North Carolina Newspapers

1 5 V 1 1 . I 1 , afc-aioi county iibiryi' & ; f . v ,:, her shall, N.C. 2Q?pS Volume 74. Number .14. Marshall. N.C. September 18. THE CITIZENS of Mars Hill will vote in a special election Tuesday September 23. on a bond issue to establish a new fire department station house. The bond referendum of $90,000 will allow the Mars Hill fire department to expand its fire prevention and fire fighting capabilities. As a part of the effort. Mars Hill College presented the town with a plot of land on Main Street on which to build the new ft rehouse. Mars Hill College president. Dr. Fred B. Bentley. right, presented the deed to the land to Mars Hill mayor William Powell last week. The plot lies between the Mars Theatre and the Mountaineer Boutique, and across the street from the Mars Hill Baptist Church. - - . By JIM STORY Cecil Blackwell, of Walnut, who is the Madison County Dog Warden, has become recognized statewide and especially in Madison County since he and a cherry limb discovered underground water on Monday of last week. The well, located some distance in the hollow on Walnut Creek not too far from the O.E. Roberts Memorial Stadium at Madison High School, produces about 75 gallons of water per minute. A pump has been rigged from the new source so that water may be earned to the main line 300 feet away and then to the million-gallon reservoir. Other locations are also ' being explored to bolster the water supply for Marshall. During the critical shortage here water has been pulled from the headwaters on Hunter Creek. Since the .' regular storage lake on ! Hunter Creek is not being used : due to a critical water shor tage and orders not to use the water from the lake for consumption, every possibility of underground water is being attempted. The N C. National Guard . with two J.OOO-gallon capacity : water tanks have been on t round-the-cleck duties bracing water from Woodfin la toe Marshall reservoir. With this assistance from , the National Guard, the new .wells, intermittent rains, and 1 cooperstioa of citizens ia u' conserving water, ' the ''critical stage has been T passed, at least fortbt J present, v - ' -' V, CECIL AND THE CHERRY UMB This writer contacted Cecil t -Blackwell last Friday mor-t 1 ring and asked for an m- terview. "Come en eat ta the Health Center and IU show you and teB yea about the wfidrs and mystery of the ; ' .,- - " . Robert M. Adams, D.D.S., Opens Office Here p. r. !rt M. Adams, D D.S., d s df list's office ia -; F -g on Main t in V a-shall. - f i 4$ 3 -1 Cecil Blackwell And Cherry Limb Find Underground Water cherry limb", he said. Arriving at the Health Center, Cecil said he had started this unique method of finding water about three years ago. He brought out the cherry limb, which is in a "Y" shape. The single prong is about 10 inches long with the two "handles" about 16 inches long each The "instrument" resembles a large sling-shot. He took this writer to a spot nearby where there was water under the ground. He grasped the "handles" tightly and when he pointed the prong toward a certain area, the prong wiggled up and down and Cecil's arms and entire body shook as if he was being electricuted. It was the weirdest demonstration I'd ever seen. He repeated the demon stration several times and each time with the same mysterious results. "Iet me try it. Will it wiggle when I hold it", I asked Cecil. "I don't think so. Very few people have any results like I do", he said. I took the cherry limb in my hands, pointed the prong to the same area but nothing hap pened. Not a single wiggle. "I cant explain it and I assure you it's a mystery to me it just happens, that's all I know," he said. I grabbed my camera and took bis picture holding the cherry limb "sling-shot" I was and am stiO mystified at the whole . thing, ft seems impossible bat seeing is believing and I saw it happen. He said that this method of "finding water" has thus far proved about M percent ac curate. He stated that he had ' discovered" large amounts of water in the past three years and erjnys helping find these spots with the aid of his cherry limb,. - Adams in upd Hili where Y graduated from L'NC. It was n vn- V N C. S- : J of De'it.