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_.. •■ w-; EugraßHMiVr** - .NSiaBBSBSK I^ >.-•**;v- •-hl. • , THE YANCEY JOURNAL VOL. 4, NO. 31 j ' ~ JttT ; 7_NF Ml fee ft, TjPW.— Bw "'M&HH' ' *■ £ ”**l Tiiffl r itlf < ** t w •* 'jfljr ||l BlfiiP* jrJr II Rows Os Barbecued Chicken Feed Hungry Visitors Musical, ‘South Pacific’ At Playhouse Next Week “There is nothing like a dame.” There is also nothing like a musical, especially Rodgers' and Hammerstein’s SOUTH PACIFIC, which is to be presented at Parkway Playhouse August 4-7 and August 10-14 at 8:30 p.m. The musical which receiv ed the 1950 Pulitzer Prize in and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical ran for 1,925 Broadway performances. Well-known songs from SOUTH PACIFIC include ‘‘There is Nothing Like a Dame,” "I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair,” and “Some Enchanted Evening.” Luvenia ’ Garner from Greensboro is a guest artist for the show and will be portraying "Bloody Mary.” According to a spokesman for the Playhouse, the role of “Bloody Mary” is extremely difficult because it requires vocal and dramatic talent that moves easily from earthy comedy to beautiful lyricism. Luvenia’s voice is highly trained and will be a definite advantage to the production of Parkway’s last show of the season. Portraying an island wo man with a special talent for making money by selling souvenirs to American ser vicement is exciting to Lu venia who has much operatic experience and hopes to make her living as a professional singer. Her recent credits Include MIKADO and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. The storyline of SOUTH PACIFIC centers around Nel lie Forbush, an army nurse, and Emile Deßecque, a French planter living on the bland where the play takes place. Nellis falls in love with suiacmi. r ' ; . . m : f i ■ ■■l I i ■H Pam Giannasio Stan In ‘South Pacific’ • . ' >. ■ J ' S ' ' • ' Emile, but runs away from her true feelings when she finds out about his previous marriage to an island native and his two children. Amy Young from Asheville who played “Gretl” in Parkway’s 1975 SOUND OF MUSIC will be one of Deßecque’s child ren, and Brian Buchanan from Burnsville will be her brother. Garth Schumacher will be Deßecque and Pam Giannasio who was “Ruby” in DAMES AT SEA will be Nellie. Needless to say, the ending is a happy one. Other leading roles are ‘Glass Menagerie’ Now At Parkway Barbara Blackledge, Doug Preis, Sally Harrell and Whit Davies are presenting a memorable recreation of Ten nessee Williams’ THE GLASS MENAGERIE Wednesday through Saturday, July 28-31 at Parkway Playhouse at 8:30 p.m. In honor of Tennessee Williams, admission is re duced SI.OO to anyone who presents either a program or a ticket stub from a preceding Parkway season at the box office. The play was Williams’ first popular success and has been one of America’s favor ites since its appearance. The plot deals with “Amanda”, an overbearing Southern mo ther, and her struggles to live a dignified life with her two children, Laura and Tom. SOUTH PACIFIC follows GLASS to complete Parkway’s thirtieth season. The musical will be presented Wednesday through Saturday, August Bl RNSVILLE, N.C. 28714 played by Leif Crowe, Ed Simpson, Paul Tauger, and Tom McClary. The production is directed by Dr. Joy who has directed SOUND OF MUSIC and DAMES AT SEA at Parkway. SOUTH PACIFIC is the final production of Parkway’s thirtieth season. Reservations may be made at Parkway’s box office, 704-682-6151, be tween 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Ticket prices are $3.50 for adults and $2.25 for pre college students. Doug Preis 4-7, and Tuesday through Saturday, August 10-14. Cur tain is at 8:30 p.m. Reserva tions may be made at the Parkway box office, 682-6151. Tickets are $3.50 for adults and $2.25 for pre-college students. Festivities Begin August 6: Annual Crafts Fair Slated August 6th and 7th will be festive and fun-filled days for visitors and residents who attend the annual Mt. Mitch ell Crafts Fair in Burnsville. Saturday will be highlighted by the always popular chicken barbecue for the thousands who come to view and purchase the wares of the craftspeople exhibiting on the village green. This year offers the biggest and best collection of craftsmen and women ever. The craftspeople range from a young lady-Hollie Sides and HL I v i.