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GIVE TkEUNITEDwAY VOLUME TWENTY-THREE oßf Vmj^B yW," ,?^ -** v 5 ■PP*Y"V, SmL ~ TM / yi® v Jk.bU» \ ‘* 1 T? ».‘'}-' ! Sf‘ , *' t .*'-;^ V '^P jBHSjfPHp- 9k ■MiMmm\ x ,h k-.*' * c.w* ** r*v-**. * * 9 _ Photo by John Robinson ‘ Among those taking, part in th e program of District 2, N. C. Fedjration of Women’s Clubs which met in Burnsville Monday are shown above left to right, Mrs. Howard Etheridge of Asheville, chair man of the district resolutions committee; Mrs. Raymond Dent of Spruce Pine, state president; Mrs. J. O. McCollum of Asheville, district secretary, Mrs. John Roth of Spruce Pine, district vice presi dent, who presided; Mrs. James W. Ray of Burnsville, president of Burnsville Senior Woman’s Club,, and Mrs. Carl Nifong of Enka, district director of juniors.- Annual Meeting Os Women’s Clubs, District Two, Held Here Monday Thirty clubs of District 2 of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs were represented at a meeting here Monday by 162 women from the different clubs. Mrs. James W. Ray, president of th e Burnsville Senior Club, gave Honors Awarded In Junior Dairy Show By Roger Hyatt, Ass’t. County Agt. The Yaneey County 4-H Dairy Show was held Wednesday, Octo ber 8, behind Deyton Farm Supply Store. A total of 23 animals in four breeds were shown by 17 Yancey County 4-H Club boys and girls. The prize money for the show was secured through the Yancey Unit ed Fund. Fred Knott, N. C. Dairy Exten sion Specialist, served as judge for the event. Champions and other ribboif winners in the four cattle breeds shown were: Ayrshire-Champion Leonard King, Route 3, Burnsville; Dean Honeycutt of Route 1, Bur nsville, received a blue ribbon. Guernsey-Champion Charles Banks Route 3, Burnsville; other blue fibbon winners were-Glenn Pres nell, Green' M(.n., Route 1; Charles Thomas, Green Mtn.; red ribbon winners were A. J. Thomas, Green Mtn.; Dean Jarjetfc, Green Mtn.; Bradley Duncan, Route 1, Burnsville; Saundra Duncan, Rt., 1, Burnsville; and Kenneth Wilson, Route 1, Burnsville. Jersey-Grand Champion and champion of Jersey breed Loretta Robinson, Route 2, Burnsville; other blue ribbon win ners were Roger Grindstaff, Green Mtn.; Gary Jobe, Route 1, Burns ville; Vignn Duncan, Route 1, Burnsville; and Ronnie Robinson, Route 2, Burnsville. *Red Ribbon winners were Walter Edweirds, Route 3, Burnsville; and Larry Wilson, Route 4, Burnsville. Hol stein-Champion Glenn Presoell, Green Mtn. Ronnie Robinson won the show manship competition and his sis ter, Loretta, won the show’s fit ting contest. After the county show, the re gistered animals, which received blue or red ribbons, were taken to Enka where they competed in the WNC Junior District Dairy Show Thursday, October 9, at the Hom iny Valley Horse and Hound Club grounds. Ten Yancey County 4-H Club members entered 14 animals at the show. Loretta Robinson was grand and senior champion of the Jersey . Breed, Others who won blue rib-1 bong were: Vlann Duncan, Ronnie Robinson and Roger Grindstaff. Those receiving red ribbons were: Charles Banks, A. J. Thomas, Gary Jobe, Charles Thomas, Saun dra Duncan, jind Walter Edwards. Roger Hyatt, assistant county agent, accompanied the group to Enka. \ the Yancey record i I ■ - -I •- T Subscription: $2.00 Per Year * • s the welcoming address. Mrs. Ray s mond Dent of Spruce Pine, state 1 president, was th e main speaker 2 for the event. Other speakers on the program included Mrs. Doc t Oliver of Pine Level and Mrs. Jack > Sharpe of Charlotte. Mrs. Sharpe lis the district director of Junior | Women's Clubs. • The Carolina Hemlock Junior , Woman’s Club, headed by Mrs. Melvin W. Webb, president, was also in attendance and took part , in the meeting. Mrs. Ted Ballou, chairman of the junior group, , along with Mrs. D. R. Fouts, , chairman of the senior group , headed the luncheon committee, j They were assisted by Mrs. W. L. | Bennett, Mrs. B. R. Penland and Mrs. W. K. Banks, members. Members of the hospitality committee, Mrs. T. M. Tyner, Mrs. Ernest Briggs, Mrs. Don | Pardue and Mrs. James Froula >■ served during the coffee hour from 9:30 to 10:00 a. m. Mrs. Don Burhoe and Mrs. Roger Hyatt were in charge of de corations at the Community Build ing where the luncheon was held. Mrs. Francis Low made corsages for the local and visiting club dignitaries. Registration for the meeting was handled by Mrs. Rush T- Wray, Mrs. L. G. Deytqn, Mrs. Max Penland, Mrs. W- L. Smith and Mrs. J. Hubert Cooper. Both th e senior club and the junior club were hostesses and helped in all arrangements for the meeting, Th e meeting was held at Hig gins Memorial Methodist Church- Miss Hope Bailey and Mrs, v Q, L- Brown presented a program of music. The Rev, O. L. Brown Methodist pastor, gave the invo cation , Clearmont School To Present Harvest Festival Friday Night Clearmont Elementary School