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VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT Glen Raven Silk Mills Receives Safety Award Glen Raven Silk Mills, Inc. of Burnsville has received a Saf ety Award for having, no lost time accidents since November I Local Women Attend Ho me mo kerf Week i * TWA" Yancey County Home De monstration Club Women, Mrs. Kenneth Johnson and Mrs. W. O. Briggs accompanied Mrs. Ruby Cci’pening, Home Economics Agent, to Raleigh for kome maikers Week, July 6-10. Some 1500 club women were registered for this meeting. .. The classes offered included Pood, Fate or Pact, Lets Enjoy Fish; Well Dressed At SmaTHCost; Planning and Planting Your Home Grounds; You and Your Invest ments; Effective speaking And Listening; House cf Goc.l To te Ami Portraits Os Youth. The keynote speakers ir.c led Dr. Albert G. EdwardM, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Raleigh; and Dr. Anne Scott, Chairman of the Governor’s Com mission; Duke University, Dur -lan spoke cn “The Status of Women.” Dr. Arnold E. Hoffmann, State Superintendent of Music, directed the group singing at each morn ing assembly. . Mrs-. Kenneth Johnson, now ser vile as Co-Ordinating Treasurer the North Carolina Organizat ion of Hem 1 ’ Demonstration on i —budget Jmi. lfwr. at the state Homo n>mmistca-!, lion CTruncvL The highlight of the week was the reception held at the Faculty Club on Thursday evening. Mrs. Johnson was among the ladies ] that poured punch, at the recept ion table. This was in observance ; of the 50th Anniversary of Exten sion Se-vice. Tours to the Governor’s Man con and the State House were enjoyed by . the Yancey County : locates. ■: '. • .>•>:j'^ jy■ •:• v. * I '•• '-V;'•■•;'; -■’•• •.y .. ,': Mp l ' __i^r^ff^'"- ,^wjc' '*'v ; '. •£<* ImL f y /^H A Scene from “J. B.” Now Playing at the Parkway Playhouse r " ” r ~”~ /... .. J'.'„. The Yancey Record “Dedicated To The Of Yancey County* Subscription $2.5? Ter Your BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 16. 1961 1962, or a total of 603 days acci dent free. The award waa presented jointly by tbo U. S. Deparment of Labor. It is signed by both Frank Crane, Commissioner of Labor, State of North Carolina and W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, U. S. Department of Labor. The award states in part that this “Certificate of Ach ievement is in recognition of the outstanding accident prevention ef forts of Glen Raaven Silk Mills, Inc., which resulted in a substant ial reduction of accidents and the promotion cf safer working con ditions—thereby contributing to the prevention of human suffering and curtailing economic waste. ’’ Foremost among the efforts to curtail accidents has been the for mation of a Safety Committee comprised of the following mem bers ; Edgar Angel—-Chief, Grady Mel ton—Assistant Chief, Dona’d Young, Secretary—Bruce Anglin, Cleophus Gilbert, Frank Allen, Oscar Styles, Carl Fox, Jack Gillespie, Jerry Davis, Eugene Roland, Burgin Sil'lrs, J. t. Blalock, Frank Phillips, Cecil Gillis, Hoyt Bennett, Paul Harris, Champ McMahan and Donald Balk This committee , meets regular ly, inspects the mill and makes recommendations to improve safer working conditions. Reunion Held The family of Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Riddle held a Family Reuni: n" at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rid dle the weifit a t July- 6... Those -at,- . tc-injnrg me- 1 rui nun were iwrr iara Mrs. Vyron Riddle and children of Rivervtew, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riddle of Rcanoke, Va.; Mrs. Oscar Riddle, and Mrs. Rhonda Faulk and children of Winston Salem; Mr. and Ms. Horace Riddle of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Jess