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: ~-VOfct?Wir TWENTY FIVE -W“ *“_J.. . 5 —■— .. ... - £*. . ,».;■' 1 ... *ll ,--. ■».-.. •>.. —— Open House At New Library To Be Held Sunday Sam Lee Radford Nominated For Air Force Academy By Congressman Whitener Sk... £s&!&£* - Prr^HsHl fc | ; | t || <> <wj»>nu«^i^M^iili|^aMhMMfcatiaa^l^fesL^^-. v-f *:•'' V'*' fc. V^S9BkSSR& " '%* vNSU, A- ft* '-'h' ■' * &Yia6iSßAlis , ;#!»■>«■«»♦ „^..^-: . ■• . . 5% r* * ■s?" ' jaiiflttittiMiMM <r\?; * > / t*--*’ r¥i if '' '>\ir >'’ ' { 1 ''^Laj&Blflf'dF' y v :4 -.JSf«df£ jraEBSMt^^SSHKhfI^KSH^ JJHJjjj **'* * . v * ' " BILLY BRUCE RAY operator of this vehicle was only slightly lujuied when his ear left the Blue Rock Road and turned over five times. The car came to rest on its wheels one hundred and fifty feet below the road. Ray was released after treatment at a Spruce Pine Hospital. Patrolman Charles Kliott who investigated, said that, no charges were made. Thirteen To Gray Ladies Thirteen lo:al women are serv ing their probationary period in the Yancey Hospital as Gray Lad ies. The Gray Lady organization is •ne of the many volunteer pro grams established by the Ameri can Red Cross, having its begin ning during World War I when the volunteers wore a uniform and a gray veil. When the patients in the military hospitals needed at tention they would affectionately call “gray lady” because it would be impossible to know the names of all the volunteers, and thus the name “Gray Lady” has become the official. nhme of this womens organization which serves in mili tary and public supported hospital*. The uniform is still gray, but the veil has 'been replaced with a cap. The purpose of Gray Ladies is solely to be of help and assistance to ‘the patients without charge. They visit in wards and rooms, {and during their visits they give personal services in writing let ters, reading, obtaining reading material, arranging flowers. They may also shop for the patients, serve as guides to visitors, and aid by assisting the nurses with non-nursing duties. . • The staff of Yancey Hospital re quested that some type of voIun eOUSCORE 0 C HIGHWAYS % RALEIGH—The Motor Vehicle Department’s summary of traffic deaths thrpugr 10 A. M. Monday, January 23: KILLED TO DATE , 51 ' KILLED TO DATF Last Year 52 Join the Fight To Save a Life— GlVE BLOOD Per Vw Become *~T - -r --, .2*3*l i » teer service be established, and the Senior and Junior Womens Clubs appointed committees to sponsor and organize such a group. The sponsoring committee was composed of Mrs. Donald I. Burhoe, Chairman; Mrs. Melvin Webb, Mrs. Harbn Holcombe, Miss June Street, and Mrs. Garland Wampler. Although Gray Ladies are volun teers there are certain require ments they must meet before serv ing in the hospitals. A woman must have several hours of orien tation to the Red Cross and to Gray Lady Service, as well as in structions from a staff physician and the hospital administrator, plus serving ten hours probation ary period in the hospital. The Senior Girl Scouts are plan ning to serve in the hospital after they have completed a First Aid course. Many of the girls have al ready completed their orientation training. Additional claases will be set up if enough women indicate a de sire to serve in this rewarding or ganization. Service may be ren dered at the hospital or by doing sewing and mending for the hos pital at home. The group is without a chairman, but Mrs. Harlon Holcombe and Mrs. Robert L. Rhinehart are ser ving as co-chairmen of scheduling. Other members of the organiza tion are: Mrs. Clarence Burton, Mrs. J. Hubert Cooper, Mrs. E. L. Dilling ham, Mrs. Harold Evans, Mrs. Hershel Holcombe, Mrs. Annie C. Hassell, Mrs. R. K. Helmle, Miss Betty Motsinger, Mrs. Edward Ryan, Mrs. W. A- Y. Sargent, Mrs. T. M. Tyner. A “capping” ceren|ony will be held for the volunteers after each member of the present class has served her ten hour probationary ! period. The Yancey record “Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County” ■jirM)r'*fc V * Godfrey Gits Washington Appointment A 26-year career with the U. S. Department of Agriculture was climaxed Saturday for Horace