VOL.I, N 0.13
FNA Storm
Damage Loan
The State Director of the
Farmers Home Administration,
James T. Johnson, announced
today that farmers and other
families residing in rural areas
who sustained damage from the
recent storm may be eligible
for assistance from this agency.
Persons residing in rural areas
and places with populations of
10,000 or less who experienced
damage to or loss of their tome%
essential farm buildings,or crop
or livestock as a result of flood
ing caused by recent heavy
rains may receive long -term,
low-interest loans from Farm
ers Home Administration.
Loans may be made to re- *
pair or replace the damaged or
destroyed buildings. Farmers
who have suffered severe pro
duction losses to their major
crop* ;>nd livestock enterprises
may be eligible for Emergency
Loan assistance to continue
their normal operation until
they can return to their regu
lar credit sources. Farmers
eligible for production type
loans must be established ©pron
ators. Emergency loans may be
made to purchase farm machin
ery and foundation livestock
which was lost, destroyed ordis
posed of as a result of the heavy
rain and flooding which follow
ed, as well as to provide funds
for annual operating expenses
and other related puiposes. The
loans for annual expanses will
be repaid as crop or livestock
income is available, generally
during the succeeding crop pear."
Loans to replace capital items
may be repayable over 7 years.
Johnson emphasized that this
assistance is available whenever
natural disasters such as earth
quakes, floods, forest fires, se
vere windstorm, or lightning
cause damage whether the da -
mage affects one family or
many families.
Further information about
these loans may be obtained
by contacting the local Farm
ers Home Administration Office
ia Burnsville.
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40 Years Service
Philip M. Hensley of Bald Creek is congratulated on 40
years service with the State Highway Commission by Gover
nor Robert W. Scott. The presentation of service awards
was made Wednesday at the Highway Building in Raleigh.
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(Standing) Ellen Woods, Steve Carlson; (Seated) Jim Fisher, Ginger Fortner, Jim Anderson And Cynthia Holding
Partway Playhouse Begins Season .
With Gala Baiteeue, Rollicking Comedy
Parkway Playhouse opened
its 26th year with its usual gala
barbecue chicken dinner on the
lawn of Burnsville Elementary
Wednesday night, June 28.
More than 100 people, attended
the barbecue.
The dinner guests adjourned
to the Playhouse shortly after
8:00 p. m. where many more
Playhouse patrons were already
Notice
Come and enjoy the Parade
and Picnic July 4th beginning
at 10:30 a.m. in White Oak
Creek Community. Special
feature this year is a talent shav.
Bring some food and enjoy the
fellowship together!
wailing lor "Auntie Mame" to
begin.
Ellen Woods is a vivacious
and captivating "Auntie Mamd'
—outwardly brittle and sophis -
ticated, but all too human and
vulnerable at heart. She brings
to the play tlie freshness and
vitality so necessary to this pro
duction. Her "friend" Vera
Charles is played by Sue Ather
ton who will charm and beguile
the audience with an important
role well performed.
Kenny Woods is quite believ
able and extremely talented as
"Auntie Marne's" young nephew.
Patrick. He might almost be
playing himself in the role tor
the credibility he brings to the
stage.
Other important actors who
certainly deserve mention are
Steve Seyfried as ho the house
boy. Steve, as always,outdoes
the orientals in his character
roles. |
Jim.fisher as Mr. Babcock,
Bank Trustee, looks believable
and renders his part with aplomb,
Toni Hoffman enters the play
the latter part,but quick
ly establishes herself as a sten
ographer of real "character"!
She adds much to her comic
role.
Jerry Colbert is also witty
and appealing as Brian O'Ban -
nion, Irish poet.
And last, but certainly not
least, Lauren K. Woods per
forms the role of Beauregard
Jackson Pickett Burnside as only
he could do. Witty, urbane,
Gospel Sing
The Plum Branch Baptist
Church, located nearMicaville,
N. C. is going to build a new
church building. They are spon
soring a Gospel Singing to be
held at the East Yancey High
School on Sunday afternoon,
July 9, at 2ioo p. m.
