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Pre-School Children Enjoy Christmas Party Given By Social Services, The Health Dept.,And Head Start
Interagency Christmas Party Held For Children
By Social Services, Health Dept. And Head Start
By Jody Higgins
Last Thursday, December
23rd, Social Services, the
Health Department, and
Head Start held an inter
agency Christmas Party at
the Pensacola Methodist
Church, The party was giv
en for children in that area
who might not have been
able to come into town for
the gathering.
The thirty children and
ten adults in attendance v«e
visited by Santa Claus, who
gave the children toys. Su
zanna Jones presented a
flannel-gram story about
Santa coming to the Moun
tains for Christmas. The
children sang Christmas
carols for their parents and
were then served refresh -
ments by the Social
Health Department and Head-
Start workers.
Those who planned and
helped with the Christ mas
Party were Wanda Edwards,
Public Health Nurse; Mari
lyn Kunzweiler, Social Ser
vices; Janet Rougier,Health
Services; Bonnie Me Curry,
Health Service; True Elliott,
WAMY; Lorene Greene,Head
Start Director; Jerry Mann
helped Santa!
The group wishes to thank
the Pensacola Methodist
Swine Inspection Requirement Lifted
By Wm.C,Bledsoe
Extension Chairman
James A, Graham, Com
missioner of Agriculture,has
issued a proclamation that
effective January 1, 1972,
the requirement for on the
farm inspection of Swine is
lifted.
The requirement that
swine moving from farm- to
farm be inspected was im
posed some time ago to com
bat spread of hog cholera in
the state. This change in no
way alters other emergency
hog cholera regulations.
The N. C, Graded feeder
pig sale Association has be
gun a swine farm inspection
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Chinch for the use of their
Fellowship Hall. The Fel
lowship Hall complete with
kitchen facilities is part of
the recently completed
building program by the Ffen
sacola Church.
program for continuation of
quality feeder pig offerings.
This farm inspection is re
quired only for producers
selling on the graded feeder
pig sales. This activity has
no connection with the N.C.
birth defedcts
are forever.
yunless you help.
Photos by Jody Hl**U*
On Wednesday, the So
cial Services Department
gave a Christmas Party for
children attending the Child
Development Center. About
25 other children from this
area attended the party.
Department of Agriculture
Cholera regulations.
Anyone who might have
questions regarding these
changes, please contaetthe
Yancey County Extension
Office.
THE YANCEY RECORD
V0L.35, NO. 52
Yancey Jaycees Active
During Holiday Season
The Yancey County Jay
cees with the cooperation of
a few local merchants are
sponsoring a Fireworks Dis -
play on New Years Eve, De
cember 31, 1971, to begin
around 9:30 p.m.
The Display will take
place on the property direct
ly above the railroad depot.
The site was chosen so that
you can park somewhere in
the surrounding area and view
the display from your car.
The Yancey County Jay
cees would like to express
appreciation to Ms. Madlyn
Bryant for the use of her pro
perty and also’appreciation
to the following merchants:
The Yancey Record, Ray
Brothers Food Center, Dr. Al
len Maddox, Amberjack Res
taurant, Rubys Flowes by
Vance, WKYK Radio,Coun
try Store, Roberts Chevrolet-
Buick, Carolina Tire, Styles
& Company, Burnsville Super
Market, Chamber of Com
merce.
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President Daniel Buchan
an and Donald Banks of the
Yancey County Jaycees spent
most of Friday afternoon,De
cember 17, erecting the 50
foot cross on the fire tower
on Phillips Knob.
The Yancey County Jay
cees would like to express
appreciation to Mr. Craig
English and his Forest Service
group for permitting us to
display this cross on the tower.
Also we appreciate the Town
of Burnsville letting us use
the string of lights.
The Yancey County Jay
cees took on this project ho
ping that we could add a
little cheer and happiness to
your Christmas season. We
hope everyone had a Merry
Christmas and wish you all
a Happy New Year.
