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VOLUME TWENTY-NINE '' -i. Rosemary Foots Named Heart Fund Chairman Mrs. Rosemary Pouts is chair man of the Heart Fund Campaign •or 1965. The slogan for the year 'is Give. . .So More Will lave. The campaign’s proceeds are used to fight the heart and cir culatory diseases which account EY Teams Still Lead In Appala chian Conference The East Yancey boys and girls basketball teams defeated Balc orevlllo on the East Yancey Court here last Friday night and won over Tipton Hill on the Tip tun Hll court Tuesday ""of this WskJt. AT EAST YANCEY. Friday nijiti, January 22. GIRLS GAME Bakersville (20> Johnson 5, Gouge 7. HarUwell 3, Young 4, J. Kaniwell 1, Loven, Stanley, C. Sparks. East Yancey, (44) Ballew 11, Thomas 14, Young 8, Grindstaff 3, Howell, Jonas, Brooks 1, Sch wlnter. Hens If y 6, Smith 1. Halftime: East Yancey 15-6. BOYS GAME ( £akersville (53) Alvin Baker 19, Vinson, Ellis LI, Alien Baker 10, B. Bartlett 7, Peterson 6. East Yancey (55) Banks 23, •livers 3, Gillespie 5, Hamby 4, Robinson 12, Bailey 8. Halftime: 30-30 tie. AT TIPTON HILL Tuesday, January 26 GIRLS GAME ..East Yancey (54).j Thomas 8, Young 21, Grindstaff 2,. Howell 4, Jones 6, Brooks 4," Hensley 9. ... ... Tipton Hill (21) B. Byrd 7, Msi - tera 3, Honeycutt 2, Betty Byrd 7 Griffin, Arrow ood. ....Halflame: F. Yancey 19-12 BOYS GAME East Yancey (63) Banks 23, •livers 12, Gillespie 15, M. Sil vers 6, Robinson 4, Bailey 9. Tipton Hill (59) Billy Street 12, Jenkins 4, Bobby Street 14, Elm er Street 24, Peterson 3. Half time: E. Yancey 34-27. May land DiJricf Wins Scout re sident’s Cup The Mayland district of the Daniel Boone Council, Boy Scouts of America, was awarded the 1964 President V Chip at the councils annual Recognition Banquet Mon day night in Asheville. Retiring council president R. R. Williams, Jr., of AsheviUe, made the pre santation and Davis M. Nichols, of Spruce Pine, acc.fc>ted for the dlstrtot in the absence of W. Ray Deal, retiring from Mayland dis trict chairman. The cup is giv-ti annually to' the District which lias the best record in growth In Scouting units, membership, advancement ia rank and subscriptions to Boy’s Life magazine over the previous ydar. , There were nine districts in the Daniel Boone) council last year .The cup has been given , annually since T 955,, and this is the) first time the Mayland dis trict has received it. . . In 1963 it was awarded to the Grand father Mountain district, which is Avery bounty. Mr. Dwight J. Thomson, of Hamilton, Ohio, was the speaker Os the evening. He is chairman of the board of the Champion Paper Co., and is also chairman c<f Rfc on IV, Boy Scouts of America. He was recently in stalled as president of Jthe (Dan Beard Council, Boy Scouts of Am erica, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. - Thomson attended the AsheviUe Ichool as a boy. Ha * was intro dueed by W. M. Lehmkuhl, vice president of Ohampion Papers. THE YANCEY HECORD , *v "s- ’ „ ■- »• * ■* -« -»* Subscription 12.80 Per Yftg for more than 54 peroen tof all . deaths in thel United States an nually. Alice Hopson Is Rural Heart Fund Director. The drive will begin on February 1 and continue through February 28, reaching its high point the weekend of He art Sunday, February 21. There are more than 20 forms of heart disease, and many forms of blood v<bsel disease. They as- Eect more than 10,000,000 living Americans, including over 500,000 school-age children. Leading forms of cardiovascular dis:iase Include heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, “hardening of the art: tries,” rheumatic fever and i inborn heart defects. ___ W. aTm.Y. Dir ectors Meet In Spruce Pine The first me.ting of the full Board of Directors of W. A. M. Y. Community Action, Inc. was held in Harris High School in Spruce Pine at 7 P. M. Monday, January 25. The 72-memb:fe Board was formed recently after nomi nations were made I by public and private agencies and organizat ions in Watauga, Avery, Mitchell) and Yancey Count! fe. Officers