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Train Wreck At Green Mountain
Twenty-five cars from a Clinchfield Railroad Freight Train
jumped a main line track at Green Mountain on Wednesday, July 3,
at about 7:30 p.m. No one was injured in the wreck, which littered
the area along the Toe River with huge chunks of mangled and
John Fahnestock, Darian Harris In ‘Picnic’
Horse Show To Begin
Saturday At Windom
The Mt. Mitchell Bridle and
Saddle Club Horse Show is
slated for Saturday, July 13 at
the Lee Slagle Farm at Windom.
The afternoon show will begin at
1:00 p.m. and an evening show
will begin at 7:00 p.m. The
Horse Show is sponsored by the
Yancey County Rescue Squad
and a rain date has been set for
July 20.
The Show Committee for this
event includes Dan Wilson,phil
Styles, Lee Slagel, Bill Simmons
and Farrell Hughes. Ring
Masters are Lee Slagle and Dan
Wilson and Emcee is Lloyd
Thompson. One Judge has been
announced, F. A. Henry. The
other Judge has yet to be
chosen. Ralph Tomberlir. is
THE YANCEY JOURNAL
president of the Mt. Mitchell
Bridle and Saddle Club and M.
Bryant is secretary.
Classes for the Horse Show
include Pleasure Ponies, Halter
Class, Open Beginners Class,
English Pleasure, Appaloosa
Western Pleasure, Racking
Class, Western Pleasure, Pick-
Up Race, Open Saddle Seat
Equitation, Barrel! Race, Boot
Race, Open Western Pleasure,
Ladies Western Pleasure, Open
Walking Horses and Pole
Bending among several others.
Three entries constitute a class.
The public is invited to
attend or take part in the Horse
Show. There will be fun for all
ages so bring your family for an
enjoyable experience.
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twisted steel from the derailed cars. No cause has been reported for
the accident, and workers were busy during the past week trying to
reopen the line. Two Clinchfield engines were among the derailed
and damaged cars.
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Parkway Presents
Comedy-Drama
By Cary Easley
After a very exciting opening
with Tom Jones, the Parkway
Playhouse company has come
back in its second week with a
powerful comedy-drama in tri
bute to the /late playwright
William Picnic.
Under the careful direction
of Stan Dean, who staged last
season’s The Crucible and My
Three Angels, the cast of Picnic
brings this touching play to the
stage with great flair. Dean
displays great taste and polish
in his direction of this Pulitzer
Prize-winning play.
Picnic is the story of Madge
Owens, the best, looking girl in
town; her mother, Flo, a
deserted wife struggling for
better things for her daughters;
Millie, Madge’s tomboy sister;
Rosemary Sydney, a frustrated
old maid schoolteacher; and
Helen Potts, a neighbor saddled
with caring for her elderly
mother. All of their lives are
upset by the arrival of Hal
Carter, a handsome drifter
looking for his only friend,
Allen, Madge's boyfriend.
Among the many strengths
of Picnic is the fine script by
Inge, who died last year and
who also authored Bus Stop,
The Dark At The Top Os The
Stairs, and Come Back, Little
Sheba. Another strength is the
exceptionally strong acting by
the ensemble cast. Darian
Harris plays Madge with a
winning vulnerability«and con
vinces us that she wants to be
more than just pretty. John
Fahnestock displays great arro
gance and blaster as Hal, but
he, too, brings forth a powerful
vulnerability.
Three of the best perfor
mances of the evening come
from Barbara Bridgers as Flo,
Jo Anne Aceto as Millie, and
Gloria Shott as Helen Potts.
Miss Bridgers has a warmth and
inner strength that is quite
unique. Miss Aceto is a very
believeable and instinctive act
ress, and Gloria Shott. a familiar
face at Parkway, is a delight.
Jerry Longe plays Howard
a "friend-boy” of
Rosemary’s and turhs in a
strong performance. Van Cle
mons as Rosemary also standi
out. Other good performance!
are by Gray Basnight as Allen
Marcus Wiggins as the paper
boy and Karen Rose and
Patricia Carter as two school
teacher friends of Rosemary.
