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Jamboree Plans Finalized; I
Audition Day Scheduled
The Fifth Annual Yancey
Youth Jamboree has been sche
duled for Thursday aad Friday
nights, August 3 and 4 at 7soo
p. m. in the auditorium of East
Yancey High School. Carrying
on in the tradition of
the young people enrolled in
the Yancey County schools will
be on stage to present their ta
lents from a rich heritage of
folk music, singing and dan
cing. Applications have been
received from students who are
planning to be in the Jamboree.
An audition for all Jambor
ee participants is scheduled for
Saturday, July 29, at which
time plans will be finalized for
the two-night event to be held
Army To Pay
$1,500 Bonus
The Army has announced a
special bonus of sl, 500 for
men enlisting for four-year
tours in the infantry, armor and
artillery according to SSG James
Steele, the local Army Recrui
ter far Yancey County.
SSG Steele said the bonus is
paid Hr full" upon completion of
basic and advanced training,
which normally occurs about
four months following enlist -
ment, depending on the career
field selected.
Men with prior service re
also eligible for the bonus,said
Steele, if they have less than
three-years active duty, have
not previously received a re
enlistment bonus and meet cer
tain other requirements.
Enlistees on the bonus, plan
will also be eligible for guaran
teed assignments in Europe,Al
aska, Hawaii, Far East and Pa
nama. They can select the
unit of their choice in the
United States.
Enlisted men receive an ini
tial monthly income of $288;
Increases follow basic training.
The traditional benefits of free
meals, housing, clothing, me
dical and dental care,"ancf 30
days paid vacation a year arc
also provided.
For further information on
the Army's new bonus plan see
SSG James Steele in Burnsville
every Monday and Friday or
call collect at 252-4070 i n
Asheville.
Election Returns By Precinct
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Burnsville 239 193 300 Ml 26 86 106 290 171 217
Cane River 82 58 50 95 5 25 36 100 32 97
;
Egypt 61 48 41 75 30 1 13 84 2 1 79
Ramsey Town 23 21 11 35 15 29 7 22 11 21
Green Mtn. 129 65 102 112 1 28 24 167 29 158
Jack’s Creek 106 63 172 'is 2 16 ~ 33 137 44 120
Bush Creek 20 26 43 7 2 9 11 34 12 31
Crab Tree 121 79 iso 60 19 75 44 138 48 131
South Toe 30 77 72 43 13 6 7 28 60 36 49
Pensacola 18 14 24 102 17 8 21 17 13 ■
Prlee’s Creek M 32 46 32 4 45 26 29 21 27
TOTAL 860 676' 1011 625 219 398 331 1082 442 943
THE YANCEY JOURNAL
the following week. Letters
will be mailed to all partici -
pants giving full details of the
auditioning schedule.
Judges who are familiar
with the field of folk music,
singing and dancing are being
chosen from outside Yancey
County.
Entries this year to be judg
ed are to be in nine different
categories? Folk Song and Folk
Ballad; Religious; Patriotic;
Instrumental; Smooth Square
Dancing; Western Square Dan
cing; Folk Dancing; Clogging;
and Bucking. The Patriotic
category is a new division.
Grand Champions will be
awarded in both Class I and
Class H divisions. Class I will
include grades 1 through 6.
Class II will include grades 7
through 12.
The stated purpose of- the
Jamboree is to give Yancey
County school children an op
portunity to pass along their
folk heritage, and to provide
a $200.00 scholarship fcr a
worthy senior at each of the
two high schools.
The danq« songs, legendary
folk songs, and composed folk
songs combine to make a varied
and delightfpl program. Th®
quanty of the authentic folk
music is attracting larger
crowds to each annual presenta
tion. The Yancey Youth Jam
boree is broad in its scope and
theme for 1972 so join us in
August!
Mayland Tech. To Hold
Articulation Workshop
An Articulation Workshop
,/ill be htld at Mayland Tech -
meal Institute June 12 - 16;
•19- 20. The Workshop will in
clude public school personnel
from Mitchell, Avery, and Yan
cey Counties.
Various persons from
state staff of tire Department of
Community Colleges in Raleigh
will direct the Workshop ses
sions. In addition, persons from
the local Public School System
and Mayland Technical Insti -
tute will participate.
The purpose of the Workshop
is increased understanding of
the Community College System,
its educational objectives and
organization, and the coreela -
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Boy Scouts Lave For Arkansas
Boy Scouts from Troop 502 leave for Arkansas. They E
are to make a 54-mile canoe trip on the Buffalo River.l
Boys making the trip are Eddie Thomas, Gerald Styles,Lana
ry Banks, Richard Banks, Tom Carr, Ernie Howard,Kenny I
Hospital Employees ExceM Goal For Pledges;
Receive Praise For Dedication, Determination
_ i
James Anglin, Vice Chair
man of the Board of Trustees
of the Blue Ridge Hospital Sys
tem, and Katherine Anglin/Vd
tion of this information with
career guidance in the public
schools.
