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New Men’s Club Officers Installed
The Burnsville Men's Club held its annual Ladies Night Banquet Monday evening at the
Community Building. New officers who will serve for the coming year were installed in
a brief ceremony. The new club president is Carlisle Bledsoe, replacing Herb Allen; the
new vice-president is Hazen Ledford, and the incoming secretary is Vemie Wilson. As part
of the evening's activities, awards of appreciation were presented to Cara Cox, who serv
ed this year as Chairman of the United Fund, and to LuAnn Banks, the reigning Miss May
land, who will represent the tri-county area in the Miss North Carolina Pageant in April.
(Pictured left to right: Herb Allen, Carlisle Bledsoe, Hazen Ledford, Vemie Wilson)
Array Sergeant Kills Estranged Wife,
Takes Own Life In Weekend Tragedy
A 36-year-old career Army
sergeant killed his estranged
wife at her parent's home Fri
day night, then took his own
life with the .22 caliber rifle,
according to Yancey County
Sheriff Kermit Banks.
Banks said the husband, Sgt.
Bobby Edward Hammonds of
Ft. Jackson Army Base in Col
umbia, S.C. died at Memorial
Mission Hospital about three
hours after the shooting inci -
dent, which occurred at the
heme of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
Bradford of the Little Creek sec
tion about 7:30 p. m.
The soldier's wife, Mrs .Nina
Jean Bradford Hammonds, 32,
was apparently killed instantly
by two shots fired from the rifle.
The sheriff said the woman was
hit once in the head and again
in the chest.
Banks said he found the cou
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Burnsville Boy Scouts Erect Bridge
Boy Scouts from Troop 502, Burnsville, erected a camp
ing display on the Town Square this past Saturday. The boys
built a rope bridge that spanned about 60 feet between two
THE YANCEY JOURNAL
ple lying together on the kit -
chen floor of the Bradford house.
He said Hammonds had shot him
self once in the forehead and
then dropped to the side of his
dead wife.
Banks said two of the Ham
mond! four children— Donna,
14 and Eddie Jr. , 9--witnessed
the shooting incident. He said
Donna and Eddie Hammonds
were sitting in the living room
with their brother and sister, * -
Steven, 7, and Kimberly, 5,
when the shooting began.
Mrs. Hammonds' brother
in-law and sister, Bill and Joan
Hicks, and their four children,
were also in the living room
when the shooting in the kit -
chen began, Banks said.
The sheriff said there were
apparently no prior warnings
to the shooting which would
have enabled the Hicks' to try
and prevent the incident.
Banks said the couple had
been separated for about two
weeks and that Friday was their
first time together since the se
paration. He said Hammonds
had arrived Friday in Burnsville
from Ft. Jackson on an appar -
exit weekend pass.
Banks said Hammonds had
been stationed at Ft. Bragg
Army Post in North C arolina
prior to his assignment as an
X-ray technician at Ft. Jack
son, South C arolina. _
The Hammonds' four child
ren were staying with their
grandparents Saturday, accor
ding to Banks. Mr. and Mrs.
Bradford wae away from their
house during the shooting in
cident Friday night.
Surviving the Hammonds
are two daughters, Donna and
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of the large Locust trees. The Scouts, as well as a number
of the other kids, enjoyed crossing the bridge, and despite
some spills and mishaps, a good time was had by all.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1973
Yancey Rates Hgh Praise From Expo Officials; Local
Entries Capture Over 25 Percent Os The Awards
By Jody Higgins
People of the Appalachian
mountain region and especially
of Yancey County, have dis -
played their artistic talents and
at the same time demonstrated
that the folk-culture of the
mountains is still alive and
kicking.
Appalachian Expo, an art
cor test sponsored by the Appa
lachian Consortium, solicited
artistic response from people
of all ages in this mountain re
gion in various genres of crea
tive work to help preserve the
folk ways of the Appalachian
mountain region.
Entries were accepted in ca
tegories of visual, written, and
performing art. There were se
parate divisions for people un -
der age 10, for those between
ages 10 and 17, 18 and 59, and
60 and over. Amateurs and pro
fessionals were judged separately.
