VOLUME TWENTY
Many Improvements Made
In Schools During Year
Many improvements to . schools
in Yancey County were recently
reported by the Board of Educa
tion. According to a report from
the Superintendent’s Office, more
than $30,000.00. was spent on the
.county schools during the year.
The following is a break-down of
improvements and cost of work
carried on in each school:
The sum of $4700.00 was spent
on the Burnsville school. For heat
$15.00, repairs and alterations
$1582.00, equipment $125.00, lunch
room $1300.00, and materials
$721.00.
At Pensacola: $2306.00 was spent
on plumbing and heating, -500.00
was spent -on folding* chairs,; S2OO
improvement of grounds $50.00,
labor, $200.00, making a total of
$3256.00.
DELEGATION LEAVES
FOR LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCE
Yancey County’s delegation to
the second Western District 4-H
Leadership Conference left Mon
day for Swannanoa 4-H Camp,
where they are attending the '
week-long event.
The 4-H Club members from
Yancey included in the delegation '
are Miss Gienna Brinkley, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde "Brink
ley of Windom; Miss Norma Mc-
Dougald, daughter of Mi-, and
Mrs. Jamts McDougald of Ham
rick; Miss le'tta June Edwards,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Edwards of Bee Log; Dean
Wheeler, son of Mr. and Mrs.’Sam
Wheeler of Bee Log; Dean Gouge,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gouge
of Celo;-and Benny Ray, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Champ Ray of i
Newdale.
The group of delegates was ac
companied by Miss Sue Notting
ham, Yancey County home agent.
Fifteen western counties are
being represented at the Swanna- [
noa meeting along with a group
of personnel from the extension
staff of North Carolina State
College.
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Featured on the program this
week, are R. W. Shoffner, assist
ant director of N. C. ’Extension
Service; Miss Ruth Current, State
home»<ffemonstration agent; L- R-
Harrill, State 4-H Club leader;
Miss Emmie Nelson, of the na
tional committee on chub work,
Chicago, 111.; and Miss Mary Em
Lee, extension specialist.
The meeting" is being devoted
to improving junior leadership,
record keeping, grooming, per
sonal development, careers, re
creation, and other opportunities
in 4-H work.
Yancey County’s delegation to
the meeting is sponsored by the
4-H County Council. All delegates
will share their experiences at the
meeting with their fellow 4-H’ers
an: 1 their leaders on their return.
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GORDON BENNETT, PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE DIRECTOR,
chats with a group from Cattail comraunity during intermission of
“Cradle Song” last week. Left to right are Mr. Benhett, Mr. and
Mrs. Graham Miller, Mrs, Agnes Angell, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Frye,
and Mr. and Mjs. Weller.
THE Yancey Record
SUB. RATES $2.00 YEAR.
The Bald Creek expenditures in
cluded $1865.00 for a new boiler
for two new rooms, $285.00
for electrical repairs, $600.00 for
roofing repairs, $275.00 for new
chairs, and $500.00 for repairs to
lunchroom, totaling $6125.00.. .1-.
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At Bee Log, $1430.00 was spent
on a- new boiler, $75,00 for electri
cal repairs, $226.00 for repairs to
old building and $412.00 for lunch
room repairs and equipment, to
taling $2143.00.
The Clearmont school expendi
tures included $16.00 for electrical
wiring, $334.00 for chairs and
desks, SBOO.OO for repainting old
building, and $500.00 for repairs to
lunchroom, totaling $1650.00.
At Micaville, $1«$.00 was spent
on heating and plumbing, $2300.00
for construction of two new elass
roims,, $1770 for addition and re
pairs to lunchroom, SIOO.OO for
wiring and SBOO.OO for repairs and
alterations to old buildings, total
ing $5120.00.
The expenditures at South Toe
River ’school included SIOOO.OO for
installing a new pump, SIOO.OO for
repairs to building, $500.00 for re
painting, and $200.00 for chairs,
totaling SIBOO.OO.
A sum .of $300.00 was spent on
the colored school and $500.00 on
the Yanecy County Garage.
