VOL. 3, NO. 2
Dr. Fergus Pope Will Interview Patients
For 1974 March Os Dimes Telerama
Local National Foundation
officials predict that the 1974
March of Dime* T elerama will
be one of the most entertain -
ing and successful in the twelve
year history of locally produced
shows.
Telerama officials feel for
tunate to have again this year
Dr. Fergus Pope, a pediatriciai
with a very impressive back
ground, who will interview pa
tients. Dr. Pope received a
BA degree from Colgate Univ
ersity and MB and BS degrees
from St. Bartholomew's Hospi
tal Medical College at the
University of London. His re
sidency in Pediatrics was com
pleted at the Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Pope is the Medical Dir
ector of the Head Start and
Health Start programs for Wa
tauga, Avery, Mitchell and
Yancey Counties in North
Carolina and was affiliated
with Appalachian State Univer
sity as Director of Community
and Regional Services, Office
of Institutional Research and
Development. He gave up this
position to work as a full time
physician in order to qualify
for an Appalachian government
grant, which will finance a
Primary Care Clinic as a part
of the Blue Ridge Hospital Sys
tem. Dr. Pope expects to open
this clinic on March 4th in
Burnsville, N.C.
In addition to being techni
cal advisor, narrator andautfor
qf narration for the film "The
Living Work of Albert Schweit
zer", Dr. Pope was also the
consultant to the government
of Biafra for the coordination
of American relief to children.
This doc to., who is so dedica
ted to public health work,holds
a pedicatric clinic in his home
on Saturdays.
Official statistics from the
1973 Telerama show a total of
$54,456 pledged to help with
the continuing fight against
birth defects. The local share
of Telerama funds is used for
patient care; for treatment of
birth defects and polio patients;
20 or more birth defect pstimts
have received the necessary
treatment during the past year
because of the generosity of
contributors from this area to
the March of Dimes. It is
also used for educational pur
poses; for distribution of films
and literature to schools and
doctors offices concerning pre
natal care, drugs, and related'
medical problems. A partial
of the funds are used to help
support the-100 Birth Defects
File Notice
O f Candidacy
The Board of Elections has
received notice of candidacy
from two people so far, both
subject to the Democratic Pri
mary on May 7, 1974.
R.B. Deyton of Green Moun
tain has filed for the office of
Sheriff, and Troy Boone of Mi
caville far member of the board
of County Commissioners.
Anyone else wishing to file
has until February 25th at 12:00
noon to do so. The filing fee,
by law, is one percent of the
annual salary for Sheriff and
Clerk, of Court, $lO for County
Commissioner and $5 for the
Board of Education.
THE YANCEY JOURNAL
Treatment Centers in operation
across the nation; plus a net
work of research centers inclu
ding the Salk Institute in La
Jolla, California.
Local funds have also been
used to purchase equipment for
the nursery at Bristol Memori
al Hospital as well as the
Speech and Hearing Clinic in
Bristol. In September, a fetal
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Men At Correctional Unit Complete
GID Test After MAY Tech Classes
A feat that had been tried
birt never successfully comple
ted was celebrated on Thursday,
December 20, at the Yancey
New Courses
At MAY Tech
Mayland Technical Institute
will sponsor a Nursing
class at Spruce Pine Communi
ty Hospital beginning Thursday,
January 17th at 2:00 p. m. Tie
classes will run from 2:00 p. rn.
until 4:00 p. m. and will be
held in the conference room of
the hospital. This course will
cover basic nursing techniques.
There will be a $2. 00 registra
tion fee for this course. All
people who are interested, are
invited to attend.
On Tuesday, January 15th,
there will be a class for Fire
Service Instructors to begin on
campus at 7:00 p. m. This
course will be held strictly for
members of various fire depart
ments with a minimum of four
years experience. It is recom
mended for persons interested
in teaching fire service classes
for various fire departments.
Certification will be necessary
and will be given at the end of
the class to persons who have
satisfactorily completed the 30
hour course. Mr. Robert Young
will be the instructor with Mr.
Johnny Baker, Fire Service Con
sultant for the Western District
assisting.
An Income Tax class will
begin on Monday, January 21,
at 7:00 p. m. Mr. Kenny Po
teat will be the ins tructor. In
come tax forms and date will
be available at the class. Per
sons interested in this class
should be present for registra
tion at 7:00 p. m. Monday,
January 20th. There will be
a $2.00 registration fee for this
class.
