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(iaMiiiiiiiiiihtiiiiiiifeiiiMiiiiititiftiiiiiCiianaitiititttn&HiNfr Protect our Wildlife. Prevent Forest Fires. tairauansiiaiiaiiaiisiisHaiiatißiiaMaHaitaitaHaiiaiiaHftHaHai* VOLUME TWELVE School of Fine Arts Is Now Under Way The second session of the Burnsville School of Fine Arts and the Playhouse, Inc., opened Monday. The extension classes for also be gan on Monday, with in structor? from Woman’s College of the University!' of North Carolina. All scenery, properties and costumes for the four plays to be given during the season have arrived and the students came in during the week end. The, casts of the plays will include stud ents, and townspeople who are interested in theatre activities. _ W R. Taylor, director of ' urn an a tic activities at | Woman’s College, is head of the summer project. Hilmar Sallee who was with the group last year, is again serving as stage man ager and this year will of fer courses in modern dra ma and an introduction to the dramatic arts. Mr. Sallee is associate professor of stage design at the Uni versitv of Miami, Miami, Ha, " Cordon Bennett, gradua te student in drama at the University of North Caro lina and assistant technical director for the Play-Mak- Methodist Church At the 11 o’clock service, the pastor will have as his subject “The Storm and the Rainbow”. Tommy Burton will be soloist. Rev. Taylor will hold ser vices at the Concord church at 3 o’clock Sunday after noon and at the Bolens Creek church at 7:45. Presbyterian Church Morning worship at 11 o’clock. Dr. Harris will speak on “Freedom From Anxiety”, the 3rd address oi, the general subject of Peace. Bible School at 10:15. Adult class taught by the pastor. Dr. Harris will speak at the West Burnsville church at 8 p. m. Sunday. Mrs. Nolle Dimon Acree and her daughter, Clayton Reid, of Columbus, Ga. are here. Clayton is attend ing drama classes and Mrs. Acree has taken an apart ment for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Angel who have been residing at Wayland, Ky. for several years have moved to Ashe ville and are now residing at 20 Baird St. Mr. Angel is with the Troitino and Brown construction com pany. Mrs. Emma Crossland of Bennettsville, S. C. was the guest of Mrs. Bob Pollard during the week end. Little Brenda English has returned to her home in New Jersey after visiting her grandparents. —•- Mary Frances Hamrick is at Folly Beach, S. C., for a week’s vacation with friends. THE YANCEY RECORD SUB. RATES: $1.50 YEAR. ers of the University, is technical director for the Burnsville project and will teach a course in play pro duction. Bill Cornell, grad uate in dramatic art from the University of Miami, is assisting Mr. Bennett. Miss Anna Graham, • Woman’s College graduate, !is in charge of costuming the productions. She- 4s a teacher in St. Mary’s | School in Raleigh and has, served as technical director of the Raleigh Little Thea tre for the past two years. Miss Barbara Sutlive, also a igraduate of Woman’s Col lege, is publicity director. The four plays that will | be produced summer are “Ladies in Retirement”, “I Remember Mama”, “The Hill Between”, and “The Great Big Doorstep”. Music Codrse The 4-weeks music class es will begin on July 19, un der the direction of W. C. DeVeny, head of the voice department o f Woman’s College. Mr. DeVeny will give pri vate instruction in voice,' and will have a choral class three times a week. Classes will meet in the Baptist church with Mrs. DeVeny as accompanist. , Mechanical Inspection Lane Will Be Open Here 1 .Inly 16 to 24 The motor vehicle inspec tion lane will be open here from July 16-24, according to the -Ally l-Septomber 30 schedule from the state de partment of motor vehicles. The inspection law which went into effect January l 1 requires that every vehicle in the state pass a rigid median cal inspection beJ fore ibcember 31, and twice a year thereafter. The one was operated here for two weeks in April and May an i many of the county’s vehicles [were Inspected at that time. Baptist Church The Rev. Ben Jay Mdver, pastor, will speak on “Pos