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HE YANCEY JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 9, 1976 PAGE 6 ROBERT S. BOWDfTCH Robert S. Bowditch, 61, of the South Toe River Commu nity died at the home of a brother Tuesday morning, August 31. He was a native of Yancey County, the son of the late John A, and Mildred Ballew Bowditch, a World War II veteran and a retired Charlotte groceryman. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Lawrence Gibbs of Burnsville Route 5; one ;; brother, Frank W. Bowditch of Burnsville Route 5. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the chape! of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. Rev. Linwood Dietz officiated and burial was in the Ballew Seven Mile Jk Ridge Road Cemetery. GRADY FENLAND Grady Penland, 71, of the Horton Creek Community of Yancey County, died unex- ; pectedly Friday morning at , the home of a sister, Mrs. Mack Styles. He was a son of the late Harvey and Hattie Ray Penland. Surviving in addition to Mrs. Styles is another sister, Mrs. Roy Penland of Route 3, Burnsville and two brothers, Max Penland of Morganton and Eddie Penland of Johnson City, Tenn. Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Paint Gap Presbyterian Chrch with Revs. John D. Stewart Bert Styles and Walser Penland officiating. Burial was in the Horton Cemetery. v WILLIS E. KIVETTE Willis E. Kivette of Southern Pines, North Caro lina (father of Everett Kivette of Painting in the Mountains) died August 26th, 1976 at his home in Southern Pines. He is survived, in addition to Everett Kivette, by his wife, Wi Hie Brown Kivette of Southern Pines; a foster daughter, Willie Reardon Mcßride of Trinity, N.C.; three sisters, Mrs. John Hood of Buie’s Creek, Mrs. Jack Ragland of Buie’s Creek, and Mrs. Bishop Brantley of Raleigh, North Carolina. J Funeral services were held „ Sunday, August 29, at the First Baptist Church of Southern Pines. Burial took i place at Buie’s Creek, his home community, where Mr. Kivette was trustee of Camp bell College there. Mr. Kivette was deacon of the Southern Pines Church and Trustee of Southern National Bank. ROBERT HYLEMON Robert Hylemon, 34, for merly of Burnsville died early Saturday morning in an automobile accident in C<JV= ington, Georgia. He was a member of the Covington Police Department and was on duty at the time of the accident. He was a Mason, a member of Golden Fleece Lodge N 0.6 F&A.M. Surviving are the wife Winona King Hylemon of Covington; the parents, Abe and Myra Phillips Hylemon of Burnsville; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Hughes of Burnsville and Mrs. Rudolph Boone of Monticello, Ga. The body was returned to Burnsville Monday morning. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. Rev. James Beaver officiated. Masonic Grave I Rites were conducted by Burnsville Lodge No. 717 A.F.&A.M. and Burial was in the Cane River Church Cemetery. Note Os Thanks Darrell A. Woodby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Woodby of Route 1, Burnsville has enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Airman Woodby, a gradu ate of Cane River High School, joined under the Air Force’s Delayed Enlistment Program which allows him to accumulate time in the Air Force Reserve until he enters active duty on September 23, 1976. ; Sergeant Steve Cochran, Air Force recruiter in Ashe ville, stated that Airman Woodby successfully comple ted a series of tests which qualified him for the mechan ical field of training. .... v . ■ . . Judging Set For Community Improvement Judging to select the organized areas in Western North Carolina that have done the most outstanding job in beautification and improving the visual environment during 1976 will be held September 15-17. The occasion will be the area judging of the community club division of | ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ %*f "WE LATE NITEPIACE ty * M Itf 1 * i« v * TO SHOP!.... APPLES 59* (fKttjftsr«. 89* BEEfpwlß * 49* BftcoN *l3? I slugljKrW §i<MORS W §SusA<se *79 cpu«sieak ,79- n ilWk Ml I b4iiA || Tft TR l A A ? 4ft. Prencm fries 99* mm W 9Mm •HfM #MI ’ 5 * Jh Jtm 11 "“W WiS?STOAWBER?<,JL-i L aP". I #.,•'§■ W. cv rvYDI.. .Qoz . \ J <?S“ ©> Wfi:oora"*2P <M£Njj79j KSS. 2'9B 4 ||fK3f TUNA 49i DOG FOOD *299 QmSsau® AH’* I w ti&mw mm m Sff © s lasrimß T&mm «J 00 Wty WNC BEAUTIFUL ’76, the beautification competition of the Western North Carolina Community Development Program. Over 90 rural and subur ban areas participated in the annual year-round beautifica tion project this year. Four teen communities have al ready been selected to repre sent their respective counties in the judging finals. Representing Yancey County in the area competi tion will be Brush Creek Community, which will be inspected by a judging team composed of Mrs. Shirley Traughber of Enka, chairman of the Asheville Council of Garden Clubs; Charles R. Patton, Asheville, former assistant state conservationist for Tennessee and William Sweet, landscape architect, N.C. National Forests. An area judging will also be done this month involving county winners of a division of WNC BEAUTIFUL program for organizations and groups . •.ther than community clubs. This is being done by a different juding team. Cash awards totaling SI7OO will be presented to winners of the two divisions at a luncheon meeting of the WNC Community Develop- ment Program committee on / September 23 at 12 noon at the S & W Cafeteria at the Asheville Mall. The beautification pro gram is sponsored by the Western North Carolina De velopment Association and the N.C. Agricultural Extern"* sion Service. Aim is to encourage communities and groups to conduct organized clean-up programs or special beautification projects and to recognize those doing a particularly good job. o
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