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"■ .. t . - - ' —■*!§ * vr) - . VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN Subscription $8.50 Per Year BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1968 r Price Per Copy Fivo Ceata ~ ? f NUMBER FIVE “The Road To Button Bay” On CBS-TV “The Road to Button Bay,”| which will be seen on Channel 131 from 9to 10 P. M. on Monday, | September 24, is something new in evening TV. It is a real-life treat ment of the 1962 Girl Scout Round- Jr. Woman’s Club Sponsoring Clothing Closet The Junior Woman’s Club of Burnsville is sponsoring a child ren’s clothing drive on Friday, September 21 between the hours of 1 and 3 p. m. All donations should be brought to the small room back of the Burnsville Elementary School gymnasium. If there are| those who have clothing and do not ( have away to the school they are i urged to call a member of the J Club and she will be glad to pick up the articles of clothing. The Junior Woman’s Club has sponsored the Clothing Closet for several years. In previous years they have worked in connection with the Welfare Department, but this year they are not associated with this Department. They are endeavoring to clothe only needy elementary school children and will operate from the school. Shoes are especially needed by some of the first and second grad ers. All mothers are urged to sort their children’s clothing and are I ask to donate those articles that they cannot use as they are urgent ly needed by less fortunate child-' ren - '.*l' Yancey Included In U. S. Forest Service Plans Yancey County is included in' the plans of the U. 5. Forest Ser vice for expansion of recreation facilities in Western North Caro- 1 lina, according to Congressman Roy A. Taylor. | Rep. Taylor released a report prepared by Peter J. Hanlon, for-* est supervisor for N. C. National Forests, listing long-range develop-j ment plans for the national forest areas in this county. I “How fast these projects can be completed depends on how rapidly we can secure the appropriations,” said Taylor, who has fully endorsed the Forest Service program. He listed as follows the propos als contained in Hanlon’s report for Yancey County: 1. Seven Mile Ridge Recreation Area. This area is located just north of the Blue Ridge Parkway three miles north of Buck Creek Gap. Seven Mile Ridge will be de veloped for camping and picnick ing. 2. South Toe Recreation Ar<JL South Toe is located in the South Toe Drainage about two miles south of Busick. This area will be developed primarily for camping. 3. Big Lost Cove Recreation Area. This area is located immed iately south of Busick on the South Toe River. This area also will be developed primarily for camping. Highway Com- ETtisMcn To Meet | In Asheville Raleigh The State Highway Commission will hold a public hearing in the Buncombe County Ceiu.house in Asheville Thursday, September 20, 1962 at 11:00 a. m. The. hearing is on the proposed rente of Interstate Highway 40 f .m its junction with Interstate 26 i . r Hominy Creep east to Azalea. In charge of the hearing will be highway Commissioner Andrew K-sbitt of Fairview, Assistant Chief Engineer R. W. McGowan a..d Public Relations Officer Roger It. Jackson, Jr. A map posted in the Buncombe County Courthouse showing the location of the project. The public is invited to attend the hearing and all Interested citizens will be given an opportun ity to be heard on the project. THE YANCEY RECORD “Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County* 4 4 * up at Button Bay, Vermont, which jwas attended by 16 Senior Girl Scouts and 3 adult volunteers from Pisgah Girl Scout Council. Filmed by Drew Associates, the prize-winning documentary film unit of Time, Inc., and sponsored by General Foods Corporation, “The Road to Button Bay” will be shown over the CBS-TV network in prime evening time. The TV story of Roundup—larg est encampment for girls ever held in the Western world will be told through the experiences of a patrol of eight Senior Girl Scouts from Kansas, three of whom are speci ally featured. But since the movie cameras followed this group to several events involving many or all of the Roundup campers, local \ Girl Scouts will be hoping for a I glimpse of someone they know. | “We hope,” says Mrs. L. L. I Sneed, President of the Pisgah i Girl Scout Council, "that every- I one in Western North Carolina will be watching ‘The Road to Button Bay.’ We are sure it will be an enjoyable hour, and we think it will give many people a new ap preciation of what Girl Scouting means to our teen-agers.” Miss Amelia Penland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Penland pf Burnsville was one of the girls who attended the Roundup from the Pisgah Girl Scout Council. District Seminar Os Methodist Women Held A training seminar for members of the Asheville District of W. S.- C. S. -was held TriMtorflF’- thodist Church in West Asheville Tuesday. The general morning session was followed by lunch and group meet ings of the different departments of the W. S. C. S. The emphasis of the program was on the importance of reaching;-'our children as to their responsibility in world missions. A large delegation from Yancey County churches attended and Mrs. Ernest Briggs, Mrs. P. C. Colletta and Mrs. Ralph Proffitt of Bums-1 ville actively participated in thej program. Mrs. Ruthedge of Newdale, who has recently returned from field service in Alaska, spoke of her ex periences in Asaskan churches and schools. East Yancey To Sponsor Bake Sale Saturday The East Yancey football team will sponsor a bake sale on Sat urday, September 22, 1962. This sale will be held on Burns ville Square beginning at IOjOO a. m. On sale will be cakes, cup cakes, fudge, and brownies. All proceeds will go to East Yancey High School. For special orders, call MU 2-2480 after 3:00 p. m.. i— jfK :! a f m KANSAS GIRL SCOUTS Marty Mattnar, 17, and Gwan Byer*, 16. of Topeka, and Sandi Beck, 17, Manhattan, join with Garry Maora, Andy Griffith, Lucille Ball, Danny Thomae, and Jack Bonny in “Opening Night" on CBS-TV, Monday, Sept. 24, 8:00 pm (EDT). The Kama* girls tttfr in - the program which immediately fallows on the soma network, “The Road to Button Boy," at 9:00 pm (EDT). ~ ■ . ‘ , | East Yancey To Observe Home coming East Yancey High School will observe the fourth annual Home coming on September 28 when the East Yancey Panthers will play boat to Old Fort. The Homecoming Queen will be crowned during the halftime by the principal, Woodrow Anglin. Miss Linda Boone, the retiring queen! will present the new queen with a bouquet of red roses. After the ball game there will be a dance in the' gymnasium. J The queen will be chosen on the basis of the number of tickets sold for her. A ~ candidate has been selected from each home room and also the football team and the FFA Club have chosen a girl they hope will be crowned as queen. The candidates for the honor in clude Jarvis Harris, Carolyn Buck ner, Loretta Robinson, Brenda Pet erson, Mona Harrison, Katherine Hughes, Shelia Turbyfill, Judy G. Williams, Sabrßi Riddle, Sharon Hopson, Karen Black, Janie Bailey, Norma Jean -Silvers, Betty Jo Robinson, Jane Robinson, Donna ! Lewis and Betty Jean Grindstaff. j The list of escorts is not complete, • Those who have been named are Charles Hughes, Dennis Carroway, Earl Tipton, Gerald Fender, Sam- I uel Hall, Spurgeon Styles, Gary 1 Silvers, Larry Hughes, Jerry Ay ers, David Coletta Barry Mayberry, Joe Moody, Troy Shuford, and Ronnie Carter. Students are selling tickets, Pan ther pins, and car tags. The pro ceeds will go for further school improvements. Everyone is urged to help the school by participating in this program. entary School iPTA Meets ! The Burnsville Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association held their first meeting of the school year in the auditorium on Tuesday night. The Rev. Charles Trammel, pas tor of the First Baptist Church here, was in charge of the devotion. Mr. Carrol Angel, president, pre j sided during the business session, with Mrs. Margueritte Ferguson, secretary reading the minutes of the last meeting and Mr. Jack Biggerstaff, treasurer, reporting on the finances of the Association. The annual Harvest Festival was discussed and James Ray, Chair man of the Budget and Finance Committee, was asked to go ahead with plans for the festival as in other years. New teachers and parents were introduced by the principal, Mr. Edgar Hunter, Jr. The attendance banner was awarded to Mrs. Fred Anglin’s first grade. Mrs. P. C. Coletta, Program Chairman, was responsible for the showing of a very interesting film, “The Mental Health of Our Child ren”. Refreshments and a social hour were enjoyed