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THE YANCEY JOURNAL APRIL 18, 1974
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Dear Editor,
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I read with interest and enjoyment the article entitled “Real Estate
Tips” by Cy Jordan Realtors appearing in the April 11 issue of the
JOURNAL.
I don’t know whether I qualify as a “fiat land furriner” or not. I
grew up in Charlotte, and visited relatives in Mkaville through the
years. My first piano lessons were given by my aunt, Miss Ethel
Boone. I was a counselor at the old Easter Seal Camp In the South Toe
area; my family and I spent a week at Mountain Wilderness last year.
My forebears for at least 6 generations are buried at Pensacola. I hope
to purchase some land in Yancey County. When I visited a realty
agency in Burnsville last December several available parcels of land
were described. None were in the category of $420 - S6OO per acre.
I do remember being told about one 3‘A acre parcel which, to my
best recollection, had no dwelling, which averaged $3,500.00 per acre.
This land did not qualify as a “mink-coat acre” as described in “Real
Estate Tips”. If I had bought this land apparently somebody would
have had a confirmed sale of acreage in excess of $650.00 per acre!
If anyone has 3 to 5 acres to sell at $450 - S6SC per acre, my husband
and i would certainly love to bear about it!
Sincerely,
Joyce Boone Streetman
18 Kensington Rd.
Madison, N.J. 07940
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Feldspar Answers Back: I \
Mining Industry Unfair Judgements
A request for more time so industry may explore says to furtfer
improve the quality of theiroutfall in the North Toe Iver before tie
stream is reclassified has been made by Carroll RogetsJr.. Preside* !
of the Feldspar Corporation representing the mining industry in the *
Spruce Pine area.
In a letter to Earle C. Hubbard, Director of 'forth ( irdina
Department of Natural and Economic Resources, ialeigh. Rogers .
pointed out the curtailing of or cutting off of feldspar and kaolin !
production because of too restrictive classification of the river could i
have far reaching effects n« only to the economy of Mitchell County, ,
but also to the nation as a,whole. ,
RECLASSIFICATION REQUESTED AT HEARING
At a hearing before the North Carolina Board of Water and Air •
Resources March 12 so Ashtrille, request was made fa - reclassification ,
of the river from Class ’D’ to C’ -Trout Water. Proponents for ,
upgrading the river contend the area would benefit from such -ction. ,
It is suggested by interests there is mich contradictory
evidence that such a move iktruly advantageous. It;s pointed out, for
example, there is confusion as to how 161 streams flowing into the
North Toe River above Thn| Mile Creek to the Noiichucky are to be '
classified. It is said those streams may be classified ‘C’. If that is the 1
case, the contention is the North Toe River would not support a ’Class 5
C-Trout Water’ rating. r
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Free Deliveries? >
From time to time we areisked why we don't provide free
delivery service like’' drug stoes in large towns do. We feel F
there are several good reasons vhy we shouldn't and we would
like to share them with yob. ''
In the first place there is » such thing as free delivery. j
When automobiles are free, wen gas and oil are free, when (
delivery men work without wa.es, then we, and everyone, h
else will have free delivery. Intil then, every store's , - , stom« t
ers pay for its delivery service 1
The theory behind " free •elivery" is that”only a small
percentage of a store's custorcrs will ask for it and when the
cost is divided among all the ustomers the extra charge will s
be so small they won't noticeit. In actual practice the
delivery customers get a rare >argain, but every other customer u
has to dig a little deeper to py for something he didn't get.
This just doesn't deem fafry us! ;
In larger towns and efties most customers of a store live in |
a neighborhood very close to the store and expenses per c
delivery are small, but ourcustomeis live all over Yancey ,
County and many are from Mitchell and Madison Counties. It
woujd be very expensive to maintain delivery service over ,
such a large area, and very unfair to ask customers who have
driven a long distance to psy extra so we can give " free j
delivery" to customers who happen to live close to the store.
In the meantime, if yen need medicine in a hurry and just <
caii"t get to town we will aill send it by taxi, ( and only the
person who gets the service will have to pay for it). If the
need is less urgent we can nail your order to you at a very i
small cost, just as we always have, and you won't have to
pay for someone else's bargain. i
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THIS YEAR?
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‘Federal law and regulation prohibit payment of
a time deposit prior to maturity unless three
months of the interest thereon is forfeited and
interest on the amount withdrawn is reduced to
the passbook rate.
Another area of disagreement is that the North Toe River never was
a major trout stream before the advent of industry in the area. Many
old timers say it has been a catfish and bass stream at Spruce Pine.
water temperature studies not conclusive
Studies of water temperature of the section of the river in contention
are not extensive enough to be definitive. Statistics in the North
Carolina Stream Sanitation Board survey in 1954 showed stream
temperatures at Spruce Pine as late as September reached 73.4
degrees, and at Station 74, reached a maximum of 77 degrees. Such
temperatures are not compatible to trout reproduction. Data from the
Tennessee Valley Authority in a 1944 study showed water
temperatures on the North Toe River near Altapass reached a high of
75 degrees in August. Studies in 1945 for July showed a high of 73
degrees, and a 1946 study recorded similar temperatures. The
question is whether these studies are adequate, or whether they are of
sufficient duration to reflect a true story.
