VOL. 3, NO. 34
US Forest Service
To Hold Hearings
"One of the things that may
have a far reaching effect on
forestry will take place in
Asheville next week," accord
ing to Yancey County Forest
Ranger Bacchus Hensley. “It’s
a hearing by the Forest
Practices Study Committee at
the Asheville Buncombe Tech
nical Institute on Thursday,
August 22.”
“The committee was created
by the last session of the
General Assembly to iook at the
possible need for regulating
forest practices and to make
recommendations to the 1975
General Assembly on what to
do,” Hensley said. The com
mittee is seeking information
from the woodland owners,
loggers, sawmill operators, and
the public in general about what
forest practices or operations
they feel need regulation.
Hensley said that forest
practices are such things as
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ships have been awarded to
Shirley S. Higgins and Samuel
D. Presnell. Both plan to enter
May land Technical Institute in
September.
Shirley Higgins is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Avery
Higgins of Route 3, Burnsville.
She graduated from Cane River
High School where she was a
member of the Future Home
makers of America, Library
Club, Pep Club and Upward
Bound. Her awards included the
Anastasia Tomberlin Scholar
ship, Perfect Attendance and
Citizenship.
Samuel Presnell graduated
from Bowman High School
where he was an Honor Student
and member of the National
Honor Society. He received the
Glatley Courtesy Award and a 1
Perfect Attendance Medal. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Byrl
S. Presnell of Rout,e 3, Bakers
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harvesting trees (clear-cutting,
selective cutting, and thinning),
building logging roads, the use
of fire as a forest management
tool, use of chemicals in
forestry, and the methods used
to prepare land for tree
planting. The committee is also
interested in the effects of forest
practices on a community’s
economy, tax base, and labor
market; and upon wildlife
habitat and recreation.
According to Bacchus Hens
ley the committee is not
proposing any regulations at
this time, but simply is trying to
find out from the people what
effects forest practices are
having upon them, and do they
think such practices need to be
regulated by law. Hensley said,
“The committee has to know
hew the people feel about these
things and what effect these
practices have on them. They
also need to know how any
possible regulations would af
fect the landowner, loggers, and
others in order to make a sound
recommendation.”
Hensley pointed out that the
committee, eleven men ap
pointed by James E. Harring
ton, Secretary of Natural and
Economic Resources, has to
complete its study and send its
report to Harrington with its
recommendations by the first of
December. The committee held
its first public hearing in
Lexington on August 8. Two
other hearings after the one in
Asheville on August 22 are also
scheduled: one in Washington
on September 12 and the last
one in Fayetteville on October
10, 1974.
Hensley said that people
who are not able to attend any of
the hearings, but wish to make
their opinions and views known
to the committee, can do so in
writing. Just send the letter to
the Forest Practices Study
Committee, Post Office Box
27687, Raleigh, N.C. 27611.
Manager, Teller Named For
Asheville F ederal Branch
Mrs. Clayton Willis has been
named manager of the Mars Hill
branch of Asheville Federal
Savings, according to an an
nouncement made today by
James M. Westall, president of
the savings and loan associa
tion. Announcement was also
made of the appointment of Pat
Buckner as teller at the bank.
Mrs. Willis will be respon
sible for the operations of the
new branch, which will be the
[ first savings and loan office in
' Madison and Yancey Counties.
The opening of the new office,
which is located at 1 Marshall
Street, is scheduled for Septem
ber 9th.
“We consider it extremely
fortunate to have available
someone with the background
and competence of Elaine
Mrs. Clayton Willis
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Willis,” said Westall. “Under
her direction, our new office in
Mars Hill will be able to serve
Miss Pat Buckner
the area in the best possible
way.”
With over seven years
banking experience, with First-
Citizens Bank in Asheville, Mrs.
Willis is not a novice in the
financial world. She has exten
sive training and experience in
all phases of hanking operation.
When she left First-Citizens to
join Asheville Federal Savings,
she held the position of
Assistant Cashier.
I’ve enjoyed my employment
with First-Citizens,” Mrs. Wil
lis said. “But. as a Mars Hill
resident,. I consider it a special
opportunity to become the
manager of tne new Asheville
Federal Savings branch office
here.”
Mrs. Willis is a graduate of
North 3uncombe High School
and is a member of the
Dillingham Presbyterian Church
in Barnardsville. Presently, she
is working in the Asheville office
of Asheville Federal Savings
familiarizing herself with oper
ating procedures.
Miss Buckner, who resides
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Buckner in Barnardsville,
is a native of the area. She is a
business graduate of North
Buncombe High School and
attended Cecil’s Business Col
lege. She was previously em
ployed by CIT in Asheville and
presently, she is working in the
Asheville office of Asheville
Federal Savings.
July Sales
Tax Report
The local 1 % Sales and Use
Tax collections by county were
reported by J. Howard Coble,
Secretary, State Department of
Revenue, for the month of July,
1974. This report is issued
monthly by this department.
