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Alden Hanson And Annette Wilson
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Art Classes At Pensacola
One day a week fabric scraps, cotton, egg crates, and
construction paper become key educational tools at Pensacola
Elementary School. Alden Hanson, a Burnsville resident,
teaches art on Thursdays to all of the school's
students-kindergarten through eighth grade.
In January, Ms Hanson began her classes with sketching
and drawing. Through the year they will gradually progress
through various media to three dimensional objects. The
collage is but one phase in their progression. Students working
with every imaginable remnant material create designs by
cutting, tearing, glueing, layering. The classroom echoes with
Vocational Education Week Being
Observed Here; Forum Tonight
February 8-14 has been
designated as National Voca
tional Education Week. It will
be observed throughout the
country by educational insti
tutions, teachers and stu
dents.
Local Meetings Set So That
Citizens Can Express Needs
The citizens of Yancey
County are invited to a
meeting concerning Title XX
Programs for the Department
of Human Resources. The
Yancey County Department of
Social Services, Blue Ridge
Mental Health Association,
and Appalachian District
Health Department will be
represented there.
The purpose of local
meetings is for each county to
determine its own human
service unmet needs. By this
process, called “needs as-
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Charlie M. Hensley, Local
Director-Vocational Educa
tion, stated that the purpose
of this national observance is
to bring attention to the
merits and accomplishments
of vocational education. He
sessment", each county iden-'
tifies its human service
problems and sets its own
priorities for attacking them.
In this scheduled meeting for
Yancey County, our citizens
will be given an opportunity to
School Board
Meeting Set
The Yancey County Board
of Education will meet Mon
day night, February lb, at
7:30 p.m.
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Alden’s instructions and encouragement-reminders to tty new
even bold ideas, to feel their materials, to work with textures,
to explore the spaces their designs will fill.
When Alden talks about her teaching, she talks mostly
about learning and experimenting for her students and for
herself. The atmosphere of her art classes Is a relaxed one, as It
must be. Here imagination Is the principal resource for teacher
and students. If you visit the school the students will not recite
their lessons for you but you can see for yourself what they
have created and someday you may realize what they have
learned by the way they see things.
encourages citizens of the
community to visit the school
during this week to view
on-going projects and pro;
grams.
Mr. Hensley also stated
that both young people and
state their needs and give
suggestions to the various
agencies. These comments
received by the people will
help to determine the optional
services offered by the agen
cies.
I This meeting should give
people of Yancey County a
better knowledge of the many *
services offered by the agen- j
cies. The meeting will be in .
the courtroom of the Yancey
County Courthouse in Burns- !
ville, on Thursday, February
19, at 2 o’clock p.m.
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adults today face a tremen
dous task of selecting career
development programs. Care
ful investigation arid dbserva- —
tion are necessary for the
potential student to choose
the career training program
which will provide the most
satisfying and rewarding car
eers.
The faculty of the Cane
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Theatre
Group
To Meet
The Burnsville Little Thea
tre will meet on Monday
evening, February 16, at 8
o'clock p.m. in the Fellowship
Hall of the Burnsville Firit
Presbyterian Church. All
members are asked to attend
this important meeting, and
new members are most
welcome to attend.
Record Amount Raised:
I United Way Drive Closes
The 1975 United Way
Appeal, which has been in
progress in Yancey County
since last fall has ended with
the highly creditable achieve
ment of raising $15,500. This
is approximately one thou
sand dollars more than has
ever before been raised in the
I annual campaigns to support
the fifteen or more agencies
whose activities contribute
importantly to making life
better here in Yancey County.
Although the drive is
officially closed, Campaign
I Chairman Ben Floyd points
out that the Yancey United
Fund is a continuing opera
tion and contributions are still
welcome. Any person whose
conscience is uneasy because
of failure to contribute may
still send a check to Mrs.
Ruby Smith, treasurer of the
county United Way.
Despite the outstanding
achievement of amassing a
recortFtotal of contributions,
an element of disappointment
is the fact that the total falls
appreciably short of the goal
set by the United Way budget
committee. This group of local
- Citizens who set «the goal
before the opening of the
campaign, departed from the
pnst practice of the committee
| Coffee Break
I Sponsored
By C.B.Chib
There will be a Coffee
Break held at East Yancey
High School, sponsored by
the Mineral City C.B. Club on
February 14 at 6:00 p.m.
Bring your sweetheart and
come, you do not have to be a
C.B.’er to attend. The Pid
geon Valley Cloggers, the
Johnny Mason Band will both
be there, and there will be hot
food, free coffee, door prizes
and cake walks.
Come one, come all!
Everyone is invited.
Democrats
To Meet At
Townships
Yancey County Democrats
will meet on Thursday even
ing, February 12, 1976 at 7:30
p.m. for the purpose W
electing a Chairman, Vice-
Chairman and members of the
Precinct Committee.
The meetings will be held
at the voting place in the
various townships.
All Democrats are urged
to attend the meeting in their
respective precinct.
Dividend
Declared
On February 4, 1976, the
Directors of Northwestern
Financial Corporation de
clared a quarterly dividend
payment of $.075 per share.
The dividend will be payable
on April 1, 1976, to stockhold
ers of record March 19, 1976.
‘Meet Your
Merchant 9
The Yancey Journal
Progress Edition, com
ing February 26, will
have special 'Know
Your Merchant’ pic
tures featured through
out. Many pictures have
already been taken. Any
merchant who has not
been contacted and who
wishes to participate hi
this special edition,
please call the Journal
office aa soon as pos
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1976
by setting an unusually
optimistic goal.
