K -
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.fßerfihg&dßwdsfflass
riliw 4rO| lii; 1i »C 3
rofio CainiMiimAn
ttlS? m. S-MiWC -3IHROO rUf 3FT .: T
'» | N..^ >, k.'-3Jtf3pWhMg J t to »in<T tin? Miiim jov **«ii i„
'"* V |lrM miTWtWX*’Uiflrt wo* *<»,vv •*:•,
' n!> lvWifl%MiAm-« 'twiNr —eiiciiaaifas ** rana-v.;
•» t ostrolsveo nJetcwT /i?jq«wv<ia jwi jof -Huantf <mm
i p»o)riniateij*r< 14,090 'people fn «JW%,
■■••rißeir UWir
' off* '«taN» ? «' 7S «*
p . Wfrffy '■ -waim,
»; take : their fipft • • feeding in
-S riftr>’l-i»at*[»'lcaJiw»iia»<!Ta.vf *j ; «
up in both Yancey., . ana M l tcheH
ms wr.
-tions are SOUTH TOE SCHOOL,
Coordinator, Mrs. James Hoover,
-.- • - i ' •'./'■ >
Bakersville Liond
r Trafhttig
FOSf Slli. ' OKIiX. (AriTKC)^
£f«e«!ir£^
„as tff artßW
surveyor at the ‘ Arrhy ArttlWry
—and- Missile.. Center. Fort Sill.
During the course Blevins re
ceived instruction in
mapping of .areas of fire
ery and to provide targer •toot™
ions.
Blevins i
October and
training at Fort tiwlonTuT®
The 23-year-.oid soldier is a
1959 graduate of East Yancey
High School. _
Fancake Supper
At Ceio Chuftted
A pancake supper will be held
at Celo Methodist Church
urday, March 14. Plates will* be
served from 5:30 to B‘oo p. m. at
,Siv”i Ru, l a *
the supper. Everyone is invited to
flfK A a Ad»!
’CODtitira
■faHU*<Ma»IUT
a H
A state commission oMciallH
announced today its support of j
any program aimed at discourag- j
lng teen-agers from taking, up l
tfie habit.
Study the Cause and Control of
Cancer in nA r#?ased(j
a statement that it nadr *siucl ot
the report of by
" Ttuthli* TO-WHsun^&PdßfoerJ^
of the U. S. Public Health Service.
The
record as endorsing and supporting'
gmhv&tQ < u iw+ u, mMi ixj
directed at discouraging the youtffl
of North Carolina from taking' up
the habit of cigarette smokin ' and
thus possibly expose itself to the!
potential detrimental effects of
.(tapirtmH.
(Continued on feaoiL page)
THE YANP RECORD
n To TKcPr&tpß
:■ u uiiTOrt < ■• •,• • •• Lb . * n ' •
VI. _ i. i. .y-j ■■ . - . . ~-, ?->. •, -yjy ■
4’ :S Subscription $2.50 Per Year
«"*nwqo ■H'Ui.uw.**!— •• —i*— *•* W" —• .» —-•• -
Nurse, Mrs.
** flfetry , s££; 'sxs . Ma rjorie
i« *Gibßs‘ and M'SH-ns Millie Autrey;
* “CaSM# - Mf*3 "She * Fairchild; r Re
l l^d|Uiii,. : Krs:j^Au., Chrijsatvji.,
». sWrs.iHerman Murphy., Mrs. Dixie
,; Mauberrjr. - 'MisS Sybil' Murphy,
Charles Wesson and Ivlrs.
Peg LoPicallo.
,«•• • * *
EAST YANCEY HIGH SCHOOL;
Coordinator, Roy Ray; Doctor,
G- IE. Wampler; Nurse, Mrs. Anne j
taiTy - :: S)pi npvtrt,*! *
rator, Ernest Banner; Doctor,
S. P. Urquhart; Nurse, Mrs. Helen
Fender; -'tor, ’ Mrs. Dale 5 Arigtfn
•Sf'lcMry
fidwardS’; Registration? ivtrs/MtSa
freti‘Ufcintctelv Mr'S. : %lilSfreif Hen-'
Mrs. 1;’ K tte^anrifoC
(John Banks.
East Yancey Girls
fc&JteJitaC
Championship
fjrfNS* YKey^jtlaA^Sld
the Crossnore girls by a score of
36-20 in the East Yancey gymna-
ShWor the Toe
boys defeated
the Cranberry boys by a score of
81-33 for the championship title.
for Friday and Saturday nights
conditions the games were de
f
>® a wlhrS at ' H
IWil
8
HP .
