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Winners In Poster Contest
On March 23, 1975 the first Yancey County Safety Poster Contest was held at Cane River
gymnasium. K-12 grades participated in this event. Four categories were involved: K-3 grades,
4*6 grades, 7*9 grades and 10-12 grades. Each category had three winners and each winner was
presented a trophy donated by either Joe Young Ford, Roberts Chevrolet, Nationwide Insurance
or Fortner Insurance. Some of the winning posters will be displayed at the Driver’s License office
and in the windows of Burnsville businesses. The Yancey County Driver Education Department
would like to thank the students, teachers, judges, sponsors, and parents who worked to help
make this project a success. This is a planned annual event to help future drivers and present
drivers become more aware of traffic safety. This will help all of us live a longer, more meaningful
life. K-e winners are Tammy Howell, Patricia Hensley, and Jeff Boone-Pam Buchanan; 4-6
winners are Amy Bradley, Julianna Buchanan, Lisa McCurry; 7-9 winners are Rhonda Boone,
Rocky Styles, Jean Mclntosh; 10-12 winners are Mike Moore, Anthony Yaccarlno and Shelia
Peterson.
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Softball
Leagues
Sponsored
The Yancey County Re
creation Commission is spon
soring three softball leagues:
(1) Adult Fast Pitch League,
(2) Women-One Pitch League
and (3) Men-One Pitch
League. All interested coach
es and managers should
attend the meeting in Room 3
of the Courthouse at 7:30 p.m.
April 9.
BirnkTo Pa)
Dividend
Tirst-Citizens Bank x &
Trust Company’s Board of
Directors meeting in Raleigh
today, declared a quarterly
common stock dividend of
$1.25 per share, R.P. Holding
Jr., chairman, announced
record June 18, 1975.
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United Methodist
Evangelistic Rally
This Sunday, April 13, the
United Methodists of Yancey
County will meet at Higgins
Memorial at 7:30 p.m. for an
Evangelistic Rally, with Dr. J.
Clay Madison, Superinten
dent of the Asheville District,
as the keynote speaker. Dr.
James Peters, Conference
Director of Evangelism, will
speak also. Special music will
include the Youth Choir
composed of young people
from Higgins Memorial, First
Presbyterian and First Baptist
Churches.
Dr. Madison has served
several of the leading church
es of the Western North
Carolina Conference and has
participated* in preaching
missions in Cuba and South
America. Dr. Peters was the
first black District Superin
tendent appointed to a pre
dominantly white district in
Womans Club
Will Meet
The regular meeting of the
Burnsville Woman’s Club will
be held on Thursday, April
10, at 8:00 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. Margaret Tyner and
Mrs. Tessa Swink. Mrs.
Ralph Jacks will be in charge
of the program. She will
introduce Mrs. Susannah C.
Jones, local musician, who
will speak on Moravian Music
and its relevance to the
~ approaching bicentennial. ce
lebration.
Democrats
Meet
A Democratic meeting will
be held in Crabtree Township
on Thursday, April 10. J 975.
The place is Micaville School,
8:00 p.m. Everybody is urged
to attend and all interested
T persons are invited.
Revival
To Begin
A Revival is set, for
Sunday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m.
at Banks Creek Baptist
Church. The Pastor, Sherrell
Whitson, invites the public to
hear visiting evangelist How
ard Wilson of Micaville. All
singers are mvuca uso.
BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
the Western North Carolina
Conference of the United
Methodist Church.
This Rally will serve as a
prelude to the county-wide
United Methodist Preaching
Mission to be held May 4-8.
First Aid
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Instructor
Course Set
All men and women who
hold Red Cross Advanced
First Aid certificates and wish
to become First Aid Instruct
ors are invited to enroll in a
six-session course for instruc
tors to be given in Spruce
Pine, at a location to be
announced, beginning Thurs
day, April 10, and continuing
1 each Thursday through May
15th, 1975.
Each session will begin at
7:00 p.m. and end at 10:00
p.m. Mrs. Betty Kiesenhoffer
of Boone, of the Watauga Red
Cross Chapter, will be the
instructor. The course is
sponsored by the Mayland
Red Cross Chapter, which
serves Mitchell, Avery and
Yancey Counties.
