THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 2, NO. 34
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Dairy Show Winners
The Yancey County Junior Dairy Show was held at the Micaville Elementary School at (
10:00 a.m. Friday, August 10. Participating were Zeb Fox, son of Mr. Francis Fox; Sam
my Thomas, son of Mr. S. F. Thomas; Tammy Higgins, daughter of Mr. Estell Higgins; An
thony and Michael Thomas, soisof Mr. A.J. Thomas. The judge, Mr. Maurice McAlister,
Ass't. Agricultural Extension Agent from Madison Comity, emphasized the showing and care
of the animals. Blue Ribbons were awarded to Zeb, Sammy and Michael. Tammy and An
thony were awarded red ribbons. All participants were awarded $5 cash prizes. Prizes were
donated by O.W. Deyton Farm Supply and the Yancey County 4-H Fund.
Bloodmobile Visit Scheduled Here;
Red Cross Says Donors Urgently Needed
By Ashton Chapman
Are you listed among the hun
dreds of residents of Yancey,
Mitchell and Avery Counties
who have helped save lives by
giving a pint of blood, once or
many times, during the regular
quarterly visits of the bfoodmo
bile from the Red Cross Blood
Program Center in Asheville?
If you have never donated
this small amount of blood to
save a human life you'll have
an opportunity next Monday,
August 27, to enter into this
life-saving project and join the
ranks of the men and women,
your friends and neighbors, who
regularly give blood in order
that others may live.
The bloodmobile will be oper
ated on that date at the Buns -
ville Armory from IKK) to 6KX)
p. m. A quota of 100 pints has
been set.
Won't you, this time, be
among the donors? You've pro
bably heard many times, but
it's still profoundly trues Your
blood may save the life,not of
a stranger, but of a close friend,
a business, club or church asso
ciate. a member of your family
Members Os
Gallon Cbb
Mr. Arnold E. Higgins gave
his forty-eighth pint of blood
at the June 21st Red Cross Blood
mobile visit to Burnsville. This
recent donation of blood eleva
ted Mr, Higgins to the Six Gal
lon Club. This is, indeed, a
fine achievement and especial
ly a good example of concern
by a public official! Mr.Higgirs
is Yancey County Clerk of Court,
and has been donating blood re
gularly since 1951,
New additions to the One
Gallon group are Mrs. Lett El «-
liott Jr. and Bob L. Thomas.
Only forty-four pints of blood
were collected at the last blood
mobile visit. The local work
ers with the Blood- Program
hope for a better tum-out at
the August visit. ,
—or even your very own life.
When you give a pintcfblood
to the Red Cross you are issued
a card which entitles you and
all members of your immediate
family to any amount of Red
Cross blood which you or they
may need in case of accidents
or illnesses during the next 12
months. Red Cross blood can
Mayland Tech To Hold
First Commencement
Mayland T echnical Institute
will hold its first commence -
ment exercises on Friday night,
August 24, at 8:00 p. m. in the
auditorium of the First Baptist
Church in Spruce Pine.
Dr. Charles R. Holloman,
State Vice President of the
North Carolina Department of
Community Colleges, will de
liver the commencement ad
dress.
Dr. Holloman is a native of
Hookerton, N.C., where he
graduated from high school.He
also graduated from Western
Carolina University with a B.S.
degree in Business Administra
tion, from N.C. State Univer
sity with a Master's Degree in
Public Administration, and from
Duke University Law School
with a Juris Doctor Degree.
He has a wide background of
experience in law and educa -
tion at the local and state levels.
He taught at Lee H. Edwards
High School, Asheville, and at
WCU, Cullowhee.
Trustees and personnel at
Mayland Tech have heard Dr.
Holloman speak on other oc
casions and recommended him
highly for the first commence
ment speaker.
There will be twenty four
graduates of two vocational pro
grams—Auto Mechanics and
Practical Nurse Education. Ap
proximately forty people will
be recognized for having re
never be bought; it must be do
nated. And a supply must be
always available for immediate
need.
So Don't Wait! Donate!
And please do it Monday after
noon. This visit of the blood -
mobile to Burnsville is being
sponsored by the YanceyGounty
Rescue Squad.
ceived their High School Equi
valency Diploma through the
Learning Lab and Adult Basic
Education.
