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VOL. 34, NO. 51
"Girls Haven
Becoming
A Reality
Girls Haven is on its way
to becoming a reality. This
past weekend a group of in -
terested citizens from Burns
ville met with people from
around the state to discuss
Girls Haven. Appro priat e1 y,
the meeting was held at Boy's
Home in Lake Waccamaw.The
entire group could see in the
family style - cottages on the
beautiful lake site and in the
gentlemanly young men living
there the value of the dedica
tion and many months of hard
work that built Boy's Home.
Luckily for Girls Haven, some
of the people who made Boy's
Home a success will be work
fa
Haven. ’ W ;
The plan for Girls Haven ’t?'
not completed yet, so it has.
not been decided whether it
will have a campus like Boy's
Home or be developed on a
"satellite" plan where counties
all around the state have in
dividual private homes licen
sed as Girls Haven.
No matter which plan is
decided on, only the wide
spread support in time and in
money that built Boy's Home
can do the same for Girls Ha
ven. Several fund raising pro
jects and many, many more
meetings will be necessary."feu
may be contacted to give in
some way. Consider, before
-you answer, how far reaching
your act of generosity could be.
The next meeting for Girls
Haven will be held in Burns -
ville with people from through
out the state in attendance.lhis
session, January 30th at 10:00
wiU include potential board
members and interested citi -
zens. The place has not been
decided upon, however, it will
be open to the public and you
are encouraged to attend.
Candlelight
Church Service
The youth of the First Pres
byterian, First Baptist, and
Higgins Memorial M e thodist
Churches will present a Christ
mas Candlelight Service at
the First Presbyterian Church
on December 23rd at 7:30 p.m
The program was written and
planned by the youth; and you
are cordially invited to share
and worship with them.
School Board, Commissioners Meet
By Bob Helmle
The unwelcome possibility
next fall of having to bus-child
ren now attending the Burns
ville elementary school out to
the other elementary schools
in the county, emerged from
discussions at the school board
meetings held last Friday and
Monday nights.
This possibility may occur
v an unhappy last resort if the
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HH.Sanfa Clans Hears Christmas Wishes From Children At 'Children's Hour'
Children s Hour Christmas Party
From Baby-Go-Bye - Bye
Dolls, to Teddy Bears,a chem
istry set (!), and "lots of nice
surprises, please, " fifty "little
people" gave their Christmas
lists and requests to Mrs. Santa
Claus at the CHILDREN'S
HOUR Christmas party this
past Monday morning.
Mrs. Santa Claus arrived
around 10KX) a. m. at the Yan
cey County Public Library.
The eagerly waiting children
took their turns rocking in Mrs.
Santa Claus's lap as they talk
ed with her about Mr. Santa
Claus, Santa's elves, and what
they hope to find in the Christ
mas stocking on Christmas
morning.
Assisting Miss Theresa Co
letta with the Christmas party
were Mrs. Betty Bacon, Mrs.
Mary Young, and Mrs. Mary
Hess. Assisting Mrs. Santa
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17,1970
Busing Os Children Termed 'last Resort’
necessary financing cannot be
found for providing safe class
rooms at the Burnsville school
The State insurance authorities
at Raleigh are insistant that
fire safe accommodations mist
be provided if the old school
building is to be occupied next
year.
This, among many other
matters relating to the acute
Yancey County school titua -
Claus with "goodies" horn her
kitchen were the Yancey Coun
ty Jaycettes.
Those children attending the
Christmas party were children
Tobacco Production Contest
Being Held Now In Yancey
The County Agriculture Ex
tension office has announced that
a Burley Tobacco Production
Contest is being held. The pun
pose of the contest is to in
crease -awareness by produces
of the best burley production
practices. Entry forms may
be picked up at the County E
xtension office, the ASC office,
or any of the following Spon
sors:
Dellinger G Silver, Deyton
Farm Supply, J.F. Robi.ssoq
Johnson G Co., Miller G Son,
tion was discussed at the two
meetings. The first was an
open meeting of the school
board attended by some forty
interested citizens. It was a
New England type town meet
ing at which everyone was
welcome to "sound off' with
questions, criticisms, recom
mendations and proposals.
There was much "sounding
off'. School board members
from Mrs. Nellie Style's Kin
dergarten, the Yancey County
Child Development
children from throughout Yan
cey County.
and Q C. Whitson.
Each and every burley grow
er in Yancey County is eligible
to enter this contest. Accor
ding to Wm. C. Bledsoe pounty
Extension Chairman, the con
test begins now, and will end
February 2, 1971.
The winners will receive
prize money and recognition.
The outstanding producers vill
be entered in Area competi -
tion and attend a meeting
where a state winner will be
announced.
and Superintendent Landrum
Wilson valiantly attempted to
answer questions and to respond
to proposals. It developed that
since purse strings are held by
the County Commissioners, im
proved communication be
tween school board and the
commissioners has become es
sential, if our problems are to
be solved.
The second meeting, held
Monday night, was an in for
- joint meeting of the two
boards. Attorneys of the
school board and the Commis
sioners attended as well as
some dozen interested cttizan.
This joint meeting was produc
tive of much clarification of
problems as well as the defin
ing of limitations to possible
.iwliiriMin fti- V^-
cey County matters, the finan
cial limitations loomed large.
The atmosphere was entire
ly amicable. All suggestions
received open minded consi -
deration. Chairman Oscar
Deyton said "We'll give every
proposal fair consideration - -
we'll rule nothing out." Fol -
lowing this meeting Chairman
Lum Clevenger stated that
never in his experience had
the two boards sat down toge
ther to consider problems in
this mutually friendly and fair
minded way."
Prior to these meetings
many people apparently be
lieved that the threat to close
the old Burnsville school was
mere bluff, and that it would
not really be carried out. Now,
however, it seems generally
recognized that the threat is
positive and serious—commu
nications received by Superin
tendent Wilson from Raleigh
make that clear. Possible
courses of action to provide
continuance of the Burnsville
school were considered a t
length. ■
One possibility Is the pur
chase or rental of mobile
classrooms. A second possi
bility is to make the required
repairs in the old school so
that occupation of the first
floor of the building can be
continued. It was agreed that
better cost figures for the al
ternatives are required for
making a decision.
Wm. Hess, president of the
Burnsville PTA made a con
sidered appeal to the County
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