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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL. N C. THURSDAY, October 24, 1978 "
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A Harsh Winter ?
Even Woolly Worms Seem Confused On The Issue
By ANN PAYLOK
Wooly worma, August fogs
and corn shucks may not seem
to have much in common, but
they're all clues in trying to
second guess Mother Nature
on what kind of weather to
expect this winter.
Forecasts differ widely,
depending on what signs you
go by and who's doing the
predicting. There's something
for just about everybody, from
cold weather with lots of snow
to fairly mild temperatures.
"Everything I've heard has
been for an extremely cold
winter, except one person who
predicts a mild one," Mrs.
Bennett Hipps Mid. "The one
who says it's going to be mild
said so because she hadn't
seen many woolly worms ? I
hope she's right."
Woolly worms are the old
mountain stand-by when it
comes to winter forecasting.
The darker the worm, the
colder the weather. Lighter
stripes on the worms indicate
milder spells, so you can look
forward to some relief during
the winter.
That's simple enough, but
when you start finding blond,
brunette and redhead wolly
worms crawling side by side,
things become a bit more
complex.
That's when corn shucks,
treea and rabbit skins can be
helpful in removing doubts.
"I think we're in for another
pretty rough winter, ac
cording to the foliage on the
timber," Andy Worley said.
"I'm no weather prodigy, and
I hope I'm right smart off, but
I wouldn't be surprised if it's
as bad as last year.
"All I know for a fellow to do
is put on his long handles," he
added.
Thicker fur on rabbits,
thicker bark on trees and
thicker shucks on corn are all
signs that a cold winter's
coming on, Mrs. Hipps said.
"And, they say that when
squirrels start storing up nuts
earlier, it's going to be cold.
They started early this year."
Balsam can expect 14 snows
this winter, according to Mrs.
J. Russell Wood's count of
August fogs. Most of the fogs
were light, she said, which
should mean fairly light
snowi.
"I hope we have a lot of
snow," Beaverdam resident
S B Miller said. "That'U help
build our water back up."
Miller said he's not much of
a forecaster, "but I do look for
a cold winter. It's been too hot
and dry this summer, and they
say one extreme follows
another.
"If I was a little older, I'd
know something about it," the
82-year-old Miller said. "You
have to be K before you know
anything."
The Long Range Prediction
Groupof the National Weather
Service may not reiy on K
y ear-olds or woolly worms,
but they do come np with aome
general guidelines for the
coming months.
"We haven't made our
winter prediction yet,"
climate analysis center chief
Donald Oilman said, "but
October through December
temperatures should be
milder than normal."
The statistical relationships
between the seasons, along
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READING WOOLLY WORMS is an art Jane
Williamson practices every fall. Dark worms
mean cold winters, but nobody's figured out
what kind of weather we'll have when dark
and light worms ? and all shades in between
? crawl around together.
Mars Hill College
Church Leadership
Workshop Saturday
A church leadership
workshop, aimed at the
leaders of smaller churches in
Western North Carolina, will
tie sponsored at Mars Hill
College by the school's music
department and the Center for
Christian Education -
Ministries.
Scheduled this Saturday,
registration will begin at 10
a.m. in the Center for
Christian Education
Ministries located in the
basement of Bridges
Turn Clocks
Back
Saturday
The public is reminded to
turn clocks BACK one hour
before retiring this Saturday
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Commissioners
Postpone
Meeting
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The Madison County Board
?f Commissioners' regular
meeting of Nov. I has been
{postponed until Nov. 10 due to
1h* general election on Nov. 7,
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Cafeteria.
The workshop will be
divided into six simultaneous
conferences all of which are
designed to help church
leaders become acquainted
with practical methods and
the materials available to
them. Workshop officials also
hope that the conferences will
provide a creative and
strengthening fellowship
Three of the six conferences
will be in music leadership
and will be oriented to: choir
directors and song leaders,
children's music leaders and
organ and piano ac
companists. These con
ferences will be conducted by
Don Welborn, minister of
music at Asheville's Calvary
Baptist Church; Willis
Abernathy, minister of music
at Marion's First Baptist
Church; Pat Jewsbury, for
mer accompanist and music
associate at First Baptist in
Asheville; Jerry Jarrell,
minister of music at the Mars
Hill Baptist Church; and Don
Beard en, church music
coordinator at the college.
Luther foment of Sylva, an
area missionary for WNC, will
lead a conference for pastors,
deacons and other general
church leaders in setting
church goals and developing
long range plans.
Those desiring additional
M-W Medical Center
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Michael Norina, director of
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la M percent complete
that all that
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Worley Cove Man Charged
With 2 Counts Of Murder
John Kenneth Buckner, 44,
of the Worley Cove section in
the Sandy Mush area of
Madison County, is being held
in the Madison County Jail
without bond charged with two
counts of murder.
Buckner, a veteran of WerlJ
War II, was arrested late
Saturday night by Sheriff
Ponder following the shooting
deaths of Mrs. Hope Buckner
Waddell, 41, and his brother,
Arthur Buckner, 43, who
shared the home with the
defendant.
