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f i 1.1 ' ' ' " ' I .If?- i I ' ' , ( it V . " ' ' ' " MAO, J. I i if- Marshall. N. C. is cents m copy October 16. 197S KIE TOE t I t gaw74, Number M, tZrs Leahe Health t, ' Kzsrse Here ' Ma. Jaw Franklin Leake, ILK., an Route 4, Marshall, I her duties as a Public here on October I. an Taceived an Associate Daanae la Nursing from ASwavUU Buncombe Tech in ttn and has been associated Memorial Mission I in AaheriUe for the i years. Skt and her husband, Warner Leake, have two rhflamt, Elisabeth, It, and Klaaons To faesent Awards Oct. 25 Broad Lodge No. b AM will present i at a meeting ffflM'-Udg at the Masonic Taasote In Marshall on M Hay evening, October to the meeting of the Eastern Star will serve supper to and their wives. at :30 pjn Mrs, Neple Adams Retires As Teacher At Laurel After 32 years in the school County ay Han Neple Adams retired m Aotisst it, 1179. ' Mrs. Adams is the wife of Adams, member of the County Board of She is the ' tt June Gahagan and A graduate of Asheville I College, Mrs. Adams Principal of Revere for her first two years The remaining 30 spent at Laurel A master teacher. i taught all grades iPM M during her tenure and tavsMthem well. Ljm ana instrumental in ' Urtafegf starta successful Title U "Accountability in h triffng" program at Laurel. , TSfc Ingram attempts to take fH ad where he U and let k ingress at his own rate ' 1 tang. Mrs. Adams 1j s firm I fctSMtV ia this concept of ' toaattM- She was a great i adHBtar and will be missed in 4-H Week Ends With Exhibits j ailmatily 1M exhibit . fcamtjara OB display at the 11 m r..l.. Shopping Center, '-f -ttt t liV t IU A CHECK FOR $2,202.13 was presented to Bill Stell, Madison High School Band Director, last Thursday by Mrs. Jenny Cody, Philanthropic Chairman, and Mrs. Donna Rice, president of the Beta Omega Sororiety. This check is the result of the recent Walk-A-Thon for Band Uniforms. Left to right, J.C. Wallin, principal of MHS; Mrs. Cody. Bill Stell. and Mrs. Rice. N.C. State Fair The North Carolina State Fair will open its annual nine day run here Oct. 17, showing off a new crafts building and livestock pavilion, plus a third consecutive year of admission-free entertainment and other frills and thrills that NEPLE ADAMS Madison County Schools. Mrs Adams says she wants to become more active in Church and voluntary work after she catches upon some of her "sleep". She was replaced by Christia Wallin, a former Reading teacher at Laurel and Kindergarten teacher at Marshall Saturday, at the first Madison Cntntv t-H Fxhihit Day loral ... . . . dub members and leaders !lr V:';j t n '' t tt the first Madison County 4-11 ;, Cf .: r, 5 urday, (V tvbtr II. Tar Heel residents have en joyed for more than 100 years. With the livestock being shown in the country's most up-toate facility, the Fair will include more than 11,000 exhibits involving about 3,000 exhibitors from nearly all of the State's 100 counties. Opening ceremonies will be held adjacent to the Governor Kerr W. Scott Building at 2 p.m. opening day. Two special exhibits -'Turfs Up" and "Land of Horses," housed ui Charier - ASC Community Committee Elections Set The ASC Community Committee election this year will be held on December 1, 1975. Ballots will be mailed to voters about 10 days before the election. The voted ballots must be mailed or returned not later than December 1, 1975. The ASC Communities In the County are known as: A-l Marshall; B-2 White Rock; C-3 Mars Hill; D- Beech Glen; E 5 Pine Creek; F-6 Hot Springs; and G-7 Ebbs Chapel. Voters will be sent a ballot for the community in which their principal farming in terest is located. A slate of at least six nominees will be developed for each community. A letter informing voters of the right to nominate candidates by petition has been mailed. A blank petition suitable for this purpose is printed on the back from across the County nartirinatpd in the event. . ' i : . .. . ine exniuu items rangea i ...... 7 " III V. " 7 ' I " V r v. I If. i 'jUJ 1 jo a r ii i j J1 '",! ji pens Spheres, dome-shaped pavilions, will highlight two of the State's industries. In Dorton Arena and on the outdoor stage visitors will be entertained by such starts as Brenda Lee, Jim Stafford, O B. McClinton, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Sonny James and the Country Gentlemen, Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass, the Dupont Marionettes and the Common Ground.. .all free. On the Midway they'll thrill to the bright, lights .rUts, of the letter. If additional petitions are needed they can be obtained in the ASCS Of fice. Each petition submitted must be: 1. Limited to one nominee. 2. Signed by at least three eligible voters in the community. 3. Include a certification that the nominee is willing to serve if elected. 