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VOLUME TWENTY SIX ■ - Girl Scouts Observe 50th Anniversary Juliette Gordon Low, a remark able Southern gentlewoman, start ed Girl Scouting in the United States on March 12, 1912, when she organized the first troop of Girl Scouts in her home town of Savannah, Ga. Fifty years have passed since that day. The movement in this country has grown from one troop of 12 girls in one city to a total of almost three and one half million members organized into 164,000 troops in each of the 60 states, and in 49 foreign coun tries where American girls live Heavner In Mardi Gras Parade p * /• Cadet Lester R. Heavner, Jr„ , Bon of Mrs. Robbie H. Heavner, Robertson Street, Burnsville, N. C-, was among 186 Citadel cadets participating in the Mardi Gra6 parade in New Orleans Tuesday, March 6. For the third consecutive year The Citadel’s Bald, Bagpipers, Summerall Guards, and Color Guard traveled to New Orleahs to take part in the famous Mardi Gras. The military college Band and Bagpipers form an -unusual musical congregation, and only one other unit in the world is known to be trained to play with the bagpipes incorporated i n to the conventional only other so trained is the band of England’s Blackwateb Regiment. The college’s precision drill ( team is known as the Summerall Guards. This unit is composed of 61 firstclassmen. a n d performs an intricate set of' close-order drills known as The Citadel These 61 cadets are selected i u | severe competition among more than ~gOO who try for membership in the pnit each year. The cadets arrived ..jn New Or leans at about mid-day on March 4. The following day they practiced their drill routines, -*nd attended a luncheon sponsored, by The New Orleans Citadel Club. | They arrived back in Charleston, at 8 p. m. Wednesday. The cadets attended the gala Rex Ball Tuesday night following the parade- Loris Randolph . Doing Practice * Teaching Loris D.' Randolph, daughter of Yates Randolph living at Green Mountain, N. C. is now ***) student teaching at Mulberry Street Elem. School, Statesville, N. C. Miss Randolph la taking part during the spring quarter, March 8, 1962 through May 24,, 1962 in the student teaching program of Appalachian State Teachers College, Boone, N. L. In this program students devote approximately twelve ««*■ » student teaching in the field so which they have -been preparing. Miss Raldolph is teaching First grade under the supervision o* Mrs. Stevenson. As part of 0 Student ’ teachings program, the Appalachian student usually lives i n the corqmunity near the school and participating in com munity activities as well aB m school activities; The student de . votes full time in the school and gradually takes over the full teaching load, always under the supervision of the supervising teacher and tHe principal. Tim local with Appalachian}/ student teaching program it a valuable asset to the education program of North Carold*. Loris D. Randolph graduated, from Clearmont High School i n 1968. THE YANCEY RECORD '* "Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County" • • *'•".** • ■ • j* Subscription 82.50 Per Yew - ..... - 1 with their families. In 60 years, Borne 18 and one half million Americans have been members of Girl Scouts of the U. S. A. Modem Girl Scouting is an extension and development of the original program started by Jnliette Low. ’ Girl Scouting is for all girls between the ages of seven throu gh 17. The only requirement for membership remains willingness to take and try to live the Girl Scout Promise, “On my honor, I will try: To do my duty to God and my country; to help other people at all times; to obey the Girt Scout laws.” The Girl Scout purpose is to help girls become happy, resource ful, creative citizen* serving their homes, communities and for that matter, the woHd. There are four Scout Troops in Burnsville and two Troops have registered in Be« Log. Scouting was organized in the county around 14 years ago, with the j first Troops at Bald Creek under the leadership of Mrs. James Proffitt. Burnsville now has two { Brownie Troops, Troop 86 with j Mrg. Jess Styles and Mrs. Nick ' Huskey as leaders, and Troop 65 with Mrs. Julian Cornwell and Mrs. Jade Edge as leaders; In termediate Troop 88 under the leadership of Mfek P. C- Coletta with Mrs. Max fßehland, Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent "and Mrs. Bob Hilliard as and Troop 66, Seniors, under the leadership Os- Miss Annie Hassell. The Inter 1 - mediate Troop at Bee Log is un der the direction of Mrs. G. F. Urquhart and the Brownie Troop under the leadership of Mrs. Bruce Mclntosh. Plans Made For District Method- i isi Meeting Mack B. Ray, Ralph Adair,' Mrs. JiHie Brooks, Don Pardue, Charles Wilson, Jr., Ray Bod ford, Max Proffitt and Mrs. Flora Belle Roberson will attend a Layman’s retr ea t a Memorial Methodist Center at Hayesville, N. C. this week-end. This meeting is for the Asheville District Methodist Laymen. The Rev. Douglas Chmh r j will be the speaker. 