VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT
Yancey County Nears
Blood Quota At
Bloodmobile Visit
Yancey County came nearer to
Us blood quota last week than
ever before in the history of the
bloodmobile program in the county.
Last Thursday when the Red
Cross Bloodmobile was in Burns
ville 118 pints of blood was col
lected. Although that was six pints
short of the 400 pint quota, the
Blood Committee feels that a
moral victory was won, bcause
140 persons offered toi give blood
and 22 were-rejected for medical
N. C. Motor Club
Predicts Holiday
Traffic Accidents
The first holiday weekend of the
long, hot summer Memorial
Bay will bring sudden death
to at least i 4 persons in traffic
accidents on North Carolina’s
streets and highways, the North
Carolina State Motor Club predicts.
Adding to the usual traffic haz
ards will be voters flocking to the
polls to ballot in the state’s pri
mary elections while thousands of
other motorists are heading for
the mountains and the beaches.
North Carolina will count its
highway fatalities frcm 6p. m.
Friday, May 29, thron h midnight
Sunday, May 31, a period of 54
hours. The state’s Memorial Day
holiday toll last year added up to
18 deaths, the exact number pre
dicted by the motor club for . the
102-hour period. Another 645 were
injured in BS3 accidents.
The club’s estimate is based on
punt experience or motCnStS dur
ing similar holiday periods cou-
pled with current driving patterns,
pointed out Thomas B. Watkins,
president of the motor club and
the National Automobile Associat
ion.
"The number of fatalities over
the weekend will be reduc
ed to the extent that motorists ob
serve the basic safe driving rules,’’
Watkins cautioned. “Unsafe driv
ing practices could cause fataliti
es to reach a higher figure.”
Leading driver violations for the
holiday period last year were:
speeding, 189; driving on the
wrong side of the road, 131; fail
ure to yield right of way, 115;
following too closely, 111; and
ieckless driving, 73.
Watkins urged motorists not only
to mind their own driving man
ners, but also to be alert for mis
takes of other drivers which could
result in a collision.
Mrs. Reeve To
Present Piano
Pupils In Recital
Mrs. Joan Reeve will present h£r .
piano pupils in a recital on Satur
day, May 30 at 7:30 in the Burns
ville Elementary School Auditor
ium. This year, 2-piano music is
being featured.
Among the highlights of the pro
gram wiU be: a double-duet play
ed by Janet and Agnes Burhos
with Chris Miller and Patti Hol
combe; a clar'net and Piano duet
by Julimae and Alan Rutledge:
and a Bach duo-piann concerto
played by Julimae Rutledge and
Mrs. Reeve.
All friends will be welcome to
come and enJoy the evening of
music.
Revival at Church
Os God! Os
Prophecy
A series of revival services will
begin at The Church of God of
Prophecy here on Sunday, May 31.
The services will begin each even
ing at 7:46 p. m. The evangelist
will be the Rev. Paul Johnson of
High Point, N. C.
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reasons. The fiscal year ends June,
30, and if six people from the
County will give blood at the Red
Cross Blood Center on Kenilworth
Road, Asheville, before that
date the quota will be met. Os the
118 pints collected 38 pints were
given for replacements.
The Yancey County Chamber of
Commerce, Charles Gillespie,
president, sponsored; the recent
Bloodmobile visit, as well as pro
viding and serving the refresh
ments in the Canteen. The Gray
Ladies and Senior Girl Scouts as
sisted the Red Cross personnel.
The services of Bill Stewart, who
announced the visit for several
days prior to and all during the
visit from the loud speakers on
his automobile, was the largest
contributing factor to the huge
turnout from all over the county.
Both high schools ,-sent a large
number of their 18 year old seniors
to give plood for the first time.
Bert Sutton was in charge of plac
ing posters throughout the county.
The next Bloodmobile visit will
be in August. Any organization
that would like to sponsor a visit
should contact Mrs. Bob Rhine
fiart, Vice-Chairman of the Blood
Program.
Town Due Face-
Lifting In June
Burnsville is due for a face
lifting during the month of Jun3 i
as a result of in extensive “clean- J
up’’ campaign j announced this |
by the . ByicDSville Men’s
Residents of the town are being
encouraged -to do more than pick
up litter along the streets or paint
worn buildings and fences.
A vigorous effort is under way
to remove wrecked car bodies and
unsightly junk heaps from the
side of the road.
Owners of vacant lots are being
urged to spruce up the general ap
pearance of their unused praperiy.
Attractive, signs indicating the
town imits, are scheduled to be
erected at the entrances to Burns
ville.
Civic organizations and clubs in
town are being invited to undertake
projects which will contribute to
the neat appearance of the com
munity.
