North Carolina Newspapers

OLUME TWENTY-NINE East Yancey Girls, Bakersville Boys Win Toe River Conference The East Yancey girls deflated the Cane River girte, 11-9, fir the Toe Rivrr Conference Tourna m ,nt cham'onship Saturday night in the East Yancey gymnasium and finished the season with a r Cord of 20 stra'ght victories | and no defeats. The Bakersville boys d.featfed ; the East Yacney Boys, 50-45, for th.'i boys’ championship. Alvin and Allen Baker of Bak ersville scored 29 points bitween them to win the conference title Former Yancey Resident Select ed “Citizen Os The Year” James E. Johnson, superinten dent of McDowell County Schools, has been selected as the courtly’s “Citizen of the Year” by the Mar ion Civitan Club. Johnson was selected for the recognition for “the good job he’s doing in educatiofi in Mc- Dowell County” and in num irous oth'tr phases of local life, said Civitan pharles Allman who pre sented the award. Allman cited Johnson’s work in up-grading the quality of educat- ( ion in thj county schools, his leadership in the current <if fort for g :tting the counity schools ac credited by the Southern Associat- j ion, in establishing in service tra ning for teachers, and in sum- 1 mer youth programs operated at some of the schools H.i also commended Johnson as “being helpful in working with highway off cials in getting rural, roads improved for school bus:is,” for his work on th;» extension c wn mitt ie of Boy Scouts, and as a teacher of a Sunday School class at Frst Baptist Church. Mr. Johnson is originally from Yaaicey County and is the son of ( Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Johnson of | Greien Mountain. He has been, superintendent of McDowell Cou nty Schools since! 1961 i mi i. ■n——* rnmmmm World DajPOfJ Prayer Friday World Day of Prayer will be held on Friday, March 5 at 7:30 p. m. in the First Presbyterian Church here. All churches in Burnsville are cooperating in this observance, . ’ * People in Burnsville and throu-i gjiout the county are Invited to ' attend this meeting. Expression Thanks THE BOARD OF COMMISS IONERS of Yancey County wish to express their sincere apprecia tion for the gift of the material for the drapes for the New Court Hous.e that was donated by Glen Raven Silk Mills, Inc., and in particular wish to thank in be half of the ctizens of Yanc.y County Mr. Don Burhoe for his efforts in this matter. ‘ THE BOARD OF COMMISS IONERS OF YANCEY COUNTY ' J, Bis Ray, Chairman. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS RALEIGH—The Motor Vehicles Department’s summary of traffic deaths through 10 A. M. Monday, March 1: KILLED TO DATE 216 Kill id To Date Last Year 235 fIMMoTNIN AMIRICA’S MAC! FOWMI Ih£^sav?ngs BONDS. •* ■W*'Vro«. MMf M MMM The Yancey record > . . ' "Defected To Th* Pmrw Os Yant mf Oewrty" Subscription $2.50 Per Year for th:ir team. Gordon Banks scored 17 poinits .and J. D. Silvers scored 12 for the losing boys. At t.h:i end of the third quarter the score was a 38-38 tie, |Bak:rsville went ahead to win | j the title in tho last five minutes' | of th:, game. ; Gwyn Young was high' scorer; for the East Yancey girls with 1 five points. Jan .t Cox was high 1 scoer for thee Cane Riv.r girls with five points. Gwyn Young hit two fr ,e throws in the last nine seconds of the game to break a 9-9 tie and win the championship for East Yan cey. - , The Newland girls and Cross nore; boys won sportsmanship awards for the tournament. The girls’ all-tournament team included Gwyn Young, Maryla Brooks, Jackie Hensley and Doris Ballew of East Yancey; Jo Mc- Curry and Janet Cox of Cane River; Diane Av.'