1 , - - - II * siei semjrr m — - I MARCH 18-24 Locai Board Should Be Noti fied Os Change Os Address Mr. S. Troy Ray, Chairman of , Yancey County Local Board No. i 101, located i n Northwester! : Bank Building, Burnsville, N. C., said today that it is the duty of i each person registered with Sel , ective Service to notify the Local . Board in writing immediately of any change of address or a E y change in status that might affect his classification. M l \ Ray said furthermore, local boards ire re quired to review all classifications I periodically in order to maintain a current inventory of the No tion's Manpower. This loeal boar i is now in the process of reviewing all records and Current informa tion Questionnaires are beii ; mailed to all registrants. It is ire- j portant and urgent that they! complete and return them prompt ly. Many of these questionnaire - are being returned to the local board u n deliverable by the post office. , Mr. Ray urges all persons re gistered with this local boar \ who have not recently subniitte . j a current address td do ao with out delay. S. Troy Ray, Chairman Local ; Board No. 191- —————• Telephone Pro ject Moving Along In County Telephone officials report that the telephone project is moving J along, and if all cooperate that I the project' should be completed I by the time the 160 days ate up. j Some delay has resulted due to I weather and right-of-way problems } The engineer said that the cod tractor bid off the job and bought his materials based on the right- j of-ways as shown on the map. Unless all people where poles arc j Ito be set, starting in Burnsville | ! with the exchange to the end of | the line, cooperate, some of the ‘ communities and citizen# who i were to get service will n 0 t be, able to get it. People in the Pensacola area have been most cooperative ac cording to telephone officials a n d this project is practically com plete. Yancey County is at the Bottom of the list in rural telephone ser vice. This is a golden opportunity to get telephones and the job will be with the cooperation of the clMens of the county. BURNSYILL.% K. ft, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1962 11 .ii -i i r ,v ~ Methodists At tend Layman’s Meeting Rev. Robert G. Tuttle, District Superintendent of the Asheville District of the Methodist Church, has announced plans for the Asheville Methodist Hour March , 25 at 7:30 in the Asheville City Auditorium. This special Sunday! evening service will launch the Week of United Evangelistic Visitatiod, March 25 through April 1 in the 94 Methodist churches in the district. A choir of 200 people. will lead an expect ed congregation of 3,000. Bishop Nolan. P- Harmol, Bishop of the .Western North CaroUda Method ists, will preach. A section for you n g people will be reserved. The. choir of 200 people com posed of persons from the 94 Methodist Churches in the As ; hevllle District will be directed by ; Edwin H. Easter, Director of Music of Central Methodist Church. Mrs. Edwin H. Easter will be the organist and Mrs. William Peeke will be the pianist A Ministers Chorus will also sing Sixty or Seventy Methodists from this county will attend the meeting. Mack B. Ray is on the planning committee and will ar range transportation ft * the 1 Methodist youth of the county. Don Pardue will represent Hig gins Memorial Methodist Church t a* an usher. The choir from the different churches in the district will have a rehearsal at Central Methodist Church in Asheville on Sunday, March 18th at, 3 p. m. | {Patricia Robinson i » I I Patricia Robinson, daughter of; (Mr. and Mrs. Reece Robinson f Burnsville sold 100 boxes of scout eookies during the recent Girl , Scout Cookie Sale- This qualified j her as a member of the 100th Club and she will be awarded a , | pin by her scout leaders, Mrs. | Jess Styles and Mrs. Nick Hus j key. Patricia is the only SC out in this neighborhood belonging to 1 this club- She is a member of Brownie Scout Troop 86. State Highway Commission Meets RALEIGH The North Caro lino State Higlway Commission today advertised for bids on 36 road projects inv>lvi a g improve (Continued oi back page) Jaycee Mealing Reset The open organizational meet ing