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VOLUME TWENTY FIVE - ... . --»■ ■» ■ Local Women Attend HD Club Meeting By: June Street, Home Ec. Agt. Twenty-six Yancey County Home Demonstration Club mem bers attended the Annual District IV Home Demonstration Meeting Library Associa tion Adopts Specific Goals Concerned with the develop ment of good library service for all the people of this State, the North Carolina Library Associat ion membership has adopted specific goals. These are being distributed widely by the mem bership in an effort to focus at tention on the vital role of libra ries in a State on the move. . Introducing the goals, the President of the Association, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Hughey, points to the significant contributions libraries have made to education and research and to intellectual and cultural growth of North Carolinians, _. but recognizes at the same time that they still lack essential resources. There are not enough books, not enough * library-trained personnel, and I not enough adequate facilities for library use. The.. President points out further that the unprecendented de mand for library services to help With day to day living, to aid research, and to support educat ion at all levels makes it impera tive to improve library service in North Carolina. Recognizing this great the goals of tlie North Carolina Lib rary Association require the de velopment of: (1) library ser vice available to all people in the State; (2) public aware ness of library service;- (3) ade quate pesonnel to meet the needs of our expanding population and changing social order; (5) strong programs of library services to read, all people. Flower Box Contest To Be Held The third annual Flower Box Contest for public places is being sponsored by the Garden Club. Those entering the contest may plant their flowers in boxes or pots' outside or inside win dows, or in flower beds. Entrants may give their names to Mrs. Robert I. Wicker at the Yancey County Merchants’ Association office on the Square. Members of the club believe that if- the contest is entered into with enthusiasm, the tow~ will be beautified, civic pride will be fostered, and the incen tive to keep the town clean will be increased. * - Judges will be appointed and prizes will be given. The contest is under' the direction of the civic committee, composed of Mrs. Troy Ray, Mrs. Charles Proffitt, and Mrs. Dawson Briggs. Methodise Youth Attend Peace Seminar^ Misses Dianne Roberts “and Carolyn Ray of Burnsville left Tuesday morning for New York where they will attend a United Nations Peace Seminar of the youth of the Methodist Church of Western North Carolina, 'this is a n annual event of the Western North Carolina Conference. Misses Roberts and Ray were among the youth of the western district who left by chartered bus from Asheville Tuesday. They will n turn on Saturday. Miss Roberts is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Retorts, and Miss Ray is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack B. Ray all of Burnsville. Subscription $8.50 Per Year which was held aj^ 5 the Manor Hotel in Thursday. Aj>ril 6. Mrs. Donald Shook of Buncombe County piesided. The highlight of the day was a most inspiring talk, “Living up to Expectations”, by Mrs. Betty Freezor, WBTV Home Econom ist. She left these thoughts with ] the women: r 1. Is your family proud of you? 2. Are you a credit to your community? 3. Are you a true servant of God? 4. How do you look to yourself? Mrs. Kenneth Johnson, of the Brush Creek Club, will serve as the new District Chairman and Mrs. Brooks Wilson, Pensacola Club, was installed as secretary. Several Yancey County women participated in the program Mrs: Brooks Wilson gave the Re sponse to the Welcome; Mrs. H. D. Ray, Jr. did the introductions for Yancey County; Mrs. Grace Ray served on the Resolutions Committee; Mrs- Gus Peterson was a member of the Courtest Committee; Mrs. Clyde Edwards was chairman of the Place Com mittee; Mrs. Andrew Johnson ser j ved on the Nominating Commit tee; and Mrs. Herman Howell as sisted with the registration. Approximately 300 women at-j tended the meeting. The 1962 meeting will be held i n Yancey County. Funeral Services For Jack Thomas Jack Thomas, 38, died Thurs day night in a Buncombe County VA hospital after a two-year long illness. Mr. Thomas was a veteran of World War II and an electrician. He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Faye Wilson Thomas; one daughter, Freda; two sons, Jack, Jr., and Jeffery; a step-son, Billy Wheeler, all of Mica ville; the mother, Mrs. Lora | Thomas of Micaville; and three brothers, Frank of Micaville, Ray and Harold of Detroit, Mich. Services were held at 2:30 p. m. Saturday in Micaville Pres byterian Church. The Rev. Frank Chappo and the Rev. Ralph Young officiated. Burial was in Young Cemetery. Pallbearers were Forrest Tho mas, S. A. Young, Floyd Wilson, Jack Boone, Tommy Robinson and Bobby Shehan. Local Students Named On ASTC Honor Roll Names of Appalachian State Teachers College students who maintained a “B” or higher scholastic average through the winter term (November-Febru ary)have been released by Reg istrar Herman R. Eggers. Those qualifying for the honor roll from this county were; Mary Lou Howell of Rt. 2, Burnsville; and Frank Howard Lewis of Burnsville, both seniors. *’Oscar^£how V-J] Bob Hope will MC the A star-packed telecast of the 33td Annual Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Monday, night, April 17. Hollywood’s' most glamorous stars will be* seen at this gala event whiern traditionally is the biggestl' TV Show of the year. ] tUfm- | .m m> Anglin To Head Presbyterian Men’s Group Fred Anglin was elected presi dent of the Prc sbyterian Men’s group at the Breakfast Sunday morning. Other officers elected were Clyde Ayers, Vice-President; and Fred Street, Secretary- Treasurer. 