THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 3, NO. 35
SCS Election Slated;
Candidates Needed
Supervisors for the Yancey
County Soil and Water Conser
vation District will be elected in
the general election this fall.
But as yet, no one has filed for
the office.
Previously, the district su
pervisors were chosen in special
elections held in December of
each year. The district has five
superviiors-three elected and
two appointed.
Those interested in filing as
a candidate for district super
visor must do so by noon Friday,
September 13. The three candi
dates receiving the most votes
will be elected—the two highest
vote getters to four-year terms,
the third highest to h two-year
term.
Terms of office begin on the
first Monday in December. The
newly- lected supervisors will
then recommend two additional
supervisors to be appointed by
the State Soil and Water
Conservation Commission. Os
these two appointments, one
will serve four years and the
other two years.
Supervisors serve without
salary, although they do receive
per diem expenses for attending
12 district meetings per year,
two area meetings and one
annual meeting of the State
Association of Districts.
The Yancey County Soil and
Five Yancey Youths Enter
WNC Crops Competition
Twenty-one farm boys and
girls in eight counties are
participating in the 1974 West
ern North Carolina Horticultural
Crops Contest, according to an
announcement by Harry G.
Silver of Asheville, Extension
District Supervisor (TVA), con
test chairman. Madison county
leads with six entries, followed
by Yancey County with five.
Purpose of the contest is to
recognize the boys and girls in
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Black Beary And Black Beard
Mildred the Bear’s granddaughter at Grandfather Mountain haa
been named Black Beary In a contest that had nearly a thousand
names subm'tted. Holding Black Beary In a picture made earlier
this year is Grandfather Mountain Manager Jim Morton, who has a
little hair on his chin, too. Maybe that is the reason that Jim and the
cub are good friends.
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Water Conservation District was
established as a subdivision of
state government in 1952,
although law establishing cri
teria for setting up districts
throughout the state was enac
ted in 1937. Most mountain
counties were slow in organi
zing.
Soil and Water Conservation
Districts are charged with the
responsibility of formulating
and carrying out a conservation
program. The local district
covers all land in the county,
including the city.
Roberts
Appointed
Chairman
George W. Roberts, owner
of Roberts-Corn Chevrolet -
Buick in Burnsville, will serve as
1974-75 Yancey County Area
Chairman for the North Carolina
Automobile Dealers Associa
tion. Announcement of his
appointment was made today by
NCADA President Carl L.
Stewart of Winston Salem.
During his term, Mr. Ro
berts will act as liaison between
new car and truck dealers in this
area and the state and national
dealer associations.
the area with the most out
standing horticultural projects
each year and to encourage
interest in various horticultural
crops.
The contest is sponsored by
the Horticultural Crops Com
mission of the Western North
Carolina Development Associa
tion in cooperation with the N.C.
Agricultural Extension Service
and vocational agriculture
teachers.
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Fast-Pitch Softball Team In Tournament
Pictured above is the Fortner Insurance Agency Fast-Pitch
Softball Team who are participating in the Yancey County Adult
Softball League being held on the MicaviUe Elementary School ball
field. The team finished the regular season undefeated, winning 18
games with no losses against some very tough competition. They
are now participating in a post-season playoff tournament in
Micavtlle and have won their first round game. Ten teams from the
Mitchell-Yancey County area are participating in this double
This year for the first time
the contest is being held in two
sections; one for annual crops
such as trellis tomatoes and
another for perennials, such as
apples, strawberries and shrub
bery.
Cash awards of 5325 will be
presented to the area winners at
an awards program in Decem
ber, with SIOO offered for first
prize in both the annuals and
perennials contest. Prize donors
are Gerber Products Company,
Pigeon Valley Tomato Farm, .
Canton; Francis and Wright,
Inc., and Southern Agricultural
Insecticides, Hendersonville;
Barber Orchards, Waynesville
and 3-D Farm, Fletcher. Orchid
Gardens at Fletcher are spon
soring the prizes for perennials,
including orchid plants for the
runners-up.
