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Carnival Plans Made
A gala carnival to help
raise money for a special
senior citizens program will
be staged in Burnsville on
October 30, sponsored by the
Yancey County Council on
Aging.
The carnival is an out
growth of the Loaves and
Fishes Campaign which had
been slated for earlier this
year but had to be postponed.
Every Yancey Countian is
urged to take part in the
festivities which are planned,
as enthusiastic participation
will mean ' the difference
between its success or failure.
The carnival is basically a
fund-raising effort designed
to support a “Meals-On-
Wheels” Program for senior
citizens in Yancey County.
This program will augment
the Elderly Nutrition Program
which has already had great
’76 Farm City Week
Chairman Appointed
Joe R. Johnson has been
named Yancey County Farm-
City Week chairman for the
1976 observance of Farm-City
Week. The appointment was
announced bv C.A. Phillips of
Joe Johnson
Edenton, state Farm-City
Week Chairman.
Serving with Mr. Johnson
aa co-chairman for the county
committee is William C.
Bledsoe, County Extension
Chairman.
Farm-City Week will be
observed across the nation on
November 19-25, ending on
Thanksgiving Day. The pur
pose of the event is to help
create a better understanding
between rural and urban
\. people. The theme for 1976 is
“A Declaration of Interde
penaenee.
In appointing county Farm
City Week chairman, Phillips
stated that North Carolina is
fortunate to have a fine
relationship between urban
and rural citizens. "Farm-
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success in helping give
nutritionally adequate meals
to the elderly.
The first scheduled event
of the day will be a Pancake
Breakfast at the First Baptist
Church, Burnsville, from 6
o’clock to 9 o’clock a.m.
Prices start at $1.65 for
pancakes and coffee, with
sausages and other extras
served ala carte.
At 9:30 a.m. Wagons
assemble behind the old jail
building for a Parade down
Main Street led by the
Mountain Heritage Marching
Band in full uniform. The
Parade will stop at the square
where Os Deyton, County
Commission Chairman, will
make a short speech and
crown a Senior Citizen King
and Queen. These two lucky
persons will be the oldest man
and women with the most
City Week can help to
maintain and strengthen this
relationship,” he said.
This will be the 22nd
annual observance of Farm-
City Week. Last year’s
observance, according to final
reports received at national
headquarters, involved the
active participation of more
than 15,000 communities in
the U.S. and* Canada.
Farm-City Week is under
the direction of a National
Farm-City Council, Inc. head
ed by Don Fricker, Manager
of Public Relations, J.I. Case
Company, Racine, Wisconsin.
Kiwanis International will
serve as coordinating agency
for Farm-City Week and act
as headquarters for the
National Farm-City Council
for the nineteenth consecutive
year.
The National Farm-City
Council is composed of
representatives from more
than 150 major farm organ
izations, industries, business
es, associations, governmen
tal agencies, educational in
stitutions, and church groups.
A Presidential proclamation
and a joint Congressional
resolution v have called for
Farm-City Week observances
each year since the inception
of the event. Farm-City Week
has won the Freedoms Foun
dation’s Distinguished Ser
vice Award, which carries the
same distinction in the com
munity service field as does
the famed "Oscar’* in the
motion picture industry, and
the Silver Anvil Award from
the Public Relations Society of
America for being an outstan
ding community relations
program.
descendents now living in
Yancey County. (Descendents
counted must now reside in
Yancey County.) Persons who
think they may qualify should
call 682-6011.
Luncheon, prepared by
senior citizens, will be served
on the town square around
noon. Price for this meal is
also $1.65. All proceeds from
the meals, as well as from
other carnival events, go
toward the senior citizen
program.
Immediately following
lunch there will be Cake
Walks to raise money for the
Loaves and Fishes Campaign.
Cakes are needed for this
purpose. Anyone who will
bake a cake for the cake walks
should call the Senior Citizen
Hotline at the above-mention
ed number.
An Auction will highlight
the carnival, and is slated for
2:00 p.m. in the Post Office
Parking Lot. People are asked
to donate any item that can be
auctioned off, whether it is
land, houses, cars, farm
. equipment, antiques, house
hold goods or just anything.
Everyone is asked to look
around your house or busi
ness for items that you can
contribute such as the follow
ing: Cooking utensils,- Jewel
ry, Farm Implements, Furni
ture, Cars, Toys, Yard Tools,
Lawn Furniture, Office Equip
ment, etc. Call 682-6011 if you
have anything to donate.
One very different way of
raising money for the cam
paign is the "Dunking Chair”
and "Jail”. You can have
local citizens put in jail by
making a donation for this
purpose to the Loaves and
Fishes Campaign. Further
Achievement Day
For Homemakers
Approximately 50 women
from the Homemakers’ Clubs
of Yancey County attended
the annual Achievement Day
celebration on October 12, in
the Fellowship Hall of Hig
gins Memorial Methodist
Church. The International
motif was observed, the
theme being "Women of the
World-United in Service.”
Mrs. C. B. Gillespie, County
Council President, presided
over the meeting.
Registration and viewing
of international exhibits pre
ceded the covered dish
luncheon. The program fol
lowed. with Mrs. Ralph Jacks
serving as program leader.
She introduced Rev. Edith
Morgan and Mrs. Ramona
Turman, former missionaries
to India and Indonesia, who
spoke on the culture and
donations will keep them
there until they are finally
released and sentenced to
sitting in the "Dunking
Chair” (a seat over a tank of
foam rubber). When the
trigger is hit with a ball, the
“prisoner” is treated to a
dunk. Call the senior citizens
hotline with your nominations
for persons for the jail and the
dunking chair.
Wagon rides will take
folks around Burnsville for a
modest price during the
carnival 'festivities. Also sla
ted: the Celo Community is
making a Spook House at the
old jail...We dare you to walk
through!
