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Bank Picks
Town Mayor
The Board of Directors of
The Northwestern Bank has
named James A. Anglin of
Burnsville to the Executive
Committee of the bank. Mr.
Anglin, a partner in the Ang
lin-West all Department Store,
has been a member ofthelbard
of Directors of the Bank since
1968. He is also a membaof
the Burnsville Board of Direc -
tors of Northwestern.
Mr. Anglin is Mayor of the
Town of Burnsville and chair
man of the Board of Trustees of
Yancey Hospital, Inc. ,and Sun
Valley Nursing Home. He is
a past president of Bumsv ill e
Merchants Association, Burns
ville Men's Club, Yanceyßod
and Gun Club, and a member
of the Yancey County Cham
ber of Commerce. Anglin has
served as a member of the Fi
nance Committee and General
Board of Higgins Memorial Uni
ted Methodist Chinch. He Is
also a member of the Board of
Directors of the Mitchell-Yan
cey District of the N. C. Board
of Health, and a director of
the Parkway Playhouse.
He served in the U. S.Army
during World War II and was
discharged with rank of Cap -
tain. A native of Bumsv
graduated from Yancey Colle
giate Institute and attended the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Mr. Anglin is married to
the former Emma Drake of
Bennettsville, South Carolina.
Book Safe To
Aid Gills Haven
A few months hence the
story of Boys Home at Lake
Waccamaw will be circulating
in the Tar Heel State and the
other 49, the story telling how
it was in the beginning and
from there to today. Fifty
cents from the sale of each
book will go to the Boys Home
and another 50 cents will go
to the new Girls Haven, Inc.
now getting started here in
Burnsville.
A Foundation has already
been organized to handle these
funds through the Waccam a w
Bank and Trust Company. The
money will be used as a loan
fund for boys and girls of the
two institutions who complete
their high school course and
want to go on to college.
Bearing the title, "ToSave
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| Commissioners And Welfare Director j
| Announce Medical Care Fund Depletion!
Recently an announcement
was made by Randall Peacock,
Director of Yancey County De
partment of Social S ervic es,
regarding the fact that funds
for medical services under
Medicaid would be deplete d
before the end of this sis cal
year which ends June 30, 1971.
"We are without funds for May
and June," he said." The me
dical stickers cannot be accep
ted (May and June), as suffi
cient county money is not
available."
Together, the "fenceyCoun
ty Commissioners and Peacock
state they regret this action,
but the Social Services Depart
ment has no other avenue. Let
ters were sent to all providers
of Medical Services in this
county in which the Soc i al
Services Director writes: "We
hope that vital medical ser
vices can continue. We re
cognize this will place you in
a difficult situation —it will
simultaneously cause extreme
hardship on those in need that
cannot pay for their medical
care."
As of this date a state le -
gislative bill sponsored by Dr.
Karl Killian has not received
action. This bill would re
quire the state to assume the
medical expenditures after the
county has exhausted all bud
getary funds for the year. In
other words, for Yancey Cou
nty it would assume the bills
for May and June.
Those who feel strongly
about this issue are asked to
write our legislators, whose
names appear below, indi
cating their strong support for
the bill entitled: "An Act To
Provide For The Assumption Os
Certain Welfare Costs By The
State."
The lawmakers include:
THURSDAY, APRIL 15,1971
Yoncey Chamber Os Commerce To Hold
Annual Dinner And Program Tuesday
The Yancey County Cham
ber of Commerce will hold its
annual dinner meeting at the
cafeteria of the East Ya nc ey
High School next Tuesday
night, April 20. This is one
meeting of the year at which
the total membership of the
Chamber gets together. Wives
of members and other guests
are cordially invited.
An informative program
has been arranged to pub lie te
what the Chamber has been
doing during the past year, as
Hon. I.C. Crawford, House of
Representatives, Raleigh,N.C.
Hon. Ernest Messer, House of
Representatives, Raleigh, N. C.
Turkey Season Opens.
Restoration Planned
The spring hunting season
for wild gobblers opened Mon
day in certain portions cf North
Carolina, and will last until
May 1. The spring season is
open in the Piedmont and eas
tern portions of the state on a
line which runs east of Stokes,
Forsyth, Davidson, Rowap, Ire
dell, Lincoln and Gaston coun
ties. West of this line, spring
gobblers may be hunted only
on Game Lands.
