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4—H LEADER TRAINING—Yancey County 4-H leaders took part in two leader
training sessions January 18th and 20th at the county courthouse. The sessions
were conducted by Mr. Dick W. Smith, 4—H Specialist at N. C. State University.
Leaders discussed “What is a Leader Like", “Functions of a Leader", ways to
improve parent involvement and enthusiasm at the first session. At the second
session a slide presentation entitled “Working With Youth” was seen and lead
ership qualities were discussed. Additional training has been planned and it is
hoped that more leaders will take advantage of future opportunities.
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Local Men Re-elected Directors Os
Agriculture Council; Represent Yancey
Paul Laughrun and John
Ramsay have been re-elec -
ted directors of the Asheville
Agricultural Development
Council for 1972 represent -
ing Yancey County. The
election took place at the
annual meeting of the 18-
county area development as
sociation in Asheville last
week. Charles L. Russell of
Transylvania County, public
relations supervisor of the
Olin Corporation was elected
president of the organization.
The Agricultural Council
was organized 2£ years ago as
a "partnership for progress"
between the rural people,the
agricultural agencies, busi
ness and industry in Western
North Carolina. Purpose is
to promote farm and rural
development projects. A
major project is sponsoring
the WNC Community Deve -
lopment Program annually in
coope ration w ith a gricultUr
al agencies and local spoil -
sons in each county.
In a report for the past
year, Karle Lehman of Ashe
ville, outgoing president of
the organization stated that,
"Interest and support of the
Agricultural Council and the
Community Development
Program are at a high level,
Altlsough the total number
of communities participatirg
was lower ri 1971, enthusi -
asm and spirit were extreme
ly high and a great number
of improvement projects were
carried out. The outlook for
expansion of the Community
Development Program in 1972
is encouraging and area avards
have been increased to a re
cord total of $6,450."
In addition, local spon
sors in the various counties
are expected to offer appro
ximately $12,000 in awards.
Among youth projects
sponsored by the Agricul -
rural Council dunng the year
were sponsorship of the FFA
Political Season Begins
With Filing By Candidates
The political seasonopen
ed officially in Yancey Coun
ty on this past Tuesday when
several candidates filed with
the Board of Elections for
the May 6th Primary.
Grace M. Ayeis was the
first to file, seeking re-elec
tion as Registrar of De eds.
O. W. Deyton, Frank Fox
and James W. Proffitt have
all filed for the Board of
County Commissioners.
Election officials remind
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Forestry Contest, WNC Hor
ticultural Scholarship, Hor
ticultural Contest, WNC
Junior Dairy Show, livestock
judging awards, etc. Leh -
man stated that nearly S7O
thousand had been invested
through the organization in
1971 in agricultural promo
tion.
Lehman also pointed out
that the multi-million dol
lar agricultural industry of
the 18 western counties
showed progress last year.
Cash farm receipts are esti
mated in excess of $97 mil
lion, the second highest total
on record.
candidates that the filing
deadline for all offices is
February 21st.
Song Service
The Zfon Baptist Church
of Green Mountain will have
a song service on Saturday
night, January 29 at 7:30.
Several groups will join in
the singing.
Frank Phillips, pastor, in
vites all singers and the pub
lic to attend.
New Association Formed To
Coordinate County Agencies
A new organization to be
concerned with the many
projects, programs and pro
posals for improving life in
Yancey County appears to
be in the making. Tenta
tively named "Yancey Coun
ty Coordinating Association,
Inc. ", the organization will
have die legal capability of
administering funds under
the various Federal grant
programs.
At a lively meeting held
last Friday at the
attended by representatives
of various agencies in the
county, the need for still
another organization in the
field of county improvement
was thrashed out. A first
reaction of some of those at
tending was that the county
is already over-organized in
the field of community im
provement. We already
have civic club 6, chamber
of commerce, Mountain See
nic Commission, communi
ty clubs and councils and
RAD (Rural Area Develop
ment) and others.
