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Accidents On Yancey Highways A one-car accident on Thursday, March 31, at 11:40 a.m. occurred 5 miles south of Burnsville on NC 80. | Benjamin Smith, 42, of Asheville was driving a 1972 <f MC truck North on NC 80 at moderate speed, hit a section of the road from which Amoved and the ground had settled. The vehicle went out of control, ran off the right side of the road, struck a ditch and bank, and then struck a backhoe which was parked on private property. There were no passengers and no injuries. Damage was estimated at SISOO to the GMC and SSO to the backhoe. Trooper W.J. Stallings inves tigated. * An accident on Saturday, April 2 it 3:50 p.m. occurred 16 miles out of Burnsville on US 19W. Arthur M. Wilson, 66, of Route 4, Burnsville was driving a 1970 VW North on 19W. He lost control of the vehicle, left the roadway and struck a bridge. After striking the bridge the vehicle jumped a creek and came to rest on Program Os Songs Set By- Music In The Mountains Julie Fortney, soprano, will be the featured soloist in a program of songs by Parker Laßach to be presented Tuesday, April 19th, at 8:00 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church in Burnsville. The recital is another in the concert series sponsored by Music in the Mountains. The composer, who now lives near Spruce Pine, has selected the program from among his many works composed during the past thirty years. Included are two groups of settings of poems for children, several love songs, a sacred song, and TRAC Fund Drive Gets Good Response BY JIM CORNWELL The drive for funds being conducted by The Toe River Arts Council has been very gratifying according to Mrs. Susan Larson, president. However, while the total membership is now 150 the corporate and business goals have not been reached. There is still plenty of time to join the Council according to Mrs. Larson and she urges every one who plans to join to contact her or any of the coordinators of the drive. Any contribution to the non-profit organization is tax deductible. Toe River Arts Council sponsors all forms of art in the counties of Mitchell and Yancey bringing to the area artists who are among the best in their respective fields. Many of these artists work for the council without pay. Programs are conducted each year for all age groups and the council was very busy during its first year, 1976. An even more comprehensive program is planned for 1977. The council will qualify for a grant of up to $1,000.00 from the N.C. Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C. when the membership funds reach last years total. Categories for the pros pective members and the fees for each category are as follows: Individual, $5.00; Couple, $7.00; Family, $9.00; Sponsor, $25.00; Patron, $50.00; Corporate, SIOO.OO. Contributions can be mailed to: Toe River Arts Council, 408 Altapass Road, Spruce Pine, N.C. 28777. Members will be issued a membership card which will be their ticket to many of the council’s special programs during the year. Coordinators of the drive are: Mrs. John Garcia. Swiss Pine Lake; Rev. Richard Morgan V, service clubs; Paul Welder, corporate and busi ness; Dr. Carolyn Cort, professional gifts, Burnsville. .In addition to the strong support of personal member ships contributions from other categories are as follows: the right shoulder of Coxes Creek Road. There were no pasengers. Wilson was taken to Yancey Hospital, but was not serious ly injured. *\ Damage was estimated at SBOO to the VW, S6O to a mailbox and sign. Trooper C.D. Thomas investigated. * A two-car accident on Friday, April 1, at 6:45 a.m. occurred on US 19E 5 miles North of Burnsville from NC 80. Daryl Deyton, 19, of Route 5, Burnsville came to a stop at a stop sign on NC 80 in a 1970 Plymouth. Carolyn McCan less, 39, of Route 2, Burns ville was driving a 1974 Mercury North on US 19E. Deyton pulled out onto 19E attempting to make a left turn and travel south on 19E. He failed to see the McCan less vehicle. The vehicles collided. There were no passengers and no injuries in either vehicle. Damage was estima ted at S7OO to the Plymouth and S6OO to the Mercury. Trooper A.T. Morris6n in vestigated. others which emphasize a light-hearted or humorous approach to serious music. Julie Fortney is Assistant Professor of Voice at Mars Hill College and soloist at All Souls Church, Asheville. She has been featured locally in previous Music in the Moun tains concerts. Dan Hardin, pianist in the program, is organist at the First Baptist Church of Asheville. Dr. Laßach is a native of Lexington, Kentucky. Before coming to North Carolina he had taught music and educa tion at the Georgia