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MR. AND MRS. COLLIE PAYNE, of the Big Pine
section, are grateful to French Broad EMC per
sonnel for changing transformer and wiring last
week from 120 volts to 240 volts so they could use a
recently purchased electric range in their moun
tainous home. This was achieved by using "Berry",
their 6-year-old steer to pull the steep grade for
about one-third of a mile with transformer, equip
ment and wire on a sled. Top Top photo shows Collie
looking at loaded sled starting up the mountain.
Center picture shows left to right, "Sambo"
Waldroup, Ivan Bradley, Collie Payne and J. C.
Brazil watching "Berry" do his thing. Bottom photo
shows Mrs. Payne and "Sambo" Waldroup in Payne
kitchen with new range. Waldroup and Braiil are
servicemen for the co-op; Bradley is co-op Work
Order Accountant. Arnold Garrison,
warehouseman, was the photographer.
Few Cases Tried In
Court Here Last Week
The Febraary term of
superior court for the trial of
,:crunina cases started here on
Monday of last week and
adjourned en Wednesday with
..few cases heard. ' '
T Jadge Lacy Tberoborg
.. presided and the prosecution
was by Solicitor Qydt M,
Roberta. - ,' '
' The vast majority of the
'cases an the heavy calendar
i were either ool proawd or
conttnaed, according to the
records In the clerk's ofQca.
Thetwo JnrtjjiiMntl . ran- .
Btate vs. John Cahann!
chsfd with breaking, en
4 tert-g and larceny, pleaded
and received a nine
. roor.i.' s' sentence.
SUte vs. Joe Ross Chandler,
charged with breaking, an
terlni and Urceny, also
-W '. . )' ,y . 5 " ' 1 easessawaF
pleaded gritty and received a
two-year sentence.
William McKialey
Ungerfelt, charged with
breaking, entering and lar
ceny, was found not guilty by
. the Jury..-v. :-:'yt
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: ; Daley Receives
Scout Award ;
Judge James at. Baley, Jr.
of Raleigh and AsherUla was
among f our men who received
the Daniel Boom Couocfl, Boy
Scouts of America Silver
Beaver award at the cooncfl's
annual recognition dinner on
Saturday night, February It,
at CLfton's Cafeteria Annex,
UendersanvEe.
The SJver Beaver award is
the highest honor that can be
bestowed ty a local council U
a volunteer. .
FHA Housing
Qiange To Benefit
More
Hundreds of 'Tar Heel rural
families will now be eligible
for Farmers Home Ad
ministration housing loans as
a result of a recent change in
eligibility requirements ac
cording to North Carolina
State Director James T.
Johnson.
The change raises the
maximum adjusted family
income from $9,600 to (11,500
in North Carolina. Adjusted
income is determined by
figuring the annual gross
income of the family, sub
tracting 6 percent
withholdings and $300 for each
minor child living in the home.
Under the previous $9,600
maximum, many families
were over and could not obtain
conventional loans for needed
Madison County ASCS
Office will be responsible for
administering the new 1974
Rural Environmental Con
servation Program. The new
program, which replaces and
modifies the old REAP, has
several new aspects of in
terest to Madison County
residents.
According to Nila Mann,
ASCS Acting County
Executive Director, the new
cost-sharing phase of the
program could be extremely
beneficial to our county far
men. It rpovldes for a
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DENVER ROBINSON
Extension
Award Given
To Robinson
GREENSBORO - The North
Carolina Agricultural Extension
Service presented one of its two
outstanding leader awards for
1974 here Monday night to
Denver Robinson, western dis
trict extension chairman.