sessive Ability” at the 11:0D a. m. worship hour, and on “When Morning Comes” at the 8 p. m. worship hour. BRIGGS-HILL Mr. and Mrs. Welzie Briggs of Micaville an nounce the marriage o f their daughter, Mary Lee, to Willard C. Hill, son of Mr. Charles C. Hill and the late Mrs. Hill of Jackson ville. The wedding took place in Marion on July 3. * 1 ■ Margaret is in Mercy Hospital, Charlotte because of a back infection.! i Mrs, Julia Mclntosh visit- 1 ied relatives last week in :i Marion. --—Mrs. G. C. Mclntosh has : returned to her home at • Bee Log from an Asheville i hospital where she under went an operation. “DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY” BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 8,1948 NO POLIO CASES IN COUNTY Because of the number of cases of infantile paralysis that are now incident in the state, there have been rum ors of cases in the county. At present; -there are no cases reported in Yancey county. George F1 oy d Rogers (“Parson”), son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Rogers was stricken with Polio last week in a summer camp ! near Brevard. He was one I of four campers there who i developed polio, and had been away from Burnsville too long to have contracted the disease here. The same precautions which have been given be fore by the district health department are jarged still. Keep children out of grounds, avoid exposure, over exertion and tonsilec tomies and call a doctor in case of illness to be sure of the cause. Corporation Is Operating Mines Near Burnsville The States Mining Cor poration, formerly of At lanta but recently incor ipovated in North Carolina, is now operating several mica and feldspar mines near Burnsville. Members of the corpora tion are Franklin T. Siers ma of Atlanta, Ed Thomas of Gainesville and C. M. Cooley of Marianna, Fla. Mines now being operat ed include the one known as the Jesse Autrey mica mine, now owned by E. L. Briggs, and the Wolf Branch mica gig mine. The firm expects to open sever al pattern mica mines in Yancey and Mitchell coun i A large amount of No. 1 feldspar has also been min- 1 ed and is being shipped from Burnsville to Erwin over the Black Mountain Railway. Demand for mica is in creasing and the price j compares favorably with places during the war. Farmers Federation Picnic With approximately 1,200 persons in attendance, the annual Farmers Federation picnic for Yancey county, was held in the Burnsville high school building SaturJ day. The program was opened by James Clarke, who servJ ed as master of ceremonies. The Rev. Dumont Clarke head of the religious de partment of the Federation, pronounced the invocation, after which James Clarke spoke on Federation activi ties during the pasty- year. Mr. Clarke explained how the Southeastern Artificial Breeding association, re cently organized, is improv j ing the milk capacity o f I dairy herds throughout North Carolina and even into Georgia, and South Carolina. The Rev. Dumont Clarke spoke briefly on the- pro gram and progress of the religious department of the Member of Stock Company For Summer Season George Blake, son of Mrs. Julia Blake of Burnsville, is with the Bloomingburg, Playhouse, Bloomingburg N. Y. for the summer sea- 1 | son. Mr. Blake is now playing the male lefad in the first production of the summer, a three act comedy, “The Arrival o£ Kitty”, which opened July 3 for a two 1 1 weeks run. The play is j being directed and staged ' by Gertrude Arden. 1 A graduate of Burnsville ‘ high school where he show. 1 ed much interest in drama tic activities, Mr. Blake re -5 ceived his M. A. degree in ■ Dramatic Literature from 1 Columbia University i n • 1947 and has completed a year in the Yale Drama » School, j i New Pastor Named By Newdale fresbyterians The Re\| D. A. Mcßight arrived last week and has taken up his duties as pas . tor of the iffwdale Presby . terian chur«h. Mr. Mcß|ght comes to , Newdale film Carbon Hill, 1 Ala. which |s in the Bir ; mingham Pfesbytery. Mrs. Mcßfeht and their . young son accompanied . him here, k c ' rTI Bill Hensle\went to4irn colnton Sundjp for a week’s . visit and. to fisit Margaret i Hensley whefis in Mercy i j hospital. .1 Mr. and Ms. W. L. Allen : had as theiiguests over the “ week end fr. and Mrs. ■ Eugene Rusing and small i daughter, Lida, and Mr. and Mrs. R.N. Rushing all !