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Library To
Show Films
During July and August a
series of art films will be shown
on each Thursday night, at
8:00 p.m. at the TknceyCoun
ty Public Library in Burnsville.
Os special interest to ait stu
dents, the films, nevertheless,
have a universal appeal for
those interested generally in
art technique,
history.
The schedule is as follows:
July B—Painting crowds of peo
ple. Painting trees with
Eliot O’Hara, Brush tech
niques-the language of
watercolor (Total viewing
time for all three films is
40 minutes and they are all
in color)
July 15—Picasso ( a survey of
the artistic life of a con -
temporary master)
(50 minutes showing time
in color)
July 22—The Louvre (Charles
Boyer discusses the history
uiis world famous French
museum and explains that
French civilization can be
studied best by studying the
history of the Louvre)
(52 minutes showing time -
in color)
July 29—Innocent eye (An in
depth study of Henri Rous
seau and his painting; with
brilliant color photography)
(25 mimrtes-in color)
August s—Yankee painter (The
drawings, watercolors, and
oils of the American mas
ter-Winslow Homer)
(26 minutes-in color)
August 12—American realist.
(A survey in pictures and
commentary of realism in
American art from Colonial
times)
(37 minutes-in color)
There is no charge for view
ing these films and the public
is cordially invited.
Postal Service
Says Thanks
We of the United Postal
Service in Burnsville wish to
thank all members of the Burns
ville Garden Club for the beau
tiful floral arrangement given
xs for our Postal Service Day
celebration*
Your interest and coopera
tion In beautifying our town
has long been recognized and
has made our County more at
tractive for us all.
Thanks again for the arraign
ment. Sincerely,
—U. S. Postal Employees
Paul E.Buck, Postmaster
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.(.Gordon Greene As ‘Cyrano De Bergerac'
Playhouse Opens With
Well-Acted ‘Cyrano'
By Carolyn Yuziuk
"Cyrano De Bergerac" is a
zesty, robust, spine-tingling
heroic comedy performed In a
truly masterful manner by the
members of this season's Park
way Playhouse Company. From
the climactic entrance of the
hero, Cyrano himself, played
by J. Gordon Greene who is
managing director of the Play
house, the play is at times hi
larious (as when Cyrano de
scribes his nose), at times
tender and poignant (as when
Cyrano speaks at last to his
lady love), at times tragic and
at all times entertaining and
forceful.
J. Gordon Greene is a su
perb Cyrano. His acting is on
a highly professional plane and
by itself would be well worth
seeing. Sue Atherton plays
the beautiful Roxanne and
Joe Stumiolo is believable as
Christian, Roxanne's suitor.
Both of these characters come
across well and the performers
deserve special commendaticn
for their part in making "Cy
rano'the success it is bound to
be. Other cast members who
deserve mention are Steve
Stout, an actor who handles a
. sword well as well as his lines,
Steve Sheetz, a comic deligxt
as the baker, and Steve Sey
fried whom the audience may
remember as Sakini in "Tea
house of the August Moon" last
year.
Lauren K. Woods, in his
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1971
ninth season at the Playhouse,
is Director of "Cyrano De Ber
gerac" and evidently has done
his usual competent job which
Playhouse goers have come
to expect.
The Set is designedly James
Parker and Costumes by Eve -
lyn Moricle. Most of the mu
sic heard during the show is
being performed by Eve Lynne
Joan Reeve on the Harpsichord
and Susan Freeze on the Flute.
"Cyrano" is done in unique
final run-through manner ~.
which means the audience sees
sets changed, watches techni
cians move about the stage
doing their jobs, observes the
actors adjusting their costumes
or taking their places. Rather
than detracting from the plot,
this adroit maneuver adds to
the interest and entertainment
of the evening without marring
the audience's ability to con
centrate on the drama when
the stage is ready.
"Cyrano De Bergerac " will
certainly provide an unforget -
table evening's entertainment
for those who attend this open
ing production of Parkway's
Silver Anniversary Season.
