Volume 30
YANCEY TEAMS WIN TOE RIVER BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Cane River Girls, East Yancey
Boys Win Finals
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The Toe River Conference
basketball tournament came
to a roaring finish Tuesday
night, with Cane River Re
bel Girls defeating the East
Va.icey Panthers and East
Yancey boys taking a hard
game from the Cranberry
Wildcats.
In the first game of the
fl .a’.s, the Rebel team over
ran East Yancey by a score
of 36-22. The determined and
hard playing Cane River
team scored a first by any
team in four years defeat
East Yancey girls on their
home court.
Foxx of Cane River led her
team to victory by scoring
18 paints, half the points
made by the team, cox came
next with! 14 .pflints, while
Ballou scorfctrs and Holcom
be 1. Other girls playing for
the Rebels were King, Hen
sley and Peterson.
On the East Yancey team
were Ballew, leading the
Panther scoring with 7
points. Hensley scored 6
points, with Jones 4, Grind
staff 3, and Boone 2. Others
In the game were J. Grind
staff and Schwintzer.
The halftime score was
25-8 in favor of Cane River.
In the final tournament
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COMMENDATION Li.
Col. Sam J. Huskins, Jr., re
ceives the Air Force Com
mendation Ribbon at cere
monies marking his retire
ment after more than 22
years active military service.
Colonel Huskins had been as
signed as Plans Officer in
the Deputy Chief of Stay
for Plans at Hq. Continen
THE YANCEY RECORD
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County
Burnsville, N.C.
game for the boys, East
Yancey fought a sharpshoot-
Ing Cranberry five to an
eight point victory. The final
score was 66-58. At ha’ftime,
the Craiberry Wildcats held
the Panthers at bay with a
two point lead, 24-22.
- Coming-back in the second
half of play, the East Yan
cey sharp shooters began to
hit. And after fighting a nip
and tuck battle with the
Wildcats in the early part of
the second half, the East
Yancey boys Urk a narrow
margin and held it to the
end of the game to win.
Mike Hoover sparked the
East Yancey team to victory
after finding the basket in
the second half with 26
points. The rebounder, Mike
Silvers, scored 12 points for
second place in scoring for
the Panthers. Robinson, the
Panther’s playmaker, scored
10 points, while Gillespie
scored 10 and Hamby 8.
Westall was also in the
game for the Panthers.
To entitle them to the
finals, Cane River girls de
feated Spruce Pine 34-27 in
the semifinals, and 3ast Yan
cey boys defeated Eakers
ville 68-58.
tal Air Command (CONAC),
Robins AFB, Ga. since July
1961. MaJ. Gen. fr. Stanley
Holtoner, Vice Commander
of Continental Air Com
mand. makes the presenta
tion. Colonel Huskins will re
side in Port Malabar, Fla.
His mother, Mrs. Sam J.
Huskins, lives in Burnsville,
N. C.
Stylls, In Missouri
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Pvt. Denver Styles, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lee
Styles of Burnsville, Rt. 2,
left Thursday, the 24th for
Missouri, where he will take
further training, after spen
ding 15 days leave with his
parents. Styles entered the
Army Dec. 14, 1965. He took
his basic training at Fort
Jackson, S. C. He attended
East Yancey High School.
Staff Hired
To Explain
In order to be sure that
citizens from even the most
remote spots have full know
ledge of the Medicare Pro
gram. W.A.M Y. Community
Action, Inc. has applied for
and received a grant of $9,-
528 from the Office of Eco
nomic Opportunity.
Mr. Bob Phillips, of Mit
chell County, has been hired
as the Director of Medicare
Project. Other staff person
nel have been hired from
each of the four counties
and have undergone an ex
tensive training session re
cently conducted in Spruce
Pine. These staff members
will be visiting people 65
years old and over during
the next few weeks to ex
' plain the benefits of Medi
care and to assist those who
are interested in signing up.
However, volunteers are still
needed In some communities
in each of the counties to
help the staff members
reach all qualified peope
The volunteers will work in
their own and adjoining
neighborhood so their jobs
would not be too big. If you
would like to assist your
neighbors In this matter,
please telephone ln Wa
tauga and Avery Counties
264-2861; in Mitchell and
Yancey Counties 765-4489.
