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Elsaesser was a resident of Burnsville for five years during the 1950 s . . . Mrs. Pollard is re ported improving at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Asheville, where she has been confined for almost two weeks . . . Mr. and Mrs. Dean Plemmons Sr., of Tobacooville, -N. C.. were the guests last week of their dau ghter, Mrs. Tom Higgins, and her family . . . Mrs. Higgins and son Chippy accompanied the Plemmons batik to Tobaccoville for a brief i visit . . . Miss Jeannle Peterson of Mem-1 Governor Sanford Lauds 1963 General Assembly “The 1953 General Assembly of North Carolina earned distinction as a hard vs. king and construc tive legislative body.’’ Governor Terry Sanford said in appraising the record of the lawmakers. The Governor said: “The large majority of the legislators were more interested in producing •positive progress for the citizens of North Carolina than in political propaganda.” He asserted: “The beneficiaries, of the work of the 1963 General Assembly will be the citizens of North Carolina—and especially the ” boys and girls of North Carolina.” While “critics were busy on a looking for headlines,” * Governor Sanford continued, “the vast majority of the members of the General Assembly were busy in committee rooms looking for % so'id record of achievements for all of the People of North Caro-' lna.” Every county and every citizen “can be proud of the long list of accomplishments compiled by the 1962 session,” he said. He pointed out that almost 2,000 bills were considered by the Gen eral Assembly and noted: “Not every single bill which you and I might have voted for went on the law books. And some bills were passed which you and I might have voted against.” But, he added, “The excellent THE YANCEY RECORD . K ■. :K&fe * - ■ SubscUp'ton $2.50 Per Year Yancey County school system un to the late 19505, resides on Jacks Creek. He will teach this year at East Yancey High School. Team members were deft to right*: 'Ruby Ray, Bess Wheeler, Grace Cassida, Lucille Smith, Lu : elite Carmchael, Ore Lee Bailey ' and Zula Cox. The girl at extreme r'ght coukl not be identified by Wilson, who lonatcd this picture. “I am certain that this is one style the ladies will never revive,” Quipped Wilson, . referring to the uniforms. phis, Tenn., is visiting her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hen sley GREEN MOUNTAIN Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Leone and daughter, who have been living in Europe for the last three years, recently visited here with Mrs. Leone’s Claude Hughes. The Leones have now returned home to Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. The Hughes also had as their guests their other. daughters and i their families, Mrs. L. B. Bass of I Belmont the Carl Harrelsons of I Rateigh. r~ overall record of the representa tives of the people was in keeping with the needs and the hopes of the people of North Carolina.” “Education—the number one need of North Carolinians—was the number one .achievement of the 1963 General Assembly,” Gover nor Sanford said. “For the first time in history,” he Pointed out, “the Advisory Budget Commission and the Ad ministration approved every red cent of the funds ''requested by the State Board of Education for the boys and girls of North Caro lina,” And, the Governor continued, “The 1963 General Assembly, in a nearly unanimous vote, approved almost 100 per cent of those funds. Almost SSO million was added !b the State budget to enrich the I education of our sons and daugh- I ters.” Another „ major advance in edu cation, cited by Governor San ford, came when the Higher Edu cation Bill was overwhelmingly adopted. This bill provides for establishment of State-supported community colleges, for the en largement of junior colleges at Wilmington, Charlotte and Ashe ville into four-year colleges, and for the upgrading of the Consoli dated University of North Carolina and Its campuses at Raleigh, - Greensboro and Chapel Hill. I > “iWicpted To The Procr J oTYancey County* The Stanley McCormick team played against teams from the Yancey Collegiate Institute, which was also located in Burnsville, and from the public schools a 4 * Bald Creek and Micaville. Gaines were played in a small gym in the administration build ing at Stanley McCormick (it stood