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By ROGERS WH1TENER ?" Ghost Story One good story deserves ; another. h Recently Sue Taylor Blurry of Valle Crucis told . of a spine-tingling ex ^ perience of her youth when ,, a gruesome monster turn , ed out to be a valley fisher man doing a bit of illegal seining by night. Her story P brought a ghostly account n by Troy Edwards of Elkin y of what be conceived to be it a supernatural being in , Carrol County, Va. He writes: "I had walked to church ; one night up in Lambsburg. I had to pass a graveyard going and coming from L church. There used to be a ,t big oak tree on the bank of , the road where the i, graveyard was. r, "The saying was that so meone hung a man from the limb of that giant oak. B But it never bothered me. In fact, I never thought , about it. I never was afraid to walk by there until I saw what I saw. "One night 1 left church around 11:30 p.m. It was a 4 SO-minute walk to the j graveyard, making he time about midnight. I was alone ? I lived on the other . side of the graveyard only a little ways, about a 15- minute walk from the graveyard on home. "I was walking along thinking about how happy the people were I left at church. It was a dark night and I never carried a light. I was paying no attention to where I was at All of a sud den I had a chill to go from my head all the way down , my back. "I stopped and looked and what I saw made me feel like my hair stood straight up on my head. There in front of me was something white. It looked to be around 6-feet tall and shaped like a human being. Where its eyes should have been there was bright red things the size of eyes, but they glowed like Are coals on a dark night. So I 'J thought someone's trying ) to scare me ? 111 fix them. >. "So I felt around and found me five good rocks. - The ghost was still stan V ding there, red eyes and all. I threw my first rock ; and saw it go through the v white thing. I threw ; another at the red eyes and > saw it go through them. Then I threw two more. ? The same thing. > "I threw my last rock through it and it still stood there, so 1 turned around and ran back to a neighbor's house and spent the night ? I couldn't pass c that thing ana go or borne "The next morning I went to where I saw it. There was nothing white around there anywhere. I could find no tracks or anything so to my opinion it bad to be a gnat. "I am married now and have a wife and two chikbren. So I talked my wife and family into going with me up there to the graveyard one night around 12. So we drove up there and parked about a three-minute walk from the graveyard. "I took a powerful light that night for I wanted to make sure we could all see. I got out of the car and started wqjldag toward the graveyard. All of a sudden my wife and I and my boy heard someone wafting on gravel. "l thought, well, we will see who this is. It sounded like a heavy person so I shined my all around, but there was no one. But the crunching steps kept getting closer coming toward us "I got back in the cur, turned oo the headlights, and still couldn't see anything. The sound of the crunching walking-on gravel got so cloae to the car I was afraid it would open the car door any minute. So we cranked up and left without seeing a soul,, either with my headlights or flashlight. "One mure thing ? the road was a hard surface. There was no gravel to crunch under anyone's feet. "1 only know I will never go up there by myself again because I feel there really is a ghoat up there. "Everything I have writ ten is true. It really hap pened. There's no other ex planation." Personal Tommie Rector of Marshall has returned home from the hospital in Durham after a series of skin grafts for ? - ? - - _ WW? I- -li?n serious minis. He is teeiing well and would be happy to sec any visitors who would like tc drop by. They're A Team! mK They're Working, Playing, Growing?Together! Girl Scouts 9* to exper ience the value of making friends and sharing in fun with others. Support them. ' Wildlife Group Offers Seed For Game Cover One of the best bargains in the state is again being offered to North Carolina's lan downers and sportsmen. In order to improve wildlife populations and bunting, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission an nually provides free planting materials on a first-come, first-served basis. Applica tions (or these materials are being accepted now. The lack of suitable food and cover in many areas is a limiting factor on small game populations. The Commis sion's planting materials pro gram is designed to try to alleviate this problem. The materials available in clude; <1 ? an annual seed mixture consisting of cowpeas, soy beans, millet, Egyptian wheat, and annual lespedeza. It is designed to be used in small