Volume 32
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HKiu Bennett Nominated For Rev. Rowers
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GREENSBORO Alumnae
committees appointed (or every
county in North Carolina are this
month interviewing the 8t nomi
nees for the Katherine Smith
Reynolds Scholarships at the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
Saving on the Committee for
Yancey County is Mrs. Reece
L. Mclntosh, Jr., of Burnsville.
Nominee from the county, an
outstanding member of her
graduat ng class, is Ruth Elisa
beth Bennett of Cane River High
ScLool. Betty is die daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Bennett of
££*l* 4. Burnsville.
There presently 41 Rey
nolds Scholars at Twelve
scholarships are awaiw* to
each freshman class. The awards
are valued at $1,401 and are re
newable for four years of study.
The selection of Reynolds fi
nalists was delegated to the
Alumni Association of UNC-G
by the Reynolds Foundation
- when die program was initiated
in 1982. District committees
were appointed to serve this
function.
THE YANCEY RECORD
The Revnolds Scholarships
were estabftbed by toe Z. Smith
Reynolds Foundation in memory
of Mrs. Katherine Smith Rey
nolds. s Woman’s College (now
UNC-G) alumna, w : fe of toe
founder of Reynolds Tobacco
Company, and mother of toe Into
R. J. Reynolds. Jr.
The Foundation recently made
a grant of 165,800 to support the
awards and the animal Rey
nolds Lecture during the 1909
09 academic year at UNC-G.,
J. W. Ray,
85, Passes
J. W.llard Ray, 85, retired far
mer of the Bolen’s Creek section
of Yancey County, died early
Mon. Jan. 16 in a hospital after
a short Qlneas.
Mr. Ray, a lifelong resident
of Yancey County, was a rural
mail carrier and a member of
the Yancey County school com
mittee for many years. He was
a member and deacon of Bol
en’s Creek Baptist Church.
Survhrng are two daughters.
Mrs. Ruth Shales and Mrs. G.
Leslie Hensley; two sons, Roy
and James Ray. all of Burns
ville; three listen, Mrs. Lin e
Griffin. Mrs. Lllie Griffin and
Mrs. Mollie Silvers of Burns
ville; two brothers, Welz'e of
Lakeland, Fla. and Jesse Ray of
*«hcri n -
Funerai%? nriceß were at
1:99 p. m TuesoaT ****'»
Creek Baptist Church. ltor *
A. Z. Jamerson and J. M. G.
Warner off elated and burial
was in Holcombe Cemetery. Pall
bearers were Jess Styles, Amey
Fox, Jimmy Ray, W. J. Banks.
R'**rt Hilliard and Billy Ray
Riddle.
Burnsville, N.C.
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Te Council
Rev. John Powers of MicavHle
has ben reelected a director of
the Asheville Agricultural De
velopment Council for 196* re
presenting Yancey County. The
election took place at the annual
meeting of the IS county area
development association last
Purpose of the program, which
was started if years ago and
hss keen repeatedly cited by
many area and national leaders
for the outstanding results ob
taned, is to help promote farm
and rand improvements «n an
area basis. It is operated by a
board of directors representing
fKn Ift iwna>iwe»*n»*
of the state.
A major activity of the Agri
cultural Development Council is
sponsoring and promot’ng the
Western North Carolina Com
mun ty Development Program in
cooperation with the agricultur
al agencies and local sponsors
in each county.
TboßonWlU
Mm t With
Workers
Dr. Manfred TbuUen, Commun
ity Development Specialist. N.
C. State University, wW meet
with Yancey County Agricultural
Workers at toe County Extension
Office on Tuesday, January 33.
2:31 p. m. -
Plans will be made for leader
ship train Tig so that toe com
munity leaders, thuough their
**oi22Y*. nwy effectively
identity ana' **" & variou *
problems directly Bectin * t * leir
welfare.
AD Agricultural Workers are
urged to attend.