1 ” ® Plans were made for a family breakfast for May 14 and the Mitchell k’ancey Presbyterian Men’s Meeting at Newdale April 19. Yancey Unit Os NCEA Elects Officers The County unit of the North Carolina Education Association met at the East Yau cey High School Friday (aftt.- noon, April 7. Ms. Monroe Mclntosh, retiring local N. C. E. A. president, pi sided at the meeting. After a short business session the new v elected officers for the net school session were recognlz <1: by Mr. Mclntosh. The followii g 1 officers were named: Jack M Intosh, president; Mrs. Loui;e Hughes, vice president; M Sara Proffitt, secretary-treasur Miss Ethel Boone, Supervi;. of Yancey County Schools, int duced Mr. J. E. Miller, Assist: i State SSuperintendent of Put Instruction, j guest speaker f. the occasion, who was corelin. received by the teachers of t v county. Mr. Miller spoke at length <■ ' “Contemporary Trends in Educ , tion." He gave his views relati to the different" phases of tl total school program that wou' : encourage the standard of excel'. - ence for the schools of the stal Mr. Miller also stressed the ir. portance of priority being give ~ to classroom wo.k through skil - ful teaching and ability groupin \ Miss Shepard Honored At ASTC BOONE Twenty-one students go before the 2200-studcnt body of Appalachian State Teachers College during spring convocation on April 19 to be recognized for the ir scholastic attainments. The honor students will hear an address by Rebekah Rivers, assistant editor of THE CAROLI NA FARMER MAGAZINE, and receive special certificates from Dr. D. J. Whitener, the college dean. Dr- Ina W. Van Noppen, chair man of the Scholarship Recogni tion Day committee, states that those to be honored represent the top students -academically in the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes. Scholarship Recognition Day is an annual event at Appalachian. Miss Barbara Shepard, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. She pare: of Burnsville, is among those tc be honored. Miss Shepard is a senior at Appalachian. East Yancey PTA Elects Officers East Yancey High School held ' their last Parent Teacher Asso l ciation meeting of the year I Tuesday night. The Glee Club, under the direc tion of Mrs. Kenneth Robertson, and the Hofne Economics Depart ment instructed by Mrs. Mack B Ray and Mrs. Max Hughes, gave the program. The Glee Club sang seven-! numbers, and the Home Econo mics Students gave a dress re i view. No winners were sell etc ' nor prizes given. Officers for the coming yea were elected. They included E. I Dillingham, president; Mrs. Art! elia Brooks, vice-president; Mrs. j J. H. Cooper, secretary; and Mr.: , Wesley Roberta, treasurer- were served by the hostesses, . . “Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County* BURNSVILLE 2f. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1961 Raleigh Report (By: Roj|nnktative Holcombe) I COMPLETfeJIIEARINGS A long ai®heated debate by' the citizens* Committee for the removal of V Camp Polk Prison completed ftre hearings before the joint commit tee last week. The group came «to argue that the entire Came Polk Prison, located in northwest Ral eigh, should be moved lock, stock and barrel from its present site to another site —any place—away from the Capital. This is a medium security Camp located * about 3 miles from the Central Prison City. They had become concerned because of tv,o tragic incidents ,one in *.959 ' one in 1060, :. involving prisoners at the camp.. (This camp, was built in 1920 and houses about 400 prisoners). George Randall, director of prisons, pointed out that neither the governor nor any prison offi cial ever promised to remove the entire camp but had promised to remove the danger. Thisj he ex plained, had been accomplished i by- | camp and by establishing a trade school for first offenders. This school will offer prisoners an opportunity Jo learn a trade to prepare for k?turn to civilian life. APPROPRIATION But the citizens would have none of this. They wanted Camp Polk moved as far away as possible and the land used for other purposes. They requested hat the appropriation committee join the fight by holding up funds for the project. Since no vote on a measure is , ever taken at a public hearing, action was postponed -and the , situation will be considered at a later date. i ■ - jp» 1 It will not be as easy to solve !as it may sound. Complicating : the matter is