THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 3, NO. 10
Immunize The
Children Now
A preschool immunization
roundup for children who will
be entering school this fall for
the first time will get underway
March 1, and run through April,
according to Dave Collie, as
sistant coordinator for North
Carolina's Immunization Pro -
gram.
Collie warned that it will
take all the period from now
until school starts for children
who have not had the required
immunizations to catch up. Be
cause of spacing requirements,
he said it normally takes about
a year to give the whole series
of shots if a child has never had
any. Some 13, 000 North Caro
lina children attempted to start
to school la>t year without the
proper shots. Many were turn -
ed away.
Minimum immunization re
quirements for a child to start
to school are three DPT shots
(diptheria, tetanus and whoop -
ing cough), three polio doses
and one of red reasles. Collie
said admittance can be granted
on a provisional basis provided
written evidence the shots have
been given is presented within
30 days after school starts. The
public health specialist urged
parents to check their child's
immunization record now and
make every effort to bring it up
to date before the fall term of
school.
Since enforcement of the
state's immunization program
was stepped up in 1971 nearly
100 percent of the school child
ren attending the first six grades
have been immunized. Collie
said the program has been suc
cessful to the point that for the
first time in North Carolina's
history no deaths were from mea
sles in 1972 and 1973.
Pete’s Is Open
Pete's Snack Shop is now
open for business next to the
Post Office on the Burnsville
Town Square. Pete says to
come on by and get your to
bacco and drinks.
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Photo By Hugh Morton
Mildred’s Granddaughter
Mildred the Bear at Grandfather Mountain is a brand new grandmother, and here is the
tiny granddaughter born in February to Mildred's daughter, Mini. Actually, Mildred be
came a grandmother twice when both of her first two cubs, four-year-old Mini and Maxi,
gave birth to cubs within 24 hours. Mini’s cub is shown in a worm bed of straw at Grand
father Mountain, while Maxi's cub is with its mother at the North Carolina Museum of
Life and Science in Durham. Both new cubs are girls, and their eyes will open in another
three weeks.
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Money Given For 4 Facelift f
The several community clubs of Yancey County show
their approval of the "Facelift" project for improving
the Burnsville Town Square. Above, John Martin (1. )
of the Burnsville Men's Club is handing Mayor James
Anglin a check for SIOO to be applied toward the pro
ject. The check represents the winnings from the entry
of Burnsville in the Western North Carolina Community
Development Program in 1972 and 1973. The partici -
pation of Burnsville in this annual competition was a
joint endeavor of the several community clubs of the
county. John Martin was chairman of the Men's Club
Committee which made the necessary preparations for
the judging contest.
Open House Stheduled,
Public Invited To Attend
Open House will be held
Sunday, March 10 at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, celebrating
the opening of the doctor's of
fice building in Banks Family
Square Shopping Center, 19E
Bypass, to which Dr. Roger
Hemphill moved his practice
last Monday.
BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
Sponsoring the Open House
are Mrs. Janet Banks, Mrs. Bet
ty Young, Mrs. Ginny Banks,
Mrs. Billie Marie Ray and Mrs.
Julia Ray. *_
Refreshments will be pro
vided for visitors and everyone
is cordially invited to attend.
Employers Urged: Consider
Older Workers For Jobs
For the past six months,
about 15 percent of the new
job applicants at the 60 State
Employment offices in North
Carolina have come from per
sons classified as older workers
Now where the U. S. Labor De
partment is concerned, an old
er worker is not someone in his
or her 60's, 70's or 80's. Nope,
an older worker is younger than i
that. If you're middle aged,
you are, for statistical purpo -
ses, ah older worker. The peo-!
pie who keep count on employ- j
ment say that after you reach ,
40, you are categorized as an .
older member of the nation's
labor force. And, of course,
there are millions of people
who are in this category— mil
lions of people providing the
backbone of America's employ
ment. But age in employment
is not particularly noteworthy.
