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THE YANCEY JOURNAL VOL. 3, NO. 4 Young Men Must Register For Draft Yancey County ASCSOffice will be responsible for adminis tering the new 1974 Rural En vironmental Conservation Prog ram. The new program,which replaces and modifies the old REAP, has several new aspects of interest to Yancey County residents. According to Edd Holcombe; ASCS County Executive Direc tor, the new cost-sharing phase of the program could be extreme ly beneficial to Yancey Comity farmers. It provides far a mi nimum of 5096 and maximum of 7596 return to the user for all expenses he incurs while estab lishing conservation or forestry practices on his land, includiig labor costs. Also under the 1974 program, an applicant can either elect to apply for a single one-year program of conservation improvement or select a three to ten year con tinuing program. The extend - ed period of time now allowed will be most beneficial to those wishing rather extensive conser vation improvements on their lar d but prefering to spread then, out over a p>eriod of years. All applications must be made directly to the ASCS coun ty office. Complete informa - tion and details on the specific programs will be available in Opes House Don't forget! The public is invited to attend Westcofc Op>en House on January 26th and 27th. Tours will be conducted between 1 and 6 p. m. The tour of the build ing will take from 45 to 55 minutes and slides will be shown. re r* l \ , " T "' r '"" j",' / ,r * I I V ■ ui '" ~ -* if fli 1 8 a & ■ f 1,-.' . 1 v IS (HEBIF 111 i |Bg||o * A 1 ?a- w • * WKKW^ Journal Receives Award The Yancey Journal was presented a certificate of com mendation on January 16, 1974 by the Burnsville Woman's Club, "In recognition of achievement in the beautification of its business establishment and a significant contribution to the overall community environment. " Mrs. Mack Ray of the Woman's Club made the presentation, which was ac cepted by Ed Yuziuk, Publisher of the Journal. the near future. Mr. Holcombe said he does have the basic information on the program that has been auth orized by the Secretary of Agri culture for cost-sharing. Four teen separate practices have been announced, plus twowhich deal with county projects affec ting conservation peculiar to a particular county. Tiiis year's program places added emphasis on forestry practices which may offer additional interest to some of our applicants. f New Doctor Welcomed Dr. Melvin Webb announced recently that Dr. John Roger Hemphill, MD, will be loca ted in Dr. Webb's office until his own office is op>en at Banks Family Square. Dr. Hemphill, a General Practitioner from Gainesville, Georgia, moved to Burnsville in December following inten - sive efforts by Yancey County to gain his services for this area. He comes from a success ful practice of medicine i n Gainesville. With Dr. Webb's announce ment was a full endorsement of Dr. Hemphill's excellen' quali fications and ability. "I do not hesitate to leave my patients in his care, "he said. '1 hop>e to be hack in my office near March 1, 1974". In the mean time, Dr. Webb asked that everyone give the Hemphills a hearty welcome. Office hours are as usual: 9-12 and 1-4 p.m. daily. BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714 Rescue Squad Needs Funds For Ambulance, Equipment By Ashton Chapman The Yancey County Rescue Squad began sponsoring the re gularly scheduled visits of the Red Cross blood mobile to Burns ville last August 27. The Squad has been highly commended 1 for securing donations of 58 pints of life-saving blood on December 17, despite the cold and snowy weather which pre vailed that afternoon. Earl Van Horn, Chapter Chairman, and other officials of the Mayland Red Cross Chapi ter which serves Mitchell,Awry and Yancey Counties, are very grateful to the Rescue Squad for their cooperation in sponsor ing the bloodmobile visits to Burnsville, and they are grati - fied to know that the Rescue Squad will continue to sponsor these visits. It is certain that the interest which members of the Squad and their wives will continue to manifest in this project will result in materially increasing the number of blood donations each time the blood mobile visits Yancey County. On Apjril 17, 1973, the State of North Carolina issued a charter, as a non-profit cor ► p<ration, to the Yancey County Resaue Squad Inc. The incor - pjorators named were Charles V. Crowder, Arnold E. Higgins, Clarence J. Buchanan, William ■ B. Higgins and John Humphrey. The Squad’s present mem' - bership roster includes Charles W. Crowder, Captairj Arnold E. Higgins, President; Don Mc - Galliard, First Lieutenant; Clar ence Buchanan, Second Lieu - tenant; John Humphrey, Secre - tary Treasurer; Kermit Banks, Three Hurt In Accident A two- car accident injured three persons on highway 19E last week. The collision oc curred at 11:00 a. m. Thursday, January 17. , Involved in the wreck were Clifton J. Briggs, traveling west on 19E in a 1973 Ford with a passenger in his car, An derson EHggs. According to reports from the chief of pjolice in Burnsville, Zoe Young, dri ver of the other car, a 1968 Chevrolet which was eastbound on 19E, made a left turn and hit Briggs' vehicle. Miss Young was charged with failing to yield. All three were taken to Yan cey Hospital with injuries. Clif ton Briggs remained under I treatment for three days and was released. As of this writing Miss Zoe Young and Anderson Briggs are still hospitalized, but are reported in