elected earlier by the Ex. i.utive Committee of the or ganization, which has been func-j Honing during the organization-' al period, were/ approved loy the full Board of Directors. They in clude Dr. W. H. Ptemmons, Boone. Presid.lit; Dr. Lawson Tate, Banner Elk, Vice-Free: dent ; pmest D. Eppl.b, Boone, Execu tive Director; Guy Angell, Boone, Treasurer; and Mrs. Dessa Mae Edimsten, Boone, Secretary. I Dr. W. H. Plemmons pr hided at the meeeting and explained briefly the historical develop ment of the Corporation, its re lation to The North Carolina Fund, Inc. and its purposes. J. Ray Braswell of Avery County reviewed the Articles of Incorporation and the By-laws of the Corporation and explained how thc ; organization functions. Ernest D. Eppley discussed the current activities and propos als a!J. W. A. M. Y. Community Action. He said that the Demon stration Youth Works Project, carried out in Burnsville!, Bakers ville, Newland and Boone during the Christmas season, had been succ-: fesful in making local citi zens aware of the problem of un employment among youths, aged 18-22. in the area. The youths contacted duutag this short pro ject werei advised of other train ing and job opportunities such as the new Federal Job Corps and the local hkAghborhood Youth Corps fr M. Y. has made applicMjjß« The W. A. M. Y. Community Action Neighborhood Youth Corp (woriritrairting) Proposal was submitted to th.\ Neighborhood Youth Corps Otfice in the Depart ment of Labor at the end of January. These! programs are provided fdr under Title KB of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. At present the W. A. M. Y. staff is pr; bring Its COMmfthity Action Proposal under Title S of the Econmic Opportunity Act. Eppley spoke briefly of the future possibilities for demons tration and experimental pro lets, the matching requirement the philosophy of community (action, the! requirement for maximum feasible participation of the economically deprived people. ! ' r'wwt Thd meeting was well attended. STMNOTHIN AMMICAV MACS POWMI U. S. TtKwL savings "Dedicated To TKe Progivaas Os Yanoey Cwwty* Obituaries LINDA SUE BYRD Linda Sue Byrd, infant daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert By id died January 19, Graveside rites were held on January 20 at Bailey Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Guy Honeycutt od-ciated, burial was ( In Baaley Hill Cemetery. Survivors are the parents and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Lingerfelt of Burnsville. MRS. REVIE ADKINS Funeral services for Mrs. Rev *-e Mabel Adkins, 63, of Relief, who died Tuesday, were held to day aft 2 p. m. in Big Creek Free Will Baptist Church. The Rev. Ed Woody and the Rev. Francis Radford officiated ‘and burial was In the church cemetery. J-L—-— — — She is survived by the husband, Park Adkins; ithree daughters, Mrs. Wilma Heckenbothem of Erwin, Tenn.7 Mrs. Mildred Frank lin of Burnsville and Mrs. Laura Adkins of the . home; a son, Reece Adkins of Erwin, Tenn.; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Laughrun of Burnsville; and two brothers, Seth and Hollis Honeycutt of Burnsville. DAVID W. NESS David W. Ness, 35, of Chamb 1. tev Ga., husband of the former Edith Deyton of. Burnsville, died ' unexpectedly Saturday following a heart attack. He was g.heral superintendent! of the Big Apple supermarket in I Chamblee. j Surviving in addition ito the wdew arfe two daughters, Deb orah and Sandra, and two sons, Larry and Allen Ness, all of the home; and a brother, of Baltimore, Md. Servic fc were lield Tuesday at! 2 p. m. in the chapel of Holcombe I Brothers Funeral Home of Bur nsviUe. Thd Rev. Charlie Miller officia ted and burial was in Baiiley Hill Cemetery. JOHN OGLE John- Ogl'H, 78, retired farmer, and carpenter of Pensacola, died Friday at the home of a daugh ter, Mrs. Gresham McPeters, af ter a long illness. | He was a lifelong resident of Yancey County. Surviving besides the daughter, are the widow, Mrs. Lizzie G. Ogle;, five I sons, Cannon of Burns ville Rt. 5, and