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Commencement At Mars Hill
Cher 700 alumni are ex
pected to return to the campus
this weekend (May 18-19) as
Mars Hill College closes out its
118th year of academic ac
tivity. A schedule of events
combining "Alumni Day" and
baccalaureate and com
mencement programs has
been announced for Saturday
and Sunday respectively. A
registration desk for former
students, parents of
graduating seniors, and other
campus visitors will be in the
main lobby of Wren College
Union from 2 until 9 p.m. on
Friday and again Saturday.
The $1.2 million college
union will be the scene for
nearly all of the alumni
gatherings, which will start at
3:30 p.m. Saturday with the
once-yearly business meeting
of the Alumni Association.
This will be held in Belk
Auditorium, adjacent to the
new union.
The annual alumni banquet,
to be held in Coyte Bridges
Dining Hall, will begin at 5:30
p.m. It will be the occasion at
which members of the 1974
class will be welcomed into
the ranks of the alumni. It will
also be the time for the
awarding of "Alumna and
Alumnus of the Year" honors
to two outstanding former
students.
Old
News-Record
WANTED
A copy of The News-Record,
dated the last two weeks of
July or the first two weeks of
August, 1939, are wanted
Anyone having paper on any
of these dates are asked to
bring them into The News
Record office or mail them
and the management will be
glad to pay for them.
Vance Birthplace
Fine Trip For Students
At the Vance Birthplace
State Historic Site on Reems
Creek Road at Weaverville we
have a beautiful exhibit of a
pioneer home. Governor
Zebulon Baird Vance, our
Civil War governor, was born
here in 1830. The recon
structed log house with its
original fireplaces was built
around 1795, has five rooms
and was considered a mansion
in its day. It is furnished with
pieces from the mountain area
du-ing the time the Vances
Children's
Hour Tuesday
At Library
There will be a Children's
Star? Hour at the Madison
County Public Library on May
Slat, Tuesday, at 10:30 ajn.
Children between the ages of
three thra six are welcome.
The Story Lady for May win
be Mrs. Jin Pryor. ,
Marshall Wins
Beef Contest
MarshaB FFA Chapter won
first place in a Beef Judzing
Contest held at Franklin High
Sclwr.1, Saturday May 11, at
the Di'trirt I ccr:!S.
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were S'.tve Cut-.1.'!. Kenneth
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Activities during the
weekend will also include the
spring meeting of the Board of
Trustees. The 36-member
policy-making body will
convene at 10 a.m. Saturday to
approve the $4.3 million
college budget for 1974-75,
review faculty appointments
and authorize two new con
struction projects.
Webb Ellis, Asheville in
surance broker, is chairman
of the board and will preside
over the business session,
which will also include the
election of officers for 1974-75.
A special item on the agenda
of the trustee meeting will be
the honoring of Dr. Perry
Crouch of Raleigh, who will
deliver the baccalaureate
sermon the following mor
ning. Formerly pastor of the
First Baptist Church of
Asheville, Dr. Crouch is now
the executive secretary -treasurer
of the North
Carolina Baptist State Con
vention. He was a Mars Hill
trustee prior to assuming his
present position in 1964 as
head of the million-member
Baptist denomination in the
state. He will be cited by the
current trustees "for his many
years of service to church
ministry, denominational
service and Christian higher
education."
Following the trustee
meeting, the board will hold a
joint luncheon with the
college's 100-member Board
of Advisors. Speaker for the
occasion will be Dr. Richard
Meeth of the State University
of New York at Buffalo,
educational consultant who
has worked closely in recent
years with Mars Hill
academic administrators in
curriculum development.
On Sunday the spotlight will
shift from former students to
present students in the ritual
of the baccalaureate and
commencement services. The
former, in which the
congregation of the Mars Hill
Baptist Church will par
ticipate, will begin at 10 45
lived here, 1795 to 1838. There
are 6 reconstructed log out
buildings and a modern
Visitors Center Museum.