These expenditures do not in
l elude $5000.00 spent for lunchroom
(equipment for all schools. Count
ing all the cost $30,594.00 has been
spent for the improvement of all
the schools of Yancey County i
during 1955-56.
PAINTING DEMON
STRATION TONIGHT
A demonstration in portrait
, painting will be given tonight -at
Seecelo 'by Frank Stanley Her
ring, .president of the Burnsville
Painting Classes. The demonstra
tion, beginning at 8:15, will show
how to proceed in oil painting
( from a model.
| This week-end, the students at
I Seecelo will be busy putting up I
' their eleventh annual art show
which will open Sunday, August
19, and continue through the fol
lowing Sunday. The exhibit will
be open to the public each after
noon n^xt-.week from 2 o'clock
until 6 o’clock.
ASC staff meeting held
The Yancey AS€ committee,
County office manager, and office
clerks are attending a two-day
quarterly staff meeting being
held in Asheville yesterday and
today. The meeting is devoted to
budgets for the 1957 fiscal year,
county office management, mar
keting quota violations, and cer
tain phases of the Soil Bank pro
gram.
The County office in Burnsville
is remaining open as usual.
“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEV COUNTY”
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AUGUST IG, 195 G
HALL REPLACES RAN
DOLPH AS SHERIFF
Former Sheriff Terry Hajl was
appointed by the/Board" of County
Commissioners Friday ’ to fill the
unexpired term of Frank Randolph
as county sheriff. The move in ap
pointing Hall to the office follow
ed the resignation ofr Randolph,
Randolph resigned the office af
ter Superior Court Judge George
B. Patton signed an order sus
pending the sheriff and declaring
a Vacancy pending a " hearing on
a petition presented to the judge.
The suspension order and 'resig
nation grew out of the petition
signed by people of both., political
parties, charging Randolph with
misconduct while in ofjjice.
Randolph was served with a
“bench warrant” last Wednesday
and charged with intoxication on
July 26th.
Hall served the county as sher
iff for a four-year period im
mediately prior to the 1954 general
election" in which Randolph was
elected- Hall, however, was not a
candidate in the 1954 general
election.
Y. CI. Stanley McCormick
Reunion Held Satvday
The eighth annual reunion of
the Yancey Collegiate Institute
and. 'Stanley McCormick. School.
was the Burnsville High
School oft Saturday, August 11.
JUDGE PATTON APPOINTED
AS ATTORNEY GENERAL
Superior Court Judge George-’ B.'-
Patton of Franklin, N. C., was ap- 1
pointed Attorney Genefal of Nor- j
th Carolina by Gov. Luther Hod
ges last Friday, August 10. Pat
ton "vno will follow William B.
Rodman Jr. in the office, will take
'.he until as Attorney General next
.uesuay, August 2L_
Judge Patton was notified" of
•:ne appointment in a telephone
*;all from Gov. Hodges Friday
morning while Patton was presid
ing over the Superior Court ses
sion in Burnsville. When the an
nouncement was made to the
court, he was given a standing
round of applause.
In a statement announcing the
appointment, Hodges pointed out
that Patton has served as an as
sistant attorney general and is
acquainted with the work of the
office. He is “also fully acquaint
■ed with the current school prob
lems, the governor added.
“I feel extremely fortunate to
obtain the services of a man of
~his ability, .wisdom- and courage,”
Hodges said, r
Patton has /served as a special
Superior Court Judge for nine
years. He'is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina Law
School and was admitted to the
N. C. Bar Association in 1923. He
served as mayor of Franklin for
three terms and as Macon County
attorney <t rorn 1933 to 1939. He ro
presente dMaeon County in the
1939 Legislature and then joined
the staff of the attorney general
as an assistant.
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TEACHERS MEETING
SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY
A county-wide teachers’ meeting
has been scheduled for Monday,
August 20, at 10:00 o’clock, in the
Burnsville School gymnasium. Tt
is important that all teachers be
present.
’Mr. William Medford, a commit
tee member of the North Carolina
Advisory Committee on . Educa
tion, will be guest speaker. Mr.
Medford will discuss the suggest
ed Pearsall Plan of tentative
drafts df legislation on education
for North Carolina schools !to be
voted on in a general election on
September 8, 1956.
