Volume 30
College Student Work Available
By Matching Funds
Arrangement
Summer work for college
students in their home com
munities is the goal of com
mixes working in Avery,
Mitchell, and Yancey coun
ties to provide matching
funds and sponsoring agen
cies for such jobs.
Students registered in the
liberal arts colleges who need
to earn money this summer
should consult the Student
Aid officer of the college
•they attend or expect to at
tend to ‘find out whether
they are eligible’ Eligibility
depends on the family in
come. In general the pro
gram is designed for fami
lies in the $4200 to $6600 in
come bracket or lower.
Special hardship because of
number of children, illness,
etc. will a’so be considered.
The stu 'ent must be accept
ed by the colege or in good
scholastic standing for con
tinuing studv.
If the college is able to
guarantee the eli -lbility of
the student, and if the col
lege has vacancies available
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Pictured above are the offi
cers of the Rocky Springs
Heights Community Club.
They are front row, left to
right, Mrs. Bert Sutton, Mrs.
Rocky Springs Heights Fleets
Officers
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Officers for the Rocky
Springs Heights Community
Club of Burnsville were el
ected at a recent meeting in
the home of Mr. and Mrs
Herbert D. Allen
The new officers are: Pre
sident, Herbert D. Allen;
Vice President. Hebert L.
Rhi* i ehnrt; Secretfirv, Mrs.
Herbert D. Alien: Treasurer,
"Mrs Everett L. Dlllln ham;
Renorter. Mrs. Robert L.
ScraDboek, M-s.
George Perry; Program Mrs.
Bert Sutton; and Junior
President, Dwight
The i-touiJ ch- se the sec
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N.C.
In Its allotment of grants
for assignments off-campus,
local committees will try to
find agencies or non-profit
organizations that will guar
antee to provide work with
supervision and reporting
to the college.
A student may work 40
heurs per week and earn
from S6OO. to $300., possibly
more, during the summer.
The local agency must guar
antee approximately $135.
per student as matching,
funds. This is an exce'lent
opportunity to back up local
Students and at the same
time provide the means of
Improving llocal services.
Mrs. Carroll Rogers <785-
4224) of Spruce Pine is seek
ing contributions from indi
viduals or organizations to
help with matching funds or
sponsorship of individual
students. Inquiries should be
directed to any of the guid
ance counselors in the 3
counties, the Welfare Depart
ments, or Mr. Jason B.
Deyton.
George Perry, Mrs. Herb
Allen and Dwight Butner;
back row: Mrs. Robert Rhine
hart, Mrs. J. H. Cooper,
Herb Allen and Robert
Rhinehart.
ond Tuesday in each month
as its meeting time.
It was announced that ar
rangement have been made
for a garbage disposal pit
which the residents of Rocky
Springs community may use
ftcr a nominal fee.
The dub voted to enter
the WNC Rural Community
Development Pro ram con
test. and also the Roadside
Beautification contest. The
club received honorable men
tion In last year’s Judging.
The next meeting is sch
edued for June 14 in the
home of Mr. and Mrs.
Rhinehart.
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yuncey County
Federal Area
Permits
Available
U. S. Forest Service Dis
trict Ranger Helton Carmi
chael announced today that
the new 1966 Federal Recrea
tion Permits wou’d go into
effect for use of Federally
designated recreation areas
on May 28, 1966. America’s
growing need for outdoor
recreation areas was rec ?gt
nized by Congress with the
passage of the land and
water Conservation Act of
1965. This daw authorizes
entrance and user fees at
federal recration areas and
dedicates the money from
these fees to the purchase
and devvelopment of public
recreation lands. According
to Ranger Carmichael, the
areas concerning our local
public will be the two re
creation areas on the Toe
cane Ranger District; these
are, Carolina Hemlocks and
the new Block Mountain
Campground on the South
Toe River.
