Volume 32 IMBAB k ,«***. jB; J Sgt. Robinson Receives Bronze Star TUY HOA. VIETNAM (AHT NC) Army First Sergeant Owen Robinson, (rght), son of Mrs. Minnie Robinson, Route S, Burnsville, N. C., race ves the Bronze Star Medal during cere monies near Tcy Hoa, Vietnam, Mk Sgt. Robinson receved the award for outstanding meritor ious service in combat opera tions against hostile forces ia Vietnam from May 1967 to May *9«* Head Start Classes Begin In Fear Connty Area Summer Head Start classes started Monday, June 17 in the tour county W. A. M. Y. area. Thirty-four teachers and 34 tea cher aides are now hard at work with the pleasures and difficulties of introducing 500 children to the new world of school. There are 22 Head Start Cen ters in Watauga, Avery, Mit chell and Yancey Counties, and the public is urged to visit a local center before the summer session ends July 26. Volunteers from teenagers to grandparents are needed, and will find that spending a few hours with these children is a richly rewarding experience. Head Start Director Lorene Greene has announced the fol lowing teachers and aides for Yancey County: Bald Creek Elementary Cen ter: Lola Anne Hensley, Lillian S. Tcmberlin, teachers; Dorothy Mary Fox, Gladys Mae Buck ner, aides. Bee Log Elementary Center: Shirley W. Edwards, teacher; June Fender, aide. Burnevtile Elementary Cen ter: Ruth Hensley. Enola Wil son, teachers; Rhodica Ray, J Glenda Young, aides. Clearmont Elementary Cen ter: Mapbrie R. Wilson, teacher; Betty Jo McCurry, aide. THE YANCEY RECORD Hie sergeant, first sergeant of Company A, 577th Ebg neer Battalion near Tuy Hoa, enter ed the Army in April 1948 and completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C. He arrived in Vieinam n May 1967 and was last stationed with the s»«4 Engineer Battal on. His wife, Sue, lives at 961 E. Duane Ave., Sunnyvale, QHf The sergeant, who holds the Army Commendat on Medal is a 1948 graduate of Bald Creek tN. C.) High School. Micaville Elementary Center: Bernice H. Justice, Doris L. Young, teachers; Lillian Fern Robinson, Deloris Hughes, aid es. Pensacola Elementary Cen ter: Orlena Williams, teacher; Phyllis Gardner, aide. South Toe Elementary Cen ter: Hianna Davis, teacher; Viola Miller, aide. Robinson On Doty In Vietnam WITH U. S. COMBAT AH FORCES, Vietnam Airman First Class Johnny L. Robin son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jona than Robinson of Rt. l, Bunw ville, N. C„ is on duty at Torn fioi) Nhut AB, Vietnam. Airman Rob neon, an airframe repairman, Is a member of the Pacific A r Forces. Before his •nival in Vietnam, he was as -4 »ml to the 7th FMd Main tenance Squadron at Carswell AFB, Tex. §7he airman is a IMS graduate of East Yancey High School His wife, Carol, is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hall of Rt. I. Green Mountain, N. CL Burnsville, N. C. Thursday, Juau 27, 1968 MORE LOCAL LEVEL PARTICIPATION ON APPALACHIAN PROGRAM URGED BY STATE OFFICIALS 1 Higgins Member Foor Gallon C lob The local Red Cross Blood Program is happy to announce that Arnold E. Higgins has be come a member of the Four Gallon Club. Mr. Higgns has been giving blood regularly since 1951. Durard A. Robinson has giv en h s sixteenth pint of blood, which makes him eligible for the Two Gallon Club. - New members of the One Gallon Club are: Charles E. Black, Mrs. Maxine Turbyfill, Frank A. Thomas. Yancey County fell beh nd In its blood quota on the last visit of the Bloodmobile. There were only 51 pints collected. Eight persons were rejected, of whom two were permanently rejected f. JMMfe KIUMW responsible for the recent sur ge of progress. ... It is the people of Western North Caro lina who must see that the im petus for improvement is not lost, that the progress which benefits all people continues and accelerates in the months and years ahead.” In words to impress the need of expanded private enterprise upon- the men and women invit ed to attend the conference, Gov. Moore said that extended school facilities are worth little unless good jobs are available for those who take advantage of the educational opportunities, and that access roads are im portant to . more people when they lead to better jobs. In ending his address, the Governor said that “Western North Carolina will became in the futur-j what you would have it become.” Dan E. Stewart, Director N. C. Department of Conservation and Development, praised the high type of labor found in this part of the state. He also point ed out that within the past ten years in this region of Nor th Carolina 902 new industries have been established, 819 have expanded, with an investment of more than SBOO million. These industries, Stewart said, have created new annual payrolls of $245 million. Mr. Stewart stressed the point of the need for local gov ernments and investors to de velops water and sewer facili ties, which are requirements for development and grow h of an area. He said that “the po tential growth pattern is being raded by State and Federal hinds”. Beyond this point, how ever, local governments and private investors must take over. Persons attending the Gover nor’s Conference from this Nunbur Forty Tbruu county included Supt. of Schools H. D. JusHce, Attorney Phillip Thomas and Amey Fox. Fox Awarded Medal PLEIKU, VIETNAM