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Grading Continues
On Marshall
Shopping Center
Rapid progress is being made
on the grading of the proposed
shopping center on the Marshall
by-pass across the highway
from the site of the consolidated
high school. The shopping
center will be known as the
Madison County Plaza and will
contain several firms including
a large Ingle's super market.
Mrs. Coates And Unborn Child
Die Of Wreck Injuries
A mother and her unborn
child died early Tuesday,
January 4, as a result of a one
car accident Monday night near
the Madison-Buncombe County
line.
Mrs. Patricia Joe Moody
Coates, 23, wife of Ray Donald
Coates of Marshall and an
employe of First Union National
Bank here was returning home
from a doctor's appointment in
Asheville when the accident
occurred between 7:30 and 8
p.m. Monday.
t Slate Trooper J. L. Hall, who
investigated, said the car she
was driving left US 25-70 on a
i straight portion of huzhwav
near Turkey Neck curve about
four and one-half miles fron.
Marshall and traveled 210 feet
before stopping, demolished.
He said the car turned over
down a 45-foot embankment
struck a tree and bounced off to
travel 20 feet further and strike
Attention all home builders,
developers, electricians,
plumbers, and supply dealers!
The French Broad Electric
Membership Corp. and the
Madison County Extension
Service invites you to a supper
meeting at The Madison Grill,
Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m. to
discuss the county housing
situation.
According to the U. S. Census
Bureau, about 70 per cent of
Madison's housing is sub
standard. At this time, there are
Federal Loan Programs
available to remedy much of
this situation. For instance, the
Fanner's Home Administration
hi North Carolina, a prime rural
lending agency has been
awarded $100 million to loan low
and moderate income families
Marshall and
Harry L. Giezentanner,
promoter and builder, stated
that the Ingle store will contain
some 18,000 square feet, a 120
foot front and 150-foot depth and
will have adequate parking
facilities.
Names of other firms were
unavailable.
Mr. Giezentanner said that
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MRS. COATES
another' tree.
Mrs. Coates, who formerly
lived in Swannanoa, was taken
to an Asheville hospital where a
Caesarean section was per
formed in an attempt to save
the baby, according to a
hospital spokesman, who said
the baby died at 1:19 a.m. and
Mrs. Coates at 1:30 a.m.
The cause of the accident is
not known, Hall said.
Housing Meeting Slated
For Next Tuesday
for homes. According to
Eldridge Hill, County Farmer's
Home Administration Super
visor, many of the families
eligible for these funds are not
taking advantage of these ex
cellent low-interest loans to
obtain adequate housing. The
Farmer's Home Administration
can also help finance land for
housing development.
Special guests will include
Ron Baker, director of In
dustrial Services, from the
Tarheel Electric Membership
Association, will speak on the
increasing role of the electric
co-ops in housing.
Woodley Warrick, Extension
Housing Specialist, will discuss
the keys to rural housing
development and Extension's
contributions to housing in.
Mars Hill firemen assisted
the Plaza would be located on
approximately acres.
Actual construction on
buildings will depend on
weather conditions and
progressin grading but it is
hoped to start construction next
week.
Cost of the Plaza is estimated
at approximately $400,000.00
FUNERAL TODAY
Services for Mrs. Coates were
held at 2:30 o'clock today
(Thursday) in Madison
Seminary Baptist Church of
which she was a member.
The Revs. Gene Hall, Jay
Blankenship and E. J. Jenkins
officiated. Burial was in the
church cemetery. Pallbearers
were J. T. and Bud Fox, Ronnie
and Coy Haynie, Talmadge
McLean and Earle Wise.
. Surviving wc the husband,
Ray Donald Coates; the
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Moody of Swannanoa; a sister,
Mrs. Bob Dorato and a brother,
Harold S. Moody, both of
Swannanoa; the maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Jennie
Moody and the maternal
stepgrandmother, Mrs. Ila
Ingle, both of Swannanoa.
Bowman-Duckett Funeral
Home was in charge.
North Carolina.
Paul Laughrun, Western
District Farmer's Home Ad
ministration Supervisor, will be
on hand to discuss the Farmer's
Home Administration's
Program and to answer any
questions the builders might
have.
"This meeting is crucial if the
building industry is to join
hands in an attempt to improve
the county's housing conditions.
All builders, etc., are en
couraged to attend and par
ticipate in this meeting'. So let's
throw down our hammers and
come out to the supper meeting
where we can get down to
business on the ways to solve
our housing problems!" Mr.
Hill said.
in Burns ville fire Tuesday
MARSHALL.
Marshall Has
New Police
Car
Mayor Lorado Ponder an
nounced this week that a 1972
Ford has been purchased from
Service Motor Sales, Inc., to be
used as a police car for the
Town of Marshall. The new car
is now in operation.
Ponder said the 4-door vehicle
cost $2,940.00 of which 60 per
cent was secured through a
grant from French Broad Law
Enforcement Agency,
Asheville. The town's portion of
the cost is approximately
$1,176.00, the mayor stated.
The former police car was
totally damaged in November
when Policeman J. B. Payne
was fatally injured when the car
ran off the Redmon Road in
Marshall.
Federal Tax
Information
At Post Office
A booklet that gives in
formation on how to fillout
Federal tax returns will be sold
at the Marshall Post Office
Postmaster Frank Ramsey
announced today.
"Your Federal Income Tax"
was written by the Internal
Revenue Service and contains
many examples to illustrate
how the tax law applies to ac
tual situations. A special
feature ef the. bvohlet is ttfN
sample, filled-in return, Form
1040, keyed to pages where
explanations can be found for
each entry on the return.
