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One Hundred Seventy Four Graduate From High Schools
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Rev. Eddie McPeters, pastor of
Cane .River Baptist Church, will
preach the Baccalaureate sermon at
Cane River High School on May ,
- 14th. at 11:00 a. m.
Graduation exercises will -be
held on May 19th. at 8:00 p. m.
at the school. The Literary address
Obituaries
JAMES R. WILSON
Services for James Robert
Wilson* 6, of Swannanoa, who
died Sunday night, were held at
2p. m. Tuesday in Swannanoa
Free Will Baptist Church.
The Rev. Milton Hollifield and
the Rev. A. Z. Jamerson officiat
ed. Burial was in Mountain View
Memorial Park in Black Mountain.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James W. Wilson of
Swannaftoa,' formerly of Bur
nsville; the maternal grand- *
mother, Mrs. J. L. Robinson of
Burnsville; the paternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wilson
of Pensacola; and two great
grandmothers, Mrs. E. O. Allen
and Mrs- Lester Smith of Burns
ville.
ERNEST GRIFFITH
Ernest H. Griffith, 67, of Hunt
dale, died in a Johnson City, Tenn.
hospital Saturday morning after
a short illness. , i
Mr. Griffith was a retired post
master at Huntdale, merchant
and lumberman. He was & veteran
He was a native of Mitchell'
County, a son of the late . Robert
and Myra Bradshaw Griffith.
Services were held Monday at
2:30 p. m. in Holcombe Brothers
Funeral Home. ' ]
The Rev. Dr. Ferguson Wood
officiated. Burial was in Holcombe
Cemetery.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Millard M. Bartlett of Silver
Springs, Md„ Mrs- Patrick H.
-Edwards of Clarksville, Tenn.
Mrs. Carroll W. Angel of Burns- <
ville and Mrs. John Ryan of John
son City, Tenn.; a sister, Miss
Trula Griffith of Huntdale; three
brothers, Robert of Pedria, 111.,
Cnoway of Johnson City and Floyd
of Grand Rapids, Mich.; several
grandchildren.
L. C. HURST
News of the death of Mr- L. C.
Hurst on May Bth, has been re
ceived by relatives living in Bur
nsville. Mr. Hurst died in a Santa
Barbara, Calif, hospital after an
extended illness. w
He was formerly from Madison
County and was married in Burns
ville in 1911 to Miss Carrie Bailey,
daughter of the late Mr. M- A.
Bailey, former mayor and business
leader of Burnsville, and the late
Jane Huskins Bailey. He was the
non of the late William Hurst; of
Madison County and was a nephew
of the late Wesley Hurst of the
Prices Creek community of Yan
cey County.
' Mr., Hurst, 74, was owner and
operator of a large concrete, tile
and roofing business in Santa Bar
bara at the time of his death. He
is survived by the widow and one
daughter, Mrs. Ruth Hurst Ray,
of Santa Barbara and a son,
William M. Hurst, also of Santa
Barbara and three grandchildren.
The Hursts left Burnsville' in
1913 to reside in Santa Barbara
and have lived there since that date
ON NC.HIGHWAYS
RALEIGH—The Motor Vehicle
Department’s summary of traffic
deaths through 10 A. M. Monday,
May 8; 1961:
KILLED TO DATT 337
KILLED TO DATE Last Year 852
Cane River I
will be given by Professor Cratus
Williams of the English Depart
ment of Appalachian State Tea
chers College, Boone-
Honor students are Louise Prof
fitt, Fredia Hill, /Mildred
Willis, Rodney Hensley, Judy
Wilson and Nancy Hilemon.