to form a Junior Chamber of Commerce for Yahcey County, originally scheduled for March 6th and reset for March 13th, has again been resclieduled, thi > time for Monday night, March lit, at 7:30 p. m., in the Volunteer Firemen’s loom of the Burnsville Town Hall. A conflict with the bi-monthly . meeting of the Fire Department and the death of Durwarr Walker, extension Chair man of the Marion Jaycee chap ter, caused the postponement of the meeting set for last Tuesday night. Monday night’s meeting will be open to all young men, between the ages of 21 and 36, from throughout Yancey County. The purpose of the meeting will be to inform interested young men about the Junior Chamber am’ to make plans for further devel opment of a Yancey County Jaycee Chapter. The purpose of the world-wide Jaycee organization is the im provement of the communities i n which the units are located and pers o nal development of its members; both objectives being accomplished through a wide var iety of project activities. North Carolina now has more than 160 local Ju n ior Chamber organiza tions with over 8,000 members. More than 200,000 United States Jaycees in over 3,900 communities represent a majority of the m«m --1 bership of Junior Chamber Inter '! national which extends to 88 countries ond territories. Sid Cline, President of ,th Marion Jaycees, has said ..that a new extension chairman .would h , j appointed to succeed Walker jjri’.J'l , to meeting next Monday, and / that several members of C:i\ Marion club plan to accompany North Corolina Jaycee Vice Pre-! sident Bill Suttle to BuHtsviUe I for this meeting. World Day Os Prayer Meeting Friday Night The World Day of Prayer ser vice scheduled for Friday night, March 9 at the Presbyterian Chuich here has been re-schedul ed for Friday night, March 16th, at 7:30 p. rti. This postponement was made necessary due to the weather conditions Friday. The • morning meeting was held as scheduled. 1 “For God So Loved the World” is the theme of the 1963 obser vance. Miss Elisabeth Motainger is General Chairman. Special music wlli be given by Jack Kelly at the evening service and Miss Su»an DUlidgham will be at the organ. Balcersville-Tip ton Hill Win Titles The Pakersville boys and Tip- Con Hill girls won the Toe River Conferc: ce Tournament ehampion 'hip 0 here Monday night. The games were played at East Yan cey High School. Bake 3ville, with Buster Buch anad, Burton Woody and Marvin Miller leading the way, defeated the Cranberry boys, 46-43. Tipton Hill girls led by Sue Garland who scored 17 points, downed East Yancey, 86-36. GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP Tipton Hill (36) F-Gariand 17, Tipton 8, Gardner 6, McKinney 5. G-Griffith, Butler, Yelton, }]yrd, Gouge, Hopson- East Yancey (35) F-Jones 13, Young 4, Sparks 6, Howell 12. G-Gibbs, Blaylock, Schwintzer, Hensley. i BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP \ Bakers vil jo ~ (46) B- Buchanan 14, E. Bucannan 2, J. Buchanan 6, Woody 11, Miller 13. Cranberry (43) Bob Kldg- 8, Johnsol 10, Tate 2, Bruce King 2, Aldridge 7, Hagle 4, Jeimidgs 10. ' Ftm Par Copy: llva - ■..Ti'_(ISeWSTpgV:- Seventy-First Annual Meeting Os WMU Mo?e than 1,600 Baptist women; from throughout North Caroi:n a atheied in Asheville.at the First Baptist Church for the seventy- * first annual meeting of the Wom an's Missionary Union March 13-15, 1962. The meeting opened at 7:30 Tuesday evenihg, March Annual Better Living Expositien In Asheville Exhibit spaces and final plans were completed Sunday for the Citizen-Times sponsored third an nual Better Living Exposition which opened Wednesday f or a four-day run in City Auditorium. Some ....9 Western North Caro lida firms are participating in this year’s exposition. Among the featured displays Is one of the Exployer satelitdes caught in the Pacific by trapeze-carrying “Flying Boxcars.” Mayor Earl W. Eller officially opened the exposition with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Bob j Beard, retail advertising manager of The Citizen-Times Publishing Co., directed the ceremonies. The . public has been invited. - Exhibitors and their wives were . fetad at a reception in the V%n . v-thill Room of George Vander , oiit lintel beginning at 5 45 p. m. iho group moved en masse to •he auditorium for the openiOg. Another featured display is the j tfot’di-sjc Home —the first coin-1 I pletely liveable home ever t« be j I's '- ' . ... tjppii wirfrnrtf and the booth siabs varied to allow for ‘ better movement, according to j Don Moore, chairman of the ex- I 'libits committee. Sfore than $5,300 in prizes | both cash and merchandise will be awarded. Included in a replica of a pirate’s chest co». taining SI,OOO in silver dollars. Four “pirate”-costumed coeds from- Asheville-Biltmore College will assist in the ceremonies. .ater they will move the ’ visitors asking questions and 1 rewarding correct answers with a silver dollar. • ’I They are Alice Rogers, Mickey t Schandler, Phyllis Hampton and * 1 Linda Pacoide. 