THE YANCEY JOURNAL
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VOL. 4, NO. 11
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Garden
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Program
Planned
Efforts are being made to
organize a gardening program
throughout the county to help
families who need assistance
in planting and raising a
garden this spring. The types
of assistance being planned
by the county office of the
Community Action Agency in
cooperation with the Yancey
County Council is preparation
of soil, garden seeds, fertili
zer, insecticides and blight
control and technical advice in
planting and caring for
garden vegetables.
The purpose of the project
is to enable individuals and
families who need this kind of
assistance to plant and raise a
vegetable garden this coming
season.
In order to provide assis
tance to those who may need
help the project must be
carried out with the help and
cooperation of local com
munity groups throughout the
county. Therefore, those com
munities interested in partici
pating in the program are
requested to contact the
Community Action Office at ,
682-2610 as soon as possible.
Youth
Night
Slated
By popular demand the
Covey Rock Free Will Baptist
' Church in Green Mountain is
having another Youth. It is set
for Friday night, March 14, at
7:30 p.m, The Mount Bethel
Youth Choir will be there from
Asheville; also other youth
groups ip our own area.
Everyone is welcome to
attend this service, especially
all young people. Rev. Albert
Edwards is pastor of Covey
Rock.
‘Music In
Schools
Day’ Set
School children all over
the nation will begin their day
March 13 by singing “This
Land Is Your Land” in
recognition of the first nation
al “Music In Our Schbolsr-
Day.”
"Music In Our Schools
Day” is being sponsored by
the 62,000-member Music
Educators National Confer
ence, an organization of music
teachers from schools, col
leges, and/ universities all
over the nation.
Although it is sponsored
by music educators, “Music
In Our Schools Day” is an
effort to bring the entirocem—
munity together in recogni
tion of the millions of young
people who make music,
listen to music, and learn
about music through music
education. It provides music
educators an opportunity to
communicate the purposes
and processes of music
education, as well as to
demonstrate results.
Through open house de
monstrations, concerts, exhi
bits, posters, and many other
activities, music teachers will
highlight outstanding school
music classes, performing
organizations, and interdis
ciplinary activities.
I In support of the effort in
North Carolina, the State
Board of Education is expec
ted to adopt a resolution at its
March meeting affirming its
continued support of music
education 4s an integral part
of the education process.
“In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb”
The March “Lion” roared in after midnight last Sunday
night and laid a thick blanket of snow over Yancey County by
Monday morning to the glee of school children who had a free
day, and the consternation of parents who had other plans in
mind. The snowscapes pictured delighted us with their beauty,
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Outlook Is Brighter For
Operation Os Playhouse
The outlook for continued
operation of the Parkway
coming sum
mer, Which until recently
appeared seriously threaten
ed, has taken a happy turn for
the better, and now appears
bright.
Determined efforts are
being made by the local board
of directors to overcome the
financial bind of the 28-year
old summer theater opera
tion. Encouraging offers of
assistance have been made by
the Yancey County Chamber
of Commerce, the Burnsville
Little Theater, and other
organizations and individuals.
The recent disclosure of
the difficult plight of the
Playhouse caught Yancey
County by surprise. For the
past few years, since the
University of North Carolina
at Greensboro took over the
dn action of the theater, the
general impression has been
that the operation was flour
ishing. The recent financial
difficulty has stemmed from
several sources.
The 1974 season, when all
the returns were in, proved to
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be a financial disappointment,
with a loss of about $2,700.
Inflation increased the costs
of the season above the
budget; the decline in tourism
in the mountains had hurt
ticket sales, and a! falling off
in student registrations had
reduced tuition revenue. On
top of all this, senseless
vandalism on the part of
delinquent juveniles, inflicted
extensive damage to the
facilities that will be expen
sive to repair.
At a well attended meet
ing of the Board of Directors
on March 1, a spirit of
determined optimism prevail
ed. Several sources of needed
funds were reported tq be in
prospect. State Representa
tive Glenn Morris has intro
duced an appropriation bill in
the General Assembly re
questing $25,000 for the
Playhouse. Co-signers of this
bill are Liston Ramsey and
Ernest Messer, who are
lending support. In view of
the tight money situation in
Raleigh this year, the fate of
this bill is uncertain, but it is
hoped that some part, at
even while we wondered how we could navigate the highways.