"Both the victims were dead
when I arrived on the scene at
approximately 11:30 p.m.,"
Sheriff Ponder stated. Ponder
said that the house was
"empty" when he arrived and
found the two victims lying in
the hall. Each received a
single shot (r the from e
30-30 ri!ie at close range,
Ponder said.
Ponder said he then started
searching for John Kenneth
Buckner in the house. "I found
him in his bedroom alone. He
offered no resistance and
seemed calm," Ponder stated.
It is reported that John
Kenneth Buckner had been a
patient in Oteen Vetaran's
Hospital before being tran
sferred to the Salisbury (N.C.)
Veteran's Hospital. He was
released some four or five
months ago, Ponder ex
plained.
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At the home when the
shooting occurred were John
Watkins, his wife, Pansy
Buckner Watkins and their V
y ear-old daughter, Brandy.
Mrs. Bonnie Buckner, mother
of Mrs. Watkins, the two
victims, and the defendant,
was also present when the
shooting started. Apparently
they fled by jumping out a
window, Ponder said.
Ponder stated that there
was no known motive for the
shooting
A preliminary hearing has
been set for Nov. 10.
'??The bodies were seat to
Memorial Mission Hospital for
autopsies.
It was stated that the
suspect will probably be
examined to determine his
competency to stand trial
since he has a past history of
treatment in state mental
institutions.
RITES WEDNESDAY
Joint funeral services for
the two victims were held
Wednesday morning at 11 at
the Piney Grove Baptist
Church, of which Mrs.
Bvckner was a member. The
Rev. Oder Anders and the
Rev. Lloyd Ponder officiated.
Burials were in the Piney
Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Waddell is survived by
one son, Kerry Waddell o if
Lenoir; and one daughter,
Miss Donna Waddell of
Asheville; her mother, Mrs.
Bonnie Rogers Buckner of the
home; two brothers, Kenneth
and Ronald of Marshall; two
sisters, Judy Zeady of
Greenville, S.C., and Pansy
Watkins of Marshall; two
nephews and one niece.
Mr. Buckner is survived fay
his mother, Mrs. Bonnie
Rogers Buckner of the home ;
two brothers, Kenneth and
Ronald Buckner of Marshall;
two sisters, Judy Zeady of
Greenville, S.C., and Pansy
Watkins of Marshall; three
nephews and two nieces. '
Bowman Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Attention
Candidates
Next week's issue will be the
last issue before the Nov. 7
general election.
In order that your political
advertisements be published,
it is important that all such
copy be in The News-Record
office by 9 o'clock next
Tuesday morning. Your
cooperation is requested.
College Gets
$300,000 Gift
A $300,000 bequest from the
estate of Miss Fuchsia
Virginia Marshbanks of
Raleigh, who died June 10, has
been announced by Mars Hill
College.
The bequest, in the form of
stocks and bonds, will go into
the Marshbanks-Anderaon
Fund, which Miss Mar
JERRY PLEMMONS, left, and TOM
WALLIN members of the Hot Springs
Health Program Board of Directors, are
shown holding a $90,000 check from the
Foundation of Troy, Mich These
by Jim Story '
shbanks and her sister,
Flossie Marshbanks, also of
Raleigh, established in 1977 in
memory of their parents. It
makes the total in the
scholarship fund $375,000.
The Marshbanks sisters
were born in Madison County,
and their family home once
stood where the college
science building now stands.
Their family, including both
their mother's and their
father's sides, (Anderson and
Marshbanks), has been
associated with the college
since its founding in 1856. A
great uncle, die Rev. J.W.
Anderson, was one of the
founders of the college and
served as the first secretary of
the original board of trustees.
Virginia Marshbanks
received her early education
at Mars Hill College and later
attended the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
She was graduated from the
nursing division of the
Medical College of Virginia
and spent her professional
career in the field for hospital
administration. She ad
ministered hospitals in
Virginia and West Virginia,
and was superintendent of
Rex Hospital in Raleigh for 10
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JIM PHILLIPS, left, receives the
Mars Hill Jaycee of the Year
Award from Jaycee President Dr.
Reese Steen.
Jaycees Cite Man Of Year
, Although the Mars Hill
Jaycees have already begin
planning community service
projects for the coming year,
they took time out to recognize
several members who had
worked hard during the past
year to make the new
organization a success. Jim
Phillips who was selected
Mars HOI Jaycee of Ow Year,
was awarded a plaque by Dr.
Reese Steen, president. Jim
Ctouse, John Campbell and
John Chandler were also
recognised far their efforts
The organisation's mem
bership has grown to 40
members from the original SO
charter members. Also, the
dub, with financial assistance
rrom me microswucn plant I?
Man Hill, has sponsored
another chapter at the Cane
River Penitentiary near
BurMviUe.
Projects planned for the
coming year are a tan
festival, a turkey shoot,
Christmas tree sales and
creation of a mini-park on the
town square in Mars Hill
Jim Phillips was elected
president for the coming ye*
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