This feature mines our archives for what was going on this week in local history.
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Thirty-seven years ago this week, Richard Zobel, an employee of the Post Office in Marion, stacked boxes of outgoing mail – much of it last-minute tax returns – onto a cart at the Main Street. Taxpayers had until midnight on April 15 to get their returns in the mail and avoid a late penalty and many were expected to procrastinate to the very end.
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Thirty-seven years ago this week, Foothills Community Theatre presented “Snoopy!!,” the stage adaptation of Charles M. Shultz’s “Peanuts” comic strip. The play was scheduled to be presented in the auditorium of East McDowell Junior High. In this photo, the cast members are (from left) Mark Eckenrod as Woodstock, Jenai Bounds as Sally, Todd Buckner as Linus, Charlie Leatherman as Charlie Brown, Pat Gallelli as Lucy and Bernita Prestwood as Peppermint Patty.
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Thirty-seven years ago this week, Foothills Community Theatre presented “Snoopy!!,” the stage adaptation of Charles M. Shultz’s “Peanuts” comic strip. In this photo, Bernita Prestwood as Peppermint Patty and Charlie Leatherwood as Charlie Brown hold a serious conversation about love and marriage under a tree.
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Thirty-seven years ago this week, Titan golfer John Johnson looked for the results following his chip shot at the 10th green at the Marion Lake Club. McDowell posted a 290-318 victory over South Caldwell. Scooter McFarley fired a 68 to claim medalist honors.
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Thirty-seven years ago this week, the East Marion Pentecostal Holiness Church tabernacle, having stood on a site off Baldwin Avenue for almost 70 years, was scheduled to be torn down or burned the following week after serving as the meeting place for the Western North Carolina Conference for most of those years. The old wooden building was beyond repair and church officials were deciding if it should be taken down piece by piece or if it would be used for controlled burning for firefighter training. Today, the Tabernacle Community Garden in East Marion is located on the site where the old gathering place for prayer meetings and revival services once stood.
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During the week of April 9, 1986, a few early lunch customers were startled but unharmed when a 150-pound deer crashed through this window at the Wendy’s restaurant on U.S. 70 West. The large buck, apparently just as surprised as the diners, reportedly jumped back out through the shattered glass and beat a hasty retreat into the nearby woods.
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During the week of April 9, 1986, McDowell High graduate Charlie Gowan (77) lettered as a Gamecock freshman offensive tackle for the University of South Carolina but he hoped to start the 1986 season at guard in South Carolina’s new “Run and Shoot” offense. Gowan was the son of John and Mary Gowan of Triple C Campground in McDowell County.
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During the week of April 9, 1986, The Silver Dollar Club presented “Top 40 country and rock plus variety” at the former House Theater on East Court Street.
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During the week of April 9, 1986, the University of Maryland’s All-American Len Bias was scheduled to “throw a few down” at McDowell High School. The ACC Seniors were scheduled to play the McDowell County All-Stars in a barnstorm basketball game. Tickets were $6.
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During the week of April 9, 1986, Titan tennis player Ted McEntire smashed a serve at an opponent. The McDowell tennis team won one match that week to run their overall record to 5-4 that spring.
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During the week of April 9, 1986, Kate Langley (left) and Karen Burgin show Old Fort Elementary Librarian Betty Marston pictures they and their classmates have drawn about their favorite stories. Area young people would get an even earlier exposure to stories as the local school system launched its new story hour program for preschoolers.
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During the week of April 9, 1986, the Rockett Building in Old Fort was under consideration as a site to house a new EMS unit. According to EMS Director Bill Gray, the building would be in an ideal location and would need little renovation. Gray said response times for calls to Old Fort and the surrounding area would be cut from 12 minutes to around two to three minutes if the unit was placed in the town.
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During the week of April 9, 1986, the McDowell Twin Cinemas had movies for children and grownups alike.
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