THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL.. ?, NO. 46
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Theresa Coletta
Elected To
HCU Office
At the North Carolina Libra
ry Association's Biennial Con
ference held in Winston Salem
on November 1-3, 1973, Miss
Theresa Coletta of Burnsville
was elected State Chairman of
Junior Members Round Table
for the two year term 1973-75.
Junior Members Round Table
is the young librarian's division
of the North Carolina Library
Association. Miss Coletta's
election as State Chairman of
this N.C.L.A. office gives her
official membership on the
North Carolina Library Associa
tion 's Executive Board with full
voting privileges.
From 1969 to 1973, Miss
Coletta served on the
Services Committee of/foe Pub
lic Librarian's Section of N.C.
L»A. Her public library work
with pre-school and young
children was one of those selec
ted from the state for a film
documentary, "Make Way For
Children."
In 1971, Miss Coletta was
elected to serve a two year
term as a Director of the Junior
Members Round Table Execu -
tive Board. Also, she was ap
pointed by the N.C. L. A, Presi
dent to serve as Recruitment
Chairman of the North Carolina
library Association for the 1971-
73 Biennium.
Miss Coletta is a Liberal Arts
graduate of the University of
Tennessee and is completing
her Master of Art in Education
al Media at Appalachian State
University. She is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. P. C.Colet
ta of Burnsville and is employ
ed as Regional Children's Li
brarian for the Avery-Mitchell-
Yancey Regional Library.
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South Toe Students Visit Journal
Approximately 42 students from South Toe Elementary
School, accompanied by teacher, Nona Deyton, visited
The Yancey Journal on a recent field trip. The students
were interested in how the newspaper is made up and in
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Yancey School Board Adopts
Fuel Conservation Policy
The Yancey Country Board
of Education adopted a policy
on fuel conservation ir the
county schools at its November
meeting. Under the policy
principals and janitors are tc
use all the known fuel saving
practices including turning back
thermostats as early in the af
ternoon as possible, closing the
shades and blinds at night and
over the weekend and seeing
that no rooms are overheated.
Joey Biggerstaff
Students Are
Beta Officers
Two members of Caneßiverfc
and sast Yancey's Beta Clubs
were elected officers of the
Western District when the clubs
attended the annual Western Dis
trict Beta Convention at Polk
Central on November 5. In
addition, Cane River's Beta
Club won first place in the tal
ent contest.
Officers elected were Joey
Biggerstaff, an East Yancey stu
dent, president, and Wanren
Bailey, a Cane River student,
vice-president. These boys,
along with the other officers,
will represent the Western Dis
trict at the 1974 State Beta Con
vention in Raleigh in the spring.
Next year the Western District
Convention will be held at the
school of the president, making
that the first time a convention
has been held in, Yancey County.
Participants from Cane Ri
ver who won the talent contest
were Debra Whitson, Phillip
Deyton, Sarah Deyton,Sue Fox,
and Pat Hensley who sang two
songs, accompanied by Ramo
na Angel on the piano.
Use of the school buildings
at night and over the weekends
will be limited to necessary
school activities only with non
school groups being permitted
to use buildings only for very
necessary meetings. Any re
quest for use 'of the building
by such groups should be sub
mitted to the board for appro
val at one of its regular meet
ings. The board meets the
first Monday night in each
month at 7s 30 in the superin -
tendent's office.
Edgar Hunter, Superinten -
dent, reports that there is
enough fuel on hand to oper -
ate the schools throughout the
school year if all will adhere
to the best conservation prac
tices. He sees no reason for
the schools to have to take a
"winter holiday" this year be
cause of the fuel shortage.
Lions Start
Cake Sale
Due to increased demand
from local resident who want
to mail their gifts early, the
Burnsville Lions have begun
their annual "Benson's Sliced
Fruit Cake Sale". The Lions
Club reports it has increased
the order this year, because it
has run short of fruit cakes in
previous years.