Following is a list of the 1961
graduates at Cane River High
School: Gwanda Lee Adkins, Mable
Angel; Jimmy Anglin, Roy Lee
Anglin, Jerry Arrowood, Rafe |
Arrowood, Martin Ayers, Virginia
Bailey, Margaret Banks, Morris
Bennett, Juanita Boone, Allen
Bradford, Dallas Chandler, Norma
Deyton, Billy Drake, Rosetta
Edwards, Larry Edwards, Norma
Fender, Louise Fender, Nancy
Fox, Cora Lee Fox, Natalie
Grinestaff, Janella Hall, Oma
Gail Hensley, Rodney Hensley,
Jenette Higgins, Nancy Hilemon,
Fredia Hill, Dale Hilemon;
Lloyd . Hughes, Dean Honeycutt,
Beth Laws, Billy Ray Laws,
Bruce Laws, Phillip Laws, Norma
Laws, Nancy Lawhem, Clyde ‘Led
ford, Jeanette Lewis, Louise Mathis.
James McCurry, Zenebia Mclntosh,
Ivory Melton, Barbara Miller, Jerry
Miller, Farrell Miller, Iva June
Morrow, Donald Owens, Donald
Penland, Louise Penland, Nelle
Phillips, Edward Proffitt, Louise
Proffitt, Kenneth Phillips, Robert
Proffitt, Brenda Ramsey, Mary
Ann Renfro, Jimmy Riddle, Mari
etta Robinson, Bessie Styles,
Peggy Sue Styles, Peggy Ann
Thomas, Alma Jean Tipton, Brenda
Sherrill Whitson, Carol Rae
Wilson, Farrell Wilson, Judy
Wilson, Mildred Willis, and Gwen
dolyn Woody. ;
Marshals are Maude* Murphy,
Chief; Jim Froula, Shelba Miller,
Donald Stiles, Peggy York, Barba
ra Ball, Jim Hall, Viann Duncan
Lorraine Letterman, and Patricia
Johnson.
Home Demon
stration Club
Schedule
“Planning the Food
Supply” will be the program pre
sented at the Home Demonstration
Clubs in May. The program will
consist of planning the amount of
food needed and selecting recom
mended varieties for freezing and
canning.
The schedule of the clubs is as
follows: Arbuckle—Thursday, May
11 at 1:30 p. m. at the community
building; Ramseytown Friday,
May 12 at 2:00 p. m. at the home
of Mrs. Evelyn Miller; Newdale—
Tuesday, May 16 at 1:30 p. m. at
the home of Mrs- Thelma Wyatt;
Halls Chapel—Wednesday, May
17 at 1:30 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
Julia McKinney; Brush Creek
Wednesday, May 17 at 7:30 p. m.
at the home of Mrs. Mary Margar
et Deyton; Burnsville Friday,
May 19 at 2:00 p. m. at the home
of Mrs, Gus Peterson; Jacks
Creek—Friday, May 26 at 7:30 p.
m. at the home of Mrs. Vemie
Wilson; and Pensacola—Thursday, 1
May 25 at 2:00 p. m. at the homel
of Mrs. Barbara Styles.
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Presbyterian
Women To Meet
Women of the Burnsville Presby
terian Church will meet Thursday,
May 18th at 7:30 p. m- in the
home of Mrs. • Harlon Holcombe
with Mrs. George Robinson as co
hostess.
The Rev. Frank Chapo, pastor of
the Micaville- and Estatoe Presby
terian churches, will be the guest
speaker. Mrs. Joe Young, president,
will preside a t the business session.
I All who are Interested are invited
to attend the meeting.
The Yancey Record
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Raleigh Report
(By: Representative Holcombe)
I HIGHWAY SAFETY
The House of Representatives
last week gave its approval to a
bill which would tighten up the
point system by spreading the
term during which th£ motorist*
could acquire 11 points before
having their license suspended to
three years instead of two. The
value of some violations was raised,
but the members balked at count
ing out of state convictions again.it
the record in North Carolina.
Reasoning behind this Was that
many neighboring states permit
speed traps to operate openly and
place more emphasis on minor
violations than we do in this state.
Postponed until this week was
the very controversial mechanical
inspection bill which is scheduled'
to be debated in the house on
Tuesday or Wednesday. *
It was being charged last wee';
by opponents of the measure that
the reason for the postponemen
i was that the proponents did not
f have enough votes to get it by the
house. Final decision can not be
delayed much longer. It wiU pro
ably come to the flOdr of the hou
for debate early irhtfae week.
