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Volume 74, Number 36,
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October 2, 1975
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Mars Mill
Voters &K
New Fire Mouse
Mars Hill voters by a 195 to 7
margin authorized town of
ficials to issue up to $90,000 in
bonds to finance construction
of a new station for the
Volunteer Fire Department
Mars Hill has between 500
and 550 eligible voters
The new firehouse, to be
erected on a lot given by Mars
Hill College, will be erected
beside the Mars Theater The
Metric Workshop
For County Teachers
A learning Disabilities
Metric Workshop for Madison
County elementary teachers
i K-8) will begin on October 13
at Madison High at 3: 15 pm
There will be ten three - hour
sessions The first three
sessions will be taught by Mrs
Mary Hugenschmidt, lear
ning Disabilities Specialist at
I.ucy B. Herring School in
Asheville During these
sessions she will present a
short course in identification
and remediation of learning
disabilities
The last seven sessions will
be devoted to the metric
system These sessions will be
taught by Mrs. Susan Kiser,
teacher of the talented and
gifted at Madison High and
Coordinator of Programs for
Exceptional Children in
V &.." -. '""'tntv Mrs Ki.er
.i L..SUT;; L';'3( ee ir
Mathematics from University
LESTER Ml RPHFY
Pastor At
Hot Springs
Resigns
lester Murphe), pastor at
Hut Springs Baptist Church
since June 1969, has resigned
effective September 28
During his pastorate a
Building Kund was begun that
is Hearing the $25,000 mark
The church has had good
Vacation Bible Schools and a
good spirit of concern and
fellowship has been in the
church The pastor led the
county in a successful defeat
of the I.iquor-B -the-Drink
campaign Even though Mr
Murphey's work has been on a
part-time basis, it has been a
rewarding and wonderful
experience
The former pastor was
educated in the public schools
of McDowell County, Gardner
Webb College, and Mars Hill
College He is doing Graduate
Wort at Western Carolina
University He is married to
the former Sylvia McAfee and
they have two girls, Beth 6,
and Kim J. The Murpheys will
continue to live at Route 3,
Mart Hill
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Bicentennial Dinner At
Mars Uill Saturday
A Bicentennial Dinner will
' talwM in Satwtlav. October!
Irani : p.m. mUl I pja. to
m tear Hill Elementary
vtiarl ctfitod. Hie dinner m
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Lmar uma oro rerovaj. i oe
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present structure, crowded by
the fire fighting equipment, is
to be utilized for other town
needs after the new building
is constructed
Voters were advised that the
town had a good portion of the
funds for the project in sight
from other sources and that
there would not be a raise in
property taxes to retire the
bonds
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and has taught
mathematics at the Evening
College, University of Nrth
Carolina, and at Mars Hill
College.
Completion of this course
will entitle the teacher to three
quarter hours of renewal
credit
County Republicans Elect New
Officers; Swann Chairman
In its recent County Con
vention the Madison County
Republican Party elected new
leadership and passed several
t.o'utiov wh'-) reflected
lh member's con. -em over
recent events in the county.
The convention was called
to order by Mayor William P.
Powell of Mars Hill, outgoing
GOP Chairman A county
Plan of Organization, as
drawn up by Dr Ijirry N
Stern, was adopted It coin
cides with the State Plan.
These officers were elected
to serve a two year term Mr
Roger Swann, Chairman.
Mrs Haudia F Green, Vice
Chairman; Hobby J Chan
dler, Secretary; Edward H
Krause, Finance Director,
and C N Willis, Treasurer
Hill Powell was recom
mended to the 11th
Congressional District Con
vention for appointment to the
French Broad WMHJ
Conference October 9
At Mars Mill
The annual Leadership
Conference of the French
Broad Woman's Missionary
Union will be held on Thur
sday . October 9. from 7-9 p m ,
in the Mars Hill Baptist
Church We urge all of you
who have been elected to work
as a leader of Mission Friends,
Girls in Action, Acteens,
Baptist Young Women, and
Baptist Women, to attend the
conference If you are the
WMU Director in your
church, please come, and urge
all of your leaders to come
with you. Mrs W l,ocke
Robinson said
Representatives from am of
our churches that do not yet
have mission organizations,
but who are interested in
organizing any of these, are
urged to come to find out more
about the work Now WMU
work can begin in any church
beans, potatoes, slaw, bat
rolls, iced tea, coffee, and
dessert Ticket are en aale hi
Mart Hill or at the door an
Saturday sight Ticket are
C M for adult and H.J0 for -chOdrca.
