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VOLUME TWENTY-NINE North Carolina General Assembly Convened February 3 : ’ The 1965 General Assembly ol North Carolina convened in the respective Chambers of the Sen at i and House in the new legis-j lative building in Raleigh at noon Betty Crocker Homemaker Os Tomorrow An- j nouncecS At EY Virginia McMahan Presnell has bon named East Yancey’s 1965 Betty Crocker Homemaker ot Tomorrow,. She scored highst in a written home-making exami nation taken by ’sen or girls Dec. 1, and is now eligible for state and national honors. Test papers of all, school Home makers elf Tomorrow in the state ar.i currently being judged. The state’s highest-ranking girl will r eeive a $1,590 scholarship from General Mills, Inc., sponsor ofl the annual Betty Crocker Search' for the Homemaker of Tomorrow j with the state runner-up to be awarded a SSOO virucational grant. In addition, the school oif the State Homemaker of “Tomorrow will receive a complete set of En- ; cyclopedia Britannica from Ency clopaedia Britannica, Inc. Later this' spring, the State Homemak r of Tomorrow, togeth er with a school advisor, will join first-place winners and advisors from each of the 50 other states and the District of Colombia ip a tour of Colonial Williamsburg, j Va., Wasfttngon, arnr • irrew 1 York City. Climax of the we.k long tour will be he naming of the Betty Crock-r All-American Homemaker of Tomorrow. To be chcsen on the; basis of original test score and personal observat ion and—interview* during the tour, she will receive! an increase in her scholarship to SSOOO. Sec 'imd-, third—and fourth-placewin ers in the nation will have their j grants raised to $4,000 $3,000 and S2,OOQkO respectively. I Crocker Search for the jHHpcan Homemaker of To-, morrow wes initiat d by General j Mills in 1354—Uw emphasize the ' importance of homsjnaking as a car eer. Including this year’s re-' cord enrollment of more than half a million senior girls in more than 14,000 high schools, the to tal number of participants during the program’s 11-year , history at four million. Scholar* *ship grants exceed $1 million. .... m RAINY DAY... Join the Payroll Savings Plan U.S. SAVINGS BONDS Now paying Q 3/ to maturity #4/0 6P-2830 THE YANCEY RECORD "Dedicated To The Proffraw Os Yancey County" Subscription $2.50 Per Year on February 3 by the Lt. Gover nor in the Senate and the Secre tary of state in the House. The first session to convene in the State Legilative Building was on February 6, 1963 and the) first session to convene in the Capitol was on November 16, 1840. The old State House burned on June 21,1 1831. Try on’s Palace in New Bern, ! 1 the State’s first capitol building I was burned on February 27, 1798. Governor Moore is th:» 93rd.' citizen to serve as Chief Executive iof N. C.; and the 61st. individual j to serve as Governor of the State since Independnce. Clyde M. Norton (D) of Old Fort is senator from the* new 34th, Senatorial District of 4 coun ties, Mitchell, Madison, Yancey and McDowell. | Representative from f Yancey 1 County is Mark W. Bennett (D). Democrats hold all but 1 seat in the Senatei and all but 14 seats in the House. ~..1, I TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS RALEIGH—The Motor Vehicles Department’s summary of traffic deaths through 10 A. M. Monday, F ibruary 1: 'KILLED TO DATE 101 Killed To Date Last Year 106 1 Plans Announced For i 1965 Community Development Program Details of the 1965 Western North Carolina Community Deve lopment Pi-ogram were announced this week by Mayor Earl W. Eller j of Asheville* pres dent of the/ Asheville Agricultural Development ( ‘ Council and J. Faulton Hodge j of Ruth irfordlon, chairman of the area d. welopment effort. This 1 1 program covers the 18 western- 1 most counties 'Of the state: and is j , jointly sponsored by the Agricul-{ j tuural Counc 1 and tre agrioul ' tural agencies. This is thet sixteenth year for this program, which has been cited by many area and national leaders for the outstanding re sults obtained over the years in promoting hundreds of improve ment projects in the rural areas. Last year 120 organized com-' munities in 15 countk p partici pated in the program. 