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Officers and members of
the Heart Fund Volunteers
as they met at the Amber-
Workers
To Moke
'Cleon Sweep’
The Yancey County Heart
Association volunteers are on
tyie Job, and will be contact*
lng every home and farm In
the nelghbor-to-nelghbor ef
fort In the area. Under the
leadership of Rev. H. L. Mc-
Donald, President, the fol
lowing chairmen and direc
tors will be working: District
Pres. Elect, Dr. Melvin Webb,
Burnsville; Heart Fund
Chairman, Mrs. Charles
Gillespie; County Heart Fund
Chmn., Mrs. Ed Hunter..
Poster Distribution, Mrs.
Phillip Btyles; Publicity, Mrs.
Burale King; Treasurer, Mrs.
Leonard Ayers; Rheumatic
Fever, Mrs. Ann Ballard;
Memorial Gifts, Mrs. John
Bennett; Industry, Mrs. C.
O. Ellis and Mr. P. C. Col
etta; Rural Heart Fund, Mrs
Alice Hopson; Business, Mr.
Leslie Hensley, Mrs. Earl
Young, and Mrs. Frank Dey
ton; Professional, Mrs. Nor
man Evans; Coffee Days,
Mrs. Dixon Bailey and Mrs.
J. C. Styles; Heart Fund
Sunday, Mrs. Garland Wam
pler.
Schools Reopen Following
Snowy Period
After the loss of 16
school days, the Yancey
County Schools are In opera
tion again, much to the de
light of the parents, teach
ers, and we feel sure.in some
cases, the children. Mr.
Woodrow Anglin, Principal
of East Yancey, reports good
attendance, and that school
buses have made all side
roads without too much dif
ficulty. If it is Impossible for
the school bus to travel on
THE YANCEY RECORD
Bumsvlllu, N.C.
Jack last Thursday to plan
for a sweeping campaign for
Yancey County. Rev. Harold
County To Host Bloodmoblle
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February 23
Yancey County will be host
to the Bloodmoblle again
Wednesday, February 23 at
the Armory in Burnsville
from 1:00 p. m. to 9:00 p. m.
Dr. Garland Wampler will be
the physician In charge.
Mrs Tom Weeks will be the
nurse. Mrs. Harlan Holcombe
and the gray ladles will have
charge of records. The wom
en of the Burnsville Catholic
Church will have charge of
the canteen.
E. L Dillingham, Chair
man of the Blood Program,
stated that the area quota
for Yancey County was 400
pints. There have been two
previous visits of the blood
mobile with collections of
152 pints. This Is 38% of the
area quota. It will be neces
sary to get above the quota
for the next two visits In
order to meet the annual
goal.
A group of 25 or more
members may sign a con
tract. pledging to produce a
minimum of 35 pints of blood
for each 100 members within
a 12 month period. The Cen
ter will issue Donor Credit
Cards to each member of the
side roads, parents are ask
ed to cooperate in getting
the children to the highway
where they can board the
bus. Let’s hope the children
have not gotten out of study
habits and that all schools
will soon be back to normal.
Also, that we will be spared
another such seige of winter,
or even one mllily approach
ing It. The sixteen make-up
davs facing teachers and
students Is enough, 1 t not
too much.
Dedkof d To The Progress Os Yoacuy County
L. McDonald Is president
of the volunteer group.
grruo for a Derlod of 12
months from the date of the
contract Potations under the
contract may be made thr
ouphmit. the near.
DONT WAIT DONATS!
Girl Scovts Bigia
Cookit Salt
More than 100 Girl Scouts
from six troops in Yancey
county will begin taking ad
vance orders for Girl Scout
Cookies on .February 12. Al
so participating In the an
nual Cookie Sale of Plsgah
Girl Scout Council will be
nearly 5,000 Girl Scouts
from 16 counties.
Mrs. Craig English is Yan
cey Cookie chairman.
The cookie chairman will
work with cookie chairmen
In each troop. Girl Scouts
will take advance orders for
five varieties of cookies from
February 12 to 28. Cookies
will be delivered to each
neighborhood by trucking
companies on March 16, dis
tributed to troops and deliv
ered by Girl Scouts before
March 26. Girls Collect for
cookies when they deliver
them.
