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__ *' TVVENTY SEVEN smwctUrttoß *.30 Per Year ' BUKNSVUJL*, N. C.. MUM DAY, JANUARY M, IMB Price Per Copy Fife o*kU NUMBER TWfiNTYTHREK |p' '' j&4 «HMRm2WW ^ y li^- r - drrrr ap T lcg^ *2ir ’ 1' j K ■■- «^>3?w W * Bjß^te^^^^B”^wPPf^'^T-arsPTOr^<i:^T?jr^ Mßm ' ■&*#», i 5 ’ :--*.«- 4^SiS *' * , *^ L ■ ■ ' • ■,.. i - t .'•*?'?s' ■■' ~--\ - 3)a Vau (lememhesi? "Recall the days when the town square In Burnsville looked like this? There were the unique (compared to those of today) steel lamposts with the wiring under ground. And there were benches spotted about under the towering locusts. Time was when you oould spend a Sunday afternoon reclining on those benches and catch a glimpse Os practically everyone In town. Or else. If you were a pedestrian, you oould sit down and take a » 1 «... , i .J • Wilson To Head Area Dairymen Robert Wilson as Bakersville was ■elected President of the newly or ganized Mt. Mitchell Dairy Herd Improvement Association. Inc. at A meeting in Burnsville of Madi son, Mitchell and Yancey County •dairymen. Other officers and directors ■elected are: Gerald Young, Mars Hill, vice-president; Ed Wilson, Jr. Bakersville, secretary-treasurer;' (Glenn Buchanan, Green Mountain, Ralph Ray, Cane River; and Doyle 'Cody, Mars Hill, directors; Max Proffitt, Burnsville, director at large. John Bailey of Green Mountain has been employed as the official DHIA tester for the association. W. E. Mainous, Extension Dairy Specialist from N. C. State College will meet with the group January :29 at 8 p. m. in the Courthouse in Burnsville to complete arrange :meats. All charter members of the ■association and others who plan to istart testing are urged to attend. CR Club Holds Library Meet BY ROSEMARY JAMERSON Cane River High School notes: The Library Club met last week for a discussion on the importance of books. Several members presented a program, "How to Process and < Care For Books." Library conduct ■was also discussed, along with the Deiwey Decimal System and sev eral American and English auth ors. ' M< fibers wound up the meeting ! by by reviewing a partial list of 130 new books in the library. . . On Thursday and Friday the books were put to best advantage during mid-term tests, each of which lasted 14 hours. . . . The end of the.espm period was marked Friday by basketball games against East Yancey. Cane River managed & split before a record home crew'd, the girls los ing while the boys triumphed. THE YANCEY RECORD breather after making that long pull up the hill from the east side of town. Back in those days the area be hind the statue was the “ gridiron ” for kids playing touch football! (yes. It was .papular here even be fore the Kennedys). That section is now occupied by the “informa tion house.” Captain Burns < bf the Revolutionary privateer came through the war unsoathed., ACP Gives Awards To Yancey Farmers Several Yancey County fanners have received awards for their work in projects of the Agricul tural Conservation Program, the Burnsville ACP office announced Wednesday. At a meeting held recently in Morganton, “awards of merit” were presented to Mark Hall, Ekird Hunter, Jess Buckner, Britt Holloway, W. M.Hall, Hunter Maney and Jack Mclntosh. The awards were signed by the Secretary of Agriculture, Orville P. Freeman. The following ACP committee men from Yancey County recei ved citations from the chairman of the state ABC committee for their contributions in getting from five to nine new farms to partici pate in the 1962 'programs: Tilden Fender, A. E. Miller, Craig Franklin, Flay Hensley, Hoover Johnson, Jerry Ayers, El mer Peterson John Evans, Jay Briggs, Johnny Fox, Crawford Jones, Edd Wilson, Charles y. Wesson, Mack Buskins, Lonas Grindstaif, Ralph Wilson, Sam‘ Riddle and Jack Holifield. ** * * Tar Heel farmers have an oppor tunity in 1963 for making better use of their Agricultural Conser vation Program than ever before, says A. P. Hassell, Jr., Executive Director for the Agricultural Sta bilization and Conservation State committee. * With & continued need to shift Legion In Anti-Red Move The Earl Horton American Leg ion Post of Yancey County lent