Volume 29
* East Yancey Commencement
Exercises Scheduled
For May 23
• The East Yancey High
School Commencement Exer
cises will be held Sunday af
ternoon May 23, at 2:30 p. m.
The exercises will be held on
the Athletic Field, weather
permitting*
The Rev. Harold McDonald,
Pastor of the First Baptist
Church will deliver the ad
dress. Student speakers are
Billy Carroll, Basil McDougald,
Cheryl Roberts, Jerry Ayers,
Juliamae Rutledge, and Vir
ginia Presnell. Amelia Pen
land will be soloist.
The following is a list of
honor students who have
maintained an average of 90
or above: Jultaime Rutledge,
Valedictorian; Cheryl Rob
erts, -Co-Valedictorian; Kay
Robinson, Salutatorian; Lynne
English, Co - Salutatorian;
Virginia Presnell, Jerry Ay
ers, Basil McDougald, Owen
Young, Barbara Brewer, Julia
McKinney, Sharon Hopson,
Glenna Ray, Sharon Hughes,
Billy Carroll, Melody Howell,
Amelia Penland, Emogene
Branton, .Ha Kay Robinson,
Joan Grindstaff, Patricia—
Robinson, Doyle Styles, Ben
son Tyner, rorothy Heilman,
Ida Hughes and Gary Ray.
Marshalls who will serve
for the exercises are: Patsy
Parsley, Chief; Loretta Hen
sley, Co-Chief; Virgil Styles,
Sharon Thomas, Roger Young,
Sylvia Schwlntze-, Patsy
Presnell, Gary Blankenship,
Linda King, Nonna Sparks,
Margaret Riddle, Charles
Hyatt, Lillian Bhuford, Danny
Styles, Lewis Mclntyre, Jr.,
Donna Bilver, Mary M. Boone,
Lucy Young, Mary .. Louise
Simmons, Max Ballew, Tom
my Atkins, Danny McOurry,
and Doris Ballew.
In addition to the honor
students the following Sen
iors will receive diplomas:
Edward Allen, Ronald Allen,
Jack Autrey, Richard Bacon,
Alan Bailey, Gordon Banks,
Randy Banks, Ralph Bartlett,
Amanda Bennett, Karen
Black, David Blankenship,
Charles Blevins, Eddie Bod
ford, Brenda Brinkley, Mary
la Brooks, Edward Buckmas
te", Bonnie Burleson, Gregory
Byrd, Norma Carroll, Ronnie
Norma Cassida, Doris
Chase, Linda Cherry, Charles
Chrisawn, Keith Chrlsawn,
Mary Crowder, Murrell Crow
der, Sherrell Crowder, Ronnie
Deyton, Betty Dulaney, Patri
cia Durham, John Fortner,
Jr., Olefin Freeman, Jonathan
Geouge, Linda Gilley, Janice
Go riney, Kenneth Green,
Kitty Griffith, Tommy Griggs,
Betty Jean Grindstaff, Max
% Ruby Grind
staff, Shirley Gurley, Carolyn
Harris, Jerlean Harris, Lillis
Harris, Johnny Harrison,
Kathy Harrison, Lucretia Hen
sley, Kenneth Higgins, Mich
ael Higgins, Sharon Honey
cutt, Jerry Hoover, Tommy
Hullctt, Larry Dean Hughes,
Dean Jarrett, Johnny McMa
han, Joe Moody, Judy Mur
phy, Morris Murphy, Terry
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ME YANCEY RECORD
Murphy, Helen Peterson,
Tommy Phillips, Glenn Pres
nell, Cathy Price, Raymond
Randolph, Eugene Roberts,
Dudley Robertson, Jerry Rob
ertson, Jane Robinson, Albert
Richard Silver, J. D. Silver,
Richard Dale Silver, Gail
Sparlzs, Frances Stevens,
Spurgeon Styles, David Tho
mas, Sue Tolley, McKinley
Weatherman, William Whee
ler, Susie Wilson, Woodrow
Wilson, Phillip Woody, Jerry
Wyatt, Morris Wyatt, Helen
Young, and J. D. Young.
Miss Cooper Takes
Lead In 'Gypsy’
Cul'owhee Miss Betty
Cooper of Burnsville Is plav
th“ lead role in the musi
cal “Gypsv” scheduled for
Mav 4-8 at the Little Theatre
at Western Carolina College.
She portrays Rose, the moth
er of Gypsy Rose Lee on
whose memoirs the show Is
based.
Although Miss Cooper Is a
freshman at WCC, she Is
making her third appearance
at the Little Theatre. She
played the main supporting
role In “Bus Stop” last fa*l,
and In the winter had a part
In the Tennessee Williams
plav. “27 Wagons of Cotton”.
Shr Is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Hubert Coooer of
liur'sville, and is malorlng
in dramatic arts at Western
Carolina
Miss Profffit
Receives Award
CHAPEL HILL mTss Car
olyn Rebecca Proffitt of Bur
nsville received the Bristol..
Award for noteworthy achieve
ment in pharmacy during
the annual Hwards Night at
the University of North Car
olina School of Pharmacy
last night (May 11).
She is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Roy Maxwell Prof
fitt of Rt. 3, Burnsville.
The Bristol Award was es
tablished in 1951 by Bristol
Laboratories Inc. and con
sists of a useful ftference
work.
