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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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
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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^