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Lela Whisnant of Winston-
Salem was elected vice pre
sident of the North Carolina
Teen-Dems. The group met
in Raleigh.
Dan Ki lian of Cullowhee
was elected president to suc
ceed Ed Croom Jr. of Char
lotte. Other officers elected
were Joe Whee er of Graham,
secretary, and Robert Sey
mour of Greensboro, treas
urer.
Miss Whisnant was award
ed a $250 prize for the best
essay on the topic “Why
Enter Politics at an Early
Age?”
The convention, attended
by some 250 teen-aged De
mocrats from throughout the
state, passed several resolu
tions, one of which praised
former Atty. Gen. Malcolm
Seawe'.l for his activities with
the governor’s Law and Or-
Ider committee.
Another resolution endor
sed “aT efforts which would
tend to bring about a peace
ful resolution of the conflict
in Viet Nam."
Resolutions in tribute to
the late Ad’al Stevenson and
the late Henry Wallace were
passed.
Jim Beaty of Charlotte,
former track star and Demo
cratic nominee for the N C.
House of Representatives,
to'd the Teen-Dems to con
cern themselves “with what
is good for America as well
as North Carolina."
He chal’enged his audience
to perpetuate democracy,
prepare for a new world of
ideas, and to meet the chal
lenge of statlsm and provin
cialism.
State Democratic Chair
man I. T. Va’entine Jr.,
also spoke at the Saturday
night banauet.
Miss Whisnant Is the dau
ghter of Dr. and Mrs. Clyde
M Wh'soant of Winston-
Salem and Bumsvil’e.
THE YANCEY RECORD
BgrusvilU, N.C.
f OBITUARIES
MRS. ERNEST HOWELL
Mrs. Ernest M. Howell, 40,
died in a Charlotte Hospital
Thursday morning after a
lingering il’ness.
She fas the former Jose
phine Marseylia of Lafayette,
La., and had resided in
Charlotte for two years.
In addition to the husband
she is survived by two dau
ghters, Misses Delores L.
and Mary Dawn Howell of
the home, a sister, Mrs. Mar
ietta Thames of Laurel,
Miss., and a brother, Anton-
Ine Marseylia of Lafayette.
La.
Services were held at 11
a. m. Saturday in Sacred
Heart Catholic Church.
Rev. Paul Ackerman offi
flciated and burial was in
Fairview Cemetery at Green
Mountain.
JUNIOR SILVERS
Junior Silvers, 41, of Rt.
*Tdied unexpectedly in Bur
nsville Wednesday morning.
He was a World War II
veteran and a lifelong resi
dent of Yancey County.
Surviving are the widow.
Mrs. Linda Hy’emon Si vers,
two daughters, Mrs. Juanita
Edwards and Miss Annie
Mae Silvers of Rt. 4; three
tons Ben Lee, J. B. and
Wade of the home; the par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sil
vers of Rt. 8, Burnsville;
one s’ster, Mrs. Wez'e Fo’-
and of Asheville; four bro
thers Frank of Asheville,
Furgin of Rt. 3, Burnsville.
Leroy of Rt. 1, Burnsville,,
and Joe Silvers of Brevard;
and a grandchild also sur
vives.
Services were he’d at 2:30
p. m. Saturday in Elk
Shoals Union Church.
The Rev. Niram Phillips
and the Rev. E. J. Hall of
ficiated. Burial was in Prof
fitt Cemetery. Pal bearers
were Donald Westa’l, Ken
neth Ramsey. Dove King,
Woodrow Hylemon and Noah
and Fie’.don Edwards.
DOUGLAS M. MOODY
Mr. Douglas M. Moody,
te, a retired Air three Ma
jor who served 25 years In
the U. 8. Army and JAtr
Force, and was employed as
a hel'copter test pilot, was
kil’ed Thursday. June 18th,
when the helicopter crashed
In flames at FOrt Worthy
Texas, where he was em
ployed.
He is survived by his wife,
three children .Marayn K.
Douglas, Jr., and Elizabeth
of Fort Worth; his father,
J. W. Moody of Burnsville,
and five sisters, Mrs. B. T.
Howell of Burnsville, Mrs.
Bam Carro'l of Drexel, N. C.,
Mrs. Maude Simmons, Mrs.
Dock Gouge, and Mrs. Hom
er Fusklns of Route 5, Bur
nsville.
Ma'or Moody was buried
in the Military Cemetery at
Fort Sill, Okla.
Dedicoted To The Progross Os Yoocoy Covaty
Apple Growers
Will Vote On
Referendum
Yantey County commercial
apple growers will vote in
a referendum known as
“Pen-nies for Progress"
Wednesday, July 6.
Along with other apple
growers who sell apples to
packers and processors they
will vote on the question of
collecting three cents per
bushel for apples that are
packed in various containers
or per hundred pounds of
all U. S. No. 1 canners sold
to processors, excluding ap
p'es sold for Juice purposes.
