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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
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77th Year, No. 41 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY, October 19, 1978
Kailson County Library 9_j9
Marshall, K.C. 28753
Marshall To Weaverville
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Sketch Of Marshall To Weavcrville Four-Lane Highway; Scheduled Completion, 1981
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300 Watch College
Dedicate New Hall
To Hoyt Black well
A crowd of approximately
300 was present Saturday
morning for the dedication
ceremonies for the new Black
well Hail. The modern
building was named after Dr.
Hoyt Blackwell, who served 28
years as president of Mara
Hill College.
The building will be totally
operational within the next
few months, giving the college
a center of administration.
Previously the college's ad
ministrative offices had been
scattered here and there
across the campus.
Presiding over the
ceremonies was the current
president of the college, Dr.
Fred B. Bentley. Others who
participated in the ceremony
included Dr. Otis Duck,
chairman of the board of
trustees, Dr. James Kessaris,
co-president of the Alumni
Association, and Harold
Austell, chairman of the board
of advisors.
The man of the hour,
however, was Blackwell ? the
building was named for him.
Mental Health Center
Gets New Worker
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The Madison County office
of the Blue Ridge Community
Mental Health Center an
nounced this week that Joe
Martin, a social worker, has
Joined the local center staff .
Martin comae to the Blue
Ridge Clinic following com
pletion of graduate study at
the Virginia Commonwealth
University School of Social
Work in Richmond, Va. He has
completed internships at the
Vitfibia Correctional Oqrtf
for women at Goochland, Va.,
(t the Catawba Mental
Health Center in Rock Hill,
8.C.
and graduate school, he was
employed as a social worker
at Winthrop's Human
Development Center.
The Martins, who will reside
in the Grapevine section of the
county, report that the move
has been a pleasurable ex
perience due to the helpful and
friendly people they have met
in Madiaoa County.
He and his wife, Olive, were
applauded for their collective
years of dedication and ser
vice to the college.
Blackwell was all modesty
in receiving the honor of
having the new administration
building named after him.
Rather than linger on that
fact, he told the crowd that
completing the new building
was another example of Mars
Hill College's determination to
always strive for the best in
the name of Jesus Christ.
Blackwell's description was
seconded by Austell, who had
something to say about Black
well, himself.
"This building," said
Austell, "has been built to
serve a long standing and
great need of the college. It
has been a dream of all of us
for many, many years.
"And not just because of the
needs it will serve the ad
ministration and students for
today and years to come, but
because it permits all of us in
a more tangible way to ex
press some measure ef ap
preciation to Dr. Blackwell for
the long years of deification
and devotion and
distinguished service
"It is a tremendous hooor,"
be continued, "to be here
today and recognise this
reality, and at the same time,
express my appreciation to ail
members of the board of
advisors for their part M
making this building
Bentley concurred with
GREATER IVY SENIOR YOUTH
GROUP OFFICERS working on
the Library Project of the Greater
Ivy Community Citizens
Association, left to right, Kathy
Pack, president; Joyce Metcalf,
vice-president; DeWayne
Buckner, secretary; and Pam
Anderson, reporter. Absent when
the photograph was taken: Mike
Hensley, assistant secretary and
Mark Anderson, treasurer.
Youth Help Get It Ready
Greater Ivy Library
To Be Opened Soon
Mrs. Sam (Irene) Carroll,
chairperson of the Greater Ivy
Library Committee, reports
that the room aat aside in the
Community Center for a
branch of the Madison Count>
Public library is currently
being readied for uw and that
the Branch is expected to be
opened the latter part of
a# .1 . > ? . t ~ :
Mcwiry equipment and
supplies needed to gat the
Branch opened. This will
require cash donation from
the citizens of Greater Ivy and
the Youth Groups are
currently seeking a ir :
4- Lane
To Link
Towns
The Divisoo of Highways of the North
Carolina Department of Transportation will open
bids on Nov. 28 for the first phase of a new four
lane expressway from Marshall to Weaverville.
The contract calls for grading, paving and
structures on US 25-70 from northeast of existing
US 25-70 in Madison County to North of Jupiter
Road (Secondary Road 1756) in Buncombe
County. This is a distance of 3.5 miles. The
estimated cost for this segment is in excess of $10
million.
The second phase, from Jupiter Road
(Secondary Road 1756) to US 29-23 at Weaverville
in Buncombe County, a distance of 4.83 miles is
scheduled to be let in January.
The final section is scheduled for letting in
March 1980. This is a half-mile segment at the
north end of the project for existing US 25-70 to
Marshall.
No cost estimates for phases two and three
have been compiled as yet.
Plans call for all three phases to be completed
by November 1981.
Family Planning
Services Offered
Michael Norini, director of
the Hot Springs Health
Program, announces that
Family Planning Services are
available tc. all residents of
Madison County at the clinic
sites by appointment. The
clinics: Laura) Clinic, Walnut
Hot Springs Clinic are open
8:10 a.m. ? 3 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
are free at
the Title X
from the state of North
Services, is avaitabte to
certify those interested on
Monday at the Walnut
Marshall Medical Center,
Wednesday at the Hot Springs
Clinic, and Thursday at the
Laurel CUak.
Election