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PLANS FOR ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS PARADE
UNDERWAY
The annual Christmas Parade,
sponsored by the Yancey County
Merchants Association, ‘to be
heid on Saturuay, December 2nd
prom ses to be bigger and bet
ter than ever.
To aate the following floats
have been entered in competi
tion. East Yancey High School,
Jun.or Girt Scouts, Cadette
Scouts, Brownie Troop No. 86,
Micaville Scouts. FJoats not in
ccmpetiton: Forest Service and
the float carrying Santa Claus.
The float er.tries are late com
ing in. The Assoc ation would
like to take this opportunity to
request anyone interested in
entering a float in competi
tion, or just to add to the occas
ion call the offee of the
Chamber of Commerce, or drop
by the office of the Chamber of
Commerce and talk to Mrs.
Grace Banks, Secretary.
Something new has been ad
ded —a parade of beauty queens
all riding in cars. Hie girls en
tering the beauty contest are
being sponsored by the business
concerns and others. So far 17
grls have been entered with
more to come, as the contest
does not close until November
15. The judging will be held on
December 15th at East Yancey
High School. Anyone interested
in sponsoring a girl in this con
test please keep the clos ! ng date
in mind Noveml>er 15. The
judges for this even' will all tie
from outs de Yancey Co.
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N.C.
We were about to forget to
mention the 20 Majorettes from
South Toe Elementary School,
who wiH be in the line of inarch,
as well as several bands.
The Christmas decorations
will afl be in place on Dec. 2
plenty of time for the parade
and promises to be more beaut
iful than ever. The decorations
will consist of large Christmas
candles and wreaths through the
square and along Main Street
Check the date, December 2,
on the calendar, and the
RECORD for further details.
Lion’s To
Observe
Ladies Night
Burnsville Liens Club will hold
its annual Ladies Night meeting
on Friday night. Plans have
been made for Liens to take
their lad es to Bailey’s Cafeter
ia on Tunnel Road, Asheville.
Regular meeting nght of the
Club is on Thursday, but be
cause of reservation difficulties
the meeting was rescheduled
for Friday n ght.
The program commit* ee of
the club has announced that the
program will be a showing of
sides made in foreign countries
this summer by local people.
Dedicated To The Progress 0# Yancey County
Dr. White To
Speak To
Burnsville PTA
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The Burnsville Elementary
Schocd P.T.A. is pleased to an
nounce the appearance of Dr.
Jaif.es C. White, Jr., as speaker
at the meetng to be held in the
school auditorium Tuesday night,
Nov. 21, at 7:30.
Dr. White, a Charlotte native,
rt« 9W c r. ! a u «£', sfiw.
degree m Psychology. He recei
ved his M. A. degree in 1964
from Appalachian State Univer
sty, and his Ph. D. in Clinical
Psychology at the University of
Florida in 1962.
Dr. Wh'te has been on the staff
of Western Carolina Center,
Morganton, since June. 1963,
during which tme he has been
Director of the MDTA training
grant for psychiatric a i des.
The subject of Mr. White’s
talk will be “Comnra Emot'-cn
al Problems in chikhten Sym
ptoms and Treatment”. Special
emphasis will be placed on be
havioral therapies?
All members of the P.T.A., as
well as the general public, are
urged to be presen tfor this very
important meeting.
Bloodmobile
Here Tuesday
The Bloodmobfle will be at
the Armory next Tuesday, Nov
ember 14, from 1:00 p. m. to
6:00 p. m.
Dr. W. A. Y. Sargent is the
Volunteer Doctor for th’s visit
and the Windom Methodist
women will have charge of the
canteen.
Everyone able to do so is
urged to be on hand to donate
blood. The American Red Cross
Bloodmob le program is a nec
essary and worthy cause. '
NOTICE
Northwestern Bank officials
announced this week that the
local bank will be closed on
Saturday, November 11, Veter
ans Day.
Ifctrsday, NOVEMBER 9, 1947
Representatives of Tri-County
Discuss Possibilities of
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Appalachian Corridor
Five Yancey County men met
with other delegations from
Avery and Mitchen count es and
Tennessee at Newland last Thur
sday night to discuss the possi
bil ties of a highway leading
through the three counties in
to Tennessee.
Representatives of the three
adjoning counties and Tennessee
are making a try for an Appa
lachian Corridor from Tennes
see through Elzabeihton, Roan
Mountain into Avery County and
on through Mitchell and Yancey
to the intersection of US 19-23 in
Madison County.
This hghway, if constructed,
would link at both ends wth
the Appalachian Highway which
is now approved through Madi
son County into Tennessee.
Mcney has been appropriated
by Congress for an additional
200 m les of the Appalachian
Highway. And the group at the
dinner meeting in Newland is
making a b d for a link through
the three counties.
At the initial meeting the
group formed an organization
Highway and Tourism Develop
ment Association, with a co
chairman from each state.
Attorney Philip Thomas of
Burnsville was named as the
North Carolina State Co-chair
man, Herman Robinson as the
Tennessee State Co-chairman,
and Mrs. Ruth C. Johnson as
the secretary for the Associa
tion.
John Hampfon, Governor
Mocre’s representative on the
Appalachian Reg onal Develop
ment program, and a counter
part of Tennessee have agneed
to meet wdh the on Nov
ember 15 to discuss the possibi
lity of the hiehwav.
Higgins Works In Office at
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Horace Higgins, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Higgins. Rt. 1,
Burnsville, works in the office
of the academic coordinator
for the School of Textiles at
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HUMBER TIN
Attend ng the Newland dinner
meeting frvn th's county, in ad
d tmn to Attorney Theme*, were
O. W. Peyton, Lowe Thomas,
James Ray and Harlon Hol
combe.
Shehnn
Fatally Injured
Oil s Shehnn, 29, of Burnsville,
is being held in the Yancey
County Jail charged with the
muraer of ha brother, Clarence
W. Shehan, 36, of Micaville.
The elder Shehan was killed
with a shotgun Saturday around
5:00 p. m. at the heme of Ollis
Shehan on Ferguson H.U.
Sheriff Donald Banks said the
killing followed an argument.
The Sheriff sa d he was called
from Holcombe Bros. Funeral
Home and told of the killing.
Someone from the scene of the
had called the funeral
home.
Services for Mr. Shehan were
chapel of Holcombe 'BroßftfS'
Funeral Home.
The Rev. Charl'e McMahan
officiated. Burial was in Wyatt
Cemetery.
Surviv'ng are one son, Steve
Patrick Shehan of Paris, France;
the mother, Mrs. Liddie Lowery
of Newdale: stepfather, Morman
Lowery of Newdale; one s'ster,
Mrs. Ca’vin Wyatt of Micaville;
one half sister. Miss Ed'th Low
ery cf NewAa’e; and two other
brothers, Charles and Scottie
Shehan, both of Micaville.
Mr. Shehan was recently d!s
char«ed from the amny follow
ing 16 years of service. He was
a native of Yancey County.
North Carolina State University
to help earn his college expen
ses A senior studying textile
technology, he is employed un
der the NCSU work-study pro
gram.