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THE YANCEY RECORD YOUR CONTRIBUTION IS NEEDED FOR THE U£. TO REACH ITS GOAL Volume 33 SK|p: jS ~y • Royo liihM . S S m F - ■ Jin Roy FOOTBALL PLAYERS RECEIVE AWARDS AT ANNUAL BANQUET East Yancey High School wound up the football season with a banquet held in the cafeteria on Friday night, the 15. h. Representatives of the teaching staff, coaches Ben Dey‘ n n and Larry Howell, and I: on cr Cub President, Phillip Thomas, with, of course, play ers and cheerleaders, and a good number of parents and fans made up the large group, who enjoyed an elegant meal put on by the Home Economics Dept., supervised by Mrs. Louise Hughes. Honored guests, along with the Varsity team, were J. V. Boys, coached by Larry Howell. The Invocation was given by Rev. Harold McDonald. Phillip Thomas acted as Master of Ceremonies. Mr. James Ray introduced Mr. Jack Kelly, speaker of the evening. Mr. Bill Banks awarded tro phies to the following players: Royce Bennett, most valuable player; Dan Anglin, most valu able linesman; Jim Ray, most valuable back; and Kenneth H cks most dedicated player j||j| jttJ ..JjaSiHMßjß^j^J»k. » miup \ ' x*fc ; j^B n JjL * Runneth Hicks Thanksgivings Service The combined churches of Burnsville will join together for a community Thanksgiving Se-- vic to be held at tin Higgins Memorial Methodist Church on Wednesday night, November 27, at 7:30. Rev. Don Elly, new pastor of the First Presbyter ian Church will be the speaker for the night. Music will be pro vided by the combined choirs of. the Burnsville churches. We have so much to be thankful for in our America. We can find no better way to begin a day of thanksgiving, rest, and glad ness than by coming to God's House to worship Him first. Let us remember that all things come from Him and to Him all things are due. Begin this Thanksgiving Season by attend ing church on Wednesday night, November 17 You'll be glad you did. Burnsville, N. C. E. FFA Team Winners / The East Yancey FFA won the annual Blue Ridge Federa tion Tool Identification Contest, held at Clyde A. Erwin High School on Nov. 18th. The con test, open to FFA members who a~e first year students in Voca tional Agriculture, is for the purpose of developing the abil ity to identify shop tools and hardware. The team, consisting of Je’ry Riddle, Rodney Simmons, Dan Ray, Jr., Johnny Blair and Mike Lof,is; will now advance to the District Contest to be held in the Spring. Miss Hunter Wins Contest t M S X.:. ' N w " ™ y # Marie Hunter, 10-year old da ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar F. Hunter of Burnsville, N. C., has been chosen as the winner of the "Children’s Comments contest sponsored by Christus Gardens in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Ronald S. Ligon, director, of the Gardens, said that Marie’s comments, written after seeing the Gardens, were chosen from among hundreds submitted by children from all over the Unit ed States during the visitor season. As winner, she receives a $39 United States Savings Bond, Mr. Ligon announced. "For a young lady of ten years, Marie showed great wisdom in her comments," he declared. "We congratulate her.” Marie’s comments about the Gardens, a vivid three-dimen sional representation of import ant scenes from the life of Christ, follow: "I like Christus Gardens be cause I think people should be reminded how many wonderful thit.r.c Christ did and said. ’ The Gardens, opened in WU, have been visited by hundreds of thousands of people from ell over the world and are consid ered one of the outstanding at tractions of the Gatlinburg- Smoky Mountains area. Thursday, November 21, 1968 YANCEY COUNTY JAYCEE CHAPTER RECEIVES CHARTER About 130 members and guests of the Yancey County Jaycee Chap'er gathered at the Com munity Building Monday night for the Charter Night Banquet of the newly o’ganized Yancey County Jaycee Chapter. Beside the local people at tending the banquet, there was good representation from the Spruce Pine Jaycee Chapter and the Asheville Jaycee Chapter. The Burnsville Jaycee Chap ter has the distinction of having the largest number of charter members in the state thirty six. It was organized Oct. 21 under the sponsorship of the Spruce Pine Jayceea. Speaker for the banquet was James W. Church of Clemmons, president of the North Carolina Jaycees. The Jaycees, a civic organiza tion, and one of the largest in the country, is open to all men between the ages of 21 and 35. The Burnsville Chapter is anx- Tobacco Market Will Open Nov. 25 The Burley Tobacco Market will open for sales on Monday morning, November 25. The floors are now open for receiv ing tobacco. Sales will be held at all the markets four days next week, closing for Thanksgiving. Sales will resume Monday, December 2, and run through December 18, when the market will recess for Chris* mas, and re-open on January 5. Early reports from the farm ers is that tobacco is weighing better than was thought might be the case this year, and is of good quality. Income from tobacco in this county each year is around $1,200,000.00, based on about 1,009 acres, with an average yield of 2400 pounds per acre, and average price of 65c per pound. *- - ■fe. ■#' is lw : * m James W. Church, president of North Carolina Jaycees, pre sents charter to Donald Nelson Number Eleven ious to have all young men in the county in this age group to become members. The new Club’s president is Donald Banks. Other officers are: Jerry Holcombe, first vice president; Sam Styles, second vice president; Bill Ray Edge, Secretary; Cha’les Hensley, Treasurer; and Lee Thompson, state director. The banquet, catered by Li’l Smoky Efrive-In Restaurant, was put on by the following employees of the restaurant: Mrs. Boss Street, Mrs. Ethel Riddle, Mrs. Lois Gortney, Miss Anita Buchanan, Miss Kay Green. Scout Event Scheduled The Six Girl Scout Troops of Yancey Coun y will come togeth er for their annual “Neighbor hood Event" Friday night, Nov ember 22 at 7:30 in the Burns ville Elementary School Audi torium. The purpose of this pro gram is to give the troops a chance to share some of their activities with each other and with parents and friends. The following troops will be represented Celo Troop No. 19, M"s. Kore McWhirter and Mrs. Ruth Smith, leaders; New dale- Micaville Jr. Troop No. 365, Mrs. Bob Thomas and Mrs. Haz el Gilley, leade”s; Burnsville Brcwr.ie Troop No. 86, Mrs. Garland Wampler and Mrs. Dix on Bailey, leaders; Burnsville Jr. Troop No. 88, Mrs. William Hess and Mrs. Dick Mclntosh, leaders; Burnsville Cadette Trcop No. 65, Mrs. Jack Edge and Mrs. Earl Young, leaders; Burnsville Senior Troop No. 66, Mrs. Jack Biggerstaff, Advisor. One of the highlights of the program will be a report by Anita Anglin on her trip to the Edith Macy Training Center for the World of Aris Conference this past summer. Everyone interested in Girl Scouting is cordially invited to attend. Banks, president of Yaocey County Chapter.
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