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VOLUME TWENTY SIX Officers Installed At District HD Club Meeting The District IV Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs was , Charles N. Adair Initiated Into Gamma Sigma Delta i Charles "N.'Y'Adair of Burns ville Was among 12 seniors in the School of' Agriculture at North Carolina State College who were honored recently be cause of their high scholastic average. Adair was initiated into Gamma Sigma Delta, the honor society of agriculture and forestry. A botany major, Adair is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, State College Glee Club, Botarfy Club and Canterbury Club. After re ceiving his B. S. degree, he plans to enter graduate school and work for a M. S- degree in plant pathology. Obituaries W. M. STREET W. M. (Bill) Street, 69, of Green Mountain, died Sunday morning in a Johnson City, Tenn. hospital. Mr. Street was a native of Yancey County. He was a retired merchant and a veteran of World War 1. Services were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. Bert Styles and the Rev * Mr. BenfielcT officiated. Bur ial was in Holcombe Cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Bessie Thomas Street; two sons, Johnny of Burnsville, and Ar thur of Bakersville; four sisters, Mrs. Sarah Garland, Mrs. Eliza beth Harrell and Mrs. Daisy Parker of Erwin, Tenn., and Mrs. Vista Bennett of Bakersville; two brothers, Jason and Dee of Er win, Tenn., and seven grand children. Pallbearers were Lawrence Hob son, Howell Young, Holt Whit son, Earl Hughes, D. C. Ben nett, Bill Deyton, Gus Bailey and Angus Masters. MRS. PETERSON Mrs. Minnie Peterson, 90, of Rt. 1, Burnsville died in a Burke County nursing home Thursday afternoon. Services were held at 2 p. m. Saturday in the chapel of Hol combe Brothers Funeral Home. The Rev. Donald Noblett offi ciated and burial was in Mc- Curry Cemetery. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. JESSE HOWELL Jesse Howell, 86, of Green Mountain, died in an Asheville hospital Saturday afternoon after a brief illness. Mr. Howell was a merchant. Services were held at 3 p. m. Sunday in Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home chapel. The Rev. Troy Young officiated. Burial was in Peterson Cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Margaret Jane Morton Howell, three daughters, Mrs. R. H. Stanley of Cullowhee, Mrs. Frank V. Crawford of Sylva and Mrs. Charles R. Pinkston of Asheville and six grandchildren. Pallbearers were Clarence Bai ley, and Johnny, Royce, Jack, James im3 Robert HowelL liMedtoW OH N.C. HIGHWAYS «. RALEIGH The Motor Vehi cle* Department’s summary of • traffic deaths through 10 A. M. Monday, May 14, 1062: KILLED TO DATE 886 KILLED To Date Last Year 872 THE YANCEY RECORD “DedicntU To The Pro*r«» Os Yancey County" Subscription $2.50 Per Year held at the Higgins Memorial Methodist Church in Burnsville on May 8 with approximately 175 Home Demonstration Club! members attending from Buncom-' be, Yancey and Madison counties. Mrs. Kenneth Johnson, Chairman of District IV, presided. * Mrs. George Frady, First Vice- President of the State Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs, in stalled the new 1962-63 officers. Mrs. Brocks Wilson of Pensacola was installed as 2nd Vice Presi dent. ■ b Mrs. Horace D. Ray, Jr. of Pensacola gave the welcome and greetings were given by Rev. Raymus Hilliard, Pastor of Hig gins Memorial Methodist Church; Mr. Bob Helmle, Mayor; Mrs. Clarence Burton, representing Burnsville Woman’s Club and Carolina Heml,ock Jr. Woman’s Club; and E. L. Dillingham, Cou nty Agricultural Agent. The gavel was presented by Mrs- Callie