Volume 33
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Cane River Homecoming Friday Night
Cane River High will play its
homocoming game Friday night
with Pa terson High School from
Lenoir, Cane River has a 3-2 2
record thus far this season.
As a highlight of the game the
1968 69 Homecoming Queen will
be crowned during half-time ac
tivities, There will be three run
ners-up to the Queen. The four
couples with the largest sum of
money will be winners.
The contestant and their es
corts are as follows: Senior
Class: Elena Peterson, escorted
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Broughton Patients Enjoy Picnic
Mrs. W. P. Hbneycutt, Chair
man of the Yancey County Men
tal Health Association, would
like to express her appreciation
to many people in Yancey Coun
ty for their wonderful coopera
tion and participaMon in the
picnic luncheon given for pat
ients at Brough .on Hospital on
Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Mr. ar.d Mrs. Jim Bingham
generously opened the la”ge din
ing hall of the ML Mitchell
Camp ground for the picnic. The
Mayor supplied help from his
city maintenance crew: the Wat
er Dept, saw that water was
(turned on: The French Broad
Elec'ric Membership Corp. had
the lights tuned on in the buil
THE YANCEY RECORD
by Gary Murphy; Diana Jean
Robinson, escorted by Alan Mc-
Curry; Florence Hylemon, es
cort Wa~d Hylemon; Norma
Allen, escort Larry Tipton.
Junior Class: Wanda Hoilman,
escort J. C. Ingle; Valerie Mill
er, escort Johnny Renfro: Mar
tha Peterson, escort Garrett
Maney: Rhonda Peterson, escort
Alex Penland.
Sophomores: Alice Jobe, es
cort David Whitson; Lavonne
Robinson, escort Larry Thomp
son; Mary Jare Silver, escort
ding; the city police mot the
bus and escorted it safely to
the camp.
Mr. Charles Wesson MC’d 'he
program, with Mrs. May Davis
leading the singing of old fami
liar songs and hymns, and Mr.
Jim Bingham furnishing enter
tainment with his harmonica.
The invocation was given by
Rev. Baynard Rogers and Rev.
Joe Warner dismissed the group
with prayer.
The Commission on Christian
Social Concerns of the Higgirit
United Methodist Church sup
plied money for expenses.
The main event of the day
was, of cou~se, the fine food
prepared and served by the
Burnsville, N. C.
Gary G-indstaff; Nancy Hig
gins, escort Sammy Ball.
Freshman Class: Ingrid Mor
row, escort Kenny Hed-ick;
Linda Riddle, escort Dwight
England; Shirley Austin, escort
Dennis Whitson; Gail Deyton,
escort Dennis Thomas; Rosh
elle Hunt, escort Mike Arro
wood.
The Homecoming Dance will
be held Saturday night. October
19, in the Cane River Cafeteria.
Admission will be $1.09 for
couples and 75c stag.
Hcmemakers Clubs of the coun
ty. Ice c“eam and milk were
provided by the Pet Milk Com
pany. The Homemake-s Clubs
and the Junior Women’s Club
furnished small gifts for each
patient, with a surplus of gifts
to be taken back to the hospital
and used in their Fall Festival.
The Junior Women’s Club also
assisted with entertainment.
For the 29 patien's and four
attendants Jrom the Hospital it
was indeed a “red leer day”.
They all expressed deep appre
cia’ion aid their thorough en
joyment of the occasion. It was
a wonde-ful day for all, and hard
to say which group had more
/un the visitors or the hos
tesses It is hoped that ’his may
•be worked into an annual affair.
Thursday October 17, 1968
Graham Will Speak At Awards -
Dinner October 28th.
Funeral
Services For
B.R. Penland
Monday
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Bascombe R. Penland, 67, died
Saturday in Yancey Hospital af
ter a long illness.
Mr. Penland retired in 19!>3
after growing up in the lumber
business. He operated with his
la e father, who died in 1962,
the B. B. Penland and Son Lum
ber Cd., a builder supply firm,
and Penland and Ayers Lumber
Co., a saw mill ope-a'ion.
Mr. Penland was a long-time
associate of the Northwestern
Bank system and was one of the
original local Board of Manag
ers here when it began in North
Wilkesboro some 30 years ago.
Ho also served on the Board of
Directors for several years. He
retired last year after over 30
years of service wi h the Bank
sys'em. However, he was still a
member of the bank’s executive
board.
Mr. Penland was chairman of
the c.f the Yancey Rail
road Company, he was on the
town’s board of alderman, the
coun’y hospital board and was
a trustee and deacon of the First
Baptist Church here.
His other civic and business
activities included board mem
berships on the Burnsville
School of Fine Arts and the
Parkway Playhouse and serving
es s 4j[iistee of Mars Hill College.
Vfe was a member of the Na
tional Hardwood Lumbermen’s
AssociaMon of Chicago, 18., the
Small Businessmen’s Association
of Washington, D. C. and the
Burnsville Men’s Club.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Jennie Robertson Penland; two
daughters, Mrs. Rob
ertson and Mrs. Edgar Hunter,
Jr.: four sisters, Mrs. Latt Fox,
Mrs Sol Harris, Mrs. Vernie
Wilson and Mrs. Bill Bailey;
Number Six
Honorable James A. Graham,
N. C. Commissioner of Agricul
ture. will be the guest speaker
at the Annual Farmers and
Community Awatis Night Mon
day, October 28 ait 7:00 p. m.
Tbe committee on arrange
ments reports an expected’ at
tendance of 100 people. The
meeting is sponsored by the
Burnsville Men’s Club. Farmers
wives and community leaden
will be in\ attendance.
Tickets We available from
members of, the Men’s Club at
$1.75. The \ American Legion
Auxiliary is preparing the meal.
The meeting Will be held in the
Communi y JBuilding.
Another Hfehlight of this meet
ing, will beNjaming the Citizen
of the Year. A committee was
named by the Men’s Club to
work on this project. The com
mittee has been hard at work
and after much deliberation
has come up wi h what they
feel to be the Citizen of the
Year. This citizen will be nam*-
ed at the Annual Fanners and
Communi: y Awards dinner on
October 28th. and will also be
presented with a plaque und
gifts.
For further information about
arrangements call 682-2113 or
682-2317.
Communities
To Be Judged
October 21
Yancey County communities
will be judged Monday, October
21, according to the schedule
from the County Extension Of
fice. This is necessary in order
to have checks for prize money
made and in time to be award
ed the Annual Farmers Night
and Community Awards Night,
October 28.
Communities and the time
they will be judged a~e Green
Mountain 9:00 a. m.; New
dale 10:30; Arbuckle —11:45;
White Oak 2:30 p. m. and
Rocky Springs 4:00 p. m.
and a brother. J. Max Penland.
all of Burnsville; and four grand
children.
Services were held at 2 p. m.
Monday in the First Baptist
Church Jiere.
The Rev. Harold McDonald
pasu>r, and the Rev. Charles B.
Trammel officiated. Burial was
in Rober'son Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Joe Young
Reece Mclntcsh, James and
Philip Ray, Horace Edge, Dover
R. Fouts, Luther Ayers, Junes
A. Anglin and Robert PresnelL
Honorary pallbearers were
board members of the North
western Bank, Yancey H~spi'al,
Yancey Railroad and the Men’s
Bible Class of the church.