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VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT 1 “ v Bids On Courthouse-Jail Awarded, Work To Begin immediately County Attorney BUI Atkins re ported Wednesday afternoon that contracts for necessary Work on Yancey County’s new courthouse jail building were awarded at 2:09 Postmaster Ex ploits Zip-Code Paul E. Buck, acting postmas ter of Burnsville, this week ex plained the operation of zip-code numbers assigned to postoffices throughout the United States. Zip means Zone Improvement Plan designed 'by the Post Office Department to route mall for quicker delivery, Mr. Buck said. There are ten U. S. postal re gions in the United States and each region has a different code number Each state in the region has a number and each sectional center has a number. Zip-code number for the Burns- Post Office is 28714. The first number in the code is for the region. The second num ber is for the state. The third -.number is for the sectional cen ter and the last two numbers in dicate the local post office. Mr. Buck said that every post office in the United States has five numbers constituting a zip ci d a and that outgoing) mail bear ing the zipccde of the delivery point will be delivered easier by postal employees. He pointed out that often mail to towns of simi lar names that do not have the zip-code might be routed to the wrong town. Whereas zip coded mail would be routed correctly. Also, packages bearing zip-codes will have less breakage in hand ling than those not bearing the code. All mail to be forwarded re quires a zip-code number and Mr. Buck said that patrons should ac quaint themselves with the use of ztp-code numbers since some time in the future all mall would require a zip-code number for de-; livery. The postmaster also pointed out that the Burnsville Post Office will be glad to furnish code nun bers to patrons, or will assist In securing numbers For mail to cities where the code is unknown. Four New Names Added To Blood Donor List Mrs. Bob Rhinehart reported this week three names to be added' to the Gallon Club and one name to be added to the Two Gallon list through the American Red Cross Blood Program. The names | turned in to Mrs. Rhinehart are Mrs. Lela Pnl '****' Nell Hensley and Mrs. Phyllis R. Bailey, to be added to the Gallon Club and Miss Lola Mace as a 1 Two Gallon Donor Mrs. Rhinehart will be glad to hear from anyone else who has donated blood through the Blood Program, and has not begn listed as eligible for the Gallon Club. I Cpl. Adkins Par ticipating In “Operation Springboard” Opl. Harold Lee Adkins, son of the Rev. and Mrs. E. G. Adkins, Sr„ of Rutherfordton, N. C. is participating in "Operation Spring board” aboard the heavy cruiser U. S. S. Newport News in the Caribbean. The exercise, conducted annu ally by units of the Atlantic Fleet, lakes advantage of the favorable weather of the Caribbean area to conduct amphibious landings and flight training operations. Subscription $2.50 Per Year BURNSVItLE, N. C„ THURS DAY, MARCH 26, 1964 ■ _ _ - * j . p. m. Wednesday. The County Attorney said Z. B. Robinson Contracting 00. was awarded the general building con tract on a bid of $316,930.00. Heat ing and Air Conditioning was awarded to Moser Contracting 1 Co. on a bid of $72,985.00. Also, Moser Contracting Co. was award ed the plumbing work on a $20,915.00 bid. The electrical wir ing contract was awarded to Haynes Electrical Co. at $31,300.00. And Southern Elevator Company was awarded contracts on ele vator on a bid of $21,049.00. Work on the site will,, begin Immediately according to Mr. Atkins. The courthouse and jail site was recently purchased from the George W. Anglin heirs. The property lies east of the Town Square and takes in the Anglin property east to the old jail road and south to the gravel city street. According to plans, the new building will face the square and will be located as to cover the part of the property 7 on which the Anglin residence now stands. Leon 7 almvdge To Speak At Sunrise Service Leon Talmadge, Misister of Faith Fellowship Mission, will speak this Sunday morning at Yancey County's traditional Easter Sunrise Service. Worship pers will meet at 6:30 A. M. to greet the rising sun on the Burns ville town square. Music at the service will be lei by Ronald Jackson, Director of Music at First Baptist Church. Other participants will be the Rev. Raymus Hilliard and the Rev. Woodward Finley. If Inclement weather prevails, the gathering will meet in First Baptist Church. Benefits from Lower Tax Rate Unmarried persons who qualify as ‘‘heads of households” benefit from lower tax rates, the Internal Revenue Service explained today. /Tax law provides special rates for you if you are unmarried (or legally separated) on the last day of the year and furnished over half the cost of maintaining a home for the full year for at least one relative. | Whether the relative must quali fy as a dependent and whether he must actually live in your hofne depends upon the relationship. j All relatives, other than your parents, must actually live wli-n "?