Volume 31
BROWNIE SCOUTS HOLD
INVESTURE SERVICE
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Recent investure of seven
Burnsville Brownie Scouts, as
s ated by the leaders. Mrs.
David Powers and Miss Ther
esa Coletta, and “Big Sisters”
second year Brownies.
Back row, left «to right,
Martha Ann Westall, Marie
Hunter, Judy Brown, Mary
TOE RIVER BASKETBALL
FINALS SATURDAY NIGHT
Last night in the opening
game Eat«« Yancey boys de
feated Cane River with a
score of 76-50, wh,ch will place
the local boys in the semi
finals With Newland Friday
nighit. Newland defeated the
Tipton Hill team.
Also last night the girls of
Harris High of Spruce Pine
defeated Bakersville to place
them against East Yancey
girls Friday night.
Bowman of Bakersville de
feated /he strong Cranberry
boys which will place them in
the finals Saturday night to
meet the winner of the East
Yancey-Newland game.
The Bakersville-Cranberry
game last night was the
mart exciting game thus
y far in the tournament. The
teams were well matched and
were one and two points
apart during all of the
period otf the game.
Champions of the Toe River
BasKetLad tournament will be
dcC.ded Saturday night. Gam
es were smarted last Satuiuay
night wkh three other pre
limenary games played Tuesr
day night.
For the openers Newland
beys took with a
56-53 score. Bakersville boys
ran over Crossnore, winning
w «.h a s.ore of 62-35. East
Yancey girls won over Ne*
land girls 46-26.
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N.C.
Crisp, Sherrie Lee Laughrun,
Debbie McDowell, all second
year Brownies. Front row,—
kneeling, left to righfc, new
Brownies: Natalie Fox, Sandy
Bennett, Carole McDonald,
Shirlyn Chandler, Tammy
Brown and Mary Louise Wray.
On Tuesday n ght Cranberry
girls took
while Cnne River girls over
ran Tipton Hill 53-16. Cran
berry boys trampled Harris
Hifh of Spruce Pine with a
score of 67-44.
Finals will be played Satur
day, beginning at 7:30.
Local Boy
Killed In
Vietham
FFC. JERRY A. ROBINSON
Funeral services were held
at 2:00 p. m. Mondpy in Mt.
Mitchell Baptist Church for
Pfc. Jerry A. Robinson, 24,
of Route 5, who lost his l : fe
by drowning in Vir/.nam on
February 16. A nrlitary de
tachment from Fort Jackson,
8. C. conducted gravesde
rites in Robinson Cemetery.
Surv'ving are the pare its,
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon D. Rob
irsnn. and a sister. Miss Diane
Roh'rson, all of Rt. 5: and the
paternal grandnv/h<‘r, Mrs.
Nola Robinson of Glenwood.
Dedicated To Tliu Progress Os Youcuy County
Hoover
Named To
All-Stai
Team
East Yancey has a place
on the WNC All Scholastic
Basketball Team again oh is
year. The all-star team is
selected from WNC high
schools by coaches and off.-
cials. Eleven members con
stituteJ the squad.
Mike Hoover, East’Yancey’s
high scorer, was named one
cf ehe ealven
from here as far west as
Na: t ahala.
Hoover, a senior, has a
scoring record th s season of
21.9 points a d is one of the
top three in scoring in Wes
tern Nonih Carol na high
f.cli ol teams. Lloyd King of
Erwin H.gh is top with 27.5
points per pame and Gary
Cress ! s next wV.h 25.5 points
average. All three players
have scored as. high as 40
points in a game this season.
The high-scoring East
Yinccy pt».y«'r is non
Mr. and Mrs. James Hoover
of TV. 5, Burnsville. He was
a’so lea' , in°’ foot v all scorer In
this conference this past sea
son.
Introduces
House Bill
No. 70 .
Senator Ted Dent, Republi
can from Mitchell
made the announceme £ this
week that he has introduced
Ser.a.e Bill No. 70 which will
. perm.t Yancey County Demo
crats to nominate their candi
dates by primary election in
stead of through the conven
tion system.
Do. «t said his introduction
cf the bill for a primary
system for this county was
due to ithe insistance of De
mocrats In the county the/;
the bJI be introduced.
