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Melissa Thomas, Miss May
land left Burnsville on Sunday
afternoon for Charlotte where
she will compete with 15 other
young ladies in the 1972 Miss
North Carolina Pageant.
Melissa will participate in
a preliminary competition on
June 13, 14, 15 and 16. Final
competition will begin Satur
day night, June 17 at 8:30 p.m.
This portion of the Pageant will
be telecast statewide beginning
at 10 p.m.
Friends and supporters are
urged to send cards and letters
to Melissa Thomas, Miss May
land at Coliseum Motor Court,
Charlotte, N.C. , where she
-And her chaperone, Mrs. Linda
Edge are staying during the
Pageant.
Melissa, the 22-year -old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ro
bert C. Thomas of Micaville,
attended East Yancey High
School and is a graduate of
Warren Wilson College. During
-the past year she taught drama,
Ehglish, and special education
at East Yancey.
This fall she plans to return
to school and do graduate stu
dies in child psychology at
Three 4-H’ers From Yancey County
At Resource Conference In Fontana
"You are already leaders to
day. " You will have even more
responsibility in the future to
use the region's resources effi
ciently while preserving the
environment. Those remarks
were made by TVA Assistant
General Manager, H.N, Stroud
to about 250 4-H Club*members
this week.
The 4-H'ers are in Fontana
Village, North Carolina, study
ing the resources of the Tennes
see River Valley region. They
are participating in the 17th
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Western Carolina. Melissa's
plans are to eventually work _
with disturbed and problem
children.
The preliminaries this week
will include Evening Gown Com
petition, Talent Competition,
and Swimsuit Competition. Fri
day night thq., preliminary win
ners will be announced and
Final Competition will be held
Saturday.
The material for the gown
she will be wearing in the Even
ing Gown Competition was do
nated by Glen Raven Mills of
Burnsville.
For her talent competition,
Melissa will do a dramatic
monologue, part of which she *
wrote heisel f.
All of the evenings perfor -
mances will start at 7:30, ex
cept the finals on Saturday
night which begin at 8:30 p. m.
The pageant will be held in
Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte.
In a report home Tuesday,
Melissa said she was having a
wonderful time at the pageant
and had been showered with all
kinds Os gifts—ranging fro m
roses to wranglers.
Annual Regional Resource De
velopment Conference. Mr.
Stroud presented the opening
remarks.
Among the delegates to the
Conference at Fontana Village
are three from Yancey Countyt
Ellen Blair, Roger Fox and
Vicki Styles. They were ac
companied by John Blair, Ex
tension Agent. They studied
the responsibility of the human
resource in using natural re
sources wisely.
The natural setting of Fon
tana Resort Village in the
Great Smokey Mountains pro
vides a living laboratory for
the youth to study resources.
The workshop sessions are be -
ing conducted by specialists
from Valley State universities.
The young people were selec
ted to attend the meeting on
the quality of their leadership
and activities.
"Dawn of Our Day" is the
FHA Reaches Goal;
Funds Available
Yancey County farmers are
spending more than ever if lo
cal borrowing from the Farmers
Home Administration is an in
dicator, according to Wilbur
G. Howard, County Supervisor,
North Carolina State Direc
tor, James T, reported
that FHA farm loans for the
year had already passed $44
million and over 5, 000 loans
were expected to be made
June. Last year, the State
Offering Is
For Students
North Carolina Baptist State
Convention churches will re
ceive offerings June 18 to un
derwrite scholarships ;for Bap
tist students attending any of
the convention's seven colleges.
More than 14,000 students;
the majority of them Baptists
from North Carolina, attend the
schools--Mars Hill, Meredith,
—rnmr>hf»lV ,C *-i iirdnaa. -
Webb, Wingate and Wake For
est University—which comprise
the largest private system of
higher education in the state.
The Scholarship Offering, re
ceived annually on Father's Ehy,
provides financial assistance for
thousands of the Baptist students.
In recent years the offering has
totaled about $150,000 annmlly.
Baptists entered the higher
education field in the state in
1834 with the founding of Wake
Forest College (now University),
and since have added the other
six schools to the system.
The seven institutions have
most of the Baptist
pastors and church staff mem
bers in North Carolina, as well
as hundreds of Baptist home and
foreign missionaries.
The colleges have as their
purpose the providing of an
education for all deserving stu
dents, regardless of race, reli
gion or economic ability. The
Scholarship Offering provides
aid so that no qualified stu
dent is refused admission solely
because of inability to pay.
theme of this year's conference
and sets the stage for intensive
study of the region's natural
resources-soils, minerals, hu
man, atmosphere, water, for
ests, and wildlife. The 4-s£'es
are exploring the relationship
and responsibility of the human
resource in using and conserv -
ing the other resources.
J|he schedule is permit -
ting time for the youth to en
joy Fontana's recreational fa
cilities and the benefits of the
Great Smokey Mountain wild
erness.
The resource conference is
sponsored by the Association
of Test-Demonstration Farm
Families, the Extension Services
of the land-grant universities
in the 7 valley states, and the
Tennessee Valley Authority.
States involved are Alabama,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississip
pi, North Carolina,
and Virginia.'
