Volume 74. Number 20.
Marshall. N. C.
15 CENTS PER COPY
June 12, 1975
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The 7th annual Mars Hill
Lions Club Horse Show will be
. held this Saturday on the Mars
Hill School grounds.
The afternoon show will
begin at 1 p.m. and the night
show at 7 p.m.
In case of rain the event will
be held on Sunday, officials
stated.
The Mars Hill Lions Club is
going all-out in cash prizes,
trophies and ribbons.
"We are expecting the most
successful horse show ever
held in Mars Hill," one Lion
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(Off nDeflimiquiiieimit Tax IPropenty;
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At the regular meeting of
Madison County Commission,
June 5, 1975, the following
actions were taken:
1. The Commissioners
directed the tax collector to
foreclose and sell property
subject to delinquent taxes as
mandated in the North
1975
TWO MADISON COUNTY 4-H'ers were among 250
delegates to the 20th annual 4-H Regional Resource
Development Conference at Fontana Village, June
2-6. 25 youths from North Carolina attended the
event which drew 4-H'ers from seven Tennessee
Valley states. Madison County's delegates were
Rosa Dean Frisby, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.
Ray Frisby, of Marshall ; and Eddie Reed, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Reed, of Marshall.
Eighth Grade Commencement
Held At Marshall School
Marshall Elementary
School conducted graduation
exercises Thursday night,
June S for seventy-one eighth
graders. Harrell Wood of
Mars Hill College was guest
speaker. Mr. Clive Whitt,
' principal, presented cer
tificates of promotion and
awards in the areas of United
States History, Typing,
production of the school an
nual, and perfect attendance.
The eighth grade teachers,
Mr. Don Banks, Mrs. Joanna
Boon, and Mr. Fred Haynie,
: presented awards to out
standing eighth graders in the
-Story Hour
At Library
June 18
? There win be a Story Hour
at the Madison County Public
Library en Wednesday
morning at 10 a.m. on June
lS'.h. Ti Story Laay fir Jjit
wiU'be Mrs. Bettie CcVirg.
A3 C '- in tve Cow'y
between t' sft of three i
s'i a -e wfl.'wne. r"f.ts r.sy
y if Cwj lie. Fun tSr is in t
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official said.
There will be 15 classes in
the afternoon show and 19
classes Saturday night, in
cluding championships.
Officials for the event will
be:
Judges: Hon. Bill Keller of
Morristown who is an AAA
rated Judge sanctioned by the
Tennessee Walking Horse
Commission; and Hon. Don
Baxley (Western Judge) of
Myrtle Beach, S. C.
Ringmasters will be Phil
Briggs and Lane Merrill;
Carolina statutes. This action
was taken in light of the small
number of citizens that persist
in refusing to pay personal
and property taxes.
2. The Commissioners
established an Economic
Development Commission for
the purpose of encouraging
or
re flyer,
CAROiiriA X t
areas of Social Studies,
Sports, English, Spelling,
Math, and Citizenship.
Student speakers par
ticipating in the program were
Donna Payne, eighth grade
class president; Terry
wIy) .-; 4'v
CP&L Asks Fuel Charges Be
Included In Base Rate
Carolina Power 4 Light Co.
Wednesday (June 4) asked
the Stat Utilities Commission
to allow an adjustment ia Its
rates to North Carolina retail
customers to reflect the
charges new made ander the
fossil fuel adjustment clause.
W. E. Graham, CPfcL's vice
president and general counsel,
said the application, which the '
company has asked to be
effective July L, seeks to'
terminate the fossil fuel'
clause and replace it with an
amount in the basic rate
schedule f.S8SI cents per
kilowaU-hour) reflecting the
current cost of fossil fuel
burred ia the company's
F" --i'irg r-'usf-ts. The e"ect
of t'e reciest wm;!d not cost
t' e V'-' "tt more rmwr,
" n but it wruM
r ?' t t'e r-' -1 of
Master of ceremonies, Randy
Houston; Farrier, Mr. Ralph
Brooks, of Asheville;
Organist, Mrs. Judy Ricker.
Hamburgers, hotdogs, soft
drinks, etc., will be available
during both afternoon and
night shows.
