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Manager James Acuff of
the Spruce Pine Employment
Security Commission Febru
ary 15, 1977 received micro
film records of unemployment
payments during 1976. Un
employment benefits are sub
ject to North Carolina income
taxes and the new record
system will make it possible
for claimants to get informa
tion on their total UI
payments last year.
Containing information on
more than 500,000 persons
who received benefits last
year, the microfilm system
was devised by the State
Revenue Department and the
Employment Security Com
mission.
Acuff said the reporting
system is being made avail
able because of the large
number of requests for tax
information being received by
the two state agencies.
‘‘When persons file claims
for unemployment benefits
they're always informed that
they should keep records on
the amounts received because
these payments are subject to
N.C. income taxes,” reports
Acuff.
‘‘However, we know many
claimants do not keep re
cords. For those who do, often
records are lost or misplaced.
‘‘Now that we have
microfilm of all payments, we
can give individuals an
accurate total of the benefits
they received last year.”
Persons who need this
information can call or visit
the nearest office of the
Employment Security Com
mission. They must furnish
their social security numbers
because all individual paymen
records are maintained by
these numbers.
Information contained on
the microfilm will be used
only to inform claimants of
their total benefits, and it will
not be available to persons
other than claimants, accord
ing to ESC.
Note Os
Thanks
The family of Burges
Edwards would like to thank
everyone for the love you
showed us in the death of pur
loved one; for food and
flowers and your company in
our time of sorrow. We don’t
have enough words to express
our gratitude and love for you.
The Burges Edwards family
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MTI Offers Photo Course
May land Technical Institute is offering a photo course for
all who are Interested in getting the best from the camera and
film that they have. Participants will learn how by shooting
pictures; mixing chemicals and developing film; enlarging
prints; and finishing the photos.
The course will he taught at the Burnsville Learning Center
by Brian Westveer. Mr. Westveer’s work has appeared in
HERMAN WILSON
Hermon Wilson, 29, of the
Swiss Community died Mon
day night at his home of a
self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He was a native of Yancey
County and life long resident
here.
Surviving are the widow,
Debbie Silver Wilson; a
daughter, Miss Jennifer Wil
son of the home; the parents,
Horace and Gustie Crain
Wilson of Burnsville; a sister,
of
Mrs. Claude Burleson of
Burnsville and the maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Vertie
Crain of Burnsville.
Funeral services will be
held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the
Mount Pleasant Baptist
Church. Rev. Howard Bu
chanan will officiate and
burial will be in the Wilson
Family Cemetery. The family
will receive friends from 7 to 9
p.m. Wednesday at Holcombe
Brothers Funeral Home.
WILLIAM G. McMAHON
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William Gaither McMa
hon, 58, of the Newdale
Community of Yancey County
died unexpectedly Saturday
morning in a Spruce Pine
hospital. A native of Madison
County, he was a son of the
late Dave and Renie Metcalf
McMahon. A World War II
veteran he had been living in
Yancey County for 30 years
where he was employed by
Mohasco Mills of Burnsville
for the past 28 years and was
a deacon of the Blue Rock
Baptist Church.
Surviving are the widow,
Pauline Weatherman McMa
hon; a daughter, Mrs. John
Smith of Morganton; two son,
Paul McMahon of Burnsville
and Johnny McMahon of
Morganton; a step-son Ted
Weatherman of Burnsville;
four sisters, Mrs. Thelma
Miller of Fullwood, California
and Mrs. Grady Hensley of
Mars Hill, Mrs. Lillie Proffitt
of Knoxville, Tn.; and Mrs.
Ada McGee of Dayton, Ohio;
two brothers, Ray McMahon
of Washington, D.C. and
Alvin McMahon of Mars Hill
and 6 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Monday in the
Chapel of Holcombe Brothers
Funeral Home. Revs. Ronnie
Geouge, Fred Tyler and
Lawrence Westall officiated
and burial was in the Newdale
Presbyterian Church Ceme
tery.
The family suggests that
memorials be made to the
Heart Fund.
DAVE WHITSON
Dave Whitson, 67, of the
Red Hill section of Mitchell
County died Sunday afternoon
in a Burnsville hospital after a
long illness. He was a native
of Yancey County and the son
of the late Tom and Missouri
Bryant Whitson and a retired
trucker.
