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VOLUME TWENTY FIVE NCEA Meeting In Asheville The North Carolina Education Association’s Seventy-Seventh An nual Convention begins today ■ March 23, with 3,500 educators expected in Asheville for the three day meeting. w The convention will be primarily devoted to the professional im provement of education, with le gislation and Association activi ties playing secondary roles. Dr. Douglas M. Branch General Secretary-Treasurer, Baptist State Convention, Raleigh, and Dr. Char feachers Meet ing To Be Held April 7th A meeting of the Yancey County teachers will 'be held on Friday afternoon, April 7, at 2:00 o'clock at the East Yancey High School. Mr. J. E. Miller, Assistant Su perintendent of Public Instruction, will be guest speaker. He will use the topic “Trends in Public Edu cation'’. Mr. Miller is considered one of the outstanding figures in education in the state. It is be lieved that this will be an extre mely interesting and informative meeting and all teachers are URGED to be present, with guests, if they wish. Officer* To Be In stalled At Men’s Club Meeting Newly elected officers will be installed at the annua) Ladies Night event ot . Burnsville Men’s Club here on Monday night, March 27 at the Burnsville Com munity Building. Officers installed at this meeting will be Ralph Adair, president; Dr. Garland Wampler, vice presi dent; and Charles Steelman, secre tary-treasurer. Retiring president, Oscar Deyton, will serve as install ing officer. Dr. Paul Fall will speak at the annual ladies night. Nows Os Summer Residents Mrs. J. G. Low of Burnsville 0 returned last week from Key Largo with news of the activities of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Potter, sum mer residents of this county. Mis. Potter may be remembered for having the "chimpanzie, Susie, with her last year. Susie died after having been sold to some people in the north to be used in an act for entertaining at parties for child ren. Mrs. Potter had gained such a reputation for successfully rais ing and caring for animals that an importer of . animals in South Miami asked her to go to Africa and bring back, among other ani mals wanted, five gorillas. Mrs. Potter left last week by jet for Paris where she was to take a plane to Yaounde, a seaport in the French Camerouns, which is equatorial Africa. From there she will take a taxi to Doulla, a small town where the animal compound is located. Air France ha? planes with compartments and they have agreed to let her return in one with the gorillas constantly under her watchful eye. Two zoos want mates for the males they already have and the order is for one weighing 100 lbs. and another 50 lbs. Gorillas are very delicate and take cold easily so that a Miami vetinarian lost four out of seven last year when trying to bring them into this country. Mrs. Potter has been dubbed “bring ’em back alive” by her friends who wish her success in this most unusual un dertaking. /- Mr. and Mrs. Potter have just moved into their new home on Key Largo which is a six sided building designed to turn ths winds during a hurricane. 1 u Srtwrfrtm S4O Per Year les F. Carroll, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Raleigh will | address the First General Session Thursday evening. A highlight of the First General Session will be the naming of Hat tie Parrott and Dr. Edgar Wal lace Knight to the North Carolina Educational Hall of Fame. J. T. Denning, Superintended, Samp son County Schools, Clinton, will deliver the citation naming them to the Hall of Fame. Miss Lois Edinger retires as president of the NCEA on Friday evening and Dr. Lloyd Y. Thayer assumes the presidency for 1961-62 at that time. The Second General Session, to be held Friday morning, will be devoted to business of the Associat ion. The inauguration of the N. C. School Bell Awards for outstanding interpretation of schosls will be a feature of the Third General Sess ion The awards will be presented by M. G. Isley, Principal, Berry hill High School, Charlotte. Appearing on the program of the First General Session will be Bert Ishee,, Fayetteville; Dr. A. C. Dawson, Jr., Raleigh; and Mary Jo Isaacs, Winston-Salem. The Second General Session will he presided over by Miss Edinger. Others appearing are: Dr. Lloyd Y. Thayer, newly elected presi dent, High Point; R. R. Williams, Jr., parliamentarian, Asheville; i and Earl C. Funderbunk, Wilming l ton. The six NCEA Divisions will hear inspirational addresses and conduct the business of the divi sions on Friday morning. The divisions are: Directors of Ins irnefaptu. Higher Education, Prin cipals, Classroom