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Heard ancTS&en By POP It's always nice to have someone com pliment you, isn't it? A few nice words when you're aorta low makes a world of dif ference in the way you feel. Such was the ! case last Thursday night, minutes before the Maundy evening service started at the First Baptist Church here. As I started up the steps to enter the sanctuary, Chris Min nix, 9-year-old son of the Rev. and Mrs. Mike Minnix, spoke to me, saying, "Hi, Pop Story." I replied, "Hello, Chris." Then he made my day by saying, "Pop, you look J younger every time I see you." I thanked i him, trying to appear calm and unaffected. However, those few words from Chris set me in the right mood for the service, which was well presented, impressive, and outstanding. The special music by the choir and the two soloists, Cheryl Reeves and John Corbett, were beautifully presented. It would be difficult to find two better voices than those of John and Cheryl. Four of the Marshall pastors participated with Mike Minnix delivering the message. + + + I was glad to see Anna Mae Tipton in town last Tuesday... her prolonged illness and several operations haven't caused any damage to her personality and cheer fulness. I hope she will further continue to improve and be able to be out full time. + + + I visited the Marshall Fire Department a few nights ago and enjoyed watching some of the firemen shoot pool. I didn't realize that there were so many "sharks" around. They invited me to shoot a few games but I declined... I'm not in their league when it comes to handing a cue stick. + + + Incidentally, if you haven't bought a Lions Club broom yet, I have some for sale at The News Record office. Hiey are only $3.25 per broom with proceeds benefitting the Mind and Lion projects. : Letter To The Editor Brv..; ? : j Editor, The News Record: There is some concern bas ed on events of last summer, * not only in Madison County but elsewhere, that adult soft ;>:ball is growing increasingly f violent. Some say that the ;? level of "professional" com ;? petition that some teams ? strive for threatens to destroy the experience for those who ?I just want to play Softball For ? truly the purpose of the sum ; roer league is not to win at all | costs but to participate with > family and friends in one of America's most popular sum mer pastimes. Some might scoff at the idea of playing for anything less than blood but violent ! behavior, words or actions, will not be tolerated in the Madison league ? it ruins the game for everyone. Offenders will be dismissed from the league. The energy of life is vtoo precious to be wasted on "'violence, especially when in volved in an activity of recrea tion and enjoyment. It would be sad to see the adi/lt softball program I .destroyed by immature behavior. Sportsmanship is the key. The small child wat ching his father or brother raging at an umpire, throwing his bat or kicking the dirt will be likely to copy that behavior when be plays. The adults must set the good example ta ttle children, and that good ex ample is called sportsman ship. Important points of behavior and sportsmanship will be discussed at the league meetings, the times and loca tions of which will be announc ed next week. I am confident that this summer season will be a quiet one. A great deal was learned last summer, and hopefully old mistakes will not be replayed. The most important thing for the adult par ticipants to remember is that they hold the key to the future of the program. We must acknowledge our respousibili ty to conduct the season in ax atmosphere of good will and good sportsmanship. Out children are watching KEVIN MORL?\ Recreation Directoi f A Mars Hill Student ?. t Dies In Easter Wreck A student at Mars Hill Col I lege was killed, along with the rest of her family and a truck driver in what may have been the worst highway accident in Haywood County history. Doris Wilson, It, was a passengir in the front aeat of the family's Subaru station wagon. Her father, Dr. Charles Jefferson Wilson, a Spruce Pine physician, ?, was driving, and Greg Wilson, 13, and Dana Wilson, 17, were in the rear seats. A track tractor, the crash it under way, bat m yet there is no reason knowi for the truck driver's loss o control. He was identified ai Alfred James McFarland, 53 of Smithfield. The Wilson family were 01 their way to Gatlinburg Tenn., on an Easter holiday camping trip. The trucl driver was headed home fron Oklahoma, where he worked for the holiday . Pud from both vehicle) caused an explosion after tin impact that was heard fa miles. All the victims wen Tragedy had already strad the Wilson family a year ag< when Mrs. Wileon died o ROLLINS HOUSES such as this one are due for rehabilitation and, in some cases, demolition in a pro ject to be funded by the Depart ment of Housing and Urban Development. The neighborhood water and street systems will also be improved in one of three