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proclamation
I» v : Robert Ilelmle,
Mayor of Burnsville
Know ng that the annual
Burnsville Arts and C~afts
Fes'ival is a valuab’' asset
to our town, that i offers
craftsmen in all the neigh
boring counties an oppor
tunity to display ana sell
the products of their skills,
that it is a measurable bene
fit to the economy of this
area and its people, that it
prov'des a Comprehensive
showing of the many arts
and crafts practiced by tal-f
ented persons in these
mountains and that it stim
ulates craftsmen here to
perpetuate crafts that were
in danger of disappearing
from man’s knowledge,
therefore I, Robert Helmle,
Mayor of Burnsville, do
he eby declare Saturday,
August 7, 1965, to be Arts
and Crafts Festival Day in
this ninth year of Burns
ville’s tribute to North Car
olina's artists and artisans.
This proclamaton is also
a recognition of the unself
ish efforts of Gordon Ben
nett, director of the Park
way Playhouse, and the
Playhouse members who ori
ginated this worthy Burns
ville tradition and < have
made It such a successful
civic enterprise.
Signed this, the fourth
day of August, 1965.
Robert Helmle,'Mayor
Taylor
Replaces
Pouts
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Douglas E. Taylor, native
of Burke County, has been
appointed as Assistant Coun
ty Supervisor of the Farm
ers Home Administration in
Yancey County and began
work here on July 29. 1965
His appointment was effec
tive June 1, 1965. however he
THE YANCEY RECORD
Dedicated To The Progress Cf Yancey County
Volume 29 Burnsville, N. C. August 5, 1965 Number Fifty
Oldest
Resident Visits
Courthouse
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Perry Bradiord, 104 year
old resident of Yancey Coun
ty is shown as he visited
(he now courthouse here
this week.
Mr. Bradford was born
Ap*H 1, 1831. Has always
lived in Yancey County. He
worked for the C C & O
Railroad fo~ a while and is
a former in. the county.
His Wife has been dead
for 14 years. He has three
children living and two
dead. Os two brothers and
two sisters, he is the only
one living.
Mr. Bradford reads with
out glasses and has his own
teeth.
received his induction train
ing In the local office of the
Farmers Home Administra
tion in Newton, under the
supervision of Thomas A.
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He graduated from North
Carolina State University on
May 28, 1965 with a BS de
gree in animal science. He is
a member of Gama Sigma
Delta, a honorary fraternity
of agriculture. He was also
a member of the North Car
olina State Livestock Judg
ing Team which represented
the University of Baltimore
and Chicago.
He has been active in civ
ic clubs, community affairs
and is a member of the
Mount Hebron Baptist
Church.
Mr. Taylor replaces Will
iam E. Fouts who resigned
in May 1965 to accept em*
ployment with Langly DeHl,
Inc., Laurinburg, N. C.
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Man Critically
Injured By
Shotgun Blast
Zack McCurry, 38, of Mi
caville urns taken to the U.
S. Veterans’ Hospital) In
Oteen Sunday night with
cholgun pellet wounds over
the entire front of the body.
He is in critical condition.
According to Deputy Sher
iff Charlie Chrisawn, Mc-
Curry was injured in a
Sunday night shooting scra
pe at the home of George
Briggs.
According to Briggs' state
ment Monday, a truck pull
ed up to his house on a
private road Sunday night,
and lome shots were fired
at the house. He said he
called to the occupants to
identify themselves, and
that they did not.
According to Deputy
Sheriff" Chrisawn the occu
pants of the truck were
McCurry, Floyd Ray and
Ralph Fortner. Ray and
Fortner were in the truck
at the time of the shooting
and McCurry was standing
on the outside. According to
Chrisawn, Ray and Fortner
stated that they did not
hear Briggs ask that they
identify themselves. After
the gunplay the two men
picked McCurry up and put
him in the truck and took
him to the hospital.
According to Information
from the Sheriff’s office It
has not been determined
who fired the shotgun that
wounded McCurry. The
Sheriff said he will still con
tinue to investigate.
. No arrests have been made
ih the case.
