VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN Yancey First In Absentees By the use of absentee ballots the Democrat party swept every one of Its candidates into office on Tuesday, November 6. Out of 1895 absentees certified the Democrats cast at least 1474, because the Republican’s total ab sentees amounted to only 421, and Rites Held For William F. Grassmuck William F. Grassmuck, 87, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., jsd Pen sacola, died in a Burnsville hospi tal Sunday morning after a short illness. Mr. Grassmuck was a jeweler in Cincinnati, Ohio for 55 years before retiring to Fort Lauderdale He had maintained a summer home in the Pensacola community of Yancey County for 12 yeans. He was a member of Yeatmen Masonic Lodge 162 in Cincinnati, a Scotish Rite' Masonic order, and a Snriner. Services were held at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday in Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home chapel here. The Rev. Donald Noblett offi ciated. Burial was in Asheville Gardens of Memory near Asheville Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Grace Sullivan Grassmuck: two daughters, Mrs. Deke Moffit of Fort Thomas, Ky., and Mrs. Keith Phillips, Jr. of Coral Gables, Fla.; two sons, Louis B of Cincinnati and Raymond M. of Fort Lauder dale: seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The following poem written by Dr. John H Hanger, First Meth odist crmrcfr, csrar Gables, Tlor icfa, was used- in the funeral ser vices of Mr. Grassmuck. I’LL REMEMBER I’ll remember William Grassmuck for the kindness of his ways That made the sun shine brighter on so many days. I’ll remember his quotations and his wit, his genial smile, His gracious hospitality extended all the while. I’ll remember his affection for his dear devoted wife, Whose tender care and thoughtful ness increased his span of life. I’ll remember God has promised to such a man as he The blessings of his Heaven throughout all eternity. I'll remember William Grassmuck and I’ll pray I may possess A measure of the peace he knew which brought such blessedness. Services For Bill Allison Bill Allison, 65, died in Burns ville last Thursday morning after a short illness. Services were held Saturday at 2 p. m. in Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home chapel The Rev. R. F. Hilliard officiat ed and burial was in Academy Cemetery. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Pemicano of Ink ster, Mich.; and one son, Charles Allison of Washington, D. C. Services Held For Mrs. Bodford Mrs. Martha Bodford, 63, of Burnsville, died unexpectedly Mon day in an Asheville physician's office. >- Services were held at 2 p. m. Wednesday in Windom Methodist Church The Rev. Thomas Rut ledge and the Rev. J. H. Black Officiated. Burial was in the Pete Young Cemetery. Surviving are two daughters, Miss Grace Bodford and Mrs. Hope Dale of Burnsville; a son, Reid Bodford of Burnsville; and a granddaughter. GIVE TO THE YANCEY UNITED FUND , • -* Vjfci *■. THE YANCEY RECORD ‘Dedteeted To The Pr**iw»* Os Yuwey County" - Subscription $2.50 Per Year —. s all of these were not voted. No key county office was won e by more ballots than the 1474 ab sentee ballots which it can be as- sumed that the Democrats cast 11 Os the two hardest faught tor h offices Marie W. Bennett defeated j Robert Presnell for Representative ■ by 521 votes: Charlie Bradford defeated Donald Bank* for Sheriff by 672 votes. None of those elected led with a majority greater than the absentees cast by the party. In some precincts the mixed vota went almost 2 to 1 for some at the Republican candidates, I but this was offset by straight t . ballots, which included absentees. The following is the total votes t cast for each candidate: Senate—J. Yates Bailey, 3,721; r W. Hall Young 2,713. State House s —Mark W. Bennett 3,480; Robert > Presnell 2,959. Clerk Superior r Count Lowe Thomas 3,792; N7 c., THURS DAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1962 I •’ •• ■ ■Mm ■ *——• - * » » • ( Mrs. Dsht To Assume Hostess .Duties in Raleigh Mrs. James M- Harper, Jr., i Southport, President of the North l Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs, has announced that Mrs. Raymond T. Dent of Spruce Pine > will assume the duties of Hostess - at the Federation Headquarters l on December Ist. Mrs Dent suc i ceeds Mrs. Roland M-. Latham t who has served in this position for : several years. On the. occasion last . week of her retirement, Mrs. ■ Latham was honored by the Fed ) eratiom with a luncheon at the Raleigh Carolina Country Club. f Mrs. Dent, President of- the ! Federation from 1958 through 1960, ' has served the organization in many capacities and is currently * the chairman of the Southall Cotton Loan Fund. She is Vice president of the Western North Carolina Diocese of Episcopal Women, a member of the Spruce Pine Hospital Board of Trustees, and President of the Spruce Pine Friends of the Library. She has been associated with her son, R. i T. Dent, Jr., in the Diamond Mica ’Company, serving as Vice Presi-' (dent. | I Having travelled extensively in' this country and atyoad, Mrs ! Dent said she is looking forward f to living in Raleigh which will i ■ bring her closer to the home of I her grandchild and her daughter, Mrs. John R. Curtis of Chapel Hill. In welcoming Mrs. Dent to her new position, Mrs. Harper said, “We are thrilled to have another outstanding clubwoman as Head quarters Hostess and we feel most fortunate to have Mrs. Dent in charge of our Federation home.’’ •Tuny Bimh Iml, Season By " Defeating EY Cane River High School, winless in nine outings during the past season, ended the football season, Tuesday night by upsetting East: Yancey High by a score of 27! to 7. | Johnny Robinson led the Cane River assault with a three-touch-; down performance which included! runs of 15, 2 and four yards. Mikei Evans tallied Cane River's fourth I touchdown on a five-yard burst. I Evans also scored three of the extra points. 1 Cane River’s third touch-town was set up when Clifford McP-.t ers blocked an attempted putu by East Yancey. i Eugene Rboerts scored East Yancey’s only touchdown in the fourth period on a five-yard' plunge. Norman Ray added the extra point. * ’ - , » Dr. Sargent To Be Out of Town Dr. W. A. Y. Sargent will be out of his office, beginning Tues day of Thanksgiving week. He will be visiting his father in Brattle- j boro, Vt„ who is in his 92nd year. Dr. Sargent will return to his! office on Monday, November 26. ! Locals | Mr. and Mrs A. M. Nichols and. children of Knoxville, Tenn. were) the week-end guests of Mrs.* Nichols’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.) Troy Buckner, here. Mrs. Basil Presslar and child ren of Asheville were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Buckner here last week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Banks and daughter, Cathy, visited relatives here over the week-end. before going on to Utica, Mich, where Mr. Banks will be employed. Mr. Banks received his disch arge after serving three years as Jet Mechanic with the U. S. Air Force at Tinkers Base in Okla homa City. Hunter Crossing Permits Issued 1 By Parkway Although all hunting is strictly , prohibited within the boundaries . of the Blue Ridge Parkway,” the ( National Park Service,’ in order to , cooperate as fully as possible with the State Game Department, the 5 1 United States Forest Service, and . hunters, has made arrangements , for hur.ters to park on the Park . way right-of-way to reach certain areas. Blue Ridge Parkway Hunter . Parking and Crossing Permits for : the 1962-63 Hunting season are available and may be obtained , from any Park Ranger. Rangers may be contacted and | Hunter Parking and Crossing Per mits may be obtained at Oteen Maintenance Area, Mile-post 382.4 and Gillespie Gap Ranger Office, \ Milepost 330.9. 