pro jects recently approved for Madison County. County's 'Green Thumb' (Continued from Page 1) cases their taxes will go up . " Another big problem in Rollins is the poor state of the water system. Currently, all of the 46 target houses are served by 50-year-old, three quarter inch water distribu tion piping that is clogged and corroded with rust. These lines will be replaced by new, larger lines. Also, there are only five fire hydrants to serve the area. It would be impossible to fight fires at some of the houses, so seven more hydrants will be put in ? The streets have no ditching or curbing at present, so that after a rain the neighborhood may be flooded for hours or even days. Streets will be upgraded and catch basins and culverts installed. Three subsidiary roads will be resur faced. In charge of the project will 1 be the mayor and board of aldermen. There will also be one overall administrator , one housing expert and one secretary /clerk to administer the project. They will be com plemented by a citizens' ad visory committee consisting of Faye Reid, Everett Barnett, Billy Jean Haynie, Jean Taylor, Ed Niles and James Allen. The Hot Springs money, some $494,000, will be used to rehabilitate housing in two areas: Paint Rock Road, the section below town on the op posite side of the river against the bluffs; and South Spring St./Conway Drive. In all, 39 houses will be rehabilitated and two demolished. The Hot Springs work will be a continuation of the pro jects now under way on Silver Mine and Spring Creek Road. 1 This work is being ad ministered by Larry McCall and Patsy Shelton, with a citizens' advisory committee 1 consisting of Chairman Sidney 1 Harrison, Rich West, Kenneth Sumerel, Joe Cogdill and ! Nellie Norton. Citizens from \ the new target areas will be appointed as the work there r gets under way. Madison County originally applied for $500,000 to rehabilitate houses both in Bluff and along Lisenbee Creek. However, HUD only granted $333,000 to the county. Because the agency stipulates that all the money must be us ? ed to complete a single pro i ject, this amount appears to f be only enough to work on I Bluff, where there are 31 ? hoiaes due for rehabilitation and two for demolition. The I kind of work will be much the , same as that now being done f along Cotvin Creek, t According to Becky I Williams, the county only . qualified for these new grants by administering last year'* i grants as efficiently as it has. s Both the Colvin Creek and Hot r Springs projects, led by Jam s Parker and Larry McCall, dries up." She attributes the success of this county partly to selecting only those areas of the most serious need, and sticking strictly to federal guidelines. She says that by following both the spirit and the letter of HUD's rulebook, the county has earned a reputation that tends to draw the confidence of granting officials. And it seems to work. There were 165 applications from the state this year, for single purpose grants, and Madison got two of them. In addition to Mrs. Williams, Land-of-Sky person nel who helped with the grants are Bill Watson, Kathy Hard man and Steven McConnell. Laurel Man Dies In Blaze A Laurel nun died on Easter Sunday in a fire that consumed moat of his house before the Marshall Volunteer fX_? _ A. 1 . t|,J -t, riTt Utfpaf uneni coukj reacn the scene. The victim was identified as Robert Metcalf, S3, of SpUlcorn His badly burned body was found amid the char red rubble of his bedroom, where he had been seated in a chair. Although the cause of the fire cannot be verified, firemen at the scene estimated that it startedfeur a wood stove located at the op posite end of the house from the bedroom Hie fire department was alerted at about 4 p.m. April 6. By the time they could drive to the fire, however, there was little to do but cool the re mains of the building in order to inspect the interior. Initial ly there were fears that as many as five other persons were in the house, but no other bodies were found. Board Of Ed Will Meet I April 14 The Madison County Board of Education has called a meeting for April 14 at 7 p.m. to discuss personnel and budget matters. The houM was located in * remote section of Spillcorn, put the end of the state maintained Colvin Creek road, up a rutted, unimproved track that slowed the Are trucks to a crawl. It was about 25 miles from Marshall. Firemen estimated that the house had been burning about two hours before the call came in. The first call was to the sheriffs office, because of the fear that several people might be trapped in the blaze. The sheriff then called the fire department. The house was approx imately half a mile from the one noticed the blue at first Despite the severity of the burn, a picture, some keys and a receipt in Metcalfe billfold survived the flames, enabling identification to be made. Two smaller fires last week drew fire trucks. 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