VOLUME TWENTY FIVE
New Library
Organization Established
A three-county regional library
organization has been approved by
the Boards of County Commission
ers of Avery; Mitchell, and Yan
cey counties. The cooperative pro
gram had been recommended to
the counties by each of the three
county library boards.
The new organization confirms
Radiological
Monitoring
Course Offered
Western Carolina College at
Cullowhee is offering a course i n
Radiological Monitoring. This
course is open- for High School
Science teachirs and college gradu
ates, with three hours credit to
ward graduation or renewal of
certificate.
The course begins on July 31
and runs through August 11. Re
gistration will be hi Id July 31 at
1:00 P. m. Any person interested
in this course can contact Yates
Bailey, Bald Creek, or R- G. B.
Noell, Area Director, Jackson
County Courthouse, Sylvia N. C.
Youth Canteen
Organized
The Yancey Youth Canteen, a
new organization sponsored by the
East Yancey and Cane River High
School PTA’s, Burnsville Lions
Club, Mr. William Villersj assist
ant minister of the Methodist
Church, and Mr. Tom Andrews,
minister of the Presbyterian Church
will meet Thursday night, July 20,
at the Firth Carpet Co. Cafeteria
for a social hour and each Thurs
day night thereafter from 8 to 11
' p. m. There will be round and
square dancing and refreshments.
Those who attend must be between
the ages of 14 through 23; the
dnss will be informal and the
square dances will be called by
Charley Hensley.
This is an endiavour on the part
of the organizations of the town
to furnish clean, constructive en
tertainment for the youth of the
town and county. The sessions will
be thoroughly chaperoned and will
operate under a Teen Council in
cluding Diane Roberts, Belinda
Proffitt, Millie Lou Wilson, Willa
Mae Hicks, Steve Young and
Steve Boone-
Admission will be 23c pet couple
or 20c per person.
If the organization is a success
it is hoped it can continue through
the fall under the Teen Council.
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Obituaries
C. L. McMAHAN
Final rites for C. L. McMahan,
63, who died in his home on Bur
nsville Star Route Saturday night
after a long illness, were con
ducted at 2 p. m.‘ Monday in Low
Gap Free Will Baptist Church, of
which he was a member.
Mr. McMahan was a farmer and
son of Irving and Mary Autrey
McMahan.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Sally Ray McMahan; a daughter,
Mrs. Lawrence Penland of Burns
ville Star Route; two sons, Ralph,
of Asheville and Britten of Mar
ion; two brothers, Peter and Lind
sey of Burnsville Star Route; and
six grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
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RALEIGH—The Motor Vehicle
Department’s summary of traffic
deaths through 10 A. M. Monday,
July 17: "
KILLED TO DATE 354
KILLED TO DATE Last Year 5^9
See “The Loud Red Patrick”
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Subscription $2.50 Per Year
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the cooperative Program that has
been carried on for the past five
years by voluntary agreement
among the public libraries of the
tri-county area. Service will
continue to be given at the three
county library headquarters: New
land in Avery County, Bakersville
in Mitchell County, Burnsville in
Yancey County, plus the 300
scheduled bookmobile stops and
the town library of Spruce Pine-
It is expected that the new re
gional organization will be eli
gible for federal aid to supple
ment county and state and town
funds and that it will be possible
to maintain the present hours of
opening and scheduled bookmobile
stops. Interlibrary loan and inter
change of books, the special min
eral book collection, film service,
reference and requests are some
of the services that will be con
tinued cooperatively.
Appointed by the Boards of
Commissioners to serve on the
new 9-member Regional Library ,
Board are: Mrs. Margaret Mor
timer, Mrs- Beatrice Banner, Mar
tha Guy, Howard Herrell, Mrs.
Ruby S. Gouge, Jason B. Deyton,
James Fox, Charles L. Brown,
"and H. G. Bailey.
Ralph Ray Will
Attend UTD
Meeting
By: E. L. Dillingham,
County Agricultural Age«t
Ralph Ray, UTD farmer, and
his wife will attend the valley- 1
wide meeting of Unit Test De
monstration farmers at Muscle
Shoals, Alabama, July 19-22.
The group will leave Ashe
ville at 8:00 a. m. on the morning
of .July 19 and will arrive at
Muscle Shoals that night. They
will attend the annual meeting
of Unit Test Demonstration Far
mers Association the morning 0 f
the 20th and tour the. fertilizer
plant arid green houses that
afternoon. On July 21, they will
visit beef cattle feed lot operat
ions and industrial development
along the Tennessee River. The
tour will end in Asheville at noon 1
on Saturday, July 22.
