North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. 3, NO. 7 All American Red Heads To Meet Cane River Team Those colorful, sensational, and very exciting "All Ameri _ can Red Heads" Basketball Team are slated to be in Burns ville on February 19, 1974. The Red Heads, Queens of Two Tomato Schools Set By Johnny Hensley To All Tomato Growers: The first of two TomatoSclools is scheduled for Monday nighty February 18, at 7:00 p. m. in the Courthouse. Mr. Wayne Scott from Unicoi, Tennessee will be here to discuss cultural practices of the Walter variety. Also, County Extension Chair man Wm. C. Bledsoe, will en tertain questions concerning the economics of tomato produc - tion. Please plan to attend. * * The County Extension Ser vice is now taking orders for strawberry and blueberry plants. Strawberry plants will be Ten - nessee Beauty Variety and will cost SI.BO per hundred. Blue berry plants will be from 24 inches to 30 inches tall and will cost $. 75 each. March 15 is the last day we will re ceive orders for either. State Tax Aid Mr. Leatherwood, local Re venue Officer for the North Carolina Department of Reve nue, advises that personnel to assist in filing State Income and Intangibles tax returns will , be available on Monday of each week through April 15, 1974. The office is located in the Post Office building and assis tance is available cm this day between the hours of 8:30 a. ni. and 5:30 p. m. Mr. Leatherwood requests that taxpayers bring the pre addressed forms which were mailed to them from Raleigh. Completed returns showing re fund due should be mailed to the North Carolina Department of Revenue, Post Office Boxß, Raleigh, North Carolina 27634. Other completed returns should be mailed to the North Caro lina Department of Revenue, Post Office Box 25000, Raleigh, North Carolina 27640. Students Are Honored Here Two outstanding students were honored by the First Bap tist Church at their Sunday morning worship service on Fe bruary 10th. Marie Hunter and Dar r e 11 Styles were presented special certificates for their outstand ing service to their church and community. This program of recognition is in conjunction with the Bap tist Youth Appreciation Program at Gardner-Webb College on February 14. They will be special guests at a Ray Stevens Concert to be held in the Gardnor-Webb gym nasium. THE YANCEY JOURNAL big time basketball and undis puted world champion woma’s basketball team will be appear ing through the sponsorship of Cane River High School. The "Red Heads", a truly great basketball attraction will meet the Cane River All Stars men's team. The game will be played by regulation men rules. Last season the Red Heads played 203 games, all against men teams. The Red Heads won 169 of these games. The Red Heads feature top girl basketb all talent found anywhere—and "Living it up on the court" has been their trade mark and "How They Play the Game " has become their way of life. Mrs. Cara W. Cox, Princi - pal, said that her school was most pleased at being able to get this much sought afterteam attraction. This will be the Red Heads' third appearance at Cane River High. The team appearing this time is coached by Miss Jolene Ammons, a Red m Heads star for the past eleven years. Be sure to see Moore's Fabu lous Red Heads on February 19 ' at Cane River High Gym. The game starts at 8:00 p. m. Ad mission for adults is $2.00, stu dents, $1.50. Sealed Bids Now Accepted The office of the Yancey County Chamber of Commerce, the Yancey County Merchants Association and the License Bureau will soon be relocated in the building formerly known as Central Barber Shop in Burns ville next to Hilliard Jewelry Store. This relocation will take place in February. The Yancey Cecity Mer chants Association will accept sealed bids for thg'buildingnow housing the above three offices. This building will be removed from the Square as a part of the Town "face-lifting" pro - ject sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Rev. Hardy To Be Installed The Reverend Patrick Hardy will be installed as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in a special service this Sunday at 4:00 p. m. The public is invited to at tend this service. A brief reception will be held in the Fellowship Hall fol lowing the service. Mr. Hardy has been serving as Lrterim pastor since last July. WAMY Offers Tax Assistance Assistance on Federal In come Tax Short Form 1040 A will be given free of charge to any low-income person. Any low-income person desiring as sistance should come to W. A. M. Y. Community Action, Inc. (above Pollards Dxug Store) on Monday afternoon from 1 to 5 p. m. Anyone having ques - tkms on any IRS Tax form can call this Toll Free number for assistances 1-800-822-8800. BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714 Cane River High School Will Be Host To All American Red Heads Basketball Team On Tuesday Tobacco Grower Referendum Will Decide Burley rtnure S ecretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz today proclaimed mar keting quotas for the 1974, 1975 and 1976 crot* of burley tobacco *"i<i called a grower referendum for February 25 - March 1. In the referendum, growers will decide by their votes whether marketing