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Helms Says
Fight Drags
U. 5. Senate candidate Jesse
Helms today outlined a five
point program to combat what
he called " The stupifying
scourge of the so-called drug
culture. "
The situation has become
so bad, Helms said in a speech
prepared for delivery to the
Charlotte lions Club, that even
the size of the illegal djug
trade is guesswork. '
Pointing out that President
Nixon has called drug abuse
"public enemy No. 1", Helms
said that "we must exert public
effort No. 1 to bring the menace
under control. "
One of the means of con
trolling the drug trade,he said,
is "to bear down through dip
lomatic means on those foreign
nations that thus far have wink
ed at the international traffick
ers in their midst. "
Here at home, Helms said,
we need to bear down "on
those drug companies and drug
distributors...that produce the
billions o ! excess 'pep pills'—
the amphetamines, or 'speed',
as it is called—that cripple
and kill thousands of teenagers
every year."
Helms also called for great
er public support for those agen
cies of the government trying
to cope with the problem of
drug abuse.
"We will need a national
will and a maximum effort,"
said Helms, "But we must sum
mon that will and we mist en
gage in that effort if we are to
save our nation and its people."
Girl Scouts
Are Honored
Girl Scout Day will be ob
served for the second straight
year at Grandfather Mountain
on Saturday, September 30.
All Girl Scouts, regardless
of their troop or council affilia
tion, will be admitted to "Caro
lina's Top Scenic Attraction"
free of charge. All gate admis
sion fees will be donated to the
Pisgah Girl Scout Council which
comprises 17 Western North Ca
rolina counties.
Many Girl Scouts in the Pis
gah Council will be participat
ing in a "Thank You" project
.on Girl Scout Day. Tiiey will
Jwalk along the many hiking
trails across Grandfather Moun
tain, picking up trash discarded
ft>y earlier hikers. Council lea
m tiers selected this clean-up pro
'feet as a means "to show our
appreciation" for the financial
provided by the famed
hsavel attraction.
[ Hugh Morton, president of
ftWrandfather Mountain, Inc.,
parted the Girl Scout Day ob
‘sJßtrvance in 1971, saying that
'Ske benefits were to reward the
i|Hbi scouts for their concern in
«BrVftonmental problems and
work in the area of ecology,
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At the development of Grand
3Hther Mountain over the years
been to insure that the hlgh-
Ht mountain in the Blue Ridge
JMtnge remains unspoiled, unpol-
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Familiar Scene At Summer's End
Early meaning mist, cooler weather, a hint of color in
the leaves, and tobacco drying in the sun remind hs that
Friday, September 22, will be the first day of Fall. As
Painting In The Mountains
Announces Fall Classes
Following a successful sum
mer session, Everett Kivette
has announced that "Painting
in the Mountains" will offer
three weeks of fall painting
classes, starting October 9 and
ending October 27.
Classes will be offered in
still life and landscape in oil,
water color, and acrylic. Por
trait work will be optional.
New studio facilities, loca
ted one mile north of Burnsville
Town Square, have helped ex
pand the growth possibilities of
"Painting in the Mountains".
Over the seven years it has hpn
in existence, the growth of
"Painting in the Mountains "has
exceeded the expectations of
co-founders John Bryans and
Everett Kivette. The new fall
classes are evidence of the
growth potential of the classes.
The new studio offers fine
views of the Black Mountains
and high Yancey County
peaks, and provides a large
indoor studio, a student com
mon room and locker space.
Airy porohes serve as outdoor
studios where students may do
landscape and still life paint -
ing in woodland setting espe -
daily inviting in October.
Tuition is $25 a week. Re
servations for classes should be
sent to Everett Kivette, P. O.
Box 182, Burnsville, N.C. be
fore September 30. Special
living accommodations are
also available for students.
Classes will be conducted by
Mr. Kivette every morning from
9:30 a. m. until 12 noon Mon
day through FHday in the field
and from 2«00 until 4:30 p. m.
on Tuesday and Thursday after
noons at the studio. Students
may work privately at the stu
dio on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday afternoons and all day
Saturday. The studio will be
closed on Sundays.
A "summer gallery" is lo
cated in the studio, on the
ground level, where shows of
the paintings and graphics of
the instructors of Painting in
the Mountains and also the art
works of their students will be
opened to the public. From
time to time special shows will
be assembled and will be an
nounced.
Pledges Top
$855,000
ft was announced today by
Taylor O. Teague and Garrett
Dixon Bailey, co-chairmen oi
the Blue Ridge Hospitals De
velopment Fund, that gifts and
pledges to the program had
reached $855,700. The an
nounced goal for the campaign
is $1,000,000.