Most of the participating
agencies were included in the
budget for the full amount of
their requests. Furthermore
three new agencies were
included for the first time-
Yancey County Band Boost
ers, Yancey Rescue Squad
and the Radio Patrol.
It was hoped that the
inclusion of the new agencies,
all of which have considerable
public support, would gener
ate contributions sufficient to
achieve the high goal. But, as
it turned out, the budget
committee was too optimistic.
Although the addition of the
new agencies undoubtedly
helped, too many of the
contributors wrote their
checks this year for the same
amount as in previous years.
The budget goal for the
campaign amounted to s2l,
300, a far higher figure than
in any previous year. The
$15,500 actually raised came
to 72.7 per cent of the goal.
All the participating agencies
are receiving this percentage
of the amounts for which they
were included in the budget.
In concluding the 1975
drive, Chairman Ben Floyd
extends his personal thanks to
the volunteer workers, and
_ commends them to r putting
L forth much effort and giving
generously of their time. And
to all those who contributed to
the appeal go the thanks not
only of the United Way
organization, but of all the
citizens of Yancey County.
The Yancey United Way
now serves as fund raiser for
the following agencies: Yan
cey School Band, Yancey
Little League, Yancey Rescue
Squad, 4-H Clubs, Radio
Patrol, Community Develop- j
ment, Orthopedic Clinic, Red i
Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl ]
Burnsville Student A Finalist
In 1976 Teenager Pageant I
Miss BiHie Marie Gilley,
age 18, daughter qf Mrs.
Hazel Gilley of Burnsville has
been selected to be a finalist
in the sth Annual Miss North
Carolina Teen-ager Pageant
to be held at Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium April
24, 1976. The Host Hotel is
the Holiday Inn Downtown
where contestants will be
housed from April 23-25,
1976.
The Miss North Carolina
Teen-ager Pageant is the
Official State Finals to the
Miss National Teen-ager Pa
geant to be held in Atlanta in
August, 1976. Lori Turner of
Fayetteville is the reigning
state queen. Lori was in the
top 15 at the Miss National
Teen-ager PageahtThAugust
1975.
there will be contestants
from all over the state
competing for the title of Miss
North Carolina Teen-ager
1976. Contestants will be
judged on scholastic achieve-,
ment-leadership; poise
personality; and beauty. Each
contestant will recite a 100
word speech of her own
composition on the subject,
“What’s Right About Amer
ica.”
The winner of the Miss
North Carolina Teen-ager
Pageant will receive an
all-expense paid trip to the
National Pageant including
round trip air fare and a
weeks stay at the National
Pageant with meals and
lodging furnished. Trophies
at the state pageant will be
awarded to the top five
Scouts.
Also Emergency Medical,
Yancey Library, Blind and
Sight Conservation, Yancey
Mental Health, Adult Day
Care Activities Program, Re
volving Loan Fund, and
Chosen EY’s ‘Family
Leader Os Tomorrow'
Marie Hunter, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hunter
of Burnsville, has been named
East Yancey’s 1975-76 Betty
Crocker Family Leader of
Tomorrow. She won the honor
by scoring high in a written
knowledge and attitude exam
ination administered to high
school seniors here and
throughout the country De
cember 2. Marie has received
a certificate from General
Mills, sponsor of the annual
educational scholarship pro
gram, and becomes eligible
for state and national honors.
From the ranks of all
school winners in the state, a
State Family Leader of To
morrow is selected through
judging centered on teat
performance and receives a
$1,500 colieg* scholarship.
The secsgad-rAriog student
in the state wil» receive a SSOO
scholarship. Encyclopaedia
Britannica Educational Cor
poration will present “The
Annals of America,” a 20-
volume reference work, to the
state winner’s school.
The 51 Betty Crocker
Family Leaders of Tomorrow,
together with their faculty
advisors, representing every
state and the District of
Columbia, will gather in
Washington, D.C., in April
for an expense-paid educa
tional tour of the capital city.
During the tour, personal
Miss Photogenic, and the
Citizenship Winner.
SIO,OOO in Scholarships
are awarded at the Miss
National Teen-ager Pageant
to the college of the winner’s
choice. Rejgning Miss Na
tional Teen-ager is 15-year
old Kim Jensen of Idaho.
Miss Gilley is being
sponsored by Fortner Insur-
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Carolina United Organization.
The costs of operating the
campaign amounted to less
than one per cent of the
amount raised-a figure be
lieved to be a record for
economy in raising money.
observations and interviews
are conducted to select the
All-American Family Leader
of Tomorrow, who receives a
$5,000 college scholarship.
Second, third and fourth Pi**
national winners receive scho
larships increased to $4,000,
$3,000 and $2,000
Marie is active in a
number of extracurricular
activities at her high school.
She is secretary-treasurer of
the Senior class, a varsity
cheerleader, secretary of the
PTSA, vice-president of the
Math Club, and a member of
the Student Council, Beta
Club, and Annual Staff, she
plans to attend Wake Forest
University next year.
ance Agency. She is a senior
at East Yancey High School.
She is Varsity Cheerleading
Captain, Vice-President of the
Monogram Club, Treasurer of
the Beta Club, mernber of the
Annual Staff and Literary *
Staff. Miss Gilley was also
chosen Miss East Yancey and
was recently crowned Sweet
heart Queen for 1976.
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