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Early Morning Blaze Damages Office
Early Monday morning the Burnsville Volunteer Fire Department answered a 4:30 a. m. alarm at B.B.Penland Lumber
Cbmpany. The fire caused 8096 loss to the office area of the business, according to reports received, and the firemen
fought the blaze for 2 1/2 hours before it was finally extinguished. Firechief Bob Hilliard said that the cause of the
fire is undetermined and is still under investigation. iv • , :>.W ]
Retarded Children Can Benefit From Training;
Yancey County Council Discusses Assistance
The Yancey County Coun
cil at its April meeting held
last week agreed to give assis
tance on two matters of impor
tance to the county.
The support of a program
to provide low cost housing,
Bowles To
land Here
Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles,
Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, will arrive in Burnsville
ry helicopter Friday at 2*30
J. m. Present plans call for
ire helicopter to set-down
tear the Yancey County court
rouse where Skipper will meet
vith friends and supporters for
10 minutes, departing at 3*lo.
rhe public is invited to come
>y and meet Mr. Bowles.
Candidate Bowles is makiig
he helicopter stop 6ip Wilkes
>aro, Boone, Newland, Spruce
Hne, Burnsville, Mars Hill,
Zanton and attending a Bowles
:or Governor ralley at Owens
Ugh School beginning at 5:3b
vith a free barbeque’.'
Arthur Smith arid the crac
terjacks will present a musical
jrogram. A short talk will be
nade by "Skipper". Friends
irom Yancey and Mitchell
bounty are invited to attend
his area ralley.
Bowles had Stated in a
speech given at Cullowhee
Saturday night, that he will
not run for another office once
he is elected Governor of
North Carolina.
Bowles said, "I'm not go
ing to accept an appointment
soy any office. So, while
serving as your governor, I'll
be concentrating on doing a
good job as governor and not
thinking about getting eleo
ted again. \
111 give you four years
of hard work as Governor, "he
concluded.
a
discussed at the meeting, is
■covered elsewhere in this is
sue of the Journal. The prob
lems of the special class at
the, Micaville School for the
"trainable mentally retarded"
children were reviewed in a
discussion led by-school prin
cipal Boyd Deyton.
Deyton suggested two prob
lems where the Council might
assist. Money is needed to
provide special toilet facilitis
for the class, and recruiting
work is needed in the county
to encourage parents to send
retarded children to the class.
Dr. Fergus Pope, with a back
ground of experience in finan
cing programs far children,
agreed to explore possible
sources of funds far the need
ed plumbing wevk.
Annual C. of C. Dinner Meeting
The Annual Dinner Meet -
ing of the Yancey County
t Chamber of Commerce will
be held at East Yancey High
School on Thursday, Apiril 20,
at 7*3Q p. m. Guest speaker
for the evening will be A1
Calloway, Chief of Commun
ity and Industrial Services for
' the Department of Natural
and Economic Resources.
At this meeting Burnsville
and Yancey County will re
ceive a most coveted award
presented by Mr. Calloway in
recognition of local econo -
• inic growth and promotion.
Local organizations and
5 1,00 Reward
A SIOO Reward is being of
fered far any information lead
ing to tiie attest and convicticn .
of person or persons for break
ing and entering and taking
and removing tools and shop
equipment, fire extinguishers
and other equipment from the
Roberts Chevrolet & Buick Gar
age on or about March 20.
1 The special class at Mica
ville far retarded children is
the outgrowth of a class stai
ted a few years ago by a greup
of church women who were
aware of the great need. Later
the class was moved to Mica
ville from the Burnsville Cath
olic Church, where it had star-,
ted. It now receives financial
support from the State, ample
to cover operating expenses,
but not*sufficient to cover aiy
remodeling of the building.
The class, according to
Deyton, could now accommo
date more retarded children
who would benefit from the
school training. Some parents,
however, have been reluctant
to send their retarded children
to the class, and simply keep
agencies will have exhibits on
display in the school gymna -
sium for one hour prior to'the
dinner.
