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Betty Silverman, Don Treat In ‘Doctor In Spite Os Himself
Playhouse Offers Lively
Comedy By Moliere
iiy Carolyn Yuzrnk
A delightful comedy by
Molierc is the Parkway Play
house company's 3rd production
of the season. Written by Mo
lierc in 1663, the play is taken
from a farce he had written ear
lier on Commedia Dcll'Arte of
Italy.
"The Doctor In Spite OfHim
self" is performed inbigger-than
life style. Much of the contri -
vances which make this produc
tion unique have been instituted
by R. Lee Alpaugh, director,
and James Parker, who designed
the sets, costumes and lighting.
The sets are deliberately used
by the .actors; the scenes ob
viously painted and the actors
given to including the audience *
with verbal asides of an amus -
ing nature.
Alpaugh and Parker are, in
fact, presenting an experiment
with this production, a unique
concept scenically, as the basis
of their thesis for Master of
Fine Arts degree. The pro logic
was entirely conceived a net
created by Alpaugh and Parker,
and it provides a rollicking and
exciting opening to the comedy.
Sganarel, the woodcutter -
turned-doctor (in spite of him
self) is played with enthusiasm
and spirit by Don Treat. He
per forms this important role
with considerable talent.
His wife Martina is played
M«n To Moot
The Mitchellr Yancey Coun
ty Presbyterian Men will meet
at the Micaville Presbyterian
Church on Monday, July 17.
The ladies of the church will
serve Supper at 7«00 p. m.
Rev. James B. Moore, Pres
byterian Missionary to Japan
v will be guest speaker.
Also Rev. Moore will be at
the First Presbyterian Church,
Spruce Pine for the morning
worship service at lliOO a.m.
for the next three Sundaysjuly
16, 23 and 30. Everyone is
cordially welcome to attend.
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THE YANCEY JOURNAL
by Sue Atherton, seen and ap
preciated in other Playhouse
productions. She adds consider
able warmth and realism to
somewhat lengthy dialogues.
As the well-endowed nurse,,
Jacqueline, Betsy Silverman is
believable (and well-endowed).
She adds a liberal dollop of
spice to Lhis bawdy comedy.
Other members of the caist
arc Laurie Conway as Mrs. Ro
berts who ably introduces the
play.
Mark Herb as Lucas and
Chuck Stanley as Valerc portray
the duo who "beat the woodcut
ter into a doctor".
Loander, who loves the pa
tient, Lucinda, is performed by
Jerry Colbert (last week's Schroe
der"). Lucinda herself is Miri
am Williams.
James Anderson as Gcronte,
Lucinda's father, gives a good
account of himself.
A nonsensical, bawdy,rollic
king comedy is "A Doctor In
-Spite Os Himself". Be sure to
take advantage of this oppor -
tunity to see a fine example of
17th century theater—ably ac
ted by the Playhouse crow.
FHA Appoints Stokes Aostin
As County Committeeman
Janies T. Johnson, State Di
rector of Farmers Home Admin
istration, has announced the
appointment of Mr. Stokes C.
Austin of Route 3, Burnsville
to the Yancey County Farmers
Home Administration County
Committee for a three - year
term. Mr. Austin succeeds Mr.
Wilkie F. Randolph whose
term expired recently.
Mr. Austin's term of office
began officially on July 1,1972.
He will serve on the three
member committee with Mrs.
Virginia Boone and Mr. Earl
McNeill. ,
The Farmers Home Admin
istration County Committee
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Junk Car Project
Begins In Yancey
Are there any junk cars ly
ing around your neighborhood
that you would like to see haul
ed off? If so, now is the time
you can do something about it.
It will cost just a little effort,
but no money.
The long awaited junk car
removal project starts this week,
when a specially built truck
gets into action, hauling cars
to collection sites. Later they
j will be crushed and shipped off,
j But for every car to be picked
up, a release form must b e
signed, authorizing the, remo
val. This is in accordance with
state law, which requires the
! signature of either the car own
er, or the owner of the land on
which tne car sits.
The many people in Yancey
County, who for years have
complained that the junk cars
disfigure the county's natural
beauty, can now do something
to help in the clean up project.
They can help by getting re
leases signed. Blank farms arc
r available at the Chamber c£
Commerce office in Burnsville,
Station WKYK, The Yancey
Journal Office, or the Yancey
County Health Department.
The completed farms should
be sent or brought to the Cham
ber of Commerce office or the
Health Department. Os utmost
importance is to describe the
identification and precise loca
tion of the junk car on the re -
lease form, so the truck driver
can find it without delay. If
possible, paint an identificaticn
mark on tire car in some bright
color, and include this mark
on the bottom or back of the re
lease form. Men's Club mem
bers and Jaycees are taking
cans of bright colored spray
paint with them when they can
vass to get releases.
The special truck furnished
by the TVA for hauling the
junk cars, is equipped with a
winch with 700 feet of cable.
Wrecks lying a considerable dis
tance from the road can thus be
picked up. This truck will
work in Yancey and Mitchell
Counties for the next six nonths.
It will be assigned first to work
in areas where most signed re
leases have been turned in.
This long-awaited program
is being enthusiastically suppor
ted by several organizations in
the county, including the Jay
cecs, Men's Club and Cliamhir
of Commerce. The success of
certifies eligibility of appli -
cants for Farmers Home Admin
istration loans and rccomnvnds
action in making and servicing
loans to the FHA County Super
visor. The Committee also
advises on other activities con
nected with the varied prog -
rams offered by Farmers Home
Administration.
Mr. Austin lives in Prices
Creek Community of Yancey
County and is engaged in gen -
eral farming. He is * member
of the U.S. Army Reserve, Co.
