VOLUME TWENTY FIVE
Annual 4-H Talent
Show Held Here
By: Charles Steelman, Ass’t.
County Agricultural Agent
The fifth annual 4-H Talent
Show was held April 28 at the
Burnsville elementary gym. There
were 30 different numbers, includ
ing solos, square dance teams,
choral groups, readings and
others. One-hundred and fifty
one 4-H Club members participat
ed in the program.
Three groups were given blue
Obituaries
MRS. MATTIE MURPHY
Mrs. Mattie Lou Wilson Mur
phy, 79, formerly of Busick, died
early Tuesday morning in a Mor
ganton hospital following a short
illness.
Services were held at 2:30 p. m.
Wednesday in Mt. Mitchell Bap
tist Church in Yancey County.
The Rev. Roy Branch, pastor,
and the Rev. Mr. Strickland of
ficiated. Burial was in Robinson
Cemetery.
- Surviving are five daughters,
Mrs. Dewey Pott at o f Rt. 2, Mar
ion, Mrs. C- J. Gouge of Marion,
Mrs. Roy Pruitt, Mrs. Bill Rader.
and Miss Daisy Murphy of Mor- j
ganton; four sons, George ar.d
Vernie Murphy of Rt. 5, Bums-;
ville, Otis and Jo Murphy of
Morganton; four sisters, Mrs.
Cora Robinson an'! Mrs. Tassie
Bradley of Old Fort, Mrs. Myrtle
• Loftis and Mrs. Tom Murphy of
Rt. 5, Burnsville; four brothers,
Lonnie Wilson of Rt. 4, Marion,
Talmadge and Worley Wilson of
Rt. 5, Burnsville, and Joe Wilson
of Washington, D. C.; 22 grand
children and six great-grand
children.
MRS. ZILLAH ALLEN
Mrs. Zillah Hensley Allen, 78,
of Burnsville' died early Tues
day morning in an AshevHle hos
pital following a illness.
A native’ of Yancey County, she
was a daughter of the late Charles
W. and Sarah Banks Hensley-
Mrs. Allen was a member -of
Banks Cre: k Methodist Church.
Surviving are two daughters, >
Mrs. W. K-. Banks of Burnsville
and Mrs. H. C. Chism of Widner,
Ark.; four sons, W. L. Allen of
Burnsville, the Rev. V. N. Allen of
Mill Spring and S. V. and J. P.
Allen of Asheville; a sister, Mrs.
W. D. Pleasant of Nebo; two
brothers, Garrett G- Hensley of
Cane River and Bascombe Hens
ley of Banks Creek; 17 grand
children; 23 great-grandchildren;
and a number of nieces and
nephews.
Services were held at 11 a. m.
today (Thursday) in Banks Creek
Methodist Church. The Rev. O- L.
Blown, pastor of Higgins Mem
orial Methodist Church here, offi
ciated. Burial was in the church
cemetery,
JOSEPH A. THOMAS- ,
Joseph A. Thomas, 84, a re
tired farmer of the Brush Creek
sectiQn of Yancey County, died at
the home of his son, Curtis Thomas,
near Bakersville Tuesday , after
noon following a long illness.
Services were held today
(Thursday) at 2:00 p. m. in Plea
sant Grove Baptist Church.
The Rev. Arthur Thomas offi
ciated and burial was in the
family cemetery.
Surviving in addition to the son
are the widow, Mrs. Althea. Ro
land Thomas, and one brother,
Carper Thomas of Green Moun
tain.
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RALEICft—The Motor Vehicle
Department’s summary of traffic
deaths through 10 A. M. Monday,
May 1:
KILLED TO DATE 325
KILLED TO DATE Last Year' 343
Subscription $2.50 Per Year
ribbons and will represent Yancey 1
County 4-H Clubs in the District j
4-H Talent Show at Clyde A.
Erwin High School June 13. They
are: “The Swinging Sixteen” (a
square dance team from Cane!
