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, '-',,.1 V . , 1 ' :;;V".'-:'j ' '?.:. 4si uses i i hi sMsSjiwslMssssaMsssi as irtin i- m m w M sn M wasmsMsji cjrooaa.cwaK a tit 111 ' J 5 t nr ' i ; '111 X Mh,fe " ..A- 5 ft I"!- tf ..-i TT tvw )',,-.. ., ' . i. ' w v., a' i .. r f s 1 1 vol. C3 r:o. 23 To Ccin On Hont TcnJay Transportation Provided To Centers; J. C. Wallin Is Director - A six-weeks' program of edu cation, social serricee and medi cal examinaltidiw iior . 180 , needy children ivbo will enter the first grade Wext VAngoet, will begin next Monday, June 28 and eon- tinue to August L The program will begin at 9:00 a. m., and dose at 1:00 p. m. daily. Head Start tries to improve the health and learning abilities of children from low-income families. Free medi cal and ' dental examinations and follow-ups are provided. Snacks end a hot lunch will be given to children enrolled. Transportation will be provid ed to centers ait the Marshall, Mars Hill, Hot Springs, Spring Creek, Walnut, Laurel, Beech GJen and Ebbs Chapel schools "If you have a child that has not registered for Head Start you may bring the child to the school fai your area Monday, June 23, for registration and transportation can be arranged at that time," J. C. WalSn, Director, said. Children, six years of age on or before October IS, entering first grade next August from families with incomes below the poverty, guidelines are eligible to attend. Parentis must fill out a registration form which certifies the child's eligibility to partdd pate in the Head Start Program, Mr. Wallin stated. YOU.CAN HELP v DrT ISonaJd'CT fcoffmanT' who r cently visited Hot Springs. still considering the Hot Springs area for medical practice. If you want to encourage him to locate in Hot Springs, a little note from you might help. Address your letter to: Dr. Donald C. Oofftnan 213 E. Wm'pp Road Dayton, Ohio 43440 Gallop Poll Says Religion Is Losing Its Influence Survey Reveals Trend Of Students 'And Adults Princeton, N. J. Seven adults in every ten (70 percent) think religion is losing its influence on life in, this country, while only one person in seven (14 per cent) be lieves religion is increasing its influence. These survey results represent one of the most dramatic rever sals m opinion in the history of polling. When the issue was first presented to the public in 1967, only 14 per cent of all per sons said religion was losing in fluence while 69 per cent held the opposite opinion. ...v For the first time since 1957, larger proportion of Catholics; ' Aan 'the Protestants believe re ligion is ' on the wane. Many Catholics are disturbed about pope Paul's .birth control edict and. the Trowing -.cleavage between ; liber al and eoaservative' factions. with in the anmft': fr.-s MtSat-l' ' The change In the view of the public between-1957 and today on the impact of religion, charted in six national, surveys 'during j.!s 12-year period, parallels a decline in clsurcltogingiover .the- krt . caoer L3t years . uai:up su Z (1?") t --x-l . 43 per ci.t cf ad. t e"lo ,y J ' , ded to c 8 PACES THIS WEEK To Instruct Majorettes MISS ELAINE HUDSON, ma jorette queen of America in 1967, will instruct majorette techniques during the Summer Music Insti tutes to begin at Mars Hill Col lege on July 27. Other courses in the program include church and choral music, band, and music-drama productions. All courses are open to the public. Persons interested should write Joe Stegall in care of the college. Clothes Needed For 6-Year-Olds J. C. Wallin, Head Start Direct or, stated this week that several boys and girls, six-years-old; were in need of suitable dothe to at tend, Haad-lStoari-0..-.' "-v.' 'Anyone" having' clothes ' they could .donate for 6-year-oUi are asked to contact Mr. Wallin, Welfare Department, or any of the Head Start teachers. GETTING OLD GeKKang old is merely s matter of feeling your corns more than you do your oats. Ralph E. Neill, Jr. Gets Promotion On Mecklenburg Board Ralph E. Neill Jr., 45, has been named to direct auxiliary business services for the Charlotte-Mecklen burg School Board. Neill' nomination was approv ed at the board's regular meeting. He will replace Ralph W. Eaton who resigned last winter to be come director of the state school food service division. In Addition to Nedll's food direction for Mecklenburg schools, his position will be widened to in clude transportation and security. Ha hae served a a teacher and principal in county schools sines 1962. ' Hs is a former principal of Mars Bill High, School. , , " County Student m s m ... sssk m IT" S "-'- --".5' t;'U 'A "', . Jerrv Shelton- son of 1'r. and "m C Ebefton, EX i, Zlan,H; ei Cv A." Gowaa, Jr sob of 1 t : J - l!rs. ' Cud A- - Goaa, rt r-.:.