Eight pharmacy students
shared in 11 awards this
year. None of the winners
was announced prior to
Awards Night, ceremonies
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‘V Th< ! caravaners are (front row, from left) Miss Mary Ella Swofford. Miss Marth»
Ir and ISL
Six Methodist college stud
ents, led by a . Methodist
clergyman and his wife, will
tour Scandinavia and western
Europe this summer in con
tinuation of a program begun
,in 1955 by the Western North
Carolina Conference.
The Conference sends It*
caravaners to Norway, Swed
en, Finland and Denma k on
alternate years, with follow
ing visits by a team of Scan
dinavian canavaners to North
Carolina.
The Rev. and Mrs. Robert
H. Stamey will :ead the cara
van this year as counselors.
He is the pastor of Hawthorne
Lane Methodist Church in
Charlotte.
The young people making
the trip include:
Dennis G raid Delantonas,
son of Mr. and Mrs. K. H.
Delantonas of Cha-lotte, who
attends N. C. State Univer
sity; Miss Nancy Marian Har
ris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl B. Harris of Charlotte,
who attends Greensboro Col
lege; Miss Carolyn Lenora
Ray, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. • Mack B. Ray of Burns
ville, who attends Duke Uni
versity.
’-Mif’SMartha Grenfell Trent-,-
bath, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James G. Trembath of
Charlotte, who attends Pfeif
fer College; ML«s Mary Ellar
Swofford, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Har y Swofford of
Hendersonville, who attends (
U. N. C. at Greensboro; and
Carl McGhee Worthy, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl M.
Worthy of Charlotte, who at
tends High Point College.
The 1965 caravaners will
have the Important role of
b-lng . Paternal delegates
from the Western North Car- (
o'lna Conference to the an
nual meeting of the Sweden :
Methodist Conference, June ]
nißuday, Way 13, 1965
Miss Ray To To Tour ~
Scandinavia
15-20, in Gothenbcrg, Sweden,
when Bishop Odd Hagen will
preside. The bishop is a fam
iliar visitor to North Carolina.
The Initial part of the trip
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G. A.’s Observe
Focus Week
Majr 9 through 15 Is GUls'
Auxiliary Focus Week,, and
the G. A s of the Yancey Bap
tist Association, me partici
pating In a Carnation Service
which will be held at the
First Baptist Gburth In Bur-
V,
nsvllle at 7:30 p. m. on Friday
night, May 14.
The following girls will be
recognised ih this service.
Maidens—Shelia Ray and
Elickie Bennett of the Bolens
Creek Church.
Lad les-ln-Waiting— Daph
ne Styles, BolenS Creek Chur
ch; Cathy Deyton and Lisa
Fox, Burnsville First.
Princesses Gloria Autrey,
Linda Anglin and Marsha
Banner, Bolens Creek; Julinne
Buckner, Burnsville First.
Queens Julia Banks, Bol
ens Creek; Linda Deyton,
Janice Hunter' and Judith
Cornwell, Burnsville First.
Queehs - With- A- Scepter,
Marsha Banner, Vi-glnia Bod
ford, Bolens Creek; Pamela
Styles, Burnsville First.
Marie Hunter will be the
Scepter Bea-er for Pamela
Styles; Bobby Penland, Scep
ter Bearer for Virginia Bod
ford; Randal Grindstaff,
Scepter Bearer for Marsha
Banner.
Debbie McDowell will be the
Crown Bearer for Julia
Banks; Beta 9 Bfciley crown
Bearer for Janice Hunter;
Cherri La ugh run Crown Bear
er for Linda Deyton and Mic
hael Cornwell Crown Bearer
for JUdlh Cornwell.
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Mrs. Foots Talks To
dob On South
America Visit
Mrs. Troy Ray and Mrs.
W. L Bennett were hostesses
to the members of the Bur
nsville Garden Club on la3t
Friday evening. Mrs. Warren
Reeve was program chair
man and .Introduced Mrs. D.
R. Fouts who gave a most
entertaining account of har
retent trip to Sao Paulo, Bra
zil, when she and Mr. Fouts
visited their son, D. R. Jr.
They flew from Miami
down the west coast of South
America, visiting on the way
Panama City and Lima Peru.
From Peru they flew cross
country to Sao Paulo where
they spent some week 3. Cross
ing the Andes Mountains on
their flight they had a good
view of these gigantic rugged
peaks, many perpetually
snow-capped.
They visited other cities
while there among them San
tos, the largest coffee ship- -
ping port in the world and
Rio De Janiero, conceded to *
be one of the most beautiful
cities in the world. There
they saw the magnificent
statue Christ The Redeemer,
erected on Corco Vado Moun
tain which rises from the
bay. Mrs. Fouts spoke of the
beauty of some of the cities
with handsome buildings,
wide palm lined streets, their
centuries old churches but
also with slum areas showing
Incredible poverty. On their
return trip they left from Rio
De Janeiro and flew up the
east coast, visiting Caracas,
capital of Venezuela, on the
way. They also flew over
Brassilia on the trip.
Mrs. W. A, Y. Sargent, pre
sident, presided over the busi
ness session. Reports were
given, the report of the treas
urer showing that the Home
Demonstration Club and the
Woman’s Club had made tar
ge contributions to the fund
for restoring the Otway
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