MarahaU Board To Meet
The Marshall Board of Aldermen will meet at 7 p.m. Mon
day in Marshall Town Hall.
Madison Graduation Is FruUiy
Madison High School will hold graduation exercises at 7
p.m. Friday at O.E. Roberts Stadium at the high school. In
case of rain, the ceremonies will be held in the gymnasium.
Calendar Deadline Announced
The deadline for items for The News Record's "Community
Calendar" and "Church News" is noon Tuesday prior to
publication. Items received after noon cannot be accepted.
Red Cross Plans Fun Fair
The American Red Cross will hold a Fun Fair '88 from 9: 304
p.m. June 18, featuring an auction at 10 a.m. and a daylong
flea market, at Red Cross Headquarters, 100 Edgewood Road,
Asheville.
Job Training Offered
The Opportunity Corporation of Madison-Buncombe Coun
ties will hold a five-day job training session Monday through
June 17 at Marshall Elementary School.
Conservation Board To Meet
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The Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District
Board will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday
in the district office at 116 N. Main St., Marshall.
Wool Pool Sets Collection Date
The N.C. State Wool Pool will collect wool from Western
North Carolina on Wednesday from 8-11:30 a.m. at Days
Tobacco Warehouse in Asheville. The pool has sold for the
price of $94.78 per 100 pounds of wool. For more information,
contact the Madison County Agricultural Extension Service in
Marshall at 849-2411.
A-B Tech To Honor GED Recipients
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College wil
honor GED recipients in a ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the
Oak Gymansium of the college campus. All adults who have
earned their high school equivalency certificates since
January will be recognized.
Spring Creek VFD Plans Bingo
Spring Creek Volunteer Fire Department's Ladies Auxiliary
will sponsor benefit bingo games at 7 p.m. Saturday at the fire
station.
Environmental Alliance To Meet
The Madison Environmental Alliance will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday in the Marshall Senior Citizens Center to continue
work on recycling.
Council On Aging Plans Meeting
The Madison County Council on Aging will meet at 1 p.m.
Monday in the Marshall Senior Citizens Center.
Upper Laurel Community Meeting Set
A community development meeting will be held at Upper
Laurel Community Center at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with a special
program on the Community Watch program. Emory Metcalf
will show slides.
School Bus Driver Training Set
School bus driver training classes for any age 18 or older will
be held at Madison High School Tuesday and Wednesday. For
information, call 689-2876 or 689-3694. -
Neighbors In Need Board Members Elected
Neighbors In Need held its annual
meeting on May 17 and elected new
members of the Board of Director*
for 1988-1969
They are: Marian Plaut, president;
Jean Taylor, treasurer; Mattee
Mash bum, secretary; and, Nancy
Uppard, Jerry Jarrell, Gar net te
Sprinkle, Sandy Marier, Stephen
Crain, Tom Friddie, Maria Halula,
Roberts and Hattie McElroy, board
members.
The annual financial report shows
that 114,737.55 was received in cash
contributions and 98.9 percent of all
donations went directly to persons in
need, according to a Neighbors in
Need spokesman. Donations of food
and paper items were made to the
food closet by churches, schools and
college organizations and in
dividuals, organization members
?ay
New programs this year included
expansion of the food closet, a Jail
ministry and an adovacy program for
the elderly. Inmates of the Madison
County Jail now have available
through Neighbors in Need a small
packet of toilet articles and a New
Testament.
Ed Ehler will be heading the ad
vocacy program for the elderly. A
major part of this program will be
directed toward rehabilitation pro
jects for the elderly disabled in the
county. This will include the building
of wheelchair ramps and stair rails
and the repairing of porches. All
labor will be volunteer. The board
directed that >4,000 from the Phoenix
Fund be diverted to this project.
The board also gave a grant of
$1,000 to help in the establishment of a
Habitat for Humanity project in
Madison County. These monies also
will come from the Phoenix Fund,
which was mUUMmI to alleviate
poverty on a long-term basis in
Madison County .
Rice Honored
Rose Rice (center), expanded food and nutrition education
program (EFNEP) aide in Madison County for 10 years,
received a tenure award at an awards banquet held May 31
during the N.C. Agricultural Extension Services's EFNEP
Conference in Raleigh. She was congratulated by Dr. Chester
Black, state extension service director, and Dr. Mary Whit
more, state EFNEP coordinator. EFNEP teaches nutritional
and food preparation information to low-income families.
Rich To Participate In Seminar
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Representatives from more than
half the public and private high
schools in the United States will at
tend Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation
Obituaries
Gracie Payne
Gracie Mooneyham Payne, 88, of
Route 2 Clyde, the Fines Creek com
munity, died Monday in a Haywood
County nursing home.
A Cocke County, Tenn., native, she
had lived in Madison County before
moving to Haywood County in 1942.
She was the wife of William "Billy"
Payne, who died in 1981 and was a
member of Fines Creek Memorial
Baptist Church.
Surviving are three daughters, An
nie Presnell of Waynesville, Thelma
Rhinehart of Detroit, Mich., and
Beulah Sutton of Candler; four sons,
Roy Payne of Waynesville, Dale and
Furman Payne of Greenville, S.C.,
and Clayton Payne of Canton; a
sister, Maggie Bulington of Hot Spr
ings; two brothers. Rube and George
Mooneyham of Hot Springs ; 28 grand
children; 40 great-grandchildren;
and, seven great-great
grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday in the
Waynesville chapel of Wells Funeral
Home. The Rev. Harry Wing of
ficiated. Burial was in Forest Lawn
Memorial Park, Enka.
' (HOBY) Leadership Seminars over
the next three months.
Michelle Rich, 16, from Mars Hill
has been invited to attend the
seminar. She is the daughter of
Carolyn and Danny Rich, and attends
Madison High School.
The students will study America's
incentive system and will learn about
their own leadership potential.
HOBY programs are designed to
teach the students about life, its op- .
portunities and how to make the most
of them.
Each state seminar will, in turn,
select one young man and woman to
attend HOBY's all-expense-paid In
ternational Leadership Seminar.
Students from more than 20 other
countries will also be invited to at
tend.
The purpose of the Hugh O' Brian
Youth Foundation is to seek out,
recognize and reward the leaders of ]
tomarrow by conducting annual
leadership seminars at the state and
international level. More than 2,000
HOB'if volunteers will devote over a
million-and-a-half hours annually in
support of the Foundation and its pro
grams.
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