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East Yancey football Team With Coaches
Comprehensive Occupational Education
Program Instituted At Yancey Schools
Mr. Larry Howell has been
appointed and accepted the po
sition of Comprehensive Occupa
tional Education Coordinator for
Yancey County School accordirp
to Landrum Wilson, Superinten
dent.
The Comprehensive program
has been made available since
school began this year. It canes
under a coop program of Occu -
pational Education. The school,
business and industry cooperate
in providing a laboratory for on
the job training of the students
Mr. Howell's experience as a
teacher and guidance counselor
makes him highly and uniquely
qualified for this position. Mu
Wilson said that we are fortunate
to obtain his service.
Students at Cane River and
East Yancey will be able to par
ticipate in this program.
According to Mr. How ell:
Comprehensive Occupational
Education is a joint effort of
schools and employers in busi
ness and industry to provide on
the-job training for high school
juniors and seniors in occupatrn
al areas of their choice. It pro
vides supervised occupatkral ex
periences enabling student-lear
ners to acquire skills and to gain
understanding of their chosen ca
reers.
Employers furnish on-the-job
training to students under actual
working conditions.
The students enrolled in the
COE program will have one class
period per day devoted to Com -
prehensive Occupational Educa -
tional Training in addition to
their regular school classes. In
this COE class the students will
be exposed to two areas of in -
struction: General related inst -
ruction includes those areas of
instruction which have comm o n
relationships to all qualifying oc
cupations.
Technical relaud instruction
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includes those phases of any gi
ven qualifying occupation which
die student-learner must master
in order to properly perform wifli
in the occupations.
Tlie COE program serves:
The students to bridge the gap
between higli school preparatiai
and the skills, and understanding
they, need in work assign m e n t$
and to respect the values of
work and productiveness in our
economy. It holds energeti c
young people in school because
it gives them an opportunity to
learn and earn while complet
ing their high school education
It improves the quality of school
work for the average student be
cause it increases their under
standing of the practical rea
sons for completing their high
school education while obtain -
ing vocational training.
The employers by providing
the opportunity to assist in de
veloping future employees and
to use the service of the coor
dinator in planning and conduct
ting a training program for the
student- le amer.
The community by having
young citizens better adapted to
responsibilities of earning a
living and assuming an adult
place in the economy and so
ciety, with capabilities for
greater contributions to the
community.
Thursday, Sepfember 4, 1969
The sdi ools by providing a
chosen contact with every d a y
life of the community and with
the job requirements of business
and industry for students gradua
ting from high school.
Driverless Truck Rolls Down Main Street
Causing Havoc And Damage In Its Wake
Truck Crashes Into Banks Building
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Driverless Truck Hits Car
Rebels vs Panthers Is
Big Game Os Season
East Yancey High School Ihn
thers will play host to the Cane
.River High School Rebels this
T'riday, September sth. The
kick-off is scheduled for s:0 0
p. in. at -East Yancey field. Tie
schools are great rivals arri there
Is a lot at stake in the game.
Last year the Cane River Re
bels won by' a score of 52 to I v
The Panthers will be out Friday
night to avenge last years de -
feat.
Each team has played only 1
game this season. The Panthers
were defeated at Mars Hill last
Friday night and the Rebels and
Marshall played to a tie at the
Cane River field. Both t e arrs
will be looking for their first vio
tory of the season.
Both teams are young and in
experienced with many sopho -
mores and juniors in the line-up
The teams should be fairly even
ly matched and a close game is
Number Fifty-* Two
expected.
This is the first home game
for the Panthers this season. An
added attraction at the Pa nth ere
home games this season will be
a new program which will sell
for . 25<t. Tibs is the first year
that Last Yancey will have pro
grams for sale at all homo gams,
The program will consist of 32
pages containing rosters for both
teams, pictures of the Panthers
and Coaches, articles of interest
advertisements and a game sum
mary' and highlights.
Come to the game Friday and
support y'our team, be it Pan -
tlicrs or Rebels.
For the East Yancey fans, the
members of the Boosters Club
will have season tickets for sale
at each gate. Season tickets will
admit one person to all of East
Yancey's home games or five
persons to one game, however the
purchaser wishes to use it.
By Carolyn Yuziuk
A multiple-collision acciderl
took place yesterday when the
emergency brake apparently fail
ed on a Frederickson Motor Ex -
press truck from Charlotte, N.C ,
At 11:30 a.m, on September
3, truck driver Vemice A t kins
of Route 1, Nebo, N.C., parked
the large vehicle in front of Pol
lard's Drug Store to unload their
freight. According to Bumsvilb
policeman, Jim Chandler, the
emergency brake apparently slip
ped while the cab was unoccu -
pied and the truck rolled forward,
creating havoc with parked cars
in its path.
The first car hit by the truck
belonged to Ruby Banks Clayton.
It was parked in front of the
Bank's Building. The truckthen
smacked into another parled car
belonging to Grace RobinsonHo
neycutt of Burnsville, causing it
to hit car number 3, owned by
Sylva Hughes Allen of Burrsville.
The truck was stopped in its jour
ney by coming to rest against
car number 2 and the BanMs Blin
ding, whidh sustained con
siderable damage to one comer.
Damage was the greatest to
Mrs. Honeycut's car, being es
timated at $750.00. The Allen
car and the Clayton car were al
so damaged to a lesser extent,
along with the Bank's Buil ding
No charges were filed by the
Police Department.