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VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT Sanford Closes Forests Wild game in 26 Western North Carolina counties—including Yan cey—was granted a temporary re prieve from hunters this week by Gov. Sanfoid, but the animals are in virtually no less danger. Sanford dosed the hunting sea son due to extremely hazardous fire conditions, which have been brought on by a month-long drought. / The governor’s proclamation, which was issued Monday and went into effect at 12:01 a. >m. Wednesday, c'ased the forests to camPers, hikers and fishermen as well as a'l hunters. In addition, the ban extends to brush burning or the firing of debris or grass within 500 feet of a woodland area. Pishing from boats on the the lakes in the state’s western por tion wil' be permitted if no camp is built or maintained along the shore. State game protector M. B. Higgins and state forester Craig English pointed out that violation of the governor’s ruling is a mis demeanor and that the penalty for violation is 'eft to the judge's discretion. The maximum penalty is two years in jail. English said that Yancey had had no major fires, but that “we are setting atop a Powder keg.” The ranger said that despite a slight drizzle Monday night, the woods are about as dry as he has ever seen them. Library Safa Botany Program Slides on wild flowers will be shown by Latta Clement at the Yancey County Library Wednes day (Nov. 6) at 8:30 p. m. , Clement’s photographs of native wild flowers represent his hobby of botany which he has followed along with the operation of a nursery and greenhouses in the Biltmore section of Asheville. He is a graduate of North Carolina State Co'lege and has been given a citation by the college for out standing work in the field of native plants. He wil be accompanied by William Nothstein of the Visitors Information Service department of the U. S. Forest Service at Asheville, .w’-ose special interest is native shrubs. The program 's sponsored by the Yancey County Friends of the Liorary, and was planned with the help of D strict Ranger Har vey Pric of the Forest Service In Burnsville. The public is invited. East Yancey Can Clinch Football Title With Victory At Cranberry Friday BY TOM HIGGINS Record Editor East Yancey’s football team travels to Cranberry Friday for a game in which the Panthers wi'l have a shot at nailing down the initial championship of the Ap palachian Conference. Meanwhile, Cane River will close its home schedule by p'aying host to Hot Springs. Kickoff time for both games is set for 8 p. m. Both East and Cane River were idle last week, A victory by East would assure Coach Bob Thomas’ team the title in the newly formed Appalachian circuit, regardless of its outcome in the season finale Nov. 8 against Spruce Pine. | However, a Cranberry triumph would mean that the Champion ship would hinge on the Spruce Pine-East c'ash at East Yancey. Here’s the situation: East enters Friday’s game as the league leader with a 5-0 re cord. Spruce Pine, Cranberry and | Man Hill are all 4-1 in the con-| Snbscription $2.50 Per Year juf ys - LEADING CONTENDERS—Now that Republican Charles R. Jonas > has withdrawn from the race, political experts say that o: o of the l two Democratic judges above—Dan K. Moore ileft > or Richardson l Preyer (right) will be North Carolina’s next governor. Both men have endorsed changes in the pubic school program that should , please Yancey Countians (see “Others Sav. . . ” on Editorial Page) j ■ - Double Island, Arbuckle Claim Awards In Community Contest Double island and Arbuck'e are 1 the top winners in this " year’s Rural Community Development Program contest in Yancey County. Double Island won an award as best tarn community, while Ar-' buckle was proclaimed No. l non farm contestant. ■Announcement of the winners was made Monday (Oct. 28) dur ing- the annual Farmers' Night | program of the Burnsville Men’s Club at the Burnsville Community Center. Other winning communities were NewdaJe, in the youth deve'op ment division, and Brush Creek for roadside improvement. Mrs. Mary Deyton of Brush Creek, Chairman of the Western North Carolina Rural Coffirffonttr Development Program. Presented cash awards to the winners. Congressman Roy A. Taylor of Black Mountain was speaker at the annual banquet, which was attended this year by approxi mately 100 farmers and business 'eaders. Charles Gillespie, president of the Men's Club, presided. Taylor was Introduced by Mack B. Ray, chairman of the Yancey Agricul tural Workers’ Council, which aids the Men’s Cub in organizing the fete. Double Island was awarded $l5O for being judged the outstanding community. Brush Creek won SIOO for finishing second and Arbuckle and Newdale took $75 and SSO, respectively. Horton