Volume 29
NINTH ANNUAL HANDICRAFT FAIR TO BE BIGGLST YET
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BOOTH APPLICATIONS EXCEED PREVIOUS
DEMANDS
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ORIGINAL MUSICAL TO FOLLOW AT PLAYHOUSE
Dr. Har'y Greene, director
of Burnsville’s annual Arts
and Crafts Festival, predict
ed Monday that this year’s
fair in the town square will
be more rewarding to visi
tors than ever before. He
told his work committee
that craftsmen’s applica
tions for booths on the
grounds had already exceed
ed the demand of previous
years and more were expect
ed to be made this week.
There is a limited number
of booths available, he said.
Staged by the staff and
student members of the
Parkway Playhouse, the Arts
and Crafts Festival will be
held next week on Satur
day, August 7, from 9 a. m.
until 7 p. m. This will be the
ninth annual exhibition
here of the varied handi
crafts p-oduced by the ar
tists and skillful artisians
within a four-county radius
of Burnsville.
Originated by the Play
house staff, of whom Gor
don Bennett has been gen
eral director for 18 years,
the craftsmen fair marks
each year the close of the
theatrical season in Bu-ns
ville. This summer the sea
son will climax with the
production of an or'ginal
musical comedy, “Lady Bou
ntiful,” which the sponsors
are hopeful of presenting
eventually in New York. : —}
Vincent Petti, play direc
tor from Miami, Florida,
wrote the book, based on a
17th century comedy simi
lar to the recent motion
picture success, ‘ Tom Jones.”
He is he-e to direct the
Playhouse production.
. Composer of the songs and
dance numbers is Leonard
Adriance, mus’cian and tea
cher of New York. Mr. Ad
riance also has come to Bur
nsville to direct the musical
features.
Choreography of the show
is being created by Dianne
Gustafson, choregrapher of
New York, who postponed a
business trip to London, En
gland, to come here for
staging the dance, in Lady
Bountiful." —, \
First performance of the
musical will be presented
Friday, August 6 night
before the fair— and
• will be repeated Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday, Aug
ust 6 through August tenth.
If the p oblem of musical
accompaniment can be sol
ved. performers from the
Playhouse may present one
or two musical numbers on
the fair grounds, according
to Mrs. Ernest Briggs, chair
man of the festivals enter
tainment p ogram.
Meanwhile the cntcrtain-
THE YANCEY RECORD
ment will include talent
from this area dancers,
folk singers and instrumen
talist?. Mrs. Artie Lee Peter
son, of the Micaville elemen
tary school, will present her
well trained group of adole
scent dancers in various
folk-dance patterns.
A refreshment booth,
manned by a group of lad
ies of the Methodist church,
will sell sandwiches made
with home-baked bread,
home-made jams, jellies,
cakes and other ta ty items
made from individual reci
pes that have been passed
down the generations in
Burnsville families.
Home Demonstration Ag
ent Mrs. Alice Hopson, of
the U. S. Department. of
Agriculture, has reserved a
booth for her special g"oup
of skilled women, exhibiting
and demonstrating various
home crafts, from expert
needlework to cane-straw
creations. These home
crafts are being perpetuated
by the government, Mrs.
Hopson points out, as a vital
part of the culture of this
area.
Decorative wrought-iron
pieces from his forge will
be displayed by Nat Howell,
and Wiley Ble
vins will exhibit a collection
of his comfortable kitchen
chairs that are unusual for
- their seats of woven bark.
Wanda Lea, famous Celo
ceramic'st, will have a booth
exhibiting her latest pottery
creat’ons. She will have also
a pottey wheel on which
she will demonstrate the
skilled technique of “throw
ing” a pot.
Lapidarist Haro’d Butner
Is bringing the power wheels
and tools to the fair grounds,
to demonstrate the art of
cutting and polishing stones,
both semi-precious and pre
cious.
Burnsville’s famed jewelry
artist, Floyd Wilson, will al
so have an exhibition of his
work, including his popular
silver design of The Moun
tain Leprechaun. Hia dis
play will Include not only
his hand-fashioned Jewelry
designs in gold and sliver
rings, pins, brooches but
also inexpensive solo ties,
tie tacks, earrings and
"tumbled” stones agates,
amethysts, topazes, garnets
and imported opals.
Two of the exhibits that
distinguish Burnsville’s fair
as somewhat different are
those of E. L. Beeson, Burns
ville resident, who fashions
violins Lorn handsome
woods on the classic pat
terns of Stradivarius and
Amalfi, and of Raymond
Laync, who will exhibit his
sweet - toned dulcimers.
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County
Burnsville, N. C.
There displays are always a
center of interest for the
music lovers among the
visitors.
