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■IRL SCOUT TROOP 88 KEEPS BUSY —One of many activities which keeps these Girl Scoots busy is work on the
Badge done at Riverside Skating Rink. Other current badge activities include work on the Cooking Badge and
Hoymakers Badge. The troop plans to work soon on the Gypsy Badge with two hikes programmed. Troop 88 Girl Scouts
Be Denise Fortner, Jill Mclntosh, Olivia Leatherwood, Ann Hess, Betty Bledsoe, Jean Mclntosh, Renee Peterson,Pam
Hggers, Janet Ballew, Lisa Young, Sylvia Williamson, Cindy Higgins, Tina Banks, Deborah Westall, Wanda Young,
Ann Allen, Shelia Angel, Beth Bailey, Cindy McLain.
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Members of the East Yan-
chapter join with over
Future Farmers of
■America in celebrating Na-
Future Farmer; of
■America Week which starts
Throughout the w eek the
Sliing activities to support the
Week theme, "Youth
|Bvith A Purpose. "
According to president
H®3an Ray HI, the East Yancey
■
I i chapter will conduct a varied
program of activities to sal
ute this outstanding youth
organization.
National FFA Week al
ways includes George Wash
ington's birthday in obser -
vance of his leadership in
promoting scientific farming
practices. Washington is
considered the patron saint
of the FFA and has come to
symbolize the FFA Treasurer.
Oganized in 1928, the
FFA promotes leadership,co
operation and citizenship
among high school vocation
: al agriculture students. The
I FFA Foundation awards pro
gram provides chapter, state
Files For School Board
Paul McCurry filed Mon
day as a candidate for the
| Yancey County Board of Edu
cation subject to the District
I Republican Primary.
McCurry has lived in Pri -
cesXreek Twvnship fcr the
last 5 years. Previous to that
L he lived in Micaville for 20
years. For the past 15 years
he iwis been Quality Control
OFFICE DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN
Board of Education
District I: Paul McCurry
Claude Vess
Bill Hess
District II: Carroll Angel James Gardner
Charles Gillespie Bill Banks
Charles Randolph Charles Hopson
Wade Styles
Mark Bennett
Ralph Silver
Carter Thomas
Albert Edwards
Register of Deeds: Grace Ayers Arlene Hensley
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Commissioners:
Chairmen: O.W. Deyton Vernon Prcsnell
Members (2) James Proffitt Earl Young
! Frank Fox Melvin Wehh
Roy G. Boone
Clarence Wheeler
and national recognition for
supervised programs of agri
cultural production, market
ing, processing and service.
In a cortest held at Rey
nolds High School on Thurs
day, February 10, the East
Yancey Chapter of Future
Farmers of America won the
Parkway Federation Ritual
and Parliamentary Procedure
Contest.
The team, consisting of
Rodney Simmons, George
Powers, Tony Eubanks, Dan
Hensley, Mark Riddle and
Jimmy Young, will advance
to the District Contest to be
held in the Spring.
In a related contest,
George Powers emerged tire
winner in the Public Speaking
Contest. George spoke on
the subject of ecology and
how the farmer is safe-guard
ing the environment.
Council Has
New Officers
The Yancey County Coun
cil met February 22, atwhich
time officers were elected.
Officers elected are as
follows: Charles Hopson,
Green Mountain, Chairman;
Shirley Anne McAllister,
Burnsville, Vice - Chairman;
Katie Wilson, Pensacola, Se
cretary; Ronnie Proffitt,
Hardscrabble, Treasurer.
Manager at Burnsville Mill
of Mohasco.
McCurry attended the Uni
versity of North Carolina. Ffe
is presendy a member of the
Methodist Church in Burns
ville. He is married to the
former Alma Blalock and
they have two married child
ren.
