FEBRUARY 24, 1938
OPERETTA TO BE
GIVEN FRIDAY
Ccmic Operetta To Feature
Group Dancing; Nautical Set
Be First ot" Kind Here
The curtain will rise next Friday
right on another annual Appalachian
Glee Club production, this year the
colorful Gilbert and Sullivan operetta
-Pinafore." With such outstanding
successes as ''The Mikado,"
Bells of Bojolais" and "Count and
the Co-ed" to her record. Miss Virginia
Wary luis stated that the twoact
comedy of this year shows promise
of surpassing all previous produc- ;
ttons.
A choru3 of thirty voices has been
trained to support the cast of principals.
This chorus has hepn npr.
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fected not only in vocal rendition but
iii the terpsichorean art as well.
Some of the most attractive dances
will bo the "Bell Trio" by Louise
Cress, T. B. Honeycutt and Leonard
Bury; "Gaily Tripping" by a chorus
of young women, and numbers from
the two finales. Mrs. William Matheson
.who is widely known for her
skill in direction of the dance, has
created and directed all dance numbers
i:i the operetta.
Although scores of plays and operettas
have been given here, "Pinafore"
will bring something new in
the line of scenery. Professor Antonakos,
who In addition to direct- j,
ing the dramatics, is supervising f
scenery construction, has made pub- p
iic his plan for a nautical stage set; p
this set will be the deck of Her '*
auijesiy s isnip finaotre. Professor a
.Ajitonakos and Miss Kathertno Har- c
well originally designed the set. y
Since the operetta has its setting ^
in the Victorian period, the entire
cast will be costumed by the HookerRowe
Theatrical house in Havcrhil, ,
Mass. It will be remembered that n
costumes used in 'Tlic Mikado" and j,
South in Sonora" were from this n
this house. v
An added attraction to the musical n
phase of "Pinafore" wlil be orches- ?
trai renditlona of the overture and ^
finale choruses. Mr. Gordon Nash, c
member of the Boone High School ''
faculty, is director of the college
symphony chorus.
Appearing In the ranks of the ^
chorus this year will be: Lillian
Abr&ms, Lalla Clay, Ruth Epps, y
Martha Garner, Bessie Jaynes, Lucy a
Little, Daisy WSlliams, Annette Blan- hi
ton, Margaret Agle, Helen Gragg, di
Lucille Hartley, Porter Stiles, Eu- s<
genie Vernon, Kate Stroup, Ethel f<
Whlsnant, David Black, Wayne 0
Church, Glenn Trout, C. L. Williams,
John Elam, Edwin Carter, Blaine
Gibfce, Frank Yoder, Bob Spratt and v)
Chavlcs Wright. a]
AIR MAIL WEEK u
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Second Assistant Postmaster Gen- q,
eral Harlee Branch announces that iI(1
the postoffice department will cele- e<
brate the 20th anniversai-y of the in- p
auguration of regular air mail serv- ^
ice by observing the first National OJ
Air Mall IWeek from May 15 to 21, y
1938. Postmaster General James A .
Farley will be honorary national w
chairman, of the committee which j
will arrange for fitting observation. |
Paul R. Younts, a director of the Ma- j ^
tional Association of Postmasters, i
and postmaster at Charlotte, will be J ^
active chairman of the campaign.
An official cachet will be authoriz
ed at Kitty Hawk, N. C., the birthplace
of aviation, to honor the Wright ^
(brothers. Every other postoffice in a|
the United States, of which there are ^
over 45,000, will be authorized to arrange
for its own local cachet. Thousands
of privately licensed pilots
will be given the opportunity of be- 1
coming air mail pilots for a day to w
fly the mall from Interior offices to d
air mail stop points. ''
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UNITED STATES SENATOR
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Before congress adjourns, a dccis>11
must be made us regards future
cdcral policies on expenditures for
ublic roads. The decision will be of
rime importance to North Carolina
rhich has counted heavily on federal
id. For example, the state now reeives
approximately $4,750,000 a
ear as its share of federal particiation
in building main highways,
scondarv roads and the elimination
t" grade crossings.
Obviously, if this fund is eliminated
. will vitally affect construction of
ends in North Carolina. It would
erhaps fall heaviest on rural comlunities
off the state trunk lines. It
ould also delay the building of
luch-needed farm-to-market roads
f great importance to the farmer.
iTiatever else may be said of farm
onditions, members of oongress are
\ agreement that improved higlimys
have adaed to farm values and
ettered the status of agriculture.
TlUa oib.eU J? "r ' ?
x ac OJ.cuU.Lll.iIl ill W tLSIlLU^lOII I-S
rlcfly as follows: Up to the presnt,
federal-aid funds have been aurorized
two years In advance of
ctual appropriation of money. This
us been done so that state highway
apartments might plan ahead and
> that legislatures might arrange
ir the federal funds to be matched,
nder this plan, there has been desloped
a great system of Interstate
Ighways criss-crossing the country.
