THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL.I, No. 17
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Good Way To *Beat The Heat 9
The customer was hot and a good cooling shower was in order. The men at DC R Ser -
vice Station on the town square proved themselves agreeable and adaptable as they bathed
a Bassett Hound who had lost his owners last weak. The dog was short on money, but long
on appreciation.
Mack Ray Appointed Co-Chairman Os -
Hnspital Fund Public Gifts Divisnn
Gareett Dixon Bailey, Co-
Chairman for the Blue Ridge
Hospital Development Fund
campaign, announced today
the appointment of Mack B.Ray
as Co-Chairman for the Public
Gifts Division.
' ) Mr. Ray is a resident of
Burnsville having retired from
the United States Department
of Agriculture after 31 years of
service. His retirement activi
ties include being a real estate
broker and a part time farmer.
Mr. Ray's interests are wide
spread and span many years of
civic, military, and profession
al backgrounds. He is past pre
sident of the Burnsville Men's
Club,* Former Commander of
the Earl Horton Post of the Ame
rican Legion and is currently the
President of the Yancey County
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Ray graduated from
Berea College in Berea, Ken
tucky with a degree in Agricul
ture. A veteran of World War
II and a former member of the
183rd Infantry Division, h e
holds the Carnegie Award for
Heroism and the Purple Heart
having served in the European
Theater of Operations.
Gospel Sing
The Middle Fork Indepen -
dent Baptist Church, which is
located four miles North of Mars
HillonU.S. 19 ( Burnsville
Highway), is having a gospel
singing on Saturday night, July
29th, at 7(30 p. m.
Several groups of singers
from the Western North Carolina
area are expected to take part.
The Joyfulaires, the Big Creek
Trio and the Cavaliers are
among those who will be sing
ing on this program.
Late Bolletin
Anti-union workers at Glen
Raven Mills were defeated by
a slim margin of 9 votes in an
election held Tuesday, July 25.
The actual vote count was 115
for and 106 against Joining the
Textile Workers Union.
Mack B. Ray
His wife, Mrs. Dorothy Ray,
is a home economics teacher
at East Yancey High School.
Their daughter, Dr. Carolyn
Cort, is a second year resident
at tire University of Virginia
Hospital in Richmond in Pedia
trics and their son-in-law, Dr.
David Cort, is also a second
year resident at the same hospi
tal specializing in Family Prac
tice and Internal Medicine. .
James Anglin, Vice-Chair
man of the Blue Ridge Hospital
System commented that "Mack
Ray's acceptance of this key
campaign position will add to
the leadership we peed in order
to provide better health care
to the people of the Tri-Cbunty
area. His background in civic
affairs and the success of his
Public Gifts Division will rtiske
the proposed new Yancey Hospi
tal a reality. "
The target objective for the
public phase of the Blue Ridge
Hospitals Development Fluid
has been set at $ 1 ,000,000.
"The bargain of this campaign
goal can be seen in the rnathe
m atics of the matching gifts
and endowments from other
sources," observed James An
glin, "as we will receive five
dollars in return for every dol
lar pledged to this important
campaign. Furthermore, with
the challenge gift already giv
en, and the anticipated $4,00Q
000 from Duke Endowment,A
palachian Regional Com mis •
sion, and Hill-Burton fluids,the
people would be supplying less
than one dollar out of every
ten dollars to be spent for the
constriction and expansion of
new health facilities. Just as
important is the fa ct that a
new hospital attracts more phy
sicians to the area which is pro
gressive enough to support such
a vital health program. "
Renewal
Grant Ok’d
Official word has been re
ceived from Congressman Roy
A. Taylor that Music in the
Mountains has received a renew
al grant of $9, 400 from the Na
tional Endowment for the Art%
Washington, D.C., for its sum
mer music program of workshops
and concerts.
The grant was ceremonially
accepted from Congressman Tay
lor by Mrs. Lili Kraus, Honor -
ary Director of Music iri the '
Mountains.
A condition of the award is
that it must be matched by
funds from other sources, local
and state. This will be accom
plished through workshop fees,
ticket sales to the concertseries,
the benefit recital by Mmev
Kraus this coming Friday even
ing in Burnsville, and the gen -
erosity of local residents, busi -
nesses, and friends of the prog
ram.
Os special help this year has
been a $2,000 grant from the
North Carolina Arts Council for
scholarships to young people
participating in the workshops aid
residing within North C arolina.
Three of these scholarships were
given to students from Yancey
County.
The grant represents a triumph
of dedication,on the part of
many people and an affirmation
of the purposes behind the fes
tival.
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THURSDAY, JULY 27,1972
Mme. Kraus
To Perform
The internationally renown*
ed pianist, Lili Kraus, will pre
sent her second annual benefit
recital for Music in the Moun
tains on Friday, July 28, at
8:00 p, m. in the First Baptist
Church on the town square.
Mme. Kraus has been Hon
orary Director and spiritual pa
troness of this month- long
chamber music festival of con
certs and workshops since its
inception in 1970, and last year
gave a standing-room-only au
dience a unique opportunity to
enjoy her incomparable artistry
in an intimate setting.
Her program this year will
include two works by Franz Schu
bert, the Mozart Sonata in E
flat Major (K. 282', and Three
Rondos on Folk Tunes by Bela
Bartok with whom she studied
in Vienna.
One of the foremost classi -
cal pianists in the world,Mme.
