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In Burnsville
BY MRS. BRUCE WESTALL
682-2252
Mrs. Julia Banks has
rented home from an
Asheville hospital where she
has been a patient.
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Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ernst
and family are vacationing at
their cabin on Phillips Knob.
Their home is in Pennsyl
vania.
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Mrs. Cooper Hamilton and
children of Jacksonville, N.C.
are visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley Riddle Jr.
tyc. Hamilton will join them
for the weekend.
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Mrs. W.J. Walsh of
Kafamazoo, Michigan has
bean visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. O.W. Brown on
Phillips Knob. And another
daughter and her husband
Vice Admiral C.F. Moul of
Old Westbury, Long Island
are arriving for a visit with the
Browns.
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Mrs. H.H. Higgins has
returned home after undergo
ing surgery in Asheville last
week.
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Ben York of South Caro
lina has returned to his home
on \ West Main St. where his
family will join him later.
Mrs. Harriet Blankenship
of Mitchell Branch has been
posing for the last few weeks
for Painting in the Mountains.
Students find Mrs. Blanken
ship an excellent subject,
often in her house and apron
and posing as if she were
canning vegetables.
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Mrs. Ashley Manson of
Newport News, Va, is spend
ing several days with her
father, Milt Johnson.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis
Swan and family of Atlanta,
Gp. spent the weekend with
Mrs. Troy Ray.
Mrs. Bob Gould, Karen
and Elizabeth of St. Thomas,
Virgin Islands are spending
two weeks with Mrs. Gould’s
mother, Mrs, Annie Bennett.
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j f Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
ißoberston and children of
Hollywood, Florida have been
visiting with Mrs. Rober
ston’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
,Carl Wheeler for the last two
weeks.
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Rev. and Mrs. W.W.
Lawton of Dallas, Texas are
tfre guests of Rev. and Mrs.
,Don Sides.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cherry
and family of Colonial Hgts.,
Ya. spent the weekend with
lylrs. Cherry’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ike Laughrun.
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, Mrs. Louetta Honeycutt is
a patient in Spruce Pine Com
munity Hospital.
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Miss Clara Lee Hyatt and
Mrs. Ray McCall of Asheville
visited with friends in town
Sunday. They are both former
residents of Burnsville.
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Mrs. Lillian Jelley under
went surgery in Caldwell
Memorial Hospital in Lenoir,
N.C. last week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Richard
McAuliffe, Tracy and Jere
miah of Tampa, Florida are
arriving on Friday to spend a
week with their two sons,
/. Mike and James who live on
Todies Creek.
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5 Miss Mary Louise Wray
t will enter St. Mary’s High
, School on Sunday, August 17
in Raleigh, N.C.
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. ; On August 9, Mr. and
Mrs- Robert C. Thomas of
, Micaville attended graduation
. exercises at Appalachian
, State to watch their son,
„ Robert David Thomas gra
i duate with a Master’s Degree
in Elementary Education.
Also attending the graduation
exercises were Mrs. David
Thomas (who is employed by
Mitchell County School
t System) and son, Stephen
Thomas, Ms. Melissia Tho
t mas, and Mrs. Athur Wilson
?jof Burnsville. David will be
k working at St. Stephen’s High
3 School, Hickory.
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Born to Mr. and Mrs.
. Dean Hicks a son, Matthew
* Brian on August 6th at
l Memorial Mission Hospital,
Asheville. Grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hicks of
Newdale and Mr. and Mrs.
Truett Bickham of Charles
ville, Virginia.
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Bom to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Crain a 5 lb.
daughter, Cynthia Renee on
August 1 at Yancey Hospital.
Grandparents are Mrs. lona
Craig of Burnsville, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Crain of Swiss
Community. Great Grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs.
C.W. Hamilton of Rt. 3,
Burnsville.
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Mrs. Ernest Miller of Rt.
4, Burnsville had as her
guests for the weekend, Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry B. Miller,
daughter Kim, Anessia and
Denise, Jim Carol, Lee Ray
Ollerman, Michael Raymond,
John Marks all of Virginia
Beach, Va. and Miss Nancy
Wright of Chandler, Mr. Paul
Chaney of Asheboro, N.C.
and Allen Williams of Burns
ville.
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James Randall Mclntosh
of Burnsville, son of Mrs.
Louetta Harris and the late
James E. Mclntosh was one of
the graduates of Mars Hill
College at the Commence
ment exercises Friday, Au
gust 8.
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Mr. Roy Randolph is a
patient in St. Joseph’s Hospi
tal in Asheville for treatment.
