Volume 33
United Fund Goal Approved
A goal for this fall's United
Fund campaign of $8,814 has
meen approved by the United
Fund Board of Directors, after
completing several weeks of
conferences with the participat
ing agencies. This amount is
$lB6 less than last year's goal.
In announcing the goal for
Yancey United Fund the Presi
dent, Mr. E. L. Dillingham, said
that in the opinion of the Board
this sum represents a minimum
amount needed to support this
community’s ecsei .ial health,
welfare, and recreational ser
vices that are included in the
campaign.
"Our Admissions and Budget
Committee, made up of some
YANCEY UNITED FUND
PROPOSED BUDGET
1968
Agency Budget Raqiiest Proposed
1987 1968 1988
4- H Clubs $ 400 $ 400 $ 408
Coommunity Development 400 406 408
Orthopedic Clinic-Health Canter 300 250 so
Red Cross 8000 3940 2008
Boy Scouts 1000 MOO
Girl Scouts sis 1200 2186 1208
Carolinas United 1126 1178 1118
Dread Djisease 750 700 ?5
Library . 400 336 400
Blind ft Sight 230 219 228
Retarded Children (Day Car*
Center) soo soo
Hospital 250 ... rQ
Admin. 150 ISO U 4
Total SBBI4
W.A.IR.Y. To Be Served By
Federal Grant
The four-county area covered
by W.A.M.Y. Community Ac’ion,
Inc., of Boone, North Carolina
will be served by a fede~al
grant of $564,526 from the Of
fice of Economic Opportunity.
AViard of the grant was made
today bv Leveo V. Sanchez, Re
grvnrl OEO Director.
I::2'.’utive Director of the
grantee agency is H. C. Moretz,
Jr.
He will direct the implemen
tation of an eleven-component
program for which the local
community will provide $148,078
in matching funds and services;
$7,841 in reprogrammed sur
pluses from f seal year 1968 will
bring the program total to
$720,445.
Components include the fol
lowing: Conduct and Adminis
tration, $82,975 to be coupled
with a $14,237 component for
plannng and $4,592 for evalua
tion of accomplishments.
A Community Organization
component will focus on organ
iznz the poor in the four-county
area to direct them toward eco
nomic development: self-help
expediences-in other communi
ties wll be brought to bear on
this rural mountain area; total
tost. 1 $247,703.
THE YANCEY RECORD
of the County’s leaders, has
spent hours meeting wilh agency
representatives and reviewing
all the needs of all the agsn
cies”, M r Dillingham said. He
went on to say. "Their careful
review and final judgment pro
vides assurance to the contribu
tors that their dollars are wis
ely allocated.”
The Budget and Admissions
Committee met June 17 to re
ceive requests from the various
agencies. At a meeting held
June 24 the Committee approv
ed the agencies, and listed be
low are the agencies and the
amounts they were allocated in
1967, along with their 1968 re
quest and the proposed budjet
for 1968:
Job Development is the focus
of a $22,475 prog'am which will
attempt to mobilze local re
sources and develop a manpow
er program suitable for this
scattered population;
Coordinated with this will be
a $12,874 Pre-Vocational and
Vocational T-alning Program
with the'emphasis on keeping
youths in school and countering
the 30 percent dropout rate in
the schools. Self-Help Day Care
Centers are planned as part of
this effort.
Combining Day Care and Ad
ult Education, components val
ued at $13,374 and $36,313, re
spectively, these two programs
will establish eight Child Devel
opment Centers, two -n each
county, to reach 240 children
while tutoring 100 slow learners
at the same center; providing
summer enrichment camp for
300 low-income children and a
more ccmp-ehens ve remedial
education for 110 out-of-school
teenage enroQees in the Neigh
borhood Ycuh C?rps and 800
adults. Equ'velency diplomas
and pre-vocatipnal education is
the ta-get of these combned
programs. m
Groups will be organized to
Burnsville, N. C.
Future Os Red
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Cross
Discussed
A meeting of the Yancey
County Chapter of the Red
Cross was held at the Court
House Tuesday night to discuss
the future of the Red Cross in
Yancey County. J. Neil Hadley,
National Representative, called
the meeting and presided.
Mr. Hadley told the group
that there were three alterna
tives for Yancey County. To re
organize the Yancey County
Chapter as a unit, to merge the
unit with Mitchell and Avery
County units under a reorgani
zation, or abandon the county
unit.
It was felt by the group at
tending the meeting that it
would probably be wise for
Yancey County to join Mitchell
and Ave-y Counties under a re
organization plan. To reorgan
ize in this manner would re
quire further advertisement and
meeting Hadley said. Therefore,
it was deckled that another
meeting would be called Oct
ober 1 at 7:30 p. m. in room 3
of the courthouse. The new Yan
cey County officers will be el
ected Ht this time.
