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K fWENTY-SEVEN Subscription $8.50 Per Year BURNSVILLE, N. C., *tBUBg LAY, JANUARY 17, -IPOfr-* y Price Per Copy Five Ceata NUMBER TWENTY-TWO Webb Will Head - Heart Fond Drive 1 ) Dr. Melvin Webb, a Burnsville general practioneer, was named this week to head the “Heart Council” which will conduct the Heart Fund campaign in Yancey County during February. Others named to the council by the state organization, the N. C. Heart Association, are Mrs. Leo nard Ayers (Treasurer), Mrs. Kathleen Byrd and Mrs. Lydia Deyton (Heart Fund Co-Chair men), Tom Higgins (Publicity Chairman), and Miss June Street (Rural Heart Week Director). Dr. Webb, in addition to serving as council president, will also be the medical representative. There was no Heart Fund drive in Yancey during 1962. Unlike most benefit drives, the Heart Fund does not set a goal for each county or town. The state association asks only that each section contribute what it consid ers its “fair share.” *« » • If the blood vessels in an ave rage-sized adult were laid end to end, how far do you think they would extend? Sixty thousand miles, according to the Yancey County Heart Coun cil plenty of area in which can go . wrong. plugs and leaks in this marvelous of blood-channels can interfere with normal circula tion, and every year they cause about half of all deaths in the United States. One of the less dangerous, but i hiorc annoying, problems to which the blood vessels are heir is that condition known as “varicose veins.” They are perhaps' the most common 4 circulatory troub- ; Its, and they afflict both men and women. Your heart is the center and dynamo of youra circulatory sys temtem,sending blood out through the ateries; it is the depot to which the blood returns through the veins. On the return trip from the legs to the heart, the blood has a long uphill climb. It is aided in this journey by three things. 'Blood pressure, strong Y in the ateries. is considerably diminished in the veins but still gives the blood a pushment. The movement of leg muscles during normal activity or exercise helps massage the blood upward through vein walls. ' '~And the third aid is an extre mely ingenious anti-gravity device little cuplike valves cwhich section off the veins and maintain the one-way traffic. They open to let the blood travel upward, then fM&SAVMGS ‘^Sfs|BONPS Heat Via The Mail Routes BY: TOM HIGGINS (Record Editor What does a newspaperman spend most of his time doing. . . tickling a typewriter? . . .poring over layout afreets? . . . . doing research on his stories? ■'“'JJope. - Most of his time is spent opening mail, especially if he’s the one man editorial staff of a small weekly. For the past two weeks the Re cord ‘has received almost 100 pieces cf mail daily. Much of it could have been sent straight to the ancient pot bellied stove in the compositor’s area. It eventually wound up there, but only after being torn open and studied carefrjdly. Throw awsjy one Item without checking and '* invarlbly it’s the “scoop" about the local boy mak ing good. Some of the stuff is enlighten ing, even if it isn’t important eno ugh to get in the paper. In the past few days, for ins tance, we’ve received missives containing the folowlng tid-blts: - t; THE YANCEY RECORD • ... - . » close tightly to keep it rrom fall ing back. Varicose veins develop when vein walls or valves weaken. Some persons may be born with weak venous valves or walls but dis eases. injury, overweight, pre gnancy— even tight clothing can damage or put undue pressure on the veins. When vein walls are weak, eventually they may give way un der the pressure of bloood, and sag outward at the site of the valves. Therefore the valves can not close tightly enough to regulate blood flow properly. This increases the pressure of blood against the vein walls, - .which may balloon and become “varicosed”. Standing or sitting a long time is difficult* for people with varicose veins because blood accumulates in the lower legs and exerts great pressure on the veins. Doctors recommend that such persons put their feet up out their feet up often— at home, even at the office— if they can get away with it. And. the Yancey Heart Council adds, even If you don’t have vari cose veins it’s a good idea to in terrupt long automobile trips to let the whole family stretch their legs. Deadline Is Se! Feb. 15 On New Farm Allotments The Agricultural Soil Conservat ion Service office in Burnsville an nounced t-his week that applicat ions. are now• available with whisk to request new farm tobacco al lotments. ( Feb. 15 is the deadline