The Mayland Choral Society
under the direction of Dr. Lee
M. Beall will sing.
The public is cordially invi
ted to attend.
Fond Raising
Kitkeff Set
Mrs. Ralph Jacks announced
this week that August 27 marks
the kickoff date for the North
Carolina Association for Retar- *
ded Children's fund raising and
public education campaign.
Funds raised in the campaign
will go to support programs for
the 150,000 mentally retarded
citizens of North Carolina.
The campaign is sponsored
by the Burnsville Woman's Club
and is scheduled during the en
tire week of August 27 through
September 2. "Volunteers will
be calling on their neighbors ’
throughout the Burnsville area,"
Mrs. Jacks said, "and it is hoped
that all area residents will con
tribute to this worthy cause."
Additional volunteers are
needed. If you will help w ith
this campaign in your neighbor
hood, please call Mrs. Jacks at
682-2553.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23.1973
North Carolina Takes Lead
With Council For Children
By Pat Patterson
Have you seen a child get -
ting a "raw deal" lately and
didn't know who to contact for
aid? Try the Governor's Ad
vocacy Council for Children and
Youth. This state council,which
is a part of the Department of
Human Resources-, was estab -
fished by the 1971 Gen era 1
Assembly to coordinate child
serving resources among the
varying state departments. The
council also acts as an advisor
to the Governor and the General
Assembly with regard to the
needs of children.
According to Dr. James Tomp
kins, executive director of the
council, this coordination of
child-serving resources will eli
minate duplication of services
among state agencies and itwill
promote planning to meet the
needs of childw*-
What types at children does
the council help? Any child
who is deprived of his rights of
love, security, protection,learn
ing and happiness. Any child
who is physically, intellectual
ly, emotionally and culturally
different. Any child who is
abused, neglected, KIIHtJ *«t
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J. Fred Young
Fred Young Is
New President
Dr. J. Fred Young took of
fice as the seventh president of
Elon College recently succeed
ing Dr. J.E.Danieley who is
returning to the classroom after
serving the College as the chief
administrator for 16 years.
Young, a native of Burnsville,
and a graduate of Wake Forest
University, has been serving as
deputy superintendent of public
instruction in the Common
wealth of Virginia and as chair*.i
man of a Governor's Task Force
that recently presented to Gov
ernor Linwood Holton a report
that proposes revamping the for
mula for that state's financial
aid to local school districts to
meet quality education require
ments of Virginia's 1971 consti
tution. The report has been re
ceived with much favorable
response.
Young, who is 38 years old,
has served in public education
all his adult life including’ a
number of yean as superinten
dent of schools in Lynchburg,Mi.
and assistant superintendent of
schools in Burlington. He is not
a stranger to private education,
however, as he holds undergra
duate degrees from Mars Hill
College and Wake Forest.
"It is truly an honor to have
been chosen to serve as presidmt
of Elon College," said Young as
he began his duties. "I look
forward to the challenge that
private higher education offers."
excluded. Any child— be he
from a wealthy, middle or poor
family; be he from the moun
tains or the coast; be he from
the farm or the city.
Tompkins stated that North
Carolina is the first state in the
union to take such a comprehen
sive stance about -meeting the
needs of all children and estab
lishing that all children have
a right to have their vital needs
met.
What is the council doing to
meet these unmet needs of child
ren? Already in operation is
the Department of Human Re
sources toll free Hotline num -
ber, 1- 800 - 662-7950,which
refers any calls dealing with
the unmet needs of children to
the Child Advocacy Council.
The problem is then dealt with
by the council and the state de
partment, division or instituticn
which can best meet the needs
of the child.
For example, a call concern
ing an emotionally disturbed
child may be referred to the Di
vision of Mental Health Services
which in turn will contact doc
tors and institutions nearest the
- *iiHd*s-inwn e to help the child.
Tompkins said that by July
1, 1974, the Child Advocacy
Council plans to establish 35
local councils throughout North
Carolina.
In addition to the already es
tablished programs, the council
wishes to develop child advo -
cacy programs that wrill: insure
that all children in designated
areas have access to whatever
human services they need that
are now available in the com
munity; identify needed pre
ventive and direct services that
are not available and mobilize
resources to initiate those ser
vices; evaluate and improve
the effectiveness of children's
services both by formal research
techniques and by participation
of parents and other interested
community members in deci -
sions affecting new programs
or modification of old ones.
