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Heard and Seen By POP I have to hand ii to Mary Ramsey and the entire personnel of Mary's Restaurant in handling the 67 members and guests at the Madison County Optimist Club dinner meeting last Thursday night. I wouldn't believe that 87 persons could be crowded in to the restaurant and fed quickly and effi ciently but they were. It took some hard work and actually some "remodeling" to make room for the overflow crowd. Mary, Jimmy, Colon Bishop & Co., plus help from friends emptied the room on the right of the restaurant and put in tables. This added space, plus the regular counter seats and tables, plus the private dining room, proved adequate for the dinner meeting. I was delighted when Mary and Colon were recognized for their great interest in the for mation of the club. They deserved the recognition. Others deserving recognition for serving the overflow crowd and their work in the kitchen and elsewhere includes Louise Rector, Annie Ray, Marie Meadows, Wendell Conner, and of course, Jimmy Ramsey and Colon Bishop, who always do a whole lot of everything. Congratulations, gang, on a job well done. Natalee Frost, Helen Riddle and Lettie Essick, also members of Mary's staff, also do a fine job day in and day out. Speaking of Natalee Frost, she told me recently that while watching television she became sleepy and took off her glasses and layed them on the floor beside her and pro mptly fell to sleep. When she woke up she discovered that her pet dog had chewed up the frames. She said her husband thought it was "cute" but she told him he wouldn't think so when he got a bill for a new pair of glasses. More than 90 members of the First Bap tist Church here attended the dinner last Saturday night at the church when Mrs. J. Moody Chandler's Deborah Sunday School Class was honored for winning a member ship drive contest on having the greatest in crease over other classes. The "winners" wore served by the "losers" and a good time was had by all. Following the dinner, ? informal singing and instrumental music were enjoyed, Including guitar selections by Mike Minnix, pastor. The Men's service at the church Sunday morning was also impressive with many of the male members having charge. It seem ed odd to see and bear the all-men's choir j perform. Special recognition belongs to Mike Allen who delivered the morning message. He did a remarkable job and may suddenly be known as "the Rev. Mike Allen." As usual, John Corbett, who led the music and sang a solo, was great and the other men who participated are to be con gratulated. January continues to be mild and plea sant. Some people say that we're going to have to pay for all this mild weather. At least, this is the last week of January so I guess we'll have to pay in February and March. We'll have to wait and see. The News -Record now-partisan in politics (USPS 388-440) .AM^?lJSDERS0NEd,tor JAMES I. STORY, Edttorial Consultant Pubtahod Weokly By Inc. 80X *9 MARSHALL, N.C. 28753 PHONE: (704)449-2741 12 Mm ?Mm. 8400 ?3.00 (AM 4a UMk ? Mm. c*. 8t00 8*00 J4.00 NX.; RICK THOMASON Thomason Joins Co-op Rick Thomason of Marshall has been hired by the French Broad EMC as Manager Charles Tolley's staff assis tant. He replaces Mike Allen, who recently left to buy the Teague Milling Co. Thomason 's most challeng ing duty in his new Job will be advising members how to save energy in their homes. "What that means," be says, "is that I go out and do an 'energy audit' of members' homes, and try to determine where heat is being lost and what best to do about it. It's amazing how much the little things caulking, weatherstripping, turning the hot water heater down ? will do to recoup energy outlay." Thomason is a native of Greenville, S.C. He served in the U.S. Army for two years and moved to Madison County 10 years ago. He is married to the former Ann Tilson, a native of Mar shall, and has two daughters, Micah 5, and Machen, 2. He is a member of the Marshall Presbyterian Church and the Lions Club. Letters To The Editor ERA Blitz Editor, The News Record; ITEM: From an article in Ms. magazine for November 1979: "As of the month of November, 1979 the Equal Rights Amendment has been ratified by 35 states. In order for women to be included in the Constitution of the United States, only three more states must ratify by June 30, 1982 In recognition of the importance and urgency of well-informed discussion of the ERA, the editors of 38 women's magazines published in the United States have joined together to discuss it in their November issues. As in a similar cooperative effort in 1978, each magazine will ap proach the subject matter in its own way, but we are unanimous in our opinion that discussion is of primary im portant." Discussion certainly is of primary importance but Ms. magazine has been very selec tive. Nowhere in its article did it warn that ERA would Re quire that women be drafted and required to serve in the military exactly like our men. The Defense Department ahs reported that our services are short of recruiting needs by about 25,000 men. More than likely the draft will be restored after the next elec tion. The editors of the women's magazines who collaborated on the ERA propaganda blitz last November know the military significance of ERA and have purposely avoided .the issue. Shouldn't they be called on the carpet? Shouldn't ERA opponents be given some space in a few of our current magazines? If not, why not cancel subscriptions? GENEVA P. WELLS 317 Briarcliff Rd. Rocky Mount, 27801 Your Pharmacist Bill Powell Says CoimiMiUy DtAal Ctnlrr Pharmacy, Mara Hill, NC. T?l 6K9 2591 We monitor blood pressure Rarely does high blood pressure have symptoms. You might feel fine but still be suffering from high pres sure. One in ten Americans have it, and 250,000 die wtth it, annually. 