vOLUME TWENTY-NINE
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Local People Attend
Inauguration Events
In Raleigh
RALEIGH—Dan K. Moore be
came t tbe ©lst governor of North
Carolina, Friday, January 8, 1965,
In Raleigh, the state capital.
In his address he told an Inaug
uration crowd that whil’e iha
Outstanding
Students Will
Attend Science
Training Pro
gram
Baoae—Ffty outstanding high
school mathmat'cs and science
students hum the Southeast will
l.e selected to attend a summer
science training program on the
cam* ts c! Appalachian State Tea
chers College, Jue 13-July 16.
Dr. -F. Ray Derrick, ASIC bio
logy head, will direct for the
seventh year the ASTC Bummer
Science Institute sponsored by the
National Science Foundation.
Particpants will be selected on
the basis of character, personality,
class rank (upper quartiie in all
subjects, upper 10 per cent in
mathmatics or science), recom
mendations (at least two, one of
which must be a science teacher),
aptitude and achievement tests and
interviews.
The National Science Foundation
will pay all of the operational costs
(instruction counselors, supplies)
and part of the student participant
costs (roam and board) which
amounts to approximately $146.50
for the five weeks. It is expected
that many student', will require
no” support from the National
Science Foundation for partici
pant costs, while a few may re
quire full support. When making
application, students should-state
what amount of this $145.90 they
can afford to .pay. I
Applicants will be interviewed
and tested at centers in Asheville,
Boone, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, 1
Charleston, S. C., Columbia, S. C.,
and Greenville. Other centers will
be set up in near-by states.
Both boys and girls are eligible
for the program. All application
blanks and recommendations must
be mailed to Dr. F. Ray Derrick,
Applicat or State Teachers Col
lege, Boone, N. C.. before March
13. Succsssful applicants will be
notified the latter part of April,
Tractor Mechan
ics Course An
nounced
The East Yancey Agricultural
Department announces a short
course in Farm Tractor Mainten
ance and Repair to begin January
19. in the school shop. This course,
open to interested adults, will meet
Tuesday and Thursday evening?
from 7:00 to 10:00 p. m. for a
total of 30 hours.
Farmers wth tractor problems
are urged to bring ti'actors for
needed icpalrs as this is a prgCti»
cal course. Ths instructor will be
Mr. J. €. Styles. For registration
see Herb Alien at East Yancey
Hgh School,
Miss Harris Nam
ed To Dean’s List
Mss Betty Carolyn Harris, a
Junior Accounting student at
K'tog’s College. Charlotte made
top grades to attain the Dean’s
List during the fall quarter. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
R. Harris, of MicaviHe.
She was graduated In May, 1964,
from East Yancey High School
where she was salutorian. senior
honor student, mem
ber of the Beta Club, the annual
staff and basketball team.
She entered King’s College last
June and is now playing on the
grls’ basketball team.
The 7 Yancey record
Subscription $2.50 Per Year
state’s program in education has
been heartening much more re
-1 mains to be done in publ-c schools,.
I In community colleges and in our
‘ institutions of higher learning. He
affirmed that his .administration
will be a government of law not
of men. He called North Carolina
‘‘a giant neighborhood extending
from the mountains to the sea."
In closing h : s address he said, "I
believe no man can accept such
high office without a realization
that the hand of Divine Guidance
is present in our mortal struggles
for a better life.”
Inauguration Ceremony
The Inauguration ceremony took
1 place at noon, Friday, January 8,
1965, in the Raleigh Memorial Au
ditorium. Lieutenant Governor
Scott took the oath (from Associate
Justice'Susie Sharp and assumed
presiding officer’s duties for the
ceremony.
The Rev. James W. Fowler of
Lake Junaluska, former pastor of
the Spruce Pine Methodist Church
uttered the invocation for "Thy
continued guidance over the new
leadership otf our State in the
greatest society of all, the King
dom of God.’’
| Administration of the governor’s
oath was Chief Just oe Emery B.
