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Yancey-Madison Get
Youth Home Grant
A $53,243 grant has been'
awarded Madison arid Yancey
Counties to establish a youth
achievement home by the
Department of Human Re
source’s Division of Law and
Order, Law Enforcement As
sistance Administration. The
grant's principal receiver is
Yancey County; however,
both counties will share in the
establishment and use of the
facility. Mars Hill College has
been designated as the
implementing agency.
Dr. Harold Holcombe, a
History professor at the
college, was also announced
as director of the project.
Holcombe, a native of Marion
County, Alabama, was edu
cated at Coffee High School in
Florence, Alabama, Florence
State University, also in
Florence, where he carried a
double major in English and
History, and received his
Ph.D. from the University of
Alabama in 1968. He has
worked for NASA in Hunts
ville, Alabama, taught at the
University of Alabama, and
East Tennessee State Univer
sity in Johnson City. He is a
veteran of the U.S. Navy and
before coming to Mars Hill,
was director of the Asheville
High Optional. School. ...
The grant will be used to
set up and operate a
co-educational group home
which will provide intensive
trailing and treatment of
“pre-delinquent” and first
offender 'souths. The project
began over a year ago when a
juvenile court judge voiced
the need for an organization
to divert youths with behavior
problems from entry into
criminal activities through
structured behavior therapy.
The need for such an
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Nadine Asin, Benjamin Caming, William Purvis, And Frank Ell (Music Director)
Mme. Kraus 9 Annual Benefit Recital Set
This Weekend; 4th Concert Also Slated
Mmc. Lili Kraus, one of
the world's finest pianists,
will present her annual
Benefit Recital this weekend,
Sunday, July 27. at 3:30 in the
First Baptist Church, Burns
ville. This concert is ip
addition to the fourth concert
in the Music in the Mountains
series which will Include, for
the first time, a concert in
Spruce Pine on Friday even
ing, July 25.
Mmc. Kraus will play two
concertos of Mo/art: No. 12 in
organization was further em
phasized by Mars Hill College
faculty members who were
involved in a program to train
students for careers in com
munity-based corrections pro
grams. As an example of how
limited resources are in the
area, there are only two
probation officers, who are
located in Newland, to cover
an area of roughly 800 square
miles.
Because Madison and
Yancey Counties lie on the
fringe of regional services,
plus the factors of wide
geographical areas, lack of
primary roads, and a largely
inadequate communications
system, human services agen
cies are limited in their ability
to assist the counties with
their youth problems. Addi
tional factors include training
institutions which are geo
graphically distant from the
community, few foster par
ents homes, and a probation
system that is generally
inadequate.
All of the young people the
center will help will live in the
new group hotae. Plans are
for a maximum of nine
students in the home at any
given time with a minimum
-number of f? completing the
program per year.
The program the home
will operate by was developed
by the University Os Kansas
and has been implemented by
a similar project-the “Bring
ing It All Back Home
Project”-in Morganton. In
addition to the director,
teaching-parents will super
vise the home. The teaching
parents will be a married
couple who have recieved
special training at the Mor
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A Major, K-414; and No. 9 in
F. flat. K-271. She will be
accompanied by string and
wind players of the Celo
Chamber Players, plus ’guest
artists from the North Caro
lina State Symphony Or
chestra.
The fourth Music in the
Mountains concert will in
clude Bach's Sortata in F for
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String Ouartct in F: and
Samuel Barber’s Summer
Music for woodwind quintet.
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Yancey Theatre Eagles Capture Second Little League Championship
Farmers 9 Curb Market Will Bring
Market Place 9 To Town Square
The Yancey County Farm
ers’ Curb Market will soon be
operating two days even
week, according to Wm. C.
Bledsoe, County Extension
Chairman, who helped to
initiate the project because of
the apparent interest of many
local citizens in having a
market from which to buy
locally-grown vegetables and
fruits. The opening day is set
for August 2 if plans proceed
as scheduled.
, After a preliminary dis
cussion by a few men in the
community, a meeting was
held on Mondav. Julv 21.
This program will be presen
ted in Spruce Pine on Friday
evening at 8 o'clock in the
Spruce Pine Methodist
Church, and on Saturday at 8
p.m. at Warren Wilson
College in Swannanoa.
Performers include Na
dine Asin. flute: Eve Lynne
.loan Reeve, harpsichord: the
Buffalo String Quartet; and
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Tickets for the Lili Kraus
benefit recital arc SS at the
where approximately 2C men
and w omen enthusiastically -
discussed and endorsed the
idea. A committee was
appointed to coordinate ef
forts and aim toward the
starting date that will coincide
with this year’s Mt. Mitchell
Crafts Fair. A seven-member
Board of Directors was
selected and they, in turn,
elected officers immediately
following the meeting. Mem
bers of the Board are Wayne
McCurrv. President; Law
rence King. Vice President;
Walter Edwards. Secretary-
Treasurer: Carlie Rice, mem-
door. Tickets for the other
concerts arc $2.50 (students
under 18. $1.00).
Mme. Lili Kraus, who has
chosen to make her home in
this area, is the Honorary
Director of Music in the
Mountains, a non-profit or-
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ber; Grace Banks, member;
Reece Mclntosh, member
(subject to his willingness to
serve; and Dorothy Westall.
member (subject to her
willingness to serve).
It was agreed generally
that the market should be
operated as free from red
tape, regulations, and char
ges as possible. It is hoped
that the market can be
operated with the only cost
being the 50c required for a
daily permit which the parti
cipants will need to sell
produce.
