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United Fund
Campaign
Starts Today
The sixteenth annual drive
of the Yancey United Fund
started officially today, aiming
The sixteenth annual drive
of the Yancey United Fund star
ted officially today, aiming to
raise a budget goal of $9,900
to support a score of health
welfare, and character-build
ing agencies, all of which be
nefit Yancey County.
Under the chairmanship of
Mackß. Ray, assisted by
Vice-Chairmen Mrs.Rtt Guyer
and John Martin, an organiza
tion of volunteer workers has
been assembled to conduct a
whirlwind campaign during
the next three weeks.
The campaign committee
this year is making a special
effort to get across to the ci
tizens of the county the great
benefits conferred on the com
munity by the many agencis
included in the budget. Chair
man Ray hopes in this way to
obtain an increase in the size
i of the average contribution..
Thi-. he feels, is not an unrea
sonable aim, in view of die
importance and number of the
agencies included in the Uni -
ted Fund budget.
Chiefly through increasing
the size of contributions, the
committee believes, can the
goal be reached. It is hoped
that many contributors will re
cognize that a day's pay will
approximate their fair sha re
of support.
The campaign committee is
encouraged by interest already
shown. Advance contributions
have been received, and also
inquiries about qualifying for
the campaign honor roll. As
previously announced, this
will be open to all businesses
and administrative offices vith
three or more employees. At>
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Arrest /Made On
Dreg Charges
Yancey County Sheriff's Ds
paxtment arrested a local man
Sunday afternoon on Drug
charges according to Sheri f f
Kermit Banks. The arrest was
made by Chief Deputy Er w i n
Higgins near Burnsville.
The man was charged with
the sale of seconal, a barbitu
rate drug. Bond was set at
SSOO pending hearing in Dis
trict Court.
The man's name is being
withheld pending further inves
tigation.
Disappointed Parents Talk With Board Chairman
School Board Meeting Postponed
By Bill Hess
Approximately 50 concerned
Yancey County citizens appear
ed last Friday night to hear the
decision of the Yancey Comity
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New School Programs Financed By Grants
By Bob Helmle
The Yancey County school
authorities in recent months
have been diligently practi -
cing the new art of "grantsman
ship"—a term used to describe
the pursuit by local authorities
of Federal and State grants to
finance local projects. The
success of our school people in
these efforts has been consider
able.
A recent survey of Yancey
County schools discloses that
several of the Federally aided
programs are new, starting this
school year, or were start ed
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Otway Bums IV, the great
grandson of Captain Otway
Bums, recently visited his bro
ther, Major; Romie Bums in
Burnsville.
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Two Great-Grandsons Os Captain Otway Bums
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15,1970
School Board on the vote to
implement .the state approved
plan for our schools by authori
zing the immediate construe -
tion of 10 rooms out at Cane
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experimentally last year and
are now expanded to all schools
Several other subsidized pro
grams were started back in the
mid-1960'5, but the large st
number are either new, or star
ted a year ago.
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Notice
The Yancey County Board
of Education will hold a meet
ing Friday, October 16th in
tile TrWnwsey Corotty Co™rthuo»e.
They will hear a delegation
from Burnsville at that time.
Otway Bums IV was bom in
Sarasota, Florida and visited
with his family in Burnsville
on numerous occasions during
the 1930'5. He entered the U.
River, moving East Yancey out
there and moving the Burns -
ville Elementary School stu -
dents into East Yancey. This
meeting, which the citizens
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The amount of the subs idy
varies. Eight of the programs
are financed 100 per cent by
grant money. For others, the
grant ranges from 50 per cent
up, usually amounting to about
75 per cent. In these latter
cases, the County puts up the
balance not paid for by the
Federal grant or State grant.
The programs cover a wide
range of educational activity,
and a bewildering variety of
sources of grants under Federd
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considerable study and effort
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S. Army Coip of Combat En
gineers in 1940 at the age of
16. A veteran of five years of
service; three years and three
months of it spent overseas in
World War n. He took part
in four invasion landings whidi
included Africa, Sicily, Italy
and Normandy on "D"Dry and
served in eight campaigns of
battle.
Mr. Otway Bums is presen
tly employed as District Mana
ger of International Lead Co.
for the states of Florida and
Georgia. He resides in Jack -
sonville, Florida withhiswife,
Hasel and four children.
His brother, Major Rom i e
Bums was graduated fromßiraa
ville High School and Western.
Carolina University. Prior to
entry into the US Air Force he
taught and coached at Bald
Creek High School. While in
the United States Air force
he served as a fighterpilot, in
structor fighter pilot, and pro
fessor of Air Science' at the Uni
versity of New York at Buffalo.
Major Bums and his wife, Jo
apd four children live on Ben
nett Street in Burnsville.
Other great grandchildren
of Captain Otway Bums aret
Martha Armstrong Smith of
Coronado, California; Owen
Bona of San Francisco; Edwin
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were told by the Board at their
September meeting, would be
open, was suddenly, by notice
given a few days before the
meeting, to be a "closed metf
ing". It turned out that even
the " closed meeting" would
not be held, for shortly after
appearing everyone was in
formed that the meeting had
been "postponed" to some fu
ture indefinite date.
Not to be denied at least a
little information about what
is going on with this state ap
proved plan, Mrl. E. Clevenger*
Chairman of the Board, was
contacted by phone and gra
ciously agreed to op me down
and talk to thosepresent. A
long question and answer per
iod took place, but of course,
in the absence of any other
Board members no action could
take place. Mr. Clevenger
did state to those present, how
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Board meeting for this Friday
night, October 16, at 8:00 p.m
He also stated that interested
citizens would be allowed to be
I present, but that the present
rules of the Board did not allow
; any discussion from the floor
or any presentation by anyone
in attendance that had not pre
viously made an appointment
to speak within certain time
limits.
Those present expressed deep
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CWO William Hicks
Jaycee Meeting
The public is invited to at
tend the Jaycee Meeting Octo
ber 19, 1970, at 7:30 p. m. at
the Community Building.
Warrant Officer W. E. Hicks is
to be the guest speaker at this
meeting.
Chief Warrant Officer Wil
liam Hicks was bom in High
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