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Bowles Discusses The Issues
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We must again express our thanks to the people o f
Yancey County—ministers, businessmen, correspondents
and many other citizens—for the tremendous support giv
en to us and our publication, The Yancey Journal. Be
cause of this support, our former corporate partner,New
ton Jerue Babb of Community Newspapers, Inc. has sold
back to ib all interest in The Yancey Record.
Although we will continue with the name The Ymcey
Journal,to avoid confusion in accounting and bookkeep
ing matters, the office surd all equipment and supplies
of The Yancey Record are now free of corporate control
and wc are again publishing an independent newspaper
serving Yancey County.
This mailing is tire last one which will go to all box
holders in the County. We have over a thousand names
on our subscription list thus far, including many fro m
out of town, and the names continue to pour in. Within
two to three weeks, we hope to have our subscribers
back on record.
Please continue to call in your subscription claims to
our office at 682-2120, or drop by the Yancey R ecord
office to see us. If you have friends or relatives living
out of town who were subscribing to The Yancey Recegrd,-,
let ib know their names and addresses so we may mail
their copies to them.
Bowles Brings Campaign
To Yancey By Helicopter
By Jody Higgins
Democratic candidate for
governor, Hargrove "Skipper"
Bowles brought his campaign
to Yancey County when he ar
rived in Burnsville last Friday
afternoon by helicopter.
The yellow and black heli
copter landed near the l&ncey
County courthouse at 2s 30 aid
left shortly after 3;00 p. m.
Scheduled stops in several
other western North Carolina
towns that same afternoon
made it necessary that the
visit be brief.
Clyde Mclntosh, Bowles'
campaign manager for Yan
cey County, was on hand to
introduce the gubernatorial
candidate to Mayor Jim Ang
lin.
In his friendly and inform
al style of campaigning, Mr.
Bowles ipet and talked with
friends and supporters who had
gathered at the courthouse to
welcome him.
He then climbed into the
back of a pick-up truck —and
answered questions from the
crowd concerning tax increas
es, roads, educatioh, auto
insurance, and the problems
of disposing of junk automo -
biles.
Bowles stated that a tax in
crease will not be necessary
to provide the new services
and programs needed in North
Carolina if "a lot of money
that is being wasted" is util
ized.
Concerning roads, Bowles
said, 'lf I lived here in far
western North Carolina, or
for that matter down in - fax
Sales Tax
Local 196 Sales and Use
Tax collections by County
were reported in a statement
by G. A. Jones Jr. , Commis
sioner, State Department of
Revenue, recently. The
repeat shows Yancey County _
collections for March, 1972
amounted to $9,229. 10. This
report Is issued on a monthly
.-.'.basis. •
o ?vt*K&il<t */&e TfoKcety
eastern North Carolina, I
would feel like I had been
treated like a second class ci
tizen when it epane to a fair
share of the secondary road
money. "
He then explained his-plan
for appointing a Highway Com
missioner and Wildlife Com
missioner for each county,
rather than having one com -
missioner for several counties.
Both of these jobs would be on
a volunteer basis.
In answering a question
about the junk cars that clut
ter the roadsides, Bowles said
that the responsibility should
be taken on at a local level.
'1 don't think the state can
assume the responsibility any
more for moving them around
—it's too expensive to talk
about doing. "
He suggested that major
changes were needed in tie
field of auto insurance, and
that "we need some type of
limited no-fault insurance. "
When asked-how his pro
gram will affect our county
schools, Bowles said, "My
number one interest, and tie
real reason I'm running f<r
governor is because of an
interest in something to raise
the level of living for every
body, and I Junk the way ;o
do it is through the school
system. "
Bowles propos es to do tks
with what he calls "career
education" for the 80 out ctf
100 young people in tic stare
who do not go on to four year
schools. He feels that mak
ing it possible for this large
number of young people to
get good jobs will raise the °
per capita income of the state.
To Visit Here
Jim Gardner, Republican
candidate far Governor, will
be at the Amberjack Restaur
ant at 7soo Friday morning.
He will also be at the Court
house at 9xoo a. m. Every -
one is invited to be present
to meet hi m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1972
Two years of. intensive
effort by the Yancey County
Chamber of Commerce cul
minates tonight, April 20, by
the award to Burnsville and
the County of the coveted
North C arolina Governor's
Award.
This distinction is conferr
ed in recognition of local ef
forts to promote economic
development. The awardwill
be made at the Chamber of
Commerce annual dinner
meeting to be held at 7:30
p. m. at the East Yancey Higi
School. A1 Calloway , chief
of the State's Community and
Industrial Services,will make
the award.
Yancey County qualified
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Summer in the mountains
of Western North Carolina
means, aftiong many things,
Music in the Mountains. This
season will mark the third for
an expanding learning-perfor
ming festival of super] or cham
her music and is another cul
tural "don't miss" in Yancey
County and nearby Mars Hill.