*IIW UJ
Shown above are-/five generations of the Bank# Famiy. Mrs.
John Banks, seated, of Bank Creek; from right to left, th|T
tufti Mrs. E<id Fh'anklln. Riverside; tii%»granddaughter, , Mr A Fsignk
grsudißifli
granddaughter, Pamela Boone, Born December 8 in Yancefc Hosni
?|tal here.
jw' .' : '< ; rvCTqy
_ - T • , *, ■ ■ ’ -. •
t; jCy~ a# ~
Gastoma Daniel Eugene
Wilson is North Carolina’s NeW
Easter Seal Child. The ten year
old Gastonia boy will be r:.,re
senting the handicajat ;1 rh 1 $n
and adu’ta of the state during
14KH. Gene's first major
was Pebruaiy 27 when lie met
Governor Terry San hud at £
■press conference to join h m in
lurching the 1964 Easter Seal
fund cb-iye. Gene’s selection ‘is
aoncuneed by Basketball Coak*
Vc Bubas of Duke University,
North Carolina Easter Seal Chair
man.
Gene, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde E. Wilson, Jr. of 1934 Elm
wood Drive, is a siklh grade
student at Victory school. He was
ie a^6 - wo ’
Hi : were Gene’s
hrpie v&r many months following i
the polio attack. He now wears! 1
- |
teg braces and uses hand cruFch-’
es. Except for the visible eyjd- *
e, Tw° f ** brSces &Ifd crutches,
-a handicapped child. He is a
happy'and active ynmg man with,
a heart warming smile. In addi
ction, he has two sisters, Tanway
arid Son-ja, - Witt Mrs.
March will be a busy month
for Gene. He will be makipg radio
and television appearance* tpeefr
ing many new friends, a(hd visit
ing clubs and organizations. A
i of the month avdl be '
t Byi|,. la trick’s Day whe| Gene
f w-Il be the guest of hcnoi > at a
■ Co Ifee Party at the E^ecutiv^'
■ Mansion in Raleigh wi<|h Mrs.
. Teriy Sanford as hostess. The
i First Lady is State Chaiftnan of
f Easter Seal sponsors and She gov
ernor is a former state; Easter
- Seal Chairman. To qu§«te Vic
1 Bubas “Gene is now a Mil L B,
s a very important little boy”.' In
i representing Easter Seals: in Nor
f sch Carolina, he Joins an imprest
- ive list of V I P’s. These, include'
Buljus Jiimself. r _ B "
BURNSVILLE, N. TwAStCIT 1 TV**,”
—■ .fer'vjg-! y,n
• . _""T .1 ■ " ISM jl am, , •..
Tha Joy Outweighs
T ’ cl iSnabtnra * - (IM J*, . v
4UOJ aft :W eiri-id
■ sfotions *
'L Hi I 'W ,fe ww noitJ •••>•
From TfttOt’Wlpito.lGteeSl’erj Anarch 1* 1964
■" *■■ ■* Jis>b»el|'{tJ)lWl»«RS with Tom Higgins „, .
iNO MORE |ijj .lyaulu LavairadH
make yottttjßipKßcaJflosßlj' down-.
1 the steep, TOdeKStrowra river
bank. -:d»)l|taw{ ÜbadaWfcing m the
bucket soiSiltbjbui! praelwis car
go loesn’t fell .7 .i-njA . ■
. Ebr tbffi#B*, S |&itt ah-'RTSgi
::tiiae it-wa* h»»d .r.-thef
l ; ti,JXS the "Vnfifleji, .;«e&j*r^:ii4hfr
frightened—toiLHfresh from r ’-K»«
hatcheiy—iif'o he t of
the icy, *MpH VktcV** * * «jj
ht i ok % bites*?
stomacii vrao' Tisning for
the U>
wide-eyo-U Kfiloy liiv® W-Um
the rifles : tirf lge_:of ; the v«ilto
water
quest for„f^d..,., A , ■aj-l-.ir
At the same time,:■>>• ■won’ti.' : -'k»r
your worry - ; wep_ fishermen
.to,.caWh ffghsin decfly
spri ng,. coigfjjin- because -We#
favor, te ati’oan.jrapppjis- ttj be de
sign #a£ t> wsd rrrcre^
is rfirtHngrJintil the
lust
It’s not
when, aiteQr-jaiie’.ye pour
ed bucketfuls J fisl}-y*to.- ( a stream
the Inndqwner.juprne&oiaiong
posts, his >penegr»ng on a
promise held Bade only the day
YoXQon&ljpfoaM ic essant
ly in ea#ly nowi wihh people
calling \to OlkAf-season..
