* m YANCIY RICORD
THI YANCIY RICORD
established July, 1936
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THURMAN L, BROWN, Shop Manager
ARCHIE BALLEW, Photographer & Pressman
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THURSDAY, JULY 2*. IMS NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT
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T««ic|trs Art Also Good
During the recent floods
more than 300 teenagers work
ed day and night to build a
dike to hold back water at
Great Bend, Kan.
These youths volunteered of
their own freewill. Out of 500
volunteers more than half
we 'e. teenagers.
Belore it is too late, a few
words of praise should be
sand for these youngsters.
F'or one thing, it is too bad
they didn’t get the recognition
they deserved. Certainly they
deserved more attention than
Cell Off Tits Moon Rush,
Diomonds Art Mol Gams
A p&ragrapher remarked
the other day that the reason
we have stopped looking for
the pot of gold at the end of
the rainbow is that there is
no Interstate highway leading
to it.
For a while It looked as it
the of gold might be on
the moon. A British physicist
has a theory that there are
riches untold up there. PTof.
Samuel Toansky, of London
University, says evidence in
dicates that ajmrpet of dia
monds has tmmm. on the lun
ar sttiflts and that the man
who gets ththk first may find
them ftcklc
But like the pot °* s° ia
Tr yio# To Bo Funny Con Bo Sod
Those who remember the
honestly funny writings of Ir
vin 8. Cobb may also recall
a story published about him.
It concerned Cobb and the
small boy next door. At the
peak of Cobb’s career as a
humorist, the boy next door
asked his father who “that
sad faced man" was.
Being funny and entertain
ing people is an art which
often has little association
with being happy oneself. The
latest reminder of this truth
is in a story in the Toledo
Blade agout Ogden Nash’s
decision to quit New York. All
those who have laughed at
Nash’s zany poetry and thou
ght of him perhaps as one of
the lightest-hearted men ev
er to inhabit Manhattan Is
land have a surprise coming.
For Nash has been a de
pre sed man. one whose heal
th has been harmed by "ner
vous strain and trying to do
too much.” Jfle lost 30 pounds
on one trip to the hospital
while p omoting his book,
"Marriage Lines ” He leaves
an impression of “shyness
brooding sensitivity,” Louis
Panos, author of the Blade
article,, say-'.
the college students rioting
and throwing beer bottles and
cans during the July Fourth
holidays.
Not all teenager are a
poor reflection upon their
parents, communities and
schools. The lads at Great
Bend proved that.
Just as a suggestion. Great
Bend should give these fellows
some recognition for what
they did to save the town, If
the city hasn’t already done
so. It might make the rioting
college kids feel a bit ashamed
the end of the rainbow there’s
a hitch. The diamonds may
be of the black variety, valu
able for Industrial purposes,
but not of gem quality.
Nothing could have, gotten
us to the moon faster than the
idea of finding gem-quality
diamonds up there.
Bo It’s back to the salt
mines and the weekly pay
check with *ll its deductions.*
Someday perhaps there’ll be
an interstate road to the end
of the rainbow and maybe
that pot of gold will be found.
A trip to the moon is worth
at least gem-quality—
mond*.
The same mail that brou
ght the Blade brought the
London Observer, which told
of how unhappy and confus
ed Groucho Marx was In Lon
don, where he went for a TV
appearance. A quick stirring
of memoy produces the nam
es of others who made people
laugh but who did not lead
happy lives themselves: W.
C Fields, so filled with anxi
eties (and booze) that he al
ways carried what he called
"get-away money"; Fatty Ar
buckle, whose career was ru
ined by excesres, and Fanny
Brice, among others. Ari
zona Dally Star.
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In the winter a woman uses
creams and lotions to look
white and soft and in the
summer buys quarts of sun
tan lotion to look tanned and
baked.
•• • •
Hie boss down the way
says he’d like a fringe bene
fit in the form of a full
week’s work from his helps '
•• • •
CRAFTSMEN!
Slagersl Omani Musklaasl
Still Time To Be Listed In
YANCEY RECORD
Craftsman Fair Program
Writ# or Call Dr. Harry Groan#
parkway Playhouse
Burnsville, N. C.
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The picture above shows
the Arts and Crafts Fair
house the wares of craftsmen.
"SEND ME NO
FLOWERS ”
DELIGHTFUL
By: Erwin Burhoe
The Parkway Playhouzs
production of “Send Me No
Flowers’’, ably directed b y
Fred Koch, Jr., was perfectly
delightful. One of the nicest
parts of the performance was
Lauren K. Woods’ excellent
portrayal of George Kimball.
Although he tended to get a
»*tte —can overwrought at
times, he made George a very
believable and consistant
character, especially In the
dream of fantasy sequences.
