THE YANCEY JOURNAL
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Vol. 4, No. 48
ThaNksGiviNG
We have many things to be thankful
for during this Bicentennial era. The
cherished of our nation's blessings . . .
freedom... has given Americans the right to
a life rich in justice, happiness.
Burnsville Churches To Hold
Annual Thanksgiving Service
This Wednesday, Novem
ber 26, the Burnsville church
es will meet for the Annual
Union Thanksgiving Service
at 7:30 p.m. at Higgins
Memorial United Methodist
Church. Those participating
will be First Baptist Church,
First Presbyterian Church,
Griffith Chapel A.M.E. Zion,
and Higgins Memorial Meth
odist Church.
There will be special
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WNC Artist Sends Paintings To
China; First American To Exhibit
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laxing at their farm in
■ksfceville, have always ap
preciated the beauty of the
■kbuntains in this area where
■4r. Wolfson, owner of TV
Khannel 13 as well as Beaver
Bake Golf Course, takes an
Ictive interest in his stable of
Bioroughbred race horses-a
welcome diversion from mul-
Bple national and interna-
Bonal business affairs.
■ His wife, who recently
■aited'in Yancey County as a
■uest of Mr. and Mrs. Milton
■feiss, is also a worldwide
Klveler, yet she stated during
ler visit here that Yancey
Bounty was one of the most
Beautiful places she had seen
■nywhere.
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music from the combined
choirs and the Griffith Chapel
choir.
Following the service re
freshments will be served in
Yancey School Holidays
Yancey County Schools
wiil be closed for Thanksgiv
ing Holidays on Thursday and
Friday, November 27-28.
Christmas Holidays will
noted artist in the Chinese
style of painting and has
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the fellowship hall. The
nursery will be open.
The entire community is
invited to participate in this
Thanksgiving Service.
begin at 1:00 p.m. on Friday,
December 19. Schools will
reopen on Monday, December
29. New Year’s Day will also
be a holiday.
achieved worldwide recog
nition when two of her
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Plum Blossom Branch Jl
Civic Leader P.C. Coletta Dies;
14 Years On Town Board
The town of Burnsville
was shocked and saddened
Monday night at the news of
the death of a leading and
well-loved citizen, Peter C.-
Coletta. He was completing
his 14th year on the Burnsville
Town Council, having been
elected first in 1961. His
seventh consecutive term of
office was ending this coming
December 1, and he chose not
to run for office in the recent
town electipn.
He died unexpectedly in
Yancey Hospital Monday, at
the age of 70.
A native of Gastonia, Pete
Coletta was a graduate of
North Carolina State Univer
sity with degrees in chemical
and ceramic engineering. He
came to Burnsville in 1929
with Feldspar Milling Com
pany, and at the time of his
death was a director and head
of the Purchasing Division of
Feldspar Corporation, Spruce
Pine.
He played an important
roll in saving the local Black
Mountain Railroad from aban
donment in 1955, and in the
formation of the Yancey
Railroad. He; was for many
years vice president of the
railroad’s board of directors.
Mr. Coletta served regu
larly as a volunteer worker on
the fund-raising campaigns of
the Yancey United Fund; he
was very active in the Sacred
Heart Catholic Church in
Burnsville.
Surviving are the wife,
paintings were chosen as the
first by an American to be
exhibited in Peking, China.
The paintings were selected '
by the U.S. Envoy to the
People’s Republic to hang in
the U.S. Liaison Office in
Peking as a symbolic evidence
of friendship between two
great peoples.
Mrs, Wolfson, whose
paintings reflect her thorough .
understanding of Chinese
philosophy and life so essen
tial to Oriental art, states that
“Art transcends politics, and
if the paintings have helped
bring people a little closer
together, that is the best
success any artist can have.”
All proceeds from the sale
of her paintings go into a
scholarship fund for young art
students.
Gladys Chase Coletta; four
daughters, Miss Theresa Co
letta of the home, Miss Irene
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Pete Coletta
Appraiser
Revalues
Property
All real property owners in
Yancey County are receiving
notices of their property
revaluation effective January
1, 1976. According to O.W.
Deyton, Chairman, Yancey
County Commissioners, re
valuation of property is
required by North Carolina
' State Law to take place every
eight years. “The eight years
were up for us in 1975,” he
said.
The Consolidated Apprai
sal Company, which is ap
proved, as is also required by
law, by the North Carolina
Department of Revenue, has
worked for over six months on
the property revaluation dur
ing 1975. When the work was
finished, Deyton noted that
"We think the total tax
collected will be about the
same as last year.”
“The taxes are set accord
ing to the needs of the
county,” he explained. "And
since we can see no great
change in the needs of the
county for the next fiscal year,
with the valuation increasing,
the tax rate will decrease
considerably.”
