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MISS JUDITH LACKEY BRYANT, North Carolina’*
1965 Rhododendron Queen, is
Mountain on her tour of Tar
lng her selection in the
Roan Mountain.
To Attend
Festival
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The new North Carolina
Rhododendron Queen will be
chosen Eatu "day In tho \v .r c1
lamed gardens on top cl Korn
Mountain. Twenty lovely yoj
ng girls from ever the s’a'.e
will compete for the title and
crown now so proudly worn by
Miss Judith Lackey Bryant of
Bpcay.
Miss Bryant will return to
crown her successor at 3.D0
p. m. following a three day
round of p.eliminarles. On
Wednesday night the Junior
Miss Pageant will be held, the
winner of this event will wear
the crown and title now held
by Miss Sheree Lisa Banks of
Burnsville, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Banks. Thu
rsday night will be the swim
suit and evening gown com
petition in the senior division.
Friday night will be the tal
ent portion and the final
judging will take place on
Saturday In the gardens when
one of the young ladles will
be selected to represent her
state, her festival and her na
tion for a full year.
Miss Bryant has completed
her 101,000 miles traveled on
five continents of the globe
with 316 personal appearances
will step forward to place a
bright new shiny crown on
the lucky young lady. Along
with the title goes the J. E.
Broyhlll Furniture Schola--
ship of SI,OOO to the school of
her choice. —a $500.00 spec
ially designed wardrobe by
Tanner’s of North Carolina—
A Gold wrist watch by the
Asheville Citizen-Times Pub
lishing Company, the famous
Blanton Trophy and the
$300.00 scholarship to Blan
tons Business College in Ash
eville.—An invitation has al
ready been received for Miss
Rhododendron to be a special
guest at the Tournament of,
Roses Parade In Pasadena,
California as well as other
"bookings which will assure
her of a busy year.
Governor Dan Moore* will be
present with Mrs. Moore. Con
gressman Whitener and Mrs.
Whitener and many others—
THE YANCEY RECORD
D«4lcat*4 T# Ik* Pr*|r«ti Os Yaicty Cacity
shown here at Grandfather
Heel points of Interest follow-
Rhododendron Festival on
all to thank Miss Bryant for
the outstanding work she has
done and to wish her success
or the best of luck during her
reign.
Miss fefryant wi 1 leave Im
mediately for New Haven,
Connecticut where she has
enrolled in summer school at
Yale University.
(•//•ft Students Receive
Degrees, Awards
Brlgitta Schwlntzer, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter E.
Schwlntzer of Rt. 5, Burns
ville, received her B A degree
In Foreign Language at An
tioch College, Yellow Springs,
Ohio on June 19. Antioch Is
a liberal arts college with a
program of education abroad
in which Miss Schwlntzer
participated by studying at
the University of Tulungen,
Germany In the 1963-64 aca
demic year, plus doing work
•in Germany and France. She,
with all of the other graduat
es has regularly alternated
on-campus study with off
campus Job experiences which
dncluded work at the Federal
Communications Commission
and the District of Columbia
Library In Wash! f "on and
other Instructions. Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., was the
principal speaker at the com
mencement. Miss Schwlntzer
graduated from East Yancey
in 1960.
Glenn Elbert Fox of Burns
ville, a former student of
Wake Forest College and a
graduate of the University of
North Carolina completed his
M A degree with a major In
Mathematics in the junior
college curriculum of Appala
chian State Teache's College
This known pro
gram prepares Junior college
teachers in many fields. Mr.
Fox has accented a teaching
position at the University of
South Carolina.
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Robinson
Honorod for
* Art Work
RICHMOND, VA Doyle
Robinson, a former resident
of Burnsville, N. C., and now
an artist at the Presbyterian
Board of Christian Education
in Richmond, Virginia, has
recently received an award
for his work from the Rich
mond Art Directors Club. The
award was made in conjunc
tion, with the Club’s ninth an
nual exhibition.
Mr. Robinson received his
award for six book jackets he
designed for John Knox Press
of Richmond. They are for:
The Scandal of Christianity
(which earned a Gold Medal),
On the Growing Edge Os the
Church, Pascal’s Discovery of
Man’s Wholeness, The Proph
ets on Main Street, Albert
Schweitzer, and The Reforma
tion of Our Worship. Some of
these books are not yet in
release.
The judge at the contest
was Hubert Leckle of Wash
ington, D. C., adjunce profes
sor of art at the American
University. Professor Leckle
praised the “consistently high
quality of all the jackets’’ and
singled out the typography as
being “especially good.”
Mr. Robinson's mother, M~s.
Lfllftm TObliiaOn, is a
of Asheville.
Brenda L. Grlndstaff of
Green Mountain was one of
tthe three hundred and sixty
nine students at Appalachian
'State Teachers College to
make the Dean’s List. To do
this a student must carry at
least 15 hours and achieve a
quality point rating of not
less than 3.00 on all work
with no grade below a “C”.
Miss Hedy Loretta Howell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bayard T. Howell, Burnsville,
and Miss Linda Laughrun,
daughter of Mrs. Marga-et B.
