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Richard M. Nixon
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Spiro T. Agnew
NIXON CARRIES COUNTY ,
SCOn ELECTED GOVERNOR;
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VOTING HEAVY
Yancey County went to the
polls Tuesday with the largest
turnout of voters for any elec
tion in the county’s histo-y, ac
cording to election officials.
Approximately 5400 people voted
here, with a majori’y for only
two candidates going to Repub
licans.
THE YANCEY RECORD
In Burnsville p“ecinct with
approximately 1400 registered,
only six failed to cast a ballot,
according to unofficial tabula
tion.
Republican candida f e for pre
sident, Richard Nixon, drew 230
more votes here than did his
opponent. Vice President Hum
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Burusvillu, N. C.
Junior Chamber
Receives
Charter
The newly organized Yancey
County Junior Chamber of Com
merce has the distinction of
having the most members (36)
ever receiving an original char
ter in the state of North Caro
lirrj.
The Junior J. C.’s, under the
sponsorship of the Spruce Pine
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
met this week at the Armory,
and elected officers as follows:
President, Donald Nelson
Banks, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Banks; First Vice-Pres.,
Jerry Holcombe; Second V. P,,
Sam Styles; Secretary, Billy
Ray Edge; Treasurer, Charlie
Hensley; Sta’e Director, Lee
Thompson. Three Directors were
appoin ed: Joe Gillespie, Lee
Childress, and Gene Higgins.
The next meeting will be a
banquet, to be held November
18, at* which time guest speak
er will be the State Junior
Chamber of Commerce Presi
dent.
ph~ey. And for the county of
fice of member of Board of
County Commissioners, Earl S.
Young, Republican, led his De
mocrat opponent, Larry Byrd,
by eight votes.
The highest tabulation of bal
lots went to Democrat Fred
Proffitt for the office of Cle”k
of Superior Court, with 2809
votes. His opponent Bill Wilson
received 2519 votes. Democrat
O. W. Deyton, Chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners,
received the second highest vote.
2769. His opponent, Dean Chris
awn, received 2519.
Other county office winners
were Mrs. Grace Ayers, Regis
ter of Deeds; and Frank Fox,
member of Board of Commis
sioners.
In the race for State Repre
sentative, incumbent Democrats,
Messer and Ramsey led in the
county. And in the Senate race
Democrats Stevens and Hyde
led over Republican incumbents
Briggs and Dent.
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808 SCOTT
For Governor Scott led in the
county over his Republican op
ponent, Gardner, with a vote of
2904 to 2465.
Thursday, Novumhur 7,1968
LAND PURCHASED FOR
NEW HOSPITAL
Community
Judging To
Begin Nov. 11
Judging to name the commu
nities in Western North Ca _ o- #
lina that have made the great
est improvements during 1968
will start on Monday, Novem
ber 11 and run through Thurs
rr;\ u e 14!h. The occasion will
be he area judging of the an
nual WNC Community Develop
ment Program. At stake will be
top honors in the improvement
con lest in which 114 communi
ties have competed this year
and also over $4,500 in prize
money.
Fourteen counly winners will
be in the final competition in
the Farm Division and 16 win
ners in the Non-Farm Division.
Each of the communities will
be visi.ed by a team of judges,
who will spend one hour and 30
minu'es in each a _ ea. They will
hear reports by community lead
ers on progress this year and
view improvement projects.
Green Mountain community
will represent Yancey county in
the Farm Division. They will be
judged on Wednesday, Novem
ber 13, at 8:15.
Newdale community will re
present the county in the Non-
Farm Division and will be judg
ed on Monday, Nov. 11, at 11:00.
Winners of the WNC Commun
ity Development Program, now
completing its 19th year, will be
announced at the annual awards
luncheon of the Asheville Agri
cul.ural Development Council on
Saturday, December 7 in the
Asheville City Auditorium.
Judging to select the top win
ners in you h activities was held
on November 5-7, with 15 coun
ties competing.
Judges for the Farm Division
will be Mrs. Wanda Winecoff,
Director of Crafts, Haywood
Technical Institute, Clyde, Gro
ver C. Dobbins, District Exten
sion Chairman, N. C. S'ate Uni
versity, Raleigh and Robert S.
Scott, Public Relations Manager
Nc.itahala Power & Light Com
pany, Franklin.
Judging team for the Non-
Farm Division will consist of
Mrs. Marjorie Donnelly, Exten
sion Specialist in Charge, Foods
and Nutrition, N. C. State Uni
versity, Raleigh; Bob C. Goforth
Regional Representative, N. C.
Department of Conservation
and Development. Sylva and
Charles Russell, Olin-Matbieson
Corporation, Pisgah Forest
The Western North Carolina
Community Development Pro
gram is sponsored by the Agri
cultural Development Council is
cooperation with the agricultur
al agencies in each county and
local sponsors. William Parton
of Drexel is area chairman of
the program.
Ntnbtr Nluu
Plans are in the making
for a new hospital for Burns
ville. 12 acres of land have been
purchased from Mrs. Frances
Herring. This is the property
once owned and operated as a
Boy’s camp, on the Pensacola
Highway.
According to our informa'ion,
an applica ion for government
aid, under the Hill-Burton Act,
will be made, and it is hoped
that 80 percent of the building
will be financed by the govern
ment, with the building specifi
cations being app-oved by the
government. With the red tape
and financing involved, build
ing will not get underway be
fore 1970 or 1971.
Edge Receives
Citation From
Company
J. G. “Jay” Edge, exclusive
representative at Burnsville for
UNITED FARM AGENCY, INC.,
one of the nation’s largest real
estate brokers, has been award
ed a special citation from his
company by qualifying for mem
bership in the “Century Club**
an intercompany honorary sal
es organization. The club’s mem
bership is limited to those
among UNITED’s more than 425
local representatives in thirty
two states who maintain out
standing sales records.
Mr. Edge was presented a
diamond-studed lapel pin, sym
bolic of his Century Club mem
bership and an engraved Awft
set. He has represented UNIT
ED at Burnsville since March
of 1966.
Yancey
Exhibitors At
i
Crafts Fair
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C.
Brinkman of Rt. 2, Burnsville,
will be among the exhibitors at
the fifth annual Crafts Fair te
be held at Memorial Coliseum
in Winston-Salem, Nov. 15 and
16. Mr. Brinkman will be exhi
biting his pottery, while lira.
Brinkman will exhibit her wea
ving at the Fair.
The Craf a Fair is sponsored
by The Piedmont C-aftsmea,
Inc., a southeastern regional or
ganization composed of 11?
craftsmen and 79 associate and
patron members from most of
the southeastern states.
Traditional and mountain
eraf.s will be shown at the Fair
but the majority of the crafta
are contemporary, ooe-of-frUnd
items.