THI YANCIY RECORD
Established July, 1936
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THURSDAY, JULY 15 1965 NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN
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THE GEORGIA GASOLINE PARTY
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Georgia’s tax officials pro
posed to levy a three percent
sales tax on the federal ex
cises taxes collected on gaso
line, tires and automobiles.
It was announced via one of
those directives tax officials
so well like to write. It am
ounted to a tax on a tax.
Public reaction was quick
to set in. State officials were
bombarded with protests.
TTiey were told the proposed
tax was ridiculous In view of
the federal government’s pro
gram to give taxpayers a
break. Service station opera
tors said they would not ab
sorb It. Station operators ev
en planned a state-wide pro
test mass meeting. Members
of the legislature condemned
the proposal.
Reaction was so strong that
Oov. Carl Sanders ordered
the directive cancelled.
It was a mild form of the
old Boston Tea Party.
further, it was demonstrat
ed that the power of the pub
lic, once the people are arous
ed, gets results. Too often one
hears a citizen say ‘ yeah, but
what can we do about it?"
As a citizen there’s plenty
a fellow can do. He can let
his public officials know how
he feels.
A lot of Georgia citizens did.
'MIRACLE WORKER'
A HARMONIOUS
PRODUCTION
By: Marietta Atkins
The Miracle Worker, with a
cast of widely di
ve’ve experience* proved to
be a unified and talented pro
duction for the Parkway Play
house season opening last
Thursday night. o
All the performers, from
the back-patting doctor in
the opening scene (Lauren K.
Woods) to the groping blind
girls in the Perkins Institu
tion and the sleepy little boy
in the garden house, deserve
credit for many Individual
touches'. Miss Cooper’s indig
nant “I am her aunt!” at
being called an “outsider” by
Annie Sullivan certainly had
a convincing ring. Jan Kellk
as Anagnos was authentic in
appearance and gestures; he
was at least plausible in the
inflections of the foreign ac
cent The maid’s mimicry of
Mr. Keller’s “What, again?"
when supper was late for
Kate and the son to meet the
train was a good line, ns was
her muttered “Probably" con
clusion to “Glad to see you
back” when a more disciplin
ed Helen returned from the
garden house.
The best performances we-e
given by KeHer. his son, Aft
nle Sullivan, Helen, and Kate.
THE YANCEY RECORD
They got results. The tax was
killed. It’s a good lesson for
John Q. Citizen to learn.
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Poor Britain!
You might have expected
it from some of the other
countries of the world, but
from England, no. Believe It
or not, the British are talking
about some form of land na
tionalization. A bill providing
It may come up this summer
and even take priority over
nationalization of the steel
Industry.
It Just can’t be true that
good old England, the land
that has survived through the
centuries through sweat, toil
and tears, as Sir Winston
said, has to go this socialistic
route that so many poorer
nations have pursued.
There must be another way
to solve John Bull’s problem.
Used to be a time G~eat Brit
ain was the world’s best tra
der and salesman. She might
try being that again. That
razor blade manufacturer ov
er there has been pretty good
at It.
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Pro football will Invade
the South next year and Dix
ie will have four downs to
think about Instead of sit
downs.
Special credit should be given
to Vincent Petti for his, Kell
er. Obviously the performer
of the most experience, from
Innumerable little touches,
his performance was consist
ently the most striking In the
first act. The maimer In whi
ch he whipped off his coat to
climb the latter In the rescue
scene, hs grunts coming down
combined with the memor
able moment at which Annie
Sullivan (Judith Rose Nann)
stiffly yanked at her skirt be
fore climbing onto his shoul
der, made the rescue scene
one of the most entertaining
“•of the act. But Mr. Petti pro
ved to be an actor of that
rare thing, courtesy. He chose
not to press his obvious ad
vantages; instead, he toned
down the rest of his perfo m
ance throughout to a more
subdued position In the gen
eral frame of a picture em
phasizing the positions of
Annie Sullivan and Helen.
One can only wonder what
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On the third floor of the
new courthouse building Is
the “Hall of Justice”. Looking
north the courtroom Is bare
of seats or benches. However,
he would have done further
with his characterization of
Keller as a gruff and slight’y
obtuse man, unintentionally
funny, on a more professional
stage.
The son, who appeared as a
sullen, almost loutish, adoles
cene with a hoa-se voice, was
wholly unlovable and very
memorable. His best moment
was In the soontaneous fight
scene with Keller In the sec
ond act; the strangled voice
with which he choked out his
# wo-ds about his forgotten
mother before he fled was at
touching. The presum
able humility of his later re
quest to his stepmother. Kate,
“Will you be my friend?’ did
n’t quite come through, tho
ugh the awkwardness of ask
ing It did.
As, Annie Sullivan, Judith
Rose Nann had a heavy bur
den. It seemed almost too
much for he" delicate face
and frail shoulders to bear,
as director Ed Anderson must
have Intended it to do, in a
very astute moment, indeed.
