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Marshall Christmas Pageant
Seeking Donations
The Marshall Christmas pageant is seeking donations to
fund the rental of equipment needed to produce this year's
pageant. The cost of leasing a spotlight for the star in the
three-day pageant will be more than $900.
In order to pay for the light, pageant organizors will light a
bulb on the star overlooking Marshall in memory of a loved
one on either Christmas Eve or Christmas night. Donations of
$20 are being asked. For more information, or to make a con
tribution, contact Ed Fender at the Bowman Funeral Home in
Marshall.
Spring Creek Plans
Bake Sale And Dance
The Spring Creek Cheerleaders will sponsor a bake sale and
dance to fund a community Chrsitmas party. The bake sale
will be held on Nov. 30 from 2 until 6 p.m. at the Spring Creek
fire house. The dance will begin at 8 p.m., also at the fire
house. Everyone is invited to attend.
Hot Springs Board Meets
First Monday Each Month
The Hot Springs Board of Aldermen will meet on Dec. 2 at
7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall. The new mayor and town board
will be inducted. The monthly meeting of the board will be
held on the first Monday evening of each month in the future.
Mars Hill Mayor, Aldermen
To Take Office Monday
The Mars Hill Board of Aldermen will meet on Dec. 2 at 7 : 30
p.m. in tlie Town Hall. Mayor-elect Owen Tilson and the
town's aldermen will take office at the start of Monday's
meeting.
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Marshall Board Meets Dec. 9
The Marshall Board of Aldermen will meet on Dec. 9 at 7:30
p.m. in the Town Hall. At that time, Anita Ward will be sworn
in as Marshall's mayor. John Dodson, Ed Niles and Faye Reid
will be installed as member of the town's board.
County Commissioners Meet
The Madison County Board of Commissioners will meet on
Dec. 2 at 1 p.m. in the Madison County Court House.
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THE NEWS RECORD
SERVING T HE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY SINCE 1 907
Vol. 85 No. 48 Thursday, November 28, 1985 25c
Burley Tobacco
Markets Open
Prices Average $1.59 On Opening Day
The burley tobacco market season opened Monday with
sales in Asheville, West Jefferson and Greeneville, Tenn.
Prices averaged almost $1.60 per pound across the burley belt
on the first day of the selling season. Opening day prices in
1984 were $1.83 per pound across the burley belt.
Monday's opening day sales were originally scehduled for
Nov. 18, but were later postponed because of uncertainty con
erning the federal price support. The passage of a new tobacco
program on Nov. 15 led officials to open the auction markets
this week instead of on Dec. 2 as earlier was planned.
The farm bill passed by the Congress reduced the burley
support price by 30 cents while lowereing the No-Net Cost
grower assessment from the planned 30 cents to four cents.
Openig day prices varied very little between the markets in
Asheville, West Jefferson and Greeneville. Jimmy Ramsey of
the Farmers Warehouse in Asheville reported sales "averag
ing about $1.60" in incomplete returns. Ramsey reported that
none of the tobacco sold during Monday morning's sale went to
stabilization.
AUCTIONEER AND BUYERS INSPECT LEAF during the opening day of
sales on the burley tobacco market.
Day's Tobacco Warehouse in Asheville reported sales totall
ing 3^,519 pounds at an average price of $1.5905.
The Dixie Big Biiriey warehouse in Asheville reported an
average sale price of $1.5909 on sales of 428,139 pounds. West
Jefferson markets reported total sales of 446,128 pounds at an
average price of $1.5558.
Over in Greeneville, the Planters Warehouse reported sales
of 163,520 pounds at an average price of $1.6040.
Sales were to continue through Wednesday before closing
for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Markets will reopen on
Monday of next week.
Most of the farmers interviewed Monday expressed
satisfaction with the opening day prices. Roy Ammons, presi
dent of the WNC Tobacco Growers Association expressed
disappointment with the opening day results, but said he ex
pected prices to climb in the coming weeks.
Madison County is North Carolina's largest producer of
burley tobacco.
S DWAY NE CLARK broke free for a 23-yard run that set up a
touchdown during SAC-8 action in Burlington on Saturday. Fightin' Christiaas
shutout Mars Hill to end the LiDns' playoff hopes. -Story on Page H.
Mars Hill College
Receives $520,000 G^gnt
Mars Hill College has received a]
grant of $520,000, the largest sinlgle
foundation gift ever received by the
college, from the Mabel Pew Myrin
Trust of Philadelphia, officials an
nounced this week
The grant will provide $370,000 for
the renovation of laboratories and the
purchase of equipment and fur
nishings in the natural sciences area.
$100,000 for acquisitions by the col
lege library, and $50,000 for faculty
development programs.
The Pew Memorial Trust was
established in 1948 in memory of
Joseph N. Pew. founder of Sun Oil
Company, and his wife by their four
children. The trust provides financial
support for "purely religious,
charitable, scientific, literary and
educat I purposes. ? ? all in the pro
motion of the public welfare." It
awarded $11 .5 million to agencies la
| Philadelphia during its first 10 years
Of existence while today the trust has
five school years, and the faculty s
development program will be confin
ed to 1966 and 1987
"We are extremely grateful for this
gift." said Dr. Fred Bently, president
of the college. "It will provide much
needed resources in the natural
sciences and in our library, and it will
enable us to begin an important pro
gram of faculty renewal and develop
ment two years ahead of schedule It
would be difficult to overstate what
this award can mean to the continued
development of Mars Hill. We have
long been committed to the pursuit of
excellence in higher education and
this gift will enable us to make signifi
cant new advances toward that
goal."
Renovations to the lab. located on
the first floor of the Wall Science
Building, will begin during the
.
egment of the renovation is expected
o cost <150,000 and should be com
peted by the opening of the 1906-07
ichool year
Similar improvements will be
nade to other labs in the Wall
wilding. where classes such as
microbiology. histology, develop
ment and cellular biology, genetics,
ind animal physiology are taught to
jpper level biology and allied health
majors.
Renovations are also planned for
lecture and discussion classrooms for
>11 natural science areas, plus the
upgrading will involve the prochase
if equipment such as physiograph
ind electrophresis machines, an m
cuba tor, table centrifuge, spec
walk-in growth
and other facilities for use by
students doing (ield studies on the
1000-plus acre tract.
The library will be provided $20,800
per year for five years to strengthen
its core am) base collections The J
funds come at a particularly for
tunate time for the library, which
currently expends about three- \
fourths of its budget for the acquisi
tion of serials, such as periodicals. & 0
The faculty development compo ,
neat of the Pew gnurtia related to the