Volume 33
local Men Attend W.N.C. Cattlemen’s Tour
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Walter Edwards, left. Carlie
R. Rice and George W. King,
right, Yancey county represen
tatives on the recent Western
North Ca -olina Cattlemen’s Tour,
are pictured at the USDA*s
Coastal Plain Experiment Sta
tion at Tifton, Georgia.
Chairman Os Founders &
Builders Program Named
Rev. Ben Lee Ray, pastor
Garssy C"eek Baptist Church,
Spruce Pine and Charles Grind
staff, Webb Fune al Home,
Spruce Pine, have been named
Chairman for Mitchell, Avery
and Yancey Count'es for the
Founders and Bidders Program
of the Baptist Children’s Homes
of North Carolina.
As County Chairmen, Rev.
Ray and Mr. Grindstaff will
provide leadership and guidance
for the numerous volunteers in
these coun'ies as they all seek
to raise the necessary monies
for the establishment of a
Children’s Home for Western
North Carolina.
The home, to be located on a
96 acre tract between Waynes
ville and Clyde, will p~ovide
group living care for about 50
beys and girls. It will also serve
as a hub from which will radia
te the numerous child care ser
vices of the Baptist Children’s
Homes. The campus will be
built surrounding a six acre lake
with four family style cottages
for six boys and six girls with
housepairents quavers, separat
ing the children’s wings.
Each cottage will have a cen
trally located dining area with
living and play rooms provided
to help the chiildren develop in
more normal home-like atmos
phere.
Also on the campus will be a
Campus Center housing the ad
ministrative, educational and
recreational facilities and a
superintendent’s home Target
date for the admission of the
first child is September. 1969
THE YANCEY RECORD
A group of 36 livestock pro
ducers and agricultural leaders
of the area made a th-ee-day
tour of outstanding cattle op
erations in South Carolina, Geor
gia and riwiuS. The tour was
sponsored by the Beef Cattle
Commission of the Asheville
Dr. Craig
Resigns
Mental
Health Post
Dr. Robert C"a ; g has resigned
as clinical director of the Men
tal Health Center in As’ | vflle,
as of October 1, and will enfer
priva'e practice of heurology
and psychiatry.
The Mental Health Center
bca”d, meeting Mondav after
noon in the American Red Cross
building, conference room, ram
* i Dr. Marge'y J. Lord as act
ing clinical director and Ralph
Campbell as acting administra
tive director.
The meeting Monday was at
tended by Dr. William Fowlkes
of Raleigh, depu'y director of
the North Carolina Department
of Mental Health, and Dr. Olin
Freeman, of the staff of Brough
ton Hospital, was a guest.
Dr. Fowlkes led in a discus
sion on personnel requirements
for the preposed fcur-county
Mental Health Center staff,
which will include
psychologists and psychiaric
serial wo kers as well as office
and administrative personnel.
Campbell who had bren on
the staff of the local Mental
L •’ ‘enter a- a psychia ric
s(W".*|i v.orker, will attend a
Burnsville, N. C.
Agricultural Development Coun
cil and the group traveled via
Southern Railway System's spe
cial agri-business bus. Purpose
of the tour was to observe var
ious types of» cattle feeding,
management and breeding pro
grams, along with forage pro
duction.
four-.veeks course on operations
cf a menta’ health center, to
begin la’er this month in Chapel
Hill at Cuiversity of North Car
olina.
Mrs. Louella Honeycutt of
Burnsville, head of the mental
health association for Yancey
County, and a member of the
local Center board, discussed
the work of her g“oup. She
said that home demonstration
club members had participa’ed
in raising funds, that a Day
Ca-e Canter for children is
presently operating, that it has
been s’affed by volunteers and
work has been done by VISTA
and WAMY workers, (WAMY
is an o-ganiza ion through the
Office of Economic Opportunity
embracing Watauga, Avery,
Mitchell and Yancey counties.
She pointed out that the county
has some 40 childrene dig|»l
for day care in the center and
who would benefit from the
Center’s facilities and program.
Mrs. Honeycu t also said that
the Yancey County mental
health association will be host
for an ou'ing on Oct. 9 for some
40 patients from Unit A of
Broughton Hospital, and that a
program is being planned with
the cooperation of forestry per
sonnel.
Dr. Fowlkes also, in his dis
cusaiat of the wor!% of any
mental health center or facility,
pointed out that a complete pro
gram needs to involve other
local services, hospitals, Brou
ghton Hospital, welfare depart
ments, OEO, the Asheville Cen
ter. volunteers and offer •
program of after-care for form
er hospital patients uid out
pat mi; services
Thursday, September 12, 1968
AS C Community Nominees
For 1968 Elections Announced
The 16 community commit
tees of Yancey met on August
23, and ccmple ed the sla'e of
none es to be voted on in this
year’s elections. After receiv
ing all fa’-mer petitiens and ad
ding additional nominees where
necessary, the following sla.e of
nominees is announced:
Eas» Bu-.nsville: Robert Bvrd,
Fe-pst Fortner. Earl Fox. date
Miller, John Randolph, E. F.
Roland, F. J. Roland, Joe vVoody
West Burnsville; 3oyd Banks,
Walter Edwards, Jraig Frank
lin, Haskey Hensley, Arvil Lee
—King Raleigh Pit, > an. Tommy
Hay, Bill Shepherd, Sam
Wheeler.
