THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 4, NO. 17
Kraus To Perform
With NC Orchestra
The North Carolina Sym
phony has announced that
Mme. Lili Kraus will play with
the orchestra in Durham,
High Point, and Asheville in
December 1975. The Ashe
ville performance will be
December 11th.
Reached at her home in
Celo last night, Mme. Kraus
expressed joy at playing with
the orchestra of the state. She
admires the energetic travel
program of the Symphony and
its ability to play in many
towns and small communities.
Mme. Kraus is keenly
interested in the Little Sym
phony’s visit to Mitchell and
Yancey Counties this spring.
She is a donor for the May
13th concert to be given in the
First Baptist Church in
EY Drama
Club Stages
Production
BY MATTHEW HARRIS
A heart-warming blend of
nostalgia, comedy, and tra
gedy will come to East
Yancey’s stage with the
production of Look Home
ward, Angel. The play,
currently scheduled for May
15-16, is being produced by
the East Yancey Dramatics
Club under the directorship of
Elizabeth Westall, and sports
a cast of seventeen, involving
a monumental energy output.
Based on a book by a
native North Carolinian, the
late Thomas Wolfe of Ashe
ville, the play depicts the
struggles and conflicts of the
Gant family. The action
centers on the conflicts
between the driving, compul
sive influences and attitudes
of Eliza Gant, the desire of
her two sons to be free, and
her drunkard husband’s de
sire to be quit of his entire
situation.
Autobiographical in na
ture, the play paints the
members of the family in an
understanding light, giving us
to understand the goals and
dreams of them all. As these,
people pursue their dreams
they run into each other, for
not only do their paths cross,
they meet headlong. Out of
these conflicts rises an under
standing of people and life
that is only evident to us as
the audience. The players
themselves stumble in heart
break and sorrow to the close,
when Eugene the youngest
son, as he leaves home
forever, cries out in fear and
anguish: "I want to find the
world. Where is the world?”
Under the skillful gui
dance of Mrs. Westall, who
has taught drama in this
county for eight years and has
directed productions of The
Diary of Ann Frank, The
Crucible, Arsenic and Old
Lace, and The Curious Sav
age, the characters are
beginning to take shape from
the raw material of the actors.
As more and more of the
characterization becomes con
crete, it is evident that this
production promises to pro
vide an enjoyable evening for
everyone, for, despite
youth, the actors display a
Very high degree of compe
tence.
The public performances
are scheduled for May fif
teenth and sixteenth at East
Yancey High School; admis
sion will be $1.50 for adults
and SI.OO for students and
children. You will enjoy the
performance.
Burnsville at 8:15 p.m.
Expressing the hope that she
would be able to attend the
concert, she said, ‘‘lt pleases
me enormously that we are
developing opportunities for
our young people to play
instruments and to listen to
music. I have heard enthusi
astic comments about the
band concert that occurred
here last week, and I hope
that my contribution wfH,
enable some of these students
to attend the May 13
concert.”
Mme. Kraus expressed
hope that others would join
her in being patrons for the
coming concert to insure the
success of the North Carolina
Symphony’s first visit here in
thirty years. A contribution of
$lO makes one a donor.
Because the program soon
goes to press, donors are
urged to send checks (payable
to the North Carolina Sym
phony) or to call Music in the
Mountains, Burnsville, at
675-4060 or 675-4659 before
May 1.
Since tickets for the
concert must be sold by May
Ist, it is also urged that
interested persons buy them
now through local clubs or at
the Yancey County Country
Store.
Electric Co.
To Bill
Monthly
Superior Court Judge
Harry C. Martin last Friday
dismissed a ruling by the N.C.
State Board of Dental Exam
iners in May of 1974 which
revoked the license of Dr. J.
G. Braswell, a Spruce Pine
dentist.
-Dr. Braswell, accused of
improper conduct in dealing
with five of his female
patients has maintained his
plea of innocence to the
charges brought by the dental
board. Judge Martin said the
state law under which the
dental board administered
disciplinary proceedings
against Braswell is unconsti
tutional.
An attorney for the state
dental board, Thomas M.
Starnes of Morganton, said
Friday that he will recom
mend the board appeal Judge
Martin’s decision to the N.C.
Court of Appeals.
Spruce Pine
Dentist
Wins Appeal
Commencing with the bills
rendered on April 1, 1975, all
consumers served by French
Broad Electric Membership
Corporation will be placed on
monthly billing.
For many years, the rural
residential consumers (Farm
and Home) of French Broad
EMC have been billed bi
monthly.
Members will continue to
receive meter reading cards
bi-monthly as in the past. On
the interim month, an estima
ted bill will be rendered and
an adjustment made on the
bill when a true reading is
received the following month.
Notice
The Yancey County Coun
cil will meet Monday, April
28th at 7:30 p.m. in room 3 of
the courthouse. Everyone is
urged to attend.
BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
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Swingers Finish
Square Dance Course
Seventeen couples recent
ly graduated after a 20-week
course in Western Square
Dancing. The graduation
dance was held in the East
Yancey gym on March 28th
with numerous guests, dan
cers and spectators in atten
dance. During the evening
each couple was recognized,
given a diploma and Mt.
