VOLUME TWENTY FIV*
Bloodmobile Will Visit
Burnsville June 21
The American Red Cross Blood
mobile Will visit Yancey County
on Wednesday, June 21st. The un
it will be set up in the First Bap
tist Church here and will be in
operation from 12:00 noon to
NOTICE
Dr. Wampler will be out of
town from June 18th. to June 25.
While away he will attend the
; Top Medical Assembly in Waynes
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Obituaries
MRS. SHEPHERD
Mrs. Lucrlle Hyatt Shepherd,
88, died in the Yancey Hospital
here Wednesday night following
a short rllness.
She was the widow of the late
W. Hardy Shepherd and a native
of Madison County. She had been
living here for about five years.
Services wtre held at 2:00 p. m.
Saturday in Terry’s Fork Baptist
Church.
The Rev, A. Z. Jamerson, the
Rev. Francis Radford snd the
Rev. T. E. Woody officiated. Bur
iul was in Chambers Cemetery
Surviving are one daughter,
Mrs. John H. Anders of Bamards
ville; two sons, Glen of Pensa
cola, Fla., and Gaston Shepherd
of Burnsville; a half-brother, Wai
ter Hyatt of Leicester; 20 grand
children and 27 great-grandchil
dren.
IRA F. GIBBS
Ira Fulton Gibbs. 79, died at
his home at Celo Friday night,
A son of the late James-N, and
Sopronia Westall Gibbs, he was a
member of Celo Methodist Church
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Services were held at 3:00 p. m.
Sunday in Celo Methodist Church.
The Rev. J. R. Dawkids, pastor,
officiated, assisted by the Rev,
j, E. Hensley,
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Sadie Reeves Gibbs; one sister,
Mrs. Mollie G. Patton of Celo;
two brothers, the Rev. A. C. Gibbs
of Statesville and the Rev. J. S.
Gibbs of Stoney Point.
PAV|D COVINGTON
Services for David Harlee CoV'
ington, 72, who djed Monday in a
Buncombe County hospital were
held at 2:30 p. m, Wednesday in
the Presbyterian Church here and
at 4:00 p. rp- on Thursday (today)
in Dillon Presbyterian Church In
Dillon, S, C.
Mr. Covington was the son of
the late Benjamin H. and Annie
Cox Covington, a member of the
Burnsville Presbyterian Church, he
was originally from Bennetts
ville, S. C.
The body will lie in state one
hour prior to Wednesday’s service
which will be conducted by the
Rev, D. A. Mcßigbt and the Rev,
Thomas Andrews, Burial will be
in Riverside Cemetery in Dillon,
S. C.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs,
Grace Hamer Covington; one dau
ghter, Miss Dorothy Grace Coving
ton of Atlanta, Ga,; one son, Dav
id H, Covington, Jr, of Burnsville
and Charlotte; three Miss
Irene Covington and Miss Inez
Covington of Bennettsville, S. C.
and Mrs. Anne Gordon 6f Hamp
ton, 8, C.; and four--brothers, the
Rev. Bn*. Covington of Winns
boro, N. C„ J. C. of Columbia, S.
C., Patel and Frank Covington of
Bennettsville, S. C.
Mr. Covington was Cashier of
The Northwestern Bank here for
16 years, retiring around four
years ago.
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BOX SCORE
0 " *• C. HIGHWAYS
RALEIGH—The Kotor Vehlple
Department’s summary of traffic
Juno 12, 1961:
KILLED TO DATE 456
KILLED TO Last Year 476
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Subscription 12.50 Per Year
4:30 p. ip.
Yancey County's quota this year
is 400 pints. To date 278 pints
have been donated. At the last
visit jjj March only 19 pints were
1 collected. Mr. McDaniels, of As
heville, Regional Manager of' the
Blood Bank, stated last week that
if the people of the county wanted
to continue the Bloodmobile oper
ation thfy must support it. The
unit can not come 4.0 this county
and set up the operation for 19
pints of blood. This is the last
visit for the year and the county
is 112 pints short of their quota.