-Sry in 1 It. , E LPU !" Approximately 30 members of various Madison County Bicentennial committees and sub-committees and other community leaders attended the Bicentennial meeting held Saturday night at the Ski Iodge on Wolf I-aurel. Dr. Evelyn Underwood, of Mars Hill, chairman of the Bicentennial Commission in Madison County, told the group of plans and goals for the county through the Bicentennial year of 1976. She reviewed the history fo the committees which were organized in November, 1973 and commended the efforts of members and leaders of the various committees Dr. Underwood congratulated the fine ac complishments of 13 or more communities in the county who have waged gigantic clean-up campaigns which include the removal of countless junked cars, the continuous task of keeping the highways and adjacent properties attractive by picking up bottles, trash and refuse from the shoulders, and encouraging beautification of yards in the various com munities. She particularly com mended the Greater Ivy and Laurel communities on their splendid campaigns, and achievements which includes ' 0 L . i . 1. CECIL BLACKWELL. of Walnut, shown holding the cherry limb which helped in the discovery of a well which produce 75 gallons of water per minute. The water is piped to the Marshall reservoir from the well. (Picture by Jim Story) Hot Springs Municipal Election Set Mrs. Elizabeth Staude. Chairman, Hot Springs Municipal Board of elections has announced that aa elec tion is to be held on Tuesday November I,' 1I7J, the, established by law, for the parpoat of electing a Mayor i and three Aidennea. wr . The polling place win be at ' Buncombe County Health Center Dental Clinic. His desire mat la practice in a sma" town in 1 of 8 dentist and Vsrvv;i the place. "I jim l -.i g f'wward to Ir A jv the youth programs, mail box improvements, yard im provements, new community projects, etc "These accomplishments tend to make other com munities strive for like im provements and a spirit of pride and copperation," Dr. Underwood said. Various community leaders gave reports of progress and goals, including Marshall 1 community Development and Beautification 1, Mrs. O A Marshall The National Guard stopped hauling water from Woodfin to Marshall at 4 p.m. Friday, following a meeting of state and local officials at which it was decided that the water situation is beyond the crisis stage "People should continue to conserve water as much as possible until local officials let them know otherwise," said William Perrigo, Area F coordinator of the state Department of Civil Preparedness. Perrigo attended the meeting with James Ledford, chairman of the Madison County Board of Com missioners, and John Tolson 1r. J .4 1 Z -to WnJ the Hot Springs Recreation Center, and the potts wUl be open pa election day from f:M ajn. 1:31 pjn.; - ,u -t The Chairman announces in a legal notice,' published elsewhere hi this issue, that ; the .filing period foe can didatet wiB be U) It noon October S, 175, excluding ; Saturdays and Sundays. The Clerk of the Town of Hot Springs wiO accept the notices . of candidacy. The registration books win be open from I a.m. to p.m. every Monday, Wedjitrv'' '' f ' ' . sat the HotF-ru hsC i i 1, located on A- -ews Ave. 1 t Sprirgs. N.C. The rr: sirs: ion ?--T.re fir said e'-rtm .'.! be on V viay, Oit-iber , ck'M"g at 4 pm. 1 I Gregory and Earl Wise; Sleepy Valley, Dr Un derwood; Big Iaurel, Mrs Juanita Adcock; Bull Creek -Gabriel's Creek, Dr. Un derwood; Greater Ivy ( 13 communities, 502 families, 210 miles of road. Dr. Grover Angel; Forks of Ivy, G. M. Joyce; Greater Mars Hill, Fred Anderson, Jr.; Upper laurel, Robert W. Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh English; Walnut, Mrs. Lucille Burnette; White Rock, L.A. Water Haul Stops; Crisis Ends Ill, secretary of the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Perrigo praised the National Guard's 540th Tansportation Battalion for its around-the-clock hauling of Republican Precinct Officials Chosen Republican precinct of ficials have been chosen in each of the precincts of the county to serre two year terms. They nWe chosen irti this "off year" in accordance with the GOP Plan of Organization that was adopted at the 1971 State Republican Convention. A Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, and