The 160-page booklet is on
sale and costs 75 cents a copy.
"By selling this booklet at
postal facilities in the Marshall
area we are offering a con
venient service to our
customers," Postmaster
Ramsey said. "We are par
ticipating in a nationwide
program to make the tax
booklet available to the public
in 15,000 postal facilities."
Two Arrested
Two Florida men are in the
Madison County jail after being
arrested in Valdosta, Ga., last
Friday, charged with larceny of
over $4,500 in silver coins from
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Anderson, of Hot Springs,
during the holidays.
Sheriff E. Y. Ponder stated
this week that Valdosta officers
made the arrests and that he
(Ponder) brought them back to
this county.
Ponder said that a sizable
amount of the stolen coins from
the coin collection had been
recovered.
The two men being held in
connection with the theft are
Walter Ray Allen, 23, and Ar
thur Lee Sparks, 22, both of
Pompano Beach, Fla.
morning
N. C THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1972
Unusual picture of portion of Marshall from recent
REAP
At ASCS
A meeting of business firm
representatives who wish to
continue as or become approved
REAP Vendors for 1972 for
Madison County ASCS has been
scheduled for Thursday, Jan.
13, at 7 p.m. in the ASCS Office
according to announcement by
Ralph Ramsey, County ASCS
Director. Ramsey explained
that approved vendors are
business firms or individuals
who execute agreements with
Elimination Of Health
Larry Burwell, Madison
County Health Director, has
announced that Health Cer
tificate Requirement from
Sanitation regulations of the
State Board of Health has been
eliminated.
Following are excerpts from
a letter Mr. Burwell and Mr. Ed
Morton, sanitarian, received
from Marshall Station, director
Sanitary Engineering Division:
At its meeting on October 28,
1971, the State Board of Health
Tea Cup & Saucer Display
At ? Library Here
The Tea ' Cup Saucer
collection of Mrs. Daugan
(Flora) Headway of Rt I,
Marshall, is on display in the
window of the Madison County
Public Library en Main Street
' in Marshall. This display, fifth
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Vendor's Meeting
Office January 13
ASCS to furnish conservation
materials or services to far
mers on the Government
Purchase Order Plan under the
Rural Environmental
Assistance Program. He fur
ther stated that in order to
become or remain an approved
County Vendor a representative
from that firm must attend an
annual meeting at which the
terms of the agreement are
reviewed and explained in
Requirement Announced
rescinded the health certificate
(he past, examinations have
more often than not been made
only for diseases such as
tuberculosis and syphilis which
are not transmitted through
food; (b) Even as a screening
tool for tuberculosis and
syphilis, the exams have not
been productive; and (c) The
foodborne diseases prevalent
today are not amenable to
control through annual
screening of food handlers."
in a series of collections being
featured In the Library win
dows, shows M cups and
saucers; sixteen of which art
from other states and four are
from foreign countries.
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detail by an ASCS Official. The
principal conservation
materials furnished through the
Madison County REAP Pur
chase Order Plan are seeds,
lime and fertilizers for use in
establishing or improving a
vegetative cover of grasses
and or legumes.
In conclusion, Ramsey urged
interested firms or individuals
to attend Thursday's meeting.
Certificate
requirement. This action to all
sanitation regulations of the
State Board of Health, was
effective January 1, 1972.
The reasons for this action
were given in a Joint
memorandum dated November
10. 1971, to a! Local Health
Directors. The following is
quoted from that memoran
dum: . , ; '.i ,
"This action was based on the
following considerations: (a) In
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Starts Jan. 12
The January term of District
court : will begin here Wed
nesday, January 12, with Judge
J. Ray Braswell presiding.
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Schedule Issued For
Registration Of Voters
Building on Main Street in
Marshall next to the Marshall
fire department and in same
building with the ESEA offices
and the Selective Service Of
fice. Board members stated that
those who have not registered
under the new loose leaf system
which was installed in 1968, may
do so. They also urge 18-19-20-year-olds
to register before the
April 7 deadline.
Masons Install
Officers Here
Newly elected officers of the
French Broad Masonic Lodge,
252 AF & AM, were installed
here on December 28. Prior to
the installation the Masons
were supper guests of the
Marshall Eastern Stars.
Officers instated were:
Worshipful , master, Ernest
Frisby, of Asheville, who is the
son of Mrs. Paul Frisby and the
late Mr Frisby, of Marshal; .
senior .warden. Bill Ricker;
Junior warden, Ted Hunter; v
secretary,' Ehrood Waldrup;
treasurer. Jack Guthrie; senior
deacon,' Sam Houston; Junior
deacon, Grady Conner; tiler,
Joe Fowler; chaplain, Preston
Edwards; stewards. Jack
Buckner and Jeter Cantrcll;
trustees, Carrol Edwards,
Elwood Waldrup and Lester
Wilde. -
Lester Wilde was the retiring
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NUMBER 1
Magazine
For the benefit of those -who
wish to register to become
eligible to vote, the Madison
County Board of Election hat
announced that registration
books are open each Monday,
Wednesday and Friday from
8:30a. m. to 4:30 p. m. except cn
legal holidays observed by
other county offices.
The board of elections office
is located in the Ramsey
School Food
Supervisor Iir
New Office
Sunt R. L. Edwards has
announced that Mrs. Annie Mae
Tipton, county school food
service supervisor, is now
located to the board of
education office in the cour
thouse. She was formerly
located in the ESEA ofSce cn
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