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Pictured above are members
of the Bownie Scout Troop. They
are front row, left to right:
Debra Westall, Anna Warner,
GIRLS INVESTED
IN BROWNIE
TROOP
Nine girls were invested into
Brownie Troop No. 86 on Friday,
Oct. 24, in the Browne room.
Each girl made the Brownie
premise, gave the salute and a
reason for desiring to be a
Browne Scout. The girls sang
the Brownie Smile Song, and
pledged allegiance to the flag.
New members of the Troop
are Sheila Angel, Beth Bailey,
Janice Bggerstaff, Joy Coupey,
Saundra Fox, Anna Warner,
Debra Westall, Rene Peterson
and Janet Preoiell. Other girls
in the Trtxp are Sandy Bennett,
Tammy Brown, Natalie Fox,
Carole McDonald, Diane Wamp
ler, and Mary Lou : se Wray.
Leaders are Mrs. Dick Bailey
and Mrs. Garland Wampler.
Services for
Miss Proffitt
Miss Cauierine Proffitt, St. of
Bald Creak, died in an Asheville
hospital Sunday morning after
a brief illness.
Miss Proffitt was a former
teacher in Yancey County and
had been associated with Proffice
and Co. since 1945.
Surviving are the mother,
Mrs. Virginia Gibbs Proffitt of
Bald Creek; three sisters, Mrs.
Vera Steel and Mrs. Yates Bajk
ey, both of Bald Creek, and Mkto > ;
Mary Glen Proffitt of Louisville,
Ky..; two brothers, James W.
Proffitt and Ralph T. Proffitt,
both of Bald Creek.
Services were held Tuesday at
11 a. m. in Bald Creek Method
ist Church, where she was a
member and served as steward
for many years.
The Rev. Thomas Weeks of
related. Burial was to Proffitt
Cemetery.
Pallbearers ware Hartoa
Gibbs, Jimmy Neil, Bob Yeung.
Ray Tweed, Otto Proffitt. Thor
Anglin. Phi Johnson. Chariae
Tcmbertia, Ray Robertson, ami
Clailtwill* Scott.
THE YANCEY RECORD
BurnsvilU, N.C.
Saundra Pox, Janet Presnell,
Renee Peterson, Natalie Fox,
Shei'a Angel, Mary Louise
Wray, Tammy Brown, and Joy
Clubs Have
Access To
Slides
By: Ashton Chapman
Clubs or other groups inter
ested in the art of ancient per
iods now have access, through
the Avery-MitcheU-Yancey Re
gional Lbnary, to more than
l, important items in the slide
collection of the North Carol .na
State Library in Raleigh. The
collection is dvided into sec
tions relating to Old Stone Age
and New Stone Age art, Egypt
ian, Mesopotamdam, Aegean,
Greek, Etruscs-Italx, Roman
and Northern European (pre-
Christian) art.
The public libraries in New
land, Spruce P-ne, Bakersville
and Burnsville, which compose
the A-N-Y Regional Library,
have catalogs listing the numer
ous sides available on these
subjects. A selection may be
quickly and easily made from
the catalog, and the desired
slides can be booked through
the Interlibrary Loan Service,
just as films are booked.
All organizations interested in
show ng these very worthwhile
, slides are invited to consult the
catalog at their nearest library
m the three counties.
Blood mobile
Hero Nov. 14
The Bloodmobile will be at the
Armory Saturday, November
14. from 1:00 p. m until 0:00 pc
m. All who can are urged to be
on hand to give blood for this
worthy cause Look in next
week's issue for more
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yoßcuy County
Coupey; back row: Sandy Ben
nett, . Carol McDonald, B eth
Bailey, Diane Wampler and
Janice B ggerstaff.
Yancey Producers Discuss
s~
Tomato Project for 1968
The Yancey Producers Asso
ciation with about 35 members
present, met at the Courthouse
in Burnsville Monday night, the
30th. The man object of the
meeting was to discuss the To
mato Project for 1968. The prin
cipal speaker was Mr. D. M.
