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JtAtUn. TWENTY-EIGHT
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Gffflind-Breaking Cere
monies Wednesday
Forßank Building
bVctaid^eaking * ceremonies for.
The Ndrttrttes^ ~lß ank Building,
AsheviWe,,.-! north-. ✓ CWtfina. were
held at 11:30 a. m. at the construc
tion site otf Pack JSWW&I ■ Dirring:
the ceremonies WeMgn Weir, efity
manager of AshHavule, handed th&"
twUdtog peWJtit ‘to DT GSn€ “Whit
tington, aitohttect for the building.
Wiliam E. Litae and George S.
Buchanan As
signed To Fort
Huachuga, Arik.
Donald Buchanan, son mV MK>
and Mrs. T. A. Buchanan, \
red the'V miitery
service in Cctober 1963. if? l v com-,
p&eted We basic-broaDing at Port
Gordon, Ga. in ISsoember, _trrift
repent two weeks at his home'’hare'
tiurirg the Christmas holt lays
Hk was re-asdgned to U. S. / w
Eieetrc&ic Proving Grounds --at
Full Hu&chuna, Arizona for
Bchoofing in electronics and radar
where he rates. in the top fiva in
in his (Sas* Tie writes that Ari
acraa tms a wonderful climate,
warm days and cool nights.
Donald graduated from Burns
ville High School ami attended
Mare Hill College for two years
and teck some training at East,
Tennessee Tetsbers College, John
son City, Tenn. He would be very
pleased to fcriir from any of his
schoctmafees and friends. His ad
dress is Pvt. Donald L. Buchanan,
U, S. 55355413, Hy. Co. USAOSS.
iStu. Despt.) 8219 Port Huachuga,
ArHsona.
Tomato Orowort
Meet Tonight
Ysusok* County tomato growers!
win meet Thursday night, Febru-'
ary 29. at 7:00 p. m. in the court
ftoute to discuss marketing andi
production plans for 1964. !
The market opportunities of the I
co-operative markets in the area.
will be discussed, along with other
market outlets.
& h. Dillingham, County Exten
sion Chairman of Yancey C unty.
said fcfchat the outlook for tobacco j
made it more ndeeasary tha.. over
for farmers to look to other enter
prises for an increase in their in
come.
" Slides will be shown otf- recim
mended practictes and results of
successful growers wi be siiown.
First Lady Offers Heart-Warming
Salute to Heart Fund Volunteers
THF. WHITE HOUII
WASHINGTON
Bioa. 3\*.encU,
4 My hJijheM. pJiaLit. jLo jfe 1*750,000
voXuntotAA who utLU i /jLMjL jUisaji ntAjyhboAA on
Sunday, Jehnuany JLo a aise fan Aha
campaign aycUrut htanA d-Liexue. and cdhtA.
ejuiculaloAy dJutauteA, IhJL* campaign yivtu iu
mil Aha chanca Ao help Ake AcJLentiM. in kdu
dohoAatoAy, Jtkt docAon and ike. ruvna in Akmi/i
woaJ< o£ keadiny, and Akc pati&vLi .in AkmiA
unyenA need.
Meant
cJjouM oa Aeyion oa a ex. Many home* have, known
JLAa monk of pain and Miffeniny, 9Aa ckaJJenye
Jit constant and oua a e-iponte cannoJL he JlrntA Akan
Ake need and ike opponJunity. Sam Atine AkaA
Ake vodunietAA mill he Aecedved moAi coAcliaily
oa Akey yo on ikein cf mency and good
eiAifenAkip.
SiiCeAA %
Maa. Lyndon B. sofinAon
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Subscription $2.50 Per Year
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. Goodyear then < presented Edwin
Duncan, 'presidertt •* of The Worth- 1
western 1 feank, t}j£* key : to, "'the ,0
foot .tSpa, : wii«h..Mr.
: lAtacaa activated t the -dr 4i.r atettwi
tying the bo; Inning otf the fiundia
:-ttorr~3trlfcfcure7 At' least 44 caisson
drilled holes, 40 feet deep and up
to 5 febt in diameter, filled' wiih
'tonWrete-ani steel wit be the base
ftAßTaattorn The building will rise
215 fleet above PSeltf Square from
this base: .