Teachers, Su perintendents, and Future Teachers. Twenty-three NCEA Depart ments will meet on Friday after noon to implement the improve ment of education and to carry on the business of the departments. The departments are: Agriculture, Art, Audio-Visual Education, Bible, Business Education,, Elementary' Education, English, French, Guid ance, Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Home Economics, Industrial Aits, Latin, Mathesma tieg, Modem Foreign Language, Music, School Librarians, Science, Social Studies, Spanish, Special Class Teachers, and Trade and In dustrial Eucation. The retired tea chers will meet to organize a department. Shrubbery Growers Meet At Pensacola Twenty-seven Christmas tree and nature shrubbery growers at tended a meeting at Pensacola •School Tuesday night, March > 14, to hear Forestry Experiment Stat ion and State Forestry Officials give a progress report on the ef forts to control the wooly aphid that is threatning to destroy the Fraser Fir on Mt. Mitchell and other plaees. William Ciesla, Forestry Ento-, mologist with the U. S. D: A. in Asheville, showed specimens and slides on the nature of the damage and the various methods of con trol. Ciesla said that several met hods of control are being tried out including natural chemical and cultural, and no definite recommen dation can be made on spraying at this time. Growers are urged to use nursery seedlings instead of native seedlings and to dip or spray jf aphids are present with BHC. Other forestry officials present were: John Gilliam, Extension Forester; William Aldridge, Nur seryman; Cabe Webb, Craig Eng lish, Harvey Barton, and A. H. Mur well, Pest Control Division of the«N. C. Department of Conservat ion and Development The meeting was arranged by the County Extension Office in co- I operation with the Pensacola Com | munity Club and PTA. The Yancey record Obituaries /■ D, M. SHOLES Dillard M. Shales, 65,. died jij an Elizabeth ton, Tenn, bespit Monday night after an illness four months. He was a Civil E ginees and had a part in the et | gineering and construction of se - erdl buildings in Burnsville, i eluding the Duplan budding (no>v Firth Carpet Co.) the reservoirs a: streets in town and the educe ional building of Higgins Memorial Methodist Church. Also streets„ in Mars Hdl and Spruce Pine. Before coming to Burnsville be was engi neer for the city of Winston-Salerr, and had worked with the city of Durham and in Newport New;, Va., and Baltimore, Md. Mr. Sholes was born in - Lynch burgh, Va., and . was a grad uate of Duke University." Funeral services were held in Higgins Memorial Methodist Church here Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. The Rev. O. L." Brown and the Rev. A. Z. Jamerson officiated. Burial was in Holcombe Cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Ruth Ray Sholes, and a son, Mickey Sholes, of Burnsville; a son, D. M. Sholes, Jr. of Elizabethton, Tern.; five daughters, Mrs. Katherine Buchanan of Johnson City, Tenn., Mrs. Peggy Daniels of Newland, Mrs. Jean Brooks of Birmingham, i Ala., Mrs. Virginia Meech&m ofj Durham and Mrs. Mary Rose of Chicago, 111.; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Blankenship of Charlottesville, Va.. and a brother, Simpson Sholes of Lynchburg, Va|; 19 grandchildren and 2 great-grand, : ehildren. Active Pallbearers were Vance McKinney, Joshua; Vance Hensley, Latt Fox, Jay Edge and Bob Hilliard. Honorary pallbearers were Milt Johnson, D, R. Fouts, W. E. Ang lin, Dixon Bailey, R. W. Wilson, C. P. Randolph, George Roberts, Troy Ray, Don Burhoe, Bill Atkins, T. M- Tyner, Hubert Justice, Les ter Garland, Ernest Briggs and Lee Griffith. WILL ANGUN Will Anglin, 84, a retired farm er of the Jacks Creek section of Yancey County died Friday mern ing in Yancey Hospital here, afte. an extended illness. Services were held at 2:30 p. m Saturday :n Jacks Creek Presby terian Church. The Rev. John Forbes and the Rev. Bert -Styles \fflciat#d. Uuriei was in Anglin Cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs Cora Bailey Anglin; five sens, Garrett, Cecil, Fred, Woodrow and Clyde of Burnsville; eight grand children; and a sister, Mrs. Mary Ann Laws, of Johnson City, Tenn. Pallbearers were Bill, Calvin and John Evans, Carl Ray, T. A. Buchanan, Charles Hopson, Biss Byrd, and Leonard Ayers. GEORGE TOMBERLIN George Marion Tomberlin, 91, a retired farmer and lifelong resi ; dent of the Swiss section of Yan cey County, died Thursday after a long illness at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lora Johnson of Rt. 2, Mars Hill. He was a member and deaeon of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. Services