.ry of Cranberry; Vicki Sgmon and Glenda Woody of Crossnore; Pat Wilson-of Spruce Pine, Carolyn Gouge, of Bakers ville; and Ann Boyd of Tipton Hill. ' i The boys’ team included Billy and Bobby St re i, of Tipton Hill; Alvin Baker, Richard Ellis and Don Vinson of Bakersville; J. D. | Silver and Gordon Banks of East ’ Yancey; Tommy Fox of Can:.j River; Donnie Green of Crossnored and David btrerupe of Sprue:i Pine. 1 {• The Yancey County Chamber 1 of Commerc:! presented East Yan- ■ ciy High Schol with a snortsman ship trophy Saturday night _ after the t game. The 4 ward was presented by Chart* Gillespie, president of the Chamb.tr. Names j of the outstandnig players in the difflrent sports will fce put on the trophy. The first nam is ap pearing on the trophy are Eug. me Hoover, football; Gordon Banks, basketball; and Maryla Brooks, 1 basketball. Tli 1 Yancey Chamber will pre sent the same to Cane 'River High School in a near fut-* ur.i chapel program. East Yancey High School ad vanced to the semifinals of the Eastern Division District 8 Class A playoffs at Erwin High Sochool Wednesday night of this " week. Bowman High of Bakersville, and Mars Hill High also advanced to the semifinals. Bakersville! won over Tryon with a score of 59-55; East Yancey defeated Crabtreß-Iron Duff, 86- SI; and Mars Hill defeated Ros man, 72-48. | Next Tuesday night the winners will play in the semifinal round and will be joined by undefeated Old Port High School. The games will be played in the same gym nasium. East Yancey will play Bakersville and Mars Hill will play Old Fort The East Yancey Bakersville game will start at 7 p. m. and thie Mars Hill-Old Fort game will t gin at 8:30 p. m. Gordon Banks was high scorer in the Wednesday night game with 32 points. Shown above is Charles Gillespie, President of the Yancey | County Chamber of Commerce; presenting th.i Sportsmanship Tro- I phy to the winners from East Yan cay High School, Marla Brooks and Gordon Banka. Obituaries - B. S. BAKER B. s. Baker, 88, of Burnsville, I d e d in a Yancey County hospital Tu i>day after a long illness. He was a native of Yano.y County, and a retired farmer. He was a son of the late Wiliam and' Mary Ann McCanless Bakitr. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Jul a Styles Baper; five daughters. Mrs. Kittie Robbins of Swannanoa Mrs. Mae Patterson of Burnsville, Mrs. Vaughtie Davis and ’ Mrs. Irene Ayers, both of Marion, and j Mrs. Anni 1 Jackson of Shelby; .four sons, Will, Hugh and Lee ( j Baker of Burnsville and Clarence. I Bak r of Pottstown, Pa.; 24 grandch ldren and 25 great-grand-1 children. Services werei held at 2 p. m. Thursday in West Burnsville Chur hc of God. ' i The Rev. O. E. Brinson, the Rev. Niram Phillips, and the Rev. D. W. Digh officiat ri and burial was in the church c.metery. HRS. MAGGIE RENFRO Mrs. Maggie Randolph Renfro, 31, of Limestone, Tenn., Rt. 1, ded in a Jon.sboro, Tenn., hos pital Wednesday night. Sh.i was a native of Yancey County and the widow of Jack Renfro. Her parents were Mer- I r 'ti and Annie Robinson Randolph. She was a member of Zion Bap tist Church. Surviving ar.i a son, Ivan Ren fro of Limestone, Tenn-.V Rt. 1; two daughters, Mrs. Georgia Fox of Grom Mountain and Mrs.! J. E. Webb of Huntersville; four sisters, Mrs. J. W. Phillpips of , Burnsville and Mrs. R. C. How:U, I Mrs. H. E. Gardner, and Mrs. jM. D .Bailey, all of Green Moun tain; 11 grandchildren and nin 1 gi teat-grandchildren. 1 Arrangements wre incomp K:f.e and will be announced by Hol combe Broth:rs Funeral Home. v V ». MRS. RACHEL COOPER Mrs. Raachel Cooper, 79, of Bee Log, died Monday at th:i home I cf a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Ledford, after a long illness. She was a native of Yancey | County, and the widow of Dolph Cooper. Surviving in addition are four other daughters, Mrs. Marie Rabb, ( Mrs. Belle Mode and Mr:. CecT Bradford, all of Bee Log, and Mrs. Emma Coggins of Spartan burg, S. C.; two sons, Charlie and John Cooper, both of Bae Log; two sister?, Mrs. Jane Bender of Asheville ar.d Mrs. Mar a Ledford of Erwin, Tenn,; 21 grandchild-! ren and 20 great-grandchildren. Services were held at 1 p. m.! Wednesday in Little Creek Hol : ness; i Church. i The Rev. Rome Woodson and the Rev. Alvin Randolph off ciat-i ed and burial was in Coopt etery. .