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GIVE »iUNITED«ai VOLUME TWENTY SIX Dean, Guest Speaker At Farmers’ Night Banquet Dr. H. Brooks James, Dean of Agriculture at N. C. State College will be the guest speaker at the annual Farmers’ Night Banquet and Community Development Awards Prbgram Monday, October 23. The program is sponsored Bennett, County Chairman Os Citizen : s Comm" | Mark Bennett of BurnsvDle has been appointed county chairman of the Citizen’s Committee For a Better North Carolina supporting the / capital improvements betid 0 election on November 7th, John W. Umstead, chairman of the state committee, in announc ing the appointment, stated t h at Bennett will head the orgnizatjon ip Yancey County to acquaint the citizens with the importance of a successful passage of the ten is sues to be voted on in November. Included in the bond issue are improvements in state educational institutions, construction of sorely needed buildings in the Capitol area, improvements at state edu cational community ■ colleges, a building to. house the i Department of Arch ives and His- j tory and the State Library, con-: struction and improvement of | State Ports facilities, construct ion of needed facilities at the state’s mental institutions, pro- ' viding for assistance in local ; hospital Construction, impr > ce ment of-facilities at state parks and recreation p.'eas and develop ment of natural resources, and for improvements at the state’s agricultural research stat.Wn a . “The chairman will work" with civic groups and other organizat ions in bringing the necessary in formation to the people of the county,” Umstead said. Other members of the Yancey , County Committee: t Woodrow Anglin, Burnsville; Cecil Anglin, Burnsville; P’. Hip Hensley, Bald Creek; Tom Edge, Micaville; Mark Hall, Newdale; R. B. Dryton, Green Mountain; Clarence Bailey, Green Mountain: Adrian Buchanan, Burnsville; Yates Bailey, Bald Creek; and Harlan Holcombe, Burnsville. JOSHUA AUTREY Joshua Autrey, '77, of Spruce Pine died in his home Friday morning after a long illness. Mr. Autrey was the son of the late John and Harriett Gibbs Autrey and was a member of the First' Baptist Church in Spruce Pine. Services were held at 2 p. m. Sunday in First Baptist Church. The Rev. R. M. Cassity and the Rev. Audie Buchanan officiated. Burial was in Berry Chapel Cem-1 etery. t . Surviving are the widow, Mbs. China Willis Autrey; two daugh ters, Mrs. Helen Pitman’ and Mrs. Ruth Burleson of Henderson, five sons, Claude, Fred, John and Dan of Spruce Pine and Willie Autrey of Marion; four sisters, Mrs. Ada Patton of Burnsville; —Mrs. Grace Hall of Newdale, Mrs. Sallie Ham- ‘ mett of Black Mountain and Mrs. Julia Gibbs of Virginia; a brother, Jess Autrey 0 f Burnsville; 25 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. , BIO&DSIEB SOXSSORE ON N.C. HIGHWAYS RALEIGH Tlie Motor Vehi cles Department’s summary of traffic deaths through 10 A. M. Monday, October 16, 1961: KILLED TO DATE 890 KILLED TO Date Last Year 929 GIVE TO THE YANCEY UNITED FUND j* *••• ■ ' ' • _j ' iWNIWiiHl r jT nr ffT" •*• • ?• -A ' . ' / . ' •***&s£>'& n . --. r . w >.-..-, 'vf•"'\f*• C? **~ : *';;■ " ‘ •- T Subscription $2.50 Per Year each year by the Bufnsville Men’s Club and the Yancey County Ag ricultural Workers Council. Prize money will be presented to eight organized Communities in Yancey County for the work that tjiey have accomplished dur ing- me p as t ye a r. Judges for the Community Development Program for the county were Mrs. Lillian Danner, Assistant Home ECqno- I mics Agent for Watauga County; I Mr. Albert Clarke, Farm Manager I for Biltmore Dairies; and Mr. Norman Wilson, District Field man for the ASC Service. Over $450 will be awarded in prize money for the winning com munities. Prize money is furnish ed by the Yancey ' United Fund, French Broad Electric Member ship Corporation, Leslie Hensley, Postmaster, and the Burnsville Hosiery Mill. Community Development Clubs are playing an important role in leadership and progress thorugh cut