This is a wonderful field trip
for school children from the
First grade right on through
High School. One trip here is
worth a lot to the children to
actually see how our ancestors
lived and to see where one of
our States greatest governors
lived as a child.
During the month of May we
are adding a special exhibit of
cooking in the open fireplace
Tuesday through Friday.
For groups of over thirty we
would appreciate advance
notice. Just call the Vance
Birthplace or write to ua at
Route 1. Weaverville. N. C.
There is no admission
charge and we are open
Tuesday through Saturday
from a. m. to 5 p. m. and
Sunday from 1 to 5 p. m.
Jay cess TO
Have Drawing
Here Saturday
"The Jaycet rganlxatioa
win bold its drawing for
several prises this Saturday at
p. m. on the shopping center
parking tot oa the by-pass. .
Prizes to be gives Include a
steer on the hoof, $20 M vines
bond, 23-cal. rule and a 12
Mvrr bond.
Proceeds from the
pfvrr-!..T 3 be nsed for
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a.m. in the 1800-seat college
auditorium.
Nearly 300 seniors - the
largest graduating class in the
history of the college - will
receive degrees during the
commencement exercises at
3 :00 p.m. Sunday. They will be
presented individually and as
a class by the academic vice
president, Dr. Richard Hoff
man. The diplomas will be
awarded individually by Dr.
Fred Bentley, president of the
college.
Open House
At Broughton
On Sunday
Broughton Hospital in
Morganton, which serves 32
counties in Western North
Carolina, will hold Open
House on Sunday, May 19,
from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
Since the last Open House,
the hospital has completed its
reorganization, and tours will
be conducted to include the
acute psychiatric units as well
as the specialty units. The
tours will originate from the
Employees' Cafeteria, where
refreshments will be served.
The hospital staff would like
to encourage the citizens of
Western North Carolina to
take advantage of this op
portunity to visit their
regional mental hospital and
see for themselves the various
programs and treatment
modalities In progress at
Broughton Hospital.
Registration
Of Students
Continuing
It was announced this week
that student registration is
continuing in the county
Students may register at
individual schools or at the
Madison High School Office,
which is currently located in
the Ramsey Building on Main
Street here. Students may also
register by phone by calling
649-2876 daily from 8:30 a. m.
to 4 30 p m
Of Interest To
Swine Growers
Effective June 1, the
requirement for on-the-farm
inspection of swine within 30
days of sale will be discon
tinued. It will be replaced by a
system of marketing based on
the inspection of each herd at
W day intervals.
Each herd owner or
manager, who wishes to sell
feeder or breeder swine,
should apply to the same
person who has been In
specting his twine and issuing
permits under the present
system. Swine (except for
immediate slaughter) to be
sold at a public livestock
market must be accompanied
by a Marketing Cars.
Your past and present
coooeratioa in this program
has made R possible for North
Carolina ta achieve and
maintain It's Hog Chloera
Fret status. With your help,
we can complete the job In the
United States and protect ear
farmers fram this costly
Post Office
Places New
Items On Sale
Now available for sale to the
public at the Post Office are
tf following Kerns to be!p
with preparing mail for
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DR. OTIS DUCK
Dr. Otis Duck of Mars Hill
and Mrs. Paul Price Davis of
Yadkinville will be honored at
Mars Hill College Saturday,
during Alumni Day, as
alumnus and alumna of the
year.
Nearly 300 seniors the
largest total in the college's
history will receive
bachelor's degrees Sunday
afternoon during graduation
exercises, the culmination of a
two-day commencement
weekend.
Dr. Perry Crouch, executive
secretary of the Baptist State
Convention, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon on
Sunday morning in Moore
Auditorium.
A 1937 graduate of the
college. Dr. Duck was born
and reared in Madison
County. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. Berry Duck, who
now live in Asheville. The
family traces its heritage
back to one of the founders of
the college.
Following his graduation
from the junior college
program at Mars Hill, Dr.
Duck transferred to Wake
Forest College, where he was
graduated in 1939. Then he did
his medical studies at
Hahnemann Medical College
in Philadelphia, receiving the
M D. degree in 1943.
