Volume 32
Obituaries
DARRYL GIBBS
Darryl G.bbs, 17-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Gibbs
of Burnsville Rt. 5, died Sunday
night n the home.
G.bbs was a senior and a star
athlete at Blast Yancey High
School, where he was quarter
back on the football team and
a member of the basketball team
He was on the student council
and the school annual staff,
pres dent of the Beta Club and
had been chosen “Mr. Yancey"
for 1967-68., * ' ,
Surviving in addition to the
parents are the paternal grand
father, Ed G bbs, and the ma
ternal grandmother, Mrs. Hat
tie Silvers, both of Burnsville
Rt. five.
Sendees were held at 2 p. m.
Tuesday ; n Brown’s Creek Bap
t'st Church.
The Rev. RalDh . Mumpower
and the Rev. E. J. Hall officiat
ed. BnriaT was in Canway
Cemetery.
Paiibe«*rers were Dm Angln,
Ben Peyton, Hvt's. James
E. Johnson, Mike Stenp, Trynmy
Mavberfw and Richard and Tom
my Shuford.
MRS. NORA B. PRESNELL
Mrs. Nora B. Presnell, 62, of
Burnsville Rt. 2, ded December
28, 1967, in a local hoepital fol
lowing an extended illness.
Surviving are two sons, Hal
Riel rd Silver of Bupmsv lie Rt.
2 and Ed Silver of Bakeraville
Rt. 3; the mother, Mrs. Julia
Presnell of Spruce Pne Rt. 1;
four sisters Mrs. Roy Young,
Mrs. Tom Parsley. Mrs. B. G.
Thomas and Mrs. Leroy Wilson,
of Spruce Pine; two broth
ers, Claude of Crossnore and
Roy Presr.ell of Burnsville Rt. 2;
and four grandchldren.
Sendees were held at 2 p. m.
. Friday, 29th in Liberty Hill Bap
t!st Church, of wh ch she was a
member.
The Rev. Lloyd Glenn officiat
ed. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Webb Funeral was in
charge of arragements.
MRS. QUEENIE BAILEY
Mrs. Queetde Ba ley, 81, died
January 1 in an Erwin, Turn.
Hospital. She was bora in Yan
cey County, the daughter of the
late Mr. aad Mrs. Jeff Bailey,
in 18f7.
Funeral services were held on
January 5 at 2:00 p. m. in the
Brummett Creek Free Will Bap
tist Church at Relef, N. C. The
Rev. Gene Osborne officiated.
Burial was in the Tipton Hill
Cemetery at Relief.
Surviving are the husband,
P. A. Jones of Erwn; a son,
, Nathan Jcnes; three daughters,
Mrs. Flmer Woodfin, Mrs. Bas
oom Whitson and Mrs. Paul
Jones; 34 grandchildren, 57
great-grandchildren and 1 great
grcat-grandchild.
THE YANCEY RECORD
local Students
Named on
Dean’s List
at ASU
BOONE, N. C. A total of
678 Appalachi an State Univer
sty students achieved grades
which earned them honors on
the Dean’s List for the Fall
Quarter, according to Dr. Ken
neth Webb, Dean of Students.
In order to qualify for the
Dean’s List, a student must car
ry a m'nimum of 15 hours of
work, comp lea grade-point av
erage of at least 3.00, have no
grade below a C, and have no
incor-.pletes or conditions in any
course.
The 678 Dean’s List students
represent 15.5 per cent- of the
total undergraduate enrollment
of 4,365. Os the 3,844 North Caro
lina students, 617 (or 16.5 per
cent) earned places on the list
wh le 81 (or 11.7 per cent) of the
521 out-of-state students were
listed.
Twelve per cent (226) of the
l. undergraduate men made
the honor list. Enehteen per
cent (450) o# the 2,487 women
students qualified.
Yancev ASU students compil
ing grade averages suffie’ent to
P'aoe them on the Dean’s L ; st
wore Gwendrtivn Ann Harris and
Linda Ann Hensley.
