VOLUME TWENTY SIX
Plans For Launching
UF Drive Underway
The Yancey United Fund is
shortly launching its annual
campaign to provide support for
heqlth welfare and character
building agencies serving this
Rebels Plan
Third Big Evens
On September 29th, Cane River
High Scho'.ol will h o ldP their
third Homecoming football game.
The Cane River Rebels will play
the Tryon Willd Cats on the Cane
River Field.
Friday evening the floats and
Stephens Lee High School Band
of Asheville, along with the
queens riding in convertibles,
will parade around the square in
Burnsville.
The Homecoming Queen will be
crowned before the game and the
judging of the floats will be held
at halftime.
Game time is 8:00 p. m., ad
mission will be SI.OO for adults
and .50 for students. Everyone 1*
invited to attend the event.
Yancey Demo
crats Reach
Quota In Fund-
Raising Affair
Raleigh—Yancey Cqunty has
reached its quota for the Demo
cratic Party’s fund-raising Van-,
ce Aycock Dinner to be held Oct-i
ober 28 at the Grove Park Inn
in Asheville.
In making this announcement*.
Chairman Bert Bennett of the]
State Democratic Executive Com
mittee expressed his appreciation
to Yates Bennett, Democratic
Chairman in Yancey, for his work
in behalf of the Party.
Chairman Bennett said a num
ber of other counties also have
attained their quotas for dinner
tickets and he anticipates a full
attendance qf 750 Democrats at
the dinner, which ig expected to
become an annual Autumn affair
in Asheville. The Party will con
tinue to hold its annual Jefferson-
Jacksoh Dinner each Spring. in
Raleigh.
Judge Marvin Wooten of Hick
ory and Herschel S. Harkins of
Asheville, Buncombe County
YDC Chairman, are Chairmen of
the Vance-Aycock Dinner. At
their suggestion, the dinner was
named for Governors Zebuloln B.
Vance, who was North Carolina’s
Civil War governor; and Charles
Brantley Aycock, the great gov
ernor of 1901-05.
Final Rites For
Claude Gillespie
Claude D. Gillespie, 65, farm
er of Rt. 1, Burnsville, died in the
* Yancey Hospital Saturday morn
ilg aftev a long illness.
Services were held at ,3 p. m.
Sunaay in Places Creek Baptist I
Church.
The Rev. Ellis Ray and the
Rev. Harold Ray orficiated. Bur
ial was in Hurst Cemetery. Pall
bearers were Bill, kyrd, Jack,
Frank and Kermit Gillespie, Mack
and Claude Holeycutt and Ralph
Hall.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Alda Edwards Gillespie; two sis
ters, Mrs. George M. Hall of
Micaville and Mrs. Nfttie Honey
cutt of Weaverville; two broth
ers, Alonzo and Arthur Gillespie
of Micaville.
Church Supper
To Be Held
A church supper will be held
at the Cane River High School
Cafeteria on Saturday night,
September 30th. from 6 to 8:30
p. m. The supper is sponsored by
the Riverside Baptist Church and
proceeds will go to the building
.fund. Admission will be SI.OO for
adults and children also. ,
• , ,
SiibsertptfQß $2.60 Per Year
a •
s ( area. As i n previous years, the
1 , fund raising drive will be con
r ducted simultaneously with the
r campaigns of about seventy other
s United funds in North Carolina.
In preparation for the seventh
annual drive of the local organi
zation, the directors have elected
a new slate of officers and com
mittee chairmen. Dr. Garland
r Wampler will serve as president
r for the coming year, with Max
• Penland as vice president, Robert
f Rhinehart as treasurer, and Rob
-2 ert Helmle as secretary.
The important position of cam
-1 Paign chairman will be held by
1 Leslie Hensley, and the organiza
-5 tion of an able group of volun
i teer workers to, assist him is in
1 progress.
Edgar Hunter, Jr. will serve
1 as chairman of tire budget com
■ mittee, which is responsible for
1 deciding which organizations will
sh a re in the receipts of the drive,
■ how much each organization will
1 receive, and the total budget
1 goal for the campaign. Member
ship. of the . budget cokunittee
will include representation of the
schools, farmers, housewives,
business men and professional
people. A meeting of this com
mittee is scheduled for Thursday,
September 21 at the Burnsville
Community Building at 7:30
P. M. It is expected that the
final budget will be set up at
this meeting, and will be announ
ced in next week’s Yancey Re-
I cord.
