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NC Commercial Apple Growers Vote December 15
On Renewal Os Assessment Program For Promotion
North Carolina and Yan
cey County Commercial Ap
ple Growers will vote Wednes
day, December 15, on the
renewal of their assessment
program to support the pro
motional woA of the North
Carolina Apple Growers Asso
ciation, Incorporated.
An assessment planwhich
was approved in 1965 and
again in 1968 will have to
be approved again by two
thirds of those voting in order
to continue the program for
another three years.
Under the enabling act
passed by the N, C. General
Assembly, the assessment
"Mrs Claus’lo
Visit Library
Have you met the Mis.
Santa Claus??? Mrs. Santa
is coming to town and she
wants to meet you if you are
a pre-schooler. She plans
to visit the Yancey County
Public Library's CHILDRENS
HOUR Christmas Party on
Monday, December 13th
from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Plan to attend this very
special Christmas Party,talk
with Mrs. Santa and eat some
of the "goodies" she has
baked ji*t for little boys and
girls to enjoy.
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500 POUNDS ON THE HOOF—Fred Bodford (right) and Ward Price of Bill Allen Branch
Road near Burnsville butchered Fred’s hogs last Thursday, December 2nd, because, ac
cording to Fred it was "cold enough to do the job; not too cold to build a fire.” Actually,
Fred said he would have done it sooner, but just didn’t get around to it. Whatever the
circumstances, old porky looks as though he’s been living off the fat of the land for some
time now, and was due to grace somebody's frying pan. Fred saiu this hog and another
one just Hke it weighed about 500 pounds apiece.
program must be submitted
to vote every three years,or
six years.
Commercial apple growers
in Yancey County are eligi -
ble to vote. The County
Extension Office will be the
polling place for Yancey
County. It will remain open
from 8:00 to 12:30 and 1:00
to 5:00 p. m. The owner or
leasee of an orchard who
grades and packs in closed
containers or who sells to
packets who grade and pack
Special Song Services For Community
Begin Sunday At First Baptist Church
The expectancy and
celebration of the birth of
Cl a will be highlighted in
three special seasonal ser
vices at First Baptist
Church, Burnsville.
The Mars Hill College
Choir, under the direction
of Dr. Robert C. Rich, Jr,
will present the first of these
services at 4:00 p. m. on
Sunday, December 12. The
choir has been nationally
acclaimed for its presenta -
tions at regional and nation
al music conventions, as
well as at churches, schools,
and colleges throughout the
Southeast. It will represent
the United States at an in
in closed containers are eli
gible to vote.
They will vote on the
following: 1. continuation
of the assessment of 3 cents
per bushel or bushel equiva
lent on all apples packaged
and sold in closed container,
2. continuation of an assess
ment of 3 cents per hundred
pounds on all U. S. No. 1
canners sold to processors,ex
cluding apples sold for juice
purposes.
The effective period of
assessment would be 1972,
ternational symposium to be
held in Vienna, Aistria in
tire summer of 1972.
This concert will include
familiar and unfamiliar
carols as well as selected
works appropriate to the sea
son at Christmastime.
On Wednesday evening,
December 15, the junior
choir, along with similar
choirs from four other chur
ches, will perform "What
Gift Have I?", a cantata by
Robert Graham. This pro -
gram will be at 7:30 p. m.
Concluding the series on
December 19 will be a ser -
vice of warship centered
around the cantata " Love
1973 and 1974.
The funds would be col
lected by the N. C. Depart -
ment of Agriculture and
turned over to the treasurer
of the N. C. Apple Growers
Association, Inc. The funds
will be administered by the
growers through an elected
board of directors.
The money collected will
be used for promoting all
phases of the North Carolina
apple industry—Production,
Promotion, Marketing and
Processing.
Transcending" which will be
presented by the Adult Choir.
The junior ctoir vvill also
take part in this service to
be held at 4:00 p. m.
