Volume 30
Micaville Community Fair Scoros Big Success
n ie Micaville Community
Fair, tinder the sponsorship
of the Micaville community
Club, and held in the audi
torium and on the grounds
of the Micaville Elementary
School Friday and Sat., Nov.
5 and 6, was an outstanding
achievement for any Club,
and particularly for a new
Club, as is the one at
Micaville.
The exhibits included
handwork of all kinds
quilts, knitting, sewing, hook
ed rugs, and many others.
One only had to glance at
the fine display of canned
goods, Jellies, cakes and pies,
to know that the community
abounds in fine cooks. There
were beautiful flower ar
rangements, a most attrac
tive display of candles, cera
mics, hammered brass, nov
elties, hand crafted pocket
books and furniture. The an
tiques included old guns,
china, silver, furniture, hand
woven coverlets, and many
others too numerous to men
tion. The exhibit which we
believe deserves the highest
praise was the one put on by
Boy Scout Troop No. 509,
Max Hughes Scout Master.
Th’s was a layout of the
village of Micaville, complete
with models of stores, post
office, church, and even the
little railroad running along
the creek bank. These were
all made by the 21 Boy
Scouts In the Troop, under
the direction of Mr. Hughes.
We would not fall to mention
too the beautiful hand made
bed spreads and quilts, most
of them made by the people
now living in the community,
and not by their great grand
mothers. It is comforting to
know that such skills still
are practiced, and that the
pioneer spirit still exists. In
fact, the Fair was a good
example of “Do It yourself”.
One of the outstanding
events of the Fair was the
Baby Contest, with eighteen
entries. There were two clas
sifications birth to one
year, and one tb three year
olds, with first and second
place winners in each classi
fication. The children were
judged on health only.
And let us not leave out'
the farmers and gardeners,
who had a very handsome
exhibit of most everything
grown In this part of the
country and such huge
12-Foot Tree
For Governor
Mr. Helton Carmichael,
District Ranger, has been
advised that the balsam fir
from Mt. Mitchell, which is
to grace the Governor's
Mansion this Christmas,
should measure twelve feet
It will be delivered to the
mansion on December 17th
by the Burnsville Chamber
of Commerce.
THE YANCEY RECORD
Blirasvillt, N. C.
potatoes.
Among the outside attrac
tions were a horse show,
with a dozen or so entries,
pet show, and a turkey
shoot; also drawing for a
fine beef. Quality Cleaners
of Burnsville was the winner
In the drawing for the beef.
Twenty four lucky men toe*
home fine turkeys due to
their superior marksman
ship.
The judges were hard put
to it in handing out the rib
bons. They were heard to re
mark that they had seen bet
ter exhibits from a QUAN
TITY standpoint, but never'
from a QUALITY standpoint.
In fact it was a very fine
minature county fair. We do
not know whether or not
there was a ribbon for the
man behind all this, but If
not there should have been
we are speaking of the
Rev. John Powers, pastor of
the Micaville Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Powers is really
a "power" in the commun
ity —not only the Presbyter-,
lan Church but the whole
community has benefltted
by his presence among us.
Our congratulations and
best wishes to the Micaville
Community Club. Let us
hope that this is just the
beginning of more of the
same for this thriving com
munity.
Remember
Yen Are
Needed
A REMINDER ON BLOOD
MOBILE which will be at
the Armory in Burnsville on
Veterans Day, Nobember 11,
from 1 to 6 p m. Doctors E.
R. Ohle and Melvin W. Webb
will be on duty at the Blood
mobile. Mrs. W. P. Honey
cutt will be the nurse In
charge. The Gray Ladies will
assist the Red Crow per
sonnel.
Citizen's Pledge
We are often asked to
make pledges of monetary
contributions for various
charities or community pro
jects, or pledges to support
a particular club or organi
zation by regular attendance.
I would llge to ask your par
ticipation in a pledge that
does not require money or
personal attendance, but ,
which does involve your dut
ies a$ a good citizen. As clti- *
zens of this county, will you .
Join me in this pledge;
“I pledge myself to do my
part to keep Yancey. County
green and free of forest
fires.”
Jim Covington
Forester
U. S. Forest Service
DaflcaUd To Tli« Prognn Os Yaacay Coaaty
Bliss Ray
Hotted To Phi
Beta Kappa
Carolyn Lenora Ray has
been elected to membership
in Phi Beta Kappa at Duke
University, Durham, N. C.
Membership for the na
tion’s oldest scholastic hon
orary is no longer based on
maintaining a minimum 3.3
academic average out of a
possible 4.0, but rather mem
bers are now elected from
the top eleven percent of the
combined classes of the un
der-graduate colleges. Fifty
two students representing
7.1 percent of the senior
classes at Duke were recently
elected in this first of the
three elections to be held
this year.
1 Miss Ray Is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Mack B. Ray,
Burnsvill?, N. C.
