THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 3, NO. 49
WNC Association
Gets Top Award
The Western North Caro
lina Development Association
will receive the top national
award in beautification for
regional (multi-county) or
ganizations from Keep Amer
ica Beautiful at a special
luncheon in the Grand Ball
room of the Biltmore Hotel in
New York City on Thursday,
December 5.
The award is being pre
sented in recognition of
outstanding effort in beautifi
cation and environmental
improvement projects. It will
be accepted by Morris L.
McGough, Executive Vice
President of the WNCDA,
from KAB Board Chairman
James C. Bowling who is Vice
President and Assistant to the
Chairman of Philip Morris,
Incorporated.
The WNC Development
Association, an 18 county
development and rural im
provement group, received a'
second place “special merit”
award in the national compe
tition last year. The associa
tion sponsors the Western
‘Right Turn
On Red’Law
To Expire
North Carolina Patrol
Commander, Colonel E.W.
Jones, today announced the
following Patrol policy that
will prevail beginning 1
January 1975 with respect to;,
“right turn on red” law which
officially expires 31 December
1974.
Colonel Jones said that as
of 1 January, the Highway
Patrol will arrest for flagrant
violations that endanger life
and property. The Patrol will
issue either verbal or written
warnings for less serious
violations pending action by
the 1975 Session of the
General Assembly.
The Department of Trans
portation and Highway Safety
will aeek continuing legisla
tion oh the present law since it
has proved very satisfactory.
The 1660 signs that were
erected and which prohibit
right turn on red will not be
removed pending action by
the legislature.
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Farm City Week Awards Given
Mutual understanding between farmer and town dweller was the theme of Farm City Week,
November 22-28. To help foster that understanding the following Burnsville Civic Clubs presented
Outstanding Achievement Awards on the town square, November 26: Burnsville Women’s Club,
Chamber of Commerce, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club and Burnsville Mens Club.
Pictured above holding their “Outstanding Achievement” plaques are Walter Edwards, farmer;
Lacy Johnson, businessman; Donna Higgins, youth; Mrs. Mary Gillespie, homemaker; and Bill
Banks, Industrialist. A number of Civic Club members and local officials were present for the
ceremonies.
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North Carolina Community
Development Program along
with the N.C. Agricultural
Extension Service anti agen
cies and local sponsors in the
western counties.
It was primarily on the
activities and accomplish
ments of the many organized
areas in the community
development program that
the entry of the development
association was based.
Artists
Exhibit
Crafts
Three Burnsville artists
will be among the 500
exhibitors from all over the
country at the Carolina
Craftsmen’s Christmas Clas
sic December 7 and 8, in the
Greensboro Coliseum Exhibi
tion Hall.
Artists and craftsmen will
display and demonstrate both
traditional and contemporary
crafts and will judge each
other’s work, in respective
categories, Saturday from 10
a m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday
from 12:30 until 9 p.m. Many
of the items, including origi
nal Christmas decorations,
will be for sale.
Burnsville participants in
the show will be Vickie
Stratham of Route 5, stained
glass; Fran Mather of Route
1, weaver; and Gilbert John
son of Route 5, art glass.
Other specialties will in
clude pottery, leather work,
sculpture, macrame, Indian
crafts, batik, photography,
ceramics, silk screen, jewelry,
wood works, egg crafts, sand
painting, and violin, banjo,
and dulcimer making. Many
of the artists have won
national recognition.
Admission will be $1.50
for adults and $.50 for
children. The sponsoring
Carolina Craftsmen, a group
of area artists and craftsmen,
hope to make the Christmas
Classic an annual major
national show.
BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
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Snowfall Creates Beauty, Halts Traffic
The Burnsville Town Square appears lovely and serene with
its thick, white carpet of snow, but unhappily, for most people in
Yancey County the scene below was more in evidence this past
weekend when snow which began around 8:30 Saturday
morning came down with blizzard-like intensity by afternoon
and continued through Saturday night, all day Sunday and
Sunday night, ceasing finally on Monday afternoon. Schools
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In the last few weeks, the
Better Business Bureau has
had a tremendous increase in
inquiries about home study or
correspondence schools. This
very probably is a result of
increased unemployment in
our area.
While many of the schools
offering home study courses
have been in business for
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closed Monday and Tuesday, but “business as usual” in town
people out in automobiles, only to become stranded,
helpbss and frustrated on the slick, snow-piled roads.
A1 day Tuesday, bright sunshine caused snowdrifts to
spar He and blaze with beauty—but those whose plans went awry
last weekend viewed the scene as a dire portent of bad winter
weather ahead. [Photos by Jody Higgins]
years and are approved by the
National Home Study Council,
anyone interested in this type
of study should be very
careful before they sign a
contract to take such a course.
Prospective students should
realize that such contracts are
binding and most companies
can collect the full fee or a
substantial cancellation fee
even though the student
drops the course.
