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Cadette Scouts Elect Officers
BY BEE YOUNG
Cadette Girl Scout Reporter
At Cadette Girl Scout Meeting October 27, Brenda Williams and Joy Bennett brought delicious
Halloween refreshments. Cupcakes, chips, and Koolald were served from a table decorated with
Charlie Brown and his great pumpkin. Brenda and Joy brought Bingo and Pop the Balloon games
in which Linda Hess, Tanis Wilson and Hollie Sides won prizes. Donna Braithwaite, Susan
Pitman, Tamara Price, Hollie Sides, Angie-Wheeler and Bee Young submitted Piper Patch
Designs. The Cadette Troop sold 100 calendars. Pictured above are new officers for the Troop:
[left to right] Brenda Williams, President; Joy Bennett, Secretary-Treasurer; Angie Wheeler,
Vice President; Bee Young, Reporter; Linda Hess, Troop Photographer. Pictured below, Donna
Braithwaite stands by the “Yancey County” quilt, made up of squares submitted by each troop in
the Yancey Neighborhood.
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Exhibit
By Local
Artists
Local artists will exhibit at
the Yancey County Library
this week. The display will
open Friday, November 5, in
the handsome, multipurpose
room of the new library.
The photographic artistry
of two real experts will be one
of the features of this exhibit.
Aerial photographs of the
Burnsville area have been
captured by Brian Westveer
on a perfect day this summer.
Even the roof of the new high
school is beautiful. Everyone
is invited to come and view
the photos and pick out your
favorite spot.
Wild Flowers by Anne
Parks Hawthorne will be on
display in the library also.
Have you ever seen a lady
slipper bud in the snow--or a
butterfly land on butterfly I
weed? Ms. Hawthorne has I
created a fine art series with I
some of Yancey County’s well I
known wildflowers.
All of these photographs '
were matted and framed by
The Pendulum
ation is available on how you
can own one of these works of
art.
’76*77 Hunt
Camp Areas
Robert W. Cermak, Forest
Supervisor for National Forest
ip North Carolina has an
nounced the following desig
nated hunt camp areas for the
1976-77 hunting season:
Black Mountain Campground
Camp Alice
Victor Tract (6 miles south of
Blue Ridge Parkway on
* Forest Service Road 1165)
flat Top House Site (just off
U.S. 19W)
Flat Top Hunt Camp
jHarmiller Gap (Forest Service
Road 1415 off U.S. 19W
about 2 miles)
Spivey Gap (U.S. 19W)
Indian Grave Gap (off U.S.
jj 19W on Forest Service
Service Rd 1323)
For more information contact
District Ranger, Box 128,
Burnsville, N.C.
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Mountain Heritage Student News
Mountain Heritage has
had a busy time the past week
as evidenced by the following
reports:
SINGING GROUP VISITS
By Rodney Renfro
Campers in the Forest, a
musical group, will be visiting
Mountain Heritage on No
vember 23. The musical group
consists of Joel Robertson,
Charles Kesler, and Ron
Powell.
The group performs many
different styles of music
including their own original
songs.
The purpose of the per
formance, which will be held
in the Tomberlin Auditorium
at 9:00 a.m., is to raise money
to help meet printing costs of
the school newspaper. Ad
mission is 50c.
WOMANLESS WEDDING
By Sherry Ballew
October 21 the drama
class presented “The Wo
manless Wedding”-a great
performance was given by all
of the actors and actresses.
The aunt and uncle of the
bride-Kevin Shirley and Kim
Aldridge, Miss Nosey Toad
wine-Gerry Dover, Miss Übi
ka Scratchfeed-Bobby Hol
combe, Miss Needsaman-
Donald Angel, Grandmother
and Grandfather of the
bride-Teddy Boone and Zyn
dall Whitson, The mother of
the bride-Ronnie Huskins,
Aunt Hominy Grits and Baby
Sis Eatzer Oats-Darrell
Wnndv and Jim Edwards, the
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groom-Ricky Huskins, the
bride-Marvin Silvers, the
father of the bride-Darrell
Huskins, and the ushers,
flower girls, bridesmaids all
gave an excellent perfor
mance.
The best performance was
given by Darrell Woody-Aunt
Hominy Grits, and Jim
Edwards-Baby Sis Eatzer
Oats.
