THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 4, NO. 10
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Blue Ribbon Winner
Mark Y oung, 12-year-old son of Bill and Shirley Young of
Ronte 2, Burnsville and a 7th grade student at Mlcaville
Elementary, won two Blue Ribbons and 2 Red Ribbons with his
Art and Nature Crafts at the Spruce Pine Senior Woman’s Club
Art and Craft Show. The show was held Thursday, February
20, at the Methodist Church in Spruce Pine. The Blue Ribbon
painting was shown in Asheville on Saturday, March Ist at the
WNC District Women’s Club Show.
Mark received a Scholarship for painting classes for two
years from Mr. Everett Kivette and John Bryon of Painting in
the Mountains as an additional prize.
Mrs. Carolyn Miller of Spruce Pine helped make this event
possible for Mark.
County Extension LChairman Predicts
Great Opportunity In Tobacco This Year
The effective quota of
Yancey County Burley Tobac
co sales for 1975 is 3,572,121
lbs.-that is 1,019,448 lbs.
above the quantity sold in
1974 according to W.C.
Bledsoe, County Extension
Chairman. “If Yancey County
will grow and sell its full
quota of Burley, it will
increase the gross agricultural
income over one million
dollars’’, he added. “With
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Easy Yancey Track Team
But Yancey High School coaches an very optimistic shoot
the upcoming track season, reporting an especially strong
showing in the 100-yard |nmp, and broad jump.
During track season, then will be a “Track Man of the Week”
appearing in each issue of The Yancey Journal. Managers of
the tetun ant [front row, left to right] Greg Bryant, Anthony
Yaccarlno and Greg Presnell. Members of the East Yancey
Track Team Include [left to rlght[ Upper Rowt Ricky Tbomu,
Jeff Bailey, Darrell Griggs, Randy Styles, Brims Yeung, Eric
the lease and transfer provi
sion of .the current burley
quota system we have a great
opportunity here”.
In the Extension Winter
Tobacco meeting last week it
was brought out that gross
tobacco income last year was
$2.8 million which amounts to
$222.34 for each of the
county’s 12,629 residents.
Tobacco income was up 25%
BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
Yancey Recreation
Program Begins
The Yancey County Re
creation Commission is spon
soring classes in Basketball
Fundamentals, Physical Fit
ness and a Marathon Tour
nament according to Gordon
Banks, Recreation Director.
A tentative program has
been scheduled for partici
pants all ages, which
begins with a co-educational
group of students from grades
6 to 8, 3:30 to 4:15; students
grades 9-12 (co-educational)
will meet 4:30-5:15; an Adult
Womens Basketball Class is
set for 5:30-6:25; A Physical
Fitness Class -for all age
groups is set for 6:30 to 7:25
and an Adult Mens Basketball
Class will be held 7:30-8:30
p.m. The programs will be
held in the following places on
the day given: March 10,
Monday, the Pensacola and
Burnsville Districts at Burns
ville Elementary Gymnasium;
March 11, Tuesday, the South
Toe and Micaville Districts at
Micaville Elementary Gym
nasium; March 12, Wednes
day, the Bee Log District at
Bee Log Elementary Gym;
March 13, Thursday, Bald
Creek at Bald Creek Elemen
tary Gym; and March 14,
Friday, Clearmont District at
Clearmont Elementary Gym.
These classes will run for a
five week session. During the
fifth week, there will be a
Marathon Tournament with
all teams in the county
participating. On Saturday
the Burnsville Elementary
Gymnasium will be open for
use of the entire county from
last year.
“With increased unem
ployment and under-employ
ment many people can turn to
agriculture. High income
crops such as tobacco and
tomatoes offer special oppor
tunities”, Bledsoe stated.
Extension tobacco specialists
gave tobacco growers attend
ing the winter meeting tips on
growing tobacco. Varieties
Young, Danny Harris, Jeff Harding, Wayne Carroll, Ray
Troxell; Second Rowt Danny Bledsoe, Steve McClure* Wade
McCurry, Paul Robinson, Darrell Husldns, Kenny Shade,
Jimmy Hughes, Merit Riddle; Third Row from topi Mike
Atwater, Bobby Banks, Mlltoq Higgins, Tony Tipton, Darrell
Woody, Junior Burke. Members not pictured are B«n»«u
Wygjt, Tim Parker, Gary Winters, Ricky Woody, Barry
McKinney [Manager], Marty Johnson, Eddie Bums, Tammy
Dale, Randy Hughes. K
_10:00 ajn. irntil 4:00 p.m. for
the purpose of free play and
county teams to schedule
individual practice sessions.
