THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 4, NO. 4
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Yancey United Fund Ends
Short Os *l7. 9 960 Goal
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The Yancey United Fund
is in the process of closing out
its 1974 campaign, somewhat
short of its $17,960 goal, but
gratified that the total funds
raised are almost the same as
in the best -previous United
Way campaign in Yancey
County.
Mrs. Ruby Smith, Treas
urer of the UF, reports that
approximately $14,500 has
been raised, which is better
than 81 percent of the goal. It
now appears that the county
budget committee was over
optimistic at setting the goal
at nearly 18 thousand dollars.
This figure was three thou
sand above the highest
amount previously raised. In
view of the receding economic
conditions, this was appar
ently too much to be attained.
At the same time, satis
faction is felt that the dozen
agencies depending on the
campaign are receiving the
same support they received in
the best previous year.
The three/ campaign co
chairmen, Virginia Boone,
Romie Burns, and David
Mclntosh express apprecia
tion for the hard work and
generous amount of time
contributed by the team of
volunteer workers. The entire
county, in fact, owes the
co-chairmen, the other work
ers, and the many generous
French Broad EMC
Raises Rates 39%
French Broad Electric
Membership Corporation will
place into effect a rate
increase for electrical-energy
consumed by its members
effective on bills rendered
February 1, 1975. French
Broad Electric Membership
Corporation had been receiv
ing wholesale power from
Carolina Power & Light
Company under a wholesale
power contract arrangement
which expired the first of
January 1975.
As appeared in The
Asheville Times on Tuesday,
July 2, 1974, Carolina Power
& Light Company initiated a
64% rate hike for its electric
cooperative customers to be
placed into effect commenc
ing with the expiration of the
contract at the end of
December 1974. Due to the
tremendous impact of this
wholesale rate increase, the
French Broad Electric Mem
bership Corporation is forced
to raise its rates approximate
ly 39% with the Cooperative
absorbing a considerable por
tion of thi> increase so as to
relieve financial hardship
upon its consumers as much
as possible.
Undei the new contract,
Carolina Power & Light
Company will also place into
effect a filel adjustment
clause on purchased power
And this has been sanctioned
by the Federal Power Com
missionas a flow through
charge for the increase in cost
of fuels used in the production
of electricity. The Kiel adjust
ment is based upon a
calculation of what amount of
electricity can be generated
from an amount of coal or
diesel fuel and being these
two commodities have risen
tremendously in cost and the
price has not stabilized, this*
factor will vary from month to
month. This charge being
paused on to French Broad
Etyctric Membership Cor
poration as a flow through
adjustment leaves the Q>-
oofirative with no other choice
contributors a vote of thanks.
Through their effort and
generosity the county is made
a better place in which to live.
In accordance . with the
practice of the UF in Yancey,
the drive has been conducted
entirely by unpaid volunteers,
and the, costs held to an
absolute minimum. This year
the only expenses incurred
were for stationery and other
campaign supplies, totaling
well under SIOO. This is close
to a record for conducting a
fund-raising campaign.
Below is published the
1974 Honor Roll, to date.
When the campaign is finally
wound up, additional names
may be added.
UF SPONSORS
(contributors of SSOO or more)
Mohasco Mill
Mr. and Mrs, Mack B. Ray
Dr. Garland Wampler
Banco Lumber Company
UF PATRONS
(contributors of S2OO to $500)
Drs. David and Carolyn Cort
Bob Helmle
Maxwefi Home Furnishings
Northwestern Bank
Pollards Drug Store
Dr. Fergus Pope
Styles & Co. & Styles Auto
Supply
First Citizens Bank
Deyton Farm Supply
American Thread Company
Blue Bell Company
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but to pass the fuel clause
adjustment in addition to the
rate adjustment to its con
sumers.
French Broad Electric
Membership Corporation will
endeavor as always to furnish
its consumers with reliable
and dependable electrical
service at the most reasonable
and equitable competitive
cost. This is the first major
rate adjustment to be placed
upon the consumers of French
Broad Electric Membership
Corporation since 1966.