4. Received at the County ASCS Office not later than October 28, 1975. If six or more eligible candidates are nominated by proper petition, no further nominations will be made. If less than six are nominated by petition, the present Com munity Committee will add the number of nominees needed to complete the slate of six. If a person who is nominated by petition is found ineligible, he will be notified and given 15 days to appeal. Persons nominated should from canned pickles, preserves, and other fruits and vegetables to home grown vegetables, gourds, and craft items. There were items covering almost all areas of 4 H project work carried on in Madison County. Judges for the event were: Mrs. Etbel Wallin, Home Economics Agent in Madison County and Mr. Brookshire, President of the Newfound Community Club. They awarded prizes for first quality work with blue - ribbons and recognized other , workmanship with red rib . v boos. They reportedly found . ' the over-all quality of work J quit good 'and were im pressed by the variety of I ' Kerns on display. Gary 'Ealey"; and Dal ( i ' Everett, i Madisoa - County Extension Agents, with the 4-: H program stated, "We are . wed pleased with our first , Exhibit Day, with the number , ? of 4-H'erS and leaden par-,; ticipating and the number of ' viewers. We hope it will become an annual event at . Msdtson County and on that will show t,at quality wwk -H'ers are capable of doing In our County." West co Explains HLequest For Mate Increase Summary: Declining earnings, reduced ability to compete for investment capital needed for expansion push Westco Telephone Company to seek new rate relief. Declining earnings, a trend that has already hurt its ability to compete for ex pansion capital, has been cited as the reason Westco Telephone Company must again seek a general rate increase. According to Norman Gum, president, "It's true that we just had an increase, but it simply was not enough to offset the continuing drop in our level of earnings. We filed for that increase in May, 1974, using year-end 1973 financial Friday shows and games of the James E. Strates Show while in the Grandstand, they'll watch the daring exploits of Jack Koch man's Hell Drivers. From displays of hand crafted wares, to shows of North Carolina's finest farm animals, to foot-long hot dogs and sticky cotton candy, the State Fair draws a larger crowd than any other event in the state. The fun starts when the gates open at 9 a.m. every day except Sunday when they open at 1 .m. J T be currently engaged in the operation of a farm and be well qualified for committee work. In general, a farmer is eligible to be a community committeeman if he lives in the community in which he is eligible to vote. The duties of community committeemen include: 1. Informing farmers of the purpose and provisions of the ASCS programs; 2. Keeping the County Committee in formed of local conditions; 3. Recommending needed changes in our ASCS farm programs; 4. Participating in community meetings as necessary; and 5. Performing other duties as assigned by the County Committee. ASCS Committee elections are open to all eligible voters without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin Flea Market To Close Saturday The Women of the Greater Ivy Community Citizen's Association will close (for the season) the Flea Market and Rummage Sale this Saturday October 18th at 5:30 p.ro There are a lot of good buys so com by and get in on the goodies we have to sell. Don't forget Saturday October 11th tram 10 ajti. to' 5:30 p.m. in th Beech Glen School House near Mart Hill. "If you donl lit our price, make us aa offer,"; one member said. ' j Elementary Guidance A & Co c: ns The Mad: SOB County Board of Education has acaiced " that aa e'- rary y , '.rice counselor r - t'i t '- H forth Ms .hU : .4 System. I fttl'.t Robinson - -!- rw data. We received our answer in May of this year, but then were granted only 60 percent of what we knew was needed to improve our company's economic health. "We're like any other business that has been caught up in the present cycle of inflation. Our costs, like those of the retailer or manufac turer, have increased and we must again offset the effects with a compensating increase in what we charge for service. The increase we're asking for would add no more than from $2.65 to $5.20 a month to basic residential rates, and no more than $42.95 per month to business individual line rates. "Also proposed is an in crease in residence extensions to $1.35 a month and $2.10 a month for businesses; charging $30.00 for new in stallations and $17.50 for in stallations where the previous customer has left the existing phone in place; and other related changes for sup plemental services and equipment. "The combined increase would generate ap proximately $1.2 million in additional annual revenue. "Today's harsh reality is that the company's net income has actually declined by some 25 percent when compared to year-end 1973," Gum pointed out, "and this is a trend that cannot be allowed to continue if re bit to protect .the in tegrity 6i our comuany and its service to the customer. It's already severly impaired our ability to attract outside in vestment capital that historically is used by our industry to finance ex pansion." He said the company is unable to meet most of the standard