The News - Record {&)
SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
75th YEAR No. 21 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1976 15? Per Copy
A GROUP of faithful workers at
the Mars Hill Baptist Church
clothes closet are shown above,
left to right, front row, Miss Violet
Navy, Miss Nancy Anderson, Miss
Ruth Anderson; back row, Mrs.
Charles Crocco, Miss Marie Willis,
Mrs. John McLeod, Mrs. Hoyt
Black well.
Church's Outreach
p* Extends World - Wide ;*?:
I
By VICKINARRON
The Mars Hill Baptist
Church clothes cloaet is a Tine
example of the adage "Mighty
oaks from small acorns grow." i
S The idea for a clothes closet
in Mars Hill Baptist Church
was first conceived by Mrs. L.
L. Vann, long-time Spanish
teacher at Mars Hill College.
Mrs. Vann had much interest
and concern for Spanish
speaking people all over the
world, especially the Cuban
refugees who fled to Miami in
the early sixties to escape
Castro's control. Having great
sympathy for the refugees,
Mrs. Vann felt the need to start
a clothing drive. Mrs. Vann's
contact in Miami was a Baptist
missionary, Dr. Lucille
Kerrigan, who had been forced
to leave Cuba when Castro
gained power. Dr. Kerrigan
met the plane loads of refugees
who arrived in Miami ?
refugees who were in a strange
country, speaking a strange
language, with no homes to go
to or money with which to find
a way. Dr. Kerrigan took the
refugees to Central Baptist
Church which is well known for
its Spanish ministry, large
percentage of Spanish
speaking members, and
worship services in Spanish.
V? urncra HI lllfxnurcil W0U1U 1
try to meet the needs of
refugees from food and shelter
19clothing needs. Dr. Kerrigan
is now director of the Spanish
ijft department at Central Baptist . I
Ctocfc.
? Mrs. Vann sought out the I
assistance of Mrs. Olive
Blackwell and Dr. Evelyn
Underwood in organising a
clothes closet to serve the
home community. These
ladies presented the idea to the
circles of the church ? now
called Mission Action groups.
The clothes closet, a great idea
far home missions, was
:??: responded to by nearly 90
jSg ladies. The work had Just
begun.
Mars Hill Baptist Church
r WW Met alone tn this endeavor
Other churches In the French
W Broad Baptist Association.
California Creek, Upper
8 Laurel, Calvary and Forks of
:|| hry were among them, helped
&?> clothing At this lime the
church had designated twe I
nwm Cutely now^k r.
j H It looked tike a hopglm tiik
plunged to it
St
dlessly for months until they
arrived at the unbelievably
organized condition they are in
now. gjj:
Today the closet, located on
the third floor of the church,
has expanded to five rooms
There are three rooms of
clothing and a workroom, all of
which connect to a central
room. The workroom is
equipped with all sorts of
sewing supplies, an ironing
board and iron. The latest
addition to this room is a brand
new Singer sewing machine
donated by Misses Katherine
and Ruth Anderson.
A visit to the closet is like a
visit to a department store.
Ladies are there to help the
? "customer" find whatever he
needs. If the closet does not ,
have what someone is looking ,
for ? they will take note of it ,
and contact the person if this ijijiji ,
item comes in. Clothing is
carefully sorted, sized and
labeled when it comes in for
convenience in finding. Large i:;:-:; j
racks hold dresses, pants, suits
and coats. Shelves, built by
men of the church, hold boxes :?:> ,
. of clothing. The boxes are Si: i
labeled as to what is in them. |
Although the clothes closet is Si;! ]
only publicly opened on
Wednesday afternoons, many :';S i
more hours of work are put in. i
Phll?V?h WV* lisw kaw* " ?*
wmrpxvnoc !vX?
free to volunteer their time on m 1
Wednesday afternoons serve I
in numerous other ways. Men
in the church collect boxes,
deliver boxes of clothing, build
shelves, and shine and repair
shoes. Ladies take clothing -i-S
home for washing, ironing and
mending.
The closet has been for- ?:?:
tunate in having expert help
especially in the mending
department. Mrs. Mary
I Howell, retired chairman of ?&
the home economics depar
tment of Mars Hill College, has
been s very dedicated worker.
Mrs. Biackwell says that
"Mrs. Howell can fix things we M
wouldn't even touch."
The closet is also fortunate in
having a "xipper specialist,"
Mrs. Matilda Holcombe Mrs.
Hotcombe doss not get out
from home very often, so the
xipper problems are saved up
for her and she works on them
ftp ? linn
Anderson, Mrs. John McLsod, SB
At State Convention Saturday
Democrat Compromise
Seats State Delegates
The N. C. Democratic
Party's Credentials Com
mittee allowed Madison
County's delegation to the
party's state convention to be,
seated Sunday following a
compromise between factions
at odds over the conduct of the
Hot Springs precinct meeting,
several weeks ago.
Disagreement over what the
committee's action meant
prompted further controversy
here this week. TO clarify that
situation the News-Record
contacted state party officials
and requested an official
explanation of the committee's
action and its results.
