THE YANCEY RECORD 1
EfltaWtehed July, 1036
lessor ARNEY FQX
EDITOR and PUBLISHER ERLING TONBST
Published Every Thursday By
YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY
A Partnership
Entered as sacond-elass matter November 11th, 1936, at
the Post Office, Burnsville*. North Carolina, under the act of
March 3, 1879.
GUEST EDITORIAL
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By R. K. Helmle
It is wonderful what can be
achieved when generous public
spirited people work together for
a common cause!
' This issue of the Record marks
the beginning date of a new
achievement in Yancey County—
the beginning of the first annual
United Fund appeal.
This first year’s goal of just
over eleven thousand dollars
set by a committee of the Coun
ty’s thoughtful citizens is arf
impressive sum son ;1 a comparative
ly poor rural county. It would be
a heavy burden if only a few peo
ple in the county were expected
to give it. But Yancey County
has about 16,000 population. That
means that if every man, woman,
and child in the county were to
- give 69 cents, the goal would be
reached.
Looked at that way the goal
does not look so very high. If we
balance the benefits to be derived
from the dozen or sor fine causes
included under the drive, against
the 69 cents,, it looks like a small
price to pay for a year of those
benefits.
But actually nobody expects the
[WHAT IS A UNITED FUND?
What is a “United Fund?”.
Since news of the newly organ
ized Yancey United Fund’s
first campaign fills so large a
part of this week’s Record, we
think it reasonable to attempt
• fen explanation.
A United Fund is an* organi
sation or association of good
citizens and services working
together in a community to
make it a better place in which
to live.
A United Fund is a vehicle,
as it were, upon which the
community can move toward
providing a happier, healthier
and more prosperous commun
ity. It assists in providing
such health, welfare and educa
tional services as the community
desires, but which are not pro
vided by tax-supported govern
ment agencies.
A United Fund in itself is
not one of these health, welfare
Dr service agencies. It does not
directly provide charitable or
welfare services. It is not in_
A YOUTH PROGRAM IS NEEDED
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_ J* FOR YANCEY COUNTY
By C. B. Trammel
The United Mfa' effort soon to
be launched in Yancey County for
the first time will include five
hundred dollars to begin a pro
gram for the Youth of the county.
This is only a beginning but it is
a beginning and many of the lead
i *rs in the county believe that this
-will be a vital part of the United
Drive. The question will be prop
erly asked, “What will the money
be spent for?” Is there a real
need for such a program?
Those of us who have had any
experience at all in trying to pro
mote and lead a Youth Program
will be able to give some answers
to the above questions. A person
undertaking to lead a Youth Pro
gram quickly learns that thete is
at present no place available for
any kind of recreation where boys
and girls can play, with the ex
ception of the play grounds at the
schools in the county. There is no
equipment beyond that provided
by the churches for organizations
within the churches. There is a
definite need for a place where
boys especially may go and play.
The farm youth of the county
In the 4-H Clubs are doing an un
excelled piece of work. The
achievements of our boys and
girls in these organizations com
pare favorably with the work
done anywhere in the state. And
yet, our farm leaders are often
I— faced with raiaing the money for
awards, fc* Lapsportation to fairs,
even for ribbons won in competi
tion, as well as other necessary
gxpense that goes along with the
money to be raised by everybody
giving just 69 cents. That would
not be a fairway of collecting it.
Some of us are-in a better posi
tion to give than others, and will
pledge sums many times the 69
cent figure.
The point for us all to keep in
mind is that if we all give in ac
cordance with our ability, and if{
there are no evaders, the eleven
thousand dollar goal will be
raised without difficulty, and
without hardship on the givers.
It is now up to the volunteer
workers in the county to contact
every potential giver; or in cases j
where the giver is overlooked, it
should not be too hard for him to ‘
hunt up some worker who will ’
accept his contribution, or to send j
it in to the Yancey United-Fund '
in Burnsville. Each of us should
make the size of his contribution
a matter of conscience.
Projects like the United Fund
campaign reflect credit on the
communities which conduct them,
and upon all those who partici
pate, either as workers or givers.
In their generous character these
projects are a fine symbol of the
Christian spirit. They deserve the
maximum support from all of us.
tended to do this.
