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Yancey County Hails 4-H Club Week March 3-10
Toe River Tourney To
Open At East Yancey
The Toe River Basketball Tour
nament will open at East Yancey
High School Gym on March Bth.
AH high school-; representing the
three county area; Mitchell, Avery
EY Students
To Take Nation
al Merit Test
20 students at East Yancey
High School plan to take the
1962 National Merit Qualifying
Ti st, Woodrow M. Anglin, prin
cipal, announced today. Arrange
ments are under the direction of
Mrs. Joyce Howell.
The test will be administered by
Miss Ethel Boone at the school,
at 9:00 a. m. Tuesday, March 6. |
All students who wish to be con
sidered for Merit Scholarships to
be awarded in 1963 must take
the test at that time.
The qualifying test is a three
hour examination of educational
development. The test is the first t
step in the eighth annual com
petition for four-year Merit
Scholarships provided by the Na
- —tional- Merit —Schniarshipr - Corpora- '
tion and by sponsoring corporat
ions, foundation, associations,
unions, and individuals.
The numb r of. scholarships
awarded in any year depends up
on the extent of sponsor partici
pation.
The test scores of students who
are examined in March will be
reported -to their schools by May
15. The scores are used by class
advisors in many high schools to
help students make decisions
about college attendance , land
field of study.
Some 10,000 semifinalists, the
highest scorers in each state, will
be named early next fall, |
An additional 25,000 students,
selected on a national basis, re
ceive letters of commendation for
their high performance on this
qualifying test. These students.
are considered for special awards
made through the Merit Corpora
tion.
Each semifinalist will be asked
to take a second examination.
Those who repeat their high per
formance will become finalists in
the Merit Program. Winners of
Merit Scholarships will be se
lected from the finalist group on
sche j basis of school records and)
recommendations, test scores, ex
tracurricular activities, leader
ship ability, and accomplishments
outside the classroom. Each fin
alist is awarded a certificate of!
THE WHITE HOUSE
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TO 4-H CLUB MEMBERS;
Oreetings and gc.vi wishes on your forthcoming obserrence
at National 4-H C’- ’.b Woek. You deservo congratulation*
for the fijje record yr.i have achieved In your program
atresdug the fnac-fcld development of Head, Heart, Haad*,|
and'Healtli. Jo i-Zl yon develop mentally a* w*ll as
physically, benefiting from the guidance of parents and
public-spirited leaders. You also contribute to a roor*
responsible ard competent citisenship which it today's,
greatest challenge to young people,
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1 would commend you .especially for your constructive
and worthwhile efforts in learning to liva and work COQPX.
eratively with others. Your promotion of goodwill and
friendly association with other people, and your ever
enlarging circles of friendship, will help bring about
better and happier relations at home and abroad,
Already you have built bridge* of understanding to more |
than 50 other land* with 4-H or parallel organ’’ nation*, and
$ trust your program will contlnua to grow and expand,' I
May each of you influence other boys end glrle, other
young men and women, to join you in.learning, living, and I
Serving through 4-H, I
\ John r. Kennejlf J
THE YAHCEY RECORD
"Dedicated to The Progress Os Yancey County"
and Yancey, will be entered.
The first game of the tourna
ment will begin on Thursday
evening at six o’clock with the
Crossnore boys playing the Cane
River Rebels; the second game
beginning at seven-thirty pita the
Spruce Pine girls against the Cane
River girls; the third and fin a l
game of the evening at nine
o’clock, the East Yancey boys will
play the Bakersville boys.
The continuation of the tourna
ment will be Friday and Satur
day nights, with the champion
ship games o n Monday night,
March 12.
The East Yancey basketball
teams will wind up their 1961-62
season Friday night, March 2, by
playing host to the Cranberry
j teams. The girl’s game will get
under way at 7:00 p. m. and the
boy’s game at 8:80 p. m.
EAST YANCEY GIRLS IN
PLAY-OFF
The East Yancey girls, winders
of the Western Division of the
. Skyline “A” Conference, will
play Old Fort girls, winners of
the Eastern Division, in the East
Yancey gym, Tuesday, March 6.,
at 8:00 p. m. ——^
Members of the East Yancey
girls team include the following:
Forwards; Nancy Howell, Ruth
Jones, Gwel Young, Juanita Sparks
Linda Hensley and Gail Sparks.
Guards; Karen Blalock, Charlene
Gibbs, liis Schwintzer, Paula
Brooks, Lsvoftß* Murdoek, Betty
Harris, and Ida Hughe*.