°f Charlotte Bill Young and mother,md Joe Young i and wife all of Asheville, j Everyone eroyed supper at Carolina Unlock Satur day, and a lcely day on Mt. Mitchell Sur.ay. J. G. Low 7 is in Moore General hosjtal for exami nation and teatment. Federation, elling of the three divisiis as follows: first, worshi: second, work and third, py. Each ]>er_ 1 son is askeito set aside a I portion of ach farm crop or farm stoc for the Lord’s) Acre plan. He explained | further tht the religious I departments now operat- 1 ing a recreaonal program under whicchurches spon.l sor a day tch week for supervised rec r ea tional program fc children. Included a the program for the da|vere such per formers asjhe Federation string bam and many per-1 formers i Yancey and surrouhdir counties. The Alh family quartet' of Swiss \ i first place in! the quart singing, and the Austii uartet of Cane River, woi econd place. Games 1 contests were; held on tl school grounds,! and maze iwarded indivi dual perf tiers or groups. AGRONOMY TOUR All the farmers of the county are cordially invited to attend an agronomy tour to be conducted by Dr. E. R. j Collins on July. 13, 1948. Please meet on the square at 8:15. The schedule is as fol lows: 8:30 J. H. Ray, Ladi no pasture—corn; 9:00 E. C | Blankenship, Alfalfa; 9:45 H. E. Duncan, Hybrid corn production; 10:45 Champ L. ; Ray, Ladino pasture; 11:15 Grover Robinson, Alfalfa, • Committees Named For “Children’s Crusade” Mrs. Hobart Ray, chair i man of the United Nations i Overseas Children’s Cam i paign, has named the fol i lowing committees to aid in i collecting funds for this cause: Bowditch: Mrs. Mary Briggs, Mrs. Clarence Byrd. Celo: Mrs. Bob Ballew; Busiek: Mi's. Tom Huffman. Pensacola: Mrs. Brooks 5 Wilson, Mrs. D. J. Jamerson ■ Toledo: Mrs. Everett John • son. Green Mtn.: Frank How ■ ell, Mrs. Claude Hughes, Mrs. P. D. Geouge. Swiss:: Bruce Tomberlin, Mrs. J. "J. Nowicki; Bald Creek: Mrs. Juanita Prof fitt, Mrs. Ike Laughrun, Lewis Halil, Louise Proffitt, Mrs. Lois Proffitt. Micaville: Mrs. Hubert Justice, Ray Howell, Mrs. Delzie Harris; Boonford: Mrs. Ola Mae Sparks. Arbuckle: Mrs. Henry Lee Robinson; Sioux: Mrs. Zora Warrick; Bee Log: Mrs. Earl Hensley, Alma Buck; Possum Trot: Mrs. Earl Wilson, Mrs. Max Proffitt. * . Cane River: Mrs. Monroe Mclntosh, Mrs. Jan Laugh- | ridge; Ramseytown: Mrs. | Daisy Williams; Higgins: Mrs. Max Higgins, Mrs. Dewey Higgins. Newdale: Mrs. Avery! Wyatt, Mrs. Grace Harris, j Bee Branch: Mrs. J. S.! Moody; Day Book: Mrs. Peterson; Patterso" Bran- ch: Mrs. C|is Johnson. Byrd Branch: Mrs. Sam J. Byrd, Upper Jacks Creek: Mrs. «Carl Mclntosh. Concord: Mrs. E. B. Pow_ ell; Prices Creek: Bernice Hensley, Mrs. Earl DeytonJ Phipps Creek: Mrs. Bilk Buckner, Mrs. "Donald Banks; Banks Creek: Mrs. Charlie Allen, Mrs. Hunter. Indian Creek: Bonnie Mclntosh; Paint Gap: Mary Alice Maney. SrSckey Says: jP» AH - NOW FOR A a LONG. MAP ! HOPE THERE BLWONT BE MANY ■Hmif M FIRES THIS Yt-AP I w v • I* tint Imi iM iIM Burnsville Painting Classes Will Open July 10th The Burnsville Painting Classes, conducted b y Frank Stanley Herring and Edward S. Shorter, will open here on July 10th for the third season. Registration will be held on Monday morning, July 12th and indications are for an even larger enroll ment than the highly sue- 1 cessful season last year. The classes are «G. I. and i school accredited and sev eral veterans are enrolled. Students from 17 states attended last summer and applications have been re ceived this year from North Carolina, South Carolina, ' Georgia. Florida, T e | Ohio, New York, Pennsyl vania and West Virginia. A number of teachers from colleges and public ; schools throughout these 1 states are among the appli | cants. John L. Griffeth, dir_ ‘ ector of the Norton Galler -1 ies of West Palm Beach, ' Fla., has already arrived, with Mrs. Griffeth, and will ' be a student for the season. 