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Forum On Appalachian Women Offered At Mars Hill College "Mattn'e Livin'-Makin' a Life: Economics and Values" will be presented as the first in a series of public forums at 7:90 p.m., Oct. 1 at the Peterson Conference Room, Man Hill College Joan Moeer, Appalachian studies coordinator at Warren Wilson College and a member of the Women's Cooperative Band, will speak on the economics and values of ?Makin' a Uvin'-Making' a Life" in the Appalachian area. The series of forums, "The Essence of the Appalachian Woman: Family, Religion and Culture", is sponsored by the Council on Appalachian Women Inc. and funded by the North Carolina Humanities Committee. The forums are designed to reach the people living in the 29 Appalachian counties in North Carolina. The role, status, and image of women living in the Appalacian region, their beliefs about the influence, and their role in the family, religion and culture will be examined. Ashley Crawford, a Mars Hill resident and homemaker, will serve as moderator of the forum. Panelists will include three residents of Madison County. The council will pay 17 cents per mile to the driver of any car bringing four or more people to the forum. Reim bursement forms can be picked up at the registation table Monday night. Admission is free and the public is invited. Refresh ments will be served. The Council on Appalachian Women Inc. la a non-profit corporation which seeks to inspire women and girls in Appalachia to develop and use their mental, physical and spiritual resources through education, service, support and research. It also serves as a coordinator and facilitator of information and services related to these women's needs. For more information, write or call: The Council on Appalachian Women Inc., P.O. Box 458, Mars Hill 28754, (704) 889-1228. Day Care Services To Expand The Madison County Child Development Program an nounced plans to expand ser vices to 20 additional pre school children by Oct. 30. Ad ditional spaces will be available in the Hot Springs, Marshall, Mars Hill and Greater Ivy centers, par ticularly for 3- and 4-year-old children. The four centers provide developmental day care ser vices to children between the ages of 18 months and 6 years. iFees are based on a sliding icale and are determined by 'amily size and income. All ?re-school children are eligi ile for the program. For more information con ict Billie Roberts at 649-3587 the following teacher :tors at each center: iron Cook, Mars Hill, ?3548); Betsy Clayton, iter Ivy, (689-4430); Wan len, Marshall, (649-3587); litha Price, Hot Springs, 1-3584). Indian Summer Show Of Arts & Crafts The third annual "Indian Summer Art & Craft Show," sponsored by the UNC-A Alumni Art Chapter, will be held at the Asheville Shopping Mall on South Tunnel Road. Oct. 4-6. The show hours will be from 10a.m. to9p.m. daily. Free admission and free park ing. Among the new exhibitors will be Jenny Hall of Winter ville who will demonstrate her skill in basketry; Mark Loz of Jacksonville, Fla., with clay sculpture and leather work; and Camille Allard of St. Augustine, Fla., who does marvelous soapstone sculptures of dolphins, whales, animals and abstract figures. Mary Wesneuski of Chattanooga, Tenn., will feature whimsical clay figures, and Gail LaBerge of Lawrenceville, Ga., will demonstrate the littleknown craft of rosemailing. Margaret Jones of Henderson ville will display her oil pain tings, and Phyllis Rueggeberg Miller of Penrose will show her watercolors and acrylic paintings. Phillip Leonetti of Gatlinburg, Tenn., will demonstrate his work in pen and ink, depicting rural scenes and animal studies. Marquetry, silversmithing, decoupage, clay, fabric, tin nery, sculptures in stone, clay, wood and metal, quilts, naturecraft, wire trees, quail eggs, stained glass, wooden toys, glass blowing, macrame, raffia, cloissonne and much more will be exhibited, demonstrated and offered for sale by more than 40 skilled artists and craftsmen from all the southeastern states. Handiskills of Asheville and High Country Crafters will feature booths set up in the South Wing of the mall near the rear exit. Handiskill, a sheltered workshop for the handicapped of this area, will display mostly wooden crafts and baskets. Some five ex hibitors of Western North Carolina will represent High Country Crafters exhibiting quilts, fabrics, embossing and etchings and fine silver work. High Country Crafters is a non-profit organization of some 250-member artists and craftsmen, over 130 of whom exhibit and sell their work at High Country in downtown Asheville. JOAN MOSER Hot Springs Voters Face 2 Bond Issues Voters in Hot Springs will vote Oct. 2 in a special election to decide two bond issues. One is an order authorizing (175,000 of bonds secured by the town to pay capital costs of facilities for the supply, treat ment and distribution of water, including distribution lines, water mains, a chlorina Births A daughter, April Dawn, to Mr. and Mrs. Larry New of Berea, Ky., in Pattye Clay Hospital in Richmond, Ky., Sept. 15. Mrs. New is the former Sandra Jean Sizemore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Sizemore of Mars Hill. A son, to Martha Eblen and James H. Perkins of Mars Hill in Fletcher Hospital, Sept. 18. tion facility, and fire hydrants, as well as the ac quisition of equipment and land rights. The other is an order authorizing $45,000 in bonds secured by the town to pay for sanitary sewer facilities, in cluding