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VOLUME TWENTY-NINE
UF Guardian Angel
Reports Progress
There to a Good Guy on the
square in Burnsville, a guy that
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D. I. Burhoe
Participating In
Executive Pro
gram At U. N. C.
CHAPEL HILL Donald I
Burhoe, vic e president and gener
al manager of the Glen Raven
Silk Mill, Inc., Burnsville, is
among the 48 participants in the
Twelfth Executive Program spon
sored by the School of Business
Administration at the University
of North Carolina.
The Program consists of eight
alternate weekends and two weeks
of full-time residence on campus.
Designed for persons carrying ma
jor executive responsibility, the
Program deals with such areas as
production, sales, advertising,
transportation, personnel and fi
nances.
Emphasis is placed on th e de
velopment of an appreciation and
understanding of the problems of
all divisions, departments and
functions of a business and on an
'upproaclp-to* the solution of these
problems from the top manage
ment pbint of view.
Lectures and discussions are con
ducted by senior rank faculty mem
bers, outstanding men from other
universities, qqri leading business
men. ''
Girl Scouts At
tend Joint Ses-
•ion On Scorning
Approximately 60 Girl Scouts
and their leaders and P ar ‘
ents from Burnsville and Spruce
Pine attended a Jo nt session on
Girl Scouting at the Presbyterian
Church in Spruce Pin e on Satur
day, October 17. The theme of the
program was Wildlife, with the
guest speaker being Miss Lurette
Barber of the Wildlife Commission
in Raleigh. Her splende * talk was
highlighted by beautiful colored
slides of many specimens of wild-,
life.
A soda.! hour was enjoyed in
the church recreation room, with
Mrs. Rudollph Glatly, District
Chaii man', presiding at the punch
bowl,
Th_ parents and leaders from
Burnsydle who attended, along
with their daughters were: Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Laaghrun, Mr.
and Mrs. William Pouts, Mr. Os
car Dry ton, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Laughrun, Mrs. Ms garet Miller,
Mrs. Grace Banks, Mrs. P. C.
Colette and Mrs. Bill Banks.
TWO THERFSLF
CLYDE M. ROBERTS WILLIAM C. CHAMBERS
Clyde Roberts Will Speak
AV Republican Rally Oct. 2<
Clyde M- Roberts, Republican
Candidate tor Congress, Uth Con
gressional District, will be the
guest speaker at the Republican
Rally and dinner to be held at
th* Cane RiverHlgh School her*
Saturday night, October 24 at
7:00 p. m.
William C. Chambers, candidate
The Yancey record
: bears watching. He stands for pro
; gress-r-the progress of Yancey
County’s United Fund—as he wat
ches the big dollar thermometer
beside him rise toward the top
and this year’s goal of $8,220.
The campaign is, indeed, under
way, and its progress has been
described as “good" and “encourag
ing.” All businesses and merViers
of the medical and dental pro. 4 ss
t ion hav e been contacted and UP
. volunteers are now working on
, reaching the industry of the coun
. ty. Section reports are as yet in
, complete, and it is expected that
. the campaign will continue past
. the. proposed termination date of
, October 22 in an effort to reach
indi\ttxlual families in th e county.
t County-wide commitment is nec
,l essary to make 1964 a successful
I year and to prove that United of
- | fers the best way to support our
; 1 health, education, and welfare
. agencies. All chairmen and solici
tors express the hope to wind up
. th : s year’s drive with 100% of the
goal in hand.
An honor roll of those businesses
1 with 100% of their employees con-
E tributing to UF is lifted elsewhere
1 in the Record.
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: Methodist Group
Ministry To Meet
: At Jacks Creek
The fall meeting of the Yancey
County Methodist Group Ministry
Council is set for October 25, 2:30
p. m. at the Boring Chapel Church
on Jacks Creek.
The program will include a con
gregational sing, led by Rev. G. E.
IVCCK. I7*iwwn<« ««
worship and special music by the
Bald Creek-Elk Shoals young peo
ple, under th e direction of their
pastor, Rev. Thomas W. Weeks,
and a talk by Mr. S. B. Conley
on the program top : C, OUR SEN
IOR CUTAIZ'ENSI4IW CAN THE
COUNCIL HELP?
One of the main items of busi
ness will be to hear a progress re
port on the camp s't e at Horton
Hill, and plan wavs for the coun-
I cil to move forward in this pro
! ject. The land for the camp was
given by Mrs. T, A. McKinney ! n
honor of her lat e husband; and
Rev. B. H. Metcalf is directing
its development.
