VOLUME TWENTY FIVE
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Burnsville Lions Club
Wins Trophy
Many trophies were given Lions
Clibs at the State Convention.
They were given for meritorious
service in one activity or another.
The trophy given to the Burnsville
Lions club is generally sonsider
ed the most important.
The outstanding objective of
care for the blind. The
“"Burnsville Club was awarded
Cane River
Students
Honored
Miss *Ttosemary Jamerson, dau
ghter of Mrs. Marjorie Jamerson
of Bald Creek, and Mr. James
Froula, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Froula of Burnsville, haVe
been accepted for the four-week’s
summer program for high-ability
secondary school students.
Miss Jamerson, a rising junior
at Cane River, has been accept
ed for a class, of gifted stu
dents at Western Carolina Coll
ege, Cullowhee, where sde will
study history.
Mr. Froula, a rising senior,
will study science and mathma
tics at the University of North
Carolina June 12 to July 21.
A grant from the National
Science Foundation enables the
University and other colleges to
offer summer science programs
for secondary school students. The
program is designed to give
high-abillty boys and girls of the
11th and »12th grades advanc
ed courses in certain fields;
and to stimulate them to an in
terest in college programs ol
study leading careers in science
and mathematics. Those parti
cipating in these high-ability
programs are selected from
among the outstanding students
throughout North Carolina and
surrounding states,
Rosemary and Jim have done
outstanding work in high school.
They are members of the Nat
ional Beta Club and are active
in all phases of their school
work.
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The Bald Creek Fire Depart
ment will have a supper ou June
—* 17 from 6.00 to 9: op. m. at the
Bald Creek lunchroom. Admission
SI.OO. Proceeds will go to the
Bald fret k Fir© Department.
Obituaries
MRS. ATLAS PHILLIPS
Mrs. Atlas Phillips, 56, died at
her home on Rt. 4, Burnsville,
following a long illness.
Surviving are the husband,
Charles Phillips; three daughters.
Mrs. Grayson Hensley of Brevard,
Mrs. Bill Johnson of Nebo and
Mrs, Kenneth Robinson of Rt. 4.
Burnsville; two sons, Clayman of
San Bernardino. Calif., and Charl
es Phillips, Jr., of Ockman, W. Va.;
the mother, Mrs. C. E. Randolph
of Rt. 4, Burnsville; two sisters,
Mrs. Lattie Mclntosh of Marion
and Miss Hattie Randolph of Rt.
4, Burnsville; and 17 grandchild
ren.
Services were held at 2‘ p. m.
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Monday in Little Creek Holiness
Church.
The Rev. Robert Randolph and
the Re - .'. Floyd Franklin officiated.
Burial was in -Hampton Cemttery.
Pallbearers were Harrison Coop
er, Will Wilson, Rex Bradford,
Ray Randolph, Rufu sMdntosh
and Robert Mode.
Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home was in charge.
0“ M C HIGNWAV3
RALEIGH—The Motor Vehiqle
Department’s summary of traffic
June 5, 1961: „ , ---
' KILLED TO DATE 482
KILLED TO DATE Last Year 4&
SubUcrtption $2.50 Per Year
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first place in District 31 B for
the best program of assistance to
the blind. This trophy bares that
inscription and remains the per
manent possession of" the club.
Edward L. Beeson as delegate
of the Burnsville Lions Club re
presented the club at the 39th
Annual State Convention held in
Greensboro June 1,2, and 3.
Mrs. Beeson accompanied her
husband on the trip and at
tended several of the meetings
including those especially ar
ranged for the ladies.
They report a very interesting
and enjoyable time at the con
vention.
The high light of the Lions
State Convention was an address
by Finis E. Davis, of Louisville,
Ky., President of Lions Interna
tional. He spoke at the Banquet
of the District Governors. Mr.
Davis stated that he and Mrs.
Davis travelled 187,000 miles
and visited clubs in 87 nations
during the year. H© stated that
people of all nationlities, colors,
and creeds lik© to objectives of
the Lions and that ever Moslem
club is actively helping the needy
and especially the blild.
The District Governors Ban
quet and Ball had a wonderful
dinner and program aside from
the address of . Finis E. Davis.