Jame? McWhirter, expert
wood craftsman, will bring
examples of his craft, es
pecially his boxes of exotic
and domestic woods, and
his wife, an accomn’ished
maker of potte-y, will dis
play her works.
Comshuck dolls by Mrs.
Walter Greene, cane-fiber
brooms by Mrs. Lulu Can
non, honeysuckle baskets
woven by Mrs. Hiram Willis,
hooked and braided rugs
made by Mrs. William J.
Potter, and candle-making
by Mrs. Lo Piccolo, of Celo,
all contribute an exciting
variety to Burnsville’s crafts
fair.
Mrs. John G. Low, who is
well known for her profi
ciency in many crafts, will
demonstrate how cornshuck
shair seats are woven. Her
display will reveal her latest
art so m: correspondence
cards, decorated by the dried
petals of wild flowers.
Knitted wear and other
needlecraft products will es
pecially attract the ladies to
the booth of Mrs. Vernon D.
Stengel, of Celo.
Appropriate for the gala
civic occasion will be a pro
clamation by Burnsville’s
Mayor, the Hon. Robert
Helmle.
Chamber To Sponsor
Western Barbecue
At Fair
• The Chamber of Commer
ce is sponsoring a Western
Barbecue on the Town
Square beginning at 4:00 p.
m. on Saturday, August 7,
the day of the Arts and
Crafts Festival.
The chicken will be cook
ed on tlie square and tables
will be set up so people
may eat In comfort.
People attending the fair
will be able to eat their sup
per before going to the
Parkway Playhouse to see
the last production of the
season, “Lady Bountiful” an
original musical.
The Apple Cider Singers
will entertain with western
and folk songs during the
barbecue.
Proceeds from the barbe
cue will go toward organiz
ing a teen program in Bur
nsville.
Saturday ntght. August 14,
a street dance Is scheduled
for Burnsville. A local band,
The Journeymen, will fur
nish the music. More details
of the st"eet dance will be
published In this paper next
week.
Thursday, July 29, 1965
feir
Shown above is a scene from this week’s production "The
Hasty Heart” at the Parkway Playhouse.
COMEDY-DRAMA,
THE HASTY HEART’
AT PLAYHOUSE
By: Steve Vollmer
THE HASTY HEART , a
comedy-drama by John Pat
rick, will be presented July
30-31 at Burnsville’s picture
sque Parkway Piayhouse.
The setting of the play
which ran successfully on
B oadway for over 200 per
formances, Is a WW II Army
hospital in Burma. Despite
the military atmosphere,
THE HASTY HEART Is not
essentially a war play.
Judith Rose Nann, remem
bered for her vjvld charac
terization of Annie Bulllvan
in THE MLRALCE WORK
ER, has the sole female role
of Margaret, the British nur
se who teaches “Lechle” the
meaning of love and friend
ship.
Di vector Ed Anderson,
company manager of the
Playhouse and Director of
the season’s first production,
THE MIRACLE WORKER,
has chosen Barbara Perre
ault, a graduate of Mon
mouth College, as Assistant
to the Director and Stage
Manager.
'POLICEWOMAN
TO CHECK METERS
Mrs. Wiley Blevins was
sworn in as a policewoman
on Tuesday and took up her
duties on Wednesday of
this week.
Mrs. Blevins was employed
by the Town Board and her
chief duties will be to police
the parking meters and take
care of minor traffic viola
tions in order to relieve the
town policemen for more
night duty.
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Number Forfy Nine
Blood mobile
Visits Here
August 6
The Bloodmoblle will visit
Yancey County Thursday,
August 5, at the A-mory in
Burnsville between 1:00 and
6:00 p. m.
E. L. Dillingham, Yancey
County Blood Chairman,
said that the county’s quota
for this visit Is 100 units and
that with everyone co-oper
ating, he feels sure the quo
ta will be reached.
The Agricultural Workers
Council is sponsoring the
visit. Bert Sutton, Chairman,
Is heading up the group in
publicity and securing don
ors and other arrangements.
The attending physician
will be Dr. W. A. Y. Sargent.
Mrs. Max Proffitt will be
the nurse. The Presbyterian
women will operate the can
teen.
WORKERS ASKED TO
COMPLETE
QUESTION AIRE
Questlonaire forms for a
Tri -County Survey for Fur
niture workers may be filled
out at the Yancey County
Chamber of Commete in
Burnsville, The Northwes
tern Bank, Burnsville and
also the Mitchell County
Chamber of Commerce in
Spruce Pine and in Newlanr.
The survey will concern
every available person In
the Tri-County area between
17 years of age and 60 who
4s working or has ever work
ed in a factory.
Evr Jfo'% in the Tri-County
area who wants a new fur
niture factory and employ
ment In the furniture f&c
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tory, should fill out a ques
tlonaire as soon as possible.