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Senator Donald R. Kincaid, representatives John Wal
ter Brown, Jeter L. Haynes and William E. Stevens repre -
senting counties in the Western North Carolina area were
guests of four community colleges and teclinical Institutes
Saturday at the Lenior Country Club. Talk traced the his
tory of the North Carolina system and emphasized the role
being played by Caldwell Community College and Techni
cal Institute, Mayland Technical Institute, Western Pied
mont College and Wilkes Commiirity College. It was
pointed out that the four institutions in our section of the
state have an inventory of major equipment valued atnore
than three-million dollars. The current expense budget of
First Citizens Bank To Hold Open House Monday;
Cash Prizes Slated For Lucky Winners
Six lucky people will be
loaded down with money when
they leave First-Citizens Bank
G Trust Company's formal open
ing of the bank's new Burnsville
office to be held Monday, Janu
ary 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The cash prizes are 100 sil
ver dollars, 180 half- dollars,
340 quarters, 800 dimes, 1,500
nickles and 5,000 pennies. Con
version of these prizes to dollars
are respectively as follows:
SIOO, S9O in halves, SBS in
quarters, SBO in dimes, $75 in
nickles and SSO in pennies.
Each prize will be on display in
heavy plastic bags during First-
Citizens' Open House which im
mediately follows the opening
ceremonies.
First-C itizenJ new Bums
ville Office is located on High
way 19 and will open for busi
ness at 9:00 a. m. Tuesday
morning, January 23.
In announcing the prizes,
Lions Sponsor
Snack Stand
The Burnsville Lion's Chib
is sponsoring a snack stand lo
cated between the Buraaville
Post Office building and the old
court house.
The stand which will carry
soft drinks, candy and cigar -
ettes, will be operated by Pete
Hensley. The Lions Club gave
$125 in cash to stock the stand.
The stand was originally
built by the lions for Ralph
Peterson, a Burnsville Police -
nian who lost his sight in the
line of duty. Peterson is now
disabled and unable to operate
the stand. /
THE YANCEY JOURNAL
Educators Discuss Community Collef^s
Ben Floyd, assistant vice presi
dent and executive officer of
the bank, explained that all
prizes would be awarded at the
conclusion of the Open House.
To be eligible' to win, simply
come by the bank ’during the
opening and fill out a registra -
tion card. All area residents
are invited to attend,Floyd said.
" The silver coin prizes will
be for those 16 years old and
over. The 5,000 pennies will
be awarded to a youngster 15
and under.
Participating in the opening
ceremony will be George Broad
rick, executive vice president
of First-Citizens; Sidney Hughes,
senior vice president and region
al supervisor; Burnsville Mayor
James Anglin; County Commis
sion Chairman O. W. Deyton;
the Rev. Harold McDonald,pas
tor of First Baptist Church and
Ben Floyfi, manager of the bank.
Pete Hensley
these schools is almost five million for this school year.
These four institutions today offer 65 occupational prograns
to the thousands of adult students. W.B. Wilkins, chair -
man of the board of trustees of Mayland Tech, explained
the budget requests of the four institutions. The role the
Institutions play in the growth of the communities they
ser. e was outlined by Milton J. Ingram,tnstee of Wilkes
Community College. Mark Bennett and James Fox of
Burnsville, members of the board of trustees of MAY Tech,
also attended, from left to right: Ralph Gwaltney, May
land Tech. ; Dr. O.M. Blake, Mayland Tech. ; William B.
Wilkins; Kincaid; Mark Bennstt.and James Fox.
The new Burnsville Office
of First-Citizens Bank will pro
vide all major banking services.
These include savings, checking,
lending as well as drive - up
window, safe deposit boxes and
night depository. Banking
hours will be from 9to 5 Mon
day through Thursday, and 9
to 6on Friday and 9to 12 on
Saturday.
Staffing the First-Citizens
Dffice, in addition to Floyd,
will be Brenda Edwards, Faye
Town Left Without Water Two Days
Due To Failures In Water System
As a result of two separate
and unrelated failures in the
Burnsville water system last
week, the town was virtually
without water last Thursday and
Friday. It was an example of
the frequently observed fact
that when things start to go
wrong, the failures don't seem
to occur singly.
