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Volume 73, Number 13
French Broad EMC
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Here
The 33rd annual meeting of
ihe members of French Broad
Electric Membership Cor
poration will be held in the
Marshall High School gym
nasium this Saturday with
registration beginning at 10
a.m. and ending at 1 p.m.
At the business meeting
beginning at 1:00, members
will take action on the
following matters:
1. Report of the officers and
directors.
2. Election of four directors
of the cooperative.
3. All other business which
properly comes before the
meeting.
Guest speaker for the oc
casion will be Robert N.
Cleveland, executive vice
president and general
ROBERT N. CLEVELAND,
Executive Vice-President and
General Manager of North
Carolina EMC, will be guest
speaker at the French Broad
EMC meeting here Saturday.
Discontent
By ED SPEARS
Citizen Staff Writer
A Department of Tran
sportation hearing Thursday
night on a planned
replacement bridge over the
French Broad River turned
into a sounding board for
Madison County citizens to
express discontent with what
they called unkept promises
by the State of North Carolina
to build good primary roads to
serve the county's new con
solidated high school.
The bridge project itself
failed to win any support at
the hearing in Marshall High
School attended by about 50
persons Several complained
about the lack of legal or news
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manager of North Carolina
Electric Membership Cor
poration, who has had a long
and successful record as a
leader in the rural elec
trification program.
Marshall
Clean -Up
The Sub-Committee
assigned to the Marshall
School District by the Steering
Committee of the County
Bicentennial Planning
Committee is making plans in
preparation for the clean-up
and beautification phase of the
Bicentennial projects adopted
recently. Implementation of
the over-all plan will follow
immediately the official
opening of the county landfill
system. All efforts of the
group will be aimed at iden
tifying problems and
publicizing these for greater
public, community and school
involvement, in the Marshall
area.
Many problems were
identified and among those
discussed were: attention to
abandoned and dilapidated
buildings and importance of
enlisting cooperation of
property owners; clean-up of
random dumps and en
forcement of State anti-litter
law: roadside clean-up,
release announcement about
the hearing.
Dr. Wayne Montgomery,
Asheville member of the State
Board of Transportation,
responded to critics of the
seven-year priority plan by
saying Madison County had
like many other areas in the
state been overpromised by
pre-Holshouser A d -ministration
politicians on
roads over what road-building
funds are actually available.
He said professional road
builders drafted the priority
plan on the basis of revenue
expectations, and that many
deserving projects were
necessarily omitted.
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Feature prize to be given
away at the meeting here will
be a 1974 Pick-Up Truck.
Other prizes include Electric
mixers, saws, blenders, fry
pans, irons, drills, toasters
School District
Planned
removing cans and bottles,
investigating all re-cycling
programs which might be of
use; beautifying and iden
tifying mailboxes; using
native shrubbery for
beautification a permanent
project; clean-up of streams,
especially removal of plastic
materials; attention to erosion
and landscapiing at new high
school site; planting flowers,
displaying American flag,
identifying and marking local
historical sites.
Members of the committee
are: Mr. Everett Barnett, Mr.
Mike Bradley, Mrs. John
Corbett, Mrs. Pauline Dit
more, Jerry Cody, Mr. and
Mrs. Wiley Duvall, Mrs.
Grace English, Miss , pale
Everett, Mr. Norris Gentry,
Mrs. Porter Graham, Mrs.
Ruth Gregory, Mr. and Mrs.
John Hampton, Mrs. Spencer
LeGrand, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Plemmons, Mrs. Elums
Ponder, Mayor Lorado
Ponder, Mr. Burder Reeves,
Mr. Roy Reeves, Mr. and Mrs.
In County Over Roads
plained by William A. Garrett,
administrative assistant to the
Division of Highways design
chief, is to erect a .16 mile long
structure 30 feet wide over the
French Broad west of Mar
shall just downstream of the
present Redmon Bridge on
S R. 1135, at a projected cost
of $457,000. He said the project
would involve relocation of
only one family.
Garrett said the project
would be financed entirely by
state funds.
Zeno Ponder, dairyman and
political leader, said that
when on the Madison County
School Board six years ago he
had worked hard to bring
about a consolidation of high
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PLATE LUNCHES
Marshall Eastern Star
members will serve plate
lunches on the Island begin
ning at 10 a. m. Saturday.
