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23 Yancey Youngsters Participate In 4-H Activity Day
23 Yancey Youths Compete
In District 4-H Activity Day
Western District 4-H Ac
tivity Day was held Thursday,
June 17th in Henderson County
at East Hendeison High School.
A delegation of 23 4-H mem
bers, leaders and agents atten
ded the Annual District demon
stration competition and talent
program. Frederick Buck, Bee
Log 4-H Club and Pansy Whit
son and Lavenia Peterson, the
Clearmont 4-H Club participa
ted in the talent show.
Mike and David Hopson, of
Brush Creek 4-H Club, gave a
Soil and Water Conservation
demonstration entitled "Grass-
How It Grows". Ruby Laws,
Legion Presents
American Flag
The Earl Horton American
Legion Post #122 presented a
Flag of the United States of
America to the Tom Browne
FFA Camp at Barnardsville on
Wednesday, June 16th. Mak
ing the presentation for the
Burnsville Legion Post was
Commander Herbert D. Allen,
and accepting for the Camp
was the Director, Mr. C arl
Grad.
In the ceremony held be
fore some 200 campers and
staff, the role of the American
Legion was discussed and how
Americanism is an outgrowth
of good citizenship. Emphasis
was placed on the individual's
involvement in community,
state and national affairs in
order to safeguard the princi
ples of justice, freedom and
democracy.
4-H Clover Club, presented a
sewing demonstration entitled
"Sewing Tools, What Do Vfe
Need". Jimmy Norris, Arbuc
kle Club entered the tractor
driving contest. Pam Fox,
Linda Hosts 'Appreciation Night’
"Appreciation Night" is be
ing planned for Friday night,
June 26, for JayceesJaycettes
and other friends in the Tri
County area by Miss Mayland,
Linda Deyton, who has re
turned home from the week
long activities of tWe Miss
North Carolina Pageant.
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Post Commander Herbert Allen Presents Flag
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1971
Council President, was the
voting delegate for the elec -
tion of Western District 4 -H
Officers and Ellen Blair ,Brush
Creek Club, entered the Dress
Revue competition.
The informal "drop in"will
be held from 7:30t0 9:30 p.m.
in the Community Building,
Burnsville.
Linda invites all the many
friends who supported her in
this recent event to come by
for a chat. Potential Miss
Mayland candidates are espe -
dally invited.
French Broad Electric
To Increase Power Rates
French Broad Electric Mem
bership Corporation has recei
ved notification from Carolina
Power G light Company stating
on the June billing theirwhole
sale power rate would be dras
tically increased under an or
der given them by the Federal
Power Commission. An analy
sis of the rate increase reveals
that the power purchased from
C PGL will be increased up to
38%. The new Cooperative
rates effective with the June
billing will be equal to, or less
than, retail rates of the other
retail power suppliers in the
region. In following the ori -
ginal idea of member service,
Mr. Robinson, French Broad
EMC's General Manager, states,
"all efforts have been made
Postal Service
Inaogoration
The inauguration of the new
United States Postal Service on
July 1 will be celebrated in
Washington, D.C. and in every
post office across the country.
Postmaster Buck has announced
that all members of the com -
munity are invited to visit the
post office on July 1 in Burns
ville from 9:30 a. m. until
2:30 p.m. and enjoy the hos
pitality of the men and women
who comprise the new U. S.Pos
tal Service.
Visitors to the post off i ce
will be given a souwmir enve
lope imprinted with the old
and the new insignia of the Pos
tal Service. This emelopewill
also be made available in
limited numbers as a first day
cancellation—for just the cost
of an B<t stamp —by stamping
and cancelling half of the sou
venir envelope in advance. This
will be the first time First Day
Covers have been available in
all U. S. Post Offices.
Men’s Club
The Burnsville Men's Club
will hold its June meeting at
7:00 p.m, on Monday night
at the Community Building.
The program will consist
of a discussion of the affairs
of the Burnsville town govern
ment. Chairman Dudley Rawls
of the program committee be
lieves the discussion will be of
exceptional interest, and urges
members to bring guests.
to keep these rates as low as
possible consistent with sound
economy and good man ag; merit."
The Board of Directors and
management knew a rate in
crease was coming, which was
caused by the nationwide wa\re
of inflation that for the past
few years has devastatedly hit
everything the consumer pays
for.
Faced with these rising costs
as published by the Bureau cf
Labor Statistics, the cost of
energies that man depends on
has increased as follows dur
ing the 10-year period of 1958-
1968:
Electricity 3%
Natural Gas 6. 3%
Fuel Oil 11.8%
Bottled Gas 22.5%
The Cooperative's cost of
doing business has greatly in
(Cont'd on page 16)
Yancey Youth
Jamboree Set
As announced earlier, the
Fourth Annual Yancey Youth
Jamboree has been scheduled
for Thursday and Friday nights,
August 5 and 6 at 7:00 p. m. in
the auditorium of East Yancey
High School. Carrying on in
the tradition of past years,the
young people enrolled in the
Yancey County schools will be
on stage to present their tal -
ents from a rich heritage of
folk music, singing, and dan
cing. A large number of ap
plications have been received
from students who are planning
to be in the Jamboree.
An audition for all Jambo -
ree participants is scheduled
for Saturday, July 31,at which
time plans will be finalized for
the two-night event to be held
the following week. At a
later date, letters will be
mailed to all participants giv
ing full details of the audition
ing schedule.
Jamboree judges will be
chosen from outside the county.
Every effort will be made to
get judges who are familiar
with the field of folk music,
singing and dancing.
The stated purpose of the
Jamboree is to give Yancey
County school youngsters an
opportunity to pass along their
folk heritage, and to provide
a $200.00 scholarship for a
worthy senior at each of the
two county high schools.
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