VOL.I, N 0.37
First Revenue Sharing Program Check
Totals $120,425 For Yancey County
Officials of Yancey County
and Burnsville felt the impact
of the Christmas spirit on the
receipt last Monday of the first
of a succession of sizeable checks
which local governments are re
ceiving under a five-year reve
nue sharing program of the
Federal Government. The
county received $120,425, and
Burnsville $17,255.
In January, remittances from
the U. S. Treasury of like
amounts are promised,and there
after quarterly checks at a some
what increasing annual rate will
be received for four years. The
United Fund
Honor Roll
The first publication of the
Yancey Unffed Fund Hono r
Roll for 1972 is as follows:
UF PATRCNS (Firms and in
dividuals contributing S2OO or
more): American Thread C
The first publication of the
Yancey United Fund Honor
Roll for 1972 is as follows:
UF PATRONS (Firms and indi -
viduals contributing S2OO or more)
1 American Thread Company
Banco Lumber Company
Glen Raven Mill
Bob Helmle
Mohasco Mill
Northwestern Bank
Pollard's Drug Store
Mr. and Mrs. Mackß. Ray
Dr. Garland Wampler
Dr. Melvin Webb
CENTURY CLUB (Contributors
of SIOO to $200)
Glen Morris (State Represen
tative for Yancey County)
Riddle Fuel Company
Dr. W. A. Y. Sargent
Dr. Clyde Whisnant
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WAMY Hosts Christmas Party
Friday, December 8 was a happy day loir many pre-school children and their parents.
The children and parents from Seven Mile Ridge, Crabtree, Halls Chapel and Arbuckle
gathered for this occasion made possible by the W. A.M. Y. Outreach Worker in that area.
Activities included a Christmas story by Suzanna Jones from the Health Department, and
a film, "Curl Up Small" shown by Brad Warstler of W. A. M. Y. Lunch was provided for
those attending. The meeting place was Arbuckle Community Building.
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amounts allocated to the vari -
ous local governments is based
on a complicated formula ap
plied to census data. Popula -
tion, per capita income, and
the tax burden borne by the
community are taken in account.
Neither the county nor Burns
ville have decided how the mo
ney will be spent. Wide lati -
tude is given to local govern -
ments, but since both county
and town are now operating
under budgets already adopted
•for the present fiscal ye ar,which
ends next June, expenditures Os
the revenue shading money may
be withheld until the next fiscal
year, starting July 1, 1973.
None of the money maybe spent
without proper advance bud
geting of the money.
The money may be used for
a wide range of local govern -
mental purposes, including law
enforcement, environmental
Taylor To Visit Yancey
Daring 17-Coenty Tour
U. S. Rep. Roy A. Taylor
of Black Mountain will be at
the Yancey County Courthouse
,in Burnsville from 1:00 until
2:00 p. m. on Friday, Decem
ber 15 to meet with constitimts,
Taylor, recently re-elected
as representative of the 11th
District for his eighth term, is
making one of his regular tours
of the entire district to learn
the opinions of constituents, as
well as listen to their problems,
before the 93rd Congress opens
in January.
Taylor said, "I intend to re
main sensitive and responsive
to the thinking of the people
in the district, and there is no
and any legally authorized ca
pital improvements. This last
category may include school
building construction.
The program depends heavi
ly on publicity to give assurance
that the money is well spent.
Local governments must give
full publicity regarding plans to
spend the money, and then la -
ter on, how the money was ac
tually spent. All this must be
published in local newspapers
and made available to all area
news media.
Lhst week a group of govern
mental experts comprising a
"State Revenue Sharing Com
mittee" from Raleigh held a
panel discussion on the program
in Asheville. Attending ' from
Yancey County were Chairman
Cfccar Deyton of the County
Commissioners, together with
County Tax Collector Boyd Laws,
and Bob Helmle from the Burns
ville Town Board.
better way of doing this than ” r “
personal visits to the commu -
nities."
