o <* f jn®fflKcw mmmm Volume 33 Children’s Playground Donated By Carolyn Yuziuk Mr. andMrs.RichardPlu mer of Miami, Florida, who also are summer residents of the Cattail Creek Community, set aside a substantial sum of money for their teenage daugh ter's college education. But 18-year-old Penny Plumer never got to college. Her life came to an early and tragic end when the dread cancer cells invaded her body and won the battle for her life. This happened a year ago or more, and the Plumexs, with their generous hearts and love for all children, have do nated the money that was to have been for Penny's college education, towards building a children's playground for the Cattail Creek children in Pen sacola, N.C. Percy Threadgill, ori ginal builder and developer in Cattail, having given an acre of land to the project, announ ces that the playground is pro gressing daily. The ground has been leveled and plans made for a tennis court and other recreational facilities. The Plumers,says Mr.Thread gill, have travelled extensive ly in Europe and mayusescme of their delightfully orig i n al innovations in completing the playground facilities. There may be picnic tables and ben ches included for the parents who bring their children to play. He estimates the total cost of the playground - may run close to SIO,OOO. Mrs. Mary Plumer's story of her daughter's fight for life appeared in the Miami Her ald on November 10,1968 in the form of a letter to her 16 year old son, Chris. It is a plea for her son to stop smok ing and "listen" to Penny. The story, entitled "Penny Flu - mer's Bequest" has been con - densed by Reader's Di ge s t who published it last month in their October, 1969 issue. The Plumers showed their courage and compassion when they made their daughter sto ry public so that perhaps a lesson could be learned from it. They showed their gene rous spirit in contributing Pen ny's "College money" for a playground other children can enjoy. Their selfless act will be remembered by all of us who know their story. Wf INK' ft f- I Kgf unHHjTMf' iff W "m/pi - * pi 1/ Ay b *. V M j _ . , „ . Photo by Ashevillfe Citizen-Times Sing Out Asheville Shown On Tour 'Sing Out Asheville’ Program Will Be Sponsored Next Week By E Yancey PTA The East Yancey PTA is sponsoring "Sing Out Ashe - ville" at a program to be pre sented in the East Yancey 0/m on Friday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. Sing Out Asheville has reaped bountiful praise for the talent and enthusiasm of its musical offerings since being founded just over a year ago. ft began when local students in Asheville were exposed to the "Up With People" show given in Asheville and heard 300 bright young people from across the country sing unabash edly of patriotism, brotherhood love of God and hope for a bet ter future, and the response was instant and overwhelming approval. From all types of homes and from all types of schools, they banded together to form Panthers To Play Last Game Os This football Season fri. By James Bagwell This FWday night, October 31, East Yancey will phy their last game of this football sea son. The Panthers will travel to Beaver Creek. We hope that you will make an effort to support the Panthers their last game. This past Friday the East Yancey Panthers traveled to play Rosman. The ball game turned out to be fairly close with Ros - man able to score their first touchdown by 31, Jimmy Kit chen during the first quarter. The Panthers also scored by Thursday, October 30, 1969 their own "Sing Out Asheville?' patterned after the nation a 1 organization sponsored by Mo ral Rearmament. They practiced songs like "What Color Is God's Skin? " and "Freedom Isn't Free, "they organized and elected officers and an action council, and within a few weeks they held a show for an enthusiastic aud ience of parents and friends.. The movement grew aid spread, the young people rehearsed and sang. They project a new image of young people who care about people. Their presence here is a reminder to local youth of how far an idea can go. Members of "Sing Out Asheville" cast range in age from Junior high through col lege age. The age limit now their number 40, Jimmy Ray. During the second quarter Rosman scored again by lty Jimmy Hall. No score that quarter by East Yancey. After half-time Ros man again scored, this time by 42, Ronnie Joe Ownn. No score the third quarter by the Panthers. During the final quarter , the Panthers number 41 made a touchdown by 41, Rodney Bishop, followed by two e*- tra points by Jimmy Ray. The final score of this football game was Rosman 13 East Yancey 14. is 15. The group includes a band, the Pioneers, which fea tures guitars, brass, druns, pi ano and flute. They present special choreography for near ly every song. Sing-Out Asheville's busi ness affairs are handled by a board of directors composed of Asheville businessmen. They include Joe Kowal, chairman, who is with North American Van lines sales department ; Carl Mclntosh, vice president who is a senior account agent for Allstate Insurance; Charles Mills,treasurer, with the ac counting department of Engin eering Associates; Jerry Heck ler, secretary, who is wifi the sales department ofFitzpatrick & Sons. Boyce Orr, the groups ex officio member of the board. Carl Mclntosh, vice pre sident of the board, is a former native of Burnsville . He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mclntosh of Burnsville. Mclntosh says, "If enough in terest is generated by 'Sing Out Asheville*, the kids of Yancey County could form a group of their own and present "Sing Out Yancey!" Although the "Sing Out Asheville" group is a non-pro fit organization, they must charge for appearances to pay expenses for instruments, repairs, etc. Admission to be charged at the door will be $1.50 for adults and 75<t for students. Students may buy their own tickets through their schools for only 50<t if bought in advance. Number Fifty - Nine Birchettes Offered As Substitute Reprinted from Asheville Citizen-Times By John Parris BURNSVILLE - Appala chian sweet birch, long es - teemed by mountain folks as "tasty to chew upon and good to firm up the teeth and gums" is destined to find new popu - larity as a substitute for ciga rette smoking if a young moun tain man has his way. Bill Banks, a 45- year old Burnsville lumberman, is planning to market birch twigs this week under the name "Birchette" with the hope they will help folks quit smoking. "The thing I’m reaching for most," he said a couple days ago, "is that we might be able to save one human life." Banks calls the Birchette "the switch worth fighting foi? and a subsidy for will powet ft has the bark on the wood instead of in the throat. " "I got the idea two years ago, "he said, "by chewing on a birch twig on a hunting trip as a substitute for a ci garette. I talked about it for a year and everybody laughed when I mentioned it." But the more he heard and read about the hazards of smoking, the more he liked his idea. He felt so keen ab • out it that he decided t o stake a small fortune on it. Six weeks ago, after de signing his own machinery , Bill Banks opened a pro - cessing and packaging plant here and began turning out Birchettes by the tens of thou sands. He put eight women on the assembly line. And into the woods he sent a birch gathering crew of 20 -mostly men and women who because of age, lack of skills, or in firmities are unemployable. For most of the woods workers it was a new lease cn life, an opportunity to earn much-needed cash. "I pay them a dollar a pound for birch delivered to the plant in limb formj' said Banks. "Since most of them are in their 60's and 70's fie/ are only able to work in the woods a few hours a couple or three days a week. Even so, my payroll is running (Cont'd on page 11)

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