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VOLUME TWENTY SIX UF Drive Reaches - 90 Per Cent Os Goal The Yanc y U n ited Fund drive, which has been underway for j the past eight weeks, is now j b ing closed, with about 90 per cent of the SB,BOO goal definitely in sight. An exact figure cannot 1 be given as y.t, as all funds collected have n 0 t been turned Garden Club Meets With Mrs. Sargent The Garden club met Friday night, December Ist., at the home of Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent. Mrs. Sarge n t, program chair man, introduced Miss Betty Mot singer who gave a travelogue of her trip around t ft e world. Her talk was illustrated by beautiful and unusual color slides of scenes and of plant and animal life. Mrs. E. L. Beeson, president of the dub, presided at the busi ness sessio n , Mrs. C. M. Shotts gav e the treasurer's report. Mrs, Sargent, chairman of the Civic committee, reported a plan to beautify the courthouse grounds. For this purptjsjf the Civic Com mittee will pla n t daffodils and the Smior Girl Scouts, as a part of their golden anniversary cele bration, will pia n t yellow tu l'.ps. Mrs. Fred Proffitt, chairman of the nominating committee, pre sented a list of officers for the coming year. The club elected Mrs. E- L. Beeson, president; Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent, first vice president; Mrs. R. Y. Tilson, second vice president; Mrs. C. M. 1 Shotts, treasurer; Mrs. BTookS ' Wilson,, recording secretary. Mrs., Grady Bailey, corresponding sec retary. w During the social hour the hostess served, a dessert course. New Travel Suryey ,V The impact of 810 million dollars on the economy of North Carolina last year was outlined in the new travel survey just completed, by the Travel Council of North Carolina. President Lynn Nisbet of the Travel Cou n cil handed the first copy of the survey to Governor Sanford at his press conference with the announcement that for the first time, information about the multi-million doliar travel industry is available for regio n s and counties as well as for the State as a whole. The survey reveals that in 1960 over 24 million out-of-state travelers spent $245 million in North Carolina. Home state tour ists and business travelers spent an additional $565 million to bring to SBIO the dollar value of the travel industry. This makes travel .the third largest dollar producer in the State, being ex ceeded o n iy by North Carolina’s nation-leading textile and tobacco manufacturing industries. The survey also shows travel to be a major tax producer in Variety VacatTonland, contribut ing over 34 per ce«t ($157 mill ion) to State tax collections last ytar. Os this amount, sls million was attributable to out-of-state travelers- Over six cents of every tourist doßar went to the State' in taxes. As a public service, the Travel Council, a non-profit organization of travel industry leaders, spon sored the survey by Dr. Lewis Copeland of the University of Tennessee. Dr. Copela n d is a re cognized authority in this ftdd. The Council Is maki n g copies available to reference libraries throughout the &tate. give TO THE YANCEY UNITED FUND Subscription $2.50 Per Year ov, r to the fund treasuicr, Bob Rhinehart. Campaign chairman Leslie Hen sley is still hopeful that when 1 all contributioSs are i n , a n d all pi, dges paid, the total will ap proximate 100 per cent of the goal set for the 1961 . campaign. If the total goal is reached, this will be the second time in the seven year life of the organization that the "county has raised the full "amount set by the organize tion’s budget committee. The campaign committee be lieve that the volunteer workers who canvassed the county for contributions deserve much credit for the hard .work they did,_ and for giving their oi. S. credit also should go to the places of business where all employees made contributions. Ibese havqi been listed each week in the Re cord under the UF Ho n or Roll. Chairman Hensley is particularly pleased that this bo n or roll, list ing 21 organizations is longer this year' than ifr any other pre vious campaign. This he feels, is. evidence of broad acceptance of the UF way of giving, and pro vide assurance