VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT - f _ la __aMHm In nHH ■••*~. f% zaPHfEjK jh • v/*’.' 'Bm «*•*--"w* fP r rJ"* > . j i£ —sifif- W. T. Martin, postal service officer, of GreenvAUe, S. C. is shown above presenting M Paul Buck certificate of appointment as acting postmaster in Burnsville. Mr. G. Leslie l ensloy, retiring - postmaster, is shown looking on. Paul Buck Appointed Acting Postmaster At Hensley’s Retireir ant On Deosinber 30 G. I«eslie Hensley retired as Burnsville postmaster after 30 years and s ' x months service. lie began his duty as postmaster on June 23, 1933. Paul E. Buck has been appoint ed as acting postmaster 'for the Burnsville office. Curing Mr. Hensley’s years of service as postmaster here, he was very active in civic and chinch affairs. He was a charter member of the North Carolina chapter of the National Associa tion of Postmasters. He served as state president of the organisation, was a national director, and held all offices Os the state chapter at some time during his 30 years P S_" Higgins Joins Sports Staff Os Charlotte Observer J. Tom Higgins, former editor and publisher of The Record, will join the sports staff of the Char lotte Observer on Jan. 3J. Higgins will ecUt tb« outdoor page for the Charlotte paper, will joe a special writer on participa tion sports *nd will also cover some competitive sports. Higgins, 86, the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Higgins rs The public is invited to attend a coin show, spon-ored by the collectors in dus area, in the Community Builds r in Burns ville, Sunday, Jam ry _3th from 2:00 to 3:00 p. m. Dr. William Dave. ix>rt of Spruce Pine will show par: cf hs famous Collection and will spe. i to the group. This part of lie program is set for 2:30 and w 1 be of inter est to the amature cotoctor and the beginma*, who a they will perhaps get a cl . nice to see specimens that they have never seen. Dr. Davenport ha: been inter ested in the hobby for several years, and he has been collecting atrwe 1903. He lias shown his collection at many of the large stows and ha> won several awards for bte disp' ays. There wiR be no c harge fjorr ad mission, and all col rectors is this area are asked to faring their i eneotenoo*, or etAtoct: -aw, large or small'to show. Any aaie wftfh a . sma4l or large collection of coins or currency, a single coin or any other item cf intere st to the coll ector is urged to bring them along. Senior Girl Scouts Available For Baby lifting The Senior Girl Sc rets, all high school girls, are available for baby sitting In the evening. The standard Price will be 50c pc hour which is standard price of baby sitting ip Burnsville, where one is avail able. Whenever possible » two girto will serve as baby sitters togeth er, but the price wiU remain 50c an hour. Miss Annie Hassell, Sen ior Giit Scout Lead; r, has stated that she will endeavor to have at least one of the two girls sitting to baa high school junior or sen ior as they have «xf, a experience and training to hand ng children. Many of the girls Live first aid training as well as •ateing-.froan their Girl Scout prog am in Child care. Pemoms wishing to use thto ser vice should ?&U Miss Hassell. 682-2375, or Mrs- Ci >g English, 682-2133 as far in ad ance of the | date baby sitting is required m possible. The girls plan to use th’s money to build a fund for a proposed! trip to the beach this summer. 1 ________ : Courthouse-Jail Property Purchased Wednesday 1 i The site for the nr v cr lrthouse . ’ tuid jail was selected W dnceday ] 1 1 and the transfer of pro, wty to Yancey County is underway, ac cording to County Attorney. BUI Atkins. The site selected is an the Oast end of the square and south of , Main Street and Is < vned by the ■ George W. Anglin heirs. Mr. Atkins said that Henry . Gaimea, architect, a member of , the Six Anocdajtes Arch tecturaJ .Finn of Asbaville met with the Price Per Copy Five Cents nil tm ■ - ■ - nr - . - - - - --- 1953 were $3,013,638.21 as compar ed with *2,lS»,4xrte.C3 in 1962. Tiro net profits, after income tax was paid and accrued for 1953, were 713.03 compared to $1j»78,- , 287.97 in 1962, or 85.46 per Share agatost $4.08 per share on the av erage outstanding shares in 1962. number of people. Ten new plants began operations and several ex- £ j Group Meets With Governor On Winter Star Project Yates Bennett and Mark Ben nett were in Raleigh Tuesday for a meeting with Governor Sanford concerning the Winter Star project on Cattail Creek. Also to the meet i to- was Attorney Stone of Black : Mountain who represents Frank iT. Scdiacok, the Chicago finan cier of the proposed) Winter Star , project, and Percy Threadgill of Miami, Fto. owner of the Cattail Creek property. Bennett said the project had re cently bagged, dowyi due to con flicting interests to the leas# for the parties concerned. Yates Bennett was to Miami, Fla. last week where he conferred with Mr. Thread gill