THURSDAY, NOV. 11, 1965
Byrd Creek News
By: Donald McCourry
Route One Box 16
Relief, N. C. 28769
. Carious Gouge of the Pig
eon Roost area was here one
day last week on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey J.
Miller and three children of
the Tipton Hill area spent
the night cf Nov. sth, here
visiting with Mrs. Miller’s
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Barnett
spent a night recently on
Left Hand Fork Creek, visit-,
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Clay
ton Peterson and children;
and Luther Peterson.
Bobby Edwards who is em
ployed in Burnsville, did not
work last week
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Pet
erson of Pigeon Roost, spent
the week-end at Henderson
ville, N. C. visiting with their
son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Peterson.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Byrd
moved two weeks ago to a
dwelling belonging to George
Bennett, on Pigeon Roost.
Philip F'lls, London Parry
and John Normon from New
land, N. C. w r ere here in Dog
Flat Hollow two weeks ago,
buying some hemloek shrub
bery.
Marion Miller recently
spent a night at Tipton H'll,
visiting with his two broth
ers. Harvey J. and Fonzer
Miller.
Mrs. Hester Ray recently
moved from Eyrd Creek,
back to her home place on
Pigeon Roost.
The farmers here in this
vicinity say that this year
was the best year for com,
that had been in several
years Com here in this area
last year wasn’t any good
much, due to that the wind
blew most of the corn down.
The weather here in this
a r ea at this writing has be
gun to warm ut> somewhat.
For the past week or so, the
here in this ar
ea, were considerably cold,
for a week with frost. Not
any rain has fallen here in
several days, or even weeks.
Fherre'l Griffith of the
Tint on H ; ll section was here
several davs ago on business.
Frank Bennett, who own
ed a farm for several years
on rich Mountain, has sold
the farm recently It is re
ported that Mr. Bennett re
cently purchased a place in
the nearby Poplar area,
where Bennett has lived for
several months, ester mov
ing from R : ch Mtn., several
mn-'ths a^o.
Mr Mrs. Rav Barnett
recently spent a week-end at
Lenoir, N. C. visiting with
their son and daughter-ln-
Jaw, Mr. and Mrs. Toney
Barnett.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bar
nett and two sons, from Le
noir,, N. C. were here over
the past week-end visiting
with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Barnett, and bro
ther, Randell.
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Sturgill,
son and daughter, from
Johnson City, visited here
October 31st, with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Seth
Hughes.
*The Pigeon Roost FWB
I Church has been completed
J inside, and services are being
held now, once aga’n. There
will begin 3rd Sunday in this
modh, at this church, a
singing. A singing was start
ed last summer and was
stopped until this month,
which it will begin again, on
the 3rd Sunday of each
month.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Peterson
of Hendersonville, N. C. spent
the night of October 30th,
here visiting with their par
ents. Mr. a~d Mrs Stewart
Petersm and Mr. and Mrs.
F’ovd Miller.
Mrs. Murphy and
two children, Trudy
Price from Lenoir. N. C. were
here recently visiting with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey G. Hughes
Mrs. R. C. Byrd and Mrs.
Clyde Hopson were in Erw'n,
Tenn. one Sunday recently
visiting.
Rev. Joe Famett of the
T'pton Hill area was in this
urn recently visiting.
Rev. and M»*s. Joe Brown
of the Jake Ho’low area re
cently visited with the Hugh
es boys here at ByrH Cr°°k.
Pat Hughes of the Pate
Creek area recently w>s h°re
at Bvrd Cre°k on business.
Mr. and M»*s. Jimmy w~r_
nett ofLemr. N C and ch’ld
ren were here at Byrd Creek
recent’y visiting with h's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Bar-'ett.
Luther Peterson of the
p-ior Flat area recently
a night here visiting
wRh his sister and bro^h n
ir-law. Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Barnett.
Mr. and Mrs C’avtnn Pet
erson recently were here vis
it! w ith relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pet
erson of the Bmmmett’s
Creek area were recently in
this section visiting with re
latives aild friends.
D. J. Hughes recently got
his call for the U. S. Army.
Mr. Hughes is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dewey Hughes, and
is at the present time em
ployed in a Manufacturing
Company at Lenoir, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hugh
es recently spent two nights
at Lenoir, N. C. visiting with
their two children, Mr. and
*Mrs. Wayne Murphy and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Peterson
and two children.
