Ora Burgin Honored By Weather Service
Ora B Burgln of Hot
for the National
Weather Sendee, has bean
?elected to receive the John
Campaniua Holm Award, the
names of IS winners selected
nationwide to receive this
annual award were an
nounced today.
John Campanius Holm
Awards, created in 1868 by
the National Weather Service,
are made annually to honor
volunteer observers for
outstanding accomplishments
in the field of meteorolgical
observations. The award is
named for a Lutheran
minister who is the first
person known to have taken
systematic weather ob
servations in the American
colonies. The Rev. John
Campanius made records of
the climate, without the use of
instruments, in 1644 and 1645,
near the present site of
Wilmington, Del. These ob
DUI Arrests
Continue
Steady Climb
Sgt. Jeter Wilds, Traffic
Safety Information Office of
the State Highway Patrol
Troop G, says that the high
way patrol is again making a
record number of charges to
motorists driving under the
influence of alcohol or drugs.
According to Sgt. Wilds,
patrol made a total of 42,381
DUI charges in 1878, more
than any year in the patrol's
history.
And 1878 figures for the first
seven months are proving to
be even higher. A total of
26,465 DUI charges were
made between January and
July of this year as compared
to 24,808 for the same period
last year, a 6.7 percent in
crease.
Troop G Commander Capt.
E.D. Young considers a
special overtime project
funded by the Governors
Highway Safety Program a
contributing factor in the
increase. The project has put
more toopers on the road with
the incentive of time and a
half salary for voluntarily
working on their days off.
4-H Club
Holds Meeting
The Mountain Laurel 4-H
Club held its regular meeting
Aug. 28. Jimmy Taffer
(president) ' called the
meeting to order.
At this meeting we learned
how to clog. It was lots of fun!
Our leaders are Rita
Shelton, Brenda Cantrell,
Annie Fox, and Yuvonda
Jenkins.
Reporter: Lisa Whltt
Vacation Trip
Sheriff and Mrs. E.Y.
Ponder and Mr. and Mrs.
Judson Edwards returned on
Tuesday of last week from an
eight day trip to the midwest
and western states.
Among the states they
visited were Tennessee,
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas,
New Mexico, Arizona,
Nevada and Colorado.
"We had a wonderful time
and enjoyed the whole trip,"
Judson commented.
Singing
The second Sunday night
singing will be Sept. 9 at the
Alexander Baptist Church,
beginning at 7 p.m.
Groups expected to take
part in the singing will be the
Alexander Youth Choir,
Hansel Hensley Singers and
others.
Mrvattoru ware publiahed in
Swedsn by his grandson,
Thotnaa Cam pant in Holm, in
17M.
Mr*. Burgin waa honored
for 37 years of reporting river
and rainfall informalloo at
Hot Springs. In 1?7?, she ?m
given a special service award
for outstanding performance
of dutlea during the flooding
of Nov. S and ? in 1977. Her
reports, along with others in
the French Broad River
Basin, contributed greatly to
the saving of livea and
property. Mrs. Burgin has
?rtcoJ6*? ytt** *" toad
programs and haa been active
to share with the community
knowledge of weather-related
The National Weather
Service has nearly 13,000
volunteer obaervera who
?nd record daUv
New Officers of Band Boosters
The Madison High Band
Boosters Club has chosen its
new officers. They are: Mary
Hensley, president; Mary
Robinson, vice president; and
Jean Breedlove, secretary
treasurer.
The second meeting of the
Boosters will be held Tuesday
night at 7 p.m. in the band
room (use rear entrance). All
parents and supporters are in
vited to attend and discuss
new projects for the band, in
cluding the membership
drive. The membership will be
(5 per family.
weather obMrvattons 1b all
parts of the United States.
The valuable information
they gather is pro c tend and
published by the Envirao
mental Data Service, irMtow
major component of NOAA,
and baoooaa a valuable part
of the nation's weather
history.