I Denny of the N. C. State Supreme
Court. Swearing In ceremonies of
j State Executive off eers followed.
On completion of the ceremonies,
Governor Moore received a 19-gun
salute outs de the auditorium and
led the procession up Fayetteville
Street to the reviewing stand.
B. fore the start of the 100-unit
parade a square dance team “The
YMCA doggers" of Canton, gave
a performance before the review
ing stand. Included in the parade
were the University of North
Carolina Naval ROTC Drum and
Bugle Corps and drill team and
the UNC Air Force ROTC hand
j and drill team. The regular 100 unit
parade was reviewed by the Gov
ernor’s Lady and official guests,
i Many thousands of citizens did
honor to the new governor.
YANCEY PEOPLE ATTEND
INAUGURATION
Several peoplfe from Yancey
I County attended the inauguration.
Among these attending were Dick
Mclntosh. Harlon Holcombe, Lowe
Thomas, Mark Bennett, Judge
and Mrs. Frank Huskins, Mr. and j
Mrs. Clyde Ayers, Bill Stewart..
Mrs. Sam J. Huskins and daugh
ter, M ss Peggy Huskins, and Mr.
and Mrs. Phillip Thomas.
Dairymen To
Meet Jan. 19
There will be a meeting of all 1
•dairymen Tuesday night, January
19, at 8 p. mydn the courthouse.
Mr. John ]®>w n of the Ameri
can Breeders advice will be at
this meeting and show a film on 1
bulls available and records of
their daughter*.
Brush Creek Club
Has Annual
Rabbit Supper
Brush Creek Community club
held its annual rabbit supper Fri
day night, January 8, with 75
people present. j
This event proved to be a home-,
coming affair with John Randolph,
a businessman from Asheville and
a former president of the dub,
providing the program showing
slides of a vacation trip to Mexico. |
Brush Creek is the oldest com
munity dub in the county that is
still active. The club’s continued
success is based on a dedicated
leadership that has provided a
satisfactory meeting place, along
with well-planned and interesting
programs.' |
One off the main features of the
program has been the sponsor
ship of an active 4-H Club.
Dedkctd To Tb Progress Os Yancey County*
New NC FB Film
Interprets Prob
lems Os Appala
chians
“The Vanishing Frontier. ’’ an
hour-long film on the problems
and promise of North Carolina’s
Appalachian Mountains, is now
I available for public showing.
Produced by North Carolina Film
. Board, the documentary may be
: borrowed from the State Film
i Project through any public library,
t “The Vanishing Frontier” is an
; Intensive cinematcc study of North
, Carolina’s mountain people in
t which natives voice their own
’ sharp views of problems peculiar
;, to Appalachians. It Is described as
I I the most thoroughly documented
1 film ever produced' on the region.
■ The film was made before estab
i lishment of President Johnson’s
Appalachian Regional Commission,
but covers in depth the problems
: causing “Appalachia” to be sing
, led out a3 a region receiving na
• i tional attention.
• A native son of the North Caro
> lina mountains. Ben Mast of Boone,
[' researched, scripted, narrated the
( story, and helped supervise pro
duction.
Mast describes his screen pre
' entatjlon as one that “traces the
1 J melancholy history, the present
■ stressee and strains, the poverty
■ | and promise of Amrica’s most
:' neglected, most maligned, and
yet most fiercely independent peo
ple.’-
“The Vanishing Frontier,” adds
Mast, “presents poignant evidence
1 of the nation’s last, lingering
frontier of 19th century pioneers,
giving way to a 20th century of
change and growth.”
Speaking their peace in the docu
mentary are representatives from
all segments of mountaineer soc
iety. In characteristic mountaineer
fashion, the men and women of
■ the Appalachians speak candidly,
: dodge no questions.
