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VOL.I, NO .36 JMK *£ i m n^nffm ■'” ■' ps ■Hi New School Board Members Sworn In Monday At Yancey Courthouse Community Development Awards A delegation of Yancey County community leaders will be on hand, along with hun - dreds of other rural and civic leaders from throughout Wes tern North Carolina, at the Asheville City Auditorium at noon Saturday for the announce ment of the winners of the 1972 Western North Carolina Com - munity Development Program, The occasion will be the an nual awards luncheon of the Asheville Agricultural Develop ment Council honoring the or ganized community clubs in the area that have made the great est progress during the year. Representing Yancey Coun ty in the contention for top area awards are Aibuckle in Division A (less than 75 families; and Burnsville in Division C (over ISO families). White Oak Creek was the county represen tative in the final judging of the youth program. Ir Dr. J. E. Legates, dean of the School of Agriculture and life Sciences at N. S. State Uni versity will be the featured speaker at the affair. Dr. Le gates, an internationally recog nized authority on animal breeding and recipient of nu - merous awards, was placed in charge of all research, teaching and extension programs in agri culture atN.C. State in 1971. Over $6,000 in awards will be presented to the oommuni - ties in the area judged to have made the most progress din- Si' * Mrnmm KflK m'.J », jj [Jw?if S Bliflß 7fcrtP£R«T<Hie of Tmc Uee* ' UPPerTWm (LoUMTRV ; N to v at THE YANCEY JOURNAL Dr. J. E. Legates ing the year. Winners in the various counties were presented over SIO,OOO in recognition awards earlier this fall by local vp'c sponsors. The WNC Community De velopment Program is sponsored by the Asheville Agricultural Develop me it Council and the agricultural agencies in each county. The awards meeting on December 9 will mark the completion of 23 years of operation of the Agricultural Development Council as an area development association for the , i 3 Belated Yancey UF Drive j » f. Shews Progress, Premise ] While other united runds in the State are reporting the at tainment of their campaign goals, the Yancey UF, because of its late start this year,is only now getting its annual fundrais ing drive into full swing. The budget goal this year is $13,900 and the thermometer on the Burnsville square which records campaign progress stands now at the $3,000 figure. A second report meeting of volunteer worker* was held last week at the Cane River High School, at which progress and campaign strategy were review ed. Following the meetin&Mn. Cara Cox, campaign chairman, reported that solicitation in the county's indie trial plants is now 18 western counties. i Awards and sponsors for Di-1 vision A are as follows: first j prize-S4OO, Sears ; 2nd prize - j S3OO, The Northwestern Bank; i third prize-S2OO, Ivey's of > Asheville; fourth prize - sloo,j Gerber Products Co. > In Division C, first prize of 2 S4OO is sponsored by Asheville ] C itizen-Times, Co.; 2nd prize 2 of S3OO, Champion Papers-Dre-J xel Enterprises; third prize of J S2OO, General Electric Co.; * and 4th prize-SIOO, Moods Sup-1 er Stores, Inc. * Awards in youth activities 1 have been doubled this year,re-1 fleeting increased emphasis on I -youth development and leader- I ship projects. Also this year, 1 for the first time, a group of I "special merit youth awards", j wach for SSO are being provide! j by the French Broad, Haywood J and Rutherford Electric Mem- j bership Corporations to recog - j nize particularly outstanding j youth projects or organizations. J Tickets for the luncheon should be bought in advance, and are available from the Ex- I tension Office in the courthouses 8 No tickets will be sold at the I door. a being organized, and thatwhen « reports of this activity are in, Y the thermometer on the square B will show major progress. Because of the slowness of some volunteer workers to make their reports, it has always been difficult for campaign chair men to keep abreast of the pro gress being made. This year is no exception, and the grow ing Christmas rush seems addi tionally to be blowing things down. Mn. Cox is confident, how ever, that is workers will con centrate their efforts during the next week, the successful con clusion of the drive will be in sight. 'pvimenlef *7 fa fyiKcey TScc&ict ■ -MS/ , .L *—, .. —1 —" —1 ■ ■■■ ■ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7.1972 Yancey Officials Sworn In; New County Att’y Appointed The newly-elected members of the Yancey County School Board were sworn in Monday afternoon along with other elec ted and appointed county offi cials, by Arnold Higgins,Clerk of Superior Court. The five school board mem bers are Bill Banks, Jim Gard ner, Charles Hopson, Wade Styles and Claude Vess. Vess will serve as chairman of the board , Gardner and Hopson will serve two year terms, and the remaining three members will serve four year terms. Also sworn in Monday was Phillip Thomas, who will re place Bill Atkins as County At torney. This office is appoin Hf ■PL aCiL.Jk f W.