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Resort Proposal Is Top Story Os 1963 In Yancey
BY TOM HIGGINS 1
Record Editor 1
The biggest story c ; I 1933 in Yan- i
cey County., as everywhere. was
the assassination of President John
F. lvenr'-y on Nov. 22.
The tragedy in Dallas, Tex.,
touched the lives of ev ryone since
the course of history was undoubt
edly changed by' the young presi
tier Vs d ath.
However, despite the fact that
Ihe shooting of the President af
fected Vaneev County. The Re
tard—in d- the top stor
ies ct 1953 "?<« y—decided to
emit the fwVi‘'fln story.
Th-.’s. h'"e, ia th Paper’s opin
ion, th.«» « l y : es which inter
es'ed Ya-c'v iitlans most in a
V"r:
1. Mulf-MT'-v’ Dollar Reset
Prr.ncs i For r-'e-d 'Creek Area.
2. Burnsville ABC Proposal Pe
8. Burnsville Electicn Bill".
lAr i 'VCVr<i.
4. Yancey Rece'ves Fmds For
(- 'Oh r *"t •action of New Courthouse-
Jel.
f. Yancey H ; gh On List of
Areas Considered For Aid From
N. C. Fund Ccrrmvttee.
6. Fast Yancey High School Foot
ball Team Claims Appalachian
Conference Championship.
7. Incumbent Town Board of
Burnsville Swept Mo Off’©? Aga : n.
8. Federal Judges Rules Schools
Must Be Integrated.
9. Yancey Included In “ Opera
tion Second Chance.”
IQ. Parkway Playhouse Opens
06th Season.
Chronologically, this is how the
ye*r went:
The first ib’g stcry of 1993 was
the meet'ng cf a Ford Foundation
Committee at th- Nu-Wriay Inn on
Jan. 13. TVs meeting of top Wes.
tern North Carolina educators and
civic leaders with Ford officials
eventually led to a large endow
ment for the N. C. Fund Cam
mitt-ee, whch will soon begin com
batting poverty tn the state. Aft- ’
cording to some officials, Yancey
receive a sizeable, portion of
the aid,
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oii Feb. 8 a public meeting in eey water?,
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*63 raOHUOUT—Among the YanCey Countians to reap honors during the past year was E. L. Dilling
ham (left), who received a distinguished service aWard at the County Agents’ Association national con
vention ito Minneapolis. In tlw above photo, Dillingham is presented «• token of appreciation by Nort
western Bank executive Atney Fox (left) and Chamber o l Commerce President Ralph Adair.
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“Dedicated T# Tfc« Progn»*M Yancey County*
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Subscription $2.50 Per Year
the courthouse officially began a
drive to replace the 55-year-old
structure with a new building that
would also include a Jail, interest
■waned m the ensuing months, but
on Sept. 6 Rep. Roy A. Taylor of
Black Mountain announced that the
Fed ral Government had offei-ed
to pay 66 percent—or $341,000—0f
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63 HIGHLIGHT—One of th t . most exciting sporting developments of
, year Was the catch—oar succ ssive days—of huge brown
'"tiout in Yancey streams. In mid-August Mike Woody (top) pulled a
seven-pound, 27-inch brown trout from Cane River. The next day
Jay Autrey of Celo wrestled a 30-inch, 9% “pound monster from South
Toe Riyer. Autrey’s catch ranks— ■ unofficially—as a recoid for Yan*
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BURNSV ILLE, N. <i» THURS GAY. DECEMBER 2s. 1963
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the cost o>f the proposed building.
Yancey off tola's immediately b?gan
action leading to a bond issue vote
in which county l-esldents would
be asked to approve the issue of
$250,000 in bonds. Th? election was
postponed twice (it had been sche
duled for Nov. 5, then Dec. 3) and
will now be held Jan, 14 1964.
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The bombshell fii on March 6
when it was that an
Illinois organizatinWas consid r
ing the spending jfr'veral million,
dollaxs to build awir-rmuid res- .rt
atop the Black ISjourtain Ran ;e
near Cattail Cmtk (following an
Aug. 19 junket to Jfrearea by tnsi
bers of the IllinJt tion
and state official,® Gv Terry San
ford said he tb ipt the state
would be able to old an aco ss
toad through the rbsto Mt. Mt
dheUcheU. The Til ><»'-group savs
that when the r«u it w b
(lv A—- I m MA M A AHA AA- t * \k I'Xi ft a
begin co"*tructlot swan k i
Yancey Roundup
Higgins
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Recoid
J. Tcm Higgir. editor I d 1 >-
1-iiier of The Yacey Record for
the past year, wi leave the pub
lication with this Issue.
Higgins will re MB to th: sports
wrlting field. H< is consider
ing yobs with seiral daily news
papers.
Higgins, 26, cam to The Record
last January. Th;Bamsville na
tive had previous] JworSsed cn the
noris staffs cf The Asheville
Tmrs, The WinstH-Salem Jour
nal and S?ntiw 1 nd the Durham
Morning Herald.
The H ggirs wiltemain hi Bur
nsville until aroui Feb. 1.
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WASHINGTON - Congre jsman
Rry A. Taylor drti as House
sreo'kfT Dec. 13 file the speaker
h'ametf. John W.|fcCormack, de
livered a five-minte address.
