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Volume 7 I. Number
Marshall.
15 CENTS PER COPY
February 21, I'L
Hep. Ramsey Introduces
Bill To Bolster Tourism
Lcp I j ,m H.niiM . 1 1
M. nil si ill. M.I llll ! ihli I'll .i Mill
in iMr lniiri,il Assembly In
.i;i;u.i;.i i.ilr $.!im oiki t . . Im ,d
n ii ii ;i i ii I , I I ii ii r i s t
Ht r.uii.it ton- tn Mrl;i ;ii uiiii'lr
! i HI I I si, , in the State
Wt llffll tills IIIC.ISIII (' tn
help I,., ,il people plumule
tllcll t I a V r 1 .1 1 1 1 .11 I lull v . "
Ivalliscv -aid I mil Islli is tile
M,n kMotit ii! M' or .i! .ii ras ut
till' St .It i' . ; 1 1 1 I t j i u 1 .1 1 1 in
W estci ii N i r th ( ,n nlnia
Hamsey yy fin is ,i
Kepr cscntutiv c ut llii1 4111)
House I list i ii t . s.i ill Mian y ut
nlth I Illl.i s llil ,ll
i halliMet s ul i omilirl it need
tn llil ,1 Ix'lli'l Jul) pi nlliotllie
tnUI I SII) i rl lullllv now w lib
thl' ri nllomii slnU duw II
I .1st session Kainsey It)
Inuluii'il a lull that ,!
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THIS MONTH the window at the Marshall
libiaiv displays some of the work done by the
chilciicn in the three Day ( are ( enters of Madison
( ounlv Hie renters are open ." da s a week. ser inn
ihildien between three and five years of age. The
program unhides good nutrition, physical fitness,
health si reenmn. and structured plav and games.
Hie ihildien also learn to plav together Picnics,
train i ides a ride in a police ear. and a children
stage plav aie some ol the field trips Kach center
has a bus that helps with the transportation of the
ihildien Ml tenters meet all the standards for
licensing and i ei tif ii at ion II Mill would like more
information please call one of the following num
bers Marshall l.l'l 1'iST. Mars Hill f',h!i:t.,IV and
llnl spi nigs i.JJ CM
Shut-In D.C. Klects
Officers; Buy Fire Truck
I l.i ;;,, i si jt In
1.,-i.s.,i. 1 -ur.tv t
r ! .!.. ! ! ' ' .
ti ut, i ut pur .it ., :. ,i!.'l !
Power Yw
Adjustment
Announced
i ':, t h-, a : ) ..!
M ii. U rr : : -'
a r.nuij ru i 0 I ul n t , ft ; I ! i
Curt hasi- V- r 1- j . VI
jstment tu rendered .
Mills ,ia ted hebraarv 2d
w.i, t Ci WMf pr KWH nr
'lersons re, ei int ser if f on
fior.thU 3 f da tullir.t
, If TM I'ur, hasf 1'imi r
uel Adjustmpnt fai tor for
Tprson.s r"eiint servile i
mfmthl) Wi-davs mil
0 00B71 ppr KWH
The Purrha.se Poer lui
Adjustment faMor shcuid
rwipefuU) start to oVrhne a,
V pnef of rrial has nn
started to stabilize as has been
noted in th rxess by heannk's
Uat art tf" under ay before
the North fjrolma l'tilitis
(immiiSKfi
piopnatrd $111(1. DIKI statewide
1 1 won .ipjirov I'd uf the
i uncial Assembly, anil State
I mills vvei r awarded to several
Western Ninth Carolina
ateas. including the Cherokee.
