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* •* ' #1! g^BURMSVIU:EjMO^^gAROIIWA^^^^^ Volmm 33 Farm-City Week Is Proclaimed WHEREAS the prosperity and well-being of this commu nity are dependent upon coop eration between all people of our society! rural and urban, and WHEREAS th§ complexi - ties of individual problems and the divergence of activities make it easy to forget our in terdependence, and WHEREAS each group must understand the other if our American way of life is to endure, and WHEREAS Farm-City Week provides an unparalleled oppor tunity for farm and city people to become re- acquainted, I, THEREFORE, Jim Ang lin, Mayor of the City of Burnsville, do hereby proclaim the period of November 21 through November 27 to be Farm-City Week; and I do further call upon all citizens of this community to partici - pate in the observance of a successful Farm-City Week in Burnsville. Done at the City of Burns ville , this 20th day of Novem ber, 1969. Jim Anglin, Mayor of the City of Burnsville. A committee under the direction of Amey Fox is draw ing up plans for Yancey Coun - ty participation in Farm-City Week, November 21-27. Mr. Fox, who is chairman of the committee and cashier of the Northwestern Bank in Bumwillq said the local observances of Farm-City Week will be tied in with state and national ob servances. The event, which will come to a close on Thanksgiv ing Day, is observed nationwide in an effort to help create a better understanding between rural and urban people. The theme for this year is 'Tomorrow's Food and Fiber —Everybody's Business." Some of the activities be ing planned for Yancey County include Radio Programs, Spe - cial Newspaper Releases and Participation of Farm Peo pie in the Nickels For Know How Program and Referendum Nov. 25. Yancey County farm fami lies are being urged to mark Nov. 25 as a special date on (Cont'd on page IO) Zoning Ordinance Adopted With Several Changes In Provisions After three stormy public hearings held during the past month the Town Board of Bims ville has unanimously adopted a zoning ordinance and sub - division regulations governing the town. As a result of strenuous ob jections raised at the hearings to some of the provisions con tained in the original draft of the zoning ordinance, the Town Board made important changes to meet the objections. The United Effort Necessary To Keep NC Free From Air And Water Pollution By Carolyn Yuziuk North Carolinians are for tunate to live in an area where prevention can be a key word in the matter of air and water pollution. Western North Caro lina, in particular, having few huge metropolitan areas or large-scale industrial conplex es, offers its inhabitants air that is so far fairly free of smog. We also have water ways; rivers, streams and Yancey ‘Fightingest County' Says Judge Reprinted from the Asheville Citizen The judge recalled the case of Alvin York, the fabled ser geant who didn't believe in war but became a one -man Army in spite of himself. The youth from Yancey County could become such a man, it seemed, and the vet eran jurist struggled with the Youth Groups Hold Supper There will be a Spaghetti Supper on Saturday night, November 23rd from 5:00 to 8:00 p. m. in the Fellow ship Hall of the Higgins Me morial Methodist Church. The Supper is being heU by the Presbyterian and Meth odist Youth groups and the price will be $1.50 for adults and 75$ for children under 12. Everyone is cordially in vited to attend this Spaghetti Supper for a pleasant evening Thursday, Novombor 20, 1969 professional planneis in this matter of zoning express their disappointment at the changes adopted by the Town Board as follows: "Originally the Town had considered taking jurisdiction in regard to zoning, over a one mile band extending beysnd the town limits. Although such action has been authorized by the State legislature, and has been taken by numerous towns in Western North Carolina, this lakes, which are relatively free of contaminants. The unfortunate reality we must face is that we a 1- ready have to use the words "relatively free" and "fairly free". Nevertheless, we who live in Western North Carolina still have a chance to erase these qualifying words. With determination and no small amount of effort, we can re - store our sparkling waters and decision he knew he must make. John Murphy Jr. was charged in U.S. District Court with refusing induction into the armed services. And testimony indicated he had even threatened to revoke his citizenship if forced to serve. Murphy, who lives in the Celo section of Yancey Coun ty with his father, a Baptist minister, and his mother, told Judge Wilson Warliek Friday that he is not a member of any church. But he is a conscientious objector, he said, "by nature/' and would refuse to serve in any capacity connected with the military. "There are no conscien - tious objectors in Yancey County —that's one of the fightingest counties in the iworld," the judge said. Murphy, 22, wasn't en tirely convinced but he was willing to be different. Judge Warlick sentenced him to two years in prison. provision was abandoned. As a result the zoning ordinance will apply only within the town li mits. "A second controversial pro vision was the zoning to be applied to the 19E by-pass through town. At the advice of all professional planners who have studied Burnsville, the draft of the ordinance propose! to limit business development on the by-pass by zoning the south side for residence. This clear air to a natural purity un equaled anywhere in our coun ty. The very fact that we do have the power to bring pollu tion to a standstill in our area and reverse the damage whici has already been done, shouk spur us to a gigantic united ef fort against this territfe enemy of our health and our hentage. One thing is mandatory... One thing is Primary to this ef fort. Each citizen of every community, in any occupation or income bracket, must attack pollution as an individual. Chly then can we, collectively, at tack pollution as a community effort and finally, as a state effort. We cannot stop pollution in New York City. We cannot stop pollution in Los Angeles. Someone must make the her culean effort it will take in these cities and others like them. The United States is already spending billions of dollars in this monumental task Everyone harbors the secret fear that the task is futile, that it may be too late. But North Carolinians can no longer sit back and think of how much better off we are than others in other parts of the country. In our own state, in our own area, we have the makings of pollution. Polhi - tion of our waters, perhaps, is first offender, as many home - owners consider a stream on or near their property os their personal waste disposal into which they can throw carcasses and sewage or trash as the oc casion arises. Air pollution is becoming a close runner up. Industries ( Cont r <T on page 13) Numbur Sixty -Two provision, too, was abandoned following strenuous objections by property owners who would be affected. The by-pass is now zoned for business on both sides throughout its length. " The Town Board now be lieves that, having made these two important changes, the re maining provisions of the or dinance are not controversial. Copies of the two new ordinan ces are being printed, and will shortly be available at the Town Hall, together with maps show ing the boundaries of the se - veral zones. "Although the professional planners express disappointment at the changes adopted by the Town Board, theyrecogiize the compromises must be made, and have concurred with the changes. At the same time they feel that the very large area zoned for business, inclu ding both sides of the by -pass, as well as practically all of Main Street, create some ha - zazd to the most desirable fu ture development of Brrnsville. Under the ordinance as adapted, approximately nine miles of street frontage (counting both sides of the streets) has been zoned for business. This is grossly excessive by recognize! planning standards, and the area is now eighty percent un occupied by business. This amount of frontage would read ily accommodate all the busi - ness of a city many times the size of Burnsville, and most of the area will probably remain unoccupied for some genera - tions to come. " In preparing the ordinances, the Town Planning Board, of which David Powers served as chairman, had the professicnal assistance of the Westem North Carolina RegionalPlamiigQra mission, and during the later stages of the work, the assist - ance of the newly formed Divi sion of Community Planning of the State. The preparation of these ordinances is part of a "package" of planning work being obtained by the T own with financial assistance from the Federal Government amoui*- ing to 75 percent. Other parts of the "package" are an economic study, and the preparation of a thoroughfare plan. All these steps arenece-. ssary to qualify the town for important future Federal grants and loans.
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