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-y" ,' f '.'iv: vi ., . , . ... ; . , .. .. . ' v. , . .. ... i r . 1 . - 1 ' .. ' , , v i , -1 . it', , , 'It'-', ' 1 ' ' i 1 ' - ' i , , . 1 x y( R' y 29, 1375, THe Newt Record Page S ' J ue News-Record : NON-PARTISAN IN POLITICS BOX 367 MARSHALL N. C. 28753 V I 'PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY i i ENTERPRISE PRINTING CO. Second-class privileges authorized v at Marshall, N. C. M7 JAMES I. STORY. Editor Subscription Rates la Madison JSMos. $4.50 12 Mos 4.00 ;IMos. 3.50 6 Mos. 3.00 4 Mos. 2.50 I Add 4 percent tax For AU in No. Car. ) AIR MAIU....40C Per Week MARS HILL LUNCH CLUB I would like to suggest that you do a feature story on the Mars Hill Lunch Club. In case you are not familiar with the Lunch Club, I will tell you that this is part of the Land of Sky program, the goal of which is to provide nutritious meals and fellowship for people in the community over 60 years of age. The Lunch Club is a relatively new program. I believe it's been in action for about a year and the members seem to be enjoying it. They've been working on May the tutor bring much success and happiness. BOWMAN FUNERAL HOME MARSHALL, N.C. ll VaawaawaanwawMswawawa " "''''"'''"'aBljjjMa- Z 1 r ' " Subscriptioa Rates Outside Madison 15 Mos. $9.00 12 Mos. 8.00 6 Mos. 6.00 3 Mos. 4.00 Letters to the Editor: crafts and participating in song tests and Bible study as well as coming for the lunch. One aspect which I find interesting about the program is how they have been able to get the cooperation of the whole community. One organization provides volunteers to assist with the serving of the meals and to participate in the fellowship of the members. Some organizations are donating money to help pay for the crafts. Others are providing special programs of en tertainment for the members. In case you are wondering 0u &et 3h t&ou! On this very groat day, boat wish tor tomorrow. THRIFT STORE MAIN ST., MARSHALL S49-J9Z1 ..J t . ' 'ut ' sari-n plans. But our new Tk Savings '. A or'y fl.f 3 rru.-imuni to open. Funds most i. v j cor-,-.vj?d or paM quarterly. Heard and Seen by Pop Story , Frequent comment heard during coldest days of Winter was "gosh, I'll be glad when summer and hot weather gets here'"...durlng the past several days the comment has frequently been "gosh, I wish it wasn't so hot"...it's really hard to satisfy all people... I've started a garden up home (thanks to Gary Davis)...have a few cabbages, onions, cucumbers, corn, beans, tomatoes and rhubarb... so far, the garden is Just "so so". ..but maybe there'll be results later on.. .I'm not noted for my ability to be a suc cessful gardener so I won't be too surprised if this year's "crop" is, at best,. who I am, I am one of the members of the organization (Con tempo) which provides volunteers to assist with the meals, and I would like to see the Lunch Club get some publicity. I think its a very good program. They can serve more people if more people are interested in coming, so the publicity would be good for those needy persons as well. If you would like more in formation about the Lunch Club, you can contact Mrs. Joan Middaugh, the director of the Mars Hill program. She is at the Mars Hill Baptist Church where the Lunch Club meets from 11:30 til 1:00 or later. Sincerely yours, - Mary DeVries Mars Hill, N.C. EDITOR'S NOTE: The above letter Is appreciated and this newspaper endorses and contra tula te those respon sible for such a worthwhile program. Farmer publicity, with pictures, will be welcomed. Re: U.S. Senator Morgan Releases Opinion of Ship Capture - The News Record dated May 22, 1975. , Are we to infer that it was .Senator Morgan's latter to toe j President that was rfapon- Bible for the action tak&i that caused the prompt release of the SS. Mayagues? If so, the Senator could have at least acknowledged that the immediate response of President Ford made it possible for the ship and crew to be released. Sincerely, William G. Tisdale Major A.U.S. Ret Mars HUL N.C. and Grand Rapids, Mich. (Jerry Ford's home town) late ai the ISth centurv. some Spaniards supposed that copper grew in the ground and that if a mine was left alone, it would become pro ductive again. mm As mediocre.. .the Athletic Banquet Friday night was enjoyable and the view from the school cafeteria is . magniflent ... the meal was real good.. .and the whole affiar was interesting ... the presentation of trophies was well done