keep
VOLUME FIFTEEN SUB. RATES $1.50 YEAR.
Plans For sth Annual
Art School Being Made
Greensboro. Fine Arts
activities of Woman’s Col
lege will move 190 miles
wetsward again this sum
mer to 2,900-foot high Bur
nsville in the Western Nor
th Carolina mountains for
the fifth season of the
Burnsville School of Fine
Arts and its famous little
Parkway Playhouse.
Charles W. Phillips, the
school’s director, this week
announced the school’s pro
gram to be carried out July
9 to August 18 and the ap
pointment of the staff to
supervise the seven-fold
schedule of activities dur
ing the six weeks.
The Parkway Playhouse
program which is at the
heart of drama schedule
calls for six stage produc i
tions on successive week
ends, “Claudia,” or “Glass
Menagerie,” “Taming of
the Shrew,” “Harvey,” a !
music and dance recital,'
“Ten Little Indians,” and
“lolanthe.”
A new undertaking tena
tively scheduled for this
year will be the appearance
of a touring company with |
“Ten Little Indians” in a
number of nearby towns
from Auciist 20 to Labor
Day. . ;
The academic part of the
school’s program calls for
courses or study in art,'
creative writing, the dance, 1
drama, education, history, 1
and music.
In addition to Director
Phillips the school’s staff
and faculty, most of its
members from the W. C
staff, is announced as fol j
REA STOCKHOLDERS MEET SATURDAY !
Marshall Officials of i
the French Broad Electric'
Membership Cor poration 1
said today that they believe 1
Saturday’s 1951 annual
meeting of members will
be the largest and most'
successful in the co-op’s 11-
year history.
An overflow crowd is ex
pected in the Marshall
High School Auditorium,!
and arrangements are
being made for additional
seating'capacity. Since the'
meeting is being held on an
earlier date this year, the
building will be more com
fortable than last year’s
June meeting.
Over the years, this
meeting has become one of j
the most important dates,
on the farmer’s calendar. I
The size of the meeting has j
paralled the growth of the
co-op itself, and last year
an estimated 1200 people
celebrated the coopera
tive’s tenth aniversary.
This year, several new
features have been added.
The Crosley Community
Carnival, a fun-packed, ed
ucational, program, has
been a hit in every town it
has been presented. Those
who attended the meeting
Isat year will remember the
valuable frozen food dem
onstraiton presented by the
.International Harvester
Company. This feature was
so popular it is back, in new
form, at the request of
the Yancey Record
lows: William R. Taylor,
drama and Playhouse dir
ector; Gordon R. Bennett,
University of Miami, as
sistant Playhouse director
and technical director;
William C. DeVeny, voice;
Duane P. Kline, instrumen
tal music; Miss Virginia
Moomaw, the dance; Mrs.
Lettie Rogers, creative 1
writing; Miss Kathryn En
gland, drama; Francis M.
Casey, Chapel Hill, drama;
Mrs. Callie Braswell, of
Greensboro College, educa
tion ; Miss Ruth Gunter,
education? Dr. W. C. Jack
son, history; and Dr. Hol
lis J. Rogers, education.
Several additional appoint
ments are to be made.
Resident staff of the
Playhouse will include
Mark Sumner of Woman’s
College, stage manager;
Mike Casey, a Fullbright
scholar now ending a year
in Europe, assistant and
operetta director; Miss An
na Graham, University of '
North Carolina, shop assis
tant; and Mrs. Ruth Groce i
Young, also now ending a 1
year of study in Europe, '
costumer. :
In "preparation for the'
new season the Burnsville
school has made a number
of important new physical
i n c 1 uding
the construction of an am
phitheater and completion
of an apartment house for
the faculty. The plant also
includes the 400-seat Play
house, the dining hall, resi
dence hall, a shop, a 1 labora
tory building, the gymnas- 1
ium, a classroom building, 1
and the rehearsal hall.
[ many of the co-op members i
I Harry B. Caldwell, out- .
i standing leader of the Nor- i
i th Carolina Grange, will be 1
the principle speaker. Ex- '
hibits, prizes, and co-op i
[business transactions will 1
round out the program. i
As usual, the members {
will elect a board of direct
ors to represent them for J
| the coming year. A slate of | *
directors has been selected |
by a special nominating \
i committee, and others may ’
!be nominated from the
floor at the meeting.
