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PREVIEW OF WlNTEß—Although the omciai date set for the beginning of the winter season Is mid—December,
nature gave Yancey County a preview showing this past Tuesday. The first snowfall Is eagerly anticipated by
young and old, but some may say they regard the “last snowfall" of the season with more enthusiasm. Be that
as it may, the scene above, Cane River after a snowfall, is surely a beautiful sight.
'As Others See Us"
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ashworth, from Hyde in Cheshire,
England, were recent visitors to Burnsville and Yancey
County as guests of Mrs. Marie Murray and Mrs. Lillian
Jelley—When they returned to England, their visit was
thus described in the local "Herald" heading "Wild Wesf’.
"Another day and they are back in the Wild West, this time
in Yancey Valley, a small western town with an Inn (famous
for people in show business) and a store that sells almost
everything—“even English Marmalade!”—Some of the
truth was lost in the telling but perhaps this is the way
they saw us!
Two Yancey Churches
Plan Revival Services
There will be a Revival
November 29 through Decem
ber 5 at Concord Missionary
Baptist Church, Burnsville.
Rev. Bob White is speaker;
if you have not heard him
you should not miss these
services. Everyone is invi -
ted to attend. Services will
be held in the new church.
Rev. Bob White
/Masons Will
Meet Friday
The Asheville York Rite
Masons will hold its regular
meeting Friday night at the
Masonic Temple in Asheville.
Willie R. Bell, Illustrious
Master of fcnic Council #9,
Royal and Select Mastors
will preside. At 6:30 p. m.
the York Rite Tri-angular
Club dinner will be served
and business meeting oi the
Chapter, Council and Com
mand ery will be held at 7' 30
p. m. All York Rite Masons
are invited.
Turkey Shout
The Cane River High
School Booster's Club is spon
soring a Turkey Shoot to be
held directly behind the Ri
verside Service Station at
the mouth of Bakers Creek.
The dates are: Saturdays,
November 13 and 20. Shoots
will begin at 10:00 a. m.
Price is SI.OO per shot and
shells will be furnished. The
prize will be a turkey or pic
nic shoulder.
Revival services will be
held at the Newdale Presby
terian Church each night
beginning at 700 p. m.from
November 14 through 20
with Rev. Jerry McKinney,
pastor of the New Market
Baptist Church, New Market;
Tennessee, bringing the mes
sages. Rev. McKinney gra
duated from East YanaeyHigJi
School and is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul McKinney of
Newdale. His wife is the
daughter of Rev. Astor Buch
anan, well-known Baptist
minister in the Tri - County
area.
The services will provide
inspiring sermons by Rev.
McKinney and special music.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Rev. Jerry McKinney
'Secretary
Os The Day”
Mrs. Della Bennett, se
cretary at Cane River High
School, was selected as "Se
cretary of the Day" for Mon
day, November 8, by the
WWNC Radio Station in
Asheville, North Carolina.
Throughout the day, Mrs.
Bennett was saluted by the
various air personalities on
WWNC. It was noted that
she is secretary to Mrs. Cora
Cox, principal of Cone Ri
ver H igh School.
Mis. Bennett was given
a beautiful gift of flowers.
Students at Cane River
High would like to congratu
late Mrs. Bennett on recei
ving this honor.
United Fund Thermometer
Figures Indicate Progress
The columns of mercury
on the thermometers stan -
ding on the Town Square,
which indicate progress be
ing made in the Yancey Uni
ted Fund campaign, are
steadily rising.
Each week the list o f
names of the Century Club;
which consists of those who
have contributed SIOO or
more, is lengthening. This
week three names were ad
ded, and as shown below,
the membership now stands
at thirty.
A canvas is now being
made of firms and offices to
determine those where all
personnel have contributed
to the UF. This United
Fund Honor Roll will be pub
lished next week. Schools
where all teachers have con
tributed, will be included.
Tomatoes Yield
Good Return
The 1971 growing season
was an excellent year for
Yancey Tomato growei%Nbst
of the growers made a good
return for their time spent.
Thirteen County growers
have conducted special toma
to Enterprise and Type II de
monstrations this summer.
This is a cooperative effort
of farmer, the Extension Ser
vice and T. V. A. to teach
desirable cultural practices
in growing tomatoes. These
farmers have kept complete
accurate records of expenses
incurred along with quantity
sold and income received.
This information has been
compiled, totaled together,
and averages run. These
averages reveal the follow -
ing on a per acre basis: the
average yield marketed, 37
tons per acre. Average sales,
$4,788 per acre. Average
expenses including hired la -
bor, spray material, equip
ment, repairs, fertilizer and
other supplies were sl, 300
per acre.
The net return of approxi
mately $3400 per acre to the
growers speaks for itself in
showing the value of trellised
tomatoes as a cash crop for
farmers in our county.
Each grower is to be com
mended for the excellent job
he or she did during the sea
son in keeping accurate re
cords and growing first class
fields of tomatoes.
