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Fair Visitors Relax On Town Square To Eat Delicious Barbecued Chicken
Craftsmen, Visitors Praise Planning;
Thousands At Crafts Fair
BY CAROLYN YUZIUK
The town square in Burns
ville was the center of activity
for seven to eight thousand
people during the 21st Annual
Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair last
Friday and Saturday, August
5 and 6, according to a police
estimate. This made Yancey
County’s 1977 Festival the
best ever, with sales up all
around—from the craftsmens
booths and concession stand
to the chicken barbecue which
served 2,000 dinners to the
hungry crowd. Barbecue re
ceipts alone totalled nearly
$5,000, which was $1,500
more than last year; while the
concession stand made twice
as much as in 1976, with
$1,500 to their credit.
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Flea Mart
There will be a Flea
Market at the First Presby
terian Church, Burnsville, on
Saturday, August 13.
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‘49 Reunion
Burnsville High School
Class of 1949 will hold a class
reunion Saturday, August 13.
The reunion is set for 7:30
p.m. at the Oakwood Cottages
Motel and Restaurant on
Burnsville Rd., Spruce Pine,
North Carolina.
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Fellowship
The Mountain Lutheran
Fellowship is set for Sunday,
August 14, at 11:00 a.m. at
the Toe River Campground.
Refreshments will be served
after services.
All Lutherans and interes
ted parties are cordially
invited. See you there.
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The success of the fair was
never in question, however,
as long as mother nature
helped with the weather.
Hard work and serious plan
ning by the Yancey County
Chamber of Commerce, plus
many volunteer man-hours
contributed by year-round
and summer residents of the
county, has caused our annual
“big event” to blossom into a
beautiful promotion for the
mountain way of life.
The craftsmen who de
monstrated, displayed, and
sold their wares on the
Burnsville Town Square this
year were selected with care
and consideration by a Cham
ber committee to assure Fair
visitors of variety and authen
Decoration
There will be a Decoration
at the Academy Hill Cemetery
on Academy Street in Burns
ville on Sunday, August 14, at
2:00 p.m.
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Softball
Micaville All Stars will
meet the Carter County,
Tenn. All Stars for a Softball
Game on Sunday, August 14
at 2:00 p.m. at Micaville
Elementary School.
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‘67 Reunion
The Cane River High
School graduating class of
1967 is having a Class
Reunion on Saturday, August
27 at Cane River Middle
School. The dinner will be
from 2 to 6 p.m. Dancing will
follow from 8 p.m. to 12
midnight at th: Community
Building. .
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BURNSVILLE, N.C. 28714
ticity. One hundred and
seventy five crafts booths
featured needlework, stained
glass, metal sculptures, paint
ings, weaving, leatherwork,
pottery, wooden toys, hand
made furniture, dolls, jewelry
and even brooms and apple
butter to sell. It was a
delightful experience just
making the round of the
booths to see the items which
the skill and talent of the
craftspeople produced.
The South Toe Stompers
gave a clogging exhibition
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Horseshoe Champs!
Eleven teams of two men
each competed at the Mt.
Mitchell Crafts Ftflr for the
Horseshoe Pitching Cham
pionship. The event was held
on Saturday from noon until 4
p.m. on the Courthouse lawn.
Hundreds of spectators
cheered on their favorites as
the men threw their ringers
or didn’t! Os the competitors,
three teams were from Bun
combe or Madison County;
the other eight teams were
Yancey County’s finest.
The Yancey County Re
creation Commission spon
sored the horseshoe tourna
Chamber Concerts
End With Octet
The final concert of the
Music in the Mountains 1977
summer series will be held
Sunday, August 14 at 3:30 in
the Spruce Pine Methodist
Church. The final concert is
held in Spruce Pine each year
since many of the season
ticket holders live in that area.
Featured on the program
is the Schubert Octet for
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during the Fair this year; the
Parkway Playhouse crew per
formed occasional skits, and
Campers in the Forest, a local
folk music group, provided all
kinds of music to add to the
festive atmosphere.
The town square was
spruced up for the occasion
with flowers all in bloom, the
weather was made-to-order,
entertainment was mountain
style fun, the chicken smelled
and tasted delicious-in short,
everything man could do was
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ment in conjunction with the
Crafts Fair, as it does each
year. Trophies are presented
to the First Place Winners.
This year the Ftrst Place
Trophies and Horseshoe
Pitching Championship went
to the Yancey County team of
Freddie Penland, BiJrnsville
and Randy Buckner, Bald
Creek. Runners-up were J.B.
Fuller and Roy Littrell from
Madison and Buncombe.
The Yancey County Re
creation Commission would
like to express their thanks to
Sam Styles and Jackie Mathis
for their help in putting on
this event.