The Northwestern Bank
figured prominently in the
decision £o open a Farmers’
Curb Market. Hazen Ledford,
who is in charge of the local
branch, volunteered the use
of the bank parking lot for
Wednesday afternoon and all
day Saturday as the market
site. Approval was secured by
the local Board of Directors
from the home bank in North
Wilkesboro.' This strategic
location in town should be an
important factor for the
success of the market, and
area businessmen and mer
chants are hoping that the
lure of a garden-fresh produce
market will help stimulate
weekend business by drawing
people into town from outly
ing areas. People of neigh
boring counties are invited to
Street To
Close For
Crafts Fair
During the Mt. Mitchell
Crafts Fair on August Ist and
2nd, the south side of the
Burnsville Town Square will
be closed from the corner of
the Nu-Wray Inn across from
the old Northwestern Bank
Building to East Main Street
at the comer of the new
Courthouse across from the
new Northwestern Bank Buil
ding. The hours of closing
during both days will be from
5:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Also. .
there is to be no vehicular
parking around the other
Square during the same hours
listed above. Permission for
the closing of the stated area
of the Square and parking
regulation w as granted by the
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participate both in the sc ’ling
and buying end of the
operation. It is believed that
local supermarkets and gro
cery stores will benefit from
the increased flow of people
into town, even though their
produce section may suffer a
bit during the harv est season.
The Yancey County Farmers’
Curb Market is also distinctly
different from the recently
opened Mitchell County
Farmers Market and should
not affect the operation of that
• business.
The Yancey Chamber of
Commerce has endorsed the
market idea with enthusiasm
and the Burnsville Town
Board, in supporting the
market, has volunteered to
assume the responsibility of
the extra clean-up and main
tenance of streets that will be
necessary on market days.
Claude Williams, local OEO
Representative, will make a
Manpower Development Pro
gram person available to help
keep order and for assistance
during market hours. Captain
Downing of the Yancey
County Country Store, which
adjoins the Northwestern
Bank parking lot, has offered
the use of restroom facilities
for participating farmers, as
well as an outdoor water
spigot.
Operating hours for the
Farmers' Curb Market will be
1:15 to 7:00 p.m. on Wednes
days and 8:00 a.m. to 7:00
p.m. on Saturdays beginning
August 2 at 8:00 a.m. Anyone
who wishes to sell produce at
the market must secure a 50c
_ daily permit for the day they
will participate. Permits will
be available at the license tag
office in the “old” court
house. If an advance permit is
not secured, a permit can be
obtained during the market
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Eagles Win Second
Championship
The Yancey Theatre Ea
gles captured their second
crown in two
years last Saturday at the
Burnsville Elementary School
before some 500 fans. When
the dust had cleared the
Eagles were the victors by 16
to 10 score over the All-Star
players selected from the
remaining seven teams.
The Eagles found that the
task of beating the All-Stars
would not be an easy one,
however, when the Stars
scored 5 runs almost imme
diately and led 5 to 0 in the
first half of the second inning.
The Eagles were able to
overcome this deficit by
scoring 9 runs in the last of
the second and stayed in
command the remainder of
the game. (
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Playhouse Presenting
‘Come Blow Your Horn ’
•Parkway Playhouse’s raf
ters are ringing with laughter
again this week with its
rollicking presentation of Neil
Simon’s Come Blow Your
Horn featuring special guest
artist Mr. W.C. “Mutt”
Burton. Come Blow Your
Horn will run through this
Saturday, July 26 with curtain
at 8:30 p.m. each evening.
Ably directed by Jim
Fisher, a newcomer to the
Parkway directing staff but a
familiar face as an actor, this
Neil Simon vehicle brings
together other familiar and
new faces in the hysterically
funny vehicle which also
features Ellen Woods, ano
ther Parkway veteran. Burton
and Miss Woods are the
ultimate in delighting au
diences and in their roles as
the parents of the two Baker
brothers, Alan and Buddy,
played by Doug Preis and
Jason Solomon. Burton and
Miss Woods combine their
comedic efforts into flawless
teamwork, making their show
a surefire audience pleaser.
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Ray, and one each by M.
Miller and Edwin Fortner. A
home run was also hit by Billy
Bodford of the Eagles. The
winping pitcher was Jimmy
Miller of the Eagles.
Os particular pride to the
Eagles and an almost unbe
lievable record is their two
year undefeated tally of 28
wins and 0 losses.
A great deal of color was
added to the game by the live
WKYK broadcast by Rick
Bacon and Robert Wyatt.
Romie Burns, president of
Yancey County Little League,
awarded certificates and tro
phies to the players and
coaches. He stated that the
game seemed to illustrate the
success of the 8-10 year old
Little League season, and he
expressed appreciation to all
those who made it become a
reality.
Preis and Solomon’s, turns on
stage are also delightful and
bring the added rib-tickling
touches to the comedy.
Fisher’s appropriate staging
of the show and excellent
casting make the audience
feel that this is a show they
would like to see go on for
another hour or two.
Cast in the roles of Alan's
two girlfriends, Connie, the
nice girl and Peggy, the kook
are played by Bonnie Becker
and Gale Stahl. Miss Becker
is lovely and fresh in her role
and' her confrontations with
Preis are charming. Miss
Stahl is a hilarious bubble
head as Peggy and hpr scene
with Solomon is hilarious.
Gwen Miller appears as a
surprise visitor. Stage Mana
ger for the production is Sally
Morgan.
Costuming for the cun
temporary show is by Kaye
Brown and lighting is by
David Hart. The outstanding
set is by James Parker and
executed by Gregory Buch.
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