According to Margaret Rose
Rives, associate director of the'
Consortium, Yancey County
entrants overwhelmed those who
have been working on the pro
ject in Boone for the past few
months.
"Yancey as a county contri
buted more than any other group
or area. We were very pleased
with the Yancey turn out and
with the local interest shown in
Pcm^EventT^J
The Rural Area Develop
ment Council will have a regu
lar meeting on Tuesday, March
27, 1973, 3:30 p.m. in the
County Commissioners room in
the Courthouse in Burnsville.
Please be prepared to offer
the information requested of
you at the meeting of February
27. Your attendance is important.
preserving the mountain cul
ture, the performing arts
category the Yancey entries
stole the show," saidMs.Rives.
Local sponsors such as banks,
schools, newspapers, radio sta
tions, and civic groups in Wes
tern North Carolina, Eastern
Tennessee, and Southwestern
Virginia accepted entries and
chose the best 10 for the final
judging in Boone.
Contest entries were suppos
ed to reflect two contest therms:
"The role of proud and indepen
dent mountain people in todays
world," and "The impact of ur
banization of rural Southern Ap
palachia. "
Out of the 217 awards for
over $1,500 in prize money,
Yancey entries captured over
one-fourth of the awards. The
judges were nine representatives
of different phases of the arts in
this region.
In the Performing Arts Divi
sion ■(amateur) Yancey entries
took five of the 12 cash prizes
which were awarded as follows:
Age 10-17 Ist Place, $50.00,
Yancey County Country Store
Cloggers (sponsored by The
Yancey Journal); 2nd Place
in this age group, $25,00, The
Deyton Sisters of Green Moun
tain accompanied themselves
The East Yancey PTA will
meet at 7:30 Monday, April 2.
Ever yone is urged to attend this
meeting as new officers will be
elected. ,
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Mrs. Nancy Blankenship will
be showing slides of a recent
trip to the Holy Land at the Elk
Shoal Union Church, Route 4,
Burnsville Wednesday night,
April 4, at 7:30 p. m. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attaid.
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The Gospelaire Trio of John
son City, Tennessee will be at
the Ivy Gap Baptist Church on
Sunday night, April 1 at 6:30.
Everyone is invited to come.
★
The Middle Fork Independ -
dent Baptist Church is having a
Gospel Singing on Saturday
night, March 31st at 7:30. All
singers and the public are cor
dially invited to attend and take
part. This church is located 4
miles North of Mars Hill on U.
S. Hwy. 19 (Burnsville High
way). Ed Ball is emcee.
★
The Pensacola Volunteer
Fire Department will have a
special meeting Wednesday
night, March 28 at 7:30 p.m.
at Mountain Wilderness Park.
All community members are
urged to attend.
★
In protest at the rising
of groceries, especially meat,
the Burnsville Woman's Club
would like to go on record to (
■ the effect that it's members *
have vnanimously decided to
boycott meat, and refuse to
purchase meat and all its by
products during the entire week 1
of April 1-8, 1973. i
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Watercolor Os Work Mule Ties For Fourth Place At Appalachian Consortium Expo
an autoharp and spoons while
singing, "How Old Are You My
Pretty Little Miss" and "Go
Along Mule" (sponsored by Mi
caville School); 6th Place,win
ning $3.00 was Tony Eubanks of
Route 6, accompanying him -
self on the guitar and singing
"Matterhorn"(sponsor was East
Yancey High School.)
Under age 10 winners were
Ist Place, SIO.OO, Deyton Sis
ters of Green Mountain singing
"Be-Oh-By-Oh-Bunting" (spon
sor—Micaville School); 2nd
Place, $5.00, Raylene Fox of
Rt. 3, performing an Indian Song
and dance (sponsor—The Yancey
Journal).
