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The News Record L-f... * ' % 1 ' p ? ? * v" ??-~ SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY SINCE 1901 Vol. 84 NO. 32 f MADISON , C?>JNTY LIBRARY TuBL.SHED WEEKLY IN the COUN.Yin , August 8, 1984 25c THIS 1904 PHOTOGRAPH was taken at the 50th reunion of the Newfound Missionary Baptist Association on Panther Branch in Meadow Fork Creek. Of the 37 people shown in the photo, 28 have been identified. In the front, from left to right are: Garfield Lindsay, Stanbeary Lind sey, Jake Rhinehart, unknown, unknown, Dora Banks, woman believed to be Mary Banks and two unidentified members. In the second row are: Eb Banks, James A. Lindsey, Althea Lind sey, Cordelia Rhinehart Lindsey, a woman thought to be Guilford Banks, Ella Banks, Claude Banks, a woman thought to be Sarah Ella Duckett Rainey, Sarah Rhinehart Foster and Allie Foster. In the back row are: James A. Rhinhart, William Shelton, William Foster, George Banks, unknown, Camel Rhinehart, Manco Rhinehart, Levada Jane Shelton Rhinehart, Nora Banks, Lovetta Reid Banks, Sarah Reid Banks, Sallie Shelton Revis with in fant, Hassie Parton, Erma Parton and Martha Parton. Photo submitted by Richard Gosnell. Banner Honse To Open Plant By ROBERT KOENIG An Asheviile manufacturer has announced plans (or locating a sewing operation in Hot Springs, bringing jobs to the town hard hit by the recent closing of the Melville Shoe Co. plant. Phil Manis, vice president of manufacturing for Banner House, announced Tuesday that his company has reached agreement on a lease for the roller skating rink in Hot Spr ings. The former skating rink will be rewired to accomodate the sewing machinery which will be installed. Manis said the company hopes to have the operation running before the end of the month. When operating, the plant will manufacture ladies' handbags. The plant will employ 25 workers when operations begin, but Manis said he hopes to employ up to 100 workers when the plant reaches full operation. Banner House operates plants in the Asheville area, but Manis said that no current employees will be sent to Hot Springs. "These will be all new jobs, including management." he said Employment applications will be received beginning sometime next week. "We're very pleased with Hot Springs," Manis said, "The workforce is there and everyone has been most cooperative. It looks like a good situation for everyone." Banner House is owned by Bill Yancey, Eugene Blackwell and Violet Briggs. WALTER DEAN HONEYCUTT, right, was ar rested by the Madison County Sheriff's Dept. Wednesday near Mars Hill. Honeycutt escaped from a Haywood County jail on July 28. Unemployment Rate Jnmps ? Unemployment soared in Madison County during the month of June according to figures released by the North Carolina Employment Securi ty Commission (ESC) last County's rate jumped four percent dur ing the month, largely as a result of the closing of the Melville Shoe Co. plant in Hot Springs. According to the ESC figures, the county's unemployment rate in June rose to 9.1 percent, a full four percent increase from the Approximately 1%. , ~\jf ?* tionally, the unemployment rate stood at 7.4 percent in June. Joblessness increased in 68 counties across the state dur ing June and decreased in 25 counties Seven counties re mained unchanged during June. According to the BSC figure*, some 110 Madison county workers are currently unemployed. Unemployment in neighbor ing counties remained virtual Buncombe and Haywood ? ?? kit" ? ? NC ^5733 Muf shall Approves Public Drinking Ban By ROBERT KOENIG The Marshall Board of Aldermen approved a new town ordinance banning public consump tion of alcohol during their monthly meeting Monday night at Town Hall. The ordinance, which passed unanimously, prohibits the public consumption of "malt beverages or unfortified wine" on property owned by the town or occupied by the town in cluding public streets, sidewalks and parks. Penalty for violations of the ordinance are 30 days in jail or a $50 fine. The ordinance took ef fect Tuesday. Prior to passing the ordinance, the board again considered naming a new chief of police. Mayor Betty Wild recommended Joe Griffin for the position. The 41-year old Marshall native is a former Marshall and Hot Springs police of ficer. The board appointed Herschel Cox of Weaverville to the police chief job on July 5. Cox's appointment was cancelled when the town officials learned he was facing felonious larceny charges in Buncombe County. Former Marshall police chief Faye Reid questioned Griffin's qualifications for the job, saying, "Unless Joe has matured since he worked with me, he'd be no better than what we have." Reid was one of a dozen residents who attend ed the Monday night meeting and complained of the present police force. Board member Sammy Lunsford told the meeting, "I think two policemen are enough for a town like Marshall. The two we've got haven't done anything." Many of the residents came to complain of the lack of police protection. One resident com plained of having called police for over an hour recently without reaching an officer. Mayor Wild said that on the night in question, she and her husband searched the town for an hour in an unsuccessful attempt to locate the officers. Board member John Dodson called for tabl ing a decision on the police chief, saying, "If we've got a problem with the policedepartment, I think we should get things fixed before we hire a chief." Dodson's motion to table was approv ed unanimously. Mayor Wild said she will call a special meeting to meet with the town's officers, Chris Bowman and Michael Beasley. No date for the special meeting has been set. (Continued on Page 8) County To Purchase New Ambulance The Madison County B.