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*1 ENEMY HEART FUND \|y FufKt VOLUME TWENTY FIVE Boy Scouts Celebrate Birthday The Cub Scouts, Bo> Scouts and Explorers in the Mayland District celebrated National Boy Scout Week last Saturday with a parade and Father and Son Supper in Spruce Pine. Approximately three hundred members, leaders and fathers attended the supper Satur day night in the Harris High School cafeteria. Following a parade through the streets of Spruce Pine, the group enjoyed a motion picture, “The Scout Trail”, which showed the three phases of the Scout prog rain, Cubbing, Scouting and Ex ' Obituaries / J. C. INGLE Services for JVC. Ingle, 77, who diedf Sunday at his home at Swiss were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday ■- in Ivy Ga J Baptist Church. The Rev. Ransom Edwards and the Rev. E. J. Hall officiated. Bur ■i is* was in Chandler Cemetery. Bald Cresc Masonic Lodge , No. 397 conducted graveside rites. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Nettie Hensley Ingle; three daugh ters, Mrs. Venus Shepherd, Sand stone, Va., Mrs. Flay Hensley and Mrs. Estell Edwards of Rt. 3, lIW nsville; two sons, Robert oD-Horse shoe, and Rufus of Rt. 3, Burns ville; 9 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. JAMES H. GOUGE James Herman Gouge, 42, of' Celo died in a Winston-Salem hos pital Sunday night after a long illness. . ' . % V.-r V Services were held in Browns Creek Baptist Church at 2 p. m. Rev. Geter Hensley Frank Parsons officiated and bur ial was in Carroway Cemetery. He is survived by a daughter, Miss Tamera Gouge, and a son Michael, both of the home; the mother, Mrs.' Martha Gouge of Celo; six sisters, Mrs. Shelby Chrisawn of Celo, Mrs. George Hall and Mrs. Rex Harris of Fre derick, Md„ Mrs. Aubrey Bruce of Hunt, Vh., Mrs. John McCurry of Micaville and Mrs. Burdette Robin son of Weaverville; and two broth ers, Lawrence of San Diego, Calif., and Ben Gouge of Rt, 6, Burns ville. > Pallbearers were Clarence Sparks, J. B. Wilson, Marshall Silver, Clarence Floyd, Dean Chrisawn and James Ray Autrey, KENNETH RAY BOONE Kenneth Ray Boone, 6 months „ old son of Mr. and Mrs. Calyin Boone of Old Fort, died Tuesday morning in a Marion hospital af ter a short illness. Services were held at Liberty Free Will Baptist Church Thurs day at 10 a. m. The Rev. Mr. Greene, Rev. Mr. Lambeth, Rev, Parsons, and Rev. Blankenship officiated. Burial was 'in Double Island Cemetery. Survivors include the parents; three sisters, Diane, Maretta and Evelyn of the home; the grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boone and Mr. and Mrs. Jeter Howell. MRS. MAE WHEELER - MOSS Mrs. Mae Wheeler Moss,- 63, of 169 Park Ave., Asheville died in an Asheville Hospital on February Ist. after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Anders-Rice Funeral Home on February 4th. at 2 p. m. Capt. Jack Brewer of the Salvation Army Citadel officiated. Burial was in the Wheeler Cemetery at j’ansa cola. She is survived by the husbiHnd, Stanley Moss; two daughters, Mrs. Wm. Pack of El Paso, Texas, Mrs. Jerry Smith of Asheville; %wo sons, Joe of Texas, and Stanley Moss', Jr., of the home; three sis ters, Mrs. Clifford Powers of Asheville, Mrs. D. E. Ogle of Otcen, and Mrs. Frank Ray of Burnsville; three brothers, BUI of Burnsville, Fred and David ofj Oteen. I I ■aim ■— ..,1 ■ e.»e Subscription $2.50 Per Year ploring. „ --r . Rev. Harry L. Price, District chairman, was in charge of the program. An invention by Rev. fyler Leroy, of th<i Liberty Hill Baptist Church wa» followed by a “Hot Dog” supper. After the meal, the Scouts and dads returned to the school auditorium. There they joined in singing -several songs, led by Frank Gay, District Scout Executive. A Plaque was presented to John Warren, advisor of Post 660, for having recruited the most new members in the Fall Round Up, and camp knives were presented to Dave Nichols, Scoutmaster of Troop fiOl and Warren, because their units