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rWlson County Libre nr Marshall, N . C- 28753 'ft t-;,-.t' Volume 72 Number 22 Marshall, N.C. June 14, 1973 ountain Music Festival apt rwW'WiM X :;Yr,CH Record Budget Proposed By Commissioners; Tax Rate Reduced At Sodom This Week-end M The Second Annual Madison County Music Festival will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June IS, 16, and 17, at the community ball park in the Sodom section of Madison County, 20 miles north-west of Marshal on US 208. This festival is presented by The Old-Time Music Committee of Horse Show At Mars Hill Successful The annual Horse Show at Mars Hill last Saturday was very successful, according to officials of the Mars HU1 Lions Qub, sponsors. If possible, winners of the events will be published next week since a list of winners was obtained too late for this issue Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair Is Planned The 17th annual Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair, sponsored by the Yancey County Chamber of Commerce, is now being planned for August 3 and 4 on the Town Square in Burn sville. Craftsmen from Yancey, neighboring mountain counties, other sections of North Carolina, and other states will come to display, demonstrate, and sell their handniade crafts in the two day event which brings countless people U Burnsville. The Fair will open on Friday morning and will eid late Saturday. There will be games, entertainment, and refreshments On Saturday, chicken barbecue will be sold to those in attendance at the Fair The first weekend in August will be a big one in Burnsville In addition to the Crafts Fair, the 6th annual Yancey Youth Jamboree, featuring traditional folk music, singing, and dancing and also sponsored by the Yancey County Chamber of Com merce, will open at East Yancey High School Auditorium on Thursday night, August 2, and will be presented again on Friday faght, August 3. MECHANIZED BACKYARD COWBOY Ralph M. Lee of Man Hill, who conclude a year's service as governor of the North Carolina District West of Ctvitaa International on June 30, takes a trial ride on a handsome and useful gift presented to him at the annual district convention in Charlotte recently. In appreciation for his services as district governor, the members approximately 2,573 of them In S3 Civitan Clubs In the western half of the state gave him an AMF St-inch, -horsepower riding mower with dump cart. An avid gardner, the retired former academic dean at Mart Hill College Is already putting the bright orange vehicle to good ase. Daring Dean Lee's tenure at district governor, the district organized and chartered tlx sew junior Chritaa clubs, two collegiate clubs and one senior, club with net increase of 73 senior members. 139; Juniors and 4f collegiate members. Civitan clubs sor port numerous community projects such at . schools for the mentally retarded and handicapped, little lea rue baseball teams boys' hornet at Lake Waccamsw and Hui?lersv.iUe. and youth eon-; fereoce center at IlendersonvUle. They contribute to t . - , school bands, awarded numerous tchoiarvnipa to deserving hth school graduate! and foster a wide rge of other community improvement projects..' (Photo by Waller Smilh.) ; ' v. Madison County. This festival will comply with the oldest traditions of mountain music. For this reason no country-western, rock music, or electric in struments will be allowed. This festival is dedicated to old-time musicians and the presentation of their music There will be no contest or competition and musicians are urged to play with one another and not against one another. Admission to the festival will be $1 for adults and 50c for children under 12 years of age per night or $3 for a week-end pass. Refreshments will be sold and campsites will be Flood Victims Joint services for David Wayne Woody, 21, his son, Christopher Wayne Woody, two and his daughter, Shannon Colleen Woody, age 10 months, who were drowned late Sunday, May 27, 1973, due to flood conditions at their residence at Fowlder Mobile Home Park, Rt. 3 Arden, were held at 2 30 p.m. Thursday of last week in Zion Baptist Church on Spring Creek The Hevs Estel Strickland and Clint Holt officiated Burials were in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were friends of the family Mr Woody, who was em ployed by General Electric Co in Hendersenville, was i native of Madison County, a resident of Buncombe County for a year and a member of Zion Baptist Church in Madison County Mr Woody is survivied b the widow , Mrs Annette ledford Woody; the parents, Mr and Mrs Fate Woody of Rt 1 Hot Springs; and two sisters, Mrs Wanda Kent of Asheville and Miss Joyce Woody of Rt 1 Hot Springs The children are also sur vived by the maternal grandparents, Mr and Mrs Clay Iedford of Ht 3, Arden and the maternal great grandparents, Mr and Mrs Carter .edford and Mr and Mrs Troy Haney, all of Hot Springs, Bowman-Duckett Funeral Home, was in charge. available All who come are asked to bring a blanket or a chair to sit on. The entertainment schedule is as follows: Friday and Saturday from sun-down until and Sunday afternoon Square dances will be held throughout the festival when the