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VOLUME NINETEEN
Men’s Club Seeks Funds
For Health Building
A special meeting was held
on June 14 at the local Com- i
munity Hall by the Burnsville «
Men's Club for the purpose of
promoting, in concert with the t
local Lions Club, the erection i
of a new building which is to I 1
become the seat of the District i
Health Center serving Yancey,
Mitchell and Avery Counties. «
Several speakers were heard in
■the course of a thorough dis- i
cussion. ’i
As a former member of the j
local Board of Health, Mr.
Mark Bennett, County Repre
sentative in the State Legisla- -
■% ture, reviewed the . historical 1
■background of the project. t
Dr. Melvin W. Webb describ- <
ed the highly important servic- i
es which are being rendered by ;
the local District Health De
partment for the prevention of
diseases. He also pointed out
that its efforts were being han
dicapped by entirely inadequate i
State College
Sponsors Farm
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And Home Week
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Farm and Home Week will •
be observed at North Carolina
State College, Raleigh, June 1
20 to 23. The event is sponsored ]
by State College in cooperation i
with the N. C. Department of
Agriculture. '
The N. C. Farmers Conven
tion and N. C. Federation of
Home (Demonstration Clubs
will hold both separate and
joint sessions, presided over by
officers of these two/organiza- ,
tions. Yancey County is repre- ■
seated in the officers of the 1
State Home Demonstration 1
Club Federation by Mrs. Ralph j
Proffitt of Bald Creek. She is
second vice-president of the '
state organization.
Attendance at Farm and 1
Home Week is open to all in- '
iterested persons. Information 1
ion costs, program, and other j
details may be secured from "
the County Agents Office.
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FUNERAL SERVICES!
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HENRY WILSON
Henry Wilson, 77, of Burns- j
ville Route 1, a retired farmer, i
died Friday at the home after |
a long illness.
Funeral services were ' held (
Saturday at 11 a. m. in the
borne with the Rev. Ralph
Young and the Rev. Bill
Wheeler officiating. Burial was ■
in Wilson Cemetery.
Surviving are the widow; one
son, Ernest Wilson of Burns
ville RFD 1; three brothers,
Oscar and Ben of Burnsville
and Gilbert Wilson of Leicester,
and one grandson.
Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home was in charge.
SAM RAY
Sam Ray, 45, died Sunday at
4 p. m. at the home of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ray
of Burnsville.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2 p. m. in the Green
Mountain Free Will Baptist
Church here. The Rev. George
Anderson and the Rev. Mr.
Freeman officiated. Burial was
in Bailey Hill Cemetery.
' Survivors are the widow; *five
daughters, the Misses Christine,
Barbara, Audrey, Iris and Vio
let Ray, all of the home; four
sons, Sgt. Walter Ray of the
Armed Forces in Japan, Bill,
Sammie and Philip of the home;
two brothers, Glenn and Isaac
of Burnsville; four sisters, Mrs.
Adam Mitchell of„ Burnsville;
Mrs. John Anderson, Mrs. D. C
Minish and Mrs. Tom Hall of
Marion.
Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home was in charge.
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The Yancey Record
SUB. RATES* $2.00 YEAR.
accomodations and equipment.
Dr. Whisnant pledged his
support by submitting the mat
ter to the Lions Culb.
Approximately five-sixths of
the cost of construction and
equipment of the new Health
Center will be defrayed by Fed
eral and State subsidies, under
the direction and supervision
of the State health authorities.
Under present plans, the re
maining one-sixth of the cost is
to be met partly by the county,
partly by public subscription.
Prompt action being required
in the matter, Mr. Bruce Wes
tall, as president of the Burns
ville Men’s . Club appointed a
committee for the solicitation
of contributions. The Lions
Club in turn will undoubtedly
take proper action in the mat
ter.
Not only the public at large,
but also the mining and other
industries throughout the dis
trict have a stake in sponsoring
the proposed Health Center, as
it will be provided with perman
ently available up-to-date facili
ties, such as X-ray equipment
for the detection of tuberculo- 1
sis, silicosis and other diseas->
es, states Bruce Wes tall, presi
dent of the club.
“The project is worthy of
the whole-hearted rpport of all
public-spirited citizens throu
ghout the' county,” said Wcstall.
Roberts Auto Has
New Service
Garage Building
Better service and (
increased capacity are the re
sults the Roberts Auto Sales
Company expect from their
pew addition just completed in
the rear of their regular sales
and service building.
The new building which will
be used as a service and repair
garage gives a feeling of im
mense space since there are no
center supports or partitions to
break up the 70 by 110 foot ex
panse of floor space. With a
solid concrete floor and cinder
block walls the building has a
half-round roof supported by
trussed steel beams. The old re
pair shop will be used for body
repairs.
