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A paving machine packs a * n & on one of our streets,
“hot mix” of asphalt surfac-
Several Streets Surfaced or
Repaired In Burnsville
At least a dozen Burnsville
streets were completely sur
faced or received repair sur
facing during the past week.
Mayor R. K. Helmle said
this week that 8500 square
yards of new surfacing was
being completed on Burns
ville’s street* with 10,000
squar yards of resurfacing
on variou streets within the
town limits. Also, the mayor
Said, ' approximately 5,000
square yards of streets hav*
or will receive a surface
treatment.
Treatment consists of a
coating of liquid asphalt with
a covering of sand on an ex
isting pavement.
One street that paving was
Completed on is East-West
Blvd. which runs from one
side of “Town Hill” to the
other between Main Street
and 19- E Bypass.
Asheville Paving Company,
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N.C.
spreads “hot mix" surface on
one of Burnsville’s streets.
under the supervision of con
sulting engineers D. S. Col
burn Company of Asheville,
is doing the paving.
Contract price Os the pav
ing is $26,000, Mayor Helmle
said. Powell Bill funds are
being used. However, some of
the town’s General Fund
money may be required, Mr. •>
Helmle said.
In the near future some
streets will be widened by
the town with local labor
without contrcat. according
to the mayor. This work will
be on streets that have nar
row pavements.
Mayor Hfelmle passed on
some advice from the con
tractors to automobile own
ers. The contractor advised
that when lisuid asphalt gets
on a car, it should be removed
as quickly as possible with
fuel oil or kerosene. The lon
ger asphalt stays on a sur
face, the more difficult to
remove, he said.
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County
Man Injured
In Shooting
Incident
Jimmy Ballew of Celo was
injured in the leg Sunday
night in a shooting incident
in East Eurnsville.
According to Sheriff Char
lie Bradford, the incident
took place around 9:30 p. m.
in front of Edge’s Laundro
mat. Sheriff Bradford said
I eßoy McCracken was arrest
ed at his home around 10:00
t'- ™. in connection with the
shooting. He was later re
leased on bond.
Ballew suffered a flesh
wound in his leg and was re
leased by Dr. W. A. Y. Sar
ge.t after treatment..
In the investigation of the
incident. Sheriff Bradford
said that Ballew stated he
Was shot by McCravkim
McCracken made no state
ment as to the actual shoot
ii g. the sheriff said, but did
state as he walked past a
ftroup of beys at the location
that he was cursed by mem
bers of the group
Roberts Named
To Agent’s Office
According to ajoint an
nouncement made by the
County Commissioners and
the N. C. Extension Depart
ment, Darrell Roberts has
been named as Assistant
County Agent for Yancey
County. He will assume his
duties here October 1.
A native of Pike County,
Kentucky, Mr. Roberts at
tended the University of Ken
tucky for two years and
graduated from the Univer
sity of Florida with a degree
in forestry.
Mr. Roberts was the winner
of a state and national 4-H
scholarship and will devote
much of his time in this
county in 4-H work.
The new assistant agent is
no stranger in Yancey Coun
ty. He spent about two years
with the U. S. Forest Service
here. He is married to a local
girl, the daughter of Mrs
Dan Harris of Celo.
He is replacing Waightstill
Avery who is being transfer
red to Mitchell County.
Fire Dept. Kept
Busy During
Weekend
The Burnsville Volunteer
Fire Department was called
to the scene of a fire at Cane
River about 2:80 p. m| Sun-,
dayomornirg. Fire Chief Rob
ert Hilliard said that the
house was owned by Jesse
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Thursday, September 29, 1966
Four Traffic Accidents Reported
In County During Week-End
Yancey County was plagued
with a number of automobile
accidents over the past week
end, according to Patrolman
C. W. Warren.
Around 6:30 Friday evening
a chs’in reaction pile-up re
sulted in damage to four
cars with no serious injury.
