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VOLUME TWENTY SIX Statement By Governor Terry Sanford Pwi i r.* of tbc U*»*‘.vl States, by direction of an Act of Congress ha. proclaim* i April as Cancer Morth -1962 has been designated CANCER PROGRESS YEAR, by the American Cancer Soe ety a G d the National Cancer Institute, Obituaries MRS. GERTRUDE HONEYCUTT, Mrs. Gertmde Honeycutt, 56, otf Bald Creek, died Satur day morning in an Asheville hospital of burns received in a fire which swept her home three month ago- Mrs. Honeycutt had been the sole survivor of the fire at her home which took the lives of her husband, son, daughter and two grandchildren the morning of December 26, 1961. Services were held at 2:30 p. m. Monday in Bald Mountain Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. Ellis Ray officiated. Burial was in Edwards Cenvtery. Surviving are thr e e daugh ters, Mrs- Zeb Hudgins and Mrs. Kelly Penland of Burssville and Mrs. Nealy Silver of Bald Creek; four sons, Lum and Ruf us of Burnsville, Jack of Green Mountain and Edd of Hen dersonville; two sisters, Mrs. Belle Hensley of Morganton and Mrs. Carl Thomas of Canton; and three brothers, Woodrow and Amos of Hendersonville and Tom Edwaids o! Morganto n . H. H MCINTOSH Howard if. Mclntosh, 86, nt’rrd farther of the Elk Swi community o;’ Yancey County, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Frances Riddle Thursday morning afer a long illness. Services were held at 2 p. m. Saturday in Elk Shoal TJnio n I Church. i The Rev. Hiram Phillips and tso Rev. Donald Noblett officiated. Burial was in the Mclntosh Cemetery. Surviving in addition to Mrs. Riddle are three daughters, Mrs. Alvin Pate and Miss Myrtle Mc- Intosh of Rt- 4, Burnsville, and Mrs. Rotha Ogle of Green Moun tain; four sons, Wellington of Burnsville, Neely of Fonta n a, Lincoln of San Diego, Calif., and Leslie Mclntosh of Fruitland Park, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. Lora King a n d Mrs. Ella Riddle of Rt. 4, Burnsville and Mrs. Mell Horton of Asheville; one brother, John Mclntosh of Rt. 4, Burnsville; 28 grandshildres and five great-grandchildren. SAM J. EVANS Sam J. Eva n s, 83, a retired farmer of Rt- 1, Burnsville, died in Yancey Hospital Monday morning after a brief illness. Services were held at 10:30 a. m- Wednesday In Jacks Creek . Baptist Church. The Rev. Howard Bucha n an and the Rev. A. Z. Jamerson of ficiated. Burial was in the family cemetery. * Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Robert Miller of Sumter, S. C., and Mrs. Carl Ray of Burns ville; two sons, Clyde of Alma, Ga-, and Carl Evans of Burnsville; one brother, Cannon Evans Ojf Erwin, Tenn.; seven grandchild ren and 10 great-grandchildren. MRS. PETERSON Mrs. Margaret Peterson, 74, died unexpectedly at her home in Green Mountain early Monday morning. Surviving are the husband, Loss Peterson; four sons, Ray of Detroit, Mich., Earl with the Air Force in England and Ernest and Elmer Peterson of Green Mountain; one brother, Fred Bailey of Asheville; one half sister, Mrs. Mary Franklin of Burnsville; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Arrangements will be announ ced by Holcombe Brothers Funer al Home here. THE YANCEY RECORD • * A* ’ ' . -„?«*■ V' , >• - • w* “Dedicated To like Progress Os Yancey County" Subscription $2.50 Per You hcaioring the twenty-fifth an ! niversary of the enactment of i 1 the National Cancer institute • Act, a n d the launching of the* 1 American Cancer Society’s first '' intensive nation-wide public I education program. , Cancer Progress Year serves to dramatize the notable progress in cancer control in the past twenty-five years, evidenced by the fact that in 1962 more tha n ’ I I 1,100,000 Americans are alive , j and well five years after cancer;' while in 1937 the figure stood at 1 i 160,000. - i To speed the final victory over 1 cancer, the American Cancer Society must Intensify its efforts 1 to bring life-saving facts to the , public, to improve the care of ' the cancer patient, a n d to ac celerate its research program. Therefore, lam to designate April as CANCER CONTROL MONTH IN NORTH CARO LINA and to urge all citizens to give increased support of the American Cancer Society a n d to learn the facta about cancer that; are vital to personal protection' < from disease. ** , ‘ I Higgins Accepts Post With Durham Herald Tom Higging, son of Mr. ~a n d Mrs. Milt Higgins--of Burnsville has accepted the position as Associate Sports Editor. .With The Durham Herald in Durham. Mr. Higgins assumed his duties in Durham ori March 9'.