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CANDIDATES DAUGHTERS VISIT BURNSVILLE —Martha Bowles Geil and Holly Bowles,
daughters of Democratic candidate for Governor, Hargrove “Skipper” Bowles, stopped in
Burnsville late Monday afternoon before continuing their Murphy to Manteo trip. In an earlier
trip across the southern part of the state the girls campaigned for their father. This time
they will travel through the northern part of the state, again stopping and campaigning in
small towns. The Bowles girls and their yellow mini—van arrived in Burnsville several
hours behind schedule and didn’t get to meet as many people as they wanted to. However,
they did get to see Burnsville and viisit the Yancey County Country Store.
"Facelift" For Burnsville Town Square
Gets Strong Endorsement At Meeting
A project for giving the
Burnsville town square a much
needed facelift received strong
endorsement last Thursday
at an exceptionally well at
tended meeting set up by the
Yancey County Chamber of
Commerce. Action was taken
through forming a committee
to get the project under way.
The sentiment of the meet
ing was that through permit -
Youths In
Art Contest
Ten local youth, sponsored
by the Burnsville Woman's
Club, participated inthi Fine
Arts Festival of District II on
March 11 at Brevard,N.C.The
following students presented
their painting? in the compc -
tition:
From East Yancey H igh
School —Pam Edge, Ciiristine
Hughes, Loretta Kampf, Be
linda Robinson, Mitzi Presnill,
Rosemary Kampf. From the
Micaville School —Glenn Ed
wards. From South Tee School
—Marcus Vess, Randy Bart -
left and Pete McWhirtcr.
Also, modeling in the fash
ion show held at the Fine Arts
Festival was loretta Kampf,
a student in Mrs. Max Hughes'
Home Ec class at East Yancey.
Several Burnsville club -
women also entered the com
petition. Winneis in all
categories from Burnsville are
the following: Belinda Robin
son — 3rd place in Art Division
Mis. Harlon Holcombe — 3rd
place in Crewel Embroidery;
Mrs. Torey Tyner—2nd place
in Miscellaneous Division;
Mis. P. C. Coletta—lst place
in Sonnet Poetry.
Ladies attending the Bre
vard meeting from Burnsville
were Mrs. James Anglin, Mrs,
Troy Ray, Mrs. John Martin,
Mis. P.C. Coletta, Mis. Har
lon Holcombe, Mrs. W.A.Y.
Sargent, Mrs. Howard Barbee,
Mrs. Ralph Jacks, Mrs. John
Bennett, and Mrs. Mack Ray.
Letter To Candidates
Op>en Letter to the Candidates
for School Board:
The Burnsville Elementary
School Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation will meet in the lunch
room on Tuesday evening,
March 21st, 1972, at7:3op*m
We are inviting each candi -
date for the Yancey County
Board of Education to attend
this meeting. We would like
for you to state your views on
our present schools ( building
and curricula) and any plans
you have for school progress.
Each candidate will be given
ting the town square to contin
ue in its (iresent unattractive
appearance, disfigured by un
sightly utility wires, dying
trees, and inappropriate shrub
bery, the town is failing to
make full use of one of its
most important assets. Town
officials and others are well
aware of adverse comments
frequently made regarding the
square's appearance.
Bill Doggett, the architect
who for some two years has
been working on a major face
lift for Waynesville, discussed
that important town improve
ment project.
John Marius, Economist for
the TVA outlined the assiianee
that can be provided without
charge for carrying out a
Yancey Chamber of Commerce
Works Toward Governors Award
An important step was tak
en last Wednesday in the two
year-long endeavor of the
Yancey County Chamber of
Commerce to obtain for us
the coveted "Governor's
Award" for achievement in
making our county attractive
for new industry.
An inspection team of four
representatives of the State
Conservation and Develoiiruit
Department sp>ent most of tie
day in reviewing the work
done towanl earning the
award. Following a tour of
possible industrial sites, a
luncheon meeting was held
at the Nu-Wray Inn with the
Chamber members who have
been active in pursuit of the
award. Bill Banks and Mack
B. Ray have served as Co-
Chairmen of the Industrial De
velopment Committee.
The inspection team con
sisted of Cecil Bell, Bob Go
forth, Mrs. Reno Hawkins and
Tom A. Jones. Substantial
evidence of work toward qual
ifying for the award was pre
2to 3 minutes. Many of us
have questions to ask of you.
A moderator will be available
to guide discussion and assist
in conducting the session.
We would appreciate your
response to this letter, letting
us know if we can expect you
on Tuesday evening. Thank
you very much for considerirg
our invitation.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Garland Wamp
ler, Prog.Cfairman;
Rev. H. McDonald,
President.
"demonstration project" in
Yancey County. Among the
services that may be furnished
is that of an expert landscape
architect, who can design the
i in prov cm ents.
