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CROSSROADS”
AT PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE
THURSDAY, FRI., SAT.
VOLUME NINETEEN
Season’s Last Play Has-
Three-Day Run Here
Thursday, Friday, and Satur
day, August 11, 12, and 13th,
the Parkway Playhouse of Bur
nsville, N. C., will present a
real old fashioned melodrama
entitled “Dirty Work At The
Crossroads.” This production
climaxes the 1955 Playhouse
season, and promises to be one
of the biggest hits in years.
Under the able and experienced
direction of Mr. Gordon R.
Bennett, who directed the same
show. at the University of
Miami's Ring Theatre, Play
house theatre goers are assured
an evening of delightful humor.
Done in the grand fashion of
the rollicking Gay Nineties, the
show includes such memory
provoking melodies as “All
That Glitters Is Not Gold”,
“Why Did They Dig Ma’s
Grave So Deep” “Only A Bird
In A Gilded Cage”, “In The
Garden Os My Heart”, “Wait
Till The Sun Shines Nellie”,
4-H Leaders
Attend Conference
Yancey County’s delegation
to the first Western District
4-H Leadership Conference left
for Swannanoa 4-H Camp M n
day, August 8.
The 4-H members attending
are Lillie Estep, daughter of
Mr. and Mra. Carl Estep of Bee
Log, and Duane McjDougald,
son of Mr. and Mrs. James Mc-
Dougald of Hamrick. William
C. Bledsoe, Assistant County
Agent, .accompanied the group.
He is assisting in the program
by serving as a group counse
lor and by teaching photo
graphy.
The entire delegation for the
week’s program will include 2
4-H boys, 2 4-H girls and one
volunteer 4-H leader from each
of the fifteen western counties.
In addition, a group of County
'Extension Agents and North
Carolina State College Will
attend.
Objectives of the conference
are:
1. To assist 4-H Club mem
bers, leaders, and agents in
gaining V broader understand
ing and vision of the opportun
ities in 4-H.
8. To provide opportunities
for ciub members, leaders, and
agents to gain skills and tech
niques that will enable them to
work more effectively with
others.
3. To inspire outstanding
4-H Club members and leaders
to share generously with others
their knowlelge, skills, abilities,
and enthusiasm.
4. To provide for personal
development.
5. To provide local communi
ties and counties an opportun
ity to participate in the 4-H
Leadership Training Pt-ogram.
Delegates will participate in
matters of junior leadership,
record keeping, grooming, per
sonal development, human val
ues, careers, recreation and
other opportunities in 4-H..
Special attractions in the
program will include discussion
led by Mr. R. W. Shoffner, As
sistant Director, North Caro
lina Agricultural Extension
Service; Miss Ruth Current,
State Home Demonstration
Agent; u and Mr. L. R. Harrill,
State 4-H Club Leader.
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SUB. RATfoS $2.00 YEAR.
and many others. Not only will
solo performances be the order
of the day, but the * show also
includes a chorus, a quartette
and a trio.
Everyone in the audience has
ample opportunity to partici
pate in the production, for
, hissing, booing, clapping and
cheering is encouraged throu
ghout the show. Derbies, mus
taches, popcorn and beer (root)
, will be vended by loud and
■ witty barkers at their respec
tive stands in the sawdust cov-
I ered walkway in the front of
the theatre.
Appearing in the Acting
! Company -will be such reknown
ed thespians as Robert Gwalt- .
ney, Jeannie Hotard, Andy
, Prine, Tommy Burton, Noralyn
Baily, and many other actors
i and aetresses of note. “After
countless auditions, we have
; finally selected six beautiful
, girls for our famous chor
us-line, and their rhythmic and
intricate dance patterns will
be on display each and every
night,” stated director Gordon
Bennett.
Don’t forget that this magni
; ficant production runs for only
three flights, the 11th, 12th
and 13th of August DON’T
MISS IT.,
Announced
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The monthly orthopedic clin
ic for the Avery-Mitchell-
Yancey District will be held
Wednesday, Aug. 17, in the
Spruce Pine office of the Dis
trict Health Department. Dr.
J. Bruce Galloway and Dr.
Walter Watts, both of Asheville,
will be the clinicians. Children
attending the clinic should be
registered not later than 11 a.
m., and adults before 12:30.
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COUNTY”
Miller To Give
Demonstration & .'i
J. Robert Miller, instructor
of painting at Seecelo, and bet
ter known in Burnsville as
“Tex”, will give a portrait de
monstration tonight at 8:30 in
the “pit” at Seecelo. Miller has
become a regular summer fix
ture in Burnsville, this making
his tenth season with the Bur
nsville Painting Classes, Inc.
His numerous paintings of cit
izens, have been exhibited in
museums and galleries all over
the country.