Proceeds from the sale of
these cakes go toward Commu
nity projects sponsored by the
lions Club—Pre-School Eye
Clinic for Sight Conservation,
assisting local visually handi
capped persons with a variety
of services: free eye examina
tions, wheel chaiis, crutches,
record players and other means
of implementing the needs of
these people.
Lions also sponsor Boys Home
in Huntersville, Boys Home at
Lake Waccamaw, Camp Dog
wood and other facilities.
To place your order for one
of the delicious "Benson's Fruit
Cakes", contact Paul Wooten,
Lions Club President, or Bert
Stamey, who is serving as the
Chairman of Cake Sale Com
mittee, or any member of the
Burnsville Lions Club.
the various aspects of the printing process. They also tour
ed other offices in Burnsville and ended up at BsntamChef.
for a snack. The field trip acquainted students with some
of the
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1973
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Sidewall i 4 Facelift' In Burnsville
The sidewalks around town, since originally laid, had
deteriorated to the point that in some areas hardly any
sidewalk remained—not only impairing the attractiveness
of the town, but creating a hazard as well. The town
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Proclamation ty Mayor
WHEREAS the prosperity' an< well-being of this com
munity are dependent upon c ooeration between the two
great elements of our society: farmers and urban people,
and
WHEREAS the complexities jf their individual prob -
lems and foe divergence of ther activities have led to a
widening gulf of misunderstandng, and
WHEREAS this gulf of misunderstanding must be elimi
nated, and each group must t*derstand the other if our
American way of life is to endrre, and
WHEREAS Farm-City Week provides an unparalleled
opportunity for farm and city psople to become re-ac
quainted,
I, THEREFORE, James A. Aiglin, Mayor of the City
of Burnsville, do hereby proclam the period of Novem -
her 16 through November 22 tobe Farm-City Week; and
Ido further call upon all ci. izas of this community to
participate to the limit of thei capability in the joint
visits, the seminars, the pageats, fairs, civic and social
events attendant to a successfu Farm-City Week in Burns
ville, N.C.
Done at the City of Burosvile, this 9th of November,
Rummage Sale
.
, Green Mountain Free Will
Church will have a Rum
inage Sale every Saturday, be
ginning at 10tOO a.m. in the
basement of the Boyd Williams
esidence (beside the Burnsville
llementary School). All pro
:eeds will go to the c hurc h
milding fund. If anyone wish
:s to donate items for the sale,
please call 682-2588 or 682-
5592 and someone will pick
?them up.
Whoops l
First-Citizens Bank G Trust
Company is offering a new
7 1/496 Savings Bond with a de
posit of SI,OOO or more. In
formation regarding the details
of this announcement was giv
en in last week's Journal, but
we made an error in the head
line, reporting the bonds as
7 3/494 rather than the actual
7 1/494 rate being offered. Our
apologies for this mistake.
board, as part of a general improvement program, has been
rebuilding the sidewalks around the square and down Main
Street as far as Deyton Farm Supply. These newly- laid
’ ’lks are now in first-class condition.
Faim-City Week To Begin;
Floyd Is Chairman Here
Ben Floyd has been named
Yancey County Farm-City
Week chairman for the 1973
observance of Farm City Week.
The appointment was announced
by Miss Margaret Decker of
Asheville, state Farm-City
Week Chairman.
Serving with Mr. Floyd as
vice-chairman for the county
are W. C. Bledsoe, County E
xtension Chairman, and Mary
Margaret Deyton, Extension
Home Economics Agent.
The Burnsville Lions Club
will kick off activities at their
Thursday night program of "The
Green Miracle", a sight and
sound portrayal of how Ameri -
can Agriculture makes our na
tion great.
County Community Deve -
lopment Clubs and the Exten -
sion Advisory Board will meet
jointly Monday night, November
19 at 7:00 p. m. Community
Development prize awards and
Extension Advisory Board Certi
ficates of Sar 'jce will be pre
sented. Mr. Herman Anderson'
\. ith Blue Ridge Electric at
Lenoir, N.C. will be speaker.
Farm-City Week will be
observed across the nation on
November 16-22, ending on
Thanksgiving Day. The purpose
of the event is to help create
a better understanding between
rural and urban people.
