i#lllW !■ ■■■! W'WMIIIMIIIII ■mmll I 111 ■— NEXT I White Oak ltd. r-.t-ry-.y. /. ' ■ ■ - ■ VOLUME SECOND ANNUAL VACATION EDITION TO PROMOTE YANCEY COUNTY AS A VACATION!,ANB Opening Night At Playhouse j Set For Friday Evening V, -A • **« *-j[ ■ * •* *, * ' The Parkway Playhouse will op- ’ en its 1958 summer season with 1 THE RAINMAKER, a romantic domedy by N. Richard Nash. The shew runs Friday and Saturday nffhts, July 18th and 19th. Cur tain rises at 8:00 P. M* T r y Theatre-goers will enjoy this delightful story of a western fam ily caught in the drought. The Currys are. ranchers, and are warm-hearted people held togeth-1 er by Wv* *h* S Xfcep concern' for one another. The cast .selected for this perfor mance is an extremely talented odfe,. portraying. JB., C. Curry. the Agderson of Tavernier, Fla. Ed is np newcomer to Parkway Play bJfjKe audiences, and folks who saw/ STALAG 17 two years ago wiH remember Ed’s excellent nor-1 trival as Seftoo. « , • • » ys Chutes Stockton, from Char lotte, has been cast as Noah Carry, the practical man of the family. There is no place for| dreams in Noah’s black and white life: Allan Midgett wilT be as Jiia| Curry. A Playhouse veteran, Attain played Dolan in MISTER ROBERTS last season. Theatre-goers will b e introduced to a newcomer on the Parkway Playhouse boards, Brooklyn horn Rosimarie fbrno, appearing asj the sensitive, lonely Lizzie. She Legkm'Auxiliary Tp Have Picnic We. jmttual _ Legion-Auxiliary picnic will be&eld at the home of Mr.* ’and Mrs. Mach ■ Bi Bay—on- Tuesday evening, July 22 at 7:00 P. M. " 1 ~ ——■■ - ■ ■— t— 1 ii j t O «.* V •* -<> • ...* .>..■> .'• v- Churches Extend Invitations To Visitors *"7 The First Presbyterian Church “The Little White Church On The Hill” The Rev. Warren S. Reeve, Minister (Church Street The ”£, . Robertson Street * * Phone MU 2-2578 Sunday Services: Sunday School 9:45 A. M. Divine Worship 11:00 A. M. Holy Communion, Sunday, July 20 11:00 A. M. •~r 7 ; —7 Faith Fellowship Mission The Rev. H. M. Alley, Minister Located on East Main Street Tie Faith Fellowship mission is an interdenominational movement whtfe everybody is welcome. ~ Sunday Services: Sunday School 10;00 A. M- Worship Service 11:00 A. M. Evening Worship .... 7:80 P. M. M.Y.F.’s: Seniors - Intermediates • - «4» H4-§ \ *%9 ins Memorial Methodist Church The Rev. O. L. Brown, Minister Parsonage on Academy Street' at Avery Phone MU 2-2552 (Chatch: located one block off square—Qreen Mountain Street at m Square) Sunday School .. .. 10:00 A. M. Morning Worship .... lITOO A. M. Evafdng Worship .... 8:00 P. M. Holy Communion First Sunday I In each Quarter 11180 A. M. Wad. Prayer Service 7:30 P. M. Monday 7:30 ft M. Nunary in Church Basement. * , v * * —*— w — : 5 ; . The First Haptist Church jv t I The JEev. Charles B. Trammel, Pastor * Tel. MU 2-2878 Services are held each Sunday a t 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. The Sunday SchoOi each Sunday at 9:45 A. M-, offers a department for each m cipher of the family. We are cap eclally proud of our Nursery with Christian personnel trained to care for your child while you worship. The graining Union each Sunday evening at 7 F. M., offers unusual opportunities for training in church membership. Following the" evening hour of worship, the You th Fellowship enjoys Christian recrphtion at Its heat. | 1 *-* 9 Burnsville Baptist Church B. « Adldns, Parior Tel. MU 2-8250. Burnsville, N. C. 1 flge -enst -ot_ Bdtnavlli. Town Square Sunday Services: Sunday School ...... 9:45 A. M. DlUne Worship .T*®? 11:00 A. M. Mi, » . i. Hir __ _ See “The Rainmaker” The Yancey Record r “Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County” Subscription: 4L9? Per Ye** 1 has appeared in several product- I ions at th e University of Miami, . and the Drama Guild presented her with the Best Actress Award of 1957-1958 at the Ring Theatre. Appearing as File, the love in terest ip the play, will be Stanley Rosenblatt. Stan was born in Brooklyn and migrated to Flor ida, where he participated in a number of shows at the Univers *l ity of Miami. jj Rusty Dale, University of Miami senior, will portray Sheriff Tho mas.. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Rusty has been very active in high school. cpllege„_ anxL .community productions. In addition to being a fine actor, Rusty is interested in dancing and make-up. After graduation, he is planning on | doing theatre work in New .York. Cast as the magical Bill Star buck is Ronald Walsh, a sopho more at the University of Miami. Ronald hails from Lansdale, Pen nsylvania and intends to go into the professional theater after graduation. s "THE RAINMAKER will be un der the gifted direction of Dr. Delmar Solem, .chairman of Dra ma Department at the- Univer sity of Miami. Dr. Solem directed MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL at the Ring Theatre .this, past season and is primarily interest ed in acting-directing. He wor ked as actor-dircctor with the Vagabond Players in Baltimore and with the George Schaffer Players at the Hilltop Theatre in Baltimore. A well known figure in educational theatre ,fie is ad _ |mm 1 ii f ißift ulnki or Aba. HitnratTaliv “ vlUc-ptraiatnt w tixrr American Education Theatre As sociation. Bf RNSVILLE, N. C., TETOHfe DAY JULY 17, 1958 I Yancey Comity, A Good Place To Live I Just over the hill from Burnsville,! lies the broad and peaceful valley I of- Bolens Creek. I This valley contains old homes! of great interest, built as long ago as the Civil War, and modem homes with spacious well-klept grounds. All these homes have electricity, and running water is piped into houses from cov ered springs and wells. This water is pure, free-ston e water. It would be difficult, indeed, to find better water anywher e in the world. In the center of this valldy stands a beautiful church over looking a sparkling stream, which , flows the length of the valley. Here in this valley dwell peo ple jwho enjoy the better things of life. They sen’d their children to public school and to college, add train them to be loyal, useful citizens. As it is op Bolens Creek, so it is ih other communities in Yancey County. Tak e any of the hard- Bl i 1 ( !- s l ( t ! r ikr.- I t ] JAMES W. RAY, JR„ Mayor of Burnsville,- last week issued a proclamation welcoming all sum mer residents and visitors to Burnsville and Yancey County and giving his hearty support to the Burnsville. Woman’s Club’s 18th annual. . rficeatian. ..for ..automat: . residents and visitors. Tills an nual event took place last Thurs day evening, July 10th, at the Community House in Burnsville, .with the largest and most enthus iastic attendance, in , the '- history of Ihe club. Mrs. Ray, the former Miss Billie Marie Bennett, was at the head of the receiving line as the newly in stalled president of the Burns ville Woman’s Club. Both Mr. and Mrs.' Ray are na tives of Yancey County. She is the dai/|hter of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Bennett, of Burnsville; and he Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Ray, Sr., of Bolens Creek, descend- j ants of the ’*uncle”’ Sol cay family. - Mr.-Hay, in. addition to his c t i*« a* Mayor, is a partner in Ray Brothers’ Food Center, Burnsville He is on th e Board of Trustees of The Higgins Memorial Methodist Church, Burnsville, and Is a menf ber of the Men’s Club. l' i, I surfaced roads, o r the few remain ing graveled roads, and you will | come to communities similar to I that of Bolens Creek. You will meet people in all walks of life, ministers, profession, al men, farmers, workers in near by industries, men of trades such as carpenters and brick masons, business men and the craftsmen. Some of the craftsmen are fos tering this culture as a means of livelihood, others as a hobby. All are artists in th e true sense of the word. Just as. artists in other fields creat e beauty, so do moun tain craftsmen fashion with skill led hands objects of lasting beauty and value. .. The people who live in these communities have good homes and enjoy all the comforts of mod ern conveniences. If you are