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Mrs. Pender Bennett is re
ported to have grown the
biggest gourd in the county.
The gourd measures 48 in.
in length and weighs 15 lbs.
Library Receives Grant From
McClure Fund
The Avery-Mitchell-Yan
cey Regional Library has re
ceived, with great pleasure,
a grant of SIOOO.OO from the
Trustees of the James G. K.
McClure Educational and
Development Fund, Inc. In
recognition of its growth
and services for 40,000 resi
dents in Avery, Mitchell, and
Yancey counties.
The McClure Fund grant
is to be used for the pur
chase of additional books
for the region. This grant
will greatly aid the recently* -
received Dorothy Canfield
Fisher National Award in
providing many new books
In the Regional Library
which cculd not otherwise
bepurchased.
James G. K. McClure
Educational ' and Develop
ment Fund was founded in
1927 by James G. K. Mc
,. Clure, with offices located
In Asheville. The Trustees
serving presently are:
Harold L. Bacon, M. D.,
Bryson City, N... C,l. Dr, Ar
thur M. Banncrman, Warren
Wilson College, Swannanoa,
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N. C.
Shown with the gourd is
Tony Bennett, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harrison Bennett
and grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. Pender Bennett.
N. C.; Mrs. Burnham S.
Colburn, Arden, N. C.; Jam
es McClure Clarke, Secre
tary, Asheville, N. C.; Miss
Martha Guy, Newland, N. C.;
D. Hiden Ramsey, Asheville,
N. C.; and Julian A. Wood
cock, Jr., Asheville, N. C.
Trte Salts Close Roan
Mta. Road
Due to commercial Christ
mas tree salts on Forest
Bervice land atop Roan
Mountain, the road from
Carvers Gap to the top of
Roan Mounta'n will be clos
ed from Oc.o'jer 25 until
December 25, 1965. The cut
ting operation and sales ad
ministration of Christmas
tree sales on Roan Mountain
make it necessary to keep
the road closed during this
period, said District Ranger
D. R. Carmichael of Burns
ville, N. C
The Christmas tree sales
on Roan Mountain are being
cut under th: multiple use
pol'cy practiced by the U. S.
Forest smd-em These - cuU
tings will opt i up the Forest
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County
MONDAY
Rubais Bow To
Cranborry
The Rebels of Cane River
High School fell after a hard
struggle Friday night at
Cranberry when the Cran
berry High School eleven
fought their way to a 25-21
victory.
Neither team scored In the
first quarter. In the second
period Cane 0 River scored
two touchdowns and extra
points, while the Cranberry
boys scored one touchdown
and point.
In the third quarter Cran
berry scored two touchdowns
but failed on both extra
points. The Rebels failed to
score in the third period.
The final period brought
scores to both teams. Cran
berry scored a final touch
down without the extra
point. Cane River scored an
other touchdown, making,,
the extra point, but the
came ended with a margin
of four points in favor of the
Cranberry team.
EY Pouters Whip
Hot Spriigs
The East Yancey Panthers
left the Hot Springs High
School eleven licking their
wounds Friday night when
the local Panthers ripped
the visitors for a 34-7 victory
in the homecoming special.
The Panthers scored in the
first three quarters, with no
score in the final period.
Ronnie Robinson scored two
of the Panther’s touchdowns
and kicked four extra field
goals out of five attempts.
Both of Robinson’s touch
downs came ffom 40 to 50-
yard runs. In the first period
Bob Anderson, the Panther’s
hard hitting ground gainer,
scored on a short pile-driv
ing run. Ed Bennett crossed
the goal line standing up af
ter receiving a pass from
quarterback Mike Young
Young made the final touch
down with a thirty yard run
in the third quarter.
Neither team scored in the
final period.
The visiting Hot Springs
team scored in the third
quarter and ran the ball
across for the extra point.
so that new seedlings can
grow into healthy, vigorous
trees. Over 5000 Christmas
Trees from the Roan will be
distributed all over the
country by Christmas, said
Ranger Carmichael. The U.
S. Forest Service would like
to thank the public for their
cooperation during... this. ..per
iod.
UNITED FUND CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED
Thursday, October 21, 1965
Marching to the slogan,
"All The Way The United
Way," Yancey County’s Un
ited Fund will launch its
1965 campaign this Monday,
October 25.