There will be a junior varsity
game at 7:00 p. m-
MEETING CHANGED
The March meeting of the Bur
nsville Woman's Club has bee n
changed to ’Tuesday, March 13
i due to the Tri-County Basketball
I Tournament.
’ The Club is sponsoring the
High School Girls in a sewing
fashion review as their program.
merit attesting to his outstand
. ing performance.
The scholarship stipends are
based on financial need. The
minimum award is fIOO and the
maximum is SISOO. The average
stipend awarded to freshman
Merit Scholars in 1961 was $847.
Each scholarship constitutes a
form of educational insurance,
since the stipend may be increas
ed at any time if the student’s
| financial situation changes dur
ing the four-year term of the
scholarship.
Suppkmentary grants are usu
ally made to the colleges that
! the Scholars attend. , i
4-H Clubs Un
dergo Change
4-H Club work in Ya n cey
County is (undergoing a revolu
tion. This happens to be peace-1
ful revolution.
Extension Agents are working
with 4-H Club members, local
f leaders and sponsoring groups in
2 making the changeover from
L> school clubs to Community <i-H
8 Clubs. The present plans are to
3 be out of {he schools entirely .by
2 1963.
1 The movement of 4-H Clubs
3 back to she community will —S3="
1 sist the school officials in their
efforts to give mote time to
reading, writing and arithmetic,
and at the same time allow more
time for 4-H educational and re
• creational activities.
4-H Clubs are being organized
• over the county with the aasiri
' ance of sponsoring groups such
as community clube and other
1 (organizations. The sponsoring
group usually provides a mact
-3 ing place and local leader*.
Clubs are already organized
in Double Island, Brush Creek,
Arbuekle and Ntwdale. These are
> sponsored by the Community
• Clubs. At Newdale, Mr. and Mrs.
1 Tommy Gibbs, former outstanding
• 4-H Club members, are serving!
- as leaders. Other. I
!> Jwkß _ Cn *k,
Banks Creek, Pensacola.
Extension Agents will asais;
: other groups in organizing a 4-H
1 Club upon request.
• E. L. Dillingham, County Agri
• cultural Agent, Bald that the
‘ school people have cooperated 160
‘ per cent with Extension workers]
• in 4-H dub work and that the
Extension Office Would like to
’ express appreciation for all the
assistance received from school
j people.
j I Parkway Play
i house Announ
ces Ful! Program
Gordon Bennett, Director of the
Parkway Playhouse, and with
• the Drama Department of 0 the
University of Miami, has annoui -
t c«d a full program »t the Park
s way Playhouse this summer.
■ Mr. Bennett stated that they I
: hoPe to be able to present thej
1 first play of the season by the;
• week-end of the 4th of July,
1 which will be earlier than in pro
’ vioua years.
Lester Moore of Rutgers Uni
-1 versity will be back this year >
1 along With Miss Annetta Wood
' director of the old school of Dra
ma at Rutgers, Fred Koch '•
the University of Miami wii
’ also b« back
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Agricultural
I Groups To Meet
In Burnsville
This is getting to be a very
popular convention city, according '
to E. E. Dillingham, County Ag
ricultural Agent.
Friday of, this week, approxi
mately 35 Extension Agents wil
come to town for a n all-day
leadership trainihg session on 4-H
and Community Club organization
The meeting will be held beginn
ing at 9:30 a- m. in the Firth.,
Carpet Company Cafeteria. Ag
ents from Avefjr, Mitchell, Wa
tauga, Madison, Buncombe, Hen
derson, Transylvania a®d Yancey ’
will be in attendance, along with
District Agents and State College
Departments of Rural Sociology
and 4-H Club personnel.
The group will be served hinch >
by one of the 4 Methodist Church
cirqles.
Other meetings planned for \
Burnsville in. the near future In
clude a farm management meet
ing March 2, Agricultural Foun
(Continued on b»ek pmg«)
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County's Young
Men To Hear
Jaycees
The possibility of organizing a
Junior Chamber of Commerce in
Yancey County will be aired a* an
open meeting': which has been
scheduled by the Marion Jaycees
ijfttd State Jajspre Vice President
Bill Suttle for 7:30 p, m-, Tues
day, March 6,' ; at the Burnsville
Town Hall, f
According to Suttle, the meet
ing was set at the request of
several young • men of Yancey
County who have expressed an
interest in forming a Junior
Chamber unit here.