Ray of Rock Hill, S. S.; Keith Candler of Honeypath, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Furr and children of Salisbury, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brinkley and children of 1 ■ •. r rl r •;*. i—<« : \ t REV. JOHN R. WILLIS A series of revival services will begin at Mount Pleasant Bap tist Church on Monday, July 20 at 7:30 p. m. The Rev. John R. Willis will be the guest evangelist. Everyone is invited to attend the services. The Rev. E. J. Hall is pastor of Mount Pleasant Church. Chest X-Ray Mobile Unit Set Up In Burnsville i On Saturday, July 18th, at 10 A. M. a mass chest X-ray survey will begin in Yancey County. This X-ray survey is brought to you by Ihe North Carolina State Board of Health and your Local Health Department. | The Mobile Unit will be located on. thu Sqcare In Burnsville and will remain in this location throu gh July 29th. The unit will open for operaticnp promptly at 10 A. M. and close at 4 P. M. except ion of Mondays on which the 1 itrflt tfl RtiBWlT oieri CSt* help will be provided by the Yan cey County Gray Ladies. The Health Department - urges that all persons fifteen years of age take advantage of thiis oppor tunity to get a free chest X-ray while this service is available. Asheville; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rid dle, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Robin son and children, Mrs. Alice Ed wards and children, and Mr. and Mrs.. Bill Hullett and children of Earns ville. tM i U.I. j “The Mar Who Came To Dinner” JrrjTnphan* . By: Marietta Atkins ■ “The Man Who Caine to Dinner'’ began in a rush of noisy confusion,; rolled on generally sustained ad > ! quately by peaks of the ludicrous, j and, dsiplte a slightly sagging : second act, ended ~ triumphantly, j It provided a S |cessful evening, of round-eyed Wonder at the ai tics of the famcus. Act One, once the Initial bun-' tle steadied with the entrance cf • adroit scene-steak r Dr. Bradl y (Mayon Weeks)’' shortly followed by central figufe Sheridan Whit - J side (Ed Anderson.) in his who:'-: chair, held ma y fine jpomenf i. i ■ In the act, which largely establish- 1 i es the ‘‘dearthlasp’ ' ability cf i celebrated radio announcer whit >: side to malinger and impose on' : his hosts, the Stanleys, grand y ! and with awesome intent to sue I following a fall on the ice whim invited to their home for dinner, Anderson was a mast convincing y withering-tongued tyrant and med dler. His best moments were p > haps the rendition of the Croek i field story and the song “I’se .1 s I a lil wabblt in the sunshine’’ at I the closing of the act. Not to 1 e outdone was Weeks as the bea- i . | ing jovial doctor, whose entranc s •as the would-be author prov d j consistently diveAng in this act [las in all others.'And the prim. I gaunt nurse, Mia 'Preen—another ■ somewhat minor character made the 'butt of the -most merciless J humcr throughout! the whole play j until, in the end,' the embittered! nurse quits to work in a munitions factory—Miss Preen’s fines t and most authenic m Invent as played Wv Suzanne came in her .Spooked iiurr arvrnrrp for the peanut bridle in WhrEesi3F , S' T hands. . .Miss Hendry’s air, in the moment, was memorably an tiseptic. As for the more serious char acters of the act, Ellen Woods, as hard-bitten secretary Mar gio Cul ler softoned by love, perform d smoothly, doing her best work in the hateful Ujrs cf “Lay eff” o Whiteside folding rcr anno"’.;c> l ment that slu is in 1 r w / : newspaperman Bert Jeff rsen who, as p'ayed by Jack Rice, did his best work • lafcr, as the drunk n Act Three. The elder Stanleys, the presumptins Mrs. StanVy (Gail L. Kelist'cm) and the apo plectic Mr. SSmky (Lauren K. Woods) served as