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VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT >
Postmaster Explains
Postal Adjustment
Services
The limited adjustments in
some postal services ordered In
Washington March 10 by the Post
master General, John, A. Gronou
ski, to save $12.7 million will be
gin to take effect in Burnsville
and other offices according to
postal officials here.
Paul E. Buck, Burnsville Post
master, made the announcement
this week. He emphasized that no
major services are effected un-
N. C. Fall Sym
phony At tAars
Hill College
Residents of Burns vine and the
surrounding area who ei joyj
classical music will have an oppor-j
tunity to hear the North Caro Ina
Pull Symphony when it plays atj
Mars Hill College Saturday night
(April 25).
The concert, scheduled in Moore
Auditorium at 8 p. m., will be
open to the public. A similar per
fonnance in Asheville Tuesday
night will be open only to mem
bers of the N. C. Symphony Soc
iety.
Guest artist for both performan
ces will be Miss Elaine Skorodin.
a talented young violinist. Follow
ing the intermission she will per
form with the state symphony in
Lalo's “Symphonie Espagnole.”,
Other selections on the evening’s
program will include Schuberts
unfinished symphony and Tschai
kowsky’s popular ‘ Capriccio
Italien.’’
Conductor of the orchestib is
Dr. Benjamin Swalin.
hew Books
At Library
New books now available on the
shelves of the Avery-Mitchell-
Yancey Regional Library include
the following:
CONVENTION, by Fletcher Qne
bel. The story of a future Repub
lican convention in Chicago where
rugged individualism runs into a
data computer, By the author of
Seven Days in May.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PRE
SIDENT KENNEDY, by Jim Bis
hop. A detailed showing of the
schedule of the Kennedy family
for four of their average days i n
the White House..
THE HORN AND THE FOREST,
by Jamie Lee Cooper. A novel of
an Indiana widower who weds an
Indian girl and their twins who
Urow up at the time of the In
dians’ alignment with Britain.
INVISIBLE LATIN AMERICA,
by Samuel Shlapiro. The author
illustrates with five Latin Ameri
can countries the various stages of
political development through whi
ch they seem to progress.
THE LAND BREAKERS, by
John Ehle. The story of Mooney
Wright and his neighbors settling
the N. C. Smokies, with bear
hunts, hard winters, birth, Laugh
ter, tears, and all the rest.
THE PROPHETS FOR THE
COMMON READER, by Mary
Ellen Chase, The Old Testament
prophets in context for the aver
age reader.
ROGUE’S HARBOR, by Inglis
Fltecher. Another version of the
Early American colonial days
this N. C. author knows so well.
A SAVAGE PLACE, by Frank
Ci. Slaughter. Another of Slaugh
ter’s medical novels filled with
appendectomies and romance.
TOMORROW IS NOW. by El
eanor Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt
discusses the stbte of the nation,
the U. N., and urges us to have
courage.
WESTWARD TILT, by Nell
Bowen Morgan. A lively survey of
the western U. S., especially Cali
fornia when everyone seemed to
be heading that way.
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Subscription $8.50 Per Year
—£3U»
der theaorders.
Clf aimed locally are as
follows: l&turday window service
shall in no Instance exceed four
hours unless specifically authoriz
ed by the Regional Director Hours
will be from 8 to 12.
Domestic and international
money orders will not be issued
at Post Offices or rural stations
and all money order windows at
these units will be dosed on
Saturday. Ruifcl carriers will not
accept money order applications
on Saturdays.
COD money orders shall not be
issued on Saturdays. COD funds
collected too late on Friday for
the issuance of money orders on
that day and ayy COD funds col
j lected on Satuirifey shall be treat
Jed as trust funds in accordance
with Section 438.6, Postal Manual,
j and the money orders issued on
Monday.
All postal" savings business at
first and second class will be sus
pended on Saturdays.
All windows such as Inquiry and
claims, information, meter set
tings, trust fund deposits, box
rent collections etc., shall be
closed on Saturday.
The economy step, Mr. Buck
explained, is in line with Presi
dent Johnson’s programs under
which the. recent Federal income
tax was provided.
Mr: Buck emphasized that no
essential major services are af
fected under the orders. There,
will be no change In home de
livery. Regular business mail de
liveries will continue as usual.
Lette’s and other first-class mall
will be handled with the same
priority as ever, the postmaster
stated.
