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VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN Subset ton $2.50 Year 1 BURNSVILLE, N. C., WKTRS “ ; —|_ J_ • Pric * Per c °vy V!v* CM* NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN iS .iff JmKhwmts&sexKE KwawM^WMWlr^s^g^MWl^WwVS^^Bj:i:,.".A.jK>~ : *^?3^' naffiji_• • fJ w ’ * 2 c Tfo-u. (lesnemMe'i? The building pictured above, the old Burnsville Mai. still stands and is a sight familiar to Yancey Oountians of today. However, few' of the present generation know its “illuminating” history. (ITie mill, which gave the street it stands on its name “Mill Street ’—is located near the inter section of Summitt and Main Streets. It was built in 1912 by Cornelius Robeitson, e. F. Watson and W. M. (Will) English. The latter attained sole ownership in 1920. (Robertson and English are the men pictured). Craig English. Yancey County’s veteran forest ranger, virtually grew up at his father’s mill. “I looked like a ghost most of my I ■■ "" ' I i ■'..)) Yancexj Obituaries ' MRS. UNNIE PATE Mrs. Linnie H. Pate, 59, of Green Mountain, died Friday in Yancey Hospital following a long illness. Services were held at 3 p. m. Sunday in Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. The Rev. Gilbert Adkins officia ted, burial was in Hylemon Ceme tery. Pallibearero were Larry and Billy Morrow, Keith Higgins, Sammy and Floyd Hylemon Jr., Clarence and Olan- and Juie Tipton. V “ " ...hm Surviving are the husband;- John Pate; three sisters, Mrs. Clay Morrow and Mrs. Clyde Higgins cf Burnsville and Mrs. John Mea dor of Asheville; and three broth ers, Card and Floyd Hylemon of Burnsville and Earl Hylemon cf Kansas City, Mo. ,-L. D. ANGEL L. D. Angel, 59, of Scotcii Plfalns, N. J., a former Burnsville resi dent, died April 25 in Scotch Plains A native cf Yancey County, Mr. Angel was a retired port engineer with Standard Oil Co. of New Cane River Student <* • * ; A ’ Dies In Auto Mishap A 16-year-olci student at Cane River High School, John L. Webb Jr., of Burnsville RFD 4, was kill ed abiut 10 p. m. Wednesday when a car in which he was a passenger ran off a slight curve on U. S. 19-W nine miles north west of here and plunged into Cane River. H;s body was recovered about 150 feet downstream by members of the Spruce Pine Rescue Squad just after 8 a. m. Thursday. Yancey County Coroner Dr. W. A. Y. SUrgent said Webb’s death was due to drowning. State Highway Patrolman R. R. McKinney said Webb was a pass enger In a ires Ford automobile operated by Jonathan Clay Wheeler, 18, of Burnsville RFD 3, a senior at Cane River High School. Wheeler was admitted to Yancey THE YANCEY RECORD •*•-... '.‘fHVTi* . ’>V 1 .£ V 3 younger , years, I was so white from 5 the dust that got on me at the ' mill,” he said. r Ciaig added that he remember -1 ed times when 20 to 25 wagons were tied up near the mill, their ■ owners waiting their turn to have I com, wheat or rye ground. “Why, ■ some people even brought food 1 and damped nearby when they brought their gTain at harvest 1 time. They knew there would be a crowd and a wait.” The mill served a dual purpose in 1923, much to toe relief of Burnsville residents. A log dam on Cane River owned by toe Burnsville Electric Com pany washed away that year throwing the town into darkness I and forcing Burnsvillians to break ■- ■ - ■ ■ 1 Jersey. t f The body was brought to Burns-! i ville where services were held at i 2:30 p. m. Sunday in West Burns ville Baptist Church, The Reth Fred Harrell and the » Rev. Ralph Greene officiated. Burial was in Daniels Cemetery ■ >.t Hughes. Pallbearers ware Bebbv and Danny Angel, Glenn and Frankie 1 Lance and Tony and Cidytoorn , Greene. , Surviving are the widow, Mrs. ! Dotly Vance Angel: a da |’iter, Mrs. John Salm Jr. of Alabama: i the mother, Mrs. R. V. Angel of ’ Burnsville; a sister, Mrs. Zula i Saulmon of Baltimore, Md.; a ■ brother, Para