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Phillip Ridd’e and Dwight
Butner carry the Colors in
Friday’s parade in Rocky
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Mikey Buckner slows
“Hobo” to a wa’k, and little
William Riddle holds a drum
on the wagon as the Inde
Fourth Parade Held On First
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A unique Independence
Day celebration was held in
Rocky Springs Heights com
munity last week. Yes, last
week. That is what makes
it unique.
On July 1 about twenty
children in the community
celebrated the Fourth of July
with a parade. The parade
with a beauty queen, a dog
pulling a wagon with a drum,
flags, and children began the
celebration parade on the
Green Mtn. Highway and
wound through the commun
ity ending at The Amberjack.
Dwight Butner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George C. Butner,
is president of the children’s
group which planned the
parade and fil'd most of the
work in making the arrange
ments.
Phvllls Riddle, daughter
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N.C.
Springs community, while
Ricky Ray beats out the
marching rhythm.
pendence Day parade moves
by a home in Rocky Springs
Heights.
of Wm. O. Riddle, was queen
of the parade and rode In a
co^vertablf.
Following the parade, the
entire community met at the
h'-'me of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
nie Fender for a picnic.
Micaville Club
To /Hleet
The Mlcaville Community
Club will meet on Monday
night, July 11, In the base
ment of the Presbyterian
Church. Claude Williams of
Boone, Chairman of the
Manpower Board of W.A.M.
Y. will be the speaker. All
members are urged to come,
and a hearty welcome will be
extended anyone who may
wish to visit.
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County
Micaville Stouts
Return From
Camp
23 BoO r Scouts from Troop
509 returned to home base,
Micaville Saturday, after a
very enjoyable week at Camp
Daniel Boone. They were
accompanied by Scout Mas
ter Max Hughes and Rev.
John Powers, who doubled as
chaplain and assistant scout
master.
The Troop won second and
third places in the water
meet held on Wednesday
evening, which was attended
by many of the parents of
the boys.
Douglas Henslev, Kenneth
Hughes, and Rev. John
Powers were tapped in the
Order of the Arrow. This
was a most inspiring and
educational presentation by
the Staff of the Life and
Sacrifice of the Tribe Tsali
(A Cherokee Chief).
Scoutmaster Hughes ex
pressed his anpraisai of the
accomplishment of the boys.
Trooo 509 is sponsored by
the Micaville Pi*esb|yterian
Church.
OBITUARIES
MRS. ROBERT STYLES
Services for Mrs. Robert
W. Styles, 78, who died Fri
da;/, were held at 3 p. m.
Sunday in First Baptist
Church, of which she was a
member.
The Rev. A. Z. Jamerson
and the Rev. Woodward
Finley officiated and burial
was in Sty es Cemetery. Pall
bearers were Phillip, Jess and
Junior Styles, A. C. Angel,
Haro'd Anglin and Cicero
Sparks.
Mrs. Styles was a lifelong
resident of Yancey County.
Surviving are three daugh
ters, Mrs. Bruce Anglin of
Burnsvlle, Mrs. Lacy Kuy
kendall of Ashevil’e and Mrs.
Van Masters of Lexington,
Ohio; three sons, Carence
and Morris, both of Burns
ville, and (J. B. Styles of
Saisbury; two sisters, Mrs.
Mack Williams and Mrs.
Gertrude Ferguson, both of
Ashevil’e; 13 grandchildren
and eight great-grsfndchlld
ren.
CLING HUGHES
Services for Cling Hughes,
73, who died Monday were
held in the Chapel of Hol
combe Brothers Funeral
Home.
The Rev. Arthur Thomas
and the Rev. Bud Inman of
ficiated and burial was in
Hunter Cemetery. Pallbear
ers were Euranus, Junior,
Arthur, Howard, Merman
and Caswell Hughes.
Mr. Hughes was a lifelong
resident of Yancey County
a retired farmer and a vet
eran of World War I
Surviving are the widow,
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Thursday, July 7, 1966
/Rental Health Doctor Scheduled
To Speak Here
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By Ashton Chapman
Dr. Herman Sorkey, con
sultant clinical psychologist
with the Mental Health
Center of Western North
Carolina, Inc., of Asheville,
will be guest speaker at the
meeting of the Mitchell-
Yancey Mental Health Asso
ciation at 8 p. m. Tuesday,
July 12, in Higgins Memorial
Methodist Church, Burns
ville.
Dr. Sorkey will review the
bene;'i\s which have been
available to patients of Mit
chell County through the
Mental Health center of
Western North Carolina and
which can a’so be made
available to patients of Yan
cey County by the beginning
of the next fiscal year, July
1, 1967 ,fi the proper auth
orities take the required
Steps before that time. Dr.
Sorkey will outline these re
quirements, and will then
conduct a questlon-and-an
swer session.
The pubhc is cordial-y
Invited to attend and all in
terested persons are urged
to be present.
Mrs. Estella Letterman
Hughes; four daughters Mrs.
Charles Webb of Green
Mountain, Mrs. Ca vin Gort
ney of Burnsville and Mrs.
Billy Thomas and Mrs. Ron
nie Wi'son, both of Charlotte
a son, Fate Hughes of Le
noir; six brothers, Welzle,
Fonze, Dewev, Dan and the
Rev. Jesse Hughes, all of
Green Mountain, and Rus
sell Hughes of Marion; two
half-sisters, Mrs. Vernon
Presne’l and Mrs. Harvey
Johnson, both of Green
Mountain; two half-brothers,
Earl of Green Mountain and
Jack Hughes of U. S. Mar
ine Corps stationed in Jack
sonville, N. C... nine grand
chl’dren and two great
grandchildren.
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Miss Phyllis Riddle, beauty
queen of Rocky Springs
Heights, rides a convertable
Number Forty Five
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Art Students To
Display Work
John Bryans and Everett
Kivette, who are conducting
a painting school here this
summer, are happy to an
nounce that through the
volunteer he'.p of some of
the ladies in town and the
Nu-Wray Inn, the summer
art ga lery, located behind
the hotel, will be open dally
from 2:00 p. m. until 4:00
p. m. »
There will be a group
showing of students’ work in
the summer gallery Friday
evening, Ju’y Bth, from 7:00
p. m. until 9:00 p. m.
Wilson Attends
Textile Course
RALEIGH, N. C. An
executive of Glen Raven Silk
Mills, Inc. of Burnsville re
cently returned from a two
weeks stay at North Carolina
State University where he
attended a special adult edu
cation course.
Ned Wilson of the Bur
nsville firm attended the
special course Executives
of the Textile Industry
conducted by the University’s
School of Textiles.
Conducted during the first
two weeks in June, the course
was especially designed for
persons working in the tex
tile industry who are non
text t’s college graduates.
Professor L. T. Lassiter of
the NCBU Department of
Texti’e Technology pointed
out the course has become
increasingly popular in re
cent years because of the
"demand for better and more
versatile management In the
textile industry."
The course lntfuded stud
ies of fiber quality, spinning,
bending of fibers fabric de
sign, fabric finishing and
cost methods.
In the community's Inde
pendence Day Parade.