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: .i f . nr 0T '3't -t r'4 wf -.iiym.iiKi stTa iX- HIT 1 f Wkw r I V 1 r" 13J300 GIOD Bnw to nonomwcfu emm ..WS"- ! s. U 'vUO A: Yearja Jaadfrn and Adjoining Coonttas rf-? ' fS.00 A Year OotoUi These Counties ll I.I' li ox, . II , 1, v 7 ix-w y V I jfi Squired By Florida Gorp. Complete PUns Will B e Announced At Later Dete'"-- . -'. Acquisition of Wolf Laurel, e four : seasons, 6,000-sore vacation land second home resort n the scenic Appalachian Mountains, of North Carolina and Tennessee, has been announced by Dynamic Sy stems, Inc., of Melbourne, Florida. Wolf Laurel, which includes Big Bald Mountain SO miles north of Asheville, will be developed as a comprehensive year-round vaca tion and leisure second- home area, of said Kenneth E. Allen, president of Dynamic Systems. According to Allen, the develop ment plan will be implemented by Carolina Laurel, Inc., a subsidiary of Dynamic Systems, with em phasis on second home residential areas and recreational facilities. The abundant natural beauty of the Wolf Laurel-Big Bald Moun tain area will be preserved. Recreational facilities already completed at Wolf Laurel include an 18-hole mountain golf course, which is thought to be the highest east of the Rockie, riding stables with facilities for basic horsemian ship instruction and trail riding to the top of Big Bald Mountain (5,616 feet). The Appalachian Trail winds (Continued To Page Four) CANCER DRIVE IN PROGRESS IN THIS COUNTY Mrs. Retha Ward, county chair man of the Cancer campaign, ha (announced that the drive is in M HOUSING COMMITTEE MET MARCH 31 The TVA, Pilot Project Study Comtmittee met March 31 at the County Extension Office here. The purpose of the group is to identify the housing needs and problems of people living in Madison Coun ty. Leonard Baker, representing the Marshall Housing Authority, led a very informative discussion on the fifty government housing uits that are slated for construc tion this summer in Marshall. Mr. Baker stated that this project should solve many of the problems of locating suitable rental hous ing. Fred Sluder suggested the need for a similar project to be located in the rural areas of the county. The need for an over-all Madison County Housing Author ( Continued To Last Page) CP&L PLANS TO REQUEST RATE HIKE Carolina Power & Light Co. an- 1 nounices it is planning to request a general rate increase of about 10.5 per cent on service to retail customers in North and South Carolina. President Shearon Harris said in a prepared statement that the request will be made before May tions are urgently needed. She stated that everyone realizes the importance of cancer research and cure and should be anxious to (Continued to Page Four) 200 ATTEND GOP DINNER AT MARS HILL SATURDAY Atkinson And Yeager Are Principal Speakers At Cafeteria More than 200 Republicans at tended the fund-raising dinner last Saturday night in the Mars Hill College Cafeteria. The event was sponsored by the Madison County Republican Women's Club. ( Continued to Last Page) progress li&Vand that c6hWbtr-4t th N' C' Utaities Coinimis- saon ana tne s. J. iubiic Service Commission. Harris said that although CP&L has never had a general rate increase, "the spiraling cost of nearly everything we must buy to provide electric service, includ ing investment capital, makes a price increase essential." Harris saw vne proposed in crease "would add less than a nickel per day to the bill of the company s average residential customer." He added, "compar able increases would apply to all retail customers." Also, Harris said, the company expects to make a later filing with the Federal Power Commission for approval of a hike in the rate charged to wholesale customers. He said based on CP&L's 1969 operations, the proposed general rate increase would bring in about $16 million in additional revenue annually neighborhood Youth Corps Programs Successful Here Programs Are Designed To Gave Youths Training, Employment, Assistance The Madison County- Neighbor hood Youth Corps Programs con tinue to operate ancceaaf ulli here. The two program, called ;HYC In-Sohool and NYC Out-of- School, are dedicated to the youth of the county and were developed to -aid young peopJe ,to finish high school or, for those who have dropped out of apfcool, to, continue their educations while receiving -work treating. - '' NYC is a nation-wide Depart ment of Labor program ' which functions as one of - the janti poverty programs. Young people , employed by NYC ntust nee .km income guidelines aa stipulated by the Office of Economic Opportu- The In-Scho PrtgTni employs boys; and girls who. are ienrolled in the county high schools. They work in Mm schools, are super vised by school personnel, and are Jid 1.45 per how by the Deyt taeoi of Labor. - They work '& bourt per week 'fa ' position- fench ! as teachers' adiea, Lbrartarra, adia, C ' " tContinued to Last Tig) ; ATTENTION VOTERS TfMrs. Virginia Anderson, chair man 'of the Madteon County board of elections, reminds- voters who have moved from one precinct to another since . the last election should go to the registrar of the precfoct from which he or she inoved or go to tin registrar of die precinct where he or she now re sides and fill out a transfer form. , She further explained (hat if voter has been moved from form er' precinct 'for 80 days or more the Wer must" U1 out transfer former If voter-faai been moved for less than SO days, he r;she may vote in 'f&rft 'prednoi 'This k 'toperafiva. 