VOLUME TWENTY FIVE
Lea and Blevins To
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—Mrs. Wanda Lea, who operat
es a pottery shop at nearby Ce)o,
thinks that pottery is o n e of the
most engaging of all crafts.
A gifted painter, she says that
when she started studying cerar
mics it proved to be “more ex
citing as a total engagement, of
both pratical skills ml imaginat
ion."
She still paints, and this is
important not only for relaxation.
“I shift media to sharpen design
sense in clay,” she explains. “One
has to keep alert. When iqy work
in clay begins to feel dull, I
start painting or enamelling. Then
Obituaries
JOHN H. EDGE
Jihn' H. Edge, 94, of lit. 5,
Burnsville, died in a Y ancev
County nursing home Friday
night after a long illness.
A lifelong resident of Yancey
—County, Mr. Edge was a retired
merchant and a former county
commissioner. He pas the son of
the late Thomas and Margaret
Silver Edge.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 p. m. Sunday in the chapel
of Holcombe Bros. Fuseral Home
The Ttev. C. B. Trammel and
the Rev. .A. Z. Jamerson officiat
ed. Burial was in Holcombe Ceme
tery. • «.
Pallbearers were J. G., Wallace,
Jack and Billy Ray Edge, Phillip,
and Glen Westall ,*nd Dale
and Marshall Young.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Joseph A. Young, and Mrs.
E. H. Westall of Burnsville;
three sons, Arthur G., Horace S.
and -OHis Edge of Burnsville; a
sister, Mrs! Nettie Hughes of
Suffolk, Va.; 15 grandchildren; 19
great-grandchildren; and 2 great
great-grandchildren.
MRS. C. H. WARRICK
Mrs. C. H. Warrick, 81, of
Green Mountain, died in the
Yancey Hospital Friday morning
after a long illness.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
■Sunday in Zion Baptist Church.
Thp Ttev. E. G. Adkins and the
Rev. Jesse Hughes officiated. Bur
ial was in Bailey Hill Cemttery.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
j, p. Hutchison of Washington,
D. C.; four brothers, A. C. Bailey
of Rt. 1, Burnsville,' J. Bis Bailey
of Leicester, Joe W. Bailey of
Miami, Fla., and' Jake C. Bailey
of D.troit, Mich.; and four
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
SAM J. HUSKINS
Services for Sam J. Huski n s,
79, Burnsville merchant and far
mer, who died about n oon Thurs
day’in an-Asheville hospital after
a short illness were held Tues
day at 2 p. m. in the First Bap
tist Church here. • -Services were
originally scheduled Sunday,
but a son, Major Sam J. Hus
kins, Jr. was detained on his way
home from Tokyo, where he is
stationed with the Air Force. He
was weathered in while flying home
from bis. station at Tokyo., The
major, through ham -radio opera
tors, got in corftact with his
brother, State Highway Patrol
man Bill Huskins, and assured
him he would be home before.
Tuesday afternoon.
Services were conducted by Rev.
C. B. Trammel; burial was in
Holcombe Cemetery,
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Pearl Bailey Huskins; a
daughter, Miss Peggy Jean Hus
kins of Burnsville; two sons, Ma
jor Sam J. Huskins, Jr.,- station
ed with the Air Force in Tokyo,
and William B. Huskins of Char
lotte; two brothers, Joseph E.,
and Grover C. of Burnsville; and
two grandchildren.
Mr. Huskins, a former vice
president of Peoples Bank i n
Burnsville which he helped or
ganize, was known in Yancey
County as the first man in the
county to own an automobile. His
widow, Mrs. Pearl Bailey Hus
kins, has been associated with
the State Revenue Department
since 1933.
Subscription $2.50 Per Year
I return to Pottery refreshed.”
A member of the Southern < 1
Highland .Handicraft Guild, Mrs. I
Lea will be a't the Craftsman’s j
Fair in Asheville, July 17-21. I
For the past 10 years she has \
spent much time experimenting J
clay bodies and glazes, teaching |
herself to formulate or alter gla-j
zrs through use of molecular ra- j
tios. She has familiarized herself (
with characteristics of various
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Mrs. Lea, a native of Peoria, i
111., was graduated from Ken
dall College, Evanston, 111. Then I
she studied at the Art Institute
and the American Academy of !