and everyone had a good time. Cllve Whltt, principal of the Marshall Elementary School on the Island, gave the pupils an "off day from classes" Monday when he let them assemble in the auditorium for an informal chapel program which in cluded singing and watching an exciting movie... I was asked to play a few pieces on the piano and the kids really helped by Joining in and singing. ..three retiring teachers were given gifts (engraved silver plates) ...Grover Gillis, who has ably served as County School Supervisor for many years, was also presented a gift. .and all-in-all, it was a fine gesture by. Mr. Whitt and the faculty... I also enjoyed the tour to the various depart ments as Miss Ann McKinney acted as my guide.. .congratulations to Mr. Whitt, Mr. Gillis, and everyone for making so many improvements at my old Alma Mater... many things have changed since the 30's when I was a student but memories still linger vividly in my mind everytime I visit the school... Some people believe that dropping a bunch of keys is unlucky. J Health News 3 Man. PnamacMi Graduates Her Me Out! Before Papa Doc lays his words of wisdom on you, let me offer the Seniors a hearty congratulations! Starting out on your own can be exciting, yet scary. Making decisions can be difficult unless they're taken one at a time. Choose wisely your career, your home, and yes, even your very own family pharmacist. When choosing a pharma cist, it's important to find one who will take a personal in terest in you, specially. So, ask questions and look around. I'll be happy to ex plain how a good pharmacy operates, family records and all. As a concerned pharma cist, I'm here not just to fill prescriptions, but also to share in your personal health needs. Allow me to serve you let's stay healthy, together! Bring Your Next Prescription To Ue After You See Your Doctor. Our Service Is Unbeatable! DELUXE ZT PUSHABLE UawU - Lightweight two-speed Lawn-Boy D-f0f engine (M and 3200 RPM) and Magnalite deck make this pashabie mower easy to control and maneuver. u . t-position 1" to S" fingertip height adjustment f posiUon handle. M cubic-inch mufHer. Grass catcher included. Unit weight S3 lbs. Model TXS0C WILLIAM A. WAGNER has been promoted by Carolina Power ft light Ce. to ac counting supervisor la the HartsvUle area office. Wagner Joined CPL in IMS as a clerk in Ashevfile, N. C. He was promoted to senior clerk in IN. Ia 1971, he was promoted to office supervisor and transferred to Clinton, N.C. He was transferred to Hart svUle as office supervisor la 1972. A aatlve of Hamp tonvule, N.C, Wagner was graduated from Charles D. Owes High School, Swan aanoa, and Blan ton's Business College, Ashevllle. He is married to the former Brenda Ramsey of Marshall and they have one child, Chris. Wagner is a member of West Hart svUle Baptist Church. North Carolina's $6.9 billion biennial budget recommended by the Governor and the Advisory Budget Commission will have to be reduced $288 million to balance with projected tax revenue. Hardest hit will be proposed expenditures 1975-76, which must reduced $157 million; the for be ex- penditures for the second year of the blennium will have to be trimmed by $131 million. The budget for highways will have to be reduced by $14,600,000. These adjustments will Involve a five percent reduction in programs sup ported by the General Fund and a two percent reduction in highway programs. These, reductions can be aievUed somelrbat if the two $0 million bond proposals are adopted by the General Assembly and submitted to a vote by the people. One of these proposals, offered by Representative Liaton Ramsey, provides $40 million to be used for capital ex penditures by the University System; the other $40 million proposal by Rep. Carolyn Ma this of Mecklen burg County would provide funds for the ECU Medical School. Both these bond bills are now being considered by the House Finance Com mittee. Even if the two bond proposals are adopted, some very painful cutting will still be necessary to balance ex penditures with revenues. Indications are that the economy axe will fall hardest on the $137 million recom mended for pay increases for i r v.