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BEAUTY PAGEANT SPONSORED E. Y.
BY MERCHANTS ASSOC.
A beauty pageant will be held
this year in connection with the
Christmas Parade. From this
pageant will be selected “Miss
Yancey County”. The girls will
be sponsored by the business
places in the county. To enter a
girl must*be between the age of
16 to 21, and single. She will be
judged on talent and beauty. The
judging will take place on Dec
ember 15th at East Yancey High
School. Each contestant will ride
in the Christmas Parade. The
winner will lead next year’s
parade.
So far only one contestant .has
entered. She is Miss Shelia
Turbyfield of Green Mountain,
and is being sponsored by Yan
cey Hospital, where she is em
ployed. Miss Turbyfield is a 1966
graduate of East Yancey.
Any girl interested in entering
the contest is asked to contact
the Merchants Association.
DISCONTINUANCE OF
AMBULANCE SERVICE
MARCH ST —
Members <4 Holcombe Broth
ers Funeral Home met with the
Board of County Commissioners,
Town Board, members of New
dale and Burnsville fire depart
ments, and members of Yancey
County Chamber of Commerce
Monday night to discuss the dis
continuance of ambulance ser
vice by them in the county and
try to work out a solution to the
problem of service to Yancey
County.
Brothers Funeral
Home recently announced by a
letter to the Yancey Cjunty
Beard of Commissioners \.t ef
fective March 30, 1968, they will
discontinue the operation of pub
lic ambulance service.
In making the announcement,
t£e Funeral Home stated that
more than two thirds of funeral*
homes in North Carolina have
discontinued ambulance service.,
This is due to legislative action
being imposed upon ambulance
services in the state, they
pointed out.
Mr. Holcombe also pointed out
that for several years the Fun
eral Home has suffered substan
tial financial loss in the ambu
lance service. And with the new
regulations imposed, it will now
be impossible for them to oper
ate the public ambulance service.
Legislation passed in connec
tion with ambulance service
places the burden of such ser
vice on County Commissioners.
House Bill 159, Section 1. (4)
States “That, upon the failure of
private enterprise to provide
adequate and continuing ambu
lance service in any county,
the beard of county commission
ers of such county should be au
thcrized and directed to provide,
or cause to be provided within
said county, such services.”
O. W. Deyton, Chairman of
the Yancey County Board of
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Commissioners, said no definite
plans had been made to provide
ambulance service for this coun
ty. However, a rescue squad in
another county now providing
such service in, its county has
been asked to come here and
give in details the ooeraticn of
their sauad regarding ambulan
ce service.
All possibilities win be looked
into and considered in making
plans for public ambulance ser
vice for this county, Mr. Dey
ton said
Lion's District
Gov. To Speak
To Club
Lion L. Neil Summers, Gov
ernor of District 31-B, Lions In
tel national will talk to the Bur
nsvtije Lions Club tonight at the
Amberjack at 7:00 p. m.
Lion Summers resides in Hid- •
denite, N. C. and is a member
of the Taylorsville Lions Club.
As Governor, he will be serving
the 42 clubs in the District.
He has been a member of the
Taylorsville Lions -Chib since
1946, and has served in many
club and district offices since be
coming a member. He was a
Commissioned Officer during
World War 11, and since that
time has served as teacher of
agriculture in Hiddenite High
School. He is a member of tho
Hiddenite Methodist Church
where he served as Snuday
School Superintendent for twelve
years.
Local Liens President Yates
Bai’ey says the club is very
fortunate to have District Gov
ernor Summers to speak here.
Dttlffj T» Tb« Proinu Os Yaacty Coaaty
Homecoming
Friday Night
East Yancey High School will
observe Homecoming Friday
night when East Yancey Panth
ers meets Hot Springs on the
East Yancey field. The highlight
of the occasion will be the crown
ing of the Homecoming Quee.i
at halftime.
Contestants have been chosen
fr m each homeroom. They art:
Mrs. Fortner’s 12th grads • nn**-
100m —Lynda. Presnell escorted
by Michael Whitson; Mr. Rob
ertson's 12th grade homeroom—
Joan Howe! l escorted by lary
Presnell; Mrs. Davis’ 12m giade
homeroom—lrene Coletta, escort
ed by Harcld Allen; Mrs. Hugh
es 12th grade homeroom—. Judy
Grindstaff, escorted by Larry
Fortner.
Mr. Sparks’ - llth grade home
rconv-Brenda Thomas, escorted
by Joe Sparks; Mr. Ray’s llth
grade homeroom—Jackie Jones,
escorted by Jerry Kates; Mrs.
Hensley’s llth grade homeroom
--Janet Crisp, escorted by Char
les Cherry; Mr. Maney’s llth
■ ii. i-—-■ .ini, mum hum, 1 -ear
corted by Jimmy Geouge.
Mrs. Griffith’s 10th grade
homeroom— Juliene Buckner, es
corted by Travis Autrey; Mr.
