THEYSNCEYRECORD
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New Pre-Fabj
Class At
Burnsville
The much publicized inade- I
quacy of tile Burnsville Elemen- A
tary School buildings will be 1
shortly remedied for one class I'
at that school. A new pre-fab A
building to house the kinder -1
garten class has been contrac -
ted for, with completion as - A
sured before the close of the 1
present school year. II
At present the kindergarten
class is housed in a cramped,
uncomfortable basement room
—one of the rooms the Burns
ville PTA has claimed to be
in fit for school use. The new f (
classroom in the pre-fab will I
be much larger, and will haie V
its own heating plant, and toi- A
let facilities. The classroom 1
is of such construction that it '
can be moved to another loca
tion if desired.
Buildings of this type are
being used increasingly as class
rooms in many schools, and
the provision of ten or a dozen I
such rooms has been suggested j
as one possible solution for the I
Burnsville school problem. I
The new building is being j
paid for under one of the Fed-
eral programs aiding education, I
Obtaining this new building is ;
a further example of the sue- »
cess of the county's school j
authorities in taking advantage '
of the various Federal and State \
programs. The source of this /
(Cont'd on page 3)
Emergency Fond 1
An emergency loan fund for
low income people is needed
in the county. There is a
group of citizens meeting to
gether to find ways of making
this fund a reality. Anyone
interested in working on this
project or finding other ways
for the churches and social
service agencies to work toge
ther is invited to the next group
meeting. The meeting will be
held March 23rd at 7:30 p.m.
at the First Presbyterian Church
in Burnsville.
CAP Meeting
A meeting will be held at
Mountain Wilderness Thursday,
March 18, to discuss the for
mation of a Civil Air Patrol
Squadron in Yancey County.
All interested persons are in
vited to attend. The meeting
has been set for 7.30 p. m»
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East Yancey’s Lady Panthers Hold District 8 Championship Trophy Awarded Them
Congratulations Pantherettes
By Ernie Howard
Last Thursday night, the
Lady Panthers jumped to a
3 to 0 lead and never lost the
lead to go ahead and win the
District 8 Championship by a
score of 35 to 29. Marcia Ehnks
had the hot hand for East Yan
cey as she netted 10 points. C
arol Young scored 9 points; Don
na Parker, 7 points; Sharon
Laws, 6 points; and Debbie Tho
mas added 3 more for the Lady
Panthers. Susan Tolley was
high scorer of the game with
12 points.
The Lady Panthers control -
led most of the tempo of the
game and did a great job of
controlling the boards.
To get to the finals the
Owen Warlassies defeated the
Nebo Lady Bears by a score of
36 to 26. Hie underdog Lady
Panthers turned back a tough
Robbinsville team to gain a
43 to 35 win.
The Lady Panthers ended
their regular season play with
:
William J. Henson
THURSDAY, MARCH 18,1971
a 17 - 3 record. The Lady
Panthers haven't lost a game
at home in the past 3 years.
We are very proud of this re
cord.
The three lone Don
na Parker, Carol Young, and
Marcia Banks averaged 13. 4
points, 8.1 points and 11.1
points respectively on their
way to the championship. But
most outstanding was the team
play of East Yancey. No one
person carried the scoring bur
den and there was a young but
aggressive bench backing up
the starting six. Here is the
starting six plus the other mem
bers of the East Yancey squad:
Carol Young Donna Parker
Marcia Banks Sharon Laws
Pat Wallace Debbie Thomas
Other members include:
Tina Geouge Sandy Ray
Kathy Griffin Sheree Banks
Luane Banks Nina Mathis
Debbie Autrey Janice Laws
Shelia Parker Vickie Slagle
Renee Wilson Whnda Fbllifield
Hen son Awarded Bronze Star
William J. Henson, recent
ly awarded the Bronze Star Me
dal' near Gia Ray, Vietnam,
returned to Burnsville on Satur
day, March 13, after having
completed his 2 year tour of
duty in the U. S. Army. Four
teen months of his Army time
was spent in Vietnam.
He was presented the Bronze
Star Medal for distinguishing
himself through merito r i ous
service in connection with mi
litary operations against hostile
forces in Vietnam. The medal,
adopted in 1944, recognizes out
And there is the one cen
tral figure behind the team;
the coach. Miss Young came
to East Yancey in 1969 and
that same year led the Lady
Panthers to the playoffs but
were knocked out of the run
ning by Hendersonville. This
year Miss Young wanted to
prove East Yancey had the
strongest team in WNC and
that she did. With her help
and guidance, the Lady Pan
thers will be a threat in the
years to come.
Last but not least, thereb
the team behind the team,the
fans. Most experts say that
the fans are at least worth 10
points to a team and last Thurs
day night the fans from East
Yancey proved that they had
the best basketball team and
cheering section in We stem
North Carolina.
We would like to congratu
late Miss Young and her Lady
Panthers for their victory and
"go get'em Panthers!"
standing achievement.
Henson had also received the
Air Medal, Army Commenda
tion Medal, Good Conduct Me
dal, Cambodian Campaign Me
dal and Vietnamese S ervice
Medal while in the service.
Herson, 20, achieved the
rank of Army Specialist Four
while serving as Combat En
gineer in Company C, Bth En
gineering Battalion of the Ist
Cavalry Division (Airmobile).
William Henson is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Henson
of Burnsville.
Hospital To
Be A Joint
Enterprise
By Bob Helmle
The formation of a com
bined Mitchell-Yancey Hospi
tal, with facilities for patient
care in each of the two coun
ties, seems assured by action
taken last Friday bythe boards
of directors of the Spruce Pine
and Yancey Hospitals. After
long exploration of the hospi
tal needs in the two counties,
it appears that the only practi
cable way to assure adequate
facilities for medical care in
both counties will be for the
two to join forces.
This decision has been reach
ed with the advice and coursel
of leading North Carolina auth
orities on hospitals, who have
been studying the needs of the
two counties for well over a
year. Participating in the
joint meeting on Friday were
Wm. Henderson,-Executive Se-
I cretary of the N. C. Medical
Care Commission, James Felts
and Wm. McCall of the Duke
Endowment, and Colonel Ar
cher of the U. of N.C.Depart
ment of Hospital Administra -
tion.
The boards of the two hos -
pitals voted unanimously to
form a joint committee, with
equal representation from both
counties, to proceed with the
formation of plans for the joint
undertaking. Selected to re
present Yancey County were:
James Anglin, Chairman Yan
cey Hospital Board, Mack B.
Ray, member, Yancey Hospi
tal Board, Oscar Deyton,Chair
man Yancey County Commis
sioners, Claude Vess, ftesident,
Yancey County Chamber of
Commerce, and Dr. Garland
Wampler, representing county
physicians.
Prior to the development of
plans by the joint committee,
only a very tentative outline
of the future hospital facilities
can be given. A name has not
been adopted, although 'Mitch
ell-Yancey Hospital" see ms
likely, with a branch in each
(Cont'd on page 3)
Turkey Supper
A Turkey Supper with all
the trimmings will be held on
Saturday, March 20 , 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. at Cane River High
School. Adults $1.50, Child
ren under 12 years 75<t. Pete
Hensley says for everyone to
come! Proceeds go to the
Lunchroom.
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