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VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT . —■ C. River Seeks To Extend ‘Streak'; East Yancey To Play At OIJ Fort BY TOM (HIGGINS Record Editor Cane River will seek to extend its “winning streak" to two and Eat,: Yancey goes after its seventh victory in a pair of high school football games Friday night. Cane River faces rugged Cran berry in an Appalachian Confer ence game at Cranberry and* East steps out of the conference! for an inlet league tussle at Old j Fqi.. Both games are scheduled! to bright at 8 p. tn. Coach Bruce Peterson's Cane River team registered its first victory after four tosses when it j beat Crossnore, Thursday night (Oct. 10' on the Cranberry field. East Yancey, coached by Bob Thomas, took over sole Possession | of the Appalachian lead Friday) night (Oct. 11) with an assist from Cranberry. The Panthers de feated BakersviUe, 27-22, to .push the'r league mark to 5-0 (6-1 ; overall). Cranberry, meanwhile,, whipped Spruce Pine. 21-12, to drop the Blue Devils' conference record to 4-1 and knock them from Dropout School Sign-up Set For Late In October "Operation Second Chance” the pilot program for public school dropouts, will officially begin In Yancey County during- the last , week of October. ft H. D. Justice, Superintendent of Yancey County School, announced Wednesday that officials of the Employment Security Commission in Spruce Pine will interview stu dents and assign them to classes during a session to be conducted in the Yancey Courthouse in Bur nsville. He said specific datts and times will be announced . later. The training will be offered to all males and females between 16 and 22 who have -not completed their h'gh school education. Av erage length of the courses will be 16 weeks (a 1 though some may. run for 12 month’) and students' will be paid $24 per week during training. The Yancey school,.system and the Employment I Security Comxnh -'on will make efforts to aid students in obtaining jobs as they complete their training. Miss Grindstaff Named CR Homecoming Queen ' *■ ' Mias Brenda Gilndstaff, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Grind staff of Rit. l, Green Mountain, was crowned Homecoming queen at Cane River High School Friday (Oct. 4). Mss G indstaff, representing * Wit/' ;jpp ‘V 4 Photo by John Robinson i BRENDA GRLNDSTAFF Subscription $2.50 Per Year a tic with East for the lead. | Peterson scouted Cranberry in its game Friday and said “it Is “tht- quickest team I’ve seen in oiu' conference.” He said that Bill Tate, Cranberry tailback, “is per . haps one of the most compete football Players in the western part of the state. He does every ! th'ng and does it well.” I The coach said that Cranberry (2-1 in conference, 4-1 overall' runs ! strictly from the single wing. “However, this won’t be strange More Sports Page Two to us. as we saw it against Mars Hill,”' he added. Thomas said that East had not j had a chance to scout O’l Fort, j a member of the Skyline Confer ence, and that little wa; known about the team other than it has a 1-5 record. : “We do know that Old Fort was . beaten by NC3D by two touchdowns, and that's the same margin that NC3D beat us,” said the coach. "We certainly aren’t expecting Justice, who is helping adminis ter the federal experimental pro gram which is being conducted only in Avery, Mitchell and Yan cey Counties, said: “The Yancey County Board of Education is very anxious for every boy and girl in Yancey County., that is not employed to take advantage of tins Wonderful opportunity to train for a job. It is very important that those inter ested come in and sign up so that the program can be started soon. Those interested who de sir- more information are 6’&»d to contact the office.” Justice added that first con sideration will be g*iven to stu dents who have dropped out of schoo 1 before graduation. How ever, he said, those who have graduated and are interested in some type of training may also appiy. Ten percent of the total Participants in the program may be high school graduates. ■ one of three senior classes, was chosen over 15 other candidates. 