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, 1 ' , ' - ' V fc ,. ) i " ', ' i , ' t ' ; 1 1' V;M . , 2 1 .v., 'j ...... Volume 73, Number 51, Marshall, N. C. 15 CENTS PER COPY January 18, 1975 l,y" Public Hearings On Land Use Ordinances The Madison County Planning Board has recom mended the adoption of Land Use Ordinances to the Madison County Com missioners. In accordance with the North Carolina statutes, the Commissioners have scheduled public hearings to receive comments from Madison County citizens. (See announcement in this issue.) Three public hearings are scheduled: Mars Hill i January 31), Marshall i February 7), and Hot Springs (February 14.) The Planning Board, an advisory board to the County Commissioners, has the following members: Earle Wise, Lawrence Ponder. Jeanne Hoffman, Manuel Briscoe, Doug Robinson, Sylvia Darlington, Larry Burda, Wayne Gosnell, Bobby Edwards, and Don Anderson. After months of work, the board recommended Land Use Ordinances (zoning and sub-division) to the Com missioners. The Planning Board, from the beginning, has been concerned to protect the land and the traditions of Madison County while allowing for the progressive economic development of the region. The resources of the county belong to the citizens of Madison County. They have the right and responsibility to determine its future. The Dr. Morgan To Assist In Research Dr. Monroe T. Morgan, Route 5, Smalling Road, Johnson City, has been ap pointed by Midwest Research Institute of Kansas City, Missiouri, to assist in researching the use of solar energy. The panel will assess the consequences of the Widespread Use of Solar Energy for Onsight Generation of Electricity. The objective of the panel and the study is to produce for the Uaited States Congress a study which will serve as an important resource in the development of solar energy 4-H Shrubbery Sale Now In Progress Madison County 4-H Dubs will conduct a shrubbery sale again this year. The sale will bt conducted in much the saint way as last year's tale. 4-H" era will be taking orders from January 20 to February . Special prizes will be given to Um boy and girl who sell the most shrubbery. All items offered for sale this year will nrr.ri: ??rs kill pmla.'-i frr-i lK t ilu f-r' s- ' Ute r '-' I rt I ' '! '.. i 1 r" '. ' I - - St r -; ' - -1 I U'v t) - $"-' i ! ; 1 i m - - i : Hi ft-- - : i - . i'1 adoption of Land Use Or dinances is one way that we can assure that our land and the culture of our region is not destroyed or seriously damaged by outside interests. The ordinances recom mended to the Commissioners do not regulate the use of farm land as long as such land is used for farming. 18-Year-Old Men Must Register "All young men who reach age 18 during 1975 should plan this year on making their first contact with Selective Ser vice," Eugene L. Wills, Chairman of Madison County local board, announced today. "Even though we are not currently drafting for military service," Wills said, "registration with Selective Service is still compulsory for all young men at age 18, so each young man should make certain that he complies with the law by registering." Wills stated that a young man has 60 days in which to register - 30 days before his 18th birthday and 30 days after. "This should provide adequate time for an 18-year-old or a near 18-year-old to register," Wills added, "and policies. The panel constitutes one of several mechanisms to construct projections of the development of solar energy and its social policical im plications. Other members of the committee represent a wide variety of expertise in technical, economical, social, environmental, and political areas. Dr. Morgan is President of the National Environmental Health Association, which has headquarters in Denver, Colorado. be in metal or plastic con tainers, except the apple trees and chestnut trees, which will be bare rooted. If you wish to purchase items from the 4-H'ers, please contact a 4-H'er in your community or call the Ex tension Office 649-2411. An advertisement listing all items for sale appears elsewhere in this paper. I ' 1 , 1 r.T"r:DnTS recently received certificates of ap 'rrM at tve Mart IKU Hand! School. Iter. Sue Fit r cf te Mart 1 1 III Baptiit Church, Dr. Reece Steer, a 1 Ilo-ner Tcmberlia, Mart florist, were the h r sde ftcrjHforisI personal efforts toward the !y ''s t the school. The ituientt made the st the O.rHlmn rreak. ,f t"-. y,r, j; t :w,.',:t Cc-j-ty fir ccrf.ve The Planning Board en courages interested citizens to attend one of the public hearings and share in those decisions that will determine the future of our county. Don Anderson, Chairman Madison County Planning Board his timely registration will prevent any problems that might otherwise result from a late registration." Wills stated that 18 year-old young men in Madison County who have not yet registered may do so at the Selective Service office located at 16 Federal Building, Asheville. They may also register with the following volunteer registrars: Miss Brenda Cook and Miss Delba Jean Roberts located at the Tax Collector's Office in the Courthouse at Marshall, and Miss Frances Snelson at Mars Hill College in Mars Hill. Marshall Firemen Listed Listed below are current members of the Marshall Volunteer Fire Department. These men serve without any pay and for the most part are ready to answer a fire call any time during the day or night: Joe Fisher, Chief; Bob