food patches near ex isting cover. These patches must be replanted each year. (2 ? a permanent seed mix ture composed primarily of shrub lespedeza, reseeding soybeans, and a few types of annuals. This mixture is designed to provide lasting wiklife food mwttes tan odd of fields aw wUI not bo plowed, grazed i Other types of materials are alao available at certain times for special situations. Sericia lespedesa is usually available for use in field borders, turn rows, and erodible areas to provide additional cover. Applications for the various planting materials and more information on this program may be obtained by contacting J. Michael Scruggs, Box 545, Enka, N.C. 28728, Phone: 296-7842. Materials are bagged and delivered to applicants in time for spring planting. Planting instructions are also supplied. NAME CHANGE NEW YORK (AP) - The Putnam Publishing Group ssys its trade paperback division ? formerly known as Paragon Books ? has changed its name to Perigee Books. Putnam says "the logo used for the Paragon titles will not change nor will the imprint's editorial program be affected." - This w?ek ia National Girl Scout Week, as Brownies and Girl Scouts acroas the country celebrate Scouting ! 68th bir thday. Hie first Girl Scout meeting was held March 12, 1912. Many troops will recognize the birthday, which falls on a Wednesday this year, with small ceremonies, followed by slumber parties on the 14th March 16 is Girl Scout Sun day at the Marshall Presbyterian Church and other Scout meeting places across the county. The Mar shall troop has been asked to lead the church service at 11 a.m., and they have dedicated their portion of the service to the hostages in Iran. On March 17 several Scout troops will march in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Mar shall, beginning on the island at 1 p.m. Girl Scout cookie sales con cluded on March 3. From all reports received so far, the sale went exceptionally well this year. All the hard working Scouts are to be con gratulated. Health Program Is Seeking To Offer A New Service Michael Norins, executive director of the Hot Springs Health Program Inc., filed notice Feb. 29 of intent to establish a new institutional health service, physical therapy services, at the Hot Springs Home Health Agency. The project proposal has been submitted to the Cer tificate of Need Section, Divi sion of Facility Services, N.C. Department of Human Resources for review by plan ning agencies under provi sions of Chapter 131, Article It of the General Statutes of North Carolina. The planning agencies, in examining the proposal, will seek to determine whether the project is needed, if it can be adequately staffed and operated, whether it is economically feasible within prevailing rate structures and if it proposes specific cost containment features. A copy of the proposal has been referred to the Western North Carolina Health Systems Agency Inc., Morganton, for review as re quired by state law. In Us role u coordinator of project reviews under the Cer tificate of Need Program, the Certificate of Need Section will receive the advice of the regional agency about the con formity of the project to their standards and criteria. The department will then decide on the recommenda tion to be made to the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare con cerning Section 1122. The Department ' of Human Resources is the final authori ty with respect to decisions made under Chapter 131, Arti cle 18 of the General Statutes of North Carolina Mrs. Slagle Heads Mars Hill Eastern Star Mrs. Ruby Edwards Slagle of Mars Hill, was elected wor thy matron of Mars Hill Chapter No. 35, Order of the Eastern Star, at a regular meeting of the Chapter held on Monday evening. Her hus band, Alvin Slagle, was elected worthy patron. Other officers elected were: Mrs. Nancy Jo Edwards, associate matron; Ervin Roberts, associate patron; Elizabeth S. Roberts, secretary; Mrs. Florence Ramsey, treasurer; Mrs. Frances Fox, conductress; and Mrs. Mae Edwards, associate conductress. The 10 appointive officers will be announced later by the worthy matron-elect. The Chapter new year will begin April 1. RELIEF PAINTING8 NEW YORK (AP) - "Paint ing In Relief," an exhibition ex amining the recent resurgence of relief paintiig, continues at the Whitney Museun of Ameri can Art through March 5. r ?? GLENDORA CUTSHALL, who has taught school, worked in a cafeteria, in a lawyer's office and in the office of the register of deeds, in content nowadays to "mind the store." There she meets ev county - store sell hunting, shopping ?HO ItlglCS COUPON IflK SPVE MA6TWBUEND.13? 6U COFFEE *|98 UMIT owe U)IT* mis ooopow pmd [A*lOC*5>S?CWCLuPe flR6Cl?L &. ujmroMC oquAcm E*PiRE* riiiM? 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