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VflvMt 32 —- . ■ 1 • •V Mr. And Mrs. Thomas ' Celebrate SOTH. Wadding 'N Anniversary celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary wi<h open house at their heme in Double Island on Sunday, Sept. 1. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were married Sept. 1, 1918, and have spent their entire married life in the Double Island commun ity. M-s. Thomas was the for mer Miss Pearl Hall. They are the parents of three sons, Gene of Green Mountain. Dean of Orthopedic Clinks Held At Henlth Center An Orthopedic Clinic tor the physically handicapped is held in the Yancey County Health Center in Burnsville four times annually. An Orthopedist is pro vided by the Crippled Children's Section of the North Caroliaa State Board of Health. Other Stale Board of Health personnel such as physical therapists, nu tritionists and consultants as sist the local public health nuns with these clinics. However, funds for certain other expenses involved have to be from local sources in order to make the clinics possible. When this clinic was first or ganized as a function of the , Health Department in this coun ty in 1959, the officers of the Yancey County United Fund agreed to sponsor this clinic and underwrite its local cost. Children of all ages, as well as orthopedically handicapped adults, are brought in for diag nosis and treatment, or referral if they require other specialised treatment. The clinic serves people who are not financially able to be seen as private pat ients. In 1967, 97 persons were diag noz<d ard treated for various orthopedic conditions. THE YANCEY RECORD *re*nrt., ond MB"* vinos Charlotte; also four dau ghters, Mrs. Howard (Gladys) Garland of G'een Mountain, Mrs. Laurence (Madge) Hopson of Burnsville; Mrs. Maxine Turby field, Burnsville; and M’s. Tom Robinson of Green Mountain. They have 9 grandchildren and two great-grandchild’en. Mr. Thomas is a retired conr struct ion worker, and is still active as a farmer. Funds contributed by the Uni ted fund are used to pay for medication, orthopedic x-raya, corrective shoes, and other ap pliances for children whose par ents are unable to pay for them. Other general supplies such as dressings, cotton balls, liquid *° ap> Physicians gloves, alcohol, I •’en, etc. are purchased from these funds. Methodists To Dedicate New Pars oaage Sept. 8 On Sunday, Scot. 8, Memorial United Methodist Church will dedicate its new parsonage. The service will be gin promptly at 3:00 p. m. at the parsonage. Dr. W. Harold Groce, District Superintendent of the Asheville Dis'rct, will be present to lead the service of derl'ca ion. The new parsonage was the so rru.r home of Dr. and Mrs. ItrasvilU, N. C. taggers Conference Sept. 10 All loggers in Western North Carolina ere cordially invited to a Conference jointly sponsor ed by the Appalachian Lumber men’s Club and T.V.A., to be held at the Big Ivy Campgrounds near Barnardsville, North Caro lina, Tuesday, September 10. 1968, at 1:00 P. M. Included on the Conference Program will be talks and de monstrations on logging and bucking for highest grade yields and demons'rations of new and improved equipment and met hods. Twin thanes to be emphasis ed will be. “Balancing Men and Equipment”, and “Safety in the Woods.” Discussions will be lead by W. W. King. T V.A. Forester Planning is under the direction of Howard J. Doyle. Forester for the Hardwood Research Council, inc., of Statesville, W.C. Demonstrations will tqke place cm the logging job of Banco Lumber Company, of Burnsville, just above the Campgrounds. Bill Banks, President of Banco, is a distinguished past president of the Appalachian Lumber men’s Club. Following the Logging Confer ence will be the regular dinner mee’ing of the Appalachian Lumbermen’s Club, at The Bat tery Park Hotel, in Asheville, beginning at 6:30 P. M. Fea'ur ed speaker for the meeting pro gram will be Governor Dan K. Moore. A special invitation has been expended to all loggers to attend the Club meeting. For loggers all aspects of the program are free except for the dinner for which a special price of only SIOO will be charted. Julian Cornwell. It was purchas ed by the Methodist congrega tion in Mav, 1966. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. G. Warner and their fam ily moved into their new home in December, 1966. The old parsonage, located on Academy Street, was the home of many Methodist m'nis'ors. It was built a-ound 1916 on »>« sam? lot that the Higgins Mem orial Church once stood. Much of the ma’erial used in the con struction of the old parsonage ha-} been a part of the old chu'ch building. The new parsonage is a beau tiful, spacious home, with ten rooms, a full basement, loca'ed on beautiful landscaped grounds. Following the service of Dedil cation, members and friends will be given the opportunity to tour the home. Old fashioned lemonade and Methodist pound cake will be served by the ladies of the church on the lawn. All members and friends are cordially invited to attend. Thursday, Stptoakar 5, 1961 FORMER RESIDENT PURCHASES MT. MITCHELL MOTEL Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Burton, forme’ Burnsville residents, who have been living in Asheville Tor the past five years, moved bade to Burnsville' Sept. 1. Mr.i and Mrs. Burton have taken over the operation of the Mt. Mitchell Motel here. The Motel was built in 1950 by Mr. and Ms. L. V. Pollard, who have cpera'ed it since that ■time, with the exception of the winter months for the past five or si* years which they have spent in Florida. During the i Pollards stay in Florida, Mrs. ■ Pollard’s brother and wife, Mr. I and Mrs. Byrd Gillespie, have 1 cpera'ed the motel for them. I The Burton’s son and daugh ter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Paul Burion of Lawrence, Kansas, ■ purchased the motel from the l Pollards, and his parents will > operate it lor them. I Mr. Burton has been employ ed with Desl Buick in the rew car sales depar: ment in Ashe ville for the past five years. Be fore going to Asheville he was associated wi’h Roberts Chevro ! let-Buick here for 12 yea’s. Mrs. 1 Burton worked with Gilcraft in Asheville. The Bu*lons have two sons, Paul of Lawrence Kansas and Tommy of Kansas City, Mo. Paul teaches Zoology in the Uni versity of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. He graduated frem Wes tei» Carolina College, where he received his BS Degree. He re ceived his Master’s Degree in Zoology from the Universi y of ■ Miami, and his Doc tore te in Zoology from UNC-Chapel H>H. He met his wife, the former i Francis May of St. Louis, Mo„ while attending UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. and Mrs. Burton have i two children, a daughter 6 end a son 4. They spent 1 last sum mer at UNC-Chapel Hill, where i Dr. Burton did research In Zoo logy under a government grant. Captain Tommy Burton is at tending Pa k College in Kansas City, Mo., where he is complet ing his coHege education. He graduated from Burnsville High School and attended Western Carolina College. He entered the U. S. Army in 1968, and now hJtts he rank of Captain in the Army. He will receive a degree in Business Administration from Park College in about she /M. <* • **■ * " •TV •*•** ■■■■■»* M*«br Fifty-Twt months, t.e is married to the former Miss Candy Hamilton of Flint, Mich. They have re cently bought a home in Flint. Captain Burton has completed his tour of du 'y in Vietnam, and is anticipating another ove’neas tour when his college work is over. Mr. and M’s. Pollard have moved into their home on Rob ertson Street, where they will spend their summers. They win spend the winter months at their home in Florida. Featball Season Opens Both Cane River and East Yancey High opened their re spective too 1 ball schedule last week. East Yancey was host to Man Hill High School Friday night and the Cane River Rebels traveled to Marshall on Satur day night. One team was victorious and the other lost. On the East Yancey field Friday night, the strong Mars Hill team struck pay-dirt ea’ly in the first period, but failed to make the point after touchdown. And again in the second quar te", the visitors ran over East Yancey for another TD and ex tra point. The half ended 134). T n the second half the Man Hill team began to hit with long passes which East Yancey was unable to cope with. And the final score was 30-0. At Marshall the Rebel - team f’xnn Cane River launched a passing campaign that paid off early in the fint period. The Rebels went out in fruit when quarterback Chris Cooper toss ed one out to Willy Jobej fee- a 42-yard touchdown. Marshall scored in the second quarier to tie the score, and went ahead in the third quarter vdh a touchdown from a pass. But Cane River again tied the score with six points in the third, and wrapped up in the fourth with a touchdown and point. The game ended 18-12, Cane River. Friday night on the Cane Riv er field, East Yancey will meet the Rebels.
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