VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT SBBBEBBg» • «jbt : ■ * z nn, Bn raESf aHHi 1 « 8 8 % hhlml m * jmßhH9Bb IyU i si IHHHHhI n M y ■ 1 p|pßM|PpM Ip. v Plans Being Developed For N. C. Fund Program Hans are rapidly being deve loped to organize the four coun ties, Yancey, Aveijr, Mitchell and Watauga to get started with . the. project awarded to these counties by the North Carolina t v Fund to improve life and oppor tunities in the area and to com bat poverty. a, A steering committee repre- the four counties met - c - am,JUS of - Ap ‘ . Pftlachlan Elate T?rs CW lege with Wm. H. Koch Jr., dir ector of community development Postmaster An nounces Adjust ment In Postal Services Mr. Paul_E. Buck, Postmaster of the Burnsville Post Office, announces that there has been a revision in the adjustment in Saturday postal service as it was published in this paper two weeks ago. The principal adjust ments are as follows: I—The1 —The window at the Burns- [ ville Post Office will be open on' Saturday only from 8:00 A. M. to >2:00 Noon. 2_There will be no Postal Money Orders issued at the window of the Burnsville Post Office on Saturday. 3 The Rural Stations operat ing under the Burnsville Post Office will issue Postal Money (Orders as usual on Saturday. 4 The Rural Route, carriers operating out of the Burnsville post Office ’ wil) Accept Money Order Applications on Saturday: however, the Money Orders will not be written in the Post Office until the following Monday, at whirh time they will be at. wniun imic wicj vY>ii mailed. S— «M other ser vices be the same on Saturday as on the week days. No major service will toe discontinued on Saturday except the issuence of Postal Money Orders at the main Post Office window. These adjustments will go into effect Saturday. May 9. Mit. Cja/rence Bailey, Gneen ' ■ Mountain Postmaster, has an nounced that there will be no change in the Green Mountain postofficto. fifc'vfces will remain the same as they have been in the past. I**!" i Subscription $2.50 Per Year for the N. C. Fund. Mayor Bob Kelmle, H. D. Justice and Miss Ethel Boone represented Yancey County. Dr. W. H. Plemmons served as chairman for the four- I county organization. Mr. Koch complimented the group on the woik it had done in preparing its application, and expressed pleasure at the oppor tunty of working with the four mountain counties to life in* The' area. He stated that' the project is expected to last for four years. Tire magnitude of the project was indicated by his s atement that the N. C. Fund is allocating about six million dtollajrs for carrying on, the seven projects they are undertaking in the State. This sum is over and above the funds they are supply ing through the State Hoard of Education for preschool and pri mary school teaching programs. The four mountain counties are assured they will receive bene fits from this elementary school program in addition to the main four-county project'. The four school superinten , dents were asked to Constitute a | commttee to work out with the ' State Board of Education final arrangements for the elementary school program in the four coun ties. Among other plans made for getting the project under way was the formation of a committee to develop a charter for a non profit corporation ync’fu' which the project will operate. A sec ond subcommittee whs chosen to devote itself to personnel mat ters, with the responsibility, particularly, of employing a pro ject director. Mayor Helmle re presents Yancey County on this committee. A budget committee, on whid\h Mr. Justice represents Yancey County, was formed to set up estimated expenses for the first five months organization period. Mr. Koch told the committee that if the four counties can de velop suitable projects, the area can be assigned about a dozen members of the North Carolina Volunteers for the • summer, starting in June. The Volunteers are a youth corps type of organi zation, consisting largely of col lege juniors and seniors. Following the meeting in Boone, the Yancey County Ad- visory Committee met on Mon day to take needed local action to. get the project rolling. The local c< mmittee selected Mayor Helmle to serve on the sub-com mitete to incorporate the organi zation. After discussing various possible activities for the employ ment of N. C. Vounteers, Rev. Woodard Finley was chosen to represent Yancey County on a committee' to develop plans for using these volunteers In the area. _ ..iLI THE YANCEY RECORD Tl “Dedicryted To The Progress Os Yancey County* Chamber Os Commerce Spon sors Bloodmobile Visit The May 21 BLOODMOBffiLE visit will be sponsored by the Yancey County Chamber of Com merce, Charles Gillespie,' presi dent. This is the first ’ime that the Chamber of Commerce has spon sored a BLOODMOBILE Visit, and they are determined Yancey County reach her SSros4 quota of 400 pints. In order to wedding aniversary with a quiet -I famr.y reunion in' their home here Sunday. Mr. {and Mrs. Piof . xitt were married April 20, 1014. . They have two daughters,' Mrs. j Rufus C. Orr of Asheville and