Royce Ball Shoots For Rebels At Cane River-Hot Springs Game January 11th ' SeV IfwlHL. Try-outs Set By DebciahGrindstaff On Wednesday and Thurs day during lunch hour all persons wishing to participate in the Pep Club Talent Show will report to the gym and demonstrate (heir act for the club sponsors. This will be a means of practice for the contestants and a means of lining up the program in the talent show in orderof events. We sincerely hope the talent show, will turn out to be a success and will add a touch and spirit of competition to our sc hod. Talent Show By Deborah Grindstaff The Cane River Pep Club is sponsoring a talent show to be 'held next week. Stu dents are busily auditioning and practicing for this up coming event. The show will be held during schod hours and the admissionprioe is fifty;cents. The proceeds will gzj-into the treasury to be used fcr such thing? as mats, athletic dquipment, and sChod functions. Mr. Blain* Whitson and Mr. Arthur Hawkins, Pep Club sponsors, have not set the date for the program. Semester Ends By Deborah Grindstaff The end the the first se mester came to a dimax on Tuesday and Thursday when students let the teachers know what they had learned throughout the half year in the way of mid term tests. Tuesday the tests were first, third,*.and fifth periods and Thursday the tests were se cond, fourth, and sixth per iods. We hope the students have learned much during I this fiistlsemester and will work hardfer during the re mainder of the year. f * C.J Cl c. God bless thy year, Thy coming in, thy going out; . Thy rest, thy traveling about, The rough, the smooth, The blight, the drear, Gtjd bless thy year# - Unknown Helps Shrink Swelling Os Hemorrhoidal Tissues caused by inflammation Doctors have found a medica tion that in many cases gives prompt, temporary relief from pain and banning itch in hemor rhoidai tijaufi. Then it actually help4- coming Beta convention to be held in Raleigh this year. The club secretary, Wanda Tip ton, has sent letters to sever al motels concerning reserva tions for room during the convention. Beta members planning to go have give n their names to Mrs. Phyllis Bailey and Mrs. Mary Swann, club sponsors. flying glass. Although no one identi - fied the persons who partici pated in this vicious act,the Cane River students ba\e been judged guilty —because of the fighting previously--and have been penalized. They are on one year's probation and must play all home ggmes in the afternoon during school hours. In addition, said Mis. Cox, our school will have to pay for damages to the Edney - ville bus, since we have no knowledge of who actually did the damage. "On the whole," she said, "I believe Cane River has been judged guilty without being proven guilty." She indicated that any one who knew the Rebel players and fans would not believe they could have par Basketball News By Debcrah Grindstaff Tuesday night tire Rebels traveled to Hot Spring? vrtere they defeated the Blue Devils The girls scare was 37-35. Linda Doan was high scorer for the Rebels with 18 points. The boys score was 61 - 45. Jeff Parker was high scorer Jest Parker, High Scorer for the Rebels with 19 points. Friday afternoon the Re bels played host to Tryon where they took one and lost one. The girls defeated the Tigers by a 40-38 score. Li nda Doan was high scorer with 13 points. The boys lost to the Tigets by a 90-57 score. Keith Webb was high scorer ' Keith Webb, High Scorer for the Rebels with 22 points. Tuesday afternoon Rebels will play host to the Spruce Pine Blue Devils and Friday night Rebels will travel to Bakersville. Everyone come to the game and support our Rebels to victory. I *} i \ WA 1 A " Jim’s Gems” Pm beginning to under - stand why our young men let their hair flow and their whiskers grow—what with the price of razor blades and hair tonic these days! ticipated in this type of vio lence. She does not believe they were from Cane River High School at all. We may never know who the guilty parties are. Cer tainly the students at Cane River, appalled at the out come of what was initially a small matter, have leaned a valuable lesson. «isw fYlarch of Dimes By Robert Howard Friday, January 14, the East Yancey Panthers played host to the Laurel Tigers. The East Yancey Vanity led by D. Boone, R. Banks, and J. Norris, all with 14 points beat Laurel by a score of 100-43. Scoring for the Tigers were M. Johnson with 17, D. Shelton with 10, and M. Shelton with S points. The Lady Panthers were led by K. Griffin with 9, fol lowed by S. Ray, and S.Par ker both with 8. Laurel was led by C. Ray with 6, A.Hea ley with 5 and B. Zummer - man with 4. Final score was East Yancey 27, Laurel 18. ★ This week in the girl's basketball spotlight is Kathy Lou Griffin. Kathy is a jun ior at East Yancey and is the daughter of Mr. and Mis. J. L, Griffin. Her school activities in clude: Pep Club, Glee Club, FHA, and the Monogram Club. Besides