Additional personnel has been
added to take care of the in
creased amount of work the
shop can handle. J. P. Nolan,
previously with Robinsons
Chevrolet in Spruce Pine will
work in the repair department
as a mechanic and Howard
Hoyle, well known in Spruce
■Pine and surrounding area will
be in charge of the body shop.
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TA’NKERS COLLIDE— 21 FEARED DEAD—Two loaded
oil tankers—the 7,256 ton Panamanian tanker Buccaneer and
the 10,788 ton Swedish tanker Johannishus collided and
burned in a fiery holocaust in the North Sea. Twenty-one are
feared dead. The Buccaneer reported it hacC Erpught * its fire
under control and was picking up survivors of the** 1 JoKdftnji
slgis which is shown above burning as water pours into its
side through a hole caused by the collision.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
Binghams Announce
Opening Os Camp
Mr. and Mrs. James W.
Bingham have arrived in Bur
nsville from Jacksonville, Flor
ida and have announced the
opening of Camp Mt. Mitchell
for the summer. The camp has
a full enrollment of seventy
five girls from six to sixteen
years of age.
The camp provides a large
number of activities to keep the
campers occupied and happy,
Among the activities, with com
petent teachers to give guidan
ce and instruction, are horse
back-ending, swimming, diving,
(the lakt two in the camp’s pri
vate "swimming pool), tennis,
badmenton, dancing, (includ
ing ballroom, ballet, tap, folk,
and square), dramatics, handi
crafts, painting, nature study,
outdoor cooking, and archery.
All the counselors are skilled
and well trained in his special
field. Many of the counselors
have taken studies fn child
psychology and several have
had nurses training.
Parents of children in the
camp are encouraged to visit
the camp. This will not only
give them a chance to inspect
the camp but will allow them to
see the vacation opportuniies
i to be found in this part of the
country.
. Camp Celo Opens
For Season
The Celo Farm-Home Camp
opened for the 1955 season on
June 12 and will run for the
next eight weeks. Thirty-five
boys and girls from six to ten
•years of age are enrolled. They
have come from twelve states,
some as far away as Wisconsin,
Masssachusetts, and Florida.
The camp, located on the
South Toe River above Celo, is
being operated this year by
Ernest and Elizabeth Morgan
of Yellow Springs, Ohio, and
Robert and Dorothy Barrus of
Celo. The camp staff includes
Walton Blackburn of Columbus,
Ohio; Wolfgang Grimmig, stud
ent at Antioch College, whose
home is in Heidelberg, Ger
many; Stanley Newman of New
York City; Angus Ross of
Miami, Florida, and Burnsville;
Wanda Lea, Isabel Ballew, and
Velma Grindstaff, all of Celo.
Centered around the farm ac
tivities of the Barrus home
stead, the camp program gives
the children experience in feed
ing and caring for animals, as
well as the more usual camp
activities of swimming, boating,
riding horseback, hiking, camp
ing out, handcrafts, music, and
games.
BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 16,1955
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HEALTH OFFICERS
ATTEND MEETING
Dr. Ca/neron F. Mcßae, dis
trict health officer, and Jake
F. Buckner attended the annual
meeting of the Western North
Carolina Public Health Asso
, ciation last Friday in Morgan
[ ton. Last year’s meeting was
, held in this county/ on Mount
. Mitchell.
Duke University
; Student Helps
Methodists
. Albert Van Reenen, a student
at Duke University Divinity
! School, began a ten-week per
iod of work in the Methodist
. churches of Yancey County last
Saturday. He Ms working under
. the direction of the Divinity
School for the summer. Mr. Van
Reenen comes from Bluefield,
West Virginia, and is now a
member of the West Virginia
' Conference of the Methodist
Church. He received the A. B.
degree from West Virginia
University, and upon completion
of his work at Duke next year
plans to return to that confer
ence and take a pastorate.
Mr. Van Reenen will be
\ teaching in vacation Bible
! schools at WindoUjU Niewdale,
’ Celo, and PensacosLHe will be
helping with the vntel junior
camp at the OpwmSt Youth
Camp in August. June 19
and 26 he will preach at the
Higgins Memorial Methodist
Church in Burnsville. Other
•activities include youth week
programs in th ie Newdale char
ge, Methodist Youth Fellowship
meetings, and pastoral duties.
Although assigned to'the New
dale charge, Mr. Van Reenen
will gladly help out wherever
his assistance might be desired
over the area.
Many Art Students
I At Seecelo
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r The Burnsville Painting Class
[ es opens its tenth season June
I 25th. Frank Stanley Herring
will direct the school. Edward
1 S. Shorter, joint owner, is on
leave of absence and his place
as an instructor will be filled by
Robert Miller of Abilene Texas.