A number of these numer
ous existing organizations, it
was pointed out, have much
the same purpose as the pro •
posed new association, RAD
in particular, comes close
Competes
For Award
James Andrew Norris of
Burnsville is among twenty
two high school senior men
from 13 counties in this area
who will be interviewed by
the District X Morehead Se
lection Committee at the
Battery Park Inn, Asheville,
Friday, January 28.
District X is composed of
Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay,
Graham, Haywood, Hender
son, Jackson, Macon, Madi
son, McDowell, Mitchell,
Polk, Swain, Transylvania
and Yancey counties.
Six finalists will be cho
sen from District X. These
young men will visit Chapel
Hill March 3-6 for interviews
with the Central Morehead
Selection Committee. Each
of the state's 10 Morehead
Awards District Committees
will select six finalists and
the 60 North Carolina final -
ists will join 52 nominees
from 26 private preparatory
schools throughout the east
for interviews at the More
head Planetarium the same
weekend.
The Morehead Foundation
Board of Trustees makes the
f inal selection of Scholarship
winners. Hugh G. Chatham
of Elkin is Chairman. Mem -
bers are Alan T. Dicson of
Charlotte; Frank Borden Hines
of Winston Salem, RichardT,
Chatham Jr. of Elkin and Dr.
Robert Cluett of York Univer
sity in Toronto, Canada.
Morehead Awards provide
all-expense paid undergradu
ate educations at TTNC -Cha
pel Hill. The value of the
award for N.C, residents is
$2,250 per year or $9,000
for four years of study.
The late John Motley
Morehead, a UNC graduate
and native North Carolinian,
established the Awards in
1951. An engineer and foun
der of Union Carbide, More
head lived in Rye, N, Y,,un
til his death in 1965.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1972
in its objectives to the new
organization. Advocates of
the new association brought
out that the present multipli
city of agencies actually
creates a need far an active
coordinating groiq>. An
important function of the
new agency will be to keep
abreast of the various pro
jects and activities of the
van oie projects and activi -
ties of the other groups. A
number of instances were
cited of failure of commu -
nications between organiza
tions, resulting in duplica -
tion of effort.
A further important func
tion of the Coordinating
Association will be its admi
nistrative capability, and its
ability to handle funds. At
the present time about a
Sales Tax
Dec. Report |
A report of local 1% Sales
and Use Tax collections by
county for the month of De
cember showed Yancey Coun
ty comparing favorably with
amounts collected in surroun
ding counties for the same
period,
Yancey County's net
collection was $11,041.22,
while Mitchell County col
lected $12,422.26 during
December.
Avery County collected
$11,778. 36 in Sales & Use
Tax during December,while
Madison County trailed with
$6,937.56 in net collections,
The 1% Sales and Use Tax
statement is issued monthly
by G. A. Jones, Jr., Com
missioner, State of North
Carolina Department of Re
venue in Raleigh.
Wool, Lamb
Reports Due
Producers who file apipli -
cations and 1971 marketing
reports on wool and unshorn
lambs by January 31 at the
Yancey County ASCS Office
will receive payments early
in April under the National
Wool Act. So reports Wtyne
Ray, Chairman of the Yan
cey County ASC Committee.
Applications should cover
only wool and unshorn lambs
sold during the marketing
year which ended December
31. Marketings after that
date will be eligible for pay
ments to be made in 19 72.
"The County ASCS Office
will provide information on
the items that should be in
cluded with producers' ap
plications, and will give
assistance as needed," Mr.
Ray said. Wool producers
are eligible to receive pay
ments regardless of the quan
tity sold in 1971.
"As with all ASCS pro -
grams, the wool program is
administered without regard
to race, color, creed, sex,
religion, or national origin
of participants," Mr.Raysaid.
The payment rate for 1971
marketing will be announced
early in April following an
nouncement of the national
average price received and
is expected to be well above
last years rate wluclp was
102.8 percent.
million dollars of Federal
money is available for the
establishment of day -care
centere in fourteen western
North Carolina counties. The
new organization willenable
Yancey County to participate
in this program. Without
such an organization meet -
ing the requirements for
handling the money, Yanoey
County may be left out.
