THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 4, NO. 30
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4-H’ers Depart For Betsy-Jeff Penn Camp
Twenty-one excited 4-H members departed for Betsy-Jeff
Penn 4-H Camp Monday morning. Excited parents and friends
saw them off wishing them a fun week. The campers have an
interesting week ahead, filled with special classes and
programs. Some special events planned are a stunt night, a
talent show, swimming, hiking, a banquet, and camping trips.
The campers have the opportunity to participate in a dental
hygiene program. The ecology class will be better than ever
this year. In addition to the regular ecology class, there will be
an afternoon hike one day during the week. The craft this year
Candidates To Speak At
WNC Sierra Club Forum
All candidates for the
Eleventh Congressional Dis
trict have been invited by the
Western North Carolina
Group of the Sierra Club to
participate in a Candidates’
Forum to be held Thursday,
July 29, 7:30 p.m. at the
University of North Carolina,
New EMC Directors,
Officers Are Elected
French Broad EMC held
its Annual Meeting at Mar
shall Elementary School in
Marshall, N.C. on Saturday,
July 17, 1976. Approximately
450 members and guests
attended.
Reports were given by the
Officers and Manager, and
the Keynote Address was
given by Mr. Hugh A. Wells,
Vice President and General
Counsel of North Carolina
Electric Membership Corpor
ation. Mr. Wells recounted
the early days of Rural
Electrification and expressed
concern over the availability,
reliability and cost of power in
the future. He cited the
problem of having enough
power to meet the loads in the
1980 s as the power suppliers
have projected a time of zero
reserves in the 1980 s and
emphasized the peed of
seeking ways of increasing
the capacity available for the
Cooperatives in North Caro
Curb Market To Open
The Yancey County Farm
er’s Curb Market will open at
8:00 a.m. Saturday, July 31,
1976. The location will be The
Northwestern Bank Parking
Lot on the Square in Burns
ville.
will be the
same as last year: ,50c per
day-which may be purchased
at the Yancey County Cham
ber of Commerce Office or
Yancey County Country Store.
Asheville, in the Auditorium
of the Humanities Building.
The public is urged to attend
and will be permitted to
question the candidates with
regard to the stand of each on
the five topics of special
interest to the Sierra Club.
They are: 1. Energy Policy
lina.
Three Directors were elec
ted to the Board of Directors
without opposition. They were
Novile C. Hawkins, District
No. 1, Madison County;
Elmer Buchanan, District No.
4, Mitchell County; and Carl
Ramsey, District No. 5, Unicoi
County, Tennessee.
At the organizational
meeting of the Board of
Directors immediately follow
ing the Annual Meeting, the
following officers were re
elected unanimously: Presi
dent, John 0. Corbett; Vice
President, Novile C. Hawkins;
Secretary, I.E. Clevenger;
Treasurer, W.G. Plemmons.
Mrs. Don West of Mar
shall, N.C. was the winner of
the grand prize of S2OO credit
on her electric account. Mr.
Roscoe Briggs of Route 6,
Marshall, won the prize for
being the oldest member
present. He was 83 years of
age.
The Curb Market will operate
on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m.
to 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday
afternoons from 1:15 p.m. to
7:00 p.m.
The Curb Market is
designed as an outlet for any
and all fresh fruits and
vegetables locally grown in
Yancey and surrounding
counties. It is also an outlet
for canned fruits and veget
ables as well as molasses and
honey.
BURNSVILLE, N.U. 28714
will be “‘decotlque”-making a kitchen knife holder. The
campers will design their own pattern and work with various
stains and decorations. An extra horsemanship class is
available as a choice activity.
An educational as well as a fun-filled week is planned for
the campers this bicentennial year. Pictured above are
campers departing for Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Camp. The guy
with the fishing pole is Johnny Hensley, Ass’t. Agricultural
Extension Agent, but he is not going fishing. The campers are
going to participate in a Fishing Rodeo!
(i.e. nuclear, solar, fossil
fuels, etc.); 2. Land Use
Planning; 3. Wilderness; 4.
