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PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C
THURSDAY, January 24, 1980
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Governor Hunt Plans To Visit
Madison County On Monday
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since the flood of '77, Gov.
James B. Hunt Jr. will visit
Madison County.
The occasion is the dedica
tion of the new day care center
in Hot Springs, the county's
third. The ceremonies, which
win oe iea Dy uov. Hunt, are
scheduled for 1 p.m.
As presently planned, the
governor will leave a cabinet
meeting in Raleigh Monday
morning and fly to Asheville.
There he will be met by a state
car at approximately 11:30
Furnace Switch Malfunction
Closes Marshall School
Marshall Elementary
School was closed all day on
Friday, Jan. 18, due to a boiler
malfunction, according to
Principal Fred Haynie.
As workmen reconstructed
the malfunction later in the
day, two switches controlling
the water level in the furnace
failed, causing the furnace to
overheat. The insulation on
the steam pipes directly above
the furnace became hot, giv
ing off dense smoke and foul
smelling fumes. The furnace
was then shut off.
"The main reason we had to
cancel school," said Hayiue,
"was the lack of heat. But the
fumes and smell were very
unpleasant, too, and we didn't
know what was in the fumes."
The school called the Mar
shall Fire Department at 7:50
a.m. when the smoke began
escaping. According to Jimmy
Ramsey of the department,
there was no fire when he ar
rived.
Damage was considered
minimal and the furnace was
functioning again by 3 p.m.
Friday.
a.m. for a nonstop drive to Hot
Springs. Following the brief
dedication ceremony, he will
depart immediately for Burn
sville, possibly making a stop
in Marshall.
Commissioner Virginia
Anderson and day care super
visor Teresa Zimmerman
have scheduled a reception at
the new day care center to
coincide with the dedication.
The public is invited to attend
between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and
to see the governor.
The governor's visit is being
coordinated by Wayne
mcDevitt, who works in
Asheville with the Depart
ment of Natural Resources
and Community Develop
ment. According to McDevitt,
the governor has a strong in
terest in the county because of
the relatively large number of
publicly-funded programs
here. The county now has
three day care centers, for ex
ample, all funded by the state
TAMMY WARD, 14, poses with
the two trophies she won at the
Winter Olympics of Baton at
Cleveland, Tenn. The larger is for
first place overall, and the
smaller is for first place in the
Fancy Strutting competition.
North Buncombe Girl Wins
National Twirling Crown
Tammy Ward, a freshman
at North Buncombe High
School, has been selected as
the Junior Miss Majorette of
America.
The nationwide competition,
featuring 37 contestants, was
heW Jan. H in Cleveland,
Tsnn. It was billed as the
Winter Olympics of Baton and
sponsored by the Drum Ma
jorettes of America
la addition to winning
overall first place in the IS- to
14-year-oM age group. Tain
my also won first place in the
eight hours a day. Her coach is
Jo Anne Fogle of Spartanburg,
S.C., a former Majorette
Queen of America.
In addition. Tammy has
been chosen as part of a group
of American twirlera who will
travel in April to Belgium, the
only other country in the world
where twirling is a com
petitive sport. The Belgian na
tional championships will be
held April S, and Tammy will
help give a series of twirling
clinics and exhibitions in coo
junction with the competition.
She wiil also tour the
Netherlands and parts of Ger
many on the same trip.
old, with the enthusiastic help
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Ward at Wea verville, who
spend considerable time driv
ing her to meets and l?aom .
The way to the nationals in
Cleveland was difficult,
featuring stiff competition in a
number of local and regional
meets. Tammy says that
North Carolina, along with
Michigan, Indiana and South
Carolina, Is one of the nation's
principal twirling states The
tw* biggest hurdles between
Wea verville and the nationals
were the state h%. Junior
Miss Majorette of North
Carolina, an
&T.
Department of Human
Resources, while half a dozen
or more counties in the
eastern part of the state have
none.
Likewise, the county has
received two outdoor recrea
tion grants, which are ex
tremely difficult to get, as well
as $80,000 of state money to
develop the Marshall in
dustrial site, the maximum
amount allowed. And Madison
has received more CETA
money per capita than most
other counties in the state.
Gov. Hunt is a former chair
man of the Applachian
Regional Commission, which
is the channel through which
such funds come to Madison
County, so that he has long
been concerned with the effec
tiveness of public programs.
Marshall
Merchants
Meet Jan. 24
Members of the Marshall
Downtown Merchants
Association met last Thursday
afternoon at the Marshall
library with Bill Hays, vice
president, presiding.
Future plans were discuss
ed, and it was decided that the
group will begin meeting
every Thursday afternoon at
the library at 2.
The election of officers will
be held Jan. 24 and all mer
chants are urged to attend.
Present officers include
John Dodson, president; Bill
Hays, vice president; Leroy
Griffin, secretary; and Bryce
Hall, treasurer.
SHADOWLINE WORKERS
DEMONSTRATE the steps in making of a
short hooded robe. First, Eulalia Chandler
takes the computer-drawn pattern. Then
Cilia Edwards attaches the pocket, and
Virginia Jackson blade-shirrs the hood on.
Finally, Katherine Coates inspects the finish
ed product. This terry cloth garment is so
popular, says plant manager Ken Howell, "I
wouldn't be surprised if everyone in the
United States has one."