had recruited five or more members since October 1. Troop 501, Spruce Pine, demon strated a Troop Court of Honor by making several awards for ad vancement in rank. Mr. Nichols also presented Jubilee Achieve ment awards to Skippy Lantz, Danny Broyn, Kenneth Burleson, Wade Hardie and Robert Canipe. W. Y. “Peewee” Brown, Cub master of Pack 603, served as parade marshall. Ray Deal, of Little Switzerland, and Harry L. Wilson, of Spruce Pine, did an ! outstanding job of getting togeth er the hundreds of Hot Dogs, Buns, Pepsi’s, Ice Cream, Baked Beans, etc., for the Supper. Scouting units present from Avery, Mitchell and Yancey coun ties were Pack 503, Spruce Pine, 24 boys and 27 adults; Troop 602, Spruce Pine, 23 Scouts and 19 adults; Troop 602, Burnsville, 2 boya and one adult; Troop 605, Newland, nine Scouts and 5 adults; Pqgt Estatoe, 3 Explorers and Micaville, 8 Scouts and 2 adults; Troop 510, Minneapolis, 9 Scouts and 5 adults; Troop 511, Bakers ville, 22 Scouts and 11 adults; Post 511, Bakersville, 5 Explorers and 6 adults; Troop 513, Boonford, 10 Scouts and 7 adults; Troop 515, Linville, 14 Scouts and 6 adults; Troop 519, Ingalls, 4 Scouts and 2 adults; Troop 522, Montezuma, 13 Scouts and 7 adults; Post 523, Altapass, 9 Explorers and 9 adults; and Troop 518, Celo, 2 Scouts and 1 adult. The gang all agreed they had a great time, and a bigger and better parade and supper will be planned for Boy Scout Week in February, 1962, *' Rev. Warren Reeve in Hospital Rev. Warren S. Reeve is in Western North Carolina Sanator ium at Black Mountain where he is undergoing examination and possible treatment. Rev. Reeve is pastor of First Presbyterian Chur ch here. He also writes Overlook On Life for The Record and has been doing this for several years. He stated that the doctor at Black Mountain suggested that he lay aside all work for p period of time, so he will not be writing the Overlook for some weeks. We trust that he will have a quick recovery and be able to be home in a short time. ! .; Bloodmobile Collects 74 Pints Os Blood Seventy four pints of blood was collected at the Bloodmobile visit here last week. Nine persons were rejected and there were twenty six new donors. Twenty eight pintd of blood was replaced but there are still Several pints to be replaced according to Red Cross officials. In order to meet the quota for the year an average of 71 pints per visit will have to be collected during the next two visits, the first of which will be on March 29. . Dr, Stanley Urquhart was at tending physician and Mrs. Max Proffitt and Mrs. Garland Wamp- The Yancey kecord Miller Wins Trip To New Orleans m Tmßm .flHf LEE MILLER For having the largest percent age gain in sales in Colonial store? in the two Carolines in December Lee Miller, manager of the pro duce department in the Hickor;. Colonial Store, won for himself and his wife a free trip to the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, La. The Millers now live in Hickory, but both formerly lived in Burns-' ville. * . They left February 10 from Charlotte by Delta Airlines. In Orleans, they lived in the Roosevelt Hotel, and were enter tained by representatives of various nationally known food manufac turers and distributors. Everything was paid by Colonial Stores, and, in addition Miller re ceived SIOO cash for incidental ex penses. Miller is a son of Mr. and Mrs. L, Q. Miller, of Erwin, Tenn* for merly. of Burnsville; and J(Uf* Miller, the former Miss Virginia Mllfi— *» CJ- u»njisT«nr v j ~ : • A,” , Local Residents Attend Conference Mrs. Ernest Mo.’ gan and Mrs. Arthelia Brooks of Burnsville RFD 6, have been attending the annual conference of the Council of the Southern Mountains at Gatlinburg, Term. Between four and five hundred community lead ers, representatives of businesses, colleges, industries and organiza tions, as well as private individ suals from throughout the South ern Appalachion region, meet year ly at the Mountain View Hotel to study