PAGE 2 THE YANCEY JOURNAL MARCH 11, 1976 ■ _, V ■ |7#4] 682 2120 1 I Published Every Thursday By -- >*<■»>' Twin Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Class Postage Paid At Burnsville, N.C. Thursday, March 11, 1976 Val.s, Number 10 Subscription Rates By Mail; In Yancey County One Year $5.00 Six Months $4.00 Out of County or State One Year $7.00 Six Months $6.00 ChmlesGiHespie^ JlMFerriMAcCurr^* jdjIEALTH JgJNEWS **°* ,ar< * ru ® Remember Poison Prevention \ Do your Rfe and the lives of unsuspecting chil dren a favor this year, keep a strong Ppison Preven tion vigil. (For /starters, avoid storing, poisonous substances in emjpty “pop” bottles; keep medicines in original containers; don’t take medicines in front of children; don’t jcall medi cine “candy;” keep drugs “out of sight £*nd out of reach” of youngsters; keep a one ounce bottle of Syrup of Ipecac to induce vomiting when called for as f counter-dose remedy; and, post a Poison Prevention I Counterdose Chart inside your medi cine cabinet Order your chart free from our Clip ping Servicd, Rox 5051, Raleigh, KC \27507. Include a stamped envelope: Footnote: During its first year ,of enforce ment, safety caps helped renuce deaths from accidental poison ings in kids under 5 by 70%. So use them when ever young children are around. Dial 682--2U6 'DnuaStwie Burnsville. N.C d.,r.?«tx*L-.iu-.i ■■HMMIMHHiBRING THIS Children Adults- Family Groups .---n Special This Week I rSSsfSft \ ccadc fit. 4 Sat \ 5 |M \ SEARS March 12 &13 \ GET A PHOTOGRAPHERS HOURS: V 110-5 Fri 9-3 Sat| BIG XT 8x 10 , p 9,«l f “ H& W Photographer ■ OF YOURSELF. YOUR CHILD OR FAMILY *(Parents Must Select For Minors —< 5 LIMIT ONi PHI PERSON 0% Mi#% LIMIT ON* PE* FAMILY CA I Group Pictures Made At Catalog Merchant Store No Extra Charge photography ry Hwy. 19 E. By-Pass H&w Studio, Atlanta Burnsville, N.C. LbMWMMNING THIS AOeaMMMMMHHMMHMMi |TjL A tF y -*■ I ■ flffi lu 11 111 V*** y i Charles R. Tolley, Acting Manager, French Broad EMC in Marshall, North Carolina, has released the following letter which he mailed to the Federal Power Commission on March 3, 1976: Honorable Kenneth Plumb, Secretary Federal Power Commission 825 North Capitol Street Washington, D.C. 20426 Dear Sir: ~~ We at French Broad Electric Membership Corporation are a nonprofitable rural electric distribution utility and as such, we are dedicated to providing our 17,300 members with the most reliable electric service that we can supply at the most reasonable cost we can. Our service area is rugged, mountainous country, and our membership consists of mostly small family farms and small rural businesses. We have many members who are on fixed incomes and oar service area is critically affected by unemployment. We do not ask for any special favors in your deliberations of requests from private power companies for rate increases, nor do we seek undue hardship on any private power company. We merely ask that you be aware of our situation and similar situations across this nation today, and that this awareness receive full consideration in your rulings and deliberations. Sincerely yours, Charles R. Tolley, Acting Manager [ln releasing this letter, Mr. Tolley encourages members of French Broad EMC to also write to the Federal Power Commission or your Senators and Congressmen concerning the rate cases before the FPC.] Harrell Appointed The Madison County Board of Social Services appointed Donald Harrell of Mars Hill as director trainee to replace Mrs. Francis G. Ramsey who retired at the end of February. After working as a coun sellor at Schinck Job Corps Center in Transylvania Coun ty Mr. Harrell graduated from ♦ Authorized 7 t J ♦ Specialist For ■• i l Color TV, Stereos, ♦ WHfeJI Antennas * t T 10? Mgj Repairs l DflOapdaftlQ Sorvi«» 4 ♦ Forffome Service * 4 Or Carry In \ ♦ ♦ \ 682-2115 l J Open 9:00-9:00 Mon thru 4 IMountainview* t TV Service ♦ £ Across From Mtn. View Motel J ♦ ” Mars Hill College in 1972 and joined the staff of the Madison County Social Ser vices Department as social worker. Mr. Harrell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harrell of Burnsville, and is. married to the former Linda Haynie of Weaverville. They have one daughter, Danna Lynn. Democrat Executive Committee Chairman [Coat’d from page 1] years. He has been associate lay leader of Asheville District Methodist Church for 15 years. With a degree in Agricul- Revival At North Bend Church A revival started March 8 at North Bend Free Will Baptist Church on Jacks Creek. Rev. Sheehand is speaker. Everyone is invited to attend. Volleyball Clinics Slated For Women The Yancey County Re creation Commission will sponsor Volleyball Clinics to be held in the Burnsville Elementary gym Tuesday and Thursday, March 9 and 11, 7:30 p.m. The clinics will be pre requisite to a county Wo man’s Volleyball League. Persons interested in hav- Mayland Tech Has Course In Metrics Mayland Technical Insti tute will offer a course in “Fundamentals of Conversion to Metric System” (Math 215) during Spring Quarter. The course offers credit