Hilliard Teague, Mrs. Hughes
Treadway, Jeff Treadway and
Mr. Earl Wise. Mrs. Ditmore
and Mrs. Gregory are Co
Chairman, Miss Dale Everett
is Secretary. Marshall School
representatives are Jerry
Cody and Jeff Treadway.
Representatives of the
Committee were named to
meet with the presiding judge
at the April 29 term of court to
ask County citizens to be
aware of all regulations of the
landfull operation and to be
aware of strict enforcement of
laws. Jerry Cody, Jeff
Treadway, Miss Dale Everett
and Mrs. Ditmore will attend
this meeting.
Every organized group (all
agencies, boards, church,
youth, farm' women, bridge
clubs, professional, civic and
service, labor, development,
et. ) will be expected to accept
a project or to be a part of one.
Further information will
follow the adoption of the
specific county-wide Clean-up
program.
schools.
When the school bond
referendum was announced,
he said, forr-er Gov. Bob Scott
"told us if we built the school
we would have the roads"
necessary to serve it.
Ponder said the bridge as
proposed continues the level
crossing by vehicles of the,
railraod track which parallels
the river. "We want a bridge
that is part of a primary road
and will go over the railroad
track.
"We want the whole loaf of
bread," he said in reference to
the Scott-promised roads, "we
don't want just a slice."
The bridge would serve only
as "a monument to the
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PICTURED ABOVE is Mr. R. L. Edwards, Superintendent of Madison County
Schools and Mr. J. C. Wallin, Principal of Madison High School accepting a
check for $3,000 from Mrs. Jerry Plemmons, President of Beta Omega
Sorority. The money will be used toward the purchase of band uniforms.
Beta Omega Donates $3,000
For Band Uniforms
Beta Omega Chapter of
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
has donated $3,000 toward the
purchase of band uniforms for
Madison High School. Beta
Omega President Joyce
Plemmons presented the
check to J.C. WalUn, Principal
of Madison HighAhool f t the
Consolidation Oiwes her!.
The band uniform fund has
been the main philanthropic
project for the sorority since it
was chartered three years
ago. The money for this
project was raised through
various fund raising events
and last fall's successful
department of Tran
sportation," Ponder &id. "It
doesn't begin anywhere and it
doesn't go anywhere." He
declared Madison County
would continue to fight for its
promised roads.
The chairman of the
Madison County Planning
Board, Donald Anderson, said
primary roads are vital, and
that of four roads promised to
Madison - Spring Creek to
Marshall, Weaverville to
Marshall, Hot Springs to the
Tennessee State line and
Marshall to Mars Hill only
the last one has reached the
construction stage, the others
being canceled.
He called for cancellation of
the bridge project and
reviving the road projects.
"There is no road on either
side (of the bridge) to
adequately move children to
school,' he said.
Robert L. Edwards,
uperintendant of schools,
aid the promise of roads was
a main factor in the passing of
the school consolidation
referendum. Madison's 68
school buses, he said, travel
about 75 per cent on dirt road.
"Help us out in Madison
County on our roads," he
District Court
Be Held Here
-' Criminal District Court will
be held here Friday with
Judge J. Ray Braswell
scheduled to preside. Clyde M.
Roberts and James T. Rusher
will be prosecutors.
Among the cases an the
docket Include:
George Lovin, aon-tapport;
David Pike, larceny of
motorcycle; Arbry Hudrins;
larceny; Robert Ben Ed
wards, larceny, . woun d,
pursue, kill cattle:
Carroll Anderson, f"-
more thaa oae gal', i f
whiskey at one time; n
rayne, possession of
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Walk-A-Thon in which many
county high school students
participated. The money from
the fall Walk-A-Thon netted
approximately $2,150.00.
Philanthropic Chairmen for
the past three years have been
Joyce Plemmons 1971, Pat
Frlnklin 1972, and Kathryn
Bopne 1973. Other members of
the sorority who have spent
many philanthropic hours on
this project are Anna Mae
Tipton, Carol Ramsey, Donna
Rice, Billie L. Roberts, Marie
Mclntyre, Virginia Cody,
Christine Lister, Ruth Deal
and past members Peggy
asked.
Carolina Power & Light Co.
divisional manager James M.
Hall said the bridge plan as
presented "would not be
helpful" in getting heavy
trucks back and forth over the
French Broad servicing power
lines.