William, Alfred, Clarence/ and John Ogle Jr., all of Swannanoa; a sister, Mrs. Cas i Prcsnell at Burnsville, 19 grand-' children and 21 great-grandchild r to. Services were held at 2 p. m. Sunday in Pensacola Freel -Will Baptist Church. The Rev. Floyd Gray and the Rev. Milton Hollifield officiated and burial was -in Bee Branch Cemetery. Pallb;ferers were Billy, Harold and Muriel Ogle, Samuel McPet.fea, Charles Kitchen and Zeb Walls. MRS. HANNAH ROBINSON Mrs. Hannah Westall Robinson, 89; died in a Valdeset hospital Friday after a long illness. She was a native of Yancey County and had lived in Morgan ton for the! past 11 years. Surviving are two" daughters, Mrs. Georgia Silver* ©f Burns ville and Miss Margaret Robin son of Morganton; two sons, Fred W. Robinson of Burnsville Rt. 5 and Jamcli of Bishop, Tex.; a sister, Mrs. Robert Burgin'of Burnsville Rt. 5; a brother Arthur | Wes/tall of Bryson City; nine grandchildren and sevefe great grandchildren. Services were < held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday in the Celo Metho dist Church. The Rcfe. Thomas Rutledge, the Rev, John E. Powers and the Rev. Sam A. Ivey officiated and burial was in Autrey CJmeftery. Pallbearers were Claude and James Robinson, Bari Burgin, and Myran, Jay and Marshall Silver. BURNSVILLE, N.'C.. TBLR.4 DAY, JANUARY 88, 1965 Regional Libra ries Acquire New Books On The Human Mind I I By: Ashton Chapman ) The Yancey-Mitchell-Avery R.f-; ional Libraries have recently ac- j ( qoisitioned a number of important books making varied approaches ’ to the phenomena of the human j I mind, and related volum.k, which ( shovlld be of wide interest. The, titles include'; _ j DISCOVERING OURSELVES, | Edward A. Stitcker. A view of ’ j the human mind and how it , ! works. ) BASIC PSYCHIATRY, Edward A. Streckto. The story of science’s progress in the study and treat ‘ ment of the mind at odds with its. If and the world. ACTION FOR MENTAL HEAL TH. This is the final report, made , in 1961, by the Joint Commiseloii on Mental Illness and Hctolth. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, W. Cdemenf Stone and Norma Lee Browning. The two authors combine forces to explore , the fascinating, often controver sial world of mind phenomena. DEATH AND REBIRTH OF PSYCHOLOGY, Ira Progoff. Ail intergative evaluation of Freud, Adl.k, Jung and Rank and the im pact of their culminating in sights on modern .attitudes to ward mental illness and brtalth. FIVE IDEAS THAT CHANGE j THE WORLD, Barbara Ward. The | author traces the history of the th ory and practice of national ism and reveals its potentialities for good ond evil and shows it changes and is chang kl by the other four basic ideas that change the world (industrialism, colon ialism. - ■■irimiiiii imu -wrwrrimernat-| I (ohalism). ' j THE EINSTEIN THEORY OF | RELATIVITY, Lillian Rosanoff LA. lier. A trip Into the _ fourth dimension. THE DIVERSITY OF MAN, Robin Clarke. The whole book is an indication of how the science of anthropology and biology are contributing to the deeper under standing of the world’s most im portant creature—man himself. THE DIVINE MILLIEU, Pierre Teilhard d e Chardin. A sriquel to ths author’s THE PHENOMEN ON OF MAN; a profound new i of humanity’s role In the cosmic drama. THE IMPORTANCE OF UN DERSTANDING, Lin Yutang. In this unusual book Dr. Lin Yutang has distill'kl the essence of life as understood and obsrved by j the Chinese through the ages. I These recently acqulsicioned vol usem as well as others in the same or related fields which were already owned by the Tri- County Regional Librarrife, may be obtained through the public libraries in Burnsville, Sprue:' Pine, Bakersville or Newland, or through a driver or any of the bookmobiles operated by the re gional libraries. Garden Club Meets With | Mrs. Fouls L ■“ v The Burnsville Garden club met Friday, Jan. 22, at the home pf Mrs. D. R. Pouts. Mrs. Troy Ray. program leader, introduced Mre^—Mack —B. Ray jvho gave an account of her and her family’s trip to Alaska. Mrs. Ray