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[Yancey Christmas Parade This Saturday
The Yancey County Christ
mas Parade, sponsored by the
Yancey Jaycees, will have as
one' of its main attractions this
year, Miss Linda Deyton, 1971
Miss Mayland.
The Parade, which will be
gin at 2too p. m. on Saturday,
December 5, will be led by
Yancey County United Fund
Achieves Goal Os $9,900
The Yancey United Fund has
achieved its goal of raising
$9,900 in its annual drive to
provide needed funds for a score
of charitable, health, educa -
tional and character-building
agencies that serve the people
of Yancey County.
Campaign Chairman Mack
B. Ray expresses the senflmmt
of all those who participated in
the drive both as volunteer-work
ers and contributors, in his
statement that "Yancey Cou
nty has done a fine tnfag, •• Ray
and his Vice-chapmen, Mrs.
Pat Gfcyer and JohnMutln wish
to thank all the workers who
assisted in making the drive a
success.
In the sixteen years the UF
has been operating in Yanaey
County this is 'only the third
time the full goal has been
reached. The last previous
time the campaign went "over
the top" was in 1964, when Rev.
Boy Shot In
Hunt Mishap
A 10-year-old Yancey Coun
ty boy who was accidentally
shot in the leg in a hunting ac
cident Friday was reported to
be in satisfactory condition fat
Memorial Mission Hospital.
Yancey County Sheriff Ker
mit Banks said rite boy, Jeffrey
Bryant, was shot at close range
in the thigh when a. 30 - 30
rifle carried by his cousin Larry
accidentally discharged.
The accident occurred in the
Raraseytown area about 12miles
west of Burnsville, according to
the Sheriff's Department.
The boy and his cousin were
hunting with Jeffrey's father
Richard Bryant, and his grand
father.
the Burnsville Fire Departmait
Fire Wagon followed by the
Color Guard - Company A-518th
Reserve Unit of Burnsville.
Miss Deyton will precede the
Burnsville and Newdale Volun
teer Fire Department Fire
Trucks and the Harris High
School Band which will sup
Woodward Finley was the drive
chairman.
In a number of respects the
drive this year set records. The
$9,900 raised was the largest
amount ever collected by the
Yancey UF. Furthermore, the
campaign this year was com -
pleted in record time,the goal
having been reached by Thanks- •
giving Day. In previous years
the drive has usually dragged
on until Christmas or later.
The cost of conducting the
campaign, as in all previous
Yancey UF drives, was very
small, lest than SIOO having
been spent from the Fund treas
ury. (Usually a fund raising
drive is considered efficient if
expenses run no more than ten
percent of the amount
The Yancey UF, dependfag en
tirely on unpaid volunteers, has
been able to operate with ex
penses below one pencent.This
is believed to have set some
sort of a record for economy.
The campaign committee
fa hopeful that .'a few more
contributions may come in
before treasurer Ruby Smith
closes the UF books for the year.
The budget committee, in set
ting up the budget this year,
cut tome agencies below the
amounts requested. These cuts
were made in order to keep the
campaign goal within a realis
tic total. At the time, the
committee voted that if more
than the goal was raised, the
excess receipts should be dis
tributed to those agencies that
had suffered the cuts.
The campaign committee
wish to remind contributors tba
a vary large portion of the mo
ney raised will be spent in Yan
cey County. Practically all
of the remainder goes to agen
cies located outside the coun
ty which render important aer
vices to citizens of Yancey.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1970
ply music for the marchers.
The band is being
Craig Professional Photo Shop
In Spruce Pine.
Floats in the Parade will
Include those by the 4-H
Girl Scouts, South Toe River
Elementary School, the U. S.
Fovest Service, East Yancey
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Miss Linda Dsyton
Skiing Season Near
BLOWING ROCK - - ft'» a
chance to make the good life
a family affair. It's skiing on
the high reaches of the South
ern Appalachians, and It's just
two weeks away.
Coma mid-December, a >
cross section of life in the
South will begin its daily (sad
nightly) rituals here on the $
dopes of Appalachians Id Mnn>
taln —rich folks and just plain
High School and the " Santa
Claus Float" by the Yancey
County Jaycees. Besides the
several marching groups which
will enhance the Parade,there
will be cars full of beautiful
girls from the high schools arri
the 1971 Miss Rhododendron
Queen, Miss Carol Anne Bass.
_folks who have-found a com
mon passport to fun.
located an easy two miles
horn U.S. Hwy 321 between
Boone and Blowfcig Rock, Ap
palachian is beginning its 9th
season of catering to entire
, families. .
.i * Appalachian's
;, Sld College, for example,
- guarantees theft mother .father.
The Yancey County Country
Store Cloggers will be an at
traction again this year, com
ing just before the Jaycee Float
and the Horse Brigade which
will end the Parade.
The Yancey County Cham
ber of Comme tee is providing
the First Place prize money in
the amount of $100; Second
Place prize is SSO from the Yan
cey Jaycees and Third Place
prize is $25 provided by Ro
berts Che violet-Buick- Jeep,
Inc. of Burnsville. The Jaycees
will also be the donors of the
S2O which is to be given for
each float entered.
The Parade will form be
tween B & B Supermarket and
Bailey's Fuel Oil Co. at the
fag groups should arrive around
1:00 p. m.
This year's Christmas Par
ade should be a good one, and
everyone is urged to show their
enthusiasm and support by lin
ing Main Street and the Town
Square to see it. The square
has been decorated for Christ
mas to add to the festive spirit.
Panthers
Win Two
By Ernie Howard
Wednesday night, November
25, the East Yancey Panthers
opened their regular season
with two victories over Laurel
hr the opening game, the girls
opened up a quick lead and
never lost it. Shelia Parker,
playing her fist game, scored
13 points while slater Donna
netted 10 points. M gipl. jUnla
played another great game by
scoring IS points. Debbie Tho
mas played another great de
fensive game. The final soore
read East Yancey 61 - Laurel
24. A game wall played.
hi the final game,the boys
easily won by a score of 61 to
49, Stanley Cazaoll lad all *
■coring with 18 points while
Jim Norris netted 16 points.
Forest WaaUH floored 8
points, Gary Robinson 6 and
Darrell Boone with 4 points to
lead the scaring. The Pan
fires will play Mara HHI Fri
day night, December 4at fiat
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