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, 1 " ' , f , t i , 1 lt h-diBon county Litsry;.,; . -St- '!) U1KJ Volume 73, Number 45, ..;Kiy,:7Mv! Marshall. N. C. 15 CENTS PER COPY Decembers, 1974 H 1 if U!I The holidays should be a time to relax and enjoy family and friends. But it should also be a time to be on the lookout for fire hazards. Don't let your holiday season be ruined by tragedy. The biggest year-round danger is careless smoking, which accounts for more than half of all fatal residential fires in this country. Ac cordingly the Better Business Bureau urges that when you're entertaining for the holidays, you provide plenty of large, noncombustible ashtrays designed to prevent cigarettes from falling out. Keep all matches and lighters out of the reach of children. And when the party's over, check all rooms to be certain no cigarettes are burning anywhere. Fireplaces It may be part of your holiday tradition to sit around a cozy fire, but make sure you're doing it safely. If you use manufactured logs for the fire, be careful with them; they can't be handled like natural logs. Read the in structions on the wrapper Morgan Is Of Several ft y ' The old adage, "When It rains, it pours" became a reality this year for Joe L. Morgan of Route 2, Marshall. He received recognition via several honors for achievements and con tributions in several fields. He was awarded the American Security Council Star by the American Security Council which promotes national security and preparedness from its Washington, D. C. base of operations. Morgan received the gold medal, struck by the Royal Mint of London, from In ternational Whol in Com munity Service.' He also received the "Certificate of Merit" for distinguished service and is listed in Volume IX, Dictionary of In ternational Biography of London. William S. Powell, Curator f Am- JL ' Decreased Interest Rate On FmHA Rural Housing Loans Madison County Farmers Home Administration bat rtcltvtd notificatioa that Merest rstes on FtoHA Rare! Bossing loans hart beta decreased from I percent to I percent effective lm- nmuraiy. - - i, f i FmHA baa adequate WMirfw 9wmAm fl Wl ' wat aauison ieomy families la meeting their boating seeds, Loaa fundi caa bt ased to purchase a lot and eonMract low to modest caat ' swelling of modest design, purchase aew or previously accepted dwellings or ta -repair existing dwellings.' TVe om art repeyabto ta V yr. T I ' V-.uU who t Tf "ts !' e Ad r 1 t- '"-.ce or Celebrate carefully. To make sure they ignite properly, these logs, made of sawdust and wax, should not be unwrapped before use. And they shouldn't be added to a hot fire because they can cause a dangerous flare-up. Don't start a fire with more than one of these logs, because the heat could become too intense. Don't try to poke at one of these logs, because part of the wax and sawdust could stick to the poker and then drop to an unprotected rug or floor. When you burn natural logs, use logs that fit the size of your fireplace, but don't overload it. Be careful when moving a burning log because if it breaks up, embers and sparks may scatter. Don't burn gift wrappings or evergreen branches in the fireplace. They may cause the fire to Dare up faster than you expect, and scraps of burning aper may be carried up the chimney and onto the roof or yard. No matter what type of logs you bum, remember to open the flue first and to use a firescreen. Recipient Honors of the North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has apprised Morgan that biographical sketches the latter recently contributed to Dictionary of North Carolina Biography have been ac cepted for publication. Morga n submitted biographies, following ex tensive research of former United States Senator and Federal Judge Jeter C. Pritchard, philanthropist and forester George W. Van derbilt, and Congressman and Ambassador Richmond Pearson. This reference work will fill a scholarly and popular need in North Carolina and is modeled after The Dictionary of American Biography. Morgan composed two song poems entitled, "I Remem ber" and "Happiness" both of which were set to music by Nashville Music Productions. The copyrights to both compositions were granted recently by Office of Copyright, Library of Congress. This week Morgan was notified by the Editorial Board of American Biographical Institute that he has received the honor of appearing in the historical Bicentennial Memorial edition of Com munity Leaders and Noteworthy Americans for 1975 - 1976. This publication celebrates America's heritage as the nation