THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL* 4, NO. 36
Youthful Workers
For Manpower
Tiie Manpower division of
WAMY Community Action,
Inc. has been hard at work in
Yancey County. With the start
of school this past week, as a
result, 107 high school young
sters have gone back with 7
weeks of work experience.
The 1976 Manpower en
rollees benefitted greatly
from the summer program.
Not only did they receive
money for school expenses,
but they received good work
experience in the “world of
work.” All the work was
performed in the‘&otmty, state
or federal work sites. The
young people cleaned, paint
ed, mowed, and beautified
the grounds, did secretarial
work, typing, filing, craft
Sales & Use
Tax Report
Local one percent Sales
and Use Tax collections were
reported recently for the
month of July, 1976. The
report is issued monthly by J.
Howard Coble, Secretary,
N.C. Department of Revenue
ip. Raleigh.
Yancey County collections
for the month of July, 1976,
amounted to $19,365.02 ac
cording to the report. This
compares with Avery County
collections of $21,569.63 for
the same period, and exceeds
Madison County July collec
tions of $13,579.46. Mitchell
County had the highest
collection for the four counties
with the amount of $22,875.66
Saturday At Mountain Herita ,
NC Dance Theatre Performance
BY SUSAN LARSON
Last year the North
Carolina Dance Theatre per
formed in nine states on its
eight month long tour. This
year they will begin their
season in Burnsville at Moun
tain Heritage High School on
Saturday, September 4, at
8:00 p.m. When the dancers
leap onstage, they will not
only be inaugurating their
1976-77 season, they will also
be beginning what one hopes
will become a series of
theatrical programs at Tom
berlin Auditorium. Never
before has a professional
dance group performed in this
area. With the new facility
available to the community, it
is possible to present a wide
variety of entertainment, in
cluding dance.
The broad stage will
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Dancers Perform ‘Grey Goose Os Silence’
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sates work; they dug ditches,
did carpentry work on the new
Child Development Center,
and also performed other
tasks in a variety of places.
The worksites included all
the schools, plus the U.S. Post
Office, Yancey Courthouse,
Food Stamp Office, Veterans
Affairs Office, the Blue Ridge
Mental Health Center, Adult
Day Activities, Chamber of
Commerce, Laurel Mtn.Crafts
and Manpower Office, Town
of Burnsville, Health Depart
ment, Parkway Playhouse and
many more places.
the funds that pay the
wages of the summer Man
power Program are provided
to W.A.M.Y. Community
Action Iner through the
comprehensive .Employment
Training Act. The monies are
awarded to’ the Region-;:-©
Council of tmverhments as a
direct contract from. North
Carolina Manpower Council.
The Region D Council of
Government then sub-con
tracts to WAMY the operation
of the program.
The amount of federal
money coming into the
County during the summer on
this program was close to
$50,000.
Any young person who is
in school, who may need a job
to help with school expenses
and can miet the strict
income guidelines of the
program is urged to submit an
application to the Manpower
Office of W.A.M.Y. Commu
nity Action, Inc. in Burnsville.
Call 682-2610 for more in
formation.
accommodate well the three
works Director Robert Lind
gren has chosen to present at
Mountain Heritage. The fif
teen dancers will begin with
“Changes,” an abstract work
set to the music of Arthur
Honegger. Os it a Chapel Hill
reviewer said, “ ‘Changes’
is a forceful, yet controlled
work, with energies that the
young dancers can pour into
the piece. It seems an ideal
ballet for this company.”
The second work is espe
cially significant to this area.
Commissioned for the North
Carolina Dance Theatre,"The
Grey Goose of Silence” is a
love story set in Appalachia.
The Green Bay Press Gazette
called it “a stunningly beauti
ful and moving piece of work
in its strength and simplicity.
The score is an exemplary
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piece of contemporary country
folk and the choreography |tn
excellent wedding of classic
and modem... The story is a
common folklore tale of a
young woman forced into a
convenient marriage with a
much older man, her awaken
ing love for a young man and
the ensuing complications...
This is a truly superb piece of
total dance-theater.”
