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Glen Raven /Hill To Hold
'Open House’ Hlay 20
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ALLEN E. GANT
President Glen Raven Mills
G’en Raven Silk Mills, Inc.
Is expecting a good turnout
for its “Open House” to be
held Friday, May 20th. This
will be the first event of Its
kind presented at G en Rav
en it began operations
in Yancey Counts during
the latter part of 1948,
Tlie purpose of the “Open
Hou c e ’is to a’low the public
to see (l modern textile mill
In operation right here In
Yancey County. Both the
management and the em
eployees of Glen Raven be
lieve that this mill Is repre
sentative of the best in the
Industry. It produces a half
million yards of cloth per
veek. The end uses of this
o’nth are almost endless.
Cloth for sports ski cloth
es. ’ackets, pants, football
uniforms, swimwear, etc.
ar» amor.g the products. Sail
cloth for boats, interlinlngs
and interlacing for wash
and wear clothes, uniforms
cloth for nurses, waitresses
and waiters, casemeot c’oth
for drapes and curtains, all
types of wearing apparel,
such as moterial for men’s
slacks, women’s b!ouse«.
children’s play c’othes, and
shoe c’oth, are made here
in addition to many types
of Industrial fabrics
Over 200 people are em
p’o”ed in the ' three shift
Burnsvil’e operation. More
over, ths plant has operated
on a six day basis for over
ten years. A five day veek
has been operated on rare
oe-asions, u'maUv in recog
nition of some special eve-d.
£=: Gen Raven is a family
owned business,
of eight mills in North Car
olina. one in Canada, and a
Common Market unit In
Holland. Their main office
Is in Gen Raven, N. C The
general sales organization is
located in New York City,
Just off Times Souare.
Glen Raven hosiery, pro
duced in the Consumer Pro
THE YANCEY RECORD
Dedicoted To The Progress Os Yancey Ccvnty
Burnsville, N.C.
ducts Division, has been
natlona v v used for many
years. The hosiery market
was revolutionized by the in
troduction of Glen Raven
Pawti-lets (R). Mills In A’ta
mehaw Asheville and New
land, N. C., manufacture
(in,-:e knitted products.
Gen Raven Knit Goods
Division has pioneered in
stretch yarns, marketing
such products as Glenvelva
(R), a nylon knit with a vel
vet look. Other conventional
tricot fabrics are produced
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Cane River
High To Give
Play
Cane River High School
wl’l present “Ho>'g''bMn
House”, a mvstery comedy,
Thursday, May 12, at 8:00
r m. In the school! gym.
The play, consisting of three
acts, takes place in the Hnb
prod house near the Ozark
fo~ thills.
The cast is made up of
the following: Darius Krimp,
B*-adv Bailey.. Miss Priscilla
Carter, Sheila Pate; Marian
Carter , Judy Ledford; .1111
Carter, Cathy Cooper; Frank
Harlan, Larry Riddle; Jack
jnrp( nE r i Jerry Riddle; Susan
Parkins, Judy Miller; Henry
Go her, Jim Moore; Delilah
Worts, pat Griffith; Blue
beard Bronson, Lake Thomp
son; Bill Wilkins, Ben Lee
Silvers; The Headless Phan
tom, Cherri Peterson.
Cane River High School
will have a May J?av Festi
val on the Football Field on
Saturday morning. May 14.
The program will begin at
10:00 a. m. last until
11:30 a. m. and will consist
of a Queens Court, music and
dancing. The public Is in
vited to attend. ‘
Thursday, May 12, 1966
G.A.’s To Hold
Cornation
Service
The Girls’ Auxiliary cor
ral’on service will be held
at the Bo’ens Creek Baptist
Church on Friday evening,
Mav 13 at 7:30 p m.
The theme of the program
is “Because I Am His”.
a’-« Debbie Tho
mas. Katie King, Sherri Lisa
Fnnks,from First Baptist
Church, Burnsville, and Jan
Fens'ev cf the Bolens Crec-k
Church.
I ad!es-T”-Waitlng are
Margaret Christine Miller of
the Burnsvil’e Church
Sheila Rov and Vicki Ben
nett of the Bollens Creek
Church.
Princesses are Cathy Dev
tnn of the Burnsville Church
and Daphne Stvles of the
Eo’ens Creek Chu r ch.
Queens are Gloria Autrev,
Marsha Banks and Linda
Anglin cf the Bolens Creek
Church.
