THE YANCEY JOURNAL
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Snowstorm Hits Yancey County
Snow quickly blanketed the fields and mountains in
Yancey County as winter's first big snowstorm began early
Sunday morning and dropped several inches by nightfall.
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Black Cherry Trees Destroyed
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The Black Cherry tree (town In thk picture Is only one of many recently found on Na -
tional Forest Lands that have been destroyed In a selfish and needless manner. The bark of
these trees has been removed up as high as a man can reach. Now, because some selfish
and nearsighted individual wanted to make a few pennies selling cherry bark, a valuable
tree will die. In a time when the demand for wood products is increasing every day this
was a needless and wasteful act. Hundreds of dollars of cherry lumber will now have to be
harvested immaturely or in some cases allowed to decay in tire woods. Needless to say this
act was done without the knowledge or consent of the U.S. Forest Service. If anyone has
any information regarding this, or you should ever see anyone removing bark from trees on
National Forest Lands please notify the U. S. Forest Service in Burnsville, N.C. The tele
phone number is 682-2567. ’•
12th Annual March Os Dimes Telerama
Scheduled For This Area In Two Weeks
The 12th Annual March of
Dimes Telerama will be tele
vised live and in color over
WCYB-TV, Channel 5, from
the station's studios in Bristol,
Virginia the weekend of Janu
ary 27th and 28th. The telecast
will begin at 11:15 p.m. the
27th and will end at 5:00 p. m.
the 28th.
The storm continued through Sunday night and most of Mon
day, closing schools and bringing out the highway depart -
ment in force. Snowfall was estimated at six inches here.
WCYB-TV is donating its
time, personne 1 and equipment
for this all-out effort to raise
essential funds to continue the
fight against birth defects,
which claim the lives of some
250,000 babieß a year.
For those interested in per
forming for the telerama,there
will be auditions on January 14
o ?on*KViUt *7&i 'tyoMtUf TZce&id
THURSDAY, JANUARY 11,19?3
at 1:00 p. m. at Vance Junior
High School, Kingsport', Term.
The number of performers who
can appear is limited so only
those who audition will be asked
to perform.
Made Bennett, Jf. will take
pledges locally. Additional in
formation will be published be
fore the Telerama.
Owens Takes
New Training
James Owens, with West
cc Telephone Company, has
completed an advanced course
in central office equipment
maintenance at the Continen
tal Telephone System Train -
ing Center, near Dulles Inter
national Airport, Washington,
D.C.
The 15-day course is de
signed to broaden thd repair
man's overall knowledge of
central office operations and
procedures. It concentrates
on giving him a better under
standing of the functions,
maintenance, trouble locatirg
and trouble clearing ptocohaes
relating to the central office,
which is the equipment center
for routing calls to and from
a local telephone exchange.
Owens has served as a
central office equipment man
in his hometown of Burnsville
since 1967. He and hb wife
Kathy live near Burnsville with
their two children James Lon
don and Kimberly.
Solid Waste Program Grant
Set For Tri-County Area
Washington—U, S. Rep; Roy
Taylor announced Monday a
grant of $104,620 from the Ap
palachian Regional Commission
The grant will provide for se
cond year continuation of a
Curriculums
Approved
The State Board of Educa
tion approved curriculums for
four technical institutes and
one community college at its
monthly meeting here Thurs -
day, January 4.
The schools and their new
programs are James Sprunt In
stitute, Surveying; Mayland
Technical Institute, Technical
Guided Studies and Voc lticn -
al Guided Studies; Mongomery
Technical Institute, Teacher
Aide; W.W. Holding Techni
cal Institute, Nursing (subject
to approval by the State Board
of Nursing); and Western Pied
mont Community College,
Medical Laboratory Techno -
logy.
Yancey Health Dept,
On Monday mom in# from 8:00 to 11:30 General Clinic
is held at the Yancey Health Department.
January 11, Thuis. Family Planning,Dr. Webb 8:30 to 12:00
January 12, Fri. Mental Health,Mr.Hutchison, appointmait
January 16, Tues. Nurse Screening from 9:00 to 12:00
January 18, Thiffls. X-Ray from 10:00 to 11:00
January 19, Fri. Eye Clinic, Dr. Rogers by appointment
January 19, Fri. Mental Health,Mr. Hutchison,sppointment
January 22, Mon, Child Health, Dr. Pope, by appointment
January 23, Tues. Nurse Screening from 9:00 to 12:00
January 24, Wed. Orthopedic, Dr. Galloway, Bakersville.