people want them and there will be an Old Time Gospel Singing on Sunday There will also be a workshop held on Saturday by the musicians and singers to pass Mato Packing Plant Not To Open Here This Season At a special called meeting on Tuesday, June 5, members of the Board of Directors of Mato Packing Company voted unanimously to close the packing shed for the year 19711 The meeting was called to order by Bruce Murray, chairman, with I) M Robinson acting as secretary in the absence of Ionard Baker Upon roll call the following directors were present O A Gregory, Roscoe Briggs, Wayne Bngman, Gay Merrill, Raymond Ramsey, CD. Bowman, Earl Wise, DM Robinson and Murray After hearing a report on an estimate of vine ripened tomato production in the county for the year 1973, along Pre -Certification Measurement Still Available With the final certification date for farm program par ticipants only weeks away . little time remains for far mers to request set-aside inspection and acreage measurement, Nila Mann. Acting County Executive Director for the Agricultural Stablization and Conservation Service, pointed out Earmers who have any question about their set-aside land should get the correct answer about certifying No adjustments or changes in set aside acreage are permissible after a farmer certifies his compliance with the 1973 (arm program provisions If he doesn't have enough acreage set aside or if his set-aside land is not substantially equal In productivity to the land normally planted to program crops on the farm, he could Attend School Food Service Workshop Twenty -one Madison County school food service employees attended workshop on "Procurement' at Marshall School last week. The workshop was sponsored by Ashe riue-Buncombe Tech and the following attended: Annie Balding, Flora Burnette, Mayme Drake, Emma Edmonds. Mertit Ford, Alma Green, Blanche Henderson, Ruby Henderson, Christine Lansford, Eva Moore, Grace Notion, ZarOda Peek, Geneva Ramsey, Nellie Ray, Nora Ray, Carrie Tipton, Ola WaBia, Mary Worley, Velma War ley, Savada Ponder and jt Ramsey ' On Friday, eaca was presented a certificate for completing the thirty hour, study coarse. Jay ' Canter, Hospitality Education Area Coordinator for Asheville ' Buncombe Tech., presented the certificates. ' on their knowledge to younger people who would like to learn. All old-time fiddle, banjo, dulcimer, and guitar players, buck and square dancers, ballad singers, and old-time hymn singers and other traditional mountain musicians are urged to come and sing and visit with friends and neighbors and enjoy music in the mountain tradition Everyone who at tends this fine event will be glad they were there with figures from previous years of operation, the directors came to the con clusion that it would be unwise to reopen the shed for operation this season., It was also pointed out that several industries had ex James Wallin Aided In Breathing By IPPB Machine James M Wallin, of Route 4 Marshall, has a crippling lung disease called emphysema. In April of this year he was admitted to WNC Sanatorium, Black Mountain, on the referral of a private physician. l.ast week Mr. Wallin came lose some or all of his set-aside payment," said Mrs Mann For a fee which covers the i ist of the service, the County ASCS Office will provide in spection and measurement service for set-aside land Inspection means a deter mination ahead of final cer lificaUon date on whether the set-aside land is acceptable for quality Measurement means staking and referen cing the exact acreage required "The date a farmer cer John Campbell Receives IM. Post At MHC John R Campbell, Jr has been named Assistant for News and Information in the Division of Public Information at Mars HiU College His duties will include news service operation and media relationships A native of Dillon, S C , he is the son of Mr. and the late Mrs John H Campbell A graduate of Dillon High School, he received his Bachelor's degree from St. Andrews Presbyterian College in 1966 While at St Andrews he was a charter member and Vice-President of Cirde K International, a member of the Highland Players drama organisation, and a cheerleader. A Vietnam veteran. Camp bell served with the First Air Cavalry Division during 1961 While there he received the Br once Star Medal, the Air Medal, and the Combat In-: tantryman's Badge. Following his aeparatloa ft-era the service, he taught at Hamer Elementary School m Dillon before Uking the position of News Director with jj SL Andrews where ht served a-om ues-1971. More recently, he served ia a similar position . : at WofTard College in Spar tsnburg. &.C ..His articles, have been f jii13 .1.,; w 4 ' FOUR UNITS of the nearly-completed Housing Project on Walnut Creek Road in Marshall were completely destroyed by fire of undetermined origin shortly before 5 a.m. Tuesday morning. Marshall firemen, unable to extinguish the flames, prevented the adjacent units from burning. pressed interest in leasing the building which, if done, would afford employment the year around rather than fur a short seasonal operation The directors indicated that they would immediately take steps, with the assistance of home, bringing with him a machine necessary