2 The combined value of the 119 3 exhibits is estimated at more than $300,000. The purpose of the exposition is - to afford the people of the area an opportudity to see under one I roof the latest developments in c better modern living. ! b Film At Higgins Church Is it true that smoking injures ones health ? Modern medicine has discover ed that there is a close relation ship between excessive smoking and lung cancer. ;. v ■ Hie. film “One in Twe°ty Thousand" depicts the experience of an individual who developed Ludg cancer and the operation that became a necessity. This aim has been shown in schools and churches extensively through out the country. It has be«n lauded as a “must” for young leople to see. This color motion picture win be shown at the Higgins Seventh day Adventist Church on Swxlay night, March 18, 1962 at 7- p. m mtmrciif ON M.C. HIGHWAYS k RALEIGH —* The Meter YlShi* rles Department's summary of traffic draths through 10 a. M Monday; March 12, 1962: KILLED TO DATE tSZ i KILLED To Date Last Yew ItJ THIRTY 1 13, and closed at nooh, Thurs day, March 15. In commemoration of the *ev ! e D ty fifth anniversary of the or ganization of Woman’s Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention, the state meeting highlighted historical events. Mrs. Foy J. Farmer of Raleigh, a former president of the North Caroling organization, presented a series of messages uased upon the Uvea of some of the outstand ing leaders of the seventy-five year period. On Tuesday night Miss Naale Young, missionary renoptly retir ed after forty years in Nigeria, spoke representing Baptist mis sion work overseas. Mrs. William McMnrry, Promotion Division Director of Woman** Missionary Uhion from Birmingham, Alaba ma, , connected past to present in a rfieeaage on the subject: “The Special Obligation of Woman to Spnead the Gospel,.” which topic was also discussed at the orgasi- rational meeting in 1888. The three-day meeting featured missionaries: MISS NEALE YOUNG, recently retired after 4# yew* service U Nigeria; MISS ; EVELYN OWEN of Japan; and MISS EUNICE PARKER who , works with international students y ih <£u&til, Texas. Staff represen tatives of the Baptist Foreign and Home Mission Boards were MISS EDNA FRANCES DAWKINS of Richmond and WENDELL BE LEW iof Atlanta. Womans Mis*- I lonaiy Union of the ; Soutikern I Captist,, with head- I TteasjjHfe Ij gi:'reih^hjim i was /fe pnraeflte* W MRS. WtfUAM MeiiLilEY. Mrs. Mchiurty.'gßefce Tuesday night and Wedhewtay afternoon. Other out-of-state speaker* operating- on the Wednesday and Thursday programs included Miss Eunice Parker «f Austin, ;Tq*as; -Mr. Fred Dies of Nash ville, 'Tens.; Mias Edda Frances Durkins of Richmond, Virginia awd- Mr. Wendell Befew of At lanta, Georgia.. Music for the meeting was un der, the directio of Joe Stroud .Raleigh, with Don Htnshaw df Wilson at the orgah. A quartet df siagefis: Mrs. Frank StUlweii 0 f Marion, Mrs. C. E- Henry of FtankUh, Conraa. Wilson of Greensboro and Earl Rogers of Asheville, were heard at each service. Guest cellist was Mien Evelyn Owen, furloughing mis sionary from Japan whose home is Atlanta- 1° Japan Mies Owen not only plays her cello at evan gelistic meetings hut frequently plays with Japanese symphony orchestras, Sira. A. L> Parker, prendeht, of Greensboro, * presided over the threw-day meeting which dosed at aeo» on Thursday. Rev. and Mr*. Charles B. Tram mel, Mrs. Lloyd Owens, Mrs. Ed gutter, Jr, Mrs. Jens Styled, iiSns Laura Mae Hilliard u# Mrs. B. R. Penland attended Tuesday night sew ion el 13m meeting and Mrs. Trammel, Mrs. 3ob s Style* and Mrs. B. £. Pen land attended the Wednesday and Wednesday night sessions. Burnsville PTA Meeting March 25th The BurneviUe Elementary will meet on Tuesday. March SO at 7r®o p. m. is the school lunch room. A discussion session will be held by the members. . It is members fro* all the organized PTA’s in tfe county win attend thfe diKu*si& group. The topfes for dineusatih" .will be based »n the interests o*f the parents and teachers as e»- ptassed through the check lists distributed and marked at • The meeting at East Yancey was postponed due to weather .ceodltioss.
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