THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 4, NO. 32
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Expands Field
BY JOHNNY HENSLEY
Ass’t. Agri. Extension Agent
The annual Farm and
Home tour will be expanding
this year. The tour will take a
new title called “The Agricul
tural, Industry, Home Tour.
The tour is scheduled for
Thursday, August 14, 1975.
The day’s activities is a
combined effdrt of the Yancey
County Agricultural Exten
sion Service, the North
Carolina Forest Service, the
County ASCS Personnel, Soil
and Water Conservation Ser
vice and Farmers’ Home
Administration.
The tour group will as
semble at the First Baptist
Church parking lot in Burns
ville at 8:45 a.m. Activities
during the morning will
include stops concerning
‘Cutback’ demonstrations,
Pick-Your-Own strawberries,
Yancey Jamboree
Winners Announced
The Bth annual Yancey
Jamboree was staged last
week on Thursday and Friday
at the East Yancey High
School. This annual event,
sponsored by the Yaticey
County Chamber of Com
merce, is designed to promote
interest and recognize talent
among Yancey County school
pupils in traditional folk
singing and dancing.
The Grand Champion win
ners this year were the
Micaville Elementary Clog
gers and Phillip Simmons, in
Gass I and Gass 11, respec
tively.
The event this year was
fully up to its usual standard.
Some changes were intro
duced to increase audience
appeal, particularly a greater
proportion of the entertain
ment consisted of non-com
peting exhibition numbers.
Also, the competition was
-'extended to include adult
performances, although this
first year there was only a
single entry in this category.
An important incidental
benefit deriving from the
Jamboree is that the proceeds
are used to help provide two
S3OO scholarships awarded by
the Chamber of Commerce for
seniors at the two high
schools.
The judges of the com
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Gift For Rescue Squad
Blue Bell gave the first $500.00 to start the Yancey County Rescue Squad. They also donated
their white coveralls. Now the employees of Blue Bell have presented the Rescue Squad with a gift
of SIOO.OO to help pay for the new emergency equipment; they also express sincere appreciation
to the members of the Yancey County Rescue Squad for the work and time donated by them for
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Soil Conservation practices.
Lime study on burley tobacco,
Burley tobacco Sucker Control
demonstration and a tree
planting.
Lunch will be served at
Carolina Hemlocks. A menu
of smoked or fried mountain
trout, beans, slaw, rolls, drink
and dessert will be provided
by Troxells Farms for $2.50
per plate.
Entertainment during
lunch will be provided by
Yancey County 4-H Club
members. After lunch, John
ny McLain will talk briefly
about Carolina Hemlock and
Pisgah National Forest. The
afternoon activities will in
clude stops at Mt. Mitchell
Lands, Deneen Mica Recla
mation Project, a Summer
Home Project and other
agricultural activities. Every
one is invited to attend.
petition were Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Hart of Arden and
Professors Betty Jolley and
Dorothy Roberts of Mars Hill
College. Bill Hart is with the
Asheville Citizen.
The competition is divided
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Festival Termed Success:
Fair Breaks Records
The Mt. Mitchell Crafts
Fair, annual midsummer pro
ject of the Yancey County
Chamber of Commerce, was
held in Burnsville last Friday
and Saturday, breaking all 4
previous records. More crafts
men displayed their wares
than ever before, attendance
set a new record, and sales of
crafts surpassed the highest
previous year by over 25 per
cent.
The high quality of the
crafts displayed by 180
exhibitors clearly appealed to
the visitors, as evidenced by
the record sales of over
$19,000. This figure excludes
the revenue from the sale of
1,500 barbecue chicken din
ners sold on Saturday.
An appreciable part of the
regular business of Burnsville
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The Wizard of Oz will be presented to the public in a free
performance on Monday evening, August 11, at 8:00 p.m. in
the Fellowship Hall of the Burnsville First Baptist Church. The
Wizard of Oz is a summer program for boys and girls ages 9
through 12 sponsored by the Yancey Public Library. Pictured
is suspended during the two
day event, which attracts a
throng of summer tourists.