The Superintendent’s office ex- ’
tends a special invitation to re
presentatives of the County P. T.
A’s, clubs, and all ihterested pat
rons of the schools to attend the
meeting. i
Hospital Report
The I Yancby ||fjospital reports
two qAitis this and eight
ether aduO.ssions. The births in
clude a daughter, not yet flamed,
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born Aug. 12, .jjfco Mr. and Mrs.
Charles RadsTffoi 'eC Spruce. Pipe;
and a daughter, not yet named,
born Aug. 12, to Mr. and Mrs.
Manuel MeHn of Burnsville Rt. 2.
Other admissions include Grace
Hensiev of ■ Ijjß lllkjliian Dellin
ger of Star. Rt{. Virginia Husking,
Leonard WilsoP* and Charles Har
din of Rt. 3; Ledford
of Pensacola, Sklel ' Bqone pf
P-akersville; and Lila Richards of
Miami, Fla.
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NOTICE
The REA O ifftim in Burnsville
has announced* mk the power
will be off sections of
Burnsville fiom,f:f|'.3oMintil 2:30
Sunday a4ernoop>L : 'pAug. ' 19,. so
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that some necessary repairs can
be- made. ... Y :
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Following regUrakqin, tEa-mcet-.J
ing was prcside<Sfaver by the pre
sident, Monro?. 4p-Tfttoalx. sAfter a :
solemn mediiatiom out of respect
!. J, Hens] y "delivered the
[ of Y. c\ 1., greeted* the Assemblage
l and spoke: briefly. A. S. Hutchins,
for 29 years superintendent of
Schools, mid Herrick R.
Roland, superintendent of Wil
mington ejxmSmfM 1 Hanover Coun
ty Schools, spoke briefly to the
group.
E. Frank Watson, who efid more i
to found the? Institution than any- ;
cne else, was not able to attend
the meetWlr;because of illness. In
Ids absence, the Society sent
greetings.
During the business session, Gus
Peterson was elected president
for the ensuing year; Monroe Mc-
Intosh was selected vice-president;
and Miss Nettief-Bcnnett was elec
ted secretary-treasurer.
After an hour -of pleasant pic
nicin£ mingled with good fellow
ship, the group .dispersed-ter meet
again on the second Saturday in
August, 1957.
FAITH FELLOWSHIP
ANNOUNCES SPECIAL
REVIVAL SERVICES
Beginning on Sunday, August
19, and continuing through Sun
day, August 26, there will be spec
ial revival services at -Faith Fcl-'
lowship Mission in East Burns
ville. The opening hour each even
i ing will be 7:30 o’clock.
Mr. J W. Montgomery, a native
of Canada, and a non-resident
member of the Faith Fellowship
Movement, will be guest evange
list, beginnipg on Monday night,
August 20th. He is a very able and
forceful preacher, and his messag
es will prove spiritually
end convincing.
Mr. Montgomery is General
Director of The Mission To Or
phans, Inc.,, with works in Cuba
and Haiti." Special features throu-1
gh-out this lnetgjjtng will include .
colored slide pictures depicting
the Mission" work in the fields
Evang. HF M. /Alley, Director of
The Faith Fellowship Movement
assures uIP-ptwlprs and members
of other chtthebea, and the general
public of a cordial welcome to at
tend these Street -I services.
EDITOR’S NOtE:
Read QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ON THE PEAR
SALL PLAN TO SAVE OUR
SCHOOLS* eliewhere in this
Singers To Have Leads in “bAROUSEL”
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By Paul R. Burton
Personalities from the Pittsburg
and the Atlanta Light Pp.e,ra Com
panies will appear in leading rol
es in the Parkway Playhouse pro
duction of CAROUSEL. The Play
house is located in Burnsville, N.
C., on highway 19 E.
CAROUSEL will run for three
nights—August 16, 17, 18, with the
curtain going up at 8:00.
