during, the year, and the type of work done such as with livestock, with ■ or hand labor. The j farm labor information is being | collected for the U. S. Department, of Agriculture and the U, S. De- j partment of Labor. The questions on hired farm lab or are In addition to the regular inquiries on employment and un employment which are asked each month in the Current Population Survey. The Current Population Survey ■ will be conducted here and in 356 other sample areas of the country I during the week of December 17. i Information will be collected lo cally by: Mrs. Edna L. Harmon, 61 Wolfe Cove Road, Asheville, N. C. Census Bureau activities in this area are supervised by Joseph F. Norwood, Regional Director. Luther E. Barnhardt of Concord, state Christmas Seal Chairman, and Dr. J. Clyde Turner, age 84 of Raleigh, visit Peggy Diane Creel, age 5 of Dover, and Joseph Paul Hinson, age 5 of Liberty, at the children’s ward of the N. C. Sanatorium at McCain, Peggy and Joe represent the 50 youngsters who are being treated for TB at McCain who benefit from the Patient Service programs supported by tuberculosis associations. Dr. Turner was being treated for TB in the sanatorium 52 years ago when he was called to his first church in Greensboro. Retiring after 38 years in the Baptist ministry., Dr. Turner still leads an active an d fruitful life supplying churcf 1 pulpits. GIVE TO THE YANCEY UNITED FUND ' THE YANCEY RECORD Subscription $2.50 Per Year “Dedicated To The Praftas Os Yancey County** Presbyterian To Hold Candlelight Service A special Candlelight Service will be held in the First Presby terian Church of Burnsville at i 7:30 P. M. oii Sunday evening, December 23. , Worship through unison and prayer will be presided over by -'.he minister of the church, Rev. Woodward Finley. The Candlelight Service will be held in three phases: (1) Prepara j tion; (2) Gift of Light; and (3) , Service of Lights. The entire con gregation will participate in the service. All who wish to be reminded of the true meaning of our forth coming Christmas Day should at tend, and are welcome. Live Nativity | Scene To Be .Staged j A nativity scene, with a rugged ' stable, real characters, and live j animals will be staged by the ' young people of the First Presby i terian Church on the back lawn of the church. Twenty-minute per • formances will be given at 7:30 P. M. on Wednesday evening, Dec • ember 19, Thursday evening, Dec | ember 20, and Friday evening, j December 21. The Presbyterian young people will act out episodes from the tra ditional Christmas story, narrated from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Action will evolve around a stable, constructed of coarse lum ber. Characters portrayed will be ! Mary and Joseph, Herod, four she pherds, and three wise men. The public is cordially invited to see I the three performances. i.. ...u , . " ft Baptist Church To Present Christ mas Music i I * ! The Church Choir of the First i Baptist Church, Burnsville will j present a program of Christmas music on Sunday evening, Decem ber 16, at 7:30 p. m. The program will include selections of Bach, Handel, and Mendelssohn. Soloists for the program will In clude Miss Amelia PenlamJ, Bur nsville; Misses Jean Austin, Caro lyn Rhodes, and Mr. Robert Sin clair and Mr. Ronald Jackson, all | music students at Mars Hill Col lege. The choir will be under the dir ection of Ronald Jackson, accom panied by Mrs. Phillip C. Ray, church organist. The public is cordially invited Ito attend the program. C, IW3RBDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1962 Cash farm Re ceipts Estimated To Exceed 1961 ■ 1 RALEIGH -4- North Carolina I farmers probably received more money In 1962, but -little if any I more “take home” pay in the | form of net incomee i. In a year-end statement on the. Ttr Heel farming picture, Agri culture Commissioner L, Y. Bal lentine estimates that gross cash! farm receipts will .exceed last year’s record high by some $lO to sls million. He points out, how ever, that the rising cost-of-pro duction trend has continued in 1962 and the state’s :Jotal net farm income will be abod| the same as last year’s total off6lß million. The commissioner emphasized , that official statistics for,. 19P2 ; have not yet been' fcompletecT and i that the estimates are his own | projections of inforf&ation avail- 1 able to date. "Looking at the Over-all pic ture,” he said, “we have reason to hope that total dash receipts from farm marketings and gov ernment payments Will amount to $1,167 million breaking the rec-' ord high of $1,155 million reache i last year." Summarazing his ’ estimate of the farm income picture, the commissioner predicts cash recei-j pts from the sale erf livestock and livestock products may exceed llast year’s total of $322 million by } some $5 million, while crops will : probably bring about $2 million I •less than the SBOO million totai j last year. Government payments , during 1962 totaled $42 million, sl9 million more thin in 1961. "The bulk of the increased gov ernment payments- are attribu table to the Whea| Stabilization Program, which was not in effect before 1962,” he explained. “I un derstand that North! Carolina far mers received slighfiy more than $6 million for wh diversion un der this prog' ’’Receipts from scrfeHf livestock and livestock products during the first nine months of 1912 amount ed to $240,966,000 almost $1 million more of the $241,65V,001 received during the same period in 1961. Although receipts during the early months of 1962 fell, rat her substantially below (hose same months in 1961. the reverse has been true beginning .with the month of June, During the past two or three months, the monthly, i totals have been running between $2 to $3 million above correspond ing months inl96i. “After the first fivj* months rs 1961 there was a slurp break in prices which severely curtailed 'broiler i’oome duri’i tire latter part of that year. 