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IUF Campaign Starts I
With Kick-Off Supperl
Under the leadership of
campaign co-chairmen Roy
Ray and Ardell Sink, a whirl
wind, all-out drive to raise
$14,150, set by the budget
committee of the Yancey Uni
ted Fund as the goal for the
1971 campaign, is due to be
gin. The drive is scheduled
to start next Tuesday, follow
ing a kick-off supper to be
held Monday night at the Am
berjack.
The campaign committee
has introduced two new sea -
tures for this year's drive. First,
advance solicitation has been
undertaken before the formal
opening of the drive, aimed
to start things off with momen
tum. Second, a "Century
Contributors Club" has been
initiated, to be made up of
all those firms and individuals
who give SIOO or more.
In the advance solicitation
only a few of the faithful sup-
CAP Aids
Aircraft
At 12 noon on Saturday,
September 11, 1971 the Moun
tain Wilderness Composite
Squadron, Civil Air Patrol,was
alerted by the Yancey County
Sheriff's Office that an air
craft had forced landed 1 mile
west of Burnsville on Route 19
East. A vehicle from squadron
headquarters was immediately
dispatched to the scene, ar
riving there at 12:25 p.m. In
this vehicle were Squadron
Commander Taylor O.Teague
and Chief Warrent Officer Ro
bert C. McPhee, who assisted
the county and state police
officials in securingthe aircraft
from the highway.
The pilot, Mr. Ray Fort -
ner from Huntersville, N.C.
and his wife, said that they
were on a flight from Hunters
ville to Kansas City, Missouri,
when they were forced to land
on the highway due to the
worsening weather conditions
After talking with the pilot, it
was decided that Commander
Teague, being more familiar
with the area, would pilot the
aircraft to Mountain Wilder -
ness Airport with Mr. Fortner
as co-pilot. Mb. Fortner
rode to Mountain Wilderness
with CWO McPhee in the
Squadron vehicle.
The Fortners agreed that it
had been quite a day and they
were looking forward to a good
nights sleep before proceed -
ing with their trip to Missouri.
porters of the UF have so far
been contacted, but wellover
$2,000 has already been con
tributed or pledged. The names
of those already qualifying as
Century Contributors are prin
ted elsewhere in the Yancey
Record. During the drive,
w hich will extend through
October, new names will be
added to the Century Club.
One important purpose of
the advance solicitation has
been to contact as many of
our summer residents as possi
ble before they depart for
their winter homes.
President John Martin of
the Yancey UF is assisting the
campaign committee in whip
ping this year's organization
into shape. His statement re
garding the drive appears else
where in this issue.
The campaign committee
is emphasizing this year that
our United Fund benefits every
body in the county —ix>t just
the low income people and
the unfortunate. It is not just
"more welfare". An exami
nation of the budget of the
UF budget, which spells out
item by item how the money
will be put to use, shows that
benefits will be received by
citizens of Yancey County,
across the board, and regard -
less of income level, orwhere
in the county they live.
This was the controlling
aim of the budget committee
—to make Yancey County a
better place In which to live
--a better place for all of us.
Mayor Anglia Proclaims
1971 Farm-City Week
Mayor of Burnsville, James
A. Anglin, made the follow -
ing proclamation regarding
Farm-City Week 1971, on
September 14, 1971:
WHEREAS the prosperity
and well-being of this com -
munity are dependent upon
cooperation between all peo
ple of our society: rural and
urban, and
WHEREAS the complexitis
of individual problems and the
divergence of activities make
Burnsville Lodge No. 717
is having a Stated Communi
cation Meeting at 8:00 p. m.
September 17. All members
are urged to attend.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1971
Seventeenth Annual Farm-City Week
Begins In Yancey County September 22
Amey Fox has been named
Yancey County Farm - City
Week chairman for the 1971
observance of Farm-City Week.
The appointment was recently
announced by Jerry L. Bumgard
ner of Raleigh, state FarmOty
Week Chairman.
Serving with Fox as the co
chairman for the county com
mittee is William C. Bledsoe,
County Extension Chairman.
Other committee members
are Paul Biggerstaff, Yates
Bailey, Bill Young and G. Les
lie Hensley.
Farm-City Week will be
observed in Yancey County
September 22-28. The pur
pose of the event is to help
create a better understanding
between rural and urban people.
In appointing Farm - City
Week chairmen, Bmngardner
stated that North Carolina is
fortunate to have a fine rela -
tionship between turban and ru
ral citizens. "Farm - City
Week can help to maintain aid
strengthen this relationship,"he
stated.
