THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL 5, NO. 12
Season Begins April 2:
Trout Smaller This Year
Trout fishermen taking to
the State’s streams and rivers
on April 2 will have the effects
of this past winter’s record
cold temperatures brought
home to them in a very
noticeable way. According to
Wildlife Resources Commis
sion fisheries biologists, the
North Carolina trout are
somewhat smaller than they
would normally be at this time
of year-particularly those to
be stocked from State and
Federal fish hatcheries.
According to Mike Quick,
assistant supervisor of the
Fish Production Section of the
Commission’s Division of
Inland Fisheries, trout being
stocked in “general” waters
are from one-half inch to two
inches smaller than those
stocked last year and young
native trout are likely showing
a similar effect.
“Last year,” said Quick,
“brown trout being stocked
averaged about eight and
one-half inches and rainbows
Speakers To Report On Christianity
Growth At Church Meeting Here
The growth of Christianity
in Singapore and Southeast
Asia and Africa will be
reported this Monday, March
28, by Miss Lily Beh and Mr.
Uzele Mesa at Prices Creek
Church, Route 3, Burnsville at
7:00 p.m.
Uzele Mesa is a native of
Zaire (formerly Congo) and
now resides in Kenya. He is a
graduate of Scott Theological
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Double Reward
A double reward for hard work-Audrey Renfro earn* an
adtelring comment as wel as pride of accomplishment after an
Intensive month In the Berea College woodworking shop.
Beginning with rough-sawn boards she made a solid cherry
pedestal table during Berea’s Short Term. She Is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Dock Renfro of Route 2, Green Mountain. “A
Creative Experience In Wood” Is a concentrated industrial arts
course open only to non-majors. Audrey is a senior home
economics The Short Term at Berea College Is a month
between regular terms when students take only one course for
concentrated study.
and brooks averaged about
nine inches in length. This’
year, the rainbows and brooks
are averaging between seven
and eight inches and many of
the browns are less than
seven inches—under the min
imum legal si/e limit.”
“We always have a few
people who follow the stock
Special Program Slated
On Region D Goals Here
A special program, using
color slides and synchronized
projectors, is to be presented
by the Region D Council of
Governments in the court
room of the county court
house, Tuesday night, March
29, at 7:30.
The program will include a
20-minute slide summary of
life in the seven counties that
comprise Region D-Alle
College and heads the “Evan
gelism For AH” movement of
the Africa Inland Church of
Kenya.
Uzele is a powerful
preacher and is in great
demand for evangelistic meet
ings throughout East Africa.
Himself a musician, he is
accompanied in his cam
paigns by a 35 piece brass
ensemble. Rev. Uzele has
BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
ing trucks to fish the freshly
stocked streams,” he contin
ued, “and we wanted them to
be aware that some of the fish
being stocked are less than
the legal size. We don’t want
to be accused of trying to
entrap them with violations of
the fishing regulations.”
According to Quick, fish
ghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitch
ell, Watauga, Wilkes, and
Yancey. Entitled “Regiona
lism at Work,” it includes
scenes from each of the
counties and depicts the
relationship each county has
with the multi-county council
in working toward common
goals:
Mayor Robert Helmle of
Burnsville and Carl Carter,
traveled in North America,
Europe, and the Middle East,
as well as Africa. He has
appeared on radio and televi
sion and has served important
roles in both regional and
global congresses on evange
lism.
Uzele, who is married and
has seven children, averages
over 300 meetings per year,
usually speaking to overflow
crowds. In one three month
period, over 12,000 decisions
for Christ were recorded.
Miss Beh is a representa
tive of Christian Nationals’
Evangelism Commission
(CNEC) and is supervisor of
the Tape Instruction Lending
Library, based in Singapore.
The Library circulates recor
dings by Christian teachers
and personalities from
throughout the world. Tapes
Boy Scout
Pancake
Supper
BY DAN MAXWELL
Boy Scout Reporter
In order to support the boy
scout trip to the Outer Banks
area, the boy scouts of Troop
502 are having a Pancake
Supper at the Higgins Metho
dist Church this Friday,
March 25, from 5:30 till 8:00
p.m. The money will go for
food, transportation, and for
camping.
