Newspapers / The Yancey record. / Dec. 6, 1962, edition 1 / Page 1
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN Tobacco Average Good In County According to E. L. Dillingham, | Farm Agent, most of the tobacco * in the county will be sold by the time the market closes for Christmas. Mr. Dillingham stated that due to the favorable weather we have had this fall that far- Dulce Endow- • men! Releases Annual Reports Charlotte The changing pic ture of hospital services and ins titjonal care of children in North Carolina and South Carolina is re vealed in annual reports of the Hospital and Orphan sections of The Duke Endowment, which were released here today. The reports, published in a new format, show that The En dowment exceeded previous re cords in appropriations for non profit hospitals and child care ins titutions in the fiscal year October 1, i 960, to September 30, 1901, and that staff services to assist ed institutions continued on an ex panded basis. According to Marshall I. Pic kens, director of the two sections and a trustee and the secretary of The Endowment, the amount ap propriated for operating expenses and capital purposes was $3,977,- 781, an increase of nearly $1,478,- 000 over the previous year’s re cord total of $2% million. Ap propriations were: $1,555,282 to ward operating expenses of 183 hospitals with $1 contributed for each free-bed day of care report ed; $1,982,900 for 54 projects in construction, equipment, and pur chase of hospitals; and $439,599 to assist 43 child care institutions in the care of, orphan and half orphan children. The year’s appropriations brought to $38,254,062 the funds given to hospitals and to $6,454,- 869 those given to child care ins titutions since the first appropri ations wtfre made in 1925. Yancey Hospital here received $914.00 for operating expenses. Cantata Catches Spirit Os Christmas To a world dark with despair came the soft light of hope. God visited the darkness. He came quietly, through the back door, to Bethlehem, a sleepy town in the hill country of Palestine. A star in the sky, a band of angels, a hand ful of shepherds, a trio of men from the East caught the deep meaning of the visit, and rejoiced. "A Star in the Sky,” a cantata of Christmas carols by Bruoe Carleton, catches anew the joy of the birth of Jesus. The joint choirs of the Higgins Memorial Metho dist Church and the First Presby terian Church will put the cantata to song on Sunday afternoon, Dec ember 16. The production is slated for 4 o'clock in the Higgins Memorial Church. Soloists for the performance will be Jo Lynn Urquhart, soprano; Mary Cecil Sievers, alto; Raymond Shepherd and Jim Bingham, tenor duet: and Jack Kelley, bass. Tj»e organ, accompaniment will be pro vided by Mrs. Albert Wiliams. Mrs. Warren S. Reeve is respon sible for the direction. The public is warmly invited to attend. ON N . C.MI6MWAYS RALEIGH The Motor Ve h'cles Department’s summary of traffic deaths through 10 A. M. I f inday, December 3,1962: ’ TLLED TO DATE 1199 Killed To Date Last Year 1118 GIVE TO THE YANCEY UNITED FUND THE YANCEY RECORD Subscription $2.50 Pit Year J mers got their tobacco on the floor earlier than in, previous years. He estimates that the to bacco sales will bring in approxi mately one and half million dol lars to the farmers of the county this year. There are around 1200 acres of tobacco in Yancey County with an average of 2300 lbs. per acre. Approximately half of the income in Yancey County comes from tobacco. The average price this year has been $65 * to $66. The price has dropped a little in the last few days but ac cording to the Farm Agent this was due to wet tobacco. Tobacco as a whole has weighed a little light this year. Yancey County farmers take their tobacco to the Asheville, Boone, Greenville and Johnson City markets. The prices, at each place have averaged around the same Christmas Pro gram Rendered At East Yancey A Christmas program of inter national scope and appeal was. presented on Monday, December I 3, at the regular meeting of the East Yancey PTA. Eleven Junior j High girls, appropriately dressed' to represent eleven different coun-1 tries, retold the story of Christ mas In their lands through pic ture, custopi, 'and song. Those participating were: Linda Deyton, America; Patricia Ran dolph, Mexico; Julia Pate, Italy;! Deborah McCurry, Scotland; De-| borah Hilliard, Switzerland; Anita! Anglin, Poland; Irene Coletta, Sweden; Janet Crisp, Norway; Dianne Angel. Holland; Lynne Bather, France: and Trula Hus key, England. Two guests, the Rev. Frank Chapo, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at MicaviUe and Miss Ankle Wilfund from Germany spoke on Christmas customs in their