HOMCOMING COURT of
Madison High School was elected
last week by their classmates.
The court will star in the
Homecoming Parade at halftime
during the football game with
Owen on Oct. 19. Front row, left to
right: Sandra Griffin, Sherry
Maynard, Laurie Melvin, Angie
Fox, Linda Ray, Nan Ramsey,
Gamble Clark, Mary Ann Tolley,
Peggy Goforth. Their escorts, in
second row: Myron Coates, Doug
McDevitt, Eric Hollifield, Junior
Gardner, Randy Bishop, Marty
Reese, Bobby Ingle, J.H. Fender.
Not pictured: Bobby Zimmer
man. The entire student body will
select the Homecoming Queen
from among the three senior
representatives - Sherry
Maynard, Nan Ramsey, and
Peggy Goforth. Felicia Bishop,
last year's queen who is now a
freshman at Mars Hill College,
will perform the crowning
ceremony. Weather permitting,
the Court will be carried onto the
field in Chevrolet Corvettes. The
First Annual Spirit Week will lead
up to Homecoming Day, featuring
a schoolwide dress contest each
day. Monday the theme will be
Cowboys and Indians; Tuesday,,
Sloppy & Crazy Clothes ; Wednes
day, '50s Threads; Thursday,
Red, White and Blue; and Friday,
Dress-up. Winners will be chosen
at the end of each school day.
Faculty members are elibible to
compete.
Rev. Ronnie Graham To Open
Missionary Post In Marshall
The Rev. Ronnie Graham, a
native of Marshall, is opening
a counseling center in the
apartment above the Marshall
Thrift Store on Main Street.
The center will offer
counseling on a variety of
matters, including family
questions, child abuse, mar
riage difficulties, and other
personal problems. Free
clothing will also be available
for needy persons.
Graham invites the public to
come by at 10 a.m. on Oct. 18
when he plans to open hit.
center which will be called the
Madison Christian Mis
sionary. He also asks for dona
tions of clothing from Madison
citizens to be given to the poor.
Graham. 28, was born and
raised in Marshall. He left
after high school, served a
tour of duty in Vietnam, and
returned for three months at
Booster Club
To Hold
Supper
The Madison High Boosters
Will hold a Poor Man's Supper
before the homecoming
football game Oct. 19. The
menu will consist of pinto
beans, hash browns, corn
bread, cole slaw, cobbler pie
and tea, coffe or milk. Supper
begins at the school at 5:30.
The charge for adults will be
$2 and for children under 12
$1.50. Everyone is invited to
have a hearty meal for extra
strength to cheer on the team
ih its battle against Owen.
what is now Kings College in
Charlotte.
Then he came back to the
farm of this father, D.J.
Graham, and became in
Highway
Patrol Advises
Headlight Use
The 1979 General Assembly
enacted legislation requiring
headlamps on vehicles to be
lighted anytime there is not
sufficient light to render clear
ly discernible any person on
the highway 400 feet ahead.
Prior to the legislation, the re
quired distance was 200 feet.
Highway Patrol Com
mander John T. Jenkins said
the increased distance was
definitely a plus for traffic
safety. Although headlamps of
vehicles are required to be
lighted during the period from
a half hour after sunset to a
half hour before sunrise.
Jenkins said the new legisla
tion may necessitate
motorists using lighted
headlamps more often during
early morning and evening
hours. Under the new legisla
tion, a motorist's ability to
observe vehicles, pedestrians
and other possible hazards
will be greatly enhanced.
In pointing out the impor
tance of motorists using
lighted headlamps during the
time period and conditions
specified by law, Jenkins said
that motorists should use
lighted headlamps during
adverse weather conditions.
terested in Billy Graham's
crusades which he attended.
He took courses with the Billy
Graham program through the
mail, receiving a diploma
after two years. He was licens
ed at Piney Grove Baptist
Church this year by the Rev.
Jack Davis.
REV. RONNIE GRAHAM
Wagon Train
The Marshall Wagon Train
has planned a trip from Del
Rio, Tenn., to Marshall,
beginning Oct. 24.
Horses and wagons will be
hauled to Del Rio on the
evening of Oct. 24, a Wed
nesday. The train will travel
to Max Patch on Thursday, to
Spring Creek School on
Friday, to Big Pine on
Saturday, and to Marshall on
Sunday.
