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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
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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
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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 ? <mintf towns received
Powell BUI (Unds MatHfig tO.8M.lf
tar street repairs according to the
North Carotin Apartment of
Transportation The fundi were part
of i to North
allocation. $31 ,219.31 while Marshall
received IK, 990. U and Hot Spring
116,0* 34 F ind, from ttePwa II