Gaston Dalton and his .
Saturday Morning Play
boys will entertain at the j
Crosiey Show in the morn
ing, and again in the after
'noon. The Marshall Order \
Jof the Eastern Star will J
i serve basket lunches and *
I refreshments on the
grounds. <
Registration begins at J
10:00 a. m. Saturday morn- j
ing, and the displays' and |
exhibits wilj* be open at ,
that time. The regular bus- j
iness session will begin at ,
1:30 p. m. |
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Town Meeting to be Held
J
A town Mass-meeting <
will be held on April 24 for 1
the purpose of selecting
candidates to run for town
offices in the coming elec
tion.
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, ts. <5, THURSDAY, APRIL 19,1951
BALD CREEK SENIORS
TO PRESENT PLAY
The Senior Class of Bald
Creek High School will
present “Silas Smidge from
Turnip Ridge” by Jay Tob
ias on Thursday, April 26
at 8:00 p. m. Those taking
part are pula Jean Austin,
Neurasthenia 1 Twiggs ;
Wilma June Angel, Simpli
city McPheeters; Ben Lee
Hensley, Oswald Gorlick;
, Mary Alice Ray, Judy;
jJuanell Randolph, Florence
McPheeters; Clay England,
Thaddeus McPheeters;
Charles Styles, Ralph Thor
nhill; Margaret Wilson,
Enid Thornhill; Jbne Bry
an, Leola Pijjdey; Jerry
Nowicki, Ben Bruce; Fred
Wilson, Silas Smidge; Lut
her Lawhern, Wayne Ken
dall; Juanita King, Muriel
Armitage.
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Attend Meeting
A group of Dairymen of
the county accompanied by
E. L. Dillingham, county
agent, attended the State
Holstein sale in Statesville
Tuesday.
R. A. Buchanan of Bur
nsville, Rt. 1, purchased
two 4-H Club heifers. One 1
was from a producer ofi
\%m
years okt: otror wasr
Anglins Build New Home
A dream came true for
the * Cecil Anglins when
they learned that they
were eligible for a Housing
Loan under the terms of
the 1949 Housing Act.
It was like this —Mr.
Anglin had purchased 17.5
acres in 1943 in the Jacks
Creek Community on High
way-No. 197, most of which
was cultivable land. At that
time he was not married
and the fact that the land
did not have a dwelling on
it failed to concern Mr-
Anglin as his parents lived
near by and he c ould stay
with them when he was in
Yancey County. He contin
ued to work for Railway
Express in Washington and
rented his land in North
Carolina 1 .
In 1946 he married the
former Miss Delor Brown
of Washington, D- C. and
then the question of build
ing a- home took on a new
interest and he convinced
her that they should return
to his native county to live.
The biggest problem was
to save enough money to
finance the building of the
house but they thought i
they could do it with both
of them working and sav-|
ing. However, after four,
years of hard work and,
high living expenses in the!
city, they realized that
they were going to be old!
people before they could
bank enough money t o
build the house. It was
then that they started look
ing for sources of credit
which afforded sufficient
time for repayment at a'
reasonable interest rate-J
He decided to investigate
the possibilities of the'
Housing Act and was ad vis-'
ed to see Mr. Mack B. Ray,
County Supervisor of the
Farmers Home Adminis
tration in Burnsville.
After seeing Mr- Ray,
things began to hum and!
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? KILLED HI ACTION
Cpl. Hurley Wilson, son
lof Mr. and JMrs. Austin
1 Wilson of Bjtee Log, was
i killed in action in Korea
r ( March 31, according to in
s'formation received here.
v Cpl. Wilsqn, 24 years old,
i, j was with the occupation
forces in Gerihany and had
- been in servile about five
e' years. At this time of his
; death he waj serving with
; the 73rd Hettry Tank Div
e ision. He hair been in Kor-
l s ea' for nine rfonths.
