THE YANCEY RECORD
V0L.34, N 0.46
Girls' Home
Site Studied
A. D. Peacock, founder of
Boys'Home, Lake Wackamaw,
North Carolina, during a visit
to his brother, Randall Fbaaock
in Burnsville has twice during
the past weekend conferred
with groups of Yancey County
citizens relative to the possibi
lity of establishing a Gi rls'
Home in Yancey County.
Boys'Home, supported by
several civic clubs (lions, Ro
tary, Optimists, etc.) as well
as by individuals and the Duke
Endowment, is recognized as
probably the best insritutknof
its kind in the country, ft pro
vides a home for boys desper -
ately in need of a home—boy
referred by social service agen
cies, domestic and juvenile
courts, churches, and indivi -
duals. The boys' ages range
from ten to sixteen. -
Peacock, based on his broad
experience In the field, is con
vinced that a great need exists
for a comparable home for
girls in North Carolina, «i<i
(Cont'd on page 2)
Daniel Boone, Renowned Blacksmith, Dies
Dvdel Boone VI, 68, of
Burnsville, a renowned wrought
iion blacksmith of Burnsville,
died Friday in the Spruce Pine
hospital about noon.
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Daniel Boone VI, Hroufhtiron Blacksmith
Bond Referendum, Saks Tax Will Decide Isswt
Board Votes For New High School
By Bob Helmle
After months of controversy
the Yancey County Board of
Education at a public mAgrtng
last Friday night, attended by
Arbuckle , Brush Creek-1 st Prize
Winners In Community Contest
First prizes were awarded to
the Arbuckle and Brush Creek
Communities at the Yancey
County Community Awards Pro
gram held last Saturday night
at the South Toe School. The
Arbuckle award of $75 was
made for general community
development. The Brush
Creek award of the sans amount
was for achievement in the
youth program of the commu -
nity.
A second prise carrying a
fifty dollar awsid was won by
White Oak Creek for general
achievement. A similar SSO
award went to Arbuckle for ac
complishment in their youth
Mr. Boone, said to be a
direct descendant of the famed
front!eisman and Indian filter
whose name he bore,beganhis
blacksmithing with his father,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12,1970
some 800 intensely interested
citizens, voted to proceed, foil
steam ahead, toward the build
ing of a new consolidated high
school.
program. A third prize award
went to White Oak Creek for
their youth program.
The occasion was a covered
dish, family affair supper,with
the heavily loaded table of
eatables well up to the usual
standard of excellence that
prevails at Yancey County af
fairs of this sort.
Morris L. McGough, Ex ecu -
tive Vice President of the Ashe
ville Agricultural Development
Council was the speaker of die
occasion. M h]s usual eirec -
tive delivery, familiar to Yan
cey County people from his
numerous previous visits here,
he reviewed the achievements
Kelse Boone, at the age of
10. He did much of the orna
mental ironwork used in Colo
nial restoration at Williams -
burg, Virginia.
Like other manufacturers,
Boone went in for war work du
ring World War EL Part of his
Job was to repair machinery
for the local mining industry,
but it was mostly chance that
caused him to go in for his
major war project — turning
out combat knives for soldiers.
Every piece of Ms hand
finished wioughtiion was worthy
to be marked Wreughthon by
Daniel Boone" before it left
the forge. There were elec
tric hammers driven by air
pressure, one of which deli
vered up to 3,000 pounds of
pressure in a single stroke.
There were also lathes and
punches. The most complex
of the equipment was a swage
block, a square slab of steel
with numerous sizes and shapes
of holes, on which the iron
was pounded into any shape.
He built a working model
of a Union Pacific locomotto
which ran on its own power.
A track was laid for the train
to traverse and frequently the
local children would climb
aboard for a ride,with Dan
(Cont*d on page 3)
Three motions, all voted
unanimously by the five mem
ber board, were involved in
this decision. 'The first called
on the County Commissioners
of the Communtiy Development
Program, and dispersed valua
ble advice for obtaining great
er participation in the program
for coming years. Probab 1 y
the most important factor con
tributing to success, he pointed
out, was for each community
to work for broad involvement
of people in the program.
John Ramsey of White Oak
Creek was the master of cere
monies. Bob Helmle announ
ced the winners and handed
111* .fc—*.,. Üb—.
stated that the money for the
awards came from three sour -
cest The Northwestern Bank
and the French Broad Electric
Company each contributed
SIOO. The balance coming
from the Yancey United Fund.
Final judging to determine
top winners for all of Western
North Carolina will take place
during the coming week. This
judging is confined to the
winners in each county. At
stake will be $5,700 in awards.
Arbuckle Community, repre -
tenting Yancey County, will be
judged on Wednesday, Novem -
ber 18, at 4:15 p. m.
RBI
• • .By Mis. Herbert D. Allen,
President, American Legion
Auxiliary, Earl Horton fost 122.
Yesterday was Ifeteraxft Day.
Did we have in our hearts the
proper appreciation for those
who have served, lived and
died for our country? In this
day and rime it seems that, to
some, patriotism is a thing of
the past. How long since we
have shed tears upon hearing
"The Star Spangled Bannef
and felt that swell of pride up
on seeing our beautiful flag
displayed and saluted?
H each of us would try to
(Cont'd on page 2)
to hold a bond election to
authorize the borrowing o f
$950,000 for school purposes.
The second requested the Com
missioners to hold an election
to authorize the collection of
a one cent sales tax, the re -
vermes also to be used for
school purposes.
The final motion was to
request the County Commit -
sloners for funds to purchase or
rent temporary school rooms,
referred to as mobile units, to
alleviate the critical situation
at the Burnsville e1 e mentary
school.
These actions were taken
(Cont'd on page 2)
United Fend
Hears Goal
The mercury on the United
ville square, which record the
progress being made in the
current fond raising drive, has
now passed the SB,OOO mark
an the way to a $9,900 goal.
Although the drive is now in
its final stages, reports from
a number of volunteer workers
are still to come Chair
man Mack B. Ray is confident
that when all results are in and
tabulated, the goal will be
reached.
The gospel singing at the
East Yancey gym last Sunday
afternoon brought in well over
S3OO to the UF treasury. The
quality of singing on this oc
casion, contributed by the eight
outstanding performing groups,
was high , and a pleased au
dience found real satisfaction
in the occadon. A larger
audience would, no doubt,
have turned out, had it not
been that an exceptional num
ber of conflicting events took
place on the same Sunday
afternoon.
The UF campaign commit
tee expresses particular thank:
to Will Bennett for the great
(Cont'd on page 3)
Fall Fm*tival
The Harvest Festival at
Burnsville Elementary will be
held on November 13 at 7:00
p. m. in the school facilities.
Following the program in the
Gym, other activities will be
staged in the school's Lower
Building. Admission Is SI.OO
for adults and 254 for school
cMUbes. Door prizes will ba ,
given.
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