For further information
contact Ray Caldwell, Mar
shall wagon train president.
Heard And Seen
By POP
Since my semi-retirement I have had
the opportunity to listen to a few daytime
television shows including a few of the Phil
Donahue shows over Channel 4 from 9 to 10
a.m. It is a very interesting and informative
show. For instance, his guest Monday mor
ning was California governor, Edmund
Brown Jr., who will no doubt be a candidate
for president on the Democratic ticket
although he hasn't officially announced.
Donahue, as well as the studio audience,
shot many questions at Brown whose
answers were interesting. However, the
part of the program which struck me was
after Brown had criticized some of the ac
tions taken by the present administration in
regard to the Alaskan pipeline as well as his
?s of many
nation, he was
why he (Brown),
Ted
to
"fighting" each other politically while seek
ing the presidency. "This would be a great
plus for the Democratic Party," Donahue
stated. This would also be true if Ronald
Reagan, Connally and the other Republican
hopefuls would get together on their solu
tions to national problems and offer a com
promised platform to the voters instead of
"fighting" each other in the campaign. This
would, no doubt, be a plus for the
Republicans. Donahue's suggestion will be
ignored, in my opinion, and voters like
myself will have to listen to each can
didate's ideas and promises and try to sup
port the candidates we think offer the best
solutions to national problems.
Speaking of the Donahue show, another
TV program I enjoy is "60 Minutes" on
Channel 7 at 7 p.m. on Sunday... and my
favorite musical program is Lawrence
Welk on Saturday over WLOS-TV at 7 p.m.
I never dreamed of seeing Wade Huey
being wheeled down the aisle of the church
on a stretcher with a white sheet over him... %
and a pretty "nurse" (Kathy McCormick)
beside the stretcher... but it happened Sun
day a.m. at the Baptist church here when a
unique act preceded the sermon... Mike
Minnix, our pastor, turned "surgeon," per
formed the "operation" on Wade as he took
out a small automobile and also a TV set as
symbols of reasons some people miss
church services.
Welcome Robbie (Mrs. James
Penland) to Roberts Hill... as neighbors we
are looking forward to seeing her often as
well as James. They were recently married
at the Presbyterian church here.
Flames of unknown origin gutted the
four-room home of Mr. and Mrs. Jackie
Moore and family near the Plato Worley
Monday afternoon. Marshall
fought the Maze, but the age of the
Homecoming Queen
A Talk With Those Who Would Like To Reign
By GREG L18ENBEE
One of the highlight* of the
entire school year will take
place this Friday night with
the crowning of the 197V-80
homecoming queen.
This year, the senior girls
hoping for the honor of being
homecoming queen are Peggy
W Goforth, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Worley of
Walnut; Sherry Maynard,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gilmer Maynard of Hot
Springs and Nan Ramsey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Ramsey of Mars Hill.
I asked each candidate a
Highway
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and D9's - and scooping up
their 30 yards of fill from a
high place and racing off to
dump it in a low place that
needed filling. Just beyond
this activity was a swarm of
men from the Austin Powder
Co., drilling 6-inch holes every
12 feet in a grid pattern and
filling them with more nitro
carbo nitrate explosive, some
dynamite to set off the ex
plosive, and electric wiring
that would trigger the
dynamite. The whole hillside
was due to go up in about two
hours, and I was happy to
clamber back into the truck
and head back.
On the way through the
beautiful rolling hills of Ivy we
talked about the new road, and
the changes it would bring to
the county - changes that
might eventually reverse the
traditional out-migration of
Madison's sons and
daughters.
"I went to Marshall High
School," said Bill as we
neared our starting point,
"and I don't think there are
more than 10 or 12 left in the
county from the 35 in my
class. I'm one of the lucky
ones. I got into a line of work I
like that kept me right here."
I asked him if he thought the
new road would help keep
more people home, and he
nodded his head. "We're gon
na be all right," he said,
speaking of the county, "Yep,
I think we're gonna make it."
few questions about their
individual feelings on the
event, what their goals and
future plans are, and how
important it Is to them to win.
Peggy says she thinks that
homecoming is really great!
It brings out the spirit of the
whole school." In her spare
time, Peggy likes to cook,
read and collect fish. She is
married to Keith Goforth.
