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Volume 32 - —* ,:&.■ wwl'i:- &r ■■ Jjti < ' $ IteilllilA ||§ssp& W. -' * SR fc&, Directors of Yancey Produc ers Assoc, at dedication cere* mony. Left to right. John Ram* - - \:-&T£SS9m|9HHKa ■» r»' ; ;g* Hf 9 * Hji||| ■’ ißmPt . '■ %«E*w * x^: ■ #& •* fiIWP m r Jf™ ? : 4tp s •••• -i .&PP wn \ # I m ■ ■ iw w Ji / 1 H K ’iptsV, *K, JWW I f v: : :.: f xv/ ' . .•/ y -y-> ■ -.v >• < s jHjll' Lauren K. Woods and Karen I Lucia as the ‘‘Music Man” and | librarian in the musical “Music MUSIC MAN’ WILL CLOSE PLAYHOUSE SEASON Once again that time of the year has come—the last show of ‘he season at the Parkway Playhouse. Traditionally this is a time for song and dance as Parkway, presents its spectac les for the season. This season during its final week, Parkway will present color, excitement, laughs, love, melody, rythmn, as well as spectacle. This is all rolled in’o one package called THE MUSIC MAN. Meredith Willson’s hit has been called “Broadway’s Happiest Musical," THE YANCEY RECORD sey, Rev. John Powers. Jerry Wilson, Hugh Pate. Ernest Hile mon, and Ciyde Boone. Not pic- Man” to be presented at the Parkway Playhouse this week. „> ’ and this week Parkway offers its audiences the chance i*o dke why it has been sc' called. This has been Parkway’s most ambitious season to date. Var iety has been the key word. The Playhouse has presented • difficult and ex'rer-ely interest ing and different hit Broadway shows for six wo.ks. It is moot fitting, therefore, that the Play house close its 22nd season with one of the biggest musicals ever THE MUSIC MAN. Continued on inside Bvrisvillt, N. C. tured were James Ray, 0. W. Deyton, and Thomas F. Byrd, the other members of the board of directors. Crafts Festival Best Yet T* —- = "' • ’Yti niw—iu w The I2*h annual ML Mitchell Crafts Festival, held on the square Aug. 9 and 10, was the best yet, bo‘h from an attend ance and financial standpoint. The Fair, sponsored by the Merchants Association and Cha mber of Comme-ce, received excellent cooperation from the merchants and craf'smen. Mr. Charles Wesson, who ac ted as Master of Ceremonies and announcer, announced the opening at approximately 9:00 a. m. Friday, wi'h booths open for business not later than 10:00 a. m. Booths were provided by the Chamber of Commerce, which service is provided free, but they do take ten percent of the sales for sponsoring the event. Coßtlavri lasidt ■- * & Hi Photo by Biff Clevenger Grand Champion Winners in Yancey County's first Youth Jamboree held here last Thura- L— . . , ■ . ■ . . Thursday, Avgas! 15, 1968 AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT FATAL TO WAYNE PETERSON t ■ —i ■ - -. Melvin Hearn Speaks At Dedication The Yancey County Produc ers tomato market was dedicat ed Wednesday af'emoon. Prin cipal speaker at the dedication was Melvin Hearn, State Direc tor of the Farmers Home Ad ministration. He was introduc ed by Paul Laughrun, Regional FHA Supervisor. Other speakers we-e Ed Procter, Marketing Specialist. N. C. State University; Forest- Cope, Orbit Sales; 0. W. Dwr ton, Chairman ot the Yancey County Board of Commission ers; Philip Thomas, President of the Yancey County Chamber of Commerce and James Ang lin, Mayor of Burnsville. * John Powers, President of the association presided and introduced local agency mem bers, guests and stock holders. Sale of tomatoes began last week at the new grading and marketing building, with more than thirty local people work ing at the plant. To date, ac cording to plant manager Yates Deyton, more than 67 thousand founds of tomatoes have been marketed. The equipment for grading had not been installed in time to catch the first tomatoes ready for market in the coun ty. Therefore, a few loads went to other markets. However, since opening last week, fifty five fanners have marketed through the facility. day night are "The Folk Five”, singing “Joy Round My Brain". They are left to right: Bonnie Nvnbur Forty Nino Wayne Peterson of Green Mountain, 26 year old employee of Carolina Tire Co., Spruce Pine, was killed Friday morn ing, August 9, in a head-on col lision with another truck on N. C. Highway 197, about a mile north of Burnsville. *n>e accident occurred about 7:30 a. m. Peterson was dcr 1 on ar rival at Yancey H' al. According to invr ating of ficer, S ate Highv Patrolman R. W. Davis, Pete n was at tempting to pass >‘iier vehi cle when he collide d head on with a ‘ruck opera!• ’ by Allen Dexter Parsley, 52. of Spruce Pine. Parsley and two small boys with him received wily minor injuries. The 1961 Dodge truck driven by Petenon was a t~‘a! loss, the truck driven by Parsley sustained consider able damage. Funeral services for Mr. Pet ersen we~e held at 3 p. m. Sun day in South Bend Free Will Baptist 'Church. The Revs. Charlie Miller, Georf? Higgins and Francis Radford 7 ficia‘ed. Burial was in tfc' Peterson Cemete , y. Pallbearers were vrman, Harley, Clifton and Herbert Hopson, John and Harm'd Evans and Danny Duncan and Dee Hensley. Surv'ving are the widow, Mrs. Shirley Hopson Peterson: a daughter, Tammie and a son, Ma ty, of the home; the par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ike Peter son and two sisters, Missis Frances and Elaine Peterson, all of Green Mountain; five brothers, Blaine, Steve and Edward of Green Mountain, Donald of Bakersville, and Cor son of High Point; and the ma ternal grandparents, Mr and Mrs. Neal Elliott of H.rder sooville. Hess, Martha Hqu. Jerry Clev enger, Patricia Randolph gad Janet Crisp.
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