Strings and Winds with Ralph
Evans, violin; Ann Leathers,
violin; Jane Grimaldi, Viola;
Dana Rusinak, cello; Michael
Goldring, bass; Frank Ell,
clarinet; Robert Barris, bas
soon and Bruce McLellan,
horn.
Other .works on the pro
gram are the Mozart Duo for
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done well and with mother
nature doing her part, the
21st Annual Mt. Mitchell
Crafts Fair rose to new
heights in 1977. It will be a
hard act to follow!
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1977
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Social Security
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Forum Is Slated
Congressman Lamar Gud
| ger said today that he has
| scheduled a Social Security
I Forum to be held Monday,
I August 22, in the courthouse
! at Bakersville, North Caro
lina. The forum will begin at
2:15 p.m.
“This forum, which is the
> first such meeting in the
( area,” the Congressman said,
| “will give an individual from
I the Mitchell, Avery and
I Yancey areas the opportunity
to discuss their needs and
concerns in person with
representatives of the Social
| Security Administration.”
The forum will open with
‘ comments from Congressman
5 Gudger and an explanation of
the program by the Social
5 Security representative. A
question and answer period
will follow. Time will not
permit the discussion of all
individual cases, but she
I names and addresses will be
i taken and a follow-Up will be
* made on each case.
Parkway’s Final Play
Is Smash-Hit Musical
“There’s No Coffee” is
one of the songs in the
musical comedy HOW TO
SUCCEED IN BUSINESS
WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
at Parkway Playhouse, Au
gust 10-13 at 8:30 p.m. in
Burnsville.
The plot centers around
the schemes of a young
businessman, J. Pierrepont
Finch (Steve Washer) to
become an executive at tlie
World Wide Wicket Com
pany. Pretty secretary Rose
mary, played by Kat Dobson,
falls in love with Finch and
decides that she would be
“1 hope each and every
citizen of the Mitchell-Avery-
Yancey area who has a
concern about Social Security
will attend the forum,” the
Public Meeting For
Highway Planning
North Carolina Depart
ment of Transportation offi
cials will conduct a public
meeting in Asheville to
provide area residents with an
opportunity to participate in
the annual update of the
State’s Highway Improve
ment Program.
Scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on
Thursday, August 18, the
meeting will be held in the
Carmichael Humanities Buil
ding, UNCA, in Asheville.
The meeting will be
chaired by John M. Gilkey of
“Happy to Keep His Dinner
Warm.” Bud Frump (Paul
Webb) is the boss’s nephew
who tries to get Finch fired,
and Smitty, played by Emily
Green, is Rosemary’s confi
dante.
' Guest artist Garth Schu
macher, seen last summer in
Parkway’s SOUTH PACIFIC
will play the part of J.B.
Biggley, the company’s boss.
Biggley’s interest in Hedy La
Rue (Deborah Kintzing) adds
a spicy complication to the
show. Hedy’s arrival into the
action prompts the musical
number of “A Secretary is not
a Toy.”
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Congressman said. “It is my
hope that the discussion will 41
help each to better under
stand the program of the
Social Security Administra
tion.”
Marion. Gilkey was appointed
to the Board by Governor
James B. Hunt, Jr. last month
to represent NCDOT’s High
way Division 13, which
encompasses Buncombe, Ma
dison, Burke, McDowell,
Mitchell, Rutherford and Yan
cey Counties.
the Highway Improvement
Program is a planned and
programmed course for high
way construction that balan
ces anticipated revenues
against estimated highway
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HOW TO SUCCEED, with
fourteen musical numbers, Is
intended purely for entertain
ment. Choreographers for the
show are Dr. John Joy, former
Broadway performer, and
Keith Martin, theatre student
at UNC-Greensboro from Hie
kory, North Carolina.
Teresa Keller from Abing
don, Virginia, is director of
the production; Nathan Mat
thews is musical director;
James Parker is set designer,
and costumes are designed by
.Del Risberg and Dru Minton-
Gark.
The musical closes Park
way’s 31st season which
began with the critically
acclaimed MAN OF LA
MANCHA and included CAC
TUS FLOWER, ROYAL FAM
ILY, and TEN LITTLE IN
DIANS, all under the leader
ship of Pr. John * Joy,
Managing Director.
Reservations for HOW TO
SUCCEED may be made by
calling 682-6151 or tickets
may be purchased at the door.
High School
Registration
Freshmen and transfer
students will register at
Mountain Heritage High
School between 8:30 and
11:30 on Tuesday, August 16.
Students in grades 10, 11 and
12 who pre registered before
school closed in June should
not report to the school until
Thursday, August 18. Al
requests for schedule changes
will be considered on that
date.
Power
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power interruption Sunday,
August 13. weather permit
ting, from 100 to aonroxi-