D. Godfrey with his appointment as Administrator of the Commodity Stailization service in Washington. Godfrey 46-year-eld native of Union County, said he planned '"tp go to Washington Sunday and be ready to report to his new office on Monday Jan. 28. Mr. Godfrey who lives in Raleigh has been with the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation sinee 1940. Ex cept for a tour of duty with the Air Force during World War 11, he has been with the Department of Agriculture since 1934. As C. S. C. Administrator, Godfrey will be re sponsible for formulating the poli cies, procedures and regulations for administering acreage allot ments and marketing quota pro grams and price support acti vities for all Commodities includ ing tobacco, cotton, peanuts, and wheat. The Administrator also has Su pervision of State A. S. C. Com mittees and office operations. He serves as executive Vice-President of the Commodity Credit Corpora tion, and the financial Ageney for Price Support Program. Godfrey is married and has three children. For the time being, the family will remain in Raleigh. Godfrey is a Baptist, Mason and Democrat. Godfrey said he was honored to be asked to take the job. “I also appreciate very much the support and Confidence expressed by my friends in my ability to fill such a high post in our Government,” he said. • “I am keenly aware of the pro blems faring this administration in their eirort to establish a healthy and prosperous Agriculture. Agri culture is the foundation on which all nations prosper on fall. This administration is committed to de- N. C, ifclflfii&tj JANUARY 26, 1961 - 47 :... J ' •... j Washington, D. C, —Sam Lee Radford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ral eigh Radford of Cane River, hag been nominated .' by Congressman Baail L. Whitener to take the com petitive examination for appoint ment to the United States Air Force Academy. Radford, who is stationed in tire Air Force at Lincoln Air Foret Base, Nebraska, has been noti fied by Congressman Whiter.er o' hie nomination. He is a graduate of Bald Creek High Sehool am completed two years at Mars Hil! College. During hfe high school yean he was very active as a membe of the basketball, baseball, an< track teams. He attended Cant River Baptist Church before on tering the Air Force. In announcing Radford’s sp pointment to take the competitiv. examination for the Air Foret Academy, Congressman Whitene: commented: “I am very happy ti give Sam Lee Radford an oppor tunity to compete for admission tr the Air Force Academy. He has been highly recommended by many fine citizens la Yancey County. 1 wißh him every success on his ex aminations." The Air Force Academy is lo cated at Colorado Springs, Colo ■«ljUl-.f'.»il«»>w^*'-tu^»':i < linns school receive' commissions as second lieutenants in the Regular Air Force. Botk Review By: Wendell Thomas In 1964 Norman Cousins, editor of The Saturday Review of Litera ture, wrote Modem Man Is Obso lete. In this book he foresaw the grave problem we now face, the problem of atomic power in a world of international anarchy. In hta new book. In Place of Folly, ha states the facts Concerning nu clear war, radioactive fallout, de livery systems of modem weapons, and presents an alternative to dread and the destructiAi of civi lisation. “War is not inevitable,” he de clares. Give the United Nations the power and the means it needs to enforce world peaee through law.” The individual la not helpless. There is a point of effective con nection between the individual and what is happening on the world stage. He calls on all men every where to work for a- “structured peace,” for effective law through a revdmped United Nations. In place of Folly is available now from booksellers. Better still, it is on order at your ioeal library, j The prophetic work, Modem Manj Is Obsolete, Is available at the library aow. CLYDE PHILLIPS RECEIVES AWARD S. Clyde Phillips, N. C. State Motor Club district manager for Yancey County, has received . a speCial award for first honorable mention in the company’s Top Ten in cash production for 1960, Tho -1 mas B. Watkins, president, has announced. '! ' T"" ~ velop programs which will estab lish a prosperous Agriculture and at the same time continue to pro i. vide an abundant supply of food and fibor for all our people. Watson Dies at 93 Was Prominent Lawyer Col, E. Frank 93, of Spruce Pine died in the Spruce Pine hospital Tuesday morning after a Icag illness. The story of Col. Watson’s life as a North Carolina lawyer is closely tied to the history of- the Miss Burgin Receives E>*gr«« Miss Ethel Virginia Burgin, dau ghter of Mrs. Arthurine Burgin. of Lenoir, formerly of Celo, received her BS degree in Musie Education from berea College, Berea, Ky. on Sunday, January 22. She attended grade school at j Celo and graduated from Cranberry' High School in the spring of 1956 and Lees Mcßae College in 1958. Miss Burgin will visit her moth >r and sister, Mrs. Wanda Bentley if Lenoir, and also friends in Banner Elk before going to Char lotte where she has accepted a j position as music consultant Tor two * elementary sehools in Mecklen burg County. Mrs. Burgin’s brother, A 2c I Bil'y C. Burgin who is stationed j at Greenville Air Force Base, Miss, j will visit his mother during a 15 j day leave after finishing a six, weeks course in accounting. Ht j entered the Air Force after grad .uau-i La...tiron CTaivbfirrv High fichaui in 196*. W%% Mrs. Burgin is employed as office nurse for Dr’s. Thompson and Walten of Lenoir. Double island Community Club Meats The Double Island Community Club called a special meeting Sat urday night, January 21. The meet ing was to discuss plans for a new community building, and a box supper was sponsored. In the near future the club will sponsor a calf scramble for 4-H members of the community. A committee was appointed to con-, tact people who have relatives bur ied in the Double Island Cemetery for help in financing a much need ed improvement program. The club decided to meet on the 4th. Saturday with the 4-H Club meetings on the same date. On the 4th. Saturday in January the Hub will sell hot dogs and drinks to raise funds to apply on the build ing fund. The publie is pivited. NOTICE A dance will be hsjd at the Community Building on Saturday night, February 4, beginning at 8:45 p. m. Good mtude will be furnished. Everyone invited to attend. Admission 81.00 per Couple. Blood mobile Visits Here Friday The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Burnsville Friday, January 27. The mobile unit will be at the First Baptist Church itt Burnsville from 1:00 to 0:00 p. in. to collect blood. - The Blood Yroglmtt ts very im portant to Yancey County. Through this program blood" is donated to the Red Cross and used by the. citizens of this county whenever Priee Per Copy: Five Cents mountain area- His court victory for wrat is now ‘the Ciinchfield' Railroad was responsible for con struction of that line through the mountains and the subsequent op ening up of the Spruce Pine area about the turn of the century. He was also interested in educa tion and was instrumental in tre for what is now the Ciinchfield Institute which operated for 25 years. He served as chairman of the board of trustees. He was also on the board of trustees of Mars Hill College. >eA native cf Jackson County, he was named for his father, a pioneer who died at the age of 99. Col. Watson attended law school at the J University of North Carolina and j was admitted to the bar in 1892. He married Miss Cora Ray of 1934, after which he moved from 1934, after wrich he moved from Burnsville to Spruce Pine. He mar ried. Mrs. Lucy Davidson Bailey in 1942 and lived with her until .hei death 10 years later. Surviving are two nieees, Mrs. Welzie Riddle, Jr. of Burnsville and Miss Louise Watson of Ashe ville; and three nephews, Frank Watson of Spruce Pine, Charles Watson of Ashevill.e and D. R. Fouts of Burnsville. ( Services were held- in First Bap- m. Wedneslay. The Rev. R. M. Casaity officiat ed and the body was brought to Burnsville for burial in Academy Cemetery. Pallbearers were ’ Clifton Gibbs, Bill McKinney, J. W. Riddle, G. L. Hensley, Phillip Ray, and Grady Bailey. ## Honorary pallbearers were attor neys of the 24 th District Bar Asso ciation, members of the Men’s i Bible Class of First Baptist Church of Spruce Pine, Carter Hodgins df Marion and Edward of Greensboro and Dr. Hoyt Blackwell of Mars Hill. Flower bearers were women of the church. 