Technical
Institute Under
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Consideration is being given in
the establishment of a Whni rfl |
and vocational institute in the
Tri-County area. The Mitchell
County Chamber of Commerce
is sponsoring this project. This
is for the benefit of Avery,
Yancey and Mitchell Counties.
These three counties are work
ing together with the associa
tion of the Boards of Education,
County Commissioners and
Chamber of Commerce.
In order to obtain necessary
IwSofmation for the estaMii#-
ment of such an institute, Mr.
John H. Blackmon and Mr.
Edward H. Wilson from, the
Dept, of Community Colleges,
State Board of Education, Ral
eigh, will meet in the Emerald
Room of Baker’s Restaurant,
Spruce Pine, Thursday evening,
Sept. 19, at 7:00 p. m.. (Dutch
Dinner 52,00).
Reservations for the dinner
should be made promptly thro
ugh the Chamber of Commerce
office
work for belter housing through
incentive grants and cooperative
projects, and outside finaneng
will be sought. Cost of this pro
gram is es'imated at $30,757.
Economic Development is •
program a med a. developing
agriculture and better land cul
(Continued on back)
Thursday, September 19, 1968
Rhinehart
Talks To Lions
United Fund Chairman Rob
ert Rhirehart talked to the Bur
nsville Lions at their regular
mee* : ng last Thursday night,
pointing cut the need for a
closer look at the United Funds
this year by all Yancey people.
Rhinehart gave a brief history
of the United Fund in Yancey
County. He cited the advantag
es of being able to give funds
for the one community drive
ra her than having to contri
bute many times during many
individual fund drives.
The Yancey County Red Cross
Chapter, only one of the many
agencies benefited by the Unit
ed Fund in the county, is hi
danger because of lack of inter
est by the people, Rhinehart
said. He stated that because of
lack of sufficient operating
funds and interest by the peo
ple, it is possible that the
C-oss Chapter here might be
abandoned.
Loss of Red Cross function
here, it was pointed out, would
mean the loss of the Mood pro
gram, which would force persons
needing blood to secure it thro
ugh commercial means. Also,
contact service between families
and their sons in service throu
gh Red Cross would be greatly
impaired or ended.
The Lions voted endorsement
of the United Fund sod pledged
the services of the dub and in
dividual members to the current
Fund Drive.
Bloodmobile
October 3rd.
At Armory.
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Shown above is Mm. Mary
Young, Librarian at Burnsville,
accepting a check from Arney
AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL TO
LOCAL YOUTH
Number Two
Frank Tallent, 17, »1 Burns
ville was killed Friday night
when an automobile in which
he was riding went out of con
trol and hit an embankment
two miles North of Burnsville
on Highway 197.
The 17-year-old youth was
dead on arrival at Mission
Memorial Hospital in Asheville
at 1:15 Saurday morning. He
was first taken to Yancey Hos
pital and sent on into Asheville.
Also injured in the accident were
Kenne.h Wheeler and Lar y
Tipton. Wheeler was admitted
to Yancey HospLal and later
removed to an Asheville Hospi
tal where he is reported to be
in serious condition. Tipton was
admitted to Yancey Hospi al
Friday night and discharged
on Sunday with minor injuries.
The three boys were return
ing home from a football game
between Happy Valley, Tenn.
and Cane River, they were sen
iors at Cane River. Tipton was
the driver of the 1963 Chevrolet
belonging to Wheeler’s father,
Lloyd Wheeler. •
According to C. W. Warren,
investigating officer, the acci
dent occurred at 1V.45 Friday
night on the Green Mountain
road. The driver lost con .rol of
the vehicle in a curve and it
went off the .right shoulder of
(the highway into a bank. Tal
lent was riding in the right rear
and Wheeler was in the right
front and Tipton was driving.
Funeral services for F“ank
Tallent were held at 2:00 p. m.
Monday in Byrd’s Chapel Bap
tist Church. Th*. A. Z
J timers on and Rev. Frank Par
sons ©fflcia f ed. Burial was in
Byrd Cemetery.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are three sisters, Mrs.
Ronald Honeycutt and Miss
Rebecca and Miss Norma Faye
Tallent, all of Burnsville: and
grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.
Les'er Peterson of Burnsville
Rt. 4.
Pallbearers were Larry Ed
wards, Edward Penland, Tom
my Hughes, Ralph Miller and
Danny and Bobby Angel.
Fox. United Fund Treasurer,
to supplement the library fund*.