The Ralph Ray family came on J
the demonstration farm program 1
in 1952. In 1957, they were select- !
ed Master Farm Family of North 1
Carolina.
‘ "Some of the goals set up in the *
demonstration program were to' 1
increase the' income, build a new 1
house, increase milk production, *
improve , feed production, increase !
soil fertility, improve crop yields, 1
build a modem tobacco curing 1
barn and loafing shed, use chemi- 1
cals for weed control, and install 1
a bulk milk tank.
The family set up a goal to give '
each child an opportunity to get
all the educational training he or :
she deserves
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REVIEW
Second Play
Big Success
“The Diary Os Anne Frank”
presented at the Parkway Play
house this past, week-end was
another Playhouse success.
Anthony Maltese directed last
week’s production, and did a fine
job.
Dee Dee Winner did an out
standing job in tlje part of Anne
Frank. This is fier sixth season
here. W. C. “Mutt" Burton gave a
splendid performance in the part
of Mr. Frank, the father of Anne.
» An outstanding job was done
by all the cast, especially by
, Charles Renn as Mr. Van Daan,
’ Harry Callahan as Peter Van
Daan, and Christine Barnett as
Margot Frank-
Both the lighting, and the set
were excellent and added much to
the performance.
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The Yancey record
BY: LESTER L. MOORE
The Art Os
The Theater
” When one i mentions “art” one
is apt to receive a questioning
look, a polite smile of indulgence,
or an out and out grimace for
something which is taken for
granted as being odd, different, ■
or foreign. But theatre art is I
not foreign. It may be different
and sometimes unusual, but it
Is not esoteric. At best it is .as
close to you as your ' next door
neighbor; as close to you as to
day’s headlines: flood, fire, birth,
death; or as personal as love,
sorrow, desire, need, joy or hate.
But theatre art is, nonetheless,
one of the least understood of all
the art forms. People who would
hesitate to criticize a painting, a
work of sculpture, or a musical
; composition because they felt they j
were not qualified by experience
and study to judge, would not
hesitate to • tell you what was
good or bad about a motion pic
ture, a television play', or a stage
production thiy had experienced.
Interestingly enough, this sup
ports the contention that thea
tre art is not foreign.
As an art form, theatre ha'
always been very close to the
people, fundamental in its appeal,
engrossing or exciting in its com
munication of those ideas and
actions which are human. And
because the chief instrument of
communication in theatre is the
living actor, the very real identi
fication of one human being with
another must invariably be pre
sent. We understand the love of a
mother for her children, even
though it is perhaps misguided
as in the case of Amanda in THE
XJJLASS MENAGERIE, or the
protective instincts for family and
security as evidenced in the char
acter of Mrs. Antrobus in THE
SKIN OF OUR TEETH; or th
humor in the problems besetting
a widower with four .daughters as
the situation is in THE LOUD
RED PATRICK. We understand
because in one way or another
we have experienced or. known
something akin to these same de
sires, needs, and problems. Basi
cally then, the enjoyment of
theatre requires the understand
ing which one human being bring:-
for another in a situation with
which he can identify. The extent
to which one can identify is in
exact proportion to the degree of
reality the theatre experience will
hold for one. , 1 ■-jrf"' '
But theatre is •an art, and, in
keeping with the nature of art it
is not real. It cannot be. The
Anne Frank on stage is not and
cannot be the same Anne Frank
who wad murdend by the Nazis.
Similarly, the painting of Mount
Mitchell must be at best a sug
gestion of the beautiis of the
reality. It is in keeping with the
nature of most arts thin that
they suggest. Theatre suggests
reality through the use of colors,
shapes, lines, iriovements, words
sounds which are so put together
that there is created a singleness,
a totality of effect. Unlike other
art forms, writing, painting, or
composing, for example, theatre
theatre art is the result of the
many contributions brought to it
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“Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County?
BURNSVILLE, S N. CL, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1961
Letterman On
FHA Committee
Appointment of Clessen Letter
> man of Green Mountain as a mem
[ her of the 'Farmers Home A3-
■ ministration county committee
| was announced this week by
| Mack B. Ray, the agency’s county
! supervisor serving Yancey County.
