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VOLIJMF TWENTY SIX Subscription 52.50 Per Year BURN 3YIU*.VKTG, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1962 Cauto NUMBER THUfTY-TWG. * T ULUIHEi iTT 1 * ' Pre-Schoel Clink To Be Held The annual spring round-up of children slated to enter the first grade next fall will, be held in the various elementary schools in April according to plans just Obituaries john s. McKinney John S. McKinney, 60, of Rt. 2, Burnsville, died Tuesday morn in an Asheville hospital foi lowng an extended illness. Mr. McKi n ney was a retired farmer, a son "of the late Char-1 lie and Caroline McKinley, and a member of the Free Will Bap tist Church. He was married in 1920 to the former Miss Ve n ia Roberts, who survives. Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Florence Huski n 3 of Durham; two sons, Lawrence and Lonnie McKinney of Hamp ton, Tenn.; 10 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Also three brothers, Isaac Mc- Kinney of Hampton, Ten n .; Nat, a n d George McKinney of Eliza bethan, Tenn.; and two sisters, Mrs. Mae McKinney of Balti more, Md., and Mrs- Cordie Mc- Kinney of Johnson City, Tenn. Services were held at 2 p. m. Thursday in Crab Tree Free Will Baptist Church. Itcv- Thco Letted man and the Rev. Fred Allen of- ( ficiated. Burial was in Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery. TOM C. HILEMON Tom C. Hilemon, 71, of Burns ville, a retired farmer, died Tues day morning in his home fol lowing a long illness. | Mr. Hilemon was a lifelong re sident of Yancey County. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Dora Mathis; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Fox and Mrs. Charles Mclntosh of Bur nsville; two sisters, Mrs- Flofra Shepherd of Rt. 3, Burnsville; and Mrs. Bill Edwards of Bee Log; four grandchildren a n d two great-grandchildren. Services were held at 2 p- m. Thursday at Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. The Rev. Donald Noblitt, the Rev. Frank Tedder and the Rev. Fred Harrell officiated. Burial was il Gibbs Cemetery. Active pallrearers were Jen nings a®d Bill Murray, Roy Lloyd and Troy Mathis add H. C- McFee, Jr. T. A. McINTOSH Thomas A. Mclntosh, 84, of Rt. 2, Mars Hill died Wednesday morning at his home after a long illness. He was a native of Yancey County and a setir e d farmer. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. G- B- Robinson of RE, 2, Mars Hill, Mrs. William Robinson of Barnardsville and Mrs. Landon Styles of Burnsville; three sons, Charlie, Glenn and John Mclntosh of Burnsville; one brother, Bob Mclntosh of Fletcher; 28 grand-1 children and 31 great-grand children. Services were held at 2 p- in. Friday jn Middle Fork Baptist Church. The Rev. Earl Wheeler, the Rev. EUls Gray and the Rev. W- L. Lynch officiated. Burial was in Horton Creek Cemetery in Yan cey County. CORNELIUS SILVER, Cornelius W- Silver, 79, a re tired farmer of the Pensacola "* section, died in a local hospital Wednesday afternoon following a long illness. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Charles Rathburn of Burns ville; Mrs. Herman Wyatt of Waynesvllle, Mrs. Ed Calloway of Pensacola and Mrs. Olen Mc- Curry of Swanna n oa; three sons, Alvin of Asheville, Wayne of Pensacola and Arlon Silver in the Army at Fort Bragg; three , sisters, Mrs. C. W. - Robertson and Mrs. Minnie Byrd of Pensa cola, and Mrs. Floyd HolUfield . ..... THE YANCEY RECORD . ‘'Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County” ! announced by the District Health; [ Department in cooporation with * , the Mitchell a n d Yancey county . school systems. Letters are being mailed to parents of children who have bee n reported to be ready for! school, announcing the time ardj date, of this pre-school conference j at the applicable local school, 1 . but some names have been i n ad-j . vertent’y missed. Parents of children who will reach their 1 sixth birthday not later —than 1 .