B. Angel of Burns ■ ville; 'and two grandchildren. ' Hodcombe Brothers Funeral f Heme c f Burnsville was in charge I iJAMES U. RAY \ James D. Ray, 50, of M caville, , died in a Spruce Pine hospital J • Sunday (at noon after a long! i illness. Services were held Jat 2 p. m. ■ Tuesday at Bowditch Union Church The Rev. Sam Moore and the . ---n*V County Hospital with lacerations and bruises. Two other passengere in the car, Keith Silvers, 19. and Ewert Hylemon, 20, both of RFD 4/ were unhurt, according to the patrolman McKinney 6aid the car appar ently went out of control, after which it skidded down the , high way 425 feet and ran over a 10 foot cimUamkment into the river. It oame to rest on its top in the I middle of the river, where the water is approximately seven feet deep. Webb was the fail'd traffic fa tality in Yancey County this year.) All hava "occurred in the past two weeks. Vue youth is survived by the parents Mr. and Mi's. John L. Webb Sr.; a brother, Bobby, and' a sister, Elizabeth, of “the home j J£ ~ v . ./;* V '•.•;■ ••••>>;,.. &'~'i%£t' ? :.w "Deducted To TH« Of Yancey County'* 'lout oil lamps and candles. However, the electric company, which was headed by Bob Wilson I and Gre en Woody, and mill-owner \ Eiiglish hit upon a solution. i The power company’s generator was brought from the dam site 1 I« to English’s mill and placed in the engine room* At night a belt from English’s one-cylinder, gaso-l line powered engine was put on the generator, tons furnishing the town with light, “It was dim, but it was light,” said Craig English). Will English continued to opar ate the mill until advancing ago forced his retirement in toe late 1940 s it then had several opera tors befo-e finally going out oif business vithin the last decade. - ««Rjf*i || i. imi j Rev. George Anderson officiated and burial was in Carroway Ceme tery. Surviving are the widow, Mis. Maxie Hoover Ray; two daugh ters, Mrs. Robert Hall of Connec ticut and Miss Barbara Ray of the home; four sons, Dan, Lloyd, Leonard, and Philip Ray, all of Mica ville: the mother. Mrs. John Ray of MLdaville! three sisters, Mrs. Georgia Robinson of Burns ville, Mrs." George Anderson of Marion, and Mrs. Paul Gardner cf Connecticut; five brothers, Frank of Burnsville, Roy oi Mlcaville, Carl cf SWannanoa, Arthur of Ce4o and Paul Ray of Oteen; and two grandchildren. RICHMOND WILSON MARION—FinaI rites for Rch mond A. WBson, 59, of Maron, who died in an Asheville hospital Monday, were conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Mt. Mitchell Bapt'st I Churcn :n the Busick sect on of Yan ; cey County. Burial wa s in the Gaiegg Cemetery. Mr. Willson was an employe cf Elon-Hawkins Lumber Co. of Mar ion and was a carpenter. He was Surviving are the widow, Mrs. a former resident of Yancey County. Bessie Murphy Wilson: two daugh ters. Mrs. Junior cf Burnsville and Clifton of Marion: the m>ther, Mrs. Mary Wilson of Old Fort; six half-sisters, Mrs. Ra~■’olph Johnson, Mrs. Calvin Grogan, Mrs. Alex Sim mons, Mrs. George AilLson and Mrs. Einest All'son, all cf Old Fort, and Mrs. Lester Roland of Black Mounta'n; tiwo half-mrothers, William and James, both of Old Fort, and eight grandchildren. Arrangements were under direc tion of Holcombe ~ ithers Funer- * al Home of Burnsville. MRS. FLORENCE HUNTER Mrs. Florer’ Hunter, 97, died about noon Friday in her home in Burnsville after a long Illness. Mi-s. Hunter was a former school teacher, having taught in Yanoey County schools and at the old Yancey Collegiate Institute. _ Services were hekt.at 2 p. m. Sunday in First Baptist Chun* of Burnsville, where she was the oldest living' member. The Rev. C. B. Trammel ofltclat ed and burial was in Mclntxwh [ Cemetery. Town Election Is Hot!! BY TOM HIGGINS Record Editor Burnsville’s biennial town elec tion, traditionally a •‘ho-hum" af fair attracting a small percentage of the eligible ~ voters, took