The NEW SEPVIKG THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY SINCE 1901 rfn. 84 \o 4 WEDNESDAY jctooer H Community Calendar Laurel VFD To Meet In Spillcorn The Laurel Volunteer Fire Dept. will hold a meeting in the Spillcorn community on Oct. II at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Church of God fellowship building on Baker Creek. The meeting will discuss creation of a spearate branch of the Laurel Fire Department to be located in the Spillcorn community. All interested persons are invited to attend. Mars Hill AA Meets Oct. 20 The Mars Hill chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous will celebrate its first anniversary on Oct. 20 at the Mars Hill Methodist Church. Fellowship will begin at 6 p.m. followed by a covered dish supper at 6:30 p.m. A special guest will speak following dinner. The group meets each Thursday at 8 p.m. Call 689-2941 for more infor mation. Marshbanks Family Reunion Set The annual Francis Marion Marshbanks family reunion will be held on Oct. 14 in the lunchroom of the Mars Hill Elementary School. Members of the Anderson, Banks, Hamlin, Harrison, Buckner DeBruhl and Ponder families are invited to attend. Spring Creek VFD Dance The Spring Creek Volunteer Fire Dept. will sponsor a night of music and dancing on Oct. 13 from 7 until 10 p.m. Tommy Davis and the Hitchhiker Band will perform along with the Cripple Creek Cloggers. Refreshments will be served. No admission will be charged. Donations will be appreciated. Proceeds will benefit the work of the fire com pany. Madison FCA Sponsors Teeter-Totter Thon The Madison Higb School Fellowship of Christian Athletes will be conducting their third annual Teeter-Totterthon beginning on Fri day afternoon, Oct. !? at 4 p.m. The students plan to keep rocking until 6 p.m. Sunday. Proceeds from the marathon will be used to support charitable organizations such as the Leukemia Society, the Cystic Fibrosis Founda tion and Neighbors-In-Need and to finance Fellowship Club activities. Club members are seeking spon sors to pledge an hourly amount. All donations are tax-deductible. The teeter-totter will be at the In gles Shopping Center in Mars Hill an Saturday. On Sunday, the club members will move the marathon to Marshall where they will rock at the By-Pass Shopping Plaza. Merchants To Sponsor Halloween Parly The Marshall Merchants' Associa tion will sponsor a Halloween Party for Madison County youngsters in connection with a child identification program at Town Hall on Oct. 31. The merchants agreed to sponsor the party during their weekly meeting Friday afternoon. The Mer chants' Association will offer treats and awards for the best costumes from 3 until 6 p.m. on Oct. 31. The Halloween Party is being held in (Connection with the child finger printing in order to encourage child saftey throughout the year. In addi tion to the treats and costume con test, children accompanied by an adult will be fingerprinted for iden tification purposes. Parents will be given the finger prints for safe-keeping. In the event a child should become lost, the finger prints could assist law enforcement agencies in locating the child. The Madison Central Optimists have donated two fingerprinting kits to the project. The Marshall Police Dept., Madison County Sheriff's Dept., and the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity of Mars Hill College will be assisting in the fingerprinting. The Madison County child safety program was begun through the ef forts of Linda Dodson and Peggy Loomis of Marshall. For more information on the Hallo ween activities, contact either Mrs. Dodson or Loomis at 649-3031 . Liston Ramsey Honored More than 300 county residents and public officials gathered Sunday night at Madison High School to pay tribute to Speaker of the N.C. House Liston B. Ramsey Attorney General Rufus Edmisten flew in from Raleigh for the campaign dinner for Ramsey. Those who attended the $2&-a-piate fundraiser were treated to a roast beef dinner prepared by Maria Cox, a radical departure from the cold chicken served at many such affairs. Edmisten was the featured speaker at the dinner. The gubernatorial can didate told the audience, "I've been to Raleigh and back twice today because Liston Ramsey is worth it" Edmisten joked with county chair man Zeno Ponder, telling the au dience, "Zeno told me, 'I've struck out twice, but I'm with you thts time'" Ponder had supported Lauch Faircloth in the first primary and former Charlotte mayor Eddie Kims in the run-off primary. Speaking of Ramsey, Edmisten said, "Liston Ramsey has never been pushed around by the big shots, but he's a sucker for children. He still believes that some of us have to look out for those who can't look out for themselves. Liston and I believe so very firmly that a pauper has as much weight and authority as the prince. We believe that it's simpler to educate than to incarcerate and that we as a people haven't reached a par ticla of our potential.',' Edmisten closed his remarks by quoting Sen. Sam Erwin, who tokl him. 