force mains and pum ping stations, as well as the machinery and land necessary for installation. Beta Omega Sorority Plans Walk-a-thon For St. Jude's The annual walk-a-thon for St. Jude Children's Hospital will be held by the Beta Omega Sorority of Epsilon Sigma Alpha on Oct. IS, weather permitting. Walkers must be from 11 to IS year* of age with a parent's or legal guardian's written consent. Pledge blanks can be picked up at the following locations on Oct. 1. Marshall School, Mrs. Phyllis Moore's room; Madison High, Norris Gen try's room; Walnut School, Mrs. Latrelle Robinson; Mars Hill School, office; Hot Springs School, office; Spring Creek School, office; Laurel, Mrs. Kathy Johnson and Mrs. Christia Wallin. Walkers will be calling on you for a pledge or donation beginning Oct. 1-12. Please pledge or donate to a walker when they call on you and help a worthy cause. Any firm, business or organization wishing to make a donation may do so by calling Mrs. Jim Cody at 649-3747 or Ruth Deal at 649-2325. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is located in Memphis, Tenn. It is the first and only one established for the purpose of conducting basic and clinical research into catastrophic diseases such as leukemia and other forms of cancer, malnutrition, sickle-cell anemia, muscular dystrophy and severe infectious diseases. St. Jude is strictly non-sectarian, interracial and no charge is ever made for any of its services. Once a patient is accepted, he receives total medical care. roofing ? painting ? guttering furnace cleaning, repairs ? carpenter work chimney repairs room additions JAMES PHILLIPS 175 Lookout Rd. Phone 253-2836 Asheville, N.C. - Patients and parent* are provided with transportation to Memphis, food and lodging costs. St. Jude Children's Hospital was founded by entertainer Danny Thomas who formed the St. Jude Hospital Foun dation in IMC to raiae funds for the construction of the facility. Anita Rice Engaged To Ronnie Crawford Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Rice an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Anita Elaine Rice of Asheville, to Ronnie Dean Crawford of Weaver ville. He is the son of Willie Crawford of Weaverville and the late Mary Frances Crawford. The bride-elect is a 1975 graduate of Asheville Buncombe Technical Institute with a degree in nursing. She is employed by St. Joseph's Hospital. The future bridegroom is a 1970 graduate of North Bun combe High School and is employed by Andrex In dustries. A June wedding is planned. Bread Dough Art A class in Seasonal Bread Dough Art, taught by Ruby Whisman, is planned for six Monday evenings beginning in October (exact date to be decided). It will meet in room 550 home economics at Asheville High from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Themes for the course will be construction and design of l seasonal bread dough crafts such as tree ornaments, candle rings, nativity sets, wreaths, and Joy and Peace plaques. There is i (5 registration fee, and students must furnish their own supplies. For pre-registration and further information, call 254-1921, ext. 137. Your Pharmacist Bill Powell i Says Community Medical Center Pharmacy. Mara Hill. NC. Tel 6M9-2S91 Help the child ? help the aged We all know young children cannot be trusted to administer medication to themselves. So, as a parent, we must supply a helping hand. But have you stopped to think that many of our elderly, those with chronic mental and/or physical dis abilities due to aging, fall into the same bracket? It's often too much to expect such a person to under stand completely and fol low explicitely the di rections of a complicated drug regimen. So, do your part. Help the aged help themselves. Many need assistance. All would welcome the attention. Cure drug price blues with one of our prescriptions. Hill Powell, Your Pharmacist, BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD'S TWELFTH ANNUAL MINSTREL OF THE APPALACHIA IfouMteUM, THu&ic ?4*ut "Dance 'pe&Uwil ON THE CAMPUS OF MARS HILL COLLEGE FRIDAY October 5: "From Hornpipes to Hoedown," a special exhibition of old time mountain fiddling will be held this evening in Owen Theatre. Eight of the region's finest fiddlers will participate in this special workshop type event begin ning at 7:30 p.m. Each of the 200 seats in the theatre benefits from the excellent acoustics and assures the audience of an intimate atmosphere with the musicians, no matter where they sit. The fiddlers who will be exhibiting their talents include Tommy Hunter, Byard Ray, Mac Snodderly, Gordon Freeman, Liz Smathers - Shaw and Lynn Shaw, Arville Freeman, and Luke Smathers. SATURDAY October 6: Beginning at 10: 15 a.m. and continuing through 4 p.m., there will be workshops in old time mountain music and insturments, demonstrations of traditional home - making skills such as cooking on a wood stove, soap making, and apple butter making. Examples of crafts such as whittling, carving, weaving, quilting and spinning will also be on view as will the craftsmen, who will be demonstrating their skills. All of this, plus jam sessions and square dancing, wil be held on the green in the main quadrangle of the campus in front of the Blackwell Ad ministration Building. Special exhibitions of mountain life are also planned by the college's Rural life Museum. At 7:30 p.m. musicians and dancers will gather in Moore Auditorium to honor the on the tradition he began nearly half a century
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