Volume TJjNumber 52,'
Marshall. N.C.
15 CENTS PER COPY
January 23, 1975
New Fire Alarm
Reporting System
Is Installed Here
Friday, Jan. 17, the Mar
shall Volunteer Fire Depart
ment acquired a new fire
alarm reporting system which
will Increase efficiency, in
dicate immediately what
manpower is needed, and
dispatch men to needed areas.
Called the Kellogg Fire
Alarm Reporting System, the
Marshall Department is the
second in the county to have
the system installed, Mars
Hill being the first. It operates
on the same telephone
number, 649-3333, as before.
When 6494333 is dialed, the
caller is placed in immediate
contact with 12 firemen's
homes. The call is carried on
the fireman's own personal
telephone without the need for
an additional phone. A fire call
can be distinguished from a
regular, personal call by the
continuous ring of the phone's
bell rather than the usual
intermittent ring. Should a
fireman not be at home when a
fire call is received, his phone
Unused 1973 Burley
Q
uotas To Be Lost
Several questions have been
asked recently about the
farmers who will lose pounds
in 1975 because of un
der marketings. It seems that
Madison County has only 56
farms who will lose pounds.
The majority of these farms
are involved in an estate
where several heirs, some out
of state, would be required to
sign the lease or farms that
have out of state operators or
owners.
The ASCS office has notified
each of these farm operators
about the number of pounds
their farm will lose in 1975
unless a lease and transfer
agreement is properly signed
by February 15.
The reason these farms are
losing quota ia because there
were pounds carried forward
Flu Epidemic Reported
In Many States
The southeastern United
States is experiencing an
influenza epidemic, with
deaths exceeding the
epidemic threshold for. the
first time this winter, the
National Center for Disease
Control reported Friday.
Outbreaks of the Type A
Port - Chalmers influenza
strain arc now spreading to
the Midwest and New England
states, the CDCs Morbidity
Land Utilization
Survey Noiv Underway
f All landowner! el ten or
mart : acres are urged to.
cooperate with their county
officials by t accurately
reporting their 1974 crops and
livestock in the 1975 Land
Utilization Survey; to be
conducted in January.
Landowners will make their
reports directly to the
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will ring until the last person
on this circuit hangs up.
Should an alarm be called
while the fireman's phone is in
use, a tone will be heard by the
person using the phone in
dicating he should hang up.
His phone can then receive the
fire call. This does not delay
the call to other firemen.
Members of the fire
department ask that the
Jurors Drawn For
Special Term
A list of jurors has been
drawn for the Special
February 3 term of superior
court for the trial of civil
cases. The Hon. Robert W.
Kirby will be the presiding
judge.
from the 1973 crop year and
not grown In 1974. These 1973
pounds can not be carried on
to 1975 therefore will be lost
unless leased by February 15.
The Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Service is very
interested in helping these
farmers not lose these pounds.
The approximately 28,000
pounds involved on these 56
farms could mean income to
the farm operators as well as
to the farms who lease these
pounds.
If anyone is interested in
contacting these persons to
execute a lease, please con
tact the ASCS Office and
review our list.
REMEMBER, February 15,
is the deadline for leasing
these 1973 pounds.
and Mortality Weekly Report
showed.
Dr. Lawrence Corey, head
of the center's influenza
surveillance section, said the
current influenza vaccine is
effective against the Type A
Port Chalmers flu, which is
the predominant strain now
occurring in the nation.
The CDC keeps no national
totals on the number of per
sons who die from pneumonia
purposes. ' J.'
it "It. is impossible to
overemphasize the im
portance of accuracy In the
idividual reports. The In-
formation is a yearly history
of the activities, crops,
livestock, etc., of the in
dividual tracts. This in
formation is invaluable in
r-3-y ways to the individual
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REPORT A FIRE! If there is
need to talk to someone at the
fire department on a non
emergency bais, 649-2660 will
connect the caller to the non
emergency phone at the fire
department. Personal call,
etc, made to 649-3333 will
disturb up to 12 families and
may cause needless hardship.
The list of jurors follows:
Roy Shatley, J. J. Jones,
Abner Wilde, Faye Revis
Norton, Lou Reese, William
Phillips, Sonny Franklin,
Frank Peterson, Lillian Mae
Beck, Betty Jean Broughton,
Gorden Allen Ball, Pearl
Gosnell, Cleo English, Alice
Reece, Tommy Rathbone,
Clenaid Snyder, Van
Jamerson, Carl Everett Laws,
Wayne Willis, James Wade
Thomas, Joseph F Garrison,
Muncie Cantrell Wallin, Lida
E. Ball, Bruce Bradley, Buddy
Blackwell, Elzie Scoggins,
Mrs. M. A. Revis, Mrs. Mallie
Clark, Roger Murray, Melva
A. Sexton, Mack Norton, Jean
Roberts Allison, Troy R.