Road Proiects
Yancey County has been
allocated more than $30,000
for four secondary road con
struction projects, it was
announced today.
Approval of the projects
was voted at the regular No
vember meeting held
Point, North Carolina.
The campaign this year
has progressed more slowly
than a year ago, but the
campaign committee is by
no means discouraged. They
have simply extended the
drive to continue at least
two more weeks. They are
confident the slowness of
the drive does not re fleet
any unwillingness to con
tribute, but is rather the re
salt of inertia of some of the
volunteer workers who have
postponed doing their solici
tation.
Several substantial contri
butions are definitely in
prospect this coming week,
and it is hoped the drive can
shortly wind up with the goal
achieved.
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Century Club
Firms and individuals con
tributing SIOO or more to the
Yancey United Fund in
1971 are as follows:
Ben Franklin Store
Burnsville Fum. & Hardware
Caroline Tire
Glen Raven Mill
Holcombe Bros.FuiEralHome
Mohasco Mill
Northwestern Bank
Pollard's Drug Store
Ray Brothers Food Center
Riddle Fuel Company
Styles & Company
Deyton Farm Supply
Nu-Wray Inn
Banco Lumber Co.
B & B Supermarket
Burleson S AutreyTire Serv.
Deneen Mica Company
Diamond Mica Company
Johnson and Company
Yancey Builders Supply
Mr. and Mrs. Mack B. Ray
G. D. Bailey
Thomas F. Byrd
Phillip M. Thomas
Dr. Fergus Pope
Bob Helmle
Dr. W.A.Y. Sargent
Dr. Melvin Webb
E>r. Garland Wampler
Milton Weiss
Received
Approval
First-Citizens Bank & Trust
Company, headquartered in
Smithfield, has received ap
proval from the Federal De
posit Insurance Corporation
to open a full service bank
in Burnsville.
Earlier this year, the
State Banking Commission
authorized the state - wide
First-C itizens to open a bank
in the Yancey County city.
The Bank is expected to
announce plans for opening
the Burnsville Office in the
near future. Currently,First-
Citizens operates 159 offices
in 65 different North Caro
lina cities.
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Girls Haven To Celebrate First Year With
Groundbreaking, Pancake Supper Saturday
Girls Haven of North Caro
lina, Inc. , Burnsville will
mark its first year of exis
tance by having three impor
tant events on November 13.
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Miss Mayland, Melissa Thomas
New Law Taxes Employers
With Small Businesses
An estimated 33,000 ad
ditional employers in North
Carolina will be liable for
unemployment insurance tax
payments to State and Fed -
eral Governments January 1,
reports Davis M. Nichols,
Manager of the Employment
Security Commission office
here.
Although he had no es
timate on the number of em
ployers in the Tri-County
area who will come under
provisions of the new law,
the ESC Manager stated that
most small employers, such
as realtors, grocery store
operators, service station
operators, doctors and rrany
others will be liable for pay
roll taxes for the first time.
Certain non- profit or
ganizations will be taxes for
the first time.
The cuffent unemploymat
insurance law requires a fed
eral state payroll tax on most
companies and firms employ
ing four or more workers dur
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The Yancey County Lions,
Jaycees, and Jaycettes will
be sponsoring a huge pan
cake supper at East Yancey
Gym at 6:00 p. m. That
ing 20 weeks. The new law,
which was enacted by the
1971 General Assembly to
bring North Carolina into
compliance with federal sta
tutes, extends coverage to
most employers of one or
more persons in 20 calendar
weeks, thus adding approxi
mately 138,000 extra work
ers to the unemployment in
surance program.
For newly covered employ
ers, the law requires a 2. 7
percent state tax and a .5
percent federal tax on the
first $4,200 paid each cov
ered worker. The Employ -
ment Security Commission
this week completed mail -
ing status questionnaires to
all employers who previously
were not covered by the un
employment insurance law,
and Mr. Nichols states that
it is imperative "that empby
ers complete these forms and
return them to the ESC cen
tral office immediately."
Failure to return the ques
tionnaires cotH result in a
late determination, or no
determination at all, which
would eventually mean an
assessment of back taxes.
Employers uncertain about
their liability under the new
law, or those with questions,
are urged by Mr. Nichols to
contact the field representa
tive at the local ESC office.
Woman's Club Meets Today
Mrs. Fergus Pope of Celo
will be the guest speaker at
the regular meeting of the
Woman's Club on Thursday,
November 11, at 8 p.m. at
the Community Building .Mrs.
Pope will speak and show
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11,1971
afternoon Girls Haven will
have open house, along with
a ground breaking ceremony
for the first cottage. Miss
North Carolina will cut the
ribbon for the open house
ceremonies, and Miss May
land will give a special re
citation in the evenings
entertainment to follow the
Pancake Supper.
All citizens are encourag
ed and invited to attend the
pancake supper, and to visit
Girls Haven in the afternoon.
Many people do not fully un
derstand the operation of
Girls Haven; this, open house
was arranged so that every
one can visit and ask ques
tions about this state project.