to help him breathe. The IPPB machine ( Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing) is a portable unit which can be used to administer medications to Hie air passages and lungs of tifies, it's too late to make adjustments Farmers can come in as soon as their 1973 plantings are complete and certify their acreage. Of course, the earlier a farmer certifies, the earlier he will receive payment." Mrs Mann said Set-aside inspection and measuremt service is available to all farm program participants All ASCS programs are administered without regard to race, creed, color, sex or national origin published in several magazines including The Sandlapper in South Carolina and We the People of North Carolina. While at Wofford, 20 of his photographic prints were exhibited at the Sandor Teszler Library. He is married to the former Linda Attaway of North Augusta, S. C , and they have one child, Jo Altyson, nine months old. Mars Hill Budget Is In Town Hall The te native budget for the fiscal year beginning July I, 1973 of The Town of Mars Hill was presented to the Town Board June 4, 1973 and Is available for public tnapecOoa in the Town Hall. A public hearing wiD be held at 7:30 pjn. on June 17, TOT ia The Town Hall, at which ttme any persona who wish to be heard on the budget may appear. , Belk Nhincd I Lion Inria Beta has been nominated by the Lions of North Caroliaa as their candidate for international Director , of Lions la tern tt anal The nomination was made at the North Carolina Lions' Convention in Fayetteville, N. G on June 3. the Madison County Development Board, to see what arrangements could be made to lease the building in compliance with any rules and regulations imposed by the Small Business Administration respiratory disease patients. Emphysema is a disease that causes the lungs to become enlarged. It damages and destroys the walls of the tiny air sacs of the lungs. The disease develops gradually over a long period of time, with the victim usually susceptible to frequent colds, heavy coughing and chronic bronchitis In addition, those people who develop en physema are very often found to be heavy cigarette smokers. Mr. Wallin was severely short of breath when admitted to the hospital. He received medications, breathing exercises and treatments with respirators, or "breathing machines." Now on his return home, he is able to breathe unassisted more normally for longer periods of time. However, he must be ex tremely careful not to overexert and he is not able to continue his occupation, farming A social worker at WNC Sanatorium described Mr. Wallin s situation to the WNC Lung Association and requested financial assistance in purchasing a respirator for him He could return home only if a breathing machine could be obtained for his use. The WNC Lung Association, located in Asheville, is the former WNC Tuberculosis and Kespiratory Disease Association Although some limited patient services are provided, no program had been in effect to purchase respirators. In this case, a contribution had been received recently from the Madison County School System and it seemed very appropriate to extend help at this time to a patient from Marshall. Several people connected with the WNC . Lung Association were contacted, including: Mrs. Leonard Baker and Mrs. James Story, Marshall, and Mrs. Brown Amnions, Mars HiU. Matching money was made available and the Association purchased a respirator. The machine is the property of the WNC Lung Association and it Is being loaned to Mr. Wallin for use aa long aa , prescribed by a physician. ' This represents a "first" In the establishment of a respiratory loan closet for the Association. As additional equipment ia purchased and hopefully, donated, it wiD be possible .to loan it to lung -disease patients located wtthta the Association's area of Nor Si Carolina's nineteen . westernmost counties, . . As people like Mr. Wallin receive this help, the respiratory load closet becomes another of the ser vices made possible through contributions to Christmas J. Nathan Wyatt Performance Engineer ("r'V r I 1L BARBERTON, OHIO-I. Nathan Wyatt, son of Mr. and Mrs J. Herschel Wyatt, Rt. No. 4, 15 Lake Shore, Weaverville, has been named a performance engineer with the applications engineering department of The Babcock & Wilcox Company's industrial & marine division. Born in Mars Hill, Wyatt joined B&W in June, 1969 as an assistant engineer with contract engineering after receiving a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University. Prior to this most recent assignment, he was serving as an associate performance engineer with contract engineering. Babcock & Wilcox is a major international manufacturer of power generation equipment for utilities and industry. Its sales during 1972 were more than $960 million with a backlog of approximately $2.5 billion. Berea College Recipient Of $100,000 Fund Berea College, Berea, Ky., has recently been the recipient of a gift of $100,000 which makes possible the establishment of a DeWitt Wallace Reader's Digest Endowed Scholarship Fund. This gift now enables the college to offer a scholarship of $200 to each of 25 incoming freshmen who have shown qualities of Christian leadership in their home communities and who meet other requirements for ac ceptance by Berea College. Established in 1856, the college charges no tuition, is inter-donominational and interracial. Its primary purpose Is to serve youth from y I "An i J ' : nn l2 i i cc:;fero;ce fjttiAKA Via AMONG TIIE 238 delegate Regional Resource Devt lament C r-rr-rt ' Fonts an Village. North Car-, "-t, tre t' f: Malison County. Thirty yett'.j fr i C. j ::.