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James Byrd Presents Scholarship Awards To Carroll Buchanan And Richard Price
Awards Given, New Directors Elected
At Annual Chamber Os Commerce Dinner
The annual dinner meeting
of the Yancey County Cham -
ber of Commerce, held at the
East Yancey High School Ca
feteria lest Tuesday night,was
attended by more than one
hundred and fifty people.
Following an invocation by
Reverend Don Elly, the guests
sat down to a sumptious roast
beef dinner prepared and ser
ved by Mrs. Max Hughes and
Mrs. Mack Ray, Home Econo
mics teachers, and the students
in the Home Economics Efepait
ment at East Yancey.
The president of the Yan
cey County Chamber of Com
merce, Claude Vess, gave a
brief resume of the Chamber's
accomplishments during the
past year, and then introduced
Watch I Donkey
Basketball’
The "Donkey Basketball"
game, featuring the "Jumping
Jacks" vs. "Mule Skinners"
will be held at 8:00 p. m. on
April 26 at Burnsville Elemen
tary School and on April 27
at Harris High Gym in Spruce
Pine. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.
Join the fun and watch a
rollicking game between the
Sissy's and the Tinderfootsjthe
Jacks vs. Sldnnexs.
Admission for adults is SI.OO,
for children, 755. The game
is sponsored by N.C. Radio Pa
trol Mitchell and Yancey, and
Newdale Volunteer Fire' De
partment. • '
James Byrd, who presented a
scholarship award of S2OO to a
student from each high school.
Scholarship winner from
East Yancey is Carroll Re ed
Buchanan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lealon Buchanan of Route 2,
Burnsville. Carroll is planning
to attend Berea College in
Berea, Kentucky, and major
in history and art.
Richard Anthony Price from
Cane River High School won
the second scholarship award
of S2OO. Richard is the son
of Mr. and Mrs, Duke Allen
Price. He plans to attend Mars
Hill College and study en
gineering,
Sportsmanship trophies were
presented by Cane River coach
Jimmy Neil to Betty Jane Ball,
a sophomore at Cane River
High School and Brace Honey
cutt, a Cane River senior.
Harold Bennett Jr., coach
at East Yancey High School,pre
sented Sportsmanship trophies
to Sharon Laws, a sophomore
at East Yancey and Gerald Bla
lock, senior.
Seven new directors were
elected Tuesday night to serve
a three year term of office in
the Yancey County Chamberof
Commerce. They included:
J. C. Styles, Ben Lee Hensley,
Phillip Thomas, Roy Ray,Bill
Bailey, Earl Young,Mrs. Mary
Ellen Ray.
The Program Committee*
consisting of Olen Shepherd,
Mrs. Mary Ellen Ray, Ardell
Sink, Charles Gillespie, Rev.
THURSDAY, APRIL 22,1971
Don Elly, Bill Banks and Char
lie Hensley, rounded out the
program with a series of slides
of Yancey Comity.
A display set up in the gym
nasium by various clubs and
agencies in Yancey County,
showing services that they ren
der to the county, added a
special highlight to the evening.
Festival Os
Friendship
May 25th has been set for
Yancey County's first Festival
of Friendship. The Festival
of Friendship is a day long ce -
lebration honoring Senior Citi
zens and the part they play in
our County's life. It will fea
ture singing, picnicking, arts
and crafts and good old t i m e
enjoyment.
A Steering Committee head
ed by Miss Blair Farlow,Ymcey
County Social Service, is plan
ning the day of activities.M»t
of the events will take place
on the square from 10:00 a.m.
until 3:00 p. m.
This event involves not only
the department of Social Ser
vices, but also all interested
civic and chinch groups are
being asked to contribute time
and talent. Anyone wishing to
know more about the Festival
may call 682-2134. Volunteers
for transportation, refreshments,
crafts are needed.
Forest Service Spokesman
Says Fire Danger Extreme
By Carolyn Yuziuk
People in this district have
been very cooperative during
the present fire danger, accor
ding to Blaine Ray, Radio Dis
patcher for the Toecane Ranger
District of the U.S. Forest Ser
vice. "We appreciate this
cooperation because the fire
danger is extreme," he stated
in a telephone conversation on
Monday. He cited the cau -
tion and vigilance of the peo
ple of this area as being respon
sible for our "luck" so far and
urged everyone to keep up the
"good work".
Last Monday the
index was 45 out of a possible
100. The "build-up" index is
arrived at by considering how
many days have passed since
the last rain, how dry the woods
are and current wind direction
and velocity. According to
Ray, the index reading that
day indicated that it was about «
half as dry as it could possibly
be.
The Forest Service also re
cords a "spread index" which
goes from 1 to 5, depending on
how fast a fire could be expec
ted to spread. 1 indicates a
low spread index, 2 is moder -
ate, 3 is high, 4is very high
and sis extreme. Monday's
"spread index" for this district
was 4, or very high. Accord
ing to Ray, only the drop in
wind velocity to 5 mph. help
ed to keep the spread in dex
from soaring to number 5, or
"extreme" on Monday.
'We take weather readings
at 1:00 p.m. daily," Ray said,
"from which we determine the
fire danger for that day and
try to predict the readings for
the next day." He stated that
according to predictions for
Tuesday, the wind ve 1 o city
would remain about the same
which is very fortunate. If the
wind velocity should rise con-
Gospel Sing
A Gospel Staging will be
held at Brummitt Creek Free
Will Baptist Church on Sunday
evening, April 25, 2:00 p.m.
A large number of singers &cm
North Carolina and Tennessee
is expected. If you sing you
are invited to come and sing.
If you can't sing but love to i
hear good singing, you are
invited to com? and listen!
siderably, the Are danger
would be greatly increased.
The Toecane Ranger Dis
trict is comprised of 63,254
acres of forest land located in
Yancey, Mitchell and part of
Buncombe County.
No crews are out fighting
Sres at present, although a
crew of six men was sent to
Arkansas last this
and surrounding districts, to
help fight a forest fire raging
there. Two of the men, Gail
Effler and Leon Murphy, were
from Yancey County in the
Toecane District.
Beta Club
Convention
By Janice Hunter
The members of the Cane
River and East Yancey Beta
Clubs were among the 3,000
Betas from all over North Caro
lina to attend the state con
vention in Asheville last week
end.
Friday morning was spent
touring the Vance Birthplace,
the Hadley Corporation, and
the Asheville Citizen - Times.
Also, a thirty minute program
was enjoyed at the Nation a 1
Weather Service. Most of
the afternoon was spent ex -
ploring the Biltmore House
and Gardens.
After a short sang session
and speech by the former Beta
president, Jack Simpson,cam
paign speeches and skits were
given by the candidates for
this year's offices. OnSaturchy
night 7 members went back
to Asheville, with two guests,
to enjoy the Beta Ball whenthe
Outcasts played.
The Beta members from
Cane River who attended the
invention were: Ronnie Ran
dolph, John Renfro, George
Renfro, Dennis Whitson, Tim
Higgins, Kenny Hedrick, and
Mrs. Phyllis Bailey, chaperone.
Beta members from Bast Yan
;ey who attended were Johnny
31air, Jim No iris, Benny
Marilyn Laughrun, Forrest Wes
tall, Pat Warren Janice
Cathy Deyton, Miranda Whit
son, Debra Wyatt,Janice Youn&
Diana Styles, Gary Robinson,
Cynthia Williams and Benny
Geouge, with their sponsor,Mrs.
Mack Ray.
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