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Volume 34
Budget Cut
Shuts Down
Rec. Areas
All recreation areas in the
National Forests in North Caro
lina are closed as of February 1
until June 6, 1970, Forest Su
pervisor Peter J. Hanlon an
nounced today.
Forest Supervisor Hanlon aid
that all the developed recrea -'
tion areas on the Pisgah, Nan
tahala, Uwharrie and Croatan
National Forests are a ff e ct e d
This includes 501 picnic units
and 767 camping units.
Primitive or undeveloped
camping will be permitted. The
users should remember to leave
their camps cleaner than they
found it. This will insure our
being able to leave the primi
tive areas open.
Hanlon said the Forest begm
feeling the budget pinch last
July when appropriations for
recreation clean-up and main
tenance were reduced. A
second cut in funds took place
in January. The second resul -
ted in the necessity to close
all recreation areas until June d
Recreation Areas ass e c ted
on the Toecane Ranger District
are:
Carolina Hemlocks, Black
Mountain, Bald Mountain, Roan
Mountain.
Groundhog
Pfcrf/cf/ofl
There's a good chance, ac
cording to several authorities,
that due to the somewhat over
cast groundhog did
not see his shadow last Monday,.
February 2nd. Hopefully, this
means that we will have an
early spring.
Tradition holds that the
groundhog, that famous wea
ther prophet, comes out of
his burrow on that fateful day
and if he sees his shadow he
will jump back Li and staysix
more weeks. For that sa me
six weeks, we humans will
have to endure harsh winter
weather.
If it's cloudy, and he does
not see his shadow, the ground
hog will come out and spring
will come soon.
If predictions seem rather
non-authoritative and a bit
inaccurate, this could be be
cause no one really knows just
what the groundhog does see.
No one, that is, except the
groundhog.
A Question Os Recreotion-
Where Is The Golf Course?
By Carolyn Yuziuk
Where is the Golf Course?
We've heard the question mere
than once. It isn't just an idle
query from summer visitors, al
though many of them bring
golf clubs along on their vaca
tions; it is voiced also by Yam
cey Countians who would like
to see this wholesome form of
recreation within walking dis
tance on a crisp autumn day
or a bright summer morning.
Golf is popular with young
and old alike. In the past de
A Fish Story
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"Tight lines and good fishing," says one TV sports com
mentator in ending his Florida fishing news report. And his
words proved prophetic, for two Yancey men who tried their
luck at Lake Okeechobee in central Florida last week.
Eddie Joyner and Bob Pollard caught 21 Bass weighing 1
to 7 pounds each. And they have the picture to prove it!
Yancey County Health Dept
February Schedule of Events
-General Immunization Clinic 9a. m. to 4 p. m. Ger -
man measles v?ccine is now available atm charge
-Chest Clinic with Dr. Hess at Bakersville. Appoint -
ment only. . y
-Child Health Clinic with Dr. Pope. Registration
from 9:00 a. m. on.. No one admitted after 1:00
p. m. Please call to make appointment.
-Family Planning Clinic with Dr. Sargent. Register
at 8:30 a. m.
-X-ray Clinic 9 a. m. to 12 noon. No appointment
necessary.
-General Immunization Clinic 9 a. m.to 4 p. m.
-Special Eye Clinic with Dr. Frye. By appointment
only.
-Orthopedic Clinic at Burnsville with Dr. Galloway
No appointment necessary. Register before 11 a.iu
February 9
February 11
February 16
February 18
Februai, 19
February 23
February 24
February 25
Thursday, February 5,1970
cade, many women have adof>-
ted the sport wholeheartedlyand
young people have found it to
be a stimulating and exacting
game, not at all the"olderge
neration" sport as -
sumed it was.
In the years past, golfers
were an exclusive sort, usually
the moneyed, country club
type. This image has faded,
however, and now golfing is
an up-and-coming* recreation
for people in moderate income
too.
So we repeat, "Where is
the Golf Course?" Ya nc ey
County Jaycees have given the
matter some serious thought.
"We agree that it would be a
great idea to have a golf aourse
here/' says Jerry Holcombejhe
Jaycee president. He added
that the Jaycees don't really
know how to get-started in de
veloping the idea. "We are
open for suggestions, " he said.
A discussion was held at the last
Jaycee meeting as to whether
any low-interest government
Destroyed
By Blaze
At approximately 7:00 p. m.
last Saturday night the home of
Vince Higgins was completely
destroyed by a fire of unknown
origin. The home was located
in the Pensacola community.
An alarm was called in to
the Burnsville Fire
according to Fire Chief, Bob
Hilliard, but when the Fire
Truck arrived at the road lead
ing to the residence, the men
were told that the home was
already completely burned
down. Nothing was sa lv aged
from the. mins.
No injuries were reported,
said Chief Hilliard.
As with any disaster, the
victims have lost all possession
including clothing and house -
hold goods. Anything in the
line of household necessi ties
will be appreciated as would
the contributions of mens pant%
size 34; shirts, size 15 or 16;
ladies clothing size 12 or 14,
or anything else thought of.
Items can be left with Ru
by Clayton at the Banks Build
ing in Burnsville.
Adult Class
The W. A. M.Y. Office in
Burnsville announces that en
rollment will be held on Mon
day evening, February 9, at
6:30 p.m* for a Sewing Clas&
The class, which is for adults
18 years old and older, will be
held at the Cane River High
School.
Number -Six
loans for recreational facilities
might be available or advisable;
There have been occasion
al summer visitors who have
looked into the idea of deve -
loping a golf course in Yancey.
One Florida man actuallywent
so far as to pick out two plaaes
in which a golf course could
be feasible. Approxim ate ly
150 acres of fairly level land
is needed for an 18-hole course,
he said, and he had found a
very likely location. Apparen
tly he thought better of the
idea, because nothing came
of it.
The Jaycees, after discuss -
ing the matter with the 1o c al
citizenry were pleasantly sur -
prised to find that there are
enough Interested golfers who
live in and around Burnsville
to keep a golf course busy. In
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addition to them, the summer
visitors who like a game cf gplf
would add to the number, and
the potential summer visitors,
who are always on the lookout
for a golfing vacation me c ca,
could very well crowd the ccurse.
What a happy thought!
"So let's be thinking about a
golf course. Hopefully, in the
foreseeable future, we can an
swer the question, "Where is
the Golf Course?" with: "Just
down the road and turn right,
you can't miss it!"
Load Boy In
Pop-Rock Group
Steve Griffith of Burnsville
is now a featured singer of The
Cardigans, noted Pop - Rock
Group from the Spruce Pine
area. Ralph "Dempsey" Sul
lins, Jr., managerofthegrouft
describes Griffith as a "fine
vocalist and entertainer".
- The Cardigans are now in
their 4th year and have just
completed playing for dances
each Saturday night at The
Seven Devils Ski Resort in
Boone, N.C. During a dance
at the Seven Devils, a color
TV promotion film was taken
of the Cardigans. The fil m
will be featured in a three
minute segment of i 30 minvte
documentary of the Seven De
vils, .to be shown on nation
wide Television next fall.
The Cardigans will be ap
pearing atlhe Pines far Ashe «
ville later this month.