--. ; the week-long event wtich drew 4 1. t rs f ! Tigtit Jane Rice. Gary Es'y, A ,---t. t - ' ' l Hunter. They sluf!ie er--- resource ii v'-i r it;: i r . Madison County Com missioners will hold a public hearing at 10 a m June 18 on their proposed $5,556,038 budget for the 1973-74 fiscal year. The hearing will be in the courtroom of the cour thouse Total appraised valuation of county properties, which includes I personal property, utilities, and real estate), is $83,555,555 The new tax rate will be $1.75 per $100 of assessed valuation based on $ 37,600,000 of tax taxable property with a 45 per cent assessment ratio The 1973-74 budget is $3,063,778 greater than for the current year (if the $1.75 tax rate. $.29 will be used to retire bonds for the new county school with the remaining $1 46 being used for other county functions Former MILS Gets Doctor's Davia M Veach, the former Miss Davia Ann Massey, received the Doctor of Philosophy Degree on May 12, 1973 from the University of South Carolina, Columbia South Carolina. Dr. Veach graduated from Marshall High School in 1963. In June, 1966, she received the Bachelor of Science in Education Degree in Home Economics from Western Carolina College. In 1969 she completed requirements for the Masters Degree in Child Development at the University of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Dr. Veach has taught for four years at the University cf South Carolina in the Department of Child Development where she presently holds the rank of Assistant Professor. She plans to continue her teaching career at the University She is married to Darryl Red Cross Report During the month of May, 1973, the Asheville Area Chapter of the American Red Cross reports that seven units of blood were donated by residents of Madison County Also during that same month, the Red Ooss, Service to Military Families Southern Appalachia whose high school records demon strate ability to be successful in college, who have high recommendations, and who come from families of low income. Its program of Student Financial Aid provides assistance in meeting costs for room and board and other fees. The DeWitt Wallace Reader's Digest Endowed Scholarship Fund now provides opportunity for special recognition and financial assistance to selected Christian youth who wish to apply for admission in the fall of VTIX ri fmiriti ac CL'.T, to tit V "i Ar.mu! 4 It et (; i t9 The budget includes $434,582 in Revenue Sharing funds. These funds include Revenue Sharing monies which were received during the 1972-73 fiscal year and anticipated Revenue Sharing monies which will be received during the 1373-74 fiscal year. The Board of Com missioners has currently appropriated $63,000 of Revenue Sharing funds and has plans for using the remaining funds largely for a sanitary LinUfull and new school construction expenses (School Capital Outlay . School.", are budgeted $215.0011 of local funds which is a slight ilk rea.se over the 1972 73 budget allocation and the library arui Social Service have slightly decreased local fund allocations Graduate Degree Veach, also a graduate of Western Carolina College Th couple have three sons, Darren, David and Dwain. Dr Veach is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dave Massey of Route 5, Marshall and the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs C P lwis of Marshall. Department serviced three cases for Madison County All were for servicemen two cases involved reporting and one case was for an emergency leave Walnut News Mrs Cecil McDevitt, who had been in a rest home in Burnsville returned to her home last week. Mr and Mrs. Brank Thomas and son and Mrs. Thomas' brother from River Rouge, Michigan spent part ot this week with Brank 's parents, Mr and Mrs. Chester Thomas and his sister, Mrs. Norman Pearson and her children. Dr and Mrs. J. Bates Henderson returned last week from Indianapolis, Ind. where they visited their son and daughter in law, Mr. and Mrs. Danny Henderson and at tended the high school graduation of their grandson. Danny Boone and Michael Cody spent last week at Basketball camp near Raleigh. Mrs. Ruth Metcalf and children, Susan and David spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C E. Tweed and with her brother in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.' Warren Ponder j . je The Rev. Joseph M. Reeves of Charlotte spent Sunday night with his mother, Mrs. A. , S. Reeves and hli brother - in -law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. . Plumer Cody and their sons. Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Fk-a- ' mans and children returned bat week from Orlando, FX where they - vi",4 rxvteyworld and rr r' of Interest. Ty 'so i Mr. rierrr-.f" t' ", Ln is a-J f r ' i . . ft. j