This will be the seventeenth
annual observance of Farm-
City Week. Last year's obser -
vance, according to final re
ports received at national
headquarters, involved the ac
tive participation of more than
15,000 communities intheU.S.
and Canada.
Farm-City Week is under
the direction of a National
Farm- City Council, Inc .headed
by Irwin B. Johnson, Director
of Information, Farmers Home
it easy to forget our interde -
pendencc, and
WHEREAS each group must
understand the other If our
American way of life is to en
dure, and
WHEREAS Farm-CltyWeek
provides an unparalleled op
portunity for farm and city
people to become re-acquain
ted,
I, THEREFORE, James A.
Anglin, Mayor of the City of
Burnsville, do hereby proclaim
the period of September 22
through September 28 to be
Farm-Ciiy Week; and Ido fur
ther call upon all citizens of
this community to participate
to the limit of their capability
in the observance of a success
ful Farm-City Week in Burns
ville.
Administration, U.S. Depart -
ment of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D.C. Kiwanis Internation
al will serve as coordinating
agency for Farm-City Wee k
and act a headquarters for the
National Farm-City Council for
the seveitemth consecutive yean
The National Farm- City
Council is composed of repre -
sentatives from more than 150
major farm organizations, in
dustries, businesses, associa -
tions, governmental agencies,
educational institutions, and
church groups. A Presidential
proclamation and a joint Con
gressional resolution h&e called
for Farm-City Week observan
ces each year since the incep
tion of the event. Farm City
Week has won the Freedoms
Foundation's Distinguished Ser
vice Award, which carries the
same distinction in the com
munity service field as does
the famed "Oscar" in the mo
tion picture industry and the
Girl Scout Troops Forming
There's plenty of action...
Girl Scouts get around... The
Girl Scout Troops in the Burns
ville area are forming now..
If you want to join the Scouts,
contact one of the Troop Lea
" ders.
The Brownie ScoUts will
meet on Tuesday aftei school
at the First Presbyterian Churdi,
Burnsville. Mrs. Gene Woody
and Mb. Donald Styles are
the leaders.
The Junior Scouts will meet
soon at the First Presbyterian
Church in Burnsville on Mon
days after school, the precise
date to be announced later.
Mrs. Clifford Peteson and Mb.
Carlyle Bledsoe are the leaders
The Cadette Scouts meet
on Wednesday after school at
the home of Mrs. Charles Gil
lespie. Mrs. Gillespie and
Family Clinic
The Health Department en
courages unmarried women of
all ages to have regular exam
inations for cancer. Married
women are checked automati
cally in the Family Planning
Clinic, but this clinic is meant
to serve and protect the single
girl too. Remember the best
way to battle cancer is to
prevent it from getting a foot
hold.
The next Family Planning
Clinic is Thursday, Septem -
ber 23rd, at 8:30 ft.m. No
appointment is necessary.
"Emmy" in the television field,
and the Silver Anvil Award at
the Public Relations Society
of America for being the best
community relations program
of 1966.
Farm-City Week will be
observed in Yancey County
with a tour by businessmen to
farms in the county, the com
mittee announced. Plans are
being made to visit at least
two farms next Wednesday af
ternoon. The committee
selected dairy farms and toma
to glowing farms to visit. These
farms were selected, it was
pointed out, because of the
economic impact they have.
The tour will begin from
the parking lot of The North
western Bank at 1:00 p. m.and
will end at 5:00 p.m. with a
visit to the tomato marketing
house.
Every businessman in Burns
ville is invited and urged to
moke the farm tour.
Mb. Foirest McCall assist the
girls.
The Troops in the Bums -
ville area are getting under
way... anyone interested in
forming troops in other Yan
cey County Communities con
tact Mb. Garland Wampler
for more information.
The Girl Scouts wish to
thank the membeß of the First
Presbyterian Church in Burns
ville for the meeting room
provided in the church base
ment for the Brownie and Jun
ior Girls meetings.
Open House
The first meeting of the
new school year of the Bums -
ville P. T. A. will be held in
the Lunchroom of the school
on Tuesday, September 21.
Prior to the business meeting
the teacheß will be in their
rooms from 7:30 p.m. until
8:15 to talk with parents, and
there will be a general "Open
House" throughout the school.
Because of the community in
terest in the complete renova
tion of the lower floor of the
upper building and the addi
tion of two new prefabricated
units, an invitation is exten
ded to all residents of Yancey
County to tour these new faci
lities even if they might be
unable to attend the business
meeting.
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