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Yancey Boys Win First
In State 4-H Contest
Duane McDougald and John
Bennett, both of Micaville
High School, won first place in
the state with their demonstra
tion on soil and water conserva
tion during State 4-H Club
Week in Raleigh. They were
awarded pen and pencil sets.
The demonstration was given
on July 28 at Ridlick Auditor
ium, State College. The two
Yancey County boys were com
peting with four other teams
representing other districts in
the state. They gave a skit
type demonstration showing
the difference in fields contour
strip cropped and those not so
treated. Included in the demon
stration was a model of a field
which effectively showed the
difference in run-off on sod
and cultivated fields. Bennett
and McDougald had construct
ed the model themselves. They
were invited to give the same
demonstration for the Raleigh
Kiwanis Club, but were forced
to decline because of lack of
time. Lewis Dameron, Soil
Conservation Expert, gave val
uable technical advice in pre
j paring the script for the de
monstration.
Betty Young, a juhioiOat
Clearmont High School, repre
sented the county in the State
4-H Dress Revue. Her outfit,
a beige jumper dress with a
brown jacket, is made of but
cher’s linen fashioned in prin
cess lines. Her accessories of
beige and brown set off the
becoming outfit which she
made under the expert guid
No More Fishing
At Game Refuge
That’s all there is. There isn’t
any more fishing in the Game
Refuge this season.
The season closed on the Mt.
Mitchell Wildlife Management
Area Sunday, July 31, accord
ing to Clyde A. Patton, Execu
tive Director of the N. C. Wild
life Resources Commission« un
der the cooperative agreement
that exists between the Com
mission and the U. S. Forest
Service, such-closure is provided
for “if unfavorable conditions
are disclosed after evaluation Sjf
representatives of the agencies'
concerned.
Boyd Moore Attends
Study Course
Boyd Moore, of Roberts
Ail to Sales, recently took a
two-day advanced study course
in Pomerglide and Powerbrakes
at the General Motors Training
Center at Charlotte. He has
been with Roberts Auto for
nine years as a mechanic.
The porpose of General Mot
ors Training Centers such as
the one at Charlotte, is describ
ed by GM President Harlow H.
Curtice, is to “make it possible
for dealer service personnel to
keep up to date on a systematic
basis with improved service
methods and technological ad
vances such as air conditioning,
power steering, power brakes
and other major improvements”
Roberts Auto Sales, headed
by George Roberts, handles
Chevrolet cars and trucks. ..
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ance of Mrs. Mary Margaret
Deyton. Betty gracefully mod
eled her dress along with 87
other county dress revue win
ners from all over North Caro
lina.
During the State 4-H Week
Jeraldine Johnson, John Ben
nett, Victor Morrow, and Duane
McDougald attended the state
4-H council session and parti
cipated in a nomination meet
ing. Elizabeth Wl#eler and
Duane McDougald gave a farm
home electric demonstration.
Victor Morrow served as an
usher.
Other Yancey County 4-H
members who attended 4-H
Week were Johnny Howell,
Martha *G. Bradshaw, Brenda
Phoenix, and Harold Ray.
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Assistant County Agent and Mrs. W. H. Anderson and ;
Carlie Rice of Pensacola are shown here at a TVA fertilizer
demonstration which they visited while they attended the
second annual meeting of Tennessee Valley Association of
Test Demonstration Families he Id recently at Muscle Shoals.
ACTORS SHOW MUCH TALENT IN
PRESENTATION OF ‘SUDS IN YOUR EYE’
In every play so far Pat
Clark has been among the best,
but in “Suds In Your Eye” she
was tops. Her ability to express
the moods of the merciful Miss
Tinkham whose emotions rang
ed from ecstacy to exhaustion
was almost phenominel. So far,
she has the Oscar for the sea-
Ison, as far as we are concerned?
Sharron Frye and Lynn Bai
ley had roles that required real
ability to make the play a suc
cess, and they played their
parts convincingly. For the
most part the dialect was good.
Although the Irish dialect is
popular among stage people, it
is a difficult one to do properly.
There are inflections in the ac
cent that can be acquired only
by much practice and careful
study. Miss Frye may have
fallen a little short on the in
flection, but she left no doubt
in the mind of her audience
about her Irish background.
Much the same can be said
about Lynn Bailey’s portrayal
of Mrs. Rasmussen. Since she
had a Norwegian name in the
play and used a Norwegian ex
pression—“skoll”—but was lis
ted on the program as a Polish \
woman, it was a little difficult
to evaluate her. She had good
Norwegian actions but lacked
the Norwegian sing-song in
flection in her speech. But on
the whole, both Mrs. Feeley and
Mrs. Rasmussen were sympa
thetic and convincing charac
ters.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C„ THURSDAY, august 4, 1955
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Here is,“Mutt” Burton as he
appears in a scene from the
Parkway Playhouse- Produc
tion, “Our Town.” He is also
directing the play.
The two romantic leaders
were both first rate. Jeanie
Hotard probably did more to
make Kate Logan a convincing
character than the author did.
