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;; Page 4, THE YANCEY JOURNAL, March 22,1979 KRISTI (1.) AND KIM All- Tournament Trophies Awarded KRISTI ROBINSON, who with Betty Pritchard (not pictured) captains the East Yancey giris basketbaii team, and Kim Yuziuk, another player, hold trophies they won as “All Tournament Players” during the Cane River Invitational Tournament. Kristi, whose picture appeared last week with an incorrect name, was one of the outstanding Panther players for the 1979 basketball season. Praised By Sentrs Elderllostel Is Unique Program If you are 60 or over, ohave a friend, parent, or gand- parent 60 or over, tiin a unique educational prqram called Elderhostel is avaable to you and other elder cieens this summer at nine cofeges and universities throuhout North Carolina. Elderhostel combines the adventure of hostelingwith the pursuit of knowledge into an exciting week' of Northwestern’s 6-month Money Market Certificates pay 9.483% annual rate Effective March 22 thru 28 Interest rate is based on the average auction rate on the United States Treasury Bills issued the week specified. (Actual return on Treasury Bills is h^her than the discount rate.) Interest payable at matunty only. $10,000 minimum. THE NORTHWESTERN BANK Feclercil Regulations Irrohibit compounding of interest and require a subifanfuil interest penalty for early unthdrawal. Burnsville Native In Publication Robert R. Tilson has been listed in the 1979-80 edition of Marquis’ Who’s Who in Finan ce and Industry. He is Direc tor of Corporate Development for Sundstrand Corp., one of the Fortune 300 companies with 1978 sales of more than $730 million. He is responsible for mergers and acquisitions, long range planning and in ternational affairs. Sun- dstrand’s businesses are high technology and include power transmissions and fluid han dling, aerospace components and air conifort products. In the past 5 years, Mr. Tilson has acquired or divested over $80 million of assets for Sun dstrand. In addition to membership in a number of industry and professional groups, Tilson is immediate past president of the Chicago Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, an international organization of professionals engaged in corporate finance and planning, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Tilson, his wife Joan Discover [ smi ]BEN FRANKLIN \We bring variety to life! and three sons reside in i»ck- ford, Illinois. He is a natre of Burnsville, N.C., and i^ the son of Lena R. Tilson. Shade Is Intern In Radiology Ben Eric Shade, son of Mrs. Gwendolyn Shade Griffith of Route 1, Burnsville, has been accepted at Moses Cone Hospital School of Radiology, Greensboro, N.C. for his in ternship in radiology. Ben will complete his pre med course at Greensboro College in May, 1979 and will begin his internship in July. After 24 months internship he will graduate with a B.S. degree in Biology and a B.f. degree in Radiology. Ben graduated from East Yancey High School in 1974. He attended Lees McRae College from which • he graduated in 1976 with a degree in biology. After completing his hitlii- nship at Moses Cone Hosi Ben will be technologist. Out of a cIm 110, Ben was one of 30 chd to intern at Moses Cc Hospital. educational activities. Started in New Hampshire in 1975, the program now includes schools in 33 regions stretching from coast to coast. Campuses making up the North Carolina network of Elderhostel in clude: Appalachian State University, Mars Hill College, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Charlotte, UNC- Greensboro, UNC- Wilmington, Western Carolina University and Winston-Salem State University. During the summer each school will offer a series of week long, non-credit college level courses taught by regular faculty members. There will be no exams, no grades and no required reading. Included are such subjects as Our Marine En vironment, Recreational Theatre, The True Self: From Freud to EST, The Many Sides of Thomas Jefferson, and the Life and Literature of Thomas Wolfe, to name just a few. The fee for one week, which in cludes tuition, campus housing and dining will be $115.00 for all participants. In addition to such courses each campus offers a wide variety of extra-curricular ac tivities such as concerts, plays, music programs, nature hikes, together with recreational sports such as golf, tennis and swimming. “The enthusiastic response that elder citizens have given Elderhostel to date indicates that a large number of our retired citizens welcome the opportunity to stay active, to travel and to learn,” said Bob Wagoner, North Carolina Director of Elderhostel. “Elderhostel contradicts the rocking chair image of growing old. It is a program for people who are going somewhere, not in terms of physical movement, but in the sense of reaching out for new experience.” For more information about ^-Elderhostel interested parties should contact Bob Wagoner, 204 Abernethy Hall, 002A, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514, (919) 933-1123. ooo smt smt [Looeiroii- ■mm Get a STORECHECK* by mail, good for any merchandise in our stores, with proof