The News record
SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
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78th Year, No. 18
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL. N.C
THURSDAY, May 3,1979
15' Per Copy
CONSTRUCTION of the future
four lane highway from Marshall
to Weaverville is well underway
as shown by pictures taken last
Sunday. Clearing and grading is
part of the first phase of the im
proved US 25-70. (Photos by Jim
Story)
Beer At Forks Of IvyO\
Awaits Monday Hearing
Beer sales began Friday
and halted Saturday at
Pea body's Discount Center in
the Forks of Ivy community,
t The beer sales began
Friday under protection of a
court order that Madison
County not interfere with the
licensed sales of beer in
Buncombe County. The order
was obtained from the
Buncombe County judicial
district by attornys
representing the owners of
the center.
The beer sales stopped at 4
p.m. Saturday when Madison
County Sheriff E.Y. Ponder
served a restraining order on
Walnut Creek Drive Looks Much
Improved After Effort Saturday
An enthusiastic and
congenial group of residents
and property owners of
Walnut Creek Drive joined
forces Saturday morning in a
general clean up of roadside
litter and debris. It was
Delinquent
Tax List
Next Issue
The delinquent tax list for
1V7S taxes will be published in
next week's issue. The list
will be published also on May
17, 24 and 31.
"Pay your delinquent taxes
before May 7 to avoid your
name being published,"
Harold Wallin, tax collector,
stated.
Tobacco
Program
Changes
Four changes in the burley
tobacco regulations have been
announced by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
These changes are effective
(or the 1979 crop year ac
oording to W.B. Zink, CED in
Madison County.
; 1. A farm may not lease and
transfer burley tobacco quota
both to and from the fann in
the same crop year. Except:
? farm that has leased quota
tp the farm may lease quota
tfway after Oct. 1 if the
l&anted acreage Is SO percent
* more of the farm's ef
fective quota based on the
established yield per acre for
t^e term and is verified by
tpwaamlng the planted
*r?ge.
Producers . will be
required to file a report of any
tobacco on hand at the end of
;s. Marketing agents are no
longer permitted to store
evident that most residents
had already been busy
picking up bottles and cans
from the front of their
premises, but a surprising
amount of litter and trash was
collected from the roadside
and hauled away to the
landfill in trucks provided by
the town. Trash bags were
provided by the highway
department.
Mrs. Sam Rudisill
generously provided hot
coffee and doughnuts to the
chilled workers. City
policeman Bill Lisenbee
directed traffic and provided
protection for the working
group. City Mayor Lawrence
Ponder, along with Stephen
and Laura, joined the labor
force and encouraged the
community tar continue its
enthusiastic pursuit of the
goals of safety, cleanliness
and beautification.
In the final phase of the
clean up, efforts were con
centrated at the intersection
of Marshall Business 25-70
and Walnut Creek Drive in a
plot owned by the C.E. Mash
burns where, with their
permission, identification
signs and plantings are
planned. Power saws were
buzzing, rakes were being
Safety Achievement
u
Awards Presented
N.C. Labor Commissioner
John C. Brooks presented the
labor department's "Cer
tificate of Safety
Achievement" to employees
and management of 115 firms
from a 15-cdunty area at a
dinner program at the Inn on
the Plaza last Friday night.
Presiding at the program
was J. Herbert Coman, in
dustrial relations manager of
Beacon Manufacturing Co.,
Swannanoa.
Madison County firms and
organizations included in the
safety honors included:
Fifth consecutive year:
Micro Switch, Mars Hill;
Sprinkle-Shelton Co., Mar
shall;
First year: Deringer
Manufacturing Co., Marshall;
County of Madison, Marshall;
Madison County Schools,
Marshall; Town of Mars Hill;
and Town of Marshall.
wielded, busy hands were
"grubbing" when Jim Story,
editor of the New Record,
recorded the efforts with
c&mera. *
At "breathing points,"
options available for in
creased traffic safety as
reported from preliminary
investigation and interviews
with state highway (DOT)
and city officials were
reviewed.
It was with a sense of
satisfaction and ac
complishment that weary
workers "called it a day,"
predicting an unprecedented
call for poison ivy lotion by
Monday morning.
The next meeting of the
group will be held Tuesday at
7:30 p.m. at the Marshall
Housing Authority meeting
room.
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COOPERATION
Not only did the residents of
Walnut Creek Drive assist in
the clean-up effort, but other
interested citizens pitched in
and helped. Those working
included Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Candler, Mrs. Roy Wild, Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Connor,
Mrs. P. Cioffi, Jim Cody, Ed
Morton, Donald Ramsey,
Mrs. C.E. Mashbum, Mrs.
John Corbett and many of the
youngsters.