Hardwicke, District Home Economics Agent, to Madi son County for having the largest percentage of their total enroll ment present for the meeting. The highlight of the day was a most inspiring talk by Mrs. Gwen Teraski, wife of a Japanese dip lomat, and author of “Bridge to the Sun”. She told of her many experiences in Japan during World War 11. A lovely luncheon was served by the women of the church. Seventy Six Donors Visit Bloodmebile The Regional Bloodmobile vis ited Burnsville on May 9 from 12:30 to 5:30 p. m. The unit was set up in the First Baptist Church here. Dr. Wm. B. Stryker was attending physician and Mrs. | Helen Bridges attending nurse. I The Gray Ladies also assisted in I the operation. i The Newdale Home Demonstra-1 tion Club was hostess to this visit I Seventy six persons gave blood and a number of others arrived too late to donate at this visit- The next Blood Mobile visit is scheduled for August. NOTICE J I The American Legion and Leg-! ion Auxiliary will meet Tuesday j night, May 22, at the Community Building at 7:00 p. m. . j 1 . ■ v jfett^BlraH«mßswH|B^r ? ?■■ -, » : ':■ ■ ■' 'V ’ ' m M v/ mm p. *, . . ~ , , - Photo by John Robinson ti n , Z J 8 ‘ nn6th J ° hnSOn 0f Burnsville RFD - President of District IV FVdera wn,« ™ D T" Btratl ° n Club,: MrS - Gwen Tera#ki of JohMon City, Tsnn., gu„t speaker; Mrs. ffn? ° f UnCOmb< * C ° Unty; and MrS< Kathlaen Cl * rk Madison County, who attended the District IV meeting at Higgins Memorial Methodist Church he re on May 8- Newdale Com munity Barbecue To Be Held The Newdale Community Club will sponsor a Barbecue Chicken Supper, Saturday, May 19 from 5:00 to 7:00 p. m. The supper ; will be held at Martin’s Chapel J Church, and tickets will be SI.OO for adults, 50c for children under 12. Proceeds will be used to pay the balance due on the community Recreation Area, re cently purchased by the club. The Community Club recently pui Jir.sed 3% acres on Ray Road, just off the Booneford Road, for the purpose of providing a re creation area. Already, several “Work Days” have been held, and a great deal of work has been done dealing underbrush, and preparing the ground for the grading of a baseball field. Some work still remains to be done, and anyone wishing to donate work or money toward this pro ject is asked to contact Han*y Roberson, President, or any other club member. For a delicious supper at a most reasonable price, take the family to Newdale Saturday, May 19, from 5:00 to 7:00 p. m. Miss Penland Attends Training Session Miss Amelia Penland, a Girl Scout from Troop No. 86 of Burnsville, along with 15 other Girl Scouts of the Pisgah Coun cil, attended a training session at Candler, Friday and Saturday, for Girl Scout Senior Roundup mont in July. Miss Penland Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Penland who reside at Longview Drive. She has been selected by her patrol to be the official photographer at the Roundup. ' After setting up camp and pre- I paring their supper on Friday ! afternoon, the girls attended a | lecture by Miss Nell Pickens of , Weaverville, on the background lof Western North Carolina. On Saturday, Mr. Rouser, photogra pher, of Waynesville, instructed the group on taking pictures. He set up camping scenes for the girls to snap and explained to them the importance of taking good pictures. Following this Mrs. Lloyd Swift taught the commentators and correspond ents how to write a good news story. She also worked with the photographers on the importance of a caption. ftCBNSriLLI K. C, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1962 A.. • , . . Rev. Herman Allay Dies At 61 The Rev. Herman M- Alley, 61, died unexpectedly Tuesday