1 The course of instruction includes landscape, still life and portrait in • various mediums. ■ The classes i n landscape painting make regular field trips to paint iscenes that include beauty (spots of the surrounding sections. i Both Mr. Herring and | Mr. Shorter are widely known in art circles throu ghout the states. Mr. Her • ring studied at the Art Students League, Art In stitute and Academy o f 'Fine Arts, and is a mem-1 ber of the Salmagundi Club.! IHe has been an instructor in Grand Central School of Art, New York City, and the Ringling School of Art at Sarasota, Fla., where he taught portrait and land scape painting .during the' past school session, and for li several years operated pri-i vate classes in New York. For eighteen years Mr. ;< Herring has spent his sum- ' BURNSVILLE— “So They Say” j The weather; Heat wave, i with temperatures up near ly to 90 degrees. Today (lhursday) cool and cloudy. About town: We’ve all been distressed about “Par. sen” Rogers who is ill of polio. Betty Jo Banks who has been very ill for past twe weeks of a glandular and kidney infection and Margaret Hensley who’s in Mercy hospital, Charlotte because of a back infection.! “Parson” was one of the tour youngsters in camp, n eaj* Brevard who wCf§, stricken. Latest report is that he continues to im prove after a few critical i days. . . Betty Jo was very i ill of a baffling complica-'j tion but began to show im-'i provement yesterday, and ] Bill Hensley who’s with j Margaret says there’ll be ] treatment and not an oper-| Protect our Natural re sources. Prevent Forest Fires. NUMBER FIFTY mers in western North Car olina painting the beautiful countryside and executing portrait commissions o f N-o''th Carolinians, Among his sifters were the former Governor and Mrs. Erhinghaus, Judge Her riot Clarkson, Mrs. Joe Cannon, Cannon Reynolds j and other members of the i Cannon family, Mrs. Ida i Clarkson Jones, Mrs. { ’ran ees Clarkson, Mrs. William Allison, Dr. Thomas Holt, Mrs. Erik‘Snowden N'hols and others. j Mr. Herring has exhibit ed his paintings in Char lotte, Hickory, Wilmington, and Trvon, North Carolina and in many of the eastern and northern cities. Lis paintings hang in museums and private collections in 38 states. Mr. Shorter studied at the Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D. C. and tau , ght there for two years. He also studied for two years in Paris. He has had his pri vate studios in Columbus : and Macon, Ga. and is asso jciated with the University of Georgia for which he , conducts extension classes, , as well as private classes, He is vice president of the I Southern States Art Lea pue. president of the Geor gia Art Association and a ! member of the Society of Washington Artists and of [the Salmagundi Club. He is representative in Geor gia of the Artists’ Equity i Association and the Ameri can Artists’ Professional League. Frances Hall Herring is 'the executive secretary of the Painting Classes. She lls a graduate of Columbia [University and ha- studied painting with her husband, Frank Stanley Herring ahd at the Singling School'of Art. She had a one woman exHibic of her paintings at the Montross Galleries in New York and has debit ed in group shows else where. ation. . . Glad to learn that ■the Cecil Angels are now living at 20 Baird Street, i Asheville instead of ’way off ’ in Kentucky. Barbara and ‘ her husband, Arthur Wrightson, were here last • week for visit, and Virginia 1 and her husband, Earl ; Weber, will arrive today. . . Drama students have armC 1 ed and they’re a group of , most attractive girls and boys! Glad to have the W,. R. Taylors back, and the other instructors, including , “Slats” Raibourn, Barbara Sutlive, Anna Graham and the Gordon Bennetts. Gor don Bennett has been at JWanteo for “Lost Colony” productions and will be technical director of the Cherokee Indian pageant when ii is-produced. Mrs. B. and cute young Nancy here too. . . Aqd speaking of productions, George Blake is with the Bloomingburg Playhouse, Bloomingburg, (Continued on page 4}
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