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VOLUME 34
| Democratic Candidates {
| Convention Nominates |
Five candidates were no -
mmated at the Yancey Demo
cratic convention held in the
courthouse Saturday morning,
April 11th. The 118 dele -
gates to the convention were
elected from the 11 townships
on Ap>ril 4th. Nominated for
Clerk of Superior Court was
James R. Neill, who has been
a teacher and coach at Cane
River High School for the past
ten years. Neill is a gradu -
ate of Western Carolina col
lege and holds a business de
gree in administration. He is
the son of former sheriff Ralph
Neill of Bald Creek.
Clyde Mclntosh, sales man
for Young Auto Sales in Burns
ville Was named the democra
tic nominee for sheriff. A
native of the Jacks Creek sec
tion of Yancey County, he is
a four year Navy veteran of
the Korean war. He is a gra -
duate of Burnsville HigjiSchool.
Incumbent Oscar W. Dey
ton received the nomination
for Chairman of the Board of
Yancey County Commissioners.
He is a Yancey County native,
a graduate of Berea College,
and attended North C a r o 1 i na
State University. Owner and
operator of Deyton Farm Sup -
c
ply, he has served two terms
as chairman of the board of
commissioners.
Frank Fox, also an incum -
bent was nominated as a mem
ber of the board of County Com
missioners. A 1949 graduate
of Burnsville High School, Fox
is a foreman at the Glen Baven
Silk Mills in Burnsville, and
has served one term as a mem
ber of the board of commissio
ners.
Also nominated as a mem
ber to the board of Commissio
ners was Alton Robinson, a
Yancey County native who ser
ved from 1956 to 1960 with the
United States Marines. Robin
son is owner-operator of Robin
son's Texaco Station in the Mi
caville-Newdale section.
Present at the convention ad
making brief remarks were the
two N. C. State Senate candi -
dates on the Democratic ticket:
I.C. Crawford and Lamar Gud
ger, berth prominent Asheville
attorneys and prominent in
Western North Carolina Demo -
cratic political circles. Craw -
ford served 4 terms in the N.C.
Qeneral Assembly; Gudger ser
ved on several important States
boards.
The five nominees of the
Democratic Party will run
against corresponding Repub
lican nominees in the next
election."
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Yanc«y County Democratic CamMatos
Cane River And East Yancey Students
View Program On 'Drug Use And Abuse’
On April 14, at 10:30 a. m.
a program on drug use and ab
use was presented in the East
Yancey High School Gymna -
sium. The student bodies of
both Cane River and East Yan
cey were present at the pro -
gram.
Danny Roland, president
of the senior class at East
Yancey, started things 0 f f
with a short introduction. Fo
llowing Danny’s opening, Mr.
Landrum Wilson, Superinten -
dent of Yancey County Schools
introduced the first speaker,Dr. -
Stanley Nale, of Western Caro
lina University.
Dr. Nale directed his speech
toward the causes and dangers
of drug mage. He said that
many youngsters try drugs for
the first time simply to belong,
to become a part of the group.
Youngsters need to be coun
seled and urged not to take
that first step toward drug ad
diction
There are new potential du>
gers, continued Dr. Nale,con
cerning the use of LSD. There
can be an occurance of spon
taneous return. That is,if you
took a "trip" three months
there can be a re-occurance ,
without having any additional
drugs.
It has also been found that
THURSDAY, APRIL 16,1970
Northwestern Bank
To Hold Open House
Open House festivities at the
new Northwestern Bank Build -
ing will begin at 3:00 p.m. on
Saturday, April 18, and last
until 8:00 p.m. Construction
of the new banking facility has
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drug users can be endangering
the lives of their
grandchildren, and even their
great-grandchildren by"tumig
on" Dr. Nal’e concluded by
urging the students to make a
decision themselves not to
start on the road to drug - ad
diction.
Immediately following Dr.
Nale's speech, Dr. Melvin
Webb, a local physician, told
of the classification of drug
and some of the drugs 'which
fall under these classifications
There are two major classi
fications, soft drugs and hard
drugs. Soft drugs get the name
"soft" because of their lack of
habituation. Though they are
Young Gets New Vise Pres
Douglas Stamey, formerly
of Mitchell County, has been
appointed vice president of
Young Auto Sales, Ipc. Before
coming to Burnsville he had
been associated with Sparkids
Cadillac-Oldsmobile Company
in Forest City, N.C. since
1963.
He is married to the former
Miss Rita Jarrett, also of Mitch
ell County. They and their
four year old daughter, Shan -
non, reside on Summit Streep
Burnsville.
held the interest of the public
since work started in 1969.
Saturday's program will
feature open house for visitors
to see all areas of the building
This will include the main
not habitual they are extreme
ly harmful. Some drugs un
der this classification are bar
bituates, stimulants, and tran -
quilizers. The use of this type
of drug leads to the eventual
use of hard ones.
The hard drugs axe both po
werful and habit-forming. The
leading drugs under this classi
fication are heroin, morphine
and cocaine.
This program was ended
with a concluding word from
the president of the Cane River
senior class, Bradley Duncan.
Dr. Norman Bover was sched
uled to attend and particip ate
in the program, but unfortun
ately he was unable to do so.
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Douglas Stamey
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banking lobby, officer's area,
safekeeping vault, executive
office, Bookkeeping Depart -
ment, Employees' Lounge,
and Directors' Room, all of
which are located on the main
floor.
Refreshments will be served
and favors will be given to'all
who attend.
Northwestern officers, their
husbands and wives, and all
staff members will act as hosts
and hostesses. Members of the
Burnsville Board of Director!
and their wives will assist in
greeting visitors. General of
ficers from the Home Offi ce
in North Wilkesboro and branch
officers will also be present.
Visitors are cordially invi
ted to visit all areas of the new
Northwestern Bank Building. It
Burnsville and is of colonial de
sign, brick, with traditional
shutters and windows. Thetra
ditional portico adds to the
beauty of the building. It
contains over 3,100 square feet
on the main floor.
The interior decoration of
the building is designed to con
vey feelings of warmth and
friendliness. The comfort and
convenience of customers has
been foremost in all planning
of the interior. From the main
entrance one enters the main
banking lobby. On the left is
the Director's Room and the
Note Department is on the
right. The main teller line ,
vault, and Bookkeeping De
partment, are on the east side
of the building. The service
area, rest rooms, and employ
ees' lounge are on the south
end of the building. Executive
offices are on the north side.
The focal point of the lobby
is the lovely brass chandeli e r
which is hung over a custom
designed check desk. The
floor of the lobby area is co
vered with gold carpet. The
traditional draperies with match
ing tie backs are in beige tores
which blends with the wall co
vering. Fixtures on the tellers
line are of a special traditio
nal design in walnut with black
Tennessee marble tops.
The director room has a
moss green carpet and gold
draperies which blend with the
carpet in the main lobby. The
south wall of the directors'
room is covered with a tradi -
tional vinyl wallpaper. A
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