MRS. BERTHA BUSH
Mrs. Bertha Young Bush, 83,
of Newdale, died in a Western
North Carolina hospital Decem
ber 29, 1967 after a long illness.
Surv.ving are a $ ster, Mrs.
Grover Robinson of Newdale;
and a brother O. B. Young of
Asheville.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Sunday, Jan. I, in the Martin’s
Chapel Method'it Church.
The Rev. Alvin Jones officiat
ed. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Holcrmbe Brothers Funeral
was in charge of arran
gements.
LANDON HOLLIFTELD
Landon HollifieW, 73, of Bur
nsv.lle Rt. 2, ded December 36.
1967 4 a Buncombe County hos
pital after a long illness.
Mr. Hollis eld was a nat ve of
Mitchell County and a veteran
of World War I.
Surviving are a son, Gordon
Hall f eld of Jerome, Idaho; a
sister, Mrs. Thad Young of
Newdale; four brothers, Clyde
and Manley, both of Little Swit
cerland, Athon of Marion and
Clay Hollifield of Drexel; and
three grandchldren.
Serv'ces were held at 2:30 p
m. Thursday, the 28th in New
dale Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. Bert Stvies and the
Rev. Joe Pitman officiated. Bur
ial was in the church cemetery.
Webb Funeral Home was in
ehaiya of arrangement!.
Burnsville, N.C.
Thursday, January 11, 1968
Record
Christmas
Sales Reported
RALEIGH An informal
Statew de survey conducted on
December 26-28 by the N. C.
Merchants Association pointed to
record-breaking Christmas sales
in all sections of the State.
Statsticans with the organi
zation predicted gross retail
volume for December < would run
over $925,000,000. This would be
more than S4O milbon above the
$889,523,634 which the N. C. Re
venue Department reports as
gross retal sides for Decem
ber of 1966.
Gross Statewide retail sales
for December of 1965 were
$830,350,555.
Messer
Candidate Far
Fourth Tarm
la Haase
Ernest Messer of Canton, Hay
wood County, announced today
that he will be a candidate for a
fourth term m the North Caro
-Ina House of Representatives.
He presently holds one of the
two House seats from the 47th.
House District consisting of Hay
wood, Madison and Yancey
Count es.
During the 1967 session, Mes
ser was chairman of the Com
mittee on Manufacturers and La
bor and was vice-cha’rman of
the committees on Penal Insti
tu f ons and Senatorial Districts.
Other committees on which he
served were Appropriations,
Congressional Districts, Educa
t on, Salaries and Fees, and
Wildlife Resources.
Messer was one of the me n
sponsors of the bill passed by
the 1967 General Assembly to
require boards of education to
be elected by popular vote.
He served on the Committee
on Hgher Education when the v ”
Bill establishing the present
system of Community Colleges
and Technical Institutes was
prepared and passed, and since
then has been a consstent sup
ported and advocate of expand
ed vocational traning.
Messer is a former teacher In
the Haywood County school sys
tem. He is a member of the Can
ton First Bapt'st Church and of
the American Lac’nn and Veter
ans at Foreign Wars. He is a
member of the Canton Lions Club
and is a member of the Board
of D'rector* of the Robertson
Memorial YMCA m Canton.
Me*«er w*w apposed to the
COVRrnVATTON ANT) t>evet,.
OPMENT STUDY COMMISSION
by House Sneaker Dave Britt.
As a three term member rs
the House Aoorroriaiions Com
mittee and an a member *n 1967
of the Aooropr'ations
rottee, Me«ser ha* been a con
sistent sunnort*r rt rtfieanc'al
pro.r-.rr, r>» the United Forces
for Education. - f t "'
RAY RITCHIE WILL SUPERVISE
CONSTRUCTION OF YANCEY
PRODUCERS ASSOC. BLDG.
Liston Ramsey
Announces
For House
L'ston B. Ramsey of Marshall
announced this week that he
will be a candidate for the
fourth term in the North Caro
lina House of Representat.ves
He presently holds one so the
two House seats from the 47th.
