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Volume 33 Just . &'.•&’ lilt 1 '’@©'^J . ;r ft- a«:* 1&?s!l8g IB (r ’>':’ 9 IJ J* Bt W ^ m -i '-~ yTI Sg „- MM| '%BMm Ilk. it jHv <n &5F ■ - '■ Miss Wnfa Slagd, I.Y. Homecoming Queen, I Escorted ly Ralph Wastall. , /Hiss Slagle E.Y.’sQueen The East Yancey Panthers were defeated by Hampton, Tcnn. High School by a score of 13-0 at the Homecoming game on Friday n ght, Sept. 27. How ever, the spirits of the large Crowd of East Yancey fans as sembled for the game and the Homecoming festivi ics were 1 fted considerably when the .16 lovely Homecoming Queen Con tes'ants and their escorts ma“-, ched across the field at half time. U.F. Money Helps 4-H Program « . t. The money provided by the Un .'.cd Fund budget has enab led the 4-H program to expand its services and activities over and beyond its Imi ed budget. Some of these activities we"e: Twelve club members, lead ers, and agents attended the 1968 District Actvities Day at Sylva. Those attending were: Larry Ballew, Fo-gest Westall, Sherry Harrison, Jimmy Norris, Gary Gr ndstaff, Katie King, Johnny Blair, Danny RSy, Kev in Ray, Glen Williams, Bobby Lee Riddle, Randy Wilson; Leaders were: Ramona Bow d teh, and Mrs. H. D. Ray. Agent Mary Margaret Deyton. 4-H Leadership Conference at Swanncnoa was attended by: Dianne King. Vickie Whitson. Ben ta Ball, Mark Warner,, Sam Anglin. ** ! y3[~ State 4-H Club Week at Ral eigh was attended by Sam Ang lin and Forrest Westall. One half of the 12000 each schoU*. ship was paid by Uw 4-H Club Fund. These actfvtits make 4-H Club work more interceting in boys and girls and is splendid expor ence in Citizenship, ac cording to e. l. Dillingham, County Extension Chairman. THE YANCEY RECORD The in-coming Queen and run ners-up were as follows: Queen, Wanda Slagle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Slagle, Burnsville. She was escorted by Ralph Wes tall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aina Westall. F rst runner-up- Jean nießayT daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Ray, escorted by Douglas Rotjjnson, son of Mrs. Bonnie Robinson. Second run ner-up: Marsha Banks, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Banks, escorted by Ca'roll Buchanan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lealon Buchanan. Third runner-up: Linda Deyton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Deyton, escort ed by Alan Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Black. Fourth runner-up: Sheila Mclntosh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mclntosh, escorted by Ph lip Riddle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Riddle. Bill To Extend Blue Ridge Parkway Passes House WASHINGTON - The Senate Tuesday passed Congressman Roy A. Taylor’s bill to extend the Blue Ridge Parkway and sent it to the Wh te House for the Pres den ,’s signature. It passed the House a few weeks ago. The Senate action gave legislat ve' approval to a pro* ject which Taylor has worked on for almost eight 'Vears. It authorizes a 180-mile exten s:nn of the PaT>way frofri Beech Gap, near Mt. Psgah, to' a point near Marietta, Georgia. Land for the route not al ready in public ownership wll be acquired byS the Sta’e of Nor.h Carolina and Georgia un der enabl ng legislation already on each state’s books. ’Hie pro perty will then be donated to the Na’ional ftark^gervice Taylor said enafcSfejrt of the bill. me ,ns that thcTwo s'a'es can start acqlgir n« the land be fe-e rising prices escald'e even further |. Burnsville, N. C. ; H. 6. Bailey Receives Certificate A Certifica f e of Appreciation was presented to H. Grady Bailey, by J. Nel Hadley, Na tional Representative, on be half of services rendered to re sidents of Yancey Coun.y for 26 yea-s. At the meeting called Tuesday evening, October 1, t was voted for the Yancey County Chapter to merge with the counties of Mitchell and Avery, and form ing the Mayland Chapter wkh offices n Spruce Pine. Mrs. Kay Matthiesen will be the Execu tive Secretary. Mr. Bailey began his work with the Red Cross back n 1942 with “Home Service" which has recently been changed to "Ser vices to Miltary Families". He has been handling cases ior servicemen and their famil es in Yancey Coun'y since that time. The current case load for the county is about 200 per year. These nclude: eme’gency leave, health and welfare reports, em ergency loans or grants, com passionate cases, and many .other problems for servicemen and their families. For most of those years, Mr. Bailey has