What a United Fund can and
should do is to * provide the
machinery of a united campaign
to assure that funds are raised
for those agencies that do pro
vide the services the commun.
ity desires. It should, anowaov**,
provide the machinery * for
careful community planning to
determine needs and services.
By careful planning and bud
geting, it can assure the com
munity that it is getting the
most for its money in terms' of
services.
It can provide for new ser
vices to fill unmet needs >— if
the community really desires
those services. It can make sure
that services are meeting the
needs of the community, and
that money collected is being
wisely spent.
Persons give through the
United Fund, not to it. We give
through it as a yay of providing
for our voluntary agencies’
services in a more efficient and
businesslike manner.
responsibility of leading a group
' of young people. A conservative
stimate by an experienced church
leader of youth recently was to
the effect that any leader of a
■ youth program could expect to
1 spend fifty dollars a year if a
good job was done with the group.
| This expense is often carried by
the person that also is asked to
give the leadership. This is not
fair or just. The United Fund for
Yancey County will help to se
cure the services of fine leaders
who now may feel that they are
not able to bear the cost of lead
ership in a Youth group.
Os course, this is the first year
and not too much can be done in
this year or with the amount set
up. However, if we have the
cooperation of all our citizens, j
and we feel sure that we will, a
program that will include many
needs will be provided for. One
of the many advantages of a
United Fund will be to'keep some
of the money that the citizens of
the county give at home. Some
of it will find its way back into
the community from which it
came and we believe that this is
right. I am personally glad that
we have a program that includes
the Youth of the County.
Laat year advertising book
matches and wooden matches used
18 million pounds of paraffin pro.
duced by the petroleum industry.
The paraffin helps transfer the
flame from the heed of the match
to the “stick. ’• a ;
USO
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“home away ffomilbWk” for men
and Worden in uniform every
where.
Army camps often attract un
desirable elements to the neigh
boring towns gambling houses,
cheap cases, and other undesirable
“joints” tend to spring up in the
area, as the seekers for easy
money swarm into the area. These
elements must be combatted, and
USO Clubs by offering whole
some recreation serve this pur
pose. The USO insures that the
qualities of character develop
ment through the home, church ,
and school will be preserved.
There are now sixteen USO Clubs
in the Carolinas.
President Eisenhower whole
heartedly supports the USO, and
has accepted the Honorary Chair
manship of the organization.
The USO is campaigning . for
$14,000,000 this -year mostly
through United Fund drives. This
national total amounts to about
five dollars for each man and*
woman in the service. Yancey
County’s contribution of 70 cents
for each man from this county
now in service is comparatively
small. The Budget Committee
felt that the people of the County
would wish to support this agen
cy, but that* in view of the limited '
resources here the contribution
should be well below the “nation
al average”
I Saturday, October 29
1 Yancey County’s Day of Decision
I I Your vote will affect the education
opportunities for the next fifty
years.
Come out and vote for
BETTER SCHOOLS
-Education in Yancey County stands at the cross roads. All
buildings are inadequte, overcrowded, and congested. The fa
cilities necessary for giving our children an educational
program to which they are entitled are lacking. The situation
is so grave and serious that the governor has stated on differ
ent occassions that the county will have to do something to
kelp itself.
This is not a political question as it effects all groups and
all parties. If we expect to hold our present industry and to
attract new we will have to improve our school system. You
owe it to the youth of today and tomorrow to get the true,
facts and vote as a citizen to give them the opportunities .. .
they deserve
Yancey County Board of Education
THE YANCEY RECORD 1
ASC Election
Continued from page 1
SiWers Store. •
East Crtbtree:: Bis Young,
Byrie Robinaon, Smith Howell,
Champ Ray, Wekie Robinson,
Edd Howell, L- P- Young,
Lewis Green, Charlie Gurley,
Bill Edge.
Polling Place, Presnell’s
Store.
Upper South. Toe: Frank
Bowditch, Richmond Wilson,
Gaither Simmons, Roscoe Wes.
tall, Walter Loftis, A. A. WiL
son, R. L. Rector, Lawrence
Gibbs, Vernie Murphy.
