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Officers of the newly orga
nized Child Safety .Council are
shown above. They are Mrs.
Tillie Brooks, president; and
Child Safety Council Organized
Here ,Officers Named
Because more children die
an \ arc permanently disab
led by preventable accidents
than by all the childhood
cor mu ’lcr.ble diseases com
bined,, the 'Yancey County
Chapter of the National
Child Safety Council was or
ganize | here this week, with
the following officers volun
teering to serve: Preside t,
Mrs. Athelia H.. Brooks; Vice
Pres, M*-s. Louella Honey
cutt; Mrs.
Margaret Tyner; Distribution
Chairman, Mrs. Grace M..
/’-erg- Pnhiicity Chairman,
Mrs.. Trena P. Fox.
In organizing, Jack R.
Bickel, State Safety Ccordi
rator, pointed out the srsecl
fic nee-’s in Yarcey Oun’y..
He will also be cooperating
closely with the Chanter to
assist in fulfilling its budget
program for the current year.
Chapter members report
that one of their principal
objectives is to institute a
more extensive child safety
program In Yancey Countv,
utilizing the superior visual
rhiM safrtv r l uc~tlonal ma
terials and services now av
ailable. The chapter expects
to be instrumental In provid
ing a comulete • •v»ram of
educator-approved child saf
et ,r euidaure materials and
other special service to every
school age child in this area.
The safety pro-ram for
children will be-in with the
distribution of graced safety
gidebooks to ea-h child
through the sixth pra-’e.. Ot
her child safety materials
Include large colorful safety
posters furnished each month
c f *he s-i-oui year, safety In
formational folders on time
ly rejects and hazards to
childhood, and the free use of
the national child safety film
!lbr-ry.
Hosorary Ass-c>ate mem
bers of t v « Ch-nter are
THE YANCEY RECORD
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Burnsvillu, N.C.
Mrs. W. P. Honeycutt, vice
president.. Mr. J. R. Bitkel of
Hot Spings is the Safety
Coordinator.
Chief of Po’ice, Ral-'h Pen
land; Charles Bradford,
Sheriff; a~d Hubert Justice,
Supt. of the Yancey County
School system.
The Y-noey c-urntv Chan
ter is confident that the plan
ned comurehensive child saf
ety pro-ram for the current
yfar, with its positive aopro
ach to safe’y trailing is
meaningful to the child will
aid in averting many disab
ling injuries to children, and
the needless loss of many
young lives..
Absentee Balloting In County
Questioned
An investigation in absen
tee balloting in this county
is under wav. The State Elec
tions Board and the State
Bureau of Investigation have
had men in Yancey several
days making the invtstiga
t!on.
The chairman of the Yan
c«v Republican Partv, Bill
Wilson, filed the protest with
the state agencies.
Charges were made that
applications for absentee bal
lots were approved for per
sons who did not ask for
them and were net aware
that applications were being
{made.
For an absentee application
and ballot to be legal, it is
necessary that the person
making the application show,
under oath and acknowledged
by a notary public, the rea
sons he will not be able to
vote in person on the day of
the election.
Wilson stated this week
that at least ten affidavits
been filed by persons
Dtdicqttd To Th» Projrms Os Yaucty County
Yancey Team
Places In Fair
Judging
A teem of four boys from
East Yancey Bigh School
Future Farmers of America
chapter placed second—and
SBS in prize money—in the
State Burley Tobacco Judging
Contest at the North Carolina
Fair in Raleigh. North Bun
combe FFA won the event
and Clvde A. Erwin FFA fin
ished third.
Members of the team were:
Byrl Simmons of South Toe;
Leonard Orlndstaff from
Halls tPhapel: Jack Hensley of
Celo; Mike Riddle from Pen
sacola, and alternate Jerry
Kates from Micaville. The
team was coached by Herb
Allen, FFA Advisor.
M/ss Jones
Crowned Queen
East Yancey High School
observed their seventh an
nual Homecoming on Friday,
October 21, with a football
game between the East Yan
cey Panthers and the Cloud
land High School, crowding of
the Homecoming Queen and
a dance in the school gym.
Louise Jones, a Senior was
crowned Homecoming Queen.
Miss Jones, a Senior, was es
corted by Kenneth Nelson..
First runner-up, Susan Ohle,
Junior, was escorted by Dar
ius Robertson. The second
runner-up Janice Allen, also
a Junior was" escorted by
Calvin Banks. The third run
ner-up Denise Piercy, a
Freshman, was escorted by
Danny Roland.
whose applications have been
recorded and who say they
did not apply for an absentee
ballot and knew nothing
about the application. Also,
the party chairman said,
so-r persons came in and
made affidavits that they
were approached and asked
to make spallations for ab
sentee ballots. They were
toM, according to Wilson, that
certain criminal charges
pending against them would
be dropped if they voted an
absentee ballot. •
Beveral other persons re
lated that their applications
were filed without their
knowledge, Chairman Wilson
said, but due to job pressure
or other reasons would not
make affidavits as to the
facts.