'Don't trespass on time and don't encroach on eternity.'' Many other Democratic officials spoke of Ramsey's record before Ed misten's address. Jim Long, Ramsey's legal counsel and a can didate for the Insurance Commis sioner's post, told the audience. "His vision is as wide as the vistas from these mountains. He believes in peo ple." State Sen. Robert Swain told the gathering, "It is my opinion that the , Speaker possesses more power than , ATTORNEY GENERAL RUFUS EDMISTEN was the featured speaker at a dinner honoring Liston Ramsey Sunday aoy .omer single individual in this state TJ?e people Of Ndrth Carolina arc fortunate to have Liston Ramsey's leadership As long as Liston's oo the job. North Carolina is in good hands." Swain's counterpart, State Sen. Dennis Winner, said of Ramsey, "He understands power and knows how to get things done better than anyone I know." Ramsey's seatmate, Rep. Charles Beali of Canton said, "He is an in spiration to me. He has a broad view of the whole state. Liston Ramsey is a great man. As tar a? I'm concerned, whatever the Speaker wants, the Speaker gets." Larry Leake introduced leaders of Madison County agencies which have i benefitted from Ramsey 's work in the General Assembly. Among those at- i tending the Sunday testimonial were the county commissioners, Marshall Mayor Betty Wild, Hot Spring Mayor Debbie Baker, Mars Hill Col lege president Fred Bentley and of- i ficers of the Hot Springs Health Pro- I gram. Hot Springs VFD, Madison County Board of Education, Ebbs Ct#pe( VFQ.. Marsjl.ll VFD. the Southern Appalachian Reportory Theatre, Marshall VPD, Spring Creek VFD, Laurel VFD and Moun tains of Madison. Rep James McClure Clarke ad dressed the gathering, calling Ramsey, "a master of the legislative process." Clarke pointed to the Regional Activities Center being built at Western Carolina University, the new livestock arens, tuition assitance to students at private colleges and a new robotics center at Haywood Continued on Page 3 Hollings Calls For Party Unity More than 850 Democrats from across Western North Carolina met at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville Saturday for the annual Vance Ay cock dinner. The dinner attracted most Democratic candidates for of fice, including Gov. James B, Hunt, Jr. , Attorney General Rufus Ea rn is ten and State Sen. Bob Jordan. The gathering heard South Carolina Sen. Ernest Hollings call for unity at the polls in November. Holl ings told the Saturday night dinner, ? 'If we have unity of purpose, we can elect Jim Hunt and Rufus Eidmisten on Nov. 6." Hollings also called for a trade policy that would create markets for foreign goods without destroying American industries, saying, "If we could allocate the markets for American goods, we can develop the middle class in the poor countries. The truth is, we're not going to havea sound foreign policy until we have a sound trade policy." Hollings entertained the audience by recalling his experiences on the campaign trail. Earlier this year, Hollings was a candidate for the presidential nomination Recalling his experiences among Child Safety Requires Planning The safety of our children hae become a topic of increased public concern in recent Com munities across the country are establishing programs to educate children and parents and assist law enforcement agencies in locating lost children. The Buncombe County Sheriff's Dept. has operated Operation Child Find for the put six months, finger printing thousands of youngs tors The program will begin here in 'Saptist Sly* Man I age Vot Mars Hill will be Parent* should teach their children their fall names, address aad telephone number aad instruct children in haw to use a telephone and obtaia aa operator. Children shaald alao he ?ever eater anyohe's home homes they may eater. Children should be taught haw la ask for help if they become last hi shepplag c eaters. Instruct children to go ta a I ? anyone that they AND you do not know very well. Teach your children to never td anyone who call* on Ike telephone that they are hoau al? aad to never answer the door when yn are aat home. Teach yaw children to let yaa know if aay adult aahi them to keep a 'secret.' Make tare your child kaowi a neighbor they caa cal if naiiat tries to eater yaw haase while yaa are away. the tight to toach them or aafce tben uncomfortable Teach jhem they caa wy HO.* . meone, there may be a reason yaa should know about. Take notice when someone show* your chili a great deal of attention and find out why. Hare your child's fingerprint* taken and know where to locate de? tal records. Be aware W changes la your child's hd^?lai ar attitude. Encourage open the voters of New Hampshire, (tail ings said, "I went to one lady's house and told her I was Fritz Hoilings. She thought I was a German trucking comapny. At a campaign stop in Maine, a sup porter told Hoilings after a speech, 'You'll win the vote of every thinking person in the audience.' Hoilings replied. That's not enough. We'll need a majority." The mood at the annual Democratic meeting was ebulient after polls reiased Saturday indicated both Gov. Hunt and Edmisten enjoy ing comfortable leads over their op pooents. Hollings condemned the federal deficit, reminding tbe audience that interest on tbe federal debt cost tax payers $187 million last year, a $33 billion increase over tbe year before. That's $117 million that went for nothing. That could 've been put into research and education." Hollings also condemned the in creasing defense budget, saying, "We keep sending money up there and it goes to the military. That's like ten ding lettuce by rabbits." In an interview with teportcts prior Continued on Page 3 Mars Hill Child Killed The North Carolina Highway Patrol reports that a alx-year oU Mara Hill hoy die* Saturday night after being struck by a car. PoHce report that Jaaeo Trent Waldrap, ?, el Rontr 2. Mara Hill was killed when he was ? track by a car hi the parking lot Of the ley HiU Baptist rhurrk n?ar Rhritartievillo l%? * H ** S SI ttv II I w? ? SsM* % a Hv had stepped into the path of a lf? Chevrolet drive* by Crystal Massey ckmk far a wedding rehearsal at thr time of Mm accMaat. The bay wa? a flrtt-grade iMhI at Mara Ml Minilfy Mwai Faaeral tervlcea war* M TMay morning at the Bethel Baptlat Chorch. I Bill funds Mae on ?