, Rive*- Senior 4-H Club)- "£he Top'
[ Notchers” (a trio from Burnsville j
7 and Bth grade club made up of j
, [ Sharon Hopson, Lynn English,
•and Cheryl Roberts); and a rhy
thm band front- Pensacola 4-H
Club.
The following numbers received
honorable mention: “North to'
Alaska’” by Billy Geouge and
Tommy McKinney from Micaville
sth; “Pink Shoe Laces” by Steve
Anglin, Betty Bennett, Patricia
Burton, Glenda Styles, Sondra
Bailey of Bald Creek sth and 6th;
“Far Away Places” sung by
Louise Mathis, Cane River Senior
Club; “The Button”, a l-eading by!
Lynn English of ' Burnsville 7th
and Bth grade club; and “The
Colored Lady on the Phone”, a
reading by Jennifer Jarrett of
Burnsville sth and 6th grade club.
- Master of Ceremonies for the
program was Dean Honeycutt,
President of Jacks Creek Com
munity 4-H Club. The judges
j were Earl Wise, Assistant County
Agricultural Agent, Marshall; Ed
, Terrell, Assistant County Agri
cultural Agent, Bakersville; and
Mrs- Ed Blevins, Assistant Home
Economics Agent, Bakersville.
The organization expresses sin
cere thanks to Mr. Ha) Cooper,
Manager of the Yancey Theater
and Riverside Drive-In, for
donating the popcorn which was
sold at the refreshment stand.
Proceeds from thjs program will
be sent to the 4-H Development
Fund.
Dairy Princess
Contest To Be
Held
In observing June Dairy Month,
Yancey County has again plan
ned a Dairy Princess Contest,
, which will be held Wednes
day evening, May 24, at 8:00 p. m.
at Firth Carpet Company- cafe
teria- Prizes will be awarded i to
the first, second and third place
winners.
The county winner will com
pete ip the area contest which
will be held in Waynesville in
June. All expenses will be paid
for the county in entering the
area contest. If a Yancey County
girl should be the area winner,
she would participate in the state
finals at the North Carolina
Dairy Princess Contest- in Ashe
ville.
Each community club and each
Junior and Senior Class is asked
to participate in this contest. The
contestants must be at least 17
years-<tf~*age and not older than
25. Th£y' will be judged on the
following basis: Friendliness and
abiljty to meet people; beauty,
personality, poise and photographic
qualities; healthy appearance,
natural attractiveness and na
tural colored hair; and pleasing
voice, ability to think before
audience and effectiveness of
presentation. .Evening dresses will
be worn.
Any girl interested in enter
ing the contest, is advised to con
tact Mrs. Kathleen Byrd, at the ]
U. S. Forest Service Office, who 1
i
is the woman chairman for June
Dairy Month; or Miss June Street,
County Home Economics Agent-
Riverside Church
To Sponsor
Supper
The ladies of Riverside Baptist
Church will serve supper'"atShe
Cane River High School Cafeteria
| on Saturday night, May 6th. from
0 to 8:30 p. m. Admission will be
’ SI.OO for adults and 75c for
children. Everyone is invited to
’ attend the supper, Proceeds will
i go to the church building fund.
The i iNctf heboid
Raleigh Report
(By: Representative Holcombe! .
SUBCOMMITTEE
Still disturbed over having be; i i
completely ignored when the hou 1
< appropriation subcommittee wc. ■ j
j named, representatives from We - j
t: rn North Caorlir.a held a i o r ;
caucus following the session
Raleigh Monday night, April 24-
! After almost two hours of dj -
} cucsicn and debate, the group
J agreed to be bound by the actio :
jof the entire body; not to ”sele ;
a member from the west to join the
S-C had been suggested by t! ■ j
chairman, and to leave participa
tion on a voluntary individu .1
basis so that any member, invite ! .
i could serve if he so deDired.
On Tuesday morning when tl 1
western representatives met wi.'.i
the chairman, Representative Aus
tin Jones of Ashe County was .in
vited to become a member of the
subcommittee and did so.