Yancey County. Burnsville School PTA Meets The Burnsville Elementary i School Parent Teacher Associa- I Uon met Tuesday evening in the school lunchroom. The Rev. Hilliard, pastor of Higgins Memorial Methodist Church, gave the devotional.. Mrs. ■W. A. Banks, president, presided and minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Miss Sara Hensley. Carol Angel, chairman of Civil Defense Committee, reported on their meeting of October 4. Mr. Angel staled that arrange ments were worked out and plats sert to all parents, as to what j would be done in case of a nation al emergency. The Ways and Means Commit tee reported on plans for the Har vest Festival which will be held j on Tuesday evening, October 24 th ! at 7:30 p. m. in the gymnasium-1 Each room will present a Pro-j gram and there will *t>e refresh-J ments for sale, and also cake | walks. T e program will not last, over an hour. Admission will be ■25 and .50. The Ways - and Means Commit tee also reported that on Decem ber 2nd, a donkey ball game will be hold at the school. ~ The meeting was turned pver to Mrs.' P. C. Coletta, program chairman, who introduced the characters in a play which was presented. Taking part in the play were Mrs. Jess Styles, Mrs. Don Pardue, Carrol Angel, and Gary Bennett. The attendance banner was awarded to Miss Sara third grade. Rev. Harrell At West Burnsville' Church The West Burnsville Baptist G’ urch called Jfye Rev. Fred Har rell as pastor Sunday morning. He has been interim pastor since the resignation of the Rev. E. G. Adkins. , _ : Rev. Harrell and family moved to several .months ago. He operates the Yancey Uphols tery business here. 1961 Corn Support Stays At $1.29 Raleigh The final support rate for 1961 crop corn in North Carolina will remain at per bushel, P. Hassell, Jr., Executive Director for the Agri <Continued on back page) The Yancey Record •i Boy Scouts To Hold Apprecia tion Dinner Mayland district Scout l : rs "and parents will hold t’ eir second annual “Leadership Appreciation Dinner” in the Deyton Elemen tary School caf teria on Thurs day night, Novel.her 2. The dinner is for all registered Cub Scout adul.t workers, B”y I Scout adult workers and explorer • adult work l rs, plu s the parents of Cubs, Scouts aud Explorers in Avery, Mitchell and Yancey counties. There are twenty-eight Scouting units in the district. Mr j. Nat Currance, of Spruce Pine, is general chairman of pro motion. Each Scouting unit h ;i g been asked to appoint one mother to he&d up attendance promotion and menu planning for the unit, dnd Mrs. Currance will work with these mothers • A recent bulletin to each leader I contained information on the din.) ner, with suggestions for three I Possible menues. Units are to se- 1 lect the menu they prefer, and each father and mother and lea- 1 der and wife will bring one dish on the menu. The district com mittee will be responsible for coffee, sugar and cream. The program for the evening will include a motion picture re lated to Scouting and a short talk. The district committee will elect and install officers and members-at-large for th o eomi g year. Joseph D. Edwards, Darnel Boone council Scout Executive, will be a guest. TT e appreciation dinner will be fully discussed at the Scout* )’ 3 * j Roundtable tonight at the Sprucely Pine Scout hut, and all Set: it leaders %re urged to atte !!, and get the final details. Boy Scout leaders, assists, and troop committeemen v‘l j hold their monthly Scam Roundtable at the Spruce P :! ut on Thursday night, Octo 19, at 7:30. i The theme for the month of j November, “To Help Other Pt - j pie,” will be discuss’ed, and the j : group will see a filmstrip on j j planning a yfar round campin • | program. Frank Gay, district j Scout executive, will also have a ! display of. lightweight personal | camping gear,, most of which Can be made by Scouts and leaders- f The roundtable will also fea ture games and songs. AH regis ter d adults in Scout troops in Avery, Mitchell and Yancey counties are urged to attend. Mrs. Salyer To Hold Workshop