V«I»m« 30
Miss Hensley Honored
By NCTE
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Susan Hensley of Cane
River High School has been
nominated for the annual
Achievement Awards Pro
gram, sponsored by the Na
tional Council of Teachers
of English (NCTE).
For the ninth year, NCTE
is conducting the national
Awards competition to grant
recognition to outstanding
Cane River
Group Wins
Honors
“The Calico Maidens”, nine
girls from the Cane River
Beta Club, were recognized
for their singing talent on
two consecutive Saturday
nights in Asheville.
The “Maidens” won first
place in talent competition
at the State Beta Conven
tion in Asheville Friday,
Aprill 15, when they sang
•“Dona/’, “The Dri likin’
Gourd”, and “M.T.4.”
The nine girls in the
“Maiden” group are Lynn
Deyton, Pat Letterman, Julia
Ballou, Susan Hensley, Dana
Proffitt, Lois Doan, Kay'
Evans, Janet Cox, and Judy
Peterson.
Other Cane River members
attending the convention
were R'ta Foxx, Shelda
Woody, Linda Peterson, Lin
da Carolyn Fox, Joy
ce Chandler, and Mrs. Phy
llis Bailey, the sponsor.
The group was invited to
enter the Youth Jamboree,
with only one weeks notice,
and won a silver troohy
Saturday night as the Best
Nat ! ve Talent.
"The Called Maidens” are
directed by Susan Henslev.
She is a member of the
group and is the daughter
ol’ Mr. and Mrs. Flav Hen
s’ey. Susan attended the
Governor’s School at Wio
ston-Saiem last year. She
was invited to attend be
cause of her mu c lcal ta’ent.
Other Yancey C~uoty
groups entering the Youth
Jamboree were the “Apple
Cider Singers”, composed of
Ramona a”d John Penland,
Margaret Rldd’e, and Jerry
C’evenger; and the “B'ue
Frck Ramblers”, composed
of Bill Geouge, Gary Pres
nell, and Mike Fox.
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N.C.
hgh school seniors for ex
cellence in English. The
writing abilities and l'terary
awareness of each nominee
will be judged by local and
state committees, and NCTE
will announce the winners in
December, 1966. The winners’
names will be sent to every
U. S. college and university
director of admissions, Eng
lish department chairman,
governor, representative in
Congress and state superin
tendent of schools with the
recommendation that these
students be considered for
scholarship assistance. Most
Awards finalists report that
they have been admitted to
one of the colleges of their
choice, and many have been
given direct scholarship as
sistance.
According to James R.
Squire, Executive Secretary
of NCTE, the Achievement
Awards Program is part of a
comprehensive program un
dertaken by the Council in
cooperation with American
high schools to encourage
improvement in English
language and literature at
all grade levels. By stlmulat
> ing interest in English stud
ies and by supporting the
Improved instruction in
English, the NCTE seeks to
contribute to an educational
program of excellence.
Youth
Orchestra To
Play Here
A rare musical treat is in
tore for all the elementary
school children of Yancey
County on Saturday, April
30, when the Asheville sym
phony Youth Orchestra wlir
present a concert for their
enjoyment.
Under the auspices of the
Pisgah Girl Scout Council,
this concert will pe Ijield at
10 a. m. in the Burnsville
Elementary Gymnasium. Girl
Scout Troops from neighbor
ing counties have been ln
c’uded in this courtesy, as
v well as all the elementary
school children throughout
Yancey County. There will
be no admission charge.
In the meantime the tea
chers are endeavoring to
their students in
advance with the program.
The concert program will
consist of selections which
are short and lively, with
International dances predo
minating.
The Girl Scout project is
endorsed by the public
c~untv-wlde school system.
Mrs Ton Furh-e is general
cha’rman for the event.
Mr. Joseph E F'scher is
the conduct~r f"r the Ashe
ville Symphony You s h Or
che'tre o* the Asheville Sym
phony Society, Inc.
