MHC Puppeteers Popular With Children Program, hivt bM& suc cessful in arousing the interest of elementary school students la Madieon County in the Watery of their eotmty The pant awarded by the ?late agency allowed the students to purchase the materials they needed. In chiding the stage, scenery, all lighting equipment, and IS puppets and costumes. The students are: Rochelle Dunn, a native of Henderson; Lucy Patterson, a Jacksonville, Fla., native; Lois Vanderpool, an Ocean City, N. J., native, all sophomore elementary education major*; and The tuur ituoeoU have been working closely with Deborah Compton, third century artist in residence at Mara Hill aad a nroftnahsial ouooeteer With the halp of aix Madison High School students, David Lee, Mark Moore, Linda Ammom, Burton Fox, Babecca Mtt, and Dawn Oenunons. All acenary was painted by MHS student Karen Boone. The 10 m ember group wrote five original scripts, baaed an tales from the Appalachian region, and have produced the shows in each of the elementary schools as well as the child care centers In Madison County. The scripts w?r? taped by the students with music provided by Lou Therrefl at the coUece staff, s well-known musician Other local ?<- * : j musicians participated la the project aa wall The shows have been wall received by the schools and the project will oone to a close during a county-wide bicentennial festival May f. _ ' _ Legislation Will Hold Down Telephone Price Consumer legislation whicn the telephone industry believes is needed to bold down the price of basic local telephone service for residential and small business customers has been in troduced in the Senate by Sen. Vance Hartke (D-Ind), Paul Wooten, district commercial manager with Western Carolina and Weatco telephone companies, said this week. Similar legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives by Teno Roncalio (D-Wy). Identified as S-3192, the Hartke bill would reaffirm the national goal of the Federal Communications Act of 1934, which calls for universal telephone service offered within the economic reach of all Americans. The nation's 1600 in dependent telephone com panies and the Bell System companies are united in their support of the legislation. The industry's labor unions also were consulted during the preparation of the bill, and Wooten expressed confidence . that the unions would support the measure. Proponents of the legislation ; believe recent decisions by the Federal Communications Commission encouraging what is termed "contrived competition" in the industry run counter to the intent of Congress and are not in the public interest. "The federal regulator's actions in recent years in favor of so-called competition will only drive up residential and small business rates as much as 60 percent unless Congress reaffirms the i original objectives of the | Communications Act," i Wooten said. He pointed out i that this fact was documented i by an extensive study con ducted for the independent telephone companies by Systems Applications, Inc., a prestigious California tele communications research firm. The legislation introduced by Senator Hartke would reaffirm the intent of the Communications Act through the following four provisions: ?reaffirm the authority of the states to regulate terminal and station equipment. ?prescribe standards governing FCC licensing of specialized common carriers providing intercity service, thereby insuring against wasteful duplication of ser vices. ?preclude denial to the telephone companies of competitive intercity private line rates, provided they are compensatory. ?permit necessary con solidation of duplicative FCC authority, corporate acquisitions as is now done with respect to telephone companies. "Enactment of this legislation would counter the actions of the FCC, actions which in recent years have been dismantling our nation's telephone system. If left unchecked, such federal bureaucratic experimentation would ruin the world's best and least expensive telephone system by the injection of artificial competition into a publicly regulated industry " Wooten said. As a result of FCC decisions since 1968,, two types of competitors have developed: ?distributors and retailers which sell or lease telephones and special equipment to be connected to the telephone company network. ?specialized common earners which provide in tercity private-line services over selected high usage routes which, because of the high call volume, are more profitable than average for the telephone companies. "This contrived competition is a major consumer issue because of the potential of future Urge rate increases that will have to occur as competitors lure away mors and more of our mors profitable services. "Ilie cost Of local serviceis Partially offset by the revenue contributions from long distance and other ?p?