THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 2, NO. 36
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Prize-Winning Photograph Shows Artist John Bryans Painting At Ogle's Meadows
Prize-Winning Photo Depicts Local
Artist John Bryans At Ogle's Meadows
"Painting in the Mountain*"
won unexpected recognition
through a prize winning photo -
graph of an art student on vaca
tion here. A color photograph
Re*. Joe Parker
Parker Is
Revivalist
The Rev. M. Joe Parker of
Mooresville will be the guest
preacher for special revival ser
vices being held for the Newdale
United Methodist Charge, Sep
tember 9-13. The serviceswill
be held at 7:30 each evening,
Monday through Thursday, at
the Windom United Methodist
Church. Everyone is invited to
attend.
A part of the Key ’73 em
phasis throughout the United
States, the revival is being held
in conjunction with a "Week of
Proclamation" in the Asheville
District of the United Metho -
dist Church.
Rev. Parker is < a native of
Mooresville and is a graduate
of Mitchell College in States
ville, Pfeiffer College in Miser*
heimer, and Candler School of
Theology, Emory University,
Atlanta, Georgia. He has
served as director of Christian
Education and Music and Bou
levard United Methodist Churcfy
Statesville and pastor of the
South Lenoir and Mount Olivet
United Methodist Churches, Le
noir. He is currently pastor of
Vtnderberg United Methodist
Church, Mooresville.
Rev. Parker will also be pro
viding special music for the
services each evening.
(here reproduced in black and
white) taken by Dorothy Hooks,
a professior.il photographer of
Smithfield, North Carolina at
Ogle Meadows last summerwon
top honors in a N.C. State con
test held in Raleigh in March.
In August the photo was ac
cepted for hanging in the Mas
ters Exhibition of Professional
Photographers of America, a
competition held in Denver,
Colorado. Now, Everette Kiv
ette of Painting in the Moun -
tains has informed The Yancey
Journal that the color print, en
tered in these shows, has just
been chosen to be part of the
Permanent loan Collection of
the Professional Photographers
of America, an honor Dorothy
Hooks, the student, considers
"the absolute ultimate" hope
of every professional photo -
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Radio Patrol Gives Aid
The Yancey County Unit of the North Carolina Radio
Patrol and Emergency Service was on stand-by over the
three-day holiday weekend with free refreshments and in
formation to the public and to welcome tourists. The
unit has been busy with this work during the recent weeks
and will continue with this service through the season*
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Inflation Strikes Journal
Effective October 1 subscription rates for The Yan
cey Journal will be increased due to rising paper and
printing -urts. One year In-Cpmty subscriptions will
be $4.16 and Out-of-County subscriptions will be S4OO.
If you subscribe now or renew your old subscription
before October 1, you may take advantage of present
subscription rates of $3,12 In-County and $5.00 Out
of-County.
grapher entering these compe -
titions.
The original prize-winning
16 x 20 inch color print shows
John Bryans, one of the instruc
tors of "P.I.XM. " painting a
watercolor'bn location" on the
mile high estate of Mr. and Mrs.
L. Henry Reed Jr. The Reeds
have often given permission to
the members of the painting
classes to paint on Ogle Mea
dows, an unusual and beautiful
place located on Coxcomb
Mountain here in Yancey County
The Hooks photo of John Bry
ans won lrt place in the por -
trait division as well as being
judged "best in the show "there.
The fall classes of "Paintiig
in the Mountains" begin Octo -
ber 9th this year and run for 3
weeks during the color season.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1973
ledlerd Is ]
OF Ctoinmm
Hazen Ledford, manager of
the Northwestern Bank in Bums- j
ville, has accepted the position j
of Campaign Chairman for the
annual Yancey United Fund
drive this fall.
Along with seventy-plus other
counties and cities across the
state Yancey County is organiz
ing to conduct its nineteenth an
nual United Way drive. These
many fund raising campaigns
are held simultaneously during
the fall, and the kick-off for
the local drive is set for Satur
day, September 15.
Directors of the local UF ex
press themselves as particularly
gratified by Ledford's accept -
ance of the leading role in the
forthcoming campaign. Since
his coming to Burnsville as head
of the local bank his willingirss
to serve in the support of com -
munity activities has been note
worthy. He was recently ap
pointed by the County Commis
sioners to serve as a director
of Mayland Technical Institute.
In his role in the United Way
■-“campaign, Ledford will be as
sisted by a team of volunteer
workers, now being organized,
A preliminary meetingwas held
last Thursday in the Town Hall,cl
attend Jd by directors and friends
of the UF to make the early
plans for this year's campaign.
The budget committee of
the UF will hold its meeting on
Thursday, September 6 at 7:30
at the Town Hall to review the
requests of the various agencies
desiring to participate in the
drive. Usually about a dozen
agencies are included in the
drive, whose activities within
the county contribute to making
the county a better place to live
and raise a family. In addition,
the budget committee usually
allots about ten percent of the
budget to the support of a group
of agencies which contribute
importantly to benefit citizens
throughout the state.
