THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 4, NO. 25
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Mountain Climber Gets Helping Hand
Paula and Hugh McPherson, who come regularly up to visit
their mountainside near Pensacola, enjoy their vacation from
Effective July 1:
Higgins Announces Court Cost Hike
Effective July 1, court
costs will go up in North
Carolina under legislation
enacted by the General
News From
Yancey
Democrats
Yancey County Democrats
sent a full slate of delegates to
the Sta*e Democratic Conven
tion last Saturday, June 11.
The business of the Conven
tion was to approve the Party
Platform and to elect the
Delegates at Large to the
National Convention. Since
Governor Wallace has releas
ed his Delegates to support
Jimmy Carter, all those :
named are considered Carter
Delegates. „
Local Democrats attending
were Mack Ray, County
Democratic Chairman and
Evelyn Pate, Vice-Chairman.
Others included Mark Ben
nett Jr., Harlon HolcombeJ
Clyde Mclntosh, Mary Ohle,
Gertrude and John Ramsay,
Dorothy Ray, and Alton
Robinson.
On Saturday night, June
19,1976 at Bald Creek School,
all Yancey County Democrats
are invited to attend a friendly
“get-together” with supper
from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Music
and a special program is
planned. All county Demo
cratic candidates are invited
to attend. Also other Demo
cratic candidates for office
have been invited to attend.
The precinct committee
from Cane River, Prices
Creek, and Pensacola will
tfost this county-wide meet
ing. Tickets for the supper are
I now available. However, if
I you do not get your tickets in
[ advance, you may do so at the
I supper.
[ Preschool
I Art Show
| An art show, presented by
■ the pre-schoolers of the
■Yancey Child Development
■Center, is now on exhibit
■upstairs in the Yancey County
■Public Library.
Assembly.
Arnold Higgins, Clerk
Superior Court, said Monday
the cost will rise from $25 to
$27 in the district court
criminal division. Superior
Court criminal costs will
increase from the present S4O
to S4B.
Civil costs will also rise,
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Wildflower Photo Exhibit
The Toe River Arts Council announces an exhibit of
wildflower photographs by Ann Parks Hawthorne, Third
Century Artist/Photographer. The show will open in the
Burnsville Town Hall Tuesday, June 22. Pictured above Is a
photograph from the exhibit: Wild Chicory-Chichorium
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the St. Petersburg, Florida heat. Climbing local mountains is a
certain test of family loyalty. Photo by Brian Westveer
from sl6 to $24 on the district
court level and from $26 to
$34 in Superior Court.
One of the reasons for the
increase is the expense, of
running the state’s court
system.
“Anyone who has been
cited for a traffic offense and
intends to waive his appear
ance by paying costs must do
so on or before June 30 to get
advantage of the current
lower rates,” Higgins said.
“Whether the payment is
mailed in or hand delivered, it
must get to the clerk’s office
before July 1 to qualify for the
present $25 rate.”
Farm Water System Loans
Money to improve farm
water supply systems; buy
irrigation equipment; build
farm ponds; dig ditches and
install tile; and other related
uses is available through
Farmers Home Administra-
Homesites
Opened
At Resort
Wolf Laurel has announ
ced the opening of their
Bucktown Section of home
sites to the public, beginning
Saturday, June 12. The new
section of 222 wooded lots will
range from one-half to two
and one-half acres with prices
starting at $6,500. Homesite
elevations from 3,500 to 4,400
feet above sea level offer
scenic views of 5,516 foot Big
Bald Mountain or mountain
creeks and valleys.
Wolf Laurel is a complete
Four Seasons Resort located
27 miles North of Asheville,
North Carolina, off the New
Appalachian Highway (U.S.
23), along the North Carolina-
Tennessee line. Wolf Laurel is
catted “The Great Escape”
and offers an 18-hole Cham
pionship Golf Course featur
ing the highest hole East of
the Rockies at 4,785 feet, a
heated Swimming Pool, all
weather Tennis Courts, a
3-lift Ski Run, fully stocked
Trout Pond, Mountaintop
Restaurant and 80-room Inn.
The new section of home
sites are available for perma
nent residents, second homes
or vacation homes according
to the developer, Bald Moun
tain Development Corpora
tion. Electricity, telephone
and a central water system
are readily available. Roads to
all facilities are being paved
or repaved at this time in a
major improvement project.
This includes over 8,000 feet
of Golf Cart Paths, which all
the golfers will appreciate and
enjoy. 24-hour gate guards
provide security. The Buck
town section is the third
section to be opened on part
of the 6,000 acres owned by
Bald Mtn. Development Corp.
A 1976 Golf or 1976-77 Ski
Season Pass will be given free
to anyone purchasing a
homesite before July 15. The
Pass will be good anytime on
weekdays, weekends or holi
days during the Golf or Ski
Season.
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Local Art
Exhibit Set
Local artists will exhibit at
Geneva Hall, Little Switzer
land, on Sunday, June 27,
1976.
The exhibit by Carolyn
Miller will be acrylics and
water color scenes and flow
ers. The exhibit by Kate H.
Baker will be oils, pastel and
knife work, and portraits.
The public is cordially
invited td attend this exhibit.
Marianne Gabel will be in
charge of refreshments which
will be served to the public.
Rummage
Sale Set
Women of the Green
Mountain F.W.B. Church will
hold a rummage sale Friday
and Saturday, June 18 and 19,
at the farm of Craig Deyton on
Mine Fork Highway. Pro
- feeds will go to Brother
Arthur Billows, Missionary to
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THUKSDAY, JUNE 17, 1976
Farmers Home Administration:
tion, a USD A agency with 73
county offices in North Caro
lina, according to Wilbur G.
Howard. County Supervisor.
Farmers eligible for Soil
and Water loans may borrow
up to SIOO,OOO at 5% interest
per year on the unpaid
principal for a maximum term
of 40 years.
To be eligible, an appli
cant must meet certain
requirements, the main ones
being:
-Be. a farm operator or
farmowner, a partnership that
owns and operates a farm, or
a domestic corporation en
gaged in farming.
—Be unable to obtain
sufficient credit elsewhere at
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Restoring Old Mill Takes Ingenuity
Rube Goldberg didn’t design the temporary supports used to hold up the floor of the oio
Masters’ Mill at Loafer’s Glory. He could have! Burnsville millwright William Hensley and Larry"
Mclntosh use mountain ingenuity to get the old timbers down and new timbers in. The restoration
of the old mill by the ABCD Foundation will mean a lot to arts and crafts lovers and historians in
the area. Storytelling Photos by Brian West veer
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reasonable rates and terms to
finance his actual needs.
-Plan to improve a farm
which will produce agricultur
al commodities in sufficient
quantities for sale to be
recognized in the community
as a farm rather than a rural
residence.
Funds may be used to drill
wells and otherwise improve
water supply systems for
irrigation, home use, and
livestock; purchase pumps,
sprinkler systems, and other
irrigation equipment; acquire
a water supply or water right;
purchase water stock or
membership in an incorpora
ted water user’s association;
construct and repair ponds
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and tanks, ditches, and
canals for irrigation; dig
ditches and install tile to drain
farmland; develop ponds and
water control structures for
the production of fish under
controlled conditions.
These loans may also be
used to level land; carry out
basic land treatment practices
including liming, fertilizing,
and seeding; subsoil or sod
land; establish permanent
pastures and farm forests;
establish approved forestry
practices on a farm such as
pes: control, thinning, and
fire protection.
_ Funds may also be used to
build dikes, terraces, water
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