Nonetheless, Miss Nann did
commendab’y throughout Her
tears at leaving Perkins In
stitution were of the sort to
catch in othe- throats, her
ne vousness waiting at the
station for her new employees
was a good touch; her ex
haustation following the key
note breakfast scene of the
second act seemed real. Only
in the last few minutes of the
third act, after Helen broke
through with “Wa-wa” at. the
water pump, did Miss Nann’s
performance in fact, the
whole ending rather than
Miss Nann alone—seem a lit
tle too slow.
As Helen, Sheree Lisa
Banks had the most difficult
part to play of all, that of an
almost totally unresponsive
child. Except for a momen
tary break into a slight smile
after being naughty and
breaking a bowl In Annie
Sullivan’s room, she keot her
face and eyes turned blankly
towards the front. Even the
THURSDAY, JULY IS, 1963
the element that takes
care of the working part of
justice jury box and jud
ge’s stand is In tact.
break was believable: it is
hard for one to believe that
a willful child, even a deaf
and mute one, does not know
when It is being mischievous
ly naughty and cannot In
some way express that know
ledge. To everyone in the au
dience, the little, local star
with her flowing blond hair
vaa rot playing at being Hel
-6-L she was the real person
Never once in her slow, grop-
Ings, her pattlngs with out
stretched hands, did Sheree
Lisa falter by making what
would have been a natural
mistake to most ten year old
children, that of seeming to
know the way already.
As Kate, Barbara Eva Per
reault was a very fine .anx
ious, over-loving, tearful, too
quickly protective and high
strung mother. If any criti
cism at all could be made of
her performance, it was only
that she seemed a little young
for the position of a mother.
At least, as playing one ag
ainst a definitely mature Mr.
Petti as the husband and fa
ther. Such a point is admit
tedly debatable; a slight debit
in the makeup department Is
not, after all, a g'eat detrac
tion from a good perform
ance.
Special mention should be
made of the lighting effects.
The lights in diming out the
last scene of the first act
were a little’ bad; except for
that one incident, lighting
kept pace with the actions on
stage exactly. The rose dawn
light of a garden house scene
was a refreshing change; the
appropriate green lights for
the nightmare memory scen
es. no matte- how much one
saw them, were invariably
eerie and a little chilling. And
Vem Smith solved what could
have been the most difficult
problem ol all—designing so
complex a set to' fit such a
rather small space as
that of the Playhouse stage
is—both artistically and well.
In conclusion. The Miracle
Worker was basically a har
monious performance.
RANGtt tAMIUN’S
By; Helton Carmichael
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
LOST? Do you know what to
do when lost in the woods?
A clear head will find itself.
If everyone remembered this,
there would be fewer reports
of persons lost In the moun
tains and forests, according
to United States Forest Ser
vice rangers.
Merely being out of sight of
others in a strange forest
gives many a man the creeps
—a natural feeling but a
dangerous one. Never yield
to It. In the mountains the
grip of panic is too often the
grip of death.
“Finding oneself when lost
is the test of a man,” says a
vetem of the Forest Service
who has seen men, women,
and even children save them
selves by sheer pluck and
presence of mind. Loss of
mental control Is more ser
ious than lack of food, water,
or clothing or the possible
proximity of wild animals.
The man who keeps his head
has the best chance to come
through in safety.
The following helpful rules
are worth remembering:
1. Stop, sit down, and try
to figure out where you a-e.
Use your head, not your legs.
2. If caught by night, fog,
or a storm, stop at once and
make camp In a sheltered
spot Build a fire in a safe
place. Gather plenty of dry
fuel.
3. Don't wander about. Tra
vel only downhill.
4. If Injured, choose a clear
spot on a mountain spur and
make a signal smoke.
5. Don’t yell, don’t run,
don’t worry, and above all,
don’t quit.
If caught out toward night
fall, the traveler is urged to
find a shelter quickly —a
ledge, a large boulder, or a
fallen tree clear a space of'
ground, and build a fire. If
without a blanket, he may
build his fire In a deep hole,
cover 6 Inches of hot coals
with 6 Inches of earth, and
sleep on the warmed ea-th.
Failing fire, one should use
leaves and branches to shel
ter himself as best he can. A
boy lost on a southern Cali
fornia mountain peak spent
three nights safely in thl'af. .
manner.
Signal fires are the quick
est way to attract attention.
Euild them in an open spot,
cleared of all flammable ma
terial so that fire won’t
spread Into the forest you
don’t want to bum you'self
up, of course. In the daytime
threw green branches and
wet wood on the blaze to
make smoke. The eagle eyes
of the Forest Service fire look
outs or the observers in forest
patrol planes or commercial
ships may spot your smoke.
It Is difficult for an obse-ver
in a plane to see a lone man
in the forest, so the lost per
son must use Ingenuity, and
the signal smoke in the best
method of attracting atten
tion,
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