Support the Boy Scouts.
Help them to go to the Outer
Banks this summer to see and
learn a valuable part of North
Carolina’s history, buy a
ticket to this event and help
make a summer adventure
come true.
Tickets can be bought at
the door at $2.00 for adult and
SI.OO for children under 6, or
from any boy scout you know.
Enjoy some good food and *
help the boy scouts!
Notice
Members of the Rescue
Squad will be on the
highways, weather permit
ting, to solicit donations for a
special cause. .
hatchery raceways and fish
ponds were frozen over for
nearly eight weeks in January
and February, making it
impossible to feed the fish.
“Not being able to get food to
them didn’t have a great
effect,” Quick said. “The
water under the ice was 39
degrees F., or less and, being
chairman of the Yancey
County Commissioners, are
urging people of the town and
county who are interested in
community improvement to
attend the meeting. James
Brannigan, executive director
of Region D Council of
Governments, of which both
Helmle and Carter are board
members, will be present to
answer questions.
are in English and several
Asian languages.
Bom Beh Lee Lee, “Lily”
was trained for secretarial
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Little
League
Baseball
Registration for the Babe
Ruth Little League will be
held at Mountain Heritage
upper walkway on the follow
ing dates:
March 26 9:00-3:00
April 2 9:00-3:00
Fees for boys age 7
through 12 years of age will
be $10.00; 13-15 year olds will
pay a $12.00 fee; 16-18 year
olds will pay $15.00.
Only personnel who regis
ter on these dates will be able
to participate in Little League
Baseball. Be sure to bring
your birth certificate.
There will be a meeting of
all Little League Coaches,
Umpires, and Managers on
March 24 at 7:00 p.m. in the
Mountain Heritage lunch
room. Everyone should try to
attend.
Cemetery j
Meeting |
There will be a meeting of
the Academy Hill Cemetety
Assoc, on Thursday, March
24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pete
Coletta Board Room in City
Hall. All interested people are
urged to attend.
Dance Set
V.F.W. Post 8060 is ’
sponsoring a dance on
Saturday, March 26,
1977, in Spruce Pine.
. Jim and Jennie Vance,
the Linville River Boys,
and the Avery County
doggers are featured.
All proceeds will go to
Lisa Haney. Come out
and enjoy yourselves in
a worthy cause at
* V.F.W. Post 8060 in
j Spruce Pine, N.C.
cold blooded, the body tem
perature of the fish is the
same as that of the water.”
"When the temperature
drops that low, they are
unable to metabolize the food
they take in anyway. They
may eat, but the food just
passes right through; they
can’t utilize it to put on any
weight or growth. Their
digestive system just can’t
break it down at that
temperature. The result is
smaller fish being stocked.”
Except for “trophy” wa
ters, the trout fishing season
is closed in March for
restocking. The season re
opens on Saturday, April 2.
Highway
Accident
Report
A two car accident on
Friday, March 18 at 3:00 p.m.
occurred B'/i miles south of
J Burnsville on NC 80.
Ima Westall, 41, of Route 5,
Burnsville was driving a 1969
Chevrolet North on NC 80.
She was attempting to slow
into a private drive and was
struck by Jack Grindstaff, 35,
of Route 5, Burnsville who
also was traveling north on
NC 80. Grindstaff was driving >
a 1966 Ford Truck.
There were no passengers
in either vehicle. Ms. Westall
was only slightly injured.
Damage was estimated at
S4OO to the Chevrolet and
SIOO to the Ford. Grindstaff
was charged with following
too close. Trooper C.D.
Thomas investigated.
A one car accident occur
red on Coxes Creek 9 miles
North of Burnsville on Satur
day, March 19 at 2:30 a.m.