First, the main line bring
ing water down from the water
shed at the head of Bolens Creek,
broke. For several horns the
location of the break was not
discovered, as the escaping wa
ter failed to surface, but found
a channel under ground directly
into Bolens Creek. For some
hours the town's maintenance
force worked under the assump
tion that the line had gotte n
plugged with ice or other mater
ial. All they knew was tlmt no
water was reaching the filter
plant.
Once the break was discov
ered, which was in front of Roy
Ray's house on Bolens Creek,
the line was promptly repaired.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1973
Hughes, Wilma Woodyaxine
Miller and Denise Wentz.
The bank building is con
structed of native stone and is
designed for maximum custo -
mer convenience. The story
and one-half structure contains
approximately 4,500 square ft.
with 3,400 square feet on the
main banking floor.
The Burnsville Office is the
179th office of First-C itizens
in North Carolina. The Smith
field based bank has offices in
76 Tar Heel cities.
This was late in the day before
the biting cold night last Thurs
day. Then the second blow
struck in the form of a freeze-up
of this severity would not nor
‘ mally occur in the town's water
system. But last week both in
takes were vulnerable because
the work of rebuilding the dams
as part of the town's project of
improving the water system were
still incomplete.
Town officials have express
ed strong criticism of the con -
tractor, the Brown Construction
Company, for leaving construc
tion work on the dams, high up
on the side of Celo Mountain,
until winter. The Town's main
tenance force, after several
hours of bitter cold work in and
around the ice choked streams,
contrived an arrangement that
gets ice-free water ir#SL the
water lines leading down to the
filter plant. Once tire contrac
tor finishes his work, the town
should be safe from a recur
rence. Also, if the new two
million gallon reservoir had been
YCPA Discusses Tomato Co-op Plight;
Urges Fanners To Market Crop At Home
By Jody Higgins
At the annual meeting of
the Yancey County Producers
Association held January 15,to
mato growers in the county dis
cussed the prospects for the
coming year with emotion and
determination.
Less than half of the toma
toes grown in the County were
marketed through the local to
mato house in 1972,' causing
the house to face possible shut
down if more tomatoes are not
processed by the YCPA in 1973.
The approval of the FHA loan
for operating the co-op insures
operation for the 1973 tomato
season.
Yates Bailey, president of
the Producers Association, said
"The doors were almost closed,
but they are wide open now and
it is up to us whether or not we
keep them open. If tomatoes
aren't marketed through the to
mato house, it won't be open
for another year. "
In 197'. forty acres of toma
toes were grown in the county,
more than enough to keep the
tomato house open, but only
about 19 acres were market e d
through the co-op..
Bailey added that local
glowers who sell their tomatoes
to other markets are losing as
much as 50<t per box by not
bringing their produce to the
tomato house. He stressed that
the tomato house is for all Yan
cey County producers and can
survive only if they market their
crops through the house.
Bailey was optimistic for
1973. "If the farmers of Yan
cey County will try we can mar
ket at least 40 to 50 acres of
tomatoes through the tomato
house. " Important to the suc
cess of the house is not only
marketing through the house,
but increasing acreage.
Several of those present ex
in service, there would have
been no water shortage.
The two day's drought in
town was accepted for the most
part in good spirit. Many tele
phone calls were received in
the town office, but on the
whole people were patient. A
lot of snow was melted to pro
vide the essential minimum wa
ter, and a good many jugs of
water were brought into town.
If any credit should be ac
corded in connection with the
occurrence, aside from the ad
mirable patience of the town's
people, it should go to the
Burnsville maintenance force
for the long cold hours they put
in up on the side of Celo Moun
tain.
Nominated
Five Cane River High
School seniors have been nomi
nated as Outstanding Teenagers
of America. The five chosen
are! Miles Metcalf, Jody Cox,
Marie Money, Pam Fox, and
Debbie Edwards.
pressed their feelings about be
ing tomato growers and the need
for the packing house.