Tickets for the pane ake
supper are being distributed
throughout North Carolina for
the purpose of raising at least
$5,000 for this year's proper
ty payment. The day to day
operation will be support e d
by group and individual con
tributions from around the
state. The new cottage will
be built with extensive help
from the Greensboro Jaycees.
Girls Haven is a home
where girls who are removed
torn their own home can lire
until the family problems are
solved or until they finish
high school. The more peo
ple learn about Girls Haven,
die more support this effort
will receive locally and
statewide.
Miss Melissa Thomas,Miss
Mayland, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas
of Micaville. Her dramatic
recitation "The Creation"by
James Weldon Johnson, vhich
she gave for the Miss Mayland
Pageant, helped to win her
the coveted crown last July.
She has been very busy so for
this year in various activities
as Miss Mayland, and she
will compete in the Miss Fbrth
Carolina Pageant to be held
next June in Charlotte, repre
senting the Tri-County area.
Miss North Carolina, wlro
will cut the ribbon for Open
House ceremonies, is Patsy
Wood, daughter of Mr. and
Mis. John William Wood, Jr,
of Benson, North Carolina.
Patsy lx,lds aB. S. degree in
elementary education from
East Carolina University and
has taught at Gamer Elemen
tary School in Gamer, North
Carolina, for the past 2-years.
Patsy's interests center around
art, music, young people,
and politics. She spends a
lot of her free time reading,
collecting poetry, sewing/>r
simply enjoying the quietens
and privacy of the country.
Schedule of Events on No
vember 13th is as follows:
At Girls Haven Property
(Green Mountain
ville) 2:30 p. m. Open
House-Miss North Carolina
will cut the ribbon. 3:00 p.
m. is Ground Breaking Cere
mony for a new cottage.
At East Yancey Higi case-
slides on the life and work
of Albert Schweitzer, with
whom she and her husband,
Dr, Pope, were associated
for several years. Hostesses
will be Mrs. Annie Bennett
and Mrs, Winnie Lou Ray.
The public is invited.
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teria (Burnsville) 6:00 p. m.
until all are served —Rmcake
Supper. Followed in the
gymnasium by Entertainment,
(Toe River Valley Boys,Miss
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Miss Norih Carolina, Patsy Wood
Veterans Employment
Day Program Held
Over 1,000 letters of in -
vitation were sent to unem -
ployed veterans in Yancey,
Burke, McDowell, Mitchell
and Avery counties to ask
them to come to the Veter -
an's Employment Day Pro
gram which was held Wed
nesday in Marion N.C.
More than 30 business firms
and area service organizatiers
participated in the program.
Sponsored by the N. C.
Employment Security Com
mission and the Chambers of
Commerce and various civic
groups and veterans organiza
tions of Marion, Morgantou
and Spruce Pine, the Veteran?
Employment Day was design
ed to bring jobless veterans
from all areas and the em
ployer representatives from
this area together for possible
employment and counseling.
Vietnam veterans are re
turning to Western North Ca
rolina in ever increasing
numbers. Their unemploy -
merit rate is much higher
than non-veterans. This is
partly due to loss of empbyer
contacts caused by several
years absence. This get
together will help bridge that
gap for file veteran and make
available to employers an
attractive recruiting source
of young men, many with
excellent training and a
variety of skills.
On June 11, 1971, Resi
dent Nixon directed Secrrtary
of Labor James D. Hodgson
to assume leadership of an
intensive effort to place un
employed Vletnam-era vete
rans in jobs or training and
to establish procedures which
will provide employment for
veterans as we continue pha
sing down the war in Vietnam.
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Greensboro); Auction (inclu
ding a new 1972 Ford Pinto)
and Drawing of 2 Door Prizes,
(Antique Bracelet and Regis
tered Horse).
This Veterans' Employment
Day is one of the metiUodl be
ing used to achieve the goals
of this presidential directive.
It was used successfully in
Asheville on October 6, 1971,
and is now being planned in
other areas of the state.
Executive Order 1 1598,
issued by President Nixon on
June 16, 1971, placed the
Federal government squarely
behind this program. ft
states: "It also is the policy
of the Federal government to
require that veterans be giv
en a preference in job refer
rals through the employment
system", ft further orders
the Secretary of Labor to "is
sue rules and regulation* re
quiring each department and
agency of the Executive Bauch
of the Federal government to
list suitable employment open
ings with the appropriate of
fice of the State Employment
Service or the U, S. Employ
ment Service."
ft also requires that "gov
ernment contracts, above a
specified dollar amount and
providing specified employ -
ment potential, to contain
assurance that the contractor
and any subcontractor holdirg
a contract directly under that
contractor, shall, to the ma
ximum extent feasible, list
all of its suitable empfoymait
openings with the appropriate
office of the State employ -
meat service system."
CAP MEETING |
Every Monday at 7:30 1
P, M., Mountain Wil
derness. We urge all I
members to attend.