THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 4, NO. 34
Carnival
Donations
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Needed
Donations of several kinds
are needed for the Loaves and
Fishes carnival to be held in
Burnsville on Saturday, Au
gust 28.
Items are needed that can
be sold at the auction to be
held on Saturday afternoon.
Any item is acceptable so long
as it is in good condition.
Cakes are also needed for the
afternoon cakewalks.
One of the highlights of
the carnival will be to crown a
senior citizen king and queen.
These two persons will be the
oldest man and woman with
the most descendents now
living in Yancey County. Call
the Senior Citizen Hotline if
you know someone who may
qualify.
Persons who have items
for the auction or who will
donate a cake should call the
Hotline at once. The number
is 682-6011.
For every dollar that is
raised at the carnival the
Federal Government will give
three dollars for Yancey
County’s elderly citizens.
Please help with this ex
tremely worthwhile project
sponsored by the Yancey
County Committee on Aging.
‘Spoon
River’
Auditions
Biprttsville Little Theatre
announces auditions for Ed
gar Lee Masters’ “Spoon
River Anthology”. They will
be held from 7-9 on August
23, 24, and 26 at the Parkway
Playhouse. The play requires
a cast of at least three men
and two women, although
more people will be used if
sufficient interest is shown.
Also needed are two musi
cians who play (guitar, banjo,
fiddle) and sing.
“Spoon River Anthology”
is a mixture of humor and
drama presented in a monolo
gue and choral speaking style.
It has received acclaim as
both literature and drama for
its careful examination of
people in the town of Spoon
River, Illinois.
Everyone is welcome to try
out. If you wish to audition as
a musician, please bring your
instrument. Ability at sight
reading will be helpful.
Scripts will be provided for
those auditioning as actors.
No advance preparation is
required. Those who want to
-work backstage should come
also. And if you don't want to
be a part of the production,
make plans now to attend the
performances currently sche
duled for September 30,
October 1 and 2.
Rummage
Sale Set
Women of the Green
Mountain Free Will Baptist
Church will hold a rummage
sale Saturday, August 21,
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the
farm of Craig Deyton on the
Mine Fork Highway. Pro
ceeds go to Brother Arthur
Billows. Missionary to Mexico
Meeting Os
Democrats
The Young Democrats will
meet Thursday night at 7:30
at the Democratic Headquar
ters. AH Young Democrats are
urged Jo. attend.
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The Cattail Creek Community Association enjoyed a Spruce
Pine Junior Woman’s Club Charter on the Yancey Railroad on
Saturday. Mrs. Agnes Dolle gathered about 150 local residents
for the five hour trip from Burnsville to Kona and return.
At Kona the younger set enjoyed the water and rode the
rapids at the confluence of the North and South Toe Rivers.
The senior set ate picnic lunches on the island and waited
Ballet Program Previewed
BY SUSAN LARSON
How does a sponsor write
with conviction about a
performance he has never
seen? The Toe River Arts
Council is cosponsoring the
first performance of the North
Carolina Dance Theatre’s
season. It wasn’t possible to
see a performance, but it was
possible to see the troupe
taking shape.
One week into rehearsal
Leslie Greene (who'il be
preparing school children for
the Dance Theatre) and I
visited the dance studio at the
North Carolina School of the
Arts in Winston Salem where
the Dance Theatre is housed.
1 was excited to Find them
rehearsing ’’The Grey Goose
of Silence,” the main work to
be presented in Burnsville.
All fifteen dancers perform in
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ly Association enjoyed a Spruce patienflgjor the train crew to add the open gondola car for the
rter on the Yancey Railroad on return trip.
'Grey Goose, tne story oi a
young woman who falls in
love with a blind boy held
captive by the town witch,
called The Grey Goose. The
young woman is married to a
cold old man who brutally
mistreats her; it is as difficult
for her to escape from her
husband as it is for the boy to
escape from the witch. They
dance a touching and sensu
ous love story against a
background of indifference
and brutality.
We saw most of "The
Grey Goose of Silence,”
which the dancers had re
hearsed for only a week.
Ballet mistress Sandra Robin
son leads them through the
ballets, which they must learn
before they go on tour. They
have only the month of
August in which to master
them; they work intensively
The Fall Color Runs on the Yancey are October 9 and 16.
Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children. Write: SPJWC,
Box 444, 28777 for reservations. Last year, passengers came
from fifteen states for this special run. Two hundred people
requested tickets too late. Photos by Brian Westveer
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
daily in classes and rehear
sals. Director Robert Lind
gren supervises the instruc
tion, amplifies on the ballet
mistress’s comments, and
demonstrates what he wants
from the group. He has a
standard which he has de
veloped in his six years with
the Dance Theatre. He
expects hard work from his
dancers, but he also imbues
them with his own sense of
humor and fun. They work
together; they must work
together, he feels, so no stars
are highlighted. The dancers
vary in age and experience,
but they are treated as equals.
