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BURNSVILLENOTHCAROLINA VOL.I, NO.IB Burnsville Voters Turn Out En Masse; Incumbent Town Board Re-Elected In a hotly fought election the voters of Burnsville o n Tuesday gave the present town board a decisive vote of con- Girls Teom Gets Award By Ernie Howard The Beacon Manufacturers Award for the most outstand - ing girls team in Western Nath Carolina, was present to the East Yancey Lady Panthers on May 1, 1971 at the University of North Carolina in Asheville This award goes each year to a school in Division 11, which is 2A and 3A schools. This award was presented by Dene Ochsenreiter, president of the Mountain Amateur Club and by the Asheville Jaycees. This is the award in western North Carolina for a girl's bas ketball team. The other four finalists were Edneyville, Marion High, Er win and Owen. East Yancey's Marcia Banks was one of the finalists for the Robertson "Y" Award. This award is given each year for the most outstanding high school female athlete in Di vision 11. The winner was Sue Carswell from Old Fork. Con gratulations to these outstand ing teams and players for their accomplishments during the year. Mental Health Day Luncheon Observance of Mortal Health Day will be on Friday,May 7, in the Fellowship Hall of the First Presbyterian Church in Burnsville. This will be a buffet luncheon meeting held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The public is invited. At this meeting informatfcn will be given about the work of the local Mental Health As sociation. The guest speaker will be Mrs. Helen Jones of Raleigh, N.C. Mrs. Jones is the associate director of the North Carolina Mental Health Association for the western region. All persons interested in the progress of the Mental Health Association in Yancey County are invited. fidence. Mayor James Anglin and Commissioners P.C. Co letta and Bob Helmle were all reelected by substantial mar 4 •'-/ : ... .. . \/ : J§ East Yancey Pantherettes Receive Beacon Award As Outstanding Girls Team In WNC Pensacola Orgies Fire Department; Fund-Raising Bluegrass Festival Slated A group of Pensacola citi zens met Monday night at Moun tain Wilderness to organize a Volunteer Fire Department to serve the Pensacola area. The group made the decision to Charter the organization this week and elected officers as follows: President, Jerry Wil son; Vice-Presidents, Ron Eu banks and Frank Hensley; Se cretary-Treasurer, Jeannie Eu banks. One of the first official acts of the Pensacola Volunteer Fire Department after its C harter will be to sponsor a Bluegras s Festival to raise money to get the department off to a good start. The Bluegrass Festival,which will be held at the recreat ion hall at Mountain Wilderness, will feature Jim and Jess and the Virginia Boys from "Grand Ole Opry" and other well-known musicians and singers. An amateur bluegrass band contest will highlight the festival and the sponsors axe hoping to at tract bands from as far away as Charlotte. Bands will compete for a first prize of sloo.oQ,and THURSDAY, MAY 6,1971 gins. In the contest for mayor, Anglin received 293 votes, as against 206 for his opponent, a second prize of $50.00 will be offered. The Bluegrass Festival is planned for May 28 and 29, Fri day and Saturday, with the following schedule of events: From 6 p.m. until midnight on Friday the bluegrass band contest will be held. Ad mission will be $1.50 per per son; Saturday, May 29, there will be a special show with guest stars at 2 p. m. and 8 p.m. Recognition Day The Yancey County Com missioners meeting on May 3rd have proclaimed the 25th of May as a day of recognit ions for contributions that S e n ior Citizens have made to the growth of Yancey County. The Commissioners resolution nigh lighted the following facts: "We want to commend our senior citizens for their contri butions to the growth of Yan cey County... We want to shew appreciation for the important part they still play in Commu (Cont'd on page 2) Carl Carter. In the race for the two positions as commis - sioners on the town board, Co letta received 32 2 votes; sharp, and the winners of the band contest will play. Ad mission is $3.00 per person for that day. All proceeds from the Festival will go tow ards helping the Pensacola Volun - teer Fire Department. Bluegrass Bands wishing to enter the competition should caH 682-2700 before May 21. A meeting will be held on Friday night, May 7,atß p.m. at Mountain Wilderness Rec. Hall to make further arrange - ments for the festival and other plans concerning the charter of the Fire Department. All interested citizens are urged to attend. Farmers Vote Burley tobacco growers in Yancey County voted Tuesday on whether to have farm pound age quotas and price support for the 1971 crop. The result was overwhelming in favor of the marketing quotas. All persons engaged in the produc tion of 1970-crop burley to bacco were eligible to vote in this referendum. Helmle received 264 votes. FerrilMcCurry got 225, and Cecil Shaw followed with 176. The turnout at the polls was heavy with the 508 ballots cast approximating 85 per cent of the town's registered voters Only three times in recent -years have more votes been cast in a town election. These three occasions were the hotly regular election in 1963, and the two elections on the ques tion of opening an ABC store. In winning the Tues da y election the presenttown hoard campaigned largely on the basis of their record of sound, businesslike conduct of the town affairs. They also stress ed the fact that the town is in the midst of an expensive and complicated project of im proving the town's water sys tem, and that "changing hones in mid stream" could be an ex pensive mistake. They em ployed both advertisements in the Yancey Record and consid erable time on station WKYK to get the issues before the voters. The opposition, on the other hand conducted their cam paign almost exclusively by word of mouth. In these per son-to-person contacts, it is understood they relied heavily on the contention that " it's time for a change". The voters of Burnsville clearly did not accept this view. Bennett Accepts Appointment Mark Bennett last Friday,af ter delaying three weeks fol lowing his appointment to the vacancy on the Yancey County Board of Education, accepted the position and was sworn in by Arnold Higgins, Clerk of the Court. Bennett participated in a routine meeting of the school board Friday night. He stated that in the interval following his appointment he had review ed the school problems and reached a decision to serve. At the school board meet - ing, which was attended by all five members, the pending mat ter of reaching a decision re garding tlie employment of a school superintendent was not brought up. 10<
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