He interned in Knoxville and
more THAN 1H MANAGERS of rural electric cooperatives from 3 .tate.
5l ta thewUoV. capital last week conferring with government
omcur riral elertrinc.Uon le.dert on . wide range of kkM
toting ; thefutnre of their .rtem. Some of the sessions were held at the
tStSTS. Se N.Uo.l R-r.1 Electric Cooperative Association
InrECaT where they met with Robert D. Patrldge, eiecaUve vice present
lnrmanagVJue organization, which reU-M rjnj
electric system, .erring 25 mio. consumer, to 41 vi gf
with Patridge from left are: Bernard F. Morton, Jr.. CartereMJen EMC.
Morehe.4 City ; Robert D. Patridge: John A. Darlington, French Broad EMC
MhSt S Tbtow. Jrt Albemnrle EMC. Hertford. AO .re from
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Mars Hill Girl Scouts Hold Court of Awards
The Mars Hill Girt Scouts
were honored at their annual
Court of Awards on May at
the Caivary Esptist Church.
The r.sg ceremony was led
by f ' "! Ofrk irith
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Dr. Duck, Mrs. Davis
"Alumni of Year"
At Mars Hill College
then entered the U. S. Army
Medical Corps, serving in
Europe during World War II.
After the war he returned to
Mars Hill and set up private
practice. At first his offices
were in the same building with
the late Dr. Locke Robinson;
but later he became
associated with Dr. Ernie and
Charles Powell in the Com
munity Medical Center.
For nearly 30 years Dr
Duck has enjoyed a wide
medical practice in Madison
County and the surrounding
area. One of the achievements
in which he takes special pride
is that he has delivered
thousands of babies without a
single maternal casualty.
In addition to his practice,
Dr. Duck has been extremely
active in various medical
organizations. He has been a
member of the American
Medical Association for more
than 30 years and is on the
staffs of St. Joseph's,
Memorial Mission and Aston
Park hospitals in Asheville.
He is a chart er member and
Fellow of the American
Academy of Family
Physicians; he has been
president of the Madison
County Medical Society since
1951; and he is past president
of the Tenth District Medical
Society, which encompasses
14 Western Narth Carolina
counties. He also is past first
vice president of the state
medical society.
Dr. Duck has also been a
vigorous and effective com
munity leader. He is a charter
member of the Mars Hill
Civitan Club, is a past
recipient of the club's "Citizen
of the Year" award and
various other honors. He
served a term on the Madison
County Board of Education, is
a deacon in the Mars Hill
Baptist Church, and is
currently serving his second
term as a trustee of the
college, having been vice
chairman during 1973-74.
Dr. Duck is married to the
Eleven Brownies "flew-up" to
the Junior Troop, and twelve
Janiors "brie" red" to
Cadettes. A sr-ecia! r :ve-;ture
ceremory was co- 'i ty
the Ca-i'""e Trwr f r four
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former Betty McKinney of
Pikeville, Ky.; and they have
three children: Rosalind, who
is married to Capt. Jerry
Chostner, an Air Force den
tist; Linda, who is married to
Shorter College faculty
member Rick Hyde; and
Sigsbee, a senior who will be
graduated from Wale Forest
University next week.
Mrs. Davis, the former
Elma Leigh Farabow, served
Mars Hill as a trustee in 1937
45. She is president of Davis
Department Stores in Winston-Salem,
which were
founded by her late husband
after he retired from the R. J.
Reynolds Company.
Mrs. Davis was graduated
from Mars Hill in 1916, at
tended Women's College at
Greensboro and received a
B.A. degree from the
University of Texas at Austin.
Active in church affairs,
Mrs. Davis was the first
Junior- Intermediate
Secretary of the Southern
Baptist Convention's Baptist
Young People's Union in the
Southeast. She and her late
husband were among the
founders of the Forbush
Baptist Church in Yadkinville,
where she is still very active,
especially in the work of the
Women's Missionary Union.
