1978

By Mike Walker Thanksgiving, one of the most celebrated holidays in America, dates back to 1621. In that year, William Bradford, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in what is now Plymouth, Mass., declared a three day festival of feasting and prayer in thanks for the bountiful harvest of the season. The early settlers had…

By Alan Gauldin I guess maybe I’m just a child at heart, like everybody else, because we are now approaching my favorite time of the year, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I don’t get up to watch the parade anymore, and I no longer believe in Santa Clause, but this time of the year is more special…

The local People Helping People organization will have a Thanksgiving Disco Dance at the Arkansas National Guard Armory beginning at 9 p.m. on Nov. 25. According to Duane Nelson, PHP public relations and and disc jockey for the dance, “The dance will be a BYOB, and everybody knows what that is. Set ups for drinks…

Three different plans have been submitted to the TCC Building Committee by the architect firm of Myrick, Newman, and Dahlberg concerning the landscaping of the TCC campus. According to Dr. Nelson, the firms surveyed selected people to ascertain what they thought the needs, goals and objectives of the campus were. The Board of Trustees will…

…Music Dept. The TCC music department will present a concert in the TCC auditorium tonight at 7:30 p.m. “The Concert,” said music instructor Sandy Simmons, “will be very colorful. The band will be hot and going strong.” Admission to the concert is 50 cents for TCC and ETSU-T students with college I.D.’s, 50 cents for…

Dr. Bruce Hilton, Director of the National Center for Bioethics and author of “Ethical Issues in Human Genetics,” spoke Tuesday, Nov. 14 on the growing control over birth, life and death. “Many dilemmas have arisen due to the development and advancement of modern medicine.” According to Dr. Hilton, society has not kept up with the…