Frances Hall Herring is execu
tive secretary.
A large number of students
are registered from all over the
country. Applications have al
ready been received from New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jer
‘ sey, District of Columbia, Vir
-1 ginia North Carolina, South Car
olina, Georgia, Florida, Tenne
ssee, Alabama, Mississippi, Ok
lahoma, Texas, and Washington.
The group consists of profes
sionals, advanced tudents, ama
teurs and beginers.
Classes are conducted in land
scape, portrait and still life
painting.
Demonstrations in portrait
landscape painting will be given
throughout^’the summer. The
dates of demonstrations to b'e
given at night will be announced
later ad the public is cordially
invited to attend.
Frank Stanley Herring, presi
dent of tre Burnsville Painting
Classes, is a nationally known
painter. His portraits and
paintings hang in public and
private collections in thirty
eight states and in several oth
er countries.. He has spent his
summers in North Carolina for
twenty odd years.
J. Robert Miller of Abilene,
Texas, a former student of the
Burnsville Painting Classes
for six seasons, also studied
with Frank Stanley Herring in
Millidgeville, at Pratt Institu
te, Brooklyn, N. Y., at the
Ringling School of Art and the
Island City Art School. His
paintings are in public and
private collections in many
states including the Hickory
Museum at Hickory, N. C. For
the past two seasons he has
been assistant instructor of the
{Burnsville Painting Classes,
but this year he will be full in
structor in Mr. Shorters place.
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BAS.yjO WINS WELTER
WEIGHT TITLE • Carmen (
Baßilio stands within the crowd- \
ed ring, his hand being raised »
high by a grim faced ex-champ- :
ion, Tony DeMarco, from wh&m
he has taken the Welterweight
crown in a 12th round technical \
K.O. at Syracuse, New York. ,
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Windom Christian '
Service Group
Holds Meeting
The first regular meeting of
the Windom Woman’s Society
of Christian Service yas held
Tuesday night at the Windom
Methodist Church. Miss Gladys
MoCandless, vice president, was
in charge of the program which '
featured the United Nations.
A film strip entity
World Neighbors’’ was shown.
Other officers of the organi
zation include Mrs. Joe Revis,
president; Mrs. Luther Blevins,
(Secretary; Mrs. GuS Proffitt,
treasurer; Mrs. J B. Towe and
Mrs. Edward Harris, secretar
ies of missionary education;
and Mrs. Troy Boone, secretary ‘
of Christian social relations.
Other members present at
•the meeting were Mrs. Dora
Bradford, Mrs. Wyman Robin
son, Mrs. Homer Price, and
. Mrs. Garrett McCandless.
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Program Helps
Retarded Children
The annual spring meeting
of the North Carolina Associa
tion of ParShts and Friends of
Mentally Retarded Children will
be held at 2 p. m. Sunday, June
19, in. the East Ballroom of the
George Vanderbilt Hotel in
Asheville. The public is invited,
and all who are interested in
ithis work are urged to be
present.
North Carolina has over
100,000 mentally • retarded
children. A major part of the
work of the association has been
in the field of “Special Educa
tion” and of the training of the
children in their homes and
local communities. Most of the
children * are in their own
homes, and many are in need
of special education and at
tention. Mentally retarded chil
dren can be helped b.v proper
training, but in a great many
cases this- has not been avail
able within the resources of the
family. °
Dr. John R. Peck, director of
special education in the Greens
boro City Schools, will be the
principal speaker for the ses
sion. His talk will cover the
■training of mentally' retarded
children in the schools of the
county and cities and of the
work of visiting teachers. J. -
JThe association was organi
zed in June, 1963, in High
Point. One of its main object
ives is to help parents of, men
tally retarded children to real
ize that they are not alone with
this crushing problem, and to
discuss their problems with
each other. It has tried to
stimulate organizations to help
individual families in their
“Toealities. _
RobiiKHood, executive vice
presidenjtNjf the First National
Bankfbi Marion, is president of
the association and will preside
during the session.
Drama Workshop Plans
Five Plays, Art Classes
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by Paul Burton ■ "
The sixth day of July marks
the beginning of another sum
mer season at the Parkway
Playhouse. The University of
Miami Drama Workshop, under
the experienced direction of
Gordon Bennett, will officially
open their doors to the public on
July sixteenth, when the first
of five stage productions will
be given.
The five shows are for the
(most part, comedies—and in
clude. such well-known and
time-tested hits as “George
Washington Slept Here” and
“Our Town.” What may well
prove to be the fimniest and
most popular show of the sea
son is none other than an old
fashioned melodramatic musi
cal titled, '‘Danger at y the
Crossroads.” This production
played for two weeks at the
University of Miami’s Ring
National Magazine
Prints Article
By Dr. Mcßae
A meditation written by Dr.
