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McWhirters Home from Arts
A Crofts Exhibit
Mr. and Mrs. Jim McWhirter
of Celo have returned to the'r
heme at Celo following a visit
to Mrs. McWhiner’s heme town
of Erie, Penn., and an Art and
Craft Exhibit by Mrs. McWhr
tor’s family, ent tied “FOUR
WOMEN: The “Funk Family”
Exhibit.
The members of the Funk
fan: ly participat'ng in toe ex
hibit were Mrs. Kore McWhirter;
her moLher, Mrs. Paula List
mann Funk; her sister, Miss
Margaret Anneliese Funk; and
her s ster-in-law, Mrs. Linda
Lamb Funk. **-
The exhibit opened Saturday
night, March 4 at the Er e Art
Center, and will continue thro
ugh March 28.
The group show is the work of
the four members of the Funk
fam ly mentioned above. The
mother, Mrs. Paula Funk is an
"amateur” pa'nter; Kore Mc-
Whirter is a well-known profess
ional potter; Mrs. Linda Lamb
Funk is an art teacher and ama
teur photographer; and Margar
et A. Funk ; s an art teacher and
graphics art'st.
As u benefit for the Edinboro
Summer Gallery, the Best Thea
tre in Edinboro showed the film
“Becket” cn March 6. All pro
ceeds form the show ng went
to the Summer Gallery to de
fray costs of advert : sing and
other expenses and to provide
the S3OO in prize money which is
awarded each year.
The Summer Gallery was be
gun in 1965, when over 400
pa nt mgs were hung. Last year
there was more than 500 paint
ings on display.
Hr re McWhirter (Mrs James
McWhirter) was born in Brook*
lyn, N. Y., marr ed in New Jer
sey, and two of her four child
THE YANCEY RECORD
ren were born in Paraguay,
South America.
She received her train'ng as a
potter at Ednboro State Teach
ers College from A. H. Hall**,
and at toe University of Michi
gan from orover Cole. She spent
two years as an to
Wanda Lea, well-known potter,
who for many years operated a
pottery and gift shop at Celo,
and iS now Lving in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. McWhirter have
had a pottery workshop at Celo
since 1965. Mrs. McWhirter does
most of the throwing at the pot
ter’s wheel, while Mr. McWhir
ter does the glaz'ng.
Their work is handled b»
craft shops throughout the VWK.
The demand for their wod4tex
ceeds their supply. Tho r four
children assist their parents to
their work.
Th's is their first formal
showing.
Holshouser Speaks To Republicans
At Dinner Meeting
Lincoln would be concerned,
according to James E. Holshou
ser, Jr., as he pointed out the
present conditions of the country
to Yancey County Republicans
at <£ dinner' meeting at
R ver High School Saturday
night.
Holshouser, state Republican
party chairman, , said, “The
aeemingly unending war, as well
as the war gong on at heme
w th all the rioting .last summer
and more reported to be coming
this summer could give hm
(Lincoln) deep concent."
Burnsville, N.C.
Rev. Henry T.
Fink, Jr. Will
Speak To P.T.A.
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The Burnsville Elementary
School P.T.A. will have the pri
v lege of hearing a talk by Rev.
Henry T. Finch, Jr., at their
meeting Tuesday night, March
19, in the school auditorium.
The subject of Rev. Finch’s ad
dress and the discussion to fol
low will be “Parents, Youth,
and the'r Problems”.
Finch, who is said to be a
very dynamic speaker, is Asso
crate Pastor of F rst Baptist
Church, Asheville, N. C. He has
been the speaker on various
college campuses, at student
rail es, and at many BSU meet-
Carolina. He is
a native of Swansboro, N. C. He
is a graduate of Wake Forest
College; -and received his B. D.
from Southeastern Seminary at
Wake Forest in 1962. He has
traveled extensively in Europe
and the Middle East. H e
was listed in the 1966 edition of
Outstanding Young Men in Am
erica and in the 1967 edition of
Outstanding Personal ties in the
South. The Burnsville Elemen
tary PTA is indeed fortunate in
getting a man of h's ability to
speak to them. It is hoped that
all members of the PTA as well
as many visitors will be out to
hear him.
And he struck at political
leaders today, placing some of
the blame for the riots on them
“because of promises that
couldn't be kept.”
In quoting Lincoln Holshouser
sad, “The legitimate object ve
of government is to do for peo
ple only what they can’t do for
themselves.”