Some of the finest acrobatics and
dancing that ode could imagine
were given in the magnificient
Greensboro Colliseum which is
capable of seating 10,000 people.
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The Gray Ladies
Are Serving At
Yancey Hospital
The second glass of Gray Lad
ies are now serving their probar
tionary period in the Yancey Hos
pital. This class will serve six
hours with a member of the first
Gray Lady class before beginning
the ten hour period alone.
Members of the, new class are:
Mrs. W. K. Banks, Mrs Katherine
Cherry, Mrs. Iliff Clevenger, Mrs.
Guy McCurry, Mrs. Roy Pate. Mrs.
Reese Robertson, Mrs. Luther
Wells, and Mrs. Howard Garland.
A capping service will be held
for these women at the conclusion
of their probationary period.
Officers of the Yancey County
Gray Lady Chapter are: Chairman,
Mrs. Robert L. Rhinehart; Attend
ance records, Mrs. Reese Robert
son; and Scheduling, Mrs. Harlon
Holcombe and Mrs. Katherine
Cherry.
Classes for Gray Lady orienta
tion and instruction will be hejd
again as soon as enough women
indicate an interest. There are
seventeen women presently serv
ing the Yancey Hospital.
Mrs. Harry Bowen is heading
up the auxiliary to the Gray
Ladies, which ia responsible for
mendfhg the hospital linens. This
group has been functioning about
a month. The members of the
sewing group, in addition to Mrs.
Bowen, are Mrs. Guss Peterson,
Miss Bess Lewis, Mrs. Dover R.
Fouts, Mrs. B. R. Penland, Mrs
Tessa Swink, and Mrs. Betty
Garland.
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MISS CAROLYN RAY, left, and* Miss Belinda Ann Proffitt
» represent the Auxiliary to the Earl Horton fost of the America^
e ,e * r ‘ on at Girls’ State at Woman’s College. Greensboro, June 11-17.
_ Misa *•* daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack B. Ray of Burnsville, is
2 * aenior Bt Eaat Yancey High School. Miss Proffitt, a jrfa
ing senior at Cane River High School, is the daughter of Jdr.
9 and Mrs. Fleet Y. Proffitt of Bald Creek
The Yancey record
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Raleigh Report
(By: Representative Holcombe)
The 1961 Session of the North
Carolina General Assembly is
nearing its end. As final proof:
Speaker Joe Hunt solemnly an
nounced last week that he was
looking for “Fifteen of the
meanest rascals in the House of
Representatives to serve on the
Calendar Committee.
The Calendar Committee, dur
ing the final days of a Session
is one of the most powerful le
gislative groups to be found and
virtually holds life and death
power over any legislation in
troduced after its appointment.
This group composed of some
15 members ,with a dynamic
Chairman, replaces the more than
40 Committees that operate dur
ing the greater part Le
gislative Session. The Calendar
Committee can find more rea
sons for killing measures with
out letting them go to the floor
than any group imaginable.
Byway of explanation - Bills
introduced affSjjr the appoint
ment of C." are assigned
to this group for study and
disposition. A Bill must not
only have extraordinary merit r»*
order to survive, but its intro
ducer must have persuasive pow
ers above and beyond the or
dinary person. The Bills intro
duced after the appointment of
this Group have little chance of
surviviny. Th© Calendar Com
mittee holds Mettings at ou„
times - in odd places away from
the rush of the crowd.
All are waiting to see who the
Speaker considers the “15 mean
est members of the House.”
This is just one indication
that this Session is rushing ra-
I pidly toward its conclusion.
Swr to be acted upon, of
course, is the; Budget which, in
reality, is the principal job of
the General Assembly. At the
end of last week the) Finance
and Appropriations Sub- Com
mittee Chairmen answered that
they were reedy to report their
Bills out for the consideration of
the full Committee.
Opinion around the Capitol
was that the Appropriations Bij
would not cause much * trouble,
but that the chief topic for de
bate would be the suggest
ed plans for raising the funds
necessary to carry out the Gov
ernor’s Program of quality edu
cation.
Will it be 4% with the pre
sent exemptions remaining as
they are, or 3% across the
Board? »
No one knows. Anyone who
would attempt to give a definite
answer to what 170 people would
decide on a question as important
as this would be purely guessing.
