Volant 30
Miss Johnson Heads
Area SBDC
Miss Ruth Johnson recently
appointed as Executive Sec
retary of the Small Business
Development Center for the
W.A.MY. area, announces
that money is still available
for loans,. These loans are
meant to he.p start new
businesses or to expand al
ready established small busi
nesses. Sums ranging from
$2,500 to $15,000 are avail
ab.e.
There are less stringent
collateral requirements for
these Small Business Admin
istration (SBA) loans than
for normal commercial loans,
in fact, the applicant must
show proof that a commer
cial money-lending es ablish
ment lias rejected his loan
app'lcation before the loan
v.ill l)e made by S B.A.
Other requirements include
character references for the
applicant, proof of the lo
cal°'s need for the business,
and the applicant must not
have earned over the pre
vious twelve-month period
more than the amounts indi
cated on the fol owing in
come scale.
FAMILY SIZE AND IN
COME: 1. $4,040; 2, $4‘490;
3 $4,940; 4 $5,630; 5 $6,185;
6. $6,535: 7 or more $1,790
For further information
contact Miss Ruth Jomson
in Spruce Pine, 765 4248.
Mav be contacted on Tues
day’s at the Ne : ghborhood
Penland Soloist In
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JOHN PENLAND
Winston-Salem, N. C
A concert by the Governor’s
School Chorus wa3 present
ed at 8 p jn. Saturday,
July 30, In Hanes Auditorium
of the Salem Fine Arts
Center.
The concert, which was
open to the public without
charge, fatured a composi
tion by Char.Ci Fussell of the
Governor’s School faculty,
‘St. Siphon and King
Ho rod "
The woik was in three
THE YANCEY RECORD
BurnsvilU, N.C.
Youth Corps office in the
county courthouse.
Miss Johnson is a former
resident of Mitche'l County
She was born in Pen'and.
Miss Johnson is a graduate
of East Tennessee S’ate Uni
versiy in Johnson City,
Tenn. Following receiving
her degree she was a teacher
in the schools of Virginia and
North Carolina for several
years.
She aso took graduate
courses at UNC. Chopel Hill;
Richmond Professional In
stitute. Richmond, Va., and
Western Carolina College.
She attended Harris High
School and graduated from
Science Hill High School In
Jornson City Special pre
paration for the Important
position Miss Johnson holds
in WAMY was received in an
orientation session held in
the SBA office in Charlotte
recent’y, at which time she
was instructed in the proces
ses of SBDC applications.
After an absence of 18
years. Miss Johnson is wel
comed to her home county.
She is the daughter of the
Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Glass
Pastorates of a number of
Mitchell County churches
were held by Rev. Gkass
who is now retired and he
and Mrs Glass live in Eli
zabethan. They recent.y
spent the weekend with their
daughter, Ruth in her home
on Carter Ridge.
parts: “Fancy’s Knell” from
words In “Twelfth Night"
sung by the Gir.’s Chorus,
“Epitaphs” from words on
tombstones in England, sung
by the Boy’s Chorus, and
“St. Stephen and King Her
od” with narration by Ed
Warren of New Bern.
Soloists were Margaret
Poyner of Ra:eigh, Bheila
Marlow bf Greenvl le, Dan
iel Butts of Snow Hill, Ran
dy Thompson of Haw River,
Ben Ramseur of Gastonia,
John Penland of Burnsville,
Terry Park of Rockwel.
Donald Leaker of Concord,
and JohnMackoy of Char
lotte.
The work inc’uded wood
winds, brass and tympanl
from the Governor’s School
Orchestra. Accompanists
from the Governor’s School
staff were Pe gy Booker and
Earbara Sink.
The Governor’s School
Chorus was directed by Will
iam Waters of F.orida Pres
byterian College.
Chares Fussell teaches
theory to a 1 students • in
Music at the Governor’s
School. He has boen award
ed both a Fulbright Grant
and a Ford Foundation Grant
He has taught in the New
ton iMo.ns.i Public Schools
Dtdlcattd To Th Progran Os Yaioy County
Academy
Applications
Taken Now
High School juniors who
are interested In entering
the United States Air Force
Academy upon graduation
are reminded to apply for a
'nomination as soon as Jpoe
sible, said Col. Ralph C.
Heath, the academy liaison
officer in this area.
