THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 5, NO. 8
Yancey Citizens
Protest Increase
BY WORTH CROW
SCORE Task Force Chairman
Last Thursday morning,
February 12, over a dozen
Yancey County citizens, many
of whom were senior citizens,
journeyed to the Buncombe
County Courthouse in Ashe
ville. Reason for the journey
was to personally express
concern for the 41-60% phone
Burnsville
Racers To
Compete
* Two Burnsville racers,
Johnny Hall and Bud Ed
wards, are expected to lend
strong competition at Spar
tanburg International Drag
way on opening night, March
6. What many have termed as
the most modern format in
present day drag racing has
been established for the
coming season there.
Executive Manager, Jim
my Boyd, veteran drag racing
promoter said months of
preparation have been put
into setting up six new
eliminators, each of which are
a form of “dial-your-own”
type racing. Boyd, one of the
early proponents of the
system stipulates that Bracket
Racing is the coming thing in
drag racing and will run ail six
new eliminators each Satur
day night.
Spartanburg International
Dragway will feature an
all-new staff, new purse
arrangement, a new Points
System for 1976, and new
starting time with gates
opening at 3 p.m. each
Saturday beginning March 6,
with racing to get underway
promptly at 7 p.m.
Linda Harding Selected
Teenaser Paseant Finalist
Miss Linda Harding, age
17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J.C. Harding has been selec
ted to be a Finalist in the sth
Annual Miss North Carolina
Teenager Pageant to be held
at Raleigh Memorial Auditor
ium April 24, 1976. There will
be contestants from all over
the state competing for the
title of Miss North Carolina
Teenager 1976. Contestants
will be judged on scholastic
achievement-leadership; ..
poise-personality; and beau
ty. Each contestant will recite
a 100 word speech of her own
composition on the subject,
“What’s Right About Amer
ica.”
Winner of the Pageant will
receive SSOO and an all
expense paid trip to the
National Pageant including
pound trip air fare and a
woek’s stay at the National
Pftgeam with meals and
lodging furnished. Trophies
at the state pageant will be
yarded to the top 5
contestants, 3 speech win
ders, Miss Congeniality, Miss
Photogenic and the Citizen
ship Winner. *
SIO,OOO in Scholarships
ire awarded at the Miss
National Teenager Pageant to
the oollege of the winners
olioice.
Miss Harding is being
sponsored in the pageant by
Deneen Mica Company of
Newdale, The Burnsville Jay
cees, The Northwestern Bank,
Joe Young Ford and Glen.
Raven Mills, all of Burnsville.
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In The Yancey Journal lilWlCw Meet Your Merchant 9 .
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rate increase proposed by
Westco as this will affect all
Yancey County citizens, es
pecially senior citizens. Some
of the concerns expressed by
the Yancey citizens speaking
were as follows:
What effect will a 41-60%
phone rate per month in
crease have on senior citizens
with low level fixed incomes
(especially after a rate in
crease last year).
Will higher phone rates
merely cause more senior
citizens to disconnect from
existing phone service, thus
putting a greater burden on
the fewer remaining sub
scribers. To make up the
revenues lost, rates will again
increase, thus causing more
people to consider disconnect
ing-and on and on and 0n...
Will phone service end up
being only for those who can
afford to pay and for those
who can’t afford not to pay.
Senior citizens who hea
vily depend on phone service
may be forced to cut back on
other necessities such as food,
etc.
The telephone is a com
munication necessity for sen
ior citizens as (1) security due
to related health concerns, as
(2) companionship for loneli
ness or living alone, as (3)
communication with family
and senior citizer ‘Hotline’
due to lack of mobility.
Senior dtizen volunteer
“Hotline” and SCORE (Sen
ior Citizen Outßeach Effort)
program is highly dependent
on telephone communication
with all Senior Citizens.
If you, too, are concerned
for the effect these proposed
phone rate increases will have
on Yancey Senior Citizens,
call the Senior Citizen- “Hot
line” (682-6011) and voice
your concern.