-U i-8a r- to noa. ; f I-' - t -- f rs MARSHALL, WALNUT, SPRING CREEK SCHOOLS ARE HONORED Spring Creek Lunchroom Participation Tops In This County For the first time Madison County School Lunchrooms are receiving awards of merit. These rewards are always a year late but welcome any time. Now, how impatiently we await 1970 for 1968-1969 awards. Who will get them? In presenting these awards, Ralph W. Eaton, Director, School Food Service, writes: "It gives me a great deal of pleasure to recognize a large nuimber of schools with an Award of Merit for outstanding partici pation in the National School Lunchroom program for the school year 1967-1968. A blue seal certificate is award ed to those schools with a per centage participation ior 1967- 1968 school year of 97-100; a (red seal certificate for schools with a percent participation of 93-96; and a black seal certifi cate for those schools with par ticipation of 89-92. In order to achieve the require ments to receive an Award of Merit for participation it requires much effort on the part of the Board of Education, the Superin tendent, principal, teacher, and the food service personnel. You are to be congratulated." Congratulations to Spring Creek for receiving the red seal award 93 to 96 and to Walnut school for receiving the black seal award 89 to 92 palrtidpa tktn. All county school graduating cisaam of "7n: "Hi "to - challenged !U easXif -ihvschW mil receive an award in the' com uig year lor their lunchroom. It will take a combined effort on the part of all. The year 1969- 1970 could receive an award in the year 1971. Ronald King At Conservation Meet During Last Week The Madison soil and water con servation district sponsored Ron ald King's trip to the 1969 Re source Conservation Workshop held on the N. C. State Univer sity campus in Raleigh during the week of June 9-13. Ronald is a rising senior at Laurel High School. There were 93 boys represent ing 85 counties from across North Carolina attending the workshop. The boys h'ved in a dormitory with their counselors.. The days were filled with classes and field trips. Some, of the . subject areas cover ed were: Soils and soil manage ment; Research; - Wildlife and wildlife management; Forestry and Woodland management and Soil and Water conservation as it relates to farms and to urban de velopment. mere was ample time in the afternoons for fellowship and recreation. On Thuwday night the hove. counselors, instructors and their wfres wars gteste'at a banquet. BonakJ returned Wit hvta Fri. day aftornoon. Vpoa fcfc return be j seat "I would - encourage, any boyf fatarestedi to conservation, torestry, ,wildruV"or,aBJ5 other phase -of outdoor". lifaWlandv' to go next year.v,I'fo ,i Uk v again." Tha workshop Js sponsored an aoaay by the N. C. Awocbtitiom of Bofl and Water Conservstfcm. DSs trtots, N. G. Chapter ' of tha Soil Oonserraaoa TSocietyJ of -"America d N. ; C.1 Pia. snd .te, Con arvatiori," Cnrt;rsti rirri. Pi s' lis TX:J.-T DAY, JUNE 19, F0?J) TO SPEAK ATSEGKG ON ! MOUNTAIN SQ la member vt ouiy uraru v. team; isaie is June 29 Reverend Leighton Ford, Asso ciate Evangelist and member of the Billy Graham team, will be principal speaker for the 4th an nual "Singing on the Mountain" on Sunday, June 29, and he will be joined at the mountain reli gious singing convention by George Beverly Shea, "America's Belover Hymn Singer." Joe Lee Hartley and Robert Hartley of Ldnville, sons of the founder of "Singing on the Moun tain," are serving as co-chairmen of the 1969 event, and Charlotte television personality Arthur Smith continues in his role as Music Master, a post he has held for fifteen years. The all-day singing and preach' ing is a gigantic Sunday school picnic held in the spacious mea dow beside U.S. 221 at the base of Grandfather Mountain, and ov er four and one half decades it has become the largest annual e vent in the mountains of the South. No admission is charged, and in the words quoted by the program's founder, J. L. Hartley, "Whosoever Will May Come." In addition to Arthur Smith's well known musical group from Charlotte which will present its own selections and provide mu sical background for featured so loist George Beverly Shea, the Southland Trio from Auburn dale, Florida will furnish gospel music as it has dons lor several years. Dr. Leighton Pord is vice pres .ideHt;-,.to'Bi-Gnd'!r geUstJc)ASoeiaJU''Andh5a.wife, Continued on Last Page) - Bible School Is Successful At Madison Seminary Vacation Bible School was con cluded with commencement exer cises at the Madison Seminary Baptist Church Sunday night af ter a successful 10-tilay school. 44 children were enrolled and the school had an average daily attendance of 38. Mrs. Earle Wise was principal of the VBS and the Rev. Willard Coffey is pastor of the church. " ?fch ,'3.;; 1969 I0e PER COPT its Slow Ii j Receives MHC Post x if Jhn Cox 3p 9p Sfi JM COX NAMED TO IMPORTANT MHC POSITION To Assume New Duties As Director Development In July James R. Cox, 45, supervisor of salesmanship, marketing and man agement in the general adult ed ucation program at Asheville teuhcoinb. Tecbnfcal Institute, has won imwvu.. fwreiuutc JW. lusvmop-t ment at Mare $m College. He will assume the new duties in July, shortly before the col lege initiates a S3 million fund drive. He will have major spo risibilities in the drive. In the new post Cox will have responsibility, under the president of the college, for the design and implementation of a permanent program of development through which the college will generate its annual support. The newly created position will (Continued To Page Three) DIAL - A - PRAYER 649-9231 W.W A Year P. -6 . House Ftoir NEWS AT A GLANCE THE WAR U. S. Marines, fighting, near the baandoned Khe Sanh combat base, killed 35 North Vietnamese soldiers in an eight-hour battle that ended at nightfall Wednes day, the U. S. command reported. 