Prospective students
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‘Operation
Santa Claus’
Announcement is made by
Mrs. Philip Nordstrom, the
Chairman of Operation Santa
Claus, that a box to receive
Christmas gifts will be placed
in the Health Department in
Burnsville as well as at other
previously designated places.
Any articles or clothing for
men and women given will
bring cheer to patients at
Broughton Hospital and Wes
tern North Carolina Center.
The deadline for gifts is
December 9.
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Officials Sign Contract For Hospital
On Tuesday, November 26, 1974, the contract was signed for the Brat phase of the Building
Program for the Blue Ridge Hospital System by the hospital Board of Trustee officers. Those
signing the contact are Jim Anglin of Burnsville, Vice-President; Milton Burleson of Spruce Pine,
President and Mrs. Bonnie Ford of Pen land, Secretary and Treasurer. The General Contractor for
the construction is J.I. Cornett of Ellzabethton, Tenn. and work has already begun on the grounds
of the Spruce Pine Hospital. Both the Yancey Hospital and the Spruce Pine Hospital have had to
take a reduced scope In the original plans for the two buildings which was approved hi March,
1974. Plans are to reduce the Burnsville Facility by omitting the ten observation beds, emergency
unit, proposed small radiology and pathology units In the first stage. The building would bo
redesigned as a one story structure. The Spruce Pine project would omit the expansion which was
planned for some departments. The time schedule for both facilities completion is approximately
two years, December 1976. < [Photo by C. E. Wostvoer]
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Fireplaces Save-
Ashes Fertilize
BY PETER TONGE
(This article reprinted from
The Christian Science Moni
tor, Friday, November 15,
1974 edition)
The oil delivery man
scratched his head in dis
belief. He even checked to be
sure he had come to the right
address. He had just filled our
tank, and the total cost in
these price-inflated days
came to only sl7. Other
homes in the area were taking
three and four times as much
he said.
Our investment in an
efficient fire grate, then, is
paying off. More than that, it
is yielding gardening divi
dends, too. You see, even as it
radiates cheery warmth into
our home it is manufacturing
a much-needed by-product for
the soil-wood ash.
WOOD ASH IS VALUABLE
rhat’s right, that fluffy
gray residue from the fire
place that generally ends up
on the town dump is a
fertilizer. If it were bagged
and sold in the local garden
outlet it would probably carry
a 0-2-8 NPK marking. In fact
the ash from broad-leaf trees
can contain as much as 10
percent potash; conifer wood
ash averages around 6 per
cent. Both types contain about
2‘/i percent phosphate.
So, wood ash is a valuable
plant food. It is also a pretty
effective insect repellent. No
wonder gardeners who get to
know it won’t do without it.
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HOARDING ASHES
An enterprising friend of
mine sells firewood to Bos
ton’s red-brick apartment
dwellers during winter. Part
of the deal is that he will clean
out the fireplaces each time
he makes a new delivery.
That’s how much he values
the ash. Now I’m doing the
same thing with the residue
from my own fireplace
hoarding it. 1 have great plans
for its use next year.
POTASH IS ESSENTIAL
Potash is essential for the
development of sturdy plants,
for the production of sugars
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and starches. Beets, sweet
corn, and carrots particularly
can benefit from wood ash
derived potash. Potatoes love
potash too, but too heavy an
application of wood ash could
make the soil too sweet for
these acid-loving plants.
One regular wood-ash
user tells me tomatoes be
come a rich red color and
seem to keep longer after
harvest “when I’m liberal
with the ashes.” Another
contends his vegetables “are
sweeter and more colorful”
because of wood ash.
On most garden soil,
particularly on more acid
Eastern soils, spread five
pounds of wood ash for every
100 square feet of garden.
Your sweet corn will appre
ciate as much as seven and a
half pounds.
PESTS VANISH
Had any trouble with
cutworms? Wood-ash users
contend they vanish quickly
once the wood ash is spread
around. The cabbage worm,
bean beetle, cucumber beetle,
squash bug, and root maggot
all apparently dislike the
presence of wood ashes so
much that they disappear.
“I doubt if it kills them,”
one gardener told me, “but
they sure don’t stay long
when wood ash is spread
around.” This gardener dusts
the ash on his plants once a
week.
, WARNING NOTE
A word of warning: If your
soil is already a little on the
alkaline side confine the use
of wood ash to such alkaline
loving crops as beets.
It is essential to keep wood
ash dry during storage be
cause the potash it contains is
very soluble in water. Forget
the wood ash that was left out
in the rain after the barbecue.
It is no longer a fertilizer.
So, when the snows come
tumbling down this winter
and when the north wind
howls around the eaves, go
ahead and enjoy the cheery
warmth from your fireplace.
And whatever else you do,
save that wood ash.