Compensating for the inter
ruption of the town’s regular
business is the important
publicity given by the fair to
Burnsville and Yancey Coun
ty. This year, the Educational
Television Channel from
Charlotte photographed the
fair and gathered supporting
program material. Station
WLO*S from Asheville like
wise covered the activities.
The magazine Southern
Living, sent one of their
vice-presidents to gather ma
terial for a forthcoming article
on Yancey ? County summer
attractions, including the
Crafts Fair, the Parkway
Playhouse, Painting in the
Mountains and Music in the
Wizard Os Oz Production Staged
Mountains.
The entire festival is an
outstanding example of suc
cessful cooperation and hard
work, much of it furnished by
unpaid volunteers. From vol
unteer barbecuers of chick
ens, breathing smoke and
sweating in the intense heat,
to the emcees at their
microphones furnishing in
formation and entertainment,
the dedication of local citizens
was apparent on every hand.
At intervals throughout
the day entertainment was
furnished. On Saturday, win
ners of the Yancey Youth
Jamboree, held on Thursday
and Friday nights, contribu-'
ted to the entertainment. All
the winners of the Jamboree
were invited to participate,
and most contributed their
talents.
Appetites of the visiters
for refreshment were well
satisfied. The traditional
chicken barbecue, prepared
by the expert chefs of the
Chamber of Commerce, was
up to its usual high standard.
The success of the fair was
achieved despire the handicap
of having to spare the recently
replanted grass on the town
square. Inability to utilize the
square as in previous years
necessitated an entirely new
layout of the booths and the
incidental activities. The
booths, this year, extended
from the square east, along
Main Street to the vacant lot
below the Courthouse, where
much of the activity was
concentrated.
The necessary diversion of
traffic through town worked
admirably, as did the other
administrative arrangements.
The smooth operation of the
event reflects great credit on
the careful advance planning.
As in previous years, impor
tant credit goes to James
Byrd, who, together with
Mrs. Byrd, carry much of the
administrative load of this
event for the Jhamber of
above [left to right, back row] are some of the cast of 17
young people: Bill Koch as the Cowardly Lion, Cindy Higgle
as the Tin Man, Charles Gilbert as King of the Winged
Monkeys, Marty Walker as the Scarecrow; {front row[ Linda
Hess as the Wizard of Oz and Sharon McClure as Dorothy.
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Magazine
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On Yancey
Karen Lingo, Assistant
Travel Editor of Southern
Living magazine, visited
Burnsville on Thursday and
Friday, July 31 and August 1
to cover the 19th Mt. Mitchell
Crafts Fair. During her visit,
Ms. Lingo took over 150
photographs as she covered
the Crafts Fair, the Parkway
Playhouse, the studio and
program of “Painting in the
Mountains,” and the Bth ,
Yancey Jamboree. Due to the
shortness of her visit, Ms.
Lingo was unable to cover
personally the “Music in the
Mountains” program; how
ever, this activity will be
included in her article.
Southern Living, a maga
zine of the modern South with
a subscription list of over one
million and a half subscribers,
will carry Ms. Lingo’s article
in their August 1976 issuer
Southern Living’s coverage of ,
these summer events was a
Yancey Chamber of Com
merce sponsored publicity
project under the directorship
of Ben Floyd, Chamber
President, and Theresa Co-
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1975
Season Ends At Playhouse
With Annie Get Your Gun 9
The Parkway Playhouse
wraps up its 29th season of
theatrical production this
week with Irving Berlin’s
beloved musical Annie Get
Your Gun and the Playhouse
production is a delightful
evening. It will play through
Saturday with curtain at 8:30
p.m. each evening.
Under the direction of
Parkway veteran Lauren K.