This year’s contestants, by
counties are; Buncombe-Dale
Lewis, Fletcher and David
Warren, Candler; Burke-Laur
ence Beck, Morgan ton; Hay
wood-Janet Bryson, Waynes
ville and Tim Smart, Clyde;
Henderson-David .Carmichael,
Flat Rock and John Neilsen,
Hendersonville; Macon-Billy
Stewart and Susan Cabe both of
Franklin; Madison-Darlene
Cutshall, Nancy Cutshall, Steve
Cutshall, Kenneth E. Roberts
and Billy Roberts, all of
Marshall and Steven E. Burns,
Jr. of Hot Springs; Transylvania
-Tommy Hooper, Jr., Brevard;
Yancey-Bobby Bennett and Ted
Woodby, both of Burnsville
together with Jeffery Alan Fox
of Mars Hill; Steve Gortney,
Bakersville; and Earl Grindstaff
of Green Mountain in Yancey
County.
The contestants will be
judged on a detailed record book
to be submitted this fall. All
projects are presently being
inspected by members of the
judging committee. Members of
this group are Dr. Tom Konsler,
Chairman; Dr. Paul Shoemaker
and Dr. Jim Shelton, all of the
Mountain Horticultural Crops
Research Station at Fletcher,
along with Silver.
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Louise Hughes
Taylor
To Emcee
Dinner
Congressman Roy A. Taylor,
North Carolina’s eleventh dis
trict representative from Black
Mountain, will be the master of
ceremonies at a “Salute to
Robert Morgan” dinner at the
Grove Park Inn in Asheville at
7:00 Saturday, August 24.
U.S. Senator Robert Byrd of
West Virginia will be the
featured speaker. Byrd, a native
of North Wilkesboro, is the
Democratic Whip in the Senate.
He will hold a press conference
at the hotel prior to the dinner.
Robert Ingle, a prominent
western North Carolina busi
nessman, is the dinner chair
man. This is one of a series of
fund raising dinners being held
across the state to raise money
to pay Morgan’s remaining
primary debts and to finance his
fall campaign.
Senator Byrd, a Senator for
16 years, serves on the
committees of Appropriations,
Judiciary, and Rules and Ad
ministration and is chairman of
two Senate subcommittees,
Transportation and Standing
Rules of the Senate.
Before he was elected
Senator, he was a member of
the United States House of
Representatives for six years.
Officials in charge of the
affair said that invitations have
been sent to individuals, and
tickets have been placed on sale
in 24 western North Carolina
counties.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1974
elinination tournament. Two games a night are being played each
nifht from Monday, August 26, through Wednesday, September 4,
at which time a Championship Game will be played. If you enjoy
g«od ballgames, come over to MicaviUe and pull for your favorites
diring the week. Shown kneeling [left to right]: Ossie Parker, Jerry
Tkomas, Randy OUis, Frog Laws, Delmar Goins, Doc Young;
sending [left to right]: Gordon Banks, Wayne Jackson, Alan Black,
Glenn Williams, Charlie Garden, Bobby Boone, Harry Anderson,
WUson Ray. [Not pictured, Dennis Heftier].
Louise Hughes Is
Teacher Os The Year
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Mrs. Louise P. Hughes,
home economics teacher at East
Yancey High School, has been
selected as Yancey County
Teacher of the Year. She will b a
candidate in the competition for
North Carolina’s Teachm- of the
Year for 1975.
Mrs. Hughes is a native of
Yancey County and is married to
Max K. Hughes. They have two
sons, Kenneth, a 1974 honor
graduate at Western Carolina,
and Gary, a student at Micaville
Elementary. Mrs. Hughes her
self is a graduate of Berea
College, Berea, Kentucky and
has taught in the Yancey County
schools for the past twenty
seven years.
During this time Mrs.
Hughes has received a number
of honors. Two high school
yearbooks have been dedicated
to her. In 1972 and again in 1974
she was selected for the
Oatstanding Secondary Educa
tors Award. During the past five
years, she has had four district
winners in the sewing contest
sponsored by the Federation of
Women’s Clubs. One of these
winners also won the state
sewing contest. She is an active
member of Delta Kappa Gamma
International Society and has
been a member of NCAE for the
past twenty-seven years.
In addition to her outstand
ing teaching career, Mrs.
Hughes has been very active in
community and church work.
For the past twenty-four years
she taught the adult Sunday
School class at Micaville Pres
byterian Church and has been
active in other areas of church
work. She has been an active
member of both the East Yancey
Dance Set At
East Yancey
There will be a dance at the
East Yancey Gym on Friday,
August 30 from 9 o’clock until
12:30. The dance is sponsored
by the cheerleaders. Music will
be provided by Indigo Springs.