1 Regulations concerning the Hun-j ter Parking and Crossing Permits will be the same as in previous J seasons, however hunters are re minded that every hunter must’ have a permit. The hunting orj molesting of any kind of wildlife' , within the * parkway boundaries is, strictly prohibited * I I The Singecat Parking Overtook, South of N. C. Route 89 near Buck I ! Creek Gap is the only overlook 1 •on the Asheville district authorized | for hunter parking; I As in the past many unneces-’ sary permits are Issued to hun-, ters who merely use the Blue Ridge Parkway as a route for a stopping point outside Parkway boundaries. Hereafter any. hurtter, who travels the Parkway and. does not use the Hunter Parking' ! Area at Singecat Overlook will not ( be required to obtain a Parking Permit. ( National Park Service Regular' require firearms transported l I m *** ctn J >tv ' cased TCf r tions prohibit stopping along the Parkway for the purpose of load ing or unloading hunters, game, or dogs. ] ,j r jti t- Lodge No. 17 To jMeet Thursday | Stated Communication of the Burnsville Lodge No. 717 A. F. & |A. M. will be held in jhe Lodge 'Hall Thursday at 7:30 p m. All • Master Masons are invited. (mm. Peterson Dies In Ala. Mrs. Wilma Roland Peterson, i ."8 dii d at her home in Birming- ’ ham, Ala., on Wednesday, after a lor.g illness. | She is survived by the husband. Bill Peterson of Birmingham; two j daughters, Mrs. Thomas- Stealy of { Memphis, Tenn. and Linda Jean of ’ the home; the parents,• Mr. and i Mrs Emory Roland of Burnsville; ore sister. Mrs. Roy .Allison of] Hickory; three brothers, Jack of I Providence, R. 1., and E. J.' and, James R. of Burnsville. Funeral arrangements under the direction of Holcomb# Brothers i Funeral Home are inoOmplete at I this Mine. I -rr ! DOUBLE ISLAND NEWS By: Mrs. Dewey Hall I Roy Hall and family of Mich * igan visited his parents and fri ends here last week-end. Funeral services were held in I the Double Island Church for Mrs. I Anna Presnell on November 13 and burial was In the church cemetery. Mrs. Nola Laws and family vis ited her son, Oscar Thomas and family, in Kingsport, Tenn last; week-end. I Susan Hall Is confined to her, home’ due to illness at this time. I Mrs. Jake Robinson Is also very ill at this time. | Mrs. Edward Laws is a patient} in the Spruce Pine Hospital. « Mr. Earl Robinson is able to be out again after a serious heart attack. Cling Thomac is confined to his home due to illness at this time. - ■■ ■yt j Price Per C»y Five Ceatt * NUMBER TBERTE&Jf to 1-- . * I' . * Brownie And Girl Scouts Present Program An enjoyable program of musk: and character portrayal was pre sented on Saturday evening, Nov ember 10, at the Elementary School by members of Brownie , Troop 65 and 86, and by members of Girl Scout Troop 88. The oocaa- Prosbyterian Women To Meet With Mrs. Roberts Thursday, November 15 at 7:30 p. m. the w'dmen of the First Pres \ byterian Church of Burnsville m J meet at die home of Mts. George J Roberts. Mrs. Fred Anglin wffl (be co-hostess. l Mrs Harlon Holcombe and Mrs. , W. L. Smith are in charge of the ] program. j A Thank Offering will be taken at this meeting. | Census Bureau >To Collect | Employment Information Information to be used in com piling national figures on employ ment and unemployment will bet 'collected locally during the week jof November 19 in ths Current ' Population Survey, it was an ' nounced today by the Bureau o* the Census, U. 8. Department of ' Commerce. | The information collected from . local families will he combined ■' with that collected it. 332 other •'areas of the country to provide SjM national estimates Approximately] 35,000 households are covered each month in the Current Population Survey. households are se lected at random under the Cen sus Bureau’s scientific sampling program to provide a tive cross-section of all classes -of the population, and all types of areas in the country large dt. ies, small towns, rural areas, and so forth. T Facts on employmen: and unem ployment collected locally asp forwarded to Census Bureau bead-' quarters in Washington to be pro cessed by the Bureau’s electronic computers, to provide the national estimates. The national report coveiir.g the information collected during the week of November 19 will be issued in Washington. eaiiy, in December. ! Current Population Survey Tn-' : formation will be collected locally, by: Mrs. Edna L. Harmon, 81 Wolfe Cove Road, Asheville'- N. q, Jaycees To Hold > Organizational Meeting A Jaycee meeting will b$ held the Burnsville Fire Department in Burnsville on Thursday ni&UW 8:00 p. m. of the Old Port Jaycees will be present to help with 'the organization of the J. C’s here. All young men between the ages of 21 and 35 are urged to attend Jaycees here. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our apprecia tion to our many friends who have expressed their love and affection for their Uncle Billy. We Ifcint to thank The Yancey Hospital atalf, Rev. Donald Noblett and Dr. W. IA. Y Sargent, and all opr friends ; for the floral offerings . and all I their expressions of sympathy. The William Grassmuck Family 1 The Republican Woman’s Orga | nisation of Yancey County lyill meet at Pete’s Snack Bar on Thu , rsday, November 29, at 7:30 p.jn. I All Republican women of the county are urged to attend this* meeting. : iutfpras to honor the parents of - the troop members, and also soma • Ctrl Scout guesAs from Leicester. ’ N. C. ' Brownie Troop 65 presented hl, I vibrant Hillbilly Band, with ap- \ propria te costumes and actions. Brgprfoe Troop 88 rendered an In dian song, with supplementary : p&ntomine. The leaders of Troop 65 are Mrs. Jack Edge, Mrs. Julian Cornwell, and Mrs. Jack Kelly. The leaders of Troop 86 are Mrs Bth Hess and Mrs. Arney Fox. Girl Scout Troop 88 presented a ~ 'costume character show. In which -' - the Scouts portrayed famous char-” ' supers from books, plays, and also '“ famous characters of today. Win- '-•* hero were: First-Pollyarana, by - Miller; Second-!a ttet* : ' Toga Sawyer by Susan Rutledge, and Bono, The Clown, by Bonnie Hess; Third—won by three Scouts, - were: Cinderella, by Julienne Buckner, Aunt Jemima, by Re becca Pate and Aladdin and the Lamp, by Anita Anglin. is a list of characters in the order of their appearance: Jackie Jones, Rumpelstiltkin; Ani ta'Anglin, Aladdin and the Lamp; Patricia Randolph, Betsy Ross; Nora Jane Jarrett, Dutch Girl; Dianne Angel, Little Black Sambo; Arlene Rector, Little Black Sam bo’s mother; Gayla Cooper, Alice in Wonderland; Geraldine Styles, |A Pilgrim; Kathy Silver, Queen (Elizabeth; Ruth Price, Little Girl With Seven Names; Bonn'e Hess, Bozo, the Clown; Lynne Bvteer, Yellow Fairy from Good Faihy Tale Pook; Pam Styles, Huckle berry Finn; Virginia Bodford , j Hopalong Cassidy; Jean Howell, I I Tito in Hop&tong Cassidy; Patsy j Hughes. Little tUd Devil; Rebec lea Pate, Aunt Jemima; Deborah I Hilliard and Jeanne Ray, the My stifying Twins; Pam Huskey, Fairy Godmother; Julienne Buck ner. Cinderella; Irene Cokstta, Bluebeard; Trula Huskey, one of Bluebeard’s wives; Mary and Martha Hess, Jack and Jill; Cor delia Miller, Pollyanna; Linda Detftan, Jack, Be Nimble—; Susan Rutledge, Tom Sawyer; Julia Pate, Peggy in Pec he us D Island (Iceland Fisherman*; San dra Fox and Mary Bur hoe, Rom eo and Juliet; Ramona Penland, Margaret Riddle, Jean Holcombe and Jennifer Jarrett. The Beverly Hillbillies. Following this, an investiture service for seven new girls wka have recently joined the troop ♦as held. Mrs. Don Burboe, Girl Scout District Chairman, present ed pdas to Bonnie, Mary and Mal tha Hess, Jean Howell, Rebecca Pate, Ruth Price, and Susan Rut ledge. Refreshments were served and a social hour followed. Leaders of Girl Scout Troop 88 include Mrs. Max Penland, M&. Bob Hilliard, Mrs. W. A Y. Sar gent and Mrs. P. C. Coletta. fox Receives Master’s Degree Glenn E. Fax has received Ms Master's Degree in Education from the University of North Carolina where he attended sum mer school. He graduated from Burnsville High School and attended Wake Forest College and is now em ployed in the Aaheboro City School system. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Fox of Burnsville. •OX SCORE •i I.•.•»>■••¥> RALEIGH The Motor Vehic les Department’s summary of tw/ao deaths through 10 A. M. fCoaday, November 12: KILLED TO DATE 1108