THE YANCEY RECORD
BURNSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
V0L.34, N 0.37
Election On
Bond Issue
To Be Held
A special election is being
held in Burnsville next Tues
day, September 15, on the
question of authorizing a bond
issue of a maximum of $230,
000 to finance the enlargemst
and improvement of the town's
water system. The polling
place is the Town Hall, the
horns for voting being from
6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m.
The improvements in the
water system, which are es -
timated to cost roughly
000, will consist in a new two
million gallon storage reser -
voir, improvements in the
intake dams on upper Bolens
Creek, and numerous imprwe
ments in the water lines with
in town. Needed fire hydrarts
will be added.
The site for the new reser
voir is being studied, three
possible sites being considered.
The engineering firm of Math
ewson, Hintz and Associates cf
Fletcher is doing the engineer
ing work on the project.
One third of the total cost
of the project will come from
grants of the Appalachian Com
mission and the Farmers Home
Administration. The latter
Federal agency has agreed to
purchase the town's bonds for
the balance of the cost of the
project at an interest rate sub
stantially below what the town
would have to pay if the bonds
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were sold through normal chan
nels.
Although the election calls
for authorizing $230,000 bonds,
this figure is probablywell in
excess of the amount needed.
The exact amount will not be
known until the bids are open
ed. The town for some years
has been hoarding its resources
in view of the recognized need
for the water project. Possibly
as much as $50,000 of town
funds now on deposit in the
bank can be applied to the pro
ject, and to this extent will
reduce the amount of bonds
that will have to be sold.
Lions Club
Will Meet
The Burnsville Lions Club
will meet Thursday, Septem -
ber 10th at Amberjack Res
taurant. Guest speaker will
be horn the State Probation Of
fice. Time of the meeting is
7:00 p. m.
Town Os Burnsville Will
Enforce New Parking Ordinance
By Bob Helmle
Parking of cars on the Burns
ville streets in violation of "No
Parking" signs and painted yel
low curbs will prove expensive
starting as of now. Those who
persist in the prevailing infor
mal, haphazard and often dam
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Groundbreaking for the new Hickory Springs Plant took place Tuesday in the Bowditch
Community in Micaville. Present at the ceremony were (l.to r.) Tom Morris, Bob Simmons
Charles Randolph, Bill Anglin, Bill Banks and Loy McCurry. The Plant, 63,000 sq. feet,
is scheduled for completion by January Ist and is being constructed on a 26-acre site.
Hickory Springs expects to employ approximately 120 people from this area.
Children Sloted For Free Heart Test;
Meeting Held Tonight For Parents
Every school-age child in
Yancey County will have an
opportunity to have a free
heart examination soon, thanks
to the "Heart Sounds Screen -
ing Program" sponsored by the
North Carolina Heart Associa
tion in cooperation with the
Regional Medical Program,the
Charlotte- Mecklenburg County
Heart Association and the Bow
man Gray School of Medicine.
Local sponsoring organization
is the Burnsville Senior Vfomeife
Club.
Chairman of the Yancey
County Health Council, Mrs.
Eloise Briggs, will have the
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,1970
gerous parking practices are
setting themselves up for a
rude shock.
Theßurnsvi 11 e T own Board
has ordered the police to en -
force impartially and strictly
a new ordinance, printed in
full in another part of this issue
first program to introduce this
upcoming school survey. Every
mother of a school-age child
is invited to attend this intro
ductory meeting which will
be held Thursday night, Sep
tember 10, at 8:00 p. m. at
the Community Building in
Burnsville.
Approximately 30 out of
every 10,000 American young
sters suffer unsuspected heart
disease. Heart defects often
remain hidden because most
abnormal heart sounds are so
subtle that they can be detec
ted only by a specialist. 11
would be an impossible task
of The Yancey Record.
A number of recent traffic
accidents, together with nu -
merous complaints from con
cerned citizens relative to the
dangerous hazards created by
the present disregard of parking
signs, have been responsible
for the relatively small num
ber of trained physicians to
examine all school children.
Over the years, through ex
tensive research and testing,
a technique has been develop
ed to listen to the sounds of
the heart accurately and quick
ly through the use of the Phono
CardioScan, an 18-pound com
puter. There is no medicine,
no pain, no needles. The ex
amination takes only five mi
nutes. It differs very little
from a Doctor listening to your
Through th* means of a spe-
(Confer on page 2)
for the new ordinance.
Parking will henceforth be
prohibited in several dangerous
spots. Among these is the cor
ner on the south side of the
square between the N u Wray
Inn and the old bank building.
Another dangerous spot is the
intersection of West Main Street
and Swiss Avenue, where park
ing on Main Street close to the
intersection is henceforth pro -
hibited, as well as parking
close to the intersection of
Summit and Green Mountain.
Also parking on South Main
Street on the side of the Nu-
Wray Inn is prohibited all the
way from the square to the
By-Pass.
The Town Board belie v e s
that avoidance of violations
should be a simple matter. All
the prohibited spots are clearly
marked by painted curbs, and
signs either on posts or painted
on the pavement.
The recent enforcement of
parking regulations has been
admittedly lax, according to
Mayor Anglin. Responsible for
this have been the shortcoming
in the town's ordinances, which
in certain respects were insuf -
ficiently specific. A second
factor has been that enforce -
ment prior to adoption of the
new ordinance would have in -
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Victory For
East Yancey
East Yancey downed the
Cane River Rebels 42-6 in
football play here Friday night.
East Yancey’s key to vie tory
was its strong running game.
Forrest Westall scored on a
60 yard run in the first period
and Randy Banks ran over for
the two points after.
Cane River was next to
score as Ossie Parker ran T.
yards to score in the second.
Kenneth Winters then intercep
ted a Parker pass and went 65
yards for an East Yanceyscore
and Bobby Bishop ran the PAT.
Bishop scored twice more in
the third period on end sweeps.
He and Banks ran both succen
fill conversions. Banks scored
again from three yards out in
the final period.
Yancey picked up four
pc*mr on safety* in the third
and fourth quarters.
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