S’* mm'nr “f
Sut
that fthe »' of;
satisfaction ;ioU : gryes
the y#u mast
endure. are
’ '. ,P J 7\ :
"• IJT’HAfirßEEHt.years.'since Geo-]
rge 'Keesee, -the late, eeadclely-re
spected Ofcstonia 7 -;dufcctoDrsman, j
Climbed. tM stepsatot-your
porch and asked, roa ibshaW of the
youngs-N. Gu-'.-Wilcflfferf "Resources
Commission lit. yon would, • >bec olme
the firstr lulWtime gurtW’TJiotecjtor
In Yaneey'.'CDUDty.’ VYow.-achudkie
when you recall the -begixin ng.
'■ Yonr: nfodeso# 3*l*l spotttftion vdS*
a—weak, but willing 1936 F< rd, j
you*' own, awl. ymnr-'un'form urasi
have on; at
the time. 1—
YMlMtfieir ffiHtft abuse in dose
earlyr dsoß.->b wo «•<&; *
Your feWotf I '#l ounta4iieefs j Jggjr]
to 'ltuittKig j] lung
at their pleasure, arid-they were
ruffled ‘at Jtar oTAtlßteftn.. They
Balled 'ShMFffj’ and
J, Rahtoit‘ : waWen” v m<f ?r tftej ;uch,
but you d‘dtft:
’Tltbr'e 'frtejuftit 1 anii s in
these ’ days. Sothe 1 ’Were t’JSte; esult
ors offenders'igriorhhce 6T' ffl< law,
others treatise ‘tefte ners
who had“nSte? , ''pui‘&haSHT* < sj mnt-
ori 'flsKHft* TcChSe' 'Were 1 eter
mined that they •VcURb-'flof ange
their Vm:''™ I'* 1 '*
w Regardless, \ou TdolC''"then iu|_
because'' you' W4d' ewortf ydti 'ou'fl'
dVv so. nent
j was light:' JuS
tich’ ariiH 1 aaliy
he’d just' fay^^Pay' angjj
buy aTtcense.*^
Birf Wre'tfen* times whi you
tuid ycur lellow .pratectots j: off
fendei-s -with- everything^»you had.
Like the tme you. ! apjntji ided
the gang -that w was r-apotUi iting
deert and: Belling the yenis«t > a 1
touri st > liescrt ■in t a ci inty.
They got'ithe inaxotmwrT>ei ty.
Yen '.proved ■ yoUE’-.dotennji ition,
-to ■ dor'yErti- ■ all
when ■ yaWr W( bro
ther, . 'Wtieiv -■ it'irtiu’id' ilwate, ; bedß
Jnst bsp easyh>,loß» the ottie] way.
You were in the Coastal? i :a of
North- Carolina Dttrrjjwtir ] mual
cOAn-toantthgo jontoetl* He H i it a
v gquu'i’e}' And osbot ifcnThots urrel
seasoir was -open bade homd n the
1 I t th ;
Uke, you, knejv ,he„.wowW 1 e, |
PROGRESSION'TWO: r W«T.S
14V>« •**4b*-% J M
Ti *%*n ifrtn»rt -** - 11
<Y OU mWEREN’I cold-biooded by
any then, -but as the years
become soft-hearted.
■-V'®* aakriiphermen and hunters
!&r- the«:-ilicenee hoping fervently
■that tbejy have;them, because you
don’t .jeant.-to -make an arrest.
■■You vintvenX made many in re
■ Cent yearaj;;The people have real
ized thatr;fihe Wildlife Commiss
ion’s endeavors r are for . their
: banefit, : and they cooperate. It’s
quite a ebntnast to the old days.
In the; ,meant}me, the commiss
ion has progressed quite a bt,
too. You- itirw drive a new, state
cwnedviear „eqpi»nped- with a pow
erful radio/,You wear an attrac
tive runifonn, supplied by the
state.tosO :»w, S 8«. .;,
The'-,commission even utilizes
■ pSaripscWi'lDenfoi-cement and other
fields. : mio»i*K»o-is
■ Wrights Brothers’ invention
! chUseanyottido übeo-- the brunt ol
many jokes. '
-Yotr -have bashed- in the heads oi
numerous, mtleps with never ar
i. You have
locked the business end of
a double-barreled . shotgun, held
rifrrt.aißtftffje housewife
. -who .waA-determined., that, warrant
or not, you weren’t goinp to
a|r :.ch the smokehouse where her
swv had- .just stashed an illegal
deer fcaHsas. Even then you show
ria jfemr utjp.you look in the smoke
> house [am you arrest the llaw
? baaakar’.W- \
,But-“yo.u what it 'is'"to be
THE RIDGES BECOME
J” s«|#ra ;■=
*• rqii. vefus- to
% in. ih»'3«o*Mniss‘on's plane as
lan it’s being used
Finalpy'fellnw waidens (ell you'
I thejr ybu to fly in it,
1 but thixidiey would very
I to see r you touch it.