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and Micaville Chapters of PTA
and has worked with Cub Scouts
4-H Clubs and FHA.
Yancey County is fortunate
to have a candidate of Mrs.
Hughes’ caliber to represent it
in the search for the North
Carolina Teacher of the Year.
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Communities Judged For Roadside Beautification
Roadside beautification efforts of six Yancey Communities were viewed by judges last week. “The
judges had a difficult job,” commented W. C. Bledsoe, County Extension Chairman. “Communities
have worked real hard this year”. The close competition of community efforts Is exhibited by the fact
that there was a three-way tie for second place. White Oak Creek set the pace by winning First Place
with clean up campaigns, “Litter Buggies” sign and mall box improvements. They wfll represent
Yancey County in area roadside beautification competition September 11-13.
A three-way tie for second place was captured by Newdale, Brush Creek and Jack’s Creek with
widely varied activities. Newdale took judges to their newly cleared and leveled ball field where pi
include picnic tables In the park-like surrounding area and, eventually, a community swimming pool;
Brush Creek bent their efforts toward beautifying the roadsides with flowers -~l Mores of
mailboxes; and Jack’s Creek Community Club spokesmen [pictured above with judges] were duly
proud of their roadside park and picnic table for the convenience of visitors and residents alike.
Third and fourth places were awarded to Green Mountain and Arbuckle respectively.
Serving as judges were Mrs. Edward Yuziuk, Mrs. E. L. Briggs and Rev. Ralph Jacks. They
commented especially on the progress of Yancey County In beautificetion efforts. The most obvious
improvements are in junk car removal and stream and roadside clean-up.
The community roadside beautification to part of the Community Development Program effort.
Sponsorship has been provided by United Fund, The Northwestern Bank, the French Broad Electric
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Westco Proposal
Vetoed By Union
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The Communication Work
ers of America Union Local No.
3673 rejected the Western
Carolina-Westco Telephone
Companies most recent wage
and benefit proposal by a vote of
155 to 141, it was announced
today by company spokesman,
Turner Rogers.
The package included a two
year contract consisting of wage
increases of 12.5 percent the
first year and 10 percent the
second. Some of the fringe
benefits were the elimination of
monthly hospitalization insur
ance premiums, five weeks
vacation after twenty years of
service, one additional holidr
per year for a total of nine and
contract retroactive effective
date of July 1, 1974. The f ormer
contract expired June 5.
Rogers stated the Com
pany’s opinion that this third
proposed contract which was
rejected by the Union member
ship following their negotiating
committees recomm.-dation for
acceptance, now .eaves the
Company no alternative except
to indicate that the work
stoppage may be of a consider
ably longer duration than was
hoped for. We are now
reviewing our work force re
quirements, he said, and will be
initiating additional steps to
bolster those areas where we
have not totally kept up with
customer requests, such as, the
installation of supplemental
services such as extension
telephones, etc. P'imary em
phasis, since the work stoppage
began on July 29. has been the
timely restoral or repairs of
service, he continued, but in
recognizing our customers
needs, we are moving to reduce
installation delays now. He said,
the Company is prepared to
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supplement its work force to
where day-to-day operations
will be near or at normal levels.
When asked what the next
step is, he stated, as always to
provide our customers with
good dependable telephone
service but if you mean the labor
negotiations, we are always
willing, as they have been, to
talk more and that’s what we are
doing.
Masons To
Make History
At Meeting
The Scottish Rite Bodies of
Freemasonry of Asheville will
be host to all Masons in the
Yancey, Mitchell, and Avery
Counties area at a dinner at 7:00
p.m. on Saturday, August 31,
1974 at Brown’s Fish Camp,
Bakersville, N.C. This is located
on Highway 226 about one-half
mile south of Bakersville. All
Masons of any and all degrees
are welcome to attend.
Then on Saturday, October
5, and Saturday, October 12,
Masonic history will be made in
Bakersville. The Asheville Scot
tish Rite Bodies will conduct a
two Saturday reunion when the
degrees 4th through 32nd will
be conferred on a class of
candidates at The Bakersville
Masonic Lodge Hall. This’will
be the first time that any of
these degrees have ever been
conferred in North Carolina in
the area north of Asheville. The
Asheville group will bring two
truck loads of equipment and
experienced degree teams will
be present to portray the
degrees.