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.itywide Clean -Up Campaign Gets Underway
Volume 74. Number 11,
RELOCATION AND IMPROVEMENT of N. C.
213, between Marshall and Mars Hill is rapidly
changing the appearance of the entire area. Top left
is the former Al Bryan homesite with the highway
being built (in background) across Halewood to
Petersburg. Right top shows huge culvert being built
Marshall
New officers f" Marsnall
Chapter No. 35, Order of the
Eastern Star, were installed
on Friday evening, March 28th
at the Masonic Temple in
Marshall.
Miss Aldeen Waldrup, Past
Matron of the Chapter, served
as Installing Officer. She was
assisted by Mrs. Edna Warf of
Asheville, Installing Marshal ;
Mrs. Agnes Crowe of Bar
nardsville, Installing
Chaplain; and Mrs. W. C.
Ward, Jr., of Marshall also a
Past Matron of the Chapter,
Installing Organist.
Officers installed were:
Mrs. Ernest Frisby, Worthy
Attention I
There will be local meetings
at the precinct levels
throughout the whole county
at S pra on April 14 for the
purpose of selecting local
chairmen and committeemen
to serve on the District Wide
Executive Committee. These
meetings will be held at the
local polling place, unless
otherwise indicated or posted
in the particular precinct
Wide participation is en
couraged. After local com
mittees are selected, there
will be an Executive Com
mittee meeting on the
following Thursday (April 17)
for the purpose o( electing
permanent officers and
committeemen. After this
meeting, a date will be set
before the end of April for a
mass meeting where all of
ficials and other experts from
the EMC will appear to an
swer questions.
If there art any questions
about this matter, please
contact Attorney Ronald W.
Howell, M-3fil.
Ham Dinner
At Mars Hill
On Sunday
Tl Man tffll Volunteer
Pan Department is spoa-'
string a ham dinner this ,
Sunday from B nooa ta 2:M
ua. at tbt Mare KB school
cafeteria. Tbt puna includes
three rrgeUbiea, coffee er tea
and detidou bam. Price par
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Chapter OES Installs Officers
Matron; Ernest Frisby,
Worthy Patron; Mrs. Frank
Fisher, Associate Matron;
Preston Edwards, Associate
Patron; Mrs. James Story,
Secretary; Mrs. Liston
Ramsey, Treasurer; Mrs.
Preston Edwards, Con
ductress; Mrs. Marvin
Faulkner, Associate Con
ductress; Miss Ruth Guthrie,
Chaplain; Mrs. Glenn Slagle,
Marshal; Mrs. J. H. Eads,
Organist; Mrs. George
Fisher, Adah; Mrs. Clarence
Henderson, Ruth; Mrs. Jeter
Cantrell; Esther; Mrs. R. B.
McDevitt, Martha; Mrs.
Chauncey Metcalf; Electa;
Wallin To Head County
Board Of Education
Emery Wallin was elected
chairman of the Madison
County Board of Education at
its organizational meeting on
Monday April 7, 1975.
The Board of Education
passed a resolution honoring
Bill Roberts for serving as
board chairman for the past
six years, and noted that
several educational
achievements were ac
complished under his
chairmanship; among which
was the passing of a school
bond for consolidation of the
five high schools, the building
of Madison High and im
plementation of the Kin
dergarten and Middle Grade
Vocational Programs in the
Madison County Elementary
Schools.
In other items of business,
the board named an advisory
council for each school district
and reviewed the proposed .
budget for the l7S-7 school
year, giving attention to tbt
physical condition of each of
the elementary schools in tbt v
county, and the board Joins tbt
other concern citizens (
. Madison County to regards to
the increased cost tf dec ' ,
tridty. Alas discussed at some
length was tbt accreditation
tf the school system. '-
Dm to the fact that tbt '
North ' Carolina t General
Assembly to still ta session, -and
that legislation by
Congress oa federal programs
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at Petersburg. At left bottom is site of former Ed
monds Building, one of the landmarks at Petersburg
with current highway at right. Picture at right
bottom is a scene of workmen clearing right-of-way
between Petersburg and Mars Hill.
Mrs. Jack Hensley, Warder;
and Chauncey Metcalf,
Sentinel.
Miss Cheryl Frisby,
daughter of the worthy
matron and worthy patron;
and Miss Sherry Edwards,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Preston Edwards, lighted the
candles; and Mrs. Dianne
Hooker, also a daughter of the
worthy matron and worthy
patron, kept the guest book.
Pages were Ernest Frisby,
Jr. and Jeffrey Smith.
Mrs. Ronnie Haynie was
soloist and Glenn Slagle gave
the prayer of dedication.
