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183 Acres Purchased For County
Landfill And Other Improvements
Madison County, like many
mountain counties, has been
plagued for years with an
inadequate garbage disposal
system. As a result, our
creeks have been polluted, the
roadside cluttered with un
sightly debris, and the
legitimate "dumps" have
become unhealthy eyesores.
County Environmental
Policy Ordinance
Passed For County
The following En
vironmental Poilicy Or
dinance was passed by the
Madison County Com
missioners at their last
meeting held on September 4:
MADISON COUNTY
ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE TO
ESTABLISH AN EN
VIRONMENTAL POLICY OF
MADISON COUNTY.
WHEREAS The General
Statutes of North Carolina,
Chapter, 113A-1, et seq
provides for the establish
ments of policies and
regulations on the county level
to prevent environmental
changes which will be
'detrimental to the health,
safety and welfare of the
citizens of Madison County.
Section 1. Purposes;
The purposes of this Or
County Day Care Centers To Open On
COUNTY DAY CARE PERSONNEL Seated, left to right. Rath SUmry,
Aide. Hot Springs; Mattle Ray Ramsey, Teacher, Hot Springs; Eda VanNest,
Aide. Hot Springs; Bee Wiiienski. Coordinator; Billie Lynn Roberts,
Secretary. Standing, left to right. Sutanne Morton. Teacher, Marshall; Rose
Franklin, Aide. Marshall; Barbara Morton. Aide. Marshall; Emma Jean
Pegg. Teacher. Marshall; Bettie Gehring. Teacher. Mars Hill; Muriel Reed,
Aide. Mars Hill; SarawUI Bellamy. Aide. Mars Hill.
Mars Hill College Funded
For New Education Program
' MARS BILL - President
faton signed a grant this week
that awarded Mars BUI
colkga $40,000 to develop
cooperative edacstioa ,
program at the Baptist af-
Wis ted school Dr. Richard L. '
Htffman, Vice President for
Academic Affairs, also an-
nounced that an AshevUk
native, Glenn C. Trantham, '
has been named to head the
Trsn'-ro is a graJ-ite of
TtXm K h School and the
University of Tennessee, -
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the Est
But that will soon be history.
Through the efforts of the
County Commissioners and
the citizens of Madison
County, the county will have,
within the near future, a
modern Sanitary Landfill
facility.
James Ledford, Chairman
dinance are to declare County
policy which will encourage
the wise, productive, and
beneficial use of the natural
resources of Madison County
without damage to the en
vironment, maintaining a
healthy and pleasant en
vironment, and preserving the
natural beauty of Madison
County; that the County
Commissioners hereby
establish a continuing policy
to conserve and protect its
natural resources and to
create and maintain con
ditions under which man and
nature can exist in productive
harmony.
SECTION 2. Persons and
Firms Affected;
All persons, firms, cor
prations and developers who
desire to develop a major
development project shall be
regulated by this Ordinance;
Development District where
he supervised college wort
study students placed through
the Development agency,
assisted the Oak Ridgt
Associated Universities in
developing a high school
career opportunity program,
and served as a resource
consultant to colleges in
terested in off-campus learn
ing programs.
I pt to his poef'jon In
Tenm sve, t worked iUH the
North Carolina Internship
OfSce as a rwrtonal coor-t!'"-pti-ir
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of the County Commissioners,
announced Monday that the
county had purchased 183
acres (Bryan Farm, off
Marshall By -Pass on Long
Branch) for a total price of
$100,000. Monies received by
the county through the
Federal Revenue-Sharing
the term "major development
project" shall include but is
not limited to shopping cen
ters, subdivisions and other
housing developments and
industrial and commercial
projects but shall not include
any projects of less than two
contiguous acres in extent
SECTION 3. Requirements;
Any person, firm, cor
poration or developer who
intends to develop a tract of
land of more than two con
tiguous acres in size for any of
the above named purposes
shall submit to the County
Commissioners prior to the
development of said property
a detailed statement by the
said developer setting forth
the' following:
A. The environmental
impact of the proposed action;
B. Any significant adverse
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State of North Carolina.
The new program is
designed to give students an
opportunity to have oo-the-job
experience - before they
fra ds ate. Trantham com
ments that Tint is a time
when Ine student is making a
multitude of crucial decisions.