Davis, Asst. Chief; Ray Crowe, Assistant Chief; Bobby Pegg, Kelly Davis, Bobby Chandler, T. F. Sams, Frank Davis, Bruce Davis, Clifton Norton, Leo Soles, Jackie Ball, Lonnie Plem mons, Jackie Marler, James Penland, Jack Ramsey, Maurice McAlister, Pat Clemons, Michael Metcalf, Gary Moore and Dean Rigsby. N.C. Lost 5,000 Farms Since 1973 By BILL HUMPHRIES N. C. State University RALEIGH - The number of farms continues to decline in North Carolina at a much more rapid rate than in any other part of the nation. The state had 136,000 far ming units in 1973. This year, according to U. S. Department of Agriculture estimates, it has 132,000 a decrease of 5,000 in two years. A drop of 2,000 in farm numbers occurred in six states Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Virginia and Wisconsin. Several other The Man K;:i Hand! (Trrch and has been ears. , , . ' , ''""I jm I iff.-; I f . s. f?M ' H J COAL, FEED & LUMBER COMPANY Building, located on Upper Bridge Street, here, looks much different than it did three years ago after one end of the building had been demolished when a freight train plowed into the building on January 22, 1972. Picture at top shows results of the crash with box car turned partly on its side. Other box cars damaged nearby buildings and some of the cars crashed into the French Broad River. Bottom picture shows the new, spacious section of the building next to the railroad. Baptists RALEIGH - North Carolina Baptist churches affiliated with the Baptist State Convention in 1974 states declines showed smaller A few showed in- creases. North Carolina still holds its fourth place rank in number of farms, however. The top three states are Texas, with 209,000; Missouri, with 139,000; and Iowa, with 137,000. Since 1973 West Virginia has gained 500 farms, Penn sylvania has picked up 1,000 and New York has incrased by 2,000. The "loss" of farms in the Tar Heel state is due to a number of reasons, according to economists at North Carolina State University. For one thing, many farm operators, especially those that raise tobacco, are ex panding acreage to the point where they can Justify more complete mechanization. They are doing it by buying any suitable farmland that comes on the market in their area. Over the past few years, many thousand of tobacco farm v operators : have depended on lease ? and . transfer of leaf allotments and quotas to expand their. . volume. Leasing agreement, . , however, may be made only . with other tobacco (rowers in the same county, and for a' maximum period of only five years. , J Now that full machanization of the crop is well under way, farmers who expect to Stay in tobacco production want more permanent arrangements than thf,e offered by limited, lfsse ard transfer. The s.?e of Tar Heel farms has increased ty one acre in the past two yesrs,. to an I all Report baptized almost 30,000 people, collected $124.8 million, and showed a net gain of 12,710 members pushing statewide average of 105 acres. Most of the growth in size, though, has occurred on tobacco farms and in connection with development of a half-dozen or so "super-farms" in coastal areas. Antoeher reason for the smaller number of farms in North Carolina is that about 400,000 acres have been removed from production since 1973 as a result of urban development, building of superhighways, conversion to other nonfarm uses, and discontinuance of farming operations on many small tracts. The official definition of a farm, as spelled out by the U S. Census Bureau, is a tract of 10 acres or more that produces at least $250 worth of com modities for sale. The tract Wachovie Bank Names Local Director Charles ,E. Mashbura, Marshall attorney, has bee elected to the western regional -. board of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co,, N.A. w . Announcement was made Thursday by Da r ward R. Everett Jr., senior i vice president and Wachovia's western rr -inn executive. A native ..f Marsha;!, Mash-'" burn i1- a .-' ;ate of the L!nivi-' . , (4 ,r-h Carolina -at Oar : -'. !' ;i, l'e is a member finer .-x rth Ju-'.--.l. North ( : - arwi An. i -i ' ' ' '- ! 12,710 Gain In Members church rolls to a record 1,071,670 and 3,457 congregations. The year-end statistics were may be smaller if the volume of crops and livestock produced is larger. By the census definition, land in farms in North Carolina has declined from 14.2 million acres in 1973 to 13.8 million this year. A national Census of Agriculture is held every five years and a new one is ust getting under way this month. Farmers are being mailed forms seeking basic data about their operations in 1974. The figures compiled will form the basis for many programs of the U. S. Deparmtnet of Agriculture and for farm legislation. By law, every farmer's individual report is confidential and may be used only for statistical purposes. Bar Association. '. Mashburn was chairman of the board ef directors i of Citizen's Bank in Madison County antil the bank' merger wftb Wachovia last month. " - V He has been a director of - Carolina Federal Savings and Iwa Association since 1K4 and 6 a member of the Marshall Chamber of Cam- " swrcf. si Mashbura is married to the former Maf Bufkin. - Bartender Charged In Slaying Of Doyle Peek A Weaverville man was shot and killed early Friday Jan. 10, 1975 at a tavern at Flat Creek, according to the Buncombe County Sheriff's Department. A department spokesman said Doyle Peek, 21, of Rt. 