Visual Art Winners were as
follows: Age 18-59,2nd Place
Tie, $25.00, Brad Warstler of
Franklin and formerly of Burns
ville won with his photographs
of elderly mountain people
(sponsor—Yancey Journal); Age
| Yancey Health Dept. |
April 2 (Mon.) Child Health,Dr.Pope 12:00- 3:30
April 3 (Tues.) Nurse Screening 900-1200
April 3 (Tues.) Maternal Nurse, Miss Kingham 1:00 - 4:00
April 4 (Wed.) Eye Clinic,Dr. Powell by appointment
Aprils (Thus.) Mental Health, Dr. Byron 10:00- 300
April 6 (Fri.) Mental Health, Mr. Hutchison 1000- 300
April 10 (Tues) Nune Screening 900-1200
April 11 (Wed) Chest Clinic in Bakersville —■
April 12 (Thins) Family Planning, Dr. Webb 8:30- 1200
April 13 (Fri) Mental Health, Mr. Hutchison 10:00- 300
April 16 (Mon) Child Health, Dr. Pope 1200- 300
April 17 (Tues) Nurse Screening 900-1200
April 17 (Tues) Maternal Nurse, MissKinghan 100- 400
April 19 (Thun) X-Ray 1000-1100
April 20 (Fri) Mental Health, Mr. Hutchison 1000- 300
April 23 (Mon) Holiday! Health Dept. Closed!
April 24 (Tues) Nune Screening 900-1200
April 25 (Wed) Orthopedic Clinic in Bakersville, .Register
before 1100.
April 26 (Thun) Family Planning, Dr. Webb 8:30-1200
April 27 (Fri) Mental Health, Mr. Hutchison 1000- 300
The Clinic for Immunization and General tests is held every
Monday morning from 800 to 11*30.
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Saks And Use Tax Report
Local 1% Sales and Use Tax
collections by county were re
ported by the Commissioner of
the State Department of Reve
nue, for the month of February
10-17, a 3-way tie for4h Placq
Belinda Black, Rt. 2, for a wa
tercolor of a work mule (sponsor
East Yancey High School). In
the under age 10 category— 2nd
Place, $5.00, Micaville Kinder
garten Group Project watercolor
and story (sponsor—Micaville
School).
Written Art Winners: Age 10-
17, sth Place and $5.00, Linda
Edwards of Route 4 for a poem,
"The House on the Hillside"
(sponsor-Bald Creek School) ;
Under-age-10, 2nd Place with
$5.00 was won by Rebecca Aus
tin, Route 3, with a story" Mi
rror and the Chair" (sponsor was
Bald Creek School).
Out of 180 additional SI.OO
prizes, Yancey County had 48
winners as follows:
Written Art—Joel Deyton.
Performing Art—Barbara Etey
ton, Jeannie Deyton, Suzy Dey
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Yancey County collection
amounted to more than $lO,
000.00 for that month, which
compares W the $13,000.00
collected by Mitchell County
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East Yancey
FFA Scores
In a Parkway Federation
Land Judging Contest held at
Mars Hill on Thursday, the
East Yancey Future Farmers of
America scored a win to ad
vance to the State FFA Land
Judging Meet; to be held at
Franklin High School Apr! 1 14.
A.C.Reynolds of Asheville
was the Land Judging winner
in another district contest, and
the two schools should provide
stiff competition at the State
Meet. They will compete for
$750 in firs* - place prize money.
This contest is sponsored by
the N. C. Bankers' Association
and Carolina Power and Light
Co. in cooperation with the
N.C. Soil and Water Conser -
vation Districts, Soil Conser -
vation Service, N.C.Depart
ment of Public Instruction, and
N.C. Agricultural Extension
Service.
East Yancey team members
are George Bowers,Larry Me -
Mahan, Tony Eubanlu,Ronnie
Wilson and Rex Geouge.
Herb Allen is instructor for
the East Yancey team.
Big Game Set
The big basketball game of
the year is scheduled for Fri
day night, March 30 at 8 p. m.
in the East Yancey High Sequel
gymnasium. All Stan featur
ing such greats as Bill Sparks,
Dean Hicks, Harold Bennett,
Bob Thomas, Blaine Whitson,
Art Hawkins, and many other
stan from Micaville, CanaJM
ver, and East Yancey play the
World famous Harlem Stars
from los Angeles, California.
miss a ioi oi ia ns