Authoress Wilma Dykeman says
, the moving picture “explores, re
, veals and Interprets with cool in
telligence and warm sympathy the 1
paradoxes, problems and promises
of the mountain region.”
John L. Sweeney. executive
director of President Johnson’s
Appalachian Regional Commission, 1
describes the film as the most ef
fective presentation that he has
ever seen of the cause of the
present hardships and the deter
mination of the' people to over
come adverse conditions.
Among those who appear in the
film are Dr. W. D. Weatherford,
religious leader from Black Moun
• tain; Or. W. H. Plemmons and Dr.
• Cratls Williams of Appalachian
(state Teachers College; Ray Bras
well, a lawyer from Newland; folk |
singer Bascom Lunsford of Lei
cester; lumberman William Banks |
of Micaville; Burnsville spokesmen, I
Including Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Ray; l
Joe Hartley of Llnyille and many
others.
Some of those having a hand in
the film production were Mayor
Robert Helmle of Burnsville; Mrs.
L"r K. Pritchett .of Appalachian
State Teachers College; Percy
Ft rebee of Andrews; John Hamp
ton of Asheville; and various com
munity and agricultural specialists
in the Appalachian area.
Survey Os Doir
, ies Required By
Heolth Service
The United States Public Health
Service requires that a survey be
made of the dairies selling milk in
( other counties., On these survey’s
mot every dairy in each county is
. Inspected. Due to the larger num
ber of dairies selling milk to the
B.ltmore Dairies in Buncombe
county several different ones are
surveyed every two years.
| Jake F. Buckner, Dstrict Sanitar
ian, stated that he had recently
received a report from the survey
officer stating shat in the Burvey
which was made the later part of
1964 the dairies rated an average!
numerical score of 54.2. He stated
that the department was very
I very proud of this rating and
trusts that the dairymen will con
. tlnue to operate their dairies as
| such.
BURNSVILLE, N. C.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1965
Resolution Pass
ed By County
Commissioners
At the regular meeting of the
Yancey County Board of CommUs
, ioners on January 4, 1965 the fol
’• lowing resolution was passed by
them;
RESOLUTION
I It is ordered by the Board of
Commissioners of Yancey County
that Jake F. Buckner, District
Sanitarian, be and he is' hereby
authorized and empowered to
cause the owners of all dogs in
1 Yancey County to have the same
vaccinated against rabies,
j This January 4. 1965.
| J. Bis Ray Chairman, Board of
Yancey County Commissioners.
, Flqyd Wilson, Member.
I Clajtence Wheeler, Member.
NOTICE
In regard to the above resolu
tion, th : s is to hereby notify all
owners of dogs in Yancey County
■ that this resolution was not made
j for any other purpose than what
it states, and as long as I am au
thorized to do so, it will be carried
out to the letter. So please don’t
. wait to protect the lives of your
1 animals, and possibly some hum
an lives. Take them to a licensed
Veterinarian and have them vac
cinated. «■ |
AU stray dogs will ’be properly
and legally taken care off.
j Jake F. Buckner,
I District Sanitarian
| —4
Bill Lewis Named
Most Outstand
ing Lineman On
Mars Mill team
Bill Lewis off Bald Creek, ad
miringly referred to by his team
mates as “Wild Man,” has been
, named the most outstanding line
man ok th.“i»64 Mara Hill College
football team and elected one of
■ the tri-captains for 1965.
* The 66-ffoot, 1-inch. 210 pound
Junior, who graduated at Cane
River, High School in 1960, and
later played for Gardner-Webb
Junior College, has been a rugged
, performer for Mars Hill during the
last two seasons.
In 1963, his first season,at Mars
HiU, Lewis played defensive end.
At the beginning of the 1964 sea
son Head Cpach Don Henderson
and Line Coach Ron Bromley de
cided to sh'ft him to guard on of
fense to strengthen weakness
there. Lewis responded with fierce
play. He was equally as rugged on
defense at his corner linebacker
spot.
