Sonja Dee Boyles Weds John Putnam
Sonja Dm Botes of Weaver
volte and Ma Edward Pvt
nam a f Shelby war* married 1
Saturday evening ia the '
Weavervilte Baptiat Church.
Tha Rev. Leftoy Denton eon- i
ducted the service.
The bride ia the daughter of '
(high liatene Botes and Doris <
June Botes of Weavervilte. i
She was given in marriage by I
her father. I
The bridegroom is the son of
Edward Putnam of Shelby and
Paula Put? el Aaderor.
University of North Gmtim
?t AstaeviDe.
Lorilynn Motsioger of
Winston -Salem was the maid
lister of the groom, Sh^?>
Ramsey of Wea venr ill e,
Renee HoweU of Ashevilte and
the birde's sister, Sunn Boles
were bridesmaids.
Dwain Haynes, the groom's
brother, Allen Bolee, the
bride's brother and Tim
Vogler and Steve Johns served
Jodi Lynn Boles, niece of the
bride, served as flower girt.
A reception followed the ser
vice in the fellowship hall of
the church.
The couple will reside in
Weaverville after a wedding
trip to Nova Scotia, Canada.
Civitans Honor Phil Elam
Philip R. Elam of Mars Hill,
N.C., President of the
Asheville CiviUn Chib, 1M1-82
was hooored in Montreal,
Canada at the Civitan Interna
tional Convention, held recent
ly there.
Elam, was named as
distinguished President and
the Asheville Civitan Club was
named "Honor Club" for its
service to the community,
knowledge of community
issues, copportunities ex
cellence in club management
and club fellowship.
Only two such clubs were
awarded the "Honor Club"
status in Civitan Interna
tional. The Asheville Club has
the distinction of being the
PtKrto by RandY Cox
MRS JOHN EDWARD PUTNAM
Transportation Board To Meet Aug. 4
Highway Assessment
A pulbic meeting that will
help the state Board of
Transportation reassess and
reorder highway construction
priorites as a result of severe
ly limited financial resources
will be held in Marshall on
Wednesday, August 4.
The meeting is one in a
series scheduled in each of the
state's highway divisions to
begin the process of updating
the 1982-1991 Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP)
The TIP is the deaprtment's
basic , highway construction
fc , i
planning document. It was
last updated in December,
IHl following a similar series
of public meetings
This year's meeting for
counties in Highway Division
13 will be held 2 p.m. Wednes
day in the Madison County
High School near the US 25-70
Bypass in Marshall. Transpor
tation board members Zeno H.
Ponder and James W. Daniels
will preside. Speakers will be
registered between 1 and 2
p.m. at the high school.
Counties in the division are
Buncombe, Burke, Madison,
McDowell, Mitchell, Ruther
ford and Yancey.
The meetings this year will
be held with emphasis being
placed on the highway funding
crisis which state Transporta
tion Secretary William R.
Roberson, Jr. said will have
an impact on the TIP.
Sharp increases in the costs
of highway work due to infla
tion and declining state
highway revenues resulting
mostly from more fuel
efficient vehicles are the main
causes of the funding crisis.
Health Program Holds Meeting
The Hot Springs Health Pro
gram held its annual
membership meeting Mon
day night at the Laurel
school.
The meeting was chaired by
Jerry Plemmons, chairman
of the board of directors.
Plemmons began the
meeting by giving new
members a brief history of
the program, now in its
eleventh year. He also
covered the changes the pro
gram has experienced in the
past year. These included an
agreement reached to work
with the Madison County
Health Department and the
Madison Manor Nursing
Home.
The program's former
director, Michael Norins,
was honored for his contribu
tions to the success of the
health program. Norins had
A $100 first prize will be awarded to the win
ner of the Laurel Road Rally sponsored by the
Laurel Volunteer Fire Dept. Entry fee of $10 and
registration are due Saturday, August 7, from 10
a.m. to 12 noon at the Laurel School. Only two oc
cupants per car and legal speed limits strictly en
forced. For more information call 656-2611 bet
ween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
served as the director of the
program for four and a half
years before resigning
recently in order to return to
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. The
board of directors presented
Norins with a plaque ex
pressing their thanks for his
contributions.
Norins will be succeeded by
Monica Teusch on Aug. It.
The new director was
formerly an administrator
with the Veteran's Ad
ministration.
Without going into details,
Plemmons reported that the
program's finances were in
"good health."
It was announced that the
pext membership meeting
would be held in connection
with the groundbreaking for
the new medical facility to
be constructed in Hot Spr
ings sometime nxt year.
largest club in the world.
Elam for fifteen year* has
been Manager of the
Economic Development
Department of the Asheville
Area Chamber of Commerce.
He has made a considerable
contribution to Madison Coun
ty progress. While County
Agent in Madison County in
the late iUO's he organized the
French Broad Electric
Membership Corporation, ap
pointed the first board of
directors ; most of whom serv
ed for life. While a real estate
developer in the early IMO's
he amassed the Bald Moun
tain properties and developed
the Wolf Laurel Corporation.
He managed this enterprise
for several years, which today
adds approximately nine
million dollars to the Madison
County Tax Base. Elam
played a primary role in br
Regional
Dairy Events
Slated
Western North Carolina's
largest annual dairy events
will be taking place on Tues
day, August 3, and Wednes
day, August 4, at the WNC
Agricultural Center near the
Asheville Airport.
The third annual WNC Open
Dairy Show, with competi
tion for both youth and
adults, will get underway at
6 p.m. on the *d. Approx
imately 110 animals have
been entered.