From tthe investigation, the
State Elections Bbard can
make invalid any absentee’
ballots not voted legally if it
wants to. And the Republican
\ Chairman said he teit sure
some action will be taken be
fore the election.
Thursday, October 27, 1966
Burnsville Mer's Club held
its annual Farmer’s Night
end Community Development
program Monday night with
a large number of farmers
and business men attending.
Club Preldent Chprlea Wes
son introduced Master of
Ceremonies E. L. Dillingham,
who in turn introduced Mrs.
O. W. Deyton, a director of
the D* velopment Council
from this county. Mrs. Dey
ton introduced the princi %\1
speaker. Morris L. McGoufh.
McGough is the executive vice
presient of the Asheville De
velopment Council.
Other speakers on the pro
gram were Dr. E. J. Nieder
frank, rural sociologist of the
Federal Extension Service,
Wrshington, D. c.; and Max
Cole area extension agent
working in Alaska.
Mr. Cole spoke of the liv
ing conditions and industries
of the f l ulation in the arei
in which he works. Most of
the people he works with are
Eskimos and Indians, he said.
Christmas
Parade Plans
Underway
A Christmas parade throu
gh Burnsville os the first
Saturday afternoon of Dec
ember will issue in the Yule
tide season for Yancey Coun
ty.
The parade will begin at
8:00 p. m. on December 3 and
fohow a route along Main
Street from one end of Bur
nsville to the other end of
town.
This year’s event will try
to follow a colorful precedent
set by two extremely success
ful rarades in the past two
years..
Staging December’s parade
is a joint undertaking by the
Yancey Merchants Associa
tion and the county’s Cham
ber of Commerce.
Organizations who will en
ter floats are asked to indi
cate their intention by calling
682-2312.
Adalt Eduatien
Classes . Begin
By; Shiley Anne McAllister "
South Toe Adult Buie
Education classes will begin
• new quarter November 1.
These classes will be held at
South Toe llementary School
be-inning at 7:00 p. m.
Persons interested in en
rolling for these classes
Should be present Tuesda,
night, November 1.
Classes are for adults 18
years old and older who
want to improve their educa
tional background.
Micaville Wins First Place In
C. Development Contest
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BOX HOLDER
Number Nine
In the Community Develop
ment »war 4 s, Mi-aville was
awarded the |t°s 00 first
place over all prize, and the
second place prize of ssnoo
in the youth judging. New
d?le Cam unity won second
over all nrize of sl°o.oo$ I °o.oo and
first place in the youth
judging.
Double Island placed third
in community development
for a $75.00 prize and third
in the youth judging. Rocky
P'rl-'gs Community wns
fourth for a STC.OO prize is
the over all community devel
opment and placed first in
roadside improvement. Ar
buckle Community was fifth
place winner and was award
ed $°5.00.
All of the prize money was
furnished by the Yarcey Uni
ted Fund, except that French
Broad Electric Coro, and The
Northwestern IBank each con
tributed SIOO.OO in prize
morjey.
As first place winner in
the community development
contest, Micaville may com
pete in the district judging
early in November. And New
dale may repreant the coun
ty in the district youth judg
ing.
Judges for the community
development competition were
Burwell Smith of Asheville.
Agricultural Engineer with
Carolina Power and Light
Company; Mrs. C. H. .Rec
tor. teacher of Hom;e Econo
mics in North Buncombe
Hi~h School; and Robert K.
Helmle, Burnsville mayor..
Carter Awarded
Fellowship
Edward Carter, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl C. Carter of
Burnsville is the recipient
of a teaching fellowship from
the English Department of
Oklahoma University in Nor
man, Oklahoma, from which
University he graduated In
1968. His majors while at
the University were English
and Journalism. While work
ing on his Masters Degree ho
is teaching two courses of
freshman English at the Uni
versity.
After graduating from Bur
nsville Hi*»h School in 19551
Edward served four years as
meteorologist with the Wea
ther of the U. S. Air
Force.
After his release from the
Air Force he returned to
Burnsville wi h his wife, the
former Kay Ferguson al Ok
lahoma City, to whom he was
married in 1959. They have
one daughter. Marcia, now
five years old. He worked for
one year with Fibers. Ira,
of Shelby, N. C., before en
tering the University.