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Volune 34
Rural Trash
Collection
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Starts Tues.
By Jake Buckner
District Sanitarian
This is to advise the citizens
of Mitchell and Yancey Coun -
ties that the program of Rural
Garbage and Refuse Collect ion
will start next
I know of no program that is
more needed than this one and
many people of each county
have asked for and wanted it for
a long time. The only way for
us to keep this worthwhile pro
gram a success is for all home
owners to willingly participate
in it before it is made mandato
ry. Those who do wish to have
their waste picked up once each
week for the small sum of seven
ty five cents per week shou Id
get in touch with Mr. Gerald
Ivey, New land, N.C. Phone
733-5464 and give him their
name and address. Please store
your garbage in regulation type
garbage cans with tight fitting
lids. Large uncovered oil bar
rels will not do as they are not
sanitary and are too large to han
die. Get the large size heavy
duty galvanized cans, 32 gallon
capacity or less.
We have in these two coun -
ties some good highways. We
could have clean highways and
clean streams if they were not
continually kept polluted with
raw un-treated sewage or gar
bage and waste, or both.
Two of us will be working at
this problem continually and we
expect to enforce the Law if it
is necessary to clean these spots
up just as fast as we can. We
ask for the cooperation and help
of the public so that we may help
you.
We stated bexore that if a
home owner does not participle
in this program, he will be re
quired to dispose of his waste in
a manner approved by the Dis
trict Health Department Autho -
rities and the N.C. State Board
of Health or they will be prose
cuted to the full extent of the
Law.
Notice
The Senior Woman's Club
will hold its regular meeting on
Thursday, February 26 at 8:00
p.m. at the home of M»£eor(£
Roberts. Co-hostesses will be
Mrs. Betty Bacon *nd Mrs. Wil
lie Dale Burton.
Welfare Skyrocketing In Nation;
Yancey Proves To Be Exception
By Bob Helmle
The welfare program throughout the country is the subject of
much study and discussion at the present, particularly because
of the sweeping changes proposed by the present administration
in Washington. In view of this special attention currently fo
cused on the program, data contained in a recent communica -
Postmaster Announces
New Mail Delivery Service
Postmaster Paul Buck said to
day that a new order from the
Postmaster General Winston M.
Blount will mean substantial im
provements in mail deliveryser
vice.
Postmaster General Blount has
advised the local postmaster of
provisions of a new order mak -
ing home delivery services avail
able for the first time to four
million Americans.
The service improvement ap
plies to persons served out of
18,700 first, second and third
class post offices over the coun
try that do not have city deliv -
ery services. Affected are those
postal customers living more
than a quarter mile away from
these offices and less than half
* a mile away. Persons living less
than half a mile away had not
been provided this service.
Discussing the local area ef
fects of Mr. Blount’s new ordeij
Postmaster Buck explained: A
good many families in the Burns
ville area will desire this home
delivery service under the new
program.
Taylors Ass’t
To Visit Hen
ASHEVILLE - Tom L. Mal
lonee, 11th Congressional Dis
trict Assistant to Congressman
Roy A. Taylor, is now making
scheduled visits to the county
seats and other sections of the
counties.
On Friday, February 27, he
will be at the Yancey County
Courthouse, Burnsville, from
1:00 to 2:00 p.rm. and at the
Town Hall, Spruce Pine from
3:00 to 4:00 p. m.
Any person who has plans or
official business pertaining to
Congressional matters they
wish to discuss, is invited to
meet with Mr. Mallonee at
the above-specified time.
Thursday, February 26, 1970
To get the new service it is
only necessary that those living
in the eligible areas ask their
postmasters to provide it, and a
majority of those to be serve d
must want the home service.
Under Mr. Blount's order,
those living less than a quarter
mile from the post office will
oontimi. piolt up tK»i,
at these offices.
"But," the postmaster noted,
"that's no more than a few
blocks. " This order, however
will make the home deliver i es
available wherever desired by
the majority of those living be
yond a quarter mile.
"This distance factor can be
significant for much of the year
in areas where severe weather
conditions prevail; in are as
where large numbers of older
persons live, or in more remote
sections where even a little dis
tance may mean a lot in terms
of travel difficulties."
The expansion of services
should be virtually complete in
all of the delivery areas- under
the actions taken by postal re -
gional offices, acting on recom
mendations of local postmasters
-by February 1, 1971.
. ft will be accomplished prin
cipally by adding delivery stops *
to already existing rural delivery
routes, or by expanding the area
covered by some shorter rural ,
route for the purpose,and, a
limited number of new rural
routes may also be needed
in other instances.
The fact that fewer persons
will be calling at the post offi
ces for their mail will not alter
the independent status of any of
the post offices where the ser
vice change is provided.
Skijfticts
North Carolina is the south
ernmost state where winter
snow skiing is possible. There
are eight ski resorts in North
Carolina.
tion to the Yancey County Department of Social Services from
Raleigh are of interest.
This information shows the trends in number of welfare reci
pients in Yancey County over the past fifteen years. The num
ber of aged persons receiving aid has been as follows for the
fiscal years shown below:
1955-56 432 1960-61 361
1965-66 296 * < 1968-69 216
The number of disabled persons receiving aid has been as
follows:
1955-56 60 1960-6 l 115
1965-66 123 1968-69 122
The number of persons in the county receiving payments un
der the program of aid for dependent children were as follows:
1955-56 561 1960-61 732
1965-66 560 1968-69 340
It should be pointed out that the figures in this last cate -
gory are for the total number of persons aided—usually child
ren and their mothers. The number of families involved is
only about a quarter of the figures shown.
The downward trend for Yancey County in this last category
isoi ,special interest, since for the country as a whole, aid for
dependent children has been skyrocketing, ft is evident from
the figures shown that in Yancey County our local Board of So
cial Services has been keeping a tight rein on the situation.
Mrs. Ruby Smith, Administrative Secretary of the local De
partment, explains that the reduction is largely the result of hard
work being done by her staff to get employment for the mothers
and others responsible for supporting the dependent children. The
new Yancey County Child Development Center, by furnishing
day care for preschool children in the area, is serving to help
the efforts to get mothers employed.
Social service workers, welfare board members, and others
close to the problem of welfare administration, are often dis
concerted by the loose, inaccurate and often irresponsible talk
indulged in regarding welfare problems. They sometimes feel
that no field of government is subject to more misrepresentation
It is in the interest of getting the facts straight that the pres ent
County Board of Social Services is glad to release the informa -
tion shown above. Other information relative to the program in
the county will be released from time to time.
NW Bank In Forest City Names
Griffith As New Board /Member
Jack E. Buchanan, executive
vice president of The North
western Bank in Forest City, has
announced the appointment of
Dr. Charles Griffith
Nunber -Nine
Dr. Charles L. Griffith as a
member of the Board of Direc -
tors of The Northwestern Bank
in Forest City.
Dr. Griffith is the son of Mb.
Griffith and the late H.
Lee Griffith of Burnsville; and
grandson of Mrs. W. O. Griffith
and the late WO. Griffith of
Burnsville.
A graduate of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and the University of
Kentucky, Dr. Griffith is a
dentist with offices in Forest
City. He is a past president of
the Isothermal Dental Society
and is active in local and state
dental associations.
He is married to the former
Clara Dee Banner of Burnsville
and they have four children.