North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT World Day Os Prayer Observed Friday In observance of The World Day of Prayer which falls this year on February 14, there will be special prayer services in the Burns ville area. These services are interdenominational and are provided for the benefit of all who wish to attend. In Burnsville, the three denominations have ached- v uled a traditional union ser vice at the First Baptist Tobacco Growers School To Be Held Here Yancey County tobacco growers will attend the an nual burley growers school at the court house in Burns ville on Monday, February 17 at 1:30 p.m. according to E. L. Dillingham, County Extension Chairman. Dr. D. M. Gossett and other State College Special ists will summarize experi ments conducted during the past year. These will in clude varieties, fertilization, diseases, curing, marketing and the outlook for burley. * Dillingham said that prob lems confronting burley i growers now demand that they keep up with the latest information necessary to producing high quality to bacco. Miss Lewis Named 1964 Homemaker Os Tomorrow Donna Louise Lewis has been named East Yancey’s 1964 Betty Crocker Home maker of Tomorrow. She a chieved the highest score here in a written knowledge and attitude examination given Dec. 3, 1963. General Mills, Inc., sponsor of the | program, will award her a ‘‘Homemaker of Tomorrow" pin to signify her achieve ment, and her test paper will be entered in competition for state honors. The state Homemaker of Tomorrow will be awaiuud a $1,500 college scholarship and will be named a nation al finalist. Her school will be presented with a set of Encyclopaedia Britannic;'., awarded by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. The state’s second ranking girl will re ceive a SSOO scholarship. In the spring, state Horrrv makers of Tomorrow, each accompanied by a school ad visor, will enjoy an expense paid educational tour to Col onial Williamsburg, Va., Washington, D. C., and New York City. The trip will be climaxed with the naming of the 1964 Betty Crocker All- American Homemaker of To morrow. She will be chosen on the basis of her original test score together with per sonal observation and inter views during the trip Her scholarship will be increas ed to $5,000. National run ners-up will receive $4,000. $3,000 and $2,000 scholar ships, respectively. All-time highs in the number of senior high school girls and schools en rolled marked this, the tenth annual Betty Crocker Search program. More than 484,000 girls in 14,000 of 1 the na tion’s schools participated. Since,- the program was launched, more than three and a half million girls have participated and schol arships approximating one million dollars have been awarded. The Betty Crocker Search is approved by the National Association of Secondary- School Principals. Judging is by Science Research As sociates of Chicago, nation ally known educational pub lishing and testing organi zation. Subscription $8.50 Per Year Church at 7:30 p.m. A ser vice is planned at Newdale for the community at the Presbyterian manse on Fri day evening. The Day will be observed with brief pray er at the Yancey Hospital, the Rest Home, some of the schools and at the prison farm. Radio station WTOE will feature a special devo tional. In the area, some churches will remain iun locked- for private medita tion during the day Friday, and some church bells will toll at noon in deference to the special day, and to pro vide opportunity for momen tary individual prayer. The World Day of Prayer was begun over seventy-five years ago by lay women of the church as a time when prayerful concern is extend ed to other nations around the world. Millions of peo ple of different tongues and races are praying together on that day in the conviction! that peoples united in pray er will become nations unit ed in one world family un der God. Official N. C. Maps Off Press RALEIGH 1964 official Nor-th Carolina highway maps in color and black and white are off the press and available for distribution by the Highway Commission. First copies of the new maps were received on Friday, February 7, 1964, and the past two years have produc ed record completion dates by the Highway Commission in getting the maps to the motoring public. The 1964 color map fea tures a scenic view of a por tion of US 52 in Surry and Stokes Counties with Pilot Mountain in the background, and the cover of the black and white map features a front entrance view of the State Legislative Building in Raleigh. Tourist informa tion appears on both maps, and includes data on rest areas motor vehicle laws and signals, and weight restric tions. The color map includ es several photographs o f the State Legislative Build ing, North Carolina scenic area, and a number of points of interest across the State. A. Hoen and Company, In corporated of Baltimore, Mai-yland received the con tract for printing of the maps at a low bid of $63.14 per thousand. - Both maps feature a three panel accord ian fold. , ~ j jjmßppfPlgipty •■> s - .