Thursday, January 15, 1968
Hoskins Appointed Associate
Os State Supreme Court
Associate Justice J. Will Pless,
Jr., of the State Supreme Court
today advised Governor Moore
uuil he Wuj retire effective Sat*
urday, February 3, 1968. Justice
Pless wJI qualify aa an Emer
gency Justice of the Court under
the provisions of G. S. 7-51 and
wilL be available as his services
are needed.
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Honorable J. Frank Huskins
To succeed Justice Pless, the
Governor announced he will ap»
point the Honorable J. Frank
Huskins, Director of the Admin
istrative Off.ce of the Courts aid
a former Judge of the Superior
Court.
“We regret losing die services
of Justice Will Pless, who has
given the full measure of service
to the people of North Carol na
throughout a long and illustrious
career," Governor Moore said.
“We wish him a happy retire
ment. At the same t.me, I feel
the State is fortunate fax having
a man of the ability of Judge
iS aSiane tuii mTpCTt- •
ant position.”
Justice Pless, who was appoint
ed to the Court on January 30,
1966, told Governor Moore in a
letter advising of his retire
ment:
“This is really a great Court.
Every member of it is learned,
industrious and ded oated. Ttiere
can be no better court anywhere,
and I do not know its equal. It
has been a pleasure to be asso
ciated wiith the other justices in
spirit of harmony, cooperation
and friendship, and I shall al
ways cherish my relationship
with them.
"There am many reasons why
I am retiring. The main out is
that 1 am Just tired. After ten
years as solicitor, thirty-two
years on the superior court ben
ch and two years on the Sup
reme Court, I feel the aaad of
rest which I want to take while
my health is good.
“In view of the assistance this
court will have from the Court
of Appeals, I am very hopeful
that the work there will be re
duced to the point that it can be
accomplished with reasonable
effort and labor, which is not
hJw the case. All of the justices
Naoiber Twenty
are having to work several hours
a night and on weekends in ad
dition to the iSniri*
There is no such thing as a forty
hour week, but there are plenty
that run to sixty or seventy
hours. With respect and appre
ciat on, J. Will Pless, Jr.”
Justice Pless was bom in Bre
vard in 1898. He attended David
son College and the University
of North Carolina, where he re
ceived his law degree in 1919.
He was a district solicitor from
1924 to 1934, when he was ap
pointed to the Superior Court
bench by the late Governor J.
C. B. Ehringhaus. He was elect
ed four times without oppos tion
and served as a Superior Court
judge longer than any other
North Carolinian^
Judge Huskins was boro near
Burnsville on February 10, 1911.
He attended Mars HtU College
from 1927 to lU>9, the University
of North Carolina, 192938, and
the University of North Carolina
Law School from 1998 until his
graduation in 1932.
He was mayor of SSSSwrue
m» te 10C3 when trn.m?
the United States Navy.
He served as the Representa
tive from Yancey County m the
General Assembly sessions of
1947 and 1949.
On May IS, 1949, he was ap
pointed chairman of the North
Carol ma Industrial Comm'ssion
by W. Kerr Scott and was re
appo nted by Governor William
B. Umstead on May 28, 1953. He
resigned in January, 1965, to ac
cept appointment by Governor
Luther H. Hodges as a Superior
Court judge. He was elected in
November, 1956, to a full eight
year term as Resident Judge of
the Twenty-Fourth Jud rial Dis
trict, composed of the counties
of Madison, Yancey, Mitchell,
Avery and Watauga, and was
reelected in November, 1913, to
, an eight-year term.
!» was July 1, 1985.
to Qdef Justice Emery Denny
as Director of the Administra
tive Offce of the Courts, mi.
was reappointed in
1981. by Chief Justice B .Hunt
Parker.
Farmers Urged
To Return Form
Sometime ego farmers who
signed up to grow trellis toma
toes were given a Membenhip
Survey form to complete and re
turn to the Farmers Home Ad
ministration office. As of today,
only a few of these forms km
been returned.
It fa of utmost importance
that each perm signed *to
grow tomatoes complete one of
then Inins.
The Community Action Pro
gram, WAMY, County Agent’s
Office and the Formers Home
Administration office staff will 7
assist yen to completing then
forms.
In order to further advance
with this cooperative these forms
must he in the FHA Office leal
soon.