* Before going to Durham he worked as Outdoor Editor with the Journal Sentinel in Winston-Salem- Mr. Higgins graduated from I Brevard College, Brevard in 1957 I and worked with the Canton En- J | terprise for several months and 1 then was with the Asheville | Times as Sports Writer until he went with the Journal Sentinel/in • November 1958. He married Miss Caroline Plem mons and they have one son, Jphn Thomas Higgins, Jr., (Chip) one year old. Mrs. Higgi n s is from Winston Salem. Mr. Hig- 1 ging eovered the Regional Golf Tournament in Wilmi n gton last week-end. He will visit his parents here along with some friends, to celebrate the opening of Trout Season next week- Locals . Jackie Arrowctod is home o n leave from West Point, N. Y., whtre he is stationed with the U- S. Army. Mrs. Roy King returned home this week after u n dergoing treat ment in Yancey Hospital for several days- Born toi Mr. a n d Mrs. Joe Freeman of Burnsville a daugh ter Saturday, March 31 at Yan cey Hospital. Master John Trammel of Elkin is a guest of hjg grandparents, Rev. and Mrs- Charles B. Tram mel, this week. B liSIHt v r I Vli 7 T 111 * H |v 111 aSSiSi' VL | III g IsA hllmmi^B :«n«wMM|tf|flHS9gM||» >!*. S’ y : Rifet -v-wWT Ww* <^V ■k| < p* - ■> t v M ■ *• . v . -x^..'xi.v . . DR. DAVIS GOV. SANFORD Shown here with Governor Terry Sanford is Dr. Rachel Davis. Co-Crusade Chairman, who, along with the President of the United States and by direction of Congreea, is proclaiming April aa Cancer Control Month. */ - 1 Miss Proffitt Named To Angel Flight Area Staff Miss Becky Proffitt of Rouu. 3, Burnsville has been selected to j serve as Information Officer on ! the Area B-2 Staff of the A n gel 1 Bight. Miss Proffitt is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Proffitt of Route 3, Burnsville- Seven colleges a n d universities are included in Area B-2. These are: N. C. State College, Univer sity of North Carolina, East Carolina College, North Caro ■ lina A&T College, Duke Univer-i sity, University of Virginia, a°d I Virginia Polytechnic Institute. 1 The University of North Carolina i was elected area headquarters at the area conclave held at N. C- State College on March 17, 1962. Angel Flight is the co-ed auxiliary and spo n soree of the Arnold Air Society of the Air Force Reserve As a member or Angel Flight, Miss Proffitt serves as host ess to the cadets of th e FROTC Cadet Corps and visiting mili tary officials. As Information Officer on the area staff, Miss Proffitt will be in charge of u n U publicity and public relations for I her units. She holds the (honorary rank of Captain. J In addition to her Angel I Flight activities, Miss Proffitt, a second year pharmacy student, w T as named to the U. N. C. Pharmacy School Dean’s List for fall semester and is also a Kappa I Epsilon (pharmacy fraternity for * women) pledge. Mrs. Higgins Named To Democrat Office Mrs. MUt Higgins h a g been named as Coordinator of Wom en’s Activities in the Democratic | Party of Yancey Cou n ty. Mrs. 1 Higgins will organize the Demo crat women of the county with 1 a chairman, co-chairman, secre-1 tary-tn. asure and they will then organize the different preci n cts in the county. , - Mrs. Higgins was n ame d to this office by Mrs. William P.' O’Donnel, Regional Coordinator of Women’s Activities in North Carolina- Revival Services To Be Held At Windom . A series of revival services will begin Sunday, April 8 and run through Sunday, April 15 at the new Windom Methodist Church at Windom. The services will begin at 7:30 p. m. each evening with the Rev. James G. Allred, former pastor, as the guest evangelist. Rev. Allred is now pastor of Mou n t Vernon Methodist Church near High Point, N. C. There will be special singing, and everyone is invited to at tend these services, Rev. John R. Dawkins is pastor. K. TEHUM’DAY, APRIL 5. 1962 ———* .. Huskins Promot ed To Corporal State Trooper William B- Huskins of B&msville was pro moted to Corporal April 1 and re-assigned to duty at patrol headquarters in Raleigh. The 36-year t old officer has been stationed jin Charlotte for the past ten years. He joined the highway patroß in August 1951. «• '* jft Cpl. Husking e n joys a state wide reputation* for hi s traffic j safety promotajpal efforts. Tal- j ented with a he has film-j ed and produced many safety | movies and wall costinue this work In his new assignment. Over the year's he has filmed for the highway patrol personali ties such as Maria Fletcher, Miss America; Doc Adams and Miss Kitty of “Gfs.:moke” fame; golfer Arnold Palmer ana Danny 1 Thcm.as, all of ;whom r-pok*' in boh:.lf of safer Tar Feel high ways. Cpl. Huskins was administered the oath of office bv. Secretary of State Thad Eure. The ceremony ( was attended by Motor Vehicles Commissioner Edward Scheldt, patrol commander David T. Lam bert and many ' friends who wel comed Huskins %> his n e %v station. • He is the son of Mrs. Sam J. Huskins and the late