VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT
Yancey Roundup 1
Hospital Improvement Program Nears Finish
An improvement and renovation
progif'.m costing- approximately
$50,000 is nearing completion at
Yancey Hospital in Burnsville.
According to the board of direct
chs, all aspects of the program
are expected to be completed and
in use with : n a month or five
weeks.
Here’s what has been dene or
will be done:
—A new waiting room and busi
ness Offices have been constructed
on the northern end of the building.
Both are now in use.
—The old waiting room is being
converted into an emergency room.
The former business office
has been converted into a double
room, which is now in use.
—A central supply room, a new
labor room, f hree rooms for
patients,, and a doctor’s kwnge have
been placed in use in the sec
ond floor section of the addition.
—A standard-si m<l passenger
elevator is being installed.
In addition, the entire inter
ior of the building has received a
new coat of paint and will shortly
be brightened with an improved
lighting system.
Mrs. Cecil Anglin, administra
tor, said the program had increased
the number of beds in the hos
pital to 33. “That’s the number
we had originally,” she said, "but
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$8,387
Yancey UF Goal Is Set
The ninth fund-raising ■
campaign of the Yancey County <
United Fund is rapidly being' or- i
gaarizwi. \ ’ i
Dr. Garlard Wampler, Presi
dent of the 1 cal organization, an
nounced this week a goal of $8,387
to provide funds to finance the
services furnished the people of
Yancey County by a score of
agencies (’"•''“rating in the field of
health, welfare, character bui'ding
and education.
Budget comm tteeman, Donald
Burhoe, states that the budget
figures were arrived at only af
ter a lon - session of his com
mittee M .'.day night, at which :
the requests received from the
various agencies were carefully
tee viewed. ■ j ,
A guiding principle observed by
the committee was to allocate the
funds to the various agencies in
amounts which will bring the
greatest benefits to the county.
Much the largest part of the funds
w . « Ar .
The budget as adopted is as follows:
4-H Clubs S Bo ®
Rural Community Development Program - 400
For Blind and sight conservation 300
Orthoped c Cliuic and other Health Center work 30Q
Boy Scouts v 400
Girl Scouts '6OO
Yancey County Library 409
Yanoey Hospital 500
Red Cross (inculding funds for Wood Program' 2.800
Maternal and child care, and add in adoption cases 404
USO . ■ *.' 18.9
Medical research in N. C. 253
Cerebral palsy, for work in Western N. C. 100
Mental health ’ •/* SI
Dread diseases (for Yancey County victims) 500
Small contributions to 7 agencies 56
Affiliation with Carolinas United program 154
Expenses of Yancey UF campaign 150
TOTAL $8 >387
Subscription $3.50 Per year
when we installed our new X-Rty
equipment we lost eight ’beds.”
Funds to pay for the improve
m .at are being solicited from
industries and interested indi
viduals within the county. The
board of directors pointed out
that the hospital is a nonprofit
Hookey Brings
Fine, Probation
A Yancey County juvenile was
Placed on probation and a- father
fined this week for violation ofi
school attendance regulations. i
According to attendance counse
lor Friel Young, a 12-year-old boy I
was p'aced under supervision of
tire welfare department and put
on probation pending regular school
attendance. Failure to comply with
the order means that the young
ster will- be placed -in . a state
training school-.. < .. . ,ii
Justice of the Peace G. M. An
gel fined the father previously
mentioned $251 and costs, but sus
pended the fine on the condition
that the man’s 15-year-old daugh
ter go to school.
Angel had previously rendered
the same judgment in the cases qf
five ether fathers cited to court
for failure to send their children
to school.
will be spent k>cally. At the same
time the committee recognizes
that Yancey County should bear at
least some share of the cost of a
few state-wide and national acti
vities which clearly benefit the
citizens of this county. The prin
cipal national agencies included
are the Red Cross and the USO.
The total budget figure, Dr.
Wampler points vt. is of about)
the same size as in previous years, I
and well within the contributing |
capacity of Yancey County. It
amounts to 'ess than 60 cents Per
capita, which makes it among the
lowest of the more than 70 united
funds now actively campaigning
in the state.
Members of the budget com
mittee this year are Burhoe, Ethel
Boone, Evelyn Pate, Ruby Corpen
tog, Mack B. Ray, Dr. Theodore
Hahn. Dr. Wampler and Bob
Helmie, secretary of the Yancey
UF.