Hill, Jacks Crepk, Green Mountain, Mine Fork and Bald Creek received $25 each for hon orable mention. Newdale received $25 for win ning the youth development seg ment and Double Island received sls as runner-up. There is no award for roadside improvement. Congressmen Taylor told the Terence. Since East plays al< seven con ference members while the other ihiree contenders ptay only six, one victory in the two remaining, games would automatically give the Panthers the crown and a spot in the state playoffs. But. . .should East lose tooth J It could not win the title, and it’s, entirely likely that the race would' j end in a three-way tie with Cran- Ibeny, Spruce Pine and Mars Hill sharing the top spot with 5-1 records. Mars HUI closes its season against Bwkersvtille Friday and Is a prohibitive favorite. The East game Is Cranberry’s finale. Spruce I Pine’s game Friday will not af fect league standitogsi as the Blue Devils face Oak Hi'l in an «inter-ct> reference struggle. However, the Panthers, desPite a couple of ear'y-week crisis, are reported in a good psychological frame to crush the possibility of I the latter eventuality. During practioe Monday spark -1 I THE YANCEY RECORD ° ... p . • "*’*?• “Dedfcrfod T* THt frwgrm* Os Yamay Count f | Yancey County group that the | Ashevil'e Agricultural Develop ment Council; sponsors of the Rural Community Development Program, was established with the realization that city and rural leaders must work together to 1 accomplish their goals.’ “Never, since the days of the P-oneers, when to survive it was necessary to work c'osely with your neighbor and for him to work closely with you, have peo ple in Western North Carolina in all walks of life so united for a common effort,” Taylor said. He noted |£ere are now 133 or ganized communities in 16 WNC counties participating in the pro Yartcey Jury Hmi * Contriversal Trial A Yancey County jury is cur rently trying to decide who owns what in a case involving a former Madison County school teacher and his ex-employers, the Madison Board of Education. J. E. Mclntire, who now teaches in Northampton County, is at, odds with the schoo 1 board. Mclntire, who taught vocational agriculture at Mars Hill from 1951-61, says that when he put some of his own tools into use in his classes W. W. Peek, school superintendent at the time, told him that if any equipment were worn out, 'ost or destroyed it - CHURCH SUPPER SCHEDULED The Bald Creek Methodist Church wi'l sponsor a sup Per and Fall Festival at Cane River High School Nov. 2, 5-8:30 p. m. Tickets may be bought from Church members or at the door. plug junior quarterback Gordon Banks aggravated an old knee injury and it was feared he might mss the game. However, the in jury was not as serious as first suspected and Banks, who lias passed for 16 touchdowns and run I for eight more, will p'ay. | The second crisis occured when , Thomas was called away Monday for three days due to the death of his father-in-iaw. Adam Bartlett of Mitchell County. “Both the question about Banks’ playing and Coach Thomas’ sorrow lowered spirits early in the week," 6aid Ford Bailey, an assistant coach who took over along with Ben Deyton during Thomas’ ab sence. "But morale seems to be fine now.’’ East wi'l have a size advantage over the Wildcats, outweighing them by an average of 10-15 pounds. However, Cranberry wIU have an edge in quickness and mobility, especially in the line. Cranberry, employing the single wing offense, is sParked by tail BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1963 father Kaple /# Chairman United Fund Drive Is Set To Open In Yancey Nov. 5 The annual United Fund cam paign in Yancey County is sche duled to begin Tuesday (Nov. 5). Fr. Don Kaple, campaign chair man of this year’s' drive, said that the goal in Yancey is $8,347.! The money supports Several health, j recreation and welfare agencies serving in this are*., This year’s goal fc about S6OO more than in 1968. t. In announcing final plans for - ..y , gram, which began in 1949. “There Is a new look In West ern North Caroling,”. Taylor said. “The rural areas are ‘sprucing up.