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Pictured above are the Doggett Gap Road Boosters who worked so hard to get the Doggett Gap TQftd built. The picture
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Andy Doody Criticizes
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"Always Out Of
This County Is
Points Out N. C. 209 And
Doggett Gap Roads
As "Neglected"
By JIM STORY
There are many sections of
Madison County which improved
roads are sorely needed. For
examples, the highway between
Hot Springs aredi the North Garo-lina-'Jennessee
state line; also the
higkway between Marshall and
Mars Hill. Both highways, or
SMuls, are disgraces to Madison
County and Western North Caro
, lina. There are many others
which badly need improving but
to Andy Woody, of Upper Spring
Creek, NC 209 is perhaps the most
"forgotten and neglected" road
in the county.
The, ' usually jovial Mr. Woody
changes his personality quickly
wnen be starts talking about the
broken promises and misused faigb
,way funds in connection with NO
209 from Lake Junaluska to Hot
Springs. He points out that thia
road .'.'wis opened about 1926 and
was finally hardtopped but ia still
International
Sunday School
" Lesson
OCTOBER 27, 1968
Theae com meat are baaed
on outlines of the Interna-
tlonal Sunday School Lea-
f$ sooa, copyrighted by the In-
ternational Council of Re-
f ligioaa Education,, and wed
p by permission.
GOD'S OWN PEOPLE
Memory Selection: "Ye are a
chose generation, a royal priest
hood, an holy nation, a peculiar
people; that ye should shew forth
ths prawfea of him who hath called
yoa'oat of darkness into his mar
relona fight"
(I Peter 2:9)
,;.
Lesson Text: I Peter 1:2, 10
25; ZA'YI.
''T!bi central truth contained in
our Lesson today is that Chris-,
itians so God's special people,
hosea by Hin to live according to
lights, nod. to do His wiU a
moRg ths peoples of the world.
, , More concisely, still, the ahn of
' this Lesson is .to stress the nsces
. adty for nwarencss on ths part of
Christians- their obligations, aal
.God's own people, to lead others
of North. Carolina'
highway taxes
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Money Where
Concerned"
on the same alignment with very
little major improvements..
"It's 'disgusting the way our
tiighway officials have treated us
for all these years while other
.sections in neighboring counties
have undergone vast improve
ments", Mr. Woody said, his face
turning red with anger. He further
.stated that this road penetrates
six townships Lake Junaluska,
Iron Duff, Crabtree, Fines Creek,
Spring Creek, and Hot Springs
and is heavily used by both resi
dents of Haywood and Madison
Counties.
"It seems to me that Curtis
Russ, highway commissioner in
Haywood County, and Jim Stike
leather, our commissioner, should
work together to see that NC 209
gets the attention it deserves," he
said. He pointed out that there
are 17 miles of this road in Hay
wood County and 21 miles in Mad
ison County. He commertdted High
way Commissioner Curtis Rubs
for working hard' and getting
things done in Haywood County
butt he also eadd he wondered why
our own Commissi oner Jim Stike-
to be saved in His holy name. For1
it was through the shedding of
Christ's precious blood that sal
vation was brought to sinners in
Christ's own time; that salvation
is brought to us in our own day
and time! Surely we cannot, fail
to respond to such love respond
in the way that He wants us to . .
by spreading His gospel, and the
comfort and security it brings to
the yet unsaved of our own gen
eration? Times change, yet human na
ture changes little! In the early
days of Christianity the early
Christians were faced with pros
pects of jail, torture, or death and
imprisonment for their beliefs.
Today we are blessed with free
dom of speech, of movement, with
freedom to worship as we choose;
but we face the graves of uncer
tainties as our work! has (through
modern travel facilities) grown
smaller and more compact; as
man's questing and sometimes
brilliant mind has conquered the,
mysteries of the atom, and of out
er space. Modern weapons and ag
gressive nationals add to our dan
ger. Yes, indeed, today we are more,
than ever in need of the awareness
that we are "special" to God; in
need of the comfort and reassur
ance that our belief in Him brings
to our troubled minds and inner
most beings; Por.it is only when
our faith and our hopes are con
tained in God, that we can find the,
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Highway Officials For Lack Of County Road Improvements
leather didn't seem at all interest
ed in certain sections of his dSs
trict. 'I just wonder bow many dol
lars have been spent for building
parallel roads in the Clyde town
ship and how few dollars have been'
spent .in Madison County," Mr.
Woody continued.
"As far as I know, no candidate
for governor has ever been on this
road although some have promis
ed hut just promised,'' he said.
"A. H. (Sandy) Graham, past
State Highway Chairman, promis
ed me to go on NC 209 but whem
he got to Asheville he ref used to
go," Woody said.
"Whenever we can get to talk to
some of the higher-ups, they al
ways tell us they're out of money
where Madison County is concern
ed," Mr. Woody stated.
"But just look at US 19-23 in
tersection at Lake Junaluskal
". hirh is now under construction.
When completed this will be an!
eight-lane super highway. They
don't give out of money for Hay
wood County, do they?" he said.
Mr. Woody continued by point
ing out the Doggett Gap Road. He
had with him a picture of a large
group of Madison and Buncombe
County citizens who were inter
ested in building the Doggett Gap'
Road back in October 1981, when
it was only a wagon trail.
"Finally, under the adtminiatra-
strength to- go through life to our
ultimate fulfillment.