Yancey County collections
amounted to $16,725.03 which
exceeded the Madison County
Collections of $14,016.41. Avery
County collected almost SIB,OOO
for the same period and Mitchell
County received approximately
$20,000.00.
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A Little Strategy Helps!
School days started In Yancey County this past Tuesday, and
rjttle League Baseball has become only a memory now to the many
youngsters who played their heart out for their team during the
months of June and July. New this year was a Girls Team called
the “Monkeys” which was not notable for winning games, but is
certainly worth mentioning for showing spirit and determination.
Boys Teams tolerated the “Monkeys” with a show of Little
League sportsmanship, but some complained 4f new and unusual
strategy being exercised by the girls. As one chap put it, “Pm
afraid to hit the ball, cur the girls say if I get on base they’re gonna
kiss me!”
The Little League had c successful summer, with several
sponsors providing equipment and uniforms for the teams. Romie
Bums, overall director of the Little League in Yancey County this I
past season, hopes to have an even better year in 1975 when the 1
time for Little League Baseball rolls around again.
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Renovation Planned For Old Courthouse
Plans are progressing for the repair and renovation of the old
' ncey County courthouse on the town square In Burnsville, and
uncey Countlans are looking forward to the day when this derelict
bidding will once again become a historic landmark in which we
u e pride. The “Old” courthouse was built in 1908 and it served as
II i “nerve center” for Yancey County political and official
P «eedlngs for many years. Half a century or more has p»—
81 M Its heyday, however, and the building, falling into a state of
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1974
Yancey UF Plans
’74 Campaign
Along with most cities,
towns and counties in North
Carolina, Yancey County is now
getting organized for its annual
community fund raising cam
paign. Known locally as the
Yancey United Fund, the
simultaneous drives elsewhere
in the state operate as United
Appeals or United Way cam
paigns.
But whatever the names,
they are all essentially the
same, aiming to provide the
necessary financing of activities
and agencies that make the local
community a better place in
which to live.
A meeting to set up the
budget for this, year’s appeal,
and otherwise get organized for
the drive, will be held next
Tuesday, August 27, at 7:30
p.m. at the Burnsville Town
Hall. Interested citizens are
urged to attend. All organiza
tions which desire to be
Playschool
Opens Soon
Burnsville Playschool will
open Tuesday, September 3.
Hours are from 8:15 until 11:15
daily, Monday through Friday.
Playschool is for children 3 and
4 years of age and provides an
opportunity for them to leave
the television set and spend
several hours with boys and
girls of their own age group.
The schedule includes play
time, when the children may
have the freedom to choose their
activity, snack time, music,
poetry, art, and games.
Those enrolled are Traci
Buckner, Alison Floyd, Heather
Mclntosh, Cary Turman, Bran
dy Kaye Hemphill, Karen
Maddox, Christy Boone, Joel
Hughes, Christopher Scott
Cooper, Renee Cooper, Joel
Dover, and Stephanie Schor
tinghouse.
Additional information may
be obtained by calling Mrs. Jess
Styles at 682-2524.
disrepair, was virtually abandoned when the new courthouse was
built a few years ago. The Town of Burnsville, in undertaking the
renovation, will finance It from Revenue s >»--<■»£ Funds, General
Town Funds, and savings. This issue of the Journal a legal
notice to bidders for the contracting Jobs. When finished the
building will house the Town Office, Police Department and the
Chamber of Commerce. Pictured above is the courthouse as It
appeared in early days, before time and the (dements took their toll.
included in the budget are asked
to submit their requests for
inclusion to Mrs. Ruby Smith,
Secretary of the Yancey U.F.
prior to the Tuesday meeting.
This will be the 20th annual
campaign of the local United
Fund. Experience has shown
that a united appeal is far
preferable to having a multipli
city of separate drives. As the
humorist puts it, a United
Appeal is the ideal way of
putting all your begs in one
askit.
YBA Holds
96th Annual
Meeting Here
The ninety-sixth annual ses
sion of Yahcey Baptist Associa
tion met at Shoal Creek Baptist
Church on Tuesday, August 13,
at South Estatoe Church on
Tuesday night, and at Cane
River Church on Wednesday
morning, August 14.
Among the ■ peakers were
Burrel Lucas, Director of he
Sunday School Department, of
the State Baptist Convention;
John Bussard, pastor at
Brown’s Creek Baptist Church;
Harold Bennett, Jr., moderator (
of Yancey Association; J. Roy
Robinson, Gardner Webb Col
lege, and Dr. Charles Petty,
Director of the Christian Life
Commission of the State Con
vention. On Wednesday morn
ing, Garrett Dixon Bailey
moderated a panel composed of
representatives from various
institutions of the Baptist S .ate
Convention.
Dr. Joseph Godwin, profes
sor of Psychology at Mars Hill
College led in a period of Bible
Study both days.
Officers elected to serve
during the next year are Harold
Bennett, Jr., moderator, How
ard Buchanan, associate mod
erator and Mrs. Jess Styles,
clerk.
Eighteen churches were
represented at the session.
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