[October 15, 1962 are urged to • bring their children to school at , nine o’clock in the morning in accordance with the following; , schedule: • Burnsville April 3; Clear ; mont April 6; Bald Creek s April 10; South Toe April 13; ! Micaville April 17; Bee Log— April 20; Pensacola April 24. , At the Pre-School Conference this year no immunizations will be given. This is because it is ■ < best not to have the young child ■ associate his first visit to school: ■ with the experience of bei n gj stuck with needles. Also, because the doctor’s office or clinic offers better facilities for giving these immunizations than those that have been improvised at schools. North Carolina laws require i that all children be immunized, against diphtheria, tetanus and j whooping cough before reaching the age of one year, and must be given smallpox vaccination and poliomyelitis immunization before entering school- Pare n ts of pre- 1 school children are urged to have | immuniratio n s checked and guy] required additional “shots” o r boosters given at this time- It also is a good idea to have a phy- j sician examine tsese children in 1 order to discover any defects that 1 need attention. | Physical examinations and im-, mun'zations may be obtained from all private physicians in the dis , trict or at the sealth centers. State Highway Comm. Receives Bids RALEIGH The State High way Commission today received bids totaling $4,168,918,41, “on 36 road projects throughout, the State. Low bids will be approved when the Commission meets in Char lotte, Friday, April 13, 1962- Among these projects was YANCEY—2.3O3 miles grading l a n d base course on SR 1317 1 from SR 1312 south to a point j approximately 1.4 miles south of j SR 1318 (Big Brush Creek Road)i Wm- B- Dillard Construction Co., Sylva, N. C. $115,944.50 i '*■» .i. , ■ i .... 1 of Ashevlle; three brothers, A- L. of Hendersonville, Kelzle of Pen sacola and Luther Silver of Ashe ville; 21 grandchildren and seven ■ great-grandchildren. Services were held at 2 p. m. Friday in Pensacola Methodist ' Church. ( The Rev. Donald Noblitt and the Rev. Ben Lee Ray officiated. Burial was in the family cemetery JL W , . 'VasSH irfjjjSa '‘rMisi&i ■ ,*JIJ .31 l&g* 4 * * * ' /is |®| I , Shown above is Mrs- Charity Griffith admiring a Scout uni form presented to lrr by Scout Committee members at a party given in her honor at her home in Roanoke, Va. Mrs. Griffith will attend the Senior Scout Roundup at Button Bay, Vt., July 15-31. r , ■ ■, I Mrs. Griffith To Attend Scout Roundup Mrs. Charity H. Griffits of , Roanoke, Va-, formerly of Buro.;- j ville, was recently appointed Fo:.d Supervlsos for the foriheomi g Girl Scout Round-up to be held in Button Bay, Vt. July 18-31. Mvs. I Griffith who re ceivCd her twenty l f* y e year pin in scouting in Jar.u --j ary, has lived in Roanoke for the | past three years. During (Jut | j time she - has worked with the church and various phases of I > civic activities. She is a leader cf i Troop 167, Price Memorial A. M. I E. Zion Church. Mrs. Griffith is a member of Price Memorial; Church where she sings in the choir and teaches a Sunday School class. She organized the first and only senior Negro. Girl Scout Troop in Roanoke although the • Negroes have sad Scouting since 1938. She also organized the • Brownie Troop No. 10 in her church with 36 Brownies. She is 1 also the organizer of the Cub ■ Scouts No- 298 with 29 boys and 1 4 den mothers. When Mrs. Grif > fith took over Troop 167 three j years ago there were 8 intermed ' j iate Scouts now there are 65 in termediate Scouts and 22 Senior Scouts in Troop 46. She is the consultant for all Girl Scout Troops in Roanok’, Va- in Handicraft and Industrial Arts, both white and Negro , Troops. Mrs. Griffith also worked j with other consultants a n d lead ers and had the first Negro Cur ved Bar Rank members in the history of Roanoke, Va. She has a staff position at the Senior 1 Scout Round-up at Button Bay, Vt, the first and only Negro to j be chosen to such a nositioa frar. the