Joint Yancey-Mitchell
Sanitary Landfill Project
By Roy T. Roberts
Mitchell County has em
barked upon a joint project
with Yancey County. This
program consists of a central
ly located sanitary landfill
site and a system of dump>-
sters for rural refise collec -
tion. Each county will hate
forty dumpsters, serviced
twice a week by a large com
paction truck. These I'green
cans" are four cubic yard
sized containers that will be
constructed of a grade of me
tal tough enough to be ser
viced by the service vehicle
making contact with the con
tainer at a speed of 25 mph.
Os course this is a test speed
and will never be used in
actual operation, but it does
show some of the physical
aspects of the containers con
struction. The service ve
hicle is a tandem vehicle
with a diesel engine. It has
a 25 cubic yard compacter
and will be able to service
6 fully loaded containers be
fore emptying the truck.
All forty containers will
be constructed with sliding
doors that any man, woman
or child should be able to
operate without danger or
difficulty.
The landfill is located on
the Boonford Road or High
way 80, just inside Yancey
Candidate
For House
Jack Walker ot Marion is
running for the House of Re
presentatives for McDowell
and Yancey in the 41st Dis
trict.
Walker, a Republican, is
running against Hugh Beam,
Democrat.
Walker is a graduate of
Marion High School and Ap
palachian State University.
He is a partner in Lowe's of
Marion and Walker Proper -
ties. He served in the Army
and is a member of the First
Baptist Church of Marion
where he is a Sunday School
teacher, a deacon, and a
choir member.
He is a member of the
Marion Civitan Club and is
presently on the Board of
Directors of the Marion Gen.
Hospital. He served in the
United Fund and has been on
the Board of Directors of the
Unit <d Frnid.
Workshop
A Workshop for Yancey
County Com producers and
interested merchants will
be held Thursday night, Feb
ruary 24th at 700 p. m. in
the Courthouse.
Dr. A, D. Stuart, Exten
sion Agronomy Specialist,
will discuss com varieties,
weed control, no-till produc
tion and fertilization of com.
County, across the South Toe
River. There will be an opj
erator at the landfill s ite
five and one-half days a week.
The landfill site is open to
the public and can service
everything except junk cars
and trucks, which will be
taken care of in another pro
ject now in the planning stapp,
For further information,
either Mr. Keith Masters,Sa
nitarian for Yancey County,
or Mr. Roy Roberts, Sanitar
ian for Mitchell County, may
be contacted at their respec
tive health offices.
Special
Offering
Rev. Harold McDonald of
Burnsville, moderator of the
Yancey Baptist Association,
Mrs. Andrew Johnson of
Green Mountain, hospital re
presentative, and Mrs. Laura
Mae Hilliard of Burnsville,
superintendent of missions,
were expected to meet with
officers of eight other Eh ptist
groups in the Northwestern
area in Boone Monday, Feb
ruary 21, to plan participa -
tion of their churches in the
annual Mother's Day Offer -
ing in behalf of Baprtist Hos
pital at Winston-Salem. The
funds received in the offer -
ing go to the charity program
at the hospital.
Expected to represent the
Mitchell Association were
Rev. Hugh L. Borders, mod
erator, and Rev. Joe Pittman,
hospital representative, both
of Sprruce Pine, and from
Avery, Rev. Robert Lindley
of Elk Park, moderator, Rev.
William Abel, hospital rep
resentative, and Rev. E. O.
Bustle, superintendent of
missions, both of Newland.
Other associations asked to
send representatives to the
meeting were Three Forks,
Ashe, Alleghany, Brushy
Mountain, Caldwell and
Stony Fork.
Rev. Calvin Knight, the
hospital's director of Deno -
minational Relations, spoke
to those in attendance on
various ways of presenting
the cultivation campaign be
fore church congregations
and on some of the needs of
the hoipital.
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VOL. 36, NO. 8
Rural Development Bill
Would Improve Economy
The Howe Agriculture
Committee has reported out
a bill designed to stem the
flow of migration from im
povrished rural areas.
la an election year when
rural residents ore less than
enthusiastic about farm pri
ces, Democrats in Congress
hope that it may have other
beneficial side effects.