2 Weaverville was apparently a bystander during a gun battle in the parking lot of Larry's Tavern shortly before 1 a.m. Peek was shot in the head and was pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Mission Hospital. The spokesman said a manslaughter warrant has been issued for Michael Worley, identified as the bartender at the tavern. Charles Taylor, 43, of Shake Rag Road in the Grapevine section of Madison County has been charged with assualt with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. The spokesman said Taylor had been involved in a fracas at the tavern earlier that night and that Worley had asked him to leave. The spokesman said Taylor later returned to the tavern and that Worley thought that Taylor had a gun in his pocket. He said Worley told Taylor to get out. The spokesman said the argument continued into the parking lot where Taylor got into a car and shot at Worley. The spokesman said Worley ducked behind the car and returned fire. PEEK FUNERAL Funeral services for Peek were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Peek's Chapel Baptist Church, of which he was a member. The Revs. Arthur Hensley, E. W. Jenkins and Jack Burnette officiated. Burial was in Peek's Chapel Cemetery. Pallbearers were Lanny and Phillip Robinson, Dale Am nions, David Fisher, Johnny Bennett, David Windsor, Carl included in the annual report of Ted W. Williams, director of the convention's Department of Data Processing. The year-end statistics were included in the annual report of Ted W. Williams, director of the convention's Department of Data Processing. Baptisms in 1974 numbered 29,587, a gain of .09 per cent over 1973 figures. Total membership gained 1.2 per cent during the same period. Baptists gave their chur ches a record $124,894,197 in 1974, a gain of $12.2 million or 10 9 per cent over 1973. Of that amount, $19,544,269 went for mission causes, also a 10.9 per cent gain over last year. The major church organization, Sunday School, reported a slight loss of -1.6 per cent, with 11,222 fewer people enrolled in Sunday morning Bible study. Both mission organizations. Woman's Missionary Union and Brotherhood (men and Madison County Laurel Sir. The "Madison County Day at Wolf Laarel," scheduled for -last Satarday, was postponed due to lack f anew and suitable weather for skiing. The event is scheduled for this Sunday. Jan. Is. The Madisoa ' County Recreation and Parks Department In coordination with the W f lsirel fVj Area re - - t'e Sk.;' i '; '' f-r a'l r' - 5 Shook and Randy Houston. A native of Madison County, he was employed by Heritage Inc. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Cathy Marshbanks Peek; a son, Jason Roy Peek of the home; the parents, Mr and Mrs. Hershel Peek of County Native Heads Hospital Calvin E. Chandler, a native of North Carolina, has been appointed director of the Oteen Veterans Ad ministration Hospital. Chandler is now assigned to the VA's central office in Washington, D. C. He is director of field operations for 27 hospitals in the Northeast. He succeeds H. W. Meredith, who retired in November. Chandler was born in Madison County and lived in Thomas vi lie. While a student at Mars Hill College, he en tered the Navy for service in World War II. He joined the VA in 1946. He has been with the organization since, with the exception of a 15-month tour of duty during the Korean War. New Judges Take Oaths Of Office Three Republicans and a Democrat were sworn into office as judges Monday of last week in Raleigh ceremonies. Edward B. Clark of boys) reported healthy gains in enrollment. Church Music ministries reported the largest increase with 5 per cent over 1973 enrollment. The Biblical Recorder, state Baptist newsmagazine, reported 112,608 weekly subscription (homes) throughout the state. The Baptist magazine has the third largest circulation of any periodical in the state, led only by the Charlotte Observer and Raleigh News and Observer. Parents Urged To Attend Cub Scout Meet A meeting Cub Scouts and their parents is scheduled to be held at the Marshall school on the Island on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 7:30 o'clock. Purpose of the meeting is to enlist boys, I, I, and 10, in the Wolf ' '71 HCILY County, proof of residency will be required la the form of - student identification card , or drivers been. F.o'.h rental ski ep;ipmmt and a ski 11 ticket may be r ;r the very apcial f $t per di,!t a :-i it under 12, accnr , A, X If o- hs f r. ',' & ' ! or : ' : - i "v t ' , ,: - . - ( t&vi tt Of fi" v i t T (-1 Mars Hill; two brothers Sammy Peek of Weaverville and Sydney Peek of Mars Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Bonada Payne of Marshall and Mrs. Mary Lynn Wild of Mars Hill; and the paternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Peek of Marshall. i in rv CALVIN E. CHANDLER He has been director of VA hospitals in Iron Mountain, Mich., and Chicago, IU. He has served in many other assignments with the AVA. FJizabethtown assumed his seat on the state Court of Appeals after taking the oath JAMES M. BALKY administered by Chief Judge Walter Brock. Clark was Cut tared on Page I Cub Scout program for the Marshall area. Parents are urged to bring their sons to the ' meeting where the program at Cub Scouting will be explained , y struct nri msy be aa in : v, ' ...! t; ? if c A k-s Ht i- ' ' ' r-. r i "
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