[Yob j-eTqli and they howl 1 with
too, but you
‘.-until it’s gone.
someday you
ißay be Ordered to fly.. No need
foP ! th 1 --
ges where -you once out
(! '!>*>■ v thifie times younger
! thaST* yobrSelF Aiavpt become steep
| c3j v ' the = triouߣLadan Jackets heav
-1 t§p; thA -nrUlSs'when -yon liad to
sit cut "on ’patrol' for spot-lighters
longer. ~~
- So. last week, you retired.
- Ealoy your retirement, Dad.
3PBM ,
gave up beoause there was a job
to be done (including staying:
home in order to feed seven Wild
Russian-Boar that you agreed 'to
keep in your barn until they could
be released in thelhills*. • ,
Fish those i fetrafutas— 1
the ones you used to stack—-that
you would never fish before be
cause “People might talk if ,
fished for fish I stocked myself.’*
Perhaps you’ll happen up on
seme youngster who doesn’t know ,
to |ish the .riffles at the edfce of
'wtie Btf&OWiyitfcCuCgtve J
h'm advice, his eyes won’t be as
idweltbm*
you been weanng the impressive
Undoubtedly, he won’t get as
much kick out of it. But M. B.
Higgins w'-li.
Locals
Mr. and Mrs. Cart Hensley
spent the week-end l in Hickory
Frank Howard
W^WasJJMDdentil mst
• week-end with his parents. Mr.
f and Mrs. Frank Lewis, here.
1 John Evans is seriously ill in
a 1 Veterans Hospital at Oteen.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Alleiv-vof
,e West Asheville visited in Burns
ls vdle last week.
’ k Mi - s. liene English and daugh
ter, Glen Ella spent last week
“ end with
Mr. and MrsTß» w
J vacationing in Florida.
\ 1 -.* . M •
>Jt l AJ i
Prise Pet Copy Jliye,Cents .
Bids oit Consfrucfion Os
?$ • warfL a?r
Courthouse-Jail Opened
On IVlarch 2 5
5 LA.Tt K.M Si
Bill Atkins, County Attorney,
i r< turned early tjils “frcan“'a
f trip | Ga.-“fa*oeriUDg
i the proposed Yam^^Couhty
n fl""' lliiifi
Carroll Gibbs entered j£he United j
States Amy in „ Iy*ovqipJj>ei 1963.
He took his bas c. trfci«t«fe at Fort
. Gordon, da. He ..went tdcFort Sam
Houston, Texas first—of—Feb
ruary where TSf rtg" "tn Use medics
coips. He will ba at f Fort Sam
Houston fer e : gh+ then
will be sent to Geroany. He is the
son of Mrs. B. A. Gibbs of Burns
ville RFD 5, and the late Mr.
Gibbs. , v "' j
February, Record
For Snowfall
- - •’3aci*s> I
in the morning, p’-fiefl blizzard
• 'a’nir flarHrrnyig snow
upon ...the xpadß/and stoppedrtiuch
traffic, xzfjjf ’ i
In sonre* areas di-ifts were f
blown acrass the roads several
feet deep. The State Highway
maintenance crews did a,, splendid
job of getting tra'ff *c
Acccrding to the
Bureau in Asheville
on as many .Hus
winter. The--records nhok-that
Febmary 1964, was a record' for
snowfall. Mt. 3|itchefl ’ hbd-*'»n ?»e'-
cumulation of 8 feet.
February’s snow... „l&nygh re
cord-breaking had warm’ temper
atures inteiiapejsed. _ta the day-
pile up, except in the high maun- s
'tTWltjlrovU f
Girl Scou|& . ‘
Birthday I*
Girl mßjyatvlFSßlli
Yanoey Counb’ |he 1 1
church* of lYraS**®)'
Sunday, Maich 8 to belt in the 1
the 52nd birthday 1
of G:nl Slcouttng by demonstrating :
thpir- M , the iirst part
of the Girt scOTtt promise. 1
.The Girl Scout Week
this yeartfs *“Girl Scouting—A
Promise in Action’’ and special
r?wiaawMO|«
sponsors and the^emmuniy.