Art in Chicago, following which \
she spent a semester studying j
sculpture at Black Mountain Col
lege. She studied ceramics fori
two years at Kalamazoo Institute!
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GARY BENNETT JANET COX
By: Alic? B. Hopso«, Ass’t. j
Home Economics Agent
The annual .Yanc y County!
Dress Revue and Heai.h Pageant,
was held Friday, June 2, in Bur- j
nsville elementary school %»udi- j
torium. j
The girls entering the division
were: Virginia McMahan, Sharon
McMahn, Phyllis McMahan, Bar
bara Brewer, Claudette Cooper-
Ramona Bowditch, Carolyn Jchn
ron, Irma Mill r, Ida Jane Mane'y,
Alene Nordstrom, Jean Robinson,
Judy McCurry, Nina Honeycutt,
and Murrell Crowder. Out of
these, 8 girls won blue ribbons,
4 won red ribbons, and 2 won
white ribbons. The junior " Dress
Revue winner was Alene Nords
trom and. the runner-up was
Ramona Bowditch. —si—~
The girls entering the senior
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RONNIE ROBINSON
ROBINSON WINS TOP
ROADEO AWARD
Ronnie Robinson. 18, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Byrle Robinson -of
Burnsville, was judged the Cham
pion School Bus Driver agai n st
keen competition et the sixth an
nual School Bus Roadeo held in
Chapel Hill Friday.
In winning the’ No. 1 spot i n
the Roadeo, Robinson received a
SSOO scholarship presented to him
by the Governor’s Traffic Safety
Council to be used in furthering
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of Arts.
Mr. Wiley Blevins, also a mem
ber of the Southern) Highland !
Guild, will display his minerals
ami gems at the Craftsman’s Fair
on July 17-21; Mr. Blevins.'opera
tes the Gem Shop in' Burnsville.
The Southern Highland Handi
craft Guild, which sponsors the
Craftsman’s Fair, is a non-profit
organization, fotrmed 31 years
ago to preserve the indigenous
crafts and to teach handicrafts to
those who seek supplementary of
Hung incomes. The Guild has
tried to sustain a healthy respect
for our resourceful, creative
forefathers a«d for the original
Americans as wML^the' Indiatis7] >
who- are among our best erafts
men. At the same a time it has
welcomed to its membership the
many modern craftsmen who
have moved into the Highlands be
cause of the congenial environ
ment and the . opportunity to work
through an organization that
seiks to improve markets for
crafts.
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{division w. re:'
j Joan Gor trie y,, Mary Sue Grind-!
' staff, and Saundra Duncan. Two
received blue ribbons and two '
j receiv d red ribbons. Mary Sue j
j Grindstaff was the senior winner
| and Joan Gortney was runner uy.
The junior and senior kings a n u
queens of health were selected.,
They were selected on the basis of
who turned in the best and most j
eomplete Health Record Book.
The.' junior kjng and queen of!,
health were Gary Bennett an«l { <
Jane t Gox. The senior king and |
queen were Oshar Fender, Jr., <
and Donna McDougald.
The junior winners in both th-
Dress Revue and Health Pageant ;
were awarded free trips to camp :
we re: Vlrgisia McMahan, Sharon
awarded a free trip to 4-H Club
Week which will be held in
Raleigh.
his education.
Having a perfect driving re
cord for two yFars in driving >a
bus for East Yancey High School,
!he earned the right to comjpete
I in the state finals by winning the
district roadeo at Asheville May
13.
Along with thfe scholarship and
trophy, Ronnie will receive a 4-
day all-expense trip to Carolina
Beach where he will attend the
N. C. Pupil Transportation Con
ference! starting next week.
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“Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County”
BURNSVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1961
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Feed Groin
Program Well
Received in N. C.
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Tar Heel farmers registered
their approval of the 1961 Feed
Grain Program by turning out i n
gi-eat numbers to participate in
the program.
