THE YANCEY JOURNAL VOL. 4, NO. 14 /s Cl '~ w 7 , ih££y4Nbti_i I) tf’^H'. " T ' V.; E ■■■? - - — — jgn |ssijs Pv^P>' ; Fatal Car-Truck Collision Wednesday, March 24, at 6:45 a.m. Shirley Riddle Ayers of Route 2, Green Mountain was fatally injured in a car-truck accident which occurred on Hwy. I9E at Windom. According to SHP Trooper Arthur Morrison, Albert Sherrill Briggs who was driving a 1972 GMC Pepsi Cola Bottling truck said he was traveling west on 19E and was approximately 90-100 feet from the intersection when the car [1974 Ford driven by Mrs. Ayers] pulled into the path of the truck. He said she had stopped first at the stop sign before turning onto the highway, attempting to accelerate fast in front of the truck. The truck struck the car in the left front door with both vehicles skidding 60 ft. west on 19E. The Yancey County Rescue Squad assisted at the scene of accident. Albert Briggs, of Route 2, Burnsville, was taken to Spruce Pine Hospital for observation. N.C. Dairy Referendum Set; Three Polling Places Listed Polling places have been set up in Yancey County for the North Carolina Dairy Referendum on April 6, 1976, according to Wm. C. Bledsoe, County Extension Chairman. Polling places are Deyton Firm Supply, Lacy Johnson Company, and Hal Edmons Supply. The referendum is being held to give dairy farmers the opportunity to vote on the question of assessing them selves six cents per hundred weight of milk sold. Proceeds from the assessment will be used to expand the promo tion, education and research programs of the American Dairy Association of North Carolina. The North Carolina Asso ciation was organized in 1953. Through their association, dairy farmers carry on pro grams of promotion, research and education for milk and dairy products. Based on a favorable vote by two-thirds or more of those voting, the assessment will be made at the time of payment to dairy farmers for their milk and will be collected by the ' IK > iPslmHk tSB .•'f ' ; >: £;• Jk VB ' ’'iS^^jjp^p* '!«.#' * * J "'* *£ ’ * ’ Winners Os Essay Contest At the March 25 performance of “Appalachia Sounding” before a full house attendance at Harris High School Auditorium, awards were presented to the winners of ah allied essay contest sponsored by the Toe River Arts Council. Writing on the theme of "Independence-An Appalachian Tradition,” the winners were Gregg McKinney, from Harris High, receiving the first place award of a SSO savings bond donated by a "friend of the arts”; Katrinla Adkins, Cane River High, winning the 2nd place award of a $25 savings bond from NCNB in Spruce Pine; and Alan j Arrowood, Harris High, winning the 3rd place $lO cash award from the Spruce Pine P.T.A. The | essay contest was judged by John Beecher, Joan Reeves and Parker La Bach. Greg McKinney’s winning entry will now be entered in regional competition. Pictured left to right: Greg McKinney, , Alan Arrowood, Katrinla Adkins. Photo: TRAC dairy processing plants and organizations buying Grade A milk from North Carolina dairy farmers. The proceeds from the Election Board Changes Precincts Due to election law chan ges in 1975, the Board of Elections is required to make the voting precincts corres pond with the township lines. Therefore, effective imme diately the Board of Elections is transferring the registration of the voters of Little Creek back to Ramseytown precinct and voters of Baker’s Creek back into Prices Creek. These voters will not be required to re-register. The Board will transfer the registrations to the correct precinct and will try to notify each voter by letter. Anyone not so notified will please call the Board of Elections. The office is open BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714 assessment will be adminis tered by the Board of Directors of the American Dairy Association of North Carolina, Inc. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 to 5:00. The number is 682-3350. Sales Tax Report Local 1% Sales and Use Tax collections were recently reported for the month of February, 1976, by J. Howard Coble, Secretary of the N.C. Dept, of Revenue. The report shows Yancey County collected $16,091.96 for that period. This compares with Avery County collections of $19,278.75 and Madison County collections of $15,009. for February; but falls far behind Mitchell County which collected $23,960.72 Forest Service Hails Decision; Men Convicted For Setting Fires “Wildfire. It’s a crime and it spreads to everyone.” This motto of the 1976 Southern Cooperative Forest Fire Pre vention Campaign was vali dated on March 23, when four North Carolina residents were handed stiff jail sentences which were suspended under strict probationary periods of five years in U.S. District Court at Rutherfordton for fires set on February 16 in the Big Ivy section of the Pisgah National! Forest. Roger Dillingham of Bar nardsville, N.C. was convic ted of aiding and abetting in the setting of fires in the Pisgah National Forest. Dil lingham requested a trial by jury on March 23. Following a verdict of “guilty”, Judge Woodrow Jones sentenced Dillingham to three years imprisonment which was sus pended and placed him on five years strict probation and fined him $750.00 as a special condition. Gary D. Ball of Route 1, Barnardsville, an employee of Dillingham, and Tommy Crain of Weaverville changed their original pleas of “not guilty” to “guilty” under 18 U.S. Code Section 1855 of setting fires in woodlands on the Pisgah National Forest. Ball was sentenced