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Dillingham, Rhinehart
To Head U.F.
The first meeting of the Board
of D rectors of the United Fund,
and other interested persons,
was held at the First Presbyter
ian Church in Burnsville.
Mr. E. L. Dillingham was
elected President of the Organi
zation, and Robert Rhinehart
was elected Campaign Chairman.
The new Board of Directors
is made up of the following:
Carroll Angel, Claude Veas,
James Ray. Paul Wooten, Dr.
Garland Wampler, Rev. Alvin
Jones, Oscar Deyton, Ed Hun-
Former Yancey
Resident Found
Dead In Fla.
A former resident of Yancey
County, N. C„ was found dead
Monday in a parked car on
Interstate 4 near Longwood, Fla.
The Florida State Patrol said
Bobby Joe Ray, 30, of Sanford,
had been shot in the chest. His
wallet was missing. An investi
gation ia continuing.
feay had been work'ng for
about a month in Florida, where
he lived with a sister. He was a
son of Mrs: Ozain Ray of Burns
ville, N. C. Rt. 5.
Surviving in addition to the
mother are two sisters, Mrs.
CJ nu Autrey of Burnsville Jit
S and Mrs. Opal Woody of San
ford; five brothers, Frank of
Erwin, Tenn., James of Marion,
N. C., Clarence of Fullerton,
Calif., and Kenneth and Billy
Ray, both of Burnsville, Rt. 3.
Services will be he.d at 2:33
p. m. Thursday in Brown’s
Creek Baptist Church Burns
ville.
The Rev. Ralph Mumpower
wll officiate. Burial will be in
Ray Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Benny and
Morris Huskins, Lndy and D.
W. Styles and Floyd and Char
lie McMahan.
THE YANCEY RECORD
ter, Lee Childress, Lloyd Miller,
H. D. Ray, Jr., Ray Vance Mill
er, 0. C. Whitson, Clayton
Whitson, Yates Bailey, and Jack
Biggerstaff. Mr. Amey Fox was
re-elected Treasurer.
Speaker of the even'ng was
Mr. Oscar H. Anderson, Field
Director of Carolina’s United
Communities, who pointed out
the services, purpose, and
function of the United Fund in
each community. He was intro
duced by Dr. Garland Wampler.
At the conclusion of the pro
gram, plaques were presented
to Mr. Roy Ray, 1967 President,
and to Mr. Paul Wooten, 1967
Campaign Charman, in recog
nition of their outstanding ser
vices during 1967.
The next meet : ng of the Board
of D rectors will be held on
Tuesday, April 9, at 7:36 p. m.,
at the Yancey County Court
House. The public and all inter
ested persona are invited to at
tend this meeting.
Deyton Joins
Ranks Os 5
Gallon Donors
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Membership in the Yancey
County Gallon Club of the Am
erican Nat oral Red Cross was
boosted after the Bloodmobile
visit here on March 7.
Mr. Oscar W. Deyton has the
distinct honor of being one of
the very few in our county and
in many counties of join ng the
ranks of FIVE GALLON DON
ORS. Mr. Deyton has been a
regular blood donor since 1950.
This type of cit'zenshp indicat
es his concern for his fellow
men.
The THREE GALLON group
now includes Bill Evans who do
nates h s blood as regularly and
fa thfully as he delivers the
Coutlnuud or bock pngu
Burnsville, N.C.
Thursday, March 21, 1968
Bailey
Announces
For House
J. Yates Bailey of Bald Creek
made the announcement this
weds of h's intention of becom
ing a candidate for the State
House of Representatives from
this district.
Baley, a former teacher, ser
ved a term in the State Senate
when Ylancey was in a district
with Mitchell and Avery Coun
ties. Tb s Senator'al District is
now made up of Yancey, Madi
son and Haywood counties.
In making the announcement
Bailey said he felt that Hay
wood County wth its popula
tion would have a Representa
tive from that county each ses
sion of the Assembly and that
Madison and Yancey counties
should rotate each session.
In the last election, L'ston B.
Ramsey was elected from Madi
son County as one Representa
tive from the district.
Bailey also pointed out that
Yancey County Democrats pass
ed a resolution to place the
county back on the pr'mary
election system for the selection
of candidates for the general
election and that this change was
not made during the last leg's
lative session. Bailey said he is
in favor of the pr'mary system.
A school teacher for many
years in this and other coun
ties, Bailey has always been
active in church and civic affairs
In his community and in the
county. He is pres’dent of Bur
nsville Lions Club and has been
renominated to serve as the
club’s president for another
yew.
E.Y. FHA
Chapter Wins
First Mace
The East Yancey Chapter of
Future Farmers of America
finished f ret among 10 entree
to win the annual Blue Ridge
Federation Land Judging Con
test, held at Mare Hll on Thurs
day, March 14th. The North
Buncombe FFA f nished hid,
Marshall FFA was 3rd, A. C.