Kraus llirough her presence,per
sonal magnetism, and v»c a 1
comments on the pieces she is
playing, evinces an obvious
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to offer that love to her au
dience as a humble gift. It
is as though she were inviting
her listeners to do something
more active: to participate
with her in a celebration of
superb music, superbly played.
In the midst of a heavy sche
dule of concert appearances
and teaching, her benefit per
formance comes as part of a
summer respite spent at her
home in Yancey County. Shor
tly after the recital on the 28tly
Mme. Kraus will leave the
United States for an extended .
series of concerts in Brazil be
fore embarking on her usual
fall and winter concert tours.
Almost as famous a teacher
as she is a concert pianist,Mme,
Kraus will also continue her
master classes in leading cities
and universities throughout the
United States.
Tickets for the benefit may
be reserved by mail ($5.00) or
by telephoning Music in the
Mountains, Burnsville, 68 2-
2578.
Audition Is
Sthedoled
The audition for the fifth an
nual Yancey Youth Jamboree
has been scheduled far Saturday,
July 29, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
in the auditorium of East Yan
cey High School.
The audition provides an
opportunity for the performeis
to rehearse their numbers for
the Jamboree, which is sc he -
duled for Thursday and Friday
nights, August 3rd and 4th, at
7:00 p. m., and to give the dir
ectors and performers time to
get Jo know each other better.
A,t the audition, there will
be performers in eight different
ettegories: Folk Song - Folk
Bdlad, Religious, Patriotic,
ilg, Bucking, Smooth
, and Western Square,
entries will be,classified
o divisions, Class I which
is Grades 1-6, and Class
his made up of Grades
Trophies will be aw ax -
the Grand Champions and
in each category of both
as at the end of the Jam
»n FViday night.
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Drug Raid Gets Results
several weens or intensive investigation oiynre s.ts. V
the Yancey Coiuity Sheriffs Department led to the
arrest of four persons Friday afternoon. Arrested in the late
afternoon raid by County and State officials were Garret G.
Whitney, James S. Sikking, and Katharine D. Warren all
giving their address to be Route 1, Relief and Ramseytovai
Community. They gave former addresses as Milwaukee,
Wisconsin; Noithfield, Illinois; and Cummaquid, Mass.
Also arrested was Richard B. Studley who gave his address
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Library Needs Yearbooks
As part of its continuing ef
fort to collect and preserve lo
cal history, the Yancey County
Public Library in Burnsville is
interested in acquiring any High
School annuals that have ever
been published by any High
Schools in the area.
These publications are ex
cellent source materials for per
sons and events in the area that
otherwise are not available.
The Library is especially in
terested in acquiring the very
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oldest of these annuals. After
they are placed in the library
and properly catalogued, they
will be made available to any
interested patron.
Please search your attics or
any other place where these an
nuals may have been stored and
faring them to your library. In
the event that the Library al
ready has a copy and if youwvnt
the same returned to you, ar
rangements to that effect will
be made.,
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as rttnghain, M„ss. A large amount of marijuana was con
fiscated which was being grown near the home of the four.
The plants ranged in size from 4 inches tall to 5 feet. Mari
juana was also taken from the house and barn. Each of
the four was charged the manufacturing, distributing and
simple possession of Marijuana. Bail was set at $5500 each
for their appearance in District Court September 6 for pre
liminary hearing. Special Agent Ben Wade and Sheriff
Kermit Banks were in charge of the investigation.
'Plaza Suite' Billed 4s
Hit Comedy At Playhouse
By Harry Maussen
"Plaza Suite", Neil Simoifr
hit Broadway comedy is Park
way Playhouse's fifth attract**! 2 *
of the season this week, and it
is a very enjoyable evening of
theater.
The comedy is a set of three
playlets, each dealing with
different people staying in
suite 719 of the Plaza Hotel in
New York.
Act One deals with Sam aid
Karen Nash, a middle-aged
couple who's marriage is crum
bling. James Anderson and Sie
Cottrell ably portray the poig
nancy of the situation, but a
good deal of Mr. Simon's inten
ded humor is lost. However,
this is probably the evening's
only weakness. Sue Lottes as
Sam's secretary plays her role
with pertnesi.
The second act is about Jesse
Kiplinger, famed Hollywood
producer, who is being visited
by his old high school sweet
heart, Muriel Tate. J. Gordon
Greene, Managing Director of
the Playhouse, takes to tic beards
as Jesse and gives a fine perfor
mance as a man searching for
one uncorrupted woman. Chris
Moranda plays Muriel with a
Greene perform well together.
Act three is the high spot of
funniest of the three playlets, it
guest artist W.C. "Mutt" Burton,
who appeared last week at Un
cle Chris in "I Remember Man*'
The play deals with father
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ter out of a locked bathroom
and down to her wedding. Bur
ton gives a superb comic per -
formance as the harried father
who goes through all sorts o f
torture to get his daughter out
of the locked baf*troom. Gloria
Shott, as the hysterical mother
is quite good and she and Bur
ton give it all they've got with
hilarious results. Sue bilhaft
and Steve Carlson add cirte mo
ments as the bride and groom.
Parkway's fifth attraction is
a fun evening and will play
through Saturday with an 8:30
curtain time. The sixth and fi
nal production of the season is
to be the musical hit about base
ball, "Damn Yankees", which
ran two and a half years on
Broadway.
Sales And Use
Tax Repart
Local IK Sales and Use Tax
Collections by County were
issued in a statement by G. A.
Jones, Jr., Commissioner State
Department of Revenue for
June, 1972.
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which totaled $15,697.92 and