The pile-up occured on the
highway in front of Cane
River High School.
Patrolman Warren said one
car heading east on the high
way had stopped on the
crest of the hill waiting to
•make a left turn into the
school parking lot. Another
car crossed the top of the
hill, and u-Able to stop ram
med into the back of the
stopped car. Shortly there
after, two other cars piled
into the wrecked cars.
None of the cars were tra
veling at a fast rate, the pa
trolman S' 1 id, and no serious
usuries occurred. The last
car in the line received the
greatest damage.
I^ter Friday ni"ht. around
9:4& p. m, a two-car collision
occurred near the sharp curve
in front of the home of Char
les Fox in West Burnsville.
Edward Proffitt, 23, of Rt.
8. received head and facial
laceration and back injuries
in thisaccident. according to
Patrolman Warren, who in
vestigated.
The accident occurred, the
U. F. Drive To Get Underway
Oct. 11
Dates for this fall’s United
Fund campaign were set for
October 11-25 by the Rev.
John Powers. Chairman of
the 1966 drive to raise money
for a score of agencies whose
services benefit the people of
the county.
This year’s campaign will
be geared to run for two
weeks and will seek to solicit
funds from industrial person
nel, business firms, wage
earners, professional people,
and retired persons living in
the bounds of Yancey County.
“We are telescoping our
drive into a two weeks per
iod ” Mr. Powers said Friday,
"because we want to pet on
the Job right away and carry
out the campaign without
bothersome delays.”
The 1966 fund raising ef
fort is shooting for a goal to
raise $9,50000, which is a
market increase of more than
one thousand dollars over the
budget figure set for laat
year.
Money raised in Yancey
County goes to support more
than twenty agencies and
causes which directly or in
directly serve Yancey County.
Two local causes, rHht here
at home, are the Yancey Hos
pital and the Dread Disease
Fund..
Numhar Five*
officer said, when f*roffitt
was attempting to pass Rob
ert Hoilrvan, 18. of Rt. 1,
P-'kersville. Hoilman started
to pass a vehicle in front of
him at about the same. He hit
the Proffitt vehicle, causing
it to strike a rock off the
highway on the left and turn
over.
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The passenger in the Prof
fitt vehicle, Bobby Smith,
was not injured. The Proffitt
Youth was treated in Yancey
Hospital.
On Sunday two wrecks oc
curred. Patrolman Warren,
who also was the investigat
ing officer in these accidents,
said Sa car driven by James
Earl McPeters failed to make
a curve on Prices Creek road,
ran ass a bank and turned
over. One of the passengers,
Mrs. Arthur L. McPeters, re
ceived treatment in an Ashe
ville hospital*
The other Sunday accident
occurred on Pig Pen Road
just off Highway 187. Officer
Warren said. He reported that
a 1966 Ford driven by George
Martin Ayers of Rt. 2, Green
Mtn., turned off Highway
197 and met Charles Rock of
Burnsville, also driving a
1966 Ford. A head-on collis
ion occurred the patrolman
said.
Ayers received slight in
juries, it was reported.
The Yancey Hospital will
be recipient of a grant of
$500.00 if the 1966 Budget is
fully subscribed, which will
be pieced in the general fund
of the hospital to help fin
ance its operation.
The Dread Disease Fund,
which is also slated to receive
$500.00, provided medical as
sistance for more than fifty
cases of critical illness in the
county over the past year.
Newdale To
Exhibit At Fair
Among the many attrac
tion* at the N. C. State Fair
to be held in Raleigh October
10-15, will be an exhibit by
the Newdale Community Club,
who will represent Yancey
County and Western North
Carolina in the Community
Development Exhibits.
Newdale was runner-up in
the non-farm division of the
Western North Carolina Con
test in 1965.'They were select
ed by the state committee
fair official. N. C. Btate Uni
versity, Community Develop,
ment Leaders, and represen
tatives of other agricultural
agencies.