Mrs. Liston Ramsey,
has not been received, the
board set a called meeting to
be held on April 21, 1975 at 7
p.m. in the superintendent's
office at which time they hope
to give final approval of the
budget and school personnel
for the 1975-1976 school year.
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tub Madison county board of education is
taking the oath of office, (left to right) Jadso Edwards, dark of Cwrt, wha
administered the oaths: Oedrtdt Cody, WUIlam -BBT Emery
WaUia, sew chairmaa; Bobby Ponder, Doa Aaersoa.
outgoing worthy matron, was
presented a past matron's
Jewel; and Jeter Cantrell,
outgoing worthy patron was
presented a past patron's
jewel.
A social hour followed.
Approximately 50 Eastern
Stars, their families and
guests attended.
Mobile Home
Burns On
Foster Creek
The mobile home of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Bowens and their
one-year-old son of Foster
Creek was completely
destroyed by fire on the first
day of April.
Anyone wishing to donate
cash, clothing or furniture to
the Bowens family may leave
the Items with Sheriff E. Y
Ponder in Marshall or at
Cody's Store in Petersburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowens and
their son are residing tem
porarily with Mrs. Bowens 's
mother, Mrs. Lor a L Parker.
Marshall, N. C.
Rate
By ED SPEARS
Cluien Staff Writer
Work was begun in Marshall
Tuesday night of last week on
an organizational structure to
press the protest of electric
consumers to rate increases
initiated this year by French
Broad Electric Membership
Corporation. The EMC rate
boost followed a jump in
wholesale power rates
charged the corporation by
Carolina Power & Light Co.,
its sole electric supplier.
At a second public meeting
in Madison County High
School, attended by ap
proximately 250 persons,
groups gathered to select
precinct leaders in all 10
Madison precincts, two areas
in Buncombe County, and
single groups for Yancey,
USDA Forestry
Incentives Program
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The U. S. pepartment of
Agriculture has announced a
1975 Forestry Incentives
Program (FIP) aimed at
improving the nation's timber
production by stimulating
better forest management
practices on the vast acreage
of small private timber
ownership tracts. The
program will tentatively be
funded at the $25 million level
authorized by Congress.
In its second year of
operation, FIP will again be
available in most states in
specifically designated
counties with high resource
potential for increased timber
production. Both annual and
long-term agreements will be
offered to eligible owners of
non-industrial private forest
lands. Federal cost-sharing
under these agreements will
range from 50 to 75 percent of
the cost of carrying out tree
planting and timber stand
improvement practices. All
FIP agreements must be
based on forest management
plans developed by the local
forester in cooperation with
the landowner.
FIP will be administered by
the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service
Through its farmer-elected
committee system. The
Forest Service, in conjunction
with state and district
foresters, will provide
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Protests Spur Formation
Of New Group
Mitchell and Unicoi (Tenn.)
counties where French Broad
EMC member-consumers
reside.
Bruce Phillips, who
presided, said meetings will
follow on April 14 at the
precinct level to select five
persons to represent that area
on a Committee of 80 to work
on the power rate problem.
The Committee of 80,
Phillips said, then would meet
on the following Thursday and
select such operating com
mittees as finance, audit (to
examine French Broad
records along with cor
poration officers), grievance
and a nominating committee.
The latter, Phillips said,
would put forth a slate of
directors for the annual
meeting of French Broad
technical assistance in
developing forest
management plans and
servicing practices.
Fund-Raising
Reception
For Edmistens
ASHEVILLE - The
Democratic Chairmen from
nine western counties will host
a fund-raising reception for
Attorney Genera and Mrs.
Rufus L. Edmisten on
Saturday evening, April 19,
from 7:30 until 9:30 p.m., at
the National Guard Armory in
West Asheville.
Tickets for the event, which
will feature a rock band and a
square dance band, will be
sold by Democrats in nine
counties at $10 per ticket.
Proceeds will go toward
reducing Edmisten's cam
paign debt.
Hugh Stevens, Buncombe
County Democratic Chair
man, has agreed to serve as
coordinator for this event. The
other county chairmen are
Charles Beall, Haywood
County; Harley Stepp, Hen
derson County; Zeno Ponder,
Madison County; Ernest
House, Jr., McDowell County;
David Preston, Polk County;
Charles Owens, Rutherford
County; Mrs. Molly Wilmot,
Transylvania County; and
Clyde Mcintosh, Yancey
County. They will be assisted
by the Democratic Women
and the Young Democrats
from these counties.