Interested persons are
requested to contact Mrs.
Lillian Hollifield, - Chapter
Secretary, at Chapter Head-
Trinity Episcopal Church,
Spruce Pine. The phone
number is 765-2422 from 8:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Mondays
through Fridays.
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Reeve 9 Bryant
Concert Slated I
A concert featuring Flute i
and Harpsichord will be given
on April 15th by Joyce M.
Bryant, Professor of Music at ■
Mars Hill College and Eve
Lynne Reeve, one of the Celo
Chamber Players and founder
of Music in the Mountains.
Dr. Bryant, who teaches
flute and music theory at
Mars Hill is also director of
the College Woodwind En-.
semble. Both of these highly
qualified musicians have ap
peared in solo recitals and
with orchestras in many
states, but this is the first
time that they have teamed up
together. They find that they
share many tastes ranging
from musical preferences to
cats and jigsaw puzzles.
Dr. Bryant, who grew up
in a log cabin outside
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was
first prompted to blow a flute
in an attempt to discover why
the instrument would not play
softly on the high notes. She
discovered that the limitation
was not with the instrument
but with the young girl scout
who was performing. From
this modest beginning as a
scout, Miss Bryant has
achieved a rich musical
background and an enviable
reputation as a teacher and
performer. She plays a gold
flute.
Eve Lynne Reeve is
well-known to local residents.
In addition to playing all the
keyboard instruments she has
become, recently, an expert in
tuning her own harpsichord.
Commenting on the program,
she reminisces that the
opening Elizabethan piece,
“John! Come and Kiss Me
Now,” was a song she
enjoyed playing with Susan
Fries in the opening concert of
the Celo Players in 1971.
Another work was composed
l by the 18th century organist,
John Stanley, who was blind
from birth. Miss Reeve
remarks, “I can think of four
or five famous blind organ
ists, and yet I should think the
organ would be the most
difficult instrument to play
Glad To Meet You!
SCORE Met SCORE
BY WORTH CROW
It was almost like opening
day of school when the
teacher calls the roll and you
realize for the first time that
someone else has the same
name as yours. Once the
teacher saw both of you,
however, there was never a
question of further confusion,
you with your sandy hair and
touch of freckles, the other
with dark hair and suntanned
complexion.
Such was the case when
SCORE met SCORE last
week. "Senior Citizen Out-
Reach Effort" met "Service
Core Os Retired Executives.”
The SCORE you have met
through articles in the past
two issues of the Yancey
Journal stands for "Senior
Citizen Out Reach Effort”.
This is a local program for
Plante Are
Ready At
Extension
Persons who have ordered
"Strawberry or Blueberry
plents through the County
Agricultural Extension Ser
vice should pick them up no
later than Thursday, April 10,
between 8 a.m. and S p.m.
without vision.” The program
includes further works by
Handel, Blavet, and J.S.
Bach.
The public is invited to
attend this interesting concert
free of charge in the First
Presbyterian Church at 8:00
p.m? on Tuesday, April 15.
Parenthood
Preparation
Course. -
A *■ six-lesson course in
Preparation for Parenthood
will be given in the basement
of the First Baptist Church of
Spruce Pine under auspices of
the Mayland Red Cross
Chapter, which serves Mitch
ell, Avery and Yancey Coun
ties. Mrs. Nancy Hinshaw,
L.P.N., of Spruce Pine will be
the instructor.
The classes will be held on
Thursday nights, April 24,
May 1,8, 12, 22, and 29. The
hours will be 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Interested persons are
invited to contact Mrs. LUlian
Hollifield, Chapter Secretary '
of the Mayland Red Cross
Chapter, at headquarters
office in the basement of
Trinity Episcopal Church,
Spruce Pine (Phone 765-2422)
or Mrs. Hinshaw (Phone
765-2425).
Sales, Use
Tax Report
Tax collections by county
were reported for the month
of February, 1975. The report
shows Yancey County collec
ted the amount of $15,136.70
for that period. Mitchell
County collected just over
$17,000 and Madison County
collections amounted to the
sum of $14,422.46.
