Volume 31
Farm And Business leaders To
Visit Dana Community
The Dana community of Hen
derson County, one of North
Carolina’s leading apple and
vegetable growing areas, will be
the scene of a special visit by
community, farm and business
leaders from all sections of
Western North Carolina on Thu
rsday afternoon, June 22nd.
The occasion will be annual
tour of the tcp winners in the
farm division of the Western
North Carolina Community De
velopment Program. Dana, a
community of 150 families loca
ted 6 miles south of Henderson
ville, won top honors in the area
development program last year
in competition with communi
ties in 16 counties.
The Dana tour, which starts at
their community center at 4:00
p. m. on the 22nd, is sponsored
by the Asheville Agricultural
Development Council in order
that folks from the entire wes
tern area can see the “first hand
results" of what the Community
Development Program hs s
meant to this rural community.
According to Frank H. Brown,
Jr. of Cullowhee, president of
the Agricultural. Development
Council, which sponsors the
WNC Community Development
Program in cooperation with the
agricultural agencies, “The peo
ple of Dana have made an im
pressive record -since they or
ganized in this program in 1956.
Frcm their first place in a pro
duce shed they can now point
with pride to a fine community
center completely paid for. We
would like to invite all interest
ed leaders to join us for this
tour and see the outstanding
youth and community facilities
they have developed, along with
the fine farm operations.”
College Students Working In
WAMY Summer Program
Eight local college students
began working in Watauga coun- ‘
ty Monday to help low-income
residents solve their problems
and to help community groups
work on local improvement
projects.
The nine are part of a group
of 36 local college students who
will be working this summer in
Watauga, Avery, Mitchell and
Yancey counties this summer in
the program sponsored by W.A.
M.Y. Community Action.
The students spent all of last
week at Camp Broadstone in
Watauga County training for
‘ their summer’s job. Thirty-two
of the students attend Appala
chian State Teachers College.
Two attend Western Carolina
College and two attend Eaal
Tennessee State College. All of
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N.C.
Dental Program
Scheduled
A public health dental pro
gram for Head Start and regular
school children in Avery and
Mitchell counties has been sch
eduled to start this summer, ac
cording to the North Carolina
State Board of Health.
The dental program is slated
to begin before September 19,
1967, and to run for at least one
year after it is started.
The State Board of Health will
provide a dentist and equipment
for the two counties. The den
tist will examine all crildren in
Head Start and regular school
classes. He will provide treat
ments for those children whose
parents cannot afford the ser
vices of a private dentist, and
will refer other children to pri
vate dentists practising in the
counties.
between 'iMe State Board of
Health and W.A.M.Y. Commun
ity Acttion, W.A.M.Y. will guar
antee the payment of $17,009 to
the state for the dental services.
Avery and Mitchell counties will
apply to the federal government
for a total of SO,OOO for dental
funds under the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act, and
will reimburse this money to
W.A.M.Y. if their applications
are approved.
Dental services for Head
Start children in Watauga coun
ty will be supplied by the public
health dentist already serving
the county. Private dentists will
handle examinations and treat
ments of Head Start children in
Yancey County.
the students are enrolled in
werk study programs which
help local students work their
way through college.
Their job this summer will be
to visit low-income homes in
the four counties, to listen and
identify to the prob’ems of the
pocr, and then to help residents
take advantage of educational
classes or community groups
that can provide seme help for
their problems.
The training at Camp Broad
stone taught the students about
county government and the pro
grams of local agencies that
can be of help to the poor.
W.A.M.Y. staff members con
ducted the week-long camp with
the help of four speakers from
North Carolina, Tennessee, and
Kentucky.
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County
Hill Receives
Ph. D. Degree
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Lemmuel L. Hill, 34, was the
recipient of the Doctor of Philo
sophy Degree in Physics and
Mathematics at the seventy-
America and the Conferring of
Degrees on Sunday, June the 4th,
at 10:30 a. m., on the University
Campus, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Hill served with the U. S.
Navy in Electronics 1950-55. He
earned his B. S. Degree from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, N. Y. in 1959.
Since 1959 Dr. Hill has been in
the employ of the U. S. Naval
Ordnance Laboratory with Aero
physics, and in the Graduate
School of the Catholic Univer
sity of America.
He is the son of Mrs. Mamie
Hensley Hill and the late Dr.
Hill of Bristol, Pa., and the
grandson of Mrs. A. P. Hensley
. and Mrs. Gilbert Hill of the
Swiss community.
Dr. Hill, with his wife, the
former Miss Susan Kennedy of
Zelienople, Pa., and three sons,
Douglas, Lee and Barry, reside
at 12307 Keel Turn, Bowie, Md.
Many of the students have
worked in summer recreation
and 4-H programs before, that
have been sponsored by W.A.M.
Y. They will work with adults
this summer, according to Dir
ector Ernest Eppley, who be
lieves that “people working to
gether can organize and operate
their own projects.” “Our job”,
ho said, “is not to run programs
for people, but to he'p them
learn how to do it themselves.
We are using local college stud
ents because they know . the
area, and also because they are
interested in improving this ar
ea so that it will be a better
place to live when they graduate
and go to work here.”