By far the greater part of the
funds raised are channeled into
activities which benefit a broad
cross-section of the coun t yfc
people. It is a misconception,
held by some people, that the
funds largely go toward the
more usual objects of charity
—the poor and the unfortunate
(although the budget does not
entirely forget these needy
people).
The UF directors would like
to gain recognition for the
fact that contributions are in
the nature of an investment
aimed at improving life in Yan
cey County, and that every -
body stands to benefit. Recog
nition of the United Fund cam
paign in this light, the directors
believe, should gain acceptance
for the drive objective—that a
once a year contribution of a
half day's pay is a reasonable
and fair donation.
Note Os Thanks
The members of theNewdale
Fire Department would like to
thank all those who helped to
make their fund-raising dinner
a success.
They would especially like
to thank those who helped
cook and who bought the fish
and chicken dinners. They
would like to apologize for not
having enough food to serve
everyone who came.
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Hazen Ledford
Rev. Stafford
Will Speak
The Reverend Garland R.
Staffoid, of Statesville, N.C. ,
will be the Week of Proclama -
tion speaker at Higgins Memor
ial United Methodist Church on
the evenings of September 9,10,
11, and 12, at 7:30 p.m.
The Reverend Mr. Stafford
has an outstanding record of ser
vice in the Western North *Caro -
liryi Conference and across the
*w»V>:n, He lias majored in the
work of the church In town and
country and is widely recognized
as one of the most eminent in
this field. He has had varied
service as pastor, executive dir
ector of town and country wcrk
in the Conference, and as Super
intendent of the North Wilkes -
boro District. He retired in June
of 1972 from the pastorate of
New Salem and Cool Spring
Churches in Iredell County.
He was Progressive FarmeA
Rural Minister of the year. He
has served as National President
of Methodist Rural Fellowship
and is a life member of the or
ganization. He has actively pro
moted cooperative endeavors of
the churches and communities.
He was for years a volunteer fire
man and was deeply involved in
the total life of the communi -
ties which he served. He work
ed closely with Dr. W. D. Wea
therford in publicizing and im
plementing concepts coming
from the Appalachian Study
backed by the Ford Foundation.
He is in the front rank of those
who have contributed most to
the identity, esteem, and worth
xf the small churches of Metho
lism and the Church Universal.
The Week of Proclamation is
i Ccnfereneewide evangelistic
tffbrt of the church as a part
«f the nationwide Key '73 em
phasis. There will be an Ashe
“llle District Retreat, prayer
■ervices, and visitation, in pre
* la ration for the evening services
ft many churches during the
s seek of September 9,
Yancey Health Dept.
Schedule for September
ept. 4, Tues. Maternal Nurse Clinic,Miss Kingham 1:00-4:00
ept. 5, Wed. Eye Clinic, I>. Powell by appointment
ept. 6, Thurs. Mental Health Clinic, Dr. Byron 10s00-3t30
ept. 7, FH. Mental health, Mr. Hutchison 10t00-3i30
ept. 11, Tues. Health Start, Dr. Pope by appointment
ept. 13, Thurs. Family Planning, Dr. Webb Bs3O-12s0C
ept. 14, FH. Mental Health, Mr. Hutchison 10:00-3 1 30
ept. 17, Mon. Child Health, Dr. Pope 12sOO-3530
ept. 18, Tues. Maternal Nurse, Miss Kingham 1:00-4:00
ept. 26, Wed. Orthopedic Clinic in Newland—Register by ll
ept. 27, Thurs. Family Planning, Er. Webb 8:30-1241
General Clinic far Immunizations and other tests is held every
Monday morning from 8:00 to 11:30 a. m.
Fall Fertilizer Needs
Cited For Forage Crop
By Woody Upchurch
Supplies are likely to be
shorter and prices higher for
the fertilizer North Carolina
farmers need for their pastures
this fall.
The problem comes at a time
when a good fertilization prog
ram is needed to produce the
relatively inexpensive grazing
and hay crops to supplement
more costly livestock feed
stuffs, which are short of total
need. It's all tied in with ano
ther shortage—that of fuel. A
shortage of the natural gas re
quired in large amounts to pro
duce nitrogen fertilizer is con
tributing to a reduced supply
and rising cost of this essential
plant food, explain North Caro
lina State University Extension
forage crops specialists.
'ln this situation, I would
urge farmers to grow all the
forages they can and to make
the best possible use of their
fertilizer, " said S. H, Dobson,
NCSU specialist.
"There seems .to be little pos
sibility that the cost of nitrogen
will stop rising in the imme -
diate future or that it will re
turn to levels of recent years,"
he added.
