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OLUME TWENTY-NINE Johnson Captures Presidency By Landslide ~,# •* • • •• •• ~,, Dan Moore Elected Governor Os North Carolina Taylor Defeats Roberts In 11th District . Democrats Carry Yancey County ' "TiTT •'; I*iilio|gfft I '• f .-:•••:•> Nw.<^*wi|S}ffi®k x'' Hp| f : ; , ■ mSk. j 9 wb JaHmaßro ,- :y JBHHn . la •' ;} m BjSCIRHnMIHSB j9B HUBERT H. HUMPHREY LYNDON B. JOHNSON MBBam ■ ■ v *■ jjpra akfcj? kB hBl. 'IHIBeL s£&?£ ■ - MWi j3i||B 1 || JBj gj SSBoB : ShM : "i-'x'iJUUHBI CLYDE M. NORTON DAN K. MOORE s&*> -,’>• ■•, 1 \®v , " ' " ' "‘' ; VilMk \\.;+>~ V-Jl, '\ 1 J« P,. ■'.-. //■ XX : o :-: “ >5? '^W. : i JiF •' •*i-^ IIIIIIIPkIP % ■a&lfe-- rtriwßr Jlllillll ?§L j&nj . 9 Mr?'. Bp :> §4, * . ■: i .-\ |* "■WmT >r^q^st^mk MARK W. BENNETT President Lyndon Johnson, De mocrat, was elected to the presi dency for the next four years with Hubert Humphrey as vice-presi dent in last Tuesday’s election. Pres dent Johnson defeated Sena tor Barry Goldwater, Republican, in the national election by around 15 million votes. President John son was In the lead from the be ginning winning with a landslide. Senator Goldwater carried Ala bama, Louisiana, Mississippi, The Yancey Record Subscription $2.50 Per Year Georgia, South Carolina and Ari zona with President Johnson car rying the other states. Dan K. Moore, Democrat, won , over Robert Gavin, Republican, as • governor of North Carolina. Rob , ert Scott, Democrat, Is Lt. Gov- I ernor. Roy Taylor, Democrat, was re ■ elected Congressman of the 11th. • district defeating Clyde Roberts, ■ j Republican, of Marshall. , I Clyde Norton, Democrat, de- "Dedicated To Tko Fregrasa Os Yancey County* seated William Chambers, Repub lican, in the 34th. district as State Senator. . t Mai* Bonnett, Democrat; ' lie-' seated Yates Bailey, Democrat, write-in candidate, for Represen tative. The Republican party in Yan cey County did not put out a tick-1 et this year. Eleven of 11 predicts in Yan cey County: For president, Johnson 3,714; Goldwater, 2,004. Governor Moore 3t?32; Gav n 2,074. Congressman 11th district, Taylor 3,639, Roberts 2,012. State senator, Norton 3,563; Chambers 1,864. State House, Ben- I nett 3,098, Bailey 1,510. Grace Ayers, Dcmccralt, Register of Deeds, 3,439, no opposition; Bis Ray, Chairman of County Commie sio ers, Democrat, 3,475, members, Clarence Wheeler, 3,426; Floyd Wilson, 3,434, Democrats, no op position. The school bond passed with a vote of 3,592 for and 1.273 Against. Local People Will Attend Open House At State College Around 5 people from Yancey County are planning a trip to I Raleigh Nov. 7 to attend an Open ■j House at the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences at N. C. State. E. L. 'Dillingham, chairman of a local group which is helping to ar range transportation and attend ance, said the Open House aotlvi ties are expected to be both in teresting and educational, Visitors will see some of the career opportunities awaiting young men and women in modem agriculture and the related biolo gical sciences. Thy will also see how some of the school's research and extension programs help boost 1 the economic development of | North Carolina. ' I Tours, exhjlbits. leisures, slides | and movies will be used in mak ing the presentations. Short talks are planned by Dr. H. Brooks James, dean of the school, and Dr. 1 , John T. Caldwell, chancellor of , ) N. C. State. Part of the program will be de voted to general college informa-1 tfon, such as admissions require-1 • ( ments, costs, student life and ex • tracurricular activities. > | Enrollment in the School of Ag riculture and Life Sciences has ■ been rising steadily n the last BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURS DAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1964 Four Month-Old Girl Killed In Auto Accident Connie Marie McMahan, 4- month-old gir{, was killed Tuesday afternoon when the truck her father was driving went out of control on Seeendary Road 1396 in the Bald Creek area, throwing all but one of the five occupants from the truck. i The dead baby was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Vance Mc- Mahan of Burnsville RFD 3, ac cording to State Highway Patrol man