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Mary V. Compton of Greep
boro as Mrs. Manningham and
Bill Cwikowski as Mr. Manning*
ham in a tense moment in the
'ANGEL STREET’ TO OPEN
AT PLAYHOUSE FRIDAY
“Suspenseful, thrilling, excit
ing, brilliant”: these are some
of the adjectives which have
been used to describe Patrick
Hamilton's intriguing mystery,
ANGEL STREET, which opens
this Friday, Aug. 4, at the Park
way Playhouse. ANGEL STREET
originally called GASLIGHT on
the London stage, is the Play
house’s second shew of the sea
son. ANGEL STREET is the
story of the Manninghams, a
couple who live on Angel Street
in London. What happens in that
house on Angel Street leads up
to suspense that is rarely equal
led on the stage.
W. C. "Mutt” Burton returns
to the Parkway Playhouse stage
in ANGEL STREET. The Play
house is in its 21st year of op
eration, and Burton has been
with it since its beginning. In a
way Mutt Burton himself is like
a well-written classic play—he
gets better with the years and
is worth seeing again and again.
This year he plays the retired
police officer in ANGEL
STREET. As the amiable Inspec
tor Rough, Mr. Burton brings
excitement and thrills to the
Parkway Playhouse asi he does
with each performance.
Bill Cwikowski, a veteran of
three seasons at ParkWavTTilays
the cunning Mr. Manningham.
Cwikowski is a grriuate of Mon
mouth College in New Jersey
and will be doing graduate work
at Smith College next year.
Mary V. Compton, recently
graduated from Greensboro Col
lege, appears foe the first time
upon the Playhouse stage in the
role of Mrs. Manningham.
In supporting roles are Judy
Moiofsky from Douglass College
. in New Brunswick, N. J.; Claire
Marty, Auburn University;
THE YANCEY RECORD
lirKsville, N.C.
Parkway Playhouse’s production
of the thriller ANGEL STREET
which opens this Friday Aug. 1
and win continue Aug. 5,7, I.
Sharon Boswell and Joe F. Cole
man, Jr., both of Greensboro;
and Leon Morone, a senior at
Monmouth College.
The direction of ANGEL
STREET is in the capable hands
of Lauren K. Woods, Assistant
Professor of Speech and Drama
tics at Monmouth College.
Woods, in his fifth season at the
Playhouse, directed last year s
sucoe-sful production of MARY,
MARY.
The dates for ANGEL STREET
are August 4. 5. 7, 8. at 8:00 p.
m. The box office is open daily,
except Sunday, from 9:00 a. m.
until 9:00 p. m., telephone 682-
9198. Season tickets mav be pur
chased from the Chamber of
Commerce in Burnsville. Pol
lard’s Drug Store, the Nu-Wray
Inn, or any member of the
Men’s Club.
6I«« Raven
Announces
Wage Increase
Don Burhoe, vice president
and general manager of Glen
Raven Mills here, has announ
ced a general wage increase to
their employees to become ef
fective in September.
This is in keeping with the
stated policy of maintaining
wage levels constant with the
highest in industry. And because
the employees of G’en Raven
cctntinue to make this possible
by maintaining their high stand
ards of production, efficiency
and quality.
Dedicated To Qi jYaicoy Comfy
’Granny’s Attic
Safe Scheduled
By Jr. Club
Here is ,a chance for you to
pick up a bargain and, at the
same time, benefit a worthwhile
project. On August 11 and 12,
the days of the Mt. Mitchell Fes
tival, the Carolina Hemlock
Junior Woman’s Coib is serving
a “Granny’s Attic Sale.”
The sale will be held in one of
the front rocms of the old court
house building, across from the
town square.
This is an excellent time for
everyone to clean out their clos
ets, attics, basements and barns
of items no longer used, such as
furniture, baby equipment (strol
lers and cribs for example),
household wares, curtains and
curtain rods, books, artificial'
flowers and fruits, Christmas
decorations luggage and antique
items.
Members of the Club will be
happy on Wednesday and Thurs
day, August 9 and 10, collecting
items for the sale. If you have
any items whatsoever (except
clothing) to donate, please call
Mrs. Billy Ray Edge at 682-2477,
or Mrs. Helton Carmichael at
682 2916, or any other member
of the Club.
Local merchants are urged to
contribute merchandise that is
good, but, perhaps, a bit faded,
dusty or shopworn.
Remember when you contri
bute items so the sale you will
be helping yourself by cleaning
out useful but dust-catching
items; you will also be helping
to make the grounds of Sun
Valley Nursing Home more at
tractive as members of the Club
will use the proceeds from the
sale for shrubbery and other
plants to continue the project of
beautifying the grounds at CIS
nursing home.
Local Youth
Has Narrow
Escape
Paul James Metcalf, 19 of Rt.