In appointing county Farm-
City Week chairmen, Miss Dec
ker stated that North Carolina
is fortunate to have a fine re-
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lationship between urban and
rural citizens. "Farm - City
Week can help to maintain
and strengthen this relation -
ship," she srid.
Mr. Sherrill Williams of
Newton Grove is serving with
Miss Decker as state vice-chair
man. This will be the nine -
teenth annual observance of
Farm-City Week. Last year's
observance, according to final
reports received at national
headquarteis, involved the ac
tive participation of more than
15,000 communities in the
U.S. and Canada.
Farm-City Week is under
the direction of a National
Farm-City Council, Inc. head
ed by Woodrow Luttrell, Direc
tor of Information Division,
American Farm Bureau Federa
tion, Park Ridge, Illinois. Ki
wanis International will serve
as coordinating agency for Farm'
City Week and act as headquar
ters for the National Farm-City
Council for the nineteenth
consecutive year.
The National Farm-City
Council is composed of repre
sentatives from more than 150
major farm organizations, in
dustries, businesses, association
governmental agencies, educa -
tional institutions, and church
groups. A Presidential procla
mation and a joint Congression
al resolution have called for
Farm-City Week observances
each year since the inception
of the event. Farm-City Week
has won the Freedoms Fotmda
tion's Distinguished Service
Award, which carries the same
distinction in the community
service field as does the famed
"Oscar" in the motion picture
industry and the "Emmy" in
the television field, and the
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"Burnsville Mill is taking
immediate action to comply
with President Nixon's request
that drastic and urgent steps be
taken to conserve energy, it was
announced by Fred Bacon, Gen
eral Manager.
A comprehensive program is
being worked out in detail by
Burnsville Mill that will be made
operational just as soon as pos
sible.
This action is being taken
at the request of the President
of Mohasco Industries,lnc.,
parent company of Burnsville
Mill, after his receipt of the
following communication from
Frederick B. Dent, Secretary
of Commerce:
"Arab petroleum production
cutbacks and embargoes on ex
ports to U.S. make inevitable
severe shortages on wholerange
petroleum products essential to
U.S. business and public. Im
pact of these shortages will oc
cur within a month. To stretch
existing supplies and minimize
disruption to all American busi
ness, I urge immediate adop -
tion of the strongest energy con
servation measures possible with
in your company and urge you
to inform your employees of
the serkysnass of this situation
and the vital need of their foil
cooperation, both in plant,on
road and at home. Failure to
conserve no<v will aggravate
the extent of shutdowns in the
months ahead, with serious eco
nomic consequences for comp
anies, employees,and country.
Urgent action is required to
meet this critical situation. "
We are confident, Mr. Bacon
stated, that the importance of
this is apparent to all of our
p>eople and that steps will be
taken to conserve electricity
and heat in their own homes. "
Thanksgiving
Service Set
The Reverend Pat Hardy,
minister of the United Presby
terian Church, Burnsville,will
speak at the Yancey Thanks -
giving Service at First Baptist
Church, Burnsville, on Novem
ber 21, at 8:00 p. m. Special
music will be brought by foe
Mayland Choral Society direc
ted by Dr. Beale.
Burnsville and Yancey chur
ches cooperate annually through
a Thanksgiving Eve service. An
offering will be received for
CROP, material service arm of
Church World Service which re
presents over thirty denomina
tions in cooperatively fighting
world hunger and need. Wars
have produced an unusual num
ber of refugees in the world dur
ing the year and there have been
natural catastrophes sufficient
to make world need acute.
This service is one of five
simultaneous Thanksgiving ser
vices sponsored by the Mayland
Ministerial Alliance in foe Ba
kersville, Bunrsville, Red Hill,
and Spruce Pine area. The
Reverend Ernest Wilson, pastor
of Newdale and Grassy Creek
Presbyterian Churches, k cur
rently president of the Alliance.
Schaal Holiday
will Z closed on
22 and 23 for Than*giving