-Ul services traditionally provided by telephone com panies When such revenue contributions diminish as a result of competition, it is the residential and small business customers who will bear the burden of the increased charges from basic local telephone service," Wooten concluded. Minister Accepts Pastorate The Rev. Frank S. Ledford, of Jacksonville, has accepted the pastorate of Bradbum Chapel First Church of God The Rev. and Mrs. Ledford are living in this community from Thursday evenings until Sunday each week. The Rev. Mr. Ledford was born in a Baptist home in 1910 went to a Presbyterian school and studied for the ministry. He was in the ser vice for six years. He was married in 1935 and he and Mrs. Ledford have three children. He also preached in the Presbyterian church for a number of years. In 1938 be came in contact with the Church of God, a faith he has t held since He cordially invites anyone toattend services at Bradbum forks Of Ivy Get-Together ' By MRS. THURMAN BRIGG8 An Oie' Fashion Get together with a "Poor Man's Supper" and Appalachian folk music were activities of the Greater Forks of Ivy Com munity on April 29 at Shoe Town. Supper began at ?:30 with dishes like our parents and grandparents had in, what one calls, "the good oie' days". The ladies prepared dishes offried chicken, stewed chicken, chicken and dum plins, com bread, fried apple pies, oie' fashion molasses fruit cake, barbecued back bones and ribs, deviled eggs, corn on the cob, blackberry, strawberry and peach cob bler, leather britches (beans) and other delicious dishes along with lemonade and coffee. A program of music and a reading followed the supper. "The Appaalchian Folk" from Madison County and Mara Hill College, consisting of Lou Therrell on the banjo and harmonica, Bard Ray, on the fiddle; Arlene Kesterson on the bass fiddle and Vivian Hartsoe on guitar entertained us with songs our ancestors played on their banjoes and fiddles. Songs such as "Boil Them Cabbage Down", "New River Train", "Amazing Grace", "Cripple Creek" and "Orange Blossom Special". Their music brought pleasant memories of yesterdays when families sat around the fire and sang and played their banjoes and Addles using songs that were brought to us at our oie' fashion get together. The purpose The Appalachian Folk musical group is to bring to the people the authentic mow tain folk music and make them aware that there is a difference between it and the Blue Grass music. Richard Dillingham narrated the history of The Greater Folks of Ivy begin ning with its early settlers; and played the "Ballad of Ole' Shep Deaver", music was by Lamar Lunsford. Shepherd Deaver was one of the early settlers here in this com munity. It has taken this ballad around 110 years to get from here to Raleigh and back to Madison County. We are grateful and our thanks go out to the ones who provided the entertainment for us. Also, we wish to thank those who prepared the food, planned the program, or in any way helped to make this get-together a success. This is just one of the activities planned to celebrate and observe our 200th birthday here in America. May we all join together as these ac tivities are held here in our community and in our county to celebrate the bicentennial. This will let people know that we are proud of our heritage, samemswmmmw ? 4BW MB IV# ?' VM MRS. BETTY BALLARD'S third grade class of Mars Hill Elementary School enjoyed a trip to Vance Birthplace April 9. The students learned a lot about colonial life. They made their own apron-bonnets and colonial hats. Children who enjoyed the trip are, left to right: First row ? Renee Payne, Heidi Worley, Janet Grose, Kathy Arlington. Second row ? Linda Shelton, Pam George, Danielle Ponder, Jackie Thomas, Vickie Swann, Vickie Willis, Teolda Ammons, Christie Orr. Third row ? Jeffrey Swann, Jack Lytton, David Holcombe, Brian Edwards, Greg Wallin, Eddie Ramsey, Mark Riddle, Buddy Honeycutt, Bobby Chandler, Charles Angel, Curtis Ball. Not pictured ? Will Hoff man, Martin Middaugh, Mrs. Mary Lynn Wild. February General Fund Collections Up 12% According to the N. C. Dept. if Revenue Secretary, J. toward Coble, the February, 976 net general fund collec ions amounted to 9175.0 nillion as compared with 1155.0 million collected in February, 1975 ? an increase if $90.0 million, or 12.90 par ent For the first eight months of he current fiscal year, the net jene-V fund collections were *:. $1.0340 billion compared with $900J million for the first eight months of the 1974-75 fiscal year, an increase of $44.3 million, or 4.47 percent, Coble recently announced. February net highway fund collections amounted to $00.6 million compared with $00.0 million collected in February, 1975, an increase of $1.0 million, or 3.19 percent. Gasoline tax receipts amounted to $19.2 million compared with |19.0 million collected in February, 1975, an increase of $0.2 million, or 1.22 percent. Net highway funds collec tions for the first eight months of the current fiscal year were $254.5 million as compared with $255.6 million collected during the first eight months of the 1974-75 fiscal year, an in crease of $8.9 million, or 3.48 percent. REAL ESTATE 27M Acres Surveyed. North Buncomba; overlooking Franch Broad Rhrar. 10 acroa tractortand; balanca In pasture and woods; oicaltant watar, food barn, natural laheoite $27,000. trMl. PKnina 79 nr M arrai Elotnrlr Mm* tnrlnwa T OUT vVlvlvV /? Of BCi Ba MWW* nlaiO C riOL -6.'' '% All mounts in land; nica viaws. $27,900 each. [Lass than 9M0 parsers]. Oaad two-bad room homo on IS surveyed acros; c antral hast; full batsmant. 3 plus acros tractortand; two acras wooded; balanca In pasture. 