Next week's show at the
Playhouse is the Broadway Co
medy hit, "Lovers" which
opened in 1968 to enthusiastic
reviews.
(This review will be writ
ten each week after observing
the final dress rehearsal of the
forthcoming play.)
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Mountain Wilderness Squadron
Active In CAP Search Mission
The Mountain Wilderness
Composite Squadron, aThncey
County unit of the North Caro
lina Civil Air Patrol, took an
active part in the Search Mis
sion Saturday and Sunday that
utilized Civil Air Patrol Wins?
in North Carolina, Tennessee,
West Virginia, Virginia, Ken
tucky and Ohio. The search
for a missing plane which car
ried a family of six; Harmon
B. Jones, 41, his wife,Arlene,
and their children, Kathy, 16,
Randy, 13, Ronnie, 11, and
Karen, 7, ended tragically
Sunday evening when the plane,
a Beechcraft Bonanza, was fi
nally spotted, having crashed
in a cove about six miles north
west of Old Fort in the Blue
Ridge Mountains.
Further searching on Mon
day by a CAP ground party
and members of the McDowell
County, Buncombe and Burke
Rescue squads, yielded the
■**- Wllac all /vriimrrts of
the plane having been Jailed.
The plane had left Ashe
| Editorially Speaking j
Citizens of Yancey County had their memories jogged |
8 this week when, in the closing hours of the General As- g
I sembly, another "special" bill was introduced similar to g
| that introduced in the closing hours of the previous Gener- ;g
iji a l Assembly that took the power to elect our Board of g
Education away from the people and put the same in the jg
jj; hands of politicians.
On June 29, Senator Lamar Gudger who was elected v.
by the citizens of Yancey County to represent them, in- g
| troduced Senate Bill 902. This bill (whatever its other £
8 merits) proposes to divide Yancey County into two dis- g
| tricts for the election of the Board of Education in 1972. g
•ij: At a time when the citizens of Yancey County cannot x
even decide on a single overall plan acceptable to the g
:•!: State so that we can receive our $338,000 in old bond mo- g
| ney to bring our schools up to a fair standard, the effect g
$ of this bill would be to further divide our county by pro- :*
| viding that one special district would elect one resident g
I board member and all the rest of the county would elect g
:*:• the remaining four members.
§ Even more dangerous for our future development as a g
8 unified county-wide school system, the enactment ofthis g
•j: bill would set a precedent—that is—if two districts, then :g
$ why not five districts? It can be imagined what chaos jv
| would then be a possibility and it is entirely conceivable j*
8 that our county board of education could then never de- g
g: C ide on any overall plan for the good of the entire county. g
According to Senator Gudger, the bill was presented g
to him for introduction by Mr. Edd Wilson, Chairman of
| the Yancey County Democratic Executive Committee
8 and Attorney Bill Atkins and he expressed an interest in *
8 hearing from any and all citizens of the county concern - g
8 fag their feelings about this legislation. Citizens of the g
'$ county who are interested in all the county working to- g
!| gether for a unified school system, fair to all our people, g
8 are urged to write Senator Lamar Gudger, General Assem- jy
| bly, Raleigh, N. C., or to phone him at 919-829-4111 in g
8 Raleigh and let their wishes be known. g
ville at Ip. m. Friday after
refueling and was due to ar
rive in Detroit, Mich, in 3
to r hours. The Search Mis
sion commenced after the fa
mily failed to arrive in Detroit.
An Advance Search Base
was set up at Mountain Wilder
ness Airport on Sunday and
throughout the busy 4th of July
weekend at this wilderness re
creation park, planes with the
CAP members participating in
the search flew in and out of
the field.
This was the second search
and rescue mission to involve
the Mountain Wilderness Com
posite Squadron which was
formed just a few months ago.
Musk In The
Mountains
For its third concert of the
season, Sunday afternoon, July
in Burnsville', "Music in the
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