quotas and price support will continue in effect for the next three crops of burley tobacco. The marketing quota announced for the 1974 crop is 608 million pounds, about 8 percent larg:r than the quota announced for the 1973 crop. This increase was necessary to comply with the statutory provision that the quota for burley tobacco can not be less than 95 percent of estimated domestic utilization and exports. It is estimated that 640 million pounds will be utilized in the United States and exported during the 1974- 75 marketing year. Legislation provides that the poundage quota establish ed for any farm for any year shall be increased by the num ber of pounds by which mar - kctings from the farm during the preceding year were less than the farm's poundage quota, likewise any marketing in excess of a farm's quota are deducted from the farm's quo ta for the following year. If total marketing turn out to be 575 million pounds, as cur rently estimated, undermark etingpj of 1973 farm quotas will increase farm quotas in effect for 1974 by about 90 million pounds. Thus, farm quotas in effect for 1974 are expected to total about , 698 million pounds, about 22 per cent mare than the quotas in effect last year. is‘ Notices of individual farm poundage quotas for 1974 will be mailed to farm operators by local agricultural stabiliza tion and conservation commit tees as soon as adjustments can be made to reflect under marketings and overmarke ting of 1973 farm quotas. As in the past, a small amount of quo ta will be reserved in 1974 to establish quotas for farms ha ving no burley history during the last five years, for cor - recting errors, and for adjust ing inequities. Legislation provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall proclaim marketing quo tas for tobacco during, the last year of the 3-year period for which quotas are in effect. Marketing quotas were pro - claimed for burley tobacco for the 1971-73 crops on .April 20, 1971. In a referendum held May 4, 1971, 96.6 per cent of the burley tobacco growers voting favored mar keting quotas on the 1971, 1972 and 1973 crops. Burley tobacco is grown principally in Kentucky, Ten nessee, North Carolina, Vir - ginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri. | Community Events All the Boy Scouts from Avery, Mitchell and Yancey Counties are invited to the First Presbyterian Church in Spruce Pine, N.C. this Sunday, • February 17, 1974 for the lliOO Morning Worship Service. This is "Boy Scout Sunday", and Scouts are urged to attend. * Is Pollution My Problem? A panel of students and teach eis from the area will discuss the true cost of a pile of ordin ary household trash Monday, February 18th, at the meeting of the South Toe P.T.A. be ginning at 7i30 p.m. I Operating Loan Funds *rtuw Available At FHA Mr. James T. Johnson,North Carolina State Director of the Farmers Home Administration, has been advised that $11.6 million in additional operating loan funds is now available for 1974 crop loans and related purposes in North Carolina. / i” , Music Evening At Library An Evening of Music featur ing "Favorite Music for Classic Guitar" with Albert Kunze will be presented at the Spruce Pine library Thursday, February 21, at 8:00 p. m. You are invited to attend for an hour of fine guitar music. Albert Kunze comes to us from the North Carolina Arts Council as Musician-In-Resi - dence at Mayland Technical Institute. He received his B. A. degree in Music History and literature with high honors at the University of Florida. fa 1973 he completed the Masters (f Music degree in guitar, the Srst at Florida State University. Sis professional associations in clude membership in the Amer ican Musicological Society and tie Society of Classic Guitar. The Burnsville Woman's Chib irlll hold its regular meeting on rhursday evening, February 14, it 8:00 p.m. in the social room if the Burnsville Presbyterian Church. Hostesses will be Mrs. Margaret Tyner, Mrs. Tessa tarink, and Ms. Elizabeth Sil reis. The program leader will >e Mrs. Lucius Smith. Mis. Margaret Tyner, Dis- I! ict II Craft Chairman,requests I tat all ladies bring their crafts i ad other items at this time for i »eAit Exhibit. Appearing also s models will be several young idles from both high schools. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1974 These funds are being made available to meet the increas - ed credit needs of family farm ers in the state to purchase an nual farming supplies and make capital purchases associated with their crop and 1i v estock operations. North Carolina's initial share of crop loan funds was exhausted some weeks ago and this shortage of loan funds left many North Carolina farmers with little or no opportunity to make adequate arrangements for their 1974 credit needs. The agency's initial allotment of sls million was Used at an ac celerated rate this year due to increases in crop acreage plan ned for production, increases in costs of most farming sup - plies, and the inability ofrmny agribusinessmen to extend terms to farmers for their supplies as in prior years. An additional $1 million in reserve funds was assigned to North Carolina ear lier to assist in alleviating the shortage, but these funds were