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late Queen Salote of the Tonga Islands was the author of the
World Day of Prayer service for 1967 using the theme, "Os his king
dom there shall be no end." Queen Salote ruled her independent
kingdom for 47 years. The first observance of the World Day of
Prayer each year is held in Tonga and the Queen always led her
people in this observance.
Wide World Photo
Job Survey To Begin Friday
A survey of jobs available
and job tra.ning needs in
Watauga, Avery, Mitchell and
Yancey counties will begin
Fnaay, according to J. B.
Robinson, cha.rman of the
Manpower Development and
Training Committee for
Watauga County.
The survey is being made
by W.A.M. Y.. Community Ac
tion at the request of the
North Carolina Employment
Security Commission in de
termining how many u.ifill d
or potential jobs there are in
be used in dev loping a state
what kind of training pro
grams are needed to help em
ployers fill these jobs. The
technical institutes in Cald
well and Buncombe counties
will provide some of the
training courses.
The survey is part of a new
effort on the part if the Em
ployers Security Comm : ssion
to place the hard-core unem
ployed into jobs in this area."
The comnvssiori has asked
W.AM.Y to help in find
ing, recruit'ng, and motivat
ing the unemployed to use
the tracing, counseling and
job-finding services offered by
th" ssion offices in
North Wilkesboro and Spruce
Pire.
The survev i-formation will
be used in developing o state
plan for Manpower Develop
ment and tra'niog. It will
at«o he used bv W. AM Y in
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burnsville, N.C.
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planning for an On- s he-Job
Training project that will pay
small businessmen for train
inn- new employees in th°ir
"7businesses. Approval of the
Job Training Pro "Tam is ex
pected any day from Wash
ington.
All local employers are
asked by Robinson to cooper
ate with the survev in sup
plying the information re
quested.
Mental Health
Group To
Meet
By: Ashton Chapmon
A film on “Mental Retar
dation” will supplement a
talk on this subject to be
made by Donald R. Boon,
clin'eal social worker, Devel
opmental Evaluation Clinic
of Asheville, at a meet'ng of
the Mitrhell-Yancey Mental
Health Assoc : ation at 7:30 p.
m., Tuesday, Feb. 14. at
Figging Mcmor : al Methodist
Church in Burnsville.
R. Allen Childress of Spruce
Pine, pres'denf of the two
county association, invites
all interested persons to at
tend.
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County
Friday, World
Day Os Prayer
The county-wide observance
of v»o.id D..y of Prayer will
be held at F.rso Baptist
Cnuixh, Burnsville, at 7:30
р. m. Friday, Feb. 10. Mrs.
Joan Reeve 15 program cna r
man. Representatives of all
churches throughout tha
county are invited to parti-
Cipa.e in the program.
The World Theme for thi*
year’s observance is “Os His
Kingdom Ihere Shall Bo
No r-nd.”
World Day of Prayer ig
being held throughout th«
world, beginning in the Ton
ga Islands in the South Pa
с. Since the beginning of
the observance in these Is
lands, Queen Salete Tupon led
her people in the preparation
and carrying out of the ser
vices. In 1965 Queen Salete
died, after ruling her people
for 47 years, a few montha
before her death she com
pleted the World Day of
Prayer senree to be used
around the world on Febru
ary 10, 1967. The theme and
nature of this service is most
aopropr'ate to come
this regal woman of strong
Christ'an faith.
You are inv ted to share in
th : s service of prayer on Feb.
10, 1967.
Local People
Attend Kick-Off
Dinner
Mrs. Qrady Bailey and
Miss Hope Bailey attended
the N. C. Symphony Cam
paign Kick-off Dinner at the
Battery Park Hotel on Mon
day night.
The purpose of the meet
ing was to acquaint volunteers
with procedures in conducting
a membership drive. Member
ship in the Society entitles
each subscriber to attend all
membership concerts spon
sored by the N. C. Symphony
Society.
