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Homer Is Member Os UNC-G Council Dr. Jack C. Horner, a Spruce Pine surgeon, has become a charter member of the newly-created Planned Giving Advisory Council at the University of North Carolina •at Greensboro. The purpose of the council will be to aid the present and future Planned Giving Program of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro by advising with the chan cellor, vice chancellor for development, the director of planned giving and other ad ministrative officials of the I JENNIFER CANNON Music In The Mountains i C ou £ ar News Informal Musicale Mountain Heritage played host to the Owen Warhorses on Friday, February 2, and the Cougars suf fered a loss though the game was a close one. The Cougars were paced by Mike Proffitt with 18, Randy Banks and Pat Hardy with 16. The other scorers were Ricky Tipton with 12, Curtis Young with 5, Bobby Hensley with 3, and Jeff Fender with 1. (By Tommy Maney) COUGARETTES WIN j ThekCeugarettes also took on the Owen Warlassies at Mountain Heritage last Friday and this game turned out to be a victory for the Cougarettes with a score of 58-51. Sherry Buckner led the Cougarettes with 12 points. Other scorers were Carolyn Pritchard-6, Jeannie Deyton-7, Lisa Young-9, Judy McKinney-4, Pam McCurry Gov. Hunt’s Page Program Is Teaching Aid For Kids Govemor James Hunt has instigated an ongoing page program for youngsters throughout the state in an ef fort to better acquaint them with the mechanics of State Government and at the same time to render a service to State Government. Each week nine youngsters between the ages of 13-18 are appointed to serve in an office of * the Governor’s cabinet. They perform services of run ning errands, xeroxing, stuf fing answering telephones, and other com -1 parable duties. Each day a tour of one of the historic buildings is arranged for the pages and at the end of Represents Yancey On Chamber Board The Bth Annual Meeting of the Better Business Bureau of 'Asheville/Western North Carolina, was held on Thur sday, February 1,1979. t At this meeting, Grate -Banks of the' Yancey County Chamber of Commerce was re-elected to represent Yan cey County on the Board of pirectors of this organization. I Mr. Charles Kern, president pf" John Carroll, Inc., and honorary Chairman of the jßoard of the Bureau, who was Responsible for having this organization established, to serve Western North Carolina. Addressed this meeting. * In his remarks, he pointed out the reasons he felt Western North Carolina needed the Services of the 888 and he university. For example, , council members may the university administrators in talking with prospective donors who are in the process of considering gifts to the university. Dr. Homer’s wife, the for mer Wilhelmina Dock of Wilmington, attended Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, now UNC-G. Both Dr. and Mrs. Homer have long been interested in higher education and Dr. Homer has expressed his pleasure at being on the council at his wife’s alma mater. Celebrates 2nd Birthday Jennifer Lynn Cannon celebrated her 2nd birthday Saturday, February 3, with a party at her home. Fourteen guests were present to wish her happy birthday. Jennifer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cannon of Route 3, Burnsville. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe Tipton of Bakersville and Mr. and Mrs. Ford Cannon of Route 4, Burnsville. 2, Chris Deyton-6, and Cathy Young-11. (By Rhonda Gouge) J.V. BOYS FACE OWEN Although the Heritage J.V. Boys went down to defeat at the hands of the Owen J. V.s, the game . was an exciting one. Coach Fox commented that “Randall Weatherman made a basket with 5 seconds left in overtime when the score was 69-67, Owen. He ap peared to get fouled on the play, but the official called traveling. It overtime game, we were behind by 10 at the end of the first half. We played as hard as we could, and probably played our best overall game.” The players were Brett Hughes, Keith Huskins, Steve Boone, Bradley Grindstaff, Randall Weatherman, David McFee, David Hoilman and Tommy Bid- J dix. (By Cindy Bodford) the week, they are presented a. certificate of service, a North Carolina pin and a picture made withthe Governor. An appropriation of $71.00 per week has been made to reimburse pages for living ex penses while they are in Raleigh. A list of available homes Where reservations may be made for lodging ac commodations will accom pany the letter of appoin tment. These homes charge $13.00 per day for breakfast, dinner, transportation to and from the office and lodging. It will be necessary for each page to have a Social Security number before reimbur sement can be made. revealed how well these needs have been met. He particularly emphasized the value of the free-phone service available to all businesses and consumers in Western North Carolina. Anyone can dial free, 1-800- 452-2882, and get a report on a business anywhere in the United States. The Bureau staff is also available to help anyone who has difficulty in a business transaction getting it resolved. The 888 of Asheville/WNC is now suppor ted by over 906 business‘and professional men. Three hun dred of Uyese members are from 12 counties other than Buncombe, and it is their sup port that makes