Trudy Price from Lenoir,
was recently at the Jake
Hollow area visiting with ‘
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hughes.
Linda Setzer and Ginger
Stezer of I er.oir, recently
spent a night at Jake Hol
low area visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. Dewey G. Hughes.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Pet
erson and two children from
Lenoir, N. C. were here over
- the week-end visiting with
friends relatives.
ClvdeT Hopson was at Byrd
Creek over the week-end,
visiting with home folks.
Caly Miller of the Cane
Rivbr area was recently here
on business.
The writer of the column
spent 13 days and 9 nights
recently at Erwin. Tenn., on
business, and working in the
office and plant that prints
the Frwin Record. The writ
er walked nearly all of the
way back on Fridoy, Novem
ber sth, cro<=s the Unaka
Mtn. region. Til's distance is
aoDroximately ?5 miles. The
writer made the trip in
Glenn Bennett recently
went of on picnle excursion.
F a nnett was accompanied by
several others on the trip,
which was to the Beauty
Foot area located on the
Uraka Mt. area.
Hunting season here in
this area this year was poor
according to the hunters
who say that there weren't
too many squirrels
AJROUND THErfj
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Mrs. Luther Wells is a pa
tient in Memorial Mission
Hospital in Asheville where
she is under observation.
Miss Amelia Penland, a
student at UNC, Greensboro,
visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Max Penland, here last
week-end.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles B.
Trammel of Elkin, N. C. vis
ited friends in Burnsville
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Styles
and Mrs. Eloise Young and
children, Doug, Janice, Darj
and Brenda visited Mr. ai.u
Mrs. Billy Styles and family
and Mrs. Claude E Robinson
and her mother, Mrs. Effie
Mitchell, in Charlotte last
week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Der
rough and children of Ashe
ville were week-end guests
of Mrs. Derrough’s mother,
Mrs. Troy Ray.
The women of the Higgins
Memorial Methodist Church
gave the Arthur Letterman
family, who recently moved
into their new home a house
warming on Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. James An
derson and Mrs. ZaidA Rag
an Leavitt of Gastonia, N.
C., visited Mrs. C W. Mur
phy, Miss Zoe Young and
other relatives in Burnsville
Wednesday, Nov. 3rd.
Mrs. Martha Kanipe and
Flovd Hughes from the
Byrd Creek area was recent
ly in Johnson City on busi
ness. Mr. Hughes was ac
companied by this reporter.
Mrs. Sally Barnett from
Ohio spent several nights in
this nearby area about 4
weeks ago, visiting with Mrs.
FpHha Barnett and two sons,
Wilbur and Bradley.
Luther Bennett of the
Bailey Settlement area was
recently here on Byrd Creek
on business.
Car’ous Gouge of the Pig
eon Roost area was here last
week, cutting some wood for
Ashley Gouge.
Mrs. Eohlee Peterson of
the Brummetts Creek area
was at Pigeon Roost last
week on business.
Mrs. Euster Ledford of the
Tipton Hill area was here on
Byrd Creek last week on
business. Mrs. Ledford was
accompanied by Mrs. Edy
the Miller of Tipton Hill and
Mrs. Garther Barnett of Pig
eon Roost vicinity.
Rev. Holt Harrell of Tenn
essee was at the Huntdale
church on Sunday night of
October 31st.
* Rev. Holt Harrell, who Is
pastor of Woodby Hill Bap
tist Church in Tennessee,
told the writer recently that
he was to leave this past
Sunday for Flint, Mich.,
where he will be in a revival
for about a week.
The Heavenly Light Quar
tet from the Pigeon Roost
FWB Church was at Hunt
dale Church recently, there
where they did some singing.
Mr. and Mrs. Aspie Mc-
Curry and Mr. and Mrs. Le-
Roy Miller, Mr. and Mrs.
Fiovd Famett and Mrs. R C:
Byrd attended a recent ser
vice at the Huntdale church.
Grover Byrd of the Pigeon
Roost area was here at Byrd
Creek this past Saturday on
business.
Turnie Arrowood from Er
win, Tenn. ,who is pastor of
the Pigeon Roost FWB
Church, i s scheduled to start
a revival at the Miller’s
Chapel Church at Cane Riv
er on Monday night, Nov. 8.
Miss Roberts
Engaged To
Talmadge Banks
Mr. and Mrs. W. Wesley
Roberts announce the en
gagement of their daughter,
Cheryl Thomas, to Russel
Talmadge Banks, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy T. Banks of
Route 2, Eumsville.