showed color slides of beau tiful and unusual views of several states, Canada and Alaska,! and gave interesting information con- I perning each picture L Mrs. Fred Proffitt, first vice j president, pi\feided at -the busi | | ness meeting. It was reported that I j (S6O) sixty dollars had b;ten . paid on the monument restoration ' debt since the last m: feting. At tention was called to the fact jjthat the Summit strict sign on] Parnell Hill needed to be replaced. I I I During die social hour, th:l 1 hostess served a dessert course. I Oufets of ths club ware Mrs. Al lan Honeycutt, Mrs. Hansom Brl-j I tera, and Mrs. Mack B. Ray. “it’s Cold In Thom Thor Hills! The East Yancey Drama Class under the direction of Mrs. Eli zabeth West-all will present a one-adt play at the East Yancey Parent-Teacher Association meet ing on Monday, February l at 7:30 p. m. The title of the play is “It's Cold In Them Thar Hills.” There are twenty eight stu dents in the drama class. Twelve students are characters in the play with the other students work ing as stage hands. Ricky Bacon will be tudent director and Basil McDougald stage manager. The characters are: Sharon Hopson,! Johnny Geouge, Ramona Pen- 1 land, Margaret Riddle, Bunny Bennett, Amelia Penland, Shelia Turbyfill, Hazel Hughes, Melody Howell, Vincent McMahan, Den nis" Pate and John Fortner. Mr. and Mrs. Berry Duck Will Celebrate Golden Wedding ASHEVILLE—A Yancey County native and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Berry Duck, will celebrate their golden wedding anniver sary here Sunday (Jan. 31). Open housd will be held at the Ducks’ new home at Route v 4 (Erwin area), Asheville from 2 until 5 p. m. Relativ:fe and ' fri ends are invited. The former Vertie Maney of the Indian Creek section of Yan cey County and W. Berry Duck were married on a mountain top j at the Madison-Yancey line the I last day of January in 1915. jS'nce *ttrr Viav* -itrail both MtKPftm 1 County and Asheville. j . For many years Mr. Duck tau-' ght school and was a principal.', Then he work kl for 30 years as a letter carrier for the Asheville post effle:! until his retirement several years ago. The couple have six children— including Dr. Otis Duck and Mrs. Lo-s Randolph of \ Mars Hill—and 17 grandchildren. SUBSCRIBE TO Tin Batond mm -* Gov. Dan K. Moore '7 ’ lOpMi . mß'* . - Rep. Joe E. Kagles Governor Dan K. Moore. How ard Pyle. President of the Nat 'onal Safety Council, and several stat < and national safety leaden dressed a statewide women’s traffic safety seminar in Rakftgh on January 28th.' former governor of Arizona, delivered the main address. Mrs. B. V. Todd, Director of the Women’s Division of the Automo tive Safety Foundation talked on womanpower for traffic safety. : M. R. Darlington, Jr., Managing Director of the Auto Indus tnes Highway Safety Committee, Inc. disoussed mechanical failure in traffic aeddents. Representative Joe S. Eagles of Edgecombe County talked on s he lawmaker and traffic safety, and Mrs. H. Jaok Sharpe, Jr., the Safety Council’s Women’s Field Representative disoussed the oit ta«n and traffte safety- " . ' • - - Price Per Cepy Five . Cftk Bleodoioblle To Be At Armory February 4 « v . .This Thursday (February 4th) ■ lie BLOpDMOBiLE will be al jkhe Armory from 12:30 PM until , j 6:CO PM. ■ i This community effort is' ■ lomethng that benefits everyone. ► j- . i Statement By Governor j Dan Moore Daily, North Carolina loses many of her citizens, in the 1 primt) of their lives, because of heart and blood vessel disease. This Red Plague, as heart dis ease has been called, kills 13 times as many Tar Heels each year as do automobile accidents, four times as many as does can cer. More than two million liv ing Tar Heels face the evvtotua lity of falling victim to this Red Plague—unless wn stop its onslaught. The continuing progress being male at heart Use arch centers at Bowman Gray, the University of North Carolina, and Duke,! with the support of Heart Fund dollars, offers hope) for all Tar Heel hearts. The work of the North Carolina Heart Association in research, community service, physic's)) education and commun ity health education is worthy of the interest and support of all, I North Carolinians from Wancheseij tto Wehutty. 