State of Virginia. Mrs. - Grif fith has attended the Round-up j three times from the State of ■ North Carolina. i Mrg.Griffith is a former mem ber of the faculty of the A & T ’ College, Greensboro, and is cur- j ' rently a valuable asset to the ] Roanoke Council of Negro. Wome n She taught school in Yancey County for seventeen years, and she will be remembered as having, the best 4-H Club in Yancey | County The Star Light 4-H Club. Mrs. Griffith also worked yylfch The Burnsville Painting Classes at Seecelo here for several years. Republican Con vention April 7 The Republican Executive Com- j mittee for Yahcey County has] set Saturday, April 7, at 8:00 p. m. at the courthouse here as the ; time and pilace for their Conven-' tion to select the Republican candidates for Representative, ,Clerk of Superior Court, Sheriff, i Commissioners, Coroner and other : County and Township offices. I AH Republicans are invited to attend the meeting. I w ■ ■ . —— - Film To Be Shown At Higgins The film, “Dedicated Men”, vividly shows how much mission aries love their work a n d how they give selflessly of them selves in rendering spiritual and medical aid to countless millions. Everyone is invited to see this film os Sunday night, April 1 at 7:00 p. m. at the Higgins Seventh day Adventist Church. j Yates Bailey j Speaks To Garden Club Mr - Yates Bailey, Civil D. for, Director for Yancey County, w speaker at the Garden Club me klg on Friday night. The c! met at the homi of Mrs. Ch.u. Proffitt with Mrs. R. Y. Til as associate hostess. Mr. Bailee open: d his lecture by giving the structure and fu [tion of Oil Defuse. The persfc"- nel is vohmtees Serving with-y., j pay- The function is to teach tH people how to protect themsel andt heir neighbors in case c _ nuclear fallout, s nrms, earthqu: ; kes a n d accident iof all kinds. He stated that ( i strong civil a - including \ fall out shelters, will make a n|icl ar .var less likely and will ■: strengthen our Government ass th- n gota'i% table. According to information received at the \Vi,- H ■„>? em -1 urgency planning office Russia 1 spent more In 1960 on civil defense/ than the United f.Stales has spent, in the last <jecad:. Soviet civil do-1 f.nse spending in 1961 was run ning at the cqpfral nt of over" $1.2 billion a yeijr. Their program ! consists of compulsory u:i :irg I a n d the bu lding of fallout shel-! ters. During th? question and j answer pesiod the positive ap-1 proach to peace was furth. r em- j phasized by suggestions th a t we | be active jn——cliurclu's civic organizations. Mrs-E. L. Beeson, presirent of • the cldb, presided at the business' session- It was suggested that the j County Commissiohers use native! plants, such as rhododendron | and dog wood trees, to beautify the Courthouse I grounds. Mrs. Charles Proffitt, chairman of the j o„ic ewmmftte#, announced that the street signs were being re-; paired and sPme new signs were \ being erected. The Civic Commit tee Is in charge of the flower box contest being sponsored by the' , club again this year j During the social hour, the j ! hostesses served a dessert course with coffee, nuts and mints. [Democrats To Attend Jefferson- Jackson Dinner At least 3 Democrats will re-! present Yancey County at thej annual Jeffs rso n -Jackson Day j Dinner in Raleigh on March 31., jit is annoude; d this week by | j party chairman, Yates Ben n ett. i Bennett stated that the county quota of $l5O, has been sent to | party headquarters for the SSO per plate fu»d raising dinner. National Committeewoman, I Mrs. HeeLert McKay of Chapei j Hill, and W. W. Staton, National! Committeeman of Sanford, have advised t hat the program of events calls for a Coffee Hour honoridg party vice-chairman; a luncheon for party chairmen and their wives at the Governor’s Mansion as guests of Governor and Mrs. Sanford; a reception honoring Tar Heel Congressmen and U S. S.nators, the Council of Stale, and Mayor Robert. F. Wagner of New York City, who will make the principal address at the dinner. Parent-Teacher Basketball Game At East Yancey i East Yancey High School will be the site for o n e of the fastest | moving basketball games of the I yt ar when members of t*e I , Yancey Parent Teacher Assoc.a*? tion will meet in the gymnasium on Friday night, March 30 ac 7:30 p. m- Everyone is advised to see this game if at all possible, proceeds will go toward equipping the ccie n cc department at the school. Admission wIU be 50c for stud ents and SI.OO for adults. 