The Grup Ministry Council is
Composed of representatives from
the seven Methodist Churches in
Yancey County... the staff, com
prised of the four ministers serv
ing these churches, and Till e
Brooks, Ctturch and Community
Worker for the area. Rev. Raymus
Hilliard is staff director and Dean
I Chrisawn is president of the Coun-
I cil for the current year.
Subscription $2.50 Per Year
(or the State senate trom the 34th.'
District, comprised of Yancey,
Mad'son, M ; tchell and McDowell
Counties, will also be present at
the rally. |
Supper will be served at 7:00 p.
m. Mr. Roberts will speak at 8:00.
All Republicans' are invited to at
tend the dinner and rally.
"Dedicated To Th« ProgrrsM Os Yancey County* ,
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1964
UNICEF Party To
Be Held Hallo
ween Night
Th e annual UNICEF party will
be held at Higgins Methodist
Church on Halloween night. Child
ren of all local churches will meet
in the church Fellowship Hall at
6:30 p. m. They will be assigned
to cars to go under adult supervis
ion to homes in Burnsville to
‘‘Trick or Treat For UNICEF.’’
They will carry official UNICEF
collection containers. Afterwards
there will be games, a” costume
contest, and refreshments at the
church.
Several points in regard to the
UNICEF projects are to be
stressed:
1. Residents are urged to con
tribute only to groups with the
official UNICEF containers who
will call between 6:30 and 7:15 p.
m. It will be helpful If porch
lights are on at every home.
2. In cas e of rain the party will
still be held.
3. Children are urged to wear
costumes and reminded that the
homemade “original" ones are of
ten the best.
Mrs. Tillie Brooks is arranging
UNICEF parties in several of the
country churches.
AH children ar e invited to the
party. If leaders of any churches
not represented at the planning
meeting would like their children
to join in the effort they are cor
dially invited to do so. Please con
! tact Mrs. Charles Gillespie 0 r
Mrs. Gladys Coletta in Burnsville.
UNICEF stands for United Na
tions Children’s Fund. The money
collected by local children on
Halloween night will be used for
such purposes as providing food,
milk, vitamins, and medical care
for children and mothers in needy
cojjypjjles. —-
Harvest Festival
At Burnsville
School Oct, 29
The annual Harvest Festival will
be held at the Burnsville Elemen
■ tary Schbol on Thursday, October
■ 29 at 7:00 p. m.
1 1 Each room in the elementary
school will present a program of
entertainment. -Djknks, popcorn
* and cup-cakes will Be sold and
1 prizes will be sold atV^ulyion.
Admission wiH be .25 for child-
S ren and .75 for adults.
• parents are urged to attend the
® Festival with their children. This
program is sponsored by the Par
ent-Teacher Association and pro
-1 ceeds are used for th e betterment
of the school,
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Winners Selected
In Community
Development
Program
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Judges will select winners in the
three divisions of the Community
Development Program Youth, 1
Farm and Non-Farm Thursday, :
October 22, according to E. L. 1
Dillingham. County Extension
Chairman.
The judges will start in the Pen
sacola Community at 9:30 a. m.
and proceed according to the fol
lowing schedule: Aibuckle 10:30
a. m.; Newdale 11:35 a. m.;
Double Island 1:00 p. m.; Brush
Creek 2:15 p. m.; Mine Fork
3:30 p. m.; and Rocky Springs
4:45 p. m.
The winners will be anounced and
• the prize money awarded at the
annual Farmers Night and Com
munity Awards Program Monday
I night, October 25, at 8:00 p. m.
following the Men’s Club regular
! meeting.
j Winners will compete in the
! Western North Carolina Contest
in November.
Prize money totaling $550 has
been provided by the Northwestern
j Bank of Burnsville, French Broad
Electric Co-operative, and the
Yancey United Fund.
M/BSGEUMC TO TUB UOOOBD
Obituaries
Dove 800 me
Dove Boone, 79, of Burnsville
Rt. 2, died at his home Sunday
after a long, Hlhess.
He was the son of the late Til
man L. and Trissie Boone, and
was a member of the Baptist
Church.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Kate Hcks Boone; three sons,
Troy C., Watson and Jay, all of
Rt. 2; nine grandchildren and 19
great-grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs. Henry McCracken of Rt. 2
and Mrs. L. C. Boone of Hickory:
two brothers, J. N. and Talmadge
of Rt. 2.
Services wer e held at 2 p. m.
Monday at the Free Will Baptist
Church of Windom, with the Rev.
Jack Green officiating.