She is a senior at East Yancey
High School and is the
secretary of the Monogram
Club, Vice President of the
Beta Club, a Varsity Cheer
leader, member of the Pep
Club, the Bible Club, FHA, a
Senior Superlative, and this
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The elected officers of the Toe River Arts Council are Susan
Larson, President; Ronald Propst, Vice-President; Joyce
Johnson, Secretary and George Parker, Treasurer [pictured 1.
to r.]. In addition to the officers, the twelve person board of
directors includes from Yancey County Eloise Briggs, Theresa
Coletta, Annie Hassell,-Mary Helmle, and Julia Norris and
from Mitchell County Milton Burleson, Vohamie Johnson and
Kathy Miller.
For Wild And Scenic River Class
South Toe River Studied
The U.S. Bureau of
Outdoor Recreation needs
additional public input for a
Wild and Scenic River No
mination Study. The study
seeks to select certain Appa
lachian streams for possible
Wild and Scenic River de
signation. Such streams could
past summer she attended
Girls State.
The Miss North Carolina
Teenager. Pageant is the
Official State Finals to the
Miss National Teenager Pa
geant to be held in Atlanta in
August 1976.
Toe River Arts Council Officers
be preserved in a natural
state.
Forty-one streams are
under-consideration. One of
those being considered is the
South Toe River. The segment
being studied is from N.C.
Hwy 80 bridge south of Locust
Creek in Yancey County to
U.S. Hwy. 19E bridge in the
Newdale community. If you
have any firsthand knowledge
of this segment of the South
Toe, drop a card or letter with
your name and address to
Ervin Meyer, Wild and Scenic
River Siudy, Commonwealth
Associates, Inc., 209 East
Washington Street, Jackson,
Michigan 49201. You will be
sent a postpaid questionnaire
to Ell out.
Firsthand knowledge is
needed by the Bureau from
local fishermen, canoeists,
conservationists, students,
hikers, campers, farmers, etc.
about conditions along the
streams such as geology,
water quality, vegetation,
wildlife, canoeability, fishing
quality, camping possibilities,
land use, etc. Or if you are
opposed to designation of a
certain stream as a Wild and
Scenic River, you may give
your specific reason for your
opinion on this stream.
The rest of the streams
under study in the state of
North Carolina are as follows:
Ararat River in Surry County,
Hiwassee River in Cherokee
and Clay counties, Little
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and Swain Counties, Little
South Toe
Meeting Set
The next Community Or
ganization Meeting of the
people of South Toe will be
held Thursday, February 19,
at 7:30 p.m. at the Greatei
South Toe Community Cen
ter. The agenda of this
meeting will include approval
of By-Laws. This is a very
important meeting in organ
izing the Council and every
one is encouraged to attend.
The purpose of the arts council is to promote arts activities
in the two counties. In keeping with this purpose, the council
will sponsor a play, Appalachia Sounding, on March 25 at 8:00
p.m. In the Harris High School Auditorium In Spruce Pine.
They are also planning a five-week summer program of classes
in the arts for children. Anyone interested In joining the Toe
River Arts Council may call 682-2463 in Yancey County or
765-2652 In Mitchell County. Photo by Ann Parks Hawthorne
River in Alleghany County,
Johns River in Burke and
Caldwell Counties, Jacob
Fork in Burke County, Broad
River in Rutherford and
Cleveland Counties, Second
Broad River in Rutherford,
First Broad River in Ruther
ford and Cleveland, Green
River in Henderson and Polk
Counties, South Fork New
River in Watauga and Ashe,
North Fork New River in
Ashe, Yadkin River in Cald
well and Wilkes, Linville
River in Burke County, N.
Pacolet in Polk, Tuckaseigee
River in Jackson County, Big
Laurel Creek in Madison
County, Nantahala River in
Macon and Swain Counties,
Chattooga River in Jackson
County. Only a certain seg
ment of these streams is
under study and if you have
McCurry To
Retire From
Bank Post
Hazen Ledford, executive
vice president of The North
western Bank of Burnsville,
has announced that Flavil
McCurry will retire from The
Northwestern Bank on Febru
ary 29 after 21 years of service
with the Bank,
Flavil McCurry, a native of
Yancey County, is a graduate
!f Burnsville High School. He
as served as cashier of the
lank since 1954.
McCurry is married to the
-l former June Riddle of Burns
ville; and has one son,
Cenneth, of -Burnsville; and
:hree daughters, Mrs. Susie
\yers of Arden, North Caro
ina, Mrs. Cynthia Hall of
, Charlotte, and Mrs. Rheta
Hollar of Greenville, South
Carolina. The McCurrys at*
;end First Church of
Burnsville.