Some topics to be included
in the Workshop sessions ares
The Organizational Structure of
the Community College System;
Articulation of Secondary and
Post-Secondary Programs; Occu
pational Curriculum and Exten
sion Programs; The Develop -
ment and Philosophy of Adult
Education, Community Service,
and Specialty Programs; The
Responsibility and Function of
Student Personnel Staff in a
Technical Institute; and Occu
pational Education and its Mean
ing to North Carolina, I '
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THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1972
ministrator of the Yancey Count
ty Hospital, announced today I
that the employees of the Yan
cey County Hospital and the
Spruce Pine Community Hospi
tal have pledged jointly a total
of S3O, 323. 00 toward the mini-
RAD Inspects
Yancey Housing
The Yancey County RAD
Committee (Rural Area Deve - j
lopment) made an inspection
tour last week of seven exam- 1
pies of houses built or remodel-i
ed under the Farmers Home Ad- !
ministration pro gram of financing;
house construction and owner
ship. The tour, arranged by
County Supervisor Wilbur How*
ard was undertaken as a step
in the RAD Committee's top
priority effort to reduce sub -
standard housing in the county.
The committee members pir
tjcipating in the tour expressed
themselves as impressed by thu
attractive efficient plans of the
houses, the quality of construe,
tion, and the neat well-orderd
appearance of the premises.
Conversations with the new home
owners revealed a very highde*
gree of satisfaction with the:r
new houses.
The houses ranged in size
from about 1,100 to 1, 400 sq
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Deyton, Jeff Bailey, Tim Thompson, Jeff Hardin, Mark
Bledsoe, Danny Bledsoe. Leaders are Johnny McLain,Clif
ford Peterson, Bob Thomas, Lee Thompson. The bus for the
trip was furnished by the Sportsmen (12) Wildlife Club.
| mum target objective of $25,
I 000. 00.
Mrs. Anglin attributed the
successful over-subscription to
the various section leaders and
? department heads who inspired
.00% participation in many of
their departments.
"All the pledges have not
been reported due to vacations,
illness, cr other circumstances}'
i commented Mrs. Anglin who
| further added that "less than 2
j weeks have passed since the
Employees' Kickoff date. More
than 90% of the target goal was
attained within three days after
the formal solicitation had be
gun. "
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Burnsville Troop 88 Junior Girl Scouts recently partici
pating in the 1972 "Scamper" held at Biriarbottoms were:
Renee Peterson, Deborah Westall, Stephanie MoFee,Wan
da Young, Denise Fortner, Debbie Woodie, Betty Bledsoe,
Olivia Leatheywood, Gail Butner, Deanna Fortner, Usa
The Employees' Section is
one of three member groups
known as the Hospital "Official
Family" Division of the Blue
Ridge Hospital System Develop
ment Campaign. The Board of
Trustees and the Medical Staff
comprise the other two family
"members". The solicitation
program is now underway in
these groups.
Mr. James Anglin praised the
employees of both hospitals for
their "dedication, spirit, and
determination in their efforts to
demonstrate their support of the
Blue Ridge Hospital Develop -
ment Fund to the people of the
Mayland area.
Asheville 888 President •
Discusses Bureau Aims 4
Daniel Packard, President <f
the Asheville Better Business
Bureau, in a talk at the direc -
tors meeting of the Yancey
County Chamber of Commerce
last week emphasized that his
Bureau is now endeavoring to
serve Yancey County as well
as thirteen other western N.C.
counties.
The principal aim of the Bet
ter Business Bureau is to protect
honest business by helping to
identify and eliminate the few
who deal unfairly. 634 busi -
nesses in western North Carolina
are now supporting the bureau,
and no charge is made for in
quiries other than the cost of
the telephone call. Packard
urged Yancey Countians to
make use of the service by call
ing the Ashe ville office befo*
doing business with unknown
people.
Packard explained that if
the Chamber of Commerce and
By Carolyn Yuziuk
The employees at Pam Mfg. in Micaville demonstrated
their confidence in that company with a smashing upset
for Union organizers in the Union election held on June 1.
The vote was 183 against and 66 far joining the Garment
Ww'keS Onion. ThedeTeat for Union forces by such a
large margin, in what many felt might be a close vote,
was undeniably a message to heads of industries in Yancey
County: The people recognize that Unions are not the an
swer to their need.
The need for retirement benefits, pension plans, and
other long-sought benefits is there, however, and it is
great. If the need goes unrecognized and unfulfilled for
much longer, who knows what the next election may
bring. For the time being, at least, Pam employees—
and undoubtedly the employees of other industries in this
county —are adopting a wait and see, attitude. They are
not willing to be exploited indefinitely by employers who
deny them the benefits which are being taken for granted
by their counterparts in large cities. In Yancey County
we still have honest, hardworking people who believe in
giving a full day's work for a day's pay; but they expect
in return that their employers will keep their welfare in
mind and work to see that they are justly compensated.
The upset of Union organizers at Pam must not make
our industrial executives complacent— rather let it spur
them to action on their own to reward the confidence
which these Yancey Countians have placed in them.
Young, ry ,” ,
McLain, Audrey Leatherwood and Jill Mchwh. Adults
attending were Mb. Carlyle Bledsoe, leader; Mn.Clif£ord
\ Peterson, and Mis* Joe McFee, assistants* 250 to 300
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three or four other Yancey
County businesses joined the
bureau, toll free telephone ser
vice would be furnished on in
quiries to the Asheville office.
The Chamber of Commerce
Board meeting last Thursday
was the first held under the
new president, Mack B. Ray.
Other business of the meeting „ /;
consisted of reviewing plan*
and committee activities for , j
the junk car removal program ‘ J
which is to start in July. Stra
tegy to be employed by
Chamber in promotinglfSpove
ment of Highway 19E to the
Madison County line was .also
planned. President Ray em- %
phasized that the Chamber
would be placing high priority
on this highway improvement 1
program. Further consideraticxx
was also given to the proposed
"face lift" of the Burnsville 1
Town Square.
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