THE YANCEY JOURNAL V0L.2,N0.2 . -'■'. • - ■ • ■ 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. Tempcratu^c of T«e Ueu U-n* - Ir i |i/ yK*|B|yf*ft |,jyf HV ‘-i . pYjj^R RhHhE>lb / -•"• .jJmm ■I I '• f !I r If m Smlm WsmM *l KS 11 hL, II';: uL ’w| Black Cherry Trees Destroyed * \ \ 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 U 55 :* **k‘^*V'j*|»*' ’/ V ' • •••* ’ ■ -J:-’- *jj • . > 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 is: i \ Z 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 IO» 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.

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