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Students Host Christmas Party
Christmas came early this year for a group of local children, thank to the efforts of
Mrs. Kate Zuver's government class and art and music class at East Yancey High School.
The "big people" at East Yancey provided the Christmas tree, music, refreshments and made
the decorations for the enjoyment of the "little people. " Santa Claus surprised everyone
by coming to the party and presenting the children with toys.
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Winning Name Drawn At Ingles
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Robert Hughes of Route 2, Burnsville had the honor of pulling the winning ticket out of
a shopping bag held by Harold Grogan, manager of Ingles Supermarket. The event was the
climax of the Yancey County Jaycee Shopping Spree, sponsored by the Jaycees and by Ingles
of Burnsville, which will culminate in the lucky winner getting all the groceries she can
pick up in a 5 minute dash down the aisles at Ingles. The winner, Grace Ball of Route 1,
Burnsville, will have her free spree at the supermarket at 8:00 p. m. Wednesday, December
20, 1972 just in time for Christmas Dinner!
Yancey Schools Help Pollution Fight;
Dumpsters Placed, Furnaces Converted
Yancey County Schools are
attempting to do their share in
Solving die universal problem of
pollution. In addition to the
Scouts Need
Used Uniforms
A new cub scout troop has
been formed and uniforms are
urgently needed. If you have
old uniforms and would either
like to donate or sell them,
bring them by Laughrun Heating
and Sheet Metal. Please have
all uniforms sized and priced
• when you bring them by.
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instructional program through
which an attempt is being made
u> formulate the proper habits
and attitudes among students,
two steps have been taken to
eliminate pollution in aid around
the school buildings. Through
the cooperation of the local
health department, dumpwters
have recently been placed at
all schools ir. the county, ex
cept Burnsville which has city
garbage pick-up. This has
solved the problem of burning
trash at the schools and has eli
minated the garbage problem,
which has been a big problem
in past years.
The second step taken has
been to eliminate coal burning
fumades which has been a big
contributor to air pollution dur
ing the winter Xnonths. Accord
ing to Edgar Hunter, Superintar*
dent, eight of the eleven, fur -
naces have already been
converted to oil burners and the
remaining three are scheduled
to be converted at the end of
the current heating season. Hun
ter said he believed we would
be among the first counties in
the state to have completed
both programs.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21,1972
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Dr. Pope Gives Presentation
On Regional Health Care
A program about a March
of Dimes sponsored program in
seven Northwestern North Caro
lina comities to improve the
quality of pregnancy among dis
advantaged women in Appala
chia was presented last week
end at the National Foundation
March of Dimes’ annual Nation
al Volunteer Leadership Confer
ence held in New York.
Making the presentation
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ram, which is being adminis -
tered by Appalachian State
University: Dr. Fergus Pope,
director of the Division of Com
munity and Regional Services;
Mrs. Maryßeichle, director of
a local March of Dimes mater
nal and child health project and
Jane and Bill Findlay of Qirhan
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who were interns in Pope’s field
program last summer.
Preparation of the program
began in mid-October when a
National Foundation film crew
ci'me to Yancey and Mitchell
counties to work with Pope in
filming three families who ha\e
been assisted by public health
department and Marchof Dimes
programs. The 20-minute film
wu s premiered at the meet
ing and will become part ofthe
March of Dimes film library.
Pope's topic was the present
state of health care to the dis
advantaged in Region D (Alle
ghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell,
Watauga, Wilkes and Yancey
counties), which he described
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Men who sought the Infant 1
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Jesus, let us seek the ,
true meaning of
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season, and throughout i.
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We would like to extend Season’s Greetings to our *• mtOUUmL
Wherever you are—may your holiday be a happy one!
-Ed and Carolyn Yuziuk
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Appalachian Consortium Sponsors Arts,
Contest For All Apes, All Calagories
The Appalachian Consor -
tium has a new idea for helping
preserve the heritage of the
Southern Appalachian mountain
people.
ft's the Appalachian Art
Exposition, Appalachian Expo
for short, an arts competition
designed to let every child and
adult in Western North C arolina
and East Tennessee show their
feelings about their past.
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Morning Blaxo Destroys Home
The Burnsville Fire Department answered a call around 9:30 Monday n*«ntt, g from the
home of Jack loneycutt in Green Mountain. Members of the Honeycutt family reported tint *
they first noticed the fire in the upper part of the house around Bs3o and tried to extinguish
it themselves before calling for help. After fighting the fire for approximately one hour the
Are department reported the house an 80 percent loss. The Honeycutts m«r.« gf d to Remove
most of their furniture before the home was engulfed in smoke end flames.
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- The consortium is offering
some $1,500 in cash prizes for
entries in visual art (anything
from crayon drawings and wood
carvings to still photography
and movies), written art (per
sonal prose to mini-drama
scripts) and performing art(live
or recorded story telling,music
and dancing.)
The entries will be judged
primarily on how well they re
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flect Expo's themes: "The J.
of proud and independent moun
tain people in today's worlßr
and "The impact of t&banfza • -
tion on rural Southern App &< r
lachia."
There are categories in the
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Expo for professionals and for
amateurs with separate divi -
sions for ages 10 and under, 10
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