38 per cent of all farms in the
State -with feed grain basis signed
up to reduce their plantings of
corn or grain sorghums and there
by to participate in the program.
Final tabulation after the close of
the signup shows that 54 thousand
•tar.heel farms are taking part in
this program.
The emergency feed grain pro
gram, the first farm legislation
sponsored by the new administra
tion had as its goal to cut the
Production of corn and grain sor
ghums by 20 percent. Acreage
contracted for diversion frorr
plantings of these crops through
out the nation totals 24 percent oi
the total average planter
-in 1959 and 196& This percentage
will be somewhat higher than 24
percent since the final week of
the sign up sos the nation has
not been tabulated.
Under the program in North
39 4-H Boys and
Girls Attend De
monstration Day
By: Charles Steelman,
Ass’t County Age«t
A total of 39 4-H boys and
girls, pare nts and leadeis from
Yancey County attended the Wes
tern District 4-H Demonstration
Day at Clyde A. Erwin High
School held June 14.
„ Several boys \and girls won
awards for demonstrations. They
are as follows: Basil .McDougald,
blue ribbon ''and runner-up in
forestry; • Dilda Fender, a blue
ribbon in wildlife; Oscar Fender,
a ltd ribbon in poultry barbecue
: demonstration; Gary Bennett, a
white ribbon in electric; Virgink
and Sharon McMahan, a whit
I ribbon in an electric demonstrat
; ion; Joan Gortney, a red ribbon
in Fruit and Vegetable Use De
monstration; Nancy Deyto n , a
-red — rivbon in dairy foods;
and Mary Sue Grindstaff, a blue
ribbon in sewing. She also en-.
tered the District Dress Revue.
Entering the District Talent
Show were: “The Top Notchers”
(Lynn English and Sharon Hop
son) and a rhythm band from
Pensacola which was under the
direction of Mrs. Katie Wilson
and Mrs. Albert Williams.
DEDICATION SERVICE
A Dedication Service will be
held at the Cane River Baptist
Church on Sunday, June 25 at 2
p. m. Everyone is cordially in
vited to join in this service.
Rev. W. E. McPeters, pastor,
and T. H. Phoenix, chairman of
deacons, express appreciation
on behalf of the church members
to all sister churches and many
friends who came so unselfishly
to aid of the church . when "the
old building was destroyed.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all our
friends for their many acts ol
sympathy during the illness and
death of our father.
The family of John H. Edge.
THE NORTH CAROLINA RHODODENDRON QUEEN, will be selected from p field of 22 beautiful girls on Saturday, June 24th.
Among those are (L-Right) Miss Sunny Nell Browning, of Nebo, by Northwestern Bank —Miss Palma Jean Flack, of
Marion, by Potrat Motor Lines —Miss Jane Newman, of Forest City, sponsored by The G. B. HarriU Insurance Agency—
and Miss Gail Robertson of Spindale, sponsored by Linville Caverns
Carolina 540 thousand acres of
com and grain sorghums will be
diverted to conservation uses.
This diversion represents 47 per
cent of the base com and grain
sorghum acreage on participation
farms.
The percentage of total acreage
diverted for North Carolina .for
comparison with the 24 percent
national figure is slightly over
26 percest.
Advance payments to participat
ing farmers through the close of
signup will amoust to about 6.G
million dollars. The final payment
will reach about 17 million in
this State.
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Governor Terry Sanford is sh own above inducting Malcolm Ross,
for several years a summer resident of Burrtsville; into membership
in Honorary Tar Heels at the annual .spring meeting of that orga
sization recently held at Nags Head.
Honorary Tar Heels' is an or ganlzation for giving recognition
to non-residents of North Carolina for distinguished serrice to this
state. Ross quolified for the honor on the basis of his article on
1 Yancey and Mitchell counties which appeared in the National
Geographic Magazine and for the preparation of a second article on
1 North Carolina which it is expept ed will appear shortly in the same
magazine.
