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' ‘ . . .-. f Volume 33 railway Sentenced By Mge Mayberry Chosen Queen Os Hearts Over J. Jackson la Superior Cmi Eight Contestants At Benefit Monroe Calloway, on trial here this week in Superior Court, was sentenced by presiding Judge J. W. Jackson. Calloway, who was charged with the rix*- gun death of Lewis Banks, was sentenced from 10 to 16 years. Mr. Calloway was tried in the November, 1867 term cf Superior Court and sentenced to not mord than IS nor less than 18 years. He then appealed to the North Carolina State I from ~'l I THE EDITOR’S DESK I I would like to take this op portunity to greet the people of Burnsville and subscribers to The Yancey Record wherever you are. I bring with me 9 years of experience as a printer for the Fort Lauderdale News. Os course, I also brought my wife Carolyn and three children; Jeffrey 4V4, Sharon 3Mt, and Gregory 2, and a profound hope that I will be able to make a living here. We wouldn’t be here if w® didn’t love the mountains, and we wanted to experience again the change of seasons after 22 years of Florida weather—as a matter of fact, we’d enjoy see ing a bit of that “seasonal change’’ right now. So far we have been undaunt ed by the half-dozen (my wife says a dozen) times we’ve been ituck to our hubcaps in snow or fnud. (We had to call the wreck er twice and our neighbor, Earl Blevins, used his jeep twice to get us going.) It’s not so much our hardy pioneer spirit that sustains us, but the fact that we fatuously told the people back in Florida who forsaw such difficulties that "when spring comes It makes the win ter worthwhile.’’ and "we love the snow” and other such phrases. I repeated this to my wife last night when she and our three kids and French poodle were all jammed together in the truck with me on our way Into town. It was a particularly treacherous curve in the road— the tires skidded and we slowly revolved on the ice at the edge of the precipice until we were turned completely around fac ing the road we had just driven up. She didn’t reply. Seriously though, we have been impressed by the friendli ness and helpfulness *>f the peo ple in this area—and impress ions are not easily forgotten. A few years ago we purchased Board of Appeals which granted him a other trial. According to officers, .Lewis Banks, a well known resident of the county, was killed around 10:30 a. m., August 27, 1967, by a shotgun blast to the head. The killing took place at Cal loway’s cabin near the Ray Mines cn Bolens Creek. Although no details of the shooting have been given, re ports are that the shooting re sulted from an argument. land on the Plum Branch just outside of town. Howard Nelson and his family who live across the road from that property became our good friends, offer ing help in many ways Last January we drove up to see the Yancey Record and look i. around-for the first time wi.h the thought that we might live here—and went home with 6 * jars of homemade jams and preserves from Mrs. Ernest Briggs, and 6 pairs of socks for the kids from Mrs. Nelson who also had us to supper. When we decided to move to Burnsville Mrs. Trena Fox searched diligently for over a month for suitable quarters to house my wife and myself, 3 kids, 2 dogs, 1 cat, and 2 ducks. Finally we arrived here and shortly afterwards met our neighbor Earl Blevins, who in addition to hauling me out of snowdrifts, drove to Johnson Ci'y to bring me back when I returned the rental truck I had used to haul my furniture. For sheer neighborliness that guy deserves a medal! Mrs. Thelma GArn s o and Mrs. Roy Laws of fered their help to Carolyn shortly after our arrival Sure made us feel good. Thurman Brown and Archie Ballew spent a whole day un loading furniture which was certainly above and beyond the call of their newspaper duties. And jstf'l the list goes on John Ayers and his wife not only agreed to. let their daugh ter, Sarah, babysit for us, but sent us back home wi'h a bas ketful of huge potatoes and quarts of honey and sorgum syrup. Friendly gestures like these • bring a warm feeling in the coldest wea’her. These friends we value and we hope to have many more. We are optimistic about becoming a pi t of this community and bringing our children up here In a sense we feel as though we have come home. Thursday, March K .... -- S v : fgk X. w J V " < § I|L jr jfpfp V*. ' ;• 188 gp? t I in ■-s • '• ■v'w.jv.-'Vy.. left To Right: Donald Baaks, Marsha Mayberry, And Charles Hensley staff PhoUsby Archie Ballew % 111 l MPf3ffipl||*■ K HfMi; gy* lift f /""' v Wf ! «i Hfifel AtfiH . A '“ & : ._|Ok . ,g« A* ' W ;A _ *. , M| s * C m ■’* • |j|ff ••/dr • I 1 • m & HHiIXHHK H JJ|jQR ’-^w Left To Right: Judy Hyleman, Marsha Mayberry, And Diane Murphy Number Twenty-Seven Among the eight beautiful girls vying for the ‘‘Queen of Hearts" Title only one could be crowned. Miss Marsha Mayber ry, a junior at East Yancey High School, and daughter of Mrs. Dixie Mayberry was crowned “Queen of Hearts.” Donald Banks, president of the Yancey Coun y Jaycees, presen ed her with a lovely trophy as compli ments of the Jaycees. First runner-up was Miss Judy Fawn Hylemon, a junior at Cane River High School and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hylemon. Second runner-up was Miss Diane Murphy, a senior at East Yancey High School and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Murphy. All (he girls were pre sented with corsages from Ruby’s Flower Shop and gifts from Edge's Discount Center, of Spruce Pine. The dance was a big success and was enjoyed by everyone. About 150 teen-agers turned out for this event. Mrs. Jack Edge, benefit chair man, would like to thank every one for making ‘his dance a big success. Among those who helped were: Yancey County Jaycees, Mr. Woodrow Anglin, Mr. Ronald Kates, Mrs. Willi mcnie Hensley, Mrs. Kate Zuver, Norris Dover and his Midnight Riders, Coca-Cola Com pany and all the wonderful teen-agers who turned out.
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