"It is impossible to calcu
late your property taxes at
present,” said Deyton. “You
Should not attempt to calcu
late them based on last year’s
itte,” he added.
If anyone feels that their
property is unfairly appraised
they should carefully read the
tax notice, fill but the
bottom part correctly and
send it in to the tax office to
Set up an appointment with
te Appraisers.
The Commissioner em
phasized that the tax office
otnnot do anything to change
tie appraised value. Only the
Appraiser can change the
property value through an
appointment. The deadline
fcr applying for a change in
your property valuation is
December 1, 1975.
"Remember,” Deyton re
peated, “you should not
Attempt to figure your pro
perty taxes on last year’s rate.
The tax rate will be lower this
.Aoming year.”
CHRISTMAS
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1975
Coletta of Atlanta, Georgia,
Miss Frances Coletta of St.
Louis, Missouri, and Mrs.
Charles L. Hoke of Washing
ton, D.C.; two sons, Joe
Coletta of Tucker, Georgia
and David Coletta of Mays
ville, Kentucky; a brother,
Anthony Coletta of Gastonia,
and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday,
in the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church. Reverend Michael
Hoban, Pastor, and Reverend
Anthony Cahill, 0.5.8. will
officiated and burial will be in
the Academy Cemetery.
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Another well-known resi
dent of Burnsville died
Saturday morning in an
Asheville Hospital after a
short illness.
G. Leslie Hensley, Sr., a
native of Yancey County died
at the age of 75.
He was a retired Burns
ville Postmaster after thirty
years service, and was past
president of the North Caro
lina Association of Postmas
ters.
Mr. Hensley was a charter
member of the Burnsville
Men’s Club and had been
very active in community and
civic affairs. He was a
member of the Higgins
Memorial United Methodist
Church, having held many
church offices, and presently
was church treasurer. He and
his wife were operators of
Ruby’s Gift Shop in Burns
ville.
Toe River Arts Council
Meeting Planned In Mitchell
The Toe River Arts Coun
cil will have an organizational
meeting Tuesday, December
2, at 8:00 p.m. in the Harris
High School Auditorium. Ms.
Mona Hanes, who is commu
nity consultant with the North
Carolina Arts Council, will be
coming from Boone to speak
at the meeting. She will talk
about possible activities for
the arts council and ways of
organizing to carry them out.
Ms. Hanes herself comes
from a strong background in
the arts. She attended the
North Carolina School of the
Arts in Winston Salem for
three years where she studied
voice, speech, acting and
dance. She has had the
leading role in numerous
productions in North Carolina
and Virginia. These roles
include Laura in “The Glass
Menagerie,” Anna in “The
King and I,” Julie Jordan in
“Carousel,” and Guinevere
in "Camelot.” She has also
earned a B.A. in sociology
from the University of North
Carolina in Greensboro.
Ms. Hanes became inter
ested in arts councils when
she worked for the WinSton-
Salem Arts Council in a—
production by the Little
Theatre. She says, “I was
amazed by the amount of very
productive work an arts
council can accomplish with
community support. The pos
sibilities of an arts council in
all areas and phases of life are
endless.” She sees th*s
purpose of her job at
community consultant as “to
strengthen existing arts coun
cils and develop new ones.”
In keeping with Ms.
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Fire Training At Hospital
Twenty nine employees of Yancey Hospital are now
enrolled in Fire Service Training classes offered through the
Human Resources Department of Appalachian University.
Classes from each of the hospital’s three shifts are meeting one
hour weekly for the five-hour staff development class. All
segments of the hospital are participating In the training with
enrollment from the nursing staff, office and administration,
lab, kitchen and maintenance departments. Training Inrhulra
studies of the causes of hospital fires and methods iff
extinguishing hospital-type fires, the chemistry of fire,
portable fire extinguisher study and portable *Tringni.h..
practice, review and dlscuasion of the hospital’s fire and
emergency disaster plans, and evacuation and patient removal
procedures and practice. David Setzer, captain of a company of
Marion Fire Department and a member of the North
Society of Fire Service Instructors, is teaching the
Hanes’ background in drama,
the Burnsville Little Theatre
will present an excerpt from
their current production ‘ ‘The
Fantasticks.” Bill Wilson,
who has been vital to the
organization of the Toe River
Arts Council, is the director of
the play.
Richard Dobbin will lead
the meeting in choosing a
board of directors and decid-
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ing on a project for the council
to undertake. The steering
committee of the council has
suggested that creating a
summer art program foe
school children be that first
project. All people interested
in the arts and in particular
parents interested in having
creative activities available to
their children are urged to
attend the meeting.