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ESTABLISHED JULY, 1936 TRENA P. POX, EDITOR ft PUBLISHER MISS. ZOE YOUNG. ASSOCIATE EDITOR THURMAN L. BROWN, SHOP MANAGER ARCHIE H. BALLEW, PHOTOGRAPHER ft PERSSMAN PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BURNSVILLE, N. CL THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1967 NUMBER FIFTY SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00 PER YEAR OUT OF COUNTY $4.00 PER YEAR Scene From Top 0’ The Hill By: Jack Kelly Burnsville will ever be an un ceasing store of surprises for me. All of them pleasant, thank '**;*««*- Yfiu take this recent visit that Blanche and I made. I learned something. I learned that the Churches are friendly. You people may not be amazed by such a fact but we were. Bom and raised and walking in big cities like I have been for tne fu»t tu.y-sevcn yea:, -jf my life, I accepted the fact that a person either went to Church or eise he didn’t. I paid n,: mind to whether folks went or stayed at home. The people in the con gregation felt the same way about me, I guess. Burnsville is different. I had the happy experience of visiting three different Churches for Services. All of them were truly soul-filling. However, I am not going to talk about any of them except the Baptist Ser vice My reason for so dcing is that a good friend of mine men tioned that 1 had mentioned the M- thodists, Lutherans, and Ca tholics recently but had neglect ed the Baptists. Therefore, with this article, I hope to make amends. On a Friday evening, the op ening of the second play at the Playhouse, my friend Dover Pouts introduced me to Brother McDonald, the Preacher at the Baptist Church. After express ing my happiness at meeting him. 1 just couldn’t refrain from telling him about years ago. when the Playhouse was a new operation, how the various cler gyman in Town didn’t think or speak tea highly of the place, or the people who conducted it and acted there. After ai bit of con versation, Brother McDonald in vited me to his Sunday Service. f arrived at Church about two minutes before eight and took a seat In the back pew. To my amazement, several of my good friends and neighbors came over and shock my hand and made me feel real welcome. The Ser vice commenced, as most of you doubtless know, when Phil Ray’s wife came out and played the organ solo. She was surpris ed to see the stranger in their midst but she covered it real well and hardly anyone noticed the loud note she struck. Then tile Ch< ir came out. Well now I have known Amey and Trena hox for the 17 years we have been coming to Burnsville but I feel certain that they were a bit non plussed to see me in the vinevard. n'beit. they were pleas ed ab'ut it True. Amey was two notes behind the re-t of the Choir in getting started, but Trena gave him a hardly notice able nudge with her elbow, and he caught up with them real quick! Now I figure I must have at tended over 3,000 Religious Ser vices in my lifetime but in all seriousness I don’t know any I have, enjoyed more. Brother Mc- Donald preached a sermon on stealing. He presented some an gles that the average man would not think about. He made 3- - do a little soul-searching. As a result, you sort of convicted yourself. He made a splendid presentation. One example he gave, in the form of a story, I have to repeat to you. It had to "-Ph a gentleman who was training his son to take over the business. He was explaining “business ethics” to the lad and he cited the example that a man made a quick purchase of a six dollar article, received four dollars in change, and TTien ran out of the store, boarded a bus and left town. “Now," said the father, “as you go to put the money in the cash register, you notice that it is a one hundred* dollar bill instead of a ten dol lar note you thought it was." He wagged his finger in the son’s face and continued, “That brings up an ethical decision for you to make, my son. You have to decide whether you should mention this to your partner or not." It was a fine sermon. After Services, Mrs. Hamrick, who I have known ever since I - came here, introduced me to several people. (I know when she sees her name here she will be worried about whether I am going to mention the fact that she came to Services a bit late. I am not going to do it, so she can stop worrying . She wasn’t real late anyhow. We had just sung a couple of Hymns and had a few readings, and I am cer tain