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Parents' Day At Schooll
Students Have Holiday
Monday, October 9 will be
observed as Parent's Day At
School in the Yancey County
Schools according to an an
nouncement by Edgar Hunter,
S uperintendent.
The schedule calls for a full
holiday for all students on that
date. Teachers will report to
their respective schools at 1:00
p. m. and will remain there un
til 7:00 p.m. This schedule
will be observed in order to give
working parents a chance to
visit the schools, especially
those who work on shifts.
Parents of all students are
urged to visit the school to dis
cuss their child's progress with
the teacher or teachers. During
the visit the parents will be giv
en their child's report card for
the first six-week 'grading per
iod. The parent will take the
report card home to be signed,
reviewed by the child and re-
Church’s 75th
Anniversary
On Sunday, October 8 , the
Newdale Presbyterian Church ’
will celebrate its 75th Anniver
sary with Home Coming. The
services will begin at 10:30 a.
m. The morning sermon will
be delivered by a former
Rev. Bert Styles.
A picnic dinner will be serv
ed at 12:30.
The afternoon service will
be conducted by Rev. Ernest
Wilson, also a former pastor.
There will be special music and
remarks by other visiting pastors
at this service.
All friends and former mem
bers are invited to attend and
participate in this celebration.
Auxilliary Member Gets
Pin For Volunteer Service
The American Legion Auxi
liary was represented in Hick -
ory September 23rd at the Fifth
Division meeting of the organi
zation by Mrs. Carlie Rice,Mrs.
Hob art Ray, Mrs. Ben Banks
and Mjs. J. G. Low.
Emphasis was given the Auxi
liary motto, "a square deal for
every child" as were reports on
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Newly—lnstalled East Yancey Beta Club Members At Program
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turned to the school the follow
ing day. Parents are also invi
ted to visit all areas of the
school plant on this date and
siay call on the principal or
other school personnel for con
ferences, as desired.
This is a new venture for
the local school system and is
being done on a trial basis. If
it is successful enough, that is,
if enough parents visit the
school and find the visit profit
able, it may become an animal
affair.
Open House
At NC State
The School of Agriculture
and Life Sciences and School
of Forest Resources at the N.C.
State University will hold their
annual Open House Saturday,
October 14. In addition, the
School of Engineering and the
School of Physical and Mathe
matical Sciences will be open
to visitors.
W. C. Bledsoe is serving as
chairman of the Yancey County
Open House committee.
He says the Open House can
acquaint high school students
with college life and introduce
them to wide variety of career
opportunities. They can see
classrooms, laboratories,dormi
tories , and many special exhi
bits, and they can talk to the
NCSU faculty members and stu
dents.
The N.C. State Fair will be
in full swing at the time, and
Open House visitors can obtain
fair tickets at a special reduced
rate.
Students interested in nuking
the trip to Ralaigh for Open
House should contact their high
school guidance counselor.
vice, rehabilitation, foreign
relations, girl's state and jun
ior activities.
Members were urged to up
hold this program. Mrs. Rice
received a pin for her fifty
hours of volunteer service at
Oteen Hospital.
The 1973 meeting will be
held in King's Mountain.
«' YANCEY COUNTY
tSTORY
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COMING NEXT WEEK!
heritage is a rich and varied one. Pioneer woodsmen,
id legislators have all added to the greatstor^of his—
re which we have gathered from and
h for The Yancey Journal's first “History Edition",
:tober 5,1972.
Mrs. Robert Scott Will Be Featured Speaker
At Girls Haven Luncheon Meeting In Burnsville
North Carolina's First Lady,
Mrs. Robert W. (Jessie Rae) '
Scott will be on hand at Girls
Haven of North Carolina in
BrmsviTle on Saturday, Septem
ber 30, at 12:45 to addressthe
Board of Directors at their an
nual meeting in Yancey County
Mrs. Scott recently visited
the Hawfield Civitan Club in
Burlington and stated, "Iwould
like to see the pioneering Girls
Haven facility in the mountain
town of Burnsville duplicated
again and again across North
Carolina. "
Along with Mrs. Scott will
be Mr. Fred Morrison, North
Carolina Jaycee President;Mrs.