Taylor's district assistant,
Tom L. Mallonee of Asheville,
will accompany the congress -
man. Mallonee visits each
town in the district about every
six weeks.
Taylor said, "I am very hap
py to have an opportunity to
express my appreciation to the
citizens of Western North Caro-
I
lina for their recent support and
to listen to their opinions and
suggestions. "
He will be visiting towns aid
communities in the 17 - county
district through December 21.
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THURSDAY, DECEM3ER 14,1972
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Photos By BillWisnesky
Unauthorized Dumping In Yancey—Phone Call Could Help
N.C. Toll Fiee 'Pollution Help Line’
Answers Great Environmental Need
By Betsy Warren
Filthy streams and dirty a»
taking away the pleasure of liv
ing in your community?
Hundreds of North Carolin -
ians are mad enough to do some
thing about it. They are report
ing pollution violators to the
-State's "Pollution Help Line. "
Officially one-ye ar-old this
November, response to Help
line has been tremendous ac
cording to Mrs. Jackie Wall of
the Office of Water and Air Re
sources of the Department of
Natural and Economic Resour
ces. She has handled meet of
the 1,000 calls during Help
line's first year.
In order to report a pollution
violation or nuisance or simply
place an inquiry with the State,
a citizen from anywhere in
North Carolina need only dial
1-800-662-7308 toll free.
The first call an the new
S treat Will
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Open Here
Strout Realty, Inc. will open
a branch office in Burnsville, it
was announced this week. The
large number of prospective
buyers who have indicated an
interest in this area was a prime
reason for establlshingthisoffiae.
Mr. John G. Humphrey of
Mills River, N.C. will be the
branch manager, according to
information received from the
Company's Home Office.
Mr. Humphrey, a recent gra
duate of Oklahoma State Uni -
versity, was formerly associated
with the Mills River Office of
Strout Realty which is operated
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
P. Humphrey. In addition to
his prior sales experience, Mr.
Humphrey has recently comple
ted the Real Estate coinse at
Ashevllle-Buncombe Techrical
Institute.
Strout Realty, Inc. has aver
600 offices throughout the U. S.
selling all types of real estate.
The new office is located on
the Bumrville Bypass, U. S.I9E,
next to Roberts Chevrolet and
across from the Bank? Family
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Square,
phone came in the day after
the number was announced.
An Eastern North Carolh a
lady was calling to ask for help
in solving an air pollution prob
lem. It seems smoke from the
town's refuse dump had forced
postponement of scheduled ac
tivities at a nearby school.
Mis. Wall referred the com
plaint to the Air Quality Divi
sion which checked with the
county manager and determined
that the county landfill could
he used to take care of the re
fuse that was causing the prob
lem. The manufacturer dump
ing the product said he would
be happy to use the landfill.
The Help Line had scored on
its first test.
Not all the cases have been
handled so simply as the first
one, Mrs. Wall said, but she
believes the service has been
effective.
She quoted an air quality
field man on his appreciation
for the Help Line: "ft's like
having a thousand eyes to help
us locate points of pollution we
might otherwise not know about.
East Yancey Panthers
Continue Good Season
By Robert Howard
Friday, December 1 the East
Yancey Panthers played host to
the Yellow Jackets of Edney -
ville. In the J. V. game, J.
Bailey and E. Wooten both had
8 points, while L» Laughter had
14 points and J. Pryor scored 8
to lead the Yellow Jackets to
a 50-27 win over East Yancey.
hi the girls game, the Yel
low Jackets stung the Panthers
by a 44 to 29 win.
Tuesday, December 5 the
Panthers hosted the Rebels of
Cane River for a big conferenib
game. In an overtime event,
J. Biggerstaff hit 13 points while''
J. Hughes hit 12 to win overthe
Rebels 59 to 55. J. Young and
8. Holcombe had 22 and 1 6
points respectively for Rebels.