enters the 200th year of its founding. additional Information FmHA programs, please contact Douglas E. Taylor, County Supervisor or Vernon H. Rank la, Assistant Coanty Supervisor: to. the OUzeas Bank Bafldog la Marshall. . Tht office to opot from lajn., 4a p.m. Monday tbroagb Friday. - Commissioners To Meet V Aniwancoement was made : this week that the regular . mertirss of tht board of ; commiaikmert usually held ' oa the fine Mondgy of each . nv'h w;a in the future be ht; 1 on 'J fir si Fiiiy of each nvr.:x In Safety Trees and Lights If you buy a Christmas tree, be sure it's fresh. Needles should be hard to pull off. The trunk butt should be sticky with resin and when the trunk is bounced on the ground, there should not be a shower of falling needles. Erect the tree in a sturdy, water -holding stand. And keep the stand filled with water - a tree needs a surprising amount of moisture to avoid drying out. When the needles become brittle and start to fall off, the tree becomes a serious fire hazard and it's time to take it down. You might want to buy a live tree and then plant it outside after Christmas. To do this successfully, don't keep the tree in a heated room more than three days, and don't try to plant it while the ground is frozen. Check with a nursery for more advice. Artificial trees may be less flammable than natural trees, but check the label to make sure. And check the label to see if it's been tested by Un derwriters Laboratories. Usually you can put lights on plastic trees, but don't ever put electric lights on metalic trees. Metallic trees can become charged with elec tricity if strung with faulty lights, and anvone touching it David Caldwell Succeds Metcalf As Finance Officer David Caldwell, who has served as bookkeeper in the Madison County Auditor's office for the past year and a half has been appointed Finance Officer of Madison County. The announcement was made Monday following Caldwell's appointment by the commissioners. It was explained that Emery Metcalf, who has served for Saturday's Winners Despite cold, windy, rainy and snowy weather, the first of four drawings of the Merchants Association was held Saturday afternoon at the courthouse. The next drawing will be held this Saturday at 3 p.m. at the courthouse with the first wimer drawn receiving $50 in trade certificates and eight winners receiving $25 in trade certificates. You must be present to win. Last Saturday's winners were: Earl Rector, $50 and $25; Other $2$ winners were Claude Faulkner, Inez Hen derson, Linda Haynie, Hugh Ward, Frank Wilde, Mrs. Jack Boone and Johnny Dodson. JAKSS T. LEDFCSO was reelectU eaalnaaa of tat Madtaoa Coaaty Boari tf CemailHloaen at the atcetiag of fee board here atoaday. 03r member of tbe board re lire. Virginia and Erria Adams. Co' i 1 f! could be electrocuted. Check all holiday lights for broken or cracked sockets, frayed or bare wires and loose connections. Don't use indoor lights outside and vice versa, and be sure that outside lights are firmly anchored to protect them from wind damage. Don't string more than three sets of lights together. Turn off all lights on trees and outside when you go to bed or leave the house. Cooking With all the extra cooking many people do during the holidays, more accidents can occur. Take these precautions: Don't wear loose clothes while cooking; loose sleeves cause most fires that start at the stove. Keep the stove clean and free of grease. Don't keep a can of grease or a box of matches on the stove. Use potholders, not towels, to move pots. Towels can drag across burners and catch fire. Don't hang combustibles, like wet clothes, over the stove. If there are small children around, don't store cookies or similar foods above the stove. Children may climb up after them and get burned. the past four years as Auditor (now referred to as Finance Officer), is one of the three candidates elected in the past general election to serve as Soil k Water Conservation Supervisor. It was furthur explained that the Finance Officer is appointed by the county commissioners instead of being elected as in the past. This was new legislation passed by the general assembly. Mr. Caldwell, who resided with his wife in Walnut.is tht son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Caldwell, of Route 1, Mar shall. He is a graduate of Marshall High School (1968) and also graduated from Asheville Buncombe Technical Institute. Mrs. Caldwell is the former Miss Joan Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, of Walnut. "Diave enjoyed serving tht people of Madison County