AO proceeds win be
need far the ew Mdtsoa
County Public libnrr: J
MKS. JIMMY (JOAN) KAMSKY, Chairman of the Beautification Committee,
presents the $300 check which the Greater Ivy Community Citizens
Association won as the First Place Award in the 19-county Area Beautification
Contest of 1975 sponsored by the Western North Carolina Development
Association, to some of the officers of the Madison County group. Left to right:
Mrs. Ramsey; Dr. (irover L. Angel, President; Mrs. Gerald (Alda
Jean)Young. First vice-president; and Mr. Bill N. Clark, Secretary. Officers
absent when photo was taken : Mr. Shelby Buckner, Second vice-president and
Mrs. Talmadge (Irene) Metcalf, Treasurer.
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LARRY ROGER SWANN
COl'NTY GOP Chairman
State Republican Executive
Conunittee The convention
gave Swann the privilege of
naming members to the
Senatorial.
Judicial
House. and
Committees
with one officer - a WMU
Director - working with the
Pastor If your church does
not have an organization for
Baptist Young Women, choose
very carefully and prayerfully
the key young woman who can
and will lead out in this effort,
and see that she comes to this
meeting, Mrs Robinson said
Hie following conferences
will be held WMU Direc
tors. Baptist Women
Former Hot Springs Woman Honored
As Outstanding Teacher
Mrs Carolyn Henderson
Fite. the daughter of Mayor
and Mrs Joe R Henderson of
Hot Springs, has recently been
named an outstanding
Elementary Teacher of
America for 1975
"Only a select number of
teachers from across the
United States have been
awarded this high honor. They
were nominated by their
school principals and selected
by the board of advisors on the
basis f their personal and
civic achievement as well as
their contributions ) the field
of elementary education",
aid James Bogle, Director of
Board Advisors of OtsV
sUnding , Teachers " at
America, Washington, D. C
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Delegates were elected to the
11th Congressional District
and State GOP (inventions to
be held soon.
Named to the Madi.ion
County GOP I'.Atcutive
Committee were Gary A
Sprinkle. Jack Guthrie, Fred
Metcalf, Sherman W Ram
sey, Mrs Harriett Bury,
Phillip Ball, Mrs Frances ('
Ramsey, William C Silver,
Jr., Winfred Shepherd, and
Scott Silver The executive
committee also includes all
precinct chairmen
Judge Bruce B Bnggs
spoke briefly to the delegates
He praised the Madison
County Board of Elections for
its conduct of the elections in
the county He also indicated
that he was recently a dinner
guest of Hugh M Wilson.
Chairman of the State Board
of Elections and that Wilson
was in an expansive mood of
praise ofr the local Board of
Elections for its fairness and
President's Mission Support,
Mission Action and Mission
Study Chairman led by Mrs
W Uxke Robinson and Mrs
W 1. Lynch Baptist Young
Women led by Miss Dons
Chambers Acteens led by
Mrs Steve Willis Girls in
Action led by Mrs Kyle
Jamerson and Mission
Friends led by Miss Betsy
Clayton
Mrs Fite is an elementary
teacher in Bridle Path School,
i
MRS. CAROLYN H fTTK
impartiality in dealing with
election Matters. Judge
Bnggs concluded the free and
honest election are im
perative to the maintenance
Ollil HlOCf dC'j . '
Profound concern was
expressed both verbally and in
the several resolutions
relative to, as one delegate
said, "the disturbing turn of
events" in the county in recent
months
Archie Campbell Guest At
Lunsford Festival This Week-End
Archie Campbell, star of
television's Hee Haw'" series
and Mars Hill College's
Alumnus of the Year 1975, will
he a special guest at the eight
annual Bascom Lamar
l unsford Mountain Music and
Dance Festival, this weekend
Campbell, a native of Bull
Gap. Tenn , is a member of
Mars Hill's (lass of 1935 He
served as president of the
18,000 member alumni
association of the Baptist
related college in 1974-75 At
Mars Hill, Campbell studied
Art. but found the en
tertainment business more
lucrative He was hired b
radio station WNOK in
Knoxville. Tenn after leaving
Mars Hill After serving with
the Navy in World War II. he
returned to Knoxville, where
he gained recognition with a
county music radio show
He became a member of the
Grand Ole Opry in 1958, and in
1969 signed with the Hee
Haw " series That same year
West Hartford. Connecticut
Dr Jane Dorgan, an out
standing educator, is principal
of the school
Mrs Fite graduated from
the University of Tennessee
with honors. She was a Phi
Kappa Phi and an Omicron
No
Upon graduating from the
University of Tennessee, she
joined the Women's Specialist
Corps ef the VX Army and
was coaarmsstoned a First
Lie tenant She was assigned
le Walter Reed Army Hospital
where she graduated as a
Pood Therapist ,
Cm campletiaa f this
coarse, the was assistant ta
the Chief dietmaa) at rrt
Betning. Ga.
