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M«. ALICE HALL CELEBRATES
92nd. BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Alice Hall of Green
Mountain celebrated her 92nd
birthday on August 12. Celebrat
ing his birthday with her waa
her pastor, Rev. Arthur Woody.
Mrs. Hall and Rev. Woody were
honored at a supper given by
the church and Mrs. Hall’s fam
ily at Double Island Commun
ity Center. Mrs. Frank Thomas
of Double Island and Rev. Ar
thur Boone of Old Fort, who had
birthdays the same week, were
also honored.
The beautiful birthday cakes
we'e furnished by Mrs. Paul
Hughes and Mrs. Arthur Woody.
Mrs. Hall was presented a cor
sage of red rosebuds by Mrs.
Fred Hall.
Mrs. Hall is the mother of
nine children, two of whom are
deceased. Her daughters are
Mrs. Pearl Thomas of Green
Mountain, Mrs. Delie Sherrill
and Mrs. Ellen 'Thomas Wright
of California. Her four sons,
all present at the celebration,
are Salvey, Ernest and Fred of
MUSIC MAN ’ BIG HIT AS PLAYHOUSE
FINALE
Far be it from us, as a gener
al thing, to depart from the op
inion of our “city cousin”
The Asheville Citizen-Times.
However, in this instance we
are bound to disagree with that
paper’s Sunday review of the
Parkway Playhouse’s production
of ’’The Music Man”. Perhaps
we are more naive, and less
hard to please, but we thought
the musical was very, very
good, and from the response of
the large audience on Monday
night we feel sure they agreed
with us. From our viewpoint
THEY DID NOT FAIL. If judg
ed in the light of a Broadway
production or even professional
acting, it might have been im
proved upon, but we must un
derstand and app r eciate the fact
THE YANCEY RECORD
P*rßsvill«, N. C.
Green Mountain, Robert of
Mooresville. She has 40 grand
children, 74 great-grandchildren
and four great-great-grandchild
ren.
*Guesta from out of the com
munity included Mrs. Mary
Sparks of Newdale, Mrs. Terry
Hall of Elkin, Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Hall of Hickory, Mr. and
Mrs. Stuart Buchanan and three
children of Charlotte. Miss June
Ramsey of Shelby, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Petrohe of New York. Char
les Ward with the Air Force in
San Antonio, Texas, Mrs. Bus
ter Jarrett and son of Old Fort,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hughes and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ashton
Ramsey, Elisabeth and Louise
Ramsey and Mrs. Phillip Ram
sey and four children of Burns
ville.
Mrs. Hall is very, active
working every day. She croch
ets beautifully, doing a small
piece in a day. She attends
church, weather permitting ev
ery Sunday morning, and some
times at night.
that Parkway players are stud
ents, some of them right out of
high school, who are learning
their craft, and are coached
and directed by' professors who
teach drama in various colleges.
Judged on this basis, we feel
that this season's plays compare
with the best on their field,
both in acting and directing. We
will go farther and say that they
might well have led in the field
of stage settings, lighting and
costumes. To sum l*. up, the folk
in Burnsville, including our sum
mer residents and tourists,
were well pleased and happy to
have had the opportunity to see
such good theater as has been
presented this summer, as well
as past summers;
We would not attempt to- point
Pannts Urged To
Attend Meeting
Parents of boys from grade
one through grade 8 jwho are in
te’ested in Little League foot
ball are urged to meet at the
East Yancey High School gym
nasium Thursday, August 22,
(today), at 5:00 p. ,m. The pur
pose of the meeting is to deter
mine the amount of interest in
the county to this project. If
enough interest is shown efforts
will be made to form a Yancey
County Recreational Commis
sion. This effort stems from the
Little League program in the
county last year.
This year the Little League
program will be in’four subdi
visions. The "Grass Cutters”
League comprised of the first
and second grades. The "Pee-
Wees” League, third and fourth
grades. Midgett League, fifth
and sixth grades. Regular Lit
tle League comprised of the
7th and eighth grades with
members of the 6th. grades as
euubstitutes.
Insurance’ forms are available
at each elementary school la
the county and interested par
ents are urged to pick up these
forms and bring them to the
meeting. Insurance will run
$3.00 per boy and uniforms
SIO.OO per boy, making the to
tal cost $13.00 per boy.
