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9gf? * uryear Decorated By Air Force Master Sergeant Joseph R Puryear, ton of Effie L. Puryear of Hot Springs, has been decorated with the third award of the Air Force Com mendation Medal at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, SJ>. The Air Force Commenda tion Medal is awarded to those individuals who demonstrate outstanding acheivement or meritorious service in the per formance of their duties on behalf of the Air Force. Sergeant Puryear is a 1967 graduate of Miami Technical High School, Miami. His wife, Betty, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Shadduck of 1506 N. Adams, Lexington, Neb. Personal Mrs. Frances (Walter) Ramsey of Marshall is a pa tient in St. Joseph's Hospital where she underwent surgery on Monday. Mrs. Shirley (Richard) Wilde is a patient at St. Joseph's Hospital where she is undergoing treatment and | testing. MwrnrnrnmimmmsmimmmsmssM* Concert Series Sets Ticket Deadline Apr. 1 TN Ashevilie Community Concert Association bat an nounced a distinguished list of artists for the 1M0-1M1 season, its 4Kh The programs will be given in the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium and are open to nas on members only. Single admissions are never sold to events presented by the Asheville Community Concert Association. To guarantee their member ships for the 1980-81 season, current members must send in their checks by April l. Others who are not members this season and who wish to attend the concerts in the 1960411 season should app ly immediately to acquire a place on the priority list. Those who apply too late will have their checks returned. Membership fees for admis sion to the Ave programs will be 120. Patrons who pay $60 will receive two memberships and make a $20 tax deductible contribution to the associa tion. Single patrons may pay $30 for one membership and make a $10 tax deductible con tribution. Donors who pay $100 or more will receive two memberships and make a tax deductible contribution of the difference between $40 and the amount they pay. Pianist Paul Schenly will open the season on Oct. Mats p m Schenly made his New York debut in 1871 and the New York Times critic said, "The evening was one of high musical distinction. TTie most immediately remarkable feature of Schenly's keyboard personality is his rich, velvety tooe. He never makes an unpleasant sound even in the sotrmiest passages which he tosses off with disarming ease and flair." Opera superstar Marilyn Home was scheduled by the Asheville Community Concert Association for its 1978-79 season but was prevented by illness from giving her Asheville recital. Miss Home has been rescheduled for Nov. 10. This last season Miss Horne added new fame to her already sensational career by her joint recital with soprano Joan Sutherland in Avery Fisher Hall in New York which was broadcast live na tionwide on TV. The American Dance Machine, which will give a performance on Jan. 15, 1961, was founded in 1975 and, following an enormously suc cessful run in New York, per formed at the White House and then went on a triumphant tour of Japan. The company presents an evening of showstopping dances from r innhniniinnr such musicals as "Cm-Can,"* ?Cabaret," "No. No, Nanette," "Ftnian's Rain bow" among many others Opera production* rank se cond only to symphony or chestras in the popularity poll of Asheville Community Con cert Association members There are very few touring professional opera companies and rarely more than one or two available during a par ticular season. The Texas Opera Theater is the touring company of the Houston Grand Opera. The production to be given in Asheville March 21, 1981, will be Puccini's "Tosca," sung in English. Antonin Dvorak, the famous Czech composer, conducted the first concert of the Czech Philharmonic in MM. The or chestra has continued to be a celebrity among the world's great orchestras. It wiM be on its third U.S. tour whan it plays in Asheville March 31, im. Checks for the 1M0-81 membership in the Asheville Community Coocert Associa tion may be mailed to P.O. Box 53, Asheville 28808 by cur rent and new members. Ad ditioal information may be had by telephoning 2S2-3S86. Hyde Will Speak Here On Crime Prevention The North Carolina Crime Prevention Division is spon soring a citizens' conference on crime prevention April 10 at the Jury Room of the county courthouse at 2 p.m. Keynote speaker for the conference will be L.D. Hyde, director of N.C. Crime Prevention. Hyde will be introduced by Sheriff E.Y. Ponder. Hyde will speak on the responsibility of the citizen in - ? ? the fight against crime. He