Volume 30
Scoutmaster Hughes Honored
By BHicayille Club
Scoutmaster Max Hughes
was honored by the Mlea
vllle Community Club with
a dinner In the social hall of
the Presbyterian Church on
Monday evening, December
13th Approximately 125
community members turned
out for the occasion. Mr.
Hughes was presented with
a certificate and a citation
cup, inscribed “In grateful
appreciation for service ren
dered unto boys", by the
Daniel Boone Council. Troop
509 .presented him an offi
cial. scoutmaster’s jacket as
a Christmas present
The hall was beautifully
decorated throughout in the
Christmas motif, under the
direction of Mrs. John E.
Powers.
Mr. Hughes, a former
Scout hmself, has served
two sessions as Scoutmaster
EY Wins Four— Cane River
Wins Three —Loses One
The East Yancey Panthers
continued their winning ser
ies as they downed Bakers
vllle Friday night on the
home court, and took Mars
Hill at Mars Hill Tuesday
night. Both boys and girls
teams were victores in these
games.
Friday night the local girls
took the Bakersvllle team
with a score of 52-23. Hen
sley led the way with 17
points, with Ballew following
close behind with 14 points.
Grindstaff marked up 11
points and Jones 10. Other
players were Schwintzer,
Boone, Bartlett and Grind
staff.
Hoover glowed to rocket
the Panther boys to victory
by scoring 28 of the 68
points racked up by the East
Yancey team. Bakersvllle
boys scored 48 points.
Haney of the local team
held second place In the
scoring aga'nst BakersviUe’s
Bowman five with 20 points.
Robinson looped In 12
points while Stiver and Gill
espie rounded out the score
with four points each.
On Tuesdav night at Mars
Hill High School Mth the
Panther teams marked up
another game. Hie girls de
feated Mars Hill team 31-14.
Ballew of East Yancey
placed ten points on the
board, with Jones 8, Hensley
7. and Grindstaff 6.
Hamby led the Panther
boys to a victory Os 83-54 by
marking 21 of the eighty
three points. Hoover was
close behind with 20, a"d
THE YANCEY RECORD
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County
Burnsville, N. C.
first during the fifties as
Scoutmaster of the former
Micavllle Troop 9, and since
the spring of 1963 # as Scout
master of Troop 509. He is
very popular among the
boys, not only for leading
them on hikes, to camp
outs, to ball games, for a
week at Camp Daniel Boone,
to the various scouting acti
vities, but also for encourag
ing them to advance in the
total program of scouting.
The Micaville community is
very fortunate to have such
a dedicated leader of youth.
Mr. Hughes is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fhonse Hughes
of Bowdltch, and the father
of two sons Kenneth, the
older, being a First Class
Scout. His wife is the for
mer Louise Proffitt. She is
a teacher at East Yancey
High School.
Robinson trailed slightly with
19. Gihesple scored 14 points,
with Westall,, J. P. Young
and Anderson adding to the
total.
The Cane River Rebels
took both games against
Mars Hill High on the Cane
River court Friday night.
The girls won with a score of
36-24, while the Rebel boys
slipped through a four-point
lead ending the game 57-53.
Ballou led the Rebel girls
in scoring with 13 points,
with Holcombe marking up
10. Cox scored 7, Fox 3, Pet
erson one and Hensley one.
Hill hit 21 points for the
Rebel boys, while Tipton
popped 16 marks on the
score board. Wilson racked
up 10 points, G. Whitson 6,
B. Whitson 4, and Proffitt 1.
At Marshall High Tuesday
night the Rebel teams were
not as fortunate to walk
away with both games. The
local g ! rls bowed to the
Marshall team with a 35-18
score.
TJie Rebel boys brought
the game to a happy con
clusion, leading the Marsh
all five three points to win
a 80-57 score.
Hill looped his habitual
21 paints to lead the Rebels,
and Tipton again was sec
ond high in scoring with 12
points. G. Whitson came
close behind with 11. Prof
fitt showed 8 points and B.
Whitson ahd Wilson both
scored 4 each to add up to a
winning team.
Thursday, Dacembar 16, 1965
Adult
Education To
Start
Mrs. Shaby B. Humphries,
local director of Adult Edu
cation in Mitchell and Yan
cey Counties announces that
classes in Adult Education
will start soon in Yancey
County.
All persons 18 years old or
older with below an eighth
grade education are urged to
enroll in order to improve
their reading and writing
abilities.
This course is FREE to all
interested persons 18 years
of age and over, and offers
Individuals with less than an
Bah grade education an op
portunity to up-grade them
selves and improve their
chances of getting a better
job.
Interest is running high'
and offic’als of the program
believe this to be one of the
greatest opportunities ever
offered to local citizens.