- 7 By EDNA GENTRY ; ALEXANDER All around me I bear people talking. They're saying things like those awful thirties and the Great Depression." Now, I dont usually pay attention to people talking, but when I bear things like that, I perk up my ears, because I know about the thirties. The thirties, for me, was when I had all of Madison County to enjoy, from Mars Hill to Marshall, to the Laurel river and back through Walnut and down to Barnard, across the river and up Big Pine. It was growing up on a farm in the Lower Brush Creek section, working hard in Summer, and walking two miles to school at Walnut. It was being poor and not having much money, but never being hungry, because we grew most of our food on the farm, so there was always plenty. Not having money wasn't always so bad. If I needed a new dress, Mama would Just catch up a squawking hen or a couple of protesting fryers and tie their legs together, and off we'd to to Clyde McClure's Raleigh Report by Ernest Messer teachers and state employees and on the $16,600,000 recommended for highway department pay increases. Most appropriations requested for special projects will probably be denied. The House has approved a bill to move the primary to the last Tuesday in August. If a second primary is necessary, it will be held four weeks after the first primary. Alex Brock, Secretary -Director of the State Board of Elections, says this move will cause some difficulty in getting ballots printed and distributed throughout the State and that the process of voting absentee ballots by mail will have to be speeded up. ' The Presidential Primary, If ! Is retained, will have to be rescheduled. It cannot be held in August, because by then the party conventions will be over and a Presidential Primary would have no meaning since each party would already Morgan Joe L. Morgan visited a number of historic sites last week. One of the more in teresting ones was the Kingston, Georgia Cemetery where 250 Confederate soldiers were buried. These soldiers "known but to God" fell in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Dalton Kingston and Chlckmauga during the Civil War. Kingston has had Con federate Memorial Day continuously since May 1865, the only place where this tradition has been upheld for such an extended period in the United States. On a marker You' THE CLASS of '75 Walnut Supply Company, , where he sold everything from v harness and nails to popsicles. , He would weigh the chickens and I would pick out a piece of yard goods which be kept under the counter. Mama would sew up a dress for me In no time at alL Of course, later, when I wanted to go to college so badly, money was very Important, because you had to have money to go, and we didnt have any, so I couldn't go. But I kept on learning, anyway." The thirties was being in Miss Dorothy's (Roberts) fourth grade and liking it We could look out the window of the "old school building," before the "new building" across the playground burned down about a year later, and see Hotel Switzerland, with it's veranda that went all the way across, shaded by trees so that that had such wide spreading branches that we just knew they had been there forever. Sometimes, we could see Mrs. Haynes out back, plucking a chicken, preparing it for dinner. I missed the hotel when it was torn down a little have selected its nominee. Speculation is that the primary will be scheduled for late March. There is some concern about the extra $500,000 a separate Presidential Primary will cost. The Senate has passed what it calls a "No-Fault Insurance Act" It is not a no-fault plan, however, and some Senators who opposed the bill said it was an attempt to deceive the people. A true no-fault plan restricts the right to sue below a specified monetary level (usually $2,000); but the Senate plan places no restrictions on law suits. The Senate plan will provide no savings to the automobile owner, because he will still be required to Cfury liability insurance in addition to, no fault Indications are that this General Assembly will not adopt a no-fault insurance plan. Visits Historic Sites erected by the Georgia Historical Commission is this unique expression relative to the gallant soldiers of the thin gray line: "Here lie the greatest fighters of ail times." Near the Kingston Con federate Cemetery was the site of the Hargis House where Genera William T. Sherman was headquartered in May 1864 while reorganizing his forces for the sweep his soldiers were to take to Atlanta and ultimately to Savannah. Nearby Is the Kingston Museum which houses memorabilia, artifacts and historical matter relating congratulations 1 v-1" J t Graduates . I I . wis'hjou X ? ' 1 'i haPPin89 f I ; S ? r""7 '""N ' H nriri ,' El: jr I V ' V J k-.. ... s V, . . 