Volume 30
'The HHousetrap’ To Bo Sprung
At Playhouse This Week
The Mousetrap, by Agatha
Christie, begins this Friday
at the Parkway Playhouse in
Burnsville, N.. C... The auth
or of “Ten Little Indians”
and “Witness* for the Prose
cution” comes forth with
another superb intrigue
about a group of strangers
stranded in a boarding house
during a snowr storm, one of
whom is a murderer.. The
suspects include the newly
married couple who run the
house, a spinster with a
curious background, an ar
chitect who seems better
equipped to’ ,e a chef, a
retired Army major, a
strange litt'e man who
claims his ear has overturn
t i. r. drift, ur.d a feminine
jurist who makes life miser
ab e for everyone. A police
man arrives on the scene,
traveling on skis, and to get
to the rationale of the mur
derer’s pattern, lie probes
the background of evervonc
pros* at and rattles a lot of
skeletons This spine-ting
ling nnvs <r\ with a surprise
ending plays Friday, Satur
day Mondayy and Tuesday
Tiles production will be
dir noted by Gordon Bennett,
who has bee-i with the Park
way Playhouse every year
except its first, and served
as Managing Director dur
ing the past 12 years Mr
Bennett is now a professor of
Drama and Speech at the
University of Miami..
Familiar faces in ths pro
duction inc’ude Lauren
Wo-ds, Pill ewisgowski and
Barry Dud ey, who all ap
peared in the opening pro
duction of “See How They
Run other membrs of the
cast are Diana Lawrence,
Armando Contardi, Margar
et Shame, Amelia Peniand,
and Sal O'acchl.
The company is not only
busy with this weeks pro
duction but is we'i i-to re
hearsal for next FrHav’s
opening of Thornton Wild
er’s be’rved American c’as
s'c "Our Town ” This is the
twentieth anniversary pro
duction of “Our Town” and
wi’l be directed by W R_
Ta'/’lor who directed it the
first season. "Mutt” Burton
and some of the rest! of the
or'ginaj cast have returned
for this anniversary produc
tion. Many of the c’st of
"Our Tnvn” w m Burns
v'iie rponle. The local
cast members inc’ude W. A.
Banks. Chris Evnm
Ipwis PhyPs Downin'*. E’t
rab°th Bennett Pandy
Banks, and Jeanette Fox_
The Playhouse Staff re
ports that patrons are re
sponding well to this years
new reserved seat po.icy...
Tickets may be reserved by
calling the Box Office at
682-2198 from 9 to 9 daily
except Sunday..
THE YANCEY RECORD
lirßsvillt, N.C.
Ralph Kerns, Managing
Director of Parkway Play
house, has announced that
he is seeking extra people
to appear In LI’L ABNER
at the Playhouse. The
Broadway musical, based on
the comic strip, will be giv
en August 12, 13, 15, 16...
Rehearsals will begin Sun
day, Juy 31, but Mr. Kerns
would like to have a few
musical rehearsals before
that date. Pianists are need
ed to work with the produc
tion. as we’l as singers,
da-ces, aetors. Try-outs
will be held Sunday after
roon. Julv 24th, at 2:00 in
the theatre. You may con
tact Mr Kerns at the P’ay
house, or phone 682-2198..
OBITUARIES
FRANK McCOURRY
Frank McCoufry, 89, of
Seattle, Washington died in
Sacrame to, Ca if on July
{l3th
The body is being return
ed to Burnsville for burial.
Services will be held Friday
at 2:00 p m in the Chapel
of Holcombe Brothers Fun
eral Home. The Rev.. A Z .
Jamerson will officiate and
burial wi T l be in ihe Mc-
C~urry Cemetery on Pater
son Branh. |
Mr. McCourry moved to
Seattle, Washington in 1920.
He visited a sister, the late
Mrs Carl T Young, here in
1956, and met old acquaint
ances and relatives that he
hadn’t seen in many years..
Surviving are three broth
ers. Roy A. McCourry of
McMinnville, Oregon; Lan
don of Seattle, Washington,
and Jeater C. of Sacramen
to, Calif.; four half-sisters,
Mrs. Joncie Holden of Buo
plv, N C , Mrs. Myrtle Hilt
of Arden. N. C.. Mrs. Aud
rey Stanford of Asheville
and Mrs. V’rgtnia Strong of
Van Nuys. Calif ; one half
brother, Kenneth McCourry
of Spring Hope, N.. C...
Active pallbearers will be
Donald Lee Buckner George
Sta-VoH nL Evan Peterson
ar>d Ferril, Alvin and Travis
McCurry.
SAM HIGGINS
Sam Higgins, 90, of Rt.. 4,
died Sunday morning in a
local nursing home so lowing
a long illness.
Mr. Higgins was a lifelong
resident of Yancey County
and a retired farmer..
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Ida Adkins Higgins;
six daughters, Mrs. Gus
Higgins, Mrs.. Baxter Silvers
and Mrs.. Estoy Hylemon, all
of Burnsvll’e Rt. 4, Mrs.
Gus Proffitt of Bumsvlle
Rt 1, Mrs Lula King of
Burnsvil’e Rt.. 2, and Mrs..
