By JOHN P. FfcKRE
(Special Writer)
the Mar* Theatre awoke
(rem IU annual summer nap
tern weeks ago when college
undents revived Mars Hill's
dormant campus Charles
McFarland, who is the owner
of the Mars, has shown top
MWMg movies such as "Jaws"
and "The Ode to Billy Joe,"
setting a precedent of the
movies to come. Between
September and December,
"All the President's Man,"
the Hindenburg," "Bad
Newt Bean," "Life
Guard," "Murder by Death,'
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo'i I
Neat," "Want Movie," and
other shows will (haw large
crowds into the Main Street
audkartum.
The fall aamster movie hat
has sHarded (aw students
opportunity to complain about
the Man Theatre'* price In
crease to IIS per semester and
12 per single show. In order to
improve his selections,
McFarland had to raise his
price? This baa not been his
only price hike, though , in six
ynn there has been a 100
percent increaae in the coat of
semester peeeee and nightly
tickets. . I
The Mars Theatre was built
by Owen Roberta in 1M7. It
houaee a balcony and Ml seats.
Though the bulking itself has
undergone little change,
improvements have been
made. McFarland has updated
the equipment by purchasings
new sound system and
overhauling his machinery.
served in the Army for two
yean. He la married and has
two children.
McFar land's newest en
deavor ia a fat her-son music
?tore on Main Street in Mars
Hill. Since the closest music
distributor is in Aaheville, be
feels that his store will satisfy
much of the local music
demand. He plans to sell new
and used pianos, organs,
guitars, banjos, tapes,
records, and sheet music.
Though opening has been
detained for months because of
legal red tape, McFarland
hopes to open his store soon. ?
Photos by Tem Small
ECONOMICALLY
SPEAKING
Those economic terms
really aren't so hard to un
derstand A readjustment is
when your neighbor loses his
job. A recession is when one
married partner loses their
job. A depression is when *
the other partner loses *
theirs.
MARSTHEATRE
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Hwy. 25-A South-Swooton Crook Road
Athovlllo, N.C.
I FRIDAY, SEPT. 24 k
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| THE FABULOUS GENE WATSON k
DOING ALL HIS FAMOUS HITS I
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I "WHEN LOVE BEGINS" I
ASHEVILLE'S "NASHVILLE SOUND CLUB"
I OPEN THURS., FRI., SAT., SUNDAY i
For Advance Tickets and Reservations
I CALL 274-4752 k
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Leader Who Moves
I^^^Vith Confidence.
CHARLES McFARLAND
Owner of Mars Theatre
ijeautincation Judging
To Be Held Sept. 15-17
Judging to select the
organised areas in Western
North Carolina that have done
the most oustanding job in
beautiflcation and improving
the visual environment during
1976 will be held Sept. 15-17.
The occasion will be the area
judging of the community club
division of WNC Beautiful 76,
the beautiflcation competition
in the Western North Carolina
Community Development
SSI Important
Three letters may be very
important to you. They are
SSI. SSI stands for Sup
plemental Security Income.
Citizens over 60 are among
those who may be eligible for
these funds. Laws about
supplemental income have
changed. Don't miss out
because you don't have the
latest information. Get the
facts about SSI from the
Madison County Department
of Social Services. SSI has
helped many others, and it
may be the answer to your
needs. Call the Department of
Social Services at 649-2711.
Program.
Over 90 rural and suburban
areas participated in the
annual year-round
beautification project this
year. Fourteen communities
have already been selected to
represent their respective
counties in the judging finals.
Representing Madison
County in the area competition
will be Greater Ivy com
munity, which will be in
spected by a judging team
composed of Mrs. Shirley
Traughber of Enka, chairman
of the Asheville Council of
Garden Clubs; Charles R.
Patton, Asheville, former
assistant state conservationist
In Service
Airman Margaret D.
Wright, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Tweed of Route 2,
Marshall, has graduated at
Lackland AFB, Tex., from the
U. S. Air Force technical
training course for-Security
police specialists.
Airman Wright^ifpjrained
j in security ana*Sw en
forcement, is being assigned to
Francis E. Warren AFB, Wyo.,
for duty with a unit of the
Srategic Air Command.
