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Touring
Theatre
Is Coming
Eight talented young per
formers have begun rehear
sals for the second season of
The Theatre for Young People
Professional Touring Reper
tory Company at UNC at
Greensboro. During the next
three and one-half months the
talented group will be bring
ing live theatre experiences to
children throughout the state.
An activity of the Department
of Drama and Speech of the
College of Arts and Sciences
at UNC-G, the company will
be touring Rumpelstiltskin
and Tarheel Tales Theatre
this season.
Rumpelstiltskin is a fully
produced children’s play with
colorful costumes and scenery
and an exciting adventure
filled plot. It is performed in
auditoriums and offers young
audiences the traditonal ma
gic theatre experience. Tar
heel Tales Theatre on the
other hand, is an involvement
drama which is designed to be
presented arena style in any
open space. The play is being
toured for its second season
because of the success it
enjoyed last year. Children
enjoy the opportunity of
having the actors within touch
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Student
Holiday
At Easter
Students in Yancey Coun
ty Schools will be given a
three-day Easter holiday
March 27-31. Schools will
close ,at 3:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, March 26 for all
students. Thursday and Fri
day will be work days for
teachers with most of the day
Thursday being devoted to
<.work on grades and report
cards. There will be a
unit-wide NCAE meeting for
all teachers on Thursday at
1:30 p.m. at Bald Creek
Elementary School.
Friday will be observed as
“Parents Day” in all schools.
Parents are invited to visit the
schools between the hours of
9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to
discuss their child’s progress
and to pick up report cards.
Monday, March 31 will be
a holiday for all school
personnel including the cen
tral office. Classes will re
sume at 8:30 Tuesday morn
ing, April 1.
Buffet
Luncheon
Special buffet luncheon
will be served at Higgins
Memorial United Methodist
Church on Sunday, March 23
from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m.
Adults $2.50, Children 10
years and under $1.50.
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Little Theatre Plans
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Benefit Performance
The Burnsville Little The
atre, sponsored by the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Greensboro, is planning a
benefit performance for the
Parkway Playhouse. This per
formance, which will help
meet expenses due to vandal
ism to some of the Parkway
Playhouse buildings, will be
presented in the Parkway
Playhouse on May 23 and 24.
In view of the fact that
both Mitchell and Yancey
County citizens enjoy the
summer performances pre
sented by the Parkway Play
house, and that businesses in
this area are assisted by the
tourists which this summer
theatre attracts, a joint cast is
planned which will feature
players from both Mitchell
and Yancey County.
Dear Ruth, a comedy in
two acts by Normaqn Krasna,
is the play selected for this
benefit performance and will
be directed by Bill Wilson, the
dramatist in residence at
Mayland Technical Institute.
Dear Ruth, which was first
Bloodmobile Visit
Slated For Monday
Have you thought about
where the blood would come
from if you were in an
accident and needed blood
now?
It must come from another
person, for it cannot be
manufactured except by the
human body.
So, you see, if you are
healthy and fit the easy
criteria for a blood donor, you
can help provide blood for
those who need it now.
Tomorrow it might be you.
The Red Cross Bloody
mobile will be at the Armory
in Burnsville on Monday,
March 24, 1975 from 12:30
p.m. to 6:00 p.m,
_ Come have your blood
pressure checked even if you
Training
For Tomato
Growers
All tomato growers are
encouraged to attend a
training session concerning
plantbed preparation and
care, cultural practices of the
Walter variety, and Disease
Control measures will also be
discussed. The training ses
sion is set for Friday, March
21, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Cane
Rivfer High School. Please
plan to attend and arrive on
time. •
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produced in 1944 and played
for over a year in New York,
was rated as one of the most
popular comedy hits of
modem times. The play calls
for a cast of five men and five
women. The story concerns a
young girl who carries on a
romantic correspondence with
an overseas soldier, in her
elder sister’s name. When the
youth returns, he of course
makes up to the older sister,
who is already engaged.
Through a series of hilarious
complications and plot twists,
the play has a surprise ending
for the audience.
Tryouts for Dear Ruth will
be held in Yancey County on
Monday, March 24 from 7:30
to 9:00 p.m. in the Fellowship
Hall of the First Presbyterian
Church in Burnsville. Tryouts
in Mitchell County will be
held on Wednesday, March
26, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at
the Spruce Pine Public Li
brary in Spruce Pine. Anyone
desiring more information
about this play, and anyone
wishing to work with any
can’t give blood.