were held at 2 p. m. Saturday in Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. The Rev. E. J. HaU and the Rev. B. E. Hensley officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. In addition to Mrs. Johnson, he is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Docia Ponder; two sons, Lewbhand Jay Tomberlin of Rt. 8, Burnsville; a sister, Mrs. Myra Ponder of Rt. 1, Mars Hill} 14 grandchildren; 31 great-grand children and five great-great grandchildren. MRS. MADGE CLARK Mrs. Madge Clark, 62, died Tuesday night in a Morganton hospital after a long illness. Surviving are the husband} Carol Clark of Burnsville; two daughters, Mrs. Hermon Deyton of Rt. 1, Burnsville, and Mrs. Briscoe Tip ton of Relief; and three sorts, Fay Griffith of Johnson CJty,, Tenn., Robert and Lonnie Griffith of Columbus, Ohio. Funeral arrangements, under the direction of Holcombe brothers “Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County” BUONSVIf ( E, N. G, THIrftSDAY, MARCH 23, 1961 . jy. . „,f ' Baptists To Meet At Mars Hill ; ’ —-—— ——~ ■- wjM.— - . Mars Hill baptists 1 throughout the western half ui the. state will be invited to a special conference at ;Mars Hill College on April C. to help them prepare for a called ; session of the North Carolina Bap ; tist State Convention in Greens boro on May 4. .. At the Greensboro meeting North Carolina Baptrna will be asked to launch a campaign to raise $45 million for the Seven Baptist col leges in the s«#te and for the Bap tist student work on other campuses The meeting here will provide opportunity fay discussion of the proposed campaign and give Bap tist pastors, Sunday School superl - WilU and BrotherHbod presidents, - Training Union direc tors, deacons and other church leaders a chaJH* to- ask specific questions about the proposed cam paign. , Three Baptiit leaders, two who are members of the committee which is recortimending the $45 million campaign and the other a member of art advisory committee, will be present to speak briefly and answer questions. They are the Rev. G. Othell Hand, pastor of the First BBaptlat Church of Hickory; jR. O. Huffman of Morganton, j president of Brexel Furniture Co. and an active layman; and the Rev. T. E. Rdbinett, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Waynes ville who is i) member of the ad visory committee. The college is providing its faci lities for the April 6 meeting as a service to Baptists in its area. “Os course we are in favor of the proposed campaign and hope that the special convention under takes .to raise $45 million for Christian higher education in the state,” explains Dr. Hoyt Black well, Mars president; “how ing Baptist^lmklcts here is to pro vide information and to give them an opportunity to ask questions. Our people must be informed if they are to vote intelligently at the special convention.” Funeral Home, have not been an nounced at this date. WALTER WOODY Services for Walter Gaylon 11 Woody, 80, who died Friday morn- i mg of injuries received in an auto- ' mobile accident, were held at 2 p. m. Sunday ia Double Island . Baptist Church. The Rev. Clarence Buchanan and the Rev. Ade Buchanan offi ciated and burial was in the church , emetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Pauline Thomas Woody, a son, Danny; the mother, Mrs. Newton Woody of Burnsville; six sisters, Mrs. Fred Buchanan of Burnsville, Mrs. Arthur Thomas of Green I Mountain, Mrs. Roy Hughes of 'Mona, Mrs. Frances Williams, Mrs. Kathleen Pluto and Miss Thelma Woody of Burnsville; three brothers, Talmadge of Micaville, Mack of Kona and Burl of Green Mountain. *" * He was employed by Internation al Mineral and Chemical Co. at i Keaa, and was a veteran. / of the Korean War. THOMAS ROBINSON Thomas Leroy Robinson, 77, of Rt. 1, Green Mountain, died in a Black Mountain sanitarium Wed nesday night after an extended illness. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mollie Presnell Robinson; one daughter, Mrs. Ada Sparks of Rt. ' 1, Green Mountain; four sons, Fred < ftpd Shelby of Rt. 1, Green Moun tain, Barney of Burnsville and Tom Jr. of Green Mountain; 10 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren; and one brother* Marlon Robinson of Marion. Mr. Robinson had been a mem ber of Pleasant Gap Baptist Chur ch for 62 years and was a retired farmer. Services were held at 2:30 p. m. Friday in Pleasant Gap Baptist Church. The Rev. Wade Boone and the Rev. Jay Blankenship officiated. Burial was in Young Cemetery. ■ -s Raleigh Report (Carres pond enot from Rep. ; 2 Holcombe) In on the home front the battle of whether to tax or not to tax and what to tax rolled on with no