The presentation was made
by Extension Director George
Hystt Jr. during a state
confereace of extension
workers. The other outstanding
leader award was presented to
the Chowan County extension
staff as a unit
Robinson, a native of Ashe
County, was kosorad for helping
extension agents to' improve
their educatknal programs and
for relping to establish setter
comnunicatiea betweea couaty
eommisstoaers sad state o-
Robtnsoa has aeea la charge
of the extension program to the
M westernmost eanaties since
1Mb. Prior to mat he was
stationed to Asheville as TY
teat oemonstrsuoa supervisor,
and prior to cud be served as
aa extension ageat la Graham
and Madtaoa CMnUes. ,
, Hyatt said la making the
resentauoa:
' rYeul stin Had Deanr
Jtebtasoa roaming 0m axiua
tains of Appaladua with a kind
ST insstonary seal, saeetini
people where they an and
he'ping thwti. s?;H(j"fh their
resources are o"'S limited. But,
thar.U to t"v?r, ywl'B a. '
find tht counfy ifent art
bet'er er-''"rd to 6 their )c
and receiwg awe seaport
from governing bod.es. ,
Families
housing. The rise in cost of
living and incomes together
with increased building costs
and. higher home payments
necessitated the new policy.
This change will enable
Farmers Home Ad
ministration to continue a
viable housing program for
hundreds of families who have
been unable to obtain other
credit.
State Director Johnson said
that families who have
previously been ineligible
because of these factors and
others who meet the new
requirements should visit
their local FHA county office
for additional information or
to make applications. The
local FHA office is located
over the Citizens Bank in
Marshall, N. C.
County ASCS Office
To Administer REAP
minimum of SO percent and
maximum of 75 percent return
to the user for all expenses he
incurs while establishing
conservation or forestry
practices on his land, in
cluding labor costs. Also
under the 1974 program, an
applicant can either elect to
apply for a single one-year
program of conservation
Improvement or select a three
to tan-year continuing
program. The extended period
of time now allowed will be
most beneficial to those
wishing rather extensive
Southern Pine Beetles
Still Killing Trees
The worst outbreak of
Southern Pine Beetlea in
North Carolina since the early
UN's continues to plague the
state. According to Madison
County Forest Ranger Charles
Cralne, Southern Pine Beetle
activity usually decreases
during the winter months. "A
sudden severe cold snap will
kin many of the beetlea, but
this whiter has been so warm
that beetle activity has hardly
slowed."
Pine beetle infestations
have been reported in 68
counties in the State with
Gaston, Cleveland, Ruther
ford, and McDowell being
hardest hit As of the end of
December, there were 4800
spots of infested trees
statewide, as compared with
3400 spots last July.
"The N. C. Forest Service
locates the infested areas
during periodic aerial sur
veys, then notifies the land
owner of the problem,"
according to Cralne. "If the
landowner wishes, we will
arrange to have Infected trees
removed by private operators
and will mark the trees which
mast be cut There are
piussntly 1 active spots of
Souths ra Pine Beetles la
Madtooa County," according
to Craaoe.
The major control effort
costumes to be the rapid
removal of Infested trees
through selvage operations,
Private puVwood and sawtog
operators mnailr psfform
Cms work, removtag and using
me Blasted wood as rapidly as
4-H Talent Show
Held At Mars Hill
. i,
, ft was a nig? el ha and
entertainment as Madlsea
County 4-tfert staged the
- anneal Talent Show Saturday
at Mars 112 CoOege, Mare
thaa 13 4-iren participated to
this year's event .
. TV tr sj wr sr'tcted
te r--'-' .t !- '. vwi County
at V D.irirt Tinl SJsow to
Fra-V a. N. C, Jae S. They
are: T 1-1 4-11 Corus;
UJtt Kttcs'i snd Karea
$350,400 Grant Approved
For Marshall Water System
U. S. Senator Jesse Helms
announced Tuesday morning
that the Economic
Development Administration
has approved a grant for the
Town of Marshall in the
By JAY HENSLEY
Citizen-Times Staff Writer
RALEIGH The lineup in
the May 7 Democratic
primary for nomination to the
two seats in the North
Carolina General Assembly
from the four-county 26th
Senate District has prompted
speculation along two lines as
to what created the race and
the final outcome.
In the contest are in
cumbents I. C. Crawford and
Lamar Gudger of Asheville
and challenger Robert S.
conservation Improvements
on their land but preferring to
spread them out over a period
of years. .
