THE YANCEY JOURNAL
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VOL. 3, NO. 43
Governor Jim Holshouser
Democrat Meetings Set
The Democrats of the
Burnsville Township will have
a meeting Monday, October
28, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Democratic Headquarters. All
nr? ureed to attend.
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Homemakers Install Officers
More than 100 homemakers registered for the annual meeting of the Yancey County Extension
Homemakers Association on Tuesday, October 15, at the First Baptist Church, Burnsville. The
Theme “A World of Opportunities With Extension Homemakers’' was carried out In the
educational exhibits showing achievements in clothing construction, creative crafts, foods and
nutrition and home furnishings. During the meeting, at which Mrs. G.H.Durham of Mitchell
County was guest speaker, Presidents from Homemaker Clubs gave reports of projects completed
during the year.
Special Recognition Certificates were presented to the BurnsvlUe EH Club, Brush Creek EH
Club, Happy Homemakers Club and Open Gate EH Club for outstanding achievement.
New officers for 1975-76 were installed in an impressive ceremony conducted by Mrs. J. C.
Hollifield, President of the Western District Association of Extension Homemakers. Pictured
above, the new officers are Mrs. P.B. Wilson, President; Mrs. J.B. Towe, Ist Vice President;
Lydia Deyton, 2nd Vice President; Mrs. R.B.Allgood, Secretary; Mrs. John Blair, Treasurer; Mrs.
Don McQuade, Public Information; and Mrs. Jess Law hem, Advisor. County Program of Work
Chairmen are Mrs. Avis Hensley-Citizenship, Mrs. C.B. Gillespie-Cultural Arts, Mrs.
P.C.Coletta-Education, Mrs. Ed Hunter-Family Life & Youth, Mrs. Jess Lawhem-Home
Economics, Mrs. Dempsey Hopson-Clothing, Mrs. John McLain-Foods, Mrs. Ralph
Jacks-International and Mrs. Royce Wilson-Safety. Pictured below, one of the excellent exhibits
featured at the meeting.
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The Young Democrats of
Yancey County will have a
meeting Tuesday, October 29,
at 7:30 in the Democratic
Headquarters. All members
are urged to attend.
BURNSVILLEfIYX. 28714
Speaker At GOP Dinner:
Holshouser To Visit
Governor Jim Holshouser
will come to Yancey County
on Friday, October 25, to give
a boost to local Republican
candidates in the November 5
general elections.
The Governor will be the
featured speaker at a 6:00
p.m. dinner at East Yancey
High School honoring the
GOP ticket. Tickets for the
affair are $5 each.
“These candidates have
been friends of mine for a
long time,” the Governor
said. “1 am especially in
terested in doing whatever I
can to help Dean Chrisawn
win a seat in the State House
of Representatives. Dean is
the kind of dynamic leader we
need in the legislature to
continue our efforts to bring
better programs and services
to the people of North
Carolina.’’
Chrisawn, a Burnsville
merchant, has worked closely
with the Governor on numer
ous occasion over the past
several years. He was an
active worker in several
campaigns while Holshouser
was a State Republican
Chairman, and he was an
important member of the
Holshouser for Governor
campaign organization in the
1972 general election.
Holshouser said he was
looking forward to seeing our
many friends in Yancey
County.”
Governor Holshouser was
first elected to the State
House of Representatives in
1962, winning in his bid for
elected office by the largest
margin of any legislator in
Watauga County history. He
later won three more terms in
the House.
He was elected GOP
Chairman in 1966 and was
re-elected in 1968 and again
in 1970.
In 1972, he became the
first Republican in this
century to win the governor
ship of North Carolina.
Since becoming Governor,
he has earned many regional
and national honors. He has
twice been elected to the
Lions Club
Governor
To Visit
Lion Shaw Brown of
Mooresville, District Gover
nor, will be visiting the
Burnsville Lions Club. Lion
Brown, married to the former
Ruth Litaker, has served
faithfully in Lionism. He has
100% attendance for the past
26 years and has won
numerous Lion awards for
serving his fellow man. He is
also listed in the 1974 edition
of Personalities of the South.
The Burnsville Lions have
extended to him a warm
welcome.
The Burnsville Lions Club
has made tremendous strides
in the past year. Some recent
services include the securing
of fifty eye will donations,
with Lion John McLain in
charge. The Lions voted to
give the Yancey School Band
SIOO now and SIOO per year to
be put in the budget for them.
They voted to pay registration
for those patients at Sun
Valley Rest Home at $2.00 per
person to Mayland Tech, to
teach a course in Bible.
The Burnsville Lions had a
Halloween Candy Sale, with
brooms andbulbs, on October
8, which/was Lions World
Service Day. The Club gave
the Mental Hgalth Associa
tion sls for part of the fuhds
to hold a picnic at Mountain
Wilderness for those from
Yancey County that are in
Broughton Hospital. The Club
paid $lO to the N.C. State Zoo
in Asheboro towards the
purchase of a family of live
lions.
The United Fund for
Yancey County was given a
check for SSO and other
amounts were given as
follows: White Cane S3OO,
Boys Home $75, Camp
Dogwood SIOO, CARE $25,
Blind Banquet S2OO, Blind
Van $250, and Health De
partment SSO.