I The Yancey United Fund has
1 i followed the policy of rotating
I officers and committee chairmen
to a considerable -Wxtent. This
! | policy series not only to spread
the burden o f work, but also ser
-1 ves to inform more people in
the community regarding the im
portance of. the services rendered
to Yancey County by the united
fund organization.
Last year the president of the
Yancey UF was C. O. Ellis, and
the campaign chairman J. H.
Cooper. The amount raised in last
year’s drive permitted paying out
86 per cent of the amounts in
cluded in the budget for the
various agencies. The total goal
was $9,000.
New Wheat
Stabilization
Program
The New Wheat Stabilization
Program which can do so much
to improve the economy of our
rural and urban areas could work
to the disadvantage of some smalfc,
wheat farmers if they do not un
derstand the changes brought
about by this new program.
According to A. P. Hassell, Jr.,
Administrative bfficer for he
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation State Committee,
the Congress, in designing this
new law, felt that the total crop
production of the small wheat
| farms, those that were in the 15-
| acre or less group before, and
I how are in the acre or less
designation, is quite substantial.
As a matter of fact, Hassell
pointed out, the farms with small
wheat acreage produced one-sixth
of the 1960 crop —about 220
million bushels. These figures are
based on conditions as they exist
ed during the 1960 crop years.
Since two-thirds of U. S. wheat
producers grew less than 15 ac
res, the Congress felt that this
group would want to make some
contribution to the task of bring
ing supplies more nearly in line
with demand.
Hassell emphasized that no
part of this program Is automa
tic—he stressed that the farmer
who wants to avoid a marketing
quota penalty on his 1962 wheat
crop or wants to take part in the
1 wheat stabilisation program and
earn payments for diverting wheat
acreage to conservation, should
' come to the County ASCS office
' to get acurate information for
his farm.
The Yancey record
"Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County*
Rules For
Hospital Visitors
You are a good hospital visitor
it ;
1. You make short visits that
s ck> not tire the patient.
2. Observe the rule that there
• should be no more than two visit
• ors at the bedside of & patient
at one time.
1 3. Do NOT smoke in the
• patient’s room because it inter-
I seres with comfort and safety.
4. Do NOT sit am bed.
I 5. Talk of pleasant things.
; 6. Do NOT give the patient
: food without the doctor’s or nUr
; se’s Permission.
7. Talk and walk quietly.
8. LEAVE the room when the
. patient is receiving care.
' & Check with the receptionist
. on every visit to be sure the
• patient is ready to receive you
i 10. Do NOT bring children un
der 14 unless so directed.
Visiting h©urs are extended f< :•
some time now and of course n
few restrictions were brought tq
the attention 0 f the public to as
sure the well-being of patients.
The above 10 points should serve
the purpose. Complaints emanate
from the patients themselves. As
paradoxical as it seems, a person
visits a patient expressing his
heart-felt wishes so-r a speedy
recovery and then DELAYS- his
recovery by tiring the patient,
sUrrodhding him in a smoke
screen, by sitting on his bed and
causing discomfort and by de
pressing him with disturbing
news. It would greatly help if
the public would acquaint them
selves with the schedule of visit
ing hours, and if there is a doubt
concerning these regulations, call
the hospital beforg the visit.
The above rules and comments
are reprimed f**nr the -Hospital
Management Journal, and are
submitted as a reminder to all
who plan to visit the Yancey
Hospital or any other hospital.
Beginning October 1, visiting
hours will be enforced and a
card system will be in effect. In
cooperation with the Hospital
Staff and the Medical Staff, th«.
Gray Ladies and the Senior Girl
Scouts wil be on duty during
visiting hours to assist with the
new visitors set-Up. Each patient,
will be allowed to have two vis-}
itors each fdr a ten minute per
iod. At the end of this time
the visitors are i-equested to
leave in order to give opportunity
to others who may be waiting to
visit the same patient. When a
visitor arrives he should check at
the desk where the Gray Lady
and Scout will be seated. The vis
itor should state the name of the!
patient he desires to visit- If the
patient has no company the visit
or will be given a Visitors Admit
which entitles him to visit one
room o>nly for ten minutes. If the
patient already has two visitors
the Gray Lady will auk the other
visitors to have a arat and wait
until the room has been cleared. If
a visitor desires to visit more
than one patient, he should come
back to the desk each time send
secure a card for the particular
patient. This will eliminate con
fusion in the halls and also be
fair to those waiting in the lobby.