to thrqp years which was suspended and he was placed on five years probation and fined $650.00. Crain received four years imprisonment which was suspended, placed on five years probation and fined $750.00. Michael Penland of Wea verville had pled “guilty” at an earlier arraignment to setting fires and was sen tenced by Judge Jones under the Federal Youth Correction Amateur And Professional Musicians Give Impromptu Concerts In Yancey Area Thirty-two amateur and professional musicians came to Burnsville and Spruce Pine on March 20 to play music for fun. In the morning the group joined the Toe River Ensem ble which meets each Satur day in the Presbyterian Church, Spruce Pine under the direction of Parker La bach. Works' by Telemann, Purcell, and Corelli were played. After breaking Into quartets during the late morning and playing at various sites including the homes of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Swansen of Swiss Pine Lake and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson of English Woods, as well as Trinity Episcopal Church, the group met for lunch at the house of Ernest Morgan in Celo. At 2:00 p.m. the players were invited to the studio of Mme. Lili Kraus at Celo Farm. They played Branden burgs Nos. 3,4, and 5 and a Bach Suite. Solo parts were played by Dr. H. Max Smith of Appalachian State Univer sity, cembalo; Mr. Alexander LeSueur of Western Carolina University, flute; Mary Wake man of the University of Greensboro, violin, and Kear ney Smith of Mayland Techni cal institute, recorder. Other local participants beside Mr. Smith were Lillian Johnson, Carolyn Cort, Elaine Reed, Sewing Class High school Thursday nights, beginning April 8, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. for 13 weeks. $3.00 registration fee. Call 682-3229 after 5 p.m. for information. ’* \ * r.;, V v "-s/s ■ Act to an indeterminate or indefinite sentence. He was placed on five years proba tion, fined $500.00 and instructed to pay the cost of his court appointed attorney. All four of the probation ary sentences require that the guilty men remain employed, support their dependents, and not violate any State or n Tk* l Photo By Brian Westveer Keceives G.L.D. Diploma The last member of the “Court House Gang’’ to receive the G.E.D. [High School Diploma from the State Board of Education] is Beverly McKinney. Beverly works at the health department in Burnsville and did much of her class participation during lunch hours. She is congratulated by classmates: David Robinson, Bobby Banks, Tim Grindstaff, Mary Ohle, Bev Cowdrick, Thom Koch, Lillian Jelley, Raghu Murthy, and Amos and Susannah Jones. The occasion was prompt ed by a visit to Burnsville by Helen Rice and Ruth McGre gor of New York City, two of the founders of the Amateur Chamber Music Players. This association, numbering 7,000 j members in 60 countries, publishes a Directory which i enables musicians to find [each other and get together HHK'' m I j gi'^^WF'^W l IBBteSL sf * %^3tAw in ' /ji , jHH « mwm ITiH hHL y .g. l ’*■*, r®*< I * a Ip-, .' «- • B 4? fSBa JLJm i IfjPß PI 'MB. ,t « *«■ Bt ji ' v : © igs „ 5 . -.gfePjpl*# - r Musicians Give Concerts Throughout Mavlanrl Atv»« “ asu yiumi /nl rvfl I THURSDAY, APRILI, 1976 Federal law as well as conform to the general proba tionary standards. Arrests were made in the case by U.S. Forest Service officers following a series of fires in the Big Ivy section of the Pisgah National Forest. While five suppression crews were battling a number of small blazes, additional ground crews including Dis for music-making. Those who came on March 20 were listed members from Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Tryon, Oak Ridge, Johnson City, and Asheville. Music in the Mountains made the ar rangements. While the planned activi ties were for Saturday morn ing and afternoon, a group of musicians got a running start on Friday evening beforehand by playing in the lobby of the Nu-Wray Inn, where photo trict Ranger, Johnny McLain were dispatched by a Forest Service aircraft to set a road-block in the path of the car containing three of the four men. Key testimony in the case came from the pilot of the aircraft, ‘ Jack Hile and the observer James Thomp son who kept the suspect vehicle under surveillance HHMfr * Joel Woody, Shelba Ledford, and Zeb Fox. Thirteen adults participated in the program. Others interested in a high school diploma are encouraged to attend Friday mornings from 9:00 to 1:00. The classes are offered at no cost by Mayland Technical Institute. Brian Westveer is the teacher. graphers from Money Maga zine were on hand to do a story. Music-making was still going on Saturday evening Presbyterians To Meet The Presbyterian men of , Mitchell and Yancey County will meet Monday, April 5, , 1976 at 7:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, Spruce Pine. This is also “Ladies ( Night” and the Ladies of the 15 c during the event. Judge Jones stated that the crime was one of the most senseless acts of destruction of public property he had seen in several years. Forest Service officials hailed the decision as an important step toward combatting the incen* diary problem that has pla gued North Carolina for many years. where eight musicians con gregated around the table saw in Jones’ Workshop to play the Mendelssohn Octet. Church will serve supper at 7:00 p.m. The speaker will be Rev. John David Stewart from Yancey County. All the men and ladies are cordially invited to come.