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THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N.C. Thursday, December 7. j* 6 ;
Burnsville’s Fourth Annual
Christmas Parade Big Success
Burnsville's fourth annual
Chr.stmas parade on Saturday,
was, frun the viewpoint of both
viewers and sponsors, a great
success. In spite of overcast
skies and ch lly weather, ap
proximately 4,000 people were on
hand to help usher in the Christ
mas season.
Only those working on the
floats, costumes, and routne
work that gees into staging a
parade, know the number of
hours which were put into mak
ing the parade a real ty.
Each foat deserved "first
place”, but since only three
"places” could be named, it had
to be narrowed down.
First p'ace and a *75 00 pr'ze
went to the Junior Girl Scouts.
The Scouts, all dressed in green
elve frits, were bss'ly engaged
,in mak'ng toys while rid ng on
the colorfully decorated float.
The Cadette Scouts, second
p’ace winner with a SSO 00 cash
prize, were dressed as engineers
in brigK’y colored pants and
wh'te sweat shirts and engineer
caps. They marched behind
their float, which was in the
form of a train.
East Yancey H'eh, third p'ace
winner w ! th a $25 00 ca«h prize,
was represented by huge "nan
thers" pulling a Santa Claus
sleigh.
In add tion to the cash awards
mentioned above, $20.00 went to
all entries. These prizes were
contributed bv the sponsoring
Yancey Merchants Association
and Yancey County Chamber of
Cormerce.
First Baptist Junior & Youth
Choirs To Present Cantata
Sunday Night
The choirs of the First Bap
tist Church have been hard at
work since early in October in
preparation for the special
Chr stmas services. On Decern
ber 10 at the 7:30 worship henu,
the Junior and Youth choirs
will present “The Night the
Angels Sang", by John Peter
son Peterson is composer of
many Christmas Cantatas in
cluding "Night of Miracles"
wh ch was presented by the
Adult Choir last Christmas
"The Night the Angels Sang”
is Peterson's first cantata wTit
Mrs. Deyton Appointed Home
Economics Agent Here
The Extension Service of North
Carolina State Univers ty has an
nounced the appointment of Mrs.
Mary Margaret Deyton as Home
Economics Extension Agent for
Yancey County. The appont
was approved by the Board of
C mmissioners and became ef
fective December 1, 1967.
Mrs Deyton will work with
Extenson Homemakers Organi
zations and the 4-H youth in the
areas of home, family, commun
ity. i«v
v »• > ton's H|'»t>nrf
number fourteen
And what would a Christmas
parade be without good old
“Sant Nek”, who was there,
wh skers and all, bring ng
greetings to all and candy for
the ch ldren.
An added attraction this year
was the parade of beauty queens,
which drew much admiration
and speculation from the cheer
ing crowd. We say “speculation”,
because from these will be
crowned on Friday, the Isth, at
East Yancey High, "Miss Yan
cey County".
Since Yancey County Schools
are sadly lacking in bands, the
appearance of our neighbor, the
Harrs High marching band, is
always a welcome sight, and
this year’s was no exception.
The French Broad High School
Band, with ’ts colorful uniforms,
precise drills, and swirring
muse, was a sight to behold
and a delight to all. We are
much indebted to both Harris
High and French Broad High
for add ng so much color to our
parade. May the day hasten
when a Yancey County Band
may be stepping along there
with the best of them.
Judges were Asheville televis
ion newsman A. Jack Belt, lan
Mcßryde. and newspaperman
Larry Corn.
May we express our approba
tion to the sponsors for the
time, effort and money that
went into bringing the Christ
mas Spirit to Bumsv lle It
was indeed a joyous occasion
for both old and young.
ten especially for youth It com
bines choruses, solos ami narra
tion in telling the Christmas
story.
On December 17 at 4:00 p, m
the Adult Choir will present a
most unusual cantata. "Dawn of
Redeeming Grace" by Robert
Graham.
The cantata was written in
1960 and both the original text
by Jeana Graham and the music
by Robert Graham are very pic
turesque It tells the wonderful
old Christmas story in a wonder
fully new way.
Home Economics teacher in Bun
combe and Yancey Counties and
a total of eleven years as Home
Economies Aeent in Transylvan
ia and Mitchell Counties
For the past 16 months she
was on the Professional Staff
of Psgah Girl Scout Council aa
Field Advisor for Avery, Mitch
ell. Yancey, and Madison Coun
ties.
She rece'vH her trainee from
Ashevit'e College, the University
of Tennessee and has had h»-
srrvlcr traning at N C. State
University