The annual cookie sale Is
Plsgah Council’s only means
for financing capital 'im
provements on present faci
lities at the owned camping
sites. Camp Plsgah near Bre
vard, Camp Marion in Mc-
Dowell county, and Cross
roads In Buncombe county,
and on leas°d properties,
•nils year’s Drofits will be
used to cootl"ue to Improve
all camo facilities and all
camp programs and to ex
pand the eoulnmept for Day
and Troop Camping.
Thursday, February 10, 1966
Thomas Named To Advisory
Committee By Broughton
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State Democratic Party
Chairman, J. Melville Brou
ghton, Jr., today announced
that Mr. Lowe Thomas, Clerk
of Superior Court of Yancey
County, has been named to
the Party’s Recommendation
and Advisory Committee
concerned with problems
brought about by redistrict
ing and reapportionment.
The committee, known as
the Democratic Party’s Re
commendation and Advisory
Committee, will recommend
certain changes to the State
Democratic Executive Com
mittee with respect o the
Party s “Plan of Organiza
tion”.
Mr. Broughton said, “We
are very pleased that Mr.
Thomas Aas agreed to serve
on this important commit
tee, and I am sure that his
experience and background
will be very helpful in find
ing certain solutions. Mr.
Thomas has been very ac
tive in the Democratic Party
for many years and because
of his experience, we will
rely heavily on his advice
and counsel. Mr. Thomas
will serve as one of several
on the committee from the
western part of North Caro-
Hensley
Named To
Honor List
RALEIGH A Yancey
County student at North
Carolina State University
has been cited for outstand
ing academic work during
the fall semester .Chancellor
John T. Caldwell has an
nounced.
Philip R. Hensley, son of
Mr. Philip M. Hensley, Bald
Creek, was named to the
Dean’s Honor List for ob
taining a “B” or better grade
average for all of his course
work during the past semes
ter.
Hensley had a near per
fect “A* average with a
3 8 average out of a possible
4.0 or all “A’s”.
He Is a senior In civil en
gineering and is one of 1,137
students earning the covet*
ed academic honor.
Number Tweuty Four
lina as we deem it Impera
tive and appropriate that
the fine Democrats from the
mountain area of our state
be well represented.
Mr. Thomas is a native of
Yarcey County and resides
In Burnsville, North Caro
lina. He has been active in
local, county and state poli
(Contlnued on page 11)
Funds Complete
For Ball Field
Lights
James R. Covington, U. S.
Forester, living In the Cane
River section of Yancey
County, won a prize of one
hundred dollars In a draw
ing held Saturday afternoon
In the Information House on
the town square.
Covington had purchased
one ticket among the 716
chances entered in the draw
ing. He chose to take the
one hundred dollars In cash
Instead of the half of a
Swift Premium beef which
had been offered.
Proceeds from the drawing,
amounting to $616.00, paid
for what was left of the cost
of installing outdoor lights
on the Burnsville Elementary
School Field.
Eighteen softball teams
played under the lights this
past summer, participating
In two separate leagues for
high school students and
adults.
The drawing on Saturday
was witnessed by Ralph Pen
land and J. D. Slivers. Bur
nsville policemen, and by
officials of the Burnsville
Men’s Club. The winning
ticket was notarized by
Grace Banfcs .Notarv Public.
A payment of $253 00 was
made on the lights in Octo
ber. 1965, provided by a gen
erous contribution of one
hundred dollars bv the Earl
Horton Post Number 122 of
the American Legion, and by
proceeds from an earlier
fund-raising projpct by the
Burnsville Men’s Club.
Republicans
Hold Meeting
Saturday
Frank H. Lewis, chairman
of the Republican Party’s
Burnsville precinct, announ
ced this week that a precinct
meeting will be held Satur
day, February 12, at The
Amberjfik. The meeting Is
scheduled to begin at 7 p. m.
Lewis said the meeting Is
to reorganize and elect offi
cers for the Bumsvlle pre
cinct. ■He urges that all Re
publicans in the Townshij. to
attend this meeting.