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Dear Editor:
Just writing this letter to let yea know that I think it la a
shame that Yancey County didn’t get recognized after the
flood. I’m aGI stationed at Ft. Car >00, Colorado and the only
thing I saw on television was about Boone and Asheville, N.C.
I’m a resident of Pensacola and I had family that I didn’t know
about for a week. National television to not what It is cut out to
be. ;
The only regret I have now to that I want to be at home to
help dean up and help people rebuild. I would Uke to say
thanks to all those who are giving a helping h««l-
Slncereiy,
Sgt Charles E. Ledford
Dear Editor:
I am so very grateful to all the various agencies that are
helping in our flood disaster in Yancey County, particularly in
the Cattail Creek-Bolen’s Creek-Cane River areas where moot,
if not all of our bridges have been destroyed and hopefully will
be rebuilt soon.
I want to thank the young men of the Radio Patrol who were
my bridge to the outside world.
Also Rev. Don Sides who brought my Green Mountain
family to me when I was almost despairing of seeing them
anytime soon.
That sense of desolation when you have no transportation,
no lights, no communication Is very real.
This whole experience has been nnbelieveable to one who
has been through at least five hurricanes in South Florida, the
first one in 1926, one of which followed us up through North
Carolina, into Indiana and passed out somewhere in Canada;
two tornadoes and a smaller flood.
Gratefully,
Mrs. Elmer L. Day
FHA Emergency
Loans Available
Farmers who sustained
damages and losses due to the
flood from November 4 to
November 6, 1977 in Yancey
County are eligible for emer
gency loans through the
Farmers Home Administra
tion (FmHA) to help them
recover their losses.
■FmHA loans
are made to help farmers
recover from losses based gin
designated natural disaster's,
in situations where necessary
credit is not available from
pthor sources.
> Farmers who have sus
tained a loss of Burley
tobacco, equipment, live
stock, fish, tools, bams, land
(Hrnage* bridges, roads, etc.
may receive a low interest
loan to replace the above
items. There are other servi
ces available in this area but
space will not allow for listing.
Amounts of up to $250,000
offsetting actual loss are
loaned at an interest rate of
3%. Amounts in excess of loss
needed to restore production
or make major adjustments in
the farming operations are
loaned at a higher interest
rate.
Farmers may receive loans
for repair or replacement of
the primary residence and
personal property at one
percent interest on the first
SIO,OOO and three percent on
the balance not to exceed
$40,000. Mobile homes can be
financed if the mobile home
was the primary residence for
the farmer and his family.
Loans are available for
family automobiles and trucks
at low interest rate for the
actual value of the vehicle
lost.
For actual loss, the secur
ity for the loan has a larger
part to play in the terms of the
loan. If real estate is taken for
security, the terms may
exceed seven years. However,
if crops and chattels are
offered, a maximum of 7 years
is allowed. Tetms may be
&ays (Your Drug Store)!
Pollard’ &rDriig_Store
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request, Kids Say The
Write Santa Darndest Things To San
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tor OlienngS mas past.
Santa means business apiece, you can order San
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parents too! So, send your
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Also, while the supply * jfjß*
lasts, we’ll send upon your ~t' yjmjph « /Cp\ & J
Charles Gillespie, Jr., Dawn Higgins, George Brookins
Pollards Drug Store, Downtown, Burnsville, NC
Your Dependable Drug Store
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adjusted to fit individual
cases.
Adequate funds are avail
able for Rural Housing Loans
for people who are not
farmers. Interest rate on
these loans is determined by
the adjusted family income. If
'adjusted family income is
oelow SIO,OOO the interest
fate could low as 1%.
ftqwever, if adjusted family
is from SIO,OOO to
$15,600 the interest rate is
8%.
Because of the broad
scope of the Emergency Loans
available through the Farmers
Home Administration listing
all the authorities available
would take too much space.
We would encourage you to
stop by our office, located on
the. square in Burnsville, to
discuss your problem. Mrs.
Naomi King and Wilbur G.
Howard axe available at any
time needeato assist you. Our
telephone number is 682-
2319.
Applications for physical
losses will be received until
May 11, 1978; and for
production losses, if any, until
November 14, 1978.
J Superior {
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To Jurors, Grand Jur- I
lors, Defendants, Wit- |
nesses, Attorneys and |
others:
| The session of Su- I
perior Court that ware |
scheduled for the week 1
|| of November 14, 1977 ®
■ and cancelled was re- R
scheduled for the weeS I
of December 5, 1977. ■
| This is to remind you $
a that the session will |
■ commence at 10:00 a.m. h
1 December the sth, 1977." f
Dear Editor:
There have been many nice letters written to The Yancey
Journal thanking each and every person ior their help and
kindness in so many ways. I too would like to thank each and
every one who has helped or assisted In any -way. It is
wonderful how people have worked together to help each
other. But I feel we have overlooked the most Important one
who is due all the thanks and praise, and since it to
Thanksgiving season, I could not think of a better time or place
for us all to tarn our face to Heaven and thank God. The one
who showed His mercy. Some might think it was his wrath. But
had It been His wrath, who would be spared? Since there’s no
loss of life, I call it mercy.