< fey. - V lit - - r ■ 11 Basketmaker Demonstrates Craft Misinformation On Food Stamps BY REV. RONALD E. TEED Misinformation on food stamps is running rampant. The Community Nutrition Institute, Washington, D.C., reports that the campaign against the food stamp program is based on false information disseminated for political gain. The general populace has been misled into believing that (1) families of four Barbecue And Dance Scheduled The Barbecue and Square Dance of the South Toe Volunteer Fire Department will be held on Friday, July 30, at the Toe River Ranch Campground. Dinner will be served at 5:00 p.m. Dinners will be SI.OO and $1.50. At 7;00 jjgm. the quilt drawing will fjtne place. Square danc ing bjfcins at 8:00 p.m. Admissidh will be SI.OO adults, 50c children under 14, and children under 6 free. Republican Meetings There will be a Republican meeting for the Burnsville Precinct on Friday, JulyJo, «t 7:30 p.m. at the Republican Headquarters in the Nat Howell Bldg. Egypt, Ramseytown and Cane River will meet Monday, August 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the h°r friend Bee Young, who make Mini-Monsters to Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Byrd who “create” apple butter. Craftspeople were asked fin their applications to respond to a question “How did you learn your craft?” Their answers were as varied as the craft fields they represent. Many of the entries like Ida Robertson of Route 3, Burnsville who makes long dresses and bonnets to match, Rosemary Souder of Daytona Beach who makes feather and bead earning up to $16,000 a year ire eligible for stamps; that [2) the program is wildly out rs control, and that (3) it is filled with cheaters and :hiselers. U.S. Department of Agri :ulture statistics show that tearly half of all food stamp 'ecipients live in households vith incomes under $3,000 a fear; that 93.5 percent of all bur-person households get :ing stamps have annual ncomes under $6,000; and hat most of the households vith incomes above $6,000 lave five or more persons. Some politicians are quick o charge that the food stamp irogram is “out of control,” iting as evidence the “fact” hat the program has grown 7,000 percent since 1962. This statement is decep ve, It fails to note that the x>d stamp program operated i only eight counties in 1962, 'hile today it is nationwide perating in over 3,000 Dunties. Furthermore, in the 1960 s >e principal federal food ssistance program in the •S. was not food stamps, but te “surplus commodity dis ibution program,” serving early 7.5 million Americans, lese now arc included in the od stamp program. This ansfer accounts for a large tare of the sudden swelling the ranks of stamp cipients. Prior to enactment of the x>d Stamp Act in 1964, over 300 counties had no food lief program for low-income sople. However, by 1971 od assistance programs [Cant’d on page 3] THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1976 jewelry and applique clothing, Kit Elliott from Old Fort, N.C. who makes tables, tea carts and other woodcraft, Lula Street from Route 4, Burns ville who does needle crafts, Joyce B. McElrath of Swan nanoa, N.C. who does general crafts, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oates of Gerton, N.C. who does woodcraft and weaving, Bertha Black of Route 2, Burnsville, N.C. who quilts and does other handcraft, and Marilyn Gulesian of Route 3, Burnsville, who does needle craft, learned their crafts from their families and friends. Others, like Kit Peake, who is a Lt. Col., retired and living in Burnsville who does varied craftwork, Ruth Ed wards of Green Mountain who makes dolls, quilts, and animals; Agnes Hensley of Burnsville who does hand crafts; Blanche Sherrill of Statesville, N.C. wjio makes dolls, animals, and other handcraft, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Stenzel of Route 5, Burnsville, who make dolls, candles and do lapidary and gem projects; credit their own interest, dedication and prac tice to development of their skills. Screening Program Continues The Screening