THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 4, NO. 29
To Elect Directors:
teMC Meeting Set
. The 35th Annual Member
ship Meeting of French Broad
Electric Membership Cor
poration will be held in the
Marshall Elementary School
Gymnasium on Saturday, July
17, 1976, with registration
beginning at 8:00 a.m.
The the business session
beginning at 2:00 p.m.,
members will take action on
the following matters:
ports of the officers and
directors, election of three
directors, and any other
business which may come
before the meeting.
In connection with the
election of directors, the
following members have been
nominated by the Nominating
Committee which met on June
23, 1976:
District No.l, Madison
County, Three year term-Mr.
Novile C. Hawkins, Route 1,
Mars Hill, N.C.
District N 0.4, Mitchell
County, three year term -Mr.
Elmer Buchanan, Bakersville,
North Carolina.
District N 0.5, Unicoi
County, Tenn.,. three year
term-Mr. Carl Ramsey,
Route 1, Flag Pond, Tenn.
Guest speaker for the
meeting will be Mr. Hugh A.
Wells, Vice President and
General Counsel of North
Carolina Electric Membership
Corporation. Mr. Wells is a
native of Shelby, North
Carolina and a graduate of the
University of North Carolina
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Bejamin Kamins, Bassoonist
Celo Concert Set
Benjamin Kamins, bas
soonist of the Celo Chamber
Players, tries out a passage of
the Trio for Oboe, Bassoon,
and Piano by the contempor
ary French composer, Fran
cois Poulenc. Mr. Kamins will
be joined by Janet Rarick,
oboe, and Ruth Geiger, piano,
for this work, to be played at
the Music in the Mountains
concert this Sunday, July 18
at the Presbyterian Church,
Burnsville, 3:30 p.m.
Also on Sunday’s program
will be Bach’s Sonata No. IV
in C minor for flute and
harpsichord and the famous
Schubert Quintet, Op. 63 for
two violins, viola, and two
cellos. Eva Ell, wife of Frank
Ell, Music Director of Music
in the Mountains, will join the
Celo Players for this perfor
mance. Tickets are available
Hugh A. Wells
Law School. He served for s‘/j
years on the North Carolina
Utilities Commission before
resigning to accept employ
ment with North Carolina
EMC.
The feature prize will be
S2OO credit on electric ac
count. Other prizes include
coffee makers, fry pans,
irons, toasters, mixers, and
Sen. Helms And Rep. Taylor Support
‘Consumer Communications Reform Act 9
Congressional hearings
are expected in late Septem
ber on the Consumer Com
at the door or at Nu-Wray Inn
and the Yancey County
Country Store.
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Janet Rarick
BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28711
other small appliances. Mem
bers must be present to win.
Food and drink will be sold
on the school grounds by the
Marshall Eastern Star-
Chapter.
Democrat
Program
And Rally
All Yancey County Demo
crats are invited to attend a
friendly "get-together” on
Saturday night, July 24, 1976
at Bee Log School. Supper will
be from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., and
music and a special program
is planned, with a Rally at
8:00 p.m. All county Demo
cratic candidates are invited,
as well as other Democratic
candidates for office.
The precinct committee
from Egypt and Ramseytown
will host this countywide
meeting. Tickets for the
supper are available now. *
However, if you do not get
your tickets in advance, you
may do so at the supper.
munications Reform Act-a
bill aimed to keep rates for
basic residential and small
business service as low as
possible.
Almost 150 members of
Congress have joined in as
co-sponsors of versions of the
bill, according to Paul Woo
ten, District Commercial Ma
ager.
Among those from North
Carolina who have introduced
or co-sponsored this legisla
tion are Senator Jesse Helms
and Representative Roy Tay
lor as well as eight of the
other Representatives from
North Carolina.
“The widespread support
in Congress, as well as from
consumer groups, labor
unions and farm organiza
tions, is a clear message to
the federal regulators in
Washington: Stop experi
menting with the world’s best
telephone system, especially
when the experiments will
lead to much higher basic
rates,” Wooten said.
“These federal policies
could well cause rate increas
es up to 60 percent for
residential and small business
service, according to the
18-month study done for the
United States Independent
Telephone Association by
Systems Applications, Inc., a
prestigious telecommunica
tions research firm in San
Rafael, California,” Wooten
said. “The Communications
Act of 1934 called on the
telephone companies to deve
lop low cost telephone service
to reach everyone.”
“We have carried out our
Congressional mandate, and
95 percent of American homes
now have telephone service.
Telephone companies can
compete with these outside
suppliers, but to do so we
must shift to cost-based rates
across the board. This inevit
ably will mean higher rates
for residential users, as has
Football
Physicals
Football Physicals will be
given on Wednesday, July 21,
at 6:00 p.m. at Mountain
Heritage High School. There
will be no cnarge for this
service, but all who plan to
play should report at this
time.
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been well documented in
independent research.”
“It is for these reasons we
have asked Congress to make
a determination of the true
public interest in this mat
ter.”
The proposed legislation
Vacation Bible
School Plans Made
An exciting and enjoyable
Vacation Bible School pro
gram is now being mapped
out by the youth and adult
leaders at Green Mountain
Presbyterian Church on the
Toe River Road. Many crea
tive activities are planned.
There will be interest centers
that may be freely visited by
participants of this creative
process. Through this activity
of self expressing, including
making banners, finger paint
ing, painting of murals,
poetry, collage, etc., indivi
duals will be able to think
about who it is that can
create. Everyone is encourag
ed to attend these programs,
and can be sure of a warm,
friendly and heartfelt wel
come by all the Green
Mountain people.