religious, educational, soc ial, economic, and health prob lems, as well as factors pertaining to the arts and crafts. This year’s theme: Getting The Most Out Os Life In The Mountains. The Honorable Wilson W. Wyatt, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, was the keynote speak er for the dinner meeting on Feb ruary Bth. The Council of the Southern Mountains has been in existence since 1913. Its headquarters are at Berea, Ky. Membership includes over a thousand persons and or ganizations concerned with im proving conditions in the nine state Appalachian Mountain region, recently recognized as a depressed area by the federal government. Mrs. Brooks is a rural worker for the Woman’s Society of Christian Service. Yancey Hospital Report Week of February 6th BIRTHS: A daughter, Teresa Yvonn|i, born January 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Allen, Rt. 1, Burnsville; a daughter, Margartt And, bom January 31 to Mr. and Mrs. George Moffitt, Rt 2, Bakersville. ADMISSIONS: John Edge, Marion Boone, Mrs. Loy McCurry, (Continued on back page ler were attending nurses. The Womans Missionary Union of The First Baptist Church here were hostesses for the visit. \ * “Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County” BURNSVILLE, N. C, THUW.D^X».EEBRUARY-4« 1 1i96t Heavner Leqqdv Bagpipe Band Ih Madri Gras Parade % Cadet Lester R. Heavner, Jr., son of Mrs. Robbie 11. Heavner, Robertson St., Burnsville, N. C.. leader of senerai Clark’s famed Bagpipers of the Citadel, was among the 174 CStadel cadets who participated in the Mardi Gras par ade in New Orleans Tuesday, Feb. 14. For the second .consecutive year The Citadel’s. Band, Bagpipers, and Summerall Guards travelled to New Orleans to take part in the famous Mardi Gras. The military college Band and Bagpipers form 1 an unusual musical aggregation, and only ofie other unit in the world is known to be trained to play with the bagpipes incorpora t txl into the conventional band. The other so trained is the band of England’s Blackwntch Regiment., The college’s precision drill team is known as the Summerall Guards. This unit is composed of 61 firstekssmen and performs an intricate set of close-order drills known as The Citadel Series. These 61 cadets are sefkted ih severe competition amon more than 200 who try for membership in the unit each year. Movements in fhis series are executed silently with out command. Although the col lege receives many requests for the instructiona for The Citadel Series, the details of the drill are never recorded.'instead Hhey are handed down from one 1 Mass to another in ballad fashion. Gen. Mark W. Clark, president of The Citadel, and Mrs. Clark watched the cadffcßParade from the central reviewing stand where they were invited ° r * following day'fiiey drill routines, and attended a luncheon sponsored by The New Orleans Citadel Club. J. H. Worrill, Citadel ‘4l, is President of The New Orleans Citadel Club. The facilities of the New' Or leans Club were made available to the cadets through the good of fices of J. J. M e yeis, Citadel ‘33, President of The New Orleans Board of Trade. Cadets were invited to attend the Rex Ball Tuesday night ing the parade. Their dates for the ball were arranged by school officials. The Summerall Guards acquired the name in 1932. It was given to them in honor of Gen. Charles P. Summerall, former Chief of Staff of the Army, who was General Clark’s predecessor president of The Citadel. Scouters To Hold Quarterly Roundtable All Scoutmasters, Assistants and members of Troop committees in Avery, Mitchell and Yancey coun ties are invited to attend the Quar terly Scouties Roundtable next Mon day night, February 20. The meet ing will be held in the Spruce Pine Pine Hut, which is opposite the Ellen Mill on the Marion High way. It will start promptly at 7:30 p. m. Dave Nichols, Scoutmaster of Troop 501, and Frank Gay, Dis trict Scout Executive, will be in charge. The program will discussions on Boy Scout