Where “The Grey Goose
of Silence” is romantic and
dramatic, the closing “Bach:
Brandenburg Three” is comic
and light. Props include
helium balloons attached to
the dancers' heads and a wall
with five doors. The music
may be classical, but the
dance is anti-classical and
fun. It was part of the
program which prompted a
Virginia writer to headline his
review “Exuberance Unfolds;
Dancers Weave Joy Tapes
try” and to go on to say, “this
company dances with an
Club Topic
Is ‘Sudden
Infant
Death ’
Sudden Infant Death Syn
drome (SIDS), or crib death,
is the leading cause of death
in infants between one month
and one year of life. The
North Carolina SIDS Project is
one of 31 federally funded
SIDS information and coun
seling projects. This state
wide project is being carried
out through the Office of the
Chief Medical Examiner, Di
vision of Health Services,
Department of Human Re-
Mrs. Carol Ingram, the
SIDA nurse-counselor in the
western part of the state, will
discuss this topic at the
Burnsville Women’s Club on
September 9th at 8:00 p.m. in
the Burnsville Community
Building. Other interested
community members, parti
cularly the Rescue Squad
members, babysitters, and
mothers and grandmothers,
are invited to attend.
Brush Creek
Cookout Set
Brush Creek Community
Club is holding a cookout on
Monday, September 6 at 6:30
p.m. at the Community Club
building. Hamburgers and
hotdogs will be furnished.
Bring a cookout dish, and
enjoy the fellowship. All are
invited
abandon that is a joy to watch
and feel.” The audience
Saturday evening will have a
chance to experience that joy
when the North Carolina
Dance Theatre comes to
Mountain Heritage High
School. Added to that joy will
be the good feeling given by
the beauty of the new facility.
Music in the Mountains
and the Toe River Arts
Council are cosponsoring this
event and are aided by a grant
from the North Carolina Arts
Council. The North Carolina
Dance Theatre is funded in
part by the National Endow
ment for the Arts and is a
professional affiliate of the
N.C. School of the Arts.
Tickets are available in
Burnsville at the Nu-Wray
Inn, the Yancey County
Country Store, and Banks
Pharmacy and from board
members of Music in the
Mountains and the Toe River
Arts Council. They may also
be purchased at the door.
(Tickets are $2.50 with a
reserved seat section at $5.00)
South Toe
FT A Meeting
The South Toe School PTA
will hold its first meeting of
the 1976-77 school year on
Tuesday, September 7th. The
business meeting will begin at
7:00 p.m. in the school
cafeteria. Refreshments will
be served. There are some
bright new changes to the
classrooms and some energe
tic, talented additions to our
fine faculty.
Come out and meet them
and join in the support of your
child’s school. Together we
can make another great year
at South Toe.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1976
Yancey Night Is Friday
On Blue Ridge Parkway
The National Park Service
is holding a series of shows
and other events at Crabtree
Meadows, on the Blue Ridge
Parkway, this week. Events
which have Already taken
place include learning ses
sions at the Kiosk on the use
of a compass and map, basic
skills of survival, the interde
pendence of everything in
nature, making Gee-Haw
Whimmydiddles, and the
oiversity of life along the trail.
Evening shows in the
\inphitheatre at Crabtree
deadows include stories of
‘Mammals of the Parkway”
nd “Man and the Land” and
“Birds and Wildflowers”;
and last Monday evening, the
Blue Ridge Parkway celebra
ted Avery County Night with a
Folk Festival in the Patio of
the Crabtree Meadows Res
taurant.
Wednesday evening, Sep
tember 1, a color movie will
be shown in the Amphitheatre
entitled “The Age of Alaska.
Or. Thursday, September
2, an afternoon program,
“Look Way Out There!”
depicts nature’s contrasts.
This will be at the Kiosk. That
night, at 7:30 p.m. is Mitchells,
County Night, celebrated with
Tri-County
Football
Begins
The Tri-County Football
League begins its second year
of operation this week. This
league is composed of teams
of 6th, 7th, and Bth graders
from Buncombe, Madison and
Yancey Counties.
Yancey County will have
two teams in the league this
year, the East Yancey Panth
ers and the Cane River
Rebels. Rome games will be
played at the respective home
fields of these two teams.
The opening games for
both teams will be this
Saturday, September 4. East
Yancey will host the North
Buncombe Red Raiders at
East Yancey field at 4 o’clock.
Cane River will travel to Mars
Hill. Admission for the games
is $1.25 for adults and 75c for
students. Both Yancey County
teams should be in contention
for the conference champion
ship this year.
