i j9H<’ _ rwiiiiT n : fa' I -/' 5* „.»V 1 ’’-w9r btP ms .>. *■ L~ v 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. iH S VI ItE: jWCmTH^ARO V0L.35, N 0.45 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. it?;. ■■MUnk 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 JWyM|l{~ iC'H fjt Jl fimwM | J '«■■[ / ' H Ht-UO 0 p fVt fc **>£*■< Ufftß Toacu ■Vrhce^^^ntu HPj 60 Jl«r 20 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. TABtOT PATRICK *tT.5 BOX 253 D BURNS fILLF., N.C. 237i4 teria (Burnsville) 6:00 p. m. until all are served —Rmcake Supper. Followed in the gymnasium by Entertainment, (Toe River Valley Boys,Miss sJtL.iL t \ > A ' 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. ;io c 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.