The cooperation of all is being
solicited to make Yancey Hos
pital a pleasant place in which to
be sick. \
Roger D. Irle
To Speak To
Presbyterians
Roger D. Irle, minister and
faculty member olf Warren Wil
son College, Swannanoa, N. C.
will bring the message at the
Presbyterian Church Sunday
Mprning, September 24th at 11:00
4krU.
NOT I C 5
The Yancey County Horn ß De
monstration County Council will
meet Tuesday afternoon, Septem
ber 26, at 2:00 p. m. in the Home
Economics Agent’s office to make
plans for the annual County
Achievement Program- AH dub
officers are urged to attend.
BUBNSVILUE. N. C.THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1961
Rebel* Rack Hot
Springs 33-13
An Inspired Cane - River Rebel’:
football team rolled over the Hoi
Springs Blue £>evils by the score
of 38-18 at Mars Hill Friday
night. The Rebel attack feature
the dazzling running 0 f Samm>
Riddle and Kenny Hal] and was
backed by a bruising, performance
from the staiwart Cane Rivei
forward wall.
Hot Springs drew first blooc
early in the Js r st period wher
Don Stiles fumbled on an attempl
to sweep the right end. Gentry, a
first halfback, picked up the bal
and romped fifty yards for the
score, but the attempt for tho
exrta point failed. Cane Rivei
iwas quick to retaliate. In eiglil
plays they moved th e ball fror
their own thirty-nine yard line t(
the Hot Springs eight and Hal
put matter back on an ever
keel with a plunge straight uj
the t heart of the Blue Devil de
fense. Riddle bulled his way over
for the extra point, and the
score at the end of the first per
iod read Cane River 7, Hot
Springs 6. Early in the second
period after Cane River had dri
ven deep into Hot Springs terri
tory, John Jackson took a pass
from quarterback Roy Gortney
aird romped 21 yards for a touch
down; Riddle capitalized on the
extra point- Finally the Hot
Springs offense began to jell
and they moved the ball to the
Cane River five but were stop
ped cold in their tracks. Cane
River took over on downs, anc
Hall took the ball -on the firsl
play, skirted left end, and race*
ninety-five s yards for the score
The extra pGjht attempt failed
but Cane Riyeryh&d a command
After the intermission, Hoi
Springs featured a forty yarc
drive and moved the ball to
the Cane River three. Fullback
Fisher crashed over for the touch
down, and Gentry scored the
extra point. The Rebels got on
the go again with the punishing,
drives of fullback Sammy Riddle
thiouyh the stumbling Hot
Springs defense. Walter Edwards,
a promising 140 pound halfback,
moved the ball to the Hot Springs,
seven by slanting off tackle to
pick up nine yards, and Hall
slipped through the line for the
score and put the game on ice.
Robertson tossed to Banks in the
end zone for the extra point. Re
fusing to quit, the jubilant Re
bels took over oh downs, and
Riddle smashed the line, fought
his way 35 yards u p field for the
final Cane River touchdown. The
extra point attempt failed, but
the loyal Cane River rooters had
something to» yell about and re
member —a long-overdue spark
ling and exciting performance
from a promising football team.
Red Cross Per- j
sonnel To Attend|
Capping Service !
Red Cross personnel from Ashe
ville will be here for the Gray
Lady Capping Service, Sunday,
September 24th at 8:00 p. m. in
the Community Building. Miss
Ruth Lockman, Field Director
for Western North Carolina, and
Mrs. Arthur Wagner, Red Cross
Volunteer-at-large will conduct
the capping ceremony. The class
will be “accepted” by Mr. Reece
Mclntosh, Hospital Board Mem
ber, Dr. Garland E. Wampler,
member of the Medical Staff, and
Mrs. Cecil Anglin, Hospital Ad
ministrator.
The Gray Lady program has
been functioning in the Yancey
since January of this
year. Including the present class
there are a total of 18 women
Irving the Hospital and 7 on
tfie committee which is responsi
ble for mending linens, v
A cordial invitation’ is extended
to the entire county to attend
this service and remain for the
social hour which wifl follow.
Burnsville Elem
entary School
PTA Meets
The Burnsville Elementary
School Parent-Teacher Associa
tion met in the school lunch room
on Tuesday night. Rev. A. Z.
Jamerson was in charge of the
devotional, and the remainder 0 f
the metting consisted of business
th: re was no program.
Officers include Mrs! W. A.
i Banks, president; Mrs. Max Pen
land, vice-president; Miss Sarah
Hensley, secretary; Mrs. Melvin
W. Webb, treasurer; and Mrs.
P- C. Coletta, program chairman.