The ro'ea of th two men were
Fw'.tcted inuryditely fbOowfnsr
hcuee action on he foreign $1
', bill. I
! From the toftiv speaker's chair,
. Speaker McOormflk moti'cmed Red-
Taylor forward «*d asked 'him to
take over.
Then moving t the House floor.
McCormack turad to the new
speaker pro temdre:
“Mr. Speaker, . said Mr. Mc-
Cormack, “I reftest Permission
to address the \ House for five
five minutes.” I
The gentlemarjFrom Massachn
setts was His spe ch
was a eulogy Ha dose friend in
h»s home shale. Rep. Taylor con
tinued to pres*« until the House
adjourned some SO minutes later.
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U. S. FOl 3ES, GERMANY
-Army Sgt. W sy Tipton, whose
wife Sbif ley, li, s at Sl2 E. Fair
ytew ave., Joh son City, Tenn.,
received a cert lcate of achieve
ment late In November while
serving with ttf staff at the 32d
Surgical Hospital near Wuivfourg;
Ctermany.
’• rSergeant Tipton received the
award for his outstanding perfor
mance of duties.
The sergeant entered tre Army
to 1959, was last stationed at Fort
Benntog, G<a., and arrived over
seas in November 1960.
Tipton, son of Mm. Sarah 1,.
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nsort, and that’s where the pro
posal stands now.
During the last week in April a
group of Burnsville residents b -
gan circulating petitions adkiirT
6tate Senator J. Yates Bailey of
Baki Creek to introduce legisla
tion that would enable the Bumr
yillc town board to ca l ! for an
rfeetico in which residents cf the
city would vote on esta b*ishmeni
of an Alcohol Beverage Control
store. On June 14 Bailey responded
to the request and his bill was
passed. Howiver, the bill was Per
nvssive, allowing the board to „ttnmey Bill Atkins, who wa ;
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’63 HIGHLIGHT—Yancey Ooun y, noted for its mountain scenery,
reaped many honorS for its beautiful • human “scenery” during the
past 12 months. Thiee Burnsville girls claim coveted beauty titles.
Julia Byrd Bennett (top) was named Sweetheart df Sigma Chi at
Florida State University. Susan Bllltngham (bottom) was crowned
Yancey Dairy Queen by Carolyn Buckner and went on to take the
Western North Carolina tjtle. Celia Coletta (right) was crowned May
Queen at Sacred Heart College at B-taomt. Parents of the girls are
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bennett, Mr. <and Mrs. E. L. Dillingham and Mr. s
gnd Mrs. F. 0- Coletta.
call the vote on its own xnctkm.
On June 24 Rep. Mark W. Bennett
s mended th bill, making it cam
pu'soiy for the board to hold Uie
election. Finally, after a - bitter
campaign between “wt"' And
"dry” forces, the election was
held on Oct. I. The ‘‘dry's”- tri-‘
umphed, 305-290 i
On May 7, after one of the most
hotly contested campaigns In the
town's history, Burnsville Mayor
Robert Hehnle and Ctty . Com
missioners B. R. Peniand and
P. C. Coletta were returned to
office, uweated were Burnsville
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se long the mayorliy. and Com
missioner aspirants Molt Henelhy
and Raiph Peterson. -
Highlight of the summer season
—in July—was the opening for the
With time 'of the University <d
Miami's Parkway playhouse. The
theater enjoyed p rhaps its beat
season, __ several of its productions
attracting "standing mom only”
crowds.
Confirmation that Vances' would
ha. a participant In the re-training
program for public school di op
outs came in early September, and
registration of students began or
<» Oct. 12. diosen to head “OPeiaMon
Ford Chance’’ .in Yancey was
f Adrian Buchanan,
f On Sept. 26, 0. S. Distrct Judge
l Wiistn Warlick ruled in Asher.Ue
that “complete” integration of
two (lementary schools in Burns
\ viHe must ,be instituted by the end
of tlv? fall semester in Mid-Jan
oey Bcatd rtf Edncati-on to sr*l
white s'Axkate iving nearer the
all-Negro School there, and Negro
students wh»s- homes rre close*'
!o Bumvilfe Elementary (which
already had one Negra student) to
that . chool.
On Nov. 8, East Yancey clinched
the Appalachian Conte eo.ce’s f rst
'or.-tba'l Pham.ptonship with a 6-1
reerrd (sfe picture on irs’de).
It was also a year dur*ng
wh’nh rats reportedly ate or c*v
ri d !awav a fortune : u *
Yac-Cey ham; in which two teen
agers were sw<«r>t av"r 75-foot
Blue S a Falls b’’t wore unhurt;
! n wh ch the Rav 80.-nr'ts of Re
lief. Rt. 1. became the prceaits of
a baby girl, their child; in
wVoh five Yancpy Onntians wire
killed in Suto acc'd-m's in a 12-
week iptr od; in wh ch t*r Yiancej.*
1 Hospital completed a $30,000 re
no’ra.ticn; *n wh ; ch G1 n Raven
, Silts M'l'jj mode exte r, s‘ve improve
ments on ! ts bu'ld'nr here; in
which hucksters reamed the coun
ty. slim-slamming oldtimers into
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my'ng worthless spectacles.
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