TJHe Northwestern Bank Building
s on the. former -cite otf H. Red
-1 chrtment store ,of Asheville in the
|aß<)o’.'K and early 1900 s. The build
ing win on Pack
Square, jriU extend 73 teetf on
Pat venue and 73 tfeet on
CdV.fg: Street
George S. Goodyear, Goodysar
Mortgage Cmspany, CSJarlotte,
North Carolina, is the builder.
Little Conetruction .Company, In
corporated, Charlotte, North Caro-
Un/k, headed by Wilii&rn E. Littto,
is the general contractor. Chase-
Manhattan Bank of New' York
will furnish construction money,
and permanent financing has been
arranged throui jh Mutual Benefit
LLe In/urance Company otf Ne
wark, New Jersey.
The Northwestern Bank Building
the tallest cummeicial building
west of Chlariotie and the largest
downtown construction project in
Asheville to over" 30 yeais, will
Contain a gross area of 22,170
square feet Set back 30 tfeet from
the sidewalk on Pack-Square, the
building will feature an attractiv
ely landAqaped plaza, 30 by 137
tfeet The. arcft»toc**.»"» -♦< -**«-
butdints is described as a “simple
contemporary style” of tarnished
bronze-color tinted cur-tain wait
I exterior with vertical lines ac
' centunting the height at the build
ing.
| The Northwestern OBapk which.
! will occupy the first three floors
I off the building bearing its name
iand will also have a drive-in mot
or facility with entrances on Col
tege Street and Patton Avenue.
Estimated total cost of the struc
ture iB approxifiately $4.5 million.
| Gemi« S. Goodyear expects the
biytjing to be completed 12 to 14
months from today. FuU scale
Ocnrtructlon, actually begins with
the gaound-toreaking ceremonies.
■ Building materials and equipment
• are already at the construction
.' site. , ,
Bonk WHI O%.|X
serve Holiday p
Saturday Will
Remain Open
'Friday Until 5
The Northwestern ■ Bart? - ill be
closed’ next Saturday, F; 4 b. 2J,‘ m
observance of Washing..u’s biHh
: day. .The manaGpnaent has an
.ftounced that they wjUk
hfsjten’tmtj' S:W p. ffeU*
„ in order .to., gw? a4dft|-
semce~to thpge, peoP l et who caii
not get mto v the bank l :fore 2:OC
p. m.
. - Qfficiats.ctf the .bank '.-rates that
the bank will-be open #c- business
every f'riday from 4 to 5 o'clock.
This is being dong so that the peo
ple the
the plants and cannot g«r -ihto the
faille before the 2 o'do. t closing
time-may be able to
their- banking business at , 'that
time. This wiiU be a toteporaty
antorgemeat until'the L:rok man
agement determines ho ' many
pr'rlpto will be hsiped. If it /\s>
.foufid that this arrorite
be helpful to a arfArien nuipbe-r
of people then it will* c: 'tUnuc- on
a permanent basis. y i
Mountain Yr uth
Festival Urrsc je
Asheville, N. C.—The 16th an
nual Mountain, Youth nmboree
will be held at Ashevli ’s City
AVtditoriium April 1-2-?-1. The
youth otf eleven counties of these
southern mountains will come
gether to sw-eep through the col--
orful patterns off the mountain
square dances, and to pick and to
sing the ballads hud haunting
ue'odies that hav« enlivened Iso
lated mountain ridees a d coves
these past two centuries.
It is different in the youth of
the participants and the music
. *hoTT * VIaM n—hnnhmM
unique when these factors are
combined with the man whose
dream and life it has been these
16 years.
Hubert Hayes was a playright
of these mountains. His historic
drama "Thunderland” played
here three years. His "Tight
Bri'ches” was rendered well on
Broadway.
Then came a stroke, a heart
attaolc, significant brain damage
He would write no m:re. ' One
thin thread held his into rest. . .
to preserve the traditional music |
i and dance" firms- of his and, and
to pass them on renewed to its
i youth,
What health and strength there
was came under further repeated
i attacks. Somehow his -“festival”
provided the power his body no
dm HMh
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NO. 1 HEART VOLUNTEER is
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, who, in
her capacity as National Honor
ary Heart Spnday Chairman, has
directed the message shown at
left to the 1,750,000 volunteers
who will call on their neighbors
this week-end to distribute heart
guarding information and to re
ceive contributions to the Heart
Fund. She has long been an ac
tive and influential figure in the
fight against heart and blood
vessel disease.
