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YANCEY DELEGATION ATTENDS
DEVELOPMENT MEETING
Pictured in top above are
members of the deiegat.on last
week to a meeting in Spruce
Pine of the newly formed North
Carolina - Tennessee Highway
and Tourism Development As
sociation. Left to right, Philip
Thomas, attorney; Harlon Hol
combe, former Yancey County
Representative; Lowe Thomas,
former Clerk of Superior Court
here and presently working with
the new court system in the
state; James Ray, former mayor
of Burnsville and coowner of
Ray Brothers Pood Center; Paul
Wooten, manager of Westco Tele
phone Co., here and a H'ghway
COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING
SERVICE AT FIRST BAPTIST
A special community-wide
Thanksgiving servce will be
held in the First Baptist Church
on Wednesday even ng, the 22nd,
at 7:30. Rev. J. M. G. Warner,
pastor of Higgins Memorial Met
hoodist Church, will be the
speaker. Muse will be provided
by the combined choirs of the
Baptist, Methodist and Presby
terian churches of Burnsville.
“Tithe Day” in the First Bap
tist Church Sunday was a tre
mendous v etory, with the larg
est number of persons pledging
to tithe during 1968 ever on the
first day of a tith'ng emphasis.
A total of 104 people pledged to
give at least one tenth of their
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N.C.
Committee member; Joe Young,
owner of Young Auto Sales; and
O. W. Deyton, Chairman of
Board of County Commissioners
and owner of Deyton Farm
Supply.
In bottom picture are, left to
right, John Hampton, Gov.
Moore’s representative of the
ApDalachian Develop
ment program; Phil : p Thomas,
eo-cha'rman of the Association;
Mrs. Ruth Johnson, secretary;
Hitton Curry, reorerentaHve of
Gov. El'to‘don of Tennessee in
the AoDa’nefctan Procram: a«d
Herman Pob'nron, co. eba’r
man of the Association from
Tennessee.
income during the coming year.
The goal forithe year is 125, and
with this wonderful beginring
this goal should be easily readi
ed.
During the Thanksgiving sea
son emphasis is placed upon the
needs of Children’s Homes thro
ughout the state by all denomi
nations, and spec'al offerings are
taken. The First Baptist Church
will again take an offering for
this cause on Sunday the 26th.
Five Children's Homes are sup
ported by the Baot'st State Con
vention. They are Mills Home,
Thomasvllle; Kennedy Home,
Kinston; Odum Pem
broke Greer Home. Chapel Hill;
and a group at Wallburg.
Ttandoy, Novembtr 23, 1947
Bankers Win
Award Far
Service To
Agriculture
A top national award been
wui by tne bankers of
Carolina for Lhe 23rd consecu
tive year for outstand.ng ser
vice to agriculture through the
activ.ties of the N. C. Bankers
Association.
The County Key Banker for
Yancey County, Arney Fox,
Cashier of The Northwestern
Bank here, was informed today
that the NCBA has won the Agri
cultural Award presented by The
American Bankers Association
for notable serv ce to agricul
ture. The wide range of projects
carried on through the Associa
tion between the farm and f nan
cial communities is recognized
by the award, Mr. Fox listed
such projects as the annual
Shcrt Course in Modern Farm
ing at N. C. State, attended by
over 1700 young farmers in re
cent years under scholarships
paid by the'r hometown banks;
th° *-—■ ■ m ■-
ence for bankers and farmers;
and a land judging meet in
wh ch thousands of FFA mem
bers take part.
NCBA Pres'dent, W. C. Barrett
of Laurinburg noted that banks
conHnue to remain the largest
lenders in agriculture. ‘"nils
award is evidence of the con
iine'ng interest rn the part of
banks in North Carolina in the
advancement of agriculture and
1 congratulate everv*m* for mak
ing the award possible.**
Rhododendron
Qneen To Ride
In Parade
Arrangements have been com
pleted fur a special personal ap
pearance here of Miss Ann
Elizabeth Ba ley, the Concord
beauty who captured the title
and crown last June to become
the 2lst North Carolina Rhodod
endron Queen. The statuesque
beauty will be in the Bumsv.He
Christmas parade on Saturday,
December 2nd. She is being
sponsored here by the Coca Cola
Bottl ng Company. The Junior
Queen will also ride in the
parade.
Miss Bailey, who competed
for the crown aga'nst twenty
two other talented and lovely
young ladies from across North
Carolina, placed in all three
divis'ons, the swim suit and
evening gown, as well as the
talent division. She went on to
win the title as 20,000 people
looked on in the world famed
rhododendron gardens atop Roan
Mounta n in Mitchell County
near the Tennessee border in
western North Carolina.