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Mr. and Mrs. Edd Hill,
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Gibbs,
Fredia Hill and Doris Tom
berlin of Rt. 3, Burnsville
spent last week at Daytona
Beach, Florida. They also
visited Disney World.
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Melissia Thomas recently
spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Thomas of Micaville. Me'issia
has just returned from a
week-long stay in Washing
ton, D.C. where she repre
sented the Lead Techers for
the Western Carolina Univer
sity Teacher Corps Project.
Melissia also spent several
days in Philadelphia visiting
with friends. Earlier this
summer, Melissia was in
Santa Barbara, California for
a week to study Management
Information Systems in vari
ous nationwide Teacher Corps
Projects.
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Mrs. R.C. Orr of Asheville
spent several days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Proffitt last week. Mr. and
Mrs. Phillip Lilly of Durham
were also recent visitors. Mrs.
Lilly is a granddaughter of the
Proffitts.
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Mrs. Gertrude Styles
spent part of last week in
Hendersonville due to the
death of her daughter-in
law’s father, Fred Smith, who
died unexpectedly.
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The 1949 Graduating
Class of Burnsville High
School had their Ist Reunion
on August 3rd at the
Community Building. Nine
teen members of the class
were present out of 28. They
had as their guests Mr. and .
Mrs. Vemie Wilson, Mr.
Wilson being a former teacher
of their class. Lucy Bailey
Gardner of Ohio, Leland
Westall of Charleston, S.C.,
Tommy Johnson of Kings
port, Tenn., Bill Wilson of
Johnson City, Marjorie Harris
Taylor of Texas, Ruby Brink
ley Wilson of Greensboro
were out of town.
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Mr. and Mrs. Chailes
Edwards and Deborah spent
the weekend in Charlotte with
their daughter and son-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Radcliffe.
All-Day Trip
For Youths
Another recreational trip
for children ages 8 to 13 of
Yancey County is planned for
Thursday, August 14, to
Ghost Town. This is an all-day
trip and the bus will leave the
Courthouse lot at 7:30 a.m.
These trips are sponsored
by the County Recreation
Commission in cooperation
with the county and the local
W.A.M.Y. Community Action
office. For further information
contact the county W.A.M.Y.
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Traci Buckner
Celebrates
Birthday
Little Miss Traci Buckner,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Buckner, celebrated her sth
birthday on Monday, August
1.1. Helping her enjoy her
birthday cake and ice cream
were her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Hayter; also
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harris,
Niles Howell and Christine
Harris.
TEEjeer JfarefoeU
SHELBY A. STYLES
Shelby A. Styles, 77, of
Burnsville died Saturday
morning in a Saluda nursing
home after a long illness. He
was a native of Yancey County
and a retired farmer.
Surviving are one daugh
ter, Mrs. Garmon Ballew of
Hollywood, florida; and one
son, Clyde A. Styles of
Burnsville; three sisters. Mrs.
Mary Jones and Mrs. Van L.
Choates of Burnsville and
Mrs. William A. Bailey of
Hendersonville; one brother,
Willie Lee Styles of Burns
ville; and six grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the
Windom Baptist Church of
which he was a member.
Revs. Lee Woody, Jack
Silvers and Richard Muri
officiated and burial was in
the Honeycutt Cemetery.
A. EWART WILSON
A. Ewart Wilson, 85, of
Pensacola died Saturday
morning at his home after an
illness of three months.
He was the son of the late
A.G. and Columbia Jane
Silver Wilson and the grand
son of the pioneer bear hunter
‘‘Big Tom" Wilson. He built
the first motor road to Mt.
Mitchell and operated the
Mount Mitchell Inn at Stepps
Gap for 38 years until the
State of North Carolina
acquired the property for use
in the state park. He was
founder and charter member
of the ‘‘Big Tom Wilson
Hunting Club”.
Surviving are one daugh
ter, Mrs. Brooks Boone of
Pensacola; two sons, Tom
Wilson of Spruce Pine and
Ned Wilson of Pensacola; two
sisters, Mrs. Clyde Bagwell
and Mrs. Theo Ray of
Pensacola; five grandchildren
and four great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Monday in the
Pensacola Methodist Church
of which he was a member.
Rev. Edith Morgan officiated
and burial was in the family
cemetery.
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Cattail Creek
BY MRS. NEVA RENALDC
Cattail Correspondent
The Cattail Homeowners
MFfeeting was well attended
this year. The following
offices were filled: Vice
President, Mr. Swen KAR
MARK; Directors, Mr. H.L.
CRAMPTON and Mr. Loy
MORROW.
