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VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT Penland Lumber Co. Mill Destroyed By Fire >*..•.■;:■ >«3^- v ... \.v.v- , - i ■T'm, •;,•■ i i Ktf.ir~iM -g *1 xss .• ••.*•£&&.&gSaaraßg& £ . . 1 ' ff> ffirt » . .'• | Pictures Os Sawmill Fire I The sawmill at Penland Hard wood Lumber Co. was destroyed by fire which broke out about 2:00 p. m. last Friday afternoon. Plato Penland, one of the own- 1 ners of the company, stated that the fire started in the boil.r room in shavings left from a plan ing operation. A fan was running in the room, Mr. Penland said, which increased speed of the blaze almost as if there had been an explosion. The Burnsville Volunteer Fire Department arrived at the fire within six minutes after it was discovered, however, the mill was falling in when they arrived. The Spruce Pine Fire Department was called in case fire spread to lumber stacks but the Burnsville Fire Department kept the fire under control. No lumber burned except what was in the mill shed wh'ch was estimated to be 75,000 ft. Two office buildings and the storage building were saved. But, Mr. Penland said, that if it had not been for the good work of the Burnsville Fire Department every thing probably would have been de stroyed. It was estimated that costs of replacing the plant will run to ap- Subscription $2.50 Per Year proximately $75,000. In addition to Mr. Penland th? plant was owned by Loy McCurry, Bill Penland, and Ralph Byrd. Burnsvil!e Ball Club To Play 1 Here Sunday The Burnsville Eagles ball club played their first game of the season Sunday In Marion. The Eagles won by the pitching of Leoard Laws, a student at East Y&noey High S?hool. The ball club is managed by George Grif fith. They will play a double header Marlon and Morristown, Tenn., Sunday, May 17 at Stamey Field in Burnsville. The manager of the club as well as members of the club ex-1 pressed their appreciation to the business places In the county for donations which enabled them to purchase new ball suits. NOTICE Bloodmobile, May 21, from 12:30 to 5:30 p. m. at the Burnsville Armory, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. THE YANCEY RECORD “Dedicate* To The FrogdaM Os Yancey ointjT Graduation Ex ercises At Cane River May 22 The Cane River High School baccalaurate sermon will be held in the school auditorium at eleven A. M. Sunday, May 17. The speak er will be the Rev. E. J. Hall, pastor of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. The Graduation Exercises will b? held in the school auditorium at e : ght o’clock p. m. Friday, May 22. The speaker will be the | Rev. Walter Miller, pastor of Cen tral Methodist Church or Ashe ville. Honor students are: Alma Chand ler, 96.26, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chandler of RFD 2, Mars Hill: Carolyn Bailey, 95.50, J daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yates 1 Bailey of Bald Creek: Brenda Grinestaff, 95.30, daughter of Mr. ' and Mrs. 'R. K. Grinestaff of Green ' Mountain; Millie WilsOn; 94.65, 1 daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernie Wilson of Clearmont: and Pat 1 Styles King, 94.60, daughter of ' Mrs. Mae Styles of Phipps Creek. 1 Marshals are: Wanda Riddle, ! chief: Peggy Mclntosh, Leslie ! Rtoblrtson, Evelyn Foxx, Pam Bur- 1 ton. Kenneth Hll. Janice Holmes. Brenda Whitson, Wanda Ball, and Claudette Cooper. Members of the graduating class 1 are: i Ralph Adkins, Sharon Adkins. 1 Arnold Angln. James Anglin, 1 Rachel Austin, Harley Ayers, 1 Carolyn Bailey, Richard Bafley, 1 Roy Barnette, Elloree Blankenship, 1 Bill Boone, Verna Buchanan, Stan ley Buckner, Larry Byrd, Glenda 1 Byrd. Alma Chandler, Johnny Cooper, 1 Janice Deyton, Saundra Duncan, David Edwards, Judy Edwards, i I>. uise Edwards, Walter Edwards, Mack Edwards, Fate English. ' Mary Ev&ns, T\Rke*l2van s~'"lftenr!a 'Foxx. James Foxx, Sandra Pox*. ) Charlene Freeman, Joan Oortney, Brenda Grinestaff, Mary Sue I Grine c taff. Richard Hahn, Troy Harding. Roger Higgins. Edd Howell, 1 Thelma Howell, Jim Jarrett, Karen 1 Johnson, Rosalene Johnson, Pat ’ King. Delmar Laws, Bill McCurry, ■ Carolyn McCurry, Elizabeth Me- 1 Curry, Linda McCurry, Geraldine ' McCurry, Carl McKinney, Clifton ! Miller, Judy Miller, Dean Murphy, Pete Ogle, Joyce Pate. Maxine 1 Pate, Jean Penland, Morris Pen land, Ronnie Proffitt. Billy Ran dolph, R. M. Randolph, Gail Ray, Jack Riddle, Lee Roy Riddle, Johnnie ‘Silvers, Seh'ia Silvers, Jackie Smith, Ronald Lee Stiles, Ann Stiles. I Pat Tipton, Vance Walker, Mike ’ Wtvtson, Millie Wilson, Hope - Wilson, F. P. Wilson, Jimmy Lee Wilson, Hazel Wyatt, and Louis Young. Dr. Hahn To Speak To Friends Os Library The public is Invited to hear Dr: T. F. Hahn, Jr. speak at the Public Library in Burnsville on the topic “Fear” Saturday evening, May 16, at 8 p. m. C pies of Dr. Hahn’s book, “One Liit’e Gleam”, will be available I for autographing and purchase. The book s a selection of entries from his Journal and daybook written when he was an intern and experiencing his first medi cal practice. It contains penetrat ing comments on human idiosyn cracies as well as much wit and philosophical wisdom. The talk Is sponsored by the Yancey County Friends of the Library. A brief annual business meeting will be held after the talk. Operetta At Pensacola School “Season of Happiness” an oper etta by Allan Campbell will be presented at Pensacola Elemen tary School on Friday night, May 15 at 8:00 p. m. Around sixty children will ap pear in the cast and the operetta will be directed by MrS. Albert i Williams. BURNSVILLE, N. C., THpRS DAY, MAY 14, 1964 Spaghetti Supper At Methodist Church Saturday The Methodist Youth Fellowship Sub-district of Yancey County is sponsoring a Spaghetti Supper on Sat., May 1«, from 5:00 p. m. till 7:30 p. m This supper will . be served by the yWth of the various Methoist Churches of the county in the Fellowship Hail of Higgins Memorial Methodist Church here. The purpose of the supper Is to | raise money jo send a delegate from our area, w|o will go with the group from hel Western N. C. Methodist Coference on a United Nations Seminar this summer. Anti in addition the UN Seminar to send delegate! to the Youth Work shops to be hen at Lake Junaluska N. C. The newly < eoted president of the MYF Sub lgtrict, Miss Marla Brooks has b n chosen as the delegate to att id the Seminar. The Arthur [organ School a 1 Celo will attei the supper in a body, from 6 6:20 p. m. anti will entertain he guests with song. They wil use internationa’ songs in keepi* with the purpos' of the supper. 1 Carl b. Hyal Jr. »f Ashevill will be the gest, speaker a! the Methodist IMen’s breakfas. at 8:00 a. m. luneby morning May 17. in the Felbwship Hall oi the church. Mr. lyatt is the Ashe ville District La Leider of which all Yancey Com y k a part. He has just return* l ffcm General Conference of th .Mithodist Church to which he wei ras a delegate. He will speak o thr;subject “My Impressions of : Geueral Confer ence.” Free Trid lo Worlds Mir Sponsored By Local Merdiants a An opportunity to win a free trip to the New Yorls World Fa r was brought to area residents this week when Enchintc Holidays ol Hollywood, Floridv, a mounced that one free trip god l r two adults would be given twar every Sat urday night for Wave weeks be ginning Saturday night, May 16 and ending August. The drawings v1 be held at the Riverside Dri -In Theatre and 1 it is not neoessa to be present 1 to win. Entrants simply ill in their name and address on : registration cou pon supplied bye participating business firms. Trels no obli- | gallon and you ’ 1 be allowed to i regster once ea< day at all par- ! ticipating busines firms. : Complete detai will be found : in the advertiser nt appearing in this issue of The 'ancey Record on page 5. 1 Wildlife Resour ces Comn. To_Q Hold Hiring D. R. McGaJjud, of Burnsville, l Wildlife Protecfr Yancey County, reponts that tH WiklHfe Resources | Commission w told a public hearing iat 7:3 p. is. in the Court house at Mori iton on May 20 to explain the 5 yposed hunting re gulations for re 1964-65 hunting season. McGalliard ild that very few changes have seen proposed. He 1 urged all hun - s, landowners, and other lnteres: parties to exer cise their prlege by attending the hearing blear the regulations discussed, asjvell as to express their own op ion to the public and the WilCe Resources Com mission. Danie&oone Boy Sdut Coun cil To flow Film At 4:30 p. . Saturday, May 16, over televisi station WLOg, Asheville, th Daniel Boon* Boy Scout Councifwlll show a motion picture mad at Scout Camp last sammr. Price Per Cs» y Five Cento t *"’* ' ' '- ■ ft I . V - . tl;’, / i * v - ■, »<. Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Bennett of 1 Burnsville announce the engage ment of jtheir daughter, Julia Byrd, to jMr. Liirdel Norris, son of Mr. am Mrs. L. G. Norris of Miami, 1 la. Miss Bennett and Mr. Norr i are students at Florida State Un rensity, Tallahassee*. Fla. A June v dding is planned. Dro| -Off Noted In Second Polio Feed ng Over has the people of Yancey County pifked up their second dose of the pftio vaccine under clear skies this past Sunday afternoon. The picture was not so bright be cause only 7,454 persons showed up for -their second feeding, a drop of 6 % frofn the number taking the vaccine in March. County officials attributed the drop-olf to widespread illness in the county. “The measles, mumps, and chicken pox that have touched many families In this area have kept a lot of poeple at home,” Or. Garland Wampler, Chair-j kncck-out polio. Make-up doses for those who missed last Sunday’s feeding will be given anytime this week in the office of the five county doctors, and on Monday, May 18, in the Yanc y County Health Depart ment. Makeup day in Mitchell County will be held in the health departments of Bakersville on May 19, and Spruce Pine on May 21. One suiprising development on Sunday afternoon was the fact that approximately 400 persons took their first dose of the polio vac cine. This group will be given its second feeding in July at the Yancey County Health Department. The five stations, spread con veniently over the county, chalked p'P the following number of feed ings: Bee Log School—96B; Cane River High 5ch001—1,956; Clear mont School—.l,lo6; East Yancey 2,687; South Toe 'River School— -1,137. Make up doses will be fed as long as the vaccine is available. Two thousand more persons will have to take their second dose of the vaccine if Yancey County is to win its bout with polio. This many people have already taken their first feeding, and need only their second dose to assure complete protection against the disease. aIbR jfl 1 * % / ffml ■ ■pH > Asms? UVA V li m /Jew* LI 1 ml j j j L j Jr j 1 Happy to congratulate the Navy’s newest Wave, Willoree Ogle is her Nany Recruiter, Chief Rayford S. “Sam” Norris. The enUst ment ceremony took place In Columbia, South Carolina on April 23 _ daughtcr of Mr and Mrs. Dewey Ogle of Route One graduated from Cane River High School In the Seaman Recruit Ogle is now attending basic training in Bairn bridge, Maryland. j “The Diary Os Anne Frank” To Be Presented At East Yancey May 21 The curtain will open at the East Yancey auditorium next Thursday, May ai, at 8:00 p. m. for their biggest dramatic pro- Increase In Wat er Rates Ordered By Town Board The Burnsville Town Board has ordered an increase in water rates amounting to approximately fifty percent, to go into effect with the June billing. The m niroum rate, applying for w*ater usage of not over 3,000 gallons per month, will be in creased from $2.00 to $3.00. Water used betwen 3,000 gallons and 10,000 gallons a month will cost $.50 per thousand Instead of $.36, a.s at present. Higher steps in the sliding scale of charges will also be Increased between forty and fifty percent. Charges for customers located outside the town limits will hence forth be 150 percent of the charges applying inside the town. In the past these customers located out side have paid simply one dollar a month extra. The Town Board has been mak ing a special effort to explain the necessity for the increase. They have reviewed the Increase with , the directors of the Yancey 1 Chamber of Commerce, and Mayor ' baA subject in three columns appearing In the RECORD tinder' the heading Our Town. Net only have costs of furnish ing water been rising, according to Helmle, but several urgently needed improvements in the water system are planned, but have been held up owing to insufficient water revenues to finance them. In the interest of public health the