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IHUIJ6DAY, DECEMBER 13, 196 S
Soil And Water Conservation
District Superyisor Elections
Dpcemher 3-8 was Soil and
Water Conservation District elect
ion week in Yancey County. The:
voters In our county have chosen!
Carlie Rice for a three year tern
to b'vgin January 1, 1963. The res
ponse from the ’ eligible voters in
the county was quite gratifying to
the supervisors, and they wish to
express appreciation to all who
participated.
Soil and Water Conservation Dis
trict, supervisors occupy a position
of public office and public trust.
As a member of our local board,
Mr. Rice will assist in program
planning, policy making and the
carrying out of a soil and water
conservation program for Yancey
county and Yancey Soil Conserva
tion District. Members of our coun
ty and district boards will meet
regularly with agricultural agency
representatives and others interes
ted m this important program.
District supervisors are non-salari
ed officials, serving our district,
state and nation in this inmport
ant role largely ate their own ex
pense and without compensation
in the form of salary.
Our Yancey District is a sub
division of our N. C. State govern
ment, organized under the provi
sions of the General Statutes of
North Carolina. As such, super
visors and districts have a res
ponsibility to the people of our
county and district; Many indivi
duals, agencies and other groups
supply assistance of one form or
another. Conservation goals and
objectives are set up each year.
District supervisors are your elec
ted- representatives to coordinate
the various aspects of this pro
gram.
Other supervisors in Yancey
County are: Oscar Deyton, George
King, and Luther Ayers.
Carlie Rice was one of the three
Yancey Soil arid Water Conservat
ion District Supervisors who first
served Yancey County and estab
lished it as a Soil Conservation
District in 1952. Carlie is a leading
citizen of Yancey County as well
as a leading Conservation farmer.
PLANTS '
Bring Christmas chew into your j
own home or the home of some- ,u - jJmk
one dear with a lovely growing I
Poinsettia, Cyclemons- i
Mums, Christmas Be- > v |jji% wm
gonias, Dish Gardens,
Christmas Memorial \&frjj
Wreaths, Christmas ar- KpSy j
rangements to grace V I
your dining table TV ■■
and other arrange- _ '^4,
ments, Door Swags. |
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Men come in, select for that lovely lady a beautiful
silver service or punch bowl set, sterling silver can
delabra, brass, chrystal, or a beautiful picture. We
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have a beautiful selection of gifts.
Ruby’s Flower & Gift Shop
PHONE MU 2-2345 BURNSVJLLE, N ( .
Ski Lodge Opens
j This Week
The restaurant and shops at
Blowing Rock Ski Lodge will be
open this week.
Offering service before the
lodge’s official December 15 will
be a restaurant, a ski clothing
shop and a rental and equipment
shop, M. E. Thalheimer, president
of the lodge, announced. The res
taurant will offer snack bar ser
vice initially and will begin full
breakfast, lunch and dinner ser
vice after the opening.
Weather permitting, the ski
slopes will be open to the public!
daily after Sunday, December 16. J
A cold snap, with several success-',
days of below freezing weather, 1
is necessary for the snow making
machinery to produce a good ini
tial blanket of snow.
The restaurant and shops are
housed in the large two-story
“base lodge” at the foot of the
three ski slopes, The lodge is
situated on a state maintained all
weather road 1 % miles off U. S.
221-321 and the Blue Ridge Park
way three miles north of Blowing
Rock.
The restaurant will be operated
by H. M. (Mac) Lanier, restaura
teur with more than 30 years ex
perience in the business in Flor
ida and Blowing Rock. He opor
ates The Chestnut^Restaurant, in
Blowing Rock. The lodge restaur
ant has a seating capacity of
250. -
Jack Feimster, owner -4he
Varsity Shop in Boone, will oper
ate the ski clothing shop. The
shop will offer a complete line of
| ski clothing and accessories such
as sunglasses, wind masks, head
bands and the like. It also will
offer general sportswear lines
and will be open year-round, Mr.
Feimster said.
The shop, colorfully decorated
in an alpine theme, occupies
nearly 1,000 feet of merchandising
space on the 1 ground floor of the!
Other facilities on the ground
floor include the equipment sales
and rental shop, which Is operat
ed by the lodge itself, a first aid
room, rest rooms and offices.
The dining room, which includes j
a lounge built around a large J
stone hearth, occupies most of.
the second floor. There also is i
space for a bandstand and dance
Kbor. The Ambassadors combo
‘'will provide music nightly through
he Christmas season," Mr. Thal
heimer said. *>
A rew of picture windows over
look t&e ski slopes, arid an outdoor
observation dock adjoins the upper
floor on three sides. “I can’t ima
gine a more delightful dining at
mosphere,” Mr. Lanier said of
his operation.
This will be the first full aea
ron for the ski resort which was
organized last year by Mr. Thal
heimer and a group of Blowing
Rock and Boone businessmen. The
corporation has raorft than 800
stockholders in North Carolina.
Men In Service
HOMESTEAD AIR FORCE.
BASE, FLA. (AHTNC) - Army
PFC Rabon Robinson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Shelby A. Robinson,
Route 1, Green Mountain, N. C.,
and other members of the Army
Forces Atlantic ( ARLANT) were
on hand to greet President Ken
nedy during his recent tour of
'Homestead Air Force Base in
southern Florida.
The President inspected Army
installations and personally thank
ed the ARLANT troops for their
participation in the military build
up during Cuban crisis.
" Robinson entered the Army In
November 1962 and completed
basic training at Fort Jackson,
S. C.
The 24-year-old soldier is a 1956
graduate of Micaville High School
and attended Brevard College.
Before entering the Army. Rob
inson was ’'employed by Firth
Carpet Co., Burnsville.
MANNHEIM, GERMANY <AH
TNC) Army Pvt. Jack Haun of
Taylor, Mich., participated with
other members of Company A
of the 18th Infantry in a two-week
live-fire field exercise near Mann
heim, Germany, which ended
• Nov. 28. 1
The exeicise was ties., neu to
further familiarize Haun with
ids combat arms. The training
emphasized elhptoymeot of the
weapons with safety and effeetlve-
Iness under the close supervision of j
marksmanship experts.
Haun entered the Army in Dec
; ember 1961, completed basic.
1 training at Fort Jackson, S. C., I
and arrived overseas last May. j
The 24-year-old soldier, whose
wife, Myrlee, lives at 25275 Char
les St., Taylor, Mich., attended
Bee Log High School,
N. C. His father, Peter L. Haun,
lives on Route 2, Burnsville, N. c.
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“OOH, LOOK WHO’S HERE,” says Jackie to his sister Audrey as they admire the rotund Santa |
which centers the table for a Christmas party. Mom has wisely provided virtually unbreakable S
melamine dmnerware se-that there will be no accidents with broken plates. The “Plans-A-Partv”
setting with beverage cups, nppkins and gay table cloth will not only dciight the young guests
but save time for a busyMopi during the holiday season. *