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County
Drama Courses
To Be Offered
At Playhouse
GREENSBORO High
school students who will
have completed their junior
year and col’ege undergrad
uates and graduate students
with an interest in drama
are eligible to apply for par
tic'pation this summer in
the Parkway Playhouse at
Burnsvi’le. University cour
ts will be offered, combined
with on-the-spot learning
by actual participation in
summer stock acting _ and -
production. The Playhouse is
operated by the University
of North Carolina at Greens
boro. A limited number of
scholarships and technical
* are available.
Information may be obtain
ed by writing Ra’ph Kerns,
managing director, Park
way Playhouse, UNC-O,
Greensboro, N. C. 27412.
Medical
Meeting In
Asheville
RALEIGH, April 20
Consideration of the most
recent advances in the field
of med cine is the underly
ing theme of the 112th an
nual meeting of the State
Medical Society to be held
in Ashev llle on April 30
May 4, according to Society
President George W. Pas
chal, Jr., M. D. of Raleigh.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Chris
awn of Celo, Mrs. Chrisawn
who is a patient at the Sun
Vallley Rest Home here, ce
lebrated her eighty-fifth
blrthdav Sunday at the rest
home. In July Mr. and Mrs.
Chrisawn w.ll have been
married 65 years. In the
above picture, theV smile
utove her birthday cake.
Mrs. Chrisadn has been a
Thursday, April 28, 1966
Mrs. Chrisawn Celebrates
85th Birthday
Huskins Promoted To T. Sgt.
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W. B. Huskins, a native of
Burnsville, was recently pro
moted to the rank of T. Sgt.
In the State Highway Patrol.
He is shown here receiving
156 Pints Os Blood Needed
To Meet Quota
A quota of 400 pints of
blood was set for Yancey
County this year by the
American Red Cross.
To date, the bloodmobile
has made three visits to this
county in this fiscal year and
have received donations of
244 pints. This will leave a
balance on the quota of 156
pints due to be donated from
Yancey County.
The bloodmobile will be
at the Armory bn Orchard
Street here Tuesday, May 3
Red Cross officials are ur
ging that as many people as
possible go by the Armory
Tuesday a"d donate a pint
of blood. The urgency in
patient at the rest home for
ab-ut three weeks, and Mr.
Chrisawn is boarding at a
private home near the rest
home so that he will be ab’e
to spend the days with his
wife.
At the present time eMrs.
Chrilsawn is In Yancey Hos
pital w’th the flu. However
it Is thought she will be
back In the rest home within
a few days.
Number Thirty Five
the oath of office from Sec
retary of State Thad Eure.
Huskins is the son of Mrs.
Sam Huskins.
number of donors is due to
the fact that many persons
who give b’ood regularly will
not be able to do so at this
time because of severe colds
or flu. Also, the 158 pints
should be donated if ill and
Injured of this county ex
pect to continue to receive
bdrod. -■
This area has been advis
ed of a heart oatlent in the
VA Hospital at Oteen who
will undergo heart surgery.
His bl'-od type is A-Fositive.
A-d all persons who can do
nate blood of this type are
urp« j *n so.
This visit by the bloodmo
b’le is bei"g so-^sored by
Mlcaville Community Club.
E.Y. To Present
'Arsenic And
Old Lace’
Friday Night
The students at East Yan
cey High School are busy
making last minute prepar
ations for the spring play.
Lines have been learned;
costumes have been fitted;
the finishing touches are
being put on the set, and
tickets are on sale for the
production of “Arsenic and
Old Lace”, which, in contrast
to the serious plays given in
the nast two years, is a
comedy.
During the past six weeks,
both cast and committees
have worked endlessly to
ward making this year’s
p’av a" even bigger success
than “The Dairy of Anne
or "Look Homeward
Aneel”.
The play is being directed
by Mrs. Elizabeth Westall,
without whose inspiring ef
fort a"d instruction such a
(•iffcult project could not
have been attempted. Mrs.
Westall has been ably assist
ed by the Student Director,
Ramona Penland.
For an en lovable and en
tertaining evening, see "Ar
senic and O’d L«ce”, Friday,
April 29, at 8:00 p. m. in the
East Yancey Gymnasium.