THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 3, NO. 23
REV. KENNETH MASHBURN
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Moving To
Parsonage
The Rev. Kenneth Mash
burn, who was recently elected
pastor of the Cane River Baptist
Church, is moving to the
parsonage this week.
Rev. Mashburn is a native of
Buncombe County, a graduate
of jOwen High School and
Fruitland Baptist Bible Insti
tute. He was graduated from
Fruitland on May 31 and
ordained at the Emma Baptist
Church of West Asheville on
Sunday evening. June 2, where
he and Mrs. Mashburn were
members.
He is married to the former
Miss Glenda Satterwhite who is
a graduate of Lee Edwards High
School and the Western Aca
demy of Hair Design.
They have two daughters,
Dana, age 4, and Amy, age 2.
He wishes to invite everyone
to attend Sunday School at 10:00
a.m. and the worship services at
11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Offices Close
All County Offices in the
Courthouse in Burnsville will be
closed all day Saturday from
now on by order of the Board of
County Commissioners, Yancey
i Burnsville Youths Receive |
| Physical Fitness Award !
Brian Young and Eddie
Burns received the Presidential
Physical Fitness Award at the
Burnsville Elementary School
on Monday, June 3, 1974.
The Presidential Physical
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W estco
Files New
Rate Plan
Westco Telephone Company
has filed a new rate plan that
would raise residential rates an
average of $1.70 per month, and
business rates an average of
. $1.70 per month, and business
rates an average of $4.15 per
month. These are average fi
gures; the actual amount will
depend upon the customer’s
particular rate group and grade
of service. Together, these
increases would produce ap
proximately $500,000 in addi
tional annual revenues.
In conjunction with the fil
ing, the company has requested
immediate, emergency rate re
lief, which, if approved by tKe
North Carolina Utilities Com
mission, would increase the
individual customers basic local
service rate by no more than 20
percent.
Company president Norman
L. Gum said, “This emergency
relief is necessary because of
the critical economic condition
of the company. The funds
would be collected under bond,
subject to refund, with interest,
should the Utilities Commission
ultimately grant us an increase
that’s less than the amount
requested on an emergency
basis.” ,
Gum pointed out that these
are proposed increases, and
may or may not be the ones that
finally go into effect. "The
North Carolina Utilities Com
mission will review both our
request for emergency rate
relief and our proposed new rate
structure.”
He also said that the need
for the increase is tied directly
to the company’s ability to
provide adequate service and
meet future growth require
ments.
Questions and answers
about the need for higher rates
at Westco are printed elsewhere
in this issue of the Journal.
Fitness Award Program was
established in March of 1966. It
honors boys and girls who
demonstrate exceptional physi
cal achievement. It was ori
ginally designed to motivate
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The Toe River Valley Boys are coming to Maxwell’s again!
Because of the tremendous success of their last visit to Maxwell
Home Furnishings on the Banks Family Square, Burnsville, Don
Phillips, Manager, is bringing the group back for more of “The Best
Bloodmobile Visit Set; Red
Cross Cites ’Blood Scandal’
By Ashton Chapman
Earl Van Horn of Altamont
and Spruce Pine, the Chapter
Chairman of the Mayland Red
Cross Chapter which serves
Mitchell, Avery and Yancey
Counties, calls attention to an
important poster recently distri
buted by the American National
Red Cross.
Reprinted, with permission,
from the Reader’s Digest, the
poster reads:
boys and girls to develop and
maintain a high level of physical
fitness, to encourage good test
ing programs in schools and
communities, to stimulate im
provement of health and physi
cal education programs, and to
provide additional information
on the physical condition of
America’s youth.
The program is open to
schools, YMCA’s, Boys’ Clubs,
recreation departments, Jewish
Community Centers and others
which have qualified physical
education and/or physical fit
ness personnel. The test
assesses physical strength, sta
mina, speed, agility, and coor
dination. The test items are
situps, shuttle run, standing
broad jump, 50-yard dash,
softball throw, 600-yard run,
pullups for boys and the flexed
arm hang for girls.