1 advise you to have your blood pressure checked by us regularly, under different circumstances, over a period of time to record your average level. It's quick, easy, automatic, and painless. Best of all, it's FREE! We care for your health. So, take me up on this of far. Let's perform a death "RED" MICKEY'S ALIGNMENT SERVICE. INC. Professional Service In: 49 HAYWOOD ROAD 253-431 1 - W _ ?? Optimist Club Elects Officers Bryce Hall, vice prsddsat and city manager of the Mar shall branch of First Union the Madison County Optimist Club at the organizational meeting of the new service club last Thursday night at Mary's Restaurant on the Marshall bypass. Other officers elected to ad minister the new club were: first vice president, Tom Wallin; second vice president, Brace Phillips; secretary treasurer, Bill Stump. Directors of the club are Dr. Charles Powell, Caroll Ander son, Oscar McDevitt, Mike Allen, Roy Shook and Colon Bishop. Various committee chairmen were appointed by President Hall as follows : Youth activity, E.O. Burnette; community ser vices, Charles Bradley; new club, Dedrick Brown; publici ty, Jim Story; membership, Colon Bishop; program, Jerry Adams; fellowship, Troy 112 CHARTER An unprecedented 113 men *L. ? ? A n r>, , n fri t from uirougnoui iik* count) are listed as charter members of the new club with its primary emphasis on the development of young people. Of the IIS charter members, 87 attended the organization meeting last Thursday. "This is perhaps the largest number of charter members and the largest attendance at an organizational meeting of Op timists in North Carolina's history," said Ronnie Duyck of the North Buncombe Club, sponsors of the Madison club. Oscar McDevitt, the original instigator of the club, opened the meeting with a short review of the previous meetings of members of the North Buncombe club and in terested local citizens. He then turned the meeting over to Ronnie Duyck of the N.B. club, who introduced chib who were present Among state Optimist of Bill Fowler of Chsrlotte, governor of the North Carolina district; Kant Self, lieutenant governor, Zoos 1; and Joe Poole, secretary state Optimist of Charlotte. The main guest at the dinner meeting wu Bob Stark, Op timist International represen tative, who resides at River dale, Ga. Stark, an expert parliamen tarian, summarized for the overflow crowd, the history of Optimist International (01) and explained the structure of the local organization, stress ing the autonomy of individual clubs. Following Stark's remarks, President Hall reviewed the bylaws of the dub, which were Following the organize tiooal meeting, the offlears and directors met to diacuee plana for the club. It waa announced that regular meeting* will be held each Thursday night at Mary's Restaurant at 7 p.m. "Although the deadline has paaaed for the listing of charter members, anyone in terested in Joining the dub is welcome," Bill Stump, secretary-treasurer, said. Preaident Hall closed the regular meeting by commen ting, "The future success of the dub does not depend on the officers and directors alone, but on the efforts of each member. Let's get busy now and go to work on making this dub highly successful for the county and ita youth." I 1980 Sign-up Period Announced For ACP A sign-up period for the I960 Agricultural Cohservation Program (ACT) will begin, in the Madison County ASCS of fice on Feb. 4 and continue through Feb. 29, announced W.B. Zink, county executive director for the Madison ASCS. During that period the office will be closed on Feb. 18 in observance of a national holi day. Requests for long-term agreements (practices to be carried out over a period of three years or more) must be received no later than Feb. 8 to be eligible for cost-sharing in 1980. "Immediately after the sign-up period ends," said Zink, "all requests for cost sharing will be reviewed by the County Committee for eligiblity , and notification will be mailed toe ach eligible farmer." A practice which has been started prior to approval by the County Committee is not eligible for cost-sharing, he emphasized. The County A CP Develop ment Group placed high priority on problems related to soil loss, water conserva tion, pollution and other en vironmental and conservation needs. Zink added that they encouraged farmers to par ticipate in these high priority practices where needed. He said, that a list of prac tices under the A CP program is available at the County Of fice. ASCS Programs are available to all eligible farmers without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS of the newly organized Madison County Optimist Club are pictured above, left to right, seated: Bryce Hall, president; Tom Wallin, first vice presi dent; Bruce Phillips, second vice president; Bill Stump, secretary-treasurer. Directors, standing left to right, are: Colon Bishop, Mike Allen, Dr. Charles Powell, Roy Shook and Oscar McDevitt. Caroll Anderson, direc tor, was not present for the picture. The above officers and directors were unanimously elected at the organizational dinner meeting held last Thursday night at Mary's Restaurant. County Band Will Organize On Feb. 4 Any person who has ever played in the Madison High School Band is invited to come to the organizational meeting of the Madison County Com munity Band on Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. in the Madison High School Band room. This meeting is primarily for graduates of Madison High School Band, but is open to any person who plays a band instrument. Bill Stell will con duct. Honduras has received a $19.5 million loan from the World Bank. The money will be used to expand hotel facilities, to improve airport facilities and to develop the Copan arch eological park, an important center of the Mayan civ ilization. PONDER ASSOCIATES LEONARD PONDER HOME 649-3181 ATTENTION! FARM AND HOME OWNERS Have You Wondered Lately What Your Home And Land Is Worth At Today's High Prices? 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