'Miracle Worker'Plays Nightly At Mars Hill
A M-ponnd bundle of energy
in playing the rote of Annie
Sullivan in SART'a aecond
Mtaicte WortairCaet inthe
titte rate, Ranee Vincent
bringa to the aUge a spirit and
vitality that cornea from the
love of living and the Joy of
meeting people
?The Miracle Worker"
recreelee the chikitood o(the
famous Helen Keller and how
?be was saved from the life of
solitary confinement
generally allotted to the deaf,
mute, and sightless by her
fiery and courageous first
teacher, Annie Sullivan.
The Irish-American
"miracle worker" had herself
been orphaned, in
stitutionalized, and for a time,
blind. It is her understanding,
personal insight, and strength
that transforms the pitiful,
groveling blind girl into a
who they are with them and
they are showing it to you. It
concerns acceptance of
yourself, taking risks, and
investing exactly how much
you bring with you."
Accepting "who you are" is
the key that has made the story
of Helen Keller and her tacher,
Annie Sullivan, an inspiration
to people of all ages
"The Miracle Worker"
opened Wednesday, July 6. in
Owen Theatre on the Mars Hill
College Campus. The play will
be presented nightly through
July 17, beginning at 8: IS p.m.
and for 2:30 p.m. matinees
each Sunday. The threat re is
closed on Mondays.
Tickets are $3 for adults. $2
for students and senior
citizens, $1 for children. Group
rates are available at a IS per
cent discount for 10 or more
persons. Reservations can be
made by phoning the Owen
creature of dignity and worth
with the ability to com
municate with the world
around her.
Currently a graduate
student at Southern Methodist
University in Dallas, Tex.,
Renee Vincent is one of three
women selected from
nationwide auditions to par
ticipate in the school's
professional acting program
She has completed one year of
the graduate program and will
receive her master of fine arts
degree next May
May
With an impressive list of
theatrical credits including
roles in such shows as "A
Midsummer Night's Dream,"
"Pippi Longstocking," and
"Butterflies Are Free," Miss
Vincent says that acting for
her is "de ja-vu ? it's hap
pening again, now!" "Actors
are real people standing up
there They have brought all of
Theatre Box Office at 689-1239.
The box office is open from 10
a.m. toSp.m. daily.
Upper Laurel
Community
Activities Held
Hie Upper Laurel Com
munity Club (Old Ebbs Chapel
School building) was
organized April 6, 1976. to
replace the bicentennial
organization.
The board of directors has
had regular meetings and
appointed different com
mittees. They are: building
committee, finance com
mittee, beautification and
clean-up committee,
recreation committee, library
committee and the community
signs committee
Thp nluh has hw?n vprv
active in carrying out the
duties of these committees A
new roof was put on the
auditorium. The lunch room
and auditorium have been
painted. Windowpanes have
been replaced. The building
has been used by churches for
community revivals,
Halloween and Christmas
parties It is available for use
by community groups
Older Americans Day was
held Pancake and box suppers
have been held to raise money
to help pay on the building
Dederick and Maynard Cody
donated a calf which was given
away.
A mobile home is now on the
property for protection of the
building.
Community judging will be
done before Aug. 15. "We hope
that people in the community
will cooperate by picking up
trash, beautifying mailboxes,
and doing anything possible to
clean up and beautify,"
leaders stated.
The club has planned the
following activities:
July 9, 7:30 p.m , gospel
singing.
July 30, 7:30 p.m , country
music.
Aug 6, l p.m., athletic field
day.
Seen On The Summer Scene
< COLORFUL COMFORT - To
: brighten up summer days, team
these stay-cool striped tops with
cool-looking white pants or shorts.
Left, a candy-colored han
dkerchief tie; right, one shoulder
is bared in this striated top.
(Fashions from Aileen.)
Mars Hill Continues
To Beautify Area
A group of enthusiastic
residents met for the quarterly
meeting of the Mars Hill
Community Development
Organization on Tuesday
evening at the local school
cafeteria.
