Volume 31
AWARD TO BURNSVILLE *- T ONB
Liens Here Win State Award
Burnsville Lions Club re
cently was given an award
for the work the club has
done for the blind and for
the conservation of sight in
Yancev Cnu?ity. The award
was mado bv the North
Carolina Committee for the
Blind. The Burnsville Club,
which is in District 31-B, was
awarded seeopd place for clubs
in North Carolina of similar
membership.
The Burnsville Lions Club
SFOpsors an eve clinic whi»*h
is held monthly at the Dis- -
Lrict Health Office here.
For the neriod of January
1 to Jure *O, the clinic exam
ined 62 eye patients, fitted 82
with glasses, gave 21 treat
ments with three cases of
Major surgery.
Among other services in
the Observation of the
Spruce Pine
To Held
Horse Shew
The Spruce Pine Lions Club
Will have their third annual
Horse Show on Saturday,
Sept. 17th. The first show
will be at 1:30, and there will
be a night show beg'nning
at 7:00 p. m.
A lot of interest is being
shewn in this area in horse
shows, according to Glenn
Buchanan, Lions C.'ub Presi
dent. this promises to be the
largest show yet. Hie Lions
invite all participants and
the publec to the show. Ad
mission will be SI.OO for adults
and 50c for children 12 and
under.
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsvillu, N.C.
l : ans ciwhs of Nor’h Caro
lina sponsor the eye bank.
The Club solicits persons to
will their eyes unon deVh
to 1 the bank so that' some
one’s sight mi"ht be re
stored. And several persons
in this state are able so see
because of this effort of
North Carolina Lions.
Lions Club International is
the largest organization of
iV s kind in the world. It has
nearly one million members
in 153 countries and geogra
phical locations around the
world.
C.R.H.S. Starts
Science Chib
Cane River has established
a new club. The Science Club.
It wes organized by Mr. Ed
Wilson.
The qualifications are: A
student must be a junior or
a senior, having an average
of 90 or above. A student mult
be recommended by a faculty
member. The Science Club will
meet once a week. ‘There will
be 120 clock hours of work
this year. During these 120
clock hours there will be
several despairing hours, be
cause these people will be
working on projec f s for our
Science Fair in the Spring.
The officers of the Science
Club are: Janet Cox. Presi
dent; Bill Buckner, Jr!, Vice
President; and Barbara Hol
combe, Secretary. These peo
ple are well qualified and
will do their best to make the
Science Club a success.
D«ili(nttJ To The Protmt Os Y«i(it County
Byrd Selected
For Special
Training
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SAN ANTONIO, Tex.
Airrrah William L. Byrd, son
of Mrs. Kathleen P. Byrd of
Burnsville N. C. has been
selected for techn ; cal training
at Chanute APB, 111., as a
U. S. Air Free aircraft
equipment repairman.
The a'rman recently com
pleted basic -training at Lack
land AFB, Tex| His new
school is part of the Air
Training Command which
corducts hundreds of special
ized courses to provide tech
nically trained person”el for
(the nation’s aerospace force.
Airman Byrd was gradua
ted from Cane River High
School in 1964 and attended
Western Carolina College,
Cullowhee, and Milligan
College (Tens )-
It. Atkins Flies
In Vietnam
DA NANO, VIETNAM
(FHTNC) Aug. 81 Marine
First Lieutenant Morris D.
Atkins, son of Mrs. T. M. At
kins of Burnsville N. C., is
a member of Marine All-
Weather Fighter Attack Squ
adron <VMFAW)-235 First
Marine Aircraft Wing, at the
Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam.
His squadron makes var
ious combat flights against
the Vietf Cong and their in
stallations, and provide close
air support for the U. S. For
ces epgaged In combat with
the enemy.
The squadron uses the F
-BjE “Crusader" jet, and is the
only land-based crusader
squadron in Vietnam.
Erch project will be f»t*ed
to the persons own interest.