Mrs. Harry G. Crowgey of Tay , lorsviUe, and four grandchildren. T\/Ti>c Pi’nffitf time iho Mrs. i-'roititt was the former Miss Alth.a Hampton, la native of Prestonsburg, Ky, Her father was Rev. G. F. Hampton, a Methodist minister. Mr. Proffitt is a native of Yancey County. Mr. and Mrs. Proffitt , have i lived in Burnsville since 1923 and are both outstanding civic , leaders in Yancey County, i Mr. Proffitt served twenty • four years as Yancey County ■ Clerk of Court. He served for many years on the official Board l of Higgins Memorial Methodist - Church, and is still h, retiree on ■ the Board. He was teacher of i the Men’s Bible Class for years 11 and is still substitute teacher. ■ * Mrs. Proffitt has served as * president of the WSCS of Higgins - Memorial Methodist Church and i is still an active member. She - was president of the Woman’s . Bible Class for years, “The i > Althea Proffitt” class named for, t her. She has served as president * or the Burnsville Woman’s Club, | * organized the Burnsville Garden Club. Vw ' W i SX' ~ __ A—, ' BURNSVILLE, N. C., TIIUR6 BAY, MAY, 7, 1064 _ *-y y 11 1 \ I — , >:f , 1 , * S eventy-p hr ee Rural Areas Enter W'TVC Development Program §*| A total of . .73 rural art s have entered the Western Nor Caro lina Rural "Community levelop ment Prograbt to date, £ rording to FaUlton Itbdg-e of Ru erford ton, chair mag of the. * | pgranr jSor sponsot'i.nf vUUitun^.,,> Dggwppinent Co ifiii. ' *Yancesr oajnndjnities that | pm/mUtim & .the,. . eSr IJWIKTOIff tar W” ** buckle, Brush Creek, pouble Is land, Newdale and Mile Fork. Participation in the area deve lopment program is pen to any rural community in the area which is actively erigged in an organized improve met program. Entry deadline is My 15. Pur pose of the Comm inly Develop ment Program, whicl is a pro gram of competition among com munities, is to stinulate com munity cooperation nd encour age the people in n*al areas to work together in soving local problems.” This program is nov in its 16th year in Western Note Carolina and has become recognized as a major force for run! A total of 133 comminities in 15 counties took part ast year. Area awards of s4>o will be presented to the toplwinners this year. In addition, laical sponsors will provide some ssT>oo in county awards. Communities will again be judged .in, two mam - divisions, farm and non-farn. Duplicate awards will be , presented in each, with S4OO going to the first plactj winner in both divisions. In addition, s‘oo.oo in cash awards will go to the five com munities with the host youth programs. Honorable mention youth winners will receive pla ques A special profram which has much interest among many of the communities is a Roadside Improvement Contest. Special awards will be made to the areas doin? the best job of cVanlrgmp and beatifying the roadsides. The area Community Deve lopment Program is sponsored by the. Asheville Agricultural Development Council and the ' county agricultural agencies. • Communities Interested in organl- I zing before tie May 15 deadline - are unged to contact their local i agricultural spencies.* Senior Woman’s j Club To Meet The Bumsdlle Senior Woman’s Club will meet Thursday night in the Community Building at j 1 8:00 p. m. Mrs. Don Burhoe will Ibe in charge of the program wrich will be on Drama. . J Mrs. Kenneth Robertson, Mrs.' B. R. Penland and Mrs. Winnie, ' Lou Ray are hostesses. Price Per Copy Five Cents 4-H Deyelopment Fund Reaches Quota |. ihe Yancey County 4-H Deve | lop men t Fund reached a mark of i $3,003.00 and was turned over to the State 4-H Development Fund tor its program of camp facili ties and other club activities. Yancey is one of the first Wes tern North Carolina counties to reach their quota. Carlie Rice is the treasurer for Yancey’s 4-H Development Fund and 4-H Crub members raised this ■ money from Talent Shows and * similar programs and the rest came from the Yancey United Fund. I ' At the Extension Conference.' held in Asheville April 21-23, | Extension Agents presented a 1 check to Dr. Carlton Blalock, Assistant Diiector of '"Extension and 4-H Agent. This, in re sulted in a plaque, beings (awarded to Yancey County. -SSHI Following several days of intensive campaigning at Sacred Heart N. C., Misses Frances and Theresa Col -■etiafo »i ft,,,, Stoidjunt-.-- Theresa was president; and Frances was elected secre tary to serve during the school year of 1964465. Both girls are the daughters cf Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Coletta of Burnsville. I Christian Edu cation Advance Dinner In Mars Hill A Christian Education Advance dinner to inform pastors and laymen of the World - Mission Program with special emphasis on the needs of the seven North Clarpjina Baptist colleges has Veche doled for the cafeteria in Mars Hill Collet®, on May 14, at m. The pastor and several laymen from each Baptist church in this aiva hfevte been invited to .attend. Dr. Hoyt plackwell, President of. Mars Hii 1 /College, faculty mem tU's, and { administrative person nel will lie present at the meet -1 in S- \ 1 Dr. Hoyt will be ; the featured speaSerr well is an ordained Bhpti\l 1 minister. The program will be led by | Tom Greene, Secretary of Co operative Program Advance of the Baptist State Convention of [ North Carolina. M ... :» ' $ «► A' \ ■| j | 1 Mr. and Mrs. Fred Proffitt celebrated their 50th.