of five quarter hours. Registration will be Mon day, March 22, at 6:00 p.m. in Room 7, Mayland Market Building. Classes will be held Dillingham Promoted Jit mm “ Kenneth L. Dillingham, Branch Manager of IBM’s Utica N.Y. Office, has been promoted to Marketing Prac tices Planning and Evaluation Manager of Office Products, IBM Division, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. Kenneth is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Dillingham of Burnsville. ) East Main St., blirhswlle,(N. ] i CUSTOM FltAMlftfiV[ ii Vans J curios ■ K NttULE AM PARE BOOKS }) CUSTOM DEIGNS^SIGNS « J 7r** eLmatis t Where f fieumatism Pain Strikes t Rheumatic and Arthritic 4 Pain can strike the joints J ♦ in any of the indicated ♦ areas (see arrows on chart) ■ \ * PutsPainto ♦ iM I I Now ,or the over\ A ▼ Mur I night blessed temporary relie»\ ♦ 1 ,rom the pain pf arthritis, y ▼ «8s» WH>|| \ bursitis, rheumatism, soreness,/ 4 $ stiffness. Jusfiub Ifcy-Hot’s creamy balin over the'' ▲ ♦ affected joint!# r muscles, and you can actually feel ; the pain starlesseiaing. Begin to sleep p&aceKflly A $ again If yoAon’t have relief in 24 hours we’ll/ ▲ ▲ refund your nlfrey. $3 00 for 3V& oz. jar or $5.00 for ♦ 7oz. iar , 1 \ / 4 i POULARD’S j t Drug Store < ♦ PlMone 682-2146 j ture from Berea College, Ray held a position with the U.S.D.A. for 31 years. He received the Superior Service Award from U.S.D.A. in 1953. He is a Real Estate Broker, and does part time farming at present. A World War II veteran, Ray received the Purple Heart for injuries received during the fighting of the “Bulge” in December, 1944. He also received the Carnegie Hero Award for lifesaving efforts at St. Augustine, Florida July 9, 1955. He is married and has one daughter; his wife, Dorothy, is a teacher at East Yancey. ing teams in the league should attend the clinics or the organization meeting fol lowing the clinic on Thursday night, March 11, 8:30 p.m. League requirements are that persons must be 16 years of age or older, must be resident of Yancey County, " and everyone is required to wear tennis shoes. from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Mondays and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursdays. , Tuition for the course will be $13.75. Classes will run for eleven weeks. Enrollment will be limited to 20 students. The course will include introduction and history of the Metric system, basic units of measure; length (meter), mass (gram), and volume (liter). The course is designed so that the student will learn through a “hands-on” basis. Metric measurement equip ment is used whenever possiWe lt is the intent to guide tne sfuaeirt tnrougn first-hand experience rather than through vicarious ex periences such as visual aids. The course is open to anyone eighteen years of age or older. John Keen, head of the Mathematics Department at Mayland Tech will be the instructor. For more informa tion call Mr. Keen at 765-7549 or call Student Services 765-4261. I Agri-Vues j , I BY WM.C. BLEDSOE ;| I EXTENSION CHAIRMAN 1 i Yancey County sold slight ly over 3 million dollars worth of Burley last year. -Pounds produced here in the county were up 14.28% and income was up 5200,000. If prices had been as strong as ’74 we would have had a much larger increase. Our growing season was McCurry Joins Staff At Roberts Roberts Chevrolet-Buick- Jeep, Inc. is pleased to announce that Dennis Mc- Curry has joined our sales staff. Dennis is well known <*- Dennis McCurry throughout Western North Carolina. A native of Yancey County, he is a graduate of Appalachian State University. Dennis taught Biology at Mars Hill High School for eleven years, is a charter member and assistant Chief of Mars flill Volunteer Fire Department. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Burnsville. Dennis and his wife, Linda presently live in Mars Hill. BKoiTHTa —runica —an —mar friends to contact him at Roberts Chev-Buick-Jeep for their transportation needs. Lutherans Meet For Fellowship Lutherans interested in a Lenten fellowship are gather ing at the Ambetjack Res taurant in Burnsville on Sunday, March 14, 1976 at 3:00 p.m. for a coffee hour. The possibility of forming a Lutheran congregation will be discussed at that time. Non- Lutherans and those with no church affiliation are also welcome. If you care to inquire further call Ron Teed, 682-7352 after 6 p.m. ■ 1 j not as wet as we would have liked. Parts of the county were short on water but tobacco escaped in better shape than some other crops. We gener ally had a good curing season which helped us hold our weight. People who grow good, early plants get their crop out early and take pride in it. They usually do other jobs when they should be done and , the right way. People who take what plants are left over, get their crop out late and take the attitude that their tobacco is late won’t make much. When you feel that way, you usually end up with a “thin wallet” after you cash your tobacco check. You blame the season, the grad ers, the tobacco market, your wife, mother-in-law and