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Volume 33
One-Cent Sales And Use Tax Money
Will PointWay To Progress In Yancey
By Carolyn Yuziuk
Yancey Countians will soon
be faced with a great oppor -
tunity. We are going to have
a chance to do more than talk
about making our schools bet
ter, more up-to-date learning
institutions. We are going to
be able to decide whether to
take a giant step forward for
Yancey Jaycettes |
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v The Yancey County Jaycettes, female counterparts -j
--of the Yancey County Jaycees, held their first meding :j:
on Thursday night, October 16, 1969 in the Jaycee $
j;j Building. All Jaycee wives arc eligible for member- j:j
ship in this organization which works for civic imprcwe
v ments. >•:
During this first meeting of the Jaycettes, officers :j;
S were elected as follows:
Mrs. Jerry Holcombe - President $
$ Mrs. Billy Ray Edge - Vice-President >:•
Mrs. Daniel Buchanan- Secretary
v Mrs. Gene Higgins - Treasurer
•j: Mrs. Charlie Hensley - Historian S
ij; Mrs. R. L, Mclntosh Jr. - Standing Committee Chair- :j:
$ man j;j
jjj Mrs. James Riddle - Social Chairman ?
The Jaycettes will hold their meetings on the first ;>
$: Thursday night of each month at 7:30 p. m. in the Jay- :j;
cee Building. :j:
Panthers Face Rosman
After Defeat Last Friday
By James Bagwell
This week the Panthers will
travel, to play Rosman. Hope
that you will make an effort to
support the Panthers their last
two games of this football sea
son.
This past Friday night, Oc
tober 17, East Yancey played
Harris High. This was the last
home game of the year for the
Panthers.
The first quarter Harris
High scored twice. The first
touchdown was scored by their
number 35, Brandon Queers
followed by two extra points
by Jerry Hefner, number 24.
Their second touchdown was
Board To Meet
The Yancey County Board
of Education will meet in a
called session Monday, Octo
ber 27th at 8:00 in the court
house.
education in Yancey County.
On November 4, 1969, the
people of Yancey County will
go to the polls to make a de
cision - whether or not w e
will levy upon ourselves and
upon all the people who spend
money in Yancey County- a
one-cent sales and use tax. A
small step, one cent, is the
scored by the Blue Devil's No.
14, Lonnie Speight. No score
by the Panthers.
During the second quarter
the Blue Devils scored four
more times. Gary Ledford, no.
44, scored the first 3 touch -
downs and Dean Gunter ,
no. 12, scored the 4th and
also kicked some extra points.
The Panthers made one touch
down dining the second quar
ter by number 40, James Ray.
Half-time score was Harris
High 42-East Yancey 6.
After the half-time, East
Yancey made only one more
touchdown, this one by Rod
ney Bishop, number 41 .Harris
High went on to score 3 more
touchdowns by their numbers
24, Jerry Hefner; 35,Brandon
Queen; and 40, Greg Young.
The final score of the foot
ball game was Harris High 62-
East Yancey 12.
Tktrsday, October 23, 1969
giant step forward we speak of
The Yancey County Com
missioners have agreed to
give the money for capital im
provements in the schools for
eight years if the one- cent
Option sales tax is passed. If
it is passed, Yancey County
will receive $114,022 per
year. Yancey County will be
'Nickels For Know-How’ Is
An Effective Research Aid
■ North Carolina farm fami
; lies will decide on Tuesday ,
: November 25, if they wish to
j continue spending " nickels
■ for know-how."
j A referendum is scheduled
; for that date on the unique
•
: Nickels for Know-How Pro -
;j gram, through which farm fa
j milies have aided agricultu -
:• ral research and education at
North Carolina State Univer -
!: sity for the past 18 years.
:• The Nickels for Rnow-Pbw
:j Program was authorized by the
S General Assembly and ajprov
■: ed in November 1951 by a
j: statewide vote of farm people;
It has been voted on 5 times
since, and each time it has
won the approval of about 90
percent of those voting.