The Award Program was
conceived by the President’s
Council on Physical Fitness and
Sports, and program details
were developed jointly by the
Council and the American As
sociation for health, Physical
Education, and Recreation. The
program is administered by
these two organizations,
As the only two boys in
Yancey County to receive the
Presidential Physical Fitness
Award, Brian and Eddie de
serve to be recognized and
honored for their exceptional
abilities.
Toe River Boys Are Coming Again!
"THE BLOOD SCANDAL.
“Let this sink in.
“These days a blood transfusion
that’s given to save a life can
cause a death.
“Because. Though there are
many reputable commercial
blood banks, blood from com
mercial sources is, unhappily,
ten times more likely to he the
cause of hepatitis than is blood
from the American Red Cross
and other community blood
banks that depend upon volun
teer blood donors.
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96 Donors
At Plant
By Ashton Chapman
When the bloodmobile from |
the Red Cross Blood Center in
Asheville made its regularly/j
scheduled visit to the Spruce: 1
Pine plant of Henredon Furni
ture Industries, Inc. on May 23,
a total of % workers each
contributed a pint of life-saving
blood. The majority of those
donors are residents of Mitchell,
Avery and Yancey Counties.
The Mayland Red Crost
Chapter, which maintains head j
quarters in Trinity Episcopa
Church, Spruce Pine, serve: j
these three counties. Earl Vai
Horn of Altamont and Sprue !
Pine, Chapter Chairman, and a! j
other Chapter officers join ijjl
expressing their deep apprt j
ciation to these 96 donors; als j j
to the 15 workers whose offet '■ I j
to give blood had to be declind
at this time for medical reason: I I
Twenty-one of the 96 donot j !
were making their first-tin? 1
contribution of blood to the Rd «
Cross. It is anticipated that eafl
one of these will continue J
donate blood on each subs
quent visit of the bloodmobil ]
A door prize, a handson?
table, was contributed by He*
redon Furniture Industries. Th&
was won by Glenn Renfro.
Thanks are extended to <1
who volunteer their services o
make the bloodmobile visit rtf
Smoothly.
in Gantry and Western Music”. hear them on Saturday,
Junt 8, at 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. while Maxwell conducts a
gigntic Spring Stock Sale of fine furniture.
"Shocking? Os course.
“So, you ask, why doesn’t
all blood in American hospitals
come from volunteer donors?
“Answer:
“A mere three per cent
of all Americans are donating
«ne hundred per cent of all the
blood that’s freely given in
America. It’s not enough!
"So, you see, if you’re
kealthy, fit our easy criteria for
honors, and yet don’t give blood
regularly-well, you're part of
ihe blood scandal in America.
“By default.
“One more thing: if you
think the Red Cross ‘gets
money' for the blood you
donate, you're wrong. The only
charge that’s ever made is to
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Commencement Exercises at Burnsville Kindergarten were held
on Monday, June 3, with prcnd parents and friends attending. The
Teachers were Miss Rhonda Peteison, Mrs. Mary Buchanan, Mrs.
Betti Ruth McCurry and Mrs. Betty Stiles and through their
guidance and efforts, the klnde.gart’ners presented a fine program
of music and drama before (he presentation of diplomas by Mr.
Larry Howell, Principal. Those who graduated included Tonya
Burnette, Angela Evans, Amy Fox, Rhonda Gillespie, Kathy
McCanless, Karen McDowell, Angie Presneil, Leticia Presnell, Lisa
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1974
help meet the cost of processing
the blood.
“So call the Mayland Red
Cross Chapter's headquarters in
Spruce Pine- (Phone N 0.765-
2422) then roll up your sleeves.
Please.
"To keep people you
know alive and well.”
Mr. Van Horn emphasizes
that the Red Cross is “People
like you, helping people like
you.”