Energy
Meeting
Tonight %
The January meeting of
Carolinians for Safe Energy
takes place Thursday, Janu
ary 23, in the Humanities
Lecture Hall, UNC-AsheviJle,
at 7:30 p.m. The public is
invited.
The program features a
film, ‘‘The Nuclear Dilemma”
which is on loan from Duke
University, presenting the pro
and con of nuclear power
plants.
With Carolina Power &
Light Company planning to
build a nuclear power plant
only i ipiles North West of
Asheville, the citizens of
Western North CArolina
need all the information they
can get about the dangers
inherent in nuclear power
plants.
T Carolinians for Safe Ener
gy, a group of local concerned
citizens, work to fill this need
for information. * They alio
collect signatures on a nay ~-
tionwide petition drive for a
nuclear riidratorium, a drive
which has already exceeded
135,000 signatures. Anyone
interested in more informa
tion or in signing a petition
may contact Mrs. John G.
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BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
Diamond Mica Company
CENTURY CLUB
(contributors of SIOO to $200)
Burnsville Fum. & Hardware
Edward L. Greer
Johnson & Company
HaZen Ledford
Riddle Fuel Oil Company
Yancey Builders Supply
John Martin
Dr. W.A.Y.. Sargent
French Broad Electric
Fortner Insurance Agency
Glenn A. Morris (State Rep.
for Yancey)
Dover R. Fouts ——
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Koch
Holcombe Brothers Funeral
Home
Mr. and Mrs. G.D. Bailey
Mrs. B.R. Penland
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Young
Dr. R.K. Ransom
Joe Young Ford
Milton Weiss
Mary Melton
P. C. Coletta
Mayland
Tech ABE
Program
Expands
The Adult Basic Education
(ABE) Program at Mayland
Technical Institute continued
its success through Fall
quarter by enrolling 170
students. Some of these
students earned their high
school equivalency and others
advanced in grade level.
Classes were held throughout
Avery, Mitchell and Yancey
counties in schools, homes,
courthouses, prisons, chur
ches, and other locations.
So far this quarter over
100 students have enrolled in
ABE classes. Despite the
problem of limited funds,
more students are expected to
enroll into expanded classes.
Part of this expansion plan
will be aided by a “YOU
CAN” campaign. YOU CAN
denoted that in the* ABE
Program, YOU CAN learn to
read and write better, YOU
CAN learn to stretch your
paycheck, YOU CAN increase
job opportunities, and YOU
' CAN increase personal job
satisfaction. Letters request
ing support of the YOU CAN
campaign have been sent to
businesses, industries, and
other agencies^
Special emphasis is being
placed on recruiting students
in the on-going classes. At
present classes are being
conducted in the following
locations-Avery County: Elk
Park Elementary School on
Monday, Tuesday r Thursday,
and Friday nights; Avery
County Learning Center (lo
cated at Crossnore School
Inc.; on Tuesday and Thurs
day nights starting the first
week in February. Mitchel]
County: Spruce Pine (base
ment of WAMY building), on
Monday 8:00 to 2:00; Tipton
Hill (effort is being made to
start" a class at Mrs. Edith
Griffith’s residence.) Yancey
* County: Burnsville Court
house, Room 3, Friday from
9:00 to 3:00; Lower Pig Pen,
Mrs. Gertrude Hensley’s
building) on Tuesday nights
Si3o to 9:30; South Toe
Elementary School on Tues
day and Thursday nights 7:00
to 9:00; Ramseytown , on
Monday and Friday nights
Elementary School on Tues
day and Thursday nights 7:00
to 10:00.
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- Great Grandson Remembers
Mr. Owen Burns of San Francisco, California, the oldest
great-grandson of Captain Otway Burns, during his second
visit to Burnsville since 1926 recalls that It was his uncle,
Walter F. Burns of New York who gave the monument to
Yancey County in 1909. His late sister, Mrs. Waltona Burns
Manion, unveiled the statue during the dedication ceremonies.
Last week Mr. Bums spent several days with his brother,
Major Romie Bums, youngest great-grandson of Captain
Otway Bums.