A committee composed of
Oscar Deyton, Jim Anglin,Ed
Yuziuk, James Ray, Rush
Wray, Jay Edge and Ard ell
Sink was appointed to git tiling
underway. It was agreed to
ask the Women's Club Jaynttes
and Garden Club to appoint re
presentatives to serve on this
committee. The TVA archi
tect, it was pointed out, will
w ant to get from these com -
mittee members their ideas on
what the Burnsville Square
should look like.
sented to the visitors. Exhibi
ted at the lunch were newly
prepared brochures of factual
information regarding this
county, aimed at answering
questions of industrial pros -
pects, maps showing industrial
sites, and an impressive scrap
look showing recent progress
in the county.
The Conservation and De
velopment Department has
stressed the requirement that
a county present a good ap
pearance to gain the award.
Yancey County's new pograms
for garbage disposal and re
moval of junk care should help-)
us qualify.
The impression gained by
the Chamber leaders who
lunched with the inspection
team was that Yancey County
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MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINS PREVIEW—Mr. Frank Ell, the
Managing Director of Music in the Mountains, who is also a
superb clarinetist, gave a special performance and hosted an
informal discussion Tuesday night, March 14, at Higgins Me
morial Methodist Church. Supporters of Music in the Moun
tains are following its progress with interest and enthusiasm
and have high hopes for its continued success this season-
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Cane River Students At
Annual UNC Symposium
By Ronnie Proffitt
Cane River High School
was chosen as one of thirty
five high schools from North
Carolina to attend the 14th A
nnual Junior Science and Huma
nities Symposium at the Uni -
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill on March 5-7.
Four students, David Metcalf,
Jody Cox, Eddie Stiles and
Willard Penland were selected
to make the trip under the su
perivision of Mr. Ronnie Prof
fitt, science teacher at Cane
River.
The group arrived in Dur
ham at 1:30 p. m. on Sunday,
March 5, and registered in tte
Durham Hotal and Motel. At
6:00 p. in. tlie Symposium be
gan with a banquet in the lot cl
ballroom. After the banquet,
the group was addressed by Dr.
Charles Morrow, Provost,UNC-
Chapel Hill, and then shown
films on Space and Aeronau -
tics produced by NASA.
On Monday, March 6,the
group was taken to UNC - Ch
by bus. There they visited
the Morehead Planetarium and
made a good impression.
Hopefully, word will be forth
coming that die award has hen
gained. The value of the
award is that the Conservatkn
and Development Department
is strongly inclined to direct
industrial prospects to award
winning communities. fur
thermore, the names of award
winners are regularly adver
tised in national-circulation
periodicals which reach indus
trial prospects considering ex
pansion into new areas.
Notice
Yancey County Schools will
be closed at 1:00 p. m.luisday,
March 21st for a county-wide
teachers meeting.
the host, Tony Jenzano, spent
an hour showing the group how
the Planetarium is used in as
tronomy and in training astro
nauts in celestial navigation.
The students were then divi -
ded into groips and taken on
guided tours through various
facilities on the university
campus. They toured the hos
pital and medical facilities,
the chemistry department, the
neurological department and
the computer department.
After lunch, everyone met
in Peabody Hall to hear three
of the student speakers who
were competing in the state
science fair. Mrs. Elizabeth
Aycock then initiated a tour
through the new Research Tri
angle Park, after which the
group traveled to North Caro
lina Central University. They
toured the NCCV research
facilities there and were ad
dressed by Dr. J.N. Schooler
Jr. on the topic, "A Biochem
ist Speaks."
Oh Tuesday, March 7, the
group drove back to the EJNC
campus where they assembled
in the ballroom of the Caro
lina Inn. They were addressed
by two ntoted members of the
NC faculty, Dr. Earnest Carl
who spoke on "Ecology" and
Dr. Kenneth Brinkhous who
spoke on "Thrombosis and
Hemorrhage. " The other
three student speakers then
presented their projects after
which the group selected a
winner to represent North Ca
rolina in the National Sympo
sium. The students dined at
the Carolina Inn and were then
addressed by DrJßimard Boyd
on the topic, "Archeology in
the Holy Land". Dr. Boyd
told of his excavations and
presented some of the artifacts
he has unearthed.
Dr. Paul Hounshell, direc
tor of the symposium, then
addressed the group, followirg
which they departed the UNC
campus for home.
The boys considered them
selves fortunate to have had
the op|>ortunity to attend the
Fourteenth Annual Junior
Science and Humanities Sym
posium.
Micaville PTA
The Micaville PTA will
meet Monday, March 20 at
7:30 p.m. The Rev. Harold
McDonald will be speaker.
He will show slides on the
Holy Land. All interested
parents are urged to attend.