invited to have dinner in one of thes e homes, which no doubt you will be; you will sit down at a well-appointed table and partake of feed you will long rerrtember, food which an epicure would praise. The people have many ad vantages. They have school bus service to the five county high schools, which this fall will be combined into two new high school buildings. A high percentage of the graduates of these schools go to college, where they make commendable records. Many of them achieve the Deans’ Lists and graduate with high honors. They ar e serving with distinction at home and in other parts of the nation. •Th e people of these communities have the services of the book- Volunteer Firemen Have Busy Week i The Burnsville Volunteer Fire Department has had a busy week. They have answered four alarms IBince last Wednesday. According so Fire -Ghtef-Rofacrt-Hillard, idle first of this series of fires was a house on Meadow Road owned by Lewis Briggs whioh caught fire about 1:30 am., Thursday, July 10. ,The house Was completley destroyed. No ond was v living in the house at the time of the fire. Th e second fire was the un occupied house owned by the Mc- Cracken family. The alarm was given at 9:80 p. m. Friday July 11. This house, was complet ely destroyed. * 1 ;JH LW The alarm was given the third time Saturday, July 12, at 3:30, when a car cafight fire St Ben and; Betty's 45conoftiy Center in West Burnsville. wtu little dam age done To. the ear. Th e fourty alarm was given when one of the buildings at the Bald C rtfif- School caught fli%%t' 13:15 Monday night, July 14. This building was completely.T dq« StlVed. ~-fr-H mobile of the Yancey County Lib rary, which contains approximately 15,000 books and has a yearly circulation of 26,881 books. The people are deeply - interested in their churches and their Commun- I ity Clubs. For amusement, they avail them selves of the Parkway Playhouse, th e movie and drive-in theatres, - Crestview Playground, the weekly square dances at Cattail Creek, and the— portsau. dantt«ag*rattions and arft exhibits- at Seecelo, the Burnsville Painting Classes. Since the equitably is conducive to travel in any season, many people attend the winter concerts in Asheville, thirty mites away, and other attractions to be found in that city ttpi ound. They go to Western North Carolina’s two out-door “Unto These Hills” at Cherokee and to “Horn In The West” at Boone. * In traveling through Yancey County, you may oome upon a dir? road leading off the main highway, Taking (his road, you drive under overhanging . -boughs .bigkory, hemlock, oak and maple. Rho dodendron and azalea crowd your car on cither side. Underneath the trees you will see wild flo wers, blec.ning t Li* Uui. »n; | trillium and Iddy-sliptfer,' hTood root and columbine, Jack-in-the) Pulpit and wild geranium, trail ing arbutus and the. love vine. Sometimes, the going is rough but you will be well repaid; for you will come to a cabin, set against the mountain, in .vvild_ and' ■ rugged surroundings. Entering the cabin, you will open the bowded windowsrreveHitng a -pine-paneled room with comfortable cots and chairs. In one end is a large stone fireplace with a gfilh „UPQ{i the I mantle are oid-fishrloined oil lamps. Beneath the mantle board is a plaque, containing line*] which bear silent testimony tli the sincere hospiality and spicey humor of the mounlatnebr. Coming outdoors, you will see ja secluded ti-aiV iekdlng ap - arid 1 away from the cabin. Following this trpjj ymsLgwill r . - remote ' mission hospitals, 'from the equatorial jungles .pf Africa to . the tundra 'beyond the' ' Afctic Circle. > They'll be gone a full eight months, returning to the states late next April or early in May. ... Mrs.-., Om.U kew.f rom.N ew , York'City Tuesday to Copenhagen and Hamburg. They will spend ! two Qjonths in Western Europe, and during this time they plan to . visit Arctic regions. I '/hen -in latte I , will fly to Africa, to visit Sierra Leonne, Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria) j French Equator..