Volume 32
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE TO GET UNDERWAY SATURDAY
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Miss Ann Eliiabeth Bailey,
Rhododendron Queen
Lions Sell Fruit Cakes Again
This Year
Burnsville Lions are sponsor
ing again this year the saie of
those wonderfully del cions Old
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in- here, ready for '• ' cry.
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to be contacted, call a friendly
Lion and your cake w.ll be de
livered if you do not live too
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Miss Terri Hensley,
Junior Queen
Miss Randolph
Enters Miss
Yancey Contest
Miss Patricia Randolph will
replace Miss Janet Crisp in the
Miss Yancey Contest, due to
illness of Miss Crsp. She is
sprnsored by Ray Brothers Food
Center.
Miss Randolph is a junior at
East Yancey H gh School where
she is a member of the Beta
Club, and captain of the cheer
leading team.
She will ride in the parade
Saturday and will compete in
the Queen contest in December.
with cne stone” when you buy
one of those Old Home cakes
from a L on. They say you get
an unsurpassed nut and fruit
filled cake and also help some
person who is blind
Call a Lion and have a roaring
good time eating fruit cake.
Thursday, November 30, 1967
Festivities To Begin At 2:P M
“It’s beginning to look a lot
l.ke Christmas—”
And according to Mrs. Grace
Banks, officer in the Yancey
Merchants Association, it takes
a lot of work to get things
locking like Chr stmas.
French Bread Electric Corpor
ation and town employes spent
one full day install ng Christmas
lights, a tree and ornaments
around the town square here,
Mrs. Banks said.
The town gave the lights,
French Broad EMC is g'ving
the e’ectricity to light the lights,
and the U. S Forestry Service
donated a large Christmas tree
for the square. And all the peo
ple involved in the Christmas
decorations hope everyone will
have a better holiday season be
cause cf this.
On Saturday afternoon the
real kickoff for the Christmas
season wll begin with the an
nual parade sponsored by the
Yancey Merchants Association.
According to Mai. Banks, this
wm ve me Trgggar —mwr~ wear
parade Burnsville has bad.
There will be twenty-eight dif
ferent participating groups' in
the parade, including floats,
marching groups, beauty queens,
and bands. *
The parade will begin at 2:00
p. m., at a s gnal from the fire
sirene. The parade will assemble
on the highway east of Burns
ville. with B. B. Penland & Sons
Limber Co. as the starfng point.
The order of the parade is as
fellows: Burnsville and Newdale
F're Deportment trucks, C'd'T
Guard with Company A— 518th
Re-erve Unit of
Rhododendron Queen Ann Eliza
beth Bailev, Junior Queen Terri
Hensley, Micaville Scouts Float.
French Broad Band, four beau
ty pageant contestants in cars.
East Yancey H. S. float, Hugnes
Farm Supply float, four beauty
contestants in cars, Cieaimunt
E.c...eiu<iiy School float, U. S.
Forest Service float, four beauty
contestants in cars, Cane River
Criminal Court
In Session
This Week
A crim nal term of Yancey
County Superior Court started
here Monday morning, with
Judge B. T. Falls, Jr„ of
Shelby presid ng.
The term was scheduled to be
.a mixed term of both criminal
and civ.l cases. However, be
cause of the number of criminal
cases dccketed, it was confined
to a one-week crminal term.
The first three days of the
session was taken up mostly of
traffic and liquor violations.
But on Wednesday the court was
able to seat a jury to hear the
trial of Monroe Calloway who is
ohareod wlh shooting and kitt
ing t «avis Banks The trial la
expected to get underway today.
Number Thirteen
Hiuh School float. Cadette Scouts
float, Burnsville Cub Scouts, A
& A Record Shop car. |
Brownie Troop No. 86 float,
Girl Scout Surrey, five beauty
contestants in cars, Junior Girl
Scout float, Harris High School
Band, Newdale Girl Scouts float.
South Toe Elementary School
marchrs, Neeighborhood Youth
Corp float, Burnsville Discount
Store, Horse Brigade, and Santa
Gaus. ,
Several thousand people lined
the street last year to see the
beautiful floats, marchers and
bands. And it is expected that
th's year’s crowd of watchers
will hit a new high Saturday af
ternoon.
Traffic Accidents
Heavy In
County
A two-car collision around
5:00 p. m. yesterday on High
way 19-E west of Burnsville in
jured at least five persons, ac
cording to county off.cers.
The accident occurred near
the stiff curve known as the
Gibbs curve at Phipps Creek
Road.
Accord ng to investigating of
ficers, Bob Whitson, heading
east from Cane River High
School follow ng basketball prac
tice, lost control of the car he
was driving and "skidded 230
feet. The skidd ng car struck
a station wagon headed west
driven by Woodrow Hilemon.
Both vehicles were off the north
sde cf the highway after the
collis'cn.
With Wh'tson were Jrtm
Beecher Griff th and two other
hiiTh school boys, according to
information rece'ved. The iden
tity of the other two was not
known.
Riding : n the station wagon
w ; th Hilemon were Charles
Mathis and Albert Wls^n.
The extent of injuries was not
loomed. IPwe’er. Hi'emon and
Wilson were taken to Spruce
Pne Hospital. The others who
were iniured were treated at
the loca? hospital by Dr. Sargeht.
Eddie Proffitt was hospitalized
from injuries sustained in a
wreck on West Man Street Son
day morning around 1:00 a. m.,
according to investigating offi
cers.
The car, a 1967 Chevrolet, was
a total loss, the officers sa d.
According to the investigat
ing offeers, Proffitt’sc ar side
swiped another vehicle, causing
him to lose control. Prof! tt’a
car skidded 277 feet after strik
ing the other car, went into the
yard of Mrs. Gladys Banks,
break ng down a tree at the
opposite end of the yard.
Damage to the other vehicle
was estimated at $293.00.
Proffitt’s injures were said
not to be very serious.