Holshouser said 276,000 work
ers were added to the federal
payroll since 1966, and that fed
eral spend ng in the defense pro
gram continued to rsc while
non defense spending is up 97
Thursday, March 14, 1968
Registration Dates Announced
For Burnsville Township
N.C.-Tenn.
Highway A
Tourism Group
Meets Here
The North Oarolina-Tennessee
H ghway and Tourism Develop
ment Association met last week
at the Meihcdist Church Hall at
a splendid dnner prepared and
served by the ladies of the Con
gregation. Prior to the dinner,
the Blessing was invoked by
Reverend J. M. G. Warner.
Pastor of the H ggins Manorial
Methodist Church.
The C>Cha'm«en for this
meeting were Attorney Phillip
M. Thomas of Burnsville for
North Carol na and Mr. Herman
Robinson for Tennessee. Dr.
James Stone was the princ pal
* speaker. After his tMk, the for
ty members heard the latest
news on the progress of the
wrk in question. Os particular
interest were the remarks of
Tm Malicnee, the Assistant to
Congressman Roy A. Taylor,
who assured the d'ners of Coa
eressmm Taylor’s interest hi
all makers pertaining to Coun
ties of Western
spoken with Congressman Tay
lcr that afternoon and assured
the Congressman that he would
be present to meet with the
group and forward his report
to Congressman Taylor iimned
lately.
per cent since 1960.
In speak ng of the governor’s
race for nomination he said both
men will be deserving of all par
ties “who want to see North
Cool na start looking to the
future rather than the past.”
Robert Burners, candidate for
nomination to toe U. S. Senate,
also spoke to the gathering Re
publicans. He said, “We need
young men who are ready to
roll up ther sleeves and go to
work, somebody who will take tg>
the cause 6f the forgotten man
toe individual citizen and tax
payer, somebody who bel eves it
is morally wrong to give money
away in Washington faster than
it can be earned at home.”
Robert Daughbridge, who is
campaigning for the llth Dis
trict Representative to Congress,
commended, the North Chrol na-
Temessee Irgjiway and Tourism
Association for their work in
try ng to secure a highway from
Mars H U to Elizabetbton, Tean.
Other speakers at the dinner
meeting included J. E. Hoishou
ser, Sr., Ray Braswell, Hall
Young and Jesse Ledbetter, all
candidates tor off ce.
The meeting Saturday was to
have the Republican party con
vention for the naming of can-
Continued on back
Number Twenty-Eight
According to an announcement
by the Yancey County Board of
Elections, re-registration of aU
voters in the Burnsville Town
shp must take place before the
May Primary, which will 'be
Saturday, May 4th.
This ruling covers only voters
to the Burnsville Township at
this time. However, re-registra
tion will take place in all other
precncts before the November
general election.
A system of loose-leaf regis
tration was passed by the last
State Legslature, and must be
in effect throughout the stat
before Jan. 1, 1970.
Registrars for Burnsv 11>
Township will be appointed an<;
announced later.
Re-regstration will take place
in the large room in the base
ment of the new courthouse, be
ginning Saturday, March 30, anr
on toe three following Saturday?
from 8:00 a. m. until 6:00 p. m,
If more convenient, voters may
re-reg'ster at the heme of the
registrar any feme after the re
girtratirn books are opened,
March 30. As of 6.00 p. m , April
20!h, the books will be closed.
Challenge Day will be Apr! 27.
For new resdents and people
leaching voting age during the
past year, the books will be
open in their polling places on
Apr ! 6, 13, 20. — mm —
According to the requirements
of the Constitution of the Un : ted
States, upheld by the Supreme
Court, literacy tests wll be giv
en to every person registering.
We would l : ke to stress toe
fact that re-registration tor the
May Primary effects only voters
living in the Burnsville Town
ship.
Richard Westall
Named To Blue
All-Star Team
Richard Westell, Senior bas
ketball attar from East Yancey
High School, was named oh the
Blue Senior AH-Star basketball
team tins year. Westall marks
up the third consecutive year
that Blast Yancey High School
has placed a player on the Blue
tom to play to the Blue-White
All-Star game.
Westall for three yean played
on the East Yancey Panther
team, and was to tile starting
line his lest two seasons. He was
among the high scoring players
to WNC high school teams, aver
aging above 18 points per game.
Another honor that the 8’ 1”
East Yancey star will have is
Chat his Blue team wffl be
coached by his high school
coach, Ben Deyton. This is the
first time a Yancey County
conch has been selected to conch
the Blue All-Stars.
The game will be played FH
day night, March 99, at T. C
Robinson High School