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Volume 33 RUDOLPH GLATLY DUS IN SPRUCE PINE UTTLE SWITZERLAND Engineering and consiuant and promoter of • courtesy anting >omh, Rudolph Glatiy died Mon day morning in a bp uce Pine hospital af.er a brief Ulness. He was 71. Swiss-born Gla'ly was the head of Glatly Associates, Inc. of Spruce Pine, a mine.al engineer ing and sales affiliated with Feldspar Corp cation. Glatly, a na u:allied citizen, once told a Citizen correspond ent after a trip back to his native land: “I find so much grea‘er free dom here in Lit le Switzerland and the whole of America. The country of Switzerland is so small and hemmed in. Never would I have had the opportun ities I have enjoyed here. I definitely owe the United States a tremendous obliga ion.” In 1957, he began his “Gla l ly Courtesy” awards' program which honored students of the three public schools in Spruce Pine. At the 'l2th annual pre sentation last December, Glatly told an assembly of the three schools that the~e had been a noticeable "closing of the cour tesy gap.” "From visitors and tourists from far and wide, I have heard repeatedly that the most cordial, the most police and the most courteous youngsters in all of Western North Carolhia are found right here In Spruce Pine," he said. Glatly came to America 50 years ago knowing no English, but fluent in French, Fallen and German. He was on a factfind ing mission for the Federal'Rail roads of Switzerland but decid ed to stay. Refused a job with the Penn sylvania Railroad until he learn ed English. Glatly picked up the language in six months work ing -as h day laborer and later boi’er tester for a Pittsburgh steel mill. During the period, he told a Citizen correspondent, his fel low mill workers taught him bits of profanity, but sa<d *|.e phrases were “Ame.ican greet ings of respect.” He learned what iihe phrases we e, Glatly said, af.er politely greeting the landllady. At khe end of the six-month period, Glatly went to work for Pennsylvania Railroad. He first came to North Caro lina in 1921 to supervise the construction of a Micaville feld spar plant for Pittsburgh mach inery company. He Said It was the first feldspar plant in WNC. He stayed on for fwo yea's to manage the plant for the N. C. Feldspar Corp. He then left for Pittsburgh only to return to WNC in 1925. He said the mountains here re sembled the foothills of his na tive Swiss Alps. He opened a consulting firm in Burnsville in THE YANCEY RECORD 1925 and was naturalized in 1925. ALer the Feldspar Company was orpanized he designed add built its large plant at Bow ditch in Yancey County -arid Oft e~a'ed it until 1939, when he moved to Spruce Pine 1 as an officer of the N. C. Feldspar Corp. For the last 10 yea's, he and his wife have lived in • chalet like cottage here in Little Swit zerland, which they named "Swiss Cress.” He was a trustee of the Spruce Pine Communi y Hospital and a deacon of the First Presbyter ian Church of Spruce Pine, where he was a long-time choir member. He was a member of the Vesper Masonic Lodge SM, AFJtAM. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mary Banks Glatly; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Keating of Fort Wal ton Beach, Fla.; a brother, FTUs Glatly of Zorich. Switzer land; and five grandchildren. Services were held at 2 p. m. Wednesday in First Presbyter ian Cturch of Spruce Fine. The Rev. R. M. Canity and the Rev. Ben Lee Ray officiated. Burial was in Spruce Pine Mem orial Cemetery. Masonic graveside rites were ,conduc.ed by the Vesper Ledge: Honorary pallbearers worn members of Spruce Pine Rotary Club, bond of trustees of Spruce Pine Ccmmunfry Hospital and associates of the mica and feld spar industries. In lieu of flowers the family has requested dona Mons be mat's to the Glatly Courtesy awards fund. The Spruce Pine Commun ity Hospital has been designated to receive the donations. P.T.A. Meeting At East Yancey There will be a P.T.A. meet ing, Monday night at East Yan cey High School at 7:30. Accord ing to Mr. Herb Allen, the pro gram will consist of a FFA de monstration in parliamentary procedure. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. Revival At Faith Fellowship Baptist Church The Winter Revival at Faith Felloship Baptist Church, which began January 26, and will close February 2, has resulted in sev eral conversions and rededica tion among members and visi tors. The Evangelists are Walt Hoover and Bill Hlad. Services are held nightly at 7:30. This church is located on Mitchell Branch Road. Rev. Charles Kistler, pastor. The public is cordially invited to take part in ~ these services. Burnsville, N. C. 20 Year-Old Youth Injured In Auto Accident A 20 year old youth was in jured critically in a five-car accident in front of the River Breeze Drive-in Restaurant, about 1:30 a. m. Saturday morn ing. The injured was Kenneth Crain of Weaverville. He sus tained head injuries and was taken to Yancey Hospital and later transferred to Memorial Mission' in Asheville. According to Patrolman Jones, investigating officer, a car driv en by William Dean Randolph, 22, of Burnsville, Rt. 3, was headed east on U 8. Highway 19E, when he saw a car, driven by Johnny Lee Crain of verville, backing out of the Drive-in. He skidded to try and miss the backing car and s'ruok a parked car. He then went back into the highway and struck the Crain car, which threw him into two more parked cars. - Kenneth Crain, the injured man, was riding in the backing car driven by Johnny Lee Crain. Randoph has been charged with falure to reduce speed to avoid collision, and Crain was charged with failure to yield right-of-way. The estimated damage to par ked cars was around SIOO. Da mage to all cars was estimated at around $2,000.00. Kenneth Crain received the only injuries in the accident. Patrolman Jones was assisted in his investigation by Patrol man Davis. Micaville Man Sustains Knife Wound Ralph Fortner of Micaville is in Memorial Mission Hospital, Asheville, in critical condition from a knife wound sustained Friday night about 11:00 p. m., at the home of Willard Buchan an on Highway 00, about a mile from Micaville. Asbury Pittman of Micaville has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon and was placed in Yancey County jail. He has been released on SIOOO bond, according to Kermit Banks, deputy sheriff. Fortner was stabbed in the lower abdomen and was taken to Yancey Hospital on Friday night, and removed to the Ashe ville hospital la'er that night According to investigating of ficer Banks, he was called to the scaie of the "Free-For-All" a bout 11:00 p. m. Friday night Other officers helping in the inves'igation were W. B. Hig gins and Bill Arrowood. Thursday, January 30,1969 YANCEY GIVES 124 BLOOD UNITS FOR RED CROSS By : Ashton Chapman All officers of the Mayland Chapter, American Natiooal Red Cross, are proud of the re cord chalked up Jan. 22 during the quarterly visit to Burns ville of a mobile blood unit from the Regional Red Cross Blood Center in Asheville. The quota for Burnsville is 100 pints per visit. All too often the total donations have been sharp ly below the set quo-a. But last week a total of 124 pints of blood was obtained in Burns ville. In addi'ion, 22 pe~sons who volunteered to give blood had, for a varie‘y of reasons, to be rejected at that time. Deep appreciation is extended by the Mayland Chapter for the success of this bloodmobile visit to Burnsville, and the officers wish to thank every one who gave blood or volunteered to do so. The great success of the visit is credited to the efforts of tho recently organized BuTwville Photo by John Robinson Pictured above is the last of the tomato crop grown by John Rob inson. John raised the tomatoes in Ma*s Hill, and when the weather got cold he put card board around the plants and cov ered the top with plastic. The g~een tomatoes continued to ripen through two snows. When he moved back to Burnsville LAST OF TOMATO CROP Number Twenty - One 1 Jaycees, who adopted the blood mobile visit as one of their first projects. These young men and their wives worked tirelessly to secure donors, some of whom gave blood for'the first time. The Jaycees concentrated upon securing replacements of blood which had been used for resi dents of Yancey County while they were pa'ien‘s in the hos pital in Burnsville, or in hos pitals elsewhere. The Burnsville Jaycees were organized through assistance of the Spruce Pine Jaycees. The Mayland Red C~oss was recently formed by merging the individual Red Cross Chapters in Mitchell, Ave-y and Yancey Counties. The larger Chapter has been able to establish an office, with a full-time Executive Secretary, Mrs. Kay Matthiesoo. Her office is in the parish hail of Trinity Episcopa 1 Church, Spruce pine, and her phone num ber ia 755-2422. the first of November he cut the plants and brought tomatoes with him with the green tomato in .act. He then put the plants in water until they withered and then picked the green tomatoes and placed them in a cool dark pantry where they continued te • pen and he ale the last cjp pictured above thia week.
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