Volume 32
MISS YANCEY CONTEST
GAINING IN POPULARITY
Much interest is being shown
in uie Beauy Pageant to be
staged in cunnectxn with the
C'tu isumas Paraue, sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce.
Picture of the f*rst entrant,
Sheba Turbyfield, ran last week.
She la is being sponsored by the
Yancey Hcsputal, by whcm she
is employed.
Other contestants are as fol
lows: Soyna Bailey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Handy Bailey of
Rt. 3, sponsored by Blue Ridge
Hardware Company. Soyna, a
1967 graduate of Cane River
Hgh School, is a freshman at
Mars Hill College, studying for
a Bachelor of Science Degree.
Miss Irene Coletta, a Senior at
East Yancey High School, spon
sored by Bumsvlle Furniture
and Hardware Company. Irene
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Coletta, Burnsville.
Peggy Higgins a Senior at
Cane River Hgh School, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hig
gins, Rt. 4. She is being spon
sored by J. F. Furni
ture and App’iance Company.
Sandy Buckner, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Buckner,
Rt. 3, Mars Hill. Her spemrr is
J. F. Rob'ns'm General Merch
andise. Sandy lives in Yancey
County. |
Barbara Fox, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Fox. Cane River,
sp'-n-vred by Amberjack Res
taurant.
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Irene Coletta
Bobbi Fox
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Burnsville PTA
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Announces
Plans For
Festival
The Burnsville Elementary
School P.T.A. chalked up what
is thought to be a record attend
ance at their meetng on Tues
day night. A total of 107 was in
attendance. ,
The meeting started at 7:00
р. m., with parents vis ting the
с. and getting acquain
ted with the teachers.
Following the clarsroom open
house the meet ng convened in
the auditorium, with Mrs. Mary
Margaret Deyton, P.T.A. Presi
dent, presiding. The devotional
was given by Rev. J, M. G.
Warner.
There was a lengthy discuss
irn of plans for the Harvest
Festival, to be held Monday,
October 30th, at 7.00 p. m.
Announcement was made of
the employment of Mrs. L Ilian
Jelley as part time teacher of
public school music in grades
three through six. Mrs. Jel'ey
will be pad by the P.T.A., and
will devcte cne day a week to
teaching. Lest may feel
that grades three through six
ment, an exp’anation may be in
order. The Fine Arts Committee,
wth Mrs. Joe Warner as chair
man, fe’t that shtce the seventh
and eighth grades will be par’i
cipating m a p’ay, similar to
the one given last year, thereby
receiving quite extens've train
ing; and since it is hoped that
this newly instituted program
may be an on-go'ng one, in
which event the first and sec
ond grades would come under
the program, the third through
sixth are the logical grades to
receive the benef ts of this train
ing. Mrs. Jelley will begin her
WTk November first.
B'-'b Thomas rented on the
Little League football program.
After the adjournment of the
busneos meeting a social hour
was enWed, at which time re
freshments were served by the
hostesses for the evening.
Men’s Club To
Host Farmers
Monday night Burnsville Men’s
Club will be host again in the
annual Farmers’ Night dinner at
the Community Building.
As in year? past awards will
be presented to the winners in
the Community Development
Program.
Judging of the commuities en
tering the contest is being done.
• this week. VV
Although some private corpor
ations make donations to the
winning communities, a major
ity of the money for prizes
ccmes through the Yancey
County United Fund.
Prizes will be awarded to the
two most outstanding tomato
growers In the county at the
dinner. Yancey County Chamber
of Commerce is giving these
prizes.
Dr. Georg** lb att. N C ’ State
University, will bo- the principal
speaker.
Thursday, Oct
ber 19, 1967
TWO MITCHELL RESIDENTS
FATALLY INJURED IN AUTO
ACCIDENT
An accident on H ghway 19-E
at Newua.e last Thursday night
brought \ancey County’s high
way fataiit.es to three for the
year.
A collis.on between a tractor
traher and a car at the inier-
of Highway 19-E at the
Newdale Presbyterian Church
k lied two persons and seriously
injured another.
Genis Gr.nustaff, 60, of Bakers
ville, driver of the car, died in
the accident, according to Patrol
man C. W. Warren who investi
gated the crash.
Emma Grindstaff, wife of
Genis Grindstaff, died in Spruce
Pine Hospital about four hours
later. The accident occurred
about 7:00 p. m.
Seriously injured in the acci
dent was Alice Sparks, 56, of
Bakersville, a passenger in the
Grindstaff car.
Driver of the tractor-trailer
rg, according to Patrolman
Warren, was James W. Jackson
of Danville, Ky. The rig was
cwned by Louisville Seel Com-"
pany; mg driver ’was~ ~ncr~ nF"
jured.
Patrolman Warren sa : d the
Grindstaff car failed to yield
right of wav at the intersection.
A coroner’s jury ruled that
the driver of the tractor could
not have avoided the accident.
Mr. Grindstaff was survived by
, two daughters, four sms, five
sisters, and three brothers.
Mrs. Gr nds s ass is survived by
E.Y. Boys Win First Place In
Burley Judging
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A team of four boys from
East Yancey High School won
first place in the State Burley
Tobacco Judging Contest held
at the ySE&te Fair in Raleigh
last 'week.. JA s winners they were
recipients of $150.00. The team
consisted of Mike Riddle, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Riddth;
Jack Hensley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Hensley: Byrl Sim
mons. son of Mr and Mrs Mor
ris Simmons and I canard
Number Seven
the children and one sister.
Joint services were held in the
Bear Oeek Baptist CbiTch Sun
div at ?-30 p. m., wth the Rev.
Craig, the Rev. Clarence
Funhanau. and the Rev. Jeff
Willis officiating. Rural was in
the church cemetery.
UF Drive
Moving
Forward
Paul Wooten, chairman of the
Yancey County United Fund
drive, said yesterday that the
drive is moving forward as
planned.
Although Tuesday was set
aside for a concentrated drive in
Burnsville, the drive will be con
tinued until the workers have
contacted their assignments.
Only about half of the working
TA n 3Sve fl at* IS
time.
None of the workers in areas
other than Burnsville have made
a report, Chairman Wooten
said.
Only $2450 00, which came
from Burnsville Tuesday, has
been reported.
The drive will continue,
Wooten said, until the county
goal of $9426.00 has been made.
Grindstaff, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Grindstaff. All four are
enrolled in Vocational Agricul
ture and members of the Fu
ture Farmers of America. The
team was coached by their Ag
riculture teacher Herbert D.
Allen.
Other Western North Carolina
winning teams, with their prises
were Marshall 4-H, SBS 00; Mara
Hill FFA. ISO; .Marshall FFA.
HO; North Buncombe FFA, UP;
and Madison 4-H, HO.