Greater Ivy
In Community
The Greater Ivy section of
Madison County has been
named top winner in com
munity beautification in the
Western North Carolina
Community Development
Program.
Announcement of winners of
the annual WNC Community
Beautification Contest was
made at a luncheon meeting of
the steering committee for the
Community Development
Program on Tuesday, Sept. 23,
at Hallmark Cafeteria, Tunnel
Road Shopping Center,
Asheville. Awards totaling
$800 were presented to the
area winners by J D. Cooley of
Forest City, vice president of
the sponsoring Western North
Carolina Development
Association
Second place went to Big Ivy
in Buncombe County and third
place to Bellview community
in Cherokee County
Receiving honorable
mention were the com
munities of Grassy Branch,
Swain County; Hickory Nut
Gorge, Rutherford County;
North Hominy, Haywood
County and Tracy Grove in
Henderson County.
Sponsoring the first prize of
$300 was A1K)A Corporation
Second prize of $200 was
provided by K-Mart and the
$100 third prize by Ivey's and
Moore - Robinson Associates.
Four honorable mention
awards of $50 each were given
by Gerber Products Company,
Asheville Federal Savings and
1 ,o,v. Association and
Wachovia Bank & Trust
Company
Ninty-two communities
competed in this year's
program which is sponsored
by the WNC Development
Association and the
he won the Country Musician
Comedian of the year award
and has since been nomuiated
twice for a Grammy
Also to be featured during
the three day festival, to be
held October 2, 3. and 4, will be
W 1 1 id a Dykeman Stokley,
noted author of over ten books,
including The French Broad.
A native of Asheville, Mrs
Stokley will be the mam
speaker during dedication
ceremonies of the college's
Appalachian Room Located
in Memorial Library, the
Appalachian Room is the first
step in the college's proposed
Southern Appalachian Center
The Appalachian Room will be
open to the public and houses a
growing book collection of
regional significance,
manuscripts - notably the
Bascom Imar Lunsford folk
music collection, the Southern
Appalachian oral history
archives, a collection of
Cherokee Indian Artifacts
bequeathed to the college by
Mrs Gertrude Ruskin. and a
While at Fort Benning, she
met and married Lieutenant
B urges Fite. a career officer
who recently retired as
Colonel He is now employed
as an adjuster for the Hartford
Insurance Company of
Hartford, Conn
Masons
To Meet
Monday
Me me ben of French Broad
Masonic Lodge, , srtB meet
at the Masonic B inkling here
est Monday night at 7:M
e'etork. . t
AB member! are erged ta
attend the stated meeting, j
Agricultural Extension
Service. Other community
clubs in the final judging were
I.ake James, Burke County;
Big Y, Cherokee Reservation,
Norton, Jackson County;
Bethlehem, McDowell
County; ("larks Chapel,
Macon County; See Off,
Transylvania County and
Brush Creek in Yancey
County
The beautification contest,
which is open to all organized
community clubs in Western
North Carolina, is two-fold in
its purpose One is to
stimulate organized effort by
the community groups in
clean-up and beautification
programs, and the other is to
provide recognition to those
areas that have done out
standing work throughout the
year in making their areas a
more attractive place in which
to live. All forms of im
provement of the physical
environment of the com
munities are stressed, ranging
from the removal of junked
automobiles to tearing down
of dilapidated buildings and
planting flowers around the
homes
The Greater Ivy Community
Association is composed of
thirteen neighborhoods em
bracing all of No. 4 Township
in Madison County and con
taining over 500 families. It is
a newcomer to the develop
ment program having been
organized this year. Interest is
high among the community
members to make their area
more beautiful place to live
and one to which visitors will
want to return One clean-up
drive last April saw 18 large
truckloads of trash removed
to the county land fill
Through their efforts 75 junk
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photographic archive The
dedication ceremony will be
held at 4 p m in the college's
Anderson Amphitheatre
Others taking part in the
dedication festivities will be
Mary Chiltosky, wife of
Cherokee Indian wood carver
Going Back Chiltosky. Mrs.