also quickly obligated for eligi ble farmers. Farmers Home Administra - tion farm loans are made to family farmers who are unable to obtain adequate credit at reasonable rates and termsfiom private or cooperative lenders in their community. County FHA Offices serve all 100 North Carolina counties. Farm ers interested in farm loans or other loan programs administer ed by the agency should con tact the local Farmers Home Administration Office which is located in Burnsville. Notice Political Ads are now being accepted. If you wish to advertise your candidacy for the coming Primary, come by the of fice of The Yancey Journ al on Friday, February 15. Someone will be available after 10 a. m. to take pic tures and receive informa tion. Meeting Set At Courthouse To Plan For Bicentennial The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission is a national commission organized to coordinate the activities of each of the fifty states in ob servance of our country's first two hundred years of freedom —1776 - 1976. Each of the states will sub mit a plan of its activities that are scheduled throughout the bicentennial celebration. The North Carolina plan has been submitted and approved with the comment that it was "the product .not only of deep emotion about what this coun try is all about, but of hard thinking and sheer intelligence," and it has been commended"to anyone who really cares about what the Bicentennial could be at its best. " The plan holds that the pri mary goal of the Bicentennial should be to effect a rebirth of the spirit of the American Re volution, and that this must be more a product of action than of words and gestures. It is the intention of North Carolina that the bicentennial era continue from the present until 1989. At the present time each state will receive for approved projects in their state the arrount of approximately $25,000 each on a non-matching basis and $200,000. per state on a match ing basis. In addition to this, each state will continue to re ceive from the National Com mission their annual $40,000 matching grant. What does this mean to Van - cey County? The State funds will be distributed to each of the 100 counties which have formed a County Bicentennial Committee to be used for ap proved projects and to those sub mitting planned projects within the broad guidelines of the State plan. In two previous meetings the area coordinator has inform ed interested citizens that these guidelines are extremely flexi ble, ranging from community beautification to historical site restoration. All interested citizens of Yancey County are urgently re quested to attend a meeting in the court house on Tuesday, February 19th, at 7:30 p.m. to organize a Yancey County Bi centennial Committee and hear Seek Office In Primary The following people have filed to date for the various of fices in the May 7th Primary: On the Republican side,Her mit Banks for sheriff, Arnold Higgins for Clerk of Court, and Woodrow Ballew for County Commissioner. Oi the Democratic side and listed according to the date on which they filed: for sheriff— R. B. Deyton, Ben Lee Fox, Jim Chandler, and John P. Ollis; for Clerk of Court—C. Wintz Mclntosh and Bill Bailey. O. W. Deyton filed for Chairman of the County Commissioner* and Troy Boone, Arthur Proffitt and Frank Fox have filed for plioas on the Board. The deadline for filing for office is February 25th. , 1 10« further details of plans and hopes for what we as Yancey Countiros can do to preserve our mountain heritage, past, present, future. The organization of this Bi centennial Committee is being spearheaded by the Yancey County Chamber of Commerce. School Board Candidates At the request of the county Democratic Executive Commit tee the 1973 session of the State Legislature repealed the Bill which had divided the county into two school districts, and put the election of School Board members on a county-wide non partisan basis. Two of the five positions on the Board are to be filled this year at an election to be held on the same day as the Party Primaries. The ballot for the Board of Education will be printed separately and bear no party labels. Voters who axe registered Independent are also eligible to vote this ballot. The following people seek election to these two seats, be ing listed according to the date on which they filed: Charles Hopson, Charles Gillespie, Jr., Romie Bums, and Jim Gardner. This will be a final election on May 7th and not subject to the November General Election. l Glenn A. Morris Morris Files As Candidate Glenn A. Morris of Marion filed recently with the: McDow ell County Board of Elections, as a candidate to succeed him self as State Representative for the 41st House District com posed o r McDowell and Yancey Counties, subject to the wishes of Democratic voters in the May Primary. Morris said that after serv - ing the first term in the state house, he has made a lot of influential friends in both the House and Senate as well as in the various departmentfofstste government, and if returned for a second term woultf be in a much stronger position to ef fectively render services to his district as well as to the whole oi iNortn v.&rolin'ie all thl party in the Primary.