National Forest Management;
5. National Park Maintenance
and Development.
At the time this is being
written, those who have
accepted and will appear are:
Glenn Brown, Democrat; La
mar Gudger, Democrat;
Ralph Ledford, Republican
and Mike Vaugn, Democrat.
Bo Thomas, Democrat, sent
regrets that he has a previous
commitment, and a summar
ized statement of his position
on the five topics.
\
In his letter of invitation,
Richard R. Maggi, Chairman,
stated: “As the major conser
vation group in the Western
Carolina area, the Sierra Club
is keenly aware of the
difficulties environmental
challenges and decisions fac
ing us all in the future.
Consequently, our Candi
dates’ Forum will provide you
with the opportunity to
present your views and
programs for dealing with
environmental issues before
the WENOCA Group as well
as the general public.”
(WENOCA has members in
twenty counties of North
Carolina.) Each candidate will
have a maximum of 3-5
minutes (depending upon
number present) to state his
position on each of the
questions.
Parkway Pre ents ‘The Matchmaker’
To kiss, a girl and have an i venture is the goal of “Cornelius” [Mike Glenn] in THE
MATCHMAKER, the comedy plq ig at Parkway Playhouse, Wednesday through Saturday, July
14-17 at 8:30 p.m. Cornelius it mly one of the loveable characters In Thornton Wilder’s
warm-hearted story. ‘‘Dolly Levi” i the best known character and is the basis of the well-known
musical HELLO DOLLY. Sam St rt, a theatre student at UNC-Greensboro plays “Dolly” in
Burnsville. Miss Stuart is at Pal vay courtesy of the Gioia Promise Award for Outstanding
Professional Promise and also ret ved the 1975-76 UNC-G Outstanding Undergraduate Award
in Acting.
People hiding under tables an in closets, waiters getting stuck in restaurant partitions and
mad cries of confusion characted the show which promises to delight Burnsville audiences.
David R. Bate heller, Director of Tt itre at UNC-G is guest director for the show, and Ed Simpson]
a UNC-G graduate student, recen r seen as Mr. Webb in OUR TOWN at Parkway will portray
“Mr. Vandergelder.” Pictured tof left to right: Jason Solomon, Mary Wiebe, Robin Barnes and
Mike Glenn. Pictured below: Sal Stuart and Kim Downey.
Ragan Firm Admits
Improper Payments
Brad Ragan, Inc. admitted
Friday gifts and improper
payments to customers total
ing more than $300,000 to
gain business, and acknow
ledged that the Securities and
Exchange Commission is
looking into the company’s
affairs.
The company, of which
Carolina Tire Company is a
part, said the SEC, seeking to
determine whether any feder
al securities laws have been
violated, is looking into
business and billing practices
concerning the sale or gift of
goods, or payments or loans
to customers or employes of
customers for the purpose of
obtaining business.
Other areas figuring in the
probe are the interest of
management and others in
certain acquisitions made by
the company, and unreported
and unregistered stock trans
actions involving certain offi
cers and employes of the
company, the firm reported.
The company said it
ordered a halt in January 1975
to “any and all improper
payments and gifts...” as well
as improper billing of come
customers in connection with
those transactions.
The firm markets a variety
of new and retreaded tires
and operates a chain of retail
aitomotive and appliance
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THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1976
lina Tire Company.
Its disclosure of the SEC
probe was contained in a
financial report issued Friday
in which it said revenues for
the year ended April 30, 1976,
rose to $121.6 million, a new
high from $113.3 million a
year ago.
Special
Telethon
Slated
“Something Special,” a
Cystic Fibrosis Telethon, will
be presented to viewers on
Sunday, July 25th, from 11:00
a.m. until 9:00 p.m. on
WRET, TV-36, Charlotte.
This special telethon will
help bring the “breath of
life” to more than “”150,000
children in North Carolina
who suffer with chronic
lung-damaging diseases--
through your contributions to
this cause.