economic tests used by investors in measuring the safety of investment op portunities. "Our only alternative has been to use funds generated from within the company as much as possible, but this has provided us with only a minimum of dollars and we therefore have had to cut back our con struction program ac cordingly," Gum added. Westco's annual con struction expenditure has Medlin Named New Highway Engineer Of Division 13 Secretary of Transportation J F Alexander has named James H. Medlin, 42, of Durham to serve as Chief Engineer of Highway Division 13, effective November 1. Medlin moves up to the Chief Engineer post in Division 13 from the position of Assistant to the Chief of Operations for the Division of Highways. As head of the division, be will oversee the maintenance and construction of highways in Buncombe, Burke, Mc Dowell, Mitchell, Madison, Rutherford, and Yancey Counties. Secretary Alexander, in making the announcement, praised Medlin'a capabilities and said, "I am confident he wifl do a tremendous job in Division 13." e lonEnip duties oa October T Mrs., ' Robinson at a graduate of Tusculsm Tennessel College and holds a Master's Degree from Western Carolina. She has don 38 Krs of Post-ETsduate work fallen from $2.6 million in 1974 to the estimated $1.8 million for 1976. "That's a particularly disturbing curve to us because the demand for improved service is still there. We have done a lot over the past few years to meet customer needs, including major im provements in long distance service and the elimination of multi-party lines, but there's still more to do, and we know it. Yet we can only go as far and as fast as our available dollars will let us." In discussing his company's drop in net Income, he said it is tied directly to a corresponding rise in com pany expenses. For example, the company's total operating expenses rose by an average of more than 2 percent a month from December, 1973, to May, 1975, and it is now costing Westco 33 percent more to run its operations than 15 months ago. The state of the economy and inflation during this period contributed to the rise in costs generally while specific factors have included a 31 percent increase in in terest expenses on borrowed money and a 54 percent jump in the cost of maintaining equipment and facilities. At the same time, the company increased its overall investment in equipment by 14 percent and now has more than $224 trillion behind the telephones? poles, cables, vehicles, and other facilities serving customers. This averages out to ap proximately $960 invested in each of the 23,500 phones served by the company. "We know we can't meet the customer's needs without putting more money into service improvements. Yet we can't build without capital, and we can't get that capital unless we're earning enough to attract the outside investor. "If what we earn is inadequate, then that investor will simply turn away from us and put his money elsewhere. We know we have an obligation to provide the most reliable service possible, but that can only be done if we have the mony to do the job," Gum stated. Medlin succeeds F.L. Hutchison who retired Sep tember 30 after having served as Division Engineer for over 12 years. A graduate of North Carolina State University with a d eg ere in civil engineering, Medlin has been with the Division of Highways since 1958. His past position In clude: trainee in the High way Engineer Training Program; Assistant Resident Engineer, Durham; District Engineer, Clinton; Resident Engineer, Wilmington; Assistant Dlvisi Englattr, Wilmington; and Division Engineer, Wilmington. Medlin, a native of Wilmington, ss married to th farmer Betty Fogfcmnn of Durham, and they have two l&ycd at Wester Carolina. She will wort in aO elementary sctaots in the County. This is another effort of the RosM of Education to t-""-.w number of in hA a- o-wsi' i in thcvp,, r-"-;Y I 1 It! - "! n LiU Mi i ft - t i i a If lU U i I ci I ; f ' US el I - "-7 3- Ui ' - 9 I" v-vv k,. 9 M V 5r "?J.M.h LADY JUSTICE again adorns the courthouse dblfie here. The new model was erected last Friday. Bottom photo shows men starting to raise the 4-fMtt tall. 75 pound stature. On left is W. C. Stanittf, sometimes referred to as "Brother Rat", sculptor the .new figure, watching. On right is CnMed' Massey, courthouse custodian. Center photo shoW Lady Justice on way to dome and top phot stwwV Lady Justice again on top of dome. ( Picture by jUti1 Story) Sett. John Glenn Vance-Ay coch , Speaker I; RALEIGH Former Astronaut John Glenn, wb won election to th United States Senate tram OH ka Mi, wffl b th keynote speaker for the Vane Aycock Dinner In Asheville October 18. That traditional 85 per plate fandraislng affair Is ef particular kiterest ttu year, both because of the attractioa posed by th per aonablc spac pioneer as Speaker, and because of the consorted political artivfy it is expected to err- 'rr amorg the more V i t tarn Dcmocrs;.c ra for Govern-v "'11- t CvprDoc, ' 1 ; tPn:!.-S if t, i , , St , ', ;' lil?-.T3aV
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