SUBCOMMITTEE
Although a representative from
a Northwestern North Carolir >
county, Jones is a veteran legisla
tor, knows the western part of the
state almost as well :is he does his ■
own community, and has the re- 1
spect of the entire western delega • j
tion. He will do a good job fori
the area. . "
COURT REFORM
The House and Senate final!
approved a compromise Court Bi .
As finally approved, the bill r ,
quires the General Assembly x• j
establish uniform district court ~!
throughout the state by January
1, 1971, at which time all presenl J
ly existing inferior courts shaJ i
cease to exist- The Superior Court,
and Supreme Court will remain
substantially unchanged. All court
will be financed at the state leve
Procedural rules for courts belo\ -
the Supreme Court will be mad.
by the General Assembly, unless,
the Assembly delegates this ax -
• thority to the Supreme Court, an -
even then the - Assembly coul
change a court-made rule. Admin - j
istrative responsibility would Vrß
vested in_an Administrative Offi<
of the Courts. JP’s will be replace '
by officers of the district court ;
called magistrates, who will !
appointed by the Superior Cox
judge upon nomination by t 1
Clerk of Superior Court. All oth
judges will be elected- The bi
falls far short of the sweepin
changes recommended by the E
Committee in 1.959, but it do
achieve a uniform court syste:
with responsibility at the stat
level.
HIGHWAY SAFETY
The House Committee on Road
and Highway Safety gave a favor
able report to two biUs that had ■
been before the group for several
weeks.
These were a revision of the,
point system and the mechanical.
automobile inspection law.
Under the former the points j
would be increased in four instan- i
ces, following too close, driving on j
the wrong side of the road, illegal j
passing, and running stop signs. I
Other major changes would be to j
permit the Department of Motor j
Vehicles to assess points for North j
Carolina residents convicted of j
out-of-state violations, and t o
increase from two to three years
the period of time granted to accu-;
mulate the number of points nec
essary to have driving license sus
pended.
The auto inspection bill was given
a favorable report at the request
of some members who explained
| that they might be against it later
' but thought that it was of such
major importance that the entire
house should have an opportunity
to vote on it- *
NO RESEMBLANCE \
Committee members were assur-1
ed that there-was no resemblance
between the measure proposed
now and the older law. which
caused so much grief to the public
when it was enacted several year:;
t ago. i
* For instance there will be no' in
-1 spec tion lanes but instead many
i private garages und stations certi
-1 fied by the Motor Vehicles Depart
ment to make the inspection and
1 , to issue the stickers. In case a car
owner is not satisfied with 'the
report of an inspecting station, he
.I'W *•:
“Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County”
BURNSVII Z K. C, THURSDAY, MAV-4, 1961
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Hosier RcSS An
nounced At Cane
j River School
; Principal Robert Peterspnj has 1
; released the Cane River- High
i School A and B honor roll. -Quail- i
! Ideations arc an overall average of j
94 or above for the A honor roll,
88 or above for the B hdaqr roll.
12th. Grade ‘A Honor !&1J: Lou
ise Proffitt, Judy Wilson) -Fredia j
Hill, Mildred Willis, and. Lida,
Marie JVh eler.
-12th. Grade B Honor 1 . Roll:]
Jerry Arrowoqd, Rafe A rrowyod,
Mable Angel, Norma’
Jean, tte Lewis, Donald jfenland,
Rosetta Edwards, Natuline, Grind- [
staff, Iva June Morrow, Roy Lee'
Anglin, Billy Drake, Dale Hilo-1
mon, Edward Proffitt, AMaviittiij
Robinson. Ivory Melton, .. Bessie
Stiles, Barbafa Miller, Nancy |
Hilemon, Alma Jean Tipton, Gwen;
Woody and Dean Honeycutt.
11th. Grade A Honor Roll: Cal-j
lie M. Randolph, Shelba Milter, |
Jim Froula. 1 Maude Murphy, arid
Donald Stiles.