Shadowline Profits
By T erry Cloth Boom
Shadowline Inc., in Mars
Hill, Madison County's only
major apparel manufacturer,
is riding the crest of a terry
cloth wave that has swept this
country in the last few years.
According to plant manager
Ken Howell, sales of terry
cloth garments have doubled
in the past year alone. De
mand has reached the point
that the plant no longer
manufactures the styles of
Polyvelva, Qiana, and other
County Men Plan To Start
Optimist Club In Madison
The organization of an Op
timist Club of Madison made a
giant step here Thursday
night when 33 interested men
from several sections of the
county enjoyed a dinner
meeting at Mary's Restaurant
on the Marshall bypass.
Increasing interest in the
club resulted in the pre
organization meeting Thurs
day following several
meetings of members of the
North Buncombe Optimist
Club, sponsors of the local
club, with local residents.
Among the visiting
dignitaries present included
Kent Self, lieutenant gover
nor, Zone 1, Optimist of the
North Carolina District, who
congratulated those who
spearheaded the drive for the
county organization. Self is a
member of the Asheville Op
timist Club.
Members of the North Bun
combe Club spoke to the filled
private dining room of the
reetaurant, including Ronnie
Duyck, chairman of the North
Buncombe Optimist Club
Building Committee; Henry
Lasner, member of N.B. New
Club Building Committee;
David Roberts and Edwin
McDevitt, members of the
N B Club
Duyck reviewed the put
Mil ^rpUlnarf the
setup and organizational
the meeting which
in. M at Mary's
7 p.m. when of
for the
vwuiu/muc/ uc luiuwn as lilt:
Optimist Club of Madison.
Oscar McDevitt, local en
thusiast, presided at the din
ner meeting and recognized i
several men who had "done
outstanding work in making i
the new club possible." I
McDevitt especially cited i
Bryce Hall, Bill Stump, Colon
Bishop and others, for their i
outstanding efforts. <
He also emphasized the !
main objective of the Optimist j
Club is to help youth programs
in the county and assist
schools in promoting youth ac- |
ti vibes
McDevitt' also named the |
following men to serve on the ><
nominating committee to |
prepare a list of officers for
we iiex i meeung: t,mory
Wallin, Laurel; Larry Plem
mons. Spring Creek; S.L. Nix,
Marshall; Jack Buckner; and
Clyde English, Mars Hill.
McDevitt said he felt that all
sections of the county should
5e represented on the commit
tee.
Already 55 men have signed
up to join the club or have
already joined. A goal of 80
iignees has been set for
charter members by this
rhursday night's meeting at
Mary's Restaurant, the
leadline for charter
n embers.
"Anyone interested in
becoming a charter member
rf the new club is urged to con
act some of the members by
rhursday," McDevitt stated.
polyester-based fabrics
formerly made in Mars Hill. It
now makes just terry cloth
garments ? loungewear,
jump suits, sun dresses, jogg
ing suits, and especially a fast
selling item called the short
hooded robe, designed for
wearing over a bathing suit.
"I wouldn't be surprised if
everyone in the U.S. has one of
these robes," said Ken
Howell, a young, friendly man
who has been manager in
Mars Hill since 1974. "This
fabric is so popular now that
our supplier. Cannon Mills, is
selling its entire output mon
ths in advance."
Terry cloth is largely a sum
mer fabric, because of its light
weighj, comfort, and ab
sorbency. The terry made by
Cannon Mills is a typical blend
? 75 percent cotton and 25 per
cent polyester. Terry is by no
means a new invention, being
the classic fabric for manufac
turing bathroom towels. (The
word terry comes from the
French word tirer, meaning to
draw or pull, and referring to
loops of fabric that are pulled
up and sheared off to form the
rough surface.)
The Shadowline plant in
Mars Hill is the smallest of
four Shadowline plants. The
ORGANIZERS of the new county
Optimist club met Jan. 17 at
Mary's Restaurant in M? tinll to
discuss plans and dub structure.
parent plant is in Morganton,
the company headquarters.
The firm was started 34 years
ago by a man named Sherrod
Salsbury. who is still chair
man of the board. After
graduating from the Universi
ty of North Carolina, Salsbury
worked for other firms for
several years, then deckled he
wanted to go into business for
himself. He borrowed a couple
of sewing machines from his
uncle and began producing
lingerie; indeed, the com
pany's name for several years
was Lingerie, Inc. before it
was changed to Shadowline.
Salsbury adopted the con
cept of having every garment
inspected at least twice before
it left the shop, assuring con
sistent high quality of
workmanship. His idea was
convincing enough to catch
the interest of Sears, which
became his exclusive retail
outlet.
As Ken Howell explains it,
this attention to detail has
become Shadowline's
hallmark since the first years
of the company. "As Art
Sakowski, the director of per
sonnel who hired me, said,
'We've just made a better
mousetrap."'
Another innovation, one that
borders on heresy in the com
petitive clothing industry, is
that Shadowline does not
advertise its products "Hie
product is the only advertise
ment," wrote Art Sakowaki
once, "and the money whiek
would be spent for advertising
is put into improving the quali
ty of the product and cost to
the consumer ." it may be (he
only company throughout the
SO states of any size thatf|m