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UNITSD FUND MONEY
UF Supports Orthopedic
Clinic In Yancey County
Edward Oliver Payne knows
United Fund well. He and many
other children—and adults—have
benefited from United’s support of
the Orthopedic Clinic in Yancey |
County. The Clinic was first set'
up in Yancey County Health Cen- i
ter in Burnsville in April, 1959. It
Mrs. Wilson Re
turns Home From
United Nations
Tour
Mrs. Brooks Wilson, president I
of the 4th. District Home Demons
tration Clubs, comprised of Madi-.
son, Buncombe and Yancey Coun
ties, has pust returned home from 1
a United Nations Study Tour spon- J
sored by the Club.
Mrs. Wilson along with 33 other,
W< stern North Carolina Women
left Asheville Sunday, October 4 by
bus for New York and returned to
Asheville on Saturday, October
10. This is an annual tour by the
club. One hundred sixteen North
Carolina Women went on the tour.
While in New York the women
stayed at the Taft Hotel. They ,
spent one day at the World’s Fair, |
they toured Hyde Park on another
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Roosevelt Library, and the tomb
of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the
Rose Garden at Hyde Park. They
visited Rado City where they saw
the R.ckettes with Miss Margaret i
Fletcher of Asheville, a sister of
Miss Marie Beale Fletcher, Miss.
America of 19C3, as a member. j
They also saw the movie “Mary
Poppins” with Dick Van-Dyke on
theid xisiL to Rad o City. They went
through. the United Nations Build
ing and’ were greeted on their
visit there by Dr. Frank Graham.
They had dinner in th e delegates
dining room of the United Nations
Building overlooking the Hudson
River. Speakers told them about
each room 'in the building. The
ladies also attended the broadway
“Never Too Late,” and visited
the Latin Quarters while they
were in New York.
Mrs. Wilson stated that it was a
wonderful tr p‘ and she was sorry
that more women from this sect
ion did not go.
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Edward Oliver Payne, aged 9, has been followed by the Health Department since 1f55. Diagnosis
—spastic and elub foot. He has had surgery and many casts applied for th e correction of the club foot,
and also braces for his left arm and leg. Be has been benefited greatly from his treatment and
surgery. _ Photo by Jolm Robinson
The Yancey Record
Subscription $2.50 Per Year
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comes under the program of the
Crippled Children’s Section of the
N. C . State Board ol Health,
i The State Board of Health requires
! some local organization to spon
sor such a clinic. The YANCEY
’ COUNTY UNITED FUND agreed
, to underwrite the local cost of the
clinic, and each yuar contributes
to its support!
Money contributed by the United
Fund is used to pay for clinic
supplies, X-rays for crippled child
ren whose parents are unable to
pay for them, travel expense for
the specialist who comes out of I
| Asheville, to hold the clinics, jani
tors services, and several pieces
of permanent equipment have been !
I purchased for the Health Center
i with money contributed by the
I UNITED FUND.
| Dr. J* B. Galloway of Asheville
is the attending physician who
’ holds the Orthopedic Clinic. He is
assisted by the nurses and clerks
in the Avery-Mitchell-Yancey Dis
trict Health Departments as well
as a medical secretary, physical
therapist and appliance represen
tatives who come with him.
An average of from 35 to 45 pati
ents are seen in a clinic, which
lis held monthly. Adults as well
! as children are seen by the ortho
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corrected by Vocational Rehabili
tation program.
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US Ambassador
I From, Nether
lands Will Speak
To Woman’s Club
The Burnsville Sen or Woman’s
Citib will meet with the Spruce
Pin e Club on Saturday night,
October 17. j
Miss Tina Ferringa, United
States Ambassador from the Ne-j
therlands, will speak to the joint
olub at 3:00 p. m. in the Harris i
High School Auditorium.
The program is sponsored by the
Spruce. Pine Woman’s Club in re
lation to the International affaors
Department. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
"Dedicated To The Progrj»» Os Yancey County*
BURNSVILLE. N. C.. THU RSI AY, OCTOBER 15. 1964
|3oth Division
Survivors To
Convene
Fontana Dam, N. C. The Tar
Heel Chapter of the 30th Division
Association will hold a reunion at
Fontana Dam Saturday, Novem
ber 7th, 1964. *
Colonel James C. Dempsey of
Wilson, the only 'known veteran
who fought with the 30th Division
in both World War I and World
War 11, will be the banquet
speaker.
North Carolina National Guards
men, who were, called into active
duty with the 34th during the two
World Wars, d stinguished them
selves by breaking the ‘famous
Hindenburg Line during World
War I, and during the second
War fought from the beaches of
Normandy into th e heart of Ger
many, winning five combat stars
in the process:"
The reunion will be held at Fon
tana Village Resort, high in the
Great Smoky Mountains of Wes
tern North Carolina. Veterans
I and their friends desiring addi
tional informaiton are requested
to write Robert Sloan, 30th Divis
ion Reunion Chairman, Fontana
Dam, N. C.