. Dr. Larry Stern, president,
noted that June was
beautification month and it is
hoped that all residents of the
greater Mars Hill Community
cooperated and became in
volved in making their in
dividual yards and public
areas in the town more
beautiful. Mars Hill Com
munity has entered the 1977
Beautification Contest and
judging will be held in August
The month of July will be spent
improving the appearance of
our own yards and areas
around our homes July 30 has
been officially declared as a
clean-up day by the Town
Council. All citizens ? young
*
and older ? are urged to take
part by being at the Town Hall
by 9:30 a.m. to pick up trash
bags and assignments.
One special project, being
sponsored by the Civic Club
and the Methodist Men's Club,
is a contest involving painting
and landscaping around
mailboxes. Cash prizes will be
awarded. Persons interested
in entering this contest may
contact Mrs. J. V. Howell for
more information.
A need to revitalize the Mars
Hill planning and zoning
boards was discussed during
the evening. The Development
Organization will submit a
slate of names as nominees of
persons to serve on these
boards to the Town Council in
July.
Mrs. Larry Burda reported
that the 4-H Gub and girls'
Softball teams are well
organized and participation is
good. About 55 girls are in
volved in the Softball teams for
girls 8 through 14-years-old.
Sponsors are being enlisted to
help in the purchase of
uniforms and with expenses.
Charles Sweeney of Mars
Hill was the lucky winner of the
lovely wooden handmade
clock.
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Mars Hill College
Adds Five To Staff
Five new personnel have
been announced by Mars Hill
College vice president Dr
Richard R. Hoffman. They are
Thomas Plaut, associate
professor in the Department of
Social and Behavioral
Sciences; Gail E. Webster,
instructor; and Thomas C.
Wood, instructor and director
of recreation in the Health,
Recreation, and Physical
Education Department;
Rebecca J. G. Eller, instructor
and director of the reading
certification program; and
Everette David Allen,
assistant professor and
director of vocational
education, both in the
Department of Education.
Plaut is a native of Cin
cinnati, Ohio, and received his
bachelor's degree from
Harvard University, He has
also earned a master's degree
from American University and
a Ph. D. from Union Graduate
School. He has served at David
and Elkins College where he
was president of the faculty;
Federal City College in
Washington, D. C.; and served
in Venezuela with the Peace
Corps.
Miss Webster is a native of
Cortland, N. Y., and completed
her undergraduate work at
State University of New York
at Cortland. She has also
earned a master's degree from
Texas Woman's University in
Denton, Tex. She has taught at
Texas Woman's University,
Como Occupational Orien
tation Middle School in Ft.
Worth, Tex., and comes to
Mars Hill from Ball State
University in Muncie, Ind.
Wood, a native of Beloit,
Wis., received both un
dergraduate and master's
degrees from Southern Illinois
University. He has continued
studying at Rock Valley
College in Rockford, 111., and at
A1 Somer's Umpire School in
Daytona Beach. Before
coming to Mars Hill, he served
with Kansas State College and
Southern Illinois University.
In addition to his duties as a
faculty member at each of
these institutions, he served as
the therapeutic recreational
consultant at Sheridan County
Hospital in Hoxie, Kan., and
executive secretary of the
Southern Illinois University
Special Olympics.
Rebecca Eller, a native of
Westlake, Ohio, received her
bachelor of music education
from the College of Wooster,
Wooster, Ohio. She has also
earned a master of education
in reading and language arts
from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before
coming to Mars Hill, she was
special educator with the
Division for Disorders of
Development and Learning of
the Biological Sciences
Research Center at UNC
Chapel Hill. Other positions
include nursery school teacher
with the Durham YWCA and a
elementary school teacher at
Rittman Elementary School,
Rittman, Ohio.
Allen is a native of Newton
and earned both un
dergraduate and master's
degrees from Appalachian
State University in Boone He
completed requirements for
his Ph. D. last year at N. C.
State University. A veteran of
theU. S. Air Fqrce, he has held
positions at Appalachian State
and Lenoir Community
College as well as with
Tweetsie Railroad at Blowing
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Helen Keller, in the Southern Appalachian
Repertory Theatre's production of "The
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