Miss Roberts is a student
at Western Academy of Hair
Design in Asheville, North
Carolina.
Mr. ranks is employed by
H. and B. Lumber Company,
of Woodlawn, North Carolina
A December wedding is
planned.
Club To Moot
The Eumsville Woman’s
Club will hold Its regular
meeting tonight (Thursday)
at 8:00 p. m. in the Commun
ity Building. Mrs. Aliice Hop
son will have charge of the
program.
Mr. Mrs. Roy Kanipe of
Asheville visited Miss Zoe
Young on Wednesday, the 3.
Mrs. Elizabeth Silver has
returned to her home in
Burnsville, after more than
a month’s visit with her dau
ghter and family. Mrs. Penh
Hyams, in New Jersey, and
daughter Margaret, Mrs.
Jack Rogers, of Winston-
Salem. Dr. and Mrs. Rogers
and children accompanied
her home for the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs Bill Davis of
Asheville and Howard Mur
phy of Erwin, Tenn.,. visited
their mother, Mrs. C. W.
Murphy, on Sunday. I
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Short
Pollard will be leaving on
Thursday, the 11th. for Pom
qpno Beach, Florida. During
their absence Mrs. Byrd
Gillespie and son Joe and
wife will be in charge of the
Mt. Mitchell Motel, where
they will make their home
until the Pollards return in
May, 1966.
Dr. and Mrs. Julian Corn
well and children visited Dr.
and Mrs. James I. Cornwell
of Asheville Sunday. Also
visiting with them were re
latives from Charlotte, N. C.,
and Chester, S. C.
Da and Mrs. Garland
Wampler spent a part of last
week in Durham, where Dr.
Wampler attended the North
Carolina Academy of Gener
al Practice, which was held
October 31 through Novem
ber 2nd.
Bom In Yancey Hospital,
November 2nd to Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Colwell of Bak
crsville, a son, Stephen
Wayne.
THE YANCEY RECORD
Dorsey- Robinson
Marriage Aaaouaced
Miss Patricia Eleanor Dor
sey, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Dorsey of 2804
Yubulan Ave, Charlotte.. N
C., became the bride of Jam
es Robinson, son of Mr. a~«d
Mrs. Verlin Robinson of 207
Judson Ave, Charlotte, on
November 3. Rev. Cha-lie
McMahon performed the
wedding ceremony at his
home In Micavil’e, N. C The
couple wiir reside in Char
lotte. where they both are
employed.
PTA MEETING
The Burnsville Elemen
tary PTA will meet Tuesday,
Nov. 16th, at 7:30 p. m. in
the school auditorium.
Scouts To Hoaor
Paroats
A special program honor
ing the parents will be pre
sented on Friday, November
12, at 7:30 p. m. by the
Brownies and Girl Scouts of
Burnsville and the South
Toe community. The pro
gram will be feiven in the
auditorium of the Burnsville
elementary school. It will
consist of songs, dances and
a short skit. All parents and
friends are Invited.
Mou’s Breakfast At
Methodist Churck
The men of the Higgins
Memorial Methodist Church
will hold their regular mon
thly breakfast meeting in
the fellowship hall of the
church on Sunday morning,
November 21 at 8:00 a. m.
Mr. Harold Bolling of Ashe
ville will speak on the Eye
Bank.
Voteraa’s Day
Program At Caae
River Higb School
Cane River High School
will hold a patriotic program
In the school auditorium at
one o’clock on Veteran’s
Day, Nov. 11th. Among other
features will be a short talk
by Mr. Grady Bailey on what
the Veteran’s Administra
tion is doing for veterans,
widows, children of vet
erans in the county.
Gospel Slag
There will be a gospel
singing at the Ivy Gap Bap
tist Church Saturday night,
at 7:30 p. m. All singers and
the public are invited to
attend.
Craft Classes At
South Toe School
Persons interested In the
craft classes, in native ma
terials will meet Monday,
Ncv. 15 at the school, as
early as 6 p. m. The execu
tive meeting of the PTA will
meet at 7 p. m.„ followed at
7:30 by the regular business
meeting.
Materials needed for the
making of plaques include
seed pods, nuts, cones and
' woods rose” fungus. Large
fungus or plywood pieces
should be brought for the
background, according to
Mrs. Andrew Johnson, In
structor, and Mrs. Al’ce Hop
son, Home Economics Ex
tension Agent.