4 tit,, rvf r %v:- Bfellfi.,, 11* I mmmmmMmm! tigL MSVI ILE^MORTH AROIlN V0L.35, N 0.34 ■Ki— - JR&. • * Kip BIDMKc l w ’ ■ ” Jar***> iM^BMHfIBr ■ * “—£ •*■•»« , K * -J 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. - up** * t 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. 10<

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