Classes in order, according
to programs : Afternoon
Program
Lead Line, Pleasure Ponies,
Halter-English (Division 1 and
2), Pepsi Cola Race, Juvenile
Racking, Halter-Western
(Division 1 and 2), Open
the location of industry in
Madison County. With a large
number of county citizens
having to travel outside the
county to find employment,
the Commissioners are
anxious to encourage suitable
industrial development to
provide jobs within the
county. The following citizens
were appointed to the EDC:
Don Anderson, Harold Baker,
Larry Burda, Jeff Burton,
Spencer LeGrand, Larry
Plemmons, Pat Plemmons,
Lawrence Ponder, Zeno
Ponder, and Bill Whitten.
Election HBoard
Appointed;To Take
(Office Tuesday
The N. C. State Board of
Elections has confirmed
nominees to local elections
boards. Those receiving their
Certificate of Appointment in
Madison County Friday are
Perry G. Willis of Mars Hill
Rt. 3 and Joe L. Morgan of
Marshall Rt. 2, Republicans;
E T., Gentry of Marshall,
Democrat.
Under a new state law (G.S.
163-30), the terms of all
present members of the three
member local boards expired
this month with the new
Roberts, vice president;
Wendy McGee, Beta Dub
president; and Anita Keller,
Beta Club vice president
Music was provided by Mrs.
Kathryn Boone.
applying the fuel expense.
If approved by the com
mission, the rate adjustment
.would add to the base rate
$S.7 per 1,000 kilowatt-hours
of electricity ssed, instead of
collecting it ander a separate
fossil fuel charge.
Graham Indicated that the
filing was made as a follow-up
.to' the recent legislation
passed by the North Carolina
General Assembly which
would terminate the fossil fuel
clause effective September L
In addition to the fuel In
crease in the base rates,
CPAL also asked that It be
allowed to charge an ad
ditional .Ml cents per
kilowatt-hour ever a 12-month
period to recover certain fossil
fuel costs incurred but not
rcrVtel 'T -i-e there is a
two-r.-'iri'J) h i V wn tve
t;-e r-t Ce f ! ''-re is
English Pleasure, Ladies'
Western Pleasure, Barrel
Race, Western Pleasure, Open
Racking Horse, Appaloosa
Western Pleasure, Buddy
Pick-Up Race, Western
Pleasure, Open Madison
County Pleasure.
Night Program
I-ead Line, Pleasure Ponies,
Pick-Up Race championship,
Two-year-old Walking Horses,
Barrel Race Championship,
Ladies' Racking Horse,
Juvenile Walking Horse,
Pepsi Cola Race cham
3. The Commissioners
appointed Ms. Robena Adams
as Library Assistant to
coordinate a special library
program designed to provide
library resources to children -three
to five years old - in
Madison County. A state grant
was received to support this
effort.
4. The chairman, James T.
Ledford, presented a proposed
county budget of 3.5 million
for 1973-76. Each county
department was asked to hold
expenditures to a minimum
and no pay raises were
boards officially taking office
at noon June 17. The members
of the new board will serve
two year terms.
Nominations come from
local party chairmen. Three
Republican and two
Democratic names are sub
mitted to the state board,
since the GOP is in control of
the state's election
machinery. The state board
followed its usual practice of
confirming the two top names
submitted by the majority
party and the top name on the
minority party's list.
The terms of office of all
members of county boards of
election, serving at the time of
the ratification of the new law,
shall expire on June 17, at 12
o'clock. The terms of office for
all precinct election officials,
serving at the time of
ratification of the act, shall
expire at 12 o'clock noon on
August 5. On the latter date
the newly constituted Madison
County Board of Elections will
incurred and the time it is
collected (May and June fuel
expenses would not be billed
until July and August), we
must collect this money
through a temporary sur
charge on the baas rate."
Graham said that this charge
would be discontinued at the
end of U months wbea the
money Is recoreied.
f Graham said that the ad
)ustment CP4L Is seeking wifl
permit the recovery of costs
for fossa fuel based eat the
current price levels. IT the
price of fuel Increases or,
declines In the future, the'
rates would be adjusted by the .
commission to reflect price
lev Is at that time, be ex
plained. ,
CPtL has reqnttted a'
rsrtri m the trr-stioa
.';;-: is, the cVe vt a?; it for,
iw.'J-.'y fjl
pionship, Ladies' Western
Pleasure, Three-year-old
Walking Horse, Racking
Horse championship, Open
English Pleasure, Four-year-old
Walking Horse, Western
Pleasure, Madison County
Pleasure, Amateur Walking
Horse, English Pleasure
championship, Western
Pleasure championship
(Challenge Trophy), Walking
Horse Stake (Challenge
Trophy).