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BURNSVIUB» C*, YHIjR«DAY, FEBftUIRY *
__ —1 , V'"U' l| M i IN* 1m"-"-" 1 t" lull! !<|J» IV*'■ 4: <Ol rtlrtlVi
; i q -^i’ ? 5V »Tff KtJCir. 1
Spurks Active lri r
'toio nl« »rs|*c sflibekv* fi&it i -n-art.
Mathematics ■
Club At ASTG ■-’«
r -gii U) na^gfeV 1 .rr - ~-r, oi ■- •'
i() B0pNJl ; -Tbi6 ; ygar there.-ia rove
Yancey County tysth?*
j
is getiyerin the M^>
to nics pl'ub, accpidnpg
1
’ an^.Mr (
n j Tlie n Y anoey » f «r
• Kewy. Spaces, rr ., ; -, tod!
~ The
• .ganizatica» : composed a p% maths-
ma)bfs s and other; interqst
. _td This.,club-holds ##
its pujpose to stimulate an injber
; est in mathematical activities,m
. Some otf the activities of the <tv~,
■ tanization are club 1 discusskwa,
field trips, lectures, and gyest
speakers, and ; occasional!, socials;
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A view of the new 12-bed intensive cafe’ uftft\aT Nohth Baimst Hospital a* WinatoniSatem.
Six beds are in private rioms. others . cubT‘ , les separated by wurßainiy SUP uwt. "which
proviides care for critically iilf paifints whd* ,rj itoed donsrant* observation > pr«toe|to»Al
be expanded to 27 beds. *7. ear ;• ]
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Tad Mathis Given
| Student Teaching
Assignment
MARS HILL Ted Lee Mathis,
son of Mr. find Mrs. Ray Mathis
| of Rt. 3, Burnsville, has been giv
en a student teaching assignment
by the education department of
Mars Hill College.
A senior at the Baptist school
Mathis will practice tetfcft at
East Yancey High Sshool near
Burnsville for ten weeks’ beginn
ing March 16. He is one of 80
Mars Hill' students who have been
assigned in the college’s first
student tearhing program. For
meiiy a junior college Mars Hill (
ras upgrades to senior college j
status and the teacher edn/tation 1
put scram is one of its newly de-.
vefleped curricule. |
LEGION-AUXILIARY
j WILL MEET
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I The American Legion and Aux- 1
iliary will hold its regular meet
ing Tuesday, February 25 beginn- 1
ing at 7:00 p- m. with a coveied '
dish supp er.
longer could. He directed from a |
wheel chair. Visited cabins and
remote schools in a wheel chair.
Lert a hospital and oxygen bent
by ambulance and stretcher to
I be "there.’’ J
Each have kept the other alive.
man l , mountain children and fea-*-
tival.
Next Saturday he will travel 110
miles auditioning. Much”of next
week he will spend in bed, to re
cover and to gather strength for
another Saturday.
His reward will come April. 1.
Another generation will be sing
ing of the liambUng boy, of Sour
wood Mountain. And the musical
heritage for the Southern HBijh
lands will lose ground a shade
Hess rapidly, than if a tall man
with a lisp and a limp had given .
in to the hopeless odd® of strike]
«nd heart * defeed. ego. ,
j.s»j u; u- i f, ->u'
Heort Sunday,
..HVfi to 'm 'off/.-
February 23 »
%e Jwf
’ f£ .'Heitrt Sundtiy-is if orie'rof jemoon
‘tesidentfal coillection ifeld ' stmuK
tftneal&ly fn coirittttinitios threugh
; out ’the'Unitsed Statts. It ’ affords
’ fattu# atf opportunity to
CdntPtbJlie *to the flfeart Fund and
share in ffte doiuuiiHy effort, fi i
Today, every other person in
r hfprfii a Carolina <and the'
States) faces dea,tli from heart or
vessel disease. . Qne out ‘Vt
' eiiery 16- people in Nortf^,,Carolina
: (z!nd ’tiip' United States) mtist
teafu to jive wito some tonn of
! heart or v blood disease. "
, „ Suaday - is -fln
' dpr the direction of Mrs.-Kathteen
, calls, on- you, please give
{generously. to the Heart F»-nd.