it* support this week to the state or-, ganizatkm's drive against alleged oommunists and communistic lit erature at the University of North Carolina. "We want to go on record as being opposed to what is being allowed to go on at Chapel Hill,” said Ouss Peterson of Burnsville, the iooal pests secretary "We are in the pretest ts draft “Dedicated To TKe Progress Os Yancey County" \ but some vandals (reportedly from Tennessee) finally Inflicted a wound, taking his saber ami most of one limb. And remember those attractive trees which marked aaoh owner of the square? (Called fcAffta hse ards,” they were ' ?sears ago when ago when there Was two way traffic around the ,“garden." it became obvious that something had to be done, so the trees were production of soma of soil depleting crops, farmers have unequaled opportunity to use the Agricultural Conservation Pro gram in the seeding of grasses and legumes. In doing this, co operating farmers will not only be helping to bring production in balance but they will be building reserves in the soil to meet fut ure needs. The seeding of grasses and legu mes is only a part of the job of most effective conservation. The 1963 Agricultural Conservation Program also contains practices providing for the application of liming materials on farmland, con tour stripcropping, forest tree planting, construction of farm ponds for livestock water or irri gation, construction of sod water ways and several others. To help farmers use the program to the best advantage, elected far mer-committeemen are available in every farming community. Has sell urges rail farmers to use these men in analyzing the conservation needs on their farms. "Conservat ion can be the salvation of far mers in their time of need,” he id - . "They should all go by their lo cal ASCS Office, discuss their conservation needs with the per sonnel there and, if their needs can be met through the program, they should sign the necessary papers on that visU.” ing a formal resolution, which will be sent to the Chapel Hill Legion Post and to the state of -1 fices." The Chapel Hill poet initiated the drive after what it called "serious investigation" of some UNC stud -1 eat organizations and some litera ture in use at the university. , The Rev. RaymUs .Hilliard in troduced the motion tor action at toe meetoag here. It ms canted unanimously. t cut down te improve visibility. When the accidents Continued, the one-way regulations ’of the pre sent were put into |orc«r*Tniagine trying to readjust to*two-way now! (Do you have an Arid photo of a notable event or landnuuk buil dings, bridges, etc —of Yancey County? If so, would you con sider loaning it to m Record mitted Will be returned UNHARM ED, and credit will b# given the donors). Yancey Shivers In -12 Degrees The thermometer nose-dived far below zero In Burnsville for the second time this wider Wednesday Right, hitting on inofficial 12 be low. The mark equallei the lowest temperature previoisly recorded here this winter. Roads were left i*y in spots by the frigid snap, aid driving in most sections was lazardous. At least on? fire was blamed indirectly on the weather. A home owned by Grove Kuiter and occu pied bv Mr. end Jin. Bill Hensley, was extensively danaged Thurs day morning by a blaze which started in a flue. The Bumsvillt lolur.leer Fire Department extinguished the flames quickly aftei arriving at the scene just outide the city limits. Firemen esttnaied damage at approximately SIOOO. *—s —— Hospital Begins Search Fo* Twins Somewhere in Wistern North Carolina, a part caar set of twins is in for a piasant surprise. But first they must 'be found and the public is asked to help locate them. The subjects o this novel search are the oldei liying twins born in Asheville’s 4t. Joseph's Hospital. Since its start as a General Hospital ii 1935, over 25,000 hliths have ti :en place in St. Joseph's, of whi ' approxima tely 200 were twins. When found, and ertitled from hospital records, as ‘the oldest,” the twins will be ivtied to be swats of honor at the Mardi Gras Ball, to be heli in the Ashe- ' wiUe municipal sue orium Feb. let*. The Mardi Gn is a pre- 1 lenten dinner dan , sponsored annually by the 300 members cf ■ the St. Joseph’s Ho ital Guild. I This year is the 8U r Anniver- 1 aary of both the hos tals and the i guild. Anyone having infc nation as to | the identity and wl re about* of t the oldest living tiwii born in St. , 4-1141 A mue.