EDUCABLE CHILDREN
Some time ago we conferred
with Dr. Charles Carroll, superin
tendent of public instruction, re
garding provisions made for the
ed ucable mentally handicapped
children in the state-
On last Thursday morning a
• public hearing was held by the
joint education committee on a bill
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ahead with plans which would pro
vide for organization of a program
for educable mentally handicapped
children, generally already in the
public schools.
Under terms of the bill the local
school boards would be authorized
to survey the needs of the loeal
units, allowed to use local funds
, to help with the program, and to
approve establishment of such a
training program. In addition the
State Board of Education may
make funds available to the State
Department of Public Instruction.
I believe this is a good program
and expect to do all I can to help
get the legislation passed.
Many teachers have complained
that their entire class is held back
because of some of the children
don’t belong in the class or canb;
keep up. Since most of these child
ren are now in school and funds
for the program have already
been provided for under a previous ‘
statute I see no good reason why
the state can not go ahead with it
beginning this fall.
Appearing before the committees
were representatives from through
out North Carolina.
NEW TAX PROPOSALS
Another new tax bill which
would increase sales tax from
three to four per cent with the
exceptions remaining intact has
been introduced in the senate -by
Claude Currie of Durham.
The measure, similar to one in
troduced earlier in the house by
Womble of Wake, would raise an
estimated $54.2 million for the
biennium. - ,
.Catholic Notice
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Sunday Maas will be offered at I
8:00 May 14 and May 21, at
Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic ;
Chapel in the Law Building. Th< j
usual time is 9:00.
4-H Members To
i Present Lions
! Club Program
1 The 4-H Talent Show winner?
f from the Burnsville Elementary
- School will present a program fir
t the Lions Club at tlie club meeting
which will be held at Pete’s Snack
• Bar on Thursday night at 7 p. m.
1 Edd Hunter, Jr. will intodruce
the performers.
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Cone River High
School Baseball
News
King Hurls One River to 10-0 Wini
Dean King gavd up a single to J
the lead-off batter in the first |
inning a n( * a double in the fifth
for a two-hit performance as he
pitched Lhe Cape River High
School baseball team to a 10-0
shutout win over Mars Hill on
the Rebels’ diamond April 28.
” The victory was the Rebels’ third
in five games and brought their
conference record up to one win
against two defeats.
King, a righthanded junior, was
never in trouble as he fanned 15
batters in the seven inning contest.
He showed flawless control except
I for walking one man and hitting
| another.
First basendua Roger Banks and
right fielder John Juckson each
lashed out a double and a single in
four appearances at the plate, and
..■och drove home three runs-
King contributed to his own!
cause vrith two singles in three at
bats.
Mars Hitt 000 000 o—o 2 5
Cane River 123 031 x—lo 10 2
Smith, Davla. (3), and Green.
King and Riddle.
[ Ayers and King Lead Rebels
to Victory
Shortstop Ernest Ayers and
i • Dean King (Jugged and pitched
the Cane River High School base
ball team to a 7-3 win over the
Crossnore High at Crossnore May 2.
Ayers spsrieed a five-run rally
in the .second inning by blasting a
T s>fin-w twa-homr rmL. JUMLiJAUik j
by a Cane Kiver player this year.
He finished the day with three
for-four after lining out two
more singles.
King pitched one of his better
games of the season. He struck out
16 batters in only seven innings
while walking but three. He has
pitched 41 and 1.3 innings to
date and has fanned 77 batters.
The win was Cane River’s
fourth in six games, and King
has gained all six decisions.
John Jackson hit a double and
a single in four appearances at the
plate. J. D. Allen also aided the
winner’s cause with two singles in
four trips. *
Wilson, .the losing * pitcher, ;
led Crossnore in the hitting de
partment with a double and al'
single.
Cane River 060 110 0-7 9 1
Crossnore 210 000 0-3 7 4 i
King and Riddle, Stiles (7);
Wilson and Biggerstaff.