advance ment, registration procedures, the scout uniform, summer camp, and other Scouting events. Displays will feature camping gear and Boy Scout literature. Frank Gay will also aquaint the leaders with the proper use of the program notebook and the program quarterly, which has suggestions for each meeting for a three .nonth period. Since the District-Wide Round table will be held only once every three mouths, Scout officials are particularly anxious that every Troop in the district be well ..re presented by leaders and committee men at the meeting next Monday night. Only adults are invited to the Roundtables. Marine Corps Announces Delay Enlistment Plan • v 'i • ** ' •. ‘High School men and women graduating tins summer may now ui isi as a United States Marine anuer the 120-day “delay enlist ment pia.:,” but remain at home sot up to four months before leav ing for training. This new program jAors the prospective graduate the jj.diue opportunity of joining nov,, but leave later. lie 120-day Delay Plan will let thorn choose their day of de t lU’C, thus enabling them to j spent, the’summer months at home or at tiie beach. This option does not hinder, in ah.\ way, the advantages of join ing under' the “buddy plan,” or from getting Marine Aviation duty only. Men joining together, will stay together throughout their training; men enlisting for Marine Aviation will be assigned Marine Aviation. “The present policy,” stated Mar ne recruiter Gy Sgt. C. A. JOHN SON JR., “authorizes us to enlist both men and women, and let them choose a day, their day, of departure.” r i he sergeant is located at the I Port Office, Ashevihe, tv T , C. COUNTY REPRESENTED AT 100-BUSHEL CORN LUNCHEON \ Yancey County was represented at the 100-Bushel Coyn Luncheon in Asheville Saturday by Ralph Ray, county winner, E. L. Dilling- , ham, County Agricultural Agent, j and J. N. Barnett. Sales Super for 1960 with a yield of 136 bush els per acre. Ralph produced 50& bushels of Pioneer 309A on four acres for an average yield of 125 burhels per acre. This is the 9th time out of 14 that tht championship has come to Western North Carolina. In i 960 both the senior and,. junior champ ionships Were won py W. N. C. growers. AmmunitiM N.ecle .J Tj Heart Disease Is Leading Cause Os Death In Yancey County Discases of the heart 'and blood vessels cause more deaths in Yan cey County than any other disease, according to Mrs. Frances Lowe, chaiman of the Yancey County Heart Council. Quoting the latest statistics from the North Carolina State Board, of Health, Mrs. Lowe stated that' diseases of the heart and bloocl vessels account for 64.9 per cent of all deaths in Yancey County, with cancer second, accidents third, influenza and pneumonia fourth, and prematurity fifth. These statistics also show, that for the state as a whole, heart and blood vessel disease " aocount" for 62.2 per cent of all deaths; and Nationally; heart disease causes 54 per cent of all deaths. Heart disease is our "Number PfUePerCopy: FTve Cento 7 Governor Sanford Presents Budget To General Assembly The I9f,i session of the North Carolina General Assembly con vened in Raleigh on February Bth, at 12 cbclock noon. Representative Joseph M. Hunt of Guilford Coun- A. S.T. C. Alumni To Mee? In Asheville ,* BOONE Appalachian ' State Teachers College alumni in 13 counties of the western district come together for an organization al meeting and dinner in Asheville at the S & W Cafeteria Friday at 7:30 p. m. Dr. Hugh Daniel, a Waynqpville optometrist will preside over the jet-tqgether. . .. Dr. Daniel reports that ASTC will be represented by Dr. Julian C. Yoder, social studies department '.read and leading authority on western North Carolina* geography; Tim Duncan, former captain of the NT. Y. Giants professional football team; R. W. “Red” Watkins, father ■]' wrestling in North Carolina; md Bob Allen, director of founda tions, public relations and news ouifeau. John Corcv, education depart ment faculty