The b'g commumr™ffclTW
ject of the Pisgah! Girl Scout
Council, comprising w
North Cai'olina Conncls, is the
Drop aut PupnfWShows to be aut
en dWhgAißßli aOl 0011 l |
troops in their own schools throu
ghcuS thOtTO-td's eftpt j
of the Girl Scouts to call attention]
to the school drop out program
and to offer some suggestions
through a Puppet play for com
bjattingj Yan
cfey neMb<yboty%«a A’lmnoun
ced later by the leaders.
Leaders of the Cadette Troop
are Mrs. Mfck Huskey and MrA
S tyleJ|eadeU||jiUJ«
nfe Trooping* Mii*wfl%nJWJl
and Mrs. Paul Laughrun.
, ;
3 I*'’-"; .■■"<•■
Courthouse and Jail.
Mr. ~A€klns said the Federal
Housing -and Home finance Ag
ency appfoVed the plans submitted
by The S ! x Associates, Architect
tuial Firm of Asheville, N. C.
Approval of the plans by this
Federal Agency was necessary
since the Federal Government is
supplying $341,000 which will be
mare than 50% of the funds nec
essary to construct the building.
Mr. Easterling of the Local
Qgvernjjjent Commission of North
Carolina lias also contacted by
Mr. Atkins, following the approval
iof the plans by the Federal
j Agency. Mr. Atkins said that th*
Lfipal Government Commission
had appajptyed issuance of bonds to
be handled by Reid, Hoyt, Waslv
burn and McCarthy, Bond attor
neys of New York. The bonds will
be sold by bid April iA by the
Ldeal Government Commission in
Raleigh.
jßids. for construction of the new
! cpwrthejj|p and Jgil building, fol-
Wngt '#dverUsement, will be op
ej|fl .March 25. 1964 at 2:00
«Me low bidder receiv
ing the ~ gsnQ*act to build.
Attorney Adkins said that separ
ate bids would be received for tha
plumbing and wiring. Advertise
ment stir bids will be published
in ‘ the local paper as well as in
pa.perg i# 1 Asheville and Chau-lotte.
Kollowihg . acceptance of the
b>4p, instruction will begin im
mediately, Mr. Atkins said.
* Tirbi» -.siuj?mitting the low bids
will be 'fiuirrd to furnish bonds
gigtranteeing faithful perfoiman
cjt,<rf tiir Work, and all work
rPiiitoiSkfffijji.- 3^—l .^hitect^
‘‘Mr. Tmms J Su3 tnaf as
i lair, bdUi skilled and unskilled,
j as^fareas' iartble, would be used
friSn Yancey County. And p&y
ment for labor will be in adcord-
Mtce with ths wage and hour law.
Sfe -
'M* • ' *
winged Visitors
Stop In Burnsville
a little extra effort
and continued thoughtfulness on a
ftebtoennay one an uneat
pSoted-thr-U. At least, such a
thrill came -to Mrs. Henry Giles
Butt week at her home an “Water
tank HfflG
feeding
station at her home on the hill.
And last week during the period
h&vf neter been
seen here before. H
v As she looked out at a number
of birds around the feeding sta
tion, Mrs. Giles saw that the ac
cumulation was made up of even
ing mwsbeaks. a veiy me spec-
At first
there were several male birds.
*N A it tHvwc»4# r «^ s &nd
females flew in until approximat
ely thirty of the birds were feed
ing at the station.
There are several species of
grosbeaks in the United States.
But the evening grosbeak is a
native of the Northwest United
States and Canada. It is a migra
tory bird, Rnd on its south and
atfthia*! M fm even
comes east of the Mississippi
#«kiT - amiJ
The grosbeak has a large bemk
ihmt is how it arot iAs name, and
aboutrSgm long- Tha
color ng of the evening grosbeak
, back. With .Jail and, wing tip*
I bird is
yellow.
Mrs. c>i«| i iftteraated in
knowing if anyone else has seen
this species ctf grosbeak in tWa
area.
Both Mr. and Mrs. think
j Burnsville is a wonderful place to
1 , live. Now they are more eonvinc
|J edpnce a flock of winged visitors
jflMi Westertr Canada deWured by
ITKShvUIe for a short tUyp M
ru.j« wav
t ® #ir l