The new permits for 1986
are the wallet-sized “Gold
en Passport’’ costing $7.00
per year and a SIOO daily
permit The $7 00 permit
entitles the purchaser and
all persons accompanying
him in a private non-com
mercial velvcle to enter all
designated areas. For those
who decide not to buv the
$7 00 annual permit there is
a one day permit availab’e.
A SIOO dally permit admits
the purchaser and all who
accompany him in a non
commercial vehicle
The permits are on sale
at the District Ranger’s of
fice in the courthouse in
Burnsville and by Recreation
Aids on the recretat'on
areas. Ranger Carmichael
sn'\s that all persons using
Carolina Hemlocks and
Black Mocotaln canmground
this year will be required to
have permits.
Rev. Finley
Speaks To
Board
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Rev. Woodward Finley.
President of the Yancey
County Chamber of Com
merce, was speaker at the
dinner meeting of the Yan
cey County Extension Ad
visory Board at Mica vile
Presbyterian Church Mon
day ni"ht. The dinner was
sponsored by the Northwes
tern Bank in Burnsville.
Reports were given by the
project chairmen on goals
for the Extension program
for the next five years. Re
ports Indicated that the
greatest opportunity for ex
pansion lies in the horticul
tural field and youth.
Mrs. Van Johnson presided
and greetings for the bank
were brought by Arney Fox.
Cashier of the Burnsville
branch of the Northwestern
Bank.
Thursday, May 19, 1966
Two Local Girls Selected For
Girls’ State
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JANET COX
fTnx. a rising Senior
at Cane River High School,
n'd Ramona Penland, a ris
ing Senior at East Yancey
have been selected to attend
Girls’ State at Greensboro,
from June 26 to July 2nd.
The trip is sponsored by the
Earl Horton Post No 122
American Legion Auxiliary
of *>urosvil’e. N. C.
Janet is the daughter of
M>* «-->d Mr*. Horace Cox
of Relief, N. C., Route 1.
Janet Ims a scholastic av
erage of 96 2. She is very
active in extra-curricular ac
be'"? a member of
the Beta Club. Sec r etarv of
the Student Crumeil, Presi
dent of the Library Club.
Reporter for the Juu'or
C’ocs. member of the nial
Staff, Editor of the school
pap°r. “The Rebel’’, member
of the Glee Club and the
Reo Club, and has placed
varsitv basketball for the
ja«t three years.
Her hobbles include read
ing. chemistry e- r oeriments,
swimming, horseback riding,
rock and stamn collecting
Coon completion of high
school Janpt, p’nns-to attend
col’e-e and later medical
schooll.
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Ramona Pen’and. better
as No-d. the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Max Pen
land of Burnsville, has dis
tinguished herse’f in the
field of music and drama.
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A Maypole dance by the
pupils of Cane River High
School at the school’s May
Day Festival Monday. The
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RAMONA PENLAND
Ramona has been very ac
tive In the dramatic dept,
since entering high school.
She played a leading part
in last year’s one act play,
“It’s cold in them thar hills’*
and this year’s one act play,
“Hangman’s Noose’’. She
was student director of this
year’s comedy, “Arsenic and
Old Lace”,
She is a member of “The
Apple Cider Singers”, a folk
singin-r group, who have
brought local talent to the
fore by winning out in last
year’s Youth Jamboree in
Ashevil’e. They also shared
the smtlieht with an out
standing TV persona'lty at a
suoper club in Winston-
Salem .
Ramona, an all round stud
ent, has been a member of
the varsitv cheering squad
since entering h’gh school.
She is on the staff of the
Fast Yancey Ai"%il, The
“Fastonian”: end is a full
time bus driver.
Active in G'rl Scouting
si n ce the age of she
represented the loco] Council
at a tea In the Governor’s
Mans'on In recognition of
Girl Scouts in 1963.
Both Janet Cox a«d Ra
mona Pen'and are daughters
of members of the American
Leeion Auxil'ary. and were
chosen by their and
presented to the Auxiliary.
festival was planned for last
Saturday, but due to rain
was postponed to Monday. *