Elaine Odenwald, President
North Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs; Mr. Kevin
Helms, President of VICA, Al
so at the luncheon meeting, ar
chitect Carl Myatt will promt
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plans for proposed cottages at
Girls Haven.
The North Carolina Associa
tion of Vocational Industrial
Clubs of America—VTCA — is
hopring to raise $75,000 to tnild
a cottage at the home. VICA,
composed of high school occu
pational education students, se
lected the fund raising drive as
the state-wide prfaject for this
school year.
"This may well be the most
important thing that North Caro
lina'VlCA has ever done, "said
Adam J. Thompson, Jr., Direc -
tor, North Carolina Association
of VICA. "Not only will the
VICA members across the state
have an opportunity to help a
lot of young girls who need help,
but it will be one of the best
ways I know for young people t>
help other less fortunate young
people," he added. "This is
Yancey Mental Health Association Project
Are you worried about too
much talk and not enough ac
tion? The Yancey County
Mental Health Association has
another concrete project under
way. The challenge is to make
Ward 23 at Broughton Hospital
a more home-like and pleasant
place to be. Ward 23 is a
closed men's ward for all ages,
although most of the 36 patients
are geriatric patients.
New Beta Club Members
Installed At East Yancey
Tuesday afternoon at East
Yancey High School, Mitzi
Presnell, president of
presided over a program to in
stall new Beta Club members.
Old members pinned the
new members Susan Wilson,
Carol Clark, Anita Wyatt,Deb
bie Butner, Carol Ray, Ellen
Blair, Susan Laughrun, Lynda
Beaver, Rita Wilson, Larry
Hughes, Kim Westall,Suzanne"
Edge, Larry Edwards, Dennis 0
Harris, George rowers rnd
Donna Kates. Rita Wils on (
made the acceptance speech
ipr the new members.
Talks were presented on
Achievement, Character, Ser-
the first state-wide VICA pro
ject, and our local VICA chap
ters will need the help and sup -
I port of as many focal civiq M
‘ organizations as possfide. We
want to work through focal civic
i organizations to accomplish this
goal," said Thompson.
Several other civic organiza
tions, including the North Caro
lina Federation of Worn enk Club
and the North Carolina Jaycees,
also are helping raise money for
Girls Haven.
Girls Haven was founded by
A. D. Peacock who also founcbd
Boys Home, and his brother, J.
Randall Peacock, director of
social services in Yancey. The
purpose of Girls Haven is to
provide a home for homeless,
needy, neglected and underpri
vileged girls. Eighteen acres of
.■land and a three bedroom brick
house has been purchased one
In order to fulfill our com -
mitment to brighten the ward
of these older persons,we need
donations of the following
items:
Sturdy end tables
Magazines.
Artificial flower arrange -
ments
Wall hangings or pictures
Throw pillows. Volunteers
could make these since we have
vice and Leadership by Luanne
Banks, Debbie Thomas and
Linda Hughes.
Sherrie Banks and Luanne
Banks gave reports on Girls
State and Cleve Piercy repor
ted on Boys State. Mitzi Pres
aell and Doyle Byrd reported
on their activities at Governors
School.
As part of the induction ce
remony, a play, "The Trial"
\ v/as presented. Tony Allen
vas the judge. Sandra Norris,
Boyle Byrd, Bobby Bennett and
Mitzi Presnell also had parts
to, the., play,.
Devotional was given by
Debbie Thomas.
mile from the Burnsville City
limits on the Bakeisville high
way. Girls Haven supporters
bone *p construct 3 cottages on
the Burnsville site. Each cot
tage will house eight girls.
There are plans for a second
unit to be located in the Pied
mont section of the state and
a third in the eastern section.
Eventually there will be nine
cottages caring for 72 girls.
Local Board members of
Girls Haven are Dr. Garland
Wampjler, Mr. Mack B. Ray
and Jvjr. Robert K. Helmle of
Burnsville and Mrs. Kenneth
Anderson of Newland.