Ellen Woods was charming
gs his wife and Bill Thiry, as
his friend Arnold, managed
his part very well, particular
ly the drunken or seml-drun
ken scenes which would have
been so easy to overdo If not
played just right. The scenes
between the two friends al
ways seemed to ring very true
for some reason.
Os the other characters
two stand out-Ed Anderson
was Just magnificent as the
Eternal Gardens Salesman
and Marshall Cohen did quite
well as Bert.
The costumes, Judy Kim
ball’s many changes especi
ally, added to the effect of
the play and Its characters
although they were not parti
cularly stalking or beautiful
since the play Is set In mod
em times.
The lighting was good in
that It was not particularly
noticeable but added to the
mood of the performance, es
pecially in the fantasy se
quences.
The scenery was very good
but the first reaction It pro
duced was that it was per
haps unfinished. After the
fir-t shock. It added to the
enlovment.
All in all “Bend Me No
Flowers" was dellehtful and
refreshing and
all of the Playhouse members
should be congratulated.
THURSDAY, JULY 22, INI
.Ctlvities in preparation of
Booths are being built to
MRA’s Goal
Young people from all over
the nation, including 200
American Indians from 48
tribes, gathered on Mackinac
Island in Michigan to demon
strate that the Ills of the
world can be cured “far fas
ter by a revolution of charac
ter than by a revolution of
hatred and violence’' It is
a noble goal, this determina
tion of members of Moral
ite-Armament, and they de
serve earnest attention a s
they carry their menage on
missions throughout the Bum
mer to Harlem, Appalachia,
the Southwest and Latin
America.—New York Journal
American.
C*.Mtltlai That
C««’t I* ltd
Vermont and Georgia mar
ble interests started a drive
sometime ago to get more
marble used in buildings in
Washing f a. and elsewhere.
Then came news that the
stone would be used Inside
and out at the John F. Ken
nedy Center for the Perform
ing Arts Building.
The news was encouraging
for it meant 81,188,000 worth
of business.
They’re going to use mar
ble alright. The Italian gov
ernment donated it.
•• • •
Here cheese is produced in
the U. 8. than in France, an
item says, and we say we are
also pretty good, right about
this time of year, at produc
ing our share of cheesecake,
too.
•. • •
About the tenth of the
month a Joint checking ac
count becomes disjointed.
RatfSSMm
OPINION
FORT MILL, 8. C., TIMES:
“At this time of confusion,
uncertainty and unrest in so
many areas of activity we
might well think of William
Penn when in a critical per
iod facing his people he met
with the Indian chieftains
and said, ‘My friends, we have
met on the highway of good
faith. We are all one flesh
and blood. Being brethren,
we shall not take advantage
of one another. When disput
es arise we will settle them
in council. Between us there
shall be nothing but openness
and love.’ The Indian chiefs
replied. ‘While the rivers run
and the sun shines we will
live in peace with the child
ren of William Penn.” ’
•• • *
CUERO, TEX., RECORD:
- “The mere fact that a boy
or girl manages to get a col
lege diploma does not neces
sarily testify conclusively that
their education has been a
success. . . . There are men
and women who have never
been inside of a college, but
who, nevertheless, are better
educated than some of the
young graduates. When you
know what we mean by this,
you are beginning to show
signs of education yourself.’’
1* • •
EUSTIS,. FLA., LAKE RE
GION NEWS: "The present
administration seems vitally
concerned over the RIGHTS
of various persons and groups
of persons. The administra
tion talks boldly of the right
of all to vote, the rights of
marchers, the rights of slt
iners. But they do a complete
about face when the subject
of right-to-work is Involved.
Why? .... The right to 'work
is a constitutional privilege
and we believe 1* embodied
in the spirit of the right to
pursue our way of life."
•• • •
TOPEKA, KAN., OSWEGO
INDEPENDENT: “ • . • states
are finding it more iWd more
necessary and perhaps finan
cially, helpful to see and to
anticipate federal grants. It
just could be, as situations
continue as presently indicat
ed . . . popular and vote get
ting governors will be those
■who can antic'pate and se
cure the most and biggest
federal grants for their re
spective states. More and
more federal government and
dependence, is that What we
really want?”
Whooping It Up
Alaska, has had free
fwinging liquor laws since
those fronler days when **A
bunch of the boys were
whooping It up In the Male
mute Saloon," is taking a sec
ond looked problems generat
ed by overdrinking.
Among those insisting on
mere restrictive liquor laws
are some Eskimos in Artie
Villages, who complain that
the “white man’s drink” is
ruining their young men,
“making them refuse to hunt,
fish or work."
Meanwhile, In the plurh
suburb of Darien, Conn., a
wealthy steel broker and his
wife hove been charged with
serving liquor to minors, be
enme a v-uth died In a car
crash following a party at
the steel broker’s home. The
young driver’s blood showed
concentration of .12 per cent
alcohol just short of abso
lute drunkenness. Wichita
Eagle.