The Child Advocacy Coun -
cil recently issued a special re
port entitled "We speak for
Children" which called for ma
jor changes in programs and pro
5, cedures of state agencies con
cerned with the health and wel
fare of the state's children, and
especially the more than two
hundred thousand handicapped
ii children. Hopefully, this re
port will act as a blueprint for
state agencies and groups to
better meet the needs of child
ren. The Governor's Advocacy
Council for Children and Youth
is just that — an advocate for
children. It can direct some
one to an agency or group that
can serve a child though it, in
itself, cannot directly render
service to the child.
Have you seen a ch ild get
ting a "raw deal" lately?
Now you know where help
is availahl
- Report
A report of local 1 % Sal es
and Use Tax collections by
county for July, 1973 was re- „
cently made by J. Howard Coble,
secretary, State Department of
Revenue in Raleigh.
According to this report ,Yan
, cey County collected $14,389.
87 during this period, while
Mitchell County collected juvt
i over sl7 thousand for the same
period.
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Ice Cream Social Draws Crowd
The United Methodist and Presbyterian Youth Group of Burnsville, the Black Youth
Group of Burnsville, and the Michigan Group Caravan sponsored an "Ice Cream Social"
on the town square Thursday, August 16 from 6to9p. m. The social featured home
made ice cream and cake —all you could eat for only 75$ for adults and 50$ for child
ren under 12. Over one hundred fifty townspeople attended the social. Proceeds were
donated to the new Griffith Chapel AME Zion Church.
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Schools Get
Allocation
The Yancey County schools
have received a quarterly grant
of $37,859 under Part A of Ti
tle I, Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, according to
State School Superintendent
Craig Phillips. This grant covers
the period from July 1 to Sep
tember 30, 1973.
According to Harold Webb,
Special Assistant for Compensa
tory Education for the StateEdu
cat ion Agency, "Title I provides
funds to local educational agen
cies for use in helping to break
the cycle of poverty through
equalization of educational op
portunity. These funds must be
used to expand and improve edu
cational programs contributing
to the special needs of educa -
tionally deprived children."
During the 1972-73 school
year the State received $56,260,
988 in Title I, Part A. funds.
-At the present time Title I Is
being funded under a continu -
Mg resolution and no fMal de
termination has been made by
Congress about the total alloca
tion for the current school year.
The state will receive a total
allocation of $11,529,653 for
this first quarter.
(Community Events(
There will be a special song
service at the Covey Rock Free
Will Baptist Church, Green Moun
tain, North Carolina,on Sunday
night, August 26 at 7:30 p.m.
according to pastor Rev. Holt
Herrell. The Union Hill Quar
tet from Elizabethton,Tenn;the
Silvers Trio from Burnsville;the
Young Peoples Choir and Dey
ton Trio from Covey Rockj the
Hus kins Duet from Mt. Mitchell,
N. C.; the Hughes Trio from
Relief and several more groups
are expected. Everyone is in
vited cordially to attend this
service.
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A decoration ceremony will
be held at Hunter Memorial Ce
metery in Burnsville on Sunday,
August 26, 1973.
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The Yancey Comty Cham
ber of Commerce and the many
exhibiton and spectators at the
recent Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair
wish to express sincere thanks
to membeis of the Radio Patrol
Squad who helped direct traf
fic during the days of the Fair.
time added much to the succes
of this annual event.
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The Indian Creek Baptist
Church, located in Yancey
County, will have a gospel sing
ing on Saturday night, August
25th at 7:30 p, m. , Featured in
this gospel singing will be the
Shining Light Quartet, Higgins
Quartet, Liberty Trio,The Sams
Family and several othergroups.
All singing groiqn are invited
to take part and everyone is
cordially invited to attend.
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Jacks Creek Baptist Church,
located in Yancey County, will
have their annual
Sunday, September 4th, with
dinner on the ground and gospel
singing in the afternoon. Ed
Ball will be in charge of the
singing. Everyone is invited to
attend.
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The regular Gospel Song ser
vice at Brammitts Creek Free
Will Baptist Church will be held
Sunday afternoon, Augwt 26th,
at 2:00 p.m. Some of the
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