House District, consisting of
Haywood, Mad son and Yancey
Counties.
Ramsey, a Democrat, is a re
tired Marshall businessman and
for years has been active in
politics.
During the last session of the
house he served on many import
ant committees including Edu
cation, WBdrfi, Local Govern
ment and Roads.
He is married to the former
Miss Florence McDev’tt. They
have one daughter, Miss Martha
Louise a freshman at
Asheville Biltmore College.
Church Plans
Gone To
Contractors
Plans for the new F'rst Bap
tist Church have gone to six con
tractors for bids. Bids are ex
pected to be submitted by Feb
ruary f'rst.
January Bible study will begin
at First Bapt st with the Sun
day night service at 6:30, the
21st, running through Wednesday
n ! ght, the 24th. The week day
serv'ces will start at 7:30 p. m.
There will be daises for nursery
through adults. Registration w : ll
start Sunday, the 14th. JMWe
study w'H be based on the Gos
pel of Luke.
Burnsville Men
Arrested In
rs *
Way cress Ga.
\VAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) Po
lice Chief Ray Pope of Waycroas
Tuesday announced the arrest oa
Dec. 9 of William Clyde Robin
son and Harold John Silvers,
both 27. of Burnsville, N. C., oa
counterfieting charges.
Author ties said the announ
cement was delayed in order to
facil'ate a continuing investi
gator!.
Pope said the men were ar
rested after one passed a bogus
S2O bill at a department store.
He said a search of their car
revealed $670 in counterfeit 10s
and 20s.
The chief sa d $l4O worth of
the bills had been recovered in
Way cross.
Number Nineteen
January 9, 1968 Ray Ritchie
of Raleigh was employed by
the Yancey Producer* Associa
tion as engineer at a meeting of
the Board of Djrectors held
here Monday.
Mr. Ritchie will draw up plans
and supervise construction of
the bulding to be used by the _
cooperative for marketing of
trellised tomatoes and possibly
other crops. He is.a’Tormer N,
C. State University Engineering
Specialist.
Financing arrangements de
pend on the producers associa
ton meeting certain ‘ standards
drawn up by the N. C. Extension
Service, N. C. ’Marketing De
partment, Farmers’ Home Ad
ministrator and other Agencies
regarding minimum ' acreage,
membersh p, and sales outlet.
Represented at the meeting
Monday in addition to the offi
cers and dreetors were: Dr. E.
A. Proctor, Ext. Marketing Spec
ialist, Ray Ritchie,. Agricultural
Engineer, Lou : s Driggers. Ext.
Engineer, N. C. State Univer
sity, Paul Laughrun, District F.
H. A. Supervisor, Wilbur How
ard, Yancey County F. H. A.
Supervisor, Joe Gourlev, N. C.
Department of Agriculture, J.
P. Jenrette, N. C. Department
of Agr. Marketing Specialist,
Ruffin Tucker, Marketing Spec
ialist with the W.A.M.Y. orga
nization of O. E. O. and Philip
Thomas, attorney for the Asso
ciat’en, John Powers. President
of the Yancev Producers Asso
ciation, presided E. L. DHVng
ham. County Extension Char
man. whose office with
arranging the meeting injpoduc
ed guests.
Training Coarse
For Ambulance
Drivers
A training course for anyone
planning to operate ambulances
in Mitchell and Yancey Coun
ties will be given in Asheville,
N. C., at the Buncombe County
Firemans Training Center on
Feb. 6th, 7th, and Bth, (Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday o f
that week).
Registration for the course
begins at 8 o’clock a. m. This
course meets all the require
ments specified in the rules and
regulations governing ambulan
ce serv’ce.
AH are required to take such
a course regardless of how long
(hey may have been in the am
bulance business.
It is essential that they regis
ter at once for this course. Re
turn to Mr. Keth Philips, Sup
ervisor. Fire Service Training,
Department cf Coromun ty Col
leges. U 2 West Lane Street,
Raleigh. N. C. 27602.
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