THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 4, NO. 41
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Yancey Railroad Opens Door To Adventure With Excursion Train
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A once-a-year opportunity to take a Yancey Railroad Color Excursion along
the South Toe, is being offered by the Spruce Pine Junior Women’s Club, which
is chartering the train for this event. Open observation cars of the “Sooth Toe
Rambler will enable passengers to take photographs of the sparkling Toe
River through the colorful autumn foliage, and there will be unlimited photo
stops for leaf-lovers and railroad buffs. The “Rambler” travels from Burnsville
Three Candidates
For Town Board
The Burnsville town elec
tion to be held on November 4
will apparently be a quiet
affair. The three candidates
who have filed for positions
on the three-man town board
are Bob Helmle, for mayor,
and David Mclntosh and
Charlie Hensley for the two
positions as commissioners.
Since the deadline for
filing has passed, only these
three names will appear on
the ballots. Write-in votes
Public
Hearing
Planned
Two public hearings con
cerning the HUD Community
Development Act plans for
Year II are scheduled by the
Town of Burnsville and
Yancey County. The first
public hearing will be held on
Tuesday night, October 14,
and the second public hearing
will be held on Thursday
night, October 16. Both
public hearings will begin at
7:30 p.m. and both will be
held in the courtroom of the
Yancey County Courthouse.
Every resident of the
Town or County who wishes to
express his or her views
concerning the plan for Year
11 is urged to attend.
| For' Senior Citizens Out Reach Effort
! SCORE Volunteers Needed j
Telephone hotline volun
teers are now needed by the
Yancey County Committee on
Aging in order to put SCORE
into operation. SCORE (Se
nior Citizen Outreach Effort)
i will at first be a County-wide
communication system (hot
line telephone) for senior
citizens. The purpose of the
hot-line telephone will be to
put senior citizens with needs
directly in touch with volun
teers or service agencies who
can meet those needs.
may be cast, but the
likelihood of serious competi
tion for any of the three
offices seems remote.
Bob Helmle served pre
viously as mayor for three
terms between 1961 and 1967,
and since then has been a
member of the town board.
David Mclntosh is proprietor
of David’s Limited, and
Charlie Hensley holds an
administrative position with
the school board. These two
younger men have both been
active in community affairs.
Both have served as president
of the Jaycees, and Mclntosh
has served additionally on the
board of the Yancey County
Chamber of Commerce.
Mayor James Anglin, who
has served four terms and
Pete Coletta, with sixteen
years on the town board, both
declined to run for re-election.
Shepard
On Board
Mayor James A. Anglin
announces the appointment of
Mrs. Alma Shepard to the
Burnsville Board of Elections.
This Board, which will con
duct the Town election on
November 4, is now madeup
of the following: Chairman-
Gene Higgins, Secretary-
Linda Edge, Member -Alma
Shepard.
The hot-line volunteers
will man the hot-line tele
phone, insuring that no call of
need will be unanswered. The
hot-line will initially be in
operation from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday
above Pollard’s Drug Store. If
you would like to help in this
volunteer effort and can give a
few hours one day each week
for this service, please call
Rev. Don Turman (675-4110),
chairman, Yancey County
Committee on Aging. J
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BURNSVILLE, fk. 28714
to Kona and back, after stopping for a picnic on the island at Kona In the
confluence of the North and South To# Rivers. The train will depart from the
Burnsville Station at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 18, and will return around
6:00 or 6:30 p.m. Reservations must be made in advance; send $4.00 for each
ticket to Carol Westveer, Spruce Pine Junior Women’s Club, Box 444, Spruce
Pine, N.C. 28777, and a packet of information will be sent upon request. Mrs.
Wottvoorcan also be reached by calling 765-7242.
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Rev. Funderburk
Revival
Planned By
Methodists
Revival services will be
held each evening at 7:30
p.m., October 12-16, at Celo
United Methodist Church.
Rev. Donald K. Funderburk,
pastor of Bethlehem United
Methodist Church of Ad
vance, North Carolina, will be
the visiting evangelist.
Rev. Funderburk is a
native of Matthews, N.C. and
a graduate of Brevard Col
lege, Lenoir Rhyne College,
and Candler School of Theo
logy, Emory University. He
has served churches in the
Statesville and Thomasville
Districts of the United Meth
odist Church,
The public is invited to
attend these services.
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Finances Reported
By Chamber Board
At the October Yancey
Chamber of Commerce Board
of Directors monthly meeting,
Ben Floyd, Chamber Presi
dent, released the financial
statistical report of the 1975
Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair and
Youth Jamboree. The report’s
figures clearly showed this to
be the Chamber’s most
successful financial year with
the Fair and the Jamboree.
The total receipts from the
Craftsmen’s registration,
10% of their sales and the
concession were $4,139.13.
The expenses for the Crafts
Fair totaled $735.79 bringing
the net profit for the Crafts
Fair to $3,403.34.
The receipts for the
chicken barbecue totaled
$3,853.80. The expenses for
Math
Teachers
To Meet
The North Carolina Coun
cil of Teachers of Mathema
tics will hold its annual
conference in Western North
Carolina for the first time. On
October 17 and 18 there will
be 76 sessions on all phases of
Mathematics at the UNC-A
campus in Asheville. Any
teacher of a mathematics
class, kindergarten through
college will find many ses
sions of interest during the
conference. This is a rare
opportunity for teachers of
this area and their support
will determine any future
meeting this far west. The
Western North Carolina offi
cers indicated to the NCCTM
Board of Directors that
teachers from Murphy and all
points in the western part of
the state have just as much
right to a convenient confer
ence as any teacher in the
state.