The atmospheric set is bj
Stephen Edelstein and the
beautiful lighting is by Michae
Castania. The appropriate 1950 s
costumes are by D.R.Edwards
Picnic is an extraordinary
evening of theatre and the
Parkway Players are to be
commended for maintaining
their high grade of theatrical
quality.
Next week the Playhouse
will present the hit Broadway
thriller Night Watch, and it
weeks to come Ah, Wilderness!
Arsenic And Old Lace, and Ms
Fair Lady. Tickets are availabfc
at the box office or by calling
682-6151. Curtain time 8:3)
p.m. each night.
Fire Dept.
Sponsors
Auto Show
The Mars Hill Volunteer Fire
Department will sponsor the
Third Annual Mars Hill Auto
Show on July 27 and 28 at the
Mars Hill High School Stadium. |
The Show will be open to the *
public from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 3
p.m. on Saturday and from 9:00
a.m. until awards are presented
at about 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. \
This year there will be
twenty or more classes of cars,
trucks and cycles, with a Ist,
2nd, and 3rd place trophy for
each class. A field of 75 cars is
expected this year. There will
also be an automotive flea
market, a chicken supper on |
Saturday night and a pancake
breakfast on Sunday morning. *
Admission for everyone is only
5100 per person.
Proceeds from the show gc|
to the Fire Department, to hel[ j
pay for the new pumper trucl
recently purchased.
For more information con
tact Dennis McCurry at East
End Motors 682-3540.,
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THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1974
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Water Rate Increase
! Set For Burnsville
The Burnsville town board
I has ordered an increase in water
rates, amounting to approxi
mately twenty five per cent, to
I go into effect with the billing on
; August first.
: The present water rates have “
I remained unchanged for ten
years, a period during which
I inflation has steadily increased
| the cost of virtually every item
I involved in operating the town’s
water system. Inflation, ac
cording to Mayor Jim Anglin, is
I the chief culprit responsible for
the rate increase. same
time he points out that several
‘ other factors have also contri
j buted to the need for additional
revenue.
The minimum rate applying
I for water usage of up to 3,000
gallons per month will be raised
from $3.00 to $3.60, or an
( increase of 20 per cent. Water
| usage between 3,000 gallons
| and 10,000 gallons a month will
cost $.65 per thousand instead
of $.50 as at present. Steps in
the sliding scale of charges for
usage above 10,000 gallons are
being increased generally be
tween 22 and 33 per cent.
Charges for customers loca
ted outside the town limits will
continue, as at present, at 150
per cent of the charges applying
the town. Also the charge
for sewer service will remain at
one third of the charge for
water. Complete details regard
ing the new rates may be
obtained at the town office.
When the town embarked
three years ago on the major
improvement of the water
system (now nearing completion
after three years of work and
expenditure of close to half a
million dollars) it was apparent
that increased rates would be
required. In negotiating for the
grants and loans to finance the
project, the town board made a
commitment to impose in
creased rates when the project
was completed. The
rate increase is in compliance
with this commitment. /
Mayor Anglin points out that
Democrat t
Meeting Set
There wili be a Young '
Democratic Meeting Monday 1
night, July 15, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Yancey County Courthouse. '
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Food Fun Program Features Creative Crafts
Creative Crafts is an enjoyable experience for boys and girls
attending Food Fun Day Activities Program which is being
conducted by the Extension Service Staff at Clearmont, Bee Log,
Bald Creek and South Toe Schools through July 11. Nelle Johnson,
the town’s citizens are gaining
major benefits from the many
improvements in the water
system. The quality of water
supplied, and the reliability of
service have both been im
proved. The completely rebuilt
filter plant from now on will
produce consistently purer wa
ter than heretofore. The new
2,000,000 gallon reservoir, to
gether with the reconstructed
intake dams on the watershed,
give added protection against
water shortage in the event of
drought. New distribution lines
furnish protection against inter
ruption of service, and together
with new fire hydrants, improve
the town’s fire protection.