The month-long campaign
will seek to collect $8,27800
in funds, to be distributed
among eighteen health, edu
cation, and service agencies.
Heading this year’s fund
raising effort is Helton Car
michael, United States For
est Ranger of the local Toe
cane District.
A task force of volunteers
is being organized by Car
michael to solicit United
Fund contributions from
Yancey County’s industry,
business community, em
ployees, and professional
personnel.
"This year we are going
to ask our contributors to
raise their gifts by ten per
cent,” announced Carmich
ael on Tuesday.
"We need to do this,” he
continued, "to come any-
WRESTLING TO BE
FEATURED HERE
Big-time wrestling, featur
ing leading stars of the T. V.
wrestling wor'.d, will come to
the Burnsville scene tonight
to pay for the lights on the
softball field of the Elemen
tary School here.
Three matches will be
staged in the Burnsville Ele
mentary School gym, with
the opening event scheduled
to begin at 8 15 p. m
Headlining tonight’s card
will be a ta,-team match
pitting Billy Two Rivers and
Suni War C oud, Mohawk
Indian grapplers, against
John and Chr s Tolas, the
celebrated "Michigan wreck
ing crew."
A couple of girls will tan
gle in the semi-final event,
featuring Juiy Grable, of
Miami, Florida, in a "powder
puff” battle with Toni Rose,
of Terre Haute, Indiana.
Two-Ton I'arris, bulky
heavyweight, will wrestle.
Jesse James in the best-two
of - three - falls, forty - five
minute t me limit.
Ringside tickets will be
sold for $2 00 and general
admission tickets may b e
bought for $1 50.
Reserve tickets are being
sold throughout Yancey
County, and may be purch
ased in the Office of the
Automobile License Bureau
on the Burnsville Town
Square.
Proceeds from the wrest
ling show will be used to
pay for equipment used this
past summer to light the
softball field at Burnsville
Elementary School.
All told, six high school
teams and twelve adult
teams played under the
lights during the summer’s
softball season
Nunbur Eight
where close to reaching our
goal ”
“The United Fund is com
munity project,” he con
ducted, “and we must depend
on the good will of all Yan
cey County citizens to meet
our responsibility for the
local and regional agencies
we support.”
Industry, and business
employers, will be asked to
encourage their employees
to contribute a “fair share”
to this year’s campaign.
Firms having 100 per cent
participation among their
employees will be listed on
an Honor Roll in future
issues of the Yancey Record.
Croft Workshop
Well Underway
Attractive corsages of nuts
and cones were made in the
first craft workshop held
Monday night, Oct. 18 at
South Toe School. Mrs. An
drew Johnson, Instructor in
the use of native materials,
and Mrs. Alice Hopson, home
economics demonstration
agent, have announced two
more craft workshops for
Monday, Nov. 1, and Mon
day, Nov. 15, from 6-9 at the
South Toe School.
Spdnsored by the South
Toe PTA, the lessons are op
en to anyone who is inter
ested. There is no fee except
a small donation if mater
ials are used. Materials for
wreaths and plaques should
be gathered now. Any type
nut, seed pod and burr or
cone may be dried for an
hour or two at about 200
degrees in preparation. Li
chens or “wild roses” may
be collected for plaques.
Gloves are recommended
in making the wreaths. Oth
er useful equipment includ
es long-nosed pliers, .wire
cutters and small electric
drills for boring holes in
hard nuts. An awl or ice
pick is fine for softer cones.
Plywood circles of 15” may
be cut at home for wreath
. bases, or wire forms bought
from a florist shop, (as well
as florist tape and wire).
It is p’anned to have some
of the “woods pretties” crea
ted in class at the Mlcaville
Fair in November as well as
on sale at the South Toe
PTA Bazaar In December.
Persons who make these
crafts may help themselves
earn extra Income as well as
help the PTA raise money
for needed school improve
ments. According to Mrs.
Hopson, craft shops are .
eager to get such items.
The PTA may sponser les
sons in other crafts, such as
use of corn shucks, and arts,
such as oil painting. Anyone
interested is invited to con
tact Mrs. Marilyn Neuhau
ser. program chairman.\