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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUMUC StUCE 7907
Vol. 84 No. 45 WEDNES rt V 25*
The Buncombe County Extension Homemakers annual
bazaar will be held Saturday, Nov .,10 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
in the Innsbruck Mall in Asheville. A variety of baked goods,
ceramics, paintings and other items will be offered.
Folk Art Demonstrations
The Folk Art Center of the Southern Highlands Handicraft
Guild will present demonstrations throughout the month of
November. Call 298-0792 for more information.
Coon Hunters To Meet
The Tri -County Coon and Bear Association will host an all
day event on Nov. 10 at the Greater Ivy Community athletic
field in Beech Glen. A treeing contest and buddy hunt is plann
ed. Contests begin at noon. Trophies will be awarded and food
will be served. The event is open to the public.
Legion Ladies Bake Sale
The Marshall Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion Post
No. 317 will have a bake sale Nov. 10 at 9 a.m. in front of Ingles
on the Marshall Bypass. " V y
Marshall Hires
Former Officer
By ROBERT KOENIG
Marshall aldermen John Dodaon
and Sammy Uinsford voted to over
rule Mayor Betty Wild's objections
and rehired former Marshall police
officer Edward McLean during Mon
day's meeting of the town board.
McLean will fill the vacancy created
by the recent resignation of town
policeman Michael Beaaley.
Dodson and Lunaford voted to
rehire McLean after considering at
least seven other applications for the
position. Marshall police chief Joe
Griffey had recommended that the
town hire former Hot Springs police
officer Richard Roberts for the posi
tion.
McLean is a former member of the
town police force. He resigned last
December along with officer Jasper
Treadway when Mayor Wild ter
minated former officer Carlie
Gunter. McLean's earlier resignation
was the basis for Wild's opposition to
his appointment.
Mayor Wild told the aldermen,
"When we really needed him and Mr.
Treadway, they were not there."
Wild also questioned McLean's loyal
ty, saying, 'I'm not sure that if the
sheriff told him to go to Laurel at 2
a.m. that he wouldn't go."
.Board member Ed Nile* also op
posed McLean's appointment.
The board spoke with Roberts
before taking a vote. Roberts told the
aldermen that he had nine months ex
perience as an officer with the Hot
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Democrats Win
Local Races
Madison County voters reversed
Republican victories statewide by re
electing incumbent Democrats to
both the county tax collector and
register of deeds offices in
yesterday's election.
Tax collector Harold Wallin scored
a convincing victory over Republican
challenger Dewey Griffey, Jr. to win
a fifth term. Wallin carried nine
precincts and polled 3,506 votes. Grif
fey carried Walnut, Grapevine and
Ebbs Chapel in palling 2,415 votes.
Jena Lee Buckner also won by a
large margin, taking eight precincts,
including a wide margin of victory in
Hot Springs. Buckner received 3,439
votes to defeat challenger Jeanette
Nix by 92S votes.
JENA LEE BUCKNER
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Reagan Re-Elected
Wins 49 Stales In Landslide
Helms Defeats Hunt
Martin Elected Governor
GOVERNOR-ELECT JIM MARTIN
By ROBERT KOENIG
President Ronald Reagan lead a slate of Republican can
didates to victory yesterday. Madison County voters followed
the example of voters nationwide Tuesday in electing Reagan
to a second term. Reagan carried seven of the cowty's 12
precincts on his way to a landslide victory.
Madison County voters split their tickets, voting for Reagan
while giving Democratic candidates for state offices a slim
margin of victory within the county. Local Democrats also
held the county offices that were decided Tuesday.
The Reagan landslide accounted for a small turnout at the
election night tally at the county courthouse in Marshall.
About 150 county residents, the smallest total in years, attend
ed the traditional ballot count.
In a county where Democrats outnumber Republicans by a
three-to-one margin, the Reagan coattails cut heavily into sup
port for Gov. Jim Hunt and Rufus Edmisten and Rep. James
McClure Clarke. Although Hunt and Edmisten carried
Madison County, they were both defeated statewide by Sen.
Jesse Helms and Rep. Jim Martin.
Hunt carried eight of 12 county precincts and defeated
Helms by 390 votes in the county. Edmisten carried seven of 12
precincts and edged Martin by 425 votes.
State Sen. Bob Jordan, the only Democrat to win in the
statewide election, carried eight of 12 precincts and rolled up a
659-vote margin over his opponent, John Carrington.
Incumbent Rep James McClure Clarke lost his race with
former Congressman Bill Hendon, although Clarke also won
by a narrow margin in Madison County voting. Clarke carried
eight of the 12 precincts to build a 756-vote edge over Hendon.
Although north Marshall precinct voters gave Mondale a
slight lead, Reagan's popularity gave him a 17-vote win in the
county seat. Reagan also won in Mars Hill, Grapevine, Ebbs
Chapel and Beech Glen.
Mars Hill voters were the most prodigious vote splitters,
choosing Reagan, Hunt, Clarke, Martin and Jordan in their
respective races.
SEN. JESSE HELMS
"Uncle Sam "
Clarke-Hendon Race To The Wire
By ROBERT KOENIG
Once again, the two candidates for
the Uth Congressional District seat in
the House went to bed on election
night not knowing if they had one.
Rep. James McClure Clarke and
former congressman Bill Hendon ap
pear to be once again engaged in a
narrow election
In 1962, Clarke unseated Hendon by
a margin of 1,324 votes. The final tally
?f this year s returns promises to be
nearly as close.?**1 "
At 2 a.m. Wednesday.
reported that Clarke was i
about 2,000 votes with i
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percent of all precinct* reporting.
Garren told reporters. "We probably
won't know who's won until tommor
row." |
The mood m Hendon headquarters
was more optimistic. Hendon told his
supporters that he was confident He
had won the election
If Hendon does prove to be Um win
ner, returns from Madiao* and
Rutherford Counties may prove to be
the deciding factors. Although
Madison voters gave Clarke a
669- vote margin of victory in tfe^
county voting, the margin waa only
half Clarke enjoyed it his 18M vic
tory
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