Tickets for the concert to
be riven in Asheville C'ty
Auditorium on Tuesday, April
25th at B'3o p. m. may be
obtained by calling Burssvlle
682-2367. The cost of adult
memberships at the same ad
dress is $5.00; single adult
membership $3.00; student
membership l , including ele
mentary and high school, col
lege graduate schools, busi
ness schools and nurse trail
ing schools, SI.OO. ..'
Dr.. Benjamin Swaiin of
Chapel Hill is conductor of
the N. c. Symphony’
✓
Thursday, February 9, 1967
Revaluation Os Property To Be
Made In County
Local Heart
AssocXhairmad
Named
Mrs. Mary Young of Bur
nsvnd been named chair
man of rural community pro
giams and Mr. James Fox of
Burnsville named as town
chairman for the Yancey
County Heart Association, it
was announced to~ay.
Dr. Melvin Webb, president
of the local heart group said
that Mrs. \oung and Mr. Fix
would be responsible for in
forming the local community
of efforts to eliminate heart
disease as the nation’s lead
ing cause ofj death.
As program chairman,
Mrs. Young and Mr. Fox
will be responsible for the
conduct of special programs
designed to provide the com
munity with the facts on
heart disease and the efforts *=
of be'ng made to prevent or
cure it.
Tile local program will
make use of movies and quali
f'ed sneakers, which will be
available to any group, club
or school in the area inter
ested in learning more about
heart d'soase and how it may
be controlled.
President Webb pointed
out that although heart and
blood vessel diseases erwFnve
to rouse more than half all
deaths, the-e are ad
vances in the use of dru->s
and surgery to help patients.
If detected in time, most
forms of heart disease can be
cured or controlled.
“Our Heart Association wTI
work with other
agencies to determine the
heart d'sease of
Yancey County and to find
wavs of solving them,” Dr.
Webb said. '
Bliss Fox Makes
Basketball
Team
Miss Rita Lynn Foxx, a
third quarter freshman at
East Tennessee University
has made the University •
Women’s First String Basket
Ball team. Miss Foxx, daugh
ter Os Mr. and Mrs. William
Foxx of Route 3, is a 196$
graduate of Cane River High
School, and thi. ugh out her
high school career starr d
on the basket ball team.
Mss Foxx is also captain of
the Irtramurals Women's
Team. She is a major In psy
chology.
Number Twenty Four
. The Board of County Com
missioners and County Attor
ney Eill A-kins announced
this week that a mee.,ng will
be held February 23 with tax
exptr.s co. earning revalua
tion of property in • Yar.cey
County. The meeting will be
held in the courthouse at
7:30 p. m.
The officials pointed out
that law makes it mandatory
that a revaluation be male
for the county. Experts will
be employed who are in no
way connected with tax pay
ers here, and who will g've
unbiased appra : sal of proper
ty in every part of the
county, the commssioners
Said. . ..
“In* our o »inion,” they seat
ed, “revaluai on by such dis
interested people is justified
because it w 11 bring equitable
values to people and eliminate
guess work.”
In the past, valuation has
V been set by three appraisers in
each township. This system
caused a great variation of
taxes to be paid by people of
the county, although the pro
perty may have bjen similar.
The Board of Commission
ers and County A-torney feel
that a reduction of the tax
rate which will s.cm. from a
revaluation will encourage
industry to come to the
county, as well as distribute
the tax burden more
, fa rly.
Every tax payer is urged
to attend the meeting at
the caurthouse on the even
ing of February 23, 1967.
O
Sewage System
For Schools
Approved
Work has bees completed
on sewage disposal plants for
Bald Creek Elementary, and
Clearmont Elementary Sch
ools. Grease traps have been
installed for the lunchrooms.
A new drain field has been
put in for the Bee Log Ele
mentary School. This gives
all the schools in Yancey
County approved sewage dis
posal plants and safe and
pure water supply system.*
All of the above comply with
Laws, Rules and Regulations
of the North CaroPna B“ate
Board of Health. Th Dis
trict Sanitarian, Jake F.
Buckner, wishes to thank the
princioals of the named
schools and all others who
cooperated in the projects.
Sno-ial annrec-’ation for the
work of the NYC m-mio who
did much of the work is> ex
pressed.