Mr. Letternian is a lifelong
j resident of the Green Mountain
I area- He owns -and oprates a
; small general purpose farm. He
j has been very active in com-
I munity and civic affaws for the
j past several years
j Mr. Letterman replaces Mack
i R. Higgins on the local FHA
I committee. Mr. Higgins rotated
| off the committee on Juh e 30th
| following a three year period of
(service. During this period he at*
tended aIL ..called and plan
ned committee meetings without
missing a -single session. Accord
ing to Mr. Ray, -County Super
visor, this clearly shows the de
votion, loyalty and dependability
of committee members in helping
carry out a very successful FHA
program ■in Yancey County-
Mr. Earl G. \yilson of the Bald
Creek area and Mr- Harley Ben
nett of the Relief-an a are the
other members of the7x,unty FHA
! Committee. Mr. Wilson is Chair-
J man for the new year.
The committee determines the
eligibility of individual applicants
for all types of loans. It also re
views borrowers’ Progress and
aids the county supervisor in
adapting the agency’s loan policies
to conditions faced by fanners in
this area. Members are selected
and appointed so that, so far as
possible, different areas of the
county are represented.
The Fanners Home Administ
ration makes annual or inter
: mediate loans to farmers who
need adequate funds to buy
houses and other essential farm
buildings, and to purchae or im
prove land suitable for family
type farms.
N O T I CE
The Daily Vacation Bible School
will begin at the First Presbyter
ian Church here on July 31 and
continue through August 11. The
theme will be “Jesus Christ”.
by equally as many individual
artists: the playwright, actors, de
signers, directors, to name O' j
few. The very complexity of* 1
theatre sometimes makes, under
standably, for confusion. And j
there is much" discussion as to
just exactly where the art of
theatre lies, in the playscript or
the- performance ? I would sug-1
gest that the whole is more im-1
i portant than its individual parts. l
Aqd the whole of theatre, its
functioning purpose, is ultimately
in Performance. At any rate, the
great wonder of theatre as an art
form is that it is at once both
commonplace and unique, com
prehensible and elusive.
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Mrs. Frances Low is shown above making a hooked rug- Mrs,, Low makes lovely rugs and displays
t her merchandise each year at the Arts and Crafts Festival on tjhe Village Square in Burnsville.
Roy Attends
Farm Home
Meeting
« By: June Street,
Home Economics’ Agent
Mrs. Horace Daniel Ray, Jr. of
Pensacola and the Home Econo
mics Agent attended the annual
Farm Home Week, held in Raleigh
July 11-14. The meeting was
attended by Home Demonstration
women from the 100 counties in
North Carolina.
The theme of our week’s pr >-
gram was “And in Today Already
Walks Tomorrow.” The week
started with the State Council
meeting, with Mrs. David Will
iams, State President, presiding.
During the week, a variety of
most interesting classes were
held at which the latest sewing
methods were given, ideas to dec
orate the home by the use of well
chosen accessories and new ideas
‘ i for party favors and decorations.
' j Dr- Irene M. McForland, who
j practices t psychiatry at ,Cherry
Hospital in Goldsboro, was one of
the speakers at the meeting,
which was for women, but she
went to bat for men. She said,,
“If you really want to improve
your home, do something to en
hance your ..husband —make him
feel important-”
The oft-neglected” blender was
demonstrated by a representative
from one of the appliiance com
panies. She showed the many
uses of the blender- Preparing
baby food and food for special
diets were among the many uses.
Many of the club women and
agents enjoyed a visit to the art
museum in Raleigh. This was a
visit many had looked forward to
for years.
The meeting ended Friday noon
with a barbecue luncheon.
Free Chest
X-Ray
The Mobile X-ray Unit will openj
.on the Square in Burnsville Julyl
29th at 1 oa. m. The unit will re-1
main in this location . through
August sth. -
It is urged that all persons
over fifteen years of age take ad
vantage of the free X-ray during
this period. t
BRING SOME ONE WITH
YOU AND GET A FREE CHEST
X-RAY WHEN THE UNIT
OPENS ON THE SQUARE.
Young Republi
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cans To Meef
The Yancey County Young Re
| publicans Club will hold an organi-
I zational meeting in the Court-
I house in Burnsville Friday, July
28, at 7:30 "p. m.
The purpose of the meeting will
be to elect officers for the club and
discuss plans for future activity.
Young Republicans frorii the en
tire county are urged to ’ • attend
this important meeting.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
AT PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE
Pri«« Par Copy: Fir* Casta
(Young Mackey To Share
Lead In Third Play
For this week’s Presentation of
the very funny comedy, The
1 Loud Red Patrick, Ernest Al
! brecht the Director selected Miss
Susan Mackey, a fourth season
1 student of the growing Play
-1 house Children’s Theatre Group.