1 Basically the community de velopment program is a program of comp itition to stimulate com munity-wide (tffprt and coopera tion in tackling local problems. A record $4,550 in* area awards will be presented in 1965 to the organized communities makVg the greatest progress during tiha year. In addition it is estimated that local sponsors will provide* another SB,OOO in county prizes. | Competition in the program is open to any rural area that has an organ-zed improvement pro gram. Deadline for entering is May 15. For communities to be eligible for judging and awards on an area basis, there must be «t "least three communities enter*- cd in that county. Communities will be judged in farm division or non-farm divis ion. Those communitkfl in which at least 50 per cent of the families farm, eitrer full-time or part-time, will enter the farm division), with all others in the non-farm group. Awards for each division total $1750. O Awards and donors for 1965 in the farm division are: S4OO, first prize, S tars, Roebuck * Company; SMO, second prize, Biltmore fl Dairy Farms; S2OO, third prize, Arbor Acre. Farm and SIOO, four ,tr priz., Ckrb.r Product. Com- Board of Welfare Providing Pre scription Service Beginning on January 1, 1955, [ the State .Board of Public Welfare'" started providing prescription ser-‘ vices tp public assistance recipi ent.s These servlets are adminis tered by the 100 county d part nients of public welfare. This | serve \ comes under 'the Kerr- Mills *i/aw which was passed by Congress in i 960. The prescription service is a part of the* bill which j came into effect in January of this year. I The Stat < Board of Public Wel ! fare serves four categories of as sistance recipients. These are: 1 Medical assitance for the Aged, ' Old Age Assistance, A'd To Fami li is with Dependent Children, and I Aid to Permanently and Totally ( Disabled. Any person ~ who is i )k>und to be eligible for assistance under any of these categories may, j whenever h~i needs medicine be authorized by the county de partment of . public welfare to re-j I cive prescription services. 1 When a recipient of one of the above assistance categories needs 1 mdicine, he goes to thei county i department of public welfare and j I r quests an authorization for 1 | prescription service. If a person ■ l ls not receiving assistance but I n:ieds medicine and is medically Indigent, he should jiipply at -the 1 county department of public wel fare for a determination of whe ther or not he is eligible nnder • one of th;» assistance categories. j pany. Fifteen honorable mention awards of SC3 are sponsored by ' S laltest Foods, Ivey’s, Lowe’s, ' ] Asheville Hardware, Earie-Ches -11 .rfield Mill Company, Matthews ' Motor Sales, Farmers Cooperative 1 Exchange, Rose’s-Westgate and ' The Nortrwestem Bank & Trust 1 Company, Asheville). I Awards and sponsors in the non j farm category are: S4OO, first [prize, Ashevjlle Citizen-Times; S3OO, second prize, J. C. Penney Company; S2OO, third prizes Coca- Cola Bottling Company and SIOO. fourth prize, Parkland Chevrolet Cmpany. The fifteen honorable mention awards are offered by Sears, Roebuck & Company, Thei Man Store, Belk’s Department Store, W. ntgate Merchants, Free | 1 S rvice Tire and Appliance Com-1 pany, Pearlman’s Super Furniture* Store, Sealtest Foods, Sky City and Mattheiws Motor Sales. To encourage greater youth ac: ( tivities and leadership in the communities, SSOO in ; £6uth awards are provided by thei James G. K. McClure Educational and Development Fund to fivei communities with the best youth i programs. Plaques will bo award ed to honorable mention youth win ners by Ball Brothers Company, j A special roadside improvement program, aimed at clean-up and beautification of the highways, has attracted much interest and has been expanded this year. Any community in th:i Community De velopment Contest may enter the radside program. First prize! of SIOO is being offered by thd ADOA Corporation, with a second prize as SSO b ing given by Ivey’s and four honorable men tion prizes of $25 each. “The Community Development , Program in Western North Caro lina has proven itself many times _ over,” states Hodge. “One needs [ only to drive through the rural areas to see some of the* results' and the benefits that have* come [ from people working together.] ‘ However, this is no time for us to 'be content to look to the past. ! We urge all comunities that are > not In this program to contact ' j somei of th. oounty agricultural ’ | agandM about joining to.” N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1965 Edges Grocery Store Changes Ownership l One of Burnsville’s leading gro cery businesses changed own’er ■ ship this week, according to infor -1 mation. Edges Grocery Store in East Burnsville* ’tfas purchased by Bill Bailey and Frank Bowler.' The new owners took possession of the) business February 2 and ] it will pe known as B & b Super' 1 Market. 