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Volume 33
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Eyewitness Accounts
Substantiate Bear Tek
X; By Linda King
jS As the old timers say, this is
•;•: a "b'ar" tale, although this one
•:•: liappens to be true. Several peo
:•:• pie have reported seeing bea* in
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J; various sections of the county.
jI These bears, having been
moved from one wildlife park to
another, and who are unable to
fend for themselves, are star
ving. They are coming into
farm areas, trying to get calves,
young pigs, and chickens; and
they are considered more dang
erous than the so gfalled ""wild"
bears which are perfectly at home
roaming the mountains and are
Iji; capable of obtaining their own
|| food.
® Mr. Boyd Banks, a dairymaid
•f. reported that beats have chase d
his herd of dairy cattle. Accor-
X; ding to Mr. Banks, milk produo
tion has fallen off consider a b ly
X; since the bears have been botho
ring his cows.
¥; Bears have also been seen at
•$ the residence of Cecil Angel
Xj where they crossed a ditch be
low his bam, got into the dogs'
X; lot and ate their feed.
J; Mrs. Clay Bailey saw a bear
in a field near her home in the
X Cane River Community last
X week.
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;j:| A bear, at a residence on
Cane Branch Road, ran toward
a woman and her small chil
dren. They ran into the house
>•: while the father, Vernon Fox,
¥ shot at the bear, scaring him
¥ away.
Bears have also been seen a
§ round Ben Banks' slaughtering
I house, in Pine Swamp at the
garbage dump, and crossing
licksldllet Road, nearthehome
of Hoyle Hyleman. They are
vi ranging on and around Boone
g; Knob.
j| Last Friday the 13th, of all
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days, one paid a destructive vi-
sit to our farm on Cane Branch jj:
Road. The beat was attemptirg ij:
to get a young calf which was in $
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the bam. The bear climbed in- ¥
to the left of the bam, ripp ed :jf;
loose a board which was nai led >j;
down over the calf’s stall, useJ
his feet to dig out the calf's be- >j
dding in an attempt to crawl ui- jj
der the bam, and finally climb :j:
ed up the side of the bam trying X
to get to the calf. $
My sister saw thebearwhile jj
he was in the loft of the bam ani jlj
screamed "There's a bear in ¥
the bam!" I grabbed a shotgun A
and ran outside to try to sea re ¥
him away. The bear climbed a li
gate at the entrance of the bam *l|
and swung back and forth. I iji
took a pot shot at him, but just $
as I shot, he swung back and •;<
I missed. The sound of the jj;
(I was using buckshot in a 20- $
gauge shotgun) didn't frighten sj:
the bear at all. He climbed up 5
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the side of the bam and I shot j;
again and wounded him. He X
rolled down a steep bank, stun- !■!
bled to his feet, and ran into ij
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the woods. X
The next afternoon, a bear •?
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attempted to get into a bam £
after another calf on a nearby £
farm belonging to Mr. and Mrs. S
Cecil Gillis.
The North Carolina Hunting
and Trapping Regulations book- $
let, 1968-1969 edition, on page $
17, gives the following informa- jj
tions , x
H. Destructive Bears When §
inflicting, or attempting to in- A
flict, injury to the person or jj
property of anyone, a black bear
may be killed by any peison
either on the spot, or in pursuit X
—who has been authorized by a X
wildlife protector, and who co- jj
mmences within twenty-four his 5
after commission of the offense s
Thursday, Jum 19, 1969
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| Littered Landscape Robs All Viewers
Os Their Right To Obsorve Boauty
X By'Rebecca Boone
¥ A glance at the picture on
:j; this page should make one sto p
:|; and wonder if this could actual
:|: ly be a part of the majesty and
beauty of the Western North Ca
rolina mountains, or for that m»
;J tter, a part of the town of
•I; Burnsville.
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¥ Possibly our visitors who have
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; ; praised the countryside at large
jj and our town in particular, hate
ij become so enchanted with our
:| county that they can overlock the
jj eyesores with which we are con
i' fronted daily.
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X Some people of the county
•I have taken enough interest in
iji their property and various sec
>;• tions of our community to ro
il; store them to their great natural
|j; beauty and have done a comm
;|; endable job. These people de
j| serve great appreciation. By
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Veterinarians’ Arrival
Welcomed By Countians
•: By Rebecca Boone
Since the departure of Yan
* cey County's only Veterinariai\
X Dr. Julian Cornwell, the coun
ty has been in need of a DVM.
However, this vacancy has
•; now been filled with the arrival
•: of two young veterinarians, Mr.
:• and Mrs. Alan Maddox, who are
f; H ' both graduates of Oklahoma St»
te University.
Mr, and Mrs. Maddox arrived
| in Burnsville approximately two
? weeks ago and have since then
mere observation, however, it
becomes evident that many, ma
ny citizens apparently have no
concern and have made no eff -
ort to improve the appearance d
our surroundings. They have
not only denied themselves and
all the rest of us who live here
our right to observe the magni
ficence of an uncluttered land»-
cape, but also have denied our
visitors the same right.
Appearance is not the only
important aspect of a clean-up
campaign, there is also the pro
blem of sanitation. It is nece
ssary for the health, convenien
ce and welfare of the people whe
reside in the county, that gar
bage, refuse and litter be con
trolled.
According to statistics, if
yours is an average family you
must throw away daily approxi-
been in the process of setting up
their clinic which will be loca
ted in the old Hosiery Mill in
Burnsville.
Mr, Maddox is originally a
North Carolinian horn Black
Mountain. Mrs. Maddox is a
native of Oklahoma City, Okla
homa. They now reside at Wi
ndom.
The Yancey Record extendsa
hearty welcome to our newest
additions to the county.
Number Forty Ouo
mately 20 pounds of vege t able
parings, beer cans, soda bottles
and other rubbish.
If a family would allow this
quantity of rubbish to accumu -
late for a period of one year,
they would have a stagg e r i n g
pile of 7,300 pounds of rubbish
on their premises. No danger
of that however, since so m e
families have carted off this
accumulated rubbish and dump
ed it on some of our roadside
banks. Almost everyone has
probably been amused at the
irony in a pile of trash lying at
the fo< t of a sign which reacWN:
Dumping", but there is no real
humor in the fact that these ir
responsible people are damag -
ing our county.
k r aybe we should follow the
example set by towns such as
Murphy, N.C, The town lias
just issued an ordinance regula
ting garbage. Refuse and littcq
abandoned automobile bodies
empty bottles, broken glass, ox
rubbish of any kind must be re
moved from all property after a
reasonable period of time. If
this rubbish is not moved,it will
be removed by the town at the
property owne.'i expense. This
type of enforcement would cer
tainly help clean up some of
the "iunk yards" in our town.
Everyone is urged to join
whole-heartedly in the campa
ign to clean up Burnsville and
Yancey County, and thus help
restore the natural beauty of our
town and county. We can then
take real pride in showing off
our fine community and oui
magnificent mountain scenery.