There will be no admission
charge, but a free will offering
will be taken for this church.
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jovial--and completely and
utterly believahle in his role,
"Woody" does the impossible.
He can make himself into the
character he is performing so
that you'll believe him as Beau
regard evert if you've known
him through the years in numer
ous other guises.
An excellent actorjM’.Wbods
also is directing this play—and
if you haven't already guessed,
it's a family affair. Ellen and
Kenny are his wife and son.
The cast of characters can
not all be mentioned individu
ally, of course, but some bit
performances were outstanding
and added real impetus to the
show.
The sets, designed by James
Parker, are quite realistic. The
scene changes are unobtrusive.
A very interesting feature of
this production is the use o f
slides which set the mood and
places of various scenes.
Costumes by Flo Rutherford
continue and enhance the 1930
period of "Auntie Marne" and
her friends.
Carol Ingram is Stage Mana
ger; Ronald Bums is Technical
Director.
"Auntie Marne" offers an
evening of delightful entertain
ment for young and old alike,
'TertfE.ftGTURE
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"You're a Good Man, Char
lie Brown," a bright, funny
and thoroughly enjoyable musi
cal, opens at Parkway Play
house in Burnsville Wednesday,
July 5 and will play through
July 8. Curtain is at 8:30 p. m.
The fun musical, based on
Charles M. Schulz's famous co
mic strip, "Peanuts,"takes the
audience through an average
day in the life of Charlie Brown.
Junk Car Clean-up Project Needs
Information And Release Signatures
After years of discussion de
ploring the junk car eyesores
littering the county, and after
several attempts to clean up
the roadsides, a major, well
planned project is now being
launched to cope with the prob
lem.
This new project whose
broad community backing pro
mises real success was lamched
by the Chamber of Commerce.
It is under the direction of Keith
Masters, Health Department Sa
nitarian, assisted by the TVA,
who are furnishing a specially
constructed truck for hauling
the junk cars.
The project is being finan -
ced largely by ihe county, and
no charge is made for the ser
vice of hauling off abandoned
cars.
The heart of the project, and
the chief factor which will
determine its success is the
community cooperation requir
ed. ft is necessary to have
signed releases authorizing the
disposal of the junk cars. These
releases must be on hand before
the truck can pick up cars.
Previous experience with car
pick-up campaigns in other
areas has shown that success
depends largely on the obtain -
ing of these releases. If the
truck driver has to waste time
hunting up people to sign the
Ted Dent Appointed Chairman
Os Advance Gifts Divison
Key leadership continues to
grow for the Blue Ridge Hospi
tals Development Fund Cam -
paign as Co-Chairmen Taylor
O. Teague and Ganrett Dixon
Bailey announced today the
appointment of R. T. (Ted)
Dent* as Chairman for the Ad
vance Gifts Division.
Mr. Dent is 'a resident of
Arden, N.C. and President of
Diamond Mica Company loca
ted in Spruce Pine. His many
activities, both professional
and civic, include Finance
Chairman of the North Carolina
State Republican Party, Mem
ber of the Society for Advance
Management, President of the
North Carolina Industrial Min
eral Association; former Re
presentative to Buncombe,
Mitchell and Avery Counties in
the State Senate and a former
member of the Board of Trus -
tees of the Blue Ridge Hospi
tal System.
As Chairman of the Advance
Gifts Division, Mr. Dent will
oversee the organization of
major prospects who will be
solicited for pledges by cam
paign volunteers. Those sec
tions are Industrial and Com -
mercial Corporations,Financial
Institutions, Utilities, Founda
tions and interested individuals.
Milton Burleson, Chairman
of the Board of Trustees of the
Blue Ridge Hospital System
agreed with Vice Chairman
James Anglin that "Mr. Dent
is a real asset to our campaign
ranks. His natural leadership
and his experience as the for
- Vice Chairman of Mitchell
County United Fund will pro
releases, his job is hopelessly
slowed down.
Civic clubs and others are
now organizing to canvass the
county to locate the junk can
and obtain releases. Teams
are being formed to cover the
county in the next two weeks.