Jaycees, Jaycettes,Woman's
Club members and interested
citizens are invited to Girls Ha
ven to hear Mrs. Scott and oth
er outstanding leaders of North
Carolina.
the supplies
Floor and table lamps that
work. ®
Anyone who wishes to con
tribute, please take the Items
to the Methodist Church or con
tact Lillian Presnell at 675-4722
or Mrs. Philip Nordstrom at
675-4110.
Already we have obtained
fabric and several ladies are
making drapes for the windows.
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Club Members Presented A Play Entitled “The Trial" For Program
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WNC Holstein Steer Sale
Scheduled For October 26
By request of dairymen and
livestock owners WestemNorth
Carolina's first Holstein Steer
Sale will be held on Thursday,
October 26th, at Asheville.
This will be a trial sale. If
it is successful a regularly or
ganized and sponsored Holstein
Steer Sale may be passible ■ in
the future. Such sales are al
ready operating in other areas
of the state. Establishment of
this sale will provide larger
groups of more uniform ani
mals for buyers so they can pay
more for them.
Following are rules and re
gulations for the sale. If there
are questions please call the
County Extension Office.
1. Only yearling and two
year old steers of strictly Ho
lstein and Holstein Beef cross
breeding will be accepted and
sold. They must weigh 300
lbs. or more. No heifers ags;
or bulls will be sold.
2. All cattle will be sor
ted into official grades the day
before the sale by a’state gra
der and penned in uniform lots.
3. Producers will agree to
have their cattle mixed and
sold with those of other produ
cers according to weight and
grade, each producer will be
paid according to the weight
of his steers in the lot.
4. Vaccination for Black
leg and Malignant Edema is
strongly recommended, but is
not required for yearling steers.
5. Homed Steers will be
accepted this year, but will be
penned and sold separate. Ho
wever, if the Holstein Steersale
becomes a sponsored sale next
fall, Homed Steers will not be
accepted in 197 i
6. All cattle consigned to
this sale must grade "Common! 1
or better to be sold.
7. Cattle which, in the
judgement of the sales com
mittee, do not meet the quali
fications of the sale may be
rejected on the date of de
livery.
8. All animals entering the
sale ring must be sold. No one
will have a "No Sale" privilqge,
9. All cattle in these sales
should be consigned by turning
in a consignment blank.
10. All cattle must be de
livered to the sale bam be -
tween 1:00 and 6:00 p.m. the
day before the sale.
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11. No ungraded animals
will be sold on sale date.
12. The sales will start
about 4:00 p. m.
13. & is recommended that
Good and Choice Grade Cattle
be sold together.
14. All graded cattle will
be sold in groups according to
breed with 100 pound weight
spread.
15. No cattle will be weigh
ed until the day they are graded.
Jack's Creek
Receives SSO
Winners in the Roadside Im
provement Contest of the Wes
tern North Carolina Communi
ty Development Program were
given their awards at a luncheon
meeting in Asheville Friday.
Awards totaling SBOO were
presented by Howard Be idler,
Vice President of the sponsor -
ing Asheville Asheville Agri -
cultural Development Ciuncil
and president of ADOA Corp.
The Newfound Community
of Buncombe county was named
top winner and S3OO first prize.
Second place went to the
Ashford community of McDow
ell county and S2OO. The Hang
ing Dog Community, Cheiekee
county, received third place
recognition and SIOO prize
money.
Four communities received
Honorable Mention and $50.00,
These were Barker Heights in
Henderson County,Cedar Moun
tain in Transylvania, Jack's
Creek in Yancey County and
Norton Community in Jackson.
This year there were 77 com
munities from 15 Western N.C.
Counties entered in the Road
side Beautification Program.
GOP Planning
Session Set
There will be a Planning*”*
Session on Saturday night at
8:00 at -Republican Headquar -
ters located in Ben & Betty's
Economy Center building.
All Republicans, precinct
chairmen and volunteers are
urged to attend.