Mitchell Swingers’ badge,
and welcomed into club
membership.
The new members of the
local square dance club are:
Remelle and Ardell Sink, Ora
Lee and C.C. Canipe, Virginia
and J.C. Styles, Billy Jean
and Phillip Styles, Mary
Vance and Phillip Banks,
Ginny and Bill Banks, Dallas
Miller and Ann Agle, Hen-
Sales And
Use Tax
Collections
The report of local one
percent sales and use tax
collections by county were
reported recently for the
month of March, 1975. This
report, issued monthly by J.
Howard Coble, Secretary,
NX. Dept, of Revenue, shows
Yancey County collections in
the amount of $13,646.59 for
this period. For the same
period, Mitchell County col
lected just over $17,000 and
Madison County collections
amounted to $12,613.31.' The
amount of collections for
Avery County was reported at
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Members Os East Yancey Track Team
rietta and Ken Hilliard, Becky
and Charles Gillespie, Myra
and Charlie Hensley, Marjy
and Charles Gibbs, Jessie and
Ralph Young, Wanda and Bob
Proffitt, Raylene and Buster
Stanley, Kaye and Roger
Hemphill, The Bob Rhine
harts and Mary and Carlyle
Bledsoe.
At the present time, the
Club caller, Jerry Biggerstaff
of Marion is conducting
workshop classes at the
Catholic Church, Burnsville
for all club members. The
remaining sessions are sche
duled for April 28 and May 5.
A May Day Dance “under
the stars” is planned for
Thursday evening, May Ist,
at the Banks Family Square
Shopping Center, 7:30 to
10:30 p.m. Admission will be
$2.00 per couple for partici
pating dancers, spectators are
welcomed without charge. A
refreshment booth will be
sponsored by local troop 502,
Boy Scouts of America.
Nolan Hess is serving as
President of the Mt. Mitchell
Swingers. Other officers ser
ving with him are Dan
Wilson, Vice President; Bar
bara McFee, Secretary; and
Roy Ray, Treasurer.
Variety
Show Set
Micaville Elementary
School will have a Variety
Show on Friday, April 25, at
7:30 p.m. Everyone is wel
come to attend. Admission for
adults is SI and children 25c.
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Post Office Expansion Eyed
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Citizens Oppose Moving Site
BY CAROLYN YUZIUK
Nearly 500 Burnsville citi
zens signed a petition which
was circulated last weekend
by two local women, asking
that the Burnsville Post Office
not be moved from its present
location on the town square.
The news that such a move
was even being contemplated
came as a surprise to many
people, as discussions con
cerning the post office facility
in Burnsville have not been
widely aired.
Burnsville Post Office,
according to reports received
from present and former
employees, is seriously in
adequate for the volume of
mail it handles as it now
stands. Plans for remodeling
and expansion have been
under consideration for more
than two years. More recent
ly, however, moving the post
office out to the Highway 19E
Bypass, possibly to a shop
ping center, has been given
consideration, and this sug
gestion has caused wide
spread consternation among
townspeople.
“If the post office is
moved away from the town
square, which is the heart of
Burnsville, the town will have
lost a vital community service
which it needs to keep its life
and vigor,” said one man who
East Yancey Track Team
Wins Field Events In Area Meet
Last Thursday, April 17,
East Yancey’s Track Team
traveled to Mars Hill College
field for a meet with Harris
High, Bowman High, Cane
River, North Buncombe and
Madison County High School.
East Yancey’s team ac
cumulated 108 points during
the meet while finishing first
in eight events. The other
team finishing closest to East
Yancey was North Buncombe
with 54‘/a points.
First place men for EY in
field events were Danny
Bledsoe, winning the high
jump with a jump of 5 ft. 11
inches, Jimmy Hughes in the
triple jump with a jump of 39
ft. 6 inches, and Tim Parker in
the broadjump with a distance
of 20 ft. 7 inches.
East Yancey men also won
the 100 yard dash with a time
of 10.5 by Ronnie Wyatt,
Milton Higgins in the 880 with
a time of 2:13.1, and Jeff
Bailey in the mile run with a
time of 4:57.4. East Yancey’s
880 relay team consisting of
first leg by Jeff Harding,
second leg by Ronnie Wyatt,
third leg by Jimmy Hughes
and fourth leg by Tim Parker,
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1975
signed the petition but asked
not to be named.
Most of the people who
voiced their opposition to the
idea of moving the post office
pointed out the fact that the
“heart of Burnsville” which
has the square as its focal
point, should and does con
tain nearly every public
facility necessary to the town
and county, and these ser
vices should be kept separate
from commercial enterprises.
The county courthouse, cham
ber of commerce, post office,
county library (in progress), a
bank, newspaper and church
all encircle the square in
Burnsville, county seat of
Yancey. Ironically, the idea of
moving the post office, which
at present is only a thought,
comes at time when every
effort is being made to keep
the center of town a vital and
beautiful place for conducting
town and county affairs. The
old derelict courthouse will
soon be an object of pride to
Yancey Countians as its
renovation nears completion,
the Yancey County Library
will shortly be moved into the
remodeled old Northwestern
Bank Building, and the town
square beautification project,
undertaken by the chamber of
commerce, will soon delight
the eyes of Yancey Countians
won first place with a time of
1:37.0.