Geneva H. Pate of Ashe
ville; five sons, C yde of
Didicif 4 To Tht Progruts Os Yiacny Coooty
Adult Classes
To Roiumo
Mrs. Shaby 8.. Humph
ries, local supervisor of
Basic Adult Education In
Yancey county announces
that classes will resume on
Thursday, Juy 21, 1966 at
the Eurnsville Elementary
School in Burnsville.
This Is a continuous pro
gram sponsored by W. A.
M. Y Community Action,
Asheville-Buncombe Techni
cal Institute and the Yan
cey County Schools..
Classes will be held on
Tuesday an d Thursday
nights from 6:30 to 9:30 pi.
m. Anyone who has not been
enroled In these classes and
who would like to begin
shou’d report to Burnsville
Elementary Schoo' on Thu
rsday, July .1, 1966 at 6:30
P m.
This program is open to
any adult 18 years of age
and older. One important
phase of the program offers
special instruction for ad
u’ts who desire to learn to
read and write or to im
prove their reading and
writing abilities.
Newport News, Va„ Rav of
Eurnsville, Lloyd of Can
ton. Quinton of Relief and
Fred Higgins of Elizabeth
an, Tenn.; 31 grandchild
ren and 21 great-grand
children.
Services were held at 2:)0
P m.. Tuesday In Higgins
Free Wil’ Baptist Church..
The Rev. Francis Radford
and the Rev. T. E., Wcxyly
officiated and burial was In
Higgins Cemetery.. Palbear
ers were Arson Miller, Lewis
Webb, Bl’l Renfro, R. L
Silvers, Tate Ramsey, Burnie
Edwards and J. T. and
Isaac Randolph.
RUBEN PETERSON
Ruben Peterson, 78, died
unexpectedly at his home
Saturday morning.
He wfts a native of Yan
cey County.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Etta Renfro Peterson;
six daughters, Mrs.. Ruford
Cooper and Mrs... 8.. J_ Ben
nett, both of Burnsville. Mrs.
Jake Howell of Bakersville,
Mrs. Earl Demary of Battle
Creek, Mich., Mrs. Ray
Cornet of Washington, D_ C..
and Mrs Linton Reynolds of
E kton, Md.; three sons,
Roscoe of Fumsville, John
Jackson, Mich., and Frank
Peterson of Battle Creek,
M’ch.; two sisters, Mrs.
Minnie Renfro of Green
Mountain and Mrs. Mary.
Howell of Marlon; 49 grand
children and 24 great-grand
chil ’ren.
S r '-v'p“s were he’d at 2
P m. Monday in the chapel
of Holcombe Brothers Fun
eral Home.
The Rev. Fred Harrell of
ficiated burial was In
West Burnsville Baptist
Church Cemetery
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Thursday, Jaly 21, 1966
CRAFTS FESTIVAL SCHEDULED
FOR AUGUST 12
>V-
Once again the skilled a:%
tists and craftsmen of our
area will ‘proudly display
and demonstrate their work
at the Mt.. Mitchell Crafts
Festival on August 12th and
13th on the village green of
Burnsville.
The Mi. Mitchell Crafts
Festival, under the direction
of the Yancey County
Chamber of Commerce, was
formerly known as the Arts
and Crafts Festival when It
was sponsored by the Park
way Playhouse.
Unlike the preceding years
this year's festival will run
for two days Instead of one.
Friday’s activities, on Aug
ust 12th wiil begin at one in
llie afternoon and run un-
I'l S:CO p. m... The festival
will continue on Saturday,
August 13, for a full day.
With the help of Juanita
English the Chamber of
Commerce has invited mas
ter craftsmen from all pha
ses of mountain craft.. E.
L. Beeson, the ret’rcd school
teacher will be there with
h’s beautiful hand-crafted
A- ~ *j
The Bishop of Lax (Lauren
Wood) and Ida the maid
(Jo Carson) In one of the
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15 Glen Raven employees
completed the American Na
tional Red Cross First Aid
Training Course conducted
by Mr. David Cash of the
N. C. Industrial Commis
Nmoibtr Forty Sovoo
dulcimers, and wrought Iron
work will be displayed and
demonstrated. Weaving,
spinning, ouilting, and oth
er crafts of yester year wHi
be demonstrated by expert
craftsmen.
The Mt ... M’tchell Crafts
Festival wi’l not on'y have
mountain crafts, but moun
tain entertainment w'll be
presented throughout the
fair. dancers with
their bright mountain cos
tumes will dance on the
village preen to the music of
locM instrumentalist.
When the festivities
on Friday and Saturday
nights one can relax and be
entertained at the Parkway
Playhouse presentation of
Li’l Abner to be presented
August, 10-16.. Curtain time
Is 8 o’clock.
Visitors, craftsmen, towns
people are all cordial’ v in
vited tn come to the Burns
vi’le Village green and en
joy the mountain crafts and
be entertained by games,
clothes, and talent of yester
many comic moments of
See How They Run, first
production at the Playhouse.
** on. (L-R) J. E. Wilson,
Champ McMahan, Kay Mas
ters, Jeter Parker, Donald
Young, Burgln Silvers, and
Grady Melton are receiving
Certificates from Mr. Cash.