Mohasco Lay-off Adds
132 To Unemployed
A spokesman for Burns
ville Mill of Mohasco Indus
tries affirmed Tuesday that
the mill had closed down for
one week, January 20 through
School
Water
Treated
The Yancey County Board
of Education in cooperation
with the Dental Health
Division of the North Carolina
Board of Health has begun
fluoridation of the water
system in the following
schools: Bald Creek, Bee Log,
Clearmont, Micaville, Pensa
cola and South Toe. Burns
ville School is not eligible for
this program, since its water
is supplied by a municipal
water system. Based on
results of surveys in other
schools across North Carolina
where these systems have
been in force for some time,
this should reduce tooth decay
-by 20-30% for children in
these schools.
Free
School
Lunches
Free lunches are available
for students in the Yancey
County Schools whose parents
have been affected by recent
unemployment. Edgar Hun
ter, school superintendent,
states that parents who
qualify for this assistance
should contact the school
principal for an application
blank for free or reduced
priced lunches.
24. Repairs are being done on
major machinery during this
time. Mohasco Win reopen on
Monday, January 27 with
approximately two-thirds of
its normal work force.
It was stated that 132
employees have been laid off
for an indefinite period of
time, the market fluctuation
being the determining factor.
Glen Raven Mill, which
started a four-day work week
in December, has continued
in this manner for about six
weeks, and a spokesman
stated that no Glen Raven
employees have been laid off.
Interest
Rate Drops
A Farmers Home Admin
istration spokesman has an
nounced that effective Tues
joTiuory ZT, rtin llllcrCSl
rates which previously had
been set at 9%, have gone
down to B‘/j%.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1975
Spectacular Offer : .
Subscription Drive
The Yancey Journal has
set the first two weeks in
February for a huge circula
tion drive, during which an
effort will be made to contact
virtually - every family in
Yancey County and offer them
an opportunity to subscribe to
the Journal at an “inflation
fighting” rate of s3—the price
of a 1-year subscription
during the 1960’5.
Beginning February 1, all
students at East Yancey and
Cane River High Schools,
taking a copy of the Journal
for non-subscribers, will be
selling subscriptions through
out Yancey County. A one
year subscription, presently
costing $5, will sell for $3 and
the student will keep $1 from
each new or renewed sub
scription he sells. This money
will go toward a class project
Three In Custody
After Busy Weekend
On Sunday, January. 12,
1975 two persons hid inside
Ingles Supermarket, Burns
ville, at the 10:00 p.m. dosing
time and remained undetec- »
ted by store employees.
According to Yancey Sheriff
Kermit Banks, after the store
was closed, the duo apparent
ly tried to open the safe at
Ingles. The dials were tom off
‘and pins were pulled out of
hinges, but the attempt to
open the safe door was
unsuccessful. Theft of cartons
of cigarettes" and record
albums amounting to ap
proximately SIOOO was dis
covered early Monday morn
ing when store employees
arrived to open the store for
business.
On the same night, Li’l
Smokey’s Drive In’ on Main
Street, Burnsville, was broken
into. The theives got about
Bank To Pay
Quarterly
Dividends
First-Citizens Bank &
Trust Company will begin
paying common stock divi
dends on a quarterly basis
starting in April.
A common stock dividend
of $1.25 per share will be paid
on April 2, 1975, to sharehol
ders of record March 10,
1975.
This is the same amount
per share paid to shareholders
on the last semi-annual
dividend, which was paid
January 2, 1975.
change was made by R. P.
Holding, Jr., chairman of the
board, following approval by
the bank’s board of directors
at the January meeting.
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South Toe
Fire Dept
Meetings
The South Toe Volunteer
Fire Department, Inc. will
hold two very important
meetings as the- South Toe
School, Thursday, January 23
and Thursday, January 30,
both at 7:00 p.m. Election of
which will be specified in next
week’s paper.
Out-of county rates will be
reduced from the present $7
per year down to $6 pet year
during the drive, with stu
dents keeping $2 from every
new or renewed subscription.