It may not be one of the
more romantic legislative
issues, but rural development
has come in for high - level
attention this year.
President Nixon included
a lengthy rural redevelop -
merit proposal in his State
of the Union address. Not
surprisingly, considering the
Democratic majority on the
Agriculture Committee, a
number of key proposals did
not survive.
Democrats and F epubli -
cans do agree, as Waco Re
presentative Bob Poage,
Chairman of the Agriculture
Committee, noted, that
some steps are necessary to
make rural living it ire at
tractive.
Unless they are taken,
there will be no letup in the
flow of unskilled and unso -
phisticated farm families to
the cities, where they con
tribute to urban problems,he
said.
The bill, which was ap
proved by a 32-4 committee
vote, would provide greatly
increased communitydeve -
lopment credit for towns
under 5,500 population.
It also provides money for
pollution abatement in rural
areas. Livestock feedicts are
expected to be a leading be
neficiary of that program.
An important aspect ad
ded to the bill was some SSO
million in grants for rural
economic development, be
cause small communities
now have no source of mo
ney which they could use in
attracting industry which
Center On
TV Program
Last week Mr. Bill
WLOS-TV, Channel 13,spent
some time visiting the Yan
cey County Child Develop -
ment Center, filming for
his program, "Close - Up",
This special program will be
shown at 6:30 p. m. this Sa
turday, February 26th. The
Center is operated by the
Yancey County Department
of Social Services as a faci -
lity to help prepare three to
six years olds for public
school. It provides assistance
for many mothers so that they
can work to support their
families, and not depend on
Public Assistance. Eligibili -
ty of the children is deter -
mined by the Department cf
Social Services.
Miss Nancy Wyatt is the
Director; and her exciting
and creative program is high
ly regarded by the State De
partment.
Yancey County residents
are urged to watch " C lose-
Up" this Saturday on WLOS
TV, and learn more about
the Center and its contribu -
tion to the Co’tnty's yourg
children and future lcadcis.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1972
would greatly improve their
economies.
The amendment would
permit the Farmers Home
Administration to make
grants for industrial parls
and the expenses they en
tail—land acquisition, water
supply and waste disposal
systems and transportation
access routes.
Rep. Graham Purcell of
Wichita Falls, chairman of
the livestock and feed grains
subcommittee, thinks the
plan will provide real rural
opportunity, rather than in
dustrial pads sprouting weeds.
The people who adminis
ter the bill should make the
communities hustle a little
to attract industry before
granting requests, he said.
Some industry has been
unable to consider rural lo
cations, he added, because
the communities were unable
to share the expense of sup
plying their needs while
larger cities had ample gov
ernment resources for this
purpose.
One of the attractions of
country plant sites is the
supply of high quality labor,
Purcell said. Many firms
locating are discovering that
rural labor is much more
productive, he said. j
(reprinted from the Dal
las (Texas) Morning News, j
February 12, 1972)
Attend
Workshop
Ten Extension Homemak
ers Program of Work Chair
men are scheduled to attend
the Annual District Workshop
on February 29 at the Central
Methodist Church, Asheville.
The workshop is a training
session to help leaders be
come more knowledgable of
their duties and to aid each
in fulfilling her committment
to her assigned area of respxn
sibility. Workshop leaders
include: Mis. Ann Buchanan,
District President, Extension
Homemakers Association Miss
Kathleen Nelson, District
Home Economics Extension
Agent and nine District Pro
gram of Work Chairmen.
Program of WorkChairrren
attending from YanceyGoun
ty will include: Mrs. Jess
Lawhem, County Council Pre
sident; Mrs. Steve Bryant,
Citizensh >; Mrs. Annie Ben
nett, Cultural Arts; Mrs.Har
mie Briggs, Education and
Service Volunteers; Mrs.
