VOLUME TWENTY-EIGIIT
“The Corn Is Green”
At Playhouse Friday
And Saturday Nights
By: Joyce Anderson i
THE CORN IS GREEN; by
Emlyn Williams, the story of a
great-hearkd school teacher’s
struggles to help an ignorant, but
talented, Welsh miner to rise
above his stifling station will be
presented for two performances,
Friday and Saturday, July 31 and
August 1 at the Parkway Play
house.
The part' of Miss Moffat, the
resolute school-teacher who liber
ates the Welsh boy from a sor
did life, is played by Miss Lee
Trujillo, a guest star at the ]
Playhouse, whose many acting 1
credits include Alma in “Summer
V and Smoke’’, which was directed |
by Mr. Mike _ McElhaney, director
of this evening’s production of
“The Corn is Green.” I
A basically autobir graphnal
work, THE CORN 13 GRE JIN is 1
the real-life story cf a Mis: S. G. )
Cock and the author, Em yn
Will'ams. While teaching; under- i
privileged miners’ children in j
Flint shiitci, North Miss i
Cook uncovered the talented
Two New Meth
odist Pastors
In County
Two npjv Methodist pastors
moved into Yancey County around
the middle “hV'~ i .nine. Rev. Thorras
Wallace Weeks and Rov. Gordon
E. Keeler.
Rev. We>''ks is a native of North
Carolina. He is a graduate of
Enfield High School and of Duk*
University where he received a
EA degree in 1934 and a BD de
gree in= 1957. He is marri'd to j
the fornv r Elizabeth Wyat of i
Men; (anton, N. C. They have four
daughters, Linda, age 5; Julie,
age 4; Laura age 2M*; and Karen,
age 1.
,RI:V. Weeks served for six
years as pastor of the McAdun
ville Methodist Church in the
Gastonia district. He comrs to
Yancey County to serve as pastor
of the Bald Creek Methodist
Circuit.
Rev. Gordon E. Keeler has s r
_ ved in the Methodist ministry for
31 years. He retired from active
service in June cJ this year at
tine Methodist annual conferTuce
session in Junaiuska. He is a
graduate of Asbury College in
WHmaCe, Ky. Hr* was paster of
the French Broad Avenue Metho-'
dist Church in Asheville from ■
If 33 to 1930; lie served In the!
Reeve: -Brownsview circuit in the 1
Candler area for ten years; and ■
In th Azalea-Tabernacle circuit
for the past four years, until his 1
retirement in June. He has one ;
son, Raymond L. Ker Tr. who
lives with his father. His wife is
deceased. Even thou; h lie ha:
retired he has been assigned as
associate pastor of tin-* Bald Creek
Cl large to serve at Borings Chapel
Method Ist Church on . Jacks
Clic k. He and his son are living
in the Jacks Crock Community.
Mr. Don Noble,tit who has been
pastor at Bali .Creek three y ars,
has beep assigned to the West
Franklin Charge In Macon County.
He will be emt. ring the Candler
School ts Theology at Emory Uni
versity 'n Atlanta, Ca. this fall.
Hie graduated from Mars Hill
Colieg with a BA degree in
June. H. will serve the Franklin
Chaiyo rad commute to Atlanta
where 1,0 wi 1 furlh r his educat
ion.
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The Yancey Record
Subscription $2.5? Per Year
i Williams; with her encourage
ment he went on to win a scho
larship to Oxford and Irccome a
successful playwright.
Morgan Evans, played by Jack
Rice, a member of the Parkway
Grama Workshop, represents Wil-!
liams himself. In -the play, his
talent is first revealed by a com
position he has written for Miss
Moffri; ~go the mine is l
dark. . . But when I walk through
the Tan. . . shaft, in the dark I
can touch with my hands the
I leaves on the trees, and under
neath. . . where the corn is-green.”
j' The local squire whose obstin
| acy presents an obstacle to Miss
I Moffat’s school is played by
Lauren K. Woods; a further im-j
pediment to Morgan Evan’s pro
| gross is the seductive Bcssi -
i Watty, a Ccckn y trollop, . play. >1
by Barbara Abbate. Bessie’s 'mo n
, tar a reformad shoplifterT 'is
. portrayed by Gail Kcllstrom.
| Suzanne Hendry and Edward
| Andi rsoii play Mis:; Moffat’s
aides in the school-house , Mos
Rcnb rry and John Goronwy Jon;-;,
a hopeful old niaid and a dour
W. ‘lshman.
Supporting roles are played 1:y j
Ed 1 , ar Hay, Mayon Weeks, Ad nj
, Midgette, Carol Ann Mendoza,
j Leslie Ann Charleson, Jon Cntnla,
Bob Tajlcr, and Eleanor Smith.