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Womans Club
Meeting Set
The Burnsville Wbman's Club
will hold its first meeting of the
1974 year on Thursday, January
10, at 8:00 p. m. at the home
of Mrs. P. C. Coletta. Co
hostesses will be Mrs. John Mar
tin and Mrs. Donald Westall.
The program will consist of a
panel discussion entitled The
Emerging Woman. The panel
ists are: Mrs. L. D. Deyton,
Mrs. Ftancis M ratori, Mrs. Er
nest Bfciggs and Mrs. Joe Young.
BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
monitor was given to the Bris
tol Memorial Hospital by the
Sullivan County Chapter of
the March of Dimes. This
machine should substantially
reduce the infant mortality and
birth defects. In fact, it was
ised on 45 or 50 patients dur -
ing the last three months to
screen for possible complica -
tions at birth.
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County Correctional Unit. The
exciting event was the com
pletion of the GED High School
Equivalency Examination by
Johnny Hensley
Appointed
Ass’t Agent
Mr. Johnny Hensley has been
appointed Assistant Agricultural
Extension Agent in Yancey
County according to a joint an
nouncement by the N.C. Exten
sion Service and the Yancey
Board of County Commissioners.
Mr. Hensley, a native of
Madison County, is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Hensley.
He and his wife, Linda, have
one daughter, Amanda.
Mr. Hensley was recipientof
the WNC Horticultural Crops
Scholarship to attend N.C.State
University where he graduated
recently with a BS in Horticul -
ture. While in school he served
as an officer in berth the Agri -
culture Life Council and The
Horticulture Chib. He is pre -
sently a member of the WNC
Horticulture Crops Commission.
Music Appreciation Class
To Hear Program Os Songs
The Music Appreciation
Class of Music in the Moun
tains will meet on Tuesday
evening, January 15th, at 8:00
p« m. in the First Baptist
Church of Burnsville to hear
Ruth Pope and Eve Lynne Reeve
present a program of songs by
Mo* art, Schubert, Brahms, Hu
go Wolf, and Richard Strauss.
Those who attended the
Schubert evening last year will
remember it memor
able musical event. On that
occasion, the audience was
swelled to some 80 persons at
tracted by friendship to the
participants, but the audience
came away with a profound
sense of excitement at having
heard a beautifully matched
Dr. Fergus Pope
four inmates. The GED Exam
tests the students ability in
mathematics,. English grammar
and literature, science and so
cial studies. An average score
of 45 on each subject or a total
of 225 points must be made in
order to pass the test. The GED
Exam is based on national test
norms and research shows that
for every one-hundred high
school graduates, one third
cannot successfully pass the
exam. Inmates who passed the
test were Clifford Harshaw,Fired
Crawford, Gary Mecimore,and
Ronnie Armstrong.
Adult Basic Education clas
ses were started at the correc -
tional unit in the early 1960's
with Asheville-Buncombe Tech
nical Institute. In October,
1972, Mayland Technical In
stitute began to offer classes
and in March, 1973, things
really began to happen after the
assignment of Mr. Anderson as
captain of the unit. Mr. Ander
son brought with him a feeling
of responsibility to help provide
the opportunity for inmates to
better themselves and has help
ed to make the efforts of May
land Tech personnel become a
reality.
Miyland Tech's teachers re
sponsible for the successful in
structional program provided to
the inmates are Mr. James
Mr. Kenneth Nelson, and Mr.
Walton Angel. Mr. Byrd and
Mr. Nelson have enrolled 69
students in their adult basic
education classes on Monday
and Thursday evenings. Mr.
Angel teaches the GED high
school equivalency class Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday
mornings.
team in a highly talented per
formance. Mrs. Pope of Celo
Fttrm and Miss Reeve of Burns
ville were persuaded to go on
and give a. wonderful "intro -
duction to classical music"
program in all of the Yancey
County Schools last spring and
this fall. Those who heard
them in 1973 have been wait
ing for another chance to en
joy their performance of more
beautiful songs. Those who
missed hearing them last year
have asked repeatedly that
another evening be scheduled
this year.
Don't miss this opportunity
to hear the vocal perfection of
Mozart and many lovely songs
from tiie Romantic literature.