5. . , *,' [■; - -ifa' a rr |^ rr <| rrf - . jpr. ton [Caple At Pine Father Don Kaple has come t / Spruce Pine to assist Fr. Fra lJ k Schenk, the Pastor of St. Lucien's j Churcli. Fr. Don will reside in Burnsville as soon as the new ' church is completed. Fr. Raymo n d Berihiaume has been assigned ? j Assistant Pattos to the Holy Re j..d vernier Church in Spe n cer. V, e j Virginia. Fr. Raymond had as j sit.ted Fr. Scsnek since 1959. i Fr. Kaple was born in Lima, I Ohio cn January 1930. In 1944 he ' began his studies for the priest | hood at the Josephjnum n e nr j Columbus, Ohio. Five years later. _ H»e vol'.lnTeered to work as a priest j in the rural sectioss of the United ; States. In 1953 he received h's ; Bach- h r of Arts Deg See with t ! major in Philosophy from thej , Athaneum Os Ohio in Cincinnati- j After one year of novitiate and | ' four years of post-graduate work' in theology, he was ordai IJ ed t" . , the Prit sthood on May 31, 1968. j He continued his studies in Pas- j toral Theoiogyand Counsel - ’’; F: -- one year after his orc|jnatio n and 1 ! then was assigned as Assistant 1 Pastor to the Holy Redeemer | ! Church in Spe n cer, West Virginia. In West Virginia, besides his | duties as Assistant Pastor, Fr. | Kaple served as chaplain for the I Catholic Students attending I Glenville State College. He was director of the Religious Educa tion prograc for Catholic csildrer. I in five counties and assistant I chaplain to a Jfental Hosyital. HfJ was also active In the distribution j)f Government Surplus Food to h c needy in Roan County, West Virginia. As a stud, nt, Fr. Kaple visited Vi stern North Carolina on sever -1 o;‘?a:ion s 0 n camping trips. I Therefore, he fas dellgsted when! ! ie learned that he was bei n g as-; ] igned to the Spruce Pine i Burnsville area. isOlp o I/lIOW D3WNI — —r, — Scouts Participate In , Parade And Talent Show | Local Gi’l Scout ar;i Brownies I ;artlci;:otcd i i the 50th A n mvei- I sar t" the Girl Sidits of A*ner- I , tea at. 1 ii Asha ville Saturday. II In d; ing so. they jo: ’ed wi s h I! rurab is if 13 counties to give I Tomberlin I [Speaks At Men’s I Club Dinner Cj : ' ' " I j B. M. Tomberlin of Bald Creek, I ! Principal of Flat Cre: k Elemeh- I , tary School in Buncombe County, I was guest speaker at th e annual Ladies Night, Mtn’s Club meeting dn Monday night at the Commun ity Building. Mr. Tomberlin spoke on Edu cation and what the educators are trying I to do to improve the quality of education and the cost. He spoke from the administ rators point, of view. Mr- Tombir lin is well known in Burns sville as he was principal of Burnsville High School for sev eral years. E. L. Dillingham was instal led as incoming president; Char les Gillespie as vice-president and Dr. Ga»la n d Wampler as . secretary-treasurr. Ralph Adair was outgoing president- The American Lrgion Auxiliary was host to the meeting, serving ! the nu al, and there was approxi , matcly 65 in attendance. East Yancey Fut ure Farmers Placed 3rd In Judging Contest 1 . i The East Yancey Future Far , j mer of America Land Judging . Team placed 3rd in the Blue Ridge Federation land judging contest held n:ar North Bun combe high school on March 22. The Blue Ridge Federation in- I dudes Vocational Agriculture De partments in Buncombe, Madison, and Yancey Counties and produc ed 9 teams for the event. Mem bers of the local team are: W. C. Beaver, Richard Shufford, Maur ice Dale, and Linzey McMahan. The co n t‘ st judging consists of judging