Food Stamp
Office Hours
Changed
Mrs. Frances Q. Ramsey,
director of Department of
Social Services, aanoanced j
i Bus week that the rood Stamp ;
' Office hoars will ht extended f
to pan. Monday threagfc J
Friday doe U the large ta-
crease of app&canta begi aatng
v April K .-V-U- .v
; -: Mrs. Ramsey and the retd
Stamp Office frsonatl fctl ;
, tta win tea groat aetata the
I clients who work and dual
km chance ta come ta
daring Sat regular working l
Saturday - Do Your Part
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EMC, re-scheduled recently
from April to July.
The attorney for the protest
group, Ron Howell, reported
that he had talked earlier
Tuesday with a rate official of
the Federal Power Com
mission in Washington, and
was advised that hearings
began on the North Caarolina
EMC protest of the Carolina
Power rate boost, and were
expected to continue for two
weeks.
Howell said new petitions
were being circulated asking
members of Congress to help
in obtaining relief. The at
torney said he had been ad
vised by judges that courts
cannot enjoin a power rate
increase - that the FPC must
approve or disapprove of the
increase sought before other
parties could take the matter
to court.
If the FPC ruled that ex
cessive charges had been
made, Howell said, there
would be the possibility of
refunds to consumers. He
suggested tha,t . when
payments are made to French '
Broad EMC, that the notation
"paid in protest" be made on
the bill.
The petition, directed to
Rep. Roy A. Taylor and
Senators Robert Morgan and
Jesse Helms, called on them
to expedite the FPC hearing of
Carolina Power's increase
( Docket E8884), introduce
legislation to permit the FPC
Greater Ivy To Start
Clean - Up Saturday
The Greater Ivy Community
Organization will begin its
community clean-up on April
12. Each citizen is urged to
dean his own grounds and to
pick up all the trash along the
highway near his property
Members of the
Beautification Committee will
be at the Beech Glen School at
9 a m on April 12 to distribute
free litter bags.
If possible, each citizen is
asked to put his trash into a
dumpster. Private trucks
from this area will pick up
heavier trash that isn't
allowed in the dumpstera. For
this information call Mrs. Jo
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CENTS PER COlY
to consider discrimination in
rates charged, and also offer
legislation to repeal the
statute "which prohibits the
TV A from supplying elec
tricity outside of the area ...
(defined July 1, 1957); or, in
the alternative, to introduce
legislation excepting the area
served by French Broad EMC
from the prohibition contained
in the Act."
Howell said informally he
had "never seen people so
upset before" as over the
power rate hikes. "I've had
Selective Service
Registration
Change
William H. McCachren,
State Director of Selective
Service for North Crolina, has
issued instructions to all
Selective Service Area Offices
and volunteer registrars to
suspend current registration
activities as of April 1. This
was brought about by
Proclamation No. 4360 issued
by President Ford on March
29, 1975, which changes the
method by which young men
fulfill their obligation to
register under the provisions
of the Military Selective
Service Act. McCachren
emphasizes that this is only a
Ann Ramsey at 689-2310.
Our local youth groups and
4-H'ers will be participating in
this d ive which will run
through April 26.
Let's "Get Greater Ivy
Greener and Cleaner."
Singing
The Rev. Ben Lee
Honeycutt, pastor of Oak
Ridge Baptist Church invites
the public to their regular
Second Saturday night
singing, April 12th at 7:30 p.m.
The Church is located on
Flint Hill Rd., Alexander.
LIKE A GIANT OCTOPUS clutching Its victim,
(he a bore pictare wet takes Friday tcs; '?
hpartmeat of Mr. and Mrs. James Das tt
ketnlBf emits at the intertectloa of l " n T
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fed Pally Neva wne4 ky Mr. sir Irs. I
car was "ttfaVd" ky tve l-act.
April 10, 1975
100 callers say their power
bills were more than their
welfare checks," he said.
Howell said Ed Mashburn,
the EMC counsel, has agreed
to answer questions either to
the planned Committee of 80
or before a future open
meeting.
I-es Roark of Sen. Morgan's
staff was presented, and said
that when Morgan was at
torney general "he went to bat
for consumers. He can be
expected to continue in that
role."
suspension, and that new
procedures will be announced
later in the year. There is still
a requirement to register, and
only the method will be
changed.
The "requirement that a
young man must register
during the period 30 days prior
to and 30 days after his 18th
birthday is no longer in effect
according to McCachren. He
stated that the future method
will probably by an annual
registration. This will require
those liable for registration to
present themselves during a
specified period of time.
Mrs. Hill
Student In
Honor Society
Aaron Kermit Ball of Mars
Hill has been inducted into the
N. C. Alpha Chapter of Alpha
Chi Honor Society at
Apopalachian State
University.
Alpha Chi is a national
honor society recognizing'
students for outstanding
scholarship. Members must
have a minimum of 3.4 grade
point average out of a possible
4.0.
Aaron, a senior industrial
arts major, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles H. Ball of
Route 1, Mars Hill.
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