Individuals, and business p’aces,
are being asked to consider what
picking up, mowing, fixing, or
painting can do to improve the
looks of their property.
"The Town is completely behind
this clean-up campaign,’’ said
Robert Helmle, Burnsville Mayor.
“If every resident does take part in
improving the appearance of his
property, we shall have a town of
which we can be justifiably proud."
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Vinton, Va. A quilt made by Mrs. Martha G. Hifbbard, right,
who will be 104 on August 25, is admired by heir daughter, Mrs.
Ella V. Hicks, left, and Marvin K. Holland of Roanoke, Va., center.
Holland is the insurance agent who enrolled Mrs. HUbbard for the
Virginia-North Caro'ina C 5 special health insurance for .persons 65
and oldor. Mis. Hicks took out the coverage for her mother, who
remains active in housekeeping as well as needlework.
THE YANCEY RECORD
"Dedicated To The Progrees Os Yancey County"
Subscription |2.50 Per Year
Saturday, Peppy
Day In County
Poppy Day, our nation’s annual
memorial to the war dead, will
be held here on Saturday, Mem
orial Day. Volunteers from the
American Legion Auxiliary will
be selling poppies Saturday. By
accepting one of these poppies
| from a member or some other
’ volunteer you will aid the living
victims of the past three wars
while honoring the dead. The poppy
grew in the Battlefields of France
and Belgium where American ser
vicemen have fallen during two
World Wars. In the years follow
ing the first World War the poppy
came to be recognized as nature’s
tribute to the war dead, and it
was soon adopted as the Legion
and Auxiliary’s official memorial
flower.
Rites To Be Held
For Charles L.
Brown Saturday
Charles L. Brown, 70, died at
his home here Thursday morning
after an illness of sLx months. He
was a graduate of Stanley Mc-
Cormick School, Burnsville; and
the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill. He was a World! War I
veteran; he served as Burnsville
postmaster from J 924 to 1932; ser
ved one term as State Senator;
served as Chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners and was
also on the Board of County Com
missioners. He was a member of
the West Burnsville Baptist Church:
member of the Yancey County Lib
rary Board and a member of the
Burnsville Lions ClUb.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 p. m. Saturday at the West
, Burnsville Baptist Church. .The
I Rev. Fred Harrell will official^.
1 Burial will be in the church cetne
Active pallbearers will be Bill
and Ben Banks; Tommy, Jack
and Raymond Gibbs; Jimmy and
Jean Gardner, James Brown,
Tommy Fox, and Jean Higgins,
all nephews.
He is survived by the widow,
Laura Banks Brown; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Hale Bryson of Shelby,
Mrs. Boyd Banks and Mrs. Jerry
Holcombe of Burnsville; two sons,
Bobby and Andy of Burnsville; the
father, Stonewall Jackson Brown
of Burnsville; five sisters, Mrs.
Daisy Gardner, Mrs. Ralph Fox,
Mrs. Ray Gibhs, all of Burnsville,
Mrs. J. O. Roland and Miss Mabel
Brown; of River Rouge, Mich, one
brother, George of Burnsville; and
14 grandchildren.
“Holiday Hop &
Kootennany"
The Senior Girl Scouts will spon
sor a “Holiday Hop and Hootenn
any” at the Community Building
on Monday, June 1 from 7:30 to
10:00 p. m.
Come on and enjoy the fun. .50
stag and .75 couple.
BURNSVILLE, N. €., THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1964
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PROCLAMATION
By: Mayor Bob Helmle
WHEREAS THE Town of Burns
ville iucludts numerous areas of
ugliness, consisting of abandoned
car wrecks, accumulations of junk,
trash and tilth, and unkempt, lit
tered, weed-covered vacant pro
perty, and,,
WHEREAS said ugliness, trash
and filth injures the Town of
Burnsville in the following, -ways:
—lt offends the sense of decency
and good taste of those citizens
who want to live in a olean, well
’ ordered town.
* f demonstrates a lack of civ’c
* pride that tends to nullify all ef
forts to develop the Town and
! improve the economic well-being
; of the community.
1 —lt harms our important sum
* mer tourist business, by discourag
ing tourists and summer residents
from visiting Yancey County.
—lt is Injurious to the business
of the community, and tends to
lower the real estate values in
Burnsville and tke County.
—lt provides ah unwholesome
and detrimental environment fir
the raising of our children, whom
' hope to inculcate with an a>
; preciabion for cleanliness and or
derliness, and, a-
I BELIEVING that’ a large ma
jority of the citizens of Burnsvi le
! are united in desiring that the
ugliness in Burnsville should be
cleaned up,
I HEREBY DECLARE the month ,
, of June a clean-up month for the I
elimination of said ugliness, trash
land filth in the Town of Burns
ville.