1 Principal Robert Peterson crown -1 ed the queen wjdh the assistance of Miss Vaughtie King, the 19f>2 queen who is now a student at Mars Mil College. Selected as members of the queen’s court were Marie Deyton, JoAnna Bailey, Linda Boone and Lois Doan. Contestants representing varicus homerooms In addition to the queen and her court were: Ann Styles, Wilma Wilson. Nancy King, Barbara Evans. Pat Letter man, Mary Hope Blankenship, Shelda Woody, Peggy Watts, Susan Cooper, Sonya Bailey and Rita Slivers. The senior class’ cleverly-design ed riverboat was winner of the float contest, with the freshmen’s “Hootenanny” entry talcing second place. Judges were R. A. Radford, Adrian Buchanan and James Fox, Yancey County school officials. The-gowning of the queen took place prior to the football game between Mars Hill and Cane' River (Mars Hill won, 26-7, and, details were in last week’s Re-1 cord). The Mars Hill College band performed prior to the game and again at halftime. THE YANCEY RECORD "Dedicated To The Pro*r*w Os Yaneoy County* i an easy time.” Thomas said that four starters' ! were musing minor injuries ~and ! possibly would see only lurried j action. “Our two b r can.erence j ghmes (against Craab-'rry and j Spiuce Pine l are next aud we: . certainly don't want to lose, someone for those by playing; them unaecessar ly in an inter- 1 ’ conference game," he su’d, i The hurt pUr-er a ■ ■ iarter-; , back Gordon Banks, haUbuck Bob; ■ Andersen, center Benton Tyner 1 and defensive end Star. McMahan. Alter BakersviUe shocked a partisan. East Yancey crowd by i marching 75-yards with the open ing kickoff for a touchdown. East i earns back on the passing of Banks to take a narrow halftime . lead and then win >t going away, t The Panthers tied the score at i 6-5 early in the second period as Banks pitched 21 yards to end i Harold Bennett Jr. Banks’ con version attempt for the go ahead point was m'ssrd. Bakersville’s earlier passing attempt for the! r extra point had been batted down, j East went ahead to stay the i next time it got the ball, Antler- J son getting the touchdown on a * twist'ng 33-yard run. Banks’ kick l was good this time, and it was! the margin of difference at the I half as Bakersv'He came hack for; another touchdown on a 46-yard pass from Bill Sparks to Alden Baker, but missed again on a, pass for the extra point. The Panthers duplicated !Bak ereville’s feat of driving for a TD after the kickoff as they took the second half boat all the way. Banks hit Bennett, who made a diving catch hi 'the end zone, for the final 15 yards and then con vgrted for a 20-12 lead. TRb defensive unit set East uP for its final TD in the fourth period by blocking a BakersviUe , punt. f Banks threw to fullback Norman Ray for the score on a play cover ing 18 yards, then kicked the e:l --__trar" point that forged the final 'mar gin. The loss virtual'y eliminated Bakersville from the championship ' race with a 3-2 record. The Bull dogs are now 3-4 overal 1 . •• • • Cane River escaped the confer ence cellar with a second half 1 scoring splurge that doomed win less Crossnore to its sixth loss, all in the conference. (Continued on back pa get pi*/**: ■ ■ nK - is THE SENIORS’ FLOAT Farmers’ Night Prizes Total SSOO Prises worth over SSOO will be awarded winning communities in the annual Yancey County Com munity Development Contest' atithe Farmer’s Night and Community, Awards Program Oct. 28. £ The meeting, which is sponsored by the Burnsville Men’s Club, will be held in the 'Burnsville Com munity Center with Congressman I Roy A. Taylor as speaker. I Judges for the county contest will be J. B. Edwards, Indus ! trial Education Center, Asheville; Miss Marie Scott, Home Econo BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1963 1- r~ • : ■1 - ■■■■—■ ■—■ Yancey Obituaries I MRS. AUGUSTA HONEYCUTT i Mrs. Augusta Proffitt Honey-] cutit, 86, of day in an Ast^ i i' i TTigr l tiU foi it ■ -s She was a daughter of the late 1 Milton Proffitt and Ann Anderson Proffitt, and was a lifelong resi dent of Yancey County. She was the wife of the. " late M. C. Honeycutt, a longtime sher rttf of Yancey County, and was an active member of Higgins Memorial Methodist Church in Burnsville for over 60 years. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a. m. in the Hig gins Methodist Church. The Rev. Ray Hlliard, pastor, will officiate along with Rev. Charles B. Tram mell of Burnsville's First Baptist Church and the Rev. Robert For ward of Bakersville. Mrs. Honeycutt is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Dover R. mics Agent. Avery County; and Robert Love, County Extension Chairman from McDowell County. The communities will be Judged Tuesday, October 22, and Wed : nesday. October 23, Sponsors of the prizes are the United Fund, Northwestern Bank. French Broad Electric Member ship Corporation and C. O. EUis. The Agricultura l Workers Council in co-operation with the steering committee of the community clubs, is making arrangements for the meeting. - - iFVusts of Burnsville.,. Mrs. Fred G. 1 I Brummett of Bakers ville, Mrs. I Elizabeth P. JOncs of Wilmington; two sons, Reece of _ Brooklyn, T*-—**-—«“»«! Alrifta. r -QL Raleigh; _> Bald Creek, Mrs. Fanny SwadleyJ of Washington. D. C., and Mrs. t Vaughtie Miller of Johnson City; one brother, Fred Proffitt of Burnsville. j Also surviving are 10 grand- j children and 13 great-grandchild ren. | Active pallbearers will be Mack 8.. Phillip and James Ray, Leslie Hensley, Wesley Roberts. Cecil Higgins,’ Ike Laughrun )and Charles Proffitt. j MRS. JANE HENSLEY Mrs. Jane Hens'cy, 67, a na tive of Yancey County, died Thurs day at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Edna Taylor, in Weaver ville. i Mrs. Hensley, a daughter of the | late John and Hannah Webb Wil-! sonTi had made her home in Yan-1 cey throughout her life until two months ago when she began resid ing with her daughter in Weaver-! viHe. J Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p. m. a± the Mount, Pleasant Baptist Church. The Rev. i E. J. Hal l and the Rev. George i Bii'chette will officiate. Burial will be in the Tomberlin Ceme tery. Survivors In addition to Mrs. Taylor are another daughter, Mrs. Rob'e Wilson of Rt. 3, Bur nsville; three sons, Tilman, Glenn and Ralph, all of Rt. 3, Burns vil'e; two sisters, Mrs. Charlotte Hylemon of White Pine, Tenn., and Mrs. Delia Williams of John son City, Tenn.; a brother, Carl Wilson of Rt. 4, Burnsville; and 10 grandchildren. C. LESTER BAILEY C. Lester Bailey, 78, of Burns-, vide, Rt. 1, retired farmer and| lumberman, died Wednesday, 1 morning in Yancey hospital fol- j 1 low’ng a brief illness. Mr. Bailey was a lifelong resi • dent or Yancey County, a son of ■ Baceus and Jane Wilhide Bailey. He was ehairtan of the board >of deacons of the Jhcks Creek , Brptiet Church. Surviving are the widow, Mr*. . Margaret Griffith Bailey; three l daughters, Mrs. Ruby Briggs of : Thomasville, Mrs. Stanley Riddle r of Las Vegas, Nev., and Mrs. ■ Nelson Woody of Burnsville, Rt. 1. - r 1 I •** | ! ..... •- _'■ - - | jj mu Price Per Copy Five Ceuta NUMdEB NINE Mrs. Horton, Eldest Resident, Is Dead At 101 M's. Ediun.a Horton. Yancey Coßriy's o'tKst known resident ] d’etl Thursday morning at her! honie >n the -Faint Gap Commun! ity. yhe was 101. She had been in failing health, for the past few months, after; eijj'y-ng wl.a” •she called' “excell-i ent health" for her f'rsl 100 years. '• M s. Horton celebrated her last b'rthday on Jau. .4. She was con fined to h°v bed in the residence sh? shared with Mrs. Ann ice Man ev. a granddaughter, but was still able to cheerily greet friends and! t neighbors who called. i Funeral services will be con ducted at 2 p. m. Saturday in the I Paint Gap Presbyterian Church. The Rev. WaLs-r Pen'and will rtTk'a-e. Bm'al will be in the Horton Family Cemetery. Mrs. Horton spent her entire life in the Pa : nt Gap Community. She was born just eight months after the s'eye at Fort Sumter, S. i C.. started the War Between the, States. She was the daughter of' 1 Also a son, Rotha Bailey of Burnsville Rt. 1; a sister, Mrs. Harve Silver of Jonesboro, Term,, a brother, Mack Bailey of Burns * v*lle Rt. 1; nine grandchildren ftVht scand-children. ' p. m. Friday at Jacks Creek Bap-1 ttst Church. The. Rev. Howard Buch-J anan and the Rev. A. Z. . Jamerson' j will officiate. . , I ( Burial will be in the church ■ cemetery. , Active pallbearers will be' grandsons, Donald Woody, . Phil-| lip, Ronnie and