The effective period of
this assessment would be the
years 1966, 1967 and 1968.
A meeting was held at the
Town Hall in Spruce Pine
for counties in this area to
make pans for the election.
Polling places for Yancey
County wil: be in the County
Extension Office in the
courthouse and at Clyde
Penland’s Store at Pensacola
The committee for Yancey
C~unty is Chao’es Ray,
Chairman, and Bill Wilson
and E. L. Dillingham,
County Extension Chairman.
Monfreat
College To
Get Grqpt •
MONTREAT, N. C.
Montreat - Anderson College
will share in a grant made
by the S and H Foundation
to the North Carolina Foun
dation of Church-Related
D’c.
The grant, part of a
$37,000 gift to the Independ
ent Co 1 lege Funds of Amerl- -
ca was presented to the
Paul H. Kolb of Wlnston-
Sa'em. executive director of
the North Carolina Fnunda-_
tlon by S and H district
manager. Joseph Harrison.
The SDerry and Hutchin
son Company, distributors of
S and H Green Stamps,
sn-.-cors the S and H Foun
dation .
Warren Wi’son, Lees-Mc-
R»e. Brevard and Mars Hill
Colleges also share in the
North Carolina fund.
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Shown above are members of the Methodist Bible School who visited patients
In Sun Valley Rest Home Thursday.
Th*fsdoy, J«i* 23,1966 .
John Bryans and Everett
Kivette have arrived in Bur
nsville, and have started
their summer art c.asses,
V iilch will run for three
weeks.
Instruction in representa
tional (Jrawing, paintinrt,
(water color, oil, pastel) and
block printing will be offered.
C.asses will be in session
Graham Will
Speak At Sing
By: FRANK O’BRIEN
GRANDFATHER MOUN
TAIN The Honorable
James A. Graham, state
Commissioner of Agr.culture,
will be the princ pal speaxer
at the 42nd annual “Singing
on the Mounta n” on June
26 at Grandfather Mountain.
Graham’s se.ee tion as
speaker for this traditional
and unique religious singing
convention in the southern
h ghlands is particularly ap
propriate. He is a former
mountain man himse’f, and
well - known throughout
North Carol na.
He will share the program
with several prominent sing
ing grouos who will enter
tain the many thousands of
visitors who make the an
nual pilgr mmage to Grand
father Mountain for this
special event.
Comm ssioner Graham is
scheduled to address the
throng at 1:30 p. m„ at the
big rock overlooking Mac-
Rae Meadow.
He has been closely iden
tif ed for many years with
.North Carolina at the grass
'i roots level, as well as serving
in .'official capacities for
several farm organizations.
Immediately f llowing will
be the hvmn singing fea
turing Arthur Sm th and
the Crossroads Quartet of
Chafotte, Jesse Rice and
the Christian He rs Quartet
of Cleve’and, Ohio, and the
Spir tualalres o f Winston-
Sa’em.
ART CLASSES TO BE HELD
HERE THIS SUMMER
Ntabtr Forty Thro!
Monday through Friday from
9:30 a. m. to 12 noon, with
instructor, and from 1:30 to
4 p. m. with instructor and
model.
Outdoor and studio paint
ing facilities will be aval'able
Easels and stools for studio
c’asses wil: be furnished.
Group criticism of work
done outside class will be
he’d in the studio Thursday
evenings at B‘3o.
_ Reservations for —classes
for one, two. or three week
periods shou'd be sent to
Mr. John Bryans, Box 182,
Burnsville, N. C.
John Frvans has been an
instructor in private classes
in Ar Va.. and Wash
ington, D. C. for the past
15 years and is a member
of the facultv of the Mc-
Lean. Va. Arts Center. He
stud’ed under the late Frank
Stanley Herring and Edward
Shorter at the Burnsville
Painting Casses.
Everett Kivette, a native
of North Carolina was, like
Mr. Bryans a student of the
late Mr. Herring and Edw
ard Shorter of the Burns
ville Painting Casses He is
a graduate of Mars Hi’l Col
lege and of Wake Forest
He holds B. D and
STM. degrees from Union
Theological Seminary in New
York where he studied the
re'ationship between religion
a-’d the fine arts. He has
also done graduate work in
art history bo‘h at Columbia
University in New York and
at the University of Heidel
berg in Germany.
Mr Kivette has had one
man sho"-s in Wake
N C., Old Sa’em. N. J. and
Little Switzerland. N. C.
He now divides his time be
tween h’s studios In New
York C’ty and Bumsvile.
Paintings by Mr. Kivette
Mr. Ervnn, along with
other professions, as well as
students may he seen at the
Summer Art. Oa'ierv located
behind the Nu-Wr«y inn.
Mr. Bryan and Mr. Kivette
may be contacted bv oaTlng
Mrs. Annie Bennett at Nu-
Wray Inn.