an about-face this week. / The political fires—and some passions—are ragirg as the Mai 7 poElng date draws nts-ar. Pros pects are for a turnout and an extremely close contest for the three posts at state. Locked in conflict for the may or’s spot are incumbent Bob Hel me and attorney Bill Atkins, ti veteran In Yancey County poli tics. Both are Democrats. Incumbent commissioners B. R. Penland and P. C. "(Pete) Coletia are also seeking' selection. Their opposition comes, fljbm Molt Hen sley, U former Clerk of Court, an ! Italph Peterson,, ft ex-Burnsville 1 Police Chief who Ms blindetS®i ft gun battle whi#*attemipting to j make an arrest several years ago. , Practically every phase of city 1 government seems to be an issue, but most of the talk in the cour;- bouse corridors and on the squar? jis about water rates, parking J meters, streets. s<|wage disposal .and the police department Ci J course, rumors are Dying about what will happesy concerning per sonnel for theso>j departments, if various candidate® are elected. Helmle, afid Coletta Stood on their reobixt in an ad ap pearing in this , week'* Yancey Record. ' rtecerd arverusemem that he was at issue with toe incumbents on water rates, streets and certain actions of the police. , He emphasized, however, that i contrary to -rumor he had not "de cided on certain ones” for various 1 jabs and would not think about | this until having taken the, oath, I I ■ I JpP sjL..•• v ii-frilar HpF m BV * | I ■ ~ rW wit ' ■HH If p ; ip | miii I f & I j J jHHiOB k «| I if m HSnU ‘ "\ LSrZr ~ »■ * ,K» to *Wr««l >IM nmmd, Js£k 1 r „^ va,y in lantto. ~I ceraMy ** „ ICTV , S?ll” I*" “ l"" f site herein June to October, fHe will return to his dhop in Bufnsv’-fle ' orders tak in the summer at the Haywood County tourist raeOa. " fl I of .-.office, if elected. - There are approximately 750 vot ers new registered on the town be.its.An ind cation of the interest in this election is the fact that almost a third of the total had their tames placed on the book hi a rtgsiratioa period two weeks •i Yancey Notebook i j RALEKJH A bill carrying a j 11)83-65 $25,000 appropriation for . Parkway Playhouse at Burns ville was Introduced Wednesday by Rep. Mark Bennett of Yancey L County. A total of $5,000 would be allo - catcd. ~ far maintenance, altera -1 tions. and new con i struction at toe facilities used by l too playhouse but owned by the ) County Boai-ci of Education. The remaining $20,000 would be ' authorized for internal operation , and production costs, including - training and ter,thing in the per ) forming arts and for providing r | personnel for the playhiuse’s an -1 nual summer theater workshop. i The bill was sent to the Ap l propria Lons Committee whose joint - subcommittee is now nearing the t; «id of its baste w*rk of all 1933- 65 appropriations bill. •• * • Yancey County's Methodist min isters will “swap” pulpits Sunday ’in observance of “Family Week.” Jaras i: Ministry. I Rev. Oouald N.jltt of Bald I Creek wll preach at Higgins j Memorial in Burnsville; Rev. Tom ' Rutledge cf Ncwdale will preach •at Bering Ohipol at 10 a. m. and I at Bald Creek at 11; Rev. R. f. * Hilliard of Higgins Memor al will' ago. Observers estimated that work ers from both camps brought about an equal number of persons to the town hall to register. This, i they said, indicated a tight scram- 1 bie. rralegy sessions have been held | i be at Celb at 10 a. m. and at • Newhale at 11; Rev. Byrd Metcalf ass’stant at Bald Creek, will be ' at Elk Shoal at 10 a. m. and at • Horton Hill at 11. ♦* * * The Future Farmers of Ameri ca Beef Cattle Judging team from • East Yancey High School won the ■ annual Blue Riage Federation con ! test, held at Warren Wilson Col lege Tuesday iApr.l 25i. ! The local team, judging four 1 classes of Herfcrd ccws, steers, r and heifers, amassed a total ol • 1,140 points out of a pass ble 1.200 » points, thus