will present their annual Harvest Festival in the school auditorium Friday night, October 17 at 7:30. A manless wedding will* be pre sented by the parents of the com munity in addition to a number | of other features given by the pu pils of the school. John Brown To Speak To Breeders Association Tuesday, J Mrs. John Brown, southeastern i representative of the Amerlaan J Breeders Service, will speak to members of the Yancey County Breeders Association in th® county agent’s office Tuesday, October 21 at 8:00 p. m. All officers, directors and dairy -1 men of the association ar e urged to attend the meeting. dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County* East Yancey Defeats Bowman High 13 to 7 By: Dolorese Hughes The East Yancey Panthers chalked up another victory Thurs day when they defeated Bowman High School’s Bulldogs by 13 to 7. . During th e first half of the first : quarter neither team was able-to • gain much ground. Then before the closing minutes of the quarter Bowman threw a pass to score the ; first touchdown of the game. The i extra point was good. The Panthers received the kick following the touchdown and fin ally worked the ball back to the 20 yard line where it was lost to Bowman. The teams were fighting nip and tnck, finally East Yancey worked the ball down to the one yard line on a pass play. Carter plunged over the end marker for East Yan- I cey’s first touchdown. The extra I point failed. The Bulldogs kept a fighting lead of one point in a 7 to 6 score up to the closing seconds of the game. Bennett blocked a Bowman | kick with the Panther’s recover ing on the 3 yard line. On play Carter carried the ball over for East Yancey’s second touch down and winning score. Locals Dr. and Mrs, W- Harding Kneedler, of Davidson, N, 0- spent the night last Sunday night in the Mount Mitchell Motel, after having vacationed for two or three days with their daughters at West Jefferson, Dr. Kneedler, who practices medicine in David son and Concord is a long time friend of the Rev, Warren S- Reeve whom he called on several times during his stay in Burns ville. In previous years Dr. Kneed ler served as a missionary medical worker in Thailand, Mrs. Kneed ler’s father was the founder and for years the president of the leading Christian college in Bangkok. Other visitors this week at the Presbyterian Manse were Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fordham of Kinston, who.jire slightly connected throu gh marriage with Mr. Reeve. Mr. and Mrs. Max Penland and children visited Mr. and Mrs. John Hansil in Huntersville last week end. On Friday night Mr. and Mrs. Penland and children and Mr. and Mrs. Hansil attended the Crusade in Charlotte. Also, Mr. Penland and Mr. Hansil attended I the North Carolina-South Carolina football game in Chapel Hill on Saturday, Rev. and Mrs. Charles B. Tram mel, C. Q. Ellis and Warren Franklin, along with David Mcln tosh, Ronnie Molntosh, Dennis England, Steve Hensley, Steve King and Jerry Garland attended the Wake Forest-State football game in Winston-Salem Saturday. Miss Peggy Jean Huskins is in St, Joseph’s Hospital in Asheville, her condition is satisfactory. Mr. and Mrs. Milford Waldrop and children, and Mr. V. L. Edwards spent last Sunday in Unicoi, Tenn., visiting Mr. and Mrs. U. G. Edwards. - * BURNSVILLE, N. CL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, IMB Cane River Rebels Downed By IJryon High School The Cane River Rebels were [ downed by the Try on High School eleven Fridafy night by a score of 35 to 13. The game was played be fore a Tryon High School home coming of nearly 2 000. This was said to be the largest | crowd in history to see a football game at Tryon. One of Western North Caro- j lina’s classiest h!gh school half backs, Bucky Bright, led for the Trydh Seam. From the ini tial kickoff ISy Cane River, Bright took the bali on his 10 yard line and raced w yards for a touch down. The extra point was ,good. Again, in the second quarter, the Tryon Wildcats scored their sec-1 ond touchdown, with extra point, to lead 14 to 0 at the half. | All of Cane River’s scoring came in the third; quarter. The first touchdown was made by Tommy filler. Rebel halfback. Miller re covered a fumble oh his own *”3O yard line and galloped untouched 1 into the end zone for the first score. Try soy the extra point fail ed. The second touchdown by Cane River came following a 50 yard 1 pass play thrown by Bill Lewis ’ and received by William Fender. 