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' V0L.34, N 0.44 » " ’ St'vio >v»- 4|. %; ■ Hr r § J SMt | 1 BE" c,<^— Photo by Craig Jenkins Six Diesel Units Destroyed In Fatal Railroad Accident ■W'tl jl Kr ■Mpn * U y./ * ■ ’ '*l ''-t --?' jiJMM. ■"'<? -.jSStXPH j / jK JjEH9gt^|*aSg Phot© by Craig Jenkins Fiery Head-On Train Collision Derails Nine Diesel Units And Fifteen Cars School Board To Hear Spokesmen There will be an open meeting of the Yancey County Board of Education on Novem ber 6, 1970 at 7:00 p. m. in the East Yancey High School Gymnasium. At this meeting the Bo aid lUnih^undHonorßoir"! Businesses And Offices Where Ail Personnel Have Contributed School Superintendent's Office 1 . Department of Social Services i of Education will hear pros and cons for the long range and in terim school plans. The Board of Education will hear a spokes man from each school district and will allot ten minutes per spokesman. Groups desiring to THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1970 C linchfield Officials Conducting Investigation Train Collision Fatal Ahead-on collision between a Clinchfield mixed freight train and a southbound coal train took the lives of two men early Sunday morning in Green Mountain community. The fiery wreck tore up the track that parallels the Toe River. Both locomotives, con sisting of ganged Diesel units, burst into flame after the col lision and several can fro m both trains were derailed. Clinchfield Railroad and Mitchell County officials iden tified the victims as J. B. Hartsell, about 50, of Erwin, Tennessee, who was engineer on the northbound train; and Jerry M. Eller, 25, of Milli gan, Tennessee, brakeman on 1 the northbound train. be heard should contact the principal of the school in the district for the scheduling of an appointment. The Board of Education de sires that each spokesman con fine their speech to the issue at hand because of time in volved. The meeting is open to the public. All citiaens of Yancey County are invited to attend. j GIVE » theUNITEDmi Frank Duncan of Erwin, en gineer, and S. Leonard of Johnson City, Tennessee, fire man on the southbound train leaped horn their cab and were not hint. Clinchfield officids said the freight train, made up of about 60 empty cais,was headed toward Tennessee at about 35 miles per hour, and the southbound 136-car coal train was traveling at about 15 miles per hour. The railroad is conducting an intensive investigation into the wreck, beginning at 10:00 a. m. Wednesday, October 28 in the road's general office, Erwin, Tennessee. The cause of the accident has apparent ly not been determined at this time. U ammA H— "Hr 9E neon screening to Begin In Yancey County Schools Screening for heart murmurs in Yancey County school child ren will begin in November. A computerized heart scanner is to be used by volunteers to do the testing. Sponsored by the North Caro- Thanksgiving Retreat Set Beginning Friday afternoon, November 20, and concluding after lunch on Sunday, Novem ber 22, there will be an Abun dant Life Retreat at High Pas - tures. It will be a time of sharing, prayer, worship, fel lowship. .. in short, church. If you are drawn to this re treat and can cane,just write a note telling who and how many and send it to Miss Elizabeth Motsinger, Route 2, Burnsville, N.C. 28714. High Pastures provides the rooms, sheets, pil lows, towels and blankets for guest <*• . <ree-will offering basis. "You will have a chance to help pay for die f00d... also to help prepare it. Approximately 35 persons can be accommodated in the main lodge and cottages. There is a motel close by (The Moun tain View Motel). Those al ready signed up include Dr. Ro bert Stapleton, Mrs. Stapleton, Miss Betty Motsinger md Joe Petree. Can you join us? Clinchfield officials said the accident was the first in volving fatalities to a loco motive crew since the line shifted from steam to Diesel powered locomotives. A total of nine Diesel pro pulsion units and 15 cars were derailed by the collision. A spokesman said three of the units burned and three others were destroyed. By Monday night, the other units had been re-tracked, and a tem porary track had been laid parallel to the tom up section to permit trains to by- pass and equipment to work to re track the derailed cars. The regular main track is expec - ted to be restored to use by nid-week, a railroad spokes man said. lina Heart Association in co - operation with the Regional Medical Program, the project is aimed at discovering heart defects and referring children for treatment before serious damage can occur. The tests will be made cost free for children grades one through 12 and will be made only with parental permission. Normally a doctor can de - termine whether a heart mur mur signals a defect, or heart yalves damages by rheumatic fever, when he hears it through a stethoscope, but some child ren see a doctor only once or twice before they reach first grade. By the time they reach junior high level, some studmt haven't been examined by a doctor in several years. If a murmur is found, a se ond machine-test will be mack. ,If the murmur is certified, a doctor will visit the school to diagnose the child's case. Training and screening will be done at Burnsville Elemen - tary School beginning Novem ber 16 and continuing for ten days. 4-H Council The Yancey County 4-H Council will meet Thursday October 29th at 4soo p. m. in Room #3 of the Yancey County Courthouse. All council mem bea are urged to attend. . • 10<
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