E, 1/518 Regiment.
He it married to the former
Polly Webb and they have one
son, Barry, age 4.
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THURSDAY, JULY 13,1972
the project is going to depend
very largely on public support
in getting releases signed and
turned in without delay,
No full census of junk cars
has been made, but Keith Mas
ters, Yancey County Sanitaria!}
who is supervising the project;
estimates that there are about
2, 500. This figure is close
to TVA experience in counties
of this size. Yancey County
- Will look a lot better if they
can all be removed.
Man Drowns
In Accident
Eddie Edwards, 21- year- old
son of Edd and Margie Honey
cutt Edwards, was drowned in
Lake James Thursday afternoon
when he fell from a motorboat.
According to Dean Wall of
the McDowell County Res, i
Eddie Edwards
Squad, Edwards fell from the
boat at 4:55 p. m. and dragging
operations to recover the
body were started Thursday
evening and were continued un
til 11:00 p.m. that night. Six
teen men from the McDowell
County Rescue Squad and six
from the Burke County Rescue
Squad took part in the dragging
operations.
A total of nine rescue squids
were involved in recovery oper
ations Friday,, in addition to
the Civil Air Patrol, the Alert
Team, and tire Radio Patrol.
Edward's body was finally
located by the rescue squad
at 8:50 p. m.
One of the companions,
Charles Robinson, 32 of Rt. 5,
Burnsville, said that they had
been on the lake skiing since
11:30 a.m. and Edwards had
been skiing for about an hour
or so just prior to stopping for
sandwiches at a nearby landing
around 4 'p. m.
Robinson said that they had
stopped the boat and that Ed -
wards was "on the bow" when
he lost his balance and fell
overboard. "We didn't realize
that he couldn't swim,l threw
a life jacket to him, but he
couldn't hold on to it," said
Donald Banks , 33, another com
panion.
"Charles and I then jumped
overboard", Banks corcinucd,
"I had hold of him two or three
times, but he was struggling so
hard I gave out and couldn't
hold on to him," Robinson said.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are two sisters, Mrs.
Johnnie Proffitt and Missßegim
Edwards, and the maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C
ecil Honeycutt, all qf RurnriJlc
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, Burnsville Lions Install Officers
The Burnsville Lions Club recently held its annual offi-
i'KtallriHm. night. The <>«ir-ni».^r W M insi nHi
ed: President, Johnny C. McLain; first Vice - President,
B. T. Ho veil; second Vice President, Paul Wooten; third
Vico- President, Bob Thomas; Secretary, Yates Bailey;
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Yancey Commissioners Announce Final
Payment On 40-Year-Old County Debt
The Board of County Com
missioners have announced a
momentous event in the finan
cial lustary of Yancey County.
They are calling for retirament
$18.1,500 of county debt,which
is all that remains of $780,500
debt issued in 1938.
The paying off of this debt
relieves the county of a mill -
stone that has hung around its
neck far a generation. Year
after year when the commis -
sioners have straggled to bal
ance the county's budgets, the
necessary interest and princi -
pal payments on this old debt
have restricted expenditures
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Solution In Sight
A tremendous response by Yancey Countians in using the new dumpsters has created a pro
blem for Sanitarian Keith Masters. He reports that another truck will soon be at work, how
ever, and the trash collections stepped up to meet the need which is evidenced by unsightly,
unsanitary, overflowing dumpsters all over the County.
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far schools and other needed
projects.
This old debt was originally
incurred back before the de
pression for acquiring schools
and cither real property, but
principally for building roads
in the county. (This was be
fore the State Highway Depart
ment took over the building
and maintenance of roads- )
When the depression struck in
the 1930'5, the debt proved too
much for the county,and along
with many r other counties and
towns, Yancey County defaul
ted. Tlien in 1938 the old debt
was consolidated into a new
refunding bond issue, which tlx:
Treasurer, D. G. McClure; Tail Twister, Edgar Hunter
jarjsJLion Tamer JohnOllis. Members of the Board of
Directors arc Amcy Fox, Lee Thompson, JohnOllis and
Jack Kelly. 10-Year Membership Awards were presen -
ted to Paul Wooten and Amcy Fox.
county, ever since lias been
struggling to pay off.
The final payment of the
refunded debt was set for July
1, 1973. With the approach of
this deadline, the pressure on
other expenditures has grown
more severe. Always the ncccfi
ssity of meeting the bond pay
ments has entered into consider
ation of county expenditures for
schools, welfare, law enforce -
meftt, etc. The commissi ones
have been obliged to run a very
"tight ship". In the 1971 fis
cal year they managed to pay
off ssl, 000 of outstanding debt.
Now the commissioners Law
i©«
beat the final deadline by six
months. Calling the remain -
ing bonds at this time will stop
interest payments as of Decem
ber 31.
The remaining county debt,
which was incurred for building
the high schools and
now stands at less than S3(X}OOO.
This is generally considered a
modest debt for Yancey County
leaving open the possibility of
issuing new bonds to finance a
new school building program.
Any new issue of bonds, under
North Carolina law, requires vo
ter approval.
Forest Sonin
Gives Course
The Fewest Service will be
sponsoring a Red Cross Lifesav
ing Course, to be given at the
Carolina Hemlock Campground
this summer.
The time period in which
it will be given will be from
10 a. m. until 12 noon on Wed
nesday and Thursday. The
course will begin on July 20
and will last four weeks.
To qualify for the course
you will be required to exhibit
the following skills: swim 140
yards, float on back for one
minute and tread water for one
minute. There will be no
charge for the course other than
supplies.
If you feel you qualify and
wish to take the course, please
inquire at the Forest Service of
fice in Burnsville lor at Carolina
Hemlock Campground. *"
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