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5 4-H'ers Honor St. Patrick With Fashion And Talent 1. . ... M Mi ? v The scene was set with a r spotlighted stage at Moore j; Auditorium Saturday night for the annual Madison County ' 441 Fashion and Talent Show. X * ; The 4-H'ers celebrated St. Patrick's Day by showing their talents in singing, danc ing, piano playing and perfor ming skits. Immediately following the talent show, the ?-H Fashion Revue was held. The top three winners of the talent show each received a check for *25 and the oppor TALENT SHOW WINNERS are, kneeling: Charlie Davis; front row: Micheline Gahagan, Lora Harrison, Lisa Gahagan and Ken ny Davis; second row: Sherri Reese, Kim Brooks and Sonia Gahagan, Maria Briggs and Sharon Tipton. SART Plans Theater Auditions The Southern Appalachian Repertory Theater (SART), a professional non-equity sum mer theater company located at Mars Hill College, will hold public auditions March 22, ac cording to managing director James W. Thomas. The auditions are open to Optimists (Continued from Page 1) trie serviceman, harpsichord maker. He also said that the club "hasn't exactly been sitting still" since its organization Jan. 24. It has sponsored the Optimist Oratorical Contest, which will be an annual event, selecting Greg Wilde, Frank Johnston, Danette Middleton and Melinda Shelton to com f pete in the zone contest in Asheville March 28. It has also begun a stamp collecting pro gram where young people turn in stamps for money to help feed poor people ; voted to help sponsor Kathy Thorpe as a contestant in the Miss Teen North Carolina Contest; sent six members to the recent district board meeting in Charlotte; and begun to raise money for a college scholar ship for a county student. He also read a brief article from the Optimist Interna tional newsletter "Hot Line," which began, "Want to hear a success story?" and closed with "Who said clubs can't be built in small towns?" It was a glowing account of the organization of the Madison club. The guest speaker at the banquet was Dr. Fred Bentley, president of Mars Hill College, who singled out several fellow Optimists as laughing targets for jokes. He \ then listed a series of fast breaking social changes that will challenge Optimists in the future, such as the passage of a law in Alaska legalizing - renewable marriage con tracts, the idea of sperm and egg ganks, the use of i mechanical placentas for women who cannot conceive, the likelihood that our children will have to change professions three or four times during their lifetime, and the enormous changes due in our habits of energy use. "All that," Bentley proposed, "could make you kind of tired if you weren't an Optimist." He then suggested that in preparing ourselves to deal with such future shocks we "take three or four steps backward" to strenthen our social institutions: the church, the home and family, tradi tional mountain values and skills, and the community "I'm so glad," he said in conclusion, "that the foals at anyone who wishes to par ticipate in a full-time job with SART through the summer. Those wishing to audition should prepare two short ac ting pieces of contrasting style and one song. A pianist will be provided to accompany the songs. Salary, room and board are provided for those who are hired for the season, which will run from June 2 through Aug. 10. The 1980 season will include "The Hasty Heart," "My Sweet Charlie," "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown," as well as the world premiere of "Wednesday's Children," a new play by Mars Hill faculty member C. Robert Jones. The auditions will be held in the college's Owen Theater from 1 to S p.m. on March 22. Addi tional information is available from James W. Thomas, managing director, Southern Appalachian Repertory Theater, P.O. Bo* 53, Mars Hill, N.C. 28754, or by calling 704/689-1203. This will be Sart's sixth season, and in addition to openings for actors and ac tresses, positions are open for techincal, box office, and con tuming positions. Appren ticeships and college credit are also available in ap Personal John Robert Ray of Mar shall has entered the VA Hospital in Oteen. He was scheduled for surgery on March 14. plicable situations. t unity to compete in the District 4-H Talent Show in Henderson County in June. The three top acts were: Sleepy Valley 4-H vocal group ? Kenny and Charley Davis, Lisa, Son la Pox, Michelle Gahagan, Sherrie Reeves and Kim Brooks; a piano solo, Lora Harrison; and a vocal solo by Sharon Tipton accom panied by Maria Briggs. Others receiving ribbons in the talent show were: "The Chicks" ? Laura Ledford, Melonie Ramsey and Sharon Croom; a flute and recorder duet, Edwin and Edith Cheek; a vocal duet, Elizabeth Cheek and Angie Moore; clogging, The Bull Creek Cloggers; a skit, "The Doers," Donna Briscoe, Edith, Edwin and Elizabeth Cheek, Brenda George, Angie Moore, Jessica Newton, Janet Grose and Elaine Randolph; a piano ?olo, Dan Bellamy; a disco dance, Allen Stines and Peggy Sexton; a piano solo, Lisa Gahagan; Brenda George of the Mars Hill 4-H Club won the senior division in the Fashion Revue She receives an expense-paid