Volume 32
NX. Congress Os Parents And
feathers Sponsors Conference
Raleigh - The North Carolina
Congress cf Parents and leach
ers will sponsor its annual fall
District Conference for District
Three at the First Baptist Cmir
ch in Valdese. N. C., on Monday,
October 2. Registration and a
coffee will begin at 9:30 a. m.
and the program at 10:00, end
ing with lunch. All PTA mem
bers, school principals, superin
tendents, supervisors, school
board members and other inter
ested persons are invited to at
tend. The Valdese PTA will be
host for the meeting. Lunch will
be available by reservation. Dis
trict Three includes the counties
of Avery, Burke. Caldwell, Mc-
Dowell, Mitchell, Wayne, Watau
ga and Yancey.
The conference program will
examine the “PTA's Stake in
School Boards" and will seek to
create a broader understanding
of the role of school boards and
their contribution to public edu
cation. To promote “better com
munication between boards of
t education and parents" was one
* the first commitments made
WjMState PTA'- President, Mrs.
R;l ey S. Monds of Hertford,
when she was elected in :965.
Mrs. Monds and State PTA Fle’d
Secretary, Frances Setzer. will
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Fate McClelland of Bakers Creek
is shown with two prize winning
tomatces from his garden One
weighing 2«* lbs. and the other
weighing 2 lbs. He said that he
grew one which weighed more
THE YANCEY RECORD
Baras villa, N.C.
bring information and challen
ges through their presentation
to conference participants. Edu
cating the public and •particular
ly the PTA to every facet of
school board activity is the goal
of N. C. PTA this year. District
Conferences across the state are
a major facet of this program.
Mrs. Edwin Kao’an of Valdese.
Director of District Three, will
preside at the meeting and will
conduct a brief business session.
Taylor Proposes
Historit Sight
WASHINGTON Congressman
Roy a. ray lor today unroaucjd
a Dui to acquire tue Can Sand
burg propeny at Fiat Rock,
Norm Carolina, and establish it
as a national historic site.
His bill proposes that the Sec
relaiy of lmerior be provided
funus to purchase the 268-ac.e
estate where the late author liv
ed and worked during the last 20
years of bis life.
The bill was immediately re
ferred to the House National
Parks and Recreation Subcom
mittee, of which Taylor is
chairman.
than these. He stated that he
and Mrs. McClelland ate about a
quarter of it and then Mrs. Mc-
Clelland canned 1 and one hall
pints from the remainder
P«dltnt«d To The Progress Os Yoscty Co»*ty
UNC Plans
TV History
Coarse.
GREENSBORO The Univer
sity of North Carolina at Greens
boro has announced plans to
offer an advanced history course
over the statewide UNC Educa
tional Television network this
fall.
Dr. Richard Bardolph, author
and head of the UNC-G History
Department, will teach the cour
se which is entitled "History
501a; Serial History of the Uni
ted States to 1865.”
lie Instruction will pay tuition
ersts tor any public school tea
chers who receive approval to
take the course. Other interest
ed persons may receive credit
by registering with the Exten
sion Division at UNC-G and pay
ing a S3O tuition fee.
Credits from the course may
be applied toward graduate or
advanced undergraduate work.
Lectures will be televised each
Monday Tuesday and Wednes
day from 6:30 p. m. to 7 p. m.,
beeinring Oct. J 6 and ending
Jan. 15. The deadline for re
gistration is Oct. 23.
The course will be offered on
Channel 4. Chanel Hill; Channel
2. Columbia: Oannel 17. Lln
vii'e: Channel 33. Asheville and
Channel 58, Concord,
For the past month one of Yan
cey County’s most illustrious
sons, after an absence of 19
years, has been visiting friends
and relatives in Burnsville and
the county. He is George W.
Allen, R-Adm. U. S. Navy
(Ret.)
Aum. Allen is the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John Allen,
who lived on Banks’ Creek. His
mother was the former Kate
Wilson.
While here he visited' his bro
ther, Charles Allen, who lives in
the old heme place; also anoth
er brother, Edd Allen in Ashe
ville, and his sister, Mrs. Mollie
Howell of Burnsville. He spent a
good deal of time visiting his
cousin, Mr. John Wilson and Mrs.
Wilson in Burnsville. He and the
Wilsons also visited the Wilson’s
sen, Frank Wilson and family,
in Hamlet, N. C.
Adm. Allen attended the coun
ty schools and also attended
Stanley-McCormick Institute in
Burnsville in 1905 and 1906. He
joined the Navy in 1908, and re
tired in 1947. He advanced from
the rating of Seaman Second
Cass to the rank of Rear Ad
miral. He was not the first, but
among the first to reach Flag
Rank from the ranks.