two OR MORE members have been tapped and delegates have been chosen to attend the Madison County GOP Con vention that will be held in the county courthouse at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 20. Mr. Robert G. Shaw, a county commissioner ( and former Commission Chairman) from Guildford County, and a candidate for State Republican Chairman, has been invited to attend the county convention and to speak briefly to the delegates. The precinct officials are: Marshall - Walter Harreli N.C. Public Health Meeting Held The annual meeting of the North Carolina Public Health Association, Inc. was held September 10-12 at Grove Park Inn is Asheville, N.C. An estimated 750 memebers were present. The program in cluded section meetings on public health nursing, en vironmental health, health education, public health management, community health and various other aspects of public health. Members of Madison County Health Department Staff attending the NCPHA meeting were Mr. Edward A. Morton, Mr. Michael Bradley, Mrs. Gametta Sprinkle, Mrs. Elisabeth Baker, Mrs. Elizabeth DuValLMrs. Nancy Wilde, : and Mrs. ; Verna Buckner. 4 ' " The environmental health section meeting include educational' lectures on various areas of en-, vtronmental health, business sessions, and presentations of ' awards and certificates. Mr. ! Edward Morten,- Madison County Health Department, t was presented the Registered ' Sanitarian Certificate by Mr. t Marshall Staton, Director of I Sanitary Engineering SecUcsti The Nursing Section, NC PHA began with a luncheon I 10, featuring i counseling and ', ' and "update n ri,:ic health ; t meeting of r -t and 1 a - is was r 11 which ' on rr;ii-;nsl September speakers on common lea! and outlooks Bursng". A public hes' comrnuni'y ! ht'ii Sr-" ' feat .B-r-i 1 Zimmerman, Jr.; Hayes Run, Spring Creek - Bluff. (Mr. Wise and Dr. Underwood reported for communities not represented!. The Bicentennial program began officially with the opening of the Southern Repertory Theater in July. The first festival celebration will be the Bascom I-amar Lunsford Music and Dance Festival October 2, 3, and 4. The first of these events of the festival will take place on water to the Marshall reservoir. Some 60,000 gallons were hauled by tanker trucks each eight hours to keep the town from going dry. There was a week's supply of water in the reservoir (Ch ); Mrs. Pat Roberts (V. Ch. ); Mrs. Frances Buckner (Secy); Mr. Evan Payne; Sherman Ramsey; Fred Payne, Gary Sprinkle, Bobby Chandler, Abner Wilde, Mrs. I.ucretia Freeman Griffin. Laurel - Mr. Odus Chandler, Mrs. Mamie Banks, G.M. Cutshall, Fred Henderson, Thomas J. Ray, Hubert Cutshall, Sherman Cutshall, Blaine D. Ray. Mars. Hill - Mrs. Elizabeth J. Crocco, Doyle B. Cody, Mrs. Wm. B. Chapman, Alan Briggs, Mrs. Raymond Ba belay, Sandy Cody. Beech Glen - Roger Swann, Mrs. Ella Vee Willis, Paul P. Briggs, Jr., Bruce English, Neal Willis, Ronnie Jarvis. Walnut - Jim F. Craine, Mrs. Sharon Brown, Mrs. Edith Lunsford, Wayne Rice, Lewis Rudisill, Clyde Randall, Ralph Baker, Kermit Blankenship, Mrs. Frances C. Ramsey. Hot Springs - Troy Self, Mrs. Irene C. Roberts, Eugene brain damage and child abuse. Mrs. Naomi Garrison, PHN, Madison County Health Department, was elected a member of the nominating committee at the business meeting of the nursing section held September 11. Mars Hill Gets $88,000 Loan For Fire House WASHINGTON Congressman Roy A. Taylor Tuesday announced the ap proval of loan of $88,000 tram the Farmers Home Ad ministration for the purchase of a building site and con struction of a new Are house for the Town of Mars Hill. Rep. Taylor said Mars Hill plans to constrict a W s SO concrete Door, concrete block and brick front building for I Bloodtnobilc To ; D c V In iil larc I: :: I Z' &riCdilScpt. ID . ' The Red Cross Blood ; mobile will be at the French Broad EMC BuiMir-g here on Friday afternoon, S ;'--lr 19. between the hours of 1 p m. and S p m. TN ' ' "r4 !- t U pv ;- ? si hour; I rr V .