All are welcome I
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1974
Yancey United fund Campaign Closes;
Coal Os $14,988 Will Be Reached
The Yancey United Fund an
nounces the closing of its 1973
fund raising campaign, confi -
dent that the final accounting
of the drive results will show
that the budget goal of $14,988
hai been attained. Mrs. Ruby
Smith, the Fund treasurer has
received definite reports of con
tributions totaling 98 per cent
of the goal. Always .at the
close of a campaign there are
promised contributions slow to
arrive, and this year these late
gifts should bring the' total to
100 per cent.
In recognition of the succes
ful outcome of the campaign, a
victory breakfast for the volun
teer workers who conducted the
drive is being planned for the
20th of January, to be held at
the Methodist Church in Burns
ville. The breakfast will be
Yancey Graphics Handles
Commerical Printing Jobs
Yancey Graphics, Inc., a
locally owned and operated
* Jommercial printing firm re
cently opened in Burnsville.
According to owners Jody
Higgins, Archie Ballew and
Joel Rojsertson, Yancey Gra
phics can handle most of the
printing needs of Burnsville and
Yancey County. They print
everything from brochures to
business forms. Including all
kinds of statements,
envelopes, and handbills, to
name only a few items.
Yancey Graphics is located
on West Main Street in the base
ment of the Professional Build
ing across from Yancey Hospital.
The idea of a printing shop
for Yancey County is not new.
* t
Richardo Checchia
Fellowship
Student Here
■m ■ li; ' 1
Richardo Checchia, Intema
tionaWellowship Exchange Stu- t
dent from Sao Paulo, Brazil
arrived in Burnsville on Christ
mas Eve. He will spend 3 1/2
months in Yancey County and
return to Sao Paulo. He is 16
yean old, is interested in Amer
ican ways, customs, history.
He is very interested in sports,
particularly tennis.
Richardo is attending school
at East Yancey and ms ets class
es as do other students. Che
other student from Mexico will
participate in the exchange by
coming to Yancey. Two East
Yancey students will be leaving
soon for Colombia and Vene -
mala.
provided jointly by the North
western Bank and the men of
the Methodist Church.
C ampaign chairman Hazen
Ledford expresses his apprecia -
tion for the hard work and gen
erous amount of time contribu
ted by the team of volunteer
workers. In particular the effort
of Mack B. Ray and Dr. Garland
Wampler contributed important
ly to the success of the drive.
Although hesitant to single out
individuals for mention, inview
of the broad participation in the
campaign, Ledford has, never
theless expressed particular ap
preciation for the generous sup
port given by the Grade A dairy
men of the county.
This has been the nineteenth
consecutive campaign of the
Yancey United Fund, the organ
ization having been started in
For several years commercial
printing has been available at
various times through the
and most recently through the
newspaper. Archie Ballew,
once associated with the Yan
cey Record, did commercial
printing and more recently, Ed
Yuziuk, publisher editor of the
Yancey Journal operated a job
printing shop for a while, but
found that commercial printing
combined with newspaper pub -
lishing was too time consuming.
Yuziuk encouraged and has
offered his assistance in the es
(Cont'd on page 2)
Named ASCS
Committeemen
Mr. J. W. Tomberlin and
Mr. Niram Phillips were named
to the county Agricultural Sta
' bilization and Conservation
committee by delegates to the
ASC county convention held
December 13 in the ASCS of
fice. Mr. Tomberlin was elec
ted to a three year term and
Mr. Phillips to a one year term.
The delegates also elected
Howard Riddle and Donald
Buckner as first and second al
ternates to the committee.
The vacancies were filled
by farmer-delegates who are
newly-elected ASC community
committeemen for 1974. The
county committee is responsi -
ble for local administration of
government farm programs.
Community committeemen as
sist file county committee in
farm programs administration
' and help keep farmers inform -
ed of program provisions.
The newly elected county
and community committee ,
took office January 1, 1974.
Republican
Meeting Here j
Tfancey County Republican '
meeting will be held at the <
Courthouse FMday, January 11,
at 7:00 p. m. All Republicans 1
and interested people are wel- i
come to attend. The purpose !
of this meeting is to discuss a >
dinner, candidates, and other i
business. 1
1955. The drive just being com
pleted had the largest budget
goal and raised the largest am
ount in the Fund's history.