The spring gobbler season
on certain Game Lands is open
April 22 , 23, 24, 29 , 30 and
May 1,6, 7 and 8. Hunters
must check in and out of check
stations located at Big Santeet
lah, Standing Indian, Wayah
Bald, Spivey Gap, Jacob's fork
and Fox Camp.
On Game Lands, hunters
must have a valid state hunt
ing license, a special big game
license and pay as 4 per day
Game Lands fee. Game Lands
hunting check stations are open
from 4 o'clock in the morning
until 7 o'clock in the evening.
Off Game Lands, hunters on
ly need a valid state hunting li
cense and the special big gpme
him ting license. The chily bag
limit is one gobbler, with two
in possession and two for the
season.
The North Carolina Wild
life Resources Commission's
program to restore wild turkey
populations in the western part
of the state took a recent step
forward.
well as its plans for the future.
Before the supper, which
will be served at 7:30, ex
hibits will be on display .star
ting at 6:30, in the East Yan
cey High School Gymnasium.
These exhibits, prepared by
the various civic clubs and
agencies, „will show interest
ing information relative to
Yancey County, with particu
lar emphasis on efforts to stim
ulate progress in the area.
A feature of the eve ni ng
will be the awarding of four
Hon. Liston B. Ramsey, House
of Representatives,Raleigh,N.
C. and Hon. Lamar
Senate Chamber, Raleigh, N.C.
During the past fall ard win
ter, turkey biologist Wayne
Bailey, stocked 17 live-trap -
ped wild turkeys on the Pisgah
Wildlife Game Lands and 19
on the Mt. Mitchell Ga me
Lands. Prior to this stocking,
there were only four kiown wild
turkeys from previous releases
in each of these areas.
"We hope that the stocked
turkeys will do well," said Bai
ley, "but we need the cooper
ation of the public, particular
ly hunters, to make the stocking
a success. Wild turkeys will
thrive and increase only where
they are not illegally hunted."
The stocked turkeys were
captured using mortar-thrown
nets and sleep-inducing drugs
on the Daniel Boone and Cas
well Game Lands, and also
on the U.S. Marine CorpsEhse
at Camp Lejeune and in Duke
University Forest.
"The Wildlife Commission
and hunters are much indebted
to the Marine Corps and Duke
University for their help incap
turing the turkeys for re-stock
ing, " added Bailey.
Lions Sponsor Pantake Supper
The Burnsville Lions Club
will sponsor a Pancake Supper
Saturday night, April 17 from
5:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Fel
lowship Hall of the First Bap
tist Church. All proceeds from
this supper will be donated to
the "Girls Haven" project.
sportsmanship trophies by the
Chamber to high school stu -
dents. A boy and girl from
each of the two high schools
will be presented with these
awards.
Also on the agenda will be
the election of five new Cham
ber directors to serve for the
next three years.
This year the program com
mittee has made a special
effort to sell tickets in ad -
vance, so as to determine the
number of dinners to prepare.
Last year twice the expected
number of people came for
dinner, and an embarrassing
shortage of food resulted. The
program committee this year
is making a special effort to
ivoid a repetition of this em
jairassment.
Schools Get
New Grant
School s ujpowintandent Lan
drum Wilson received word
from Raleigh last week that
another new and "innovative"
program for introduction in
the Yancey County schools has
been selected to receive a
grant of Federal money t o
cover its entire cost.
The program, called Pro
ject Media, involves the use
of audio-visual equipment in
the teaching of art and music.
A total of $4,000 is being al
located from Federal funds to
cover its cost. It is planned at
this time to conduct this pro -
ject in the library of the East
Yancey school, which because
of space and other considera -
dons, is the only place in the
county schools where it can be
accommodated.
The Yancey County school
system was one of a large num
ber of systems to submit appli
cations to participate in the
Media project. A letter re
ceived last week from State
Superintendent A. Craig Phil -
lips congratulated the Yancey
County school staff for develop
ing a successful project appli
cation.
Tickets are on sale by club
members and in stores this
week. The price is SI.OO for
adults and $. 50 for children
under 12 years of age. Tickets
will also be available at the
door.
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