Rev. Hilton
To Hold
Revival
At Newdale
A series of revival services
will begin at the Newdale
Presbyterian Church o n
Sunday, August 8 and con
tinue through Friday, Aug
ust 13. Services will be held
f at f 130 p m. each evening.
The Rev. Hcrace H. Hilton,
Jr. will bring the revival
messages. He is pastor of
Sugar Creek Presbyterian
Church, Charlotte. N. C. He
ha<- traveled extensively vis
iting Scotland, En lard,
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A Scene from “Lady Bountiful”, original musical at the
Parkway Playhouse.
MUSICAL, ’LADY BOUNTIFUL’,
ENDS PLAYHOUSE SEASON
By: Steve Vollmer
LADY BOUNTIFUL, a new
musical-comedy w.itten and
directed tj Vincent Petti
, and Leonard Adriance, will
make its premiere August
sixth at Burnsville’s- -Park
way Playhouse.
Set in 18th century Eng
land and written in the
lusty “TOM JONES’’ tradi
tion, LADY BIUNTIFUL re
sound? with robust humor,
animated dancing, and gay ~-
costumes. Vincent Petti, au
thor and director, disolays
his acting ability as well, as
he creates the ro’e of Archer.
Technical Director at the
University of M ; am ; ’ s famed
Ding Theatre for three years.
Mr. Petti’s directing accom
plishments include such
Plays as MEDEA, LUTHER
and ENDGAME.
Leonard Adriance, c-nupo--
er of the music, comes to
the P'ayhou/e from New
York State, where he is a
music co-ordinatoo Mr. Ac 5 -
has been teachlrg
mus'c for fifteen years.
The choreograph v. orio;.
nated by Dlenne Gustafson,
of Miami, Fla. w ; ll reflect
her former affiliation with
the renowned Matt Maddox
stud'o In New York.
LADY POUNTTFUL is the
saucy sa<ra of the misadven
tures of a riotous as ortment
of fo~tune-seekers eager to
purge lady Bountiful and
her love-starved daughter,
Dorinda, of the many “pro
blen>c.’’ that plague the
wealthy.
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France, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, Ita’y, Greece,
Spain, Egypt, Palestine, and
Is now on tour to the Bible
Lands. Rev. Hilton will re
turn to the United States
on Thursday, August 5 be
fore coming to Newdale on
August Bth. Along with his
preaching he will shaw slid
es on the Hible Lands.
Rev Burt Styles is pas .-r
c r (hr Newdale Chun h.
Two such rogues a r e boM.
dashing Archer (Vincent
Petti) and awkward, conser
vative Aimwell. portrayed by
Douglas Therrell of Mans
”111. N. G. to moke 1 his
ringing debut at Carnegie
Hall. Well-bred gentlemen,
down-on-their - luck, they
approach the situation thro
ueh Dorinda’s amorous ap
petite.
Three luckless highway
men, Hourdslow (Bill Cwi
kowski), Bagshot (Bob Tay
lor), and Gibbet (Bill Th ! ry),
add to the confusion when _
their desparate desire to
succeed draws them to the
Bountiful estate.
Barbara Oka, a graduate
of Columbia University, _ has
been cast as Lady BounVful,
benificent healer of Litch
field's poverty-stricken mas
ses. Her frustrated daughter,
Dorinda, is played by vivac
ious Vicki Lauffer, second
runrier-up in the 1965 Miss
Florida Pageant and a stud
ent at the University of
Miami.
Burnsville’s 'Betty Cooper
will play opposite Vincent
Petti as Che ry, the inn
keeper’s comely daughter,
fated to fall in love with
Archer. Miss C riper, a grad
uate of East Yancey High
School, is a Sophomore at
Western Carolina College
where she plans to major in
Dramatics.
Mr Petti has chosen Elea
nor Smith, of Morristown,
Tenn., as Assistant to the
Directo- for the play which
Is expected to attract pro
ducers from New York for
the August sixth opening.
The Parkway Playhouse,
completing its 18th season of
summer theatre, under the
executive direction of Gor
don R. Bennett, is sponsored
by the Yanci bounty Board
of Education.
Curtain time ffor LADY
BOUNTIFUL, running Aug
ust 6,7, 9, 10, is 8:00 p. m.
T'rkc-ts will be sold for two
dollars. V
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