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East Yancey Students Describe Plans For New High School To Interested Onlooker
Winners Os 4*H Talent Show And Ores
Selected; To Participate In 4-H Activil
The Yancey County 4-H
Talent Show and Chess Revue
was held Friday, May 18, at
Bald Creek Elementary School,
A nice evening of entertain -
meat was enjoyed by 4-H'ers
and their pareits and friends.
Marvin Hensley, 4-H County
Council President, was master
of ceremonies for the evening,
with other council officers tak
ing part in the program also.
Competing with seven
other groups, three top winners
wercselected in the T a lent
Show. The Newdale 4-HClub
presented a skit which tied for
second place with a son g-and
dance presentstion by lisaDey
ton from the Green Mountain
Chib. Victor Adkins from the
Bee Log 4-H Club won first
place when he sang "Danny Boy I .'
Also participating in the talent
show were David Carroll and
Dwayxie Carroll, Bald Creek
4-HClub; Brenda Wilson,Bee
log 4-H Club; Lisa Thomas,
Martha Edge and Janice McGeey
Newdale 4-H Club; Tommy
Hensley, Green Mountain 4-H
Club; Teresa Young, Newdale
4-H Chib; a group presentation
by the Bald Creek Club; and a
group presentation by the Bee
Log Club. Judges for the tal
ent show were Mis. Lynn Carter
and Mr. Charles Aldridge.
{Community Events (
The Yancey County Girl
Scout Court of Awards will be
held on Sunday, May 27 at the
Higgins Memorial Methodist
Church, Burnsville, beginning
at 200 p. m.
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There will be a meeting of
the 1973 Clean Sweep Commit
tee on Friday, May 25 at 3:00
p. m. in the Courtroom of the
Yancey County Courthouse. This
will be the second planning
session.
The purpose of this meeting
will be to discuss proposed clean
up projects for the county. Any
one interested in arranging a
clean-up project for their chib,
group or community shoulu
make plans to attend.
THE YANCEY JOURNAL
Dress Revue participants
competed on three different le
vels: Winning first place in the
Apron Division was Pam Crow
der, Newdale Club. Lisa Dey
ton, Green Mountain Club,won
first place in the Junior Divi
sion. Janet Treadway fromthe
Bee Log Club won first place in
Deadline Announ(ed For Post-Korean
Veterans Gl Bill Education Benefits
May 31, 1974 is a crucial
date for most Post-Korean ve
terans who haven't started us
ing their GI Bill education be
nefits.
T hat's the date their bene
fits expire, and H.W. Johnson,
Director of the Winston Salem
Veterans Administration Re
gional office points out that
unless they begin training sooty
they could lose part or all of
their benefits.
The deadline reminder ap
plies to Post- Korean veterans
discharged from the military
service between January 31,
1955 and June 1, 1966. Bene
fits for these veterans were not
authorized until enactment of
the current GI Bill on June 1,
1966; thus, they must com
A Gospel Song Service will
be held at Brummitts Creek Free
Will Baptist Church on Sunday
afternoon, May 27th at 2 p. m.
These singers and others are
expected: The Rebels Creek
Quartet, The King Family, The
SouthSide Quartet and Trio,The
Silvers Chapel Quartet.
Ed Ball is in charge of the
service. Everyone is welcome,
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There will be a special song
service at the Covey Rock Free
Will Baptist Church, Green
Mountain, N.C. Sunday night,
r May 27 at 7:30 p.m. according
to pastor Rev. Holt Herrell.
Some outstanding groups in the
south are scheduled to be there.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend.
tiie Senior Division. Other
participants were: Teresa
Young, Newdale Club; Sheila
Gouge, Newdale Club; Martha
Edge, Newdale Club; Doris
Ann McGee, Newdale Club;
Melinda Treadway, Bee log;
Dail Chaney, Bee Log; Diana
Troup, Green Mountain Club;
plete training within eight
years of release or by the May
31, 1974 deadline, whichever
is later.
The deadline does not ap
ply to veterans interested in
flight training, apprenticeship
and on-job and farm coopera
tive training, however. These
particular veterans have until
August 30, 1975, or eight
years after discharge, which
ever is later, to complete their
training. This is because these
training programs were not
available untik October, 1967,
Johnson explained.
More than two million vet
erans are expected to train
under the GI Bill dining the
current fiscal year. Enroll -
ment in October totaled 1. 2
million, 17 percent higher
than Grtober a year ago.
Johnson said incre zses re
cently in training allowances
will encourage more persons
to enter VA training programs,
and enable many already train
ing to continue their programs.
New rates start at $220
monthly for single trainees go
ing to school full time imder
the GI Bill. Those with one
dependent get $261 monthly;
those with two dependents,
$298, and they receive $ 18
for each additional dependent.
R ates for GI Bill appren -
tdceship and other on-job
training begin at $l6O monthly
for single trainees. Those with
one dependent receive $179
monthly; those with two de -
pendents, $196, jius $8 for ea:h
additional dependent.