Scholarship and sportsman
ship awards will also be preseiv
ted during the evening to de
serving students from East
Yancey and Cane River High
Schools.
All members planning to
attend this event are reques -
ted to make reservations in
advance by calling 682-2312.
School Plan
The dosing date for Yan
cey County Schools has been
changed as a result of the un
expected snow \yhich closed
schools on Friday, March 31.
The new schedule calls -4 for
high school graduation May
20 as previously announced.
Schools will dose for summer
vacation for all othes, students
on Thursday, May 25, with
eighth grade promotion activi
ties on Wednesday night, May
£4 or Thursday morning, May
2S. Teachers will attend
through Monday, May 29.
THURSDAY , APRIL 13 , 1972
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them at home. Since the
children might derive impor
tant benefit from the special
training, persuading the par
ents to send the childrenwould
confer a benefit on all con -
cemed.
Beta Clubs Tar Attend
Convention In Raleigh
The East Yancey Beta Club
and the Cane River Beta Club
are leaving Friday morning
to attend the Beta Club Con
vention in Raleigh. East
Yancey will be staying in the
Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel.
On the way the group plans
to have lunch at the K G W
Cafeteria in Winston- Saleuu*
After lunch they will tour t
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
This is the largest and most
modem cigarette manufactur
ing facility in the work}. The
group also plans to tour 'Old
Salem", a historic communi
ty founded by Moravian set
tlers in 1766 with authentical
ly restored homes.
In addition to attending
the Beta Club meetings Fri
day night, Saturday morning
and Saturday evening the
Betas will tour our State Leg
islature Building, the North
Carolina Museum of Art, and
the Museum of Natural His
tory Saturday afternoon.
Sunday morning the group
will have breakfast at Duke
University and tour the fam -
ous Duke Gardens before at
tending service at the Duke
Chapel. They will return
home Sunday evening.
From East Yancey, the
following seniors arc atteiriiqj
Johnny Blair, Clifton Webb,
Wesjey Hensley, Jim Nanis,
Janice Young, Debra Wyatt,
Sharon Cassida, Janice Hun
ter, Cathy Deyton.
The juniors who are atten
ding* Bobby Bennett, Ricky
Three Local Agencies Promote
Low Cost Housing For Yancey
After several years of occa
sional talk about the possibili
ty of getting some Federally
financed low cost housing for
Yancey County, three impor
tant local agencies have re
cently gotten interested and
arc actively promoting the
idea. The County RAD (rur
al area development) Commit
tee, the recently formed
Yancey County Council, and
the Mountain Scenic Develop
ment Commission are all three
lending their support to a hous
ing program.
The RAD Committee, af
ter a meeting devoted entirely
to housing, voted to give hous
ing top priority on the commit
tee's program of work. The
Mountain Scenic Commission
recently employed Lewis Big -
gerstaff as a housing specialist
to promote housing projects
iii the four counties served by
the commission. The Yancey '
County Council, at its last
meeting agreed to give its full
support for 1 laving a housing
authority.
Both at the RAD and County
Council meetings it was recog
nized that good cooperation of
all interested agencies is im
portant. At both these meet
ings it was voted to invite Lew
is Biggerstaff to attend the next
meetings to advise relative to
steps to be taken.
The type of housing under
consideration is for the most
part of the lowj-c .t type for
vvhich Federal subsidies of
various sorts are available in
the form of low interest loan%
grants, and even rent supple-
Wilson, Tony Allen, Doyle
Byrd, Shcree Banks, Luanne
- Banks, Sandra Nanis, Mitzi
Presnell, and Debbie Thomas.
The sponsors from East
Yancey who will accompany
the group are Mrs. Mack
Ray, Beta Club sponsor, and
Miss Gwen Harris, a farmer
Beta Club member.
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ments for low-income fami -
lies. Under ,some of the prog
rams no local money at all
is required, the entire cost
being covered by a Federal
loan.