4 Wi later to make way for the hi ' new school building that still J dominates the scene at Walnut, ' ' It was the thirties when I was ia seventh grade and coulctalgotoOmmericement exercises, because I had measles and someone bad to bring me my diploma that was tied with black and yellow ribbons, the school's colors. It was having Clyde Roberts for my Civics teacher in High School. He was a good teacher, it wasn't his fault that things like Caesar's reforms and earlier civilizations got lost somehwere for me along the last thirty five years. But I distinctly remember having to write the words "Silence is golden" over and over, hundreds of times for him. I couldn't have had better teachers for English and English Literature than Anna Mary Hyde and Ted Carter, and I can't remember much about dangling participles, but I do think about how "A thing of beauty is a joy forever" (Keats) and "The Moving Finger writes and having writ, moves on," (Omar Khayam). I probably couldn't do the experiments that Miss Moody (Frances Chandler) had us do in Science back then, but I do remember what she wrote in my "memory book," It was "Never be discouraged when the way is dark, for Day follows Night" These words have been a comfort to me over the years. The thirties was me being a teenager and going to revival meetings at Red Hill Church, and going to prayer meeting in the little white church that nestled in the curve of the road at Barnard, of coming out after church and seeing the moon shining into the river, making a long luminous path that looked like it was stret ching all the way to Heaven. It was here that I had my first date and where I spent a lot of my courting time. It was some of us just about driving our mamas crazy with our singing songs like "Oh Johnny! Oh Johnny 1 How you can love!" and "The love, bugll bit cha if you dont watch toout" aad "Give me a date in a Ford V-8 and a rumble seat for two." And gathering at a neighbor's house on Saturday nights to listen to the Grand Ole Opry with Uncle Dave Macon and the Solemn old to what has been termed the War for Southern In dependence. Morgan later visited Oak Hill Cemetery on the outskirts of Cartersville, Ga., where be located the graves of Rev. Sam Jones (1843-1906) the renowned Methodist evangelist, and the tomb of Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835-1930) the first woman United States Senator. This former suffragette, lecturer, and journalist (Atlanta Journal) was appointed at the age of 87 (October 5, 1922) to the Senate to succeed former Senator Tom Watson. , Judge. It was seeing my very - Qrst moving picture which was "The little Minister," with Kathryn Hepburn. And getting married and having -my first baby. f'ii'.'. I cant seem to think of the thirties as being awfuL unless maybe It was not having bathroom in the house. It was pretty cold, corns to think of It, having to sit in that outside toilet, in Winter, with the cold, oild wind creeping In an the cracks. But then there was the big fireplace in the house, with huge burning logs, emanating warmth and cheeriness. You could just back up to this warmth and be thawed out In no time at all These were Important years to me. It was then that I was laying the foundation for my life. I was learning that things like self reliance and per se rverance and being able to cope with any problems that came along was very im portant I was fortunate to have a lot of good things like love, Joy, happiness, friends, but with just enough sorrow and tragedy to make me realize that a Higher Power was calling the shots, and I better not get to where I took everything for granted and forgot to count my blessings. Yes, I would say the thirties were good years, but of course it's all in the way you look at things. It's true, we didn't have much money, but we had the most important things, like love, security, happiness and each other. Singing There will be a regular fifth Saturday night singing at the First Free Will Baptist Church in Marshall Saturday night May 31. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. All singers and listeners are invited. Lyda Brown is in charge. Wo think you're groat! Wo wish you the very boot. NATIONAL 5 & 10 STORE MAIN ST. MARSHALL (graduation 1975 Congratulations, Grade your future Is bright. FOX TIRE u I . L 1 1 . . - . J J, i:0"E ELECTRIC r , r,-l r - - - 4 i Wft V-.- m '::r:' 'i C:rr, ...... ;?
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