Robinson of Marshall, manager
of the French Broad Electric
Membersh p Corp., with head
quarters in Marshall, who tokl
of the success of toe Madison
County Producers Association,
and especially with regan) to
the growing and marketing of
tomatoes. The Yancey Associa
tion, which got off to such a
good start, is in a slump due to
Yancey Tomato Growers Presented Awards
Mite
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Charles Wesson, left, congrat
ulates Hugh Pate of Bald Creek
after presenting aim with a
prie as a leading tomato grow
er in Yancey County. Jton Ram
sey, right, holds an award pre
sented to him as first place win-
Thirsdoy, Novenbor 2, 1967
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BLUE RIDGE HEALTH COUNCIL
OFFICIALLY INCORPORATED
The Blue Ridge Health Coun
cil was off .daily incorporated
Saturday at Valle Crucis to be
gin working on comprehensive
health planning for Watauga,
A\ery, M.tchell and Yancey
ccunues.
Ab-ut 50 persons at the Health
Seminar heard Dr. John Reese
of Mcrganton declare that total
community involvement, parti
cular ly of physicians and den
, lists, was essential to the suc
cess of new health projects.
Dr. Reese, a past president
of the North Carolina Medical
Socely, also said there were
growing opportunities for coop
eration between counties and
between health districts, in the
sharing of personnel and facili
ties, and urged the new group
to keep other areas of the state
, fully informed on t'he'r progress.
Following lunch at the day
long seminar, representatives of
the bad season and poor tomato
crop last year. So far only 40
peop’e have signed up to rase
25 acres of tomatoes. In order
to go ahead with the project it
will be necessary to sign up 75
to 100 growers, with a much
larger acreage.
New growers are encouraged
to s en uo in order to»t the men
backing the Association may go
ahead securing the loan, purch
asing toe prwr site »«d erect
ing toe necessarv buddings be
fore fwWt’er season. Anvene in
terested mnv secre to» neo*v
sarv Jr f '’»-inatton bv mUjn» Mr.
F. L. Pillin'* am at the County
Extenson office.
ner as a tomato grower of the
county. Mr. Ramsey was also
presented a check.
The awards and prises pre
sented to the two leadhg toma
to growers were given by the
Yancey County Chamber of
Ntnbor Nfao
toe four counties broke up into
small planning groups to discuss
■three pressing problems.
The group discussing home
health care reported back to
toe Health Council a request
for an immediate seas bility
study of all four counties to
document the need for home
health care and to determine
the best ways of financing these
new serv ces.
(Elderly area residents now
miss out on many services pro
vided by Medicare because there
are no home hea"h care agen
cies or approved extended care
nursng homes in the four coun
ties.)
Representatives of 1 the State
Health Departmert present at
toe Saturday seminar agreed to
conduct a feasibility study im
mediately on home health ser
vices.
The group discuss'ng nursing
home facilities rec~mmendel
that the Council study and find
ways to provide new facilities
as soon as possible.
The Council also adopted a re
port from the dental service*
study group which called for em
phasis on prevenMve dentistry to
begin solving dental problems
in the area. Initial efforts in pre
ventive dentistry might inc'ude
flordation, school
programs, and home education
programs.
Elected to toe interim board
of Directors were: Clifford
Aldridge, Dr. H. C. Evans, Dr.
Lawson Tate from Aveij Coun
ty; Rev. W. Ross Ba ley. Dr. J.
T. Mcßae, aid Mrs. Hugh Dob
bin from Mitchell County; Mrs.
Ernest Briggs, and Mr. Oscar
Deytcn from Yancey County;
Mrs. Jack Groce, Mr. Joe Hart
ley, and Rev. George Abele
from Watauga county.
Commerce, represented by
Wesson. The certificates pre
sented were hand made bv the
Rev. Woodward Finley, former
president of the Yancey Cham
ber of Commerce who is aci
study'mt at VaMerhiX •Uatver
*y. NmhviDs. Twm.