- in i : h 15 CENTS PER Thursday, October 2, at Madison High, and will con tinue on Friday and Saturday at Mars Hill College campus Of special interest is the "Time Capsule" being prepared by all communities in the county which will be buried at ceremonies on Sunday, July 4, on ground offered by Mars Hill College. Also being planned is a special issue of The News - Record, coming out on July 1, 1976. Mrs George Shupe was named publicity coordinator. Friday, Perrigo said, and showers were forecast Friday night. Additional water is being supplied by two wells dug during the past week. Goode, Mrs. Odessa H. Roberts, Mrs. Peggy Baker Dotterer, Mr. Frank Lee Roberts, Sr., Bruce Chandler, Sharon Baker. Ebbs Chapel - Terry Wyatt, Mrs. Susie W. Jenkins, Howard Jenkins, Mrs. Don Peek, Clay Honey cut t, Omar Fender, Edward Hoyle, Howard Roberts. Spring Creek Spencer Rollins, Mrs. Betty W. Rollins, Frank Massey, Mrs. Eddie Lankford, Tony Plemmons, George Worley, Bobby Clark Sandy Mush - Nealey Brad bum, Mrs. Mallie Brown, James Ashe, Robert Duckett, Robert Ray Buckner, Hubert Sharp, Mrs. Gale Brown. Grapevine - East Fork -Harold Payne, Mrs. Lockie Rice Coates, Kerfman Clark, Fred Huffman, Mrs. Ada C. Bruce, Roy E. Norton, Roger D. Sprinkle, Mrs. Shirley B. Caldwell, Everett Gosnell, 1 jinny M. Robinson. Mr. Larry Burwell, MPH, Chief, North Carolina Office of Comprehensive Health Planning, former Madison County Health Dlrecotr, spoke on basic public health needs at one of the four general sessions held at the meeting. the Volunteer ment Fire Depart The new fire house will consist of four bays, a meeting room, bathroom and storage The old facility Is located In the Town Hall la the middle of the Mars Hill business district where traffic congestion presents problem for the Mars Hill Volunteer Fire . Department when as is wet lug a service eaS. - v ' hopes that some ot tre h ch ' school students will be s'. 'e to donate blood birt f e bu.w-s run. AH clt'.Tens are -itot'-e off a few r - 1 r,: t t : a : ' f r -I. itf ; ' t-s COPY working with the steering committee and sub-groups throughout the Bicentennial celebration. Dr. Underwood explained the proposed calendar for Bicentennial activities in - v lltL . ' WktVlisW " t - t . ia ; .... FRENCH BROAD RIVER CLEAN-UP is in progress from the Madison-Buncombe County Line to the Tennessee State Line. Work was started tbVd weeks ago at the upper end. Top photo shoWt ' cleared off spot near the county line. On extreme left is US 25-70 and on right is the French Broad River. Bottom photo shows Clarence Gunter, coordinates'' of the project, pointing to the other side of the rftfeP which will also be cleared of thick undergrowth attdf debris. Before this area was cleared. It was bMM possible to see river from the highway. (Pictures by Jim Story) French Broach River Clean-Up Now Underway By JIM STORY The French Broad River clean-up program which was approved by the U.S. Department of Commerce, started two weeks ago at the Madison Buncombe County line is in full swing. Plans call for the cleaning up of trash, unsightly timber, underbrush, etc., from Madison County to the Tennessee State Una. James Ledford, chairman of the county commissioners, stated this week that although the project hat bean started for only two weeks, vast? Improvements hare already been made. He alas said that the $lft1,0M project time Km has been increaaed ta 11 Clarence GoDter, of the Laurel section of Madison County, fat coordinator at the project. Mr. Canter tc'l this new pr C s w k f A he Y ss 12 r -n hired, 3 fro.-!i N'rf ' Coor-ty. "It's a f.re frf t tisrd workers are t? ' " r ' to V -y Madison County during 1976 which involves, directly or indirectly, most every citizen in the county. The complete calendar of events will be published when finalized t 4 7 ZM$3 o WlJl A a. Xj, "-11 ... 1 -.1 - " 1 - improvements b "beauUfying the ahoreliat'wl 1 1 the French Broad River,;1 Improving water quality. enhancmgfishpopalatianital A reducing flood hazards, tit. Ledford stated. County ofOdals anadpsfs that the dean np project ! help create pabUe sotareatt 1 ' : sapport foe enrtrenme ' protection and beautifies Such efforts are carrr being furthered by the wr tha MadUNSi County I tennlal Commlssioa remarkable interest ; s results throughout the r Mr. Gunter, eoordinr the project. Said lloni 14 loads of beer cans, washing mact'.lns, rf r ' : and 3 t:T c! ) - i ' ; fc.li.en frt I'm t ,., the Ma ..n - : County Lr m c He - " W - , c! -fl f if f . I