THE YANCEY JOURNAL I | VOL. 4, NO. 18 .yghk*,' _ ~ hh m ■ ,£££* Lure Os The Mountains Draws Vacationers To North Carolina Photo by Hugh Morton ERDA Selects Two WNC Counties As Study Areas In Uranium Search The Grand Junction (Colo rado) Office of the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) has gjaccd on open file a report containing analyses of stream water and sediment and ground water from four areas in the southern Appalachian Piedmont and Blue Ridge regions. Kindergarten Registration Scheduled In Yancey Schools Friday, May 7, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. has been scheduled to register all children who will be entering Kindergarten classes in the BFI l y * wHB % gHr ■ m * t /* f Play Staged Chef Phyllis Downing discusses the dinner menu with Tourist Phillip Shore while the ambassador’s son Jim Pricsmeyer looks on in the Burnsville Little Theatre production of “Don’t Drink The Water” to be presented Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1 at the Parkway Playhouse at 8:15 p.m. Other oast members include Betty Bacon, Gall Deyton, Tom Gardner, Theresa Coletta, Kevin Shirley, Tim Thompson, Liz Lesley, John David S.jwart, Chris Day and Gene Cannon. Director Is Barbara Bailey. Photo by Ann Hawthorne The four areas were selected for orientation stu dies to aid in the design of a geochemical reconnaissance program for uranium being conducted in the eastern United States by the Savan nah River Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina for the Grand Junction Office of ERDA. The Laboratory is operated for ERDA’s Savannah River Yancey County School Sys tem, in the fall of 1976. Also, children who were not enroll ed in Kindergarten during the 1975-76 school year will be URNSVILLE, N.C. 28714 Operations Office by E.l. duPont de Nemours e changed from five days a veek to Tuesday and T1 -sday only at the same sc duled time. This will be fid :tiv£-Mav 1 en lerated, vindicated of the av il accusations that were m e against me by the North Ci ilina State Board of E) niners,” Braswell stated. Hi aid he has now dropped a $1 million lawsuit against th board and its original mi bers who were serving wl i his license was revoked. Br veil has insisted from the be ming that the charges a g st him were false. These three years have be a terrible nightmare. I cai never understand how an entist on the board could be ve those awful accusa tio they were making ag st me with no more facts an vidence than they had,’’ Br veil said. He stated that me of the women the board of aminers said had com pla :d about improper ad vai s during treatment are stil egular patients in his off. He also stated that the “g ’ referred to was nitrous oxi an analgesic which is im perly called a gas, wh produces insensibility to ain without loss of coi ousness. aswell said he feels that chi es in the membership of the ard over the past three yea had a bearing on his THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1976 Many visitors to Yancey County remark that the very absence of trademarks of tourism--which are usually associated with garish souve nir shops, ‘‘wall-to-wall” motels, and fancy eating places-keeps them coming back to this out-of-the-way place. And more and nfcre often, the vacationer who has found a true chai ge of pace here decides to buy his own piece of the mountains and have a place to come back to again and again, or to which he can retire. This is the real story behind the Real Estate boom in Yancey County which has caused land prices to rise higher and higher in recent years. Not many people quibble at paying more for the land, however, because the old adage about land being one thing that no one can make more of is not a joke in these times of crowded cities and suburbs with their crime and pollution problems. Visi tors realize that it is not only the land that is precious in the North Carolina mountains, Mayland Concert Slated The Mayland concert on Monday, May 3rd at 8:00 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church,, Burnsville, will fea ture May Jo Grey, violin, member of the Music De partment of Mars Hill Col lege; Charles Medlin, cello, Salem College School of Music; and Eve Lynne Reeve, harpsichord, member of the Celo Chamber Players. For those who do not have season tickets, admission at the door will be $1.50. The baroque program will feature works by Bach, Rameau, and Couperin. Grey, Medlin, and Reeve, three outstanding musicians in Western North Carolina, have teamed up in previous con certs at Mars Hill College, and all three will be making return appearances in Burns ville, although they have not been heard here as a trio. On May 18th, Mitchell and Yancey Counties look forward to a return of the North Carolina Little Symphony, which was so enthusiastically received in 1975. Tickets for the Symphony concert, sche iPjy ' Students Hold Bicentennial Quilting Bee X - o The Family Living Class, taught by Mrs. Neill, had an old-fashioned —# ... . the Bicentennial. The quilt, which was completed last week Illustrated f 1 celebrate counties In North Carolina. These were rmhntlilcrid by the stud muslin In red. Red, white and blue cotton fabrics were used tonut thT" IT"" a un “ e,,cb « d wes put In a scroll-type quilting frame to bo 9 lb ® but also the simple, meaning ful way of life which is almost an anachronism in today’s jet age. Real estate is also boom ing as investment property, not only in Yancey County, but all over the United States. Investors have found that money put into real estate far outdistances stocks, bonds, savings certificates, treasury notes and other investments in financial appreciation. According to Ladd Shell, president of the Johnson City, Tennessee Board of Realtors, "In all other forms of investment, the investor faces the possibility that the value might decrease or that the increase may not keep pace with the.rate of inflation.” “Real estate is the only investment that continues to appreciate, and generally more than keeps pace with the inflation rate,” Shell noted. "Besides, it is the only investment form that offers North Carolina Little Symphony duled for 8:15 p.m. in the First Baptist Church, Burns ville, are sd.so apiece and can be bought wherever you see one of the large Symphony posters, through many of the clubs, or from Music in the Mountains, Burnsville, 28714. The conductor will be James Ogle, the young and talented winner of several national and international 15 c the investor extensive income tax advantages," he added. *■ This edition of The Yancey Journal is largely devoted to real estate. We have .encour aged Yancey County realtors to list their properties so that our readers, both local and non-resident, can have the opportunity of choosing a piece of the "good life” for themselves WLOS-TV To Feature Yancey RR Yancey Railroad will be featured on WLOS-TV Mon tage Program at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 2, 1976. Passenger Charters will run on May 1 at 10:30 and May 2 at 1:00 p.m. Phone 765-7242 for reservations for either date. awards before becoming the assistant conductor of the North Carolina Symphony in 1975. Buy your tickets early and help to make this visit by the state’s splendid orchestra for an adult and a children’s concert a success. Those wishing to sponsor the Sym phony are urged to call Music in the Mountains, 675-4060 in the next few days.