THE CORN IS GREEN is dir
ected by the .Chairman, ni P
forming Arts from Bennett Col
lege, Ni-w York, Mike McElhaney;
ho will be assisted by Judith Roe
Nann, a member of the Parkway j
Playhouse Drama Workshop. I
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Lee Trujillo and Jack Rice in a :;cc*v from “The Corn Is Green’’
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Lee Trujillo and Barbara Abbate In scene from'“The Corn is Green’
“Dedicated To The Program Os Yancey County*
BURNSVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1964
M's July Darlene Wildor
; muth is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Wildo ninth of Rocky
■ M.uni., who announce the engage
' in i.t to James Calvin Byrd, son
• cf Mr. and Mrs. Charles Byrd ( >f
Id .a Mountain. An August wed
■ ding is planned in Montreat.
Street Will As
sume Library
Duties August 3
fts
The Avn-y Mitch. 11-Yanc..-y R -
gi ual Library Board met : t
Burnsvill ■ Monday, July 27, ai i
u Mi ; m " v < ' 1 Willie Cla,*
ft), t as Assistant Librarian for
the Tri-County Library.
Sire at is th- son of Mr. ar.d
l Mr.-.. J. D, nrstre: t of Bakersville.
; He was cducati <1 in ihe Public
>'td' oleos Mitchell County and at
hnih .1 Appalachian Stake Teacli
n.,’ C;.:..-r;r at. Boone one year.
ll' lh; .i transferred to East Tonn
. •-paSUf.i^iatein l .iTfejiYj,
id hi; . .> from thr.f. inTt.itu
lion in August, 1963.
Sirct will assume his duties as
j Assistant Librarian the first Mon
i day in August,
“Has-vey” Good
Excursion Into
Slapstick
I BY: MARIETTA ATKINS
• “Harvey” hopped along in suc
cessfully hilarous fashion.
The zaniest character of the
evening w as Blanche Kelly in the
role of Veta Louise Simmons.
I Sprightly throughout, her funniest
scenes included the moments cf
eye-dropping, cooing mistaken con
-1 fidence in junior -psychiatrist San
[ derson (Mervyn Deskins) at her
| initial attempt to have brother
Ewool committed to Chunleys
Rest and her disheveled, hose
hanging reappearance at home
' fed lowing her briSf accidental in
|Y rrmbnt. Her jerky, clawing
hands and trembling tones as sue
gasped out her sufferings to testy,
‘ glasi'es-wiping oil’ judge Gaffney
i Mayon Weeks) and h>r gawky
daughter, Myrtle Mae (Suzanne
Hendry) weiv delightful.
Somewhat more subdued was
alcoholic brother Elwood P. Dowd,
but as played by W. C. (“Mutt’')
Burton, he appeared to be a rath
er pi ai ant old mellow sot, bo h
in and out of his continued du t
with the invisible Harvey. His
jf’ A aous eye-.flutters dtfrir'i j. a
' i chance telephone conversati n
- with a female magazine salesmr ),
I ( the arch looks at Harvey concerl
- ing the nature of young Dr. So )-
I derson’s ar.d nurse Kelly’s ■)Leslie
l Charleston) “mistake” during the
I I ferverent apology* at Chunley’s
( Rest, his affable ■ uncomprehend
• ing repeated insistent “Let’s all
] go down to CharUe’s and have a
■ drink” later at Chumfey's Rest—
J all-in-all, the impression was of
a slightly exasp) rating sort for
i|i&pie.ly.. aspirants d da Louiw ax .1
Myrtle Mae to have to" UvewUh,
but otherwise harmless.
A mischievious sitne-sfealer win
proved endearingly funny was at
tendant Wilson. Played by Rob-
I ert William Taylor as an -ua
j couth parsonage with a quite
creditable hillbilly accent, Wil
i son r mained unaved by anyone.
With his foolish d - in as he pick
ed at his white jacket, he fir t
b:came notable irt his exhubrent
leap and-jump description of the
capture of an ur. l »rstai' r ’’bly dif
ficult Mrs. SimmoA;, but _ this
I fine mom-nt w.isi followed by
: many others. Not ho least of
‘ them was the coijoling pat on
the shoulder rendejsd a by then
Faj-vert’-mt'imldail v d pr. Chumley
(Lauren K. Woods Awhile Wilson
himself r tained ai appropriately
deadpan express i A throughout
the good doctor's Joabbling pleals
not to leave him.
As for Dr. Chu iley, Woods, in
a dark suit, look: the part and
| the tones o! inter?; in his “What’s
J the matt r ” to drs. Simmons,
i following her di: overy of the
picture of Eiwooi and Harvey
placed over her aother’s picture ‘
on the mantel, "s quite profess
ional. His reduett to a finger
chewing status foowing drinking
acquaintance with Harv'y wa; a
splendid gibe at e psychiatric
profession.
As for Harvey Inself, his most | j
Imposing moment was perhaps j
the aftermath of s introduc'd'n: [
;to imposing mat n Chainrijet | |
(Gail L. Kells trot. Mrs. Chiu-'
vcnet’s tentative ps into the air
where Harvey wa supposed to j
be standing, with gloved hand L
which gradually w r d, were most 1
amusing. It was, ; were most of
the other moment n the play, a
rood excursion int slapstick. |
McCurry romot
ed To 2n Lieut,
CHERRY POIN N. C. (FHT
NC) Marine S nid Lieutenant
Kenneth D. McCi y, son of Mr.
awl Mrs, E. F. Curry of Bur
nsvil’e, N. C., uc being promot
ed to his present nk July 1, had’
his bars pinned d y his wife, the
former Miss Mat ... Fox of Bur
nsville and Maji R. K. Wood,
Officer-in Change Sub Unit One,
Marine Air Bast tjuadron 27, a
unit of the Secoi Marine Aircraft
j Wing, Fleet Ma< s Force at the
1 Marine Corps A Station, Cherry
I Point, N. C.
r * A graduate o lurnsville High
a School, 2nd Lt. cOurry entered
’ the service in J 1952.