of the future success of the organization in Yancey County. V Among the organizations assist ed by the UF are the Red Cross, with its blood program for the county, The Yancey Hospital, the library, the . County Health Center, and 4-H Clubs. Funds are provided for aiding crippled children and the blind, and for the efficient combatting of dread diseases. I " ’ ; ' ~"gi ass in mi i Local Students In Mars Hill Choir i The Mars Hill College Choir, under the direction of Thomas J. Cole, presented the Messiah on Sunday afternoon, December 3rd, at 4:00 p. m. at Mars Hill. The choir i s made up of 60 voices from the stude n t body. Missis Marietta Atkins and Bar bara Pate . are members of the choir. Church Supper At Celo Meth odist Church The Celo Methodist Church is sponsoring a church supper to be held on Saturday, December 9th, in the church. Supper will be served from 6 to 8 p. m. at SI.OO for adults and 50c for children, Proceeds will go to the improve ment -fund, " /■■ ~ ' ’ /- ' ■H Miss America, Maria Beale Fletcher, is pictured discussing the 1961 Christmas Seal Campaign with Miss Patsy Tipton of Asheville, who represents the children on the 1961 Christmas ffcal, and Vernon C, Wilson, President, Buncombe Cou n ty- Tuber culosis ana Health Association, They point out t h at Christmas Begls support th* programs of tuberculosis associations in North Carolina relating to education, referrals, research, patient ser vices and case finding. They remind North Carolinian ß to use Christmas Seals on all their Christmas cards and packages. The Yancey Record * - ttt- Pvt. Southers Completes Recruit Training ’ imM |nV i BBSlEit.: ' * i Parris Island, S. C. Marine! Pvt. Franklin D. Southers, so a j of Mr. a n d Mrs. Donald Southers . of Rt. 3, Burnsville, complete! 4 ’ his recruit training 0 n November 20 at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Isla n d, S. C. • The 12th week training course included drill bayonet training, physical conditioning parade and ceremonies. Three weeks were spent on the rifle range firing the M-l rifle and receiving instructions on basic Marine Corps infantry weapo n s. After finishing his rifle training he was present'd with the expert rifelraan medal by his Captain. New leathernecks, upon com pletion of recruit training at Parris Island, report to Camp Lejeune for < combat infantry training. Joyce Mitchell Named Co~Ed Correspondent Miss Joyce Mitchell, 18, of Burnsville, has been named Co-ed »Correspondent for the 1981-62 school year, according to aif an nouncement by Margaret Hauser, editor .f “Co-ed Magazine."’ Miss Mitchell, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Mitchell, is in the 12th grade at East YaOefev High School, Burnsville. Her appointment was made by Mrs." Mack B. Ray, home economics teacher at East Yancey. Selected for her qualities of leadership and her enthusiasm for home economics, Miss Mitchell will serve as junior advisor to< the editors of “Co-ed”, national magazine for teen-age girls, and will keep them informed of acti" i vities at East Yancey High s School. There are more than 2300 Co-ed Cori-espondents throughout > the United States and Ca n ada. > Presentation of a special “Co - ed” pin and card was made to ■ Miss Mitchell in class by Mrs. Hay. “Dedicated To The Progras# Os Yancey County” 'SUHN9VILI* N G, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1961 . •- . __ New Books ; Available In |Hkl«4iyrary nip# J Books may he borrowed from' headquarters library at New land, Bakersville, Burnsville or Spruce Pine and from the Book mobil s in each dl the counties. Requests for books in <<i-.culr.tion may be placed in the various lib raries or on the bookmobiles. NON-FICTION ANYONE CAN "LIVE OFF THE LAND by Jam s Ralph Johnson. How to stay warm in tile wilder ness; how to fish without tackle: how to quench thirst without. water; these a“d many more J ’ valuable items are included for ; the prospective camper, j DEEP SEA, / HIGH MOUN -1 TAIN by Elliott Roberts. Maps, developed by the Cbasi and Geodetic Sur vey are described. This book opens a new area of interest to the scientific-minded. GARDNER’S WORLD Edited by Joseph Krutch. This beautiful volume contains the great litera ture of