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Construction on the new
First Presbyterian Church
building here is well under
New Presbyterian Church
Building Under Way
A beautiful water color
painting of the former build
ing occupied by the First
Presbyterian Church was pre
sented this past week as a
gift by Frank Stanley Herring
eminent American a*tist and
formerly director of the Bur
nsville Art School, to mem
bers of the congregation.
The painting was unveiled
by the artist and his wife,
Frances, at a -Family Night
Dinner on Wednesday in the
basement of the old building,
the last official function held
at the chu'ch.
Herring painted the church
from a south-eastern location
and was able to show his art
work the front and lower ex
posure of the church building,
its graceful steeple, a p omi
nent mountain skyline, and a
colorful cloud cover.
The painting shall be fram
ed and exhibited in an ap
propriate place in the new
church building, now under
construction.
Dr. Melvin Webb accepted
the painting for the congre
gation, and in app opriate
words thanked the Herrings
for their gracious and valu
able gift.
The Burnsville Presbyterian
Church multi-purpose build
ing, which will incorpo rate a
youth center, kitchen, and
assembly hall, is well under
way. Construction of that
building is scheduled to be
completed in approximately
six weeks. The 155 capacity
sanctuary will be completed
by early spring, according to
Har’on Holcombe, chairman
of the building committee.
The modem a _ chitecture
type building underway was
planned by Charles Sappen
field of Asheville and con
struction is by Yancev Build
ers Supply of Burnsville.
The $92,700 church plant,
when completed, will have a
floor space of 11,800 sq. ft.
with a seating capartty of 155
with an additional chdlr loft.
The First Presbyterian
Chuch was organized in
1898 and wa~ on the grounds
of Stanley McCormick School
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N. C.
way. Completion for the new
church plant is scheduled for
early spring.
wlrch was a Presbyterian
Boarding High School At the
present time the church has
100 members.
Since it was necessary to re
movethe original church
building to make way for the
new structure, a final meet
ing was held in the church
last Wednesday evening. The
church will worship in the
Community Building for a few
weeks. Sunday School classes
will be held in the homes of
members.
East Yancey Defeats
Marshall 20-7
The East Yancey Panthers
continued their undefeated
football season Friday night
by rolling over Marshall, 20-7.
East Yancey scored their en
tire twenty points the first
five minutes of the game, and
then held Marshall to one
touchdown and the extra
point.
Mar-hall received the first
kickoff, but East Yancey’s
Bill 1 hacker recovered a
fumble on the second play of
the game. Moments later
quarterback Mike Young
swung around the left end
for 31 yards and a touch
down. On the next kickoff E.
Y. forced Marshall to punt
and then took over on their
own 27. Moments later half
back; Ronnie Robinson took
the ball and galloped 70
yards downfield for the
touchdown, then encored by
kicking the extra point.
The next kickoff resulted
in East Yancey’s recovering a
fumble on the Marshall 35.
The Panthers carried to the
16 by means of a 19 yard pass
to end Ed Bennett. Roblivon
carried again for the touch
down and then booted the
extra point.
Marshall scored once in the
second quarter when quarter
back James Sprinkle went
across from the four yard
line, then passed to his right
end to gain the extra point.
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County
ill County
Helton Carmichael, affable
Ranger of the Toecane Dis
trict of the U.- S. Fore-t Ser
vice, has been named to run
this year’s United Fund cam
paign.
He will head a county-wide
effort in October and Novem
ber to raise $8,278 00, which
will be distributed among
nineteen participating health,
recreation, and welfare agen
cies in this area.
Commenting on Carmich
ael’s appointment, Dr. Gar
land Wampler, United Fund
President, said: “This year
we are planning a hard-hit
ting campaign to raise our*
goal, and In Helton Carmich
ael we are fortunate to have
a highly capable and energet
ic leader to run our cam
paign.”
Carmichael came to Burns
ville in February to assume
his important Fore t Service
post after a stint in Murphy
as Assistant Ranger of the
Tu c quitte District, Nantahala
National Forest.
A native of Matherville,
Mississippi, he is a graduat-j
of Mississippi State Univer
sity with &B. S. deg-ee in
forestry, and served for three
Alene, age 10, and Scott ,age 5
Preparation is in full
swing for Cane River High’s
Homecoming. The date Is set
for Thursday, September 30.
The Cane River Rebels will
play . Mars Hill Wildcats.
Game time is 8 o’clock. How
ever, the parade and crown
ing ceremony will begin at
7:15 p m. The Rebels have
won two consecutive victories,
thus both the team and stud
ent body have great faith in
making this one a third. A
huge crowd is anticipated for
th’s special event.