morning in a local hospital after suffering a heart attack at his 1 home. 1 A native of Jackson County, he was the son of the late Jim and Lou Bolick Alley and was a 1 nephew of the late Judge Felix E. 1 Alley. He was director of the work in Faith Fellowship Mission 1 in Burnsville and w»a a former pastor of First Baptjgt Church in Burnsville. Before moving to Burnsville he served in Highlands and in Lib erty, S. C- Services will be held in the chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home at 2:30 p. m (today) Thursday. yi ' The Rev. Richard Knox will officiate and burial will be in Holcombe Pallbearers will be Kenneth Autrey, Ben Riddle, Jimmy Rfeland, ■ Bruce and Harold Anglin, Brooks Boone, Ashton Ramsey and Ottis Chase. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Bessie Bolian Alky; three daugh ters, Mrs. Ed Anglin of Waynes ville, Mrs. Franklin Woody of Burnsville and Mrs. E. D. Hast- [ ings of Frederisksburg, Va.; one brother, J. H. Alley of Westmin ster, S. C.; and six grandchildren The family has requested that flowers be omitted. —M ■ m *y. ssss*■* Coronqtior| Service To |e Held Friday The week of May through Friday, May 18 is GiSls Auxiliary Focus Week in the Baptist Chur ches. .same at ; a Coronation service heM in tiie First Baptist Church here. Girls to be presented during this service are Pamela Huskey, Julia Banks of the Bolens Creek Church, and Linda Deyton, Ar lene Rector and Janet Crisp of the Burnsville Church as Maid ens; Trula Huskey, Marsha Ban ner, Virginia Bodford of the Bolens Creek Church, and Corde lia Miller, Patricia Randolph, Debra Hilliard and Sandra Fox of the Burnsville Church as Ladies In Waiting; Pamela Styles of the Burnsville Church as Prin cess; and Carolyn Harris, Bar bara June Fox, Lavonne Murdock and Donna Lewis of the Bolens Creek Church will be crowned | Queens. After the Coronation service Mrs. John McGee, missionary to Nigeria, will show slides. A reception honoring the Girls Auxiliary will be held in the church immediately following the program. s ■ ; 2| i HrqfF II I 81 I If gg9 I I WmmF B^B CLAUDE H. FARRELL I - ■ Bee Log Com munity Club Organized On Tuesday Night, May 15, 1962, several families of the Bee Log Area met at Bee Log School and reorganized their community club for 1962. The following of ficers were selected. President, Emest Miller; Vice- President, Mrs. Bruce Mclntosh; Youth Presidents, Ted Lewis and Miss Kay Edwards; Secre tary-Treasurer, Rex Mclntosh; Reporter, Nell Whitson; Program Chairman, Lee Edwards; Scrap book Chairman, and Mrs. Arnie Pate. The next scheduled meeting will be Tuesday Night, May 29th, 8:00 p. m. at Bee Log School. President Miller urges all fami lies living in the Bee Log Area to attend the meeting and give their active support to all pro jects that will help to improve the whole community. A highlight of the May 29th meeting will be a resume of the I Rural Areai Pcmupimws -aw* gram now being developed for Yancey County. This program can help Yancey County, provid ed the people of Yancey County have a real desire to help them selves. Improved farming con ditions, new sources of income, ixpansion of our industry, better J roads, schools, will be a step ■ forward in making Yancey County a better place in which to live. Also this would tend to help halt the out migration of the young boys and girls by providing a better incentive for them to return here after high school and college training in stead of s< eking employmen* elsewhere. All agricultural workers ir Yancey County are vitally inter ested in this program. All or ganized community clubs and others will cooperate and activity help the Yancey County Plan