been serving as the Executve Secretary of the chap ter. This has given him the re sponsibility of keeping records for all Red Cross Serv’ces and Programs and sending necess ary reports to the area office in Atlanta. Mr. Bailey plans to retire from the Red Cross work as soot as a replacement can be found to handle Service to M li tary Families inquiries for the county. ■ Mr. Bailey wll continue with the Veterans Service Program as Service Officer. Acquisit on of rights-of-way and engineering work on the ex tension route will take two or three years, NPS experts ant cipate. > • C nstruction of the road it self. ' to cost an estimated $87,000,000, will be < financed cn t'-<!y from regular annual NPS •budget The project will not re quire anv special appropriations by C ngress, Taylor said. He sa d this is the same meth od of financing which has been Used to build the existing 469- mle parkway. It is t now virtu ally completed. Taylor said, "Except for the Appalachian Road Building Pro g’am, this is the most mport ant legislation for the economy of Wes ern North Caro Una that has been approved since I be came a Member of Congreae. It should br ng millions of addi tional visitors into our, mountain area and should be of service to people all over Amerca." Thursday, October 3, 1968 Day Care Center Beard Meets With Evaluation Clinic Members Three membe-s of the Devel opmental Evaluation Clinic of Western N. C., met wi h the Sponsoring Board ard volunteer worke-s of the Yancey County Day Care Center at a luncheon at Amberjack Restaurant on Tuesday. Represent ng the Ev aluation Center, which is locat ed in Asheville, were Mr. Don Boone, Psychiair c Social Work er, Mrs. Dodd, Clinic Nu-se, and Mrs. Sword, Case Worker. M"s. L. G. Deyton, President of the Sponsoring Board, pre sided over the bus ness meeting. Among other important matters considered was the motion made and carried that the Day -Care Center be licensed under the State Mental Health Assoc a tion. Under the State Associa tion the Center will receive $40.00 per month for each child attend ng the Center. At the ,p~seent time there are five children enrolled. An urgent appeal was made fer volunteers for the Center, which is open five days a week from 9:00 until 12.00. Mrs. Pete Col etta is Chairman of volunteer. •In Mr, Beene’s address to a t the meeting he stated that he would be ava lable at any time for counseling; a’so that Mrs. Sword, Case Worker, would come to the Day Care-' Center one day a week for "the next several weeks for work shops and the training of vole unteers. ; Mrs. Dodd, Clinic Nur se, is also available to ass st in any way possible. Mr. Boone warned the members of the Board and volunteers not to be come discouraged; that actually the Burnsville Centex was sup erior to many now n operation, and that Western N. C. was more active in this field than any other part of the state. Mrs. W. P. Honeycutt, Pres. °f the Yancey County Mental Health Associat on, announced the picnic which will be held Wed. Oct 9, at the Bingtam . E.l. Dtftieghe oi Presents Mr*. Kttie Wlfsoa With U.F. Check For 4-H Pro greet ! Numbur Four Camp Grounds in Burnsville, for patients from Broughton Hospital, and asked for volun teers to assist in making this a red letter day far the Brough ton patents. It was also re vealed that Mrs. Honeycutt has been appointed to the Board of the State Mental Health Asso ciation. Mrs. Deyton seated that the Day Care Center has been in cluded in the Uni.ed Fund bud get n the amount of SSOO, which will greatly assist in the work. 4-H Members To Observe Club Week “4-H Around the World” is the theme for Nat onal 4-H Club Week which will be observed by Yancey County 4-H Club mem bers October 6-12. Plans for special activities were completed at a meet ng of the 4-H County Council on Octo ber 1 at the Courthouse in Bur rsville with 27 4-H officers and leaders attending. V ckie Whuson, Junior leader for Lower Jacks Creek 4-H Clitb presided. Highlight of the weeks obser vance will be a county-wide meeting of all 4-H Club mem bers, parents and leaders at the Commun ty Building in Burns ville on Oct. 11 at 7 30 p. m. Guest speaker will be Ken Harmon, Agricultural Extension Agent, Alamance County. Mr. Harmon spent two years work ing as an Agricultural Agent in Peru and will show color slides and exhibits of the lie and cus toms of the people of Peru. A recreation period is being planned and wll focus on get ting acquainted with our neigh bors to the South.
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