Queen-In-Fe-vlce is Jan
ice Hunter of the Burnsville
Church.
Queens - With- A- Fcep’or
are Linda Devton or the
R mnsvi le Church and .Tu’ia
pnnks of the Bolens Crsek
Church.
Queen. Re ents are Pam
ela Styles of the Burnsville
Church and Virginia Fodford
and Marsha Banner of the
Bolens Creek Church.
Court attendants for
Queens and above are Chris
tine Harris, Debbie McDow
a'd. Darrel Bovles. Susan
Harris, Marqulte Hall, Donna
Tipton. Marie Hunter, Car
o’e McDonald and Hal Mc-
Donald.
Heralds are Beth Bailey,
Bobby Holcombe, Eddie Tho
mas, Ronnie Gregory, Ran
dal Grindstaff and Dennis
Renfro.
Extension
Board To Hold
Dinner Meet
The Yancey County Exten-,
sion Advisory Board wll meet
at Micaville Presbyterian
Church Monday night, May
18, at 7:30 p. m. for a dinner
meeting sponsored by the
Northwestern Bank.
Chairmen of the various
committees will give reports
on the goals for 1971.
Members of the Advisory
Board are: Charles Ray,
Chairman; Mrs. Andrew
Johnson, vice-chairman; Ra
mona Bowdltch, Secretary;
Don Burhoe, Arney Fox,
Robert Helmle, Mrs. Katie
Wilson, Rev. John Powers,
Yates Deyton, O. W. Deyton,
Mrs. Clyde Edwards, Mrs.
Cecil Anglin, Mrs. Roy Young
Mrs. Allen Honeycutt, Ralph
Metcalf, Burnle Ledford,
Raleigh Ponder, Luther Ay
ers, Ralph Ray, Rex Mcln
tosh, Alvin Pate. M. D. Bai
ley, Rev. Woodward Finley.'
High School Youth Drowns
In River
Gary Ray Mclntosh, 18-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack E. Mclntosh drowned
about noon Sunday while
swimming in Cane River
about four miles south of
hev(V» r
Yancey County Coroner
Dr. W. A Y. Sargent said the
youth died of accidental
drowning. No inquest will be
held. ,
The victim was swimming
with a cousin, James Arro
wood of Burnsville. Arro
wood tried in vain to rescue
Mclntosh, who drowned In
about 10 feet of water.
The youth was a junior at
East Yancev Hieh School
and was emoloved by Ll’l
Smokv Drive-In.
Surviving In addition to
the parents are
Shelia and Denice, a
brother, Dennis Mclntosh,
a’l of the home; and the
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Mclntosh of Burns
ville Rt. 4, and Mr. and Mrs.
Hobert Hardin of Burnsville
Rt. 2.
Services for Mclntosh were
helld at 2:30 p m. Tuesday
in the chaoel of Ho’combe
Brothers Funeral Home.
The Rev. Ni’-am Phillips
officiated and burial was in
Bee Log Cemetery. Pa’lbear
ers were members of the
East Yancev High School
footba’l team: Don Anglin,
Bill Thacker, Mike Silver,
Students Selected For Governor’s
School
kirk youno
East Yancey High School
has the honor of having
two students selected to at
tend Governor's School in'
Winston-Salem for the sum
mer term. They are John
Penland, 16, a rising junior,
and Kirk Young, 16, a rising
senior.
John, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Max Penland of Burns
ville, has distinguished'him
self in the field of music,
and it was upon the basis of
his musical talent as well as
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GARY MCINTOSH
Mike Young, Ed Bennett,
Bob Anderson, Rennie Rob
inson and Gary Gillespie.
Revival Services
A series of revival services,
sponsored by the State Board
of Evangelism of the Church
of God, will begin In the
Auditorium of the new court
house May 16th, to run
through Sunday, May 22nd.
Services at 7:30 p. m.
Rev. John C. Osteen of
Newport News, Va., will be
the evangelist. Mr. and Mrs.
Phil Edwards of Concord. N.
C. will have charge of the
music.
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JOHN D PENLAND
dramatics, that he v as chos
en to attend the school. He
was also active in sports,
having received his letter In
football.
He has been a member of
the chancel choir of Ills
church for two years, and Is
presently serving as baritone
soloist. He participated in
the chorus of the musical
production of Parkway Play
house in 1964. He was a
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