ning Board work out a good sound program for Yancey County through the RAD Pro gram. Miss Mifiie Lou Wilson Honored Miss Millie Lou Wilso,n, a rising junior at Cane River high school, is one of the thirty high school students chosen by Ap palachian State Teachere College to participate in the summer study program in ' Physical Science sponsored by the National Scien-'e Foundation. Students for the five weeks’ course are select-! ed mon their scholastic standing | of the top ten per cent of the 1 class, character references, per sonal interviews with the college personnel, and aptitude and ach . irvement tests. j In addition to the study pro gram a well rounded recreat ional program has been planned for thj participants. Millie Lou is also one of the eighty delegates chosen by the Youth Council of Western North Care lira Confer nee of the Metho dist church to attend the United Nations World Peace Siminar in New York City in June. This j tour will include visits to Mt. Vernon, Monticello, Radio City, j Chinatown, and a yacht cruise j ( around Manhattan Island. - |, "Millie Lou is the daughter of | Mr. and Mrs- Vemi# R. Wilson. 1 \ Prise Par Copy: Five (feels ’ (176 To Graduate From Two County High Schools Farrell To Deliver Graduation J Address At Cane River Mr. Claude H. "Farrell, director •of Lay Relation for the North Carolina Education Association Raleigh, N. C. will deliver the graduation address at the Cane River High School Friday, May 25 at 8:00 p. m. Mr. Farnll was bom in Harnett County and is a graduate ''of Dunn High School, Davidson College, and the University of N. C. The Rev. Eddie McPeters, pas tor of Waycross Baptist Church, Waycross, S.. C, will give the Baccalaureate sermon on Sunday, May 20 at 11:00 a. m. Honor students are Maude Murphy, Jim Froula, Shelby Jean Miller, Barbara Buckner, and Donald Styles. Marshals are Rosemary J&roer son, chief; Jeanette King, Vaugh tie King, Ronald Ray, Oscar Fender, Barbara Anglin, Annette England, Rhonelda Hedrick, Carolyn Wright, Eula Fay Pate and Lois English. Graduates from Cane River in : elude Geraldine Austin, Emest Ayers, Lucille Ayers, Eddie • Jean Baker, Mickey Baker, Bar bara Ball, Roger Banks, Kath leen Bradford, —Leonard —Bryant, Bernard Briggs, Ben L* Burle son, Jane Burleson, Lairy J. EY honor Students To Speak At Graduation Exercises .. I{a la Sunday affemooß; r May 20, at 2:30 p. m. in the high school auditor ium. The Rev. Raymus Hilliard, pastor of the Higgins Memorial Methodist Church will deliver the sermon. Graduating Exercises will be I held on Friday evening, May 25, 'at 8:00 p. m. There are 97 mem bers of the graduating class. Honor students who will be speakers are: Carolyn Ray, Vale-1 dictorian, Susan Dillingham, Sa- j Dianne Roberts, Co- Salutatorian. Other honor stud ents, all having maintained an average of 90 or above for the four years are: Nancy Thomas, Joyce Mitchell, Donald Wilson, Donna Shepherd, Jerry McKin-; j. y - - - - i Brush Creek Club Sponsors Clean- Up Campaign Thei-e is no doubt that Brush Cnek Community is a good place to live and club members are busy this month with a com munity cleanup campaign in nn effort to make the community a shore attractive place in which to live. Vice-president, Enzy Letter man, who presided at the May meeting las' Friday night, heard reports from families as to pro gress being made in planting flowering shrubs and trees, re moving trasii heaps from home grounds, cleaning up roadsides, ! repainting mail box posts, etc. i Plans have also been discussed i for obtaining “ No dumping” signs to be plac: d in certain areas of the community. “Practicing Kindness” was the program led by Mrs- O. W. Dey