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PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C.
THURSDAY, December 25, 1980
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First Scholarships Awarded
By NICHOLAS HANCOCK
Editor
Three 1980 Madison High'
School graduates became the
recipients of the first Madison
Central Optimist Club scholar
ships at an awards dinner last
Thursday night in Marshall.
Lisa Edwards, Kathy Pack
and Lucille Peterson each
received a $250 check from
Bryce Hall, local Optimist
Club president. Each of the
young ladies will receive the
other half of the $500 scholar
ships next fall upon confirma
tion that they have enrolled in
an institute of higher learning
to continue their education.
"We are thankful and proud
that we were able to create the
scholarship fund in such a
short time,'' Hall said before
presenting the checks to the
students.
The Madison Central Op
timist Club only received its
charter 1n March of this year,
but (it is the largest chartered
chapter in Optimist Interna
tional which includes the
UnitetfSUtes and Canada.
OPTIMIST SCHOLARSHIPS
were awarded to Lisa Edwards,
Kathy Pack and Lucille Peterson
Thursday night at an awards din
Photo byN Hjncock
ner in Marshall. Bryce Hall,
president of the Madison Central
Optmist Club presented the
checks to the three students.
"Before coming here, I was
in another Optimist Club and
it took uiat club lour years
before it got a scholarship
Direct-Dial Now
In Mars Hill
Private line customers in the Mars Hill
exchange will be able to direct long distance
phone calls without an operator coming on
the line to take hilling information.
The new "automatic number identifica
tion" (ANI) service went into effect at 7
a.m. Monday, Dec. 22, according to Jack
Gouge, customer services superintendent
fund started,'' Hall said.
The club took on the scholar
ship fund as a local project
and quickly raised $1,900 for
the fund. Each year the club
will award three $500 scholar
ships to Madison High School
graduates who apply for the
funds and meet the criteria set
up by the club's scholarship
committee. Hall explained the
scholarships were awarded on
the basis of financial need,
scholastic ability, community
and church involvement and
extra-curricular activities.
The scholarships are award
ed directly to the students to
use however they choose for
expenses in their
education. The applicants
must be enrolled in a college
or institute of higher educa
tion, Hall said
and Bili Stump of Arbee
Manufacturing.
The scholarship committee
reviewed seven applications
for this year's scholarships
and selected these three young
ladies as the recipients.
"I am honored and very
grateful to the Optimist Club, "
said Kathy Pack after receiv
ing her check. Miss Pack is a
freshman at Mars Hill College
where she plans to major in
business and finance. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Britton Pack of Mars Hill.
Lisa Edwards, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ed
wards of Spring Creek, is a
freshman student at Western
Carolina University where she
will be majoring in Speech and
Hearing. Mies Edwartfs said
the scholarship will be very
beneficial to her in helping to
Four Children Injured
In Head-on Crash
Four Weaverville
youngsters were injured, one
seriously, last Wednesday
night when the car in which
they were riding collided
head-on with another vehicle
on N.C. 213 about one-quarter
mile east of the U.S. 25-70
bypass in Marshall.
Samatha Lee Cuts haw, age
5; Stacey Carmell Cutshaw,
11; Ray Dewayne Walker, 9;
and Darlene Louise Walker, 7,
received multiple cuts and
bruises when the 1974
Chevrolet driven by their
mother* Mrs. Linda Pressley
Cutshaw, hit a I960 Ford Bron
co driven by Troy Lee
Meadows, Jr. of Mars Hill.
According to State Highway
Patrolman W.C. Swanson,
Stacey Cutshaw suffered a
severe Injury over her right
eye "which may require
plastic surgery.'' Patrolman
Swanson said a plastic
surgeon was called to the
Memorial Mission Hospital
Wednesday night to examine
the child's injury.
The accident occurred at ap
proximately 10 p.m. Wednes
day. The Highway Patrol
report said the Bronco, driven
by Meadows was headed east
on N.C. 213. Patrolman Swan
son said Meadows was driving
on the wrong (left) side of the
road without his headlights.
The Chevrolet, driven by Mrs.
Cutshaw, was traveling west
on the highway and hit the
Bronco head-on. Mrs. Cut
shaw was not injured in the
wreck.
Both vehicles were exten
sively damaged as a result of
the collision.
Patrolman Swanson said he
charged Meadows, 40, with
driving under the influence of
intoxicating beverages.
One of the first people to ar
rive at the scene of the acci
dent was Mr. Ken Mesker of
Marshall who came upon the
scene while on his way home.
Mesker said he suddenly saw
the Bronco setting in the mid
dle of the road and wondered
what it was doing there.
Mesker approached the
vehicle on foot, said be saw the
driver, Meadows, "sitting
there coughing."
"Then I heard a woman
shouting somewhere in the
dark, 'Help me over here! My
babies, my babies , Mesker
said. As be went to the Cut
shaw vehicle, Mesker said he
saw the children near a side
ditch and noticed that the
oldest of the three girls seem
ed to be seriously injured.
"Her face and clothes were
drenched with blood," he said,
"and another little girl was
bleeding from her bead. "
Mesker said Mrs. Cutshaw
kept repeating, "He didn't
have any lights."
Former Madison Sheriff
Jessie J. Bailey Dies
Jesse James Bailey, who
served as sheriff of Madison
County in 19S0 and as Bun
combe County sheriff in 1828,
died Sunday, Ok. 21 in
Memorial Mission Hospital
in Ashevtlle.attheageofK.
Bailey resided on Weaver
vtlle Road in Buncombe
County after retiring as a
detective for Southern
Railway in 19M at the age of
70. He worked in several
capacities for the railroad
for SS yean, taking two
leaves of abaence when he
was elected sheriff in
Madison and then eight
Southern Railway in 1906.
In 1920, Bailey fulfilled a
childhood dream when he
was elected sheriff of
Madison County on a pro
mise to be tougher on moon
shiners than his opponent.
That was the year after the
Volstead Act, and prohibi
tion was at its height The
Sheriff's county was known
as "Bloody Madison.
In 1971, Bailey told this story
about the 19H election:
My opponent, a former
sheriff, had bean light on ttoe
liquor laws. I'd never drank
? drop In my Hie ? still
haven t - bat I decided I
wasn't going to be too hard
"They did, but the dry peo
ple elected me. They ex
pected me to dry up the
county overnight and, of
course, I couldn't do that .
Bin I raised the price on li
quor from |1S a gaUon to *75.
I made it scarce. "
r Public Meetings -x
The Madison County Board of Commis
sioners will bold regular January meeting
Ion Friday, Jan. 2 at 7:90 p.m. in the cour
troom at the Madison County courthouse.
The Madison County Board of Educa
tion will conduct a regular meeting Mon