I Have No Guess.
One thing is dear; that this
Session of the General Assembly
will not come closq to considering
the number of Bills that were
introduced in 1959. As of last
Friday, we w«*e at least 40C.
Bills short. With the appoint
ment of the Calendar Committee
soon to be announced R’g a
sure thing that this numbed wiU
be reduced too much before the
legislators leave Raleigh for good.
notice
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
be at the First Baptist Church in
Burnsville on June 21 from 12:00
I noon to 4:30 p. m.
“Dedicated To The progress Os Yancey County”
BURNSVILLE, J*. C* fflltatSDAY, JUNE 8, 1961
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Heavner, At
The Citadel Yk.
Cadet Lestel R. Heavner, son
of Mrs. Roblflfe H. Heavner, Rob
ertson St., Bp-nsville, N. C. was
i the first ranking of fifty one
. cadets promoted to the rank £f
second lieutenant during June
> Week ceremoiiies at The Citadel
last week. As a second Liuetenant
within the Corps of Cadets, Cadet
t Heavner will a platoon
. throughout his( first class year at
l The Citadel. Colonel William J.
i McCaffrey, USA, Commandant of
. Cadets, commands the Corps and
controls the djsily routine of dut-
I ies. Upon his recommendation |
. and with the approval of The ■
t President, The Citadel, General |
. Mark W. Clark, USA, Ret., pro-,
. motions are granted to those ris
f ing first classmen who are to >
. command within the Corps of
„ Cadets and provide leadership
r for ahe lower three classes during
each succeeding year.
, During the Graduation Parade
honoring the graduating first
l classmer last • Friday afternoon,
l Lt. Heavner rtceived the addi
* tional responsibility of leading
, The Regimental Band. This unit,
composed of approximately one
hundred and twenty men each
year, provides the music for all
military parades and honor guards
, on and off The Citadel campus,
j Being one of the most outstand->
Ing military bends In the South,
The Regimental Band represented
* Third Army in the Presidential
Inagural Parade in Wash.lfton,
e D. C Jast January. The Band also
appeared in the New Orleans’ Mar
di Gras and many other celebra
( tions within and outside the State
of South Carolina. During the!
football season, this unit provid
.es entertainment during the
games. As Drum Major of The
Regimental Band, Heavner will!
plan all half-time shows during
’ football season -ad lead this unit
in all formations on and off The
Citadel Campus.
During Cadet Heavn e r’s second
class year, he was Bagpipe Drum
Major and Drum Major of the
Drum and Bugle Corps. The Cita
l, lei Bagpipers were formed in 1955
at the request of General Clark.
> This unia is an organic section of
■ the Regimental Band, but maybe
detached from the Band and fuhe
k tion as a separate unit. In addi
tion to Performing annually at
the St. Andrew’s Banquet and m
various parades throughout the
Low Land, the Bagpipers have ap
-1 peared in the 1958 and 1959 Sara
sota Pageants, the 1961 Presi
dential Inauguration, and the 1960
1 and 1961 Mardi Gras. This versa
■ tile group has been acclaimed for
I both its military bearing and its
* excellent musicianship on an in
strument very difficult to master.
Besides adding a great deal of
i color and interest to all Citadel
ceremonies and parades,- The Cita
; del Bagpipers give The Citadel
i the prestige of having the only
r Band in this country which plays
t.-regularly with a Bagpipe section.
- The Drum and Bugle Corps is
> *l*o an in tergal part of the Regi
i mental Band. Composed of the
I trumpet bugle, and drum players
■ In the Band, the Drum and Bugle
. 'Corps normally functions as a part
of the marching Band but maybe
i Presbyterian Church
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News
Thomas J. Andrews, a rising
middler at Yale Seminary, arriv
ed yest rday (Wednesday) to be
gin his summer work as student
minister at the First Presbyterian
Church, Burnsville.
Mr. Andrews is a graduate of
Dartmouth College, and has been
very active in youth work. *
The Men’s Sunday School Class
will honor Mr. Andrews at their
monthly t bn akfast this Sunday at
8:00 a. m. in the Church kitchen.