In a close game the Lady
Panthers show the Rebels how
We can't be everywhere all the
time."
Marr Tar Heels would be
astoi abed to leam that their
neighbors are telling on them.
Reports are made frequently
about illegal trash burning ,cars
emitting black smoke, and
other day-to-day violations. To
prevent "crank calls", thecall
er must give his name and ad
dress. He is also told that the
subject of the call will be ' a
matter of public record.
One lady was particularly
disturbed that she had to "cause
trouble" for her neighbor but
her conscience would not let
her remain silent any longer,
she said. It seems her neigh
bor was dumping trash into a
river near their home nearly
every day.
The most frequent calls to
Help Line are concerned with
industries which emit large
amounts of smoke and offensive
odors, dump raw sewage into
streams, health worries, burn
ing eyes, nose, throat and
breathing problems; and auto
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to play aggressive ball to win
by a score of 38 to 34. K. Grif
fin led East Yancey with 13 ,
while T. Geouge and J. Laws
had 8 apiece. For the Rebels
I* Doan had 16 points and D.
Garland had 7.
For the Junior Varsity
mas scored 10 while J. Bailey
had 12 for the Panthers to win
over the Rebels by a score of
49 to 42. For the Rebels, K,
Jobe had 17 points, L. Pryor
and G, Peterson had 8 apiece.
On Tuesday, November 21,
the East Yancey Junior Vanity
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Notice
The 1973 License Tags will
not go on sale until the first
of January, 1973.
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Silent Symbols Os Man's Unconcern For Environment
Music Appreciation Group
To Attend Special Concert
~ The newly-formed Music
Appreciation Group here will
attend the special presentation
for the Christmas season of Han
del's "Messiah" at the United
Methodist Church in S pruc e
Pine on Sunday, December 17,
3:00 p. m. Some of the singers
who will be performing at the
concert are from Yancey County.
Dr. Lee Beall will conduct
the choir and Patricia La Bach
will be at the organ for the
"Messiah", and it is felt that
this will be one of the most
movk: experiences for this
Christmas. The public is in
vited to attend.
The first meeting of the Mu
sic Appreciation Group, held in
November, was at the Burns
ville Presbyterian Church and
was attended by about twenty
five people. Frank Ell, direc
Honorable
/Kenton
The Town of Burnsville and
Arbuckle community each re
ceived honorable mention
awards of SSO at the 2 3rd An
nual Awards Luncheon lor the
Western North Carolina Com -
munity Development Program
on Saturday, December 9th in
Asheville. " i
Congressman Roy A. Taylor
presented the Community lead
ership awards and Dr. J. E. Le
gates, Dean of the School of
Agriculture, spoke to the group.
Awards to the communities
were presented by Mr. Jack
Krause of Union Mills, chair
man of the WNC Community
Development Program.
White Oak Creek commu -
nity also received honorable
mention in the Youth Program
Awards.
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tor of Music in the Mountains,
spoke to the group on the begin
nings of music, the components
of a piece of classical music,
and music as an art. Mr. Ell
stressed the fact that in order
to fully appreciate music,one
should know something about
the composer, the time in which
he lived and his other works.
The Music Appreciation
Group also briefly discussed the
religious significance of classi
cal music and the feet that
classical music is not only used
in special church services, can
tatas, and in mass, but also is
the basis or origin of many well
known church hymns. ,
The Group will hear moreen
the subject of classical music
as it pertains to the religious
mußic of our times when Mari
lyn Keiser, organist at the All
Souls Episcopal Church in Ashe
ville, speaks op this subject at
the Music Appreciation Group
meeting Januaiy 2nd. The
Group meetings, to be held on
the 2nd day month, are
open to all interested people.
The January 2nd meeting will
be at BiPO p.m. in the First
Baptist Church, Burnsville.
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Woman’s flab
Meeting Set
be Held on Thunrday, Decern*
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