Admission will be: Adults,
$1.50; Children (under 12) 75c.
projected in the new budget.
Ten cents (10c) was added to
the seventy-five cent (75c) tax
rate of last year to support the
operation of the Sanitary Land
Fill. The proposed tax rate for
1975-76 is eighty-five cents
(85c).
Public hearing on proposed
county budget will be held
June 20, 1975, 10 a.m. at the
Madison County Courthouse.
The chairman stated that
Madison Couiil has an 83
million dollar tax base - a 4.5
million increase over the 1973
74 tax year.
meet to appoint one person to
act as registrar and two other
persons to act as judges of
election for each precinct in
the county. Precinct officials
will likewise serve two year
terms.
After taking the oath of
office from the Clerk of Court,
the Madison County Board of
Elections will organize, elect a
chairman, elect a secretary,
discuss House Bill 170 (con
cerning what officials may
register voters), discuss
House Bill 287 (relating to the
appointment of County Boards
of Elections), and conduct
other appropriate business
that may come before the
Board.
North Fork
Decoration
And Revival
There will be a decoration
and Homecoming at North
Fork Baptist Church on Big
Pine Sunday, June 15th
beginning at 10 o'clock. Lunch
will be served at noon with
special singing In the af
ternoon. Also, beginning on
Sunday night June 22nd a
revival meeting with the Rev.
Davis Plemmons. visiting
speaker. Rev. Frank Plem
mons cordially Invites
everyone to attend both
events.
Revival To
Start At Caney
Fork Sunday
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1 A series of revival services
wul begin this r "dy at the
Caney Fork r - ust Chnrch. .
The Rev. Oi r f lers r J be.
" (he visiting r ' -er. Sprvw-f
wiBbegian at7eV V.
The f. Is c-- y
Invited to s f : v.
Jack Psvis, , i
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MARSHALL HORSE SHOW OFFICIALS shown on Island just before event
began last Saturday. Front row, left to right. Honorable C. D. Jackson, of
Roanoke, Va., Judge; Mr. Lloyd Thompson, of Asheville, Master of
Ceremonies; Lion Roger Wood, of Marshall, Ringmaster and member of show
committee; back row, 1 to r. Lions David Caldwell, John Corbett, Jerry
Plemmons and Maurice McAlister, members of show committee.
MARSHALL LIONESSrS are pictured above who helped by fixing up orders
of hamburgers, hot dogs, etc. during the afternoon and night show on the
Island Saturday. Left to right. Lionesses Barbara Morton, Dot Reeves, Nan
Wise, Kathy McConnell, of Weaverville; Lib DuVall, and Linda Wood
(seated). Mrs. Joyce Plemmons served as Show Secretary and other
Lionesses assisted in many ways.
Vandalism At Big Laurel;
Signs Taken Down
The large Big Laurel
Community sign measuring
about S ft. x 5 ft. was pulled up
Sunday night and two road
signs (Spillcorn and Rice
Cove) were taken, according
Promoted
F. E. Jarrett, son of Mrs.
Olin Jarrett of Marshall Route
1, and the late Mr. Jarrett, has
been promoted to Division
Special Agent, Cincinnati
Division, Southern Railway,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mr. Jarrett is a graduate of
Marshall High School and
Berea College, Berea, Ky.
Graduates
Janice C. Lounsbury,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James C Coates, of Route (,
Marshall, has graduated from
Lake Superior State College,
Sautt St. Marie, Michigan.
She majored la nursing and
is a 1965 graduate of Mars Hill
High School, Mars HilL -
Mrs. Lounsbury was active
in the .student nurse's
association and the Returning
Student's Organisation, and
has been elected to the dean's
, Hat for three terms. She Is a
graduate of the Asheville
, Program of Practical Nursing
' at The Asheville Buncombe
Technical Institute, and the
post-graduate program for
Licensed Practical Nurses at
the Duke University Medical
Center. Prior to entering Lake
Superior State College, she
attended the University of
Cincinnati lor a year.