apparent decision in sight. Many people were of the same opinion; “Stick it to''era. We need the money for the educational pro gram to bring our- State more in line with the other 44 that we trail.” The “stick it to ’em” phrase was heard often enough a large number reversed the order of things and said “stick it to US. We’re willing to pay in order that the children now ih school have a better opportunity than we had. ' j North Carolina ranks 45th in th amount of dollars spent per student per year oh education. We rank, 39th in teacher pay and 46th in per capita' income. We have 1,125,000 student? in our public schools today and will have several thousand more each year for the next few years. There are two distinct of thought on this-WCx problem. One group is against taxing foods, medicines, seeds, feeds, & fertilizer and would like to’ shift additional taxes to tobacco, soft drinks a.id luxuries. The other group, mostly from Eastern CardHna, are very much opposed to the tobacco tax. The tobacco and soft drink tax would produce only about one third of the needed amount to cany out the improved school program. It has been proposed in the past that the counties assume more of the responsibility from a local level to improve our schools. lam op posed to this as it would force a great burden on our property tax which is already as high as we can afford to pay and the property tax is our only source of revenue for operating all of our county and town services. It is my opinion that no serious thought - is being given to a real estate tax at this time or in the future if the neces sary revenue can be found from other sources. I would like to have the views of 'the people of Yancey County on the tax and educational program. Red Cross Bloocfmobile To Be Here Mar. 29 The Red Cross Biaodmubiile will visit Yancey County again on March 29th. The unit will be set up in the i basement of the First Baptist Church here and will be open from 1:00 to 5:00 p. m. Dr. Garland Wampler will be attending physician and the wom en of the Burnsville Presbyterian Church will b« hostesses for ' this visit. A number of persons, have re ceived blood since the last Blood- ' mobile visit to this .county. There fore, all those who have received blood and did not hpve credit cov- 1 erage are urged t$ replace the blood that they have used so that it will be available 1 for the next person needing it. The Yuncey Chapter must col lect 144 pints during the next two visits in order to meet the quota for the year. Local Youth At tend Conference Five young people from the First Pre tbyterian Church here attended a spring youth conference of Holßton Presbytery last Satur day and Sunday. The conference was an overnight study sponsored by the United Campus Christian Fellowship of Warren Wilson College in Swan nanoa. The purpose was to awaken high school students to a fuller un derstanding of thti importance of a Christian purpose ih any vocation, l The students from Burnsville attending were Tommy Mclntosh, Keith Styles, Linda Laughrun, Violet Garland and Susan Dilling ham. Miss Dillingham was elected chairman of the citizenship com mittee of the Westminister Fel lowship of Holaton Presbytery. ' w-. _ --I . |T — m'tirin Prise Per Copy: Eire Onto - _ r. . Annual 4-H Achieve ment Night Held The annual 4-H Achievement Night was held Tuesday, March 21, at Cane River high school gym. Lucy Robinson, president of the 4-H County Council, presided. The pledges to the ■ P nerican and 4-H flags were led by Oscar , Fender, Jr. Janet Ohle gave the invocation. Sharon; Hopsbn and Richard Bailey Library Com mittee Meets Here Yancey county National Library week Committee met in Burns ville to make plans for the obser vance of the special week, April 16 - 22, 1961 throughout Yancey County. - Members of the committee pre sent were: Mr.~Ed. Hunter Jr., chairman; Miss Ethel Boone, Rev. O. L. Brown, Mrs. Evelyn Pate, along with' Mrs. Patty Carter and Miss Antoinette Earle from the library staff. Mr. Bruc. WeataO was not present. One of the activities to be car ried out is sponsoring the writing of an original one-act play of twelve (12) minutes duration, dealing with books, reading or .the observance of National Library Week as the subject. The plays are written and presented at an assembly in the different schools of Yancey county. An award will be made for the BEST play Uy be entered from the entire county. Judges will be selected and thej winning play will be anno unced during the week of April 16-22. The committee agreed to have the week of April 16-42 as Free Library Week. If any long-overdue books are returned to Yancey county Library