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Mass Polio Drive
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Taking Shape
Monday night. February 10, 1*34,
a special meeting) was held at
Karri® High Sfehool in ipnic.
Pine where Dr. Jam*. W. Johnson
of Spruce Pine, and Dr. Georgs
Kimberly of BakersviUe, President
of the Mitcbeß-Yancey Medical
Society, brought into sharp focus
their plana for mass Polio Immuni
zation for Mitchell County with
the first feeding on Sunday, Mar
ch Bth. A similar meeting was con
ducted in Yancey County by Dr.
■ Garland E. Wampler and Dr. Hahn
' The program has been so well set
up by the Medical Association that
j the original 18,000 doses have been
, Increased to 22,000.
I Mrs. David Blevins and Mia.
i Linton Greene both of Spruce Pine
j Agreed to serve as co-chairmen
of the Spruce Pine area and Mia.
Nina TurbyfUl R. N., has been
. placed In change of setting up
! the feeding stations in Spruce
I Pine. Others in the county will gt
< announced next week.
I 5 STATIONS IN MITCHELL—
-5 IN YANCEY
The schools in Mitchell and Yan
cey County Have agreed to open
I their facilities on Sunday. March
Bth in whbft the feeding stations
will ie set up;'Listed iff Mitchell
Ogunty are JEtoersidUe. High
Schoolr Tiptoh Hitt High School,
Buladean School, Harris High
School, and Harris Elementary
School. The five schools which
have been set up in Yancey Coun
ty are East Yancey, Cane River,
Scuth Toe River Elementary,
Ckarmont Elementary, and Bee
Log Elementary.
81-OOUNTY MEETING HEl£) to
On Monday night, February 17
1964, another special planning
meeting was held at East Yancey
High School—Attended by wortc
] ers and interested people from
| both Mitchell and Yati|ey County.
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Petema'fttrtlly'isianied
Jofflffoihily Os 1963
„ snsciJ Jr)l7c« i *i^iit T r>*
The Stiff/ 'Alters Home AdT
minisb-ation Advisory Conpmittee
mg a IrHA rann Family otf the
to ihe State
that has done the most, oufcjtond
i;<3 J<ib of improving their tfarfri--
ing, familyt livbig and service
their commkuuty. . , ~,
, t The Elniapte B. Petorsoa
of the Hruidn# Creek-* CommuniV
has been for • this ’ cifa
(tion from Gatuatyjo
family iconefsto;, of Mn Peterson,
his wife, Alma Roe, an* daughter.
They were fortunate to have with
them Mr. John Morrison from the,
Lsferto Laboratories. He repre- 1
cents the company that is furnish
ing the Polio raooiiv*. He waa very
he-’rditl in an adriacry capacity {
at this meeting. He will be work--
ing with the 6 counties that are'
going to take part -in the mass'
polio immunfSMition program in
this are*.
Detail® of the program ware dis
cussed and worked out at this
meeting. Pre-registration, trans
portation, publicity, and feeding
stations were given special atten
tion. . iaiai j
13 PEOPLE NEEDED AT 'Vj
EACH STATION !sfr , j
To properly man each fredjnri
station, there will be on
dector, two registered. njwpes '<or j
licensed practical nurses,' four
persons to serve as secretaries, ,
and six cflerka. It is estimated
that at least this* rMH?*afeafa
will be required jttgUir
cine. keep the records stiaight,
and issue the relHKAfiM* clras
which will show ptsdf MW» *>s6(f
liave h&d your first .pfopoW]
vaccine. Those who wish to assist
in tha drive should
local dActor, the county health oti
fire in rmmrsT'
working on the project.
Every man, woman an* 1 chiJV
starting ag sbyjveeks of age,
tty to become immunized to trie
passible outbreak of polio wheh
tM hot weather returns. Two feed
ing* are necessary, eightHwfttef
fifty cent contribution which goes
toward paying for the oral vaccine.