Mrs. 110 Salyer, WJHL TV Home Economist, will hold a Hat Making Workshop for Home De monstration Club members on Friday,. October 20th, at 5:00 p. in. in t’.e Community Building in Burnsville. Mrs. Salyer will teach the mak ing of the frame, covering the hat and applying the finishing touches. Those interested in attending the workshop should contact the County Home Economist Agent- Cole to Direct Choir At First Baptist Church Th e First Baptist Church here has called Mr. Thomas J. Cole, of the Mars Hill College Music De partment, to uuect their choirs on a part-time basis. Mr. Cole will come on Wednesday evening for a rehearsal with the choir and will take young people down to about- the ninth grade depending - upon their interest and pot-ntial. He will be in the church services on Sunday; Mr. Cole directs all the choral groups at Mar s Hill College in cluding the Touring Choir. ‘Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County" BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1961 i •• „,.®3g£r Arthur Smith Show To Be Here Nov. 4 Saturday f November 4th, at 8:00 p. m. • Arthur Smith and all the Crackjacks will be at the Burnsville ? Tflementary Schocl Gymnasium. There will , also be a Talent Hunt. ':|Vinner of the Tal ent Hunt wi;J appear, on TV with I Arthur Sm(tl||gJYer WBTV Char- I lotto. . Pri: Any person or groups (pr o fes-; sional grotfk excluded) kom i Yancy, Mitchell or Avery . Cou-i- . ties wishing tij enter the Talent Hunt are requested to write Mrs. 1 Nancy ville, N. C.or call MU 2-2619, Burnsville, for more information and arrangements. Ti is show: is sponsored by the Bald Creek Order of the Eastern id BuVnsvßle. i Nominations To Merchant Marine Academy GASTONIA Today Con-1 gressman Basil L. Whitener an- i nounced that he is accepting re quests for / nominations as a candidate fofr appointment to the Unit, d States Merchant Marine Academy. The Academy is lo cated at Kiqgs Point, Long Is land, New York, about 16 miles from New York City. The Academy offers a fo6r ycar course leading to a license as an officer in the United States Merchant Marine, a commission as Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve and the Bachelor of Science Degree. The sophe- f more year is spent as a Cadet on' merchant vessels of the United States Merc'ti-**. Marine. Tuition, r o pm and board, re quired uniform and textbooks as well as medical and dental care are furnished by tie United Stat es Government. . A candidate must be. single, meet physical standards similar to those of Midshipmen, Unite J States Naval Academy, must haie reached his 17th but not his 22nd birthday by July l, 1962, be a high school graduate or now in his senior year. Those' selected on a competitive basis as a result of the College Entrance Examina tion Board’s tests in March, 1962, and ot’er pertinent factors, will enter the United States Merchant Marine Academy in August, 1962. “I urge all qualified young men who are interested in a worth while profession to write to me for details as soon as possible,” Congressman Wlitener stated. “They should address their letters to me at 1122 House Office Build ing, Washington 25, D. C. Local People Attend Holston Presbytery Rev. Burt Styles, pastor 0 f the Newdale Presbyterian Church, and Mr. L. R. Young att. nde<T the Centennial Celebration of the Holston Presbytery, Presbyterian Church U. S. in Johnson City on October 16th, in conjunction with the adjourned Fall meeting of Presbytery and the annual meet ing of the Church of the Presby tery. - Dr. John R- Cunningham, Exe cutive Director, The Presbyterian Foundation, Inc. U. S. was the main speaker. He spoke on “Our Presbyterian Heritage and Mis sion”. Past Moderators of the Prrskytery and presidents of the women of the Church of Holston Presbytery were, hous'd guetets at this meeting. A unique feature 0 f the Centen nial meeting werdisplays ■ from many of the local churches de picting the “Heritage and Mis sion” of the churches of the Presbytery. Ts ese displays were open to the public through Tues day