after the meeting. Special Service At Methodbt Church Sept. 23 The Rev. Robert .G. Tuttle, Dis trict Superintendent of the Ashe ville District, of the:Western North Carolina Conference, will preach at Higgins Memorial Methodist Church Sunday, September 23, at the 11:00 o’clock service. Mr. Tuttle’s sermon wiil be influenced by his recent trip to Europe and Russia, which was made at the direction of The Board of Missions of the Methodist Church. His Ser mon topic is: “The. Free World- The Communist World-The Power and The Glory.” - Immediately following the wor ship service Mr. ’Battle will con . duct the business \of the First Quarterly Conference for the year 1962-63: Two items of business -wil be to elect delegates to both Dis trict and the Annual Conferences, and to adopt report, from the Com | mission on Missions,- which includes ! contributions for world missions, nationali missions and the Metho dist Committee for overseas re lief. A covered dish luncheon will be served in the Fellowship Hall at approximately 12:30 p. m. The Rev. and Mrs. Tuttle will be spec ial guests along with the Methodist ministers and workers of Yancey County. These activities are expec ted to be a high light of the church I each year. Group Ministry Council Commit tee To Meet i Friday v*T The executive committee of the Group Ministry Council will meet Friday, September 21 at 7:36 o'clock at -Hs4fgvns-4)?/saorial;,- Mcth odist ChurcH. At this time plans will be made for the quarterly meeting of the Council which will be held at Bald Creek on October 7 at 2:00 p. m. Mr. Bradley Wilson, president of the council, will preside at the ex ecutive committee meeting. Vice president is Mrs. J. H. Cooper; Secretary, Mrs. Earl Wilson; trea surer, Mrs. Gus Proffitt; publicity, Mrs. T. M. Tyner. The staff of the Group Ministry Council are as follows: Mrs. Tillie Brooks, Yancey County Church and Community worker; Rev. Raymous Hilliard, Higgins Mem orial Church; Rev. Don Noblitt, Bald Creek Charge; Rev. Thomas Rutledge, Newdale ..Charge; and Byrd Metcalf, assistant' to the Bald Creek Charge. Banks On Castle Heights Squad Lebanon, Tenn. A cadet from Burnsville is on the varsity foot-| ball squad at Castle Heights Mili tary Academy here and is expected to see considerable action this fall. He Is Roger Banks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Banks, Route 1. He attended Cane River High School last year when he was epa tain of the football team. At Castle Heights, he is expected to play end. Castle Heights is a member of the Mid-South Association, a con ference of independent private schools. The first game will be Sept. 21 with Maryville College Freshmen. Celo Methodist Church To Cele brate Anniver sary The Celo Methodist Church, lo cated on Highway 80 in Celo, will celebrate its 100th Anniversary on Sunday, September 30 with a spec ial service commencing at 3:00 p. m. The Rev. Thomas Rutledge is! the pastor. The guest speaker will be the’ Rev. J. Sam Gibbs. I Following the service a supper , will be served by the Woman’s Society of Christian Service. Everyone la invited to attend the service. Eisenhower And Brown To Confer In Pinehurst The campaign of Robert Brown, . of Asheville, Republican candidate i for Congress from the 11th Dist [ rict, will get a boost from the top : man in the GOP Saturday (Septem* t ber 22). The boost will come from former 1 President Dwight D. Eisenhowe i when the two confer at Pinehurst. . Brown and General John B. Wo j gan (USA-Ret.), a West Point . classmate and personal friend of . Ike’s will fly to Pinehurst Saturday • morning. Eisenhower will arrive at 1 p. m. at Pinehurst Airport from Colum bia, S. C., where he will speak earlier in behalf of William . Workman, Republican candidate for the U. S. Senate from South Carolina. Following a special meeting with Brown, Ike will speak at a lunch , eon honoring Charles Jones of Lin colnton, Representative in Congress ’ of the Bth District who is seeking his fifth consecutive term in office. Brown and Wogan will be guests at the luncheon. i . . .>■'• . t John Jolly Manager Os r ' Carolina Tire Store Here j Mr. John Jolly of Thomasville. N. C. has accepted the position as manager of Carolina Tire Co. here and assumed his duties on August 13. Mr. Jolly has been associated with the Carolina Tire Co. for the past three years and before that tame was connected with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. He was man p ager of Carolina Tire Co. store in 0 Thomasville before coming to Bur nsville. jr Tilth Tnllv olnng igfih his .Wife and ■ two daughters have moved into thej 7 Wiley Blevins house in West Bur nsville. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jolly! ■ I are natives of Kannapolis, N. C. Mr. Charles Bradford who has been associated with the Carolina Tire Co. here for several years is a candidate for sheriff of Yancey County and resigned his position with the store in August. Rebels To Meet Wildcats Friday The Cane River Rebels will play their second home game of the ; season at the Rebel field on Friday night at 8:00 p. m. Mars Hill Wild cats will be the foe. The Rebels, seeking their first conference win, are expected to give the highly rated undefeated Wildcats a tremendous fight for this conference game. Although outweighed on the average of 12 lbs. per man, the Cane River charges are eagerly looking for | ward to this opportunity to crash the win column. Coach Neil says the team, mostly freshmen and sophomores, are roughing into shape more quickly than expected. Since losing 9 out of 11 starting players last year Coach Neil has tried many com binations thus far unsuccessfully. However, he believes his team isl beginning to Jell. Kickoff time 8:00 p. m. Installation Ser vice Held By Jr. Woman’s Club Mrs. Robert Whitmire, 3rd vice president of the North Carolina Federation of Woman's Clubs, in stalled the Carolina Hemlock Jun ior-Woman’s Club officers at their j first meeting of the season. ■ J Miss June Street was installed as president; Mrs. Garland Wamp ler, 1 Ist vice-president; Mrs. Char les Gillespie, 2nd, vice-president; Mrs. Don Pardue, secretary: and Mrs. Herbert Allen as treasurer, t Mrs. M. L. Williams, District! | Junior Director from Black Moun- * tain, also attended the meeting And i gave some good ideas for projects and programs during the year. The major project for the ye,ar will be the clothing closet. Mem bers were urged to be collecting children’s clothing for the closet' (Continued on back page) Powell Bill • . Allocations Mode RALEIGH The allocation of $7,629,882.79 in Powell Bill funds to 413 participating municipalities was announced today by the Statte Highway Commission. The funds are distributed annually to quali fied cities and towns for use in non ASCS Community Committeemen Elected Election returns from 16 county agricultural communities have been tabulated and approved by the county committee. Mr. Ralph Edwards, Chairman of the Yancey ASCS County Committee announced today. The following were elected to serve on the ASCS community committee for the following year; The chairman, vice-chairman, re gular member, first alternate and second alternate are listed in this order. EAST BURNSVILLE - EcMrd Hunter, Edd Banner, Joe Woody, Emory Roland, Clarence Styles. WEST BURNSVILLE - Carlie R. Rice, Bernie Pitman, Oc»*m Franklin, Sam Wheeler, Willard Wright. | CANE RIVER Jess Buckner, ' Bill Tomberlin, Tommy Buckner, . Hugh Pate, Woodrow Chandler. ■ j UPPER EGYPT - Max Higgins, t'Jr., Vance Hensley, Crate Bailey, I Carl Hylemon, Vance Webb. : LOWER EGYPT Tilden Pen t der, Carl Wilson, Nealie Ledford r Charles Phillips, Sam Bradford. * RAMSEYTOWN - Britt Hollo 1 way, Hoover Johnson, Darius ' Hensley, Niram Phillips, O. C. Honeycutt. *■ -~I ~‘HT* - ■ ' I*’ inftei !Deyton, George King, Clessen Let- Iterman, Ray Fox, Harley Bennett. I “brush CREEK Elmer Peter son, Elmer Sparks, Kenneth John son, Vernon Presnell,Yates Ran dolph. UPPER JACKS CREEK John Evans, Ray English, Carl Jobe, Burnie Hunter, Lark Wright. LOWER JACKS CREEK Jay, Briggs, John E. Fax, Gene Thom as. Frank Evans, T. H. Fox. EAST CRABTREE W.. Mark Hall. Bis Young. ...Charley Gurley, E. W. Huskins, Jack Young. WEST CRABTREE Crawford' Jones, Chester Chrdsawn, Guy Mc- Curry, Scotty Hughes, Joe Sheretz. UPPER SOUTH TOE Edd Wilson, Oscar Simmons. Roscoe Westall, Walter Loftis, Lonnie Murphy. LOWER SOUTH TOE Charles Wesson, Mack Huskins, Lonas Grindstaff, Carl Grindstaff, Ray' Cook. I PENSACOLA Sam D. Riddle,’ Jack Hollifield, Audrey Burleson, I R. I. Adkins. Ralph Wilson. PRICES CREEK - Hunter Man- ( ey, Jack Mclntosh, Edd England, Mack Styles, Kenneth Westall.. The elected chairmen of the committees will serve as delegates 