State Democratic Party
Executive Director Bill Hodge
told the News-Record that the
Larry Phillips faction had
charged that the Zeno Ponder
faction did not conduct the Hot
Springs precinct meeting
properly and appealed
decisions reached at the
meeting. ,
"They appealed to the
(party) Council of Review,"
said Hodge, "and it voted to
throw out the challenge, v
because it was filed after the"
deadline. There is a 72-hour
deadline on filing challenge,
after precinct meetings." tfl
Hodge said Phillips' faction /
then appealed to the state '
convention, itself, and the
appeal was referred to the
Credentials Committee.
Committee Chairman, Carl
Bailey Jr . of Plymouth said his
body was "a little bit un
certain" over the nature of the
appeal, because minutes of the
Council of Review "were
somewhat vague and in
definite.
"We were in the dark over
who had appealed and for
what," said Bailey, "and we
spent a lot of time... 45 minutes
to an hour... trying to deter
mine what we were supposed
to consider and if for any
reason we could consider it."
Zeno Ponder and Larry
Phillips, both present for the
meeting, indicated "they
wanted to get along," said
Bailey, and both agreed to a
compromise solution in what
was called a "gentleman's
agreement."
Bailey said the committee
passed a resolution stating
that "the committee recom
mends that the Madison
County delegation be seated as
elected with variations as
agreed upon by Mr. Zeno
Ponder and Mr. Larry
Phillips.
"The variations were that
Mr. Larry Joe Phillips was
named as a delegate in lieu of
f*r. /K. Y. Pottder and Mrs \
Lary Lee Smith, m lieu of Mrs
Christine Lister.
"I think the way that worked
out," said Bailey, "was that
the two (who were replaced)
were not there," while the
substitutes were.
"We simply got delegate
tags and put them on the
others," said Bailey. "They
sat there and shook hands, and
we hoped the problem was
resolved. At least the parties
indicated they were satisfied
and that they thought the
trouble would not reoccur .''
Bailey emphasized that the
delegation was allowed to be
seated as a result of the
compromise to which both
Ponder and Phillips had
agreed.
OFFICERS of the Madison County
Unit of the NCAE (North Carolina
Association of Educators) for the
coming year are shown above.
Left to right, Kathryn Boone,
outgoing president; Larry
Plemmons, president; Barbara
Ray, treasurer; Mary C. Sprinkle,
secretary; Linda Gunter, vice
president and president-elect
These officers were elected at the
annual meeting June 8 at Madison
High. A tea was given in their
honor by the outgoing officers.
Summer-It's Busy At Mars Hill College
Summer is normally the
time of reduced activity in
most colleges and universities.
But while this inactivity allows
time to repair and perform
needed maintenance, it
doesn't help pay the bills,
which do not take the summer
off.
Most colleges and schools
conduct a summer session to
help offset this time of reduced
activity, which also means
reduced income. Enrollment
at summer sessions however,
do not equal the enrollment of
regular terms, fn an effort to
balance this, Mars Hill College
offers its physical resources to
several groups holding con
ferences, camps, or
workshops. Some of these
conferences are open to the
public, others are specifically
for a particular group.
In addition to the financial
aspect of the conferences,
activities will bring interesting
people to the campus, add to
the social and cultural ex
change which takes place on
the campus, and ? often ?
interest prospective students
and give other public relation
benefits.
This summer the college has
scheduled 16 conferences.
They are the Upward Bound
summer program: two
sessions of a theatre arts
program for high school
students, which will be held
June 7-July 9 and July 12-Aug.
13; basketball camps for boys
(June 14-18) and girls (June 21
25) from age 9 up to rising high
school seniors; an
Appalachian Consortium
Conference open to all school
administrators, students, and
faculty will be held June 23-25;
the state program workshop of
Delta Kappa Gamma Society
will be held June 25-26; the
sports day camp, a college
sponsored program of in
struction for boys and girls
ages 6-13 will be held July 28
July 9,
The week of Christian study
and fellowship, the annual
Week of Bible Study and
Christian Fellowship of
Baptist throughout the state,
will be held July 5-9; the
Maintenance Supervisors of
North Carolina will hold their
annual conference July 12-16;
July 19-23 will be the week that
the North Carolina Association
(Continued on U-A)
Service
Certificates
Presented
Certificates were presented
to the Madison County School
Food Service employees who
successfully completed the
course of study in "Overview
of School Food Service" at
Madison High School on
Wednesday of last week. The
course of study included menu
planning, nutrition, overview
of the lunchroom operation,
basic elements of volume food
production and many other
facets of the total school food
production.
All schools in Madison
County bad representatives in
this course. Participants in
this study included: Janice
Boyd, Flora Burnette, Wilms
Trimble, Emma Edmonds,
Came Tipton, AJtha Rector,
Nora Ray, Nellie Ray, Emma
Gardner, Patricia F>mder, Ola
Wallin, Velma Worley. Zarilda
Peek Fuaenia Whitt Zavada
p I n . y jj
Mrs. Mary Stgvwjjfr
Registration Deadline Is Mon.
The Madison County board
of elections reminds voters
that the registration deadline
For the Aug. 17 primary is
Monday, July 19, at 4:30 p.m.
This deadline also applies to
those who have changed their
iddress or moved to another
jrecinct "Those voters
residing in the North and South
precincts who have moved
since their initial registration
should contact the board of
elections to make sure they are
registered in the proper
precinct since the former
Marshall precinct has been
divided," officials said.
CERTIFICATES. itoSl |NMlM to the
Madison Cbuntj School Food Servia em
pioyees it Madison High School June
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Flora Burnette and Jante Byrd. lunchroom
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