An additional service of
the new organization is that
it may serve as a "county
council" for WAMY. Such a
council is a requirement un
der OEO, and if the new as
sociation can make possi -
ble the discontinuation of
this separate group, it will
serve a useful purpose through
reducing the complexity of
the present system of armies.
Aircraft Ground School
Started By MAY Tech
An aircraft ground school
for those interested in ob
taining a pilots license will
be conducted at the Pensa
cola School beginning Mon
day night, January 31st at
7:30 p. m.
The course, which is be
ing given by Mayland Tech
nical Institute in cooperation
with the Mountain Wilderness
Squadron of the Civil Air Pa
trol, is open to anyone wish
ing to attend. There is
no charge for the course and
the only expense involved
NC Highway Patrol Will
Enforce New’Load’ Law
Motor vehicles hauling
rock, gravel, stone or other
similar substance must secure
their load to prevent any of
the load from dropping, sift
ing, leaking, or otherwise
escaping onto the highway.
Assistant Motor Vehicle
Commissioner J, M. Penny
announced today that the
Highway Patrol and enforce -
ment officers of the license
and Theft Division of the De
partment are enforcing a law
which became effective on
January 1, 1972.
According to Penny, the
Gospel
Singing
A Gospel Singing will be
held this coming Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 attheWin
dom United Methodist Chrrch.
The following groups will
b e there: The Gospel Notes
from Asheville; The Harmo
nettes from Weaver.dlle; The
little Ivy Trio from Mars
Hill; and other singers.
Everyone is welcome to
come and enjoy an after -
noon of good singing.
Windom United M etho -
dist Church is located next
to East Yancey High School.
Lions Meet
Wanda F. Edwards will
speak to the Lions Club on
Thursday night, January 27,
at 7:00 p. m. at the Amber
jack Restaurant. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
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Miss Wanda Edwards is
acting as temporary chain
man of the organizing com
mittee. Others participatirg
at the meeting were Wm.
Bledsoe, E. F, Hunter, Shin
ley Ann McAllister, Randall
Peacock, Don Elly, Bob
Helmle, Mrs. ArthurGentorp
Claude Williams and H. C.
Moretz. The last two are
officials of WAMY, who con
tributed information relative
to the formation of a similar
association in Avery County,
to which they lent assistance.
A second organization
meeting will be held in room
#3 of the Courthouse Friday,
February 4, at 3soo p.m.All
interested persons, both re
presenting existing organiza
tions and interested citizens
are urged to attend.
will be for personal items
necessary for taking the
course.
All those interested in
signing up for the school
should contact either May
land Technical Institute at
765-7351 or the Civil Air
Patrol at 682-3244.
The aircraft ground sthaol
is in preparation for passing
the written examination
prior to flight training. The
flight training can be set up
for interested persons follow
ing completion of the school.
law provides that "trucks,
trailers, or other ve h i cles
when loaded with rock, gra
vel, stone, or other similar
substance which could blow,
leak, sift or drop shall not
be driven or moved on any
highway unless the height of
the load against all four walls
does not extend above a hor
izontal line six inches below
their tops when loaded at
the loading point, or if so
loaded, unless the load shall
be securely covered by tar
paulin or some other suitable
covering..."
Vehicles that do not pro -
perly secure their load in ma
ny instances contribute to
accidents and cause damage
to other vehicles such as bro
ken or pitted windshields.
Our enforcement person -
nel will definitely increase
their surveillance in an effort
to cause compliance with law.
Revival
There will be a Revival at
the West Burnsville Church
of God beginning January 26,
at 7:30 p.m.
Evangelist will be Brenda
Allison. Pastor, Kcrmit Ken
nedy invites everyone to
attend.