Maggie Valley. Asheville. and
Swaniianna anil Hlaek
Mini nt am i Maiuhei s u
i iiiiiinei oc
Hainscy's 1 V7f) measure was
i oponsored My Hep Ernest
Mi sset , 1 Mllay wood, and
others If approved, the
$1100. (Mil) would Me ap
propriated to the Department
ul Natural and Economic
Kesourres, where the would
Me distributed to urbanizations
LMat quality on a matching
dollai -for-dollar basis The
ilia x im urn amount to be
awarded would Me $25,(HK)
3$
'A
, , ii !i I t'.i I, ,uw nil H el s
!,,!, Mi ll.iws president
! u ,1,, : I I'll id v ,. i
: i s, ,1,1,1 (Maries I a i s
' ea sun r 1 ddie Hn ker and
I Hi, st i'at ks set retaries
I Mi iifput dtmn has alsi
' , t:MI ,1 I ,r e tr ui k and w , ,,il,l
ki I Ihaiik all persuns wMi
'.ur.ati d riiuia M that , au.se
Id ,t ., ,r,a I dun at i uri s r i
,! ded it w as stated
' ., ; I , r I 'a r k s has lain
,-.1e! as !,. , r, iff rtnd
'w,r ii s Hn ker assistant fire
h i , ' f IN n umber s tn i a, l .n.
as ,,( fite are Parks f, J J
C' 4 rtnd Hn ker f.22-.loh"
Klcctric Workshop Held
' Marshal, He , pi n g
Hdrxl 4- H ( lub altneded an
Meitrn Wnrkshop held
Saturday I eb ib in the KF.A
huildirig ,inducted by James
hngrnan As we listed the
things we use that are electru .
learned that electricity n
an important pari of our daily
lives te also learned if we
keep our blacken bulbs
re-placed we could save 25
rr ent of our light wattaee
ley Lli-ftru Motor agiyen
Production Of
Non-Quota Tobacco
W IS .ink. Madisiin ( uunt
ASl 'S Kxecutive Director,
announi es t hat a I ererit
rhance has been made in the
law relating to the produi turn
of Mai land and other kinds ul
niniUota tohai i o in areas
where quota kinds ai e
traditionally prodiueil
li,' i in ii i ii' with the 111',';')
(Top, any noniuota kind nl
tohari o tiiat is prudm ed in an
area w here a Uota kind ol
tohari o is traditionally
prodiu eil will he subject to the
;,l udiii I inn and mai k i t nil'
i ontrols nf the quota kind il
the nonquota tobacco
possesses any of the
distinguishable i ha r ac
teristu s of the quota tobacco
( lassiln atioii standards of the
(junta tobacco will he used by
tohai co inspectors of the
A pi 1 1 u 1 1 u i .i 1 Marketing
Service ' A MS i in making the
determination as to whether
the nonquota tobacco
possesses any of the
ill st ingu ishahle charac
teristics uf the quota tobacco
FmHA Business, Rural
(iuaranteed loan funds for
North ( arohna businesses and
industries are available
through the Fanners Home
Addministi iition, reports
.Minn's 1 Johnson, FmHA
Slate I )ir ector
'these loans can Me made to
existing businesses and in
dustries for expansion pur
poses or tn new businesses for
new facilities Loan funds may
tie used for land purchase,
building construction,
machinery and equipment
pun base, working capital.
Hepayment terms are up to
lit) years for real estate pur
;Hises. 10 years, or its useful
life, for machinery and
New Sediment Control
Program Will Begin
H lill.l. KKOWN
Soil Conservation Tech.
Noting that state law will
soon i cquire a sediment
i mtiol plan on all clearing or
gi ailing operations more than
utie acre in size. State Con
servationist Jesse I. Hicks
today pledged the support of
Suil I onserv ation Service
people In help i untrul
sediment
I'nder terms of the North
i ai u 1 1 n a Se d I me n t a 1 1 nil
I'olluUon ( iintrol Ai I of 19711.