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cadie Styles, Will Penland, Mr. Ronnie Proffitt, David Metcalf, and Jody tox
County Council Votes To
Child Development Committee Funds
The recently formed Yan
cey County Council comple -
ted its organization last Mon
day, and proceeded to get
down to its bie in ess of imo la
ment in programs and projects
for the betterment of life in
Yancey County.
On a motion of Dr. Fergus
Pope the council voted to
accept the Yancey County
Child Development Commit
tee as a working committee
of the Council, and to assume
responsibility for administer -
ing the finances of that com
mittee. Dr, Pope stated that
some two thousand dollars
were in the bank awaiting
an organization with the cap
ability of administering it,
and that the incorporated
County Council seemed best
suited to fill this role.
The Child Development
Committee consists of Don
Elly, Edgar Hunter, Norris
Deyton, Charles Hensley and
Wanda Edwards, Randal Pea
cock and Dr. Pope. Three of
these committee members
constitute the county repre -
sentation on the Eastern Ap
palachian Child Development
Council. This overlap in the
membership should help to
provide good coordination be
tween Yancey and the multi
county regional organization.
The fact that the regional
Child Development Council
has about a million dollars
to spend on daycare centers,
was an important reason for
the formation of the Yancey
County Council. A local
organization with the capabil
ity of administering the pro
gram in Yancey County ap
peared urgently needed. If all
this about the child develop
ment program sounds rather
complex, well, it is, and
that is just an additional rea
son for having a county coun
cil that can work on the job
of keeping track of it all.
Among other committees
formed by the Council was a
recreation committee, with
Charlie Hensley as chairman,
along with Mike Higgins,John
Edwards, Anita Treadway and
Jimmy Green.
In the discussion regarding
the functions of the new com
mittees, the chief purpose
of coordinating work already
being done, was emphasized.
In the field of recreation, for
example, several churches,
the Burnsville Men's Club,
the Jaycees and Jaycettes are
all at present supporting ac
tivities. The County Councils
committee is not intended to
take over or infringe on the
efforts of these other organiza
tions, but should endeavor to
Producers Meet; Discuss
1972 Tomato Prospects
By J. G. Ramsay,
Sec'y YCPA
The Yancey Comity Produ
cers Association held their
annual meeting at the court
house March 13, 1972.
Two new members were
elected to the Board of Direc
tors: Mrs. Dorothy Fox and Mr.
Walter Edwards.
The officers for 1972 elec
ted are: President-Yates Dey
ton; Vice President-Hugh Pate;
Secret ary-John G. Ramsay;
Treasurer-Jerry Wilson; Direc
tors-John Powers, O. W. Deyton,
Lawrence Ray, Dorothy Fox,
Walter Edwards.
Mr. Yates Deyton was ap -
pointed to continue as managjr
of the tomato home.
Deyton Will
Give Recital
The Music and Cultural
Arts Committee of the Exten
sion Homemakers Association
will present Linda Deyton in
a piano recital on Friday, the
17th of March, 8:00 p. m. in
the First Baptist Church,Burns
ville.
The program will consist
of Bela Bartok's Romanian
Dances and Partita in C Minor
by J. S. Bach. A sophomore
at Berry College, Rome, Ga ~
Linda is a music education
major and the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O. W. Deyton of
Burnsville.
Mrs. Anne Bennett is Chair
man for the event. The pub -
lie is invited.
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help as a coordinating agency.
It was decided that future
meetings of the Council afti*
be held on the first Tuesday
of each month at 7:00 p. m.
at the courthouse.
Officers of the Yancey
County Council are C urles
Hopson, president; Shirley
McAllister, vice chairman;
Kate Wilson, secretary , and
Ronnie Proffitt, treasurer.
The audit report showed the
following:
Sale of Tomatoes
(1971)
Paid to Growers 84,401.84
Salaries & Wages 18/178.15
Legal & Accounting
Fees 595.00
Payroll Taxes 939.20
Hauling B Advertising 241.50
Utilities 742.17
Insurance 2,135. 35
This shows that new inootip
and business' in Yancey County
through the tomato house anoin
ted to $107,453.21.
This is a good beginning. It
is of utmost importance that
more acres are used in growing
tomatoes.
Mr. W.H. Bledsoe, Yancey
County Extension Chairman,re
ported that 13 growers had kept
accounts and reported to his of
fice. The average showed that
37 tons’ were produced per acre
with Gross income per acre at
$4,788.00 —Cash Expenses of
$1,346.00--making a Net In
come of $3,442.00 per acre.
Harvest Aids are now being
used in picking tomatoes which
cut the labor cost 1/3.
Mr. Wilbur Howard, FHA,re
ports that loans can be had to
finance these aids for better and
more efficient production. He
said that loans to Tomato Grow
ers had proven sound investment
of Government Funds and that
Yancey County has a good Ex
tension Office to guide, a good
house to process and sell the
tomatoes.
J. Yates Bailey showed col
ored slides of "Beautiful Amer
ica" from Maine to Florida.