; Following graduation she
ptens to move to Fairfax, Va.
where she be on the
purs - g staff at the Fairfax
r
to citizens of Big Laurel and
the Sheriff's department
"The signs were erected
only last Thursday by com
munity leaders of Big Pine
who sacrificed their time as
well as money to improve the
community. It is heart
breaking to see such van
Red" Ramsey Featured
In ANS
Woodrow C. Ramsey, a
native of Marshall and former
coach at Marshall High
School, was featured recently
in a column by Dick Soesbee in
the Advocate Native Stone.
Soesbee wrote of the many
accomplishments of "Red"
and emphasized his interest
and care for young students.
Super Summer
Schedule -
It Is a Super Summer;
Special The original Feed
t Fua Day Camp is bigger and
better with the Extension
Office, OEO, Board of
Education and Recreation
Program sponsoring the
Super Summer Day Camps
.with classes In nutrition;
crafts, sewing and recreation.
" Boys and girls ages I
through II are invited to
come. Each - participant
. should bring a r - c lunch.
Super Summpr hours are
from 10 a.m. urU Ipra. each
dav, t i Friday.
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dalism destroy our efforts,"
one leader commented.
Sheriff Ponder and his
department and the citizens of
Big Laurel are offering a $100
reward for information
leading to the arrest and
conviction of party or parites
for the vandalism.
Column
Ramsey, principal of Eugene
Rankin Grammar School of
West Asheville, statee that hU
"first love has always been
my children and faculty..."
"Red" was football coach at
Marshall in 193S-3M0, and
athletic director and coach at
Mars Hill College.
'Hotsprtog ,
J Walnut - .Julyia-Ang.l
,, Graduation: August IS at
pjn.
f . Don't forget yourlunchl!!!!
I WOODSON GRADUATES
- Dennis Lee Woodson, son of
, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woodvwj
of Toccoa, Ga. pr ' ,. : J
f from Virginia Pc'rtfchnic
' Institute and State I'
("VFI) en June
Masters D- " e
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3 Mishaps
Mar Horse
Show
Three accidents marred an
otherwise successful horse
show on the Island last
Saturday.
Donald Anderson, Emma
Road, Asheville, failed to
properly mount his horse
during the Pepsi-Cola Race
and fell to the ground. He was
rushed to the Memorial
Mission Hospital where it was
discovered that he sustained a
broken leg.
Also on Saturday afternoon
Becky Bostic, 13-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Connie
Bostic, of Fletcher, fell from
the playground merry-go-round
while playing and
sustained a laceration in the
back of her head. She was
treated at Memorial Mission
Hospital.
The third mishap occurred
when Tammy Clark, 12-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Garrell Clark, of the
Grapevine community,
tripped over a tent stake and
received a broken arm. She
was treated at Memorial
Mission Hospital and is
recuperating at her home.
Awarded
Degrees
Six Madison County
students were awarded
degrees Sunday, June 8,
during commencement
exercises at Western Carolina
University.
They are:
HOT SPRINGS; Linda Kay,
Fish Payne, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd L. Fish, RL 1,
bachelor of science in
education in business
education; Jimmie Francis
SumereL son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles SumereL, bachelor of
science in education in
business education.
MARS HILL: James Rruce
Phillips, RL 2, son of Dewey
Phillips, Rt. 1, sixth-year
educational specialist degree
in educational leadership;
Judy Kay Boone, ward of Mrs.
Betty Amnions, Rt. J,
bachelor of science in social
work; Leuretha Faye
Buckner, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Kenneth
Buckner, RL S, bachelor of
science in biology; and
Marilyn Anne Chandler,
daughter of Mr. and -lies.
Jonas H. Chandler, Reeeryeir
Road, bachelor of arts in
English.
Also graduating jrera
Charley B. Justice Jx. f
Candler, husband ef rthe
former Peggy Plemmons s
Hot Springs, bachelor ef jntts
in chemistry, cum laudeand
Judith Ban Cox of Alexander,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bel
of Marshall, master of arja la
education degree jja
educational admhustratiaa.
Young Peojtje
Attend Touth)
Jubaee At G7
Tea young people and six
- counselors from Marshall
Baptist Church attended the
"Youth Jubilee W at Gwd- -ner-Webb
College la f -g
. Springs oa Friday tti
: Saturday-
The key speaker was !
Doug Farmer, pssUr
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Winter Park Baptist Cur-c
Wilmington; and r -music
was previa ty
'Company" of C e C "
the young p- Vs t
LewisviDe L ' " .:
presented "1. !i f
the group ' ?
' cor'erenoes.
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