* 1 * 1 * \ .1 . ■ ~< . --»rv <»r,. j iw»-... i .'«k.i. .-. .. —y-'- I t Foresi Service Plans 2 Biildingi Projects, Will Slmploy 75 Men The U. S. Forest Service announ ced this week in alloc :ioa of $70,000 for conatrucUas pr . je*£# in Yancey and Mitchell Cc ittss. District Ranger Ha i/ey R. Price of the Toecsuie Rar rer Dis trict, headquarters sf wh eh are In Burnsvillle, said Slat approxi mately $30,00# of the funds will be spent in Yancey County. Ranger Price also said ’hat ap proximately 7S men will be hired by the Forest Serraee, w ich has until May at t* esmplete the pro ject*. Employment will he offered through the Employment "eeurity Office to Spruoe Fine, wth only applicants from Yancey rhd Mit chell Counties being con Identti. Yancey's share of the fi ada, ap propriated by the last Oargraefc to relieve unempkymeal in dejawssd areas, will be spent far consume: to of a camping area In Mfeunt Mitchell Game Refuge an the Site ot the old organization camp and for re-location of the trail from the camp to Mount MiteteU. “We are planning «§ buildiajg 50 iptts at the easnpafite,” said Prise. “In each unit there wSt he a tent site, grates for esridag, a thible and a parking spaas (a yew ' l Vtf River'at r thTft* Tn.hT’sld swingling bridge). “This should greatly relieve the eampdng ami pienicing pressures at the rid Carolina Hemlock area which lies nearby. Price added that the trail tram j the now camping area to Meunt Mitchell will be “almost enfirriy rebuilt.” Assistant Distrisk Ranger Jack Yancey Calendar FRIDAY 7:SO p. m.—Baricsltoll, C-oahtsre at Eaat Yancey and Cane Rivsr at Mars HiU. MONDAY 7:3# p. m.~4-H Blttb Lsaier Training Samiaar, Chfrijeria, Pirfch Oaipst o. TUEStDAT a p. m.—Heujis Betnenstrakien Club Csuaty CeuMfii ’nestug, Oifeterla, Firth Carpet Co.; 7:30 p. m.—Basketball, Mars all at East Yancey and Bakers villa at Cane River. WEDNESDAY 4 p. na.—Yancey Oeualy Chapter of American Red Crass meattag. County Oouithouse. THURSDAY 7 p. m.—Fello’wehip topper, Hig gins Memorial Matbedigl ChuiwS. Scene Around Town TWo prominent oitaaeas t&Udsg about the cold aaap. “You knew,” said one, “we dkfp’t have a ; flak* of snow on Bolen’s Creek. I guess it’s too dost to heaves to snow up there." Replied toe other: "Or vice versa.” ’ . , Car upon car being pushed off Thursday morning following the big freeze of Wednesday night (12 below aero ... Ice frozen en windows ON TOE INSOE. . . Sand scattered oh icy streets by the State Highway Department, turning the asphalt to a chalky white. . . Townspeople undlod and bent against bone chilling winds, hardly recognisable uader all their wraps. • • Monstrous, yet sdeek, Jet bem 1-era “biasing" toe square on practically every dear day, ob viously making simulated bomb ing runs. . . Knots of civic leaders gathered at their favorite toeettag PlacP— the comer grocery store ex citedly discussing tbs upeurge of aottvtty to the oetattr (drive tor wtor edttlMMHtA. drtto tor *w Baptist •fcuroh, Ford Foundation Kelley said Mitchell County’s share of the funds would fee used for work on toe Roan Mountail . planning to plant several thousand fir seedlings on toe Rose,” he gaid. “aad also ke do some repair work an toe mads.” In addition, a trail will he built through to# rhododendron gar dens and toe small, upper parking area will be paved. Funds Appropriated For Parkway Work WASHINGTON A total es $392,609 in Public Works Acceler ation funds ha* been released to stimulate construction es trails and picnic' areas along the Blue Ridge Parkway i* Ashe. AVery a*d Yancey Counties. • Rep Roy A. Taylor, who reßre- Mrs. Bannatt Is Elected T# HD Prasidonw 'fuaClvjh held i» manUfly «e*t ing last Frick*/ add > etaao as officers for few next two years. Elected durtag the sesSioa at the home es Mrs. W. A. Y. were Mrs. John Bennett, President; 1 Mrs. Guss Peterson. viee<president; j Mrs. Arthur Letter*an. secretary- 1 treasurer. .... Following