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FFA-A Chance For Growth
The East Yancey Future Farmers of America invites everyone to Join them in celebrating
National FFA Week February 15-22. The FFA is built around the principle of learning-by-doing
with thi? year’s theme being “A Chance For Growth”. Directing the organization this year and
displaying some new equipment are FFA Secretary, Keith Robinson; Vice President, Lynn
Huskins; Treasurer, William Long; President, Tony Eubanks; Sentinel, David Gibbs: Reporter,
Derrik Hughes and Chaplain, Billy Mitchell [not shownl.
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FFA Quartet
The East Yancey Future Farmers of America Quartet will participate in the District Vm Rally
to Franklin on May 10. Members of the winning team are Kenneth Grindstaff, Mary Ann Gibbs,
Gregg Presnell and Tony Eubanks.
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Winning Shop Team
The East Yancey Future Farmers of America members [left to right] Roger Huskins, Wade
Biddix, Randy Chrlsawn, and Frankie Geouge won the Pathway Federation Tool Identification and
Materials Contest. They will participate in the State FFA Convention in Raleigh on June 12.
February: Heart Month
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Physician To Speak On Heart
Dr.,Garland E. Wampler,
t a popular Burnsville physi-
I ' cian, will speak on “The
I Heart" at a meeting to be
held Monday, February 24th
at 7:30 p.m. at the Commu
nity Clubhouse Building in-
Burnsville. With more than
I 50% of the deaths in Yancey
County due to heart disease,
Dr. Wampler’s talk will be of
vital concern to all adults;
who should and must be,
informed how to halt this
trend. An interesting film
provided by the North Caro
lina Heart Association will be
shown by Carl Bledsoe. Dr.
BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
Wampler will answer- ques
tions from the audience.
Hazen Ledford, President
of Yancey Heart Association,
extends a cordial invitation to
the public to attend this
program. February is Heart
Month. Come and learn how
you can save your heart.
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Much Was Left Unsaid:
Yancey Sheriff Not Guilty
BY CAROLYN YUZIUK
The Charlotte Observer,
which keeps an avid eye on
Yancey County for any ex
ploitable news, really ‘‘did a
job” repotting the recent Trial
of Yancey Sheriff Kermit
Banks and other Yancey and
Mitchell men who were
involved in an accidental
shooting of a Briar Bottom
camper in 1972. And trial
reports by The Asheville
Citizen-Times did little, to
dispel the impression, which
was initiated and sustained by
The Observer, of an “inno
cent” outing which culmina
ted in unjust and inexplicable
tragedy for the “youths”
involved.
Many facts, however,
most of which were brought
out either in the District Court
Trial of the campers, or in the
trial of Sheriff Banks and his
men held two years later,
were not reported in the news
media. One reason could be
that these unsung facts gave
lie to the impression that
youthful innocence had been
Briggs
Replaces
Anglin
Bruce B. Briggs of Mars
Hill was appointed Monday to
the North Carolina Superior
Court by Gov. James Hols
houser.
Briggs, a District Court
judge, will serve as resident
judge of the 24th Judicial
District, replacing Judge W.
E. Anglin of Burnsville, who
resigned. The term will expire
November 23, 1976.
Briggs, a former state
senator, attended Mars Hill
College and Western Carolina
University. He received his
law degree from Wake Forest
University Law School in
1962.
Briggs served 2Vi years as
assistant attorney general for
the Western District of North
Carolina. He has been a
District Court judge since
1972.
A Republican, Briggs ser
ved in the 1967 and 1969
General Assemblies. He is a
deacon at Mars Hill Baptist
Church. He and his wife, the
former Jean Miller of Waynes
ville have a daughter, Ashley.
The 24th Judicial District
includes Avery, Madison,
Mitchell, Watauga and Yan
cey Counties.