The annual four weeks of
instructional workshops inkey
board, woodwinds, and in
stringed instruments on the
Mars Hill campus will begin
Monday, June 26, under the
expert guidance of a staff
of thirteen accomplished ar
tists-in-residence. Students
and amateur musicians, com
ing from many parts of the
eastern United States, will
have ample opportunity for
sight-reading experience, en
semble coaching, and small
group playing with others of
equal .ability, utilizing the
excellent facilities of the Col
lege for living, learning, and
practice. In addition, there
will be a weekly series of lec
ture-demonstrations on the art
of music making open to the
general public.
Os particular interest to
North Carolina residents this
year will be a special scholar
ship fund granted to Music in
the Mountains by the North
Carolina Arts Council. "We
axe especially happy to be able
to offer this help to promising
young musicians within the
State, " said Frank Ell, Music
Director, "as well as provide
financial assistance, as in the
i«sc, to other participants re
gardless of residence. "
The Sunday afternoon con
cert series in Burnsville will
open June 25 and extend thru
July 30, presenting the faculty
assisted by guests, in exciting
performances of the world's
great chamber music.
A special benefit recital
by Mme. Lili Kraus, world
famous pianist and Honorary
Director of Altaic in the Moun
tains, will climax the season.
For the first time, a second
series of weekly performances
will be offered in the outdoor
amphitheater of Mars Hill Got
Burnsville And Yancey County
To Receive Governor’s Award
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New Officers On Duke's Lap
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The East Yancey and Cane River Beta Clubs returned home from their trip to Raleigh
for the State Beta Club Convention on Sunday aftemor.n. While there, various meeting!
were attended, including a talent show and a dance. The North Carolina Mrseum of *
Art, the Museum of Natural History, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, CMd Salem, and
Duke University were toured also. The East Yancey Beta Club'bai also elected
for next year* Mitzi Presnell, president; Doyle Byrd, vice-president; Sheree Banks, se
cretary; and Sandra Norris, treasurer. The picture was taken of the new officers atDuke
University on a statue of Washington Duke.
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for the Governor's Award by
preparing a community audit
containing information need
ed by industrial prospects;
publishing a pro motional bro
chure and organizing an indus
trial development group.
Also, the community was
required to have designated
industrial sites and conduct a
clean-up, fix-up campaign.
Begun in January, 1970,
the Governor's Award program
is one result of a promise by
Governor Robe'rt W. Scott to
improve the economic growth
of rural areas and small com
munities in North Carolina,
Calloway said. Thus far, $6
communities have received
the award.
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lege on Thursday evenings at
8:00 p. m. in collaboration
with the College and its sum
mer activities.
Music in the Mountains is
a non- tax-exempt or
ganization farmed to add to
the growing artistic opportuni
ties in western North Carolina,
and is directed by a board of
local citizens.
Season tickets at minimal
cost will be good for either
series. Further details con:
ceraing individual perfarrranos
can be obtained from Music in
the Mountains, Burnsville, or
by telephone 704-682-2578.
Entry of Yancey County
into the Governor's Award
competition was sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce.
Bill Banks, supported by a
hard working committee com
posed of members of the
Chamber of Commerce board
of directors, coordinated the
program. A month ago, a
team from the State Depart -
ment of Natural and Econo -
mic Resources, visited the
county to review the work
Chamber-Commerce Dinner
The Yancey County Cham
ber of Commerce holds its an
nual meeting tonight, April 20
at 7:30 at the East Yancey
High School. Informative ex
hibits diowing progress and
achievements in the county,
prepared by several agencies,
organizations and schools w ill
be on display at the East Yan
cey gymnasium for one hour
preceeding the dinner.
Entertainment at the din
ner will be provider by award
winners from last years Yan
cey County Youth Jamboree.
The principal Chamber
business for the meeting con
sists of the election of seven
directors to replace directors
whose terms have expired. A
Men’s Club
The Burnsville Men's Club
will meet Monday, April 24,
in the Community Building.
All members are urged to at
tend.
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done toward qualifying for
the award.
The value of the award to
Yancey County lies in the
fact that award winning com
munities receive priority in
having industrial proep>ects re
ferred to them by the State
Industrial Development staff.
One prospect for a factory
site has already been brought
out to look over the county
since official notification tint
the award has been received.
feature of the evening will be
the award of two scholarships
to students from each higfr
school. These four scholar -
ships are each for S2OO, and
this is the third year the Cham
ber has made these awards. .
In addition, a sportsman -
ship trophy will be awarded to
a student from each high
school. ...
Snack Dinner
The youth of Higgins \fem
r orial Methodist Church and
Burnsville Presbyterian Church
invite one and all to a Snack
Dinner at the Higgins Memor
ial Methodist Church from
12 until 2 p. m. April 23rd*
Hot Dogs, Sloppy Joes, Sa
lads, Beans, etc. will be
served. Nothing over 254.
All proceeds from the Sock
Dinner go for the Johnny Big
gerstaff Memorial Fund.
Come one—come all—eat
well!