Cameron F. Mcßae is being
published in the July-August
issue of The Upper Room, an
inter-denominational guide.
Dr. Mcßae’s meditation, to
be used on Saturday, July 16,
is based op Psalm 139:9, 10,
“If I take the wings of the
morning, and dwell is the ut
termost parts of the’Seft; even
there shall thy hand lead me.”
He says in part: “The psalmist
had faith ,in God who was with
him everywhere and always.
Perhaps Jesus had this psalm
in mind when He said that even
a sparrow cannot fall to*- the
ground without God’s seeingyit.
As nothing can separate us
from God’s love, so riothing
can separate us from His pre
sence.” The meditation closes
with a prayer and a thought
for the day.
Dr. J. Manning Potts, editor
of The Upper Room, states that
the publication has a world cir
culation of over three million
copies, being published in 24
languages and English Braille.
A special pocket edition is re
ported to be the item of relig
ious literature most often re
quested by men and women in
the military services.
Merchants Partici
pate In Slow Down
And Live Campaign
Directors of the Yancey
Merchants Association agreed
,to sponsor the distribution of
window cards in the national
“Slow down and live” campaign,
at a meeting held Monday ev
ening at the information house.
The meeting was' reported to
be well attended. The next
meeting will be a dinner meet
ing for the entire membership
bf Merchants Association at
the club room of the Sunrise
Case.
Wool Pool Profitable
In Yancey County
Thirty Yancey County wool
producers sold 3,297 pounds of
wool in the 1965 wool pool
sponsored by the County Ag
ent’s office in cooperation with
Avery and Mitchell Cpunties.
Average price of the wool
was 62 cents, and the wool
graded well, reports County
Agent E. L. Dillingham. 'ln ad
dition to the above amount,
growers will receive an extra
parity payment through the
ASC office of approximately
15%. Wool producer* who have
checks coming may pick them
up at the County Agent’s of
fice any day except Saturday.
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NUMBER FORTY-TWO
Theatre, and stood out as one
of the biggest Ring hits in
years.
This summer’s Drama Work
shop will be much more exten
sive than last years, and an en
rollment of approximately
thirty-five students is expected.
Professor Clayton Charles, of
the Art Department of the Uni
versity of Miami will teach the
two courses in art which are
being offered for teachers dur
ing the summer session in
Burnsville. Mr. Charles is a
painter and sculptor. He has
served as head kif the Art De
partment of the Uniyersity of
Alabama, Meredith College,
Uniyersity of North Carolina,
and Beloit. He has won many
awards in sculpture.
The art courses offered here
this summer are Art 317
Sculpture and Art 43 2
Twentieth Century. The first
course will consist of work with
cement, plaster, clay, and stone.
The second course will be a
stud}’ beginning with color ex
perimentations up to present
■day art. Both courses will begin
on July 7 and run six weeks,
through August 11.
Each art course will carry
three semester hours of credit
and will be good for raising or
renewing ce r t i fi cate s . The
courses will count also a s re-:
quixed work on a degree.
Playhouse staff members
other than Bennett and Charles
include George Crocker, who
will -serve as guest director,
publicity manager, and make-up
specialist; and William Beck
with, well known technical dir
ector.
In order to make this season -
at the Parkway Playhouse the
■ greatest ever, the Drama De
apartment and officials of the
diversity have spent weeks at
ritarefully planning and organiz
. ing this theatre program, and
i workshop. These efforts have
; not only been directed toward
benefiting the University, but
» toward benefiting this
community and the surround
ing area.
Civil Service
Announces Exams
The United -States Civil Ser
vice Commission has announc
ed examinations for Savings
and Loan Examiner for filling
positions paying $4,205 and
$5,060 a year in the Home Loan
Bank Board located throughout
the country, and Transporta
tion Specialist (Freight and
Passenger) for positions pay
ing $3,410 to SIO,BOO a year, in
the i Department of Defense in
Washington, D. C., and vicinity.
Appropriate experience or ed
ucation is required for these
positions. A written test will
Se given Tor Transportation
Specialist positions; none is
required for Savings and Loan
Examiner.
Kenneth Wilson
In Germany
T Augsburg, Germany— Army
Pvt. Kenneth J. Wilson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Wilson,
Pensacola, N. C., recently par
ticipated in a field training
exercise conducted by the sth
Infantry Division in southern
Germany.
Private Wilson received tra-
I ining in ground warfare tactics
l under simulated combat condi
tions. Forced marches, over
taking objectives and maximum
■ infantry fire power were
• stressed in the exercise.
; A field wireman in Head-
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