r.'ion October 17. Mrs. Hutchins, District Probation Officer, Dies Mrs. Effie Griffith Hutchins, 68, women’s probation officer for the Western District of North | Carolina, died in Yancey Hospital Wednesday, October 11, after a two-week illness. Mrs. Hutchins • was the fifth woman to serve in~ 'the-- North Carolina state legislature ■ 1027 broke the vvoman's world I cross-country 1 iking record. She was daughter of the . late Mills ’ and Martha Young ' 1 Griffith and the widow of Charles Hutchins, Burnsville attorney, whom she succeeded in the state legislature in 1935., , Mrs. Hutchins was a member of the legislature Until 1937. In 1938 she became women's probation officer for the Western District and worked in that capacity un til the time of her death. She also ! served for several years on the State Democratic Executive Com mittee. On April 25, 1927, she broke | the woman’s world record for I cross country hiking when she walked from Burnsville to Ashe ville, a distance of 10 miles, in seven hours and 38 minutes. Services were held at 3. p. m- Friday in Higgins Memorial Methodist Church here. The Rev. Ray Hilliard, the Rev. C. B- Trammel and the Rev. Frank Crappo officiated. Burial was in Pete Young Cemetery. Pallbearers were Charles Lee. Ben, Bruce and Ralph Griffith Johnny McCurry, Joshu a Banks, Ralph Edwards, and Jess Jordan. 'Members of the state probation commission were honorary pall bearers. Surviving are a daughter, Hubert D. Justice; a son, Ecf Hutchins; a brother, James Grif fith, all of Burnsville; tw’o grand children; and two -great grand crildren. Man Dies Os Self-Inflicted Gunshot .Wound John C. Hutchins, 52, a gun smith of the- Bank’s Creek section of the county died Thursday morning in the office of Holcombe Brctn, -s I 1 unoral Home here. Yancey County Coroner Dr. Mel vin Webb attributed t' e death to a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sendees were held at 2 p. rh-. Saturday in Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home; The Rev. Charles B. Trammell officiated. Burial was in Bank’s.' Creek Cemetery. 4 ‘ j Surviving are four half-sisters, Mrs, Cornelia Allen of Pensacola, Mrs. Mattie Gardner 0 f Asheville,, 'Mrs. .Cleo Whetstine of Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. Ida Peoples of Johnson City, Tenn. United Fund Honor Roll ICO Per Cent Contributing In the following organizations 100 p r cent of employees have contributed to t' e 1961 campaign of the Yancey United Fund. 1 Glen Raven Mil! | A.S.C.S Office < Yancey Kocpifal Post Office Medical and Dental Profession in Yancey County Farm Home Administration office County Extension Service The above list is probably not complete, as solicitors In all cases did not teport: the per cent of employees contributing. Tlie Yancey Record will reprint the Honor Roll next week with the addition of any other organibatio ns which qualify. - ■ ■ i- n- - ii. ii. ■ - - ■ ■ —■ i Price Per Copy: Five Cents Yancey Planning Board Appointed j The ’ Commissioners of Yancey • County, in an effort to take ad vantage" of benefits to be derived tinder the recently enacted Feder. LocaiStudents at Gardnef-Webb | Boiling Springs A new en rollm. nt record was established at Gardner-Webb College when 1 registration books closed Sept. 25. A total of 601 students, , in cluding five specials, have re gistered for classes. Last year’s j record number was 590, including l 13 specials- There are 424 freshmen and 172 .sophomores enrolled. 204 of the men and 124 of the women are boarding students. Os the 596 regular students, 403 are men, 193 women. Eleven states, 49 counties, and one foreign country (Brazil), are represented by the students. 