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Dr. D.L.Phillips Examines Child With School Nnse
Heart Screening Program
Now Completed In Yancey
By Bud Tally
The Heart Screening pro -
gram in Yancey County is now
completed as follows: All of
the children in Yancey County
have been screened, and Dr. D.
L. Phillips, Physician Director
of the Mitchell, Averyj'Vhncey
and Watauga area, has exami
ned the children indicated by
the screening test. Children
with positive or questionable
findings will next be examined
by Dr. Nolan, the Pediatric
Cardiologist, and if indicated
referred to the cardiac clinic
at Baptist Hospital, Winston-
Salem, for further testing. Af
ter that, they will be schedul
ed for further treatment as re -
quired.
The following people were
involved in the 4-County pro
gram:
Dr. D. L. Phillips,Physi -
cian Director: Mrs. Mary Wil
son, Area Coordinator; Mrs.
Annetta Buchanan, Nurse In
structor. From Yancey Coun
ty were Mrs. Nellie Lewis,the
Teacher of Health Occupation
at East Yancey HighSchool,who
was in charge of screening at
East Yancey High; Mrs. Nancy
Shaw, School Nurse for Yhncey
County, who helped in entire
program in County; Mrs. Lu
cille Piercy, Aide to Mrs. Nan
cey Shaw. In addition, there
were many volunteers in each
school district.
The following interview
with Dr. D. L. Phillips will
help to clarify this whole pro
gram:
Mr. Tally: Dr. Phillips, how
do you rate the heart screening
program from a standpoint of
necessary action that should be
taken all over theStateand pos
sibly all over the Country?
Dr. Phillips: I believe careful
examination of every school
child for abnormal heart sands
should be done as soon as pos
sible everywhere. I think the
method of accomplishing this
used in our North Carolina
Heart Association pilot project
has demonstrated a high da gee
of effectiveness, efficiency
and practicality. I believe it
is the preferred present method
of mass screening of children
for heart disease. This pro
ject could be continued in the
four Appalachian counties al
ready involved by screening
the first grade each yearor the
first four grades each four years.
Mr. Tally:
Notice
Extra ‘souvenir* copies of
the 1971 Progress Edition
of The Yancey Record are
available at the Record of
fice on the town square.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1971
FHA Grant And Loan
For Water System OK’d
By Bob Helmle
In a telephone call to Mayor
James Anglin last Friday, Con
gressman Roy Taylor broke
the news that the FHA grant
and loan to help finance im
provements in the Burnsville
water system had been appro -
ved in Washington.
This financial assistance,
long sought by the town offi -
cials, consists of a loan of
$225,600 at 5 per cent inter -
est, and a grant of $lO, 000.
The grant is outright, and does
not have to be repaid. The
loan and grant from FHA to
gether provide only part of
the total cost of the water im
provements. An additional
SIOO,OOO is virtually assured,
as a grant (not requiring repay
ment) from the Appalachian
Regional Commission.
Although official notice has
not yet been received relatiw
to this latter grant, assurances
have been received from such
trustworthy sources, that the
Town Board has felt justified
in proceeding with the engin -
eering and other steps neces -
sary to get work under way.
On this past Tuesday the
Town Board met with FHA Su
pervisor, Wilbur Howard, and
the Town's engineers to sche
dule the numerous steps to be
taken preparatory to letting
contracts. It appears now that
construction may get under way
by July, hopefully in time for
the now 2,000,000 gallon re
servoir to be built this summet
Construction of this pre-stress ed
concrete tank, an important
part of the project, must be
undertaken during the summer
weather.
The entire project is esti -
mated to cost about $335,000.
Major improvements, in
dition to the new reservoir,
will be made. These include
reconstruction of the two in
take dams on the headwaters
of Bolens Creek, which are now
in bad repair; reconditioning
of the present treatment plants
and important improvements
to the system of water lines in
the town. A second main line
will be built to bring water
down to town from the silt e r
plant, which will provide in
surance against intermption of
water service, should the old
line break.
The expansion of the water
system will facilitate the pla
cing of several new fire hy -
drants at strategic locations,
Body Os 37-Year-Old Man
Found In Yancey Saturday
A Marion man was found
frozen to death Saturday on a
hillside in the Seven Mile Ridge
section of Yancey County.
The body of Johnny Holli
field, 37, missing since Janu
ary 30, was found near a coun
try road by a 13-year-old boy,
according to Yancey County
Sheriff Kermit Banks. The
Sheriff said there was no sign
of foul play and that the death
had been officially ruled as
due to exposure.
Banks said Hollifield had
not been reported missing to
his office, but understood Hol
lifield's family had made in-
Flayers /Hake
All-Conference
By Ernie Howard
Donna Parker scored 20
points and Sharon Laws added
10 points to lead the Lady Pan
thers to a 44 to 28 victory ever
the surprised Harris High girls.
The Lady Panthers got into
the finals with a 73 to 9 vie -
tory over the Bowman girls and
the Harris High girls defeated
Cane River 31 to 30 in a
squeaker to enter the finals.
In the boys contest, Harris
High turned back a Bulldog
rally to win 64 to 52. Phillip
Snyder scored 17 points for the
(Cont'd on page 3)
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providing much improved fire
protection in several sections
of the town.
The Town Board, the FHA
and the Town's engineers are
now all pushing to get the con
struction work started as soon
as practicable. The whole pro
ject is expected to take about
a year to complete after con
struction starts.
quiries concerning his where
abouts. The McDowell County
Sheriff's Dept, also said no
missing persons report was made
there.
The body was found by Jerry
Hus kins, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Huskins of Route 5, about
200 yards off rural unpaved rd.
1167 near the YaiJKey-Mitchell
county line, according to the
sheriff.
Banks said an autopsy was
not performed, and the time
of death could not be deter -
mined since the body had been
preserved at the time of free -
zing.
The sheriff speculated that
Hollifield, who had been visi
ting relatives in Yancey Coun
ty, had taken a shortcut across
a hill to reach the home of
a sister, Mrs. A. B. Me Neill
of Route 5, when he found him
self unable to continue.
Surviving are the parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hollifiell,
two sisters, Mis. McNeill and
Miss Hadie Hollifield of the
home; two brothers, Cecil of
Spruce Pine and Arthur Holli
field of Valdese; and a half
brother, Blanton McNeill of
Cheraw, S. C.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 2:00 p. m. in the
Grassy Creek Baptist Church
with the Rev. Ernest Whelchel
and Rev. Joe Pittman officia -
ting. Burial was in the church
cemetery.