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Scene From Top O’ The Hill
By: .Jjack Kelly
Every time I get too many
useless facts in my head, I use
this column to get rid of them
so I will have storage place, so
to speak, to replace them with
other, just as useless, ones that
I acquire as I go along. For ex
ample. I bet you didn’t know
'or care) that your Nation’s
Capital has almost 2,000 acres
of office space for businesses.
Worse than that, our Govern
ment owns and occupies 37 mill
ion square feet of it and, since
that is not enough, it leases an
additional 12 million feet.
Up in Boston, the Methodist
Church, allegedly for the first
time in its history, appointed a
woman as a District Superintend
ent In this position, the lady,
identified as Reverend Margaret
H. .Henrichsen, will supervise
the church activities in the Dis
trict, which has 91 Churches and
40 Pastors. This appears to show
that Methodism may well be
leading Christianity along the
road to equal rights for women.
Now that the spirit of ecumen
ism is breaking out all over,
you can expect to hear seme
rumblings from Catholicism
about women in the pulpit and
whatnot
The ecumenical spirit is truly
the greatest step forward in
American Christianity that has
ever happened. It is bringing
Christian Brotherhood home to
all of us. Just recently, six new
l> ordained Catholic Priests en
tered the f.utheran General
Hospital in Park Ridge. Illinois,
for .1 six week internship Seems
as though these young Priests
were medical missionaries who
needed further training and,
since there was no convenient
place avai'able in their own in
stitution. the Lutheran Hospital
brought them aboard for the
needed training. These six
Priests enrolled in the Lutheran
Pastoral Education Program
which is directed by the Rever
end Lawrence Holst who stated
“We have come to see in this
short time how much we can
give and receive from each eth
er personally and professionally.
Institutionally and personally it
has been one of eur most re
warding experiences at Luther
an General Hospital.”
The world can do with rrmre of
that type Christianity and it
makes one feel good that Amer
ica is leading the way.
Since this writing aonears to
have devolved into a ReMgious
score. I might iust as well con
tinue in that vein, and mention
that the Catholic Church has
Just announced the revival of
one Christian form of H» e that
Protestants always kept. I refer
to the rank of Deacon in the
Church. For too many years,
Rome sort of ignored that rank.
That is not quite correct. It was
not ignored, it was incorporated
into the Priesthood. Every semi
narian became a Deacon prior
to becoming a priest. This dif
fered from the original setup in
Christianity. The Deacon back
in the early days had been a
layman, and, in modern days,
in Protestantism. However, along
the way, seme Bishop, or group
of Bishops, decided to change
that system. They started the
Deacon-Priest thing. Now it ap
pears that the Roman Synod re
cognizes the fact that Protestan
tism had a good thing going for
it, in its use of the laymen, so,
not being a stupid organization,
it decided to change back. This
new, rather, I should say old,
system will allow laymen to per
form many cf the duties hitherto
reserved for the Priesthood. As
I understand it, the layman who
becomes a Deacon can be mar
ried, if he is past the age of 25
and his wife can stand a good
tough character investigation. If
a person is desirous of becoming
a Deacon and is under the age
of 25 and unmarried, he must
take a vow of celibacy. This
Deacon can perform most of
what has been reserved to
Priests. The main things he can
not do are: Hear Confessions
and Say Mass.
A Catholic friend of mine
stated that not allowing the Dea
con to hear Confessions was like
allowing a man to become a
Mormon after doing away with
polygamy. I guess he wasn’t
really a very religious ’chap and
I don’t think he would qualify
as a Deacon, in any event. As a
matter of fact, I thing the
Catholic Church is going to
have a bit of trouble in getting
the necessary Deacons. It taxes
a bit of getting used to. Just the
idea of it. You see, very few
Catholics ever took much mind
of how the oorganization ran.
Rome ran it. Even in the par
ishes, the laymen didn’t con
cern themselves with the opera
tion. They put money in the
basket at the numerous collec
tions but never troubled them
selves about how it was expend
ed. I bet a lot of the old-time
Pastors are going to raise (you
know what) when they find the
parisheners breathing down their
necks for an explanation of ex
penditures. Before long, I expect
Cathollics might even be able to
have a say in choosing their
Pastors. If it keeps up the way
it is going, you won’t be able to
tell one Christian from another.
Maybe the Savior wanted it that
way.
Welding Chutes
Being Hold
Welding classes are now being
held at East Yancey High Scho
ol. Classes are held each Tues
day and T hursday beginning at
7:00 p. m. Anyone interested in
enrolling can do so Thursday
night, August 3. Classes sponsor
ed by W.A.M.Y. and Marion-
McDowell I. E.. C.
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Playhouse Audience Got Double
Thoir Money At This Year’s Opener
Those of us who had the good
fortune ta see last year’s open
i)*6 p*uy at Parkway Playhouse
“See How They Run” got
double their money’s-worth at
this year’s opener j— "Pools
Paradise” —a hilarious comedy
and a follow-up to ‘‘See How
They Run”. Three of the same
people return in this play. The
Vicarage is still in Merton-cum-
Middlewick, and the uncle, the
Bishop of Lax visits again. The
plot is built around a football
pool worth some 100,000 pounds,
Aided by. the financial assistan
ce of Pneelope, the Vicar’s wife,
and the conniving of Ida, the
maid, Willie Briggs thinks he
holds the winning ticket. All
three conspire to keep it a sec
ret from the Vicar, who they
mistakenly assume would stre
ncusly object to gambling.