’ Director Gordon Bennett Is
utilizing his every facility to see
that Rodgers and Haittmefstein’s
immortal musical receives the very
l best in stage treatment. Singers,
actors, dancers, and a fifteen
pieee-orchestra are now in full re
hearsal putting the finishing
touches on their contributions to
this brilliant and sparkling ex
travangafa. /
Playing the of “Billy
Bigelow” wilT be David Clements
of- ifhe U. of Miami and the At
lanta Light* Opera {Company. Cfe-"
fnents has appeared in 12 top mu
sicals, as well as numerous oper
as— Sirfgjng lead' - roles in THE
BARBER OF SEVILLE and LA
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L. D. CLEMENTS, of Fitzger-*
aid* Ga., appears as -“Billy Bige
iow" in Use Tarkway Playhouse
production -of—Rodgers and Ham
radrstein’s CAROUSEL. Clements
has iiul completed a successful
engagement with the ’ Atlanta
Municipal theatre, where he ap-;
peered in THE KING AND I, j
[NAUGHTY MARIETTA, HIGH!
BUTTON SHOES, BRIGADOOn]
and KISMET. j
iREMPARTmT
SPONSORS SHOW
The biggest Carnival ever to be
introduced in this section will be
in Burnsyjtlß-'next week, August
20—25, under the sponsorship of
the Volunteer Fire Department.
Beginning Monday night; the gate
will be open each evening, at 7:30,
at the Burnsville " High School
hall-field. _ ' ' :
The John T. Tinsley Carnival
Show, “America's most modern
midway”, is being sponsored by j
the Fire Department to help raise
funds to complete and furnish
‘■•'quipment for the new Fire De-,
partmeiit. headquarters in the
Town , Jlall building.
The main attraction will be a
new $25,000 ride called the
“Scrambler”. There will be three
minstrel shows that are clean and
wholesome, ten big rides/ six en
tertaining shows and thirty con
cessions.
“Wonder City", a treat for both
young and, old, will be featured
as well as “Mr. Easley”, a mys
tery from darkest Africa, and
“Nu-Orlenns Revue", a good old
fashioned minstrel show.
OPENING OF GOLF
COURSE SCHEDULED
The new Spruce Pine Golf
Course will be open to golfers 'in
this area Sunday. The modern
Trine-hole course, built by mem
bership fees, is located on the S.
T. Henry farm.
No green fees will lie charged
the opening dats and at the end
of the two-woek period, persons
wishing, to jo ! n the club will bo
admitted.
The opening date is rather late
in the season due to the cool
spring and dry summer, causing
the grass to he slower In matur
ing than was expected.
BOIIEME.
In the romantic lead opposite
Clements will be Joyce Albrecht
of Dayton, -Ohio,- and also of the
U. of Miami and the Atlanta Op
era Company, as “Julie Jordan."
Miss Albrecht has appeared In
such operatic roles as “Lucy” in
THE TELEPHONE, and as “Mus
etta” and “Mimi,” in LA BOHEME
Joan Sena, of Miami, Fla., and
a graduate of the U. of Miami,
. will appear as “Nettie Fowler.”
; Miss Sena appeared with Clements
- in SONG OF NORWAY at the U.
, of Miami’s Ring Theatre—playing
. the role of “Countess Louisa Gio
. vanni,” She has given numerous
; concerts in the Miami Band. Shell
and has fippeared with the Metro
politan Opera cast in LA BO
HEME, playing the role of
, “Musetta.” She sang in the 1956
. Musjc Festival in the Orange Bow'l,
. and appeared in OKLAHOMA
with the symphony orchestra in
Miami.
The role. of "Carrie” will be
$
’, sung by Beverly Morrill, who was
i! born in Wilmington, N. C., and 1
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VINCE MARCLEY of Jericho,
Long Island, portrays “Jigger
Cragin”, the thief friend of “Billy
Bigelow”, in CAROUSEL which
winds up the 1956 season at the
Parkway Playhouse. CAROUSEL
is the largest production ever to
be presented at-the Playhouse,
j and you can see this great musi
-1 cal and hear the wonderful music
\ tonight, Friday and Saturday
| lights.
Carousel 5 To Be Finale For
'56 Season' At Playhouse
By Sharron Frye * »
CAROUSEL, the famed Rodgers
■ end Hammerstein musical, will be.