aa Auditor forpast two terms and I think the commissioners made a splendid choice In naming David Caldwell as Finance Officer. I am looking forward to serving the public now aa one of the Soil and Water Supervisors", Mr. Metcalf said. W.T. Moore Is Presented Gift Here On Monday W. T."Bill" Moor, of Spring Creek, a longtime coanty official and ataaacb Democrat, was honored bora Monday at rtceptioa folkwingthoadrninlatoringof oaths by Judgt W. K. McLoaa to coanty officials. Bafroab menta wort served tht lobby of tht cow flju t to the officials and friends wbo at tended the event. Daring the social period, Mr. Moot was presented a , gift by tht commissioners and tht coarthoaae personnel , token of ar?rociaUoa for tht years of devoted tervtot be hat rendered ia tht coanty. Mr. Moore, who if f fortione'e'y knows to hun dreds as "i U new r i from r.' '-c service. n x' k,fy vlR JUDGE W. K. McLEAN (shown in background) administered oaths to county officials in the courtroom here Monday afternoon. Front row, Commissioners Ervin Adams. Mrs. Virginia Anderson, James T. Ledford (chairman); standing, Judson Edwards, Clerk of Court; Harold Wallin, Tax Collector; E. Y. Ponder, sheriff. ii V; Judge W. K. McLean pictured administering oath here Monday. :0 1 jo r f TP ; Qtl Jsv( arJ Harold WalJin shown taking oath as Tax Collector. Ethrants tWwa Sapcriar Caavi. w I U Kberiff E. Y. reader abtwa Uklag mtk aa tberifT kk Mrs. Pander boldiag Bible. w v - - Stofy Hour Here Wednesday 1 1 ftary !'. w-g bt beM ext. vTei- :ty, December 1L at t l.hrary hert beginning tt IS im. ,l ; jt rj takJag oath as Herb of Tht Story Mas wul be Dale Btifkner. All ,: Siren fi-orn -4 years of age art invited. Silver's Mill Receives Profile Award Silver's Mill at Petersburg was featured on the radio program Profile over Station WWNC in Asheville, Sunday, December 1, at 6:15 p.m. Bill Silver, owner of Silver's Mill was interviewed by Fred Brown, WWNC staff an nouncer, on the 15-minute program. Following the broadcast, Silver's Mill received a Profile Award from WWNC and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, sponsor of the Film To Be Shown Saturday "The Cross and the Swit chblade," an explosive motion picture which bares the raw needs at the core of drug addiction, racial hatred and violence will be shown at the Marshall school on the Island this Saturday night, December 7, at 7 o'clock. Admilance is free and the picture is recommended for the entire family. The film stars Pat Boone is especially inspiring for teenagers as well as adults. First Union Announces New Coverage R. Bryce Hall, city executive of First Union National Bank has announced that the Federal Deposit In surance Corporation has in creased the insurance coverage on all depositors' account member banks, in cluding First Union. Effective Immediately, accounts for each depositor will automatically be Insured op to (40,008 instead of tht previous PD.OOO uznit. HaH also explained that those depositors with more own (40,001 in the bank may redeye addttionsi coverage in several ways. Plant tacorpatiag trust accounts or Involving grand parenUand granchfldrea may provide still . additional coverage. ' ; r : HaB remarked, 'West First ; Union art pleased tt offer oar ; customers this ' increased aiaarance coverage for their . deposits. If any person would . like more specific information about FDIC irsis aire, please contact First Unkm c.Ticet or other FDIC member Uk." The Federal Dpcistt In surant CorporaUoo is an hoVpendent VS. f-vo-r-r-j ifwj crea ! in I" . i receives prern;,; member banks. Roads Opening Madison County The years were the late 1930s. The country was working its way out of the mess the Great Depression had made of its economic system. "Our generation" had graduated from college or had taken its first steps into the business world. We got our first coaching job at Walnut High School in Madison County. We owned a brand new deluxe model convertible with heater, rumble seat and radio, so we moved out to the old home place farm near Mars Hill and drove back and forth to school daily - past Petersburg, Hayes Run, Marshall and Brush Creek to the big school on Jewel Hill. The songs on the car radio as we cruised Madison's "Main Street" included "String of Pearls," "Paper Moon," "The Lady program, for its outstanding contribution to the industrial growth and development of North Carolina. The citation was signed by Thomas A. Rose, president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, and by Wilson Wearn, president of Multimedia Broadcasting