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VOLUME TWENTY-EIUHT ! 16,545 Received Oral Polio Vaccine In Nlitchell-Yancey A record of 16,545 people in the two counties of Mitchell and Yan cey received the Oral Sabian Vaccine, Sunday March 8 was re ported by the Medical Society of Mii-lhsll-Yamoey County sponsor ii>i the program. A continous flow of people pass ed through the ben feeding sta tions eating the lump of sugar containing the polio vaccine. The rriOs*, beautiful Sunday of the year gave a holiday feeling and hk.li spirits to everyone and at notice d d ait> person have to stand in a long an d wait. Each station was maintained Obituaries FRED McINTOSH Fred Mclntosh, 69, construction man wiio lived in Asheville for nearly 30 years, died Friday in a Johnson City, Tenn., hospital after a long illness. He was a veteran of World War I. Surviving are five sisters, Mrs. Mary Maters of Weaverville, Mrs. Clyde Styles and Miss Pauline Mclntosh of Burnsville, Mrs. OWe Reynolds of St. Augustine, Fla., and Mrs. Vay Owens of Green ville, S. C., and four brothers,; Hugh and Solon of Burnsville,! Heiman of Weaverville, and' Harry Mclntosh of Bentoh Har tbr, Mich. Services were held at 2:30 p. m. Sufi day in the cthapel of HolcomUp Brothers Funeral Home. -TARShiSSVfeSSI teiy. Pallbearers were James, Ralph, Fred, Roy and F Intosh, and Roy Lee Hensley. BERT RENFRO Bert Renfro, 79, of Green Moun tain, died unexpectedly in his home Friday evening. He was a' letired farmer and a lifelong, resident of the Green Mountain' section of Yancey County. I Services were held Sunday at j 2:30 p. m. in North Bend Free' Will Baptist Church. The Rev. D. C. Byrd and the Rev. D wig lit Greene officiated and burial was in Fairview Ce metery., Pallbearers were Dock, Clyde, Ike and Cecil Renfro, Joe, Fred, Park and Claude Peter.'on. Honorary pallbearers were mem bers of the Men's Bible Class of North Bend Church, of which he was a member. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Minnie Peterson Renfro; a dau ghter, Miss Ermo Renfro of thej home; and two sons, Robert and i Ellis, both of\ Green Mountain; J two sisters, Mrs. J. G. Peter- 1 son of Green Mountain and Mrs. | Jteuben Peterson of Burnsville; a brother, Gaither of Green Moun tain; and four grandchildren. ROBERT D. MANEY Servioes for Robert D. Maney, 89, of Asheville, formerly of Paint Gap in Yancey County, who died Tuesday, were held at 2:30 p. m. Thursday in Paint Gap Presbyterian Church. I The vßev. Bert Styles officiated. Burial’ was in Wilson Cemetery in Yancey County. I Active pallbearers were lee, | Creed and Hunter Maney, Her man Wilson, Almo Austin, Arthcr Stepp Jr., Amy England aid John Denzine. MISS~ RINDY HIGGINS Miss Rindy Higgins, 84, Os Rt. 4, died in a Burnsville hospital Tuesday after' a brief illness. Services were held at 2 p. m. Thursday at Higgins Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. Emory Edwards offi c ated and burial was in Higigins Cemetery. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Hiram Webb, and three brothers, Milas, Tom, and Jim Higgins, all of Rt. 4. THE YANCEY RECORD k • *s.* -• \ i “Dedicated To The Progreso Os Yancey County” pompletely by volunteer workers who had planned, organized, and understood the importance of their job so well that everything moved alongi in perfect order. Each station was staffed with volunteers from the medical grou.p, including medical doctors, registered nurses, licensed practi cal nurses and Red Cross Aides. Handling the secretarial work were members of various woman’s cl übs and the volunteer personnel from the bank handled the donat ions. A total of 7,911 people in Mit chell County received the oral polio vaccine Sunday and 8,634 people in Yancey County. Th s wveans that a little over 61% of the people in the two counties