This, the 27th day of May, 1964.
Robert K. Helmle, Mayor
Local Students
Graduate At
Mars Hill College
senior college class Sunday, May
31, awarding baccalaureate degrees
to 146 students.
•Dr. John Lewis, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Raleigh,
will preach the baccalaureate ser
mon in Moore Auditorium at 11
A. M.; and Dr. John Caldwell,
chancellor of State College in
Raleigh, will deliver the com
mencement address in the same
place at 3 p. m.
Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, president of
the Baptist institution which began
the conversion f rom junior to sen
ior ccll« ge two years ago. will
award 72 Bachelor of Science
degrees, 66 Bachelor of Arts de
grees, four Bachelor of Music de
grees and four Bachelor of Music
Education degrees.
Six Yancey County students will
receive degrees. These include
Barrow Carter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Carter of Burnsville,
BS degree In accounting; Larry
Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Seagle
Davis, Burnsville RFD 5, BS de
gree In accounting;; Ted Mathis,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mathis,
Burnsville RFD 3, BS degree In
education; Mrs. Elolse Mclntosh,
Burnsville RED 3, BS degree in !
education; Rev. Donald Noblett, *
Bald Creek, BS degree; Miss Bar
bara E. Pate, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Pate of Burnsville
RFID 3, BS degree in accounting.
Miss Pate will also receive the
award for the most outstanding
student in Business Education for
the four-year class at the graduat
ion exercises.
Ronald Jackson, Minister of Music
at First Baptist Church here and
summer resident, will receive his
Bachelor of Music degree.
Leonard Laws
Wins 4th Victory
Leonard (Frog) Law s of the
Burnsville Eagles Baseball Club
won his fourth straight victory of
the Season on Sunday by defeat
ing Newport, Ttorn. by 16-4. L. D.
Young of the Eagles hit his first
grand-slam home run of the year.
The Eagles will journey to Mor
[ kanton on Saturday night where
■ they will play Morganton. The*
Morganton team will meet the
Burnsville Eagles on the Stamey
field hers on Sunday.
Miss Swann To
Represent Group
At National
Convention
Miss Becky Swann of Charlotte
Memorial Hospital, was recently
chosen by the student council of
nurses to represent the group at
the National Convention of student
nurses to be held in Atlantic City,
N. J. in June.
Miss Swann is the daughter of
Mi-, and Mrs. T. M. Swann of
Clio, N. C„ former residents of
Burnsville. Mrs. Swann is the for
mer Miss Anna Lucy Goodin, dau
ghter of Mrs. Joe Goodin of Bur
ssviUe and the late Mr. Goodin.
The Curved Bar. the highest award In Girl Scouting, was pre-J
sented'on Friday, May 22, to Lynne Butner, Irene Coletta, and
Deborah McOurry, members of the Girl Scout Troop 65. The occasion
was a joint Court of Awards held by Cadet te and Brcwnie Scouts at
,the Community Building. Mrs. Ar ney Fox, Neighborhood Chairman,
gave the speech of welcome, and a program was rendered by the
Brownies and Cadettes. Badges, Challenge pins, and gifts were
awarded. The leaders for Brownie Troop 83 are Mrs. Bill Hess and
Mrs. Paul Laughrun. The leaders for Cade toe Troop 65 are Mrs.
Nick Huskey and Mrs. Jess Styles. Pictured att-ove, left to right, are
the winners of the Curbed Bar award; Lynna Butner, Irene
Coletta, and Deborah McCurry. Photo by John" Robinson
Hew Community 7
Joins Deve’op
ment Program
Rocky Spring Height is the
only new community in the Area
Development Program in Yancey'
County this year. This community
was organized at a community
meeting, and cook-out at the Ever
ett" Dillinghams Thursday night.
I Lee Slagle was elected President;
Bill Riddler N vice-president; Morris
Riddle, Junior- President; Irene
Beckwith, Secretary; Betty Huskey
treasurer; Dorothy Alien, reporter;
Willena Dillingham, scrapbook
chairman; and Virginia ' Sutton,
program chairman.
Other communities entered are
Arbuckle, Brush Creek, Double '
Island, Green Mountain, Mine j 1
Fork, Newdale and Pensacola. I
Mrs. O. W. Deyton will speak to
the Lions C’ub Thursday night on
community and area development, i
John Collins, Extension Special-;
ist in Community and Area Deve- j
lopment, conferred with agricul-' 1
ture workers Wednesday on plans j
for the year.
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“SCHOOL'S OUT”
Children at play are not always aware of danger. Last Year 5100
youthful pedestrians were killed on streets and highways. Carol
Lane, women’s travel director of Shell Oil Company, reminds you to
maintain a watchful eye for there carefree -children. Help make
this a safe and happy summer for everyone!
