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Directors And Officers Os The Yancey County Chamber Os Commerce
Audience Applauds School
Plans At Chamber Dinner
As one of the highlights of
the annual Chamber of Com
merce dinner last Friday night,
Yancey School Board Chairman
Claude Vess explained the need
for a new central high school
in this county and how it would
be funded. He then introduced
Jim Padgett of Padgett and Free
man Architectural firm, which
is studying two proposed sites
for a new high school.
Vess explained how a new
$2,000,000 high school which
could house 900 to 1000 stu -
dents could be funded without
a tax increase for the people
of Yancey County. Presently
the county has $338,000 avail
able for school construction
from the 1963 State Bond Refer
endum, and $480,000 will
come from the Appalachian Re
gional Commission. An addi -
tional sum of $500,000 would
come from a County Bond Elec
tion scheduled for May 22. This
would give the county a total
of $2,318,000 for the project.
Vess added that this total will
also allow for the renovation of
all the elementary schools in
the county.
The School Board Chairman
emphasized that there will be
no tax increase if this bond is
approved. He said that the
County Commissioners have re
peatedly said that the bondcan
be paid off with revenue from
the one-cent sales tax which
is coming into die county at a
rate of almost SIO,OOO each
month and is likely to increase.
To date, the county has col
lected $173,577 since the one
cent sales tax went into effect.
In his of why
the county needs a new central
high school, Vess emphasized
six major points
(1) There is a definite need
for a broader curriculum. He
pointed out that 45 courses are
offered at each of the two high
schools. With a new central
school, more than 75 courses
could be offered, including
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band and choral music pro grans
(2) The drop-out rate of
41. 3 % as compared to the state
average of 32.5%, indicates
that nearly half of the seventh
grade students never graduate
from high school in Yancey
County.
(3) Because of lack of faci
lities only 30 percent of those
who want to take the vocation
al courses can do so. Expanded
facilities would mean 100 per
cent participation by those who
wish to take the course, and
that four more vocational teach
ers could be hired.
(4) With the construction
of a new central high school,
the two existing high schools
would be used as middle schools
for 7th and Bth grade Students
and would offer a much broad
er program for this age group,
(5) The central highschool
would also serve as a "commu
nity school," available to the
community in general for all
types of programs, gatherings,
etc. Vess said this would in
clude an auditorium with per
manent seats and proper acous
tics, something that is certainly
needed in the county.
(6) A new central high
school would also mean im
proved athletic and physical
education programs forboth the
high school and the two middle
schools.
The two sites located one
half mile east of Riverside have
been studied by the engineers
and architects from Freeman
and Padgett. Vess pointed out
that both sites are centrally
located.
In conclusion, Vess said that
the financial condition of the
county has never been better
for undertaking this badly need
ed project. The School Board,
he said, has confidence in the
people of the county and feels
they will back the upcoming • J
bond referendum.
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Sportsmanship Award Winners With Mrs. Charles Wesson Who Presented Trophies
CAP Members Spot Aircraft Wreckage ;
Ground Crew Recovers Body Os Pilot
By Kenneth Laughrun
The wreckage of a Cessna
182 in which one person was
killed was spotted Saturday,
April 14 at 4515 p. m. in an air
search by members of the Moun
tain Wilderness Civil Air Patrol
Squadron.
Ist It. Ray Miller and 2nd
Lt. (Sheriff) Kermit Banks loca
ted the crash of the single en
gine plane at the head of the
Cattail section of Yancey Coun
ty about five miles from Mt.
Mitchell. The elevation of this
particular peak is between five
and six thousand feet.
The plane had been missing
since March 28, when the pilot
left Eleanor, West Virginia on
a business trip. The pilot, iden
tified as Amos Jasper Waddell,
50, ofCharleston,
en route to Franklin County Air
port in Georgia.
A ground crew made up of
CAP membeis, the Yancey
County Radio Patrol,and guides
from Pensacola familiar with
the mountainous area left for
the crash at 6545 p. m. The
men drove fouMrfieel drive ve
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THURSDAY, APRIL 19,1973
hides eight miles over aban
doned logging roads and railroad
grades. Laurel thickets, rock
cliffs and snow, still present at
the high elevation, slowed dovsn
1 the ground crew as they pro
ceeded on foot the final two
miles to the crash site.
The ground crew found the
wreckage of the single engine
aircraft scattered over a large
area when they reached the site
at lOtOO p. m. The body of the
pilots the only person aboard
had been thrown about 25 feet
from the wreckage. It took the
ground crew until 4530 a. m.
Sunday to get the body from the
crash site to Holcombe Brothers
Funeral Home in Burnsville.