. the closing show in the 1956 sum--
; mer season at the Parkway Play
/house. The musical will be the
climax of this season’s ,sh owsj
for the spectacular CAROUSEL
will ‘ project on the Playhouse
stage the largest cast of the season
j (almost 60 people), the most brill-'
iant costumes and settings, many 1
colorful dance numbers, and the
unforgettable music that has en-1
! tertained the world time and time
again.
The leads in CAROUSEL' are
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coming to us from the School ofj
Music at the U. of Miami and the;
Pittsburg and Atlanta Light Op
era Companies especially for the,
show. They will sing the many
familiar tunes from the show, in
cluding: “June Is Bustin’ Out All
Over,” “If I Loved You,” “You’ll
Never Walk’ Alone,” “When I
Marry Mister Snow," and many
others. #
The company at the Playhouse
has been working in full swing
on CAROUSEL for some time.
They have been busy formulating
the seven extravagant settings
that Scene Designer Gerald Hona
ker has created for this produc
tion. Some of the most concentrat
ed effort has been put into the
DECORATIONS AT JACKS
CREEK
I Annual memorial services and
i decorations will be held Sunday
' afternoon, August 19, at 2:39 at
the two Bailey Cemetaries In UP-1
3 per Jacks Creek community,
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5 Dr. E. R. Ohle’s office will be
- closed Saturday afternoon, Aug-1
i ust 18th. /" |
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now resides in Miami, Fla. She
will arrive In Burnsville with her
husband, Ted, who. sings, the role
of “Enoch Snow” in the Play
house presentation of CAROUSEL.
Both personalities have just fin
ished a summer engagement with
the Pittsburg Light Opera Com
pany. They have had much ex
perience in musical comedy as
well as in opera, and have given
concerts in the Miami Band Shell
and at rgany of the famous Miami
Beach hotels.
Supporting the leads will be a
cast ■ of over thirty, a chorus of
twenty-five, and a company of
brilliant dancers under the direc
tion of four top-notch choreogra
phers. The music and orchestra
tion wall be under the capable dir
ection of Richard Grace, Associa
te Professor of Music at Western
Carolina College.
Because of its great story and
lovely music, Rddgers and Ham
merstein’s CAROUSEL has be
come a classic, and the Parkway
Playhouse is proud to bring to itsr
( theatregoers this all-time great
musical. :
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JOAN SENA of Miami, Fla.,
appears as “Nettie Fowler”, the
aunt of the central character
‘Julie Jordan’ 1 , in this week’s pro
duction of CAROUSEL. Joan, a
1 graduate of the University of
Miami and until recently with the
Pittsburg Light Opera Co., sings -
such famous songs as “June Is
Bustin’ Out All Over” and “If I
Loved You” in CAROUSEL.
| many dance numbers in the show,
and these promise to be both en
tertaining and beautiful.
From early morn until late at
night, passers-by the> Playhouse
I hear strains of CAROUSEL music
ringing from the building this
the result of the frequent chorus
rehearsals. Down at the costume
, shop the crews are vigorously put
|_t?ng the finishing touches to the
rainbow-like costumes that will
lend brilliance to the production.
| Director of the Playhouse
Gordon' Bennett, will give his per
sonal direction of CARfUTStts.
i Music will be directed by Dick
j Grace, Associate Professor* at
Western Carolina College. A fif
teen-piece orchestra will be used
during the August 16, 17, and 18
run of the show. / ' -
CAROUSEL is the heart-warm
ing story of an Unbelievably last
ing love between two people. Billy
Bigelow, a carousel barker, falls
in love with Julie Jordan, a lovely
young factory worker. The inde
pendent Billy refuses to admit
that he is in love at first, althou
gh he later marries Julie. Jobless,
and with his wife expecting a
child, he becomes involved in a
robbery and is killed in the at-
TUe show draw® to a climax
tilled with charm and pathos
when Billy is allowed to return to
earth for a single day—the day
being the-one On which his dau
ghter is to graduate from high
school.
The Parkway Playhouse com
pany sincerely hope that yoir will
be in the audience wjhen they
bring to Mfe this gdfeat story set
to Rodg»rs Hammerstein’s
to seeing you at-CAROUSEL!
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