Price Per Copy Five Cents
Daily Bus Service To
Begin Here June First
Starting the first of June, daily
bus service between Burnsville and
Ash< ville will be resumed on a
time schedule believed to be far
more convenient than formerly for
Yancey County residents going to
Asheville for the day.
The bus will leave Spruce Pine
daily at 8:30 A. M., and will leave
Burnsville at 8:50. It will arrive
in AstrviPe at 10:30 A. M. Return
ing from Asheville in the afternoon,!
it will leave the bus station there
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Rice Resigns As
Chairman Os
Blood Program
Carrie Rice, who has been Chair
man m me xancey county H ood
jt-rogiam lor tne past ytar anu a
nan has resigned, eiiecuve- Ma> |
m. Mr. Rice agreed to taxe toe'
cuaiiinanshrp tor one year. No
sucetssor was named at tne end on
a year, and now ne ieels that he
must give up tne Joo in older to
nave mae ume tor himself ana
lor the outer civic committees on
which he serves.
Mr. Rice has done an outstanding
joo m uie promotion of the Blood
Program throughout Yancey Coun
ty. His efforts have been proved
oy the fact that the County has
come closer to attaining its quota
than ever before. Mr. Rice has
taken many hours away from his
own farming business to devote
hts services to the people of Yan
cey County by explaining and pub
licizing the Blood Program and
how it works to help everyone.
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at 4:00 P. M. and will arrive In
Burnsville at 5:25.
The bus station in Burnsville la
the Blue Ridge Motel. It Is not
necessary, however, for passengers
to go to the bus station, as the
bus may be flagged at any point
along the route. At Micaville the
bus will leave the new highway,
and detour through the old town,
where passengers may be picked
up.
This new service, which Is in
the nature of an experiment, will
definitely continue for three mon
ths. If sufficient business is gen
erated in Mitchell and Yancey
| Counties, it will be made perma
nent; if not, at the end of the trial
Period service will be cut back
to week-end runs. only.
The resumption of dally service
comes as a result of much nego
tiation and effort on the part of
the Yancey Chamber of Commerce
and the town officials of Burns
ville, in collaboration with the
Merchants Association of Spruce
Pine. The leaders in these organi
zations all believe that daily bus
service is important to the deve
lopment of the two counties. Ac
cording they are making a ma
• jor effort to publicise the service
and urge all citizens to patronize
' the service.
Last year dal’y service was
tried, but proved a failure. How
ever, the schedule last year was
inconvenient, with the bus leaving
Burnsville too late In the morning,
and returning too late in the after
noon. Furthermore, the service
was net properly publicized, and
after the experiment failed, It
was found that many people who
I might have used the service were
unaware that the dally servfew had
been In operation.
An important feature of the ser
vice is that parcels may be ship
ped by bus, at rates appreciably
below those charged by the re
gular trucking companies. It Is
hoped that business people, in
particular, will utilize the parcel
service, and in this way Increase
the revenue of the operation.
J The new service will be operat
ed under the Queen City franchise
by Claude Green of Spruce Pine.
Livestock Survey
to Be Made
Postmaster Paul E. Buck an
nounced today that Rural Mail
Carriers and Star Route Contract
ors will begin distributing June 1,
1964, Livestock Survey cards to
farmer patrons on their routes.
Your Post Office assists the De
partment of Acriculture each year
|in making this and two other
surveys.
Livestock cards returned by
farmers to their carrier will be
mailed direct to the North Caro-
lina Crop Reporting Service in
Raleigh. Information from each
card, if properly reported, will
then be tabulated and combined
with other reports to give indicat
ions of changes in livestock on
Tar Heel farms. These indications
will also be used to establish esti
mates of the 1964 calf crop, milk
production, lamb crop, wool pro
duction, and the spring pig crop
as well as farmers plans to have
sews farrow in the fall.
So next week if you in your
mailbox a card titled "LIVE
STOCK SURVEY, JUNE 1, 1%4 ”
don’t put it aside. It was pltused
there by your carrier. Postmaster
Paul E. Buck urges that you fill
ouit the card and return It to your
carrier as soon as possible. It Is
important that you return the
card fer your farm since only a
given number of farms will re
ccl”-' *hese cards, and your com
munity will be represented accord
ing to the number of cards return
ed.
CARRIERS HELPING! WVTH
THIS SURVEY ARE; R. a. Banks
Route One; L. Ray Higgins, Route
Two, John E. Allen, Route Three *
Phillip R. Banks, Route Rtour'
Clarence Y. Preenell, Route Flm’
i and Robert B. Hilliard, Btar