Team from the Region D Developmental Evaluation Center has been screening children in Yancey County this summer. The team has screened children in the Bald Creek area and at Burnsville School. During the last week in July and the first week in August the team will be at Micaville School. If you would like your 4-year-old to have his or her development checked in language, listen ing skills, coordination, vi sion, hearing, and social skills, call Micaville School at 675-4161. Band Shoes Band shoes for the March ing Band are at the Town & Country Shoe Store. Please pick them up as soon as possible. a WZi / \M v - ,1 Final Concert Performance The Music In the Mountains concert will be held this Sunday August 1 In Snruce Pine rh United Methodist Church wIH hoot the Celo Players In their final m- ‘ .l. summer at 3-30 p.m. Board member, will provide iced tea at Intermission. On the program are two works of great importance In the chamber music literature the M 52.50, SI.OO students. Craft center classes, teeh- % nical institute workshops, extension offices, magazines, and craft publications have stimulated craftspeople like Jane Crow from Route 5, Burnsville who does macrame handcrafts; Sena Hughes of Green Mountain who makes dolls and handwork; Ada Jones of Route 2, Burnsville who quilts and makes afghans; Ruth Ann Gibson of Covington, Ky. who does weaving; Jerry Cleven ger of Clemmons, N.C. (formerly of Burnsville) who does photography and fram ing. Jerone Pearson of Greens boro, N.C. who does leather craft is a teacher of industrial arts. Barbara Grenell of Route 5, Burnsville who does weav ing and vegetable dyeing, studied at the Philadelphia College of Art and the Penland School of Crafts. Painter Joan McGuire of Spruce Pine studies at Carne gie Tech, and Dick Stover of Boone, who does woodcraft ing, studies at A.S.U. Edgar Stohler, representing the Woodcrafters of Johnson City, Tennessee, also learned his craft in an industrial arts course. Margaret Smith of Burnsville who does wood carvings, took courses it Brasstown and at Millerville School in Pennsylvania. Don Davis of Floyd, Virginia learned his pottery craft in college while Connie Mitchell and Elizabeth Kdan of Ashe ville study pottery at UNC-A. The slab clay work and screen printing of Appalachian De signs, Black Mountain (Lloyd Spaulding, Jr. and Lisa Milton) were inspired by a degree in visual designs and graphic arts. The McWhir ters, James and Kore, credit a combination of sources for their well-known pottery study at the University of Michigan, and with Wanda Lee, and 15 years of practice. Regardless of their source of inspiration, the ‘levels of competence and creativity shown each year by the crafts people at the Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair must surely be credited as woodcrafter Sam uel Smith of Greenwood, S.C. says to “trial and error” and as Ruth Edwards, maker of quilts and dolls of Green Mountain reports-“all on my own free will!” 15 c mMHmOm Jean Buchanan Register Os Deeds Candidate Jean S. Buchanan is a Democratic candidate for Re gister of Deeds. Jean is the daughter of the late Gaston Shepherd and Mrs. Nola Shepherd. She has worked in the Register of Deeds Office for seven years as the Deputy and Assistant Register of Deeds and worked part time for Evelyn H. Pate. Mrs. Buchanan is present ly working for Yancey County as Purchasing Agent and Assistant County Accountant. She is a member of the Bolens Creek Baptist hureh and former secretary of the Young Democrat Club and Yancey County Jaycettes. She is running for office with the assurance to her supporters that she will give efficient and courteous ser vice in the Register of Deeds office. Sales And Use Tax Report The local 1 % Sales and Use Tax collections by county were reported for the month of June, 1976 by J. Howard Coble, Secretary, N.C. De partment of Revenue. The report shows Yancey County collections came to the sum of $18,691.49 for that month. Collections by Avery County amounted to just over SIB,OOO, while Madison Coun ty collected $13,333.34 for the same period. Mitchell County collections amounted to the sum of $27,205.74 for June.
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