ton. This theme was demonstrat ed as club members presented j quilts, blankets, spnads and linens to the Wade Randolph family whose home burned on Thursday. Club members also made plans to meet at the John Ramsey home on Wednesday of this week to give assistance with the farm work and home grounds clean-up- Mr. Ramsey has been ill for several months. A weinner roast and recreational program was planned for the next meeting which will be held on June 8 at the community building. All families are urged to attend the meeting. NUMBER THIRTY-NINE Carter, Julia Chandler, Clarence Dc yton; i Albert Crain, David Doan, Viann Duncan, June Estep, Harold Evans, Geraldine Fender, Nina Foxx, Eddie Bert Foxx, Paul Foxx, Linda Foxx, Jimmy Frank ; lin, Peggy Freeman, Jim Froula, ■ Norris Gomto; | Leona Gortney, Roy Gortney, Shirl Grindstaff, Jim Hall, Kenny Hall, Arelean Harding, Tony Hon eycutt, Pat Johnson, Dean King, Jene "Vertaws, Clarence Ledford, Lorraine Letterman, Ted Lewis, ’Homer McLaughlin; Kay McLean, Ronnie Mclntosh, Nema McMahan, Georgina Mc- Petcra, Shelby Jean Miller, Jor etta Noblett, Billy Morrow, Maude Murphy, Jimmy Owens, Larry Patton, David Peterson, . Bennie Phillips, Floyd Proffitt, ! Lock Ramsey, Callie Randolph, , Sammy Riddle, Hobert Rbbinson; > Wally Robinson, Juanito Sil vers, Leslie Silvers, Mary South . ers, Donald Styles, Vernon Sty t les, Mickey Swann, Charles Ted i der, Phyllis Thompson, Richard Tipton, Betty Tipton, Jennie Tip ton, Scarlett Tomberlin, Curtiss Whitson, Peggy York, Jifyce Hughes, Fannie Lou Miller, Tony Peterson, Eloise Tomberlin. |my, Judy Thomas, Sue Fairchild, T~ ‘ Hums., me Phillips, n *-» ffrrualsij. 8n bara Robinson, Karen Blalock, and June Roland. „ Marshals, who are honor stud ents of the Junior Class are: Janet Ohle, Chief; Iris Schwintzer, Frances Coletta, James Hoover, Glenda Hall, Hamilton Sherertz, Gloria Griggs, Theresa Colett*, Gretta Carroll, Martha Wilson, Linda Laughrun, and Mildred Presnell- Members of the graduating class include: Shirley McMahan Bailey, Dwight Ballew, Juanita Banks, Maxine Woody Banks, Judy Johnson Bartlett, W. C- Beavir, Joe Bennett, Jean Biggs, Karen BlaLock, Doris Ann Bod- ford, Gail Bodford, Mary Louise Boone, Steve Boone, Daniel Brewer, Mnry Etta Buchanan, James Buckner, David Cassida, Mclva Choate, Keister Crowder, Susan Dillingham; Kenneth Duncan, Ronald. Edw ards, Danny Elliott, Sue Fairchild, Sauiidra Garland, Ben Geouge, Bobby Geouge, Naomi Geouge, Charlene Gibbs, Ellen Gortney, Johnny Gortney, DeLois Owens Hall, Clara Leigh Harris, Donald Hensley, Joe Hensley, Riobeima Hensly, Willa Mae Hicks, Lou Etta Hilliard, June Wyatt Howell; [ Kenny Howell, Nancy HoweU, , Brenda Hunter, Rheba Jarrett, , Brenda Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Ruth Jones, Barbara Letterman, 5 Ronald Mayberry, Wade McCurry, Donna McDougald, Loretta Mc- Intosh, Jerry McKinney, Sheril 1 McKinney, Jerlene Metcalf, Shir > ley Miller, Joyce Mitchell, Mil ! lard Murdock, Frances Rector Murphjy, Sybil Murphy; James Newton, Juanita Newton, Ronald Parker, Geraldine Phillips, Shirley Presnell, Iris Randolph, Reggie Randolph, Barbara Ray, . Carolyn Ray, Charlene Marsh Ray, Dianne Roberts, Barbara Robinson, Morris Robinson, Char les Rock, June Roland, Donna Sheperd, Tommy Shuford, Brenda Banks Silver, Patricia Stone; Eujcne Styles, Krith Styles, Jimmy Thomas, Joan Thomas, Judy Thomas, a Nancy Thomas, Gay Thomason, Barbara Tipton, Mary Louise Ward, Duane Wheel er, Brjce Williams, Mary Frances Willis, -Betty Sherertz Wilson, Donald Wilson, Ray Woody, Nan cy Wyatt, Norma Wyatt, Linda Young, Kathryn N. Zuver.
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