Music In The Mountains
By Doima Robertson ,
Maxs Hill College
For its July 25th conceit,
"Music In the Mountains" pre
sented its string staff in a per
formance of three works. Qua
rtet In F Major. K. 590 by
Mozart, String Quartet. Opus 11
by Samuel Barber, and the
Plano Quintet In F, Minor, Opus
34 by Johannes Brahms. Heard
In concert were Julia Kohl,vio
lin, Leonard Eisner, violin,
Scott Rice, viola, and Arthur
Hunkins, cello. Martin D' Ag
ostino, pianist, assisted In the
Brahms' quintet.
The Quartet In F. Major
K. 590 is the last string quartet
Mozart wrote and has, as an
interesting feature, a highly
developed cello and viola part
The players performed this
work with a sensitive sense of
balance, excellent intonation
andwell co-ordinated ensem
ble.
The warm, expressive ly
ricism was well projected in
the Samuel Barber, an early
work whose slow movement
has been adapted as the fam
iliar Adagio for Strings. One
could have wished for a little
more flexibility in the accom
paniment under the expressive
solo lines as it sometimes
Meeting
The East Yancey Chapter
of Future Farmers of America
will hold its Summer meeting
at Mountain Wilderness on
Tlmrsday, July 29th. All
members axe invited to attaid
this meeting which begins with
a swim-in in the afternoon, a
cookout in the early evening,
and followed by a short busi
ness session and entertainment.
Thursday afternoon found
Grassmuck's Story Book Home
alive with enthusiastic Canasta
players. The second meeting
of the group this summer — a
dessert luncheon was served
the 16 guests. We regret that
everyone on the list couldn't
attend.
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Mrs. Roger Dewey is back
with us after undergoing a
second eye surgery at Johnson
City.. .A speedy recowryMary.
Hos;
The Elmer Days have re
turned to Cattail after an ex
tensive trip to the West Coast
and from Canada to Mexico.
Pm sure they will have many
tales to tell us and pictures to
prove it.
The Robert Shelley
a week at the Batchellor Brown
Cabin. Mrs. Shelley's
Mrs. Parham, accompanied
them.. as did daughter, Kathy
iirvl her houseguest, Rick Blom
quist who was privileged to
spend his eighteenth birthday
in these wonderful mountains.
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The Bill Heckarts entertain
ed at dinner Thursday evening,
Mrs. Leo Schnupp and Mrs. N.
Renaldo. The evening was
spend playing Pinochle.
seemed to follow rather than
go with the solo, but the bold,
dramatic impetus of the outer
movements was captured, and
it was an impressive perfor -
mance of a beautiful work.
Following interminion, Mr.
D'Agostino assisted the qinrtet
in a performance of Brahm's
quintet, a work written ori -
Choose Most Urgent Needs
Vote today! The children of Mitchell and Yancey
Counties need your support and understanding. There are
many needs in our community. The Children's Services
Council would like your help in determining which worth
while projects should be undertaken. Please place a
check in front of the two projects you feel are the most
urgent. The projects are:
( ) Specialized clinics (dental, visual, audkvpeech)
( ) Two full time public school nurses for each
school district.
, ( ) A center for the trainable mentally retarded.
( ) A pre-school day-care facility for children of
working parents.
( ) Kindergartens in the public schools.
( ) A central full-scope recreational facility (like
the YMCA, YWCA or Boys Club).
( ) A supervised teen-age lounge.
( ) A juvenile detention facility.
( ) Professional counselling for disturbed children.
( ) Enrichment programs involving travel and urban
experiences.
( ) Other?
Cut out and return this questionnaire to: The Yancey
Record office, Mitchell Ledger office, The Children's
Services Council (102 School Street, Spruce Pinejrthe
public school your child attends.
Classes Held
Classes for adults who want
to continue their education
will begin August 3, at 7:00
p. m. at Bee Log School.