*1 Wedding • anniversary in their home here 0 n Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Proffitt j were married April 20, 1914. Photo by John Robinson Second Polio Feeding Sunday, May 10 County Officials Warn Against Let-Down Feeding stations aie presently Ovjiig i up around Yancey Oauu-y iJ stive uie Sv-cona dose ,U uie pt.io Vaccine Oil & lump Oi sugar tms • Sunday ‘afternoon, May tenth. Workers are bracing themselves for an army of over [ 3,000 peisons who will file thro- I ugh five feeding places in the | county to complete their immu- J nlty against polio. The second round cf this mass ive immunization drive will be gin at 1:00 P. M. on Sunday. Persons will be. run through the Ceding■ lines until 5:00 P. M. at Dr. Hahn lo Speak fro Friend* Os Library ‘‘Fear” is the topic chosen by Dr. T. F. Hahn, Jr. for a pro gram at the public library in Burnsville on Saturday, May 16, at 8 p. m. The program is spon sored by the Yancey County Friends of the Library and all are invited. Dr. Halm is the Health Officer of th(2 Mitchell-Yancey Health Department. He is tlie author oi a book of observations on life and literature as well as medi cal practice entitled “One Little i Gleam,” and has contributed arric.es to medical publications. His wide-ranging interests in clude history, bioi'l - aiphy, and araeticu! philosophy. tThe annual business meeting of the Yancey County Friends ol H)e Library will be held follow ing Dr. Hahn’s talk. Discussion '\atid refreshments are planned. All persons interested In getting with Dr. Hahn and in practical psychology for, every-, 1 day livng are urged to attend. NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT Bee Log School. Cane River High School, Clearmont School, East Yancey High School, and South Toe Rver School. County officials are prepared for a busy Sunday afternoon. There is some concern, however, that a let down may develop, fend that some people may think that returning for a second 1 feeding of the polio vaccine is unnecess ary. This feeling of indifference, or possibly a rainy afternoon, county officials fear may cut down., on Sunday’s turnout. , “It is a must that all those who took their vaccine in March come back this Sunday to take their second dose,” said Dr. T. F. Hahn, District Health Director. “The . first dose provides some measure of protection,” he ex plained. but the second dose is essential for complete protect ion.” Dr. Garland Wampler, Chair man of the County Medical As sociation, agreed. “We are trying to erradicate polio from Yancey County,” said Dr. Wampler “and we can only acompllsh this goal if the siame people who took their vaccine In March return this Sunday for a second feeding. Adults, who are -potential car riers of the disease, should parti cularly. make an effort to show nm> at one of the five feeding cl Unions.* Th*? the polio vaccine will alsrf be fed to persons who' • m March. A second feeding win be scheduled for this group three months later at the Yancey County Health Department. Persons returning for their second feeding are urged to bring with them a donation of fifty cents, and the record card of their first vaccination. Senior Girl Scout Wash Day Is Success Benefit Day at Edge’s Laundro mat Wednesday, April 29, was very successful! Thanks to ail who did their spring cleaning —washing the Senior Girl Scouts of Yancey County have contri buted to the Pisgah Girl Scout Councils’ fund for Wider Hori zons. With the money raised the Senior f.irl Scouts of Western North Carolina hope to make a trip to the World’s Pair in Aug ust. The Senior Girl Scouts of Yan cey County are particularly grateful to Mr. Wallace and Jack Edge for their gracious cooperat -1 ion. They secured donations and prizes from Pepsi Cola Bottling 1 Co. of Spruce Pine. Colonial 1 j Bread Co. and Town House Bak i ery Co., as well as sharing their profits for the day from the .. j i j ii. _ mi. i laundromat with the Girl Scouts. Prizes for tire person using the most washing machines in the morning and afternoon were awarded to Lester Garland and ; June Ramsry. They each re ceived four yards of navy blue nylon taffeta donated by Glen Raven Silk Mills. Four coconut cakes donated bv Colonial Bak eries were awarded to Tracy AUon, RFD 2. Mars Hill; Elolse Brown, Burnsville: Mrs. R. K. Harleys. Rt. 2. Burnsville; and Mrs. Charles Gibbs, Rt. 1, Rur nevil’e. With donations from Town House -cries, Ray Br+rthena Grocery and Robinson’s Grocery, and donuts were strved to all participating In- the Benefit Dav at Edges Laundromat. More projects are planned for the Senior Girl ©cents to he’n build this fund lor Wider Hori zons. Watch The Yane°y Record for announcements of these p’ians f whpre you can help a Senior t Girl Scout earn a trip to the ' New York World’s Fair.