the free phone service to the Bureau possible. fjf j flog ' . "SHfflßr B h sSt■ ■■ Wm ° m jBF JHK - ■ JWP- /ißfci JBM m( • |1 Hk,- mm * ■FiSnl •■mi W * £ . M■ | -v A | " f *1 KhQI w S koH i - K ; x. '*’*** Wedding Shower Held A shower was given by fellow employees at Burnsville Hospital for X-ray Technician Tom Burnsides and his bride-to-be, Joanne Yamell, last Thursday, February 1. The hospital staff furnished refreshments, and the couple If you sre interested in being, a part of this program next summer, see Elaine Thomas in the guidance office at Mountain Heritage. \ • ! Dean’s List At Mars Hill College Robert R. Chapman, associate dean for academic affairs, has announced that 341 Mars Hill College students have been named to the fall term Dean’s List at the Bap tist-related college. To be named to this honor, a student must maintain a grade point ratio of 3.S or bet ter on a minimum of 12 semester hours of study and not receive any grade below a “C” for one or both semesters. Mars Hill bases its grades on a 4 point system with an “A” representing 4 points, a “B” representing 3 points, etc. The students from Yancey Dean’s List At Guilford Guilford College has an nounced its Dean’s List students for the current school year. To qualify, a student must average a B-plus or.Jbet-. ter. Mpking the dean’s list from Yancey County is Isa Cheren, daughter of Stanley Cheren of Costa Mesa, Ca., and Norma Cheren of Bur nsville. She is a freshman, majoring in biology. To help shake off the winter doldrums, Music in the Moun tains will present “Tit for Tat, and Trombone, Too”, an in formal musical program, on Sunday afternoon, February 11, at the Burnsville Presbyterian Church. This program will bring to us a variety of musical styles, spanning several centuries from the baroque period to the present. Patrick Cauble will sing a group of songs called “Tit for Tat” which was com posed by the contemporary Reeve Returns After Concert Tour Eve Lynne Reeve has retur ned to Burnsville after a most successful concert tour of South Florida. Her beautiful Challis harpsichord was not tuned during the series because in the planning 24 hours were given for it to tem per to each setting. Three thousand miles later it is still in tune. The day after Christmas Eve Lynne played for the ar tists and writers of Grove Park in Miami. On December 29, 1978 she inaugurated the new million, dollar Cultural- Educational Center of the . - »_o—- ~ . . r County who have achieved this honor are as follows: Barbara Ella Buckner- Education/Library Science from Burnsville; Charles David Dulaney-Chemistry-son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dulaney of Burnsville; Hilda T. Fisher- Elementary Education-from Burnsville; Patricia Leary Miller-Elementary Education £from Burnsville; Terry James Peterson-Biology-son of Mr. Park W. Peterson of Green Mountain; Brenda Lee Phetteplace from Burnsville; Phillip -Eugene Ray-Political Science-son of Mr. and Mrs. John Howard Robertson of Burnsville; Randy Gerald Robinson-Chemistry-son of Mr: and Mrs. Paul Robinson of Burnsville; Deborah Ward Stallings-Elementary Educa tion-from Burnsville; Freida Beth Kelly Stewart-Social Work-Daughter of Mr. John- David Stewart of Burnsville; Lisa M. Thomas-Business Administration-daughter of Mr. Johnnie D. Thomas of Burnsville; Janet Patricia Treadway-rtyrsing-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Treadway of Burnsville; and Tammy Young-Elementary Education-daughter, of Mr. Wayne Young of Burnsville. received many nice household gifts. The wed ding date is set for this coming Sunday, February 11. Tom and Joanna are pictured above (center) surrounded by well-wishers. Photo by Brian Westveer English composer when he was just 15 years old. The words to these charming songs are verses of Walter de la Mare. Patrick’s lovely wife, Shayna Hollander will accom pany him on piano. Shayna will play three Scarlatti sonatas on this program. This 17th Century composer, an Italian by birth, spent most of his life in Spain where he was court musician to King Philip V. He is regar ded as one of Spain’s most famous composers. A har psichord virtuoso, Scarlatti Coral Isles Congregational Church on Plantation Key. given by Roa Kraft Birch. On January 5, 1979, a com plete change of pace and dif ferent type of audience was the group'"of young men at Mary Help of Christians School in Tampa. This program was more a “show tune” type of music including program music from the 16th century to the present geared to what Eve Lynne felt the young men would enjoy. She was right. On Sunday, January 7, 1979 Eve Lynne returned to the larger works in her repertoire * and received her fourth stan ding ovation on the tour at Eckerd College in St. Peter sburg. “Chamber Music in Florida” was held the following two weeks at Eckerd College and after the first week of chamber music the trip home began. It was a leisurely trip with all kinds of side excursions to visit college interested in cham ber music as each telephone call to Burnsville sounded like a broken record: “Ice and snow! Don’t you dare bring that loaded hearse in.” So between snow storms the travelers arrived home. Florida wasn’t all that warm either; but the audien ces were. v v w_; Xi COUNTRY LIVIN' BOARDING KENNELS and GROOMING SHOP r