for filing. The following requirements must be met to qualify for new farm allotments. according to the ASOS: 1. The farm shall be operated by the owner. t 2. The farm shall be the only farm in the United States owned or operated by the farm operator for which a tobacco acreage al lotment is established for 198% 3. The applicant must have land suitable for the production of tobacco. . _ Methodist Men Set Breakfast The monthly brefykfaet meet ing of The Methodist Men is sche duled Jan. 20 in the fellowship Hall at Higgins Memorial Metho dise Church. The speaker will be S. B. Con lay, widely-known Yancey and Mitchell County educator. The Rev. Raymus Hilliard said that an invitation was extended to all to attend, as the breakfasts are held on a non-sectarian basis. The taxes on cigarettes manu factured in North Carolina amount to $4 million weekly. . .Approxi mately 200 new companies estab lished plants in North Carolina during 1962. . . 25,000 veterans of the Spanish American War are still living. . . The World War 11 battleship “North Carolina,” now enshrined at Wilmington, was almost re fitted and re-commissioned a few years ago as a vessel capable of launching guided missiles. . . . . . The North Carolina Confed erate Centennial Commission has lust published “Front Rank.” an 85-page narrative by Glenn Tucker concerning the role Tar Heels played in the CivU War. . . Five members of the original State Highway Patrol (founded in 1929, are still on duty. . . More than 50,100 persons have died as a result of auto accidents in North Carolina over the past three de cades. . . REO trucks are named for Rau -1 som E. Olds, the same chap the auto is named for. . , The aver "Dedicated To Tfco Progress Os Yancey County* • t. JtMr it fpl' DR. MELVIN W. WEBB MISS JUNE STREET > * > 4. The operator must own, or otherwise have adequate equip-, merit and facilities available for -Die production jCfrritf 5: The operator will obtain dur ing the current year, more than 50 per cent of his income from the production of agricultural commo dities or products from the farm for which the new farm allotment application is filed. 6. The farm operator shall have had experience in producing, harvesting and marketing tobacco, either as a sharecropper, tenant, or farm operator during at least two of the five yers immediately preceding the year for which the new farm allotment is requested. 7. A written application must be filed by the farm operator at the county office on or before Feb. 15. 1963. •* * * c The 1963 ACP “sign-up" is scheduled Jan. 21-Feb. 4. “’The basic purpose of the ACP is to aid in achieving necessary con servation of soil and water re sources, of extremely vital im portance to the nation’s future. ** * * The “sign-up” period' for this year’s Feed Grain Program has been scheduled Feb. 1-March 22. Nbtioe of acreage, yieds and pay ment rates will be mailed prior to the sign-up date. age automobile has more than 13,000 parts male of 160 different kinds of steel. Then, of con:-?. there’s the trivia that serves as kindling each morning in that old pot-belly: . . . Divorced men have a high er traffic accident rate than the guys who are still hooked. . . Can dlelight tours are planned through various private residences in a historic city lying in a state to the north. . . Su.n aer school will start at so-and-so college in mid- June. . . The Kaiser and Frazer automo biles came out isr-.j*. . . The best way to stop a stue.c horn on your auto is to disconnect the wires. . . It’s obvious, you see, that a newsman’s No. 1 weapon is no longer his sharp editorials it’s his sharp letter opener. The post office department ought to give us a cut of the take. We’re keeping them in busi ness. Perhaps w« really shouldn’t be so bitter. After all, it does beat buying kerosene. Ford Foundation Committee Opens Stud/ In Burnsville Burnsville was the first stop this week for Ford Foundation of ficials making a four-day study of North Carolina’s social and edu cational affairs. The Pol'd Foundation group met Tuesday at the Niv’Wray Inn and in Higgins Memofjfli Methodis: . Church with 14 Western North I Carolina leanjers. | While here, the Iford official- I also toured several of the • county j schools and talked with principals II . : Jfm flat i • !j County Gets Huge Grant For Studies • -’v- . ■••mV'' •- r \ WASHINGTON —a technical as sistance grant of $13,990 has been approved by the Area Redevelop ment Administration to study means of improving the economies of .Avery, Mitchell and Yancey Counties. Congressman Roy A. Taylor, who represents Yancey County, said the study will consist of an