* Through the rutal commun (ity contest, we are developing ag riculture and through this develop ment, we are raising the farm in come and creating a better way of life. “You only have to drive over the rural roads of this region to note the clean white fences, the neat mall boxes, the modern homes, the new form machinery, the f’ne beef and ({airy cattle on the hillsides and the orderly rows of crop; contoured to beautiful, but difficult land." £ would be replaced. When he was dismissed in 1961, Mclntire moved to Northampton and took a supply of tools along. Madison subsequently indicted him for grand larceny. The case was scheduled to be tried in Haywood County in March, but was thrown out by Judge J. W. Copeland because, o' , defect- 1 ive warrants. ~r When Mclntire sa : d that he felt he couldn’t get a fair trial from a Madison jury, Judge J. Frank Hus kins cl Burnsville ordered a spec al venire from Yancey into the proceedings. Serving on the. Jury are Grover Ray. Mis. Mae Angel, Frank j Laws. Adam Mitchell, Glenn Led- 1 ford, Mrs. Gladys Fox McKinney, 1 Carter Randolph. W. L. Rathburn, Homer Lee Robinson, Arnold Pen- 1 land, Hollis Honeycutt and Lee Maney. l back Bill Tate, an adept passer ; and elusive runner. The Wildcats t have recorded a 6-1 slate overall, - losing only to Mars HiH. t East is 7-1 for all games, and' i an ominous note is the fact that i the on'y loss was inflicted by another single-wing exponent, i NCSD. This Is the first gridiron meet- ( big ever for the two schools, al - though they love been basketbal 1 rivals for years. Formation of the Appalachian Conference last win ’ ter drew the pair into the same footba'l league for the first time. The two have met four common i opponents. Here are the Tesults: i East Si, cane River 0 Cranberry jlf, Cane River 6 ' I : East 21, Stars Hill 7 i Mars Hill j 26, Cronbsrry 7 j East 27. BakenwiHe 12 Cranberry 27, Bakersville 0 ‘East 33, Crcssncwe 8 Cranberry 21, Orossaor* 6 the launching of the drive, Fr Kaple said. “We are hoping for a short, hard-hitting drive to raise our goal, which represents a minimum amount necessary to as ■ l sure the continuation of many j essential services.” Kaple said that Mack B. Ray had been appointed chairman of a committee which will organiz ■ the drive in rural areas, and that Dr. Garland WamPler will super Meeting Set By ‘Historians’ YANCEY ROUNDUP The Yancey County Historical j Association will meet Monday I (Nov, 4) at 8 p. m. at the Town Hal 1 in Burnsville. Since the last meeting, much historical material has been found. 2. B. Byrd, president o: the association, expressed a hope that community leaders will send to him information about the his tory of their communities. He sug gests that they examine their Bibles for records of early set tlers and send to him the dates of birth and death and inform a- • tlon connected with them. Byrd’s address is P. O. Box 774, Burnsville. •« • • Winter came to Yancey County Monday night. The season's f rst snowfall was reported from Mount Mitclte'l, •ppl on Tuesday morning. Approxi mately a ha!f-lnch of snow Manket ed the crest of the peak in southern Yancey. The temperature during the night plummeted to 26 de grees. t• t • A ( ma Chandler was elected > president of the Lbs ary Club at I Cane River High School last week. 1 Other officers are: Betty Jean Hylemon,. Vice-President; Judy Miller 1 , secretary; Janet Cox, treasurer; and Wanda Riddle, re porter. f Members of the club seek to promote a better know'edge of books and their authors and assist the librarian. tr » • Red Cross offic a*s this week reminded Yancey Countians that the Blcodmobile will be in Burns ville Nov. 14. j The mobile unit will t>e at the armory from 12:30-6 p. m. | Quota this trip is 100 pints. The! Agricultural Workers’ Council. • which annually takes responsib-! lity lor assuring a large turnout iof donors, is sponsoring this visit. ■| Thcmas indicated that with the ' exception of Banks his squad is ■ in excellent physical condition. The' j coach said he would likely stick j I with his usua l starting lineup I which places Harold Bennett Jr., recipient of 14 TD passes, and Charles Willis at ends; Steve King and Chuck Chrisawn at tackles; j Byron Zuver and Basil McDouga'd, . 1 at guards; Beason Tyner at cen- j ter; Dudley Robertson and Bob! Anderson at halfbacks; Norman Ray at fui'back; and (Banks, of course, at quarterback. When Cianbery has Posession, East will insert defensive special ists Stan McMahan, Ronnie Aden, J. D. Severs, Jerry Hoover and Ronrhe Robinson, •• • » In Hot Springs, Cane River will be facing the champions of Madi son County, j Hot Springs defeated both its i intra-county rivals, Mars Hl'l and j I Marshall, but has fared poorly i | otherwise, amassing a 3-4-1 record.! Prkw Per Copy Five Cent* vise the drive in schools. Dr. Wampler, president of the local organization, said tt.ui ihe board of directors “feel, most fortunate in securing the services of Fr. Kaple. His leadership of the campaign will be an inspirat ion to citizens of the county.” Kaple is Pastor of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Burns ville. i Dr. Wampler again pointed out Driving Aspirants Told Get Birth Certificates’ ■ Tar Heel youngsters got the word this week from the Motor Vehicles Department: birth certi f cates will be required for all 16 to 18-year-old driver license ap plicants. Commissioner Edward Scheldt said the new rule woukl become effective Nov. 