trip to 4-H clothing camp in Reidsville. Winner in the craft junior division was Kathleen Burda; winner of the craft senior division was Edith Cheek; winner of the junior division of the Fashion Revue was Elizabeth Cheek. Others receiving ribbons in the craft and Fashion Revue were Laura Ledford, Charley Davis, Becky Rath bone, Lori Brown, Stacey Sears, Jamie O'Brien, Kenny Rathbone, Amy Stanley, Maziar Khodayer, Kenneth Davis, Gregg Crawford, Aaron Goanell, Darren Payne, Melissa Tino and Dan Bellamy, Angie Moore, Becky Rathbone, Shirley Gentry, Peggy Sexton and Edith Cheek We wish to thank Allen Stines, Peggy Sexton, David Gentry and Shirley Gentry of the Marshall Sr. 4-H and Ex change clubs for doing an outstanding job as master of ceremonies. Also a special thanks to Mars Hill College WMMH, The News Record and the Yancey County 4-H staff, who judged the show, and our 4-H leaders who prepared these 4-H members for this event. WNC Genealogy Group Formed The 11 Western North Carolina counties that were formed from Old Buncombe now have their own genealogical society. Old cemetery surveys, histories of founding families, library surveys and publica tions of family information will be part of the activities of the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society. Workshops for beginners of the area and seminars for other states are planned for the near future. On March 20 the monthly meeting is being held at Pack MR. AND MRS. CHARLES W. BISHOP of Marshall announce the engagement of their daughter, Felicia Michelle to Roger Dale Shelton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Paul Shelton of Route 3, Marshall The bride-elect is a 1979 graduate of Madison High School and is a freshman at Mars Hill College. The future bridegroom is a 1979 graduate of Madison High School and is self-employed. A March 29 wedding is planned. BIRTHDAY ft SPRING SAVINGS ARE BURSTING OUT AT SUE'S FASHIONS TO CELEBRATE, SUE WLL HAVE THE SHOP DECORATED WITH BALLOONS. THE BALLOON YOU BUST WILL CONTAIN A SAVINGS OF 5%. 10%. 15% AND 29%. THIS SPECIAL IS GOOD FROM WED. MARCH. 19, 1990 - SAT. 1 MARCH 22, 1990. TH6 IS SUE'S WAY OF SHARING HER BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION WITH ALL HER MANY FRIENDS! TUES. - FRL 10:00 AM ? 5:00 PM MARSHALL BY-PASS SAT 10:00 AM -3:90 PM CLOSED MONDAY A SUNDAY FOUR PETALS FLORIST "Flowers For Any Occasion" Plan Your East* Ortfor Early And Gbo Eastar Corsafnj Or A Pretty Floral ftMHHflv EASTER SUNDAY ? APRIL 6, 1980 ^hLnc We Wire World Wide TSS;SSi Library in Asheville from 7 to 9 p.m. Beginning genealogy study groups will be formed as well as specific groups for North Carolina, Tennessee and other states. Interested persons are invited to attend free of charge. The monthly newsletter will also carry publications of per manent value on county cen College Band Will Perform The 00-member Mars Hill PaIIaAA Dnn/4 ?- ? *"? wuvqv uauu, uuctvcu vy ivay Ba belay, will present a con cert March 23 at 3 p.m. in Moore Auditorium. The program includes such selections as Armenian Dances by Alfred Reed, Cac cia and Chorale by Clifton Williamks and a Tribute to Ir ving Berlin, arranged by War ren Barker. The trombone ensemble, directed by Bruce Bishop, will also be featured. There is no admission charge for the concert. NEW GALLERIES NEW YORK (AP) - Seven newly-installed galleries of Northern Renaissance and Ital ian 14th-and-15th -century paint ings have been opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. sus listings, tax lists, wills, military records and other material found in the libraries and archives in our 11-county area. Active members from each county will be formed to aid others in their search for their ancestors. An exchange program of pedigree charts of members and others will be started soon and queries will be accepted. A day-long genealogy seminar is scheduled for May at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, and will be spon sored by the new society. MR. AND MRS. ELMER CHANDLER of Marshall announce the engagement of their daughter, Regina Lynn, to Blaine Dwight Ray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas James Ray, also of Marshall. The bride-elect is a senior at Madison High School. The future bridegroom is a 1974 graduate of Madison High School and is employed by Stencel Aero Engineering Corp. in Arden. The wedding is to be held at Chapel Hill Baptist Church at 2 p.m. on April 19. All friends and relatives are invited to attend. WIN THE BIGGEST EASTER BASKET IN THE COUNTY! SPONSORED BY: UNITED 5 & 10 9:00 AM ? 6:00 PM MON. THRU SAT. MARSHALL BY-PASS 9 :OOAM - 9 :00 PM FRI. ^ 1:00 PM -6:00 PM SUN. lltJK i^OTpsave With the cost of everything going up every day, it's not easy for a young family to think about saving. But a regular saving program is the best way we know to (Nan for the future. We can help. The Northwestern Bank has a lot of ways to help young families plan a savings program to get the mc?t out of every dollar. So stop by any convenient office of the Northwestern Bank to discuss ' your plans for the future. You really can't afford not to.
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