MAY Tech Has
Few Vacancies
The Director of Student Per
sonnel at Mayland Technical In
stitute has announced that some
vacancies still exist for fall en
rollment in the following couiss
offered at the Institute: Business
Administration, Accounting,Se
cretarial-Executive, Legal, and
. Medical, Automotive Mechanics,
Diesel Mechanics, Electrical In
stallation and Maintenance, and
light Construction.
Veterans who have not used
all their educational assistance
benefits may qualify for regular
VA assistance in any of these
coins es providing they have 181
consecutive days of active ser
vice, any part of which occurred
after January 31, 1955. A vete
ran must complete his program
within eight yeas after
from active duty or within eight
yeas after June 1, 1966, if he
was discharged from active duty
prior thereto. However, if a
veteran enrolls in a farm cooper
ative, in apprentice, on-the-job
raining, or flight training, his
program must be completed right
yeas after his discharge or eight
yeas after August 31, 1967, if
discharged prior thereto.
One approach, Dobson sug
gested, could eliminate the
need for nitrogen fertilization.
This could be done by sedding
legumes, such as ladino
red clover or alfalfa. These
plans, which help provide
much of the protein required
by cattle, produce their own
'nitrogen and don't require nitro
gen fertilizer.
The clovers can be seeded
with fescue or ore hard grass in
many parts of the state, depen
ding on soil type. The legumes
can be grown on all but sandy
type soils or on those soils that
are too rough to renovate period
ically in order to re- establish
the clover in the grass stand.
"We believe farmers who
have cattle to feed should seed
all the grass or legume grass
mixtures they can and to take
good care of those stands alreafy
established, " Dobson said. "We
have an opportunity to produce
a lot of inexpensive feed on our
pastures. "
On establisned stands of fes
'cue, Dobson suggested an appli
cation of 50 to 100 pounds of
actual nitrogen per acre this
fall and an equal amount next
March. The fescue also needs
phosphate and potash once a
year. It can be applied this
fall with the nitrogen or next
March. About 300 to 500 lbs.
of 0- 10- 20 are suggested.
Dobson cautioned farmers
against practicing false econo
my in fertilizing their pastures.
Even with higher cost of fertili
zer, the plant food should be
applied, he emphasized.
The specialist cited NCSU
research results which showed
that pasture that received no
nitrogen produced 1, 600 pounds
of dry matter per acre compar
ed to 7,300 pounds production
from a pasture that received
200 pounds of nitrogen in three
application.
N.C. Foresters
Receive Praise
Local U. S. Forest Service
men recently returned from the
Western Forest where they were
on fire fighting details. They
helped control the KOO KOO
fire in northwest Montana and
were later transferred to north -
em California on the Eldorado
National Forest to help control
a fire near Placerville.
The men making the trip
were Clifford Peterson, Ricky
Wilson, Talmadge Woody, Lee
Thompson, Kenny Deyton and
Harold Rivqys. These men re
ceived high praise far the fine
job they had done in helping to
control the blazes.
Blaine Ray, another local
Forest Service man, was detail
ed to Big Fork,Montana where
he has been working on public
contacts and fire prevention.
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Rev. Pete Rice
Evangelistic
Services Here
Here is your chance to hear
a young evangelist with a mes
sage for you!
Pete Rice leads an unusual,
but never dull life. While grow
ing up he traveled from coast
to coast with his famous father,
Dr. Bill Rice, in revival cam
paigns. During these travels he
visited hundreds of cities, as
well as most of the major sce
nic spots of America. It was
not long before Pete hadbecome
accustomed to large crowds. It
was while traveling w ith his par
ents that young Pete began to
develop the character andtalmt
to become one of America's
outstanding young evangelists.
For many years now he has
been in charge of the stock on
the 1,500 acre Bill Rice Ranch
in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He
breaks and trains many horses
every year as well as branding
the cows, fixing the fences,and
the many other chores of a
ranch hand.
The Bill Rice Ranch is the
largest missionary work for the
deaf in the world. It is also
the South's largest independent
campground. Pete considers
this as much a part of his minis
try as his evangelism. In fact
he serves on the board of dire.c
toxs and devotes many months
of every year entirely to the
work of the Bill Rice Ranch.
After leaving Tennessee Tem
ple College in Chattanooga,
Tennessee, where he preached
many weekend meetings, Rice
began his evangelistic traveling
in many states as well as Cana
da and the Bahamas.
Evangelist Pete Rice is an
experienced, colorful, effec -
tive, and most important of all,
a result-getting evangelist.
It has been said that Rice
has an adult message with a
teen— aged appeal. Actually
his message is for the entire fa
mily. You will want to hear
this man of God!
Pete Rice will bring his mes
sage in special evangelistic ser
vices at Faith Fellowship Bap
tist Church, Mitchell Brandy
Burnsville from September 9th
through September 16th from
7too p. m. The public is cor
dially invited to attend.
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