VOL.I, N 0.24
Local Support Makes Toll
Free 888 Phone Possible
Effective Tuesday, Septem
ber 12, all business firms and
residents of Yancey County
may call the Better Business
Bureau of Asheville / Western
North Carolina toll free. In
order to do this, just ask your
operator for WX 4600, the Bur
eau's Yancey County number.
This service for Yancey
County has been made possible
by the support given to the
Bureau by the Yancey County
Chamber of Commerce,Styles
& Company, Roberts Chevrolet-
Buick, Inc., Young Auto Sales,
Inc. and Northwestern Bank,
Burnsville.
All residents in the county
are urged to use the Bureau
services as frequently as they
like. There is no charge for
Bureau service.
TUa Bureau states that per
sons can use the services in
the following ways:
1. Never do business with
a stranger at your home until
you verify his reliability by
ealling your Bureau.
2. Never send money to a
mail order concern before you
check their reliability with
■your Bureau,
3. Never, never sign an
order or contract w ithout check
ing the company. You may
be forced to pay for a product
or service that is entirely unsa
tisfactory.
4. Beware of any sales -
man or mail order firm who
gives only a post office box
number for an address. If some
thing goes wrong—how do you
find the seller?
5. Beware of "Make Money
At Home" Schemes. Check
all franchise offers, trade
schools, real estate offers,
"Free" vacations, and Mail
Jaycees Eater
Campaign
During September,the Yan
cey County Jaycees are solid -
ting donations throughout the
County in support of the North
Carolina "Breath of Life" cam
paign. All collected funds will
go to the National Cystic Fibro
sis Research Foundation which
is dedicated to research in and
treatment of this frequently
fatal genetic disease, which
affects thousands of children
every year.
A goal of $72,000.00 has
been set for North Carolina.
Carmisters are being placed
in several businesses in the
County rad public collections
are planned. Everyone is urged
to give generously to the cam
paign. Anyone not directly
contacted may mail their con
tributions to "Breath of Life"
campaign, c/o Yancey County
Jaycees, Box 742, Burnsville,
North Carolina.
THE YANCEY JOURNAL
Order Insurance ads with your
Bureau.
6. Beware of any offer that
says "You have won a contest"
have been selected".
7. Don't fall for the "Bait
& Switch" salesman. He talks
down the product advertised aid
tries to sell a higher priced
item. Report him to the Bur -
eau.
A person desiring informa V
tion on companies can call
about firms anywhere in the
United States. The Bureaunow
has information on over 8,000
companies in their files. If an
inquiry is about a company not
now in the files, a speedletter
is sent to one of the other 140
Bureaus in the United States aid
the information obtained in
about one week.
Residents and business firms
in Yancey County can benefit
from this service only if they
use it. This is now vourßrreau.
Bureau phones are open for
your convenierifce Monday thru
Friday, 900 A.M. until 300
p. m.
Investigate before you invest.
{ Community |
A covered dish luncheon
will be enjoyed by the Burns
ville Homemakers Club on
Friday, September 15, at 12
o'clock noon at the home of
Mis. George King. Co-hostes
ses are Mrs. Floyd Davis and
Mrs. Elizabeth Silvers.
Following the luncheon,Mrs,
Mary Margaret Deyton will pre
sent a program: Take Time To
Live. New officers for the com
ing year will be elected during
the business session.
*
Tonight (Thursday) will be
the first meeting of the Vbman's
Club after the summer recess.
The meeting will be held at
the Community Building at BKX)
p.m. The program will be
given by Miss Annie Hassell,
who will demonstrate the fram
ing of prints, pictures and col
lages. Mrs. Floyd Davis will
give a brief introduction to the
program.
*
Tom L. Mallonee, 11th Con
gressional District Assistant to
Congressman Roy A. Taylor, is
now making scheduled visits to
the county seats and other sec
tions of the counties.
On Thursday, September 21,
he will be at the Yanceydounty
Courthouse, Burnsville from
100 to 2too p.m. and at the
Town Hall, Spruce Pine, from
300 to 4:00 p. m.
Any person who has plans cr
official business pertaining to
Congressional matters to be dis
cussed, is invited to meet with
Mr. Mallonee at the above spe
cified times.