11th. Grade. B Honor Roll: Re
gina Gardner, Lorraine Lettennan,
i Betty Tipton, Peggy York, Jimmy
! Hal], Tony Peterson, Floyd Prof-
I fitt, Barbara Ball, Dtey
| ton, Roy Gortney, Rqnpio Mc
i Intosb, Micky Swann, V Viann
Duncan, June Estep, Leona Gort
ney, Sheril Grindstaff,. Patricia,
Johnson, Eloise Tomlerlm. Be - J
1 nard Briggs,-Norris Gornto, r and (
i Nema McMahan
lOih. Grade A Honor- Roll: Doris!
, Austin, Rosmary Jamersfcn, Van-'
j ghtie Marie King. Jeanette King, j
I and Barbara Jean Anglih.
10th Grade B Honor Roll:
Rhondda Hedrich, Carolyn Wright,
Annette England, Lois-/. .English, j
Ronald Ray, Elaine Silver, Josc-|
phine Silver, Oscar Fender, and j
Elizabeth .McKinney. .Jf '
9th Grade A Honor Roll: Carolyn i
j Bait y, Alma Chan<%r, • Ella j
' Marie' Dcvton; Brenda
Patricia Ann Stiles, and Millie!
, Wilson.
9th Grade B Honor Roll: David
Adkins, Arnold Anglm, AMi An
gel, Stanley Buckr.er. Saundra i
Duncan, David Edwards, Mary I
Avans, Brenda Fox.-, Jeanette t
Goode. Sue G. • T, Karen j
fohnren, Christine Id. row. Joyce
’at.?, Marine P: ■•, Maurice P; n- 1
-and, Ronnie Proffitt, Patricia!
i'ipton, .Grace Wheeler. Jimmy Lee |
il.-..:v and Tommy Wilson.
Club Women At
tend Workshop
Coppc r tooled planters and pla
que:, and aluminum chased
add einbitssed jew. lry and ash,
trays were made by about 36
Home Demonstration Club mem- j
lx rs, attending a two-day work- 1
! shop held at Firth Carpet Com- j
; pany cafeteria on April 25* and 26. j
Miss Marjorie Shearin, Exten-j
| don Home Marketing Spt cialist j
; from- Raleigh, was in charge of'
j he workshops.
| At the workshop, 10 plaques, 9
| planters, 35 pair of earrings, 5
I bras lets and 20' ash trays were
i eomplc ■d. Many women were
! surp’ri that tljcy could do. such!
!lovely work. Other craft work
shops will !>: held at later dales,
| may take his vehicles without
l penalty to a second.
There will be no waiting in line
and little inconvenience to the
motoring public, the director of
the Motor Vehicles Department
assured the committee.
Major items of inspection will
be brakes, lights, horn, tires and
windshield wiper.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Os course all eyes in the state
i are on the finance-a committee
I which is' getting down to work
.following many weeks of public
hearings at the job of finding the .
sources for additional revenue
which will be needed for the
coming biennium-
It is still far too early to give
any "indication as to what action
this group will take. No one knows
Whether it will come up with a
sta kight across the board sales tax,
an increase to four per' cent of the
present tax, a combination of" lux
ury taxes, or a brand new program
which has nqt been mentioned.
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Revival Services
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Oil the coming Sunday morning
la revival will begin at the Method
■ ist Church, in Burnsville. It will
i continue through Thursday . night.-
The seivices will begin at 8:00
o •ck ouch evening and will run
approximately an hour.
The visiting minister, will be the
Reverend Horwood F. Myers, Jr.,
who is now pastor of the First
Methodist Church in Leaksville,
North Carolina. Reverend Mr.
Myers is a leader in evangelism in
our state, From 1956 to 1960 he
! was the Chairman of the Board of
j Evangelism of the Western North
* Carolina Conference, and he did
j his work with distinction.
Mrs. Orlena Williams and Bruce
I Westall will have charge of the
1 music during the revival-
The church extends a most cor
dial invitation to the people of
j Burnsville and Yancey county, to
j be present at these special services,
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Rural Telephone
Service Seen Bn
Near Future
Yancey County is; the first county
>in this area to be worked in the
j new Rural Telephone Project, ac
j cording to officials of the Wes
‘ tern Carolina Telephone Company.