advancing to the Dis trict Contest to be held at Green Field Farm in Asheville May 11. I Nembers of the East Yancey en ; try included Johnny Hughes, Lar ry Hughes, Charles Hyatt and Sherrill Crowder. In the dairy judging which was held at Andy Nesbitt’s Farm in Fa.rview, the E. Y. team placed third oh 1 classes of Holsieins. Rtkl ney Styles of East Yancey scored '<***--»«* : become the leading Federation J ledger in this event. Other team 1 j numbers rrreiuded Glenna Presnell Maurice Dale and Hamid Hughes. #♦ # - The American Cancer Society; will conduct its 1923 Crusade -ini | Yancey County May 6. Mrs. Don Burhoe is Crusade Chairman for I by both groups almost nightly for the past week or so. ■ The polls will open Tuesday at the town hall at 6:30 a.'mi and J will remain open until 5:30 p. m. Elect o.i officials are Ed Banner, I registrar; Phil Ray and John G. ! Wilson, Judges. , Yaficey. The drive has two objectives to save lives now and to save lives in the future. Everyone is asked to take an active part in hchievirig these objectives. Heeding the advice in the liter ature let! by a volunteer calling an you could help save your life. A generous contribution ’ would help save other lives now as well as in the future. Ere immediate objective of the Crusade is to save half cf those who develop cancer- each year or lives of 255,000 riien, women and children. This can be done 1f..- we are able to persuade peopde I to get to their doctors in dime for prompt treatment. But new only one out of- ihree patients is sayed bemuse of- delay in d'*£iSfc' -- This ic why the educational phasf ‘ of the Cruaaade as so imp rctart. . District Chahmen from veu-icus sections of the County are: Bald Creek., Mrs. Mildrad Pr .yitt; Bee Log, Mr. Ernest Miller, President Vs toe Community D,.vcl3pmein Ataie W.' " Bennett; Higgins, Mi-. Baxter Sil- ' ver; Micaville, Mrs. Le'a Harr s The Horn* Demonstration Clubs j under the direction of M ss June Street will also be among the Crusade Volunteers. Mrs. Marsur et S. Tyner is Publicity Chairman. t* • • On Saturday 27> Can* j River High School’s jer and seniors held their aururrl banquet. Acproxima+elv 200 ette-lsd the banquet, held in the scVcl cafe [ t*rla, which had b?'"i daerated ‘ r in a Spanish theme. Entertain- r - meet ,\va r provided i.i the form ; cf speeches by Asa s Wasda i j Pitama. Rosemary -Jam r~on and ! David Edwards. M-’s’c was provided bv a visit- 'S. ir.g band f rom Johnst i C y, Tenn., " r l "The Willows.” A large mural of Snrti scenes coveri-jg iihe back w?" vas paint ed frr the oftca«'oa by Don Wil son. A-f‘er the benn-.i, t. n derpe was held in the se v " , -'’i gymnasium. ** # * | The 19 4 wheat r‘f'-ro’-’dnn can | Mfect future FahT’.;. -n 0 n all |I-;tn pncifrc-ms: aecjr irg to A. ' [ P. Hassell, Jr., Eve- -■‘- vo D'.rec tor tar th? Agrirv- .! s.fih'li za* on art Cars": n ’an. S’ate Commit*ee. The at* i :’e cf Con grees'oOTl leadnrs ’"i CV entire Nation toward sv- y manage pro -riims is at e-'af.ee o" May 21. A favor:We Vote wac-id indicate that farmers are wllirg t 0 keep their predotixa ii lire with tlie needs in return for a '-uarantead ; Tcice euppent. An u ifavorable j vdte w. uid in cute t-rot "’armers ; wt ro conir/l an prod: c ion and | would sell their wheat at the i f'Trw market/pr re. j Hassell sa/s that a"A C'-rrr ~s men do r/ <hink in *r ns 0 f the sucml h:l pi\,gorms r ich as I the Vy/cKit.. nl c; .serva- •on pro j gram 1/tobacco p r ti'am. pea rut or cal ion programs. Iss'e.-a, they j tlii..k^c. r the “'a: n p*o r m" in ■ general and an unfavorable vote | would mean -to them tha' 'armors were opposed to all piogra-nvs. j HasseJJ urges cr.rh wh-r:;.' - r *ri«er" i to act all the fa ts and .art a:s 1 ca May 21. J.* * * * IS) from 11:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. ? in the U. S. Army Training Center
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