Two More
Floats For
Parade
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Two more floats have been
entered in the Christmas
parade East Yancey High
School and South Toe Ele
mentary School. Each float
entered will receive $lO 00 to
help defray expenses. In ad
dition, the float winning first
place will receive $75 00;
second place $50.00, and third
place $2500. The money for
the prizes is being donated
by industry of Yancey Coun
ty. Any firm wishing to en
ter cars in the parade is
asked to call Mrs. at
the Chamber of Com"’«"-ce
office by Mosday, the 15th.
Mrs. Smith
Service Pin
The Forty Sixth Public
Welfare Institute was held
in Raleigh November 3rd
through the sth. The Institu- t
te was attended by Mrs. C. ’
R. Hamrick. Mrs. Lucius
Smith, and Mr. Gerald W.
, Mann of the Burnsville offi
ce. Mrs. Smith was awarded
a Twenty-Year Service pin
by the Welfare Department.
Mrs. Smith and Mr. Mann
returned to Burnsville on
Saturday. Mrs. Hamrick
went from Raleigh to Wil
mington to visit with her
daughter and family, Rev.
and Mrs. Wayne Slaton.
Tfcmj«y, Novtabtr 11,1*4$
UF Here Begins
Te Move
With one thousand dollars
tucked safely under its belt,
Yancey County’s United
Fund is reaching for more
In its campaign to secure
$8,278.00
Helton Carmichael, cam
paign director, reported on
Wednesday that contribu
tions had exceeded one thou
sand dollars in the third
week of the fund-gathering
effort.
The Burnsville Mill of Mo
hasco Industries set the pace
by announcing that one hun
dred percent of its plant
workers and executive per
sonnel had contributed to
the United Fund.
Volunteer workers, under
Carmichael’s direction are
busy canvassing the county
to push the total contribu
tions toward the half-way
mark of four thousand dol
lars.
Money from the United
Fund goes to support eight
een different agencies, most
of which in one way or ano
ther contribute to the gen
eral welfare of the county.
One such project Is the
Dread Disease Fund, admin
istered locally, which dis
pensed financial aid to thir
ty cases of extreme illness,
all of whom were non-wel
fare recipients.
Helping Hands, a new en
try in the United Fund, Is an
undertaking which will sup
ply shoes to families and in
dividuals In dire need.
“I am encouraged by the
generosity of the contribu
tions which have come in so
far.” Carmichael said Wed
nesday.
‘ The majority of contri
butions are yet to come in,”
he continued, “and each
business and each individual
must do his share to help us
reach our goal.”
$1,500,000 EXPECTED HERE FROM BURLEY
SALES THIS SEASOH
Tobacco farmers In Yancey
will get well on their *vay in
grading and “handing” to
bacco if wet weather contin
ues. A long period of dry
weather has held the grad
ing off longer this year, ac
cording to what most farm
ers say.
According to County Ex
tension Chairman E. L. Dill
ingham, more than 1088 ac
res of tobacco was grown on
1829 Yancey County farms
this year. Allotments aver
age approximately five-ten
ths acre per farm, Dilling
ham said. Sixty-one allot
ments in the county were
not planted due to lack of
labor or other reasons. These
allotments amount to about
20 additional acres of tobac
co that could have been
in the county. The
lack of planting the twenty
acres will result in the re
duction of 40,713 pounds, for
Numbur Eluvti
Rev. Ackerman
Assigned Here
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MB-
Rev. Paul Ackerman is the
new Associate Pastor of St.
Lucien Church. Fr. Acker
man replaces Rev. Bob Val
enza who was assigned to
Idabel, Oklahoma. Fr. Paul
was born in Green Bay,
Wise. He graduated from
college at the Athenaeum of
Ohio and then went on to
four years of graduate stud
ies in Theology. After ordi
nation in 1960, he was as
signed to Murphy, and Fran
klin, N C. He then served
two years in a parish in
Southern Georgia. While in
Georgia, he was chaplain at
the state prison, Reidsville.
His duties there Included
caring for the men on Death
Row, who were preparing for
execution. He was then re
assigned to a House in Chi
cago, 111., and traveled exten
sively on speaking tours
throughout the United Stat
es. He was also active in high
school guidance and coun
selling.
Fr. Taul has expressed his
joy in the return to Western
North Carolina. He is look
ing forward to settling here,
and will spend most of his
time in Burnsville, working
in Yancey County.
a money loss of $28,962.00 for
Yancey County, the Exten
sion chairman said.
Dillingham stated that
burley should average a
round sixty-two cents per
pound this year. This would
bring the tobacco Income to
the county to $1520,000 for
the year. He Indicated that
the crop this year should be
of sound quality and bring
a good price. However, early
wet weather with a draught
later in the season may re
sult in some loss of weight
In some sections of the
county.
Favorable weather should
enable most growers to sell
fairly early in the season, al
though dry weather has held
farmers up to some extent.
Warehouses will open to
receive tobacco November 19,
and sales will begin Novem
ber 29. *