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SCHOOL DATS—Children arriving al Burnsville Elementary School for the start of another
school year last Friday were pleasantly surprised—but their parents were elated —to see
the improvements. Not only were there two new modular units, air conditioned and self con
tained (one shown above), which will serve as classrooms for many students, but the ancient
"upper building" of Burnsville Elementary is bright with a brand-new coat of plaster and
paint, new modern lighting fixtures and numerous other renovations. Ed Hunter, new Yancey
County Superintendent of Schools, invites all interested people to visit Burnsville Elemen -
tary and view this fine example of "money well spent."
MAY Technical Institute Chartered;
Regular Courses In Planning Stage
By O. V. Tally
We now have a charter for
a Mitchell-Avery- Yancey
Technical Institute. The wri
ter has been getting a consid -
erable number of calls as to
when we will be prepared to
take studerts. By January 1
we hope to have adult educa
tion programs and the number
of programs will be based on
the people who are interested.
School Bus Accident Sends
Nine Children To Hospital
A near-tragic accident hos
pitalized four Yancey County
school children on the first
day of the school year. Friday
morning, August 20th, at
7:35 aan., the school bus head
ed for Bald Creek School went
over an embankment on In
dian Creek Road, turned over
and landed on its side in In
dian Creek, 7 1/2 miles west
of Burnsville.
Driver of the bus was 16-
year-old Steven Richard Buck
ner of Route 3, Burnsville.
Nine children were taken
to Yancey Hospital and treat
ed. Admitted to the hospital
In the me antime, contin u e
with the McE>ow ell Technical
Institute and other institutes
that are now giving adult edu
cation programs through the
Fall quarter. For what is avail
able in adult education, con
tact Mrs. Shabe Humphries at
the WAMY organization in
Spruce Pine, telephone 765 -
9626. She can direct you to
where present courses are held
with injuries were Bennie Dean
Maney -18, Joe D. Austin-12,
Larry Dean Robinson-13, and
Garrett Robinson-14. Treated
and released were Chris Robin
son-7, Wanda Austin-16, Re
becca Lynn Austin-8, Tommy
Maney-9, and Cynthia Ellen
England-11.
According to State High
way Patrolman Ted Canipe
who investigated the
the driver of the bus apparent
ly lost control on a slight
curve, which resulted in the
accident. Buckner was charg
ed with driving left of center.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26,1971
and what other courses could
be generated if enough people
desire them. She is coopera -
ting veryclosely with the Mc-
Dowell Institute and will con
tinue to cooperate with their
Institute when we get going.
Regular daytime, full - time
technical institute courses,one
year and two year, will start
as soon as space is available.
The building will be located
conveniently and adjacert: to
the City of Spruce Pine, equi
distance from the far reaches
of Avery, Mitchell and Yrncey
Counties, and will be available
in approximately two years.
We will keep you informed
through the newspapers. So,if
you are interested in taking a
technical institute program on
the one or two-year basis, ap
ply to the unit nearest you. All
these technical institutes are
part of the overall forty techni
cal institutes that are now in
being in North Carolina. They
are not competitive institution
except each will try to help
train and educate' as many
people as possible for a better
job and career.
(The writer, O, V. Tally , is
Chairman of the Board of Trus
tees , MAY Technical Institute).
JCV a. * »•. ■ *
Yancey United Fund Budget
Set; Drive To Begin Soon
The annual community
chore of getting organized for
the fall fund raising campaign
of the Yancey United Fund is
well under way. Officers were
elected for the coming year,
a budget adopted, and plans
made for starting the drive.
The budget committee held
a long session last Thursday at
which requests from all agen
cies desiring to be included
in the united appeal were re
viewed. The budget finally
adopted is shown elsewhere in
this issue of the Yancey Re
cord.
The budget is the largest
in the seventeen years that
our united fund has operated
in the county; but, as the com
mittee pointed out, the in
crease is no more than can
be accounted for by the gen
eral inflation that has occurr
ed during the period. A com
mittee spokesman has ex
pressed the assurance that a
painstaking job was done tak
ing into account for every
item the benefit to be de
rived by the county. By far
the greater part of the money
raised will be spent within
the county, and the rest will
be returned by indirect benefits,
In the main, the budget is
similar to that of recent
although a strikingly larger
amount has been included for
Boy Scouts. The explanation
for this increase rests on defi
nite plans for a major increase
in scouting in Yancey County.
Burlington Mills has made a
large grant to assist in a great
expansion of scouting through
out the State, and Yancey
County is being called on to
increase its support on a match
ing basis.
The motivation back of the
Burlington Mills grant is under
stood to be the recognitionthat
4-H Clubs $ 760
Community Development 400
Orthopedic Clinic 300
Red Cross 3,000
Boy Scouts 3,500
Girl Scouts 2,000
Dread Diseases 200
Yancey County Library 400
Blind & Sight Conservation 200
Yancey Hospital 100
Yancey County Mental Health 1,200
Revolving Loan Fund for Aging, Disabled
and Low-income families 400
Child Development Center 200
N.C, United "Package" 1,290
Administration 200
TOTAL.... $14,150
Scouting is one of the most ef
fective ways to combat the
widespread alienation ofyoutli,
as evidenced by the hippy
movement. Scouting, fur
thermore, is believed to be
effective in providing for the
development of future commu
nity leaders.
The Boy Scout Councils
have committed themselves to
broad expansion of their acti
vities. A professional Scout
leader will be located in the
Avery- -Mitchell— Yamey area,
and there is a good likelyhood
that he will make nis residence
in Yancey County. Definite
assurance was given the bud
get committee that within a
year there will be scout troops
serving all areas of the county
with at least 200 active scouts.
The aim is to expand this ac
tivity to include 30 percent of
the 1,000 boys in the county
in the Boy Scout age.
Most of the items in the
budget are fairly self-explana
tory, although a few may need
clarification. The N. C. Uni
ted "Package" includes Yancey
County's fair share of support
for a group of agencies financed
jointly by all united funds in
the State. Among these are the
USO which serves those in mili
tary service with recreation and
other benefits, the principal
child adoption agency in the
State, a Florence Crittenden
Home, and medical research
at Bowman Grey and Duke.
From all these and several
others, Yancey County receives
benefits.
Serving on the budget com
mittee of the United Fund this
year were Mack B. Ray, Dr.
Garland Wampler, Ruby Smith,
Charles Gillespie, Don Elly,
Roy Ray, Ardell Sink, John
Martin, Pat Guyer, Randall fha
cock, Claude Vess and Bob
Helmle.
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