Chiltosky will eihibit a
selection of Going Back's
carvings as well as share her
knowledge of Cherokee
folklore. She is the author of
there books, Cherokee Words,
Cherokee Plant. and
Cherokee Cooklere. Don
LaMotte, a gunsmith who
makes old-time mottle
loading rifles, and his wife
Cete, who practices the an
cient art of scrimshaw on the
accompanying powder boms,
will demonstrate their
techmqoes.
In cooperation with the
Madison County Bicentennial
Committee, the first night's
ertmUes will be held sk the
gymnasiara of , the ew .
Top Winner
Beautification
cars were removed from tin
landscape and great pride has
been taken in the installation
of directory signs, painting of
mail boxes and the planting of
flowers. Some residents have
cleared roadside fields and
pasture lands. The Walker
Branch Road area has been
used by the community as an
example of what they hope to
accomplish throughout their
entire area, which runs along
highways 19 and 23 from
Buncombe County to Yancey
County and to Tennessee
Second place winner, Big
Ivy, covers the liamardsville.
Stocksville and Dillingham
areas among others A major
effort has been junk car
removal. This year saw the
removal of over 300
junkers" from yards, fields
and streams. In keeping with
the bicentennial spirit, gar
bage cans were painted red,
white and blue. I .awns and
homes in the area are well
maintained and much effort
has gone into keeping the
roadsides free from litter A
major project has been the
improvement of the grounds
at the community center.
Bellview community of
Cherokee County, located
south of Murphy on the
Atlanta highway, lays claim to
enthusiastic participation by
members in both North
Carolina and Georgia A
major undertaking has been
painting, improving and
restormg a wooden school
nearly 100 years old which
serves as the community
center Other projects in
cluded cemetery main
tenance, directory signs,
commercial establishments,
painting mail boxes and
removing f4 junk cars.
ARCHIE CAMPBELL
Madison County High School
The Thursday evening event
will feature mountain dan
cing, and will be divided into
three categories: beginning,
junior and adult. Both smooth
and clog dancers wll perform
during the evening's
festivities which begin at 7:38
p.m. An admission charge of
SO cents for all student and fl
for adults will be charged.
On Friday evening, local
and collegiate musicians and
dancers win participate m a
festival of traditional
mountain music. Dance teams
from several - mountain
colleges will also participate. -The
evening's activities will
be held in the college's Moore
Aoditoriura and will start at
7:Ji p.m. An admission
charge of 36" cent for .all
student and tl for adults will .
. be charged. - .
- Saturday wffl see a fufl day
of activities. Workshop in
. -'nwtwMim.cr and bim" rass
Mul t is I. MrGough,
executive vii t president of the
Western North Carolina
I lev elopinenl Association
stated, "The community clubs
in We.sten North Carolina
have 1 1 lied new nigh ui
hcautih-'alion efforts during
l'.'j 1 he i ompetilion in the
brautif irati' ;i judging was
cxtnmeiy tight this year All
tl.r communities judged in the
.nea contest an due a lot of
credit anil much praise. It is
thiougii then efforts that all of
We-tire North Carolina is a
lietter plai e ;n which to live
These ,iias are setting an
example and providing a
challenge fur other com
munities m our legion which
ran do the same i! they will
just get together and organize
in the cununuiiiU develop
ment program
Dr George N H; alt. Jr of
Raleigh, director, agricultural
extension service. N C State
I'niversity was a featured
speaker at the meeting at
tended by over 100 rural and
civic leaders from all the
western counties He paid
'ribute to the ac
complishments of local
people agencies and business
leaders working together for
the past 2ti years in the WNC
Community Development
Program He emphasized the
opportunities for leadership
and individual involvement
and participation in im
proving the quality of life in
Western North Carolina
through '.he community
pi ogialii
Randal I.;, day of Brevard,
area chairman of the WNC
Community Development
Program, presided at the
meeting which also saw a
progi am adopted for 1976
banjo, guitar, ballads, the
dulcimer, and fiddle will be
the highpoinl of the morning
starting at 11 a.m. Worshops
in both . smooth and clog,
dancing win also be held. The
dedication of the Appalachian.
Room is scheduled at I pd..
and am sessions will be hle4.
all day Saturday, giving those
who attend a chance to pick
and sing with old friends as
well as to ' make , sew
acquaintances.- , c ..
Beginning Saturday evening
, at 7:30 the college's Moore
' Auditorium, . musicians -and
dancers will gather to honor
the memory of Mr. Lunsford
and to carry on fie trad )
, lit began nearly half a cer,' r v
' ago. An admission chare" "f
.59 cents fnr all studetits ;
'815 for adults w,)l
charged. Ail pnxcf -is f
the festival ill f t
advancirg V c K
Southern A"