Panthers Win
Two Os Three
By Robert Howard,
Charles Robinson
In the last game before the
Christmas holidays, the Pan
thers won two of the three
games played against Bakeis
ville.
Darrell Boone and Jimmy
Norris led the scoring for
East Yancey. Boone had 33
very big points, while Norris
had 10. Miller, Ledford and
Craig of Bakersville had 14,
10 and 10 points respectively.
Kathy Griffin and Shelia
Parker led the scoring for the
Lady Panthers. Griffin had
12, while Parker scored 10.
Harrell was the high scorer
for Bakersville with 8 points.
Miller and Boone had 6 and 4
points respectively.
East Yancey lost the J. V.
game by a score of 62-54.
East Yancey will play Mars
Hill on January 4 at East
Yancey.
The Yancey County Jay
cees will sponsor a Gospel
Singing for James Beaver on
January 9 at Cane River High
School. There will be no
admission charge, but a good
will offering will be taken.
Performing groups will be
the Glory Bound Quartet,
Trailways Quartet, Joyfulaires,
Peak Family, Rainbow Quar
tet, Rebels Creek Quartet,
Bee log Quartet, Happy
Echoes, Maple Ridge Quar
tet, Thomas Brothers Qmrtet,
Ivy Gap Singers, Gethsemene
Quartet, and the Good News
Singers.
Everyone is invited to
attend.
Students On
Dean’s List
Academic honors at Wes
tern Carolina University
have been conferred upon 9
students from Yancey County,
according to an announce -
ment by Dr. W. Newton Tur
ner, vice president for aca
demic affairs.
Students from Yancey
County are: Mark Bennett
Jr.; James W. Hoover, Rt.
5; Larry V. Hughes, Rt. 1;
Teresa A. McMahan, Rt. 2;
Sharon D. Smith, Route 5;
Forrest R. Westall, Route 5;
Janet C. Wilson, Rt. 2, all
of Burnsville; Kenneth M.
Hughes of Micaville; Dennis
L. Howell of Newdale.
Students on the dean's list
must earn a quality point
ratio of 3. 0 on a scale of
4.0 on a regular quarter's
work of not less than twelve
quarter hours.
1972 License Plate Sale Begins With New Year;
Application Cards Necessary To Obtain Plates
The application cards ne
cessary for obtaining 1972
license plates were placed in
the mail on December 20
and 21, Department of Mo
tor Vehicles officials expect
this huge mailing, estimated
at more than 3,500,000 cards,
to be delivered by January 1.
The 1972 Blue and White
plates will go on sale throtgh
out the State on January 4.
The 1971 plates expire De -
cember 31 and their use be
yond that date is permissable
only if they are duly register
ed by the Department to the
vehicle on which display is
made. Owners who have
their vehicles properly regis
tered by the Department have
through February 15 to obtain
new plates.
Surrounding area residaits
may obtain plates at License
Plate Office on the Bums -
ville Town Square, opera
ted by the Yancey Merchants
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30,1971
Bear Hunters’ Help Asked To
Insure Black Bears Survival
By Jim Dean
In the desolate eastern
swamps and in the high moun
tains in the west, the black
bear is fighting for survival
in North Carolina—with a
little help from his friends.
The black bear has been
in trouble in North Carolina
for some time, mostly be
cause his old haunts are be
ing replaced by everything
from parking lots to housing
developments. In the east,
swamp drainage and clear
cutting has ruined huge tracts
of land where bears previous
ly lived.
Actually, there are still
quite a few bears left in
North Carolina, particularly
in the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park and other
large, near wilderness areas
in the west. In the coastal
plain, bears are not uncom -
mon in many areas,but their
future has been looking ra
ther bleak.
Faced with the possibility
that the black bear might
become extinct —or at least
endangered—in North Caro
lina, the Wildlife Resources
Commission took some major
steps last spring to insure that
this state will always have a
good population of bears.