Suttle further reports that
many young flien, already con
' tacted, will be present for the
meeting. One of them, State High
way Patrolman Arnold Rector of
Burnsville, wiH provide addition
al information concerning the
meeting to other interested young
men.
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At thie bribing meeting, Mar
ion Jaycees will explain various
phases of their operation, com
munity and membership benefits
resulting from Junior Chamber
operations and Junior Chamber
. membership requirements. A ques-
Ition and answer session will close
the session, and there will be no
, obligation to feintbegrcrap placed
on those attending.
The Marion Jaycees have been
instrumental in organizing Jun
ior Chamber groups in both
Mitchell and Avery County. In
addition to these,. Suttle has taken
■ pari this y«»r in|the formation of
new clubs Bto 91d Fort. Granite
| Fans and Ashe CSmnty.
, The Junior Chamber c f Corn-'
merce is a civic service organiza
tion whose membership is open
to all young men between the
ages of 21 and 35, inclusive.
Purpose of the world-wide or
ganization is the improvement of,
the communities in which units'
are located and perso n al develop-*
ment of its members; both objtc-j
tives being accomplished through j
a wide variety of project activi-j
ties choeon by individual local \
chapters.
Junior Chamber chapters are!
located i« more than 8,900 com- 1
j mu n itie* in the United States,
! with more than 160 of these being
jin North Carolina, a n d have a |
! total membership of over 200,000
Internationally, Jaycee chapter
exist in over 88 countries a n d
territories.
Jaycees in this country have
•their own headquarters in Tulsa,'
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! «T° n '^ e R amber °u C ° mmerce - ***** ** President’s Gavel to the Chamber's
Penn Daw Motor Motel* 9 1 ""' S ’ f* tha Chan 'ber , s Eighth 'Annual Installation Ceremonies at the
Penn Daw Motor Motel, 2 miles south of Alexandria, Virginia, observing the action are Ernest S.
Corse, a part president and master of ceremonies for the Installation, and Mrs. Briggs. Mr. Briggs
is affiliated with the Alexandria Office of Virginia Electric and Power and has a history of com
munity semce thm-out Northern Virginia, and prior «to coming to Alexandria in January 1950, in
West Point, Virginia Burnsville, North Carets, Ms heme town, whet* he served , s Mayor in
1943-44. ,
PTA Group To
Hold Discussion
It is hoped that members from
all- the organized Parent-Teacher
Association’s in the county will
attend the discussion groups
planned for March 5 and 20, 7:30
p. m., at East Yancey High School
and Burnsville Elementary re
spectively. These are regular
meeting dates.
The topics for discussion will
be based on the interests of the
parents and teachers as expressed
through the check lists distributed
and marked at recent meetings.
The March 5 meeting at East
Yancey will consider the theme
‘•How can I prepare my child to
live in today’s world?” Free dis
cussion groups will consider
different aspects of this there.
This promises to be a rich ex
perience for all who attend a n d
share their concerns and ideas
For any p. T. A- to reach the
goals so? standardization, six
members should attend a group
such as this. If you belong to two
P. T. A.’s your attendance can
count for both.
These two meetings have been
planned by a committee repre
senting East Yancey High, Burns
ville Elementary and South Toe
River Schools; but this is a spec
ial invitation to the members of
all other p. T. A.’s in the county
to use this opportunity .to fleet
tihis particular standardization goal
Bailey Named
; Chairman of 11th
e District Rep.
? /lornaf* TV i
Orarretc u. Hailey, Her mm lie \
{Attorney, was elected district
| chairman of the 11th District Re- [
publicans at their convention i n ;
Waynesville Saturday. He sue- j
ceedg Dan Judd of Asheville, j
Mrs. A. H. Eller of Hayesville ■
was reelected vice chairman and
Bruce Hawkins of Bryson City
I was name d secretary. Robert
I Presnell and B. R. PeUland were (
I named as members of the state |
j executive committee from Yancey j
| County.
j The Eleventh District Republi
j cans held their district, convention 1
lin Waynesvilk o a Saturday, ’
February 24.
of World War II dead built at
, a ccst of over $300,000 from con
tribution received from Jaycees
throughout the nation. The North i
Carolina Jaycees are headquarters
in their own coffies in High Point
and have grown this year from
about 6,300 to well over 8,000
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County 4-H
Highlights In 1961
The Yancey Cou n ty 4-H Ach
ievement Night was hfcld in
March, 1961. Mr. W. F. Algary,
Manager of J. C. Penney Com
pany of Asheville, was\ the inain
speaker. For the second time, 4-H
Club members had exhibits at
Achievement Night.