Eligible wives, widows and
children going to school full
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THURSDAY, MAY 24,1973
Record Voter Turnout Gives Overwhelming ’Yes’
To $1,500,000 School Bond Issue In Yancey
A record number of voters
far a non-regular election
turned out at the polls this past;
Tuesday and cast their ballots
overwhelmingly in favor of a
sl, 500,000 Bond Issue to build
a new, centrally-located high
school in Yancey County. The
favorable vote has brought Yan
cey County to the threshold of
a new educational era.
Voter response to the Bond
Issue hinged mainly upon whe
ther Yancey Countians would
believe factual information
given out by the County Com
missioners showing that a tax.
increase would not be neces -
sary for paying off the SchopK'
is Revue
ty Day j
and Gail Chaney, Bee LogClib,
Judges for the Dress Revue were j
Mrs. Charles Aldridge and Mrs.
B. B. Wilson. .
The three top talent winnets
and the winner of the Senior
Dress Revue Division will parti
cipate in the District 4-H Day
in Spruce Pine on June 14th.
time under VA's Dependents' I
Educational Assistance Prog -
ram are now entitled to $220 [
monthly. j
Johnson urged eligible per
sons to contact any of its offi- '
ces, or local representatives
of veterans service organiza -
tions.
Workshop Set
At MAY Tech
A Laubach Literacy Work
shop will be held at the Spruce
Pine United Methodist Church
under the auspices of Mayland
Technical Institute on June 2,
3 and 4, 1973. The following
schedule has been planned: Sa
turday, June 2 from 1:00 to
7:00 p. m.; Sunday, June 3,
2:00 to 5:00 p.m. ; and Monday, I
June 4, 6:30 to 9:30 p. m.
The purpose of the workshop |
is to train volunteer tutors to
teach adults to read and write.
These tutors do not have to be
professional teachers. The Lsu
bach approach emphasizes the
use of volunteer tutors on an
"each one teach one" basis,
using highly structured primes
and easy-to-read follow - up
literature. A tutor must attend
a twelve hour workshop in order I
to earn the Laubach literacy
Certificate. j
If you are interested in at- j
tending the workshop, please
phone Mb. Hembree at 765- I
7351 or write her in care of
Mayland T echnlcal Institute.
Bonds. According to the Com
missioners, money coming
from other sources, which they
named in,their statements as
Revenue Sharing Funds, the
Appalachian Regional Commis
sion Funds, 1963 State Bond Is
sue and Revenue from the One
Cent Sales Tax, insufficient
far die educational facilities
outlined. Apparently voters
took the Commissioners at their
word, and plans for the new
high school will fast become
a reality.
Os the total 2,833 voters
who turned out to cast their bat
plots in this crucial school bond
issue, 2,073 voted for the bond
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New Jaycee And Jaycette Officers Installed
An Installation ceremony for new Yancey County Jaycee
and Jaycette officers was conducted at the annual Jay c e d
Banquet held at Nu Wray Inn on Saturday night, May 19th.
New Jaycee officers include (l.to r.) front row: Laxry Ridr
die, President; Don Whitson, Treasurer; Gene Higgirfi, Par
liamentarian; John Shepherd, Vice President and Area Vice
President Roger Carpenter. Back row: Blaine Whitson, Se
cretary; Roger Shepherd, Editor; Charlie Hensley, State Dir
ector; Jeity Holcombe, Local Director and Tom Storie,
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and only 760 voted against.
In some precincts, the voting
was close, but in most, the
bond issue carried by an over
whelming margin.
Precinct totals on the Bond
Issue were as follows*
Far Against
Brush Creek 62 16
Burnsville 342 101
Cane River 116 58
Crabtree 312 110
Green Mountain 123 106
Egypt 67 76
Jacks Creek 100 124
Pensacola 135 6
Prices Creek 88 39
Ramseytown 50 44
South Toe 178 80
By consolidating the pre
sent two high schools into a
single facility students will
be offered abAost double the
number of courses new beng
offered. Some new courses
will be aimed at preparing the
students adequately for college
others will train students in
varied vocational programs
which suit their ability and in
terests. Enrichment programs
in the fields of music, inclu -
ding band and art, would also
be part of the curriculum.
In addition to giving the
go-ahead to building a new '
high school, Yancey Coimtiars
are looking forward to having
Past President. Jaycette officers are (pictured l.to r. )s Mrs.
Tom Storie, Outgoing President; Mrs. Gene Higgins, Vice
President; Mrs. Jap Phillips, President; Mrs. John
Secretary. Guests at the Banquet and Installation included:
Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Deyton, Mr. and Mrs. Ardell Sink, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Yuziuk and LuAnne Banks, Miss Mayland. Cer
tificates of Appreciation were presented to Mr. Yuziuk and
Mr. Sink, representing the news media, for their coopera
tion with the Jaycees and Jaycettes in local projects.
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existing elementary school fa
cilities renovated, as was out
lined in the plans of the pre
sent school board.
The long-range plan of the
Board of Educ ation provides for
Kindergarten through sixth
grades to attend their local
community schools. Seventh
and eighth graders will attend
the present Cane River and
East Yancey Schools aid car
eer guidance counseling will
begin at this level to familiar
ize students with the different
fields of work and help ttw»m
decide which course of study
best suits their interests and
abilities.