The meeting of the Honorary Tar • Heels at Nags Head was a
gay jamboree, attended by various members of the state government,
journalists, and assorted Tar Heel Taxpayers, appearing in the guise
of pirates. Mr. and Mrs. Ross stop ped in Nags Head en route to
Burnsville from their home in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ross was
the only new member of the Honorary Tar Heels to.be inducted in
person at this meeting of the organization. .
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-- Eugene Styles, son of Mr. an d Mrs. J, B. Styles of Burnsville,
a rising senior, at East Yaftcey, and Michael Swann, so n of Mr.
and Mrs. Blaine Swann of Bald Creek, a rising senior at Cane
River, were chosen by the Earl Horton Post of the American
Legion to attend Boys’ State of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
beginning June 18th, through June 24th.
Both boys are very active in their school work, and were picked
by the Legion members committee as being sufficiently mature and
intelligent to profit by the instruction they will receive.
Pri«e Per Copy: Five CwU
Parkway Playhouse
Will Present Six Plays
Burnsville again makes its an-i
nual contribution to the enjoy-'
ment and entertainment of North!
L rrolina’s mountain vacationers.
Once more the famed Parkway
Playhouse will present a season
of six fine plays on succeeding
weekends beginning July 7th and
ending August 12th.
First offering of the Season will
be the justly famed Tennessee
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Williams’ drama “The Glass Mepa
gerie," This play is currently
being presented in various Europ
ean Capitals by the U. S. State
Department as the leading ex
ample of American Playwriting
along with “The Skin Os Our
Teeth” which is the closing play
of the Burnsville Stason.
The cast for Glass Menagerie, is
will known to Burnsville audien
ces. Blanche Kelly, well remem
bered from previous years fnd
particularly for her portray} ta«t
season of Thomas Wolfe’s mother
in Leak Homeward Angel, will
play the role of Amanda, the
mixed-up Mother of a mixed-up
famrly. The lead role will be
played by Anthony Maltese who
has received well-deserved plau
dits the past few seasons.
The entire schedule follows:
1 July 7-8, THE GLASS MENA
GERIE; 14-15, THE LOUD Rip
PATRICK; 20-21-22, DIARY OF
ANNE FRANK; 28-29, PERSON
AL APPEARANCE; August 4*5,
ANTIGONE; and 10-11-12 SKIN
OF OUR TEETH.
The Burnsville Presentations, as
in past seasons, will be cast from,
nrofessional actors including
Blanche Kelly, Dee Dee Winner,
Anthony Maltese and the much
admired “Mutt” Burton, and
from Collegiate aspirants of the
Drama Department of various
Universities including Miami,
Rutgers etc. Vivienne Le Bh&r
and Harry R. Callahan return for
another season and fully expect
to win their professional spurs
this season.
The season’s program. fully
staffed will be under th e general
direction and supervision of Les
ter L. Moore of Rutgers.
For any and all Information
desired relative tickets, price, or
reservations write or phone Jack
Kelly at the Parkway Playhouse.
Mr. Kelly will handle the busi
ness and public relations for the
Burnsville project again this sea
son.
Both Moore and Kelly will be
available to the public, ready,
able, willing, and anxious, to sup
ply any information desired from
June 28th. Tickets will be avail
able'at various In n a, Motels, and
Stores in the BumsvjjUe area from
July Ist onward.
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CELEBRATES J ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. C;' ; <r, Carroway "
of Winston Salem,% N. C, re
cently celebrated their 55th wed
ding anniversity. They are former
residents of Burnsville. Mr. Car
roway served two terms as Clerk
of Court of Yancty County. Mr.
and Mrs. Carroway recently
moved from Wilmington, N. C. to
Winston Salem where they are
living with their daughter, Mrs.
R. M. Muecke at 2835 Hermitage
Drive, Winston Salem, N. C. Mr.
Carroway was employed with the
Colquit Tie and Pole Co. in Wil
mington for many years. They
left Burnsville around 30 years
ago and went fngn here to Spar
tanburg, S. C. and from there to
Wilmington where they have
lived for the past 20 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Carroway have
two children, the daughter, Mrs.
Muecke and one son, Carltori
Carroway of San Diego, Calif
ornia and three grandsons.