People of the county must donate
or the service will be discontinued.
Several people in the county
have received blood since the last
visit. The individual who receives
the blood or a relative must see
that this blood is replaced if the
person does not have a credit card.
Anytime . a resident of Yancey
County gives blood outside the
county they are urged to request
credit be sent to the Blood Chair
man so that the county will get
credit for the donation.
The Junior Womin’s Club woll
sponsor this visit of the Bloodmo
bile and the Gray Ladies will
work along with Dr. W. A. Y.
Sargent who will be attending
physician.
A.S.C Measure
ments
Raleigh Over a million acres
of North Carolina cropland plant
ed to tobacco, peanuts, cotton,
and wheat will be measured with
in the next two months, says
A. P, Hassell, Jr„ Administra
tive Officer for the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
State .Copimitteq. 4
major part of the Acreage
Allotment and- Marketing Quota
Program is the measuring of
these acres after planting and
prior to harvest. These allotment
programs are in effect as a re
sult of approval by farmers in
referendums held to determine if
such allotments Would be- in ef
fect. This measuring is accomp
lished in the flue-cured tobacco,
peanut, and cotton areas by. visit
ing the farm and 'determining
where allotment crops are plant
ed and plotting and measuring
the acreage through the use of
aerial photographs. In mountain
counties the measuring is accom
plished by visiting the farm and
using .grouhd mtasurement,
Hasst 11 reminds farmers that
the ASC reporter. who visits the
farm to measure the acreage os
out there to perform a service for
them. He says that assisting in
this measuring and designation of
fields planted to allotment crops
is definitely the responsibility
of the farmer or his agent. He
brings out, too, that it is greatly
to the farmers’ advantage to be
there and assist in the measuring.
By bring present the producer
will realize- how the acreage are
determined and he will be able
to assure himself that the report
er has reporter has received
oorrect information and has cor
rectly plotted the fields on the
aerial photograph.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation to our many friends
and neighbors for their faithful
and devoted "service at the time of
the death of our beloved husband
and father and for the lovely flor
al coltribution, food, and nob s of
sympathy received. We also wish
to thank the management and
staff of Holcombe Brothers Fun
eral Home for their kind and un-
derstanding service.
Tiie family of Edd W. Young,
N. C.
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The Yancey record
Raleiglyteport
(Bys Representative Holcombe)
The Legislative Bill quickened
its pace last week and increased
its tempo as the 1961 Session
raecd toward its conclusion and
final adjournment.
Biggest consideration of the
week was the passage of the gig
adtic Appropriations Bill in the
House and the Revenue Bill in
the Senate. Included in the Ap
propriations measure was some
ment the Quality Education Pro
gram Proposed by Governor San
ford when he first became a
candidate and endorsed by the
Voters of North Carolina through
two tough Primaries and the
General Election.
Although they deleted some
itms from the Program as finally
approved, it included a 21.1 pay
increase for Teachers; increased
help for School Libraries, and,
what to me is one of the most
important things 0? all: Clerical
assistance for Principals. Some
desired to remove the last item
from the Budget, but all attempts
were beaten down before the mea
sure came to the Floor. It is my
opinion that Clerical assistance for
Principals is one of the key items
in the 1961-63 Budget. This will
permit the Principals to spend
more time in observing and in_
other duties necessary in the op
eration of the School. AH too
ften he has to spend far too
much time filling out Reports
and answering the telephone
—Work which could be done more
efficiently by a Secretary.
REVENUE BILL *
The record breaking Revenue
Bill passed the Senate and was
to come up for debate in the
House Monday night. There was
little change in the Program out
lined before a Joint-Session of
the General Assembly early in
March.