THE YANCEY RECORD
“Dedicrlcd To TKe pFOfr*m if Yancey County*
creanhation.
The addition at the hosPital isn’t
all that is new.
Two members were recently
added to the board of directors.
They are Roy Ray and Don Bur
hoe. both of Burnsville.
They join Jim Anglin, Reece Mc-
Intosh. D. R. Fouts, B. R. Penland,
Vincent WcstaU, Bill Anglin and
Horace Edge. Jim Anglin is chair
man and Mclntosh is secretary
treasurer.
•* * •
County-wide participation i n
the “Trick or Treat” for UNICEF
! Halloween program on Oct. 31
I was urged this week by >ocal or
ganizers of the drive which will
I benefit the United Nation’s Child
ren's Fund.
Officials said that youngsters
from various churches about the
county will make their door-to
docr appeal dining the early
evening hours. „ g
Afterward, they w»H congnswie.
at the Higgins Memorial Method-,
sst Church in Burnsville to pool
their collections and be treated
to a party.
•• » 9
Members of the Carolina Hem
lock Junior Woman’s Club were the
guests Monday night at the home
of Mrs. Sarah P. Giles.
Mrs. Giles presented a program
on art, home decoarations and
home construction. Mrs. Raymus j
H'Hiard was hostess. I
Eight members and two guests |
attended.
Club members will attend the
organization’s district meeting
in Black Mountain Wednesday
(Oct. 30).
•• • *
The Garden Club will meet at
the home of Mrs. Ike Laughrun
Friday (Oct. 25) at 8 P. m. Mrs.
E. „L.i Beeson will serve as asso
ciate hostess.
Mrs. Ruby Corpening, newly ap
pointed Yancey County Home Eco-“
nomics Agent, wih be the speaker.
•» • •
j Dr. T. F. Hahn, district Pubhc
| Health Director, this week urged
all persons interested in the smok
ing-health controversey to attend
a meeting Oct. 29 in Sylva.
Dr. Hahn said that C. Frank
Tate, associate professor of medi
cine at the University of Miami
(Fla.), will speak at the Sylva
Elementary School at 7:4© p. m.
on the effects o* smoking upon the
’ body.
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The Rev. Nane Starnes, Pastor ,
of West Asheville Baptist Church
and president of the N. C. Bap
tist Convention, wit speak Oct.
28 at 7:30 p. m. at the West .%r
--nsviile Baptist Church.
The occasion w'H be the annual
“Action Night.” During the meet
ing the Sunday School program for
1963-04 will he launched as goals
and plans are presented.
The Bald Creek Community Club
wi'l sponsor a "Harvest Sale” on
the town square in Burnsville Sat
in-nay (Oct. 26) at 10:30 a. m.
Various home-made articles.jmd
foods will be offered for" sale-, =-in
■ eluding several varieties of ’crLes,
pies and breads.
•* * •
Tobacco stripping and sorting
demonstrations will be held at two
sites in Yancey County Friday
(Oct. 25).
BURNSVILLE, N C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1963
L. D. Flack, govrnment grader. I
wilt conduct clinics at 10 a. m. a: I
the farm of J. B. 5 smey on Jacks |
Creek and at 2 p. l. on the farm
of R. A. Radford a Cane River. j
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Two cars were h ayily damaged
and one person s ghtly injured ,
in single car autc accidents this
week in Yancey Canty, according
to State Highway Patrolman Tom
Adams. J k'
On Monday a ca/ driven by Ted
Mica! Harrison oj Bit. 5, Burns
ville, left the road and overturned
on N. C. 80 a qfarter-mile south \
of Micavilie. No tne was injured, '
but the 1954 Ohevrdiet auto was de
clared a total loss
Tuesday, a car iriven by Shiriey
Brown Hunter of Burnsville,
was involved in in accident on
Jacks Creek Road Edw
ards, a passenger, ’’vks slightly
injured. Damage to, the car was j
The Rev. O' TT Brown, former
pastor at Higgins Memorial Meth
odist Church, will retocn to Burns
ville Sunday to deliver the mes
sage at the church’s 11 a. m. ser
vice.
Brown, who left here throe years
ago for a charge in YadkinviUe
and has since retired, now resides
, in Charlotte.
He was pastor here four years,
and it was during his stay that
the church completed its renova
tion and building program.