economic inventory and analysis of the de velopment potential of these coun ties in such fields as forestry, ag riculture and industry. Rep. Taylor said sh* ARA has directed N. C. State, College at Raleigh to conduct the survey. The Congressman said studies will also be glade jjjr the area> iiii'iinhilii'iH ln>' ' ii r ** ' i t'i fruit and market vegetable mar ket. p-Se’ »# « • Rep. Taylor also lent his sup port to the drive which is under way to obtain ARA funds for con struction of a courthouse-jail in Yancey County. Taylor discussed the proposal earlier this month with county leaders, says he Is impressed and is anxious to give assistance in any manner possible. Mallonee To Visif County On Jan. 24 Tom L. Mallonee, 11th cougress rottST" Secretary Jo Con gressman Roy A. Taylor, is in the midst of making visits to the county seats and other sections of the district. Mallonee. Who makes headquar ters in Asheville, will he in Burns ville at the county courthouse Jan. 24 from 2:30-3:30 p. m. Congressman Taylor urges any person who has plans or official business pertaining to Congress ional matters that the)' wish to discuss to meet with Malonee. VA District Head To Visit County The N. C. Veterans Commission will have Jack C. Winchester, District Officer, in the county courthouse with the Service Offi cer at Burnsville Jan. 24 from 11 a. m. to 4 p. m. and wth the Ser vice Officer in the comty court house at Bakersville n Jan. 25 from 8:30 a. m. to 2:3< p. m. to assist veterans and th< ,r ‘ depend ents. All veterans and dope id ants who received the annual in ome ques tionnaire from the VeiDrans Ad ministration are urged) by Win chester to be sure and get their questionnaire completed and back to the Veterans Administration prior to or by Jan. 31. Presbyterian Women to Jjfleet The United Presbyteriln Women will hold their monthly meeting Jan. 17 In the home of *rs. E. L. Dillingham. Mrs. Lena Jilson will be co-hostess. Mrs. Woody Finley is the pro gram leader, and she till speak on stewardship. . and teachers. Mayor Rob rt Hel mle and Superintendent o’ Schools H. D. Justice conducted ne tour. The Ford Foundation oup is headed by Clarence Fau t, vice president in charge of i location, and Paul Ylvisaker, dii otor of public affairs. The study .s being made at the request of Gov. Terry Sanford. On .Wednesday morning, the Ford Foundation delegation con fered briefly in Asheville with re Dwelling, Chicken House Are Desfroged Bg Fires A blaze Wednesday afternoon and another in the pre-dawn hours : Thursday completely destroyed a dwelling and a huge chicken house in Yancey County. The home, owned by Till Wilson ) and occupied by Mrs. Bessie Chrisawn and her daughter. Lou ( ise, burned Wednesday. The house, completely ablaze when the fire ' was discovered, had already caved Miss Edwards Is Married To David B. Banks Miss Betty Jo Edward . daugh | tar of Mr. *and Mrs. Walter Ed- the *bnae of Dh vifi Brora (Banks of Asheville,. The groom Is the son erf Mr. C. C. Banks of Rt. 3, Ei msville, and the late Mrs. Banks. The bride is a graduate of Bald Creek High School and M?rs Hill College. The bridegroom graduat ed from Bald Creek High School and served two years in the armed forces. He is currently em ployed by Williams-Brownell, Inc., in Biltmore. The couple is residing in Ashe ville. Buckner Pass as In Ivy Gap heme Charley Bflcimer, 66. of Rt. 3, died at his residence Tuesday ‘morning after a brief llness. He was a fanner and a deacon of Ivy Gap Baptist Church, where services were held Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. The Rev. Ransom the Rev. Ebb Jenkins, and the Rev. Bob Sales officiated and burial was in Holcombe Brothers Ce metery. Holcombe Brothers Fun eral Home was in charge. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Dolly Hensley Buckner, one dau ghter, Mrs. Ed Chandler; one half sister. Mrs. Auburn Shipherd; tour brothers. Jess, Clyde, Gus, and Harvey Buckner, and ope half-ibrother, Max Miller, all of Rt. 3. ■ Meeting Is Sot The Carolina Hemlock Junior Women’s Club is scheduled to meet Jan. 20 at 8 p. m. in the home of Mrs. Charles Steelman. Ed Hunter, principal at Burns ville School, will be the speaker. BUY GIRL SCOUT COOKIES • . I presentatives of the Buncombe ! County Planning Council. Later Wednesday, the group flew to Greenville to discuss the develop ment of the coastal plain. On Thursday, they were in Rale : igh to discuss problems of urban : growth In the Piedmont, and edu . cational developments in the state as a whole. They will talk ! with educators, editors and pub lishers in Chapel Hill Friday. Included in the WNC