Watch for, and be part of,
“Something Special” on Sun
day. If you live in an area
where channel 36 is not
received, be a part of this
statewide effort anyway.
Please, participate by calling
682-2110 or 682-2327, or
mailing in your contribution to
Michael D. Whitson, publicity
chairman for Yancey County.
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Violinist In Concert
The Music in the Mountains Concert Sunday will feature
the Celo Chamber Players in works by Handel, Ravel, and the
contemporary American composer, Irving Fine. Ronan
Lefkowitz, one of the youngest members of the Boston
Symphony and a semi-finalist in the Montreal Violin
Competition, will join Dana Rusinak, cello, and Ruth Geiger,
piano, to perform Ravel’s Trio. Interestingly, Mr. Lefkowitz is
a student of Szymon Goldberg, the great chamber player with
whom Mme. Lili Kraus recorded all of the Mozart violin
sonatas.
Eve Lynne Reeve, harpsichord, and Ralph Matson, violin,
and Maureen Gallagher, viola, will perform the Handel Sonata
in G minor. The Woodwind Quintet will present Fine’s Partita.
The July 25 concert begins at 3:30 p.m. hi the Presbyterian
Church, Burnsville. Tickets are available at the door or at the
Mm Wmmy In and dwjfasmy County Country Store.
ESC Announces
Hike In Payments
Jobless workers qualifying
for the maximum unemploy
ment payment after August 1
will be paid $lO5 a week
instead of the current $97
maximum, according to man
ager Jim Acuff of the
Employment Security Com
mission here.
The higher payment ap
plies only to new claims
established on or after that
date. Persons currently re
ceiving the $97 maximum
payment will not have their
paytnents increased to the
new amount.
“State law requires that
the maximum weekly unem
ployment payment be two
thirds the average weekly
wage paid all workers covered
by unemployment insurance”
said Acuff.
“Each August the Com
mission computes a new
maximum payment based on
the prior year’s average
weekly wage.”
He explained that the
average weekly wage earned
by al[ persons covered by
Fed. Supplemental
Benefits To End
Manager Jim Acuff of the
Employment Security Com
mission here announced Mon
day that Federal Supplemen
tal Benefits (FSB) will “trig
ger off” in North Carolina
July 31.
Providing additional un
employment payments to
workers who have exhausted
their state benefitf, FSB
terminates because the rate of
insured unemployment in
North Carolina has averaged
less than five percent for 13
consecutive weeks.
“There will be a 13-week
phase-out period,” said Acuff
“so payments will continue
for persons who can establish
FSB claims until October 30.
There will be no FSB
payments for unemployment
after that date," he said.
“Before an individual can
establish an FSB claim he
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unemployment insurance in
1975 was $158.19.
The minimum payment
remains at sls a week. The
present average unemploy
ment payment is $64 a week.
When a worker becomes
unemployed his rate of jobless
payments is determined by
what he earned during his
high quarter of his base
period of employment. Be
ginning with August 1 claims,
a worker who earned as much
as $2,717 during his high
quarter will be entitled to the
maximum $lO5 payment pro
viding he meets other eligibil
ity requirements.
Since unemployment pay
ments are pegged to average
wages, the maximum benefit
increases each year.
There are presently over
50,000 workers filing claims
under the regular state law.
About 13,000 workers are
filing extended benefits and
another 16,000 are receiving
special federal benefits.
Their benefits will not be
affected by the August 1
increase.
must have exhausted his
regular and state
benefits. Anyone who has an
extended benefit claim estab
lished prior to July 26 can
claim FSB payments during
the phase-out period provide
ing he meets other
ments of the law.”
A provision of the Eme*i
gency Unemployment Coitb
pensation Act of 1974, FSB
added a maximum of . 26
weeks additional unemploy
ment payments to jobteS
workers who had exhausted
their entitlement to state
benefits.
Last year, nearly $29
million was paid to FSB
claimants in North Carolina.
Across the,.nation, the FSB
program expires December
31, 1976. with the phase-out
period ending Msrfh ,^Q
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