MORE ACriON
Action was furious on other
legislative"— ’fronts, **also." The
House shouted down a proposal
that the death penalty practically
be eliminated in North Carolina
after a long debate, but pulled a
surprise by passing on its second
reading, a Bill which would per
mit citizens of the State to re
new their Driver’s License by maii.
NEW DISTRICTS
After months of talk, study and
debate a Bill was given a Fav
orable Report in the House Com
mittee to reduce the State’;
12 Congressional Districts to 11.
The Bill which had already pass
ed would put Kitchen and Jonas
agajnst each other in a new Dis
trict. would be left in
the new 10th and Taylor in the
11th. The new 11th would contain
all the old counties of the 12th and
add Polk, McDowell Yalcey aim
Madison. As this was written thor - j
was every indication that this Bid
would be enacted into Law befor.
adjournment which is expected t >
come late this week. The Lav
provides that if the General As
s'mbly had not carried out it;
duty re-districting, all Congress
men in the 1962 General Electic •
would have been elected at large j
Celia Coletta In
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Dairy Princess
Confest
In the recent Area Dairy Prin
test held on Monday evening at
tile Country Club Inn in Waynes
ville, Celia Coletta, who repre
sented Yancey County, was sec
ond runner-up.
The winner was from Buncombe
County, and the first runner-up
was from Henderson County. All
three girls were presented token
gifts find the Area Princess will
compete in the state contest on
June 29 in Asheville. Seventeen
counties wer represented in the
Area Contest on Monday evening,
Tune 12.
Mrs. Kathleen Byrd, Mrs. John
Morri son of Asheville, and Miss
June Street attended the event.
Haywood County dairy farmers
were- in charge of arrangements,
and Ned J. Tucker, Executive
Secretary of the Waynesville
Chamber of Commerce, served as
Master of Ceremonies.
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“Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County”
BURNSVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1961
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Methodist Vaca
tion School
Commencement
Friday night* June 16th. at 7:45
p. m. the 'Higgins Memorial
Methodist Chinch Vacation Church
School will.hqld their commence
ment exerciser.
Each class,. nursery through
Junior High?, will participate
in the prog^ai.
The Junior fclass and Junior
High will pf&ent one act plays
M a wEhSkSI "Sr* I'* 4? * v«v idHa,'"'.
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Pictured are members of the Lions Club preselting Ralph Pet rsonT former Chief of Police
in Burnsville Vtho lost his sight fn/m gunshot wounds received in line of duty, with the to the
White Cane Stand, which is sponso-red by the Lions Club. Left to right are Mr. Peterson, Dr. C. M.
Whisnant,.L. G: Devton, Clifford Faulkner, Hubert Justice, E. L. Beeson, and E. L. Dillingham.
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Four girls received awards and recognition for outstanding work in Home Economics Class Day at
East Yancey High School. Pictcied are Frances and Teresa Cloletta who received the Crisco trophy,
and Loretta Robinson who received a gift of recoglition of her outstanding work in Home Economics.
S'ot pictured [is Martha Dale-who received the Home Economics medal.
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Pictured a ive are some of th& graduates from college this year! Tip, left t6'right, are Randy Riddle
from Mars Hill. College, Joseph Coletta from Belmont Abbty, and Billy Young from Mars Hill.
Bottom, le to light, Judy Lewis, Lois Harris and Cindy Tomberlin, from Mars Hill. (Photographs
furnished j the school).
under the direction e's Mrs. P. C.
Ciletta.
At the conclusion of this
short program the Senior High
class will have an ice cream
supper for the benefit of the
building fund.
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Locals
Glenn Fox visited his parents,
Mr, and Mrs. Willard Fox last
week and left Thurslay for Cha
pel Hill to attend Summer
School.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Fox
visited Mr. and Mrs. 'J. G. « F<
Price Per Copy: Five Cants
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'Parkway Playhouse
Will Open July 7th
The Parkway Playhouse hen
wil} present six plays this season
and sons, Mr, and Mrs. Roy Le<
Fox and Jane, in Winston Salem:
and visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Thompson and Mrs. Fred Sellars
in Greensboro, during the week
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I with the first one being presented
on Friday and Saturday, July 7
and 8.