He called on the Depart
ment of Transportation to
consider the needs of adequate
roads on the proposed two
CP&L generating facility
projects on Big Pine in
Madison and Sandy Mush
Creek in Buncombe and
Madison for construction
crews and equipment.
Novile Hawkins of Mars
Hill, former State Highway
Commission member, said the
bridge would be "a waste of
money."
P. R. Elam of Mars Hill,
economic development
director for the Asheville Area
Chamber of Commerce,
termed the bridge plan "ill
advised" and suggested road
builders think of ridges rather
than valleys in planning
routes.
James Ledf ord, chairman of
Madison commissioners, said
the board is on record against
the bridge.
To
Friday
selling non-taxpaid whiskey;
Odetl Cook, selling taxpaid
liquor, possession, allowing
gambling la a house of public
entertainment; George K.
Ramsey, delaying an officer;
Doris Carroll, selling in
toxicating liquor, selling
taxpaid liquor, possession;
Ronald Miles Gardner, non
support; Ralph Brackens,
- fishing violation; Slick Davis,
BZLU Freddie Tiison, lar
ceny of cattle; Cecil Tipton,
peace warrant; Leroy
Chandler, peace warrant;
T it McNW-an, a-'-sua
! female; N".t Fe-r-'-n.
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Cutshaw, Betty Ponder and
Billie Haynie.
Beta Omega plans to have
another Walk-A-Thon during
the fall of 1974 to benefit the
band uniform fund for another
year.
Beta Omega members
Marshall Man Killed,
Two Injured In Wreck
Guy Franklin Tipton, 32, of
the Rollins section of Mar
shall, was pronounced dead on
arrival at the Memorial
Mission Hospital in Asheville
Saturday night following a
one-car wreck on the Walnut
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tured above, which ran off the Walnut Creek Road
Saturday night resulted in one Marshall man being
killed and two other Marshall men being seriously
injured.
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Water System
Construction
Studied Here
A careful inspection of
various routes and locations of
the new water lines which are
proposed here were made by
Bill Johnson and Henry
Johnson, of Smith
Engineering firm of Colum
bia, S. C, last Thursday. The
two experts were ac
companied by Mayor Lorado
Ponder and members of the
board of aldermen.
The experts and town of
ficials are seeking the most
feasible and practical
locations of new pipe lines
from the reservoir to Main
Street and adjoining areas and
at the same time are looking
would like to express
gratitude and thanks for all
those who participated in the
Walk-A-Thon and all others
who have supported our fund
raising events to help us in
realizing our goal.
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Creek Road about 7:20 p. m.
Saturday.
Tipton was a passenger in
the car in which two other
Marshall men were injured.
Mack Donald Pressnell, 41,
remains in critical condition
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for the most economical
routes for the pipes.
They also inspected the
Hunter Creek lake which
supplies Marshall with water
and studied remedies to
alleviate the present leaks in
the retaining walls at the lake.
It was thought that with
construction of additional
retaining walls the water from
the leaks could be diverted to
the future filtering plant.
Surveyors from Asheville
will survey the various
proposed routes this week and
will be responsible for the
locations and feasibility of the
new water lines.
Mayor Ponder said that the
public will be informed by
news media as progress and
definite decisions are made on
the water system.
Wagon Train
To Leave
The Marshall Wagon Train
Dub will hold its first trail
ride April 27-28, it has been
announced.
The train will leave from the
Marshall by-pass at 10 a. m.
Saturday and return Sunday
afternoon.
and Vincent Joseph "Buddy"
Hartel, 22, remains a patient
in Memorial Mission Hospital.
Trooper J. L. Devlin said the
car went out of control and
struck a tree after leaving the
road on the right hand side of
the road. The 1964 Ford
Convertible was a total lots.
FUNERAL TUESDAY
Services for Tipton, a
lifelong resident of Madison
County and a construction
worker, were held at 1 p. m.
Tuesday at Bowman Funeral
Home. The Rev. John Self
officiated. Burial was la
Bowman-Rector Cemetery.
Pallbearers were friends of
the family.
Surviving are foaf
daughters, Linda Kay, Vlckia
Lynn, Angelia and Brands
Tipton of Weaverville; the
mother, Mrs. Robena Clara
Tipton of Marshall; thre
brothers, Elbert and Norma
Tipton of Marshall and Brac
Tipton of BOoxL Miss.; and
two sisters, Mrs.' Floyd
Pressley and Miss Patty
Tipton of Marshall. .
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