'A the early months of 1952 broilei prices were actually slightly below the same period in 1931, but we did not get the break in prices, so that t he broiler situation fox - ; the year as a whole is better that last year. Prices for other livestock and live-, stock products during 1962 have ! been in favorable r -iation with 1961. I would anticipie therefore,! that receipts from sdes of live- j stock and livestock Toducts dur- 1 ing the last three nonths of the calendar year should exceed last year by at least $5 cr $6 million. “With an all-time record high Ileld per acre of tolacco and an ! increase of about fiv percent in. acreage harvested, this year’s ■ tonnage of all flue-cred and bur-j ley tobacco is expeetd to exceed ' 1961 by approximate? 64 million pounds. Unfortunatelj the flnan-i age have probably b< n wiped out dal gains through in< eased pound by reduced prices eceived for this year’s leaf. Ho l sver, receip ts from sales of tab sco this year, should at least equal last year’s $556 mtlion t #l. We will perhaps ave a gain of some $3 millioi In receipts from sale of com, bile peanuts should provide fam rs with re turns slightly more « m $4 million in excess of 1961. I ecc’.pts from sales of Irish potat s and sweet potatoes should be ightly above last year. These in< eased returns sweet potatoes will e more than J juffset by smaller eturns from . ' 1 Mrs. Dayton Re- Elected Director Os Asheville ADC - t Mrs. Mary M. Deyton has been re-elected a Director of the Ashe ville Agricultural Development Council for 1953 representing Yancey county. Her elec:ion at yra.to«rr .■the CourcU’s' recent” annual meet ing hass becu announced by Mayor Earl W. Eller* of Ashevil’e, presi dent of the development group. The Agricultural Development 1 Council operates over an ! 8-county area of Western North Carolina, promoting agricultural progress 1 and rural community development. 1 It was among the first of such or- I ganizations formed in the nation, (Waving been started in *1949 I I There are now twelve similar ; , area associations in North Caro lina. The Council is financed by busi j ness, industry and fanners over the area and operates under the theme of a “partnership for pro gress between town and country.” Its activities have been widely publicized through national maga j zines. farm publications and by * the U. S. Department of Agricul- I ture. Most widely known is the : Western North Carolina Comma- i nity Development Program which it sponsors jointly 'With the agri i cultural agencies in the counties. A total of 117 organized rural com munities competed In this improve ment program during 1962. Reelected as officers c! , the Council for 1963 were Mayor Ell r of Asheville, president; F aok 11. Brown, Jr. of Cullowbee and I. A. McLain of Marion, vice-pr sidents; Burwell Smith, Asheville, secre tary and James W. O. Woollcott of Asheville, treasurer. -cnior Scout Toy Drive Continues f P... ' By: Theresa Cotetta i The 1962 Senior Scout toy drive for the needy children of the Yan cey County area sdll continue® as- • ter three weeks of hearty worfcf operated by the senior scout troop i of Burnsville under the direction I and supervision of Miss Annie C.{. Hassell. On Thursday, December 13,1 1962, various scouts will visit I many stores throughout the min-' ty collecting toys. That Thursday evening, the senior scouts-’ will be- ( gin their door to door drive beg- : ging tor toys. This door to door "‘rive will conclude the 1962 toy H rive : 'oPsored by the scouts. The 1 efforts of the scouts t» give to the less fortunate children at 1 this yule time season Is made • possible only through the genets- < sity of the merchants ar.d citi- ! zens of Yancey county. > 1 For. donations please call MU- ' 2-2282, or MU-2-22375. * sales of small grains. ~ 1 “Receipts from sales' of wheat ‘ may run from seven add a half 1 i dollars below last year’t $1.57 jto seven and thW- uarters; i million total. Smaller acreage* • and yields of oats, barley, and rye will cause a reduc ’on of some S4OO to SSOO thousand In sales from these crops. • 1 “For soybeans, cotton, and fruits and vegetables combined, ' rebel- , pts are expected very closely to approximate 1961 levels. “All in all, in North Carolina farmers are to be commended for a good showing in 1962. Gross cash receipts breaking last year’s re cord high will be no small achi evement, even though we merely hold our own in total net farm in come. ! “But we