1 Mr. Bailey has bon associated! with Glen Raven Silk Mills here i j for the past 11 years. Prior to that he op.irated a service station [ here and a dry cleaning establish-. 1 ment. Baity was in the European theatre of operations with the armed s mdees during Work! War n. It was in the* Battle of the Bulge when h:» was captured by] the Germans and rema’ned a prison - ir of war until Germany i was defeated. Frank Bowler a native of Newj York was manager of an. j A & P Market in New York for , !12 years prior to his coming to! Burnsville, He has been a rrsident of Burnsville for approximately one year. Mr. Bowler is married to I the former Miss Zell a Lett Pi-man,' daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.i Joe Letterman of Day Book. They ( have purchased fere* Lee Yelton home in East Burnsville where they now rside. County Agricul tural Agent At tends Meeting In Raleigh E. L. Dillingham, County Agri cultural Extension Chairman, has just r; turned from a meeting in Raleigh of N. C. State College, tenslSn froYft' ATT""ISHWbP- j tkte in the state. This meeting' was to plan ways and means to] fill the income gap left by the exp/cted tobacco acreage re duction. Information was presented to show possible crops and livestock,' both n lw and old, that could be expanded or added to take up the slack. Dillingham pointed out that whd t there are several choices such as tomatoes, cabbage, straw berries, Christmas trees, nurs:iry stock; commercial milk, - be: if and sheep production, that each farmer would havei to select the plan best fitted to his own situa tion. In some cases, off the farm work or relating additional land may be the solution. The Extensom Agents are mak-l I ing plans to PBsh thei new phase' of the 1.6 ’66 program to be “Successful 65.” The Agents Gffiorl will be discuss the new ent:<r- Trise budgets with any interested group or indß dual farmer. Services Held For Riddle Ransom Rollnson, a, of Rt. 5, died in a hos ifcal here Sunday after a longr lness. He was a c instruction and saw mill worker. Surviving a e the widow, Mrs. Lucille Burg i Robinson, a dau ght r, Mrs. , ry Autrey off Rt. 5; I a son, Philip of the home; three] brothers, Cl rencel of t Marion.) Frank of Tray, Calif., and Claude Rbinson of i ack Mountain; and one grandchi I. j Services w. -e held at 2 p. m. j I Tuesday at ] -own’s Creek Bapt'st Church. j Officiating nlnisters welre the Rev. Ralph lumpower, the IRev. Thomas Rutlldgel, and the Rev. . Charles Will). Burial was in ' Robinson Cefietery at Busick. , Pallbea:rs were Myon Silver, j Cline Autrey James Smith, Lewi ' Edge, Elme Boone, and Craifc j < Phillips. | I NOTICE The) Drives License offio. will be eloMd e Tusday, February $.! i ' rv. , . ~~~ .. • WAMY Receives Grant From The N. C. Fund ,j Dr. W. H. Plemmons, President . I of w. A. M. Y. Community Action, .'lnc., has announced the receipt of [la grant of SI,BOO from The North [ I Carolina Fund, Inc. for the pur i pose of assisting in. the organizat ion of basic adult education class ics in Watauga, Avery, Mitchell * and Yancey Counties. I W. A. M. Y. Community Action, 'lnc. is The North Carolina Fund 1 0jponsore|d organization, cstabLsh -led for the purpose of finding I ways to raise the level of income *of citizens of Watauga, Avery, i Mitchell and Yancey Counti is. The North Carolina Fund grant to WAMY is designed to assist the organization in the initial r.cruit- I ment, planning and establishment 1 of basic adult education classes so 1 that full adavntage may be* made of future programs in basic adult education under the EcoUom c i Opportunity Act of 1964. The f state-wide* program in North | Carolina, will be administered by 1 the Department of Community Collages of the State Board of . Education. j Ernest D. Eppley, Executive