Collins, Nova Shook, Tarsbel
John Peek, Larry Peek, David
Marlor, Porter Graham,
David Jack Honeycutt, Grace
P. Goforth, Charlie Gowan,
Arnold Brown, Carl Norton,
Maggie Jane Massey, Nancy
A. Clark, Clarence Henderson,
Mrs. Roten Ebbs, James
Edmonds, Jr., Zelda Ballard,
Blake Ray, Jr., Patterson
Wilds, Howard Allen Teague,
Wanda Shepherd, Myrtle A.
Rice, Brant Johnson, Bemice
L. Wright, Leo Caney Willett,
Patricia Ann Norton, Sadie
Christe, Louise Smith, Gordon
Moore, Claude Dale Keener,
Daniel K. Sobush, Tom
Caldwell, Gayle Isensee.
and influenza, but it bases its
reports on a "statistical
sampling on a regional level."
Deaths are reported weekly
to the CDC from the vital
statistics offices of 121 U. S.
cities which contain ap
proximately 70 million per
sons grouped in various
regional areas.
The CDC estimated that $
persons would die throrhout
the nation from penumonia
and influenza during the
second week in January of this
year, t
"When at least 50 or more
deaths than normally ex
pected are reported this In- ,
dioates a substantial increase
which we define as the '
-epidemic threshold,"' Corny
'said. ,?;, .
i The center: determines the
'areas where an epidemic la
under; ? way r by using
'mathematical formulas ft has
developed to assess conditions
in various regions. .
The CDCs report said the
'flu epidemic ia occurring in
Georgia, Florida, North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Kentucky, Tennessee,
Alabama and Mississippi.
The report also indoles
West irginia, Virginia.
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REMEMBER WHEN? The above pictured) were
showing Marshall's Main Street with snow banked on
of the deepest snows ever recorded in the county.
French Broad Co-Op
To Hike Power Rates
French Broad Electric
Membership Corp. will in
crease rates for electricity,
effective on bills of Feb. 1.
The power cooperative
receives wholesale power
from Carolina Power and
Light Co. at substantially
higher rates under a contract
which took effect at the
beginning of the year.
As was announced last July,
CP&L initiated a 64 per cent
rate hike for its electric
cooperative customers, to be
placed into effect with the Jan.
1 expiration of the contract
Due to the tremendous
impact of this wholesale rate
increase, French Broad
Electric Membership Corp. is
forced to raise its rates ap
proximately 39 per cent with
the cooperative absorbing a
considerable portion of this
increase so as to relieve
financial hardship upon its
consumers as much as
possible, according to a
company spokesman.
Under the new contract,
CP&L will also place into
effect a fuel adjustment
Stocking
North Carolina's new deer
restoration program got
underway Friday, Jan. 17 with
the first release of dear on
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clause on purchased power.
This has been sanctioned by
the Federal Power Com
mission as a flow through
charge for the increase in cost
of fuels used in the production
of electricity.
The fuel adjustment is
based upon a calculation of
what amount of electricity can
be generated from an amount
of coal or diesel fuel. Because
these two commodities have
risen tremendously in cost and
the price has not stabilized,
this factor will vary from
Madison
The Madison County
Bicentennial Committee is
pleased to announce that
Madison County is the first
western North Carolina
county to be recognized as a
Bicentennial Community.
In honor of this ac
complishment, a recognition
Of Deer On Bluff Mountain
Blufff Mountain in Madison
County. This is the first deer
release in western North
Carolina sine 1967 when 29
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both sides. This was one
month to month, the
spokesman said.
This charge being passed on
to French Broad Electric
Membership Corp. as a flow
through adjustment leaves the
cooperative with no other
choice but to pass the fuel
clause adjustment in addition
to the rate adjustment to its
consumers.
This hike is the first major
rate adjustment to be placed
upon the consumers of French
Broad Electric Membership
Corp. since 1966.
County Is
program will be presented at
the Madison High School at
1 30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
The Rev. Spencer LeGrand,
pastor of the Marshall Baptist
Church, will give the in
vocation. Bob Edwards,
superintendent of public
schools, will intorduce the
speaker, Tom Mallonee. Dr.
wild trapped deer were placed
on the Toxaway Area. This
first delivery of deer to Bluff
Mountain was mad by Game
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Opposition Aired To
Phone Rate Hike
Customers from several
areas voiced opposition to
Western Carolina Telephone
Company's proposed rate
hikes in a State Utilities
Commission hearing held
Thursday in Buncombe
County Courthouse.
Dr. Joseph Godwin of Mars
Hill asked that approval of the
hike be withheld until a
petition asking that his town
Edmisten Vows Action
On Crime Rate
North Carolina Attorney
General Rufus Edmisten
promised action on consumer
protection and rising utility
and crime rates in the state in
Asheville last Thursday in a
round of activities.