Local Women
Attend District
Meeting of WSCS
The annual meeting of the
Women’s Society of Christian Ser
vice of the Asheville District was
held Tuesday in Hendersonville at
(the First Methodist Church. Ap
' proximately 300 delegates attend
ed the all-day session.
Mrs. E. L. Briggs, vice presi
dent, was in charge of the pro
gram which featured an address
by Mrs. Carl King of Statesville,
confeience president. Also a short
skit ‘Nothing To Destroy” was
presented by the following Burns
ville girls: Betty Cooper, Cheryl
Roberts, Lynn English, Millie Lou
Wilson and Claudette Cooper.
Yancey County was represented
by the following delegates: Mrs.
Til-lie Brooks., Mrs. Cora Duncan,
Mrs. Tom Rutledge, Mrs. Joe
Young. Mrs. Hobart Ray, Mrs.
Briggs, Mrs. P. C. Coletta, Mrs.
Nelle Bennett, Mrs. George King,
Mrs. James Ray and Mrs. D. R.
Fouts.
District HDC
Meeting Held
Here April 16
The annual Federation Meeting
of the District IV Home Demon
stration Clubs whs held April 16
at the Ashevllle-Blltmore College.
Some 24 Home Demonstration CSub
members from Yancey, Alice
Hopson, Assistant Home Econo
mics Agent, and Ruby P. Coipen
ing, Home Economics Agent, en
joyed hearing Dr. W. D. Weather
ford, the guest speaker, speak on
•''The Five Faces of Appalachia.’’
Mrs. Brooks Wilson of Pensa
cola was installed a* the Piesi
[ -dent of District IV and will serve
r in 1964-65. v O-
District IV la made up of Bun
» combe, Yancey and ’ Madison
Counties.
THE YANCEY RECORD
M D«ttcate4 To The Firagrpi Os Yancey County*
Presbyterians
Have Family
Night Dinner
.The First Presbyterian Church,
Burnsville, held a Family Night
Dinner in the church Wednesday,
April 22.
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The guest speaker was Miss
Louise Bowden, X-’ay technician
at Miraj Medical Centre In Miraj,
Western India,' and fraternal
worker for the United Presbyter-j
ian Church, U. S. A. She has ser
ved in this post since 1957.
Miss Bowden is a native of
Bridgeton, New Jersey. She has
worked as a technician In several
New Jersey hospitals and one in
San Diego, California, as well as
in Providence Hospital in. Anchor
age, Alaska. She pilots her own
plane and has been a member of
the Women's Air Force Service
Pilots and served in the Third
Ferry Command, stationed in
Michigan. For a time after her
command was terminated she
gave flying lessons.
The Miraj;y Jfcdical Centre was
founded in
400 bed hospital which is particul
arly noted for surgery; a cancer
institute, a training school for
nurses and one for pharmacists,
two rural hospitals, and a lepro
sarium with 150 patients, and a
government medical Miss
Bowden’s chief responsibility is
Gaining students as X-ray techni
cians, but she also works In the
laboratory when needed.
A program was provided for
children and a nursery was avail-,
able for pre-school children.
Mrs. Maurice Styles and Mrs. I
Tom Mclntosh coordinated the'
food arangements.
Training Course
In Upholstery In v
Yancey County
WASHINGTON—Grants totaling
$26,536 have been approved by the
Departments of Labor and Health,
Education and Welfare to conduct
a 16-week training course in up
holstery for unemployed persons
in Yancey County.
Rep. Roy A. Taylor announced
.that the Department of HEW is
providing $18,856 for the training
program. The Department of.
Labor will provide $7,680 for In
trWniqj subsistence payments
for some 20 persons expected to
enroll. *
The training will be conducted
by the Ashevllle-Buncombe Indus
trial Training Center.
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Judy Harrir
Member In Pi
Delta Phi
i BOONE. . . There is on# Yascey
County student at Appalachian
State Teachers College who Is an
active member in Pi Delta Phi,
according bo an announcement by
Dr. J. Roy Prince, sponsor.
The Yancey County student is
Judy Harris.
The Gamma Phi Chapter of Pi
Delta Phi national JJonomiy
French society was established at
Appalachian on May 13, 1963. The
purpose of this organization Is to
encourage a wider knowledge of
and la greater' appreciation for
the contributions of Pranct to
world culture, to recognize and
award excellence In the field of
French studies in American col
. leges and universities, to provide
on the college campus a nucleus
’of devoted future teachers of
J French who will ortanlze and pro
mote programs and projects in
spired by French studies, and to
foster a friendly spirit among the
peoples of French and English
speech.
