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High Pastures
Retreat Set
A four-day "Abundant life
Retreat" is again scheduled to
take place at High Pastures,
on Georges Fork Road near
Burnsville. The Retreat will
begin Tuesday, July 6th and
concludes with the night ses
sion on Saturday, July 10th.
Day Sessions will begin at
9:30 a. m. and 2:30 p.m. and
will be given over to Bible
Study, Sharing and Prayer.
The evening session begins at
7:30 p. m. and will be a preach
ing hour with different speak
ers nightly. Meetings will
be held in the Big Red Barn,
and Miss Betty Motsinger, the
founder of High Pastures here
in Yancey County, says she
hopes many local people will
join the retreat group forthese
sessions.
C of C Notice
At the monthly meeting of
the Board of Directors of the
Yancey County Chamber of
Commerce, the need for hav
ing an accommodations folder
for mailing with the Yancey
Comity brochure was discussed.
The Chamber of Commerce is
receiving numerous inquiries
for accommodations and it was
felt that this would be the best
way to fill the need.
During the next week busi
nesses in Yancey County which
provide services for tourists are
asked to contact the Yancey
Chamber of Commerce, loca
ted on the Square, orcall 682-
2243.
It is hoped that each busi
ness will consider the worth
of this effort and will take ad
vantage of the opportunity to
get advertising at a bar grin
price.
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J. Gordon Greene As Hero In "‘Cyrano De Bergerac"
McWhirters At
Craft Festival
A traditional feature of the
Mt. Mitchell Crafts Festival
has been the pottery exhibi -
tions and demonstrations of
James and Kore McWhirter
from the South Toe River sec
tion in Yancey County. Again
this year, the McWhirters will
be on the Town Square in
Burnsville for the 15th Annual
Mt. Mitchell Crafts Festival
on August 6 and 7. Mrs. Mc-
Whirter will have her potter's
wheel and will be giving de
monstrations of how pottery is
made.
The McWhirters came to
Yancey County for a visit
twenty years ago. They re
turned as permanent residents
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THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1971
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Kore McWhirter Demonstrates Artistry On Pottery Wheel At Crafts Festival
* Late Bulletin *
The Yancey County Board of Education met at a
called meeting in Burnsville on June 29, 1971. Af
ter considering several candidates for the position
of Yancey County Superintendent of Schools, it was
decided to appoint Mr. Edgar Hunter, presently ser
ving as Principal of the Burnsville Elementary School,
as Superintendent for a term of two years. At the
same meeting the Board named Mr. Larry Howell
as the Principal of the Burnsville Elementary School,
hi addition to the above two appointments, the
Board named Attorney Phillip Thomas as Beard Att'y
Parkway Playhouse
Opens 25th Season
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Things are happening hi
Burnsville as Parkway Play -
house prepares for its 25th an
niversary season of summer
theatre in the mountains.
The 50-member company
arrived Sunday to get ready
for the six-week production
schedule that begins on July 7
with the heroic comedy, "Cy
rano De Bergerac. "
The complete playhouse
schedule is: "Cyrano De Ber
gerac, " July 7- 10; "Lovers"
July 14 - 17; "You Cant Take
It With You," July 21 -24;
"Dracula," July 28-31; " Bus
Stop," August 4-7; and "Ok
lahoma," Augist 11 - 14.
All six shows will be staged
Wednesday through Saturday
at 8:30 p. m. in Parkway’s rus
tic, 375-seat theatre.
J. Gordon Greene of the
University of North Carolina st
Greensboro Drama and Speech
Department is back this year
as managing director of the
playhouse. Lauren K. Woods.
associate professor at Mon
mouth College in New Jersey,
begins his ninth season as co
manager.
Other staff members in -
elude James Parker, s c ene
designer; Larry Alford, publi
city manager and guest direc
tor; Ron Bums, technical
director; Burke Dyer, costumer;
Bill King, guest director, Ann
Miller, scenic assistant; Eve
lyn Moricle, costumer; and
Michael C. Nobles, lighting
assistant.
Tickets for adults are $2.50
and $1.25 for pre - college
students.
2nd Concert
George Britton, nationally
known folk singer, and a wood
wind quintet will provide the
artistry for the second con cert
of "Music In The Mountains"
on Sunday, July 4, in a prog
ram of folk music, shanties,
and contemporary songs of
brotherhood and ecology.
The informal setting for
the concert will be the Bums
(Cont'd on page 16)
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