March weather, unpredictable as usual, warmed up Monday
night to the high 30’s and on Tuesday the sky was sunny, the
weather warm and gentle-“lambllke” we should say. As to
what’s yet to come-Mother Nature herself probably doesn’t
know yet.
least, of the appropriation
may be approved. This money
from the State would be
earmarked for much needed
permanent improvements to
the facilities, and in any
event, would probably come
too late to be of great help this
coming season.
Ms. Theresa Coletta, re
presenting the Burnsville
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Little Theater reported to the
Board plans of that group to
give -one er two benefit
performances this spring,
with revenues going to the
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Dr. John Jellicorse, Head
of the Drama and Speech
Department of UNC-G, re
ported on a variety of
assistance that the University
will happily render. A pro
fessional group presenting
childrens plays will be sefit to
Yancey County in early April
for benefit performances.
Lauren and Ellen Woods, long
popular with the Playhouse
audiences, have volunteered
to come to the Playhouse in
the spring to give a benefit
performance of “.1 Do, 1 Do”.
Various other actions to
help the Playhouse finances
were reviewed at the Board
meeting. Increases in tuition
and ticket prices wefe voted,
and plans laid for increasing
pre-season ticket sales. Mark
Bennett, Chairman of the
Playhouse Board, reported
that a bill with good likelihood
of passing, has been intro
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THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1975
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Men Convicted Os
Game Law Violation
Two men were convicted
in Superior Court here last
week of “possession of a deer
without visible antlers” and
are serving time in the county
jail.
49-year-old Carson Mitch
ell of Yancey County and
24-year-old Eddie Buchanan
of Mitchell County were
apprehended by State Wild
life Protector T.E. Shankle
because of a tip he received
from a concerned hunter. The
men were found guilty in
District Court in Yancey
County on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 5, by Judge Braswell
and were ordered to pay a fine
of S3O and sl6 additional for
cost of action.
Mitchell and Buchanan
appealed the judgement and
appeared in Superior Court,
Burnsville, on March 3 and 4,
where at twelve-person jury
found the men guilty of the
charge of possession of a deer
WNC Sierra Club Makes
Second Hike Attempt
On Saturday, March 15th,
a second attempt will be made
by the Western North Caro
lina Group of the Sieg-a Club
to reach the Green River
Narrows by an alternate
route. The previous try was
thwarted by inpenetrable
laurel thickets. The hike
should take 5-6 hours, mostly !,
strenuous and probably with
some bushwacking in order to
Girl Scouts Honor Leader
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And Celebrate GS Week
Sixty-three years ago, on
March 12,1912, Girl Scouts of
the U.S.A. was founded.
From 18 girls in Savannah,
Georgia in 1912, Girl Scouting
has grown to more than 3.3
million girl and adult mem
bers in 1975.
To highlight this year’s
Girl Scout Week, March 9-15,
Girl Scouts across the country
invite all citizens to celebrate
the Girl Scout theme, “Grow
With Us.” Girl Scouts ask all
citizens to work in partnership
with them as they prepare for
leadership roles, as they work
with handicapped people,
senior citizens, the migrant
community, and hundreds of
other cooperative community
service projects.
Yancey Girl Scouts began
their observance of Girl Scqu|
Week by attending church
together on Sunday, March 9L
at the First Baptist Church in
Burnsville. During the re
mainder of Girl Scout Week,
each troop will place a Girl
Scout display in the window of
Ye Olde Fabric Shoppe.
The Yancey Neighborhood
Service Team Consists of:
Chairman, Mrs. James Ang
lin; Secretary, Mrs. Mike
Griffin; Troop Consultant,
Mrs. Garland Wampler;
Troop Organizer, Mrs. Ed
Hunter; Publicity Chairman,
Theresa Coletta.
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Mrs. Gene Woody strong
ly believes in pirl Scouting.