The mile relay team aisc
placed first followed by
Madison County High School
jiien,- East Yancey’s time was
3:44.0. The mile relay team
consists of first leg, Danny
Bledsoe; second leg, Jeff
Bailey; third leg, Darrell
Huskins and fourth leg,
Jimmy Hughes.
The following men scored
the total number of points
given: Jeff Bailey-9 points,
Danny Bledsoe-14 points,
Jeff Harding-5 points, Milton
Higgins-9 points, Jimmy
Hughes-16 points, Darrell
Huskins-7 points, Tim Parker
—I4V4 points, Paul Robinson
-3 points, Tony Tipton-1
point, Ray Troxell-2 points,
Gary Winters-3 points, Ricky
Woody-3 points and Ronnie
Wyatt-14‘/i points.
The accompanying picture
shows East Yancey’s Track
Team with the exception of
Gary Winters, Eddie Burns,
Milton Higgins, Jr. Burke,
Darrell Woody, and Ricky
Thomas. Also Jimmy Hughes
who is pictured individually
with this article was chosen as
EY track man of the week for
Hearings Continue On
Power Rate Increase
The wholesale power rate
increase that was initiated by
Carolina Power & Light
Company on the electric
membership corporations of
North Carolina is now being
heard before the Federal
Power Commission in Wash
ington D.C.
Administrative Law Judge
William Jensen of the Federal
Power Commission has been
assigned this case under
Docket No. e-8884. At this
time testimonies are being
given in relationship to Phase
I of the hearing. Phase 2 of
the hearing is scheduled to
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when the project is finished.
“Parking is a disaster at
the present location,” was
most often heard from Burns
ville citizens who were for
moving the post office. “Why
not build an entirely new
facility in a location more
aceessible~By' car? ’ ’
“There’s plenty of space
for parking where there are
now vacant lots around the
post office,” is the reply from
petitioners. “If money can be
made available to build a new
facility, certainly it can be
used to better advantage in
planning the complete over
haul of the present post office,
including remodeling, expan
sion, and the provision for
plenty of paved parking
space.”
As the situation now
stands, the one undeniable
fact is that the Burnsville Post
Office needs to be completely
updated to keep pace with
progress, and for postal
employees to be able to
handle the mail with greater
efficiency. Important steps
are being taken in this
direction, and every citizen
should be informed of deci
sions that are being made and
aware of the effect these
decisions may have on their
town and county.
his high score of 16 points and
a very outstanding perfor
mance.
East Yancey’s team will
travel again to Tryon High
School on Tuesday, April 22
for a 6-way meet, and again
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Jimmy Hughes
on Thursday, April 24 to
NCSD at Morganton.
These will be the last 2
regular season track meets
before the conference meet to
be held at West Henderson on
May Ist.
commence on May 19, 1975.
However, the attorneys re
presenting the electric mem
bership corporations have
petitioned that Phase 2
commence immediately upon
the completion of Phase 1 in
an effort to expedite the
completion of Jthe hearing as
an effort to hopefully receive
relief in behalf of the
Cooperatives’ consumers who
are served in North Carolina
and Tennessee that were
affected by the rate increase
initiated by Carolina Power
& Light Company.
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Mr. Jung-huei Chen
Extension
Has Visitor
From China
Many Yancey County peo
ple are meeting a new face at
Agricultural Extension activi
ties. He is Mr. Jung-huei
Chen, Chief of the Agricul
tural Extension, from The
Republic of China (Taiwan).
Mr. Chen is visiting research
institutes, state and county
Agricultural Extension offices
and farms in different parts of
the U.S. to observe extension
activities relating to the
production of food crops,
fruits, flowers, livestock,
home economics and 4-H.
Yancey is the fifth and last
county in North Carolina to
host Mr. Chen. He has
already visited Texas, will
continue to Arkansas, Michi
gan, Wisconsin and Hawaii.
Mr. Chen is a pleasant and
personable person who is
making many friends during
his seven day visit to Yancey.
Easter Seal
Sponsors
Gospel Sing
The Easter Seal Campaign
is sponsoring a Gospel Sing at
the Moore Auditorium at
Mars Hill College, Mars Hill,
N.C. on Sunday afternoon,
May 4, 2:00 p.m. There will
be no admission charge and
there will be a free will
offering taken for crippled
children.
Singing groups who are
donating their time for this
worthy cause are The Inter
preters, Asheville; The Seek
ers, Hendersonville; The
Singing Challengers, Green
ville, S.C.; Gospel Belles,
Green Mountain, NX.; Alex
ander Youth Choir, Alexan
der, N.'C.; The Primitive
Quartet, Candler; Rebel’s
Creek Quartet, Bakersville;
and The Living Faith Quartet
(all ladies) of Candler, N.C.
The Mars Hill College is
donating the use of the
auditorium for this program.
The public is urged to
attend this worthy cause.
Clifford E. Bailey is in charge
of arrangements and Ed Ball
will be Master of Ceremonies.
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