1 To be eligible for membership
a student must have completed at
least one quarter’s work In French
beyond the lntermdiate level, and
a • ■
he must have earned j a grade
point&iverage of 3.00 In all French
* courses and a minimum general
1 average of 2. 'G In all his college
work - -nrww
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURS DAY, APRIL 23, 1964
Dr, Riddle Speaks
At Woman’s
Club Meeting
Dr. J. Iverson Riddle spoke to !
the joint Senior and Junior i
Woman’s Club meeting on Monday
night at the Community Buildinf..
Around 30 people heard Dr. Riddle.
Dr. Riddle is currently employ
ed by the State of North Carolina
as Superintendent of Western Caro
lina Center, which is now under
i construction at Morganton. He is
Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry
at the University of North Caro
lina, Chapel Hill, School of Medi
cine, and his special Interest is
emotional problems of brkin in- J
Jured children. >
Dr. Riddle’s father, Harry Lee
Riddle, Ls a former native of Yan
cey County.
Dr. Riddle madfe a very interest
ing and informative talk on the
Emotional Problems of Children.
After the program a social hour
was enjoyed. Mrs. Riddle was in
Burnsville with her husband.
4*
Locals |
Mrs. Monroe King of Cane
piver is entering St. Joseph's
Hospital in Asheville for treat
ment.
Robert Peterson has been a
patient in Yancey Hospital, but
has returned to his home now.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy King and
family of AShevll’e visited Mr. and
Mrs. Sam King and the Dewey
Baileys here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Proffitt
and daughters of Franklin visit
i ed relatives in Cane River during
I the week-end,
Mr. and Mrs. lYayne Jfey Mc-
DvAvell and daughter, Myra Lynn,
of Savannah, Ga, have visited re
latives in Cane Rijer for the past
two weeks. ‘ v "~
Mr. and Mrs. Coyth Bradford,
(and Mr and Mrs. Park Whitson
of fcrwin, Tenn. visited Mr. and
Mrs. Richkrd Ray in Cane River
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Oox of John
son City, Tenn. were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Jay McDowell
Sunday.
Tom Higgins of Charlotte visit
ed here this week, he and
several Charlotte residents fished
the Sucar Cove Creek this
week.
Milton Higgins Jr. of Elizabeth
; ton, Tenn. who is now employed
In Asheville has been with his
parents. Mr. and Milton Higgins,
here at night, and has been driv
ing back and forth to his work in
Asheville. He expects to move his
family to AshviUe soon.
Mrs. Milton Higgins has receiv
ed a Certificate and pin from
State Farm Mutual Auto Insur
ance 00. for 10 years of service.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Williams
and children of Elsobranta, Calif,
left Monady after ta. visit of two
weeks with their mother, Mrs.
Martha Williams, and their sister,
Mrs. John Allen, and family.
Mr. and Mrs L. V. Pollard who
have been in Florida during the
past winter have returned to
their home, Mt. Mitchell Motel,
here for the summer. Mr. Pollard
underwent minor surgery In an
I Asheville Hospital last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Bfeiley .visit
ed their daughter, Mrs. D. L. Gar
land, and family in Salisbury,
two weeks ago. Ronnie Garland, a
grandson, returned home with
them for a short visit.
Mrs. George Roberts is visiting
her patents, In Ingold, N. C. this
week.
O- A. Bradshaw of Cocoa, Fla.
visited relatives fend friends
here this week, he return
ed to Florida Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Hunter, Jr.
and children, Janice, Marie and
Ann, and Mrs. Edgar Hunter Sr.
> visited relatives in Knoxville,
• I Tenn. last week-end.
1 Tom Atkins of Pensacola, who
h*s lived In Alaska for quite some
» time, returned to Alaska this
1 week. He has been in Pensacola for
t several months.
I Dr. and Mrs. Garland Wampler
1 and children, Diane and Andrew,
\ were in Greenville. S. C. last
1 week. Dr. Wampler attended a 3-
t day meeting at the Greenville
[ General Hospital.
Blood mobile
Here May 21
Attention all of Yancey County!
