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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
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7?th Year No. 28
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL. N.C.
THURSDAY, July 19, 1979
15* Per Copy
$389,500 More For County's Roads
DR. DON ANDERSON of Mars Hill, chair
man of the Madison County Planning Board,
is shown at the microphone at the ground
breaking ceremonies July 10 of the Marshall
Industrial Park. At left of Anderson is James
Ledford.
The North Carolina Board of Transportation,
at its monthly meeting Friday, approved $24
million for secondary road improvements during
the next 12 months.
In allocating the money, the board ap
propriated these funds for each county, based on a
formula, each county receives a percenage of the
total funds available, determined by the unpaved
miles of secondary roads in the county in relation
to the mileage of unpaved secondary roads in the
state. In January of this year, the board had
allocated $15 million in highway bond funds as a
result of the 1977 bond issue for secondary road
improvements, making a total of $39 million for
projects for 1979-1980.
Board members met this spring with the 100
county boards of commissioners in public
meetings across the state to review and approve
projects to utilize these funds. Work began on
these projects earlier this year with funds from
the bond issue and will continue with the monies
approved today.
Transportation Secretary Tom Bradshaw
commended the Madison County Commissioners
and Chairman Erwin Adams for their role in
devloping the plan as representatives of the
citizens of their county.
According to Bradshaw as of Jan. 1, 1979, the
county has 192 miles of paved secondary roads.
The number of um paved miles is 315 while the
total unpaved state-maintained secondary system
contains 19,673 miles of unpaved roads. Madison
County's share' of secondary road monies is
$236,161 from the bonds funds. The latest alloca
tion is approximately $389,500.
Bradshaw noted that the entire 59,413 miles of
secondary roads are "important home-to-work
routes for all North Carolinians as the board
strives to build and maintain an all-weather
secondary road network."
"The active partnership between state and
local officials and the participation by the public
has been extremely valuable in developing our
transportation system as a key part of Governor
Jim Hunt's balanced growth and economic
development policy," he said.
Industrial Padls^,.^: U
Marshall Sets Sights On Future Growth , Mote Jobs
In Groundbreaking Ceremonies For 7-Acre Park
David Freeman, the hardhitting chairman of
the Tennessee Valley Authority, was the featured
speaker at ground-breaking ceremonies at the
Marshall Industrial Park on Tuesday of last week.
Freeman, who was also in Asheville for water
quality discussions, had just returned from Camp
Davis where he met with President Carter at the
summit meeting on energy. He told the group that
it was "gossip" concerning the speculation that he
might be asked by President Carter to succeed
James Schlesinger as secretary of energy.
Most of Freeman's remarks involved the
energy crisis and other national concerns.
Dr. Don Anderson of Mars Hill, chairman of
the Madison County Planning Board, served as
master of ceremonies and introduced Freeman
and other speakers.
James Ledford, former chairman of the
board of commissioners who was instrumental in
the purchase of the industrial site, Commended
the various federal, state and local agencies and
interests and the TV A for their cooperation and
assistance in making the industrial site a reality.
Mayor Lawrence Ponder stated that, "This is
a great day for our county" in speaking of the
groundbreaking, and added, "This is a vision
which has become a reality and a great asset to
our county."
Jimmy Childress of Sylva, formerly of Mar
shall, represented Gov. Jim Hunt at the occasion
and complimented local leaders and others work
ing together for the upbuilding of Marshall and
Madison County.
Rep. Liston Ramsey also lauded the public
and those responsible for the industrial site of
some seven acres and stated that grading and
leveling will start in the near future. He also said
he was confident that an industry will locate on
the site.
Others to speak briefly included Rep. Ernest
Messer and State Sen. Larry Leake.
On Fixing - Up Marshall -
Proclamation
WHEREAS, the Town of Marshall recognizes the
need to improve and enhance the natural beau
ty of the area and to improve the physical quali
ty of community life; and
WHEREAS, a dean environment contributes to
the emotional, physical, and economic well
being of our citizens; and
WHEREAS, civic organizations and volunteers
are participating in the clean-up of the town of
Marshall ; and
the grass roots efforts of town
residents and the Marshall Town Board of
Aldermen are to be commended and encourag
ed.
)RE, I proclaim the week of July 22nd
21th, 1979, as
Hie Town of Marshall's Clean-Up. Fix-Up
and
MAKING PLANS for tin (^con
ing Marshall Cleeo-Up, Fix-Up
Week July S2-29 are members of
the fleering committee, shown
" above. Left to right: Faye Rekl,
World Globe
Is Presented
To Library
A beautiful globe of the
world waa presented to the
Madteon County Library on
Wednesday of WMk Aft ft
memorial to Dr. ifarryB Dlt
more, beloved county phyaiu
dan, who died in Lucerne,
Switzerland, on Oct. 14, 1978.
The addition to the library
waa made poaaible by hia
maqy friends, patients, and
admirers who gave monetary
gifts to perpetuate hia
memory.
Dr. Ditmore waa born in
Bryaon City, In 1901. He at
tended the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and
graduated from the Universi
ty of Pennsylvania Medical
School. He came to Madison
County in 1927. He practiced
medicine for SI years.
He was an elder of the Mar
shall Presbyterian Church
where he taugit the Men's Bi
ble Class.
Dr. Ditmore married
Pauline Ramsey in December
of 1999, They resided in Mar
shall.
Their sons are Dr. Harry B.
Ditmore, Jr., Coast Guard
Academy of New London,
Conn., and Dr. Dan Allan Dit
more, of Norton Health
Center, Norton, Mass.
THE PRESENTATION of the
world globe shown above to the
Madison County Public Library
on July 11 is a memorial to Dr.
Harry B. Ditmore, beloved county
physician, left to right, Mrs. Ruth
Anderson, Mrs. Pauline Ditmore,
Dr. Grover L. Angel, Mrs. Helen
Ponder, and Mrs, Ludle Roberts.
Mrs. Anderson, Dr. Angel and
Mrs. Ponder are members of the
Library Board; Mrs. Roberts is
Librarian. (Photo by Jim Story)
$1,044,827.39 Collected
In Taxes During Year
Harold Wallin, Madison
County Tax Collector, an
nounced this week that the tax
collector's office had collected
)1, 044,07.39 for the period Ju
ly I, 1978 through June 30,
1979.
Wallin said that 1978 current
year's taxes collected were
|M5,7M.74, which represents
over 93 percent of taxes
levied. Of the ?M5,7N.74 col
lected for 1978, $8, MS. 32 were
collected for the Marshall Fire
District. The remaining
3876,823.43 were for county
levied tax, Wallin said.
Total breakdown for the
past 10 yean' taxes collected
for fiscal year Tt-T* Is as
follows:
1978, IMS.7M.74; 1977,
$30,585.85; 1976, 85,771.02
1975, $3,718.37 ; 1974, <801.87
1972, (1,241.12; 1972, 9872.08
1971, 8474.79; 1979, $988.
1988, $288.72; 1988, $188.21.
P?oaltiM, interest and costs,
$18,250.50. Total: $1,044,827.28,
Laurel Medical Center
$ 15,670 Contributed By Residents For Building
By VANDA COOK
Aa the dream of our new
Laurel M? **"?' Center powi
nearer to a reality, the
famlMee of the U?ni con
Cuts ball Town, Spillcorn ,
Guntertown, Balva and White
Rock. Although the com
munitiee may vary in tfae
each la a part of Mm Laurel
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Working aa a cotnmalty