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A part of the employees and
guests who attended the ban
GLEN RAVEN HONORS EMPLOYEES AT
»» THOMAS s - HAGMI '
The follow ng employees of
Glen Raven Silk Mills, Burns
ville, received five and ten-year
service awards at a banquet
held n their honor in the cafe
teria of Cane River High School
Sunday evening, March 19:
Ten-year employees: Reuben
Higgins, Reuben Adk ns, Shelby
Ray, Clay Fender, Frank Phil
lips, Billy McCurry, Howard D.
Hensley, Jean Young, Eugene
Roland, Cec 1 Gillis, Enzie Let
terman, Hoyt Bennett, S. C.
Laws, Solen Mclntosh, Jeanette
Byrd, Lois Metcalf, Martha
Wells, Dorothy Chrisawn, Jessie
Buckner, Ernest Buckner. Ches
ter Souther, Rex Ray, Willard
Whitt ngton, Annie Hasse’l. J. O.
Edwards, Harrison Bennett,
Matthew Jones, Ronald Greg
ory, Willard Hill, Champ Mc-
Mahan, Euran ous Robinson,
Gene Woody.
Five-ye employees: Ted
Tipton, Donald Young, John
Will Duncan, Donald Bodford,
Bobby Smith, Tommy G bbs.
Burgin Silvers, Darius Adk ns,
Joe Freeman, Tommy Pittman,
Ezra Fender, Raymond Fox,
Danny Wr ght, Kenneth Gibbs,
Dew : e Fender, Jim Gardner, P a
Wilson, Pespy Ruckner, Grady
Melton, Muriel Cooper.
Th s ceremony was one of
two events which are honoring
long-term employees of the
comppany. A dinner will be
held Saturday even ng, April 1
at 6.00 p. m. in the cafeteria of
Fast Yancey Hieh School, in
of the f freen year em
ployees. Dr. Fred Bentlev.
president of Mars Hill College
will be the guest sneaker.
Mr. Tom Haggai of High
Po : nt was the guest) SDeaker at
the Sundav n>ht celebration.
He is a Bantist minister, and ; s
w'de’v sought as a speaker in
the Feld of industrial relations.
In hs sneech Sundav n i,T ht
F“v. Haecai stressed the fact
that the G>en Raven mill n
Bvmsvlile has p~ne four vosrs
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quet held Sunday even ng at
Cane River High School by Glen
w thnut a lost-time accident,
ind : cat : nij that the employees
are concerned wifli the welfare
and safety of others as wed as .
themselves; and, most imoort
anfiv. thev listen to the : r suner
visors and observe safety rules
and Dractices.
Soe*' al Puests ot the presenta
tion dinner were husbands and
wives of the hon-mees. memh-rs
of the Board of Directors of the
Yanoev Chamber of Commerce;
Bnrnsv He Mavor R. K. He’mie;
Al’en B. Gant, c n nJorate Presi
dent of Glen Raven: Roger
Gant, Jr., corporate v*ce presi
dent and treasurer; Harrv Wil
-Is. corporate personnel director
from Burlington; Bruce Buchan
an, plant manager at Newland,
J. O. Austin, plant manager at
Asheville.
Donald I. Burhoe, vice presi
dent and general manager of
the Burnsville Mill, presided,
and presented the awards.
Rev. Finley
To Speak
To Lions
Burnsville Lions Club w 11 hold
its 1-ad es Night supper meet
ing tonight. The meeting wll be
held at 7 p. m. at The Amber
jack.
The club wll present an
award to the Man of the Year
selected by the Lions. This is the
f rst time the local Lions Club
has named a Man of the Year.
Overall activit es for the year
were considered ’n choosing the
man to be honored.
Rev. Woodward Finley, Pastor
of the First tPresbyteran
Church here, will be guest
speaker.
D»dltat«d To m Progms Os Vt«»~C«.rt r
Raven Silk Mills, honoring fve
and ten year employees.
sum
Triumphant/ joyous
ai\d deeply inspiring
is the promise of
spiritual rebirth,
so beautifully
reaffirmed at Easter.
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Thursday Morth 23, 1967
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Thomas Stephens Haggai (pro
nounced Haggy-Eye) was born
in Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1931. of
Syrian-English heritage, and
grew up in Boston, Mass., where
he delivered his first sermon at
the age of 12.
Mr. Haggai, (who Insists that
Tom is the one title he prefers
among the several he has eam
ed) is a graduate of North
Greenville Junior College and
Furmaa University.
In 19G3 120 business and pro
fessional leaders cstahijcv»wi
which is called Tom Haggai and
Associates Foundation under
the trusteeship of Wachovia
Bank and Trust Company. When
the Foundation was formed on
his behalf, Mr. Haggai resigned
as pastor of a prosperous Bap
tist Church in High Point In or
der to become. In effect. «
“ministerial-large” thus lea
ving his pulpit and gaining the
entire U. S. as his parish.
The purpose of the Foundation
is to more effectively take the
message of God and America to
businessmen where they are
sales meetings, state and na
ticnal conventions civic dinners,
and other events which bring
men and women together.
Mr. Haggai may be better
known to Americans as speaker
over a nationally syndicated ra
dio program, entitled “Values
for Living”.
Guests and empliyees of Glen
Raven Silk Mills enjoyed a rare
treat when they were privilege!
to hear Mr. Haggai speak at the
mill’s service-awards banquet
held at Cane River High School
Sunday night, March 19.
Mr. Haggai lives with his wife
and daughter in High Point,
N. C.
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An Easter Sunrise Service will
be held on Sunday morning,
March 26, on the Square at
6:00 a. m.
One of the high points of the
year is this inspirational service
to begin the day celebrating the
resurrection of our Lord from
the dead.
, Speaker for the morning will
be Rev. M. H. Kendall, profess
Number Thirty
Hoover On
Blue All-
Star Team f
East Yancey Panthers have
the distinct on of placing a
basketball player on the Blue
Allstar team for the second time
in two seasons..
Mike Hoover, leading scorer
for the Panthers during this
and last season, has the honor
of representing Yancey
in the Blue-Wh te game this
year. Hoover has an average of
30 po tits per game, and has
scored as high as 40 points.
The Blue and White game is
Played each year, with stars
from Buncombe County teams
meeting stars from teams in
counties adjoining Buncombe.
The Buncombe team is the
White and the team made up
from adjoin ng counties is the
Blue team.
Last year Ronnie Robinson,
who graduated at East Yancey,
was inv ted to play on the Blue
team.
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The Blue and White game wll
be played in the Asheville-
Rltmore College gym Friday
night, March 31.
Men’s Club To
Hold Annual
Ladies’ Night
Supper
The Burnsville Men’s Club will
hold their annual Lad ; es Nisht
Banquet Monday night at 7:00
p. m. in the Community Building
Lee Ray Robertson will be
the guest speaker.
This is the occasion for the
installation of the club’s new of
f:cers e'ected at the club’s last
meeting.
Helton Carmichael is the new
pres : dent 6 succeeding Charles
Wesson. Jim Gardner was re
elected to serve as vice presl
dent and James Covington will ,
be the new secretary-treasurer.
Ladies of the Higgins Memor
ial Methodist Church will serve
the dinner.
or of religion at Mars Hill Col
lege, and pastor of the Cane
River Church in the Yancey As
sociation.
Music will be furnished by the
combined choirs of the churches
of the Burnsville area.
Seats will be provided.
In case of inclement weather
the service will be held in’ the
First Baptist Church.