fair condition. C hies R. L. Adkins investi gated the accident. Beds Available The Yancey County Rescue Squad has four hospital beds available for loan to County residents who have invalids to care for at home. The beds are available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call Arnold Hig gins at 682-2122 or John Hum phrey at 682-6036. Sergeant - at-Arms; William Higgins, First Sergeant. The three-man Board of Directors includes the President; and Wade Styles and Jerry Laws. Other members of the Squad include Wesley Silvers,Harold Young, Wayne Young, Ernie Howard, Ed Young, Albert Briggs, Dan Wilson, Harold Bu chanan, Jesse Lawhern, ' Wil liam Morris, Clyde Styles, Hor ace Biggs, Ronald Eubanks, Billy Silvers and Anthony Peter son. Dr. Garland Wampler is an honorary member. Each is entitled to have his car bear a red and white metal tag indi - eating his membership in the Yancey County Rescue Squad. The tag also includes the Red Cross emblem. Members of the Squad have previously taken Red Cross First- Aid courses. All of them . are enrolled in the new 16-hour Standard and Advanced Red Cross First Aid courses which were started on Jan. 8 with Bill Hall of Spruce Pine as instruc tor, under sponsorship of the Mayland Technical Institute. The Squad has acquired a number of the- Red Cross First-Aid kits to be car ried in members' cars at all times. A windsheild sticker is (Cont'd on page 2) Plans For Crafts Fair, Jamboree Plans are already underway for the 18th annual Mt. Mitch ell Crafts Fair and the 7th an nual Yancey Youth Jamboree to be presented again this year in August. Both events are sponsored by the Yancey Coun ty Chamber of Commerce and are growing attractions for Yancey County and the surroun ding area. The Fair is sche - duled for Friday and Saturday, August 2nd and 3rd in down town Burnsville and will feature craftsmen and their crafts, bar becue chicken, refreshments, games, and other entertain - ment. The Jamboree will be staged on Thursday and Friday evenings, August Ist and 2nd at East Yancey High School. Yancey young people of schod age will be presenting their many talents in the traditional folk music, singing and dancing. S everal plans concerning the Crafts Fair were made at a meeting of the Board of Direc tors of the Chamber of Com merce last fall. These will be announced later as letters are mailed to all the crafts - men who were in attendance last year. A meeting was held in December by the directors of the Youth Jamboree to make plans for the event inAugust. These plans will be given to the Jamboree participants and their directors sometime later this winter. The craftsmen who will be coming to the Fair and the young people who plan to par ticipate in the Jamboree should begin now to think about pro paring for the two events which help to make August a special time of year. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24,1974 f3t A- jlwTmiiiftfr Jc tm wm ft ft W ft if mnm ft ft VP ft p A 'w| wk ftl | ftp I VVVB jn IQ IV| Congressman Roy A. Taylor Yancey ASCS Office Will Administer New Program All young men who reach age 18 during 1974 should plan this year on making their first contact with Selective Service Willi am H. McCachren. State Director of Selective Service for North Carolina, announced today. "Even though we are not currently drafting for mili tary service, " McCachren said, "registration with Selective Ser vice is still compulsory for all’ young men at age 18, so each young man should make certain that he complies with the law by registering. " * McCachren stated that a young man has 60 days in which t* register—3o days before his lith birthday and 30 d..ys after. This should provide adequate tape for an 18-year-old or a mar 18-year- dd to register, " MtCachren said, "and his time- Students Get lop Honors A straight "A " student led tree Yancey County sopho - iCres who have been named t the Dean's List at North (liolina State University for jade mic achievement dur ig the fall semester. Majoring in demanding Chnical fields of study, the ficey honor students are ong 3,250 NCSU scholars i 5 achieved averages of 1 or better. Chancellor John T. Cald i 1 commended the honor i ients, noting that 226 scho ! : earned perfect "A " avee s. Forrest R. Westall of Rt. Birnsville, earned all "A"a ] and honor student John R. ir of Route 1, Green Moun l, are majoring in civil ineering. Yancey County honor stu -1 t John C. Renfro of Rt. 3, nsville, is a mathematics jcr in the School of Physi and Mathematical Science^ ■re seven academic depart nts help to develop poten scientists and mathema - 1 ans. NCSU faculty teach over !00 courses in more than ‘ bachelor's and 60 graduate ] {rams in the sciences,te:h --j »gies and humanities. ly registration will prevent any problems that might otherwise result from a late registration. " McCachren further explained the processing of each new re gistrant this ways "Following registration, an 18- year- old re gistrant will be classified 1-H until the year in which he reach es age 19. During the year he reaches age 19 he will be given a lottery number —or draft— number from one to 365 (or 366 in a leap year) which is based on his date of birth. At about the same time, the Selective Service System will establish® Administrative Processing Num ber between one and 365 and all registrants who have lottery num bers above the Administrative Processing Nqmber will remain in 1-H which means ■ thatthey will not be subject to further Selective Service processing