All of these programs ate
designed as worship services
for the entire community as
well as First Baptist Church
members. In the spirit of
the season, the music minis
try invites the public to at
tend and worship through tin
joy of music.
Christmas Mail
Deadline Near
By Paul Buck
Those mailers who have
not already mailed their
Christmas packages which are
going out of town should do
so immediately.
Local packages and out-of
town greeting cards and letters
should be mailed by Decem
ber 10, 1971. Local greeting
cards and letters should be
mailed by December 15,1971.
to insure delivery before
Christmas.
Rural route customers
should follow the same pro -
cedure as mentioned above.
In addition, all rural route
customers should put stamps
on their outgoing letters and
Christmas cards. Rural route
carriers are not required to
pick up un-stamped letters
and cards during the month
of December. So be sure to
stamp all mail before putting
it in the mail boxes.
The employees of the
Burnsville Post Office would
like to extend to all of our
customers a Very Merry Christ
mas!
New Road
Project Set
Yancey County has been
allocated more than $12,000
for one secondary road con
struction project, it was
announced today.
Approval of the project
was voted at the regular De
cember meeting held in Ra
leigh.
The project is to Grade,
drain, stabili 1.0.34 miles
of State Road 1434 Ext...
Rocky Springs Branch Road.
apMESMUICEtf ItEjIORIKI
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Many Volunteers Unite In Search Effort
For Victims Os Plane Wreck On Mt.Celo
By Carolyn Yuziuk
Phillip Hensley and Paul
Presnell of Pensacola, while
hunting for a Christmas tree
and animal signs last Sunday
afternoon atop Celo Knob,
found the body of William
H. Jennings Jr., a55 - year
old Norfolk, Virginia man.
The chance discovery led to
an all-out search effort in
which the Civil Air Patrol,
Mitchell-Yancey and Marion
Units of the N.C. Radio Pa
trol, Newdale Fire Depart -
ment, Yancey County Sheriff*
Department, Spruce Pine Res
cue Squad and the State and
National Forest Service par
ticipated.
The men who found the
body on the 6,000 foot Celo
Peak Southeast of Burnsville
journeyed four miles over
the snow-covered mountain
terrain Sunday to reach a
telephone and notify authori
ties , and then led Yancey
Sheriff Hermit Bank and
members of Mountain Wil -
der->ess Squadr-*. ft the
CAP back to the site where
the body was found.
Banks, who is also a mem
ber of the CAP, and Ray
Miller, Squadron Deputy
Commander, led the initial
search party. They could
get the CAP jeep no closer
than 4 miles from the site,
but a resident of the area,
Amos Presnell, who knows
the area "like the back of
his hand", brought his four
wheel drive truck with chains
which broke through snow
drifts up to 4 feet deep to
gain another 3 miles. The men
carried the body a mile down
the mountainside to the wait
ing truck. Most of the mis
sion took place at night in
freezing weather as the
searchers arrived at the scene
shortly after dark Sunday.
Searchers speculated Sun
day night that the victim
might have fallen from a
plane, but until 3:00 a.m.
Monday when report was re
ceived of a missing aircraft,
All Stars Met
Red Heads
By Dianne Banks
Moore's All American
Red Heads met the Cane Ri
ver All Stars on December 1
in the Rebel gym.
The game was a tough and
comical one for both teams.
The final score was 84 -70
in favor of the Red Heads.
Everyone who attended
enjoyed seeing the Roi Heads
perform.
Our thanks go to the All
Stars and the Cane River
Booster Club for making the
game possible.
Notice
Jolin McLain, member of
the Program Committee and
local Scoutmaster, will pre
sent a program Thursday
night , December 9th at 7:00
p. m. at the Amberjack Res
taurant. The Program will
be on Scouting in Yancey
County.
they had no knowledge of
other possible victims in the
area. At daybreak Monday,
a massive search effort was
launched and eighteen men
started the trek up the steep
slope of Mt. Celo in so glairy
and freezing weather, to find
the four men reported to have
been in the missing plane
with the first victim.
