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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.