£u'’ lUhth the exception of your unmarried child, grandchild, or .stepchild, all other relatives must I qualify as your dependents. | Taxpayers will find helpful In formation on head cf household benefits in Document No. 5107, “Flint) Your Tax Return.” It is available on request from the In- I ternal Revenue Service. Pensacola 4-H Club Elects Officers By: Morris Byrd. Reporter | The Pensacola 4-H Club met on Monday, March 16 after school. The meeting was opened with the ■ pledges, after which Mrs. Katie 1 ! Wilson presented the members ; with the new project books. After the projects were selected ! new officers were elected. They Include Sharon Williams, - president; Bob Anderson, vice , president; Nancy Anderson, secre -5 tary-treasure; Morris Byrd, re ) porter; Linda Wilson, girl song 1 leader; and Davis Robertson, boy song leader. THE YANCEY RECORD "rt “Dedicated To The Process Os Yancey County* former Pastor Here Publishes Book Rev'! O L. Brown, a former pastor of Higgins Memorial Metho nist Church here, recently pub lished a biography-type book of a great man. The pook titled, “Blanford Barnard Dougherty,’’ Man To Match His Mountains, will be read with great interest by people cf Yancey County and North Carolina and by all who knew B. B. Dougherty. Preacher Brown, as he is lov ingly referred to by his many friends here, has written a very understandable and understand ing book on the life and worQcs of the founder of Appalachian State College and president of that ins titution until a short time prior to his death in 1957. The book will be of great In terest to foftner Appalachian State Teacher College students who came in direct contact with this great but humble educate r. And a clear picture of the con stancy of purpose in the life cf Dr. Dougherty will be framed. The ancestry of Dr. Dougherty is traced by Rev. Brown from Ireland to the riiountains of Wes tern North Carolina, where he became known as the State’s most progressive educator. Through his first hand know ledge of Dr. Dougherty since 1912, througt his letters and publ'cat ion, Rev. Brown brings to the reader a feeling of friendship with this great man. This feeling of friendly kinship begins with the picture of a lad who was nick named “Boots” by his teacher and ;ooes with the reader as he follows Dr. Dougherty through his youth to adulthood and into greatness. And his greatness is felt as the reader sees him ad vising governors and humbly con-' versing with red caps and bell hops. 7 ' As to Dr. Dougherty’s ability as "a speaker and to his ability to make a plea toward his cause for appropriations for his college, Yancey’s Attorney Bill Atkins is quoted in the book—“ The other men who came before our com mittee would igjet up, hardly move out of their tracks and make their appeals. But Dr. Dougherty would walk up and down among the numbers, stopping here and there to slap a man on the back or lay a hand op another’s shoulder,” In reading the book, one not only enters into the -life of a great educator, but realizes the ability/ of Rev. Brown as a writer and biographer as well &s a minister. “Blanford Barnard Dougherty” may be secured by writing to Rev. O. L. Brown, 1416 Cyrus Drive, Charlotte 5, N C. Dr. 7. f. Hahn Speaker At Men's Club More than 25 men and their wives attended the annual Ladies’ Night Banquet of the Men’s Club in the community building Monday night. Speaker for the occasion was Dr. T. F. Hahn, Public H ealth pfficer here. Dr. Hahn used as his subject “A Good Neighbor’’ using) a. little known facet in the life of Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer and musician. The speaker painted a picture of the physical handicap that hound ed the composer during most of his life and finally brought about his death. He also brought out the high moral and religious char acter of Bach. New officers installed -in the club for 1964 were the Rev. Wood ward Finley, president; Herbert Allen, vice-president; and Albert Sutton, secretary-treascre. Following the installation of officers Dr. Garland Wampler pre. sented a film on Cancer Research. NOTICE Offices in the county courthouse will be closed Monday, March 30, Easter Monday. Yancey County BA Officers Installed The annual meeting of the Yan- j c ey Breeder's Association was held | Tuesday night, March 24. Bruce 1 Bailey called the, m eting to order.! The following officers wen ■ 1 elected: President— Bruce Bailey,' Presneil, Secretar —Tre a^urer—Walter Ed wards, and 3-year directors— Roger Banks, Johnny Robertson. John Brown, fifcld representative for the American Breeders Ser , vice, explained tyx- new progeney testiss’ program to prove young bulls. He showed an interesting film on the sires ' and their daugh ters that are available through the American Breeders Service. J Services Held f orS Claude Wilson Claude Wilson,- 58. of Burns ville Rt. 4. died in a Buncombe Counts hospital Monday night after a brief illness. He was a world War II vet eran and was a timber cutter ut various saw mills. Services were held at 2 p. m. Wednesday in Bye Log Baptist Church. The Rev. T. A. Wheeler offi ciated. Burial vo§ in the Wilson family cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Cleota Hicks Wilson; three sis ters, Miss Thelma Wilson of Burnsville Rt. 4, Mrs. Clarence King of Caretta, W. Va., and Mrs. R. J. Caldwell of Oakdale, Pa., and a brother, James Wilson of Buunsville Rt. 4. * I - - - - - ■ _r - - —-- - " i i . . - WzZ~- ' sz May the joy and promise ,? ‘jf tof Easter uplift your -■- .•■■••••,,•■•. # 0 0 dr spirit and gladden if <J Mi M your heart. | Jf f If \ j* &***'•.**: :«!•£ : . 4/ 1 8 wMrTiffn • - ■•-,:••• -•».- . • .:,>. >u •••,.: v ■'s ; , % '«SyhljjKj)|if. i #f: :■?.