This Search Party, which
included men from the New
dale Fire Department, North
Carolina Radio Patrol and
State and National Forest
Service as well as CAP mem
bers and the two men who
had found the body Sunday
and were once again aiding
in the search, arrived at the
site where the bodywas found,
around midmoming and they
quickly located the tangled
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Volunteers Who Participated In Monday’s Search Mission—They Found Plane Wreckage And Four Bodies
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! MAY Technical Institute To Offer Free Seminar i
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The Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 is
now being enforced. Many
people and industries have
not had an opportunity yet
to become fully acquainted
with the law and its admini
stration. Since monetary
penalties maybe incurred
for violations, a knowledge
of the law is most necessary.
Mayland Technical Insti
tute will sponsor a seminar
of nine (9) tours on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday
Yancey Has
Good Record
Yancey County is in the
top five percentofthe State
for immunization of children
against Black Measles and
German Measles. Chly four
other North Carolina coun -
ties can match our measles
record. Congratulations go
to the schools and parents
who have cooperated to stamp
out these diseases.
Anyone who still needs
shots can get them Monday
mornings at the Health De
partment. Let's keep up the
good woik!
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1971
wreckage of the plane on the
thickly wooded mountain
about 75 feet away. Two
bodies were in the wreckage
and two were nearby.
The men of the search
crew then carried the four
bodies on stretchers down the
mountainside for over a mile
through the snowdrifts and
slippery mud to the three
waiting four-wheel drive ve
hicles which could make it
up that far: a truck from the
State Forest Service,one from
the U. S. Forest Service, and
again, Amos Presnell with
his truck which was used in
Sunday's mission.
The four bodies were iden
tified as Clarence Ray Rikle
of Norfolk, Va., 37, pilot
of the ifreruft; j DavttdHJtyid
of Norfolk, 47,|owi4er of the
nights, December 13,14 and
15 from 700 p.m. to 10:00
p. m. for the purpose of ac
quainting safety directors,
foremen, and management
of the requirements of the
WNC HORTICULTURAL CROPS CONTEST WINNER—Steve Gortney, 16 year old 4-H
member from Green Mountain was announced as third place winner of the 1971 WNC
Horticultural Crops Contest Monday night at a meeting in Asheville. Steve received a
certificate and $25.00 for third prize. He was one of eleven finalists selected for the
award.
plane; Robert Elwood Alvis
Jr. of Virginia Beach, 29;
and James Thomas Comick,
60, of Norfolk.
The men had left Norfolk
late Saturday afternoon in the
light twin-engine airplane to
fly to Houston, Texas where
they were planning to attend
the Texas 500 Automobile
Race. They apparently
crashed about 9:50 p.m. Sa
turday, the time being ascer
tained from a stopped watch
worn by one of the victims.
Much credit and recogni
tion is deserved by the men
who carried out the search
mission. Mostly volunteers,
they endured hardships that
would .aeem incredible to
many people. The trip up
to the wreckage was exhaust
ing and the temperature so
new Occupational Safety
and Health Act Law. The
sessions will be conducted
by Mr. Jennings Bryant of
H enredon Furniture India -
tries.
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cold that the men had to start
a fire at the site to bring
mobility to their frozen limbs
before they could carry the
bodies off the mountainside.
The trek back was a night -
mare with the weight of the
bodies and slippery, snowy
slopes adding to the difficul
ty. The Sunday night search
was carried on underthesame
conditions but—in the dark!
And what is more remarkable,
the men are willing to go
through these hardships again
and again—mostly helping
to recover the dead--but al
ways toping to be able to
rescue a survivor, and some
times succeeding.
CAP wives had coffee
and sandwiches waiting for
the men on their return from
the mission.
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The sessions will beheld
in the auditorium of Harris
Elementary School, Spruce
Pine, N.C,
There is no cost for the
seminar.