The Harvest Festival was dis
cussed during the meeting and a
committee was selected to make
plans for the festival. Another
business matter of great import
ance was brought up and discuss
ed, this concerned Civil Defense.
Carrol Angel was elected as Civil
Defense Chairman and his com
mittee consists, of James Ray,
Fred Anglin, Edd Hunter and
Ralph Adair. This committee will
meet and work out plans for
evacuation of school children in
case of an emergency.
Other business matters were
brought up and discussed during
the meeting-
Mrs. C. P. Randolph’s fourth
grade won the attendance banne r
for th e month.
Hostesses were Mrs. W. A.
Banks, Mrs. Melvin W. Webb,
Mr.s Max Penland, Mrs. Edd
Hunter, and Miss Sarah Hensley.
The next PTA meeting will be
he Id in the school lunchrobm on
Tuesday, October 17th, at 7:30
p- m.
Farmers Federa
: tion % Hdd
\ Meeting
, It has been announced by Mr.
O. J. Holler, President of the
Farmers Federation, that the re
-1 gular annual meeting of stock
holders for Yancey County will
be held on September 22, 1961
at i7:30 -p. m. at the Farmers
Federation Service Store in Bur
nsville, N. C.
The purpose of the meeting is
to elect committeemen and nomi
nate a director for a two year I
term.
DoUgh n uts and coffee will be
served after the meeting-
AH stockholders are urged to
attend the meeting.
Election of directors will take
place at the annual stockholders
meeting of all counties which
will be held jir. Asheville, N. C
at the Buncombe County Court ]
House on October 28, 1961.
J. R. Hampton To
Speak To
Men’s Club
John R. Hampton, Planning j
| Director of the Western North [
' Carolina Regional Planning Com-
I mission, will be the guest speak
*er at the meeting of the Burns
ville Men’s Club, to be held Mon
day evening, September 25, at
tile Community Building.
The program will relate to im
proving economic conditions in
this area, and in this -connection]
the recently published Hammer
Report on Western North Caro
lina, and the Federal Area Rede
velopment Act will be discussed.
Because of the importance of
this subject to Yancey County,
president Ralph Adair of the
Men’s Club urges all members
to attend, and advises that
guests will be particularly wel
come. Supper will be served at 7
ofclock.
Home Dem. f Club
Holds Workshop
The Burnsville Home Demon*
stration Club met for an all-day
workshop and meeting on Friday,
September 15, at the home of
Mrs. Dorothy Potter. There were
13 members present.
Aluminum pieces were turned
into lovely ash trays, coasters and
A
Price Par Copy; Five Ceuta
Forest Service Celebrates
50th Anniversary ff
The Toecane Ranger Distrie
with headquarters at BufhsvilH
announces the forthcoming Weeks
Law Celebration to be held ir
Asheville, N.. C- on Septembei
26-27, 1961.
The U. S. Forest Service under
Powell Bill
Funds Allocated
Raleigh Allocation o 1
$7,356,135.97 in Powell Bill funds
to 415 participating municipali
ties was announced Sept. 11 by
the State Highway Department
The funds are distributed annu
ally to qualified cities and towns
for Use in non-highway system
street work within their corpor
ate limits. Checks to the individ
ual municipalities will be mailed
from Raleigh the latter part of
this month in order that they
will reach municipaltiies by
October 1.
The total allocation this yeai
represents an increase over 196(
of $337,234.25, but in the case oi
approximately 60% of the parti
cipating municipalities, this year’s
allocation will be less than th<
1960 allocation.
This is brought about by the
fact that a new municipality
population base is being Used foi
the first time. The Powell Bill
statute calls for the use of the
latest certified federal decennial
census figures. The 1960 census
figures were certified during lasi
winter and were used in figuring
this year’s allocation. Previously
from the beginning of the Powel
Bill in i@Rl through last yeai
the 1950 census figures were use<
The 10-year population growtl
of participating municipalitiei
has averaged 25.3%. Where i
j municipality’s growth has nol
equaled 25.3%,
factor may ire ry ,Well a de
i crease in Powell Bill allocation.
Some of the larger mUnicipali
'ties have experienced population
increases greater than 25.3% and,
consequently, received more mon
ey this year.
The Highway Department last
year notified municipal officials
that they might experience de
creases and special explanatory
material is being mailed this year
along with the checks, to those
municipalities whose Powell
Bil allocation has dropped.