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Rural Telephone
Work Beginning
In Pensacola
By: K. U Dillingham,
County Agricultural Agent
With Yancey County getting a
new industry i| the form of a
$350,000 telephtoe project, interest
is increasing! especially on the part
of dairymen aijl other rural resi
dents in the eafly completing of
the project. ;
Telephone crisis report that
the engineers hfve already started
work in the eointy, staking out
lines. The work is beginning in the
Pensacola section. Approximately
60 applications! have been secured
in this area. (This includes the
Cattail Community. Some of these
are summer residents and cannot
be contacted i%til later.
The tolephoii officials say the
big problem is getting every
one informed About the project in
the short timej available.
Phone lines will be pulled into
the areas and communities on the
basis of requests. If
, enough reqscAts are not received
now for pliom service, the money
j alloted for the phone project not
j used in the aunty may be trans
ferred to some other county. If you
want phone service, you can get it
now. For further information, con
tact the Couijty Extension Office.
Proclamation
■Believing that the citizens of
Burnsville are interceded, hi hav
ing a Town that is made more
’attractive by having a clean-up
I period during which time all
I citizens may make an extra ef
[ fort in this respect, and in order
to show the appreciation of the
citizens for the work done by the
Burnsville Garden Club in beau
tifying the public square which
has. been so attractive to visitors,
I, Dover R. Fouts, Mayor, do
hereby proclaim the period of
May 15th. through May 29th. 1961,
as clean-up week for the Town of
Burnsville. The Town officials
will gladly cooperate with
all citizens in this drive and it is
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hoped that all persons will be in
terested to the extent of beauti
fying their property.
This the sth day of May 1961.
Dover R. Fouts, Mayor
Miss Joan Reeve
Awarded Prize
In Recording
Competition
Miss E. Joan Reeve, daughter
of the late Rev. Warren 3. Reeve
and Mrs- Reeve of Burnsville, wa
announced a winner in the 1961
Biennial Piano Recording Competi
tion sponsored by the National
Guild of Piano Teachers. During:
the year 67„880 piano pupils from ;
coast to coast participated in this
event, of which the winners were
National.
Headquarters In Austin, 11^^^
This gigantic piano-playing
avent culminating in 1961 really |
was begun a year ago when the I
National Piano-Playing Auditions j
were held in 604 music centers of I
the nation wherein the 57,880 J
budding pianists were entered to
gain eligibility to send recordings
of their playing for- judgement
against all throughout the country
who qualified.
The principal awards are; First
Rating Gold Medals fay a JL making
90 percent or above, Honorable
Mention Medals for those achiev
ing 89 to 85 percent, got Citation
for Courage Medals for those fall
ing below 86 percent. Os the First
Rating Gold Medal winners the
upper one-fourth (25%) who rated
highest receive cash prizes that
range from SI,OOO to $5, in all 897
cash prize checks totaling $20,000.
Miss Reeve, an artist pupil, of
Dr- Charles Deßode of the Phila
delphia Musical Academy and of
Mrs. Grace Carroll of Asheville,
is on the faculty of the Music De
partment of Lebanon Y^ e y Col
lege .Annville, Pa.
Miss Reeve was awarded a cash
prize and two First Rating Gold
Medals. .iiiiMl..
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Feed Grain pro
gram Progress ;
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As of Monday 8, 1961, com
growers on 122 farms ift Yancey
County had filed forms indicating
their intention to participate in
the 1961 feed grain program,
Fred L. Anglin, Manager for the
Agriculture Stablization and Con
servation office in Yancey Coxnty
announced today. , „
In an effort to increase farm
income and to stop the buildup of
feed grain supplies, the program
provides special payments, to com
producers who agree to divert a
portion of the acreage of their
crop to an approved conservation
use.
Com farmers .in the coqgy who
are interested in the program but
who have not yet filed an “inten
tion - to * participate” fortn ate
urged to get in touch with the
County ASC Office vSthout delay.