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Helms Campaigns In rancey “ “
A group of Yancey County citizens welcomed Repjublican
nominee for the U.S. Senate, Jesse Helms, to Burnsville last
Friday evening. Helms, who will be facing Democratic
candidate Nick Galifianakis in the November elections, met
West Burnsville Church of
God is having a Homecoming
Sunday, September 17th. The
Reverend O. E. Brinson win
be speaking at the 11:00 Wor
ship Service Sunday morning.
There will be lunch at 1 p.m,
in the Community Building and
singing in the afternoon at 2:00
p.m.
*
The Yancey County Child
Development Center will have
a Barbecue Chicken Supper
Friday, September 22nd, 5 to
7 p.m. at the Center. Tickets
are $1.50 (adult) and 754
(children 6-12), and maybe
purchased at the Center or the
Department of Social Services.
*
Jack's Creek Community,
the Yancey County winner in
the county Roadside Contest,
will be judged this Thursday,
September 14, at 9:00 a.m.
in the area contest. *
Jack's Creek placed first
among four entries from Yan
cey County in the preliminary
judging held here August 31st.
Mr. Vemle Wilson,Communi
ty Club President, has reported
further efforts are being made
in preparation for the Area Con
test.
Judges will be Mrs. Melinda
Waldrep, Landscape Architect,
National Forests in N.C. ,E. L.
Ingle, Area Landscape Engines;
N. C. Highway Commission,
and Bob Conway, N. C. Dept,
of Archives and History, Vance
Birthplace.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1972
Science Program Set
For Cane River High
By Mary Yionoulis
How tiny is an atom?
If every person and every
car in the United States were
reduced to the size of an atom
and placed on the sharpened
end of a pencil, there would
still be wide open spaces on
the point and no traffic jams.
Robert Fleming, a North
Carolina State University en
gineer, uses this illustration to
: introduce North Carolina high
school students to the wonden
of "This Atomic World. "
Fleming will take the lec
ture-demonstration program,
spousored by the NCSU School
of Engineering, into 150 pub -
lie schools across the state this
academic year. He will take
the program to Cane River
High School on September 21.
A native of Greenville, Fle
ming will travel some 30,000
miles in a panel truck loaded
free Phene
To OSH A
The Occupational Safety
and Health Administration
(OSHA)of theU.S. Depart
ment of Labor has set up a new
24-hour telephone service to
answer questions from employ
ers and employees about on
the-job safety and health con
ditions in North Carolina.
Basil A. Needham,Jr., re
gional administrator for OSHA
in the Southeast, announced
that toll-free calls may b e
made from anywhere in the
state to 800-241-8598.
and talked with local residents at the informal discission fold
at the Yancey County Courthouse. Pictured \Jt to right
above are Robert Presnell, Myrtle Slagle, H.:lms.,and Ver
non Presnell.
with atomic equipment, inclu
ding models of a particle ac
celerator and a nuclear re acton
He will carry the story of
Nuclear energy and its peace
ful uses and an account of tin
opportunities for careers in en
gineering to approximately
100,000 students and theirtea
chers.
The traveling exhibit is
co-sponsored by the North
Carolina Engineering Founda -
tion, tlie Atomic Energy Com
mission, ad the Oak Ridge As -
sociated Universities.
Fleming divides his program
into two segments: lecture
demonstrations during the as
sembly program and detailed
discussions in science classes
or counseling sessions.
He uses specially designed
equipment to show soirees of
radiation, the harnessing of
nuclear energy to generate elec
tricity and the use of radio iso -
apes in medicine, agriculture,
ind industry.
hi career discussions,he de
tails the branches of engineer -
hg and the functions of the
Agineer in today's technologi
cal endeavors. From design
Ad development to operations,
nanagement and research, he
prints to engineering chalien -
gas in improving the environ -
nent and solving societal prob
lams. He also notes that the
arerage starting salary for B.S.
graduates from NCSU'* engin -
earing school last year was ap
proximately SBSO a month.