good fo'k during their brief entrys, as tbry were to do thrCughout. Hs'wov’r. Mr. Stanley’s eccentric sist r Harriett (Judlti Rose Na cn'— though lat r afequate’y vaporous and strange— seemed a little flat. Ami the Stanley children. Richard (Jan K.Fk) ard Jure (Eleanor Sm'ti) dropped tlr ir words, semrwiat. Though Act Two seemed sms what slow due ty> an increasing scries of u..re'jtrd activities in the plot (pieparatitis for th’ Whit’- Iside Christmas broadcast, the ar rival of an iivited actress, of an, , uninvited actoi- the Stanley cV'.i-' Iren run away etc), posiu'ng, | ' simpering actrs.s Lorraine rvi-; den (Barbara jjobate) and s Ipy. extroverted a dir Ecveriy C... .cn j (Allfa M'dgict!®'' brightened and, freshened the a’.mo.phere rven before the unifnn gift ’ pen uins wholly saved lie cr”. Miss Shel don was qutkhenth’ly and satis fying played t Mice Abbato as a typically sc-absorb'd . s'?r, tlicagh the nirrer red powder puff b't accompanying most cf her earlkr dli'ogaa was more artif eial than gen'd '.v\ (The p w dcr puff toiT' hd sill .of the, face exc-pt the forh"ad, prcd-Hn?—f'r the wom-n c the Eutdic-nce, at least—a s’tghl ir dMracting rr-' pmse!) Mldg( to did a s“: rb character zatic cf Cirlkn as a amus'ag rgcraniaic, quite inno cently se'f- Jt'sficd as to thr fup'-rl’rity cf h’s gifts as a tor. oompeser, etc The Third ct. moving briskly filled with th unexpected, match-, ed a now ar m'atory White idc against yet another incredible Hollywood Character, Banjo, Banjo, too, a played by Pon Cutaia, did hilarously moving job. Pr.ce Per Copy Five Cent* " Gov. Sanford | Visits Operation Second Chance Governor Terry Sanford v isited Spruoe Pine classes of Opeation I second Chance on June 30. Spend-j | ing the better part of an’^hour | ’ j i,a,king with trainees in uphols-' ! li.ry, welding ar.d auto service \ station mechanics, the Governor! . ..... ins interest in the pr< -, pain /and his satisfaction wiJn ’ j . c gres of the students. ’ L piio’stery classes in Burnsvili ■ mb Spruce Pine have completed l:.vL.iiy suites consisting of match lug sofas, chairs, and footstools, j This furniture will be presented: j to schools in Avery, Mitchell and I j Yancey Counties for use in re • ception rooms, teachers -lounges, I etc. I | £3 dropouts are presently in i training in Spruce pine, 34 in Bur- j , nsville. 23 nurse-aids have comp'et-! !ed training at Burnsville and; S"ruce Pine hospitals. With the assistance of Operation Second Chance county supervisors and steering committee members, a number of nurse-aid graduates. have been placed in jobs by the j Spruce Pine Employment Security Office. j Scott Wiseman, coordinator for Operation Second Chance in the | Tri-County area, expressed the appreciation of state and local steering committees to the admin ' istrators of Spruce Pine Commun-: ity Hospital, Cannon Memorial j Hospital, Burnsville Hospital, and | Garrett Memorial Hospital for j employing nurse-aid graduates. | “The fact that Governor San -1 sci d took time out from his busy schedule to visit dropouts in train ir here,” Wiseman said, proved n s deep interest in the objectives of Operation Second Chance to j tuniaina jmd_ find employ ment for many young people. • ' W' '. , . Mayen Weeks cud Barbara Ab ; at? in a Scene frern “J. B.’” ■■■u<. / ... Ml Kin-—-- : - *? I JIIhbMMWS^, ».vv !>>x • i i v Hbk. nunni H r^/*, - m ■Br ' ;J» -•; ;A-,Jy< ,>Ht '!■!,' > -'■ ■'?* v : -v+ jK* , ;.. .ih lly 11 MMtip ; ft : .&£&&? -v > .