By giving their approval to
the program, farm people ag
ree to assess themselves one
nickel on each ton of feed and
fertilizer that they buy.
The funds are collected by
the North Carolina Department
of Agriculture from feed and
fertilizer manufacturers who
add a nickel a ton to the ir
wholesale price. The funds,
an average of $160,000 a
year, are then turned over to
the Agricultural Foundation at
North Carolina State Univer -
sity.
Deadline
The Yancey Record
now goes to press each
week on Wednesday morn
ing. We must make 5
p. m. Tuesday our dead
line for news items and
stories.. We will appre -
ciate having copy sent in
as far in advance of the
deadline as possible.
- Ed. G Staff
paying in only around $78,000
per year. This is a net profit
of $36,022 per year for us
for our children's education.
Yancey County must at -
tract new people and new in
dustry in order to piogress.We
can either do this with fore
sight and progress in a planned
and orderly manner; or we can
The foundation, which is
composed of a representative
of each county, decides how
the money will be spent. Dur
ing the current fiscal year, for
example, $183,052 has been
authorized for 40 different re
search and education projects.
Around $25,000 of this
amount will be spent for re
search on poultry diseases, and
another $15,000 will be spent
for research on poultry physio
logy and nutrition and for ex -
tension work with the broil e r
breeder industry.
Some $27,000 will be used
for the horticultural crops
fruit and vegetable breeding pro
cessing and weed control.
Nearly $20,000 is earmark
ed this year for insect
including tobacco insects ,wocd
destroying insects and the des
tructive alfalfa weevil. Over
$17,000 is allocated to research
and extension work related to
livestock and over $16,000 is
to be spent on field crops.
Other Nickels supported re
search this year includes such
things as food processing, mar
keting, plant diseases,
and water pollution. Funds will
also be used to provide publi
cations for vocational agri -
culture students and to support
extension specialists located at
Plymouth, Waynesville and
Castle Hayne.
Agriculture Commissioner
James A Graham said" Nickels
for Know-How has been a most
effective tool for supplement -
ing agricultural research and
bringing research findings to
farmers for effective applica
tion."
"Its effectiveness has been
most plainly evidenced by the
overwhelming approval it has
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Nvmber Fifty'-Eight
do nothing, sit still and stag
nate; or worse yet, we could
make progress of a sort in a
haphazard fashion with no
thought for the future. If we
are to grow in the right direc
tion we must attend to our
basic needs—first and fore
most of which is education.
Thoughtful planning and
management in educationwill
show leaders in industry and
prospective residents that Yan
„cpy County has a future. Mjre
important, it will mean that
we have a future. And still
more important, it will mean
our children have a future
—possibly right here in Yan
cey County.
The way is clear. If we
vote YES on November 4th
the schools in Yancey County
will benefit greatly. If the
schools benefit from the tax,
our children will benefit from
better educational facilities.
If our children benefit, we
all benefit from the tax.
If you are in favor of bet
ter schools in Yancey County
vote for the one-cent Option
Sales Tax on November 4,
1969. See you at the Polls!
PTA Sponsors
Singing Group
The East Yancey P. T. A.is
sponsoring the "Sing Out Aha
ville" group who will present
a program at East Yancey on
Friday, November 7th at 7:30
p. m.
About 50 High School stu -
dents are in the "Sing Out
Asheville" group. They have
their own band, and tleir main
theme is patriotic songs. The
group sprang from the "Up
With People" group who ap
peared in Asheville a couple
of years ago and while there,
helped to organize this small
er group with the same type
songs and presentation.
"Sang Out Asheville" is ma
naged by Asheville business -
men who form their Board of
Directors. The group appears
for concerts throughout the
whole area.
Everyone is urged to plan
on attending the "Sing Out
Asheville" Program at East
Yancey on November 7.