Members of congress have
already begun to nominate
candidates to the class enter
ing the academy in June,
1967. The United States Sen
ators and Representatives
submit the names of their
nominees to the academy no
later than Jan. 31, 1967.
Since nominating quotas are
limited for each member of
Congress, the student should
tio, de ay his application,
Heath said.
Senators and Representa
tives are interested in nomi
nating successful high scho
ol students to be considered
for academy appointments
from their states and con
gresslonal districts. A good
scholastic standing, partici
pation in extracurricular ac
tivities and physical fitness
are the most important fac
tor considered by Congress
men in choosing nominees-
Col. Heath is a member
of tre Air Force Reserve, noT
on activee duty, who repre
sents the academy in high
schoo e in this area He ur
ges students who are in
terested in the academy to
get in touch with him for
information concerning the
application procedures and
entrance examinations.
Col. Heath may be con
tacted by writing him at
Rt. 1, Box 245, Spruce Pine,
N. C. or (after Sept- 15) at
2*15 Lynchruat Avenue, Win
ston-Salem, H C.
•loodmobil*
Scheduled
The Bloodmobile is com
ing the date August 18
Time 1:00 to 6:44 p. m.
Place, Armory. This is just
a litt’e advance notice to give
you time to get your blood
built up so you will have
P'enty to spare. More about
this later.
He received his B.M and
his M. M- degrees from the
Eastman School of Music
and later studied in Berlin at
Hockschule fur Murlh. He is
an Instructor at the Univer
sity of Massachusetts.
Wi liam Waters was with
the Winston-Sa’em Schools
from 1952 to 1959: He re
ceived his A.B- decree from
the University of North Car
olina at Chapel hip and his
M Ed from WU’iam and
Mary Co'lege He taught at
Duke University until 1962
Thursday, August 4, 1964
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Miss Amelia Penland and
John A’ee are shows In a
scene from “Mary, Mary”, to
be shown at the Parkway
The Parkway Playhouse
in Burnsville, N. C., will op
en its fourth show of the
season on Friday night. Mary,
Mary, the smash Broadway
hit, will begin Friday and
run Saturdey, Monday and
Tuesday. This sparkling
comedy offers a warm and
witty examination of a mar
riage headed for the rocks.
Jean Kerr combines her re
nowned comic genius with
sure theatrical skill to pro
vide an endless array of
funny lines and situations
involving some of the most
attractive and believable
peopiie to grace a stage-
This production is directed
by Lauren Woods, now spend
ing his fourth summer as a
member of the Parkway
Playhouse staff. Mr. Woods
is an Assistant Professor and
director of the Studio Thea
tre at Monmouth Col’ege in
Monmouth, N- J. He is not
only bury witr the direction
of this show but has also ap
peared in the first three
productions and will be play
ing the role of Marryln’ Sam
in the final production of
Li’i Abner.
The title role is played by
a local Burnsville girl.
Ame'ia Penland, who also
appeared In the Playhouse’s
production of The Mouse
trap’ Also returning from
The Mousetrap is Armando
Contardl, who played the
Mysterious Italian Guest-
Other members of the com
pany inc ude John Alee and
Anita Nelson, who will be re
membered for their portray
als of Rev. and Mrs Toop
in the opening production.
See How They Run. The
Locaf Girl Has Lead In
'Mary, Mary’ At Playhouse
Numhur Forty Nluu
Playhouse Friday, Saturday.
Monday and Tuesday even
ings.
final member of the cast is
a relative newcomer to the
stage at Burnsville, Jim
Kuntz, who is responsible for
much of the backstage work
at the Payhouse. He will
apoear in his first major
role of this season-
The final show of the sea
son will be Li’l Abner, the
Broadway hit musical. It will
open Friday, August 12th,
and will feature the entire
company at Parkway. Barry
Dudley, who toured overseas
with the UNC-O Theatre’s
production for two months
this spring, will be featured
as Li’l Abner. r
Final Softball
Game Friday
Night
The two leading soft bell
teams of Yancey * County
will have their final cham
pionship game on Friday
night, August 12th from six
until eight o’clock.
The championship game
will be sponsored by the
Yancey County Chamber of
Commerce in conjunction
with the 10th annual Mt-
Mltchell Crafts Festival to
be held on August 12th and
13th-
A beautiful trophy will be
given to the winning team.
The game will be p ayed
on the softball fie'd at the
Eumsville E ementary Scho
ol Refreshments will be
available.