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Julia And Harry Abrahamson:
Named Acting Directors
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son, who first worked for the
American Friends Service
Committee over 30 years ago,
have been named Acting
Directors of Quaker Interna
tional Seminars in Southeast
Asia, based in Singapore.
They have been active -in
several Quaker projects in
Asia and Africa through th£
years.
The AFSC appointees will
seek to promote dialogue on
social issues and questions of
justice and peace among the
people of various countries of
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Southeast Asia.
Julia and Harry Abraham
son’s immediate task in tjieir
4-month assignment is to
carry out plans for an
international seminar to be
held in Southeast Asia in
January on ‘‘Village Asia,
1990.” This will be an attempt
•to project the long-term
effects of present pressures
on rural life and to consider
ways of improving the pros
pects for villagers.
The couple from Route 5,
Burnsville, succeeds Mary
and David Stickney of Lake
Forest, 111. Successors for a
full two-year term will be
named later.
‘‘The basic issues being
addressed in the seminars,”
said Stephen Thiermann,
Co-Secretary of the AFSC’s
International Division," are
those of peace and human
justice. This is in the context
of countries concerned for
internal development and
enhanced regional economic
cooperation. The goals of the
program are to encourage
confidence of people in their
capacities for self-help, self
reliance and nonviolent social
change.
Harry and Julia Abraham
son first worked for the AFSC
in 1945 where they served in a
famine relief and rehabilita
tion project in India. They also
have worked for the Quaker
organization in East Pakistan/
Bangladesh and in Zambia,
\yhere they were consultants
to the government and to
UNICEF for program deve
lopment in upgrading squat
ter housing. They were
directors of the AFSC Baroda
(India) Community Develop
ment Project from 1964 to
1967.
Julia Abrahamson helped
investigate famine conditions
in India in 1967 and both were
staff writers on the AFSC
book “Who Shall Live,” in
1968 and 1969.
Harry Abrahamson has
been President and General
Manager of Celo Labora
tories, Inc., Burnsville, N.C.
Julia Abrahamson at one time
was Executive Director of the
Hyde Park-Kenwood Com
munity Conference, Chicago.
She is the author of the book
"A Neighborhood Finds It
self,” a basic work in
community organization.
The AFSC, a co-recipient
of the Nobel Peace Prize in
1947, seeks peaceful solutions
to numerous problems and
confrontations in the world.
The AFSC is nearing its 60th
anniversary.
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75% Voter Turnout
More than 75% of the Registered Voters In Yancey County turned out on j
election day, November 2, to vote for the candidates of their choice. Shown j
below Is the number of registered voters in each precinct, by party, and the
number from each precinct who voted. Included in the total number voting
are the 315 absentee ballots cast In this election. Also, two people are
registered "American Party” which is not on this list. Yancey County can be
proud of the voter turnout on election day, which far exceeded the national j
average of 55%.
Precinct Dem. Rep. Indep No Party Total Reg. # Voting Percent |
Burnsville 1358 778 108 23 2267 4 1644 72.5%
Cane River \ 469 242 4 2 719 530 73.7%
Egypt 274 195 23 4 4% 358 72.2%
Ramsaytown 278 208 15 501 367 73.3%
Green Mountain 218 121 4 1 444 364 82.0%
Jack’s Creek 493 137 14 644 510 78.0% I
Brush Creek 168 76 0 1 245 207 84.5%
Crabtree 1009 684 32 25 1750 1347 77.0%
South Toe 600 391 35 17 1043 754 72.3% 1
Pensacola 104 233 6 1 344 261 75.8% 1
Prices Creek 329 273 12 2 616 463 75.2% I
Total 5400 3338 253 76 9069 6821 75.2%
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Here They Come!
The Mountain Heritage
Marching Band, in full
uniform, paraded down Main
Street, Burnsville, to launch
carnival festivities for the
Loaves and Fishes Campaign
last Saturday. The green and
white clad marchers were a
source of pride to everyone in
town that day who saw them
and heard them play.
Approximately $2,000 was
raised through the various
activities that were a part of
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THE YANCEY
JOURNAL
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( VOL. 4 NO. 45 BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1976 15*^)
New Building Ordinance
On November 1, 1976 the
Yancey County Board of
Commissioners passed an
ordinance requiring that a
Official County
Election Returns
Official Y County
«* election returns, with 11 of 11
precincts reporting were as
follows:
COUNTY CONTESTS
Chairman, County Board: (D)
Carl Carter 3,938, (R) Robert
L. Rhinehart 2676; Commis
sioner (2): (D) Alton Robinson
3,936, Clay Miller 3,861; (SR)
Walter Edwards 2,729, K.L.
Letterman 2,624; Register of
Deeds: (D) Grace Ayers
4,045, Soil-water supervisor:
Edward Yuziuk 3,504.
