Byard Ray String Band
Traditional Music To Highlight
Pioneer Living Day
Music by the Byard Ray Str
ing Band will be one of the
highlights of the fall "Pioneer
Living Day" next Sunday,
Sept. 21 at Vance Birthplace.
The 1-5 p.m. festivities will
feature costumed guides
demonstrating the old fashion
ed ways of homemaking,
centering around the Visitor
Center at the restored historic
site where Gov. Zebulon Baird
Vance was born and lived as a
child.
The site, located on Reems
Creek Road east of Weaver -
ville, consists of the Revolu
tionary era log house and six
log outbuildings, where staff
and volunteers will
demonstrate the activities
jthat occupied pioneers in the
Western settlements during
the lifetime of Civil War and
Reconstruction Governor
Vance (1862-65; 1877-79).
In addition to the Byard Ray
String Band of Mars Hill,
David Nelson of Weaverville
will be demonstrating pottery
making. Other acitvities will
include open hearth cooking,
weaving, quilting, churning,
using old tools and rug hook
ing by volunteers and staff
members.
The Byard Ray String Band
is a traditional string band
striving to preserve mountain
music and tradition. Many
titles in their repertoire were
handed down to Byard, a
fourth generation fiddler,
whose renditions of the old
tunes go back to the early
1800s.
Great Smokies Council
Reading Association
The Great Smokies Council of the Interna
tional Reading Association will hold their fall
? meeting Thursday, Sept. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Humanities Lecture Hall on the campus of UNC
4 Asheville.
The guest speaker for the evening will be Dr.
Tom Pickering, chairman of the Department of
Elementary Education and Reading at Western
. Carolina University. Dr. Pickering's topic will be
"Helping Reluctant Readers.'' The public is
-"welcome to attend and there is no admission
'^charge.
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BLANTON'S alumni
Blanton s Junior College Alumni Association
will bokl its 50th Anniversary Celebration on Fri
day, Oct. 31, and Saturday, Nov. 1, at the college
on College Street in Asheville.
Activities will include a parade, a dinner
dance and a picnic. For information call (704)
252-7346.
PONDER'S CHAPEL HOMECOMING
Ponder s Chapel Baptist Church will hold its
homecoming services Sept. 21. Dinner will be
served following the morning worship service in
the dining hall.
The afternoon worship service will begin at
2:30 p.m. with Rev. Joe Smith, pastor of the Mt.
Olive Baptist Church as guest speaker.
4-H JUNIOR LEADERS
The 4-H Junior Leaders Association will hold
its first meeting Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Exten
sion Office. All 4-H'ers between the ages of 14-19
are welcome.
Plans will be made for a roller skating party,
Sept. 29, and campout and river trip on Oct. 3 and
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REV1S ? LUNSFORD REUNION
The relatives of Ervin and Mary Ann Re vis,
Jim and Sally Lunsford will hold a family reunion
on Sunday, Sept. 28, at Mt. Zion Free Will Baptist
Church.
It will be an all day service with preaching
and singing. Each relative is asked to bring a pic
nic lunch and enjoy the day.
REVIVAL SERVICES
A series of revival services will begin at the
Memorial Church of God on Thursday, Sept. 18,
beginning at 7:30 p.m. each night.
Rev. Ray Fletcher of Del Rio, Tenn. will be
the visiting evangelist.
Everyone is welcome.
BALES OF BURLEY
Burley farmers are invited to view a film on
baling tobacco. The film will be shown in the Cour
troom of the Madison County Court House on
Thursday night, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m.
The meeting is co-sponsored by The
Agricultural Extension Service and The Farm
Bureau. Representatives from both ASCS and
Agricultural Extension will be available to
answer questions.
?RIVERFEST'
The Marshall 'Riverfest' will be held on the
island at Marshall Elementary School Saturday,
Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. As part of French
Broad River Week, the 'Riverfest' will feature
bluegrass bands throughout the day as well as a
flea market, buck-dancing contests, watermelon
eating contest, river tubing and other games and
activities. A fireworks display will cap off the
event at 9 p.m.
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Class Qf 1970
Mars Hill ftigh School
"1970 Class
Holds Reunion
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The Class of 1970 of Mars
Hill High School held its tenth
year reunion on Saturday and
Sunday, August 16 and 17.
Thirty-four out of the 72 class
members were present.
Teachers present were Mr.
and Mrs. M.L. Andrews of
Mars Hill.
Activities for the reunion in
cluded a buffet supper at the
high school cafeteria, a dance
and party at Wolf Laurel Ski
Lodge, and a family picnic on
Sunday afternoon at Crooked
Street Park in Mars Hill.
Edwin Fisher, chairman of
the Planning Committee,
acted as master of
ceremonies. Other members
of the committee were
Carolyn Angel Hyer, Danny
Slagle, and Linda Yelton
Shook.
The Class decided to reunite
in five years.
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NOTICE OF SALE BY SEALED BIDS
PARCEL I:
FORMER MAIN HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. French Broad Electric
Membership Corporation, South side of Main Stret, Marhsall, North
Carolina, lot size 16,381 square feet building sizes 4,534 square ft first
floor, partial basement and second floor equipment room.
PARCEL II:
French Broad Electric Membership Corporation warehouse, Rollins Road,
Marshall, North Carolina, lot size 48340 square feet approximately,
warehouse 3,940 square feet, metal building 38.3x29 feet and 50.8x16
feet platform.
The French Broad Electric Membership Corporation will receive separate
sealed bids for the sale of each of the above captioned tracts with im
provements for cash until 12:00 Noon on 23 September, 1980, to be
opened before interested parties at the new headquarters facility on the
Mars HM Highway, Marshall, North CaroNna at 1:00 PJJL on the same day
as its regular monthly Board of Directors meeting
Al bids should be
Torms wriicn ore
accordance with bid instructions and bid
les E. Mashburn, General Counsel for
Corporation, P.O. Bex 98, Marsha*.
^ (704) 649-3434 or from
Charles R. Toiley,
Corporation, P.D.
2081.
This sale is
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Hunt Commends
Madison Students
Governor Jin Hunt con
gratulated the students of
Madison County today for the
showing they made on the 1980
North Carolina annual testing
program of basic educational
skills.
The results show that the
students tested well above the
grade level of the average stu
dent in the nation in almost
every skill tested," he said. "I
want to commend everyone ?
the teachers, the parents, the
students ? for this achieve
ment."
Test results show first
graders in Madison County
were a year above the national
average in math and exceeded
{it in reading. Second graders
were nearly a year above the
national average in math and
also exceeded it in reading.
Third graders exceeded the
average in spelling and
language arts. Sixth graders
exceeded it in spelling.
The testing allows for
students' learning strengths
and weaknesses to be iden
tified, to inform parents of the
progress of their children and
to plan and improve educa
tional efforts.
The first tests were ad
ministered statewide to first,
second, third, sixth and ninth
graders in April, 1978 and
have been given every year
since at the same time.
Banks Completes
Energy Workshop
Robert Donald Banks of
Marshall was among 29
teachers attending a
workshop on Conservation and
Future Energy Sources held
at Appalachian State Univer
sity this summer.
Banks teaches at Marshall
Elementary School.
The two-week workshop in
cluded lectures by ASU
physics faculty members,
energy film previews,
laboratory work and
demonstrations and four field
trips.
Guest speakers discussed
the economic, political, en
vironmental and
psychological impact of the
energy crisis.
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