After retirement, Mr. and
Mrs. McCurry plan to trayel
throughout the United States.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1976
first hand knowledge of one of
the streams mentioned in
North Carolina, you will need
to write to find out what
segment of that stream is
under consideration.
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Another •1,000 Winner!
Maude Lewis of Burnsville wsa the second Yancey r *mntinn
to hit the SIOOO jackpot fat the current Ingle’s Supermarket
Gamerama. Roy Hughes of Route 2 woa SIOOO almost a month
ago. Pictured above, Manager of the Burnsville Ingle’s,
Charles Bfraett, hands the happy winner a check. Barnett says
there are still 14 of the SIOOO prises to be won, and many more
Barnett?* the'] B^mriUe
SIOOO winner are not lessened by having already had two
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Savings Bond Sales
Came CloseTo Goal
Sales of Series E and H
Savings Bonds in Yancey
County during the fourth
quarter of 1975 were $35,021.
Total sales for 1975 were
$79,938. This represents 90.1
percent of their goal of
$88,740.00 according to Ha
zen Ledford, County Volun
teer Chairman.
Total cash sales of E and H
Bonds for the past year in
North Carolina were $97,910,
586, which represents 99.3
percent of the state’s dollar
goal of $98,600,000. Os that
amount, $25,032,635 was sold
in the fourth quarter.
Nationally, U.S. Savings
Bonds sales hit a record high
of more than $7 billion during
1975. Total year end holdings
Meeting Os
Conservation
District
The Yancey Soil and
Water Conservation District is
holding a meeting this Thurs
day night, February 19, at
7:00 in room 12 of the county
Courthouse. Bill Allen, an
engineer with the Department
of Natural Resources, will be
guest speaker. He will be
speaking on the regulation
and enforcement of the
Erosion and Sedimentation
Laws now in effect and those
which will soon be becoming
law.
All interested persons and
those involved in any type of
work involving land grading
and excavation are strongly
urged to attend.
10"
of Series E and H Bonds were
billion. Including Free
dom Shares-which were with
drawn from sale in 1970-the
total adds up to $67.9 billion.
Speaking of the program,
Secretary of the Treasury
William E. Simon said, “The
1975 United States Savings
Bonds story is one of
gratifying achievement. Sav
ings Bonds are good for
America, good for individual
Americans and good for our
future. They are a safe,
convenient and intelligent
way for bullions of Americans
to save. They help the
government to manage the
national debt in probably the
least inflationary way po
ible. And they are a praci.
way for all of us to ‘take stock
in America’-to say ‘Thanks’
for our national past and ‘yes’
to our collective future.
“For these reasons, we at
Treasury hope and expect that
1976, America’s Bicentennial
year, will be another record
breaking ‘buy bonds’ year as
well.”
Decision
Pending On
Rate Hike
French Broad Electric
Membership Corporation’s
Acting Manager Charles R.
Tolley reports that they
received the details of the rate
increase to French Broad
EMC from Carolina Power &
Light Company last week and
have been studying this
information. As soon as a
decision is made concerning
retail rates, the information
will be forwarded on to our
members, he said, adding
that they will strive to keep
their rate increase as low as
possible.
Training
Programs
Applications are available
at the Continuing Education
Office on campus at Mayland
Technical Institute and Can
non Memorial Hospital, Ban
ner Elk, for CETA Training
Programs for Nurses Assis
tant and Hospital Plant
Maintenance. Persons wish
ing to apply for these
programs will need to fill out
the application forms at one of
these two locations as soon as
possible.
Basketball
Girls Clinic
The Yancey CoUnty Re
creation Committee will spon
sor a basketball clinic for all
interested sth and 6th grade
girls in Yancey County.
The clink will be held in
Burnsville Elementary gym,
7:00 p.m. til 7:45 p.m.
Thursday, February 19. Bas
ketball shoes will be required
for everyone.
Instructors will be Direc
tor, Gordon Banks assisted by
Chris Cooper, Eddie Cher
eshkoff and Steve Proffitt.
Registration
Deadline
February 23 is the last day
t ° re r te , r J tobc . ab l etOVotein
the Presidential Primary on
Yancev Count v RnarJ