100% VA financing Farmettes - S acras and up. Choose farmland, woods, pasturoland or a combination of all. $1,190 per acre. Wo have farms with or without homes; mountain acreage. tilOH SCHOOL and College student of Madison County ?w have t n ? >ty . H history project! are Linda) s 0 otl i) trc 1 ?f t right, Rocbelh Dunn, Lucy rpool; second row, Mark Moore, Burton Pox, David Lee, back row, Stephanie Johnson Not pictured, Dawn Qemmoru and Rebecca Suitt - ? v.? 'iT - ? *.> . ftilM v"'j j MADISON HIGH BASEBALL TEAM has been successful thus far this season. Front row, left to right: Bobby Chandler, Roger Sprinkle, Kenny Ray, Scott Profitt, Johnny Sawyer, Gary Hernandez; second row, Chris Robinson, Ricky Anderson, Harrell Wood, VJJ Danny Boone, Jerry Ramsey, Joe Walker; back row, Coach Dan Murry, Larry Peek, . } Doug Reid, Terry Roberts, Joey Plemmons, 1,sr Steve Wood, Coach Jack Brown. * .."'A Greater Ivy Says Honor Senior Citizens . . May is Senior Citizens Month, and the Greater Ivy Community Citizens Association, Inc. has asked all churches in its area to do something special this month to honor its older residents. Senior citizen recognition is but one of many projects being undertaken by the association and which its members discussed last Thursday at their regular monthly meeting, held at California Creek Baptist Church. Dr. Grover L. Angel presided. Hie association has un dertaken an ambitious bicentennial year schedule and is urging all community residents to participate so plans now underway can be fulfilled. Mrs. JoAnn Ramsey, beautification chairman, told the association that the community's citizens broke their record of last year in collecting trash. Last year's collection amounted to 19 loads, this year's to 30 loads. All communities par ticipated and worked hard to clean the roadsides, she said and urged citizens to schedule regular clean-up in order to keep the roadsides looking neat. The Beautification Com mittee asks that each family, and especially businesses in the area, purchase and fly a flag during the entire bicentennial year. Dean Ledford, Sign Com mittee chairman, is con tinuing work on community signs. He has recently com pleted a planter around the entrance sign to Greater Ivy Community Two (100 feet) flower beds have been planted in the community for family and community use. One is located at the community center and the other near the Jenny car wash on California Creek. If the beds are a success, families will be urged to ob tain the flowers to plant around mailboxes and around their homes. Authorization was given the Community House Committee to spend necessary funds in order to repair the leaky roof. Both the senior and junior youth groups have been busy making plans for the summer. The senior group is in the process of planning a money making project, and the junior group plans to feed the wagon train which will be camping at the community house this year. Both groups are active in the summer recreation program as well as par ticipating in the clean-up drives. Greater Ivy is for tunate to have such fine young people as leaders In the community. Not only are the older children participating in the community activities, but the younger, also. Debbie Com pton, artist in residence, N. C. Arts Council, is working with the younger children in a play entitled, "The Accidental Ghost." The play was written by Linda Duck Hyde, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Otis Duck, and will be presented on the afternoon of May 23 in the auditorium of the Greater Ivy Community Center. Special recognition was given to three young ladies from the Greater Ivy Com munity who were recent winners in the Susan Britt Citizenship Awards. They are Nan Ramsey (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Ramsey) eighth grade, Pam Anderson (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Anderson) ninth grade, and Donna Rogers (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rogers) tenth grade. Recognition was also given to recent year winners: Joyce Metcalf (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Metcalf) and to David Rogers (son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rogers). The recreation program is being established and teams have begun practicing at the ball field. A schedule of games will be issued at a later date. A schedule of activities is listed below: May 23 ? Presentation of play "The Accidental Ghost" at community house. May 24 ? 7:30 p.m., regular monthly meeting, community house. June 29 ? Feeding wagon vm train campers at communtyy house by both youth groups. July 1 - Craft Madison High (Greater r?y preparing meal). July 4 ? Burial of time' capsule, Mars Hill Country Boutique July < - Greater Ivjp Costume Party for Axkdts (Bob Ledford, chairman) July 7 ? Greater Ivy Senior Citizens Day (AMa Jean; Young and Bea Clark,; chairmen) July ? ? Youth Day (Rick; Anderson and Defcm. Buckner, chairmen) Morris McGo?*h, WgCf Development Association,, presented slides showing community improvement throughout western N. C. SfHf discussed reasons why perfpfe in a community will par-' tidpate and why they will participate in community activities. He urged the adoption of the slogan, "Ifctfc' is nothing a community cannot do if it wants to." '' Same Truck Burns Twice It's not unusual for a trtfck to catch on fire, but it issM oddity that the same trade catch on fire at different places on the same night. t?oT' That is what happened here last Friday night. ; i ^