filter plant needs fencing in. Public health officials on their periodic inspections are insistent that this be done. Both of the intake dams on the water shed require repairs, and the filter plant building is in need of remodeling. The town’s water lines, mostly close to forty years old, have aged to the point where more frequent repairs are re quired. and in some instances, re placement. A further reason for the increase is that It is a step toward putting the town’s finances in a position where we can finance our sewage disposal plant. Mayor Helmle states the Town Board is under contin ually increasing pressure from the State Stream Sanitation Committee to take steps demonstrating pro gress in th:s direction. Increasing the water rateg.Js a step they have been urging oil the town forj some two years. . NUMBER THIRTY-NINE ■ duction of the year, t “The Diary of Anne Frank”, • produced by the combined efforts -of the senior and junior classes is a challenge for any group, but the students at East Yancey have , revealed not only great talent but also determination, skill and will ingness to work. Under the direction of Eliza beth Westall, work got underway early in April. The cast of ten . including Rick Bacon as Mr. , Frank, Rebecca Boone as Miep, Betty Cooper is Mrs. Van Daan, , Norman Ray as Mr. Van Daan, Eddy Buckmaster as Peter Van Daan. Carolyn Pate as Mre. Frank, ( Kay Robinson as Margot Frank, Amelia Penland as Anne Frank. ’ Jerry Newton as Mr. KraJer and I J- D. Silver as Mr. Dussel began the laborious process of memorizing lines. Fifty additional students | from the junior and senior classes were organized into committiees to build the set, to collect proper ties, to borrow or make costumes, to make posters and banners and to handle ticket sales. The tap of hamers, the screech of saws and the swish of paint brushes have become familiar sounds; and on the small, bare stage, the students have-recreat ed the dimly lighted warehouse attic in Amsterdam where two in Jewish families sought to escape the horrors of concentrat on i camps and gas chambers. From ’ 1942 to 1944 they hid, never ven ' taring outside, barely existing on smuggled to th m 1 by twoNMprigehus (Dutch cltiaeri. During RA/dramatizatlon rs Anne you wll laugh at the teenage antics of Anne and Peter; you’ll recognize the misunderstandings that inevi table arise when two families share a home; you will be touched by the longing of these people to see their homes and to feel the wind and sun on their faces; you will share their ever present fear of being captured: and you will wonder how Anne can say, “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are good at heart.” —— Classes For Sec» ond Chance Trainees To Begin Monday Classes for 118 Operation Second Chance trainees in the Tri-County area will begin Monday, May 18. In Spruce Pine, sixteen weeks’ training in upholstery, welding, and auto service station mechanics will be taught at the old Harris Elementary School Building. A nurse-aid class will start the same day at Spruce Pine Community i Hospital. * In Burnsville, courses in weld- I ing and upholstery will begin Monday at the Agriculture Shop Building. A nurse-aid course for Yancey County girls will be taught at Yancey Community Hospital. Eaoh of the trainees will receive six hours a day of vocational in struct on and two hours a day of academic instruction. Because of the fact that the trainees dropped out of school at different grade levels, they will be taught by the programmed Instruction method, which allows each student to pro gress according to his own rate of ach evement. Academic teachers are at North Carolina College In Ra’eigh for .special training In this type of instruction this week. Acad-mic teachers are Mrs. Caro line Erwin. Mrs. Helen Silvia, Paul Lee "’gllsh; and Mrs. Sibyl A. Thompson. Vocational instructors for Spruce Pine are: nurse-aid, Helen Hatoerneck; welder, William R. Buchanan: upholstery, O. E. Bustle; auto service station me chanic, Talmadge Keener. Burns ville Instructors are: upholstery, ) Samuel Proffitt, Jr.; welding! Paul F. Robinson; nurse-aid, Mrs. Helen W. Fender. a*
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