We must emphasize that
an absolute deadline for this
campaign is Sunday, Febru
ary 16. No new or renewed
subscriptions will be accepted
at these low prices after that
date. If you are not contacted
by a student as the deadline
draws near, you may mail
your money directlv to The
Yancey Journal, Burnsville,
or bring it by our office on the
town square by Friday,
February 14. (We are closed
Saturday and Sunday.) A
mail-in subscription must be
in our post office box when
SB.OO in change, two walkie- '
talkies, a raido, wristwatch
and calculator. This robbery
was also discovered Monday
morning when employees
came to work.
Again the same night,
keys to a 1969 Plymouth were
taken in a break-in at East
End Motor Company, Burns
ville. The automobile was
gone and presumed stolen.
On receiving reports of the
robberies Monday morn
ing, Sheriff Banks put a stolen
car bulletin out nationwide.
He received a call on Monday
night from the Texas State
Police, reporting that the car
had been apprehended by the
Arkansas Highway Patrol
near Texarkana and chased
approximately 35 miles into
Texas where it was stopped.
The car was occupied by
Joseph Carroll Riddle and one
juvenile whose name is
withheld. Another juvenile
was arrested later in connec
tion with the robberies. The
persons were brought back to
Yancey Coanty and charged
with thre6 counts of Breaking
and Entering, Larceny, Auto
Larceny, and attempted Safe
Burglary.
The case will be brought to
Court at the next regular
session on February 5, ac
cording to Sheriff Banks.
YDC
Elects New
Officers
The YDC of Yancey
County held its first meeting
of 1975 last Thursday, Janu
ary 16.
The new officers elected to
serve a one-year term were
President, Willoree Jobe;
Vice President, Gene Hig
gins; Secretary, Amanda
Trask; Treasurer, David Hall.
A report was given by
Mrs. Jobe on the activities of
the N.C. State Executive
Committee as well as the
State Membership Committee
of which she is co-chairper
son. These meetings were
held in Winston Salem on
January 11, 1975.
ingots TembershTp
drive. All members from 1974
are encouraged to renew their
membelshios and anvone
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our mail is picked up early
Monday morning. For sub
scriptions received in this
manner, The Yancey Journal
will still donate the $1 or $2
from each and divide the sum
equally between the two high
schools when the drive ends.
The Yancey County Board
of Education, in approving the
fund-raising project for stu
dent participation, set a time
limit of two weeks. Students
will pick up their newspapers
and receipt pads on Friday,
January 31, and begin the
campaign in earnest that
weekend.
As an added incentive for
the students, a bonus of $5
will be given to every student
who obtains 10 or more new
subscribers for the Journal.
(For this bonus, renewals do
not count.) In addition, a
special “surprise” bonus will
Be-given to one student from
either high school who sells
the most subscriptions. The
bonus will be determined by
the number of subscriptions
sold. > .
Students and principals at
Cane River and East Yancey
High Schools are looking
forward to obtaining funds for
class projects througfi this
circulation drive. If you plan
to subscribe qr renew your
present subscription to The
Yancey Journal, contact a
member of either student
body during the first two
weeks in February. They will
be glad to have the money for
their project; we will be happy
to have your subscription.
Theatre
Group
Begins
Rehearsals
At the January 20 meeting
of the Burnsville Little Thea
tre, the members voted
unanimously to support a
benefit play to be given in
May for the Parkway Play
house. The Burnsville Little
Theatre President,' Theresa
Coletta, was given authority
to continue investigating the
feasibility of such a play
which would include a joint
cast of players from the
Burnsville-Spruce Pine area.
Definite plans for such a
benefit performance are to be
decided at a February meet
ing of the Burnsville Little
Theatre.
The Burnsville Little ..
Theatre will begin rehearsals
for a one-act drama, Early
Frost, on Monday evening,
January 27, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Fellowship Hall oTTir”
Burnsville Presbyterian
Church. Rehearsals for Ear|y
Frost (which calls for five
women) are open to the
public. Anyone interested is
invited to attend the January
27 meeting. Early Frost will
be presented, upon requested
booking, to interested civic
and community clubs fftr a
nominal fee by the Burnsville
Little Theatre, Any interested
civic or community club is
requested to contact Thereka
Coletta for a booking date
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