THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 2, NO. 51
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Heavy Snowstorm Hits Yancey
Winter came to the mountains in earnest last Saturday night when the ground was
blanketed by a heavy snowfall. The snow continued to fall all day Sunday and through
out Sunday night, causing hazardous driving conditions and closing Yancey County schools
for two days. Low temperatures notwithstanding, however, the snowfall lifted spirits as
always by its sparkling, breath- taking beauty. And the children, perhaps, enjoyed it
most of all— for Christmas is almost upon us and snow and Santa go hand in hand.
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Forest Service To Limit Off-Road
Vehicle Use In National Forest Lands
By the end of 1976 owners
of off-road vehicles, dune bug
gies, amphibians, scooters,
four-wheel drive and all-terrain
vehicles will have designated
areas and trails in the National
Forests System lands where they
may or may not operate.
The Forest Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture,an
nounced that it is beginning a
process to establish controls
over use of off-road vehicles
on all 187 million acres of Na
tional Forests, grass lands and
other lands administered bythe
Forest Service.
Supervisors of the ISS Na -
tional Forests will have until
December 31, 1976 to estab -
lish places where off-road ve
hicle use will be allowed, cur
tailed to some degree or
May land Technical Institute
Publishes Fall Dean's List
The following students at
Mayland Technical Institute,
based on their academic stand
ing, have been named to the
Dean's List for the Fall quarter:
Business* Leßoy Bishop, Ida
Blankenship, Wallace Boone,
Joseph Bowman, Connie Buch
anan, Quentin Buchanan, Larry
Carpenter, Randy Duncan .Billy
Goforth, Ronald Gregory, Don
ald Hensley, Reuben Higgins,
Teresa Huskins, Frank Johnson,
Joseph McQuire, Harold Pen
land, Nancy Pitman, Sherrill
Pitman, Anna Lou Robinson,
Deborah Robinson,Eugene Sut
phin, Tracey Sturgill, Burton
Taubman, Regina Thomas,
Tommy Thomas, Miranda Whit
son, Dennis Woody.
Automotive Mechanics* Don
ald Blevins, Tony Crowder,
deags
prohibited. Before final decis
ion is made, the public willbe
given an opportunity to review
and comment on areas proposed
for use or where restrictions or
closures are involved.
The program of designation
for full, limited or no use by
off-road vehicles is an out -
growth of a 1972 Executive Or
der to set up a system for con
trols which would minimize
damages to natural resources,
protect public safety and reduce
conflicts among users on public
lands. ■
Forest Service Chief, John
R. McGuire, says the regula -
tions will build on closure ac
tions which have already taken
place in the National Forest
System over the years as the
result of the explosive increase
Mike Grindstaff, James Miller,
Dale Osborne, William Pauley,
Laura Sch\yartz, Marvin Stanley,
Electrical Installation: Ro
bert Benn ?tt, Billy Buchanan,
Rodney Deyton, David Greene,
Mike Hise, Derrell Pitman,
Donald Reeves, Cecil Rice,
Alfred Westall, Archie Wright,
Garrett Yelton, Robert Young.
Light Constructions Jimmy
Byrd, Raymond Cantrell, Carol
Conger, Daniel Fox, Randy
Hall, Robert Hollifield, George
Ingram, Roy Laughrun, Leona
Murkman, Guy Miller, Willie
Eugene Murphy, David Queen,
Jerry Thomas.
Practical Nursing* Pa trie*.:
Brock, Starlett Diffehderfer,
Annie Ruth Ledlow, Jane Ann
McKinney.
BURNSVILLE, N.C. $714
in use of off-road vehicles. He
noted that approximately 8,000
miles of trails outside wilder -
nesses and primitive areas now
are closed to avert resource da
mage or to provide for special
management objectives, such
as hiking areas, nature trails,
national scenic trails, trails
leading to wilderness and trails
limited to travel by foot and
horse.
An Environmental Impact
Statement developed for this
action estimates the cost of
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putting the regulation process
into effect will total $3. 5 mil
lion.
Air Unit Is
Considered
The organization of an air
Exploring unit is being const -
dered for this area. This would
serve as an opportunity for
young people to learn to fly
an airplane at very little or
no cost to them. This organiza
tion will be led by Dr. J. G.
Braswell of Spruce Pine. Dr.