He served in both World War
One and Two Prior to World
War II he served at the Ameri
can Embassy in London He was
Thursday, SEPTEMBER 28, 1967
Retired Rear Admiral Visits
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Relatives Hero
Tomato Crops Give Low Yield
This Season
Although the tomato season
was below par this year, Yancey
County growers are realizing
seme prefit for their crops. This
is the cpinion cf the County
Farm Office.
Approximately 75 acres of to
matoes were set this year in the
county, according to E. L. Dill
ingham, Farm Agent. This acre
age was above the average set
last year, and agriculture offi
cials hepe 75 or more acres will
be put in tomatoes next year.
The crop this year is estimat
ed to be less than fifty per cent
of production under a normal
season. A bad growth of toma
toes because of the adverse con
ditions and a below normal mar
ket hindered the profit expected
by growers here.
A bad season generally, with
early excess rain, cool and dry
weather later resulted in poor
production. And a late spring,
generally, caused crops in ear
lier producing areas to mature
to a market condition at about
the same time crops in this
county were ready for market.
This had a lowering price trend
at the time.
Local growers marketed their
crops in Marshall, Bakersville
and through trucking. The Mar
shall shed is larger than any in
the area, as would be expected
since Madison county produces
a large tomato crop.
It has been estimated that
Madison farmers will realize
there during the German blitz
ing of London.
During his long and eventful
career in the Navy, he was al
ways where the action was. He
had command of a mine sweep
ing squadron for the invasion of
Normandy on June 6, 1944. He
also cleared and opened other
ports on the French coast.
After Normandy, he served at
Okanawa, . and helped in the
clearing of the East China Sea of
mine barges.
After V-J Day Adm. Al’en
opened the Port of C'vha on the
Is’and of Kachacn, Japan, and
removed our prisoners. After
that he he'ped in clean”** the
mines fmn the Port of Nagoya,
Jonan, and remained there until
1946.
Adm. Alien married Miss
Catherine Smith in Edinburgh,
Scotland, in 1918. She passed
away on’y three months a«o.
Thev had one daughter, who
married Col. W. E. Gise. U. S.
Marine Coips. He was lost at
Guadalcanal during the second
world war. Mrs. Gise passed
away eighteen months ago, leav
ing me son, who makes his
home with Adm. Allen in Coro
nado, California.
Adm Allen stated that be was
delighted to find so many of his
old school mates, friends and re
latives. and that he hoped to re
turn to Burnsville next year.
NUMBER FOUR
one-half million dollars from
tomatoes this year. The gross
from the crop in this county is
estimated at SSO thousand for the
year.
Mountain fanners have very
limited cash crops, and it is
pointed out that tomatoes are
marketable here at a time when
very little cash income is com
ing to the farmer from other
sources.
Growing tomatoes, as in grow
ing other cash crops, the farm
er who makes a crop each year
is the man who reaps the re
wards, according to the experts.
Plans are being laid for a co
operative packing house in this
county. And if the plans work out,
tomato farmers may not need to
haul their crops many miles and
wait several hours to get un
loaded and graded—they may be
able to get it done here.
Community
Development
tu dv juuyvu
Yancey County communities
will compete for honors and
prize money early in October,
according t o an announcement
by L. Dillingham, County
Extension Chairman.
Communities will report to the
judges what they have done on
increasing income, family liv
ing, and youth work.
The $536.00 in prize money
comes from the United Fund,
French Broad Electric Member
ship Corporation, and The North,
western Bank.
Winners will be announced at
the annual Farmers Night meet
ing October 23. sp~ns°red by the
Burnsville Men’s Cub. Dr. Geo
rge Hvatt. Director cf N. C. Ex
tension Service will ’be guest
speaker.
The communities coirmeting
this year are Arbuok'e, Double
Is’and, Micaville, Green Moun
tain. Newda’e. Rooky Springs,
and White Oak Creek.
Men’s Club
Hears Tomberlin
R. A. Tomberlin, Assistant
Superintendent of Buncombe
Ccunty Schools, sprite to mem
bers of the Burnsville Men’s Club
Monday night at their regular
monthly dinner meeting.
President Helton Carmichael
presided over the meeting, and
G. Leslie Hensley introduced the
speaker. „
Mr. Tomberlin, who is a na
tive of this county, sprite on
"The Role of a Father in the 7
Home Today.” He emphasized
the need of the father to take a
firmer grip on the home, guid
ing and setting a good example
for his children.
In his ta’k, Mr. Tomberlin
gave general recorded statistics
cf delinquency in the teenage
group today, pointing specifically
to alcohol, sex and drugs.