The project, an ambitious
one, involved establishing
some 26 bear sanctuaries .pri
marily in the east and west,
where no bear hunting would
be allowed. These sanctuar
ies are listed in the current
1971-1972 Hunting and Trap
ping Regulations.
The ban on bear hunting
in the sanctuaries will help
insure that breeding stocks
are maintained and perhaps
Association. Office hours
will be from 9:00 a. m. to
5:00 p. m. except Wednesday
and Saturday 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon.
The local license agent,
Mis. Grace Banks, points out
that "to renew a plate you
must have a renewal card"
and cautions against the mis
placing of it when it is re
ceived. She also asks you to
open the envelope,read the
instructions and complete the
application according to in
structions before presenting
it for a new plate. This will
expedite issuance and keep
lines from forming.
The Department of Motor
Vehicles has made arrange -
ments with the Rost Office in
Burnsville, Mica ville and
Green Mountain to turn over
to the local license office re
newal cards which the Post
Office has been unable to de
liver. Anyone failing to re
even increased so that the
bear population will not con
tinue to decline.
The sanctuaries, which
average about 50,000 acres
each, are located in parts
of the Wildlife Commission's
new "Game Lands" which
were recently increased by
approximately a million
acres—bringing the total of
lands in the "Game Lands"
program to about two million
acres. Much of this nav land
is in the statfc four National
Forests. Other large private
owners are also cooperating
by offering large tracts cf land
to the bear sanctuary pro gram.
"These private companies
have been very cooperative
in helping us with this pro
gram, " says Sid Baynes, a
wildlife biologist. "I've
been working with Georgia
Pacific Corporation and Rei -
gel Paper, and they have
been a big help in making
some of their land available
and getting it mapped. Other
large companies are also co
operating by offering land
for use as bear sanctuaries. "
Wildlife Commission per
sonnel are currently in the
process of marking the boun
daries of the new bear sanc
tunrias. "We are progressing
quite well," says Stuart Crit
cher, assistant chief of the
Division of Game, "but we
don't know how soon we'll
finish, hopefully within a
few weeks."
Although no bears maybe
killed in the bear sanctuar -
ies, hunters may continue to
hunt for other species of
game.
The Wildlife Commissicn
ceive an application card
may possibly find it at the
local license office. "It will
take from ten days to two
weeks to get application cani
from the Department of Mo
tor Vehicles in Raleigh, 'bys
Mrs. Banks, and she suggests
that those who have not re
ceived an application apply
to her office as early as pos -
sible so that there will be
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also has other irons in the
fire to save the bears. This
past legislature tightened up
regulations regarding crop
depredation by bears. In the
past, when a bear got into
a com field or bee hives, he
could be hunted and killed
regardless of whether the
hunting season was open.Nav,
new laws have been enacted
which will restrict this prac
tice. A state-wide study of
bears and their habits is also
underway to find other ways
to help the state's bear pop
ulation.
This is where the states
bear hunters can be a big
help.
"We're checking re pro -
ductive organs, stomach
contents, teeth, size, age,
weight and other factors,"
says Baynes. "Some hunters
are already helping us with
th ise collections, but we
could use more help. When
a hunter kills a bear, if he
would call a Wildlife Protec
tor or Wildlife Biologist in
his area, we would hurry out
and cheek the bear. The
things we check will not hurt
the bear or his hide, and he
can still be mounted or his
pelt preserved."
Bear hunting is still legal
on areas off the bear sane -
tuaries, but now the bears
have a place where they are
protected. This should W
good news to hunters because
it will mean that North Caro
lina will have bears to hunt
and also as part of a price
less heritage—for the future.
After all, if there are no
bears, there will be no bear
hunters.
time to get one out of Raldgi
if she does not have it.
Motor vehicle owners who
have not received their li
cense application cards by
January Ist should notify the
Department of Motor Vehicles
in Raleigh. "It will take you
from ten days to two weeks
to get one and you should,
therefore, act promptly,"says
Mrs. Banks.