Back again is John Allen, who
plays the part of Rev. Mr. Lion
el Tocp, as he did in last year's
production of “See How They
Run”. He acts the part of the
narrow-minded, frustrated, stin
gy Vicar to perfection. The ac
ting of his wife, a former ac
tress, played by Amelia Penland,
is one to make her home town
proud. She turned out a smooth,
professional performance. as
she dees in any role in which
she is cast.
If it could be said that any one
person ran away with the show
it wuld be Jo Carson, our neigh
bor from Johnson City. Jo play
ed the part of the cockney maid,
Ida, with the same vim and vig
or she did as Ida in “See How
They Run.” While she was pure
fun from beginning to end, if
this inexperienced critic may De
allowed a comment, it is that
Ida could have been toned down
a bit, both In voice and move
ment. In this year’s play Ida is
ably assisted by her boyfriepd,
Willie Briggs, played by Bill
Cwikowski. who also had a part
in "See How They Run”. From
seeing Bill In some more ser
ious roles last year we would
say that he is equally at home
as a comedian and a serious
actor. It would seem that he has
a promising future in the thea
ter.
A newcomer to Parkway,
Hugh Dial, played the part of the
Rev. Mr. Arthur Humphrey, a
visiting minister, very effectiv
ely. He, too, has hleh of
holding the winning ticket in the
football pool.
Evelyn Winston, also a new
comer to Parkway, delighted the
audience with her portraval of
Miss Skillen, the love-huntfry
sninster who has a crush on ‘the
Vicar.
And last but not least there
was Lauren Woods, a long time
favorite of Parkway Theater and
Burnsville. Lauren is equally at
home acting or directing. As the
Bishop of Lax and Penelope’s
uncle, Lauren was a great hit.
His part, though snail, was car
ried off to perfection. From the
response of the audience it
would seem from this observer’s
viewpoint he wouM only have
had to walk across the stage to
get a rousing ovation.
With each seen# the atmoe
phere becomes more tense, with
practically all the characters
thinking they hold the winning
ticket, and making plans lor
spending the loot lda has am
bitions for a synthetic fur coat;
the Vicar for bells for his chur
ch; the Rev. Mr. Humphrey for
a motor bike; Penelope for all
the things a Vicar’s salary will
not buy; and Willie, of course,
had his plans, but at the mom
ent we cannot recall them.
From the happy expression
on the faces of all it may be
assumed that they all got their
heart’s desire or it may be
that those happy expressions
were brought about by the en
thusiasm of the more than 300
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Israel
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9. Sphere
10. Fleshy fruits
12. Saunter
13. Beginning
-14. Fall to gain
15. Hawaiian
food
16. Toward
17. Half an em
18. Pigeon
breeder
20. Dexterous
23. Arid
24. Emmet
25. Mountain
pass
27. Cereal grain
20. Woodland
tract
32. Motion
organs
35. Pronoun
36. Land
measure
37. Beam
38. The
Emerald
Isle
40. Bunk
(slang)
42. Suave
43. Ascended
44. Relatives
45. Branch of
learning
46. Singing
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1. Virginia’s
governor
2. Sprites
people in the audience.
We would not close without a
word of praise to Ralph Kerns
for his excellent directing of this
play, and to Terry Bennett for
the realistic and beautiful de
sign of the stage setting.
Friday, the opening night,
being guest night, a number of
out of town, as well as in-town,
dignitaries were present am
ong them being Rev. Woody
Finley, Pres. Chamber of Com
merce, Mayor and Mrs. James
A. Anglin, Mayor and Mrs. Fred
Brummitt of Bakersville. Mayor
and Mrs. Albert Canipe of
Spruce Pine, Representative
Ernest Messer, from Canton,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Phillips.
Mr. Phillips was for many years
connected with the Drama De
partment of UNC-G, and was one
of the founders of Parkway
Plavhcuse. He now represents
Guilford County in the State
Legislature. Mayor Anglin, re
presenting the town of Burns
ville, expressed appreciation to
the Parkway Theater for the
contribution made to the town,
as did Mrs. Joe Young, repre
senting the Board of Directors
of Parkway Playhouse. Mr.
Kerns introduced the staff of the
Playhouse and Mrs. Jack Kelly,
who will play the lead role in
“Everybody Loves Opal”, which
he directed by Gordon
Bennett
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9. Helmet,
shaped
part of calyx
11. Tale
15. Mrs. Nixon
18. Paroxysm
19. Not working
21. Wharf
pests
22. Ahead
25. Lettuce
26. Conjunc
tion
27. Neb
raska {
Indian
28. Dawn of
day
29. Fated
to die
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30. Japanese
religion
31. Waits upon
33. Outer part
of bread
34. Cripples
38. Jewish
month
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