Volume 32
SCENES FROM CANE RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
SCIENCE FAIR
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YANCEY YOUTH TO COMPETE IN MTN.
YOUTH JAMBOREE
The 20th. annual Hubert Hay
es Mountan Youth Jamboree
got underway at 7:30 p. m Wed
nesday, April 2» in the City Au
ditor um in Asheville. The event
wll run th tough Saturday
l. ght, April 27.
Sponsored by the Asiicvnle
,'jycees, the Jambcre* hr.tigs
together the best mountain folk
s nging and p’cking talent that
can bo found in the mountains
cf Appalachia. Mrs. Hubert
Hayes, the Jamboree’s 'produc
er-director, personally auditions
each entrant.
The event, founded in 1948 by
Hubert Hayes, has been d reel
ed by Mrs. Hayes since his
death in 1964.
Th s year’s participanls from
Yancey County include Fh lip
THE YANCEY RECORD
somewhere by a tinkl ng stream,
with a green valley falling off
leytcn of Green Mountain who
will play a century-old jew’s
harp once owned by David Go-t
--ney, la pioneer settler of th's
county. Ten-year-old Phill p,
who is a fifth grader at Mica
ville Elementary School, is also
a member of the Micav lie
Clopgers Square Dance Team,
which will also perform at the
Jamboree.
The Western Square Dance
Team of the South Toe Elemen
tary School composed of Caro
lyn Miller, Kathy Griff n, Svl
via Ballew, Debb'e Hoover, Kim
Westall, Carol Ray, Marsha
Gurley, Emile Huskins, Denn's
Huskins, Mike Loftis, R cky
Huskins, Landcn Burpan. Ru
ne Mace, Jerry Westall. Char
les Robinson and Dennis Grnd
Burnsville, M.C.
below. Th's A-frame, built in
the Cane Rver H. S. shop, was
only for riisnlaw
Thursday, April 25, 1968
staff will perform on Friday
night.
Also from the S'mth Toe Ele
mentary School will be several
s'ng ng groups. Lyndon Burgin
and Mike Loftis, Lyndon playing
the guitar, performed Wednes
day night. Jane Burl
Hu sk'ns, Daryle Husk'ns and
Mack Vess will sing on Friday
night. Barbara and Jeannie Dey
ton will s'ng on Fr'day night;
Donna Kates will also sing on 1
Friday night; Wanda and Linda
Holl f eld will sing cn Friday
night and Kathy Griffin sang on
Wednesday night. All these boys
and girls are students at South
Toe Elementary School with the
* except'on of L nda Hollifield who
Continued on bock
DR. FRED BENTLEY WILL SPEAK
TO CHAMBER MEMBERS
Patrick R. Gayer
Appointed
Assistant Apt.
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Patrick R. Guyer has been
appointed Assistant Extension
Agent in Yancey County accord
the N. CExtensiolTservfce^fflr ,llw
the Yancey County Board of
C. mmissioners.
Mr. Guyer will begin work in
the county on May 1.
He is a graduate of Mars Hill
College and spent 4 years in the
U. S. Air Corps. He s married
to the former Miss Bunny Jane
Thompson. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Guyer are natives of Elkin, N.
C. They have one son, Jonathan
Scott, one year-old.
The Guyers are moving into
the Paul Young House on Par
nell Hll.
Mr. Guyer worked with the
National Institute of Health in
Bethesda, Md. before accepting
the job with the Extension
Service.
Schools To
Participate In
May Day Festival
Cane River High School will
crown a May Queen and King at
their May Day fest vities On
May Ist., to be held from 1:00
to 3:00 p. m. on the school
football f eld. The Queen’s Court
will also be chosen.
Every school in the county
will participate n the program.
The E. Y. High School w 11 have
a singing group; Bumsv lie Ele
mentary School’s Glee Club will
sing; Clearmont Elementary
School will have a square dan
ce; Bald Creek Elementary
School’s Glee Club will sing;
Bee Log wll have a singing
group; Micaville will have a
square dance group; South Toe
will have a s nging group and
Pensacola School's Glee Club
will s ng. Cane River’s Glea
Club will also sing.
There will be a May Pole dan
ce and the decorat ons will all
be in the .spr ng motif.
Number Thirty-Four
Dr. Fred Bentley, pres dent
of Mars Hill College, will
speak at the annual Chamber of
Commerce dinner to be held at
East \ ancey High School here
Monday night. April 29, at 7:30
p. m., Dayl ght Sav ng Time.
Dr. Bentley was bom in Roan
oke, Virginia, the son of the
late William 1,. Bentley and
Heleen V. Bentley of Roanoke,
Va. He is marr ed to the former
Miss Doris Virginia Philips r c
Rcuncke. They have three ch
ren, Stephen B’ake, Ph lip A!
■and Rhonda Lynn.
Dr. Bentley received his M
Music Theory and Conduc
from Baylor Univers'ty in 1
In 1960 he*rece ved his M. R
Religious Education and Educa
tional Ph'losophy at Southe
Baptist Theological Sem na:
1960-62 Ed D., Higher Educa
and Educational Ph'lisophy,
dena University; 1962, Institute
Pedagogique National, Mnistiy
of H : gher Education, Paris,
France, Research on French
Educat'on.
The election of f've . directors
— ll k e f
J. O. Shepard, Burnsv!nebus! ,l ' ta
rv*?sman, has been named to
fill the unexp'red term of Dir
ector Earl Boyles, who moved
away.
Philip Thomas, Chamber of
Commerce president will preside
at the meeting.
Producers
Market Bldg.
To Be
Completed By
Mid-July
Directors and officers of Yan
cey County Producers Associa
tion, along w.th other interested
c tizens, met last Wednesday
night to discuss plans for build
ing.
The group heard Ray R'tchie.
engineer ng consultant for the
association, discuss building
plans. The eng neer at one t me
was engineer with the N. C
Agriculture Department.
Building plans are complete
and bids wll be taken soon for
the prefabr'cated building ac
cording to reports. Grading on
the sight wll begin soon, and
plans are for the building to
be completed by m d-July.
Although plans by the Asso
ciation are for marketing df
ferent farm products, only toma
toes will be handled through
the market this season.
Association pres dent John
Powers and local manager for
the plant, Yates Deyton, are on
a trip to Florida to look for
grading and other equipment
for the plant.