All applications must be
made directly to the ASCS
county office,; Complete in
formation and details on the
specific programs will be
available in the very near
future.
She also said. ASCS does
have thejwic frVrnatien on .
the program that has been
authorired by the Secretary of
Agriculture for cost-sharing.
Fourteen separate practices
possible. "Our wood using
industries have been ex
tremely cooperative in giving
priority to these salvage
operations," Cralne said.
During 1(73, some 80,000
cords of pulpwood and 33
million board feet of umber
were salvaged from trees
killed by the Southern Pine
Beetle In North Carolina.
The Southern Pine Beetle is
about S-16 of an inch long and
attacks only pine trees. Many
of the beetles attack a tree
together, eating away at the
vital cambium layer un
derneath the bark and
creating a aeries of tunnels or
galleries which girdle and kill
the tree. Infested trees can be
identified by all the needles
turning brown or red, or by the
presence of pitch tubes which
resemble popcorn on the
outside of the bark. Once the
Southern Pine Beetle attacks
a tree, the tree win die. By the
time the needles turn brown,
the beetles may have already
moved to surrounding trees.
This Is why I Is necessary to
remove a buffer strip of
seemingly healthy trees whan
salvaging a spot of
killed
Forest trees are not the only
pines affected. Yard trees sre
Just as susceptible to attack.
The outbreaks la Chapel BIS,
t3avlotts,
good
are cat! mil to be
fiUKutsfMutbaraPlM
to postti very Identified before
VfTfrHsj alarmed.
t ftoener' Tkkto alerrffl and
' Margaret Oar. -i
Judges for the event were
Johnny Benaley, Assistant
Extenstoa Agnt ta BurnsvOe
and Barbara ' Menter,
Assistant Boms F.oooorr.k-s
. Area. Srfvs,
Special thanks g to Tern. 3
Brady, who was .".s-r of
Ceremonies, ITC;:i r'
Mara CoSege a-J T..
" NewsJtecerd.
amount of $350,400 to enlarge
the community's water
system to serve two industrial
areas.
An additional $87,600 of the
Swain Challenge For State
Swain of Candler.
Swain, who served for 13
years as solicitor for the
Superior Courts of Buncombe
and Madison counties, could
have simply decided to run for
the state Senate and that's
all there is to it.
But Swain is no political
novice, and anybody who
knows anything at all about
mountain politics would not be
content to speculate just that
far and leave it alone.
Some observers here in
Raleigh are confident that
have been announced, plus
two which deal with county
projects affecting con
servation peculiar to a par
ticular county. This year's
Help For Forestry Work Available
A new program designed to
increase the supply of wood
available to meet our nation's
future needs has begun In all
counties in North Carolina.
The federally -sponsored
Forest Incentives Program,
known aa FIP, became
operational this spring across
the United States.
"Under this new program, a
landowner can receive up to 79
percent of the cost of
reforesting his land," ac
cording to County Forest
Ranger Charles Cralne. "But
Uxs Is for forestry work only,"
Cralne said, "and funds are
not available under the Forest
Incentives Program for
planting windbreaks or put
ting in irrigation ditches. This
program will increase the
amount of wood growing in
our forests now so the wood
wul be available and ready for
use when needed 20 years
from now."
Under the Forest Incentives
Program, any individual,
group, aaaociation, or cor
. .
if
Om March , 1S74, Kyle Roberts. Director Tsfty
for Wester North Carolina MDM Grorp, presented
a certificate of Safety Achievement ta French Tress!
EMC, Marshall. North Carr' -. To te t ? ta
rrcr fve this award. French r rr : . i F" C tr ;
fcai to work a fear mlilvA a last t''e act: t.
Trench Brood EMC8 81 tr ; !-;t'i la 1 1 J ci I J a
tola! f 1CS.474 hours 1&oct a I t t: e scci " 1.