Mrs. Dorothy Fox, a mem
ber of the Directors of the Pro -
ducers Ass'n said, "If the toma
to house closed, it would be
like taking my arms off, because
that's the only real money I
make on the farm. "
Tomato grower Earl Fox
said, "ft's the best thing people
can grow to make a cash crop -
—it's better than tobacco. "
"Last year was my first
year," added grower WayneMc-
Curry, "I made $2,600 on 4/10
acre —there's more money in it
than in tobacco"'
In other business, the terms
Hit. Mitchell Lands Golf Architect
Finalizes Plans For Yancey Course
Fred W. Hawtree, famed
English golf architect and his
partner A. H. F. Jiggins, are in
Yancey County to finalize pi am
for Mt. Mitchell Golf Club.
The proposed 18-hole
championship golf course is part
of a 500-acre development in
the South Toe River area which
will also include homesites.
The dual project is organ -
ized under a two-family owner
ship which includes E. V. Floyd
and son Jim of Alamance Country
and Harold King and son Lee of
Hickory.
The Mt. Mitchell course is
Hawtree's first venture in the
U. S. , however, he has design
ed courses in many parts ofthe
world. This is his second visit
to the Mt. Mitchell site.
On his first visit, in July
of last year, Hawtree described
the site as having the potential
to be one of the most beautiful
golf layouts anywhere, but dur-
Officers Installed At Lodge Meeting
Officers for 1973 were installed in Burnsville lodge No. 717 A. F. GA. M. on December!#*
29th. Shown above (first row) are Hetschel Holcombe-DDGM, hot ailing officer aid secre - ’
tary of the lodge; James C. Evans, Treasurer; Howard Buchanan, Jr., Steward (proxy for I
Larry Wilson); H. Paul Branton, Master; L. Terrell Wilson,Sr., Warden; Howard D Silver 1
Marshall; W. Rodney Howell, Tyler; and Bruce G. Smith, Sr., Steward, fa back row’ Jiff!
R. Dermis Carroway, Jr., Warden; Richard D. Wilson,Sr., Deacon; J. Lee Thompsori )r Da
con and Lawrence C. Wilson, Chaplains'"" “
of three of the directors of the .
Producers Ass'n expired. Yates
Bailey was re-elected as Presi -
dent, ■ Wayne McCunyreplaced
John G. Ramsey as Secretary af
ter Ramsey announced that he
could not serve again. The As
sociation then voted to make
Ramsey an Honorary Director.
Molt Hensley was also elected
as a Director. Other officers re
elected were Hugh Pate, vice- -
president and Jerry Wilson,trea
surer.
Summary of the annual
audit showed the following:
Sale of Tomatoes. . $112,114.60
Payment to Yancey
County growers.. 78,753.31
Salaries and Wages.. 15,567.53
ing this second visit he has
changed his mind.
" am even more enchanted
with the course than I was be
fore. Without the trees that
were there in the summer, you
can visualize what a sup>erb
Northwestern Financial Corp
Shows Gain For Past Year
The unaudited, consolida
ted net earning of Northwesten
Financial Corporation for the
■year 1972 were $6,964,139 or
$1.53 per share. This compares
with $6,501,402 or $1.43 per
share for the year 1971, an in
crease of 7.11 percent or ap
proximately 10 cents per share.
The 1971 figures are adjusted
to reflect a 50 percent stock
dividend and the restatement
of equity in net earnings of a
nonconsolidated Bank subsidiary.
IO c
Net Income for Yan-
L, cey County.... $94,320.84
These figures show that the To
mato House brought more than
©4,000.00 to Yancey County
residents for the 1972 season
which ran from August 1
October 1.
Although this is a substan
tial figure for a seasonal opera
tion, it does not indicate the
potential of the tomato house
if Yancey growers would support
their cooperative.
Yates Bailey closed the an
nual meeting by urging all mem
bers of the YCPA to contact the
farmers interested in growing
tomatoes arid explaimto them
the cash potential; in growing
tomatoes.
site it really is," explained Mr.
Hawtree.
The golf course site is tq
cated below the towering beauty
of Mt. Mitchell, the hig-hest
point in eastern America, with
(Cont'd on page 2)
The Northwestern Bank,
the principal subsidiary of
Northwestern Financial Corpor
ation, contributed the major
part of the earnings for the Cor
poration. -Total desposits of
the Bank on December 31,1972
were $769,577,134, an increase
over 1971 of 21.88 percent,
loans increased 22.81 pefeent.
Assets at year end were in the
amount of $867,000,000 an in
crease of 22. 22 percent over
(Cont'd on page 2)