LOWE NEW
PRESIDENT OF
STATE’S SOLICITORS
M. Leonard Lowe, District
Solicitor of Forest City, N.
C, was elected President of
the North Carolina District
S'Tcltors Association at the
Annual Conference held at
Jack Tar Motor Lodge In
Durham on August 7, 8 and
9th, according to John Re
gan. outgoing president.
Sneakers on the program
included Walter Ander, Dir
estcr of the State Bureau of
Investigation; Theodore
Brown, Attorney General’s
staff; and Poindexte- Watts,
of the Institute of Govern
ment.
Other officers elected in
cluded W. H. G. Burgwin,
Vice President and Buck
Randsell Jr., Wake County,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Blocdmobile
Collects
85 Pints
Eighty-five pints of blood
was collected at the August
5 visit of the Bloodmobile
here according to E. L. Dill
ingham, Blood Chairman.
This was the first meeting
of the fiscal year and the
quota for this visit was 100
pints, but the chairman feels
that 85 pints is a good av
erage.
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Burnsvllp’s first taxi in operation again at the Arts and Crafts
Festival here Saturday. Courtes y of the ' Pendulum Antique
Shop.
BAPTISTS TO
HOLD PICNIC
, The First Baptist Church
will hold their annual chur
ch-wide, old fashioned pic
nic on Wednesday, Augufct
18 at C estview Playground.
Tb? recreat'on will begin
at 4 (*0 p. m. when there will
Volume 29
YANCEY
RECORD
Takes
Vacation
We feel that everyone In
every kind of work needs a
few days “break” from his
everyday routine. And since
publishing a riewspaper,
weekly or otherwise, falls in
to the category of work,
eve-y day and often into the
wee hours of the night, we
have decided to take the
“break”. Therefore, next
week, beginning August 18,
we will not publish The
Yancey Record.
Weekly Street
Dances Begin
Saturday
The Chamber of Commer
ce is sponsoring a street
dance to be held on the
Square Saturday, August 14
from 8 to 11 p. m.
The Journeymen will fur
nish the music and Dean
Penland will call the square
dances. There will be square
dancing and modem dan
cing also.
A portion of the street
around the square will be
blocked off in order that the
dance can be held.
All the folk, both young
and old, are invited to at
tend and take part in the
dance.
be swimming, sack races, 3
legged races, a horse shoe
tournament and a ping
pvig tournament. At the
conclusion of the activities
supper will be served and
then a prayer meeting will
be held by the pool side.
All the activities will be
over in time for choir prac
tice to be held at the church
at 8:00 p. m.
Each family is arked to
b'ing a box lunch, enough
for their family and any
guests they bring.
THE YANCEY RECORD
Dedicatid To Tbu f roprtts Os Yuucuy County
Burusvillu, N. C.
Thursday, August 12, 1965
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Shown above "is the ground-breaking crew of the First Presbyterian Church. (Left to right,
front row) Rev. Finley, Lacy Johnson, Mrs.°Warren S. Reeve, Mrs. Margaret Laughrun, Don
Burhoe, Harlon Holcombe, Ferril McCurry, Dr. M. W. Webb, Olin Shepard. (Back row) Don
Funking, Lonnie Allen, Bill Stewart, Paige Hunter, Mr. Sappenfield.
Presbyterians Held Groundbreaking Ceremony
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For New Church Building
The First Presbyterian
Church of Burmville brok 1
ground ths past Sunda"
momlng so- a new $95,000
dollar structure to be locat
ed at its present site on
Church Street.
Id a brief service on the
back lawn, attended by
members and friends of the
congregation. the church
launched the construction
phase of its building pro
gram.
Fashioned of white-paint
ed bfck, stained wood, and
glass, the new building will
incorporate 11800 square
feet of floor space and will
home a spacious sanctuary,
church school classrooms,
church offices, fellowship
hall, teen center, and a
kitchen.
N.C. VOLUNTEERS
SPONSOR DRIVE
The North Carolina Vol
unteers, who are wo"king
for ten weeks this summer
in Yancey and Mitchell Cou
nties, are planning a cloth
ing drive in the town of
Burnsville. Within the next
two weeks they will be visit
ing homes in Burnsville to
collect any clothing that the
people feel they may donate.
All types and sizes of cloth
ing are needed, especially
articles that would be suit
able for school children. The
clothing will be distributed
to needy families by the
Welfare Department.
The North £aro lna Volun
teers have been working in
the two-county area since
June 21. The eight-member
team, assisted by two team
directors, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Isaac, have worked in
the school systems as teach
ers aides and in various com
munities as recreation or
ganizers.
Numbur Fifty One
Construction has already
be»un on the multi-nurpose
building to be erected an
the south-east end of the
church property. The con
gregation plans to use this
bn'ldirg when its present
structure is torn down.
The fir-t shovel-fulls of
grass and drt were turned
by Don Burhoe, Chairman
of the Building Com
mittee, and Harlan Holcom
be Chairman of the Build
ing Committee.
Also participating in the
ground - breaking ceremony
were Lacy Johnson, Everett
rillinvham, Mrs. Robert
Phinehart, Don Funking,
Dr. Melvin Webb, Rev. Wood
ward Finley, Ferril McCuTy,
Paige Hunter, Maurice Sty
les, Lonnie Alien, Clyde
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A Scant At Tkt Fair
Rev. Powers To
Spook To Lions
Rev. John Powers, pastor
of the Micaville and Esta
toa Presbyterian Churches
Ayers, Joan Reeve, Bill
Stewart, Mrs. Margaret Lau
ghrun, Rick Bacon, Olen
Shepard, and the Architect
Charles Sappenfield of Ashe
ville.
The church's Building
Fund Committee is compos-»
ed of Don Burhoe, Chair
man, Fred Bacon, Norman
Evans, Ferril McCurry. Mrs.
George Roberts, M s. Lucius
Smith, and Dr. Melvin Webb.
Working with the design
and the construction of the
new building is the Build
ing Committee of Harlon
Holcombe, Chairman, Mrs.
Don Burhoe, and George
Roberts.
Yancey Builders Supply is
The general contractor for
the project. 1
and president of the Mica
ville Community Club will
spdak at the Lion’s Club
Thursday evening. The club
will meet at the Amber Jack
Fish Camp at 7:00 p. m.
Rev. Powers will speak on
\Community Development.