1 I I As a former Heart Fund chair- Lunuw in Haywood County and m -Governor off this State, I salute j the North Carolina H.iart As- I sociation’s “Hope for Hearts” i cruade and the 1965 Heart Fund campaign. I urge all North Carolinians to support it, and work for 'it, and to be thankful for it. I declare the month of February 1965 Heart Month in North Caro lina. I recommend to all North Carolinians that they redouble their year-round concern for the fight against the heart and blood vessel (.lascaeee, our States’ lead ing disabler and killer. 4- l ■ | K*- , ,< v - v.. '. • > i : ’ ' —■’ i ■i". Howard Pyle 1.9^/ I j Mrs. B. V. Todd ; ■7 R';'. . I mIBSBKSB*-) 31. 11. Darlington, Jr. MffoiSEß TWENTY-THREE 1 Jfeid it is something that almost ! everyone over years of 1 age can have a part in. Unmar- Ir ed young people between the 1 ages of 18 and 21 must have a . written parental consent before th y will be accepted to make a blood donation. Every person offering to give blood is given a medical check-up before he or she is accept, ki. The doctor or nurse on duty checks the donors blood pressure, pulse!, tesaperature, and hemogoblin, as ; well as asking many questlors 1 concerning prior illnesses. No on” is accepted unless he meets “ the necessary requirements. The Yancey County quota has been raised from 400 to 450 pints per fiscal year, making it necess- e ary for us to collect 113 pints at each of the four BLOODMOBILE visits. Each resident of the coun. . ty should feel it is his rebponsi b lity to help, make this quota, and not leave it up to those who live in Burnsville! town limits only. All five doctors in Yanc y County contribute their services I without pay to work with the Red Cross personn I. A Register ed Nurse from our county also serves .Without charge each time the mobile unit is here. The Gray Lad es and other volunteer work'Ts gladiy give their time to help the paid staff. The Home Demonstration Clubs, church and ij civic groups give and prepare • the necessary Hems used in the , Canteen, as well p s being there to serve. This is only a partial list of volunteers from Yancey Coun ty who hlp year in and year out to see that blood will be avail able for those who need it. EVvtette Dillingham, the new Blood Chairman, urges the other „ citizens -of the county (to turn out en mass:! Thursday and “vol unteer” their blood for the life of Yancey County. Methodist Youth Will Prustnt One Act Play Several MYF seniors of tfg gtas Memorial Methodist Church wfll present an anti-communist one act play at the church on Thursday, February 4 at 8:00 p> m. The title of the drama is “Fear Is A Murderer”, and members of the cast are Cheryl Roberts, Claudette Cooper, Lynn English and Bunny Bcnm.it. Local Residents Take Nassau Cruise Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent, Mr. and Mrs. George King. Mr. and Mrs.. Keith Phillips, Mrs. Jamies Bingham and h.fe aunt, Mrs. Pauline Barker, Mrs. Mil dred Lake, Dr. and Mrs. Paul Fall and Mrs. 'William F. Grass muck returned from-ji four-day cruisjl to Nassau last Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. Sargent lave .Jt - - turned to their home here! after visiting Mrs. Grassfuck in Miami since January 6. Dr. and Mrs. Fall are the gu.wts of Mrs. Grassmuck now. : Dr. and Mrs. Sargent and Dr. and Mrs. Fall attended services at tb?/ FTst Presbyterian Church in Miami on Sunday. They were gueits of and Mrs. E. F, P. Brigham who have a summ r ifiac# in the county. They heard Dr. Henry Dalberg, pastor, pr fcch. Dr. Dalberg was a stu dent at Hlrtm College in Ohio when Dr. Fall was president of the colkke. Dr. and Mrs, Fall wilt visit Mrs. Grassmuck for several days before returning to thdr tiorrvj here. Mr. and Mr*. Brigham. Mr. and Mrs.*King, and Mrs. Grasmuct will . return to Burnsville, where they have eum-