Areas are being assigned to the
various volunteer canvassers.
Members of the Burnsville MenV
Club are covering Jacks Creek
and Green Mountain together
with all side roads in the area.
The Jaycees are covering a
large area in the western part
of the county.
Cars to be picked up will
be conspicuously identified by
spray paint markings applied by
the canvassers. Pick-up of
School Calendar Announced
Edgar Hunter, superintendent of school, announces the fol
lowing school calendar for the coming yean
July 1 12 Months Principals begin work
August 3 Cther Principals begin work
August 17 (Thursday) Teachers begin work
August 21. (Monday) Students register
August 22 (Tuesday) First of 180 days of school
September 4 Labor Day (Holiday)
October 9 Parent-Teacher Conference Day
November 7 General Election (Holiday)
November 23- 24 Thanksgiving Holidays
December 21 Begin Christmas Holiday
January 2 Resume School after Holidays
January 17 Student Holiday-Teacher Work Day
April 23 (Monday) Easter Holiday
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R. T. (Ted) Dent
vide an inspiration to those
recruited in his division. "
Mr. Dent summarized his
acceptance of the Advance
Gifts Chairmanship by stating
that "the cooperative efforts
of the citizens of Yancey,
Mitchell and Avery Counties
are to be commended in lookiig
forward to the health needs of
the future. "
l The sl, 000,000 Blue Ridge
Hospitals Development Fund
Campaign is now underway. It
is part of a $5,000,000 project
which will be used to construct;
modernize and expand vital
health services presently being
rendered by the Spruce Pine
Community Hospital and the
Yancey Hospital in Burnsville.
At Spruce Pine a new three
story addition will add 58 beds
including a six bed Intensive-
Coronary Care Unit.
At Burnsville, a 12 - acre
site has been purchased forcon-
cars will start on July 12. When
the can have been assembled
on collection sites, a car crush
ing pomp any now under con
tract, will crush and haul off
Hie compacted material.
The project will be helped
if people desiring disposal of
junk cars on their property will
call the Chamber of Commerce
in Burnsville, 682-2312, or the
Yancey County Health Depart -
ment, 682-2127.
Help can also be contributed
by citizens who have sites suita
ble for the assembly of cars be
fore the arrival of the crusher.
The crushing company contract
calls for its cleaning up the site
when the job is completed. Sites
of an acre or two are needed.
struction of an Extended Care
Facility which will consist of
50 Extended Care beds, 10
Acute Care beds, emergency
room, laboratory and X-ray
department. It will replace
the present Yancey Hospital
which has been in existence for
19 years.
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Addition Is
'Ragan Wing'
In recognition of the excep
tional gift given by Brad Ragaiy
the Board of T ustees of the Slie
Ridge Hospita. System by un
animous approval, has named
the proposed new addition to
the Spruce Pine Conn rmnityHos
pital the "Brad Ragan Wing",
and the dining-recreation roony
the day room and the confer -
ence-dining room complex at
the proposed new Extended Care
Hospit.; l in Burnsville, the "Flo
rence Ragan PdßDillion. "
Mr. Ragan's challenge gift
to the community led. off the
campaign for $1,000,000 now
underway in the Yancey-Mitch
ell County area.
When matched by the peo
ple of the Mayland area, the
Brad Ragan
funds will make available new
and improved facilities that
will have a pronounced effect
on the quality of health care
to every member of every fa
mily served by the hospitals.
The new and expanded'btdld
ings will serve as the corner -
stone for many services not now
readily available to the area
residents. They should also
contribute a substantial poten -
tial for holding down tlie 1 ten
dency towards the sky-rocketirg
costs of hospitalization, throrqgh
increased efficiencies and ex
panded use of the Extended
Care Unit, which can be Cper
atecFat a much lower patient/
day rate than an Acute Care
hospital.
In commenting on tbe
action by the Board, Milton
Burleson noted that the enthu
siastic support by the Board
reflected the attitude of the
Yancey-Mitchell community
as a whole. Many tributes and
comments have been reported
express our appre-
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