After high school, she and her
husband plan on starting a
family. God has a very big
part in Peggy's life. I asked
her if she wanted to win, and
she replied "only if it's God's
will." Her goal in live is "to
lead others to Christ."
Sherry Maynard also feels
that homecoming "brings out
school spirit and the par
ticipation of alf student body
members." Sherry made the
surprising statment that it
"doesn't matter" if *?
doesn't win. She is very
honored she said, to simply to
a member of the court
Sherry enjoys sports,
especially water skiing. Her
post-high school plans consist
of attending Western Carolina
University, where she plans
to major in business. She
hopes to graduate after four
years of study and go with a
career in some business
oriented field.
I asked Nan if she felt that
too much emphasis was
placed on homecoming. She
replied, "yes... much more
sometimes than what should
be." Nan said that she will to
equally happy no matter
which of the three girls win,
because in her book, her
fellow nominees "are already
queens." Nan likes outdoor
sports ? mainly snow skiing,
swimming, md taoato. After
f>m hopes to attend Hit
Institute of Fashion in Miami
After completing studies tat
Florida, she hope* to become
a "top buyer far a wail bun I
alar*." Nu'i main wtafa tar
Oct 19, U that tbwe ba m
"hard feeling*, becaua* that's
not what homecoming'*
?k?t "
A $1 MILLION bridge will span the Ivy River
here, and 1.6 million cubic yards of the hill
beyond will be removed.
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ROCK DUST flies out of a hole be ing drilled for dynamite.
Editor's Column
Amory Lovins
Amory Lovins, a young man who has bee* 4
called "the Pied Piper of alternative energy," will
speak at the UNC-Asheville on Oct. 19 and 20, con
tinuing a discussion he has led throughout this
country over the last three years. The ewe of his
message is that we are not only squandering
energy in this country but also that we are using it
in the wrong forms. Electricity, for example, is an * .
extremely expensive form of energy ; Lovins says '
that to use it for space heating is like using per
fume to wash a kitchen floor.
I heard Lovins speak last year, at a meeting .
in Montana, and I came away impressed by not ^ -
only his understanding of the technical aspects of <
energy use and production, but also of the study
he has put into the economics and politics of
energy.
Lovins was born in Washington, D.C., and
now spends half of each year in England. He was. ; -*
trained as a physicist, at both Harvard and Ox- /
ford universities and is a consultant to the Inter
national Federation of Institutes for Advanced
Study, the Science Council of Canada, Friends of
the Earth, the U.S. Office of Technology Assess
ment and others.
One of Lovins' themes is that we are still liv
ing in the past, energetically speaking. When elec
tricity became cheap, he told his audience in Mon
tana, we proceeded to squander it. "About 20 per
cent of the electricity we use is wasted," he said,
"during transmission, or as heat, or elsewhere.
Another 40 percent is used for heating and cooling,
which is very expensive and should be replaced by
solar energy, good building techniques, and so on.
Ten percent is used for electric motors ? and these
motors are only about 25 percent efficient in con- .
verting energy to work."
He went on to talk about poorly designed ap
pliances that use much of our electricity. At the
top of the list was the refrigerator. Lovins says the
average refrigerator used to be about 90 percent
efficient in the early days of electricity. Now it is
about SO percent efficient.
"The design is ludicrous," he said. "You open
the door and what happens? Half the cold air falls
out onto the floor. The motor is placed on the bot
tom, and heat from the motor rises and tends to
cool the refrigerator. Then the frost-free element *
actually pours heat into the freezer every few
minutes to melt the frost, so that the motor has to
work harder to keep the unit cool. And that heat
comes through pipes pressed to the back of the
freezer, heating it more."
Lovins' main topic lately has been nuclear
power. He talks not so much about the safety
question, though he does say that the danger of >
plutonium should be enough to disqualify nuclear
power. He talks more about economics, and the
undesirability of huge, centralized power plants.
It is much more efficient, argues Lovins, to build
many small, decentralized power plants than to
pour all of our capital into a few giants and then
waste much of it in transmission.
Lovins should be pleased to see that many of
his predictions are coming true. As nuclear power
becomes more expensive, and as public concern
over safety continues to grow, fewer nuclear
plants are being built in this country. We are turn
ing instead to a more diverse energy system that
includes solar power, gasohol, methane,"
cogeneration and other techniques that can be
controlled by small groups of people or even in
dividuals. *\
The News -Record
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