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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
7Sth Year No. 46 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1976 15* Per Copy
-Ho, ho, ho!
SANTA CLAUS visited Marshall last Friday
to the delight of the children. His visits in
downtown Marshall between now and
Christmas Eve are sponsored by the Marshall
Merchants Association.
SHERRY LYNN BLANKENSHIP, 6-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Govan Blankenship
of Route 7, Marshall, shown standing beside
Santa.
SANTA WITH Angela Norton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Norton of Route 6,
Marshall; Kenny Shelton Jr. and Mary Ruth
Shelton, children of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Shelton of Route 6, Marshall.
SANTA HOLDS Monica Kanarr on his
shoulder. Monica is the 2-year-old daughter oi
Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Kanarr of the Walnut
Creet community.
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Mrs. Anderson Elected
Commission Chairman
Mrs. Virginia Anderson of
Hot Springs was elected
chairman of the Madison
County Board of Com
missioners at the regular
meeting of the commissioners
at the courthouse last Friday.
She replaces James T. Ledford
who has served as chairman
for the past four years.
The three-member county
board is elected to four-year
terms, but state law requires
that an organizational meeting
be held each December for the
election of a chairman and vice
chairman. The board is
composed of Ledford, Mrs.
Anderson and Ervin Adams.
Ledford opened the meeting
in the courtroom by thanking
those present for attending and
showing interest in the com
missioners' activities. He then
called for nominations for
chairman. Ervin Adams
nominated Mrs. Anderson. His
motion was seconded by Mrs.
Anderson.
Mrs. Anderson praised
Ledford for his work as
chairman, particularly in
securing funds for the county.
"And I hope that we will
continue to look out for the
interests of Madison County
and can work together," she
said.
She suggested that Ledford,
who was elected vice chair
man of the county board,
continue to represent Madison
on the Region B council of
governments which also in
cludes Buncombe, Henderson
and Transylvania counties.
Ledford declined, saying
that he feels the county
chairman should serve in that
capacity because the
operation of the county
government is closely related
to the work of the region.
Ledford was nominated last
nuftith to take over as chair
9i the Land-of-$kv
Rejional Council, a planning
and development group made
up of elected officials from the
four-county Region B area.
Mayor William A. Baxter of
Laurel Park, chairman of the
regional council's nominating
committee, said the com
mittee will hold another
meeting this week to make new
recommendations to the
Council on its executive
committee members for 1977.
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On a motion by Ledford at
the meeting here Friday, the
board voted to establish Mrs.
Anderson as a full-time
chairman with a salary of $500
a month and $200 a month for
expenses, the same
remuneration he has received
for the past 3^4 years.
Mrs. Anderson stated this
week that she is occupying the
same office in the courthouse
previously used and that she
planned to be in the office from
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily when
possible.
Marshall Joins
Hot Springs
Health Group
Approximately 60 persons,
most of them from the Mar
shall area, met Monday night
in the reception room of the
French Broad EMC Building
here and voted unanimously to
accept an invitation from the
Hot Springs Health Program
to become affiliated with the
program. At the present, three
clinics are now serving the
citizens in the Hot Springs,
Laurel and Walnut areas.
The meeting Monday night
was sponsored by the Marshall
Lions Club following a
previous meeting when it was
decided to have a publ'c
meeting so the program could
be explained and more citizens
could be involved.
Roy Reeves, president of the
Lions Club, presided and
announced that the main
purpose of the meeting was to
either accept or reject the
invitation to the Marshall area
to join the Health Program.
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Tom Wallin, chairman of the
Hot Springs board of directors,
explained the history, the
mechanics, and the benefits of
the program in the Hot
Springs. Laurel and WUlgut,
areas. He stated that a new
setup for the program must be
made in the near future and
that Marshall would benefit by
its participation. A new site for
the proposed Walnut-Marshall
clinic will be chosen, as well as
new rules as to representation
on the board of directors, and
other changes.
Following a unanimous vote
to join the program, a steering
committee composed of
members from several areas
around Marshall was named.
Other officials, directors and
leaders of the present program
also answered many questions
and explained the guidelines to
the interested persons present.
Pageant
To Open
Friday
Final plans have been made
for the Marshall Christmas
Pageant which will be
presented on the courthouse
lawn this Friday and Saturday
at7:30p.m.
This year's presentation
offers several changes which
many believe will be the "most
impressive" improvements
seen in the 13th year of the
pageant's existence. Miss
Deborah Compton, director,
has devoted many hours to
make this year's pageant
successful. Many others are
assisting. More music will add
to the pageant, including four
violinists and six soloists for
the two-night presentation.
Several additional members of
the cast have been added,
including two Marys and two
Josephs, due to separate
scenes, and more townspeople
will take part, it was an
nounced.
The cast will include: Mary
I, Clara Fisher; Mary II, Pat
Caldwell; Joseph I, Teddy
Cody; Joseph II, Rick
Thomason; angels: Vicki
Narron, Marcia Reid, Linda
Ammons, Clara Fisher,
Deborah Jones; shepherds
Vader Shelton, John Dodson,
Kenneth Brown, Toby
Sprinkle; innkeeper, James
Lister; innkeeper's wife,
Christine Lister; Roman
soldier, Johnny Griffin;
wisemen: Tim Ramsey,
Malcolm Reeves, Jerry
Caldwell; townspeople; Faith
Wise, Margie McDevitt, Mark
Rector, Allen Stines, Diana
McWilliams, Monica Cody,
Sheila Reeves, the Gene
Breedlove family, Bobby Ray,
John and Wayne Brigman and
Debbie Hodge.