Last November, president Rooseslt
recommended to congress that
iithorizatlons already made for the
sea! year 1930 be cjiceHed and that
dera! road funds for the fiscal year
MO and 1941 be limited to 5125,.
X>,000. This amount is approxilately
one-half of the total authorizi
for the fiscal year 1939. The
resident'3 recommendation is still
ifore congress, although allotment
t the 1S39 funds has been made to
le states. Secondary roads or farm>-market
roads are involved along
ith all other federal-aid highway
rejects.
In the face of this unsettled situaon,
proposals are now made for the
avernment to use Its credit in spon>ring
the building of transcontirienl1
and north and south super-high,
ays, to be financed by tolls and
rofits from excess right-of-way.
here is general agreement that
jper-highways are desirable. But
few important questions are preinted.
These are:
Can the government afford at this
ime to issue new billions of high
. ay bonds? Would super-highways
raw sufficient traffic and sufficient
oils to pay Interest and retire the
onds ? What would be the effect on
he federal-aid system and state highways?
Would the federal highway
onds affect state highway bonds?
Ian motorists, now paying more
tian a billion dollars in special taxes,
ear a new 'burden of half a billion
r more a year in tolls?
To get answers to these questions
nd help determine federal policies
with reference to road expenditures,
earings will be held by congress km 1
committees and will be followed
with interest by everyone concerned
with the development and mainten.
lice of adequate highways.
It may also -be anticipated that the
Resident will make further statements
as regards his thoughts on the
ubject As governor of New York,
c had am Die onnortunltv to pain
irst-hand Information on the importnee
of federal-aid to the states,
loreover, he has long been a highway
enthusiast.
Whatever may finally result in the
/ay of new federal road policies, it
3 evident that highway progress is
itally linked with the welfare of the
lation and there is agreement that
iverything possible must he done to
:eep' it moving on a sound ba3is.
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MEASURING A MAN'S WORTH S
LKS50K TEXT- -Mar!: 5 -1-17. f
GOLDEN TT.XT?How much then Is a .
nan ol more value than a sheep!?Matthew
12:12.
PRIMARY TOPIC?A Man Who Went J
I Home Well.
JUNIOR TOPIC?What Is a Man Worth* c
intermediate and senior topic r
?What Am I Worth? c
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC?
Pulling People Before ProSt.
Awful is the scone that meets us c
as we go with our Lord across the
sea of Galilee and draw up to the
shore of the country of the
Gadarer.es. Distressing beyond ?
words is the plight of the man who is
under the power of a legion of 1
the demons of Satan; inspiring is the 1
assurance that Christ is victor over I
the devil and his hosts; soul-search- c
ing is the disappointing picture of ;
the men as they evaluate their c
brother's spiritual need over against ;
personal gain.
The same mighty conflict between
the two great spiritual kingdoms, t
of good and evil, God and Satan, ,
goes on in our day. Jesus Christ |
is stiil "greater . . . than he that I'
is in the world" (I John 4:4). Equal- | j
lv true is it that we must each one ;
or us choose what is to be our attitude
toward the conflict, and especially
toward the Christ.
I. The Power of Satan (vv. 1-5).
Foolish men sometimes speak
boldly about Satan as though he
were only a weakling, or perchance
but a creature of legend.
The devil, who is but one being,
operates through many evil spirits,
or demons. They are everywhere
active, and it appears from
Scripture that they seek a physical
body through which tney may function.
Demon-possession, which was
so common in our Lord's day, still
exists, especially on the mission
field. There are some who believe
i that the almost unbelievable cunj
ning and b-azen wickedness of modern
gangsters is an expression of
! demoniacal control.
! The text graphically portrays
what becomes of a poor soul who
! has gotten into the clutches of
Satan. It is a dark and terrifying
picture known to us even in this
year of 1938. But, thank God, there
is a way of deliverance.
If. The Victory of Christ (w. 6
13).
The command of Jesus (v. 8) evidently
preceded the cry of the demons
(v. 7). Notice that the demons
who hated our Lord had no
doubts about His being the Son of
God. They knew Him. How strange
it is that many voices that deny
His deity come from the pulpit,
the professor's chair, or over the
radio, in the name of Christianity I
The demons knew His power, also,
for though they adjured Hiir, not to
torment them, they realized that
they must obey His command to
"come out of the man." They
askad permission to enter the swine.
ill. The Perversity of Man (w.
14-17).
The keepers of the sv/ine fled to
tell the owners. They and others
came to see what had happened.
They saw the demoniac seated,
clothed and in his right mind, "and
they greatly rejoiced and magnified
the name of the Lord." Did they?
No, indeed! "They were afraid"
(v. 15), "and they began to pray
him to depart" (v. 17).