The highlight of the Home
coming ceremonies is the
crowning of Mr. and Miss
Cane Rive'*. Each homeroom
has a candidate for queen
and an escort, making a total
of sixteen contestants for this
honor. A troohv w'll be aw
arded to both the queen and
her escort. Four runners up
will be chosen to serve as the
queens court. The following
have been chosen as contest
ants.
Senior candidates are as
fo’ lows:
Patricia Letterman, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Enzy
Letterman; Richard Baker,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Baker.
Geraldine Fender, daughter
of Mr and Mrs. Grady Fen
der; Wade Tipton, son of Mr.
East Yancey will meet for
merly undefeated Harris High
next Friday night on the East
Yancey field-. It should prove
to be quite a contest.
Thursday, Sept. 30, 1965
C armithael To Head United Fund Campaign
Cane River High Has
Homecoming Tonight
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years on the Ozark National
Forest in Arkansas prior to
his assignment in Murphy.
In that western North Car
olina city, Carmichael was a
charter member of the Mur
phy Junior Chamber of Com
merce, served as Vice-Presi
dent of the Jaycees, and was
named “Jaycee of the Year”
in 1964.
He is presently a member of
the Society of American For
esters and the Burnsville
Men’s Club. He and his wife,
Tammie Anne, live in Burns
ville with theij two children.
and Mrs. Garrett Tipton.
Cherrl Peterson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow
Peterson; Alan Ayers, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edgel Ayers.
Judy Peterson, daughter of
Mr. and M’-s. Roscoe Peter
f'-'": Pobbv Webb, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Webb.
Junior candidates are as
follows:
Joyce Chandler, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chan
dler; Basil Bailey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Bailey.
Francis Laws, daughte- of
Mr and Mrs. Joe Laws; Ker
mlt Whitson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Naff Whitson.
Carolyn Tallent, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tallent;
Gerald Fender, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tilden Fender.
Sandra Buckner, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy
Buckner; David McCurry, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mc-
Curry.
Sophomore candidates are
as follows:
Teresa Letterman, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Inzy Letter
man; Phillip Robinson, son of
Mrs Maph'a Robinson.
Christine Honeycutt, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. O. C.
Honeycutt; Arcemus Foxx,
eon of Mr. and Mrs. Coy Foxx.
Judy Westall, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wes
tall; Hamel Wheeler, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Wheeler.
Deborah Harris, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Dennis Robinson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Mack Robinson.
Number Five
WAMY Directors
Meet
On September 21, the Board
of Directors of W.A.M.Y. Com- ~
munity Action, Inc. held its
annual meeting at Harris
High School in Spruce Pine.
Dr. W. K. Plemmons, P esi
dent of the Corporation pre -
sided. Other officers present
we-e Dr. Lawson Tate, Vice
President; W. Guy Angell,
Treasurer; Ms. Desra Mae
Edmiston, Secretary! and
1 Ernest D. Eppley, Executive
Director. At this meeting
many important actions were
taken by the Board of Direc
tors. Two new p-oposals were
approved for submission to
the North Carolina Fund.
One is designed to make av
ailable Incentive Grants to
community organizations and
the other will make available
Mobile Film Library Facili
ties for schools, clubs, civic
groups, and community or
ganizations in the fou-'-coun
ty area. The first carries a
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Rebels Take
Bowmaa 7-6
The Cane River Rebels took
a close victory from Bakers
ville’s Bowman High by a 7-6
score at Bakersville la:t F.l-’
day night.
Ken Griffith of the Rebels
took a long run off left tack
le to score the only touch
down for Cane River. The run
was 77 yards, and in the first
qua ter of the game. Wayne
Hensley carried the ball over
the goal line to rack up the
extr% point which defeated
Bowman.
Lewis Willis of the Bakers
ville eleven took a pass and
ran the ball 65 yards to pay
dirt. The extra point was
missed.
The Rebels ate up 241
yard’ against the Bowman
team, while the losers gained
only 133 ya~ds.
Cane River intercepted
three of the eleven passes
thrown by the opposition, and
only two of Bowman’s passes
were completed. The Rebels
completed one of four passes.
Friday .night’s win Is the
3econd conference game tak
en by the Case River Rebels.
Freshmen candidates are as
follows:
Sharon Stamey, daughter of
Mr. and. Mrs. J. B. Stamey;
EdwaiV. Penland, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Penland.
Linda Webb, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Webb;
Kenneth Wheeler, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Wheeler.
* Nancy McCurry, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Mc-
Curry; Steve King, son of Mr.
&nd Mrs. Bryan King.
Mart'na Evans, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Evans;
Willie Jobe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Jobe.