i arth-distur bing activities
after Man h 1. 1975 must in
' lude measures tu keep
sediment from suit) work on
the projei t site
Land i lea red or graded for
agrnultural or forestry uses
ate exempted. Mr Hicks said,
and no plan will be required
Hut we Ma ye a lot of
Ii i elupment and building
rejects that are clearly in
luded in the i ategory covpred
My this pa rt uf the Ait,'' he
a dded I- nrt una te ly inn
seryatiun measures are
a ya liable tu help prevent the
sediment from washing away
and entering streams and
Lher waterways
I'nder the law a plan must
Me submitted ,10 days before
i railing uperatmns tx'gin The
lan must list and define
Measures that will te used to
keep disturbed earth from
laying the graded area The
Nurth ( arohna Sedimentation
! eai h member attending the
meeting and shown how to put
it goeuSer With the help of a
leader. Electric Project
Sheets were filled out Those
attending the meeting were
James. John. Wayne and Kim
Krigman. Tobie Sprinkle
Donna Flynn. Shannon
Joyner. Thomas Amerson
Vickey and Michael Davis
I'eggy and Mrs Wade Sexton
cd time was had by all
1 1 . i d 1 1 1 un a 1 1 y produced in the
.ii ei
ink explained that the
i Maiife in tMe law means, for
example, that .Maryland and
other nonquota kinds likely
will be Heated as hurley
tiibaci o il pi i a I ii i I'd in a
bin lev t ohai io a i ea
Chain Saws,
Ammunition
Stolen Here
l ive chain saws and an
undetermined amount of
ammunition wcic stolen last
weekend from the Coal. Feed
K Lumber Company on Upper
Bridge Street The thieves
gained entrance through a
door on the railroad side of the
building
Marshall policemen and the
sheriff's department are investigating
equipment, and Uj) to 7 years
Im working capital
I he industry or business
must be located in or plan
ning lo locate in a rural area
or town of al).(KX) or less. Ob
jective of the program,
i epoi ts Johnson, is to create
new jobs in rural areas and
improve rutal economic
conditions
Private lenders, such as
banks and savings and loan
associations, make the loans
which are guaranteed by
FmHA up to 90 percent The
interest rate is negotiated by
the applicant with his lender.
Fquity requirements vary but
the applicant must have a
I nntrol Commission is
i (-sponsible for enforcement of
the law
More information may U'
obtained from it-gional
Lions Enjoy
Steak Dinner
Maishall Lions Mike
Kiadley. Jim Story Wiley
1 HA all. l oin Wallin. Page
Hngman. Maurice Mi Ahster.
Fade Wise. Roger Wood.
Jerry I'lemmons. David
( aldwell. Fd Morton. Marvin
Hall. Steve Wallin. Hoy
Hi-eyes and Overton llregnry
enjoyed steak dinners at The
I'eddler on Tunnel Koad
Monday night
The annual event is a result
of the Christmas promotion of
the Marshall Lions Club
President Maurice Mi Ahster
presided at the brief business
session following the dinner
Policy Board
To Meet Thurs.
Public Invited
A meeting ot the Polii y
Board of the French Broad
(nminal Justice Planning
Agency 1J-.AA will be held
at the Rodeway Inn located at
the intersection of MO and
I S 70 Tunnel Road on
Thursday . Feb 2
Arrangements have been
made for those attending to
eat together in the restaurant
be inning at 6 30 p m The
meal will be dutch treat and
ordering will be done from the
normal menu The business
session will begin promptly at
1pm in the banquet room
of the Inn
Members of the community
are gn cordially invited to
attend
mm il P
SI'KCIAL Sl'PKKIOK Court Judge James IY1. Baley Jr. of Asheville ad
ministered the oath of offiee in Marshall Saturday to Isrnee 15. Brings of Mars
Hill, appointed by (iov. Jim llolshoiiser as resident Superior Court judge of the
'lth .Indicia I District. Bribes iniivcil up from the District ( ourt bench. Prior to
that he served as an assistant I . S. district attorney and as a slate senator
from the lilst District.
minimum equity of ten per
cent 1 hi i i- is no 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 in t i or
maximum dollar limitation
loi any loan," Mr Johnson
staled, "but priority is given
lo the lai ger industrial type of
projects creating the most
jobs
Since adequate funds are
available ." Johnson went on
lo say , we have ;i excellent
opportunity to help industries
already in business and to
finance new industries "
Smal! letidirs JJ-.u. ma,
participate since only the ten
percent or unguaranteed
'nation is charged aijainst the
eiigineeis in the North
Carolina Department of
Natuial and Economic
Kesoul es Field offices are
located in Asheville.