C. W. Warren. Surviving in addition to the par ents are a sister, Brenda Kay M > Mahan of the home; the maternal grandfather, Hoyt Hensley of Bur nsville PRD 3; and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hilli ard McMahan of Burnsville RPD 3. Funeral services were he'd Thursday at 2 p. m. In Prices Creek Baptist Church. The Rev. John Murphy and the Rev. Frank English officiated and burial was In Hensley Family Cemetery. , McMahan, 28 was charged with driving intoxicated, Patrolman Warren said 4No bond lias been set. I \ *jjfi Judging of WNC Bov. Program November 9 [ Judging to lelect top winners in the Western north Carolina Rural' I Community Development Program for 1964 will start on Monday, Nov ember 9 and run through Thursday the 12th. At slake will be top hon ors in the annual Community Im provement Contest wh ch involves 120 organized areas in 15 counties this year. The winning commu ity in the Farm Division and the Non-Farm Division in each county will be visited by a team of judges. The Judging team will spend one hour and 45 minutes In each commun ity and will hear reports by com munity leaders and will view com munity and hdme improvements. BRUSH CREEK community will 1 represent YAJCEY county in the I Farm Division and will be judged ] on Thursday, November 12 at 4:00 i P. M. DOUBLE ISLAND commun- J ity will be judged in the Non- Farm Division on Monday, Novem- 1 ber 9 at 9:45 A. M. The communities in this final judging are competing for $4450 < in area awards. Winners will be announced at the annual Commun- 1 ity Awards Luncheon in the Ashe ville City Auditorium on Decem ber 5. Approximately $7,000 in local awards have already been presented in county contests the area. Farm Division Judges ar< Klrkman, Jr., Director of h ship Relations, Farmers 0 ive Exchange, inc., Raleigl Julia Nevercel, B'-ltmore Farms, Asheville; and M. H Extension Horticulture Sp N. C. State, Raleigh. Judges for the Non-Farm sion are Mrs. Ada DaUa 1 District Home Economics N. C. State, Raleigh; Jim Assistant Manager, Carollnf and Light Company, A: I and Frank L. Barton, Information, Farm Credit l Columbia, South Carolina.! The Western North Rural Community Devi Program Is sponsored by tjj ville Agricultural Dev* Council In cooperation wL I Agricutural Workers Ccj ! each county and local sp| four years, going from W fall of 1960 to 1,474 this *: mand for graduates still s,; ceeds the supply. Rev. McDonald Pastor Os First Baptist Church HP i&MM. Wr Rev. Harold McDonald moved here with his family last week after accepting the pastorate 'of The First Baptist Church. Rev. and Mrs. McDonald and their three children, Carole 8, Harold i Jr. (Hall 3% and Susan 20 months, i came here from Fairmont, N. C. i where he was assistant pastor of the Fairmont Baptist Church. He served as assistant pastor of the Fairmont Church for three years before moving here. Both R»y. «nct Mrs. McDonald USLjiatives of Montgomery, Ala bama. He graduated from Howard College »n Birmingham, Ala. and South Eastern Seminary at Wake I Forest. Mrs. McDonald attended Judson College in Marion, Ala. and Howard College in Birming ham. Rev. McDonald served as part time pastor in three churches In the vicinity of Montgomery while he was a student. Rev. Charles B. Trammel who had served as pastor of The First Baptist Church here for 15 years retired In May ol 1964. H« and Mrs. Trammel moved to Elkin, N. C. where they had built a home. Rev. Robert Melvin, Chaplin of Mars Hill College, has served as supply pastor of the Baptist Chur ch here since that time. 1 United Fund Honor Roll In the following places of business 10095> of the employees have contributed to the 1964 Yancey UF campaign. They are Hated here alphabetically. Agricultural Extension Office A. S. C. S. Office Ben & Betty’s Economy Conter Burnsville American Service Sta* * Price Par Copy five Coats Mon Slain In Service # Station Here Miss Cooper .Cost In “Boa [Stop" W. C. C. CuHowhee Miss Betty Cooper of Buhnsville la cast in the-William Inge play, ‘“Bus Stop”, to be pre sented November 4-7 by the Little Theatre at CuHowhee. She plays the role of Grace, owner of a small restaurant which Is also the ' bus-stop in a small town about i thirty miles west of Kansas C ty. I