Cooper Serving
Aboard The USS
Bennington
USS BENNINGTON (FHTNC)
Alan V. Cooper, airman appren
tice, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John A. Cooper of Burnsville, N.
C., participated in a Navy-Marine
Corps amphibious warfare train
ing exercise called “Yard Nose’’
at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct.
’ submarine” wai-tare” ""support* "a!r-f ;
craft carrier USS Bennington.
The operation will test the flexi
bility of 11,000 Marines in an am
phibious landing. They will be de
ployed In 39 ships manned by over
15,000 Navymen.
The scene of the exercise is a
hypothetical group of “native
villagers”. As they are attacked by
a 2,C00 man “aggressor” force, a
Marine Landing Team will practice
counter-guerilla warfare and help
restore law and order. American
“citizens” will be evacuated; then
the 11th Marine Expeditionary
; Batallion will prepare to land.
, i Naval forces at sea will be op
‘ j posed by “enemy’’ submarines and
1 air attacks. The landing move
, ments will be met with “aggress
or” type action, as the marine
amphibious force and helicopter
units c„mmence their beach as
sault.
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SUBSCRIBE TO THE RECORD
Obftiaries
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MRS. MA Y SHARP WRIGHT
Mrs. Mar Sharp Wright, 84,
died at the ome of a daughter,
Mrs. Isaac Fox, on Saturday
morning so >w»ng a short illness.
She was a native of Yancey
County and jthe widow of the late
Sol Wright| „
Surviving £in addlton *to the
daughter, Mrs. Fox, are three
sons, Laarkfand Willard, both of
Burnsville, feud Charlie of Balti
more, Md.;Au half-sister, Mrs.
Mrs. Vera o»oper of Erwin, Tenn.;
two half-brothers, Marion Laugh
ghrun of jakersvill e and Bulo
Laughrun of Kingsport, Tenn.; 19
grandchildraj; and 8 great-grand- 1 1
children.
Services §Sre held Monday at 1
1:C0 p. m. in the Chapel of Hoi- 1
combe Brothers Funeral Home, :
The Rev. 1 Otho Brenson and
the Rev. Wheeler officiated.
Burial was in the Wilson Ceme- <
tery. . ,
OTIS D. RIDDLE
Otis D. Riddle, 72, of Spruce
Pine Rt. 1, died Monday in a
Spruce Pino 'hospital following a I
long illness.
Surviving are eight daughters,
Mrs. Chet.- Burleson of Marion,
Mrs. Charlie Greenlee, Mrs. Hom
er Bartlett Mrs. Dorothy Bailey,
Mrs. Ernest Hefiner, Miss Wanda
Riddle and Mm. \Hale Dale, all of
Spruce Pine, mnd Mrs. Horace
Phillips of Balfersville; three sons,
Claude, Nimpson and Edd, all of
Spruce Pine. ft,.
Services weree held at 2 p. m.
Wednesray in Grassy Creek Bap
tist Church.
Officiating was the Rev. Ben
Lie Ray, the Rev. Bert Styles and
the Rev. Joe Pittman. Burial was
in th e church cemetery.
MISS V , -*nfipki T vs, 74, died in
a Burnsville hospital Thursday
night after a long illness. i
A native of Moundsville, W. Va., j
she had been living at
of a sister, Mrs. W. P. Honeycutt,
for the past four months.
Surviving in addition to Mrs.
Honeycutt is another sister, Mrs.
William F. West of Moundsville.'
Services were held at 4 p. m.
Saturday in the chapel of Holcom
be Brothers Funeral Home.
Officiating was the Rev. A. Z.
Jamerson, the Rev. R. F. Hilliard
and the Rev. Gordon Keeler. Bur
ial was in Moundsville.
MRS. SOCKIE LOCKNER
Mrs. Sockie Lockner, 83, of,
Green Mountain Rt. 2, died at the •
home of a daughter, Mrs. Voyd
MoCurry, Wednesday afternoon af
ter a short illness.
She was a daughter of the late
Emily and Oliver Paterson and 1
was a lifelong resident of Yancey
County.
Surviving in addition to Mrs.
McCurry are another daughter, j
j Mrs. Lola Peterson, Travelers |
: Rest, S. C.; 16 grandchildren and ;
17 great-grandchildren.
Funeral serv c s will be held
Friday at 2 p. m. in the North
Bend Free Will Baptist Church.
The R v. Troy McCurry will of
ficiate with burial in Peterson
Cemetery.
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AUGUSTUS WILSON
Augustus Kendall Wilson, 73, of
118 Forest Hill Dr., died unexpect
edly at 5:30 Saturday in h s home.
Mr. Wilson was a native of Yan
cey County, a Buncombe County
resident since 1917, a World War
I veteran, a member of Kenilworth
Presbyterian Church, of which he
was a form r elder and deacon.