Reynolds was 4th, and Charles
D. Owen was sth.
The winning team consisting
of Jack Hensley. Mike R ddle,
Leonard Grindstaff and Byrl
B'mmms will advance to the
State Land Judging Oootaet la
be held in Haywood County on
April 6th. The team was coached
by Herbert D. Allen, Vo-Ag In
structor at East Yancey Hgh
School
This contest which is promoted
by the Sol Conservation Service
and sponsored by the Carolina
Power «d L'ght Company, em
phasises a thorough knowledge
of land characteristic* and re
ermmended practices to aasurs
continued hgh crop production
from this natural resource.
April 1 Deadline For College
Scholarship Applications
Smith Retires
After 40
Years With
Telephone Co.
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The employees of Western
Carol na Telephone Company *
and Westco Telephone Company
recently honored Mr. William
Smith with a retirement dinner
at Buck’s Restaurant in Ashe
ville.
W’id fc as he is aectionaiiy
known by his many trends re
tired from the company March
15, 1968 :- er 40 years of ser
vice. He began h's career as in
tfaller repairman in 1927 wth
the Burnsville Telephone Com
pany.
Wid can remember when the
company operated with about a
dozen telephones in Bakersville
and 50 in Burnsville. He watched
the number grow to 1039 in Bak
ersville and 1583 in Burnsville
by the end .of 1967.
Included among the employ
ees who turned cut to pay tri
bute to Mr. Snrvth were: Mrs.
Theresa Valemine,- former own
er of Burnsville Telephone Com
pni:y and em i< or of Mr.
't; Mr. ?..\ i Mrs. James
Armstrong, president of Western
Carolina and Westco Telephone
Companies, were also present.
Mr. Paul Wooten, District Man
ager in Burnsville, acted as
Master of Ceremonies and pre
sented Mr. Smith with a piece
of travel luggage from well
wishers.
Others attend ; ng the dinner
were: Mr. end Mrs. C. F. Gore,
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Sm'th, Mr.
and Mrs. Gary McKelvey, Mir.
and Mrs. Howard Reece, Mr.
land Mrs. Jim Williams and Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Baird, all of
Weaverville.
Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses Dav's,
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, Mr.
su'd Mrs. Doyle Goforth and
Mr. and Mrs. Beeler Young, all
of Marion.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Geouge,
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Maaon,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert PUtnum,
Number Tweity Niue
A deadl ne of April 1 has been
announced for applications for a
$500.00 per year college scholar
ship to be awarded to a high
school graduate of Western
North Carol na by the Horticul
tural Crops Commission of the
Asheville Agricultural Develop
ment Co»-.cil.
Purpose of the scholarship is
to encourage a boy or g rl from
the area to enter the professional
field cf horticulture and to pro
vide financial assistance to them
in attend ng college.
Hie grant will be $500.00 for
the 1968-69 school year, with lb
opportunity to renew for a ma
mum of four years or a total 052,000.00.
$2,000.00. The recipient must at
tend an accred ted four-year c*
lege wth an approved horticv-1-
ture curriculum.
Applications and details car
be secured from high school prl
ncipals, gu dance counselors, vo -
cational agriculture teachc.»
or 4-H Club agents. These must
be submitted to the Asheville
Agricultural Development Coun
cil, 420 Cty Building, Asheville.
N. C. 28801 by April 1, 1968. The
winner w.ll be announced by
May l.
High school graduates of the
18 counties composing the Agri
cultural Development Council
are elig ble. These include Avery,
Buncombe, Burke, Cherokee,
Clay, Graham, Haywood, Hen
derson, Jackson, Macon, Madi
son, McDowell, Mtchell, Polk,
Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania
and Yancey counties.
Township
/meetings
March 30Th.
Democratic Township meetings
wll be held at 2:00 p. m. oa
Saturday, March 30th, in the
eleven precincts. The meetings t
wll be held at the regular pad- *
ing places.
The Democratic County Con
vention wll be held in the court
room of the Court House on
Saturday, April 6, at 10:00 a. m.
Offices to be filled this year
ore: Clerk of Superior Court
(the two year unexpired term
of Mr. Lowe Thomas; Reg ster
of Deeds (four year term);
Chairman of the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners and two mem
bers of the Board; five mem
bers of the Board of Education;
Coroner, and Surveyor.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Blanken
ship, Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Edw
ards. Mr. BUI Newton, Mr. Hid
Dewey Silvers, Mr. and Mrs.
James Owens, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Evans, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Mclntyre, Mr. and Mrs.
Teddy Berry, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ronnie Teague, all of Burnsville.