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Others with less at 1 P m - Monday in them.” forms they must fill out and experience would have seen Burnsville, Asheville, Mor- By the final closing of the return, sorrow in those eyes, but B amon and Boone. seven assistance centers Sa- Some of the categories of Winkle saw bewilderment. “ rve asked the staff to be turday following eight days of assistance available and the In her hand she clutched a sensitive, understanding and operation, 4,889 families had number of families seeking number of government forms helpful, he said. They may applied for some .type of aid. help from one or more the flood workers told her not have all the answers - bu t They left the centers with a agencies give a rough picture would help. But, they ex- k k of the magnitude of the flood Follow-Up Assistance Centers \ eligible for refunds. Monday in cooperation with M M ' 0 $ ‘‘With that volume o state personnel who also are UfW J/% g/% if paperwork, there are boundt< involved in the recovery m/m/¥/W WJmjM be questions. Winkle said effort. y , -y “The people in the centeri The centers, which will >s ****' * ' I Coat’d on page 2] 'I I ■MH jMa WUH ISA HI ttKOtt MM y JW pIE 9DH .jjjjp "VBBT IL_ H iIBB .-„■ 9 ■IHP 99H pH : HB 99 991 wK H9hhi 99 I H 9 99 Ml mHBE Ml m 9 Mi HR MS 99 9 9 ■ aK \ . . ■ ( VOL.S. N 0.48 National Guard Crews Work With County: * ... i t’*» - . wi' ! V .A- Guard Aids Local Teams BY JODY HIGGINS y In the past three weeks Yancey County has looked more like an occupied war zone than the tranquil, rural BURNSVILLE,N.C. 28714 « community it was before the November 6 flooding oc curred. The destruction caused by the flooding created one part of this picture. The other was the helicopters, numerous army vehicles, and green uniformed National Guards men who became a familiar fixture in the county. Operations in Yancey County have been carried out by three groups from the North Carolina Army National Guard. Detachment 1, 449th Aviation Company from Salis bury; the 109th MP Battalion from Asheville; and the 540th Transportation Battalion from Lenoir. The 449th Aviation Com pany operated helicopters in the county to evacuate medi cal emergencies, deliver med - iaiwi rfintirihuio. .aaina 30,000 pounds of food to isolated areas as well as fuel oil, coal, wood stoves, and feed for farm animals. Twelve medical emergen cies were evacuated by the 449th. Four of these were pregnant women. One wo man, whose labor pains were two minutes apart, was flown out after the pilot landed the helicopter on a badly dam aged bridge surrounded by power lines, rock cliffs and trees. “It was a choice of landing there or letting her have the baby without the aid of medical people,” said one Guardsman. One woman named her baby after the helicopter flight chief who evacuated her to a hospital. Two National Guard heli copters were here for seven days, and one has been kept in use for the remaining ten days. Captain Sandy Stokes, officer in charge, has been in • jjf* N» rfWjtj-* 1 ' <*, ‘ ; *r\- M*gy: irimffliß jjfliMMW ' '■% wmfejfflt' ?'" 4 'isMfe&u %j2§j3F' ft yflt I vl m 81 " j j»sa£ v-' 1 fcifci., ...j wl Volunteers Lend A Hand '’MBI Sgt Grady Way caster la pictured with four mew ban of a group of Duke University student! who worked with W.A.M.Y. and the National Guard to sort clothing and cut wood for the Yancey County for over two weeks, and Sgts. Lynn (Deer slayer) Martin, Gary Rash, Ist Lt. Bob Sides, and Captain Bob Youngblood have each been here for one week. Relief crewmen who were here during this time were CWO’s Cassels, Campbell, Bonham, Matthews, Dixon, Klutty, and Smith. According to the pilots, Corps Os Engineers To Provide Access Personnel of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began arriving here Wednes day, November 16, (o begin the tad; of providing access where private *s<l* and bridges have been destroyed by recent flooding. Federal Coordinating Of ficer Joe D. Winkle said the v!v! ;av 1 Flood Book 1 £*|: Due to the limited space in The Yancey Journal |!|:s: to publish more of the dramatic photographs taken during the recent flood, and to fulfill the large I*;:;*:; number of requests by individuals for photographs, Yancey Graphics Printing in Burnsville is working iviji; with award-winning photographer Ann Hawthorne Siv gi;: to publish an 80-page book containing over 170 !;:$;• * pictures taken in Yancey County. The B‘/j xll size :j:jS book will contain statistics about damage in the M :|:j;v county, and a section will be included about each of Xvi; the hardest hit areas. . Copies will be available at Yancey Graphics on Main Street and at The Yancey Journal. The price x|S will be $3.00. Mail orders should be sent to Yancey SS Graphics, P.O. Box 443, Burnsville, N.C. Z 8714 ?:*:j M with SI.OO included for postage and handling. ■ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1977 most of whom received their flight experience in Viet Nam, marginal weather, the terrain and power lines have been the greatest dangers in the areas they have flown in Yancey County. The hardworking 109th MP Battalion, under Captain Alan Bridgeman, have driven jeeps, fuel trucks and an ambulance throughout Yan- Corps has been called into western North Carolina be- _ cause the state and at least four counties have said they do not have the resources needed io do the job quickly. "The State Department of Transportation tells me its hands are full repairing state * [Cont’d on page 5] Knoxville and Winston Salem Mennonlte Disaster *' Lion’s Chib from Brevard brought three toLckloadTof ll > oa.v tllggina '! ' IS=) cey. They have worked with the county to deliver food and clothing, help erect temporary bridges, round up runaway livestock, and contact families in isolated areas to find Out their needs. Medics from this Battalion went in to these areas to give tetanus shots. Sgt. Ronnie Metcalf of the 109th has worked closely with county social workers and community action groups to reach the elderly and others in need of assistance. '«s«t- Metcalf said he’s “been worked almost to death” by social service workers Kathy Lee, Judy Brown and Susan Crisp. “1 believe they’re the three hardest working people here,” he said. “They’re not ‘ afraid to tackle any job.” Mrs. Brown, who helped dig out Guard Ambulance when it mired down along one muddy 4 stretch, was honored with the “Muddy Shovel Award” by Guardsmen in one of the lighter moments since the flood. The 540th Transportation Battalion braved severely cold weather to distribute water to Burnsville residents for a week while the town’s water supply was inoperative. These men doled out water from a 5000 gallon tanker and two smaller tankers stationed , around the town square.-: Most of these National Guardsmen, who have worked tirelessly and often under dangerous circumstances; are leaving this week. As each group departs, there is a fittle sadness as goodbyes are exchanged with friends they have made in Yancey County. All let it be known they would (Cant'd on page 2} _ ‘. _ A isV-ii-.-1.-.ttU -til'.
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