He ret red in February this year
as an employs of the T. G. Morri
son Co. after 43 years of service.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Jessie Alley Wilson; a son, Ken
dall Wilson of Jackson, Miss.; a
daughter, Mrs. Rob rt Rhinehart i
of Burnsville; a brother, W. J. j
Wilson of El Faso, Tex. .
Also four haif-brothers; four
half-sisters; two grandch ldren; .
and several nieces and nephews. j
Services were held at 2p.m. |
Monday in Kenilworth Presbyter-1
lan Church. The Rev. J. Edward
Bates, pastor, officiated assisted
by Woodard Finley, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, Burns
ville. Burial was in Lewis Memor-
f y i
Rocbrt Gavin, Republican candi
date for Governor of North Caro
lina, will visit in Yancey County
on Tuesday, October will
stop in Micaville at 11:00 a. m. and
at Bald Creek at 12:00 noon.
Junior Woman’s
Club Will Meet
With Mrs.
Hilliard
The Carolina Hemlock Junior
Woman’s Club will meet Monday
October 19, at 8:00 P. M. in the
home of Mrs. Ray Hilliard. The
program, “A Dose of Patriotism,’’
will- be presented by Mrs. Garland
Wampler and other club members.
At the district meeting held in
Asheville, October 7, the club won
the attendance gavel and third
place in Class D for yearbook
competition. Mrs. Ed Hunter Jr.,
Mrs. Albert Sutton, and Mrs.
Charles Gillespie, Jr. attended.
RAINY DAY ...
Join the Payroll
Savings Plan
BONDS
Now paying Q3I
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ial Park.
, Active pallbearers were M. Nail
! Jr., Thomas S. Morrison, James
jF. Morrison, Phillip M. Hensley,
IW. C. Creech, and Carter Rhine
hart.
I Honorary pallbearers were eld
* ers and deacons of the church ami
j employes of T. S. Morrison Com
-1 pany.
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PALL COLOR IN THE MOUNTAINS Once again Nature’s pai fit brush has turned the leaves
into brilliant reds and golds in the Gnat Smoky and Blue Ridge mo unta’ns Prom such vistas as here
atop Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, autumn color can be se en for miles across the valleys
and foothills.
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| EVERY GOOD GUY
UNITGD
FUND
DRIVE
GIVES THE I OcTOB€R|
| UNITED WAY 12-22
Yancey County United
Fund Drive Underway
The Yancey County United Fund
Drive got underway Tuesday after
a one night postponement of the
kick-off dinner. Emhasizing this
year’s theme. “EVERY GOOD
GUY GIVES,” UF volunteers be-
Local Schools
Need 138 New
Classrooms
v
Charles W. Edwards, Chairman
of Yancey County commented
emphatically on the need for 138
Classrooms for the local schools.
This county will receive $338,310.43
3rd. Local chairman stated that
the urgent needs of the school de
pend on the success of this
Bond Tssue. Senator David Clark,
State Chairman of the Steering
Committee, emphasized the State
wide needs. He pointed out that
in the event that the bond issue is
' not aprovod that each county will, I
through ncessity, have to find
ways and means to build their |
much needed classrooms.
Harvest Festival
At Burnsville
School Oct. 29
The meeting of the Burnsville
Elemental school Parent-Teacher
Association will be held in the
school lunchroom on Tuesday ev
ening, October 20 at 7:30 p. m.
Mr. Bruce Tomberlin of Bald
Creek will be the guest speaker. |
, He will d scuss the School Bond|
vote and School Accreditation. I
This is a very important meet-!
■ tog and one parent out of every!
1 school family should be .present. I
■ Rev. R. F. Ihll ard, president,
will preside.
NUMBER EIGHT
gan work seeking county-wide
commitment. Members of the 1964
UP Committee are hopeful as they
lead the way toward the $8,220
goal.
United Fund money will be used
to support the social conscience
organizations agencies operating
in the field of health, education,
welfare—(Orthopedic (Clinic, Red
Cross, Scouts, community deve
lopment, Wind and sight conservat
ion. Children’s Home, mental
health, medical research, and
many cithers. The budget figure of
$8,220 was set at a meeting <*i
September 16 tinder the leadership
of Maeir B. Ray, Budget Com
|mitteeChairman. Allocation re
agencies and carefully reviewed.
! | W| biwmim* tiuAi. jaon^y
will be spent locally.
Individual families, teachers, in
dustrial employees, and business
men will be contacted before the
drive’s termination date October
22. To give recognition where it
|is due, next week’s Record will
publish a list of 100% giving
presentatives to knock on the
door of every home in the county;
they therefore hope for “co-operat
fve contact’’; seek out away to
give United.
Burnsville PTA
Will Meet
Tuesday Night
The Burnsville Elementary Scho
ol Harvest Festival will be held on
Thursday, October 29, beginning at
| 7:00 p. m.
j There will b e entertainment by
j each room. Drinks, popcorn and
i cupcakes will be sold, and prizes
j will be auctioned. Admission is
1.25 for children and .75 for adults.
Everyone is urged to attend the
festival and join in the fun.