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During the last hour of school each Monday they visit the Special Education Class. The Scouts have at their disposal (to be used by the pupils) a various assort ment of puppets, ranging from types like Little Red R ling Hcod to the Pied Piper of Hamelin, which they have made and accumulated thro ughout the year: The Scouts dramatze each week a sim ple story or prem in order to demonstrate to the class the teohnirue of s‘aging a puppet *<how. Ttioni the class rebeats the procedure, wi‘h the aid and instruction of the Scouts. Po se, diction, expression and criminality are emphasized. Quite a number of themes have been used, including comedy, anecdotes and fables. Through this training In puppet dramatics the pupils of the Bpecal Education Class gain sufficient confi dence in themselves to ap pear before the public. Misis Annie Hassell is s he leader of Oir 1 Scout TroOp 66, and Mrs. P. C. Coletta is puopeteer director. The THE YANCEY RECORD Burnsville, N.C. Scou f s engaged in this pup pet project are students from East Yancey High School. Dr. Cornwell Moving Back To Burnsville The Record received infor mation this week that Dr. Julian Cornwell and family will be moving back to Burns ville with n a few days. Dr. Cornwell, a veterinar ian who practiced. here for several years moved to Hun ting* on, W. Va., with his fanvly last fall. He has been associated with an animal hosmtal there since leaving Burnsville. According to infirmation received. Dr. Cornwell w'll return here wi‘h his fam'ly Friday or Saturday of this week. , He ulans to resume his vet er r nary practice here, accord ing to information received. State Board Os [lections Name New County Board The State Board if Elec tions last week appointed two Democratic members to a new Ciunty Elect ons Board here. The twq appointed were Charles Gillespie, Jr. of Bur nsvilie, and Amie Pate of Rt. 4, Burnsville. Gillespie is a pract'c ing pharmacist and co-owner of a drag store here. Pa e, who lives in the Egypt sec tion of the county, has been Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County Notional Forests Timber Sales increase ~ <• ASHEVILLE, N. C. Na tional Forests in North Caro- Tna sold more • than five million board feet of timber during the second quarter of F'scal Year 1967, Supervisor Peter J. Hanlon announced here today. The National Forests received over 56 thousand dollars for the standing timber. Use Toecane Ranger Dis trict contributed 3,459 thous and board feet with a stump age value of $20,752.00 to ths timber sold and cut by the National Forests in North Carolina, Helton Carmichael the local District Ranger added. in the lumber business for several years. Both men are well kniwn in the coun'.y. The third member, who will be a Republican, has not been named. The naming of a new elec tions board became necesscry folliwing the ous*er of the eld board because of ballot ing violatiins charged in the November general election. Thursday, January 26, 1967 TRAVEL, A LEADING NX. INDUSTRY Jerry Garland • * Attending Short Course _ Application for attending Short Course in Modem Farming .sponsored by N. C. Bankers Association and N. c. State University has been ’ accepted for Mr. j er r y Gar land. Age 24, School Record: Hisrh School graduate; Other schooling Mars Hll Col lege 2y 2 years. Pull time far mer. Major farm enterprises is dairying. Three years in FFA in High School and 4-H. Jerry wants to attend this Short Course to improve his ability to manage the dairy. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Garland of Brush Creek Community ~ Jerry is mnnrfr'~nj; —«r—~*~; —~ father. ,„„ g et XT. Dillingham, County Extension Chairman, said that the scholarship *of sico.oo was provided by the local branch of the North western Bank. Amey Fox was key banker along with the E tension Chairman in the selection oc jymwute Garland. Jerry left Sunday for the school to begin classes Janu ary 23 and wil 1 go through February 3. The course will be conducted at N. C. Stats University. Something New In Burnsville £ lH & 4 t ' {A n * lli j| | . ■hp^r/ •>. : .V.- . It is not unusual for Frank Deyton, owner and operator of Ll’l Smoky Drive-In, to "curb hop" for customers who come by in cars. But serving customers who drop in by helicopter is someth'ng else again. Anyway, that is what Frank had to do Wednesday, as evidenced by the above picture. Number Twenty-Two The rapid development of tra\ei as a leaumg Norvh Carolina industry is reflected in 1966 attendance records at Ihe spate’s parks, national forests and other travj at tract ons, according to Direc tor Bill F, Hensley o fthe Travel and Promotion Divis ion, State Department of Conservation and Develop ment: Hensley estimated that more than 32 million Out-of state travelers visited in North Carolina last year, an increase of about two million over the 1966 figure. He also estimated that income from the travel industry, includ ing the amount spent by North Carolinans traveling with n the state, exceeded S6OO million during 1966. Th's would represent an -increase of more than SSO nrllion over the 1965 travel industry in come. 0 For the first time in its ■-wumw tsss > arar million mark in 1966. There were 6.466,000 vis ts to the park last year, representing an increase of about 8 percent over the 1965 attendance. The mountain at tract‘on maintained its stand’ng as the nation’s most popular na . tfo—trf tnrh. M'we than ef~ht million persons vis ted the Rlue Rid ge Parkw*y during the vear re-orts ( thd National Park gerwjreA Tips compares with 7 997.354 *' persons used the parkway in 1965. » The three men, one in the helicopter and two outside with Frank, art • Earl S. Ketron, P. R. Elam, and Paul Herron, Jr. of Kingsport, Tenn. The three men were on Bald Mtn. in connection with Bald Mtn, Development Corp. work there, when they re membered they had forgotten to pack a lunch.
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