LEGISLATIVE
26th Senate Dist. (2): (D)
One-Car
Accident
A one-car accident occur
ring at 5:15 p.m. on Friday,
November 5, involved Ezekiel
Banks, 52, of Route 6, Bolen’s
Creek.
Banks was driving a 1973
GMC truck south on NC 197
about B'/i miles out of
Burnsville when he ran'off the
right side of the road and was
unable to bring the vehicle
back onto the road. He went
off an embankment and struck
a tree. He had apparently
been traveling at a moderate
speed. Trooper W.J. Stallings
investigated the accident.
Damage to the truck was
estimated at $1,000; other
damage was S2OO to a utility
pole.
the Carnival, held October 30
and again on November 6.
The campaign was sponsored
by the Yancey County Com
mittee on Aging to raise
money for a meals-on-wheels
program for the elderly of the
county, scheduled to go into
operation around Thanksgiv
ing.
The Committee would like
to express appreciation to the
many persons who supported
the aarnival and contributed
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building permit be required
for any construction, recon
struction, alteration, repair,
removal, or demolition that
Crawford 3,890, Swain 3,921;
(R) Krause 2,553, Smith
2,572; 41st House District: (D)
Morris 3,922, (R) McKinney
2,571.
PRESIDENT
(D) Carter 3,932} (R) Ford
2,688, (Am) Anderson 9,
(Lab) Laßouche 4, (Lib)
Macßride 6.
CONGRESS
11th District (D) Gudger
3,640, (R) Briggs 2,929, (Am)
Underwood 20.
GOVERNOR
(D) Hunt 4,170, (R) Flaherty
2,495, (Am) Seawell 2, (Lib)
Andrews 5.
LT. GOVERNOR
(D) Green 4,077, (R) Hiatt
2,557, (Am) Pettyjohn 6.
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
24th Dist. (2): (R) Braswell
2,716, Lacey 2,674.
Turkey
Shoot Set
The Pensacola School
P.T.A. will have a turkey
shoot on Saturday, November I
13, at Pensacola School from
10:(X} a.m. to 4:00 p.m. All
proceeds will go for school
improvements. Come on up I
and get that Thanksgiving I
Turkey.
Devotion
Dial-A-Devotion is now
operating 24 hours a day with
a new message every day.
The phone number is 682-
7500.
in various ways. The following
are just some of those who
helped: The Northwestern
Bank for. use of their parking
lot; Yancey County Country
Store for use of facilities and
other help; auctioneers, Ver
non Passmore and Mr. and
Mrs. James Buchanan; Trox
ell's Trout Farm; WAMY
Community Action; Mayor
Helmle; Issie Cannon and the
Radio Patrol; First Baptist
Church; Ronnie\ Huiletf,
the total cost exceeds five
hundred dollars ($500) in a
twelve month period. The
permits will be issued by the
Tax supervisor’s office. The
fees charged will be SI.OO per
thousand of the total estima
ted cost for values over
$5,000. No fee charged for
buildings valued under the
amount of $5,000. This
ordinance will affect only new
construction begun on Janu
ary 1, 1977 and thereafter.
Also the County Com
missioners ordained that the
tax supervisor issue number
ed stickers to owners of
mobile homes or similar
Local Girl Wins
Crown And Title
"fonya Allen became North
Carolina’s Petite Miss 1976-
77 last Saturday night, No
vember 6, in the Third Annual
North Carolina State Beauty
and Talent Pageant held at
French Broad Junior High
School in Asheville.
Tonya is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Allen of
Burnsville. She is an eighth
grader at East Yancey Middle
School and is a member of the
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Tonya Allen Crowned
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Wnortm,,’ Howell, Tucker,
Mrs. Lisa Mauney who
directed the Mountain Heri
tage Band and the band
itself; Newdale Fire Depart
ment, and the Burnsville
Police Department-all assis
ted with the parade; the
Yancey Journal and Radio
Station WKYK for publicity;
all donors of cakes and items
used in the auction; and many
others who helped in the
Loaves and Fishes Campaign.
vehicles who list such vehicles
during the regular listing
period of January of each
year. These stickers will be
placed in the area near the
front hitch of trailer or mobile
home. No fee will be charged
for these stickers. Owners of
mobile homes or similar
vehicles who fail to list such
vehicles or trailers • shall be
charged with discovered tax
and iate listing penalty of
10% of the total tax.
The purpose for the new
ordinances is to insure that all
new* buildings and that all
mobile homes or similar
vehicles are properly Hstetß&r
taxation. • N
Junior Beta Club and Student
Council there.
In the competition, which
was open to any girl living in
North Carolina, judging was
based on beauty, poise and ■
personality projection. Tonya
competed with eleven other
girls in the 10-13 age division
to win the crown and title- e
She will be representing
North Carolina in the National
Pageant in 1977 in Louisville,
Kentucky.