In almost every play there is
an actor or two that seem to be
themselves rather than someone
acting a part. This was true of
Vince Marclay. He fit so neat
ly into his role that one had the
feeling he was just being him
self. It was as if Danny Feeley ■
himself was playing Danny
Feeley.
To a large extent that was
also true of Ed Madden as
Mr. Wilson.
William Ferns had one of
the most difficult roles in the
play. However, he played the
part of Chinatown skillfully
and made a character where
he could have gotten by had he
only burlesqued the part.
Natalie Roge was most con
vincing as Conchita and was
the one person with an absolut
ely perfect accent for the char
acter she played.
It seems that all the actors
had a good understanding of
the characters they portrayed.
Not any seemed mis-cast.
V The Scenery Crew deserves
an orchid for an excellent job
on an interesting setting. In a
flay that departs from reality
to the extent that a tax asses
sor goes about snooping at
night, the use of huge paper
flowers in a flower garden on
ly added to the spirit of the
piay.
BAPTIST D’EACONS MEET
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The Deacon' Fellowship of
the Yancey -Baptist Associa
tion will meat with the Jacks
Creek Baptisl 'Church on Sun
day, August 14 at 2:30 p. m.
It is hoped ftiat all the Bap
tist Churches Will send their
Deacons and all other interest
ed Church workers. All the
Pastors are urgently requested,
to attend. A irqod program hasi
been planned%and a large at
tendance is exacted.
Many Receive
Health Bept. Aid
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152 services
last Monday (July 25) in the
Burnsville offiee of the District
Health Department. This is be
lieved to be a* record number
for the twenty ; years the Dis
trict Health * department has
been in operation; futhermore,
several persons received more
I than one servief}.
Among the services rendered
were the following: .
63 injections of Salk (polio)
vaccine. Imm'flfiizations against
whooping-cough, diphtheria, te
tanus, typhoid fever, and small
pox. Physical examinations of
teachers, prospective college
students, food-handlers, and
children going to camp.
Monday clinic hours in Bur
nsville are * npnhally from 1 to
5 p. m.; howeyer, on this parti
cular day the clinic .was held
4uriug the jaarnijig as well as
the afternoon, to 'take care bf
those receiving the second in
jection of the Salk vaccine.
Those children who did not re
ceive the second injection then
may be brought to the office
Monday, Aug. Ist or Bth, be
tween 1 and 5 p. m., to receive
this.
Stork Takes It
Easy This Week
Only two births and eight
other admissions were report
ed by the Yancey Hospital fori
the past week. The births in-f
eluded a daughter, Deborah
Darlene, born July 30 to Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Laws of Rt 1;
and a daughter not yet named,
born August 1 to Mr. and Mrs.
Carrol Beck of Burnsville,
Other admissions include
Mrs. Effie Pinson of Madison. ,
■ Georgia; Mrs. W. W. Wetzell of j
Relief; Mrs. 11a McMahan of*
Star Route; Miss Kathy McMa
han of Celo; Mrs. Barbara
Willis of Spruce Pine; Mrs.
Shirley Robertson of Burns
ville; Mrs. Avery Grindstaff of
Bandana; and Mrs. Flossie
Hunter of Cane River.
Architects Confer
With County
Commissioners
Jack Revere, of the firm of
Breeze, Holland, & Revere,
Shelby architects, conferred
Monday, (Aug. 1) with the
Yancey County Commissioners
and the Burnsville staff of the
District Health Department re
garding the health center to
be built in Burnsville. After a
conference between Mr. Revere
and the North Carolina Medi
cal Care Commission later this
week, it is expected that preli
minary plans for the health
center will be submitted by the
architects.
Superior Court
To Convene Here
The August term of Superior
Court will convene at 9:30
Monday, August 8. Court will
be in session for only one week
with a criminal docket. No civil
docket is scheduled for this
session. Judge George B. Patton
j will preside over this session
with 184 cases on the docket.
Persons summoned for jury
duty are as follows: Wade
Hampton, John G. Wilson, Os
car Fox, Garfield Fox, T. J.
Melton, Dan Harris, Charlie W.
Fox, Jim Hensley, Tom C. Hyle
mon, Carl Scott, Bascus Elkins,
Lee Davenport, Nat Robinson,
Isaac Stevens, Jess Phillips,
Starlin Boone, W. O. Briggs.
Mrs. Sherwood Whitson, Mrs.
Dora Hensley Phillips, Mrs.
Roscoe Pate, Eugene Harrison,
J. Weldon Autrey, B. H. Hig
gins, Kenneth Price, Jennie
Deyton, Audie Grindstaff, O.
K. Masters, Walter W. Hensley,
Arthur King, S. D. McKinney,
Tommy Buckner, Alburn Shep
herd, Roy D. Grant, Britt
Griffith, Mrs, Laura Rathbone,
Willie Hall, J. Macy Thompson,
Vii’gil Presnell, Howard Buch
anan, Roy Deyton, John B.