delegation I in when members of the Burnsville Volunteer Fire Department arriv ed at the scene in the Wyattowr. section near Micaville. The fire was of undetermined origin, but Wilson surmised that it 'began in a flue. The blaze was discovered at 5:30 p. m. The Chrisawns lost practically all their possessions, saving only a few clothes and a few pieces of furniture. Firemen from Burnsville also found the chicken house, owned by Willard Ayers, practically con sumed when they arrived on the scene at Bald Creek at approxi mately 4:30 a. m. An estimated 42,000 I .PSBSraßjtSSjvPf lnc but Burnsvyie.. Fire CbiS Bab Hilliard said that it would un doubtedly total several thousand dollars. Origin of this fire was thought to be a faulty heater, with there also being a. possibility that it be gan because at faulty wiring. . Green Mountain Club Holds Meet Members o f the Green Mountain Home Demonstration Club were entertained Jan. 10 by Mrs. Ever ett Johnson in her home. Fourteen were present, including two new members. ‘ 2'. - A reading on family life was presented by the hostess and a movie on the values of the “food dollar” was shown by the assist ant home economics agent. Refreshments were served fol lowing the meeting. The club’s next session is sche duled Feb. 14 at 1:30 p. m. In the home of Mrs. Lloyd Hilemon. Locals Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Bryson of Burnsville spent the weekend in Shelby as guests of their son, Hale,, and his family. Mrs. Richmond Fox and children and Mrs. Atlas Brummett and children of Johnson City, Tenn,, visited relatives in Yancey County last week. . . Mrs. Zoe Young of a guest of relatives here since Christmas, has returned to her home downstate. . . ■> Dean Plemmons of Tqbdccoville Is visiting friends and" relatives in Yancey County this week. . . 1 which discussed mountain region ' problems and potentials Tuesday 1 in Burnsville were: Dr. W. D. Weatherford of Black Mountain, executive director of the Ford ■ Foundation,’s “Southern Appala i chian Studies,” J. Gerald Cowan, • Asheville, former president, Ashe ! vilie Industrial Council and State - Board of Education member: Dr. William Plemmons, president of Aprpalachian State Teachers 1 College: Dr. Paul A. Reid, presi dent of Western Carolina College; Mayor Helmle of Burnsville. Rercy B. Ferebee, Andrews, former chairman, WNC Regional Planning Commission; John R. Hampton. WNCRPC planning dir l ector; George M. Stephens Sr., WNCRPC secretary and presi dent, N. C. Planning Assn.; Mor ris L. McGough, executive vice Council; Miss Ruth Lockman, Red Cross field representative; Philip Clark, Buncombe County Planning Council; Mrs. Wilma Dykeman Stokely, mountain re gion author" Benjamin B. Mast. Sugar Grove civic leader; and C. Ray Braswell, Newland attorney. Also taking part were Hargrove Bowles, chairman of the 'Depart ment of Consej nation and Develop ment; John Ehle, special assistant to Gov. Sanford for foundation af fairs; George M, Stephens Jr., special assistant to the governor for economic development; and Dr- Rupert Vance. University, qf Cft’s Beta CRB Discusses Study BY: ROSEMARY JAMERSON At its weekly meeting last % - day the Cane River High School Beta Club d'seussed the import ance of study prior to this week’s mid-term exams. A panel of four members pre sented the program, in which there was discussion on the best study habits, conditions and time as well as the importance of good grades to the individual student. •« • • Last Thursday the Cane River drama class, known as the “Red and Gray Players,” presented “A Feuding over Yonder,” a hillbilly comedy. The group’s initial effort of the year proved so successful Thursday that it was repeated for the student body' on Friday after noon. Yancey Calendar FRIDAY 2 p. m. Basketball,, Micaville at Bee Log; 7:30 p. m. Basket ball, East Yancey at Cane River. SATURDAY 8 p. ,m. Friends of Library discussion, “The Cuban Cr sis,” at Burnsville Public Library. SUNDAY 8 a. m. - • Metnodist Men’s monthly breakfast. Fellowship Hall at Higgins Memorial Church in Burnsville; « p. m. Carolina Hemlock Junior Women’s Club, home of Mrs. Charles Steelman. TUESDAY 7:30 p. m. Basketball, Mara Hill at East Yancey; 7:30 p. m. —■ Community Development Steer ing Committee. Firth Carpet Com pany Cafeteria. THURSDAY 2:30 p. m. Congressional Dis trict Secretary visits - county courthouse; 7 p. m. Lions Club meeting, Pete’s Snack Bar. ;#■ I.C.■(•■WAYS 4k , RALEIGH The Motor Ve» hiries Department’s summary of traffic deaths through 10 A. M. Monday, Jan. 14. 1963: KILLED TO DATE 3a V -j
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