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Heg Cholera
Poses Threat
With hog cholera being dis
covered in Henderson County
just East of Hendersonville and
that general area being placed
under state quarantine; swine
farmers in Yancey County are
cautioned about the possibility
of an outbreak here. The im
portation of hogs into the coun
ty poses a real threat, but more
so, the feeding of table scraps
or garbage (uncooked) could
be the major threat to healthy
hogs.
The on-the-faxm inspection
and permit requirement for
the movement of swine f o r
other than immediate slaughter *
is still in effect and working
If you are planning on mov
ing hogs, contact Herb Allen,
Agricultural Teacher at East
Yancey High School, for the
inspection and permit.
Reforestation Project Is
Slated For Yancey County
More than 126,000 forest
tree seedlings were sold in Yan
cey County during the last plan
ting season, the Yancey County
Ranger's Office reports. The
reforestation projects were car
ried out on both abandoned crop
lands and non-productive wood
lands in different parts of the
county.
The non-productive wood -
lands, County Ranger Bacchus
Hensley explained, were areas
on which past harvest operation
had removed the most desirable
trees and left cull trees and
trees of inferior species to oc
cupy the site. These "weed
trees" prevent the establishment
of straight, healthyyoung trees.
Such areas had to be "site
prepared," Hensley said,mean
ing file areas were prepared for
planting by removing the weed
trees, (fa areas too steep for
mechanical site preparation,
large trees which had to be re
moved were injected with a
special chemical causing the
tree to grow itself to death. Tie
new baby trees will then be
able to get more nutrients and
not have to compete for water
and sun with the big trees.
Each site was left in rough
condition to minimize erosion
and to provide organic matter
for the soil.
While abandoned crop sites
usually were planted by mach
ines, the site prepared wood -
land areas were planted by hind
with approximately 620 seedlings
pier acre. Seed mixtures, pro -
vided free by the N.C. Wildlife
Resources Commission, were
broadcast on several site pre
pared areas to establish perman
ent food plots for birds and rab
bits.
The North Carolina Forest
Service is nor lining up areas
to be planted in Yancey County
during the coming planting sea
son, which will start in early
December. Landowners interes
ted in planting trees in aban -
doned fields or cutover wood-
Youth Dies
Os Weaad
Leonard Wilson, 23, of the
Swiss Community died in an
Asheville hospital Friday after
noon from a gunshot wound.
According to information,
Wilson dropped his 41 Derrin
ger and it discharged hitting
him in the chest.
Surviving are the parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wilson
of Rt. 3, Burnsville; one sister,
Mrs. Dorothy Bkxrleson and one
brother, Herman Wilson, all
of Burnsville Rt. 3; the mater
nal grandmother, Mrs. Vertie
Crain, Burnsville, Rt. 3.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 2»30 p.m. in the
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.
Hall officiated and burial’was*
in the family cemetery.
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k
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lands should contact County
Ranger Bacchus Hensley at 682-
2133 or write him at P. O.Box
293, Burnsville, N.C. 28714.
* * \ -RE
Karen Mclntosh
Mclntosh Is
Nominated
Miss Karen Mclntosh, l 5
year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard L, Mclntosh of
Burnsville has received the
honor of being nominated to
serve as a member of the
Board of Directors of the Pis
gah Girl Scout Council. if
elected, Karen will serve a
three year term on a Board of
Directors consisting of a selec
tive group of Girl Scouts with
adult Girl Scout advisors.
Karen's years in Girl Scout
ing have been extensive. While
a Cadette Girl Scout, Karen
was a Patrol Leader and earned
the Program Aide Service Bar.
At the present time, Karen is
a member of Burnsville Senior
Girl Scout Troop #66 and is -a
representative to the Sen i©r
Planning Board of the Pis gah
Girl Scout Council and a re gee
seatative to the Pisgah Coun
cil's 1974 National Girl Scout
ing event.
The Pisgah Girl Scout Coun
cil serves the Western part of
North Carolina encompassing
fifteen counties with its Gial
Scout services.
Highway
A lie cat ions
Yancey County has been
allocated mere than $41,826
for two secondary road co n -
struction projects, it was an
nounced today by the North
Carolina State Highway Com
mission. Approval of the pro
jects was voted at the regular
September meeting held in
Jacksonville.
The projects were State
Road #1144 in Yancey Coun
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