- j' it ■%**- V 1 ■*• ►. * r -ggi ** f'A jsiifßfjßlwte ; *• - j* ’ _ ~ ■hHESBU£«n& * •>..llMß^fev , :iv i -fflNas^<>r ,^T! r. * >*%, - f*v +Vfr zl . '*■*' m x y i*" 1 » */s*** ' mtoMB „C. ( C (£[£'.*■■ - ■&, , , **, ■, ■r f > ■ * V.. \f , Photo by Jody Higgins AN EXTRA-EARLY SPRING? —The past few months of unseasonal weather is playing tricks on area ski resorts and on the plants and trees. Confused by the warm temperatures that have been predominate since heavy snowfall early in the winter, many trees and plants are budding for what they think is spring. The warm weather has successfully fooled the vegetation, but many growers fear these eager plants will be damaged when normal winter weather returns. High School Students Plan Recreation Center, Lack Os Progress And Initiative Kills Enthusiasm By Zoe Ann Kaulf East Yancey and Cane River High Schools combin ed their Student Council members to discuss the possi bility of a recreation center in Burnsville for its teens. It was agreed that both schools would work for this goal. Building plars, location or just what type recreation plans were not set at that meeting, but officials were elected and the students ware ready to make the plans. Some two months later, however, this idea has made no progress. When asked if the two schools had decided to call it quits or if the plans had jist been forgotten, Jim Noiris, East Yancey'sstudent council president, said that as far as he knew, the plans were still in effect, jist that no progress had been made. Tim Higgins, president of Cane River's student coun - cil, had the same thought. The recreation center idea was enthusiastic ally re ceived by TVA representa - tive John B. Mariis, who talked with Tim Higgins, Keith Webb and John Renfrq -MBwlifa- John Blair f. Jj&BmrSjM lh^l ■'**" if y j |d| Hf Wrlß® tk J / Ernie Howard aflKliSßßfek jSIm Catherine Deyton OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AT EAST YANCEY—Eight seniors at East Yancey High School have been nominated for the 1972 Outstanding Teenagers of America Awards program- They include John Blair, Charles Boone, Dwight Higgins, Ernie Howard, Boyd Howell, Jimmy Norris, Janice Hunter, and Catherine Deyton. They have distinguished themselves by leadership in community or school services, extracurricular activit iep, scholarship or sports. Charles Boone, Ernie Howard and Janice Hunter and Catherine Deyton have been chosen to participate in the semifinals. Three juniors at Erst Yancey were also nominated for the awards program. They are Debbie Thomas, Sheree Banks and Jerry Laws. all of Cane River, along with businessmen of Burns ville who would give sup - port to the students. Cane River confronted East Yancey and asked if they would join them i n Editor’s Note Readers of The Yancey Record and Mitchell Led ger have noticed a few issues of their newspaper, such as this one, in which the news from bothcounties has been printed in both papers. Our reason for doing this is usually due to scarcity of news, cr ads, or both at certain times of the year—when we want to give our readers an interesting and informative newspaper anyway. Although some subscribes who have friends and relatives in both counties have applauded these issuer it will not be possible to combine news cm a regular basis as each county normally supplies us with more than enough news for their paper. It is worthy of note, however, that the combined circulation of The Yancey Record and Mitchell Led ger totals more than S, 500—one of the largest week ly circulations in North Carolina! Charles Boone Debbie Thomas working for this goal. East Yancey seemed a little re luctant at fist, but as talk started, enthusiasm grew and Eait Yancey was one hundred par cent for the idea. Jimmy Norris Sheree Banks This enthusiasm ins died. A lot of the membes have forgotten about the recrea - tion center. No other meet ing have been held. There seems to be a lack of com munication between the two Council presidents as to how the situation stands. Cane River waits for East Yancey and vice versa. Mr. Marius was to be informed as to whether the schools were interested in the re creation center. This had not been done either. Another meeting should be scheduled and enthusiaan worked up again. Instead of letting this enthusiasm die down again as it did do something towards this goal. It will have to be decided definitely whether a recreation center is wan ted and if so, die students mist work on it instead of waiting around. At the meeting, it was made clear that the center would be planned for the near future. If the plans are not follcxved through, a recreation center will not be pxxsible. 