Moor esy die. Winston-Salem.
H a I e i g h . F ay e 1 1 e v 1 1 1 e .
Washington N C and
W ilmingloii
I oi hiiical assistance in
ley eloping erosion control
plaits may be obtained from
tin 'i'.' suil and water inn--eiyatiuti
districts, which
serve eyery North Carolina
. utility Here in Madison
( nunty help can be obtained
My i niiLn ting the Madison Sod
and water Conservation
I Mstr ii t office, located up
stairs in the Wachovia Bank
Building in Marshall
Energy
Crisis
Meeting
The K'briiary meeting of
i at nl : n.ans For Safe Energy
,,ki s ;,ia, i' Thursday , Feb 27
,,l . 'te p in in the North
VsMi " riiniftK'h ('enter
llii pru.-ram will feature Dr
I, , Mei ! s Colo, Assistant
Professor of Physns at I'NC-
who w,ll speak on Alternate
1 nergy
7 Mosi u ho hay e asked w hat
alter natiy es there are for uur
ia t i"T. s energy needs If
run lear power is ton
tan,, cr us, will l esjx-i lal U
uiU rested in thus program
7 h, public is cordially in
, ud t' attend
Singing At
Hopewell Baptist
7 M first Saturday night
sintmg at the Hopewell
Hapt.st Church will be held
thi Saturday at 7 W o clock
The Rev Everett Haynie,
-tfistor myites cvervone '
attend
Loans Available
lendi'i s loan limits The fill
;n'i i cut or guaranteed portion
i an be sold by the lendet to a
sei unitary mai ket, thereby
helping tlic lendi'i retain bis
liquidity
l'ros;iei live applicants can
make applications or obtain
more inhumation about this
Miogram by visiting local
Ikinkers, one of the 71i h niHA
i utility oflices serving the KKI
By JOHN PAKK1S
l.l'CK A mountain man
w ho put his trust in luc k
suggested the name lor this
tiny community that nestles
among the dark wrinkles of
the Newfound Mountains
between Hot Springs and 1-ake
lunaluska
Ills name was Joseph
I'lemmons
He gave birth not only to
Luck but to its next ilooi
iicighlMii Trust, which is just
down tile road a couple of
twisbng miles at the forks ,4
N( M) and NC 6.1
Cp until tin- turn of the
entiiry. this part of Madison
t nunty was known only as the
Spring Creek section, a wild
and isolated region with a
si altering of families
I he nearest post office was
li miles away and if folks
wanted their mailor wanted to
piM a letter they had to make
the journey by horseback or
by wagoner by shanks' mare
Joseph I'lemmons figured
the folks hereabouts ought to
have a ;ost office of their own
So he sat down and wrote a
letter to the post off ii e
department up in Washington
And he told them I trast I
will have the luck" of getting
to be postmaster of this
oi 1 1 m un 1 1 y They sent a
representative out to talk tu
turn and a dei tsion was made
tn establish twu post offices in
u;per Spring ( r eek
And taking a i ue from
Joseph Plemmnns letter, they
named one l.ui k" and the
other Trust
This was around 1900 when
he was 41 y ears old
And hi was appointed
;,r.tmaster of the I u, k post
nffii e
Tin first ;ost office, his
veai old son Bryan
Plemmnns re, ailed a i-ouple
i days ago was in my
father s home It was right
Mere in this room where I'm
sitting The post office as in
one corner of the room and the
rest was used as a store
Hul it got awful crowded
and he put up a store building
out neit to the house and
moved the post office into it
It's gone now I tore it down
and used the lumber from it to
make me a garage
The post office at Trust, five
miles down the road from
Jif-eph Plemmons' place, was
set up in another little country
ui1li ai ulina counties, or My
i onlaoting ,'atnes I .lohnsoti.
