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5 One Dead, Three Injured
In Car Wrack Saturday
Queenie Shehan Bailey, 73,
of Micaville, was killed in a
one-car collision in Burnsville
late Saturday morning.
Mrs. Bailey, who was driv
ing the car, had just pulled
out of Smokey's Drive-In onto
Main Street, when the car ran
off the left side of the road and
struck a utility pole.
The force of the collision
caused the instant death of the
driver and critically injured
her husband, Charlie Bailey.
Mr. Bailey, whose head hit
the windshield of the car dur
ing the impact, was severely
cut by the broken glass and
was taken to Memorial Mission
Hospital in Asheville where he
was listed in critical condition.
Two other occupants of the
car, Robert Lee Wyatt, 83, of
Spruce Pine Route 1 and his
wife, Mrs. Nellie Wyatt, 78,
also were injured and were
taken to Memorial Mission Hos
pital where Mrs. Wyatt was ad
mitted. She was listed in fair
condition S aturday night.
State Trooper M. W. Greene,
who investigated the
said the group was planning to
attend a funeral when the mis -
hap occurred. The funeral was
that of Mrs. Bailey's brother
Robert Lee Buchanan, who died
last Thursday.
One Percenf Sales Tax Unanimously
Approved By County Commissioners
At the close of a public
hearing last Friday on the ques
tion of increasing the sales tax
one per cent in Yancey Coun
ty, the Board of County Com
missioners voted unanimously
to apply the tax, to become
effective June Ist. This is the
identical tax which was de
feated in an election in 1969
by the extremely narrow mar
gin of seven votes.
The decision of the Com
missioners to apply the tax was
the result of general recogni -
tion throughout the county of
the drastic need for revenue to
proceed with the necessary im
provement of the county's
school facilities.
The 75 citizens who atten
ded the hearing showed over
whelming support for the tax.
Not a single individual in the
courtroom remained seated
when, at the suggestion of Do
ver Fouts, a standing vote was
called for. Following this dis-
Funeral services for Mrs.
Queenie Bailey were held at
2:30 p. m. Monday in Pleasant
Gap Baptist Church of which
she was a member.
Reverend L. V. Roberts of
ficiated and burial was in the
Young Cemetery.
Surviving in addition to the
husband are a daughter, Mrs.
John L. Hilliard of Burnsville
Route 2; four sons, Howard,
Lee and Bobby, all of Annapo
lis, Maryland and Harley She
han of Detroit, Michigan; a
sister, Mrs. Lee Wyatt; 24
grandchildren and a great grand
child.
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play of support, the commis -
sioners went into a brief huddle,
and announced their unanimous
decision.
Chairman Oscar Deyton sta
ted that the intention of the
Commissioners was that the
revenue from the tax should
Aleii’s Clob Installs New
Officers At Sapper Meeting
The Burnsville Men's Club
installed officers for the com
ing year at a well- attended
supper meeting last Monday.
Mack B. Ray is succeeding
himself as president for another
year. Herbert Allen is the new
vice president, and Ned Jestes
will serve another year as the
secretary-treasurer.
President Ray, in his in
augural remarls, stressed the
importance of the service ren
dered by the club to the com
munity, listing seven objective^
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be used to help with the school
building program. He added
that the present board would
have this intention stated in
the board's records. Earlier in
the meeting he had stated that
the tax is expected to yield
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all in the field of community
betterment. These included
support of the Yancey United
Fund; support of boy and girl
scouting, a recreation prog
ram for the county, and a
solid waste disposal project and
sanitary landfill.
Following the business meet
ing John Martin gave in infor
mative talk on international
law as related to control of
plane highjacking and the
international drug traffic.
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Burnsville Voters To Elect
Town Board Next Tuesday
Burnsville will go to the
polls next Tuesday to elect
« a mayor and two commission -
r ers to serve as the town board
\ for the next two years. The
* polls will be open at the Town
Hall from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m.
The three members of the
present town board are running
for re-election: Mayor Jim
Anglin and Commissioners P.
C. Coletta and Bob Helmle.
All three have had long exper
ience with the town govern -
ment. Anglin is now finishing
his second two-year term in of
fice. Coletta has served con
tinuously for ten years. Hfelmle
served three terms as mayor
from 1961 to 1967. In the fall
of 1968 he was appointed to
fill the board vacancy caused
by the death of Bas Penland.
-He was re-elected in 1969.
Opposing the present board
are Carl Carter, who is running
for mayor; Ferrill McCurryand
Cecil Shaw who are seeking
election as Commissioners.
Shaw ran as a candidate for
the town board in 1969, but
was defeated.
Both the present board and
the opposing candidates are re
ported to be campaigning ac
tively, which should result in
a large turn-out of voters. Dur
ing registration week, which
closed last Friday, 29 new vo
ters registered.
The present town board is
campaigning on the basis of
their experience, and business
like, efficient administration
of town affairs, and they point
to the many improvement* they
have made while inoffia* (The
improvements are outlined in
an advertisement elsewhere in
this issue).
The present board also stres
ses that they have long been
working on a major water sys
tem project, with construction
scheduled to start this summer.
Their experience and back
ground of know ledge,they state,
should be highly valuable in
seeing this project through to
completion.
The opposition candidates
state that they are for continua
tion of the water project, and
for the "implementation of
other beneficial projects as
feasible".
Pre-School
Clinics Held
If your child will be six
years old on or before October
15, 1971, he is eligible to
start school this fall. Now is
the time to enroll him at Pre-
School Clinic.
You can help your child
get started right if you will
bring him to the school on Pre-
School Clinic Day and meet
the teacher and nurse. Your
child will have fun seeing the
other children.
ft is necessary that you, the
parent, come with your child.
The clinics this week will
be at South Toe Elementary
School Tuesday, May 4, 1971
from 9to 11 a. m. ; and at
Bald Creek Elementary School
on Friday, May 7, 1971 from
9to 11 a.m.
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