Parents who have questions
should contact John Mattox cr
Jim Douglas.
Pittures Met
Ateepted Later
Than Tuesday
Pictures for THE
RECORD will not be accepted
after Tuesday. In other words,
if you have pictures which you
desire to appear in a certain
week's issue, the picture must
be in not later than Tuesday of
that week.
out any one person who excelled
in "The Music Man” they
were all excellent. Lauren
Woods portrayal of the con ar
tist shows that all his talents do
not lie in directing he is
equally as good as an actor.
‘‘The Music Man” gave several
of our local children an oppor
tunity to make their stage debut,
and they carried it off in fine
style.
We would like to take this op
portunity to extend our thanfr t
to the University of N. C. at
Greensboro, the directors, the
students, and all who have had
a part in rp .iking the Parkway's
22nd season the success that it
was. WELCOME BACK NEXT
YEAR.
Thmrfay, Aifiit 22, 10*8
ERVIN REPORTS ON
APPALACHIAN COMMISSION'S
GRANTS TO N.C.
Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr.,
(D-NC), reported today that
the Appalachian Regional De
velopment Program has attract
ed $68.6 million in facilities and
services to Western North Caro
lina in the last three years. Os
this total, Ervin said that $28.7
million we'e Appalachian funds
approved by the Federal Gov
ernment for the 29 county area.
In reviewing the progress of
the Appalachian Commission
Since 1965, Ervin stated that he
was "proud to have played a
role in the Commission’s forma
tion. It is one of the few Fed
eral programs,” he continued,
"which recognizes that the ul
timate solution to its problems
lies with the private sector of
the economy. The Commission
tries to encourage private in
vestment by supplying these
counties with facilities and ser
vices which raise them to eco
nomic parity with the rest of
the country.”
Ervin cited examples of the
types of facilities which have
been, funded in North Carolina
since 1965. These included: High
School Vocational Education Fa
cilities; Sewage Treatment
Plants; Hospitals; Community
Colleges; Hospital Outpatient
Facili ins: Public Libra, es; In
dustrial Education Centers; and,
Airport Facilities.
Particular interest has been
placed under the program on
highway construction and a to
tal of $26. million has been pro
duced by the program for roads
in Western North Carolina with
the Appalachian Program fund
ing $14.7 million dollars of this
total.
The Appalachian Program was
praised by Senator Ervin as
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Above, Congressman Roy A.
Taylor inspect* a Yancey County •
tomato at he. comments to
market manager Yates Dayton,
center, and Horton Holcombe
about farm crops and market
ing- The Congressman was in
strv: nntal in securing. FHA
NiMbir Fifty
being “the only Federal pro
gram where the Federal Gov
ernment and the State are co
equal partners
Projects funded for Yancey
County are as follows: Access
road to Big Bald Mountain
Appalachian Funds $140,000
Total Cost $200,000, NDEA Title
111, Appalachian ifFunds $2,400
Total Cost SB,OOO. 1
Named In
Youth
Jamboree
The first Yancey Youth Jam
boree which was held in conjunc
tion with the Mt. Mitchell
Crafts Festival here on August
8-9-10 was a great success.
The event was sponsored by
the local Chamber of Commerce
Winners in the competition
were: Folk Dances South Toe
Folk Dance Team; Clogging
Little Jr. Miss Cattail doggers;
Buck Dancing David Gibbs;
Smooth Square Dancing Mi
caville and South Toe Smooth
Square Dance Team; Western
Square Dancing South Toe;
Instrumental Winner Bill
Gouge and Ricky Ray; Religious
Song Winner Rebecca Ann
Hughes. Floyd Gouge, Linda
Hughes; Folk Ballad Folk
Five; Group Talent Winner
Willoree Baker and Nonna Al
len; Individual Talent Winner—
Wanda Hollifield; Grand Cham
pion Winner Folk Five, and
Smooth Square Dance Team
Overall Dancing Team Winner.
i funds for the new grading and
• marketing building hare.
Later. Congressman Taylor
was tho principal speaker at a
meeting of North Carolina-Ten
nossoe Highway aad Tourism
Association.
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