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Boys Who Learned To Handle Guns Safely
Hunter Safety Course Held
A group of boys from Pensacola completed 5 hours (in
two sessions) on safe gun handling in the field and in the
home during a Hunter Safety Course held recently. They
learned the importance of correct sight picture, making a
good shot, asking permission to hunt of land owners, as well
as other points that make a good sportsman.
N.C. Wildlife Protectors Don McGalliard and Carl Col -
vard, who are certified Hunter Safety instructors, were assis
ted by Fred Mervolin of Pensacola. The course is available
to interested groups of young people in the area.
The seven boys who completed the course ares Russell
Wilson, Keith Blankenship, Bobby Ogle, Wayne Harris,Kim
my Burnett, Danny Hensley and Tyrone Fox.
The 'lnternationals’ Will
Give Free Concert Tonight
The Internationals are
coming to town. Theycome
in a bus, 32 strong. These
young men and women com
prise a choral and instrumental
group from Florida Bible Col
lege, Miami, Florida. They
devote their summer vacation
to a strenuous tour of
covering 10 or 12 states.
Reverend Jim Greer, their
director, composes much of
their music. He and his wife,
Dolly, are the talented young
couple who head the excellent
music department at the Col
lege, and are in charge of the
tour. Others of the Intematicn
jals_ write the lyrics for their
songs, and compose, also. Jim
Greer's arrangements are ex
citing, bold in concept, and
reveal musical ability of rare
quality.
The Group comes to the con
cert at Harris High School audi
torium in Spruce Pine, from
Asheville. They will be guests
Notice
Due to an error by Westco
Telephone Company, Ruby's
Flowers by Vance was left out
of the new telephone directory
The number is 682-2345.
at a picnic dinner given by The
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church of
Spruce Pine, following which
they will broadcast a program
on Radio Station WTOE at
4:30 p.m. The evening con
cert at Harris High School is
at 7:30 p.m. The following
morning they leave to give a
concert at Ramseur, N.C.
Bookings for the Internation
als are arranged through local
students of the Bible College..
In this area, Miss Ramona Bow
ditch, Route 5, Burnsville, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Bowditch; and Miss Kathy Wil
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Biggerstaff of 1150 Oak
St. Spruce Pine, have made
the arrangements. Mr. and Mrs.
Biggerstaff and Mr. arri Mrs. L.
Burleson will be their hosts dur
ing their stay.
In August the touring musi -
cians go to Boca Raton Bible
Camp in Boca Raton, Florida,
sponsored and directed by the
Florida Bible College, where
they lead the musical activi -
ties of the Camp. In the past
five years a number of teen
agers from this area have at
tended the Camp at Boca Raton
Many plan to go again this
year.
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1970
Vandalism, Rowdyism
In National Forest
ByTheU.S. Forest Service
On any given date,you can
read in the newspaper of at
least one incident in which a
segment of society had their
rights infringed upon and in
which private or public pro -
perty was destroyed. As we
hear about these happenings,
we have a tendency to think
of them as always occurring
in big cities and "far- away
places"; this is not the case.
Each year, you and I pay many
additional dollars, in the form
of county, state and fede ra 1
taxes, to help compensate for
the disrespect of people and
property. This money is paid
out for cleaning up after "Lit
terbugs" who arbitrarily toss
out or dump garbage and trash
at the most convenient loca -
tion; for the apprehension of
vandals and the replacement
of property they have destroy
ed; and for your pro t e c t i o n
from rowdyism and vandalism
when you visit a public attrac
tion or recreation area.
A well-known English scholar
once said that "A person's edu
cation can be measured byhis
knowledge of the proper use of
'Vacationland At Library’ Is
New Program For Youth
The Avery-Mitchell- Yan
cey Regional Public Library
announces a new and different
program for young adults ages
9, 10 and 11. This young ad
ult program—VACATION IAND
AT THE LIBRARY—wiII be en
tertaining with a variety of
weekly programs in puppetry,
crafts, films, and a weekly
narration of the exciting "Tale
of King Arthur and His Knights
of the Round Table."
Vacation
Church School
\&cation Church School will
begin at Higgins Memorial Uni
ted Methodist Church on June
Bth and continue through June
12th from 7:00 to 9:00 p. m.
every evening. The BimsYiHe
United Presbyterian Church
will share in this vacation
church school this year.
semicolons." This idea,based
on a scholars professional opin
ion as a master of the English
language, is probably biased
In our day and time, a more
appropriate statement might
be that a person's character
may be measured to a large
extent upon his respect for
other people and their proper
ty.
In this immediate area,the
U. S. Forest Service is com
pelled to spend several hund
red dollars each year as a re -
suit of vandalism and rowdy -
ism. Again, this cost is
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incurred through "LitterbuggjiTg
destruction of public property,
and frequent visits to the re -
creation areas by local groups
for the purpose of harfds sTiTg'
the camners. Thisproblan has
increased to the extent that
the Forest Service has to employ
a night patrol to provide re -
creation visitors safety from
"Hoodlums."
Vandalism on the National
Forest is generally in the form
of destruction of signs, and
other recreation facilities, de
liberate setting of forest fires,
and unauthorized cutting of
timber.
VACATIONLAND AT THE
LIBRARY begins the week of
June 15th and will be held
every week from June 15 thru
August 10. This weekly sum
mer schedule of VACATION -
LAND AT THE LIBRARY for
the three counties is as fol
lows:
--Monday afternoons at 3
p. m. in the Yancey County
Public Library in Burnsville.
—Tuesday mornings at 10
a. m. in the Mitchell County
Public Library in Bakersville.
—Wednesday afternoons at
2 p.m. in the Avery County
Public Library in Newland.
—Thursday afternoons at
2 p. m. in the Spruce Pine Pub
lic Library in Spruce Pine. >
Coordinator of this program
for young adults is Miss Ther
esa Coletta, Regional Child
ren's Librarian. No pre-regis
tration or application required
to attend this program.
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NUMBER TWENTY-THREE
These unnecessary costs
could be greatly reduced if all
forest visitors would assume a
civic sense of responsibility in
protecting property and rights
which are rightfully theirs. The
National Forests belong to the
people; their administration is
financed by your tax dollars,so
why do wc hesitate to report
obvious violations? The answer
is simple: we, along with mil
lions of other Americans, don't
want to "become involved " .
Would we take the same atti -
tude if our personal pro perty
was in jeopardy?
Let's all take a closer look
at our responsibilities as Arrffi
cans. We have an American
Heritage of which we should
hold. This heritage is not
“based upon cowardice; thou
sands upon thousands have died
that we might have these won
derful thinsp to enjoy at oui
leisure. By this same token,
can we afford to stand by and
watch the willful destruction
of our property and infringe -
ments upon our rights?
The story comes to mind
of the nine New York residerts
who stood by and watched a
teen-age girl being murdered;
no one wanted to " become
involved". This is a tragic
story, but basically we are do
ing the same thing when we
fail to report cases of vandal
ism and rowdyism.
We need your help in pro -
tecting our National Fbrest.This
can best be done by reporting
these thoughtless individuals to
a Forest Officer or other per
sons in charge.
GS Recognition
Night Jwie 5
Friday evening at 8:00 p. m.
a Social Hour will be held in
the Community Building for
all Girl Scout Leaders and
Adult Volunteers. Special re
cognition will be given those
involved in Scouting and for
their work in the past year.
Mrs. Carolyn Yuziuk is the
incoming Neighborhood Chair
man and will be present to
meet all leaders, Service Team
Members, and other worke rs.
All adult workers are cor -
dially invited to be on hand
for this Night of Recognition.