————— MRS. TOM PAYNE Mrs. Tom Payne, 80, died S&t --1 urday in a Burnsville hospital Mi • lowing a long illness. Surviving are the husband; l three daughters, Mrs. Willie El ’ kins and Mrs. Elmer Thomas of ’ Hickory and Mns. Joe' Bollity of ; Burnsville; three sons,. and CLeter of Hickory; twoH>ro • thers, Gus and Piero: 1 Lingerfelt ‘ of Burnsville; and a number of gsfmdcHjldfen. ■ 1 1" : BURNSVILLE, N. C., 'THURSDAY,MARCH 4, 1985 Carolyn Proffitt Named To Honor Roll At UNC chapel HULL—Carolyn Re beca Proffitt of Burnsville has been named to thj Honor Roll for the fall semest.ir at the Uniyer. sity of North Carolina School of Pharmacy. Pharmacy stud ints must average | 3.0 or b ttter in order to qualify, ior the honor. Dr. E. A. Brecht, dean of the school, said that 35 students m;t Honor Roll standards for the, semester which <fnded in January, The list does not includj pre-phar macy students who spend their. year here in G ineraL College. Miss Proffitt is the daughter of | Mr. and Mrs. Max Proffitt of ! Bald Creek. SUBSCRIBE TO THE RECORD | N. C. Fund Recruiting Volunteers For Summer Program DURHAM—The North Carolina Fund last week started a 56-cam pus recruiting drive for an ex panded North /Carolina Volunteers summer program involving col lege students in community action against- poverty problems. The 1935 Volunteers program will involve 250 students. After a three-day orientation period, tho students will form into t arns of 1 15-20 students each, and move into about 15 North— Carolina communities. In announcing th:i new Vol unteers program, Terry Sanford, board chairmah of the North Services were held Monday at 2 p. 'm. in Green Mountain Free Will Baptist Church. Th ,i Rev. Charlie -Mi ’ter off dat ed and burial was in Hunter Ce m.fcery. LEE CHANDLER Lee Chandler, 82, of the Ivy Gup community, died Monday in an Asheville| Hospital after a longj illness. He was a native of Yancey County, and a retired farmer. He was a member of Bald Creek Masonic Lodge for 57 years. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Ella Marrs Chandler; four daughters, Mrs. Cecil Sh pherd, ■ Mrs. John Shook, Mrs. Joe Frank Fox and Mrs. Artur Robinson, all of Mars Hill Rt. 2; seven sons, j Raymond, Bill, Gus Paul and I Robert, all of Mars Hill Rt. 2, \ Fred of Detroit, Mich.., and Nel- j' j son Chandler of Weaverville; two sisters, Miss Sallie Chandler and j Mrs. Della Blankenship, both of [Mars Hill Rt. 2; three brothers, G. W. and W. P. of Mars Hill Rt. 2 and Charles Chandler of Detroit, Mich.; 45 grandch'ldien and 28 great-grandchildren. Services were held at 2 p. m. Tuesday in Ivy Gap Baptist Chur ch, of which he was a member. The Rev. Grady Harris, ‘the Rev. Ebb Jenkins and the Rev. Alvin McPciters officiated and bur ial was in Chandler Cemetery. Graveside rites were conducted by Bald Creek Masonic Lodge. MRS. ALTHEA BUSH Mrs. Althea Bush, 43, of the Swiss community, died Wednes day in a Yancey County hospital after a long illness. She was a native of Yancey County. Surviving are a daughter, Lin da Sue) Bush of the home; the mother, Mrs. Frank Pate of Bumsvillel Rt. 3- two sisters, Mrs. Don Froste of Asheville and Mrs. (Dayton Bush of Evans, Ky.; si* brothers, Molt of High Point, Lloyd, Hiram and Alvin, ail of Gnlanstooro, Richard of Kanna polis and Dewey Pate of Durham. Services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday in Mt. Pleasant Baplfcist , church. r i ;' tri *ii#nu I The Rev. E. J. Hall will offt- I ciatei and burial will be in the church cemetery. iiwfiwi The body will remain at Hol ombet Brothers ~ Funeral Homs until placed in the ehurett for lorries#. Dr. And Mrs. Sargent Attend Medical Meeting Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent have returned from a trip to N.w Orieans, where Dr. Sargent amended the annual Scientific • Meeting of th:i Clinical Congress lof Abdominal Surgeons. I Among the speakers wte Dr. 1 Donovan F. W#rd prsklent of the I American Medical Association, I and Dr. Charles W. Mayo. Dr. Mayo received a distinguished ser vice' award. ‘ Mrs. William