playing bas ketball, she is also on the track team. Kathy's favorite team is the Panthers; her favorite pastime is just having fun Hobbies are: all kinds o f sports, riding hcrses, swim ming. Her favorite class is English and her favorite sport is basketball. Kathy's future plans are undecided, but she would like to go on ts college. t SHI Kathy Lou Griffin ★ By Sylvia Ballew Debbie Thomas, one of East Yancey's Varsity Basket ball players, is in the Spot light this week. She is a jun ior at East Yancey and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Thomas of Newdale. Debbie is also active in Student Council,class officer, Literary Magazine, Annual Staff, F.H.A., and Beta Club. She was chosen by the school as one of the Outstanding Teenagers of America. In her free time she enjoys sewing and playing the piano. Her favorite sport is basket - ball. After graduation she plans to go on to college and get a B.S. in Nuaing. ’ . ; L £ I Wk Debbie Thomas By Robert Howard Thursday, January 12, the East Yancey Kittens won over the Tigers of Burnsville Ele mentary by a score of 48-34, Burnsville was led by Ray with 18. Others scoring were Byrd, Thomas and Laws. T igers final score —34. For the Kittens, Miller led with 18, followed by Wfar ren with 8. Others scoring were Hus kins, Bledsoe,How ell, and Laws. Kittens final score—4B. ★ 'if j ' Jimmy Norris In the boy's basketball spotlight is Jimmy Norris.He is the son of Mr. and Mr* Bill Norris and is a senior at East Yancey. Jimmy plays an the bas - ketball, football, and base ball teams and also runs on the track team. His school activities at East Yancey in clude: Business Manager on the Annual Staff, Beta Club, Monogram Club, Student Council, Pep Club and Bus Driver. Jimmy's favorite team is the Panthers; his hobbies are swimming, softball, aid play ing tennis. His favorite class is Advanced Math, Jimmy's future plans are to attend college. ★ 4-door j economy favorite ...Maverick 1 Or a 3-door that's even thriftier ...Pinto . Jr » *4 *4 Ford's popular MavericK 4-Door Sedan is big-family roomy. It not only saves with a really low price lag, but saves on gas. oil and repairs, too. Want greater savings? Check into Pinto Runabout, the little wagon with a big 5-tt. carrying space and handy liftgate. It s even priced lower than Volkswagen s model 113. the Superbeetle!"* See thehome folks’,' your Carolina Ford Dealers ‘Based on a comparison ol sticker prices for the base Volkswagen 113 and Pinto 3-Door Runabout. ’ %’ JOE YOUNG FORD Burnsville, N.C. J REpoß+s “■ ' i By Rick Hus kins, Charles McCurry East Yancey students and teachers have many "pet peeves". Monday, January 10, 1972 a new "pet peeve" was added to the list. This one has been coming on for a long time and Monday the problem of the student park ing lot came to its peak. A meeting was called for all people who bring cars to school. At the meeting all of the people who bring cars to school were asked to re - gister their cars with the of fice on an index card with the name of driver, make riiUNiNiH TO OUR BEN FRANKLIN customers I Due to the fire and loss of our Burnsville Store | we will be temporarily out of business in Burns ville. We appreciate your past business and invite you to shop our Ramsey's Ben Franklin in Spruce Pine. You will find the same type merchandise at mo ney saving prices in our Spruce Pine Store. = , Anyone having lay-away should mail your receipt stub to: s I W. V. Ramsey Company, Drawer 1, Mountain City, Tenn . 3 7683 I and a check will be sent to you by return mail. f OR j You may take your stub to Ramsey 5 & 10 in Spruce Pine and • you money will be refunded or you may take the amount in trade. | | Thank you for your patronage, we want to keep you as our customers. | shop our R amse y' S Ben Franklin Stores P ruce P*n etiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmni THE YANCEY RECORD, and model of car, and li cense number. There are two sides to this problem. Fhst the students side. The students' parking lot is crowded and muddy. There are also rocls that could cause a great deal of dam age. Another thing is that the students are scared to park in the students parking lot because of the way peo ple drive. Jist Monday, a car was hit in the parking lot. Luckily, not much da mage w as done. The faculty side: What would happen if a student were seriously ill and Mr. JAN. 20, 1972 MfrCHELL LEDGER Anglin were blocked in by a students car and the owner could not be located. Ano ther point to consider is that the faculty has to bring their cars whereas die student* have away provided. So the faculty has its point* too. > The solution is in the making. Mr. Anglin has contracted Mr. Howard Hughes to gravel the student parking lot. This will be done as soon as weather and time permits. Mr. Ariglin and the • faculty ask the student* co- J operation in solving the problem of who will park where during school liouis. - * PG.7