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When Robert T. Sofield, Jr. and Ed-
^ard Kirkpatrick purchased a small
adding two years ago in the Forks of
community, little did they and the
embers of the community know what
Quid lie in the future. What has taken
P ace since that time is the subject of
“is particular article,
p If one happened to drive through the
arks of Ivy community, he would per-
aps be impressed with the over-all
^“iqueness of the place. The scenery
'callable would include distinctive dis-
P ay of junk cars, a beautiful church that
Owns a hill in the center of the un-
p “arporated little town, a tire store, a
ouple of gas stations, and Peabody’s
' *^ackage Store.
Co^ aantroversy has been stirring in the
n ^“lunity that, according to the Rev.
Ch Hogan of the Forks of Ivy Baptist
g V^^ah, "has united and activated this
(gj,’.*^a aonimunity.” The fact of the mat-
ber.*^’ ai^Pl“ius one of the senior mem-
vyg® af the community, “we just don’t
pig alcohol being sold here in our
don’t ' ' ■ trash
tjjg belong here.” And apparently
t[jg Paaple of Forks of Ivy mean what
say. A petition written up by Rev.
(jg and Rev. Jimmy Buckner, presi-
jg of the Greater Forks of Ivy Com-
Sto*'*^^’ alala® that, “Peabody’s Package
oi,/Va Ihe Forks of Ivy is a nuisance to
^aitizens.”
boo signatures have been placed
that Patition, which also contends
illg package store is being operated
Cog *y because it has a Buncombe
aggj'ly permit to sell alcoholic bever-
Cogg the store itself is in Madison
*^ty. The owners contend, however.
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edition of WHO’S WHO
^NlV;^? STUDENTS IN AMERICAN
Carry f.^SITIES COLLEGES will
thirty students from
9s j)g. bl College who have been selected
stagd'-''S among the country’s most out-
*0g campus leaders.
cditQ^P“® nominating committees and
cludg ? annual directory have in-
ej ^ the names of these students bas-
?®i'vig their academic achievement,
ext^ community, leadership
Potegjj^P“'’ricular activities and future
?tUcJeg,®b They join an elite group of
'astitg,. ®®*““ted from more than 1,200
bfty nf higher learning in all
?Pdsev‘®®’ District of Columbia,
‘tg stgH foreign nations. Outstand-
?Ptm9i have been honored in the
1934 ‘'’®“I°ry published
this year are; William
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Who’s Who
major commuting from Mars Hill, N.C.;
Mark Wilhelm Barbour, a senior English
major from Marietta, Ga.; John L. Ben
nett, a senior physical education major
from Gaffney, S.C.; Kurt Joseph Bomar,
a senior business administration major
from Banner Elk, N.C.; Joseph K. Bounds,
a junior religion/philosophy major
commuting from Mars Hill, N.C.; Bruce
Willard Boyles, Jr., a senior music
education major from Kings Mountain,
N.C.; Teresa Allen Campbell, a senior
chemistry major from Chester, N.C.;
Barbara Ann Carter, a senior mathe
matics major from Durham, N.C.; Charl
es Timothy Carter, a junior chemistry
major from Fountain Valley, Ca.; Fred
erick Dean Dalrymple, a senior Spanish
major from Murphy, N.C.; Hershell
Dwayne Davis, a senior political science
major from Hemingway, S.C.; Mickie
Diane Hoffman, a junior mathematics
major from Waynesboro, Pa.; Roy Al
len Hunt, a senior general business ad
ministration major from Columbia,
S.C.; Pamela Kay Irwin, a senior social
work major from Sparta, N.C.; Arcbie
Valejo Jones, Jr., a senior commuter
majoring in economics from Mocksville,
N.C.; Joseph Carroll Knight, a senior
religion/philosophy major from Winston-
Salem, N.C.; Shari Diane Lafone, a sen
ior history major from Hickory, N.C.;
Melissa L. Laney, a senior elementary
education major from Nebo, N.C.; Steven
Charles Maennie, a senior physical
education major from Andrews, N.C.;
Elaine McKinney, a senior biology ma
jor from Bakersville, N.C.; Scott Doug
las Mims, a senior social work major
from Fayetteville, N.C.; Mark William
Pardpe, a senior fashion merchandising
major from Roaring River, N.C.; Suzanne
Powell, a junior chemistry major from
that the store is in Buncombe County
and make their contention on the basis
of a surveyor’s report made by the
Hutchison-Briggs Co. earlier this year.
The Hutchison-Briggs surveyor desig
nated the building to be in Buncombe
County, where permits to sell alcohol
are available. The residents state that
the surveyor’s line is “a bunch of hog-
wash. The store sits on the south side
of the Forks of Ivy Creek, and that has
always been the Madison County boun-
dry line. Many of the people living in
close vicinity of the store vow to con
tinue pursuing the legal avenues avail
able in order to close the place once and
for all, and “burn it down.”
Several weeks ago, a community meet
ing was held at the Forks of Ivy Baptist
Church to allow both sides to voice their
opinions regarding the status of the
establishment. About thirty Mars Hill
College students attended the meeting
expressing their support for the package
store. The meeting was orderly, and
many expressed their opinions, both pro
and con; however, it appears that the
faction opposing the store’s operation
has the upper hand. With the support
of the Forks of Ivy Church, Ivy Hill
Church, Piney Mountain Baptist Church,
the Free Will Baptist Church and the
other 48 churches in the French Broad
Baptist Association, it only seems ap
propriate to predict the closing of Pea
body s Package Store. As one man put
it, “it might be convenient for folks to
come by-even as close to the college as
it is - but folks who drink should go to
Ingles, buy it, take it home', and stay in
and get ruined. We can’t have ’em
driving all over the Fork's of Ivy.”
Mark Barbour
Photo by Larry PrircrLett
Mars Hill, N.C.; Houston Bryan Rober
son, a senior history major from Stuart,
Va.; Kenneth Thompson Sewell, a sen
ior economics major from North Augusta,
S.C., Michael Randy Sitton, a senior
music performance major from Horse
Shoe, N.C.; Thomas Floyd Stocks, a
senior sociology major from Lynchburg,
Va.; Christopher Lee Watts, a senior
physical education major from Dora-
ville, Ga.; Stephen Douglas Wilent, a
senior chemistry major from Cherry-
ville, N.C.; Rilla Maria Williamson, a
senior general business administration
major from Franklin, N.C.
The nominating committee was com
posed of seventeen student leaders,
two faculty members from each of the
academic departments, two members
of the student development staff, and one
member of the general administration.
Anita Keller