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Eighth Annual Arts & Crafts Festival
Will Get Underway On August Bth
By: J xycc Anderson
Early Saturday morning, Aug
ust 3, on the town square in Bur
i ivilie, the t ighth annual Arts &
Crafts Festival will get underway.
Initiated .and continued under
the auspices of Gordon R. Btn
'nett of the Paakway Playhouse,!
wi.h the support cf the Yancey
County Chamber of Commerce, j
u.c Burnsville cTafts fair is uni- :
qu=-: ill that th? craftsmen demon- 1
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DRES3 REVUE—Top honors in the state 4-H dress revue were
announced during state 4-H Club Week in Ra’eigh. Shown above are
(xft ,to light) Ramona Bowditch, Yancey County, 3rd place - Janie
Shipley, Watauga County, Ist place; Harriet Mcßae, Anson County
2nd place.
Price Per Copy Five Cents
| participants, wherever possible.
-J.lo not merely exhibit but can be]
. | observd in the actual craftsma'ting
- prjobsb in which they excel.
■j A distinguishing feature of thei
Burnsville fair is the presence cf
Daniel Boone, VI. His forge, lc-J
ca’ed in the outskirts of Burn.-'i
i bi:ie - ls a community landmark ]'
jari tourist attraction wfth a 1
functional steam engine visible in ‘
1 hack of the building made en- 1
tiiviy by Mr. Boone. An expert |
NUMBER FIFTY
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j machinist, the rambling work
I area he occupies contains a quan
i tity of oversizg machinery. At
] the Fair he will be busy forging
i with hammer and anvil.
Want la Lea of the Oelo Com
munity will be demonstrating the
pottery-making process in its
various stages. With her she will
have a pottery wheel to make ev
amples of the ceramics for which
she is well-known. A fascinating
craft to watch, the clay takes
shape from her hands effortlessly
—or seemingly so—as the wheel
turns. £
Several other local craft pro
ducts will be presented: cane
bottom chairs, bark baskets,
woven materials, gem work, pre
serves.
The ladies of the Higgins Mem
orial Church wil! operate a con
cession stand at the Fair. The
food provided will be in keeping
uth the Fair, in thrlt it will all
be homemade.
The entertainment program will
include a puppet show by Girl
Sccut Trocp 88, whose lealer is
Mrs. Coletta. square dancing fed
by Mr. Robert Peterson, and folk
singing. Mr, Doug Terrell of Mars
Hill College, who is acting as
Music Director for the coming
Park.vay Playhouse presentation,
LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE, wiil
present a few songs from the
•shew. A mrmber cf the Parkway
Playhouse Drama Workshop from
Fayetteville, Mayon Weeks, will
accompany himself on the guitar;
Pat Powers, costnaj-r fer the
Playhouse, will also sing ethnic
folk songs.
Booths are being constructed by
, members of the Playhour?, who
I will also supply electrical power
j where It is needed, under the
direction thf chief electrician,
Gerald F. Jones. Any person who
has net made arrant ements to
participate in the Fair, and
would like to do so, may contact
• the Director, Harry Greene.
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Tribute Paid To
The Late Charles
L. Brown
Tribute was paid to Charles L.
, Brown by his former associates
lon the Awery-Mitcl* 11-Yancey
j Regional Library Board at a
meeting held in Burnsville at the
Yancey County Library on July
27, 1964.
The late Mr. Charles L. Brown
served a s an active member of
the Regional Library Board from
its establishment by action of
the Boards of Commissioners of
Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey
counties in July 1961 until his
death in May of this year .‘His
fine service on the Regional Lib
rary Board helped to lay firm
foundations for the library pro
gram. His untiring support of
library service for the whole
three-county area helped to broad
en its purpose. His keen and kind
jly humor enlivened and enrich
ed the understanding of his fel
low board members. The board
•' fegrets his passing, and goes on
I record as appreciating his ser
vice.,,
Other 'items of business Includ
ed the budg'.t for 1934-05 and the
ibrarian’s annual repur t. The
resignation of a staff member,
Mrs. Am.Ha W. Fortner, was ac
cepted and W. G. Stre t of Bula
dcan was appointed to serve as
Regional L'brary Assistant. The
library staff was commended for
. thdr work during the past year.
M mbtrs of the Regional L'b
rary Board pres: nt were: Ja-on
B. Deyton, chairman: H. G. Bai
ley; Mrs. Beatrice Banner; Char
les Ft wards; Mrs. Ruby 8. Gouge;
Martha Guy; Howard H rreMl
S B. Lacey, Jr.
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