7 fwtjJUjm Dwight Higgins mT! Janice Hunter J*’l L»i THEYANCEYRECORD VOL. 36, NO. 2 Holshouser To Speak At GOP Dinner Rally James E. Holshouser, Re publican candidate for Gov ernor, will be the featured speaker at a GOP dinner and rally to be held January 29, at 8:00 p. m. at Cane Ri\er High School. Yancey County Republi - can Chairman, Steve Boone, announced this week that James Holshouser IRS Tax Booklet Is Now On Sale At Post Office A booklet that gives infor mation on how to fill out Federal tax returns will be sold at the Postal Service facilities in the area Post master Paul Buck announced today. "Your Federal Inc om e Tax" was written by die In ternal Revenue Service and contains many examples to illustrate how the tax law applies to actual situations. A special feature of the book let is the sample, filled-in return, Form 1040, keyed to pages where explanations can Burnsville PTA To Meet Parents and teachers of Burnsville Elementary stu - dents are urged to attend the first meeting of (he PTA in the new year. The meet ing will be held in the dining area of the Rock Building on Tuesday, January 18, 7:30 p. m. Rev. Harold Me Don ald, this year's PTA has stated that a well-atten - ded and forward-moving PTA is essential in order to carry through plans and programs to help Burnsville Elementary School and its students. Carlyle Bledsoe will give a slide talk on "God and Coun try" with pictures of many beautiful areas of the United States, as an especially in viting program for this PTA meeting. Women’s Club To Meet The Burnsville Woman's Club will hold its regular meeting at 8:00 p.m. Thurs day, January 13, at the Com munity Building. Hostesses will be Mrs. Ernest Briggs and Mrs. James Ray. Mis. Donald Westall will be the speaker for the evening. She will discuss her recent trip abroad, supplementing her talk with slides, readings, and materials appropriate to the travelogue. The public is invited. Holshouser and his wife,Pat, plan to be at both the rally and dinner. Holshouser has served four terms as a State Representa tive from Mitchell, Avery, and Watauga Counties and was State Republican Party Chairman from 1966 through 1971. Tickets for the January 29 dinner are five dollars each and can be obtained by con tacting Mr. or Mrs. Steve Boone. There will be a meeting of the Republican Executive Committee on Thursday night, January 13, at the Courthouse. This meeting is very important. All in terested people are urged to attend. be found for each entry on the return. The 160-page booklet is on sale now and costs 75n \- / f .. **£/, VANDALISM IN BURNSVILLE—Last Friday night vandals left their mark on several es tablishments in Burnsville, two of whicb were churches. Three of the main spotlights on the grounds of First Baptist Church were broken off at the base, the steel casings broken although the bulbs themselves were undamaged. The church sign at Higgins Memorial Methodist Church had its glass housing broken and the board itself splintered. Vandals apparently then continued down the street, breaking a plate glass window at Burnsville Veterinary Clinic before ending up at Burnsville Elementary School where they also broke windows. The vandalism was not discovered until morning, and the Yancey Sheriff’s De partment is investigating the incident. Northwestern Financial Corporation Reports Net Earnings For 1971 The unaudited,combined net earnings of Northwestern Financial Corporation forthe year 1971 were $6,574, 345 or $2.17 per share. This compares with $5,278,618 or sl. 74 per share for the year 1970, an increase of 24.71 per cent or 43 cents pershare. The Northwestern Bank, the principal subsidiary of Northwestern Financial Cor poration, contributed the major part of the earnings for the Corporation. Total deposits of the Bank on De cember 31, 1971, were $6 31,400,317, an in crease over 1970 of 2 3.13 per cent or $118,612,559. loans increased $94,214,101 or 26.59 per cent. Total assets of the Bank increased from $582,877,079 to $710,050,026 or 21.82 per cent. Northwestern Security life Insurance Company reported continued expansion in sales. Insurance in force increased 68 per cent as against 39 per cent in 1970. This ne cessitated an increase in re serves of $1,100,000. Not withstanding this increase in reserves, Northwestern Secur ity Life showed approximate ly the same profit as it did in 1970. In 1971 First Atlantic Corporation increased its bu siness very materially. The TABLOT PATRICK KT.S BOX 253 D BURNS fILLF., N.C. 28714 Corporation was fortunate in selling its loans at the high rates of interest prevalent in the first part of 1971 and as a result showed a substantial increase in profits. M G J Financial Corpora - Chamber Os Commerce Plans f vents For New Year The Board of Directors of the Yancey County Chamber of Commerce met at the Town Hall at 7:30 p.m. January 6th with president C1 a ude Vess presiding. Twelve mem bers attended. Plans were made by this group to carry out several events of civic interest to the county. Committees were named to work out details in connection with the An nual Dinner Meeting to be held in the spring. Plans are already under way for the Annual Craft Fair on the Square early in SToftt 10 e tion increased its volume of business and due to a lower cost of money revets id the decrease in profits noted in our report of December 31, 1970. Profits increased from $266,000 to $352,000. August, as well as for bring ing other attractions to the town and county. Members of the Board also plan to look into the possibi lity of bringing about a 'Tace lifting" project for the Town of Burnsville. The Yancey County Cham ber of Commerce is an active group of citizens working to gether to make our beautiful Yancey County an even bet - ter place in which to live. They invite your participa - tion in county affairs. Won't you join them?