have taken the first of two doses necessary to protect them from polio. Many areas, especially Bak ersville, Spruce Pine and Burns ville turned out in great numbeis for the polio vaccine. It is hope i that the ones who were unab'e to take the vaccine last Sunday will do so this week in a make up dose. In order to maintain our low Polio rate, each person, young or old, is ask'd to get the polio vaccine this week. The Public ' Health Office will give the vac heine to anyone who will come by like offices this week, during the regular clinic hours. This includes Spruce Pine on Thursday after noon and Bakersville on Friday. The vaccine is also mniiniu*— *- WHSMI dftitftrr offices this week. County the five sFauons operating and the number of people who received the polio vaccine are: Harris High School, , 1,530: Harris Elementary, 1,998: I Bowman High School, 2,545: Bula ' deen School, 1,005: and Tipton Hill High School, 833: giving ! Mitchell County a total of 7,911 doses given Sunday. Five feeding stations in Yan j cey county and the number of i people that received the oral polio ! vaccine are: East Yancey Tigh, j vaccine are: East Yancey High ' C’earmont High School, 1,203: Bee Log School, 1,006: and South Toe Elementary, 1,107. giving Yancey County a total of 8,634 doses given. Sunday May 10th is the date for the second feeding which will, when taken, give complete pro tection from Folio. The Lederle Laboratory is help ’ ing to make this program pos . sible. i .r. The oral polio make-up clinic was held at the Health Center here on Wednesday of this week. 175 doses of vaccine was given. 0 jpppr Vsi . - <X I ~ 1 p i ill | "'Tfflyp*' ™ ■Hi yi- Its Officia, - Gene Wilson of Gastonia. North Carolina Easter £(al Child, beams as Governor Ter;y Sanfo.a l>as just signed mid presented a proclamation designu tin,- March as Easter Seal Month a-.d it now preparing to present a check as t,ia fint contribution. Interested oaV>Atra are 'left to r:>Jt) Clarence E. Whitefie.d of Durham, Pre iluent of the North Carolina Soc j.y for Crippled Children asd Adults, Duke Basko tbaJl Coach Vie Bubas, North Carolina Easter Seal Chairman, and UNQ Basetba'l Co captain Mike Cooke of Mount Airy, State Youth Chairman of. the Easter Seal Campaign. \-■ j i Subscription $2.50 Per Year Blue Cross-Blue Shield “Easy Joining Days” Durham—Hospital Care Associa tion has opened enrollment in Blue Cross and the Blue Shield Doctors Program of the State Medical Society to everyone in North Carolina under 65 years of age, regarduess of health condi tion of applicants. E. M. Herndon, executive vice president of the Durham Blue •Cross and Blue Shield Plans, said the “Easy-Joining Days” enroll ment started on March 1 and will continue through March 22. During . this three-week period, the usual health questions for non group enrollment will be waived and individuals and families will be enrolled on a contract which covers Blue Cross hospital bene fits, and the Blue Shield Doctors Program of surgery and anthesia care, Herndon said. Under the Doctors Program, participating physicians agree to accept Blue Shield allowances as full payment for individuals whose total annual income does not ex ceed $4,000 and families with a total annual income of $6,000 or less. A majority of the physicians in the .state participate in the program. “This special enrollment oppor tunity is being offered primarily for the benefit of North Carolina residents who cannot join Blue Cross and Blue Shield through a group, or who have a physical condition which has prevented them from joining on a nongroup contract in the past,” Herndon said. The “Easy-Joining Days” en rollment is limited to # jpeysons under 65 of age. However, spec ial Senior Citizen certificate 65~ A Student Certificate wTBHn$o be available for full-time students. Workers Will Discuss Second Polio Feeding Dr. Hahn has asked that: AU Chairman of the Township workers in the polio feeding drive be present at a meeting to be held at the Health Center in Bur nsv He on Monday, March 16 at 7:30 p. m. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the second pol o feeding drive. Burnsville PTA Will Meet Tuesday The Burnsville Elementary School Parent-Teacher Associa tion will meet in the school lunch room on Tuesday, March 17, at 7:30 p. m. Carroll Angel is in charge of the program. The theme of the program is Safety. BUBNSVILfrJB, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1964 . liflr iffijaa. Mrs. Stone Will Speak To Friends Os Library Mrs. Donad 6. Stone, Executive Director of the North Carolina Division of the American Cancer Society, will speak on cancer re search at the Yancey County Lib rary in Burnsville on Sunday afternoon, March 15, 1964. A soc ial hour will begin at 2:30, and the talk will be given at 3:00. Mrs. Stone was graduated from Flbrkla State Cofege for Women with a B. S. degree in Education. She came to North Caroina in 1965 after serving for five years as Executive Director of the San Diego, California unit of the Am erican Cancer Society. Mrs. Stone has served in various capacities in the American Red Cross, es pecially in the field of ajuatic sports. An excellent swimmer and swimming coach, she was made an Honorary First Sergeant in the U. S. Marine Cops. Amphi bian Tank Detachment for train ing the Detachment in swimmin c, life-saving, and Uelfare aquatics. In addition, she has contributed in the fields of Personnel Manage ment and Industrial Relations, health education, and others. She is a member of several honorary societies, including, “Who’s, Who in Colleges and Universities.” “Who’s Who in American Women.” and “Who’s Who in North Caro lina Lives.” Her talk on Sunday is sponsored by the Yancey County unit of the Cancer Society. Everyone is in vited to attend. Baaley To Serve At Delegate To Conference will serve as a delgaie to the 13th Annual Conference of Policy holder Advisors to be held March 12-14 at Columbus, Ohio. He will be a guest of the Nationwide In surance Companies, which spon sor the conference. Bailey and 70 other policyhold ers from 30 states will work in committee sessions, take part in panel discussions and confer with key company executives about Nationwide's operations and poli cies. Delegates to the national meet ing were elected from among 12,000 policyholders who took part in 500 local meetings during the past six months. They will climax their meeting by submitting a list of recommendations to man agement for consideration and possible action. Nationwide’s advisory program' was launched 13 years ago to give olicyhoMe-rs an opportunity to voice theii opinions about Na tionwide’s priducts, services, and operating policies. - - - Local Students Take Pert In Drama Work shop Miss Hedy Bwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. tayard T. Howell, Burnsville, and Miss Linda Laugh run, daughter f Mrs Margaret Laughrun, Bursville, were mem bers of the mate-up staff for the play "The Amf-lcan Dame” by Philip C. Lewi produced by the Warren Wilson College Drama Workshop. i irannanoa, North Carolina, whic was directed hy Mr. David empleman. -The play is i rollicking comedy with-lightning Punches and is in the form of ij play-out, a new type of dramtfc experience. Miss Helena Hensley, daughter of Mr. and M . Clifford Hensley. R "1. served i one of the four ushera, Misses Howt and Laughrun are graduates of Blast Yancey High School, ass of 1963, and Miss Hensley i a graduate of Cane River H h School, Class of 1980, Warren Will i College is own ed and opera I 1 by the Board of National Miss us, the United 1 Presbyterian i uich, U. S. A. Dr. Fall To Speak A? Methodist