Age in unemployment is note
worthy, however, because the
older the worker, it seems, the
more difficult it is for him to
become re-employed. This
has resulted in a higher than
normal unemployment rate for
persons over 40 years old—and
it also means that a wealth of
Mayor's Proclamation
'HIRE AN OLDER WORKER WEEK"
-March 10-16, 1974
WHEREAS: The number of Americans age forty and
over comprise a segment of our population which is grow
ing at an accelerated rate as the miracles of modem me
dicine Contribute to increased life expectancy; and
WHEREAS: Our country, although more blessed with
abundance than any other, cannot afford to be wasteful of
its resources if it is to realize its fullest potential.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JAMES A. ANGLIN, MAYOR OF
BURNSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, do hereby designate
the week of March 10-16, 1974 as "HIRE THE OLDER
WORKER WEEK", and urge all public and private em
ployers to consider the employment of older workers for
their creative participation, skills, experience, and ser
vice in the past, and which can still be utilized and placed
in a number of jobs in today's changing and expanding la
bor markets, and to help them realize a wider range of
meaningful opportunities in enjoyment of health, love,
and a life of dignity, by finding ways to employ the skills
and wisdom that so many of our older Americans possess
and long to share. Let us make this week outstanding in
our continued efforts to keep in the mainstream of our
civic, state and national life those senior workers and ci
tizens who have lived so long and contributed so much!
In witness Whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Seal of the City
of Burnsville to be affixed this 4th day
of March, nineteen hundred seventy-four.
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Violinist From Mars Hill
To Perform At Musk Class
May Jo Ford, on the Music
Faculty at Mars Hill College,
will play several violin pieces
by Josef Joachim which she un
covered in England and Ger
many during three summers
of research. Mrs. Ford is an
expert on this legendary violin
ist who studied with Mendels
shon. She will also play two
movements of a Sonata writ -
ten for Joachim by Schumann
and Biahms.
Donna Robertson, Associate
Professor at Mars Hill, will ac
company on the piano. Mrs.
Ford, a pianist as well at a
THURSDAY, MARCH 7,1974
skill, maturity, and experi -
ence is being lost.
The Age Discrimination in
Employment Act became law
several years ago—and it pro
hibits discriminating between
job applicants on the basis of
the applicant's age. In away,
the bill promotes employment
of older persons on their abili
ty rather than age—and each
year there is a national and
state proclamation designating *
a specific week as 'Hire the
Older Worker" week. This
year it will be March 10 threugji
the 16th. In a nation beseiged
with special "weeks, " the ob
servance of still another one is
sometimes lost in the shuffle—
but "Hire the Older Worker"
Week has merit. And its an
nual observance has brought
the employment problems of
the middle-aged and older work
ers to the attention of the com
munity and to the nation. The
message of 'Hire the Older
Worker" week is directed, ac -
tually, to the nation's employ
ers because they hold the key
to success of any employment
Campaign.
violinist, has studied at Julli
ard and the Mozarteum in Saltz
burg. She has her degree in
violin and piano from Converse.
Mrs. Robertson was trained at
the Eastman School of Music
and is a composer as well as
an organ and keyboard per
former.
The Music Appreciation
Class is pleased to sponsor this
interesting program at 8«00
p. m. in the First Baptist
Church, Burnsville, Tuesday
evening, March 12th. No
charge and all are welcome.
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Tops In Cookla Sales
Troop 86 of Burnsville did an outstanding job of selling cookies this year, with a total
of 1,000 boxes sold. Sharon McClure sold 210 boxes, Joan Styles, front view in pi. hire,
sold 204 and Greta Mclntosh sold 136 boxes. Greta and Sharon were not present, for pic
ture. Other members of the troop include Mary Banks, Juliana Buchanan, Kathy Fax,
Laura Holcombe, Denise Laws, Laura McDonald, Pam McGalliard, Regina Pitman, Vickie
Shepherd, Tammy Woody, Robin Tschudy, Lisa Young and Theresa Presnell. They are
under the leadership of Mrs. Gene Woody and Trena Williams.