Mate I lit ei lot , I- a inters
Home Administration. Room
iM. I- iileral Building. HKI New
Bern Ay eriue. Raleigh. N ( '
.'1,(11 Phone HlW-TJo-Mmi
1 Mi1 1- ai met s Home Ad
n ii n 1st i at ion ol 1 1 re sei y 1 rig
Madison ( utility is located
uyei the Waclioyia Hank
Building in Marshall
He Put His Trust In Luck
Mule, o;iet ati-,1 as l.bbs and
t i,ii dner I .i iii'i al Mei
liandise
Joseph Plemmons ran the
I in k post olfii e lot almost HO
years And one of his grand
daughter s. Mrs William Mm,
who was Murn at Trust and
nnw lives at I andler. re, ailed
tli.it his wile Martha assisted
him w ilh Mis ;xisl,il wut k
M v grandfather she sari
was a good It'ti'l't a
, idduate m the old HI Bai k
N'xdlct and kept up w ilh .ill
Die new s in his tim, Mut he
had such ;mui pcnm.uiship hi
de;K-ndtil un randiimtht-i tu
in most uf his writing
It was not unusual she said
mi him to call mil Marthy
line here arid Meip mi a
Minute " w hen sMi w mild tie
. ight in the mils! ,1 making
Mis, tut dough fur their farmlv
and have fuut ail uv cr her
Mall. Is
vA hen Joseph P,i tuitions
i ai bed his 'nth birth, lay tu
dei ideil il was tune , get nut
nl the pird nffii e business and
Mi ;et the folks he served know
that he w.is quilting
Notni.lv sii-med interested
n taking over (run, the un)
:.ari and I he pnsi nffii e
leparetment sen! word thev d
lust Ma v , M luse the 1 u, k
:M nffl. .
r-ai-ed w.th '.Ills the folks
IMVK Pl.KMMONS.
$?' . pink J PLEMMONS - -j
i GROCERIES i FEEDS .JSfcJ
;t jmmmiji'u''v JTi' I fir K' II !
h-J V J. fii-i
First Union Will
Assist Car Purchase
( it st I niun ,it: ,na, li.iiiK
Will I eMail- up Mi t2'J 'Hi the
I irs t monthly pa mi-nt ! at, '.
new , ,n In. in f iri.i.ni ed will, tin
bank I, l',i .. i Ha. i ( iM,
In m i iitc i aiinnuiH ed 1 1,.
ollei i' , nod until Man h :,
We leel 'Ml' I, 'Mate r ul
Illul u w ,iy lust 1' II iul,
Natl' in i1 i an Melp ' ,i!h
( atuiUiniiis uMui d a new ,a
now H .dsn should Me ., I-,,, t
to ' n! dealel s ,i, l u , 'In
suite II. ill sa:.t
'I Me new ! eMati 1 tin ,e' ' ti'!
efful t 1 it st 1 riloli lias n,.iii I,
redu, e the impact "I new .a
pi ll ev nil tMe ut,.' UIlii ! Ill
NoM'lliMel r',1. Mm l,.il;K
began t ,p!.nt..,' I if.
will, M II,, ikes :;.n.l. v
pay merits mii ai M i t.
tendim tMem i.et i,i,,'e:
Fire Damages Residence
Of C.I). Bowmans Here
Maishall liiemen wele
ailed to the home ol Mi and
Mrs ( 1) Bowman on
Roberts Hill Road early last
I Mursday morning to ex
lini'utsM a rapidly spreading
lire at the right front jxirtion
'it the house When firemen
arrived about 1 HO o'clock
lliey were successful m put
ting out the fire before the
bla.es spread to other iHirtions
of the beautiful home Con
siderable damage was done to
the roof, attic and covered
side poreM
( ause of the fire was at
tributed to an electric unit
served Mv the Luck ;xist office
.nt all stin ed up and set nut to
save it
1- uglily they ;ersuaded one
! the old man's nephews.