Little Miss Mackey -was last seen
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; The History Os
; Hooked Rugs
By: Mrs. Frances Low
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j creative urge of our pioneer
» women found an outlet in thri
. making of hooked rugs. It has
s been said that this was the very
first expression along these lines
> of which we are aware. They had
f very little to work with; no paints
f for instance, but when their
, homespun clothes became past
> wearing they cut the best parts
into narrow strips,’ filed a hook
: from a nail or an old gimlet and
. let their imagin&tfbh have full
play. A great deal of red is seen
in the old rugs Partly because
: that was a popular color both for
. outer garments and for under
wear. Often homespun linen was
used as a backing. For subjects
they turned to their pets, farm
animals and scenes with which
they were familiar. With a strong
desire to create beauty they would
carry over the memory of their
gardens into their winter hooking
and a popular design was a
brown vase which spilled grapes,
leaves and exotic flowers. Geo
metric designs were easily worked
and the hit or miss rugs used up
all left-over materials.
Modem hooking follows the old
| trend as rug making will always
be. a homey art stt-mming from
T**" l ”*—*■Woteske to beautify her
j home. More womeff sTtoow
(its value as an economical floor
I covering.
Locals
Mr. and Mrs. W- J. Potter of
Key Largo, Fla. arrived last
! week to spend the remainder of
the summer at their home in the
Low Gap section. They have as
guests' -their daughter, Mrs. Hig
ginbotham, and her sister in law,
Mrs: Wolff, and their children of
Miami.
Rev. Eric Collie of Albermarle’,
N. C. is holding services for the
month of July at. Trinity Episcopal
Church, Spruce Pine in the absence :
of the regular minister, Rev.
Welch Tester. Holy Communion at '
8 a. m. each Sunday with Morn- i
ing Prayer at eleven.
Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Coker and
daughters, Mary Elizabeth and
Mary Ann, of Pensacola, Fla.,
and Mrs. John H. Galloway and
son, Stephen of Binghamton, N. V.
are visiting Mr. Imre Mrs. George
Anglin. ,
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in Finian’ g Rainbow, but will
have a much larger part in the
up-coming production and will
have a fine opportunity to display
her skill and talent. She will
share the play’s honors with such
seasoned veterans as Dee Dee
Winner, Karen Lachewitch, Chrl"
Bennett, Virginia DeAngelis who
will shine in the role of the
Housekeeper, Anthony Maltese,
who directed last week’s play,
and HaiTy Callahan, who played
, such a distinctive role in the
Aiine Frank Play- Handsome
Herb Cox will play the love in
terest, while Barry Kelly, if you
look quick, will be seen iq the
closing seconds of thus splendid
comedy.
The set, selected from draw
ings submitted to Ed Madden,
’ will be designed by H. Kendqll
Cox, Author of Little Magazine’s
' articles titled Sets, Their Design
’ and Function.
' The curtain will rise promptly
at 8:00 p. m. for both perfor
mances Friday and Saturday-
Single as well as Season tickets
may be purchased at the Box
Office.
This play, The Loud Red Pat*,
rick, marks the midway point
in the Playhouse series of six
plays and the continued patron
age of all residents of Burnsville
and surrounding area will be afr--
preciated.
Rev/James Un
at Methodist
Church
The Rev. Mr- James Un will
bring the morning message at the
Higgins Memorial Methodist Ch»
rch here Sunday, July 28. He jgjlL
<pwk 4hw aMw end’ answer
questions at the Sub District meet
ing of the Methodist Yo«rtfe- tw,
lowship of Yancey County o»
Sunday evening at 7:30 p. m. in
the Sanctuary of the church. Adults
are invited to attend this service
of worship and discussion.
The Rev. Un is a member of the
Korean Annual Conference of the
Methodist Church. He is a native
of Seoul, Korea and a graduate of
the Methodist Seminary in Korea.
He is now Working on hi 3 Mas
ters Degree, in Sacred Teology at
Duke Divinity School and Will
complete this degree in June,,
1962. He is working this summer
at Camp Tekoa, the summer camp
for Juniqr High age young people
of the Methodist Church at Hen
dersonville.
Rev. Un was a Chaplain in the
Korean Amy prior to coming to
the United States. He is married
and has two children.
STANLEY McCORMICK
REUNION TO BE HELD
Former students of Stanley Mc-
Cormick School will hold their an
nual reunion und picnic din
ner at the First Presbyterian
Church in Burnsville on Sunday,
July 23- All alumni are request
ed to bring a picnic hinch and
attend the reunion.
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The Yancey .County Civil De
fense will hold a meeting at the
Bald Creek Fire Department build
ing on Monday, July 2* at 8:00
p. m. All persons are urged to
attend thia meeting.
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