THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 3, NO. 26
Survey Os
Cafeteria
Managers
A survey of over 1,500 school
cafeteria managers in North
Carolina has revealed that their
salaries are generally low, that
over half will be retiring within
15 years and that two-thirds of
them feel the need for additional
training.
The survey was conducted
by Miss Mildred B. Davis, a
faculty member in the School of
Home Economics at the Univer
sity of North Carolina at
Greensboro. She is director of a
federally-funded project entitled
“Operation Improvement-Child
Nutrition Programs” which is
focusing on increasing nutrition
education and training for
school food service personnel in
the state.
The survey includes re
sponses from 1,575 of the
state’s slightly over 2,000 school
cafeteria managers.
A salient finding in the
resulting data concerned the low
salaries being paid to school
food service managers in North
Carolina. In her written report,
Miss Davis summed it up this
way: “Salaries are generally low
and about one-third are working
for less than a minimum wage
for an eight-hour day, 40-hour
week, for nine months.”
In releasing the report,
however, she pointed out that
the survey was taken during the
spring of 1973, and that since
then-on May 1, 1974, coverage
under the new federal minimum
wage has been extended to
school food service managers
and workers. The hourly rate
under the federal minimum
wage as of May 1, is $1.90 per
hour, and on January 1, 1975, it
will go up to $2 per hour.
The “Operation Improve
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Council
Meeting
Slated
A County Council of Com
munity Development officers
will be held Thursday night,
June 27 at 8:00 p.m. in the
Courthouse according to W.C.
Bledsoe, County Extension
Chairman.
Organized Community acti
vity is experiencing a surge in
interest and participation. Four
clubs have re-organized so far
this year. Six Rural Gubs have
entered the County Develop
ment Program, including Ar
buckle, Brush Creek, Green
Mountain, Jacks Creek, New
dale and White Oak Creek. Five
of these have entered the
Western North Carolina Com
munity Development Program.
Much work is being done by
these communities.
The council meeting on
Thursday night is an important
occasion, Bledsoe stated. This is
the time when determinations
are made on community judg
ing, county banquet, prize
money allocation, Leadership
Awards nominations and many
other business matters.
We are very proud of the
record these fine communities
are making this year. We would
like to encourage several addi
tional communities to organize,
he concluded.
Lifesaving
Course Set
American Red Cross Life
saving Courses on both the
Junior and Senior level will
begin at Crestview Playground
Oh Monday, July 8 at 5:30 p.m.
Ahyone interested in taking
advantage of these classes may
contact either Mrs. W. A. Banks
or Sheree Banks at 682-2563 or
682-2447 for further informa
tion.
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“Magic Mountain” Facelift Started At Tweetsie
Tweetsie Railroad began its 18th consecutive season on
Saturday, June 8, with a new look as “Magic Mountain”-soon to be
called “Gold Mine In The Sky”—is getting a major face lifting in
keeping with the Old West theme of Tweetsie Junction. According
to Spencer Robbins, general manager of Tweetsie, the “Magic
Mountain” project will be done over a two year period with the
castle and other existing structures being completed for this season
and new structures being completed in time for the 1975 season.
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Land Os Oz Begins Fifth Season
The Land of 0* outdoor theme park opened at Beech Mountain, N.C. on Friday, June 21 for Its
fifth season. The park, themed from the famous L. Frank Baum story, The Wizard of Oz, offers
visitors of all ages an opportunity to meet Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, Tinman and even
the Wicked Witch. Oz literally encircles the pinnacle of 5,600 foot Beech Mountain and is reached by
a chairlift ride up the mountain from Beech Tree Village. Over or»e million visitors have enjoyed the
experience of visiting Oz since It opened In 1970 with features such as the Judy Garland Memorial
Overlook, the Museum with original artifacts from MGM’s Oz movie, an early Kansas farm where one
goes through the “tornado” experience, the fabulous Yellow Brick Road where you meet all the
characters , Emerald City where the Wizard Is found, and a balloon ride. The Oz ticket office is open
dally from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. with the last Emerald City show at 5 p.m. Admission is $4 for adults
and $2.50 for children 4-12. There is no charge for youngsters three and under. In a joint promotion
with nearby Tweetsie Railroad and Grandfather Mountain, every family paying admission to any one
of the three attractions receives a free child’s pass to the other two.