■ It is important that everyone
sign up at once w r ho wish to se
[ cure telephone service- Telephone
j officials told tho Yancey . County
l Rural Telephone Committee ' that
the lines would be built to serve
the number of applicants and
that those who fail to sign up now i
may be delayed in getting service I
later.
Sam Wheeler, committee mem-!
I her, pointed out that enough can:
! lie saw d to pay the phone bill by .
getting a reduction in fire in- !
! surat.ee rates.
! Telephone officials and mem-'
il.rs of the committee will be
j contacting people in the aiea to
j get applications and right of ways
["signed. E. L. Dillingham, Coxir.ty,
j
Agricultural Agent, pointed out
that people can sign up at the;
telephone office in Burnsville if
they are away when the com
mittee comes to their place, j. ;
The regular $6.50 fee for in
i stalling the phone will be charged, .
•ilus one month phone bill in j
advance. T hose who have already i
signed an application and paid
the $lO fee will have enough to
lake care of the first payment, in
most cases.
Telephone officials stated that
if everyone cooperated and things
went according to plans, that
most of the phones should go in
this year.
Town Officials
Elected Without
Opposition
Robert K. Helml? was elected
mayor for the town of Burnsville
>n\ the town's biennial election
here Tuesday. He succeeds D. R.
k’outs the incumbent who was not
a candidate for reelection.
13. R. Penland-and P. C. Coletta (
succted Max Penland and A. F.,
Bryson as town commissioners.,
The mayor and two commissioners
were elected without opposition
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Home Demonstration
Week April 30-May 6
(HOME DEMONSTRATION IN YANCEY COUNTY)
The Home Economics Agent and
ssistant Agent have worked with
!• Home Demonstration Clubs and.
County Council
Executive Board
Os HD Clubs
By: Mrs. H. D. Ray, Jr.
County Council President
The Home Demonstration Club
is an' organization of rural women
who believe that “today’s home
builds tomorrow’s world”. * They
believe they can “play a definite
part inbuilding among the nations
of the world, understanding right
attitudes, and a spirit of coopera
tion in which ‘Peace on Earth, good
will to men’ can become -a reality
Instead of a dream”.
'fhe Extension Service of the
county state, and nation work
with the organized women whose
main purpose is the improvement
of home and community life.
The County Council is the Execu
tive Board of the County Federa
. tion of Home Demonstration Clubs
• and is composed of officers of the
, i local clubs, county project leaders
I' and county committee chairmen.
I Officers of the Yancey Council
, | serving the current twb year per
iod are: President, Mrs. H. D. Ray,
j Jr.; vice president; Miss Lydia
Deyton; secretary, Mrs. Clyde |
Edwards; treasurer, Mrs. Gus Pet-1
erson- The County Council’s pur
pose is to forward home demon
stration work and to develop lead
ership. It acts as an advisory
council to the home demonstration
agent in determining plans, poli
cies and programs. Meetings are
held quarterly.
The Couiity Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs is composed
of all home demonstration clubs
i in the county. There are nine ac
. tive clubs in the county now with ;
. 135 members. These clubs hold j
. j monthly meetings usually in the
i j homes with most of the demon
. strations given by the County
Home Economics Agent- Project
leaders are elected in each club
and take on their role of leader
ship by giving at least four lead
ership programs a year in the
place of the Home Demonstration
: agent giving her more time to
J work-with individuals,
i These programs or demonstra
; (ions are planned by the County
1 Council according to the needs
! and interests of all the club mem
j bers. The principle by which the
! programs are planned is to help
* opM help themselves where they
: *re and with what they have. In
: dition to being educational, the
. lub meetings are planned to build
j character, courage, cujture, and
citizenship. One of these meetings
i each year is planned as a work
shop and the women usually meet
for the day and learn a craft
which often is developed into a
money making project helping to
-increase the family income.