Polling Place, Arthur Rob.
inson’s Store-
Lower South Toe: Floyd
Huskins, Henry Grindstaff,
Bud Grindstaff, Sam Hensley,
Fred Robinson, Carey Hall,
Ra y Cook, Milt Huskins, Bar.
nett Ray, Dan Harris.
Polling Place, Chrisawn’s
Store.
Pensacola: Pearson Riddle,
Audrey Burleson, Frank Wil
son, Clyde Penland, Wayne
Ray, G. G. McPeters, Oliver
McMahan, Horace D. Ray, Ray
Blankenship, Bass Hensley.
Polling Place, Brooks Wilson
Store.
Prices Creek: Francis Ar.
rowood, Charles Edwards, Tom
Elkins, Armond England, Les-
ter Holcombe, Burl Maney,
Emmett Ledford, D. L. Hurst,
Hunter Maney, Moscoe Toye.
Polling Place, Regular Vot
ing Place. _ ».
(Brush Creek: Yates Randolph,
Gaw Sparks; Elmer Sparks,
John P. Woody, Earl Robinson,
D. R. Garland, Arthur Hughes,
Jack Bailey, John Randolph,
Lawrence Grindstaff.
Polling Place, Regular Vot_ (
ing Place.
Additions to the above list of
nominees may be made provid.
ed such addition is requested
in a petition, signed by ten or
more eligible voters and pre
sented to the community elec
tion board not later than Tues
day, October 11, 1956.
Any farmer who as owner,
operator, tenant, or sharecrop
per, is participating or is
eligible to participate in any
program administered by the
County ASC Committee, is
eligible to vote in his community
Announcements will be made
of the Community Committee
men elected as soon as the
ballots are counted on the af
ternoon of the 18th. Delegates
elected by the fanners will
meet on October 27 to elect
County Committeemen. ASC
County and Community Com
mitteemen elected will, take
office November 1.
Red Cross j
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the country. ]
List year Yancey County, be- j
cause of Slowness ta raise its Red i
Cross quota, narrowly missed los
fajf ita-Red Cross Chapter, and 5
those concerned with the neces
sary blood supply for operating
the Yancey Hospital spent several
anxious weeks until a special
drive to raise additional funds
reached its goal. Success of the
new United Fund drive will pre
vent a recurrence of that unhappy
experience.
A list of the valuable services
rendered by the Red Cross is a
long one. It is the only agency of
ficially recognized by the armed
forces for handling the many var
ied contacts with the families of
men in the service. A large vol
ume of such cases is handled by
the Red Cross ‘'Home Service” in
Yancey County every year. They
involve cases of sickness and
death, either of the service man
or of members of his family at.
home, cases of financial distress
and various other emergencies,
and many of these cases require
the arranging of leaves of absence.
In a county having little rural
telephone service, such as Yan
■ cey, the expense of this service,
■ frequently involving long automo
' bile trips by the Home Service
Secretary, is considerable,
s A wide variety of assistance to
dependents of service people and
' YHUBBDAY OCTOBER 6, 1955
to veterans is rendered in con
nection with disability cases, al
lotments,. dependency allowances,
and the whole range of matte?*
involving complicated “paper
work” * necessary, to ..satisfy the
various gbV«smm.cnt bgOhcies.
The recent hurricanes and en
suing floods have spotlighted the
role of the Red Cross in furnish
ing relief when disaster strikes.
There is. real-satisfaction to a com
munity not only from "contribut
ing to the relief of kuch; suffering,
but in knowing - thatvarir agency
such as the Red Cross isi|snding
by, ready to step in with relief
when disaster strikes. One day
Yancey County’s turn may come.
Os most vital interest to Yancey
County of the several Red Cross
services is the provision of the
blood program. This service con
sists of the collection of blood
through the “bloodmobile” on its
periodic. visits to Burnsville, the
careful processing of this blood
(which Mr. Howard Wright at the
Hospital has explained to us is a
very painstaking and expensive
business), the storing, and deliv
ery of this blood to the Yancey
Hospital as required, and the
maintenance in Asheville of an
inventory of the rftrer types of
blood, so that they may be ob
tained as needed on short notice.
This blood program places at
our fingertips the means of sav
ing lives lives of our Yancey
County neighbors.