Under this new program, be .
win be able to choose wort
experience and gain Insight
into that work before deciding
that this or that profession is
really whet he wants to do for
the rest of his Ue." '
rn Core Is well
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program were used to buy the
land.
The property will serve
several important county
needs: a Sanitary Landfill, a
Community Recreational
Center and some excellent
industrial sites. Immediate
attention will be given to the
development of the Sanitary
Landfill. Bids on a necessary
maintenance building have
been received and contracts
for Dumpster Compactor
trucks to be signed shortly,
and, at a later date, numerous
metal garbage containers to
be placed about the county
will be purchased.
It is intended that the Land
Fill serve the entire county
population. Mr. Ledford in
dicated that he will consult, in
the near future, with both
county and municipal officials
to develop specific plans for
garbage removal.
The site has been approved
for a modern Sanitary Landfill
operation by the State
Department of Health and the
County Health Department.
Huey To Head
Planning And
Zoning Comm.
The Marshall Planning and
Zoning Committee met last
Thursday night at the City
Hall and discussed several
needed improvements in the
municipality.
The members also elected
Wade Huey as chairman;
Mrs. Arthur M. Ramsey, vice
chairman; and Billie Jean
Haynie, secretary.
September 17 is the
scheduled opening date for the
Madison County 4 C Project.
There will be three centers,
Mars Hill Community Center
building is the site for Mars
Hill. In Marshall the tenter
will be located in the old
nursing home building on
Skyway Drive. The building
on Skyway Drive will also be
the site of Administrative
Offices. Hot Springs has a
tentative location at the Hot
Springs Methodist Church.
The centers will serve
children ages 3-6 whose
$200,265 Allocated For
Region B Sr. Citizens
The Region B Council on
Aging has been allocated
200,263 by the North Carolina
Governor's Coordinating
Council on Aging to ad
minister the Title VTJ (Older
American Act) Federal
Nutrition Program for the
Elderly. The announcement
was made by Mrs. Joan
Turtle, Project Planner for the
Region B Council on Aging.
The program will provide
396 meals per day, five days a
week to Senior Citizens
throughout Region B, which
includes, Madison, Bun
combe, Henderson, and
Transylvania Counties. This is
Oie region's share of a total
state allocation af O90 meals.
The nutrition project will
serve one nutritious, hot meal
par day which wiU provide at
least one-third of an adult's
minimum daily nutrition
requirement. Hie puipwas of
the pi ogr am is to meet the
nutritional needs . of - In
dividuals age sixty and older
who do not oat adequately,
because they (1) cannot afford
to do so; (X) Lack the
knowledge, skiS or ability to
select and prepare nourishing,
weB-bsJanced meals; (1) have
United mobility which ho
pe ks then capacity to cook for
thfweftn; and ft) have
f- of I' ' - aM-or
lontieu atuch da ripens
incentives necessary te
Ledford indicated that the the County Health Depart
Landf ill would be operated by rnent.
Ponder Vows Another
Suit After Firing
Of L.D. Hyde
By BILLY PRITCHARD
Citizen Staff Writer
L. D. Hyde was fired
Wednesday of last week from
his post as executive director
of the Region B Planning and
Development Commission at a
special meeting of the com
mission in Skyland Village
Hall.
The commission at a special
meeting Aug. 27 had voted to
"accept, If offered" Hyde's
resignation, but It put aside
such considerations Wed
nesday and simply terminated
his job, "effective im
mediately." In the only other official
action, the commission voted
to withdraw a petition filed
against the N. C. Department
of Administration. The suit,
filed by Hyde Aug. 24 in the
name of and for Region B in
Wake County Superior Court
in Raleigh, named the
department and its secretary,
William L. Bondurant, as
defendants.
The petition prayed to the
court to issue an order
requiring the deferents to
grant Lead Regional
Organization (LRO) status to
Region B or some other
"eligible organization" within
the region.
families need day care ser
vices and who meet guidelines
established by the project.
There will be a few openings
for families who wish to pay
for day care at the center and
this will be based on a sliding
scale according to income.
The curriculum of the
centers will be similar to
Nursery School and Kin
dergarten with a qualified
teacher and two aides in each
center. The Marshall center
will have 20 children with two
teachers and two aides, while
Mars Hill and Hot Springs will
prepare and eat a meal. By
serving nutritionally sound
meals in strategically located
centers In local communities.