Yancey County has so far
lagged behind neighboring
counties in taking advantage
of these housing programs.
Spruce Pine, Boone and Madi
son County all have projects,
East Yancey
FFA Won
The East Yancey FFA Land
Judging team won the Western
District and placed 3rd in the
18th Annual Land Judging
Meet, , held at Wilmington on
April Sth. The team, consis
ting of Danny Ray,Jeny Rid
dle, Larry McMahan, Danny
Hughes and George Pavers,
received a plaque and ssofcr
the effort.
This contest, sponsored by
Carolina Power C Light Com
pany and N.C. Bankers Asso -
ciation emphasizes land as one
of the most valuable natural
resources. rp hc Santesf pro
vides opportunities for students
to develop tinderstanding as
to classifying soil according
to its physical characteristics
and managing soils’to assure
continued production for gen
erations to come.
'pKUK P uCli&6,en,
i By Carolyn Yuduk 1 1
It is very difficult to find the wards to express our i
gratitude for the tremendous support wc have received,
both for ourselves as individuals and for The Yancey \
. Journal. Our phone has been busy almost continuously i 1
’ for 6 days now, with calls from friends and well-wishers ( 1
who without fail, ask if they can help us in any way. lb 1
all of them wc say, "Your support is the greatest help
you can give us. " The response has been so great 1
and so complete that we feel very proud—and very
humble. 1 1
To know that so many people have such faith and , 1
confidence in us that they give us their unquestioning — iJ .
loyalty is an overwhelming experience. \
We hope to prove to our readers that their loyalty
is well founded, by serving Yancey County to the best
of our ability for many years to come.
and Avery has an active hous
ing authority which has appli
ed to HUD for a large project.
With both RAD and the County
Council supporting the prog -
ram it appears that Yancey
County may now share in the
action.
The whole matter of sub
sidized low-cost housing is
complicated, involving much
bureaucratic red tape. Profes
sor W.C.Warrick, an expert
on housing from N.C, State
University, who attended the
recent RAD meeting stated
that there are 71 different Fed
eral programs far housing. Al
though no local money may
be involved there is tire local
burden of a lot of work by lo
cal citizens unscrambling the
jungle of the many possibiLi -
ties.
A local housing authority
must be officially created to
plan and manage any projects
undertaken. This authority
may be a county agency, ap
pointed by the county commis
sioners, a town agency ap
pointed by the town board, or
it may be a regional authority
which might operate under the
Mountain Scenic Commission
covering the four comities
served by that agency. One
of the early decisions to be
made here will be to decide
which of the coureesto follow.
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BURNSVILLE,N.C.2B7I4
PERMIT 19
Dr. Louis Armstrong
Youth Night
At Revival
A Revival has been in pro- _x -'
gross at First Baptist Church
in Burnsville, with evangelist
Dr. Lotus Armstrong bringing
the message each night at
7:30 p. m. The Revival be
gan April 9 and will continue
tlu’ough April 14. Services
arc also being held from 7:00
until 7:25 a.m. each morning
followed by a breakfast snack
of doughnuts and hot choco -
late. o
Thursday night, April 13,
is a special night in the Revi
val, "Youth Night". First
Baptist Church pastor, Rev.
Harold McDonald, urges all
-young people in this area to
be pres&rrt. as Dr. Armstrong
presents a program especially
geared to youth. During tliis
service, the East Yancey Glee
Club will sing a selection fran
"Purpose"—a folk musical
with religious meaning, and
Joe Denny will give his persen
al testimony.
Dr. Armstrong is particu -
larly qualified to speak to
young people as he worlu; .cry
closely with them as Chaplain
of the Robert E. Lee Football
Team in Montgomery, Ala
bama.
The youth service will be
followed by a period of fellow
ship and questions and answers.
The public is cordially invi -
ted to attend these outstand -
ing services.
Boosters Club
The Cane River Boosters
Club will meet Thursday nigJU
April 13 at 7:30 p. m. at the
high school. All interested
nersonS please trv to attend.
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