Patriot Girls Even Record At 4-4
The Madison Patriot Girls
won two games on the road
beating Owen 61-47 and
Hendersonville 71-55 to even
their record at 4-4. Their con
ference record is 3-2. The next
game is at West Henderson on
Jan. 4.
On Dec. 17, Holly Hough led
the girls with 17 points and 12
rebounds as they beat Owen
61-47. They came back from a
15-14 deficit at the end of the
first quarter to lead 30-27 at
the half. After being ahead by
only one point at the end of the
third quarter, the Patriot
Girls rallied for 18 points in
A Woman g Observation
Was Santa Good To You?
By DOROTHY BRIGMAN
8HUPE
Was Santa good to you? I
hope so, because he was good
to me and my family. For the
first time in years, we had a
family gathering on
Christmas Day because
Charlotte and Jim got to be
home on this day and so did
George! And added this year
was sister Pearl who came
home from Baltimore in
August.
Since Shupe has been "in
prison" all these years (He's
with the Department of Cor
N. C. State Invites
Medal Nominatations
North Carolina State
University is inviting alumni
and other friends across the
state to join faculty and
students in making nomina
tions for the Watauga Medal,
highest non-academic honor
the University awards.
The Watauga Medal was
authorized by the NCSU Board
of Trustees in 1975 to be
awarded to no more than three
persons each year in recogni
tion of "persons who have
rendered unusually
distinguished service to North
Carolina State University."
Rudolph Pate, vice
chancellor for foundations and
university relations and chair
man of the selection commit
How To Make
Preparations
To Retire
People planning to retire at
the end of the year should be
making serious plana for te
event right now, according to
Tom Johnson, Field
Representative of the
Asheville social security
office.
One of the things they
should do is apply for their
social security retirement
benefits. A person who ap
plies for retirement checks
two or three months before
his or her retirement date can
be sure that checks will begin
when earnings from work
stop.
Before applying, a person
should get certain in
formation and evidence
together This will help speed
the application process. Here
is what is needed:
?Worker's social security
card or record of social
security number.
?Birth certificate or
church record of birth or
baptism recorded before age
5.
? W-2 form for 1978 or copy
of 1978 self-employment tax
return.
If the worker's husband or
wife also plans to apply for
benefits, he or she should
have the same information.
More information and
assistance can be obtained at
the Asheville Social Security
office located at 400 Executive
Park. The telephone number
is 252-8773 or if long distance,
ask operator for WX 3500.
tee, said nominations should
be submited in writing no later
that Jan. 21 to the Office of
Foundations and Develop
ment, Box 5067, N.C. State
University, Raleigh.
The medal is named for the
Watauga Club which helped to
persuade the General
Assembly of 1887 to establish
the Land-Grant Institution.
Previous winners of the
medals have been:
In 1975 ? Dr. Carey H. Bos
tian, geneticist and former
chancellor of NCSU; Roy H.
Park, Ithaca, N.Y.
businessman; and
posthumously to Richard J.
Reynolds Jr., former mayor
and businessman of Winston
Salem.
In 1976 ? Mose Kiser,
Greensboro dairy executive;
R. Walker Martin, Raleigh
businessman; and A.E.
Finley, Raleigh businessman.
In 1977 ? Raymond A.
Bryan, Goldsboro
businessman; Dr. C. Horace
Hamilton, NCSU sociologist;
and Dr. Gertrude M. Cox,
NCSU statistician.
In 1978 ? L.R. Harrill, 4-H
leader; and H.W. (Pop)
Taylor, director of the NCSU
Alumni Association for many
years.
Ill 1979 ? Dr. Ellen S.
Winston, state and federal
government official; Henry H.
Foscue, High Point furniture
executive; and Claude S.
Ramsey, Asheville
businessman.
The medals will be
presented at the NCSU
Founders Day dinner March
U.
rections for you who never
heard of us before) and
Charlotte began working after
college, we just couldn't get
together on Christmas Day,
and this was a real treat to
have "family" home. Of
course, Sandy and her folks
would invite me for Christmas
day dinner or at least bring
me a meal, and it is nice to
have dear friends, but family
is dearer!
Caroline is adjusting to baby
sister, Elizabth, but I can im
agine it's a bit tough on a
4-year-old to accept an extra
one around getting love and
attention from loved ones that
has been exclusively one's
own. Think Sandy and Charles
are doing a splendid job and
make charming parents!
Anyway, I hope you are suc
cessful in following your
resolutions. And I'll keep lim
ping along trying to leave off
this and that ? and that and
this ? and stay as fat as a
blimp anyway!
OBSERVED ? Enjoyed
seeing Leonard Payne and
meeting his pretty daughter
last week at the Marshall
meal site ? They live in Penn
sylvania and were visiting his
parents, Maude and Emmitt
Payne ? My, what a huge
crowd attending the fiftieth
wedding anniversary of
Sheriff and Mrs. E.Y. Ponder
Sunday afternoon at the Bap
tist Church ? It was nice to
speak to Congressman Lamar
Gudger and Judge W.K.
McLean ? I also met Zeno's
new bride, she was quite char
ming ? and the honored cou
ple's little great-grandson was
a little doll, being gently rock
ed by his beaming grand
father, Warren ? the bride
and groom looked very happy
and young after 50 years of
wedded bliss ? don't know if I
can make it 14 more years ?
