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jfeljjjtt^ lp§TJ! EY! ME,€SRpJH Volume 33 ..,'*■ jgj fc v «. ® ’^P^ppßfe' > '^-ii^Bk._ mUBEm Jt Hj ■■'- Ki >« Mil -- dl ' Pf| m ,*!WB« JPK jm TBg "H&-'' o v ■ ; ' : *l3Bp yMBr ir iRfMy *^:ss,: "' | 111 " III Mp^WaK/> \. ¥ * * •:.: >'-Lili 1 11 ;*.<• •:^Hfc. : i : .s^K J ’Ms- j^r^r I * ' ki Yancey Covntians Exhibit Riding Skill Annual Horse Show Slated For Saturday BY RIIECCA BOONE Saturday, May 10, the Mt Mitchell Bridle arid Saddle Club and the YanceyCountyJaycees will sponsor the 3rd annual Spring Horse Show to be held at the Oak Crest School, Burnsville, N. C. Two showings are sche / Town elects Commissioners, Reeleas Mayor The town of Burnsville held an Election Tuesday to elect a and two town commis ' siopers with 219 voters coming to the polls to vote.. Mr. Jim Anglin was Übt opposed in run ning for mayor; The tKreemen who filed for the position of commioioner were: P.C. Col-_-> , etta, R. K. Helmle and Cecil Shaw. The town gave a vote ofeon , fidenct to the existing trfhrn board by reflecting Mr. Jim * Anglin for Mayor. This is Mt - Anglin's second tinuji ti> jpfltk r a race for an elective,,office. He is the brother, cdj Judge Wil liam E. Anglin arin-the son of the late Mr. ' and . George W. Anglin. j Commissioners elected were P. C. Ccfletta and Robert Hel mle., wiiji 167 gouig to Mr. st&d 149 Votes to Helmle. Both men have served on the town board. Cecil Shaw the losing opponent, received 91 votes. duled, an afternoon session and an evening session. The after noon session will commence at 1:00 p. m. and the evening se ssion at 7:30 p. m. The Hon. Phien Horton, Jr. of Winston Salem will be pre sent for the judging of this thri lling event. Master of Ceremonies will Be the Hon. Lloyd Thompson who has done a superb job for the past 3 years. The show committee consists of the following Yancey Coun tians: Dan Wilson, Farrell Hu ghes, Emmitt Phillips, Bill Slagle and Lee Slagle. These , men have worked with the show 'for the past 3 years and have gone far beyond .the call of du ty to present Yancey County with some of the most beauti ful horses and skilled riders in " ’’this part of the country. Clyde Styles, Gene Higgins, and Lee Slagle, ringmaster? will be in charge of the after . V \,\S noon and evening performances. Trophies and ribbons will be presented to all 18 classes in the afternoon showing. The-Jf"' -rfClued evening classes ribbons nge Trophies will "fie presented by Hughes Farm Supply and Amberjack Fish Camp. A Challenge Trophy must be won for three consecu tive years in order to maintain it. The refreshment stand will be held open by the ladies of the Club with good food and soft drinks for everyone. Thursday, May 8, 1969 Record Crowd At Dedication Service Sunday, May 4, was a red, letter day in the life of the fir st Baptist Church of Burnsville, It was Dedication Day for the, new $313,686 church plant. This day marked the end of a dream that had been bom in the minds and hearts of the [The Worlds Meanest C M o t h e r^pf; , She recalled the painful years when she was growing up. "I had the meanest mother In the whole world, "this ano- , nymous person wrote. "While other kids ate candy for break- < fast, I had to have cereal, eggs %nd toast. When others had < Coke and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich. As you 1 can guess, mv dinner was different from other kids. My mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. | 1 You’d think we were on a chain gang. She had to know who i our friends were and what we were doing. She insisted that 1 if we said we'd be gone for an horn?, that we would be gone 1 one hour or less. lam ashamed to admit it, but actually hajj the nerve ( to break the child labor law. She friade us work! We nad to j wash all the dishes, make beds, learn to cook 'and all sorts S of cruel things. I she lay awake nights thinking up f '>.*v ( mean things to d&te iIS. 2 | She always insisted on ngtelliqgthe truth, the whole truth I and nothing but the truth. time we were teenagers, ♦ she was much wiser and our life became even more vu* l "" 1 * - T 1 able. V .4 ' None of this tooting the horn of a ca* ° c °™ e 11111 X ! ning. She embarrassed us no end *r ™akmg our dates and X I friends come to the door to e et us * 1 forgot to mention while 4 4 tnyftriends were dating at the mature age of 12 and 13, my 4 A old-fashion® 4 mother refused to let me date until I was 15 ? I a nd **• ' - X ▼ 'Mf ,r failure as a mother. None of X X us arresto<3o * i is4tena mate. Each of mybro- X his time in the service And whom ♦ j do we have to blame for this terrible w^>N %lr urne( j out v> A You're right, our mean mother. ▼ X Look at all the things we missed. We never got toiß^. % T A part in a riot, bum draft cards and a million and one things Y ▼ that our friends did.* She made us grow up into God-fearing; X educated, honest adults. _ 4 I Using this as a background, lam trying to rear my child- A X ren. I stand a little taller and lam filled with pride when 4 ♦ • my children call me mean. You see, I thank God He gave t me tiie meanest mother in the whole world. I From this I would say the country doesn't need a 5-cent 4 cigar: it needs more "mean" mothers... and dads. people more than 20 years ago A record number of 456 people attended the 11:00 worship ser vice of dedication. A2B voice choir provided music, for the o ccasion, beginning 'with the choral call to worship from the balcony and moving forward to 9 Number Thirty-Five the choir left during a proces sional hymn. Mike Williams, minister of music, played the new Alice Ray Memorial Organ for this first service. Dr. W. Perry Crouch, Executive Secre tary of the North Carolina Bap tist State Convention, deliver ed the Dedication Sermon. He challenged the church to let the new facilities be apointof de parture for a new program of work rather than an end of a building pro gram. The former pastor's wife and family were present for the dedication of the buildings of which he had so long dreamed. The Dedication Service was followed by Open House during the afternoon. More than six hundred people passed through the new facilities between the hours of 1:30 and 3:30. The men and women of the church served as hosts for the occasion. The focal point of the tour was the Fellowship Hall where re freshments were being served by the ladies of the church. Or gan music was provided throu ghout the afternoon by Mike Williams, Mike Rickman, and Charlie Boone. The day came to an impressive conclusion in the evening worship service at tended by more than lOOpeople. The pastor, Rev. Harold L. Mc- Donald, delivered a message e n titled, "Magnificent Heri tage" which set both the glories q£ -*•**' past and the cha }V**ges of the future. > The church expresses grate ful appreciation to all those who provided the beautiful memo rial floral arrangements andtoj Glen Raven Mills which provi ded all the material from which the drapes were made through out the building. CHURCH JPHOTOS INSIDE * PAGES sfsdfs
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