In March, six 4-H Club mem
bers submitted 7 long-time re
cords be -'judged in. the Wes
tern Club district. Four re
ceived blue ribbo n s and one re
ceived a red ribbon and two re
ceived white.
In April, the a n nual 4-H Tal
int Show was held at the Burns-
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MPiMMptfMt
Strategic Missile
| Squadron
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A 2c. Ronnie E. Bailey of Bur
nsville RFD 1 has completed a
22 week tech school at Chanute
l Air Force Base, 111., and a t*n
week school at Sheperd Air Force
Base in Wic’uta Falls, Texas.
Airman Bailey is now stationed
at Ofuitr AFB in Omaha, Neb.,
With the 549 Strategic 'Missile
Squadron. This squadron supports
th< “D”. senes Atlas Missile.
He entered the Air Force in
January, 1961. His wife, Shirley
•Young Bailey, lives at RFD 2,
Burnsville. She plans to join her
husband at a Lter date.
Airman Bailey is the son of Mr.'
and Mrs. Rotha bailey of Rt. 1.
villa school gymnasium, 13®
4-H’ers participated is the event.
The three best numbers repre
sented Yancey County at Hie
District Talent Show.
In May, a Queen and King of
Health Improvement were select
ed ®nd crowned from practically
every club in the county.
The county 4-H Dress Revue
and Health Pageant was held at
the Burnsville school in June. The
fashion show was presented to a
court of Kings and Queens of
Health Improvfment. The Junior
Kihg and Queen received a free
trip to camp. The Senior King
and Queen represented Yancey
County in the State Health Page
ant held during State 4-H Club
Week in Raleigh. The junior
Dress Revue winner, Alene Nord
strom, won a free trip to camp.
The senior Dre*s Revue winner,
Mary Sue Grindstaff, won a fret, •••-.
trip to 4-H dub Week.
District Dem mstratiou Day
was held in June at Clyde A.
. Erwin High School in Buncombe
j County. There were 86 chib mem
berg, parents and leaders atte»d
[1 ing from toe eourty. Demolstra-
I tions were given in the followidg
I fields: Electric, forestry, chicken
I Barbecue, wildlife, dairy foods,
I.fruit and vegetable use, and Sew-
I ing. Winning county 4-H tal-
I ent numbers competed with win
] ers from other Western N. C.
' counties. Basil McDougald waa
rimOfr-up in forestry demonstra
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Five Yancey County 4-H’ers
{attended 4-H Club Week 1n Rale
igh. Oscar FVnder, Jr. and Donna
McDougald represented Yancey
County in the State Health Page*
ant
In August, 88 club members
and 2 leaders attended Junior
4-H Camp at Swarmanoa. Tommy
Adkins and Ramona Bowditch >
were chosen outstanding campers.
The county Dairy Show was
hid on Monday, August 7. A
total of 18 animals in three
brepds were shown by 18 boys
and giris. The next day, August
8, three dub members showed 6
annuals in the W. N. C. District
Dariy Bhow at E°ka. Viann
Duncan won the Jersey fitting
and showmanship for the
third year in a row.
Dilda Fender was Yano y Coun
ty's delegate to Ft* x;te‘y Camp
at Millstone.
'Die annual cook-out for 4-H
Community Clubs was held at
ha Carlie Rica farm in August.
Also in August, Oscar Fender
•as Yancey County's repreaenta
tv« at Electric Congress a n d
Yildlife Camp.
Arbuekle and Banks C*vek com
munities led tbs way in the or
oniration of community 4-H
-übs.
In September, a farm tour of
h: Pig Chain members was held,
hre* of tbs Pig Chain members
:ceived blue ribbons and two re
vived red ribbons.
In October, the y County
Tobacco Judging Team entered
competition at the State Fair.
In November, two Yanqsy
: County 4-H’erg entered the
|W. N. C. Fat Stock Show and
; Sale at Enka.
1 In December, the western N. C.
Tobacco Show and Sale was held
in Asheville. Stven Yanjey
County 4-Her’* entered this show.
Eddi« Edwards won third place
in the show. Eugene Styles won
fourth place tend Keith Style#
won sixth place.
This has been a good year in
4-H, but we can make next year
better if we try. We should strive
to make the test better because
do today. Congratulations go to
all 4-H’ers tor outstanding wo*