Volume 32
Ray Takes
Position With
Dow Chemical
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Norman Ray, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Ray of Burnsville on
May 25th graduated from North
Carolina State University. Ral
eigh, with a BS Degree in
Mechanical Engineering. He has
accepted a position with Dow
Chemical Company in Baton
Rouge, La.
During his senior year Nor
man was Treasurer for the
Mechanical and Aerospace Soc
iety. He also won a silver 09
for first place in Fludice at the
Mechanical Fair held in the
Wring.
Bloedmebile
Hon Jam 12
The Bloodmobile will be at
the Armory in Burnsville Wed
nesday, June 12, from i:00 p.m.
until 6:00 p. m. Dr. Garland
Wampler will be the doctor in
charge, and Mrs. W. P. Honey
cutt will be the nurse. The
women’s organization of the
Burnsville Presbyterian Church
will staff the canteen. The wovd
is that A LOT OF BLOOD IS
NEEDED.
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Mr. Paul Laughnm, Region
al Director of Farmers Home
Adnunistation, hands a chtcfc
for 915,000 to Rev John Pro- M
THE YANCEY RECORD
Clean-Up
Program Cited
By Men’s Club
The members of the Burns
ville Men’s Club wish to ex
press their appreciation for
these who gave full coopera
tion in the May Clean-Up Cam
paign. On the other hand, we
deeply regret that some citi
zens apparently Nave no con
cern and have made no effort
to improve the appearance of
our fair city; thus they have
not only denied themselves, and
all the rest of us, of the joy
and satisfaction of justifiable
pride in having a dean, and
neat city of homes, roadsides,
and sidewalks.
Only by constant effort and
wholehearted cooperation of all
can we hope to realize a city
that does not resemble a dump
instead of a charming place in
which to live and work.
We are deeply grateful for the
helpful publicity given by THE
YANCEY RECORD and the
Buraspille R»rfio Station in the
clean-up project.
Station WKYK
WIH Rolan To
Air Sunday
Barring any unforeseen de
lay, present plans of Radio
Station WKYK call for a return
to the air Sunday afternoon.
June 6. at 1:00 p. m.
The first day back on the air
will introduce listeners of
WKYK to the station’s new
sound and new programming.
Many of the features of 'the pro
gramming at the old station
wiH be retained, including the
“Fun Line” every afternoon,
which will continue to be one
of the high points of the broad
cast day. The devotional pro
gram will also be continued.
The station is planning a
grand opening and open house
at their new location, the time
to be announced later.
era, Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the new Yancey
County Producpra’ Aasocfer
*$ turn. The graup was gathered
Burnsville, N.C.
for the official ground break
ing ceremony at the site of
the new marketing building
which will soon be constructed.
Miss Bennett
Awarded
Scholarship
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A 1968 Cane River High School
Graduate has been awarded a
scholarship by the James G. K.
McClure Educational and De
velopment Fund to attend Bre
vard College in September.
Luther H. Lawing, Student
Financial Aid Administrator at
the College, annouaced today
that Ruth Elisabeth Bennett has
been selected as a recipient of
the 1968-69 award.
The Objective of the McClure
scholarship program is to aid
financially deserving and aca
demically promising residents
of western North Carolina to
pur sure their formal education
beyond the high school level.
High school records in both
scholarship and leadership, evi
dence of Christian character, fi
nancial need, intellectual pre
mise and demonstrated ambi
tions are taken into account
in awarding these grants, ac
cording to liiwing.
Miss Bennett is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Bennett
of Route S. She plans a csreer
in fashion design or interior de
coration and hopes to attend the
University of North Caroling
at Greensboro after two years
at Brevard.
Thursday, June 6, 1968
CONSTRUCTION TO BIGIN
ON PRODUCERS’ MARKET
BUILDING
Bp: Mr. Thomas F. Byrd
For so.nei.ime fanners of
Yancey County have been
leaving their iarms and going
elsewhere to seek employment,
for the simpie reason tuey
could not make a living in
Yancey County on their small
farms, farming methods have
changed, axong wLh the vari
ety of crops grown. About the
omy cash crops in the county
are tobacco and the growing
of livestock. Tobacco allot
ments have been cut so much
it is hardly worth the time to
grow it.