(Register before 11:00 a.m.)
January 25, Thun. Family Planning, Dr. Webb, 8:30 to 12
January 26, Fri. Mental Health, Mr.Hutchison,appointmmt
January 30, Tues. Nurse Screening from 9:00 to 12:00
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First-Citizens Bank Announces Opening Date
First-Citizens Bank G Trust Company's new Burnsville
Office is nearing completion, Ben Floyd, assistant vice
president and executive officer of the bank, announced.
Formal opening ceremonies and an open house has been
scheduled for Monday, January 22, from 5t30 p. m. until
7530 p. m. and the batik will open for business the follow -
ing morning at 9100 a. m. Located on Highway 19, the
story and a -half building k constructed of native stone
solid waste management prog
ram of the counties of Avery,
Mitchell, and Yancey of the
11th Congressional District, and
also Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes.
Five sanitary landfills have
been established and a system
of bulk containers and rural col
lection have been initiated. The
Appalachian Commission pro
vides for the operation and the
equipping of this program for *
the disposal of solid waste.
All the counties, except
Ashe and Wilkes, have the bulk
container system in operation.
During the second year this con
tainer system will begin in these
two counties.
Total cost for the project
will be $223,480, with local
sources providing $128,480.
Burnsville FTA
Meeting Set
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The Burnsville Elementary
FTA will meet in the School
Gym at 7:30 p. m. on January
16, 1973. The Flashettes will
present the program. Let's start
the New Year off with good at
tendance.
Benjamin Floyd 111
Bank Head
Appointed
Benjamin G. Floyd, HI,
assistant vice president of First
Citizens Bank G Trust Company,
has been named executive of
ficer of the bank's new Burns
ville Office.
In his new position, Floyd
will have full management re
sponsibility for the Burnsville
Office Including lending,opera
tions and business development,
S. A. Hughes, senior vice pre -
sident and regional supervisor
for the bank announced.
A native of Lumberton,
Floyd has been associated with
First-Citizens since 1968. He
has extensive experience in in
stallment lending, branch oper
ations and management and
commercial banking. He' has
been located in the bank's
Charlotte Office for the past
four years.
He is a graduate of Mars
Hill College with a degree in
economics. He is married to
the former Rita Ann Propst of
Hickory. They have one child.
Dean’s List
Samuel Fred Anglin, son
of Mr. and Mb. Fred Anglin
of Burnsville, was named to
the Dean's List at Lees-Mcßae
College for the fiat semester
and contains approximately 4,500 square feet with 3,40 b
square feet on the main floor. It has been designed to
blend with the community and offer maximum customer
convenience. All major banking service will be offered
by First-Citizens including savings, checking, lending as
well as night depository and safe deposit boxes. With the
opening of the Burnsville Office, Flat-Citizens will operate
179 offices in 76 North Caroline cities. , , 4
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Dr. Maddox
Will Visit j
Dr . Deaton Maddox and
his wife Lois of Athens,Georgia
will be visiting Yancey County
over the weekend.
Dr, Maddox, who is pre -
sently with the Student Health
Service at the University of
Georgia, decided to come here
after discussing the doctor cri- i
sis that now exists in the coun
ty with Dr. Garland Wampler
and Claude Vess.
Wampler and Vess stressed
that Dr. Maddox has made no
committment to set up a prac
tice here, hut they are please!
and encouraged that he is tak
ing the time to look the situa
tion over.
Dr. Maddox, a native of
Georgia, is married to the for
mer Lois Ann Autrey of South
Toe River area in Yancey. He
and his wife will meet with
Dr. Wampler and a number of
local residents over the Week
end, here.
Cub Stout
Fade To Meet
A Cub Scout (502) Pack
Meeting will be held at 7:30
p. m. Thursday, January 11,
at the First Baptist Church in
Burnsville. Carlyle Bledsoe
will present a program for this
meeting. All Cub Scouts and
their parents are urged to at
tend.
Netite
The regular monthly meet
ing of the Burns ville Woman's
Club, scheduled for January 11
at 8:00 p. m. in the Commul
ty Building has been cancelled
due to bad weather.