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Pictured Above Left To Right: Allan Duckett, Dean Shields, Jim Story,
Marshall; Back Row, Paul Wooten, Burnsville, James Armstrong And
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C. F. Gore Weoverviile.
WESTCO PLANS CUSTOMER SERVICE
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
A Customer Service Improve-
Program involving an expendi
ture of $1,102,000 has been {den
ned for Yancey and Mitchell
Counties by the Westco Tele
phone Company according to
James Armstrong, Pres.dent of
the company.
Th.s program was discussed
at a meeting held fag the news
media on Feb. 2, at Dillsboro,
n. e.
Direct Distance D’aling (DDD)
improved long distance facili
ties, additional outside plant and
central office facilities for new
customers and facilities to im
prove service to present sub
ecribers have been scheduled.
The three year construction
program will be culminated in
the fourth quarter 1970, Arm
strong said. *
Separate projects hove been
set up for Burnsville, Bakers
ville, and Micaville. In Burns
ville 1968 and 1969 will be ban
ner years in Us growth and de
velopment. Direct distance dial
ing has been programmed at a
cost of approximately $34,500 in
1969. The “Primary Switching
Center” will be located in Ashe
ville for th's new media of tele
phone communications for . sub
scribers. " --- ■J'
In 1968 an expenditure of ap
proximately $178,000 has been
budgeted for Burnsville. The ex
tens on of cable facilities into
Jack’s Creek and Prices Creek
will cost an estimated $45,000.
A cable relief job and the re
placement of old lead cable in
. Burnsville has been program
med at a cost of $55,000 to up
grade customer service and to
improve service. Routine out
side plant extensions, central
office additions and central of
fice maintenance to keep pace
w'th customer demand and to
improve the quality of serv ; ce
to present subscribers will cost
approximately $98,000
THE YANCEY RECORD
In 1969 an estimated $290,800
have been scheduled. The old
open w're long d’stance circuits
out of Burnsville will give way
to a modern cable system at an
estimated cost of $135,000. The
rehabilitation of outside plant,
customer statical insallations
and central office mantenance
to .mprove the quality of ser
vice to our customers, Arm-
Coßtiuuud oi brek
Morrison
Construction Co
Makes Low Bid
On Church Plant
Sealed bids on construction of
a new church and education
budd ng for the First BapUst
Church here were opened last
Thursday in the church. Five
construction companies subm.t
ted bids on the construction.
The low bid was made by
Morrison Construction Company,
Shelby. The base b d was $299,-
888.00, with alternate construc
tion bids of $7,700.00 and $1,500.
On Monday night all sub-com
mittees comprising the church
bukling comm.ttee met in the
church with the architect and
voted to accept the bids made
by Morrison Construction Com
pany, and to present it before
the church Sunday. Build ng
plans had previously been pre
sented and accepted by the
membership of the church.
Work toward construction' cf
athe new buildings should beg'n
socn. The structure w 11 be built
on the north side of Green
Street ttofueen the town square
arut Higgins Memorial Methyl
Ist Church
Burnsville, N.C.
Thursday, Fubruary B, 1968
Taylor
Announces
Candidacy
>
Congressman Roy A. Taylor
of Black Mountain today an
nounced his candidacy for reel
ection as 11th District Repre
sentative in Congress. He has
forwarded his filing fee to the
State Board of Ejections.
He will seek nomination in the
May Democratic primary.
Taylor, 58, has represented
the Uth District in Congress
since 1960. “During my eight
years in Congress a record has
been established and .1 hope
that the people w'll judge me
by that record,” Taylor said.
A former state legislator and
attorney for Buncombe County,
Rep. Taylor now eeks his sttth
term in Congress. He is a mem
ber of the House Interior Com
mittee and chairman of the flub
committee on National Parts
and Recreation.
Young
Republicans
To Organiie
A Young Republican Qub or
ganisational meeting will be held
Monday night, Feb. 12, at 8:00
o’clock at the Blue Rdge Cafe
teria. All young Republicans (18
to 40), who are interested in
better government, and helping
in the election of the r chosen
representatives for County, Sta
te and Federal offices are
to be present for this important
meeting. :
Mrs. Eire Pyatt, of Marion,
N. CVIV4 Campaign Manager for
Mr. Scott Harvey, will be guest
speaker.