Adults may learn to r«.ud
and write, learn to read and
write better, learn more math,
English, etc., take a refresh
er course or work toward their
Cattail News
The Percy Threadgills have
left us for a business trip to
Miami. A safe trip, Percy and
Ethel.
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J. B. Marsh has arrived for
the weekend but finds it neces
sary to fly out again soon.
The Walter Klemments are
on a short trip to Tennessee.
We'll miss them, so hurry back.
,fofc
Scott Mozert and his house
guest, Nancy Grey, flew in
with Scott's father,Bruce Mo
zert, to spend a week. It is
Nancy's first trip to our moun
tains—hope she enjoys every
minute.
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The Jeffrey Hills of Miami
with their children, Marge and
Larry are spending two weeks
at Dogwood Cottage. They are
thrilled with our little area.
** ;!
You all don't forget our
Community House activities.. •:
Monday night Movies, Wednes- j:
day Bingo and Friday night •!
Cards. :■
And please reserve Saturday I;
night, July 31, for the Spaghet- |;
ti Supper at the Pensacola •:
School to raise money for the
Pensacola Volunteer Fire Dept. :•
Dinner from 5 till 8. Plenty of :j
good food. So you all come! '•
ginally for string quintet and
arranged as a sonata for two
pianos before this final version
emerged. The cross rhythms
and asymetrical phrases were
well defined, and the perfor -
mere brought the concert to a
successful conclusion with a
well-balanced reading of this '
work.
high school diploma.
Classes are sponsored by
W.A.M. Y. and Asheville-
Buncombe Technical Institute.
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A Story--A Story, recipient
of the 1971 Caldecott Award
as the most distinguished pic
ture book for children, an Af
rican tale retold and illustrated
by Gail E. Haley, was read to
36 "little people" this past
Monday morning and afternoon
at the 10 a. m. and 3 p . m .
CHILDREN'S HOUR in the
Yancey County Public Library.
Following this story, the child
ren were shown the film adap
tation of the book by the same
title written and illustrated by
Crockett Johnson, Harold And
The Purple Crayon. At the
conclusion of this film, the
children p>articipated in a "pur
ple crayon coloring exercise"
News Froml Brush Creek
By Mrs. Dempsey Hopson
Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Hop>
son visited their «on, John D.
Hopson and family near Alex
andria , Virginia last week.
They also visited Mn.Hopsorfs
sister, Mrs. James Elliott and
family in Baltimore,Md. Ac
companying the Hopsons were
their son, Mr. Joe Hopson and
family of Shelby, N. C.
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The Deyton Bend U nited
Church had the District Super
intendent, Rev. Douglas Cor
riher, as guest speaker for
Sunday morning services.
with Miss Theresa Coletta.
Those children who atten -
ded the CHILDREN'S HOUR
programs were: Valerie Kampf,
Russell Roland, LoriMcDomld,
Sherry and Daxma Battdsti, Fred
and A rely Brown, Eric andSti- •
art Hensley, Tim, Marc are
Cindy Buchanan, Chris Fender,
Heather Norris, Phyllis Marie
Gilbert, Angie Riddle, Norma
McCurry, Peggy Shehan Joyce
Shehan, Sandy Bailey, Lisa
Mclntosh, Steve Robinson, Lou
Ann Robinson, Billy and Caro
lyn Smith, Darrell and Donna
Mitchell, lisa Street, Alvin
Ayers, Jeff Warren, Angie War
ren, Shannon Warren, Victor
and John Kegley, Anna Marie
Cantrell, and Jonny Woods.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Host of Lakeland, Florida are
sp>ending some time at their
summer home on Brush Creek.
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Mr. and Mb.HowardH
and family and Mrs. Farrell
Hughes and children of Bums - *
ville, visited Howard and Far -
rell's mother, Mrs. Susie
Hughes, on Sunday.
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Mb. John Blair accompani
ed her husband on a business
trip to Manchester, Tennessee
last week.
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