Dempsey Hopson, Family
Life and Youth; Mrs. Bert
Reed, Health; Mrs. C.B.Gil
lespie, Home Economics;
Mrs. John Blair, Internation
al; Mrs. P. C. Coletta,Pub
lic Information; Mrs.Franoes
Wyatt, Safety, and Mrs .Mary
Margaret Dcyton,Home Eco
nomics Extension Agent.
Tax Report
Local 1% Sales and Use
Tax Collections by County
were issued by G. A Jones Jr,
Commissioner, N.C. Depart
ment of Revenue.
The January, 1972 report
listed Yancey County with
a total of $11,939. 36 col
lected for that month.
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Loretta Kampt
Belinda Robinson
Honored At
East Yancey
The Art 6 Music Apprecia
tion class is very pdeased
and proud to announce that
four of the students in the
class were chosen for a Merit
Certificate from Northwest -
ern Misic and Art Camp in
Kansas. These Certificates
were given for their art work
in 1971-72.
The four are Pam Edge,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Edge of Burn*ville;Laura
Fortner, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Arnold of Mica
ville; Loretta Kampf, daugh
ter of Mr, and Mrs. Albert
Kampf of Burnsville, and Be
linda Robinson daughter of
Mr. aid Mrs. Tommy Robin
son also of Burnsville.
According to Mrs. Kate
Zuver, teacher of the classp
the four have done excep -
tional work in all phases of
Art and Music. The C erli
ficates will entitle the stu -
dents to a S2OO scholarship if
they choose to attend school
there.
The class joins in congra
tulating these students.
Notes From
Farm Bureau
Quality of the environ -
ment is not a new problem
to Tar Heel farmers, but one
they have been concerned
about for many years. After
all, no one knows better than !
a farmer the importance of
maintaining a balance with
nature.
Certainly, farmers mist
recognize the responsible
role they have, and do their
part in protecting the envir
onment; however, farmers
also need machines and tools,
fuel and heat, and refuse dis
posals, They also need chem
icals in their production of
America's food supply.
The use of chemicals has
helped a decreasing number
of farmers supply an increas
ing number of people with
an abundant supply of high
quality food —the finest the
world has ever known.
Modem agriculture simply
cannot continue to produce
adequate amounts of food
and fiber without chemicals.
If we were seriously to cur
tail their use on farms and
in the food industry,we would
experience a decline in the
quantity and overall quality
of our food supply. Consum
ers would also quickly ex
perience a rapid rise in food
prices.
Until suitable substitutes
are found, it would seem rea
sonable that continued em -
phasis on their proper use.
Rebels Win
And lose
By Deborah Grindstaff
Tuesday, February l,the
Cane River Rebels traveled
to Tryon where they gave up
three to the Tigers. Rebels
left Cane River around one
o'clock on the Cane River
Activity Bus and arrived at
Tryon between four thirty
and four forty-five. At that
time the J. V. 'g played and
the final score was in favor
of the Tigeis.
In the girls contest, the
Tigeis were victorious over
the Revels by a 31-22 score.
High scorer for the Rebels
was Linda Doan with 8 points.
The boys game was also
taken by the Tigeß with a
70-57 score. Stewart Hol
combe was high scorer for
the Revels with 17 points.
Other high scorers for the
Rebels were Keith Webb
with 13 points and Royce
Ball with 12.
Wednesday afternoon,Feb
ruary 9, the Cane River
team played host to Polk
Certial, The girls lost by
a4oto 23 score. Teresa
Fendt.r was high scorer for
the Rebels with 12. The Out
River Rebels boys won by a
69-62 score over PolkCartral,
Jeff Parieer was high scorer
for Cane River with 23 points,
Friday, FAruary 11, the
Rebels traveled to Mats Hill.
There, the Rebels lost both
games. The girls lost by a
41-35 score. Teresa Fender
was high scorer with 11 point
Friday s game was also
a loser for the Cane River
hoys who lost by a 65-S9
score. Jeff Parker was high
score* for Cane River with
19 points.
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