A Coffee Oour will be held im
mediately .following the Sunday
morning worship service. All mem
bers and friends of the Church
t a t 4 invited and urged to be pre
i, sent Sunday to hear Mr. Andrews,
. a*d to remain afterward to parti
i cipate iq the fellowship hour
. where they will be given an op
. portunity to meet and tajk*' with
the student minister.
Dr. Mcßae Holds
New Position
Dr. and Mrs. Cameron F. Mc-
Rae, former residents of Burns
ville, have moved from. Waterloo,
New York, to Mouna Clemons,
Michigan. Dr. Mcßae had been
the Commissioner of Health In
Seneca County, N. Y., since 1953.
He is Deputy Health Dir
ector in Macomb County, Mich.;
this is the third largest county in
the state, with a population
which has doubled in the past ten
years and is now over 400,000.
Dr. Mcßae was director of the
Avery-Mitchell - Yancey District
Health Department from 1947 to
: 1958. In 1948-9 Mrs. Mcßae was
I president of the Burnsville PTA
, an>* of the Legion Auxiliary. They
own a residence on Summit Street
in
and daughter, Captain and Mrs.
Julian W. McCracken, *tive in
Royal Oak, only 48 miles from
Mount Clemons; they have three
sons,
Three Attend
Craft Camp At
Camp Schauh
Pieces of metal and scraps of
yarn were made into lovely craft
items at the Western District
Home Demonstration Craft Camp
i at Camp Schaub in Waynesville
- May 30-June 1. Three attended
1 from Yancey County.
1 Mrs. Georgia Silver of Celo
1 studied braided rug - making
•) an Mrs. Gus Peterson, Burnsville,
(and the Home Agent studied
aluminum chasing and embossing.
These leaders hope to do fur
ther work with these crafts and
later teach -other dubs. This
| presents them with a wonderful
opportunity to develop a craft
for sale as well as have lovely
pieues of craft articles in the'
home.
SINGING CONVENTION
The Yancey County Singing
Convi ntion will be held at Young's
Chapel Baptist Church Sunday,
June 11, at 2:00 p. m. Thg public
is cordially invited to attend.
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Swimming classes will- be
at the Crestvitw Playgrounds
starting July 1. All persons wish
ing to take lessons must register
-es soon as possible.
detachr d to perform as an entir
ely separate unit. The Regimental
Band, Bagpipe Corps, and Drum
and Bugle Corps are under the
direction of -Captain Leon Freda,
USMC, Ret.
Cadet Heavner will return to
The Citadel on the 29th of August
as a member of the training
cadre for the 1961-62 plebe class
and for the purpose of planning
and organizing the Regimental
Band for the coming year.
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NEW OFFICERS were installed by the Carolina Hemlock Jur ior Woman’s Club Saturday night
in the Burnsville Community Building. They include (L-R, seated): Mrs. Edgar Hunter, Jr., president,
and Mrs. Garland Wampler, first vice president; (standing) Mrs. James Froula, second vice presi
dent; Mrs. Jack Kelly, corresponding secretary; and Mrs. Charles Gillespie, treasurer. Not present
for the picture was Mrs. Fred Btreet, Jr., recording secretary. Mrs. Clarence Burton, president of the
Senior Woman’s Club, was installing officer. ' .
Price Per Copy: Five Cents
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Students Graduating
From College
Yancey County students grad
uating from the different colleges
this year include-two from Wake
Forest College. They are Miss
Carol Ann Young, daughter of
Mrs. John G. Young of Route 2, ,
Burnsville, and the late Mr. ,
Young, and Carolyn Marie Young
daught-ere-frf Mr.^ - aiTd Mr.'. James
R. Young of“ Route 2. i
Miss Carol Young -majored in
English and journalism and re
ceived a B. A. degree. She was a 1
member of the' staff of Old Gold' .
and Black, student- newspaper,
and the Etfztlian Literary Society
and church choir.
Miss Carolyn Young majored in
physical education and received a ;
B. S. degree. She was a member .
i of the Women’s Recreation Asso
: elation and Physical Education
Majors Club.