F. Grassmuck accompanied Dr. and Mrs. Sar gent. While in New Orleans they I attend 1:1 several of the Mardi Gras festivities. On their way ! they visit: d the Bellingrath Gar j dens, Dalphin Island and the J Memorial to Stephen Foster. | SUBSCRIBE TO THE RECORD Carolina Fund, said “The deci sion to run a new and expanded North Carolina Volunteers pro gram this summer, reflects the outstanding achievements of the 100 students who worked so suc cessfully in last year’s program. After talking with leaders from communities where: Volunteers worked last year, we are convinc :i l that college students can make significant, permanent contribut ions to community action pro grams in North Carol na commu nities. This is the p.ople-to-people part of th4 new move against povrty. It is an inspiring thing to see a coll.tge student willingly ■take fcM full vacation time to f give a new Deling of hope to a child, to teach a class of adults to read and wiite, or to tramp through a neighborhood hoping to improve their homes and make bett:!r places in which to live and rear their children.” Each North Carolina Volunteer t !am will work in a community 1 that has made a specific request for Volunteers for this summer.) The North Carolina Fund 1 ? current ly is inviting communities to submit proposals outlining their plans for using Volunt.fers, and facilities available for housing and feeding the students. j i Last y ar, the initial North Carolina program in- I volved 10D students, working in six community action projects. The students started adult-literacy programs, gave pre-school train- 1 1 ing to disadvantaged children drove bookmobiles Into isolated mountain areas, worked with mentally retarded children, and built and repaired houses to name just a few of the jobs they §'A W *M& g j w& A\^ i<^Lit .• ,<,-> jBR&zWit'&jB RK jS'T c - &<| I ,_, --j-i. Photo by William ft. Roland Mrs. Millie Jane Wilson, wido w of w. E. (Nod) Wilson,, will celebrate her Mth. birthday Sunday at the homrl of her son, Vernie R. Wilson in the Jacks Creek Section of Yancey County. "Aunt MUlie" has made many [btautlful qurttts, )aoe and tem brodary. Shadow an}oy» the daily paper and fcieviaion. She has two sons, I&wtenca off Valla, Hai]*, N. Y.. and Venal* of Jack* <&valc; Vk miuuutom tod 11 fraavaraadehildmi. Price Per Copy Five Cento Tobacco Growers Ap prove Marketing Quotas Maketing quotas forth:/ next three crops of hurley tobacco 1 Wer.i approved by growers voting j in a referendum on February 25, ' 1955, Ralph W. Edwards, Chair-1 man. Agricultural Stabilization j and Conservation County Com-1 mitte, announced today. The pre- 1 liminary tabulations show approv 1 al, by 99.5 p:trcent of the total * 4825 growers voting. A favorable vote of at least two .thirds of the total vote is n .eessary in order to makrt the quotas effective. Growers in North Carolina, Yan- tackl.d. The recruiting prograam for 1955 starts immediately, and ends March 31. Stud-Tits may pick ,u v applications at campus stu dent union centers, or from North Carolina VoLunte ts school re presentatives •= whose nam is will be posted on campus bulletin boards. The 1965 Volunteers effort will be administered by th.v North Caro lina Fund, with Jack P. Mans field acting as North Carolina VjrJunte Irs director aaid Frank Rush and Bill Harriss acting ns field supervisors. Campus con tact work will involve many of iasit summer’s Volunters. Every college campus in the state wll b.i visited by a special Volunteers recruiting team from the North Carolina Fund head quarters in Durham. Recruit: !rs will show a special documentary film on the 1964 Volunte.l’s’ work, pass out information on the 1985 prgram, and answer ques tions from int rested students. The i 960 program will last 11 weeks. Volunteers will receive room and board, plus a $250 hon orarium at the end of th:! service period. Throughout the 11-week period, each team of Volunteers will work under the direction of adult ■ advisors, and local public service