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THURSDAY, JUNE 15,1972
loaned $26 million to 3, 741
far’mere.
Farm loans are available for
operating type credit to finance
farm machinery and equipment
livestock purchases, and for
annual expenses such as ferti
lizer, seed, supplies and labor
at 6 3/8 percent interest.
Also, there are funds for
Farm Ownership long term loan*
to local farmers to buy farm
land, develop farms and for
other farm real estate purpose*
at 5Su interest.
County Supervisor Howard
- -reported that this is the first
year in the agency's histOu y
that funds for all farm loan pro
grams have been available
throughout the entire year.
Some three years ago, the agen
cy set a goal to adequately fund
all farm loan programs on a {
year round basis. We are happy!
to report, said Howard, that
this goal has been reached and*
Yancey County farmers can look
forward to Farmers Home Admfc
uitira-tLon. suoulying their farm I*
credit needs whenever private .
credit is unavailable.
To illustrate this situation
Howard reported that the agpncy
not only has sufficient long term
loans available, but just recent
ly released $37 million for oper
ating loans for the month of
June. All our farm loan pro -
grams are well funded and any
farme® needing our services are
urged to come in to our office
at any time.
The local FHA office is lo
cated at Burnsville in the Citi
zens Ba^rfc^plding.
Privilege Lieenst Renewal
Penalty on Schedule B (Pri
vilege) licenses f6r the tax
year beginning July 1,1972 will 1
start accruing after July 3,1972. j
Mr. Thurman Leatherwood, L
Revenue Collector, urges tax- )
payers who are liable for State I
privilege licenses to procure !
them before July 1, 1972.
According to Mr. Leather - f
wood, timely applications for l
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Dairy Judging Team Places 2nd
The Dairy Judging Tearn of the East Yancey Chapter of
Future Farmers of America placed 2nd in the 44th State
Convention, held in Raleigh on June Bth. The team, con
sisting of (L. to r.) Mike Deyton, Larry Honeycutt, Danny
Hughes and Dan Ray; was recognuetFcm rtage of Reynolds
House Fire At Fox’s Creek
Claims Life Os Yancey Man
Willie Hensley, 45, was
burned to death at his home in
the Fox's Creek community of
Yancey County on Saturday at
2:30 a. m.
J. C.'Hensley and Clay tarn
Ponder, brother and nephew of
the deceased, escaped with
minor burns.
The nephew, Claybam Pon
der, said he was awakened by
licenses, together with the cor
rect remittance, should be
mailed to the North Carolina
Department of Revenue, Ra
leigh, North Carolina or sub -
mitted to the local State Reve
nue office. He advises that the
penalty for failure to comply
will be 5% for each delinquent
month, or fraction thereof.
the fire. Two of the rooms
were already engulfed in flaires.
He and J.C. Hensley attempted
to get Willie Hensley out of
the burning house, but failed
because of the interne heat aid
smoke.
Surviving in addition to J.
C. Hensley are four other bro
kers, Leslie of Drexel, N.C.,
W ard of Red Hill, Junior of
Mars Hill Route 2, and Edward
Hensley of Burnsville Route 3;
four sisters, Mrs. Virgie Mc-
Mahan and Mrs. Rass Wilson
of Burnsville Route 3, Mrs. Ra
leigh Ponder and Mrs. Woodrow
Hensley of Mars Hill Route 2.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 2:30 p. m. in the
Fox's Creek Baptist Church.
Rev. Horace Honeycutt and
Rev. Tommy Hensley officia
ted and burial was in the Fox's
Creek Cemetery.
Coliseum and presented a plaque for this achievement, hi
the Tools and Materials Contest, the East Yancey Shop team
finished 9th and was presented a sls cash award. Membeis
of this team were Kendall Robinson, David Whitson and
Jimmy Young.
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Dick Bailey
Baiky, Teague Appointed
Co-Chairmen Os Campaign I
It was announced today by
Milton Burleson, Chairman of
the Board of Trustees of the
Blue Ridge Hospital System,
and James Anglin, Vice Chair
man of the Board, the appoint
ment of the Co-Chairmen for *
the Hospital Development Fund
Campaign.
Appointed are Taylor O.
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Taylor Teague
Teague of Spruce Fine and Gar
rett Dixon Bailey of Burnsville.
Mr. Teagu*, a Certified
Public Accountant, is married
and has one son. He is a gra
duate of The McCallie School,
Chattanooga, Tennessee,
the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill.
is a past President of Spruce
Pine Kiwanis Club and at the
present time is President of
Spruce Pine Merchants Associa
tion. Mr. and Mrs. Teague.
live at Deer Park Lake Estates
and are members of the Sprwce
Pine Methodist Church.
Mr. Bailey is married and
has a son and daughter. He is
a graduate of Berea College
and the Wake Forest University
Law School. He is a member '
of the First Baptist Church of
Burnsville, being Chairmen of
the Finance Committee and
past Chairman of the Deacoos.
He is presently a Generalßcerd
Member of the Baptist State
Convention.
A member of the North 'Ca
rolina Bar Association, fafe is
also a Director and past PTesi -
dent of the Yancey Chamber
dent and Zone of
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will head up the program to
raise SI,OOO, OCX) fOr the m w
and exnanded fmiu •