;| p Surviving are the par
- ents, two |feters, Milam
J Wilson of Burnsville, and
- Mrs. Tate Ramsey of Er
/win; three jjpthers, Ford,
1 of the home fiend Harry and
-1 Hoover of
||from a heav|§ producer andj
* resulted fr||n artificial
breeding by jf Southeastern
Association bull.
Ralph Ray,; also of Rt. 1
j. Burnsville, purchased a
three year old cow bred by
Mrs. L. T. KSuntze of Le
noir. «
; Others attending the
sale from this county were
Seth Petetrsofe, local tech
nician of the artificial
' breeding association, Phil
. ip Bailey and Donald Buch
! anan, 4-H : Cln& members.
r calves in the dairy show.
LIONS CLUB
, The Lions CLub held its
x regular meeting Thursday
night with C. O. Reckard.
J giving a talk on the history j
f and development of elec
| tricity.
I In the business session
; B. L. Carter was elected as
a member of the Board of
! Directors and C. O. Ellis
was elected as Tail Twister
Club president, Dr. M. '
W. Webb, led a discussion ■
on aid to the blind of this
county. The club made the (
decision to collect scrap
metal in Burnsville to aid
in securing glasses for)'
children in Yancey County
who need them and need
financial aid.
Dr. Webb said members
of the club will be dispatch
ed to each part of the
, town to pick up scrap met
,al on Saturday of this ,
week. Everyone who has
. scrap metal to donate will
be rendering service to a
needy cause by holding it
Ifor the Lions Club, Dr. ,
Webb said.
Woman’s Club to Give
Benefit Party
, A Benefit Party spon
sored by the Burnsville
[Woman’s Club will be giv
en in Roberts and Johnson
! Club Room on Saturday
| night, April 21. Games will
begin at 8 p. m.
| Each club member has
been asked to make up a
table for the party, and
each group will select the
games it wishes to play.
(Each table of players is
; also asked to bring cards
'or any other needed sup
plies for the games select
ed).
Door prizes and high
'score prizes for the various'
'games will be given.
The party should prove
an occasion for townspeo
ple to meet many of the
, newcomers to Burnsville,
land all are invited to the
[party.
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As the third performan
ce in a spring series of sen
ior recitals, at Wesleyan
'College in Macon, Ga., Miss
Evelyn Hamrick of Burns
ville last week presented a
program of organ music in
'Macon’s First Presbyterian
Church.
Miss Hamrick, who is the
pupil of Wilbur Rowand,
Wesleyan’s noted organist,
presented the recital ini
partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the bach
elor of music degree.
The 19 year-old Burns
ville girl is the daughter of
part in extracurricular ac
tivities at, Wesleyan, hav
ing served as secretary of
• the junior class, vice pres
ident of the student council
ifor four years, house pres
ident in her junior year
and junior marshall- She
has been a member of the
music club for four years
and has sung with the glee
club for three years. She
was the recipient of a schol
arship in her freshman
year.
Miss Hamrick played
pieces by Couperin, Bach,
Gigout, Langlais, Sowerby, <
and Edmundson in the
course of her two-part pro
gram-
Miss Hamrick’s mother
and Mrs. J. G. Low of Bur
nsville attended the recital-
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Mr. and Mrs. T. S. God- ;
win visited relatives In i
Wilson last week end. Mr. i
and Mrs. Earl Pidgen, 1
young bride and groom, re- i
turned to Burnsville for a i
week’s visit with the God- I
wins. Mr. Pidgen is Mrs. ]
Godwin’s brother. j
GENERAL MAC4RTHUR RETURNS TO U. S~
AFTER 14 YJEAR SERVICE
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AN OLD SOLDIER
JUST FADING AWAY
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General Douglas MacAr
thur, addressing Congress
today concerning the con
flict of thought toward
the Korean war said, “In
war, there is no substitute)
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Glen Raven Mill Has
Foreign Visitors
Six representatives from
Dutch textile manufactur
ing plants were in Burns
ville today visiting the Glen
Raven Mill.
The visitors from Hol
land include J. Raymakers,
Jr., manager of ladies’
Bailey Announces
Farm Meeting
Yates Bailey, president
of the Yancey County
Farm Bureau, announced
this week that a Bureau
meeting will be held Tues
day night, May 1, at the
Roberts and Johnson build
ing.