Shupe is holding up pretty well
? Many of our participants at
the nutrition sites have gone
away to visit their children
over the holidays ? guess
we'll all be back in full swing
Jan. 2 ? Appreciated the nice
gift Martha Ann made for her
mother Clara to give me,
Thanks, both of you ? See you
in 1900 ? Have a good YEAR!
the fourth quarter behind Hol
ly's 10 points and six points by
Cindy Shelton. Cindy finished
with 11 points while Denise
Thomason had nine. Coach
Ricky McDevitt was extreme
ly pleased with the fourth
quarter finish.
Scores: Madison: Reed 6,
Shelton 11, Ramsey 2, Hough
17, Franklin 7, Thomason 9,
Justice 2, English 4, Cole 1,
Bentley 2.
Owen: Mucklevene 7,
Creasman 10, Scott 2, Marett
11, Adams 13, Owens 4,
Wilson, Correll, Lewis.
Starters Holly Hough, Sandy
Franklin, Carolyn Ramsey,
Janet Reed, and Cindy Shelton
had a strong game as
Madison won over Henderson
ville Dec. 18 to even their
record at 4-4. Holly with 23
points, Santy with 21, and Cin
dy with 15 led the girls in scor
ing while Sandy's 12 rebounds
and Holly's 8 were half of the
40 obtained by the Madison
Girls. This was an important
statistic in the victory. Other
leading rebounders were
Darlene Justice, Denise
Thomason, and Pam English.
Janet Reed led in assists.
Coach Ricky McDevitt was
pleased with the team victory.
Scores: Madison: Reed 4,
Shelton 13, Ramsey 4, Hough
23, Franklin 21, English 2,
Hagan 2, Bentley, Cole, Am
nions, Justice, Thomason.
Hendersonville: Jarvis 18,
Granger, Staples, Burgess 4,
Bailey 13, Doane 2, Black 8,
Sperry 4, Brummitt 4, Sproles
2.
Basketball
West Madison
Dec. 22 Results
At Walnut: 3rd-4th grade
girls ? Laurel 1, Walnut 0.
3rd-4th grade boys ? Walnut
4, Laurel 0. 5th-6th grade girls
? Walnut 17, Laurel 13. 5th-6th
grade boys ? Laurel 35,
Walnut 24.
At Laurel: 7th-8th grade
girls ? Laurel 42, Walnut 23.
7th-8th grade boys ? Laurel
51, Walnut 34.
At Hot Springs: 7th-8th
grade girls ? Hot Springs
over Spring Cteek. 7th-8th
grade boys ? Hot Springs
over Spring Creek. (Scores
unavailable for these games).
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By POP
WELCOME, 1980
This being the first issue of the new
year, I thought it might be interesting to
look back a few years and see what was
taking place during the first weeks of
January. While looking through the issues
of this newspaper it made me realize how
quickly the years were passing.
JANUARY 1979
In the January 4 issue last year, was an
account, with pictures of the 15-car freight
train derailment at Barnard. Most of the
cars were empty but at least one car was
loaded with lo6se com. The cars derailed
several hundred feet from where they piled
up. There were no injuries.
The Hot Springs Health Program was
preparing the final application for a $100,000
ARC grant to be used for the construction of
a new medical center in the Laurel section.
Tentative plans were made for the
dedication of the Marshall-Walnut Medical
Center on Jan. 15.
Patriot girls win Blue Ridge Cage
Touramnent.
Mrs. Maria Cox named president of
County Cancer Chapter.
JANUARY 1978
Rock Cafe changes hands as Page and
Princey Brigman decided to retire from the
popular cafe on Main Street here after
operating the cafe for 30 years. Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Davis of Marshall are the new
operators.
Jonas Chandler joins a real estate firm
after retiring as assistant tice president of
the Wachovia & Trust Co. ii Marshall.
National 5 and 10 cetat store on Main
Street again entered. The thieves entered
by the back door. Ibis wta tie second
break-in of the store during the year.
334 six-ounce cans of beet*, confiscated
during the past year by Marshall policemen
and the sheriff's department, "were poured
down the sink in the county jail here.
JANUARY 1*77 >
The French Broad River wafc complete
ly frozen over (Jan. 2) and heavy snow on
top of ice made a beautiful scene.
The Curtis Edwards home on Bull
Creek was destroyed by fire on Jan. 2. The
Danny Garrett home on Hickory Plats was
destroyed by fire on Friday of last week.
"Chester", a 5-foot tall snowman was
built Jan. 2 by youngsters living in the Hous
ing Units on Walnut Creek.
Social Security office is moved to Op
portunity Corporation Buildiqg on Skyway
Drive.
JANUARY Wt%
Water situation in Marshall is vastly
improved following a severe water shor
tage.
The mobile home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fowler Norton, located on the Marshall
bypass, was knocked from its Youndatin
when it was struck by an automobile.
-William P. Powell, mayor of Mars Hill,
appointed to the 31-member N.C. Coitficil on
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Preven
tion.
Dr. J.L. McEkoy, of Marshall, named a
fellow of the American Academy of Family
Physicians. The degree tras oenfeued Oct
7.
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