could do much better in both gross and net Incomes 1 f we developed our agriculture to the full limit of Us capacity, in some cases this would involve ad ditional lines of production, i n still others better management. Whatever the means ip individual oases, we could we i slg gab, in the states’ agricultural income If every farnwtr, »hu*e and .small, would do all that he can j with all that he does." with all that he has,” » Price Per Copy Five Cents Schools Closed-Snow, Below Zero Weather Snow and cold weather struck the mountain section last Thurs day, and has continued since. Joint Ctioirs Sing Cantata Sunday Mary and Joseph took a crude through, 'where perhaps the ani mals had left a wisp of straw, and turned that unlovely object Into a cradle. In this makeshift cradle, God entied himself in love. I A few people, on the first Christ-j mas, where warmed bv this ex pression of love. Angelic joy brought the shepherds to Bethle-j hem. A star in the sky hurried 1 three men from the east to em-‘ brace this love for themselves. “A Star in the Sky,” a cantata! of Christmas carols by Bruce | Carlton, puts to song what hap-| pened in that cradle in Bethle-i hem. The joint choirs of the Hig-' gins Memorial Methodist Church and the First Presbyterian Church ■ will perform the cantata this Sun day afternoon. The production is slated for 4 o’clock in the Higgins' Memorial Church. Soloists far the performance will be Jo Lynn Urquhart, soprano; \ Mary Cecil Sievers, alto; Raymond I Shepherd, tenor; and Jack Kelley, j bass. The organ accompaniment • will be provided by Mrs. Albert, 1 Williams. Mrs. Warren Reeve is responsible for the direction. The public is warmly invited to attend. Mrs. Mollie Bostian Dies At 77 . i- ■** Mrs. Mollie F. ol Burnsville died in Yancey Hospital Thursday morning after a short ill-] ness. She was a native of Gains-! Iville, Ga., and had been living in| Burnsville for the past 37 years. I I Funeral services will be held at ! 2:00 p. m. Saturday in Burnsville | First Baptist Church. The Rev.! Charles B. Trammel will officiate I and burial will be in Holcombe | I Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be A. F. Bfyson, Horace and Jay Edge, Gus Peterson, Harold Anglin and I Rush T. Wray. She is survived by two daugh ters, Mrs. Louise B. Ward of Owensboro, Ky„ and Mrs. Ruth Hughes of Micaville; three sons, Herman of Burnsville, Ralph of * St. Louis, Mo., F. P. Bostian, Jr. J of BramweU, West Virginia; one' sister, Miss Lena Fulley of Gains ville. Ga., one brother, W. L. Full ey, Sr., of Knoxville, Tenn., and 6 grandchildren. «\ The body will stay at Holcombe 1 Brothers home and will lie in ] atate at the church for thirty ; minutes prior to. the service. United Fund Honor Roll TOO Per Cent Cdhtributing In the following organizations m per eeat of employees have contributed to the 1068 campaign of the Yancey United Fund. ASCS Office County Agent’s Office The Northwestern Bank Carolina Tire Co. Doctor’s and Hospital Staff Farmers Home Administration South Toe School Oak Crest School Town of Burnsville Employe as ji Roberts Chevrolet-Buick, Inc. NUMBER SEVENTEEN ; Schools have been closed since Thursday and will continue to be closed through this week, and will open on Monday if weather per | mits. Snow has come in flurries, and has been light and dry, with tesm peratrrcs reported as low as 8 be low zero in Burnsville on Wed nesday morning and going as low as 12 below on Thursday morn ing. It has been reported by some of the older citizeits in the county that temperatures in the past I week have gone lower than has I' been reported in many years. The last below zero weather was re ported in 1936. ! Regular traffic has had little 1 diffiaulty on highways but side j roads have been slippery and mo- I torists have needed chains. Mt. Mitchell reported a low of 19 below on Wednesday, j Snow has been forecast again tfor tomorrow (Friday). •- —: Boosters Club To Sponsor Wrest ; ling Saturday J The Boosters Club of East Yan , <*y High School is sponsoring | wrestling matches at the High . School gymnasium on Saturday, December 15 at 8:00 p. m. There will be a Tag Team Match with Rip Hawk and Rook Hunter versus Johnny Weaver and “Rubber Man" Walker. The girl’s match will be between Miss Penny Banner and Miss Ann LuVerne, also a match between Cowboy Sid Jones vs Pedro Zapatha. Ringside seats will be $2.00. . Children under 12 admission 75c regular seats, adults $1.50. , i Everyone is invited to attend and [enjoy the fun. ;Education Grants 'Announced By | Esso Foundation 1 I Grants in aid to education total ing $1,798,500 for the 1962-63 aca demic year were announced today I (D * cember la ‘ ** M - J Ratktoone, . chaii-man of the Esso Education Foundation. Mr. Rathboae, president of Standard Oil Company (New Jer sey), pointed out that with the current program, the Esso Educa- I tion Foundation, since its founding in 1955 will have made grants totaling in excess of $13,000,000. Seven North Carolina colleges, all privately controlled, will share in the nationwide grant. They are Duke University. Guilford College. High Point College. Pfeiffer Col lege. Queens College, Salem Col lege, and Wake Forest College.