A further cause of the rising
costs of operating the town’s
water system, is the continuing
application of more stringent
requirements imposed by the
State healiii and environmental
authorities in Raleigh. A long
list of these required improve
ments has been incorporated
into the system, some of which
assure better quality of water,
while others serve simply to
protect the environment. But in
every case, meeting these
requirements adds to the costs.
Among these requirements
are the employment of thor
oughly trained personnel who
meet State standards, the
continual monitoring of the
quality of water, the protection
of the waterworks by an
approved chain-link fence, the
use of chlorinated water to wash
Senior
'^"^Citizens
Tb Meet
On Thursday, July 18 at 1:00
p.m. there will be a get-together
for all senior citizens (people
over 55 years) who live in
Mitchell or Yancey County. The
meeting will be in the WAMY
Community Action building in
Spruce Pine. The agenda
includes a slide showing of
a recent senior citizen trip to
Washington, D.C., and there
will be guest speakers and free
refreshments.
If you are interested in
having a senior citizen club
formed in your community, this
will be an ideal chance to make
your wishes known.
the filters instead of raw water,
and the filtering of the water
used in washing the filters
be'ore it is discharged. The
latest of these requirements to
be imposed on the town is the
monitoring and chlorination of
the effluent from the town’s
sewerage treatment plant be
fore it is discharged into the
Cane River.
The town board recognizes
that all these new requirements
are beneficial to the extent that
they safeguard the public health
and improve the environment.
At the same time it must be
recognized that every one of
these requirements adds to the
cost of operating the town’s
water and sewer systems.
N.C. Crew
Goes West
A 22 man crew from the N.C.
Forest Service left July 1 from
Asheville to assist in fighting
wildfires presently raging out of
control in the Southwest United
States.
The crew is from the
Mountain Region of the State
and is made up of North Carolna
Forest Service Rangers, many of
wtiom are Veterans of past fire
campaigns in the western U.S.
Bacchus Hensley of Burnsville
was among the firefighters who
left Asheville by charter jet to a
destination at Boise, Idaho.
From there the crew was
dispatched to one of the
southwestern states. Arizona
currently has over 300 wildfires
burning out of control, many
caused by dry lightning storms.
The U.S. Forest Service reques
ted the assistance of the North
Carolina Forest Service.
A second crew of N.C.
Forest Rangers was placed on
alert for possible dispatch. They
are from the coastal plains
region.
This is the first call for
assistance from the U.S. Forest
Service this year. In the past,
the requests for help have come
in late summer—August 1970
and again in August 1973. Both
of these requests resulted in
three N.C. Forest Service crews
being sent to the Pacific
Northwest where they fought
wildfires on various National
Forests for up to two weeks.
Program Aide, mid Lydia Deyton, Volunteer, ire shown h.stn4i&
a group of boys and girts in a craft activity at Clearmont School.
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Phillip Bahks
Post Office
Celebrates
‘‘Get Acquainted Day” will
be held at the U.S. Post Office,
Burnsville on Saturday, July 13,
from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
according to Burnsville Post
master, Phillip Banks.
Mr. R. G. Wolfe will present
a Certificate of Appointment to
Mr. Banks at 11:00 a.m.,
following an introduction by
Mayor Jim Anglin of Mr. Wolfe
and the newly crowned Miss
Rhododendron, Miss Betsy Jo
McDonald of Fayetteville, and
Tina Marie Banks, of Burns
ville, the Jr. Rhododendron
Queen. |
Miss McDonald and Miss
Banks will be hostesses for the
occasion and will serve refresh
ments.
Tours of the Post Office will
be conducted at this event by
the post office employees and
guests may see how mail is
processed at this facility.
Mr. Banks extends an
invitation to everyone to come
and meet your postal personnel
during this ‘‘Get Acquainted
Day” celebration.
Dean’s List
Students
Four students from Yancey
County have been named to the
spring term Dean’s List at Mars
Hill College, Mars Hill, N.C.,
according to a news release by
Robert R. Chapman, Associate
Dean for Academic Affairs.
These students include Deborah
Kay Higgins, Johnny Farrel
Renfro, Barbara Holcombe Ro
binson and Grace Chandler
Whitson.