At the present time, Burns
ville paintings by Miller are
being exhibited in The Virgin
ia Highlands Art Festival at
A'bington, Virginia; The Texas
Water Color Society Traveling
Show, Tf.3 Blowing Rock Art
Association Show; The John
Brady Art Galleries in Blowing
Rock; The Grand Central Gal
leries in New York City; The
W. R. Fine Galleries in Dallas,
Texas; The Southern States
Traveling Exhibit; and the
Studio Guild Traveling Show.
Another of Miller’s Burns
ville Paintings has recently
been added to the permanent
collection of the Hickory Mus
eum. His work is also included
in the D. D. Feldman Collection
that will soon go on tour in both
North and South America and
Europe.
Miller has chosen for his
model Miss Renee Faure, dau
ghter of the New York por
trait paiptejv .Mrs. Nan Graft
ceil Faure. Posing vriil be no
new job for Miss Faure since
she has posed for her mother
many times. For his painting
medium Miller has chosen pas
tel, a medium seldom demon
strated here though the oldest
of all painting mediums, dating
back to the days of cave paint
ings. He says that with proper
care pastel is the most perman
ent of all mediums, because of
the lack of foreign chemicals
in the pure pigment.
The public is warmly invited
BUBNSVUUjE, N. C.,:. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1955
Bible School
Faculty To
Attend Conference
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The Vacation Bible School
faculty of First Baptist Church
; will (be sent to Ridgecrest Fri
' day, August 12, to attend one
1 day of the Sunday School Con
-1 ference there. According to the
' pastor, Charles B. Trammel,
> the expense-paid trip will be
‘ given by the church to the fr.>
* ulty members in appreciation
■ for their services this summer.
[ The faculty . includes the
Misses Sara Hensley, Mary
Hensley, Erma Styles, Teddy
Styles; the Mesdames Frank
J Howard Lewis, Brooks Boone,
' Herschel Holcombe, Lloyd Ow
; ens, Ralph Young, Jess Styles,
i Max Penland, T. p. Styles, Paul
> Hughes, I. E. (Revenger, Ellis
c Moody, Joshua Banks, Ben
1 Griffith, Robert Hilliard,. Reece
* Mclntosh, C. B.‘ Trammel; and
the pastor: -J
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First Baptist Church will ob
’ serve Sunbeam I Focus Week
| August 14-20. .iTfce Sunbeams
will give part of the regular
morning service, next Sunday,
' August 14. Mrs. Ashton Ram
sey, Mrs. Dawson|lriggs, and
: Miss Lucy Gibbs are the Sun
' beam leaders.
I
It is also announced that the
1 church is a tith
[ ing program for its., resident
members, beginning the first
Sunday in October
1 ing for 13 '.vegks. It as hoped,
' states the pastor, that the tith
ing program will augment the
bmWiwwfmu ./IMHi 1
1 needs of the regular church
budget.
(Miss Winstpn Osborn, dis
trict nutritionist with the State
Board of Health visited Spruce
Pine and Burnsville on Aug. 3.
. to come over and watch this
■ demonstration.
Frank Stanley Herring will
; give another of his Oil Portrait
i Demonstration in the “pit” at
Seecelo Tuesday, August 16 at
8:30 p. m. The public is cor-
dially invited.
United Appeal '
Officers Chosen
Robert K. Helmle of Burns
ville was elected president of
the United Appeal organiza
tion of Yancey County at a
meeting of representatives
from the various parts of Yan
cey County and various or
ganizations, held Tuesday even
ing, August 9, in the Commun
ity Building.
Other officers chosen were
Ed Hunter Jr., as vice presi
dent; Mrs. Evelyn Pale as
secretary, and Harlon Holcom
be as treasurer. An incomplete
list of directors representing
every part of the county was
proposed.
The next meeting of the
United Appeal organizaiton will
be Tuesday, August 16 when
by-laws and constitution will
be presented as well as a com
pleted list of directors.
Community Work
Discussed At Meeting
\mmj
The Jacks Creek Community
Club met on Monday night,
August Bth at 8 o’clock at the
Club house with Mrs. W. F.
Honeycutt presiding. After
the devotional period, a pro
gram in the form of a round
table discussion was presented.
E- F. Hunter discussed the
churches part in community
club work. Mrs. Craig Woody
spoke on the schools and P. T.
A. work in the development of
tern Os farm hfe and commun
ity cooperation was discussed
by W. O. Briggs. Mrs. Bruce
Bailey told of the Home De
monstration Club’s part in
community improvement and
development.
Beverly Silver and Miss Sue
Nottingham discussed 4-H
club work and its relation to
community improvement.
After the program, a social
hour was eftjoyed and refresh
ments were served by Mrs.
