Volvm* 30
Parkway Playhouse Sthedule
Amounted for Season
BURNSVILLE Three
former directors of the
Parkway Playhouse here will
return to direct one show
each this summer when the
stock theatre opens for its
20th season. \
The new managing direc
tor, Ralph Kerns, will be re
sponsible for the other two
plays to be presented in the
six-week season. Kerns is a
member of the drama and
speech faculty at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
Parkway Playhouse is lo
cated in this Yancey County
community, about 35 miles
northeast of Asheville on
Route 19E.
Raymond Taylor, former
head of drama at UNC-G,
opened the Playhouse in
1947. That year he directed
a production of the play
"Our Town,” and it will be
repeated this year under his
direction as a" anniversary
production. W. C. (Mutt)
Burton, Reldsville newspa
perman and actor, vdll play
the leading role. He has ap
peared In the part many
times and directed a pro
duction of the play for
Parkway In 1955.
Fred Koch Jr., founder of
the Ring Theatre In Florida
a~d professor at the Univer
sity of M'aml, will return
again as a guest director.
Coming back for his fourth
season at Burnsville will be
Lauren K. Woods, Instructor
In dramatic art at Mon
mouth (N. J) College. In ad-
Idltion directing one of the
presentations, he will be
teaching courses in Park
way's instructional program.
"With four different dir
ectors, eieht courses to
choose from, and the oppor
tunity to participate in a
season of actual theatre.”
Kerns said, "students nartl
cipatlng in the Playhouse
will have an unexce’led
chance to learn the many
and varied aspects of dra
matic art.”
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Mrs. Yvonne Edge
THE YANCEY RECORD
High school students who
will have completed their
Junior year and college un
dergraduates and graduate
students are eligible to ap
p’y to Parkway for this sum
mer. Registration will be
limited to 40 students, In
cluding about 10 high school
tttudents. Kerns said It Is ~
planned to have two full
company comp’ements, so
that each company may re
hearse in each show for
two weeks before it Is pre
sented to the public. Univer
sity courses for credit will
be offered.
A limited number of scho
larships and four technical
assistantships are available.
Information may be obtain
ed by writing: Ralph Kerns,
managing director, Parkway
Playhouse, UNC-G, Greens
boro, N. C-, 27412. Deadline
for application is May 1.
“Shows will be presented
on a Thursday-Frlday-Mon
day-Tuesday schedule each
week, July 15 through Aug.
16,” Kerns noted. "In this
way vacationers and resi
dents may see two shows
each Week.”
Plays to be done are ‘‘See
How They . Run,” "The
Mousetrap,” "Our TOwn,”
“Mary, Mary,” and "LIT Ab
ner.” A play for young peo
ple—" The Unwlcked Witch”
—will be presented on week
ends.
Other personnel appoint
ments announced by Kerns
are Leslie B. Braham Jr., In
structor at Lon Morris Jun
ior College In Jacksonville,
Texas, who will be In charge
of scenery and teach courses
In theatre production and
makeup; Gordon Pearlman,
now finishing his master’s
at Tulane, who will be public
relations and business man
ager; and Gordon Bennett,
faculty member at the uni
versity of Miami and asso
cated with Parkway since
Its inception, will return at
consulting director.
METHODIST WOMEN IN COTTON SHOW HERE SATURDAY NIGHT
Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County
Burnsville, N.C.
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Miss Jeanie Ray
Thursday, April 21, 1966
Miss Thomas
Attends
Workshop
Miss Judy Thomas, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Carter
Thomas of Green Mountain,
N. C., was one of the 14
students from Appalachian
State Teachers’ College to
attend the spring workshop
of the North Caro’lna Home
Economics Association Col
lege Chapters, held at East
Carolina College, Greenville,
N. C April 15th and 18th.
The following co’leees
were represented: Anpalach
|an, East Carolina, Catawba,
Salem, Meredith. Pembroke,
Mars Hill, The University of
N. C. at Greensboro, and
Western Carolina.
Miss Thomas attended
Warren Wilson College,
Swann anna, High point Col
lege, High Point, and Is now
attending Appalachian. She
Js a member of the Home
Economics Club and the
Glee Club at Appalachian.
NOTICE
A series of revival services
are in progress at the Chur
ch of God at Cane River.
The services started last Sun
day evening and will con
tinue through this Sutiday
at 7:30 each evening.
The Rev. Wayne Car’yle
of Winston-Salem is the ev
arge’ist.
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Mrs. Julia Banks
Open House
Announced For
WNC Center
Dr. J. Iverson Riddle, Sup
erintendent of Western Car
olina Center, Morganton, N.
C. advises that the Center
will participate in “Mental
Health Week, which is the
first week of May, by having
“Open House” on Sunday,
May 1, from 2:00.-4:00 p. m.,
and express the wish that
many interested citizens in
Western N. C. will visit the
Center at that time..... _
Western North Carolina
Center, located near Mor
ganton, is a State supported
facility for the mentally
handicapped. 30 counties in
Western N. C. are served by
the Center.
The. staff at Western Caro
lina Center feels that every
day should be “Open House”,
and is striving within the
limits of of what is practical
ito make this a reality. There
are no visiting regu T ations at
the Center. Each and every
one is free to visit at any
time and as often as possi
ble. In this manner, the
Cenrvter will truly remain a
part of each of the commu
nities in western N. C. it is
attempting to serve.
Bloodmobile Will Visit Here
May 3
American Red Cross Ashe
ville’ Regional Blood Center
will visit Yancey County
Tuesday, May 3. The Blood
mobile will be set up at the
Armory on Orchard Street
in Burnsville from 1:00 p. m.
to 6:00 p. m.
MicaviUe Community Clhb
will sponsor the visit, includ
ing the canteen and the
over-all publicity and pro
motion. The goal for this
visit is 100 donors. E. L.
Dillingham, County Blood
Program Chairman, said that
with everyone cooperating
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Mrs. Judy Byrd Norris
Nwmbtr Thirty four
Blevins
Killed In
Viet Nam
The body of Howard Blev
iins, 21, of Burnsville who
was killed in Vietnam April
4, 1966 is due to arrive in
Burnsville late Thursday
night.
Blevins attended the Bur
nsville Elementary School
and entered the Armed Ser
vice July 1965. He had been
in Vietnam since Nov. 1965.
Survivors include the par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Blevins of Burnsville; two
sisters, MIS 3 Peggy Blevins
Mrs. Patsy Bodford Os
Burnsville; one brother,
Haroid Blevins of Burnsvll’e;
the Paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Zackie Blevins
of Burnsville; the Maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Stevens, Marlon, N. C. Pa
ternal great - grandfather,
Print Blevins, Valdese, N. C.
Funeral services will be
held at the Windom Baptist
Church Saturday at 2 p. m.
Rev. Lee Woody will officiate
Burial will be in the Dull
Young Cemetery. Pal’bear
ers will be Military Personnel
from Fort Jackson, S. S.
The body will be taken to
the home Friday morning.
that he felt sure that the
goal would be reached or
exceeded.
Dr. W. A. Y. Sargent la
scheduled to be the volun
teer doctor for this visit. Mrs.
Tom Weeks will be the re
gistered nurse In charge.
Plans are for high school
seniors and others between
the ages of 18-21 to partici
pate. Parent’s permission will
be necessary for those under
21 unless married or In
service.
The Gray Ladies will as
sist the Red Cross personnel. _
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Mrs. Robert Helmle .
and daughter