Winter
Tobacco
Meeting Set
The Agricultural Exten
sion Service will.hold a Winter
Tobacco Meeting Tuesday
afternoon, February 25th at
the Courthouse. It will begin
promptly at 2 p.m. and end at
4 p.m. Tobacco Specialist
from N.C. State University
will be on hand to help
farmers with information on
Tobacco diseases, insects,
varieties, plant beds, allot
ment regulations, fertiliza
tion, and labor saving sys
, terns. He will also answer
questions from tobacco grow
ers. Demonstrations for the
coming year will be discussed
•ft»r «ie meeting.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1975
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abused and "establishment”
law officers were in the
wrong. There were also
important facts not made
public in the trial because
'Terest Sfervlee personhel evi
dently preferred not to be
come involved after their
names were dropped from the
original list of men named by
the campers in their lawsuit.
“The youths were tired....
had already been turned away
from several campgrounds
that officials said were too
full.” reported The Charlotte
Observer, adding “They sus
pected that park officials
didn’t want them to camp on
public land.” We wonder why
the youths only “suspected”
that they were not wanted
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Is Theme
“America Can Do,”
This is the theme of a new
state-side promotional cam
paign to be launched in
mid-February by First-Citi
zens Bank & Trust Company.
The entire concept of
“America Can Do” is to
accent the positive, particu
larly as it relates to the
economy.
“It is the bank’s opinion
that the economy will begin
an upturn in 1975, but the
attitudes of the individual
American will have a dramatic
impact on the economic
swing,” Lewis R. Holding,
President of First-Citizens,
explained.
“Through the ‘America
Can Do’ program, First-Citi
zens hopes in a small way to
serve as a catalyst to
stimulate a more positive
attitude toward our country,”
the bank executive offered.
For the next ten weeks,
First-Citizens will direct al
most its dntire advertising
and public relations effort to
promoting the concept. The
program will continue as long
as it is considered effective.
The messages presented
by the state-wide bank head
quartered in Raleigh, will
remind Americans of their
past achievements and relate
it to the idea that whatever
challenge has faced our
people, they have always
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Town
Hearing
The joint County-Town
hearing concerning the HUD
Community Development Act
will be held in the courtroom
on Thursday, February 20 at
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when apparently an officer
actually ran them out of Mt.
Mitchell State Park with a
30-30 rifle. When they went to
Black Mountain Campground
"from we understand“
they camped in an area which
had a sign saying “No
Camping Permitted”. The
sign was torn off and was
burning in the “youths’”
campfire. Rangers did ask
them to leave--and their next
campsite was at Briar Bottom.
U.S. Forest Service Dis
trict Supervisor Harold Rivers
has forgotten nearly all of the
circumstances surrounding
his call to the Yancey Sheriff’s
Department on the night of
the incident, but others
clearly remember that he
reported being afraid to go
further because of the tre
mendous volume of noise, and
that fitecrackers were being
exploded, which contributed
to the awesome disturbance.
He allegedly called the
Sheriff’s Department not once
but twice, and on hearing that
a car would be, sent out, he
told the Sheriff’s Depqty npt
to send just one car, “send all
the vehicles you can get!”
Although the campers’
Financial Report
From Northwestern
Northwestern Financial
Corporation, the one-bank
holding company headquar
tered in North Wilkesboro,
North Carolina, today an
nounced net income for 1974
of $7,213,000 or $1.58 per
share compared with $7,871,
000 or $1.72 per share for
1973, a decline of 14c per
share. Income for 1974
includes a non-recurring 95c
per share gain resulting from ,
a change in The Northwestern
Bank’s method of accounting
for income on installment
loans. The change from the.
liquidation method to the rule
of 78’s method was instituted
to allow interest income to be
recognized in proportion to
outstanding principal and to
Tommy Rogers
Revival
To Begin
In March „
A Revival will be held at
Cane River Baptist Church
frpm ,March 2nd through
March 9th at 7:30 p.m.
nightly.
Evangelist for this revival
will be Tommy L. Rogers, who
has been called back again
after having held a previous
revival in Yancey County.
The public is invited to
come, bring your family and
friends, and pray much for
this Revival.
reports of physical abuse were
sadly lacking in evidence and
eventually discounted, this
fact was not considered
important enough to print.