Plant lore from Homer to Thorcau a*kl from Boccaccio to Edwin Way Teale. FICTION FALSE ENTRY by Hortema Calliaher. An unusual first novel. The author uses a ciever form of characterization to relate past history to life of today. PRESENCE OF GRACE by J. F. Powers. Nine short stories are related in humorous fashion; j often told by Father Malt’s black cat! Health Depart ment Schedule Announced General Clinics for immuniza tions, food handlers examinations, and miscellaneous services are held by the Mitchell-Yancey District Health Department in accordance with the following schedule: Health Center, Burnsville, Mon days 12:30 to 4:30 P. M.; Health Center, Bakersville, Tuesdays 12:30 to 4:30 P. M.; Health Clinic Spruce Pine (Town Hall) Thurs days 12:30 to 4:00 P. M. Regular chest x-ray service is available at the Health Centers in Bakersville on Tuesday morn ings and at Burnsville on Monday morniings. Persons referred to the Health Department for this service by private., physicians, tuberculosis case follow-ups and contacts, food-handlers, a n d em ployees of mining companies are the main groups to whom this service is available. To defray a part of the cost a charge of $2.00 ■is made for those who are able to pay. The Public Health Nurse at each of the Health Centers acts is x-ray technician. The films are J mailt d to the Western North ("arolina Sanatorium at Black 'fountain where experts interpret • >iem and make the reports. | The Health Department clinic I n the basement of the Spruce J ine Town Hall has disco n tinued he taking of cheat x-rays for an indefinite period. The reason for this, according to Dr. Wm. B. Stryker, District Health Director, is that the x-ray equipment is out of order, very old, obsolete, and not economically repairable. It would require several thousand i dollars to rquip this cli n ic for taking chest x-rays. The mo n ey is not available and the amount of work which would be do r *e does ntot justify so large an expendi ture. I LOCALS Rev.. and Mrs. Charles B. Trammel visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Trammel, Jr. and children in Elkin this week- Their grandso ll , John Trammel, accom panied them Home for a visit. - -■ i me Annual Limit ji Restored On Series H Bonds Effective January 1,1962, the purchase limit on • Series H Sav- i ings Bonds by any one buyer in \ any calendar year will be raised ■ to $20,000. Since 1957, SIO,OOO , J has been the annual l’im*t. The a n nual limit on Series E and H Bonds was reduced from $20,000 to SIO,OOO on May 1, 1957, , after having been set at the higher figure in 1952. Tin new ruling will not change the p re " | | sent limit of sfo,ooo on S ries ! E bo n ds (face value) for a y calendar year. W. H. Andrews, Jr., State Vol unteer Chairman, U. S. Savings Bonds Committee, hails the Treasury’s decision to raise the j , annual purchase limit. He said, “The current restoration of the •520,000 purchase limitation on H Bonds results from a growing demand by institutional investors for a higher limit- Such invest ors partnerships, corporations, ’ pension funds, ard others have * been eligible buyers of these bonds only since 1958. Their need to buy larger amounts of Series H Bonds was instrumental in l - the Treasury’s decision.” * Interest on these bonds *s pay t able by check semi-annually and (amounts to an investment yield of 3-% % when held for the full ’. ten years to maturity. * ‘ Both Series E and H Bonds can be purchased through com- 1 mercial ba n ks in North Carolina, 1 which handle Savings Bonds sales as a patriotic service to 1 their country,” Mr. Andrews said. United And Honor Roil 100 Per Cent Contributing In the following organjzafJon«s 100 pT cent of employ w» have contributed to the 1961 campaign of the Yancey United Fund. - Glen Raven Mil! ; A.S.C.S Office Yancey Hospital Post Office Medical and Dental Profession in Yancey County Farm Home Administration office i County Extension Service ; r'- South Toe School Yancey County Health Canter French Broad Elec. Mem. Corp. The Northwestern Bank Roberts Chevrelet-Buick, lac -- ■ - . -r, ' ■ *" * j Micaville Elementary School , > * Robinson’s Dairy Yancey Builders Suppy ; Welfare Office j Oak Crest School ( B. B. Penland & Son Co. I Penland Hardwood Lumber Co. Feldspar Corporation Deneen Mica Co County Court House The above list is probaWy not complete, as solicitors to ,R cases did not report-the pet asm of employees canfcrOwtto*. Tbit Yancey Record will reprint *he Honor Roll next week wtft q* addition of any other organhatio.is which qualify. ~ _ * tf* ~ i r *- *- ~r~ r ' Prim Par Copy; Ml .. 