And as the writer of I Peter
reminds us our redemption was
not bought with tangible things
. . . neither with gold, or silver,
or anything of that ilk, but with
the precious blood of Christ's body.
The supreme sacrifice, made out
of an all-encompassing love for
mankind.
This world in which we have our
being today ia not the ultimate
goal of our existence; we are but
pilgrims passing through to better
things. But reverence for the Al
mighty and a measured considera
tion for His holiness and His laws
against sin and unrighteousness
must be the stepping-stones to our
realization of our own particular
Promised Land.
We are but agents of God's
mighty purpose in this world, of
necessity constrained to serve
God, and reveal His will to others
But we must not Accomplish our
mission with an overbearing mien;
we must be guided by the exam
ple set by Christ in His lifetime
on earth. He did not reproach;
rather, He looked for the good in
the sinner, bringing out, by praise
and expressions of. faith, the lat
ent desirable qualities of the in
dividual. He always, when con
fronted with a penitent sinner,
pictured to them their possibili
ties M , very special individual.
Jesus was forever making people
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tion of Governor Clyde Hoey, tttie
road was n-n proved by being grav
eled, widened with some changes.
Under Terry Sanford's administra
tion the road was hardsurfaced,
but still remains steep, narrow,
dangerous arid not suitable for the
modern day vehicles," Mr. Woody
commented.
Mr. Woody then said, "... A
highway commissioner under Ter
ry Sanford's administration toM
me. 'Andy, you've had the money
allocated to that road but two lit
tle school boys got together and
took it away from you'."
"That's what makes me so gol-
dern mad," Woody said.
"How much bond money has
been or will be spent on roads in
this area and district?", Woody
tusks.
He also wonders how Bob Scott
and Jim Gardiner feel about our
roads and cordially invites both ol
them to visit Madison County and
ride on NC 209 to the Tennessee
Btate line on US 25-70, and also
on the Doggett Gap road.
"If they'd once rfdte over these
roads we might get a little more
attention," Mr. Woody said.
Woody, said he thought the high
way departenent should immedi
ately planto. build a road from
near the forks of Sandy Mush to
tihe road that leads to Leicester
With Our Boys
In Service
NHA Trahk, Vietnam )AHTNC)
Army First Lieutenant David
tCreasman, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence W. .Creasman, Rt 1, Al
exander, was assigned Oct. 1 to the
17th Combat Aviation Group near
Nha Trang, Vietnam, as a base
developments officer.
U. S. Army, Vietnam (AHTNC)
Army Pvt. First Class Thomas
D. Shook. 24. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Shook, Rt 1, Flag Pond,
Term., was assigned as a rifleman
in the Aimerieal Division's 198th
Light Infantry Brigade in Viet
nam, Sept. 19.
His wife, Margie, lives on Route
2, Erwin. .-A.
The Christian faith U dedicated
to making the bad among us good,
and the good among us better.
But we among us who strive to
brine others to God must not think
that we, ourselves, -are' perfect!
For to do so would be a raliacy
a fallacy which those with whom
W come in contact would be quick
to recognize! We have our own
daily personr.r batJos to fisrht, and
ws must fig-' t tl f -d in before
ws eaa'urge cA' fr-s to f'rvt on,
Christ's m l .
(SAVINGS)
B0NDS
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was taken on Oct. 3, 193 1 at
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from Marshall and not have to go
into Buncombe County in order to
get to Marshall. This project
would be less than four miles.
Woody also snid that he thinks
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Read Numbers 14:1-10
Only rebel not ye against the
Lord, neither fear ye ths people
of the land; for they are bread
for us: their defence is departed
from them, and the Lord is with
us: fear them not.
Numbers 14 .-9
The old story of the twelve spies
is familiar to many. These men
mads their surrey and returned
to Moses to report their finding
But the' report ox t ie majority
very oiscouraging. Twey
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Above is pictured the US 19-23 intersection at Lake Junaluska
which is now under construction. When completed this will be an
eight-lane super highway. (Picture property of Andy Woody)
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Doggett Gap. (Picture property of Andy Woody)
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that an extension of US 276 from
Lake Junaluska to Hot Springs!
over NC 209 would have a great
deal of bearing on getting federal
money for our roads.
dwelt upon the facta that the
cities of the land were great and
walled, the people strong hke gi
ants, and the territory occupied
by wild tribes on every side. They
argued that the Hebrews could do
nothing, and it was better to stay
where they were, as the odds a
gairtst them were overwhelming.
How different with Caleb, one
of the twelve! He took signal ex
ception to the majority opinion.
He did not blink the facts. He
had seen all that his companions
had, and though he was not dis
Dosed to underesthnate the diffi
culties, yet Caleb counted upon
God. "The Lord is with us," he
said. That made a tremendous
difference. Caleb was a man of
luptiiuuriut, of courage, of faith.
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He concluded bis visit to The
News-Record by asking, "I won
der who each candidate has in
mind for our next district highway
commissioner?"
Singing
The 4th Saturday night singing
at Retknon Church will be held
Saturday, Oct. 26, starting at 7:30.
AU singers and listeners are in
vited. He believed God was more than a
match for the darkest situation.
Prayer: .Almighty God, to whom
all things are possible and who
art ever present with Thy people,
help utf in every dark and diffi
cult hoar to see not alone the
darkness but Thee. Ames.
Thought for the Day: "The Lord
Ib the strength of my life; of whom
shall I be afraid?"
William Barton KeOy
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