: Work shops are often held on a
| county basis too- To date this yeai
several people in the county have
participated in a craft work shop
. aijd one on furniture refinishing.
Each of these were two day events
and several non-members attend
ed. Extension specialists from
Raleigh are in charge of the class
es. Thus new arts and skills are
developed by rural people giving
them interesting new hobbies for
profit and pleasure.
An Annual Achievement Day of
the County Federation is held us
ually in October or November.
Club members and their families
meet together and hear reports of
the individual clubs- Accomplish
-1 ments of the clubs are given and
s recognition of services rendered
i by individuals is given.
.! Home Demonstration members
; can say the clubs creed sincerely
| which says in part “I believe in
. rural life because it is rich in
. abundant living; rich in beauty;
rich in opportunity and under
standing, and in its simplicity
and wholesomeness”.
NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN*
I 21 4-H Clubs during the past year,
i ( The educational programs for
I, these groups were based ©n the
'. community needs as expressed by
| leaders.
During the year, 36 trained
leaders conducted meetings, dread
ers have conducted club demon
strations and craft workshops.
Club members planned and par
ticipated in citizenship ac
tivities. A special program was
held at which Mrs. George Frady
showed slides and discussed her
trip to Scotland to, the Associated
Country Women of the World Tour.
Club women have assisted with
Bloodmobile, Chest X-Ray Unit
and some clubs have worked to
ward cancer checks.
Home Demonstration women
have been instrumental in organiz
ing Community Development Clubs
and assisted in organizing one
Grange.
Six Home Demonstration women
attended Craft Camp. Two attend
ed the district planning meeting
and one a ttended Farm Home Week
in Raleigh.
Home Demonstration members
assisted with the Dairy Princess
: Contest at which about 20 girls
participated.
! Special Interest Programs , and
■ workshops held during the year
were on bread making, jelly
making, slip covering, and furni
| ture refinishing. A variety of craft
j workshops were held.
Educational programs for 1960
included: (1) Family Life; (2)
Home Food Supply; (3) Food
Conservation; (4r Care of Cloth
ing; (5) Color Co-ordination; (6)
Furniture Selection; (7) Care of
Linens; (8) Slip Covers; (9)
Smooth Floor Coverings; (10) Re
finishing Furniture.;. and (11)
Yeast Breads.
Some of the service projects
carried on were:
, 1. Providing school lunches for
] needy school children; 2. Pro
; vidjng needy school children with
clothing and shoes; 3. Helping fur
nish household items to bumed
. out families; 4- Sending gifts to
i s;ck; 5. Paying for piano lessons
for talented children who could not
afford them; 6. Shower for cancer
victim; 7. Showers for school lunch
room and community center kitch
ens; 8. Made quilts for needy
families; and 9. Volunteer hospital
service work.
Club members have served as
4-H leaders in fre capacity of
holding meetings; assisting with
4-H Dress Revue, demonstrations
and achievement programs.
Garden Club
Meets With
Mrs* Shotts
The Burnsville Garden Club met
Friday at the home of Mrs. C. M.
Shotts with Mrs. E. L. Beeson as
associate hostess-
Mrs. Fred Proffitt planned and
arranged the program, “Historical
North Carolina.” Mrs. Grady Bai
ley gave a review of “North Caro
lina Writers”; Mrs. E. L. Beeson
described “Biltmore House and
Gardens”; Mrs- Troy Ray told the
story of “A North Carolina Va
cation”; Mrs. Mack B. Ray, who
was a guest of the club, showed
a film of North Caroilns scenes
and historical buildings.
Mrs. E. L. Beeson, president,
presided at the business session. It
was reported that much interest
is being shown in the flower box
contest which the club is sponsor
ing and that several bumneee
places have signed up to take
part «x the project.
The 'tkjb will co-operate with
town <d)ieials in sponsoring 1
I -clean-up, paint up week. Mayor
D. R. Fouts will make a procla
i matron regarding the time of the
i clean-up drive.
Booklets, “Historical North Caro-