«■ ' . * i By#A\ |/| I ■ mmlßwi flgtfT H I WgJMXfc grabM M I HI W j^^gi . ' v ' , ''Jk? ' * % * ■ (Couitc y of Asheville Citizen T*me» Co.) photo by John Robinson “No hing To Destroy”, a play by Dora Montgomery, an anti-communist drama, was presented Thursday, February 6 in Higgins Memorial Methodist Church here. Mrs. P. C. Coletta, secretary of youth work of the Asheville District of the Methodist Church, was director. In the knife scene shown here were (L to R) Millie Lou Wilson, Betty Cooper, Cheryl Roberts, Claudette Cooper o-nd Lynne English. THE YANCEY RECORD ar, "Dedicated To TKe Prosrreen Os Yancey County" if I ' -I V . tl« - A"*' • I l PAR,RUS ISLAND, S. C. (FHT NC> Mabrir.e Private David C. Beaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jobe Beaver cf Star Route, Burnsville, N. C., graduated from recruit training February 13, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Is land. S. C. The training included drill, bay onet training, physical > condition ing. parades and ceremonies and other military subjects. Three weeks were spent on the rifle ran >ge firing the M-14 rifle and other infantry tweapofts. Recruit training prepares (Mar ines far further specialised train ing in a service school cr with a unit of the Fleet Marine Force. Local Studenfs Make Dean’s List The Dean’s list for the fall quarter, 1933 has been released by Dr. D. J. Whitener, Dean of A.raa lachian State Teachers College. The list includes Miss Cynthia Anne Chrisawn, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emoi-y Brown Chri issiwn of RFD 5. Burnsville- She j is a graduate of East Yancey High School. Miss Celia. Coletta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Coletta of (Burnsville, was named on the Dean’s list at Mercy Hurst, Col lese in Erie, Pa. M ; ss Coletta is also a graduate of East Yancey High School and attended Sacred Heart College in Gastonia * for two years. Lion Jack Kelley Honored At Meeting Lions from Bald Creek and Bur nsville met together Thursday nHht ror a Ladies N slit program. A special feature of the program was the awarding of a certificate to President Jack Kelley who is being transferred by the U. S. Forest Service to Blairsville, Ga. Mr. Kelley has been very active n Scout, church and other com munity work since coming to Bur nsville a fittle over three years ago. BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1964 at 7-— — Deadline For 1963 License Midnight Mon. The deadline for the use of 1963 license plates will be midnight Monday, February 17, 1964. Tlip Department of Motor Vehicles said plates normal ly expire at midnight on February 15, but in view of the fact that February 15 this year falls on Saturday | when many banks and li \ cense issuance offices are | closed, vehicle owners may continue to use their 1963 North Carolina license until midnight Monday, February 17. | r •/«’« This follows .a precedent established in prev io u s years when February 15 fell on Saturday or Sunday J ' ‘ | , Bailey Promoted ! I To Airman First Class Ronnie Bailey of the 549th Stra tegic Missile Squadron, Offitt AF Base Omaha. Nebraska, through his outstanding d|ty and leader ship ability, has been promoted to Airman First Class. Airman Bailey, lon of Mr. and Mrs. Rotha Bailey of itt. 1, Bur nsville has been stationed at Offitt 1 AF Base for the past two years. Prior to the service he graduated from Cane River High School. His wife Shirley, formerly’ Shir ley Young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Young of Burnsville Rt. .2, and small daughter, Kim. are j with him in Omaha. i Locals I Miss Barbara Pate, dan Ibter ol Mr. and Mrs. Roy ?ate of Bald Crcekr add a seni* -«£ Mars Hhl College, attended the wedding of her reemmabe Mary ®B*cbeth Mattiron, from Florence, S. C. Miss Pate was an attendant in her roommate’s wedding to Captain William Jacob Weeks, Jr. with the United States Army. The wed ding was solemnized in Westhamp ton Baptist Church in