Republican Dinner Termed Successful;
Hundreds Attend GOP Get-Together
The Yancey County Repub
lican Party staged a dinner and
get together Saturday night,
March 2, at the Cane River
High School. Steve Boone,Re
publican Party Chairman, was
Master of Ceremonies at the
Hunter At
Convention
Edgar Hunter, Yancey Coun
ty school superintendent was
one of approximately 200 North
Carolinians who attended the
annual convention of the Na
tional Association of School
Administrators in Atlantic City,
New Jersey, February 22- 26.
This conference, which is nor
mally attended by over 10,000
school administrators, arc hi -
tects, engineers and sales peo
ple, is the largest of its type
to be held throughout the
country.
Accompanying Hunter on
the trip were James Pad g ett,
architect and Byron Hamrick
the engineer who are working
on the plans for the new Yan
cey County High School. Hun
ter indicated that the trip was
very beneficial in that it pro
vided an opportunity to make
a thorough study of the latest
materials and equipment avail
able for the construction of
the school.
Gespel Sag
To Be Held
The "Gospel Notes" and
the "Chapel Heirs Quartet", a
gospel team from Asheville,
N.C. will be at the Covey
Rock Free Will Baptist Church,
Green Mountain, N.C. Sunday
night, March 10 at 7:00 p, m.
for a special service, according
to Pastor Rev. Holt Heirell.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend this service.
event which was one of the
most successful and well atten
ded political meetings in the
Party's history in Yancey Coun
ty. Almost 400 people were
in attendance.
A full slate of candidates
was introduced, including elec
ted Republican officials now
serving. Those introduced and
standing for election or for re
election included Earl Young,
member of the Board of County
Commissioners; Jim Gardner
and Charles Hopson, incumbent
candidates of the School Board;
incumbent Sheriff, Kermit Ehnks
and incumbent Clerk of Court,
Arnold Higgins. Also Dean
Chrisawn, candidate for the
House of Representatives for
Yancey and McDowell Cbunties
Present members of the Board
of Education, Chairman Claude
Vess and members Bill Banks
and Wade Styles, were also
introduced.
Spokesman Warns Os Real
Estate Rules Violations
A spokesman for the North
Carolina Real Estate Licensing
Board warned recently that the
North Carolina Real Estate Li
censing Law provides that it
shall be unlawful for any per
son to act as a real estate bro
ker or real estate salesman, or
directly or indirectly to engage
in the business of real estate
broker or salesman without first
obtaining a license issued by
the North Carolina Real Estate
Licensing Board. The spokes
man emphasized that a privilege
license from the Department of
Revenue is also required, but
is not in any way to be used in
place of a real estate license.
"This privilege license is issued
from a different agency entire
ly, "he said, "and it does not,
by itself, give a person the le
gal authority to practice as a
broker or salesman of real estate'.'
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Scott Harvey, formerly of
Arden, who is now serving in
Governor Holshouser's cabinet
as Secretary of Commerce,was
guest speaker, along with Gra
dy Franklin of Rutherfordton,
Executive Director of the State
Party in Raleigh.
The dinner was concluded
with festivities highlighted by
a cake auction. Bobby Gus
Randolph, famous for his abi
lity as auctioneer handled the
sale of homemade cakes pro
vided by the GOP ladies to
raise additional funds. Enter
tainment was provided by Ron
nie Robinson and his group
who are now recording on the
Mayland label and have a new
release on the mar <et at the
present time. .
A good time was enjoyed
by all and it was well into the
evening hours when all depar -
ted for home, well satisfied
with the evening.
H e also emphasized that a
salesman's license is valid only
while he is associated with or
engaged by a broker. Upon ter
mination of such association,
the broker shall immediately
endorse the back of the sales -
man's license, showing date of
termination, and return same
to the Board for cancellation or
transfer,
Che other point which the
spokesman for the Real Estate
Licensing Boar d wished to state
had to do with real estate ad
vertising. Rules and Regula -
tions of the Board dearly state
that a broker must not adver -
tise the sale, purchase, rent
or lease or exchange of real es
tate without indicating that it
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