The state certification
committee has made it possi
ble for teachers to receive one
certificate for attending the
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the chicken barbecue totaled
$1,787.13 bringing the net
profit to $2,066.67. The total
net profit for the Fair and the
chicken barbecue totaled
$4,872.97.
The receipts for the Youth
Jamboree totaled $1,147.05.
Th« expense* for this activity
totaled $448.78 bringing the
net profit for the 1975 Yancey
Janboree to $698.27.
The profits earned from
th< Fair, chicken barbecue
and Jamboree are spent by
thd Yancey Chamber of
Commerce in industrial pro
motion, tourism publicity, the
town facelift project, educa
tional scholarships and other
civic community projects for
Yfucey County.
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p ticipated in an all-day trip to the WNC Fair at
I idersonvilie, sponsored by the local Community Action
C ce. First stop was at Kentucky Fried Chicken of
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1975
Westco Proposes Increase:
Rate Hike Sought
Declining earnings, a
trend that has already hurt its
ability to compete for expan
sion capital, has been cited as
the reason Westco Telephone
Company must again seek a
general rate increase.
According to Westco Pre
sident Norman Gum, “It’s
true that we just had an
increase, but it simply was not
enough to offset the continu
ing drop in our level of
earnings. We filed for that
increase in May, 1974, using
year-end 1973 financial data.
We received our answer in
May of this year, but then wer
granted only 60 percent ’ of
what we knew was needed to
improve our company’s eco
nomic health.
“We’re like any other
business that has been caught
up in the present cycle of
inflation. Our costs, like those
of the retailer or manufactur
er, have increased and we
must again offset the effects
with a compensating increase
in what we charge for service.
The increase we’re asking for
would add no mure than from
$2.65 to $5.20 a month to
basic residential rates, and no
more than $12.95 per month
to business individual line
rates.
increase in residence exten
sions to $1.35 a month and
$2.10 a month for businesses;
charging $30.00 for new
installations and $17.50 for
installations where the pre
vious customer has left the
Rummage
Sale Set
By STVFD
The South Toe Volunteer
Fire Department is holding a
Rummage and White Ele
phant Sale at the South Toe
Elementary School on Satur
day, October 11, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Anyone wishing to donate
baked goods or articles to be
sold can contact Florence
Yaffe at 675-5214 and she will
be glad to arrange to have
them picked up.
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existing phone in place; and
other related changes for
supplemental services and
equipment.
“The combined increase
would generate approximate
ly $1.2 million in additional
annual revenue.
"Today’s harsh reality is
that the company’s net
income has actually declined
by some 25 percent when
compared to year-end 1973,”
Gum pointed out, “and this is
a trend that cannot be allowed
to continue if we are to protect
the integrity of our company
and its service to the
customer. It’s already severe
ly impaired our ability to
attract outside investment
capital that historically is used
by our industry to finance
expansion.”
He said the company is
unable to meet most of the
standard economic tests used
by investors in measuring
the safety of investment
opportunities. “Our only al
ternative has been to use
funds generated from within
the company as much as
possible, but this has provi
United Way Donors
Make Honor Roll
The first publication of the
1975 United Way Honor Roll
is shown below. The source of
the information is Mrs. Ruby
Smith, Treasurer of the
Yancey United Fund, who is
keeping track of the progress
being made in the campaign.
She recognizes that the list
may not be complete, owing
to slowness of reports to reach
her.
UNITED WAY SPONSORS
[Contributors of SSOO or more]
Mr. and Mrs. Mack B. Ray
UNITED WAY PATRONS
[Contributors of S2OO to ssoo]
Deytons Farm Supply
Pollard’s Drug Store
Dr. Garland Wampler
Blue Bell Employees
Bob Helmle
CENTURY CLUB
[Contributors of SIOO to s2oo]
Yancey Builders Supply
Burnsville Furniture & Hdwre
display, a large section being devoted to Hendersonvillo Apple
a nearby apple orchard. To see such great as was
Sabra Phillip. More allday trips are telngnfcumed If ° M * nd
nicraiiM, please call 682*2610*
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ded us with only a minimum
of dollars and we therefore
have had to cut back our
construction program accor
dingly,” Gum added.
Westco’s annual construc
tion expenditure has fallen
from $2.6 million in 1974 to
the estimated $l.B million for
1976.
“That’s a particularly
disturbing curve to us be
cause the demand for improv
ed service is still there, We
have done a lot over the past
few years to meet customer
needs, including major im
provements in long distance
service and the elimination of
multi-party lines, but there’s
still more to do, and we know
it. Yet we can only go as far
and as fast as our available
dollars will let us.”
In discussing his com
pany’s drop in net income, he
said it is tied directly to a
corresponding rise in com
pany expenses. For example,
the company’s total operating
expenses rose by an average
of more than 2 percent a
month from December, 1973,
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Fortner Insurance
Drs. David and Carolyn Cort
Edward L. Greer
Art Asher
Hazen Ledford
Dr. R.K. Ransom
Wm. O. Cullom
Mrs. Grace Grassmuck
Blue Ridge Hardware
Mr. and Mrs. John Martin
Milton Weiss
A happy note in the
campaign was furnished by
receipt through the mail of a
hundred dollar check from a
newcomer in the community,
Wm. O. Collum, who recently
purchased property in the
county. This gift is spepially
appreciated since it is learned
that the donor also contri
butes to a United Way ~
campaign at his home in
Florida. In fact, Mr. Collum is
serving as a chairman of a
drive in the Miami area.