THAT week, no charge will be made and no ques tions asked. A suggested list of books for the use of ministers and church wor- 1 kers will be prepared by the lib rary; and made avilable to , the ministers through a member erf the National Library Week Com mittee. r —t— ; Wheeler-Lewis Doing Student Teaching James Wheeler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wheeler living at Rt. 4, Burnsville,, is now doing student teaching at Harris, High School in Sprvce Pine. Mr. Wheeler is taking part dar ing the spring quarter, March 8, 1901 through May 25, 1961 in the student teaching program as Appa lachian State Teachers College, Boone. In this program students devote approximately twelv# weeks io student teaching in th£ field for which they have been preparing.' Mr. Wheeler is teaching ' Biology and P. E. under the supervision of Mr. Norton and Mr. Bryson. As part ~of the Student teaching pro gram, the Appalachian student usually lives in the community near the school a£d participates in com munity activities as well as in school activities. The student does full time in the school and gradu ally takes over the full teaching of the supervising teacher and the load, always tinder the supervision principal. The local school’s participation with Appalachian's student teach ing program is a valuable asset to. the general education program of North Carolina. >•— ~ - Mr. Wheeler graduated from Bee Log High School in 1958. Frank Howard Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Lewis, Burns ville is now doing student teaching at Nebo High School during the spring quarter. Mr. Lewis is teaching History and English under the supervision of Mr. Cross. He graduated from Burnsville High School in 1967. NUMBER THIRTY-ONE led group singing. The Yantey County 4-H Highlights of 196# were given by Donna and Bisß McDougald. Jennifer Jarrett give a reading “Husbands is Husbands” to provide entertainment for the group. •--» • ' - - Lynn English introduced the guest speaker, Mr. W. F. Algary, Manager of J. C. Penney Company of Asheville. He delivered an ins piring speech emphasizing 4-H Club wuijk apd its contribution to the training of young people. Awards were presented to county winners and runner-ups. The win ners were as follows: Electric Ernst Schwintzer. Wildlife Oscar Fender, Jr. Beef Elizabeth Hughes. Poultry Edward Geouge. Sheep —Billy Randolph Swine Sherrill Whitson, John ny Honeycutt, Phillip Laws, Dan ny Robinson. Garden Oscar Fender, Jr., __ Gary Bennett, Ira Robinson, Star gial Hensley. Forestry Ditda Fender. Field Crops Dean Honeycutt, Keith Styles, Eugene Styles, Tommy Adkins. Entomology —■ Ralph Wilson, Jr. Small Fruits Mary Sue G, indstaff. Dairying Viaxn Duncan, Glen Presnell. Food Preparation I Bonnie Burleson, Virginia McMahan. Food Preparation II Nina Honeycutt. Food Preparation 111 Lynn English. Adventures in the Kitchejj Linda Wilson. Jr. Canning Glenda Cook. Sr. Canning Donna McDoug aid. Fleering • Janet Co, Sylvia Schwintzer, Virginia McMahan, Sheila Pate. Clothing Virginia McMahon, Ramona Bowditch, Ida Jane Man ey, Sharon MeMahan. Home Management Barbara brewer. Home Improvement ''Lynn" English. Better Grooming Julia Gail, Souther. Dress Revue Visum Duncan, Sr. Winner; Saundra Duncan, Jr. Winner District awards were given for participation in district events to the following: Ernst Schwintzer Electric demon*! ration. Paul Ohle Forestry demon stration. Harold’ Higgins Soil and Wat er Conservation demonstration and long-time record in gardening. Dean Honeycutt Soil and Water Conservation demonstration and long-time record in field crops. Helena r Hensley Home Eco nomics. Patty Mayberry Htoetric demonstration. Health Kings and Queens Oscar Fender, Jr. and Nina Honey cutt, Sr. Winners; Gary Bennett and Marilyn Wilson, Jr. Winners. The achievement medal for the overfall participation in dub work in the year 1959-60 went to Dean Honeycutt. Leaders were recognized and presented with certificates. Nine 4-H Clubs had exhibits. The winners were as follows: Bee Log 7 t 8 Club were win ners ;n the Jr. Division; Cane Biver was winner in the Senior Chub Division; and Doable Island was winner in the Community 4-H Club Division. Refreshments were prepared and served by a, group* from Etat Yancey Sr. Club. CATTLE REFERENDUM VOTING PLACES ANNOUNCED '• ■ 4 Voting places in the March 25 Cattle Referendum will be at the following places: Silver* and Del linger Store at Micaville; Farmers Federation, Ray Brothers Grocery, Deyton Farm Supply, Burnsville; Hensley’s Store at Hardaorabblc; and Arthur Edward's Store at Bea<'' Lor.
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