The other ballet which we
saw demonstrated this equa
lity. Instead of telling a story,
“Changes” develops abstract
impressions of the elements,
making the dancers into
visual forms rather than
people. Set to the starkly
modern music of Honegger,
the dance depends on the
coordination of movements
rather than on emotion. On
stage a beautiful metal
sculpture rotates overhead,
capturing and reflecting the
light.
"Changes” and “The
Grey Goose of Silence” are
only two of the sixteen ballets
in the North Carolina Dance
Theatre’s repertoire from
which they will choose the
September 4 program to be
given at 8:00 p.m. at the new
Mountain Heritage High
School. Whatever they choose
to dance, I'll be looking
forward to seeing how they’ve
developed since that seventh
day of rehearsal. They were
already very good.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1976
Yancey Youth Fatally
Injured In Accident
Thomas Harold Harris,
22 years old, of Route 6,
Burnsville died last Saturday
night from massive brain
injuries sustained in an
automobile accident Friday,
August 13, at 6:45 p.m.
Arnold Chandler, 21, of
Route 3, Burnsville was
driver of the 1970 Volkswagon
in which Harris was a
passenger.
The car was traveling east
Summer Retreat
At High Pastures
High Pastures’ last sum
mer retreat begins Thursday,
August 19, and ends on the
22nd. Morning meetings start
at 10:00 a.m.; evening meet
ings begin at 7:30 p.m.
Ray Baker, one of the
guest speakers at this event,
is a professor of Music at
Georgetown College, George
town, Ky. for five years and
taught in the areas of Voice,
Choral Conducting, Church
Music Administration and
Vocal Pedagogy. He also
toured with singing groups.
Ray served as Professor of
Music at New Orleans Baptist
Theological Seminary for 8
years and toured with a male
choir. God called Ray to the
Melbourne, Florida area to
minister both locally and to
the Body of Christ at large.
He is married to the former
Wanda Mae Potts of St.
Louis, Mo. and they have
three children.
Dean Simpson is another
guest speaker at this summer
retreat. He has pastored
Baptist churches; was ordain
ed to the Baptist Ministry in
1954. In addition to his
ministry in North Wilkesboro
he travels extensively among
MTI Courses Planned
For Transfer Credit
General Education at
Mayland Technical Institute
can now serve as a spring
board for students planning
further study at four-year
colleges around North Caro
lina.
Arrangements between
MTI and area senior colleges
are being made whereby
students’ work at MTI will
transfer into four year degree
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Mountain Heritage Cougars Show Their Stuff
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Football Season Opens II
The 1976 Cougar football
team will scrimmage Enka
High in the East Yancey
stadium Friday night, August
20. The scrimmage is slated
on East Main Street in
Burnsville when Chandler
reportedly lost control of the
vehicle and went off the road
on the left side, striking a
utility pole.
Both young men were
taken to Yancey Hospital and
then to Memorial Mission in
Asheville where Chandler was
treated and released. Harris
died at 11:25 p.m. Saturday
night.
various church groups all over
the Southeast United States
as a guest speaker. From 1966
to the present time he is a
Food and Environmental Sci
ence Instructor at Wilkes
Community College, Wilkes
boro, North Carolina. He is
married to the former Mar
garet Steelman and they have
five children.
Call High Pastures at
682-3138 for further informa
tion about the last summer
retreat beginning August 19.
A. Ray Baker
programs with a minimum
loss of credit.
Mars Hill College was one
of the first colleges to make
such an agreement with MTI.
A student having earned the
Associate degree in General
Education from MTI may
transfer all degree credits to
Mars Hill.
Other colleges accepting
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for 7:00 p.m. with a ‘meet the
squad’ program beginning at
6:00 p.m. This program will
introduce the varsity cheer
leaders and varsity football
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Harris was the son of
Harold and Wilma King
Harris, and grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Monroe King and
Mrs. Lena Harris, all of
Burnsville.
Burnsville Police Chief Joe
Gillespie was in charge of the
investigation.
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Steer And
Feeder Calf
Sales Set
Dates of £ie state spon
sored Yearling Steer and
Feeder Calf Sales at Western
North Carolina Livestock Mar
ket have been announced as
follows:
Steer Sales will be held at
10:00 a.m. on September 21,
September 28, and October
19, 1976.
Feeder Calf Sales will l>e
held at 10:00 a.m. on October
5 and November 2.
In all cases cattle will be
weighed in and graded on the
preceeding day. These sales
are jointly sponsored by the
North Carolina Cattlemen’s
Association, North Carolina
Department of Agriculture,
and the North Carolina
Extension Service.
Additional information can
be obtained by calling Wm. C.
Bledsoe, Agricultural Exten
sion Chairman at 682-6186.
A new grading system,
initiated last year in the
yearling steer sales and used
this spring in the Stocker
sales, will be used in all sales
foam. Than is no charge and I
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