Mr. Huskins of Burssville., 5 Mrs. Huskii% | and daughter, Peggy- h Jefferson- Jackson Day’ fillper and also at tended- the cerenspSy-—— ..1^ CD Annoutices Plans {Medical Self-Help Course Yates Bailey, Civil Defense Director for Yancey County, has announced the appointment of a committee to formulate plans for a Medical Self-Help course: Dr. j William Stryker, chairman; Dr. Julian Cornwell, Dr. Garland E. Wampler, Ben Banks, Mrs. Clar ence Burton, Mrs. Grady Bailey, j Hubert Justice, and E. L. Dill | ingham- The course will give training to cope with any kind of emergency until a doctor can be obtained. In order to give the course three conditions will have to be met— a qualified teacher, a minimum of 25 people enrolled and a speci fic date set. Dr. Stryker will teach the course a n d a date will be set as soon as plans are completed. Mr. Bailey states that h e hopes every one who possibly can will take advantage of this Medical Self-Help course. Please contact Mr. Bailey or Dr. Stryker for enrollment. 9m mmmsmmm Kathy Britt If CURE MORE Ij GIVE MORE to R| AMERICAN 1 CANCER SOCIETY • .... .... • j . Poetry Contests Announced The Poetry Council 0 f North Carolina, Inc. announces the thirteenth annual Poetry Day contests, with cash and book piiz. s of $150.00 to be awarded. Thj contest winners to be announced at the Poetry Day Celebration, October 15, in Ashe ville. There are th : ee contests, cp.n free to p:rmanent residents of Noith Carolina: - | I- Junior Division: The Vir ginia Dare Prize $10; the Tho mas Godfrey Prize $5; and a $3 hock to one who wins hono rable mention. These prizes are for poets under the age of eighteen. 11. Senior Division: The Sir Walter Raleigh Award, $25; the John Charles McNeil Award, sl6; and the Olive Tilford Dargan Prize, $10; also for folr winner of honorable mention, each book valued at SB. Other prizes may be announced later for this contest -111. The Oscar Arnold Young 1 Memorial Award: This award of 1 SSO will be won by the poet whose book of original poems published in the calendar year 1961, is judged by the best entiy. No limitations, as to size, subject matter, style, or binding are imposed. For the book contest send three copfr sos the book entered to Book Contest. P. O Box 9193, Asheville, N. C. For single poem entries in th« Junior Contest, send —o®e —typed copy, name and address with it on a separate sheet, to Poem Contest, Roue 1, Box 88, Forest City, N. C- To the address send poems for the Senior 0”- I test, but send three original cop ies Os the entry find tie name and address on a separate 1 Inquiries may be 9ent to either! address if accompanied by a| stamped, self-addressed envelope, j The book contest is open until midnight, July 28; the single poem contests, Junior and 8 nior, are open until midnight, Aug ust 28, 1962. NC Merit System Announces Examination RALEIGH: The North Carolina' Merit System Council has announced that an oral examina tion for positions of Homemaker with the local departments of Public Welfare will be held during' the week of April 16 through 20, 1962. Olfic'al application forma and information about salary ranges, duties, and minimum qualificat ions may be obtained from the Merit System Office, State Per sonnel Department, or any local Empoyment Security Commission Office or local Department of Public Welfare. These applications must be postmarked no later than April 67*1952. If th-re are a sufficient num ber of applications, examinations will L • held in the following cen ters throughout the State. Ashe ville, Charlotte, IJw Bern, Raleigh and Winston-Salem- Ap pro v:r applicants will notified of the exact time and place to ap pear for the examination. ■HUP U.*; a( A * Price Bar Copy: Five Canto WC To Give Courses At AsheviNe-Biltmore Thr Woman’s Celle ,T e of the University of North Carolina •vill again offer graduate courses m education cn the campus of Ashevi'L-Biltniore College during Yancey 4-H Leader Meeting Held The first county wide commun ity 4-H leader training meeting was held Tuesday night in th e County Extension Office in Bur nsville. The program featured 4-H method demonstrations given; >y senior members. Nancey Deytqn gave a Dairy Foods Demonstration entitled “Milk Goes Tlound the Clock.” Di’.da Fender gave a Wildlife de monstration and Mary Sue Grindstaff gave a srwing de monstration entitled “Blueprint to Simple Clothing Construction,” ' After the demonstrations a discussion on 4-H.. demonstrations was held. > Leaders present were: Mrs. , Tommy Gibbs, leade r from t h e Newdale 4-H Club; Mr. a n <l Mrs. Virgil Presnell and Mr. and Mrs. Wade Randolph, leaders from the Brush Creek Community 4-H Chib; Mrs. Ben BaU ( leader Pom Banks Creek 4rJH Club; Mrs. John McMahan, pro ject lcad/r from th e Arbucklc 