-! Africa, the' Belgian Congo Madagascar, Tan- j , ganyika. Kenya, ELhopia. Egypt,") Lebanon, Iran, Pakistan, India Nepal, Burma. <.'hailancv, Singa , pore, Viet Nam, the Republic of ; ,-flhe Hong Kong, -For mosa, Okinawa, Tokyo, Korea, and the Territory of Hawaii, Div and Mrs. Ost ;y e numbers of the Sfevdnth "Day - Atfrentisf Church, and plan in all the doun **■ • j trifie v tlft'jc visit, to- spend some time with mission doctors of their : aliurch. (“I might tak< over 1 '•t fNe - ■— b $ <■ —— ' —£3*— — picnics,, barbecues an! for en- , I tertaining friends on fislyng and hunting trips. ,*./ The people of Yancey appre the gJiatural beaijty an a dal ‘ Which they live. They lore fScii-' mountains and gain moral and ’spiritual “strengtn from the hills . which surround them. ffifßYes, Yancey is a good place In . “which to~Hve7~Many" vtsttcrg^mve come JreTe, liked what they saw and settled down and stayed. It , ;is- : an* ddejb location for people to n-efirej or “tB remain in business, and for young couples to build ‘ltfieii hdrhes and reartheir HmltA: i • - ’ j| Mm mwBBM » 1 «j JsEjiifl^c r / ~, Jp • *Vj» >■ ~ r V ’* ; -"* - I L VI f if KiflßsHß §1 IT 1 r- %*gp J j . „ JPp GWIDING HANDS pt Fr ank Stanley Herrin*, Mr*. Herrin* *rtd‘J. Robert MUler, directors at the Burnsville Palntln* A.... Seecelo. are responsible for the s plendid success of the Palntln* Clashes - dVfffng thp 'ls yeafcf of operation in Burnsville. v.. Dfl» YOUB y ' n t .x, , •jr •» HOtJB*:?ir*»HIEBDAW 9-1 ud 2-5^ tCLOSED FOB LUNCH 1-*) , SATURDAYS, 8-12 NOON i ’’ -1 NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN - ■ demonstration qtutf on location. There.! ay various '-activities for entertainment of _ the students which take placet, at Seecelo. Swimming and pingpong are en joyed daily. Concerts in the Pit take place every Monday, Wednes day, and Friday nights. Picnics are planned- for the students at intervals daring the summer, and once a year a" costume party is hefd at Seecelo in the dining room of Lake Lodge. During August - from the 9th through the Isth - the annual ex hibition of .work by students will -take place at Seecelo. J. Robert Miller is having a one man show in Asheville fo r the month of August at the , Ashe- .Art Museum. The public is cordially invited to both events. Du.finjj. .the months away from Burnsville the. Directors also lead , imsy^lJyiteJJ winter Frank Herring gave a portrait 'demonstration in New York'spid also did Some portraits and in Washington, D. C. J. • Robert Miller went to New York to arrangements for his one man show at the Grand Central Gal leries in January 1959, and to see about having a water colo r kit he invented manufactured. The kits will soon be on the market ■and handled" by the leadiny-artlst supply 'stores in the country. " This fall Mr. and Mrs. Herring are planning a painting trip, In December Frank Stanley Herring will give a one man show at the Eprter Gallery in Milledge- ! ville, Georgia: In addition to his * [ regular winter classes in Milledge > ville he will teach a special ) class in painting and drawing at the Georgia State College for women. _ ~ During the fall months J. Robert Miller will be-busy getting ready for his one man show at the Grand Central Galleries in New York City. He will go to New York for the opening of- his show in January and remain for several .months. so they can have a littL time off”, r Dr. Ost added.> But bv no means T arg they limiting their visits to their own members and mission hospitals. They plan to visit oth er miss.„n hospitals and clinics, and both say their keenest inter- is in getting to know the peo ple of- the countries they visit. Mrs. Ost is looking forward to seeing the homes and families with the same eagerness her surgeon husband looks forward to seeing the hospitals ancl” learning of medical work. “Some mission- ; ary wives haven’t had a good visit with; another woman from home in years, and they’ll talk cooking and babies and house-, keeping an£ have a fine time to gether,’’ the doctor smilingly said.