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THE YANCEY RECORD Volume 33 A Growing Affluence In Yancey NEW YORK,. May 17- If Yan cey County residents were to to tal their living expenditures for the past year and discover, as is probable , that they were more than twice as big as they were 15 years ago, their immediate conclusion would be "inflation " But, according to a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank ft* ' of they would be wrong. They would be barking up .the wrong tree. It appears, from the bank's figures and from a Commerce De partment survey, that most of the increase is attributable to an ad vance in living standards. The finding is that some 60 percent of, the rise in family bud gets hi the 15 years has been due lto higher living and only 40 per Vcent to higher, prices. Without realizing it, people in Yancey County and elsewhere have been upgrading their expe nditures for goods and services, with the. result that average fam ilies are living better than ever before despite bigger taxes and despite inflation. The change is readily discer nible in the local area, where home ownership is at a high level where more people have cars and where more is spent on luxuries than in former years. • ♦ An indication of this trend to better living is revealed in a special Commerce Department report. It follows a nationwide sampling survey, covering the period since 1960, on the num ber of big-ticket household ac cessories in the average home. In Yancey County, on the strength of these findings, it ap pears that 20.7 percent of the lo cal families have two or more cars, as against 9.0 percent in 1960. The proportion of homes in the regional area equipped with Clothes dryers has also gone up ,in the peripd. The increase is placed at 13.7 percent, Television sets are also more numerous locally. About 8-3.0 percent now have one or more , sets, as compared with 55.0 per cent previously. Also reported for the regional area were marked increases in air conditioners* dishwashers and stereophonic equipment. All of it.has been made possi ble by rising incdmes, sufficient to provide these extras after ab sorbing the inctuasv In prices. Bk J jf 1 r k W BP Sr r:.:r : v HyflA I I i iH ■; ; m mg ms ■ OmSk.. . vjfMF 1 -«>•_ v . ■:. H S mßk - bB 4Ws ■ ®s|w® -If*.X'-".,' '“xtWoMJ. W m 1 W Hj| ■ MPPfIBI I • f ™ ffißvgßsnMi Bobblu & Martha Hass, Jtrry Cluvuifur, Fat Ruadolpk, Jaaat Crisp Jamboree Will Feature Talented Youths In Folk Singing, Dancing And Music It's that time of the year ag ain, and Yancey County young people are getting ready for their second annual Yancey Youth Ja mboree which is to be on August 7 and 8. They are looking for ward with eagerness and antici pation to the event which will give them an opportunity to per form before their families and Dinner Meeting To Be Held The Yancey County Mental Health Association will hold its annual dinner- meeting Tues. May 27 at 6:30 p. m. at the First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Robert Byron of Asheville will he the guest speaker. There will be an election of the executive co mmittee and board of directors, and the by-laws will be acted up on. The Association is constantly searching for new members and extends an invitation to the pub lic. If you plan to attend this dinnef meeting please call Mrs. . Pete Coletta, who is in charge of reservations. - 1 Thursday, May 22, 1969 friends. People will come from far and near to see and hear the talent, and those who sit in the audience will go away feeling a sense of reward and a rekindled faith in young people. Each school in the County is being represented at the Jambor ee. Approximately forty appli cations from performers have beat received. Talent will include buck dancing, folk songs by bofc individuals and groups, folk bal lads, religious numbers, cloggig, western and smooth square dan-, cing and folk dancing. Some of the winners from the 1968 Jam boree returning this year are Mi caville-South Toe Smooth Square Dance Team, Bill da Hollifield, and David Gibbs. Having been expanded into a two-night affair, the Jamboree will feature talent in categories both nights and prizes will be a warded each night. The evening of August 7 will feature talent from grades one through six with judging in all categories. The second evening, talent from gra des seven through twelve will perform. The Yancey Youth Jamboree U'held annually in conjunction with the Mt. Mitchell Craft Fes tival to provide an opportunity for school children to display ta lents relating to their rich heri tage of folk Singing, danofng and music. In keeping with the theme, ballads such as "Lord level" and "Barbara Allen" and religious songs such as "Wayfar ing Stranger" will be sung; the Buck, Clog and Western Square will be danced; and attire of ye steryear such as long dresses •*** bonnets, dungarees and checked shirts will be worn. Judges for the Jamboree will be from outside the County will be announced at a later date A highlight of the program Is to be the guest appearance of Ms and Mrs. Ed Presnell of Banner Elk, N.C., who are well known for hand-carved mountain dul cimers. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pr es ne 11 are dulcimer artists. From The Editor’s Desk ♦ 0 . .. The Editor and Staff printing over 4,000 copies each Yancey Record apobgizerMHhy Week, which strains our present delay in your newspaper reaching facilities. We hope you will you this month. During our Cir- bear with us until we can corr culation Drive in May, w*» are act this situation. Nuaihar Thirty-Sevtu Recreation Plan Would Boost Area A meeting of county and town officials with the town and coun ty Planning'Boards was held May 20 at Hie Arrlberjack Restaurant Guest speakers for the evening were Dr. Manfred Thullen, Co mmunity pecia list from N. C. Mr. Jack Frausen, Assistant Dir ector N. C. Recreational Comm ission, Asheville, N.C. and Ms W.M. Stanton, Extension Fores try Management Specialist. Mr. E. L. Dillingham, County Exte nsion Chairman called the meet ing to order and introduced the speakers. Frauson pointed out that Yan cey County now has a very limi ted recreation program. He sta - ted that some of the steps to take In setting up a recreational j*o ject is first to determine if the recreational program will be pu blic, private or commercial. He pointed out that Yancey County should reap a harvest of tourists with an effective program in re creation, and stated that one of the first steps also would be to establish a managing authority. . either city, county, or a combi nation. "Many communities su ch as this start on a smaller scale with a summer program and use their existing facilities such as schools. "He emphasized the fact that the program should be for all ages pre-school through senior. Dr. Thullen cited the various agencies available for giving ad vice and help with the recreation program. Slides of recreational projects in other areas were shown as ex amples of what can be accomp lished with a little work. Following the talk a panel di scussion was held concerning this recreational plan. The meeting was attended by members of the Yancey County , Planning Board, Yancey County Chamber of Commerce, Burns ville Town Board, Burnsville Nfas Chib and County Commissioners and was arranged and moderated by E. L, Dillingham of the Ex tension office.
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