Farmers who intend to partici
pate in the program must sign ah
agreement not later than Jufte 1,
1961.
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East Yancey
Rev. John Forbes of Roan i
Mountain, Tenn., Presbyterian j
minister and County School Sup-1
ervisor of Carter County, Tenn- J
will preach the Baccalaureate ser
mon at East Yancey High School
on Sunday, May 14th. at 2:00 p. m.
Graduation exercises will be
held on Friday, May 19th- at the
Annual School
Bus Roadeo
To Be Held
The 6th Annual School Bus
, Rpadeo for District 29, sponsored
by the Governor’s Traffic Safety
Council, will be held at
Biltmore High School Athletic
Field, Saturday, May 13.
Competition is open to graduat
ing seniors of the 1960-61 school
year. Each contestant must have
driven a school bus one year and
possess an accident free - violation
free reccrd.
Contestants will be judged on
the basis of knowledge, skill and'
attitudes in the safe operation of
school buses. The competition will
be conducted by the North Caro
' lina Department of Public In
■ struction, State Board of Educa
tion, and Department of Motor
Vehicles.
■ • District 29 is composed of
Transylvania, Buncombe, Yancey,
: Madison and Mitchell counties.
: Contestants from Yancey County
are Nancy Lawhern and Billy
Draker, Cane River High School;
awUNftmw- Ereguaoa and Ronnie
i Robinson from EasV Yancey High
School.
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June Dairy
I Month Chairman
Named
Mac Mclntosh has been named
Yancey county chairman for June
Dairy Month and Mack B. Ray as
Vice-Chairman- Mrs. Kathryn Byrd
has been named woman’s chairman
and Mrs. Ralph Proffitt as. Vice-
Chairman. Their appointment was
announced this week by John » F.
Brown of Black Mountain, Western
North Carolina chairman and Mrs.
Sylvia Can- of Asheville, area
woman’s chairman.
June Dairy Month is a nation
wide promotion program to call
attention to the importance of the
dairy industry and to point out
the contribution of dairy products
to the nation’s health.
According to Brown, ' Dairying,
is the greatest single source of
farm income in America. On’e out
of every five dollars in cash re
ceipts from farm products is a
dairy dollar”.
Dairying also ranks high in ■
Western North Carolina. Farm re- *
ceipts from sale of milk amounted
to $10,173,488 in the area in 1960.
In addition, approximately 800
people are employed in the process- :
ing and dfstribuling of dairy pro-
ducts in the area, with an annual
payroll of over $3,000,000.
“The dairy industiy is essential”,
state Brown and Mrs- Carr, “be
cause milk is nature’s favorite.
Nutritionaly, milk and milk pro
ducts provide 20 to 25 percent of
the nation’s essential food nutri
ents for only 15 to 18 percent of
the food budget”.
The June Dairy Month area
program is being sponsored by the
Dairy Commission of the Asheville
Agricultural Development Council,
in cooperation with the dairy far
mers, agricultural agencies and
milk plants.
A special feature of the obser
vance will be the selection of a
Dairy Princess in each\ county. An
area contest, for the winners from
t7 western counties, will be held
in Waynesville on June 12, spon
sored by the Waynesville and
Haywood County Chamber of
Commerce. Frank M- Davis, Hay
wood county dairy fanner, has
been named chairman.
NUMBER YHIRTY-ElGtr
I school. Honor students will speak.
They include Judy Harris, Calia
Colette, Tommy Dean Mclntosh,
J Thana Black and Barbara. Wilson.
Horace Higgins, Jr. will give the
invocation.