concerning further negotiations between him and ihe Chicago parties. Mr. Bennett stated that their ( meeting with the governor gave , premising Indication that the . state proposed road would be con structed as was previously planned !If workable negotiations are brought about by Mr. Tbreadgill and Mr. Sedtocok. It was under stood, however, that unless the project was not-, to be a reality the road would not be constructed. A new tease on the property in volved has been drawn and sent to Chicago for the approval or rejection by Mr. Sedlacok. Mr. Bennett stated that it wa3 generally felt by the group who met concerning the project that new documents would probably be acceptable to both parties. And if the lease is negotiated it was thought that some actual work should fc>© begun on the project before tong. Wilson Will Take Farm Course At State College ... Billy Wilson, a~ commercial ap ple grower of Pensacola Commun ity, will represent Yandby County to the Short Course in modem fanning at N. C. - State College January 27-February 7. Young Wilson has been active to 4-H, Community Club, and other youth activities. He to a' member of the active army re-| serve. * Billy is at present working with his fatrer, C. D. Wilson, in the operation and management of the Ihore orchard consisting of ap proximately 50 acres of trees and a stoiage and grading house. Board cf County Commissioners aixl r<-commended that the Ang lin properly would be the most appropriate site for the new ooun ty building. The cost of the property is $60,006 which will leave $531,000 from the bonds and federal grant for the actual building construe tion. Mr. Atkins said that it wag, thought that arrangements" - for bids Jfx the construction of the courthoUHe and Jail would be made within 30 days. NUMBER TWENTY-THREE The ’substantial increase in loans * during 1963 has resulted in a larg ! er Reserve for Possible Lean Los - > es which in turn has reduced in come tax for the year. If our - loans do not increase proportion ally in 1954, a gi-eater portion of our earnings will go into income tax. In our trading area business conditions were spotty. Farni pro duction was affected by the worst drought in years as well as low prices. Tobaepn..j n volume was off .25 per- cent or more. On the other hand, industry employed a record isttog plants increased their faci lities, hirtog more people and pro ducing more goods than in any olher year. The tourist business reached an all time peak with more than five million people traveling the Blue Ridge Park way. The net result of these acti vities was the increase of our total resources from $170,000,000 to $190,000,000. As in the past, all assets con sidered for federal examiners, state examiners, or our auditors were charged to expense or re serve accounts.” B. R. Penland of Burnsville was ... re-elected as - director '"from the 1 Burnsvilto Branch. A ! Miss Hassell-Mrs. Tyner Will Speak At Library Meeting sre* - » • —. ’ Highlights of their European trip will be given /by Miss Annie Hassell and Mrs. T. M. Tyner at the Yancey County Libraiy, Burns ville, on Saturday evening, Janu ary 25, at 8 p. m. “SIGHTS, SOUNDS, AND SOU VENIRS OF EUROPE” is the title of their presentation which wiU combine an account of their trep last September with ancedotes pictures of places visited, and a display of some of the souvenirs they could not resist. The talk is sponsored by the Yancey County Friends of the Library. The public to invited. Locals Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy Hunter and children of Statesville spent last week-end visiting relatives here. Mrs- Hunter’s father, Mills Edge,, is very iU at his home to Newdale. Clarence Edge of Florida also visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mills Edge, of Newdale due to the i]toes of his father. Mr. and Mrs. R. V- Robinson and children of Asheville visited Mis. Rcbtoson's father, Jess Buch anan, and her sister, Mrs. Jean ette Randolph, and family here Sunday. Mr . and Mrs. G. Leslie Hensley j are visiting George Leslie, Jr. in Sebring, Fla. this week. B. R. Penland, Jay Edge and Robert PresneU attended the Stockholders meeting of The Nor thwestern Bank to North Wilkes boro Tuesday. Mrs. Ray Bodford is under ; going treatment in Yancey Hospi tal here. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Davi* • and son, Jan, of mother, Mrs. W. C. Murplh^^£re* v Susday. Mr- Ted Phillips who is employ ed in Johnson City, Tenn. vtoited his family at Newdale tost week end. Zoe B. Young of Durham who has bees visiting relatives in the county since Christmas returned to her home i n Durham last week. Mrs. Ethel Hughes is a patient in Yancey Hospital where the to i usdergotog treatment. Mrs. Emory Roland o! Burns - ville underwent surgery to an ' AsheviUe Hospital this week. , Mrs, Charles B. Trammel vtoit : to Boone the first of this week’, ; while Rev. Trammel attended a meeting in Raleigh.