Volume 29
last Yancey To Present
look Homeward Angel’
The East Yancey Dramatic*
department announced this
week that construction on the
set for Look Homeward Angel
has been completed. Members
of the cast have attended night
rehearsals every evening of
this week. There are three acts
in the p ay, and all lines have
been memorized for each of the
acts. Mra Elizabeth Westall,
director of the play, expressed
the opinion that everything is
working smoothly, and the big
nights on April 16th and 17th
will be a pleasing success.
Last week, the publicity com
mittee began putting up pos
ters .around the community t$
advertise the play. Also, a ban-
LIBRARY RECEIVES
NATIONAL AWARD
A Natianal Award for dis
tinguished service will be pre
sented to the Avery-Mfrchell
>Yancey Regional library in a
'special program at the Court
house in BSkersviUC on Sun
day, April 25, at three in the
afternoon.
The Regional Library, serving
Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey
Counties, is one of ten small
town libraries in the United
States chosen by the Book-of
the-Month Club as a recipient
of the Dorothy Canfield Fisher
1965 Library Award, given in
memory of the. eminent Am
erican author.
. Bakersville, Burnsville, New
land, and Spruce Pine have
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Prof. Kenneth G. Phifer
Will speak at
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Sunrise Service Sunday
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THE YANCEY RECORD
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County
ner was erected ove- main
street Friday, and is an eye
catching publicity idea.
Tickets are new on sale from
members of the c?>st and from
members of the ticket sales
committee. Cheryl Roberts and
Ronnie Carter, chairmen of
the committee, announced the
prices as being 50c for students
and SIOO for adu ts Tickets
will be on sale at the door
opening night with no lnc ea.se
In price.
All concerned with <he play
have put forth a fine effort,
and are- hoping for the support
of all citizens ; irt : our commun
ity. Don’t forget Opening night
is Frida*- evening, April 16, at
eight o’clock.
excellent local libraries served
by the regional system. A book
mobile service is operated in
the three counties to provide
an expanded reading service
for a large number of peope.
Ip its award, the Book-of
the-Month Club cited the Re
gional Lib'ary for being: "A
striking example of wide-rang
ing service made possible by
high professional competence,
devoted leadership, and inten
sive community support.”
A grant of one . thousand dol
lars Is given with the award.
This money Is scheduled to be
used by the Regional Library
for the purpose of new books,
some of which are already on
display in the windows of 1
local libraries.
Dr. D. Hlden Ramsey . for
mer Editor and General Mana
ger of the Asheville Citizen-
Times, will be the speaker for
the program at Bakersville.
Dr. Ramsey was for many years
an /Asheville civic, educational,
and business leader, with a
Btate-wide reputation.
The program will also sea
s ture musical numbers sung bv
Margaret Winters, and Lula
belle and (Scotty Wiseman
Jason Deyton, chairman of the
Regional Library Board, will
preside over the meeting.
Presenting the award, on
behalf of the Book-of-the-
Month Club, will be Elaine von
Oesen, Acting State Librarian.
The invocation for the cere
mony will be given by H. Grady
Bailey, of Burnsville, and the
benediction will be pronounced
by the Rev. Neils H. Larsen,
Pastor of the Central Baptist
Church In Spruce Pine.
Local civic and government
leaders, regional library per
•onned, as well as hundreds of
friends of the Regional library
have been invited tb attend
this significant event.
Arrangements are presently
being made for a reception, to
follow the program, In the
Übrtry. at Bakeravllie, directly
across the street from tha
Courthouse.
Burnsville, N.C., Thursday, April 15,1965
RECORD GOES OFFSET
V i
WEST ACROSS BURNSVILLE SQUARE
Yancey Betas
Attend
State Meet
The East Yancey High IfebOa)
Beta Club attended the'state
Beta Convention is
April 9th and 10th. Uft Doro
thy Ray, club sponsor, and
Mrs.. Elizabeth Westall accom
panied the thirty-two members
who participated in the con
vention. The students departed
f om the high school last Fri -
day morning on a charted bus
On the way, the group visited
the Vance Birthplace near
Weaverville, N. C., and was
conducted on a tour of the
buildings where farmer gover
nor Zebulon B. Vance liVed.