lag.incies. The recruiting - sel.ction-tra n ing timetable, some of it still in the planning stat s, looks like this: Recruiting runs through March, all applications must be in by March 31. During the first two iw.eks of April, applications will be screened by three boards—a campus r.tview board, a regiona’ beard, and a state-wide committee. The 250 successful applicants will b ; notified by April 15. . | The 250 Volunteers will report in mid-June for a four-day train ing period, probably on a cOll.ige. campus centrally located within the state. Then th , Volunteers will move into the 15 communi ties for th.ii- summer of work. NUMBER twenty-eight I cey Couijty 'dappoved the mark t ,ing quotas for the 1965, 1956, and j 1967 crops of hurley tobacco by j 99.5 p ircent favorable vote. J As a result cf the referendum, pric 1 support will be available to J growers who stay within their j llirley tobacco acreage allot ments, and mark ting quota pen alties will apply to the excess pro duction of farmers who exc.ed their farm allotments. * Auditions To Bo Given As Entrain* ce To School Os Arts WINSTON - SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA— Auditions which will be given as entrance examinations to the North Carolina School of th:; Arte will be held Easter week end, April 17, 18’ and 19, at the James A. Gray High School at Wnston-Salem. Ths will be the first of two groups of auditions which will b:, given to prospective students who wish to enroll for the Sept ember session of th:! school. The second group of auditions will be held Jmt 10, 11, and 12 at Wake Forest College in Winston- Salem. For April auditions, the School of the Arte must receive by March 10 clach student’s application and examination fee of S2O and the double-pag:] form entitled Appli cation for Admission. Students who .have rec:lived ap plication blanks have ben mail ed information about the auditions. Each applicant will receive de tailed instructions about his or her individual audition.' ' includ ing day, t'-me and plac: l . Among faculty jurors who will be here for th;l April auditions are members of th;i Claremont String Quartet, m imbers of the Clarion Wind Quartet, Robert Lindgren, Dean of th ! School of Dance; Rose Bampton, head of th: Voice Department: Saul Cas ton, who will direct the orchestra department at th:i school, and the Dean of the School of Drama, whos : appointmeent has not yet been announced. Most students have received „ audition requirements in their chosen fields. Additional requre m.ints, including those for pros pectivee drama students, will b> mailed within the w sk. The North Carolina School of the Arts will open h:re in September to giv: t professional training to especially t akin ted students ip, music, drama. and dance. Students will b 1 required to enroll in the Academic School wh ch will giv.t fully accredited high school diplomas and college degrees. Th i school will be on the site of the James A. Gray High School Campus, wh ire two dormitories are now being built for residenc : of 250 students. Th : present build- I ings at the h : gh school will be renovated this summer forth:, School of the Arts. Over 603 applications have b pn received from stud mts throu::h --| out North Carolina and from 13 other states and th 1 Philippines. It is expected that a m : nimuni .£0 pir cent of the students w : ll ,be from North Carolina, however (spph'catiors hay? b en receive i from A’obamo, Arizona, Califor- Colorado, Florida, Georg'a, lowa, Maryland,- Kansas, M'ss-'s aippi. New Jersey, N.!W York, Pennsylvania, South Caroli-m, Tennessee, T;pcas, Virginia and Washington, D. C. Some individual audiTons will be given for students who live in areas too far away for them to attnnd the scheduled auditions in Winston-flalem. Mrs. D. I. Burhoe Is thci Reg ional Representative in Yanc.y County. Representatives serve as volunteers and will pass along in-* formation to teachers, parents, clubs and other orgahizat'ons in tfcif tiomflMinitfof.