un less there is a major mobiliza - tion. " "All registrants, however, (Cont'd on page 2) Library Adds Directory Looking for a friend's tele phone number who lives in Charlotte? Or perhaps you're moving to a new area and need to know the typ>es of businesses available. The libraries in the Avery- Mitchell-Yancey Regional Li brary System can now offer you telephone directory service The directories are housed at the Spruce Pine and Avery li - braries. However, if you want to know information from one of the directories you may sub mit your request at any of the four libraries: Avery County Library, Mitchell County Li brary, Yancey County Library and Spruce Pine Library. The cities for which we have directories now are as follows: North Carolina: Ashe ville, Boone, Chapel Hill, Dur ham, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh and Winston Salem. South Carolina: Columbia, ] Myrtle Beach and Spartanburg. ] Tennessee: Knoxville and < Nashville. Other: Best on, Maas. < Chicago, 111. , and Washington D.C. We plan to add more t cities in the future. i Taylor Seeks Re-Election For Ninth Term In House Congressman Roy A. Taylor of Black Mountain Tuesday an nounced his candidacy for re election as Representative of the 11th Congressional District in Congress. Taylor, 63, has represented the 11th District in Congress since 1960 and will be seeking election to his ninth term in the House. If reelected in No vember, he will be second from the top in seniority among North Carolina's 11 House mem bers—raxking next to the dean of the delegation, Rep. L.H. Fountain. Congressman Taylornowsits one scat from the Chairman - ship of the full Home Interior Committee. He is also a mem ber of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. D uring the past seven year% Taylor has meved into a na - tional leadership position as Chairman of the Interior Com mittee's Sub-committee on National Parks and Recreation. The 27-member Subcom - mittee is chiefly concerned with legislation to conserve and protect the nation's scenic and historic resources. During Taylor's Chairman diip of the Subcommittee more than 50 new areas totalling over 4 1/2 million acres (including 950, 000 acres designated as wilder ness) have been added to the National Park System. Western North Carolina pro jects which originated in Tay lor's Subcommittee include apjproval of a 180-mile exten sion of the Blue Ridge Parkway to Atlanta; a nine- mile access road from 1140 in Haywood County into the Cataloochee section of the Great Smoky Spedal Song Service Here 4 There will be a special song service at the Covey RockFfcee Will Baptist Church, Green Mountain, N.C., Sunday night; January 27 at 7:00 p>. m. accor ding to pastor, Rev. Holt Her rell. The "Moccasin Gap Quartet" from Weber City, Va, the "Rebels Creek Quartet" of Bakersville, N.C., the "Re - vivalaires" from Bristol, Va., the "Masters Singers" from New land, the "Higgins Quartet "of Burnsville, the "Gethsemane Quartet" from Spruce Pine, the "Wilson Family" of John son City, Tenn., and all of Covey Rock Church's singers will all be there. Ms. Edd Ball of Mars Hill, N.C. win be Master of Cere monies. Everyone is invited to attend. Class Begins Mayland Technical Insti - tute win offer an Adult Educa tion class beginning Monday, January 28 at 7ioo in Room 3 of the ftvnsville courthouse. In the class a pxsrson may learn to read and write, com plete an eighth grade education <* work toward the high school equivalency. u There will be no charge for the class. All interested per- SOUS flWk tnvrnr] ~ • a 1(K Mountains National Park; and acquisition of the Carl Sand burg Historic Site at Flat Rock. Subcommittee bills direc.tly affecting Western North Caro lina include Taylor's legisla - tion to add a portion of the Chattooga River in Jackson and Macon Counties to the Nar tional Wild and Scenic Rivers System; and the National Trail ways Act, which Taylor in troduced, giving recognition and protection to the Appala - chian Trail. The Land and Water Conservation Fund,which makes matching funds for out door recreation available to states, counties and cities (in cluding several WNC grants), originated in Taylor's Subcom mittee. H e has supported the Ap>- palachian Development Prog ram from its inception and has played a key role in a success ful effort to keep the program in operation. He has also work ed closely with the Veterans Administration to expand the bed capacity of Ward E at the Oteen VA Hospital—where he aided in securing a new 500- bed hospital a few years ago. Rep. Taylor formerly served eight years in the NC House of Representatives, as attorney for Buncombe County, and Dis trict Governor of Lions Clubs in WNC. He is a Navy com bat veteran of WWII; a past president of the Black Moun - tain Chamber of Commerce; a deacon and former Sunday School superintendent of Black Mountain First Baptist Church; and a former trustee of the U. (Cont'd on page 2) Notice Os Candidacy John P. Ollis, 48 years of age, former Police Officer of Burnsville and Deputy Sheriff of Yancey County has announc ed his candidacy for Sheriff of Yancey County subject to the Democratic Primary. Mr. Ollis is a veteran p>eace officer with eleven years exper ience in law enforcement. He is a veteran of World War EL, serving with the United States Navy in the South Pacific for three years. Presently he is a member of the Burnsville Vol unteer Fire Department, the Selective Service Board. dent of Burnsville for the past twenty four yean. He is mar -