„ The “Reader’s Digest”
had an article on “The Blood
Scandal” recently and repor
ted that these days a blood
transfusion that’s given to
save a life can cause a death.
“Because,” the article went
on, “though there are many
reputable com’mercial blood
banks, blood from commercial
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Rummage
Sale
Continues
The firemen and the
faithful women of the com
munity have had a. most
successful first weekend rum
mage sale. This sale, spon
sored by the Grassy Creek
Volunteer Fire Department,
will continue for two more
weekends. On Friday and
Saturday, March 21 and 22,
from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., tfca
sale will again open. New
items are coming in daily. If
you came by and didn’t find
what you were looking for,
come back...we have restock
ed our merchandise. If you
have items you would like to
donate, bring them to Woodys
Chair Shop on the Marion
Highway (just past the fire
house).
aspect of this production is
asked to contact Burnsville
Little Theatre President, The
resa Coletta, at 682-2282
(evenings) or at 765-4673
(during the day).
Safety
Poster
Contest
On Sunday, March 23,
1975 Yancey County will hold
its first Traffic Safety Poster
Contest. This contest will be
held in the gymnasium of
Cane River High School.
There will be four judging
grades: K-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12.
These posters will be judged
on originality, neatness and
how well it gets a safety
slogan across to the public.
There will be three win
ners in each category, each
receiving a trophy. Sponsors,
who will present awards to
winners at 3:00 p.m. Sunday
after an hour-long open house
which begins at 2:00 p.m., are
Fortner Insurance Company
for grades K-3, Nationwide
Insurance Company for 426-
grades, Roberts Chevrolet-
Buick for grades 7-9 and Joe
Young Ford for grades 10-12.
The public is invited to'
view the posters at Open
House at Cane River High
School gymnasium on March
23 and make your own
judgement before the awards
are given.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1975
County Projects ChosenFor
Federal Funds Application
A large number of Yancey
County citizens turned out for
the Public Hearings held in
the Burnsville Courthouse on
February 20 and 27 to indicate
their concerns of problems
and needs of the county and to
give their support to an
application to be submitted by
the County Commissioners for
Federal Assistance for help
ing to meet some of these
needs.
Community Development
grants are provided for under
Title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act
of 1974. The program is
designed to provide assis
tance to eligible counties and
communities for improving
living conditions including
Housing, Community Cen
ters, Senior Citizens, Fire
Protection Services and Faci
lities, Water and Sewer
Facilities, Recreational Faci
lities, Housing Renovation
and other community im
provement projects. North
Carolina has been allocated
S2OB million under this Act for
the next three years and has
set aside sll.B million dollars
in what is known as discre
tionary funds for FY 75*76.
These are the funds which
Yancey County is eligible to
apply for after public hearings
have been held and the people
given an opportunity to
participate in the develop
ment process of the applica
tion to be submitted request
ing project funds.
The deadline for submit
ting a pre-application, e.g., a
letter of intent to apply for
funds is March 20, 1975. The
final application must be
submitted by May 20, 1975.
Projects which were pre
sented and approved by the
people without dissent or
opposition at the hearing were
as follows for the first year of
the program:
Countywide Housing Project;
including water, sewer and
bath facilities to improve
present housing conditions.
$250,000
s County Recreation Project
$78,000 ‘
Fire Protection Services; So.
Toe Volunteer Fire Dept.
$40,000
Newdale Volunteer Fire De
partment.
$20,000 ' -
Community Center Improve
ment and Facilities Project.
' $50,000
Senior Citizens Facilities and
Services.
$170,000 .
The total first year request
for funds would be approxi
mately $608,000 depending
upon a closer cost estimate of
these projects as each project
is developed by the people in
the communities.
As Mr. O.W. Deyton,
Senior Citizens Outreach
Effort Develops ‘Hotline’
BY WORTH CROW
Attention Yancey County
Senior Citizens!...
--Is finding transportation
to the doctor or store a
problem for you?
--Do you have trouble
finding help with cutting
firewood, making home re
pairs?
-Do you sometimes wonder
who or what agency to call for
help with your special pro
blem?