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elderly citizens of Yancey
County developed by the
Yancey County Committee on
Aging, a group of citizens
interested in problems of the
elderly. This program, when
in operation, will offer help to
the elderly through a tele
phone hotline. By calling one
number, an elderly person
with a problem, need or
concern will be quickly quided
to the volunteer citizcn(s) or
service agency (ies) that can
best supply his/her need.
Further information can be
obtained and help volunteer
ed by writing or calling Rev.
Don Turman, Chairman,
Yancey County Committee on
Aging, Route 2, Box 235,
Burnsville, N.C. 28714, phone
No. 675-4110.
The SCORE you have not
yet met in recent issues of the
Yancey Journal stands for
"Service Core Os Retired
Executives”. This is a nation
al program, in full operation,
of retired businessmen who
offer their experience and
expertise when needed to
other actively engaged busi
nessmen so desiring or
needing. Further information
can be obtained by writing or
calling Mr. Keith Bowman,
Small Business Administra
tion, 222 South Church St.,
Charlotte, N.C. 28202.
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1975
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Eve Lyne Reeve Plays Harpsichord
Forums Planned To Discuss
Questions Os Public Interest
Mars Hill College has
scheduled a series of forums
for Yancey County. These
assemblies for discussing
questions of public interest
are opened for the public.
There will be six nights of
discussion, with a different
topic each night. One of six
professors from the college
will give the presentation and
two reactors selected from
Yancey County will lead in the
discussion.
The meetings will be held
in the Yancey County Court
room from 7:00 p.m. till 9:30
p.m. each night.
The schedule is as follows:
ThutgfjayJ April 10, "Na
tural Resources", presented
by Dr. Jolley. Reactors are
Mr. Johnny McLain and Mr.
Robert Barr us.
Tuesday, April 15, "Land
Use and Human Values”,
presented by Dr. Leininger.
Reactors are Mr. O.W.
Deyton and Mr. Herbert D.
Allen.
Thursday, April 17, "Ap
palachian People”, presented
by Dr. Underwood. Reactors
are Dr. Roy Thomas and Mr.
Johnny Deyton.
Tuesday, April 22, "Trans
portation” presented by Dr.
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The Girt Scout song, "Make New Friends,” has taken on a J - T nu ■ M
Junior Troop 88, because of the very special friends they have made M
The Troop has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Byrd this year, and on their -■* *" . * t,er B *j »
27th, presented them with a pot Bower of lilies lor Easter There »«. „i *
leaders are Mrs. Albert Williams, Mrs. John Blair, and' Mrs Jerrv IS *™ i ? Tww> P 1
Troop Mascot, David Wheeler. J newer. Pictured alsoP
Knisley. Reactors are Mr.
Doyce McClure.
Thursday, April 24, “So
cial Change”, presented by
Dr. Anderson. Reactors are
Mrs. Mary Margaret Deyton
and Mr. Thomas Koch.
These are opened discuss
ions and it is hoped that all
Adult Volleyball
Scheduled In April
The Yancey County Re
creation Commission is spon
soring Adult Volleyball in
April. The classes will run for
a four week session and
participants will be asked to
adhere to the standing rules:
No smoking inside gymna
siums, wear tennis or basket
ball shoes (no exceptions),
must be resident of Yancey
County and must conduct
himself in an orderly manner
and display good sportsman
ship. Admission fee is 25c.
On April 14, Pensacola
and Burnsville will play in the
Burnsville Elementary Gym;
Tuesday, April 15, South Toe
and Micaville will play in
Micaville Elementary Gym;
Wednesday, April 16, Bee
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concerned citizens will be
present so that ail views on
the subject can he heard.
Students enrolled in the.
Continuing Education Pro
gram and those planning to
enroll in the fall will receive
an hours free credit sot
attending all six sessions.
Log will play in the Bee Log
Elementary Gym; Thursday,
April 17, Bald Creek will play
in the Bald Creek Elementary
Gym; and Friday, April 18,
Clearmont will play in the
Clearmont Elementary Gym.
As mentioned above, the
time for each District is 6:30
to 8:00 p.m. Gordon Banks is
Recreation Director.
Office
To Close
The office of Dr. Carolyn
Cort will be closed Saturday,
April 12 through Thursday,
April 17 while she attends the
American Academy of Pedia- y
tries Spring Seminar in
Denver, Colorado.