MARS HILL youth organisation
offlcn fcrtbe annual baseball
abort art, left It right,
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Gary Phillips, secretary; Mack
Boom Jr., president; Bill Clark,
vice president; A.*. "BUI"
Pea body's that was obtained
from the Madison County
judicial district and that
restrains Pea body's from
selling any beer in Madison
County.
At issue is whether
Pea body's is located in
Buncombe County or Madison
County. The property was
recognized by the North
Carolina Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board as being
located in Buncombe and the
board issued Pea body's a
license to sell beer.
But residents of the Forks
of Ivy community insist
Pea body's is located in
Madison County and Madison
County is legally dry.
Besides selling beer in
Madison County is against the
law, the residents say another
reason they are against the
center is that it sits in full
view of the Forks of Ivy
Baptist Church.
Ponder sides with the
residents at least in terms of
the law.
"They won't be selling
beer," he said, "because,
while they contend they're in
Buncombe, they are located
in Madison County, and it
would be against the law
because we are a dry coun
ty."
Ponder obtained his
restraining order from
Madison County judicial
district Judge Ronald Howell.
A hearing has been scheduled
for May 7. The owners of the
center, Edward Kilpatrick
and Robert Sofield, obtained
their order from Buncombe
County Superior Court Judge
William T. Grist. That
hearing is scheduled for May
21.
What is needed, said Jim
Buckner, a Forks of Ivy
opponent of the center, is for
a survey to be run to establish
exactly where the county line
in.
Taxes on the property, he
said, have been paid in both
counties over the years.
WALNUT CREEK DRIVE
residents and property owners,
along with other individuals, are
shown above hard at work last
Saturday cleaning up the roadside
litter and debris from the
Mashburn intersection to the
Marshall bypass. Can you identify
the five ladies? (Photo by Jim
Story)
Clean-up Progress
Is Made In County
Progress reports on the
April clean-up activities in
Madison County show
countywide efforts and total
awareness ? according to the
coordinating committee for
the campaign in a meeting
this week.
Two communities have
newly organized for the
purpose of clean up and are
now setting goals for per
manent community im
provements and programs:
Hot Springs announced a
clean-up, fix-up week; lower
Walnut Creak Road reridents
conducted a roadside dam up
and are considering plans to
identify the area from the by
pass to Business Hwy. SS and
70 with a slight change in
name to Walnut Creek Drive.
A check with the landfill
show* that many residents
are now complying with the
Saturday S a.m. to 4 p.m.
hours. An appeal la made to
everyoaa to fat to the landfill
in time {pr the men oh duty to
complete the dean up of the
area before time.
There la considerable abuse
ttne'sttoa. s?srlallT Sandy
Muah and Ivy Bridge The
overflow la not merited ae
cording to county surveys.
at least one personal warning
before arrest. Call the county
sheriff, landfill or health
department.
The Department of Tran
sportation reports that dit
chline clean up operations are
in full swing. Presently they
are working on Hwys. 25 and
70 including business routes.
Mowing schedules have
started and the "long arms"
will probably begin operating
this week. One new mower is
expected soon, and if all
machinery holds up
mechanically, the county can
expect better roadside care
than in part seasons.
County extension services
have been i' equated during
the month. A church in Mars
Hill community, the Hot
Springs Health Clinic, the
county courthouse grounds,
and Marshall Day Care
Canter have received ser
vices. French Broad Electric
Corp. continues to offer
assistance in tree- trimming
and cutting when power lines
have any chance at all of
being too near for safety.
Hie State Highway Patrol
offers support. Re
assignments have been made
recently in a move to Improve
service to Madison County.
Troopers Cooper, DwBey,
Robinson and Swanaun cover
the county wMch is divided
into three areas. In tbe
matter of safety they suggest
that bright clothing be worn
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French
Broad
Races
Planned
With the purpose
promoting the French Broad ,
as a recreational facility and
to make area residents more
aware of the need for im
proving the river, the second
French Broad River Races
are scheduled May 36 and 27.
On May 36, downriver races
will be held in the morning
and early afternoon for the
expert and novice division.
Novice kayak slakm com
petition will also be held
Saturday afternoon.
May 27 will be the day for
two organized cruising trips.
A flat water cruise for all
classes of paddler* will start
at Bent Creek Access Area
(Brevard Road) and run to
Am boy Road. The trip will
take approximately four
hours.
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For the advanced and
expert paddlers there is an all
day white water cruise
planned from Barnard to Hot
Springs.
Registration forms for the
Saturday races are available
at the Buncombe County
Parks and Recreation
Department, located in the
courthouse annex.
Deadline for entry is May
22. A $5 fee must accompany
the form with $1 refunded
when the numbered bibs are
turned in at the end of the
race.
All lettotera** race par
ticipants are eligible for a
drawing for one of three
Mars Hill 'Community
Day' Set For Saturday
The Mart Hill Town
? with the
of civic club* and
Day" this Saturday. It to
that a latfe numbar of
ww will torn oat to work
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