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V0L.35, NO. 35
New Bonk To
Open Here
First Citizens Bank and Trust
Company has made applica
tion to the State Banking Com
mission in Raleigh to open
a branch office in Burnsville,
it was announced today by Mr.
Sidney Hughes, Senior Vice
President of the Fist Citizens
Bank of Asheville. Representa
tives of the Bank, Mr. Sidney
Hughes and Mr. George Chum
bley, have been visiting mer
chants and businessmen in
Yancey County during the past
two days, and according to
Mr. Hughes, "We are delight
ed with the receptionwe have
received."
First Citizens Bank, with
home office in Smithfield,N.
C., is the fourth largest bank
in North Carolina with total
assets of S7BB million dollars.
The Bank operates in6s towns
and has about 164 branches
throughout the state.
Real estate under consider
ation and plans for construe ticn
are pending the decision o f
the Banking Commission which
will meet September 22nd in
Raleigh.
Further information about
First Citizens Bank will be
published in the next edition
of The Yancey Record.
doggers
Win Again
There was a full house in
the Hendersonville Auditorium
Teams of excellent mount a in
dancers performed. Among
these were the Country Store
Cloggers from Burnsville Ele -
mentary School. It was up in
the evening when they cam;
on. The crowd went wild,
keeping time with their beat
and high kicking. As they
clogged off, other team mem
bers and fans rushed backstage
to meet them.
It was late in the night
when the judges returned with
the winners and the Country
Store Cloggers were the win
ners in the Jr. Clog Division.
They will return to Henderson
ville to perform in the Apple
Festival on Saturday,Sept.4th.
The team will travel to
Statesville, N.C. to Fiddler*
Grove, Inc. to compete
against top teams from six
states.
Notice
Due to the Labor Day Week
end Holiday, the Yancey
County Public Library will be
closed Monday, September 6.
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CAR WRECKED NEAR MINE FORK —A one-car accident occurred on N.C. 197, 3 miles
North of Burnsville, at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday. Driver of the car, Terry William Jones, 26 years
old, of Route 1, Green Mountain, apparently lost control of the car, which swerved and fi
nally overturned at the side of the road. He was taken to Memorial Mission Hospital, Ashe
ville, with severe injuries. The car’s other occupant was Dennis Matt Jones, 24, of Route
3, Burnsville, brother of the driver, who was treated and released at Yancey Hospital.
State Highway Patrolman A. T. Canipe is still investigating the accident.
Vaccination Os Horses For Sleeping
Sickness To Begin In North Carolina
A vaccination program to
protect horses from the killer
disease Venezuelan Equine En
cephalomyelitis 'VEE) will be
initiated in North Carolina in
the next few weeks.
The vaccine, TC-83, has
been used only in Texas and
the surrounding quarantine area
on an experimental basis. Re
cently it has been a p proved
and certified safe bythe US DA
According to North Caro
lina Commissioner of Agricul
ture James A. Graham, a
delegation from the North
Carolina Agriculture Depart -
ment met in Washington,D.C.
with US DA officials who agreed
to begin the vaccination pro
gram in North Carolina as
soon as possible. The delega
tion was comprised of Assis
tant Commissioner John Reit
zel, State Veterinarian Dr.T.
F. Zweigart and Dr.W.WJlar-
Idns, federal veterinarian in
charge of the Animal Health
Division of ARS, USDA in
North Carolina.
"The USDA's approval for
a vaccination program for
North Carolina is wonderful
news to me, our horse owners
and all otr people," Graham
said. "Scientists tell us VEE
can do well in this climate
and unless checked could
spread as far north as Canada"
"The vaccination program
is mandatory for all horses
and equine stock if the ani -
mals are to be moved from
the owner's premises. They
can be moved, of course, to
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1971
the designated places of vac
cination," he continued. "The
NCDA will announce the time
and place of vaccinations in
the near future."
The program will be coor
Community Contest Winners
The rural areas of Yancey
County are becoming more
and more conscious of the im
portance of cleaning-up and
protecting the natural beauty
of the countryside including
the roadsides, and making their
communities more attractive
Parkway Assoc.
To Meef Here
The September meeting of
the Blue Ridge Parkway Asso -
ciation will be at Burnsville
on September 14, 15, 1971
according to the new president
of the Association, Captain
George Downing.
The schedule of events calls
for "Open House" at the Down
ingsl quarters over the Yancey
County Country Store on the
evening of September 14, at
6:30 p.m., followed by din
ner at the Nu Wray Inn at
7:30 p. m. The Business meet
ing will be held at the Art
School, "Painting in the Main
tains", at 9:00 a.m. Wednes
day, September 15. Finally,
a Picnic Luncheon will be held
at Ogles Meadows later that
day.
dinated jointly by the NCDA,
the USDA and the N.C.Board
of Health. The actual vacci
nations will be given by ac
credited, practicing veterina
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places in which to live. Many
of the organized community
clubs have been hard at work
on this and much has been ac
complished through communi
ty and individual family effort.
Purpose of the Annual Road
side Improvement Contest is to
encourage all rural communi
ties in the area to carry out
organized roadside beautifica
tion projects and to recognize
those doing outstanding work.
Yancey County is famed
for it's scenic beauty. This
contest present a wonderful
opportunity for the organized
communities to make this area
a showcase for Western North
Carolina.
First place winner in this
year's contest in Yancey Coun
ty is the White Oak Creek
Community, followed ty Jack*
Creek; third place winner is
the Brush Creek Community
and fourth place, Green Moun
tain.
Judges for the event were
Mb. E. L. Briggs, Mr. John
Martin and Mr. Lawrence
Spencer.
Awards will be given at the
Community Development Ban
quet.
United Fund
Drive Set
A strong team of volunteer
workers is being enlisted to
conduct the seventeenth an
nual fund raising campaign of
the Yancey United Fund,which
is scheduled to start on Mon
day, September 20.
John Martin, vice-chairman
of last year's successful drive,
has been elected president of
the UF for the coming year.
Roy Ray and Ardell Sink have
accepted the positions of cam
paign co-chairmen. Roy Ray,
throughout the history of our
united fund, has been among
the most faithful and outstand
ing workers. In 1962 he served
as campaign chairman in one
of the fund's more successful
drives. Ardell Sink, since
coming to Yancey County
has participated wholehearted
ly in community affairs, and
last year handled the publicity
for the drive.
Faced with a budget goal
this year of $14,150, the lar
gest to date, the UF directors
recognize the importance of
having an exceptionally com
petent team of workers. An
nouncement of the team mem
bers will be made, as workers
are enlisted.
in line with a practice fol
lowed by many other united
funds, advance solicitation is
being undertaken before the
formal opening of the drive.
The aim is to get contributions
from many of the larger sup
porters so that the drive starts
with momentum already built
up. In Yancey County the
advance solicitation makes it
possible to have personal con
tacts with many of our sum
mer residents who will have
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Meeting
To Be Held
The Cane River Bolster
Club and P.T.A. will have
a combined meeting at the
school this coming Monday
night, September 6th, at7:oo
p.m. All parents should try
to attend this meeting.
Notice
French Broad Electric
Membership Corporation
will be closed September
6th, Monday, for the La
bor Day holiday.
Yancey County Schools will
be closed on Monday, Sep
tember 6th for the Labor Day
Holiday.
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