According to CAP spokes
man, the first search efforts in
Yancey, Mitchell and Madison
Counties were conducted when
the plan was reported missing,
but low clouds, high
and snow prevented a thorough
search of the higher elevations.
The search extended into a six
state area.
Favorable weather duringthe
weekend permitted the thorough
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Achievements
The annual dinner meeting
of the Yancey County Chamber
of Commerce, held last Friday
evening at the East Yancey Hi
School, presented impressive
evidence of the role played by
the Chamber in promoting pro
gress in the county.
Featured at the affair were a
succession of awards to students
and organizations, the election
of new Chamber directors, and
the display of numerous exhibits
showing accomplishments and
progress in Yancey County. Pre
sident Mack 8, Ray, who pre
sided, stress cd the primary ob
jective of the Chamber, which
he said is best described as a
broad effort to make our county
a better place in which to live.
Altogether a spirit of achieve -
merit and satisfaction with a job
well done prevailed at the affair
(Cont'd on page 3)
search of the area Saturday in
conjunction with North Carolina
Wing (SARCAP) Mission which
led to the location of the miss
ing aircraft. Twenty aircraft
from western North Carolina
(Cont'd on page 3)
NW Financial
Earnings Report
Northwestern Financial Inves
tors, a real estate investment
trust based in Charlotte, North
Carolina, reported earnings of
4 1/2% per share of beneficial
interest for the first quarter of
1973. On April 9, 1973, the
Trustees declared a dividend of
40<|: per share payable May 17,
1973, to shareholders of record
April 25, 1973. For the com-,;
parable period in 1972,the divi
dend was 204 per share.
The Trust reports continuing
growth in its investment port
folio with improving yields and
steadily increasing use of its
bank credit. The outlook for
the coming quarter is excellent.
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Wreckage Os Late Model Car In Which Fender Youth Was Killed
Local Youth Dies Os Injuries From
Fatal Car-Truck Collision On Hwy 19E
A head on collision early
Monday morning on highway
19-E resulted in one fatality.
Carl Fender, 18, of Bee Log
Community was pronounced
dead on arrival at Yancey Hos
pital in Burnsville.
According to H. M, Kendall
of the North Carolina Highway
Patrol, the investigation is still
incomplete, but Fender was ap
parently traveling at a high rate
of speed when he lost control of
the late model Dodge he was
driving. He crossed the center
line in a curve and collided
Surviving in addition to the
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Farmers Home Administration Announces
Recent Fund Increase For Farm Loans
Farmers Home Administra -
tion announced today that funds
for FmHA real estate and farm
operating loans were recently
increased and will be available
for the remainder of this fiscal
year ending June 30, 1973.
FmHA State Director James
T. Johnson, reported that an
additional 170 million dollars
has been made available for
loans to fanners for annual oper
ating expenses, and for finan -
cing purchases of farm equip -
ment, livestock and other capi
with an oncoming vehicle.
The 1968 one-ton Chevrolet
was driven by Edd Howell, 28,
of Route 4, Burnsville. Howell
was treated at Yancey Hospital
for minor injuries and released.
The Fender vehicle was a
total loss, and damage to the
* Howell truck was estimated at
approximately $1,200.
Fender was the son of Mr.ard
Mrs. Duke Fender of Bee Log.
He was a 1972 graduate of Cane
River High School and was em
ployed at the Burlington Mills
blanket plant in Ashevi lie.
‘sirmmnnfir in arl/lifiAn +a
tal needs on terms up to seven
years.
These funds were made avail
able to help fill the need for
operating money arising from
the termination of the emergen
cy loan program. Johnson said
that as a result o t rains and of
flooding, both last year and this
year, North Carolina has about
half its counties eligible for
emergency loans and will re
ceive a greater proportion of
the available operating fundi
He further stated that farmers
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parents are three sisters, Mis.
Larry Ray Mclntosh of Bums -
ville, Linda and Elaine Fender
of the home and one brother,
David Fender of the home; the
paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ragan Fender and the ma
ternal grandparent, Mrs,Viola
McCurry all of Burnsville Rt. 4.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 2soo p.m. in the
Bald Mountain Free Will Baptist
Church. Rev. Roscoe Briggs Jr.
and Billy Joe Ponder officiated
and burial was in' the Fender fa
mily Cemetery. 1
who were considering purchases
of farm equipment or livestock
in the near future would be wise
to consider these purchases be
fore June 30, while funds are in
adequate supply.
Johnson reported that funds
for long term real estate loans
for land purchase, farm develop
ment, refinancing' and other
similar purposes were also ade
fiscal year. These loans are at
S% up to 40 year terms and fnve
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