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Volume 32 ■rS. ■■- . * .. |AJh| ~ B '* m-\ Members of the Yancey County Extenson Homemakers Council ere shown above, left to right: Mrs. W. A. Y. Sargent, Safety Chairman; Mrs. Roy Young, Extenson Advisory Board Mem ber: Mrs. Homer Price, County Clothing Leader; Mrs. C. C. Hughes, Vice President, County Counel* *Mwm: D.—»J W loon, President Burnsville Homemak Yancey County Extension Homemakers Council Meets The Yancey County Extension Homemakers Counc.l met Tues day, February 13th in the Coun ty Courthouse. Eleven leaders representing six communities participated in the session which was presided over by Mrs. Rob ert Wyatt, Council President. The Family Living program for IS6BL will focus on Values and Goals with major emphasis on Cloth tig, Family Economics and Management, House Fur nishings and Creative Crafts end Family Relations. The pro gram will be implemented Next Sunday, Heart Sunday THE Charman of the 1968 Heart Sunday appeal in Yancey County will be Paul Wooten, city and Lee Thompson, county, it was announced today by Mr. Doyce McClure, local Heart Fluid Campaign Chairman. Heart Sunday will be observed here as the hig> point of the month long Heart Fund cam pa gn. Valuator** will call on their neigi'i.rs Fehruary 23. The following volunteer corps will cover the resdental sec tions of the Burnsville—Paid Wooten, cha irman; Junior Girl Scouts, Mrs. 81l Hess. Pensacola H D. Ray Jr., charman; Babe Ruth and Litle League ball club. THE YANCEY RECORD ers Club; Mrs. Arthur Letter rran, Council Treasurer; Mrs. Dempsey Hopson, .County Fam ily Lfe Leader; Standing, Mrs. Bob Wyatt, County Council President. Members of the Council not shown in the picture are Mrs. Elizabeth S'lver, Home Beautification Leader and Mre. Juanita ProfflU, Foods and Nutrition. through organized Extension Homemakers Clubs, Special In terest groups, Self Study eroups, and Workshops and under the direction of Mrs. Mary M. Dey ton, County Home Economics Extension Agent. During the business session the Council voted to increase contributions to the three Edu cational Loan Funds and the State Music Program wh'ch is designed to promote participa tion and enthus asm for Music in North Carolina homes, chur ches, and communities. Micaville—Max K. Hughes, Leader Boy Scouts Newdale and Brush Creek Chairman Rev. Alvin Jones Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. Bald Creek “Burnsville Cub Den No. 4" Leader Mrs. Nancy Angel and Betty Fender. Proceeds of the drive area us ed to support research, educa tion and community service ac tivities of toe Yancey Heart As sociation, the wily voluntary health agency here devoted ex clusively to combatting d seases of the heart and circulation, which are responsible fer more than half of all deaths in this county. GIVE SO MORE WILL LIVE. Burnsville, N.C. Thursday, February 22,1968 IVesfco Telephone Co. Installs New Equipment Westco Telephone Company has installled new equipment to speed the repair of telephones for its customers, according to Mr. Paul Wooten. D strict Man ager in Burnsville Bakersville customers will now dial 6884400 for “Telephone Re- P' 1 ” Serv ce" The customer is instructed to leave his name, telephone nun-ber, and service problem by the new electronic answering recorder. This re-' corder will be used for trouble reporting during the night, week-ends, and holidays. Mr. Wooten further stated that by record ng the customer’s trouble report on this device, the company’s repairmen could “Call In" to the machine, from any telephone in the exchange, and hear an up-to-the-minute replay of all the trouble which ..as been reported. 'P'e company’s restvHwe to trouble reports will, therefore, be more ranid and efficient, ad ded Mr. Worsen, if all onstomers wll co-operate in ---airing um of this new recording device. Susan Hensley Named To Deans List Forty-seven Mars H H College students earned sufficiently high grades during the fall-winter se mester to make the Dean’s List. The only Yancey Co. student making tre list was Susan Eliza beth Henisey, Freshman, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Flay Hen sley, Rt. 3, Burnsville. Statistics released by the office of the registrar show 77 women and 20 men out of the student body of 1,324 scored a quality point ration of 2.5 or higher, wh'ch is required for honor rating. .:»• J| : J. v7:.j || I* .. 0 .£■ ift- Tho ball goes into bh e air, and the girls wait tensley in antiepat on for the “tip”. Marketing Quota Referendum February 26 Notices of individual farm ac reage allotments have been mailed to farm operators, J. W. Ton beri n, Charman of Hie Ag ricultural Stabilization and Con servation County Committee, has announced. The not ces are sent n advance of the February 26, 1968, marketing quota refer endum so that farmers will know -. how “the quotas they are voting on would affect their indiv dual farm ng operations for 1968. A ballot will be mailed each per son known to have had an in terest in a 1967 crop of Burley tobacco. Any person who shared in a Burley crop in 1967 who dees not receive a ballot may obtah one by calling, writ ng or visiting the ASCS county of fice. All ballots must be return ed to the ASCS off ce, or be postmarked, no later than Mar ch 1, 1968, in order to be counted If quotas for the 3 years, 1968- 70, are approved in the 1968 re ferendum, the allotments for 1969 and 1970 would be deter , m ned and announced one year at a time not later than Feb ruary 1. Growers voting in the refer endum may approve or disap prove marketing quotas for the next three crops t of Burley to bacco. Growers eligble to vote are all those 18 years of age or older who produced this kind of tobacco in 1967 and who shared in the crop or its proceeds. Al so, each person 18 years of aee or older who was e’ther the owner or operator of a form for which a 1967 Burley tobacco was established even though no tobacco was produced on the farm in 1967 if an allot ment was fcr the farm in 1968. Any quest‘on about voting el*p*hilitv riruld be taken up with the ASC County Committee before the referen dum. If at least two-thirds of the growers voting in the referen dum approve quotas by voting YES, the law provides that quo This is Spruce Pine and Rosman p r!s at the begnning game of the Toe River Basketball Tour Number Twenty-Five tas and acreage allotments will be hi effect for the 1968, 1969 and 1970 crops. Penaltes for marketing excess tobacco will be in effect, and price support w 11 be available to growers who do not exceed their farm acre age allotments. If market ng quotas are net approved in the referendum, there will be no quotas, no marketing penalties, and no price support on the 1968 crop of Burley tobacco. In that event, another vote would be held next year cm quotas for the follow ng 3 years. Toe River Basketball Tournament Underway Here The Toe River Basketball Tournament began, here on the East Yancey court, with games scheduled for each night through. Saturday except Thursday night. Eight h gh schools entered the tournament, both girls and boys playing. On Monday nght Rosman girls defeated Spruce Pne girls, and East Yancey girls defeated Cane River. The Cranberry boys de feated Rosman on opening nfght. In the only girls game played Tuesday n ght, Newland defeat ed Bakersville. Bakersville bovs defeated Spruce Pne, and East Yancey defea'ed Crossnore. Last n\eht the paper went to press before the games were played. However, Crossnore girls met Cranberry, and Newland and East Yancey g rls met. Only ore bovs game was sched uled. with Cane River meet : ng Newland boys. No games will he piaved ThunsHav n'VHt. But the semi f'rais will he n’aved Friday n>ht, with the finals Saturday night. nament played in the East Yan cey gymnasium here.
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