The 38th annual Western
North Carolina Junior Dairy
Show will get underway at 10
a.m. on Wednesday, the 4th.
This show is for 4-H Club,
FFA members and other
youth of the area.
Both events are sponsored
by the N.C. Agricultual Ex
tension Sevice, vocational
agriculture teachers and the
dairy commission of the
Western North Carolina
Development Association.
Primary purpose of these
shows is to encourage in
terest in dairying among
rural youth of the area and to
recognize those doing an
outstanding job of caring for
their animals.
Farm supply dealers, milk
plants, banks and other
businesses and dairy farms
are providing approximately
$2,500 through the dairy
commission for cash awards
and trophies for the two
events.
THE SLEEPY VALLEY 4-H Club visited the
World's Fair in Knoxville on June 28. The
club held two carnivals and bake sales to
help pay for the trip. Kneeling in the front
row from left are: Matthew Roberts, Jimmy
Moore, Celest Moore, Steve Norton, Jeff Sut
ties, Mark Snelson, George Ramsey, Billy
Ebbs, Tammy Whitson, Peggy Whitson, Mat
thew Nowack and Darrel Gentry. Standtag in
front are: Kelly Harrison, Aaron Gosnell,
Vergil Foster, Marie Osteen and Sidney Har
rison. Second row from left are, Todd
Mwte 6r Shirley eiilefi
Snelson, Kim Brooks, Becky Rath bone, Pat
ty Norton, Ray Epley, Jody Wiliett, Terry
Gardin, Karen Sales, Karen Gentry, Lora
Harrison, Begins Suttles, Gladys Hsggins,
Alma Lee Etberton, June Gosnell. In back
from the left are, Wanda Whitson, Wanda
Holder, Howard Holder, Mark Roberts,
Christine Hayes, Doug Snelson, Imsgene
Fowler, Jeanette Gardin, Dee Etherton,
Troy Harrison Christine Hamson Patsy
Suttles, Mike Maynard, Honley Etherton and
-
ELAM
inging the following industries
to Madison County: Micro
Switch, Blue Ridge Shoe Com
pany, Marshall Glove Comap
ny and American Greetings
Corporation.
REV. AND MRS. BALL
Couple
To Celebrate
Anniversary
Rev. and Mrs Kiraste R.
Ball of Alexander will
celebrate their 50th wedding
anniversary with a reception
given by their children on Sun
day afternoon, Aug. ? in the
fellowship hall of the Oak
Ridge Baptist Church. The
reception will be held from 2
until 5:30 p.m.
All friends of the family are
invited to attend. It is re
quested that gifts be omitted.
The Balls have seven
children, sons Roland of
Gastonia, Raymond of Alex
ander and Ronald of
Murfeesboro, Tenn. and
daughters Betty Metcalf of
Detroit, Clara Youle of
Freeport, 111., Fay Metcalf of
Asheville and Irene Earwood
of Cheseapeake, Va. The cou
ple also have 2S grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren.
I
Brenda Lee George of Mars
Hill was one of 30 4-H
members selected to model
at the state Fashion Revue,
July 20 The fashion show
was held in conjunction with
State 4-H Congress.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill George, Brenda
modeled a white sundress
and a green jacket with a
sailor collar.
She won the right to repre
sent Madison County in the
state event by placing high
in a 4-H clothing camp com
petition held earlier this
year.
State 4-H Congress is con
ducted by the North Carolina
Agricultural Extension Ser
vice.
i
STONEY KNOB SHOE CENTER
"ShoM For Th# Entire F amity"
V ANNIVERSARY
^ SALE C:^
The
Country Store
A Real, Old-Fashioned
General Store
? Groceries
? Gas
? Antiques
? Collectibiles
? Nuts 'N Bolts
? Night Crawlers (Bought & Sold)
? Hunting & Fishing Licenses
lower Arranger
ation Days And
South Of Hot Springs
There will be a fifth Saturday night singing at the
Shoal Hill Baptist Church on July SI beginning at 7:90
p.m. The public is invited to attend and participate.
There will be a decoration and homecoming
tf If on Sunday, August 1st beginning at 10 a.m.
at the Payne's Chapel Baptist Church on Little Pine
Creek. The celebration will feature singing and lunch
as well as the decorating. The public is invited to at
tend.
The date for the homecoming and decoration at the
Freeman Gap Church has been changed from August
the 4th Sunday in August, to August 1, the 1st
Sunday in August.
The M?mh?ll Volunteer Fire Department will
sponsor a carnival on the island in Marshall, August
1-7 Rides will open at ? p.m., Monday through Friday
and at 1 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.
Wednesday night is family night. On Wednesday,
ride all the rides you wish between 6 and 10 p.m. for
only 95.00 per person.
Hamburgers, hotdogs and sodas will be on sale.
The Western North Carolina Chapter of the Na
tional Wild Turkey Federation will have a meeting on
July 27 and 29. The July 27 meeting will be in the An
drews Community Center and on July 29 at the se
cond floor conference room, U.S. Forest Service
Building at SO South French Broad in Asheville. Both
meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. Boss gobbler presen
tations, past season harvests, and upcoming events
will be on the agenda.
Members and the public are cordially invited. For
more information contact Jim Manring 586-2372 or
Larry Luckett 524-6511.
Mars Theatre
Main Street, Mere Hill, NC
WILLIE NELSON
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
TYiurs. July 29. Fri. July 30. Sat July 31
Adults <2.75 Senior Citizens <2.00 Children <1.75
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