David Komegay, 20, of
Mount Olive, North Carolina
was driving a 1973 Dodge
North on Coxes Creek Road
and entered a sharp right
hand curve, skidded off the
left side of the road up a
private drive, across a yard
striking some concrete steps
and knocking down a block
| wall holding up a porch to a
house.
Kornegay then backed up
and left the scene without
contacting Elbert Higgins, the
owner of the house.
Total number of passen
j gers and injuries is unknown.
Komegay was not injured,
j Damage was estimated at
i $350 to the Dodge and $250 to
| the house. Komegay was
charged with hit and run.
Trooper A.T. Morrison inves
tigated.
Gospel
Sing Set
There will be a benefit
gospel singing at Cane River
Middle School located about 3
miles west of Burnsville on
U.S. 19, Saturday night,
’ March 26, starting at 7:30
p.m. There will be no
admission charges. A free will
offering will be taken for 20
year old Randy Austin who is ,
a cancer victim.
Groups taking part in this
singing will be: Rebels Creek
Quartet of Bakersville; Happy
Rhythm Quartet (Peek’s) of
Weaverville; Happy Hearts of
Arden; Primitive Quartet of
Candler; and Silver Chapel
Singers of Bakersville, N.C.
and other groups.
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Scout Leaders Get Awards
At a recent Boy Scout Round Table meeting of the unit leaden of Scout troops in this area,
Cornerstone Training Awards were presented to [pictured left to right] Joe Maxwell, Troop 502;
Toney McDonald, Troop 502; Wait Mayer, Troop 501; and Jim Sockwell, Troop 501. The purpose
of the Cornerstone Training is to improve the skills of the leaden which will result in an improved
Scouting Program in this area.
Red Cross Bloodmobile
To Visit Friday In Burnsville
Friday, March 25, the Red
Cross Bloodmobile will again
visit Yancey County for its
quarterly donations of life
saving blood. The Bloodmo
bile, sponsored by the Yancey
Radio Patrol, will be at the
First Baptist Church, Main
Street, Burnsville from 1:00 to
6:00 p.m. The Red Cross
hopes to reach a goal of 100
pints of blood during this
visit.
According to a spokesman
with the Red Cross Blood
Program in this area, Yancey
Countians have been the
recipients of more pints of
blood during the past few
months than they normally
need. We are asked to
remember that this area,
which encompasses 27 coun
ties in Western North Caro- ||
lina. Eastern Tennessee, and
Northern Georgia, needs to
have over 150 pints of blood
collected every working day to
meet the area needs. The total
blood needs of patients in 37
Training
Campout
This past weekend Troop
502 conducted a Training
Campout for the Spring
Council Camp-O-Ree. Under
leadenhip of Jerry Layell, the
boys practiced camping skills
at Briar Bottom Campground.
Pictured are Jerry Layell,
Senior Patrol Leader Troop
502; Andrew Wampler, Patrol
Leader Wolf Patrol; Bryan
Hensley, Patrol Leader Apa
che Patrol; Joe Gillespie,
Patrol Leader Cougar Patrol;
and Doug McLain, Patrol
Leader Panther Patrol.
Photos by Joe Moody
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hospitals are met through the
program.
As usual, a bonus is
offered to any person who
comes to the bloodmobile
during this visit, whether they
are able to donate their blood
or not. The Red Cross,
working with the Heart
Association, will check the
blood pressure of everyone
who comes in. If the pressure
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is high, the person is referred
to his or hpr doctor.
Blood is available only
through the Red Cross in this
region. Either the Red Cross
has it, or they don’t;. And
whether the Red Cross has
enough blood or not depends
directly on the number of
people who volun teerfci give*
few minutes of their time and
an expendable (quickly re
placed by the body) pint of
blood when the Bloodmobile
comes.
To Discuss '
Park Study
There will be a meeting
held at the South Toe
Community Building Tuesday'
night. March 29, at 7:30 p.m.
to discuss the National Park
study proposed for the Nft
tain area. Everyonf.s urgrt