tjje fact that the i State of North Carolina has a> j investment at Camp Polk of ap . proximately $3,000,000 and that an extensive and expensive re modeling program has just been completed. Then, too, no other' state ag ency has any use for the* proper ty, even if the prison department had any place to go with its school and Mr. Randall pointed out that no other* site was suited for the project. In the words of the director: “If you deny this appropriation or request for funds and we are unable to open this school, then we shall immediately have to ask for and you must be ready to grant us an additional $3,000,000 1- riead of the $125,000 which ve now nee' 1 •• * Mention of additional funds caused the committee members to sit up a°d take notice. OTHER PROBLEMS The .Camp Polk problem is just one of many that have been tossed in the laps of the Appropriation Committee since the hearings started early during the session. The list of those state agencies : that have requested extra money would fill a good size page. One by one the representatives have filed in before the committee and,,, stated their reasons for needing more money than has been re commended. When to cut? What to cut? These are questions that conrer.n the committee member? as they begin the long and hard job of whipping the budget inro shape. There can be no guess work, the I state law says that the budget must balance before the legisla- I lure adjourns. That means that whatever the appropriations com ; mittee grants the institutions , and agencies for the next two years, the same must be raised by the finance committee ip taxes. NOT EASY. The decisions are not rasy. Every agency that has come be fore the group hail a worthy cause and has made a good case. These have included schools, col ieges, welfare, soil conservation groups, hospitals, Libor, high ways, roads, orphanages, and dozens of allied groups. . It will not be easy to- cut out any of these but something -has District Confer ence To Be Held In Asheville The district conference on Edu cation for all Methodist churches in the Ashtville district will be held at Central, Methodist Church in Asheville on Tuesday, April 18th, beginning at 7:15 P. M- The Rev. Robert G. Tuttle, district superintendent, wall be in charge. Outstanding Methodist leaders from all departments of work will be present to give instrucc ion in a!i phases of church school work- The conference wiis planned by the Board of Christ ian Education of the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church. The Rev. W. B. A. Culp, dis trict has announced that the class session for each group will begin at 7:30 P. M., and that registration will be held in each classroom. The courses to be taught are: kindergarten workers, Mrs. R{ E- Allison, teacher, “My Family and My Friends,” text; primary workers, Mrs. David Hyatt, tea cher, “Love One Another,” text; junior workers, Miss Elizabeth Callis, -former missionary to Burma, teacher, “Living and ' Working Together,” text; ad ' ministration of children’s work. Miss Louise Robinson of States ville, deaconess in the' Methodist Church, as leader, with Mrs. G. M. Lookabill as assistant. In the Youth division, the class for junior high workers will be taught by the Rev. Tom Lee, conference director of junio high work, and the Rev. C- Mil ton Young, district director. Mrs. Carl King of Statesville, will teach the course .for adui i workers with seniors and old, 'youth and the Rev. Paschal Waug! jof Weaverville will assist. Youn adult officers and teachers , meet with the Rev. Paul Due! wall,« conference director ( young adult work. Mrs- L. H. Bagwi 11, sub district 'director, will lead a grou in the study of, “Making Our Group Christian.” Text books will be available in eacli clssroom. All materials to be usul in vacation church schools will be on display-. Pre-School Clinics Schedule Pre-School .clinics will be held with Bee Log School on Friday, April 14 and at Burnsville Ele mentary School on Monday, April 17th. These Clinics will begin at 9:00 a. m. Parents who have children j these schools for the first. time this fall are urged to bring j their children to the clinics. to be eliminated. The entire ex tra requests must total near the, $200,000,000 mark and thjs kind, of mom y is not picked up over- ! night even in a state budget that! already totals sll4 billion- -s*'&■ ' V > - ‘ < * By | 7MB|y&jjfe; ||. -~ —W- 1 ‘ * GODFREY* and WILLIAMS RiALEIGH, N. C. Pictured above are two avid horsemen at a recent horse show. who have much more in common than horses. Both are-volunteer Crusaders In the war against cancer. Shown on the left is. Arthur Godfrey, Honorary Public Education Chairman for the American Cancer Society’s *1961 ', Crusade, and J. 0. Williams, M. D., Concord, who is Chairman of j North Carolina’s Crusade, _ ‘ - •*- 1 Priee Per Copy: Fiva Canta Dogwood Blossom Festival May 4-7 Waynesvitle; -Ni C. North, Carolina’s third annual Dogwood r Blossom Festival, the only event | which pays festive tribute to the I official state flowc r of the ■ Tar East Yancey Senior- To Present Play The Senior Class of East Yancey School will present SILAS SMIDGE by