•• • •
Three Yancey County tobacco
grading teams placed in the con
test held at the N. C. State Fair
Friday fOct. 18).
The East Yancey FFA Team
placed '/ third, with Herbert Alien,
Vocational Agriculture Teacher,
as coach. Larry Hughes, Char'es
Hyatt, Sherrill Cnwder and Vance
Hughes are the team members.
Fourth place was won by the
Yancey County 4-H Club with
Charles W. Steelman, assistant
Agricultural Age.it, as coach, and
team members are Tommy Ad
kins of Pensacola 4-H Club;
PhyU's McMahan of the Arbuckle
4-H Club; and Wilma Murphy and
• ContiruiP'f on back |>agci
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East, Cane River Gridders Take Week Vacation
Ladies, if your husband trys to
get out of the house Friday, night
to see either East Yancey or Cane
River Play football you had better
run a check on Dim.
Neither team has a game
schedifled.
By pure coincidence, both local
high schools came up with an
open date on the same night.
Although it’ll make for some
what of a dull weekend for Yan
cey fans, there’ll be -4fcUe com-
I plaining, least of all from players
and coaches.
Powerful East Yancey, winner of
seven of eight games and the
leader of the Appalachian Confer
ence with a 5-0 record, is taking
advantage of the break to prepare
for its crucial league dates against
championship contenders Cran
berry and Spruce Pine.
Oaae River, meanwhile, is hon
ing its attack to try and salvage
its final two games and thus finish
with a- 3.-5 record.
' GROVER ROBINSON
Rep. Taylor To Speak
At Men’s Club Event
Congressman iR«v -V Taylor, a
' da'ry farmer from Black Mountain,
wilt b" (he 'speaker Monday (Oct.
28) at the annual Farmers’ Night
Program htf ,t*e ißarwitrllle Men’s
Club.
The dinner m eting is scheduled
to begin at 7 p. m. in the Burns
ville Community Center.
Each member of (he dub wsU
bring along two at more farmers |
or rural business leaders :as
guests.
B’
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1 ROY A. TAYLOR
East Yancey stepped out of the |
conference last Friday and de
molished Old Fort, 32-0.
At the same time, Cane River |
was dropping a 14-6 heartbreaker,
to heavily-favored Cranberry.
The victory enabled Cranberry
to keep right on East’s back,
along with Spruce Pine (a 20-19 win
ner ever BakersviMe) in the,
scramble I 'or the Appalachian
championship. Cranberry is 4-1 in
league warfare and Spruce Pine
Is 5-1.
East travels to Cranberry Nov.
1 and then plays host to Spruce
Pine in the regular season finale
Nov. 8. Cane River closes its home
season Nov. 1 against Hot Springs,
then winds-up the campaign at
R Com an Nov. 8.
•• • •
East Yancey scored in every :
period in turning back Old Fort.
In the meantime, the Panthers’|
i defense was notching its fourth
shutout of the campaign, limiting
Pr.ee Per Copy Five Cents
Dairy Founder Robinson
Passes Unexpectedly
Long-time Yancey County d&lry
maiu Grover C. Robinson, 72, died
nrcxpectcd'y at home Monday on
Burnsville, Rt- 2.
He was founder and owner of
Rchinson’s Dairy, larges, in Yan
cey, and had operated the only
bottling business in the county fer
35 years.
Services won: conducted Wed
nesday at 2 p. m. in the Martin’s
Chapel Method'-st Church at New
da’e. The Rev. Thomas Rutledge
eff’.elated and bural was in the
family cemetery.
1 During the nuetHvg Mrs. Mary
M. Dcyton *3C Brtreb Creek. €h»»r- j
man of Western North Carolina j
Ccmtnurdy Dev, lopment Program,
wIU announce and Present awards
to the whiners of the J 963 Varney
County Rura* Community Develop
ment Contest.
Judging of Yancey's 15 pr»‘‘ci- 1
pa ting communities was held Oct.
j 22-23. I
Ass'sting (he Men’s Club in plan
ning the funct'en is tile Yancey
Agricultural Workers’ Counci*,
member? of wh'ch arc Muck 1 B.
Ray, Jv. L. (Dillingham. Bur! Sut
ion, Harvey Price, J. T. Randolph.
Charles Steelman (awl |)V. R. Sech
lcr.
Taylor has be n the driving
force behind several programs
bnnefitting Yancry County.