Trench Broad EMCs c.!J-s cVc-ve a t.'al cf
total cost will come from the
Town of Marshall, making the
total cost of the project
$438,000.
The project will provide
Swain is going after
Crawford's seat, but if that's
true, Crawford is determined
to give him a run for the
nomination.
"I just don't believe that,"
Crawford said. "The support
Swain would rely on the
heaviest is committed to me."
The 26th Senate District is
made up of Buncombe,
Madison, McDowell and
Yancey counties. Crawford
doesn't believe the "heavies"
in Madison County would try
program places added em
phasis on forestry practices
which could offer additional
interest to some of our ap
plicants. poration owning private non
industrial commercial forest
lands are eligible for
assistance. The Jand must be
capable of producing a
merchantable timber crop
and of growing at least 50
cubic feet of wood per acre per
year.
According to County Ranger
Cralne, "If the land doesn't
meet these minimum stan
dards, it will not be eligible for
assistance. Persons or
businesses which regularly
engage In the manufacture of
forest products, such as pulp
mills, sawmills, plywood
mills, and so forth, are not
eligible for FIP funds either."
The Agriculture
Stabilisation and Con
servation Service is ad
ministering this program In
consultation with the North
Carolina Forest Service. In
order to receive assistance
under the Forest Incentives
Program, the landowner
needs a forest management
plan which has been approved
v - A-
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,iinm
additional water lines,
filtration plant and a cover for
the existing 1,000,000-gallon
storage tank.
Mayor Lorado Ponder
Senate Cited
to turn him out, because Rep.
Listen B. Ramsey of Marshall,
he said, was the man who
persuaded him in 1970 to run
against Republican in
cumbents from the Senate
district.
On the other hand. Swain
has always been closely
Wildfires Still
A Problem In
Madison County
"The spring fire season has
started in Madison County,"
according to County Forest
Ranger Charles Cralne. "The
spring Are season normally
starts In late February or
early March when the weather
becomes warmer and the
March winds begin blowing.
This is also when the
vegetation in the forests is
by the N. C. Forest Service,
who will also make the field
examination of the land.
Applications of coeVeharing
are made to the local ASCS
office and approved by the
county committee.
Additional information on
the Forest Incentives
Program ia available by
contacting the local office of
the ASCS, or calling Madison
County Forest Ranger Charles
Cralne at 849-S3BS.
Firemen To
Meet Friday
Officers of the Marshall
Volunteer Fire Department
announced this week that an
Important meeting will be
held at the headquarters here
Friday night at 7:30 o'clock.
All firemen are urgently
requested to attend.
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stated Tuesday morning that
the State Pure Air and Water
Bond approval amounted to
$41,500, which actually means
that Marshall's share will be
$47,200, Ponder explained.
aligned with Zeno Ponder of
Marshall, Democratic
political leader of the county
for a number of years. So if the
first assumption is correct,
and it hardly seems likely, it
would mean a split between
Ramsey and Ponder.
driest and most likely to burn.
The spring Ore season usually
ends in early June, when trees
and other plants are green and
growing again," Cralne said.
Last year there were 3,438
wildfires In North Carolina,
over 1,000 more fires than
occurred in 1072. "Some 20 of
those wildfires occurred right
here in Madison County,''
according to Cralne. Although
the number of acres burned
during the 1S73 Spring Fires
Season was less than during
previous years, last fall was
very dry and many wildfires
occurred during October and
November,
"Over one-third of the
wildfires in North Carolina
last year were caused by
careless debris burning,"
Cralne said. "This includes
everything from people
burning brush piles and fields
to household trash and gar
bage." The second largest
cause of wildfires wa in
cendiarism, or fires
deliberately started in order
to destroy someone else's
forest There were 7S7 of these
in North Carolina alone during
1973.
County Forest Ranger
Cralne emphasiied again the
importance of being careful
when using any type- of fire.
Burning permits are required
for burning In or near wooded
areas until June 1. To report a
wildfire, telephone the nearest
Forest Service office, fire
tower, or law etiforcetneat
agency.
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