Accident Fatal To 14-Year-Old
Haskins Sworn
In As Associate
Justice
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RALEIGH (AP) - J. Frank
Huskins was sworn in Monday
as an assoc ate justice of the
North Carolina Supreme Court
to succeed retiring Justice J.
WHI Pless Jr.
Chief Justice R. Hunt Parker
admin stered the oath of office
to Huskins, who is a former di
rector of the admin strative of
fice of the courts and a former
Superior Court Judge.
Parker also admin stered the
oath to Huskins* successor, Bert
M. Montague, who was promot
ed from assistant director to di
rector of the courts administra
tive off ce, and to Frank W.
Bullock Jr., who succeeded Mon
tague as assistant director.
Parker noted that Gov. Dan
Moore has appointed four mem
bers of the state Supreme Court,
all six members of the new
state Court of Appeals, and will
by the expiration of his term
have named a maiorty of the
Superior Court judges in the
state.
Parker said the state has bees
fortunate in having a former
jur st as governor at a time
when so many court vacancies
have occurred.
Housing Dept.
Announces
Grunt
Secretary Robert C. Weaver of
ttt* U. S. Department of Hous
ing and Urban Development has
announced approval of a grant
of $53,265 under the Urban Plan
nng Assistance Program to
help pay for the comprehensive
planning for growth and devel
opment of Beaufort, Burnsville,
Marshall. Newport, Southport,
Stantonsburg, end : Carteret
County in N. C.
They are an offic ally desig
nated redevelopment area.
The HUD grant, payable to
the state, will cover three-four
ths of the total cost of planting
work. Supplemented by $17,755
in non-Federal funds the grant
wi l ! finance planning activities
for two years.
Grants under the Urban Plan
ning Ass'stance Program are
authorized by Section 7PI of the
Hous ng Act of 1954, as amend
ed. These grants may be used
in counties and small cities to
help pay for planning work such
as preparation of base maps,
analysis of land use. population
and economic conditions, pre
paration of a comprehensive de
velopment plan, and measures
to mplement this planning, such
as zonmg and subdivision re
gulations.
Nunbur Twuaty Thru*
A 14-year-old youth, Gary Lee
Howell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Vance Howell, died in an Ashe
ville hosp.tal Wednesday after
noon from injuries sustained in
an auto-bicycle accident Tuesday
even ng, accord ng to Patrol
man Roland Davis.
According to Patrolman Davis,
who investigated the accident,
the Howell youth was travel ng
east on H ghway 19-E on a bicy
cle east of Burnsville when a
1967 Cadillac driven by Mrs.
Vivian Wr ght Vance of Plum
tree, also heading east, struck
. the Howell youtth, Patrolman
Dav's said. The accident occur
red around 6:25 p. m.
Mrs. Vance, who is 63, stated
that she d d not see the bicycle
and youth until he swerved in
front of the vehicle, the patrol
man said. The b'cycle did not
have any lights and the youth
was dressed in dark clothes. Mrs.
Vance was returning from Ashe
ville where she had been visiting
her husband who is ill.
It was thought that the Howell
youth may have planned to turn
into the old paved road, No.
1427 just east of Jay Styles'
store, and swerved in front of
the vehicle before making the
turn.
The accident was termed un
avoidable, and no charges were
made against Mrs. Vance.
Arrangements for funeral ser
vices for the youth have not
been announced.
Ben Deyton
To Couch
All-Star Team
East Yancey Coach Ben Dey
ton was honored last week as
be ng named Blue All-Star bas
ketball team coach this year.
The Blue-White All-Star fame
is an annual event when basket
ball stars from high schools in
counties bordering Buncombe
County play all-stars from Bun
combe County schools. The
game th s year wall be played
March 29 at Roberson High
School.
Deyton has distinguilhed him
self as coach of East Yancey’s
football teams and both boys »nd
girls teams in basketball. He
can boast of coachng basketball
teams at East Yancey Hgh
School that have won four Ap
palachian Conference champion
ships and three tournaments.
And last year his boys team
played in the state tournament
at Durham after winn ng die
Dstrict 8, class A champion
ship.
A basketball player himself,.
Coach Deyton played at Bre
vard Junior College and at M;!H
gan College, where he received
a degree in physical education.
The over all record made by
Deyton at East Yancey is im
press ve. His girls have a 180
win w : th 14 lost, while the bays
have won 66 and lost 19. And In
football the record shows 22-7-1
during his years as coach.
Coach for the White All-Star
team w'll be C. L. Moore, coach
at South French Broad in Ashe
ville.