The resolution was present
ed and passed at the Demo
crat Convention in May for
the change back to a primary
system.
The Senator, who has been
appointed to the AgricuVture
Sub-Committee, ntated that
he fe’it the present law re-
Irfting to the Milk Commission
will not be changed.
Receives .
Grant
Susan Hensley, a senior at
Ca e River Hifh School who
will enroll at Mars Hll
College for the fall itjrm, has
been notified by the college
that she is *‘x> receive a
$150.00 grant from funds
Thursday , March 2, 1967
NORTHWESTERN BANK
REPORTS INCREASE IN
PROFITS LAST YEAR
Miss Buchanan
Accepts Position
With Agency
.gjiM
Miss Janice Buchanan star
ted work for Burnsville In
surance Company January 21,
repiac ng Mrs. Guy Booen
who we:#t with Yancey Insur
ance Agency.
Miss Buchanan before com
ing jwith Bur.isville Insurance
Company worked for one
year with Rex Wlsun Insur
ance Agency in Spruce Pine,
ar.d prior to that cme was
with Uz7ell-Dumont Law Firm
In Asheville. ,
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Whitt Buchanan of
Route 1, M ss Buchanan is a
1963 graduate of East Yancey
Hgh School, and ft'’ended
Ea it Tennessee State Univer
sity. Upon graduation from
Ear/; Yancey High School she
received a scholarsh p given
by Lawson Mutual Feldspar
Corp. to the son or daughter
of an employee making the
hteherA scholastic average
for that year.
made available by Will-O-
Haven Rest Home in Greens
boro, Nor/A Carolina.
Susan hos compiled an out
standing high school record.
She has an academe average
of 96.8 over her first seven
semesters while earning twen
ty credits and has been active
in e'trEcurr'cular oc'ivities.
She a'tended the Governor’s
School in the summer of 1965
and was named a semifinaliat
in the 1966 Nas onal. Council
of Teachers of Eiglish Ach
ievement Awards Program
racing her among the best
high schoul English students
in the UnV.ed S ates.
Susan is planning a major
in music education ot Man?
HiU College and a career in
teaching.
Number Twenty Seven
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of The North
western Bank was held on
Tuesday, February 28, at the
Home Office of the Bank in
Nor.h Wilkesboro. Pres dent
Edwin Duncan reported that
net prof <ts before taxes and
dividends Increased from
$3,730,0C0 In 1965 to $4,636,000
in 1966. Income taxes paid
or reserved were $1,672,167
as compared with $1,524,415
for the year 1965. The net
profit per share for 1967 was
$2.47 based on 1 J 97.024 shares
ou.standing on December 31,
1966. This represents an in
crease of 23% in profit per
share over 1966. By the e.id
of 196, deposits were $289-
686,792; total loans, $205,-
003,126; capital account,
$24,075,860; and total resour
ces, $331,460,904.
B. R. Penland of Burnsville
was re-elected »to the Board
of Directors.
elected. They are Robert A.
Cbllier, attorney at law, Col
l er, Harris & Collier, States
ville, North Carolina, and Ker
mit Edney, president and
general manager, Rad o Sta
tion WHKP, Hendersonville,
North Carolina.
Fire
Deportments
Kept Busy
The Fire Departments have
been fairly busy answering
calls dur ng the ex.remely
cold weather, b.*t no fires of
major proper.ions have occur
red in the county cxce.it the
one on Jacks Creek Friday
night, which resulted in *the
loss of the home, including
all furni.ure, of Oscar Ayers.
S iturday afternoon the Bur
nsville F re Dept, answered a
call to the home of Handy
Edwards on Lor gview Drive.
The fire, resulting from a
faulty flue, was quickly ex
tinguished and caused little
damage. Sunday morning the
Fire Department was called
to the home of Troy Mathis
on Hardscrabble Road. The
fire, caused by elec.rkal wir- \
ing, caused no damage. Hie '
Newdale Fi.-e Department an
swered a call at the home of
Mrs Bessie Boone on the
Arbuckle Rot 4 early Sunday
morning, where a fire, result
ing in damage of several hun
dred dollars was brought un
der control.
Buy u.s. frirj
Savings Bonds