510 of the students are North Caro linians. Sandlappers from South Carolina account for 66 of the total- Other ’ states represented are Virginia', Florida, Maryland. New Jersey, Nrw York, Ohio, Connecticut, Delaware, and Geor gia. : The student body is predomi nantly Baptist, with approxima tely 73 per cent listing that de nomination. More than a dozen other denominations are repre sented. Leading vocational choices at the Baptist junior col lege are business administration and secretarial work, teaching the ministry and vocational Christian work, and engineering. Yancey County has two repre sentatives in the student body ■it Gardner-Wt bb this fall. They are Bill Lewis, son c,f Mi’s. Ei leen Lewis of Bald Creek, a .sophomore history major; and Reroe I-eroy Mclntosh, Jr., son of Mr., and Mrs. Reece Mclntosh of Burnsville, a freshman busi ness administration student. Bee Log School Harvest Festival Friday Bee Log Elementary School wil' present their annual Fall Harvest Festival on Friday, October 20 at 7:30 p. m. | Kings and Queens from eael ! room will be presented and the J .vinners, crowned during the even ing. Boore Brothers String Band will furnish mountain music, and door prizes will be given. There wi'l also be a costume parade and cake walks. GIVE ittUHITEDw,, NUMBER NINE lal Redevelopment Act, have ap pointed a Planning Board for the County. Notification was recently re. ceived from Governor Sanford’s office that Yancey County has been designated by the Depart ment of Commerce in Washington as one of nine counties in western North Carolina eligible -for aid under the new act. The purpose of the act is to assist areas suf fering from high unemployment and low incomes, in a manner lesigned to increase jobs in the j area. The present depressed con ( in the counties adjacent to the Tennessee border, has result ed i n qualifying several of them, including Avery, Mitchell, and Madison, in addition to Yancey, f or assistance. The operation of the act places great responsibility on local ini dative for preparing a practical program that 'will benefit the area through permanently increaking employment. This requirement of :he act is basic, and no assistance :an be given until such long ran ge planning has been completed and approved in Washington. It is for the purpose of develop ing such a plan that the new Planning Board has been appoint 'd. It will prepare for the county what the law describes as an ‘overall economic , development urogram.” for submission to the Department of Commerce in Washington. Members of the new board are: Robert Helmle, ChaTrmim; Ral 'h Adair; Clyde Avers^ 1 Don Bur. hoe; Jay Edge; Dover Fouts, and George Roberts. In preparing the development nlan, the board will be assisted by i u e Western N- C. Regional Plan ning Commission, of which both Yancey County and Burnsville ir e members. At this early stage n the program, the details of possible aid to be requested have not been worked out. It is under tood, however, that the Bums ille Town Board is hopeful that ‘ assistance can- be obtained in fi nancing the building of its sewage disposal plant. A number of other projects which , would help the bounty are also under considera tion. Completion Os Road Projects , Announced Highway Commissioner Yates Bennett reports the Completion pf three road projects in Bun combe and Madison Counties dur ing the month of September. State forces graded drain ed and stabilized the following Buncombe County roads: 0.7 mile* Curtis Farm Extension (SR 1638); 01 mile Taylor Road Ex tension (SR 2704). In Madison County, State For ces graded and drained 0.6 mile of the Old Ellington Road. Highway Commission Chairman Merrill Evans today announced, a 1 public hearing would be held- tn ' Brevard > hU- c. Ott Wednesday, [October 18, 1961 at 1:30 P. M. in the Brevard school auditorium. I The purpose of the . hearing is jto give intt rested citizens the I opportunity to be heard on pro posed improvements of US Route 64 from Murphy to Mbrganton, a distance of approximately 165 miles. The public is invited to attend the tearing. Highway officials who plan to be present are Chairman Merrill Evans, Highway Commissioners ‘Yates Bennett of Burnsville, Ted Jordon of Robbinsville, Jack Kirksey of Morganton and Clint Newton of Shelby, along with eron Lee and Public Relations Officer Roger R. Jackson, Jr.
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