Bud Stamey, Mrs. W. P. Hon
eycutt and Mrs. Craig Woody.
Large Crowd Attends
Superior Court Session
Over $4600 were collected
in fines and cost during the
first three days of superior
court. Seventy four cases rang
ing from driving without a dri
vers license to assault were
tried. A breakdown of the cases
show that one person was tried
for breaking and entering, six
teen for driving drunk, two for
abandonment and non-support,
Parkway Playhouse
Featured In
Charlotte Observer
The Parkway .Playhouse re
ceived big-time publicity this .
weekend when the Charlotte
Observer gave them a large
color spread on the front page
of their Editorial and Feature
section. “Dirty Work At The
Crossroads”, this week’s play
was featured in the article
written by the observer's staff
writer, Don Oberdorfer. Obeo
dorfer tells of Burnsville as a
summer theatre setting and
goes into the history of the
playhouse here. In part the
article stated: *
“To the locale of a summer
theater, the seasonal influx of
performers can mean the high
and its entertainment.
“BURNSVILLE, N. C-, is
such a place.”
[Fhe article then continues
to give a tempting description
of the coming production. The
color illustration, which is the
paper’s first color work shows
the villian Murgatroyd wooing
“our Girl Nellie”. There is
also a photo showing the exter
ior of the playhouse.
Bpyan New FHA
Committeeman
n;
Fred E. Bryan of Route I,
Burnsville is the new member
of the Yancey County Commit
tee for the Farmers Home Ad
ministration. His appointment
became effective August 2, 1956
the agency’s county supervisor,
Mack B. Ray announced.
Bryan, who operates one of [
the leading dairy farms in Yan
cey County and is active in
church and community activi
ties, succeeds Earl C. Wilson
whose term on the 3-member
committee expired this year.
The other two members of
the committee are Yates W.
Randolph of Brush Creek sec
tion,- and Chappie T. McCurry
of Bee Log.
There is a Farmers Home
Administration county in every
agriculturalcounty in the coun
try. The committee determines
the eligibility of applicants
and helps the county supervisor
adapt the agency’s loan policies
and services to local conditions.
Each member is named for a
3-year term, and one appoint
ment expires each year, a mem
ber completing his 8-year term
cannot succeed himself. At
least two of the members must
be farmers.
The agency makes emergency
loans, but only in areas desig
nated by the Secretary of Ag
riculture as being in need o f
emergency loans due to some
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NUMBER FIFTY
twenty-nine for speeding, six
teen for driving without a driv
ers license, two for driving af
ter license had been revoked,
six for reckless driving, and
three for assault, and ten for
escaping from prison.
Among cases that were heard
was that of Deputy Sheriff
John Byrd charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon. 4
Byrd pleaded guilty of simple
assault and was sentenced to
pay a judgment of $254 to the
prosecuting witness liiff Clev
enger for medical expenses and
lost working time and court
costs.
Ivan McCourry, charged with"
driving drunk, driving without
a drivers license, hit and run,
and manslaughter had his case
continued. The case of Charles
Burdette Allen, charged with
manslaughter was also con
tinued.
Four of the ten men charged
with escaping from prison ask
ed to make a statement to the
court in which they requested
being transferred from the
Yancey prison camp to any
qfcher. One stated that he would
try to escape again if hr msa
returned to the Yancey Camp.
Judge George B. Patton ruled
that it was outside his juris
diction to assign them to «*»>
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wetetried the first day when
59 cases were heard. Four un
cooteated divorce cases were
passed on by the court.
F. H. A. Loans
Encourage Better
Farming
Improvement of pastures is
one of the better fanning prac
tices being carried on- by live
stock producers using Fanners
Home Administration adjust
ment loans in Yanceys County
according to Mack B. Ray, the
agency's county supervisor.
Many of the farm families in
the coupty who farmed with the
help of Farmers Home Adminis
tration loans last year included
in their farm and home plans
such pasture improvement prac
tices as better seeding, renov-
I ating, irrigation, fertilization,
clipping for weed contrbl, and
rotation grazing: ’
Mr. Ray said he expectß
greater activity in pasture im
provement during the next year
Other better farming prac
tices being carried on by farm
ers in the county with Farm
ers Home Administration ad
justment - loans 1 include ’ live
stock improvement through
good management practices
such as. improved selection,
breeding, feeding, arid mark
eting. u
Crop improvement is also
being achieved, and is expected
to continue through the use of
improved and adapted varie
ties, fertilization, weed and in
sect control, and proper land
preparation. Many farm plans
also call for use of more ade
buate equipment and machin
ery through replacement and
repair.
(Continued on page 3)
calamity. It does not make a
loan of any type to an applicant
whose credit needs can be
handled by other credit, sources. *