Richmond, Va. cn Satur'iay. February 8. Miss Pate went to Richmond on Friday and came home Sunday, she went with another Mars HO student who was also in the wedding. Mrs. Rheta Holland, Miss Susan Me Our i y and M;ss Edna Pate went .o Ra’.et'Ji Tuesday where they i took the State Beard ccametolo i (gists exam 1 nation. > Seaman 3c Mickey Sholes and . Mrs. Sholes and children from San ‘Diego, Calif are visiting relatives 1 here. Seaman Sc Sholes will return ■ to Los An ; kes this week where - he will new be located. Mrs. > Sho'cs and children will Join him later. Price Per Copy Five Cent* m TS ,umm . ■ .. - ■ m |SflH| pPHr ISBjPiWBIi sv jHr W/jjflßg (AHTNC Pvt. Charles G. Rcbir-on. 23, eon of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Robinses, Route 5, Burns ville. N. C., completed eight weeks of advanced infantry training at the U. S. Army Training Center, Fort Gordon, Ga., Feb. 10. Robin! sou l-eceived instruction in the various phases of highly technical skills his future work in the Army will rcquiic of him as an Infantryman. He entered the Army . last September and completed bor ic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. Robinson is a 1958 .ff’aduate of M'caville High School and was 1 employed by Trailways Bus Lines in Charlotte, before entering the Army. Burley Allot ments Receive 10 Per Cent Cut The 1964 burley tobacco marketing quota has been proclaimed by the Secretary of Agriculture. The factor for 1964 will be 0.9000 which metifta that ff 10% reduction will be in effect from the 1 1963 allotment. The 1963 allotment will be multiplied by 0.9000 for each individual farm. In some eases on 1963 allot ments of 0.50 acre or less if the cropland is large enough “air acreage’’ will be used to build the farm allotment back to the 1963 figure. In other cases if the cropland on the farm is low the cut! may remain in effect for the 1964 year. This minimum acreage law on burley tobac co provides that farms with i allotments of 0.50 or less are not subject to the general reducion if the 1963 allot ment is less than 10% of the i cropland. Allotment notices will be mailed on February 20, 1964. Farm Divisions And Combinations The 1964 burley reduction of 10% will apply to all farm combinations and reductions made regardless of the date during the j reconstitution year. Any made after the 19- 63 crop year will be affect ed. All reconstitutions made after the allotment notices for burley have been mailed t will be recomputed using I the combined 1963 allot- ———— i lYancey Hospital Receives $1,116 From Duke Endowment CHARLOTTE, N. C. Appropriations of $1,488,- 302.36 to aid Carolina hos pitals and child care insti tutions in financing their increasing load of charity work were announced today by trustees of The Duke En dowment. The funds, based on char- , ity care in the fiscal year which ended Sept. 30, 1963, are being distributed to 143 hospitals and 43 child care institutions in the two states Hospitals receive I $992,921 of the total and child care institutions $490,381.36. The 105 North Carolina hospitals get $658,- 783 and 38 in South Carolina $334,138. Twenty six North Carolina child care institu tions get $326,481.62 and 17 in Sciutth Carolina,! $163,- 949.74. The total for North Carolina is $985,214.62, and South Carolina $498,087.74. Figures released by Thom- Mass Polio Campaign Getting Underway The most ambitious pro- J gram of it’s type ever tried in Mitchell and Yancey Counties is about to get un-y i der way. The aim of the big program is to completely eliminate POLIO, from this area. T A major drug company is providing enough of the new Polio vaccine, in the form of a pleasant tasting liquid to immunize every person in Study Course At Methodist Church Starting Sunday evening at 7:30 p. m. a church-wide study course on Missions will be held in the Fellowship Hall of the Higgins Memorial Methodist Church here. The Rev. Tern Houts, Jr., pastor of Abernathy Methodist Church Asheville, who is Director of Miss ions for the Asheville Ristriet, will be the guest speaker. I Sunday February 23, ' Miss Carolyn Tague. retired mis sk>nory who was in Japan for 40 years, will speak at 7:30 in the Fellowship Hall ond shaße some of her experiences with those attend ing. Miss Tagiue is now living in the Brcoks-Hcwell Home for >«- tired missionsrie* and deaconess es In Asheville. Mr. Frank Gay, Boy Scout Ere cuti.ve of Asheville, wilt speak Sunday morning at the Men’s Breakfast at 9:00 p. m. Dairymen To Attene School In Asheville Dairymen