Braswell became interested in
flying while serving as dental
officer aboard a U.S. Navy
aircraft carrier, the USS Hor
net. His pilot patient buddies
would take him flying with
them and began teaching him
flying at this time. He pre -
sently holds a private pilot
license, commercial license,
instrument rating and is work
ing to complete his certified
flight instructors rating.
Dr. Braswell would welcome
any adult volunteers who have
had pilot training to assist him
in this project.
Wfc would like to extend Set >u’s Greetings to our friends.
Wherever you are—may yot holiday oe a happy one!
-gd add Carolyn Yuziuk
Yancey Employers May Pay
More Unemployment Taxes
The manager of the Elm -
ployment Security Commission
office here learned this week
that some employers in the
Mitchell and Yancey County
area will pay increased unem
ployment insurance taxes dur
ing 1974.
The Employ nent S ecurity
Law requires the chan /e be
cause wages and employment in
North Carolina have grown fast
er than the State's unemploy -
ment insurance trust fund, re
ports Mr. Nichols.
The trust fund, which con
tains money available to pay
unemployment insurance bene
fits in North Carolina, is sup -
ported through employers' pay
roll taxes. It's considered by
UI authorities as the strongest
in the nation, so the tax in
crease is not expect'ed to be
pronounced. Mr. Nichols ex
plained that in most instances,
the tax increase should amount
to two-tenths of a percentage
point.
Employers covered by the
law pay a tax on the first
$4,200 earned by each covered
worker. In 1972, Mr. Nichols
said, the average unemploy -
ment insurance tax was .8 per
cent, the fifth lowest in the
nation and about one-half the
UI tax paid bythe average U.S.
employer.
Individual employer taxates
are determined by comparing a
company's unemployment in
surance account balance to its
taxable payroll.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20,1973
Ir 1972, federal and state
governments amended the un
emtibyment insurance program
and the number of covered em
ployers in North Carolina climb
ed fiom 40,000 to 92,000 at
the end of 1973. Mr. Nichols
saidhe doesn't know what the
tax fates are for Mitchell and
Yancey County employers .They
are being computed under the
new tax schedule by the Employ
ment Security Commission cen
tral office and are being mailed
to employers this week.
They will be effective Janu
ary 1, 1974.
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Christmas Party For Children
The Yancey County Jaycees and Company E, Ist 518th
Training Brigade co-sponsored a Christmas Patty last week
for children in the county who needed a special little "boost"
for Christmas. The party was held at the Armory in Bums
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Register I
For Primary
''The Board of Elections of
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fice will be closed all of Christ- I
mas week. Those wishing to
file for office in the May 7, ’
1974 Primary may do so any- 1
time from now on until 12 noon
on Monday, February 25,1974.
County offices subject to
the 1974 Primary ares three
County Commissioners ( tw o
year terms), Sheriff and Clerk
of Court (each for a four year
term). The filing fee, by law,
is 1% of the annual salary.
The Board of Education,
which by legislative action in
1973 was removed from party
politics and put on a non-parti
san basis, will have two vacan
cies to lie voted on this May
at the same time as the gener -
al Primary. This will be a fi
nal election, and the two so
elected, without party designa
tion, will serve a foui-^arterm.
The Elections office is open
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
from 9to 1. Voters are remin
ded to notify the office when
ever they move. Be sure you
are registered in the precinct
in which you reside.
No fice
Property owners in Yance/
County who have not paid their
1973 Ad Valorem taxes before
the first day of January 1974
will incur additional interest.
After the first day of January
1974 a penalty of 296 of the
1973 Tax will be added. After
the first day of February 1974
and for each month thereafter
additional interest of 3/4 of
1% will be added to the 2%
added in January.
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Jaycees Honor Cannon
Yancey Cormty Jaycees honored Issie Cannon at a din
ner on Monday night, December 17. Larry Riddle, Jaycee
President, awarded him a plaque which read in part: "For
Outstanding Service and Dedication to Yancey County. " A
member of the Fire Department and the Yancey County unit
of th& North Carolina Radio Patrol, Issie was recently named
"Citizen of the Week" by WKYK Radio. He has actively
participated in numerous civic services in Yancey and is
well known for his spirit of cooperation in any worthwhile ?
endeavor. He and Ills wife, Minnie, reside in Burnsville.
They have two children.
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ville on Sunday, December 16, from 1 to 4 p. m. A speciajjl
treat for the kids was a visit from Santa Claus, who dlstri -
buted several gifts apiece and gave out fruit and nuts and
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