The Lions wish to thank
the people of Yancey County
for buying blind-made pro
ducts and helping in the
various projects. These efforts
made it possible to serve
where needed and especially
provide services to the blind
and visually handicapped.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 1974
Executive Committee of the
National Governors’ Con let -
ence-a rarity for a first-term
governor-and also has been
named chairman of the
Southern Regional Education
Board, co-chairman of the
Coastal Plains Regional Com
mission and campaign chair
man for the Republican
Governors Association.
As Governor, he has been
a leader in pioneering new
programs to solve the prob
lem of inadequate health care
in rural areas, including the
development of a system of
rural health clinics that is the
first of its kind in the nation.
At his urging, the General
Assembly adopted the most
progressive program for pub
lic education in the State’s
history, endorsed major ef
forts to improve the State’s
mental health program, and
authorized appropriations for
expansion of the State park
system that exceeded all total
Shaw Brown
Eubanks Places 2nd
In Region FFAMeet
The forty seventh annual
convention of the Future
Farmers of America was held
in Kansas City, Missouri on
October 15-18 with 17,000
members in attendance.
National FFA President,
Mark Mayfield, opened the
session by introducing Presi
dent Gerald R. Ford who
spoke on energy conservation.
Other notable persons to
appear in the convention were
Secretary of Agriculture Earl
Butz, William F. Pierce of the
U.S. Office of Education and
other national agriculture and
business leaders.
Tony Eubanks, represent
ing the states of North
Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia won second place in
the Southern Regional Public
Speaking Contest. Son of Mr.
Sales Tax
Collections
The report of local 1%
Sales and Use Tax collections
by County for September,
1974 was issued recently by J.
Howard Coble, Secretary,
North Carolina Department of
Revenue.
The report shows Yancey
County collected the amount
of $16,739.42 for the month of
September. This compares
with the amounts of $24
thousand and $25 thousand
collected by Mitchell and
Avery Counties respectively,
and exceeds the $13,510.73
collected for that month by
Madison County.
previous expenditures for
parks.
Holshouser also brought
about the first real statewide
plan for building roads in
North Carolina. Eleven days
after taking office, he signed
an executive order creating
the Governor’s Efficiency
Study Commission. This stu
dy was undertaken entirely
with funds and manpower
donated by private industry.
So far, its recommendations
have brought savings of more
than s3l million, and other
recommendations now in the
process of being implemented
will bring another S3B million
in savings.
Governor Holshouser has
taken government to the
people as never before thru
his “People’s Days,” “Peo
ple’s Tours” and Ombuds
man’s Office—all designed to
heip citizens get answers and
solutions to their problems
involving State government.
Yancey Young Democrats
Attend YDC Convention
North Carolina’s Young
Democrats held its annual
Convention this past weekend
in Raleigh. Eight delegates,
under the leadership of Mrs.
Willoree Jobe, represented
the Yancey County club.
The delegates attended
meetings on improvements of
the YDC Constitution, resolu
tions to be considered by the
next General Assembly for
the betterment of North
Carolina, and the elections of
the State YDC Officers.
Addressing the convention
were such honored guests as
and Mrs. Ronald Eubanks of
Pensacola, Tony is a senior at
East Yancey High School and
part-time announcer at Radio
Station WKYK. He is presi
dent of the local FFA Chapter
and also of District VIII.
Also attending were Her
bert Allen, Vo-Ag teacher at
East Yancey and family, and
the Eubanks family including
grandparents from Little Rock
in Arkansas.
NC Senate
Candidate
Visits Here
The lovely autumn weath
er brought out the candidates
this past week.
Mrs. Sonya Friedrich,
candidate for the North
Carolna Senate for the 26th
District, visited in Yancey
County on Friday. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Barbara
Keleher, wife of Asheville
physician, Michael Keleher.
The ladies were joined for
lunch by Solicitor Clyde
Roberts, Yancey Sheriff Ker
mit Banks, and Clerk of
Court, Arnold Higgins, at the
Ambeijack Restaurant.
Mrs. Friedrich is the wife
of Jim Friedrich, Sales Mgr.
for Mars Manufacturing in
West Asheville. She is the
mother of three sons: Mark, a
sophomore at Appalachian
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Taylor Is Speaker For Rally
Roy Taylor will be the featured speaker for the Yancey
County Democrat Dinner and Rally on Thursday night, October
24, at 6:30 p.m. ai the Cane River High School. All citizens are
invited to visit with your Congressman and local Democrat
candidates. Tickets for the dinner may be obtained by calling
682-2174 or they may be purchased at the door.
Jim Hunt, Lt. Governor, and
James Ramsey, Speaker of
the House. Also present were
Rufus Edminson, candidate
for Attorney General and
Robert Morgan, candidate for
the U.S. Senate.
Mr. Morgan pointed out
that while inflation was bad,
unemployment was rapidly
becoming the major problem
in North Carolina under the
present administration. He
stated that approximately
10,000 textile workers had
been laid off in the past two
months in the Tarheel State
alone. This figure does not
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Mrs. Peggy Shepherd of Burnsville received a cash award
from the Postal Service last Wednesday, October 16, for
Burnsville Mrs. Shepherd has been a Post Office
10 c
include the number of plants
and factories in other areas
that have gone to a 4-day
week or have had to close
altogether.
It was decided by the
delegalior. that 1974 must be
the year of the Democrats.
This was the first time
Yancey County has been
represented at the Young
Democrats Club Convention.
Out of sixty counties, Yancey
County had the 2nd largest
delegation at the banquet and
had the largest delegation
from the 11th District.