from Yancey and other Western North Carolina counties will at tend an all-day dairy school at the Battery Park Hotel in Asheville on Tuesday. Feb ruary' 18. This school has 1 been arranged so that-dairy men who could not get away from their work for over one day at a time could get the benefits of the special ized information provided by North Carolina State Col lege and the dairy industry. Dairymen planning to at tend the meeting should no i tify the County Extension office so that reservations for lunch can be made. ments or the pro-rated 1963 allotments as in the case of Under these reg ulations 41l farmers will be treated alike regardless of i whether -their reconstitution was made January lor April ; 1. I as L. Perkins .chairman of The Endowment .show that these appropriations bring bring to $36,814,175.36 the contributions made in 39 consecutive years to assist hospitals and child, care in stitutions of the two states in their charity services. Additional 1 funds will he allocated at the February meeting of the trustees when hospital applications com pleted since the current ap propriations were made will be considered. The 26-bed Yancey hos- I pital at Burnsville is one of a number of Western North Carolina institutions receiv ing Endowment allocations. It will get $1,116 -toward its charity costs. Last year it received $1,640. The Charles A. Cannon Jr., Memorial hospital at Banner Elk re ceived $9,439, and the Grandfather Home for Chil , f dren received $10,766.41. — NUMBER TWENTY-SIX ] the two counties regardless of their age. The vaccine is I placed on a small cube of j sugar and taken by mouth. Two feedings are necessary to be completely safe these are eight weeks apart. * 18,000 Feedings Ordered j i It has been estimated that approximately 18,000 people in Mitchell and Yancey Counties will be present on Sunday, March Bth to take their first feeding. Special stations are being set up and will be announced next week, but it is understood that there will be four lo cations in Mitchell County and four in Yancey. Schools Civic Clubs Cooperating : The schools in both coun ties are pledged to cooper ate fully on the program and various civic clubs in the area as well. The program to elimnate the possibility of another polio outbreak here is well organized by the Mitchell-Yancey Medical Association and the State Health Department. Doctors and nurses will be on hand at each feeding station to see that the job is done 5 right. Even if you have tak i en the Salk vaccine before, you are urged to take these feedings to be completely safe. The doctors and nurses are contributing their time toward wiping out the threat i of polio. While you will be asked to contribute fifty cents to ward the cost of the vaccine, no person will be turned away. It is hoped that every one in the two counties will be on hand Sunday, March Bth to have their first feed ing. Mark that date on your calendar now and be sure to watch this paper next week for locations in each county. Fender Has Role In Cullowhee - Production CULLOWHEE T. C. Fender ,son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar W. Fender, Sr., of Route 4, Burnsville, has a i featured role in “Rope,” a play being given this week at the Little Theatre here. Fonder is a freshman at Western Carolina College, and is majoring in mathe matics and industrial arts to prepare for a career as an architect. He is a member of the Radio Club and of the College Band. He is a graduate of Cane River High School, where he was chosen Senior of the Year, and Boys State Repre sentative. “Rope,” a tense drama by Patrick Hamilton, is based on the Loeb-Leopold murder case of the twenties. Cur tain time is at eight each evening from Wednesday through Saturday, and all • performances are open to * the public. Farm Employ ment Clinic To Be Held Fed. 27 A Farm Employment Day (Clinic) will be held at the Yancey County Court House in Burnsvile, N. C., from 10:00 to 11:30 A. M. on Thursday, February 27. A Farm Placement Represen tative will conduct the meet ing, which will be open to any person who uses farm labor and to any farm work er who wishes to secure farm employment. Many people who utilize farm laborers, and the work ers themselves, are not fam iliar with the facilities &- vailable to them at their nearest Employment Secur ity Osf f ce. , Part of the program con cerning farm labor allows for importation of farm workers from other states and areas, or for sending lo cal wtorkers to other areas, • depending on the need.