Although the Carnival on
the square will end following
the auction, it is hoped that
everyone present will finish
up this gala day at the Troxell
Trout Farm where a Fish Fry
will be held from 6 o’clock to 8
o’clock p.m. Saturday night.
Democrat
Program
A good musical pro
gram has been lined up
for the Democratic Sup
per at Mountain Heri
tage High School this
Saturday evening. Be
ginning at 4 p.m. there
will be Lulu Belle and
Scotty Wiseman, the
Choral Group from the
Griffith Chapel AME
Zion Church, the Dey
ton Family Singers, and
others. Tickets at $5 are
still available from pre
cinct chairmen and at
the door.
customs of the respective !
countries. v |
Miss Joyce Watts, Assis- j
tant Home Ec. Extension
Agent, presented awards to
the following persons for their
achievements: Miss Lydia
Deyton, Most Outstanding
Homemaker for 1976; Open j
Gate Homemaker Club, Most
Outstanding Club; Recogni
tion Gifts to Mrs. C.B.
Gillespie and Mrs. Mary
Margaret Deyton.
A candlelight installation
service followed, with Miss
Watts installing the following
County Council officers for
1977: President-Mrs. C.B.
Gillespie; First Vice Presi
dent, Mrs. Georgia Cannon;
Second Vice-President. Miss
Lydia Deyton; Recording Se
cretary and Treasurer, Mrs.
Phyllis Bailey.
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Downed Plane Located:
On Friday, October 15,,
recovery crews retreived the
bodies of four persons who
died in the crash of an
ambulance plane in the Deep
Gap area of Yancey County
last Saturday. There were no
survivors.
The victims apparently
died on impact as the
twin-engine - Piper Seneca
crashed at about 5,400 feet,
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( VOL. 4, NO. 42 / BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1976 15* )
Local Woman’s Club Hosts
Historical Association
Iva Nell Buckner, Director
Os Instruction for Yancey
County Schools; James Byrd,
Media Coordinator for Moun-
United
Campaign
The oversize thermometer
on the Burnsville Town
Square shows that $8,400 has
■- vw been raised in the Yancey
County United Way cam
paign. The goal for this year’s
drive is set at $19,000.
Chairman Joe Johnson
reports that amoug contribu
tions already received a
considerable number have
come from those who had not
so far been solicited. By
making contributions in this
way the work of the campaign
volunteers is simplified, and
the completion of the drive
expedited. Contributions may
be sent direct to the United
Fund treasurer, Mrs. Muriel
Cooper, at the Burnsville
Town Hall.
Several additions to the
honor roll have been made
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Notice
The Board of Elections
office will be open every day
this week including Saturday.
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Phyllis Bailey,Mrs. Jacks, Mrs. Gillespie, Lydia Deyton,Mary Deyton,Ramona Turman
four miles north-northwest of
the parking lot at Mount
Mitchell, the highest peak
east of the Mississippi River
at 6,684 feet.
The plane was flying from
Greenville, S.C. to Philadel
phia carrying a former South
Carolina resident to a Phila
delphia hospital.
Victims were identified as
Ephriam Lake, 69, of Consho-
tain Heritage High School;
and Teresa Coletta, County
Librarian, will be Speakers of
the Day Saturday, October 23,
when the Western North
Carolina Historical Associa
tion meets in its regular fall
session at 2:30 p.m. in the
Mountain Heritage High
School.
The subject will be the
history of Yancey County. The
Burnsville Woman’s Club, led
by Mrs. Ernest Briggs, will be
hosts for the occasion. The
public is cordially invited to
the meeting. It is believed the
meeting will provide an
opportunity for local citizens
to refresh their memories on
FHA Plays Big Part |
Local citizens are sometimes unaware of
Federal programs that do assist local people and
how their income tax dollars are spent.
T*>e Farmers Home Administration purchased
1.5 million dollars of general obligation bonds at an
interest rate of 5% in order that Yancey County
might have a new consolidated high school. It is a
S fact that no other agency or lending institution
would purchase these bonds at rates and terms
f given by FmHA. It is through the assistance which
g this agency was pleased to offer, that Mountain
■ Heritage High School has become a reality. r
This agency was not mentioned during the
dedication ceremonies at Mountain Heritage, and
we believe it is fitting that the part Farmers Home
Administration has played should be gratefully
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hockcu, Pa.; his nephew,
James Robinson, 58, of
Philadelphia; a nurse. Char
lotte Gayman, 25, of Wash
ington, Pa.; and the pilot,
Edward Smertmeck of West
Virginia.
Members of the Radio
Patrol, Rescue Squad. Sher
iff s Department, U.S. Forest
Service and Civil Air Patrol
assisted in the week-long
and rescue operation,
the yester-years of the Burns
ville and Yancey area. The
visiting historians are looking
forward eagerly to this chance
to learn more about one of the
most scenic and storied
counties in all of North
Carolina.
The UNC Historical Asso
ciation is a cultural, non-profit
organization which for many
years has promoted the study,
publication. dissemination,
and preservation of the
history of the 23 North
Carolina mountain counties.
Quarterly sessions of the
Association are convened at
some point in the mountain
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Ronnie Sessions
Country,
Bluegrass
Show Set
The Newdale Volunteer
Fire Department will present
a Country & Bluegrass Show —•
on Saturday, October 23, 7:30
p.m. at East Yancey High
School. The show will feature
Recording Star Ronnie Ses
sions and the Sugarloaf
Ramblers, as well as Johnny
Short and The Country
Travelers.
Admission is $2.50 at the
door or advance tickets at
$2.00 each may be purchased
at The Northwestern Bank.
Children under 12 are free.
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