Burnsville in the 13th division
with’ a population of 1,388 receiv
ed ah allocation of $7,364.87.
Local Citizen
Presented Award
From Air Force
Mr H. G. (Grady) Bailey was
(recently presented a certificate of
appriciation by SSgt. Wiley Sim
mons, local Air Force Recruiter.
This certificate was presented as
a result of Mr. Bailey’s contin
ue it cooperation and assistance to
the U. S. Air Force Recruiting
Service. The certificate leads:
“Mr. 11. G. Bailey, Veterans Ad
ministration Officer, Burnsville,
iN. C., is extended the sincere
' thanks of this organization for
rendi ring continued assistance to
the United States Air Force Re
cruiting Service in its effort to
secure the necessary manpower
to maintain peace through Air
Power.” The certificate was sign
ed by Lt. Col. Robert G. Brown,'
Commander Detachment 300, Un
ited States Air Force Recruiting'
Service.
jewelry by a method of chasing
and embossing. This method dif
j fers from the etched aluminum
trays in that tools are used to
apply the design rather than acid.
This is a craft which has many
possibilities for Using ode’s imagi
nation in developing his owl
design.
In the afternoon, the women
gathered together for a business
session and the monthly demon
stration “New Fabric Finishes” by
the Home Economics Agent.
NUMBER FIVE
t the Department of Agriculture
; was developed as a result of the
5 Weeks Law. In 1909 a Represen
-1 tative from Massachusetts, John
Wingate Weeks, presented a bill
in Congress to) authorize the
Secretary of Agriculture to pur
chase land for National Forests
for the protection of navigable
streams and to preside for State
and Federal cooperation in fire
prevention and forest protection
and management.' In 1911 this bill,
1 known as the Weeks Law, was
signed by President Taft. Here
tin North Carolina, In Pisgah Na
tional Forest, on Curtis Creek,
McDowell County, the first»tract
of land was purchased under
terms of the Weeks Law in 1912.
Asheville is noted as the birth
place of American Forestry; the
, first actual forestry practices
were started on the Biltmore Es
tate. Most of the 100,000 acres ofcr
original Biltmore Estate were sold '
by the widow of George Vander
j bilt to the Forest Sendee in 1914.
a proclamation making Pisgah
} the first of the Weeks Law pur
, chase units to) be proclaimed a
national forest. Thus it is most
s appropriate that Asheville is to
’ be the setting for the Weeks Law
Commemoration.
I On Tuesday, September 26th,
, registration will be held a t the
I Battery Park Hotel between the
, hours of 9:00 and 11:30 a- m. At
. 12:00 noon there will be a Gover
, nor’s luncheon on Biltmore Es
tate honoring Secretary On I 'tie
j Freeman. From ,2:80 to 4:30 p. m.
. a tour of the Biltmore HoV** or
a forests wiH be held and at 7:80
h p- m. the N. C. Forestry Assoc
s iation dinner will be held with
, Dr. R. D. McArdle, Chief, U- S
; Forest Service, a s the principal
I speaker.
Wedneday, September 27th. at
I' 1,0:00 -a. m. will be the dedication
of the first tract of land purchas
ed under Weeks Law Authority-
Curtis Creek, -McDowell County.
James K. Vessey, Regional Fores
ter, U. S. Forest Service, will be
the principal speaker.
Tickets for the Weeks Law cele
bration may be purchased at the
Yancey Merchants Association,
Inc, located on the square. The
Men’s Club of Burnsville is spoti
sorilg the sale of these tickets.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend these events-
Robinson Family
Runner-Up In
Master Farmer
Contest
The Grover Robinson family,
Bumsvillle, Route 2, was runner
up in the recent Master Farmer
Contest, according to a letter re
ceived by the family from R. W.
Shoffner, Director of the N. C.
Extension Service. Mr. Shoff
ner’s letter said:
“I have been very much inter
ested in keeping up with the
Master Farm Family Award
Program and note that you were
one of the three selected 1n the
Western District, and were the
first runner-up to the winner. You
deserve much credit and congrat
ulations upon this fine achieve
ment
1 am judges had some
what of a difficult task in making
the final decision because of so
many deserving families. I would
like to express to you my appre
ciation for the fine support and
cooperation which you have given
to the Extension staff in your
county.
With this year’s experience and
information obtained, I am sum
in years to come you will be work
ing toward being a winner. From
the reports that I have received,
you a nd your family -shave made
a wonderful contribution to your
community, and may my heat
wishes go to you for a successful
venture in the future,*