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
| RALEIGH—The Motor Vehicles
I Department's summary of traffic
1 deaths through 10:00 a. m. Mon-1
day January 11.
KILLED TO DATE 42
Killed To Date Last Year 36
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▼ V-'.' -/ J&s&ie&s.
Dr. D. I/Roy Crandall, Director of Baptist Hospital’* new Inhalation Therapy Clinie for outpatients,
gives staff members and students of the School of inhalation Therapy a lecture on the use of equipment!
for measuring breathing capacity. /
County Official?
To Meet
County commissioners, account
ants, Attorneys and other county
officials from 17 North Carolina
counties are to attend a
. d strict meeting of the North
Carolina Association of County
Commissioners in Asheville on
Thursday, January 21. The meet-1
ing is to begin at 10:00 a. m. and
will continue until mid-afternoon.
All local arrangements are being
carried out by the county com
missioners of Buncombe, County.
In addition to the host county,
other counties scheduled to attend
include Burke, Cherokee, Clay, (
Graham, Haywood, Henderson, |
Jackson, Macon, Madison, Mc-
Dowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford
Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey.
I As a part off the Association/ of
County Commissioners’ annual ser
| les of county conferences, this
meeting will deal with a number
of topics of interest to county offi
cials. Legislative matters will
lead the program agenda with
the Association’s General Counsel,
Alex McMahon, discussing a num
ber of matters likely to be pre
sented to the 1965 General As
sembly. In addition, specific atten
tion will be given to discussions
on (1) the potential effects of the
United States Supreme Court’s re
apportionment decisions (2) the
prospects for changes in county
personnel practices and salaries
and (3) recent developments In
elections machinery and practices.!
The meeting will close with a j
general discussion period devoted '
to other problems and matters of
Interest to the officials present. 1
Glen Raven An
nounces Promo
tions
Glen Raven Silk Mills, Inc. of
Burnsville has announced the pro
motion off Mr. Frank Fax from As
sistant Supervisor, Weaving and
Preparat on, to Supervisor, Weav
ing and Preparation. Mr. Fox has
been with the company slnoe June,
1949. Mr. Fox is married to the
former Miss Betty Jean Bailey.
They have two children.
Mr. J. E. Wison, who joined
Glen Ravtn in July, 1950, succeeds
Mr. Fox as Assistant Supervisor, j
He has been filling the position of
Loom Fixer Trainer. He is mar
ried to the former Miss Amarylis
Hutch ns. They have two children
and live at Pensocola, N. C.
South Toe PTA
Will Meet Jan. 19
The South Toe Parent-Teacher 1
Association will hold its regular 1
monthly meeting on Tuesday, ;
January 19, rather than the usual 1
third Monday. , j
The program will be the North
Carolina film off history “The <
Road To Carolina.’’ ,
The time is 7:30 p. m. - I,
Price Per CepyFive C—ts
FHA Authorized To
Make Loans Under
Poverty Program
The Economic Opportunity Act
provides a new credit program for
low income farm and other rural
families to increase their income
through the establishment or im
provement off both farm or non
fat m enterprises.
Personnel of the local FHA Os-
I flee attended a meeting in Ashe
ville on Tuesday of this week to
Mrs* Hunter’s
Seventh Grade
Elects Officers
BY: Gay (a Cooper, Jean Garland
and _Donna A^tan
The B. R. C. of Mrs. Kenneth
Hunter’s seventh grade have elect
ed officers for the mid-term sess
ion.
The new officers took up their
duties on January 4, 1965. They are
Billy Joe Brown, president; Mick
ey Ray. vice-president; Alan Black,
secretary; Phyllis L. Greene and
Randal Dale Freeman are serving
as program chairmen. Reporters
are Jean Garland, Gayla Cooper
1 and 7 Donna Allan.
The new otfficers will stay In
, office or three months then new
! officers will be elected for the
last term beginning in March.