He was instrumental in the ex
tensive E>.e--t Service (projects
carried nut -here last- spring, helP-i
ed obta : n tho funds t|>e federal
government, has offered toward
construct on of a. r.ew combination
Yanciy courthouse-jail, and suc
cessful pushed through lan ex
tension plan for the Blue Ridge
Parkway Iha. will greatly en
| chance the economy of all counties
tying along the scenic highway.
I Old Fort to a meager 70 yards in
the process.
East's touted passing combo of
I quarterback Gordon Banks and
■ end Harold Bennett Jr. put the
' Panthers on the scoreboard in the
first Period on a play covering 31
yards. Banks connected an the
first of two conversions for a 7-0
| lead.
! The Panthers made It 13-0 at
halftime as Banks swept over
from the three just before the
intermission.
Halfback Dudley Robertson
cracked over from the one for a
third period touchlown.
Banks passed two yards to Ben- {
nett and John Geouge, up from]
the Junior varsity, ran from the]
four for TDs in the fourth period. I
East amassed 295 yards rushing,
j most of it being accounted for by
1 Robertson, halfback Bob Anderson
| and fullback Norman Ray. Banks
i completed 6 of 15 passes for 75
1 yards.
number ten
Pallbearers were W. O. Ridd'ejs-,
Paul, Ray, Gall and Max Robin
son, Fred Smith, Ollie Davis and
Mack B. Ray.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Dora Young Robinson; a daughter,
Mrs. Ed J. Young; a .son, Byrl;
and a sister, Mrs. Claude Howell,
all of Rt. 2. Burnsvi'le. Also sur
viving are four grandchildren.
MRS. IDA HENSLEY
Mrs. Ida Hampton Hensley, 77,
former resident of Yancey Cour’y,
died in an Asheville hospital Fri
day after a long illness. She Ind
oeen a resident of Asheville for the
past seven years, and lived at 440
Moirtford Ave.
Services were held at 2:30 p. m.
Sunday at. Bee Log Baptist Church.
" The Rev. Fred Harrell officiated
apd buria 1 was in Watts Ceme
tery, Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home was in charge. Pallbearers
were Raieigh Fender, Bannister
! and Fred Hensley Jr.. Allison,
1 R. B. and Buck Edwards, and Sam
f McCurry.
! Surviving are three daughters,
Mss Pansy Hensley of Asheville,
and Mrs. Alvin McCurry and Mrs.
John ORis of Burnsvi'le; four sons,
‘ Everett of Burnsville Rt. 4, Glen R.
( and Fred of Ashevdie, and Er
! nest Hensley of Bee Log; three
sisters, M\es Ruth Hampton of
Asheville, Mrs. Latt Honeycutt of
Burosv’Ye Rt. 4, and Mrs. Ernest
Boone of Erw’n, Tem.; four bro
thers, Merritt o' Err'n. Tenn.;
j Charlie of Detroit. Paul of Or
; 'ando, Fla., and Wade Hampton
iof Alexandria. Va.; 10 grand
children and nine great-grand
children. I
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JOHN R. METCALF
Jrtm R. Mi fccalf. 88. retired car
-1 of the Paint GaP section,
tied in a Burosv’lle hospital
Fr-iday alter a brief i'lness.
Graveside services were conduct
ed at 2 p. m. Sunday in Metcalf
Cemetery.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
John Penland of Rt. 3; two sons,
| Clyde of Hendersonville and Dewey
I Metcalf of Clyde: 13 grandchildrein,
33 great-grandchildren, and seven
1 great-great-grandchi'dren.
Coach Bob Thomas cited the de
fensive effort as ‘.‘perhaps our
best this year.” Said the coach:
“Just go down the lineup and pick
out a name and you have someone
who played well for us defensively.
was especially pleased with this
aspect of our performance.”
Thomas said the team worked
j lighter than usual Monday, but
that heavy drills are still in order
despite the week’s layoff. “We’ve
got to keep our edge," he said.
“Our two remaining games will
be as tough as any we’ve played.”
The coach said that he and his
assistants, Ben Deyton and Ford
j Bailey, will take advantage of the
oPen date to scout both Cranberry
1 and Spruce Pine in their games
I Friday night.
** * *
Cane River beat Cranberry ir
virtually • every department bu
* scoring in losing lor cne lift!
i time In six games.
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