on the site now occupied by Paul Laugbrun’s home), in the auditor ium of whai is now Burnsville Elementary School or on an out s'de clay court) on the Stanley McCormick grounds. | MICAVILLE I Guy Ybung is undergoing treat j ment in Memorial Mission Hospi- j tal in Asheville. CANE RIVER Visiting Mrs. Ruby Silvers last week were Mrs. Stella Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Barnett, all of Erwin, Tenn. . . . Mr. and Mrs’ Jay McDowell' had as their guests over the week end Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Prof fitt. . . Vacationing in Florida this week are Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. David Hylemon and Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Riddle. . . Miss Ruby Edwards is confined to an Asheville hospital. .'. The community colleges will be built where, when and how needed. They will give many young Peo ple who cannot afford to go away to college a chance for higher education which they never had before. A further advancement in edu cation came when the General made a spec 1 a 1 appro priation for the trainin' and the education of mentally retarded children—'“the forgotten children.” The General Assembly also set up a statewide system of educational television to reach the mountains and the Eastern counties of North Carolina. The General Assembly provided for new vocational education courses to provide skills needed for this Atomic Revolution and Space! Age. In addition to substantial ad vances for education, Governor Sanford listed the following as some of the major achievements of the 1983 General Assembly: TRAFFIC SAFITY “The 1963 General Assembly enacted more legislation to stop the slaughter cm our highways than any Gen eral Assembly since the T-Model.” Among traffic measures adopted were: Chemical tests for drunken driving; provisional licenses and driver training courses for young drivers; requirement for seat belts on new cars; additional highway BURNSVILLE, N. C|YhJmdAY, JULY 4, 1963 Burnsville ABC Election Poses f* w ’ ; 5* .-V A Problem For Town Board Ok ■ ’■• ■ ■ ' * - , Six Teins Sel-TTGo In SofHall • If Temns commun ity will compels summer inj ths re-activated f§S§cf>y County; Softball League.- St t to go are Creek. Micav'llejg|puble Island. Green Mountain jgfndian Trail. Games wll be «lyed Tuesday and Thursday altmoons, with the initial action v (Cheduted for July 9. A double header * wit be played at the Burnsville School field each plavin|>dfte. beginning at 5:30 p. m. Mkjavtio will play all its games cffSfce Micaville Elementary also be? ginning at 5:30. Team manager! ape: Jim Neill. Bald Creek: lirvf A. z. Jamerson, Bolens Creek; _|tfpny Buchanan, Micaville; Ronnid thomas, Double Island: Lloyd Green Moun tain; and Chariel Justice. Indian Trail. Each team wiffe *r «** <***? team. twee. a., ajl-star game pitt ing the league lsitor «s of July 23 against a team tte selected by the managers of kfee Uve other squads, will SSSm the Burnsville field. 'Wans have tentatively been made iA hold a double elimination playoff at the end of the regular season. First half schedule: I July 9—lndian Trail vs. Bald Creek, Bolens Creek vs. Green Mountain, Double Island vs. 'Mica ville. July 11—Indian Irail vs. Green Moimtain, Bald Creek vs. Double Island, Bolens Creek vs. Micaville. July 16—Indian Trail vs. Double Island, Green Mountain vs. Mica ville, Bald Creek vs. Bolens Creek. July 18—Indian Trail vs. Mica ville, Double Island vs. Bolens Creek, Green Mountain vs. Bald Creek. « July 23—Indian Trail vs. Bolens Creek. Micaville vs. Bald Creek, Double Island vs. Green Mountain. Patrolmen. MENTAL HEALTH—The legis lators established a Department of Mental Health which will provide a better system against mental illness and better care and cures for the mentally ill. FARMING—Gave strong bud getary support to the food pro cessing program; authorized a major new agricultural research center in Western North Carolina; continued support for traditional programs. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT —Provided funds for an accelerat ing for new industry. TOURIST TRADE lncreased significantly the promotion of North Carolina’s third largest in dustry—'the tourist and travel in industry. UTILITIES Modernized state’s utilities laws. Tire legislators directed the Attorney General’s Office to represent the public’s side in. utilities cases and author ized a public rate expert to assist in such cases. The lawmakers also required a six-month wait be-’ , fore utility rates can be incieased under bond. The size of such In creases, under bond, was limited to no more than 20 per.cent. OUTER BANKS—Appropriated funds for the restoration and de velopment of the Outer Banks. ROADS—Stopped diversions of highway funds and thereby provid State Engineers Reported Making Winter Star Survey j State H'gfoway Commsslon engi neers were reported in Yancey County last weekend, making sur veys for the proposed highway, from Burnsville to Mount Mitchell. Several sources indicated/' that location specialist were looking over the area in southern Yancey. ■ However, the * reports could not b n confirmed. Construction of a multi-million dollar resort and recreation facility on Winter Star Mountain in the Cattail section hinges on the state’s building of an access road through the area. Yates Bennett of Burnsville, a former Highway Commissioner and the Yancey Chamber of Com merce representative to Raleigh Making Trip The 4th? Be Sure You Can Stop One of the most frequent meclv; anical failures responsible for i accidents in traffic is faulty 1 - brakes. I 3 The State Department of Motor P Vchicks, with plenty of evidence v m hand, points put that drivers n should know the dTforene* between e good and bad brakes and the * care necessary to keep them in *, top condition. j In particular, the driver should : realize that bad brakes today l cannot wait until next week fpr i ’ adjustment; an emergency situa tion demanding top braking per formance can arise at any moment. 1 In testing the brake system the . first thing to do is depress the i pedal for solidness. For maximum effectiveness the pedal should not, travel very far 'before a rock I haid solid feeling is noticed. If i the pedal feels spongy or travels too far iwithin two inches of the floor) it indicates the need for an i adjustment or for more involved brake work. Next, make a test stop in the er .ed additional funds for building, i maintaining and improving roads ' 1 of North Carolina. ,1 ,| 'SPACE CENTER Authorized establishment otf a Space Center at the Research Triangle in order “to see that North Carolina, ' which was late In the Industrial ' Revolution, is in on the launching 1 of the Space Age.” 1 PORTS—Provided expansion Pro ( grains at the deep water polls of Wim'ington and Morehead City. ' MEDICAL ASSISTANCE l m• plemented program designed to , provide medical assistance for t elderly citizens. provided f) greater assistance for» medically . indigent. MINIMUM WAGE Raised minimum wage from 75 cents to .85 cents an hour. "This should, , mean an increase of more tbanj . sio million in personal income in . North Carolina." MIGRANT FARM WORKERS— Improved legislation designed to protect migrant workers. PRISONER REHABILITATION —lmproved North Carolina's Work Release Law which has helped make North Carolina one of the few states with a decreasing prison population. The legislators stren t gthened probation and parcles ' programs. Price'Per Copy Fhr» Ccato on thei resort-highway project, said he understood that the locat- { ing engineers had been in the • • Cattail area. ——— "A hear they were up there to lock over a route that other engi neers had proposed earlier, and to make another cost estimate,” said Bennett. ! Bennett said he expected to be summoned to Raleigh for a con ference with officials of the De partment of Conservation and De velopment witt'n a few days. “These people are extremely in terested in this project.” me said. • “And they feel confident that . things will be worked out so that , it becomes a reality.” | driveway or on a quite street. Note i any tendency of the car to pull to 1 one side. Then, with the hand! 1 brake pulled up tight, accelerate •(slightly. With, good brakes the ; engine will promptly stall, s Frequent, sudden stops shorten s the Me t,r broke-teftgs- qwcjrer i than any tfcng else. This is a bad practice in the first place and one which !s a sure sign of reckless ness and driver inattention. For longer brake life be alert, anticipate stops and begin stow ing down gradually. Roberts Heads Auto Dealers George W. Roberts, Roberts j j Chevralet-Buick, Inc., Burnsville,' has been appointed Area Chairman of