Director of W. A. M. Y. Gommun- I ity Action, Inc., said that the j SI,BCO grant will be used to em ploy Adult Education Recruiters to begin to contact local citizens and form groups of from teri to fifte n persons in any community desiring to participate in the pro gram. He said, “It is my understand ing that teachers for adult edu cation classes in North Carolina will be trained and provided to local communities by the Depart ment ol Community Colleges thro ugh Regonal Technical Institut'6 and Community Colleges. Basic adult education classes wiH be j provided not only for those" adutya [reading; I but ■ also for those adults who I wish to upgrade their education to the eighth grade level.” Eppley stated that W. A. M. Y. Community Action, Inc., is ap plying for long-t orn support of 'this program under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1984 as a part of its Community Action Pro posal. Second Sdow Os Season Brings Freezing Weath er The second heavy snow of the season fell on Yancey County and j West.rn North Carolina on Mon l day afternoon There was an accu -1 mulation of about 4 to 5 inches in this area on Tuesday morning, with t mperatures ranging from zero to 6Above on Tuesday morn ing. Wednesday morning tem peratures were about the same as Tuesday morning. Thursday was much wanner with the sun m feting the snow. Scool children were given a holiday as thri snow closed down schools Tuesday morning, ana | they hove not been able to open this week. There have been no accidents p: (ported due to slick roads in this area. , / j 75 Pints of Blood Donated At I • „ v . ~ - - Bloodmobile Visit The Red Cross Bloodmobile j visit to Burnsville today (Thurs day! was very successful ac-. cording to officials of the R: d Cross. Seventy five pints of blood were donated which was a 1 very good showing due to the cold weatr.r and sickness in the 1 county. E. L. DTllngham, Blood : man, stated that several donar*, were turned down due to illnesse ( According to Mr. Dillingham offi . dais Were pleased with thet turn tout. ,- ,i i Price Per Copy Five Cent* ‘ Cane River High School - Honor Roll Announced * 1 . . - ■ » ~ r.". f Principal Robert F. Peterson i has released the Cane River High . j School honor roll for the first -' semester of the. 1964-65 .school .'year. 1 To be a member of thci “A’’ honor rol* each student must main , tain a grade of at least 92.$ on 1 four academic subjects. To be a member ol the “B” r honor group an average of at k ' ——— _ Tri-County Lib raries Add Var- I ied Volumes i By: Ashton Chapman * Acquisitions by the Mitchell-1 . Avery-Yancey Regional Libraries' 1 since the first of the j\*ar include 1 a number of miscellaneous volu i mes which should appeal strongly to many .waders. Some of the titles are: THE BOOK OF HEALTH, Ran dolph L e Clark. This profusely 1 illustrateed 877-pagti work is des cribed as “a medical encyclopedia for everyone.” THE BOOK OF OPALS, Wil-; fr d Charles Eyles. This book about “the most mysterious, colorful and enchanting of all .gem stones’’ has be:in added 'to the Tri-County Regional Librar ies’ broad collection of books, pamphlets, efce.. on gems and min erals. Thesa libraries were desig nated some years ago as the re positories for printed matter on \ minerals and related subjects available to North Carolina read ers through th:i Inter-Library Loan Service. SOUTHERN SAVORY, Be mien Mcmurlea -tw irre tti NBfOT author’s delightful writing, it portrays the drama of everyday people and the triumph of the human sp rit. Mrs. Harris .first woman to win th:i Mayflower Cup (with her charming novel “Pur slane” in 19391, was born near Raleigh, lived for a number of y. ars in the town of Seaboard in Northampton County. CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD, Herbert W. Wemecke. An ideal “dif|into” book all through the y: ar," 1 for it doesn’t have to be read consecuti vely, and whomever you open it you’re bound to find something surprising and entertaining and heart-warming. ■ THE YOUNG MAN WHO WOU LDN’T HOE CORN, Eric von Sch midt. Illustrated with drawings; short t.oct; of interest to very young children. WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON, ( Aylsea Forsee. Jackson wap a pioneer photographer of th.i West.) A limited number of his photos are reproduc d in