1 - —-r~ -- -a a -dm, . ... II tmmum i Growers Rush Tobacco To Warehouse Floors Yancey County tobacco growers are rushing to get ( tbeir tobacco to market for the *o called first sale before the usual market slump comes- According to County Ag« n t, E- Junior Woman’s Club To Sponsor Bazaar The Junior Woman’s Club is sponsoring a bazaar on Saturday, December 9th in town beginning at 9:00 a. m. Members will have holiday j cakes, cookies, candies, and pas tries for sale. There will also <*be stuffed animals, which make nice gifts for children. Proceeds from the sale will apply on the Com munity building debt. / : T Former Resident Honored In New Jersey Mr. Charles Ayers was presett ed with a wrist watch at his home in Hope.well, N. J, where he has been employed for 32 years. The watch was presented as a token of the esteem of his co workers in the Institute. Mr. Ayers is the son 0 f tire late Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ayers, lifelong residents of Yancey County. NUMBER SLmfitf L. Dillingham, more than o“e third of Yancey County 4 * tobacco has either been sold or is on warehouse floors, DoHingham said good tobacco is bringing a good price. Crops are averaging in the high 60c per lb. bracket, with some crops going a$ high as 71 and 78e. The crops bringing the highest prices are those that She clean i and dry. Wet, dirty tobacco greatly lowers the average price. Farmers who have their tobac co ready to sell should do so im mediately, the farm agent said. However, tobacco should be dried out well bffore it is placed on the market. Tobacco markets in this area began sales November 27 and will close for the holidays on December 21. They will re-open 4 * the first week in January. The local farm office" estimates that approximately 09% of to bacco sold from this county went to the Asheville market, while the remainder was marketed In Boone, and in Tennessee ware houses. The estimated poqud* of tobac co grown in Yancey County this ye*r is above 2,699,990 pounds. This estimation is based oil an average of pounds per acre for the county’s allotment. Sale of this year's tobacco crop should total above $1,799,099 according to the farm office. +W .■im ■ hi m ■ " Miss Gtosgt Practice Teaching In Buiicomk* Barbara Gladys Geouye, dau ghter of Paul D. Geoage living at Rt. 6, Burnsville, N. C. is now doing student teaching at Black Mountain Primary School, Black Mta. N. C., Buncombe. * '/ Miss Geoage is taking part during the winter quarter, Nov ember 29, 1961 through March 2, 1962 in the student teaching pro gram of Appalachian State Tea chers College, Boone. N. C. In this program students devote approximately twelve weeks & student teaching in the field for which they have been preparing. Miss Geoage is teaching Grade One under the supervision of Mrs. C. E. Brown. As part of the Student teaching program, the Appalachian student usually live* >n the community near the school and participates in com* ■uunity activities as well ae in school activities- The student de voirs full time in th* school ah£ (gradually takes ever the futt teaching load, always under the suprrvislon of the supervising teacher and (be principal. The .local school’s participation with student teaching program is a valuable asset ts .the general education program of jjNonh Carolina. - . v Barbara Gladys Geougc gradua ted from Micavilfe High School in 1953. Leads I"■ Mrs. Lilly Griffith is under ■ going treatment in Yancey Hos j pital here. , Mrs. Joe Holler and daughter lef Fairbanks, Alaska fa' visiting * | her paints, Mr. and Mia. Flaril | McCurry, here. mSKI HRtttt OH W.C. HIGHWAYS RALSfGQ The Malar VeM-, chs Department's summary <* traffic Oaths through 10 A. Bt t December 4,19 M: KILLED TO DATE 1194 I KILLED To Date Last Year 1192
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