her election, Mrs. Bennett than appointed the follow ing project loaders and nonanit&ee chairmen: ' - •-Mrs. Guss Petortea, foods tad nutrition; Mra. Clyde WtiHtasgtou, Ibod conversation: MB*. Charles Proffitt, home management and loaa funds; Mr*. Sargent, family lift, health sad safety; lira. Julia - Gillespie, homo beauteßeaMan; Mrs. France* Lowe, slothing; Mrs. Floyd Davis, crafts. Also, Mrs. Hattie Ole v eager, •emmuaifcy service; Mrs. Letter man education; Mts Harvey Bo wen, citizenship; Mis. Dorothy Banks and Mrs. Mollis Silvers, international relations; Mrs. P. C. Colott*, puttie relations; and Mrs. George king, recreation. Miss June Street, county home economist, was in charge at the program aad headed a discussion on “how to stretch the feed dollar.” : j study. Forest Service aad Blue (Ridge Parkway appropriations l and arguing about the possibilities accompanying rat*. . . Students from nearby oellages home again already tor another vacation, this time during the mid-term break (and sweating out results of their exams). . . Another accident at the compli cated intersection near the eastern foot of "town hill.’’ . . . Kids testing the thickness of ioe on frozen ponds and (to their very obvious disappoint ment) finding ft toe UUa tor skating or sliding. . . ■ ' 'T " 1 "W —■ —-——— ?#■ N.C.IItIVAYS lister Ve traffie deaths through II A. M. Montow, Jbmtoy 81. UMS: ®tUd» TO toATK Kill«! Te Bate Last Year 40 ■ - The Yaacey-Mitchell 1 is approximately one-sixth of file total presented to North Carolina. I “It’s certainly a boon for us,” : said Harris. “By using the funds 1 "in this manner we not only help out toe unemployment situation, but w* also give the ecmomy a further Might boost by construct ing rasreatioaal attractions for tourists.” seats Yancey County, said the new funds will also be used to el ear scenic overlooks, erect boun dary markers and fences and aid in soil conservation projects. The funds will bo administered by the Department of Interior, said Taylor. The congressman noted that the latearim Department is also re load)* $186,686 in additional APW funds to boost fish and game con serves** projects in North Caro “Thi* money will make it pas sible tor North Carolina to under- Vtoike. hunting and fishing neatora *» ./jrojeeto which otherwise would ‘fevy encountered long de lays," said Taylor. Actual expenditure of these finds will occur (after individual state ! projects. areXrieared by the Area. | RedevdotwnentVAdmiuistratioH and projects are urged upon by the interior Department and the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission. On sueh projects, the- federal government will bear up to 5# per cent of the total project cost. The remainder must come from state funds, said Rep. Taylor. Conley Speaks To Methodists Last Sunday morning a record of over 46 members and guests at teauS/ed On regular monthly break fast meeting of the Methodist Men of Higgins Memorial Methodist Church. A . decision was made to carry oa* the two activities which proved successful last year, the "Pancake Supper” and tiie distribution of “birthday” calendars. The program for the meeting was provided by Sinclair B. Con ley of the Jade’s Creek Commua ' ity. Conley’s observations and ad vice, based on 51 years as a teach er, were both entertaining and and challenging, and were enthus iastically received. «■■>■ i.ii m Women’s Club Heu?s Hunter ... The Carolina Hemlock Junior Woman’s Club met Monday night In the home of Mrs. Charles Steel man and heard Ed Hunter, prin cipal at Burnsville Elementary School speak on the history of Yanfcey County . ' : Hunter is regarded as an ex pert on the suhject, as his thesis .foiy.hi s Master’s Degree was on Yancey. I* tot business session of the maetiug. club members voted to continued the ’’Ctothing Closet” project ia which garments are col lAtad, mended and preseated to noedy children. (Persons wishing to donate clothing are requested > oontsat Mrs.. Ray Hilliard). of all blood vessel diseases” ly a few years ago the physician couM do little for the stroke vic tim. Today many patients «u> to veiled, toe NjrtotoTtw^^liCt
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