Musicians include: Charles
Hue, director; Mrs. Robert
(Linda) Russell, ac
companist; violinists, Wendy,
Susan and Robert McOee and
Margaret Scott; soloists.
Sandra Kinaey, soprano
Laura Scott, soprano; Beth
alto; Mark
Wckaraon, tenor; John Feme,
"Mwifflaoott, hiyjfoi^
Swine Flu
Second Shots
Available
If you are 18-24 years of age
and had the swine flu shot, you
were informed that you might
need a second shot. Infor
mation received from com
municable disease control
states that you should have
your second shot four weeks
after the first one.
"We now have vaccine for
healthy children 3 to 17 years of
age. These children will need
two shots, four weeks apart.
We have a limited supply and it
will be given on a first come,
first serve basis," Ed Morton,
director, stated.
The Madison County Health
Department will be giving
these shots every Friday from
8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1-4
p.m. except Dec. 24.
Robert Swain Is
Election Attorney
In last week's article con
cerning the Hot Springs ABC
Store referendum, it was
stated that Bobby Ponder,
chairman of the three-member
election commission,
requested this newspaper
contact Robert S. Swain of
Aaheville, whom he identified
as attorney for the ABC Board
Instead of attorney for the ABC
Board, it should have been
attorney for the Hot Springs
Municipal Board of Elections.
The News-Record is glad to
make this correction
School
Children
Get Shoes
The Foster Memorial
Seventh Day Adventist Church
of Asheville with cooperation
of Penland & Sons Department
Store here, donated 21 pairs of
new shoes to elementary
school children of the Marshall
and Laurel schools here
Monday.
"This is an annual program
here and we get much en
joyment out of doing this at the
Christmas season," the Rev.
Roy Coughron, pastor, stated.
The minister also stated that
Penland & Sons reduced the
prices on the shoes and gave
the children new socks.
The children from the two
county schools are selected by
their teachers, Coughron said.
BOARD OF COUNTY COM
MISSIONERS as they appeared
last Friday in the courtroom here
at the annual organizational
meeting. Left to right, Mrs.
Virginia Anderson, who was
elected chairman; Ervin Adams,
member; and James T. Ledford, ;
who was succeeded by Mrs.
Anderson as chairman. (Jim Story
Photo)
Big Laurel, Greater Ivy
Winners In WNCDA
several Madison County
communities and individuals
were awarded trophies and
checks for their outstanding
accomplishments during the
past year at he 27th annual
awards luncheon of the
Western North Carolina
Development Association
Saturday afternoon. The gala
event, attended by more than
600 persons from 15 WNC
counties and the Cherokee
Indian Reservation, was held
in the Asheville Civic Center.
Ninety-seven communities
which actively participated in
the development program
were represented. More than
60 persons from Madison
County were present.
Communities in the com
petition were placed in three
divisions, according to size.
Communities with fewer than
75 families were in Division A.
Those with 75-100 families
were in Division B and com
munities with more than 150
families were in Division C.
The Big Laurel Community
Development Organization
was the top winner from
Madison County, being
awarded $300 as second place
winner in community im
provement.
Greater Ivy, perennial
winners from Madison County,
received a $200 check for third
place honors in Division C plus
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Hot Springs ABC
Vote Is Postponed
Lawyers for Doth sides in the
controversy of the future of the
Hot Springs ABC store agreed
that the referendum,
scheduled for Tuesday of this
week, should not be held. Legal
questions in the liquor laws
were cited as the reason for the
postponement.
The law under which the
store was voted in for Hot
Springs in 1963 includes
provisions for voting it out, but
they have apparently become
obsolete or in conflict with the
state's general laws on the
control of liquor sales.
The Hot Springs Board of
Aldermen voted Nov. 1 to put
the continued existence of the
liquor store to a vote of the
people on Dec. 7, then turned
the matter over to the town's
board of elections.
The elections board turned
the matter over to their at
torneys, who have been
working with lawyers for the
petitioners to sort the snarls
out of the statutes and decide
how to get the machinery for a
?i ci ci eiiuuiu iiuu liiuuuu.
"It's not that there will not
be an election, but it's that the
one on the seventh cannot be
held," Joel B. Stevenson of the
Asheville law firm of Swain,
Leake and Stevenson said
Friday.
Stevenson and William
Barnes of Weaverville, at
torney for the petitions, both
said they feel it was impossible
to hold the referendum
Tuesday as scheduled.
Stevenson said there ait
some "rather serious
deficiencies as to the form atjfl
filing" of the petitions for the
"It's my opinion that tbe^
are not sufficient to allow the
elections board to legaByq^
from lto4
BIG LAUREL community was
awarded $300 for winning second
place in the community im
provement category. Pictured
above with certificate and check
are, left to right, Flo Wallin, Edith
Rice, Juanita Adcock and Pat
Wallin.