Th«*se projects will be in each
field of science. In the spring
the member wi'h the best
project will receive a ’slo.oo
pri-e.
Thursday, Septemberls,l966
YANCEY UNITED FUND GOAL
HIKED FOR 1966
This fall’s United Fund
campaign, which will be held
durinsr Ocober with Reverend
John Powers serving as cam
paign chairman, will aim zfr
raising $9,500. This budget
goal was announced this
week by Dr. Garland Wamp
ler,.President of Ihe local
organization.
The Yancey United Fund
provides money to finance
the services furnished the
people of the county by a
score of agencies operating
in the field of health, educa
tion, welfare and character
building.
The budget figure was set
at a meeting of representa
tive Yancey County citizens
who comprise the organiza
tion’s Budget Committee.
Requests for funds were re
ceived from the various agen
cies, and carefully reviewed.
Dr. Wampler stated that a
building principle observed by
the committee was to allo
cate the fundß to the various
agencies in amounts that will
bring the greatest benefits
to the coupty. The budget, he
states, is a fair one, and
YANCEY UNITED FUND BUDGET FOR 1966
4-H Clubs £4OO
Rural Community Development S4OO
Blind and Sight Conservation s<>so
O:itopedic Clinic and other Health Center Work S2OO
Boy Scouts ' SI,OOO
Girl Scouts SI,OOO
Yancey Library $ 4 qo
Yancey Hospital SSOO
Red Cross $3,400
Cerebral Palsy SIOO
Dread Disease Committee of Yancey County SSOO
uso $ 154
Florence Crittenton Home sl2l
Children’s Home Society $2Bl
United Medical Research Os N. C. $239
N. C. Mental Health sss
Seven Other Agencies $35
Carolinas United si s 2
Expenses of Yancey United rund $153
T ©t»l $9,50#
Panthers Eke Oat Victory
Over Rebels
Care River High School’s
Rebels held (the East Yancey
Panthers to a six-point win
on the Care River field last
Friday night. This marks the
stsond conference win for
the Panthers with two losses
for #he Rebels.
The hard hitting Rebel
team held East Yancey’s
ground gain to just over 200
yards, while they drove
through the Panthers to rack
up. 295 yards on Che ground.
The Panthers moved the ball
for 10 first downs, with the
Core River Rebels only nine.
Hie hard fought game
ended with a score 12-6 for
the Panthers. The first touch
<l»wn came in Che first quar-
Nunbtr Thru*
much the largest part will be
spent locally.
The total budget figure is
more than $1 000 larger than
last year, but is believed to
be well within ihe money
raising capacity of the coun
ty. It amounts to less than
70 cents per capita, which
makes it among the lowest
of more than 70 united funds
campaigning in the state.
Two reasons for the in
crease this year are that al
locations to both boy scouts
and girl scouts were raised,
since both these organiza
tions are increasing their ac
tivity in the county. Also the
Red Cross requested addition
al funds due to involvement
of our forces in Viet Nam,
and because of a change in
the organization’s fiscal year
Members of the 1966 Bud
get- Committee are: Dr. Gar
land Wampler, Rev. John
Powers, Roy Ray Mary Mar
garet Deyton, Mrs. Charles
Gillespie, Edgar Hunter,
Hubert Justice, Robert Hel
mle, Don Burhoe, Ted Ballou,
Rev. Woodard Finley and
Paul Wooten.
ter of play when Mike Hoover
plunged across the goal line
from the two. The half ended
5-0.
Again, in the third quarter,
the Panthers scored again.
Quarterback Mike Young
moved the ball across to mark
ig* a 12-point lead.
Then in the fourth quarter
Jerry Griffi.h made the most
exciting run in the game
when he took a piCch-out a-d
galloped about 90 yards for
the Rebel’s only score.
Neither team converted af
ter touch down.
England, one of Cane Riv
er s most valuable players,
sustained a broken leg in the
game and will be oi£ for the
remainder of the season.