In accordance with the prac
tice of the UF in Yancey, the
drive has been conducted entire
ly by unpaid volunteers, aid the
costs held to an absolute mini -
mum. This year the only ex
penses incurred were for station
ery and other campaign supplies
totaling well under SIOO. This
is believed to be close to a re
cord for conducting a fund-rai
sing campaign.
The final publication of the
1973 UF Honor Roll is made in
this issue of the Journal. New
names have been added since
the last previous publication.
UF P/u KONS
(contributors of S3OO or mere)
Northwestern Bank
Dr. Garland Wampler
Mohasco Mill
Glen Raven Mill
American Thread Company
UF PATRONS
(contributors of $200)
First C itizens Bank
Dr. Melvin W. Webb
Mr. and Mis. Mack B. Ray
Pollard's Drug Store
Bob Helmle
■'"Banco Lumber Co.
Diamond Mica Co.
CENTURY CLUB
(contributors of SIOO to $200)
Glenn A. Morris (State Rep.
for Yancey County)
Burnsville Hosiery Mill
The Country Store
Styles G Company Automotive
Supply
Dr. Fergus Pope
Deyton Farm Supply
Yancey Builders
Burnsville Fum. & Hdw.
G. D, Bailey
Holcombe Brothers
Hazen Ledford
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Martin
Dr. W. A. Y. Sargent
Mrs. B.R.Penland
Milton Weiss
Dr. E. R. Ohle
Roberts G Com and Roberts
Insurance
Students of Cane River High
School
Mr. and Mis. Earl Young
Mt. Mitchell Industries
Riddle Fuel Oil Co.
Burnsville Veterinary Clinic,
Drs. Alan GJoannrtte Maddox
Carolina Tire Company
Maxwell Fhmiture Company
Senator and Mrs. Jack Gordon
of Miami, Florida
BUSINESS & OFFICES wfere
all employees have made con
tributions, and SCHOOLS viiere
all teachers have contributed:
Ymcey County Department of
Social Services
Yancey County Child Develop
ment Center
Yancey County Health Dept.
Cane River High School.
Farmers Home Administration
Office
Ie Congrega- i
Witnesses i |
Bible lec- ' i
y morning, 1 ,
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tville Hwy. |
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Don Whitson
Whitson Is
Promoted
Don Whitson of Route 1,
Burnsville has been promoted
to District Manager and Super
visor of the Burnsville, Marshall
and Spruce Pine Army Stores.
Don, who has been the ma
) nager of the Burnsville Army
Store since it opened in May
of 1972, is a local resident of
Yancey County. He is mar
ried to the former Jean Cooper
and they have two sons, Jeff,
9 years of age, attends Burns
ville Elementary, and Chris , a
three-year-old. Don is the
current Treasurer of the Yancey
County Jaycees and he and his
family attend Riverside Baptist
Church.
Don's present duties as man>
ger of the Burnsville Army
Store will be assumed by Da
vid Thomas of Burnsville.
The Spruce Pine Store will
open around March Ist and -it
will by the 10th store in the
chain. The chain's headquar
ters is in Asheville, N.C, and
was founded by Jack Feingold,
President of Carolina Enter -
prises of Asheville.
Red Cross
First Aid
A series of three Red Cross
standard first aid courses will be
conducted at the headquarters
of the Mayland Red Cross Chap
ter in the basement of Trinity
Episcopal Church, Spruce Pine.
The first course started Mon
day, January 7, and will con
tinue through Friday, Jan. 11,
from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. each
evening. Arnold Swann and
James Buchanan are instructors.
The tours e is sponsored by min
ing indis tries of
and Yancey Counties including
the Feldspar Corporation, Dia
mond Mica Co. and others.
The next course will be con
“ ducted from Monday, Jan. 14
through Friday, Jan. 18 from
1:30 to 3:30 p. m., and is also
sponsored by various mining
(industries. Pill Hall will be
the ins tractor.
Still another course will be
given on Saturday, Jan. 19 from
8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p.m. for
employees of the Western Oli
vine Co. , with Arnold Swann
and James Buchanan, instructors.
Complaint
Notice Issaedi
The Textile Workers Union
of America, announ
ced today that as a result of
Chartres filed bv Ih it i
against Glen Raven Mills, Inc.
here an official complaint no
tice has been issued by an