(“Woody”) Woods, Annie
Get Your Gun is theatrical
dynamite and one of the
major sparks is the excellent
performance given by Jane
, Fesmire in the role of Annie
Oakley, the backwoods wo
man who “cain’t git a man
with a gun”. Miss Fesmire is
charming as she sings of
“Doin’ What Comes Natur’l
j ly” and how she got “Lost in
His Arms’¥ Her personal
appeal and pizzazz carry the
show along on a wave of
infectious fun. John Dodie
appears in the role of Frank
Butler, the handsome sharp
shooter from Buffalo Bill’s
Wild West Show. Mr. Dodie
is a polished singer and his
confrontations with Miss Fes
mire especially in “Anything
You Can Do” and “Old
Fashioned Wedding” are
among the production’s high
spots. Special guest artist
W.C. “Mutt” Burton appears
as Buffalo Bill and is grand.
Along with Miss Fesmire, Mr.
Dodie and David Hart as
Charlie, Mr. Burton sings the
classic “There’s No Business
Like Show Business” to
showstopping applause.
Other standout perfor
mances in Annie Get Your
Gun are delivered by Mr.
-Tlart as Charlie, Maria D’Am
ico as Dolly Tate, Jamey
Reynolds as Pawnee Bill, Jim
Fisher as Foster Wilson, and
Jennifer Woods, Kenny
Woods, Deirdre Parker, and
Denise as Annie’s
All-Star Teams
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To Compete Here
Gordon Banks, Recreation
Director, announces the Fast
pitch All Star teams which will
play Saturday, August 9 at
6:00 p.m. at the Burnsville
field.
Coaches for the Burnsville
Division of the 1975 All-Star
team are Wilson Ray, Sam
Styles and Don Miller. The
team includes John Fisher
and David Hall, Catchers;
First Base—Roger Fox and
Rich Thomas; Second Base-
Chipper Banks and Charles
Gardner; Third Base-Doc
Young and Dean Gunner;
Shortstop-Dennis Hefner and
Tommy Fox; and Outfielders-
Jeff Parker, David McCurry,
Lonnie Speight, Max Allen,
Billy Joe Brown, J.D. Laws,
“Flap” Thomas; Pitcher-Del
mar Goins and Leonard Laws.
The 1975 All Star Team,
Micaville Division is coached
by Ray Robinson and t arry
Deyton. Other players are
Democrats
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Set Meeting
Yancey County Democrats
will have a meeting in
Crabtree Township on Tues
day night, August 12, at 7:30
p.m. Location of the meeting
is Micaville School. All
registered Democrats are
urged to attend.
the role of Sitting Bull and
gives a hilarious performance.
His tribal dance with Miss
Fesmire is one of the
production’s funnier mom
ents. Woods has directed
Annie in the style of P.T.
Barnum and the “greatest
show on earth” with each
scene topping the one pre
ceding it.
Scenic designer James
Parker has done his usual
outstanding job in creating
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Catcher-Ken Winters and
Catfish Hall; First Base—Gary
Robinson and Bill Thacker;
Second Base—Roger Young
and Keith Chrisawn; Third
Base-Don Peterson, Wortjft
Crow; Shortstop-Wade Tip
ton, Stanley Ray; Outfielders-
Gary Gibbs, Charles Hamby,
Mose Murphy, Alan Black,
Jeff Bailey and David Robin
son; Pitcher-Terry Murphy
and Gary Penland.
Winners
Picked
In Drawing
The winners in the Draw
ing held by the Yancey
County at the
Squad Hall last Saturday
afternoon were Mr. Goodman
of Boone, N.C., who won the
deep freezer; The Yancey
Journal held the winning
ticket for the portable TV And
stand; and Master' Randy
Hensley of Greenville, S.C.
won the shotgun.
The Rescue Squad wishes
to thank all the people who
had a part in the sale of the
tickets for the drawing. A
special thanks to those who
bought tickets for the prizes.
All the proceeds will be used
toward the improvement of
the equipment of the squad.
the atmosphere for the
production. Kaye Brown’s
costumes are colorful and
attractive with props by Leslie
Knox and lights by David
Hart. Choreography for the
production has been done by
John Joy with assistance from
Susan E. Mickey and Kim
Hanabergh.
All in all, Parkway’s final
production is one of its finest.
It is a lot of fun. For
reservations call 682-6151.