There are an estimated 17,600
persons over age sixty in
Region B.
The anticipated sites for the
Nutrition Program are
schools, churches, and
community centers in the
four-county area. Mrs. Turtle
and James Jordan, Region B.
Council on Aging personnel,
are presently assessing
potential sites.
Supportive Social Services
will asm be a vital part of the
program they will provide
Individuals receiving the
meals the ad vantage of
recreation, and informative
programs related to elder
adults. TransporUQoa and
escort services will alas be a
part of the total program.
-The M meals per day art
only a small percentage of the
total need to Region B, but Is a
start toward meeting the
nutrition needs of our older
adnka," stated Mrs. Tuttle.
nt wul be conducted with the
hope feat Its scope can be
expanded ia the future."
- Anyone interested in mora
kiformatlon concerning the
Title VII Federal Nutrition
Procrsm for the ETIerly,
so,.1 contact the T :m B
Council en Adng oft.-e at P.
O. Box 3, Skyland, N. C
The commission had voted
at its meeting Aug. 22 to take
such action, although its
chairman, Mayor Charles
Campbell of Brevard, and its
treasurer. Mayor William
Powell of Mars Hill, had said
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Powell Elected County GOP
Chairman; Other Action Taken
Mayor William P. Powell of
Mars Hill was elected
chairman of the Madison
County Republican Party at
the county convention held in
the courthouse Saturday af
ternoon. Though he was
nominated, Joe L. Morgan
declined to be a candidate for
reelection because of other
commitments. Morgan
received two standing
ovations and a letter of ap
preddtitfi for his service to
the party. Mrs. Pauline R.
Dion ore pronounced the in
vocation. Dr. Larry N. Stern
served as temporary chairman
Next Monday
each serve 15 children with
one teacher and two aides in
each center location.
The staff of the various
centers have been under going
extensive training led by the
Asheville Child Development
Training Program. The
training will prepare staff to
work effectively with young
children in those early days of
anxiety as the child learns to
adjust to being away from
home and with other children
his age. Asheville Child
Development will also have a
continuing training program
for staff as the centers need
special help with curriculum
planning and more specific
training to deal with the in
dividual needs of the child.
The children in the centers
will be transported to and
from the centers by the
teachers aides who live
nearest the family. A hot
lunch will be purchased from
the public school system to
give a nutritious meal to each
child in the centers. Most of
the centers will operate from 8
a. m. to 4 p. m with aides
beginning to pick up children
about 7 a. m. and returning
them by S p. m.
Persons interested in more
Republicans Take
Over State Election
Machinery
Republican Got. Jim
Hoishouser's State Board of
Elections took over North
CaroUna's election machinery
''fciaweek.- -;,v.
The Bw member board was ,
sworn In at 10 a jn. Friday in t
- the Stoto Capital Building la V
Rakdgh. . -
tt win nark the first time fat i
this century that Republicans '
rave been in control of the '
elections system. . -. S'
The Republicans appointed
by Rotshouser are Jerry S. '.
Alvia, 3s, of Raleiji; James :
R. Vosburg, 43, of ssMnfton,
N. C; and William J.
Waggoner, 44. f Charlotte. All
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SHOWN ABOVE are participants in the purchase last Thursday of 183 acres of
property to be used primarily for a county sanitary landfill. Front row, left to
right, Emery Metcalf, Auditor, handing check for property to Mrs. W. Glen
Bryan, who sold the property. James T. Ledford, chairman board of com
missioners, shown at right. Back row, Jim Brown, county landfill director;
Mike Bradley, county health department; and Jim Moore, State Board of
Health. (Picture by Kd Morton, County Sanitarian).
Precinct chairmen and
delegations were recognized.
The delegates honored the
memory of the late Roy
McDevitt and R. Spencer
Rice, who served the party
faithfully, and who served on
the Board of County Com
missioners of the county.
C.N. Willis, the Treasurer,
reported that the party was
financially solvent.