Lester Moore, head of the
Drama" Department of Rutgers
University in Newark, N. J., yriU
serve as director of the Playhouse
this year. * ’
Gordon Bennett who is working
on his Master’s Degree at the
University of Colorado in Denver,
will arrive in Burnsville late in
July along :7»th Mrs. Bennett .and
daughter.
Blanche Kelly of Miami* Fla.
and Anthpny Maltese of New Jer
sey will play the kads in “The
Glass Menagerie” the first play
to be preseibaed
Detailed information on the
Parkway Playhouse schedule trill
be featured In future issues of
The Yancey Record.
Our Aging
Citizens
—“Our aging citizens need
more than economic dependence.”
This was a statement brought out
sevt ral times during the day as
a group of Yancey County citi
zens met to try to plan some
service which may be made
■ available to our older people.
The all-day workshop was
. held Tuesday, June 6,. at the
Methodist Church in Burnsville.
I Mrs. Sara N. Giles, from the
N. C. Board of Public d- Welfare,
discussed the services which the
Welfare Department makes
available. Miss Jane Guy, also
representing the State Depait
! ment of Public Welfare, briefed
the group on the types, regulat
ing and licensing' of honsea for
the aging. Mr. L. G. Deytoo,
Supt. of ip Yancey
County, and Mrs. Anne Ballard,
Yancey County Health Nurse,
discussed the problems of our
aging in Yancey County.
The group that met believes
that through an organized effort,
they can make available Boms
services such as encouraging
frieldly. visitation, teach crafts,
Provide a homemaker service and
many other things which will
help to make a happier en
viornment for our people..
Several organizations were
represented at the meeting. Those
attending and participating in
the program were: Mrs. Dorothy
Thomas, County Librarian for
Yancey, Avery and Mitchell
Counties, and eervinl as chair
man of the Yancey County Com
mittee on Aging; Mr L. G. Dey
ton, Supt. Welfare Department;
Miss Lydia Deyton, Welfare De
partment; Mr. E. L. Dillingham,
County Agricultural Agent; Miss
June Street, Home Economics
Agent; Mrs. Annie Ballard, Coun
ty Health Nurse; Mrs. Tillie
Brooks, Yancey County Rural
Worker; Mr. Mack B. Ray, Far
mers Home Administration; Mr.
Charles Ramsey, Mitchell County
Welfare Department; Mrs. Paul
ine Young, Home Demonstration
Club member; Mrs. Thelma
Wyatt, Home Demonstration Club
Member; Mrs. Bonnie Brinkley,
operator at Burnsville Rest Home;
Miss Antoinette Earle, Tri-County
Librarian; Mrs. Rhoda Wilson,
Bald Creek Methodist Church;
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ebeling,
Celo; J. R. Dawkins, Newdale
Methbdist Church; Father Ray
mond, Spruce Pine Catholic
Church; Mrs. T. M. Tyner, Burns
ville Methodist Church; Mrs.
"roy Ray, Burnsville Methodist
'■’Vui-eh: Betty Montsinger, Bur
nsville Methodist Church; Doro
thy Fall, Burhsville Methodist
Churph; Paul H. Fall, Burns
ville Methodist Church; kauri
Erickson. Seven Day Advendis^;
B. T. Howell, Department Public
Welfare; Estelle Edwards, Presi
deht Newdale Home Demonstrat
ion Club; William Villus, Higgins
Memorial Methodist Church; Pat
Carter, Librarian; Miss Jane Guy,
N. C. Board of Public Wrlfnre;
and Mrs, Sara Nr Giles, N. C.
Board of Public Welfare; Mrs.
Hobart Ray, Burnsville Metho
dist Church. , •**'
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