The new queen, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Bailey
of Concord, received her new
crown from Miss L nda Jeane
Blair of Greensboro who com
peted 344 appearances during
her reign Miss Ba ley will tra
vel in many of the same places.
METHOD OF LISTING TAXES
TO BE CHANGED NEXT YEAR
OBITUARIES
J. GLENN RAY
Hendersonville Jesse Glenn
Ray, 60, former owner-operator
of PAL Bus Lines which served
the Enka Candler and Le cester
communities, died Saturday
morning in a Hendersonv lie hos
pital after a long illness.
In recent years, Mr. Ray was
owner-operator of the South
Wind Motel. 1640 Ashev lie High
way here where he resided.
Pr or to going to Henderson
ville, he had lived 30 years in
Asheville. He was a Yancey
County native and a member
of Main Street Baptist Church,
Hendersonv lie.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Edith Noblet Ray; two sons,
Robert L. of Asheville and Wil
iam E. Ray of Charlotte; the
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ray
of AsheviUe; a sister, Mrs. Paul
Ellis of AshevUle; six grand
children and a great-grandchild
Chapel, Ashev lie.
and the Rev. C. R. Pierce of
ficiated. Burial was in Ashlawn
Gardens. Asheville.
Pallbearers were Mi>h*el
BeM. Alton. Alden and FHde
Noblett. James and Paul Ellis,
Jr. Honorary pallbearers were
former employes of PAL Bus
Lines.
JOHN EDGE
John Edward Edge, 80, died
Saturday night in a Western
North Carolina hospital after a
long illness.
Mr. Edge was a retired miner
and fanner.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Emma Rob nson Edge; two
daughters, Mrs. Florence Sisk,
and Mrs. Eva McKinney, both
of Morganton; one son, Lewis
Edge of Burnsville Rt. 5; one
sister, Mrs. Julia McKinney of
Burnsville Rt. 2; three brothers.
Bill and Mills of Newdale and
Joe Edge of Pennsylvania; s ; x
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
Services were held Monday at
2 p. m. in B’ue Rock Baptist
Church of which he was a
member.
The Rev. Arnold Robinson,
the Rev. Charles Willis and the
Rev. Lloyd Glenn off'eiated.
Burial was fai the church ceme
tery. i
Stores To Be
Open On
Wednesday
Afternoon
Beg nning Wednesday, the 22,
all stores will be open on Wed
nesday afternoon during the
Christmas season. On Wednes
day, January 3rd, the stores re
turn to the Wednesday afternoon
dosing.
Number Twelve
The Yancey County Commiss
ioners have announced that with
the authority granted them in
the last session of the N. C.
Legislat on, the method of list
ing personal property taxes will
be »changed this com ng year.
Tentative plans by the Com
missioners call for ccmbning
the County’s 11 Townships into
the fellow ng four Districts for
Tax Listing Purposes: District
No. l: Burnsville, Pensacola;
District No. 2: South Toe-Crab
tree; District No. 3: Green
Mounta n, Jacks Creek. Brush
Creek; District No. 4: Cane Rib
er, Egypt, Ramseytown, Prices
Creek.
Th's will allow the County to
employ four tax listers iastead
of eleven; pay the listers con
siderably mere salary, and st 11
save the County money on get
ting the job done.
Tentative plans are for the
Listers to spend seme t'me in
each township listing taxes, and
then be : n the court house for
the remainder of the time in
~~ffihwrfo tCTrrtofVtosrt; ■
venient to list their taxes in the
It was emobasized that the
make-up of these D'stricts could
possibly be altered, but the list
ing procedure will remain the
same.
Persons interested in work'ng
as tax listers are asked to ao-
P'y at the tax office in the court
house.
Miss Reeve
Performs Bach
U Major
Concerto With
Orchestra
Evelyn Joan Reeve, professor
of music at Lebanon Valley Col
lege in Annville, Pennsylvania,
and Temple Panter, originally
from Pulaski, Virginia, now i
teacher and concert artist on
the harpsichord in Philadelphia,
Pa., performed the Bach U maj
or concerto with the college or
chestra under the baton of Pro
fessor Thomas Lanese, on Sun
day last.
The duo concerto was receiv
ed with great enthusiasm by the
students mid friends of the col
lege, many of whom were unac
quanied w'th the bar~que in
strument for which Bach, living
in a pro piano era, composed so
much of h ! s music.
A sizeable delegation cf friends
and music enthusiasts made the
90-m'le trip from Philadelphia to
attend the concert.
This is Miss Reeve's first pub
lic performance on the harpsi
chord; but other concerts for
two, and possibly three, harpsi
chords are bei*« nlanned in and
around Prlade>phia.
Miss Reeve is the daughter of
Mrs. Joan Reeve of RurnsvWe.
and the late Preshvterian minis
ter. the Rev. Warren S. Reeve.