BURNSVILLE, N. C. 28714
Kiddie rides on the mountain are being replaced by rides and other
activities which will fit the theme of a western mining town. Another
feature to be added is an expanded picnic area and a themed
playground for children. This year the price of admission to
Tweetsie Railroad, Blowing Rock, N.C. is $3.50 for adults and $2.50
for children and covers all activities. The show at Tweetsie Palace
will be of countryand western variety, this year being performed by
a local country and bluegrass group, The LinvHle River Boys.
Tweetsie is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1974
Jamboree
Plans
Made
The annual Y ancey
Youth Jamboree, now in its
seventh year, is scheduled for
Thursday and Friday nights,
August 1 and 2, at 7:00 p.m. in
the auditorium of East Yancey
High School.
Following in the tradition of
the past six years, the Jamboree
will be made up of folk music,
singing, and dancing by many of
the students enrolled in the
public schools of Yancey Coun
ty. Featured will be Folk
Song/Folk Ballad, Religious,
Patriotic, Instrumental, Smooth
Square, Folk Dancing, Clog
ging, and Bucking. Entries will
be divided into two categories;
Calss I, which includes Kinder
garten - Grade 6; and Class 11,
which includes Grades 7-12.
More than 10 dance teams are to
present their talents as they
move across the dance platform
to help make the two-night
event a memorable occasion
here in Yancey County.
Other plans for the Jam
boree include bringing back in
exhibition some grand champ
ion winners from previous
years. Also, it is hoped that
•another special attraction will be
part of the program.
Judges for both nights will
be selected from outside the
county in an effort to make the
judging fair and impartial. They
will be chosen in the near future
and will be announced later.
The Jamboree, held as part
of the Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair,
is sponsored by the Yancey
County Chamber of Commerce,
and begins on Thursday night
before the Fair opens on Friday
morning.
Democratic
Convention
The Yancey County Demo
cratic Convention will be held
Saturday,'June 29 at 2:00 p.m.
in the Courthouse in Burnsvilie.
The purpose of the conven
tion is to elect County Com
mitteemen to serve for the next
two years.
Playhouse Crew Holds
‘Picnic’ Rehearsals
Burnsville again extended
its “welcome back” to the
Parkway Playhouse Staff and
Company members as they
arrived this past week so open
the twenty-eighth season of the
Playhouse.
Sunday afternoon was devo
ted to student interviews and
class registration, followed bv a
hamburger cookout on the
Playhouse patio. At a general
Company meeting Sunday
evening, Dr. David R. Batchell
er. Director of Theatre at
UNC-G, officially welcomed the
1974 Company. Managing
Director C.F. “Pete” Raby then
introduced the following staff
members: Lauren K. Woods,
Managing Director returning for
his 12th season: Stan Dean,
serving his second season as
Associate Director and Com
pany Manager; Larry Alford, a
four-year veteran of Parkway,
Associate Director and Director
of Public Relations: Stephen
Edelstein, Scene Designer, who
is returning to Parkway where
he worked as a student, lighting
designer and technical director
in the 1960’5; Jim Fisher and
Gloria Shott, Publicity Direc
tors, both returning for their
fourth season; Eric Olson,
Technical Director for two
seasons; Michael Castania, re
turning for his third year as
Lighting Designer; D.R. Ed
wards, a newcomer to the
Parkway staff from Beckley,
West Virginia, who will be the
Costumer for the productions;
another newcomer, Leslie Knox,
Scenic Assistant; Ellen Woods,
Makeup Consultant, who has
accompanied her husband south
for the past twelve seasons and
Barbara Olson, wife of Tech
Director Eric Olson, who will
manage the Playhouse Box
Office for the second year.
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Special
Service
Here
Evangelist Maynard Booher
will conduct a five day meeting
at the Church of Christ, located
on Old Green Mountain Road
here in Burnsville. Rev. Booher
preaches regularly for the
Church of Christ in Frederick,
Maryland. Services will start
Monday night at 7:30 p.m. July
1 through Friday, July 6.
The Church of Christ invites
the public to come and visit us
during this meeting, and bring
your Bibles and see if these
things are so. There will be good
singing and real Bible preach
ing, uirect from the Holy Bible,
the Word of God.
Bloodrnobile
The Bloodmobile will be at
the Armory Wednesday. June
26 from 1 to 6 p.m. The goal is
100 pints.
Following the meeting, Lau
ren Woods, who will direct the
1974 season opener, Tom Jones,
which will play July 3,4, 5, and
6, and Stan Dean, Director of
the following week’s show,
Picnic, held auditions for all
Company members for the first
two shows. First rehearsals
began Monday night and
technical crews started the
construction of the Tom Jones
set.
