Episcopal Church Buys Land
Near Mars Hill For Building
The Episcopal Church of the Holy
Spirit has pruchased land on Bone
Camp Road, two miles vest of Mars
1011, for the purpose of constructing a
church building.
The church began weekly meetings
in temporary quarters in Madison
County a little more.than a year ago
Despite its long history both in the
Christian tradition and in the United
States, there has never before been a
full-time Episcopal parish in Madison
County. A part-time mission, St.
John's, was established in Hot Spr
ings by the family of Peggy Dotterer
(now a member of the Church of the
Holy Spirit), but the building was
removed several decades ago.
Members of the new church include
residents of Hot Springs, Big Pine,
Marshall, Shelton Laurel,
Petersburg, Mars Hill, Burns ville,
Wolf Laurel, Weaverville and North
Asheville.
"The Episcopal church is an
unusual blend of tradition and open
ness," said the Rev. Susan Sherard,
the new church's minister "As a
group, we include very different
kinds of people and points of view.
But through our more traditional
form of worship, we are able to offer
up these differences to God and
celebrate what draws us together in
the first place, and that is God's
love."
The church emphasises the impor
tance 6t community and our
dependence on one another, she said.
The name "Holy Spirit" is taken from
the Bible, meaning God's creative
love, with special reference to the
feast at Pentecost when the Apostles
were inspired by the spirit of God's
love to continue the example and
teachings of Jesus, she said.
The Episcopal church also con
siders itself a "church of history,"
and as such it is anchored in many
centuries of tradition.
The name Episcopal comes form
the Greek work "episkopos," which
was adopted in the second century
A.D. to refer to the chief leader of a
Christian community in a particular
placs. Today this person is called the
bishop, whose duty is to ordain
ministers (or priests), to serve as
ptittfff to priests, and to welcome new
members into the church. In North
Carolina, there are three bishops; the
bishop of Western North Carolina is
headquartered in Black Mountain.
Most members of the church par
ticipate in one or more of the arena in
which the church is active, including
worship, outreach, stewardship,
hospitality, education and communi
ty life. One of the church's most im
portant commitments is to outreacb
helping those in need who are outside
the parish, and this effort is directed
primarily at Madison and neighbor
ing counties, she said. It is organizing
a Hospice program to minister to the
dying, and is active in assisting such
local groups as Mountains of
Madison, Unake Center and
Neighbors in Need.
For more information on the
Church of the Holy Spirit, call Susan
Sherard at 689-2517 or write P.O. Box
956, Mars Hill, NC 28754.
The Rev. Susan Sherard
. . .new church minister
\ Madison Man To Head WNC Association
Jacob F. Grigg of Mara Hill, presi
dent of Mountain Farm Credit Ser
vice, was re-elected last week as
president of the 18-county Western
North Carolina Development Assoca
tion. He has headed the farm and
rural development program the past
two years.
Serving with Grigg as first vice
president will be F. Ed Broa dwell,
president of Gyde Savings and Loan
Association; E. Charles Dyson, vice
president and general manager of
Carolina Power and Light Company,
second vice president; Linda Ford,
Enka, secretary; and, Jerry Sutton,
Franklin, treasurer.
The annual meeting was attended
by a large number of leaders from
throughout the western counties.
The development assocation, an
agricultural promotion and com
munity improvement organization
Arboretum Names McDevitt
A Madison County native has been
named acting assistant to the interim
director of the Western North
Carolina Arboretum.
The University of North Carolina's
Board of Governors named R. Wayne
McDevitt, a Marshall native, to the
post last week.
McDevitt, who directed former
Gov. Jim Hunt's Western Office in
Asheville for four years, will be assis
tant to Dr. John Creech, interim
director of the arboretum.
McDevitt will assist Creech in
budgeting and financial matters, per
sonnel activities, grant proposals,
public relations and other tasks.
He will begin work by early
February, at an annual salary of
$33,500.
The Western North Carolina Ar
boretum is being developed on U.S.
Forest Service land at Bent Creek.
When completed, it will include an
18-acre water garden, a variety of
native trees and shrubs, test areas for
new plants and demonstration areas
for gardening and landscaping.
McDevitt was also a special assis
tant to Chancellor David G. Brown at
the University of North Carolina at
Asheville for four months before tak
ing a job as general manager at a
Hendersonville store.
that is recognized as one of the na
tion's pioneer "self-help" rural
development programs, has com
pleted 36 years.
It is financed in large part by con
tributions from local county govern
ments of the area, along with
businesses and individuals.
One of its major activities is spon
sorship of the Western North Carolina
Community Development Program
in cooperation with the N.C.
Agricultural Extension Service and
local sponsors. Nearly 100 organized
communities took part in this grass
roots, self-help improvement effort
last year, along with more than 100
other groups in special youth,
beautification and senior citizens'
programs.
Elected to the board of directors of
the regional organization were
Charles Anders, Henderson ville;
R W Denman, Waynes ville; Frank
L. Fits Simons Jr., Hendersonville;
Barry Hippt, Cherokee; J.D. Ober
miller, Horse Shoe; Roy Roberts,
Weaverville; and, Charles Von
Canon, Banner Elk.
Among those re-elected to the
board were Fred Alexander,
Franklin; F. Ed Broa dwell, Clyde;
Dr. David Burnet te, Ashe ville; John
Creadick, Asheville; T. Gibbs,
Rutherfordton ; William T. (Jack)
G rover; S.E. Johnston, Jr., Fletcher;
Sam H. McGuirt, Jr., Henderson
ville; Clifton Metcalf, Waynes ville;
Mrs. Cary Owen, Asheville; Robert
Price, Skyland; Jerry Sutton,
Franklin; L.T. Ward, Arden; and,
Fred Williams, Marion.
Also serving as a director of the
organization is Mrs. Ruth Gregory of
Madison County.
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Singing Set Saturday
The Union Valley Missionary Baptist Church will hold a
fourth Saturday night singing at 7 p.m. Saturday. The Rev.
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clement weather, the singing will be cancelled.
Board Discusses Bikes, Sewers
The Hot Springs Board of Aldermen
heard area residents discuss pro
blems with three-wheeler bikes and
septic tanks at the board's regular
meeting Jan. 5.
One resident said kids are racing
down his street disrupting the
neighborhood. The resident was con
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Police Chief John Barrett said he
would talk to the kids and their
parents to work out a solution.
A Hot Springs couple requested the
town install a new septic tank to
replace the homemade tank they now
have.
Town officials said that the town
could not replace the tank, but would
pump out the existing structure.
Jean and Robert Payne said that
when the town originally installed the
septic system they did not request a
new tank. Now it appears their tank
is in need of repair or replacement.
Alderman Don E. Franklin said the
septic tanks were installed under a
grant and there are no more funds
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Hot Springs Mayor Kenny Ramsey
called an emergency meeting of the
board of aldermen for Thursday .
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the septic tank for the Paynes. If the
tank should cave in, the town would
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