3fi 3fi 3p A new map, pinpointing key Vietnam battle zones, troop de ployment areas, U. S. bases and general information on the war, is printed the Asheville Citizen today (Thursday). e y THE WORLD Waves of Israeli jets pounded Arab positions in Jordan Wedhes day near the Dead Sea where shells killed an American woman tourist. Ifr Ifr 3 THE NATION The Church League of Ameri ca has been deluged with re quests for information on sub version, especially since the Stto. dents for a Democratic Society announced plans to infiltrate in dustry this summer, a spokesman said Wednesday. THE STATE About 40,000 gallons of oil spread 15 miles down the upper Mississippi River Wednesday from , the site where a - abrge sprung a .leak-;,. lf, iS) I TODAY'S WEATHER r Thursday's weather should be about the same as Wednesday's, according to the weatherman, but maybe a little wetter. A high in the middle 80s is predicted with a 40 per cent chance of rainfall. Wednesday's high was 85 with a low of 63 and only a trace of precipitation. Rural Council To Sponsor adison County Health Fair Capital Punishment Bills Are Killed ttaleigh House committees Tuesday killed three bills aimed at modifying capital punishment laws in North Carolina. The House Judiciary II Com mittee rejected two measures which would have taken away the power of a jury to recommend mercy or life imprisonment in cases of rape, first degree burg- iary and arson. A conviction would bring a mandatory death sentence. The bills bad been buried in committee for months. Ren. James Baimwy, D-Pezeon, their sponsor, said when he introduced that soma courts had found than jurfee should not be able to rsc mmend mercy sines there are no legal guidelines for them to use in deciding the question. me third biQ killed also was sponsored by Ramsey. U mm turned down by the House fiaW dar Committee. The bat would bava .aUowd.;a district solicitor m superior court to annourw-. with court approval, that he would not seek the death penalty in I roe. men a com .n wJ4J Juried- aLTa . sen- enca. i ": , 0 SULL.,1 There was a yo - - r 'ng a cc"t9 -' ? the -.:Oit 1 ' ; J fe f 1 -, t C ,-re j--;-- - 1 . , la Madison and AdJoinin Com UOO A YettOtsttXheM GMBtke Rep. Ramsey Rewrites Bill; Mrs. Lister's Back Pay Involved The North Carolina General As sembly will apparently accomplish a pay master task for Mrs. Chris tine Lister in which the Madison County Superior Court has so far been unsuccessful. A bill to force the Republican Board of Commissioners in Mad ison to hand over Mrs. Lister's back pay as deputy register of deed and to put her on the pay roll was sent on its way through the House Tuesday. The bill was sent to the floor of the House by the Calendar Committee after the Senate Lo cal Government Committee de clined Monday night to pass a sim ilar measure over protests from Sen. Bruce B. Briggs of Mars Hill. The bill the Senate committee had in hand was a measure in troduced by Briggs to pay secre tarial personnel in the Madison County Courthouse, but bore lit tle resemblance to the original legislation when it was returned there from the House. Rep. Lisbon B. Ramsey of Marshall, a Democrat and chair man of the House Local Govern ment Committee, had gutted the bill and rewritten It to put Mrs. Lister on the county payroll and award her back pay to Jan. 1. The Senate committee, reluct ant to pass the bill ever the pro tosto of ae apparent introducer and, - Sbvioualy im$en4 on .Ciering tha Mrs- LisWa salary-ia paid, voted ' .Mondiiy4tiffhj postpone actio. jajp the.Hotte bill is m ita bends. ' Briggs, a Republican, sides with the county commissioners in their refusal to pay Mrs. lister. He baa obtained a ruling from the at torney general which says the Democratic register of deeds is compelled to pay the deputy from (Continued on Last Page) Entertainment, Medical Services To Start On July 6 The Madison-Buncombe Rural Development Council has announ ced that it will be the local spon sor of a health education; and serv ice project this summer called the Madison County 'Health Fair. The Health Fair, sponsored nationally by the United Prtsbyterian Church, UJS.A., and the Council of the Southern Mountain will ar rive in the Hot Springs area , oh July 6 to bring six days of con centrated work in health educa tion and. medical servicea to the ' Spring , Creek, Meadow Pork.: Hot Springs, Sleepy Valley and Lau rel sections of Madison County, Moat of tha Health Faire pro., grant will be presented by a vov rateer JHeslth.Team led by Doc. tor lUfeom RuWn. , and , Doctor Ralph Blaaiole, wurses and lay workers. The , Reverend Mrs" 1 "(Contkraed on Laa rs) . CVTton?T. C-' -, Cor er, C. It cf 1
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