THE YANCEY JOURNAL VOL. 2, N 0.33 Collisions Claim Lives Roy Melvin Pitman, 57, of Spruce Pine was killed instant - ly in a one-vehicle accident at 4:10 p,m. Wednesday afternoon, August 8, on U.S. 19E near the Micaville turn-off. According to one of the in vestigating officers, Trooper W, J, Stalling of the Highway Patrol, Pitman was traveling alone in a 1969 Chevrolet pick up truck when he attempted to pass another truck and met an on-coming vehicle. Stallings said that although Pitman had plenty of clearance to return to his lane, he apparently pa nicked, swerved sharply to the right, lost control and skidded on the grass for 64 feet. The vehicle overturned, throwing Pitman out, then overturned again, went 19 feet up an em - bankment, rolled back down landing on top of Pitman and killing him instantly. Stallings and other investiga ting officers, Trooper A. T. Morrison and Ist Sgt. R.E.Pipes expressed the opinion that if the victim had been wearing a seat belt the death could prob - aMy have been avoided. Stall ings added that badly worn tires contributed to the cause of the accident. ★ ★ A Burnsville woman was pro nounced dead oh arrival at Me morial Mission Hospital in Ashe ville and a Madison County man was killed instantly following a head-on collision between two automobiles about 6:15 p.m. Monday on U.S. 25 four and a half miles north of Marshall,the State Highway Patrol reported. A Charlotte mother and her two young children were serious ly injured in the mishap. Trooper C.D. Jenkins identi fied the dead as Geraldine Blaik Ballew, 32, of Route 3, Burns ville and Charles Wayne Go - forth, 39, of Route 3,Marshall. They were together in a 1967 Ford, headed north on the high way, with Goforth driving, the trooper said. The Goforth car collided with a 1971 Cadillac operated by Mrs. Sally Nash Cook, 24, of Charlotte, southbound on the highway. Mrs. Cook, Thomas Roy Cook, 2, and Kay Lynn Cook, 6, were admitted to Memorial Mission Hospital. The investigation is continu ing, Jenkins said. - . . '4 *MzWlUß&Smj[£BtSmiiESßteWE!Sßkk~ ' 'wm*. Ilf XB r / r jJ Driver's Side Os Pitman Truck After Fatal Accident Near Micaville | y m . : jm Ilk - Ben Franklin Holds Grand Opening Grand Opening ceremonies for the Ben Franklin Family Center store in Banks Family Square shopping center were held last Thursday morning. According to manager David Brown, some thirty thousand people shopped at the new modern Ben Franklin Store for the opening.. Attending Grants Received Hera-For Special Educational Needs Yancey County schools have received a grant of $6,634.00 under Title I-Part C of the Ele mentary and Secondary Educa - tion Act, according to State School Superintendent Craig Phillips. The Part C grants have been allocated in addition to each schools unit's 19 73-74 £SEA Title I allotment and to tal $1,288, 311.00 for the state. According to Harold Webb, Director of Compensatory Edu cation for the State Education Agency, "Part C is more com monly referred to as the Urban and Rural program. To be eli gible for an Uiban and Rural grant, a school district must have 20 percent of its school age population drawn from low income families, or s,ooosuch children who comprise five per cent or more of the total school age population. " "The grants are designed to meet the special educational needs of schools having the high est cone entration of children from low-income families," says Weib. "The funds are li mited to preschool and elemen tary programs." Webb noted that this is ac - tually money appropriated for use during the 1973 fiscal year, but funds have arrived so late that they will be used dining the 1973- 74 school year. The Urban and Rural funds are han dled separately from the bulk of ESEA Title I - Part A alloca tions which total $56,260,988 for the State for the 1973 - 74 school year. CoDNTRij S?oT*E »i-lo 7kr7P£R«Tu#e of Tm€ UetK »> - so’ 2.9 ~59‘ THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1973 the Thursday morning ribbon-cuttin; ceremonies were members of the Banks family and oficials from the Ben Franklin Stores, as well as town ancCounty officials which included Chamber of Commerce Ardell Sink who presided over the ribbon cutting ceremonies. Ronald Webb Webb Transfers To Bank Here Ronald D. Webb has ferred to First-Citizens Bank G Trust Company's Burnsville Of fice, where he has manage - ment responsibilities in the personal loan department. The Burnsville native moves from the bank's Lincoln ton Of fice to assume his new position. In addition to his duties in the personal loan department, he will also have administrative responsibilities in the bank. Webb has been associated with First-Citizens since 1972 and has held assignments with the bank in-Hickory and lin colnton. He attended Man Hill and Wake Forest Univenity, where he received his degree in History. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Yancey Health Dept. Aug. 17 fin. Mental Health, Mr. Hutchison 10x00- 4ioo Aug. 21 Tues. Nune Screening 9xoo-12tOO Aug. 21 Tues. Maternal Nurse Ixoo- 4xoo Aug. 22 Wed. Orthopedic in Burnsville, Reg. before 11 Aug. 23 Thurs. Family Planning,Dr. Webb Bx3o-12x00 Aug. 24 Fri. Mental Health,Mr. Hutchison 10x00- 4xoo Aug. 27 Mon. Child Health, Dr. Pope 11x30- 3xoo Aug. 28 Tues. Nurse Screening 9xoo-12x00 Aug. 31 Fri. Mental Health,Mr.Hutchison 10x00- 4xoo General Clinic for Immunization* and other tests will be held every Monday morning from Bxoo to 11x30. licensed As Saleswoman Mrs. Bob (Wanda) Proffitt, Office Manager of Cy Jordan Realty, Realtor, has now been licensed as a Salesman. Her previous duties as office mana ger are now expanded to in - elude those of a full time Sales Associate. Whether buying or selling, Wanda will welcome real es tate inquiries from her friends and acquaintances. Cy Jordan Realty, Realtor, with Cy Jordan, Broker, and Captain George Downing and Wanda Proffitt, Sales Associate, place at public disposal, real estate knowledge and skills acquired over 50 years of ex perience. Professional services offered include appraisal, management, counseling, subdivisions, de velopment, finance, real es tate brokerage, construction, plan and design service. Wanda Proffitt FHA Loans Help Farm And Non-Farm Families Meet Operating, Housing Needs Wilbur Howard, Farmer's Home Administration County Supervisor, expressed concern recently over the fact that peo ple in Yancey County are not taking advantage of the numer ous loans available to farm and non-farm families through the Farmers Home Administration. "We have five types of loans available with low interest rata and easy re-payment plans,and I can't understand why people are not taking advantage of these credit avenues to have comfortable homes to live in and to improve their farming operations," Howard said. The five FHA loans Howard referred to are Home Owner - ship Loans, Farm Operating Loans, loans for Non-Farm En terprises, Farm Ownership Loans and Recreation Facilities Loans. "We also have a youth loan program," Howard added." The FHA is the csily place that I know of where young people can acquire loans." To illustrate this point,How ard gave the example of a loan made to 12-year-old Janet Smith to grow 1200 pounds of burley tobacco. Janet, who attends Bald Creek School, is the daughter of (Mr. and Mrs. Lenville Smith of Possum Trot. Howard offered these dscrip tions of the five major types of loans available through FHA: Home Ownership Loans may be used to build, improve, re pair or rehabilitate rural homes and related facilities, farm service building?, and waste disposal systems, and to pro vide water for hotsehold and farm use. The emphasis in Home Ownaship loans is on new construction. Homes may be built on individual tracts or in subdivisions. Funds also can be used to modernize homes as well as to enlarge or remodel farm service buildings. Bor rowers may buy an existing house and lot or buy a site on which to build a home. Under certain conditions, funds may be used to refinance debts on a home. Farm Operating Loans ac companied by technical man agement assistance to people to operate family farms are tailored to the borrower's needs. The FHA county supervisor helps the borrower analyze his problems, and plan how these resources, plus those obtained by the loans, maybestbe used. Nonfarm Enterprises Loans are made to family farmers and ranchers and gives technical and management assistance for development and opaation of ncufarm enterprises to supple ment farm income. The enter prise must be located or head quartered on the bonoweA farm. Farm Owne nhip Loans ac companied by technical man agem at assistance are offered to applicants who will operate not larger than family farms. These loans may be used to buy or enlarge farms, to con struct, improve, or repair the farm homes and farm service buildings and to make general improvements on the land. A farm loan program for Recreation Facilities is to assist eligible fanners in boost- ■tr:** •fran-* I mZ* JF. ■■ sr zm^n^namnnaaamwaaa i FHA Loan Enabled Janet To Grow Tobacco ing their incomes by conver - ting all or portions of their farms and ranches to income producing outdoor recreation enterprises. County supervisor Howard added that each person apply ing for credit gets equal con sideration without regard to race, color, creed, sex or national origin, hwvever, ap plications of eligible veterans are given preference. Pamphlets explaining the 2F IJp 1 snBHHBwfSP. Hazen Ledford Governor Appoints Ledford To WCU Board Os Trustees Governor James Holshouser recently appointed Hazen Led ford as a member of the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina University for a four-year term beginning July 1, 1973. Con-* Fin-nation was given by Presi - dent William Friday of the Uni veuity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a letter dated July 31, 1973. Mr. Ledford is a native of Mitchell County but now resides in Yancey Coimty. He is execu tive vice president of the North western Bank in Burnsville. He is currently president of the io» different types of FHA govern - ment loans may be obtained at the Farmers Home Administra - tion office in the old North western Bank building or fur ther information may be obtain ed by calling 682-2319. Howard urged everyone in terested in finding out how to take advantage of the loans available through the FHA to farm and non-farm families to contact the FHA office or any other Federal or State office. Burnsville Merchant's Associa - tfon, vice president of the Burnsville Men's Chib, former member of the Board of Educa tion, member of the Masonic lodge, and member of theLknh Club. . Also, in the month of July, Mr. O. W, Deyton announced that Mr. Ledford was appointed by the Yancey County Board of Commissioners to an eight-year term on the Board of Trustees of - Mayland Technical Institute, - which is a three-county venture inchidin 'tncey, Mitchell, and Aver^

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