Completion of the course
enables the airman to receive
academic credits through the
Community College of the Air
Force.
The airman is a 1975
graduate of Madison High
School.
Information
(Continued from Page 2A)
and sheer, a preparative
ultracentrifuge, and some
polarizing microscope " com
yponents.
MILLIONS
From the Department of
' Human Resources we learned
that county social services
departments across the state
were allocated their share of
the $63,256,250 alloted to North
Carolina in federal Title XX
funds.
MONEY
The State Department of
Administration has printed a
Summary of the state budget
for fiscal year 1976-77 showing
where the estimated
$3,462,536,472 comes from and
how it has been divided among
State agencies.
ROADS
The State Board of Tran
sportation approved 40 high
W8v construction contracts
which were let last month for a
total of 123,OH,237 in new
expenditures for highway
JOBS
The Bureau of Labor
Statistics reports that during;
joodss gmei
for Tennessee and William
Sweet, landscape architect, N.
C. National Forests.
An area judging will also be
done this month involving
county winners of a division of
the WNC Beatiful program for
organizations and groups
other than community clubs.
This is being done by a dif
ferent judging team.
Cash awards totaling $1,700
will be presented to winners of
the two divisions at a luncheon
meeting of the WNC Com
munity Development
Program committee on Sept.
23 at 12 noon at the S & W
Cafeteria at the Asehville
Mall.
The beautification program
is spoonsored by the Western
North Carolina Development
Association and the N. C.
Agricultural Extension Ser
vice. Aim is to encourage
communities and groups to
conduct organized clean-up
programs or special
beautification projects and to
recognize those doing a par
ticularly good job.
Mars Hill Offers i
r
CPA Review Course
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A CPA review course will be
offered in Asheville during
Seotember end October bv
Hers Hill College in
cooperation with the Asheville
chapters of the N. C.
Association of Certified Public
Accountants and the National
Asaociation of Accountants
The eight-week refresher
will be concluded in time for
participants to take the
statewide CPA exam in
Winston-Salem on Nov. 3,4 and
5.
The three major units of the
exam ? theory, practice and
auditing ? will be covered in
the review by units; and
participants may take one, two
or all three units.
All course sessions will be
held in the board room on the
second floor of the Nor
thwestern Bank Building in
- . c
downtown Aahevilie ,
All sessions will be heM on
Mondays and Wednesdrtt
(4:30-9:50 p.m.) and in
Saturdays from 9a.m untiB2
noon and 1 until 4 p.m.
Use unit on accounting
theory, which began Sept .?7,
will continue on Sept.8, 11,16,
20 and 27. The charge for it sgll
be <45
The unit on auditing till
begin Sept. 29 and continue-en
Oct. 4,4, U, IS, 18,20,2Sand27
Cost will be 855.
The Saturday sessions ~
Sept. 11,18 and 25, Oct. S, 9 npd
16 ? will all deal with ac
counting practice. Charge for
this unit will be 875.
Questions and-or requests
for additional inform at ionon
the review course should be
directed to Sperling at 689-1124
or Chapman at 252-4494.
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CARS
1973 PONTIAC LEMANS, G.T.
1970 MONTE CARLO, V-8, Automatic
1971 MAVERICK. 6 Cylinder, Straight
Drive, Clean
TRUCKS
1970 CHEVROLET, 6 Cyl., Fleet Side
Pickup
1971 CHEVROLET Longwheel Base
Pickup, 6 Cylinder
1974 CHEVY, V-8, Long Wheel Base
With Camper Cover
"We Need Clean Used C** and Trucks!"
You wiH never get a better trade on a new
1976 Car or Truck.
FRENCH BROAD
CHEVROLET
CO., Inc.
Main St. Marshall
Dealer No. 2456
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GOING
OUT OF
BUSINESS
BAILEY S WILL CLOSE
SEPT. 11, 1976
Positively Our Last Day
EVERYTHING IN STORE
DRASTICALLY REDUCED
NOW IS THE TIME TO STOCK UP ON
HEALTH A BEAUTY AIDS
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