Burial was in the Pleasant Grove
Cemetery.
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Mrs. Aide Byrd
Mrs. Ale e Wilson Byrd,
85, widow of <?hris Byrd, died
Saturday afternoon in a Burns
ville hospital .after a long illness.
Surviving :re two sisters, Mrs.
Bash e Ray of Reseda. Calif, and
Mrs. Sudie Bailey of Washington,
D. C.; and several nieces and
nephews.
Services were held Monday at
2 p. m. in Cane River Baptist
Church.
Officiating were the Rev. M. H.
Kendall, the Rev. Eddie McPeters
and the Rev. Fred Harrell. Burial
was in the family cemetery.
Pallbearers were Johnny Rob
erts, Charles r.fid Ralph Edwards,
Tommy Hulett, Russell Thomas,
A Francis Robihson and Billie Ray
! Bailey. *
Clyde Williams, 71, c* Burns
ville, died Saturday morning, i„
Yancey Hospital following a bn*t
illness. •' i $
He was a native of Tenn., a re
sident of Yancey County for the
past 50 years and a veteran oi
World War I.
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Surviving are the '■ widow, Salih
Ramsey Williams; two sisters
1 Mrs. E. B. Weaver a. cl Mrs. Geoi
g e Smith of Williamston, W. Va.
I Services were held Monday at
p. m. in the chapel of Holcomb
Brothers Funeral Home.
The Rev. Ben Lee Ray officiate
and burial was ‘n McCracke:
Cemetery.
TRAFFIC? ACCIDENTS
RALEIGH—The Motor Vehicle
Department’s summary of traffi
deaths through 10 A. M. Monday
October 19:
KILLED TO DATE 121
KILLED TO Date Last Year 105
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e On October 11, 1984 USS YANCEY celebrated her twentieth year of comm'ssioned service in the Unit
led States Nary. The YANCEY was built at the Moore Dry Dock Company at Oakland, California. Her
Keel was laid on 22 May and the B hip was launched on 8 July 1944. she was commissioned in October
J and named for Yancey County. Her Commanding Officer is R. W. F. werthmuller, Captain, U. S, Navy
Home Demon
stration Clubs
Have
i Achievement
Program
[ By: Mrs. Floy Whitson,
Club Reporter
The annual County-Wide Home |
Demonstration Club Achievement j
program was held at Firth Carpet 1
Co. on Monday, October 12. Mem
i bers enjoyed a covered dish sup
per before the program.
Mrs. Thomas Rutledge of New
dale gave the devotional.
Miss Lydia Deyton of Brush
Creek, County Council President,
presided during the meeting which •
■ consisted of talent from three clubs
in the county.
The Newdale Club was repre
. sented by Susan and Allan Rut
ledge who presented a vocal duet
which Is the state song of Alas
ka. The Brush Creek Club gave a
children’s fashion show. The Bur
nsville Club presented a timely
skit entitled “Keep Politics Clean.”
j i Those participating in the skit
! were Mrs. Frederika Sargent, Mrs.
Hattie Clevenger, Mrs. May Davis
and Mrs. Gladys Coletta.
! Each club president in the coun
ty gave a short report on their
j club's activities during the past
year. The gavel was awards to
(. the Brush Creek Club for the
j 1 most club points.
I Mrs. Kenneth Johnson, State Co
| Ordinating Treasurer, conducted a
' s lovely candlelight ceremony in
which sh e installed the new offi
cers. New officers for the coming
year are Mrs. Clyde Edwards,
'■ president: Mrs. Cecil Anglin, vice
" president; Mrs. Andrew Johnson,
“ secretary; and Mrs. Roy Young,
treasurer.
Mrs. Brooks Wilson spoke on her i
-lUnited Nations tour during the j
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_ Tobacco Grading
; Demonstrations
f- To Be Held
ie In County
Tobacco grading
will be held in Yancey County
1 Thursday, October 29, at 10:00 &..I
’I m. at Luke Laughrun’s farm on
1 I Jacks Creek and at 2:00 p. m. at
the Community Building at Dou
-2 ble Island, according to E. L. Dill
ke ingham, County Extension Chair
man.
sd D Uingham said that due to
;n weather and other conditions, to
bacco would be harder to grade
this year than\ usual. He urged
growers to bring a few stalks of
es their tobacco to the demonstra
te tions in order to se e how the fed
eral grader would sort it in order
to get the most money out of it.
, 16 Extension Agents will give infor
-1... mation on recommended produc
rZo .
tion practices.