For the last few years there
has been a lot of talk about
keeping cur farmers from leav
ing the county, and suggest
ions made as to substitutions
for tobacco. About tke middle
of August, 1966, Mr. Ya.es
Deyton, Johh Ramsey, Tom
Byrd and John Powers got to
gether to see what coulld be
worked out which would en
able our farmers to make a
living end remain in Yancey
County. During our discuss
ion* it came to our attention
that the growing of tomatoes
had been a success in some
of the surrounding counties,
especially Madison. Investiga
tions were carried on, along
with interviews with people
connected with the growing of
tomatoes, to find out what
was practical and feasable.
TVe were at once confronted
with the idea that if we raised
tomatoes we would have to have
a warehouse in which to pro
cess them and from which to
sell them. After securing the
very valuable advice and sup
port of Mr. E. L. Dillingham,
County Agent, we called in a
number of people connected
with the Dept, of Agriculture
for the State of N. C., to get
their advice and opinion. At
their suggestion, the Yancey
County Producers’ Association
was organized, and a Board of
Directors, consisting of eight
men, was named. It was decid
ed that the U. S. Government
through the Farm Home Ad
ministtmtion. be asked for an
appropriation to build and equip
a suitable building to carry on
this work. The help of Con
gressman Roy Taylor was en
listed.
In March 1967 Mr. Wilbur
Howard, the new Director of
the FHA arrived, and he, along
with Mr. Ptaul Laughrun of Bur
nsville, Regional Director, en
tered enthusiastically into help
ing secure the money, and with
their help and the support of
Congressman Taylor, $166,006
was appropriated. The Board is
also indebted to the Yancey
County Chamber of Commerce
for their cooperation and a
small appropriation made by
them.
Prior to receiving the mooey,
the Board set out ,to obtain a
proper she on which to erect
Nunbur Forty
the building. They finally set
tled on a piece of land back of
the Elwood Smith property,
near the Sun Valley Nursing
Heme. A few of the more opti
mistic members of the Board
purchased the property and
held it until the money was re
ceived. Upon receipt of the
money, the site was promptly
transferred to the Yancey Coun
ty Producers’ Association. The
services erf an architect have
been secured, the building site
is n~w being graded, and con-'
s'ruction will soon begin on a
building 200 ft. long and 90 ft.
wide.
.The Board of Director? feel
tnat this will be a great asset
to the farmers and all the citi
zens of Yancey County, and
that it will bring into the coun
ty a lot of money, and enable
the farmers to stay on their
farms, if they want to grow
tomatoes.
A building of this character
and with these dimensions is
big enough to accomodato other
crops as well as tomatoes
such as can be profitably grown
in Yancey County, such as
strawberries, cucumbers, pep
pers, sweet com, beans. The
Board is investigating the ocssi
bility of expanding the use of
the building in the future, but
for this year the only crop to'
be handled will be tomatoes.
The building will be ready
for use between July IS and the
first of August
Response
Bxcellent For
Youth Jamboree
The Yancey County Chamber
of Commerce is pleased to an
nounce the excellent response
from county youngsters for the
first Annual’ Yancey Youth Jam
boree, which is to be held Aug
ust 8, 1968 at East Yancey High
School Gymnasium.
Because of the many entries
to date, no applications to per
form in the Jamboree can be
accepted after Saturday, June 8.
All entrants are regular stu
dents in the Yancey County
schools, with each school being
represented.
Applications have been receiv
ed for compe'itive talent In
folk singing, soirituai and relig
ious singing, instnm ental in
cluding the Jews harp and the
dulcinier, smooth square dan
cing. western square dancing,
buck dancing and dogging.
The Youth Jamboree is being
held in conjunction with the an
nual Mount Mitchell Craft Fes
tival to provide an opportunity
for school children to dtaplay
talents relating to their rich
heritage of folk singing dancing
and music.