member and alumni affairs director, will show the college’s new 30-minute sound and color movie, “Appalachian Alma being available are especially in vited, states Dr. Daniel. Counties included in the western district of the ASTC Alumni Association are: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Gra ham, Haywood, Henderson, Jack son, Macon, Madison, Pqlk, Swain Transylvania, and Yancey. a One Enejpy” and the Heart Fund is our “Number One Defense,” Mrs. Lowe stated. Your contribut ion to the Heart Fund last year helped support 57 research pro jects at North Carolina medical centers. Over 200 thousand Heart Fund dollars were spent at medi cal centers in this state to* find ways of fighting North Carolina’s “Number One Killer.” she research programs of the American and North Carolina Heart Associates are coordinated toward one goal: the conquest of h,eart disease. . I Feb. 26th is Heart Sunday, when an’army of volunteers „ will march through Yancey County for the Heart Fund. Give generously -for every heart you love. HEART DtSEAsF jsKSE SfHWNi&J 6* 1 'U;C a ■ lff I mu . ) . c" ’* * . ty was elected speaker for the 1961 session. > Governor Terry Sanford pre sented the General Assembly with a record breaking budget of on« and one half billion dollars for the next biennium. General fund spending would amount' to $689,151,786, highway fund spending would amount to $289,641, :96 and agriculture spend ing to $2,747,845. Money for the general fund spending for the past two years has come from: 45.2 per cent from income tax revenues, 30.5 per cent from sales tax, 9.4 per cent from franchise tax and the rest from other tax sources. Os the more than $689 million for general fund purposes $442 million would be for public education and SSB million would go for the state’s higher educational institutions. If this budget is adopted it will be ah increase of slOl million over the present biennium. The welfare funds which come out of the gen eral fund would amount to SIA million. This is an increase of over $3 million dollars to increase state aid to countiesTfor adminis tration of welfare programs and to keep welfare grants at present levels for an expected increase in case loads. The state board of health would get $7,325,779 and an additional $677,280 to increase state aid to county health de partments. 1 The budget calls for $42% mill -1 ion for the state’s mental hoapi funds. Spending for second ary roads would be increased by 2 per' “ cent and primary roads increased by 6Ya per cent. The budget was prepared by the advisory budget commission and former Governor Luther Hodges, and if adopted $979,771,641 will come from state funds and the re mainder - from federal sources. Governor Sanford has. indicated he will ask the legislature for ad ditional funds for schools and is ire pa red to recommend a tax in crease if necessary to raise the money. LOCAL WOMEN ATTEND ’ MEETING IN ASHEVILLE By: Jane Street Home Economics Agent Mrs. H O-ace Daniel Ray, Jr„ Pensacola; Mrs. Gus Peteson, Bur nsville; and Miss June Street, Home Agent, attended a District Home Demonstration Planning Meeting at the Manor in Asheville Friday, February 10. Plans were made for the annual District Meeting and the date for District IV was tentatively set for April 6. State Committee reports were given on citizenship, international relations, educacion, health, music, safety, family life and the educa tional loan fund. “Our Role In Leadership” was discussed by Miss Mary 'Harris, the District Home Economics Ag ent. Miss Ruth Current, Assistant Dii-ector of Extension, gave t some > inspiring thoughts at the end of the day and encouraged tha wo men to look forward in whatever they attempted and much could be accomplished. ON N C.MIGNWAVS RALEIGH —The Meter Vehicle Department’s summary es traffic deaths through 10 A. M. Monday, February 18, 1961: KILLED TO DATE 108 KILLED TO DA*E Last Year 114 ,-• ■ •
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