Incorporated. The Profile Award was presented to Silver's Mill by David Luckadoo, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's representative in the Asheville District Office. The purpose of these broadcasts is to assist in the campaign to attract new in dustry to North Carolina and to develop greater public appreciation of business and industry already located in the State. Right Turn On Red Policy Is Issued Raleigh ... North Carolina Patrol Commander, Colonel E. W. Jones, today announced the following Patrol policy that will prevail beginning 1 January 1975 with respect to "right turn on red" law which officially expires 31 December 1974. Colonel Jones said that as of 1 January, the Highway Patrol will arrest for flagrant violations that endanger life and property. The Patrol will issue either verbal or written warnings for less serious violations pending action by the 1975 Session of the General Assembly. The Department of Tran sportation snd Highwsy Safety will seek continuing legislation on tht present law since it has proved very satisfactory. The 1680 signs that were erected, and which prohibit right turn on red will not be removed pending action by the legislature. Highway Link Open To Public : : Another Ink at the Ap i palachJaa Kghway, a t' -f e mlle section near Mars I Ml is now open to tr.";c Tht new four-lane ex pressway erte- ' frii N. C. 3S neer h'xrt K to t U. S. ti..n of N. C I". 3 s TV AVr: C T t is A Tramp," "Solitude," "Blue Moon," "Two Cigarettes in the Dark," "Let's Put Out the Lights And Go to Sleep." It was that kind of world. Madison's towns teemed with young life then. The depression had driven young families back to the farms to live with grandparents. Young men without jobs plowed up the old fields and planted new crops. Vegetables, country ham, eggs, bacon, chicken were plentiful. There was little money, but no one was hungry in Madison. We grew familiar with Madison landmarks in the three years we coached at Walnut - Mars Hill viewed from Little Mountain, with old Bailey in the background; the crossroads hamlet of Petersburg sunk in the gorge of Bull Creek, Hayes Run narrows; mile-long Marshall with its school on a sandbar in the river. Spill Corn, Grapevine, Bone Creek, Devil Fork, Shut-In. We came to know the real Madison people. Madison had fine roads then. The previous decade had been a road-building era a new concrete highway out of the old street car tracks to Weaverville, a paved road out past the Forks of Ivy, a road by Beech Glen, the road paved between Marshall and Mars Hill, a new road over the mountains to Hot Springs, and, to top them all, a new "million dollar highway" dowSieriverto Marshall No more ItJRjr trip by West Buncombe or out by Mars Hill, or down the New Stock road by Jupiter. It wasn't long, however, until the depression began to ease up. Then the great war came along and Madison's young people made the big exodus never to return again. The "good times on the farm" faded into history. Madison faded, too. It was bypassed by the interstate road system. The state built few new roads. Bustling communities became ghost towns. Few new doctors, dentists, lawyers moved in. No tourist trade, no huge new shopping centers. Now the trend is beginning to change again. Not too long ago the folks in Madison voted themselves a brand new high school. They didn't build it on a sandbar this time, but they found another unique site for it. A medieval baron would have loveo it. It's like a castle sprawled out over its moun ts intop. Its driveways rival San Francisco. Its football team needs a ski lift to get to the athletic field. It's a tint educational facility. Madison is also getting new roads. The Appalachian High way (U. S. 19-23) again makes Mars HiQ the main entrance to the county. A new N. C VI will soon modernizt that old "Main Street." It shoots straight up Big Branch as tht crow Dies to the saddle of the Mars Oil Ridge. There tt . splits the Mars HiO campus. It , leaps over Petersburg like U. S. lt-a leaps tht Fork of Ivy. ; From there it courses due .' watt to rejoin tht old rood at " tht "rock boost' at tht bead ; t of Hayes Ran. atari Hill to ktarahsBwiniooabtamsner of tea minutes. : Bat there's still something needed out ta Madison and they may have to ask an those eld friends of tht poverty years to help them got ft. fc.st fheyYt asking tor art some of those big-wheeled, drt moving monsters. They v t to level out some new r i from the bri -ters f : cms to t' t r c ' ' Ct 't ' V ? t f T v X 1
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