<?rd of CommiMioners approved the purchase of a new am bulance for the Emergency Medical Service during Mon day's meeting in the county courthouse. The new am bulance, to be assigned to Hot Springs, will be purchased on a state contract at a cost of $22,554. The commissioners also an nounced the award of several grants to the county. Chair man Ervin Adams announced that the county has received a $30,000 appropriation to con duct a historic inventory of the county. Richard Kingston of Marshall is leading the project which he described a* "a 1 preliminary step toward ] historic designation and ! restoration projects in the county." < No decision on how the funds ! will be spent has been made, I Kingston said. The commis- J sioners appointed IS county I residents to an advisory com- i mittee to study how the inven- s tory will be conducted. Named to the committee were | Kingston, Ron Eller, Jerry \ Plemmons, Marie Osteen, Joe 1 Justice, Richard Dillingham, I Ruth Gregory, Francis < Buckner, Dr. Evelyn Under- < wood, Lucille Burnette, Marie t Willis, Lucille Roberts, I Pauline Ditmore. Elizabeth Baker, Terry Gunter, Rena Shelton and Peggy Dotterer Anita Davie, director of the :ounty's Department of Social Services, also announced that he county has recieved a (25,000 grant to take part in he Long-Term Care Screen ng Program. The commis sioners accepted the grant. The commissioners also ap proved an experiment which will provide transportation to Madison H.S. football games >eginning on Aug. 31. Vans >perated by the Madison bounty Transportation Authority will operate from lot Springs and Mars Hill to transport fans to home games at tiie school. Details on ttoe bus service wiil be available next week according to direc tor Delba Jean Roberts. The board also heard from James Brown, director of the county landfill. Brown asked the commissioners to approve a Solid Waste Disposal or dinance and read a suggested version of the law. The com missioners directed Brown to present the proposed or dinance to the county planning committee for approval. In a brief public hearing, the commissioners approved two changes in the names of coun ( Continued on Page t) Cas Wallin Laurel Singer T o Entertain At Scotch Folk Festival By ROBERT KOENIG Well-known Madison County Balladeer Cas Wallin will be leaving his Revere home later this month to entertain Scotch audiences at an international folk festival in Edinburgh. Wallin has been a familiar figure to Madison Countians for more than half a century. In recent years, performances on radio and television in places like New York and Washington, O.C., have spread the audience for Waliin's "old-timey" music, the centuries-old ballads brought to these mountains by the earliest Scotch and English settlers. Born in Madison County on March 1 1903, the son of Gosn|g Wallin learned his first songs singing at church Later, he would team the old learned by picking things up." Wallin credits Peter Gott with his new-found celebrity. It was Gott, a musician himself, who first brought Cas to the attention of music ex ecutives. "He's an awful friend of mine," Wallin says of Gott, "He and his woman can really play." Wallin has recorded a record album with Gott and his family who this week are taking part in the Folkmoot USA festival being held in Maggie Valley. It was a television ap pearance on German TV that brought Cas to the attention of the Scotch officials holding the Edinburgh festival Cas will make several appearances at the eight-day festival which begins Aug 30. Cas will depart from Asheville for a flight to Atlanta. Prom Atlanta, its on to New York tor a trans Atlantic night to London. The trip will be the 11-year-old stager's first trip outside the US trip be "The Black Sheep," a lengthy ballad about a progidal son who saves his father from ruin, and "Pretty Sorrow," a tale of an immigrant in a new land. Cas hopes to sing "The Preacher Song" for his Scotch audiences because it's such a hit with the home folks in Revere. Waliin says he's often sang the ballad for his good friend, Father Graves. "The Preacher Song" pokes gentle fun at ministers of many faiths, including Baptists, Presbyterians, Catholics and Free Will Baptists. "You in clude all of them in it," Wallin says, "and don't no one get of fended then." Cm will play what his 1I-* ncL u? .. ,, ... "Mac? sieners ask , nc sBys. iviosi folks like to hear the old-t imev
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