everyone else you can think of and some of this blame may be justified. However, when you look in the mirror, you see most of the trouble-yourself. As we look forward to this years crop, we need to think about plenty of good plants and early plants. Most years we have enough plants by July Ist, but a good tobacco crop cannot be made with late June and early July plants. The past few days the weather has been excellent for prepar ing land for plant beds. No one has an excuse for not t, * REPORT FROM VJ.S. Senator s JESSE ★★ J HELMS WASHINGTON—A week or so ago #j a very "liberal" women's political organization sent out press releases in which Senators were "rated" on ten issues acted upon by the U.S. Senate last year. Not surprisingly, I received a "zero" rating— which pleased me almost as much as my annual "zero" rating from the left-wing organization known as "Americans for Democratic Action." There are all sorts of "ratings" by all sorts of organize i tions. I certainly have no quarrel with any of them, and certainly not with this particular group of ladies—or their obvious devotion to liberal causes and liberal politicians. They were correct in "rating" me zero—in the context of the admiring 100% ratings they extended to Senators Kennedy, McGovern, Javits, and various others whose political philoso phy is a contradiction of my own. *y —————————— .. LABELS—I am an economic and political conservative. I believe in the free enterprise system, a strong national defense, and a minimum of federal bureaucratic meddling £d the lives of the American people. I do not believe in the "welfare state" concept. And, that being the case, I do nffif wonder that very liberal citizens find themselves in disagree ment with my voting record. In order to win their favor, j would have to compromise almost all of the principles fl which I believe—and I am not willing to do that. I have often thought that it might be fairer to the pubtii if this particular women's organization would add a its name, so that the public could clearly understand that this is a liberal political organization, operated by a very few women obviously dedicated to more federal spending and more federal controls. } They might follow the example, say. of the American y Conservative Union, which also "rates" Senators. The ACU generally gives me a high rating, often 100%. There is no * possibility that the public will be misled by the ACU. The ► American Conservative Union proclaims, by its very name, ► that it is conservative. Therefore, it would be appropriate, by y the same token, that there be a new name for the organiza . tion now known as the League of Women Voters. Why not call it what it is—the "League of Liberal Women Voters"? ► PROTESTS—-I am confident that these well-intentioned l comments will result in editorials, and perhaps some letters;! . y rebuking me for "attacking" the League of Women Voters. Such protests will be unfounded. Actually, I admire the zeal and dedication of the ladies. They are constantly working for liberal causes, and they are effective. They are well within ► their rights in all that they do. f As. I indicated earlier, in order to vyin their favor,• L y would have to vote for things which I oppose. For example,! the League of Women Voters favors increased foreign aid. I do not. The League of Women Voters fevors even more federal i spending on the food stamp program—which I consider to ► be an enormous rip-off of the taxpayer already. The League of y Women Voters favors more federal controls over various! l aspects of American life. I contend that we already have too many federal controls. r UPSET—I am sure that there are ladies who participate y in the activities of the League of Women Voters who wttli L what I am saying. * But before protesting too much, I hope they will review the positions taken by the League of Women Voters, ang f advise me of any conservative positions taken by the League ip f recent years. If I am wrong about the organization's contis y tent political posture, I will cheerfully say so. I just happen to k believe that all of us, whether we be liberals or conservatives* ought to march under the flag best representing our philqffr F phical postion. f One last thought: I admire liberals who freely ackndvy- and rows four feet apart. 1$ has to have sunshine and you can make as many mors pounds with less plants and less handling. We have a new material on the market for flea beetle control (VYDATE). This ma terial is safe used in trans plant water. It is as good as DDT was. This is something we have been needing des* perately for years. Xl|u» material is taken up by the plant from the transplant water. If you use a hand setter, it is safe to use. Fley beetles do a lot of damage, so control them. Do not use Sevin It burns the plana Another new material, {m thene, looks good on bud worms. Get ready for slimi get some slug bait before yog need it because you will nlB it. A lot of slugs are mosM from farm to farm on tobageq plants. This is a gift no wants, so grow your dfifjj plants.