For direct Medicare Infor
mation call pour county Soc
ial Security Officer.
Thursday, March 3, 1966
Congressman Roy A. Tay
lor of Black Mountain has
announced his candidacy for
reelection as Eleventh Dis
trict representative. He has
forwarded his filing fee to
the State Board of Elections.
He will seek nomination in
the May Democratic primary
Taylor, 56, has served the
mountainous 11th District in
Congress since 1960. Since
that date, the number of
counties in the district has
increased from 10 to 16. The
most recent additions are
Mitchell and Rutherford.
A former state legislator
and attorney for Buncombe
County, Rpd. Taylor now
seeks his fifth term in Con
gress. He has a’rea J v gain
ed more seniority than any
reoresentatlve from Western
North Carolina since the
late Zeb Weaver.
He has sponsored numer
ous bills to au f horl"e the
Duke Endowment
Allocations
Given
CHARLOTTE, N. C. The
Duke Endowment allocated
$14,419,315 during 1965 to
various educational, health,
religious and child care in
stitutions and programs in
the Carolinas.
Mr. Thomas L. Perkins,
Chairman of the Trustees,
announced that with the
1965 grants The Duke En
dowment had allocated and
distributed ever $213 million
during the 41 years of its
existence. The Endowment
was established in 1924 by
James B. Duke.
Contributions to education
have amounted to $142,489,-
034, which includes $120,-
206,632 to Duke University,
$8,338,263 to Davidson Col
lege, $8,394,064 to Furman
University, and $5550,075 to
Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity.
Virtually all of the non
profit hospitals and child
caring institutions in the
Carolinas have received aid
from The Endowment. Hos
pital contributions have
amounted to $53,566,784 for
building %nd equipping, for
charity work and for var
ious health programs. Child
care institutions have re
ceived $8,544,688 for aid in
the care of orphan children
and for other child care pro
grams.
The Endowment has allo
cated $7,496,013 for assist
ance in the building and op
erating of rural Methodist
Churches and $1,679,004 for
the support of retired Meth
odist ministers, their wid
ows and dependent children
In North Carolina.
Taylor Announces For Reelection
Number Twenty Seven
construction of federal scenic
roads in Webern Nor*h
Carolin a including a 180-
ml>e extension of the Blue
Ridge Parkway. p e was a
front runner in the strugyle
for a new Veterans Admin
istration Hospital at Oteen
(now under construction),
and has fought f~r new fed
eral roads, buildings and
post offices thi-on<rhout the
area. He has authorized leg
islation to carry out the -
Cradle of Forestry
in NaHo->ai Forest.
Taylor entered th» N«w In
1943 a-d served as ''"mmand
intr officer of an LST in the
Pacific.
Bloodmobile
Collected
92 Pints
The Yancey County Blood
mobile, on a recent visit to
Yancey County, collected 92
pints of blood. There were
nine rejections, making a
total of 101 persons present
ing themselves as donors.
This number included 13
persons who were donating
for the first time. Thirty
four pints of blood were do
nated for specific recipients.
Ten pints of B positive blood
were sent at the end of the
first hour in answer to a re
quest from the Veterans Ad
ministration Hospital for B
positive blood. A special col
lection was made and picked
up during the early part of
the bloodmobile visit by the
state patrolman.
This was the most success
ful visit of the bloodmobile
this year. The next visit of
the bloodmobile will be In
about three months and
p’ans are to exceed the
amount that was collected
this time. E. L. Dillingham,
Yancey County Bloodmobile
Program Chairman, said
that he wished to express
appreciation to all the peo
ple 'who helped make this
bloodmobile visit such a
success.
FILM SHOWING
AT LIBRARY
Thursday Night Film
Showing at Library at 8 pm.
POOD OR FAMINE
This film appeals for
greater International coop
eration In expanding food
production world-wide. It
actually presents the im
pending threat of mass star
vation; then covers the globe
to report what is being done
to prevent it.
FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS
FOR THE HOME NO. I.