Among his activities, the
youthful Attorney General
was the featured speaker at
the annual membership
luncheon meeting of the
Better Business Bureau of
Asheville and Western North
Carolina held at the Holiday
Inn West.
Edmisten vowed to back up
the BBB in its consumer
protection endeavors with
"the full force of the attorney
general's office."
And Edmisten told a press
conference prior to the BBB
meeting that he felt speedy
trials and stern punishment
were the best deterrents to a
spiralling crime rate.
"I'm not so sure these in
terim (utility) rate increases
are legal," the attorney
general said, adding that he
has said as much in court suits
recently filed. He said he has
also questioned whether the
State Utilities Commission
actually had the authority
under trie law to grant the
interim rate increases.
"I think the power com
panies must realize that they
must tighten their he Its just
A First
Wheeler, a representative of
the North Carolina Bicen
tennial Committee, will
present the Bicentennial Flag.
Music will be presented by
James Thomas, a member of
the music faculty of Mars Hill
College.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Mangement Technicians from
Burnsivlle, Crossnore and
Marion. These technicians
had trapped the deer from
game lands in Avery, Burke,
Caldwell, McDowell, Madison,
Mitchell and Yancey counties.
The Bluff Mountain section '
has some excellent deer range
according to Game
Management Supervisor
Charles E. Hill of Morganton
, who is planning and super- ,
wing the restocking effort
Additional releases win be
made wthia tbc next few 1
weeks with a goal of ap!
proximately M animals to be
restocked mis area. v " ' '
- Farmers and nunters art
urged to assist with protecting
these newly-restocked dear.
They may help by preventing
stray dogs er hunting dogs
from chasing the deer, by
promptly catching their
j sfur hnnUrg coons,
r...,.ls or fuzes and by
rerortirg any attempts to hunt
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be tied into the Asheville
exchange.
He called present service
"substandard." He voiced
further opposition to long
distance rates for calls outside
"an immediate en
vironment." A resolution passed by the
McDowell County Board of
Commissioners opposing the
rate hike was presented by its
clerk, Mrs. Judy Wright.
like anyone else," Edmiston
said.
Edmisten praised the fine
efforts of the BBB for its
accomplishments during the
past year and especially
praised Dan Packard,
president of the BBB, for
heading the active work of the
Ski Day At Wolf
Laurel A Success
By BILL ALVERSON
Sunday past, Jan. 19, proved
to be both exciting and fun
filled for approximately 200
Madison County residents who
made their way to Big Bald
Mtn. to take part in "Madison
County Day at Wolf Laurel."
Some came to ski and some
just came to watch, but all in
all everyone had a good time.
The weather was a pleasant 41
degrees and only a couple of
times did the skiiers get
sprinkled by rain. No ac
cidents were reported, but
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LIBRARY WINDOWS this month are displaylr
ew and eld quilts. Ia the window next to the Port
Office are the aew quilts: a Dretdaa Plate, Butterfly
and Pansy quilts done by Mrs. Ada B. Payne. Tie
Cathedral Window was done by Airs. Oria Ponder,
the Variety quilt wai made by Mrs. Dovie Boone ar 1
a Paff qoflt by Mrs. Minerva Meicalf. Ia the e!V
.wmdow are two old quilts made ia the Crazy q-:" :
pattern of silk about Se years ago by Mrs. Van Da' .
Two Flower Garden patterns, a Dutch Rose, a ft
and a Crazy quilt are displayed which were made! ,
Mrs. LilUe Martin after she was 79 years oil.
Western Carolina and a
sister firm, Westco, hiked
rates about 20 percent in
December under a state law
regulating temporary rate
increases under bond.
Should the commission
reject the telephone com
panies' rate increases, in
creases collected since
December will be returned to
the customer with interest.
Bureau.
"In my opinion, the
Asheville and WNC BBB is the
best in the state and perhaps
the best in the nation," Ed
misten said.
At the directors' meeting
following the luncheon, 10 new
directors were elected and
various officials and workers
in the BBB were recognized
and honored.
Jim Story, a member of the
board of directors
representing Madison County,
and Dean Shields, of WMMH,
attended the meeting.
BBB ACTIVE IN
COUNTY
The Better Business Bureau
handled 73 inquiries , about
companies andy processed- 81 ,s
ronsurrto complaints from
residents of Madison County
during 1974, records reveal
from talking to some of the
participants, sore muscles
were expected.
Many thanks are in order to
the staff at Wolf LaureL the
News - Record, Marshall
Radio WMMH, and the
Student Council of Madison
County High School for their
efforts in helping promote a
successful "Madison County
Day at Wolf Laurel." Because
of the interest and enthusiasm
displayed in this program,
another such ski day will be
planned for late March. i