HASTY DECISION MIGHT BRING IRREPARABLE DAMAGE
In light of such inconclusive information, it is the contention of
mining interests that a hasty decision on reclassification of the North
Toe River might bring irreparable damage. That is especially true
since so much is at stake in the economy of Mitchell County, and
nationally too.
It was pointed out that 65% of the feldspar, 65% of the mica, 100%
of the primary kaolin is produced in the Spruce Pine area. Capital
outlay for mining facilities in the area total $17,101,000. Owners have
spent 51,350,000 in anti-pollution facilities and annually spend
5583,000 to operate them, and employ 503 people.
MINING INDUSTRY CITES UNFAIR JUDGEMENTS
The mining industry believes it is totally unfair ‘hat there have been
published implications that the industry is not meeting its moral
responsibility in working toward eliminating stream pollution. The
opposite is true. The industry currently is now removing 98% of the
mineral waste which formerly went into streams. Actually the
sedimentation from agricultural runoff is greater than the input from
mining.
If additional parameters to present restrictions are put in effect it
would mean production at the mines would be so curtailed (in some
cases, even eliminated) that many things used by the public today
would be in serious short supply. Here are a few things people would
have difficulty getting: glass for many uses such as windows, car wind
sheilds, containers; porcelain for bathroom fixtures. In that respect,
the building industry would be affected, adding to the short supply of
housing.
CURTAILED MINING WOULD INTENSIFY ENERGY PROBLEM
The energy problem would be intensified, since porcelain is a prime
product needed for electric transmission lines, transformer bushings,
for power plants, transformer substations and industrial porcelain
insulators.
According to Rogers. Westinghouse Electric Company, General
Electric Company, the A. B. Chance Company, and Lapp Insulator
Company, four of the nation’s largest porcelain manufacturers, all
have advised him that the availability of feldspar is a limiting factor in
their expansion plans to produce porcelain for electrical energy produc
tion.
DEFINITIVE STUDY URGED
“In light of those serious circumstances”, said Rogers, “it would
seem in the interest of everyone that an additional definitive study be
made of any reclassification of the North Toe River. That is why we
urge the North Carolina Board of Water and Air Resources to allow
additional time so our industry can find ways and means to improve the
quality of our outfall.” It should be pointed out that the mining
industry has never opposed ‘C’ classification of the North Toe River.
The industry does question whether a “C-Trout Water’ classification
can be achieved.
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Library Lists
New Books
New books added to the shelves
of the public libraries of Avery,
Mitchell and Yancey Counties
include:
THE LORDS OF LANCASTER by
Pame'a Bennetts. From child
hood ICchard 11, son of the Black
Prince, is given a dangerously
exalted idea of his regality. He
exiles his cousin, Bollingbroke,
who when he returns to reclaim
his own lands seizes the crown
and sends the deposed king to his
death.
MY LIFE ON THE MISSIS
SIPPI or WHY I AM NOT MARK
TWAIN, by Richard Bissell.
Richard Bissell recalls leisurely
days and nights in small river
towns where piloting a steamboat
was still a boy’s greatest dream.
Interspersed is the author’s irre
verent kidding about Twain and
his writings.
INFINITE CAGE by Keith
Laumer. Louella, a fake medium,
finds Adam who possesses the
real talent. Her clients are terri
fied by the real thing and she
dismisses Adam. Adam begins a
series of careers ail accompanied
by successes and disasters. This
is a funny, spooky, hauntingly
brilliant novel.
JET STREAM by Austin Fer
guson. From the publishers of
The High And The Mighty this
superb aviation novel comes to
you. It exposes the very nerve
centers of the commercial air
industry.
SPARROW IN THE SNOW by
Sylvia Darel and translated by
Barbara Norman. Received by
readers as a Russian Dairy of Ann
Frank without the tragic ending.
This is a child’s eye vision of life
in the Stalinist era. As Sylvia
becomes older, politically aware,
we witness the development of
the extraordinary woman who
could write this book.
THE PARTNERS by Louis
Auchincloss. This is about a
group of men and women in what
is mostly a man’s world-whose
common bond is their work.
Within that bond each one
pursues different answers to the
search for money, power, love,
revenge, or a meaning in life.
DAWN FALCON A NOVEL
OF ANCIENT EGYPT by Ann
Moray. This is the story of two
young Theban princes, Kamose
and Ahmose, who fought to free
their land from the long tyranny
of the Hyksos usurpers, and who
founded the great XVIII Dynasty
that is known today as the New
Kingdom. It is ultimately the
story of great valor, of love among
a noble people and between two
brothers who were as one.
ACTIONS AND PASSIONS by
Patrick Anderson. An epic story
of a tragic decade, a novel that
expresses the heartbreaking, ter
rifying and thrilling aspects of
this era.
FRENCH INHERITANCE by
Ann Stevenson. A story of evil
that refuses to lie buried of long
kept secrets and never-forgotten
feuds surfacing anew, as well as
of newfound love in the midst of
danger.
MEN’S FASHIONS
The s p r i n g-s u mm e r
fashion forecasters pre
, diet young men will pre
fer a neater, more tailored
look with coordinates and
fabrics important. Jackets
will be shorter, sport
shirts fitted at the waist
and slacks featuring flare,
bell and baggy-types, says
Harriet Tutterow, exten
sion clothing specialist,
North Carolina State
University.
THE YANCEY JOURNAL
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