Richard Bailey, Randolph, Ridcte, Max Fox, Billy I McCurry, John Anderson ardi i Robert Higgins Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be] { members of the board of deacons j of the church. The body will re ma n in the chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral lHome unti taken to the church to lie in state 1 30 minutes prior to the services. D. H. BRINKLEY | D. Hulon Brinkley, 71, of Rt. 2, died in an Asheville hospital Oct. 9 after a brief illness. I Bund Issue Election Postponed for Month Legal entanglements have forced Postponement of Yancey County’s i Courthouse-Jail bond issue election, t County attorney Bill Atkins sa»d J Thursday that the election, origi- s nally schedu'ed for Nov. 5, had ( j been delayed until the first week e in December. , I Atkins said that certain notices i which must be filed with bond at- c torneys had been misplaced and a that these must be on file with 1 the attorneys 20 days prior to. the J t I election. j { I “The county Commissioners will | 1 I meet at a date to be announced , , and set a time for the Atkins said. | { Registration for the election, j will begin Nov. 9 and Continue] through Nov. 29, excluding Sun- ’ days. Those persons already re-- ■ gistered for General Elections are not required to register again. 1 Challenge day will be Nov. 30. I ' The federal government has ■ offered to pay two-thirds of the ‘ construction expenses of a new • combination courthouse and JaQ to .’replace the 55-year-old structures 1 now in use. t Nathan and Elizabeth Stewart j Horton. j Mrs. .Horton vividly reca’led the j Influx of the ‘ carpet beg ears” : into the South in the chaotic ; years following the war , | She married William Horton pn j May 3, 1397. They had three chlld ; rerv-Frederic, Alvin and Estell— all now deceased. Her husband ,died in the 73rd year of their marriage, only two years -bort of the extremely infrequent diamond j anniversary. j Mrs. Horton is survived by six grandchildren. In adtfit'on to Ann ice Maney they are Lee Maney and Mafra Maney Robin son, both of Rt. 3. Burnsville: Grace Maney Spires, Atlanta. Mary Alice Maney, Black Moun tain; and Margaret Manoy C'arke, Ban Bernardino. Calif. And also by eight great grand ' ch'ldren and seven great-great ' grandchildren. He was a retired employe of International Mineral and Chemi cal Oorp. / Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Beuha Wright Brinkley; four daughters, Mrs. Ed Ball of Risen. ifck.fc - gijm- ,■ - ril , 0 j j Weaverville; Mrs. RoV Vriuttii wr- Marshall, and Mrs. Tommy Eobin ’son of Plano, Texas: three sons. | Jack of MonticeUo, Ga . , Reece of j Bakersville, and Clyde Brinkley otf i Burnsville; two sisters, Mrs. Ar thur Gillespie of Micarville and (Mrs. William Hughes of Marion; 12 grandchildren and six great [ grandchildren. J Services were held at 2 p. m. ' Friday at Wi adorn Bapfst Chureh. j The Rev. Lee Woody and the I Rev. Bill Grindstaff officiated I and burial was in Honeycutt Ce metery. The body was taken to , the residence by Holcombe Bro thers Funeral Home and remained (here until 30 minutes prior to the service. Pallbearers were Wayne Tiptan, Ray and Fred Bodford, Jay Styles, Lei and Robinson, Robert Prts- I (Continued cm back page) In the bond issue vote, voters wd' be asked to approve issuance of bonds in the amount of S29MMO to oover the county’s share of construction costs and to purchase the building site and the equipment necessary for the pro posed new building. County officials say that tbe construction of the new building la a "must.*’ County agencies now located in the present courthouse ; press ed for space, since many of the records they must keep are per manent, and some of those agen cies located In rented buildings are also cramped. In addition, the Jail has time and again been condemned by slate inspectors, and the likeli hood -‘exists' that it will shortly be closed, necessitating the 1 ranspora t:on and lodging of prisoners in a jail in an adjotnh j county. (Editor’s Note: The notice of a special election on Page Two is null and void, and will be re placed by a revised notice in a future issue of The Record), $
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