, The Recreation Commis
sion rules must be followed:
No smoking inside gymna
siums, All participants must
wear tennis or basketball „
shoes (no exceptions), All
participants must be residents
of Yancey County, and (most
important) each participant
must conduct himself in an
orderly fashion and display
good sportsmanship. Admis
sion fee is 25c.
Cosmetology
Dept. Open
At Tech
Mayland Tech is proud to
announce the official opening
of their new Cosmetology
Department to the public. The
Clinic will be open from 9:00
to 10:30 a.m. for color,
permanent wave, bleaches.
Shampoo and set and other
services will be taken from
9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
All work is done exclu
sively by students under
direct supervision of Instruc
tors.
A hair and fashion show
will be held in the Cosmeto
logy Department on Sunday,
March 23rd from 2:00 to 4:00
in the afternoon.
Ky-14 along with hybrid 10 x
21 are the most popular.
Tobacco plant beds should be
seeded about March 15 for
best results. Nylon plantbed
covers are being used .this
year and work well with
special attention.
Fertilizer suggestions for
the 1975 Burley crop include
attention to lime needs and
using expensive fertilizing at
somewhat lower levels.
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1975
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Cub Scouts Tour Yancey Railroad
Cub Scout Pack 502, Den 1, took a trip to the Yancey
Railroad last week and were given an explanation of how a
railroad works and toured the station, roundhouse and train.
The boys climbed into the engine and caboose car. They were
also told the story of how the caboose came to Burnsville. The
Local Churches Join 89th Celebration
World Day Os Prayer Scheduled
Citizens of Yancey County
will join those from other
denominations around the
world in the 89th celebration
of the World Day of Prayer.
This annual “chain of prayer”
will unite people from Protes
tant, Orthodox, and Catholic
Churches who speak many
different languages and dia
lects.
The theme for 1975 is
“Become Perfectly One”, a
search for the meaning of
Christian unity in our chang
ing society. The worship
service has been prepared by
the Women’s Ecumenical
Prayer Fellowship of Egypt.
Thousands of Christians who
are outside the Orthodox
tradition will be able to
experience a service that
Lions Club
Has Urgent
Reminder
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Reports have been receiv
ed by the Burnsville Lions
i Gub that a local blind person
has almost been run over by
cars recently, even though the
blind person was carrying a
white cane.
Members of the local
Lions Club remind the public
that the law gives blind
persons with the White Cane
priority in traffic. Please obey
the law and report any
violations to local law offi
cials.
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liturgy dating back to the
early centuries of Christian
dom as well as elements bom
of the Arab experience of
Protestantism and Catholi
cism.
World Day of Prayer
provides an occasion for
participation in a nationwide
offering which goes into a
fund called Intercontinental
Mission-the process by which
Church Women United car
ries forward its stewardship.
Local congregations re
presented by this year’s
program participants are:
First Presbyterian, First Bap
tist Church, Higgins Memor
ial United Methodist, Catholic
Church, Bolens Creek Bap
tist, Martins Chapel United
Methodist Church, Church of
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Works On Property Map Project
Dennis Robinson, project manager, reports hit property ownership maps am nearly complete
for Lawrence County, Alabama. He Is employed by National Mapping Inc. headquartered In
I Ge ® r * l *- He h “ em P | oycd five local Yancey residents who travel with him in Ms work.
Mlch *** L *°'*>r': k T Pre^! n ‘ <* *" «P«ta he has bid. in on two neighboring
counties, Mitchell and Avery. The company property ownership maps to show tl
location of all property and the amount of acreage In each parcel. Dennis is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mack Roblason of Burnsville. He -ftmiisil Cftne River High School
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Cub Scouts who participated in this railroad tour were [l. to r.]
Myron Edwards, Joel Story, Billy Woody, Sean Boone, Russell
Roland, Terry Halt and Tom Maxwell. All the Cub Scouts in
Pack 502 sold balloons for the Heart Fund and collected over
one hundred dollars for this cause.
includes elements from a
God, and the Griffith Chapel
A.M.E. Zion Church.
Let us join with others in
169 countries in a celebration
of Christian unity on the
Heart Fund Drive
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Extended Two Weeks
Mr. Hazen Ledford, Pre
sident of the Yancey County
Heart Association, has an
nounced that the campaign
for funds scheduled to end
February 28th, has been
extended until March 15th.
This will enable additional
individuals to give to this
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World Day of Prayer. In our
community the service will be
held at the Presbyterian
Church in Burnsville on
Friday, March 7th at 7:30
in the evening.
all-important cause.
Any amount that aids
research to stem the rising
tide, of heart disease in the
couiffry will help. Contribu
tions may be sent to The
Northwestern Bank, Burns
ville, care of Miss Wanda
Robertson or Mrs. Earl
Young.