Should you need transportation
1 please contact ywgr neighbor or
.your Area wpUSwatativs.
ftttwnda Lynn who is- 4 in tlie sixth
grade -gt Clearmont School where
! -jhef laates high in her class.
The Petersons received their
first.^HA
grass was. moderate, but
fotil 1963. ChangiiJg; faiming, corf*
ditiohs caused .the to
-’do a dot of “good thinking” and
TesultS are lisfcd below.
F'arni Practices: In
1963, 15 a<sres.inland .were ./
fogged aSd k to ,fescue, and
clover. 20 otf.parman
ent pastuTe were fertilized . and
tor the first time wps, Uff> dressed
' with 2fio 3bs,‘ nitrate of per
acre with results,
Acreage otf corn silage and yield
"incre&secf ’frdfh v 'Tso'’ tans
fion Us 300 tons in 1963 extending
period otf ’silage from 6 to
9 monttis. p ”
Herd hfts 'heen increased frof
19' to 29 c(ms. by purchasing 10.
and bulling 8 being replaced by
• heifers. " '•' i: ‘
FinaecielProgress
fttltle of ’ in-tehtcrV
98,230- and increase in net, worth
was abotrf fT.OOO in 1963, Grrs
fawn mcrca'sed. s2.6j(t _
increased' sales bnfmr rto.pnn
taM# ft* the increase. ■’ , ~
d.‘ ’lmpi'ovements to Property:
iDßi’ing- ng«- fristell.
t«ralk-flhru type milk pa : ?W ro was
ochrisruoted vtit a cost 'tff SlOTt- A
.totec titled, -. 30'xPrf . was c onstruct
edt.at a cost- of S4OO. " 15 'Jtcves
ciearttf, bogged,' fto-filSfeed and
seeded •in'fescue SStd Thdino clover
at a cost c fro# iooo. '
? A rosed fum#o» aefSri new Cabinets
Ji®» kitchen D»re festaUdd in 1963
vend bM roams Uaihten. Cca*. S7OO.
Total sfSnt -
m■roamßd to ahowr gioo.
improved Family g|^|^r^Du!--
|VW> '’Qfttos. being' hoatod.
j Iptiahen *was after
mg', tad been installed.
Aij reotns accept hving room Were
•auoity Affairs: The Petersons
Java been . very., jwstteie- 4n - -the
Bn*ah Greek Development Club.
Mrs. Peterson U secretary and
she stated that they had never
mi«s<ed a meeing. They are regu
j ter and active attendants at
j Pteaaant Grevsr Ba.ptist Church
J whers Mrs. Peterson is an Officer
.to the fhmday
Overcoming Adverse Conditions:
In 1901 the Petersons realized
that the day off a very small suc-
I (teeSful dairy termer had passed,
| that to stay in the business they
I wotild have to grow and grow
rapidly. Additionaf acreage was
obtained «sd paid tor in 1962.
•atting the stage for the 1963 ac
complishments. The major diffi
culty overcome in growing larper
was purchasing additional cows
and milk base, increasing from
11,060 lbs. to mtee than 21.000
„Jig. g floonthJy., Y33is, was done at an
gddiiional ter.rt c r
laii fjnltaff* l
Men Announced
TJhe two top enJisfied men in the
With Artatery * Brigade < AD) the
tl «o%w tel ' and
me soldier of the Quarter—have
MMMKuMJIId.
SSgt. Conway,
BtokeiMbip, .Headquarters, 4-59,
tfKrCbl. Charles A. Treece, Head
iiAtetate* , tnfift was announced byj
. gfif )adier General John D. Stev
6SiA commanding general, 45th,
Artillery Brigade.
'«au. vwmv^^inship.
jktelauncher crewman section chief
C-4-59, is the NCO-tSpecialist
ktfflKknilitary bearing, leadership,
lpast record, and knowledtle otf his j
subjects and current!
'Ulttor ’Arntri
i training at Camp Stewiart, Ga.
• Prior to his coming to CBtry, he
I oervod in Okinawa. He is the son
' of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Blanken
ship off Bumsviii*.
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