The majority of the club
left to tour the Biltmore House
after the arrival In Asheville
The campaign committee re
mained at the hotel and began
their campaign for Patsy Par
sley as State Vice-President.
Everyone did a fine job of
campaigning for Patsy, even
though shorthanded at times.
Patsy did not win, but every
one In the club says he did his
best In supporting her.
The East Yancey Betas made
.many new friends among the
more than 3800 students at
the convention.
The East Yancey club and
the Ahoskie High School cub
snonsored two folk-singing ses
sions, one each evening of the
convention. Miss Amilia\ Pen
land sang "Tonight.*' , , .
On Saturday, after the elec
tion, everyone was oh his free
time, and many took the ad
vantage, to frequent the many
shops and recreation facilities
aroti- <\ Asheville. »
Yancey To Get
Financial Aid
Yancey County is scheduled
to receive financial aid under
two grants- to (Watau
frt, Ave*y. Mitchell, Yancey)'
Community Action, Inc.
Word was received Monday
that WAMY has been notified
of a grant in the amount of
$200,000 from the U. & Depart
ment of Labor. Projects to Be
operated under this grant are
designed to employ young peo
ple between the ages of 10-22.
These projects are divided into
two classes: in-school and eut
of-school. In-school projects
enable students to stay in
school by giving them part
time employment such as lunch
room work, maintenance and
Janitorial work. Out-ef-sehool
projects Include environmental
sanitation projects, automobile
mechanic training, clerk-secre
tary training, general construc
tion. nurses aides, and training
•# library assistants under the
Neighborhood Youth Corps.
The environmental , sanita
tion project is designed to sur
vey sanitation needs in rural
communities and help provide
sanitation facilities trtiere they
are desired. This program will
come under the direction of
Yancey County Sanitation Of
ficer Jake Buckner.
Operation Head-Start
A second grant to WA $Y
has been approved by the Os
flee of Economic Opportunity
for Operative Head Start. This
project is a special pre-school
program designed to prepare
children for entrance into pub
lie schools next fall. The pro
We have taken the step
For sometime we have been
thinking about going to offset
printing for The Record, and
this is our first issue.
We hope that soon we will
nave a paper that both the
publishers and the patrons
can be proud of. However, we
are sure that errors will be
found in this Issue, both In ads
and in news, but due to our
changing all hbases of the
printing, we hope our readers
will bear with he.
Sewage Work
Slowec) '
Msjfor Robert Helmle reports
that the- Burnsville sewage
project has been slowed down
due to hard rock in the area
where pipe Is being placed
Contractors expected to pro
ceed at about 200 feet per day,
but have been slowed to about
50 feet per day. But, Mayor
Helmle reports, work is still ex
pected to be completed by the
scheduled date of November
30. 1965.
gram is designed to provide
physical, mental, emotional
and social preparation for pre
school children so that they
will be more able to success**
fully complete their first years
of public education.
Yancey Committee Organised
Burnsville Mayor Robert K
Helmle was elected chairman
of the Yancey County Advis
ory Committee to WAMY at an
organizational meeting held .in
Burnsville, Monday, April 12.
Rev. Woody Finley and Mack B.
Ray were elected vice chair,
man. The meeting was attend
ed by Ernest D. Ep£ey, Direc
tor of WAMY, and Jeffrey Mc-
Arthur, Assistant Director.
Chairman Robert Helmle ex
plained that WAMY is support
ed by the North Carolina Fund,
an organization started before
the Economic Opportunity Act
was passed. At first it was an
experimental organization to
aid economically depressed ar
eas in the stata. WAMY was
one of eleven areas aided first.
After the Econnomlc Oppor
tunity Act was passed last
August, WAMY began to con
centrate on qualifying for
grants under the act. At pre
sent there are several applica
tions pending for projects in
cluding health, welfare and
pocational education.
He’mle emphasized that the
Yancey County Advisory Com
mittee is necessary in order
that local people may have
voice in the planning and ad
ministering of these federal
grant. ,
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