respective countries. A busi ness session and social hour fol lowed. Mrs. Arthella Brooks is the president of East Yancey PTA, and Mrs. Don ®urhoe is vice president. Mrs. Margaret Tyner is the program chairman, and assisting her In the above pro gram were Mrs. P. C. Coletta, Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent and Mrs. Bob Hilliard. Services Held For Randal Fox Services for Randal Fox, one year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fox of Rt. 1, Burnsville, who died on Monday morning, were held on - Tuesday in Green Mountain Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. Charles Milter officia ted and burial was in McCracken Cemetery. Surviving in addition to the par ants are a sister, of the home; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fox of Rt. 1, Burns ville and the paternal grand mother, Mrs. Carrie Fox, of Rt. 1; Burnsville . Good Conduct Club Organized By 7th Grade The Good Conduct Club of Mrs. Kenneth Hunter’s seventh grade at Burnsville Elementary School has sleeted officers. • Officers Include vanloe Allen, president; Cathy Wallace, secre tary; Marsha Banner, treasure; Stewart Kaulf, program chairman with Don Anglin, member; class' reporters, Marsha Banner and l Annie Lee Robinson. "Dedicator To Tke Prom* Os Yancey County* ! First Book By Plymouth Writer A young North Carolinian, Gene; Harris of Plymouth, is having his first book, Smoke on Old Thunder head, published November 29 by Jdhn F. Blair, Publisher, of Wins ton-Salem. ! Mr. Harris attended the public schools in Plymouth and then l went on to study graphic arts. He does free-lance work in v oils and water colors, but his main inter est is In creative writing. This is his first venture in writing for juvenile readers, although he has been trying his hand at composi tion since high school days. Smoke on Old Thunderhead, a j story for children eight to thirteen, jis about a boy, a witch and a j wild black bear who are drawn together by a raging forest fire lin an adventure set in the Great' Smoky Mountains. The central character is a young mountain boy who evokes an exciting chain of events by disturbing a witch’s , prized tree. Much suspense is ■created by the interrelationship of i sorcery, bear hunting and forest ! fire. The illustrator, Don Harris (no relation to the author), is also a native 'North Carolinian adWj working as art director for an ad vertising firm in Roanoke. Vir ginia. He received his training at' the Rarmes School of Art in Sara-1 sota, Florida, and at the Boston (Massachusetts) Museum School) of Fine Arts. The drawings tori Smoke on Old Thunderhead are) his first in the field of book illus- ■ tration. Garden Club Meets With Mrs. Proffitt - ■ • : . •' The Garden Club met on Friday night at the home of Mrs. Fred Proffitt. Mrs. D. R. Fouta was as-j sociate hostess. , • The businesss session was pre sided over by Mrs. E. L. Beeson, president of the club. Officers were elected for the coming year, as follows: Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent, president; Mrs. E. L. Beeson, first vice-president; Mrs. Ike Laugh run, 2nd. vice-president; Mrs. E. R. Gillespie, recording secre tary; Mrs. Grady Bailey, corres ponding secretary; Mrs. Wayne Ray, treasurer. I Mrs. Charles Proffitt reported that the civic committee is making plans to repair the monument mi .the Square. If anyone has a pic ture of the monument in its origi nal form, please contact Mrs. Proffitt. Mrs. Sargent reported that th« 300 pounds of daffodil bulbs which had been received as a gift from Mrs. P. N. Pratt of Bena, Va., have been distributed to the schools, the churches and other public places suitable for plant ing. Other members of the com mittee to plan and oversee the* planting are Mrs. Charles Prof fitt and Mrs. Grady Bailey. Mrs. Sargent was in charge of the program. She showed slides of scenes in Vermont and North Carolina and gave an interesting travelogue. She closed her program by reading the poem, *‘The Le gend Os The Iris.” ■During the social hour the host esses served a (desaprt course. Mrs. Z. B. *Jyrd was a guest of the club. i - =— ■ -- ” ' ,-v ,* BURNSVILLE, n' DECEMBER 6, I*B Brevard Bring* Undefeated Team Here Friday Night The Brevard tornadoes will , meet their long standing rivals; [ The Mars Hill Lie .on .the Burns ! ville Elementary unnasium floor at 8.00 o’clock, I day December >th. 1 f Brevard has not eon beaten in *) straight games, i I are rated as one of the best unior College teams in the Sout The team is made up of veter 6 that are ave raging 90 points r game and have gone over ] > mark already this season. The Mars Hill pllege Lions, who are in the : year of their 4th year status, lYe met Tuscu ; lum, a 4 year co ge, and lost by only two points. 