-Do you have other needs
and concerns, but don’t know
where to turn for help?
In the future, you will
know what the SCORE is.
SCORE (Senior Citizen Out
Reach Effort) wants to help
you to broaden your horizons
and to answer your needs.
Whatever your problem or
need, you will be able to get
immediate guidance and help
by calling one phone number.
Courteous volunteer workers
will answer your call and put
you in touch with people or
agencies that can best satisfy
your needs.
WHAT IS SCORE?
SCORE, which stands for
Senior Citizen Outßeach Ef
fort, is a communication/ac-
Bald Mountain Community-
School Formed By Parents
Bald Mountain Commun
ity School has been open since
November and is located on
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lower Bald Mtn. Road 1 mile
from Highway 19W. The
small nursery school was
formed by a group of parents
of pre-school children in the
area. It is open from 9:30 a.m.
until 12:30 p.m. on Monday,
Chairman of the County
Commissioners, stated at the
conclusion of the hearings the
work to prepare the necessary
application was just begin
ning and it would be up to the
people of the communities to
get together and help provide
the statements of need and
justification noon which the
tion program designed to help
meet the needs of the Senior
Citizens of Yancey County by
placing Senior Citizens with
needs or concerns directly in
touch with people or service
agencies that can meet those
needs or concerns.
HOW DID SCORE DEVELOP
SCORE developed from
ideas shared by a group of
Yancey County citizens com
ing together to gain better
understandings of the special
needs of their elderly citizens.
This group, now known as the
Yancey County Committee on
Aging, is three months old
and chaired by Rev. Don
Turman.
HOW WILL SCORE WORK?
, Through the operation of a
telephone hotline nerve cen
ter, one telephone number
will be advertised and avail
able for Yancey Senior Citi
zens countywide to call. By
calling that one phone num
ber, Senior Citizens can
obtain immediate guidance
and direction for their need or
concern. Trained and cour
teous phone workers will
answer all calls (ultimately
day or night), will help
identify the need or problem
Wednesday and Friday. The
school is operated by Mrs. J.
Thurston and Ruth Webb,
both mothersof 2-year-old
girls.
Mrs. Thurston, director,
has a B.A. degree in early
childhood education. She is
presently enrolled in the St.
Nicholas Montessori teacher
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counties application would
rest. Once the people have
done their part in expressing
clearly their needs and
justifying the project of their
choice, it becomes the re
sponsibility of local govern
ment to prepare and forward
the counties application to the
proper authority.
of the elderly person calling
and will put that caller
directly in touch with the
individual, public or private
service agency that can best
supply the caller’s need.
No longer will Mr. or Ms.
Senior Citizen have to worry
about how, where and when
to find help for a problem,
needs or concems-who to
call, where to call, when to
call. One phone call, any time,
will give them the direction,
guidance and assurance that
is needed.
WILL SCORE BE MORE?
In the beginning, SCORE
will basically be a communi
cation/action program provi
ding a telephone hotline
service. Ultimately express
ed, SCORE may include much
more--(l) A Transportation
System; (2) A Senior Citizen
Center Complex providing
activity workshops and meet
ing spaces, a Craft Outlet, a
Food Co-Op, “on campus”
living clusters, comunication
hotline nerve center; and (3)
Satellite Community Centers.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
You will be learning more
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training correspondence
course. Ruth Webb, -co-teach
er, has a B.A. degree in
'English and teaching experi
ence with Head Start Pro
gram. Both graduated from
college in Florida and have
been residents of Yancey
County since 1971
Parents in Cane River areg
saw the need for a nursery
school in the area, and have
worked since last August to
equip the early learning
center as a creative activity
environment for young child
ren to develop social skills,
manual and visual coordimi
tion. Sand play, painting with
poster paints, clay and plenty
of paper are available for free
expression. The children are
fully supervised through aH
activities, though they are
given opportunity for self-”
direction and free choice of
materials. Language deve
lopment and number aware
ness are encouraged. Outdoor
play is directed toward k
sensitivity for the natural
environment, appreciation of
physical coordination and
group play.
, The school now has an
ranging from two through 6 "
years, and will be limited tq
fifteen children. Parents With
thAir nktUMdU
ineir cfiiiurcn in tnis procr&m
may call Mrs. Thurston at