At Woman’s College of U. N. C. i
Mrs. Joy English Anders, daugh
ter of .Mr. and Mrs. Craig English
of Burnsville, and Miss Barbara
Hensley, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Selwyn Henfitey', of Burns-
[ Day Camp Held
J In Burnsville
e Summer has just begun, but
ft the enrollment and attendance at
the. Dsy Camp held all last week
o for Brownies and Girl Scouts bids)
g fair to bask the rerord, as it did i
last year; in the Pisgah Girl Sdout I
j Council. The Day Camp was held
•. at Camp Mt, Mitchell for Girls
. with a total enrollment of 78 cam- •
I pers and Laders, this being four j
: more than the total <%rollme)it ;
last year, which broke the record I
in the Council. i <
Mts. John Connet of Asheville f
, i was the director of the Day -Camp: f
and the other personnel consisted t
of local volunteer adults, Senior t
Girl Scouts, and Senior Girl Scout t
' | Fly-ups. They were: Mrs. Max c
; Penland, Mrs. Ben Ranks, .Mrs. i
> Bob Helinle, Mrs. Charles Gilles
‘ pie, -Mrs. Bruce Mclntosh, Mrs. \
j Bob Hilliard, Mrs. James Froula,j]
(Mrs. Julian Cornwell, Mrs. Kath- 1 ]
j i erine Cherry, Miss Vemtll Harris, j <
Frances and Theresa Coietta, Re- ’ ]
becca Riddle, Amelia Penland,
, Jeanne Ballou, Cheryl Roberts,
Erwin Burhoe, and Lyn n English. 1
Crafts, outdoor cookery, folk- ;
dancing, hikes, and wild plant i
excursions weir. held. Favorable ]
weather abounded during the en- i
tire week which was most lpfui i
for the nature study and fixed (
trips. ■ t
Attendance was good and en- s
thusiasm was high, especially t
among the Intermediate campers,
who found and killed a snake! £
This was something to write r
home about! Or, in this case, tell r
at home about! : n
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NUMBER FGRT i -TWO
ir< am in ■■ I ■ -
ville . received B. A. degrees.
Lloyd Richard Bailey (B. B.),
son of Mr. Glenn Bailey of Rafcte
1, Burnsville was among roars
than 1,100 students from 3 8 states ;
and 18 foreign countries who re
ceived degrees from Duke Univer
sity on Monday, June 5.
Appalachian State Teachers
College conferred 299 bachelor of
Science degrees and 37 Master of
Arts degrees on Saturday, May 27.
Those from Yancey County were
Gltnna Brinkley Breßdell, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brink
ley; Frank Howard Lewis, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank How
ard Lewis of Burnsville; Barbara
Susan Shepard, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Olin Shepard of Burns
ville; and Mary Lou * HowiQ of
Newdale.
Among the 23u persons grad
uated at Mars Hill College <&
May 29 were five from Yancey
County.
Cindy Tomberlin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Tomberlin of
RFD 3; John Randolph Riddle,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Rid
dle of California and Burnsville;
and William Ira Young, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Tin-ill Young of
RFD 2, received “Associate in
Arts” diplomes from the Baptist
junior college for the completion
of two-yfar courses.
) Lois Marie Harris, daughter of
I Mr. and, Mrs. Sol Harris of Star
Route, and Judith Marie Lewfe,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
M. Lewis of Star Route were
awarded commercial certificates
for the completion of one-year ac
celerated courses in business.
Degrees were conferred on Sll
candidates at -ast Tennessee
State College Friday, June 2. Os
the 311 candidates, 278 reoiwd
the Bachelor of Seif nee degree, axg
the Bachelor of Arts degree, fire,
the bachelor of Seif nee in NUTw
sing degree, and 22 Master of
Arts degree.
Those from Yancty County
were L. G. Deyton, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. G, Deyton «f
Burnsville; and Frank Robinson
|of Green Mountain whe received
B. S. degrees.
Joseph Ray Coietta reerive*
the Bachelor of Aits degree at
the 83rd Commenonnent exercises q
at Belmont Abbey Callage,
mont, N. C., having majored in
Business Administration with a
minor in History.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Pttex
Coietta, he has been a member of
the Rifle team during his yrars
at the Abbey, and last year wen
the Gold medal for marksman Alp.
Janies Bailey of Micaville and
Steven Horton of Burnsville RFD
received A. A. degrees from War
ren Wilson College *t Swam**,
noa,' N. C.