- l X | Mrs. Santa h Coming! | Mis. Santa is coming to town this coming Monday, De- Jf ’ cemberll!. Mis. Santa is expected to arrive around Y X 10:00 a. m. at the Yancey County Public library for awry W S special Christmas Party with all of her "little friends. " If W w you are a "little Mend" of Mb. Santa's (all pre-school W §f children), then you don't want to miss seeing her on this jjw 0 day, talking with her about Mr. Santa and the elves, and ftp p eating the deliciois "goodies" Mrs. Santa has brought frem fijf » the North Pole for her "little friends" to enjoy. hrs Rep. Taylor Aaaeaaees Lean U. S. Rep. Roy A. Taylor announced Thursday a loan of $1,008,000 from the Rural Electrification Administration to Westco Telephone Company of WeaveUville, North Carolina for improvement of its service area. The money will be used to upgrade existing service to one and four-party lines in the Se vier, Glenwood -Providence and ted by the County Commission ers, | The County Commissioners, \ O. W. Deyton, Frank Fox and Earl Young, were re-elected to serve another two-jear term and, were also sworn into office, i The County Tax Office was I restructured with Boyd Laws re- I appointed as Tax Collector. ] Alma Presnell will serve as Tax Supervisor, and June Hughes as ] County Accountant. ] Grace Ayers was sworn into | serve another four-year term I in the elective office of Regis- " ter of Deeds. Assisting her will be Jean Buchanan as Assistant Register of Deeds and Diana England as Deputy Register of Deeds. Garden City exchanges to re place the present one to eiglt party arrangement, to finance facilities to serve 627 addition al subscribers, to oossttuct 51 miles of new line, and to ex pand existing toll facilities. The counties served byWfest co in North Carolina are Chero kee, Clay, Graham, McDowell, Madison, Mitchell and Yancey and in Georgia, Rabun County. IIP Yancey 4-H Members At Awards Banquet Hold Certificates They Received / 4-H'er Participating In Crops Contest Wins Second Place Award In Judging Roger Dale Foxx, 17- year old Yancey County 4-H mem ber, was named second place winner in the 1972 Wfestem Njrth Carolina Horticultural Crops Contest Monday night at the Annual Awards banquet held at Bailey's Cafeteria, Westgate Shopping Center in Asheville. Roger was recipient of a certificate and a SSO award. Also, recognized as honor - able mention and receiving awards of $lO each were Bobby 'Operation Santa Claus' Collection Underway Here "Operation Santa Claus" is now underway in Yancey Coun ty to collect patient and ward gifts for the adults in Broughton Hospital and the 850 children who will be in Western Carolina Center in Morganton during the holiday season. The State Department of Mental Health does not provide funds for Christmas activities or gifts, so it is up to the commu ; nity to provide Christmas for many of the patients. The Tri-county area has a ward at Broughtrin, and many of these patients do not have families f bringing gifts. It is important that Christ -1 mas boxes be marked plainly ' with the name of the county f they are from so they can be de livered to the Tri-County ward of the hospital. Those sending gifts should include their name and address. There are a number of ways the community may contribute to a Christmas for patients at Broughton and Western Carolina Center. There are two gift categories patient gifts and ward gifts. For information and a complete list of acceptable gifts, individuals or groups may call Don Elly, Wanda McNeill, Bernice Norris, Ruby Smith, or Mrs.Ed Hunter. For those who prefer to give money in lieu of a gift, this is Bennett and Steve Gortney of Yancey County. Seventeen contestants from eight counties were in the final judging. Also attending from Yancey County were Sammy Byrd and Horace Craine, Darrell Woodby and David Woodby. (pictured left to right are: Darrell Woodby, Bobby Bennett, Roger Foxx, Sammy Byrd, Horace Craine, Steve Gortney and David Wood by, along with Dr. Clive Dooo ho, Jr. fromNCSU). quite acceptable. Gifts will be bought with the money. Checks should be made payable to Wes tern Carolina Center, .Operation Santa Claus or to Broughton Hos pital, Cheer Fund. Before Christmas, new Christ mas cards and stamps will en-1 able patients to send cards tfo their family and Mends. / There is a long list of ac ceptable gift items. These should be delivered to the Health Center, Social Services Office, or the W. A.M. Y. Office as soon as possible. The gifts must be delivered to Broughton by Tuesday, December 15, so that the staff can organize and coordinate them with the wards and with the patients' requests. Gifts should be delivered to collection stations unwrapped. Packages of gift wrapping and ribbon will also be appreciated. Used items cannot be given as Christmas gifts, however, there is a need for used clothing,es pecially for children, during the rest of the year.) Collection boxes have also been placed in all fbcal stores by Senior Girl Scouts, with a poster explaining the project. For those who would like to give a gift or check and cannot get to a collection center, call Ber nice Norris at 682-2610 and it will be picked up by the Girl I0 C Average net return for 11 farmers and youngsters keeping records in Yancey County indi cate a net return of $4,086. 30 per acre on a per acre basis. Awards were sponsored by Gerber Products; Pigeon IfcEey Tomato Farm in Canton; 3-D Farm, Fletcher; Francis and Wright, Inc. and Southern Ag ricultural Insecticides, Hender sonville; and Barber Orchards in Waynesville. The Annual Contest, which wqs started 11 years ago* is open to 4-H and FFA members in the 18 Westernmost counties, ft is sponsored by the Horticul tural Crops Commission in co operation with the N.C. Agri cultural Extension Service and Vocational Agricultural te sobers; ft is aimed at stimulating in terest among rural youth in pro ducing various horticultural crops and recognizing those with outstanding projects. Dr. Clive W. Donoho, Jr. j professor and head of the Dept, of Horticultural Science, N. C. State University, was speaker ' at the awards program. He out lined the current programs of research, teaching and ex ten- ' sion in horticultural crops at N.C. State University and re lated the rapid growth taking place in some of the crops, bat eluding Apples, ornamentals, \ cucumbers, tomatoes andothear. Awards werj presented by Ro bert Hyatt, Buncombe County Agricultural agent. Dwight W. Bennett of Hen dersonville , Commission Chair man, presided at the meetingsr tt* j J mattmrf 1 m Give more to *
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