this biography, which should appeal not only to teen-agers but to adults, especi ally to anyone interested in photo graphy as a hobby. JUST rxKE ABRAHAM LIN COLN, Bernard Waber. Ulustrat led with drawings; brief text; should appeal to the very young. THE GREAT HUNGER, Cecil Woqdlmm-Smith. This is a novel' about thci famine of the 1840 s which killed a million Irish pea sants, sent hundreds of thousands to the New World and influenc.d history down to the present day. CHICKAMAUGA;- Glenji Tucktr, Th'i full account, with diagrams of ths important Civil War Bat4l« is by a widely read adoptive Tar Heel author. HRSE-SHOE ROBINSON, John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870). Reprint in one volum i of classic. | When this story of Virginia amd the Carolines during the American , Revolution appeared m 1835, ini two volumes, Edgar Allan Po*l sad, “These wiU place Mr. Ken 1 indy at once In the very front * I rank of American novelists.” | All of the above books are 1 available thrugh the public librar-j It* in Burnsville, Spruce Pine, ■ - Bakersville abd Newland as well 1 ae through any of the Regional Libraries bookmobiles. | NUMBER TWENTYJFOWB » . , ... ... ——. 1 lea£ f »5 -must b:* maintained la » four academic subjects. 1 12th. Grade-A. 1 Dan Wilson, Kenneth Hill, Wan da Riddle, Piggy Mclntosh, Eve lyn Foxx, Leslie Robinson, Pam Burton, Linda Gomto, Wanda Styles, Pat Hall, Jeanne Ballou; Brenda “Whitson, daudicte Cooper, Janice Holmes, Mary Ann Mathis, Irma Miller, Jo Ann Westall. 12th. Grade—B. Garry Jobe, Arnold Ball, Faith Wh eler, Shirley Pittman, Artie Lee McLaughlin, Betty Jo Mc- Curry, Glen EHa English, Evelyn Duncan, Virginia Miller. Joanna Bailey, J.an Chandler, Dixie Fen . iter, Nancy King, Inez Patton, | Wanda Whitson, Roger Penland, ’ Dilda Fender, B:mice Adkins, Wanda Gregory, Carol Hensley, Linda Melton, Mary Glen Miller, -ej Penny Ponder, Margie Whe.ier, Johnny Deyton, Jerry Miller, Jay L e Whitson, PhyUss Adkins, Bar bara Evans, Irene Riddle, Elaine Tomberlin. 11th. Grade—A. Nancy Ball, Geraldine Fender, Linda Peterson, Grace Chandler, I Brenda Robinson, Tbny Daniel Randolph, D;il Bradford, Connie Foxx, Juanita Hylemon, Winona King, Julia Ballou, Laine Miller. 11th. Grade—B. Judy Tipton, Betty Hughes, Lynn Deyton, Donna Hensley, Su zetta Peterson, Larry Miller, Al len Ayers, Danny Ayers, Johnny England, Keith Hill, Morris Rau- I dolpr, Ralph Wilson, Linda Boone, Brenda Buckner, Norma Faye Edwards, Mattici Laws, Ruth Led ford, Vada McCurry, Shelda Woody, Gary Whitson, Linda Deyton, Wade Den a Rathburn, Nancy Ja»'( -W.m iwmm , ,1, ~ Wright. Marsha Tipton, Gary Laws, James McKinney, Cherri Peterson, Thanna Riddle. 10th. Grade—A. Janet Cox, Faye Baker. Kay Evans, Lovie Honeycutt, Dana Proffitt, Judy Kay Peterson, Nina Allen, Susan Hensley, Dennis Dey- t ton, Billy Buckner, Shelia, Pate, Edgar Anglin, Robert Banks. 10th. Grade—B. Ronald Mclntosh, Helena King, Carolyn Talent, Wanda Woodby, Ronald Hullett, Van -- Hylemon, Jeanette Penland, Lois Doan, Lin da Atkins, Theresa Boone, Hei: na Deyton, Caroln Gortney, Imogenrt Buchanan, Peggy Austin, Brady Bailey, Soyna Bailey, Arthur Cooper, Sandra Buckrv-r. iiarmit Whitson, Joyce Banks, Anila Ed wards Carolyn Foxx. ' 9th. Grade—A. | Teresa Letterman, Janet Miller, I Joyce Wilson, Susie Austin, Bar bara Holcomb, Roger Waylon Rob j inson, Elizabeth Bennrt, Philip Robinson. * 9th. Grade—3. Kathy Angel, Lila Elkins, Patri cia Edwards. Lawerence Grind staff, Wanda Pate, Judy Ann Westall, Danny Angel, Ronald Chandler, Arcemus Foxx, Richard Maney, Johnny Stone, Patricia Burton, Christine Honeycutt, Ben na Robinson, Marie Chandler, Peggy Ann Hoggins, Bob Whitson, ' Harold Rlack, Bruce Briggs, Eddie Edwards, Donald English, William Fagan, Brenda Buchanan, Dianne Ledford, Glenda, Mae Styles, Eli zabeth Wilson. 4-W County Council Elects Officers The Yanoey Comity 4-H County Council held its bi-montfcly meet ing on January 25 at the County Extension Office. I The meeting consisted of elect ' ion of n:iw County Council Offl ‘ cers and the duties ot all the 4-H Club officers. New County Coun | il Officers for 1965 arc: President— Raawna Bowditch; VlcePresf j dent—Bob Anderson; Secretary ,Tu Astirer—Cl oudetse WtlBon; Re portur—Jerry Robertson; rod Song Leaders—Gregory Byrd \9hami William.. * i