of purchase and an official application from our display. YANCEY THEATRE Show Times 5-7-9pm 682-2531 Burnsville $1.00 Children $2.00 Adults NOW SHOWING fOlUGlNAL SOUNTltRACK ALBUM AVAILABLE ON ARISTA RECORDS AND S Robby Benson co-stars in ICE CASTLES as Lexie's home-town boy friend, a schoolboy hockey star who flunks a try-out in the pro's but wins the toughest test of his young life when Lexie’s world turns dark. It’s a magnetic performance by one of the screen’s most excit ing new stars. And the hockey sequences are as realistic — in their own rugged way — as the figure skating scenes are beautiful. Junior Recital Saturday A Junior Recital will be per formed by Bill Gouge at the Presbyterian Church, Burnsville, at 8 o’clock p.m. on Saturday, March 24. The public is invited to Local WCU Grads: hear Bill, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Gouge of Burnsville, play works of Mozart, Schubert and Chopin, among others. Alumni Organize Local graduates of Western Carolina University met Wed nesday, March 14 to organize a local Alumni Chapter to ser ve Avery, Mitchell and Yan cey Counties. The evening was highlighted by the presence of Mrs. Annie Felts, a resident of Mitchell County who graduated from WCU over 50 years ago (Class of ’28). Mrs. Felts is now retired, after having served as a public school teacher for 42 years. At the meeting she commented that “Western Carolina University had prepared her well for public school teaching,” and as she looked around the room, she recalled having taught the parents of many of the people present.” At the meeting Jim Manring, WCU Director of Alumni Affairs, made a presentation on how to organize an alumni chapter and gave his encouragement and support for the local ef fort. Manring also discussed recent progress of the Univer sity and answered questions about various campus ac tivities taking place at the school, located in Cullowhee. Suggestions as to how WCU could offer some local educational services were also entertained. The group elected an in terim President and Board of Celebrate Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Joe Silvers celebrated their 44th Wedding Anniversary March 16, 1979. Their children: Clifford, Tur ner, Stanley, Ralph and Larry Silvers and Joyce Johnson and their families surprised them with a dinner Sunday, March 18. Rev. and Mrs. Zenus Allen and Rev. and Mrs. Ellie Ray were there to help them celebrate the happy occasion. Directors who will meet within the next month to organize plans for a member ship drive and meeting to be held in May. Dr. H.F. “Cot ton” Robinson, WCU Chan cellor and native of Bandana in Mitchell County will be guest speaker for the May meeting in which an attempt will be made to get as many of the area’s 170 WCU Alumni to attend as possible. The group elected Roy L. Greene of Avery County as its interim President. The Board of Directors for the chapter will be Mike and Terry Manis and David Huskins, Avery County; Larry and Dianne Caudill, Gene Morgan, Bill Biddix, Hal Harrison, and An nie Felts, ail of Mitchell Coun ty; and Dennis Howell, Yan cey County. 97M BIG SAVINGS ON OTHER LUCRE* PAINTS ALSO! BEN FRANKLIN Banks Family Square Let Us Capture The Color Emotion Ceremony Action and Joy Of Your Wedding PEARL RAMSEY BUCK, shown here with son, Charles, will be 100 years old March 22. To Celebrate 100th Birthday storytelling Photography by Brian Westveer Box 444 Spruce Pine, 28777 765-7242 Pearl Ramsey Buck will celebrate her 100th birthday on Thursday, March 22, with her family at the home of Hope Buck who resides near the home of the original Buck homestead. Pearl was born at Mars Hill, N.C. on March 22, 1879-the daughter of O.H. and Ellen Keith Ramsey. She attended Mars Hill College, and was Birth Is Announced Airman Staff Sergeant and Mrs. Jackie P. Edwards of Ossutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska, announce the birth of their first child, a daughter, Mary Leigh Ed wards. Mary Leigh arrived at 7:35 p.m. Saturday, March 10. She weighed 6 lbs. oz. and was 19 inches long. Grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. Keith Starnes of Hickory, N.C. and Mr. and Mrs. Ossie Ed wards of Route 4, Burnsville. married on November 6, 1901 to David M. Buck of Johnson City, Tennessee. They moved to Bald Moun tain in Yancey County in 1902, where Mr. Buck was active in a large lumber company operating in the area. The project included 13 miles of spur line from CC&O Railroad at Huntdale, N.C. to Bald Mountain-a distance of 13 miles. The Bucks continued to live in the same locality after the lumber company closed. There were eight children in the family, five of whom are still living. David M. Buck, an outstanding leader in both community and state affairs, died in 1939. Mrs. Buck has 11 grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Children are: Dr. David M. Buck, Jr., deceased, Charles G. Buck of Asheville, Hope Buck of Burnsville, Mrs. Ruby B. Adams, Roxboro, N.C., Mrs. Kathrine Cherry of Hickory, Paul Buck, deceased, Mrs. Faye Blake, deceased, and Alma Buck, Burnsville.
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