Price Per Copy Fir^CwJ
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Banco Lumber Co. Saw
Mill Destroyed By Fire
Tuesday Morning
| The band saw mill, one of the
j largest lumber operations in Yan
cey County, was destroyed by fire
early Tuesday morning.
Banco Lumber Co. mill located
at Newdale caught fire around
4:20 a. m. Tuesday morning and
was .completely destroyed. Al
though all of the lumber manufac
tuiing machinery was completely
destroyed by fire, none of the
lumber or stockpile of logs was
Anglin Chairman
Os Rural Ameri
cans For Johnson
-Humphrey
Woodrow Anglin of Route 1,
Burnsville has been named Yancey
County Chairman of the Rural
Americans for Johnson-Humphrey.
This is a nationwide, non-partisan,
educational effort headed by Rob
ert W. Scott, Democratic nominee
for L eutenant Governor, to inform
rural people about what the two
presidential candidates have to
say about the farm program.
Upon being named Yancey Coun
ty Chairman, Anglin said, “Every
farmer and small-town business
man who is dependent upon agri
culture for his livelihood should
study the issues and what the can
didates have to say about them.
In my opinion,’’ continued Anglin,
I “ther e should be no question as to
| whi-h candidate would be the
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read what ‘they have Tc) 6W dttft- f 1
cemlng agriculture.” Anglin ad-1
ded that the Rural Americans for 1
Johnson - Humphrey effort was j
being waged in the interest of farm I
and farm-related businesses.
Organ Vespers
At Methodist
Church Sunday
I Organ Vespers were presented
1 Sunday, October 18 at 4:00 p. m.
at Higgins Methodist Church by
pupils of Mrs. Floyd Davis, Organ
Instructor from Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, who, with her husband,
owns a summer home in Burns
ville.
Students participating in the
program were Miss Jeanne Ray,
Mrs. Eileen Biggerstaff, Johnny
Robertson, Charlie Boone, Miss
Irene Coletta, Miss Anita Anglin,
and Mrs. Willorie Robinson.
NUMBER NINE
& damaged. Several pieces of log
i-: moving and lifting equipment was
-. nearby and the only damage re
ported was on the lift. It was
i thought by the owner, William A.
I 1 Banks, however, that the lifting
I equipment that was damaged
. could be repaired. A chipper
. which was used in chipping slabs
t from the mill had some damage
; but the extent of damage has not
5 been determined yet. The mill
machinery was set up in 1963 and
was of the modern typ e of lum
| ber manufacturing machinery
which included band mill, re-saws,
and other equipment necessary to
the operation.
t It has been estimated that the
loss to the mill was above
SIOO,OOO.
Also destroyed wer e two trailers
, used in hauling chips. These trail
s ers wer e owned by Sam Greene.
1 The Newdale Volunteer Fire De
. partment, and the Burnsville Vol
, unteer Fire Department were on
- the job immediately, but the fire
e was out of control. The Spruce
n Pne Fire Department was also
o there, ana stood by in case they
o were needed. The origin of the fire
has not been determined.
This is the second saw mill that
f has burned in the county this year,
s Penland Hardwood Lumber Co.
- lost their mill by fire this spring
J and they are building back and
i- will soon have their mill in condi
i. tion to start sawing.
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State Fair
East Yancey High School FFA
Burley Tobacco Judging Team and
Yancey County 4-H Club Burley
Tobacco Judging Team received
checks today from the North Caro
lina State Fair for winning first
and third places in the State Bur
ley Tobacco Judging Contest, held
during the State Fair Week.
East Yancey FFA team won first
place over 12 other teams from all
over the hurley tobacco producing
area of North Carolina. This team
consisted of Sherrell Crowder,
Tommy Atkins, Larry Hughes and
were coached by Herb Allen, ag
riculture teacher at East Yancey.
I Yancey County 4-H Club team
consisted of Phyllis McMahan,
Charles Hyatt, Vance Hughes,
Sharon McMahan and Patsy Par
sley and were coached by Waight
still Avery, Assistant Agricultur
al Agent.
Charles E. Ray of Burnsville
won awards in the Horticulture
Division at the State Fair. He
placed 3rd. in the Apples-Delicious
Class' and placed 6th in the Three
Bushel Box Display of Apples.
This 6th. place award carried a
cash prize of $lO.
| Mrs. Gertrude F. Stenzel of
Burnsville won a Ist plac e and a
2nd place in the Wool Needlework
Division at the Fair. She placed
Ist in the Knitted Three-Piece
Baby Se f Class and 2nd in the
Knitted Sweater Class.
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