4-H Meeting
The Bee Log 4-H Club
will meet for its monthly
meeting on Monday, Febru
ary 7, after school.
You all come!
Promises Don't
Build Roads
By Carolyn Yuziuk
Fair weather promises made by office-seeking po
liticians do not build roads in Yancey County — and
we who live here will do well to remember that
fact as Election time is rolling around again.
In the May 28, 1970 edition of The Yancey Re
cord, the front page headline boldly states, " Road
Project Top Priority". Representative Ernest Mes
ser, Chairman of the North Carolina Highway Com
mission Lauch Faircloth, Representative Liston
Ramsey and District Commissioner Noville Hawkins
are pictured with that headline and the accompany
ing story states that Faircloth pledged "top priority
will be given to this area's road construction project
—the link of highway tom the Cane River bridge
to the Madison County line—when the faidget for
the year beginning July Ist (1970) is set up. " The
top priority rating, we were told, means that the
project "has the approval of the Highway Co mm is -
sion and is slated for 'first consideration' when the
new budget is drawn up. "
That was May, 1970—almost two years ago.
Since that time there have been a number of acci
dents and at least two fatalities on the stretch of
highway involved. These accidents would almost
surely have been avoided had the new 9-mile stretch
of road been constructed.
The road from Cane River to the Madison Coin
ty line is a dangerous ,death-de aling menace. Yet
these politicians —who can see fit to alter the dis
tricting of our County on the say-so of one or two
men who claim to represent the majority of Yancey
Countians—cannot see fit to keep their campaign
pledges.
In the following letter to The Yancey Re cord,
Dover Fouts, Yancey County attorney, also remem
bers the campaign commitments:
" Dear Editor:
It is my recollection that dining the cam
paign prior to the last election you had in pour
paper a picture of some of the candidates and
high democratic officials with comments to
the effect that they had crossed the narrow
bridges in Yancey County to the Madison Coun
ty line.
"Almost two years have passed and I won
der if it is about time for another picture and
writeup to appear with more suggestions as to
the nine mile stretch of road to the County line.
Some of the officials will say that three brid -
ges were built on 19W, and they are fine.
However, I think you should know that the
County is probably still paying on the Bridge
Bonds issued to build the original bridges, and
those bonds along with other highway indebt
edness, the State Highway Commission vould
not assume.
"It might be best that you not have any
thing in your paper about bridges because they
might build some bridges in place of the one
way bridges and feel that that was sufficient.
"I admit that the present road !s better
than the mud of fifty years ago. "
Dover R. Fouts
We agree. The present road is better than the
mud of fifty years ago. And the promises are bet
ter, too. Who knows what pledges the politicians
will make during the upcoming campaign!
It is time politicians stopped taking Yancey
County for granted. It is far past time for them to
make the effort to find out what people here really
want and desperately need, whether it be schools,
roads or new industries, rather than casually accep
ting a second-hand report from political self-seelers
who have their own axe to grind.
Entertainment Planned For
Republican Dinner, Rally
Jimmy and Ginny Vance
and The Linville River Boys,
a country music group from
Avery County, will enter
tain at the Republican Din
ner and Rally scheduled for
this Saturday night at the
Cane River High School.
Jimmy and Ginny and the
Group, at the request of the
State Department, traveled
to Viet Nam last summer to
entertain our U. S. Troot's
stationed there. They have
also performed tor the U. S.
Congress ami tor many other
audiences alt over the Unite)
States. They have been cor
rectly labeled "Ambassador*
of North Carolina Mountain
Music. "
Jim Holshouser, Republi -
can Candidate for Governor,
will be the featured speater
at the GOP dinner and is ex
pected to again participate
in the after dinner cake auc
tion.
Other guests invited in
clude Frank Rouse, newly
elected State GOP Chairman;
less Ledbetter, 11th District
Chairman, and other mem
bers of the North Carolitia Re
publican Central Committee,
\s usual, it is evpccted that
Mimnunluig counties will l>e
well tvptV'.ented at the OOP
dinner.