••>• rriirf rifri nr - ~- - - Hbotu by John Robinsea P.ctured above are me m V rs < i the Safely Committee of Glen Raven Bilk Mills, Inc., Burnsville. They are front row. left to right: Can Fox, Frank Allen, Paul Harris, J. T. Blalock, Jack Gillespie, | Grady Melton and Rdgar Angel. Back row; Cleophus Gilbert, Cecil Gill is/ Burgin Silvers, Donald ‘ Young, .Eugene Roland, Oscar Styles, Champ McMahan and Jerry Davis. “J. B.” Presented At Playhouse Friday And Saturday Nights The Parkway Playhouse opened it. i 17. h season to an excellent I ' tiev. and Mrs, Tc-liver To Show Slides At Fellow* ship Mission ! Mi-sionaries Rev. and Mrs: Ra.ph Toliver will show slides of j their work in the Philippine Is ; lards Friuay, July,. 17 at 7:00 I-M. at the Faith Fellowship Usici Chapel in Burnsville. Mr. and Mrs. Toliver have been missionaries with the Ovtr stra Missionary Fellowship for :25 years. The mission was fer- Im. .iy known as the Inland Mission started by toe r *»noas | faith missionary Hudson TaylCr. Tbo Tolivers spent 13 years serv | ing the Lord in China. Their last 22 months in China were after the communists took over the country. They have now been in ; the PhilUpirie Islands for 12 years. The slides will be general semes cf primitive and tribal peop'e and cf TolLm's ministry | in a fishing town. Mr. and Mrs. Toliver and their children are visiting, her father, Mr. George Haeger of Cattail Creek and Vero Beach, Fla. for a few weeks. [ j Their slides will also be shown at the Pensacola Methodist Church “TTitif'nrry —irghf, —i«. ’ NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT 1 house for three performances of THE MAN WHO CAME TO DIN NER, by Moss Kart and George Kaufman. “J. B.” a modern rendition of the Book of Job,” by Archibald MacLeish. will be the secod play ctf the season. Directed by Anthony Maltese, “j. B.” will run Fri day and Saturday nights, July 17th and 18th. American Poet MacLeish won his third Pultizer prize with this universally acclaimed drama. In a foreword by the author, 1 MacLeish explains, “I have con i structed a modem play inside the ancient majesty of the Book ? of Job. . . When you are dealing . with questions too large for you - which nevertheless, will not leave . you alone, you are obliged to 1 house them somewhere— and an i old wall helps.” • . The play opens in an unusual desl « ned by Vem Smith, t that through the proscenium r i with thß s ' lBt gestion of a circus ; ring. In effect, audience will i be part of the ring ! Two broken down acto^ I les and Mr. Zuss, are [ vendors in a circus that ■ been presenting the story of from the Old Tstament. They feel . they can improve on the interpre tation, and there in the circus [ ring, Mr. Zuss, “The one man for t God in the theater!”, is a cast as j God, Nickles as Satan. However i! when they assume a Godmask 1 ] and a Satanmask. the ancient I tale has a vfc|ar of its own and I the masks read to a Distant Voice prompting with cues from the Old Testament. But when Job and his family appear, they come from the American present. Cast by Director Maltese as J. B. is Mayon Weeks, who was seen last week as D:c l or Bradley in THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER. Ed Anderson will play Nickles and Lauren K. Woods the other vendor, Mr. Zuss. Barbara Ahhate, last week’s glamorous actress, will portray J. B.’s wife, Sarah; J. B.’s children are drawn from Playhouse and local tal ent—Carol Ann Mendoza as Mary, Mark Bennett, son of Represen tative Bnnnett, as David; Jane Ballou, a member of the Child ren's Theatre program at th# Playhouse, as Ruth; Chris Koch, son of Fred Koch, director of next week’s production, HARVEY, as Jonathan; and Jan Cleary, Niece of Lester Moore, member of the Playhouse staff, as Rebecca. NOTICE Dr. Melvin W. Webb’s offioe will be cioead from Jifly 16 throu gh July 27. NOTICE Dr. Robert Ransom wbo was out of his office last week due to illness will be out another week.
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