The retrlng officers, are Joan
Garland, president; Ronnie " Metfn,
vice-president; Alan Black, secre
tary, Willie Austin, treasure; and
Joan C. Pate and Mickey Ray.
reporters; and Phyllis Green,
Gayla Cooper and Billy Joe Brown,
program chairmen.
Ralph Laughrun
Honored By Am
erican Lubric
ants Company
Ralph Laughruh off Burnsville
who works with American Lubri
-1 cats Co., Dayton, Ohio, has receiv
-led a plaque for Outstanding Con
tribution To American Sales Cor
poration signed by president of
the Company. This makes him an
official member of The President's
Council, he was one of tweve men
selected for this honor, they were
picked from 250 employees.
Mr. Laughrun has been with Am
erican Lubricants Company for
the past 12% years. His territory
covers one half of North Carolina,
2Cj counties in Virginia and 5
count es in Tennessee. He is the
District Manager.
He has lived in Yancey Oounity
all of h s life and is the son of the 1
late Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Laughrun,
residents of the county. •
NUMMfc TWBNTY-ONB
■ 1 receive details of administering
I this new program.
Melvin H. Hearn, North Carolina
State Director for Farmers Home
Administration, announced that
credit through this program, is
available to low income families
living either on farms or in towns
of less than 2,900 population.
Loan* may be made to farmers
to finance farm operating expens
es, improvements and develop
ment, including purchase of land,
or pay for the equipjjnent, machi
nery, buildings and other items
needed in a small family business,
trade or service that will add to
income from farming.
Loan* may be made to rural
residents not fanning to finance a
small business, trade .or aefface
that supplements family Income.
Families and single individuals
with incomes that are too low to
cover basic needs of food, com
fortable clothes, nomjal medical
needs, reasaonable, sale and sani
tary facilities will be eligible. They
also must have a reasonable pros
pect off increasing their earnings
through a small amount off credit
plus aid In managing the farm or
other enterprise financed with
their loan. And proof must be fur
nished that an applicant cannot
obtain credit elsewhere on reason
able terms. If credit needs and
financing can be fully met with
other FHA loans they will not be
eligible for Ecoocnic Opportunity
Loans.
It is contemplated that in Yan
cey County several rund families
will desjre to renovate or remodel
dwellings, other farm buildings
and especially add running water.
Install bath rooms and saniltair
facilities. *
Special emphasis will be given
to keeping children in school by
providing better environmental
conditions and increasing stand
ards of living. A good food con
servation program, including new
fruit and vegetable crops, will bo
goal for aU families receiving this
assistance.
Loans are also available under
this program to assist groups off
rural few income people form and
operate cooperatives. Such coopera
tive must be primarily composed
of and serve few income rural
families.
These loans to both individuals
and cooperatives bear interest at
income producing enterprises wiU
given up to 15 years to repay
their loans and cooperatives may
be given up to 30 yeali.
In all cases where Ecoaomie
Opportunity Loans are,, to be made
Loans will not be ” v>| i | t unless
either be added, increased or im-
proved.
intensive cinematic study of “North
it determined that trie applicant
has th£ ability to repay the loan,
and there appears a'" reasonable
likelihood of improving their stan-
I derd of Ihrir* by having an in
creased income,.
The local Farmers Jfeme Ad
ministration Office in Burnsville
js now reenrijg and processing
applicat ons for Economic Oppor
tunity Loans. For detailed infor
mation on this phase off the FKA
program pleas- oontact the local
FHA Off ce. hours ara 8 A. M. un
til 5 P. M.. Monday through Fri
doy of each Week.
Lions Announce
Fruit Caks Sals
| A Success
Members off the Burnsville Lions
Club would Hke to take this oppor
tunity to thank all those who help
ed make the annual fruit cake
sale a success. The club sold 900
cakes. The proceeds were used to
fire Christmas present:' to the
blind, sponsor the eya
clinic held at the Yancey Hearth
Center, and for prefects to aid the