Over eighteen colleges and
universities are represented at
Parkway this year with numer
ous students from North Caro
lina and most of the states on
the eastern seaboard. UNC-G,
sponsoring institution of Park
way Playhouse, and Monmouth
College in New Jersey are each
represented by nine students
and two staff members. Many of
the student company are re
turning for a second and third
season with the popular Play
house. Students earn academic
credit for their overall participa
tion in the theatre and for class
work offered in Acting, Directing
and Scene Design and Makeup.
The students, under the quali
fied staff s guidance, work in all
phases of theatrical production
at Parkway.
As in previous seasons, six
productions will be presented
this year: Tom Jones, the
Glßill Eligibility
Extended 1 -Month
Educational assistance
checks for some veter
ans whose G.1.8i1l eligibility
was extended by one month will
reach them by late June or
earlier, the Veterans Adminis
tration announced today.
On May 31, the day the G.I.
education entitlement expired
for veterans discharged be
tween January 31, 1955 and July
1,1966, the President signed PL
93-293 granting a 30 day
extension to the eight years
entitlement veterans normally
have.
Long before the legislation
was passed, die Veterans
Administration accomplished all
possible preliminary work for
the speedy service in anticipa
tion that some form of extension
would be passed by Congress
and approved by the President.
In addition to the May 31
law, a supplemental appropria
tion is needed to fund the
increases, but speedy congres
sional action is expected on the
President’s request for the
necessary funds.
The extension also allows
85,000 veterans pursuing cor
respondence courses during
May to continue through June.
The extra month of eligibility
extends also to nearly 4 million
other eligible ■veterans not
currently training.
Commenting on the pay
problem posed by the former
May 31 deadline, VA officials
explained: “most veterans re
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adventurous 18th Century co
medy classic; Picnic, a comedy
drama presented in tribute to its
late playwright, William Inge; a
new Broadway thriller, Night
Watch, about a woman’s fight to
convince everyone that the
horrible things she sees are
really happening; Ah, Wilder
ness! by Eugene O’Neill, a
warm and compassionate co
medy about a New England
family at the turn of the century;
the classic farce. Arsenic and
Old Lace, in which Aunt Abby
and Aunt Martha are behaving
very strangely-but wait until
you meet Cousin Jonathan!
Arsenic And Old Lace will play
during the Mt. Mitchell Crafts
Fair. The final production of the
1974 season will be My Fair
Lady, one of the most popular
musicals of all times with the
familiar songs “I’ve Grown
Accustomed To Her Face”,
“The Rain In Spain”, “Get Me
To The Church On Time”, and
many others.
Season tickets are available
now at the Yancey County _
Country Store, the Nu-Wray
Inn, the Mt. Mitchell Motel and
at the Parkway Playhouse Box
Office. Reservations can be
made by calling 682-6151.
Parkway Playhouse’s twenty
eighth season promises to be an
exciting one-don’t miss it!
ceive educational assistance
checks at the beginning of each
month of training, but veterans
who continued training after the
deadline could not legally be
paid for June training.”
The new deadline, July 1,
1974, for veterans separated
from service between Jan.3l,
1955 and July 1, 1966 applies
only to school training it was
pointed out. Veterans taking
Farm Cooperative, Flight, Ap
prenticeship and On-Job train
ing have until August 30, 1975
to complete training.
VA officials noted bills are
pending in Congress to increase
allowances, and to extend
G.1.8i1l eligibility from eight to
ten years.
Boy Scouts
Earn Award
Members of the Burnsville
Boy Scout troop recently com
pleted an 80 mile canoe trip on
the New River. They entered the
river north of Boone near Deep
Gap, N.C. and were picked up
five days later near Indepen
dence, Va. This trip entitled the
boys to a 50 mile award issued
by the Daniel Boone Council.
Persons making the trip
were Mike Grindstaff, Doyle
Bradford, Mike Bailey, Tim
Thompson, Charles McLaw
horn, Jimmy Wilson, Greg
Edge, Greg Westall, Jerry
Layell, Tom Carr, Chris Carr,
Rocky Styles, Greg Presnel),
and Gerald Styles. Adults
making the trip were Dr.
Garland Wampler, Blaine Ray,
Johnny McLain and Gifford
Peterson.
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Crestview Opens
Crestview Playground will
be opening to the public on
Tuesday, July 2 at 11:69 a.m.
1:00 to 6:00, closed Mondays'