The Red Cross BlooJmobile
will make its last visit of the
fiscal year to Burnsville on May
21st in the Armory. ■
Yancey County was assigned a
quota of 400 pints for the 1903-64
fiscal year. We are 124 pints
short of that quota and this is the
last chance we will have to meet
iL V.
We have used a tremeftdous
femount of blood and there are
many, many pints of blood whij’n
j have never been replaced. Some
i patients who recived blood have
1 since died, others still unable to
give themselves, but many others
who could give or whose families
should feel a responsibility to see
that this blood is replaced.
Let’s make an all out effort to
repace the blood used by our local
citizens. Come on May 21st and
offer a pint of blood.
Rev. Laye r Guest
Speaker At
Methodist Church
The Rev. L. Baine Laye, minis
ter of Weavrville Methodist Crurch,
will be the guest speaker at a
series of revival services to begin
at the Higgins Memorial Methodist
Church on Sunday evening April
26, at 7:30 p. m. and run through
Friday evening, May 1.
Rev. Laye lias been pastor of
the Weaverville Church for the
past three years. He served
the Stony Point and Cliffside
Churches before coming to Wea
verville. Prior to that he was a
Chaplain’s Aid in the U. S. Navy.
He is a native of Charlotte and is
married to the former Laura
Torrence and they have three
children and one grandchild.
Rev. Laye attended Belmont
Abbey Junior College; the Univer
sity of Chicago, Lenoir Rhyne
College and Emory University.
At present he is director of evan
glism in the Asheville District,
Methodist Church.
The Rev. R. F. Hilliard is pas
tor of Higgins Memorial Metho
dist Church. A cordial invitation
is extended to everyone to
come and hear Dr. Laye.
Rev. Young To
Preach As
Estatoa Church
The Rev. Troy L. Young will
preach at the Estatoa Presbyterian
phurch in Celo on Sunday, April
26 al ll:CO a. m. The public is
cordially invited to attend the
service. I
Thousand Books
Borrowed Each Month
From Library
A thousand books elach month
are borrowed from the Yancey
County Liprary, and another thou
sand each month from the book
mobile it was reported at the
Library Board meeting held last
week. Over half the books borrow
ed are adult books.
In the rtast 6 months LOSO books
have been added to the three
county regional collection, making
a total of over 30,000 books avail
able to borrowers. The use of re
cords for home listening has
steadily increased since the ini-1
tial gift of 60 recordings from
Columbia Records.
The Frlbnds of the Library
'group have donated funds for the
purchase of 16 folding chlairs and
a hi-fi record player for use in
, the library. Programs have been
sponsored by the Friends at 2 or 3
■ week intervals all year and have
i included film showh., ts, speakers,
and discussion groups. Some of
Price Per Copy Five Cents
Yancey County Selected
,r*r* '■
For N. C. Fund Project
Yancey County is one of thirteen
counties selected to benefit from
projects to be undertaken by the
North Carolina Fund in its multi
million dollar battle on poverty
in the State. This announcement
Sanford, who outlined the first
seven projects to be carried out.
April 29, Girl
Scout Day At
Coin-Operated
Laundries
Wednesday, April 29 will be
Girl Scuu; "iray at Edges Laundro
mat in Burnsville.
This project is co sponsored by
the Western North Carolina Coin
operaU'd Laundries Association
and the Senior Planning Board of
the Pisgah Girl Scout Council. I
Their purpose is to establish a fund |
to give Senior Girl Scouts an op
vort,unity for travel outside the
Council Are*a. It is hoped by the
Association and the Senior Plan
ning Board of the Girl Scouts that
this may be a continuing project
to provide each year opportunities
for more girls to widen their hori
zons in Gir! Scout sponsored and
supervised I’ours.
The trip this year will be to the
New York World’s Fair byway of
Washington using bus transporta
tion. Reservations are estimated
at 120 seniors, and older Cadette
Girl Scouts. The group will be ac
companied by Girl Scout adults
on the six day trip.
Local people working on the
project with laundries include
Senior Girl Scouts and their
troops. Mrs. Craig English is co
ordinator for the project tn Bur
nsville. » mmjf
Burnsville Senior Girl .Scout
Troop 66 will offer pick-up and
delivery service at a nominal
charge from 4 to 8 p. m. on Wed
nesday, April 29.