On October 29, the groups
traveled to Cane River and
East Yancey to present the
play there.
STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS
Debra Buchanan
The Mountain Heritage
Student Council met Tuesday,
October 27. Some of the
things discussed were selling
subscriptions to The Yancey
Journal. The homeroom sell
ing the most subscriptions
will get half a day off in the
spring for a picnic.
They also discussed find
ing a place for coats this
winter. They are considering
putting hooks in each class
but no definite decision has
been reached.
It was decided after a long
debate that homecoming will
continue to go by that same
name. Three Council mem
bers met with faculty repre
sentatives to decide the
procedures' for homecoming
this year.
Anyone having any sug
gestions or complaints please
contact your homeroom Coun
cil member.
STUDENTS ARE SCREENED
By Janet Elkins
The Health Occupation II
students will be helping the
Public Health Nurses from the
Health Department in screen
ing all the students in the
different schools in Yancey
County. Two of the schools
have already had their stu
dents screened. Janice Wil
son and Annette Ayers helped
in screening students at
Clearmont Elementary. Don
na Whitson and Susie Byrd
screened students at Bald
Creek Elementary School The
screening of the students
includes doing hearing and
eye tests and doing the height
and weight of each student.
The H.O. students assist
the public health nurse in any
way they can during these
screenings. The students ap
preciate the opportunity to
share a day in the work of the
public health nurse.
BETAS ORGANIZE
By Rodney Renfro
Among the various clubs
now organizing is the Beta
Club. Requirements for a
jun ior Beta is a 50 point score
on the new scoring system,
created by the sponsors.
There were 43 junior Betas
who were chosen thru the new
scoring system.
The senior Betas have not
been scored as yet through
the new system. There are 25
senior Betas from East
Yancey and Cane River.
The Clubs first meeting at
THE YANCEY JOURNAL NOVEMBER 4, 1976
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Mtn. Heritage was held
Tuesday, 26th, sth period.
During the meeting, the
district conference was dis
cussed. About 60 Beta mem
bers from MH attended the
conference. Janice Bigger
staff, a new junior Beta
member, was elected to office
of District Secretary. Officers
of the Beta Club are Donald
Angel, President: Linda Fox,
Vice President: Sandra Fen
der, Secretary: Sherry Byrd,
Treasurer.
Miss Gwen Harris says
that the new scoring system
will help rank students more
accurately.
AVIATION CLASS
On Wednesday, October
26, the Aviation Class at Mtn.
Heritage entertained a NCSU
graduate in aeronautical en
gineering as guest speaker.
Mr. Steve Peterson is now
employed by the Air Force at
Edwards Air Force Base in
Calif. The base is a testing
site for all aircraft being
tested by the defense depart
ment. Mr. Peterson has been
working on two aircraft being
tested at Edwards in particu
lar: the YC-15, a new STOL
transport, and the YF-16-a
new single engine fighter
built by General Dynamics.
The students were very
interested in the systems
found on both airplanes. The
capability and performance of
the airplanes stimulated keen
interest in Steve Peterson’s
presentation. He discussed jet
.
engine reversing, leading |
edge slats, spoilers, flaperons
and other devices used on the /
STOL transport. He also |
discussed the future of t
aeronautical engineering as a J
career. The students greatly f
appreciated the visit.
PSYCHOLOGY GRADES
The students taking Psy
chology this year were graded
differently from regular class
es. Each student in the class
had an individual conference
with the three teachers: Miss
Ray, Mr. Hardy, and Miss
Buckner,, at the same time. In
this conference the students
and teachers negotiated their
grade for the nine weeks.
After a grade was reached
and agreed upon, it was then
recorded.
FHA OFFICERS ELECTED
On October 21 the Mtn.
Heritage FHA met to elect
officers. There were eight
offices and the students!
decided that the officers
should be selected equally
between former East Yancey
and Cane River students.
There were four officers
elected from each school. The
officers were as follows;
President, Stephanie Angell;
Vice President, Patty Sim
mons; Secretary, Debi Byrd; ;
Treasurer, Patsy Pritchard;
Reporter, Debbie Austin;
Historians, Gail Buckner and
Connie Angel; Parliamentari
an, Kristy Peterson; Recrea
tion Leader, Tammy Gilly.
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