The next visit to Burnsville
of the bloodmobile from the
Asheville Red Cross Regional
Blood Center will be on Wed
nesday, June 26. The sponsors
will be the Yancey County
Rescue Squad. A quota of 100
pints has been set.
Burnsville Kindergarten Graduation
FHA Program
Initiated Here
James T. Johnson, State
Director, Farmers Home Ad
ministration announced today
that the agency has initiated a
program to further encourage
the use of existing housing and
provide better homes for low
income rural families through
low interest home improvement
loans.
The agency can now provide
“interest credit” to reduce the
effective interest rate on loans
made to rehabilitate or repair a
dwelling that a borrower already
owns, and either lives in or will
live in once it is brought tip to
standard.
Loans of up to $7,000 will be
made for repairs that will
improve and modernize sub
standard dwellings, so as to
provide adequate homes in rural
areas. Terms for repayment of
the loan may be as long as 25
years.
Special
Music And
Comedy
A Double Header is conjing
June 7 at 8:00 p.m. to the East
Yancey High School Gym.
Carl Story and The Rambling
Mountaineers, plus Little Joe
Franklin and The Linville River
Boys, plus Mason Fruit Jar, a
comedian will be entertaining at
East Yancey this Friday. The
first group above is from the
Grand Ole Opry of Nashville.
Little Joe Franklin is one time
announcer for Station WTOE of
Spruce Pine and is presently
Master of Ceremonies at Caro
winds of Charlotte. Comedian
Mason Fruit Jar is the best in
the south. i
All this is .coming under the
sponsorship of the Yancey
County Rescue Squad. See any
member of the squad for
advance tickets which cost $1.50
for children under 14 and $2.00
for adults. Tickets will be on
sale at the gym door June 7.
The Rescue Squad urges
everyone to come on out and
enjoy the evening with good
clean entertainment. In doing so
you will be helping them to buy
equipment they so badly need.
Smith, Kim Souther, Chris Bailey, Anita Bodfcrd, Patricia Fox,
Marisa Presnell, Michelle Styles, Christine Tschudy, Shannah
Warren, Ricky Croat, Chris Fender, Todd Fox, Joey Mandaia,
Buddy McCurry, Timothy Pate, Steve Robinson, Gordon Sliver’
Dennis Tipton, Billy Bailey, Dean Ballard, Doug Bennett Gene
Byrd, Billy Ray Edge, Jr., Timmy Edwards, BIMy Evans,’ Roger
Honeycutt, Tim Hughes, John Robinson, Terry Smith, R. C.’ Styles
Harold Young, Jr.
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To be eligible for a FmHA
home improvement loan with
interest credit, the housing
must be located in rural country
side or a rural town of not more
than 10,000 people. The loans
are designed especially for
low-income families.
Under this program, interest
credits can reduce the effective
interest rate paid by the bor
rower to 1 percent if the
adjusted family income is less
than $3,000. If the adjusted
family income is more than
$3,000 but less than $5,000, the
interest rate will be 2 percent.
If the adjusted family income is
between $5,000 and $7,000
interest will be 3 percent.
The policy of making interest
credit and repair and rehabili
tation loans is another method
of utilizing the existing supply
of housing to improve living
conditions for low-income rural
people.
Additional information about
this loan program may be
obtained from the agency’s 73
county offices throughout North
Carolina. The local office is in
Burnsville, Telephone Number
682-2319.
Chicken
Barbecue
The Newdale Volunteer Fire
Department will have a Chicken
Barbecue on Saturday, June 8 at
the , Newdale Fire House.
Serving time beginning at 11
o’clock. Plates feature Vi
Chicken, vegetables, dessert for
only $2.00. Vi Chicken sold
separately, $1.25. Eat it there
or take it with you. All proceeds
go to the Newdale Volunteer
Fire Department.
Softball
Night Set
Yancey County Softball
Night will be Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday of each
week. There will be two games
of softball played each night.
The first game begins at 7:00
p.m. “Sweet Pete says everyone
go out to the game!”