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Wins First Place In Division
Vickie Hughe*, daughter of Mr. and Mn. Farrell Hughes of Burnsville, won Ist place out of 19
entries in the division: Juveniles, 11 years and under, Riding Walking Mares or Geldings. The
youthful rider won the $l5O prize with her horse, Copy’s Hot Panto on August 27 at the 38th
Annual Tennessee Walking Horae National Celebration at Shelbvvlile Tennessee Pi,<„„„i ,"
Vickie, astride Copy’s Hot Panto, and [I. to r.J Pat Porter presenting a ribbon Deedv Decer
presenting a Trophy, and Mrs. H.C. Sununltt, Jr. presenting The Vann Summit! f
Challenge Trophy. More than seven thousand won la at the -h™. -^B|lp”*
a folk festival featuring
mountafci folk talent at the
patio of the restaurant.
Os special interest to
Yancey Countians is the
Yancey County Night Folk
Festival on the Blue Ridge
Parkway, to be held in the
patio of Crabtree Meadows
Restaurant. Everyone is urg
ed to come see our own
mountain folk talent for an
evening of entertainment.
This will be 7:30 p.m. on
September 3.
This coming Saturday
another Amphitheatre show
will be held at 8:30 p.m.,
entitled “Appalachians:
Democrats Share
Host Duties At HQ
I lie Yancey County De
mocratic Headquarters is now
open daily from 3:00 p.m. to
10:00 p.m. Monday through
Saturday. All Democrats and
friends arc cordially invited to
stop In when in Burnsville.
Your suggestions and ideas
are most welcome. Each local
precinct will host the head
quarters for one week accord
ing to the following schedule:
Date Host
Aug.3o-Sept.4 Egypt
Sept. tv i 1 Ramseytown
Sept. 13 18 Qreen Mtn.
Sept7 ?0 25 Jacks Creek
Sept .2' 7 Oct 2 Brush Creek
October 4-9 Crabtree
October 1116 Toe
October 18-23 Pensacola
October 25-30 Prices Creek
Burnsville #1 and Cane
Steering Committee
Elected At Meeting
Approximately 275 per
sons met in the East Yancey
gym on Friday, August 27, to
ChickenßßQ
At Newdale.
The Newdale Fire Depart
ment will hold their annual
Labor Day Chicken Barbecue
on Saturday, September 4,
from 11:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
One-half chicken plates or
chicken only will be available,
to be eaten at the Fire House
or take home. Everyone is
urged to buy a delicious
chicken dinner this Saturday
at Newdale.
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Change Thru Time,” and
Sundays production is "Man
and the Land,” also at 8.30.
Learning programs are pres
ented at the Kiosk on both
days at 2:30 in the afternoon.
Lastly, on Monday, Sep
tember 6, there will be a
Southern Highlands Craft
Demonstration of Pottery
Making in the Amphitheatre
at 8:30 p.m.
Inquiries regarding the
Blue Ridge Parkway and its
activities are welcomed and
can be addressed to the
Superintendent, Blue Ridge
Parkway, P.O. Box 7606,
Asheville, N.C. 28807.
River H 2, havine been hosts
lor (he past two weeks, will
host on November 1 and 2
jointly. All Democratic Exe
cuiive Committee meetings
will now be h&M at the
Democratic Headquarters on
\cademv Street in Burnsville.
County-wide supper ineet
ings arc scheduled for East
Yancey School on Saturday
night September 25 from 5:00
to t>:3o with a rally and short
program at 7:00 p.m. The
grand finale with a “Victory- |
in-’“6" Supper will bejKW at
Mountain Heritage" High
School on Saturday night,
October 23. from 5:00 to 7:00
p.m. with a rally following
supper and a full evening of
Itlll.
discuss the matter of Yancey
County now being considered
a wet county in which the sale
of beer and wine "may be
legal. According to town
officials this situation has
come about because the 1937
ruling which made the county
dfy has now been considered
unconstitutional.
Rev. Charles Willis and
Rev. Don Sides served as
moderators for the meeting. It
was clear that the sentiment
of the group was to do all
possible to prevent the sale of
alcoholic beverages in the
county.
A steering committee was
elected to see what steps
could be taken.