6r order; to vote in the Primary Ejection and 6rrkl Bond. Election on May 2, 1970,' ahe stated. I 2.M r, f - -Mrs. Anderson also reminded Voters hat this SaQnrilay was the last day to.recWer or, to fin out transfer form tWf i -i , ' J) x vy . k' tw, Hilt, - ,yr n mil mmAl PROPOSED " " " ' PROPOSED CONSOLIDATED 'A '4 HIGH MADISON COUNTY SCHOOL FACTS ON MADISON COUNTY SCHOOLS AND THE PROPOSED BOND FOR A COMPREHENSIVE CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL (By Madison County Board of Education) 1. SHOULD MADISON COUNTY CONTINUE THE OPERATION OF THE 5 HIGH SCHOOLS AS THEY ARE? The Survey Of Madison County Schools, conducted by Division of School Planning;, Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh states on p. 17: "Economically, it is hard to justify the operation of high schools at Spring Creek, Laurel, and Hot Springs, each of which has an enroll ment of less than 130 students. Also, Marshall and Mars Hill are too small, both having an enrollment of less than 400 students." Pertinent Facts of Madison County High Schools School Enrollment Built Marshall 345 1925 Mars Hill 342 . . 1925 Laurel 110 1927 Hot Springs 104 1928 Spring Creek 80 1925 TOTAL 981 No. of Teachers 12 State allotted, 4 State, alfatted, 3 tellSfctetrj 1 5 State allotted, 1 4 State allotted, 1 38 10 vocational vocational vocational vocational vocational State Teacher Allotment for high schools is a ratio of 4 teachers per each 80 students, 1 additional teacher for each additional 30 students, and 1 additional teacher per each 15 teachers. Present enrollment does not permit employment of sufficient numbers of specialized teach ers to provide the best education. Present enrollment requires teach ers to teach subjects outside the field in which they are certified. The consulting engineer from the Division of School Planning (Survey, pp. 42-44) in his evaluation of the five high schools concluded that the cost of correcting the defects and inadequacies of the buildings could not be economically justified. 2. WHY BUILD ONE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL? (a) To continue operation of the present educational organization al pattern, an expenditure of approximately $3,000,000.00 would be necesary to bring the school plants up to standard requirements for continued use. School Requirement Expense Marshall 20 classrooms and auditorium $750,000.00 Mars Hill 12 classrooms and gym $530,000.00 Laurel 12 classrooms and gym $530,000.00 Hot Springs 12 classrooms., replace auditorium $330,000.00 Spring Creek 12 classrooms and gym $305,000.00 t The State would provide $354,000.00 of the three million, but the bal ance would have to be County money since Federal funds are unavail able for repairs and modernization. (b) If one high school is built, it would cost about $2,000,000. The cost of equipping, maintaining, and' operating one school would be much less. In financing this new school, "Madison County is Priority No. 1 in the state to Appalachian funds for education al purposes. The County has applied for $700,000.00 for Appa lachian Regional Development Commission. If additional leg islation is not provided. Appalachian Funds will not be availa ble beyond 1971. The state will furnish $354,000, and the County must-raise $950,000. Perkins' money (Vocational Act of 1963) would also become available for use for equipment, instructional materials, etc. (c) The number of State allotted teachers will be increased to a minimum of 52 and possibly more. 3. WHAT WILL MY CHILD RECEIVE IN A COMPRHENSIVE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL THAT HE IS NOT PRESENTLY RE CEIVING? ;: i i-v (a) Expanded and improved curriculum. Afore than 100 courses could be offered, giving emphasis to vocational training in the areas of home economics, beautician, automotive mechanics, machinist, agriculture, bricklaying, welding, and others. (b) Specialized instructions Teachers could be assigned to teach the subjects in which they are certified. .'. , n (c) Special education f classes Enrollment would permit employ ment of additional teachers to work with exceptional students and special needs of others. . (d) Special services. A full-time school nurse, certified librarians,-, X uangorwarutf Against FirbbcM national' Forest WOODS-BURNER APPREHENDED LAST SUNDAY The rattle of gravel on the fen ders seemed to echo- the sounds of "Stop!" Theres a man setting the woods on fire." These sounds were heard as a Forest Service crew roimdcd a )end in the Rich Mountain Road Sunday morning. Sure enough there was a man setting fire to the woods. In an attempt to run VV'ayno Franklin stumbled and fell. liy then Steve Burns, Wil lard Swaney and Bruce Campbell . the Forest Service crew, appre hended Franklin. The small fire was quickly extinguished before any damage occurred. Wayne Franklin, of Route 4, Marshall was placed under arrest and taken to the Hot Springs jail by District Ranger James Luns ford and Assistant Ranger Ray Jackson. Later, Franklin was transferred to the Marshall jail where he stayed until Monday morning. Assisted by Special Agent Roy Moore of tihe U. S. Forest Service, Asheville, the Dis trict Ranger arraigned Franklin before U. S. Comimissioner Law rence Stoker. Franklin pleaded guilty to start ing a fire without authorization on National Forest land. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail. The jail sentence was supended for 6 months provided Franklin remain or attempt to remain gainfully employed; does hot go onto Na tional Forest land for 6 imonths; and pay a fine of $50.00 and jail fee ' EH Awards Night The Extension Homemaker's Clubs in Madison County will hold their Annual Awards Night Program at the courthouse in Marshall tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o'lock. A special celebration of the 50th Anniversary of EH clubs in North Carolina will be held, A brief history of club work will be given. Former club members and Home Economics Agents are especially invited to attend this celebration. The cluba have worked hard for their points and awards this year, so come to the program to see them receive their honors. , The public ta invited to "attend this meeting. Public Shoufd Be Careful; ' Describes Big Hurricane Fire Sunday By JIM LUNSFORD District Ranger Hot Springs, N. C, April 12 fimoke and flames belched out of the forest in a roaring inferno as a fire fighting crew split and ran for their lives. The crew was tak ing suppression action on a fire set to the forest by some uncon cerned citizen. On a warm and calm Sunday morning a smoke was reported on Big Hurricane about 5 miles north east of Hot Springs. Neal Bar nett, the Forest Service Lookout on Rich Mountain, had spotted the smoke only moments earlier and had passed the location on to the crew on standby at Hot Springs. Within moments the crew was on their way. The fire was burn ing near the road so suppression action was presumed easy. A line was constructed and the ac tion seemed to be successful but that was before the fire, as for est fires can, erupted and began to spread generating its own wind and preheating the forest in front of the flames'. The flames jumped the lines as the crew fled from the on-rushing fire. Ray Jackson, Assistant Ranger, fell back with his crew and began, a new attack. This time the line held and all seemed well until the lookout spotted more smoke on top of the mountain, above the dire. The fire in all its fury had sent burning embers into the air that set another fire almost a quarter mile away. An air tanker was called in to drop fire retardant on the spot fire. More men were called to help suppress the new fire. The air tanker with 1200 gallons of retardant and the additional men stopped the spot fire. Aa the day grew old and dampness from eve ning crept in, the tired and weary fire fighters began to feel they had won anotfcer battle against wild fire. Moptup action began with the coming of night, and what started on a peaceful Sun day morning ended once again in calm. What person or persons could hold such hate as to set a forest fire and endanger the lives of these fire fighters? Some may have been friends or relatives but most of all tihey are human be- 'jngs, whose lives are held sacrea in all eyes. INDIVIDUAL ACTION 1 - No one can map out your life for you because no one has been where you are going. All-Out Campaign To Fight German Measles April 29-39 REECE FAMILY RECEIVES TWO MORE AWARDS Mr. and Mrs. Burnett Roata at the Walnut Creek section hv. been presented two more awards, ine Military Merit Medal and Kallanty Cross with Palm, poaU numously to their son, Sgt Walter James Eeece. who ma fe Vietnam in May; 1968, with the i oj lowing meritorious citation: A serricettltal 6z cooraara and rare self eacrifiee, ha displayed at au ones the most tactful co-ope. ration while aiding ha Armed Forces of the Republic- of Viet nam to rebel aha Sad Warn vw waning South Vietnam and South east Asia." With ready ieal and commendable response, ha fmet on to the end In every mission and eat irffiiant axamrjla ff t, fellow soldier. ff died In the performance of duty. Behind tfcn J leaves the abWImr grTef of his former, cor -aJ. s Ti-r 3. Viet namese as well as Americans'. Immunization Teams To Be At County Schools For Two Days Dr. W. O. Dock, president of the MadWr County Mee1 So ciety, and Dr. Barbara ,'A.Vfk' Madison County Health Direct announced this week nlam being finalised for the campaign fco "Hub root Rubella" rGomn measles) in Madison County. Ine following ached uln tnr A. ministration' of the faanuniutinn has been set up: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29! Marshall School fi&o . m. to ll&O a. m. Han HOI School &6 ta. m. to 11:80, a. m. " v . T Walnut School 1.-00 n, ml to 3.-00 p. m. Seech Glen School 1.-00 n. m . to 3:00p.nw - THURSDAY, APRIL 30: -Laurel School 6:30 a. to. to 11:30 a- m. - Hoi Springs School 8:30 a. m, to 11:30 a. m. Ebbs Chapel SvLool l.CJ t. m. to 8:00 p. ra.
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