Mrs. Humphries is now
taking registrations for the
classes and persons wishing
to enroll are requested to
contact her at telephone
number 682-2113 in Burns
ville or by writing to her at
223 Walnut Ave., Spruce
Pine, N. Carolina
Classes are row being con
ducted in Harris Elementary
School in Spruce Pine on
Tuesday and Thursday
nights from 8:30 to 9:30 p.
m. There is no charge for
these classes and all mater
ials are furnished by the
Technical Institute. This
series of classes will begin
In January 1968, and per
sons interested in these
classes are requested to con
tact Mrs. Humphries at the
above address or telephone
number as soon as possible.
Local Crafts
Decorate
Homes
Wreaths, plaques, and cor
sages made in the South Toe
craft workshop, under the
direction of Mrs. Andrew
Johnson, now decorate Yan
cey homes The decorations,
in rich tones of brown, are
made of nuts, seeds and
ccnes gathered on fall hikes
and even drives one lady
reported a hundred mile trip
in finding special native ma
terials.
So successful has been the
course that all the craft
students are eager for more
lessons that is, almost
everyone. A few husbands,
tired of broken drill bits, or
of climbing jack pines for
the choicest cones, mAy
groan.
Dr. Bently Named President
Os /Morj Hill College
*
MARS HILL Dr. Fred
Blake Bentley, an assistant
dean and assistant professor
of education at the Univer
sity of Louisville, has been
named president of Mars
Hill College, effective Ja'y 1.
The 30-year-old native of
Roanoke, Va, will succeed
Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, 75, who
will retire after 28 years as
head of the 110-year-old
Baptist college.
Dr Bentley thus will be
come only the third presi
dent the institution has had
since 1897.
The youthful admisistrator
was recommended to the
full board of trustees by a
special trustee committee
appointed in May, 1964 when
Dr. Blackwell announced
p’ans to retire. The board’s
acceptance of the recom
mendat’on was unanimous,
and Dr. Bentley was present
to accept.
Mrs Bentley Is the former
Doris Phillips, also of Roan
oke, a Mars Hill alumna
from the class of 1956. They
have three children: Steph
en, 8; Philp, almost 4; and
Rhonda, 2V 2 .
Dr. Bentley did his under
graduate work In music
. theory and conducting at
Baylor University in Waco,
Texas from 1954-58, receiv
ing a Bachelor of Music de- 7
gree. «
From 1958 to 1960 he
studied at Southern. Baptist
Theological Seminary in
Louisville, Ky, in antlclpa
ton of a career in church
music an'd re’lglous educa
tion He received the Master
of Rellgous Education de
gree there.
'lt was during his semi
nary study that he became
interested in administration
in higher education and de
cided to pursue a doctorate
in that field.
Enrolling in a newW-or
ganlzed Department of High
er Education at the Univer
s'ty of Indiana he earned,
Number Sixteea
in 1962. the Boctor of Edu
cation degree in higher edu
cation and educational
ph n osophy.
His doctoral dissteratlon,
“An Analysis of French
H'gher Education.” was bas
ed on first-hand research at
the Institute
National and the Ministry
of Hieher Educat ; on in Paris
Following receipt of the
doctorate, he served two
years on the faculty in the
Department of Government
at the University of Ind'ana.
At the same time he was
educational advisor to the
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Us Moves Past
SSOOO Dollar
Mark
With the Yuletide season
pressing in on its fund rais
ing effort, Yancey County’s
United Fund moved past its
five thousand dollar mark,
with an eye toward a mop
up operation that will pro-*
duce the balance of its 1965
goal of $8,278.00.
Four new members were
added this past week to the
list of firms and organiza
tions with one hundred per
cent participation In the
United Fund campaign.
Burnsville Elementary
School, Glen Raven Silk
Mills, the U a Forest Ser
vice, and the Yancey County
Dental and Medical Fratern
ity were added to the Honor
Roll, already enhanced by
the names of the Post Office
Department, Roberts Chev
rolet-Bulck, Yancey County
Extension Office, Yancey
County Health Department.
Hie names of the Burns
ville Mill of Mohasca Indus
tries. Deneen Mica Company,
and Yancey Welfare Depart
ment were already placed at
the top of the blue ribbon
,11st.
WAMY Will
Meet Dec. 21
The WAMY Board of Dir
ectors of the WAMY Com
munity Action, Inc., will
meet on Tuesday, December
21, at 7:30 p. m. In Harris
Hivh School at Spruce Pine
Included on the agenda
for this meeting are a dis
cuss'on ctf future projects of
WAMY and the coordina
tion between the program
of WAMY and the program
to be op;rated under the
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act.