1. Local examiner Doyce G. McClure sa d the new regulation is in keep ing with the provisional license law passed by the 1963 General Driver Course Is Slated Here Dr ver Education Representa tive Joe M. Bennes of the Depart ment of Motor Vehicles announced this week that driver education Sponsyiir ft - ~ri i inii. i>r»iMlai l J agency, have been scheduled for this aiea. Traffic safety education was made mandatory by an act of the 1963 General Assembly for all 16-18- year-old youths wanting a dri ver’s hcerse. , The new courses getting under [ way are being offered in com pliance with the law and will be available n si l ICO N. C. counties. They are designed to supplement regular high school driver train ing and to meet the needs of those young people to whom such train ing is not available. High sclkk>i students will be re quired to have written permission from their principal prior to en rollment. The department representative sad pei'ons wanting to attend the classes should apply at the local driver licensing office in Burnsville on Nov. 7 from 4-6 p. m. I Enrollnr-nt forms are aval able, there, Bennes sad, and examiners! wall complete the application and' make class assignments. AppH-j cants must bring with them a copy of their birth certificate. I ) Cane River is on'y 1-5, but the, j g ame should be a close one. The Rebels are vastly improved over the young, inexperienced team that greeted rookie Coach Bruce Peterson in August. , “After our Performance twol i weeks ago against Cranberry, we j have no doubts that we are capab'e of salvaging this game and our finale against Bosnian (at Ros man Nov. 8> and finishing with a 3-5 record,” said Peterson. Peterson said he would start, Ron Proff-tt anti Travis Whitson at ends; Steve Pate and Jerry Miller at tackles: John Honeycutt and Wait Edwards at guards; Clifton MUler at center; J. B. Mclntosh andi Mike Evans at half backs; Ralph Wilson at fullback; and Tom England at .quai-terback. The coach added that linemen Butch Ball, Herman Wilson, Lak ey Thompson and Richard Banks are also expected to see action, ; along with backs Steve Proffitt I and Gordon Hensley, % NUMBER ELEVEN that the budget is weH within the contributing capacity of Yancey County. The goal amounts to less than 60 cents per capita, which makes it among the smallest of approximately 70 drives in the state. Kaple said that the names of other officials in the drive wiU be announced later. Orgaifsatitoto contributing 109 per cent will be honored. Assembly. “For some time the department has recognized the need for birth certificates;’' McClure said, “in order to obtain a correct name and date ot birth. In the past we have found it necessary sometimes Ito correct or cancel applications upon learning that incorrect in formation had been given.” An official birth certificate will eliminate such situations which are embarassing arid tend to create misunderstanding, the ■■xaminer said. In Raleigh chid license ex am -ner Ed Wade cited several cases of extreme eagerness among young men anxious to drive before their 16th birthday. Wade sad the youngsters would register prematurely with Selec tive Service, —-****. aae as 18, then make application to the vehicles department for a dri ver license. Later, he explained, they would notify draft officials of a “mix up’’ with subsequent cancellation of their draft status. After Nov. 1 draft cards will be no longer acceptable as proof of age, Wade said. In driver education courses, cur rently being establ ? sbed by the department under the p-ov'sional driver licensee law, applicants must submit their birth certifi cate at the time of enrollment. Garden Club Holds Meet Mrs. Hie Laughrdn and Mrs. E. L. Beeson were hostesses to the Gaiden C3ub Friday (Oct. 25) at the j home of Mrs. Langhnui. Mrs. i H. G. Bailey was program leader. | Mrs. Ruby Corpening. Yancey i County Home Economics Exten | ston Agent, was speaker. Slip gave I the origin, history and functions of the Home Demonstration and 4H Cubs. Afterward. Pamphlets ion canning, cooking, gardening j and nature study were distributed j to members of the club, j Mrs. Beeson, vice president, presided at the business session. Reports of committees were given and plans were made for the election of officers for the coming ! year. I Mrs. Beeson expressed apprecia i tion of the work in ttv> club of Mrs. Troy Ray, who is leaving early in November to spend the winter with her daughter Mrs. Roger W. EsteP, in Moses Lake, Wash. CHURCH SUPPER ’ The Burnsville Church of God will sponsor a Turkey Supper Nov. 2 from 5-8 p. m. Admission is sl. PTA MEETS i The East Yancey PTA w.P meet Monday (Nov. 4) at 7:30 p. m. Rev. T. E. Rutledge of Newdale will be in charge of a Program on J Alaska.
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