Lon Edwards, past presi
dent of the State Farm
Bureau and member of the
State Legislature this sea
son, will be the guest
speaker.
The raising trophy will
be presented at the meeting
W. 0. Briggs, who re-
I cently attended a conferen
ce on burley tobacco in
Washington, D. C., will
make a- report of the con
ference, Bailey said.
! Funeral services for
Harmon Edwards, 48, of.
Cane River, who died in an
Asheville hospital Saturday
after a brief illness, were
held Sunday at 2:30 p. m.
in the Elk Shoal Baptist
Church with the Rev. Hol
land Black and the Rev.
Manuel Holland officiating.
Burial was in the family
cemetery at Prices Creek.
He was a lifelong resid
ent of this county, hold
ing the office of sheriff at
one time, and was a promi
nent farmer.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Alda Sronce Edwards ;
two daughters, Mrs. Blaine
Banks of Burnsville and
Miss Peggy Ann Edwards
of the home; 2 sons, Ralph 1
and Charles of Cane River;
the mother, Mrs. J. M.
Edwards of Cane River;
two sisters, Mrs. S. R. Hen- !
sley of Cane River and Mrs.
G. W. Hughes of Bald
Cffeek; one brother, W. C. 1
Edwards of Bald Creek,
and one grandchild. <
for victory.*'
MacArthur, in saying, his
farewell to his military
career, quoted an old West
Point ballad, “An old sold
ier never dies, he just fades
away;” and said of him
self, I’m an old soldier just
I fading away.”
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NUMBER THIRTY-THREE
dress goods and inings mill;
J.’ P. Roelvink, weaving
superintendent of a ladies’
dress goods and linings
plant; E. P. van der Wende,
general manager of a lin
ings, underwear, crepe, lad
ies’ dress goods production
plant; J. Houwink, director
of a plant making lining
materials; W. C. Tilanus,
Jr., director of a dress
goods and linings material*
plant; and J. C. Meybert,
textile engineer of a vis
cose rayon yarns and sta
ple fibre manufacturing
company.
Roger Gant of Burling
ton accompanied the visit
ors through the plant.
Following a tour through
the plant, the visitors, with
a group from the Glen Rav
en mill, lunched at the Nu-
Wray Inn.
The group from Holland
is in the U. S. inspecting
textile plants as a part of
the exchange program car
ried on by textile compan
ies of both countries in the
manufacturing and techni
cal field.
Paul Burton, Hale Bry
son, James Mclntosh, and
week from (Jullowneerer
Spring vacation.
‘ Mr. and Mrs. Monroe A.
‘ Nichols of Knoxville were
the week end guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Troy Buckner of
Burnsville.
Mrs. W. B. Robertson is
seriously ill at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Clyde
Whittington of Cane River.
Odorous Ramp To Reign
At Convention
Canton High up in the
Great Smoky *M o u ntains,
the ramps have served not
ice it’s time to start think
ing of conventions.
When they got wind of
this, officers of the Hay
wood County Ramp Con
vention settled on May 13
as the day to pay honor to
the little wild vegetable
with the big odor.
The occasion wil be the
21st annual Ramp Conven
tion at Black Camp Gap,
five miles off U- S. 19 west
to Canton.
Hundreds of North Car
olinians, along with visitors
from many other states,
are expected to eat ramps
and scrambled eggs, drink
black coffeeg| and join in
singing. Frequently there
are so many politicans
present the affair resem
bles a political convention-
North Carolina’s Secre
eary of State Thad Eure,
an old hand at ramp con
ventions, will be the guest
speaker.
But the center of atten
tion will be the distinctive
ramps. The potent little
bulbs thrive in tremendous
numbers in the dark and
fertile soil of the Black
Camp Gap area, 5,000 feet
above sea level.
The ramp is considered
delectable by old-timers-
Some like their ramps
scrambled wijth eggs; for
others, no cooking at all is
.necessary. They take their
ramps neat, with cornbread
and sometimes, it’s rumor
ed, corn liquor on the side.
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