Genesis 7 speaks of a flood where 8 souls were saved. We
have much to be thankful for. In Luke 13 Christ speaks of
destruction asking a question: “Suppose ye they were sinners
above all the Galileans? I tell you nay: But except ye repent, ye
shall all likewise perish.” St. John 5.11 says sin no more lest a
worse thing come unto thee. Pslams 46 says God to a very
present help in trouble. 'Though the waters thereof roar ««! be
troubled.
little did I realize when I awoke my son at 3 a.m. even
though the waters were raging around the trailer that every
direction we turned we were in more danger. When the raging
muddy waters were splashing over the hood of the truck and
onto tiie windshield, we had no way to contact the Rescue
Squad, Sheriff’s Dept, or any source for help. There was no
way they could reach us, although I feel certain they would
have put forth every effort possible.
But there was One who knew where we were, and I feel
assured He came to the rescue. Otherwise we would not be
here. So I want to give Him the Honor and Praise and many
thanks to the Ike Randolph family and Tom Wheeler family
who provided diy clothing, shelter snd food.
Sincerely,
Mae Edwards
Dear Editor:
In earlier years when I was managing a business I didn’t
worry much about fires. I had insurance, of course, and some
fire extinguishers, but beyond that I thought very little about
it.
However, whenever there was a bad fire in my
neighborhood I invariably found myself either increasing my
Insurance, or getting more extinguishers, or perhaps installing
a fireproof file. That seems to be the way we htfrnans work.
People living in mobile homes along the creek are pretty
much the same as everybody else. They don’t give floods a
second thought until-Wham! They’ve had it!
Now is the time, with the mud and misery fresh in our ]
minds, that we should be looking ahead and laying plans for
avoiding or at least minimizing future disasters.
Floods are measured in “years.” A ten-year flood is one
that can be expected to happen about once in ten years. A
25-year flood is still bigger. The one we have just seen was,
according to government figures, of about 100-year magnitude.
[There are, of course, 25,000-year floods, like the one that
buried those big rocks in your field, but let’s not worry about
them.]
Unfortunately 100-year floods don’t necessarily come a
hundred years apart. Another may come next week-or a
hundred years from now. Such a flood has, theoretically, a
one-in-one hundred chance of coming in a year, no matter how
recently the last one came. Then too, the hundred year
category is sheer guess work. That might actually have been J
only a 50-year flood.
It is to be hoped that our public officials will take prompt
steps to inaugurate flood zoning In Yancey County. It to
essential that we support them In this effort. Procedures for
l such zoning are well developed and much of the necessary data
is already available from the U.S. Geological Survey and other
sources.
In essence, flood zoning means that the construction of
residential buildings is prohibited in flood-prone places, or else
that no house in a flood-prone area may be sold without the
buying being properly informed and signing a statement
indicating that he is aware of the flood danger.
Driving near Nashville, Tennessee at'the time of their flood
a couple of years ago I saw an attractive subdivision of neat
new cottages standing in four feet of muddy water beside a
creek. Some developer had built those houses and sold them to
black families of modest means who didn’t understand about
floods-as most of us don’t. Obviously Yancey County to not the
only place that needs flood zoning.
Let’s not get caught this way again.
Sincerely,
5 Ernest Morgan
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Sports News
Yancey County
4sbA.?®creation Department
Volleyball League stand
ings through November 24 are
as follows:
Men’s League WL
Charlie’s Devils 10 1
Superstars 9 2
Demons 8 2
Micaville 7 3
Blue Ridge MH Center 6 5
Bombers 5 7
East Yancey Shell 4 7
Smoky , 3 7
Roundballers 1 9
State Troopers 0 10
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WAMY
Writing Job-
Training
Contracts
W.A,M.Y. Community
Action is now writing On-the-
Job Training contracts in the
Tri-County area with small
business, companies and in
dustry. By design of OJT,
businesses agree to hire an
unskilled individual, teach
them a skill and in return be
paid for a part of the training
cost. Anyone interested in
more information about the
OJT program should call the
Division of Community Em
ployment or come by WAMY
Community Action, over Pol
lard's Drug Store, Main
Street, Burnsville, N.C. 'Tele
phone 682-2610.
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