Why were they afrrid? Two reasons
are suggested. In the first
place iney wanieu no spiritual activity
that would interfere with their
business. Swine were of more
value in their sight than the liberation
of demon-possessed men. They
have their successors in our day.
Such are the men who rent their
buildings for taverns and dance
halls because they want money.
Akin to them are those who counsel
against the expenditure of money
to keep the church open, the Sunday
school operating, and for the sending
of missionaries into fields white
unto harvest.
A tract entitled "'Suppose" asks
. the pertinent and searching question,
"Suppose I were offered $10,000 for
every soul I led to Christ; would
that impel me to do more than I
now .do because of the constraining
love of Christ?"
Another reason for their fear was
that they did not want to be disturbed
in their state of spiritual
somnolence. Someone has said that
1 the reason the church of our day
does not have a revival is be- .
cause it doesn t want it. II revival
fires began to burn crooked things
would have to be made straight,
worldliness would have to be put
away, the pursuit of money would
have to be set aside while men
sought souls.
Careful Planning
Just the difference in the way the
two men use their heads makes the
difference, in the way they conduct
their business. Misdirected,
systemless work will make any
business management ineffective,,
: while career I r-'anning, simple, effective
system, will aid even mod;
erate ability to accomplish vast re.
suits.
| Repentance
Te grieve over sin is one thing, to
repent is another.?Robertson.
THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
THE SPOKEN WORD M
A quarter century ago. when Lord
hyce was the British ambassador to
h united States, he remarked, aft.akirg
a tour .cf Uie counUy, that hc
ie had visited but two places where . ,
English was speken?southern Cliio _<
r.J eastern Virginia. I wonder what Sh
us lordship would think should he
isit our country today and note how UI!
auch farther our language has de-jjn
re-aerated into a slanguage. It is j A
u.d i hat out of a lexicon of nearly bu
'fly thousand words, the conversa-! -,r
ional vocabulary o f the average j *
liner ican is confined to some fivejon
undred words, while our best writrs
and speakers have command of a q
are two thousand. Thus necessarily br
alls for much reiteration and vain jc
^petition, to say nothing of a vj,
'overly of expression that borders ar]
n the moronic.
One poor word that is sadly over- to
corked is "streamlined " We have j or
treanrllr.ed ships, trains, autoino- m
dies, neckties, suspenders, smoking ch
apes, modes of advertising, and jo
-hot have you ? I have been watch- w.
ng tile papers carefully for a notice de
if the birth of a streamlined baby. _
Is soon as it arrives, it will, of!
:curse have tr, v... i -
, uit-wiiuic?vin:u, '
mother much abused expression.
Nov about the "slanguage." some j S
.ears ago. all and sundry were using I
he expression '"ish-ka-bibble," which B
K>me cheerful idiot decided was "I B
.hould worry" in Hebrew. Having a I
eadiug acquaintance with the He- H
>rew tongue T can say that it is noth- B
ng of the kind. It is a bastard ex- B
ireasion, without any legitimate
jarentage. Now we have such term3
is, "Nerts," "And how." "Are you
eliing me ?" and the most idiotic of
ill, 'I'll lay you an egg.-'
I will admit that these are very
>opular in our everyday speech, and
X) is the word "Damn," in fact it is
ised by our most cultured (?) lalies.
For every effect there must be a
pause, and I will trail along with
tome of our college presidents and
ay it at the door of our modern
school system, that indulges in too
nuch athletics and too little educator..
If we know only five hundred
words, let's use theni, and not murler
the King's English to any greater
Jxtent than splitting an occasional
nfinitive or dropping our final
?'s. Remember the English drop
heir h's, which sounds like 'el! to
;s, but X wonder what our "slanpjagc"
sounds like to them.
DAVID P. ADDISON.
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IS CLAIMED BY DEATH
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Mrs Jesse Harrison die-:! at be
m? at Bamoco Tuesday morning. l,._
Hewing an attack of pneumonia, fe
o v.os 'J'i years of age last Sunday.
Funcrai sera-ices v/ere postponed
til May 3011), because of sickness.
torment was in a nearby cemetery.
large crowd gathered for the
rial, and the floral offering was
ofuse. =
Surviving are three daughters and ?
e son, Mrs. W. C. Storie, Misses
phie and Lester Harrison and J.
Harrison. One si3ter and one
other. Mr3. Sallie Bradsha-.v and
rry Storie of Patterson, also surce.
There are 24 grandchildren
d 26 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Harrison Had lived at Bamboo
. J. jvaio auu IUVL*U .111U ed
by every one. She was a good
other and was loved dearly by her
lildrcn and grandchildren. She
ined the church early in life and
as a consistent Christian until her
ath.
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CARD OK THANKS
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siglibors for their many acts of
indues - during the illness and death.
our dcajr mother, Mrs. Jesse Harri<d,
luso for the beautiful floral ofring.
MRS. W. C. STORIE.
SOPHIE HARRISON.
LESTER HARRISON.
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