Nor was the fact brought out
that SB! and FBI officials
examined the campers fol
lowing the incident and their
reports showed absolutely no
evidence of cuts, bruises,
scratches or abrasions which
would have been inevitable
had they been struck with
“gun butts” and ’’billy
clubs”. On hearing the
accusations however,
the United States Department
of Justice decided to conduct
a thorough “civil rights
investigation”. They found
“no evidence of any violation '
of civil rights for any of these
defendants” (the campers).
But had you read about that?
The unfortunate fact of the
matter as regards the District
Court trial of the campers,
was that following the acci
dental shooting of 20-year-old
Altland--which occurred when
another camper was trying to
wrest a shotgun from a
deputy’s grasp-the lawmen,
shocked and dismayed by the
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provide better matching of
revenues with expenses. Se
curities gains amounted to 2c
pea: share in 1974 and 4c per
share in 1973.
The Northwestern Bank
reported deposits at year end
of $936,060,000, up from
$880,469,000 a year ago.
Loans totaled $662,760,000,
increasing $27,506,000 since
the end of 1973. Total assets
amounted to $1,075,290,000,
up from $1,019,631,000 a year
earlier.
Exceptionally high costs of
funds coupled with depressed
operations within our real
estate and other non-banking
subsidiaries contributed to
the decline in earnings.
However, the principal reason
for the decrease was a
substantial addition to the
consolidated provision for
loan losses. This provision
totaled $13.59 million in 1974
compared with $2.62 million
in 1973 while net charge offs
were $12.74 million and $1.92
million in 1974 and 1973,
respectively. A major portion
of the 1974 charge off was
attributable to one particular
construction loan on which
collection was considered
doubtfuL..„
The Northwestern Bank’s
portion of the 1574 provision
for loan losses $6.5
million, $3.7 million above the
minimum regulatory require- ,
ments. The 1973 provision
was $1.9 million. As a result
of the provisions and charge
offs, the valuation portion of
the Bank’s loan loss reserve
represented 1.23% of year
end loans. At the close of
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Special Rates I
Because many people missed the deadline for I
subscribing or renewing their present subscription 1
to the Journal at the special prices offered during
the past two weeks, The Yancey Journal is 1
continuing to otter the same reduced rates for
week and next week. Subscriptions must be filed J
in or brought by the Journal ofßce directly as the 1
student drive ended February 17. Reduced rates in I
effect until Friday, February 28, are $3 per year
in-county [down from Ss] and $5 pee, year V
out-of-county [down from S7J. Please let your I
friends and neighbors know, as this Is I
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Hugh Braddher
New Man
In Pollards
Pharmacy
Hugh T. Braddher, a
native of Route 1, Old Fort,
North Carolina, joined the
Pharmacy Department at Pol- ]
lard’s Drug Store in Burns
ville on January 29, 1975. •
Mr. Braddher, a graduate
of the University of Kansas
City in Kansas City, Missouri
with a B.S. degree ih
Pharmacy, came to Burnsville
from High Point, N.C. where
he had been employed as
Pharmacist at Eckerds for the
past seven years, and at
Leonard Drugs, High Point,
for four years before that.
With his wife, Gwen
Greenlee Braddher, and three
of his four daughters who are
Mary, 10, Leslie, 12 and
Carol, 16, Mr. Braddher is
presently residing in town.
His other daughter, Nina, 18,
is a student at UNC-Greens
boro.
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Mallonee
To Visit
Burnsville
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Tom L. Mallonee, 11th
Congressional District Assis
tant to Congressman Roy A.
Taylor, is now making sche
du:ed visits to the county
seats and other sections of the
counties.
On Tuesday, February 25,
he will be at the Yancey
County Courthouse in Burns
ville from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
and at the Town Hall, Sprnce ]
Pine, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Any person who has plans
or official business pertaining
to Congressional matters to
be discussed is invited to
meet with him at the *
above-specified times.
Boy Scout
Pancake
Supper Set
A Boy Scout Pancake
Supper will be held Friday,
February 28, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
“All the pancakes you can
eat“ SI. 50. First Baptist
Church Fellowship Hall.
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