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THE YANCEV'RECGRD PAGE 12 ■ it " y i a . ‘Viv '•:> v Homemakers At The Fair Enthusiasm for participation in the Crafts Fair this weekoid is running high among home - makers who have been working to get items ready for the fair. Almost every club mem be r plans to contribute something to the success of this project, and money made from items donated and sold will be used for the Broughton Hospital Pa - tients and for the 50th Ann i - vers ary Observation of the Yancey County ExtensionFbme in akers in the fall. Many homemakers have do nated time in helping to get pine cone articles, tote bags, and other crafts items ready to sell. Other homemakers have promised baked goods for Granny's Pantry Sale.. featur - ing Old fashioned stack cake% pound cakes, banana bread 8 pumpkin bread, horn ema d e cookies and homemade bread. Homemakers will also do nate sandwiches to be sold on Friday at the Fair. Fair demonstrations at the Homemakers' Booth are plan ned for every two hours as follows: Friday at 10:00 a. m. jgg||||jj|j pilsfS lon lumber and i Bru,h ~< a I BUILDING MATERIALS J yPAINT SALExJ jyKem Tone gallon $5,491 - 1 ■Decor 8 Acrylic Latex .$2.99 ISpray Paint In Cans gST UtBTY lUMBB J| COMPANY VS A\JGU&t‘6;'-i9?b ' will be Pine Cone Craft, at 11:00 a. m. Vegetable Block Printing, 1:00 p. m. Comshuck Chair Seating, 2:00 p. m.Oshi bana, 3:00 p.m. Pine Cone Craft and 4:00 p.m. Basket making. On Saturday at 10:00 a. m. Handmade Lace and Oshibana will be demonstrated, 11:00 a. m. Chasing C Embossing, 12:00 Comshuck*Wreaths, 1:00 p. m. Pine Cone Craft and Flowers, at 2:00 p. m. Vegetable Block Prin ting and at 3:00 Creative Stitch ery. GtT HIP If READ THE mm m, , Thirty-one "little People" enjoyed displaying their crafts manship with clay as some created and others painted their "creations" thispastMon day morning at 10 a. m.at the CHILDREN'S HOUR in the Yancey County Public Library. Following this busy activity the children enjoyed the film presentation of "The Sleeping Beauty." Those children attending the CHILDREN'S HCUR were: Sharon Hughes, Butch SAlecia Yelton, Phyllis and Lou Am Robinson, Steve Laws, John and Victor Kegley, Betty and Mary Ray, Norma Me Curry, Linda Sue Hensley, Patric ia and Melissa, Carroll, Dennis and Rhonda Haney, lisa Mclntosh, Alvin Ayers, Chris Fuller, Stuart and Eric Hens - ley, Vicki Hughes, Greta Kay Mclntosh, Anne WeiJtall, Rus sell Roland, David and Joan Styles, Mary Banks, Sharon McClure and Anne Hess. I We Have All I I Building Needs I I Now la Stock I | Caulking V I Compound I ■y,ub.29t j£i Just Arrived I i Trailer Load I lOf Sheet Rock j tH We Don’t I ' Have What Yoa I Want, We Can I Get It I I WNC Cattleman's Tow Two Yancey County men are among the participants in the annual Western North Caro lina Cattlemen's Tour being held on August 5-7 to visit live stock operations and research projects throughout the state. The tour is sponsored by the Beef Cattle Commission of the Asheville Agricultural Develop ment Council and the Agri-Bu siness Services of Southern Rail way System, with the group traveling in Southern's special bus. Highlights of the first day included a visit to the K and K Ranch at Catawba, a commer cial cow herd and summer gra zing project at Mocksville, a feedlot in Davie County using brewer's grain and a purebred Chaxolais herd near Wins ton Salem, North Carolina. Scheduled the second day is a tour of the giant Caledonia Prison Farm's livestock opera tions in Halifax County; a bull feeding station at Rocky Mount, a hog farm near S elma and N. C. State University's cattle research program at Raleigh. The final day of the tour will include a cow-calf farm at Albemarle, the Will - Via Hereford Farm at Mooresvil le, cross breeding at Chenyville and Crest Angus Farm and Ed - die Hairill's Feedlot at Latti more, North Carolina. Those from Yancey County on the tour are Glen McCuiry and Carlie R. Rice. Gardner Takes New Position Ernest A. Gardner Jr., a native of Shelby, N.C., has been appointed data processing manager for the American Te lephone & Telegraph Company Long lines Department in Wash ington, D.C. Gardner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Gardner, live in Shelby. In his new position, Gardner is responsible for date process ing involving long distance service in the Washington area. AT & T's Long Lines Departmot is the interstate and overs ea s operating unit of the Bell System Gardner, who is married to LucyH. Bailey, now lives in Washington, D.C. They have three daughters, Pamela, Lucy and Deborah. A graduate of Fallston High School, Gardner attended Ap palachian State University in Boone, N.C. and served in the U. S. Air Force for four years. He joined AT&T in Charlotte in 1955 and has held plant and engineering positions in Cin cinnati, Ohio, New York,Wash ington, D.C. and North Caro lina. Highway Bids To Be Reviewed Bids totaling $21,182, 354 8 7 were received by the State Highway Commission at its re gular monthly meeting. There were 30 projects in 38 counties involving 372 miles on which it plans to ask for bids. All apparent low bids will be reviewed by the State High way Commission when it meets in Raleigh on Thursday, August 6at 10:00 a. m. in the High way Building. Bidding for Yancey County was for 27.20 miles of bitumi nous concrete surface for sur facing 3 sections of Secondary Roads and resurfacing 2 sections of Primary and 4 sections of Secondary Roads on NC 80 & 197 (part.) $233,018.75 by Warren Bros. Co. of W. Asheville Completion date: December 1, 1970. Memorial Service The annual Memorial Ser * vice at Pensacola Methodist Church will be held Sunday, August 9th at 11:00 a. m. A covered dish outdoor picnic will be served on the grounds
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