We are looking forward to
another year of continued
community cooperation.
r ;f~ The Rev. Wm. BLAIR
family have arrived to have
their little Cattail Retreat.
Mrs. Blair is staying close to
the cabin recovering from
recent surgery. Wendy is
escaping from her duties as a
social worker in Ft. Lauder
dale. Lee drove up with his
mother and father but must
jeave for the eastern coast
line.
It’s a real gathering of the
Clan at “Here ’Tis”—the Bob
RUDOLFS and their son and
family the Robert Rudolfs are
here from Cleveland.
Al, Charlotte and David
HEDBERG have arrived from
i jh
MRS. GRADY ROLAND
Mrs. Sena Roland, 88, of
the Pensacola Community
died Wednesday morning in a
Spruce Pine hospital after a
short illness. She was thp
daughter of the late Nelson
and Martha Sawyer Wilson.
Surviving are the hus
band. Grady Roland; two
daughters. Mrs. Ruth Hud
gins of Micaville and Mrs.
Bonnie Brown of Etowah,
N.C.; three sons, Herman ,
Roland of Hendersonville,
Alvin and Rev. Winfred,
Roland of Swannanoa; six
half-sisters, Mrs. Ora Austin,
Mrs. Etta Mae Honeycutt and
Mrs. Rosie W. McPeters of.
Burnsville, Mrs. Elsie Yates
of Kentucky, Mrs. Hattie
Blevins of Marion, N.C. and
Mrs. Madge McGowan of
Michigan; three half-broth
ers, Marshall Wilson of
Marshall, N.C., Walter Wil,
son of Baltimore, Md., and
Hurlan Wilson of Burnsville;
22 grandchildren and several
great grandchildren also sur
vive.
Funeral services were held
Friday at 2 p.m. in the.
Pensacola Free Will Baptist'
Church of which she was the
oldest member. Revs. Arnold
Wilson and Shelby Carroll
officiated. Burial was in the
Westall Cemetery at Celo. •>
Notes Os
Thanks
The family of Fred Smith
wishes to express their
appreciation to all their
friends of Yancey County for
your many acts of kindness
during their hour of sorrow.
You will long be remembered.
May God Bless each of you.
The family of Fred Smith,
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We would like to express
our appreciation to all our
friends and neighbors for all
the floral arrangements, food,
and all their acts of kindness
shown us during the loss qf
our loved one.
The family of Shelby
Styles.
West Palm Beach.
The Ray PEREZ’S with
son Victor are in from Miami.
The Lee HEDPERGS are
in from Virginia The
Wayne MONTGOMERYS and
the Cal Montgomerys are in to
join with the rest of the
family.
The Bob Ulugts with their
daughter Christie are guests
at Dogwood Cottage. It is
their first trip to these
mountains and they are
overcome with it all.
The Harold GRONQUISTS
left this week to wend their
way back to Ft. Lauderdale.
Miss Gronquist has had Mr.
< Marty McAnnully as her
■ guest this past week.
The Jerry RAYS were in
for the weekend from Greens
boro. They reclaimed their
two daughters, Lisa and
v Kristin who have spent two
weeks with Grandmother
Gronquist.
The RAINEYS and the
NELSONS both came in last
, week in time for the Associa
tion meeting.
Ron DELANS drove in
from Charleston, S.C. where
he is interning at the Naval
Hospital, to spend the week
end with Mrs. Delan’s two
grandmothers, Mrs. GRASS
MUCK and Mrs. Keith
PHILLIPS. Mrs. Phillips is
just home from a two week
stay in Charlotte.
The Harry Broadbents of
- Miami are here for their
first visit at the Keith Phillips
cabin. They are much im
pressed with the Yancey
. County area.
The Paul Hunts are guests
at the THREADGILLS Lake
Tahoe Cabin. They are
newcomers from Tallahassee.
Don’t forget Bingo Wed
nesday night at 7:30. There
are only a few Bingo nites
left-so do take advantage of
them. See you there.
Party For
Parkmty
Students
A tired group of students
along with director Lauren C.
Woods from the Parkway
Playhouse had a final get
together Sunday afternoon,
August 10, at Ogle Meadows
as guests of Mr. and Mrs. L.
Henry Read Jr. and the j
George Downings of the I
Yancey County Country Store. I
What started out to be an
overcast, drizzling day turned I
into a beautiful clear, cool I
afternoon and evening. |
After a very successful I
29th season, ending with a I
great hit, “Annie Get Your I
Gun”, everyone was exhaus- I
ted and sad about leaving- I
some back to college, some I
not sure. Their contribution to I
an interesting summer for I
guests and residents of this I
area will be remembered and I
appreciated. 1
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