Graduates of East Yancey High
School this year include Peggy
Atkins, Lois Anne Ballew, Pat
Banks, Carolyn Banner, Lucille
Bartlett, Glenna Beaver, Ronald
Beckwith, Mary Louise Bishop,
Thanna Black, Wynford Bodford,
Gary Boone, Russell Boone, Floe
Brewer, Glenna Buchanan, Lor
etta Buchanan, Rebecca Buchanan,
i John Burleson, Barbara Carroll,
Charles Carroll, Glenda -Carroll,
Cynthia Chrisawn, Carolyn Clev
enger, Celia Coletta, Jack Cooper
Martha Daje, Jerry Davis, Nancy
Dawkins, Linda DeilingeE
Jean Edwards, - Sybil Ed
wards, Patsy Effler, Naomi Fer
guson, Jerry Griffith, Freddy
! Harris, Judy Harris, Alice Hen
sley, Horace Higgins, Jr. Sandra
Higgins, Myra Holcombe, Oakalee
Hollifield, Viola Hollifield, Ben
, Howell, Lana Howell, Arthurene
Hughes, Jean Hughes, Martha
Hughes, Ruth Hughes, Mary
Martha Hunter, Joyce Huskins,
Douglas Huskins, Arthur Lee
Jarrett, Veronica Johnson Patty
I Mayberry, Shirley McCraken,
Cynthia McCurry,“Carolyn McCurry,
Betty Sue Mclntosh, Thomas Dean
Mclntosh, Don McNeil, Linda Met
calf. Tommy Murphy, Paul Ohle,
Gerald Penland, Danny Presnell,
Judy Presnell, Leonard Ray,
Lucille Rathburn, Joyce Riddle,
Louise Riddle, Alice Robinson,
Edna Robinson. Gwen<la Robinson,
Lucy Robinson, Meldeen Rebinsom
Ronnie Robinson, Ernst Schwint
zer, Ann Shuford;
Stanley Shuford, Jr., Scott Sil
ver, Peggy Smith, Brown Sparks,
Claude Sparks, Robert Sparks*
Donna Jean Styles, Lyla Taylor,
Eloise Rae Thomas, Ron?ld Tom
berlin, Janath Westall, Anna Ruth
Wilson, Barbara Wilson, LokiT
Wilson, Carolyn V, Woody, Caro
lyn K. Woody. Elizabeth Wyatt,
James Phillip Young, James Por
ter Young, James William Young, *
Marjorie Young, Shirley Young,
Steve Young, and Yvonne Young.
Marshals are Carolyn Ray,
Susan Dillingham. Dianne Ro
berts. Nancy Thoma*, Martha
Bradshaw, Joyce Mitchell, Don
ald Wilson. Donna Shepherd,
Judy Thomas, Jerry McKinney,
Shirley McMahan. Donald Hensley,
Sue Fairchild, Karen Blalock,
and Charlene Gibbs.
Honor students are Judith Har
ris, Valedictorian; Thomas Dean
Mclntosh, Co-Valedictorian; Celia
Coletta, Salutatorian; Thanna
Black, Co-Salutatorian; -Mary
Louise Bishop, Marjorie Young,
Ben Howell Barbara Wilson,
James W. Young, Carolyn Cleven
ger, Paul Ohle, Cynthia Chrisawn,
Nancy Dawkins, Steven Young,
Lucy Robinson, Ernst Schwintzer,
Myra Holcombe, and Horace Hig
gins, Jr. , -
Extension
Nutritionist
To Be Here
Mrs. Virginia Wilson, Extension
Nutritionist from N. C. State Col
lege, will train the Home Demon
stration Foods and Nutrition leath
ers on Thursday, May 18. at 2:00
p. m. at the French Broad Electric
Membership Corp. kitchen. The de
monstration for which they will be
trained will be “Meals in Minutes”
which leaders will present at the
June Home Dem. Club meeting*.
The following leaders are to attend:
Mrs. Louise Burleson. Arbuckle;
Mrs. Florence Hughes, Brush
Creek: Mrs. O. L. Brown. Buma
ville; Mrs. Ruby Jo .Robinson,
Halls Chapel; Mrs. Evelyn Wilson,
Jacks Creek; Mrs. Thelma Wyatt;
' Newdale; Mrs. Katie Wilson, Pen
sacola; Mrs. Hazel Hensley. Ram
> seytown; and Mrs. Lois Hughes,
Pleasant Grove.
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