3, had a narrow escape Satur
day night when his car swerved
into the wrong lane, hit a car
driven by Peter C. Chakales of
Asheville, and overturned into
a creek. The wreck occurred
near Asheville-Biltmore College.
Metcalf was pinned under his
burning car as rescuers worked
to free him. A report showed
that his head was held up out
of the water until his car was
lifted by a wrecker. Two pas
sengers in the car D. L. Mill
er of Burnsville and Frank C.
Banks of Rt. 3, managed to get
free of the car. They were treat
ed and released from the hospi
tal. Metcalf was admitted to an
Asheville hospital, where his
condition is reported as satis
factory.
Tkcrtday/ A«|vst 3, 1967
MT. MITCHELL CRAFTS
FAIR AUGUST 11-12
Anyone with the ambition to
be a donkey wrangler will be
given the opportunity in connec
tion with the 11th annual Mt.
Mitchell Crafts Festival to be
held on the Burnsville Town
Square on Friday, Aug. 11 and 12.
The first annual Yancey Coun
ty burro race—a ten mile cross
country ordeal for man and
beast—is scheduled as a feature
attraction of this year’s festival.
Its inclusion in the program is
consistent with the aim of the
Yancey County Chamber of Com
merce, who manage the festival,
of providing continuous action
combined with old-time atmos
phere.
Featured during the affair,
which will open at 1 p. m. Fri
day, will be a succession of en
tertainment by folk bands, sing
ers, square dancers and con
tinuous demonstrations by moun
tain craftsmen. The latter will
display the skills and ingenuity
of their various crafts.
Besides increased action thro
ughout, the Festival management
premises increased participation
by craftsmen. Seven more booths
than in previous years will be
erected, and the barbecuing oi
chicken for the traditional chick
en platters will be on a greatly
expanded scale.
Throughout the proceedings
the “old timey” atmosphere will
prevail. Old costumes will be
much in evidence, and the
craftsmen promise that insofar
as practicable their craft pro
ducts will be priced at relatively
old-time prices.
On Saturday, the day of the
burro race which starts at the
square at 9:30, the progress of
the competition will be regularly
reported by the festival announ
cer who will be kept in touch
by portable radio sets stationed
the course.
The burro race, believed to be
the first of its kind in this area,
is being planned by committee
chairman Ray Vance Miller. The
Mt. Mitchell Briddle and Saddle
Club is furnishing extensive sup
ervision of the event, and sever
al burro owners from the county
are generously lending their
animals.
Wranglers do not provide their
own burros, but draw lots for
the several animals. The re
quirements for a wrangler are
rugged endurance and a person
ality capable of enlisting the ut
most cooperation from a strange
burro. Strict rules govern the
event, assuring. that the burro’s
cooperation is obtained by hu
mane means. Whipping or kick
ing the burro in the s’ats are
strictly rut. In short the rules
restrict the wrangler to gentle
persuasion and the use cf sub
tile psychological incentives,
such as enticement by carrot
The wrangler never rides; be
simply leads, or may on occas
ion push.
Aspiring wranglers should ap
ply to chairman Miller, or to
NUMIER FORTY-EIGHT
the Chamber of Commerce offi
ce on the Burnsville square. . .
Prizes of $25, sls and $lO are of
fered for the first three places.
Businesses are invited to spon
sor the several burros.
Tomato
Producers To
Moot August
7
There will be an important
meeting of Tomato Producers
and other persons interested in
the establishment of a market.
This meeting will be held in the
Yancey County Courthouse Mon
day night, August 7 at 7:30 p. m.
Officers and directors of the
Yancey Producers Association
will report on progress up to
date and discuss future plans.
E. L. Dillingham, County Ex
tension Chairman, said that all
interested persons should attend
whether they became actual
members of the association or
or not.
A feasibility study by N. C.
Department of Agriculture and
N. C. State University officials
showed that a market in this
area was practical and that plans
should proceed immediately with
the purchase of land, buildings,
and equipment.
/ Maud’s Beauty
Salon Wins
First Priio
In Contest
Prizes have been awarded to
the winners of the Flower Box
Contest for business houses,
which was sponsored by the
Burnsville Garden Club.
First prize was won by Maude’s
Beauty Salon; second prize.
Town Hall; and third pri«e, Mt.
Mitchell Motel.
Honorable mention goes to the
office of Dr. W. A, Y. Sargent
and Dr. Garland E. Wampler,
and to The Northwestern Bank.
Donors of the prises are
Ruby’s Flower and Gift Shop,
Banks Flower and Gift Shop, and
Anglin k Westall Department
Store.
The Flower Box Contest has
become an annual project of
the Garden Club. R is hoped
that next year more business
houses and offices will enter the
event as the members of ths
club believe it would be a
source of great civic pride m
well as a beautification project