; The program is scheduled to
run for 12 weeks. Yancey county
students working in the program
are: Miss Willie Dale Bradford,
Billie Evelyn Duncan, Brenda
Foxx, Rita Lynn Foxx, Gwen
Harris, Katherine Hughes, Linda
Hensley, and Gwen Young.
Thursday, Junu 15, 1967
Great Interest Shown In
School Board Election Bill
An exceptional wave of sup
port has been expressed in Yan
cey County favoring the bill be
fore the legislature in Raleigh
which provides for the election
of school boards by the people.
In a matter of three days 1,875
signatures of qualified voters
in the county have been signed
to a petition favoring the elec
tion of the Yancey County
school board. The same petition
expresses opposition to exemp
ting Yancey County from any
state-wide legislation which may
provide for such popular election
of school boards.
The petition has been forward
ed to our Democratic Repre
sentative in Raleigh, Mr. Ernest
Messer, who is strongly support
ing the bill. Also forwarded to
Raleigh have been the resolu
tions favoring the bill passed by
our County. Board of Commis
sioners, the Yancey County
Board of Elections, and the
Town Beard of Burnsville.
MicaviKe Scout
Court
Boy Scout Troop 509 of Mica
ville held a Troop Court of Hin
cr and Parent’s Night Thursday
June Bth. Several scouts advan
ced in rank. They were: Rodney
Bailey, tenderfoot; Roscoe Bai
ley, Jimmy Robinson and Rod
ney Hughes, second class; and
John Griffith, life. Merit badges
were presented to Douglas Hen
sley, pioneering; John Griffith,
cooking; Steve Hall, first aid;
Gerald Blalock, first aid; Larry
Hall, reading end cooking; Dan
ny Wilson, basketry; Neil Mc-
Curry, basketry; and Kenneth
Hughes, painting and basketry.
The troop went camping on
Friday, June 9th, to Briar Bot
tom in the Mount Mitchell Game
Refuge, accompanied by Scout
Master, Max Hughes and Troop
Committeeman, Ben Gouge. Al
so camping with them was Eu
gene Hensley who led them on a
hike Saturday morning to Little
Lost Cove. The boys enjoyed
very much having Mr. Hensley
with them.
On May 30th. the Micaville
Cub Scouts had a pack meeting
and Parent’s Night.
Three boys received wolf
awards. They were: Ronald
Wyatt, Tern Griffith and Mike
Bailey. One boy, Gregory Rob
inson, received the Bear Award.
Ronald Wyatt was presented a
gold arrow point and a silver
arrow point.
Mike Bailey and Tom Griffith
were presented gold arrow
points.
The Cub Scouts went camping
on June 2nd. Cub Master, Gerald
B. Wyatt and his family; Den
Chiefs, Gerald Blalock, Roscoe
Bailey and Kenneth Hughes and
Mr. and Mrs. Max Hughes and
Gary accompanied the cubs
camping.
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It is also reliably reported
that the elected representatives
cf Yancey County and the chair
men of the several committees
involved have been bombarded
w’ith letters from the county *
favoring the change.
Old observers of the political
scene in Yancey County state
they cannot recall in recent
years any political matter which
has raised such broad and em
phatic support from the people
of the county.
These supervising the circula
tion of the petition were them
selves surprised at the success
of the undertaking, since the
number of solicitors was small,
and the whole county was not
covered. The ease with which
this large number of signatures
was obtained, they believe, tes
tifies to the strong sentiment
existing in favor of the changed
method of electing school boards.
Alt. Mitchell
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Start Monday
Beehives of activity would be
the most fitting description of
Girl Scout Day Camp * Directors*
hemes at this time. Twenty Day
Camps are scheduled for the 16
Western N. C. counties included,
in the Pisgah Girl Scout Council.
Mt. Mitchell Day Camp will
open Monday, the 19th, at 9:00
a. m. on the grounds of Ml. 1 '
Mitchell Camp for Girls. Mrs.
George Hicks of Rt. 5, Burns
ville, is Director; Mrs. D. ’H.
Carmichael, Registrar, has re
ported that 60 Girl Scouts and
children of staff registered dur
• ing the May 1-15 registration
period.
Girl Scouts have the opportun
ity to learn more about nature
and themselves in the Day
Camp Program.
Those attending will have op
portunity to choose from various
activities; Camp crafts and
skills; nature lore, hiking, and
other things ycung girls like to
do.
Volunteer directors are used in
all Day Camps as is. the staff.
Serving on the administrative
staff with Mrs. Hicks and Mrs.
Carmichael are Mrs. James
Hoover, Assistant Director; Mrs.
Earl Young, Business Manager;
and Mrs. Garland Wampler,
Health Supervisor.
Instructors and unit leaders
include: Mrs. Bill Hess, Mrs.
Janet Banks, Mrs. Jack Edge,
Mrs. Willard Crowder, Mrs. W.
E. McKinney, Mrs. Evelyn
Wilson.
Senior Girl Scouts from Bur
nsville Troop No. 66 will assist
tre unit leaders.
Mrs. Hicks reminds all Girl
Scouts who will be attending
Day Camp to refer to the Day
Camp Brochure for a lis( of
“What to bring to Day Camp.”