Laughrun, Burnsville, were
awarded the Associate in AHs
degree at graduation exercis
es June 11, at Warren Wilson
College, Swannanoa, N. C.
The nii®ty-two graduates
were presented for degrees to
Dr. Arthur Bannerman. PresH
dent, by Dr. Henry W. Jen
sen. Dean.
Misses Howell and Lauvhrun
are graduates of East Yancey
High School class of 1963.
Farrell Wilson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. 8. B. Wilson Rt. 3,
Bu-nsvile, N. C. was award
ed second prize in the poetry
contest at Warren Wilson Col
lege, Swannanoa, N. C. at the
Honors night program, June
10.
Wilson is a graduate of
Cane River High School, class
of 1961.
Warren Wilson College is
owned and operated by the
Board of National Missions of
the United Presbyterian Chu
rch In the U. S. A
Prefect Head Start Gets
Underway Here
By: Carol Wilson
What is W. A. M. Y.? Ani
mal, vegetable, or mineral?
It’s aive; it’s growing—and
includes within its friendly
clasp people and Ideas. What
people and what ideas speci
fically? Farmers, farme.S’
daughters and grandchildren,
you, your neighbor, your nei
ghbor’s neighbor everyone
In Yancey County and the
entire four county area will
be touched by W. A. M. Y.
This week the wide-eyed,
anxious, and not-anxlous 5
and six year olds took a run
ning, leaping look at W.A.M.Y.
as they met at the 7 elemen
tary schols Monday to begin
an 8 week program of lnstmc
tlon under .Project Head
Start. This Instruction comes
In the form of readiness act'-
vlties Including those which
will improve the child’s heal
th—nutritional guidance with
plants and animals, studying
the foods served at lunch and
morning snack, a physical
education program activities
rwhlch will help develop the
child’s mental processes
games, exploring the world,
self-expression through plays,
stories, music, art; activities
which will increase his under
standing and broaden his ex
periences social activities
and trips, meeting people,
story hour, poems and other
literature; activities which
give the child opportunities
for success; activities wlch
help the child to understand
and get along with others.
Head Start Programs deal
with the whole child, and
this means health and social
services as well as education
al activities. All children will
receive physical examina
tions, and the local health de-
Low Clttd 0i Tax
Mrs. Sam J. Regains, Rev
enue Collector, N. C. Depart
ment of Revenue states: Hie
North Carolina Privilege Tax
Year dates from Ju’y 1 to
June 30 each year. It is a mis
demeanor to engage in or
continue any business, trade
.or profession subject to a
state privilege license without
first obtaining such license
from the N; C. Department of
Revenue. There is a 5 per cent
penalty per month If the tax
ig| not paid before July 1, 1965.
Story Hour
To login
Story Hour at the Burns
ville Library will begin Fri
day at 10:00 n$ m. It will be
held every Friday through
August 27.
Stories will be read and
played on records. Hie Story
Hour is sponsored by the
Carolina Hemlock Junior
Woman’s Club. „
Nvabtr Ftrfy Ftir
partment will provide immun
isations; the children wIU .also
be given dental examinations.
Parents of children enrolled
In Prolect Head start will
have the benefit of all the
program developed by W. A.
M. Y. Community Action, Inc.
Welfare social workers and
public health nurses will visit
In the homes of pre-school
children. Vo’unteers will be
used to assist in the pre
school program and will work
with the children and their
families. Parents will be en
couraged to take advantage
of the services of existing
agencies.
Many of the parents are
emo’oved as lunchroom as
sistants and as teachers’ aid
es There are 12 nelghNrho'kl
mothers serving as teachers'
aides and 14 mothers work
ing with the lunchroom sup
ervisor in eacn school. Also
involved La the program are
the custodians, bus drivers
(10 buses), and student aides.
This Prject Head Start Pro
posal was planned by Uie
W. A. M. Y. staff, and it is
administered by the Superin
tendent of Public Schools,
with the aid of the Supervis
or. Over -900 children are ex
pected to participate in this
pre-school summer program
for the four counties.
In conjunction with the
Head Start Program is the
Bummer Sessions Program, a
six weeks enrichment program
for p-e-second and third
graders Fourteen teachers are
involved in the 8:30-12:30 ses
sions, which include free
lunches The alms and objec
tives for this pro«T»m are
similar to those outlined in
Head Start.
Horse Show
To »e Hold
At Micovillo
The second annual Mlcavl'Je
Horse Show will be held at
the Mlcavllle Elementary
School ground on Saturday,
July 3 at 1:00 anfl* 8:00 p. m.
Two performances, afternoon
and evening.
The lorse sshow Is' spon
sored by the Arbuckle Com
munity Club and the New
dale Volunteer Fire Depart
ment.
Admission will be adults
SIOO and children .50.
Twenty three clashes will
be Judged. A total of $300.00
in prize money and 80 rib
bons will be awarded.
Judge w'U be JOhn Klstler
of Concord, N. C., ringmaster
will be Charles Crowder of
Newdale and M. C. will' be <
Rex Wilson of Sprucf Pine.