In making their re port, the
co-chairmen gave the follow
ing breakdown by the solici -
ting divisions:
Special Gifts $568,000
Family Gifts 121,477
Advance Gifts 131,255
Corp, Employees 12,173
Public Gifts 12,725
Summer Residetts 10,070
' Prominent among the pledges
received this past week was
one of $25,000 from Ellen
Knitting Mills and Karen Dale
Knitting, Several other area
corporations are expected to
announce their gifts in the next
few weeks. ;,\
In making their announce -
meat, the co-chairmen express
ed their pleasure with the results
to date in the Corporate Em
ployee Division, as the results
so far are from only 3 of more'
- than twenty groups participating
in this division's effort.
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Instructor Everett Kivette Adds Personal Touch
Local United Fund Campap Organized;
$13,900 Budget Set For Yancey County
Along with most cities and
counties in North Carolina Yan
cey County is now getting or
ganized for its annual United
Fund campaign. At a meeting
of directors and other interested
citizens last week, a budget was
adopted, and plans laid for
starting the drive early in Oc
tober.
After reviewing requests
from all agencies desiring to
be included in the united ap
peal, a budget of $13,900 was
adopted. This budget, which
is slightly below that of the
1971 drive, is shown elsewhere
in this issue of the Journal.
A committee spokesman has
expressed assurance that 4 pain
staking job was done, taking
into account for every item the
benefit to be derived by the
county. By far the greater part
of the money raised will b e
spent within Yancey County,
and the rest will be returned by
indirect benefits,
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A Pause For Perspective To Finish Landscape
The blood program of the
Red Cross furnishes an example
of expenditures made outside
the county which nevertheless
benefit Yancey County citizens.
Yancey countians having opera
tions in hospitals away from
here often receive blood fur
nished by the Red Cross, which
in turn receives support from
the local united appeal.
In the main, the budget
items are similar to those of
last year. In view of the sep
arate drive now in progress for
the new hospital, no amount
was included in the UF budget
this year for the Yancey Hos -
pital.
Last year the budget inclu
ded larger amounts than pre
viously for Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts, and this year these in
creased amounts have been
continued. The explanation
for this increased support is
that scouting has broadly in -
creased its activities through-
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out the state as well as in "Yan
cey County. This is being
done in an effort to combattbe
widespread alienation of youth
as evidenced by the hippy
movement and increased juve
nile delinquency. Scouting,
furthermore, is recognized as
effective in providing for the
development of future commu
nity leaders.
Most of the items in the
budget are self-explanatory,
although a few may need clar
ification. the N. C. United
"Package" includes Yancey
County's fair share of support
fov a group of agencies finan -
ced jointly by all united funds
in the state. Among thse are
the USO which serves those in
military service with recrea -
tion and other benefits, a Flor
ence Crittenton Home, the
Children's Home Society of
North Carolina, and medical
research at Bowman Grey and
Duke.
Serving on the budget com
mittee of the United Fund this
year were Ruby Smith, Mack
B. Ray, Jerry Davis, James
Hoover, Bob Rhine hart, Pat
Guyer, Tom Story, Dr. Gar
land Wampler, Jerry Storey
and Bob Helmle.
Play Sat For
Hospital Drive
On November 4th, a newly
formed group of Yancey County
citizens will present a three-act
comedy by John Patrick titled
"Lo And Behold". Entire net
proceeds will be donated to the
Hospital Drive presently un
derway.
This new group is non-sec -
tarian, non-political, and non
everything else —except
which is strictly present.
Thus, far committed to por
trayal in key roles are Harold
McDonald, Joe Denny, Claude
Vess, and Charlie Hensley—on
the male side. On the distaff
side, in even more important
roles, will be displayed'the tal
ents of Betty McDonald, Theresa
Coletta and Sheree Banks.
One more role remains to be
filled but the Director of the
play, Blanche Kelly, feels that
the cast will be completed this
week.
More details of the many
people who will assist in this
noble fund-raising effort will
be furnished later.
Tickets will be priced at
$1.50 for adults and 75 c e nts
for students. Two students will
be admitted on one adult ticket.
Sales Tax
local 194 Sales and Use Tax
collections by county have
been reported by the State De
partment of Revenue for the
month of August, 1972.
The report shows Yancey
county collections for that
month amounted to $12,672.40.
This compares with Mitchell
and A very County collection
to the amount of just over sl6
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