Bible School will meet on
Wednesday evenings, July
14 to August 11, 1976, from
6:00 to 8:00 p.m. All
interested children, kinder-
Books Close
On Monday
The Registration Books
will close July 19, 1976 at 6:00
p.m. for the August 17
Primary. You may register in
the Board of Election offices
on Monday, Wednesday or
Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. for this Primary. You
may also register with your
precinct registrar or one of the
judges.
Also, starting July 18,
1976,\absentee ballots will be
available in the Roard of
Election offices for the con
venience of those who are sick
or are going to be out of town
on election day. The deadline
on the absentee ballots will be
August If, 1976 at 6:00 p.m.
unless you become ill after
6:00 p.m. on the 11th.
would leave regulation of
customer-provided equipment
in the hands of the states,
would forbid duplication of
basic long distance service
and would permit genuine
inter-city rate competition
based on costs, Wooten
concluded.
garten through teens, are
invited. Teachers will be Mr.
and Mrs. David Morgan, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Davis, Mrs.
Everett Garland, Mrs. James
Webb, Mrs. Carl Whitson,
and Mrs. U.B. Deyton. Music
will be led by Mrs. Clarence
Bailey and Mrs. Hugh Gorn
to. Rev. John David Stewart
will open each evening with a
devotional.
For further information
call Mrs. Clarence Bailey,
682-2973.
Queens
Will Be
Crowned
The North Carolina State
beauty queens will be special
guests and will crown the
Spirit of ’76 queens on July 27
at 6:30 p.m. at East Yancey
High School in Burnsville.
North Carolina’s Little
Miss is Lisa Waldrop, seven
year old daughter of Carolyn
Waldrop of Asheville and
Alan Waldrop of Weaverville.
North Carolina's Petite Miss
is Brandi Fula, ten year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Fula of Asheville and
North Carolina’s Teen Miss is
Teresa Dolinger, eighteen
year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Dolinger of
Jefferson, tyC, .
There will be four age
divisions. Tiny Miss Spirit of
'76 for ages 2 to 5; Little Miss
Spirit of ’76 for ages 6 to 9;
Junior Miss Spirit of '76 for
ages 10 to 13; and Miss Spirit
of ’76 for ages 14 and over. A
queen and first thru fourth
runners-up will be chosen in
each age group.
For further information
and entry forms, please call in
Asheville 258-2710 or 253-
7484 daily; or 253-8108 after
THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1976 -
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Parkway Playhouse Offers
Two Musical Productions
Musical Comedy is an
invention of American theatre
and is one of the most popular
forms of entertainment. The
reasons are obvious...you get
to laugh and cry with the plot
line, hear a vocal recital, see
an art show, and watch a
dance program all in one.
Parkway Playhouse is pre
sending two musicals to
Burnsville audiences for the
bicentennial summer.DAMES
AT SEA is now running
through Saturday, July 14-17,
and SOUTH PACIFIC by
Rodgers and Hammerstein
will close Parkway’s season
with a two week run Wednes
day through Saturday August
4-7, and Tuesday through
Saturday August 10-14. A
Sunday matinee on August 8
is also under consideration.
DAMES AT SEA is
directed by Dr. John Joy, a
former Broadway actor, sing
er, and dancer and current
managing director at Park
way. Joy is extending the idea
of a musical as an extravagan
za by adding extra dancers to
the cast. Tap rehearsals take
approximately eight hours a
day. And while dancers and
singers are working, Karen
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The South Toe Volunteer Fire Department is celebrating our 200th birthday with a Picnic and
Square Dance at the Toe River Ranch and Campground on July 30. The Toe River Ranch has
generously donated its facilities and the picnic will start at 5:00 p.m. followed by a drawing of the
name of the lucky winner of a beautiful quilt donated by the Sandy Bottom Quilting Group whose
members are Mrs. Phyllis Mace, Mrs. Lennie Bailew, Mrs. Lucille Shuford, Mrs. Kuthlufn
Webb, Mrs. Neil Burch, and Mrs. Jane Autrey. The Square Dancing will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the
Recreation Hall.
The next meeting of the Fire Department will be held in the new Community Center on
Monday, July 19, at 7:30 p.m.
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Thompson from Durham,
N.C. and her costume crew
are busy with the sixty-seven
costumes required by the
show.
James Parker (Salisbury, U
N.C.) the scenic designer has
the reponsibility of delighting
the eye with eight different
sets. Parker has been with
Parkway for four years and in
his career has designed more
than two hundred produc
tions. He has also experienc-
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ed the directing and acting
aspects of the theatre.
The same staff will apply
its talent to present SOUTH
PACIFIC three weeks after
DAMES. The MATCHMAK
ER, a comedy, July 21-24, and
THE GLASS MENAGERIE,
July 28-31 fill the interim
between the musicals to
complete Parkway’s season.
SOUTH PACIFIC is by
Rodgers and Hammerstein
who are considered to be
"fathers of the American
musical. OKLAHOMA was
their first united effort which
included songs such as "Oh
What a Beautiful Morning”
and "People Will Say We’re
In Love.” Songs from SOUTH
PACIFIC such as “I’m In
Love With a Wonderful Guy”
and "Some Enchanted Even
ing” are also well-known to
many Americans.
To paraphrase Rodgers
and Hammerstein, there is
nothing like a musical, and
■ Parkway Playhouse plans to
. present two very exciting ones
July 14-17 and August 4-7 and
10-14. Reservations may be
made at (704) 682-6151.
Tickets are $3.50 for adults
and $2.25 for pre-college.