that under the theory of “Better late than never" every one excused her. That is the reason I am not going to men tion it.) After Services, I stood in front and finally met Brother McDonald’s family, along with other people, and felt I had spent a delightful Sunday even ing. I look forward to thg future years when Blanche and I take up our permanent residence here. We will visit all of the Congregations, in the spirit of ecumenism that prevails in Bur nsville and, who knows, one day I may see what our great Bap tist former - President Harry Truman, stated to look forward to seeing: “A Baptist who would take a drink in front of another Baptist.” ’Everybody loves Opal’ A Reality The plays being given at the Parkway Playhouse continue of high quality, well produced, and are drawing g< ;,d audiences. “EVERYBODY LOVES OPAL" last week’s shew, was one of the best yet. It was exception ally well cast, with Blanche Kelly as Opal Kronkie, a warm hearted woman who might be called a “scavenger". She goes cut each day with her little red wagon, and brings in a’l kmds of junk until bed room is liter ally running over. One of me most amusing things is the ten bags which she hangs on a line to dry after each use. is ably assisted by Mister Tanner, her cat; Sharon Boswell, as Gloria, Joe Coleman, Jr., as Bradford, Bill King as Solomon, James Kuntz as a police officer md Opal’s very good friend, L uren K. Woods turns . in his • jal fine performance as the Doctor. | Gio a, Bradford and Solomon are all involved in a fake ner fume racket, and after being raided move in on Opal to sot up their business. They get the idea of taking out a i*ro e l>*e insurance policy on Opal, and knocking her off. Howe*er, their plot backfires when first Gloria becomes too fond of her to carry through. Next Solomon is over come by Opal’s kindness and backs down, and only Bradford, the intellectual of the group, is left, and after one vain attempt on her life, he, too repents, and in the end they are just one happy family. Chicken Barbotoe Growing Bigger Each Year There are 1,200 less hungi. pe 'pie and 400 less chickens in this area since the chicken bar becue held at the Craftsmen Festival sponsored by the Cham ber of Commerce recently. This method of feeding peo ple was started here several years ago by the Extension Of fice as a method of promoting the increased consumption of poultry. From the reports of satisfied customers it seems that the chicken was delicious and the demand has about doubled each year. Many reports have been receiv ed for the sauce recipe. E. L. Dillingham, County Extension Chairman said that any indivi dual or group wishing a copy of the sauce recipe and direc tions for barbecuing chicken can secure a copy by calling or writing the Yancey County Ex tension Office in the Courthouse. The office is room number 17, Box 266, or phone 682-2113. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edge, who headed the chicken barbecue dinner for the Chamber of Com merce’s fund project during the Craft Festival and Fair, would like to express their apprecia tion to all who gave so gener ously of their time during the entire day. This includes the cooks, wait resses, cleaner-uppers, and all who performed many other men ial tasks that are necessary in putting over a project of this kind, and especially making it the great success that it was. Without the assistance of so many kind people the sale would not have gene over as it did, and there would have been a lot of hungry people standing around on the square We are happy to report that the treasury of the Chamber of Commerce is in a much Wealth ier condition because of hr ef forts of so many load Scenes From the Fair Matt - vx-. < The App’e Ciider Singers con sisting of Jerry Clevenger, Mar garet Riddle, Ame’ia Penland, 4. »Sffi «S?4xHft !^^^^><B^^^WwP|i|M|WHTi«Mit«^^*Mi^^^TO^^S v ’■■«■ St'SSS Zggsys Mrs. Lela Howell, Mitchell Craft '" '" *, '-11' tF * jk ■ IPL. Mere crafts produced by WAMY. Bird houses of poplar bark by Floyd Gragg of Grandfather Mountain, wooden bowls by dhghfgrdf Mrs Mcrtha n*>- tu-tt rji plav *■■•'•' "ii ••»"«■ < i ift f unit-. Ramcna Penland and John Pen land performing at the Crafts Fair. Specialist, manning a booth of- < WAMY crafts. Jessie Stines of Banner E<k. and mountain berry picking baskets by Chester Chrisawn of Mica ville. !•:)! . f. ~ if . , , .„ , ,
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