McCurry, Frank Harris, Elbert
Lee, Fred Huskins, Fred Hall,
Rupert Ray, Mrs. Mamie Hen
sley, J. D. Bradshaw
Dr. Mcßae Visits
State Board of Health
Dr. Mcßae attended a- maet
ing in Raleigh', on July 26, of
the officers on the staff of the
30th Infantry Division (North
Carolina National Guard), to <
discuss plans for the summer
encampment at Fort Bragg,
Aug. 14 to 28. While in Raleigh,
he visited the offices of the
State Board of Health and the
Medical Care Commission, in
connection with the Health Cen
ter to be built in Burnsville.
Dr. C. F. Mcßae, district
health officer, has been named
to the Professional Education
Committee of the North Caro
lina Division, American Can
s eer Society. Dr. Mdßae is a
director of the North Carolina
Division-.
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Pictured above—is Miss Sharr jn Frye, Parkway Playhouse
Actress, who will appear this Friday and Saturday, August
sth and 6th in Thornton Wilder’s Play, “Our Town”. The
play is being directed by “Mutt” Burton.
Workshop Presents
“OmcTown” Fri.,Sat.
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This Friday and Saturday
evenings the Parkway Play
house at Burnsville will present
Thornton Wilder’s immortal
play, “Our Town.” The produc
tion will be under the supervis
ion of W. C. ‘-Mutt’’ Burton,
who is Guest Director at the
ion of W. C. “Mutt” Burton,
well-known columnist for the
Greensboro Daily News and his
theatrical* ability as director
and actor is known throughout
the state. Mr. Burton will also
be playing the leading role of
the “Stage Manager”, the role
which he played in 1947 wheif
“Our Town” was given as the
first production of the Parkway
Playhouse.
The story of “Our Town”
deals with the history of Grov
er’s Corners, N. H., and some-
Two Yancey Women
Attend National
Methodist Conference
Mrs. Troy Ray and Mrs. Ar
thelia Brooks attended the
tional Methodist Town and
Country Conference at Bloom
ington, Indiana, July 22 to 25.
All sessions of the Conferen
ce were held on the campus of
the University of Indiana. Over
1600 Methodists from all ... sec
tions of flit* C. S. participated.
Alexander Nunn, managing
editor of The Progressive Far
mer, gave the keynote address
on the subject “With Hands on
the Plow and Eyes Toward the
Kingdom.” Rural life is chang
ing, he told the conference de
legates. Although American
agriculture in the past was
built on physical pioneering, it
must in the future come from
spiritual pioneering, editor
Nunn declared. He a!so pointed
out the need for specialized
training for ministers who will
work in the rural field. Church
leaders, he said, should
come acquainted with the broad
problems and opportunities in
agriculture.'
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thing ipf the character of its
citizens. Then the author car
ries you into the houses of the
Gibbs and Webb families, sub
stantial homes containing sub
stantial folks. You arrive at
breakfast time and are carried
through one entire day in the
, lives of these, good people.
There is the love affair between
; young George Gibbs and little
i Emily Webb, and this culmina
- ,tes in a moving wedding scene,
c which contains all those ele
j ments of poignant sorrow and
f abifhdant happiness that makes
; for solemnity and impressive
p ness."
, Many Icoal people will be ap
pearing in this production,
some who are again playing the
♦•ole they were cast in when the
production was first given
here. The production will play
August sth and 6th.
X-Ray Films
To Cost More
Due to increased costs of op
eration, it is felt advisable to
set the fees for chest X-ray
films in the Spruce Pine health
office at two dollars ($2) for
full-sized films and one dollar
for small films, effective Aug.
l. As in the past, men being
X-rayed for work cards will not
be required to pa y for this ser-_-
vice, since films for this pur
pose are supplied by the Health
Department of the State Board
of Health. -
Jacks Creek Club
Announces Meeting
“What the Community Club
Means to the Community” will
be the subject of a panel ’ dis
cussion at the regular meeting
of the Jacks Creek Community
Club on Monday, August 8, as
announced by Mlrs. Willard
Honeycutt, president. Miss Sue
“Nottingham, County Home
Agent, will lead the discussion.
All young people .are espec
ially urged to attend.
CHURCH SERVICES ,
Rev. J. H. Longenecker of
Roebuck, S. C., formerly a
Missionary in Belgian Congo
from 1917-1950 will be preach
ing at these services:
Micaville Presbyterian Chur
ch, 10:00 a. m.; Estatoa Pres
byterian Church, Celo, 11:15 a.
m. ; Newdale Presbyterian
Church, Newdale 7:30 p. m.
Billy Thomas Moved
To Okinawa
Camp Gifu, Japan (FHTNC)
—Marine Pvt. Billy G. Thomas,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J
Thpmas of Route 1, Green
Mountain, N. C., has been rede
ployed from Japan to Okinawa
with the 9th Marines, infantry
regiment of the 3rd Marine
Division. *
James Peterson
Enlists In Army
James Monroe Peterson jot
Green Mountain has enlisted
in the Army Ordnance Corps.
After 8 weeks of,, basic!"Training
at Fort Jackson, S. -C., he will
be given a leave home prior to
being assigned to the Ordnance
Corps for specialized training.