4-H Club Meat* By: Marilyn Nordstrom, Reporter South Toe sth. and 6th. grades 4tH Club held a meeting on Janu ary 18. Ramona Bowditch called the meeting to order; Carolyn Bal lew and Jerry Autrey led the singing; Aileen Ray had eharge of devotion, and Tommy Mayberry read the minutes of the previous meeting. Betty Webb led the program on Health Hazards with Dena Brooks, Dennis Ballew and James Duncan participating. After the record books for the year were distributed the meeting was adjourned. j needed. In past years the use of blood has exceeded donations. It is necessary the people of the county respond to the call to donate. The ! quota for this year is 400 pints. In j order to reach this quota it is .necessary to collect 100 pints at J this visit. Last January only 29 1 pints were donated. This visit of the Bloothnobile is being sponsored by the Junior , Woman’s Club of Burnsville. v NUMBER TWENTY-THREE II US.IWIM.-l An Open House to be held Sun day afternoon, January 29th, ua the Yancey County Public Library in Burnsville, has been an nounced by the Library Beard of Trustees. The public is invited te visit the library from 3 to § p. m. Sun day in its new quarters ita the Randolph Building on Academy Street, back of the Hilltop Re staurant. Friends of the library will, be in charge of with Mrs, Mack Ray, Mrs. Ernest Briggs, and Mrs. Ralph Adair ser ving as the planning committee. The present acceSible locations _ Hf the library Is tht, result of the efforts of a Friends of the Library group of citizens cooperating with the Board of County Co mm is si on ers and the Town Board of Burns ville. Shelving moved from the old location has been installed by Robert K. Hebnle, Senior Girl Scouts have assisted in re-shelving books. Carolyn Ray, Celia Coleita, Alice Hensley, and Martha Brad shaw are among those who have donated their services. A telephone has been installed in the library through the coopera tion of the Yaneey County United Fund Agency- This should increase the usefulness of the library to all citizens of the county. The telephone number is Murray 2-2699. The Board of Trustees of the Yancey County Public library urges the publie to attend the u qpeo house” on Sunday afternoon, and to use the improved facilities es the library. For the present the regular library hours are: Tuesdays, 2-5; Wednesdays, 9-1 and 26; Hunting Anal Fishing Stlrvay Information on the hunting and fishing activities of Americans will be collected by the U. S. Cen sus Bureau in a sample survey to be conducted here and in 832 other areas of the country, it was announced today by Director - Jofc** eph R. Norwood of the Bureau’s regional field..office at Charlotte, N. C.-The survey will <zrt on January 23 and is expected to be completed in a month. The purpose of the survey is ha obtain information on the number of individuals who engaged in re creational hunting and fishing in the United States during 1969, ‘ the number of days spent in these pursuits, and the expenditures which resulted from their partici pation in hunting and fishing far recreation. A similar survey, taken early in 1956, showed that appro ximately 25 million American an glers and hunters spent nearly 88 billion in pursuit of fish and game during 1965. This averages sll4 apiece. The 21 million anglers spent 82 billion while 12 million hunters spent nearly $1 billion. More than seven million indivi duals engaged in both hunting and fishing. The fishing and hunting survey is being carried out by the Census Bureau for the Fish and Wildlife Service, U. S. Department of the Interior. I odd interviews ia the fishing and hunting surveys will be con ducted by Mrs. Edna L. Harmon. Uwb Eddie Proffitt has returned t» his home from Memorial Mission Hospital where h« has been recov ering from injuries received in an automobile accident. * He wishes to thank his many friends for their prayers, get well cards and other acta of kindness. *
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