1 Fender was .pulled down short of th e goal line. However, on the • neift play Miller connected with a ' pass to Fender in the end zone for ! a touchdown. Clyd e Peyton ran the extra point. This was the final scoring for the Rebels but they, were threatening on the Tryon- 13,1 yard line when the game ended, i The Cane River team’s next game is with Hot Springs High School on the Cane River field next Friday at 1:00 p. m, License Plates To Be Made Available Tp Car Owners Here <r~ S' Beginning October 20 Yancey County Automobile owners will be abl e to purchase license plates in Burnsville, according to an an nouncement made this week by the Yancey Merchants Association. In the past motorists have had to either buy their license plates through the Department of Motor Vehicles in Raleigh or through an authorized issue office. For sever al years the. issuing office in Spruc e Pine has been the nearest and most convenient place for Yancey vehicle owners to purch ase licens e plates. According to the announcement made Yancey County vehicle own ers will be able to buy their llcei\- se plates in Burnsville and it will not be necessary to make applica tion through any other office. Ar rangements for issuing vehicle license plates in Burnsville was worked out by the Yancey Merch ants Association through the Car olina Motor Club in cooperation with the North Carolina Depart ment of Motor Vehicles. The office will be in the Infor mation House on the town square, which is operated by Yancey Mer chants Association. i . .*> ■•J* >* : • ’ " r xSgllsf s -fflfr < .vv -> < | *<• ' ■' ' ' '\. iwiiiiiipiiifiifla Championship Winners in the District Junior Dairy Cattle Show held Thursday at Enka included left to right, Loretta Robinson, Burnsville, with her grand and senior champion Jersey; M. L. Shytle Jr Polk County, with his senior champion Guernsey; and Mary* Rcth Ke>, Horse Shoe, showing grand and senior champion Holstein entered by her brother,. BimKey. Burwell Smith Presents Check To Brush Creek Community Burwell .Smith of AshevlHe and Raleigh, Agricultural representa tive of Carolina Power and Light Co., presented a $350.00 check to the Brush Creek Community Club Friday night. The check was ac cepted by Yates Randolph who was committee chairman for the first priz e winning Community in the Finer Farms Program sponsor ed by Carolina Power and Light Co. Brush Creek Community won in the Finer Farms Program con test over communities in fifty one eligible counties in North and uSouth Carolina. Smith was introduced by Lewis Dameron, Yancey County Conser vation representative, following a brief talk on community pro ' gress in soil conservation. The dinner was held in the Community Club building. O. W. Deyton, vice president, was in charge of the meeting and gave a report regarding progress mad e on the project to secure telephones .for the area. Funds Approved For Two Yancey County Roads Raleigh, N. C.—The State High way Commission has approved and set up funds for retreatment of two Yancey County roads. This work involves retreating, j with standard bituminous seal, 5.7 miles of NC 197 from the inter- I section of US 19-E, south; and j 10.5 miles of NC 197, from the in tersection of US 19-E to the Yan cey-Mitchell County line, for a total of 16.2 miles. It is anticipated that work on these roads will be completed on or before November 1, 1959 at an estimated cost of $25,020.00. Once funds have been approved for similar projects, the money is encumbered until such time as I the work is completed. Year Book Staff Selected For East Yancey School By: Dolorese Hughes A staff and organization for a year book at East Yancey High, School was selected this week. Os the many problems that confron ted members of the annual staff, one was the selection of a name for the book. From the many names submitted “Thd Eastonian" was the name selected Those elected foc„.the publication were Ronald Howell and Brenda Anglin, editors in chief, with j Mary Alice Westall as associate editor; Steve Laughrun and Lois Ann Autrey, business managers, with Charles Deyton as assistant manager. Literary editors elected wer e Wanda Proffitt, Ronnie Kates, Billy Jo Mace and Opal Bradford. Art editors named were Judy Ramsey, Amyre e Mace and Geneva Gouge, with Pete Young and Charles English named as j sports editors. Advertising and circulation managers are Nancy Higgins and Kate Styles. - ~ T-; i/ ’ ~ . -iifr x Price Per Copy: Five Cent* ■— ——■■ ■" Yancey United Fund Drive Now Underway , The fourth annual drive of the , Yancey United Fund is now under , way to raise a budget goal of $8,790 for the health, welfare and character building agencies whose activities benefit Yancey County and its citizens. The drive this year will be un [ der the direction of co-chairman \ Edgar Hunter, Jr., and Donald j Banks. They will be assisted by an . able group of volunteer workers , who will help in the raising of _ funds. All parts of the county will be covered this year including the , business, professional and manu- 1 facturing places. ! The list of workers include Ed , gar Hunter, Jr., teachers: Don I o—— “*, m*., i,cat.ucxo, DUU i 7"" “ i * Clarence Hall Tb Address Presbyterian Gathering’ Mr. Clarence Hall will be the speaker at a meeting of the Wom en’s Association