1 ey have played 1 one Junior Colle® game whf h they won easily, the Mars Hi.! team is also a t*n of experiene-J ed players. The contests Jjetween thes .■' teams last year pere thrillers, i The outcome of # encounter bet ween these two rch rivals ca:i never be detera led until the last whistle is blflgr*. The game is lx ig sponsored by the Burnsville Lis Club, with hopes that it ma become a jier manent sports ttraction. The club hopes that i tmni of the two colleges and bask ball fans of the county will turn t in large num bers. i * A preliminary [game for 6:30 o’clock has beelj arranged be tween the Micavi* and South Toe Elementary Schoi Girls Teams. For those who cine early, they will have an onbrtunity to see future high schol players in the' making. Mr. and Mrs. , Brinkley pbser jve Anniversary | Mr. and Mrs. D. Htlon Brinkley I will observe their 50tt. wedding anniversary Sunday at an open house at their home in Burnsville [from 2 until 5 p. m. They were married December 7, 1912, and, j have lived all of tleir lives in j Burnsville. All of their cMldrtn and grand- j children will gather on Sunday for! the observance. these include' three sons, Clyde Brinkley of. Burnsville, Jack of Monticeilo, 1 Ga., Reece of Spntoe Pine, and foui’ F*“c? Rob ertson of Weav'Mville. Mrs. Ron ald Wilson of Marshall. Mrs. Ed gar Ball of Tannahannck. Va.. a:?.d Mrs. Thomas Robinson of Mica j ville. They a!«o haw 12 grand children and four great-grand children. 5. T. Hensley Dies In Michigan 1 S. T. Hensley, 83, of Rt. 4.! Burnsville, died Thursday > after noon in a Detroit, Mich, hospital, t where he haJ gone :o virit a son. j Services were hell at 2 p. m. | Supday in Bee Log Baptist Church. Burial was in Hensley Ceme tery. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Reagan Wilson and Mrs. Joe K<3H ifcfe.'-A jSKmW-y'' . ■ W ■ &I■HHnLv^ ' f-wnWi* 'jjffr' -, - _ ” r | V , ’’v '*» ’■••"" -V.- ,• ''-tt\>• ,j. - _," r _ * t - r » f , ' - . • “£, 'J, ' “'' v'\ NBW 'STUDENT LOAN PLAN for North Carolina students rteeirte official sanction from Governor Sanford. Oscar J. Mooneyham. St., (r) President of the North Carolina Bankers Association. accepts , congratulations for N. C7 bankers who developed the plan. Hunger Can’t I Wait 1 Despite orbits in space and I prospects oi trips to the moon, down on earth the fact is that I hall' tiie people still do not havt enough to eat. , '. Most of us in the United States ■ can wait in comfort while scien- < tists probe the way to future mar- < vels. As Christmas nears, our 1 greatest problem may seem to be what to buy as gifts. i But , not our neighbors across ' the world who are never sure of their next meal. Unless someone ' helps, they may not live to see another holiday season, let alone the Lunar Age. It is on, their be half CARE currently sepks funds for its Food Crusade. The aim is to delivei 7,508,000 , packages to the needy of 20 coun tries, in the names of Americans who give $1 per package. The foods are mainly U. S. agrieul- • tural abundance. Linked _ with | , CARE “partnership” programs! | whereby local governments pay distribution costs, the packages will complete a year-long plan to help feed 26,000,000 people hi 32 countries. Our response determines their fate undernourished school children, refugees, disaster vic tims, destitute families in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East. While we look to | the moon, they hunger for the food we store from our farms. Help for those in need, regardless of faith or country, is - the essence of Christmas. Before the holidays come. mail your dollars to: CARE Food Crusade, New York j 16, N. Y. Rev. and Mrs. Hilliard On , Vacation The Rev. Raymus F. Hilliard, Thursday morning for a two weeks! vacation. Rev. and Mrs. H til lard drove to Port Everglades. Fla. where they boarded the SS Argen tina for a Caribbean Cruise. Pas tor Hilliard will serve as The' Protestant Chaplain for the 10 day, i- . | cruise. , I J The Rev* G. -C. Graham of Spruce . Pine will conduct .services ' !at Higgins Memorial " r Church on \ ' December 9 and 18 at 11 a. m. ', ♦ i The Rev. Thomas Rutledge, pas ! tor of Martins Cbafwl Church, Newdale can be called for rwtstoral ‘services; his telephone is 675- .11"« , and Mrs. Jsrhes Bingham >' of Burnsville and Florida will ae- • ronmnry Rev. and Mrs. Hilliard "o the cruise. | 4|ifcsMflMas Bradford of Rt. 4, Burnsville; five sons, Fred and Blaine of Ypsilan i ti, Mich., Roscoe of Welch. W. Va.,' ! Burlis of Indianapolis, Ind., and \ Martin of Rt. 4, Burnsville; a sis-' , ter, Mrs. Axie WWtsqp .of _Rt. 4, Burnsville; and ‘three brothers, I Hiram