land, under field, con ditions, according to its capabili ! ties and limitations and prescrib j ing definite treatments for each field tfsted. Major factors con sidered include: the slope, the ti xture asd structure, permeabil ity, and drainage. The land is J then classified from I to VIII and ' practices reeommesded as to use of the land and to insure contin ued productivity through soil cos serving nrasures. Miss Bradshaw Heads Class At Cocoa H, S. Miss Martha Bradshaw, daug 3 - ter of Mr. and Mr a . Glen A. Bradshaw 0 f Cocoa, Florida, for merly of Burssville, has been hssen as valedictorian of the 1962 graduating class at Cocoa High School with a scholastic average of 3.848 out of a possible 4.000. I Martha attended Er.Jt Yrncey High School here ustil last year vhen her family moved to Cocoa, Fla. She was selected by the Na rioaal Merit Scholarship Corpora 'll for the high honor of re ceiving a Certificate of Merit based upon her outstanding scores on the college board’s ex-t amination. On the basis of these high scores, Miss Bradshaw is than 10,000 students in the United States. Miss Br a dahaw was also In w»e cnosus of Okla-I homa” presented by students at t t,opoa Mtiga .* /?- * i , th- public a glimpse of what the - Girl Scout program mea n s. -; 'fhc 2,7'J0 girls, with another ’• or so advisors and parents 11 also on hand, started off with a 3jm<*rnlßg parade with 15 units and , 5 floats. One of the Floats was dedicated to International Fsiend ship, with fourteen members of Burnsville Girl Scout Troop 88 belrg represented, on the Float. Julia Ballou personal d Juliette Low, the founder of Girl Scouting, and stood on a pedestal on |the Float, holdilg aloft a torch de picting "the flame of friendship, while centesed around the base of the pedestal were the Burns ville Scouts, in international cos tumes, to illustrate that Girl Scoutilg Is now found jn 53 countries of the world. Marching in the parade were the other members of Troop 88, and also Troops 66, 65 and 86 with their leaders. Troop 86 was gaily attiri d as a group of hikers and Troop 65 was, resplendent in yellow depict ing the 50th. Anliversary theme. Senior Troop 66 carried a banner [ stating tseir sommunity service activities. Following a luncheon break, the girls moved -into the Asheville" Auditorium for a combilation taint show and rededicat’on of purpose in serving Scouting Burnsville T«oop 88 participated in the talent show with a skit en titled, “Hats OF Other Days"- The program was concluded with a Golden Promise ceremony, in which all the Girl Scouts and Browni's in the celebration rede dicated themst lyes t.i Scouting Dean James Talks To Farmers And Businessmen Farm and business people of Mitchell, Madison and Yancey Counties attended a meeting held her e Wednesday in the Commun ity Building. This meeting was sponsored by the N. C. State College School of Agriculture and the Agricultural Foundation. Doan H. B. James and his associates explained how the ag riculture school carries on its teachng, research, and extension- Mr. L. L. Ray, Director of Foundation, gave a brief talk on the Agricultural Foundation a n d how it is giving suppost to the School of Agriculture. The farm people support the foundation through the Nlckles for Know-How program. This money is paid in by farmers and others at five cents per ton o*> feed and fertilizer, collected by the N. C. Department of Agricul ture and administered by the foundation. Lawrence King is the present director from Yancey County- LOCaIS Mrs. B. E- Shepherd underwent surgery in an Asheville hospital last week- Jack Brinkley of Monticella, Ga- visited relatives here last week-end. Mr. a“d Mrs- WUmer Roberts , and daughter of Shelby visited Mr. and Mrs. R- T. Enslejr of Newdale last week-end. Mr. Herbert Hall is undergoing treatment in Spruce Pine Hospital Mrs. Edd Ball of Richmond, Va. is vlsitidg her parelts here ex l: p * u ~ in N*C* HIGHWAYS . 2. Tr Ti ■
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