VOLUME TWENTY SIX Shields Talks On Area Development Wayne R. Shields, senior field coordinator for the Federal Area | Redevelopment Administration, j in a talk before the Men’s Club last Monday discussed the financ ing of economic development pro-' jects in depressed areas under Miss Proffitt Member of Angel Flight At UNC Chapel Hill, N. C- (AU) —Miss Becky Proffitt of Route 3, Bur nsville has been selected as a member 0 f the Angel Flight of the University of North Carolina. Miss Proffitt is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Proffitt of Route 3. Angel Flight ( is the co-ed auxiliary and sponsoree of the Arnold Air Society of the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps. As a member of Angel Flight, Miss Proffitt will serve as hostess to the cadets of the AFROTC Cadet Corps and visit ing military officials. She holds the honorary rank of 2nd Lieu tenant. In addition to her Angel Flight activities, Miss Proffitt, a s:cond year pharmacy student, is a mem ber of the campus Religious Em phasis Committee. Obituaries EDWARD. McMAHAN Edward McMahan, 56, of Wash ington, D. C., formerly of Mar- 1 ion, died Thursday afternoon in 1 Washington. j Services wer e hld Saturday I afternoon in McCall’s Funeral Home. The Rev. Horace Bolick officiated. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. | Kathleen Jenkins McMahan; a son, Edward H. McMahan Jr., a daughter, Miss Sarah McMahan, both of Washington; the mother Mrs. Eva Riddle McMahan of Burnsville; a brother, William H. McMahan of Oklahoma; and a sister, Mrs. Edna Smith of Burnsville. W. DILLINGHAM SR. Services for Woodrow Dilling ham Sr., 49, \of Barn a rdsville.' owner a n d operator of White’s Mo n ument Company of the Wea verville Road, who died Mon day were held at 2:30 p. m. Wed nesday in Dillingham Presbyter ian Church. The Rev. Dan Carleto n , the Rev. H. 8., Denby a n d the Rev., W. H. Ple&s officiated and BijrM* was in the Whitaker Cemetery at Barnardsville. Surviving are the widow, Mrs Lucille Pike Dillingham; twe daughters, Mary Jane of th( home, Elaine of Western Carolina College; two sons, David of the home, Woodrow,. Jr. of Western Carolina College; the mother, Mrs. W. L. Dillingham of Bar nardsville; three sisters, Mrs. Della Lunsford of Asheville, Mrs. Irene Honeycutt of\ Barnardsville, Mrs. Frances Chappell of Raleigh four brotrers, -T. P. and Max Dillingham of. Asheville, E. L. Dillingham of Burnsville a n d Zalph Reid Dillingham of Char lotte. BLOODSHED 80XSGQBE ON N.C. HIGHWAYS }tA LEIGH The Motor Vehi cles Department’s 'summary of traffic d aths ti rough 10 A. M- Momay, November 27, 1961: KILLED TO DATE 1,069 KILLED To Date Lase Year 1,082 GIVE TO THE YANCEY UNITED FUND Subscription $249 Per Year provisions of the Area Redevelop | rnent Act. j He pointed out that a number of | government agencies stand ready , to work with the Area Redevelop ment Administration in helping counties designated as under developed, such as Yancey Cou nty, to solve their economic proi blems. Shields pointed out that his agency is coordinating the assistance programs of such other Small Business Adminis tration and the Urban Renewal Administration. The Men’s Club meeting was attended by John R. Hampton, planning director of the Western North Carolina Regional Plan ning Commission, and by guests from the Madison County Plan ning Board and the Spruce Pine Chamber of Commerce.- Following his talk, Shields answered many questions regarding the details of loans and grants which the ARAJ may make. After the Men’s Club meeting,' Shields met with the Yancey County Planning Board, where various projects for increasing employment in Yancey County were discussed. After visiting here and in Madison and Mitchell Counties, Shields stated in an interview 1 with the Asheville Citizen that he was greatly impressed by the interest shown here in solving the economic problems of the area- His visit to this area wasj prompted by a ■ letter written to Secretary of Commerce Luther i Hodges by Robert Helm.le, chair i man of the Yancey County Plan | ni n g Board. Drinking Reduces Safety | Drunkeness and intc(dcatic ;l j continues to be major problems in the field of highway safety. Realizing this and knowing that drunkenness of drivers and pe destrians is disproportionately higher during winter holiday seasons, the Nqrth Carolina Highway Patrol' has announced that special emphasis is being placed on enforcement for dri- % ■ vrrs who are intoxicated. The intoxicated driver is oho whose ability is impaired appreciably by the us e of alcohol. The Patrol, which is constantly on the alert for intoxicated dri vers, has announced that a part of t .re special emphasis program j ,vill be as follows: 1. Checking stations will be held at night where the drivers ' and occupants of all vehicles will be closely observed by the officers. 2. All ‘NOTORIOUS OUT LETS” will be closely observed ay the officers. The Patrol suggests that “if you drive, don’t drink, and if you drink, don’t drive”. - •HO ip a*- ijr vided by Earle-Chesterfield Co., Sealtest Foods, Lowe’s Ashe ville Hardware, J. C- Penney Ivey’s Inc., and Asheville Cham ber of Commerce. Non-farm division awards will be first prize of S4OO, • Asfaevitye Citizen-Times Coif secur'd prise of S3OO, Arbor Aeres Farm, Inc.; third prize, S2OO, Smoky Moun tain Hatching Egg Service aflri fourth place, SIOO, Parkland Chevrolet Co. Ten honorable men fion awards of SSO are sponsored by Fr<« Service Tire & Appliance Co., Farmers Federation, Pearl man’s Super Furniture Sttrtd, Bon Marche, Sears, Roebuck & Co., and 3tlk% - Efird*B B * J Department Stores. Awards totaling $509 are spon sored for the Youth division by the James G. K. McClure Educa tional and Development " Fund. Prizes are first place, $159; sec ond, $125; third, $100; fourth, $75 and fifth, SSO. A special award of $199 will be presented by Champion Papers, Inc. to die organized community which planted the most pine tree seedlings during rive 1960-61 seaso®. Several hundred rural and civic leaders from all Western North Carolina counties are expected at the luncht on. - - '‘ : Ww 1 ; Named To Hake Dean’s List | Durham, N. C —4fcveral aider graduate student* from this area have been named to the Deaa’e Uat at Duke University this fail on the basis of high fw*tnfr»e standing f«r the spring semester 1961. An overall academic averags at 3.0 of a possible 4.0 for the se mester is required in order to receive this recognition. Among the students listed was Miss Janet Sue Gornto, daughter of Mr. end Mr . w. H. Gornto at Green Mountain.