Dr. Larry N. Stern
presented a new FU,. of
Organize tionand discussed its
pertinent features. It allows
for a twenty-three member
county executive committee
and is consistent with the state
information may call or come
by the offices on Skyway
Drive, Thursday, Sept. 13, at 1
p. m. Applications will be
taken from parents who feel
their children may qualify for
services at any three of the
centers
No Conflict Found At
Hot Springs ABC Store
The North Carolina attorney
general's office reported last
week that It finds no conflict of
interest with a brother of the
two liquor store employes of
the Town of Hot Springs
serving on the board of
aldermen.
The three-member Hot
Springs Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board, which hires the
liquor store employes, is
appointed by the town's board
of aldermen.
The attorney general's
ruling on the long-standing
Controversy was handed down
f
gvee are attorneys.
Democrats are
Lee C.
Smith, 47. a Raleigh attorney;
Luj i Ti ti Z'
and L. R Jones, 80,
dine tor of federal programs
for the ML Airy schools.
Smith served as Chairman
ef the board from 1964 to 1969.
AMa and Jones were mem
bers of the last board, ap
pointed by fanner Gov. Bob
Scott
; Prior to the next election,
tte new board win appoint
auembers to all 100 county
boards of election in t state.
t The presumat'y wi3 have
Republican majoriUes also for
abe Erst time. . .
WILLIAM P. POWELL
Plan of Organization. It was
approved by the delegates.
County officers elected in
addition to Powell were: Vice
Chairman, Mrs. Loy P.
Roberts, Treasurer, C. N
Willis; Secretary, Walter R
Harrell.
The county convention
electfd an executive com
mittee to serve during the next
two years consisting of the ten
percinct chairmen and these
additional persons: Joe L.
Morgan, Dr. Stern, Mrs.
Aug. 27 and conveyed to the
State ABC Board at a special
meeting in Raleigh Wed
nesday. The state board had asked
that either Harold Anderson
step down from the town's
governing board, or his
brothers, C. E. and Fred
Anderson, resign as super
visor and clerk of the Hot
Springs ABC store.
The state board Wednesday
voted to extend its nepotism
policy to dry councils and
other local governing bodies
which appoint local ABC
boards.
The revision would ban
employment in the ABC
system of persons related
doser thaa first cousin to dty
councilmen, county com
nasstonerst board of helath
members or ethers whs make
ABC appointments.
Ti coundlmea or, other
appointing members would '
also be prohibited from.
a contract hnohring
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property for a store.
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The regulations wul take i
effect a? approved by the at
taraey general's once.
The state board had also
Questioned the r.S.CCQ s year
salary paid to C E. A" lrson
as store supertf wr t:i. "3
paid to Fred Andersr. s si -e
-clerk, and the i'n'"-
margin of prof.t at t e K--,e
store Id Y'. C ' 'y.
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s'ate t ' ' '
Frances C. Ramsey, Mr.
Harold Payne, Mr. Jack
Guthrie, Mr. William C.
Silvers, Jr., Mr. Sherman
Ramsey, Mr. Howard Riddle,
Mrs. Roland Ramsey and Mr.
Roger Swann.
Mayor Powell was elected to
membership on the State
Executive Committee.
A telegram received by
Morgan from Gov. Jim
Holshouser intended for the
delegates said amoug other
things, "I am committed to
further strengthening and
unifying our party and giving
our state the best possible
leadership to achieve a better
North Carolina."
Mr. Clarence B Cutshall
and Mr. Jim F. Craine were
elected to the Judicial Com
mittee. The delegates elected
J. Dedrick Brown, and Mr.
Curtis Roberts to the
Solidtorial Committee. Those
chosen to serve on the
legislative Committee in
clude Dr Stern, Sherman
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clarification on what it con
siders a conflict of interest in
the lease on the building that
houses the liquor store.
Swann B. Huff, a former
ABC board chairman, owns
the building, but the state
board says there are in
dications that Harold An-
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Precinct
Chairmen
Elected
Repablicaa prectnet
chairman have been elected m
Medisoa , County in ac
cordance with the State Plaa :
f Organization and win thus
become members of the
Madison County F.epul'.; aa
Executive Committee. The
name of the precinct and Its
chairman are as follows:
Spring ' Creek, Erncr
Ro!2rw; Hot Eprir, C : ' n
Roberts; Laort!, C '
Che n-T; San '
W. Erown; L: ' ( "!,
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