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Voliet 34
Heart Fund
Dance Held
By Jaycees
Approximately 250 persons
were present at the Heart Fund
Dance held in the Community »•
Building on February 14 at
8:00 o'clock.
The Queen of Hearts for
1970 was chosen from candi -
dates presented from Can e
River High School and East
Yancey High School. The
girls who ran for Queen o f
Hearts were:
Barbara Robinson, a senior
at Cane River HS, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Robinson
of Route 3, Christine Riddle,
a junior it Cane River HS,
daughter of Mr. and Mxs.Frace
Riddle of Route 2; Debb i e
Cooper, Sophomore at Cane
River, daughter of Mr.and Mr%
Fred Cooper of Burnsville; and
Dianne Banks, freshman at the
Cane River HS, daughter of Mrs.
Donald Banks of Bifrnsville.
From East Yancey were se
nior, Cathy Sue Robinson, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wor
ley Robinson of Green Moun -
tain; Donna Parker, a junior,
daughter of Mis. Avery Parker
of Celo; Cathy Deyton, sopho
more, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
O. W. Deyton of Burnsville, and
Susan Hall, freshman, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Royce Hall of
Micaville.
The Queen of Hearts for
1970 is Miss Cathy Sue Robin
son. First Runner Up is Bar -
bara Robinson and Second Run
ner Up is Susan Hall. These
three girls collected $200.56L
The total for all eight girls was
$313.26.
The queen was crowned by
Benefit Chairman, Linda Edge*
and Jaycee President, Jerry
Holcombe presented her with a
trophy from the Yancey County
Jaycees. Queen Cathy Sue was
also presented with an Orchid
Corsage from Ruby's Flower §
by Vance.
First Runner Up Barbara Ro
binson and Second Runner Up,
Susan Hall, were presented tro
phys by Nancy Holcombe, Presi
dent of the Yancey County Ja-y
--cettes.
Red Cross
News
The American National Red
Cross announces another new
member of the TWO GALLON
CLUB, Mr. Jerry Holcombe;
who Was unintentionally omit -
ted from the list presented last
week.
Request For Technical Institute
In Tri-County Area Is Approved
By Robert Helmle
The first big hurdle has been
successfully overcome toward
obtaining a technical institute
for the three-county area con
sisting of Yancey, Mitchell and
Avery Counties. The State
Board of Education has appro -
ved the request presented by
representatives of the three acui
ties at a hearing in Raleigh on
February 5.
The.next step will be the
recommendation to the 1971
General Assembly for inclusion
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CATHY ROBINSON CROWNED Br LINDA EDGE
Burnsville Man To Skipper
Yacht In 405 Mile Race
Captain George A. Downing;
Proprietor of the Yancey Coun
ty Country Store in Burnsville,
skippers the 60' racing yacht
"ONKAHYA" in the 405 mile
race from St. Petersburg, Fla.
to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
"ONKAHYA" has been first
to finish in her last three races;
and is expected to do well in
this race which will test the
seamanship and endurance of
all sailors in the huge fleet of
95 yachts, some of the finest
from all over the world, rang
ing from 30' to 73',classes A,
B,C ,D.
L. Henry Read, Jr., owner
of "ONKAHYA" was called to
California on business, hence
Downing moves from Navigatr
to Captain for this import ant
race in the SORC ( Southern
Ocean Racing Circuit).
"ONKAHYA" carries a crew
of 12 among which are outstan
Thursday, February 19, 1970
of funds in the State Budget to
finance the school under the
State program of Community
Colleges. .In the past, all
proposals for technical insti -
tutes approved by the State
Board of Education have also
received legislative approval.
Accordingly there is every rea
son to believe that the school
for this area will become a
reality.
The representatives for Yan
cey County who attended the
hearing in Raleigh included
ding racing sailors. The race
was originally the St. Peters -
burg to Havana race.
