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Elections Board Meets ,
Names Officers
In an organizational meeting
held by the Board of Election
Baaturday, Chanes B. Gilles
pie. Jr. was named Chairman of
the Board and Araie Pate was
named secretary. William A.
Banks is the third member.
Banks was named by the Re
publican Party as a member d
the Elections Board and was
reappointed by the State Board
of Elections. G.llespie and Pate
were advised by the State Board
last Friday to continue their dut
ies on the Board until other ap
pontments have been made.
The three men weare named I
Republican Convention Called
t
For Saturday Night
The Yancey fcounty Republi
can convention will be held
Saturday night, March 9, at
Cane River High School. The
|,ol tical meeting will be preced
ed with a supper at 7:30 p. m.
James E. HcJshouser, Jr.,
Cha rman of the N. C. Republi
can Party, w.ll be the guest
speaker.
dignataries expected to
*.»end the mrt 1 ", « . V' Scott
Hnrv»\. cand uale for •'iongrcsi
from *,v. Eleventh Du :i. Ray
THE YANCEY RECORD
"“by the Slate Board of Elections
following the last election when
the men then on the county
board were removed because of
election irregualarities.
The present Board was ap
pointed following last election
and has not had any active dut
ies to perform. Since they have
had no opportunity to function
as an elections board, State of
ficials have indicated an atti
tude that the three shoulld re
main in office until such time
that they have performed the
duties for which they were ap
pointed. *
Braswell, James E. Holshouser,
>r , and W. Hall You:i’.. candi
dates for District Judges. Ted
Dent End Bruce Briggs, incum
bent State Senators. /
Court y cand dates will be nam
ed at the meeting.
Bill Wilson has resigned as
County Chairman, and his re
placement will be named by the
executive committee Saturday
night.
The Honeycutt Brothers band
will sum sh a program of music
Burnsville, N.C.
Judge Holds
Hearing With
Education
Beard
Superior Court Judge Robert
M. Martin, who has been pre
siding at a court term here,
called a meetng with the Yan
cey County Board of Education
last Thursday.
The meeting was called be
cause of a report made by die
grand jury concern ng condition*
at seme of the schools in the
courty. The report stated that
seme improvements were need
ed in most of the schools. The
basic issue, however, whs the
reported condition of Cane Riv
er High School.
Some of the existing condi
tions were reported by the
November term prarfl jury.
Judge Martin told the Board
that since the cond’tiros had
noi been corrected, he felt that
the reported conditions should
be called to their attention, and ’
that srmethng should b# done
to correct the poor crodH’ons
Judge M*rt»n also read
the duties of County Boards of
Edumtion irj -North Caeofna.
Members of the Bonnt are
R. A. Rodfbrd. J. L. R'h'nsnn,
R. r TW«n Ren Wilson and
C. W. Mclntosh.
Miss Boone
Speaks To
Day Care
Committee
The sponsoring committee of
the Day Care Center here met
Tuesday at Pete’s Snack Bar.
The purpose of the meeting was
to explore ways that state and
federal ad may be obtained for
the Center.
Miss Ethel Boone, County
School Supervisor, spoke to the
group on funds that might be
avalable through the State. She
Nso explained the educational
program offered through the
pubi c schools for trainable
children.
It was stated that the center
has suffie'ent equipmen t for
licensing. Also, that a local doc
tor has stated that he wil coop
erate n every . way as liar as
examination of children is con
cerned.
It was suggested that the
group send representatives to
the Governor’s Counc l on Men
tal Retardation.
Hie Western Carolina Center
at Morgan ton has shown much
ir'ereet in the Center here and
has stated it w’ll supply speak
ers when needed.
The Day Care Center is sdt op
in the Catholic Church here, and
is superv sed by VISTA workers
as well as community volunteers
Thursday, March 7, 1968
Pam Styles
Honored By
State Baptist
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Miss Pam Styles has been sel
ected as one of two girls in the
State to serve as page at the
77th Convent.on of the Baptist
Missionary Union of North Car
olina wh.ch Will be held at the
C.ty Auditorium, Ashev.lle,
March 12 through 14.
Pam, 16-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Styles of
Burnsville is Queen-Regent in
Service, First Baptist Church
here. She is a sophomore at
East Yancey High School.
Mss Gaye Williams, Queen-
Regent in Serv ce, First Bap
tist Church, Hickory, is the oth
er page named to serve the'''
convention.
Mrs. Jess Styles wll be the
offical delegate from the First
Baptist Church here.
Approximately 15C0 delegates
from - thoughout North Carol na
are expected to attend -the an
nual meeting.
On Wednesday even ng,‘ a skit
entitled “Mundo Vista’* wll be
presented to promote the new
WMU damp. The cast for the
skit will be composed of State
WMU Execut've Board members
and young people from the First
Baptist Church, Asheville. M : ss
Styles has lieen asked to have
a part in the play.
UNITED FUND MEETING
SCHEDULED
Number Twenty Seven
The annual meeting of the
v \ancey county Cnneu Fund will
be iie,d luesuay. Marcn 12, at
seven o’ciocx ai the Fast Pres
to terian Church, Bumsv.ile. Toe
cuei of the dinner will be $1.50.
Advance reservations are neces
sary. Reservations may be maoe
by caiiing Ray Brothers Groc
ery Telephone 682-2435, not later
than March 9.
The Un.ted Fund of Yancey
County needs your ass stance ia
its program. For the past sev
eral years the goal set by the
United Fund has not been reach
ed. thereby causing curtailment
in programs of the agencies
and addit cnal solicitation by
seme of the agencies.
There is no reason why the
Yancey County United Fund
shenid not meet its goal. With
the cooperation of the ctizens
of the county it can. To show
ycur interest in this very worth
while organizaton, Mr. Roy
Ray, President, urges you to at
tend this annual meeting. w«fcf
your reservation now.
Deadline Set
For Teacher -
Registration
Exam
BOONE Less than one week
remam for prospective teachers
who plan to take the National
Ttacner Examina.ions at Appa
lach an State University on
Apr 16, to submit their regis
tration for these tests.
Bulletins of Information de-
'Ser bing registration procedures
- -and conta ning Registration
Forms may be obtained from
Miss Hilda Everhart Psycholo
E cal Assistant, Testing Center,
ASU, Boone, N. C. 28607.
At the one-day test session a
candidate may take the Com
mm Eliminations, which in
clude tests in Profess onal Edu
cation and General Education,
end one of the thirteen Teach
ing Area Examinations wh'ch
are designed to evaluate h s un
derstanding of the subiect mat
ter and methods applicable to
the area he may be assigned to
teach.
Each candidate will rece've
an Admission Ticket advisng
h m of the exact location of the
- center to which he should re
port. Candda'es for the Com.
m«n Examinations will report at
8:30 a. m. on Apr'] 6 and should
finirtt at approximately l? ?5 p
m. The TfvviV n? Area Exami
natiohs will begin at 1:30 p. m. *
and should finish at approxi
mately 4:15 p. m., according to
the t me schedule for these ex
arr'options which has been set
up b> Educational Testing Ser
vice