Local Students
On Dean’s List
At ASTC
1
Tommy Dan Mclntosh, Kenny
Sparks, Lucy R. Kates, Judy
Harris, Patricia Mayberry and ;
Cynthia Chrisawn were named on
Appalachian State Teachers 00l- *
lege Dean’s list last quarter. I
All these students are grad-1
nates of East Yancey High School.
Miss Mayberry and Mr. Spark 3'
are seniors this year and are
doing their practice teaching this
1 quarter. The other four studen's
1 are juniors at the college.
the programs have included slides
of native plants by G. Latta Cle
ment; story-telling by Mrs. Exam
Lewis; modem architecture by
Rev. Patrick O’Donnell; piano
music recorded by Miss John
Reeve; European travel by krs.
T. M. Tyner and .Hiss Annie Has
sell; an 8-week study and discuss
ion group on foreign policy led
by Rev. Woodward Finley.
Evening hours of opening on
Thursday nights have been provid
ed by volunteers from the Friends
of the Library. There has been
!an increased demand for refer
ence material by students as well
as general users. All the resourc
es of the Avery-MUahell-Yancey
Regional Library collection are
called on and used interchange
ably in the 3 counties.
Members o* the Yancey County
Board are: H. G. Bailey, chalmAur
Yates Bailey, Charles L. Brown;
Harlon Holcombe; F. Hun
ter, Jr.; and Max Penland.
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NUMBER THIRTY-SIX
was made Monday by Governor
The program in which Yancey
County will participate is a joint
undeitabing of the four - counties.
Avery, Mitchell, Watauga, ,|.d
Yancey. It calls for establishment
of a central office and staff to
organize and administer the pro
gram.
The project is largely in th.
field of improved training and
education, designed to prepare
the youth adequately for Job hold
ing and greater earning power in
our present technical civilization.
Its all for improved pre-school,
elementary, highs oh 00l and adult
education. In particular, emphasis "
will be placed on improved teach
ing of language skills, remedial
reading, guidance and counciling
services, improved vocational edu
cation, and an attack on drop-outs.
In addition, public health (and
| welfare services will be strength
ened, and the rural community
development program further ex
tended.
Bill Koch, director of Commun
ity Development for the North
Carolina Fund states that the re
tails of the program are still very
tentative, and that it will taka
weeks of additional work by local
leaders before the project plans
can be finalized.
The award of this program to
the four mountain counties is the
only one so far granted to Wes
tern North Carolina. It is the re
sult of a detailed fifty-page appli
cation prepared jointly by the four
counties entitled “Some Causes
and Effects of Poverty In Avery,
Mitchell, Watauga and Yancey
Counties, and Proposed Remedial
Measures,”
In the preparation of this appli
cation, each of the four counties
formed advisory committees,
which in turn sent representatives
to a four county steering com
mittee. Mayor Bob Helmle served
as chairfan of the Yancey County
representation. Dr. W. H. Plem
mons, President of Appalachian
State Teachers College, served
as chairman of the four-county
committee.
The application was the result
of much intensive work last Dec
i ember and January. Following
1 submission of the proposal, a dele
gation from the N. C. Fund, head
ed by Dr. Hollis Edens, former
1 president of Duke University,
| visited Burnsville for a conference
I with the four-county steering
j committee. Details of the appllcat
• ion .were dscussed, and many
, questions asked relative to such
matters as the ability of the four
I counties to work together without
friction and jealousy, in a joint
project of this sort.
Dr. Edens explained that SI
applications had been submitted,
presenting the N. C. Fund with the
I difficult job of selecting from this
number perhaps ten projects to
be carried out. Both the quality
of the application and the strength
jof local leadership available for
i putting the project into effect,
were the determining factors in
making) the selection. It was
pointed out, further, that a great
deal of hard work would be re
quired of community leaders in
those areas awarded projects.
“Family Tree” or
; Exhibit At
Mitchell Libr a#y
A “Family Tree’ of the Thomas
I family is on exhibit at the Mit
chell County Library in Bakera
i ville. The genealogy of the family
■ with the careful listing of the
i children in each branch of the
I I family was worked out/ by the
~ late Monroe Thomas. Accompany
ing the diagram of the lines of
• descent fa a beautifully lettered
r Bnd <*refuUy worded description
> of some of the outstanding or ee
. pecially Interesting members of
ths family. The chart ing display
’ ed in connection with a meeting of
the Mitchell
County Historical
Association, and has been lent for
’•* brM the libraiy by
Walter t&omas.