Ramsey To Receive Honorary Degree From Mars Hill
House Speaker Liston B. Ramsey
will be presented an honorary degree
and Dr. Leon E. Smith, president of
ths N.C. Baptist State Convention,
will speak during commencement ac
tivities celebrating Mars Hill
College's 132nd year Sunday, May S.
Ramsey, D-Madison, will receive
the doctor of laws degree, only the
ninth such degree Mars Hill award
An alumnus of the school, Ramsey is
the only person in Tar Heel history to
serve more than two terms as
Speaker of the House. A native ofj
Marshall, he has served 13 terms in
the legislature, longer than any of the
other 1)9 members.
Smith, the moderate presidential
candidate of the 1.2 million-member
Baptist convention who was elected
by a suprisingly large margin last
November, will speak during bac
calaureate service.
Activities begin Friday afternoon,
May 6, with a senior art exhibition in
the Fine Arts Building. They continue
on Saturday, May 7, with the semi
annual business meeting of the
boards of trustee* and ad vision. The
240 seniors and their parents will be
honored that evening at a banquet
which will be followed by a pops con
cert.
On Saturday morning, the seniors
and their guests will gather for the
traditional 11 a.m. service in Moore
Aduitorium to hear Smith, who is also
the pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Golds boro, where he has served for
nearly 30 years. His election by the
Baptist Convention, by a two-thirds
majority, was interpreted as an in
dication of the relative strengths of
the moderates and conservatives in
the state.
A native of Williams ton, S.C., he at
tended Anderson College before com
pleting his undergraduate degree at
Furman University. He also earned
three degrees, including doctor of
ministry, from Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary
Before being elected as president of
the convention, Smith held several of
fices at the local, regional and state
levels. He was awarded Anderson
College's first alumni achievement
award in 1974, and in MO he was
presented the Brotherhood Award for
"service to humanity through
raHfion."
Ramsey will receive his degree
during graduation ceremonies which
begin at 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon,
also in Moore. A veteran of World
War II, Ramsey returned home to run
a family business in Marshall. He
was first elected to the legislature in
1960, and with the exception of the 1965
session, has served continously since
than. He w honored by the callage
in 197* as the "Alumnus of the Year"
and waa recently named one of the
moat efficient legislator*
Spring Cleaning
Residents of the Upper Laurel community turned out last
week for annual spring cleaning of the roadsides. A total of 90
people cleaned nine roads, collecting 300 bags of trash. A large
trailer for larger items was placed at the dumpsite and was
completely filled. Some of those Upper Laurel residents will
be back out again cleaning this weekend for Clean Streams
Day 1988.
Hiking, Camping, Rafting Trip
Planned Through Madison County
The French Broad River Founda
tion, Inc., in cooperation with a Hot
Springs whitewater rafting company,
will sponsor the Second Annual
Madison County Hike/Camp/Raft
weekend on May 7-8.
The hike will leave out of Hot Spr
ings Saturday morning, following
Lover's Leap Ridge Trail with
panoramic views of the French Broad
and Big Laurel rivers.
The group will then hike up the
Laurel through an area which is soon
to be registered with the N.C. Natural
Heritage Program. This dazzling
natural garden contains more than
250 different species of vascular
plants, one of the most impressive
floral spectacles in all of North
Carolina.
The moderate, roughly 7-mile hike
will end in late afternoon, after which
individuals may either return to Hot
Springs for dinner and lodgings or
camp at the new Silver Mine Creek
Group Campsite.
On Sunday, campers may again
choose between cooking individually
and eating in town. After breakfast,
the group will meet at Carolina
Wilderness on U.S. 25-70 at 10 a.m. to
check in for a whitewater raft trip on
Section 9 of the French Broad, from
Barnard to Hot Springs (minimum
age 8 years, no experience
necessary ) . Sfhe trip will end around 5
p.m. Sunday, back at Carolina
Wilderness.
The public is invited to join Founda
tion members for all or part of the
weekend event. Reservations for the
raft trip can be made by calling
Carolina Wilderness at 1-800-872-7437.
The cost of the raft trip will be 125, in
cluding a hot lunch and shuttle ser
vices.
The remainder of the weekend will
be free, apart from whatever each
person spends on food. Those wishing
to camp will need to bring equipment,
though some sharing may be possi
ble.
For more information, call the
French .Broad River Foundation at
(704 ) 252-1097.
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Marshall Elementary Students Win
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Marshall Elementary School
students have been recently racking
up awards in connection with Na
tional History Day competition.
Entries by students at Marshall
Elementary received ratings of
"superior" at district level competi
tion March 18 at Western Carolina
University.
A group performance of "The Nan
cy Franklin Story: A Mountain
Paradox" by Brenda Crowe, Deann
Frisby and Micah Thorn ason won a
first-place award.
That performance also took first
place honors in competition at the
state level Saturday at Wake Forest
University. The Marshall Elemen
tary girls go on to represent North
Carolina at the national level in the
Junior Performance Division of the
National History Day competition at
the University of Maryland on June
12-16.
An historical paper - "Stack house:
A Forgotten Community" - by
Jeaninne Aumiller took a second
place award in district competition.
Her entry finished in third place at
Marshall Elementary School students Brenda Crowe, Deann
Frlsby and Micah Thomason won first-place in district and
state levels of National History Day competition.
the state competition at Wake Forest.
A group project, "A Carolina
Enigma: Moonshine," by Melissa
Metcalf and April Worley received a
superior rating at the district level at
Western Carolina University.
Postage Rate Increase Is First Since 1 985
Although to many people it may
seem like only yesterday that the cost
of buying a first-class stamp jumped
to 22 cents, the April 3 postal rate in
crease to 25 cents was the first since
Feb. 17, 1985.
To the average household, the first
class rate adjustment will mean less
than 20 cents per week and less than
$10 a year in added expenditures.
The Postal Service is financed by
those who use it - not by the tax
payers. In 1944, when first-class
postage was 3 cents, the average pro
duction worker earned $1.01 per hour
and could purchase 33 first-class
stamps for an hour's wage. Today,
the average American production
worker earns $9.12 an hour and can
purchase 36 .stamps for an hour's
wage.
Prior to reorganization, the Post
Office Department since 1920 had
been in the black only during the war
years of 1943-45. The USPS today is
managed to operate in a businesslike
manner and to avoid the losses that
plagued its predecessor, postal of
ficials say.
In the past 10 years, there has been
net income in five of those years, and
the Postal Service has been approx
imately $560 million in the black for
the period, close to he requirement of
"breaking even" over time, postal of
ficials say.
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