Jay Tobias on Fri day evening, April 14th at i :30 o’clock in the high school audi torium". This play suggests an old fashioned melodrama and a highly exaggerated comedy. The entire play takes place in the larly twenties. The cast of characters are as follows: Cynthia Chrisawn, Alice Hensley, Ben Geouge,. Judy Har ris, Tlianna Black, Tommy Dean Mclntosh. Wynfoitl Botlford, Celia Coletta, Pat Mayberry, Gerald Penland, Ernst Schwintzer, Ar thur Lee Jaixett and Viola Holli fiild. For a sure-fire evening oft) 1 entertainment and for comedy at | l its very best, everyone is invited j to see this play. j The play is under the direct ion of Mr. Robert Howell. Hearn Selected | State Director Os FHA Melvin H. Hearn of Hickory, ‘ ; has been selected state director jbr | the Farmers Home Administrat ion in North Carolina. His head -1 quarters will be in Raleigh. For the past spur years Mr. i earn has - been in charge of -sales, advertising, and plant ■ supervision for a dairy concern at Hickory. | He was born on a farm and at , tended Hoke and Scotland county ■ public schools. He graduated at North Carolina State College 1 with a B. S. degree in Agriculture in 1942. He worked at the college dairy plant and dairy farm while earning his college educa tion, and after graduation wor ked for a dairy at Burlington, North Carolina, b: fore going into the Army later that same year- Most of .his four' years in the Army were spent with the Army Veterinary Service. After t his return from the service he wor ked as a fi.ld man for a Bur lington dairy, helping farmers improve their’ dairy enterprises, i This field work continued for ! more than siven years, when he | assumed the added duties of managing a milk processing plant. lln 1957 he assumed charge of the dairy plant at Hickory. Mr. Hearn is married to the former Edith Gilbert of Siler ! City. Their two boys are 11 and 12 ! years old. The family is active in | civic, church and school groups. NUMBER TKIRTY-Foii Heel realm, will be held here in ' Haywood County on Thursday. Friday, Saturday and Sfgre day, May 4-7. The elaborate four-day program of colorful festivities will feature an opening parade, a talr.nt show, an old fashioned square dance, a scenic tour of dogwood areas: a beauty pageant, a coronation ball, and a full scale horse show. Participating in all these acti vities will be at least 80 beautiful and talented young ladies from all sections of North Carolina who will be competing for the title of 1961 Dogwood Blossom Queen. Special social events win also be planned for the lovely contestants. Gov. Terry Sanford has begn invited to dp the * honor of crowning the new queen. Thou sands of other visitors will be attracted to Western North Carolina for this early season spectacular. Co-sponsored by the four Chambers of Commerce in Hay wood County, the North Carolina Dogwood Blossom Festival, tho ! ugh still in its infancy, appears I destined to take its rightful * place among the other “flower" festivals for which the South eastern area of the United , States is famous. This event has the Xipport of scores of leading Hay-wood County citizens from Canton, Bet hel, Clyde, Waynasvijle, Hazel wood, Lake JunAluska and Maggie Valley, who are devoting their personal time to detailed com mit ec work. «*■ The' festival will open Thursday afternoon, May 4, with a trans county parade that will travel a 14-mile route. Among the 60 or more units of the parade will be 15 to 20 exceptionally beautiful floats decorated in the dogwood blossom motif. Thursday night the talents of the contestants for the queen’s crown will be presented and judged in a show at Clyde school. The Waynesville Armory will be the scene of the Dogwood Jamboree on Friday night, May 5, featuring old fashioned square dancing and judging of the queen candidates in Daisy May costume*. Saturday morning, May 6, the public will be invited to join the beautiful contestants in a scenic tour of the hills and valleys of Haywood County that will be resplendent with masses of wild dogwood blossoms. The festival will reach its climax Saturday night with a beauty pageant at Canton high school during which the eonte sl ants will be judged in evening gowns, and the final selection of the 1961 Dogwood Blossom Queen will be accomplished. Immediately following the pageant will be a Coronation Ball in the Canton Armory honoring the new queen and her court. The festival will close with an exciting all-event horse show at Waynesville on Sunday afternoon, May 7. This will be the first ring event of the year in this area for horse lov» rs, and is expected to create great interest among both exhibitors and spec* tators. 4 j Girl Scout Rally Monday Night A Girl Scout ’ Rally will be held at the Higgins Memorial Methodist Church here on Mon day night, April 17th at 7:15 p. tp. Brownies and Scouts from Bur nsville, Spruce Pine, Marshall, Walnut and Bee Log will partici pate in the affair- Misa Lunette Barber of the State Wildlife Commission of Raleigh will fee the guest speaker. The Burnsville Scouts will pre sent a puppet show. All parents and friends are invited. 1 J
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