Church Sunday D l *. Paul Fall of Burnsville will speak at the ll’OO o’clock service at the Higgins Memorial Metho- dist Church here Sunday. Rev. R. F. Hilliard, pastor of Higgins Memorial Methodist Church, will be ’in Hendersonville where he will speak twice on Saturday and twice on Sunday. He will speak at Moore's Grove Methodist Church at 11:00 a. m. and 7‘30 p. m. on Saturday (and at 10:CO ( a. m. Sunday. He will speak at Balfour Methodist Church at 11:00 a. m. on Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. Fall came to Burnsville in September of 1959. He was president of Hiram Col lege in Hiram, Ohio for 17 years. After reaching retirement age at Hiram he taught chemestry in Akron University at Akron, Ohio for two years. He resigned this position due to his poor health. Mr. Fall said the reason he picked Burnsville as a place to retire was by reading an add in Travel Magazine. Music Workshop At Methodist Church A Music Workshop will be held at Higgins Memorial Methodist by the Home 0 Demonstration j The Workshop is being sponsored by the Home Demonstration Clubs of Yancey and Madison .Counties. Dr. Melvin L. Good will give the instruct ons. Everyone inter ested in music is invited to at tend the Workshop. A covered Dish lunch will be served. ’*' / — Tri-County Students iff Vocational Training 43 students from Avery, Mit chell, and Yancey Counties are now in vocational training under Operation Second Chance in Spruce Pine, Burnsville, Ashe v'lle, and elsewhere. Courses now in progress are carpentry and bricklayer classes at Spruce Pine and Burnsville, woodworking in Asheville. In addition to the cour ses in electrical work, auto me chanics, machine operators in Goldsboro, Wilson, Sanford, and Lexington. ; Instructors for Spruce Pine classes now in progress are Hun ter Hudson and Claude Parker. Burnsville instructors are Vance Hensley and John Woody. Applications for seven addition al courses for the Tri-County area, have been sent to Washington for] c \ sj * j 'JUj! y i | : -'j '■* i : , '(7 \l ; _ Girl Scout Week March 8-14,1%4 We salute the Girl Scouts of our community and urge your support of their program. Girl Scout Weekcelebrated March Bth through 14. si ... Price Per Copy Five Ceuta Gallon Club Members Announced In Program Persons who give a gallon of b’ood through the American Red Cross Blood Program automati cally become members of the Gallon Club and are issued a pin and membership card which en titles them and the members of their family to receive blood, without obligation to replace it, for the duration of the blood pro gram. According/ to available re cords-there are, 73 Yancey Coun fcains who have given as much as . gallon. Nineteen have reach ed the two gallon level, three have given three gallons, and Charles Harold Anglin has given four gallon, and one pint, which is the record thus far for Yancey County. Listed below are the persons who are members of the Gallon Club. All of Yancey County should be very grateful to these faithful souls who have given so much of themselves to make others well: Mrs. Bob Rhinehart, Assistant ! Chairman of the Yancey County Blood Program, is quick to add that she is certain that there are discrepancies in the records, and she will welcome the opportunity ,to straighten out anyones Wood record if they will only contact her at 682-2123 or come by her home on Glen Raven Circle. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ■ RALEIGH—The Motor Vehicles -1 Department's summary of traffic - deaths through 10:00 a. m., Mon-i day, March 9: ? KILLED TO DATE 247 Killed To Date Last Year 200 approval. These include two cour ses in welding, two in upholstery, twb nurse-aid classes, and one auto service station mechanics course. Scott Wiseman, coordinator for Operation Second Chance in the Tri-County area, expects approval • of these courses in time for train ing to start during March. .Train ees in classe taught locally will ' receive $23.00 a week. Those who attend classes outside the Tri- 1 County area are provided an al- ! lowance of $35.00 a week. i Labor surveys conducted by the • Employment Securities Oommiss- 1 ion have indicated that jobs for ■ trainees who complete these Cour- 1 ses satisfactorily are available 10-" « i .. . cally or elsewhere within the state. NUMBER THIRTY Those who hare given as much as a gallon and ore not Bated to day will be added next week if they will contact Mrs. Rhinehart and give her their records. Any member of the Gallon Club who does not have, or has never been issued a pin card, or who needs a fresh one, will be gives same if they will contact Mrs. Rhinehart within the next TWO WEEKS. The next Bloodmobile visit to Yancey County will in May, according to Carlie Rice, Yancey County Blood Chairman. ~ GALLON CLUB MEMBERS Ralph 1 gal. 6 pts. Elizabeth Anglin. 1 gal. Mrs. C. G. Agriin, 1 gal. Ipt Martha Anglin, X v 1 gal. 6 pta. Billie Ray Bailey, 1 gal. 5 pts. Luther Banks, 1 gal. 5 pts. Mrs. Luther (Banks, 1 gal. 3 pts. Colonel B. Bennett, I gal. 2 pts. Jay M. Blankenship, 1 gal. 3 pts. Virginia Boone, 1 gal. Clarence H. Burton, 1 gal. 1 pt. Hxibert J. Cooper, 1 gal. 4 pt*. Bill Evans, 1 gal. Mrs. Howard Garland, 1 gal. 1 pt. Mrs. W. R. Hall, 1 gal. 1 pt Kenneth Hensley, l gal. Mrs. K. J. Hensley, 1 gal. Vance Hensley, 1 gal. 2 pts. Jay C. Hilliard, 1 gal. Mrs. Herschel Holcombe 1 gal. • pts, Charles Hopson, 1 gal. Lawrence Hopson, 1 gal t pts. Nat Lee Howell, 1 gj»l. 6 pts. Claude C. Hughes, 1 gal. X pt. William HUUett, l *^l. IMrs. Avon Jamerson, 1 gal. 1 pt. Howard W. Johnson, 1 gal. 2 pts. Lawrence Kings 1 gal. 6 pts. R?y King, | gal. Claud? S. Ledford. 1 gfcl. 3 pta. i $ put Lola Mace, T *SJ. « Bonnie Lee Mclntosh, 1 g*U 1 pt. Bruce C. Mclntosh, 1 gal. 4 pts. Ruby Mclntosh, i gal. Dr. Cameron F. Mcßae. 1 gal. 2 pts. Joseph J. Nowicki, l gal. 2 pts. Oarmon Ogle, 1 gal. 4 pt*. Mrs. E. H Ohle, l gal. S pts. Mrs. Roy Pate, 1 gal. 6 pts. Claude Peterson, 1 gal. 6 pts. John H. Peterson, l gal. 4 pt. Ted Phillips, 1 gal. 1 pt L. V. Pollard, 1 gal. a pts. James W. Proffitt, 1 gal. | pj» Jennie L. Proffitt. 1 gal. * pta Ashton Ramsey. 4 gal. 4 pts. June Ramsey. 1 gat * pts. Robert W. Ramsey, | gyu James Willard Ray Jr. 1 gal. 7 pta. Mack Ray. 1 gal. 4 pta. R. L. Rector 1 gal. 1 pt. Burnis Earl Rice, 4 g»i FTank Riddle, x gai William O. Riddle, 1 gal. £ pta. Byrl Robinson, l gal. 3 p tg. Herman Robinson, 1 gal. James C. Robinson, 1 gial. 1 pt. James L. Robinson, 1 gal. t pte. William J. Robinson, 1 g»l. 1 pt, Charles L. Sacra, l gal. g pts. Peter Schwintser, l gal. 4 pts. Mrs. J. O. Sparks, i ggj. Charles W. Steelman, 1 gal. g pis. D. Z. Thomas, l gat. I pt. Mrs. W. Thomas. i gpi Earnest Whitson, i gal. Robert I. Wicker. l gal. 2 pts. Robert P. Wilson, i gal, g pt*. Howard Wrtgjht, | gal. 6 pts. Bari Young, i gal. TWO gallon donors John R. Allen. a gals. % pta. Carroll Wesley Angel. g g a j f Leonard Ayers. 2 gal*. Mrs. Arttielia Erodes, 2 gala. 1 pL Mrs. Clarence Burton. t gals. E. L. Dillingham, 2 g a l 8 Harold Harris. a gala, 2 pta. Mrs. Sol Harris, 2 gads. 7 pt». Arnold E. Higgins, 2 gals. Arthur Hughes, 2 gals. 1 pt George Murdock, 1 gals. 2 pts.’ Dr. E E. Ohle, a gals, 7 pta. Mrs. J. Max Penland, 2 gals, i pts. Max R. Proffitt, . 2 gals. 2 pts. Ralph T. Proffitt, | gals. i pt. Mrs. Roy Ray. i gals, l pt. Clyde W. Rildle. 2 oals. 1 pt! James Paul Robinson, 2 gals. 4 pts. Mrs. Clyde Whittington, 2 gals. 5 pts. a THREE GALLON DONORS Oscar W. Deytou, 2 g»ls. 3 pts. Lau ranee R. Higgins, 3 gals. 1 pt. Roy William Ray, a gala. Charles Harold Anglin,4 gait, i pt.
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