The play's action covers about twelve hours and takes place at I the bus-stop where the passengers I have been marooned by a blizzard. Miss Cooper is a freshman at | Western Carolina College, maJoring in dramatic arts. Previously, she ‘ has played the role of Mrs. Van j Daam in “The Diary of Anne Frank”, and was in the off-stage chorus at the Parkway Playhouse ’ in “Little Mary Sunshine”. She is a 1984 graduate of East Yancey High Schooll, where she * was editor of the school’s year -book. She Is the daughter of Mr. I and Mrs. J. Hubert Cooper of l Burnsville. > 1 f Lloyd Byrd ; Manager Os Sheperd*s Sin clair Service Lloyd Byrd, son of Mr. and Mrs. J Ernest Byrd of Jacks Creek, ia managing Shepherd Sinclair Ser vice in Burnsville now. Mr. Byrd was discharged from the Army in September after three. years of service. He was stationed in Etaln, France for eighteen tnon this w-th the 97th Engineers. I He is married to the former Miss ; Barbara Riddle, and they have one son, Michael. Mr. and Mrs. Byrd ' live In Burnsville RFD 6. pr Market j r ' f Soil Conformation •£'* * ■ Elec. Mem. Corp* nney County Medf -1 Association Store Food Center "oletoßuick Inc. isvilJe jital W of MoAaico Ind. Store wy 7^ |Qlub will be listed next week. NUMBER ELEVEN Burdette Allen. 35. of Burnsville was shot and L .ied in a service station here late Wednesday night. The shooting Incident occurred at approximately twelve o’clock In I West Burnsville Shell Station, r according to Policeman Ralph j Penland, who was called lmrned- -* - i. iately following the shooting, e Officer Penland stated that Bill s Deyton, an employee at the all i night station and store, was ar s rested In connection with the fatal t shooting and was lodged in the Yancey County jail Wednesday t night. t A hearing was held by Dr. W. s A. Y. Sargent, county coroner, at • 3:00 p. m. Tbur-day. The six-man t coroner’s jury returned a verdict i of no criminal act on th e part of e Deyton and he was released. II The investigating officer stated e that according to witnesses Allen : was advancing on Deytoi with his 1 hand in a pocket, and that Deyton had advised Alien that he did not \ want any trouble with him. It was 1 stated also that Allen was a fre - queit visitor at the all-night estab • Ushmeai. and that only a few rv_ f nights ago Allen had pulled a gun -■> in the station, miking Deyton dance. It was stated that death was caused from a bullet wound near the heart. Witnesses to the shooting who testified at th® hearing were Tommy Norton, Ronald Wilson, and Bobby Jos Ayers, Officer Penland said, j Funeral services for Burdette I Allen wilt be held Friday at 3 p. Jm. in West Burnsville Baptist Church, with Rev. Woodward Finley officiating. Burial will be I in the church cemetery. I Surviving are the wife, Mrs. J Una Mae Young Allen; three dau ghters, Jean, Carolyn Joe and , Cathy, all of the home; one son. | Donald Burdette, of the home; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Allen; three sisters, Mrs. Wilma Ketch urn, of Orlando. Fla., Mrs. Thelma Redmond, of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Barbara Ray, of Burnsville; one Yrother, Jack! AUen of Jacksonville, N. C. Dr. Hoyt Black well Flamed Christmas Seal Chairman Dr. Hoyt Blackwell has been named Christmas Seal Cha rman of Western North Carolina Tuber- I culosis Association tor 1964. Dr. Blackwell has been president of Mars Hll College since 1938. He is listed in WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA, and has been pastor of several Baptist Churches in North Carolina. He graduated from Mars Hll College in 1922, Wake Forest College, Southern Baptist Theolo gical Seminary, Union Theological Seminary, University of North Carolina, and a year each at Yale University and the University of Edinburk, Miss Jeanette Austin, president of the association stated in making the announcement, “We are honor ed that Dr. Blackwell has accept ed this appointment. He has a deep interest in. the year-round program of the association, and he has rendered dedicated service to th« educational and religious life of North Carolina for many years.” The 1964-69 Christmas Seal Cam ptlfn will begin November 1(.
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