Mr. Read has recently pur
chased 350 acres on top of a
mountain in Yancey and Bun -
combe Comities known through
out the area as "Ogles Mea -
dows". He has no immediate
plans for the future of the 'Mea
dow". '
The having spent
many summers at Cattail Credc
near Burnsville, moved " to
Yancey County permanently in
1967 from Coconut Grove,Fla.
Baptist News
The Yancey Baptist Associa
tional Workshop for Bible School
Workers WILL NOT be held on
Thursday night as scheduled...
The Workshop will meet on
Thursday, February 26, from
7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the First
Baptist Church, Burnsville.
Oscar Deyton, Chairman Yan
cey County Commissioners,Lan
drum Wilson, Superintenlent of
Yancey Comity Schools, and
Liston Ramsey, State Represen
tative for Yancey County. Bill
Wilkins, Chairman of the Edu
cation Advisory Committee of
the Mountain Scenic Planning
and Development Commission
was the chief spokesman for
the three counties.
The formal application, a
voluminous document weighing
some two pounds, was prepan-
Sanitation
Program
By Jake Buckner
District Sanitarian >
Uad has bean leased to dis
pose of garbage and refuse from
Mitchell and Yancey Counties,
and a collector has been named
to collect garbage and ref use
from the homes, schools, or
any other establishment out -
side the corporate limits of
Burnsville, Spruce Pine and Ba
kersville. It is hoped that every
home owner will participate in
this much needed program wil
lingly.
Those who do not partici -
pate in this program will be
required to keep and dispo s e
of their garbage and refuse in
a marnier approved by the Dis
trict Health Department and
theN.C. State Board of Health
Another article will be pub
lished in this paper soon, ad
vising the public the exact date
the program will begin and giv
ing other information the pub -
lit should know.
Bank Gives 500
Shares To Univ
Last Monday afternoon, Dc
HerbertW.Wey,ASU president
announced that The Northwest
ern Bank of North Wilkes boro
has given 500 shares of its Ca
pital Corporation Stock to the
Appalachian State University.
Notification of the gift,
which is to become part of the
University's Permanent Endow
ment Fund, came from James
Dotson, Trust Officer of the
bank.
The stock is valued in ex
cess of $5.00 per share and
pays dividends semiannually.
ed under the supervision of Mrs.
Ruth Johnson, Director of the
Mountain Scenic Commission
It contained the results of de
tailed educational aid econanic
surveys in the three counties, as
well as an impressive array of
endorsements of the proposal
by government bodies, civic
clubs, employers and leading
citizens.
Mrs. Johnson deserves great
credit for the preparation of
the material, and it was a
matter of considerable regret
that an automobile accident pre
vented her attendence at the
hearing. The application was
well received in Raleigh. In
a letter to the steering com
mittee of the Development Gem
mission Mr. I. E. Ready of the
Department of Community Cot
leges states: " I would like to
congratulate you and the others
who worked on this project The
written report and the delega
tion that appeared before the
State Board of Education made
an excellent impression and,
presented a strong case for the
proposal."
The three Yancey County
members of the Mountain Sce
nic Commission are James Ray,
Phillip Thomas and BobHelnia
The last of these, assisted by
Mrs. Grace Banks, headed u
the preparation of the applica
tion material for Yancey Coun
ty-
The many letters of endow
ment of the proposal emphasi
zed the fact that a large pro -
portion of young people who <b
not go to college are handi -
capped in obtaining the train
ing and acquisition of skills to
command well-paying jobs. The
presence of a local technical
institute will provide the op -
portunity for these otherw is e
shortchanged young people to
get the training thatwill assure
them a brighter,more produc
tive future.
The financing of the opera
ting expense of a tech n ical
institute comes from three
sour ces. Roughly 60 perc en t
comes from the state, 20 per
cent from stucuint fees, and
twenty percent from the lo c a 1
counties. The commission eis
of the three counties involved
in this proposal have all agreed
that the local funds will be
forthcoming. The financing of
the school building should re
ceive major assistance from the
Federal Appalachian program.
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