Oct. 16, 1986
* Joe Crisp was arrested after being involved in a shootout with law-enforcement officers. The 21-year-old East Buffalo man was charged with four counts of assault with a deadly weapon; two counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied house; and one count of injury to personal property. Graham County Sheriff A.J. Peterson said deputies were dispatched to a home in the East Buffalo community, concerning a domestic dispute. Holes were visible in a car parked outside and a victim came outside with blood on her face. Shots then rang out from the woods and after an intense manhunt, it was discovered Crisp had returned to the home. Peterson found Crisp eating a sandwich in the trailer around 11 p.m., and immediately arrested the suspect. The victim was treated and released from Mountain Park Medical Center in Andrews.
* The Atoah landfill was robbed. Graham County Manager Roy Brooms told The Star that a pair of starters and a generator were stripped off a D-6 Caterpillar, with the loss estimated to be $2,500. "Evidently the person or persons knew what they were going to take, because they needed special tools to do the job," Brooms said. An investigation was underway.
Oct. 16, 1980
* The 1980 Homecoming Court adorned the front page. Representatives were Melissa Adams, Vickie Adams, Susie Collins, Eve Davis, Sabrina Davis, Jennifer Garden, Janice Hill, Lisa Jones, Benita Lloyd, Tonia Reighard and Latresa Webster. Mascots were Stuart Davis, Tressie Harwood, Cindy Jenkins, Shelley Laughtery, Chris Rogers and Lon Snider. Update: Today, Webster is the contributing writer for The Graham Star.
* The Town of Robbinsville received $11,600.92 in funding from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Provided by the Powell Bill – and distributed to 458 municipalities across the state – the funding was set aside for street construction and maintenance. A total of $32.6 million was given by the state.
Oct. 16, 1970
* The Robbinsville Rainbow Girls received a charter at the local Masonic Temple by Greensboro's Supreme Instructor Eturilla Taylor. With a presence in Graham County for over a year at that point, the Rainbow Girls was a service organization that instructed young ladies "higher standards" for life. Pictured were Robbinsville Rainbow Girls Officers Renita Deyton, Julie Pullium, Sandra Phillips, Patricia Orr, Pricilla Lloyd, Susie Lewis, Jeanne Collins, Regina Dayton, Martha Collins, Linda Waldroup, Pam Humes, Vicki Walsh, Kathy Smith, Sarah Rogers, Libby Ford, Debbie Davis, Glenda Perkins, Vicki Long, Debbie Cable and Mrs. Opal Long.
* The Robbinsville High School Class of 1948 presented a photo of Herbert F. Carpenter to the institution. Carpenter was a 37-year teacher; a member of Sweetwater Baptist Church and the Robbinsville Lions Club; and a freemason. Class of 1948 President Douglas Millsaps presented the photo to Robbinsville High Principal Burlin Aldridge and Graham County Schools Superintendent Modeal Walsh.
-Compiled by publisher/editor Kevin Hensley.