' Mmiw&mmmmwM V0L.35, N 0.23 Kindergarten Project In 72 School Superintendent Lan drum Wilson has received word from the State Board of Educa tion announcing that with the opening of school in 1972, "Ykn cey County will have an addi tional kindergarten project, fi nanced entirely by State Funds. The new project will b e limited the first year to 46 pupils, with two teachers and two teachers aids. At present the county has a single kinder garten class at each of the elementary schools, with a maximum of 18 pupils. This present kindergarten program, financed entirely with Federal money, is restricted to child - ren from low income families. The new program will not be subject to this limitation. The schools in which the new kindergarten classes will be held, have not as yet been selected. New Principal The Yancey County School Board at a meeting last week appointed Mrs. Cara Cox to be principal of the Cane River High School, replacing Ronald C. Kates, who has resigned. Mrs. Cox, who holds a graduate certificate in counsel ing, has taught in the Cane River school since it opened in 1959. Prior to that she was in the faculty of the Bee Log High School. She has taught chiefly, social studies, geo graphy and history. Yancey Youngsters At Schaub 4-H Camp Near WaynesvHle Thirty Yancey County boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 14 are attending Schaub 4-H Camp this week. Camp Schaub is located on the Moun tain Experiment Station near Waynesville, N.C. During the week the boys and girls will participate in handicraft classes, electric classes, wildlife and nature study. They will also partici pate in various recreational ac tivities including volleyball, softball, canoeing, archery, swimming, hiking and horse - manship. Attending with the Yancey County boys and girls will be Pat Guyer, Ass't. Extension Agent; Carol Home Economics Ext. Agent and Mrs. Pat Guyer, a 4-H Leader. 4-H'eis attending are Gary Phillips, Jonathan Guyer,Greg aMBfIKyIBB a■ «L \ /{■ V ’ U i I fjg HH| V« t mV JM K |Br .JH V «r JMf jgjHßp’Bv 91l v OFF TO THE BEACH—Ten Senior Girl Scouts (Burnsville Troop #66) and their advisor, Miss Theresa Coletta, left for Topsail Beach this past Sunday morning, June 6th. Accom panying these Senior Scouts and their advisor are Mrs. Fred Bacon, Mrs. Jack Biggerstaff, and Mrs. Jimmy Biggerstaff. Besides ‘enjoying the sun’ the Senior Scouts plan to tour the U.S.S. Battleship Memorial at Wilmington and other points of interest along the way. Senior Scouts on the beach trip are Jeannie Biggerstaff, Marilyn Laughrun, Pat Warren, Sheree Banks, Sandra Norris, Janice Hunter, Mitzi Presnell, Sandy Ray, LuAnn Banks and Chris Miller. ! House 'Project 1 Auctioned For $ 22,500 ■ I The house constructed as a vocational education teaching project by the faculty and stu dents of the Cane River High School, was sold last Friday for $22,500 after spirited bid ding on the courthouse steps. Dover Fouts, attorney for the Yancey County School Board, served as auctioneer. The bidding opened at $14,000 and thereafter rose Westall, Ricky Riddle,Ronnie Riddle, Lora Peterson, Hrlly Sink, Kathy Banks, Dwight Buchanan, Greg Robinson,Ran dy Crowder, Royce Hunter, Greg Bryant, Wendell Wilson, Mike Bailey, Dan Pope, Stan Higgins, Greg Edge, Rodney Shepherd, David Laws,la\enia Peterson, Sheila Angel,Bobby Hoilman, Tommy Hensley, Scott Westall, Randy Ollis, Alton Robinson, Victor Adkins, Robin Parker and Tommy Hop - son. Barbeqae Set The Annual Summer Chick en Barbeque will be held at South Toe School on Saturday, June 12, stoßp. m. It is sponsored by the P.T. A. and proceeds will go toward a new stage. Price $1.50 for adults and SI.OO for children. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1971 rapidly to the figure at which the house was sold to Charles Stiles. The sale of the house is governed by the laws cover ing the disposal of school pro perty, which require that fur ther bids must be accepted during a ten day period follow ing the auction. This period expires on June 15, and the bid must be at least $1,175 higher than the price reached at the auction. This mini - mum increase in the bid must be deposited with the clerk of 30 Yancey 4-H'ers And Their Leaders Ready To Leave For Schaub 4-H Camp the court. I The house, recognized as being outstanding in the quali ty of its construction, is loca - ted near Riverside,three miles west of Burnsville. It was designed and constructed under the supervision of the two vocational education Jack Buckner and FlayHmsley. The proceeds of the sale will be used to pay off the bank loan which financed the construction, and the balance will be used to get another si milar project under way. Festival Plans Set The 15th annual Mt. Mitch ell Crafts Festival will be held this year on the Town Square on August 6 and 7. Plans are now underway in pre paration far the event which attracts people from far and near. The Festival will be carried out in the tradition of the past, but new features are being planned for this year: a glass blower from Tennessee who will give demonstrations of her craft; a hooked rug ma ker from Piedmont North Caro lina who will demonstrate the making of hooked rugs; a lo - cal craftsman from Seven Mile Ridge who rues a free and mallet to split oak boards; a woodwork craftsman from Su gar Grove who is an expert in making gee haw whimmy did dles, jumping jigs,and flipper dingers. Then, there will be the other craftsmen who have dfJQC SU Festival what it has been from year to year. Also, there will be the usu al games, and the entertain - ment will be provided by par ticipants in the Yancey Youth Jamboree scheduled at East Yancey High School Auditor - ium on Thursday and Friday nights, August 5 and 6. Once again, in the early morning horns on Saturday,the second day of the Festival, the first of hundreds of chickens will be put on the b arb eque grill in preparation for the ap petites of the people who at tend the Festival. IQt

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