of the Burnsville I Presbyterian Church tonight , | (Thursday, October 16th) at 7:30. Mrs. John Young will entertain the meeting in her home. Assisting ’ her as hostesses will b e Mrs. Joe Young and Mrs. R. Y. Tilson. Mr. Hall will give an account of his experience and of the observations he made on the conditions he saw during his year or more of stay in the Middle Eastern country of , Iraq. The meeting will be infor t mal and those present will have j th e opportunity of asking Mr. Hall questions. * , OFFICERS ELECTED AT MEETING At a congregational meeting of the Presbyterian Church held on Tuesday night, October 7th, Mr. George Robinson was re-elected to the office of Sunday School superintendent. The following were chosen to serve as teachers: Women’s Class, Mrs. George V. Anglin, with Mrs. W. S. Rewe as co-teacher; Men’s Class, Mr. W. , L. Dillingham and Mr. J. N. Bar nett, co-teachers; Senior-Hi Class, Mr. Lewis Dameron, with Mr. Clifford Faulkner as co-teacher; Junior-Hi Class, Mrs. Ralph Lau ghrun, with Miss Louise Patton as co-teacher; Juniors, Mrs. Joe Young, with Mrs. Donald Burhoe as co-teacher; Primary Class. Miss Alberta Campbell, with Mrs. I Harlon Holcombe as co-teacher; Beginners, Mrs. Knarld Carroll with Mrs. E. R. Gillespie as oo teacher; Nursery, Mrs. George Robinson, with Mrs. R. Y. Tilson as co-teacher. The Rev. W. M. Hyde of Swan nanoa was the preacher in the Presbyterian Church last Sunday. On next Sunday, October 19th, it is hoped that the pastor, Rev. Warren S. Reeve, who has been laid aside from activ e service for several weeks, will be able to preach the sermon. * lw j iheUNITEIWy I 7- 5 «* * If NUMBER EIGHT Burhoe, Glen Raven; C. O. Ellis and Leo Good, Burnsville Hosiery Mills; Seth Honeycutt, highway department; Mrs. Fleet Proffitt, French Broad Electric Member ship Corp.; Jim Froula, forestry; Roger Hyatt, government offices; George Roberts, automobile deal ers; G. D. Bailey, professional groups; Mrs. Cecil Anglin, Yancey Hospital; Paul Biggerstaff and Roy Ray, Burnsville merchants; Reece Mclntosh and Bruce Wes tall, West Burnsville; J. H. Cooper and Vincent Westall, East Burns ville. Community Clubs will be covered by Mack B. Ray and the Agricultural Council. This list is incomplete as organi zation is still in progress. The campaign, as in past years, is held during the month of Octo ber to coincide with other United Fund drives being held in other communities and cities throughout the United States. Th e objective of the United Fund is to make one drive during the year, therefore, reducing to a minimum the number of fund raising drives that occur through out the year. It removes fund raising activities from the schools | and also offers a good opportunity to allocate the funds obtained to worthy welfare, character build ing and health agencies on a fair and equitabl e basis. Dr. J. C. Cornwell is president of the Yancey United Fund for 1959 along with Wesley Roberts as I secretary. Under the able manage | ment of Dr. Cornwell . and I Roberts the money obtained will be used for the greatest benefit to the county. Junior Woman’s Club To Sponsor Carnival The Carolina Hemlock Junior Woman’s Club will sponsor a Hallowe’en Carnival on Saturday night. October 25 at the Commun ity Building. There wiil be square ■lancing, round dancing, games t and prizes. Costumes are optional. Everyone is invited to attend the carnival. Social Security Benefits Extended Under New Law An important notice is being en closed with the social security checks delivered this month to the 200,000 disabled workers who are receiving monthly disability insurance benefits, according to George F. Leinwall, of the Ashe ville social security office, and field representative for Yancey County. This notice tells them about a provision in the 1958 Am endments to the social security law under which supplementary dependent’s benefits may be paid to certain members of his family. Disability insurance benefits have been payable severely disabled workers 50 to 65 years of age since July 1957. Thes e disability payments are equal in amount to the monthly old-age insurance benefits the worker would re ceive if he were already 65 years, of age, but the dependents of these workers have not until now been eligible for payments. Under the . new amendments, the disabled person’s dependents will be paid the same benefits they Would receive if he were 65 and draw’ng benefits as a re tired worker. Benefits can be raid to anv of his children who are under age 18 (or who have been totally disabled since before their 18th b’rthdays), and to his wife regardless of her age, if she has in her care children who are eligible for these dependent’s benefits. If there is no child in the family eligible for benefits, the wife of a disabled person can qualify for benefits when she
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