Volume 31
EAST YANCEY IN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
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Tcmmy Mayberry, Jerry Clev
enger. Daryl Gibbs, Mike Young,
Mike Hoover, Baccus Hensley,
Panthers Defeat Cullowhee By One Point
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championship tournament com- *
petition Friday night when they
defeated the Cullowhee High
School Rebels by one point, with
a final score of 61-60.
The State Class A Tournament
began in Durham last night.
In the game with Cullowhee,
played at Bryson City, Friday
night, Mike Hoover, -high scor
ing Panther, sank 16 field goals
and six free throws for a total
of 38 points.
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THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N.C.
Stephen Edge, Richard Westall,
Mike Fox, Mike Silver, Mike
Warren and Morris Riddle. The
Ei*o Yancey Panthers, who
Tall Mike Silver, who always
job for the Panthers, dropped in
11 points. Silver rebounded ten
from the board, with Hoover
coming close in rebounding with
nine.
Cullowhee took the lead early
in the game and stayed ahead
with a three to five point lead
up to the third quarter. The
third quarter score was 46-48,
Cullowhee.
The fourth quarter was a nip
and tuck game, with East Yan
cey taking a three-ooint lead
Parkway Playhouse last sum
mer.
Dedicoted To The Progress Os Yancey County
moved into State championship
last Friday n>ght when they de
feated Cullowhee High School.
late in the quarter. Then Moore
mi, >d 411 * vr “tt&nfqCi Gulin
whee dropped one noor
ti bring the score to 61-80.
Hoover fouled out with less
than one minute tolplay.
Both teams missed free throws
holding the same score. Silver
rebounded two from the board,'
and the Panthers were able to
keep possession to the end of
the few seconds of play.
Othpr East Yancey players
taking part in the game were
Westall 6, Gibbs 4, Young 2,
Riddle and Clevenger,
Miss Penland
Gets Good
Review In
’King And /’
Miss Amelia Penland, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Pen- *
land had one of the leads in
UNC-G Drama Department's
production of ::The K.ng and I”
opening ’in the new W. Raymond
Taylor Theatre on Thursday
night, March 2nd.
Roger Franklin starred in the
role of the K.ng; Judith Hopson
starred as the English school
teacher who comes to Siam to
instruct the King's many wives
and children.
In his review of the p’ay, Jim
McAllister of the GREENSBORO
DAILY NEWS, states, ‘‘The best ,
singing voice, I think, belongs
to Amelia Penland, who plays
the part of; Tumtin, a girl who
in sent to the K ; ng of Siam by
the Prince of Burma as a gift.
But Tumtin is in love with ano
ther and in the end she and her
lover die.” Mr. McAllister went
on to say, a duet of “We Kiss in
a Shadow" hv Miss Penland and
lover 1 by Ken Kille
bre' ■ is one of the highlights of
Thursday, Morth 16, 1967
Ben Deyton, East Yancey Coach
Glen Raven
To Honor
Employees
Glen Raven Silk Mills will
River High School on Saturday
evtning, March 18 at 6:00 p. m.
The speaker will be Dr. Tom
Haggai of High Point, N. C. Dr.
Haggai is very well known in
the f.e'd if industrial relations.
The 15 year employees will be
honored at ;< dinner on April 1
at 6:00 p. m. at East Yancey
High School. Dr. Fred Bentley,
President of Mars Hill College,
will be the guest speaker.
On both occasions the honored
employees will be awarded a
certificate and emblem pin by
Glen Raven.
Employees and invited guests
will attend the celebration.
Glen Raven is a family owned
business, comprised of eight
mills in N. C., one in Canada
and a Common Market unit in
Holland. Their main office is
in Glen Raven, N. C. The gen
eral sales organization is located
in New York City. Mr. Allen E.
Gant, President of the firm, is
one of its founders, a’ong with
the sl:OW.
/melia, wh<y is a 1965 gradu
ate of East Yancey High School,
is a sophomore of UNC-G, and
a major in speech and drama
In high school she had the title
role in “The Diary of Anne
Frank”, and was Eliza Gant in
the school’s production of “Look
Homeward Angel”. She receiv
ed a partial scholarship at the
Parkway Playhouse last sum
o mer, and played the lead in
“Mary, Mary”, and had a lead
ing ro’e in "The Mouse Trap",
and p’ayed Moonbeam McSwine
in “Lil Abner”. She studied
voise at Mars Hill College be
fore enrolling at UNC-G.
Amelia's mother, Mrs. Kath
leen J. Penland, also her broth- ;
cr John and s’ster. Ramona, at
tended the Sunday afternoon,
March 12th, production of
.... ‘‘The King and I."
Number Twenty-Nine
Bloodmobile
Here
March 23
The Bloodmobile iis sched
uled to visit Yancey County
Thursday, March 23. This is the
third of four visits to the County
during the year and is a part of
the Red Criss Program.
Dr. E. R. Ohle, will be the at
tending physician, Miss Wanda
Edwards, RN, will be the nurse
and the Gray Lahies will han
dle the donosr.
The conteen will be sponsored
by the wimen of the West Bur
nsville Baptist Church.
The Agriculture Workers Coun
cil is sponsor for this visit. For
est ranger, Helton Carmichael,
is chairman.
Blood Program Chairman, E.
L. Dillingham said that the
yearly quota for Yancey County
was 440 rnits. The August 16
and November 22 visits provided
150 units. This leaves a differ
ence to date of 70 units. The
quota for this visit is another
110 pints.
gerstaff, Chairman of the Re
gional Blood Program, as shy
ing “The Yancey County Chap
ter is not carrying its fair share
if the load.”
Everyone of our 14,000 popu
lation should make some effort
to assist the volunteer in meet
ing the quota for this County.
This is. the least we ran do to
aid our boys in Vietnam and
those who need blood but for
reasons beyond their control are
not able tg give.
When Glen Raven began op
erations in Yancey County in
1948 it had only 224 looms in
place. Since 1955, 124 of the ori
ginal looms have been replaced
and otty;rs added, so that noy
there are over 542 modern looms
ir operation.
The plant turns out a half
million yards of cloth per week
—cloth for sports, ski clothes,
jackets, pants, football uniforms,
swimwear, etc., are am~ng the
products; also sail cloth for
boats: interliniqgs and interfac
ings for wash and wear clothes;
uniform cloth for nurses, wait
resses, ana wattgis; casement
cloth for drapes and curtains;
all types of wearing apparel,
such as material for men's
slacks, women’s blouses, child
ren’s play clothes, and shoe
cloth, as well as many types of
industrial fabrics.
Over 200 people are employed
in the three shift operation. The
plant operates on a six-day bas
is. A five day week has been
operated on rare occasions, us
ually in recognition of some
special event.
Friday, May 20th, 1966 the
plant had “Open House", at
which time some 2000 people
had the privilege of learning
"what made Die wheels go
round”, and enjoyed the hospi
tality of the Glen Raven • per
sonnel.