State Corporate: Brad Ragan, Inc. Foundation, Ray Howell, The Northwestern Bank Ba kers ville, The Northwestern Bank Spruce Pine and Spruce Pine Mica Company. Corporate Contributors: The Feldspar Corporation, North Carolina National Bank, Spruce Pine Lumber Co. Patrons: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dobbin, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Helmle, Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Welder. Sponsors: Jerry Cade, Ralph and Joyce Cannon, Theresa Coletta, Drs. David and Carolyn Cort, Mrs. John Garcia, Dr. and Mrs. David Larson, Dr. and Mrs. Forrest McCall, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Monk, Mr. and Mrs. Staunton Norris, Mrs. L. Henry Read Jr., Dr. and Mrs. W.A.Y. Sargent, Mr. and Mrs. Gale O. Sterling; Mr. and Mrs. W. Edward Way. Sponsoring Gubs: P.E.0., Spruce Pine Homemakers Gub, Spruce Pine Rotary Gub. Read The Ads THE YANCEY JOURNAL BOX 667 Burnsville, N.C. 28714 Phone 704-682-2120 Edward Yuzluk Publisher Carolyn Yuzhik-Edltor Pat Randolph-Manager Brenda Alien-Staff Published every Thursday By Twin Cities Publishing Co. 2nd Class Postage Pair At Burnsville.N.C. Thursday, April 7, 1977 Vol. 5, Number 14 Subscription Rates By Mall: In Yancey County One Year $5.00 Six Months $4.00 Out of County or State One Year $7.00 Six Months $6.00 .2 P I S QUIMII || w»~~. \ m HL i*#•-.. bit *m**a*rn ß ■— V? wp St? a 55:,,:.:, , % £ x SK/ » mm'iji *»ntml -iZ-A Sm ■ ■r »"i mm usw bgf HP lik- Wh> -HiljM-' • mg . ‘ ■I ® B B Edwards Honored With Award At a March 31 meeting of the Soil and Water Conservation Supervisors for Yancey County, Walter Edwards iwas presented with a 25-year Service Award. In presenting Edwards with a plaque, Carlle Rice said “1 can’t think of anyone more deservfno nf such an award.” Edwards recently WNC Roads Top Priority Governor Jim Hunt says the top priority of North Carolina’s roads program in the coming months will be repairing the damage that the severe winter weather caused to Western North Carolina College for Women, Syracuse University and Kent State University. Admission is $2 at the door. Garden Help A limited garden assis tance program to help fami lies who may not otherwise be able to plant a garden this spring will be carried out by the local Community Action Office. The project is sche duled to begin immediately. Only the families unable to obtain seeds or fertilizer, in sufficient amonts to plant and raise a garden adequate for their families use, should ! make a request to W.A.M.Y. Community Action. The condition for obtain ing help through this project is that the family show they have a need for assistance that they are unable without hardship, to obtain the help needed and that they agree to plant and harvest all the foodstuff given. Each family needing this assistance will be requested to fill out a written request for the help needed and a family information sheet about the family needs and conditions. Seeds will be" available at The Laurel Mountain Crafts Shop located at Windom. For more information call 682- 2610 or 682-7527. Put all your Bister eggs • t ♦ one basket this y* \ Town & Country \ ♦ nTe S u N c ♦ roads and highways. Hunt has instructed his new Secondary Roads Council that “repairing these moun tain roads will have a higher priority with me now than the ***' *'4 . i Parker La Bach Photo by Ann Hawthorne 682-6011 •» - SENIOR CITIZENS L INE * • •for ok p-riemlly Tesponse! ended 25 yean of serving as a Soil and Water Conservation Supervisor here. Pictured are supervisbm Earl Young, Bob Helmle, Luther Ayen, Edward Yuziuk, Ray Dorsett, Carlle Rice and Walter Edwards. Photo by Jody Higgins construction of new roads across the state.” Three of Hunt’s 14 ap pointees to that council are from Western areas that were hit hard by the winter’s ice, snow and sub-freezing temp eratures. They are Mrs. Peggy Halsey of Piney Creek, Joseph R. Randall of Forest City and Joe El-Khouri of Andrews. The weather opened up ruts and cracks in many roads, and preliminary esti mates are that $42 million in damages was caused state wide. I |jf T et’s share the experience of B I JLrf Christ’s resurrection in rev- I H ■ 4 Days Only I fto% I Off Everything I twi? VAwrfv imiDMii .. DII _ r io -- * i ■ I \ I Order your | \|KvvfEa*tor Corsages ■ & Lilies Now ' luv V Ils a V\ \ 1\ ll Mr** # A Weddings, Funerals VjArrangements i Hanging Plants & v Vn\ T Potted Plants ■, | Flowers by Vance | U 682-2345 wlf from Holcombe Bros. - • ' / .. r--" . - I 5S Four State capitals are after Presidents of the U.S. They are: Jackson, Miss.; Jefferson City, Mo.; Lincoln, Nebr.; and Madison, Wisconsin. PAGE 3
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