will emphasize citizen support for local law enforcement and the formation of county crime prevention committees. Preparation for the meeting is being made by Sheriff Ponder and by M.C. Teague of the Crime Prevention Divi sion, Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, Raleigh 27611. Telephone: (919) 733-5522. Mrs. Ramsey Returns From China A 4#- member delegation of North Carolina Agricultural leaders, including Mrs. Frances C. Kamaey of Mars Hill, has just returned from a three-week Peopto-to-People goodwill tour to Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China and the Phillipines During the diplomatic travel mission, delegates met with American Embassy of ficials and local agricultural leaders in Manila and Hong Kong. The purpose of the mission was to give delegation members an opportunity to carry messages of friendship to their counterparts in the Orient. It also allowed them to visit typical agricultural pro jects to compare methods and procedures. The mission was an official program of People to-People International, a non profit, private sector organization founded in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to promote world peace through international understanding. People-to-People's ac tivities include arranging homes tays for international visitors, sponsoring adult and high school student diplomatic travel missions, an interna tional magazine exchange and a letter exchange service. Headquartered in Kansas Ci ty, Mo., the organization has national committees in 25 countries and 68 chapters in the United States. Highlights of the tour includ ed a visit to the International Rice Research Institute at Los Banos Laguna in Manila; visits to various facets of Chinese life in Kwangchow, Hangchow, Shanghai and Pek ing; and a visit to Sir Ellie Kadoorie's farm in Hong Kong. A-B Tech Announces Dean's List Asheville-Buncombe Technical College announces that the following Madison County students have been ; placed on the dean's list for | the Winter Quarter, 1979. ; Students must be full-time, j have a minimum 3.50 quality : point average, and be recom mended by their department i chairperson. Anita Ward, associate degree nursing; Mary V. Robinson, business ad ministration; Cherie M. Henderson, criminal justice law Enforcement; Richard R. Reece, machine shop; Dwight D. Edwards, mechanical engineering technology; Melinda D. Wallin, mechanical engineering technology. | BRITISH WATERCOLORS I HEMPSTEAD. N.Y. (AP) - I More than 80 works of 18th i: and 19th-century British water ; colon and drawings are on dis I play through Mvch 2 at Hof ; stra University's Emily Lowe f Gallery. KATHY LYNN THORPE, daughter of Mr. ?; and Mrs. Kenneth Thorpe of Marshall, has been selected as a contestant in the 1980 Miss >?> Teen USA Pageant to be held at the Hyatt ?' House in Winston-Salem June 28 at 7:30 p.m. Contestants from all over the state will com pete in the three-day event. Among the many prizes the state winner will receive will be a ''' $500 cash scholarship to the school of her , j choice, and an all-expense-paid trip to the na tional finals, where she will compete for 10 $15,000 in scholarships, a $2,000 wardrobe, a , new automobile for the reigning year and a $2,000 personal appearance contract. All con- < ' testants are required to contribute at least 12 hours of time to civic, church or volunteer service work in the community. All con testants will be judged on either a two minute talent or speech presentation and on $ charm, poise and personality. Miss Thorpe is sponsored by the Northwestern Bank, Madison County Optimist Club, Ingle's and . the Marshall Lions Club. Final Approval Given ff For Recreation Grant Final approval has been received of a recreation grant to the neighboring com munities of Greater Ivy and Upper Laurel by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Depart ment of Interior of the United States government. Initial approval had been received by Dr. Grover Angel, chairman of the Madison County Recreation Commis sion, last August. Subsequent details have been resolveg and the projects are now ready to begin. The vehicle for delivery of this grant was the Land of Sky Regional Council (Region B) through the Madison County Recreation Commission in cooperation with the Madison County commissioners. REASONABLE PRICES FROM S2J28 UP _ M H Make A Data To Din* Here Treat someone yon love to a fiafflKsu oat . . often. ? STEAKS ? SEAFOODS ? COMPIITI DINNIRS MOUNTAINEER STEAK HOUSE (MIXED BEVERAGES) OPCN MON. THRU SAT. 4:30 P.M. TO 11:30 P.M. CLOSED SUNDAYS Ml TWM) Nil. AtkwNM. N C. 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