Cane River: Leonard Chand-
Lr, Nealey Ed vards. Flay Hen
sty. Quince ll.e, .1 • King,
Ita'nh R. We:_*aif, Leslie L.
Proffitt, Franc* Riddle, Clyde
Taylor.
Upper Egypt: Clcyd Haney,
Carl Hikmon, Lloyd Miller,
Brc-nas Pate, Bobby Gus Ran
dolph, Avery Silvers, R. L. Sil
vers, Vance Webb, Fred Wilson.
Lower Egypt: Gaither Bailey,
Joe Bradford, Harrison Cooper,
Bruce Fender, John Fender,
Raleigh Fender, Dock Hubbard,
Rex Mclntosh, Amie Pate.
Ramseytown: W. D. Adkins,
Luther Byrd, B-itt Holloway,
Edd Phillips, Niram Phillips,
Ottis Robinson. Hobert Whitson,
Matt Whitson, Bax Wilson.
Green Mountain: Sam Blevins,
Jay Brigys, E”nest Canipe, Roy
Cooper, Ray Fox, Ernest Hugh
es, George King, Roy Laws,
Jake Tipton,
Brush Creek: Je~ry H. Gar
land, Brown Gortney, Lawrence
t Grindstaff, Claude C. Hughes,
I Vc'non Presnell, Yates Ran
’ dolph, Elmer Sparks, A. J.
i Thomas, S. F. Thomas.
! Upper Jacks Creek: Ray
1 Byrd, Will Duncan, Ray Eng
- lish, John Evans, Sylvester
Fox, Bc-nie Hunter, Bill Whee
-1 ler, Claude Woodby, Lark
WKig’.t.
Lower Jacks Creek: Clyde
Boone, Edgar J. Briggs, Landon
Briggs, Dewey Canipe, Richard
Canjp\ John Cooper, Marvin
Grindstaff, Gene Tipton, Jule
Tipton.
EAST CRABTREE: James
Gilley, William Ma*k Hall, E.
W. Huskins, J. C. Parker, Al
bert Tolley, Robert Charles
Wilson, Biss Young, Hal H.
Young.
West Crabtree: Edgle Briggs,
Ed M. Burleson, Hobert Burle
son, Kenneth Chrisawn, Lee
Dulaney, Vernon A. Fox, F. H.
Hushes, Carl Kates, Lawrence
King. |
Upper Sou'h Toe: Woodrow
Ballew, Lawrence Gibbs, Mor
ris Johnson, Lloyd Rathburn,
Oscar Simmons, Phillip Sim
mons, , Rhonda Westall, Ervin
Wilson.
l.'"W-r South Toe: Floyd-Gard
ner. Carl Grmdstaff, Paul Orin
dst:.f' .'an: Hensley, Martin
Hi kins Mill Huskins, S M
Number One
Huskins, Milt Lewis, Barnett
Ray.
Pensacola: Alvin Blankenship,
Roy Blankenship, T. A. Burle
son, Jack Hollifielu, G. R. Rid
die, Howa'd Riddle, Samuel D>
Riddle, Billy Brook Wilson. :
Prices Creek: Hubert B. El
kins, A. 0. England, Mack Qj
Hensley, Hunter Maney. Jack
A. Mclntosh, Arnold Penland, It
H. Penland, Raymond Penland,
Nat Robinson.
Each committeeman is en
couraged to contact his neigh
bor and ask them to vote their
ballot and mail or bring them:
to the County Office as soon as
possible.
Ms. Mitchell
Club To Hold
Bridle & Saddle
Fall Show
The ML Mitchell Bridle and
Saddle Club will hold it’s fall
show on Saturday, September
14th at Burnsville, North Caro
lina. The Show Ring is located
at the OAK CREST SCHOOL.
C'asses will be held for: Plea
sure Ponies under 4 foot 6, Eng
lish Pleasu~e under 16 years.
Pleasure Walking Horse, HaUer
Class 2 years and under, Wes
tern Pleasu e 16 years and un
der, English Eqcitation, Rack
ing Class, Costume Class, Pick
up race, Registered Arab : an
English Pleasure (papa's).
Open Western Pleasure, Ama
teur 3-Gailed, Barrel Rac4,
Junior Jumping 18 and under,
Open Walking plus Champioh
ship Classes and o‘hers.
There will be two performan
ces, afternoon starting at 1:00
p. m. and evening at 7:30.
All classes will be awarded
Ribbons, ard Championship and
Evening C'asses will carry prize
money. ">
The Club was fortunate ill
obtaining the Honorable Reg
Watts to judge the Walking and
Gaited Horse C'asses. M". Watts
was a judge at the 1967 Celebra
tion Show in Tennessee. The
Western Judge will be the Hon
orable Jack Britt of Asheville.
The Honorable Lloyd Thompson
will be the Master of Ceremon
ies.
Chairman of the Show Com
mittee, Ralph Tomberlin, can
be reached at MICAVILLE
C 75-4212. The Rain Date will be
September 2lst.
All Classes will be Post En
tries and the Committee Cor
dially invites all qualified horse
owners to attend the show in
this beautiful unspoiled moun
tain setting, only 35 miles NE of
Asheville and approximately the
same distance NW of Marion
and South of Johnson City.