1* to the county convention to be held! in the ASCS office on September 20’ at 10:00 A. M. to elect an ASCS county committee chairman, vice- 1 chairman, a third member and two alternates., Both county and community committeemen will take office on October 1,1962. -... Gov. Sanford To Speak At East Yancey Monday J School children and citizens of I Yancey County will have the op portunity to hear the Governor st eak on his education program at East Yancey High School Monday! night, September 24, at 7:30 p. m. o’clock. Also taking part in the [ program will be the high school atu i dents and elementary pupils of the county schools. School officials and Mr. Paul | Buck, Chairman of the Citizens Committee for Better Schools, in vite and urge that the people of Yancey Countty attend and give , the Governor support for his pro .gram and a big welcome to our I county. liighway system street work within their corporate limits. Checks to the individual municipalities will be mailed from Raleigh the latter part of this month in order that they will reach municipalities by October 1. Powell Bill allocations are based on a formula using the population and street mileage in the munici palities and the total allocation this year represents an inlrease over 1961 of $273,746.82. The SSx largest allocations this year are: Charlotte, $689,938.79; Greensboro, $4117,857.55; Winston- Salem. $377,491.56; Raleigh, $326,- 069.80; Asheville, $270,772.87; and Durham, $259,187.85. The six smallest allocations this year are: Falkland in Pitt County, $302.47; Bear Grass in Martin County, $459.28; Lasker in North- 1 ampton County, $541.95; McDon alds in Robeson County, $582.05; Harreilsville in Hertford County, $590.37; and Brunswick in Colum- County, $683.25. In the twelve years of Powell Bill allocations, a total of $73,786,- 948.84 has been distributed, and the group of participating municipali ties has grown from 386 to 413 witb five additional municipalities still under consideration. The allocation for Burnsville is $7,549.08. Chapter 186 (Section 41.2-41.3) of the General Statutes of North Caro lina requires that a sum equal to the amount produced by one-half cent of the regular six cents per gallon State motor fuel tax be allo cated annually to active and vuali tying North Carolina municipali ties. The allocation is proportioned among the eligible and qualifying municipalities on the basis of rela tive non-State System local street titm m i i i m • required by the Statutes. Each municipality furnishes its own cer tified local street mileage, along with certified vualifying data. The population data age obtained from the latest certified Federal decen nial census enumerations. Cities and towns establish their eligibility by submitting qualifying data concerning their municipal 'elections, ad valorem tax rates, ( and other sources of income. There are some legally incorporated towns in North Carolina which do J not perform those municipal func- I tions necessary to qualify for an allocation under the Wade R* Phoenix Dies In Arizona Wade It. Phoenix, 39, of Yuma, Arizona died in a hospital in Tuc son. Arizona on September 8, alter | a short illness. He was a native of I Yancey County, graduating from , Bald Creek High School. He ser ved in World War n, and alter this discharge he worked with the (Department of Agriculture in Ari eona for several years. At the time of his death he was associat ed with the Southern Pacific Rail road Co. 'With which he had been j connected for 12 years. He had lived in Arizona for the past 17 years. I Services for Mr. Phoenix were held on September 16 at the Oaae River Baptist Church with the Rev. Kendall, pastor, and the Rev. Eddie McPetere, former pastor, and now pastor ol the Waycross Baptist Church of Piedmont, S. C„ officiating. Burial was in the West Burnsville Cemetery. Surviving are the widow of Yuma, Arizona; the parents. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Phoenix ol Burns ville RPD 3; one sister, Mrs. Lois Horton of Phoenix. Arizona^-4hree brothers, Preston of Waynesvilje; I Lee of Asheboro, and Fred of Bur nsville. J_ * ’ 11 * neon b« ON M£. HIGHWAYS * RALEIGH The Motor Vehi cles Department's summary of traffic deaths through 10 A. M, Monday, September 17, 1962: KILLE DTO DATE 855 KILLED To Date Last Year 797 |
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