arid Mark of Rfc'A, Burns ville and'‘Oscar of ■ Jacksonville; _Fia- Price Per Copt Five Cwrta Double Island Fourth Place In Contest Double Island Community wun 4th place and SIOO in the farm division of the Western District Community Development Clubs.! Vernon Presnell, president of the Films To Be Shown At Library Meeting Two films will be shown at the Friends of the Library meeting in Burnsville on Saturday evening, December 8, at Bp.m. ‘ ’ “Universe” explains present sci entific knowledge and theories of j the solar system and the galaxies j beyond the Milky Way. Er. Don-! j aid Macßae of the University of Toronto presents the observations J of astronomers and introduces the questions that puzzle philosophers! as well as scientists. This out | standing film stretches the:, imagi ! nation as well as enlarges. the knowledge. It is produced by the Canadian National Film Board and is 28 minutes long. “Adelie Penguins of the Antarc , tic” is an unusual color film i showing the life of cycle of pen guins as observed by a team] sent out by the American Museum of Natural History. It is appealing to all ages. > The program is sponsored by the 1 Yancey County Friends of the Library and the public is invited to attend. r Mr. Price Speaks To Lions *>->. - * Mr. H. R. Price, Forest Ranger of the Toecane District apo)te to | the Toecane Efistrict. Mr. Price stated that the recreational facili ties on Roan Mountain. South Toe, and Flat Top are being improved. The South Toe District has been ! expanded to take in the old Opti mist Camp, and camping fadli ! ties are being made to accomodate 100 families, this will take care of the families that stay for sev eral weeks, not just for a day. These improvements are creating employment for local people. Three new members were taken into the- Club on Thursday night. The new members include Paul Wooten, with the Wesco Telephone j Co., Mr. Price, and Aroey Fox. | manager of the Northwestern Bank here. | Brace West'all, James Bingham, and E. L. Beeson entertained members of the club with select ions on their string band. SUBSCRIBE TO The Reeord ; United Fund Honor Roll . P er Cent Contributing & 111 th * followirr K orsanlzatinas i» per ™«*>t «f nmrfmrrn h Q «« ..ntrtbuW to. m „ „™*. * ASCS Office County Agent’s Office The Northwestern Bank Carolina Tire Co. Doctor’s and Hospital Staff Farmers Home Administration South Toe School • Oak Crest School / * ; .ysi Town of Burnsville Employees Roberts Chevrolat-Buick, Inc. J ~ NUMBER MXTKIIX club, received the award at the annual Community Development Awards luncheon held in Asheville •at the City Auditorium on Decem ber 1. The community was judgfed on the following basis: participat ion in community projects, in creased income, home improve ments a.'.d youth program. The Agricultural Workers Coun cil was presented the plaque for outstanding support and achieve ment in the Community Develop ment Program. This plaque Is pre sented to one county in the area each year. Mary Margaret Deyton of Green Mountain, and chairman of the District Community Development i Council, gave the welcome at the - [luncheon at which more than 700 I people attended. Twenty-six at ! tended from Yancey county. | County Officers Assume Duties New County officers were sworn in at 12:00 noon on Monday. December 3. The swearing in cere mo try took place in the county j courthouse and the new officers were sworn in by Lowe Thomas, Clerk of Superior Court. New officers going in include Charlie Bradford, Sheriff; first deputy, Harley Bennett; Thad Bradford, jailer; 3. Biss Ray, Chairman County Commissioners; Floyd Wilson and Clarence Whee ler members; Dr.. W. A. Y. Stir gent, coroner. Mr. Thomas, Clerk of Superior Court, was sworn in by Judge t. Frank Huskins. All new officers assumed their l duties on Monday. i ~ - - # .<r vtrtfc- St MgBK * ■ t-w- - ■*i* i !"*+**■ 4*. 1 vortety Or n Bibles On ; Exhibit At EY The art exhibit at East Yancey High School this week, under the <lirection of the Cultural Arts Committee of the Parent-Teacher Association, with Mrs. Don Bur hoe, as ehairman, consists of a native rock collection, assembled and arranged by Joe Moody and Susan Wilson, students at East Yancey. This is the third in a series of exhibits that has been placed ia high school ihis year. They are changed every two weeks. Next week’s exhibit will of a variety of Bibles collected from people in Burnsville, and related articles of religious inter est. Many of these Bibles have been collected from abroad and are written in a foreign language. The public is invited to visit the East Yancey High School and view these exhibits.
Dec. 6, 1962, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75