Surviving are the wife,
Nora Miller Whitson; a son,
Leonard Whitson of Roanoke,
Va.; two brothers, Fred
Whitson of Green Mountain
and Charles Whitson of
Winter Grove, Florida; three
sisters. Mrs. Bertha Stevens
and Mrs. Mary Robinson of
Green Mountain, N.C. and
Mrs. Ora Barnett of Elkton,
Maryland; and five grand
children.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the
chapel of Holcombe Brother
Funeral Home. Rev. Arthur
Woody and Max Gortney
officiated and burial was in
the Red Hill Cemetery.
GROVER D. RAY
Grover D. Ray, 69, of the
Low Gap Section of Yancey
County died Tuesday night in
an Asheville Veterans hospi
tal following a brief illness.
He was a native of Yancey
County, a World War II
veteran and a retired mer
chant. His wife, Marie R. Ray
died in 1962.
He is survived by the
stepmother, Mrs. Julia Pearl
Ray and several cousins.
Funeral services were held
at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the
chapel of Holcombe Brothers
Funeral Home. Rev. Jack
Silver officiated and burial
was in the Ray Family
Cemetery at Low Gap.
Armed Force
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Army Specialist Four Ed
ward D. Roberts, 19; 'sbft'of
Mrs. Carroll BAmes, Rotite 2,
Burnsville, N.C. recently was
assigned to the 2nd Armored
Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.
A squad leader in 'Battery
C, 2nd Battalion of the
' division’s sth Air Defense
Artillery, Spec. Roberts en
tered the Army in June 1975.
The specialist is a 1975
graduate of North Buncombe
High School.
‘’Lite,” “Photography Annual,” “Modern Photography,”
“Popular Photography,” and Is regularly featured In regional
magazines and newspapers.
Registration for the course Is March 1 at the Burnsville
center. Gasses will be held In the evening with field trips
scheduled to meet the needs of the students. Wayne Phillips
may be contacted at the Center for details.
HENRY NORMAN
Henry Norman, 67, of y
Banner Elk, N.C. died unex- |
pectedly Sunday morning in a *
Banner Elk hospital. He was a
native of Avery County, the »
son of the late Arthur and ■
Ellen Eller Norman. He was
employed by Feldspar Milling
Corp. at Micaville from 1940 ■
until 1958 when he moved to i
East Brunswick, New Jersey
and was associated with il
Con-Lux paint company until I
retirement in 1974 when he I
returned to Banner Elk.
Surviving are the wife,
Anna Mae Carroway Norman; i
two sons, Allen Norman of the *
home and Charles Norman of
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Somersett, N.J.; four sisters,
Mrs. Anuie Cannon and Mrs.
Floy Aldridge of Banner Elk,
N.C., Mrs. Edna James of
Elizabethtpn, Tenn. and Mrs. |
Thelma Mast of Valle Crucis,
N.C.; four brothers, Willie |
and Richard Norman of North
Wilkesboro, N.C., Claude
Norman of Morganton, N.C.
and Herman Norman of
Clinton, Tenn.; three granct
children, Renee/ Luanne and
Randy Norman.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Elk i
Valley Baptist Church. Revs.
Harvey Prcsnell and Richard
Jones officiated and bprial
was in the Church cemetery.
A POEM
By Charlotte Barnette ;<
God is ever beside me.
When I greet the sun.
God is ever beside me,
tho’ my task be done..
Wand’ring down the
road of life tho’ I
sometimes stray. , i
God is ever beside me,
showing me the way. .. ,
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Give me the courage t 0.,, |
carry on. Give me the ~ ,
strength I need.
Let not my footsteps
falter or >*g, may 1,1
be kind in words and , (
deeds.
In my heart I hear his
voice, “Share thy bread
.with others." In my
heart I hear his voice,
“Call all men brothers.’
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God is ever beside me,
His hand doth me
sustain.
Ever brighter seems
the road thru his
. glory and love di
vine.
For God is ever beside
me. Peace now is mine.
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Sherri Phillips; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jap Phillips of
Burnsville, was crowned Junior Miss Showflake 1977. The
pageant which was sponsored by Little Miss Pageants was held
at the Holiday Inn West, Asheville, on Saturday, February 5.
There were twenty-six contestants competing for various titles.
Sherri, a student at East Yancey Middle School, is
president of the Student Council, member of the Beta Club,
and a member of the cheering squad.
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