Next to the church, she sees
Girl Scouting as the most
influential organization in
training a young girl to
become a good citizen.
Mrs. Woody has been the
Brownie Scout Troop Leader
of Brownie Troop #B6 for four
GIRL SCOUT WEEK^T
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without visible antlers. Judge
Harry Martin sentenced the
men to be confined in the
Yancey County jail for a
period of 18 days.
“Deer hunting season was
open at the time of the
offense,” said Shankle, “but
it is illegal to kill, or have in
your possession, a deer
without visible antlers. Ant
lerless deer, including does,
cannot be killed at all except
during Archery season, and
only on Game Lands in
Yancey County,” he added.
The Wildlife Resources
Commission encourages hun
ters and other citizens to
report gapi£ law violations
and Shankle indicated that if
it were not for the timely tip
given him by the hunter, the
two would not have been
apprehended. “It’s every
body’s concern to help protect
wildlife for future genera
tions,” he stated.
reach the Cascades.
Participants are requested
to bring their lunch. Non
members desiring to partici
pate please contact the
leader. First group will leave
the Shell Station on Rt. 64E
near 126 at 9:10 a.m. to meet
those at the Saluda exit for 126
at 9:30 a.m. Leader: Bruce E.
Byers, Box 350, Forest City,
N.C. 28043, phone 245-4744.
years, and she loves working
with these seven and eight
year old girls. According to
Mrs. Woody, being an effi
cient Brownie Leader is not an
easy undertaking if one does
the job well. Mrs. Woody
spends many hours every
week planning and co-ordina
ting the activities for her
Brownie Scouts. One of the
most frustrating things to
Mrs. Woody is the lack of
parental interest and cooper
ation from the parents of her
Brownies. Some parents feel
that Girl Scout leaders are
paid volunteers, but Mrs.
Woody pays to belong to Girl
o
Mrs. Gene Woody
Scouts; she pays to be a
volunteer Girl Scout Leader so
that she can freely give her
time and her service to girls in
her community. The only -
“pay” Mrs. Woody receives
is the personal satisfaction of
seeing her Brownie Scouts
accomplish meaningful goals.-
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David Pharr
Special
Gospel
Meeting
Mr. David Pharr of Rock
Hill, S.C. will speak in a
series of special evangelistic
services at the Burnsville
Church of Christ March 16-19.
The public is invited.
Mr. Pharr is a native of
Wilkesboro, N.C. Now in his
twelfth year with the Church
of Christ in Rock Hill, he
previously served churches in
West Virginia and Ohio, lie
engages in several evangelis
tic meetings each year.
The schedule for the
special services in Burnsville
is 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on
Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Monday
through Wednesday.
Mr. Joe D. Collins is the
local minister.
volvement in Girl Scout work,
Mrs. Woody quickly com
mented that “it thrills me to
see girls learning and enjoy
ing what Girl Scouting has to
offer.”
Because of her sincere,
dedicated interest to Girl
Scouting in Yancey County,
the Yancey Girl Scout Neigh
borhood Service Team has
selected Mrs. Gene Woody as
the Yancey Girl Scout Leader
of the Year.
• Junior Troop 88
On February sth, these
Junior Scouts visited Radio
Station WKYK. Manager
Rick Bacon gave the Scouts an
interesting toigi of the. station
as he explained the process of
broadcasting.
On February 12th, the
Juniors gave a Valentine
Party with Angie Wheeler,”
Joy Bennett, and Lisa Grind
staff serving as hostesses.
In observance of Girl Scout
Thinking ~Pgyr~on February
19th a Thinking Day program
was held which included a
flag ceremony, a program
with each girl telling some
thing about Scouting in
America or in another coun
try. The program ended with;
a candlelight ceremony in
which the girls renewed the
Girl Scout Promise and Laws.
Junior Cadette Troop
A skating party held in
Boone was planned by this
troop in connection with the
Burnsville Cadette troop.
Presently, these Junior Ca
dettes are working on their
First Aid Certificates.
On February 22nd, the
Cadettes went on a hike
During the month of March,
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