Volume 31 ,?.<• :'■'■■*•: W§sP / -i j^B Shown obove ore members of the Youth 1 Symphony Orchestra They ore left to right: Bassoon, Billy Cheek, 12 Yrs. old; Ray Dunton, 2nd Violin, 12 yrs. old; and Cello, Barbara, Tuant, 12. YOUTH SYMPHONY TO GIVE CONCERT APRIL 15 The Asheville Youth Symph ony Orchestra, directed by Jam es E. Fisher of Asheville, will give a children’s Concert in the gymnasium of the Burnsville Ele mentary School at ten o’clock Saturday,. April 15th. The concert is sponsored by Girl Scouts of Yancey County and their leaders.. ,„ There are 40 children in the band, all of elementary school age, and is a part of the Ashe ville Symphony Society. The music played by the band, is li mited to short, sprightly pieces that can be appreciated by all children as well as adults. The orchestra appeared in the Burnsville school last year, and was well attended and much appreciated. In preparation for the concert, the schools are getting the child ren oriented by playing symph ony recordings and wnrk : ng on research projects in the field of music. In order to encourage attendance, Mr. Hunter, Princi pal of the Burnsville Elementary School, has promised the class with the best attendance a spec ial social event. Let us that other principals and teachers will be equally as interested and encouraee the'r students to take advantage of this opportunity to hear some really fine music, played by children their ace, and on. 1 a level that can be ap preciated by them. There will be no admission charge. The county school acti vity bus will be availab’e for transportation, but arrangements for its use will have to N» made through Mr. Justice’s office. Members of the orchestra w'll arr've by chartered bus, and win be served lunch in the scho d cn'etm-'a before returning to Asheville. THE YANCEY RECORD Dedicated To The Progress Os Yancey County Burnsville, N.C. Renfro, Member of Airlift Wing CHARLESTON, S. C. - A U. S. Air Force flight engineer from Green Mountain, N. C., is a member of the airlift wing cited for setting an unofficial world's record for low-altitude airdrops by C-161 Lockheed Starlifter aircraft. Master Sergeant William S. Renfro, son of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Renfro, Sr. of Rt. 2, Green Mountain, supported the 437th Military Airlift Wing at Charleston, AFB, S. C., in its recent test airdrop of 34 tons of cargo. The payload, a string of 28 loaded pallets connected by cab les, was paradropped from a 500-foot altitude at 160 miles per hour. The cargo hit a 120-foot square bullseye on the Starlift er’s initial flight over the tar get zone. Wing members conducted the test—part of a demonstration for a Military Airlift Command (MAC) htadquarters inspection team—to prove the vast poten tial of the huge new C-141. The test, combined with other capa bilities demonstrated by the ser geant’s unit, brought the wing a soccessful rating from MAC headquarters observers. Sergeant Renfro's wing was the f ! rst unit on the East Coast to fly th C-141 on operational minsions. Thursday APRIL 6, 1967 Town Election To Be Held IHay 2 The Town Board of Burnsville has announced that the bi-annual election of mayor and commis sioners will be held in the Town Hall on Tuesday, May 2nd. The town board has appointed Ed Banner as registrar for the election. Registration books for new qualified voters will be op en for seven days beginning Friday, April 14„ from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sunday, and except Saturday, April 15, when the books will be open until 9 p m. On Saturday, April 15, regis tration will be at the Town Hall. On other days the books will be open at Mr Ed Banner’s home on Pensacola Road. Challenge day will be on Sat urday, April 22, on which day challenges may be entered from 9 a. m. until 3 p. m. at the Town Office. Under the election laws of North Carolina governing mu nicipal elections, candidates are not limited to those nominated by mass meetings. Candidates may file to have the ; r names on Ore ballot up until noon on Sat urday, April 22. The resolution of the town board covering further details of the flection is posted in the* town office. Miss King, Winner fc* . ; . : gUSHMjjjjt . Miss Katy King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. King of Burnsville, has the honor of sell ing 136 boxes of Girl Scout cook ies during the cookie drivei last month. This is the third year Katy has sold over 100 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. She is a member of the Junior Girl Scout Troop, under the leadership of Mrs. Ben Banks and Mrs. Gerard Butner. Katy will receive a pin and award for her good work in selling cookies for her troop. As far as is known she sold more cookies than any other Scout in the county this year. PARKWAY PLAYHOUSE WILL OPEN JULY 18 After a highly-successful som mer last year, the Parkway Play house at Burnsville, N. C. will reopen July 18th for another season of summer stock thea tre, under the management of Ralph Kerns, of the Drama and Speech Department of the Uni versity of North Carolina at Greensboro. The UNC-G sponsorslvp was resumed last season after a hia tus of several weeks. The Play house opened in 1947 under the directorship of the school when it was Woman’s College of the University. Raymond Taylor, head of drama at W. C., was in charge of tthe first season. Tay lor returned to Parkway last summer to direct a 20th anniver sary production of OUR TOWN, which he had directed during the ’47 season. Recently the new Drama and Speech building at UNC-G was named in honor of Mr. Taylor. Parkway has a unique objec tive in its operation. It offers courses in Drama to drama and speech majors while giving them actual experience in working on stage and backstage in summer stock plays. Classes are taught by instructors from various col leges and univers ; t es, and dra ma majors from different areas of the U. S. are given an oppor tunity to work together. Last summer students from s : x states and the District o f Columbia made up the company. Credit for courses is given through UNC-G’s Extension Di vision. Seven courses and a high school dramat’cs course are being offered this summer. As many as six semester hours may be taken. Prospective col lege students, undergraduate and graduate college students may enroll, as well as in-service tea cher’s who need added credits. The high school dramatics cour se is open for next-year’s sen iors. Information concerning courses is conta : ned in the sum mer session bulletin, obta : nable from the Director, Summer Ses f’on, UNC-G, Greensboro, N. C. 27412 Applications from prospective high school or college students are be : ng received now, and the deadline is set for April 15. Those accepted will be notified by May 1. Interested students may write the Parkway Plavhouse, care of UNC-G for a brochure about the summer. Tuition covers room, board and fees for courses. A limited number of scholarships and four technical ass