tfau>. ... '■* ’ - -wT'. ieasica niehols Plaza Shopping Center IVE Bv-Pass Bus: 704-682-3727 Res: *O4-682-6347 experimented with different keyboard techniques. Among these is the hand crossing technique used in these sonatas which he used ip his compositions until lie became so fat he could no longer ac complish it himself! This is the second year that Patrick has been Artist in Residence at Mayland Tech. He studied at North Carolina School of the Arts, Stanford University and the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Shayna also studied at N.C. School of the Arts and at the New England Conservatory and Vienna Academy of Music. They have brought their music to schools, chur ches, Senior Citizens groups and many more gatherings in the area. The trombone pieces will be performed by Robin Dreyer. He will play several songs from Gustav Mahler’s “Songs of a Wayfarer” written in 1884 I when the composer was 24 years old*’ These melodic songs were written for mezzo soprano and have been tran scribed for trombone, with piano accompaniment. Robin will also play “Three Pieces for Trombone Alone” written in 1976 by David Cope, and a baroque bassoon sonata by Galliard, transcribed for trombone and accompanied by, Shayna on harpsichord. Robin also studied at N.C. School of the Arts, and Indiana * University. The program is scheduled for 3:30. Tickets will be available at the door. $2 for adults and $1 for students. MESSIAH OF THE MOUNTAINS LUTHERAN CHURCH Mitchell Branch Rd., Burnsville, N.C. / Pastor: J. Paul Rimmer 682-7514 / Sunday School y 0 a.m. Worship Servlet 11 a.m. -• iu *,**“ - we never forget ydu A*. In !M» <l»y ol 'Wand-torguT aarvlea. our agancy •undo out ■■ on organization mar aticka by tm old tradition ol par aonal attantlon and good, prompt aarv foa. That maana wa'ra always working to aarra you monoy and hoadachoa Qtva ua a call or lust ooma on In. Samoa la at tha mart ol our buamaaa. ROBERTS INSURANCE | Phon« 61)2-2191 | jf , . Tolley, Nelson Are Engaged Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tolley of Route 2, Burnsville, an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Cathy Louise to Kenneth C. Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nelson of Rotate 2, Burnsville. Tlie bride-elect is a 1972 graduate of East Yancey High School and attended Florida Bible College,, Hollywood, Florida. She is employed by Henredon Furniture In dustries of Spruce Pine, N.C. The future bridegroom is a 1967 graduate of East Yancey High School and graduated from Appalachian State University. He served with the U.S. Army in Germany. Bond Sales Are Up Sales of Series E and H Savings Bonds in Yancey County during the fourth quar ter of 1978 were $45,948.09. Total sales in 1978 amounted to $120,981.00. This represents 141 percent of their goal of $85,750.00 according to Hazen Ledford, County Volunteer Chairman. North Carolinians pur chased $120,755,670.00 in U.S. Savings Bonds during 1978- the highest yearly total ever recorded in peacetime. This was over $1 million higher than 1977. Fourth quarter bond sales were $28,486,426.00. Nationally, E and H Savings Bonds sales amounted to $7.96 billion for 1978. Fourth quarter sales were $l.B billion. Holdings of Savings Bonds rose $3.93 billion during 1978, for a new high of $80.9 billion outstanding by the end of the year. More than 2,730,000 men and women signed up as new or increased allotment savers on the payroll savings plan during the year. This is 105 percent of the 2,600,000 goal, and a record number during recent years. Lamp Post Shop (Aj West Main Steet " W Phone Burnsville, N.C. 28714 704-682-2444 F ° r Ufl(JSUal I in ANTIQUES Gifts, Candles, Plaques, Music Boxes, Pewter, Lamp Shades, Genuine Blue Delft, Cut Glass, Pictures, Needle Point and Thread, Crewel Kits, I Brass Beds, Figurines, and Hundreds of I Other Items buying or- *• *r\ selling a home, > <9 X ‘ * WHO YOU KNOW IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT YOU KNOW * , > VYHAT you know abouLreaPsftate today may not be true t&mtfbw. Conditions snanse fast in the housirMj m^ket. WfMAu know, therefore, should be 4 s£•--,tAR®. K FTgALTOmtfcLjWC real engd professions** only bflWeW who belong to tfi^^ATTOf^lj^AfcOGf^TlON OF REALTORS®. They’re required to be activity in the real bnMimK, so they must keep up with the latest in real emtftKjjjri»tter how fast changes occur. HOW can a You? mmvSm arJTta JtflHK*'-- *——————— -•>- For Information Contact Members Os The Tencey-Mitchell Board Os REALTORS CY JORDAN REALTY, INC. TYNER REAL ESTATE THf KLONDYKE fl GOLDEN ACRES REX O. WILSON AGENCY HOWELL REAL ESTATE CO. INC. MILLER & ASSOCIATES ] , REAL ESTATE LITTLE SWITSIRLAND REALTY JO AN* SIMMONS REAL ESTATE BLANTQN REAL ESTATE -1 ' vi 9M|Bß& B \ ■ JE * ■IV iv JB9BBBBB CATHY TOLLEY 1 He is employed by Maylani Technical Institute as Direc tor of Evening Programs. ■ 5 A September 22 wedding is planned. i >%L 1 ■lb JEFF PARKER Gets Plaque For Softball Jeff Parker, son of Mr. and Dolphus Parker, Burnsville, received a plaque recently honoring him as “an outstan ding participant for the Kingsmen Softball Team. Jeff has played ball with this Asheville team for 5 years, and was the 1978 season’s leading homerun hitter with 105 home runs-a 590 average. PAGE 5
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