1 Club; Mrs. J. B- Thomas and Mrs. Zella fit'll leaflets from tht Double Island 4-H Club; Mrs -Maphi'a D rtf'Ui, bcu-'en from the Be? £eg Junior 4-H;' Mi. a r ’ Mrs: Car lie Rice (Mrs. Rice is-j j Jie Ijalr of the Cl Ji: 4-H Club.) j These leaders are doing a fire job in their communities and arr to be congratulated. They are doing their share i n helping to develop tchrorrow’s leaders of Yancey County a°d o ur nation. Discussion At Library Saturday | Evening Rhodesia and Nyasala n d will be tse topic for study and dis cussion at the Yancey County Public Library on Saturday even ing, April 7, at 8 p. m. The geography, economic condi tions and present problems of the Central African Federation will be presented by Edward J. Beeson, James Walsh, and Ralph Adair. The student from Souther o Rhodesia originally scheduled to attend this meeting has had to postpone his visit because of the pressure of the examination period. Naboth Mbawa, now at tending Warren Wilson College, is expected to visit the discussion group at Burnsyille on April 28. . The library meeting is spon sored by the Friends of the Lib rary a°d is open to all- Local Student Named to Dean’s Liss At ASTC Boone—Three hundred forty four Appalachian State Teachers College students made the Dean’s List for the winter quarter, it was announced today by Dr. D. J. Whitener, dean of the college. To make the Dean’s List it is n ecessa r y for a student to carry at least 15 hours and achieve a quality point rating of not less than 8.00 on all work attempted with no grade below- ‘C’. No student is named to the, Dean’s List who has an ‘incomplete’ o'.‘ ‘condition’ on his record for the quarter. Honor students for the winter quarter include Thomas Dea n Mclntosh, son of Mr. aUd Mis. Tom Mclntosh of Burnsville, a freshman ,at Appalachian. NUMBER THIRtY-THREE the coming summer season. Since 1948, the Woman’s College has cooperated with Asheville Bilt more College to extend this ser vice primarily for those teachers who wish to ren: w their certi ficates but also for any person who would like to take advanced courses in education. Four courses have been sche duled . Eaeh course will last two weeks and Tjjive two ’semester hours of advanced undergraduate credit- Classes wil be he’d from 8:30 to 12:30 Monday through Friday. The schedule is as fol lows: June 11 Ju n e 22 Educat ion 528, Arithmetic for Elemen tary Teachers; Mr. James J. Hagood. June 25 July 6 Home Economics 592, Contemporary Home Life; Instructor’s »ame to be supplied later. July 9 July 20 Education ; 526, Physical Science for th* Elementary Teacher; Mrs. Grace ! A. Stanley. July 23 August 3 Music in Our World Today; Dean Lee Rigsby. Persons desiring additional in formation concerning these cour ses or wishing to register for them should write or telephone to Registrar; Asheville-Biltmore College, College Heights, Ashe ville. North Carolina (Telephone ' ‘'s4-7415). Complete Wool Sales Records r- * :• * e . K With th e 19G2 wool marketing year just starting, growers were reminded today of the importance of keeping complete records on their sales 0 f wool and unshorn lambs- Wool and unshorn lambs marketed not later than March Jij,1962, are eligible for payments uhdff the 1961 program; market ings after April 1 will be eligi ble for payments for the 1962 program. Fred L. Anglin, Office Manager for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, points out that wool growers sales documents'must show that the true net sales proceeds* in chiding deductions made for freight and other marketing charges. Where false information is filed, both the producer a°d the wool buyer are subject to penal ties. Applications for payme n t under the 1961 program must be filed at the ASGS county office not later than April 30, 1962. The average price received by farmers for wool during the entire mark eting year can then be calculated and the payment rate announced. Payments to growers under the 1961 program will be made some time during the summer. For the 1960 wool marketing year, 69 sheep growers’ in Yancey County received net shor° wool payments amouri’ng to $1,608.67, and 19 Yancey County lamb growers received net payments of $186.49 o° unssom lambs sold. These amounts represert pay ments after deductions withheld for the growers’ contributions to a fund for promoting the use! - of lamb and wool products. De ductions were lc per pou°d for wool sold and 6c per hundred weight of lambs sold. These same deductions will apply under the 1961 wool program. until ink OH H.C. HIGHWAYS * RALEIGH - The Motor Vehi cles Department’s summary of traffic deaths through 10 A. M. Monday, April 2,1962: KILLED TO DATE 258 KILLED To Date Last Year 239
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