the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association for Yancey j County, according to an announce-] ment made th's week by Troy Smith, president. Roberts succeeds Joe C. Young, also of Burnsville. Roberts will act as liasion officer between new car apd truck deal ers i» Yancey County and NCADA and the National Automobile Deal ers Association. It will be Roberts’ responsibi lity to keep his area informed of . state and national affairs affect ing the automotive industry and, in turn, to advise the state and 1 national associations of events on the local scene. He will also head a county-wide membership cam-j • paign for both organizations in 1 the faU. Roberts is a Mason, a Shriner, a member of the Lions Club and American Legion. t—- Bloodmobile Visits July 17 | The Red Cross Bloodmobile will make its first Yancey County visit of the 19ii3-64 f seal year on July 17, Blokl Program Chairman Car lie Rice said Tuesday. “This wdl be the first at four visits in a 12-month period,” sa’d Rice. “As for tbn past several i years, our quota will again be j 400 pints—loo pints each visit.’’ | Rice sa’d the Bloodmobile usu • ally makes its first Yancey visit ’, in August, but that circumstances :; had foiced the advancement. “Th» 1 is the trip where the agricultural , grouPs usually lend their support.’’ be said. “We hope that we fan 1 count on them again.” The Bloodmobile will be at the 3 Armory in Burnsville from noon until 5:30 p. m. NUMBER FQHTY4&X Voting Date Not Set Yet, Says Mayor BY TOM HIGGINS Record Editor The Burnsville Town Board ad journed Tuesday night without taking action on setting a date for an ABC election. Mayor Bob Ilelmle and Com missioners P. C. (Pete) Codetta and B. R. Peniand indicated that they would try again Wednesday night. Helmle reported that the board found it9elf in quite. a dilemma, | and said that he could not promise when any concrete action wodLd [be taken. ■ The proWem, he said, is that I legislation which maneuvered the beard into the position a? setting tip the vote on legalizing the sale of alcohol beverages here was somewhat “thorny.” The original bill, introduced by Sen. J. Yates Bailey of Paid Crook, was almost entirely permissive. It gave the town board authority to call the electron on its own motion. However, section eight of Bai ley’s ball invalidated anything the town might do if the county com missioners should call for an ABC into *aw June 14. Later. Rep. Mark W. Bennett of Burnsville successfully attached an amendment to Bailey’s bill, mak in<? it mandatory for the town ’ board to allow the citizens of Burnsville to vote on the issue. Bennett’:* move had Bailey’s blessing. “Our problem is this,” said Helmle. “We could call an election, hold a registration, have ballots | printed. . . the works. Then, if the j county commissioners decided to hold m election, all our work and ; all the takpayers’ money which , had been spent setting up a town j election would be down the drain.” I Helmle added: “We are definitely not trying to stall. We are all agreed that un der the laiw we must call an elec tion. But we are going to proceed with caution and be certain of our "footirg.” Helmle said that it would take* at least a month before an elec- could possibly t>e held after [ announcement of the voting date. “It is law that we must give 20 . days notice of a registration per l iod. have a seven-day registration i asd a challenge day.” he said. “I don’t think it’s likely that the j issue will come to a vote in July.” J *> Scene Two carpenters stranded atop a bouse (a sudden gust of wind had blown their ladder down), waving 1 frantically to passerby on a far away road . . . Matronly type rearranging the tissue decorations on a car to be used by newly-weds ...» Trailways bus straining might ily on the "town hill’’ grade, al though the driver was the on# person aboard. . . i Members of the Playhouse con tingent and some of the local crowd exchanging incredulous first looks . . . The “Courthouse Rail Club” giv ing a newiy-appoinied sheriffa , deputy a good-natured ribbing . . . | Yancey teenage mates In the ; company of Florida lassies from /Cattail Creek (and Yancey Wastes 1 trying—much too hard—to pretend that they don’t notice) ... > The weekly Saturday* afternoon ! . traffic jam in the CwirthouseHoa* - - • * fl j£S
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