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Burnsville PTA Campaign Gets Results
By Bob Helmle
The long, intense campaign
of the Burnsville PTA against
the fire hazards and other defi
ciencies of the Burnsville ele
mentary school building bicu^it
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Yancey Children Enjoy Trip To Asheville Zoo
Center Sponsors Trips
The children of the Yancey
County Child Development Cen
ter enjoyed a visit to the Ashe
ville airport and zoo Friday,
September 18. Accompanyiig
the children were their
two social workers, and the
center's staff.
During the summer the cen
ter has sponsored many trips
Cane River Upsets Bowman
The pass combination o f
quarterback Steve Maney and
Jeff Parker clicked twice, the
second for the win, to leadthe
Cane River Rebels to a 20-18
triumph over Bowman High of
Baketsville in an Appalachian
2A Conference game Friday
night.
Fullback Danny Ray went
60 yards up the middle and
lions Club
Mrs. Lo Piccolo will show
slides of her recent European
trip at the Lions Club meeting
Thursday night at Amber j ack
Restaurant, 7:00 p. m. All
members are urged to attend
and bring a guest.
Insurance Inspector Orders 2nd Floor Closed
dramatic results this past week
An inspection engineer from
theN.C. Department of In
surance ordered immediate
evacuation of the entire second
floor of the old building, and
including visits to Twee ts i e
Railroad and The Land of Oz.
The Yancey County Child
Development Center extends a
thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Shockett of Miami, Florida
for their generous donation of
a kiddie pool. The pool has
been invaluable to the Center's
summer program.
Gerald Pate added the two
- conversion rub to give
the Rebels an 8-0 first quarter
lead.
Each team scored once in
the second period. Bakersville
tallied on a 15-yard run by
Johnny Duncan and the first
Maney to Parker pass for 50
yards scored for Cane River.
In the fourth period John
Craig's one-yard blast scored
for Bakersville but the second
Maney to Parker pass for 40
yards clinched the victory.
Bakersville added anoth e r
TD on a Craig one-yard plow
but couldn't bridge the gap
as the run failed for the two
point conversion.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1970
the immediate start of building
alterations and the installation
of approved fire warning equip
ment.
Specifically the fbllowi ng
orders were given to School Su
Jaycees Will Sponsor
1970 Christmas Parade
A year has almost passed
and the Christmas Season is
drawing near once again. The
Yancey County Jaycees have
agreed to sponsor a Christmas
Parade. The parade which
was held last year was enjoyed
by young and old alike. This
year, it will be on December
5, 1970 at 2:00 p.m.
Any club, group, or indi
vidual who would like to enter
a float, or sponsor one of the
beauty contestants or a band,
please contact Jenry Laws,Pa
rade Chairman, at General De
livery, Burnsville, N. C. as soon
as possible.
First, Second, and Third
Place Awards will be given
for the best floats. A prize of
SIOO for First, SSO for Second,
and $25 for Third. Each float
entered will receive S2O for
entering the Parade if your
float does not win one of the
first 3 places.
We are striving to have one
of the largest parades ever and
we can do this if you will give
Hippies elbowing Hillbillies?
By Carolyn Yuziuk
Yancey Countians were inclined, at first, to view the
revelations of Saul Friedman with amused indifference.
An outsider who came here to write about the "hippies "
in Yancey County, he was doing his thing and most like -
ly harmless, especially since the natives knew that we
have no real problem with hippies here. But the attitwfe
now has changed to concern and outrage; the outrage of
ordinary citizens who find that their community has been
falsely represented to countless readers who have no way
of knowing the truth,
People in Charlotte and Detroit who have lived in Yuar
cey County, who spend their summers here, or who have
relatives here, have written to The Yancey Record and
sent clippings of articles, expressing their ebneem over
the image of Yancey County as a "hippie haven". Mr.
Friedman, a writer for Knight Newspapers - which con-
in parj of the Miami Herald, The Detroit Free Press,
and The Charlotte Observer, has magnified his findings
to suit his need for sensationalism and presents a picture
of our area that the local folks cannot even recognize.
"... in the hillbilly country of Yancey County, North
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perintendent Landrum Wilson:
1. Remove all classes from
the second floor, and close
from occupancy the entire
including the assembly room.
2. Close off all stairs lead-
the Jaycees your help and your
support.
Looking forward to seeing
each and every one at the big
1970 Christmas Parade.
Panthers Win
4th In Row
East Yancey High's st r ong
Panther football team score d
in the first three quarters and
moved to a 30-0 victory over
Hot Springs for its 4th straight
victory without a loss here last
Friday night.
T Rodney Bishop
scored on runs of six and eight
yards to pace the scoringwhile
Forrest Westall tallied the ini
tial six-pointer of the night on
a five-yard scamper.
Ken Winters rambled around
right end for eight yards for
the final Panther touch down,
which was set up by Jerry Blay
lock's 50-yard return of an
intercepted pass. Winters scored
the point after.
ing to the second floor.
3. Disconnect by cutting
the wires of all electric wiring
serving the entire second floor.
4. Install Underwriters ap
proved automatic fire detec -
tion equipment in every room
and closet in the building.
5. Remove everything in
the nature of stored material
horn the basement.
The county scliool authori -
ties have set to work imme -
diately to comply with these
orders. The two classes occu
pying rooms on the second floor
—a 4th grade and a sth grade
—have already been shifted to
two rooms in what is known as
the "Maintenance Building I '
formerly the Vocational Agri
cultural Building. Other shif
ting around of class rooms is
also involved.
Superintendent Wlson ststes
that the other orders are being
followed out as rapidly as fea
sible. He has been directed
from Raleigh to report weekly
the progress that is being made.
The State Insurance Depart*
ment official who made the
inspection last Friday was T.
O. Mullins. An explicit de
tailed directive is expected to
follow the orders he has alrea
dy given. It is understood that
this directive will state that
compliance with the orders out
lined above will permit occu
pancy of the building only on
(Cont'd on page 2)
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Luke Atkinson
GOP Dinner
A Republican Dinner will
be held September 26 at 8:00
p. m. ,Cane River High School.
Speaiea will be Luke Atkin
son, Senator Ted Dent and
Senator Bill Powell.
Everyone is welcome to at
tend.
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