•• .6 '! - . Price Per Copy Five Cents ' 1 ,T*v ■- . . K-- Yancey Farmers Applying Fertili zer by Plane 1 1 j Two airplanes landed in Yancey I County this week; but unlike the j Cuban plane that landed in Fior- , j ida, they were expected by the. i Yancey County farmers, according to E.L. Dillingham, County Ex tension Chairman. Unlike the arrangements im pre vious years, where the Extension Office was primarily responsible for arrangements, private indus try is taking the responsibility f r providing fertilizer, loading planes and- spotting fields. The Extension Office has worked with the appli cators in locating landing) strips, 1 publicity and in serving as a go between. The Whittington family is providing the landing strip. Farmers applying fertilizer by plane are: George Wheeler, George King, Luther Ayers, J. C. Whitaker, Millard Ledford, W. O. Briggs, Mrs. Sally Blankenship, and H. Robertson. Farmers wishing to contact ap plicators can do so through the County Extension Office. Special Service A? Presbyterian Church Thursday evening at 7:30 p. m. the Presbyterian ' Church will cele biate the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper at a Maundy Thursday service. Ever member of the church is urged to attend this special ser vice. Rural Development Programfßeports Progress In 1963 •fr> Expenditures for heme improve ments totaling nearly seven mill ion dollars were reported by near ly five thousand rural families that submitted reports for 1963 in the Western North Carolina Rural Community Development Program. According to. a .summary releas ed this week by the Asheville Development Council, the value of the Improvements reported by Former Resident Dies In Va. Word has - been received here of the death of Clarence Charles Beatty of Dillwyn, Va., a former resident of Burnsville. He died on Friday, March 20 in a Richmond Virginia Hospital. Funeral ser vices were held at the First Bap tist Church in Dillwyn on Sunday, March 22 and burial was in the Dillwyn Town Cemetery. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Lucille Blankenship Beatty; one daughter, Mrs. J. B. Harvey and one granddaughter of Rich mond, Va.: and one brother, El mer Beatty of Chula Vista, Calif: Mr. Beatty was a retired ma chines! of Dillwyn. Mrs. Albert Williams and Cath leen and Bernice Blankenship of Pensacola attended the funeral services on Sunday. THIRTY-TWO - these families amounted to a - whopping $6,785,835. This included -a wide range of Items, ranging ; from the building of new homes i to the improvement of electrical I wiring. They all pointed to the . already well-known fact that the ■ community development program ■ and family progress go hand in [ hand. Largest single item was the., building of 380" Romes at an esti-' mated cost of $2,850,000. Next in line was the remodeling -of 507 homes at a cost of $912,600. Other major improvements reported by the 4739 families included running 427 bathrooms added, 469 kitchens 427 bathrooms added, 469 bitchens remodeled, 1309 houses painted on the ins de and 848 on the outside. Expenditures for purchasing mo bile homes amounted to over one half million dollars, cost of rooms added came to $424,800 and major electrical appliance purchases totaled 445 thousand dollars. I According to Faulton Hodge* of Rutherfordton, chairman of the WNC Community Development Program, “We are all well aware of the tremendous lob that has 1 been done by the organized com munities iii the way of building communty centers, sponsoring youth programs and all the other fine eomunity projects. Equally important are the many improve -1 ments that are being made each r year by the individual families in these communities.” Not att community attention was focused on the side of spending money. Equal attention was given to trying to increase the income. Over 800 families reported increas ed income during the year from non-farm sources and 783 from farm enterprises. Os the families reporting, 14 percent were full-time fanners, 32 percent were part-time farmers and 54 percent were non-farmers. There were 3800 family members employed full-time off the farm and 1366 employed part-time. In the way of “living at tuxme,’» canned, 260.174 quarts frozen and 373,429 pounds of food frozen. Nearly 70 percent of all the fami lies had home gardens, 3768 car ried 'hospital insurance and nearly one-half contributed to the United Fund. Regular attendance at Commun ity Development meetings was re ported by one-third of the fami lies and another one-third attend ed some of the meetings. Th strong emphasis on youth work was shown by the fact that 1469 young people in the 78 com munities that turned in detailed reported, worked on community 1 project and over 15Q0 attended community meetings. These com j muni’ties reported 1,118 4-H Club | members. 474 Scouts, 397 FFA I members and 336 FHA members. The * Community Development Program is a program of com petition open to all communities in Western North Carolina with an organized dcvelopement pro gram. A total of 133 communities participated in the program dur ing) 1963. Mrs. Kiser Awarded Grant By Science Foundation Mrs. Ronald X'rJr of Chapel Hill has recently been notified that she has been awarded a Grant by the .National Science Foundat ion uiwei' the ill be given a six weeks special course in the field cf mathematics at the Uni versity of North Carolina during) June and July of this year. Mra. Kiser is employed by the City School System in Durham. She is the former Miss Susan Shepard, daughter i; Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Shepard of Burnsville.
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