Sprinkle’s 10th grade home
rocm—Cathy Silvers, escorted by
Gary Shuford; Mr. Riggins’ loth
grade homeroom—Martha Hess,
escorted by Larry Dale; Mrs.
Ray’s 10th grade homeroom
Barbara Jones, escorted by
Charles Ohle.
Mr. Bailey’s 9th grade home
room-Jeannie Biggerstaff, es
corted bv Buster Burgin; Miss
Ray’s 9th grade homeroom
Phyllis Riddle, escorted by
Larry Sixers; Mr r>«vton’ B o« r
. grade Corn
well, escorted by Norris Dover;
Mr. Wi'son’s 9th grade home
room—Diane Styles, escorted by
Garry Robinson.
A dance will be held in the
gymnasium immediately follow
ing the ball game.
Mayo Clinic Doctor Purchases
Property Here
Announcement was made this
week that property being purch
ased in the South Toe River
area may well develop into a
camp and clinic of renown.
According to reporter. Dr.
Fergus Pope and wife are in the
process of purchasing a tract in
excess of three hundred acres, a
part of the Henry Grindstaff
farm on Browns Creek, for a
camp for children in the five to
fifteen' year age group.
Although no definite plans for
Thursday, October 12, 1967
UNITED FUND GOAL SET
AT $9,426.00
Task Forte
Holds
Distossioas
Youth Opportunity Task Force
of the Cnamber of Commerce,
headed by Ciaude Vess, held two
seminar panel discussions on
Monday at East Yancey High
Schol at 9:00 a. m., and at Cane
River High School at 11:00 a.
m. Seniors from both high
schools attended and participat
ed in the panel.
The basic job of the Task For.
ce is to help the young people
in the County realize the advan
tages of Yancey County, and en
courage them to stay in the
County, and to choose vocations
that will enable them toi return*
to the County after they finish
their schooling.
Those taking part on the Pan
el were: Bill Banks, Paul Woot
en, Carol Angel, Robert Rhine
hart, and Claude Vess.
Emphasis was- placed on the
Mr. Wooten talked on the his
tory and opportunities in the
telephone company. Card An
gel discussed Hie history of in
dustry in Yancey County. Rob
ert Rhinehart discussed the turn
over in loocal industry; training
period and wages. Mr. Banks
and Mr. Vess in their discussion
encouraged the students .to
select a vocation that would en
able them to come back to the
county to sMork, professional
fields, etc.
This was the first project of
the Task Force. Thev are now in
the process of planning a Career
Day in the spring, with empha
sis on vocations in the County.
Following the panel discussion
a question and answer period
was held in which there was
good participation by the stud
ents.
Claude Vess is Chairman nf
this Task Force, with BUI
Banks and Paul Wooten as mem
bers.
the property have been made,
it was indicated that . future
plans indicated a camp for the
5 to 15-year age group who have
medical and behavior pretfems.
Dr. Pope, a pediatrician, is
on the staff at Maya Clinic. He
verked with Dr. Albert Schweit
zer in Africa for a period of two
years.
J. G. Edge, real estate agent
of Burnsville who is handling the
transaction, made the announ
cement.
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A one-day drive has been set
up for the Yancey County United
Fund, and October 17 is the day,
according to Paul Wooten, Fund
Chairman, and Roy Ray, United
Fund President.
Although a one-day drive for"
the fund this year has been de
signated, work on the drive by
the different committees was
begun last week. And the one
day drive was set for Burnsville,
with chairmen in other parts of
the county having a longer per
iod because of the area to be
covered. However, the drive will
be climaxed Tuesday, October 17.
Three chairmen have been
named for work in the defferent
areas of the county. Ray Miller
was named for the ' Pensacola
area, Claude Vess for the South
Toe section, and Yates Bailey
for Bald Creek. These men are
very active in their communi
ties and have appointed very
competent committees to work
with them in their sections.
County United Fund officers
have announced the following
budget for the year:
4-H Clubs, $400.00; Rural C->m
munity Development, $400.00;
B'ind and Sight Conservation,
$250.00; Orthopedic Clinic and
other Health Centet work, S2OO 00
'&s. <, iriifl.wr msv im 1
ty Library, $400.00; Yancey Hos
pital, $250.00; Red Cross, $3,000;
Cerebal Palsy. $100.00; Dread
Disease Committee of Yanrey
County. $750.00: CarHinas Unit
ed Package, $1,236.00: Yancey
Countv Summer Recreation,
S2OO 00: Fund expenses. $l5O 00.
This is a total budget for the
county in the amount of $9,426.00.
Conservation
Rally Set
For Oct. 19
The Seventh Annual Western
Area Conservation Rally will be
held in Weaverville, N. C., on
October 19, 1967. Joe P. Kuyken
dall, State Conservationist, will
be the featured speaker at the
banquet to be held at 7:30 p. m„
in the North Buncombe High
School Cafeteria.
Tcm H. Bonham, Western Ar
ea Chairman, announced that
supervisors and their wives from
fourteen western counties were
expected to attend. County com
missioners, local agricultural
leaders, and representatives of
State agrion’tural agencies are
invited guests.
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