THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 4, NO. 31
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Crafts Fair Edition
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Gospel Singer Jeanne Hahne Is Singing
At High Pastures Meetings This Week
High Pastures has had
meetings with special music
since Sunday, July 27, and
will continue through the rest
of the week.
Beautiful Jeanne O’Dell
Hahne, wife of James T.
Hahne of Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida, a contralto gospel
singer known throughout the
United States will be singing,
along with others who sing
and play instruments. Jeanne
has appeared on National TV
and on Miami TV’s Channels
7 and 10 for yeai i. She has
four stereo albums which
feature her as soloist and also
sings duets with Carole
Prond, lyric soprano.
Her songs, full of joy and
praise for the Lord, have been
Bazaar,
Bake Sale
The Spruce Pine Junior
Woman’s Club will have its
3rd Annual Craft Bazaar and
Bake Sale on Saturday,
August 2, from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. at the Burnsville Plaza
Shopping Center.
Open Aug. 2 Yancey County Faimers’ Curb Market so*
Saturdays 8 aiji -7 pm NW Bank Parking Lot \ At License Tag Office
Wednesdays 1:15- 7pm HomegrOWll Vegetables & Fruit Only 34 Selling Spaces
Taste that chicken! Even the craftsmen take time to have a
delicious treat during the second day of the Mt. Mitchell Crafts
Fair when barbecued chicken, cooked on an open grill, is
served to falrgoers. A half chicken, plus the other tasty food
make a filling and satisfying meal-one which causes people to
heard at churches, civic
groups, banquets and con
ventions all over the country;
she has been featured at
many revivals and retreats
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Jeanne Hahne
and her singing reflects her
warmth and vibrancy.
The public is invited to
attend this event at High
Pastures. A covered dish
supper is slated for .Wednes
day, July 30 and also for
Friday, August 1 at 6:00 p.m.
BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
Chicken Is Finger-Lickin’ Good!
Guests are requested to
please bring their dish in by
5:45 p.m.
As always at High Pas
tures, Burnsville and nearby
Yancey Railroad Offers
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Trainrides By Charter
For the first time in many
years, the Yancey Railroad
Company of Burnsville, North
Carolina, is offering its 10
miles of scenic mountain
railroad trackage as well as its
equipment to clubs, fraternal
organizations, and church
groups on a closed charter
basis. The line has two diesel
locomotives, many bridges,
and it follows the South Toe
River—for—the ---si* —miles
between Micaville and Kona
where the little line crosses
the confluence of the two Toe
Rivers on high bridges. The
trip is from Burnsville to Kona
end return to Burnsville.
Several spots have been
selected for stopping the train
to allow the passengers to
view the area and to make
photographs. Os special in
terest to railfan groups, the
keep coming back for more from year to year. The 1975 Crafts
Fair, in which a grand total of 170 craftsmen will participate,
promises to be better than ever! The occasion is always a
memorable one for young and old alike—ls rather exhausting
for the little tots. Pictured, [lnsert] one tot catches a quick nap.
vicinity folks are welcome.
The retreat is located behind
East Yancey High School at
» the head of George’s Fork
Road.
little Railroad has been
featured in several publica
tions of late, both national and
area in scope.
A day’s outing along the
South Toe on a Railroad which
enjoys life and wants to share
itself with others complete
with the colors of the fall
leaves can be arranged by
contacting the Yancey Rail
road. These trips are
on weekends for charter
groups under a very interest
ing fee arrangement. Trains,
long an interest to many
people, have away of
infecting those around them
with a desire to see the
scenery, and there is no better
way than from a chartered
train all your own. A cleared
area is provided at Kona for
, picnics.
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Florida’s Governor Visits In Yancey
Florida’s Governor Reuben Askew came to Yancey County
last week for a well-deserved vacation with his wife, Donna,
and two children, Angela and Kevin. The Governor, a
Democrat, Is a prime consideration for the vice-presidential
post In next year’s elections, and his name was even mentioned
recently by Senator Mansfield in connection with the
THURSDAY, JULY *3l, 1975
Deneen Land Reclamation
Restores Natural Beauty
BY CAROLYN YUZIUK
Deneen Mica Company
recently finished mining a
section of land fronting on
Highway 19E at Newdale.
Mining then began on the
back side of the land, away
from public view, and the old
site was left with piles of
“tailings” which rivaled the
sand dunes near ocean
highways in size, but had
nondjjf their appeal.
The unsightly wasteland
did not remain for long,
however. With reclamation of
land a primary consideration
of land-using industries, De
neen began, in February,
1975, to work with soil experts
from the North Carolina State
University Agricultural Ex
tension Service.
Samples of tailings, the
Industry’s name for what is
left of mother earth after the
mica is removed, were sent
for careful analysis; and the
agricultural experts, after
much study, recommended a
plan for seeding the area
which was immediately car
ried out.
The physical job of re
clamation was started on June
6 when Southern Seeding
Company out of Greensboro,
N.C. brought their trucks in to
do the work. The job took ten
days-and approximately ten
days after that, the grass
began to appear. ’
The the passing motorists,
the transformation was no
thing short of miraculous. A
soft green carpet of grass had
been created in the place
where a barren wasteland had
been.
This particular reclama
tion project is not the first
environment-oriented job De
neen Mica Company has
undertaken. Deneen was the
first company in the
tri-county area to remove
tailings from the river, and
the company has contributed
tons of this “waste” earth for
community projects. Two
such projects were the filling
in around Newdale Presby
terian Church for a parking
lot, and building up the
playground at Micaville Ele
mentary School for a baseball
field to be created.
According to Bill Wilkins,
Vice President and General
Manager of Deneen, these
“fill-in” jobs are only avail
able to civic organizations, not
private individuals, as the
company supplies the fill at
the minimum cost of 25c a
ton—soc a ton if the company
fills the trucks. This is purely
a community service.
Mica mining is a unique
operation, according to Mr.
Wilkins, and as such, the
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Governor Askew has been staying with friends in the Cattail
Creek Community at Pensacola and is thoroughly enjoying ths
mountains of western North Caro Una-as weß as Os brief
respite from his arduous duties as Governor of Florida.
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industry has had an even
more difficult time applying
government pollution and
reclamation standards to its
operation than other indus
tries.
“Unfortunately,” said
Wilkins, “there seem to be no
experts to help with the
problems created by indus
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School
News And
Calendar
The 1975-76 school year
will open with registration for
all students on Friday, August
15 between 8:30 and 11:00
a.m. School will officially
begin on Tuesday, August 19.
This will be a full school day,
and lunches will be served.
Monday, September 1 will be
observed as Labor Day
Holiday. Students will also be
given a holiday on October 7
while teachers attend a
, District Teachers’ Meeting in
Asheville. Thursday, October
23 will be a teacher work day
(student holiday). Friday,
October 24 will be observed as
Parents’ Day from 1:00 to 7:00
p.m. Schools will be closed for
Thanksgiving Holidays No
vember 27 and 28. Schools
will close on December 19 for
Christmas Holiday, and will
reopen on December 29.
Students who did not
attend Yancey County Schools
last school year may
register at the school before
August 15.