She is a member of the
American Association of
University, the Civic Music
Club of Winston-Salem and the
United Daughters of the
Confederacy. She was in
cluded in a recent edition of
"Who's Who in North
Carolina."
She has served as trustee of
the N. C. Baptist Hospital and
Baptist Homes for the Aging,
the Baptist Children's Homes
and the Baptist Foundation
Mrs. Davis lives on the
family's Beech Lake Farm in
Yadkinville, where she
maintains an active interest in
cultural and civic affairs of
the Winston-Salem area.
Johnson, Brownie Leaders;
tnd Mrs. Johanne Powell,
Cadette Leader. A social time
for girls and their families
followed the cer-v.r-.-s.
There ere 75 ' C rl
Scouts in Mars I i ei 1J
.dJtS who work ' ' in
thir many S"-l i f
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WALNUT ANTI-LITTER CAMPAIGN SUCCESSFUL Shown .bove .re the
1st and 2nd place winners of the poster contest for the anti-litter campaign
sponsored by the Walnut Parent Teachers Association for the week of May -1
1th They are front row L-R Lena Pack, daughter of Mr.. Buford Pack and the
late Mr. Pack and Gina Plemmons. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Plemmoo.
and both are second grade students of Mrs. Helen Adams; second row, SheDa
Franklin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lathern Franklin and Peggy Worley.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Worley and both girls are 6th grade students of
Mrs Betty Bradley; third row, Todd McCormick. son of Mr. and Mr.. Ralph
McCormick and an 8th grade student of Mrs. JuaniU Boone and Anita Keller,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Keller and a 7th grade student of Mr.. Jre.Mlee
Ramsey. The Judges were Mrs. S. C. Rudisill. Mrs. A. M. Ramsey and Mrs. Ed
Niles. "I wish to thank everyone who assisted in any way to make this cam
paign a success," Mrs. Gwen Plemmons. president of the Walnut PTA stated
this week.
Clean-Up
Mars
The Mars Hill Sub
committee of the Madison
County Bicentennial Com
mittee got off to a good start
Attention
Drivers
Drivers renewing their
driving licenses on or after
June 1, 1874, MUST bring the
renewal card received from
Raleigh to the local
examiners.
Without card the examiners
will be unable to issue bcense.
Local examiners eiplawiad
that if no card has been
received for the driver go to
the examiner, office before
license expires and they wffl
. assist in securing a card.
Athletic Banquet In
Asheville May 23
The Madison Patriot
Athletic BamrK will be held
at the rver" n ? ' Inn ta
Av e c on .
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Campaign At
Hill On May 25
on April 29. The following
officers were elected: Mrs.
Jeanne Hoffman Chairman;
Mrs. Wanda Hollifleld, V ice
Chairman; Mrs. Harriett
Bucy, Recording Secretary;
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Pauline Cheek,
Corresponding Secretary; and
Dr. Fred Holtkamp,
Treasurer.
This group will work to
implement locally the various
Bicentennial projects. The
areas which seem to need
Immediate attention are
clean-up and beauri first km
Therefore, . Mars Hfll area
clean-up campaign is planned ;
for Saturday, May 15. On this
day everyone is urged to dean
up around theta- awn homes
whOa certata organisations
will give special attentian to
roadside dean-un. -
This enthusiastic committee
also plans to encourage the
Coach Art TiUr, i
fo1'' c.h at Fv t
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revival of the Mar. Rill
"Townlift" program and
hopes to Involve all Ua-.
downers, merchants, dvic,
youth, church, and service
organisations la specific
beautiOcation projects.
Those attending 1 the
organisational meeting were:
Mr. Gordon Randolph, Mayor
Bill Powell, Mr. Manuel
Briscoe, Dr. Fred Holtkampw
Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh English, .
Mr. Bill Brown, Mrs. Mary
Ruth Roberts, Dr. Evelyn.
Underwood, Mrs. Doris
Bentley, Mr. Bob Edwards,
Mrs. Hoffman and Mrs.
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Jaycees Hold
2nd Meeting
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