Pink Plemmnns. tu lake uv e:
the pusl nffii e temjxirai ily
and sei it up in his store whu ti
w .is a couple of miles dow n the
reck Thev told me " Pink
I Mi in llinll s I e i a 1 led ', Ma!
Iftcv Wanted MIC to held ! M it
..Mil they ouhl get ,1
i tfstahlislied Ma. k op the
..ad
Hi agleed and mined the
usl ujliie iM, Ins little
.tavsid, stun wl.o h Me Mad
Milllt .r. 1''7".
He si,,rtisl I, .eking attei the
is uffi, e )M 1":10 and the
',' low Hi, V ebl '..it v tie gut Ills
utlltMlsslutl as puslinnsle!
:tuiii Pustmastei (itticral
Walter F Brown
i Mice it was moved here tn
mm v store, hi said the fulks
' or g ut about trying !
n-eslablish .! !iai k um tMi
t iad
It staved right here u. ::,y
st.re until 1 9b 7 when thev
lisivntinued all these little
fnurth i lass pnsl oMn es Tin y
Misrtl the ;xist ufficc al I rus!
at the sarin time and put a,
t lw fulks alutig th, i reek or
rural ,)eliv er v 'u! : Hn!
spi mgs
Then in 1961. he i lused his
THE UST POSTMASTER
;wtii.d ul Unit 40 ni'ii
instead ul the traditional
Mall added that consuic
M.ce rviT.il teasons to I
that new ai now I'hcy 1
e, ei e ,'X. ept lolially I i
' i .ide- Hi v alue' on their old
making it worth mill e tow
, new one Many i ar di .ii
.ite effenni' 'Men, a big 1 1 M.
,n new i at s irst I'ru .
i el,ale oiler will give tin
iddilional s.e. ing of up t '
lepend.rig un t:."' sii ,
:,ii!iil'i ul niuntliiy pay im
:. tin man And tie !
Mian W. mak '-s rum :
-a no rit.s mallei
i 'ilm ination and detai
i-t 1 mar. . ney lehate nl
.. I'lal IP. all be ohl.'i'
': mn any l it - i I r.r ;. N.it '
ui.in ut! ii ei
which Ml and Mrs used tu
keep then p-t dog. Be
warm on cold nights. ' Boo .
ieali7ing the emergency
quii klv fled from his bed
unharmed He returned tu Mrs
home after the fire had been
extinguished
We've used an electric
beating unit in Bozos''
sleeping box for years but this
is the first time it has shorted
We're sure glad that "Bozo"
escaped U-fore being hurt."
Mi Bowman stated
Estimates of the damage
from the fire are unknown at
Miesent
-1 or i1 w Men Me was US' y e.ti s
Id
I got ton tned and lou
teeMIe to run it," he said So !
jiLst lix ked the door and put op
a sign that I was out '
Musmess
His commission as the la .I
m os tin aster of Luck hangs on ..
wall inside the little stoi
building In one c orner i V
grilled framework of the po
nffii e where he handed out t'
mail for 2 years
I lie store shelves are I
it goods, hul the old sc.
!h, old i ash register . at
Mia, k iron tobact o cutlet
hi one uf the counters Ami o'
:! Mack of the rcxim then
an old potbellied stove that I
, ustumi rs used to sit aroui'
and w hittle and yarn
Alxiot all that's left of Luck
:s this store building." he said
Diere's nothing except a sign
n the side of the road with the
name at Trust The old store
building that housed the Trust
post office hurried several
y ear s tiaok
Pmk Plemmons old store
t -lidding sits in the curve of the
htnl lonely and forlorn. th
name I jk k painted on the
front
And hi s ,nc uf the few folks
suil around who knows how
Luik and Trust got then
names
-John Parrit PImU
1